The world premiere production of Hamilton, inspired by the book 'Alexander Hamilton' by Ron Chernow, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail, will star…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57PM“Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough.” In its DC area premiere, Peter Pan in the ThreeSixty Theatre has plenty of stimulating ingredients providing an exciting, dreams-come-…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:28PMThree of my one-minute plays will be featured in the latest One Minute Play Festival event at Z Space in San Francisco on Jun 27 and Jun 28. It’s called Moments From The Bubble, Or: Ho…
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From a Disney classic to new work onstage, Gugu Mbatha-Raw is stretching her range this year. According to the Daily Mail, the upcoming live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST star will lead a new …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56PMThe Daily Mail writes that DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS and ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS starRufus Hound has signed on for Trevor Nunn's THE WARS OF THE ROSES at the Rose Theatre, Kingston, this fall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56PMHamilton has just moved into the Richard Rodgers theatrein anticipation of a July 13 opening, and tech rehearsals started today, July 2nd. Creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda posted two new …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:56PMI’ve been thinking a lot about adapting movies into musicals these days. Maybe it’s because we’ve got a couple movie-turned-musicals coming up this season. Or maybe it&…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 08:13PMA DELIVERANCE IN DACHAU Even in the Holocaust’s democracy of death each victim could only die once. But some seem to have died a bit less than others. Remembering the unnumbered thousa…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:13PMThis week: "Disney's Tarzan" swings into Fullerton, Sandra Tsing Loh has a thing or three to say, and the original power couple meets the ulitimate third wheel in "Adam & Eve and Steve."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:13PM"A normal person is just someone you don't know well enough," playwright Tracy Letts once said.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:13PMYes, a thousand times yes, William Shakepeare's "Othello" is about race and otherness.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:13PMThe Oscar-winning actor could be treading the boards later this year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:12PMThe mood was ecstatic last night for the first of three concert performances of Little Shop of Horrors, the nearly perfect 1982 musical that’s the centerpiece of this summer’s “Encores…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:08PMValentino Carlotti, partner at Goldman Sachs, talks about how he became the patron of Misty Copeland, who has been named the first African-American principal dancer of the American Ballet Th…
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:08PMJake Gyllenhaal makes his musical theater debut in 'Little Shop of Horrors.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:08PMIf Simon McBurney’s Measure for Measure for the National Theatre and Declan Donnellan’s recent Cheek By Jowl production mined deep for darkness, Dominic Dromgoole’s for the Globe is co…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:00PMDate: 2 July 2015 Upstaged Rating: Wonder.land is a brand new musical, directed by Rufus Norris, that is being performed as part of the Manchester International Festival. Taking …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00PM
The Blue Fairy has answered the world's wishesfor a new Disney musical
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PMBah humbugThe Daily Mail reports that Jim Broadbent is in talks to play 'Scrooge' in A CHRISTMAS CAROL in the West End this winter. The show is slated for the Noel Coward Theatre after the N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PMFilm, glorious film According to the Daily Mail, a 'grittier' big screen version of Lionel Bart's OLIVER will likely go into production next year, via Cameron Mackintosh and Working Title Fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PMYouTube award winner Michael Buckley takes on 10 questions about Broadway divas, handsies & his starring role in Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 07:48PMShakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's 'Love's Labour's Lost,' which runs through July 26, is a paean to putting down the books.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 07:19PM“Forget regret or life if yours to miss” seems to be the motto of Wildwood Summer Theatre. Wildwood Summer Theatre is the D.C. area’s premiere all-youth run non-profit theatre company.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:19PMBy Stephen Collins
Director AdrianNoble strikes gold in the quartet of lovers: Gwendolyn, Jack, Cicely and Algernon. Without any question, Emily Barber and Imogen Doel are utterly exquisite,…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:02PM
Broadway World: ‘Spring Awakening,’ in a co-production revival by Los Angeles based Deaf West Theatre and Forest Of Arden, will transfer to Broadway in the fall. It was first …
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:44PMStage vet Marisa Tomei has signed on for FOX's EMPIRE season 2.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PMJake Gyllenhaal may be the Hollywood star of the Encores! staged concert reading of “Little Shop of Horrors,” but he’s not taking the last bow. He’s giving that to El…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:17PMDOWN THE RABBIT HOLE Fifty minutes in, we got a 30ft yodelling falsetto caterpillar with flashing saucer eyes, and I cheered up. It also, as it happens, sang the central message of Damon…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:14PMColombian curator José Roca doesn’t want visitors to bring too cerebral of a mind-set to the exhibition “Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture.�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:13PMHow do you move an annual summertime festival of 100-plus acts in dozens of downtown venues?Pretty easily, it seems. Capital Fringe has fully abandoned its makeshift warren of converted stor…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:13PMA roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Center Stage, Theatre Lab, Studio Theatre, The Kennedy Center and Studio 2ndStage. Marley Sets All Time Records at Center St…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:13PM'So much theatrical potential and so much technological innovation produces a new musical lacking the wonder stuff', says Dominic Cavendish
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By Doug Mayo
Timothy Sheader's utterly astonishing, profoundly beautiful, and intensely gripping production of To Kill A Mockngbird, is now playing at the Barbican Theatre. It's not practica…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:55PMThis summer, 25 alums have returned to the O'Neill. We speak with five of them about their experience both as a NTI student and as a member of the O'Neill's professional summer season
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMDrury Lane Productions andJennifer Maloney-Prezioso Broadway's Spring Awakening, Rock of Ages present the pre-Broadway production ofBeaches, A New Musical, based on the beloved novel byIris …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMOpening Night of The Harvest was a rousing success with a sell-out crowd at Nantucket's Dreamland Theater July 1 to see the staged reading of playwright Samuel D. Hunter's latest work, featu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMBroadway Barks announces their 17th annual star-studded dog and cat adoption event to benefit New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies. Founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:12PMYou were first in line for Magic Mike XXL on opening weekend and you’ve already got the sequel preordered on Blu-Ray. But don’t worry—the striptacular adventures aren&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMBy David Bruin. David Bruin on Mondo Bizarro and ArtSpot Productions’ Cry You One at the Arts & Ideas Festival in New Haven, Connecticut.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:10PMCyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein musical about a drag queen helping save a shoe factory has won rave reviews.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:09PMSummer is here and Broadway is buzzing. Though there are just a couple new shows opening, it’s the end of the run for some buzz-worthy productions, while other performers will be takin…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:00PM
In Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, Henry states, “Anything is grand if done on a large enough scale”; with that in mind, The Four Fridas could certainly be described as grand…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57PMPart of the ongoing RADA Festival, the curiously titled Lava Lamps, written and performed by Imogen Hudson-Clayton, is a dissection of modern womanhood in all its chaotic glory. Working her …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57PMThe National Theatre has been holding a festival of new plays called Connections exclusively for young people aged 13-19 for the last 20 years. All I can say is what a fantastic opportunity …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57PMI don’t know about you, but I get a real buzz out of walking into a theatre I’ve already visited and having difficulty recognising the space. It’s something about being dup…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57PMIt’s great to see so many young people taking part in the arts nowadays, even with vicious cuts being made and the government often calling them ‘useless’. However, in spite of all thi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57PMBy Addie Gorlin. Addie Gorlin describes the benefits of casting actual teenagers to play the roles of teenagers, despite what common practice is.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:53PMIFC Films will release Elisabeth Moss’ psychological thriller “Queen of Earth” starting Aug. 26 in New York, followed by a national rollout. “Queen of Earth,”…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:46PMJulie Taymor, award-winning director of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and more,will be joining Jungian analyst Morgan Stebbins at the Rubin Museum next week to discuss the use of the mask in the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMAfter a journey more than 20 years in the making, RUTHLESS! THE MUSICAL opens Off-Broadway on Monday, July 13th at St. Luke’s Theatre.
SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 04:39PMThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded 41 organizations in its New York Theater Program with grants totaling $4.1 million. Ranging from $10,000 to $160,000, the grants will be used to…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:37PMVassar and New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater is now presentingits 31st year of championing new works, with a full season of stories that take audiences from a South Sea island to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMA very insignificant lead character. Review will appear next week in North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 04:14PMThe budget passed Tuesday by the D.C. Council includes up to $200,000 in funding for “researching and drafting a first-ever unified cultural plan for the District,” to use language on t…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:12PMThe Marsh is crowdfunding for a year of free performances of Brian Copeland's monologue about suicidal depression.
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Iris Theatre’s production of Twelfth Night is certainly a Shakespeare production for all audiences. Set in the idyllic gardens of St Paul’s Church in Covent Garden, it incorporates eleme…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:51PMChekhov: a man considered to be one of the greatest playwrights in history. Much like Shakespeare, Chekhov’s works are world-renowned and have been translated into many languages over the …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:51PMEverywhere you look, there’s a story to be told. This is especially true of the National Railway Museum, York, which is full of incredible pieces of the country’s railway history…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:51PMIn July 1879 was born one Szmuel Gelbfisz in Warsaw, Poland. Later to become Samuel Goldfish, finally to become Samuel Goldwyn. Around the turn of the century he came to upstate New York and…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:45PMJust yesterday, Justin Guarini hostedThe New York Musical Theatre Festival's Annual Press Conferenceat Urbo 11 Times Square, New York, NY 10036. As a part of the special presentation, cast m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMManchester international festival features global and local artists, from Björk, FKA twigs, Charlotte Rampling to Maxine Peake and Sacred Sounds choirIt is more than a century since Benjami…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:34PMFrom TV-loving agoraphobes to those looking for brazen shirtless male strippers, this holiday weekend offers plenty for the culturally curious to exploreYoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:34PMSeason 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 03:17PMAccording to Deadline, Oscar winner Melissa Leo has signed on to join Tony-winning Broadway starBryan Cranstonin HBO's film adaptationofRobert Schenkkan's play ALL THE WAY, directed byJay Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMBroadway stars will shine on LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL over the next two weeks. Be sure to set your DVR's for the following appearances
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMBy now it’s common knowledge that brothers Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick achieved the unthinkable by having their very first musical skip out-of-town previews and open successfully on Broadw…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:15PMJake Gyllenhaal makes his musical debut opposite Ellen Greene, reprising her signature role of Audrey in this concert staging of the 1982 cult musical about a flesh-eating alien plant.read m…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:00PM
By Doug Mayo
Casting has been announced for the upcoming UK tour of Annie which opens on Saturday 11 July 2015 at the Theatre Royal Newcastle. Set in 1930s New York during The Great Depressi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:51PMDouble Trouble, now playing at Imagination Stage, is a charming world premiere musical that works on every level. It’s funny, well-acted, and delivers an endearing story and wonderful musi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:49PMCo-artistic directors of Ballet NY (and married couple) Judith Fugate (Répétiteur) and Medhi Bahiri (Choreographer) have created a small, yet substantial company of accomplished dancers wh…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:29PMIncluded in the lineup at the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival is headliner Deep Love: A Ghostly Rock Opera, written by and featuring Jon Peter Lewis, who competed on both "Americ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMIn honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's right- we are…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMThe Dan Band, known from its appearances in both THE HANGOVER and OLD SCHOOL, is set to release its upcoming album 'The Wedding Album,' on July 10. On it, the always-in-demand group gets a l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PM"Guards" Performing more than just guard duty. Review appears in other North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 02:22PMIn Martin Sherman's "Bent," a play that became something of a "cause celebre" when it debuted in London in 1979 with Ian McKellen in its central role, it is the plight of those forced to we…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:02PMFor years now, Broadway fans have been waiting for the next musical by Duncan Sheik, the pop composer who delivered a daring hit with his 2006 work Spring Awakening. Finally, it looks like B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMOlive Thomas, the ghost of a Ziegfeld Follies girl believed to haunt a Broadway theatre to this day, will get to cavort on stage for a few more months. Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Mi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMBy Lisa Drostova
At the New York Television Festival in 2009, former Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica writer Ron Moore revealed the secret behind Star Trek: The N…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 02:00PM
Oh, what a night! The cast of Jersey Boys celebrated the Tony-winning musical’s 4,000th performance on July 1, 2015 at the August Wilson Theatre. Click for photos of the festivities!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMProject Runway host, model and fashionista Heidi Klum followed the second star to the right on July 1, 2015 to see Finding Neverland on Broadway! After watching the musical adaptation o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMNEW YORK—The decades melted away at City Center Wednesday night, as the astonishingly ageless Ellen Greene returned in all her glory to the role she made famous—the doomed, cutey-pie-voi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:57PMChess, the 1980s rock musical that played London and subsequently Broadway, is heading back to the New York stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMBy the time she was 23, Jennifer Holliday was the very definition of a Broadway star. Her work in DREAMGIRLS would propell her to Broadway fame, especially when she took the stage at the 198…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMBy Stephen Collins
This is a feel-good production of a difficult play. The very best thing about it is Dominic Rowan’s exceptionally charismatic Duke. In the second half, particularly, the…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:32PMNina Sosanya and Olivia Vinall have joined the cast of Young Chekhov: The Birth of a Genius, a trilogy of the playwright’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:31PMLaura Benanti, Norm Lewis and Jared Grimes helped the U.S. State Department with an early 4th of July celebration at Madrid’s Conde Duque with Celebrating New York City. Over 3,000…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMThe Oresteia starts with a child sacrifice – and then gets darker. But it managed to cheer me up even more than the tremendously funny Rules for LivingDoes theatre, as the Greeks believed,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:26PMOctober 1 - November 15The 20th annual Chicago Artists Month (CAM) is a program of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events that showcases the work of Chicago artists th…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:26PMTiming is everything, and The Other Theatre Company's current revival of Martin Sherman's 1979 drama "Bent," about gay men in Germany during the Holocaust, undoubtedly resonates more strongl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:23PM“Does writing regularly about theatre make you a stronger playwright? I feel I’ve benefited from soaking up others’ work for years; I’m in a constant state of inspiration. (Somet…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:22PMIn Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Rockville Musical Theatre’s The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, meet Paul Loebach. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our reader…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:16PMThe Encores! revival of Little Shop of Horrors celebrated its first performance on July 1, 2015 at New York City Center, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ellen Greene. Click for photos!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMAge: 18
Hometown: Tampa, FL
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Prince Chulalongkorn, the haughty heir to the throne of Siam whose life is turned upside-down by strong-willed schoolteacher A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMRebecca Naomi Jones and Darren Criss roll on a float in the Pride Parade. She also gives you a sneak peak at some Hedwig and the Angry Inch costumes.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMMagicians Penn Jillette and Teller are also Broadway legends—the duo got their start on the Great White Way in 1987 and are now back for a brand new magic extravaganza at the Marquis T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMThis is part four of a five part series. For part one, covering the years of silent comedy, go here. For part two, covering 1930s and 1940s, go here. For part three, covering the 1950s an…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:15PMEncores! Off-Center summer series revives Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s 1982 musical with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ellen Greene, returning to her signature role.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:15PM By: David ShewardTwo new, effective Off-Broadway shows defy expectations, but in different ways. Branden Jacobs…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:05PMJake Gyllenhaal, Ellen Greene, Taran Killam, Eddie Cooper, Joe Grifasi, Tracy Nicole Chapman,Marva Hicks and Ramona Keller star in the Encores Off-Center concert production of Howard Ashman …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMA couple of decades ago, a hit Off-Broadway show at a subsidised theatre had two options when its run drew to an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PM
Measure For Measure is one of Shakespeare’s problematic
plays, a comedy that can be difficult to come to terms with for modern
audiences. The mix of bawdy banter and religious fervour …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:52PMGet Tickets to HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
http://www.broadway.com/shows/hedwig-and-angry-inch/
Rebecca Naomi Jones and Darren Criss represent HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH in the Pride Parade!
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:49PMBy virtue of waltzing away with the top acting prizes at the recent Shuler Hensley Awards, Nick Eibler and McKenzie Kurtz participated in the 7th
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:43PMName: Neal MayerHometown: Toms River, NJEducation: B.A. Communications - Susquehanna University. In New York, I’ve studied acting at the Atlantic and with Wynn Handman and Betty Buck…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:43PMBudding magicians are invited to apply for a role in the show's opening
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:43PMIN THE NEWS Tim Dang, Producing Artistic Director of East West Players for the past 22 years, will step down from his post in June 2016 at the conclusion of EWP’s current two-year 50th Ann…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:32PMThe New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors, featuring stage and screen stars Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMOutside the Hygienic Galleries in New London is a water feature dominated by a brass sculpture of the Greek goddess Gaia, who is depicted celebrating the Earth. Inside the gallery, Gaia reig…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:25PMLesley Joseph is to share the role of Miss Hannigan for the UK tour of Annie. She will split the role with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMMore than 1,000 jobs will be cut at the BBC because of a projected £150 million shortfall in income from the licence
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMGlobal fringe forum CANADA/MONTREAL The Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals and Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society have announced that the 2016 Fringe World
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMVal Doonican, a mainstay of television light entertainment from the 1960s to the mid 1980s, has died at the age of 88.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMYeovil College has made a U-turn on a decision to close its performing arts courses, which were due to shut in September.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMFEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: KATHARINE HENNER The Brighter the Star will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Tuesday August 4th at 6:30pm. Click Here for tickets. Katharine H…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 12:15PMManchester international festival opens today with the first performance of wonder.land, with music by Damon Albarn and book and lyrics by Moira Buffini, directed by Rufus Norris. Take a clo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13PMArt lovers and archeologists gasped when news spread of cave drawings discovered in the Ardeche region of southeast France in December 1994. Painted before the ice age, the roughly 400 image…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:13PMRing of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash - Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 North Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL 60613, is offering a limited number of $15 Industry tickets on Saturday, July 4th a…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:13PMTuesday, July 14, 2015, 6-7:30 p.m.League of Chicago Theatres, 17 N. Wabash, Suite 520, ChicagoPreventing employment discrimination from occurring in the workplace in the first place is pref…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:13PMThirty years after their New York premiere, Penn & Teller On Broadway will be a rare opportunity for New Yorkers and tourists alike to see the popular duo during their six week limited e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMMay and June in theatre is like a marathon. The Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents and marketing professionals, prese…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04PMAhead of Saturday's celebration of the birthday of America, BWW brings you some of our favorite renditions of 'The Star Spangled Banner', performed by Broadway's best.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM
George Takei’s new musical Allegiance, set during World War II, has posted an audition notice for male mixed-race Asian dancers, aged 20s to 30s. The auditions will be held at the Alvi…
SOURCE: musicaltheatremagazine.wordpress.com at 11:55AMIn Part 5 of a series of interviews with the writer, producer, and director and the cast of Girl with Two Belly Buttons, meet Peter Markey . In Girl with Two Belly Buttons, Izzy, at age 60,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:54AM– Solo performer Max Gahgoub responds to some questions from DC Theatre Scene. – Tell us about the moment where you said to yourself: “I just have to do this!” I rem…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:45AMThe great mistake we make as listeners or viewers is passivity. Music deserves and needs our active involvement.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:45AMOff-Broadway's hit play CHURCHILL is set to reopen where it began its phenomenal journey, with performances beginning July 17th at Chicago's Greenhouse Theater Center. The show will conclude…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMWICKED, the award-winning classic musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is proud to announce that the long-running West End production has received a TripAdvis…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:41AMThe production opens at the Park Theatre 15 July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:32AMWe asked a teenage Potter fan to give an insight into the excitement surrounding the recently announced West End production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:32AMDeparting artistic director Dominic Dromgoole bids farewell to the main stage of Shakespeare’s Globe with a “Measure for Measure” that demonstrates exactly why he’ll be missed. All t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:25AM Music Theatre International has been a proud partner of The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) Turnaround Arts initiative since 2013. The program has been e…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:22AMEllen Greene recreates the role of Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors opposite Jake Gyllenhaal at the New York City Center through July 2 as part of its annual Encores! Off-Center series. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMTheatre Royal Brighton has developed an app that allows children with additional needs to experience life backstage at the venue. Inside the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMA strike threatened by backstage workers at the Royal Opera House has been averted after a new pay deal was reached between
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMIn a new interview with Radio.com, Adam Lambert discusses his career, his newest album 'The Original High' and the possibility of making his Broadway debut in the near future
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:14AMThirty years after their New York premiere and 40 years after they first started as a team, Penn amp Teller On Broadway will be a rare opportunity for New Yorkers and tourists to see the pop…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMI suppose I've long instinctively known that the act of celebrating history in the theatre is capable of creating history in the theatre, but I'm not sure I've ever seen it demonstrated with…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:10AM by Brian Scott Lipton That peculiar brand of theatrical magic that occurs when a perfect actor finds the perfect role, slipping it into like a custom-made dress,...
The …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:09AMThe Puppet Co. presents Snow White and the 7 Dwarves, an adaptation of the Grimm’s classic with a mixed cast of actors and rod puppets. Playwright Christopher Piper uses intricately-detail…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:09AM“TAP CITY” IS BACK! NYC’S DANCE FESTIVAL CELEBRATES 15TH ANNIVERSARY July 6 though July 11 – Awards, Performances, Events Culminating in Tap it Out – 300 Tappin…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:08AMThe New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors, featuring stage and screen stars Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMJake Gyllenhaal and Ellen Greene star in the Encores! Off-Center concert of the beloved musical about a killer plant.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe master illusionists are preparing for a return to Broadway this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe cast toasted the celebratory occasion after their July 1 performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The Broadway show, which opens on July 16, has raised emotions among the actors who will portray slaves and slave traders.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:55AMIt’s hard to come up with a comprehensive list for July — not because there are so little to see, but so much — summer theater festivals, FREE theatrical concerts like the …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:52AMNew York City is the center of the universe, but let's face it—in the summer, there’s nothing better than getting out of the concrete jungle for the day to enjoy some fresh a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMClick for production photos from the Encores! production of Little Shop of Horrors at New York City Center, starring Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllenhaal.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMPenn and Teller reveal what they'll be conjuring up on Broadway this summer.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMWhen We Grow Up hasn’t always been the interactive, game-like theatre experience we know it as today. It started out as a single idea. At a Critical Point Theatre ensemble meeting, Matthew…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:44AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
The Dreamers is a real mixed bag. Musically it is often very strong; the musical direction and band are both terrific. However, lyrically and dramatically it falls sho…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:40AMIn this production, the incoherence that briefly disfigures the last scene all but destroys the first
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:39AMPenn Jillette and one-name wonder Teller reveal what they'll be conjuring up on Broadway in summer 2015 to Imogen Lloyd Webber.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:36AMBroadway animal trainer Bill Berloni, who has worked on Broadway productions of Annie and Gypsy, will be featured in a new series for the Discovery Family Channel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMLucy Briers, Peter Egan and Nina Sosanya are among those joining the ensemble
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:31AMFull casting has been announced for the upcoming tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:31AMThe New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors, featuring stage and screen stars Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMThe New York City Center Encores! Off-Center production of the Alan Menken-Howard Ashman musical Little Shop of Horrors, featuring stage and screen stars Ellen Greene and Jake Gyllen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMEarlier this year, Music Theatre International, the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and iTheatrics launched JumpStart Theatre, a three-year scalable pilot program designed to bring …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:24AMIf you're planning this holiday weekend to see "Magic Mike XXL," the sequel to the 2012 movie musical about male strippers, you should keep in mind that Tom Kitt and Brian York…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMJake Gyllenhaal, Ellen Greene, Taran Killam, Eddie Cooper, Joe Grifasi, Tracy Nicole Chapman, Marva Hicks and Ramona Keller star in the Encores Off-Center concert production of Howard Ashman…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMAdam Lambert, the "American Idol" finalist who also appeared in the national tour of Wicked, discussed the idea of playing Broadway with radio.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMMr Brown: “I’d like tickets to The Lion King?” Agent: “Sure. For when and how many?” Mr Brown: “Thursday matinée?” Agent: “Matinée days are …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMRECOMMENDED The opening moments of “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” are pure Chekhov. A brother and sister sit in their country home staring at a pond, hoping to see a blue …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:07AMElizabeth Day reckons most plays are average, staged in uncomfortable venues for pretentious audiences. Yes, too many shows get standing ovations, but British theatre is currently on a roll.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMRoyal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, LondonThe Mexican artist is celebrated with dance, fireworks and aerial skills in a colourful show created for the Greenwich and Docklands International f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:07AMReal-life acting couple Keir Dullea and Mia Dillon will be joined by Todd Cerveris, Cameron Clifford, Don Noble and Christa Scott-Reed in the Bucks County Playhouse production of Ern…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMTony winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell reflects on bringing On Your Feet, the Estefan story, to Broadway. This is the fourth in a series of 12 videos that offer a behind-the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:03AMEarly 20th-century artist grew up in CaliforniaMonterey fishing life inspired Hansen as painter and etcherCrocker exhibit includes nearly 100 Hansen works … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:00AMSainty Nelsen plays Ursula in Music Circus productionLike other cast members, her performing career spans multiple genresShe can be seen on opening episode of FX’s “Sex&Drugs&Roc…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:00AMLee Wilkof, the original Seymour, was on hand to help usher in this new production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMThe rock 'n' roll icon is preparing for his debut cabaret show, which blends his dual musical loves.
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Check out the Official Trailer and Key Art for the upcoming Netflix original series WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER FIRST DAY OF CAMP.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMJake Gyllenhaal, Ellen Greene, Taran Killam, Eddie Cooper, Joe Grifasi, Tracy Nicole Chapman,Marva Hicks and Ramona Keller star in the Encores Off-Center concert production of Howard Ashman …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMJERSEY BOYS opened on Broadway to critical acclaim on November 6, 2005 at theAugust WilsonTheatre and as of this week, has played over 4000 performances on BroadwayThe show has been seen by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMIn Part 4 of a series of interviews with the writer, producer, and director and the cast of Girl with Two Belly Buttons, meet Scott Duvall. In Girl with Two Belly Buttons, Izzy, at age 60, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:42AMIn many ways, Alan Ayckbourn in Intimate Exchanges has concocted the perfect recipe for a company like the Peterborough Players.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:40AMMusical theatre's Marin Mazzie does double duty in this spring's CD releases: serving in the title role of a long-gestating/morphing musical's premiere recording with Misia featuring melodie…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:27AMMost Broadway shows have an irregular performance schedule during the week of the July 4th holiday (June 29-July 5). Playbill.com has compiled the schedules of all of the Broadway shows …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMThere’s plenty to see in the Old Town district of Prague, even before you add in the manifold activities of this year’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMToday in 1985, Singin' in the Rain opened at the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 367 performances. Singin' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, ly…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThe film bombed in 1992 but soared as a Broadway musical. It begins performances in Toronto on July 8.
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Shakespeare’s Globe, LondonDominic Dromgoole tackles Shakespeare’s problem play and leaves us pondering the conflict between implacable justice and enlightened mercyShakespeare’s play …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMThe actor spoke with ET this week about recent controversial remarks made in character by current HEDWIG, Darren Criss about Caitlyn Jenner.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMGood 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 pre-Broadway engagement of BEACHES…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMDrury Lane Productions and Jennifer Maloney-Prezioso Broadway's Spring Awakening, Rock of Ages present the pre-Broadway production of Beaches, A New Musical, based on the beloved novel by Ir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AM“Hungry like a Woolf”: Europe’s Angry Avante-Garde Comes to Capital Fringe Atonin Artaud, founder of the “Theatre of Cruelty” and godfather of many of the more disturbing theatrica…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:35AMThey're tools of narcissism, says psychiatrist
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:32AMMy essay in the July/August double issue of Commentary is about Lincoln Center. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Lincoln Center, the first major urban performing-arts center in America, was well o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:31AMIn this series of posts, I’ve tried my best to introduce you to the French musical theatre scene and I hope it interested you. This last post, however, will be about a more internation…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:03AM1. LIGHT UP THE SKY Celebrate Independence Day with fireworks at Navy Pier, 600 E. ...
The post The Mix — Some cool things to do around Chicago this weekend appeared first on Chicago Enter…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:00AMOriginally published on Medium. I found myself with an unexpected case of “the feels” last night at Little Shop of Horrors at Encores! Off-Center, so I sat down to word-vomit a bit on Tu…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AMRECOMMENDED There is something magical about sitting in an audience and witnessing the moment that a piece of theater officially becomes dated. Despite being twenty years old, Guillermo Reye…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:00AMWhat follows is an unadulterated rave for the Encores! Off-Center presentation, at City Center, of the beloved Howard-Ashman-Alan Menken Little Shop of Horrors, as adapted from the 1960 Roge…
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Native New Yorker Aziza Miller to perform at The Iridium Tuesday June 30th sets at 8:30PM & 10:30PM presented by ScoBar Entertainment. Aziza knows New York. The pulse and the energy of the c…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 07:52AMUnlike many new musicals, whose investors are rewarded with a prominent producer credit, ‘Amazing Grace’ puts just two names above the title—that of a theater veteran and an 82-year-ol…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 07:52AMDon Most Sings & Swings: Sinatra, Dino, Darin & More! One performance only! Tuesday, July 7th @ 8pmBest known to television audiences as “Ralph Malph” of the long-running show “Happy D…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 07:52AMVintage Theatre's spirited production of "The Spitfire Grill" showcases the considerable vocal talents of its female cast, especially Megan Van De Hey and Kelly Watt.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:52AMThe critically acclaimed Pixar movie "Inside Out" grossed a head-spinning $91 million in its opening weekend. Not bad for a movie that is not based on any source, is not part of any kind of …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:49AMThere's glory in sweating it out in tight period costume and spouting Shakespeare, says Dominic Cavendish
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:45AMAt just 32 years old, Misty Copeland has made history and helped pave the way for future dancers of color.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:39AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:39AMOn the 150th anniversary of the classic novel, a look at the Broadway rendition that drew rave reviews
SOURCE: time.com at 07:30AMA creative hub at the Old Vic is among the new opportunities unveiled by arts charity Ideastap as part of its final
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMWe take a look at some of the openings around the UK this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:10AMAdrian Noble's production opened at the Vaudeville last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:10AMThe company were joined by guests at the Vaudeville Theatre last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:10AMI was a great admirer of playwright Rajiv Joseph's last work the deeply felt “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo.”
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 07:06AM'1776' will be performed on July 2 and 3, 7:30 p.m., at Central Presbyterian Church, 46 Park St.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 07:06AMThe upcoming UK première of Kinky Boots, Broadway’s huge-hearted, high-heeled hit, today announces the opening of a new booking period, with tickets now available until Saturday…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 07:05AM“‘A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her,’ he said, ‘but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.’” Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpen…
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Des Moines Performing Arts, in partnership with theDes Moines Symphony, is hosting a special guest with Iowa ties at the state's largest single-day concert event. Tonight, July 2, 2015at the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company presents the Chicago premiere production of Grand Concourse, a play full of both humor and heart by Heidi Schreck. Directed by ensemble member Yasen Peyankov, the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42AMQueensland Performing Arts Centre, June 26. TREY McIntyre is a prolific American choreographer who has made more than 100 works – he is only 45 – and is widely known and admired in t…
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 12:39AMJudy Garland at the Palace had nothing on the crowd that roared when Ellen Greene made her entrance Wednesday night on stage at New York’s City Center for the final of just two perf…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:35AMThe BroadwayWorld community is nothing if not vocal and yesterday's critical column revealing my top picks for the most important gay musicals of all time inspired many reactions in the feed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24AMThis week's column salutes tonight's special concert event showcasing the New York return of a fan-favorite cult musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24AMA Dreamy Summer Pop-Up Supper, Strawberries Rule at Delaplane’s Annual Festival, Fueling Up at The French Hound, Healthful Eats at Brassicas, Patrick O’Connell Launches Latest Book at Wi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:07AMNever mind whether he can sing: Can Jake sell a joke? To everybody’s surprise, including maybe his own, Jake Gyllenhaal is appealingly funny and sweet in Encores’ semi-staged concert of.…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:04AMThe world-premiere run of Damon Albarn's new musical wonder.land opens at Manchester's Palace Theatre July 2 (following previews that began June 29), where it runs as part of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com digs into its archives to explore past articles. In the next installment, an original investor in Sweeney Todd recalls sinking his dollars into the musical that he thought would…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCristin Milioti, who starred in the intimate Tony Award-winning musical Once, will return to Joe's Pub July 12-13. In anticipation of her return, she shares her favorite acoustic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning 2005 Broadway musical Jersey Boys plays its 4,000th performance July 2, joining other long-running Broadway shows that have recently passed major milestones.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAre you a proud theatre nerd? Plan a fascinating NYC staycation this summer with our round-up of theatrical museums and exhibitions. We've got everything from an exhibition about 19t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1900 Birthday of director/producer/writer Tyrone Guthrie (1900-1971) who will stage Broadway productions of The Tenth Man, Tamburlaine the Great and the Leonard Bernstein musical Candide.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWicked star Shoshana Bean and The Bridges of Madison County's Whitney Bashor co-star in the pre-Broadway engagement of Beaches, the new musical based on the 1985 novel by Iris Ra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMManhattan's theatre district may be home to the razzle and dazzle of Broadway, but New York City's other boroughs have plenty to offer when it comes to putting on a great show. Playb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award-winning composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown conducts selections from his 2014 musical The Bridges of Madison County as part of a special July 2 concert with the Des Moine…
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