The music of Broadway legend Stephen Schwartz gets bravura theatrical vocals and fine choral work in this symphony pops concert.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:58PMThe Fairy Princess has been seeing quite a bit in the press lately about a lady who tried to shed her own skin – literally – in search of another. While TFP is fascinated by this…
SOURCE: fairyprincessdiaries.com at 11:55PM“This is not my beautiful house! This is not my beautiful wife!” sings Matthew Ancarrow at the end of Act 1, as Antipholus of Syracuse finds himself confusingly entrenched in the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52PMThis post is by Courtney Marie
"Office Politics" written by Marcy Lovitch is not only an insightful production, but one that is timely and hits home for today’s society. Under Aimee Todoro…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:36PMThe 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 11:30PM(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 11:24PMThe Broadway at Birdland Concert Series presented a reading of Stephen Cole and David Evans' musical fable, 'Merman's Apprentice' on Monday, June 15. Directed by Igor Goldin Yank, the cast f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19PMA David Mamet double bill stars Jason Ritter and Arliss Howard.
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A staged reading of the new musical version of ANASTASIA -- featuring book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens -- was heldNew York City last week onJune …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46PMTODAY'S BLOG IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK!25 years after it all started, Broadway Bares has continued to grow, while it remains, sadly, relevant. This year, the sexy show looks ready to d…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:37PMBatter Up! This summer the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is headed to the baseball diamond with Damn Yankees. When aging baseball fanatic Joe Boyd sells his soul to the Devil for the…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:31PMThis Shakespeare in the Park production about a duke living in exile features well-known names and the unpredictability of the weather.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMThe Atlantic Theater presents two early Mamet one-acts, “Prairie du Chien,” from 1979, and “The Shawl,” from 1985.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMHelen Mirren, who attended last night's premiere of Julie Taymor's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM movie, believes capturing Shakespeare on film goes beyond box office statistics.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15PMAmazon on Friday debuts a comedy about an American man and Irish woman united by an unexpected pregnancy. NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans says it's a wonderful, fresh vision of romance on TV.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:09PMWhenever he had a show that didn’t work, Jule Styne shouted, “Next!” Rather than lick his wounds after a flop, he went straight to the piano and started writing a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:03PM by: Michael Bracken First produced as a radio play on NPR in 1979, Prairie du Chien is the first of...
The post Ghost St…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:02PMShakespeare in the Park is nothing if not wildly uneven. So it goes with the Public Theater’s latest, “The Tempest,” in which some of the acting is inventive and unexpected,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PM“The Tempest” and Central Park were made for each other, so it must have taken a Herculean effort on the part of director Michael Greif to drain Shakespeare’s most mysteri…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMKing Lear meets metatheater in one brilliant actor's memory.
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Even when everybody knows what’s planned, you can never be sure of what will actually happen when friends get together. In Bruce Norris's new play “The Qualms,” what’s supposed to …
SOURCE: WQXR at 09:56PMThis weekend marked my third trip to Portland, Oregon to visit the fantastic folks at Staged!PDX. I first came to town in June 2010 when they did a wonderful production of Songs for a New Wo…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 09:51PMTHEIR PERFECT MINDS Written by director Kathryn Hunter and performers Paul Hunter and Edward Petherbridge, My Perfect Mind begins with Dr. Witznagel (Mr. Hunter) coming out onto Michel Vale�…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:50PMThe Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of THE TEMPEST officially opens tonight, June 16, and runs through Sunday, July 5, 2015. Let's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42PM1. Tartuffe at Shakespeare Theatre Company. “…Brilliantly directed… mesmerizing…breathtaking” – Elizabeth Bruce. READ review. Synopsis: Orgon has fallen under the s…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:38PMThe best scary tales are frequently the leanest, with every word loaded with import and landing with full bristling effect.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:15PMDavid Mamet's pair of creepily atmospheric one-acts is given a 30th anniversary revival by off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company, featuring Arliss Howard and Jason Ritter.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
From time to time my occasional work as a performing arts critic in Texas causes me to miss some important event here in New York. That was never truer than on last March 9th when Marc Bar…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:44PMBroadway lovers and haters rejoice, because the funniest and bloodiest musical about what it takes to make a child a star is returning to Off-Broadway. RUTHLESS is set to begin performances …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMAs Shakespeare's Prospero, the Public Theater vet is restrained and effective as he settles a score with the traitor brother who stole his dukedom.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 08:20PMIf The Tempest that has now opened in Central Park feels too earth-bound, one can lay much of the blame on forces beyond its control. The production at the Delacorte of Shakespeare’s mysti…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:10PMAuditions for Eugene O'Neill play will be held June 24.... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 08:10PMWynona & The Big Noise Sunday July 19 Chart-Topping Country Storyteller For over three decades, Wynonna has employed her rich, commanding voice and unflinching honesty to c…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:07PMYou're forced out of your dukedom. You're abandoned on a deserted island with nothing but your daughter and minimal supplies. Your only friends are a spirit and a deformed animal-thing.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:07PMPS Classics' studio cast recording of the new Vernon Duke musical Misia is released June 16. To celebrate the album's release, Playbill.com is premiering "My Gifts," the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00PM"We are all committed to the idea of never having the same show twice. That has been important. We talk about it when we are standing in the wings about to go on." Rebecca Stenn, Choreogra…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM
The National New Play Network, the country's alliance of nonprofit theaters that champions the development, production, and continued life of new plays, announced its 2015-16 grant recipient…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMTony Award-winning actor Jason Alexanderrecentlyassumedthe role of 'Norman Drexel'in Larry David's hit comedy Fish In the Dark, directed by Anna D. Shapiro, at the Cort Theatre 138 West 48th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMWoody Harrelson can get tips from Bryan Cranston, Tom Wilkinson and Liev Schreiber.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:23PMWho would have thought you could mine gold from not playing the role of King Lear, itself that most golden of roles for Shakespearean actors of a certain age and stature?
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:15PMA revamped touring production of the Tony Award-winning musical Annie, which launched last September in Detroit, will play the New York City region. The non-equity production will pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:12PMRumor has it that there are some awesome shows going on in the DC area. Rumor has it that some of the most talented people have come together to share new creative thought-provoking works.…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:06PMThe announcement on Tuesday that Abby Mueller would be playing the title role in the national touring production of the Broadway hit, "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" - following in the…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:04PMD23 Expo, the Ultimate Disney Fan Event, will pressent Frozen FANdemoninum: A Musical Celebration, featuring the Oscar-winning songwriting team of Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert L…
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Cross-dressing, switched identities, and R. Kelly trapped-in-the-closet scenarios deign to prevent a count from sexually assaulting or murdering anyone.
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 06:52PMBefore I get to the results of my Tony Awards Telecast Satisfaction Survey, let’s start with a little data about the survey itself. I’ve been doing these surveys for five years…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 06:52PMBillie Dawn is among the most unforgettable characters of mid-century American theater — "breathtakingly beautiful and breathtakingly stupid," in the words of Garson Kanin, who made her th…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 06:51PMThe Harvey “Girls” Two Broadway blockbusters, both based on obscure foreign films, come to area stages this month, and both feature scripts by legendary Broadway baby Harvey Fierstein. (…
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 06:51PMAt the Beacon Theater, Ms. Schumer was joined by Judd Apatow, Mike Birbiglia and other comedians to promote her coming movie through stand-up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:51PMIn one of the most memorable moments in “Occupied Territories,” a flawed but often arresting new theater piece, suburban America drifts into the Vietnamese jungle. The camouflage-clad bo…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:51PMAttention, California playwrights! There’s still time to submit your unproduced plays and win $5,000 prizes from Humanitas and Center Theatre Group.
From June 1–30, Southern Cali…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:51PMJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel froze state funding on Tuesday for an Arab theater whose play about jailed Palestinians angered the right, fuelling accusations that the government aims to suppr…
SOURCE: Reuters at 06:51PMAmericans’ donations to arts and culture rose 9.4% in 2014, the highest increase in nine categories tracked by Giving USA, an annual report on charitable contributions.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:51PM"Bright Star," the new musical from Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will play at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington starting in December, before a planned Broad…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:51PMThe laid-back, picnic-friendly setting lends itself naturally to new audiences.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:51PMLove's Labours Lost begins performances on the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's outdoor stage
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:51PMPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Actress Debra Messing is making a pitch to restore acting classes at her old high school....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:40PMIn Craig Wright’s comic romance, Kari and Peter meet again at their 20th high school reunion, and he wants her back.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:40PMMartin co-wrote 'Bright Star' with Edie Brickell.
SOURCE: USA Today at 06:39PMEarlier this year, Russell Crowe had the gall (ignorance?) to suggest that actresses like Meryl Streep and Helen Mirren would "give you 10,000 examples and arguments as to why [complaint…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:37PMTed Ely Wicked, West Side Story and hisgirlfriend Karla Garcia Gigi, Wicked,West Side Story teamed up to create a fun dance video titled THE BACKROOM. Click below to watch the piece
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMVanessa Hudgens says au revoir to GIGI
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMTonight, June 16, Nicole Scherzinger West End's CATS and Joe Jonas will take over the roles of 'Kate Monster' and 'Nicky' with Darren Bluestone playing 'Rod' in the AVENUE Q number 'It Sucks…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMDirector Todd Graff just unveiled a website for a sequel to his 2003 indie movie musical CAMP, and BWW is geeking out
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMPornography. In today’s society it’s everywhere. The volume of pornography available to cater for both sexes and a myriad of tastes is nowadays considered normal, almost mainstream. A nu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:21PMIt's Max's last vlog backstage at An American in Paris and he pulls out all the stops.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:21PMThe story of twin sisters fighting to live their dreams as the world attempts to tear them apart.
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:20PMHelen Mirren thinks that you need to be a teenager to enjoy Shakespeare, but the sooner children encounter the plays in performance the less likely they will dismiss them as difficult and du…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:16PMThe event featured special appearances by Tom Kitt, Michael John LaChiusa, Stephen Schwartz, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe 27-member chorus was honored for their hard work in the new Gershwin musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMSteven Pasquale, Lesli Margherita, and more Broadway performers will participate in a private reading.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Our latest Exit Review is a guest report from critic Kurt Gardner. Kurt is reviewing The Load-In, which is now playing at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015.
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SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:54PMGet Tickets to AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
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It's Max's last vlog backstage at AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and he pulls out all the stops.
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:42PMAn inside look at a Broadway triple-threat
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMWAITRESS THE MUSICAL will reveal its cast very soon
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PM2015 Tony Awards host and ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY star loves her some Dolly Parton
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMAlmost as long as there has been photography, performers have used portraits to represent themselves for casting and promotion. In the new exhibitionHead Shots Performer Portraits from Dague…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMRecently, star of Broadway's CHICAGO and pop singer Brandy Norwood mentored children from MSG's Garden of Dreams Foundation who will all be starring in the Garden of Dreams Talent Show on Ju…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMGeorge Takei is back today with a very Broadway-centric fifth episode of his heightened reality series IT TAKEIS TWO titled 'A Great First Impression'. Click below to watch
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:42PMEisa Davis, Gabriel Ebert, Nikki M. James, Joseph Keckler, Chris Sarandon, and Or Matias star in LCT3Lincoln Center Theater production of PRELUDES, a new musical by Dave Malloy, inspired by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PM"Camp," the 2003 indie film musical that was born out of real-life experiences at the famed theatre camp Stagedoor Manor, is heading back to the big screen, writer-director…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMOne of the gifts of going to the Gift Theatre is that remarkable little artistic operation's interest in staging plays that feature the kind of conversations you could easily hear on the por…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:28PMOne of the most talented playwrights to emerge in 2000s, debbie tucker green is a law unto herself. The best word to describe her is uncompromising. When I interviewed her in 2003 she refuse…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:15PMIf you are at all like me, as you are watching the new play (a love story) at this year’s Source Festival, memories of the most intense of feelings will mingle with thoughts of small momen…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:15PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Kristin Chenoweth's Disney Showstopper
More scoop on Kristin Chenoweth’s upcoming wicked (!) turn as Maleficent i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:15PMNikki M. James, Chris Sarandon, and more star in the Rachmaninoff-inspired musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
On May 12, 2015, Gibney Dance hosted a panel titled “Dance Criticism in New York.” The event was moderated by dance writer and blogger Eva Yaa Assantewaa and included fellow danc…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:54PMOn last night's CONAN on TBS, composer Tim Minchin and the cast of MATILDA THE MUSICAL performed the number 'When I Grow Up'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMEisa Davis, Gabriel Ebert, Nikki M. James, Joseph Keckler,Chris Sarandon, and Or Matias, on piano, lead LCT3Lincoln Center Theater production of PRELUDES, a new musical byDave Malloy, inspir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMCelebrate Terrence McNally's oeuvre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMJonathan Groff stars in the New York City Center's Encores! Off-Center series revival of William Finn's A New Brain June 24-27. We have rehearsal shots!
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMTony nominee Lauren Worsham performs a mashup of tunes to preview her show Corsets and Combat Boots on June 24 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:32PMThe classic makes a beautiful show for a beautiful night in Forest Park
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:22PMOn June 15, the Trevor Project honored Sir Ian McKellen with the Trevor Hero Award at TrevorLIVE New York. McKellen took the stage, then stepped into the audience to recite an inspiring spee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1966 (RCA) A two-character musical based on the play The Fourposter by Jan de Hartog, about a long-married couple, I Do! I Do! holds a mirror up to the audience,…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:21PMLife offers many opportunities to see masterpieces. It offers far fewer opportunities to watch masters at work. Within the intimate white walls of the Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Guggenhe…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:17PMKinky Boots sashays into Toronto and it's got a message or two to share
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 04:08PMDilworth’s production is beautiful, sensitive to every modulation in the text
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 04:08PMThere’s probably no classical ballet that tests an entire company’s technical mettle more than The Sleeping Beauty
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 04:08PMThe classic musical will come home to New York this holiday season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMBroadway swag will fill Times Square this September.
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Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3 production of Preludes, the new musical by Dave Malloy, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin, officially opened June 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1962 (Columbia/Sony) This show has gone down in history for having launched the career of Barbra Streisand, but there’s so much more here. Jerome Weidman adapted hi…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:53PMGet tickets to CORSETS AND COMBAT BOOTS: http://www.broadway.com/shows/lauren-worsham-corsets-and-combat-boots/
Tony nominee Lauren Worsham performs a mashup of tunes from her show CORSETS …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:51PMA whole lot of kicking and pummeling takes place in Flying V Theatre’s latest smashing production, Flying V Fights: Heroes & Monsters, but there’s no knocking the show itself…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:42PMPlaywrights and theatre practicioners are no stranger to Adam Szymkowicz. Adam electrifies the stage with his unique plays, and he engages with other writers online in his blo…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 03:41PMThe biggest day of the year for Broadway fans will returnSunday, September 27, 2015, as the 29th AnnualBroadway Flea Market amp Grand Auctionmakes an encore appearance in Times Square, Shube…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMMy Fair Lady opened last night, June 15 where it will run through June 21 as the opening production of The Muny's 97th summer season. Check out photos from the after partybelow
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMNo Traveler: A Comedy About Suicide
Playwright/performer Penny Pollak debuts her one-woman show at this year’s Fringe, and it’s an event that was well worth the wait.
A disturbed young w…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:40PMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
This compelling and moving solo play recounts Yoel's gradual coming out that starts in 1986 when he was ten in Caracas. Comical and dramatic incidents in his c…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:33PMThe Yale Institute for Music Theater was founded in 2009 specifically to give a leg up to young composers, lyricists and book writers who were fresh out of graduate programs and needed a sup…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:31PMSome of the ON THE TOWN ensemble ladies, includingLori Ann Ferreri, Eloise Kropp, Skye Mattox, and Holly Ann Butler, recently took part in a1940spin-up photo shoot, inspired by thethe Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMIt's here at last Season 2 of the hit web-comedy THE RESIDUALS will air exclusively here, on BroadwayWorld throughout the summer. Check back every Tuesday for a new episode, plus tune in on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMWill Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein II'sgrandson, wanted to honor the great Broadway lyricist the best way he knew how by building a museum and education theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMSchool is in session. The creators of incoming Broadway musical SCHOOL OF ROCK were hard at work last week at the Gramercy Theatre 127 E 23rd Street, where they were workshopping the new mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMOriginal Cast, 1984 (Kilmarnock Records, 2CDs) This show flopped big-time when producer Joseph Papp transferred it to Broadway after a run at his Public Theater. Although billed as “a mode…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:15PMPerformer, composer, lyricist and comedian Tim Minchin appeared on TBS' "Conan," where he chatted with host Conan O'Brien about adapting his adult-themed comic material…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMDCMetro Theater Arts’ Winters Geimer had an exclusive interview with Charles Ross on what you should know before the show and his thoughts on the upcoming Star Wars films. This is the fir…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:13PMPerformer, composer, lyricist and comedian Tim Minchin appeared on the TBS "Conan" show, hosted by Conan O'Brien. Minchin performed "When I Grow Up" from the Tony-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMOne fine day, indeed! Abby Mueller, sister of 2014 Tony Award winner Jessie Mueller, will star as Carole King in the forthcoming national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Jessie w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMClick for photos from the opening night celebration of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria at the Vineyard Theatre on June 15, 2015.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMDebra Booth is Director of Design at Studio Theatre. You can see her latest Studio Theatre creation through June 28th with Jumpers for Goalposts. Since 2001 Debra has designed some of Studio…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:08PMAs a young person interested in theatre, I have seen, heard stories of, and been involved in more scratch nights and new writing pieces. I had not, however, come across one for opera, which …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:07PMWhy adapt Ulysses – James Joyce’s towering, modernist tome – for the stage? The episodic adventures of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus set on mundane 16 June 1904 don’t have the co…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:07PMThe 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will be presented Sept. 27 in Times Square, Shubert Alley and alon…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMThe musical hits the road with a relative of Tony winner Jessie Mueller in the leading role.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The 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 02:57PM(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 02:56PM(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 02:56PMRichard Nelson does not compel us to pay attention to his characters' psychological disclosures, and his reluctance to underline is refreshing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:50PMA disappointing 'Qualms' as well as worthwhile tributes to Cy Coleman and Judy Garland.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:48PMBrooklyn’s newly restored Kings Theatre (1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY) is pleased to announce that the all-new U.S. tour of the beloved musical Annie will play a limited 16 performance …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:40PMLinda Woolverton, who penned the screenplay and the book for Disney's animated film and stage musicalBEAUTY AND THE BEAST, will write a sequel to the studio's 2014 blockbuster MALEFICENT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMBrooklyn's newly restored Kings Theatre 1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY has announced that the all-new U.S. tour of the beloved musical Annie will play a limited 16 performance only engageme…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMOn June 15, 2015 the Trevor Project honored Sir Ian McKellen with the Trevor Hero Award for his ongoing support of the LGBTQ community at TrevorLIVE New York. The award has previously been a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMMy Fair Lady opened last night, June 15 where it will run through June 21 as the opening production of The Muny's 97th summer season. Check out highlightsbelow
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMThe American theatre as we know it didn't just evolve organically, inevitably; it was conjured by visionaries who dreamt of a national theatre outside New York, then built it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:39PM‘Preludes’ review: Inside Rachmaninoff's hypnotized mind Dave Malloy's "Preludes" goes inside Rachmaninoff's hypnotized mind
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:34PM Review by Marilyn Lester Toward the end of “Merman’s Apprentice,” David Merrick appraises Ethel Merman and says he realizes a person can be hard and soft at...
The…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:28PMSergei Rachmaninoff is a young person’s composer, full of sound and fury (dum … dum … DUM!), his music delighting listeners on its own boyishly bombastic terms. Composer Da…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:18PMMy Fair Lady opened last night,June 15 where it willthroughJune 21as the opening production of The Muny's 97th summer season. Check out a first look below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMProducers Paul Blake and SonyATV Music Publishing announced today that Abby Mueller has nabbed the title role in the First National Tour of Beautiful-The Carole King Musical, the smash hit m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMKenneth Branagh is currently in talks to take on a big screen adaptation of Agatha Cristie's iconic detective novel MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMProducers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing announced June 16 that Abby Mueller will star in the title role of the national tour of Beautiful — The Carole King Musical, whic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PMBroadway.com resident artist Justin “Squigs” Robertson has paid tribute to the Great White Way this past year with over 40 ornate sketches, including portraits of each of the 35 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMSandy, Danny and the Rydell High gang are turning 37 today! The smash-hit movie Grease was released June 16, 1978, starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing and Jeff Cona…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMIronically it was a flop that led to Ron Moody being cast as Fagin in the landmark 1960 production of Lionel Bart’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:04PMAward-winning French screenwriter known for his work on Jules and Jim, Paris Belongs to Us and and My American UncleThe French New Wave, which changed notions of how films could be made, gav…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PMThe Comedy Central star and lead in Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck brought her comedy ensemble, which included Colin Quinn and Vanessa Bayer, to New York and lived up to her billing as the hotte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PMIn what might be seen as a unique case of "sibling revelry," the producers of "Beautiful - The Carole King Musical" have announced that Abby Mueller will headline the national tour of that h…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:02PMMore than 150 of the hottest male and female dancers in New York City will take the stage of the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 21 for the 25th edition of Broadway Bares, called Broadway Bares…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMThe series will feature a work helmed by Beautiful director Marc Bruni.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Linda Woolverton, the librettist for Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, Aida and Lestat, will write the sequel to the Disney blockbuster "Maleficent," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMLinda Woolverton, the librettist for Broadway's Beauty and the Beast, Aida and Lestat, will write the sequel to the Disney blockbuster "Maleficent," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMAnna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson, stars of the "Pitch Perfect" films, are set to return for the third installment in the hit movie series, with "Pitch Perfect 3" slated to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMGood news. “Bright Eyes,” the Steve Martin-Edie Brickell musical is headed for a run this winter at the Kennedy Center. The musical Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:43PMFollowing his moving speech, the actor dropped the mic and came into the crowd to perform a Shakespearean soliloquy - check out the impromptu performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMJessie Mueller, the original, Tony Award-winning star of "Beautiful - the Carole King Musical" has moved on to "Waitress," her next show, opening this fall at the American Repertory Theatre …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMJessie Mueller, the original, Tony Award-winning star of "Beautiful — the Carole King Musical" has moved on to "Waitress," her next show, opening this fall at the American Repertory Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMThe October fest draws national companies to create work that will sprawl through various locations in the UC San Diego area.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:28PMActors Theatre of Louisville is the latest recipient of a large grant from Roy Cockrum, the Tennessee Powerball winner who took home $259 million ($115 after taxes) last June.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:15PMICYMI this, this and even this, there's a Presidential election in 2016 and a new Richard Nelson three-play cycle, tracking the lives of a family through it all, will make its world prem…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:14PMBelow, check out photos of Broadway's Kristin Chenoweth, who stars asMaleficent in the film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMAcademy Award winner Helen Mirren returns to Broadway as Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, which just opened at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Playing one of Her Majesty's twelve …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMThe roster includes an improvisational musical, satire, comedy and drama.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PMIn one of the most memorable moments in “Occupied Territories,” a flawed but often arresting new theater piece, suburban America drifts into the Vietnamese jungle. The camouflage-clad bo…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:11PMAs any horror movie will tell you: don’t go into the basement. You never know what you’ll find there. In the case of Occupied Territories, a visceral and stunning new work from Theater A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:08PMSix men are dancing with six fencing foils. Blades and limbs swish sharply through the air. Six women in starched black ballgowns
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMProceeds from James Lecesne's play will go to his LGBTQ organization.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe "Jimmy Awards" will be held on June 29.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe Gabriels will premiere at the Public Theater during the 2015-16 season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
BY MARY HOULIHAN |FOR THE SUN-TIMES “The Tempest,” the magical drama widely acknowledged as Shakespeare’s ...
The post Walkabout Theater collaboration yields multi-discipline take…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:58PMA playwright should be free to stretch right to the edge of their current capability and follow an artistic impulse where it leads. So how does the label of Asian American affect that?
The p…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:55PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1961 (RCA) George S. Kaufman said that “satire is what closes on Saturday night,” but that certainly did not apply to How to Succeed in Business Without Really Tr…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:54PMPlaywrights at Erik Ehn's annual Texas retreat don't speak for 10 days. New writing rushes into the void, along with a sense of community.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PMInspired by a true event, the new musical follows successful literary editor Alice Murphy and an ambitious young World War II soldier who returns home to the South. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:48PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1968 (RCA) The story of a misfit who, rather than committing suicide, decides to try his hand at selling stock, this show made audiences laugh for one season and is h…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:45PMI've said this every year for the last few, and this year will be no exception -- The National High School Musical Theatre Awards (formerly known as the JIMMY AWARDS), are one of my abso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMThe Public Theater will stage the world premiere of a new three-play cycle, The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, written and directed by Richard Nelson. With the final …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMThe Public Theater will stage the world premiere of a new three-play cycle, The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, written and directed by Richard Nelson. With the final …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMThe number of school groups attending the Unicorn Theatre has fallen by 6% in the last year, the organisation has reported. Between
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMThe World Goes Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb will run at the Pheasantry for four nights only
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:36PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1995 (RCA) This show was the brainchild of costume designer Howard Crabtree, whose outlandishly funny costumes were the real stars of the production—each outfit…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:31PMAshley Tisdale turned to Instagram to share a photo of aSUITE LIFE WITH ZACH amp CODY reunion.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMTHE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS NHSMTAJIMMYAWARDS just announced that 52 high school students from across America will compete for the Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMBroadwayWorld was on the scene this week alongside Julie Taymor, Reeve Carney, Helen Mirren, Anne Hathaway and numerous others on the opening night of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.In partnershi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMFathom Events and Omniverse Vision have released the full trailer for the filmed version of 'Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream,' which is hitting cinemas worldwide next week. The prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMTony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth, on Broadway this season in On the Twentieth Century, plays Maleficent in the new live-action Disney Channel film "Descendants,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMMr. Wainwright combines his work with that of his father, the writer Loudon Wainwright Jr., in his solo show.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:21PMCatch Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Audience" in Cleveland Heights!
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:15PMWay Off Broadway Dinner Theatre is presenting one of American Theater’s timeless classics: West Side Story. With music by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Leonard Bernstein and book by Stephen S…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:13PMControversial theatre veteran Steven Berkoff has attacked a critic for "warbling" about "how fortunate we are that actors no longer black-up" for roles.
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:08PM“Can we just say we're completely pro sex.” The physical theatre company,RashDash, who are collaborating here with playwright Alice Birch, have not mounted this turbulent challenge to …
SOURCE: The Independent at 12:08PMJim Taylor presents A Closer Look at Broadway for Tuesday, June 16, 2015
SOURCE: www.podtrac.com at 12:05PMET has shared exclusive inside details on the original songs from Disney's upcoming movie DESCENDANTS, starring Broadway's Kristin Chenoweth
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMBroadway veteran and AS THE WORLD TURNS star John Colenback has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 79.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMBroadwayWorld was on the scene this week for the opening of GLORIA at the Vineyard Theatre. Click through the photos below and go inside opening night ofGloria.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMTickets are now on sale for Clifford Odets’ Awake and Sing! at the Public. The National Asian American Theatre Co. (NAATCO) production, directed by Stephen Brown-Fried, will star Mia K…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMThe Pasadena Playhouse presents a world-premiere musical about forbidden love.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Original Broadway Cast, 1954 (Columbia/Sony) The cast album of Harold Arlen and Truman Capote’s flop musical set in a West Indian bordello is stunning and unique; the steel drums and whist…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:59AMThe Good Counselor is a brilliant play that probes uncomfortably around the chambers of the human heart. It’s a masterfully written and directed treatise on where a woman’s respo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:55AMActors Theatre of Louisville is the latest recipient of a large grant from Roy Cockrum, the Tennessee Powerball winner who took home $259 million ($115 million after taxes) last June.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:48AMTony Award-winning actress Kristin Chenoweth, on Broadway this season in On the Twentieth Century, plays Maleficent in the new live-action Disney Channel film "Descendants,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM54 Below will celebrate the July 4th weekend with 54 Sings 1776, featuring songs from Broadway's Tony Award-winning Independence Day musical by Sherman Edwards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1994 (Boebe) How much mediocre country music can you take if it’s terrifically well performed? That’s the barometer of how much you’ll enjoy this recording.…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:39AMSir Ian McKellen, co-founder of Stonewall U.K., which lobbies for legal and social equality for gay people, was presented with the 2015 Trevor Hero Award at Monday's TrevorLIVE New York.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMBritish actor John Hurt has revealed that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMLast night Inside Broadway honored the renowned opera singer Renee Fleming who starred on Broadway this season in Living on Love and Broadway amp TV starTony Danzawho starred on Broadway thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMFar From the Madding Crowd, starring Carey Mulligan, will arrive on blu-ray and DVD on August 4th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 692015 - 6162015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMThe show at the Royal Albert Hall will reportedly feature a mock-up of the Abbey Road studios
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:37AMThe Trevor Project honored Sir Ian McKellen June 15 with the Trevor Hero Award at TrevorLIVE New York for his ongoing support of the LGBTQ community. At the event, McKellen made an impassion…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMThe Trevor Project honored Sir Ian McKellen June 15 with the Trevor Hero Award at TrevorLIVE New York for his ongoing support of the LGBTQ community. At the event, McKellen made an impassion…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMIn celebration of The New-York Historical Society's special exhibition "The Hirschfeld Century: The Art of Al Hirschfeld" and the new book "The Hirschfeld Century: Por…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM Creative Cauldron at ArtSpace presents The Little Prince, based on the book by Antione de Saint Exupery, with music by Rick Cummins and book and lyrics by John Scoullar. Directors Den…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:27AM"Andrew is arguably the father of the rock opera," said School of Rock lyricist Glenn Slater at last week's press preview performance of the Broadway-bound show. S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMA tryout journey that began last year at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre will continue east to Broadway with its next stop now set: The Steve Martin/Edie Brickell-penned musical Bright …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:14AMTony nominees J. Robert Spencer and Mitchell Jarvis will head the cast of the 2015 Adirondack Theatre Festival presentation of the new folk rock/bluegrass musical, The unCivil War, which wil…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMEvan Cabnet directs the new dark comedy, which features Jeanine Serrales and Ryan Spahn.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe show will stop at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center before heading north.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMRoundabout Theatre Company presents the new Joshua Harmon comedy at the Laura Pels Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Together We Are Making a Poem in Honor of Life
Off Off Broadway, P.S. 142 Cafeteria
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: An essential, tremendously acted, and skillfully written poem…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:59AMTheatre Development Fund’s 2015 Gala honored three “Unsung Heroes” of the not-for-profit service organization: Ted Chapin, President of the Rodgers & Hammerstein: An Imagen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1947 (RCA/Sepia) The 24-minute cast album of High Button Shoes contains only eight of the score’s 14 songs; that’s all that could fit on both sides of four 78-rpm…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:57AMBright Star, the musical collaboration of Emmy and Grammy winner Steve Martin and Grammy winner Edie Brickell, will play a limited engagement in Washington, D.C. later this year. Walter Bobb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:52AMTeddy Tahu Rhodes, who recently headlined the Australian revivals of The King and I and South Pacific, will star in the dual roles of Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde in an all-new productio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AM“Bright Star,” the musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, has mapped out its route to Broadway, setting a pre-Broadway run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. prior to …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:49AMRECOMMENDED “The America Play” presented by Oracle Theatre is not for the faint of heart. Actually, scratch heart and insert the word mind. Playwright Suzan Lori Parks demands of her aud…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:45AMName: Russell SperbergHometown: Manhattan Beach, CaliforniaTell us about Punk As Fuck: Punk As Fuck is a new play that explores the life of a fledgling punk (or is it metal? Maybe grunge?) b…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:43AM(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 10:43AMThe Broadway transfer of the acclaimed Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton will begin performances July 13 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Here's a first look at the Playbill!
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMA new generation of Chinese comedians are cracking gags about buying property in Beijing. Is it further proof that standup – which is about individual assertion rather than collective ende…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:40AMRose Marasco’s strong sensibility is always at work, searching for contrasts to capture in her photos.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:40AM“Bright Star,” a collaboration between Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will come to the Kennedy Center in Washington in December and is aiming for Broadway next spring.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:40AMBy Doug Mayo
201 Dance Company have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help take their new show Smother to the Edinburgh Fringe. 201 Dance Co is a new company bringing together experienced a…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:38AM“Bitter Lemons founder Colin Mitchell says he’s responding to the dwindling number of reviews by professional critics amid upheaval in the media industry. Many traditional outlets ha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMThe free, five week festival will champion new talent
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:31AMWe are pleased to announce a special post-show discussion about the evolution of dating and marriage in conjunction with Joshua Harmon’s new comedy, Significant Other. The discussion is im…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:30AMInside Broadway’s Broadway Beacon Awards Gala was held June 15 at the JW Marriott Essex House, honoring renowned opera singer Renée Fleming and Broadway and TV star Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMBelow, check out the all-new promo for FOX's SCREAM QUEENS titled 'Die Tonight,' which premiered during Monday's episode of E News.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMProducerJoey Parnesannounced today that the new musicalBright Star,from Grammyand EmmywinnerSteve Martinand Grammy-winning singer-songwriterEdie Brickell, will play a limited engagement at t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMFun Home's Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori took home the 2015 Tony Award for Best Original Score; Kron also won for Best Book of a Musical. The duo met the press to talk about inspiring you…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMProducer Joey Parnes announced June 16 that the new musical Bright Star, from Grammy and Emmy winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, will play a limi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMProducer Joey Parnes announced June 16 that the new musical Bright Star, from Grammy and Emmy winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, will play a limi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMCustomer: “I’d like tickets to For The Boys.” Agent: “Oh, someone’s doing a stage version of the hit ’90’s Bette Midler vanity project? I did NOT know that.…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMIn an interview for The Joe D Show podcast, Groff commented on how his casting in the part came abou.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMIt's here at last Season 2 of the hit web-comedy THE RESIDUALS will air exclusively here, on BroadwayWorld throughout the summer. Check back every Tuesday for a new episode, plus tune in on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMFathom Events and Omniverse Vision partner to present 'Julie Taymor's A Midsummer Night's Dream' in select cinemas on June 22 followed by showings at select theaters nationwide . The product…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMTony nominees J. Robert Spencer and Mitchell Jarvis will headline the 2015 Adirondack Theatre Festival presentation of the new folk rockbluegrass musical, THE unCIVIL WAR, July 9-18. Rick Ku…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMUniversal Studios confirmed reports that Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson have signed on for a third installment of the PITCH PERFECT franchise, set for release on July 21, 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMAct Like a GRRRL (ALAG) is an autobiographical writing and performance program that inspires girls (ages 12-18) to write about their lives and transform their thoughts into monologues, dance…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:08AM“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: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMBy Steve Schonberg; Video Producer: Meredith Ganzman SCROLL DOWN TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW AND SEE KELLI RECEIVE #COTA’S “OUR LEADING LADY” AWARD! On Sunday, June 7, famed B…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 10:00AMSteve Martin is a man of many media. In movies, he’s played a jerk and an amigo and the father of a bride. On TV, he’s been a wild and crazy guy. For museum exhibitions, he’s lent piec…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:00AM
Nature versus nurture is a good starting point when thinking about Hamish Pirie’s production of Violence and Son, the new play from Welsh playwright Gary Owen. To what extent does our …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AMRECOMMENDED It’s been nearly forty years since England’s Royal Ballet visited Chicago, and its production of principal dancer (and budding author) Carlos Acosta’s “Don Quixote” is …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:31AMHelen Edmundson's play opens at Shakespeare's Globe on 31 July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:30AMShow Business and Sports Who's Who Support MSG's Garden of Dreams Thursday at Radio City
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MSG Entertainment, the Garden of Dreams Foundation and icons…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:29AMPlaywrights are being invited to submit scripts for potential production at the Bush Theatre in west London. The Bush opened its submission
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMBirmingham Royal Ballet has appointed Jan Teo as its new chief executive. Teo, who has sat on the company’s board for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMTheatre Royal Stratford East has launched a public fundraising campaign to raise £15,000 towards its auditorium refurbishment. The theatre announced in April
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMA new musical features on the line-up for the Citizens Theatre’s autumn season, marking the first production in a partnership between the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMDervla Kirwan and Joseph Millson are to join Simon Russell Beale in Mr Foote’s Other Leg at Hampstead Theatre. Directed by Richard
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMJessica Hepburn has revealed she will step down as the executive director of the Lyric Hammersmith after nine years. After joining the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AM(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 09:27AM(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 09:27AMPoet Klaus Merz wields his deceptively simple diction in order to pry open hidden secrets: what we leave unsaid, what we neglect, avoid.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:27AMBy Doug Mayo
Following its run in the West End, Oscar Wilde’s The Importance Of Being Earnest will embark on a tour of the UK in late 2015. With a cast including Nigel Havers, Sian Phi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:27AMFans of Into the Woods rejoice: on Sunday, June 21 BAM will host a special reunion with the original Broadway cast and creative team including Stephen Sondheim (Composer), James Lapine (Book…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 09:24AMArchway Mall, LondonThis experimental show about the relationship between old and young, past and present offers snapshots of ageing and everyday life through a shop windowPeer through a sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMJust last night, Manhattan Theatre Club honoredExecutive Producer Barry Grovewith a tribute on stage at the Samuel J. Friedman theatre, celebrating 40 years at MTC.BroadwayWorld was there fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, music guest Jack Antonoff debuted an 11-year-old's original song 'Magic Pancakes'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11AMWhen I was growing up, my favorite Christmas movie was Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. I loved all the songs, all the dances and the story. It made me want to watch movie musicals a…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:07AMIn Part 3 of a series of interviews with the Director and cast of Spooky Action Theater’s Jarry Inside Out, meet actress Carla Briscoe. Why did you want to become a member of the cast of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMDesigners and design students from all over the world will be packing their bags about now for the trip to Prague, where
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
American Broadway touring vet Alan Mingo Jr. stars as Lola - the role originated by Billy Porter in the Broadway production - in Toronto's KINKY BOOTS, whileGraham Scott Fleming plays Charli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMThe Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park production of THE TEMPEST officially opens tonight, June 16, and runsthrough Sunday, July 5, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMThis week's New York Times In Performance video features Sierra Boggess performing thenumber 'A Little Bit Less Than', from the new Broadway musical IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMActors' Equity Association 'AEA' or 'Equity' recently announced that An American in Paris will receive the ninth annual 'ACCA' Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The award will be presen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMCuckold, a short play written by 'Smash' and Broadway actor Wesley Taylor, premieres this summer at the Manhattan Repertory Theater 2015 One Act Competition.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMKate Baldwin and Conor Ryan, the stars of the Keen Company production of John amp Jen, the musical with music by Andrew Lippa, lyrics by Tom Greenwald, and a book by Greenwald and Lippa, hea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, music guest Adam Lambert performed his new hit single, 'Ghost Town' from his new album 'The Original High,' out today. Check out the performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMHappy Birthday, Danny Burstein On Broadway, Burstein's appearances have included A Little Hotel on the Side 1992, Yakov in The Seagull 1992-93, in Saint Joan and Three Men on a Horse both in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMGood 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 THE TEMPEST, with Jesse Tyler Ferguson…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMA surreal but fascinating first musical for the Claire Towe Theater
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:53AM- Jeff McCarthy is a fine Don Quixote
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:53AMThe road show of the Broadway hit launches its road show at LA's Ahmanson
SOURCE: at 08:51AMBroadway choreographer and director Jeff Calhoun, Broadway's 'Grease', Newsies, has joined forces with an A-list team of musical talent, including 'Bonnie and Clyde' composer Frank Wildhorn,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51AMThis exciting, lyrical play with a live band looks at a youth subculture of the 1950s, the Teddy Boy
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:50AMIntroducing music to small children at a young age has proven to be very beneficial; it enhances listening, develops the aural memory and even supposedly makes them happier. It is important …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:49AMThis, the first revival of Kasper Holten’s Don Giovanni, is a production full of visual spectacle. His ability to pull the spectator’s focus with lighting design and choreographe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:49AMDennis Kelly penned the blisteringly successful stage musical of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, transforming the much-loved children’s book into a West End epic. His latest, Our Teacher&#…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:49AMBash by Neil LaBute is made up of three one-act plays, connected only by their attention to the domestic darkness of people. Each depicting, differently, how even the most ordinary of us can…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:49AMThe government has been accused of playing “fast and loose with the country’s educational well-being”, after it revealed plans for compulsory GCSEs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AM Photos: Magda Katz On Monday evening June 15, Inside Broadway honored renowned opera singer Renée Fleming (who starred on Broadway this season in Living on Love) and Broadway…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:30AMBefore we get into the meat of this review, I should make it clear that I love fantasy novels. I read George R.R. Martin’s “Song of Ice and Fire” series back in 2005 and I’ve read it…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:30AMThe first thing you notice are the spent bullet casings embedded in a spiral against the red and white stripes of the American Flag. Then you notice the pearls in the place of stars, “tear…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:23AMThe veteran theatremaker has stirred up controversy in a 245-word Facebook post
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:21AMI’ve just returned from my first “Sausages at Dawn” meeting for a few weeks. It's a chance to sit with fellow freelancers and small business entrepreneurs over breakfast (healthy or ot…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:13AMNT Temporary theatre, LondonRashDash’s show about the effects of pornography has strong points of view, but doesn’t offer much room for debateWriter Alice Birch and theatre-makers Abbi G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM
Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57AMIthamar Enriquez may have nothing to say, but this Latino Mr. Bean has a unique niche in the crowded but potentially lucrative arena of viral-digital-cable comedy. He's signed a production d…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:40AMWinning isn’t everything at the Tony Awards. It’s the broadcast that counts—particularly for the Broadway shows that staged brief performances during its telecast last weekend.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 07:25AMThe leading children's venue says it has experienced a worrying decline in schools visits
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMThe production, which stars Simon Russell Beale, opens at the Hampstead Theatre in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMHepburn oversaw the venue's recent capital redevelopment project
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMHere’s a fortuitous find! I learned about Tom Howard only a few days ago when I saw him in Joe Cook’s Rain or Shine (1930). And got curious. He was one of the key people in the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:21AMA £1,500 prize for new musical theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe has been launched with the backing of Leicester’s Curve. Together with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMWest End shows offer big savings for children in August. Here’s our pick of the hottest stage productions for summer days out in the cityAugust in London, and there are often seats to fill…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMThe relationship of creative versus producer can be fraught with tension, but a new dance work sees the two working cheek-to-cheekAsk ten people what a producer does and you will probably ge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:21AMFrom 2006: The phrase “guilty pleasure,” of course, is itself inherently problematic, because it implies that we ought to be hypocrites when it comes to our artistic responses. Kingsley …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMThere's an infectious sense of 'last night on earth' revelry about this Australian cabaret import, says Dominic Cavendish
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:11AM“You know, the problem with my guilty pleasure films is that I don’t feel guilty about them. I don’t really experience that sensation.” Wes Anderson (quoted in Matt Zoller Seitz, Wes…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
A musically rich, but otherwise bland show about an incident in the life of composer Sergei Rachmaninoff.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 01:53AMA dark and powerful performance from Meow Meow, an insider look at the musical theatre industry but a disappointing first outing for My Vagabond BoatMeow Meow comes on to the stage laborious…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:46AMAtlantic Theater Companypresents revivals of Ghost Stories The Shawl and Prairie du Chien, two haunting short plays by Atlantic co-founder and Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet. Ghost Storie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21AMRavinia's 2015 season, jam-packed with more than 120 events from tonight, June 16 through Sept. 10,features 60 artist debuts and 55 classical works never before performed at Ravinia. More th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21AMA stage classic on the big screen
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21AMMulti-platinum-selling, singersongwriter Adam Lambertreleases his highly anticipated third studio album THE ORIGINAL HIGH today, June 16th, 2015 through Warner Bros. Records.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21AMSundance TV’s “Deutschland 83” is hyped as the first German-language series to be picked up by an American network. Now that’s going to lure the viewing masses! And it’s also...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:15AMWe have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you’ll enjoy this peek behind the curtain…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' Cast on Their Favorite Movie GenresThe YH Studio welcomes 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl', AKA actors Thomas Mann ("Me"), RJ Cyler ("Earl"), and Olivia Cook…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMNBA Star Rudy Gay on 'Entourage', Hidden Talents, and #BeGr8 CampaignGet to know Sacrament Kings star Rudy Gay a little better as he stops by the YH Studio to chat about an array of topics, …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park presentation of The Tempest opens officially on June 16. The Michael Greif-helmed production features stage and screen favorites Sam W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37AMWith the season starting this week at the Muny, readers suggest other "essential" shows.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30AMWe're definitely not in Southern California; the inclement weather in St. Louis is causing all sorts of cancellations and postponements.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30AMToday we are talking to two titanically talented triple-threats all about their headlining roles in the edgy and daring new production of the classic Kander amp Ebb musical CABARET at the Si…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15AMTeenagers and pre-teens are stepping out of the box for Out of My Comfort Zone, a new rock musical about self-identity, gender, love, expectations, stereotypes, cyber-bullying an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway revival of David Mamet's haunting short plays, Ghost Stories: The Shawl and Prairie du Chien, officially opens June 16 following previews that bega…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Shakespeare in the Park production of The Tempest officially opens June 16 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The classic tale of young love and old enemies star…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe company of An American in Paris was named winner of the ninth annual "ACCA" Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. The award will be presented at 4 PM June 16 during …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAri Itkin (Much Ado About Nothing), Isabelle Ellingson ("Bad Faith") and Logan Fahey ("Masters of Sex," "Grey's Anatomy") star in the new three-person p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1888 Birthday of Broadway comedian Bobby Clark (1888-1960), best known for his drawn-on eyeglasses and slapstick comedy style, often in tandem with sidekick Paul McCullough. Clark…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPhilip S. Birsh, Chief Executive Officer and President of the iconic Playbill theatre programs and the family of websites led by Playbill.com, will accept the annual Friend of Off-Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Canadian premiere of the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots begins performances June 16 at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Yazbeck, the Tony-nominated leading man who dances and croons his way through the Broadway revival of On the Town, has revealed release dates for "The Floor Above Me," a n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast album of the Off-Broadway revival of Andrew Lippa's musical John & Jen, starring Kate Baldwin and Conor Ryan, is released June 16 by Broadway Records.&n…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMShowstopper Divas — "The Broadway Songbook" is presented June 16 at 7 PM at Stage 72/Triad to benefit The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPittsburgh Ballet Theatre is hitting the road this summer to make its debut at the Chicago Dancing Festival.
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