MCC Theater's PERMISSION, the new comedy from HAND TO GODplaywright Robert Askins, opens tonight, May 20th, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street. Let's see what the critics h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42PMEarlier this week Samantha Teter had a piece on ArtsHacker about writing bios. She does a good job pointing out many important elements that should be part of a bio (including proofreading) …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:28PMDavid Letterman took the stage at the Ed Sullivan Theater tonight to deliver his final monologue after 33 years as a late-night TV host. We’ll get the full transcript up when it’…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:21PMNever heard of Christian Domestic Discipline? Let Robert Askins enlighten you. According to a religious doctrine observed in certain churches known to the playwright, it’s the practice…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:15PMHere is David Letterman’s final Top 10 list and the folks who read them:
Top 10 Things I've Always Wanted to Say to Dave
10. Alec Baldwin: “Of all the talk shows, yours is the …
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:11PM Review by Samuel L. Leiter Six characters, all fast talking and Southern fried, inhabit New Country, actor and stand-up comedian Mark …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:05PMEric (Justin Bartha) and Cynthia (Elizabeth Reaser) are in trouble. He teaches computer science at a Texas college but is too much of a weenie to go for department chair....
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMThe play, by Robert Askins, author of “Hand to God,” takes a comedic look at Christian Domestic Discipline.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe Public’s Mobile Shakespeare Unit, which usually performs at places like prisons, returns home with its brisk production of Shakespeare’s tragedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMThe author of Broadway's Hand to God pens an uproarious new Christian sex comedy.
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While 20 have been nominated, only four will win. “Here, a look at who’s ahead, who can upset and who should just be happy to be there.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:57PMLike Hand to God, Permission is outrageous and profane; like its predecessor, it can be seen as a sledgehammer attack on religion featuring violence and sex, albeit without as much bloodshed…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:53PMOn this week’s episode of THE BROADWAY.COM SHOW, we’ve got TUCK EVERLASTING and HEDWIG news, updates on new Broadway-centric TV shows and tons more.
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:49PMOn this week’s episode of The Broadway.com Show, we’ve got Tuck Everlasting and Hedwig news, updates on new Broadway-centric TV shows and tons more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:46PMParty with Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Hudgens, Darren Criss, Helen Mirren and all the winners at the 2015 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Also, check out their 10-second acceptance spee…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:44PMNancy Rhodes, artistic director of Encompass New Opera Theatre, announced today that cabaret and Broadway star Jason Graaewill be the featured performer at the Encompass Jazz Cabaret Gala in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:41PMParty with Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Hudgens, Darren Criss, Helen Mirren and all the winners at the 2015 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards. Also, check out their 10-second acceptance spee…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:41PMMore on the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards at http://awards.broadway.com
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:38PMNo puppet to buoy Robert Askins' new play about another offbeat Christian practice
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:14PMThis week, colleges and universities across the country are celebrating the class of 2015 with commencement ceremonies. High-profile speakers --including Eugene O'Neill Theater Center alums …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03PMAfter attending a preview of Robert Askins’s new play Permission the other night, I can report that the cast’s padded undergarments, which got their own feature in the Times last week, a…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00PMJustin Bartha and Elisabeth Reaser star in this new play by 'Hand to God' author Robert Askins, about married couples participating in Christian Domestic Disciplline.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Last night May 19, The Alliance for Women in Media, presented the 40th Anniversary of The Gracies Awards to a packed house at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA. Tracee Ellis Ross hoste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57PMLata Pada's latest work inspired by music of Anil Srinivasan and Sikkil Gurucharan.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:51PM Tony Awards Tony Entertainment Line-Up Announced
By: Ellis Nassour2015 Tony Awards executive produce…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:41PMBelow, watch the opening moments of Letterman's final broadcast, airing tonight, Wednesday, May 20 1135 PM ETPT on the CBS Television Network.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37PMAlan Cumming headlines The Cabaret's 2015 SummerFall Seasonwith his one-man showAlan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs. The Scottish actor-singer unveils a naughty and comical evening of song on Sep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34PMWillkommen, bienvenue, welcome to Signature Theatre’s Cabaret. At least this is exactly what the entrancing ringleader of the story, the Emcee, (Wesley Taylor) seductively sings at the t…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:30PMAward-winning actor Stephen Wight takes on the title role of Lee McQueen and Dianna Agron play Dahlia in the world premiere of James Phillips's play McQUEEN directed by John Caird, which wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26PMFor the 2014 edition of Night of a Thousand Judys, Natalie Douglas sang 'Stormy Weather' - watch her kill it below The evening was a benefit for The Ali Forney Center and will soon be held a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10PMThe Forest of Arden takes many forms, but in Blanche McIntyre’s meticulously purist production, it’s strictly a state of mind – no leafy bowers in sight. Here, the unspoken can be voic…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:04PMFrom the creators of the groundbreaking smash hitNatasha, Pierre amp The Great Comet of 1812comes the world premiere ofPRELUDES, a musical fantasia set in the hypnotized mind of Russian comp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PM“Permission,” a play about “Christian Domestic Discipline” (i.e. spanking your wife) is written by Robert Askins, who is also the author of “Hand to God,” the Tony-nominated play…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:00PM
Bucks County Playhouse BCP announces Bucks County's own John Augustine to return The Hummingbird's Tour, 2014, Director to the Bucks County Playhouse stage as 'Larry' in Stephen Sondheim's C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:56PMIn 1916, King George V declared the May 20th'Eliza Doolittle Day' at least in the heroine's imagination, as she sings in MY FAIR LADY's Act I song'Just You Wait'. Below, seeBroadway vet Heat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48PMMonsoon is about as close as I get in my day-to-day life to designer fashion – which is to say, I know NOTHING about fashion that I haven’t picked up from The Devil Wears Prada. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32PMIt isn’t easy to write about Neil LaBute’s latest play without giving away the big reveal at its halfway mark. That’s because The Way We Get By is not much more than this reveal: It ha…
SOURCE: Time Out at 07:23PMOn Monday evening at Circle in the Square,Book of Mormon cast member and Theatre School alumni Christian Dante White joined School director E. Colin O'Leary and director of Teens on Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PM“Guards at the Taj,” which just began previews at the Atlantic Theater Company, is one of several productions the Brooklyn-based playwright Rajiv Joseph has going this year.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:04PMPlaywright Robert Askins has followed up his Tony-nominated Hand to God by taking another poke at Southern Fried Christianity in his latest work, Permission, an uneven mix of sketch comedy, …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:03PMDiana Agron's stilted performance and snigger-inducing poetic lines make this a fashion faux-pas, says Ben Lawrence
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMRaised in the East End and trained on Saville Row, fashion designer Alexander McQueen was an icon of creative London in an era when Cool Britannia ruled the waves. James Phillips’ soulless…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMThe 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 07:00PMIn writing a play about fashion designer Alexander McQueen, James Phillips has sensibly eschewed a straight bio-drama in favour of a one-night fairytale, a whirl across London from his posh …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
The Women's Division of Albert Einstein College of Medicine hosted its 61st Annual Spirit of Achievement Luncheon on Tuesday, May 19th at the Rainbow Room, honoring Candice Bergen, Renee Fle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMSt James theatre, LondonAn excellent lead performance by Stephen Wight cannot save this woozy, over-reverential reimagining of a creative iconoclast Related: Alexander McQueen's Savage Beaut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58PMWhen we walked into Blythe Danner's suite in the Waldorf Astoria last week, we were greeted by an unexpected sight: Danner dozing gracefully in the hotel's armchair, looking every inch a mem…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:39PMThe Midtown Men, the vocal group comprised of four stars from the Original Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys, have announced a trio of legends who will join them for their long awaited New York C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMChristopher Rice Broadway's The Book of Mormon has just unveiled his latest Tappy piece, setto Meghan Trainor's 'Bang Dem Sticks' and featuringsome of New York's hottest dancers. Click below…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMThe star of The Elephant Man thanks fans for his second Broadway.com Audience Choice Award win!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:27PMThe complete cast and creative team have been announced for The Old Globe production of William Shakespeare's delightful and romantic Twelfth Night. Rebecca Taichman, whose production of the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMDarren Criss had an educational afternoon on May 20 when he went to see Chita Rivera in Broadway’s The Visit! The Glee favorite, who has been glamming himself up every night to play th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMEducation at Roundabout just presentedits5th Annual Student Theatre Arts Festival, hosted by Tony nominee Andy Karl at the American Airlines Theatre. Scroll down for photos from the event
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:11PMClick for photos from the opening night celebration of Neil LaBute’s The Way We Get By on May 19, 2015 at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMWe have much to learn---and some things to teach, as well---in our global collaborations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:06PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF announced today the full lineup of productions, readings, and concerts for NYMF 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMHas the pavement not been staying beneath your feet today? Do you feel like dancing all night? That's because today is Eliza Doolittle Day, named for the title character of My Fair Lady.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:02PMRichard Ridge of 'Backstage with Richard Ridge' recently sat down with 2015 Tony nominee for On The Town, Tony Yazbeck, to discuss how things are going at the Lyric Theatre, what playing thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMThe nine-time Tony winner had a tip for the 2015 Tony nominee.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMWith a national rail strike looming next week, here's what you need to know
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PM
Signature Theatre has announced that due to an injury sustained by actor Sahr Ngaujah in a recent automobile-related incident, the role of Jonathan in Athol Fugard's The Painted Rocks at Rev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMArden Theatre Company announces a final list of performers for the Master Storyteller Award ceremony and concert on Monday, June 1, 2015. The award will be bestowed upon Composer and Lyricis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced its full 2015 line-up, which will feature almost two dozen productions of new musicals from July 7-27. Each summer the Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:46PMInternationalism is the umbrella under which American Theatre’s yearly May/June issue stakes its claim, and the theatre folk you’ll hear from and about in these pages have mined a rich v…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:44PMBucks County Playhouse has announced that real-life married couple Golden Globe winner Keir Dullea ("2001: A Space Odyssey") and Mia Dillon ("Law & Order") wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:37PM16-time Grammy Award winning musician and composer Sting performed two intimate concerts last night, May 19, at the Heath at The McKittrick Hotel, featuring songs from his Tony-nominated sco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMThe American Theatre Wing and the Village Voice just presented the winners of the 60th Annual OBIE Awards. The Public Theater's Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda including special citations for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMIn the 12-time Tony nominated musical Fun Home, a college-age Allison, played onstage by Emily Skeggs, sings 'Changing My Major'- a song about her new romance with 'Joan.' Based on the graph…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMWhen I was younger, the term ‘accessible theatre’ meant something far different to me than it does now. Being told that a show was ‘accessible’ conjured up images of actors spelling …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:33PMSimon amp Schuster Audio, Simon amp Schuster Books for Young Readers, and Little Simon are proud to announce Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris will narrate a new edition …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PM'Smash' star Megan Hilty sings of love, babies and 'Bombshell' in new Cafe Carlyle show.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:27PMSignature Theatre has announced that due to a recent car-related incident and subsequent injury, Kevin Mambo will replace Sahr Ngaujah in the world premiere of The Painted Rocks at Revol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMBroadway.com has learned that Wicked alum Katie Rose Clarke will appear in the upcoming Great White Way production of Allegiance. The news was announced today at a Group Sales Presentation f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMThe musical has some of the best-known songs in Broadway history, but it originally had other tunes that almost no one knows. Some of those songs were recently performed for the first time i…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:05PMTaking a break from railing against the purported roundness of our planet, the Flat Earth Society was one of the first groups to argue that the six Apollo moon landings all were fakes, and t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:01PMTaking a break from railing against the purported roundness of our planet, the Flat Earth Society was one of the first groups to argue that the six Apollo moon landings all were fakes, and t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:01PMEarlier this month, the 2015 Tony nominees gathered to meet the press and BroadwayWorld was on hand for the big day. Throughout the month, we will continue our Tonys coverage by bringing you…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMThe new drama comes to life in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMAntoine Fuqua will direct the Broadway stars in a remake of John Sturges' 1960 classic.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
A fascinating and fantastic new mash-up video
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMBaz Luhrmann breezed into the Standard High Line’s Biergarten on Tuesday evening to attend a fund-raising gala for the Ghetto Film School. The program in the Bronx gives disadvan…
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:55PMThe Bob Marley of “Marley,” the new bio-musical forged from the life and artistry of the Jamaican reggae legend, is a tough guy to get a handle on. Stoic, unforthcoming, introspective, h…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:55PMTowering beanstalks, powerful baseballs and merry mermaids are all part of the magical season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:54PMThere's been a casting switcheroo off-Broadway. Due to an injury sustained by Sahr Ngaujah in a recent automobile-related incident, the role of Jonathan in Athol Fugard’s The Paint…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:52PMEygptian-American playwright's characters lower their guard on serious issues after first losing some clothes and inhibitions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:46PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Broadway's Spelling Bee Cast Reunites
Can you spell R-E-U-N-I-O-N?! A 10-year anniversary concert will reunite the enti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMSex in Shorts sees six snapshots of some very disparate characters with very different lives, all linked by one thing: sex. Three writers, four actors and two dancers take us from Australian…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PM54 Sings Grand Hotel: The 25th Anniversary Concert (Photos/Video Interview Sandi Durell) Members of the original Broadway cast, including the lovely Liliane Montevecchi will co…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:30PMThe casts of 'Fun Home', 'On the Town', 'The King and I' and 'An American in Paris' will also take the Radio City Music Hall stage on June 7.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:23PMA new promo for WOLF HALL on Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMLarry David’s Broadway play “Fish in the Dark” has officially recouped its startup costs, according to its producers, thereby turning the rest of the show’s sky-hig…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:19PMIt’s rare for a Broadway hit to cross the Atlantic intact, but that is currently happening with director Scott Ellis’ acclaimed revival of The Elephant Man, which has arrived in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMDirector Jari Laakso presents Pam Gem’s 1978 play about the tumultuous life of beloved French diva Edith Piaf, with a commendable cast and live music. Samantha Spurgin must be highly congr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:17PMThe actress, singer and director has been the subject of dozens of books but will now 'tell her own story
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:17PMAN AMERICAN IN PARIS celebrates its star
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMRobert E. Wankel, Chairman of the Broadway League and President amp Co-CEO of the Shubert Organization announced today that the League's Executive Committee has elected Charlotte St. Martin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMThe Bob Marley of “Marley,” the new bio-musical forged from the life and artistry of the Jamaican reggae legend, is a tough guy to get a handle on. Stoic, unforthcoming, introspective, h…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:13PMSymphony Space's 2015 gala celebrated Broadway impresario Harold Prince with a star-studded musical tribute to the legendary 21 time Tony Award-winning producerdirector on May 18, at Capital…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMSOMETHING ROTTEN, directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw, with music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Wayne Kirkpatrick and Golden Globe Award nominee Karey Kirkpatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMProducers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are pleased to announce that the coast-to-coast North American Tour of Fun Home, the twelve-time Tony Award nomi…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:10PMSimon Callow is Excellent in Mundane "Tuesdays." Review will appear in North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 04:10PMAn extended look at HEATHERS onstage
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMThe record-breaking Broadway production of FISH IN THE DARK, written by and starring Larry David, has recouped its entire capitalization. The comedy about a death in the family, directed by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMA touring co-production between Black Country Touring, Cast Doncaster, Oldham Coliseum and Southbank Centre, United Colours of FrustrAsian fuses storytelling and live music in an exploration…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:03PMCheck out the future of musical theater this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe new comedy is officially a Broadway hit.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe Grammy winner and Tony nominee performed tunes from his Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMProfiles Theatre explores the troubled world of a frantic mother and a nanny with secrets.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe Communicating Doors stars are the latest to go head-to-head in our theatrical battle
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PM
Drama Desk nominee T.R. Knight, currently playing in the Broadway production of It's Only a Play, has joined the cast of the Hulu event series "11/22/63," acc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMIndustry readings of Dust & Shadow, a musical adaptation of Lyndsay Faye's novel pitting Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper in 19th-century London, were held May 18-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMCentral Saint Martins is possibly one of the prettiest London campuses I’ve had the pleasure to walk around, perhaps with the exception of King’s College London of course. Not that I’m…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:52PMAn amiable musical revue about two guys who kick up their heels after global warming finally boils over.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:47PMLaura Osnes, Liliane Montevecchi, Melba Moore, Linda Lavin and Lauren Worsham will offer concerts at the intimate nightspot 54 Below in the coming weeks. They offered a preview May 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMMonday, June 22, 6 - 8 p.m.Steppenwolf Yondorf Hall, 758 W. North Ave.The Chicago Theatre Intern Networking Event is the only event of its kind to help interns and apprentices make new profe…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:42PMIt’s hard out there for comedians; everyone’s a critic and with Twitter these days you can cut down someone’s long-slaved over act in 30 seconds and 140 characters. On top of that, it…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:41PMTony winner and Spring Awakening star John Gallagher, Jr. has been tapped to play a lead role in "The Belko Experiment," the new film from "The Guardians of the Galaxy" w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMIt’s been my career-long ambition to study this ancient art form. It’s kind of the foundation of everything I’m interested in and it’s kind of a glaring gap in my dos…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:33PMTheater fans, celebrities and industry insiders grabbed their seats at poker tables on Monday, May 18, 2015, to raise 137,200 forBroadway CaresEquity Fights AIDSat the inaugural edition ofBr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMProducers Fox Theatricals Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson and Barbara Whitman have announced that the coast-to-coast North American Tour of Fun Home, the twelve-time Tony Award nominated Ameri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMDue to popular demand, Theatre Royal Bath Productions has announced an additional six-week run of Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews at London’s Arts Theatre. The critically-acclaimed production, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:25PMAnnual arts impact report shows significant increases in educational programs in San Diego
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 03:24PMby Pat BlaufussPublic Relations ManagerTyrone Power, a mega-movie star during the 1930s to the 1950s, came to the Playhouse in 1941 to do a production of Ferenc Molnár’s Liliom. Pow…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 03:22PM Tony Winner and Grammy Nominated Melba Moore (Hair, Purlie, Les Miserables) will appear at 54 Below in her debut performances ‘Forever Moore’ honoring the legendary ladies…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:21PMBen Miles and Nathaniel Parker are taking the Big Apple by storm! After hopping the pond from the West End to star in the Broadway transfer of Wolf Hall Parts One & Two, the stars have b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PM“Then, England’s ground, farewell; sweet soil, adieu”. The tears that fill the eyes of Derbhle Crotty’s banished duke Bolingbroke convey the heart of Druid’s ambitious production o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:19PMThe Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. lastnighthonoredDiane von Furstenberg, Patti LuPone,andHenry Louis Gates, Jr.at its Gala in the Great Hall held at the Ellis Island Nation…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMKen Wiegers says farewell to a 30-year career as technical director of Booker High School's Visual and Performing Arts Center... Read more »
The post Stagecraft teacher's next act: Reti…
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 03:15PMThe shows to be featured on the 69th Tony Awards have been announced and not only are all the nominated productions getting a national audiences, but also those which did not receive any Ton…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:15PMby Pat BlaufussPublic Relations ManagerWestport Country Playhouse was closed during World War II – from 1942 through 1945. Blackouts; rationing; actors, staff, patrons in the armed f…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 03:15PM"Seinfeld" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator Larry David's new dysfunctional family comedy Fish in the Dark, which officially opened on Broadway March 5 at the Cort …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMMcCann Worldgroup amp The Paley Center for Media are very proud to announce that the critically revered film, theater and TV actress Viola Davis will be joining the 'Creativity is the Only W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:05PMAmanda Peet will be stopping by The Times studio on Thursday at 2 p.m. PDT to talk about her work on HBO's first-year series "Togetherness." And that's a good thing for many reasons, not the…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:05PMSwinging '60s update of Servant of Two Masters brings belly laughs to Berkeley Rep.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:03PMAudiences have been unable to curb their enthusiasm for Fish in the Dark—the Broadway production has recouped its entire capitalization! Directed by Anna D. Shapiro and written by and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMChenoweth will cohost the event along with Tony winner Alan Cumming.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe stars took to 54 Below to showcase their musical material.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMFrom Sting to Hamilton to Lea DeLaria, check out these photos from the annual ceremony.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe event was held May 18 at Sardi's.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM2015 Tony Award nominee Lisa Kron will host the event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Tony-nominated musicals will hit the road and travel across the country.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The international entertainment phenomenon, Blue Man Group, will be featured on NBC's new reality series I Can Do That on Tuesday, June 2 and Tuesday, June 9 at 10 p.m. EST.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMThe Tony Awards have announced a portion of the line-up of performances for the 69th Annual Tony Awards. The 2015 Tony Awards will broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMThe live broadcast of The Vote from the Donmar Warehouse on More4 (Thursday 7 May 2015) attracted an audience of more than half a million, peaking at 555,000 viewers during its election nigh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:52PMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has come up with a lot of innovative and unusual ways to raise money in the last half century, from Broadway Bears (an auction of teddy bears dressed up lik…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PMThroughout his tenure on the late night program, the host has welcomed performances of the casts of Broadway musicals as well as cast members from hit Broadway plays.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMTwo more of the spring season's new Broadway musicals announced national tours May 20: Fun Home and Something Rotten!
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMNinety-two coins spun consecutively have come down heads ninety-two consecutive times, all confirming that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, now onstage at the Folger Theatre, is one to…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:33PMThe Man Down star and comedian has had a hard year, with both the death of his father and onscreen dad Rik Mayall and a breakup with Labour leadership candidate Liz Kendall Continue reading.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PM By Myra Chanin I reluctantly shlepped over to the Clarion Theater on the East Side, somewhat intrigued by the subject of a...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:29PMSomething Rotten! may soon bring the Renaissance to a city near you! The musical, which recently received ten Tony nominations including Best Musical, has announced that it will launch a nat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMOliver Sacks' On the Move is an absorbing, idiosyncratic, often moving memoir.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:18PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Tony Awards show next month will feature performances from all the nominated new musicals and best musical revivals as well as some overlooked ones, including Vaness…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:17PMGet a front-row seat to the best celebration of the year: The 2015 Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards reception! Click for photos of Vanessa Hudgens, Darren Criss, Kristin Chenoweth, Helen …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:16PMTelevision audiences may recognize Michael Cerveris from roles in acclaimed dramas such as The Good Wife, Treme and Fringe. But Broadway audiences know and love him from much more. The Tony …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:14PMGloria & Harry Brinton (grandparents of Peter Chenot, WCP's Marketing Director) as newlyweds. With Harry due to ship out, they were married on the same day as Gloria's college gradu…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 02:14PMThe 2015 winners of the Lilly Awards, celebrating and honoring women of distinction in American theater, were announced today by The Lilly Awards Foundation. The winners will be celebrated a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PMThe Tony-nominated Best Musical Fun Home will welcome you to its house on Maple Avenue as the heartrending Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron musical launches a North American tour. The show will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMThe two Tony-nominated shows join a packed crowd of Broadway productions vowing to tour during the 2016-2017 season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PMStop the presses, Neil LaBute has a heart, possibly. In his new play, The Way We Get By, no women are humiliated, no gay men are beaten up, and the only abuse unleashed is directed at an …
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:03PMFUN HOME Tony nominee Sydney Lucas on the best thing she ever won, what gifts she likes to receive backstage and her secret crush.
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:03PMFun Home Tony nominee Sydney Lucas on the best thing she ever won, what gifts she likes to receive backstage and her secret crush.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PMOver the next two weeks, Megan Hilty will play a dozen dates at New York City's Café Carlyle. Playbill popped in on her final soundcheck before the shows began and caught her …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe cast of the off-Broadway show preserved its score for Ghostlight Records.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe musical returns to New York courtesy of Encores! Off-Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMMargherita has starred as Mrs. Wormwood since the production opened in 2013.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
In the video below, Billy Crystal wonders how to explain the flaws of modern-day athletes to his sports-loving grandchildren.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMEddie Cooper and Joe Grifasi will join the previously announced Ellen Greene, Jake Gyllenhaal and Taran Killam in the Encores Off-Center concert production of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMTony co-host Kristin Chenoweth, along with fellow Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winners Vanessa Hudgens and Matthew Morrison, are just some of the first performers announced for the 69t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:45PMThe Lilly Awards, which honor accomplishments of women in theatre, will honor award-winning actress Chita Rivera and acclaimed Broadway producer Daryl Roth at their annual ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PM Urban Stages’ Board of Directors and founding artistic director Frances Hill held their annual benefit at the Boathouse in Central …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:44PMCo-host Kristin Chenoweth as well as Chita Rivera, Christian Borle, Brian d'Arcy James, Kelli O'Hara, Tyne Daly and Ken Watanabe will be among performers on the 2015 Tony Award b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMCo-host Kristin Chenoweth as well as Chita Rivera, Christian Borle, Brian d'Arcy James, Kelli O'Hara, Tyne Daly and Ken Watanabe will be among performers on the 2015 Tony Award b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMCo-host Kristin Chenoweth as well as Chita Rivera, Christian Borle, Brian d'Arcy James, Kelli O'Hara, Tyne Daly and Ken Watanabe will be among performers on the 2015 Tony Award b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMThe Foo Fighters will perform on tonight's final episode of LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN airing on CBS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMThe annual Gracie Awards celebrated its 40th year at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday night. The Alliance for Women in Media event feted women from all facets of media, including news, te…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:40PMNominees Kristin Chenoweth, Chita Rivera, Christian Borle, Brian d’Arcy James, Kelli O’Hara, Ken Watanabe, and more set to perform.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 01:36PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran singer, actress and director Barbra Streisand, the top-selling female music artist of all time, will recount her six decades in show business in a memoir due …
SOURCE: Reuters at 01:33PMThe Muny announced today the cast for its production ofHairspray. Winner of the 2003 TonyAward for Best Musical, it features music by Marc Shaiman amp Scott Wittman with a book by Mark O'Don…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMAkhenaten The Musical, a new Broadway bound show Created and Directed by Hisham Abdel Khalek, Book by Hisham Abdel Khalek and Mohamed Metwally Lyrics, Music by Hesham Nazih and Choreographed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMBrad Alexander and Adam Mathias, the creators of the musical SEE ROCK CITY, sit down to chat about their creative process, finding yourself in your work, and their (awesome) side projects.
T…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:21PMSecond StageTheatre welcomes film starAmanda SeyfriedLes Miserables, Dear John, Mamma Mia, upcoming Ted 2 and Pan in her off-Broadway debut oppositeThomas SadoskiThe Newsroom, Wild, upcoming…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe adorable Iain Loves Theatre reacts to watching early YouTube videos of 2015 Tony nominees for the very first time.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:07PMAfter 22 years of hosting "The Late Show," David Letterman will retire following tonight's final episode. Here is a look back at some of the Broadway musicals that performed on…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMOscar nominee Ellen Page will team with Emmy Award winner Allison Janney in the upcoming dramatic comedy Tallulah.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMI have been trying to figure out and describe what exactly is so special about German theatre. In some ways, especially from the perspective of the English-speaking theatre world, it may see…
SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 01:01PMThe Catatonia star is the latest pop artist to work at the National
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMA handsome but muddled take on the Jane Austen classic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe one-night event will benefit The Actors Fund's Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMAn American writer and British cabaret singer try to find love in 1930s Berlin.
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The nine original cast members of the hit Broadway musical, THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE - Derrick Baskin, Deborah S. Craig, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Dan Fogler, Lisa Howard, Celi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMRumer Willis, Noah Galloway, Riker Lynch and their pro partners stopped by this morning's GMA to answer questions from social media
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMEddie Cooper will replace his father Chuck Cooper (who is set for the upcoming Broadway musical Amazing Grace) as the voice of Audrey II in the previously announced Encor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMWelcome back, friends and family of The Bachelorette The eleventh season has officially begun, and I am officially in my happy place. Although not quite as happy as I would normally be, due …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMCasting is now complete for New York City Center's Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors this July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMChicago Shakespeare in the Parks has announced it will present Shakespeare's Greatest Hits this summer, an original touring production that will visit 17 Chicago park districts throughou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMWhen I strapped on the new Apple Watch this past week, I inadvertently got a sneak peek into how much energy it actually takes me to make it through the day. There I was at the end of the da…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:42PMAward winning singer and actress Idina Menzel spoke to Access Hollywood about her upcoming World Concert Tour and teased what the set list may look like.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMComplete casting has been announced for the Muny's upcoming production of the Tony-winning musical Hairspray, which will play the St. Louis, MO venue June 23-30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMGreg and Kate’s children are in college, and their marriage and their Manhattan apartment could both use a little color. A rambunctious, shoe-chewing Labrador-Poodle mix
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:34PMKate Cortesi
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Current Town: Brooklyn, New York.
Q: Tell me about your Princess Grace winning play.
A: It’s called GREAT KILLS, after a li…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:30PMFrom writerdirector Max Joseph, WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS starring Zac Efron, Emily Ratajkowski and Wes Bentley opens in theaters August 28, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMThis is the first in a promised series of posts containing details about my ancestry, for those four people who care. The first leg will take place over the next several days and will provid…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:26PMAndrea Selby is an artist who has observed the life of An American in Paris from its early stages. Her sketches cover the show from rehearsals to Broadway and are used for merchandise, marke…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMCarla Stickler, who was understudy for the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production of Wicked, is set to make her solo concert debut at the Metropolitan Room June 1, in a show titled Optio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMBy Doug Mayo
Gay themed theatre can be hit and miss at the best of times but Chandler, Miller, Dexter and Todd have fashioned an evening that could well break free of its LGBT base and find …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:17PMBelow, go behind-the-scenes of the music video for Adam Lambert's 'Ghost Town,' directed by Claire Marie Vogel.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe nine original cast members of the hit Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will reunite for a special one-night-only ten-year anniversary concert July …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMThe nine original cast members of the hit Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will reunite for a special one-night-only ten-year anniversary concert July …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMTwo actors in a relentless cat and mouse exchange, unexpected plot changes, and an emotional roller coaster makes for a masterful psychological thriller in The Letters at Alexandria’s Metr…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:04PMThe legendary singer's book will arrive in 2017.
SOURCE: USA Today at 12:04PMWhen Playwrights Horizons’ casting director Alaine Alldaffer began the casting process for Taylor Mac’s upcoming play “Hir,” she expected to do something similar to w…
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:03PMThe tour had been due to commence later this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMChannel 4's John Hay described the Donmar broadcast as a 'double win'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMFive soccer players bond over the game and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Eric Krebs and Christopher Scott's new company will stage classics for New York teens, with high production values and multicultural casting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:56AMWe never learn the exact weight of Charlie, the main character of Samuel D. Hunter’s award-winning 2013 drama The Whale, a role being taken on
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:50AMThe Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie Award-winning Transport Group has announced details and casting for its upcoming summer production of Three Days to See, a play bas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThe MCC Theater production of Permission — by Tony-nominated Hand to God playwright Robert Askins — officially opens May 20 following previews that began April 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMCambridge Arts Theatre has appointed Ian Mather as its new chair. Mather, head of the Cambridge office of law firm Mills and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:49AMThe life of legendary singer Elton John will be the subject of a new musical set to open on Broadway prior to a run in London's West End.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMWhen CityMusic Cleveland convenes with star singer Heather Headley May 28 and 29 for "Wishes and Dreams," a special season finale devoted to child homelessness, jaws are certain dr…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:47AMThe recent HBO documentary "Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck" gave a piquant and forlorn glimpse into the tortured soul of the Nirvana frontman. But though Cobain and Courtney Love's daughter, F…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:45AMThe Savages of Chicago get fictionalized next season on ABC as "The Real O'Neals," in which a close-knit Catholic family turns topsy-turvy when the youngest son - based on author and sex-adv…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:45AMThe Savages of Chicago get fictionalized next season on ABC as "The Real O'Neals," in which a close-knit Catholic family turns topsy-turvy when the youngest son — based on author and sex-a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:45AMManhattan School of Music will be the first-ever independent music conservatory in New York to offer a musical theatre degree program.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMEver have that sinking feeling that you have no idea who you are, or what on earth you’re supposed to do? Ever found yourself hoping that someone would just magically materialize – poo…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:41AMThe upcoming Warner Bros. film "Pan," which stars Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman as the pirate Blackbeard in a new prequel to the "Peter Pan" story, has posted a new trai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMThe upcoming Warner Bros. film "Pan," which stars Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman as the pirate Blackbeard in a new prequel to the "Peter Pan" story, has posted a new trai…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMDarren Criss stopped by TODAY on May 20 to chat about returning to the Great White Way in Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The former Glee star, who won a Broadway.com Audience Choice Award for hi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:38AMOn Wednesday, the Joyce Foundation announced a new initiative, meant to support the creation of jobs for people of color within local arts organizations.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:37AM For the 25th National Conference in Cleveland, TCG is highlighting the current recipients of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship and the SPARK Leadership Programs. These prog…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:34AMThe Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing professionals, has announced the winner of the 5th Annual Off …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:30AMSix productions, including four regional premieres, explore conflicts over identity and race.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:27AMA young members’ scheme has been launched at the St James Theatre that will provide cheaper tickets to people aged 16 to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMOn Monday, May 18, the American Theatre Wing and the Village Voice announced the winners of the 60th Annual OBIE Awards, which were hosted by OBIE Award-winning actress Lea DeLaria (“…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:19AMBroadway supernova Idina Menzel recently talked to Access Hollywood about what we can expect from her upcoming world tour, including her song choices. Broadway fans can breathe easy, as she …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:19AMCharlotte St. Martin, who was named executive director of The Broadway League in 2006, has been promoted to president of the organization, it was announced May 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMCharlene James has won the 47th George Devine award for most promising playwright. James was awarded the £15,000 prize for her play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMI can’t compete with the literally hundreds of online tributes that are proliferating in advance of David Letterman’s final show this evening, except to say that I’ve been watching him…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 11:10AMTheatre favorite Sierra Boggess, back on Broadway in the new musical It Shoulda Been You, celebrates her birthday May 20! Playbill.com takes a look at a few of her greatest stage roles so f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMTony award-winning actress Sutton Foster stopped by this week's THE VIEW to talk about new TV show 'Younger.' Check out the appearance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMGoodbye, Yellow Brick Road and hello, Great White Way? An on-stage Elton John bio-musical has its eyes set on Broadway and then the West End, according to The Sun. The project, currently tit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:02AMThe season includes Christopher Durang, D.L. Coburn and a playwright yet to be announced.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:01AMWhen a Broadway show recoups its capitalization, the Producer and the Press Agent scream it from the hills like they were Mel Gibson in Braveheart going into battle. “Recooooooooou…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSetting the record straight on DaDAs I welcome Susan Elkin’s piece “The real barrier isn’t funding” (April 30), which redresses the recent
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMWarner Bros. has released the debut trailer for the new film "We Are Your Friends," starring Zac Efron, which casts the actor as a Los Angeles DJ trying to make it big. The film is…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMJonathan Church's production opens in July ahead of a UK tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe production premieres at the Arcola Theatre in July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe production ran to acclaim at Bath Theatre Royal and St James Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMBooks are on the verge of extinction in stop. reset., Taylor's futuristic drama at the Goodman Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMArtistic director David Saint will helm the one-night performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe new work is conceived and directed by Jack Cummings III.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe story of a young Jewish bride possessed by a demon continues to resonate.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AM
I mean, I guess there’s no real way to NOT mention Hamilton, because there was no real way that Hamilton was not going to win every damn thing at the 30th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:57AMEarlier this month, Tony nominees Kristin Chenoweth, Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan, Kelli O'Hara, Chita Rivera and Ruth Wilson sat down with THR's Scott Feinberg to discuss their lives, caree…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMLesli Margherita, an Olivier Award winner for her performance in Zorro and current star of Broadway's Matilda, will depart the latter in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMEXCLUSIVE: While we’re all thanking David Letterman for tossing the genteel Tonight Show mold and recasting post-primetime comedy in his own rebellious image, here is a heresy worth co…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:52AMEach week, theatreWashington provides you with a thematic list of things to do for the upcoming weekend. This week's Roundup features six shows that explore the unforgettable classics fr…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 10:50AMSave over25 on a hilarious and heart-wrenching world premiere from the writer ofBAD JEWSSIGNIFICANT OTHER. By Joshua Harmon, direct by Trip Cullman. Previews begin Thursday, May 21st. The li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMNoah Galvin and Kristine Nielsen in What I Did Last Summer
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Amusing and affecting, A.R. Gurney’s What I Did Last Summer turns the clock back some 70 years to tell …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 10:49AMAmanda Seyfried ("Mean Girls," "Les Misérables," "Dear John," "Mamma Mia!") makes her Off-Broadway debut opposite Tony nominee Thomas S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMTony nominees Steven Boyer, Michael Cerveris, Bradley Cooper, Brian d'Arcy James, Ben Miles, Alex Sharp and Tony Yazbeck talked with THR's Scott Feinberg about their lives, careers and roles.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1996 (JAY) Goblin Market was a snob hit of the 1985-86 Off-Broadway season. Based on a fairy tale in verse by the pre-Raphaelite Christina G. Rossetti, this two-c…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:42AMSecond StageTheatre welcomes film starAmanda SeyfriedLes Miserables, Dear John, Mamma Mia, upcoming Ted 2 and Pan in her off-Broadway debut oppositeThomas SadoskiThe Newsroom, Wild, upcoming…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMSave over25 on a hilarious and heart-wrenching world premiere from the writer ofBAD JEWSSIGNIFICANT OTHER. By Joshua Harmon, direct by Trip Cullman. Previews begin Thursday, May 21st. The li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle previously named Between Riverside and Crazy, by Stephen Adly Guirgis, best play of the 2014-15 season. Hamilton was named best musical. The selections wer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMInternational superstar Josh Groban stopped by CBS's THE TALK to discuss his new album 'Stages' and performing with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Watch the appearance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMThe Price is a slow-burn, a meticulous unwrapping of truth and consequences that erupts when past and present collide. The result is a magnificent look into family—the drama, the dynamics,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:27AMMCC Theater's Permission, the new comedy from Hand to God playwright Robert Askins recently extended by a week through June 14th. Permission celebrates its Opening Night tonight, May 20th, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMThe Pittsburgh Dance Council closed its 2014-15 season on a steamy, Southern high with a spellbinding display of talent and storytelling by the Scottish Ballet in “A Streetcar Named D…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:25AMHappy Birthday, Judy Kuhn Kuhn made her Broadway debut was in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. She then played Cosette in the 1987 multiple award winning Broadway production of Les Miserables bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMMCC Theater's Permission, the new comedy from Hand to God playwright Robert Askins recently extended by a week through June 14th. Permission celebrates its Opening Night tonight, May 20th, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMGingold Theatrical Group’s Project Shaw will continue June 22 at 7 PM with a reading of George Bernard Shaw’s Fanny's First Play, featuring Emily Skeggs, who is up fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AM54 Below's Jennifer Ashley Tepper visits the Astoria theater currently producing the beloved Sondheim musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMAfter the usual, pulling of teeth to discover the information needed… Drunk Brown: “How much are the Nets tonight? I checked online and there were tickets for like, $77.00.”…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMA new memoir covering the life and career of stage and screen legend Barbra Streisand will be hearing to book shelves in 2017 from Viking Publishing.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMWant to win FREE tickets to Broadway and Off Broadway? CLICK HERE! Every third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s nosey little questi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:07AMAlfonso Ribeiro, who starred in Broadway's The Tap Dance Kid in 1983 at age 12, has been named the new host of the long-running TV series "American's Funniest Home Videos,&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMDisney Legend Richard M. Sherman and Broadway star Ashely Brown talk about creating the soundtrack to the Disneyland Forever fireworks for the upcoming Disneyland Resort Diamond Celebration.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMThere is less than a month left until the biggest night on every theatre-lover's calendar- the 69th Annual Tony Awards, which will be co-hosted byKristin ChenowethandAlan Cummingon Sunday, J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMThe latest play from the Hand to God scribe toasted its world-premiere run.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMNeil LaBute's newest play is directed by Leigh Silverman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
A stage musical based on the life of Tony- and Grammy-winning composer Elton John is in the works, according to London's Daily Mail.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1963 (Columbia/Sony) This Cinderella story is set during the coronation of George V, adapted by Harry Kurnitz (book) and Noël Coward (music and lyrics) from Terence …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:46AMGood 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 PERMISSION opens off-Broadway, Lin-Man…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMTwo-time Tony winner Sutton Foster, most recently on Broadway in Violet, sat down with the women of "The View."
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMSuperstar Barbra Streisand is planning to publish a new memoir in 2017, according to a report in The New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AMIn an all-new promo for NBC's THE VOICE, judge Christina Aguilera gives her spot-on impressions of Miley Cyrus, Britney Spears, Sia, Shakira, Lady Gaga, Cher and more. Check out the spot bel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMThe full cast has been confirmed for themajor new production of the classicBroadway musicalMack amp Mabel, whichwill embark on a UK amp Ireland Tour in Autumn 2015 following its premiere at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23AMThe American Theatre Wing and the Village Voice announced the winners of the 60th Annual OBIE Awards. The Public Theater's Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda (includiLin-Manuel Mirandang special…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:22AMSting is back from his world tour with Paul Simon, which followed his run as actor/composer of Broadway’s “The Last Ship.” So Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:14AMMCC Theater's Permission, the new comedy from Hand to God playwright Robert Askins recently extended by a week through June 14th. Permission celebrates its Opening Night tonight, May 20th,at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMBelow, check out a sneak peek at the next episode of TV Land's YOUNGER titled 'The Boy With the Dragon Tattoo.' The series airs Tuesdays at 109c on TV Land.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMThe Visit, recently nominated for 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical, will host a conversation with two iconic composers following this evening'sperformance, May 20. Tony Award-winning com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMMetis and Company of Angels present a piece of game-theatre that puts you in charge of your own clothing factory in China
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:00AM
On different message boards, you can find many posts where English-speaking people complain about some uninventive lyric with worn out rhymes like “love” and “glove” or even worse, w…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:51AMBy Tim Hochstrasser
However, there is an uncertainty of tone about the piece as a whole that does not entirely convince. The evening starts as a straight-forward thriller but then seems to c…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:45AMTom Bergeron presented the coveted Mirrorball Trophy toprofessional dancerValentin Chmerkovskiy and his partnerRumer Willis.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMThere are a million amazing monologues. Some make you think, some make you cry, others make you sympathize with a character. There’s witches, business men, raptors in Enron, superh…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 08:35AMTony nominee Bobby Steggert will sing the title role in The Sorrows of Young Werther — James Melo's "theatrical concert" adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AMToday is the birthday of Vivien Oakland (Vivian Andersen, 1895-1958). The daughter of Norwegian immigrants, Oakland started out as a child in vaudeville in San Francisco, became a Ziegfeld c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:31AMArclight Films is proud to announce that LOUNGE ACT is having its World Market Premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMSawyer Fredericks was crowned champion of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series 'The Voice' tonight, earning the grand prize of a recording contract and being named as the Voic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23AMNeil LaBute in a romantic mood, though still with a twist, at Second Stagee
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:10AMAppearing in The Fire and the Rain at Constellation Theatre Company through May 24, Dallas Tolentino has been acting, fighting, and dancing in the Washington area for five years. He is a sen…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 08:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMSteven Boyer, Michael Cerveris, Bradley Cooper, Brian d'Arcy James, Ben Miles, Alex Sharp and Tony Yazbeck sat down with THR's Scott Feinberg to discuss their lives, work and roles for which…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AM
‘Making the Rounds with Russ’ The Dutch Treat Club held it’s annual gala at the Harvard Club on May 18th honoring legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins. Gracious …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:59AMYoung Vic, LondonAudience members are cast as owners of clothing factories in China and presented with binary choices in a breakneck, thought-provoking pieceIn Metis’s previous piece, 3rd …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMComedy that takes a stand with a coherent set of convictions is more compelling than satire that ridicules everybody equallyThere was doom and gloom among comedy lovers when it was announced…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMRichmond theatre, LondonIt follows a well-worn format, but what the show lacks in jeopardy it gains in camaraderie and offers the audience, and improvisers, a unique brand of fun“Try not t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AMBad Jews is to extend its run at London’s Arts Theatre by six weeks. It has played at the theatre for nearly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMYou get one at every Broadway show, most off-Broadway shows and many national theaters. I'm talking about the Playbill magazine the usher hands you before you head off to your seat, fu…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:30AMAaron Copland is interviewed by James Day on Day at Night, originally taped by CUNY-TV in 1973: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMSecond Stage, New YorkAmanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski star in a morning-after drama where they talk endlessly without saying anything of substance Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AM“Self-parody is the first portent of age.” Larry McMurtry, Some Can Whistle
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMI’ve done quite a lot of the jobs in theatre over the years (as I think most of us have), but there
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMA few things you should not expect from the cabaret show by Erich Bergen, longtime "Jersey Boy":
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00AM
"Everyman" lets Chiwetel Ejiofor show off a palpable soul, "American Buffalo" has John Goodman inhabiting a landscape of hucksterism, and "The Merchant of Venice" brings Jonathan Pryce home.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:57AMBy Doug Mayo
Now undertaking its 4th UK Tour, Avenue Q continues to be one of the funniest musicals onstage at the present time. Whether you are an Avenue Q newbie or if like me you have see…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:51AMRare sound recordings including Laurence Olivier playing Coriolanus in 1959 have been secured thanks to a £9.5 million grant from the Heritage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMGot a fab show and want to take it on tour? Starting up a new production and lacking in funds? Planning a marketing campaign, but don’t know your SEO from your Klout? Incoming Festival…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:30AMImage: @LatitudeFest One of the biggest arts and music festivals in the country have announced new additions to their theatre and dance stages. Latitude Festival has announced a number of ne…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:05AMAfter a ten-year run during which he won accolades for his tear-up-the-cue-cards style of hosting, Craig Ferguson left CBS "The Late Late Show" last December. But he's kept busy hosting a ga…
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A star of TV's "The Big Bang Theory," Jim Parsons returns to Broadway in An Act of God. Based on playwright David Javerbaum's book "The Last Testament: A Memoir,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49AMOn Thursday, sensational singer Stacy Sullivan will return to the Metropolitan Room with her critically acclaimed show, “Since You’ve Asked” (to see #COTA’s review, click here). The …
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 01:37AMBSG photographer Jenny Anderson is on the scene at The 60th Annual Obie Awards held at Webster Hall on May 18, 2015.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 01:32AMAmerican Conservatory Theater A.C.T.presentsStephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's rapturous and seductive musical, A Little Night Music. Filled with Sondheim's signature wit and some of his mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMJoe's Pub at The Public has announced its nightly lineup from today, May 20, throughMay31, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMBloodshed is par for the course during Tony Awards season, especially as it reaches its peak in the last handful of weeks leading up the big annual ceremony feting theatre's best, so today w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMJosh Groban sings a CAROUSEL classic
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMOn a Steak-Out with "Nothing to Report" Star Chris JerichoWhen Chris Jericho invited us to join him on a stakeout, we had something quite different in mind! YH catches up with the actor to h…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMCountry Duo Maddie & Tae Perform "Fly" LiveThe YH Studio welcomes country duo Maddie & Tae (aka Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye) to perform a live acoustic version of their song "Fly"! The you…
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'Fun Home' composers Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron talk about their coming-of-age story of a young woman unravelling her sexual identity. (May 20)
SOURCE: USA Today at 12:24AMCobb Energy Centre, Atlanta, GA. Friday, May 15, 2015. Atlanta Ballet closed its 85th season with MAYhem, a mixed bill showcasing three
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SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:23AMRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at the Folger Theatre is a sumptuously original production of the breakthrough play of one of England’s greatest living playwrights. “I write plays�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:15AMThe American Conservatory Theater's production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s A Little Night Music plays the Geary stage May 20–June 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHand to God star Geneva Carr shares how a single performance of one play inspired her to change her entire life and how Robert Askins picking her name out of a hat led to her sexually charge…
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 12:00AMThe first post-Broadway production of Rock of Ages is presented at the Gateway Playhouse in Long Island beginning May 20. Genson Blimline and Amma Osei, who played Lonny and Justice, res…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, who returns to Broadway this summer with his new musical Hamilton, joins The Visit composer John Kander for a special post-show talkback May 20 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1919 Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse call this Kissing Time at London's Winter Garden Theatre. Ivan Caryll provides the music for this tale of complications arising when French ladies carr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony nominee Amy Morton (August: Osage County, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) helms the world premiere of Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph's play Guards at the Taj, starring Tony-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe MCC Theater production of Permission — by Tony-nominated Hand to God playwright Robert Askins — officially opens May 20 following previews that began April 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKarla Boos has built Quantum Theatre’s local “Q” rating on bringing the unexpected to Pittsburgh. The quirky company that could exist without a home, create a Baroque opera and produce…
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