Tanya Voltchanskaya goes behind the scenes at Bianco, a promenade circus show by the Welsh company NoFit state Circus. She captures the performers as the stetch, warm up, and prepare to go o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:56PMFrom Punchdrunk's The House of Winter Lives, designed for small children, to Situation Rooms, about the arms trade, three shows are pushing the boundaries of what theatre can be. We talk to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37PMObie-winning playwright Murray Mednick takes a look at the Middle Ages life of notorious French poet Francois Villon.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:36PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, February 21, 2014.
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Deadline reports that Tony winner Christian Borle will be returning to NBC following his gig in the network's live SOUND OF MUSIC with a starring role in LIFESAVER, a comedy pilot from write…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59PMWe’re back for a final day at Perth festival, with interviews with Martin Amis and the legendary theatre director Robert Wilson. Plus we’ve got Hannah Kent’s books festival diary, pict…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:57PMLove and Information, written by James C. Nicola, James MacDonald,Jeremy BlockerCaryl Churchill and directed by James Macdonald,opened on February 19 at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:28PMVariety reports that Parker Posey has signed on to guest star in the Comedy Central pilot CRAZY HOUSE from executive producers Nick Turner and Lee Rubenstein. Jeff Tomsic will direct.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20PMIt was the opening night of "Werther" at the Metropolitan Opera, and Rose Callahan was there, camera in hand, searching the spiral staircases for style.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:19PMBroadway legend, Barbara Cook, will be honored with The Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement at The Actors Fund's 18th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party on June 8th, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12PM Erv Raible could easily be called ‘the father of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs’ – he was a co-founder and was President of that organ…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:08PMAttention Hellraisers and Molotov Minions! Block out Friday February 28, 6 -10 PM! Come help us raise some hell! And some FUNDS! February 28, 6-10 PM at Millie & Al’s (2440 18th Street…
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If you enter Profiles Theatre these days, where British playwright Michael Bartlett’s provocatively titled “Cock,” is receiving a blistering Midwest premiere, you will find yourself in…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:47PMThe Pekoe Group, the only full-service boutique marketing and advertising agency serving the New York theater industry, celebrates its fifth anniversary on Monday, February 24. Click below t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PM"Let It Go" from the hit Disney animated musical "Frozen" has become one of the most-covered songs in recent memory. Here's a look at some of the creative new version…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:36PMThere is not a gimmick to be found in the WorkShop Theater Company’s smart, engaging, and emotionally rewarding production of Shakespeare’s late romance and so-called “problem play,”…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:32PMSteve Kazee, who took home the Tony Award for his performance in the Tony-winning musical Once, has been cast in the ABC pilot "Warriors," according to TVLine.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:29PMA treasure trove of amazing movie themes and songs that didn't reach the winners' circle on Oscar Night 'Lost Movie Themes' is a celebration of the songwriters for whom it was an honor just …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMThis English import, a classic romance of decent married lovers resolutely resisting adultery, arrives in Beverly Hills.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:27PMTil Divorce Do Us Part or The Divorce Party Jig: Tony Ponturo, 61, the Tony-award-winning producer of Memphis, is having a bad 2014
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:24PMDisney's super successful animated movie musical FROZEN is set to hit Blu-ray and DVD next month and two never before seen deleted scenes from the film are now available to view.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMPlaywright Emily Pearlman (r) works with Laurel GreenThe Rowdiesby Laurel GreenLaurel Green is the Artistic Associate at Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP) in Calgary where she works in new play…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:12PMMeet Courtney Reed, playing Jasmine in the new musical comedy Aladdin. Performances begin February 26, 2014.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:06PMIt's common knowledge that Seth Rutdetsky approves of performers who can take well-known tunes and make them their own. In his (he co-wrote it with Jack Plotnick and plays disaster expert Dr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMHighTide and Nuffield transfer their production of Chris Dunkley's rural love story to Soho
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMThe production premiered on Broadway in 2009 and won four Tony Awards
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I Shall Forget You Presently
Kraine Theatre, Frigid Festival, Off Off Broadway
Reviewed by Amanda LaPergola
BOTTOM LINE: A beautiful, dreamy mélange of the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Mil…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:54PMName: Ryan SpragueHometown: Syracuse, NYEducation: B.A. in Theatre & Playwriting from Oswego State UniversityFavorite Credits: My one act play, Some Just Do It Naturally, played at Theat…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:45PMWarning: 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 05:40PMIt's almost time for Friday happy hour (oh, who are we kidding, we started drinking before lunch), but before the tipsy weekend Netflix binge begins, it's time to revisit the interes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMIn its 20 years at The Orpheum Theatre, STOMP has gone through: 31,200 brooms 10,000 garbage cans (bins) 10,400 six-foot wooden poles 15,600 pounds of sand 4160 blocks of athlete’s chalk…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:30PMThe 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) has announced the Next Link Project musical selections as part of the 11th annual festival, which will take place July 7-July 27 at location…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMGidion’s Knot is a hard play to take.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:27PMThis solo musical about the descent of the author’s mother into dementia . . . hey, where are you going? Don’t be turned off by its subject: Jonatha Brooke’s affectionate, well-cra…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:21PMToday is the anniversary of the hilarious 1931 Laurel and Hardy comedy short Chickens Come Home. In this one Ollie is a prosperous fertilizer merchant who is running for Mayor. Laurel, thoug…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:21PMCharlotte the Destroyer
Kraine Theatre, Frigid Festival, Off Off Broadway
Reviewed by Joseph Samuel Wright
BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte the Destroyer is a new play about a woman and the charact…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:15PMInternationally celebrated vocalist and performer Lea Salonga is set to premiere a brand new concert experience to fans later this month and a first preview of what is to come is now availab…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMWarning: 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 05:10PMImmerse yourself in the world of Machinal with our cast and creative teams' recommended reading list. For Her Own Good by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English About the book: A provocati…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:09PMToday is the anniversary of the release date of the 1936 Mae West comedy Klondike Annie. Partially penned by West herself (based on her 1921 stage play Frisco Kate), the comedy essentially …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:01PMIrish Rep's new musical, about convicts bound for Australia, has a book by Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List), music and lyrics by Larry Kirwan (the group Black 47) and direction and design …
SOURCE: Blank New World at 05:01PMWith Broadway’s spring season barely begun, is it too soon to start worrying about the Tony races? Well, yes. But that hasn’t stopped legiters from forecasting an awards-season c…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PMYou gotta get a gimmick, a trio of wise women once advised. But to succeed on Broadway these days, what you really need is a star. Mounting a Broadway show has become so expensive, and the b…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:00PMPlaybill.com offers a behind-the-scenes look at opening night of the new musical The Bridges of Madison County, starring Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale.
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Siren's Callby Élaine Charlebois In Stéphanie Morin-Robert’s piece Coming and Going presented by Tangente at Théâtre Prospero, female contemporary dancers inhabit the stage as th…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:59PM By: Susan Hasho Jonatha Brooke is a singer/songwriter. I first heard of her when I fell in love with her album The Story: Angel in the...The post ‘My Mother Has…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:57PMWHO: St. Ann’s Warehouse POSITION: Marketing and Membership Associate DESCRIPTION: St. Ann’s Warehouse, the award-winning presenter of world-class international and American avant-g…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 04:54PM “I give you fair warning. Up there, in lights, I’ll be!” When 22-year-old Sutton Foster sang those hopeful Martin … Read More →
SOURCE: nytheatremag.com at 04:51PMRachel Meyer, Darren Devaney (photo by Michael Slobodian)Light/Darkby Jay CattersonThe exploration of the intersection between music and dance was on glorious display at the Queen Elizabeth …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:47PML-R Nicola Lipman, Brian Linds, John Campbell (photo by David Cooper)Driving smoothly and without a hitchA smart tale of colour-blind compassionby Chris LaneYou know just where you’re goin…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:37PMBy Brian Scott Lipton Among the myriad of fabulous acts coming up shortly at the swanky 54 Below are the club debuts of three very different and very talented...The post Award Winners…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:35PMChris Dunkley’s intense and tragic two-hander Smallholding explores how, no matter where you find yourself, old habits always die hard. Indeed, when Jen (Matti Houghton) and Andy (Chris N…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:34PMA first look at the hotly anticipated doll versions of beloved cinematic characters Elsa and Anna from Disney's hit animated movie musical FROZEN is now available to view.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMWill Eno’s new play The Realistic Joneses will begin previews on Thursday, March 13, 2014, with an official opening night on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at the Lyceum Theatre (149 W 45th St…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:21PMThe singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke, who wrote “My Mother Has 4 Noses,” performs it at the Duke on 42nd Street.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:19PMThere are some things that you just have to attend at least once in your life – and one of them is the opera. Turandot (or, as a lot of people kept saying to me, “the ‘Nessun Dorma…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:17PMCircus Oz is not a reinvention of the big top, a la Cirque du Soleil. It is more of a traditional circus updated for modern times.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:14PM"On the other hand, you don’t have to get paid to be good..."
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 04:14PMA peek behind the scenes of the hit West End production of the multi-award-winning page-to-stage adaptation of Roald Dahl's MATILDA is now available to view.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMSteve Martin and Edie Brickell's song "Love Has Come For You" won a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Song at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. Watch them perform the title song from…
SOURCE: PBS at 04:08PMThe world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Fool, a medieval comedy about two kings who throw a jester competition, begins Feb. 21 at the Alley Theatre in Houston.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:08PMThe new documentary about stage and screen legend Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch SHOOT ME is currently in limited release at New York City's IFC Center and Lincoln Plaza Cinema. The film ju…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMToday is the anniversary of the release date of The Haunted House a 1921 Buster Keaton short, directed by Eddie Cline. In case you find yourself getting too scared (spoiler alert) the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:07PMJust read what is BY FAR the best – and perhaps the ONLY work – on the crisis of criticism that Chuck has ever written. And you should too. The article is entitled: A ‘gre…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:06PMA new featurette showcasing the backstage of the West End's longest-running musical, LES MISERABLES, is now available to view.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMMichael Fabiano, a 29-year-old tenor from Montclair, N.J., has been given the Beverly Sills Artist Award for young singers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PMBroadway leading man Christopher J. Hanke How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will begin performances as Alex More in the smash hit comedy Buyer amp Cellar on Tuesday, March 18,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMThe Tow Foundation's and The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation's grants will allow these authors to focus on producing new works.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe five-time Tony winner may take on the role of iconic blues singer Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMSTL250 gets a nod with two pieces from 1764, the year St. Louis was founded.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:00PMOlivier Award-winner Zimmerman will play a Hollywood film star in Trevor Nunn's revival
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Picasso and Einstein walk into a bar. Add in a couple more cleverly conceived curious characters and you’ve got a recipe for ridiculous comedy that will tickle your funny bone until your s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:55PMBeautiful - The Carole King Musical has just launched a new interactive discography page on its official website that allows visitors to peruse the music of the show, as well as other tunes …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMIf, like the majority of the population, your access to sign language is generally limited to early morning educational programming – and a viral Mandela memorial faux pas – you may …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:47PMAlso on next season’s roster at the 5th Avenue in Seattle: the premiere of “Something Rotten!,” a musical comedy; “A Chorus Line”; “Grease.”
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:45PMIf you want single tickets to Opera Theatre of St. Louis' 2014 season, your chance to get the best available seats starts Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:45PMSignature Theatre is currently presenting the world premiere of THE OPEN HOUSE, by Will Eno and directed by Oliver Butler. All tickets for the initial run of the production are 25 as part of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMA Mother/Daughter, end-of-life love story...complicated by religion and dementia. Tickets are now on sale for My Mother Has 4 Noses, written and performed by Jonatha Brooke. Directed by Jere…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMRape is always a tricky subject to tackle, to put it mildly – particularly with comedy. The treatment of the subject must be done with the utmost sensitivity and clarity to ensure that t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:35PMTonight at 6pm (E.S.T.) Turner Classic Movies will be showing a particular favorite of many show biz buffs, Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys (1975). This comedy about a bickering vaude…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:34PMPhoebe Strole, one of the stars of David Hwang’s Kung Fu, explains how the play forces audiences to see Bruce Lee as a human being and not just a martial artist.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:31PMFollowing a quiet couple of months, Broadway enjoyed a good, old-fashioned, big musical opening Feb. 20, when Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale opened in The Bridges of Madison County.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMThey may be in the background, but these sexy Broadway dancers and singers are heating up the stage
SOURCE: Time Out at 03:26PMThey may be in the background, but these sexy Broadway dancers and singers are heating up the stage
SOURCE: Time Out at 03:26PMThis show proves that any predictions of the death of musical theater are quite premature. By Joel Benjamin Cutting Edge Composers at 54 Below (February 17th),...The po…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:23PMIt’s Friday, and BroadwayBox is looking back on the most stunning images from the week on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:17PMThe Bridges of Madison County, which began previews on Friday, January 17, 2014, officially opened Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:12PMIf you watched the nervous opening monologue of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," you could not have missed this line: "I'm Jimmy Fallon. I'll be your host, for now." Hmm. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:11PMDANCE REVIEW: Kyle Abraham's "The Radio Show" at MCA Chicago ★★★★
DANCE REVIEW: Kyle Abraham's "The Radio Show" at MCA Chicago ★★★★ ... Silen…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:11PMTHEATER REVIEW: Profiles Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: Profiles Theatre ★★★ ... The historic backroom at 4139 N. Broadway has seen illicit activity in its…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:10PMIn lieu of the tragic death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman due to a drug overdose, more light is being shed on the toll his career may have taken on him. Specifically, his role as Willy …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 03:09PMHeidi Schreck and Danai Gurira have received special grants from Playwrights Horizons, the writer's theatre dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week or you're just in the mood for a recap, BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy your end-of-the-week fix Take a l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PM All I could say to Kevin Spacey during our interview was, "I am so grateful." Amazing actors of both the stage and screen are rare. What's more rare i…
SOURCE: www.broadwaymasterchat.com at 03:03PM…This is no joke. Here are photos of them performing at 54 Below.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMDarvill will take over from Declan Bennett at a special charity gala on 17 March
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[D]irector Sara Bernstein decided to make one significant change�updating the setting to modern day Las Vegas.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:56PMPopular indeed! Wicked, which features music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman, tells the story of the witches of OZ long before Dorothy ever dropped in. One b…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:48PMStage and screen actor who excelled in playing authority figures and appeared in TV shows such as Brookside and LovejoyMalcolm Tierney, who has died aged 75 of pulmonary fibrosis, was a reli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:28PM by: Eric J. Grimm Few people understand the community of the horror film genre the way New York City based filmmaker Michael Stever does. Stever, a jack...The post All M…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:28PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL creator and legendary Motown record label founder Berry Gordy will receive the Visionary Award during the 2014 “BET Honors” ceremony broadcast nationwide on Monday, Fe…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:21PMIt looks as though Bronx Bombers has reached its third strike because it is out of here. Producers made the announcement that the production would play its final performance March 2. The pro…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:18PMSWEET Although the plot is nearly as implausible as this bald synopsis implies, and although in another play Miss Edwards’ behavior might invite a lawsuit, neither concern, somehow, is obt…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:14PMName: Anaïs Koivisto Hometown: San Francisco Education: BU CFA, LAMDA, ACT (and other acronyms) Favorite Credits: As a director - Erik Ehn's The Saint Plays while I was at BU. For fun - pla…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:14PMAt the Junior Theater Festival ’14, Saturday night and all day Sunday are the best times to be in the MTI ShowSpace. After those many events in small breakout rooms, how nice to have all 4…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 02:13PM"It is long, it is hard, it is arduous. You can’t sleep on the podium in this piece," conductor James Conlon told THR of the three-hour opera, which begins its run Feb. 22.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:12PMPatrick Street Productions (PSP) and Talk is Free Theatre will present the Vancouver premiere of Floyd Collins March 11-30 at the newly opened York Theatre on Commercial Drive.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL creator and legendary Motown record label founder Berry Gordy will receive the Visionary Award during the 2014 'BET Honors' ceremony broadcast nationwide on Monday, Februa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMWhen I first see Elaine Stritch—the 89-year-old legendary stage and screen actress—she’s propped in bed. Although she’s been a New York fixture since the 1940s (and spent 18 years li…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:04PMA SEXUAL CAGE FIGHT The punning title—Cock—is a heavy clue on what to expect. From the moment you enter, you know you won’t confuse this 80-minute tour de theatre with anything else. P…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:02PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Cass Morgan, who is starring as 'Marge' in The Bridges of Madison County- currently playing at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMThe 2011 earthquake devastated every venue in Christchurch – first to be rebuilt, with public donations, was the Court TheatreIt was the morning of 22 February 2011 and we were making a dr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PMThe show ran for three years in the West End
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PMThe National Theatre and Talawa arrive at the Birmingham Rep presenting their version of Errol John's Moon On A Rainbow Shawl
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PMCast members Bobby Steggert, Jeffry Denman, Tally Sessions, and more will participate.
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The TV film version of the Tony Award-nominated Broadway revival of Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful, starring Tony and Emmy winner Cicely Tyson, will be screened at the White H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMHartford Stage will present the East Coast premiere of Somewhere, a dance-filled piece by Matthew Lopez (The Whipping Man) about a Puerto Rican family in 1959 New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMBronx Bombers has struck out on Broadway. Eric Simonson’s play about the New York Yankees will close at the Circle in the Square Theatre on March 2 after playing 31 previews and 29 regular…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:49PMTune in to see Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart who star together in the acclaimed Broadway productions of Harold Pinter’s NO MAN’S LAND and Samuel Beckett’s WAITING FOR GODOT on “La…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:48PMAll through the engrossing and ultimately wrenching second act of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s production of Other Desert Cities, one question screamed for an answer: Where were you people …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:46PMExactly ten years after closing on Broadway, Boy George's TABOO returned to New York for a very special two-night-only engagement benefiting Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS. The concert sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMAin't Misbehavin' – Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 W Belmont Ave., in Chicago, is offering $10 industry tickets for the Sunday, February 23rd at 6pm performance (only). Call …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:42PMBroadwayWorld.com has learned that talks are indeed currently underway with five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald to bring her back to the stage as legendary songstress Billie Holliday in a r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMA pair of quintessential absurdist plays–The Bald Soprano and The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco–will lift you from the humdrum and deposit you in a place where language takes on a ref…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PMHeathers the Musical will rule the hallways at New World Stages beginning March 17! Broadway.com got a sneak peek of the new musical adaptation in rehearsal. It's very.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:37PMTune in to see Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart who star together in the acclaimed Broadway productions of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT on 'Late Night…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMIn Taxdeductible Theatre’s Dare Project, the audience tells the artists what to create — Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond.…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:33PMMeet the real stars of “The Americans”: the disguises. The wigs of “The Americans” have developed a following unto themselves, in part because they are so integral to the plot, in pa…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:31PMNoël Coward wanted to be a spy, but Churchill said he should stick to theatre. So his contribution to the war effort was to stage a 'light comedy about death' as London was bombedNoël Cowa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PMThe new documentary “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” shows its eighty-nine-year-old subject’s ferocious dual nature.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 01:31PMNothing about “The Americans” is as it should be. Philip and Elizabeth Jennings live in a peaceful neighborhood in suburban Virginia, and they’re at war with the FBI agent across the …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:25PMWelcome to playwright David Rabe’s Los Angeles in the mid-1980s and his black comedy HURLYBURLY now at the Chain Theatre in Long Island City through March 1.
SOURCE: www.timesledger.com at 01:19PMHey, did you know that Lea Michele wants to play Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway? Yeah, we thought so.
The Glee star has definitely been vocal about her love of Barbra Streisand and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PMDisney's Aladdin, starring Adam Jacobs as charming street rat Aladdin and Courtney Reed as misunderstood princess Jasmine, will fly into Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMAuthor’s note: Catherine Trieschmann is best know for Crooked (Bush Theater, Women’s Project) and last season’s How the World Began … Read More →
SOURCE: nytheatremag.com at 01:10PMDirector Paul Miller and cast members Cathy Belton and Luke Carver Goss discuss working on Friel's "overlooked" 1993 play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMFrom backstage gossip to all the winners as they are announced, make sure you know how to stay up to date
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe free event will take place at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMIvey and Houdyshell will jointly participate in the "Acting Aloud" series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
In 1923, a British theater manager told George Bernard Shaw that he wanted to produce the playwright’s latest work, a sprawling five-play cycle called “Back to Methuselah.” “I asked …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:56PM"Sundays at the Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda," a new film series hosted and curated by the In the Heights Tony winner, launched earlier this year at the opulent United Palace The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMBroadway couples celebrated love in A Very Broadway Valentine's Day, a concert conceived by Newsies actress Kara Lindsay, Feb. 13 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMThe Bridges of Madison County is a new musical based on the well-known novel by Robert James Waller (it was also adapted into a 1995 movie starring Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood). Musical …
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 12:52PMAn overnight production of Macbeth is to be staged by immersive production company Rift in London this summer. The show will take place on the top floor of an “iconic” London tower block…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMIn my other reviews, I’ve made mention of cabaret as a fascinating opportunity with a name artist. Tonight, it’s just artist and audience, me as me, you as you, and we will share somethi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:49PMTony winner Steve Kazee has booked a TV gig. The former Broadway.com video blogger and Star of the Year will appear on the ABC military-themed medical pilot Warriors, according to TVLine.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PMAn RSC production of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew was recently disrupted by some of its young audience. But does the fault in such cases lie with the kids or the company?Do children nee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMSnow days and the blustery winter has not stopped students at Staten Island’s Wagner College from putting together a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The Theatre Advisory…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:39PMHeartbeat of Home set projection designer Dave Torpey joins the third annual TEDxBroadway event on Monday, February 24, 2014 at New World Stages - Stage 4 340 West 50 Street where he will di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMThe Bridges of Madison County, the musical based on Robert James Waller’s best-selling 1992 novel, opened Feb. 20 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacif…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:36PMThe world premiere production of the brand new musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway, written byWoody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath for the 1994 film, will be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMWhat is the story of the long-lost Klaw Theatre?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMTony award-winning musical In The Heights will receive its London premiere in The Large at Southwark Playhouse. Directed by Luke Sheppard and choreographed by Drew McOnie, the new production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMShameless actor Rebecca Ryan is to appear in the Hull Truck Theatre production of Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste of Honey. Ryan – who also appeared in BBC TV series Waterloo Road – will…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PM The York Theatre Company (James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director; Andrew Levine, Executive Director) will welcome cast members of the original Off-Broadway production of th…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:20PMRunaway Entertainment Ltd and Paul Taylor Mills Ltd, by arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe, present the London premiere ofTony Award-winning Broadway musical In The Heights at the South…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 12:15PMBy Dara Weinberg. This period of shared, relaxed time puts the performers in harmony with the theater, the rehearsal, and their fellow actors. It's like musicians tuning in the same room tog…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:14PMGeorge S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, co-authors of some of Broadway’s most enduringly funny comedies, also collaborated on a topical pageant, The American Way, which opened at Broadway&rsq…
SOURCE: nypl.org at 12:10PMGeorge S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, co-authors of some of Broadway’s most enduringly funny comedies, also collaborated on a topical pageant, The American Way, which opened at Broadway&rsq…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:10PMOriginal cast members from Yank!, the David and Joseph Zellnik musical about a young gay American soldier facing first love as he is swept into World War II, will reunite at the York Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMTheir love affair started on Broadway, when they sizzled onstage in Anna Christie in 1993. They went on to become a highly-respected married acting couple on the stage and screen, until she …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMNow in a Teen Vogue interview between Michele and her Spring Awakening co-star Jonathan Groff, Michele reveals that plans might already be in the works. She told Teen Vogue 'I want to do mov…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMArts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, and theater that's coming up this week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:00PMDisney'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 12:00PMWith "Breath and Imagination," a musical based on the life of the celebrated tenor -- one of the highest-paid musicians of his time, black or white -- playwright Daniel Beaty seeks…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00PMThe production is produced in association with London's Royal Court Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
So you love House of Cards? Check out five Broadway characters just as ruthless as the Underwoods.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:59AMCelebrating its fifth anniversary this year, the Atlas Intersections Festival will bring together hundreds of D.C.-based performers and thousands of theater fans over three weekends to join …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:59AMYvonne Arnaud, Guildford: A sing-song is under way on stage as the audience enters, the songs instantly giving a flavour of 17th century Scotland. Jamie Laird as Davie Balfour tells the stor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMThe York Theatre Company will welcome cast members of the original Off-Broadway production of the critically acclaimed musical, Yank, with book amp lyrics by David Zellnik and music by Joe Z…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMLeigh Zimmerman is to join the cast of Relative Values when it transfers to the West End in March. Zimmerman will play Miranda Frayle in Theatre Royal Bath Productions’ staging of Noel Cow…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMBy David Dower. Listen to audio podcasts hosted by David Dower as he interviews theater artists from around the country to highlight #newplay bright spots. Subscribe in Apple iTunes or via R…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:30AMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Hollywood stars are lighting up Broadway in limited-run plays that can be box office gold for the theater industry and give film and television actors a prestigious care…
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:30AMThe Tony-winning musical Memphis is heading to London’s West End, with Beverley Knight headlining the production. According to the Daily Mail, Memphis will open at the Shaftesbury Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMThe 1980s are remembered as a decade of decadence, as successful yuppies indulged in booze, drugs and other vices. The indulgence was not limited to New York City, as stories about 1980s Hol…
SOURCE: queenstribune.com at 11:25AMSpring Awakening actress Lea Michele, who stars as Rachel Berry on the Fox hit musical series "Glee," sat down with Tony Award nominee, former Spring Awakening co-star and best fri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMSpring is in the air, so I’m feeling randy . . . it’s time to start hookin’ people up! Our first Collaborator Speed Date was way back in 2011, and it is one of the events t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe production, directed by Luke Sheppard with choreography by Drew McOnie, opens in The Large in May
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe screen-to-stage musicals are reportedly set to swap places in the summer
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 2212014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMJames Macdonald directs the new play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMPlus, The Glass Menagerie's Celia Keenan-Bolger as Pasqaule's fiancée in this original 2003 Seattle production of The Light in the Piazza.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Caryl Churchill’s acclaimed Love and Information will now run through April 6 at the Minetta Lane Theatre. Directed by James Macdonald, the off-Broadway show, which was first produced …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMA site-specific, immersive production of Macbeth will be presented by the theatre company Rift in an east London tower block, according to The Guardian.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMFiled under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: burlesque, Champagne Riot, Cutting Room, Gelber and Manning, Gin MInsky
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:45AMThe Women's Voices Festival, an eight-week program dedicated to spotlighting female playwrights, has added several theatres to its lineup, according to the Washington Post.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMIt’s safe to say that Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending classic novel “Orlando: A Biography” was ahead of its time when originally published in 1928, telling the story of a young 17th-…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:41AMArthur Darvill will reprise his Broadway role as Guy in the West End edition of Once, beginning performances March 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMBroadway vet Leigh Zimmerman will join the West End transfer of Relative Values as Miranda Frayle. Directed by Trevor Nunn and starring the previously announced Patricia Hodge, Caroline Quen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AMBy HowlRound TV. The Dramatists Guild of America with Harvardwood present a livestreaming conversation with André Bishop, Producing Artistic Director of Lincoln Center Theater in New York C…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:37AMWLIW21 New York Public Television will air encore presentations of "Idina Menzel Live — Barefoot at the Symphony" March 2 at 3 PM ET and March 5 at 7 PM ET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMDavid Henry Hwang's Kung Fu, starring Cole Horbie and Phoebe Strole, is currently in previews ahead of an official opening night on February 24, 2014 in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest, most comprehensive theatre site on the net, recently announced the newest addition to its line-up of original, engaging, star-filled TV programs- YouTube sens…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMGuests have been announced for upcoming broadcasts of the CBS chat shows "The Talk" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMTake That! British boy band legend Gary Barlow is teaming up with Calendar Girls playwright Tim Firth to adapt the work into a musical. Firth told the Daily Mail that the first workshop &ldq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:25AMSally Cookson's thrilling production of Jane Eyre is a continually absorbing achievement, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:24AM... props for gently addressing the important issue as to whether a number of newly labeled psychological disorders which are widely and casually chemically treated with powerful and dangero…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:22AMA discussion of The Public Theater’s forthcoming Shakespeare in the Park season by Lindsay, Maxamoo’s founder, and Nicole, from Mildly Bitter’s Musings. Subscribe to Max…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 10:20AMTouring company New Perspectives is marking its 40th anniversary by staging David Rudkin’s The Lovesong of Alfred J Hitchcock at the 10th Brits Off Broadway Festival in New York and wit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMIt’s almost March, and after five months of non-stop snow, sleet and sludge, we've never been more ready for some sunny skies. So here at Broadway.com, we’ve begun to daydrea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMFour-time Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio may not just be visiting Broadway theaters but treading the boards in the near future! The actor told the Daily Mail that he’s “bee…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:07AMIn Broadway's past, the actor playing Jean Valjean, the hero of Les Miserables, typically looks like the kind of guy who would steal a loaf of bread—off the next table in a restaur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:03AMRehearsal images have been released for the production of Fatal Attraction, which opens 25 March 2014
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AMIn today's Wall Street Journal drama column I review The Bridges of Madison County. Here's an excerpt. * * *...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AMKelli O’Hara and Steven Pasquale star in the Broadway production of the new Jason Robert Brown-Marsha Norman musical The Bridges of Madison County, based on the best-selling roman…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMAdapted from the Robert James Waller novel of the same name, The Bridges of Madison County stars Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara as a photographer on assignment and an Italian war bride who…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Arthur Darvill, most recently seen on Broadway in the leading role of Guy in Once, is to reprise the part in the West End. He will begin performances in London on March 17 at the Phoenix The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:57AMSubscribers: If your software garbles this newsletter, read it at GraceNotesStage.com. THIS WEEKEND’S HIGHLIGHTS: Friday, February 21 * Sheldon Harnick, Ira Wallach & David Bake…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMThe new Saints ballpark will feature one of two art designs, and the public can weigh in on the decision.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 09:50AMA tribute to Broadway music director Linda Twine – who has served as music director for The Color Purple; Caroline, Or Change; and Big River, among others – will be held March 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMThe Bridges of Madison County, the new musical based on the best selling novel by Robert James Waller, opened last night, February 20, 2014, at 800 PM at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 We…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:47AMFiled under: BOOKS & AUTHORS, Broadway, Burlesk, Hollywood (History), PLUGS, Vaudeville etc. Tagged: Carolyn Quinn, Mama Rose's Turn, Ziegfeld Society
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:44AMThe Top 13 finalists for the hit Fox singing competition "American Idol" were announced Feb. 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMWagner College Theatre will present Places I Love, an evening to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Feb. 22 at Wagner College’s Stage One.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMOn 17 March 2014, Arthur Darvill, who has previously played the role in the Broadway production, will join the West End cast of Once to play the leading role of Guy. The eight-time Tony awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMDoctor Who actor Arthur Darvill is to star in the musical Once from March 17. He will play Guy in the show, which is directed by John Tiffany and is currently running at the Phoenix...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:30AMNew York Theatre Workshop's production of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information, which had originally been scheduled to run through March 23, will now play through April 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMFiled under: PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Flute Midtown, Wit's End
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:28AMFollowing a three-year run in London’s West End, Rock of Ages will embark on a U.K. tour, opening at The Palace Theatre, Manchester May 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMThe company of The Bridges of Madison County just celebrated their February 20 opening night on Broadway with the famed Gypsy Robe ritual. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the event and brings …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23AMWith the 13/14 touring season now more than half-way through, The Road 101 decided it was time once again to catch up with our peregrinating performer pal, Patrick Oliver Jones for our Voice…
SOURCE: The Road 101 at 09:20AMThe new documentary about stage and screen legend Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch SHOOT ME is set for a limited release beginning today, February 21, 2014 at New York City's IFC Center and Li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMFrench writer Philippe Jaccottet’s ever-questioning poetic analyses of haunting ephemeral perceptions are carried on with such scruple and sincerity that, for his European peers, he has be…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AMIn the Heights, the 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical that also won its composer Lin-Manuel Miranda the Tony for Best Original Score, will receive its London premiere in a brand-new pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:07AMRachel Mars' latest touring show The Way You Tell Them turns the spotlight on the inner workings of comedy, the desire and, sometimes uncontrollable, compulsion to be funny. Where does t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:00AMReview of the Saturday, January 25 matinee preview performance at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City, New York. Starring Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale, with Hunter Foste…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM"I once made a list of all the things that everyone lies about. Much of it is, alas, unprintable in...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AM
"This is a celebration of young artists, and the future of New Jersey — that’s how we see it," says the company's assistant artistic director, Paul H. McRae.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:57AMMulti-platinum recording artist — and Tony nominee — Vanessa Williams will join the roster of special guest stars in the Broadway revue After Midnight at the Brooks Atkinson Thea…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 08:55AMOvalhouse, LondonThere's a brooding, bloody power in Dan Allum's three-hander about Gypsy life, using music and ritual to hypnotic effectSophie's mum told her that she shouldn't play with th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:50AMStables, Milton KeynesRamsey's boisterous storytelling establishes a strong rapport with his audience – but his material too often lacks insightComedians are the canaries in the mine of mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMIf Our Town were to be crossed with Oklahoma! and infused with a dose of opera, the resulting hybrid might look and feel something like the new musical, The Bridges of Madison County, which …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:12AMAt the beginning of Theatre Royal Stratford East’s revival of Joan Littlewood’s 1963 musical Oh! What a Lovely War, a Pierrot clown describes a series of pre-war Bank holiday scenes, whi…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMWith 22 students in tow, husband-and-wife team make journey from Vancouver to a Tehran stage
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMThree one-act plays by Tennessee Williams, staged in a London hotel, have many curiosities. But at times they can feel throwaway, says Dominic Cavendish
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:06AMYou have a wonderful marriage. Two kids after twelve years. Successful. You finish each other’s sentences. Travel together. Work together. Cook together. And so you invite yo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:04AMThe actor talks about her unusual upbringing and why she named her daughter JulietI grew up in London. It was quite an unusual upbringing. My parents [Katharine, a teacher, and Richard, an a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AM
Steven Pasquale and Kelli O'Hara in The Bridges of Madison County
(Photo: Joan Marcus)
If Our Town were to be crossed with Oklahoma! and infused with a dose of opera, the resulting hybrid …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:56AMBen Richards and Noel Sullivan are to star in the UK tour of Rock of Ages, which opens at the Palace Theatre in Manchester in May. Richards, whose credits include 9 to 5 the Musical...
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:51AMVenue operator SMG Europe has vowed to standardise its ticket policy regarding disabled customers and their carers following a legal challenge to its procedures by a customer at the York…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMSoho theatre, LondonThis story of a couple's escape to the countryside finds a visceral intensity as it explores the symptoms of drug addictionAddiction lies at the heart of this short, shar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMThere is a lot of energy on view as the battle of the sexes rages on and off the basketball court.
SOURCE: Stagehappenings at 07:28AMThe love story that moved from page to screen. . . and now, with a lovely score by Jason Robert Brown, to the stage
SOURCE: at 07:12AMChances are you've formed an opinion of The Bridges of Madison County, whether you're familiar with Robert James Waller's story in one or more of its forms (novella, feature film and now Bro…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 07:04AMOur staff picks the best things to do this week, with a look at what's ahead in the weeks to come.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Innovative theatre company aims to put audiences to sleep – and then wake them up – in new site-specific performance"Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep." So rings the voice in Macb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMPerth Fringe World festival: Perth Institute of Contemporary ArtWhether clowning, bouffon and mime are the fad forms of our performance era is a question to which there is perhaps no answer …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AMMemphis, the 2010 Tony winner for Best Musical that also won Tonys for its book (by Joe DiPietro) and score (with music by David Bryan, and lyrics by Bryan and DiPietro), is eyeing a West En…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:33AMOvalhouse, London: Originally written in Romany and then translated into English, Dan Allum's play explores the Gypsy way of life as well as the prejudices to which the traveller commun…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMOld Vic, Bristol: Charlotte Bronte might be a mite surprised, I suspect, at this bold and vibrant two-part adaptation of her great Gothic novel. But it is likely she would lend unqualified a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AM
Churchill, Bromley: Arguably one of Britain's best loved comedies, Philip King's See How They Run premiered in London in 1945 offering something of a tonic to theatregoers at the t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMTony Award-winning Broadway musical In The Heights will receive its London Premiere in a brand new production in The Large at Southwark Playhouse from Friday 9 May press night Thursday 15 Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52AMKelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale in The Bridges of MadisonCounty
(©Joan Marcus)
Is it too much to ask of a show called The Bridges of Madison County that we actually see one of the co…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:46AMTony award-winning musical In the Heights will receive its London premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in May. The musical, which has music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, opened on Broadwa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMThe Midlands Academy of Dance and Drama in Nottingham is offering places worth £51,000 to a boy and a girl as part of The Stage Scholarships
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:34AMAlexei Sayle on the state of British comedy Sadly, I wasn’t able to get to the Leicester Comedy Festival this week to hear Alexei Sayle talk about the state of the industry. Though I m…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMWhen Scottish Ballet premiered Hansel & Gretel, they launched a free iPad app to act as a digital programmeThe idea to produce a digital programme came about as part of a larger campaign for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM
Slovenian choreographer Edward Clug’s ballet Radio and Juliet has been a global hit since 2005Katharine Viner
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:29AMPutting a four-and-a-half-hour, two-part adaptation of Jane Eyre on the main stage at Bristol Old Vic is a brave thing to do. Seeing both of them in one day is a bit of a slog (although not …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:29AMYou Once Said Yes is a work that physically takes the audience through a progression of sites or stagesVan Badham
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:11AMThe resident theatre company running the Lion and Unicorn Theatre in north London is to hand over its lease of the building to a new organisation to secure its future. The fringe venue is cu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMWhen it comes to seeing theatre is the second time a charm? It certainly was at the Barbican last weekend for Midsummer Night’s Dream and speaking to people who’ve recently been to The D…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMIn this extract originally published in the Observer on 1 April 1973 following Coward's death, Kenneth Tynan remembers a chance encounter with the playwrightExit a man with a talent to amuse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
On rare occasions I have the inclination to paraphrase President Richard Nixon who once infamously declared: “I am not a crook.” In my own case, as I reflect on my work as a critic, allo…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:52AMThe Cabaret World Morns as Erv Raible Passes Away: Erv Raible, 68 helped keep Cabaret alive and flourishing passed away after a long illness.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:35AMThere’s got to be a first time for everything, no matter how often you go to the theatre. It slightly surprised me, though, to realise that I was seeing Shelagh Delaney’s A Taste…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMIn 1996, I was having lunch at Sette Mezzo with Peter Stone, who wrote the musicals “1776” and “The Will Rogers Follies.” I asked him what he was up to,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:14AMIt takes a particularly hard heart to fail to be moved by the sheer scale of community fragmentation around the time of the Miners' Strike – for many, the single most devastating period in…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 03:08AMJason Robert Brown, Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale all score beautifully in a soaring and thoughtful musical romance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03AMWatch previously unseen footage of the American standup filmed at the Comedy Corner in Florida in 1993
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMChita Rivera can say she’s been “a lucky gal,” but that luck thing only goes so far. Her extraordinary record of achievement in musical theater speaks for itself. She wa…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AM
Barrett 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 01:45AMActress, singer, and former Miss America winner Vanessa Williams has been added to the list of special guest star vocalists in the Broadway musical After Midnight. The announcement came Feb…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 01:25AMI at least have to give everyone associated with “Pompeii” credit in that nobody had any illusions they were crafting a masterpiece of Western cinema.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:05AMWhen you’ve seen a great musical a few times (and let’s not mince words, “Jersey Boys” is a great musical) you start to wonder what exactly it is that makes it stand out.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:05AMRiggs' documentary, The Standbys, begins screenings in New York City on February 21.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMWhy art endures — and why artists should.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMAs Hanke takes over Urie's role in the off-Broadway hit Buyer & Cellar, the actors reflect on their uncannily parallel lives, from childhoods in Dallas to playing Bud Frump in How to Suc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMTyga Opens Last Kings Flagship Store in L.A.
YH heads to the grand opening of Last Kings, the flagship store from hip hop artist Tyga! We catch up with the man himself to get a feel for the …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMJackson Guthy Performs "See You Tonight" Live in the YH Studio
Singer/songwriter Jackson Guthy stops by the YH Studio to treat us to a live acoustic performance of his uber-romantic single, …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMIn a series of scenes from two marriages, we witness what makes these four tick in a tame and tired revival of Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize winning drama – 2000.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Celebrated Comedian Takes on Villainous Role as J. Edgar in All the Way Wherever he goes, Michael McKean—actor, writer, comedian, … Read More →
SOURCE: nytheatremag.com at 12:46AMThe newest THEATER TALK features A Tribute to Jerry Herman - occasioned by the 50th Anniversary of Herman's Hello, Dolly, featuring anecdotes and performances by Lee Roy Reams, Klea Blackhur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM50 Shades The Musical - The Original Parody at The Elektra Theatre 300 W. 43rd Street will begin performances tonight, February 21st with opening night set for March 12th. Directed by Al Sam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMSting The Last Ship will air on THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, February 21 at 9 p.m., ET on PBS check local listings and features the 16-time Grammy Award-winning musician performin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAlley Theatre presents the world premiere of a new comedy by Theresa Rebeck, Fool. In Rebeck's new comedy, two kings get together and place a wager on their fools - a jester competition, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMShe may be a singer, but Leslie Uggams is mostly unsung as a TV pioneer.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:29AMWilliam Shakespeare’s 450th birthday will not go unacknowledged thanks to a yearlong effort by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:27AMToday we are turning our attention to the increasingly ubiquitous presence of performers in their golden years reaching lofty new career heights and ingratiating themselves with new audience…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AMSpring is ComingJim Murchison @JimMurchisonI have always lived in Canada. I have seldom gone anywhere for a retreat to the heat during the long nights of winter. The days are getting lo…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMTime to explore our inner goddesses! 50 Shades! The Musical, the original parody of E.L. James’ erotic bestseller, begins performances off-Broadway February 21. Directed by Al Samuels …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMAndrew Keenan-Bolger and Ashley Brown strip down with the Skivvies during their Feb. 21 late-night show at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Sting: The Last Ship," which was recorded during the Grammy Award winner's fall benefit concert engagement at the Public Theater, airs Feb. 21 on PBS' "Great Performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe English-language version of Studio Ghibli's animated film "The Wind Rises" opens in select North American theaters Feb. 21 prior to an expanded release Feb. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM50 Shades! The Musical, a parody of the best-selling book series, begins previews Feb. 21 at the Elektra Theatre prior to an official opening March 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAn industry reading of the new musical comedy It’s Your Own Damn Fault is presented Feb. 21 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe York Theatre Company's production of Smiling, The Boy Fell Dead, part of the Winter 2014 Musicals in Mufti Series Celebrating Sheldon Harnick, begins its weekend of performances Feb.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"The Standbys," a documentary that follows three actors who understudy starring roles on Broadway, is released theatrically Feb. 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWoodie King, Jr., founder and producing director of New Federal Theatre, chats with Playbill.com about his theatrical accomplishments and dedication to presenting diversity onstage while cel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me," the acclaimed documentary film that captures the vivid onstage and offstage life of the Tony Award-winning theatre icon, premieres in New York City thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPerformances of a workshop presentation of Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin begin at La Jolla Playhouse Feb. 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"It's been a trend for so long that tap dancers rode on the back of soloists, because that's generally how writers like to writer about tap. They champion one person and when that on…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM 
