By: Sandi Durell It may have been snowing outside on Tuesday evening April 15th when Lucie Arnaz debuted at Café Carlyle. But inside, it was warm, romantic...
The post Luci…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:52PMIt seems as if Soul Train is set to be Broadway’s newest jukebox musical joining the likes of Motown the Musical and Jersey Boys. The announcement was made Tuesday that Rock of Ages p…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:50PMWhen Depression-era migrant workers George Milton (Franco) and Lennie Small (O’Dowd) roll into a California ranch, the hands say it’s “funny” that the guys travel together. There’s…
SOURCE: Time Out at 11:39PMThis week Marginal Revolution blog linked to a study addressing the claim of many donors that they are motivated to give by the effectiveness of the charity. The researchers worked with the …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:21PMNow that AMERICAN IDOL has pared down its finalists to a manageable seven, the producers decided to bust out the most original theme in the show's 13 seasons, Competitor's Picks. How it basi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15PMVariety writes that Broadway, film and television actor Mitchell Jason passed away on March 11, 2014. He was 92.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00PMJames Franco and Chris O'Dowd bring John Steinbeck's drama back to Broadway.
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Variety writes that stage and small screen actor Walter Roy Beery passed away on April 6 due to complications from lymphoma. He was 75.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50PMMovie star casting proves to be a double-edged sword in Anna D. Shapiro’s production of John Steinbeck’s 1937 drama “Of Mice and Men.”
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:33PMPlucking the dialogue pretty much verbatim from his best-selling book, Steinbeck handily transferred his tale to the stage. Again George and Lennie -- traveling together like the scores of o…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:29PM"Spring Is Here" with Lucie Arnaz at Cafe Carlyle
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:16PMAnna D. Shapiro delivers a flawless, beautifully acted revival of John Steinbeck's 1937 play.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMRhys Nicholson’s latest comedy show Eurgh is appropriately named. If you’re not sure what eurgh means, Google is your friend. Since quitting his lowly-paid office job to em…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:00PM“When it rains in the winter, we’ll just say to hell with goin’ to work,” observes migrant worker George, played by James Franco in John Steinbeck’s 1937 stage adaptation of his cl…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:00PMJames Franco and Chris O’Dowd both make Broadway debuts in the respectable, respectful and generally inert revival of John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMWith his recent frat-boy antics and Renaissance-man boasts, James Franco earns eye rolls. But he deserves an appreciative nod for his Broadway debut in “Of Mice and Men.”
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The Hollywood Reporter writes that Fox 2000 is developing a sequel to MRS. DOUBTFIRE, which hit theaters in 1993 starring Robin Williams. Original director Chris Columbus and Williams would …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48PMCINDERELLA's Todd Buonopane performed 'Everybody's Girl' at Broadway Sessions on April 3rd, 2014. Click below to watch him sing
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34PM“We found a better way of doing things. Found? We forged a better way, we scratched it out, hacked it, ripped it, tore it, yanked it, clawed it out of the resisting, unyielding nose-th…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:33PMMitchell Jason, who appeared onstage, in films and on TV, died in Doylestown, Penn., on March 11. He was 92. Jason studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, acted in numerous Br…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:33PMJeffrey Herrmann, managing director of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., has been hired by Seattle Repertory Theatre as its new managing director. He replaces Ben Moore…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:31PMWalter Roy Beery, an actor who appeared in numerous television shows but whose first love was the theater, died at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., on April 6 from complications of lymphoma…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:18PMOn Saturday, May 10th, 2014 the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image will host a dessert reception and special screening of the beloved film musical Hello, Dolly i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:17PMNEW YORK—The migrant-worker tragedy “Of Mice and Men” may be compulsory reading in freshman English, but should it feel like homework for Broadway audiences, too? A revival of the play…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:13PMJames Franco, Chris O'Dowd, Leighton Meester and Jim Norton star in the Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's classic tale of ill-fated dreamers in Depression-era California.read more
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The President has the potential to be both funny and insightful, and the main players work with as much as they can. However, Max Truax’s direction lacks clarity of vision and active tone,…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:59PMIt's probably safe to say that every boy with an interest in musical theater dreams of playing Gavroche in "Les Misérables." Gaten Matarazzo and Josh Colley currently alternate the role in …
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:57PMSutton Foster knows how to play outsize personalities who fill up the stage. Now in 'Violet.' she's taking on a character who's the exact opposite—and it's her most challenging role yet.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:43PMDirected by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro, the new Broadway production of Of Mice and Men officially opens tonight, April 16, 2014 at the Longacre Theatre. Let's see what the critics had…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33PMThe Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opened on Broadway April 16 at the Lo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32PMThe Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opened on Broadway April 16 at the Lo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32PMA distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serve to magnify Anna D. Shapiro's glossy yet empty 'Of Mice and Men' revival.A distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serv…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30PMA distracted James Franco and a scattershot cast only serve to magnify Anna D. Shapiro's glossy yet empty 'Of Mice and Men' revival.NEW YORK — Why is James Franco, the world's most fam…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:30PMFounder Donna Northcott will direct 'Hamlet' once more.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:22PMMarin Theatre Company goes back to the August Wilson well with Fences.
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A new grant has pumped $25,000 into the Stage Directors and Choreographers Workshop Foundation to help fund artist stipends and educational programs.
The SDCF, which announced Wednesday it r…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:38PMNEW YORK (AP) -- There are hordes of teenage girls waiting outside the Longacre Theatre each night hoping to squeal over uber-muffin James Franco. But true theater fans should be waiting…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:34PMGlen Street Theatre has announced an exciting opportunity for young people to share their voice and celebrate cultural diversity in association with the National Institute of Dramatic Art (N…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:30PMAbout a week after my modern adaptation of The Seagull closed in 2012 at Southwark Playhouse the director Rusell Bolam texted me, "Same again?" So it’s now in 2014 that at (the new) Southw…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:21PMAs an indirect homage to this year’s Merritt Awards, I’ve chosen to highlight the sets for four shows currently running on Chicago stages.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:02PMDeLisa White directed Greg Oliver Bodine’s multiple IT award nominee Poe Times Two for Cape May Stage and the Workshop Theatre Company. She directed Mac Rogers in Ed Malin's…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:02PMNational Endowment for the Arts NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the NEA plans to award 74.85 million in 971 grants to nonprofit organizations nationwide as part of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00PMBased on Paul Stickland's best-selling dinosaur picture book, which sold over 5 million copies worldwide, the pre-historic characters are set to start roaming stages around the UK next year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMYou may have seen your share of makeovers, but nothing like the one Sheila Callaghan inflicts on her heroine in “Everything You Touch,” her lushly written dark comedy world-premi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PM
Wong will reprise his role as FBI forensic psychiatrist Dr. George Huang on this season's penultimate episode, titled 'Thought Criminal.' The episode is slated to air on May 14.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMNEW YORK (AP) — Phillip Hayes Dean, a playwright, director and theater actor who wrote the one-man play "Paul Robeson" starring James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1978, died Monday in Los…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:56PMPhillip Hayes Dean, who was a playwright, director and actor in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and various regional theaters died on Monday, April 14, 2014 from a heart condition, a family s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:56PMBroadway favorite Valerie Harper has some wonderful news to share with her adoring fans.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51PMWhen Ray Shepardson called, and he called those in a position to influence the fate of old theaters frequently, he would announce himself with a tagline: "It's Ray Shepardson, formerly of al…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PMBroadway veteran Rachel Potter has just announced that a solo country album is in the works, and supporters can help to make the project a reality through PledgeMuisc. She writes 'I have par…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMBROADWAY REVIEW: 'Of Mice and Men' at the Longacre Theatre ... Many in the audience for "Of Mice and Men" are coming to see James Franco. But given director Anna D. Shapiro's long history wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:37PMIncluding "A View from the Bridge" by Teatro Vista. Arthur Miller's play is directed by Ricardo Gutierrez at the Biograph.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:36PMTHEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★★ and 'The Deer' by Ruckus ★★½
THEATER REVIEWS: 'Pinkolandia' at 16th Street Theater ★★ …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:35PMChuckling merrily at Natalie West's sardonic turn as a washed-up flight attendant in Marisa Wegrzyn's hilarious "Mud Blue Sky" at A Red Orchid Theatre on Monday night, I found myself wonderi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:35PMThe New York Times reports that experimental performance company Incubator Arts Project will not be renewing its lease at St. Mark's Church in the East Village and will officially close this…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMAs a special Easter treat, AussieTheatre are giving away a DOUBLE PASS to see The Rocky Horror Show in Melbourne on Friday 25 April! Australian theatre and television star Craig McLachlan st…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30PMVeteran fashion stylist Arianne Phillips, makes her Broadway debut in costume design for “Hedwig and the Angry Inch.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:29PMStudio Tenn's season finale production of the operatic epic 'Les Miserables' will celebrate Claude-Michel Schonburg's stirring, masterful score the core of this sweeping contemporary phenome…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMDreams can be magical, uplifting, portentous, or oppressive — or, sometimes, all four at once.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:16PM“theatreWeek Theatre!"
In honor of theatreWeek, we're spotlighting ALL of the shows currently on stage. From comedies, to dramas, to everything in between. Theatre is for…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 06:16PMChris O'Dowd and James Franco share lovely, unforced chemistry in this adaptation of Steinbeck's classic novella, says Tom Wicker
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:15PMDirected by Tony Award-winner Anna D. Shapiro, the new Broadway production of Of Mice and Men officially opens tonight, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th Stree…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:12PMA songwriter and a theater’s artistic director join hands to bring Gertrude Stein’s rhymes and repetitions to the stage in “The World is Round.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMBusy with work and family, a trio of friends recently enjoyed the rare treat of spending a girls’ day out together in New York. Follow Debra, Dawn and Lillie as they raise a glass to t…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:09PMAn old-school fairy godmother might float serenely to a protégée’s rescue, waving a magic wand. Not so for the supernatural fixer of “Cinderella: The Remix,” the clever children’s …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:00PMAre you Bloody Mary or Nellie Forbush Are you more a Emile de Becque or Luther Billis Are you star-crossed lovers like Cable or Liat Find out now by taking Paper Mill Playhouse's 'Which SOUT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMLiz Callaway, Christina Bianco, and Ann Harada are also scheduled to perform.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMMJ Kaufman's new developmental play highlights issues surrounding transgender youth.
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Roslyn Kind, the younger half-sister of Barbra Streisand, recorded her first album in 1968, a mere two months after graduating high school. Although she has tours as a cabaret performer, she…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Phillip Hayes Dean, a playwright, director and theater actor who wrote the play "Paul Robeson" that starred James Earl Jones on Broadway in 1978, has died in Los Angeles…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:57PMVirginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre presents The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Directed by Signatu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52PMVirginia's Tony-Award winning Signature Theatre announces the cast for The Threepenny Opera, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's cutting and enduring critique of capitalism and corruption. Direc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMLaura Osnes takes us backstage at The Threepenny Opera and introduces us to her fellow cast members, including Romeo the Dog and a certain Oscar winner.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PM“Moth” is “Glee” for the Emo crowd, a look at high school life from the point of view of the disaffected and disenfranchised, the bullied and the brooding. Australian playwright Decl…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:42PMThis week's episode has the Bullets cast trash-talking bad actors, a traffic jam caused by the Prez needing a Broadway fix, a revealing tweet from a Les Miz star and a whole lotta love f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:27PMThe event featured a performance by iLUMINATE, dancers who perform in the dark to create illuminated characters -- including 737s. A United Airlines airplane formed the stage's backdrop, as …
SOURCE: www.boeing.com at 05:25PMThe Hermitage Artist Retreat and the Philadelphia-based Greenfield Foundation have presented Nilo Cruz with the 2014 Greenfield Prize in drama at a celebration dinner in Sarasota, FL.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMThe 2014 theatre awards season is quickly approaching, and keeping track of all of the important dates for the many ceremonies and their corresponding nomination announcements is no easy fea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMMuppet Christ Superstar, an audio parody of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar featuring Christopher Graham as the voices of the classic Muppet characters by Jim Henson, h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:05PMThe Town Hall has announced its 2014 Summer Season, a trio of unforgettable one-night-only events featuring music from some of Broadway's most beloved songwriters, critically acclaimed music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMArnaz shows us how it's done in her debut solo appearance at Café Carlyle
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By Deborah Stein, Suli Holum. The second time I worked with my boxing trainer, I burst out crying. I don’t know what set me off, I know that it was at the end of the session and I was exha…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:53PMEveryone, this is Diego. He’s about to be 12 weeks old, and he’ll be joining us in San Diego. (And while I love this year’s Conference town, no—I did not name him after it. Work-life…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:51PMStudio Tenn will present a concert version of Les Miserables May 3-4 in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center's Laura Turner Hall in Nashville.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL star Brandon Victor Dixon appeared this week on WLNY-TV's 'Live From The Couch' to speak with host John Elliott about working with Berry Gordy on the smash hit musical fro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMPhillip Hayes Dean, the theater actor, director and playwright whose stage biography of Paul Robeson is currently being performed in Los Angeles, has died at age 83.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:40PMNonprofit will regain ownership from Illinois River dock owners in two weeks, hope to move it back to St. Louis for more fundraising efforts.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:28PMName: Jaspal BinningHometown: Birmingham, EnglandEducation: Two Year Meisner Conservatory (New York Film Academy)Who do you play in The Mysteries?: AdamTell us about The Mysteries: The Myste…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:24PMOn Wednesday, James Franco makes his Broadway debut playing the lead in “Of Mice and Men.” The actor’s latest role could make him the toast of the town — or...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:18PM(photo by Seanna Kennedy)How do You Solve a Problem Like This?The LOT’s new Sound of Music feels like climbing uphillby Stuart Munro@StuartMunroTOStaircases on mountains. Grapevining nuns.…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:17PMThe Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opened April 16 at the Longacre Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PMAndrew Lippa dreamcasts seven of his most famous musicals with the likes Beyonce, Hugh Jackman, James Franco and Kate Hudson.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:11PMChicago arts organizations will receive $1,233,500 in grants from the National Endowment for The Arts this year, 2014 headlined by a $100,000 grant to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago for its Mo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:09PMLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts and McCoy Rigby Entertainment will soon present the regional theatre premiere of a brand new production of LES MISERABLES, running May 30 - June 22,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMWhat happens when you have a talented group of thriving actors living in a home in Brooklyn with an empty backyard? Their ambition and creativity takes over and they all decide to put on a p…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:02PMGet ready for a little Broadway on Broadway! Act One is based on the autobiography of famed playwright, director and storyteller Moss Hart, which chronicles his astonishing rise from poverty…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PM2014-15 Théâtre français Season at the NAC"The Most important element of theatre is transformation"Ottawa, 15 April 2014 – Theatre lovers were invited to a celebration today at the NAC …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:02PMEvery spring we get ready for the Easter Bonnet contests at our favorite gay bars, sing Streisand’s version of Put on your Sunday blah blah blah, hearing Easter Parade or other Easter …
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 04:01PMBUDDIES IN BAD TIMES ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING FOR 2014/15 SEASONBUDDIESINBADTIMES.COM/14-15 – TICKETS ON SALE NOWTORONTO: March 18, 2014. Artistic Director Brendan Healy unveiled an ambi…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:01PMRECOMMENDED Flashing lights, club music, alcoholic beverages, a coat rack, wristbands and people mingling seem more like traits of a party than a play. However, this is what audience members…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:00PMThe antebellum revamp will begin performances at the end of April.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMAnnouncing Nightwood Theatre’s2014/15 SEASONSeason to include: an epic story of cancer survival from Maja Ardal, workshop productions by Nicole Brooks and Susanna Fournier, and the ta…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:00PMBraz Dos Santos' story of escaping some of the toughest streets in Brazil is recreated on stage through the Afro-Brazilian dance language, lambazouk
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Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys Talk Dirty
Those naughty Jersey Boys! Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood's big sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:56PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Clint Eastwood's Jersey Boys Talk Dirty
Those naughty Jersey Boys! Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood's big sc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:56PMAnd you don't even have to audition; just sign up.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:56PMPivot, the start-up cable network backed by Participant Media, will launch a ten-episode series entitled "Freestyle Love Supreme" that is based on the improv show and hip-hop crew …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMBroadway dreams being immediately blown up into pending productions is something that really gets my goat. Why? Because it’s a case of hyperbole becoming ostensible fact in the press, and …
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 03:53PMtheatreWeek is well underway, and with so many contests, deals, and events happening each day, we want you to be apart of ALL of the fun! Want a shot at winning a pair of tickets to Monday…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 03:52PMWinner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an exciting new play from the playwright behind the Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights. Elliot Ortiz is back in the States after serving i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMWalt Disney Records has released 'Let It Go The Complete Set', a 'three disc set' featuring fifty tracks consisting of official, international versions of the Academy-Award winning song
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMTyne Daly and the cast of Broadway’s Mothers and Sons had two very fashionable special guests on April 15—Vogue editor Anna Wintour and fashion designer Calvin Klein! The duo too…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMWhile the frothy pop hits of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons dominate the soundscape of the hit jukebox musical JERSEY BOYS, the salty if all-too-accurate language that populates the dial…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMThe Discovery Ensemble's precision was also on full display in the vigorous contrapuntal writing that came across with impressive, electrifying energy and visceral punchiness.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:39PMMOTOWN THE MUSICAL star Brandon Victor Dixon appeared this week on WLNY-TV’s “Live From The Couch” to speak with host John Elliott about working with Berry Gordy on the smash hit music…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:38PMExperimental performance troupes from Belgium to Buenos Aires, as well as Seattle, New York and Detroit, will bring their cutting-edge work to On the Boards during the 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:37PMFrom the knock-me-over-with-a-feather department comes this news: Richard Foreman's 18-year tenure at St. Mark's Church is over. The theater just sent out this press release, stating, "The O…
SOURCE: Time Out at 03:34PMValerie Harper, the Tony Award-nominated actress who announced in March 2013 that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of terminal cancer, has issued a statement about her condition follo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMA trio of new and old works prove American Ballet Theatre (ABT) is A-ok and it felt like William Shakespeare was smiling in the dark when the American Ballet Theatre presented Frederick Asht…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:26PMIt would be possible for an audience to leave content enough with having experienced the fizzling layer of warmth and humour that pins together Good People. Yet dig a little deeper, and you …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PMValerie Harper, the Tony Award-nominated actress who announced in March 2013 that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of terminal cancer, said in a recent interview with Closer magazine …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMWhen you enter the exhibition and walk past the stage set-up (accompanied by the sound of screaming girls), you see a line-up of microphones and a video clip of the Beatles landing in NYC fo…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:20PMReturning for its fifth year, Las Vegas Broadway Bares presents Got Wood on Friday, May 2 at 1159 p.m. at the Planet Hollywood Showroom.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMStep inside the star-studded opening night of Scott Z. Burns’ new thriller The Library, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Join stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Lili Taylor, Jennifer Westfeldt an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PMA very special visitor traveled “A Million Miles” to see The Bridges of Madison County on April 15: Tony winner Matthew Broderick! The Tony winner played a wealthy playboy opposi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PMArtifice mars a saga of modern-day troubles and historical yarns.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMEchoes of Lincoln Center's 2008 Tony Award-winning production of South Pacific resonate on the stage of New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse.
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Valerie Harper stopped by this morning's TODAY on NBC to share the joyful news that she is currently cancer-free, despite her grim diagnosis a year ago that she had only a few months to live.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMEveryone likes secrets, especially dramatists. So it’s no surprise that the unravelling of the mysteries of the current Queen Elizabeth’s famously undocumented weekly meetings with her P…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:53PMRECOMMENDED Images from the early days of mass airline travel, the “Mad Men” years, depict the life of a flight attendant (then called stewardesses) as one of high-flying youth a…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:52PMBroadway’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 02:50PM Christina Pumariega shares a laugh with Marianna Bassham. Photos: T. Charles Erickson.The disappointment that greeted Melinda Lopez's Becoming Cuba at the Huntington on opening ni…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:43PMTony Award-Winners Adriane Lenox After Midnight, Doubt, Karen Ziemba Bullets Over Broadway, Curtains, Contact, Randy Graff Les Miserables, City of Angels and Andy Blankenbuehler In The Heigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMKristin Chenoweth today revealed on 'The Wendy Williams Show' that she'll soon be returning to Broadway. The performer also talked about her boyfriend meeting the parents and the surprising …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMThere is a good story within Moth’s eighty minutes, and director Tom Story and his two-actor cast tell it in bold, powerful strokes. It is a story of compassion, bullying, and betrayal, an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:38PMNow in previews, The Velocity of Autumn is a 90-minute powder keg dark comedy by Eric Coble that stars Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons Bonnie and Clyde, 'Roseanne' and two-time Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMOn Monday's night's episode of DANCING WITH THE STARS, actor James Maslow and his professional dance partner Peta Murgatroyd danced a contemporary routine to Frozen's 'Let It Go'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMVanessa Williams is the Queen of the Night in the hit Broadway musical After Midnight, and we can't get enough.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:31PMStage debuts don’t come much more striking than that of 19-year-old Scotsman Martin Quinn, who plays the put-upon Oskar in Let the Right One In. Helmed by Tony winner John Tiffany…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:22PMThe results are in!! And now, announcing this year’s Effie Trinket…… Lesli Margherita!! Comment below to let us know your thoughts on this battle! Did your favorites win?…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 02:21PMChicago's American Theater Company said Wednesday that it has inked a new partnership designed to create an enhanced Chicago-to-New York pipeline of new American works with commercial poten…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:21PMThe inevitable headline is that James Franco -- who seems determined to do everything and be everywhere without breaking a sweat -- is making his Broadway debut in John Steinbeck's 1937 "Of …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:16PMEvery third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out contributor Tom Mizer’s nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit cl…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:11PMThe other day I received a strange e-mail from a young man named Brian O'Donnell who lives in Independence, MO. He thought I might be interested in some stuff he recently acquired, and thoug…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:06PMJennings, who begins performances as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory on 19 May, shared a joke with the role's originator Douglas Hodge at the Oliviers on Sunday
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PMLisa Dillon stars in the opening production of the RSC's 'Roaring Girls' season
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Four-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara, who is back on Broadway this season in the Jason Robert Brown musical The Bridges of Madison County, celebrates a birthday April 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMThe Bridges of Madison County, the original Broadway cast recording of the new romantic musical from Ghostlight Records, has debuted on iTunes as the #1 Cast Recording, #2 Soundtrack (behind…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:52PMThe Lost Theatre, London: This is an affecting debut from the Komola Collective, a company set up to tell previously untold histories from women's perspectives. After a year of research…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:50PMDisney has released the album "Let It Go: The Complete Set," featuring multi-lingual recordings of the Academy Award-winning song from the hit animated movie "Frozen."&nb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMKelli O'Hara celebrates a birthday April 16. She is currently back on Broadway in The Bridges of Madison County.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMThe New York City Ballet spring gala on May 8 will include works featured at the 1964 opening of its Lincoln Center home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:45PMLin-Manuel Miranda’s freestyle raps are making their way to TV airwaves! According to Variety, Pivot, a start-up cable network, will launch Freestyle Love Supreme, a 10-episode half-ho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:45PMSteven Soderbergh made his New York debut as a stage director on Tuesday with the official opening of "The Library," a school-shooting drama starring Chloe Grace Moretz, at the Public Theate…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:44PMAs a result of strong critical response and public demand Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Lanie Robertson’s play with music, starring Audra McDonald, announces that the pr…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:42PMPower is usually hidden in ballet. This video by PostTV uncovers it. What can pass in just a few musical beats during a performance — the corkscrew jumps, the ballerina who seems to fly ap…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:41PMName: Patrick ScheidHometown: Ramsey, NJEducation: BA in Theatre and in History from Muhlenberg CollegeFavorite Credits: My work with TRE (Rode in Three Seagulls, Carlos in American Play, ma…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:39PMColiseum, LondonEifman is best at pummelling a heap of dancers into sculptural forms, but less good at evoking nuances of character Rodin has been having a dance moment, with Russell Ma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMHenry IV Part One: Honor Among Thieves Falstaff, like Sherlock Holmes, is one of those characters who are so memorable they almost seem alive. He is at the center of Shakespeare Theatre Comp…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:35PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:32PM“The Great Immensity” asks the big-time question of whether man can change his destructive ways before the planet goes kablooey.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:32PMTown Hall's Broadway by the Year Series will continue May 12 at 8 PM with The Broadway Musicals of 1965-1989.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMThe original German cast recording of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal will be released next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMPlaywrights Horizons' upcoming production of the new musical Fly By Night will begin previews May 16 prior to an official opening June 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMAn old-school fairy godmother might float serenely to a protégée’s rescue, waving a magic wand. Not so the supernatural fixer of “Cinderella: The Remix,” the clever children’s musi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:13PMIn the land of Hip-Hop Hollywood, girls are limited in what they are allowed to do. The people in Hip-Hop Hollywood don’t let girls disc jockey (DJ), and if you can’t DJ, then you have…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:13PMThe Bridges of Madison County, the original Broadway cast recording of the new romantic musical from Ghostlight Records, has debuted on iTunes as the 1 Cast Recording, 2 Soundtrack behind Fr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMRoyal Albert Hall, LondonThere's no denying Howard's technical mastery, but his show relies on funny voices rather than contentAt one point in this show, Russell Howard in one of his many c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMOf all the music that Richard Strauss wrote during his long career—and he'd composed almost 60 songs and more than 40 piano works by the time he was 18—perhaps none are more gorgeous a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMYou now have a lot more time to catch McDonald sing the blues as Billie Holiday.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMMust…go…home.
You need something from me? No, no…not right now.
You got a cat? COOL. Oh, please, tell me the cute thing she did today.
Who needs a…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:00PMAs the Queen musical prepares to make its final bow at the Dominion Theatre, news of a follow-up has emerged
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The special will feature guest stars Andy Samberg Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Kristen Bell Veronica Mars, Fred Armisen Portlandia, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Chris Parnell Archer, Craig Robinson M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMKinky Boots recently celebrated its one year anniversary on Broadway and composer Cyndi Lauper and star Billy Porter, who both won Tonys for their work on the production, stopped by Tod…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMThe RSC make a botched attempt at a jolly romp, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:50PMKate Skinner is currently playing the role of Mistress Quickly in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s epic rep of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. Kate’s many appearances at STC include The A…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:49PMCyndi Lauper and Billy Porter, who worked together on the hit Broadway musical 'Kinky Boots,' stopped by this morning's Today to talk about touring with Cher and the release of Porter's new …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMDramatist Melinda Lopez's "Becoming Cuba" holds your attention even after you see just where it is going and why.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:39PMiLUMINATE: The light-suit–wearing dance group iLuminate, which appeared on "America’s Got Talent," presents this tale about Jacob, a young artist who finds solace in a magical paintbrush…
SOURCE: Time Out at 12:39PMThe dark fairy Carabosse (Adam Maskell) enters the room of baby Aurora to cast a curse upon her. Aurora's parents, a king and queen, had desperately wanted a child and had sought Carabosse's…
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SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:32PMThis season’s new Broadway musicals are such a mixed bag that the race for the top prize is wide open for the first time in recent memory.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:32PMAs a result of strong critical response and public demand Lady Day at Emerson's Bar amp Grill, Lanie Robertson's play with music, starring Audra McDonald, announces that the production will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMElizabeth Vargas spoke with the shows director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw and stars Adam Jacobs, James Monroe Iglehart,Courtney Reed and Jonathan Freeman.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMFor the 10th non-consecutive week, the soundtrack to Disney's Oscar winning animated film FROZEN remains at the number one spot on Billboard 200
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PM by: Alix Cohen There’s was enough dynamic energy and spirit at 54Below last tonight (April 15th) to combat torrential rain, tax day and the front page of...
The post S…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:18PMOft-submerged STL riverfront icon to be restored; new home to be announced
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:15PMChannel 4 is to “supercharge” its arts coverage after receiving a £3 million injection from Arts Council England. The broadcaster will now re-launch its Random Acts strand – showcasin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:12PMTony Nominee Valerie Harper, who had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given three months left to live in March 2013, has revealed that she is now “absolutely cancer-free!&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:11PMFor the first time in AMERICAN IDOL history, the theme of tonight's show will be 'Competitior's Pick,' in which the remaining seven finalists select a tune for each of their competitors.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMBroadway at Moorland, the 14th annual summer concert and fireworks display at Moorland Farm in Far Hills, NJ, will be held June 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMHow Colm Toibin made Mary 'uncompromising'
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:00PMOnce on this Island, the diverting Caribbean-themed musical running at Olney Theatre Center through May 4, is more than just a pastel-colored stroll through island culture to a calypso beat.…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:00PMEpisode 88: Tips and Tricks for Directing Youth with Steven Stack Playwright Steven Stack is a long time director. He shares his tips and tricks for directing youth. Bonus! Steven also share…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMThe actress reflects on the musical in which she made her Broadway debut 57 years ago.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe two Broadway veterans will take the stage at Sardi's on April 23.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe new drama at The Public Theater is written by Scott Z. Burns.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMName: Ricardo DávilaHometown: Puerto RicoEducation: BFA from Tisch School of the Arts / MFA candidate from Yale School of Drama (starting this Fall).Who do you play in The Mysteries?: I pla…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:00PMCheek by Jowl restore the 17th century play, producing an incestuous tragedy which leaves a 'strange but thought-provoking aftertaste'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMJonathan Kent's production of David Lindsay-Abaire's Tony-winning drama, starring Imelda Staunton as a downtrodden Bostonian, transfers to the West End
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PM
Theater producing can be risky — well under half of Broadway's shows turn a profit, for instance — so gathering capital for a new stage production is often difficult.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMSajid Javid’s appointment as the new culture secretary has received mixed reactions from the arts industry. The MP, who was financial secretary to the Treasury before his promotion to the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMThey’ll keep on fighting ‘til the end…and then some! Queen band member Brian May has revealed on his blog that a two-week workshop of a We Will Rock You sequel has recentl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:55AMThe Library, Scott Z. Burns' new drama about violence in America and the narratives shaped in the aftermath of tragedy that is directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMThe Drama League has announced that Judith Light and Christopher Sieber will announce the 2014 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AM"Dancing With the Stars" competitors James Maslow and Peta Murgatroyd earned the season's first perfect score April 14 when they performed a routine to the Academy Award-winnin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMFour dead fellas, two dead cats, a hairstyle ruined, a broken-hearted sister. And all out of shoe polish. The culmination of which resulted in Martin McDonagh’s funniest, darkest comedy to…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:46AMBetween shows this summer, check out Wish I Was Here, a new film written and directed by BULLETS OVER BROADWAY star Zach Braff! The film also stars Braff, as a struggling actor, father and h…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:46AMRuined - Eclipse Theatre at The Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport, is offering $8 industry tickets to all previews on April 17th, 18th at 7:30PM and April 19th at 2:00PM. There will also…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:45AMNational Endowment for the Arts NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the American Theatre Wing is one of 886 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMTUTS Underground will present the sizzling and explosive musical Murder Ballad. The steamy quartet of actors includes Steel Burkhardt, Pat McRoberts, Lauren Molina and Kristin Warren. Fresh …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMEthics, scientific progress, and true love: all set to song! Tony nominee Euan Morton, Jeremy Kushnier and Sara Gettelfinger will star in the U.S. premiere of the musical Atomic at the Acorn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMStep into the recording studio with the cast of Heathers: The Musical! Check out exclusive photos of Barrett Wilbert Weed, Ryan McCartan and the stars of the hit musical recording their cast…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThis morning’s “Good Morning America” aired a segment featuring a panel interview with Hedwig and the Angry Inch‘s Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, John Cameron Mitche…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:36AMGood news, Audra McDonald fans: The five-time Tony winner will be channeling Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill all summer long! The new production has extended it…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMThe American premiere of London Wall, playing at the Mint Theater Company, will be filmed for future broadcast on Channel 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMStacy catches us up on the show’s progress, as he prepares for opening nights on Tuesday, April 15 and Friday, April 18. He also opens up about secrets of the actor’s trade, and some of …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:29AMDavid Nehls (music and lyrics) and Betsy Kelso (book) would be proud to witness such an outstanding performance ofThe Great American Trailer Trash Musical as presented by the Rockville Musi…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:28AMProducers have announced an extension for the Broadway run of Lanie Robertson's play with music Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, starring five-time Tony Award-winning actress Aud…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMTwo-time Tony and Emmy winner Judith Light and Tony nominee Christopher Sieber will announce the 2014 Drama League Awards Nominations on April 23 at Sardi’s. These will include the cat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:26AMAn earnest prayer for Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, beautifully sung. Then sudden darkness. Bombs. Guns. More darkness. Lights up on an old woman, Golda Meir, the former Prime Min…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:18AMThe poetry of Stuart Paterson's script is hampered by its repetitive structure, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:17AM"The Maya Rudolph Show," a variety-show special hosted by "Saturday Night Live" cast member and comedian Maya Rudolph, will air at May 19 at 10 PM on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMActress Marisa Tomei stopped by this morning's TODAY to chat about her new role on Broadway in THE REALISTIC JONESES and being associated with her role in 'My Cousin Vinnie' more than 20 yea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMFrom the Queen and Margaret Thatcher to the Prince of Wales and Simon Cowell, contemporary personalities are currently rife on stage and sometimes the subject of a bio-play will be sitting …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Judith Light and Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber will announce the 2014 Drama League Awards nominations April 23 at 11 AM at Sardi's.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMAs theatre people know far too well, all good things must come to an end. Today, I have to say goodbye to you, composers and screlters and writers and geeks of The Green Room. Thank you for …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMIt takes hundreds of people to put on one Broadway show. But only a max of a few dozen are ever seen on a stage. The rest of ‘em are backstage, offstage, in orchestra pits and in dre…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMGlenn Gould plays the fugue from Paul Hindemith's Third Piano Sonata: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AM
Legendary singer and Tony Award winner Cyndi Lauper appeared on this morning's TODAY on NBC to perform her classic 'Time After Time,' and reflect on the 30 years since her debut album.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMIn May 2012, Alistair McGowan bravely followed in the footsteps of Alec Guinness by portraying several members of the same family in the BBC Radio 4 drama Like Father, Like Daughter – a se…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AMMarisa Tomei stopped by “Today” to chat about her new role on Broadway in The Realistic Joneses. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:50AMThis morning's 'Good Morning America' aired a special segment featuring a panel interview with HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH's Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, John Cameron Mitchell, and Stephen …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMThe Town Hall has announced its 2014 Summer Season, three one-night-only, music-filled events.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe Musicians’ Union has claimed its fight on behalf of musicians that were made redundant from the West End production of War Horse is “far from over”. This is despite the band’s fa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:43AMPut on some make-up and turn up the tape deck, because Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell are bringing Hedwig and the Angry Inch to daytime television! T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMPut on some make-up and turn up the tape deck, because Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, Stephen Trask and John Cameron Mitchell are bringing Hedwig and the Angry Inch to daytime television! T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMItems of incredible importance that will change your life and the way you look at the world.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:37AMStephen Sorokoff MY VIEW: You’re Gonna Love Lucie! (Arnaz at The Carlyle)
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:30AM By: David Sheward"Words don't do it for me anymore," says John, one of four characters with the same last name in…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:28AMWritten by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, this world premiere began previews at The Public on Tuesday, March 25 and runs through Sunday, April 27 in The Public's Newman Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMTony Award nominee Ed Harris (Precious Sons), Tony winner Cynthia Nixon (Rabbit Hole), Amber Heard, Christian Slater (The Glass Menagerie) and James Franco (Of Mice and Men) have been cast i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMAmazing Array of Enticing Theatrical Entertainment Awaits Easter Weekend Audiences By: Ellis Nassour
What better Easter treat than a Broadway or Off Broadway show…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:22AMPlaywright Bruce Norris, author of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, has joined Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company Ensemble.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMAtomic, a new musical based on the creation of the atomic bomb, will make its U.S. premiere June 26-Aug. 16 at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMWritten by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, this world premiere began previews at The Public on Tuesday, March 25 and runs through Sunday, April 27 in The Public's Newman Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMThere’s a moment in Shrek the Musical when the featured green ogre tells his faithful sidekick Donkey that ogres, like onions, have many layers. That’s also true of Toby’s Dinner Theat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:21AMMo Brady (The Addams Family, "Smash") and Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Chicago, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) have released the 21st episode of "The Ensemblist&quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMTony Award winner Liev Schreiber is set to star as radical abolitionist John Brown in the historical drama "The Good Lord Bird," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMThe Library, Scott Z. Burns' new drama about violence in America and the narratives shaped in the aftermath of tragedy that is directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMSecret location, CardiffA family show that is creepy enough to stay in the minds of its young audience for years to comeArlo Butterworth is a man who has never felt that he measures up. Even…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMFor the first time in its history, all 11 co-hosts of ABC's "The View," both present and past, will share the same stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMRichard Eyre has described directing shows in smaller London venues as being more “emancipating” than working on productions in the West End. Eyre, who last weekend won the Olivier awa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMIn the below video, listen to the writers of MURDER FOR TWO as they play you one of the songs they absolutely 100 wrote from the new Broadway hit, Of Mice and Men
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM"The road from the head to the hand is a long one while one is still conscious of it. The...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AM
Today’s Highlights: * John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, featuring James Franco,Chris O’Dowd, Jim Norton, Leighton Meester, Ron Cephas J…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMThe creative team behind the long-running West End musical We Will Rock You are at work on a sequel to the production that using the songs of the rock band Queen for its score.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AM“The View” will bring all 11 co-hosts in the show’s 17-year history together for the first time on May 15 for a farewell salute to series matriarch Barbara Walters. The liv…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:51AMBBC3 controller Zai Bennett is to leave the corporation to lead Sky Atlantic, a month after the announcement that the BBC channel is to become an internet-only operation. BBC bosses decided …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:44AMAuthor E.L. Doctorow smiles during an interview in his office at New York University, in this 2004 file portrait. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer E.L. Doctorow has won this year’s Library of Congre…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:42AMIrish theatre and Irish music sometimes make me wonder if the Irish people have taken liberty with the English language in requital of the liberty that the English people took from them. Wha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:39AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Novelist E.L. Doctorow will be honored with the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:36AMThe musical WE WILL ROCK YOU, featuring the music of iconic rock band Queen, will take its final curtain call on May 31st at the West End's Dominion Theatre. However WhatsOnStage reports tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AMStage set designers at the start of their career need to visit the theatre more often and be “obsessed” with the profession if they want to achieve success, Olivier award-winning set des…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:19AMDon Juan, or Wages of Debauchery
Off Off Broadway, Jan Hus Playhouse
Reviewed by Jason Rost
BOTTOM LINE: The puppets dazzle even if some of the comedy fizzles.
In 1984, Czech puppeteer V…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:18AMThe five musicians who were recently made redundant from the West End production of War Horse, currently running at the New London Theatre, have lost their court bid to be reinstated.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMThe Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonUpdating this Jacobean play to the 1890s diminishes some of its impact, but it's a rousing productionThe RSC has had the bright idea of giving the new Swan seaso…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMAfter an off-Broadway run in 2011, “Once” opened on Broadway the next year, snagging eight Tony awards. Based on the 2006 film bearing the same title, the song "Falling Slowly" also won …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:09AMDirect Henry Wishcamper makes great use of the intimate space to allow for more subtle emotional moments, guiding this stellar, veteran cast to create an evening of theatrical fireworks. Hi…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:04AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news OF MICE AND MEN, starring James Franco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
Far from being the cool, detached, and cerebral creations of the color field artists, these quilts, imagined in their intended context, are deeply personal, sensuous, and alive.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:45AMThe London Symphony Orchestra has dropped an unpaid internship scheme following accusations that the publically-funded organisation could be breaching Arts Council England’s guidelines. It…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AM“Shamelessly co-dependent is what we like to say.” So Patti Kalil, co-artistic director, describes Pointless Theatre. She is sitting beside a brightly painted backdrop before rehearsal…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:26AMDUE TO A SERVER ERROR, YOU WILL NEED TO CLICK THE "HOT OR NOT" LOGO TO YOUR LEFT TO ACCESS THE POLL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BLOG ENTRY! THANK YOU!THIS IS A NEW POLL - THE SECOND OF T…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:15AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of Laurel and Hardy’s The Music Box (1932), considered by many to be the greatest comedy of all time. Its virtues are strictly formal,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:13AMJames Grieve and George Perrin have been working together since the were at university – they started their own company, Nabokov, and co-ran it together for 10 years. So when the job of Ar…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:07AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Cock has a lot of important things to say about the ways we confuse sexuality with identity, or passion with love.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:53AM Today is the anniversary of the Charlie Chaplin short The Cure (1917). The Cure is one of the perfect comedies the comedian made for the Mutual Film Corporation, a period during whi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:53AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The one thing Daniel Radcliffe always has to adjust to whenever he's onstage in America is how happy Americans are to see Daniel Radcliffe onstage....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:47AMMy grandfather, Morris Aza, who has died aged 89, was a theatrical agent for more than 40 years and represented some of the top names in the entertainment world.He was born into a show-busin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMThree acts on where they got the inspiration for their jokes about a dad's best friend, emailing cheese and elephants with accentsReading on mobile? Watch Rubberbandits here Continue reading…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMThis week, BroadwayAudience.com went behind the scenes at Rock of Ages and chatted with the stage manager, Matt DiCarlo. The backstage crew of any Broadway show tend to be the unsung heroe…
SOURCE: BroadwayAudience.com at 07:42AMMoviemaking—the old-fashioned kind with people and plots but no aliens or armageddons—has become so rare in Hollywood that there’s been a mass migration of some of its best talent into…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:26AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Laurel and Hardy classic Way Out West (1937). This charming genre spoof has Stan and Olllie pair delivering the deed to a mine to a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:23AMBy Hugh Iglarsh “What are the hallmarks of American culture that are also typical of ADD? The fast pace. The sound bite. The bottom line. Short takes, quick cuts … High stimulation. Rest…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMIt's all hands on deck, as the popular fringe festival celebrates its third year of performances this July and the organisers need you.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00AMJames Franco, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff and other bright lights of young Hollywood are besotted with Broadway, as are the fans who trail along. In this surge of newbies, everybody's lear…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00AM
We're used to heroines in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays who disguise themselves as boys for protection or in order to pursue the men they love. But once the barriers to marriage are surmo…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:22AMWe're used to heroines in Elizabethan and Jacobean plays who disguise themselves as boys for protection or in order to pursue the men they love. But once the barriers to marriage are surmo…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:22AMThe sculptor Auguste Rodin could make clay evoke the weight and power of flesh.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:19AMOne of the aim’s of the Globe’s indoor Jacobean Playhouse was to experiment with theatrical traditions of the era. And with this debut show by The Globe Young Players, that intention is …
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:09AMUstinov Studio, Bath: The third season of UK premieres of American plays at the Ustinov continues to impress with this hard-edged Chicago street drama, first staged in the US in 2007, about …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMFreda and Jem’s Best of the Week, Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera, The Femme Playlist, The Stronger Variations, Blood Wedding, Tom at the Farm on playbill
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMHER2 by Maja Ardal is major production, to be presented from Jan. 13 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
Derby’s Assembly Rooms could be demolished and rebuilt following a fire on the roof of the adjoining car park five weeks ago. The plant room – which housed the venue’s power, heating a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMSwan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon: The RSC's Roaring Girls season begins, appropriately enough, with Dekker and Middleton's city comedy of 1611 inspired by the life of Mary Frith, …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMRichard Armitage will be the latest big screen actor to take to the London stage when he stars in a new production of The Crucible in June.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:48AMLiz Robertson will bring her one-woman show, Songs From My Trunk, to the Hippodrome Casino in London. Robertson, who has appeared in shows such as The Phantom of the Opera and A Little Night…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMRoyal Albert Hall, London: The boyish charms of telly-friendly comic Russell Howard are stretched by his latest show, Wonderbox, the contents of which feel more arbitrary as it progresses.
R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMAshcroft Theatre, Croydon: Tim Whitnall's one-man play opens with the death of Eric Morecambe at the age of 58 and sees the comic at the pearly gates, ready to tell the audience his sid…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMEveryone can nowadays air private grievances publicly, of course, thanks to Twitter, and broadcast them to as many followers as they have. But there’s also a sense in which Twitter enc…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:32AM
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:50AMSteven Soderbergh directs.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:49AMBroadway vet and singing sensation Alysha Umphress, fresh off her starring turn as Cee Cee in the World Premiere of Beaches (Signature Theatre), joins the line up of 9 Songs by James Harvey …
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Guys and Dolls, Brisbane Harvest Rain’s first fully professional production, was aptly big budget, brightly costumed and included some big names in the cast. Charming and vocally talen…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:30AMInto The Woodsby Gaëtan L. CharleboisKate Applin is lauded for her passionate work in Toronto’s operatic community. In 2010, at age 23, Ms Applin founded Metro Youth Opera, offering emerg…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMAs it finishes its run at The Cultch in Vancouver, and heads on to Place des Arts in Montreal and World Stage in Toronto, catch this brilliant vid for Mies Julie.
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMAshley Bouder and Sara Mearns, principal dancers with the New York City Ballet, talk about their careers as dancers, and the demands and rewards of dancing in the NYCB.
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMOne of the most celebrated voices of our era meets one of the most distinctive voices of an earlier era. Audra McDonald, the five-time Tony-winning singer and actress, becomes the latest per…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AMPete Ross says that a survey of printed material in the United States between the 1730s and the 1830s turns up 58 different references to the banjo—and 57 of those citations describe the i…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMThis column used to be called “Art Seen,” but last week we had the headline “Conflicts of Interest” and we liked it better, so that’s the new name. And though there won’t always …
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AM"The Bolshoi Ballet’s filmed version of “Marco Spada” (which took place in Moscow on March 30) epitomizes all that is magnificent — and all that can be nonsensical &m…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, April 15, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMWhere the principals of the Broadway play Of Mice and Men pursued their college studies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJulia Murney, who received a Drama Desk nomination for her performance as Queenie in Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, is among the performers who will star in a special concert v…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Foundry Theatre presents the world-premiere production of Marcus Gardley's satire The Box: A Black Comedy opening April 16 at Brooklyn's Irondale Center following previews t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 13th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival, a series intended to connect filmmakers with audiences and promote New York City as a major filmmaking center, begins April 16 and continues th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFour-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening stars in the world premiere of Ruth Draper's Monologues at the Geffen Playhouse, opening April 16 following previews that began April 8.&nb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
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SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway revival of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, which marks the Main Stem debuts of co-stars James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, officially opens April 16 at the Longacre Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men opens on April 16 at the Longacre Theatre. Helmed by Anna D. Shapiro, the stage adaptation of the classic John Steinbeck novella stars James Franco, C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMThe All-American Genderf*ck Cabaret
Written by Mariah MacCarthy
Directed by Susan Stroupe
Presented by Glass Mind Theatre at Gallery 788 through April 19
At some point in Glass M…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMLegendary ballet dancer Gelsey Kirkland and her husband, Michael Chernov, talk about creating The Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet. They discuss ballet’s role in the city’s c…
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