My Mother Has Four Noses a Tribute in Theatre and Song: What do you do as you watch your beloved mother descend into dementia?
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:47PMWe are flipping out over Paper Mill Playhouse’s exciting 2014-2015 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 09:44PMThe joint is indeed jumping at Stage 773 with the raucous and infectiously joyful Ain't Misbehavin'. Directed and choreographed by Brenda Didier, the ebullient five-person cast truly underst…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:31PMThe Radio Operas series includes six new audio-only operas to be presented live, sans sets, costumes or other visuals at Abrons Arts Center. Subjects include stamp collecting, skateboarding …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:31PMThe charming and delightfully funny The Other Josh Cohen, which has been musically inspired by the oeuvre of Neil Diamond, may be the most successful pop rock musical to date in its ability …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:23PMActors Ana Graham and Antonio Vega rush around in front of us as we enter the theatre; they dress with us and look at us. They break down the fourth wall and speak to us – directly; welcom…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:21PMDo you know that feeling, when you walk into a home that’s beautifully appointed—so exquisitely decorated—that you could just move in tomorrow? That’s exactly how I felt when I enter…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:11PMFirst produced in 2007, Keith Huff’s “A Steady Rain,” made it all the way to Broadway by 2009. That record-breaking sellout starred Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05PMLondon Wall Proves The 30’s Are Not So Different Form Today: John van Druten’s 1931 comedy/romance London Wall is being charmingly resurrected by the Mint Theatre.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:04PMOrlando has pace and will delight with it's quick fire humour at the Royal Exchange.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:00PMOrlando has pace and will delight with it's quick fire humour at the Royal Exchange.
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BASKETBALL MUSICAL IS ONE BIG PENALTY You wanna know how great the Chance Theater is? They actually made it a palatable experience to sit through one of the most half-baked and frivolous new…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:45PMContinuing their commitment to presenting high quality theater for children, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents another imported show. The award-winning Catherine W…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:41PMOne of the more intriguing ideas I have come across in my 10 years of blogging is the Artist Pension Trust which has artists deposit their work into across the course of 20 years with the pr…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:12PMWritten by: John Ryan Martine, Jr.In Great Britain in 1931, there was no such thing as a glass ceiling. Women in the workforce weren't advised to "lean in" (as they now are by Cheryl Sandber…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 08:12PMWritten by James Cunningham, The Sheds is about a gay AFL footballer and the effect his public coming-out has on the club he plays for (The Fitzroy Fighters), his teammates and his best frie…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:00PMARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL KAHN ANNOUNCES THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY’S 2014-2015 SEASON Midway through Shakespeare Theatre Company’s current season, Artistic Director Michael Kahn…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:00PM
On Tuesday 25 February 2014 internationally renowned director, BAZ LUHRMANN, who is hard at work in the rehearsal room at Carriageworks, announced the extraordinary composers he and co-write…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMLea Michele's long-awaited solo album LOUDER is being prepared for release this month and the entire album is now available to hear in full for a limited time on iTunes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57PMJust in time for The Academy Awards this Sunday, Wayside Creations has unleashed their own comedic Broadway twist on the 2014 Oscar season. The independent filmmakers present 'Oscar Season T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:50PMDying City
ATA's Sargent Theatre, The Seeing Place Theater, Off Off Broadway
Reviewed by Greg Solomon
BOTTOM LINE: In its first New York City mounting since the original production at Lin…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:49PMGrease, Saturday Night Fever, Hairspray… These are just three of the films that have sky-rocketed John Travolta into the spotlight over the last few years – and boy, what a great …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48PMSome may recall the Sesame Street song of Kermit the frog, “It’s Not Easy Being Green,” and the recent Class Act Production of Disney’s musical, SHREK, is a case in point. It tells t…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 06:44PMMusical Theatre West just announced yesterday that for its 2014-15 season of shows, they will be presenting the first production of the Broadway musical BIG FISH since its New York debut. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PM1. ‘Pluto’ at Forum Theatre, Roundhouse Silver Spring In the 1920s, the founder of French Surrealism, André Breton, famously said: “The purest surrealist act is walking into a crow…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:30PMMore has come to light on the SPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK saga involving injured dancer Daniel Curry, as the performer has opened up about the experience and the resulting lawsuit in an int…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMSure, you’ve got the Tonys, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards to honor theater, but what about cabaret, jazz, stand-up comedy and other staples of New York nightlife? The MAC Awar…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:20PMWhen Robert Battle assumed the artistic leadership of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 2011, he stepped into the formidable footsteps of Ailey himself, who created his unique compan…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:16PMMusical Theatre West will present the first production of the Broadway musical Big Fish since its New York debut — with the original Broadway sets and costumes — as part of the c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:05PMTony Award-winning Kinky Boots star Billy Porter will release his third solo album, "Billy's Back on Broadway," a collection of inspirational songs from the stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:03PMMarch is very busy in London as several high-profile actors take the stage. This month’s offerings include the return of Angela Lansbury to the West End after four (!) decades away, Ro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMMerrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, Massachusetts, presents the regional premiere of Oscar-winning British playwright Ronald Harwood's Equally Divided, a character study that homes in on …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:02PMTony Award-winning Kinky Boots star Billy Porter will release his third solo album, "Billy's Back on Broadway," a collection of inspirational songs from the stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:02PMDaniel Evans' production transferred to the West End's Noel Coward Theatre where it opened last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMDaniel Evans' production transferred to the West End's Noel Coward Theatre where it opened last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMThe show embarks on its latest UK and Ireland tour in March
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMThe author discusses the background behind her book, how it came to be adapted for the stage and the importance of the Foundling Museum.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMKinky Boots Star Billy Porter to Release Broadway-Themed Solo Album
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMJohn Cameron Mitchell and Janet Jackson will be the subjects of future Meetings later this spring.
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Brought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Happy birthday to @therealJohnMcD!! #broadw…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:58PMThe moving and heart-wrenching musical FAR FROM HEAVEN is now available for Professional Theatrical licensing from RampH Theatricals, and its score will be published by Imagem Music, each a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMLOVE SONGS at 54 Below featured 'love songs' written by new musical theater composers Will Buck, Lauren Marcus, Ryan Scott Oliver, Drew Overcash, Alexander Sage Oyen, Georgia Stitt, and Zoe …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56PMThe drag performer Charles Busch, in his new stage comedy “The Tribute Artist,” drops the names of countless old-Hollywood figures and accessories. Here’s a guide. &nb…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:53PMBroadway Gives Back and Seaview Productions presented the 'Second Annual Broadway Charity Songs' benefit concert on February 24, 2014. 'Broadway Charity Songs' has paired a group of award-wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Chicago the Musical" at the Bank of America Theatre ★★★½
If you have a show that has been touring pretty much continuously for 17 years — and we're…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:48PMBrush up on the film and stage credits of The Realistic Joneses Toni Collette, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts, and Marisa Tomei.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:44PMCute playful fun. by David C Jones@iamdavidcjones David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen are young dynamic, engaging, and brilliant dancers. They have created a series of colourful vignettes t…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:43PMAmerican Blues Theater will restage its hit production of “Hank Williams: Lost Highway” in its home at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Lincoln Park this summer, as a precursor t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:43PMA cast member of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” whose foot and leg were partly crushed during a performance, discusses his lawsuit in his first interview since the accident. …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:41PMThe Broadway-aimed revival of “Can-Can” and the world premiere of the musical version of 1998 Cinderella redux “Ever After” are among the titles on the 2014-15 slate …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:37PMChicago Tribune theater critic Chris Jones recently spoke with Sting and Jimmy Nail about their upcoming Broadway premiere THE LAST SHIP. THE LAST SHIP will travel to New York following a pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Billy Porter, who plays a drag queen on Broadway in "Kinky Boots," will be next be doing a little something more traditional - he's putting out a CD of musical theater s…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:33PMTony and Grammy winner Billy Porter is set to release a solo album, Billy’s Back on Broadway, on April 15. The Kinky Boots star has somehow managed to get Gram…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PMHere, they have rescued the musical version of My Favorite Year from the brink of oblivion.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:31PMWhen, in the final moments of the play, three generations of women raise their glasses to toast freedom, what do they mean? "You're free," they tell each other.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:30PM“Til Divorce Do Us Part”, a new original musical inspired by the true story of writer and choreographer Ruthe Ponturo, is the musical to catch this season. Ponturo takes her ex…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:24PMThe Paper Mill Playhouse production of the new musical The Other Josh Cohen features Steve Rosen, David Rossmer, Hannah Elless,
Vadim Feichtner, Cathryn Salamone, Ken Triwush and Kate Weth…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PMKinky Boots Billy Porter Releases a Solo Album: It’s been almost a decade since the Pittsburgh-born Billy Porter released a solo album, and since then much has changed for the award-winnin…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:21PMIt's been almost a decade since the Pittsburgh-born Billy Porter released a solo album, and since then much has changed for the award-winning artist, who grew up singing in the Pentecostal c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMPopular Netflix series HOUSE OF CARDS recently returned for its highly awaited second season and one of the breakout supporting players, Nathan Darrow, discusses his elemental role on the se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMStephen Sorokoff My View: I Disagree with Amanda McBroom: As her Cabaret Show at the Royal Room in Palm Beach’s Colony Hotel was nearing the end, Amanda McBroom said something I would like…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:06PMThe X Factor musical will now have its first preview on 1 March
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PMLeavel resurrects a Charles Strouse love song to the theater for her 54 Below solo debut.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Disney’s Frozen has been a runaway success at movie theaters — so much so that a Broadway musical is already in the works. The movie is also up for two Oscars this year, includin…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:59PMOne More Please? Why Not! The Broadway community was shocked to learn yesterday that yet another production will make it’s way to Broadway this spring season before the awards deadline…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 04:59PMIn a new interview with Pride Source, the GLEE star and Broadway vet confirmed she'd 'do anything' to join best friend Jonathan Groff on the network's LGBT series LOOKING, which was just pic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMSherry Eaker will be presenting The 29th Annual Bistro Awards on Tuesday, honoring Tony Award Winner Ben Vereen with the Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award. Vereen’s credits r…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:57PMBeth Leavel Will Win You Over at 54 Below: Tony Award winner Beth Leavel makes her solo concert debut at 54 Below!
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:55PMBroadway baby and recent Hollywood breakout star Anna Kendrick comments on her trio of upcoming movie musicals - including INTO THE WOODS, THE LAST FIVE YEARS and PITCH PERFECT 2 - as well a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMOscar-nominated composers Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez revealed that the inspiration for the songs they wrote for the hit Disney animated film FROZEN came from their hometown of B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMPowerhouse vocalist and former American Idol Finalist, Melinda Doolittle, will premiere her latest live show It Must Be Love next month at New York's 54 Below. In an intimate evening featuri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMThe Labyrinth Theater Company released a statement this afternoon on the passing of Company and Board Member Ed Vassallo.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PMAs a songwriter, Stephen Malkmus specializes in hooks that never quite resolve, melodies that jump in all directions, and lyrics that drop a few enticing references and then move on.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:44PMThe Broadway musical Big Fish, which starrred Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz, Kate Baldwin and Bobby Steggert and came to a premature end at the Neil Simon Theatre on December 29, 2013, has be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:44PMCellist Guy Fishman - photo: Stu RosnerI was fortunate to be invited to a musical soirée given by players of the Handel and Haydn Society recently at the Museum of Fine Arts (well, perhaps …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 04:44PMA new video showcasing the idiosyncratic and adorable Tony Award-winning star Randy Graff recreating one of her most famous performances byway of 'You Can Always Count On Me' from CITY OF AN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMTomorrow morning at 5:15 E.S.T., Turner Classic Movies will be playing a movie I’ve wanted to check out for a long time. Coquette (1929) was not only Mary Pickford’s first talk…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:32PMEarly Monday afternoon, a rumor flickered across Twitter about a possible gunman on a Big Ten campus. The report was false, but for a moment it was terribly easy to believe it was all happen…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:29PMSPACE on Ryder Farm is now accepting submissions for artistic residencies for its 2014 nonprofit season, which will take place June through September in Brewster, NY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMBy Jonathan Mandell. The artistic director of the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University asked us to consider the history of theater to realize how much more theater can be—and s…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:24PMTony Award nominee Meg Bussert Camelot, Brigadoon, The Music Man, Tony Nominee Stephanie D'Abruzzo Avenue Q, I Love You Because, Aaron Ramey Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Bridges of Madison …
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:19PM"Big Fish," the elaborate stage musical based on the 2003 Tim Burton movie, flopped on Broadway last year, running for fewer than four months before closing at the Neil Simon Theatre in New …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:18PMPaper Mill Playhouse has announced a packed 2014-15 season. The lineup includes the Broadway-bound Can-Can, revivals of Elf and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the U.S. premiere of The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:16PMTony Award winner Randy Graff celebrated Brooklyn songwriters in her Feb. 17 concert at 54 Below. Due to ticket demand, a second performance has been added for March 5 at 9:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMThe season opens in October with a production of Cole Porter's 'Can-Can'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:15PMGet out your phonographs! The Broadway cast recording of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is available now! Get a preview of the album below!
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:05PMBy Tenara Calem. The idea that there are profound plays of political content, and then there are “relationship plays” is an attitude I have encountered many times in many places. It seem…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:05PMSheet music to the songs of "Frozen," Disney's 3-D animated film that features the voices of Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, Tony nominee Jonathan Groff and stage and screen ac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMRadcliffe was speaking at the WhatsOnStage Awards on Sunday, where he was named Best Actor in a Play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMBirmingham Repertory Theatre will deliver a brand new stage version of the ever popular Roald Dahl classic, The BFG.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMTaking the Australian musical on a nationwide tour, William Breden reviews Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in Leicester.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMThe new musical will receive two developmental presentations in New York City later this week.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMCan-Can and Ever After will also be a part of the New Jersey theater's 2014-2015 season.
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Intimate theater presents musicals and straight plays.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:58PMIt’s official: Tim Minchin’s smash hit musical Matilda will make its Australian debut in Sydney next year. Despite early speculation that Melbourne would be the first Australian…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:55PM(photo by Stephen Tracey)by Wayne BurnsWayne Burns is a multi award-winning Actor from Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada. He will be graduating from National Theatre School of Canada's Acting progr…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:51PMCome Hear The Music Play! The event of a lifetime is happening this spring on Broadway. Roundabout Theatre Company has reunited the brilliant masterminds behind its flawless 19998 Broadway p…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:50PMPaper Mill Playhouse has announced the lineup for its 2014-15 season, which will feature four musicals and one Tony Award-winning play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMDisney’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 and official…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:49PM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents RANDY GRAFF MADE IN BROOKLYN on Wednesday, March 5 at 930 p.m. What do George Gershwin, Carole King, Betty Comden, Harry Nilsson, Barry Manilow, an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMCyber Space is NOT FUNNY in If You Can Get To Buffalo: As you enter If You Can Get To Buffalo, playing at Incubator Arts Project at St. Mark’s Church, 131 East 10th Street, I realized I wa…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 03:44PMName: Rob MatsushitaHometown: Montclair, NJ (but we're coming from Madison, Wisconsin)Education: BA in Communication Arts from University Of Wisconsin--MadisonFavorite Credits: Superhero Boo…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:43PMHousing Works, a not for profit that addresses issues related to HIV/AIDS and homelessness, is hosting a one-time staged reading of WOMEN, a play by Chiara Atik. The play just wrapped up a w…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 03:40PMThe world premiere of David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu officially opened Feb. 24 following preview performances that began Feb. 4 on the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMMegn Walker, Benjamin Wheelwright (photo by Maxime Coté)The love triangles of wicked peopleby Aleksandra KoplikThe graduating classes of the National Theatre School of Canada bring us …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:37PMThe 65th season at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., will include “The Originalist,” a political drama about a liberal law clerk and Justice Antonin Scalia.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMThe tradition continues Each year Paper Mill Playhouse sends out five images that hold small clues as to the upcoming season titles. Check out the images above, and then let us know your bes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMAbout MLK and Malcolm…by Aleksandra KoplikWhat if Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X sat down and had a conversation? What would be the outcome or consensus? Written by Jeff Stetson and d…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:33PMFESTIVAL PLAYERS of PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY ANNOUNCES 2014 THEATRE SEASONFESTIVAL PLAYERS OF PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY is thrilled to announce their eighth season of professional live…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:32PMOpera Lyra Ottawa announces its 30th anniversary season with something for everyone in 2014-2015Ottawa, ON – February 25, 2014Opera Lyra’s General Director, Jeep Jeffries proudly an…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:31PMRandolph Academy Unveils 2014 Theatre Season FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Toronto, ON -- The Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts kicks off its 2014 theatre season this spring with&nb…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:30PMContinuing to roll off its B.O. success, Disney’s “Frozen” soundtrack re-took the No. 1 slot on the U.S. album chart for a fifth non-consecutive week. The companion to the big-screen s…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:23PMTONIGHT AT 7 PM – Admission is Free The Asphalt Kiss by Nelson Rodrigues, directed by Abel Lopez Wed, Feb 26 @ 7 PM – Admission is Free Spooky Action Theater at The Universalist …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:20PMPlease answer a few short questions to help theaters better understand audiences. Click here: FootLights Audience Voice Survey or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://survey.z…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:20PMTV and stage star Lois Robbins returns to 54 Below on February 26 at 9:30PM for a special encore performance of her acclaimed cabaret act, Lessons from Lois.
In the act, directed by Mark …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:20PMBroadway house manager and musician Joe Traina's second independent film, "Lucky Stiff," will make its premiere March 10 at Dolby 88 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMIn an otherwise terrific piece by Barbara Hoffman in today’s New York Post about a new Basquiat auction and showing at Christies, I came across this humdinger in a quote by Christies&#…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:09PMVariations Theatre Group presents a rare revival of HURLYBURLY in the playwright's 2005 revised two-act version.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMIn this week's starry episode, we learn about upcoming roles for Audra McDonald and Lea Michele, find out what Idina Menzel would have been if she weren't a performer and get giddy o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMIf you can make it on a New York City tour bus, you can make it anywhere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMTo find talent for a new play in development for the past year, casting has been outsourced at the Center Theatre Group. Kimber Lee’s Idaho-set drama, “different words for the sa…
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The rumors that Miley Cyrus will play Tinkerbell in NBC’s Peter Pan are just that, rumors. Pop star Miley Cyrus responded to the speculation that she would play the magical fairy in t…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:59PMMusical Theatre Factory will present the second edition of Songs by Ridiculously Talented Composers and Lyricists you Probably Don't Know but Should, celebrating the work of emerging mus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMBeginning April 2 the company of the second North American tour of Wicked will welcome Laurel Harris as Elphaba, Kara Lindsay as Glinda and Gene Weygandt as the Wizard.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMMusical versions of Romeo amp Juliet and Robin Hood may be heading to television.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMSeymour “Red” Press, Music Coordinator of our highly anticipated musical Violet turns 90 years old today! To celebrate, we have put together a photo gallery to honor some of his amazing …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:40PMAre Credentialed Theatre Crictics Relevant in Today’s Culture? We really WANT to know what YOU think. Vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ here: http://gofootlights.com/poll-ra…
SOURCE: Footlights at 02:39PMThe company of the second North American tour of WICKED will welcome Laurel Harris as Elphaba, Kara Lindsay as Glinda and Gene Weygandt as the Wizard beginning Wednesday, April 2 in Fresno, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMWhile the spring 2014 season on Broadway is just fully getting under way, heads are already turning to The Tony Awards after a major announcement today regarding the nominations for several …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:34PMMothers and Sons, a new drama by four-time Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally that stars Tony winner Tyne Daly, began performances Feb. 23 at the John Golden Theatre. Here, McNal…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER ANNOUNCES 65TH SEASON FEATURING FIVE WORLD PREMIERES, TWO MUSICALS, THREE COMEDIES AND A 25-WRITER COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR P…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:30PM50 Shades The Musical - The Original Parody at The Elektra Theatre 300 W. 43rd Street is now in previews ahead of an opening night of March 12th. Directed by Al Samuels and Rob Lindley, 50 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMTony nominee Josh Gad’s Hollwood career is anything but Frozen! According to Deadline, the positively hot Book of Mormon alum is in talks to headline Sony’s upcoming movie&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMThe Yale School of Music and the Yale School of Drama will present the dark comedy The Soldier's Tale, starring Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris, at Carnegie Hall April 6 at 7:30 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMDisney's hit animated musical film "Frozen," featuring Tony winner Idina Menzel, Tony nominee Jonathan Groff and Kristen Bell, has been released on iTunes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMJosh Gad and Kevin James are currently in discussions to star in Sony Pictures PIXELS from director Chris Columbus.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMSome things never change, even when we’re nearing the end. A person’s determination and stubborn nature does not go way of the wind simply because they can no longer do the things they u…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16PMThe original Broadway cast recording of the brand new stage edition of Disney's classic animated movie musical ALADDIN is now available for pre-order according to a new listing on the offici…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:10PMSTOMP cast members Jason Mills and Penelope Wendtlandt were on WAMC Radio this morning. Listen here STOMP on WAMC Radio.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMHollywood being Hollywood, the success of Glee and The Sound of Music Live! could only mean one thing: a rush to jump on a bandwagon that we already know is fabulous: musicals. According to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:05PM The New Group presents the New York premiere of Annapurna by Sharr White, directed by Bart DeLorenzo and featuring Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, in a limited Of…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:03PMLONDON (Reuters) - Two of the biggest names in British musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, will close their latest shows early at the end of March, in a blow to the former partners' …
SOURCE: Reuters at 02:03PMWe didn’t wait until the invention of “chick lit” to have romantic workplace comedies. Take the Mint company’s “London Wall,” a chestnut from 1931: Affairs, female friendship, wo…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:02PMRobert O'Hara will draw inspiration from black history for his coproduction of the Meredith Wilson classic.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Big Fish pair will reunite for an all-star concert in April.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMSteve Rosen and David Rossmer's original off-Broadway musical moves to New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMPlaybill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMFull casting has been announced for Carrie Cracknell's production of Simon Stephens' new play, which opens at the Royal Court in April
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If you haven’t had enough of Jonathan Groff hanging out and hooking up in San Francisco, you’re in luck. HBO has picked up Groff’s gay-themed half-hour drama Looking for a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:59PMOne of the world's most celebrated flamenco guitaristsThe fame and influence of the guitarist Paco de Lucía, who has died aged 66 from a suspected heart attack, reached far beyond the inten…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:56PMNew trailer produced by FootLights for My Name is Asher Lev at the Fountain Theatre! My Name Is Asher Lev Fountain Theatre 5060 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA Based the beloved best-selling bo…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:54PMBroadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:46PMTwo lab presentations of the new musical Behind the Painting, which features book and lyrics by Tony winner Richard Maltby, Jr. and music by two-time Tony nominee David Shire, will be presen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMToday is the birthday of the great comic heavy Stanley “Tiny” Sandford (1894-1961). Sandford was usually an uncredited bit player, often cast as bouncers, cops, bullies, boxers, …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:26PMYou’re invited to take a first look at Broadway’s All The Way! Check out the first production photos at the PHOTO STOP on Broadway’s Best Shows! Click here to visit the pho…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:26PMThe 'Big Fish' stars reunite in a benefit performance for The Actors Fund
SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:20PMThis week there will be two lab presentations in New York City of the new musical, BEHIND THE PAINTING, with book and lyrics by Tony Award-winner Richard Maltby, Jr., music by two-time Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe 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 …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:19PMName: Liliana AshmanHometown: Santa Fe, NMEducation: B.A. Theatre Arts, Drew UniversityFavorite Credits: All Hell Lay Beneath with Sugarglass Theatre Company, Dublin; Lady MacBeth with The B…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:16PMHBO has picked up a second season of the Michael Lannan ensemble series "Looking," which stars Tony Award nominee Jonathan Groff as a young gay man navigating life and love in San …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMRecent Big Fish co-stars two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz and Tony nominee Kate Baldwin are set to reunite for a one-night-only concert of The Goodbye Girl on April 7. Directed by …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:14PMThe bells of Notre Dame may be ringing far off in the distance but theatre-goers and Disney fans can hear them loud and strong. As many await the highly anticipated U.S. stage premiere of Di…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:14PMBroadway’s Best Shows goes inside the Broadway Opening Night party for an exclusive talk with the cast and creative team of The Bridges of Madison County as they celebrate! The Bridges…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:11PMUsually by about the 10th or so year of a stage musical’s tour, the seams start showing. Corners are cut. Actors of minimal experience and comparable salary demands are brought in. The orc…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:08PMSarita Rachelle Lilly, who is featured as The Strawberry Woman in the current national tour of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, shares photos from the road. She documents a recent stop in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMJR, the artist who decorated the floor of the Koch Theater with a 6,500-square-foot photo, will conceive and direct a work for New York City Ballet's spring season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:04PMShakespeare's beloved comedy gets a political makeover.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe new production celebrates the life and work of the Tony-winning Broadway legend.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe octogenarian comedy icon continues to delight as he bids farewell to Yorkshire
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PM
Variations Theatre Group is a young company based in Long Island City whose members are swiftly making a name for themselves in New York theatre. They have produced critically acclaimed prod…
SOURCE: www.eyeondance.org at 12:59PMby Isaac Butler Patrick Healy, in the Times: The $12 million Broadway revival of “Annie” closed last month as a critical disappointment and commercial failure. But it turns out that the …
SOURCE: Parabasis at 12:58PMBobby Steggert returns to Broadway in Mothers and Sons. Hear from the Tony nominee about the lessons he learned from Audra McDonald and how the play has affected his thoughts on parenthood i…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:57PMLowry, SalfordChris Honer's production – his last as artistic director of the Library theatre – is entirely faithful to the spirit of ChekhovAnya Reiss's adaptation of The Seagull, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMReviewed by Joe Regan Jr. The Town Hall in New York City has been presenting Scott Siegel’s “Broadway by the Year” series for fourteen years, most of...The post Th…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:56PMWe’ve Named the Problem. Now what? Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last week (in which case, I hope it’s been warm!), if you’re in the theatermaking world, you ar…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 12:52PMTony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz and Tony nominee Kate Baldwin, the recent co-stars of Broadway's Big Fish, will reunite for a one-night-only concert of the 1993 Broadway musical The G…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMBroadway vet (Grace, Three Days of Rain) and Hollywood favorite Paul Rudd stopped by The Tonight Show February 25. Did he spend his segment plugging his latest movie project? Not so much. Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMTony winner Sutton Foster and the cast of Violet are currently hard at work in rehearsal for the new Roundabout Theatre Company production—but on February 26, the stars took a muc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Viola Davis has been cast as the lead of the ABC drama pilot "How To Get Away With Murder," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMHBO has greenlit a second season of its gay-themed freshman comedy LOOKING, starring Broadway vet Jonathan Groff.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMStage and screen star Ashley Judd, seen on Broadway in Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, will head the cast of the new NBC pilot "Salvation," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMStarting and ending in NYC, a play will be written as it travels around the world making 15 stops with playwrights from across the globe. Each playwright will contribute the next one to four…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMRecent Broadway co-stars will reunite for one night only this spring when two-time Tony Award winnerNorbert Leo Butz and Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin headline a benefit concert of the acc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMMad Men star Jon Hamm, The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg, The Library’s Jennifer Westfeldt and What Not To Wear fashionista Stacy London stop by to see Jessie Mueller and the cast of Be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMWhat kind of music will you find in Bullets Over Broadway? Catchy, Fun, and perfect for the story!
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:28PMBWW is taking a look back at some of the most glamorous fashions seen on the red carpet at the most recent OSCAR celebrations.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27PMDavid Bar Katz, a playwright and friend of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, has formed the American Playwriting Foundation in memory of the actor, according to the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMA consortium of theatres in mid Wales is to lose its entire £57,000 annual grant from one of its three local authority funders from April, leading to fears of job losses at the venues. The.…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:17PMTony Award nominee Alec Baldwin, who recently declared he was leaving public life behind in a New York Magazine cover story, will guest star as a controversial New York newspaper columnist i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMIt is more than 20 years since Sally Potter’s ravishing cinema adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s time-shifting odyssey wooed art house audiences. With Tilda Swinton in the title role as the…
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:12PMIt is more than 20 years since Sally Potter’s ravishing cinema adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s time-shifting odyssey wooed art house audiences. With Tilda Swinton in the title role as the…
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:12PMTony winner Patti LuPone stops backstage at Cinderella to greet Carly Rae Jepsen, Joe Carroll, Fran Drescher and the cast on February 25, 2014 at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PMName: Charles GershmanHometown: St. Louis, MOEducation: BA, Columbia University; MA (theatre with a focus on playwriting) Hunter CollegeFavorite Credits: I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. I don't …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:11PMMonday night at 5:30 pm is not a prime theater going hour. So when you’re in a tiny basement theater in the East Village at 5:30 pm on a Monday and the house is packed you begin to sus…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 12:10PMThe theatre director and playwright talks to Mark Lawson about his new play, Versailles, which explores the impact of the first world war on one familyTwo of the landmarks in the career of P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:07PMThe theatre director and playwright talks to Mark Lawson about his new play, Versailles, which explores the impact of the first world war on one familyTwo of the landmarks in the career of P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:07PM“Committed contrariness” is how Daniel Kitson describes his new theatre show at one point. It’s a description that could just as easily be applied to much of his career so far.
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:07PMThe York Theatre Company continues the 2013-2014 season with the world premiere of the new musical , Inventing Mary Martin, conceived, written and directed by Stephen Cole, with music superv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:07PMArts Council England’s funding for culture in the regions should be improved but must not come “at the cost of reducing funding in London”, backstage union BECTU has warned. In its sub…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMLincoln Center Education, the education cornerstone of Lincoln Center and a global leader in arts education and advocacy, launches Next Stage, a new candid discussion series with high-profil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMIt’s official. Five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald will star as legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in Lanie Robertson’s play Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill for a limited ru…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:01PMEpisode 81: Movement and the Student Actor La Tasha Do’zia-Earley used our play Emotional Baggage with her students as an introduction to the Laban movement technique. How does she encou…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMEquity has called on Arts Council England to do more to tackle the issue of unpaid work in the culture sector, claiming action is needed before working for free becomes “so endemic that ma…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMAs We Stumble Along! After the long winter holiday and much snow this winter, things are beginning to warm up and look brighter in Staten Island! We’re not just talking about spring on…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 12:00PMNew plays by Morris Panych and Katori Hall are also on tap for the Washington, D.C. mainstay.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMHoyle's The Real Americans and Albo's The Junket will run in repertory beginning next month.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMA gala concert of Fiddler on the Roof will honor Sheldon Harnick at Symphony Space.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe York Theatre Company, which is under the leadership of producing artistic director James Morgan and executive director Andrew Levine, has announced casting for the world premiere of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMShechter's programme, which runs from 3 to 25 May, is described as "genre-defying"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMWhat are your favourite scariest moments in the theatre? Let us know in the comments
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US tabloid settles libel case with friend of deceased actor, David Bar Katz, who will set up a playwriting award
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMDiane Ladd and Eden Brolin have been tapped to topline “I Dream Too Much,” an indie feature to be exec produced by Richard Linklater. Danielle Brooks (“Orange is the New Bl…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:52AMCulture Project will examine contemporary American mores with two journalistic theater pieces in rep. Straight from Joe's Pub, The Real Americans, a compelling and uniquely galvanizing new w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMJudi Dench has joined performers Ian McKellen and Sylvia Syms in donating money towards securing the future of a 150-seat theatre that has been dark for seven years. The Robin Hood Theatre, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMAdam Jacobs and Courtney Reed co-star as charming street rat Aladdin and misunderstood princess Jasmine, respectively, in Disney's Aladdin, which begins performances Feb. 26 at Broadway&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMCameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Alain Boublil amp Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award winning musical masterpiece Les Miserables returns to Broadway beginning Saturday, Mar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMGuest blog post by Sharon Skeel, curator of the exhibit.A Philadelphia Collaboration: The Pinto Brothers’ Designs for Catherine Littlefield’s Philadelphia Ballet Company, a newly…
SOURCE: nypl.org at 11:40AMGuest blog post by Sharon Skeel, curator of the exhibit.A Philadelphia Collaboration: The Pinto Brothers’ Designs for Catherine Littlefield’s Philadelphia Ballet Company, a newly…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:40AM'Submissions Only,' Broadway's favorite webseries, is back with its highly anticipated third season on Monday, March 3. Tune in exclusively to BroadwayWorld.com any time between 9 PM -10 PM …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMIt’s Mozart but not as you know it: take a look at Betty Nansen Teatret’s theatrical spectacle
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMThe donation will boost endowment funds and help pay for ongoing building and repair.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:32AMThe album has now spent the most weeks at No. 1 for a soundtrack since 'Titanic' which remained as No. 1 for 16 straight weeks in 1998.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMManhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of TALES FROM RED VIENNA, the new play by David Grimm (Measure for Pleasure), directed by Kate Whoriskey (Ruined at MTC), begins performances tonigh…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:27AMDavid Bar Katz also talks about how the late Oscar winner's family is doing and reveals more details about his settlement with the National Enquirer, which printed an erroneous story after H…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:26AMIf you were looking for a quirky health-care professional, you’d be hard pressed to do better than Nurse Doris. A self-described atheist anarchist Trotskyite, this quip-slinging figure in …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:26AMIn Broadway’s All the Way, director Bill Rauch finds thundering drama in LBJ’s presidency — Robert Schenkkan’s politically-charged saga All the Way chronicles the fir…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:23AMBroadway favorites Stark Sands, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Viola Davis have all boarded upcoming TV pilots. Sands for NBC and Randolph and Davis for ABC.
Two-time Tony nominee Sands (…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:21AMThe 86th Academy Awards will be presented March 2 at the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center and air live on ABC. Playbill.com takes a look back at the last three years of fashi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMThere are only 16 more chances to see the acclaimed production of Harold Pinter’s NO MAN’S LAND starring Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Billy Crudup and Shuler Hensley directed by Sean M…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:17AMARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER ANNOUNCES 65TH SEASON FEATURING FIVE WORLD PREMIERES, TWO MUSICALS, THREE COMEDIES AND A 25-WRITER COMMISSION FOR THE NATIONAL CIVIL WAR P…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:02AMCondoms, mud, bluegrass – Imogen Tilden finds out how the Danish craze for the 'theatre concert' has shaken up Mozart"We use 60 condoms per show," says Nikolaj Cederholm, with a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:01AMRECOMMENDED Coming at you with the beauty of a well-placed left-hand hook, the Griffin Theatre presents Clifford Odets’ heavily metaphorical masterpiece “Golden Boy.” A cautionary tale…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:00AMWhat do you get when you take 20 thought leaders from various industries and add 400 Broadway Devotees who all want Broadway to be the best it can be? You get awesome. This Monday was our th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMBehind the scenes at the new musical spectacular.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe musical comedy's cocreator Seth Rudetsky will host the evening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe Skivvies returned to 54 Below Feb. 21 for a late-night concert featuring special guests Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Ashley Brown, Michael Campayno and Lauren Zakrin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMCast were joined by stars including Sir Derek Jacobi, Lynda Bellingham, Lesley Joseph, Denise Welch, Richard Wilson, June Brown and Christopher Biggins
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe world premiere of the new musical based on the 1885 novel by Guy de Maupasssant opened at the Charing Cross Theatre last week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMCast were joined by stars including Sir Derek Jacobi, Lynda Bellingham, Lesley Joseph, Denise Welch, Richard Wilson, June Brown and Christopher Biggins
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMPringle will succeed Nicholas Thompson in the spring
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AM
NBC has announced that Lea Michele will be the musical guest on TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON on Tuesday March 4., the same day her debut album 'Louder' is released.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMSongs from new musicals were presented Feb. 17 in Cutting-Edge Composers, hosted by [title of show] star Susan Blackwell, at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMSongs from new musicals were presented Feb. 17 in Cutting-Edge Composers, hosted by [title of show] star Susan Blackwell, at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMSymphony Space will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, as well as the musical's Tony-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick, April 28 in an evening entitled Fiddler at 50.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMArena Stage has announced the complete lineup for its 2014-15 season, which marks its 65th season and fifth year in the Mead Center for American Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMBroadway and "Glee" star Lea Michele will be a guest on an upcoming broadcast of NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMStephanie D'Abruzzo, Chip Zien, Karen Mason, Sebastian Arcelus, Tonya Pinkins, Beth Leavel, Carolee Carmello,Stephanie J. Block, Karen Akers, Emily Skinner, Julia Murney, Lari White, John Ea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMA couple of ogres, a donkey, a dragon and a forest full of fairy-tale creatures will take to the stage at Rye Neck High School in “Shrek the Musical” (7 p.m., Feb. 27 and 28; 1 p…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 10:24AMBBC director general Tony Hall has revealed plans for a further £100 million of savings, but has vowed to protect the Corporation’s drama output under new cost-cutting plans. Hall said th…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:23AMOn April 28, Symphony Space will host its spring gala, Fiddler at 50, to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof. The evening will honor Sheldon Harnick, the Tony Award an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMUp now for your delectation: the 2014-15 season at Arena Stage . Nine productions, five of them world premieres, including this sure-to-be talk-of-the-town entry: “The Originalist,” a n…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:20AMWhile in Chicago on Tuesday, the Grammy Award-winning musician Sting stopped by Tribune Tower to have a chat with theater critic Chris Jones. In addition to Sting's many albums and internati…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:18AMThousands joined together for an epic coast-to-coast Frozen singalong live today on Good Morning America, from Tony Award-winning singer Idina Menzel and the cast of her highly anticipated n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMIdina Menzel’s new Broadway show, “If/Then,” is an ambitious effort by the musical team behind the Tony-winning “Next to Normal.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AM You can’t always believe rumors when it comes to Broadway but in this case, it’s true! Yes, 5-time Tony Award Winner Audra McDonald will portray Billie Holiday, o…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:02AMNEW YORK — A close friend of Philip Seymour Hoffman has settled a libel lawsuit against The National Enquirer by creating a playwriting foundation to be initially funded by the tabloid.In …
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 10:02AMA 1962 commercial for Cheerios, written by Stan Freberg: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AMDaniel Evans' production, an adaptation of the 1997 film, opened at the Noel Coward Theatre last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AM
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith reveals the 201415 season lineup for the company's 65th season and fifth year in the Mead Center for American Theater. As a national center focused …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMOn her debut album 'Louder,' Glee star Lea Michele included a song she wrote following the death of her co-star and boyfriend Cory Monteith. Get a first listen to the heart wrenching song 'I…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AM Today’s Highlights: * Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles, directed by Eric Ting, featuring Leah Karpel, Zouanne LeRoy, Teresa Avia Lim and Micah Stock, opens at New Haven’s Lo…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMTony winner Idina Menzel is gearing up to sing the phenomenal Frozen anthem "Let It Go" live on the Oscars on March 2. Watch as the If/Then star talks about why the song has millio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AMAlec Baldwin is set to make a guest appearance on NBC's Law amp Order Special Victims Unit.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMDebra Monk Birthday Bash, the starry Feb. 24 evening at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College that celebrated Tony winner Monk's 65th birthday, raised $140,355 for Broadway Car…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMFor anyone who finds the persona of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a little bit theatrical, Arena Stage thinks it’s found the perfect play. Next season, the company will stage the wo…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:40AMThis Friday, the writer Michael Morpurgo, director Tom Morris and designer Rae Smith will all be joining us for a War Horse webchat – ask them anything about the international hit show"All…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AML.A. Theatre Works will present Sharr White's The Other Place, the critically acclaimed drama seen on Broadway with Laurie Metcalf, March 13-16 at the James Bridges Theater at the UCLA S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMGeorge Orwell strikes me as a man who was easy to love because he had a tenderness in him that runs like a stream throughout these letters and makes you feel, as you read, how much you would…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:29AMAccording to published reports, MATILDA, which is currently playing on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre, will make its Australian premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in August 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMIn an interview with GMA, Idina Menzel, the Tony Award-winning singer behind the song's original vocals, said she's surprised by the way the song has caught on.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMWhen Time magazine put together its list of the 100 most important people of the 20th century, Bruce Lee won a spot, right alongside Albert Einstein, Nelson Mandela, Pablo Picasso and Mother…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:09AM"The frivolity with which all theatrical activity is conducted has one consoling feature--there are no rules of behavior that apply...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AMSunday marked the end of the 39th week of the season, meaning we are fully 3/4 through the entire season so far! Time sure flies...39: The number of shows that played during the s…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM
Tony Award winner Debra Monk turned her 65th birthday into an all-star party with her closest friends on Monday, February 24, 2014, delivering a non-stop evening of rock, pop and laughter pr…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:55AMIn today's New York Times In Performance video, the talented star performs the number Nowadays, which she describes as archetypical Kander and Ebb.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMDerek McLane, production designer on this year’s Academy Awards — which under pain of death he can’t discuss — on designing last year’s Academy Awards:
SOURCE: pagesix.com at 08:51AMA reviewer with The Stage, Hugh Homan came to writing after directing plays at a grammar school in Chelmsford. His love of theatre began when he was a schoolboy in north London. In school dr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:46AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. February 25, 2014 I’ve been a fan of Maude Maggart ever since she made an appearance introduced by Andrea Marcovicci at the...The post Maude …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:44AMJeremy Jordan and Anna Kendrick, stars of Richard LaGravenese film adaptation of the Jason Robert Brown musical The Last Five Years attended a special screening of the film on Monday, Feb. 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMWe’re well used to seeing films adapted for the stage as musicals: the music adds an extra means of storytelling and brings new textures to the way the story can be told. But when well…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMXanadu Opens March 7th Reston Players’ Light-Hearted Cure for the Winter Blues Sick of the never-ending winter? Find your leg warmers, grab your roller skates, and travel back in time wi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMThe ballet company has dedicated three performances to presenting new works that celebrate local artists in honor of the state’s 350th anniversary.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:28AMBy: Paulanne Simmons For many people Kentucky Avenue is a street in Monopoly that costs $220 to buy. But for tourists who came to Atlantic City during the...The post “On …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:27AMThis mauling of Mozart's life work was wilfully sacrilegious and mostly awful, says Matt Trueman
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:12AMRECOMMENDED Eleanor Marx (Dana Black) is the heir to her father Karl’s throne, if such a thing is possible in socialism. She translates her father’s work and travels the lecture circuit…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:00AMThe sing-a-long will include musician and Tony Award winner Idina Menzel and surprise cameos from celebrities, You Tube versions from kids around the world, and 'Frozen' character's Princess…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
The full cast has been announced for the world premiere of Simon Stephens' Birdland, which begins performances at the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Downstairs April 3 prior to an officia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:51AMTobacco Factory, BristolAndrew Hilton's production can't escape Shakespeare's flaws, but there is plenty to enjoy in its portrayal of loveI must confess to a bit of a love-hate relationship …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMTron, Glasgow: Although Chloe Moss' play follows the post-prison life of two ex-convicts, David Greig's discreet direction lends their attempts to adjust to freedom the brooding at…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AMToday is the anniversary of the release date pf Charlie Chaplin’s last comedy short The Pilgrim (1923). The Pilgrim is essentially a remake of Chaplin’s earlier pictures Polic…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:22AMSuccess for play that mixes US-Chinese culture clash with Tiananmen Square mysteryAnother day, another major award for playwright Lucy Kirkwood. Her smash hit Chimerica has picked up the pre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AMThere are few things more charming, more chic, more certain to please than a Cole Porter song. These time-tested pleasures, as tuneful as they are clever, do not tend to disappoint. As such,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:10AMRoyal and Derngate Theatre, Northampton: This hugely handsome production of Dickens' classic is James Dacre's first here as artistic director. Mike Poulton's adaptation is a f…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMReaders’ panel: 20 years after the comedian’s death, we asked readers to tell us what they think his legacy is. Here are a selection of the responsesGuardian readers
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01AMRECOMMENDED In his third year at the helm of Alvin Ailey’s renowned troupe, Robert Battle has admirably continued to honor the tradition and ethos of the company while challenging its boun…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 26 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMMan who popularised flamenco worldwide dies of heart attack in Mexico, aged 66Paco de Lucia, the Spanish guitarist who brought flamenco to a world audience, has died in Mexico aged 66, offic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AM
Edge of Heaven nails its colours to the mast pretty early on, with its quirky animated credit sequence and jaunty Lily Allen theme tune boldly announcing to the world that this is going to b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMOnce in Royal David’s City, the return of celebrated playwright Michael Gow to Sydney, is a product of time, age, and a life longer-lived. Gow’s writing has grown older and has s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:49AMRoyal Exchange, Manchester: Towards the end of this sparky and fleet-footed adaptation of Virginia Woolf's gender-bending comic 1928 novel, the central character is described as being &…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMDavid Bintley's version of The Prince of the Pagodas, at Birmingham Hippodrome, has many merits
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:38AMGulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury: The usual irreverent energetic slickness we've come to expect from the Reduced Shakespeare Company makes this show another comic corker. Imagine the thre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMPlayhouse, Nottingham: Watching this production is like being carried along in a protest march, banners in your face, accosted until you're almost desensitised. An ambitious collaborati…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMNoel Coward Theatre, London: In the programme notes for The Full Monty, writer Simon Beaufoy comments: "Who would have thought a film in which there is impotence, unemployment, despair …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMCrazy Coqs, London: It may be seven years since Jeff Harnar has performed in the UK, but this is a New York cabaret artist who knows instinctively how to charm a London audience. Harnar'…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMBarking in Essex director Harry Burton is helming a new production of I Found My Horn at the Trafalgar Studios. The play, by Jasper Rees and Jonathan Guy Lewis, will run at the Trafalgar Stu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with HOLA award winning director and writer Aminta DeLara about her new show "At The End of the Century," about a man and woman who share a love for the s…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:01AMWest End stars Bonnie Langford and Gareth Gates skate their way to arenas all over the UK for the final time.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00AMWest End stars Bonnie Langford and Gareth Gates skate their way to arenas all over the UK for the final time
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Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, Stacy London and Whoopi Goldberg paid a visit to the Feb. 25 performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55AMGift will support shows and outreach programs.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:45AMPlatinum Award-winning singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway celebrates the music of one of America's most powerful and enduring musical artists at The McCallum Theatre for one very special…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPhiladelphia 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 12:30AMBLACK ENTERPRISEBE will present its highest recognition of women's achievement when it presents the Legacy Awards at the 2014 Women of Power Summit tonight, February 26, 2014 in Boca Raton, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAlley Theatre produces the premiere of Theresa Rebeck's new play Foolduring the 2013-2014 Season, now through March 16, 2014. The show opens tonight, February 26. This production replaces Ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMActors Orlando Bloom, Robert Sean Leonard, Joe Morton, and Condola Rashad will perform at Walt Disney Concert Hall in the LA Phil's Shakespeare-themed TchaikovskyFest concert led by Music Di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe settlement will create a playwrighting award in Hoffman's honor.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:28AMPro Musica Hebraica ended its seventh season in the packed Kennedy Center Concert Hall with a moving evening of music and poetry, both rendered exquisite by pianist and lover of Yiddish poet…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:24AMCultural Divides, The Immigrant Experience and the (non) Limits of Puppetryby Gaëtan L. CharleboisZach Fraser is an actor, director, puppeteer and teacher. A graduate of École Philipp…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Tales from Red Vienna, the new play by David Grimm Measure for Pleasure, directed by Kate Whoriskey Ruined at MTC, stars Tony Award winner Nina Ari…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01AMGo behind the scenes of Talisman's Aeneid (also see today's In a Word... for an interview with the production's director, Zach Fraser)
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMPaddy Chayefsky's 1954 play about an intergenerational romance is surprisingly relevant.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMThe world premiere of David Grimm’s Tales from Red Vienna begins performances off-Broadway February 26. Starring Nina Arianda and Michael Esper, the Manhattan Theatre Cl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMThe shining, shimmering, splendid Aladdin begins performances on Broadway February 26. Starring Adam Jacobs as Aladdin and Courtney Reed as Jasmine, the show is directed and choreographed by…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMBronx 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 12:00AMThe world premiere of Theresa Rebeck's Fool, a medieval comedy about two kings who throw a jester competition, officially opens Feb. 26 at the Alley Theatre in Houston.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world-premiere Manhattan Theatre Club production of Tales from Red Vienna, starring Tony Award winner Nina Arianda and Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant, begins performances Feb.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOrlando Bloom ("The Lord of the Rings") and Tony Award nominee Condola Rashad (Stick Fly, The Trip to Bountiful), who recently starred in the Broadway revival of Romeo and Juliet, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBeautiful Soup Theater's production of Ferenc Molnar's Liliom begins performances at The Celebration of Whimsy Feb. 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAdam Jacobs and Courtney Reed co-star as charming street rat Aladdin and misunderstood princess Jasmine, respectively, in Disney's Aladdin, which begins performances Feb. 26 at Broadway&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWritten by R.M. O’Brien
Directed by Mason Ross
Through March 2 At the Annex Theater
Buried within the meandering exposition, parodic nostalgia, undigested history, and superfluo…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMThe Kinsey Collection
Through March 2 at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum
“The Cultivators,” a painting by Samuel L. Dunson Jr., on display as part of The Kinsey Collection at the Regi…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM 
