DRIVING MISS DAISY races into movie theaters starring two legends
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:56PMLook, we know you’re getting your stuffed animal guests all arranged for your Tony nomination breakfast party on April 28, but it’s time to take a break for...the Lessons of the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:52PMProducers for the critically acclaimed new Broadway musical AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, announced a National Tour for the 2016-17 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:47PMThe stars of Lisa D'Amour's Airline Highway celebrate opening night with a brass band, a parade and a lot of laughter.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PM“Cleveland Playhouse prides itself on being a longtime champion for new work, having presented Tennesee Williams before “The Glass Menagerie” and, more recently, premiering titles …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:40PMEXCLUSIVE: Whether Harvey Weinstein fired Broadway press representative Rick Miramontez or Rick fired the producer of Finding Neverland is now officially moot. Miramontez’ O&M Pub…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:40PMThe Tony Awards Administrative Committee announced Friday that the Cleveland Play House is the winner of the 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:39PMFran Drescher, fan-beloved star and creator of “The Nanny,” has taken to the stage, reprising her role as the wicked stepmother in “Cinderella” at L.A.’s Ahmanson Theater after…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:36PMWhen all the elements fuse, when a director is clearly in charge and on the right track, it is such a pleasure to be out front watching everything come together, to make magic from first lig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:34PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY star Kristin Chenowethis out of the show tonight, April 24, due to illness. Chenoweth's understudy is Mamie Parris. No word yet o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMCleveland Playhouse, which is heading into its 100th season in 2015-16, will take home the 2015 Regional Theater Tony Award. The regional Tony, presented every year during the Tony Awards, h…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:26PMReproductive rights advocacy organization A is For is bringing together stars of stage and screen with 'Broadway Acts for Women A Star-Studded Night of Karaoke and Comedy' on May 3, 2015 to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Berkeley Repertory Theatre will kick off its 48th season with the world premiere of Amelie, an inventive and captivating new musical directed by Tony Aw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMNate Rufus Edelman’s drama captures a community questioning faith and politics in Northern Ireland in 1985.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:14PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that Broadway Bares Solo Strips, which was previously scheduled forSunday, May 10, 2015, at 42West, has been cancelled.BCEFA writes
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PMThe York Theatre Company,dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, concludes its 45th Anniversary Season with the New York premiere of the new m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, April 24, 2015 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway RT @NY1onstage: There’s nothing …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:05PMOn April 28, Mary-Louise Parker and Bruce Willis will host the nomination announcement for the 2015 Tony Awards. If the past is any guide, the live webcast of the event will trigger a five-w…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:03PMSomething Rotten! star Brian d'Arcy James on career timing, being inspired by Lawrence Welk (!) and how tap lessons paid off.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMThe Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS takes a moral stance against its show venue.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe pair will star as Sally Bowles and the Emcee.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMElise Thoron directs the Public Lab production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe new musical will conclude the 45th Anniversary Season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe actress has fallen ill, according to the press representative for the production, and will miss the evening performance on April 24.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Stage and screen writer Neil LaBute will soon host a Reddit AMA on May 4th at 4 PM ET, according to the site's current running schedule.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMThe 'DRessed as A Girl' episode of The Ensemblistfeatures interviews with three male actors who have played roles on Broadway outside their own gender identity one a woman, one a drag queen,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMThe New York theatre honors recognize a resident theatre leader as it enters its 100th year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:54PMGrowing up in Poland, Anya Cole learned to knit at 9. It became a passion, second only to dancing. Even after she became a professional ballet dancer, she made her own sweaters and legwarmer…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:50PMGUEST REVIEWER CHRIS PALING SEES AN ORTON OEUVRE IN ITS TRUE HOME.. Joe Orton would have liked The Emporium. This deconsecrated Methodist church has been a theatre and café for a couple of …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:49PMThe new Broadway musical An American in Paris announced April 24 that it will launch a national touring company in the 2016-2017 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMC’est Magnifique! An American in Paris will dance its way on a U.S. national tour for the 2016-17 season. Based on the Oscar-winning film, the musical of hope, redemption and romance w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:41PMThe Off-Broadway company joins the ranks of nonprofits with Broadway houses, with a mission to produce living American writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:38PMNEW YORK (AP) -- This year's Regional Theater Tony Award will go to the Cleveland Play House as it embarks on its centennial season....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:37PMCelebrity stylist George Brescia – who co-hosted Dress Up! Live: The 2014 Tony Awards Red Carpet, presented by Playbill.com and Stage17 – offers his favorite fashion …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMScreen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for a filmed Conversations QampA series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMAirline Highway, Lisa D’Amour’s play about the denizens of a rundown New Orleans motel, opened on April 23 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre as part of the Manhattan Theater Club’s 201…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:29PMTOAST began performances at The Public Theater on Tuesday, April 21 and runs through Sunday, May 10, with an official press opening on Tuesday, May 5. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMTony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth will be out of tonight's Friday evening performance of On the Twentieth Century due to illness, Playbill.com has learned. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced this year's recipient for the Regional Theatre Tony Award is Cleveland Play House in Cleveland, OH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMThe Visit, the final musical ever by legendary Tony Award-winning duoJohn KanderandFred Ebb, celebrated its opening last night, April 23, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Using her own family and Robin Williams as an example, a tearful Glenn Close urged some of the most powerful women in entertainment to help society shed its fear of thos…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:11PMThey’re grizzled and jowly but barely less quick with the sardonic retort, the five surviving members of Monty Python. The recent concert reunion of Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jo…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:10PM“Rapture, Blister, Burn,” a play by Gina Gionfriddo, will run through May 3 at the Dreamcatcher Repertory Theater in Summit, N.J.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:08PM The Opening Night of Kander and Ebb’s final musical, The Visit on April 23rd, marked the last Broadway opening of the 2014-2015 season. Maryann Lopinto was on the scene for...
The …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:05PM“Outside Mullingar,” by John Patrick Shanley, a 2014 nominee for the Tony Award for best play, is being presented by the Hudson Stage Company.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02PMBy James Nelson
Ever since I finished my undergraduate degree and began working as a theatre director, I’ve set my sights on getting an MFA. For years, I’ve explored websites and size…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 05:00PMCatch up on the week's biggest stories from Broadway and beyond in BroadwayWorld's 'This Week in Pictures,' featuring coverage of press events, rehearsals, opening nights, and more. Highligh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMThe Yankees and Mets will celebrate their rivalry with some Broadway vocals.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMTony-winning director George C. Wolfe also renews his place on the council.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe award will be presented at the June 7 ceremony.
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA celebrates Easter with a fun egg hunt challenge
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMYes, it's our annual tradition at TONY—that's Time Out New York—we choose the nominees as if we were the committee!
SOURCE: Time Out at 04:54PMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS executive director Tom Viola announced that the planned May 10 edition of Broadway Bares Solo Strips, which was to take place at nightlife venue 42West, was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PM'The Joe D Show' Episode 7: Actress Megan Hilty on her new show at Cafe Carlyle, 'Smash,' Broadway and babies
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 04:51PMStorefront on Bloor W. and Coal Mine on Danforth focus on interaction with their audiences and their neighbourhoods.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:49PMHouston premieres of the recent off-Broadway hits "Dogfight" and "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," plus the Judy Garland bio-play "End of the Rainbow," are among the highlights of Stag…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 04:43PMThe Alley is playing host, presenting the Houston debut of the admired British troupe Kneehigh Theatre, in "Tristan & Yseult," one of the company's signature productions, opening Wednesday a…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 04:42PMTimeliness is an understatement when it comes to "Grounded," the one-woman play about a drone pilot that opened this weekend amid news of the accidental killing of two hostages by an America…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:41PMHouston premieres of GrooveLily's offbeat "Striking 12," Frank Wildhorn's "Bonnie and Clyde" and the off-Broadway musical "Heathers" will constitute Theatre Under The Stars' 2015-16 "Undergr…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 04:40PMShakespeare's birthday at Something Rotten
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMLanford Wilson's play focuses on an eccentric widow and her troubled family, but fails to really connect with the audience.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:28PMA 24-person committee dominated by theater producers on Friday issued final rulings about which creators, actors and shows will be eligible for what awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMThe renowned Ohio company, founded in 1915, is this year's honoree.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 04:22PMThe 2015 Regional Theatre Tony Award will go to the Cleveland Play House. Every year a Tony is awarded to a regional theater on the recommendation of the American Theatre Critics Association…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:21PMIn addition to stagings of 'Rear Window' and 'Anastasia,' the theatre will produce a Christopher Shinn world premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:19PMLena Dunham opened her speech at Variety’s Power of Women luncheon with a not-so-shocking declaration. “It will surprise nobody in this room that I identity as a feminist,” Dunham said…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:17PMIf both you and your kids start to feel a bit hyperactive during the 2015-2016 season you might want to blame it on the Chicago Children's Theater (CCT). The company plans to produce seven d…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:16PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Kelli O'Hara on Auditions
Kelli O’Hara is full of admiration for kids auditioning today compared to when she sta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:14PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee announced April 24 that it will present the 2015 Regional Theatre Award to Cleveland Play House, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMAndrew Lloyd Webberattended a performance of The Phantom of the Opera at the Zorlu Center PSM in Istanbul earlier this week. Check out the photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMChicago Children’s Theatre announced its full 2015-16 season on Friday. The lineup, among six other productions, features a new play from the writer Nambi E. Kelley.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:06PMBroadway's leading man, Matthew Morrison, star of the hit show Finding Neverland, will sing the national anthem at the final game of the first leg of the 2015 Subway Series on Sunday, April …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMBroadwayWorld's Richie Ridge was there after the curtain went down and you can check out what the full gang had to say on opening night below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMIt's an age-old problem for Broadway marketers. How do you find a reviewer's quote to use in an ad when the review wasn't that good?
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMIt's an age-old problem for Broadway marketers. How do you find a reviewer's quote to use in an ad when the review wasn't that good?
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMIn honor of this year's rapidly-approaching Tony Awards, this week's quiz will tell you how good of a host you would be of this distinguished ceremony
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMFriends and colleagues of the Tony Award-winning director joined in the festivities at the Lambs Club.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMWorld-premiere musical based on Austen's classic novel bows in La Mirada.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
The problem: Audiences for live theater are in the midst of a ten year decline. How do we attract a new generation of supporters?
SOURCE: blog.newtek.com at 03:58PMJohn Gore and Broadway Across America saluted FINDING NEVERLAND director Diane Paulus yesterday Thursday, April 23 with a lunch at the Lambs Club to celebrate her contributions to Broadway a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMDinner with the Boys playwright and star Dan Lauria shares his 10 most memorable mobster movie moments.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:54PMWe are counting days to the 40th OOB festival but the first leg of celebrations are about to begin. Join Samuel French’s Literary Director and co-Artistic Director of the OOB Festival,…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 03:50PMA "living funeral" in the Big Easy, is colorful but insubstantial
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:47PM Manhattan Theatre Club’s presentation of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Airline Highway, the new play b…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:44PMThis week: Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says misguided priorities are leaving many Americans further and further behind (First). Then, Director Ross Katz, along with st…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:42PMYorktown Stage in suburban Westchester County, NY, presents the classic Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents musical Gypsy April 24-26, starring Sally Mayes as Madame Rose.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMChita Rivera returned to Broadway in the long-awaited musical The Visit April 23. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMEveryone's looking for love — even the characters of Broadway shows. See the Tinder profiles of the most eligible people and puppets on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMThe Monroeville, Ala. museum that produces the theater adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel announced that it has lost licensing rights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:42PMMayor de Blasio today appointed Lin-Manuel Miranda and Daryl Roth and reappointed George C. Wolfe to the Theater Subdistrict Council.As members of the Theater Subdistrict Council, they will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PMThe previously reported stage adaptation of Anastasia will receive its world premiere at Hartford Stage next year. The organization's artistic director, Tony winner Darko Tresnjak (A Gen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:37PMGreetings #LAThtr fans!
Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a new series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews.
Here’s the newest Exit Review for LA Opera’s fun film-…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:36PMCharles Busch takes a scattershot approach to storytelling in season-closing comedy... Read more »
The post Theater Review: 'You Should Be So Lucky' offers few laughs at Players Theatre…
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 03:33PMROCK OF AGES is available for licensing and quickly rocking all over the world. But you can’t see ROCK OF AGES if you don’t know how to ROCK. Here are 12 things you MUST do before seein…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:33PMDear readers and #LAThtr aficionadi,
Here follows my latest review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains current arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalis…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:30PMOn April 23, 926 people with guitars descended on the Ed Mirvish Theatre in Toronto for an ensemble performance of the song "Falling Slowly" from movie-turned-musical Once
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 03:30PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 60 years after she won fame in "West Side Story," actress, dancer and singer Chita Rivera is back on Broadway as a very wealthy widow seeking revenge in "The Visi…
SOURCE: Reuters at 03:30PMWe’re performing eleven new plays this week, so the cast of Leah, Ida, Kirsten, Bilal, Malic and myself brought in an ...
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:26PMThe funny marketing of "Hand to God" includes an odd subtitle that stresses this is "A New American Play." In a reasonable world, such a distinction would seem ridiculous for this irreverent…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:24PMEllie Kemper, who plays the lead in the Netflix series 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,' stopped by TODAY to co-host alongside Willie Geist and Al Roker in the 9 o'clock hour on Friday.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMKathy Kacer and Jake Epstein make solid debut as writing team, but play doesn't always connect emotionally.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:16PMThe coming revolution will truly be remarkable. True equality for all men … and women; in fact, the woman’s revolution, when that barbarous testosterone is finally put in its pla…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:16PMDuke Lafoon on lovingly sending up our 42nd President in Clinton The Musical.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:14PMYour Blues Ain't Sweet Like Mine, by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, in a world premiere production at Two River Theater manages the neat trick of directly confronting the issue of talking about race…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 03:06PMGuildhall School of Music and Drama student Luke Dale has won this year’s Alan Bates award, which celebrates young acting talent. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:04PMFinding Neverland
Broadway, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
Reviewed by Jerron Herman
BOTTOM LINE: This new starry Broadway musical will transport you to the very core of your imagination.
Stepping …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:00PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Marc Kudisch, who stars in Hand to God, currently playing at the Booth Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMBoom Boom Room seeking 3 a.m. liquor license
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:00PM
Starkey Hearing Foundation hosted a special For Your Consideration EMMY reception and screening of OPERATION CHANGE Thursday, April 23rd at Zanuck Theatre at FOX Studios with special guest a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMSouth Coast Repertory, known for its prolific commissioning of new works by both emerging and established writers, now has more firepower behind it.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PMEvan Peters is checking into American Horror Story Hotel, marking his fifth appearance in the award-winning horror anthology series from prolific producer Ryan Murphy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMNew York Mayor de Blasio appointed composer-actor Lin-Manuel Miranda and producer Daryl Roth and reappointed director George C. Wolfe to the Theater Subdistrict Council April 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMIn a new interview with Variety, Kelli O'Hara, who currently stars as 'Anna' in the current revival of THE KING AND I on Broadway, looks back on her early career, including her1999 national …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
The Ballet Hispanico has long been revered as a beacon of dance art in the Latino community. Its school and repertory have helped illuminate the Latino experie…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:42PMThere is humour and deep sadness in Parents Night and The Bigger Issue, at Theatre Passe Muraille until May 17.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:34PMThe duo got together on the set of the show to share their comedic talents on the Spice Girls classic 'Wannabe'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMBarrett Wilbert Weed, a Drama Desk nominee for her breakout performance in Heathers: The Musical, will put on a pair of lacy pants and head to D.C. to star as Sally Bowles &mdas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMAN OFFER HE CAN’T REFUSE It’s easy to dislike this alleged 511-year-old comedy. All’s Well That Ends Well (originally Love’s Labors Won) is the wrong title: It should be “The End J…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:09PMJane Lynch is not one to overly plan out her life. When she began theater and comedy in Chicago in 1986, never did she imagine she'd be on television and movie screens years later. But her g…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:01PMAirline Highway, the new play by Lisa D'Amour that depicts a slice of life from the outskirts of New Orleans, opened April 23. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe Royal Shakespeare Company alum ventures to downtown Manhattan.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMOn the Twentieth Century, Doctor Zhivago, and The King and I were among the final group of productions to be debated.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Reproductive rights advocacy organization A is For is bringing together stars of stage and screen with 'Broadway Acts for Women A Star-Studded Night of Karaoke and Comedy' on May 3, 2015 to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMWhen the Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards were handed out last night at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, it was a nice night
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:56PMSo much depends upon a red child's wagon, glazed with saltwater beside the white neurotics. True, William Carlos Williams doesn't figure into Terrence McNally's 1991 play "Lips Together, Tee…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:55PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
But in the end the tension between the daily count of the passage of time and the avoidance of narrative direction is too much to sustain and in the final sections we ret…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:53PMAn Act of God, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons, two-time Tony Award nominee Christopher Fitzgerald and Tim Kazurinsky, begins performances on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PM✭✭✭✭✩ Ragged glory:
There is a warm and thoughtful core to The Straw Chair at the Traverse that sometimes seems in danger of being overpowered by a par…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:52PMStudio Players present 'Stop Kiss,' from April 24 to May 9, at Studio Playhouse, 14 Alvin Place.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 01:51PMTony-winner gets two extra performances... Read more »
The post Venice Theatre extends 'Next to Normal' appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 01:49PMBroadway Records has announced that the newest addition to its Live at 54 BELOW series, Marin Mazzie Make Your Own Kind of Music - LIVE at 54 BELOW will be released on May 12th, 2015. The al…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMThe Revolutionists, an ambitious and promising new play by Lauren Gunderson, is getting a spiffy first full production courtesy of The Catholic University Department of Drama prior to its pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PMVeteran actress Mary Jo Mecca LITTLE HOUSE... at The Guthrie Jerry Herman's SHOWTUNE at the Pasadena Playhouse joins the cast of the staged reading of Patrick Riviere's play, THE HOUSE OF NU…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMLet the countdown begin! The Tony Awards Administration committee met today for the fourth and final time this season to determine the eligibility of 18 Broadway productions for the 2015 Ton…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMSee the fourth and final round of eligibility determinations of shows and performers for the 2015 Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 01:36PMIf you have somehow found yourself here, good, but we just wanted to make sure you know that we have entered our next step of evolution and are now live at www.socal.bitter-lemons.com. Huzza…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:31PMSHOWBIZ NATION LIVE! Interview Tony And Grammy Winner HEATHER HEADLEY from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. TONY and GRAMMY AWARD winner HEATHER HEADLEY discusses her incredible career including he…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:31PMThe season wrapped up this week, as shows hurried to open up before the Tony Awards cut off date. Time was so tight that two shows had to open on the same day — usually a no-no…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThe hunky sailors of On the Town joined Playbill at New York, New York's South Street Seaport for a day of photographic adventures. The shoot started off with some simple portraits that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMToday, the International Centre for Women Playwrights ICWP announces the nomination window for its prestigious annual award The ICWP 5050 Applause Award will open in one short week The award…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee met April 23 for the fourth and final time this season to determine which shows and artists will be eligible in which categories for 18 Broadway prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMOMG, it's Tony time! We're totally obsessing at the Broadway.com offices over which shows, creatives and stars will wake up to good news on April 28, the morning that this year's…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMMasterworks Theater Company presents a racially diverse cast for its production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, directed by Christopher Scott with a mission of making the cla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMRick Kerby to be honored this summer by the American Association of Community Theatre... Read more »
The post Manatee Players' leader wins national award appeared first on Ticket Saraso…
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 01:18PMTKTS 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 01:05PMNearly fifty years after they first shared the same stage, the Tony winners will star in Leonard Foglia's revival of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer-winning play.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:03PMRobert and Kristen, both alumni of the Tony-honored BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, share some insights on how to achieve success in the entertainment industry. Below, BWW brings …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMHappy birthday, Mr Shakespeare. God for England, Harry and St George. Even if you weren’t actually born on April 23, 1564, it’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMKelli O’Hara, who just opened on Broadway in “The King and I,” first gained mention in Variety in the 1999 national tour of Frank Wildhorn’s “Jekyll and Hyde,” where she moved fr…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMWe take a look into the dressing room of the wickedly talented actress
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe Last Tango embarks on a UK tour in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMAlex Timbers' production stars Justin Bartha and Elizabeth Reaser.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe Chicago awards name the 2015 contenders.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMFrom the day it opened, Lincoln Center, one of the world's grandest arts complexes, has struggled to get it right. That first night in 1962 in Philharmonic Hall (now Avery Fisher Hall and so…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM
The new-work development institute's slate ranging from interplanetary voyages to refugee camps, and many points between.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PMBy Stephen Collins
There is an acute fascination in watching the richly intense banquet give way, bit by bit, to the advances of the common folk, to see the lavish table become stripped bare…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:48PMThe Visit, the final musical ever by legendary Tony Award-winning duo John Kander and Fred Ebb, celebrated its opening last night, April 23, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMWell, this is certainly one way to celebrate a Broadway opening. Something Rotten! star Heidi Blickenstaff tied the knot with Nicholas Rohlfing on April 23—the day after the musical co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMHear from Living on Love duo Blake Hammond & Scott Robertson about rehearsal blunders, memorable performances and how their performances work so well together.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:46PMThe Elphaba Fund awarded a 10,000 gift to Musical Theatre Factory today in support of the organization's commitment to developing new musicals by early-career writers and composers. The gift…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMThe comedy-tinged-with-drama touches on themes tackled by a bunch of recent indie movies that center on characters in their thirties and forties who feel like imposters in the world of adult…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:39PMOn April 21, actor, playwright, and novelist of Armenian descent Eric Bogosian spoke to Leonard about his latest book, Operation Nemesis, about a small group of survivors of the Armenia…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:37PMLove and dreams are seared by social unrest in Penumbra’s production of Dominique Morisseau’s poetic “Detroit ’67.”
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:36PMTony Award-winning comic actor Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld"), who will replace Larry David in the Broadway comedy Fish in the Dark in June, recently appeared on "The Late L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMToday is the birthday of Shirley MacLaine (b. 1934). Quite at random, a post about two films she made back to back, drawn from my notebooks. Sweet Charity (1969) An all-star effort: music b…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:27PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMWhen I was in law school I did some acting. I wasn’t very good but I was a big guy with a big voice and there’s always room for that in theater. Sometimes I got paid and sometimes I didn…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:25PM“Billy Elliot” — Elton John’s 10-time Tony-winner about an English miner’s son who prefers ballet to boxing — left Broadway in 2012, after 1,312 performan…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 12:24PMBSG correspondent Ryan Steele chats with celebrity guests, including Megan Hilty and Christopher J. Hanke on the Something Rotten! red carpet and with the stars at the exclusive after-party.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 12:23PMGordon Greenberg creates an original musical about a couple built around Loesser's hits.... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 12:21PMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW on CBS, after learning Kat Dennings' voicemail has been the famous George Costanza answering machine song from 'Seinfeld,' Jason records a custom version for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Tony winner Jessie Mueller will star in American Repertory Theater's world premiere of WAITRESS this fall. Mueller previously played 'Jenna' in a winter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMFinding Neverland and New York Spring Spectacular director Diane Paulus was the guest of honor at a luncheon presented by John Gore and Broadway Across America on April 23, 2015 at the Lambs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19PMbrightcove.createExperiences();
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PMSideshow Theatre Company's "Stupid F---ing Bird" will return this summer in a commercial production on a bigger stage, a spokeswoman for the show announced Friday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:15PMBerlin’s avant-garde theatre, given to lengthy and messy productions, names the Tate Modern director as its new leader amid suspicions that profit-making will edge out experimentationThe a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:11PMIn her new ABC pilot stage and screen star Megan Hilty will play a Tony winner named Irene, who struggles to adapt to suburban life with her husband and their son, who is a competitive athle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMThe Visit, the final musical ever by legendary Tony Award-winning duo John Kander and Fred Ebb, celebrated its opening last night, April 23, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMThe audience are invited to rebuild a country in Coney's latest production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMWe talk to the executive director of the Kevin Spacey Foundation, official charity of the 2016 WhatsOnStage Awards
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 4242015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMJulie White and K. Todd Freeman head the cast of Lisa D'Amour's new play at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMLighting designer Ben Stanton and scenic/costume designer David Zinn lead a behind-the-scenes tour.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
54 Below will present a one-night-only abridged version of the Broadway-bound musical One For My Baby, featuring the music of Harold Arlen and starring Tony nominees Vivian Reed …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMDouglas Levine had of course heard of Jacques Brel and knew some of his songs, but “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” was new to the music man of local theater whe…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:54AMBrian Hayes, 16, a junior at Pearl River High School, has been in every Pearl River show since eighth grade, from “Don’t Drink the Water” to last fall’s “The Cr…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:54AMManhattan Theatre Club's presentation of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Airline Highway, the new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lisa D'Amour Detroit, directed by two-time Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMThe Cratchits and Scrooge take to the stage at Iona Prep on April 30. Yes, you read that right. Director Jason Summers and the boys at Iona Prep (ably assisted by girls from The Ursuline Sch…
SOURCE: The Journal News at 11:48AMBy Doug Mayo
Nicole Kidman will return to the West End stage with the Michael Grandage Company in September 2015. Kidman will play the role of Rosalind Franklin in Photograph 51, a new play …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:45AMThe Broadway.com staff can’t get enough of Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and rank your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMThe performing arts have not yet finished with Mark Rothko.In recent years, Arena Stage and other theaters across the country have staged productions of “Red,” John Logan’s popular pla…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:39AMNEW YORK — Two Broadways coexist, in uneasy detente, amid the narrow swath of theaters stretching from West 41st Street to Lincoln Center on West 65th. One of these Broadways is a haven of…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:39AMThe play tells the story of Franklin, whose use of X-ray diffraction images led to the discovery of DNA's double helix structure in 1953.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:38AMTwelve Angry Men follows twelve jurors who have murder on their minds and a life in their hands as they decide the fate
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMTickets are now available for On Your Feet! The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan, coming to Broadway in fall 2015. On Your Feet! follows the journey of the Estefans, who both fled Cast…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:34AMLondon’s Theatre Royal Stratford East is to undergo a major refurbishment of its auditorium, costing more than £200,000. The works are being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AMClick for photos from the New Orleans-style opening night celebration of Airline Highway on April 23, 2015 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMThe Visit, the final musical ever by legendary Tony Award-winning duoJohn KanderandFred Ebb, celebrated its opening last night, April 23, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMThis weekend at New York’s Anthology Film Archives: lotsa great Charlie Chaplin movies! Just click on the highlighted movie titles below for my blogposts on each film: Saturday, April…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:31AMDirector Sam Gold, Lighting Designer Ben Stanton, and ScenicCostume Designer David Zinn take you behind the scenes and under the stage of the new Broadway musical Fun Home.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMPlaywrights Horizons has announced the line-up for its annual benefit presentation of short plays: Stories on 5 Stories: Poetic Justice. Some of the stars scheduled to perform include Os…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMSeven women in the arts will be recognized Monday evening.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:29AMThere are a lot of people that are going to have a sleepless weekend. How can you relax if you’re just days away from finding out if you’re gonna get nominated for a Tony Award…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:28AMShe has a Tony, an Emmy, and, now, Kristin Chenoweth has a Barbie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMLisa D’Amour's Airline Highway, a story set on the colorful fringes of New Orleans' skid row, opened on Broadway April 23 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre following perfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMHow can you hate Shakespeare...when Shakespeare is actually a leather-clad Christian Borle with a giant codpiece? Borle, Brian d’Arcy James, John Cariani and the cast of Something Rott…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AM20th Century Fox has shared a first look at James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe on the set of the upcoming thriller VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN. Check it out at left courtesy of Empire.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMClick for photos from the star-studded opening night celebration of The Visit on April 23, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMSpencer Lau was quite proud of his pride of lions, his cackle of hyenas and every other group of animals he’d put on stage. For Lau — the music director at Woodruff School in Seabroo…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:01AMTomorrow morning at 7:30am, on Turner Movie Classics: a classic sequel of sorts, at least a precedent-setting one: Son of Kong (1933). It’s rare for me to dis a movie of this genre f…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:00AMWhile enjoying a brief bit of down time between her Tony Award-winning turn in "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," and her next project, the world premiere of the musical "Waitress," Jessi…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:00AMThe Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and the Theatrical Teamsters Local 817 have partnered to award three “Made in NY” grants to support community-based organiza…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMHappy Birthday Barbra Streisand Streisand has appeared on Broadway in I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE and FUNNY GIRL, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award. Streisand won the 1968 Acad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber's musical will play a "final ten week season"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMLes Enfants Terribles bring their trademark style to Lewis Carroll's classic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMA new production is being mounted at West Yorkshire Playhouse ahead of a UK and Ireland tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMLyndsey Turner's production of Caryl Churchill's play kicks off Rufus Norris' leadership
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMPeter Morgan's award-winning play opens at the Apollo Theatre on 5 May
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe biggest stars of the Great White Way came out for the last opening of the 2014-2015 season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Variety’s 2015 Power of Women: New York event is honoring Glenn Close, Lena Dunham, Whoopi Goldberg, Rachel Weisz and Kim Kardashian West for their philanthropic efforts. Follow along …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:58AMATLANTA -April 23, 2015 - ArtsBridge Foundation, the producer of the 2015 Georgia High School Musical Theater Awards - Shuler Hensley Awards,tonightannounced the winners of the 2015 awards d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMThe performing arts have not yet finished with Mark Rothko.In recent years, Arena Stage and other theaters across the country have staged productions of “Red,” John Logan’s popular pla…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:56AMLove and death could almost be two sides of the same coin. Both are unexplainable but bring with it a whole lot of pain and suffering. And, often, a sense of liberation. The four new publica…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:55AM Known as a playwright and author, Thornton Wilder was also a prolific letter writer. Here, his nephew Tappan reads a letter he received from Wilder one Christmas. This letter is inclu…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:54AMNEW YORK — Two Broadways coexist, in uneasy detente, amid the narrow swath of theaters stretching from West 41st Street to Lincoln Center on West 65th. One of these Broadways is a haven of…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54AM Written in 1938, Our Town remains one of the most enduring works of American drama. Here, Tappan Wilder, nephew of Thornton, discusses the play’s legacy, and its lasting signif…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:54AM Watson: trusty sidekick to Sherlock Holmes; loyal engineer who built Bell’s first telephone; unstoppable super-computer that became reigning Jeopardy! champ; amiable techno-dweeb wh…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:53AM Watson: trusty sidekick to Sherlock Holmes; loyal engineer who built Bell’s first telephone; unstoppable super-computer that became reigning Jeopardy! champ; amiable techno-d…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:53AMIn 1966, Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones shared a Broadway stage. And this fall, they’ll be at it again. The 90-year-old actress and 84-year-old actor will be co-starring in a reviva…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:52AM On the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, a six hundred pound recluse hides away in his apartment eating himself to death. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged daughter, he…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:52AM Will Eno recently made his Broadway debut with his critically acclaimed new play, The Realistic Joneses. His plays The Open House and Title and Deed premiered at the Pershing Squ…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:51AMMatel will offer a new line of custom Barbie dolls to honor six woman in the world of entertainment.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMManhattan Theatre Club's presentation of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Airline Highway, the new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lisa D'Amour Detroit, directed by two-time Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMAs the Wagner College Theatre 2014-15 season comes to an end, the department is already looking to next season and the productions it is set to produce as another school year begins! One m…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 10:49AMAn initiative for disabled artists, Unlimited, has announced bold shows including Liz Carr’s Assisted Suicide: The Musical and Kaite O’Reilly’s Cosy. The aim is to stop venues programm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMAcademy Award winner Anne Hathaway hits the New York stage in an unforgettable theatrical event. With the world at war, Grounded looks at the middle ground between the moral costs on humans …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 10:46AMDrew Malmuth on Arvo Pärt Journeys in Silence at New York Live Ideas (April 15-19)
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:46AMManhattan Theatre Club's presentation of Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production ofAirline Highway, the new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lisa D'Amour Detroit, directed by two-time Tony A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMThe world premiere of Permission will extend through June 14 off-Broadway; the show had previously been set to shutter on June 7. Directed by Alex Timbers and starring stage and screen favor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AMI have to say I've spent many happy hours in the Shaftebury Theatre. It is so perfectly formed with its delightful foyer and for me it always invokes a joy to be there, in the knowledge …
SOURCE: 1649 at 10:39AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, when Monty Python's John Cleese gets tired of sitting next to Terry Jones, he and Jimmy swap seats. Check out the appearance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMThe fall of the Berlin Wall was one of the most dramatic events of the 20th century. It happened suddenly on the evening of November 9, 1989 when thousands of East Germans decided to take hi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36AMThe stage musical adaptation of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's animated feature "Anastasia" will have its world premiere at Hartford Stage next spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMChristian Borle and the cast of Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN stopped by this morning's TODAY to perform a medley of the numbers 'God I Hate Shakespeare' and 'Will Power'from the hit Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMWhen audiences first walk into Circle in the Square to see Fun Home, they're greeted with what appears to be a simply set, almost empty stage. What they don't see is all of the hidde…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMToday marks the 100th anniversary of the release date of the still-popular Keystone comedy short Love, Loot and Crash (1915). People like to check this one out for two reasons. (A) It is …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:21AMName: Nathan Richard WagnerHometown: Independence, KYEducation: BA Theater Arts – University of Kentucky, MS Teaching – PACE UniversitySelect Credits: Blessed Unrest: A Christmas Ca…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:17AMKatori Hall's The Blood Quilt, about four sisters exploring their history and heritage, which received its first reading at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., begins performances April…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMLondon Road, the new film musical based on the 2011 National Theatre production about a real-life serial killer, has set a June 12 opening in the U.K.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMBMI sat down with Academy Award-winning scribes Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez to chat about writing for musical theatre, collaborating with your spouse and Robert's next musical, d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AMChita Rivera returns to Broadway in her first original role in more than two decades as the star of Kander and Ebb's The Visit, which officially opened on Broadway April 23 at the Lyceu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMSome questions I get so often, I’ve often thought I should create a mimeographed handout…so here we go…etiquette class is now in session. But remember what I always say, &#…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMBryan Cranston won a Tony last year for his performance in All the Way so he knows a thing or two about what works on the stage. He recently sat down to talk about why he came on board as a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:09AMThe Visit, the final musical ever by legendary Tony Award-winning duo John Kander and Fred Ebb, celebratedits opening lastnight, April 23, 2015 at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street.The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMThe Visit, the final musical by the legendary team of John Kander and the late Fred Ebb, opened at the Lyceum Theatre on April 23. Two-time Tony winner Chita Rivera and Tony winner Roger Re…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 10:00AM
Musician Tom Teasley’s percussive talents will orchestrate two shows for Constellation in 2015-2016, but Tom will undoubtedly be sitting out both Equus (Jan 14 – Feb 14) and the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:59AMFiled under: BOOKS & AUTHORS, PLUGS, Singers, Singing Comediennes, Vaudeville etc. Tagged: Lloyd Ecker, Sophie Tucker, Susan Ecker, Ziegfeld Society
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:55AMThe two-time Tony winner returns to Broadway as the world's wealthiest woman, who will give the destitute people of her hometown a fortune—but there's a favor she asks in return.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 09:49AMA group of misfits assemble at a seedy hotel to bid farewell to an iconic burlesque performer, in a colorful character study by Lisa D'Amour.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 09:48AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news Today is the annual SONNET SLAM…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMJim Taylor presents A Closer Look at Broadway for Friday, April 24, 2015
SOURCE: www.podtrac.com at 09:45AMCast members from the critically acclaimed new Broadway musical Something Rotten!, which officially opened April 22 at the St. James Theatre, performed on NBC's "Today" April 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMKristin Scott Thomasplays the Queen in a new and updated version ofPeter Morgan'sThe Audience.Stephen Daldry's production is now in previews at the Apollo Theatre, with press night on5 May 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMBroadway Records will release the newest solo recording from three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AMBarbie is honoring six "Sheroes" with their very own doll.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:25AMTwo new books explore the content, and context, of the great composer/conductor's divided musical character.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:25AMThe long-in-the-works Disney film "Bob the Musical" may have found its star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMBroadway's Douglas Sills can now add 'superhero' to his highly impressive list of accomplishments.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMBy Editorial Staff
Theatre Renegade’s tour-de-force examination of gender violence, Scarlet, is one of the tightest pieces of fringe theatre currently on the stage and not to be missed.
Th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:12AMSometime you go in search of one thing, and you stumble upon something else. And maybe that newly discovered thing is something wonderful.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMPoldark actress Heida Reed has spoken out against the 'sexist' national obsession with co-star Aidan Turner and says the actor himself is 'baffled'
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:08AMThis week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Dallas, Minneapolis, Portland, China and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include IN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMby Samuel L. Leiter The Belle of Belfast, a little firebomb of a play, is now detonating eight times weekly at the Irish Repertory Theatre in one of the best acted productions I’ve seen at…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:00AM
Samuel J Friedman theatre, New YorkLisa D’Amour’s play about life in a hopeless motel is an orgy of tinsel and beer with no sight of a story Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:59AMThe director of Tate Modern, Chris Dercon, will step down, following the departure of the leader of Tate Britain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:58AMThis post is by Stefan Woych
The illustrious Chita Rivera appears in an elegant floor length white dress and bedecked with jewels. The grande dame’s presence electrifies the audience. Unfo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:49AMWhen I’m travelling for long stretches of time, which happens mostly when I drive to and from my university and my parent’s house, I sometimes like to take a break from whatever musical …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:48AMThere was drama even before Renée Fleming debuted her Broadway show, “Living on Love,” Monday night.
SOURCE: pagesix.com at 08:41AMThe rumors were true and the revival of Cats will have another life in the West End! The production, which will end its current engagement at the London Palladium on April 25, will return t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:38AMWe were grateful last night to receive some free passes to see the show currently ensconced in the venue occupying the historic Liberty Theatre, site of the original productions of shows lik…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:26AMChita Rivera makes her return to Broadway in The Visit, which opened on Thursday, April 23, and BSG's Jenny Anderson captured all the excitement on the red carpet as the legends of Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 08:26AMNicole Kidman will make her much-anticipated return to the London stage in September when she stars in the UK premiere of Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 at the Noël Coward Theatre.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:18AMLyttelton, LondonChurchill’s civil-war drama has become an epic folk play under Lyndsey Turner’s directionThe new regime at the National begins with a welcome revival of Caryl Churchill�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMNicole Kidman will make her much-anticipated return to the London stage in September when she stars in the UK premiere of Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 at the Noël Coward Theatre.
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SOURCE: 1648 at 08:12AMEverybody Say Yeah! Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will star in London's Kinky Boots. The West End premiere of The Tony-winning tuner, which features a score by Cyndi Lauper and a book …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:11AMThis flawed but highly inventive response to Prokofiev's dramatic score will charm balletomanes and ballet sceptics alike, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:04AMThis post is by Stefan Woych
The ample set by John McDermott is an intelligent divide between interior and exterior life, the run down streets of Belfast and a humble, wooden and warm rector…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:02AMRECOMMENDED Oscar Wilde is generally acknowledged as one of the most skillful wits to have written in the English language. His plays are filled with wicked jibes at the expense of British s…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:00AMDead Royal intertwines the stories of Wallis Simpson and Diana Spencer, one man plays two women who never quite made it to the throne despite behaving like a petulant old queen and an e…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
The state of the British press is laid bare in this sharp and knowing debut by a former Fleet Street showbiz editor, says Jane Shilling
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:57AMLandor Theatre, London***Written and directed by Claudio MacorJudith Paris and Susannah AllmanIn The Dead Of Night sets out an ambitious premise. Very much a nod to the film noir of the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:41AM“Never act with children or animals,” this quote is attributed to W. C. Fields who was rumored to have a strong dislike for children - unless you are Matthew Morrison (playwright J. M. B…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:37AMMerseyside’s Southport Theatre and Convention Centre is set for new management after the local council put the venue’s operation up for tender.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMFor all her brilliance, Osipova's début as Lise was something of a curate's egg, says Mark Monahan
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:35AMNick Kroll: All movie characters shouldn't sound like 30-year-old white guys
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:32AMSadler’s Wells, LondonTanztheater Wuppertal’s dancers negotiate a prickly set in Pina Bausch’s cruel but tender comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMThe Scottish Trades Union Congress is to campaign for the living wage of £7.85 an hour to be applied to all theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMKillian Donnelly and Matt Henry will lead the cast of Kinky Boots in the West End. Donnelly is currently starring opposite Beverley
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMDawn French is to bring her latest solo show, 30 Million Minutes, to the West End's Vaudeville Theatre, beginning performances Nov. 11 prior to an official opening Nov. 12 for a limited …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:01AMCarrie | A Good Clean Heart | Bugsy Malone | The Ancient Secret Of Youth & The Five Tibetans | Brighton Fringe | Early Days (Of A Better Nation)The 1988 RSC musical adaptation of Stephen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMLa Fille Mal Gardée | Children’s Ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMFrankie Boyle | Reginald D Hunter | ImproFest Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMInfluences on dance troupe also range from bossa nova to Bollywood
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:00AM
Manchester’s Royal Exchange is to open a new 100-seat studio theatre. Swan Street Studios, which the theatre already used as a costume
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMYou’re already in the land of the unpredictable with Pina Bausch. Creating unease was her metier. But when she pulls a gag intended to convince you that something has gone badly wrong on s…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:54AMA new stage production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is set to launch at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, beginning performances Dec. 2, prior to an official opening Dec. 10, for a nine&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:49AMLyceum theatre, New YorkThis musical treatment of Dürrenmatt’s revenge satire has star turns from Rivera and Roger Rees, but a romanticised plot plays weakly beside its macabre twists Con…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:46AMThe much-loved picture book about loss, memory and motherhood has become a play at the Little Angel theatre. Its author, the puppet maker Lyndie Wright and the director Peter Glanville discu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMFrederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, one of The Royal Ballet’s signature works, is a springtime delight. This performance was gorgeously led by star ballerina Natalia Osipova and Ste…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:37AMCats, which ends its current sell-out run at the London Palladium April 25, will return there for a further 10-week season, beginning performances Oct. 23 for a run through Jan. 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:37AMLittle Angel theatre, LondonThis show has fun with the bestselling author’s 2012 picture book while honouring its sensitivity and emotional force Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:34AMThe National Theatre's new production of Caryl Churchill's epic account of political upheaval in 1640s England couldn't be more timely, says Dominic Cavendish
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:33AMIn the last of three season-wrapping drama columns that appeared in The Wall Street Journal this week, I review the Broadway transfers of The Visit and Airline Highway Here’s an excerpt. *…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:30AMKillian Donnelly and Matt Henry are to star in the West End premiere of Broadway's Tony award winning Kinky Boots, beginning performances Aug. 21 prior to an official opening Sept. 15, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:28AMWe’re so proud of introducing the UK’s first-ever Award for Best Musical Direction – along with our partners and passionate campaigners, musical director Mike Dixon and And…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:24AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column I write about Henry Folger, who amassed the collection that became the Folger Shakespeare Library, and about art collectors in general…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:15AMNow that the last show to eligible has opened on Broadway, our dozen Experts have been busy updating their predictions before Tony Awards nominations are announced next Tuesday (April 2…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:10AMNicole Kidman is to return to the London stage for the first time since 1998 in the UK premiere of Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51. It will begin performances Sept. 5 prior to an official o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08AMLONDON (Reuters) - Nicole Kidman will return to the London theater stage in September to play British scientist Rosalind Franklin in "Photograph 51", 17 years after the Hollywood actress mad…
SOURCE: Reuters at 06:08AM“The greatest offence against virtue is to speak ill of it.” William Hazlitt, “On Cant and Hypocrisy”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:00AMWritten and directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the world premiere at Two River Theater is driven by debate about the impact of the history of blacks in America.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:00AMWe highlight some of the best events in the week ahead, including Juicy J at Pop's and the Greater St. Louis Book Fair.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:00AM
The National Gallery of Victoria is next to Arts Centre Melbourne. At night, the gallery’s long grey brick walls share an Anzac story in a series of projections. It’s beautiful …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:57AM“Something Rotten” a musical comedy send-up of both Shakespeare and Broadway musicals, is hoping to defy the odds by opening cold on the Main Stem without an out-of-town tryout. …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:50AMChita Rivera gives a dazzling performance in a very dark musical.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 01:44AMJulie Chrobak teaches ceramics, crafts and stagecraft at Clifton High School
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 01:44AMCLIFTON — Rehearsals for Theater League of Clifton's spring show, "South Pacific," are well underway and excitement is building to bring this Broadway classic to Clifton audi…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 01:44AMGitana Productions and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis explore very recent history in their productions
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:36AMAnimus Theatre Company is pleased to announce Collected Shorts by Tennessee Williams The Long Goodbye, Moony's Kid Don't Cry, The Pink Bedroom, and Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe National Academy of Television Arts amp Sciences NATAS announced today that 'Jeopardy' game show icon, Alex Trebek and Florence Henderson, stage and television star of 'Oklahoma' and 'Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMADULT BEGINNERS will hit the big screen and VOD today, April 24 - check out thetrailer featuring some Broadway vets for the comedy below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe 5th Annual Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Slam will be held today, April 24 from 1-4pm at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe nefarious star of HAND TO GOD talks fellow puppet, Elmo
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMThis week we are celebrating the news of a FOX small screen remake of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMA look back at Broadway's dancing queen as she opens The Visit.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMFor the entire family. The children will love it and the adults might be inspired to rekindle something that they may have lost by growing up.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Robert Curran was a long-serving principal artist with The Australian Ballet, from which he retired in 2011. He’s now leading a small company in the United States and relishing a role …
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 12:59AM By: Paulanne SimmonsThe Visit, a musical based on Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt's dark drama, Der Besuch der alten Dam…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:41AMSydney performers Rob Johnson (you may know him from Squabbalogic’s Sondheim on Sondheim and Carrie) and Harry Milas (he’s a magician) are Mantaur, a comedy duo and improv fo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:40AMThey really know how to throw a party in New Orleans. The rowdy bash in Lisa D’Amour’s “Airline Highway” is a real blowout, and the disorderly partygoers seem to be h…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:25AMAussie Musical theatre star Tyran Parke is bringing a very special concert to Adelaide’s Arts Gallery of South Australia next week, and you’d be crazy to miss it. The show, Com…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:10AMEverybody knows about gang comedies, most often as television series. Something less talked about, if ever talked about, are...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:05AMThe fifth annual Shakespeare's Birthday Sonnet Slam is held in New York's Central Park April 24, featuring more than 150 volunteers performing all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIt's the most wonderful time of the year for New York theatre lovers — awards season! And one question everyone on or Off-Broadway is asking is who will host the 2015 Tony …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBoyd Gaines and Bryce Pinkham, the respective stars of the original 1989 Broadway production and the 2015 revival of The Heidi Chronicles, sit down to compare and contrast the experience of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1905 Sir Henry Irving's production of The Merchant of Venice was to have opened the annual Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon. But Irving was taken ill and Frank Benson …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's newest feature, Best in Show — a spotlight on Broadway personalities and their animal companions — continues with two-time Tony nominee Gavin Creel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Lena Hall, most recently seen on Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, goes it solo at Feinstein’s at the Nikko beginning April 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMatt Henry and Killian Donnelly will lead the cast at the Adelphi Theatre
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