Theatre Works: Saltwater & Letters Home by Anne-Marie Peard

Saltwater and Letters Home is a double bill of solo shows by 20-something artists who were born and brought up in Singapore and now live in Australia. Jamie Lewis and Joe Lui share their …

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 7/4/2015

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 742015.

‘Shelter Me’, by Circumference by Katharine Kavanagh

Theatre Delicatessen; 2nd July 2015 Deservedly glowing reviews of #ShelterMe have appeared all over, so this is something a little different… An experience… (Will probably look a…

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #33: ‘Tammy Faye’s Final Audition’ by Merri Biechler by Guest Author

In her professional acting career, Shelley Delaney has portrayed Joan of Arc and Lady Macbeth. But there was always one person she wanted to tackle: Tammy Faye Bakker. Most people know Ta…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, 7/04- Broadway Goes Patriotic! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup

STAGE TUBE: Christina Bianco Channels Kristin Chenoweth and More in National Anthem Performance by Stage Tube

Christina Bianco is at it again- this time with a patriotic twist. Below, watch the diva impressionist sing the National Anthem as Christina Aguilera, Kristin Chenoweth, and Celine Dion

Josh Gad Shares Behind The Scenes Photo Working On BEAUTY & THE BEAST: 'One Beauty, Two Beasts' by Pat Cerasaro

A new behind the scenes peek at BEAUTY amp THE BEAST

Weekly Theatre Podcast: An Oak Tree, Violence and Son, Face the Music by As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast

Every week, a group of regular, dedicated, independent theatre bloggers gather together for intelligent discussion “from the audience’s perspective” about plays and musicals they’ve …

THE GRUFFALO Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue by Libby Purves

THE BIG HAIRY ONE RIDES AGAIN… Stage Hero of the week is Owen Guerin, aka The Gruffalo in the larky children’s play based on Julia Donaldson’s immortal book. On the hottest…

BWW Interview: Robbie and Megan Fairchild Talk Awards Season, Broadway vs. Ballet, and More! by Sally Henry

What's better than becoming a principal dancer in the NYC Ballet and then scoring a major role on Broadway Doing it all with your brother or sister.

All Eyes (Including Big Brother's) Are On 1984's Breakout Star Janine Harouni

We're getting to know New York native turned West End leading lady Janine Harouni.

Our Favorite Patriotic Musicals by Matthew Wexler

Fireworks may light up the sky tonight, but July 4th also gives us the opportunity to reflect on some of our favorite patriotic musicals… take a look! 1776 It doesn’t get much mo…

Spotlight On...Andrew Bridges by Michael Block

Name: Andrew BridgesHometown: Exeter, NHEducation: BFA in Theatre from NYU's Tisch School of the ArtsSelect Credits: High School Musical (Ogunquit Playhouse), The Full Monty (Seacoast Repert…

Review: A Misguided Musical Satire by Michael Block

Big corporations are a joke to many. They might mean well but their inner workings and people who run them are destined to be lampooned. Written by Katherine Brann Fredricks and Paul Edward …

Theater Review: 'Hound' howls with laughs at FST by Jay Handelman

Three actors play all the roles in a comical twist on a familiar Sherlock Holmes story.... Read more » The post Theater Review: 'Hound' howls with laughs at FST appeared first on Ticket…

2015 Capital Fringe Preview #32: Video Preview of ‘Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom’ by Jennifer Haley by Guest Author

Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom by Jennifer Haley July 9 – August 2, 2015 A psychologically addictive video game emulates players’ actual neighborhoods as the on-screen environment. …

Fourth of July 2015 Poll: Your Favorite Musical About American History by New York Theater

There seems to be a resurgence in interest in American history on stage, although musical theater that takes American history as its subject has been called a “vastly underexplored genre.…

Theatre Review: ‘Catch Me If You Can’ at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre by Rachel Russel

The Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre continues their 50th season of “theatre under the stars” with a playful rendition of Catch Me If You Can. The musical, directed by Mark Briner, is bas…

NY Public Library's Rosenberg Curator of Exhibitions Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Ph. D. on Head Shots by Nypl For The Performing Arts

BroadwayWorld.com continues our exclusive content series, in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which delves into the library's unparalleled archives, an…

Of Thee We Sing! BroadwayWorld Salutes America with a July 4th Video Roundup! by Stage Tube

July Fourth is at last here, marking the official start to summer 2015. While there will be plenty of time today for fireworks and sparklers, real theatre fans know that there is no better w…

The Revolutionary War Battle That Happened ON MY STREET by Trav S.D.

Happy 4th of July! Since I had a holiday from work yesterday, I thought I would do a little photo essay illustrating a little known fact…not just little known to Americans, but little …

The Weir by Cameron Kelsall

Photo: Carol RoseggIrish theater values the act of storytelling as much as -- if not more than -- the story itself. The danger each playwright faces is that taken too far, this approach can …

3 Broadway questions to ponder

A few questions circulating around the steamy theater streets:

Arts Fuse Theater Review: “Out of Sterno” — Absurd to the Point of Distraction by Robert Israel

Out of Sterno punches the same punchline far too often.

Theatre News: ONE NIGHT ONLY! “The Wire”‘s Michael Kostroff teaches Audition Psych 101 by Michael Kostroff

Can four hours change the way you feel about auditioning? AUDITION PSYCH 101 A refreshing new approach to the dreaded process Michael Kostroff (HBO’s The Wire) teaches this inexpensive, hi…

Theater Review | Long Island: Review of ‘Five Presidents’ at the Bay Street Theater by Aileen Jacobson

An imagined meeting of the five presidents who attended Richard Nixon’s funeral, written by Rick Cleveland (“The West Wing” and “House of Cards”).

‘Cheaper by the Dozen’ at Aldersgate Community Church Theatre by Karim Doumar

There’s an old adage that states “time wasted having fun isn’t wasted.” The Aldersgate Community Church Theatre effectively explored this theme with its production of Cheaper by the …

test by Lorraine Treanor

If you have never been addicted, you can have no clear idea what it means to need junk with the addict’s special need. You don’t decide to be an addict. One morning you wake up sick and …

Movin’ On? by Vinnie Costa

What I love the most about people like this? They believe I’m here to rip them off not help them. I’m the enemy, holding back information or flat out lying to make they buy somet…

Royal Opera House gang-rape scene toned down following 'hurricane of booing' on opening night

The Royal Opera House has bowed to growing pressure and toned down a gang-rape scene so that the principal actress will no longer appear naked in its production of Guillaume Tell.

Review: Bent/The Other Theatre Company by Alex Huntsberger

RECOMMENDED I wonder what it would have been like to watch “Bent” in a parallel universe where Obergefell v. Hodges went the other way. It’s not an easy play to experience under any ci…

Review - Little Shop of Horrors with Jake...

Sure, he's a superstar. But can he sing?

Arts Fuse Dance Feature: Jacob’s Pillow Archive — Rebooted by Arts Fuse Editor

Jacob's Pillow's revamped archive is a sort of museum as well as a library. A catalogue of the holdings is in the works and should be on line by the end of the year.

‘Amazing Grace,’ a song of suffering to pull us together by PBS Newshour

Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: One week ago today, President Obama gave the eulogy for the Reverend Clementa Pinckney, one of nine people shot and killed at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, …

Penn & Teller judge magic of their CW show 'Fool Us'

Comedic magicians Penn Jillette and mono-monikered (and Philadelphia-raised) Teller are coming to a TV near you Monday for the sophomore season of the CW's Penn & Teller: Fool Us.

PopPolitics: A Fourth of July Special With Hal Holbrook and ‘1776’ (Listen) by Ted Johnson

Hal Holbrook is best known for portraying Mark Twain for more than 60 years, but he’s also taken roles of considerable risk for their time, like a gay father in the 1972 TV movie R…

BroadwayRadio Special: Nick Hutson from the MusicalTalk Podcast by James Marino

In the fourth part of a special series focusing on theatrical podcasts, James Marino talks with Nick Hutson from the MusicalTalk Podcast.

BWW TV: Tony Yazbeck, Micky Dolenz, Charles Busch & More Preview Upcoming Shows at 54 Below! by Randy Rainbow

Just last week, Tony nominee Charles Busch July 14-17 amp 23 Micky Dolenz July 7, 10 amp 11 Michael McCormick and Lucia Spina for 54 Sings 1776 July 4-5 Tony Award nominee Tony Yazbeck for 5…

Last tango in Buenos Aires: dancers block street as government decides to close dance halls - video by Guardian Staff

Dozens of tango dancers block one of Buenos Aires' main avenues on Friday in protest against the government's decision to close 'milongas' or tango bars, for failing to meet certain requirem…

Gina Georgio: composer/lyricist by Georgia Snow

Alongside co-writer James Beeny, Gina Georgio is the composer and lyricist for new musical The Dreamers, running at St James Theatre in

Theater Books for Summer Reading 2015 by Broadway & Me

Some people claim Memorial Day as the beginning of summer. Other say the season starts when the school year ends and people begin to skip out from work early on Fridays. Sticklers insist tha…

Tonight on TCM: Yankee Doodle Dandy by Trav S.D.

Today at 8:00 pm (EST) on Turner Classic Movies: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)  A strong contender for best Hollywood show biz bio-pic all around. James Cagney tears it up as his hero Georg…

Review: MOON MAN WALK by Toby Zinman

AS IS – West End by Jonathan Baz

As one sits in the Trafalgar Studios waiting for Andrew Keates’ production of As Is to begin, there is an awareness of a gentle backdrop of conversation that eventually distils into indivi…

Broadway's British invasion: history of a centuries-old transatlantic rivalry by Andrew Dickson In New York

New York’s theatre scene is thronged with British actors and shows – and the longstanding international competition reasserts itself in surprising waysSauntering up Broadway a few weeks …

Review:The How and the Why at curtainup.com/Berkshires by Elyse Sommer

Stage and screen writer Sarah Treem's multi-faceted two-hander is buoyed by Tod Randolph's stellar performance .

BWW's On This Day - July 4, 2015

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Rihanna dissed me, so I wrote her a hit song by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Bebe Rexha co-wrote Eminem and Rihanna’s 2013 smash “The Monster” — yet she’s never even met them. Well, the singer did have a pre-“Monster” encounter with Rihanna when the pop…

Libby Penn: Let’s drag arts ticketing into the digital age by Libby Penn

Technology has transformed how we run our professional and personal lives. Everything is digital, everything is faster, everything is measured, everything is

How the JMK Trust is supporting emerging directors by Mark Shenton

There could be no more vivid or enduring testimony to the unrealised potential of James Menzies-Kitchin, a promising young director who died

Review: AsIs Play at the Trafalgar Studios “An incredibly important piece on so many levels” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ AsIs play at Trafalgar Stuido 2 Sometimes as a reviewer you sit in a theatre space and you just feel this is …

City corner is a showcase for Hackensack arts and redevelopment, leaders say

The Atlantic Street Park, a triangular third-of-an-acre former parking lot that’s formed by the meeting of Atlantic, Warren and State streets is scheduled to open on July 15. It adjoin…

Megan Hilty Joins Santa Rosa Symphony for 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular Tonight by BroadwayWorld

The third annual summer season at Weill Hall Lawn at the Green Music Center GMC begins tonight, July 4, 2015, at 730 p.m. with an all-American program featuring Broadway and television star…

Collaboration Games: One To Twenty by Lindsay Price

Todd Espeland, instructor of the Drama Teacher Academy course Serious Play: Theatre Games and Warm Ups for Rehearsal and Ensemble Building, includes the game One To Twenty as among his favou…

Tonya, Nancy, Clones & The Statue of Liberty: Eight Shows at NYMF 2015 that Caught Our Eye by Ryan McPhee

The twelfth annual New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) kicks off on July 7. Over the course of three weeks, dozens of new shows will show what they’ve got to investors, insiders a…

Special Reports: 8 Stars From Independence Day You've Seen on Broadway (and 2 You Haven't)

Today we celebrate our Independence Day...but with something other than 1776 for a change.

Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: July 4 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez, Robert Viagas

1898 Birthday of actress Gertrude Lawrence (1898-1952), longtime acting partner of Noël Coward (Private Lives, Tonight at 8:30) and star of musicals by the Gershwin brothers (Oh, Kay!, …

Jonathan Groff, Celia Keenan-Bolger and More Reveal Their Dream NYC Staycations by Carey Purcell

Holiday weekends often find New Yorkers fleeing the city for (literally) greener pastures, the concrete jungle offers endless opportunities for exploration and excitement. Playbill.com asked…

Over a Dozen Actors Sing 1776 Tunes, Starting Tonight by Andrew Gans

54 Below celebrates the July 4th weekend with 54 Sings 1776, featuring songs from Broadway's Tony Award-winning Independence Day musical by Sherman Edwards.

The Summer Broadway Spotify Playlist Everyone Needs to Stream! by Robbie Rozelle

Everyone always asks us what's best to listen to in the subway as they zip across the city. In addition to great theatre podcasts, we always talk about the great new cast albums we'r…

Which Oscar Winners Have Acted Under the Stars?  Shakespeare in the Park, By the Numbers by Robert Simonson

The current season of Shakespeare in the Park, at the Delacorte Theatre, easily evokes the long and rich history of the annual summer tradition. Many a critic remarked on how Sam Waterston, …

Stage Views: Amazing Grace’s Laiona Michelle On Fun Home, Hamilton, Gypsy and More by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.

Hit the Town With These Fancy, Frugal and Fun Theatrical Date Night Ideas for Any Budget by Olivia Clement

What better way to spend a staycation than on a date night at the theatre with your loved one, whispering sweet nothings to one another as the lights dim and popping M&Ms into your d…

Justin Timberlake as Hedwig! Meryl Streep as Anything! Stars We Need to See in a Broadway Musical! by Ben Rimalower

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a list of actors he thinks should headline Broadway musicals.