Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 5/23/2015

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 5232015.

Blood Red Roses: The Female Pirate Project by Daniel J. Lee

This post is by Daniel J. Lee Perhaps the most unique aspect of this devised piece is the venue itself. Boarding the Lehigh Valley Barge off the docks of Red Hook, Brooklyn, is like taking a…

A magnificent production of 'Faust' staged by West Bay Opera by John Orrdaily News Arts & Entertainment Editor

Singers, orchestra and set design combine to make for a powerful three hours in the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto

Pitch Perfect 2 Film Sings Up a Storm at the Box Office by Robert Viagas

The new film musical “Pitch Perfect 2” grossed more than $135 million in the first week of release in the U.S., making it the fastest-breaking musical film in history.

The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll — Glen St Theatre season by Caitlin Wright

“The Doll” is one of those classic Australian plays that has been studied by drama students for decades. Written by Ray Lawler and first performed in Melbourne in 1955, it gives a portra…

New Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellow and Award winner announced by Cassie Tongue

Actor, screenwriter, librettist and playwright Kate Mulvany is the latest recipient of Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) Patrick White Playwrights’ Fellowship. The Fellowship, now…

The Lower Depths by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✩✩✩ Depths hidden: Dark and vicious, Andy Corelli's take on Gorky's The Lower Depths for Siege Perilous strikes all the right tones at the Hidden Doo…

Raise a Pint! Broadway Reacts to Legalization of Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland by Michael Gioia

Ireland became the first nation to legalize same-sex marriage by a popular national vote, with 62 percent of voters in favor of allowing gay couples to wed. Following the news, Broadway …

The Visit Star Will Be Out “For a Number of Performances” by Adam Hetrick, Michael Gioia

Roger Rees, who stars as Anton Schell — the former lover of Claire Zachanassian, played by Chita Rivera — in The Visit, will be out from the Ka…

VIDEO: Watch Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in New MACBETH Film by Stage Tube

From the Academy Award winning producers of The King's Speech and acclaimed director Justin Kurzel, comes a visceral and visually breath-taking retelling of the classic tale about an ambitio…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, 5/23 - SOMETHING ROTTEN!, THE KING AND I, FINDING NEVERLAND, and More! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup

Flint Hills International Children's Festival features Ugandan flutist, juggling and more

How young writer captured cultural heart of Paris by staging English theatre by Kim Willsher In Paris

Novelist’s plan for a night of fringe plays in his flat grows into biannual week-long festival and competition, Montmartre Dionysia Continue reading...

Special 25% Off Discount to See Mark Nadler’s ‘Runnin’ Wild: Songs by Joel Markowitz

We have a 25% off discount for Mark Nadler’s’ ‘Runnin’ Wild: Songs and Scandals of the Roaring 20’s’ at Strathmore’s new AMP next Friday, May 29th a…

Theater Talk - Bill Nighy and Carey Mulligan on "SKYLIGHT" by Theater Talk

4th Annual #BwayHungerGames Semi-Finals: Results by BroadwaySpotted

WHO WILL BE VICTOR?!  The time has come, Citizens. I know, it has been three weeks of fun, games, and bloody battles, but we have finally arrived at the Finals of The Broadway Hunger Games.…

Hershey Felder bringing Berlin show to La Jolla by James Hebert

Solo artist to celebrate life of beloved composer at Playhouse for holidays.

BWW Interview: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS Company on Their Out-of-Town in Paris! by Richard Ridge

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for filmed Conversations QampA series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union…

‘La Boheme’ at Hagerstown Hub Opera by Johnna Leary

Starving artists, jealous relationships, chronic illnesses….. as brilliantly used in their marketing campaign, “the struggle is real” for the characters in Puccini’s La Bohem…

Angel City Chorale concerts in June – Los Angeles concert report by Pauline Adamek

Angel City Chorale will perform the hit tunes and music from video games and films in two concerts at the Wilshire United Methodist Church in early June. Inspired by recent blockbuster movie…

Sam Waterston on his favorite NYC ‘Law & Order’ moments by Larry Getlen

Sam Waterston spent 16 seasons playing assistant district attorney Jack McCoy on “Law & Order,” and has been performing at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater — where he’ll star i…

BWW TV Exclusive: Meet the Nominees- AN AMERICAN IN PARIS' Max von Essen- 'The Gifts Keep on Coming!' by BroadwayWorld TV

We are yet another day closer to the biggest night on every theatre-lover's calendar- the 69th Annual Tony Awards, which will be co-hosted by Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming on Sunday, Ju…

Chide That Name! by John Simon

Whether you realize it or not, names are a part of language, and a by no means unimportant one. I am not even referring to such a somewhat esoteric phenomenon as a proper noun becoming a com…

Congrats! KINKY BOOTS On Broadway Wishes Graduates Well by Pat Cerasaro

Graduate KINKY BOOTS style

Week in Review by Reviewing The Drama

Winners of the Off-Broadway Alliance Awards were announced this week. The awards honor excellence in off-Broadway. In what's become a trend, Between Riverside and Crazy was named Best New Pl…

‘Major Barbara’ at Pallas Theater Collective by Sophia Howes

Money Talks The Pallas Theatre Collective’s Major Barbara is a captivating, thought-provoking comedy. The themes of class disparity, the necessity to compromise one’s values to survive, …

Chita Rivera, John Kander & Terrence McNally Discuss THE VISIT by Pat Cerasaro

Chita is back on Broadway

Roger Rees on Leave From THE VISIT; Tom Nelis Steps In by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld has learned that Roger Rees is currently on leave from The Visit, and in his place, Tom Nelis is temporarily stepping in as Anton Schell. No word yet on the duration of the hia…

Spotlight On...Joyce Miller by Michael Block

Name: Joyce MillerHometown: Philadelphia, PAEducation: Settlement Music School from age 3-17. I studied classical piano and that taught me a lot about creative discipline. PA Governors Schoo…

Join Conversation with Michael Cerveris by Lauren Yarger

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadwayworld.comInvite You and A Guestto a Conversations on BroadwayQ&A withMichael Cerveris (2015 Tony Nomination forBest Performance by an…

A Reason to Survive in National City by James Chute

ARTS has changed the lives of children; can it change the life of a city?

Broadway Hunger Games Semi-Finals Results! by Broadway Spotted

Larger-than-life characters reveal human feelings in 'Antony and Cleopatra'

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis stages its 15th production in Forest Park.

From MOULIN ROUGE to THE WIZARD OF OZ: Top 5 Movie Musicals We Want to See on Broadway by Sally Henry

Every other show on Broadway seems to be an adaptation of a movie. So the question is, which ones will be next Our wonderful readers weighed in, as they did last week, and came up with some …

Fuse Film Review: “Party Mix” — Much Ado about Death, Destruction … and Poop by Arts Fuse Editor

There is no doubt about the creativity in this mix of short films. But are they all suitable fare for eight-year-olds?

Hooves by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✭✭✩ Hidden talent: Echoes of times past creep into Hidden Door with Annie E Lord's entrancing piece of site-specific storytelling, Hooves.

Theatre festival guide 2015 by Natasha Tripney

With 2015 set to be another strong year for theatre festivals, Natasha Tripney rounds up the best events taking place over the

Sponsored feature: The first step on the ladder at CSSD by Billy Barrett

The eyes of many hopeful performers finishing school or sixth-form college in July will be set on that sought-after drama school BA. But deciding to follow a three year degree course after j…

Review:Butler curtainup.com/Berkshires by Gloria Millser

Barrington Stage Company opens its 2015 second stage season with the unusual production of Richard Strand's play based on an actual historical event of the American Civil War.

Review Roundup: MACBETH Premieres at Cannes Film Festival, Starring Michael Fassbender by Review Roundups

A new feature film adaptation of William Shakespeare's bloody tragedy MACBETH starring international superstars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard just premiered at the Cannes Film Fest…

Nickelodeon New Live Action Comedy with Isabela Moner by Sandi Durell

    Nickelodeon’s new live-action comedy series, 100 Things To Do Before High School airs June 6th and features newcomer, Broadway theater kid, Isabela Moner. The show follow…

‘A Prairie Home Companion’ with Garrison Keillor and Special Guests Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O’Donovan at the Filene Center at Wolf by Jessica Vaughan

The Filene Center launched the summer season at Wolf Trap with another visit by Garrison Keillor and the news from . The United States Navy Band joined Keillor and the usual suspects onstage…

Review: The Wild Duck/Halcyon Theatre by Zach Freeman

“The Wild Duck” is an incomparable masterpiece. 120 years ago, George Bernard Shaw wrote, “Where shall I find an epithet magnificent enough for ‘The Wild Duck!’” At the Halcyon T…

Watch: Robert De Niro’s Blunt Speech to 2015 Graduates of Tisch School of the Arts by New York Theater

“Tisch graduates, you made it,” actor Robert De Niro said Friday in his NYU Commencement address. “And you’re f—ed.” But, as he makes clear in his 15-minu…

Ireland Votes to Legalize Gay Marriage by BroadwayWorld

Early poll numbers indicate that Ireland may very well be the first nation to legalize gay marriage by popular vote.

Robert De Niro's Blunt, Inspiring Speech to NYU Arts Grads by NewYorkTheater

Megan Hilty @ Cafe Carlyle by Barry

     Megan Hilty Still Smashing                            By: Sandi DurellMegan HiltyMotherhood definitely agrees with the former star of Broadway's Wicked (G…

The Columbia Festival of the Arts Runs June 12-27, 2015: Events, and A Reflection of the Jim Rouse Dream by Susan Brall

The Columbia Festival of the Arts is in the 28th  year. It began is an offshoot of the Columbia Fair that celebrated the anniversary of the city. On the 20th anniversary celebration they ad…

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 5/23/15- FINIAN'S RAINBOW by Stage Tube

Today in 1960, Finian's Rainbow opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Finian's Rainbow is a musical with a book by E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy, lyrics by Harburg…

2015 Tony Nominee Secrets: THE AUDIENCE's Helen Mirren on 'Stripper Shoes' by Broadway.com

THE AUDIENCE Tony nominee Helen Mirren on what gift she wants sent backstage and a bad habit she just can't break.

New Musical from Jill Santoriello in the Works by BroadwayWorld

The A TALE OF TWO CITIES songwriter is working on a new musical, IT HAPPENED IN KEY WEST, a dark love story based on the true account of Carl Von Cosel, an X-ray technician who attempted to …

Spotlight On...Courtney Jones by Michael Block

Name: Courtney JonesHometown: Racine, WIEducation: BFA in Musical Theater, University of Wisconsin- Stevens PointSelect Credits: Viola in Twelfth Night (Montana Shakespeare in the Parks)Why …

“Clipper Castaways” at Battery Park by Trav S.D.

Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Battery Park, Clipper Castaways, Clipper City, Dances of Vice, Manhattan By Sail, pirates

Highlights from the beauty class visiting artists (post 2 of 2) by Diane Ragsdale

In my last post and this one I am sharing highlights from presentations by the several artists who joined us in the second half of the course and key ideas that resonated most for the studen…

BWW TV Exclusive: BACKSTAGE WITH RICHARD RIDGE- Tonys Special with 2015 Nominee Tony Yazbeck! by BroadwayWorld TV

Welcome to BWW's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH Richard Ridge. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang ou…

Interviews: James Lapine: 'Everything I do with Sondheim is a pleasure'

The Into the Woods writer has enjoyed a 35-year working relationship with Stephen Sondheim, though they disagree about Lady Gaga

A milestone musical comes to New Line Theatre

'The Threepenny Opera' still sets the standard for dark modern musicals

Review: Partita 2, Sadler’s Wells by Roxana Haines

On the empty stage at Sadler’s Wells, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Boris Charmatz and Amandine Beyer present Partita 2, a feat of choreography and the act of layering that ultimately …

The Audience Tony Nominee Helen Mirren on the Usefulness of 'Stripper Shoes' by Broadway.com

The Audience Tony nominee Helen Mirren on what gift she wants sent backstage and the usefulness of "stripper shoes."

Fuse Book Review: “Girl of My Dreams” — A Vivid Look at Hollywood and History by Roberta Silman

Peter Davis knows Hollywood from the inside and has written a splendid novel about the great days of Tinsel Town with the kind of passion you rarely see anywhere these days.

An Interview with Betty Buckley the Grande Dame of Broadway by Jose Solis

B is for Broadway and Betty Buckley, and that may be no coincidence. One of the grande dames of the Great White Way, Miss Buckley has played Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, Margaret White…

Playwright Rose Lewenstein: ‘I fear everyone will say they hate it’ by Georgia Snow

Writer Rose Lewenstein trained as a performance artist before moving into play writing after graduating. Her new play, Now This is Not

Trends: The Rise of the Telerehearsal: You No Longer Need to Be in the Same Room to Create Theater

Two groups of artists (one on Broadway, one off-off-Broadway) explain how Internet technology is changing their process.

Review: The Drowsy Chaperone/Metropolis Performing Arts Centre by Aaron Hunt

RECOMMENDED It all began with a stag party skit, which explains the madcap, innuendo-filled, my-uncle’s-got-a-barn quality that blessedly remains, despite Broadway spit-and-polish. Bob Mar…

Interview: Liz Callaway on Judy Garland and How She Was Born to Do Sondheim Shows by Jose Solis

Ever since making her debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, Liz Callaway has made a name for herself as one of Broadway’s very best. From Evita to Cats, she has starred in s…

"The Way We Get By" and "What I Did Last Summer" Go Outside Their Comfort Zones by Broadway & Me

There’s a comfort in the familiar that makes it’s hard to try something new, particularly when the rewards roll in for doing the same old thing. So although I have mixed feelings ab…

Stars of Slapstick #210: Dorothy Lee by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Dorothy Lee (Marjorie Elizabeth Millsap, 1911-1999). Los Angeles born Lee jumped into vaudeville at age 14, and married an adagio dancer named Robert Booth two yea…

Fine Cast Still Can’t Make Book Club Much Of A Page Turner by Bill Hirschman

Professionalism is the only explanation why this much talent—the cream of South Florida theater from the director to the cast to the creative team -- invested itself so deeply into the fla…

Interview: Jessica Molaskey Talks Broadway, ‘Parade’ and Singing Joni Mitchell by Jose Solis

Ever since making her debut, Jessica Molaskey has made audiences swoon with her unique voice and commanding stage presence. From great Broadway spectacles like Chess, Cats and Sunday in the …

Amanda Seyfried Talks Family, Ted 2, and Finding Love on Instagram - Vogue by Jonathan Van Meter

As Ted 2 hits the big screen, Amanda Seyfried gears up for her stage debut in a sizzling two-hander from Neil LaBute.

BWW's On This Day - May 23, 2015

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 23 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Adam's Call: New York Pops 32nd Birthday Gala: Honoring Kathleen and Rob Marshall by Call Me Adam

Adam's Call: New York Pops 32nd Birthday Gala honoring Rob and Kathleen Marshall: To hear the New York Pops play the music from some of Rob and Kathleen's biggest successes was unreal! They …

Producers Kenya Barris, Jonathan Groff on 'Black-ish' 'renaissance' [Exclusive Video] by Gold Derby

"I think we're still figuring it out," says "Black-ish" creator Kenya Barris about the evolution of the ABC sitcom. "Television shows are like babies. You raise them and expect them to be so…

Tom Nelis Stepping In for Roger Rees in Tony Nominee The Visit, Starring Chita Rivera by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Broadway.com has learned that understudy Tom Nelis is playing the leading role of Anton Schell opposite 2015 Tony nominee Chita Rivera in The Visit for a number of performances. A spokespers…

Natasha Tripney: Insular thinking will kill criticism by Natasha Tripney

The Stage has, as you may be aware, recently launched its Critic Search to unearth new writing talent. It is, I believe,

Rupert Goold and Robert Icke interview on the Almeida's Greeks season and their creative spark

Meet Rupert and Robert: the former is one of Britain’s most feted theatre directors, the latter one of its most fast-rising.

The Merchant of Venice, RSC Stratford, review: 'not a patch on Jonathan Pryce' by Dominic Cavendish

The Globe and the RSC are showing The Merchant of Venice at the same time - and the two productions don't compare favourably, says Dominic Cavendish

The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare's Globe by John Morrison

This excellent production by Jonathan Munby, with Jonathan Pryce as Shylock, couldn't be more different from the last one I saw -- Rupert Goold's hyped-up version set in a Las Vegas casino. …

An Evening with Al Pacino, Eventim Apollo, review: 'Pacino crackles with charisma' by Lucinda Everett

It might feel a little like a fan convention in disguise, but An Evening with Al Pacino is still a lot of fun, says Lucinda Everett

What Don Draper, David Letterman had to say about retirement by Chris Jones

Within the space of 72 hours last week, a pair of aging alpha males, one real, one fictional, said goodbye for good. Both feel like the last of their breed. Both carried great symbolic weigh…

What Don Draper, David Letterman had to say about retirement by Chris Jones

Within the space of 72 hours last week, a pair of aging alpha males, one real, one fictional, said goodbye for good. Both feel like the last of their breed. Both carried great symbolic weigh…

Reinventing youth theatre at Liverpool’s Young Everyman Playhouse by David Hutchison

Gemma Bodinetz does not ever want to see an 18-year-old play King Lear. “It looks like a bad production of King Lear

'Jay Leno & Friends' Set for No Limits for Deaf Children Benefit at Geffen Playhouse, Today by Bww News Desk

In partnership with No Limits for Deaf Children, Geffen Playhouse will host a one-night-only Spotlight Entertainment fundraising performance of A Special Evening with Jay Leno and Friends to…

BRADY VS. PARTRIDGE: THE BARDY BUNCH Comes to 54 Below This May by Bww News Desk

54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Brady vs. Partridge The Bardy Bunch today, May 23rd, 2015 at 930 PM.

‘Macbeth’ at The BOOM Theatre Company by Lauren Honeycutt

When William Shakespeare’s plays first made their appearances at the Globe Theatre, men played all of the roles. No one questioned a male Juliet performing the famous balcony scene in Rome…

Q&A: Antony Sher, actor by Rosanna Greenstreet

‘Tell you a secret? I’m sleeping with the director’ Continue reading...

Pete Townshend On Rock Operas Vs. Rock Musicals & CLASSIC QUADROPHENIA by Pat Cerasaro

The Who gets classical

Theater News: Stop. Reset. to Play at Goodman Theatre

Regina Taylor's play begins performances tonight.

Video Flash: Meet the Tony Nominees: Best Play

TheaterMania compiles clips from the four shows up for the major award.

St. Louis Chamber Chorus announces 60th season by Sarah Bryan Miller

Diamond Jubilee season features six new commissioned works.

Preludes, New Musical from Great Comet of 1812’s Dave Malloy, Begins Tonight by Olivia Clement

Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3 production of Preludes, the new musical by Dave Malloy, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, begins performances May 23. The world premiere featur…

Photo Call: Cherry Jones, Brooke Shields and More Celebrate Public Theater Opening Nights by David Gewirtzman

The Public Theater celebrated two opening nights this week: The Mobile Shakespeare Unit’s Macbeth opened on May 20, and Elevator Repair Service’s The Sound and the Fury opened on May 21.

Stage Views: “Sopranos” Star On Hamilton, Glengarry Glen Ross and “If I Were a Rich Man” by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.

Liza Minnelli and Hippies? 11-Year-Olds and Tony Winners? The 10 Greatest Tony Awards Mash-Ups by Ben Rimalower

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a collection of the 10 best musical mash-up performances broadcast on the Tony Awards.

Ethel and Angela and Patti, Oh My! Who Is the Fiercest Mama Rose of All? by Mark Robinson

Playbill.com looks at the various leading ladies and dynamic divas who have played the infamous stage mother, Mama Rose, in Gypsy.

Read the Original 1984 Interview with Liza Minnelli and Chita Rivera in Rehearsals for The Rink! by Harry Haun

Playbill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. This original interview, "Two Ringers In The Rink," was published in the February 1984 edition of Playbill Magazine. T…

Playbill Vault’s Today In Theatre History: May 23 by Anne Bradley and Ernio Hernandez

1904 The Southerners, with a score by black composer Will Marion Cook, is the first time an entire black chorus is used in a show with a white cast. Lead Eddie Leonard appears in blackface i…

Photo Archive: Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Dan Fogler and More in The 25th Annual Put by David Gewirtzman

Earlier this week it was announced that the nine original cast members of the hit Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will reunite for a special one-night-onl…

“A Brady Bunch” and “The Partridge Family” Are Double-Booked Tonight at 54 Below by Olivia Clement

54 Below presents Brady vs. Partridge: The Bardy Bunch May 23, a concert show blending the hit songs from the 70's sitcom favorites "The Brady Bunch" and &quo…

Stay At Home, Follow the Formula and Strip More Slowly — Tony Nominees Share Some of the Worst by Playbill Staff

Nominees for the 2015 Tony Awards share memories with Playbill.com about the worst advice they've been given about show business.

Playbill Video Week in Review: Megan Hilty Sings From “Smash,” An Act of God Highlights, The Color P by Mark Ezovski

This week, Playbill featured an exclusive musical performance from Megan Hilty as she ran through a "Smash" tune at her soundcheck for her Café Carlyle gigs as well as a…

Amanda Seyfried on Battling Nerves in The Way We Get By & Why the Wicked Movie Is Her Number-One Plan by Lindsay Champion

After appearing in big-screen musicals Mamma Mia! and Les Miserables, Amanda Seyfried is making her off-Broadway debut in Neil LaBute’s The Way We Get By at Second Stage Theatre&m…