Denis O’Hare invests a classic text with modern-day urgency in a Homer that reminds us that the cost of rage is death, writes Van BadhamVan Badham
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:59PMIf you know only the rich Gershwin music and gorgeous songs of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, you might be surprised, as I was, when you actually see this opera-turned-Broadway musical, curr…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:29PMToday is the birthday of David Garrick (1717-1779), one of the most influential figures in the history of the English-speaking theatre. Descended from French Huguenots, he studied under Samu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:19PMFew Broadway shows can equal the track record of 1986’s Rags: closed after four performances, rewritten, remounted, rewritten again. There are at least 10 scripts. But something about the …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:12PM By Joel Benjamin Eddie Bruce, who seemed to have brought half of Philadelphia with him to 54 Below on February 18th, is a classic crooner...The post Eddie Bruc…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:11PMCaryl Churchill’s play “Love and Information” concerns the complexities of connections connecting in the Digital Age.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMNew York Theatre Workshop presents Caryl Churchill's latest work, a series of nearly 60 playlets with 100 characters performed by 15 actors.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, February 19, 2014.
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Written by: John Ryan Martine, Jr.New York Theatre Workshop's newest production, Love and Information by Caryl Churchill, is an assault on the eyes, the ears, and the patience of the audienc…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 10:57PMPart sketch comedy, part minimalist drama(s), Caryl Churchill's Love and Information is unlike any show I've seen. Consisting of dozens of playlets, some barely a minute long, Love and Infor…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:56PMGreen Day’s seventh studio album, American Idiot, is almost a decade old but the sentiments expressed have changed little since 2004. The American public is still oversaturated with media&…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:30PMShowcasing the dazzling, creative works of some of today’s leading choreographers, including Brock Clawson, Christopher Wheeldon and Alexander Ekman, Joffrey Ballet's "Contemporary Choreog…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:28PMThe full cast of Company.Today's sad news is that likable Moonbox Productions is still stuck in something of a sophomore slump. Early on, the company wowed the local scene with hits like Flo…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:20PMLights up on two 20-somethings on a first-date picnic, falling in love as she feeds him information about her job. She tests and kills baby chickens, slices their brains, and plots thought p…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:18PMOff-Broadway's New Group Theatre is presenting the world premiere of "Intimacy," a new work from playwright Thomas Bradshaw, who is known for provocative material.
SOURCE: NY1 at 10:10PMCaryl Churchill’s new play, “Love and Information,” unfolds with miniplots that deal with the ways we lust for, process and reject knowledge.
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Walt Disney Studios’ “The Jungle Book,” which first broke on the big screen nearly half a century ago, was the top-selling home video title the week ending Feb. 16. The 1967 animated c…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59PMOn March 3rd Broadway for Self Help Africa will bring together some of Broadway's biggest stars for a night of song and celebration benefiting Self Help Africa at Le Poisson Rouge in New Yor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38PM Le Salon de Musiques continues to present quality chamber music in an intimate setting. ***Scroll down for a special offer to see Mona Golabek at the Geffen Playhouse*** The fifth of …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:16PMI ended up with an interesting juxtaposition of articles today. After clicking on interesting looking links in my Twitter feed, I had an article asking whether children should be allowed in …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:03PMThere are only a handful of performers who can be referred to by a single name: Cher, Beyoncé, Madonna and Prince and of course the illustrious Dolly. Dolly Rebecca Parton is the original s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMThe audience assembled in the 16th Street church basement last Saturday, for Spooky Action’s latest opening, were witnesses to a truly amazing moment: the introduction of a great, neglec…
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The Holy Grail of Entertainment at The 5th Avenue Theatre Monty Python's Spamalot. Featuring an all-star Seattle cast. Lovingly ripped off from the motion picture Monty Python and the Holy G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50PMAndrew Lloyd Webber rules Brittania's West End and, as will come as a surprise to few, has for just about 40 years. Right now, three of his musicals are at hand. The Phantom of the Opera is …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:45PMTHE BLOOMING OF A BUDD IN L.A. Based on Herman Melville’s classic American tale, adapted into a libretto by English novelist E.M. Forster and writer Eric Crozier, Billy Budd tells the st…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:12PMChiwetel Ejiofor, Rory Kinnear, Peter Mullen and David Tennant have been nominated for best actor at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Ejiofor is up for Dancing on the Edge, sho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMLove and Information more than lives up to its title.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:01PMAt the end of Caryl Churchill’s dazzling experimental play “Love and Information,” theatergoers have spent two hours watching 15 actors portray 100-plus characters in more than 60 scen…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:01PM“Consider the donut!” One might have assumed that a significant chunk of Tracy Letts’s Superior Donuts would be a heartfelt ode to the fried dessert cake itself. In fact Letts’s play…
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Long Wharf Theatre presents the world premiere of The Shadow of the Hummingbird, written by and starring Athol Fugard, with an introductory scene by Paula Fourie, and directed by Artistic Di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMBaseball Drama Gets Hung Up in Double PlayBy Lauren YargerThe House That Ruth Built gets a theatrical exploration in playwright and Director Eric Simonson's Broadway play The Bronx Bombers.B…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 06:30PMHe’s won five Tony Awards for lighting design and worked on acclaimed Broadway productions, including The Book of Mormon and Death of a Salesman. He’s worked with icons like director Mik…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:24PMThis week on The Broadway.com Show, we’ve got the lowdown on Maggie Gyllenhaal’s switcheroo, Broadway gangsters, Carey Mulligan's West End debut, a surprise from Sylvester St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:19PMDirector Gary Griffin’s altogether enthralling Chicago Shakespeare Theatre production of “Gypsy” — the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents Broadway classic — makes all this…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:18PMElizabeth Swados will direct GUNS at 54 Below on March 6, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMDynamic duo Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb of TV's Today became matinee ladies on February 19! The pals headed to the Stephen Sondheim Theatre to catch a performance of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMRehearsals are well under way for ONEFIVEZEROSEVEN, Barking Gecko’s latest production which has its Australian premiere in Perth this Saturday. Aussie Theatre have been given exclusive…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMWilliams will join the cast this April.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMForgotten Stories of WarI distinctly wanted the audience to have a contemporary experience of what war is.by Matt JonesThis year will see a number of plays about war hit Canadian stages. But…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:00PMThe Southbank venue also opened its new Sam Wanamaker Playhouse without any public subsidy
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMCurrently playing at Newcastle-under-Lyme's New Vic Theatre, Northern Broadsides' premiere production of Deborah McAndrew's An August Bank Holiday Lark moves into the company's base at Dean …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMThe worldwide smash hit shows the people of Sunderland how to make music from plastic bags and bin lids
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMProductions include a revival of The Massacre At Paris in Canterbury Cathedral
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMYork Theatre Royal's Brassed Off, adapted from the 1996 film, sounds great but but lacks emotional punch
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMThe artistic director of Northern Broadsides speaks to WhatsOnStage about the company's new production commemorating World War One
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THEATER REVIEW: "Buzzer" in the Goodman's Owen Theater ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Buzzer" in the Goodman's Owen Theater ★★★½ ... "We are gentrifiers," decla…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:58PMWhoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Williams, who was just named the newest guest soloist in After Midnight, pays a visit to K.D. Lang and the stars of the hit Duke Ellington revue at the Brooks Atk…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMA Light, Lyrical Trip to the Emerald Isle in a Touching PlayBy Lauren YargerJohn Patrick Shanley's newest Broadway entry, Outside Mullingar, is a wee delight. Well, not so wee. This lyrical,…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:52PMFrom a rowdy group of adolescents, to an inseparable pair of best friends, to even, well, a sleeping beauty, this week's Theatre Roundup features five productions that force its mai…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 05:50PMBeing one of the top drama schools in the world, why shouldn’t Guildhall attempt to put on one of the best – and one of the hardest to perform – Shakespearean plays, Hamlet? I say at…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:49PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Happy opening to @NYTW79′s #LOVEANDIN…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:47PMA lifelong dancer who debuted on Broadway in Cats as a teen, Hall made her name as a hard-rock chanteuse in Off Broadway shows like Empire and The Toxic Avenger, as well as with her band, th…
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:45PMLisa McCune will be joined by Teddy Tahu Rhodes and Jason Scott Lee in the Australian return of the Tony Award-winning revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I, which will beg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:45PM(Photo by Catherine Asselin-Boulange) Fatal Theatre Attractionby Aleksandra KoplikWhen entering Espace Libre’s black box theatre, the overwhelming sounds of snarling and heavy breathi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:42PM“Pains of Youth,” from 1926, revived by the Cake Shop Theater, paints of portrait of disillusionment in Vienna.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:39PMVanessa Williams, the “Ugly Betty” star who is also a Broadway vet, will be the next guest star to have a stint in “After Midnight,” the Cotton Club-era revue that wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:38PMBUDDIES ANNOUNCES NEW AWARD FOR EMERGING QUEER ARTISTSToronto. February 18, 2014. As the company marks its 35th anniversary, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre has announced the creation of t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:34PMMulti-platinum recording artist and actress Vanessa Williams, who was Tony-nominated for her performance in Into the Woods, has been announced as a special guest star vocalist in the Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMEveryone has past experiences that helped determine their future. For actress/director Polly Noonan this moment came in her teenage years when she took classes at the Piven Theatre Workshop.…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:32PM(photo by Jim Moore)Awkward as An Art Formby Jim Murchison The best clowns take a recognizable weakness in the human condition and expose it in a way that makes us laugh and illuminates…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:29PMIt was announced today during a live appearance from the stage of the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, that Multi-Platinum recording artist and actress Vanessa Williams is set to join the roster of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMMake Way for Prince Ali! On his way in from Agrabah, Disney’s Aladdin stopped in Toronto for a pre-Broadway run. However, the prince is on his way into New York and is looking better t…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 05:23PMGenevieve Fleming, Jay Clift (photo by Matt Reznek)The need for connection “I need you” The fear of conspiracy ‘They want me”by David C. Jones@iamdavidcjonesBug was the second p…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:20PMElizabeth Swados, who received four Tony nominations for Broadway's Runaways, will direct GUNS, A Cabaret — a project she also conceived that began at NYU Tisch School of the Arts …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMThe IdeasTap Takeover: Love at Rich Mix is intended (as stated on the fliers) as an “escape from the mush of Valentine’s Day”. The performance artist Fox Solo is a one-night a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:15PM"The Bridges of Madison County" is a ravishingly beautiful musical play based on the phenomenally popular 1992 weeper about a four-day love affair between an Iowa farm wife from Italy and a …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:14PMAnna Fishbeyn's Sex in Mommyville directed by David Elliott, will get a staged industry reading on today, February 20 and Friday, February 21 at the Peter J. Sharp Theatre 416 W 42nd St.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMTarragon Announces 2014-2015 Season of 8 PlaysLIES, SEX & WHAT COMES NEXT.Toronto, February 19, 2014 - Artistic Director Richard Rose and General Manager Gideon Arthurs proudl…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:10PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Jazz musicians are famous for their musical conversations - one improvises a few bars and another plays an answer. Now research shows some of the brain's language regi…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:06PMCreator Bryan Fuller has now shared additional details on the recently announced plans to bring cult ABC TV series PUSHING DAISIES to the musical stage some season soon as part of a new inte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PM Playing on Air, which produces short plays by prominent, contemporary American playwrights for a national audience via public radio and the Internet, inaugurates a new programm…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:02PMDirected by Tony winner Doug Hughes, the production will also feature Kristen Bush, Barbara Garrick, and Kevin O'Rourke.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe production is being shown again through a series of 'encore' screenings
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The cast of the new A Raisin in the Sun, including Denzel Washington, Anika Noni Rose & LaTanya Richardson Jackson talk up the show at a press event.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PMThe 2014-2015 Broadway Series at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas has announced its line-up. The 2011 Tony Award winner The Book of Mormon is set to return to Dallas yet again, …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 04:52PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Vanessa Williams wants to stay up after midnight....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:51PMSONYA AND ANDREY: A BRIEF ENCOUNTER BY FRIEL Two lonely middle-aged people meet in a cheap Moscow café in 1920: she frowning over accounts and mortgages, he in frayed evening clothes …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:51PM After a 10-month hiatus, Gerard Alessandrini’s FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, one of NYC’s best-loved and highly anticipated productions, happily returns to New York, beginni…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:47PMAfter four years in Los Angeles, Yorkshire-born TV and film actor Kenny Doughty is returning to his roots in The Full Monty in the West End. Not to be confused with the Americanized Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMThe complete PBS presentation of Christopher Plummer's remarkable one-man performance piece based on the life of noted actor John Barrymore is now available to view in full.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33PMCheck out the new TV spot for the upcoming musical Violet, starring Sutton Foster.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:30PMThe 2014-2015 season line-up of Broadway in New Orleans at the historic Saenger Theatre has been announced. The season is set to begin with the six time Tony Award winning production Chica…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 04:28PMONE NIGHT STAND, the fascinating behind the scenes documentary tracing the creation of a handful of new musicals as part of the 24-Hour Musicals celebration, will be shown as part of the ong…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMAn attention-grabbing new promotional trailer for the upcoming Signature Theatre's production of David Henry Hwang's new drama KUNG FU, starring Cole Horbie and Phoebe Strole, is now availab…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23PMSenator announces bill in front of St. Louis Art Museum
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:15PMCaryl Churchill makes lyrical irony out of our inability to make sense of our universe, even as we haplessly and relentlessly keep trying.
The post Review: Caryl Churchill’s <em>Love…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 04:10PMA sneak peek at the highly anticipated new Broadway musical IFTHEN, starring Tony Award-winning stage and screen star Idina Menzel is now available to view via a social media image shared by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PMThe stage keeps looking to the screen for its musicals — this season, “Rocky,” “Aladdin” and “Bullets Over Broadway.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:08PMPersonalities based on real people (Moss Hart, Lyndon B. Johnson) and imagination (Violet, Hedwig) add psychological complexity to the Broadway season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:08PMRACIAL PROFILING AND YOU Smoothly staged by Jessica Thebus for the Goodman Theatre local premiere, the blame game reaches Olympic proportions in Tracey Scott Wilson’s wicked two-act troubl…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:06PMThe cast of Heathers meets the press on February 19, 2014 at the Snapple Theater Center. See the musical adaptation off-Broadway beginning March 17 at New World Stages!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMChristopher Durang's 2013 Tony Award-winning Best Play is a Chekhovian hit out west.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe original West End production of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Best Play will be broadcast across the country in a one-night-only event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMOur first peak at the Off-Broadway show “Heathers: The Musical” at the Snapple Theater Center on Feb. 19 left us wanting more. The show is based off the 1988 high school crime dr…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:00PMJerry Mitchell's revival of his 2005 Broadway musical opens in Manchester ahead of its West End transfer
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Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Alain Boublil amp Claude-Michel Schnberg's Les Miserables its on its way back to Broadway, beginning previews on Saturday, March 1 at the Imperial Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMTony nominee Vanessa Williams is the latest special guest star set to board the Duke Ellington musical After Midnight. Williams will begin performances at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Apri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:57PMBy Tom Horan. Phoenix Theatre seemed like one those theater companies that could teach a thing or two to the business world about efficiency and sustainability. For over thirty years the Pho…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:56PMIn its world premiere at Irish Repertory Theater, “Transport” floats along on the strength of a fiddle- and flute-filled score, but lacks emotional depth.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMRecognizable screen star and stage performer Joan Ryan will bring her solo cabaret act to the Catalina Jazz Club later this month in a special performance also featuring popular Broadway and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMIn the past decade, Caryl Churchill has been challenging the power of the short attention span. That is, how brief can a play be and still knock us out with the fullness of her clear-eyed vi…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:41PM“Animal Kingdom” writer and director David Michod has been tapped to direct the first episode of “Flesh and Bone,” the new Starz drama from “Breaking Bad”…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:39PMHeathers The Musical, the new musical stage adaptation of Daniel Waters' iconic 1989 dark comedy film, will get its New York Premiere beginning Saturday, March 15. The show is set to open on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM“Less is more” certainly describes the Damascus Theatre Company’s production of A little Night Music, directed by D. Scott Richards. The set is simple and the costumes plain…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:30PMThat fun-filled celebration of theater, 35th Annual LA Weekly Theatre Awards, (affectionately known as the ‘LaWees’), is being held this year on Monday April 7, 2014 at Exchange LA, 1735…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:23PMBy Ben Asaykwee. We often discuss originality at Q Artistry, an Indianapolis based new works theater organization. We debate it and comb over it with dirty, bloody brushes or pluck at it wit…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:22PMAn electrical fire at theHarris Theater for Music and Dance (205 E. Randolph St. at Millennium Park) has prompted the cancellation of Wednesday night's performance of the Hamburg Ballet's …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:22PM“Here’s a representation of a culture that doesn’t get a lot of stage time. We had an audience last week that included 51 deaf community members. That was about three-quarters of t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:21PM"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller hopes to revive that TV show as a movie or a Broadway musical, according to Entertainment Weekly.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMWhen you’ve been wearing nothing but a suit and tie for nine years, what do you put on next? Try a big blond wig and enough glitter to give Kinky Boots a run for its money. Next month, Nei…
SOURCE: Time Out at 03:08PMBarrett Wilbert Weed, Ryan McCartan, Jessica Keenan Wynn, Elle McLemore, Alice Lee and Tony winner Anthony Crivello will star in the Off-Broadway premiere of the new musical adaptation of th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PMAs the new off-Broadway comedy Hand to God begins performances, BroadwayBox looks back on 10 other outrageous puppets that have graced the stage.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:05PM(DJ FEELGOOD hosting Skid Row Internet radio station at Cornerstone. Featuring exclusive interviews from Skid Row community actors in Love on San Pedro. Photographer: Dave Gaw. This post is…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:05PMWarning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'insertThumbnailRSS' was given in /home/content/52/9380252/html/wp-includ…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:05PMThe cast of the new Off-Broadway musical Heathers: The Musical previewed four songs from the show at a special press event on Feb. 19. Written by Laurence O'Keefe (Legally Blonde, Bat Boy) a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMTall bales of straw (or so it looks) loom as backdrop to “Rumpelstiltskin,” the artful, stylized fairy tale dramatization now at Imagination Stage. The agrarian image is a good emblem fo…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:02PMBehind the scenes at the new musical from the creators of Reefer Madness and Legally Blonde.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMTony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda's improv hip hop group Freestyle Love Supreme has joined the list of special guests.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Chicagoland theater will offer the first regional production of Amanda Peet's The Commons of Pensacola, straight from its off-Broadway run.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM"76 Trombones" march into Long Beach.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe 29th annual Bistro Awards, honoring excellence in New York cabaret, jazz and comedy, will feature Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz (Pippin,…
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Name: J.Stephen BrantleyHometown: San Antonio, TexasEducation: New York University, Tisch School Of The Arts, Experimental Theatre WingFavorite Credits: Theatre 167’s Jackson Heights 3am a…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:57PMThis excerpt from Shostakovich's "The Nose" at the Metropolitan Opera features Kovalyov (Paulo Szot) discovering his missing nose (Alexander Lewis) in the cathedral. Watch The Nose on Great …
SOURCE: PBS at 02:48PMCameron Mackintosh's new production of Alain Boublil amp Claude-Michel Schonberg's Les Miserables its on its way back to Broadway, beginning previews on Saturday, March 1 at the Imperial The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PMFive-time Tony nominee Jan Maxwell will star as political hostess Hester Ferris in the upcoming Lincoln Center Theater production of The City of Conversation. Anthony Giardina's new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMSyndee Winters (The Lion King), F. Michael Haynie (Wicked) and Laura Dreyfuss (Once) are among the artists who have joined the lineup for Overcash & Change 2, an evening featuring t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMLincoln Center Theater has announced that John Aylward, Kristen Bush, Beth Dixon, Barbara Garrick, Jan Maxwell, Luke Niehaus, Kevin O'Rourke and Michael Simpson will be featured in its upcom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMInitial casting has been announced for Lincoln Center Theater's upcoming production of Anthony Giardina's The City of Conversation, which will begin previews April 10 at Off-Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMPlaybill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMCenter Theatre Group has a big hit in Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, currently in performances at the CTGMark Taper Forum. With strong ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMThe 2014 Broadway return of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables will begin performances March 1 at the Imperial Theatre. He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMNew Sundays, 54 Below's ongoing series that debuts new work from New York-based musical theatre writers, will continue Feb. 23 at the Manhattan nightspot
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMThe touring company of “American Idiot” has already played two dozen cities this year, some of them one-nighters in places such as Manhattan, Kan., and Elmira, N.Y. That grind didn’t s…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:11PMThe tradition continues Each year Paper Mill Playhouse sends out five images that hold small clues as to the upcoming season titles. Check out the images above, and then let us know your bes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMThe 40th anniversary season of the Northlight Theatre will feature the midwest premiere of The Commons of Pensacola and the world's longest-running play, Agatha Christie's mystery Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMRehearsals are in full swing for the new Broadway revival of Les Miserables, beginning March 1 at the Imperial Theatre—get a sneak peek of Ramin Karimloo, Will Swenson and the stars of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMHere they be, LemonHeads, the 2014 LA Weekly Award Nominees. A special shout out to Myron Meisel of the Hollywood Reporter for his Excellence in Criticism Award. We should probably do someth…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:04PMThe new production begins previews March 1 at the Imperial Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe West Coast engagement of Christopher Durang's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, which officially opened Feb. 9 following previews that began Jan. 29, has extended its run at the C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe Contemporary Musical Theatre Songwriters You Should Know: LIVE!, a concert featuring rising musical theatre songwriters that was based on the Playbill.com article of the same name, was h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe award recognizes excellence in musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe actor enjoyed success both on stage and screen
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'Evita,' the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical version of Argentine first lady Eva Perón's life, has been bouncing around in one form or another since it debuted in London in 1978.
SOURCE: news.cincinnati.com at 01:58PMYou Are There at the Opening of BIKEMAN: A 9/11 PLAY: Last night, Tuesday, February 18 was opening night of Bikeman: A 9/11 PLAY by Thomas F. Flynn, directed by Michael Bush, and featuring T…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:53PMMain Stem star Debra Messing has lined up another Big Apple gig after finishing her run in Outside Mullingar. According to TV Line, the Emmy winner will headline the NBC pilot Mysteries of L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMHeathers The Musical, the new musical stage adaptation of Daniel Waters' iconic 1989 dark comedy film, will get its New York Premiere beginning Saturday, March 15. The show is set to open on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMNo stranger to instantaneous character transformation and quick changes, Maria-Christina Oliveras is currently playing multiple roles in the Roundabout's revival of Machinal. She shares her…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMDebra Messing has landed the lead role in NBC drama pilot “The Mysteries of Laura,” Variety has confirmed. Messing will play Detective Laura Diamond, a female homicide detective …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PMThe 29th Annual Bistro Awards gala, set to take place on Tuesday, March 4, has announced two new presenters. Stephen Schwartz, the Oscar, Tony, Grammy, and Golden Globe-winning composerlyric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:35PMTony Award winner Glenn Close may star in a Broadway revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance next season, according to the New York Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PM(Ed. Note: The following blog salon series will focus on how theatre artists are responding to Trayvon Martin’s death, the trial and verdict, and the subsequent cultural response to those …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:20PM"Pushing Daisies" creator Bryan Fuller hopes to revive that TV show as a movie or a Broadway musical, according to Entertainment Weekly.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMSecond Stage Theatre, under the artistic direction of Carole Rothman, has awarded its second annual Donna Perret Rosen Award for excellence in musical theatre to composer-lyricist Peter Mill…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMRIVER EDGE, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey teacher with a second career as an actor is losing his day job after an arbitrator concluded that he showed middle-school students a film clip of hi…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:13PMThe new season for the Metropolitan Opera has been announced, and there are many big names involved, including Tony-winning director Susan Stroman (The Producers, Big Fish, Bullets Over Broa…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:05PMHe’s Big. He’s Bad. And for right now, he’s taking a break. King Kong on Stage seems to have redefined theatre for those down under after the production came to a close aft…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:02PM By: David ShewardHow ironic that this revival of Donald Margulies's Dinner With Friends opened the day before Valentine…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:01PMLike “Tribes,” which recently closed at Steppenwolf, this production centers around a tight-knit family whose precariously balanced levels of love and annoyance with each other are throw…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:00PMThe drama is based on the experiences of news producer Thomas F. Flynn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMPrincipal casting has been announced for two major revivals at the Open Air Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PM...but he had to come to Broadway for A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
In celebration of the upcoming Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, which will begin previews March 8 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, the New York Public Library has opened an exhibit fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMThe Valentine's Day audience at the new 2014 edition of iLUMINATE received an unexpected romantic bonus after the performance last Friday night. Immediately following the show's curtain call…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMNon-payment of performers, full flow of stage adaptations, editor's departure, Actors’ Benevolent Fund in action, impact of West End contracts and pleasure of putting programmes online
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:46PMSting talks to Paula Zahn of NYC-ARTS about his creative process for The Last Ship, which took place after a near decade-long hiatus from songwriting. His Broadway-bound musical is based on …
SOURCE: PBS at 12:46PMFinal Performance on Sunday, February 23! See one of the most critically acclaimed productions of the season.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:44PMBikeman: A 9/11 Play Brings Back Dante's Inferno: Based on the 2008 book by Emmy Award winninger producer, Thomas F. Flynn, Bikeman: A 9/11 Play brings us back to the horrors of 9/11.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:41PMOscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio gave an exemplary display of theater etiquette February 15, when he stopped by A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway. According to the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMThe playwright Will Eno has two new plays coming to Manhattan: “The Realistic Joneses,” on Broadway, and “The Open House.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:35PMFalling in Love With Almost, Maine: What a perfect Valentine's Day gift John Cariani's Almost, Maine became.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:29PMAs fiction, "Trieste" is almost entirely a dense tapestry of thinking, remembering, agonizing and raging.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:25PMThe Drama League Gabriel Shanks, Executive Director Roger T. Danforth, Artistic Director has announced the ten artists and theater ensembles chosen to develop new plays and musicals as part…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMk.d. lang sings “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” from Broadway’s hottest musical, After Midnight.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:17PMJulie Crofts is to step down from her role as executive director of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama at the end of this month. She will leave the higher education membership body – wh…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMWatch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com MOTOWN THE MUSICAL star Brandon Victor Dixon performed live on national television yesterday morning on Fox Business News Network’s “Imus …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:05PMNina Arianda makes a most welcome return to the stage this spring in David Grimm’s “Tales From Red Vienna.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:05PMAbout a month ago, Washington Post critic Peter Marks announced “The Summit,” a special series of three panel discussions. Arena Stage’s artistic director, Molly Smith, had offered M…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL star Brandon Victor Dixon performed live on national television yesterday morning on Fox Business News Network's Imus in the Morning, hosted by legendary radio personality…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMOpus is a Shostakovich-meets-the-circus show so astonishing that Matt Trueman wonders why no one ever runs away to join a string quartet
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:00PMEpisode 80: Stage Manager Tiffany Lyn Meadows Tiffany Lyn Meadows started stage managing as a senior in high school having no idea how to put together a prompt book or call a show. Now she�…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMMerry Opera's latest offering opened at the Riverside Studios last week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMWe met with Glinda herself to have a chat about how she got to where she is now and find out more about the person under the long blonde wig
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMLucy Speed's one-woman play is billed as a "hard-hitting, poignant yet wryly amusing portrait of the reality behind the fantasy business"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMWebb was supported on opening night at the Duchess Theatre by guests including Barbara Windsor, Wayne Sleep, Don Black, Vanessa Feltz, Lizzie Cundy and Anneka Rice
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMAm I nervous about the fast-approaching opening night of Satchmo at the Waldorf? Knowing what I know about the utter...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00PMFree Southern Theater founder John O' Neal, director Stanley Nelson, and more will also participate.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
I’m a few months into my BBC Performing Arts Fund Fellowship with Third Angel now, and I’m in a sort of whirlwind of making, thinking, learning, watching, meeting and talking to new peop…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:58AMAs the Langham plays host to a Tennessee Williams triple bill, check out some other theatre set in the limbo of a hotel
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:57AM1. The Wedding Dress at Spooky Action Theater. “The rest of the 10-member ensemble is full of talent, both when they are stepping up to play multiple roles or striking a pose in the…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:45AMBikeman: A 9/11 Play, a new play by Thomas F. Flynn based on his book "Bikeman," officially opened Feb. 18, following previews that began Jan. 26, at the BMCC Tribeca Performi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMNeil Patrick Harris, who will return to Broadway this spring in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, is featured on the cover of Time Out New York’s Spring Preview, on stands today. The cover, an ho…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:43AMIn the first of the major 2014-15 season announcements from Chicago’s theaters, Northlight Theatre said Wednesday that its 40th anniversary season will include a fall production of Ama…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:42AM(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton. Check out further Diversity & Inclusion interviews on Jacqueline’s blog…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:38AMGeorge Orwell’s prophetic 1984 was released more than 30 years before its title date and yet is more relevant in modern Britain than ever. The development and growth of technology, and the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:35AMFrom now till May, 62 high-school musicals will open and close across the Lower Hudson Valley. At the very end of that calendar is the regional premiere of “Mary Poppins” at Arch…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:32AMJames Kautz’sOff Broadway theatre credits include: Collision (Rattlestick), The Bad and The Better (PJS at Playwrights Horizons), The Pied Pipers of the Lower East Side & Happy in the …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:32AMJoseph Leo Bwarie, who plays Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys, shares his Rihanna fantasies, Scott Baio connections and Cabaret love in this week's Five Burning Questions.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:31AMWatch behind the scenes footage from the NEW Cinderella commercial. Cinderella on Broadway, stars Carly Rae Jepsen and Fran Drescher for a limited time only.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:31AMSting performs "What Have We Got?" from his album and upcoming musical, The Last Ship, live at the Public Theater in New York City. Backing him is singer and actor Jimmy Nail, who will be a …
SOURCE: PBS at 11:30AMName: David MogolovHometown: Kansas CityEducation: Boston University, Philosophy and JournalismFavorite Credits: I can't help looking forward to the newest one. I learned so much from my las…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:25AMThe upcoming Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon, and starring Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson, begins performances Saturday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMRegistration is open for Spring classes at the Actors Gymnasium, a circus & performing arts school that is home to some of the most exciting classes and performances in the Chicagoland a…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:19AMAmong the exhilarating pleasures of seeing American Idiot now on tour at the National Theatre is experiencing this angsty, amped-up ode to antiestablishment disaffection performed full f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:18AMThe surprising evolution of Jessica Lang Dance — Jessica Lang already had one of the busiest freelance choreography careers around, with commissions coming at a steady clip. Since the …
SOURCE: TDF at 11:18AMOscar nominee and Grammy winner Bette Midler, who was recently on Broadway in I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers, will perform on the Academy Awards for the first time, show pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMThe full cast for the West End transfer of Ushers: The Front of House Musical, has been announced. Joining the previously reported original and returning cast members Ralph Bogard, Ross Mcne…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMI first met 17-year-old Calla Fuqua during the 2013 Memorial Players’ musical production of Meet Me In St. Louis. She played Esther Smith, the second-eldest daughter (played by Judy Garl…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:15AMDrama schools are bracing themselves for further cuts to their funding, after it was revealed that government support for universities will be reduced by an extra £125 million in 2014/15. T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMAs a professional actress, Janie Wallace played The Baker’s Wife in Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” Fast forward several years and Wallace—a veteran of nat…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:12AMTickets are on sale today at the Belasco Theatre Box Office 111 West 44th Street for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical with book by John Cameron Mitchell and music and lyrics by Stephen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AM(This post is part of the Global Connections grant program and blog salon.) That sign language is universal is a meme that just won’t die. People seem to think that it would be so conv…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:08AMDisney's Aladdin will begin performances Feb. 26 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre. The production has released new character portraits. The stars offered a discussion and p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMWell, I'm an investor so I can't really review the show objectively. But my decision to invest was made based mainly on the brilliant casting (Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale) and dir…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:01AMI was at a Denny’s a week ago (what can I say, I’m a sucker for a Grand Slam) and as usual, my laptop was on my table with my Verizon JetPack Hotspot riding sidecar. After my o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSheffield Theatres' Brian Friel season continues with a "gripping and vibrant" production of his 1980 play, Translations.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMSheffield Theatres' Brian Friel season continues with a "gripping and vibrant" production of his 1980 play, Translations
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Broadway’s Best Shows gives you an exclusive first look at the cast of The Bridges of Madison County on stage on Broadway in a sexy new montage below! The Bridges of Madison County, th…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:56AMBroadway In Chicago and Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy have announced an additional open call casting search for African American singers for the upcoming national tou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMLinzi Hateley, the West End star who made her Broadway bow in the original production of the short-lived musical Carrie, will make her New York cabaret debut at 54 Below in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMAbout Face Theatre has a 23'x24' rehearsal space available at their administrative offices, just off the Wilson redline stop. Includes tables and chairs and features great lighting and wood …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 10:53AMToday TEDxBroadway announced the final list of speakers and performers who will join in the discussion at the third annual event.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMCarol Douglas, whose disco hits include "Doctor's Orders" and "Midnight Love Affair," will join the cast of Anthony J. Wilkinson's My Big Gay Italian Wedding Feb.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMTheatre Royal, YorkPaul Allen's adaptation of the film about a colliery brass band has been revived for the 30th anniversary of the miners' strikeWhere there's muck there's brass: and there'…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:45AM"The working relationship is based on the mutual feeling that all three of us have the same understanding of the purpose of the theatre – to present plays that create a cathartic experienc…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:44AMSingers who want to twerk. Dancers who want to juggle daggers. Comics who dare to get serious. Perhaps some X-rated ventriloquism. The monthly variety showcase called COJONES invites a dozen…
SOURCE: thepit-nyc.com at 10:44AMRobert Askins' irreverent puppet comedy Hand to God, about a possessed Christian-ministry puppet, returns Off-Broadway beginning Feb. 19 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMWith his wife Sue, John Coolie formed a comedy double act that became one of the most popular turns working in social clubs, cabaret venues and holiday parks around Britain. The act, called …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:40AMRoyal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh: Crisp in its physicality and punctilious in its delivery, Private Lives at the Royal Lyceum brings out the full verve of Noel Coward's marvellous script…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:36AMPatti Cohenour, David Burnham and Erin Mackey star in the South Coast Repertory Theatre production of The Light in the Piazza, which began performances Jan. 24 in Costa Mesa, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMFollowing its world premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse, Robert Sternin and Prudence Fraser's Under My Skin will begin previews at Off-Broadway's The Little Shubert Theatre April 5 pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMToday is the birthday of the great, highly unique comedy director Frank Tashlin (1913-1972). His career trajectory was perfect, starting out in the 1930s as an animator working at various ca…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:19AMBack in the early aughts, knowing about Brown's music felt exclusive and saying "I'm a fan of Jason Robert Brown" was almost equivalent to saying "I want to move to New York and work in thea…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:18AMOnly perfect-pitch direction and excellent casting could get this quirky expressionist work off the ground. Luckily Spooky Theater has just what it takes to get juices flowing like you wou…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:13AMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway debut of Oscar nominee James Franco in Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck’s classic tale of seeking friendship and home during the Great Depression. C…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 10:11AMThree-time Tony winner Glenn Close previously hinted to Broadway.com about the possibility of returning to the Great White Way this fall and as we later reported she revealed that she w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:09AMTickets are now on sale at the Belasco Theatre Box Office (111 West 44th Street) for Neil Patrick Harris’ return to Broadway in Hedwig and The Angry Inch, the musical with book by John Cam…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:06AMDirector Jerry Whiddon and actor Marty Lodge are back at Round House continuing a long friendship and professional collaboration. Jerry Whiddon was co-founder and producing Artistic Direct…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:06AMTo celebrate the reissue of Moss Hart's ACT ONE and its adaption for the stage, Barnes amp Noble hosted an event, in conjunction with the Lincoln Center Theater, yesterday, February 18. Tony…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMLesley Sharp stars in Bijan Sheibani's revival of Shelagh Delaney's modern classic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AMRuthe Ponturo's musical revue proves that all bad things eventually come to an end.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMLeonard Bernstein conducts the premiere performance of his Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs on Omnibus in 1955: For a partial list...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AMThe Los Angeles premiere engagement of Christopher Durang's Tony Award-winning play "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" has been extended by one week at the Mark Taper Forum. The productio…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AM
The multiple-project event uses the arts to create community and activity along a stretch of Chicago Avenue.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 09:57AMSubscribers: If your software garbles this newsletter, read it at GraceNotesStage.com. Today’s Highlights: * Olivia Thompson & Chris Whitehead’s Before The Night is Throug…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMGreenwich theatre, LondonThis one-man adaptation of a Saul Bellow story lacks the quiet comedy and messy human warmth of the novelist's workSaul Bellow wrote exquisite prose and memorable ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMDonna McKechnie In Good Company, the talk/variety show hosted by Tony winner McKechnie, will return to Birdland March 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Will amp Anthony Nunziata in 'Broadway, Our Way' on Thursday March 20, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:47AMRegional venues are no longer able to stage new and risky works to the same extent that they used to, Alan Ayckbourn has warned, claiming that funding has “drained” back to London. The w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:46AM By: John Weatherford I hate liver. There, I’ve said it. I’ve hated liver since I was a child and my mother would try to...The post A Taste A…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:46AMTally-ho! Onward we go, questing through a very dark and expensive forest to meet the next knight in this interview series, Sir Galahad, played by the handsomely dashing and rather talented�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMIt’s almost time to see what she can do! Idina Menzel has revealed in a new interview with HuffPost Entertainment, how she’s preparing to sing Frozen’s smash hit “Let…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AMGuests have been announced for NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" and "Late Night With Seth Meyers" for the week Feb. 24-28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMDisney's Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, begins performances at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre on February 26th, 2014 for a March 20 opening…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMMarc Agger and William Brown present Bikeman A 911 Play by Thomas F. Flynn based on his acclaimed book. Directed by Michael Bush, Bikeman plays at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMDEADRIA HARRINGTON, a multifaceted theater artist based in New York City and member of the Producing Artistic Leadership Team of The Movement Theatre Company [TMTC]. Deadria develops and pro…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:37AMEvery third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out contributor Tom Mizer’s nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit cl…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:30AML.A. Philharmonic maestro Gustavo Dudamel disputes news reports and tries to distance himself from political unrest and violence in his native Venezuela.Wherever he goes, Los Angeles Philhar…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMThe upcoming Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon, and starring Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson, begins performances Saturday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMRagnar Kjartansson brings his work “Der Klang der Offenbarung des Göttlichen,” or “The Explosive Sonics of Divinity,” to the Volksbühne theater in Berlin.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:22AM By Brian Scott Lipton Get ready to jump on that magic carpet and experience a whole new world of romance and adventure when Disney’s latest musical, “Aladdin,”...T…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:20AMPeter Marks (Washington Post) hosted a conversation with DC area artistic directors about representation of women and people of color on our stages. Participants: Paul Tetreault, Molly Smith…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:15AMDirector Barry Edelstein takes chances with a tricky Shakespeare text. The result — 'The Winter's Tale' at the Old Globe — is a happy ending all around.SAN DIEGO — The diff…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:15AMAccording to the New York Post, stage and screen star Glenn Close might be heading back to Broadway soon Michael Riedel writes that Close will star in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11AM First rate ensemble playing make this relic from the eighties worth a visit. By Joel Benjamin Time has not been kind to David Rabe’s Hurlyburly, a three-hour...The pos…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:07AM100 years ago today Keystone released its short comedy A Thief Catcher. This minor picture features the Keystone Kops, and Ford Sterling (who also directed). Sterling plays a character na…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMHe was in the audience at “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” with girlfriend Toni Garrn on Saturday, and at intermission, headed to the bar.
SOURCE: pagesix.com at 09:05AM"The artist who is one of a group writes for that group alone, whereas the artist who expresses personal experience...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AMMs. February 2014Kelli O'HaraI have a feeling that Broadway historians will say that Kelli O'Hara was one of the most important musical theatre names of the early 21st Century. With fo…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM
Two-time Oscar-nominated actress and multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Bette Midler will perform for the first time on the Oscars, show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced toda…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMA proposed 45% reduction in council funding to Newbury’s Corn Exchange has been delayed, in a move the venue claims will give it more time to secure its future. West Berkshire Council reve…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMThe Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre summer production of Porgy and Bess is to star Sharon D Clarke and Nicola Hughes. Clarke will play Mariah and Hughes will reprise the role of Bess, which…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:52AMTheatre by the Lake in Keswick will no longer have to make job cuts after its plans for a £700,000 cafe pavilion were granted by the local authority. The cafe building is expected to raise.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMThe original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's classicTell Me On a Sunday starring the original Marti Webb is back The show opened on Sunday, at the Duchess Theatre and we've…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:47AM By: Magda Katz THEATER PIZZAZZ was at the opening night of Bikeman: A 9/11 Play presented by Marc Agger and William Brown. The play is written by Thomas F...…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:44AMBroadway actors Rufus Bonds Jr. and Tony nominee Phillip Boykin will star in a new production of Porgy and Bess at London's Open Air Theatre; performances will begin July 17, prior to an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:41AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghPerformances of a very high order bring Noël Coward's comedy about mismatched lovers to gutsy, excruciating lifeIt's the climactic scene, in which Noël Coward's mism…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:25AMMolière (real name: Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) was the mid-seventeenth century French fellow who liked to poke fun at virtually everyone who lived in his time. He ridiculed hypochondriacs, m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:21AMIn Part 5 of our series of interviews with the director and cast of Kensington Arts Theatre’s Spring Awakening, meet Director Emily Zickler. Joel: Why did you want to direct Kensington Ar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15AMThe Hall of Hams pays tribute to some of our favorite actors who helped bring the art of melodramatic acting into the modern age. Today is the birthday of Louis Calhern (Carl Vogt, 1895-19…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:12AM by: Michael Lee Brace yourselves folks. The male of the species is about to undergo a ‘musical roasting’ the likes of which you’ve never experienced be…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:12AMHeather Burns, Darren Pettie, Marin Hinkle and Jeremy Shamos are coming for Dinner! The four stage and screen favorites are currently starring in the Roundabout Theatre Company revival of Do…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06AMNeil Patrick Harris has a hectic schedule around Manhattan as he prepares for the lead role in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” on Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMBallet companies may long to break free from the Tchaikovsky classics, but it's a question of supply and demand, says Rupert Christiansen
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:00AM
A proposal to reduce Bristol City Council’s arts budget by nearly 10% has been withdrawn following widespread opposition by local cultural groups. At a council meeting yesterday, which fin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMLyttelton, London This revival of Shelagh Delaney's portrait of sexuality, working-class life and mothers and daughters in the 1950s has the same emotional bite as the originalAlthough much …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:38AMDeath pops up fairly regularly in plays. But its companion grief—the agonizing bewilderment that follows the loss of a loved one—appears less frequently. And that’s why I thought it mi…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:23AMNEW YORK (AP) -- He's got Tonys and a Grammy. Now songwriter Robert Lopez is a little stunned that he might soon take home an Oscar....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:10AMBlame the economy for all your troubles or blame Charles Busch for writing this somewhat amusing, escapist and totally too long nonsensical farce THE TRIBUTE ARTIST – an excuse for him to …
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
The case against two men charged with biting off a part of actor Clive Mantle’s left ear in March last year has begun at Newcastle Crown Court. Giving evidence against the men, both in the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMTobacco Factory, Bristol: Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory has launched a £15,000 appeal for its 15th anniversary celebrations, highlighted by an extended end-of-season national …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMIs there any place for child's play in museums and galleries, or should they be kept out altogether? Here's what you had to say in response to our debate
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:54AMAndrew Hilton, the creative force that drives the consistently excellent Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory, might be playing safe by returning to a play he put originally put on in 2003.&nb…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:52AMHey there, reader Hope you're doing well. Me I'm doing alright, thanks for asking. A few days ago Not so great. I either had a stomach bug or food poisoning, which sucked Luckily it happened…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43AMBarbican Theatre, London: It has long been established that Circa's director Yaron Lifschitz is some sort of virtuoso. Like great writers whose words appear to flow on to the page, he c…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMLyttelton Theatre, National, London: A Taste of Honey has taken second place in theatre history to another story, that of its writing. In 1958 Shelagh Delaney, an inexperienced 19-year-old f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMCBS News writer/producer Thomas F. Flynn's stage adaptation of his memores of the horrors of that "Forever September Morning" .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:35AMFebruary 18-March 8: Thirty-five years after Marti Webb first premiered Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Black's solo song cycle at the private Sydmonton Festival, she has returned to sing i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMAs part of their American Series, the Nash Ensemble presents a celebration of Richard Rodgers' post-Hart and Hammerstein collaborations, including selections with narration from the rarely-p…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 06:07AMLocal stand-up comedian and actor explores love, life and art in a new one man show in March.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AMLocal stand-up comedian and actor explores love, life and art in a new one man show in March
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AM
Myfavorite American play is Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” A close second is Albee’s other masterpiece, “A Delicate Balance,” which premiered on Broadway in 1…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:48AMWe are witnessing the end of an era in the long history of Manchester’s theatreland: the disappearance, after more than 60 years, of the treasured Library Theatre. Coming full circle, it i…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:45AMThere is an explosion of local talent in town, and it is taking place at the beautifully restored, and very historic, Crighton Theatre in Conroe, Texas. No wonder it has been called the Crow…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 04:06AMDystopian plays are rare, but from Samuel Beckett's Happy Days to Caryl Churchill's Far Away, there have been some standout original stage creationsThe arrival of 1984 at the Almeida theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
LOVE WITHOUT THE TRIMMINGS My darling, dearest Noël: It only just occurred to me that I haven’t written you since I saw your play Peace in our Time. Do forgive me, lamb chop. Let me cut t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:54AMLES MS. Conceived, written and choreographed by Ruthe Ponturo, Til Divorce Do Us Part is a collection of musical numbers, each illustrating different aspects of divorce from the point of vie…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:51AMThe director of one of Western Australia’s three main theatre companies, Barking Gecko’s John Sheedy, says that rather than succumb to the tyranny of distance, Perth’s artists thrive i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:09AMThe Method actor and acting coach on improvisation, her role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and the dearth of intelligent plays on BroadwayShe honks, she growls, she gurgles; she flings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Victoria Justice, Tyler Posey, & More Score at Hall of Game Awards
YH hits up the Hall of Game Awards to chat with some of the celebrity presenters, performers, and just plain sports fans, i…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMBackstage Diaries: The Ceremonies, Brave Native, & The Filthy Souls at Hemingway's
YH gets up close with three amazing bands at Hemingway's in Hollywood, The Ceremonies, Brave Native, and Th…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMBoxer Wladimir Klitschko on the Unifying Power of Sports
Heavyweight boxer Wladimir Klitschko shows his home country pride at the DirecTV Super Saturday Night pre-Super Bowl bash, and YH cat…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMA production that defies all reason and one that has more twists and turns than the Olympic Giant Slalom run - only not as exciting.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
SFist Reviews ‘The Speakeasy’ From Boxcar Theatre » Hey, hey, the play that I was Associate Head Writer for got a really nice review from SFist: As immersive, progressive perfor…
SOURCE: direct address at 12:33AMTonight, February 19th generous supporters will come together to celebrate the mission of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus NYCGMC and Youth Pride Chorus YPC of promoting equality through t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMTickets go on sale today, February 19 at 10 AM at the Belasco Theatre Box Office 111 West 44th Street for Neil Patrick Harris' return to Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAndrew Frost looks at an exhibition of works from Anne Ferran, Andrew P Street gives us a new band to watch in Lilt, and Vicky Frost shares her thoughts on Situation Rooms. Plus, we join the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20AMNestled down Wolf Lane, The Cheeky Sparrow was the perfect setting for Bettylou Rose’s hour long, one-woman show. Audience members (mainly an older crowd) were ushered upstairs, drinks in …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:18AMBroadway superstar and recognizable vocal talent Idina Menzel is set to sing her unprecedented hit single from Disney's super successful animated movie musical FROZEN at this year's Academy …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05AM(photo by Alexandre Mattar)Beyond The Minority ComplexLet’s just say that people who have a stereotypical way of looking at regional theatres and think that we produce and program 'quaint'…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMHere's a nifty little thing! Brad Fraser's Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love is opening in Rome in March as Amor e Restos Humanos and Teatro dei Conciatori have put out …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe cast of the new Broadway musical If/Then performed a free fan concert at the Cutting Room on Feb. 13. Members of the cast and creative team met the press earlier that evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMFrom swooning over Sam Barnett’s performance in Twelfth Night to speaking frankly about the homogeneity of critics, Lindsay, Maxamoo’s founder, and Nicole, from Mildly Bitter&…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 12:00AMStephanie Riggs, the director of the new documentary "The Standbys," discusses her film, a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of Broadway understudies who are rarely seen by audiences. The…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMCaryl Churchill’s Love and Information opens February 19 at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Directed by James Macdonald, the off-Broadway show, which was first produced at London&#…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMTony winner David Rabe’s chilling comedy Hurlyburly opens off-Broadway February 19. Directed by Rich Ferraioli, the cast features Deven Anderson, Jacklyn Collier, Rachel Cora, Kir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMThe show: “Peter and the Starcatcher” at Hartford’s Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThe Belasco Theatre box office opens Feb. 19 at 10 AM for the Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Neil Patrick Harris.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"James Franco and Frank Bidart, Off the Shelf," an evening of poetry, film and discussion, is presented Feb. 19 at 8 PM at Northwestern University.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCherry Lane Theatre's Mentor Project for emerging playwrights begins its 16th season Feb. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew York Theatre Workshop's production of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information officially opens Feb. 19 following previews that began Feb. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVariations Theatre Group's revival of David Rabe’s Hurlyburly officially opens Feb. 19 at 7 PM following previews that began Feb. 14 at The Chain Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Long Wharf Theatre production of Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles begins performances Feb. 19 prior to an official opening Feb. 26 on the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Paper Mill Playhouse's production of the new musical The Other Josh Cohen begins previews Feb. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStephen Sondheim and John Weidman's Tony Award-nominated musical Pacific Overtures receives its professional Melbourne premiere beginning Feb. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"The beauty of Hay-Gordon's wafting flight cannot be forgotten [in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner], much as I imagine Anna Pavlova's Dying Swan was never completely forgotten by any…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn the talkbacks after Full Circle dance company’s performances, the first question is often the same: What comes first, the movement or the music?
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMTales of Ordinary Madness
By Petr Zelenka
Through March 2 at the Fells Point Corner Theatre
Before the opening night performance of Petr Zelenka’s Tales of Ordinary Madness at t…
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