The concept, one imagines, inspired not a few raised eyebrows: Shakespeare plus tango. Intriguing, no? Or merely perplexing?
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:50PMTonight on AMERICAN IDOL, David Hasselhoff made a surprise appearance to perform an '80s medley. Watch him knock it out of the park below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39PMThink of them as a countrified version of “The Partridge Family” — with a lot more band members. TLC is set to unveil a new reality show featuring all 14...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:38PMThe late William May told me that the idea for Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular came to him when he stopped his car to watch cranes working at Docklands at night. He saw dinos…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:34PMKerry Warren is currently making her Arena Stage debut in The Originalist as Cat, the feisty, strong willed law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Kerry recently closed The …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:17PMAnd thank God! Because frankly, I was getting a little tired of having to mock my own union over and over and over again. So now there’s the North Hollywood Ten - couldn’t find o…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 11:16PMFire Island Dance Festival, the most anticipated cultural event of the season on Fire Island, makes a triumphant return July 17-19, 2015, featuring some of the most exciting and talked-about…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10PMAntonio Tacucchi's fluid style moves easily from realism to surrealism, banal conversation to poetic free association, reportage to allusion.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:01PM
The Off-Broadway production Nevermore – The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe is set to release an original cast album in June. The acclaimed show…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59PMSWEET This wanders a bit from the play itself, although my intention has been to underscore that Little Fish and the fine actors appearing in “Taking Sides” have given us an engaging and…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 09:50PMTony winner and Glee star Idina Menzel confirmed via Twitter yesterday the addition of Manila, Philippines, alongside South Korea and Japan, to the shortlist of Asian countries for her 2015 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44PMMichael Arden, as a sympathetic Quasimodo, leads the audience through a riveting retelling of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn. The show runs through Sunday, A…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 09:36PMJoshua Harmon’s provocative 2012 piece is the Rocky of comedies. His evenly matched sparring partners, a pair of viscerally antagonistic cousins confined in close quarters after a familial…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:17PMDeadline reports that Sony Pictures Animation's SMURFS reboot, directed by SHREK 2's Kelly Asbury, is getting a March 31, 2017 global release.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16PMI was going to hold off featuring this in the blog until a later date, but Carter Gillies comment on my recent Distract Me From My Distraction post decided me. Maria Popova recently assemble…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:15PMLea Michele and Kate Upton will star in director William H. Macy's road trip sex comedy entitled THE LAYOVER, it was announced today by producers Keith Kjarval of Unified Pictures and Aaron …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03PM
According to Variety, Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal are being courted to star in fashion designer Tom Ford's NOCTURNAL ANIMALS thriller.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52PMIn the midst of so much lackluster modern dance, two new works from Paul Taylor are a reminder of the choreographer’s shining talent.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 08:39PMDeadline writes that stage vet and GLEE star Lea Michele will appear opposite supermodel Kate Upton in William H. Macy's trip comedy film THE LAYOVER.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:35PMGonna have to fenangle Travis into becoming a regular contributor at the Lemon if he keeps this up… On the Value of Being an Equity Member in Los Angeles by Travis Michael Holder A c…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:30PMLa Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts presents the Los Angeles premiere of the all-new, reimagined, environmental and completely immersive theater production of the legendary musical CAR…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18PMMeet the cast of Vienna Theatre Company’s Other Desert Cities. In Part 1: Meet Susan d. Garvey and Joel: Please introduce yourself and tells us where our readers may have seen you …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:17PMJust days after her long-running TV hit "Glee" played its final episode, Tony-winner Lea Michele has jumped onto a new project, a "road trip sex comedy" titled &q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:14PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PM"While there are countless dance festivals offering a grab bag of pieces, it is rare to experience a festival where all the choreographers have clearly dedicated themselves to the creative p…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM
The current off-Broadway production of 'The Fantasticks' will close in May.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:14PM“The time is now, the day is here!” The cast, crew and creative team of Les Miserables are preparing for a big day at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre with a gala opening schedu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:10PMWe've got a wonderful new weekly series on the site, by Tyler Peterson, which kicked off earlier this month, entitled AT THIS PERFORMANCE.
This new feature highlights the work of some …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:09PMTKTS has been a New York City institution for decades, bringing theatre-goers a last-minute way to get tickets for some of Broadway's hottest shows at a discount. TDF operates three TKTS Dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:01PMFree outdoor concerts on the New Haven Green by Lucinda Williams, Darlene Love, Angélique Kidjo, Ibeyi, and Kurt Elling with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra will be among the highlights of…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00PM
From the Producer of The PhilHallmonics comes 'OPEN A NEW WINDOW Songs For A New Chapter' featuring Emmy and Tony Nominee Ron Raines on Thursday, April 9 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at Li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMOn Monday, March 23, Anika Larsen, the 2014 Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner currently starring on Broadway in Beautiful The Carole King Musical, introduced her debut solo CD S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMThe highly anticipated musical The Visit, led by Tony Award Winners Chita Rivera as Claire Zachannassian and Roger Rees as Anton Schell, will begin performances at the Lyceum Theatre 149 Wes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMGrab your flares and your disco balls, because Saturday Night Fever is back in the UK six years after it last toured the country. This new production aims to maximise both the grit and joy o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33PMLast week, BroadwayWorld began a new InDepth InterView focus series highlighting all aspects of one of the most popular stories of the year so far, the unexpected announcement of a special o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMDid you miss the spectacular production of The Red Dress in Melbourne this month? Never fear! We’ve got some great shots from the show thanks to photographer Belinda Strodder to share …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:30PMThe highly anticipated musical The Visit, led by Tony Award Winners Chita Rivera as Claire Zachannassian and Roger Rees as Anton Schell, will begin performances at the Lyceum Theatre 149 Wes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMWhile the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, creates some brilliant new work and adaptations of classics (their most recent production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya standing testament to my sta…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:26PMThe Visit, the final musical ever by legendary Tony Award-winning duo John Kander and Fred Ebb, will begin performances at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street tomorrow, Thursday, March 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PMAs BroadwayWorld has previously reported, Actors' Equity is proposing to eliminate the Los Angeles 99-Seat Theater Agreement and instead require that all actors be paid minimum wage currentl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:25PMOn reflection it seems strange that no one had thought of the Emerging Dancer award until six years ago. Finally there is a chance for dancers hidden away in the corps de ballet to have a ch…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:23PMAdrenaline addicts, burlesque boffins and green fairy freaks rejoice On April 1, the outlandish cast of ABSINTHE at Caesars Palace will celebrate their fourth anniversary and more than 2,000…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PM'All Is Calm' returns for the holiday season.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:17PMWatch VideoRELATED LINKSMali’s artists fight to save the country’s ancient cultural treasures First Lady Michelle Obama promotes arts education program with White House talent show N.C. …
SOURCE: PBS at 06:15PMEntering into the black box space, we are met by three downtrodden figures. They sit crumpled, staring into space. There is little real set, bar a rarely-used hat stand. But the ceiling is l…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:05PMThe Atlanta theatre will produce the world premiere of Mike Lew's 'Tiger Style!', Eleanor Burgess's 'Start Down' and Charles Randolph-Wright's Bebe Winans musical.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:04PMHarold Clurman said, "You can't have good plays unless you have a lot of bad ones."
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 06:00PMThe master playwright will be honored by aspiring actors from across the country.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMKyle Beltran and Jeanine Serralles will be seen in Evan Cabnet's production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe magician directs the production with playwright Aaron Posner.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMGather with the off-Broadway company to celebrate their work.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMDarius Harper gives a dynamic performance as a drag queen with a voice to match her style.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:00PM
Griffin Theatre Company’s next show will be playwright Conor McPherson’s adaptation of “The Birds,” a spokesman for the theater said on Wednesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:56PMArtistic director Barbara Gaines will present her exploration of Shakespeare' history plays in 2016, plus the Q Brothers' hip-hop 'Midsummer Night's Dream' and 'Tempest' from Aaron Posner ma…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:53PMAs we take our seats in the New Wimbledon Theatre, before we’ve even had time to take off our jackets, my friend and I are accosted by the bright beaming face of a woman in a silver jumpsu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:50PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Chita Rivera, the veteran stage star who shot to fame as Anita in the 1957 production of "West Side Story," is returning to Broadway as the world's wealthiest woman in t…
SOURCE: Reuters at 05:41PMJens Rasmussen is an award winning actor, whose work has been called, "breath taking (and incredibly carnal), intense, emotional, raw, and human." In New York he's worked…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:35PMOn this week’s episode of The Broadway.com Show, we’ve got buzz about a rapping Russell Simmons musical, a Beautiful big-screen remake and a totally Mad Star of the Week.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMI’m a little puzzled as to just why Harvey has been revived at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. It’s a sweet and gentle story, but it is also notable in its total lack of relevance or signif…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:34PMBefore American Idol and Dreamgirls movie favorite Jennifer Hudson makes her long-awaited Broadway debut in The Color Purple, she took a little trip to Vegas...by way of the Nederlander Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:26PMShaftesbury Avenue: a street that blinds you with bright lights, mighty signs and five stars. You get bedazzled by the offerings and bashed by tourists happily taking 20 minutes to walk two…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:23PMOff-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre has announced casting for the final show of its 2014-15 season, the world premiere of Gloria by acclaimed playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMToday, New York celebrates the Fall of the Dark Lord Sauron. What, you didn’t know about the anniversary of the demise of the big baddie from “The Lord of the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:22PMOprah Winfrey high-kicked her way to Broadway to see the cast of Kinky Boots in action on March 24, 2015 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. Click for photos of her visit!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:07PMOne of the strangest things to observe in recent weeks has been the hold on what used to be called the popular imagination of Robert Durst’s final monologue in Andrew Jarecki’s documenta…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 05:05PMArt will imitate life when the French-Argentinian ensemble Union Tanguera seductively makes its way to the Byham Theater on Saturday night. Presented by the Pittsburgh Dance Council, the sev…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:04PMMandy Patinkin is returning to the stage
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMA flashy new preview of Lisa D'Amour's new play
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMSpeakEasy Stage Company presents a downsized adaptation of this "big" Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMSam Holcroft's new play, directed by Marianne Elliott, opened at the NT Dorfman last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PMMarco Ramirez's play about a black boxing champion packs a punch
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PM
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Bradley Cooper May Direct A Star is Born
Bradley Cooper is in talks with Warner Bros. to helm A Star is Born (you can pro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:57PMMs. Hudgens discusses her resolve to succeed on Broadway as producers prepare a new production of “Gigi” for a millennial audience.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:55PMThe San Francisco theatre's new season will include a U.S. premiere by Micheál Kerrigan and a world premiere by MJ Kaufman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PMComedian Robert Dubac Talks About Settling Down, What Women Really Want and Performing His One-Man Show
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:40PMThe legendary flop musical based on the Stephen King horror novel and classic Brian De Palma movie gets a superlative immersive staging, following its 2012 off-Broadway overhaul.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:37PMDon't miss out on this week's must-see shows and events!
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMOn March 22, Broadway stars collected at NYC’s 42 West to perform a cabaret of Stephen Sondheim classics to celebrate the master’s 85th birthday and the March 24 home vid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMBITTER Despite acting up a gale-force storm, the ensemble is finally unable to lift Miller’s language and situations from the earthbound and mundane into something more satisfyingly mythic…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 04:28PMThere are many events leading up to the annual Tony Awards, and one of the most anticipated is the free Stars in the Alley concert. Tony nominees as well stars from long-running shows will t…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:27PMJujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company have announced the 7th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition will take place on Monday, May 4th at 700 p.m. at the August Wilson Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMI don’t think I’ve ever seen a conductor plant a hearty kiss on a ballerina’s cheek before, but that’s what happened Tuesday night on the Opera House stage, at the opening performanc…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:20PMWe've known for a few months that Bradley Cooper isn't content with just starring in films, but would also like to get behind the camera in the near future. It appears his directorial debut …
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:17PMA hilarious new preview of Something Rotten
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMPreviews have begun for Gigi on Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMThe Atlanta theatre will feature three shows, from Lydia Diamond, David Mamet and Will Power
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PM... a musical about what human life means when time is running out, staged with wild inspiration by director Matthew Gardiner and performed to the hilt by its four talented actors.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:03PMIn the annals of dysfunctional-family drama, Charlotte Miller's "Thieves" isn't likely to find a lasting place, though the producers might want to consider posting the following warning in t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:03PMIn 'Dot' at the Humana Festival, Colman Domingo examines aging parents and the children who care for them, with a healthy dose of comedy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PMNellie McKay meets The Beatles in a new music video
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMBroadwayWorld presents the next installment of our new weekly feature, 'At This Performance' highlighting the work of some of Broadway's hardest-working actors - understudies and standbys
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM"High School Musical" sensation Vanessa Hudgens is at the core of the freshly adapted production of Gigi, which just hit Broadway last week. Could she score big with the critics wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMDickens adaptation from In the Loop director announced to coincide with BBC’s celebration of milestone for its successful feature film arm Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMCheck out the up-and-coming musical theater writers who are following in the footsteps of the late Rent composer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMI thought I was over "Cinderella." I assumed the whole world was over "Cinderella" right along with me.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PMTolstoy's epic novel is given a stripped back staging
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMJerry Mitchell's production opens in Birmingham in May
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PM
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the new musical based on the Victor Hugo novel and animated Disney film, opened at the Paper Mill Playhouse March 15 following previews that began March 4. Mich…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMI think we all have a fantasy of traveling through time. To explore a time you wish you lived in. To see the future. To go back to that one moment you want to do over. Whatever it is, it’s…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:56PMThis newly-reimagined production of Les Miserables, starring Ramin Karimloo, Will Swenson, Caissie Levy, and other stage vets, opened on Broadway March 23, 2014 to mass critical acclaim. Wit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMActor plays lead in London production of A View From the Bridge, showing in Cineplex theatres in GTA on March 26.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:46PMJujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company announced the 7th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition will take place 7 PM May 4 at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1947 (Columbia/Sony) The mélange of singing styles heard on the first recording of Finian’s Rainbow is intriguing, but may strike some listeners as confusing. Ella…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:40PMThis week's THEATER TALK revels in show business lore with performers-supreme Tony Danza and Rob McClure, who are now co-starring in the hit musical Honeymoon in Vegas at the Nederlander The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMBroadway's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO will give a little back to the community.Broadway's DOCTOR ZHIVAGO will give a little back to the New York community.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMIf you've been lonesome for the Budweiser Clydesdales, you just got lucky
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:30PM"So I'm roughly the size of a barge!" brags Gaston through Michael DePalma's wonderful baritone voice which rings throughout the Jefferson Township High School (JTHS) auditorium. H…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:27PMAnnie Abbott, who has performed in Will and Grace and L.A. Law, among others, performs her one-woman show "Giving Up Is Hard to Do" at Temple Ner Tamid, 936 Broad St., Bloomf…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:27PMMost people know her as Coach Sue Sylvester on TV’s Glee, or from her work in Christopher Guest movies such as A Mighty Wind and
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:23PMDon’t miss LA Opera’s classic costumes SALE, Saturday, March 28, in the parking lot of their Downtown warehouse. This event is open to the public from 10:30am—4pm.
LA Opera’s Co…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:20PMMark Morris interview conducted by Elisa Lichtenbaum of WNET. Choreographer Mark Morris first garnered international fame for L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato when it debuted at the …
SOURCE: PBS at 03:20PMNEW YORK — You can't get from New York to Chicago by train in 16 hours anymore. And you could argue that musical theater has been similarly immune from progress since the 1930s, when the p…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:19PMLike Batman reboots, but not quite as often as Dracula, “A Star Is Born” returns to movie screens with regularity. Now Bradley Cooper is meant to make his directorial debut...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:18PMNever Say Never! One of the world’s top-selling artists can take her album name and apply it to her next big adventure! It’s been a while since Chicago on Broadway as rocked by a…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:16PMFamily behind Toronto’s Ritmo Flamenco fell in love with the dance form and they’re not even Spanish.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:15PMNew York Concert Cast, 1991 (New World Records) Anything Goes may be rated the most fun Cole Porter score, but consider this 1929 hit, a whoop of joy from the late Jazz Age that makes rel…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:15PMThe three collaborators discuss their writing and development process for their musical, based on Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, which will debut on Broadway on March 27.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:09PMThe Actors Fund will celebrate Broadway's Biggest Night at the 19th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party on Sunday, June 7, 2015 at the Skirball Cultural Center's Ahmanson Ballroom in Los Angele…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMLora Lee Gayer talks scalping Bernadette Peters, fighting over Tam Mutu and the super epic new musical Doctor Zhivago.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:05PMBroadway favorite Anthony Rapp will no longer be participating in the one-night concert event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMRichard Eyre's new version of Ibsen's classic is contemporary and well constructed
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PM
The Harold Green Jewish Theatre Company will present the world premiere of mother and son writing team, Kathy Kacer and Jake Epstein's THEREFORE CHOOSE LIFE, which will also launch the compa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMSATURDAY | "Title and Deed": Will Eno's solo show about life stars Michael Patrick Thornton as a nameless figure who's recently arrived in a new country. Through May 3 at Lookingglass Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:56PMTony Kushner's 1988 re-imagining of Pierre Corneille's 1636 play "L'Illusion Comique" is a tricky beast to pull off. Its earnest meditations on the tensions between romantic imagination and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:55PMIf Ed Wood had lived in 17th-century France, he might have been a bit like Valere, the effusive idiot at the heart of David Hirson's "La Bete" who crosses verbal swords with a fellow playwri…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:55PMTony Kushner's 1988 re-imagining of Pierre Corneille's 1636 play "L'Illusion Comique" is a tricky beast to pull off. Its earnest meditations on the tensions between romantic imagination and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:55PMIn his blog, arts adminstrator and writer Howard Sherman reacts to a recent article by Deadline's Nellie Andreeva titled 'Pilots 2015 The Year of Ethnic Castings - Long Overdue Or Too Much O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:53PM It’s probably not going to matter much, one lone voice, not when you see this many voices coming together today in the LA Times against these proposals. But as a 24 year member …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 02:51PMThe new West End GYPSY cast recording, featuring Imelda Staunton and Lara Pulver, will hit shelves sooner than most expected.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PMOff-Broadway will never be the same. Mounting a show in New York City, on or Off-Broadway, is a huge risk. This isn’t a new concept to fans or producers who often times lose everything…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:31PMLearn more about the timeline and historical events that surrounded Ira Aldridge's life in RED VELVET.
The post The Timeline of Ira Aldridge appeared first on Breaking Character.
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:26PMThe youth production of Children of Eden, Stephen Schwartz's epic musical based on the Book of Genesis, has announced its cast. Performances will begin July 17 in New Jersey.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMClinton The Musical begins previews at New World Stages March 25, prior to an official opening slated for April 9. The new musical stars Tony nominee Kerry Butler (Xanadu) …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMTrue to form, Debbie Harry got the joke behind her Cafe Carlyle debut on Tuesday. "Why, why, why?," she asked, "Why are we here?"
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:10PMTake your pick: There’s a wide selection of Shakespearean greats onstage all around the city within the coming weeks.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:09PMThe Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University are looking for the teachers who create the next generation of theatre artists.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMBritish actress Helen Mirren is on Broadway as Queen Elizabeth and on screen in “Woman in Gold.” In the film, the 69-year-old Oscar winner plays a Nazi survivor determined to reclaim a f…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 02:04PMCasting and dates are now set for the previously announced world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria. The off-Broadway production will feature Kyle Beltran, Jeanine Serralles, J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PMThis Sunday – audiences can experience a very special classic animated film screening as Valley Performing Arts Center presents Disney’s Fantasia – live in concert on March 29,…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:02PMThe Goodman Theatre embraces the rich, everyday poetry of August Wilson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
English soul singer Beverley Knight has been batting a thousand in her stage forays to date. She first appeared on the West End in 2013 as Heather Headley’s replacement in The Bodyguar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:56PMThe idea of most pop artists performing at the Café Carlyle—the intimate, elegant cabaret space at the Carlyle Hotel—wouldn’t make intuitive sense, but the idea of Debbie Harry singin…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 01:53PMEden Espinosa, star of Wicked, Rent, Brooklyn, and more, has joined 'Seasons of Broadway' at BB King's on March 30th. She joins previously announced special guest Lindsay Mendez and replaces…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMRep Stage, the professional regional theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), proudly announces its 2015-16 season lineup. “The Year of the Woman” celebrates contemporary …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:51PMAnna Kendrick will reunite with Rocket Science director Jeffrey Blitz in a new film titled TABLE 19.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PM54 Sings Children of Eden, an evening featuring music by Grammy Award winner Stephen Schwartz, was March 24 at 54 Below. Performers included Schwartz, Ashley Brown, Kelli Rabke, Darius De H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMJames Corden got to the bottom of Chris Pine's emotional moment captured during John Legend and Common's performance at the Oscars and Chris shared who he most enjoyed spending time with on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMName: Lisa Jill AndersonHometown: Riverside, CAEducation: BFA in Acting, Brooklyn CollegeSelect Credits: Ken Urban's Nibbler (Stable Cable - directed by Stephen Brackett); Kristoffer Diaz's …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:28PMIt’s a full frontal media onslaught, LemonHeads. And it’s the leadership of AEA that is getting bloodied. This from Noah Wylie in Variety today: NOAH WYLE, IN HIS OWN WORDS: In 1…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:27PMBecause of tone deaf responses like this. Its LA membership comes out in full force, unified, in solidarity, speaking with one voice against the 99 Seat Proposals and this is the official tw…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:20PMHis mom has died from cancer. His wife has left him for another, more promising man and for a hip, new life in New York City. His on-the-verge indie rock band has imploded. Francis Falbo has…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:20PMA new spin on a classic! Have you ever wondered what the true story is behind those classic fairy tales we always hear? Wouldn’t it be exciting if there was actually a whole other sto…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:19PMMarianne Elliott directs this fast-moving comedy of manners with a psychological twist, the last new play to bow at London’s National Theatre under outgoing director Nicholas Hytner.read m…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:14PMImelda Staunton and the rest of the company of Gypsy have been in the recording studio, laying down tracks for the cast recording of the show. First Night records, who will be issuing the CD…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMPretty good theater right here, folks. And yes my name is on this freakin’ document as well. Well done all. You can go here for the full text and below is a little more up close and p…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:10PMOn Sunday March 22nd, an all-star line-up of Broadway performers united to honor legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim. The evening celebrated the journey of INTO THE WOODS and Sondheim from …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMThe Alliance Theatre announced its 2015-16 season this week, a line-up that includes five world premieres, a gospel musical, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama and a
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PMDisney Celebrated Blu-Ray Release of Into the Woods with Sondheim Musical Tribute …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:00PMWith a whopping 14 shows yet to open before the end of Broadway’s 2014-15 season, there’s still plenty of time left for surprises in the upcoming race for the Tony Awards. But a couple o…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMIf you’ve ever thought your high school drama teacher deserved a Tony Award, now is your chance to make it happen. In an unprecedented move, the Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards have tea…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMBroadway vet Russell Tovey also stars on the cable series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMGareth Machin's production opens at Salisbury Playhouse in May
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe famous flop sings like a hit at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMLilla Crawford and Tituss Burgess were on hand to toast the master songwriter and his work.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Alan Stanford’s “summer vacation” from his duties as head of PICT Classical Theatre came early this year, and it wasn’t much of a vacation. He temporarily rejoined his former home, t…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:59PM“FEELIN’ GOOD SWEET,” INDEED! Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC), America’s original jazz dance company, returns to the Harris Theater for Music and Dance for its spring engagement, March …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:54PM59E59 Theaters and Prospect Theater Company present the NYC premiere LONG STORY SHORT, adapted from David Schulner's play An Infinite Ache by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda, and directed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMThe Astoria Performing Arts Center will present Merrily We Roll Along, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth, based on the original play by George S. Kaufman a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMThe Astoria Performing Arts Center will present Merrily We Roll Along, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth, based on the original play by George S. Kaufman a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PM.Libertine Idol Productions and Charles Czarnecki present a staged reading of the world premiere of Erik Johannes von Ransom's GRINDR The Opera in concert on April 7th at 1130am and April 9t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMThe Public Theater began previews for the New York premiere of BUZZER last night, March 24. Written by Tracey Scott Wilson, BUZZER marks the return of Wilson to The Public following her accl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMPlaywright Molly Davies has been named as the recipient of this year’s Pinter Commission, becoming the first female playwright to accept the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMWe salute the star of film and television on her 50th birthday with a nod to her much under-appreciated singing chops Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMKiley Lotz is a New York based actor/musician from Scranton, PA. She graduated from the University of Scranton with a degree in theatre and went on to the Acting Apprentice Program at Berksh…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:35PMBroadwayWorld.com has learned this morning that HBO's LOOKING has sadly been cancelled. For the past few days, there have been endless articles after Sunday night's season finale of the show…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMMarried comedians Bridget Christie and Stewart Lee are to headline a fundraising event for Battersea Arts Centre. Phoenix Fundraiser will take place
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PMImagine Alan Ayckbourn clawing his fingernails down a blackboard; that’s Sam Holcroft’s “Rules for Living.” She takes your average family farce — a social occasion su…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PMWhat are some of the worst pickup lines you've received on dating apps such as Tinder, Match.com and OkCupid? Lilli Cooper, from Broadway's Wicked, and her friends share real message…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMBroadway actress Annie Golden (Violet, Xanadu, Hair) will star as herself in the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat private staged reading of Annie Golden: Bounty Hunter, Yo!, by Joe Iconis, Lance Ru…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMWe're gonna party like it's 1985 again Join original cast members of the 2006 Tony Award- nominated Best Musical The Wedding Singer for a once-in-a-lifetime reunion at 54 Below, on April 19 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMStage and screen star Anna Kendrick, who can be seen in the film adaptations of Into the Woods and The Last Five Years, has landed a role in the new film "Table 19," according to D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera returns to Broadway on March 26, when John Kander, Fred Ebb and Terrence McNally's new musical The Visit begins previews at the Lyceum Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMA new show featuring the music of The Beatles is to tour the UK and Ireland later this year. Love Is All
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMEntertainment Weekly has shared an exclusive first look at Jesse Eisenberg as the villain Lex Luthor from the upcoming Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe Barbican in London is set to announce record ticket sales for this financial year. Managing director Nicholas Kenyon said the venue
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PM(New York, NY) – Producers of Off-Broadway’s THE FANTASTICKS have announced that the long running musical will close on Sunday, May 3rd – the 55th anniversary of the opening of the…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 12:14PMEver dreamed of treading the boards? Turn your hand to acting with the help of a short drama course, and that dream will become a reality
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:10PMOscar winner Julie Andrews recently appeared on the syndicated morning show "Live with Kelly and Michael." The acclaimed singing actress spoke about "The Sound of Music,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMThe new Broadway musical, An American in Paris is currently in previews at the Palace Theatre Broadway at 47th Street. An American In Paris is directed and choreographed by Christopher Wheel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMClick for rehearsal photos from The Visit, starring Chita Rivera, Roger Rees and Rick Holmes. The new production opens April 23 at the Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMTime to focus on talent, not class Once again it appears that ill-informed judgements are being made by people living in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMThe crowd that came to The Birchmere last night to See Jane Sing! got a great big ol’ cabaret show full of offbeat tunes and upbeat fun. Jane Lynch wowed ‘em with her artful blend of ag…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:00PMRamin Karimloo, who received a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of Jean Valjean in the re-imagined Broadway revival of Les Misérables, announced that he will play his f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMIn the first of our epic battles, the TV presenter and stage veteran takes on the Welsh Doctor Who star
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMNew company members will join the previously announced Jonathan Slinger as Willy Wonka
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMThe recent star of Broadway's Elephant Man may also take on the film's male lead.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMBarrett stars opposite Tam Mutu in a retelling of Boris Pasternak's classic novel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMHear what it was like to work with Yul Brynner, Carol Channing, David Merrick, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe theater will preview its summer season at the fundraising event.
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INTAR Theatre will present the New York premiere of Se Llama Cristina, a play in English, by Nobel Prize-winning playwright and poet Octavio Solís.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMTony Kushner’s epic “A Bright Room Called Day” takes place in a living room, but can you actually perform it in a living room? That’s the gambit by the upstart Nu Sass Productions as…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:59AMTour de force and utterly engaging, CHURCHILL is an absolute must for history buffs – or anyone looking for a stellar theatrical experience.
SOURCE: City Guide NY at 11:54AMRECOMMENDED The evening begins in an explosion of noise. From the moment the audience enters, tramps and junkies and nightwalkers prowl around the space, almost like they’re protecting it …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:51AMIn the middle of a season of high-school musicals across the Lower Hudson Valley comes “A Chorus Line,” presented by Hastings-based Broadway Training Center of Westchester this w…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:50AMAlexandra Jacobs, a fashion critic and feature writer for the New York Times, will pen a biography of Tony and Emmy Award winner Elaine Stritch, who passed away July 17, 2014, at age 89.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMBroadway Sings Bruno Mars, the eighth installment of the Broadway Sings… concert series, will feature new arrangements of music by Bruno Mars and will be held May 17 at 42West.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM“The Fantasticks” is ending its fantastic, record-setting run on May 3.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:44AMThe temptations of Sarah Ruhl’s “Passion Play” include cameos by Elizabeth I, Adolf Hitler and Ronald Reagan, each briefly swanning through with a stateliness that keeps them well abov…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AMIf you weren’t able to attend 92Y‘s discussion with Dame Hilary Mantel, two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize for her best-selling novels, “Wolf Hall,” and its sequ…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:42AMHBO’s Looking, starring Tony nominee and current Hamilton player Jonathan Groff, will not return for a third season. The gay-themed series concluded its second season on March 22.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMJennifer Hudson took in a performance of Honeymoon in Vegas the evening of March 24. She greeted the cast afterward.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMIt’s a Mozart two-fer. Capitol City Opera will present a new production of the great composer’s The Abduction from the Seraglio this weekend. It is
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:37AMThe highly anticipated musical The Visit, led by Tony Award Winners Chita Rivera as Claire Zachannassian and Roger Rees as Anton Schell, will begin performances at the Lyceum Theatre 149 Wes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMCultural tourism – including theatregoing – contributes £3.2 billion a year to London’s economy, new research has revealed. The report, called The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Tony Award nominee Ramin Karimloo will perform as Jean Valjean through the end of the summer in Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMHelen Mirren showed up at the Neue Galerie in Manhattan a little later than expected, the victim of mid-afternoon traffic on the Upper East Side. She was due shortly at the Gerald Schoenfeld…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:28AMNate Jacobs will stage new production of 'Cotton Club Cabaret"... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 11:26AMGreer Reed isn’t content with plateaus. She’s maintained a viable foothold in the evolving Pittsburgh dance scene over the years by growing and changing with it.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:26AMDéjà vu is inevitable for John Rubinstein as he portrays the father of the title protagonist in Pippin revival’s national tour coming to the Broward Center next week. After all, Rubinste…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:20AMTony Award winner Betty Buckley, who will be seen as Carlotta in the forthcoming London concerts of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, will return to Joe's Pub in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMNBC’s musical series Smash was widely panned and only lasted two seasons, but two years after its final episode, its small but devoted contingent of fans are just as invested in …
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:10AMThe York Theatre Company continues its acclaimed Development Lab Series with the presentation of a new musical inspired by the seminal anti-slavery novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin&quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMToday in 1596, Queen Elizabeth I attended a performance of It's Only A Plague at Theatre Royal Nathan Lane. Featuring a cast of Renaissance celebrities (including legends Thomas No More …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMScott Siegel, creatorwriterhost of Town Hall's 123 West 43 Street and 6th Avenue Broadway by the Year, continues the critically acclaimed series that has been lovingly hailed as a success by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMIsaac Newton Newton stuck a needle in his eye - sliding it into the tear duct, to be exact - but no one knows why. "Isaac's Eye is playwright Lucas Hnath's fanciful attempt to answer th…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:02AMAnti-realist playwrights like Will Eno, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Young Jean Lee and Taylor Mac are taking the living-room drama and giving it an ironic spin
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:02AMThe current Broadway company of the Tony-Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago will welcome a new cast member on April 28: Grammy Award-winner Brandy Norwood. Norwood, who sta…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:00AMThe first lesson I learned from Mrs. Beasley, my Kindergarten teacher, was to share. It wasn’t easy, but I did it. And when I shared, people shared with me. And we both were happy.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe new Barbican season also features new work from Ivo van Hove and Simon McBurney
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe production plays at the Snapple Theater Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMSet during the end of the world, the musical stars Jessica Hershberg and Natascia Diaz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMRachel Chavkin directs the play, which follows six strangers who come together on a silent retreat.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMFor actors hoping to make a big first impression in a new city, it doesn’t get much better than Atlanta’s Unified Auditions.
Held this year on March 30–31 at the Marcus Jew…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:00AMLos Angeles theaters are holding back announcing spring productions until they know the outcome of the Actors’ Equity Association referendum on the 99-Seat Theatre Plan.
“We&rsqu…
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This Broadway season 37 shows have opend on the Great White Way! To honor those shows Broadway’s newest play, ‘Hand To God,’ has announced an unexpected ticket promotion. &…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:54AMThe Broadway revival of Gigi will release a cast album in June. Gigi stars Vanessa Hudgens, in the title role, and is currently in previews at the Neil Simon Theatre. The recording will be p…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:53AMA new one-act incarnation of the Kander and Ebb musical The Visit, starring two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, will begin previews March 26 at the Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMDon’t miss your chance to see Broadway’s Living On Love for the low price of $19.57! The $19.57 tickets are for the first three previews (April 1-3) of the new Broadway comedy. A…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:51AMMaria Radner, described as "a rising Wagnerian star" who had performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, was among 150 passengers on the Germanwings plane that crashed March 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMIn an all-new interview with PEOPLE, singer Cline Dion speaks about her decision to return to the stage on August 27th for her residency show at Caesars Palace's Colosseum
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AM"They sing - they dance - they die!" The author of SCREAM QUEENS - THE MUSICAL chats about this hilarious musical comedy; and why you should perform it.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:45AM By: David ShewardWhen The Heidi Chronicles opened Off-Broadway in 1988 and then transferred to Broadway a year later, it perfectly caEliz…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:45AMIf you win a Tony Award, tons of photographers will be waiting for you to show off your spinning silver medallion. Get inspired for your pose from recent Tony winners, then tune in to this y…
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 10:41AMBy the time it closes, the off-Broadway phenomenon will have had 20,672 performances in two New York City venues.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:41AMThe Los Angeles premiere of the rock musical American Idiot, inspired by Green Day's seventh studio album, will come to life in a warehouse venue in downtown L.A.'s Arts District. Pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMLet us all weep into our overstuffed tuna sandwiches and bags of Blisteritos, for Kroll Show has come to an end. We’ve known for a few months that this third season of the Comedy Central s…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:37AMinternational singing sensation Mitchell Brunings had landed the title role of the late reggae star Bob Marley in the world premiere production of the musical biography Marley at Center Stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMIn case you haven’t heard, Caucasian actors are being victimized by casting practices at the television networks. They, after holding primacy on screen since the earliest days of televisio…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 10:25AMAfter James' writers assistant found a script on the shared printer with The Young and the Restless, he asked his guests Patricia Arquette and Chris Pine to act out a soap scene without seei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, guest Chris Pine did his best Christopher Walken impression as he recapped watching an educational program about lions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMJosh Groban stopped by this week's THE TALK on CBS to serve as a guest host. Watch clips from his appearance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMMitchell Brunings, a Dutch singer whose performance of a Bob Marley song on the reality TV show "The Voice of Holland" two years ago brought him international attention, will perform the lea…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:13AMAre you looking for a sobering piece of theater that will put you in touch with the forces tearing our society apart, and expose the hopelessness of existence? If so, you can stop reading. T…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:12AMThe highly anticipated musical The Visit, led by Tony Award Winners Chita Rivera as Claire Zachannassian and Roger Rees as Anton Schell, will begin performances at the Lyceum Theatre 149 Wes…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMSome new faces are about to visit Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. On May 4, the West End production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will welcome Lara Denning as Mrs. Buckett and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMHow far have we come with feminism since August Strindberg was writing in the 1880s? “About halfway,” said Polly Toynbee on Monday night at Trafalgar Studios, in the first of a series of…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:03AMRights to a biography of legendary theater star Elaine Stritch have been sold at auction to Farrar, Straus amp Giroux for an estimated quarter- to half-a million dollars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMIt was one of our favorite new musicals of the fall, and now The Fortress of Solitude will celebrate the release of the original cast album at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater on Monday, Ap…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:00AMSince the late ’80s, Actors’ Equity has recognized the Los Angeles 99-Seat Theater Agreement, which allows members to showcase their work for negligible stipends. Now, the guild is…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMRECOMMENDED Paramount Theatre certainly knows its way around big Broadway musicals. From “Cats” to “Miss Saigon” to “Fiddler on the Roof,” their Broadway Series has consistentl…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:00AMSam Holcroft paints a dysfunctional family Christmas in her new play at the National
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AM'I'm not Jewish but I found it incredibly universal in its appeal'
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Today’s Highlights: * Bad Jews, by Joshua Harmon, directed by Michael Longhurst, featuring Jenna Augen, Gina Bramhill, Joe Coen as Jonah, and Ilan Goodman, opens at the West End’s Arts …
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:58AMThe music-themed feature film "Sugar," featuring Tony Award winner Alice Ripley, is nearly complete.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMToday in 1976, the first Broadway revival of My Fair Lady opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 377 performances. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMFilm Society/MoMA's 44th Annual New Directors/New Films Series in Last Week
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SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:53AMAnother celebration of St. Louis theatre has come and gone, and with a nearly sold out house at COCA, a great time was had by all. And honestly, it's always nice for me to have the opportuni…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 09:52AMPrisoner 24601's time is up (or it will be in a few months!). Tony nominee Ramin Karimloo will depart Broadway's Les Miserables on August 30. A production spokesperson said there was…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:50AMNew York, NY - Producers of Off-Broadway's THE FANTASTICKS have announced that the long running musical will close on Sunday, May 3rd - the 55th anniversary of the opening of the show in 19…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMFrancesca Williams, the niece of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams, has unearthed a treasure trove of boxes in her family's home in St. Louis, according to USA To…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMAfter 55 years, off-Broadway's longest-running musical, The Fantasticks, will shutter on May 3. At the time of its closing the production will have played a total of 20,672 performances …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:41AMLaura Benanti, now starring in the New York Spring Spectacular, always knew that she wanted to be an actress. “I had always had such a clear vision about what I wanted,” she explains. �…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 09:40AMThe world is ending at Signature Theatre. Not with a bang, not with a whimper, but with a song. In Soon, a world premiere musical from writer/composer Nick Blaemire, we are faced with the th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:37AMAs an artist, I believe it’s my moral duty to explore topics that are relevant to my lived experience – but I don’t want to be limited to those issues just because I no longer represen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AMThe Rep, Point Park University's professional theater company, closes its 2014-15 season with the world premiere of Pittsburgh playwright Anthony McKay's "Endless Lawns."
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:30AMJosh Ellis, a Broadway press agent active mainly from 1973 to 1992, will make his Off-Broadway debut as an actor and playwright with a staged reading of his solo show Call My Publicist!…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMIdentity, performance and globalisation are at the heart of the cultural practices interrogated by Amanda Rogers in Performing Asian Transnationalisms: Theatre, Identity and the Geography o…
SOURCE: New Books In Theater at 09:27AMThe Wedding Singer Reunion Concert, featuring songs from the Tony-nominated 2006 musical, will be presented at 54 Below April 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMGood 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 CLINTON THE MUSICAL starts its campaig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMPeople writes that Garry Marshall has officially secured the rights to move forward with his new PRETTY WOMAN musical adaptation, based on the hit film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMThe off-Broadway phenomenon "The Fantasticks" will pack away its confetti and paper moon this summer, ending a record-breaking, fantastic run. Producers of the stalwart, low-tech s…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 09:17AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Most people these days binge on "The Walking Dead" or "House of Cards." Bill Nighy binges on Virginia Woolf....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:17AMAs I said, people love Into the Woods. I’ve never gotten more responses for a giveaway than I got for last week’s offer of a free copy of the Blu-ray DVD of Rob Marshall’s all-sta…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:10AMThis spring Godspell In Concert, the legendary rock musical from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy and Academy Award- winning composer of WICKED, returns to the UK's stages and opens at Hackney's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMGet all of Doris Day's best-loved movie musical classics
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMIn the first wave of predictions from our 10 Tony Awards Experts, eight of them think that the Brit hit "Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" will win Best Play. And two are toutin…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMA TV writer friend of mine used to be an actor. I once asked why he switched. He said, “Writing I can do myself anytime. But as an actor, to practice my craft I have to be hired.” I…
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On January 14, 2002, The Fantasticks will be playing in at least three theatres author Tom Jones knows of. The one place it won't be playing is the Sullivan Street Playhouse in New Y…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:54AMComedySportz Chicago announced Monday that Karin McKie will be its new managing director, taking the ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:52AMWide-eyed tourists were gobsmacked to shake hands with and get hugs from His Royal Highness, Prince Charles, and his wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, as the couple toure…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:46AMIf you were to flip through my audition book to find an uptempo song, it would be a sad day. My book is filled with an embarrassing number of ballads. I find this concerning and am in dire n…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:41AMStritch, the Broadway diva who played Alec Baldwin’s mom on 30 Rock and was the memorably frank subject of the docu Shoot Me, will get the bio treatment from New York Times fashion …
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:40AMAs the hit West End show Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Sam Mendes, approaches its second anniversary, producers today announced the cast that will take it into its third yea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMThe Off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks, still the longest-running musical in world history and the longest-running play of any kind in American history, has announced that i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMJoining the previously announced Jonathan Slinger, who will take over as Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane beginning performances May 4, are Kraig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMThe Off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks, still the longest-running musical in world history and the longest-running play of any kind in American history, has announced that i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMThe Off-Broadway revival of The Fantasticks, still the longest-running musical in world history and the longest-running play of any kind in American history, has announced that i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMSky Atlantic drama Penny Dreadful and BBC’s The Honourable Woman lead this year’s nominations for the British Academy Television Craft Awards. Happy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company have formalised a return to their former home at London's Barbican Centre, where they were formerly an original founding resident company, which they will o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:15AMNew England’s oldest continuously-active opera company brings to Boston a rare performance of one of Tchaikovsky’s less-familiar operatic scores.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:06AMIt’s been a funny old month in the life of this perpetual programmer. It started as the first time Mrs H and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMScratching your head about what to produce or write next? Here are some pointers for things to avoid… 21. Plays which reveal
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMIn New York there’s a group of comedians putting on their own versions of post-11 o’clock talkshows. As the late-night landscape shifts, could they be primed to take over? Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 25 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
National Theatre, LondonPersonal crises plunge order into chaos in Sam Holcroft’s intelligent and superbly cast yuletide comedy directed by Marianne ElliottSam Holcroft has already made a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:59AMRupert Thomson is to step down as artistic director of Edinburgh venue Summerhall to become senior programmer for performance and dance at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMRobert Cohan’s piece Cell was made for London Contemporary Dance Theatre in 1969, but is about to be performed in a reimagined version that distills its most relevant elementsIt’s not ev…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:53AMThis production deserves to be remembered for Nicola Daley's brilliant performance, says Mark Brown
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:33AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterJo Clifford reorchestrates Tolstoy’s vast, five-act opera for a string quartet in this pared-down adaptation Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:29AM2015 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of my theatre company Mountebanks. Throughout the year, I’ll be unleashing several activities to celebrate the theme of theatrical charl…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:25AMPlayhouse, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, May 20. IN August Bournonville’s enduringly popular Romantic ballet, a young man dozes by a vast open fireplace and is woken by an a…
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 07:25AM“Swan Lake” is one of the most famous classical ballets. Sacramento Ballet’s co-artistic directors have long ties to the Tchaikovsky work. Weeks of rehearsals allowed the S…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 07:00AM
If President William Jefferson Clinton behaved like two different people-one moment noble, the next naughty-that's because he was Clinton The Musical explores the two very different sides of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMTheater luminaries John Patrick Shanley, Keir Dullea, Mia Dillon, Martin Sherman, Brenda Currin, John Lahr, John Waters, Bryan Batt and Joel Vig are just a few of the illustrious headliners …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AML.A. Theatre Works celebrates its 40th Anniversary and honors Geoffrey Cowan, President of The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands and University Professor at the University of Southern…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMWith the help of Tony-winner James Corden and lots of backdrops, Tom Hanks acts out the movies in which he has starred over the last three decades, from Splash (1984) to Saving Mr. Banks (20…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:02AMSIDE SHOW gets lovingly reprised at BROADWAY SESSIONS
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMCameron Mackintosh on the secrets to his success
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMJosh Groban offers a fascinating backstage look at his first musical theatre album
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMHow the deceased comedy-writing team spawned four major projects in the 2014-2015 season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMJenny Schwartz's play starts tonight at the Davis Square Theatre in Somerville.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe coproduction with Philadelphia Theatre Company starts tonight at the Claire Tow Stage in the C. Newton Schenck III Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMHow does a veteran Broadway stage manager make the switch to becoming one of TV's most recognizable character actors at age 65? Adler explains all.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMWill Forte, Phil Lord, & Chris Miller on Being "The Last Man on Earth"YH sits down with "The Last Man on Earth" himself, Will Forte, along with the producers of the hit Fox series, Phil Lord…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMNick Kroll, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, & Ross Katz on Being 'Adult Beginners'YH sits down with the stars of indie dramedy 'Adult Beginners', Nick Kroll, Rose Bryne, and Bobby Cannavale, as…
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Imagination Stage presents Blue, the newest production in their Early Childhood series, written by Annie Cusick Wood and directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer. Best for children ages 1-5, this int…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:55AM"We're gonna have to get as organized as the mafia," the mogul told the audience at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's national tribute dinner, where he was introduced by friend and competitor Je…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:54AMGood theater makes you think as you leave the theater. Excellent theater makes you think while watching the scenes unfold before you. That is exactly what David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good Peopl…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:36AM1. Blue Viola at UrbanArias. “…deep, resonant voices; an accessible, compelling narrative; and exquisite music.” – Elizabeth Bruce. READ review. Synopsis: Blue Viola t…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:34AM1871 Birthday of Lee Shubert, one of the three legendary Shubert brothers who will found the theatre-owning and producing empire, the Shubert Organization.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMembers of Actors Equity Association in Los Angeles vote today on their union's plan to start requiring the city's 99-seat theatres to start paying actors a $9 hourly minimum wag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMembers of Actors Equity Association in Los Angeles begin voting today on their union's plan to start requiring the city's 99-seat theatres to start paying actors a $9 hourly min…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJosh Grisetti's Broadway debut has been five-and-a-half years in the making. He shares his story with Playbill.com — about how an actor's nightmare (of closing …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVanessa Redgrave talks about performing a one-night-only reading of selections from the novel Last Train to Paris. She's joined by the novel's author, Michele Zackheim, and by jazz composed …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMThe late Wendy Wasserstein hit the playwright’s jackpot in 1989, when The Heidi Chronicles took home the Tony Award, the Pulitzer Prize, the Drama Desk and New York Critic’s Circle Awa…
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