Mother Nature was kind to the Festival this weekend. Thunderstorms were predicted but there was only one close call. So, though many were sweltering, it was a wonderful day to listen to good…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42PMBy Judd HollanderPhoto by Richard TermineWhen it comes to war criminals and those responsible for mass killings, there's a tendency to think of them as inhuman monsters because it's far more…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 11:36PMBy Judd HollanderPhoto by Richard TermineWhat if Romeo & Juliet were in fact brother and sister? So it asks in the press materials for Red Bull Theater's absolutely brilliant production …
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 11:36PMThis post is by Ryan Mikita
As if a talking parrot weren’t magical enough, the production and costumes are truly inspired. Conceptualized by Alisa Simonel-Keegan & Jim Keegan, the set…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:35PMThe play itself, an LCT3 offering at Lincoln Center Theater's Claire Tow playhouse, turns out to be an intriguing, challenging evening of theatre.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:03PMComposer Dave Malloy and director Rachel Chavkin share an affinity for big themes and bold gestures, preferably on Russian themes. Their collaboration Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:02PMDave Malloy delves into the creative trials of Russian composer and piano virtuoso Sergei Rachmaninoff at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM
Terrorists make the covers of newspapers while those who selflessly give comfort and support in times of crisis are usually relegated to the back pages.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:51PMI started out with today's blog as just my musings on the Playbill Pride Poster, which I recently added to my collection. I love all of the Playbill posters (and the rest of …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:37PMCirque du Soleil, the avant garde circus group, is to open an office in China and launch its first permanent show in the country by 2018.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:35PMThis new play by Dave Malloy, who wrote “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” is set in the hypnotized mind of Sergei Rachmaninoff.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMThe well loved musical, The Sound of Music, will commence in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre on 13 December this year, followed by a season at Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre from 11 March, 2016. W…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:14PMGlasgow’s Citizens Theatre, Manchester International Festival and NoFit State Circus in Cardiff are among the first organisations to appoint graduate trainees as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:13PMVariety writes that Cirque du Soleil will open an office in Shanghai, China to spearhead its first permanent show there by 2018. Cirque was acquiredearlier this year by TPG and China's Fosun.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10PMThe Guidance Department is excited to announce their Kickstarter campaign to fund the final three episodes of a six-episode first season of their new dark comedy, MS. GUIDANCE. Click below t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02PMEarly in the new Lincoln Center musical “Preludes,” the lead character admits to liking Gordon Lightfoot: “I know he’s not cool, but he brings back a fond feeling.” The surprise...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMNEDA WANTS TO DIE by Luigi Laraia 10th Annual Capital Fringe Festival July 9 – 26, 2015 in Washington, DC Daring Play on Sexual Violence Explores Blurred Lines between Perpetrators an…
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By Alexandra ScordatoMarketing InternDame Vera Lynn. Image Source.Vera Lynn was born on March 20thin what we know now as East London and began performing at a very young age. She …
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 09:54PM“We’re completely pro sex.” Rashdash, who collaborated with Alice Birch on this anarchic challenge to pornography, are not objecting on prudish grounds – their concern is the co…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:30PMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
“It’s been a rough two years,” Mr. Jackson observed. Deaths in his family, a disintegrating romantic relationship, and becoming sober, were all detailed d…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:26PMIt’s not every day that you walk into a show and Spider-Man is playing you in with some ambient tunes. Just Spider-Man, chilling at a keyboard in full costume. Why Spider-Man? Who can tell…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:18PMDave Malloy follows 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1912' with another time-warping musical trip into Russian history, delving into Sergei Rachmaninoff's writer's block.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
By TBA Journalism Staff
This week:
• Four New Hires at Berkeley Rep
• Theatre Bay Area member Martha Richards Published in American Theatre
• Americ…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 08:54PMSeth Godin recently linked back to a post he wrote in 2011 about the economics of fund raising galas. To heavily summarize what many of us already know, he points out that it is difficult to…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:51PMRebecca Naomi Jones plays Yitzhak, the bad boy that that has Hedwig's eye in Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Playbill joined Jones in her dressing room as she was prepping for …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:31PM“This is a play about time,” insists the heart-sore and regretful Peter, who longs to reverse the past two decades of his life in The Barrow Group’s production of Craig Wright’s The …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:07PM"Cedar Lake’s existential crisis unexpectedly became dire, when the company announced in March that it was closing and the BAM performances would be its last. ...Staying true to form, in i…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM
La Jolla Playhouse'sseason opener, COME FROM AWAY, is aworld-premiere musical featuring book, music and lyrics by award-winning husband-and-wife team David Hein andIrene Sankoff, directed by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48PMA great production kicks of the theatre's 10th season in Pittsfield, MA, and Jeff McCarthy is a tour de force Cervantes.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 07:47PMKokomo Civic Theatre is proud to announce that its production of “Freud’s Last Session” (a meeting of Sigmund Freud, played by James Craig, and C.S. Lewis, played by Colburn Lambert) w…
SOURCE: kokomoperspective.com at 07:47PMIf you have ever produced a workshop, been in a workshop, or just considered using the Actors’ Equity Association workshop contract, you should send you a thank you note to John Bregli…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 07:47PMOUR FEATHERED FIENDS This is not Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, a 1963 horror fest about being pecked to death and delighting in Tippi Hedrin and Suzanne Pleshette’s contagious distress. …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:47PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending June 14th, 2015.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 07:47PMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with comedian, actress, and writer Rain Pryor about her one-woman show "Fried Chicken & Latkes," Rain's funny take on growing up Black and Jewish as t…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 07:47PMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with multiplatinum artist and Tony nominee Ann Hampton Callaway about her brand new show at 54 Below entitled "On My Way To You," an evening of love songs…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 07:47PMThe Metropolitan Opera begins its outdoor summer concert series
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:47PMJesse Eisenberg talks about “The Spoils,” the play he wrote and stars in, along with co-star Michael Zegen, about Ben, a moody ex-graduate student who lives off his parents’ money an…
SOURCE: WNYC at 07:44PMBecause bad things happen to good actors every single day.
Having to travel to auditions with three pairs of shoes, two outfits, dance clothes, food for the day, your headshot and rés…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:42PMJonathan Groff discusses reprising his role as King George in "Hamilton" on Broadway.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:41PM“The Illusionists: Live on Broadway” will rematerialize in New York for the holidays this fall.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:41PMThe guitarist for 5 Seconds of Summer was recovering well enough from his injury that he returned with the band to perform the following night.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:40PMJohn Leonard Colenback, an actor best known for his role as the debonair Dr. Dan Stewart on “As the World Turns” (1966-73 and 1976-79), died May 12 in West Hollywood, Calif. He w…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:28PMThis week’s Showcase video is Aubrey McGrath and Suzanne Gillen from "The Secret Garden," currently onstage at Court Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:19PMKristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award winner and the host of this year’s Tony Awards, will play the Chicago Theatre this fall, the venue said Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:19PMA Human Being Died That Night's Noma Dumezweni on bringing this intense two-person show about apartheid in South Africa to the Brooklyn Academy of Music through June 21.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:19PMVenue closure casts shadow over award ceremony
"Different type of working model" needed in the future, says founding director as the Arches dominate the speeches at Sunday's Critics Award f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:18PMIt's an unfortunate aspect of human nature for us to be haunted our pasts, whether the achievements that defined us or the failures that stood in our way.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:08PMEdith Piaf is one of the most recognisable voices to come out of Europe with her guttural rolling of R’s and belty chansons, any music-lover would be well aware of her unique vocal sty…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PM
PORN AND PHYSICALITY We’re all on the same page here, right? Online pornography is increasingly violent, graphically displaying real, abusive sexual acts devoid of tenderness. Rapist s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:54PM by: Paulanne Simmons Last weekend would have marked Cy Coleman’s 86th birthday. In celebration of his life and work Michele Lee made a New York appearance...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:52PMA concert celebrating the city of lights with two Porter showstoppers
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMThe Hollywood Fringe Festival's 2015 season includes the world premiere of POP THE MUSICAL, an '80s themed musical with an exciting original score from the Los Angeles based writing duo of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMWilliamstown Theatre FestivalMandy Greenfield, Artistic Director kicked-off rehearsals for the first two productions of its 61stseason. Rehearsals are in full swing for the first two shows,O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, June 15, 2015 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – @BBBway RT @VanityFair: SOMETHING ROTTEN! (@RottenBroadway) bites its thum…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:39PMVideo: Interview with Jim Davis, Creator of Garfield about Garfield The Musical with Cattitude at Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo, MD. Video Produced and Edited by Mark Beachy. Camera by…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:29PM (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 06:15PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Casting Set for Benedict Cumberbatch-Led Hamlet
We now know all the lucky souls who will be joining Be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMThey’re back, and no one is surprised! Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson will return to the big screen together in the previously announced Pitch Perfect 3. According to The Wrap, the seq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMNewly minted Tony winner Simon Stephens is a prolific playwright with two shows on the New York stage at the moment: Best Play winner The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMCedric Neal, who has appeared on Broadway in After Midnight and The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, will star as James "Thunder" Early in Milwaukee Repertory Theater's fall prod…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:07PMA HUMAN BEING DIED THAT NIGHT's Noma Dumezweni on bringing this intense two-person show about apartheid in South Africa to the Brooklyn Academy of Music through June 21.
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:02PMDark Mofo 2015 is under way, complete with a fire-breathing organ at Macquarie Point, numerous exhibitions and installations celebrating the unusual and macabre, and the trademark beam of wh…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:00PMThe new musicals will be seen as part of the annual festival in July.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
The Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced further casting for its summer season, including additional actors joining Audra McDonald and Will Swenson in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMThis week's Showcase video is Aubrey McGrath and Suzanne Gillen from "The Secret Garden," currently onstage at Court Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:38PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 6152015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMCINE is pleased to announce the winners and runnersup of the Marvin Hamlisch Film Scoring Contest for Emerging Composers.Jeremy Leidhecker of Williamsport, PA, was selected by CINE's disting…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMAcademy Award winning actress Julianne Moore was honored on June 8, 2015 by the Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter at the annual 'Forget-Me-Not' Gala, An Evening to End Alzheimer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMTheatre Communications Group TCG, the national organization for theatre, announces that at the 25th TCG National Conference Game Change in Cleveland from June 18-20, the following awards wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld's The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Below, you will find weekly updates on full priced tickets, discounts, availability for the hottest productions, and locations fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMVenture to the land of EVER AFTER
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMThey're back for round three, pitches.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMOff-Broadway is soaring with a line-up of crowd pleasers from Dan Lauria’s comedic culinary take on a gaggle of loopy “goodfellas” called DINNER WITH THE BOYS to New World Stages’ tw…
SOURCE: City Guide NY at 05:33PMBirdland Jazz Club has announced itsJuly 2015 schedule, featuringRavi Coltrane Quartet,John Scofield Trio,The Birdland Big Band, Stacey Kent,John Pizzarelli sings Paul McCartney,The Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMExtraordinary man. Extraordinary acts. Extraordinarily brave both of Jez Bond to commission it for the Park Theatre and Alistair McGowan to lend his immaculate skills as …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:31PMRECOMMENDED Any show buys itself some goodwill when it prominently features the Michael Jackson catalogue. The music of the King of Pop threads its way through Bixby Elliot’s bluntly title…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:30PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMAny qualms about the propriety or taste of a “9/11 musical” prove unfounded in the case of “Come From Away,” the superb new show premiering at La Jolla Playhouse. Out of the true st…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PMThe conventional wisdom says that Broadway relies on the Tony Awards broadcast to boost national exposure and ticket sales (though I’ve long argued that the Macy’s Thanksgiving…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:21PMMention "The Birds" and you doubtless think of Alfred Hitchcock, Bodega Bay, the lovebirds played by Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor, and a children's party where a flock of violent sea gulls fl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:19PMAnyone doubting the value of a performance segment on the Tony Awards telecast just needs to take a look at the Broadway grosses last week. That was the week that encompassed the seven days…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:12PMName: Anna Clare KerrHometown: Fort LauderdaleTell us about The Roaring Girl: It's a hard punch in the gut and also a sweet kiss.Describe The Roaring Girl in 3 words: Riotous. Thunderous. Se…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:03PMName: Corinne Woods and Kati Frazier. We’re a little theatre collective called Not Without RageHometown:KF: I’m from an itty bitty town in the south call Hope Mills, North Carolina.CW: I…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:03PMAfter securing five trophies each, the two productions that received top honors at the 2015 Tony Awards celebrated gangbusters weeks at the box office. Best Play winner The Curious Incident …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMNew Country, written by and starring Mark Roberts, has extended through June 27; it had originally been set to shutter on June 20. The off-Broadway production is playing at the Cherry L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMNetflix’s Orange Is the New Black is back for its third season of girl-on-girl fun featuring a bevy of Broadway stars on lockdown. In fact, the new batch of episodes even includes juic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMThe book is the third in Preston's series of backstage-on-Broadway tomes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Bricolage Productions’ immersive experience “OjO: The Next Generation of Travel” will have its West Coast premiere at the La Jolla Playhouse’s WoW (Without Walls) Festival in October.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:56PMArea performers will be performing a good deed on June 27th to help a theater family in need. On June 1, Kelly Hennessa, a social studies teacher for children with special needs at Centrevil…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:50PMPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker (The Flick) has been awarded the first residency of Accabonac House, a year-round interdisciplinary artists retreat dedicated t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMWith most of his contemporaries doing reunion tours or playing decades-old albums, Paul Weller is one of the few claiming his right to be a still-evolving artist.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:30PMPlaybill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMBehind the scenes of this year's Best Musical
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMBroadwayWorld has just confirmed that Elena Shaddow will star as 'Cinderella' inStephen Sondheim music and lyrics and James Lapine's book Into The Woods the Muny, playing July 21-27. The pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMWAITRESS THE MUSICAL pops out of the oven soon
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMAMAZING GRACE is getting ready for Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMFLY BY NIGHT is on iTunes and Amazon
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMMention "The Birds" and you doubtless think of Alfred Hitchcock, Bodega Bay, the lovebirds played by Tippi Hedren and Rod Taylor, and a children's party where a flock of violent sea gulls fl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:23PMThe majority of schoolchildren participating in drama are female but for too long they haven’t been given the sorts of characters they deserveFor years, teachers and youth theatre director…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:20PMIt might seem like a strange casting choice, but there's word Rob Reiner wants to cast Woody Harrelson in a film he's long wanted to make about President Lyndon Johnson — with Harrelson pl…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:19PMThe Visit, the final Broadway musical written by the Tony-winning team of Kander and Ebb may have ended its run June 14, but an original Broadway cast album will be released June 30. Hea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PMTo celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original film — and featuring nearly 20 minutes of new music composed by Alan Silvestri for the live orchestra presentations — the iconic smash …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:13PMKristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award winner and the host of this year's Tony Awards, will play the Chicago Theatre this fall, the venue said Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:12PMSupper, People on the Move reveals the traces of migration on the body. For the show, choreographer, Silvana Cardell and her dancers have been exploring the layered and physical experien…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 04:08PMDue to overwhelming advance ticket sales, Cirque du Soleil announced today that additional performances of KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities in Chicago are available for pre-sale to Cirque C…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:07PMThe Boy From Oz tells the amazing life story of celebrated songwriter and performer Peter Allen. Featuring songs by Peter Allen, book by Martin Sherman and Nick Enright, Direction by David Z…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:07PM"I can’t say the decision to use Escher, Bacon and Rothko as inspiration for this project was random, but I am also not totally sure if there is a deep statement in combining these 3 a…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 04:07PMFor a professional ballet dancer, dancing on a grass lawn presents certain challenges. On the plus side, just as with a professional athlete, grass is
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:05PMTony winner Annaleigh Ashford will show off her doggy method acting at The Cort Theatre on Broadway! The previously reported production of A.R. Gurney's Sylvia, will begin performances o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMTony nominee Dan Sullivan will direct the A.R. Gurney play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
By Alexandra ScordatoMarketing Intern Image SourceIn the late 1930s, fashionable women desired to wear nylons, a sheer nude pantyhose with a black seam up the back. The DuPont Company, a la…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 03:57PMHand to God, Robert Askins’ dark comedy about the inner demon within all of us, is now playing at the Booth Theatre on Broadway after hit runs Off-Broadway at MCC Theater and Ensemble Stu…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:55PMThe Irish playwright Conor McPherson has spun any number of what might be dubbed existential ghost stories, including "The Weir," "Shining City" and "Port Authority." So it is not at all sur…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:51PMComing shortly after he was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Tonys, the incomparable Tommy Tune will headline the 25th anniversary "Jubalee" gala of the Chicago Human Rhythm …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:40PMSponsored by CulturalDC, the Source Festival presents 24 new plays over the course of three weeks that showcase the talents of a variety of artists from across the nation. These plays fall i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:33PMAnnaleigh Ashford, a Tony winner for her performance in You Can't Take It With You, will return to Broadway playing an adorable pooch in A.R. Gurney's comedy Sylvia, which w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PM By Eric J. Grimm Ensemble for the Romantic Century admirably marries literature to classical music and their recent stag…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:23PMA new view of a showstopper from FINDING NEVERLAND
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMThe5th Avenue Theatrejoins with producing partnerPasadena Playhousein welcomingEmily PadgettBroadway Side Show, Rock of Ages,Thom SesmaBroadway The Times They are A-Changin', Man of La Manch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMBefore heading to Broadway this fall, School of Rock - THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre 127 E 23rd Street for a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th, with a public performance l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 6142015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMTickets for SYLVIA, a modern romantic comedy about a midlife crisis, empty nesters, commitment, therapists, and a dog who is life-changing, will go on sale starting June 17, 2015, at 1000 a.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMHarvey Weinstein has given the musical an overhaul that appeals to the lowest common denominator.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 03:12PMHere follows the newest Exit Review for ArtsBeatLA — it’s a guest report from critic Kurt Gardner of DOMA Theatre’s production of the musical American Idiot which is now playing at…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:12PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMIf you revel in witty lyrics and soaring melodies as I do, you will love this Man of La Mancha
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:09PMAttending a play at the New Plays for Young Audiences Festival of NYU’s Steinhardt Program in Education Theatre is like peeking at the ultrasound of what will someday be a fully embod…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:05PMThe complete lineup has been announced for songwriter Scott Alan's two-week residency at London's Hippodrome Casino this September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMFernanda Coppel's new drama is directed by Lisa Peterson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Principal casting is now complete for the Muny's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, which will star Grammy Award winner Heather Headley, who…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMMilwaukee Repertory Theater announced today that accomplished actor Cedric Neal will perform the role of James 'Thunder' Early in their upcoming production of Dreamgirls, the Tony Award-winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:53PMHow does HFF, now in its sixth year, stack up to other fringe fests? Sources say: comparable to NYC, but no match for Perth.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:52PMShe was brilliant, she was versatile, she was Oscar-nominated for Secrets and Lies. So why couldn’t Marianne Jean-Baptiste make it in British movies? It’s something she really, really do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:51PMHBO's new documentary "Larry Kramer in Love & Anger" takes a look at the life of the iconic gay activist whose play The Normal Heart (later made into an HBO fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMGod save the King! It's been confirmed that Jonathan Groff will continue his reign as King George III when off-Broadway hit Hamilton makes the move to the Great White Way this summer. Li…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMKaren Pittman, who most recently appeared on Broadway in Disgraced, will lead the world premiere of Fernanda Coppel’s King Liz. The Second Stage Theatre Uptown production will play the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMImpressive news from the Joffrey Ballet: The company has raised more than the required $1 million needed to meet the challenge grant of $500,000 it received from the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Fou…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:36PMA group of award-winning actors have been cast in the Barbican Theatre's production of Hamlet, starring stage and screen star Benedict Cumberbatch, in London.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMPrincipal casting is now complete for the Muny's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, which will star Grammy Award winner Heather Headley, who…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMThis Just In Jonathan Groff will reprise his Off-Broadway performance in HAMILTON as King George, opposite Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christopher Jackson, Leslie Odom Jr., Phillipa Soo, Anthony Ram…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMKatharine McPhee spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about the recent 'Smash' one-night only landmark event benefitting The Actors Fund
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMBritain's living legends of comedy, John Cleese and Eric Idle perform in their must-see new show, John Cleese amp Eric Idle Together Again At LastFor The Very First Time.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMOxygen Media is exploring the good, the bad and the most outrageous moments on social media during the new half-hour special, WORST.POST.EVER With Frankie Grande,
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMNew York City's Drama Book Shop hosted a panel discussion on the life amp career of Madeline Kahn 1942-99, the Oscar-nominated, Emmy amp Tony-winning actress on June 11, 2015. Star of such h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMThroughout a long career, Jo Howarth worked with artists all across the city and brought numerous characters to life. She called herself a character actor
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:16PM… a thrilling physical showcase with heart and laughs to spare. Cirque du Soleil plus Superheroes. That’s the easiest way to quickly describe the wildly inventive Flying V Fights: He…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:09PMTony Award winner will appear in the revival of Ted Dysktra’s musical, Evangeline.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:08PMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, theatre lovers of all ages gathered for Playbill's Family Day June 13. Organizers and participants of the event shared their excitement with P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMLin-Manuel Miranda's musical is getting ready to begin performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMTony nominee Amy Morton directs the world premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe performer will launch the Broadway @ The Art House season with Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMBy Velina Brown
Q: During the last show I did, I really lost money. I wish I’d asked if I could come to rehearsal an hour later on Saturdays so that I could have kept my yoga teaching…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 02:00PM
Robert Askins, writer of 'Hand to God,' talks with David Javerbaum, author of 'An Act of God,' about religion, theatre, and the music of comedy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:56PMMónica López-González’s new play, In Session, now playing at Johns Hopkins’ Swirnow Theatre, ripples with ideas — rich ideas, fascinating ideas on such subjects as art…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54PMIndhu Rubasingham's production runs at the Lyttelton Theatre until August
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:54PMEmily Skeggs, who earned a 2015 Tony nomination for her performance as Middle Alison in Fun Home takes on 20 questions about the Tony-winning musical, growing up in NYC and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:52PMSecond Stage Theatre has announced that Karen Pittman, last seen on Broadway in Ayad Akhtar's critically acclaimed Disgraced, will lead the cast of the world premiere of King Liz by Fern…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMElena Shaddow, who recently appeared on Broadway in The Visit, will trade in her yellow shoes for gold slippers. The actress will take on the role of Cinderella in the Muny’s productio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:34PMGrammy winner Kathy Brier ("Boardwalk Empire," Hairspray), Christine Dwyer (Wicked), Wendi Bergamini (Doctor Zhivago), Jennifer Fouché ("Smash") and Elyssa Mac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMMembers of the Broadway company of WOLF HALL will partner with the Shakespeare Society for a reading and discussion at the Players Club tomorrow, June 16th at 7pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMIn a just-released video,The Lion King companies from around the world celebrate having reached attendance of 80 million audience members worldwide - check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of June 15-21, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMPoliticians in Scotland have rallied to support the Arches in Glasgow, which went into administration last week. At First Minister’s Questions at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMActor Tim Healy has lost a 10-year legal battle to claim tax relief on housing while he was starring in West End musical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMActors Richard Madden and Jeremy Irvine, writer Jake Brunger and director Jessica Swale are among the figures coming together for a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMAmbassador Theatre Group has lost the management contract for the Churchill Theatre in Bromley after running it for 15 years. From April
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMThis post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Chelsea was used to near perfect effect as the setting for all three acts of the opera. "Tosca"'s first act, which does, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:14PMBefore This World is a remarkable collection of what James Taylor calls “agnostic hymns, recovery songs and love songs” that stands up to the best of his work.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:08PMby Ryan Leeds Truth was the paramount theme in Cheyenne Jackson’s Town Hall concert Friday night. After a multi-city tour, the stage and screen actor returned to New York, where he made hi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:02PMScott Ellis will direct the new Peter Parnell play.
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Playwright Damon Chua kicks off our Asian or American series with the following question: Must Asian playwrights write about Asian characters? Take a read to learn more.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:56PMThe dance scene is booming right now. So why are male choreographers getting all the attention?Dance has always been seen as the one art form where women weren't just more visible than men, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PM By Marcina Zaccaria Opening June 19, Rubble Kings, a documentary presented by Saboteur Media, presents a slice of gang life in New York City. Narrated by...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:41PMAtlantic Theater Company has announced a two-week extension of its world-premiere engagement of Rajiv Joseph's Guards at the Taj, which officially opened Off-Broadway June 11…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMFrom the Silicon Valley to Kansas City, from mysteries to puppet shows, it is another wide-ranging week for theatre across the nation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PMDame Helen Mirren achieves the impossible night after night as she seamlessly hops decades as Queen Elizabeth II in The Audience on Broadway. The Tony and Oscar winner’s commanding pre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMThe world premiere of Rajiv Joseph's Guards at the Taj has extended off-Broadway through July 12; the production had been set to shutter on June 28. Directed by Amy Morton and starring …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMProducers Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, MagicSpace Entertainment, and Road Show Entertainment LLC are delighted to announce that THE ILLUSIONISTS will return to Broadway this holiday season at …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:30PMAnne Washburn's new play at Soho Rep, about a troubled tech rehearsal, puts a fictional backstage crew and the show's real backstage crew into a new kind of dialogue.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMThe US Senate Torture Report revealed horrifying details of America's interrogation program. Tony Award winner and star of Broadway's THE AUDIENCE Helen Mirren fills you in
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMNew York's funniest showCelebrity Autobiographyhad a show onMon. June 8at7pmwhichfeatured in the cast star of stage and screenBrooke Shields, Ramona SingerThe Real Housewives of NYC, Tate Do…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMThe Residuals, a leading webseries about the complexities of commercial auditions, today announced the debut of their second season of the acclaimed webseries of the same name.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMComedian Colin Quinn NBC's TONIGHT SHOW to talk about his new Jerry Seinfeld-directed play, Colin Quinn The New York Story, based on his book about race relations.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMThe 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival presents To Hell and Back in concert on Tuesday, July 7th. Inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, this indie-rock album musical follows a br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMThe Development Wingpresented its fourth annualBroadway Under the Starsbenefit concert on Saturday, June 6, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMA new play currently in development is getting its first staged reading at the end of the month in New York for industry professionals and invited guests.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMThe principal cast of the 2015 Tony-winning Broadway musical An American in Paris performed songs from the show and signed copies of the newly released original cast recording at Barnes …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMThe show: "Hair" at West Hartford's Playhouse on Park
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:13PMIf you’re a magic fan and Penn & Teller’s summer show at the Marquis isn’t enough for you, there’s more prestidigitation coming to the Great White Way. The Illusionists, the h…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:07PMMy interview with the lovely Edward Petherbridge was a refreshing reminder that age and illness are no limitations when one is passionate about one’s art. The 78-year-old, Tony Award-nomin…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:06PMThe troupe of magicians will reprise their run on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Primary Stages event will also feature Reed Birney, Joyce Van Patten, Fritz Weaver, Casey Childs, and Elizabeth Morton.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMA precocious young girl, her 16-year-old brother and his classmate lover create their own family, no thanks to the adults in their lives.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMA trusting patriarch invites a questionable guest into his home.
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Matthew Maher, who stars as Sam in off-Broadway's Pulitzer Prize-winning hit The Flick takes on seven questions all about Dogma, Raging Bull, E.T. and his film idols.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:54AMA funny thing happens once you have seen Tammy Faye Starlite perform many different shows in many different characters: you spot the thread of her real identity flowing through all her work.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AMThe sexual orientation of the 16th president of the United States has long been a matter of politically charged curiosity; Tony Kushner grappled with the issue when he wrote his Oscar-nomina…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:48AM"It was great, everybody standing up at the end," says Carlos Acosta, talking about the recent U.S. premiere of his "Don Quixote" at the Kennedy Center. Though Acosta has performed in the St…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:48AMAn international cast has been gathered for the production at the Menier Chocolate Factory
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:47AMThe event takes place in Trafalgar Square, London this weekend
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:47AMThe Off-Broadway premiere of Pulitzer and Tony winner Bruce Norris' The Qualms, in which various couples attend a swingers party, officially opened June 14 at Playwright Horizons. An…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMA response to Dana Dusbiber's wrongheaded 'Washington Post' column arguing that dead, white Shakespeare shouldn't be taught anymore.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:42AMRobert Creighton stars in the York Theatre Company's New York premiere of Cagney, a new musical that charts the path of James Cagney from his early life in New York City's Lower East…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AM NOT TO BE MISSED! TONIGHT! JINTA-LA-MVTA AT JOE’S PUB AT 9 PM BY: Myra Chanin THE Japanese Klezmer Quartet that might be just as joyous as...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:39AMAt the beginning of the century, actress, writer and comedian Rain Pryor put together a collection of self-penned songs and spoken word that would become Fried Chicken & Latkes (the titl…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:39AMThe ever-busy Neil Patrick Harris, who won the 2014 Tony Award for his performance in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, celebrates his birthday today. Harris — who rose to fame as the young …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMIvan Hernandez, who played The Wolf and Cinderella's Prince in the Public Theater production of Into the Woods, makes his Broadway debut June 15 in the role of Billy Flynn in the Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMTony winner John Benjamin Hickey, Patrick Breen and more will star in the previously announced Dada Woof Papa Hot off-Broadway. Helmed by On the Twentieth Century’s director Scott Elli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMNow you see them…return to the Great White Way! The Illusionists—Live on Broadway will play a limited engagement November 19 through January 3, 2016 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMThe long and remarkable career of actress Elizabeth Wilson, who died on May 9, will be marked on June 29 at an event sponsored by one of her New York home bases, off-Broadway company Primary…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:29AMThis post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Now in its fourteenth year, the remarkable Ensemble for the Romantic Century, founded by Eve Wolf, has been presenting musical programs of intellectual c…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:24AMMonday, June 15, Karamu Theatre: A staged reading of "Home," by Samm-Art Williams, directed by Dale Ricardo Shields. Presented in conjunction with Project1Voice, this Tony Award-no…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:23AMMatt Shingledecker (Wicked, West Side Story, Spring Awakening) and Gerard Canonico (American Idiot, Spring Awakening, Bare The Musical, Brooklynite) will star in an upcoming reading of Kevin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMLincoln Center Theater has announced that Tammy Blanchard, Patrick Breen, John Benjamin Hickey, Alex Hurt, Kellie Overbey, John Pankow, and Stephen Plunkett will comprise the cast of its upc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMBroadway's Tracy Letts, Linda Emond and Danny Burstein have signed on to the cast of INDIGNATION, based on the best selling novel by Philip Roth.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMOn Friday night,stage,film amp television, starCheyenne Jacksonpresented a new show at New York City's Town Hall. BroadwayWorld was there for the special night and you can check out photos b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMJohn Stamos took to Twitter to tease his fans about a possible starring role in the upcoming sequel to MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMCelebrating 35 spectacular years on air, A CAPITOL FOURTH will kick off the country's 239th birthday with an all-star musical extravaganza that puts viewers front and center for the greatest…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMProducers Simon Painter, Tim Lawson, MagicSpace Entertainment, and Road Show Entertainment LLC justannounced thatTHE ILLUSIONISTS will return to Broadway this holiday season at the Neil Simo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMThe cast of Liberty A Monumental New Musical gathered this weekend at 54 BELOW to celebrate the launch of the brand new cast album - check out a look back below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AM“We’ve been looking at other models for making political theatre. We’ve found that devised theatre, collaboratively made over an intense period of four to five weeks, gives us a ch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:15AMThe Illusionists, which played a hit Broadway run last season at the Marquis Theatre, will return for a limited holiday engagement, beginning Nov. 19 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMThe Ensemblist #51: Revivals and OBCs and Ensemblists, Oh My!: iTunes | PodBean | Stitcher Radio | TuneInOur Guests:John Bolton - twitterEricka Hunter - website | facebook | twitter | instag…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 11:05AMTony winner John Benjamin Hickey and Patrick Breen, both featured in the 2011 Broadway staging of The Normal Heart, will lead the cast of Peter Parnell's Dada Woof Papa Hot at Lincoln Ce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AM“If by ‘loser’ you’re referring to a man who is greeted eight times a week by a thousand people who stand as one, applauding until their hands are raw, cheering until the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AMThe new musical will be directed by Broadway's Jeffrey B. Moss at York Theatre Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMPatinkin will voice a major role in the new movie, cowritten by one of the authors behind Something Rotten!
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Primary Stages will present A Celebration of Elizabeth Wilson, a memorial tribute to the Tony Award-winning actress and Theatre Hall of Fame honoree, June 29 at 2 PM at NYU Skriball Cent…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMFramed in a certain way, The Madwoman of Chaillot nearly reads like a news headline. Whether the media outlet is CNN or The Onion depends entirely on what you focus on – because this Frenc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:57AMRob McClure, last seen on Broadway in Honeymoon in Vegas, celebrates his birthday June 15. Playbill.com takes a look at his stage career. Happy birthday, Rob!
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe Visit, the final Broadway musical written by the Tony Award-winning team of Kander and Ebb, ended its run June 14 at the Lyceum Theatre. Two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMHBO continued its satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, as well as addressing broader issues on LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, with a new edition SUNDAY, JUNE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMComedians including Stephen K Amos, Rachel Parris and Phil Wang choose the venues with the mightiest MCs and perkiest punters (one heckling dog included)Keith Farnan: The first comedy club t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AMJonathan Maitland's controversial new play opened at the Park Theatre last week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:38AMDelirium's production opens in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:38AMDanny Burstein and
Linda Emond, who played Herr Schultz and Fraulein Schneider, respectively, in the recent revival of Cabaret, have joined the cast of the upcoming film "Indignation,&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMI’ve been posting arts-related videos in this space each Monday and Wednesday since February of 2014. (So far as I know, I have yet to post the same video twice.) I get enormous pleasure f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AMMAGIC MIKE XXL stars Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, and Adam Rodriguez stopped by ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live and shared that they're not uncomfortable about seeing eac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMMorgan Spector, best known for his role as Frank Capone on 'Boardwalk Empire', has joined USA Network's upcoming period drama pilot PARADISE PICTURES.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMEach year, the hoopla over the Tony Awards gives way to Broadway's most barren season — the dog days of summer, a period that typically sees the fewest number of new shows open of any time…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:10AMBefore a word is spoken in Bruce Norris’s new play The Qualms, now at Playwrights Horizons, audiences hear the sound of nervous laughter onstage. It might as well have been my own, be…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:10AMThe digital and creative sector will need 1.2 million new workers by 2022 in order to keep up with its growth, according
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMDirectors working in theatre, film and TV who are facing financial difficulties are to be supported by a new charitable foundation. The
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Casting has been announced for Chicago Shakespeare Theater's 75-minute version of Disney's The Little Mermaid, a Broadway musical adaptation of the beloved film, which will be …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMHere’s a new feature for Broadway Spotted called #MCM and #WCW! Every week we will post Broadway’s biggest crushes! Comment below who your crushes are and who knows, it might make it int…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:59AM (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 09:56AMRECOMMENDED While appropriate, the term “layered” is a bit of an understatement when applied to the dance theater creations of Erica Mott. Meanings, ideas and historical referenc…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:42AMThe production is part of the venue's newly announced autumn/winter season
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:39AMClifton primary school, BirminghamThe RSC’s cleverly pared-down version of Shakespeare’s history plays for schools is full of engaging touches and vivacious performances There is talk of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:39AMThe Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris has announced its 2015-16 season, which will include three American musicals: Singin' in the Rain, Cole Porter's K…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMBruce Norris’s new play is set at a swingers’ party, which rather complicates the playwriting dictum: show, don’t tell. Unless you have a game cast and an open-minded audience, it’s …
SOURCE: Time Out at 09:18AMGood 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 It's another big night for off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMThe original Broadway version of Kander and Ebb's Tony-nominated musical THE VISIT closedyesterday, June 14, 2015. The Visit began performances at the Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMMonica Lewis, a former Benny Goodman vocalist who headlined the very first broadcast of the Ed Sullivan Show, died on June 12 of natural causes at her apartment in Woodland Hills, CA. She wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMVineyard Theatre's 108 E. 15 St. world-premiere ofBranden Jacobs-Jenkins' newest play GLORIA began previews onMay 28 and opens tonight, June 15.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMTheatre Development Fund, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, will honor three of the organization's 'Unsung Heroes' - Ted Chapin, Jeffrey Gural and Robert Zuker…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMMy Fair Lady running tonight,June 15, through June21 is the opening production of The Muny's 97th summer season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center presents itspopular FREE Film Society Talks series, sponsored by HBO. The returning summer series kicks off today, June 15, with director, writer, and prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMThe Broadway at Birdland Concert Series is proud to announce that Stephen Cole and David Evans musical fable, Merman's Apprentice, will appear at the historic Birdland stage for a sold-out p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMPromoting their upcoming film MAGIC MIKE XXL, stars Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer and Adam Rodriguez participated in this weekend's LGBT Pride parade held in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMManhattan Theatre Club celebrates Executive Producer Barry Grove's 40th anniversary with the organization tonight, June 15.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMEisa Davis, Gabriel Ebert, Nikki M. James, Joseph Keckler, Chris Sarandon, and Or Matias, on piano, leadLCT3Lincoln Center Theater production of PRELUDES, a new musical by Dave Malloy, inspi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMBroadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMThere are few things that excite me more at a party than when I meet someone who says they can do card tricks. I will move heaven and earth to find a playing deck and then trail that person …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:06AMWSC Avant Bard’s current production of Giraudoux’ The Madwoman of Chaillot, an entertaining tribute to the power of joy over despair, reminds us of the importance of the artist in an ine…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AM
A new revival of Simon Stephens’ One Minute is to be staged at the Vaults in Waterloo. The play, produced by theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:55AMPolitical theatre company Belarus Free Theatre has launched a new website that aims to encourage a global discussion about the role of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMOne of the most striking things about Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 is the way in which Howard and the film’s designers sought to recreate on screen the lost world of America in 1969. Nowadays …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
Reality follows a group of fame-hungry youngsters who get a final recall for The Hostage, a new reality TV show which they hope will get them closer to fame and fortun…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:16AMEdward G. Robinson’s “window cameo” from a 1966 episode of Batman. In real life Robinson was one of the most noted art collectors in Hollywood: (This is the latest in a series of arts-…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMPublitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris's sharp but flawed new dark comedy buoyed by a first-class cast .
SOURCE: at 07:14AMThe days when it was thought acceptable for a white actor to black up as Othello are well behind us. But Lucian Msamati makes theatrical history now in being the first black actor ever to pl…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:08AMMarney McQueen isRosa Waxoffski , beauty therapist to the stars. Along with her world-renowned pianist Boris Longschlongadongski (musical director Mark Jones), her show is a celebration of …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:08AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03AMA few years after I began covering the theater, I was introduced to Joe Iconis through a mutual friend. Though he...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:03AMSome people want to be stars – others just like to work. Mazz Murray has carved out a distinctive West End niche
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power.” Eric Hoffer, Working and Thinking on the Waterfront
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By Stephen Collins
This is Oresteia, not The Oresteia, the trilogy of plays (Agamennon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides) which won Aeschylus a prize in 458BC and which is considered the …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:53AMToday is the 800th anniversary of the initial version of the document known as the Magna Carta. My son Charlie and I saw an early copy of it a couple of months ago at the Morgan Library and …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:36AMThe death of a beloved pet signals the beginning of the end for a crumbling marriage in this play from the late Cornish writer Nick Darke
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:27AMRehearsals have begun for Lyndsey Turner's production, which opens at the Barbican in August
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:27AMIt’s convenient to imagine that the glitz and glamour of show business transcends the stage. One might assume that artists are blessed with a glittering and shiny ‘everyday life’ that …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:25AMSome thoughts on feminism and the Tony Awards and how 2015 was a big year for women in the the theatre.
SOURCE: The Interval at 06:00AM
(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 01:30AM (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 01:30AM1894 Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), orchestrator of Broadway classics including the original Sunny; Show Boat; Anything Goes; Oklahoma!; Annie Get Your Gun; Kiss Me, Kat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00AMCommedia dell’arte is an improvised comedic theatre form that flourished in Italy in the 1500’s. The exact origins of Commedia are fuzzy and hard to pin down. There is not much docum…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM"Silicon Valley" Star Zach Woods on His First Joke & Jazz CampThe hilarious Zach Woods pays a visit to the YH Studio to share with us his first ever joke (at the tender age of four!) and his…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMChris JohnsonGet a sneak preview of our new series "Beyond the Athlete" with Chris Johnson! YH catches up with NFL running back Chris Johnson at the gym as his trainer Jay Glazer gets him in…
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The last ten minutes redeem what’s come before and allows for some thought-provoking entertainment.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 12:40AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, June 14, 2015 - Sunday, June 14, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36AMToday we are talking to a Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist celebrated for his uniquely designed mainstages musicals showcasing a fiercely idiosyncratic style and flair all his own, t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36AMWhen Malcolm Edwards, the emcee and Mr. Chairman of the British Players Old Time Music Hall, stepped on the stage and asked the packed house, “Are we going to have some fun this afternoon?…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:18AMAfter many years on foreign shores, local-boy-turned-West-End-star Daniel Koek returns to home soil with his long-awaited cabaret show, Bringing Him Home with his West End Story. If the two …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:13AMThe Barrow Group's staging of Craig Wright's The Pavilion, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, officially opens June 15 following performances that began June 10 at TBG Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLincoln Center Theater's LCT3 production of Preludes, the new musical by Dave Malloy, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, officially opens June 15, following previews that beg…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Muny production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s Tony-winning musical My Fair Lady, which launches the summer season at the St. Louis venue, is presented June 15…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA few weeks ago, Playbill reader Molly Prep sent us a few photos showcasing her “Broadway themed” dorm room and home bedroom. Molly’s designs had us wondering i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway at Birdland Concert Series continues June 15 at 7 PM with a concert version of the new musical Merman's Apprentice.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets for the Broadway debut of Dames at Sea go on sale June 15 for Audience Rewards members.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManhattan Theatre Club celebrates executive producer Barry Grove’s 40th anniversary with the organization June 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSongwriters Sam Carner and Derek Gregor release their first album, featuring Broadway singers Tituss Burgess, Jeremy Jordan, Natalie Weiss and more, June 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJust days after filing a lawsuit against the producer of "Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream," the plaintiffs announced that they have unilaterally withdrawn the suit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, writer and performer Charles Busch shares his selections for the top 10 drag performers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhen actors James Snyder and Anthony Rapp met during the pre-Broadway, Washington D.C. run of the musical If/Then, they searched — as all actors do — for a way to con…
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