Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Al Samuels from 50 Shades! The Musical. The Other Josh Cohen @ Paper Mill, Dinner with Friends, Til Divorce Do Us Part, Londo…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 11:41PMThe life of the late martial arts legend-movie star Bruce Lee is told with little subtlety but enormous theatricality in David Henry Hwang’s new play Kung Fu, premiering at the Pershing Sq…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:31PMThe Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) launched its 2014 program earlier this month with more concerts, shows, musicals and events than ever before. Showcasing the talents…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:31PMBy Peter Filichia – Jule Styne couldn’t do it. Frank Loesser couldn’t do it. Even Richard Rodgers couldn’t do it.
But Cole Porter could.
The task in question? Seeing your final Bro…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 11:16PMDavid Henry Hwang's new drama examines the early years of late martial-arts star Bruce Lee.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMJohn Van Druten's trenchant play about office politics comes to the Mint Theater Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, February 24, 2014.
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Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's 'Appropriate,' Nina Arianda in 'Tales From Red Vienna, Jessica Hecht and Dominic Fumusa in 'Stage Kiss' and more in this week's On Stage.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:57PMWhen innovative British theater director and theoretician Peter Brook talks about his accomplishments - they are legion - he does so quietly, deflecting any self-glorification. There is talk…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:50PMVIDA, an association of women in the literary arts, has released its fifth annual tally of the number of women critics in major literary publications as well as the number of works by women …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36PMThree cheers for all the champions in the ring — and there are many of them — in the knockout revival of “Golden Boy,” Clifford Odets’ 1937 classic, now in a Griffin Theatre produ…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:36PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, AMERICAN HORROR STORY's Lily Rabe will be returning to the horror genre in Jason Blum's thriller THE VEIL, directed by Phil Joanou from a script by Rober…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28PMOne aspect of commercial Broadway theater that isn’t really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-offi…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:03PMTinker Bell won't be twerking across the stage in NBC's live PETER PAN this December.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02PMLooks like “Kung Fu,” David Henry Hwang’s reverential homage to Bruce Lee, should have been a musical after all. Cole Horibe, Taekwondo Olympic medalist (and finalist on …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM“Kung Fu,” the new play about Bruce Lee by David Henry Hwang, never achieves the fluid grace in its dialogue and dramaturgy that it does in its action sequences.
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Bruce Lee was famous for his precision — you don’t deliver blows and kicks like that without finely calibrating them. But the new fightsical “Kung Fu” is a hot mess....
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:47PMAccording to Deadline, actor and comedian Eddie Izzard, THE FIRM's Josh Lucas, GLEE's Kevin McHale and IN TREATMENT's Debra Winger have all boarded the upcoming movie BOYCHOIR.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:30PMToday is the birthday of Abe Vagoda (b. 1921) who is indeed still with us (aged 92). This is possible because he was much younger than he looked in The Godfather and on Barney Miller in …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:15PMWhy all the dancing, you may wonder, ornamenting an otherwise earthbound story about the king of cinematic martial arts?
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:03PMLOST AT SEA To culminate a year-long centennial celebration of British composer Benjamin Britten, L.A. Opera revisits the acclaimed Francesca Zambello production of his 1951 seafaring opera …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:03PMLondon Wall offers present-day American theatergoers a glimpse of office sexual politics that is twice-removed from our own culture and time.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PMThe epic quest for a white whale in Herman Melville’s classic Moby Dick seems an apt subject for an epic staging, operatic in its intentions and soaring in its scale. … this &#…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:00PMRECOMMENDED Chicago winters teach a myriad of things: the fine art of layering, new terms like “polar vortex” and, among other things, how to be resilient. The House Theatre’s producti…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:00PMFamilies are families the world over, whatever the generational and cultural influences which affect them. Janice Okoh's "Egusi Soup" concerns a British Nigerian family, but th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:00PM
Rites and Sacrifices may not be 100% perfect, but it’s still a powerful insight into the aftermath of war. Despite the occasional bump in the road and the short running time, this is stil…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:55PMSo Drew McManus beat me to it, Butts in the Seats turned 10 on Sunday. It was February 23, 2004 when I made my first post. Now here I am nearly 1500 posts later, still going pretty strong. �…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:22PMWALKING THE STREETS, A FAR FROM LOST SOUL Phyllis Pearsall became one of London’s great urban legends, through her own barnstorming memories and a fictionalized biography. A young wife, …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:11PMA black comedy of conspiracies and catfights bows in Hollywood.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:07PMOpera about mother who kills her children to feature in programme commissioned by choreographer Hofesh ShechterA disused brewery depot in Lewes will be the unlikely venue for an operatic bal…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02PMWar Horse, now touring to Southampton, is painfully hard hitting and exquisitely pleasurable; a pure-bred performance that will be remembered long after the curtain comes down.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMThere has been much prejudice and negative feeling stoked by "reality" television documentaries on the gypsy community, but little recent theatrical coverage. The Romany Theatre Co…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PM
Was he really "the greatest actor of his generation"?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 06:46PM2013 became all about the Wicked witches Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. 2014 is more than living up to the benchmark as international music theatre icons Bernadette Peters, Faith Prince…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30PMLisa Howard Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, 9 to 5 The Musical, South Pacific, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee recently performed 'I Dreamed a Dream' from LES MISERABLES at Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMStephen Ward, Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical with book and lyrics by Christopher Hampton and Don Black, is to shutter at the West End's Aldwych Theatre March 29, after a run of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:14PMNew dramas by award-winning New York playwrights Adam Rapp, Theresa Rebeck and Rajiv Joseph will be part of the 2014 Pacific Playwrights Festival, scheduled for April 25 to 27 at South Coast…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:13PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, February 24, 2014 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Daniel Radcliffe, Best Actor and @MichaelGrand…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:10PMKirk Gostkowski discusses Hurlyburly’s use of drugs and '80s TV culture to tell the story of people just trying to get closer to one another.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMBrian Watkins’s play, “My Daughter Keeps Our Hammer,” tells the story of two sisters in their 20s, living with their ailing mother on the high plains, and desperate for a way out. …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:00PMThis is our favourite list this year by far and barely needs any introduction. Ladies and gentlemen, here's some of our favourite moments from the Prince of Wales Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMThe production opens at the Southwark venue in April
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMTake an exclusive look at Angela Lansbury, Janie Dee, Charles Edwards, Jemima Rooper and cast in rehearsals for Blithe Spirit, which opens at the Gielgud Theatre on 18 March 2014 (previews f…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMLes Misérables cast members Will Swenson (Javert), Caissie Levy (Fantine), Nikki M. James (Eponine), Andy Mientus (Marius), Cliff Saunders (Thénardier) and Keala Settle (Madame Thénardier…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMThe action-opera focuses on writer Edgar Allan Poe's final days.
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Paper Mill Playhouse continues its 75th Anniversary Season with another new musical The Other Josh Cohen. The Other Josh Cohen features a book, music and lyrics by David Rossmer and Steve Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company's PTCPlay Festival of new work will host a special onstage conversation with PTC's artist-in-residence playwrightperformer ANNA DEAVERE SMITH, and two evenings o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PMDominique Morisseau's drama Detroit '67, set against the riots that ravaged the Motor City, has been named the 2014 winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American Histo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical, Stephen Ward, will close in the West End following a run of less than four months. Stephen Ward, which had been booking until May at the Aldwych T…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:41PMIs “Rocky” a Broadway box office contender? Too soon to tell, but sales for the large-scale new musical’s initial string of previews suggest audiences are at least showing a steady cur…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:36PMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joey Luft -- Judy Garland's three children -- will reunite at the 2014 Academy Awards this weekend for a tribute to THE WIZ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMRed-Eye to Havre de Grace, an action-opera about Edgar Allen Poe's last days alive, will play the New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:22PMTony Award and Oscar winner Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft and Joey Luft, children of late Oscar nominee and film legend Judy Garland, will reunite March 2 at the 86th Academy Awards to commemora…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMCheck out production images of Antony and Cleopatra at the Public Theater, starring Jonathan Cake and Joaquina Kalukango. Photos by Joan Marcus.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:20PMOrganizers are hoping a new theater festival set to be held in Los Angeles this fall will help create a touring network for Latino theater companies.
Such companies have sprouted up in citie…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:19PMThe West End production of Stephen Ward will complete its run at the Aldwych Theatre on 29 March 2014. Stephen Ward received its world premiere in December last year with a cast led by Alexa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMPrivate Lives is, to an extent, highly comedic and amusing fare perfect for a chilly evening in mid or late winter, complete with elegance, charm, and high society manners. On another level,…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:09PMThese all feel like real, believable characters and�even more to the credit of playwright Sheffer and this cast�like people we haven't met before.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:08PMAt Long Island City’s Chocolate Factory, an experimental theater group reworks the classic play into performance art, to sometimes bewildering effect.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:05PMThe world premiere of Stephen Ward, the latest musical from legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, has set a closing date of March 29 in London’s West End. Directed by five-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMName: Paul HutchesonHometown: Toronto, Ontario, CanadaEducation: Drama In Education; Second City Conservatory GraduateWhy theater?: Nothing compares to the immediacy and intimate nature of l…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:03PMThe new production, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, will premiere in 2015 at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, Calif.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 2242014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMOne of the R&H originals sings their classic tunes.
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The world premiere of a new commission by Ugis Praulins was a highlight.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:58PMBarnes amp Noble at 86th and Lexington in New York City will welcome the cast and creators of FUN HOME, The Public Theater production based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel, for a musical p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMBy Holly L. Derr. Today, in the second decade of the twenty-first century, local artists are again asserting control over the means of production and claiming American theater for themselves…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:47PMNearly six decades into her career, Academy Award-winning singer and actress Shirley Jones makes her Cafe Carlyle debut with a two-week run of An Evening with Shirley Jones, March 4-15. Gram…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMEvery Tuesday in February and March, Rock of Ages will offer fans a series of events featuring cocktails and product sampling.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:37PMBy Srila Nayak. In his autobiography, Amiri Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Jones in 1934, describes a stunned moment of self-discovery after reading a poem in the New Yorker. Baraka, then a 22-y…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:33PMRock out at JOE'S PUB on Wednesday March 12th at 7pm with this one- night-only concert reading of MORTALITY PLAY, the new hybrid rock showmorality play by Composer Scotty Arnold and Bookwrit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMTHEATER REVIEW: "A Tale of Two Cities" at Lifeline Theatre ★★½
A novel dense with story and narrative meanderings will always end up streamlined for the stage. That isn't neces…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:27PMThe Spokane Symphony will present a tribute to Jerome Kern, featuring many of his compositions as well as a performance of the musical Show Boat in concert, March 8 at 8 PM at the Martin Wol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMShirley Jones, a singer and actress who starred in numerous movie musicals, will present An Evening with Shirley Jones at the Café Carlyle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMThe original Off-Broadway cast of the Jeanine Tesori-Lisa Kron musical Fun Home, which was seen at the Public Theater earlier this year, will reunite for a March 13 in-store performance at B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PM By: Linda Amiel BurnsLyrics & Lyricists latest offering, "Sweepin' The Clouds Away" highlights so…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:19PMJust days after The Telegraph's Tim Walker initially reported that the West End musical may be concluding its run at the end of May, Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail has tweeted the the light…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMSWEET With quick-witted writing and a high-octane cast, OSD is the perfect nighttime outing for Angelenos in need of a comic escape. P.P. – LATF SWEET With the Winter Olympics upon us,…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:15PMBy HowlRound. This week's conversation topic is "How Universal is Your Writing?" and will be moderated by Ross Howard @rhplaywright and Samuel French, Inc. @mrsamuelfrench—who like all of …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:14PMThe Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming production of The Threepenny Opera will feature Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham and Tony nominees Laura Osnes and Mary Beth Peil.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:08PMRECOMMENDED Sexual orientation is all too often reduced to an either/or binary—straight or gay, one or the other. Bisexual or pansexual people are presented by both straight and gay commun…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:00PMThe longtime lead of Jersey Boys has joined the cast of Terry Johnson's revival
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
Go into “Ring of Fire” expecting a glimpse into the genius and torment that defined Johnny Cash and you’re apt to walk away disappointed. Created by Richard Maltby and conceived by Wil…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:52PMOperalia, the annual opera competition organized by Plácido Domingo, will take place in Los Angeles this year, marking the event's first return to the L.A. area since 2004.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:48PM(Pictured: Hallie Gordon. This post is a part of the Audience (R)Evolution grant program and blog salon.) There can be no question that Steppenwolf Theatre has a multi-generational audie…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:39PMMidwinter recess for schools in New York State helped those magical maggots over at Matilda to worm their way back into the top five grossing shows on the Great White Way this week. Wicked&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:38PMMidwinter recess for schools in New York State helped those magical maggots over at Matilda to worm their way back into the top five grossing shows on the Great White Way this week. Wicked&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:38PMRehearsals for Atlantic Theater Company's revival of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's musical THE THREEPENNY OPERA, directed and choreographed by visionary Martha Clarke, are now underway. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMThe Full Monty is one of those scruffy street mongrels that are undeniably cute and even inexplicably winning for short periods, but not a stray you want to take home. The Wick Theatre’s p…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:32PMThe hit Fox series "Glee" continues with weekly Thursday installments. Here's a first look at the Feb. 24 and March 4 episodes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMDaniel Radcliffe won Best Actor in a Play at London’s WhatsOnStage Awards yesterday, for his performance in the Michael Grandage Company production of THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, by Martin M…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:28PMWhat does an opera singer do on his night off from singing the title role in Massenet's WERTHER in a new production at the Metropolitan? If he's the charismatic wunder-tenor Jonas Kaufmann, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMThe Department of Theatre & Dance at Northern Kentucky University has announced its 2014-2015 season of main stage shows.
SOURCE: cincinnati.com at 03:24PMSteve Pond reports that the children of Judy Garland -- Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft -- will be part of this Sunday's Oscar tribute to "The Wizard of Oz." The legen…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:23PMTony Award nominee Alec Baldwin, who starred in the Broadway debut of Lyle Kessler's Orphans — which played a brief run last season at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre — op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMName: Maria WojciechowskiHometown: Mobile, Al (Currently in Chicago)Education: BA in Drama from University of South AlabamaFavorite Credits: Stand Up duo: Abbaria, ensemble member at iO Thea…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:16PMDaniel Radcliffe won Best Actor in a Play at London's WhatsOnStage Awards yesterday, for his performance in the Michael Grandage Company production of THE CRIPPLE OF INISHMAAN, by Martin McD…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:05PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 2232014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMAt its fiercest, Ayad Akhtar’s “The Who & the What” bares some of the same teeth as his riveting, 2013 Pulitzer-copping “Disgraced.” Both explore Pakistani-American tensions ar…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMHosted at the Prince of Wales Theatre by Rufus Hound and Mel Giedroyc, the 2014 WhatsOnStage Awards included perfomances from Cynthia Erivo, Michael Xavier, Willemijn Verkaik, Rosalie Craig …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PMThe play will be presented off-Broadway by Fault Line Theatre, with direction by Aaron Rossini.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Public Theater production is led by Chloë Grace Moretz.
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Think of the most athletically demanding role you’ve ever seen in a Broadway musical, multiply it by three, and you’ll have some idea of what Andy Karl is doing in Rocky. Before …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PMTHE FRUSTRATED AND THE BORED Watching The Cake Shop Theater Company perform Martin Crimp’s brisk new translation of Ferdinand Bruckner’s sharp 1926 play Pains of Youth, about a group of …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:54PMApollo theatre to reopen with West End transfer of vampire story Let the Right One In, after fourth level covered with new floorThree months after part of the ceiling fell on to the audience…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMShakespeare's Globe production of King Lear, featuring Joseph Marcell as the titular king, will play the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMHow inside the Beltway is the puckish new “The Cole Porter Project” at Source Theatre? House Speaker John Boehner’s name gets worked into the lyrics of “You’re the Top.” Robert G…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:51PMA review of Seattle Opera’s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Consul,” starring many standout voices from the company’s Young Artist Program and delivering a timely message a…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:51PMCandide
St. Charles Borromeo Church, Theater 2020, Off Off Broadway
Reviewed by Amanda LaPergola
BOTTOM LINE: A charming show with a complicated history gets a lovely, stress-free product…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:49PMTamara Tunie, Jennifer Westfeldt and Lili Taylor are among the actors to join the Public Theater production of Scott Z. Burns' new drama The Library, directed by Academy Award winner Ste…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PMFull casting has been announced for the world premiere of Scott Z. Burns' The Library, directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Emmy Nominee Lili Taylor, Tony nominee Jenni…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMThe Broadway-aimed musical Allegiance, currently starring George Takei, Lea Salonga, and Telly Leung, has created a Priority Access Pass to give more theatregoers a chance to see the product…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMLes Mis star Amanda Seyfried will take on the female lead in the sequel to Seth MacFarlane's TED, appropriately titled 'Ted 2.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMThe actors will join Chloe Grace Moretz in Steven Soderbergh's Off Broadway production of the new play by Scott Z. Burns at New York's Public Theater, opening in April.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:31PMBroadway's Cristin Milioti stars in tonight's HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. Get a sneak peek below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMThe Public Theater announced complete casting today for THE LIBRARY, a new play written by award-winning writer Scott Z. Burns and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh. THE LIB…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMThe production will originate at Shakespeare's Globe in London.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMBronx Bombers, the new Broadway play by Eric Simonson, tells the history of the New York Yankees framed through the eyes of baseball legend Yogi Berra. As part of Playbill.com's Bronx Bo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Ever get into a taxi and the cabbie is a talker? It can be a nightmare. You want to piddle around on your iPhone or talk with your friend or date, but the driver is spouting off nonsense abo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:59PMAs part of Black History Month, host Michel Martin asks actor, playwright and theater director Kwame Kwei-Armah why he, and so many other British actors, have chosen careers in the U.S.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:59PM(Pictured: Tim West. The following post is part of a series highlighting and celebrating the theatres and theatre people of San Diego as part of the 2014 TCG National Conference in San Die…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:55PMPresented as part of the 2014 FRIGID New York theater festival, Key of E by the Orlando-based Dark Side of Saturn theater company is described as “an apocalyptic rock musical.”…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 01:52PM By: Sandi Durell It’s amazing what can take place in a large white graph-like 5 sided box (design by Miriam Buether)! For the first hour you’re caught...The post …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:51PMFRANCE TRIMS ITS 1% WITH THE GUILLOTINE 2014 has been as good to 1859 as it was to the late 18th century. Christopher M. Walsh’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel—a saga of unexpect…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:51PMFive-time tony award winner Stewart F. Lane will be the keynote speaker for the Long Island Theatre in Our Schools Mini-Conference on Saturday March 8.
SOURCE: deerpark-northbabylon.patch.com at 01:49PMThe 2014 Broadway return of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's Tony Award-winning musical Les Misérables is currently in tech. Get to know the company of familiar fa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMBradley Cooper has been set to star and produce crime thriller “American Blood” for Warner Bros. “Divergent” producer Pouya Shabazian is also on board to produce. The…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:47PMA new national tour of Annie, staged by original lyricist-director Martin Charnin will launch this fall, presenting what the writers feel is a return to their original vision of the heartfel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMKate O'Flynn has become a powerful stage presence with her line in outspoken northerners. The actor talks to Maddy Costa about going to extremesEarly in 2013, Kate O'Flynn hit the Lyttelton …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMUSA Olympic bronze medalist Nick Goepper and silver medalist Devin Logan, both slopestyle freeskiers, celebrated their wins at Sochi with Billy Porter, Andy Kelso and the cast of Kinky Boots…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:41PMThe West End's new musical comedy and fictional X Factor spoof I Can’t Sing! has delayed previews due to technical issues. Previously scheduled to begin performances at the Lo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMX Factor finalist Rachel Potter takes the stage at 54 Below on February 24 with special guests Orfeh, Tituss Burgess, Christina Bianco and Khaya Cohen. Check out this BroadwayBox YouTube rou…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:32PMREVIEW: The New Century Theatre's kooky musical comedy “The Doyle & Debbie Show” aims for affection, not mockery.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:24PM“Gidion’s Knot,” Johnna Adams’ tense parent-teacher drama, makes its Minnesota premiere at Pillsbury House.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:21PMIvan Nagy was artistic director at Cincinnati Ballet for a short few years but his tenure was critical to the Ballet's development.
SOURCE: cincinnati.com at 01:21PMBroadway’s Best Shows sits down for exclusive interviews with the cast and creative team for All The Way as they discuss what the play stirs up in them.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:17PMREVIEW: Open Eye Figure Theatre unlocks the magic of visual storytelling in “Strumply Peter.”
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:17PMJust last night, February 23, BroadwayWorld celebrated the Best in Cabaret for 2013 at Joe's Pub. The star-studded event was hosted by BroadwayWorld.com's lead cabaret columnist and reviewer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMBULLETS OVER BROADWAY will begin preview performances Tuesday, March 11 and officially open on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at The St. James Theatre on Broadway. Read complete feature: http://ww…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:11PMLet's face it, we've all had revenge fantasies. A long time ago someone does you wrong so years after the dust has settled, you seek them out, lure them to your apartment and kill them. Wait…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:05PMWarning: 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 01:01PMTCG is pleased to announce the publication of The Hallway Trilogy by Adam Rapp, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist, Red Light Winter. This harrowing series weaving tales of love, torm…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:01PMFull casting has been announced for the production, imagining the succession of Prince Charles, which opens on 10 April
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe Michael Grandage Season's series of wins at last night's WhatsOnStage Awards is a vindication of its attempt to widen access and affordability for West End theatre.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMFrom shock to jubilation, the winners of last night's WhatsOnStage Awards react in 140 characters
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMIt seems people love to turn movies into musicals—movies that have no business being musicalized! Now, the beloved ’80s cult classic “Back to the Future” is going to …
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:00PM
Laura de Noves, believed to have been Petrarch's LauraIt's hard to exaggerate the contributions of Francesco Petrarca, known to the English speaking world as Petrarch, to the Renaissance, th…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:59PMOriginal cast members from the 1997 Broadway premiere of Titanic, including Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Cerveris, David Garrison and Martin Moran, reunited at Avery Fisher Hall Feb. 17 f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMThe St. Louis native is one of seven to win $10,000 prizes.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:57PMThe 64,000 question is, if the artists' concerns gravitated to the Marathon Bombings, why did "Interference"'s press releases and the program cite Picasso's "Guernica"?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:56PMColumbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith are pleased to announce that Dominique Morisseau's Detroit '67 is the 2014 winner of the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMOn Saturday Feb. 22, the starry cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of “Of Mice and Men,” currently rehearsing in Chicago, stopped by the Goodman Theatre to take in a performan…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:49PMWHO: Bucks County Playhouse POSITION: Company Manager DESCRIPTION: The Bucks County Playhouse, a professional AEA theater located along the scenic Delaware River in New Hope, PA, is seeking…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:44PMNYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will present the world renowned Shakespeare's Globe production of KING LEAR from Tuesday September 30 through Sunday October 12 with Joseph Marcel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PM By: Sandi Durell “See Live Shows! Keep the Music Playing!” March is Cabaret Month in New York City – The Bistro Awards (www.bistroawards.com) take place...The post March…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:35PMAllegiance, the Broadway-aimed musical starring George Takei, has launched the sale of "Allegiance Priority Access Pass," a new system that gives fans initial access to tickets bef…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMTHE RAINBOW THEATRE PROJECT PRESENTS SAY YOU LOVE SATAN AT SOURCE TONIGHT – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2014 AT 7:30 PM Attendees promised a helluva good time at this devilishly-funny free ev…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:29PMIn Ken Urban’s new play, grief creates strange spiritual terrain — “There’s not that much difference between believing in heaven and believing that making a living wo…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:29PMHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH will begin preview performances on Broadway on Saturday, March 29 with an official opening on Tuesday, April 22, 2014. Read the full article and watch the video her…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:27PMFiremen is one of those intense discomfiting plays that at times can have you squirming in your seat, wishing you’d opted to see something less painfully and graphically real. It’s also,…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:20PMJust last night, February 23, BroadwayWorld celebrated the Best in Cabaret for 2013 at Joe's Pub. The star-studded event was hosted by BroadwayWorld.com's lead cabaret columnist and reviewer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMWhat brought about your involvement with All The Way? Every now and then producer Jeffrey Richards calls me and asks me if I’d like to be part of a production and every now and then he ask…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:17PMOf course, I would never miss the chance of seeing a play called Cock. So when I was in New York on business in the summer of 2012, I snuck away after interminable day-long discussions of …
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 12:15PMName: Scott Raymond JohnsonHometown: Hampden, MaineEducation: Emerson CollegeFavorite Credits: Quest for the West: Adventures on the Oregon Trail! (Ezekiel), Oklahoma! (Will Parker), Route 6…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:13PMAcclaimed 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 12:13PMKids’ Night on Broadway begins tonight and runs through March 2, 2014. Sparking even more excitement for the 18th annual event is National Ambassador, Tony-winner Idina Menzel. Kids’ Nig…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:12PMThe 18th annual Satellite Awards were held Feb. 23 at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMIn Episode 208, award-winning musical theatre writer Joel B. New sat down with Broadway performer Nikka Graff Lanzarone. Ms. Lanzarone has been seen on stages all over the country, most rece…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMProducers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced today that the new Broadway hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical has again broken the box office record at the Stephen S…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:00PMLearning that Christopher Durang’s comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike—now playing at the Mark Taper Forum until March 16—won the 2013 Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics&…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMThe popular horror adaptation marks the National Theatre of Scotland's West End debut
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMBarry Humphries collected the Award for Best Solo Performance© Dan Wooller for WhatsOnStage
Barry Humphries came straight to the point on winning the best solo performance award: "You…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMInside the celebration for the quirky new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMA first look at Tarell Alvin McCraney's new version of Shakespeare's drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMOther musicals to be produced in the coming year include A Chorus Line, A Christmas Story, The Musical, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMJBN sits down with Nikka Graff Lanzarone, a performer who has been seen on stages all over the country, most recently as a seven-foot-tall peacock in "The Jungle Book" at the Goodman and Hun…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMA first look at Tarell Alvin McCraney's new version of Shakespeare's drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Paper Mill Playhouse continues its 75th Anniversary Season with another new musical The Other Josh Cohen. The Other Josh Cohen features a book, music and lyrics by David Rossmer and Steve Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AM by: Alix Cohen The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem solved only …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:55AMOdeon theatre, Paris Luc Bondy's stylish, modern-dress production of Marivaux's comedy is a compelling portrait of a woman poleaxed by passionIsabelle Huppert, a veteran of some 90 films, is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:52AMNiamh Perry, a finalist in the BBC’s I’d Do Anything series, is to star in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Beautiful Game. The production will run at the Union Theatre from Apri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMGet to know John Wernke, who plays Lou Gehrig in Broadway's Yankee's play Bronx Bombers, as he opens up about his sports abilities, favorite books and his celebrity crush.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:48AMTime for another contest! I'm giving away a pair of tickets to Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz and Eric Whitacre at Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday, March 30, at 2 p.m. Accom…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 11:45AM...but I finally tore myself away from you-know-what long enough to completely update the Top Five and "Out of the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:44AMA revival of Tennessee William’s A Streetcar Named Desire by Dublin’s Gate Theatre has won three categories in the Irish Times Theatre Awards, including best director for Ethan McSweeney…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMIf imagination is the beginning of creation, imagine a world where human beings could choose the length of their lives, creating for themselves an eternity of knowledge and power. Would you …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:37AMTony winner and Smash alum Christian Borle is returning to the Peacock Network. According to Deadline, Borle will star in NBC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Lifesaver.
Penned by Wil Ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AMSeattle's 5th Avenue Theatre has announced the lineup for its 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMThe final Talk Back in the series at Harold Pinter’s acclaimed production of NO MAN’S LAND takes place Thursday, February 27 with Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup, Shuler Hens…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:30AM By: David ShewardEvery time there's a new play from Caryl Churchill, you can expect something different. From the gender-be…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:29AMStew, Beth Leavel and Fyvush Finkel will offer concerts at the intimate 54 Below in the coming months. They offered a preview the afternoon of Feb. 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMThe final Talk Back in the series at Harold Pinter's acclaimed production of NO MAN'S LAND takes place Thursday, February 27 with Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup, Shuler Hensley …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMWatch Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart talk with Buzzfeed. Watch Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup, Shuler Hensley and Sean Mathias interviewed by Dana Tyler on WCBS-TV. Watch Ian …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:22AMDirected and edited by Tarell Alvin McCraney, this international collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Miami's Gable Stage began previews at The Public on Tuesday, February 18…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMQuick! Change your evening plans! Film Forum is showing Breaking Away tonight at 7:30pm, with a Q & A featuring one of its stars Paul Dooley. When this little movie came out in 1979…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:20AMIn 1938, shortly after the Nazis marched into Vienna, Sigmund Freud fled to England. He settled in the town of Hampstead, not far from Oxford University. The following year, when Freud was 8…
SOURCE: highbrowmagazine.com at 11:18AMNew York Theatre Workshop's production of Caryl Churchill's Love and Information officially opened Feb. 19 following previews that began Feb. 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMThere are only 5 more weeks to see the acclaimed productions of Harold Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND and Samuel Beckett's WAITING FOR GODOT starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup, Shu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMWith the Polar Vortex lingering on, we here at Broadway.com have let the Frozen fantasies go and instead been daydreaming of musicals set in places with sunny skies and no snow on the h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMMassive. Emotionally wrenching. Magnificent. On Saturday night, at the east coast premiere of Moby-Dick, the Washington National Opera audience sighted the breaching of a great American op…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:06AMIt’s 1997, and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are not yet the comedy powerhouse we know and love. In fact, they’re two broke nobodies, living as roommates in a dingy apartment in Chica…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 11:01AMRemember that time I asked you all What Your Greatest Problem was? I got so many responses to that blog from people who said they were interested in producing theater, but they didn’t …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMDavid Henry Hwang's Kung Fu will have a Feb. 24 world premiere opening Off-Broadway at The Pershing Square Signature Center. Cole Horibe ("So You Think You Can Dance") stars as the legendary…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMNo doubt you've heard more than enough from me about Satchmo at the Waldorf, which is currently in previews at...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AM
It has now been confirmed that London’s Apollo Theatre, which was forced to shutter after part of the ceiling collapsed on audience members on December 19, will reopen with Let The Rig…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMScottish company Catherine Wheels is launching a smart-phone app to complement is award-winning children’s show White. The app is due for release on March 10 and aims to help extend th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMAlong with Stephen Flaherty - her collaborator for 30 years on numerous shows including 'Ragtime' and 'Once On This Island'; - Ahrens has reworked Sylvester Stallone's iconic film for Broadw…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:45AMFrom April 12-15 of this year, TCG will facilitate a delegation to the Festival Iberoamericano de Teatro de Bogotá. Staff of TCG Member Theatres who are interested in presenting or develo…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:44AMCATF HOSTS PULITZER PRIZE WINNER CHARLES FULLER Set To Announce 24th Season at Special Event, March 1, 2014 The Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University will announce it…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:30AMSo far this year, the most fun that I have had in the theatre was yesterday at Victorian Lyric Opera’s (VLOC) sensationally entertaining production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1888…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AMAs the fourth season finale begins, we are informed that 8 months have passed. Edith has spent the time away in Geneva, and according to Ivy, appears to be very tired we know she must have h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMUnicorn theatre, LondonThis modern-day take on Dr Faustus for older kids at the Unicorn theatre explores some profound themes – and has some really scary bitsWe've been regular visitors to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AMBrett Bailey to Give International Message Diane Rodriguez to Give U.S. Message Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre and home of the U.S. Center of the I…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:27AMPerformances begin tonight for Roundabout Theatre Company's third annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series. The actors involved in the series include Pico Alexander, Fred Applegate, De'A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMProducers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced Feb. 24 the complete slate of stars who will present at the 2014 Academy Awards, which will air March 2 live on ABC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMCasting has been announced for the world premiere of Mike Bartlett's King Charles III, described as a "future history play" about the U.K.'s next monarch, that will begin p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMFull casting has been announced for the world premiere of Sunny Afternoon, a musical telling the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks, that will begin p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMFORD’S THEATRE SOCIETY PRESENTS
THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
MARCH 14-MAY 17, 2014
MUSIC AND LYRICS BY WILLIAM FINNBOOK BY RACHEL SHEINKINCONCEIVED BY REBECCA FELDMAN; ADDITI…
SOURCE: fords.org at 10:18AMBlues in the Night, the revue that uses 26 great blues and jazz songs of the 1920s and '30s to tell the story of the lives of three women and a saloon singer in a cheap hotel during the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMAs for pulling out themes from Bill T. Jones’ gathering of tales, well, the bedrock of human existence seems to be very much on his mind -- life and death, landscape and memory.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:10AMAndy Kelso stepped into the shoes of Kinky Boots' 'Charlie Price' at the end of last month, replacing original cast member Stark Sands. Below, BroadwayWorld spoke with Kelso about transition…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMFull casting has been announced for Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be, a new production of the Lionel Bart musical at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East that was originally premiered the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses for the week ending February 23, 2014: *Broadway Grosses courtesy of The Broadway League Show GrossGross Total Attn %Cap AvgPdAdm A GENTLEMAN’S G…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:00AMWelcome back to another installment of Theater People, the new podcast featuring interviews with the creative forces onstage and behind the scences. At the age of nine, Daisy Eagan made her…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMA 1970 "Great American Soup" commercial, written by Stan Freberg and starring Ann Miller: (This is the latest in a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AM
The National Theatre's production of The Elephantom, based on Ross Collins' children's book of the same name about a little girl who is unexpectedly visited by a giant blue ghost…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMToday’s Highlights: * Gwyneth Herbert & Diane Samuels The A-Z of Mrs. P, directed by Sam Buntrock, with Isy Suttie, Frances Ruffelle, Michael Matus, Stuart Matthew Price, Turlough…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMI Can't Sing!, the new musical based on TV's "The X Factor," which was due to begin performances Feb. 27 at the London Palladium, has canceled the first two previews due to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe American premiere of John Van Druten's romantic drama London Wall has extended its run at the Mint Theater Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMThe West End's Apollo Theatre, shuttered since a partial collapse of its ceiling plaster injured more than 80 people, seven of them seriously, mid-performance of The Curious Incident of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMAt a time when financial health has become so precarious for too many arts organizations, it is a cause of concern that a great many arts organizations do not take one important precaution: …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:33AMAwards conductor carried on performance and finished show before taking himself to A&E
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:32AMMiss Saigon, currently booking for performances through to Saturday 25th October 2014, will make its highly anticipated return to the West End on Saturday 3 May 2014 at the Prince Edward The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMan original and intriguing piece of physical theatre inspired by Chekhov's Three Sisters. It's a small tale with a big heart
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:06AMWhile this Workshop rendering is less ambitious than some productions I've seen, this one captures its life-enhancing message of rebirth and redemption
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04AMThe Taiwanese dance company present a dazzling staging of classical Chinese poems by Qu YuanTristram Kenton
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM"I took it for granted, I do not know quite why, that the more agony a play generated in the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AMThe goal of the annual competition is to increase the awareness of the works of William Shakespeare and the richness of the Bard's native tongue.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:00AM“Once On This Island,” a musical love story nominated for eight Tony Awards opens 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28 at MiraCosta College’s Theatre, 1 Barnard Drive.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:00AM
Basic Help
Under St. Marks, Frigid Festival, Off Broadway
Reviewed by Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: This comedy is laugh-out-loud funny, thanks to a clever script and talented actors. It…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:41AMFiled under: Coney Island, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Coney Island USA, gala, Webster Hall
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:40AMOscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron today announced the complete slate of stars who will present Oscars at the ceremony. The Oscars, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, will air on Oscar Sunda…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMI wasn’t at the Whatsonstage Awards last night – I’d gone to Hackney Empire to catch up with the Union Theatre’s transfer of its production of HMS Pinafore instead. That …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMTHIS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014 FROM 7-9 PM FAHBAHROUS At The Black Fox Lounge 1723 Connecticut Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20009 Admission: $10 With EventBrite Reservation OR $15 general…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMFiled under: Contemporary Variety, Dixieland & Early Jazz, HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, MEMORIALS & PARADES, Marches, PLUGS, SOCIAL EVENTS Tagged: Mardi Gras Ball, Two Boots
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:30AMThe marketing and advertising agency the Pekoe Group celebrates its fifth anniversary Feb. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMBy: JK Clarke The Winter’s Tale is one of a small number of Shakespeare’s difficult-to-categorize plays that has fallen in and out of favor over the centuries. It has the...The p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:29AMKiev's Independence Square has been home to many writers and artists. The Ukrainian playwright Natalya Vorozhbit spent the last three months conducting interviews around the area. Her intent…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:27AMArabian nights are coming to Broadway! The latest Disney extravaganza is getting ready to hit the New Amsterdam Theatre, starting previews this week. It'll be a whole new world o…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:19AMIn a revealing essay in New York magazine, set to hit newsstands today, actor Alec Baldwin opened up about the past year, filled with both controversy and joy over the birth of his child.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:17AM Review by Joe Regan Jr. Bob Diamond’s 2012 show This Funny World” was one of that season’s best, and was a MAC nominee. Teaming with his Award-winning...The post…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:13AMStanding before a packed house of subscribers, Executive Producer and Artistic Director David Armstrong revealed The 5th Avenue Theatre's 201415 season. Every year we try to choose a season…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:05AMBristol Old Vic An inventive staging of Charlotte Brontë's novel shines thanks to attention to storytelling and Madeleine Worrall's superb JaneSally Cookson's two-part four-and-a-half-hour …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AMToday’s Quick 5 column features a man with many sides. Alex Zavistovich is the co-founder and board president of Molotov Theatre Group which is America’s second oldest theatre …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:00AM
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton's musical The Beautiful Game, which originally premiered at the West End's Cambridge Theatre in 2000, is to receive its first London revival, beginn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:52AMSoho Theatre, London: Witnessing the descent of Smallholding's two characters is deeply affecting in this painfully realistic portrayal of the destructive power of addiction. But despit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMMy friend Lisa Daniely, who has died aged 84, was a familiar face in the films of the 1950s and 60s. She also appeared on stage and continued working as an actor well into her late 70s.She w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:27AMThe Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London: With plenty of purple velvet, strobe lighting, smoke and a pre-recorded soundtrack accompanying every scene, it's as if director Simon James Collie…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Most theater producers with a new work heading for Broadway first secure a theater and gather a cast before trying to fire up an audience. By that measure, the man behin…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:17AMErin MallonHometown: Warminster, PA (“right outside of Philly”) Current Town: Brooklyn Q: Tell me about Branched. A: I’ve been calling BRANCHED a “cringe comedy.” InVio…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:09AM
I Can’t Sing!, the musical inspired by The X Factor, has cancelled its first two preview shows because of “technical issues caused by the ambitious staging” of the show. In a statement…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMThis 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 06:39AMRyan Molloy’s first role after leaving the musical Jersey Boys will be in Theatre Royal Stratford East’s production of Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be. Molloy, who leaves Jersey Boys …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMThe National Theatre of Scotland production of Let the Right One In has been confirmed as the show that will reopen the Apollo Theatre in London at the end of March following its ceiling col…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with actress and singer Joan Ryan, known for her role of "Tina Pallodrino," from the long running hit series "Saved By The Bell." After a sold-out run at …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:00AMDavid Thacker follows Hobson's Choice with Shakespeare's classic.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AM
The Pheasantry, London: The US-born Ray Shell has been a fixture in West End musicals for more than 30 years now, from Starlight Express (in which he created the role of Rusty in its 1984 st…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMRoyal Opera House, London: Considering how many cooks have stirred the broth of this work since its creation in Imperial Russia in 1890 it is a miracle that it has survived with such integri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:18AMThere’s still a popular opinion about critics that “those who can write/act/direct, those who can’t review”. It’s mostly popular among those who have been at the wrong end of a cri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:17AMPark Theatre, London: This funny, inventive, near-wordless piece, devised by Hot Coals, a new ensemble made up of graduates from RADA's Theatre-Lab MA, is - very - loosely inspired by C…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:04AMDirector tells the Guardian that he has moved on from his star-led revivals despite winning four WhatsOnStage awardsMichael Grandage has ruled out a second season of West End shows, despite…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01AMIn their new show, Opus, Circa combine staggering acrobatics with Shostakovich string quartets. Take a whirl through some of the other surprises in the company's colourful past
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:01AM
Alec Baldwin says simply “I give up” on the cover of the latest issue of New York Magazine. But what’s he giving up? In a wide-ranging rant, he explains that he’s not…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:58AMIbsen's The Lady From the Sea is not nearly as famous or as frequently performed as A Doll's House or Hedda Gabler. But it does take up the same enduring and fascinating questions: Is marria…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:35AMFor the first time in 30 years, the Melbourne Theatre Company are touring a production internationally. David Williamson’s play Rupert, the story of Rupert Murdoch will be the third p…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:28AMOlympian Ski Medalists Nick Goepper and Devin Logan attended the Feb. 23 matinee of Broadway's Kinky Boots. They met the cast and posed for photos after the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21AMBWAY-LIVE.COM, an online theater channel, announced today that it has launched the online streaming of Tony Award winner Lea Salonga's critically acclaimed New York show, 'Back to Before.' …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13AMDavid Henry Hwang's Kung Fu, starring Cole Horbie and Phoebe Strole, opens tonight, February 24, 2014 in The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center. The production will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThis week on the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast Tom Williams talks with actress Amanda Drinkall. Amanda talks about her role in Venus In Fur at the Goodman Theatre and her acting career.
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 01:01AM"Banshee" Star Ivana Milicevic Plays 'Princess Bride' Quote Game
Actress Ivana Milicevic pays a visit to the YH Studio where she fills us in on her butt-kicking role in the original Cinemax …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMTHEATER REVIEW: 'Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Chicago Shakespeare Theater ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: 'Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream' at Chica…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMTHEATER REVIEW: "Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Navy Pier ★★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night's Dream" on Navy Pier ★★…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMOPERA REVIEW: 'Rusalka' at Lyric Opera of Chicago ★★★★ The belated entry of Antonin Dvorak's "Rusalka" into the Lyric Opera repertory is an event to be celebrated.&nb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMWe caught up with Leon at the press junket for A Raisin in the Sun, and he shared his thoughts on a new show that might change the face of musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
Behind the stage of the Cleo Parker Robinson Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson was sneaking through the stage door barefoot Sunday afternoon. She founded Cleo Parker Robinson Dance in 1970. Root…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:54AMTo launch Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Luhrmann creates ballroom dancing extravaganza outside Sydney Opera House
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42AMBaz Luhrmann himself directs 1,000 dancers in dance-off for launch of stage version of his 1992 fimMaryann Wright
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:39AMControversial long-running radio personality Don Imus will return to New York for the fourth annual IMUS ON BROADWAY event next week, with a host of Broadway shows lined up for performances …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMIn a riveting first person article that graces the cover of the February 24, 2014 issue of New York Magazine, Alec Baldwin addresses his recent P.R. problems—being called a homophobe a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19AMSweet Phoebe is a challenging if flawed piece with relevance to big city folks like us and Runcible Theatre gives us an intriguingly performed and good looking production. (read more...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:05AMDominique Morisseau’s “Detroit ’67,” which had its premiere in March 2013, has won the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History. Columbia University and Jean Ke…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:01AMBroadway and "X Factor" star Rachel Potter returns to Manhattan Feb. 24 for an evening at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMNot Romeo and JulietIn The Changeling the fight to keep the relationship going takes a very different turn.by Estelle RosenDavid Latham is a director, teacher, and actor who has worked in Ca…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMOvercash & Change 2, an evening featuring the work of musical theatre composer Drew Overcash, is presented Feb. 24 at The Highline Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCome March 1st 2014, the choreographers will present the fruits of their labor at “Winning Works: Choreographers of Color Awards 2014.” The one-night only performance at the Harr…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM“Cinderella's Ball” is a one-time event following March 2nd’s 3:30pm performance. Guests attending Cinderella and Prince Charming’s Royal wedding have the rare op…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMMeet Jake Epstein and Jarrod Spector, who take on their first original roles as real-life music icons Gerry Goffin and Barry Mann, respectively, in Broadway's Beautiful: The Carole King …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA concert of music from Radiant Baby, the 2003 Off-Broadway musical about late pop artist Keith Haring, is presented at Joe's Pub Feb. 24 featuring Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Robin De Je…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Town Hall's 2014 Broadway by the Year series launches Feb. 24 with The Broadway Musicals of 1915-1939, featuring Tonya Pinkins, Beth Leavel, Carolee Carmello, Stephanie J. Block and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Jeremy Shamos chats with Playbill.com about his streak of acting in Pulitzer Prize-winning plays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 18th Kids' Night on Broadway, presented by The Broadway League, takes place Feb. 24-March 2. Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, star of the new Broadway muiscal If/Then, serves as …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGrammy Award winner Sting performs songs from The Last Ship, his new musical and album of the same title, as a benefit for Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company Feb. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOriginal 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, reunite at the York Theatre Feb.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe stars and directors of the Broadway revival of Cabaret, including Tony Award winner Alan Cumming and Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams, are part of the New York Times "TimesTa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOvercash & Change 2, an evening featuring the work of musical theatre composer Drew Overcash, is presented Feb. 24 at The Highline Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRoundabout Theatre Company's third annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a five-night event that includes a nightly reading of a new play written and directed by an emerging arti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu officially opens Feb. 24 following preview performances that began Feb. 4 on the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAtlantic Theater Company presents its annual gala, which is entitled Writers' Choice, Feb. 24 at The Pierre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe third annual TEDxBroadway, which begins at 11 AM at New World Stages, is presented Feb. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Dramatists Guild of America presents its annual awards Feb. 24 at The Lambs Club in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe fourth annual Broadway Belts for PFF!, a benefit concert for The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) that is hosted by Julie Halston, is held Feb. 24 at 7 PM at Birdland Jazz Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Vineyard Theatre's annual gala fundraiser, honoring singer-songwriter Dory Previn, is held Feb. 24 at the Edison Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Griffin Theatre production of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy officially opens Feb. 24 at Theater Wit following previews that began Feb. 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway Gives Back and Seaview Productions present the second annual Broadway Charity Songs! Feb. 24 at 7 PM at Le Poisson Rouge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, which is under the leadership of founding artistic director David Staller, continues Feb. 24 at 7 PM with George Bernard Shaw’s 1893 comedy…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Acting Company presents a benefit staged reading of Jeffrey Hatcher's Murderers Feb. 24 at 7 PM at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFly: A Musical Tribute to Damon Intrabartolo, the bare composer who passed away in August 2013 at age 39, is presented Feb. 24 at 7 PM at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheater for the New City's 11th annual Love 'N Courage benefit is presented Feb. 24 at 6 PM at the National Arts Club (15 Gramercy Park South) in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu officially opens at off-Broadway’s Pershing Square Signature Center February 24. Starring Cole Horibe as Bruce Lee, the show will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMIdina Menzel has a spare but formidable track record. In 1996, she made her Broadway début in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent.” Her powerhouse voice insured that sh…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMWhen Beth Gill’s “Electric Midwife” premièred, in June, 2011, only twelve viewers were allowed into each performance at the Chocolate Factory’s industrial space.…
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