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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMThe Qualms, by Bruce Norris, focuses on a bunch of friends who get together periodically to have sex with one another in twos and threes. They are mellow, sure of what they want, and loving.…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:51PMAs someone who grew up in the 1980’s, I desperate try to forget my penchant for crimped hair, huge bangs and shoulder pads. Cockpit in Court’s production of The Wedding Singer, however, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:49PMWho knew metro Washington was also the nation’s nerd capital? A sold-out crowd — many ectomorphs in geeky garb, monk/Jedi robes, foil caps, riotous colors, vintage tour shirts, and even …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:29PMAerial Dance Chicago leaves the circus in the dust in "Shifting Limits," a well-paced program of 10 works — 8 of them new — running Saturday and June 27-28 at the Ruth Page Center. Found…
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Harmony. When it’s sung well, a warm visceral sense of well-being and balance missing from much of human interaction just envelops the lucky listeners. The three actresses impersonating Th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:51PMName: Erin BeirnardHometown: Anchorage, Alaska (but currently living in North Bergen, NJ)Tell us about The Roaring Girl: The Roaring Girl is a Jacobean COMEDY, which means - in contrast…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:51PMThe company celebrated the release yesterday, June 12th, 2015 at Barnes amp Noble and cast members Robert Fairchild,Leanne Cope, Jill Paice, Brandon Uranowitzand Max von Essen from the 2015 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMHearken back to New Jersey in the 1980s when self-absorbed Yuppies worshipped Wall Street, hair gel, and blow dryers, and you have the setting for the 2006 Tony-nominated Broadway musical, T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:10PMCedar Grove High School performed "Hairspray In Concert" May 30 as part of the school's musical sharing program with Mount Anthony Union High School in Vermont.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 01:09PMA razor-sharp critique of media and justice in post 9-11 America In this age of 24/7 media witch hunts and instant mass outrage, any national security issue can morph into World War III ov…
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Your stay at the Heartbreak Hotel begins as soon as your arrive at North Greenwich station, where bellhops will instruct you to follow the signposts to the box-office-cum-check-in-desk, so t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:32AMPRIVATE DANCERS It’s a stunning vote of artistic confidence. The repertory of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s Summer Series, their latest dancefest at the Harris Theatre, consists of thre…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:17AM. . . until someone made a musical out of Game of Thrones. Luckily that someone was Coldplay. I had a super heady blog to write for today, but man, it seems like everyone is still a little h…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:17AMHITCHES IN EXECUTION In his latest one-hour act, Simon Coronel divides the world into three categories: people who want to know how a magic trick is done, people who don’t want to know…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:17AMWHAT A DOG The term “Dog Days” refers to the hottest period of the year, the sultry part of summer when Sirius, the Dog Star, rises in unison with the sun. It’s a time marked by sluggi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:17AMTchaikovsky’s Iolanta, starring soprano Anna Netrebko, shares a double bill with Bartók’s Bluebeard’s Castle, starring Nadja Michael and Mikhail Petrenko. Acclaimed Polish film direct…
SOURCE: PBS at 11:17AMCan you guess how many people could name a living playwright?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:17AMYou could say the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra saved the best for last this season. Sure, there were all those notable concerts of Mozart, Mahler, Shostakovich and the usual suspects. But th…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 11:17AMA man was accidentally stabbed onstage during a May 31 performance of “The Language of Flowers,” a new play by Gavin Kayner at the Temple of Music and Art’s Cabaret Theatre…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:17AMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" went backstage at Pershing Square Signature Theatre to speak with, Annapurna Sriram and Erin Darke, two of the stars of The New Group's production of Jesse Eise…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:17AMTurns out, if there's one thing that could make teenage life easier, it's not a car, or pimple-free skin or a new wardrobe.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:17AMA $300,000 grant from the James E. and Diane W. Burke Foundation will allow the McCarter Theatre Center to strengthen its school programs.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:17AMOne of the reasons TCG chose Cleveland as the spot for its 25th annual convention is in the very bricks and mortar of Playhouse Square itself.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:17AMDespite pre-recorded music, some performers raise the energy level of original musical revue.... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 11:17AMNearly two dozen plays, musicals and cabaret shows planned during a once-slow season... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 11:17AMNathan Lane has won two Tony Awards but is still without an Emmy despite six nominations. But that shut-out could be over this year as he has two strong contenders in the derby: reprising hi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:12AMThe curtain’s come down on a lawsuit filed by a group of performers against film producer Ben Latham-Jones.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:11AMThe Joe D Show welcomes "School of Rock - the Musical" star Alex Brightman.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:11AMIn advance of a Broadway run this fall, “School of Rock — the Musical” got the Gramercy Theatre thumping and jumping.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:11AMLONDON (Reuters) - British actor Ron Moody, who played Fagin in the movie version of "Oliver!" and on stage, died on Thursday at the age of 91, his agent said.
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:10AMThe musical based on the creepy and kooky Charles Addams characters has a few, um, dead spots, but a talented cast mines the material for all it's worth.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:10AMGil Cates Jr. has been named executive director of the Geffen Playhouse, the company's board of directors will announce on Friday. Cates has been serving as interim managing director of the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:09AML.A. Opera is pushing into new territory. By joining forces with the Next On Grand festival of contemporary American music, it is engaging with the future of American opera. Its contribution…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:09AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Andrew Lloyd Webber has tapped a favorite actress to play the school principal in the musical stage version of "School of Rock."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:09AMNEW YORK (AP) -- If you think your job stinks, take a moment to consider the pretty horrible tasks facing the lowly sentries Humayun and Babur in Rajiv Joseph's new "Guards at the Taj.".…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:09AMHAIFA, Israel (AP) -- A decision by Israel's new education minister to halt the performances for high school students of a controversial theater play, inspired by the life story of an Ar…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:09AMOn Thursday, all of David Letterman's Late Show episodes and clips disappeared from YouTube and CBS.com, as BuzzFeed noted. Letterman made his late-night farewell on May 20, and soon after, …
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:08AMRajiv Joseph’s Guards at the Taj, at the Atlantic, concerns itself with the overwhelming power of beauty; naturally, it is brutal to an almost nauseating degree. Is it unfair to the audien…
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:08AMUSA Today watches Penn and Teller do a magic trick whole talking about their new Broadway show.
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Kevin Spacey, Eddie Redmayne, and Michael Ball have been added the long list of Hollywood and Broadway stars to be honored by the Queen of England.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMToday in 1999, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown closed at the Ambassador Theatre, where it ran for 149 performances. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical comedy with music and l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMScripts of this well-intentioned variety are big on exalting forgiveness and empathy – calls for justice are rare for obvious reasons.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:47AMBy Tim Hochstrasser
It leaves us with a slight regret that, as with so many English comedians of her generation, Joyce Grenfell did not emerge more often from the comfort zone in which she h…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:40AM(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…
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By Loreli Mojica For those familiar with Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper from the popular TV show The Big Bang Theory, which is likely the majority of those who would attend this show, prepare…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 09:51AMThis week some of heater's best gathered together to celebrate the 31st Powerhouse Theater season. From Hedwig and the Angry Inch composer Stephen Trask to Tony Award winner Duncan Sheik Spr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMDecca BroadwayUniversal Music Classics released 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 09:32AMAn Audience with Jimmy Savile is possibly one of the most shocking plays currently showing in London. Steeped in horrifying truths, scandalous admissions and cruel honesty this is a ground-b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:22AMReality is a performance that has been scripted from the devised creations of the Bridge Theatre Company, a group of BRIT school graduates who have formed a theatre company through a course …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:22AMAre you looking for work in the arts industry? Each week we at A Younger Theatre are featuring the best job applications from across the arts spectrum. Whether you’re looking for permanent…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:22AMMichael Dyer has been artistic director of outdoor touring Shakespeare company the Festival Players since 2001. To celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary,
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MacFarlane gave Lauper his rendition of her hit song, 'True Colors', as performed by 'Family Guy's Peter Griffin.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51AMKasper Holten's video-heavy production of Mozart's opera returns in its first revival
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:22AMAt just 19 years of age Polly Stenham penned the award-winning gritty family drama That Face, which resulted in her being the toast of the Royal Court. Now, eight years on, Stenham’s lates…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AM"We live in a dystopia now.” So claims playwright Dawn King.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:06AMToday is the anniversary of the release of the all-star Keystone comedy Mabel’s Busy Day. This is one of those shorts that, rather annoyingly, nowadays gets marketed and written about…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:02AMAnyone who has written for the stage will tell you that finding collaborators is like dating. The writing relationship is a delicate one and requires some back and forth to see if it’s a g…
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The late Christopher Hitchens' infamous 2007 screed for Vanity Fair about why women aren't funny reads today as a quaint artifact — almost like coming across a Victorian tract warning wome…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:19AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19AM by: Paulanne Simmons Jon Freda has the gestures, the hat, the New York accent, and most important, the nose that make...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:17AMThe poet, novelist and playwright on family, Britain’s child soldiers and hating novels set in Hampstead (and then writing one)From a distance, Owen Sheers’s new novel appears to be miss…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMThe Eighth Wonder of the World. As if the modest title isn’t enough of a build up, there’s the structure itself: the Thames Tunnel Shaft. You don’t expect to find a wonder tucked away …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:06AM by: Paulanne Simmons Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell wrote many of the songs that helped define both the music and the ethos of a generation. Songs.…
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Florida has Disney World, but New York has Gangland. The history of the mob in America begins here, at Ellis Island. Between 1899 and 1910, nearly 2 million southern Italians...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:55AMWant a show that speaks to you? Try being the only one in the audience. Locals and visitors line up in New York at Theatre for One.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMBombshell, the fictional musical from the NBC series "Smash," stormed Broadway earlier this week, and Playbill.com snagged four exclusive clips from the star-studded, one-n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill.com's 30 Days of Pride, Playbill correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a collection of the essential LGBTQ love songs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThis week, Playbill was at Radio City Music Hall to capture the sights and sounds of Tony Awards rehearsals and joined nominee Geneva Carr as she got pro tips on red carpet makeup. On Tony n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDiana DeGarmo, who recently concluded her run as the Narrator in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, stars as Dorothy in Studio Tenn Theatre Company's prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of our ongoing profiles of theatre couples, Playbill.com sits down with Tony Award-winning musical theatre star Karen Ziebma and her husband, Bill Tatum.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1963 Stage actor Howard Da Silva finds himself at the other end of the spectrum: as director of a Lewis John Carlino double bill. Shelley Winters and Jack Warden star in the two one acts, Sn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Lyric Opera of Chicago's recent production of Richard Rodgers' and Oscar Hammerstein II's Carousel is broadcast internationally by The WFMT Radio Network and heard locally in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy winner and Tony nominee Alec Baldwin stars in a revival of Arthur Miller’s classic drama about responsibility, All My Sons, which officially opens June 13 following previews t…
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