Most of us catch elevators up and down, up and down, up and down in our everyday lives, but this monotonous exercise
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Joshua Harmon, the author of the bitingly engaging "Bad Jews," is back on the boards with "Significant Other," another modern morality tale. Again he displays…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:45PMEast West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest running professional theatre of color and the largest creator of Asian Pacific artistic work, announced today that Tim Dang, Producing Artisti…
SOURCE: Footlights at 11:42PMStage Raw: The National Council of Actors Equity Association overruled the overwhelming results of a local referendum. Defying the clearly-expressed wishes of its local membership, the uni…
SOURCE: Footlights at 11:42PMJamie xx, aka Jamie Smith, wears a lot of musical hats: he is one third of the Mercury Prize-winning group the xx; producer to mega pop stars such as Alicia Keys, Drake and Rihanna; and remi…
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:39PMIn Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Rockville Musical Theatre’s The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, meet Zoe Alexandratos. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our re…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:07PMThe real-life acting couple Keir Dullea 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY and Mia Dillon CRIMES OF THE HEART, Broadway original cast will be joined by actors Todd Cerveris, Cameron Clifford, Don Noble an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07PMManhattan Theatre Club presents the New York premiere of Of Good Stock, the new play byMelissa Ross, directed by MTC's award-winning Artistic DirectorLynne Meadow. The limited engagement ope…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07PMThree sisters unload some family baggage on a Cape Cod beachfront.
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The very talented and youthful Jonathan Groff is excellent as Gordon. His charming presence known from his work on stage (Spring Awakening, Hair) and on televi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:51PMEvery so often a playwright has two plays or even more open almost simultaneously. The scheduling coincidence (?) tempts a more taut assessment of where the playwright is in his or her care…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:48PMWhen I was younger I grew up dancing at a school that used ballet class music from CDs. The songs became intimately
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SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:43PMThe iconic pop star reflects on life as a teenage sensation and the years she’s spent since getting to know herself.
SOURCE: Slate at 10:34PMA London opera production that was roundly booed by an opening night audience on Monday for a scene of full frontal nudity.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:31PMThe Broadway musical "It Shoulda Been You" will close its doors after running only six months.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:31PMThe American Ballet Theatre promoted Misty Copeland to principal dancer, a first for an African-American woman.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:31PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Misty Copeland on Tuesday became the first African-American female principal ballerina with the American Ballet Theatre in the dance company's 75-year history.
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:31PMTim Dang will step down a year from now as producing artistic director of East West Players, the downtown Los Angeles theater company he's led since 1993.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:31PMThe intimacy of small-town life and its stifling limitations permeate "Picnic," which the thoughtfully representative staging at Antaeus Theater Company underscores without telegraphing.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:31PMAt a news conference, Misty Copeland, newly minted as a principal dancer at American Ballet Theater, spoke about her early doubts and about the pleasure of seeing more racially diverse audie…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:31PMMUSICAL THEATRE MAGAZINE’s latest issue is out! Get your copy here: http://www.MusicalTheatreMagazine.com. With Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes, Broadway star Capathia Jenkins, “Project R…
SOURCE: musicaltheatremagazine.wordpress.com at 10:20PMTODAY's Willie Geist gave Jeff Petty, a dedicated father and grandfather of two, a surprise New York City trip of a lifetime as part of the morning show'sMakeYourTODAY series for dads. Petty…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, a musical adaptation of the drama series THE O.C. is headed to Los Angeles this summer, and US Weekly has revealed that original cast member Autumn Rees…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PMby Samuel L. Leiter A group of disparate people gathering for a weekend at a country or beach house—what a lovely idea for a play! At least that’s what writers as gifted as Noël Coward …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:06PM by Brian Scott Lipton From Anton Chekhov to Beth Henley to Wendy Wasserstein, the particular dynamic of three female siblings has proven to be catnip. Now, we...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:01PMThree sisters gather for a weekend in Cape Cod, Mass. One has a possibly terminal illness, another is a hysterical bride to be, the third reveals a surprise pregnancy. They...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMHell is spending a weekend with the three irritating Stockton sisters who strut and fret in Melissa Ross’s busy but fruitless family drama, “Of Good Stock.” Director (and M…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMAlicia Silverstone appears in Melissa Ross' play about a family reunion during which three sisters deal with myriad personal crises. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00PM
Geoffrey Rush has done it, Gyles Brandreth has done it, Stephen Fry came close to doing it, and now David Suchet is giving it a go – donning drag and a perpetually disgusted expression to …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:51PM“Industry Minister James Moore said Tuesday the application to acquire the famed circus troupe was deemed an overall economic benefit for Canada. The buyers have committed to maintain …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:49PMA colorful celebration of classic circuses and clowns from the 1930s and ’40s, Happenstance Theater elevates old-fashioned, family-friendly entertainment to a fantastical new level wit…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:40PM#1. Rehearse, rehearse, then rehearse some more. I cannot stress enough the importance of running dances. I know it can get a
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SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:19PM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents The Fitzgeralds of St. Paul --A New Musical in Concert on Friday August 7, 2015 at 1130 PM. Part memory play, part gin-soaked vaudeville, The Fitzg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03PMTaye Diggs recently spoke with ET about playing 'Hedwig', his son's reaction to his glittery makeup and more - click below to watch the interview
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03PMBy Christine Dion of Mode Dion. You may have your moves down but what about your competition performance face? Looking good on
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New Zealand’s most accomplished cheerleading coach Kimberley Ramsay Reid recently announced the launch of the Global Dance + Cheer Games. Taking competitions
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SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:44PMThe Wall Street Journal had a story entitled Docents Gone Wild sharing some stories about museum docents going off script, treating visitors rudely or diverting people away from works of art…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:38PMIt’s disconcerting to begin watching a one-act play billed as a comedy (per the press release) only to discover it’s not at all funny. Dark, yes, and full of sharp observations, but not …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:20PMDouble the fun is guaranteed at Imagination Stage’s production of Double Trouble (AKA The Parent Trap). In this musical based on Erich Kastner’s 1949 novel Lottie & Lisa, adapted by …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:19PMUNQUIET DESPERATION IN BUCKS COUNTY He’s no longer an angry young playwright and gay avenger, the bad-boy Jeremiah who unleashed scorched-earth provocations (Sister Mary Ignatius Explains …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:09PMAhhhh, festival time. It’s as much a sign of summer as BBQs, water parks, and people wearing short shorts who shouldn’t be wearing short shorts. And the New York Musical Theat…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 08:09PMPhoto by Under ArmourMisty Copeland, who has been outspoken about race in the world of dance, has become the first black principal ballerina at the American Ballet Theatre, a first in the to…
SOURCE: PBS at 08:09PMPatti LuPone and Michael Urie lift Douglas Carter Beane stage memoir "Shows for Days."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:09PMMarla Louissaint, 17, who just graduated from the Beacon School, was named best actress.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:09PMBelfast native and director Matt Torney is quite proud of the theater that has come out of Ireland, both historically and during the country’s current dramatic renaissance.But Torney reali…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:09PMThis year’s New York Musical Theatre Festival, running July 7–27, features everything from rock operas to ass-kicking superheroes. Whether it’s the epic or the intimate you…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:09PMBroadway got an influx of fresh new talent last night!
Fifty-two musical theater hopefuls made their Broadway debut at the Minskoff Theatre June 29 at the seventh annual Jimmy Awards.
Hosted…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:09PMAre you looking for your next weekend getaway? We love summer theater festivals for their rotating rep of high-level productions—think classics, family musicals, and hot new works&mdas…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:09PMLONDON — Britain's Royal Opera says it's sorry for causing distress but the show will go on after a rape scene in "Guillaume Tell" sparked boos and walkouts.Director Damiano Michieletto's…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:09PMCall Answered: Live from 54 Below, "Call Me Adam" chats with The Monkees' lead singer Micky Dolenz about his new show at 54 Below "A Little Bit Broadway, A Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll" which wi…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 08:09PMIt's an ideal corrective for those who may not expect to understand Shakespeare, without missing anything a better-versed viewer could want.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:09PMAlso: Laurie Metcalf joins Bruce Willis on Broadway in 'Misery'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:09PMTwo dancers raised and trained in Southern California have vaulted to the top rank of New York's prestigious American Ballet Theatre.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:06PMOn a day in which this city ecstatically celebrated the Supreme Court decision to legalize same-sex marriage, "Two Women," you might think, could mean only one thing Sunday afternoon.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:06PMLONDON (Reuters) - Gioachino Rossini's opera "Guillaume Tell" (William Tell) about the Swiss patriot who shoots an arrow that splits an apple atop his son's head is famed for its overture wi…
SOURCE: Reuters at 08:05PMNEW YORK — Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet, was named a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday —...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:03PMNancie Woods joins the pre-professional training program after nearly 25 years with BalletNova...... Read more »
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A collection of posters worthy of the Bard
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57PMCelebrate the sax-iness of Jule Styne
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57PMLONDON (AP) -- Britain's Royal Opera says it's sorry for causing distress but the show will go on after a rape scene in "Guillaume Tell" sparked boos and walkouts....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:56PMThe Royal Ballet presented an erratic repertoire in New York, with works we seen regularly for the most part, and a few fantastic gems.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:55PMDouglas Carter Beane sure knows how to write for his stars. In 1997, As Bees in Honey Drown perfectly showcased the talents of J. Smith-Cameron, just as, more recently, The Little Dog Laughe…
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:46PMBallerina Misty Copeland makes history as first black principal dancer at ABT.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:43PMMichael Gow’s new translation of Mother Courage and her Children is an amiable one and Eamon Flack’s production for Belvoir is courageous, but Brecht’s political theatre (unsurprisingl…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:42PMNEW YORK — Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born dancer who has become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet, and a rare celebrity in that field, was named principal dancer at American Ball…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:29PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
New Release Dates for The Visit & Neverland Recordings
Two Broadway musicals from this past season will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:14PMSadly this wedding-themed musical comedy has had a short-lived romance with the Great White Way. Despite a belter of a performance from Lisa Howard on the Tony telecast, It Shoulda Been You,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:14PMBroadwayWorld has learned thatIt Shoulda Been You will play its final performance on Broadway, Sunday, August 9, 2015 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre 256 W 47th Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMSalute the landmark Supreme Court decision along with KINKY BOOTS
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMCINDERELLA as you never heard her before
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMA brand new recording of THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMDeadline writes that stage and screen actorAnthony Mackie will portray Martin LUTHER King Jr. alongside Tony-winning Broadway star Bryan Cranston, reprising his role as Lyndon B. Johnson in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMA West End diva takes center stage at the Royal Albert Hall
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMThe eternal battle between nature and nurture establishes its latest front line in Of Good Stock, the play by Melissa Ross that just opened at Manhattan Theatre Club's Stage I space at City …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:06PMThe new wedding-themed musical is written by Brian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM
Jeremy Gerard has covered the evolving fortunes of Jujamcyn Theatres since it became a formidable competitor to the larger Shubert and Nederlander organizations in the late 1980s. In 2013 p…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:58PMRob Mills, or ‘Millsy’, has been in the public eye since he made the top 5 of Australian Idol back in 2003, and since then his life has been pulled apart by critics and the overly opinio…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:57PMAfter struggling at the box office, the musical comedy directed by David Hyde Pierce and starring Tyne Daly and Harriet Harris will play its final performance on Aug. 9.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:42PMBroadway musical “It Shoulda Been You,” which has struggled at the box office since it began performances in March, has called it quits, posting a closing notice for early August…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:36PMNo surprise, a musical about the run-up to a wedding fraught with all sorts of incompatibilities, will shutter after the Sunday, August 9 matinee. The show, by Brian Hargrove (book and lyri…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:34PMAnthony Mackie has found his "dream" role: he will play Dr. Martin Luther King in HBO's TV adaptation of the 2014 Tony-winning Best Play All the Way, according to Deadline…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:33PMIt Shoulda Been You, the new musical comedy about a wedding gone awry that stars Tyne Daly, Harriet Harris, David Burtka and Sierra Boggess, will end its Broadway run Aug. 9, lead producer D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:14PMGarth Drabinsky, the Canadian film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur who was released from prison on parole last year, is seeking to revive his Broadway career with a stage musical ba…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:13PMGarth Drabinsky, the Canadian film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur who was released from prison on parole last year, is seeking to revive his Broadway career with a stage musical ba…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:13PMThe Heidi Schreck drama makes its Chicago premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe performance piece had a successful run last year at University Settlement.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe production will have its world premiere at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Rent star Taye Diggs will return to Broadway July 22, succeeding Darren Criss in the Tony-winning revival of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. At a media event, Diggs spoke to Playbill about ho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTaye Diggs will soon make his return to Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, taking over the lead role in the 2014 Tony Award winning Best Musical Revival from Darren Criss. Diggs will pla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMTony winner Betty Buckley's back might be broken, but that won't stop her from taking the stage in GREY GARDENS at Bay Street Theater this August.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMCulled from 50,000 high school students nationwide, a final 52 performers made their Broadway debut to compete for the Jimmy Awards.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:54PMMisty Copeland has been promoted to top dancer at the prestigious American Ballet Theatre in New York. She is the first African-American female principal dancer in the company's history.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:49PMMisty Copeland didn't begin ballet until she took a free class at a Boys & Girls Club. Today she became the first black female principal dancer with the premiere U.S. dance company.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:49PMThe rumors are true -- stage producer Garth Drabinsky, who served time in Canada for fraud and forgery, is aiming for a Broadway comeback.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMIn ADA/AVA, an elderly woman, Ada, grieves for her twin sister Ava in the remote New England lighthouse they once shared. Then a visit to the carnival creates a ghostly opportunity for a reu…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:47PMA musical based on Ian Fleming's suave super spy James Bond is being prepared for Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMOne of the pleasures of living in DC is being able to hear one of the greatest orchestras in the world pretty much anytime you want. Yes, the National Symphony Orchestra presents a whole sea…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:29PMAdapting Sebastian Faulks’s epic 305-page novel set in the First World War into a play was never going to be an easy task. However, Rachel Wagstaff has pulled it off, and The Original …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:28PMName: Catherine GowlHometown: NYC. I was born and raised in Murray Hill.Education: BA in the History and Literature of France and America from Harvard. MFA in Acting from the Old Globe/USD.S…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:28PMFor years, the ballet world has been overwhelmingly white; Copeland’s entirely deserved promotion will inspire legions of young people who feel excludedAfter much conjecture and a barrage …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18PMWe talk to Hand to God star Marc Kudisch about his illustrious Broadway career and moment he considers him game-changer.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:16PMClick for photos from the star-studded opening night of Lincoln Center Theater’s Shows For Days, starring Patti LuPone and Michael Urie on June 29, 2015 at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theate…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMOur favorite day of the year (well, besides the Tony Awards) was worth the wait: The seventh annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also known as the Jimmy Awards, too…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMIncoming Hedwig star Taye Diggs on bringing a different flavor to the role, his son's reaction to the outrageous makeup and a first listen to his German accent.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMHow do you bring the glam and the camp of ROCK OF AGES from Broadway to your theater? Take a read to learn about Gateway Playhouse's experience - and it rocked their 66th season.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:02PMGet Tickets to HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
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Taye Diggs on bringing a different flavor to the role, his son's reaction to the outrageous mak…
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The List is out. And we’re all pretty thrilled. “The List” is that of The Kilroys: “A gang of playwrights and producers in LA who are done talking about gender pa…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:44PMGo inside the cast recording of It Shoulda Been You
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMVertigo forces Kristin Chenoweth to miss a charity concert appearance
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMAudra McDonald reveals all in an all-encompassing impromptu Twitter QampA
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMThree roles have been cast, with many more to be announced in the coming months. While we wait, meet the cast members that we know so far below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMMy favorite producer, Garth Drabinsky — that real-life Max Bialystock who defrauded investors of his production company Livent — is out of jail and plotting his comeback. He’s acquired…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:40PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley, who will be seen later this summer in the Bay Street Theater production of the Tony-winning musical Grey Gardens, was recently injured in a horse-rid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMShaw, Bentley, Tynan---it's not so odd for professional critics to work the other side of the footlights. But there are a few ground rules.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:32PMOlivier and two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone stars as a headstrong community theatre diva in the Off-Broadway world premiere of Douglas Carter Beane's semi-autobiographical …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMStar ballerina overcomes hardship and injury to become American Ballet Theatre's first black soloist in 20 yearsA ballerina who lived in a single motel room with her mother and five siblings…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:19PMThe last new production of this Royal Opera House season, Guillaume Tell is also its third Rossini, together with Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Il Turco in Italia. Having not being staged at C…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:16PMGunther Schuller dove into jazz with passionate hunger, in the process dispelling cultural, class, and racial prejudices.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:16PMAmong the many lines quoted from the films of Mel Brooks, one gem is the one the producer/director/actor himself uttered impersonating King Louis XIV while ogling a voluptuous lady of the co…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:10PMMy Paris, a new musical about iconic Belle Époque poster artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, will star Broadway favorites Bobby Steggert, Mara Davi, Donna English and John Glover.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMNew Hedwig and the Angry Inch star Taye Diggs greeted co-creators John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask and his new co-star Rebecca Naomi Jones at the Lambs Club on June 29, 2015. See him …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:02PMCarter appeared in several Broadway productions, including Call Me Mister.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe best children's shows from around the world will come to Times Square.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
While the 4th of July holiday finds many New Yorkers escaping the city, the long weekend provides city dwellers (and visitors) a great opportunity to take advantage of the wide variety of cu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMProducers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, and Jam Theatricals just announced thatTony nominee JESSICA HECHT A View From the Bridge,Breaking Bad,The Last Night of Ballyhoo and ADAM KANTOR Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMBailey Ryon, Tony Award winner for her role as MATILDA on Broadway, along with a top talent agent from Frontier Booking International FBI,taught a four-hour musical theatre workshop at A Cla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMA cast of six will lead a reading of the Broadway-boundWHAT WOMEN DO and men toowritten by playwright and Broadway performerWilliam Youmansand directed byDon Stephenson.The new playis a batt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMThe cast of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS reveals their favorite things
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMWe are looking for theatre-loving kids between the ages of 5 and 13, who live in the New York City area, to contribute to our new 'Kid Critics' video series. If you know a kid with a lot of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMTom Kitt and Friends, a concert presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival, will be held July 13 at 8 PM at PTC Performance Space (555 W. 42nd Street).
SOURCE: Playbill 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 03:40PMIn celebration of the release of his recent album "Stages," which is chock-full of Broadway favorites, Josh Groban spoke to Playbill.com about his roots in musical theatre and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMJack Carter, a versatile comedian who was an star in the early days of television, Died June 28 in Beverly Hills, CA. He was 93.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMRUTHLESS! The Musical - RUTHLESS! is a campy cult favorite in which the beautiful and talented 8-year-old Tina Denmark will do ANYTHING to play the lead in the school play.... ANYTHING!
SOURCE: saysmesaysmom.blogspot.com at 03:15PMCopeland becomes first African American woman to be named company’s principal dancer in defiance of personal injuries and institutional standardsAmerican ballerina Misty Copeland has made …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:14PMOn July 23, London’s Union Theatre will give the U.K. premiere to The Spitfire Grill – a musical based on teh 1986 film of the same name. The Spitfire Grill (music by James Valcq…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:09PMThe "site-responsive, immersive" theater piece "Tomorrow the World" is based on Aldous Huxley's futuristic classic "Brave New World."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:07PMOccasionally I find my social media statuses growing so elaborate they become blogposts. This is one of them, from yesterday. A question from a guy in one of the (Facebook) movie groups: &…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:05PMIt has a musical ring to it: Misty makes history. Indeed, with bad news pressing in on so many fronts, the just-announced promotion of Misty Copeland to principal status at American Ballet T…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:05PMThe Atlanta Shakespeare Company has received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and Arts Midwest to bring live theater to schools across
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:01PMBartlett Sher's production of the classic musical will play the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMGoodspeed Musicals announces casting for its new Toulouse-Lautrec musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMErnest Thompson's drama comes to Pennsylvania.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe one-night-only event is part of the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Douglas Carter Beane comedy is open at Lincoln Center Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, we take time to recognize straight allies who are devoted to fighting for equal rights for all.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Smart, searing, hilarious. Learn more about the diverse - and deliciously hilarious - world of BOOTYCANDY.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:51PMTony nominee Jessica Hecht and stage alum Adam Kantor will join five-time Tony nominee Danny Burstein in the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. They take on the roles of Tevye’s …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:51PMTaye Diggs, the actor known for his roles in Rent, "The Good Wife" and "Murder in the First," will return to Broadway to star in the title role in the Tony-winning re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMProducers Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Jam Theatricals announced that Tony nominee Jessica Hecht (A View From the Bridge, The Last Night of Ballyhoo) and Adam Kantor (The Last Five Y…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMTaye Diggs, the actor known for his roles in Rent, "The Good Wife" and "Murder in the First," will return to Broadway to star in the title role in the Tony-winning re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMYahoo.com has shared a clip from the music video for 'When Your Feet Don't Touch the Ground,' the first track released from the Original Cast Recording of Broadway's FINDING NEVERLAND.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMJ.M Barrie's lost play,Bandelero the Banditis returning to the stage for the first time and shows early signs of Peter Pan. Barrie apparently when he was 17 while attending school. Barrie is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMTheatre Under The Stars TUTS is proud to announce the cast of Smokey Joe's Cafe, playing July 14 - 19 for TUTS' 48th consecutive year of offering FREE musical theatre at Miller Outdoor Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMDiscover the story of Toulouse-Lautrec, the man whose art evoked the spirit of a changing society. Experience the vibrant nightlife of turn-of-the-20th century Paris and meet the characters …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMThe Broadway star reveals that adopting an older children to join her 9-monthold daughter Viola Philmena has always been part of her and husband Brian Gallagher's future plans.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMSeason 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 Thursdays for exci…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMTina Fey, Jane Krakowski, Darren Criss, Tituss Burgess, Megan Hilty and Caroline Rhea were just a few of the more than 1,000 people who supported youth in foster care at the 'Voices for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMOriginal SMASH star and Broadway actress Megan Hilty, after mentioning last week that she would love to audition for the full production, told EW last night that reprising her role as 'Maril…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMcross-posted to Samuel French's Blog
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Hometown: Beverly, Mass.Current Town: Framingham, Mass. Sad that I'm still in Massachusetts? I guess it's sad.Q: Tell me …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 02:34PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF has announced the lineup for Tom Kitt and Friends, a one-night-only concert event featuring Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and lyricist T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PMThe upcoming Broadway revival of “Fiddler on the Roof,” directed and designed by the team behind the current Tony-winning production of “The King and I,” has cast two…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:27PMWhen the Supreme Court released its ruling on same-sex marriage, I was walking to work, unaware history was being made. I was being given editorial notes over the phone, so my head was full …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:11PMCasting has been announced for the Lexington Theatre Company's inaugural production, the Tony-winning musical 42nd Street, which will play the Kentucky venue July 23-26 at the Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMBroadwayBox reacts in animated GIF as we give a first-listen to the new An American in Paris cast recording.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:01PMBartlett Sher’s production has its Golde and Motel The Tailor. Joining Danny Burstein’s talkative Tevye the milkman will be Jessica Hecht (Breaking Bad) as his no-nonsense wife G…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:01PM
Jennifer Hudson, who will play Shug Avery in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Color Purple, has released a video of her performance of the song "Too Beautiful for Words."
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMPlaybill editor-in-chief Blake Ross will join NY1's Frank DiLella July 6 in hosting a special "15 Under 30" night celebrating Gay Pride at Off-Broadway's Rattle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMOn June 29, Seth Rudetsky and husband James Wesley's Voices for the Voiceless packed the St. James Theatre as Megan Hilty, Darren Criss, Tituss Burgess, Eden Espinosa, Lilla Crawford, Ra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMThe Menier Chocolate Factory production opens in New York in November
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:30PMMore than 500,000 was raised in support of older foster kids needing permanent families with the help of Broadway and Hollywood heavy-hitters last night at the St. James Theatre, including T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMWow... I don't even know how to begin to wrap this week into a tiny little package of a blog entry Here at Transcendence Theatre Company, we strive always to live fully in the moment with pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMBrandon Rubendall Wicked' U.S. Tour joined Jenna Rubaii 'American Idiot' U.S. and International Tour, Tony winner David Gallo 'Drowsy Chaperone', other casts, and creative team members on th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMMary Louise Wilson has been a luminary force in the theatre world for nearly five decades. The veteran actor's performances have ranged from a Tony Award-winning portrayal of Edith Bouvier B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMTHE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL THEATRE AWARDS NHSMTAJIMMY AWARDS- The seventh annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards were held on Monday, June 29, 2015, at the Minskoff Theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that the Finding Neverland Original Broadway Cast Album will be available in stores and at all online retailers on July 17, 2015. The digital pre-order goes live …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMTaye Diggs will soon make his return to Broadway in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, takingover the lead role in the 2014 Tony Award winning Best Musical Revival from Darren Criss. Diggs will play…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PM A outstanding assembly of DC’s African American LGBTQ artists converged to create Plot Twists…, a late addition to the DC Black Theatre Festival lineup. Conceived and produced by Mon…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:29PMIn an all-new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Larry Kramer reveals details of his upcoming sequel for HBO to THE NORMAL HEART.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMThis is part two of a five part series. For part one, covering the years of silent comedy, go here. The Fighting Parson (1930) A Harry Langdon short for Hal Roach. A western town is expect…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:06PMThese days, anyone and everyone knows how essential fundraising is for any arts organisation. We look enviously towards our Continental colleagues whose
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMEmployment within the creative industries is increasing at more than double the rate of the wider UK economy, government figures have revealed.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMPlans to move BBC3 online have been approved by the BBC Trust, with the change expected to save the Corporation around £30
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMShakespeare’s Globe has appointed Ian Dixon as its new chief finance and operations officer. Dixon, currently the chief operating officer of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMDang makes way for new leadership after 22 years at the helm of the nation's oldest continually operating theatre of color.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMThe pair will star together in John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's musical at the Belasco Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe Broadway fundraiser boasted a starry guest list.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMHonoree Marcel Spears made his CSC debut in the Young Company's 2015 Production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe revival production opens on Broadway this fall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMMeet the Best Actor and Actress who wowed judges with their work in Tarzan and Caroline, or Change.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Produced by Scott Sanders, Roy Furman, Oprah Winfrey, David Babani, and Tom Siracusa, The Color Purple will return to Broadway this fall in the acclaimed Menier Chocolate Factory production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMVoices for the Voiceless: Stars For Foster Kids, a one-night-only concert event that was held June 29 at Broadway's St. James Theatre to help older foster kids find permanent ado…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PMTickets are now available for the first-ever Broadway production of Dames at Sea. Performances will begin on September 24 at the Helen Hayes Theatre, where it will open officially on October…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMClick for photos of the cast of Broadway's It Shoulda Been You recording the musical’s official cast album on June 29, 2015 at Avatar Studios in New York City. Pick up the cast alb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMLincoln Center Theater presents Patti LuPone,Dale Soules, Michael Urie, Jordan Dean,Lance Coadie Williams, and Zoe Winters inShows For Days, a new play by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMThree of Broadway's most popular musical creators,Steven Lutvak, Jeanine Tesori, andDavid Yazbek, recently gathered toperform their own work in an intimate evening of music as part of the Li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMLincoln Center Theater presents Patti LuPone,Dale Soules, Michael Urie, Jordan Dean,Lance Coadie Williams, and Zoe Winters inShows For Days, a new play by Douglas Carter Beane, directed by J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMIn an all-new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Larry Kramer reveals details of his upcoming sequel for HBO to THE NORMAL HEART.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMClassic Stage Company has announced that Marcel Spears is this year's recipient of the Rosemarie Tichler Fund grant.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMMarla Louissaint representing New York City-based The Gershwin Awards and Anthony Skillman, representing the Los Angeles-based M.A.C.Y. Awards were chosen as Best Actress and Best Ac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMRosalie Craig stars in the Manchester International Festival/National Theatre co-production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:27PMThe lineup continues to grow for Broadway Unplugged, which will feature a host of theatre favorites performing without amplification and will return to The Town Hall stage July 20 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMThe Ensemblist #52: Spring Theatre Roundtable: iTunes | PodBean | Stitcher Radio | TuneInIt’s the Spring 2015 Theatre Roundtable! In this episode, special
guests Josh Rhodes and Lee Wilki…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 12:14PMA new Harry Potter stage show is to premiere in the West End next summer. Based on a story created by JK
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMA sampling of the artists singing the gospel in Ebony Rep's current production.
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:01PMFEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: ANNA FOX Ginny will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Wednesday August 5th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Anna Fox is a playwright, performer,…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 12:00PMTwo-time Tony winner Chita Rivera lends her voice to another Broadway recording.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
An escape artist gets locked inside a water tank in “Impossible! A Happenstance Circus,” and it’s ridiculously suspenseful and witty because . . . well, there’s no actual water. It�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:59AMIt took for frickin’ ever, but here they are at last: All three “Decline of Western Civilization” movies are out on DVD! Why the excitement, you may ask? Well, the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:58AMThis small one-stage theatre exclusively produces works by British playwrights, with an emphasis on farce and a specialty in panto.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AMFiled under: PLUGS, Singers, Women Tagged: Barnum Museum, Bijou Theatre, Jenny Lind, P.T. Barnum
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:58AMTina Fey, Darren Criss, Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess and other Broadway favorites sang at Voices for the Voiceless: Stars For Foster Kids, a one-night-only concert event 7 PM June 29 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMI was standing in my kitchen with a baby on my hip, and a toddler on the floor, making brownies, as I watched the Twin Towers fall. I felt sick. But that’s not the moment I decided to do t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AMSubtitle: How to Write, Direct and Produce a New Musical by the Writer, Director and Producer of “How to Quit Your Day Job” Step 1) Don’t. It’s too much work. No m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AMIf past Fringe festivals are any indication, thousands of people are preparing to descend on the new festival area of Trinidad/H Street NE neighborhoods July 9 through Aug. 2, where there is…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:46AMBy Jess Applebaum. Jess Applebaum on Sylvia Milo’s original solo performance as Nannerl, Mozart’s mostly-forgotten sister in The Other Mozart.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:43AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
If tonight’s performance represents the future of British theatre then we are in very safe hands indeed. OK, so the story is about as substantial as the walls that k…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:41AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1953 (Columbia/Sony) Based on music by the Russian composer Alexander Borodin, this is the classic Arabian Nights musical. Starring the magnificent Alfred Drake as Ha…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:33AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 6232015 - 6302015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMOscar-Nominated David Strathairn will star in My Report to the World The Story of Jan Karski. Presented as a staged workshop, the play recounts the astonishing and largely unknown story of P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMThis July and August, 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. For a detaile…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMAt their concert Sunday night at Chicago's United Center, U2 renamed their iconic song 'Pride In the Name of Love' to 'Gay Pride In the Name of Love.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMby Mark Lingenfelter Want more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! The most captivating aspect of the current Broadway production of An American in Paris is the sum of its p…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:27AM'It won't be long now.... any day'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:27AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1978 (Original Cast Records) When the charming film King of Hearts, a cult hit of the 1970s, was adapted as a big Broadway musical, it curled up and died. Don Scardin…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:21AMDouglas Carter Beane's new play is directed by Jerry Zaks.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Larry Kramer has completed the screenplay for his HBO-commissioned sequel to the landmark AIDS drama "The Normal Heart," the televised version of which was nominated for 16 Pri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMFinborough, LondonLaura Jacqmin’s risque and rueful comedy has a voyeuristic intimacy and is genuinely funny - not least during a game of Strip Harry Potter Trivia“In married life,” sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMThere are plenty of events to choose from this week.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:49AMThe new Broadway musical Finding Neverland will release its original cast recording July 17, pushed back from the originally announced June 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMMatthew Morrison appears in a video clip from the forthcoming original Broadway cast recording of Finding Neverland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMMatthew Morrison appears in a video clip from the forthcoming original Broadway cast recording of Finding Neverland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMThe life of a drama critic inevitably includes a confrontation with an angry playwright who insists that every character and situation in his or her very bad play is a 100-percent-guaranteed…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:40AMThe Theodore Baird House is a special place; the only Frank Lloyd Wright structure in Massachusetts.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:37AMA new biography about the famed musical theatre team Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, currently represented on Broadway with the Tony-winning revival of The King and I, will be …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMRaising and not really answering big questions after seeing Target Margin's Composition...Masterpieces...Identity.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:25AMThe Hello Girls: Last Season’s Critically Acclaimed One-Woman Show about French-speaking American WWI Women Veterans Returns to the Capital Fringe Good news: The Hello Girls returns to th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16AMMr Brown: (Looking at the merchandise offered at It’s Only a Play.) “These are great shirts, but which play it is for?” Merch Vendor: “This one, It’s Only a Pl…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe production will open 10 October 2015
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:09AM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 54 Sings Alanis Morissette, a one-night concert featuring Broadway and up-and-coming performers singing their favorite songs by this iconic artist …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMJohn Heard, Cloris Leachman, Jacinda Barrett, Dash Mihok and Jessica Collins have signed on to the upcoming road trip drama SO B. IT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMTonight, in anticipation of this new show's upcoming New York premiere at 59E59,54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will presentSongbirdin ConcertfeaturingAmy SpangerRock of Ages, Reefer Madne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMThe seventh annual National High School Musical Theatre Awards Jimmy Awards were held lastnight, June 29, 2015, at the Minskoff Theatre on Broadway. This one-of-a-kind-event was hosted by t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMVictor Garber stopped by NBC's TODAY this morning to talk about his new film 'SelfLess,' an intriguing science-fiction film starring Ben Kingsley as a dying aristocrat whose consciousness is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMBy Bob Leonard. Bob Leonard looks at historic duos who don’t get along, and compares them to his own experience with his long-time radio partner.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:09AMLive from 54 Below, “Call Me Adam” chats with Michael McCormick and Lucia Spina about starring in 54 Sings 1776 which is returning to 54 Below this July 4 & 5 at 7pm and 9:…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AM
Greenwich and Docklands international festival, LondonFrom Artizani’s colony of bizarre bees to Gandini Juggling’s rock’n’roll show, this is a great showcase of al fresco performance…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:44AMDouglas Carter Beane's remembrance of things past has some solid one-liners and monologues, but he's left Patti LuPone to work without a net.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 09:22AMHappy Birthday David Alan Grier Grier began his professional career on Broadway as Jackie Robinson in The First, for which he earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMManhattan Theatre Club presents the New York premiere of Of Good Stock, the new play by Melissa Ross, directed by MTC's award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow. The limited engagement b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMOh, man. Oh man oh man oh man oh man. I'm gonna be honest here tonight's episode was full of man tears, 'important' discussions that literally went nowhere, and the superhero that is Kaitlyn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMWilliamstown Theatre Festival presents the first Main Stage production of its61st season, OFF THE MAIN ROAD,featuring Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Kyra Sedgwick in the World Premiere o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMJudy Blazerjoinsthe cast of the Tony Award winning Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, in the role of 'Miss Shingle' tonight, June 30.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMGood 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 OF GOOD STOCK opens off-Broadway, 'GEN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMThe production opens in August, directed by Mitch Sebastian
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMWest End's Marius and Enjolras join the line up for Boys of the Barricade gig
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMDarren Criss melted hearts in the audience at Broadway’s St. James Theater when he auctioned off a serenade as part of Monday night’s Voices for the Voiceless fundraiser benefitt…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:08AM“Events, dear boy, events” was prime minister Harold Macmillan’s reply when asked what caused him greatest concern in his job. Stage managers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
It is common knowledge that musical theater is, at least these days, a more specialized topic than one that falls easily into pop culture. I mean, you don’t really go around town and expec…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:51AMGurinder Chadha directs the musical version of her film that launches the career of Natalie Dew as the Sikh girl who becomes a world class woman footballer .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:44AMa terrific, scary and funny play and it keeps, in my estimation, getting bette
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:43AMIvo van Hove’s Kings of War and Forced Entertainment’s Complete Works prove that a performance is about far more than the textOver the last couple of weeks I’ve seen three very differe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AMA new show combining live action and film, to be broadcast on S4C, explores the colony formed in Argentina by settlers from Wales. Artist Marc Rees explains how he was seduced by their story…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:40AMBy Stephen Collins
Crouch delights in theatre which unsettles and pushes boundaries and An Oak Tree is no exception. In parts, it is brilliant and it is never less than compelling – at lea…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:38AMMarla Louissaint representing New York City-based The Gershwin Awards and Anthony Skillman, representing the Los Angeles-based M.A.C.Y. Awards were chosen as Best Actress and Best Ac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:33AM
Jack Gleeson says Bears in Space is a 'sci-fi comedy with a heart of gold'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:57AMAlpha Beta at Finborough Theatre Until 19 July 2015 ‘a sharp and nuanced take on regret and want… fantastically controlled and dangerous’ ★★★★ The Public Reviews ‘courageous …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:45AMAlthough younger audiences are often the harshest critics, enjoyable and engaging children’s theatre does not need lavish sets, costumes or gimmicks. Flicker and the Flying Books, a new pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:19AMFrom 2005: For years my mother took care of me whenever I needed taking care of, wiping my brow and mending my scrapes, listening to me gripe about the slightest ache or pain (I was no bette…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMActors and stage managers working at the King’s Head Theatre in London will receive a 22% pay increase as part of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMLeading industry figures have warned theatres are under threat from a projected £3.3 billion cut to local authority funding over the next
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:13AM“I don’t have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.” Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland, “The Texas Skilsaw Massacre” (a 2002 episode of King of the Hill)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
By Doug Mayo
Partial casting has been announced for the upcoming national tour of The Rocky Horror Show commencing in December 2015. More than 40 years after its stage debut The Rocky Horror…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:59AMGrim modernist production mars a strongly cast account of Rossini's grand opera
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:56AMWe count down our hottest tickets this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:56AMRichard Jones' production runs at the Young Vic until 22 August
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:56AMA slender but funny play about falling in love with the theater.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 06:35AMGraeme Murphy’s 1990 production of Turandot has an appealingly timeless quality; Murphy’s ensemble movement crests across the stage like waves, and Kristian Fredrikson’s de…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:25AMBy Doug Mayo
The cast and crew of Charlie And The Chocolate Factory celebrated it’s second anniversary in the West End last Thursday with a special gala performance. Charlie And The …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:17AM
Frosty the Showman has done it again! Another brand new musical will debut in Australia thanks to the backing of the prominent Australian producer. His blockbuster musical WICKED has only ju…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:38AMImagination Stage presents Double Trouble (AKA The Parent Trap), based on Erich Kastner’s novel, Lottie and Lisa. This production is adapted by David S. Craig, with music by Marc Schub…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:32AMDarkly, dangerously glamorous as both vampires and villains, Christopher Lee was one of the most distinctive screen actors of his generation. And
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:25AMAfter the US Supreme Court made historic rulings in favour of gay marriage throughout the country and upheld affordable health care on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMBroadway supper club 54 Below offers a musical way to spend your Fourth of July via its 54 Sings series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00AM
Things that don’t happen as often as I would like: seeing shows in Toronto that assure me that theatre remains a vital art form here; seeing shows that only make sense as theatre, and …
SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 01:51AMIf you like to combine your thrills with chills, then you’ll want to be sure to catch The Apocalypse Peep Show, hosted and produced by Buster Britches, this Friday, July 3rd at 9 PM at th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:18AM by Joe Regan Jr. Every two years Jillian Laurain, the Bistro Award-winning, classically trained singer, actress and vocal coach, does a new cabaret act and it’s…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:16AMWe 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 01:00AMAs it turns out, you can't become Broadway's favorite comic actress without being a "great tragedian," as well.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe recently discovered play makes its debut tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's quintessentially American masterpiece Show Boat comes to full life in a new DVDBlu-ray recording from San Francisco Opera to be released by EuroArts Mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51AMG Lounge and Gallery, presents MALE EXPOSURE - B SIDES, a peek at the sexy side of Broadway starting today,June 30, and running throughJuly 6, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51AMToday we are continuing the 5 SONGS BY... series by talking to a noted composer of many Off-Broadway musicals and special events including SAVED, THE BLUE DEMON, IN THE BUBBLE and more all a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16AMMale Exposure — B Side, photographer Roberto Araujo's examination of the "sexy side of Broadway," is on display June 30-July 7 at G Lounge & Gallery in Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival will host the world premiere of Off the Main Road, a play by William Inge. It opens the 2015 Williamstown summer season, which includes the anticipated stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJudy Blazer joins the cast of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder June 30 in the role of the mysterious Miss Shingle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1924 Opening night of George White's Scandals of 1924, which features a score by George Gershwin, including "Somebody Loves Me." It will run 192 performances at the Apollo The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLittle Shop of Horrors is back in New York City this week, and with its original leading lady Ellen Greene reprising her legendary performance as Audrey. In honor of this exciting event, we&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Williamstown Theatre Festival will host the world premiere of Off the Main Road, a play by William Inge. It opens the 2015 Williamstown summer season, which includes the anticipated stag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe original Broadway cast album of The Visit, the final musical by the Tony-winning team of Kander and Ebb, is available for digital download June 30. The dark musical starred two-t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Supreme Court's historic ruling on gay marriage June 26 left many members of the Broadway community singing its praises, including actors who attend religious worship services. Prior…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets go on sale June 30 to members of the general public for the upcoming Broadway revival of The Color Purple, starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo and Danielle B…
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