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The Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet has had the good fortune to have had financial security during its twelve-year existence; that is, until this year when its p…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PMIn case you missed the Tony Awards on Sunday, history was made as Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron became the first female writing team to win both the Best Score and Best Book for a musical in …
SOURCE: musicaltheatremagazine.wordpress.com at 10:19PMTwo American grunts in their early 20s are holed up in a wrecked bunker in an unnamed desert. They’re bored out of their minds, fruitlessly trying to get a signal...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:07PMThe upcoming Hollywood Fringe Festival's 2015 season includes the world premiere of POP THE MUSICAL, a '80s themed musical with an exciting original score from the Los Angeles based writing …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00PMSoldiers and sand dominate Daniel Talbott's dystopian drama.
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SOURCE: The Backstage Buzz at 09:39PMWashington County Playhouse’s Lend Me a Tenor is a rollercoaster ride of laughs. Director Laura Martin brings this well-known Ken Ludwig farce to life with the help of a talented cast…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:32PMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
As a follow-up to their musical based on Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise, lyricist/composer Nancy Harrow and writer/director Will Pomerantz…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:21PMIt was a reunion 33 years in the making At The Actors Fund's 19 Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party on Sunday night, Aileen Quinn reunited with her 1982 ANNIE co-star Tim Curry, who received Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18PMphoto: Joan MarcusAn almost-bare stage, two actors, razor-sharp direction, simple lighting, a few props: sometimes this is all you need to create an absolutely magnetic piece of theater. Suc…
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After kicking off her world tour in Seoul just a over a week ago, followed by a total of four shows in Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo, Idina Menzel held Sunday her one-night-only performance in Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMIrish Repertory Theatre proudly presented YEATS The Celebration, this season's Gala Benefit production, on Monday, June 8th at The Town Hall 123 West 43rdStreet, NYC. BroadwayWorld has photo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMAustralian cast recordings are a rare beast indeed, so it’s a momentous occasion that last week, the live cast recording of Miracle City was released. Even more momentous: it reached…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:46PMIf you're half as brain dead as I am, still recovering from Tony weekend, this might just make your evening.
Patti LuPone just did a Q&A with Time Out New York, in which …
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Off Off Broadway, Wild Project, Clubbed Thumb
Reviewed by Sarah Weber
BOTTOM LINE: Three lonely women try to find some connection to the world in a small gift shop.
Life in s…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:23PMHAMILTON just posted a behind-the-scenes shot of the Broadway load-in for the musical, along with the caption 'Load in forHamilton the Musicalis fully underway. Just over one month until fir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMSan Diego Rep has enlisted Tony winners Alice Ripley and Gregory Jbara to star in the world premiere musical revue EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' THE MUSIC OF HARRY NILSSON. The world premiere producti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMSinging for Patti LuPone and performing at the Tonys? All in a day's work for An American in Paris's Max von Essen.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:22PMDespite the promotional push of a bubbly number on Sunday night's Tony Awards telecast, the under-performing Broadway musical will play its final performance on June 21.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:08PM“Gigi,” which will close on June 21, joins another musical, “The Visit,” starring Chita Rivera, which closes on Sunday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:08PMPatti LuPone just did a QampA with Time Out New York, in which she talked about playing a community theatre diva in SHOWS FOR DAYS at Lincoln Center and more. BroadwayWorld can't get enough …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01PM“When we embarked on our WEA initiative, we knew we wanted to attract more teens and young adults to our programs, but we didn’t know what was keeping them away in the first place. By co…
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The 69th Annual Tony Awards were held on June 7, 2015 at Radio City Music Hall. Watch Laura Michelle Kelly, Matt Doyle and Beth Behrs belt "Defying Gravity," and find who's more likely to be…
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 07:59PMSummer in Chicago begins next week with the Opening Night of the Grant Park Music Festival on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park. Opening N…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:48PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce Starvox Entertainment and Potted Productions’ hit off-Broadway show, Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Je…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:48PMAlthough “Mordecai Richler” and “musical theatre” may seem anathema to one another, when the Segal Centre officially opens its singing adaptation of The Apprenticeship of Dudday Krav…
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:46PMJillian Keiley’s production of The Diary of Anne Frank is very much a Production
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:46PMHerrera had been scheduled to make her farewell later during the Metropolitan Opera House season, in the new production of "Sleeping Beauty" staged by Alexei Ratmansky. Yet after she tried o…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:34PMAussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to see a true icon of Australian show business – Geraldine Turner – in her one woman show Turner’s Turn at the Brisbane P…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:33PM“Gigi,” the Broadway musical starring Vanessa Hudgens, will shutter June 21 after its middling sales didn’t sufficiently improve following a recent Tony Awards appearance. The show ea…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:30PMThe grim and striking “Tartuffe” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company strides furiously into the explosive debate about faith and comedy. It’s a wrathful show, one that unrepentantly sac…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:30PMIn an effort to raise awareness about water shortages around the world, “One Night for ONE DROP,” in association with Cirque du Soleil, will be screening nationwide, for one nigh…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PM"It's a bore" for this Broadway revival, which received no Tony love this year. The Vanessa Hudgens-led Gigi will shutter on June 21. The Eric Schaeffer-helmed tuner, adapted …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:20PMGigi, the new Broadway production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's beloved Oscar and Tony Award-winning musical comedy, will play its final performance on Sunday, June 21 at the Neil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16PMThe restored director's cut edition of the musical 1776 was just released on Blu-ray, and Tony-winning director Peter H. Hunt revealed to the Los Angeles Times the drama behind the original …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16PMIn a letter to Les Moonves on behalf of the venerable organization representing American playwrights, lyricists and composers, president Doug Wright criticizes the decision to present major …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:12PMEntering the space at the Gate Theatre you are accosted by spinning yellow hazard lights and heavy, fast rock music, reminiscent of Massive Attack. This sensory barrage is maintained through…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:06PMI don’t know how it’s possible that I managed not to know about Leela Corman’s 2012 graphic novel Unterzakhn until a few days ago…but I’ve always known her so…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:04PMThe concert presentation of the musical created within theNBCTV series 'Smash,' created byTheresa Rebeck, Bombshell, with music byMarc Shaiman, lyrics byMarc ShaimanandScott Wittman, directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMThis week's Showcase is Shoshana Bean and Whitney Bashor from "Beaches," the new musical about friendship at Drury Lane Theatre being billed as a pre-Broadway production.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:03PMThe Lerner and Loewe musical will say au revoir to Broadway.
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Singing for Patti LuPone and performing at the Tonys? All in a day's work for Max von Essen.
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:57PMPauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a new series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews.
Here’s the latest Exit Review for the one-person show Treya’s Last Dance, which op…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:55PMWho doesn't need a good ol’ Jacobean sex farce in their life? Everyday Inferno has revived Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker's The Roaring Girl, a play about sex, passion, and identity, i…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:55PMHe’s the man who came up with “HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR” on deadline at the New York Post, back in the days when there were deadlines and newspapers carried actual news…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:55PMTony Award-winning Hedwig star Lena Hall, Nick Adams and Lesli Margherita are among the Broadway stars who will join The Skivvies for their June 19 show at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:52PMDMI Soundtracks has released the New Broadway Cast Recording for Gigi, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s beloved Oscar and Tony Award-winning musical comedy, on CD and .MP3 formats onl…
SOURCE: musicaltheatremagazine.wordpress.com at 06:43PM"Office Politics": Pondering power, class and race on stage and in the toxic workplace.
SOURCE: newsblaze.com at 06:43PMWhat a difference a friend makes. When we first meet Marjorie Taub, the eponymous Manhattanite in “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” she’s despondent. As depicted by Susan Rome in T…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:43PMDonald Hicken never intended to become a drama teacher. He was an actor, then a props master and then a jack-of-all-trades theater guy who remembers that day in the early 1970s when the arti…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:43PMInjured in "Giselle," Natalia Osipova withdraws from American Ballet Theater and Royal Ballet performances in the United States.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:43PMGigi, the new Broadway adaptation of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Oscar- and Tony Award-winning musical comedy, will play its final performance on Sunday, June 21 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:40PMIt's actually surprising Seinfeld never had an episode in which Jerry finds a second George (played by Larry David, or Jason Alexander in a mustache), and the Georges first love each other b…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:37PMChris Noth talks about his new stage role and TV's 'The Good Wife' and 'Sex and the City.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 06:37PMA six-year-old's dance sassy recital performance to Aretha Franklin's 'Respect' has gone viral, viewed more than 24 million times on Facebook.
SOURCE: USA Today at 06:37PMPrepare to get your nostalgia on. Eight films, including “Psycho” and a “Grease” sing-a-long, are returning to theaters later this year as part of the “TCM Pre…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:36PMBroadway icon Patti LuPone is back on top in Shows for Days. All hail the drama queen.
SOURCE: Time Out at 06:35PMBy Jean Schiffman
When L. Peter Callender got a call from California Shakespeare Theater artistic director Jonathan Moscone asking him to replace an actor who’d had to drop out of Romeo a…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 06:34PM (This post is part of the blog salon curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2015 TCG National Conference: Game Change. The following questions will inform the final plenary session, �…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 06:33PMAMAZING GRACE is in rehearsal and ramping up its social media onslaught
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMDramatists Guild President Doug Wright sent a letter today to CBS's president, Leslie Moonves, in reaction to the 2015 Tony Award broadcast and its decision to present the awards in the majo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMIs WAITRESS THE MUSICAL prepping for a big announcement
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMThis play at the Two River Theater, adapted from a novel by Ned Vizzini, centers on a teenager who turns cool after ingesting a tiny computer.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:19PMDisenchanted!, the Off-Broadway musical that pokes fun at the world of fairy-tale princesses, will close Sunday, June 14 after 30 previews and 139 regular performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:15PMEven though the show is called "Ithamar Has Nothing To Say," I told comedian Ithamar Enriquez I hoped he would not leave me in silence — when he called recently to talk about his upcoming …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:10PMBrought to you by BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Warning: Facebook Users Should Avoid Unfriend Alert AdWeek/SocialTimes – by DAVID COHEN Facebook users who downloaded an applicat…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:10PMUnless you were one of the lucky few to score a ticket to the Bombshell concert on June 8, you were probably sitting home on the couch weeping and cursing your bad luck. Dry your eyes—…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PMThe fairytale is over and the Disenchanted! princesses are leaving off-Broadway. The second New York engagement of the musical lampoon will end its run at the Westside Theatre Upstairs on Ju…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:10PMFROCK-COATS AND FLOODS, TUNNELS AND THE THAMES In the week that Crossrail tunnellers broke through beneath London, a city and river now criss-crossed with subterranean thoroughfares, h…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:03PMKatharine McPhee, Megan Hilty, Jeremy Jordan, and more bring the fictional musical Bombshell to life.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
List the great American musicals you're dying to hear played by a full orchestra and I'll bet "The Fantasticks" is nowhere close to the top. Most of the great Rodgers and Hammerstein titles,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:56PMThe New Ohio Theatre presents its 22nd annual Ice Factory Festival this summer in which seven new theatrical works will be staged over seven weeks, with six of the seven slated to be directe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:52PMName: Alexis RobbinsHometown: Jacksonville, FLTell us about Punk As Fuck: A memory from 1991 where a group of (sometimes delusional) kids attempt to create something meaningful (to them... a…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:50PMby Staff Report
Who’s in town
Harvard public-policy professor Robert D. Putnam is leading a discussion about the wage gap and vanishing opportunities for American youths. [7 …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 05:49PM"Smash" stars Megan Hilty, Jeremy Jordan, Will Chase, Katharine McPhee, Ann Harada, Leslie Odom, Jr., Debra Messing, Christian Borle, Wesley Taylor, and Brian d'Arcy James were…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMFlashpoint Theatre Company is presenting a groundbreaking new work called “Hands Up,” in which six playwrights present world-premiere works about being black and male in America. We chat…
SOURCE: www.phillymag.com at 05:37PMAdditional Broadway performers, Zak Resnick and Lilli Cooper, join JoeyContrerasIn Concert Thursday,July 16, 2015 at 8 PMat The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatreat The Pershing Square Signatur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMShe always came across as reasonable and down-to-earth, but Linda Smith articulated her anger at injustices with vitriolic precisionIn the 1980s, Linda Smith and I were part of what might la…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36PMAccording to many posts on my Facebook and Twitter feeds, the Entourage movie is the worst thing to happen in the history of cinema. Maybe even in the history of the world. I don't remember …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 05:36PMSMASH favorite Megan Hilty performs "They Just Keep Moving the Line" at the BOMBSHELL reunion concert on June 8, 2015 at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:35PMSee SMASH star Katharine McPhee and the cast of the BOMBSHELL reunion concert perform "The 20th Century Fox Mambo" on June 8, 2015 at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:34PMThe grim and striking “Tartuffe” at the Shakespeare Theatre Company strides furiously into the explosive debate about faith and comedy. It’s a wrathful show, one that unrepentantly sac…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:33PM‘Although there have been many adaptations of her novels and one film – albeit a little bit fictitious – about her own life. I thought it would be interesting to look at the notion of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:32PM(This post is part of the blog salon curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2015 TCG National Conference: Game Change. The following questions will inform the final plenary session, “A…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:32PMVideo clips from the Actors Fund's BOMBSHELL concert on June 8, 2015 at the Minskoff Theatre, featuring Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:32PMAfter two failed starts in the 1980s, there are high hopes as a musical version of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz opens in Montreal this week.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:26PMJust weeks after taking over as president of the Dramatists Guild of America, Doug Hughes has stepped into the controversy over who gets seen on the Tony Awards broadcast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PM"My idol was Pete Seeger, even before I moved to the Village. He still is."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:15PMBroadway veteran Peter Eyre steps into papal shoes of Cardinal Wolsey in the eight-time Tony Nominated production of Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2. Mr. Eyre was last seen on Broadway in the 20…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:08PMThe concert presentation of the musical created within theNBCTV series 'Smash,' created byTheresa Rebeck, Bombshell, with music byMarc Shaiman, lyrics byMarc ShaimanandScott Wittman, directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMLaugh until your sides hurt on Friday, June 19 at Bucks County Playhouse's late-night comedy benefit performance of Villain DeBlanks.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMSomething Rotten feels the LES MIZ love
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center announced today the initial June and July lineup for the popular FREE Film Society Talks series, sponsored by HBO. The returning summer series kicks off on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMThe third annual summer season at Weill Hall Lawn at the Green Music Center GMC begins on Saturday, July 4, 2015, at 730 p.m. with an all-American program featuring Broadway and television …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMBroadway alum Betsy Wolfe and newcomer Matt Bittner will lead the eagerly anticipated new musical from Frozen Oscar-winning duo Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Directed by Alex Timb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:05PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Ryan Gosling, Broadway Star?
ICYMI screen hunk Ryan Gosling is a triple threat—he kicked off his career as a Mo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMA bit of a switcheroo has been going on at Wolf Hall: Parts One and Two. Broadway alum Peter Eyre (Hamlet) has now officially taken over as Cardinal Wolsey after Paul Jesson departed the pro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMSee what the stars of Larry David's hit comedy Fish in the Dark have to say about Tony winner Jason Alexander coming aboard.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMMake Music New York returns with a mix of free outdoor concerts on June 21, celebrating the first day of summer. As part of the event, a special inaugural Pop-Up Musicals Project will br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:04PMGhostlight Records is set to release the new CD from the Orange Is the New Black star.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMEyre will step into the role of Cardinal Wolsey.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMSex With Strangers, My Name Is Asher Lev, and more are headed to New Jersey.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
At an April conference in Toronto, we came up with a plan for change that can take root and grow into a more equitable future for female theatre artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:55PMThis year s Tony Awards was overflowing with talent and tough decisions.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:52PMOn June 8, cast members of NBC TV's musical drama "Smash" reunited for a one-night-only concert of Bombshell, the Marilyn Monroe musical-within-the-show. In…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMThe concert presentation of the musical created within theNBCTV series 'Smash,' created byTheresa Rebeck, Bombshell, with music byMarc Shaiman, lyrics byMarc ShaimanandScott Wittman, directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMSara Bareilles teases WAITRESS THE MUSICAL
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMBroadway veteran Peter Eyre steps into papal shoes of Cardinal Wolsey in the eight-time Tony Nominated production of Wolf Hall Parts 1 amp 2.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMJohn Cameron Mitchell received a 2015 Special Tony Award celebrating his work on and commitment to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the glam-rock musical he created along with Stephen Trask. M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMPunk isn't just a style but a state of mind. The characters in the time-bending Punk as Fuck by Michael K. White and Dianna Stark evoke a certain spirit. An aura of inventing a persona on th…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:37PMNew York-based theatre company Ego Actus will stage the world premiere of Penny Jackson's I Know What Boys Want, in which a prep school girl discovers a sex video of herself has been…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMThe Andrew Lloyd Webber adaptation of “School of Rock” is to begin previews at the Winter Garden Theater on Nov. 9.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:30PMFun Home won five Tony Awards, the most of any musical at the 69th Annual Tony Awards. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens also won five Tonys, including …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:29PMFun Home won five Tony Awards, the most of any musical at the 69th Annual Tony Awards. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Simon Stephens also won five Tonys, including …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:29PMJust weeks after taking over as president of the Dramatists Guild of America, Doug Hughes has stepped into the controversy over who gets seen on the Tony Awards broadcast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMQuadratic equations and heart palpitations dominate Science and Soulmates, one third of the 2015 Source Festival’s series of ten minute plays. These six short plays succeed at what few the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:20PMBombshell, the fictional show from "Smash" that musicalizes the life story of Marilyn Monroe, was presented June 8 in a one-night-only Broadway concert reuniting cast membe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMHow do you cram an entire Broadway season into a live, three-hour telecast? Making room for speeches (sadly, not all of them), musical performances and specialty moments is a tall order.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMLea DeLaria, the Broadway artist who can currently be seen on the hit Netflix series "Orange Is the New Black," will release her latest solo recording, "House of David: delari…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMClick for photos from the Bombshell reunion concert, featuring Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee, Jeremy Jordan and more stars from Smash, presented by the Actors Fund at the Minskoff Theatre on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PMRoberta Custer, an actress-writer who appeared in the original production of “Bleacher Bums” and helped ...
The post Original ‘Bleacher Bums’ co-star Roberta Custer dies at 7…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:05PMThe concert presentation of the musical created within the NBC TV series 'Smash,' created by Theresa Rebeck, Bombshell, with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMAn emotional and grateful Tommy Tune went to the top of his ladder and placed the Lifetime Achievement Award Tony above the other 9 he has been awarded. Here are photos of the momentous even…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMEarlier today, Macy'swelcomedTV and Broadway starMatthew Morrisonas he hostedthe exclusive in-store CD and digital release ofFinding Neverland The Albumfrom Republic Records, along with a sp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMScreen Actors Guild Foundation and BroadwayWorld.com have partnered for a filmed Conversations QampA series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMBackstage at the Tonys with AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMLa Jolla Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for its world premiere of Up Here, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team of Rob…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMOFFICE POLITICS, an explosive new play by Marcy Lovitch, is set to officially open this Thursday, June 11th at 7:30 PM at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street (just west of Eighth Av…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMRECOMMENDED Playwright Brad Fraser examines the nature of true love through the tortured lens of fetishism, idolatry and narcissism in his spectacularly vivid play “Love and Human Remains.…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:00PM
The producers behind three of this year's Tony-nominated shows discuss the risks and rewards of bringing original works to Broadway. With millions of dollars on the line and titles t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMDavid Ives is well represented this week, along with family dramas and iconic musicals from Alaska to Rhode Island.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:53PMBetsy Wolfe (Broadway’s Bullets over Broadway, The Mystery of Edwin Drood) and Matt Bittner (Public Theater’s Much Ado About Nothing) will topline Up Here, the new musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMA hit Broadway comedy, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, rounds out Theater J’s 2014–2015 season in a production smartly directed by Eleanor Holdridge. Written in a mainstream mode by…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:46PMBy Editorial Staff
It has been announced that Derren Brown will return to the West End. The multi-award winning acknowledged master of psychological illusion is back on tour in 2015 with a b…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:41PMThe author's new play about the advance of technology offers tweet seats, an interactive hallway entrance and a microsite.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
This 90-minute intermission-less play is a comic and occasionally serious address to the audience by God who often sits on a large white couch as he revises The…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:36PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
This therefore is work at a sophisticated creative level, where everything depends in a very pure, basic sense on the players themselves. There is no scenery, only a few …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:27PMElectric and pulsing, Teddy is a flash of a show with two perfectly pitched anti-heroes and a swinging soundtrack. Credit is due across the board for the creative team, but let’s start…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:13PMEmmy Award winner Uzo Aduba Orange is the New Black and Broadway's John Stamos will announce the nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards on July 16th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMCBS announced today that its new action adventure series SUPERGIRL, starring Broadway's Laura Benanti and Jeremy Jordan will have its series debut on Monday, October 26th
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMLeading up to Season 2, THE RESIDUALS will roll out all new content, including Season 1 Commentary, new season teasers, a full trailer, and more, right here on BroadwayWorld. Below, tune in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMTony Award nominee Brandon Uranowitz, currently appearing in An American in Paris, joins the cast of the 2015 Will on the Hill event at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. A favorite bipartisan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMTHE 69TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, aired live from Radio City Music Hall, last night Sunday, June 7 800-1100 PM, live ETdelayed PT on the CBS Television Network. BroadwayWorld was on hand to captu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMAt his first Sundance Film Festival this past January, actor Thomas Mann, 23, noticed something peculiar about many of his fellow Canada Goose-clad attendees. “Some people don’t even see…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:10PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
With a plethora of films and plays about the tragedy and waste of the Great War I wondered initially whether there would be scope for the themes addressed here to touch m…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:09PM“The ratings for the live ceremony hosted by Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth are close to the all-time low for the Tonys, which was 6 million in 2012. Final numbers will be issued T…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:08PMBut with all of the prestige awards going to Fun Home, we were left wondering if this was a triumph of the young.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 03:07PMForget the Tony Awards — Monday night’s “Bombshell” wiped them off our brains. The one-night-only concert benefit, which sold out the huge Minskoff Theatre in minutes, raised $800,00…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:07PMIn true Broadway (and Bombshell) fashion, glitz, glamour and sparkles were abundant June 8, when cast members from the NBC musical drama "Smash" took the Minskoff stage for the hig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMTony winner Bebe Neuwirth hosted the annual event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe original cast of the short-lived television series got together to sing the score of the fake Marilyn Monroe musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Broadway’s Best Shows knows that you want to see the best of the best! To help you out, we’re seeking out raw sales facts so you know what to see to stay current. Weekly grosses and othe…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:58PMWho took the second star to the right to see Finding Neverland on Broadway? Catherine Zeta-Jones! The Tony and Oscar winner had a family day with her daughter Carys when they took a trip to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PMBreathe, Laura Benanti and Jeremy Jordan fans, we have the premiere date of their new TV show, Supergirl. The Broadway faves' series will premiere on Monday October 26 at 8.30 PM ET, bef…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PMI have to hand it to Underscore Theatre Company; their world-premiere production of “Borderlands: Three Chords and the Truth” is about as ambitious as it is long. And at more than two…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:58PMEast End denizen and talk-show host Baldwin, a key backer of the series, will chat with Dick Cavett and public radio’s Studio 360 ringleader Kurt Andersen after the July 11 opening ni…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:52PMThree new plays will make up Jackalope Theatre Company’s 2015-16 season, a spokesman for the company said Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:49PMA concert performance of Bombshell, the fictional Broadway musical from the short-lived NBC musical series "Smash," was given June 8 in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMAt last night's ceremony honoring non-union productions, Bailiwick and Griffin Theatre Company were big winners, and a posthumous award went to Russ Tutterow.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PMMark Morris has been a world-renowned choreographer for over three decades. But he is now also well recognized as an opera director, a natural step for an artist who cares so much about musi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:32PMMark Morris has been a world-renowned choreographer for more than three decades. But he is now also well recognized as an opera director, a natural step for an artist who cares so much about…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:32PM“Recognizing history is something the Tonys, in recent years, have become not just indifferent to but openly fearful about. The thinking is all terror-based: Ratings have fallen from d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:30PMExperience Broadway's most glamorous Tony Awards after party with photos from BroadwayBox.com. The exclusive event was held at the legendary Carlyle Hotel and hosted by Rick Miramontez and t…
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 02:29PMModeling itself after Edinburgh, the Hollywood Fringe Festival may be bigger than ever, but the shows are still small, scrappy and uncurated.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:27PMBryce Ryness (Hair) stars as Miss Trunchbull in the national tour of Matilda The Musical, which officially opened June 7 after beginning previews May 29 in Los Angeles. Young actresses Gabby…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMFinal casting is announced today for the European premiere of Orson’s Shadow, a critically acclaimed comedy by Austin Pendleton, about the time when Hollywood giants Orson Welles and L…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:25PMJosh Gad turned to Instagram today to share a first look at a new EPCOT 'Frozen-themed' attraction which is set top open in 2016
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMMusic Director Alan Gilbert and director Come de Bellescize are hard at work with Academy Award-Winning Actress Marion Cotillard, the Brooklyn Youth Chorus, and cast members of the New York …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMAfter successful runs of The Wizard of Oz, Rear Window and The Sound of Music earlier this year, Fathom Events will partner with Turner Classic Movies TCM again to bring the TCM Presents ser…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMTony Bennett, Benny Blanco, Zac Brown, Michael Buble, Carly Rae Jepsen, Dr. John, Ledisi, Ne-Yo, Jennifer Nettles, Mike O'Neill, Richie Sambora, Bernie Taupin and Paul Williams will either p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMBroadwayWorld is excited to bring you our latest weekly series- ON RECORD. Ever wonder which Broadway tunes have inspired your favorite performers Check back every Tuesday to find out which …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMBill Hanney will present Charles Shaughnessy, Emmy-winning star of The Nanny, and Days of Our Lives, starring in theMY FAIR LADYat the historic Theatre By The Sea TBTS. Theatre By The Sea, o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMThe Roaring Girl
Off Off Broadway, Access Theatre, Everyday Inferno
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: A rare and sensitive classical comedy revival.
You might have some familiar…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:15PM“People do not mind being wicked,” said Moliere, “but they do object to being made ridiculous.” In Moliere’s great play Tartuffe, the merchant Orgon is made ridiculous by his overw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:15PMLord Lloyd Webber’s fall show, School of Rock — The Musical is doing some test marketing with “pre-previews” at New York’s Gramercy Theatre. Although the shows …
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:12PMJim Taylor presents A Closer Look at Broadway for Tuesday, June 9, 2015
SOURCE: www.podtrac.com at 02:07PM"Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream," Taymor's imaginative rethinking of Shakespeare's classic that was filmed before a live audience during its 2014 run at T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley, who will be seen later this summer in the Bay Street Theater production of the Tony-winning musical Grey Gardens, will offer her Song Interpretation &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMWishing you could have made it to the one-night-only Bombshell benefit concert for The Actors Fund? Suffering each indignity of not being there for the reunion? Well, forget the hurt that ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PMBoth artists are featured on the new record, which reimagines the score as sung by pop stars.
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"I wrote that play as a warning to myself – then ignored my own warning." Patrick Marber is talking about Howard Katz, a play he wrote in 2001 in which a 50-year old man has a midlife cris…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:54PMThe once mild-mannered young Los Angeles prosecutor whose dogged investigation put mass-murderer Charles Manson and several members of his “family” behind bars, died Saturday of …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:53PMThree new plays will make up Jackalope Theatre Company's 2015-16 season, a spokesman for the company said Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:49PMCenter Stage adds a new writing initiative for local playwrights to collaborate and develop new work at the regional theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:45PM"Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience — A Parody by Dan and Jeff" will return to Chicago this winter, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45PMLove and Botany sprouts six unique tales of plants, romance, and unlikely connections. CulturalDC has married some unlikely theatrical bedfellows for its ongoing Source Festival, and none mo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:45PMSchool of Rock—The Musical, which will arrive on Broadway this fall, is currently enjoying a brief residency at the Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd Street).
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PMWhat a difference a friend makes. When we first meet Marjorie Taub, the eponymous Manhattanite in “The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife,” she’s despondent. As depicted by Susan Rome in T…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PMBroadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman, whose many credits include the Tony Award-winning musicals Crazy for You, Contact, and The Producers, makes her Met debut with a lavish new…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMTony Award winner, Theater Hall of Fame member and legendary Broadway star Betty Buckley returns to Denver June 15-19 for the fourth consecutive year to teach her Song Interpretation amp Mon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMBeats hell why I’m so sad to hear about the passing of Vincent T. Bugliosi (1934-2015). I just kind of adored him. His kind of straight-arrow competence without apparent prejudice is s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:38PMGetting to sit in a room surrounded by people you’ve idolized forever is something that not many people get to experience. I have been fortunate enough to experience this twice. Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMInfinity Theatre Company has strived to bring New York City worthy talent to Annapolis since 2010: a promise that the company certainly fulfills with the ongoing production of Ring of Fire: …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:21PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
The Taming Of The Shrew New Wimbledon Studio 27 May 2015 5 Stars BOOK TICKETS A ravaged, mouthy derelict with a can of beer was slumped outside the entrance to the New Wi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:18PMBombshell, the fictional show from "Smash" that musicalizes the life story of Marilyn Monroe, was presented June 8 in a one-night-only Broadway concert reuniting cast membe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PMBefore heading to Broadway this fall,School of Rock-The Musicalis rocking theGramercy Theatre127 E 23rd Street for a brief residency.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMAuthor, activist and playwright Larry Kramer is a political firebrand who gave voice to the outrage and grief that inspired a generation of gay men and lesbians to fight for their lives.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMJack Burditt, executive producer of UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT spoke to The Hollywood Reporter this week about what's ahead in the second season of the hit Netflix series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMBelow, check out phots from theafter-party for The Actors Fund Benefit Concert presentation of the musical created within the NBC TV series SMASH The series wascreated by Theresa Rebeck, Bom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMBroadway director and choreographer Susan Stroman, whose many credits include the Tony Award-winning musicals Crazy for You, Contact, and The Producers, makes her Met debut with a lavish new…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMThe troupe's 20th Summerworks festival, featuring plays by Jerry Lieblich, Kate E. Ryan and Jaclyn Backhaus, showcases both its downtown aesthetics and its experimental work ethic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMMichael J. Roth and Steve Longi have acquired film and TV rights to Zombie Prom, which debuted Off-Broadway in 1996 at the Variety Arts Theatre, according to Variety. Vincent Marcello is…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMOlivier, LondonI missed this acclaimed piece of verbatim music-theatre when it opened at the Cottesloe last year. I was well aware that it was based on interviews with residents of a single …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMOne hundred years ago, one of the most legendary performers of our time was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. This year, tribute concerts are being held all over the world to celebrate Frank Sin…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:06PMThere are three likely guarantees with your ticket to any show at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest 2015: (1) You will be the very first audience to see the show; (2) the show will be a fresh new fusion…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:02PMNikkole Salter
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Current Town: Bloomfield, NJ
Q: What are you working on now?
A: Woolly Commission, screenplay adaptation of a novel, University of NC…
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Listen to our Chita Rivera playlist as you scroll through 25 black and white photos of The Visit legend.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:54PM"Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff" will return to Chicago this winter, Broadway in Chicago said Tuesday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:51PMEmotionally revitalizing, experimental and spectacular. This gut-wrenching ground-breaker exposes hidden Argentinian history, so expect the unexpected in this well-constructed musical by Pat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:49PMSynetic Theater’s five show season was just added to our developing look at the upcoming season 2015-2016, Season at a Glance. Synetic begins its season with their entry in the Women&#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:49PMBeginning tonight (6/9) Jason Alexander will be replacing Larry David in his new Broadway comedy Fish In The Dark at the Cort Theatre. Actress Glenne Headly will also be joining the cast ton…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:44PMIn 2006, the murder of five prostitutes made one quiet Ipswich street notorious. Five years later, London Road’s darkest days were turned into a musical, and now that show has become a fil…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:34PM'YES AND is a new comedic web series conceived and produced by Jenny Anne Hochberg and Rasheda Crockett, featuring stars from Broadway and television.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMJared Zirilli, of The Civilians PRETTY FILTHY, Broadway LYSISTRATA JONES, touring WE WILL ROCK YOU and WICKED, as well as Off Broadway FAT CAMP, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, BARE, and TWILIGHT THE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMTwitter was on fire on Sunday before, during, and after the Tony Awards between stars, shows, and fans tweeting about their favorites During this year's inaugural live stream of the Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMFollow along as Wright takes us behind the scenes of The Audience's Broadway journey with 'Diary of an Englishman in New York'. Be sure to check back weekly for his latest installments
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PM20% Theatre company will be holding their annual yard sale on Saturday June 13th from 9am - 5pm and Sunday June 14th from 9am - 5pm at 1342 N. Greenleaf (Greenleaf and Sheridan). This yard s…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:34PMFrom E.T. cameos to stunned winner reactions, matching dresses, "Adele Dazeem" moments and a long over-due acceptance speech that included "The Worm," the 69th Annual…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMNEW YORK—“Bombshell” lives!Well, kind of.Less a musical-for-television than a musical-made-up-for-television, “Bombshell” existed as 20-odd numbers scattered across 32 episode…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:29PMBy Stephen Collins
The cast, like a fine soufflé, is full of first rate choices and rises to the occasion in exactly the right way. The singing here is glorious. The Gershwins make a lot of…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:22PMThe Elvis musical hits all the right notes
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:16PMThe man behind An Audience with Jimmy Savile at the Park Theatre tells us what he hopes the play, which premieres on Thursday, will achieve
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:16PMCity hopes for growth with revival of South L.A. theatre.
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:09PMPatricia Woolsey is the Artistic Director of ArtStream, which is an all inclusive arts in education organization based out of Silver Spring. It’s Inclusive Theatre Companies feature …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:09PMThe annual celebration of Chicago theater was held last night.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Alright ladies and gentle-blog readers, it’s time to announce who is taking home that fancy dancy Apple Watch! But before we announce the winner . . . If you remember, last Friday I po…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:53AMNew Jersey Symphony Orchestra in Newark — Harpist Stacey Shames and New Jersey Symphony Orchestra principal flutist Bart Feller appear as the soloists for Mozart's Flute and Harp C…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:53AMAlso: The New York Philharmonic honors a composer and the Paper Mill Playhouse present its Rising Star Awards
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:53AMBroadway vet Jason Alexander assumes the role of Norman Drexel in Fish in the Dark on June 9, but before that, he stopped by The Tonight Show with his predecessor and the show’s creato…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMThe 2015 Tony Awards came and went, which means we’re officially in the 2015-16 Broadway season. An Act of God, now open at Studio 54, marks the first show of the next bunch, but while…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMThere's been all sorts of buzz about the Broadway-bound School of Rock workshop, which is currently playing to invited audiences at New York's Gramercy Theatre. The team have just ad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMIf you’re like me, someone deeply committed to the arts – in practice, in education, in media coverage, in every aspect of life – you’ve probably had the same fantasy I’ve had over…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 11:43AMLondon's Tricycle Theatre will present Ben Hur, a stage adaptation penned by Patrick Barlow, playwright of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning The 39 Steps. The production will boast …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMRehearsals began June 2nd for the all-new production of RUTHLESS! The Musical. Broadway lovers (and haters) rejoice, because the funniest and bloodiest musical about what it takes to make a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMChita Rivera stopped by the "Late Night Show With Jimmy Fallon" and taught Jimmy a few of her sassy dance moves. Chita Rivera can currently been see in The Visit at the Lyceum Theatr…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:40AMWatch Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara’s 47 second quick change at the Tony Awards! You can currently see O’Hara in the The King and I at the Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:40AMLooking at the upcoming Workhouse (Lorton, VA) Performing Arts Center calendar and the Capital Fringe Festival performance schedule, I spotted a show from Tasty Monster Productions that is c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:34AMIt’s a busy week for appearances by authors, whose subject matter encompasses the Civil War, partisan politics, racism and Harper Lee. Among them, Atlanta author
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:24AMUnlike probably nearly other critic, I did not attend San Andreas predisposed to hate it, or scoff at it, or rag on it. The disaster movie is one of my favorite film genres, although produ…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:24AMLight Opera Works has launched it’s thirty-fifth season with a musical that has a great deal of staying power of its own. “The Fantasticks” has the honor of being the longe…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:15AMSee DARREN CRISS 'Glee,' How to Succeed... like you've neverseen him before - in the Tony Award-winning sensation HEDWIG ANDTHE ANGRY INCH. Celebrating its triumphant first year on Broadway,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMActor Taye Diggs stopped by HuffPost Live and talked about his new lead role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMTaye Diggs stopped by TODAY this week to talk about his hit TV crime drama and returning to the stage to star in HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMBroadway's ALADDIN stars Adam Jacobs and Courtney Reed were featured on last night's episode of ABC's 'The Bachelorette.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMWhat better way to celebrate flag day than with a patriotic concert delivered by some of Broadway's biggest beltersStars from the Broadway community have lined up for a star studded fundrais…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 622015 - 692015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMWilliam M Hoffman’s As Is, which was billed as the play about AIDS when it premiered 30 years ago, is to run
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMThe actor takes over from Bart Edwards in the show, which opens at the Arcola on 2 July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:04AMA painter grows up and melts down in Sam Marks' new play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMAnne Washburn's new play explores the technical side of theater-making.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe Tony winner comes back to Broadway after 25 years, and steps into the well-worn shoes of his Seinfeld past.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Ever After, Paper Mill Playhouse’s latest effort to produce a new musical with enough legs to get to Broadway, offers a few moments of musical theater bliss, but the hodgepodge retelling o…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:54AMChristian Borle took home the 2015 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing a rock ’n’ roll version of William Shakespeare in Something Rotten! In the media room, he e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMJessica Lange will star in Long Day's Journey Into Night on Broadway in 2015-16 By:David ShewardJessica LangeI recently saw the first…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:46AMAfter being shut out at the Tonys, The Visit, the final musical by the team of John Kander and the late Fred Ebb and starring two-time Tony winner Chita Rivera, will close on Sun. June 14. T…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 10:45AMIn Part 2 of our interviews with the actors playing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern at Folger Theatre, meet Romell Witherspoon. Sophia: Please introduce yourself to our readers. What are your …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:38AMThe 42nd annual Jeff Awards were presented June 8, celebrating non-union theatre in Chicago. Bailiwick Chicago’s staging of Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMAs I was preparing to write this week’s blog post, I began as I always do: by browsing through my favorite theater websites, looking for headlines that sparked within me enough interest th…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 10:37AMJamie Muscato has replaced Bart Edwards in The House of Mirrors and Hearts at the Arcola Theatre. Edwards was previously announced as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMBryce Ryness (Hair) stars as Miss Trunchbull in the national tour of Matilda The Musical, which officially opened June 7 after beginning previews May 29 in Los Angeles. Young actresses Gabby…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMA couple from TV's "The Bachelorette" made their Broadway debuts with a walk-on in Disney's Aladdin at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMOscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard portrays the martyr as a childlike figure who recalls her tumultuous life as a series of dramatic visions, in the New York Philharmonic’s pres…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 10:21AM‘The 68th Annual Tony Awards” on CBS proved no match for the NBA on Sunday night — as viewership of the Broadway kudoscast dropped to 6.4 million viewers. That’s a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:21AMThe play about ruthless political campaign, from, Beau Willimon, the writer who created 'House of Cards,' runs in Point Richmond through June 27.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:21AMBerlioz' "Les Troyens" -- a five-hour epic opera after Virgil's "Aeneid" with touches of Homer, Shakespeare and music like none ever written before for the lyric stage -- is the grandest Fre…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:21AMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with "Forever Deadward" creator Ashley Griffin and actress Ilana Gabrielle about "Girl + Friend," their first collaboration together. "Girl + Friend" expl…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 10:21AMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with author and producer William V. Madison about his new book "Madeline Kahn: Being The Music, A Life" and panel discussion at The Drama Bookshop in NYC …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 10:21AMLarry David and Jason Alexander talk to Jimmy about their Broadway play Fish in the Dark.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:19AMStars of stage, screen and television came out to celebrate Broadway's Biggest Night at The Actors Fund's 19th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party, held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMThe Special Olympics Unified Relay Across America will race through St. Louis Tuesday. More than 505 torchbearers will carry the torch as it makes its way to the 2015 Special Olympic World G…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:18AMWest End venue the London Palladium is returning to its roots as the home of variety, with a programme that will focus
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:18AMThe show-within-the-show became the show on June 8, when the cast of NBC series “Smash” reunited to present a song-and-dance concert version of “Bombshell,” the music…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:18AMAhead of their performance for the WellChild benefit concert heldat Royal Albert Hall,Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett met with England'sPrince Harry and Sir Elton John.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMHappy Birthday, Cole Porter Porter's many musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes and Can-Can, and his numerous hit songs include 'Night and Day', 'I Get …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMThe TONY Awards 2015 Recognize the Legendary Dancer and Master Teacher of Jazz Dance, LUIGI who passed away this year. Marina Kamen aka MARINA Interviews LUIGI amp Liza Minnelli as they dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMThe concert presentation of the musical created within theNBCTV series 'Smash,' created byTheresa Rebeck, Bombshell, with music byMarc Shaiman, lyrics byMarc ShaimanandScott Wittman, directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AM (This post is part of the blog salon curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2015 TCG National Conference: Game Change. The following questions will inform the final plenary session, �…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:01AMFollowing the rumours of the Tony Award-winning musical transferring to London, we consider who should take the titular role. Warning: Contains bad photoshopping
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:01AMYou can 'hear the people sing' at the Charing Cross Theatre in July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:01AMTaye Diggs, who created the role of Benny in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Rent before finding success on film and TV, recently sat down with the women of the TV talk show "The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM“Call Me Adam” played it cool with “The Joes,” Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz, when he went to Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ to chat with these two musical theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
Forced to leave a role he always wanted to play, Edward Petherbridge returns in ”My Perfect Mind,” a piece he helped create about not playing King Lear.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:58AM“In a year of record Broadway grosses ($1.36 billion), it’s heartening to see commercial imperatives take a back seat. But then perhaps Broadway is beginning to recognize how rel…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMFish in the Dark playwright Larry David and Jason Alexander, who currently stars in the comedy at the Cort Theatre, were recent guests on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon."
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMDate: 19 May 2015 Upstaged Rating: Following the success of Luisa Omielan’s last show What Would Beyonce Do, she has been catapulted into stardom and earned her stripes as a feis…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:46AMRoyal Court theatre, LondonA domestic minefield is beautifully set up, and acted, in Gary Owen’s forceful play about abuse passed down through the generationsGary Owen has written a seriou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:40AM"Believe me, I'm not watching this thing every night!" David frankly told Jimmy Fallon.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:39AMThe new musical Something Rotten!, which was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, has reacted with humor to losing the evening's top prize.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AM Originally published April 21, 2015 in Bitter Lemons.
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SOURCE: Footlights at 09:20AMThat'll Play Podcast with Matt Candela and John Nuzzi welcome Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina of The Skivvies - the NYC musical duet that performs 'stripped down arrangements of eclectic cove…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMSimply Barbra! Begins Spring Tour at Don't Tell Mama June 17: Hamilton's Sydney James Harcourt Will Guest
By: Beau JaredInternationally-acclaimed Barbra Stre…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:14AMThe FINDING NEVERLAND concept album is officially available today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMDecca BroadwayUniversal Music Classics releases the 2015 Broadway Cast Recording of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, starring Kelli O'Hara a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMThe John Drew Theater at Guild Hall in East Hampton presents Arthur Miller's award-winning American classic All My Sons starring Alec Baldwin and Laurie Metcalf and directed by Stephen Hamil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMFrom a Tony nomination in 2012 for Jesus Christ Superstar to the premiere of a new musical AMAZING GRACE seems like Josh Young is having great experiences in the Big Apple.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMThe Public Theater's Annual Gala will take place tonight, June 9 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMThe Actors' Equity Foundation's 2015 Clarence Derwent Awards for most promising female and male performers on the New York metropolitan scene have gone to Phillipa Soo Hamilton and Josh Gris…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMThe cast of NBC's musical dramedy series SMASH reunited in a new concert last night, highlighting material from the musical-within-the-series BOMBSHELL
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMGood day, Bachelorette lovers This week's episode was full of drama, musical theatre and bromances gone wrong, much like most of my early 20s Thank you for joining me yet again as we delve e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMIt's still a few months from the premiere of CBS's LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT, but that didn't keep the funny man from trying out a new theme song for his late night show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMGood 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 Jason Alexander comes home to Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMNew ratings figures for the 69th Annual Tony Awards, which aired June 7 on CBS opposite game two of the NBA Finals, were significantly lower than the preliminary ones announced June 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:02AMDuring our recent webcam chat (watch below), Allison Williams reveals she was introduced to the world of acting as a little girl when she watched a tape of the TV version of the musical…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AM"There's definitely been interest in a film," said "Fun Home" producer Kristin Caskey, addressing the press with fellow producers Barbara Whitman and Mike Isaacson after winning the Ton…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMAt People's Light and Theatre Company, Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible actually presents an even more complicated set of instructions: How to honor thy parents while saying…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:00AM
NEW YORK - Bravo to the Tony voters, all 700 of them. The four productions named Sunday night as the best of the season were truly deserving. As for the awards show itself, well, everyone de…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:59AMGraeae Theatre artistic director Jenny Sealey has claimed theatre companies that fail to represent disabled actors on stage should be fined. Do
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:58AMThis new, darkly comic drama by Gary Owen really gets inside its characters' heads, says Dominic Cavendish
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:54AMRattlestick Playwrights Theater will present Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait, written and directed by Daniel Talbott. The world-premiere play, which opens June 9, tells the story …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:48AMAre you a titan of the theatre or have the fates abandoned you? As the Almeida puts on a festival inspired by Dionysus, test your knowledge of Greek drama Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:43AMGate, LondonChristopher Haydon’s unsettling production of Elinor Cook’s play explores our capacity for violenceEvery picture tells a story, just not always the one that we think it tells…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:43AMLiam (beautifully portrayed by David Moorst) is a geeky 17-year-old – a fastidious mummy's boy whose mother has recently died. With nowhere else to go till he gets his A Levels, he's been …
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:38AMComplicite's adaptaion of the Coen Brothers' classic is an innovative screwball comedy
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:38AMA sensitive production makes a powerful case for Strauss's neglected 'opera domestica'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:38AMIn my other blog today, I wrote about the “fact” that JM Barrie wrote Peter Pan as a metaphor for World War One. This was a little bit of a fib (explained fully here), but I thought I�…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:37AMPeter Pan is currently enjoying a critically acclaimed but maddeningly short run at the Open Air Theatre. (I understand the logistical reasons behind back-to-back productions in Regent’s P…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:36AMTeddy is a new piece of theatre from Tristan Bernays and Dougal Irvine that sets out to depict the Teddy Boy era of 1950’s London. It's all about rock and roll and austerity in post-war Br…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:15AMLarry David and Jason Alexander stopped by last night's TONIGHT SHOW to talk to Jimmy about their Broadway play Fish in the Dark.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10AMThe world premiere of a new play by Marcus Gardley and a production of Ben Hur lead the Tricycle Theatre’s upcoming season.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:02AM
Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMIt is always great to see terrific performers in great show after great show. And I hope it is obvious how much I appreciate the truly amazing folks whose names aren't above the title …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:37AM• If you visit this blog with even modest regularity, you know that the next stop for Satchmo at the Waldorf is San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theatre, where the John Douglas Thom…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMRoyal & Derngate artistic director James Dacre shares the story behind his hotly-anticipated production, which premieres tonight
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:20AMOther highlights of the season include a new version of Tartuffe
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:20AMFrom 2005: Perhaps my powers of concentration have been diminished by advancing age, or maybe I’ve simply become more sensitive to the emotion-evoking power of music. (I cry more easily no…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMHow can you not love a musical about a badly mistreated pint-sized prodigy whose passion for reading rescues her from the bullies and boors around her?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15AM“The only ‘ism’ that has justified itself is pessimism.” George Orwell, “The Limit to Pessimism”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben
San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti sounds like a proud midwife, talking about this week’s world premiere of “Two Women” (“La Ciociara”)…
SOURCE: archives.sfexaminer.com at 07:00AMby Janos Gereben
San Francisco Opera Music Director Nicola Luisotti sounds like a proud midwife, talking about this week’s world premiere of “Two Women” (“La Ciociara”)…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 07:00AM
Looking at this year's Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Popdose at 06:42AMMichael Griffiths has wowed Cabaret Festival audiences in the past with his quirky take on a wide variety of musical styles and eras. In this new show, he becomes Cole Porter and takes us th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:31AMHamish Pirie directs Gary Owen's play at the Royal Court
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:21AMEleanor Rhode's punchy production explores the dark and damaged world of 1950s London
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:21AMIt looks like the Tony-Award winning production is coming to London
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:21AMMazz Murray, Jo Napthine and Gabriella Williams have joined the cast of the Abba musical
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:21AMHenry said it was a 'wonderful thing' to be recognised
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:21AMAs much at home in Beckett as in Shakespeare, Ashcroft had imagination, industry and intelligence. She rose to the challenge of playing Queen Margaret in this mesmerising 1963 trilogyWhat do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:14AM “I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, the the conscience of mankind.” —William Butler Yeats Last night Town Hall was the site of The...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:10AM
It's approximately 24 hours since the Tony Awards ended -- and, while most of the community is at a Bombshell party, I...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:22AMAfter the telecast (discussed in my post here), Broadway is all about the after-parties. There is the official Tony...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:22AMFun Home Wins Tony Award for Best Musical & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Wins Best Play - Both score 5 Tonys each!
By: Patrick ChristianoA…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:15AM“The Tony Award for best new musical … is likely to be a major turning point, allowing the production to reach new markets, and new audiences, that might have been initially put …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12AM“The show, which began previews on March 26 and opened April 23, has been a box office disappointment but a passion project for its producers and investors, who worked for more than a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:10AMThere’s been much talk about the need for theatre to reflect the UK’s cultural diversity. With change so slow to be implemented, are quotas the only way to bring about a transformation?W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMSo much excitement happening this week, it’s hard to know where to start. New plays at the National and Royal Court are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMJoshua Harmon's play begins tonight at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00AM
“You will never know the truth of my life,” says Rita Heffernon (Deidra LaWan Starnes) to her son, Vincent (Manu Kumasi), in a moment of heart-wrenching honesty. “Children never know.�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39AMBetween 75 percent and 80 percent of the work is finished, and the construction crew will be out of the building by July 15, managing director Dean Gladden said, giving the Alley's staff two…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 01:12AMThe Alley Theatre's key improvements include the addition of a four-story fly loft above the Hubbard Stage, allowing scenery and equipment to be suspended out of the audience's view; and an …
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 01:01AMEpisode 132: Google Drive in the Drama Classroom Joshua Hatt was a frustrated drama teacher. He put together an extensive curriculum booklet for his students only to have them lose it time a…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMAs one of America's most exciting young playwrights, Harmon has his finger on the pulse of a new generation.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM"100 Things To Do Before High School" Set Visit With CastYH is on the set of Nickelodeon's "100 Things To Do Before High School" where we get to know a little more about the three talented l…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Acclaimed stage and film actress Glenne Headly will assume the role of Brenda Drexel opposite Jason Alexander as Norman Drexel, in Larry David's hit comedy about a death in the family, Fish …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMFor one special night, Broadway's biggest stars come together under the direction of lyricist and composer Neil Berg for an event like no other. Covenant House will honor Board of Directors …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMBad Jews runs tonight, June 9 through July 19, 2015 opening night is June 17, 2015 in the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMAfter his critically acclaimed and sold-out concert honoring composer Maury Yeston, singersongwriter Tim Realbuto Ghostlight Wunderkind returns to the concert stage to honor more of his favo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMTonight,June 9th, the Broadway and touring companies of Spring Awakening will reunite on the stage of 54 Below. Just announced to the cast areJenna UshkowitzGlee,Alexandra SochaFun Home andB…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMTony Award-winning actor Jason Alexander returns to Broadway tonight, June 9 when he assumes the role of Norman Drexel in Larry David's hit comedy FISH IN THE DARK, directed by Anna D. Shapi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMFarragut North wallows deep in the muck of political campaigns.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:34AMToday we continue the brand new 5 SONGS BY... series with an intriguing and informative new entry with a bit of a twist, legendary Golden Age songwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green penned…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26AMBSG special correspondent Christopher J. Hanke hits the red carpet at the 2015 Tony Awards. Here's a sneak peak of the action.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 12:11AMSydney Opera House, June 3 MARK Morris is a master of light. You see this in all sorts of ways: the deeply satisfying structures where formality is leavened by little quirks and surprises; u…
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 12:04AMAnd so, with the Tony Awards, the 2014-15 Broadway season comes to an end. But the 2015-16 season is already underway--and it promises to be a busy one. A total of 37 shows …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1891 Birthday of composer Cole Porter (1891-1964), whose witty, urbane songs will grace five decades of musicals, including Anything Goes, Can-Can, Gay Divorce, Silk Stockings and hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning comic actor Jason Alexander, best known for playing George Costanza on the sitcom "Seinfeld," replaces author/star Larry David in the Broadway hit Fish in th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, we look at the history of the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court on marriage equality.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFinding Neverland, the new Broadway musical that tells the tale of how Peter became Pan — starring Matthew Morrison as famed author J.M. Barrie — releases an album of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning Broadway revival cast recording of The King and I, featuring Tony Award winners Kelli O'Hara and Ruthie Ann Miles, is released June 9 from Universal Music Classics.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSpring & Summer: The Spring Awakening Cast Reunion, featuring cast members from the Broadway and touring productions of Spring Awakening, is held June 9 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Actors' Equity Foundation 2015 Clarence Derwent Award for most promising female and male performers on the New York metropolitan scene are presented June 9 to Phillipa Soo, star of B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWith a book by a diva and a clever title pun as a jump-start, Jonathan Tolins’ creativity went into hyperdrive to create the one-man show “Buyer & Cellar.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
