Director Robert McQueen’s production of Man of La Mancha often sacrifices genuine logic for theatrical effect and over-elaborate staging.
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:48PMThese folks really nailed the Tonys last year. Now see what they see.
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:40PMAs the Metropolitan Opera seeks labor-cost savings in difficult contract talks, a broader discussion has emerged about how it spends its money.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:31PMThe production of 'Macbeth' starring Kenneth Branagh spreads through a New York armory and includes a heath, a henge of stones and a large mud pit.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:27PMDirected with satisfying simplicity, the musical "Juno"—based on Sean O'Casey's play "Juno and the Paycock"—doesn't quite succeed in papering over the show's flaws, but it makes a strong…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:20PMKenneth Jones' play, set in Montgomery in 1959 and chronicling a clash between a strong-willed librarian and a segregationist politician, will be produced by Salt Lake City's Pioneer Theatre…
SOURCE: www.al.com at 11:17PM James Barbour made his Broadway debut in 1993 in the ensemble of Cyrano—The Musical. He then replaced Michael Hayden in the revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel which w…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 11:14PMWHO: Roundabout Theatre Company POSITION: Finance Associate DESCRIPTION: Roundabout Theatre Company, one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit theatres, seeks an energetic, personable ind…
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An extravagant, campy take on a heavy-handed Ayn Rand tome. By Joel Benjamin The Anthem, “a radical retelling of Ayn Rand’s classic novella,” is...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:32PMFor four weekends, Buntport and Square Product Theater have joined forces to consider the tale of cross-dressing bank robber Peggy Jo Tallas, as only two of the area's most creatively heads…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:02PMYou could call John Cariani an absurdist, but his work so far is distinguished equally by another factor: shortness. “Love/Sick,” his latest, is being staged now through June 22 at Theat…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMIn “Early Shaker Spirituals,” the genre-bending Wooster Group pays plain-spoken tribute to the Shakers, inflection for inflection.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMIn David Van Asselt’s “A Fable,” a devil figure and an angel figure place a bet on whether a young soldier will lead an exemplary life or be tempted into evil.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMAyn Rand’s pedantic novella “Anthem” gets a goofy, spoofy and exuberant musical adaptation at the Culture Project.
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And Michael Fassbender does his best Ian McKellen.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:59PMThe Daily Mail writes that Tony nominee Sophie Okonedo, currently starring in A RAISIN IN THE SUN on Broadway, will appear opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and others in BBC TV's upcoming trilo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57PM趙 氏 孤 兒 COMES TO A.C.T. Who amongst us can deny that at one time or another we have been wronged or injured by someone else? But how many feel that retaliation by exacting punishment…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:44PMI once had to explain to someone what, exactly, a stagehand was. I told her that I worked in theatres as a technician who put up sets and lighting for various stage productions. She was thin…
SOURCE: flyingmoose.org at 09:43PMCelebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014, Australia’s multi-award winning dance theatre company Bangarra Dance Theatre is about to premiere its latest work Patyegarang. This powerful new w…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:36PMThe latest film from writer-director John Carney ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN is a soul-stirring comedy about what happens when lost souls meet and make beautiful music together. Below, watch a new tra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32PMThe actress will play Queen Margaret in the next series of The Hollow Crown that will encapsulate Shakespeare’s Henry VI trilogy and Richard III.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 09:20PMThe Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, announced the winners of the 4th Annual Off Broad…
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Megan Hilty plays Café Carlyle, Brazilians Marcos Valle and Roberto Menescal in New York, an evening of great songs from shows that flopped and more in this week's Jazz Scene.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 08:44PMIt is time to start placing more value on the “art” part of performing arts. When it comes to dance and theater and all the multidisciplinary performance hybrids, the support for perform…
SOURCE: blog.fringearts.com at 08:41PM NY Theater Review By Eric J. Grimm Stepping into the main stage theatre at HERE Arts Center, it is clear that plenty of effort has...
The post Blood and Sw…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:41PMNot, of course, to be confused with their “mission statement” which is this: The Theatrical Producers League of Los Angeles is a trade association comprised of theatrical produce…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:36PM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon, curated by Caridad Svich.) In case you missed it in your Facebook newsfeeds, this …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 08:31PMAmerican singer and musician Aretha Franklin, who received an honorary degree at Harvard University's 2014 Commencement, opened the Morning Exercises in Tercentenary Theatre with a rendition…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:29PMThe Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare’s more challenging plays to parse or to present.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:10PMIf you like — or can learn to like — silver bodysuits, then you’ll have one solid reason to see The Anthem, the new musical that just opened at the Lynn Redgrave Theatre.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:09PMStaveley Theatre Academy is a new musical theatre school based at The Hertford Theatre. The program is an amazing opportunity for budding performers who are interested in West End theatre an…
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Rodgers Hammerstein's CINDERELLA made the Skultety family's dreams come true with a magical experience in New York City. The Skultety family won the production's Mother's Day contest. Watch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50PMWe’ve all heard the story before.
There is trouble in the land.
A young man must rise up from his humble origins and leave the family reforestation company to go out into the w…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:46PMMuse Match, an evening that seeks to answer the question, 'What happens when 15 composers go on a blind date with 15 singers,' will be presented Thursday, June 12th, 2014, at 1130 PM at 54 B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PMBarrington Stage Company BSC, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, presents the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:26PMShakespeare described the 15th century British king as "deformed, unfinish'd," and a hunchback. A 3-D model of his spine reveals that Richard had developed severe curvature of the spine as a…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:20PMHilary Mantel’s prize-winning historical novels are compressed into a masterful six-hour feast of bloodthirsty royal soap opera by the Royal Shakespeare Company.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:16PMThe album will feature Tony nominees Neil Patrick Harris and Lena Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM“Cold in July” is a movie that starts in a grim, violent place and proceeds to get grimmer and more violent as it goes along. I am certainly not opposed to taking a trip to the dark side…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00PMThey say dying is easy, and comedy is hard. Few movies have proved that to be true as well as “A Million Ways to Die in the West.”
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00PMThere’s a breath of fresh air blowing across the proscenium of venerable Theatre West, an occasionally creaky production entity that has been in existence 50 years and counting, and has be…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00PM
Playwright Harold Pinter's works have fallen into a category called, "Comedy of Menace". STLAS's current production, "The Homecoming", exemplifies this definition, proving that nearly fifty …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 06:59PMThe next edition of NYC-ARTS, THIRTEEN's weekly arts and culture multi-platform showcase for the tri-state area, will feature program co-host and New York Emmy winner Paula Zahn's interview …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMWhich GREASE character are you Paper Mill Playhouse invites you to take their fun quiz to find out. Just click HERE and find out if you are Sandy, Danny, Rizzo, Kenickie, Frenchy, Doody, Mar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PM NJTV, New Jersey’s public television network, hosted its first major benefit event at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The benefit, co-chair…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:45PMDarren Star and Wendy C. Goldberg will be recognized as distinguished alumni at the June 13 ceremony.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:41PMThe Credits just published an interview with Jersey Boys frontman John Lloyd Young, who talks about Clint Eastwood's upcoming movie adaptation and more. Check out the full QampA here
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMBy Gwydion Suilebhan. Wherever our skunk works might be located, it’s absolutely clear that our industry needs that sort of effort… if only because every industry does. If we simply repe…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:31PMAtlantic Records will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the most nominated musical revival of the season, featuring Tony Award nominees Neil Patrick …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMAnother cultural amenity in Sacramento that’s been in the planning stages for years is on the verge of taking a big step toward completion.
An artist rendition of the new B Stree…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:16PMPlease join us for a post-show discussion on June 1 exploring the need for a wider societal definition of beauty. The event is complimentary for all ticketholders and the discussion will b…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 06:14PM The long-awaited, decade-delayed complete Jay studio recording of Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash’s celebrated cult musical ONE TOUCH OF VENUS is no…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:09PMWhat does If/Then's James Snyder do in his spare time? Play softball and help the wardrobe department with their chores! Duh!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:07PMWarning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'insertThumbnailRSS' was given in /home/content/52/9380252/html/wp-includ…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:03PMBroadway and operetta unite in the New York Philharmonic's concert performance of Leonard Bernstein's satirical, effervescent musical CANDIDE, slated for release online on Digital Theatre, W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMCheck out photos from the musical production, which will open June 1.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Katie Finneran’s show, “It Might Be You — A Funny Lady’s Search for Home,” puts the focus on her inner child, a comedy voice just below the surface, clamoring to be heard.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:56PM NY Music Review by Sandi Durell In a nutshell, this is one funny lady who knows how to win an audience in a minute! The two time...
The post Katie Finneran – It Might …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:55PMPerformances of Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike, starring Greta Gerwig and Jason Butler Harner, have officially begun at off-Broadway’s Lucille Lortel Theatre. Check out p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMVirginia's Signature Theatre opens its' air-conditioned doors once again for the annual Sizzlin' Summer Nights Series. For two and a half weeks, Signature's intimate cabaret venue hosts an e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMIt's quite possible that no Tony nominee has ever had a year like Idina Menzel has. With the world-wide juggernaut of FROZEN racking up well over a billion dollars at the box office, 'Let it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMPut on some makeup and turn up the eight track (OK, we have iPhones now), because the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch is getting a cast album! Tony nominees Neil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMAtlantic Records will release the Original Broadway Cast Recording of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, the most nominated musical revival of the season, featuring Tony Award nominees Neil Patrick …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:32PMRecognizable rocker Courtney Love was spotted attending a performance of the new Off-Broadway drama THE VILLAGE BIKE according to a social media post.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMNow that’s an immersive 3-D experience. “Avatar” director James Cameron is teaming up with Cirque du Soleil for a live stage show inspired by the 2009 sci-fi blockbuster.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:15PMAtlantic Records will digitally release the original Broadway cast recording of John Cameron Mitchell-Stephen Trask rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which stars Emmy Award winner…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMLiesl Tommy's (Appropriate) production of Les Miserables at Dallas Theater Center has announced a cast and creative team that includes Broadway Les Miz veteran Nehal Joshi as Jean V…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMThe Library of America chronicles the history of American responses to Shakespeare from 1776 to the present day.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:07PM(photo by Don Dixon)At Hand is War-Like JohnThe rarely performed King John is poised to become the triumphant dark horse of the seasonby Stuart Munro and Dave Ross@StuartMunroTO@dmjrossThoug…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:05PMThe original Broadway cast recording of the brand new stage edition of Disney's classic animated movie musical ALADDIN is now streaming in full on the official site and available digitally, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMThe Strictly Come Dancing graduates will star as Bob Wallace and Phil Davis
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PMThe show will play as part of the New Victory Theatre's upcoming season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMSinger-songwriter Todd Almond will perform a June 2 solo concert at Joe's Pub, which will include songs from his new album, "Memorial Day," as well as two songs co-written by A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM
Besides the Opening and Closing Night parties, this is probably one of the funnest events connected to the Fringe. Plus it helps the Fringe Folk pay for all the shizzle they’ll be dizz…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:55PMSylvester Stallone, Andy Karl talk new Broadway musical
SOURCE: video.foxnews.com at 04:55PM(photo by Julian Roder)The Current destiny of our Communityby Chad DembskiThere is a moment with most shows where you feel, thank you, that was great and you wish it would just end there. So…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:53PMNYC-ARTS, PBS Thirteen's weekly arts and culture program for the tri-state area, will feature Paula Zahn's interview with five-time Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Susa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMRobert Moss looks as if he could start another theater company tomorrow.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:43PMHere's what to look forward to as the anticipation builds for performances at the 68th Annual Tony Awards.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 04:41PMThe Hammerstein Ballroom will welcome the 24th annual edition of Broadway Bares with its latest installment Broadway Bares: Rock Hard! The fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMActs from Australia and Canada join American ones for spirited performances at Flint Hills this weekend.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:34PMLong Island native Jeanine Tesori’s award-winning career as a composer came out of a dream discovered in adulthood. “I wasn’t a theatre kid,” she told TDF Stages in a 2013 interview.…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 04:31PM“Startling Leaps of Imagination! Daring Feats of Hope! Ferocious Acts of Wonder!” Baltimore is in for a treat with the debut of the highly imaginative and delightful DC-based theater com…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:28PMAn ancient Greek play about the wounds of war is getting a new angle in A Female Philoctetes — a production made up of mostly Iraq and Afghanistan veterans.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:27PMAlthough Cirque’s format and mix of about a dozen or so (not entirely flub-free) acts is familiar by now, director Miao Chen shuffles things just enough to make it feel fresh.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:24PMEschewing harrowing realistic description, Jean Echenoz adopts a jocular sardonic approach to the most gruesome battlefield realities.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:16PMPaper Mill Playhouse concludes its 75th Anniversary Season with America's favorite musical, GREASE. With book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, Grease will be directed by Dan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMThe arena show is expected to open in late 2015.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:14PMBorn in Bombay and raised in the Bronx, Qurrat Ann Kadwani has made history in becoming the first South Asian Female to have an Off-Broadway show. The award-winning THEY CALL ME Q is a 60 m…
SOURCE: www.welcome2thebronx.com at 04:04PMThe New Victory Theatre's 2014-15 season of family programming will include the Off-Broadway return of The Old Man and the Old Moon by PigPen Theatre Company, the U.S. premiere of C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMPhotos have been released showing the preparations for the new musical by Scott Evan Davis
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMGertrude: The Cry and Pentecost will be staged at Atlantic Stage 2.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMSteven Pasquale and Michael Cerveris will also be on hand to discuss Shakespeare in America.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMJack Cummings III will direct the event at The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Los Monólogos de la Vagina, the Spanish language production of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues now playing at off-Broadway's Westside Theatre, will welcome three new…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMCritical acclaim has greeted Boublil and Schönberg's show second time around, but repeat success is not guaranteed when a hit returns to the stageThe enthusiastic reviews for the new produc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:53PMHere are our 5 Top Scene Stealers for the week ending May 29, 2014. Congrats to all our honorees! ______ (1) Frank Britton as Pontius Pilate Testifying in ‘The Last Days of Judas …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:47PMCheck out American Idol finalist and Wicked star Justin Guarini preview his 54 Below show Lovesick with this sexy Beyonce cover.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:43PML.A. Phil president Deborah Borda speaks with THR about producing the current production, which runs at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Thursday and Saturday.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:38PMPaper Mill Playhouse concludes its 75th anniversary season with Grease, which begins performances May 28 in Millburn, NJ. Bring It On's Taylor Louderman, "Glee" actor Telly Leu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Spend an Evening With James Earl Jones, Cynthia Nixon & More Broadway Vets in Central Park
This sounds like a fabulou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:26PMCheck out husband and wife team Audra McDonald and Will Swenson, who donned aprons to lend their support to the worthy cause on Wednesday
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced today that a special free one-night event, PUBLIC FORUM SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICA, will take …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMIn that first season, a vibrant cast of actors, including David Hyde Pierce, helped to define The Pearl's Resident Acting Company through a fantastic mix of classics and a world premiere. Fr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMOne-night stands usually allow for a story the morning after. But what happens when a intimate encounter by two unlikely parties spirals out of control? In Shannon Murdoch’s Virus Attacks …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:09PMLos Monólogos de la Vagina, now in an acclaimed and unprecedented Spanish language engagement at its original off-Broadway home, today announced the production’s summer of stars at the We…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:06PMElisabeth Moss, who stars on the television series "Mad Men," is in talks to star in a Broadway revival of Wendy Wasserstein's Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play The He…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMSusan Boyle shared that she may be ready to make her debut on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:05PMTally up the packleading 10 Tony nominations for “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder,” and the Broadway musical looks like the clear favorite of the season. But add up some of the…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PMWe talk to the X Factor winner who will soon take over from Beverley Knight in the musical adaptation of the 1992 film
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PMSt John Irvine's 1915 drama receives a welcome and timely revival
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PM
The blue-skinned Na'vi creatures of the 2009 movie "Avatar" will get the Cirque du Soleil treatment in a new live production that is being developed by James Cameron and the Montreal company…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:58PMI’m always slightly wary of shows that are about shows going wrong. I had a particularly bad experience at Edinburgh once and it’s stayed with me; companies can make the mistake of think…
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The post Three Up, One Down; an imagined conversation. appeared first on The Neo-Futurists.
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 02:53PMThere are few things in the world as rewarding as being the Artistic Director of a theatre company when you see that the hard work and strenuous effort of your board, your staff, and your ar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:52PMCBS Films has shared a new trailer for the highly anticipated romantic comedy WHAT IF, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMDouglas Carter Beane’s The Nance is making the move from Broadway to film and television screens everywhere very soon. It is set the hit more than 300 movie theaters in the United States …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 02:44PMAfter the sold-out premiere of his autobiographical show, PUB CRAWL, Tony Award nominee Rory O'Malley THE BOOK OF MORMON plays a return engagement at Joe's Pub tomorrow, May 30, 2014 at 7 an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMThree Minnesota painters deal with landscapes, rural and urban, in Minneapolis gallery shows.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:43PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:38PMMeet the most versatile graphic in Post-Dispatch history.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:30PMIrish star Pat Shortt, who gives an unforgettable performance as Johnnypateenmike in the Tony-nominated comedy The Cripple of Inishmaan, teaches us a few lessons on gossip, the Irish and his…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:28PMYou don’t often hear 40 people asking an actor in unison: “Are you married?” No they aren’t brainwashed, or hypnotised. Scottish playwright David Greig has his own simple way of gett…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:28PMProducer Thomas Schumacher was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about bringing Aladdin to the Broadway stage. He also told us about his unusual pets! What have you read or seen o…
SOURCE: WNYC at 02:27PMAll hope is not lost for the previously reported Broadway 4D project in the heart of Times Square — which plans to immerse theatregoers in a film experience that celebrates the history…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMJames Monroe Iglehart was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about his Tony-nominated portrayal of Genie in the Broadway musical, "Aladdin." He also told us what he's a fan of! What…
SOURCE: WNYC at 02:22PMHistory has a tendency to repeat itself; and if ever a play featured such a literal metaphor, it’s Spokesong, currently in repertoire at the Finborough Theatre. Written by Stephen Parker i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:21PMFollowing the sold out concert sensations Baby and Once Upon a Mattress, Transport Group Theatre Company proudly presents The Music Man in concert on Monday, June 23 at 8pm at the The Romulu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMOver the past few days, stage veteran James Earl Jones and TV and film star Jane Seymour visited Tyne Daly and the cast of MOTHERS AND SONS on Broadway - check out photos from their visits b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMStudent life: drinking to excess, experimenting with drugs, arguing and sleeping with your mismatched housemates in a grubby flat. The cliché is all too familiar to those who have not long …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:14PMThe cast and creative team of the hit Off-Broadway musical Murder for Two are teaming up with some of New York's brightest up and coming composers and BroadwayWorld.com every Monday night fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMLee Chamberlin, an actress and playwright whose career spanned four decades on the stage, television and films, died of cancer at 76 on May 25, 2014. Her death was confirmed by her family.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMA review of the touring production of the Broadway show “Once,” based on the indie film of the same name. It’s at the Paramount in Seattle through June 8, 2014.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 02:05PMTHE LAST SHIP, 16-time Grammy winner Sting's first foray into theater, is no jukebox musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMWendy Wasserstein's award-winning drama may make its return to New York next season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe two-time Tony Award winner makes her cabaret debut at 54 Below.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMForward this to everyone you know that goes to the theatre; together we can change the world
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PM
Neil Patrick Harris, Sting, Idina Menzel, Alan Cumming and Sutton Foster - as well as the teaming up of Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia - will perform at the Tony Awards on June 8.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:58PMToday, Daniel Lamarre, President and CEO of Cirque du Soleil and James Cameron announced a new partnership to develop an arena-touring show inspired by the world of Cameron's history-making …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMTony Award Productions in association with CABLEready, a leading independent distributor of television programming for media outlets worldwide, will distribute the American Theatre Wing's 68…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMPlaybill.com offers a look at the nominees for the 68th Annual Antoinette Perry "Tony" Awards in the categories of Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play and Musical and Best Performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMITALIAN BRED, a new comedy written and performed by Candice Guardino, is making its Los Angeles premiere this spring at the Hudson Theatre Mainstage, prior to opening at Off-Broadway's Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:47PMPrincipal casting has been announced for the St. Louis Muny's seventh and final show of its 96th season, Hello, Dolly!, which will begin its limited engagement at the famed outdoor venue…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PM3 Voices Theatre presents the world premiere of “Mein Uncle”, an absurdist fairytale about the seeds of inhumanity. The play, written and directed by Aliza Shane, is based on the…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:39PMEver since 2014 Tony nominee Jessie Mueller burst onto the New York theatre scene in 2011's On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, she has starred in three other Broadway shows- including her c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMAustin Cook — music director, conductor, pianist — is fueling many of the musicals now being produced on some of Chicago’s most intimate stages.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:32PMCarrie White, the telekinetic-empowered teen protagonist from Stephen King’s iconic novel, is coming to Chicago seeking musical redemption. Bailiwick Chicago is no stranger to edgy theater…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:32PMThom Geier knows his Tony Awards. For years he's spearheaded coverage for Entertainment Weekly and now -- watch out -- he's making some daring predictions. Compare them to my picks here and …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:31PMThe Broadway League released the 2012-2013 Broadway's Economic Contribution to New York City report, the ninth biennial report in this series. The report measures the full economic impact of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:29PMSmokey Joe's Café — The Songs of Leiber and Stoller rocks out in a new production at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage. Cast member and dance captain Ashley Blair Fitzgera…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMSmokey Joe's Café — The Songs of Leiber and Stoller rocks out in a new production at Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage. Cast member and dance captain Ashley Blair Fitzgera…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMThis year the Lilly Awards will celebrate women of distinction in musical theater in a special cabaret at West Bank Cafe 407 W 42nd Street, NYC, following the awards ceremony, which is set f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMDisney Publishing Worldwide DPW and Walt Disney Records announced today the launch of Disney Karaoke Frozen, an app based on the highest grossing animated film of all time, Frozen.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMLike pretty much every blogger, the plan I had for my next post got chucked out the window after the violence at UCSB. I’ve been closely following #YesAllWomen on twitter, the news sto…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 01:16PMCabaret has always been a groundbreaking musical, dating back to Harold Prince’s original production in 1966. When Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall’s production opened at Studio…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 01:11PMUltimately, it’s a fun — if flawed — night at the theatre that will satisfy fans of the film while reminding the audience of their own big-haired dreams.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:09PMCHINA SOARS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN For a ninth consecutive summer, Cirque Shanghai (its title actually referring to whatever Chinese city produces these performers) has returned to the well-name…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:06PMCameron Mackintosh’s plans to buy the Ambassadors Theatre and turn it into a 450-seat studio space could still be scuppered by Camden Council, according to the venue’s current owner Step…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PMThe Broadway League has released figures for Broadway's economic contribution to New York City during the 2012-13 season. Broadway productions generated $11.9 billion, up slightly from t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:04PMTony Award Productions in association with CABLEready, a leading independent distributor of television programming for media outlets worldwide, will distribute the American Theatre Wing's 68…
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 01:00PMBelow you can check out photos of James Monroe Iglehart, nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Aladdin, in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In the Spotlight' by acclaimed photograp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMMaurice Hines on show biz etiquette: Like my mother used to say to us, "I want the audience to leave saying, 'I had a good time, baby!' You know why? Because they could be somewhere els…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:00PMThe earnest young community theater-makers at Free Fall Stage are presenting the human trafficking drama.
“She Has a Name” features, from left, Bonnie Antignani, Supatcha…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:00PMMatt Moses
Hometown: Marine Park and Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Current Town: Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Q: Tell me about The Cloud. A: It’s a comedy that takes place in the inte…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:00PMNicholas Wright's adaptation of Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela's book is "concise, succinct and gripping"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PM
According to the New York Times, Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss is on her way back to Broadway. Producer Jeffrey Richards is currently in talks with the actress to play the title character in a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMTony Award winner John Rubinstein, who made his Broadway debut and received a Theater World Award for creating the title role in the original 1972 production of Pippin, will join the all-new…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:59PMDEARTH OF DRAMA Steven Drukman’s Death of the Author takes its name, premise, and some of the devices in its dialogue from a Roland Barthes essay on postmodernism. It’s wonderf…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:50PMTed Sod, Education Dramaturg, talked to Mark York about his history with Jim Dale and his role in the creation of this production. Ted Sod: How did you get involved with the show Just Jim …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:39PMKatie Finneran–the expert Broadway comedienne who seemed subdued in the 2012 revival of Annie–offered a convulsive demonstration last night of just how expert she is in It Might …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMProducer John Johnson has announced today that Grantland's Men in Blazers will host Men in Blazers Live on Broadway, an evening to celebrate everything that is glorious and distinct about Un…
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SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:34PMText: two kinds of hell by Charles Bukowski I sat in the same bar for 7 years, from 5 a.m. (the day bartender let me in 2 hours early) to 2 a.m. sometimes I didn’t even remember g…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 12:31PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Neil Patrick Harris, Sting, Idina Menzel, Alan Cumming and Sutton Foster - as well as the teaming up of Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Fantasia - will perform at the T…
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SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:24PMPlaybill photographer Joseph Marzullo offers a twenty-year retrospective of Audra McDonald's Tony wins, red carpet looks and other related events that he has captured through the years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMPlaybill photographer Joseph Marzullo offers a twenty-year retrospective of Audra McDonald's Tony wins, red carpet looks and other Tony related events that he has captured through the ye…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMName: Dean Haspiel Hometown: Manhattan, NY cum Brooklyn!Education: Music & Art cum La Guardia High School. SUNY Purchase.Favorite Credits: Billy Dogma, The Fox, The Quitter, American Spl…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:21PMThe 24th annual edition of Broadway Bares will blow the roof off its new home at Hammerstein Ballroom with Broadway Bares Rock Hard, an amped up celebration on Sunday, June 22, 2014, honorin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMFrom Patti LaBelle to Neil Patrick Harris, the stage at the 68th Annual Tony Awards will be packed with big stars and even bigger performances.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 12:20PMThe press agent Rick Miramontez is thick in the campaign for all four nominees for best musical in this year’s Tony Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:20PMThere’s a reason Broadway’s John Treacy Egan will be stepping up to the mic on Monday night at Stepinac High School to host the 2014 Metropolitan High School Theater Awards. R…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:15PMBeautiful Tony nominee Jarrod Spector reveals his secret talent, the rudest thing said to him at a stage door and what happened that time he was not professional.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMIn these diary extracts, actors Peter Rylands, Rebecca Todd and Alan Suri record what it's like to switch from Dracula to Jez Butterworth at Keswick's Theatre by the LakeEvery year after Eas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11PMCan you hear the sleigh bells yet? The stage adaptation of the beloved holiday musical White Christmas will play the West End’s Dominion Theatre this winter. Performances will begin on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMToday, Emerson chats exclusively with BWW about working with her biggest idol, Sutton Foster and why her Broadway debut experience has been 'truly indescribable'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMAs BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, America's Poet Laureate Maya Angelou has passed away at the age of 86. The poet died last night, May 27th in a Winston-Salem, North Carolina hospital whi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMCBS has announced the performers for the 2014 Tony Awards ceremony, airing June 8. The telecast will feature performances from nominees Neil Patrick Harris (with the cast of “Hedwig a…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:03PMAge: 33
Hometown: McKinney, TX
Current Roles: A doubly impressive New York stage debut in The City of Conversation as Colin Ferris, a young man whose politics don’t jibe with tho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:01PMThe new one-woman show will play for one night only on May 31.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe production features a company of 45.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMPierce was a cast member during the theater's first season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe two-disc set will be available for purchase on July 15.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMTheatricum Botanicum’s all-Shakespeare season gets with going with two of the Bard’s best, a musical take on an Old Testament tale is on stage at the Pantages, and a former sitcom star p…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMStunning production says Ruth Lovett of this war time companion of Last Days of Troy at the Royal Exchange.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMDame Kiri Te Kanawa has become the latest high-profile figure to air their views on the opera critics' comments about Tara Erraught's performance in Der Rosenkavalier at Glyndebourne
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PM
Aled Jones is to make his West End debut starring alongside Tom Chambers in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre. The production features a 30-strong cast that also incl…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMMad Men’s Elisabeth Moss is in negotiations to star in a revival of Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles on the Great White Way. According to The New York Times the productio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AM Today is the birthday of the great humorist, broadcast personality and harmonic player Herb Shriner (1918-1970). I first became aware of him, quite naturally, because of his son the com…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:55AMLady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Lanie Robertson’s play with music, starring five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, will be recorded live at Circle in the Square durin…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:54AMIt seems like just ten minutes ago "Call Me Maybe" superstar Carly Rae Jepsen and legendary Nanny Fran Drescher took their first bows as Cinderella and Madame in Rodgers &…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMAnyone with a passing interest in German Theatre knows Theatertreffen (‘Theatre Meeting’), the biggest event on the German theatre calendar. For those who don’t, here’s a brief intro…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:43AMFour band members were arrested after busking in central London earlier this month, prompting further calls to create uniform guidelines for musicians playing in public spaces. The arrest of…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMI have seen two productions in the last week that have been marred somewhat by rude audience members. The first was Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be at the Theatre Royal Stratford East –…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMCould Taboo bow once more? According to Boy George, it very well might, and with some new changes! The iconic pop star revealed on the red carpet at the GLAAD Awards earlier this month that …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMCould Taboo bow once more? According to Boy George, it very well might, and with some new changes! The iconic pop star revealed on the red carpet at the GLAAD Awards earlier this month that …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMAlan Cumming, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Sutton Foster will also perform, as will the casts of "Aladdin," "Les Miserables" and "Wicked" for a a tenth-anniversary tribute.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:30AMProducers aim to get Ms. Moss to play Heidi in a Broadway revival of Wendy Wasserstein play, which won a Tony and a Pulitzer Prize.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:29AMLady Day at Emerson's Bar amp Grill, Lanie Robertson's play with music, starring five-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, will be recorded live at Circle in the Square during a regularly …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMOriginally produced for a brief run at Playwrights Horizons in 1997, Violet is seeing a new incarnation at Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre with a star as bright as the moon in a dark …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 11:26AMWe literally CAN’T with the general Jeff Kready awesomeness. You won’t be able to, either. Read on:
Name: Jeff Kready
Where are you from? Topeka, Kansas
Broadway credits: Le…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 11:25AMLots of people look up to Tony-nominated Of Mice and Men star Chris O’Dowd—including the vertically challenged cast of The Cripple of Inishmaan! Stars Daniel Radcliffe (5&rs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMFor once this was a play that did what it said in the title. Shit-Faced Shakespeare was an entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely shit-faced actor. For the Bank Holiday Friday au…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:17AMThe programme for The Rain That Washes contains a timeline of events in Zimbabwe. There, next to the credits and biographies, sits a near 100 year historical recap of the events in this torn…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:10AMKnown as one of Shakespeare’s wittiest comedies, Much Ado About Nothing is a classic: boy knows girl of old, girl thinks boy is dim-witted and tedious, boy thinks girl is a malicious and …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:07AMImelda Staunton has backed a campaign calling for the use of wild animals in circuses to be banned. The actress, along with veteran actor Roger Moore, has written to the Queen urging her to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMBroadway icon, Drama Desk nominee and Tony winner Betty Buckley shares the musical number that awakened the performer inside of her.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:06AMFrom a Philly bar to your own living room! PS Classics will record a live performance of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, starring five-time Tony winner Audra McDonald as Billie Ho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMWhat would you do, if you were already late on your way to the hospital, if an elderly person suddenly grasped at your legs? Further, what would you do once you’d realised that this perso…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:02AMAfter a sold-out run at Hudson Guild Theatre, the U.S. premiere of A Little Princess will play The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, located at 480 Wes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe last three shows that I saw on Broadway, Violet, The Bridges of Madison County, and Hedwig and the Angry Inch, have some interesting things in common. All three were produced on Broadway…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMI don’t have them. But, I know some people that do. And those secret-holders are gonna be featured on a panel this coming Sunday, June 1st, sponsored by our good ol’ friends at t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe star-studded celebration of Broadway takes place on June 8.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe Olivier Award-winning show embarks on a new tour this summer
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AM
With technology booming in the creative world, the argument is that some things should be left to blossom on its own, without high-tech interference. Some say a simple set and natural stagin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:58AM[Contains spoilers] As Ernest stares through his window at Gwendoline, so too does Thomas, both men transfixed by her ethereal beauty. When Ernest and Thomas catch sight of one another, thin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMWhere can you hear songs by Stephen Sondheim and Ingrid Michaelson all in the same night? At 54 Below, of course! Tony winner Katie Finneran made her debut at the midtown hot spot on May 28 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMAs a general journalistic rule, if you are going to be writing an article, a stand-up comic is a terrible interview subject if you are looking for controlled, measured responses. However, if…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThe Tony Awards have announced the line-up of performances for the 68th Annual Tony Awards, which will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, on CBS, on Sunday, June 8th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:53AM[author-post-rating] (5/5 Stars) I had such a good time at the Spiegeltent last night. It’s a phrase that, if you are a Brighton resident or a Fringe goer, you have probably heard a few ti…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:49AMThomas Chipperfield has more than 300 years of animal training in his blood. Faced with a ban on wild animals in the circus, he defends a vocation his family has pursued for three centuries
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 10:47AMBryan Campione and Harold Lewter will present Broadway Celebrates Pride Week, a concert kicking off New York City Pride week that will benefit the Hetrick-Martin Institute, June 23 at 54 Bel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMColumbia Pictures has debuted the second domestic trailer for ANNIE, hitting theaters on December 19th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMOn May 22, New Dramatists honored director-choreographer Susan Stroman with the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award. On hand were Tony nominees including Sutton Foster, Lena Hall, Celia Keenan-B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMToday is the birthday of Josef Von Sternberg (1894-1969). In light of the current book I’m hawking with all its incipient Chaplin-mania, we have the perfect angle on Von Sternberg to t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:29AMNeil Patrick Harris is back on Broadway in a new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Harris who rose to fame as the young star of "Doogie Howser, M.D." has chalked up an impressi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMThe performance line-up for Broadway's biggest night will include Neil Patrick Harris, Idina Menzel, Sutton Foster, Alan Cumming and the current cast of Broadway's Wicked
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMBroadway veteran and Taboo writer Boy George stopped by the GLAAD Media Awards earlier this month, where he confirmed in an interview with Mike Diamond that the show might be heading back to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AM2014 Tony nominees Neil Patrick Harris and Idina Menzel, along with Sting and Alan Cumming, will be among the performers for the 68th Annual Tony Awards. The cast of Wicked will al…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon, curated by Caridad Svich.) You saw the show – the one with the rave reviews and …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:17AMPS Classics will record a two-disc live original Broadway cast album of Lanie Robertson's play with music Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, starring five-time Tony Award-winning a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMTHE OFF BROADWAY ALLIANCE ANNOUNCED THE 2014 AWARD WINNERS!FUN HOME IS BEST NEW MUSICALHAND TO GOD IS BEST NEW PLAYThe Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, thea…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:15AMNiamh Perry is to play Sophie in Mamma Mia! when it runs in Blackpool this summer. The performer, who was a finalist on the BBC series I’d Do Anything, previously played the role in the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMCheck out Jackman in his 11-minute 1999 original X-Men audition video.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMThe 68th Annual Tony Awards, which will be presented June 8 at Radio City Music Hall, will feature a slew of musical performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMTickets are not yet on sale for the 2015 production of Hamlet at London's Barbican Theatre that will star Benedict Cumberbatch, but the venue has already stated that "as we want to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMCelebrated singing actress Alice Ripley, who won her Tony Award for her performance as bipolar mom Diana in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Next to Normal, will return to 54 Below next month with…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Stars join Host Hugh Jackman at the 68th Annual Tony Awards broadcast on CBS, Sunday, June 8
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 09:58AM Today’s Highlights: * Antony and Cleopatra, directed by Jonathan Munby, featuring Eve Best and Clive Wood, with Phil Daniels, Kolyon Coy, Sirine Saba, Ignatius Anthony, Peter B…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMFUN HOME, the musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel which played at the Public Theater, continued its winning ways, taking the prize for Best Musical from the Off Broadway Allian…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 09:53AMThe May 2004 Candide concerts with the New York Philharmonic — starring Tony Award winners Kristin Chenoweth and Patti LuPone — will be released online via Digital Theatre June 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMToday marks the anniversary of the release date of the Harold Lloyd short Among Those Present (1921). The plot begins with a daughter (Mildred Davis) who, like her father (James T. Kelley…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:39AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonDavid Mercatali's adroit staging of Dalton Trumbo's novel is full of pain and rage Johnny Got His Gun: adapting the 'unstageable' anti-war novelBrass bands were pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMOn the May 28 broadcast of the "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley," a host of politicians and actors remembered late poet and author Maya Angelou by reciting excerpts from her poe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMA musical from long ago that never had a complete recording (till now) and a just-closed show from the current season look at love quite differently. Besides debuting pre-Broadway in Massach…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:29AMInspired by the mischievous mythical figure of John Barleycorn, Tristan Bernays explores what it means to be English in his solo show The Bread and the BeerJohn Barleycorn has beer in his bl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:28AMFor some people, the words “interactive theatre” strike fear into their hearts, and they’ll do anything to avoid it. The prospect of being accosted by an actor, of having the spotligh…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 09:27AMJane Greenwood, who has designed costumes for more than 125 Broadway shows, discusses her approach to work — and that elusive Tony award.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:26AMVoting opened on April 30 and runs through May 30, 2014 for the 12th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards Here are the current standings as of 529 with just 0 days to go in voting
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMMarco Goecke’s stroboscopic choreography and stunning dance create a visual treat
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:08AMHampstead Downstairs, LondonWhat is forgiveness, asks Nicholas Wright's tense true-story play, in which a psychologist interviews an apartheid assassinThere is a moment near the start of Nic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMInside the lives of two After Midnight stars — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at actors and how they create their roles Since previews began last October, Dormeshia Su…
SOURCE: TDF at 09:00AMGood 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 ANTHEM opens off-Broadway tonight, the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM"People are writing about how Reuben is now a legend -- Reuben was always a legend."
-- Joe Garry on his friend and mentor, Reuben Silver.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:00AMMarriage Type Love! the new re-release of an album by Shirley Jones and the late Jack Cassidy takes all of us back to that time theatre fans always seem to wax nostalgic for - when…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:00AM
NEW YORK (AP) - "The Nance" starring Nathan Lane has already been on Broadway. Now get ready for its appearance on movie screens and TV.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:48AMChalk Farm
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theatres
Reviewed by Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: A gripping, understated, and brilliantly-written look at the overt and covert political tensions that sur…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:47AMRecently, the FringeArts blog of Philadelphia interviewed the critically successful performer-producer Charlotte Ford about her decision to take a leave the arts scene to pursue a more forma…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:40AMNEW YORK (AP) -- These days, an invitation to a tea party likely means lots of heated political talk. But at one held this week in Manhattan, the only thing brewing was Earl Grey and a l…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:38AMNo one denies that shows like THE VOICE, THE AMAZING RACE, and AMERICAN IDOL have a larger cultural cache, but for fans who enjoy honest, artistic creativity, there is nothing on television …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMHow much can a “native” artist adopt from Western modernism before his arts loses its tribal identity and, along with it, its appeal to an outside market?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:14AMHere are 10 one-liners on the subject of dogs. Do you know which standup is responsible for each of them? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:01AMGlenn Meads gives his reasons why this Carole King musical should come to the U.K.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
This is the third play by up-and-coming young dramatist Nick Payne that I've seen, but I will think carefully before buying tickets for the fourth. I enjoyed Constellations, which featured t…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 06:59AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company and English Touring Theatre are to collaborate for the first time on a touring production of A Mad World My Masters by Thomas Middleton next spring. The show, w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMIsland City Stage's production of the thought-provoking The Pride understands the beauty and depth of this remarkable play —and, done right here, makes us question our history, both indivi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:37AMITV has appointed Yonderland commissioner Saskia Schuster as commissioning editor for comedy, as the broadcaster continues its push into the genre. Schuster will report to Elaine Bedell, ITV…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMThe cast has been announced for a new U.K. tour of the Olivier Award-winning musical Top Hat, which begins performances at London's New Wimbledon Theatre Aug. 12 for a run through Aug. 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:27AMNo, this isn’t a weather report, though whenever I go to the Open Air Theatre or Shakespeare’s Globe, I somehow become obsessive about them. At least at Shakespeare’s Globe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMLeaving past controversies behind, Gupreet Kaur Bhatti's latest play is a beautifully nuanced, Indian family drama, says Matt Trueman
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:24AMMEET THE BREAKOUT ACTRESS FROM BROADWAY'S "HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH"
SOURCE: rebeccaminkoff.com at 06:18AMHampstead Downstairs, London: This potent, profound and poignant meditation on guilt and the redeeming power of forgiveness, based on a true story from South Africa, examines attempts to com…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMKatherine Godfrey as Rosalind Franklin, the DNA scientist cheated of her share of a Nobel prize, recounts the heartbreaking story of her life – a tale of success, betrayal and tragedy. Ros…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:14AMLast week I popped into Little Angel Theatre – always a treat because it’s one of the loveliest venues in London. This time, however, I was there not to see a show, but in the quietR…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company will join forces with English Touring Theatre for the first time to launch a U.K. tour of its 2013 Stratford-upon-Avon production of A Mad World My Masters, a p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08AMAlan Burkitt and Charlotte Gooch will return to the play the lead roles in Top Hat when it tours the UK later this year. Burkitt and Gooch, who starred in Irving Berlin’s musical when …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07AMThe Rondo Theatre, Bath: West Country-based physical theatre company Angel Exit Theatre, which is building an enviable reputation for vivid and unusual work, has chosen the dark story of the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AM
The MAC, Belfast: The first segment of this Chilean trilogy consists of two plays, four female voices and a multitude of searing backward glances into the dark corners of a once-troubled cou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMCameron Mackintosh has said producers should not create work unless they have enough money to pay performers if the production is forced to close. Mackintosh, who also said young producers s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMMalcolm Sinclair is running for a third term as Equity president, against vice president Jean Rogers – who is aiming to become the first woman to lead the union in almost 70 years – and&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMPlaywright Martin Lynch has accused Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre of being “elitist” and favouring “the latest trendy thing from Edinburgh or London” at the expense of local w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:31AMIndicating his leg shackles, the caged cell, his garish uniform, and his female visitor, the mass murderer makes a semi-humorous allusion to The Silence of the Lambs.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:23AM
The granddaughter of professional ballroom dancers, the actor Barbara Murray inherited a stage and screen presence that was every bit as graceful and elegant. Born in London, she was sent to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:51AMProduced by Joan Littlewood with songs by Lionel Bart, Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be launched Barbara Windsor's career in 1959 as these archive photos show. Now her fellow EastEnder Jessie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:50AMState Theatre Company SA’s education program is primarily focused on delivering quality theatre to high school students that makes them think, analyse and engage with theatre on many level…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:35AMIt can’t be a review. It just can’t. I don’t think it’s a preview. I’m pretty sure it’s not a press release. If it is it’s a really badly written on…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:26AMTony Award-winning composer and recognizable concert performer Duncan Sheik sheds some light on his upcoming concert appearances as well as looks back at his Broadway smash SPRING AWAKENING …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00AM
It's an interactive kind of memoir.
SOURCE: USA Today at 01:50AMA coalition including Sacramento’s new professional soccer team and a host of nonprofit organizations is circulating a proposal to raise the county’s sales tax rate, with proceeds …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:40AMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, in partnership with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, presents a series of conversation to coincide with the Library's public exhibition…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMNoel Coward's fast-talking comedy of manners Private Lives will close the Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2013-2014 Season. Directed by Maria Aitken 2009-2010 Season's As You Like It, Private …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club presents Otis Sallid's Big Otis Jump Up Blues Revue, for one night only tonight, May 29th at 930pm. The show features the music of Big Joe Turner, Julia Lee,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMCount Down To The Tony Awards With Best Actor Nominee Tony Shalhoub: Tony Shalhoub is best known for his work as Antonio Scarpacci in “Wings” and sleuth Adrian Monk in the TV series “M…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:19AMOpera often has the reputation of being an elitist artform, yet much of its heritage lies in raucous popular performances for the masses. The latest production of Mozart’s The Magic Fl…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:07AMSWEET But it is Molnar’s ability to turn larger-than-life circumstances and situations into everyday happenings that not only touch, but illuminate and inspire that makes this play the joy…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:04AMCleo Parker Robinson, the founder and executive artistic director of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, met Maya Angelou in 1981 when the two created "Lush Life," a jazz, poetry and da…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:04AMI’ve seen a lot of circus and a lot of contemporary dance, but I’ve never seen anything like Circa’s S. Premiered at the Brisbane Festival in 2012, S has toured Australi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:03AMOn Monday, June 16, 2014 at 700pm, BroadwayWorld.com will continue its 2014 concert series at legendary cabaret venue Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, hosting a uniquely contemporary evening…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMToday we are turning back the hands of time to a newly unearthed piece of theatre history featuring the TV debut of Tony Award-winning Broadway legend Elaine Stritch singing and selling up a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMToday we continue the 2014 edition of our annual BroadwayWorld feature series spotlighting the very best Tony Awards-related moments of all time with a special focus on one of the most oft-r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMCimorelli Reveals Favorite Disney Movies at 'Maleficent' Premiere
YH chats with the sisters of Cimorelli on the blue carpet for the big Hollywood premiere of Disney's 'Maleficent'! The girl …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMDylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood is beautifully understated.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00AMThe Play That Goes Wrong should be prescribed as a tonic for all those in need of a good time at Bath Theatre Royal.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00AMExtravagenza at Bristol Tobacco Factory is pure unadulterated joy.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00AMLike its central character The Libertine's energy begins to fade before the end.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00AMThe drama tells the story of a mother and son against the backdrop of one of the defining events in recent European history.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
Count Down to the Drama Desk Awards: Meet the Nominees: Laura Osnes is nominated for singing pretty In Three Penny Opera
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:54AMSWEET It is an insightful and soulful piece about three characters meshed together in the filmmaking business whose ideas of life and spiritual beliefs clash during their business stay on an…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:31AMIt’s getting chilly here in Adelaide. The boots are out, the fire is on, and the credit card is heaving after booking numerous shows for Kate Ceberano’s 3rd and final stint as Artistic D…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:11AMTim Carroll’s production of King John has a truly electric first half — only to dim to candlelight in the second.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:10AMThis Allison Burns shot of Brian Abbott for The Elephant in a Room (coming to Montreal and Toronto) has everything we are looking for in a Fringe promo photo: it's fast and dirty without bei…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMPlaybill.com offers a list of theatre artists, who, despite many nominations, have yet to win the coveted Tony Award. Two of these talents are also nominated this season for The 68th Annual …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMTony-nominee James Monroe Iglehart, who plays Genie, and producer Thomas Schumacher talk about "Aladdin," the new musical comedy based on the animated Disney film.
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMNick Steur's one-man show creates a dilemma.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, May 28, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMThe Music of Maglione and Ruiz: #thestruggle, a concert featuring the songs of new musical theatre composers David Maglione and Tomas Ruiz, is offered May 29 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNew Line Theatre, which is located in St. Louis, MO, presents the regional premiere of Hands on a Hardbody May 29-June 21. Opening is scheduled for May 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJJJ Productions in association with Culture Project and Aaron Grant Theatrical, Inc. present the world premiere of The Anthem, an original musical inspired by the Ayn Rand novella "Anth…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKelli O'Hara received a 2014 Tony nomination for her performance in the Jason Robert Brown/Marsha Norman musical The Bridges of Madison County.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cult musical Carrie, based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, receives its Chicago premiere May 29 prior to an official opening June 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNoël Coward's comedy of manners, Private Lives, plays Shakespeare Theatre Company beginning May 29 at the Lansburgh Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStratford Festival presents the romantic and tragic musical Man of La Mancha, officially opening May 29 following previews that began May 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAnd To The Republic, a modern political thriller inspired by Shakespeare's Roman plays, officially opens May 29 following previews that began May 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com offers a list of theatre artists, who, despite many nominations, have yet to win the coveted Tony Award. Two of these talents are also nominated this season for The 68th Annual …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Using Chernobyl as a backdrop, the artists allude to the question: When Triskelion Arts and its inhabitants vacate the once lively space, will its creative energy be lost forever?" Trina Ma…
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