[June 16-23 marked my annual pilgrimage to the Stratford and Shaw Festivals in Ontario. Comments on plays seen at Stratford are posted below. Shaw follows soon.] Colm Feore and Donna Feore a…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 11:50PM(Reuters) - Actor Shia LaBeouf, who starred in the "Transformers" movies and the play "Nymphomaniac," was arrested inside New York's Studio 54 during a performance of "Cabaret," police said.
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:45PMThe Lion
Off Broadway, New York City Center -- Stage II, Manhattan Theatre Club
Reviewed by Sarah Moore
BOTTOM LINE: An excellent new musical memoir, written and sung by Benjamin Scheuer,…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:40PMA digitally restored version of "A Hard Days Night" will be released July 4, commemorating the 50th anniversary of its premiere in London's Piccadilly Circus.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:38PMThe legendary Stephen Sondehim stopped by New York City Center for tonight's Encores performance of Jonathan Larson's TICK, TICK...BOOM, where he was greeted by the show's star Lin-Manuel Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31PMLet’s have some more fun today with those letters to Arthur Laurents that Stephen Sondheim doesn’t want you to see. Laurents, you’ll recall, left his papers to the Library of...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:10PM'When We Were Young and Unafraid' takes its cues from some familiar, feminist ideas but the characters are real and recognizable.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:07PMThe Loew's Jersey Theatre will be managed by AEG Live, one of the nation's largest entertainment companies, and is going to get a makeover, city officials said.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 11:03PMHe's in custody, but has yet to be charged.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:00PMA return to the roots of Rent.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:00PMSinger-songwriter Benjamin Scheuer explores life's darkest moments in his new song-cycle at Manhattan Theatre Club.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMStephen Belber's latest dark comedy comes to Labyrinth Theater Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM
Lythgoe Family Productions LFP in association with The Pasadena Playhouse, announced the cast for the new production for kids and their families -- PRINCESS AND PIRATES Sing-a-Long Concert.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49PMModern Family star Sarah Hyland, Broadway alum Benjamin Walker and three-time Tony nominee Kevin Chamberlin will let the sunshine in in the Hollywood Bowl's mounting of Hair this summer.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:43PMJonathan Larson’s legacy usually boils down to “Rent.” But the Encores! Off-Center series is making a strong case for his lesser-known “tick, tick…BOOM!” with a high-energy p…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:31PMAccording to Variety, Shia LaBeouf was escorted out of a Thursday night performance of Broadway's Cabaret in handcuffs after causing a disruption during the first act. Cast member Danny Burs…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:25PM By Rotimi Agbabiaka If Pride Month is the time to celebrate the past year's queer accomplishments, then this upcoming Pride should be extra festive. It's been a great year for queer vi…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 10:23PMTOM WOPAT - the celebrated actor and vocalist - will perform at Iridium Jazz Club 1650 Broadway at 51st Street in Manhattan with a new show 'Tom Wopat Swings the Rat Pack' for four performan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10PMThis just in... According to both audience, and cast member reports on social media, actor Shia LaBeouf was escorted out of Roundabout's production of CABARET at Studio 54 during the show's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PMThe thing with reunions is that they always boil down to the same big ideas: Nobody’s the way they used to be, friendship is treacherous, and you can’t go home...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMOh, Shia! After noisily exiting the Broadway revival of Orphans last year, you’d think film star Shia LaBeouf might want to keep his name out of theater news for a while, but there he …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:01PMFriendships forged in high school can be enduring — and so can wounds inflicted there.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PMA father-son story is at the heart of Benjamin Scheuer’s one-man show, “The Lion,” from Manhattan Theater Club.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMPersonal losses pile up in the musical memoir “The Lion,” but creator and star Benjamin Scheuer makes the one-man show an irresistible winner.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
The fifth annual celebration of theater that investigates what it means to be a lesbian in the 21st Century kicks off this Friday with Girl Play, staged readings of short plays sponsored by …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:56PMUPDATED: After being escorted out of a performance of "Cabaret," the actor "has been charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass," a police spokesperson confirmed to THR.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:54PMThe LA Times writes that Modern Family's Sarah Hyland and Broadway's Benjamin Walker are the latest stars to join the cast of HAIR at the Hollywood Bowl this August. Hyland will star as 'Chr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50PMSummer Silliness: Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre Invites you to Spamalot What happens in Camelot stays in Camelot…and you really want to be there for the hijinks, the chaos, and the fun! …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:50PMHettie Barnhill, who as a dancer has performed at the Muny as well as on Broadway in "Fela!," is one of five choreographers whose work will be performed this weekend as part of the Stephens …
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:45PMIs Shia LaBeouf putting on another performance? According to sources, the 28 year-old actor was arrested at the Broadway musical “Cabaret” in handcuffs Thursday night. Police say…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:41PMBroadwayWorld.com has now confirmed that the actor was reportedly disruptive during the first act of the Tony-nominated revival, and then escorted out by police during intermission.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34PMAs the Adelaide Cabaret Festival approached its finale for 2014, two highly anticipated stars (both of whom had individually dazzled Adelaide audiences in previous festivals), were preparing…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:32PMPrince Ali could soon be taking a magic carpet ride across the pond, according to the Daily Mail. Disney Theatrical Productions executives are set to meet with London Palladium officials to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31PMActor Shia LaBeouf, who very publicly exited the Broadway bow of Lyle Kessler's Orphans, also exited the June 26 performance of Broadway's Cabaret — in handcuffs — Rounda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29PMAccording to social media, actor Shia LaBeouf ("Transformers") was escorted out of the June 26 performance of Broadway's Cabaret in handcuffs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Mary Rodgers, the daughter of Broadway icon Richard Rodgers who found her own fame as composer of the 1959 musical "Once Upon a Mattress" and as the author of the body-s…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:12PMThe plight of promising young artists is a subject that’s infinitely fascinating to promising young artists. If they fulfill that promise, the rest of us may retrospectively find the pligh…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:04PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Mary Rodgers, the daughter of Broadway icon Richard Rodgers, who found her own fame as composer of the 1959 musical "Once Upon a Mattress" and as the author of the book …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:53PMThis week James Snyder interviews his If/Then co-star Jenn Colella. Along the way, he meets some miserable characters on the subway, goes backstage at a drag show and pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:49PMAfter years of preparation, it has been confirmed that Sydney will gain a Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) degree, rivalling that of VCA and WAAPA. The dynamic game changer will be led by Da…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:38PMSarah Hyland of ABC's "Modern Family" is joining the ensemble cast of the musical "Hair" at the Hollywood Bowl, organizers announced on Thursday. The production, which runs for just three pe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:34PMBen Folds Rocks the Suburbs with the NSO at Wolf Trap Ben Folds grew up playing drums and was always inspired by the orchestra. His lush music received a new spin by playing with the Natio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:33PMAs part of the NYMF opening ceremonies on July 7, producers Jamie Bendell (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, The Performers, Heathers – The Musical) and Madeline Myers pres…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32PMThe New Group is making sure that Broadway shows won’t have the exclusive on star power this-coming season. The 20-year-old company has announced its three plays for 2014-15, and each of t…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:25PMOn all-new episode of 'Oprah Where Are They Now,' Broadway's original 'Dreamgirl,' Sheryl Lee Ralph shows off her Tony nomination, which still hangs in her home day, and reflects on the cont…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:05PM
Mary Rodgers Guettel died at her home in Manhattan this morning after a long illness, according to her son Alec Guettel. She was 83 years old.Her Broadway career began as composer of the 195…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 07:58PMThe Jellicle moon must be shining bright The Daily Mail reports that Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS is scratching its way back into the West End for a run at the London Palladium, beginning this…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46PMMusic's ability to articulate the world around us is well documented, but it can be easy to forget the deeper potential it carries.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:33PMWarning: 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 07:12PMIt's probably a few years yet before Abby Noble and Conner Kingsley feel the need to thank agents, managers, publicists from an awards gala podium.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:12PMWarning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'insertThumbnailRSS' was given in /home/content/52/9380252/html/wp-includ…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:05PMAlexa Ray Joel, the 28-year-old singersongwriter and daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, is reprising her show at Cafe Carlyle, now through June 28. Scroll down for photos from the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMHow do you solve a problem like a musical? Rodgers and Hammerstein's ambitious Carousel seems tailor-made for expansive venues like the National Theatre, where Nicholas Hytner memorably revi…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:00PMA gleaming 1957 Nash Metropolitan sits at the center of “Mid-Century Madness” at the Blue Line Arts gallery in Roseville. The compact red-and-white auto is in primo condition and…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 07:00PMSmall has never been more profitable than with Pulse's Suitcase Prize – £1,000 for the best company whose production can be taken as hand-held luggage on public transport.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMActor Alex Lawther, 18, who was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award for South Downs, tells us about his latest play The Glass Super, which premieres at Hampstead Theatre this week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PM
Fact: Malic White is queer.
Fact: Malic White works at a theater where “being yourself” isn’t just tolerated–it’s their job description.
Fact: Malic White is al…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 06:53PMWarning: 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 06:42PMOn Twitter Watch, Norm Lewis wrote 'Since Christine turned me down I went back to my ol flame Bess. sierraboggess AudraEqualityMc '
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMCurrently celebrating its 35th Anniversary Season, Second Stage Theatre Carole Rothman, Artistic Director has announced complete casting for its highly anticipated production of TERRENCE McN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Women's Project Theater is going through some major changes. A national search has begun for a new Artistic Director to lead the company for the coming …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMWomen's Project Theater has begun a national search for a new Artistic Director to lead the company for the coming 2014-15 season and beyond. The new Artistic Director will succeed Julie Cr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMWarning: 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 06:14PMAlice Lee, who originated the role of Heather Duke in Off-Broadway's Heathers, will be a contestant on the ABC reality series "Rising Star" June 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:10PMFrom a little girl who just can't stop eating pink cupcakes to a hot-shot fighter pilot grounded by an unexpected pregnancy, this week's Roundup features eight productions that …
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 06:07PMWe always thought the Phantom had never-ending love for his main squeeze Christine, but we guess we were wrong! When six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald stopped by to see her former Porgy an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMWe're positively purring at this news! Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats is returning to the West End this Christmas. According to The Daily Mail, the tuner will play a limited three month …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:01PMRehearsal images have been released for Black Comedy and Miss Julie, which open at Chichester Festival Theatre on 4 July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMKneehigh present another zany show and it impresses Carole Baldock.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMTrip Cullman's production opened at the Kilburn venue last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMComplete casting has been announced for the rare Terrence McNally revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMEmerging songwriters like Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair will celebrate their idols.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMLeslie Uggams will lead the company as Mama Rose at Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
It's a curious balance Gallegos has�the ability to present an adolescent mind with a professional's storytelling skills. A balance that will last but a brief time. Like this run. So get your…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:56PM"The Last Ship" ... though it employs some rather familiar plot lines, is an affectionate memoir of Sting's northeast England home town, Wallsend. Despite a story that's improbable and contr…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:39PMIn a recent interview with BroadwayWorld, broadway veteran Cybill Shepherd revealed that she'd love to star in a musical. When asked at the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame concert if she'd like …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMChester Theatre Company will open its 25th Anniversary Season with J.T. Rogers' haunting mystery MADAGASCAR. The production, which runs now through July 6th at the Chester Town Hall in Chest…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, June 26, 2014 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway via @playbill @HollerBway • • • Tune in …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:35PMAmerica Ferrera will topline Second Stage Theater’s Off Broadway production of Terrence McNally’s 1991 play “Lips Together, Teeth Apart.” Ferrera, the “Ugly Bet…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:30PMEmmy winner America Ferrera will star as Sally in the previously announced Second Stage production of Lips Together, Teeth Apart. The revival of Terrence McNally’s comedy, under the di…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PMAlso starring in the Off Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's acerbic 1991 comedy are Michael Chernus, Tracee Chimo and Austin Lysy.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:30PMSecond Stage Theatre, under the artistic direction of Carole Rothman, announced complete casting for its fall production of Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMNothing teaches an actor punctuality and discipline like having to appear eight times a week in a play. For Lindsay Lohan, whose bad-girl reputation stemmed partly from showing up tardy for …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:28PMWomen's Project Theater, the non-profit company dedicated to producing plays written and directed by women, has begun a national search for a new artistic director.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PMBy Bertie Ferdman. It was by now quite obvious that this was the beginning of the show we were all there to experience: Cynthia von Buhler’s immersive staging of her grandfather’s unsolv…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:23PMBy Zak Berkman. This is the fifth in a series of blogs that chronicle the birth and infancy of People's Light & Theatre Company's (Malvern, Pennsylvania) New Play Frontiers. I will share…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:01PMRodgers was also the author of the novel Freaky Friday.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe company will donate its time and talent for the event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe ensemble will feature Francis Guinan, Tim Hopper, Helen Sadler, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMJonathan Larson's musical predecessor to Rent opens the City Center Encores! Off-Center season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Mean Girls actress will star in a production at the Playhouse directed by Lindsay Posner
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PMIcarus has been developed with the Lowry and it opens next month and the co-founder of Square Peg fills us in.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PM
Rod and Ricky, the same-sex puppets from the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, who were engaged in 2011 and tied the knot July 24, 2011 — the first day same-sex couples could be leg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMTwo-time Tony Nominated Actress, Laura Osnes will release the new single, 'When You Smile', on August 10th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMBy popular demand, Steppenwolf Theatre Company extends the celebrated summer revival of This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan, directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, and featuring Mich…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival will launch this season with a special opening night event MEETING OUR HEROES A Tribute to the Composers Who Inspire Us at The Laurie Beechman Theater a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMBarbra Streisand's second duets album will feature such artists as Billy Joel, John Mayer, Michael Buble, John Legend, Blake Shelton, Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban, according to Billboa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PMBroadwayWorld is thrilled to bring you an exclusive preview of a photo essay featured in this weekend's THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE featuring an assortment of real-life figures who evoke the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMSamuel Beckett's classic, Waiting for Godot, has found a new life online. While Waiting For Godot written by Samuel Beckett translated and adapted by Rudi Azank is an award-winning webseries…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMMary Rodgers, who, as the daughter of a famous musical theatre composer (Richard Rodgers), a musical theatre successful composer herself (Once Upon a Mattress) and the mother of a musical th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMMary Rodgers, who, as the daughter of a famous musical theatre composer (Richard Rodgers), a musical theatre successful composer herself (Once Upon a Mattress) and the mother of a musical th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMThe Last Ship – the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy Award-winner Sting and book by Tony Award-winner John Logan and Pulitzer Prize-winner Brian Yorkey – will begin pr…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:33PM By Mari Lyn Henry – From My Fabulous Seat in the House at the Weill Recital Hall - Carnegie Hall June 22, 2014 The late...
The post Remembering M…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:33PMKimberly Gilbert is one of the most versatile, fearless and reliably thrilling actors in Washington. Whether she’s playing the spinster held hostage by her wicked mother in The Beauty Quee…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 04:32PMThe pre-Broadway premiere of The Last Ship, the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy winner Sting — inspired by the songwriter's own childhood — of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMBroadwayWorld.com has just learned the sad news that Broadway composer and author Mary Rodgers Guettel has passed away. She was 83 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMBroadway’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 04:25PMI normally don’t like drag shows much so when they come on I leave. However, when we were at the Blue Moon in Rehoboth Beach the other day and the show was coming on, they announced it…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 04:18PMTony-nominated composer, Freaky Friday author, screenwriter and celebrated Broadway patron Mary Rodgers Guettel died at her home in Manhattan on June 26 after a long illness, according to he…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:17PMIncluding songs by Alice Cooper, Rufus Wainwright, and Hole.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:16PMThe Muny presents the second show of its 96th season, TARZAN, directed by John Tartaglia, choreographed by Chris Bailey, with musical direction by Rick Bertone. Nicholas Rodriguez stars in t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMAccording to Variety, John Heard has signed on for the indie drama SEARCHING FOR FORTUNE, helmed by Joseph Matarrese.
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SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:08PMMarried nearly 3 years ago, on the first day gay marriage was legal in the state of New York -- July 24th, 2011 -- AVENUE Q's Rod and Ricky discussed the repeal of DOMA, their married life a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMThe 2013 production of Wagner's 4-part "Ring" at Seattle Opera was "the best 'Ring' I produced in my 31 years with the company," said the just-about-to-retire Speight Jenkins, the opera's ge…
SOURCE: blogs.seattletimes.com at 04:02PMPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A proposal to change the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, made famous in the "Rocky" movie, is not definite, architect Frank Gehry said on Thursday.
SOURCE: Reuters at 04:02PM“Tick, Tick ... Boom!” tells the story of Jonathan Larson, a composer whose work, most notably “Rent,” was lauded after his death at 35.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:01PMLindsay Roginski makes her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago, June 30 through July 6 at the Ambassador Theatre. On Monday, June 30, 2014, Broadway’s celebrated revival of John Ka…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:00PMThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 271 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMThornton Wilder's legendary drama comes to life at this historic burial ground.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
The Muny presents the second show of its 96th season, TARZAN, directed by John Tartaglia, choreographed by Chris Bailey, with musical direction by Rick Bertone. Nicholas Rodriguez stars in t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMAFI Docs, held annually in Silver Spring, MD and downtown DC, is regarded as the nation’s premier film festival for documentaries. Programmer Andrea Passafiume talks about highlights and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:57PMThe Phantom of the Opera – begins September 19th The Los Angeles Theatre Center http://www.voxlumiere.com/tickets Experience an electrifying new form of entertainment. Vox Lumiere is a…
SOURCE: Footlights at 03:55PM The New Group celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2014-2015 and has announced three productions for this milestone season: the first major New York revival of Sticks and Bones,.…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:53PMDallas Theater Center will fill the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre stage with the glorious music of the most popular musical of all time in a thrilling new production of Alain Boublil and Clau…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMThe London revival will see the actress and tabloid queen step into a role originally played on Broadway in 1988 by Madonna.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:50PMWomen's Project Theater is going through some major changes. A recent blog by Howard Sherman indicates that Artistic Director Julie Crosby is now missing from the masthead and staff list on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMFeaturing just 37 artists, the Minnesota Biennial is a small-scale snapshot of the art of the state.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:45PMAfter a sold out run as a benefit for the not-for-profit Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, the beauty contest musical "Pageant" returns to the off-Broadway scene.
SOURCE: NY1 at 03:45PMThe Old Globe presents Shakespeare's classic tragedy Othello, directed by Old Globe Artistic Director Barry Edelstein and the first show of the Globe's 2014 Summer Shakespeare Festival. Join…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PM NY Music Review By Joel Benjamin (June 23, 2014) Scott Siegel’s four-part Broadway by the Year series co…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:34PM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Zanna, Don't Class Reunion, a concert presentation of the 2003 Off-Broadway cult favorite benefiting the Hetrick-Martin Institute for LGBTQ Youth. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMThe longest-running musical in Broadway history and the world's most successful entertainment, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrates audiences continually going wild for the production with a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMThe West End revival of David Hare's "Skylight" will be broadcast to cinemas around the world. The production stars Carey Mulligan and Bill Nighy.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:29PMDeathtrap, written by Ira Levin, produced by Bucks County Playhouse, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:28PMThe cast and crew of the highly anticipated stage adaptation of the hit PETER PAN-centric film FINDING NEVERLAND currently in rehearsals can be spotted getting into the pirate life in a seri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMColumbia Pictures has shared an all-new poster for director Antoine Fuqua's THE EQUALIZER, starring Denzel Washington in the title role as well as Chlo Grace Moretz. The film hits theaters o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMLONDON — Lindsay Lohan is heading for the London stage — in a play about the hysteria of Hollywood.Producers announced Thursday that Lohan will make her professional stage debut in Sept…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 03:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Skylight, Starring Carey Mulligan & Bill Nighy, is One to Watch
David Hare’s much buzzed about Skylight, s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:14PMBuckle up: Lindsay Lohan is speeding toward her West End debut in “Speed-the-Plow,” the 1988 Hollywood comedy by David Mamet. She’ll play an ambitious Tinseltown striver in a role crea…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:10PMMulti-Tony Award-winning screen-to-stage musical hit NEWSIES announced its closing date earlier this week and a new retrospective video featurette celebrating the highs of the production ove…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMMusic superstar, acclaimed concert performer and vocalist Josh Groban follows up his acclaimed solo album ALL THAT ECHOES with a special deluxe edition containing four bonus tracks, which is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMThe New Group has announced its 2014-15 season, which will include Academy Award winners Dianne Wiest and Holly Hunter, as well as Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg, Tony winner Tonya Pi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMEverything you need to know about her new gig.
SOURCE: usat.ly at 03:01PMThe latest edition of Gerard Alessandrini’s Forbidden Broadway plays the Davenport Theatre. Cast member and hardworking mom Carter Calvert, who plays characters ranging from Liza to C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
A collection of rarely seen and absorbing photos depicting the original Broadway and first revival production of multi-Tony Award-winning modern musical masterpiece SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMInternational singing sensation and reality competition superstar Susan Boyle stopped by morning chat show LIVE WITH KELLY amp MICHAEL this Wednesday, June 25 to sing a sensational song.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMIn April 2014, Artistic Director Vincent J. Cardinal announced that Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Leslie Uggamswould be starring as Rose in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's CRT producti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMThis Is Awesome: Kinky Boots Angels Celebrate Pride: Check out this backstage video with three of the Kinky Boots Angels: our “Double Duty” episode guest Charlie Sutton, as well as Kevin…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 02:58PMKenneth 'Babyface' Edmonds, one of the producers on Barbra Streisand's highly anticipated duets album, has revealed that the project is almost finished.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMThe organization is trying to shed its image as a club of old white American men as quickly as possible.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:53PMAge: 24
Hometown: Palm Desert, CA
Current Role: A Broadway debut as small-town girl Sherrie Christian, who takes a midnight train to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams of becoming an act…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMAn Odd Love Story in a Cabaretby Jim Murchisontwitter@JimMurchisonThe Devils Circus is a puppet show that combines marionettes, Japanese Bunraku inspired puppetry, shadow puppetry and some d…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 02:40PMDCMetroTheaterArts’ John Stoltenberg couldn’t have said it any better in his review of Buyer & Cellar: “The laughs come so fast in Buyer & Cellar—and Michael Ur…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:35PMLinsday Lohan is heading for the London stage - in a play about the hysteria of Hollywood. Producers announced Thursday that Lohan will make her professional stage debut in David Mamet's sat…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:33PMWHILE GENERIC, A SINCERE SHIP HARDLY CAPSIZES The Last Ship, now in a shakedown cruise at Bank of America Theatre, joins a proud list of fervent tributes to blue-collar Brits. These salutes …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:25PMIn "I Hate Hamlet," successful actor Andrew Rally arrives in New York from Los Angeles after the end of his TV series, "L.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:22PMTune in to see HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME, the new musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur, on TV Fox5 News interviews HOLLER cast members Christopher Jackson and Tonya Pinkins tonight, Thu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMThe Wit Theatre Company's "The Aliens," staged at the Crossroads Theater in Five points, is a meditative play, a series of languorous vignettes that measure love, death and the powerful …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:20PMIn my very first Throwback Thursday blog, I thought I'd take a look back to five seasons ago (2010-2011) at the two plays that really wowed me and continue to be standard setters. One …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 02:18PMThe star-studded Broadway production of 4-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's uproarious comedy, It's Only A Play will play a limited 18-week engagement at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMThe Dallas Theater Center is presenting a new, contemporary-styled production of Les Miz, which will offer audiences a new take on the classic musical that has been re-conceived in an immers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced that tickets for the upcoming productions of Indian Ink starring Rosemary Harris, The Real Thing starring Ewan McGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Cynthi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PM The Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre was presented on June 23rd at ASCAP in NYC. The winners Nathan Tysen and Arthur Perlman were thrilled to receive the award...
The post Kleb…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:04PMKyra Sedgwick and Craig Bierko to Star in John Patrick Shanley’s New Play The Danish Widow: New York Stage and Film and Vassar College, this summer celebrating the 30th year of their Power…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:01PMEncores! Off-Center launched its 2014 season June 25 with Jonathan Larson's tick, tick... BOOM!, starring Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo, as well as "Smash" st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PM“The Last Ship” sets sail in Chicago on its way to a Broadway launch in October, filled with all the hope and heartache and working class nobility of a lush, lovely original score from …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMEisenberg will star in the world premiere of his own play The Spoils.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
ON THE TOWN, the musical comedy love letter to New York City, is set to begin previews on Saturday, September 20, 2014 and officially open on Thursday, October 16, 2014 at Broadway's Lyric T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMCelebrating its 5th year bringing live theatre to cinema audiences around the world, NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE has announced an international broadcast of Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy and Matthew …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMHow does the thought of an indie-rock opera sound? Quite off-putting I'd imagine, but you'll probably be pleasantly surprised by 'Revolution In The Elbow Of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painte…
SOURCE: thesoundofconfusionblog.blogspot.co.uk at 01:51PMNabil Elouahabi, who starred in Eastenders and Only Fools and Horses, has criticised the 'real problem' of the stereotyped portrayal of Arabs in films and television
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:44PMRECOMMENDED Amidst concrete and apartment complexes, skyscrapers and trains, our interconnectedness with nature may not be immediately apparent. Wendy Clinard’s “Watershed” is …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:43PMIt's time once again to celebrate the United States of America.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:43PMThe 6th Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, will take place June 30. Nominees Keenan Buckley and Emma Magbanua blog about their week in New Yo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) Last July, I walked through the Connolly bookstore and …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:41PMTHEATER REVIEWS: "Myths and Hymns" by BoHo Theatre ★★★ and "The Late Henry Moss" by Artistic Home ★★★
"Myths and Hymns"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:39PMName: Eric MannHometown: Born and raised in Little Rock, AREducation: BFA Music Theatre from Elon University. Other: Upright Citizens Brigade - Improv, Michael Chekhov Acting StudioSelect Cr…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:35PMIn our series Behind the Stage Door, StageBuddy goes inside New York Theater’s Off and Off-Off Broadway theater venues to give the inside perspective of the space, introducing you t…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:34PMA familiar story beats at the heart of the easy-to-like production of “Tick, Tick ... Boom!”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:31PMFree | Easy | Attend In Person or Online Why does data matter? The Cultural Data Project (CDP) can help your organization view, analyze, and talk about your internal data in new (and ev…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:30PMAs BroadwayWorld reported last week, Lindsay Lohan recently revealed at a London fashion show that she had been overseas for several months, preparing to appear in the upcoming West End prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMThere is something simultaneously deeply painful and strangely thrilling about watching two highly skilled actors try to breathe life into a hackneyed play.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:23PMKokandy Productions seeks submissions for their 2015 and 2016 New Musical Staged Reading Series. Works must have complete script/score (orchestrations not necessary) in order to be considere…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:16PMA review of John Steinbeck’s reading-list classic “Of Mice and Men,” on stage at Eclectic Theater Company in Seattle.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 01:11PMphoto by Caitlin McNaneyA few years ago, a musical theater colleague of mine told me that someone named "Glen Kelly" was the guy who really wrote the scores of The Producers and Young Franke…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 01:07PMJoan MarcusIt's one thing to enter the canon; it's another to do so while simultaneously bucking just about everything the canon dictates in the first place.I've been thinking a lot about Ca…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:06PMThe New Group celebrates its 20th Anniversary in 2014-2015 and has announced three productions for this milestone season the first major New York revival of Sticks and Bones, the Tony Award-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PMIf/Then's Tamika Lawrence continues Broadway.com's special series, in which the musical's stars share their New York stories and reveal how they relate to the hit show.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMLeslie Zemeckis never set out to be a filmmaker. But now, with a second documentary about vaudeville performers ready to hit theaters June 27, she’s found a niche — and a calling. Her ne…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThe women of Holler If Ya Hear Me weigh in on Tupac Shakur's conflicted legacy of empowering women through hip hop. Was he the "feminist," "prophet," and "Shakes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMShakespeare is a revered linguistic master—so much so that centuries later, his stories are still being told on stages and screens across the world. While some films stick to the exact…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:00PMThe production will run concurrently with the upcoming UK tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe new initiative was created in response to Pew's Portrait of Jewish Americans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Roundabout mourns the loss of our dear friend, Eli Wallach, who passed away on June 24th at the age of 98. Eli was known to many for his huge breadth of film work, taking on character roles …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:59PMGlen Kelly, whose Broadway work this season includes “Bullets Over Broadway” and “Aladdin,” is one musical arranger who knows the score.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:57PMThe government has published its response to the consultation on the forthcoming theatre tax relief, agreeing to ensure all performing arts companies are eligible for the initiative includin…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) Chicago, IL – As part of Victory Gardens Theater’s …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:55PM"Begin Again," the new comedy by writer-director John Carney ("Once"), premiered June 25 in New York. Stars of stage and screen walked the red carpet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMEven given the over-the-top wish-fullfillment of the film's plot, Escapement's weak dialogue and lack of subtlety proves to be its ultimate undoing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:49PMHey, what a way to spend a day! tick, tick...BOOM! stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Karen Olivo and Leslie Odom Jr. celebrate opening night of the Encores! Off-Center production. Click for photos f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:45PMTune in to see HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME, the new musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur, on TV: Fox5 News interviews HOLLER cast members Christopher Jackson and Tonya Pinkins tonight, Th…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:45PMA strong cast tells an old story with style.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:45PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Julius Rudel, who was the general director and principal conductor of the New York City Opera for 22 years until 1979 and led other operas around the world, died Thursda…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:44PMOscar winner Holly Hunter and stage and screen favorite Bill Pullman will kick off the New Group's 20th anniversary season in David Rabe’s Sticks and Bones. The group’s artis…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMThe actors will appear in 20th anniversary season productions for leading Off-Broadway company the New Group, with Cynthia Nixon set to make her directing debut.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:34PM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) For more than a decade, we have been making theatre in …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:34PMLONDON (AP) -- Linsday Lohan is heading for the London stage - in a play about the hysteria of Hollywood....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:29PMCelebrating its 5th year bringing live theatre to cinema audiences around the world, NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE is pleased to announce an international broadcast of Carey Mulligan, Bill Nighy and…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:27PMOff Broadway’s New Group has lined up a slew of stars for its 20th season, setting a 2014-15 slate that includes acting stints from Holly Hunter, Bill Pullman, Jesse Eisenberg and Dianne W…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:24PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Karen Olivo star in the New York City Center Encores Off-Center production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick... BOOM, which opened last night, June 25 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PM“It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Nancy Robinette told me as we sat in a small pie shop down the block from The Atlas Performing Arts Center. We spoke a couple of hours befo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:21PMThroughline Artists will present SUMMER SHORTS 2014, their eighth annual festival of new American short plays from established and emerging writers, at 59E59 Theaters 59 East 59th Street. P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMLindsay Lohan will make her stage debut in David Mamet’s Speed-the-Plow at London’s Playhouse Theatre later this year. Lohan, who made her name starring in films such as Parent Trap, Fre…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMDates are announced; all the notoriously tardy leading lady has to do now is turn up on time for eight shows a week. As previously speculated, Lindsay Lohan will star in David Mamet’ S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMThe newest THEATER TALK celebrates Here Lies Love, the audience-immersive poperetta at The Public, with composerlyricist David Byrne, and the show's two stars, Jose Llana and Ruthie Ann Mile…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMThe much-in-the-news screen star Lindsay Lohan will make her professional stage debut this fall in David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow at London’s Playhouse Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMBarbican, LondonThis captivating show uses smoke, mirrors and doll's house furniture to tell the story of an old woman's doomed first loveAt the heart of this captivating and uncategorisable…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMTV's Victor Meldrew on Scottish independence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:00PMReview by Boston McCormickk: Even though I haven’t seen even half of the Hollywood Fringe Festival shows at this point, I can easily say Love Is by Lee Turnbull has got to be the worst. We…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PMThe Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival returns for its 10th year, there's a revival of David Rabe's "In the Boom Boom Room," and Skylight Theatre explores "The Sexual Life of Savages."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMBroadway and recording artist Linda Eder will return to Feinstein’s at the Nikko in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe show directed by Sam Mendes celebrated one year at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMThe accomplished actress discusses Neil Simon, John W. Engeman Theater's Plaza Suite, and the unique career she has built.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Yes This Man, the title of Mike Daisey’s slender new monologue, has a kind of “Ecce Homo” quality to it, and Daisey, declaredly, plays his own Pilate here. As a white male monologist, …
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:55AMABT’s Cory Stearns brings Shakespeare to life without words — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at performers and how they create their roles Cory Stearns has playe…
SOURCE: TDF at 11:51AMWot? No Fish!! stages the story of a couple's relationship, drawing upon the portraits that shoemaker Ab Solomons made of his wife over a period of 60 years. Take a look at these drawings, s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMThe nine-time Tony Award-winning singular sensation A Chorus Line, conceived byMichael Bennett and featuring music by Marvin Hamlisch, kicks off the 2014 Music Circus season at the Wells Far…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMFunding is a constant concern for D.C.'s nonprofit theaters. While deep-pocketed donors and season subscribers help offset some costs, and online crowdfunding can work in certain situations,…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 11:40AMHedwig and the Angry Inch stars Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall, director Michael Mayer and the band made the world a whole lot brighter on June 25—they gave the Hetrick-Martin Institut…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMJonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM!, the opening show of City Center's Encores! Off-Center series of landmark Off-Broadway musicals, plays the New York City venue June 25-28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMThe 1960s band that rocked a nation is now going to be rocking the West End. As expected, Sunny Afternoon, the bio-musical about The Kinks, will transfer to the Harold Pinter Theatre after a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMFor 60 years, shoemaker Ab Solomons drew pictures of his wife Celie on his wage slips. The performance Wot? No Fish!! gives voice to the ups and downs of their livesIt's hard to imagine a mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:21AM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) For the past three years, up until this last December w…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:17AMIt seems, given recent events surrounding the Tony Awards, that there is some heavy doubt and speculation as to what a Sound Designer does, what a good Sound Design accomplishes, what role a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:05AMSting’s musical is an old-fashioned grand opera of the most eloquent sort — awash in both turbulent emotions and intimate dramatic gestures.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:04AMThe administrative offices inside Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center were vandalized with spray paint spelling out obscene messages, the New York Times reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMBrendan O’Carroll thinks critics are irrelevant. In case you don’t know who he is, O’Carroll is the man who dresses up as Mrs Brown in the BBC comedy Mrs Brown’s Boys – all in the&…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMLyricist Nathan Tysen and librettist Arthur Perlman received the 24th annual Kleban Prize June 23 in a private, invitation-only ceremony hosted by ASCAP and BMI.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMPlaybill's 30 Days of Pride has launched a series of LGBT-themed specials since the beginning of June, and we've compiled 13 of the most exciting, poignant and live-out-loud ones bel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMSummer lovin’, had me a . . . festival! The New York Musical Theater Festival, the first of the summer show fests, starts in just 3 days! Got your tickets yet? If you haven’t …
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AMThe Hampstead Theatre production will open in the West End in October
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMNicholas Hytner has shown the National can still be nimble
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMIt may lack some polish, but Bathhouse the Musical strikes just the right balance between steam and froth
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMAdam Bock's new play lifts the lid on New York high society
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe Encores! Off-Center production also features Karen Olivo and Leslie Odom Jr.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMTom Kitt and Brian Yorkey's new musical runs at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Perfect Nonsense, the West End play following P.G. Wodehouse’s iconic comedy duo Jeeves and Wooster, has extended its run at the Duke of York’s Theatre. The comedy, directed by S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AMNorthlight Theatre has announced the casting for the first three productions of its 2014-15 season: The Commons of Pensacola, The Mousetrap and White Guy on the Bus.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMAn upcoming episode of The OWN Network’s "Life With La Toya," the reality series about La Toya Jackson, will detail the artist's recent engagement in Off-Broadway's N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMFiled under: Contemporary Variety, Music, PLUGS, Singers, Singing Comediennes Tagged: 42 West, Molly Pope
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:50AMIdina Menzel, LaChanze, Jenn Colella and the company of Broadway's IfThen just celebrated a special milestone at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. The company gathered backstage and marked the mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMFiled under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: burlesque, Calamity Chang, Gin MInsky, Soiree
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:40AMPicturehouse has debuted a teaser trailer for director Adam Wingard's THE GUEST, starring Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick, Chase Williamson and Brendan Meyer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMTheater Etiquette 101: A not-so-polite guide to polite theater behavior.
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 10:37AMBenjamin Scheuer is to reprise his performance in his own solo musical The Lion, currently running at The Studio at Mahattan Theatre Club's Stage II through July 14, in London following …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMThe Capital Fringe Festival has been a welcome sign of summer for DC’s theater community, as for three weeks each July, it connects exploratory artists with adventurous audiences with a mu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:27AMLin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Karen Olivo star in the New York City Center Encores Off-Center production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick... BOOM, which opened last night, June 25 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMThe Grand Seduction has some mawkish moments, but it’s still a very sweet movie, skillfully made and charmingly told.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:26AMThe new Sting musical The Last Ship is currently playing a pre-Broadway engagement at Chicago's Bank of America Theatre. Producers have released footage of the production that will arriv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMBen Thompson, whose Broadway credits include American Idiot and Matilda, takes on five questions about his new musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, his wife Kat Nejat and his country boy accent.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:18AM“Off record tip: Wondering if you've noticed that there's someone missing from the Women’s Project masthead on their website.” That’s the direct messaged tweet I received yesterday m…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 10:18AMManhattan Theatre Club’s American premiere of THE LION, the new musical written and performed by 2013 ASCAP Cole Porter Songwriting Award winner Benjamin Scheuer, and directed by Sean Dani…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:17AM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) (Photo: a performance of Dream/Sueños – Ausenci…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:17AMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 10:17AMLin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr. and Karen Olivo star in the New York City Center Encores Off-Center production of Jonathan Larson's Tick, Tick... BOOM, which just opened last night, June…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMWarning: 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 10:15AMEllington at Christmas, a tribute to the work of the late Duke Ellington, will be part of the Apollo Theater's newly announced 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMDaisey opens wide to criticism.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:12AMIf you hit a Broadway milestone, then it’s time for cake! Idina Menzel, LaChanze, Jenn Colella, Anthony Rapp, James Snyder and the cast of If/Then had reason to celebrate—on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:09AMThe pre-Broadway premiere of The Last Ship, the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy winner Sting — inspired by the songwriter's own childhood — officiall…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMThe new theatre-centric web comedy THAT'S EDUCATIONAL's bound to hit home for any actor, especially any who have done educational theatre tours. 'Meet MEATY, the Metro Educational Atlanta Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMEveryone’s favorite Harvard blonde, Elle Woods, takes the stage by storm in LEGALLY BLONDE JR. Adapted for younger performers and based on the popular movie, this show features an upbe…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:00AMHampstead Theatre’s production of The Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon is to transfer to the West End. It will open at the Harold Pinter Theatre on October 4, with press night on October 28. …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMRECOMMENDED In the heart of Times Square there is a building called the TKTS Discount Booth; same-day tickets to Broadway shows can be purchased there at discounted prices. The queue of audi…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:00AMHe will succeed Paul Kerryson, who has been in the post for 22 years, in January 2015
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AMSunny Afternoon, a new musical which recently enjoyed a sell-out run at London's Hampstead Theatre and tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kink…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMKinky Boots' Angels are the ensemble performers who make the show's fabulous drag numbers come to life eight shows a week. Three of the Angels — Charlie Sutton, Kevin Smith Kirkwood
and P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
“Why is there a giant box of porn in our apartment?” The question is as old as time itself. Or maybe it isn’t. Scholars say we’ll never really know for sure. But it’s a question Ka…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:57AMWarning: 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 09:57AM Today’s Highlights: * Manhattan Theatre Club‘s The Lion, written & performed by Benjamin Scheuer, directed by Sean Daniels, opens at NY City Center – Stage II. …
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:56AMThe soul-stirring comedy BEGIN AGAIN, opens June 27th in New York and L.A. before expanding to theaters nationwide. Below, check out photos from last night's New York premiere of the film
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMToday is the anniversary of the release date of the Charlie Chaplin masterpiece The Gold Rush (1925). I first saw this film in a school assembly at around the time of its 50th anniversary. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:55AMWith New Yorkers staying outdoors and tourists finding other things to do, summer can be rough on Broadway, but it turns out to be rough on “Forbidden Broadway”, as well. Gerard Alessand…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:53AMAlive Inside, the winner for Best Documentary at the Festival, had the audience gasping and in tears.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:41AMTheatre can be a fast response mechanism in the way that film can’t. But who knew that the National had a play ready and waiting in the wings to announce a play about press intrusion&#…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AMNJTV, New Jersey's public television network, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) have announced the artists who will perform in the second season of American Songbook at N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMGreenwich and Docklands festival, LondonIn spite of a thin narrative, this large-scale outdoor show has a touching intimacyWith house prices and rents rising, this new outdoor show from Metr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:28AMThe Pre-Broadway World Premiere of The Last Ship, the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy Award winner Sting, and book by Tony winner John Logan and Pulitzer Prize-winner Bri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AMNikolai Foster has been appointed artistic director of the U.K.'s Curve in Leicester, taking over in January 2015 and succeeding Paul Kerryson who, as previously announced, is to step do…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AMThe Pre-Broadway World Premiere of THE LAST SHIP, the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy Award winner Sting, and book by Tony winner John Logan and Pulitzer Prize-winnerBria…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMComplete casting has been announced for the Williamstown Theatre Festival's world premiere of Joe DiPietro’s Living on Love, which will be presented July 16-26 on the Main Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMWhen my wife and I came up with the idea of Perfect Liars Club more than a year ago, we had no idea it would turn into such a phenomenon. We’d recently moved from London, UK to Washington …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:21AM"Much Ado" a savory production while "Holler" stymied by cliched book. Reviews appear in other North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 09:14AMKendrick gushes over Streep's singing talents, first put on display in 2008's Mamma Mia.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMMiral Kotb, a dancer and software engineer, created an iLuminate system that can wirelessly control light patterns on dancers' bodies — a technology used by music celebrities such as Chris…
SOURCE: news.discovery.com at 09:12AMGood 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 MOTOWN hits 500 shows, 'MUSCLES', THE …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AM
Independence Day will offer more than fireworks for theater lovers, as a screening of Center Stage’s acclaimed digital theater project My America will stream at Fandor.com on the Fourth of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:45AMDirty Rotten Scoundrels couldn’t be cheesier if it tried, but if you can get past that then it’s a fun, old-fashioned evening of excellent musical entertainment. Despite not havi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:43AMI had the pleasure earlier this month of spending time in the company of some of the frontrunners of contemporary British musical theatre. This week I’ll be discussing my conversations wit…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:41AMWe haven't heard the last of "The Last Session," as there's a new recording from a London production.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:37AMTricycle, LondonFor all its style, this still seems more like a New Yorker short story than a substantial playGlamour is a quality we rarely associate with modern theatre. It positively ooze…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:35AMMy visit to the Massachusetts Historical Society was so fascinating that I had to devote two vlog posts to it Librarian Peter Drummey and his colleague Sara Georgini know as much about the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AMLyric Theatre of Oklahoma presents one of the greatest musicals of all time, LES MISERABLES. This original production features the performances of Chuck Wagner, Danny Rothman, Victoria Husto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:30AMLyric Theatre of Oklahoma presents one of the greatest musicals of all time, LES MISERABLES. This original production features the performances of Chuck Wagner, Danny Rothman, Victoria Husto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:29AM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Whitney Bashor Live at 54 Below tonight, June 26, 2014. Bashor starred on Broadway this season as MarianChiara in The Bridges of Madison County, si…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AMElaine Stritch: Shoot Me - On DVD and for Ipad/Netflix Streaming
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:20AM Today is the birthday of Jeanne Eagels (Eugenia, Eagles, 1890-1929). Eagels legend today rests on her performance in the stage version of W. Somerset Maugham’s Rain (1922-26), in …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:19AM- Roger Crane makes a solid debut as a playwright with this juicy, true tale of papal politics and, possibly, murder..
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:16AMLyric Theatre of Oklahoma presents one of the greatest musicals of all time, LES MISERABLES. This original production features the performances of Chuck Wagner, Danny Rothman, Victoria Husto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMAs the V&A's groundbreaking Bowie exhibition transfers to Berlin site of his creative transformation in the 70s the singer's theatrical side has been pushed centre-stageBowie and Berli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 26 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
In recent times playwrights have been inviting us into worlds we would never know without them. Harvey Fierstein has set Casa Valentina in a camp in the Catskills to which certain men like t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:53AMJeeves and Wooster play Perfect Nonsense has extended its West End run by a further four months, until early 2015. The show will run at the Duke of York’s Theatre until January 17, 2015, w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMTKTS, the theatre ticket booth operated by the Society of London Theatre, will be offering half price tickets to 10 West End shows on Wednesdays throughout July. West End Wednesdays will all…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AMA still Sunday morning in late October… the sky monotone grey… my friend and I are on a fact-finding mission in Jackson, Mississippi. We drive to the outskirts of the city, take a left o…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:29AMThis play at the Tricycle Theatre about American society girls leaves an interestingly toxic aftertaste, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:25AM“Everyone has their own ideas about the world, but it takes a lot of energy to put these into a play.” Nestled in the heart of sleepy Shropshire, Pentabus Rural Theatre Company is very m…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:22AMClean Break has appointed freelance director Roisin McBrinn as its new head of artistic programming. McBrinn, who was also associate director at Sherman Cymru until February, will join the w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:22AMThere were two Mozarts. Two child prodigies. The famous Amadeus (Wolfie) and his older, overshadowed sister Maria Anna (Nannerl). Maria Anna started playing the harpsichord at eight an…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:01AMThe queue for the loo is the only disappointment at Sir Elton John's summer ball, says Bryony Gordon
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Tricycle Theatre, London: The Tricycle's artistic director Indhu Rubasingham is looking beyond the box of London's usual new writing avenues, and duly found Adam Bock's The Co…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:55AMRoyal Opera House, London: Christof Loy returns to direct his production, which reopened the Royal Opera House following its major refit in 2002. A brilliant piece of music theatre when firs…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AMTheatre Royal, Drury Lane, London: Over a year into its run at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory now plays, at least technically, like a well-oiled machine. Bu…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMGUEST REVIEWER LUKE JONES ENDURES GLOSSY EMPTINESS AT THE HANDS OF NEW YORK SOCIALITES Ever wondered what happens to Disney princesses when they grow up boring? Adam Bock has. His new play, …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:39AM'Right here is where you start paying. In sweat.'I love the movie 'Fame'. I really do. However, I sometimes wish they showed more of the stage management department. You know, some harassed …
SOURCE: Girl in the Dark at 05:33AMI’ve been talking to Brian Timoney who founded Brian Timoney Actors’ Studio in 2006 following the death of his method acting guru David Bennett. I interviewed him for The Stage’s Weeke…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMRegional theatres are being targeted by a new live broadcasting scheme that will transmit shows from outside London to cinemas across the UK. Set up by cinema broadcast distributor Quantum D…
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Audiences, critics and theatres can all seem suspicious of shows that don't charge but they're no less ambitious or worthwhileYou are probably reading this blog for free as it's not behind …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:15AMThe performances take place backstage, the cast have dinner with the audience and you won't be able to buy interval drinks with real money. This year's festival is as experimental as everThe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10AMMartin, Love, Sex & Rhythm is a sexy rock/pop musical comprised of an all-male cast that confronts contemporary gay issues against the backdrop of current and classic Top 40 songs. The p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:07AMAustralian Shakespeare Company, to use the most overused quote of the piece (and your marketing tagline), “to thine own self be true”. Your outdoor works are engaging, accessible…
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Even though Harold Arlen may not be a household name, you have definitely heard his music. If we gauge musical success through sheer number of compositions, or the longevity of songs, Arlen …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:47AMBroadway's smash hit Motown the Musical is thrilled to mark the production's 500th performance on Broadway today, June 26 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMNBC's 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' will rebroadcast the musical performance by the cast of the Tony Award-winning production A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER tonight, June 26th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAndre De Shields Broadway's 'The Wiz' and Chris Bellant Warner Bros. upcoming 'Into the Storm' star in 'The Backseat', a high school coming of age comedy. The film will have its second ever …
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 01:30AMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Last Ship" at the Bank of America Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Last Ship" at the Bank of America Theatre ★★★ ... This is a heart…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:21AMThe Big “A” is a family drama about Alzheimer’s, cancer, dementia and caregiving, and represents a situation that so many families are dealing with today. While it is a common …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19AMA captivating and compelling collection of photos depicting the original Broadway production of Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen's multi-Tony Award-winning music industry musical DREAMGIRLS are no…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05AMSydney Dance Company are touring their critically acclaimed multi-award winning production 2 One Another around the country as part of their 45th Anniversary Program. This award winning show…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:04AMToday, in honor of the passing of legendary stage and screen star Eli Wallach we shine a light on a delightful vintage clip from way back in 1965.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMSylvia Milo a Renaissance woman herself has written a fascinating, surreal and theatrical one woman homage to Maria Anna sister of Amadeus
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM"Kickin' It" Star Leo Howard Gives Us Exclusive Set Tour
YH goes behind the scenes of Disney XD's "Kickin' It" to get a tour of the newly expanded Season 4 set care of the star of the show h…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMSylvia Milo a Renaissance woman herself has written a fascinating, surreal and theatrical one woman homage to Maria Anna - sister to Amadeus
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Finding a Mate on Internetby Sonia BlanchetteRecollecting some of my childhood memories, I can tell you that we (my family) had outings when the weather was bad. The logic behind this was if…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:35AMA Frodo-obsessed wannabe gangster, a rampaging bear on meth, and an escaped senior citizen with dementia.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:00AMWho's AfraId Of Virginia Woolf is a bruising masterpiece given thrilling life in Adrian Noble's production by Claire Higgins and Tim Piggott-Smith.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00AM"Forgoing stealth and suspicion, Surveillance is incongruously brash and energetic." Erin Bomboy, New York, NY.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM"Consisting of 56 dancers and representing 19 nationalities, Boston Ballet unites these varied backgrounds with technical conviction and artistic gusto as the company celebrates fifty years …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, June 25, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMEugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford puts its 50th anniversay into high gear this week with the beginning of its National Music Theater Conference, running June 28 through to July 11, …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMJonathan Groff has taken the film and television world by storm and, most recently, taken on gay-centric projects such as HBO's "Looking" and "The Normal Heart." As p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe boundary-pushing downtown theatre troupe The Amoralists stage The Gyre, a repertory production of two world-premiere dramas by Derek Ahonen and Mark Roberts, beginning June 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club presents The Lion, a new autobiographical solo musical written and performed by singer/songwriter Benjamin Scheuer, officially opening June 26 following previews …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMUnsungMusicalsCo. presents a workshop production of the new musical revue The Passing Show June 26–29 at MTC Creative Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAtomic, a new musical based on the creation of the atomic bomb, makes its U.S. premiere June 26-Aug. 16 at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhitney Bashor, who was seen on Broadway as Marian/Chiara in The Bridges of Madison County, singing Jason Robert Brown's folk-inspired "Another Life," offers a solo concert Jun…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe original Broadway run of Evita closed on this date 31 years ago. The Playbill Vault looks back at the musical's opening on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe U.S. premiere of Atomic, a new musical by Danny Ginges, Gregory Bonsignore and Philip Foxman, starts preview performances on June 26. The tuner will open officially on July 13 and run th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMThe Lion, an autobiographical musical from Benjamin Scheuer, celebrates its opening night on June 26. The American premiere, presented by Manhattan Theatre Club and directed by Sean Daniels,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMReceives U.S. Premiere At New Haven's International Festival Of Arts & IdeasThe show: "The Events," part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Have…
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