The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 12th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:35PMNEW YORK — Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Wednesday night in memory of Roger Rees, the Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director.The Broadway League says the li…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:35PMOver the past 14 years, you could catch Penn & Teller live in Vegas, all over television, including on their Showtime series "Penn & Teller: Bulls--!," and even on a Katy Perry music…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:35PMIS IT REALLY HUMAN TO FORGIVE? Heidi Schreck’s powerfully pleasing play exists for its final moment. So this critique will be strategically selective and shorter than usual. In any case, t…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:33PMTOOTHLESS RUTHLESS Though useful as a showcase for the capable performers and boasting some excellent singing, Joel Paley’s revival of his gray farce Ruthless!, a self-referential spoof o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:32PMBLACKBUSTERS A dozen shows in one and a showcase of solos to beat any band, Black Ensemble Theater’s summer blockbuster Men of Soul pays kickass tribute to the greatest soul singers–…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:32PMRHYMES WITH SIEVE In her play Shiv, the third part of an immigrant-experience trilogy first workshopped in 2013, Aditi Brennan Kapil writes of a character (played by Monika Jolly) named afte…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:32PMMAY THIS SHOW NEVER BE FROZEN One of the first rules of etiquette I ever learned was: if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. Were I inclined to heed that sage advic…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:32PMWoodminster Summer Musicals opens season with classic play drawn from P.L. Travers' books and Disney's movie
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:29PMShotgun Players is reviving Caryl Churchill's time-traveling classic through Aug. 2.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:29PMThe musical, adapted from a children's novel about a resourceful girl coping with a cruel world, plays at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre through Aug. 15
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:29PMTalk about a claim to fame: Two key reasons why “Ruthless!” became a cult hit in 1992 were Britney Spears and Natalie Portman, who understudied the original lead, Laura Bell...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PMThe musical satire returns for a revamped off-Broadway production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
THE KING AND I welcomes a new king tomorrow night
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMNBC is having an open casting call for the lead role of Dorothy in the network's upcoming holiday special The Wiz Live, set for Thursday, Dec. 3.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMNew York Musical Theatre Festival is in full swing and BroadwayWorld has taken the time to sit down with some of the stars of this years NYMF musicals.Like any great art form, musical theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMMusic Theatre International Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon and his wife Myrna hosted eight outstanding educators from schools and performing arts centers around the country for four days o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMCountdown!
The Napa Valley Festival del Sole 2015, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the region’s cultural vitality, is happening soon!
The 10-day festival runs from July …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:30PMThe cast of Les Misérables have sung the songs of love and revolution more than 400 times in this Australian production of the classic show, and they’re still going strong. Currently…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:25PMHow unsettled is comedy now? The name “Bill Cosby” isn’t warmly funny anymore. Jon Stewart skips the opening jokes on “The Daily Show” after the June shooting that killed nine blac…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:23PMThe Mentalists comes from the same brilliantly witty mind that brought One Man, Two Guvnors to the stage. It takes place in a slightly dingy bed and breakfast in Finsbury Park, London. This…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:09PMThat fame makes monsters of us all, even at the most inconsequential levels, is the closest thing there is to a moral in Ruthless!, the musical by Joel Paley and Marvin Laird that just opene…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:05PMWyndham’s theatre, LondonRichard Bean’s 2002 play about two oddball friends in a hotel room has been inflated to make a pricey West End star vehicleThe presence of Stephen Merchant, stan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PMBrisbane based musical theatre company Harvest Rain will make history in 2016 by staging the largest production of the musical Hairspray in the world. With an estimated cast of over 500 (inc…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PM
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock n’ roll opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice, and the McLean Community Players cast and crew, directed by Kevin and Pamela McCo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:59PMHelen Dallimore is one of our most accomplished musical theatre performers (and directors!) You’ve seen her on stage in anything from Spring Awakening to Legally Blonde – not…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:59PM“The Greeks peaked early,” opines one of the characters, declaring that the only talent of their descendants is “to drive a taxi at ninety miles an hour in fucking flip flops”. The…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:56PMIdina Menzel is working on a pop album and has a possible new Great White Way tuner in development! Grammy-winning record producer and songwriter Walter Afanasieff, who has long been associa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:51PMThey say all good things must come to an end, and sadly, Broadway shows are no exception. Alas, it’s time for us to say farewell to some stellar shows on the Great White Way and beyond…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:51PMKaran Oberoi starred in the dramatic play Masked (Neptune Threatre), along with The Importance of Being Ernest (Brant Theatre), The Laramie Project (Theatre Passe Muraille), Dracula (Casa Lo…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:51PMFor much of "The Little Mermaid," the summer attraction from Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier, I found myself listening to two shows at once.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:44PMHuffPost: Maybe it’s the summer doldrums, but an uneasy quiet has settled in on the Western Front wars between Actors’ Equity and LA’s 99-seat theater movement. The hiat…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:38PMRichard Bean's two-hander is revived starring Stephen Merchant in his West End debut
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:34PMBROADWAY TO DIM ITS LIGHTS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JULY 15th AT 7:45 PM IN MEMORY OF CELEBRATED ACTOR and DIRECTOR ROGER REESThe Broadway community moRoger Rees: Photo: Barry Gordinurns the loss of…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:29PMMy child can sing She's been singing into her hairbrush for years. She sings in the shower, for relatives, at church, in school productions, and landed the lead role in the local children's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMA Broadway and Hollywood icon is set to be feted
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMKaleidoscope Theater for Youth at The Summit Playhouse will present the world premiere of 'Children of Eden, Junior' beginning with preview performances July 17 at The Summit Playhouse.This …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents a special performance of Villain DeBlanks, a fill-in-the-blanks whodunnit, at 930 pm on Tuesday, August 4, to benefit Broadway CaresEquity Fights A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
The Mentalists is a fun and lively Pinteresque farce from a very talented playwright. Whilst there are a few thematic flaws, an amusing script guarantees an interestin…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:23PMVisiting the progeny in Burlington, Vermont over the weekend we were privileged to have the opportunity to spend some time at the nearby Shelburne Museum on Saturday. Founded by Electra Ha…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:16PMWhat if Adolph Hitler had been a better artist? It’s one of history’s great riddles. Perhaps if the Führer had shown more promise in his original career choice as a painter, the tr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:07PMA raunchy comedy offering insight into the link between social media and sex appeal excited me, so I braced myself for a provocative, hilarious, shocking show. Unfortunately, #Sexts was a di…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:07PMFear, o’ friends, the far side of the mirror. Where Beasties roam, Woks stalk, great guardians made of stone spear the wicked, and a great witch punishes the vain, the thieving, the cruel …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:07PMOriginally devised for 2014’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Diver is a one-woman show about Kate Plank, an explorer attempting her most challenging mission yet: walking from England to N…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:03PMAs Is is a play that is currently on its three week run (from July 8-30) at Trafalgar Studios. It was written by William M. Hoffman and first shown in 1985 to educate people about HIV. When …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:03PMTurner Prize-winning Douglas Gordon has collaborated with celebrated pianist Hélène Grimaud to bring Neck of the Woods, a visual art, music and theatre production, to Manchester’s new th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:03PMStephen Merchant proves his acting chops, even if the ticket prices are insane, says Dominic Cavendish
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:00PM
An open call will be held in Los Angeles July 20 for the leading role of Dorothy in NBC's upcoming live presentation of The Wiz, according to Deadline Hollywood. A New York open call was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:56PMEXCLUSIVE: The musician and actress, currently co-starring as an FBI analyst in CBS’ CSI: Cyber, has joined the film as one of the leads. XOXO, directed by Walter Robot studio’s…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:37PMPenn and Teller appeared on Broadway last week — and made big money appear with them, as their new show muscled up into the Top 10 during a summer week that saw post-holiday sales r…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:37PMNBC, which has said it hoped to have its Dorothy cast by summer’s end for its live holiday production of The Wiz, has announced yet another casting call. This time it’s Monday, J…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:33PMAfter losing its old “stage” to redevelopment, the group presents its first play of the summer at a lot nearby.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:30PMBEING SEEN, a new play written by Richard Gustin, starring Broadway's William Youmans, will make its world premiere at The New York International Fringe FestivalFringe NYC. BEING SEEN will b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMTV Land has greenlit 'I Shudder,' a dark comedy pilot starring Hamish Linklater 'The New Adventures of Old Christine,' 'The Newsroom' and written by Paul Rudnick 'In amp Out,' 'Addams Family…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 7132015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMCimolino's term as artistic director extended to 2022 after two seasons of surpluses and increased attendance.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:15PMThe Off-Broadway return of Patrick Barlow's Drama Desk Award-winning comedy 39 Steps has released a new block of tickets for October and November. The news joins the announcement…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:08PMSonya Tayeh and Adrienne Truscott are among the artists-in-residence during Live Arts's 2015--16 season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:07PMRuby Preston’s third novel, Starstruck, to be released by Dress Circle Publishing on July 14th, gets real about what happens behind the flash of the bright lights of Broadway. The characte…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:05PMStudio Cast, 1988 (Original Cast Records) No stars; not recommended. This vaguely autobiographical musical by composer-lyricist Brian Gari, with a book by Allan Knee, lasted for only 15 prev…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:05PMBob Lohrmann has the entire audience laughing during the first half of Priest/Penitent. Once our emotional walls are down, he seizes our vulnerability and guides us into the thought-provokin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:04PMWhen We Grow Up embodies the very essence of Fringe: it’s a chance to try out new ideas, and a chance to get up in front of people. The first fifteen minutes of the show are scripted. Afte…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:04PMBaby-The Musical played on Broadway for 283 runs between 1983 and 1984 and was nominated for 7 Tony awards. Yet I never saw it, I was in college at the time. I love this show and can’t…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:00PMThe burlesque-style fundraiser will feature performances by Nova Payton, Nicholas Rodriguez, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMHead to the New Jersey theater to see the stars of tomorrow performing for you today.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Tickets are now on sale for D.L. Coburn’s two hander, The Gin Game, a two-hander featuring Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones. The duo shared a stage in 1966, and now will be doing so aga…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:59PMThe magical duo Penn & Teller returned to Broadway to dazzle audiences July 12 at the Marriot Marquis Theatre. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PMIn a usually empty corner of Suffolk, an atmosphere of revelry, carnival and wonder will be evoked on a summer’s weekend this month. Celebrating its tenth anniversary is Latitude, a festiv…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:55PMThe cinematic contrast between America and Latin America was on tragic view at the Maine International Film Festival yesterday.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:55PM"How did they do that?!?" That's how most people react to really well-executed magic illusions. Disney is planning to offer the answer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1970 (RCA) Three years after their debut show, Now Is the Time for All Good Men, which was studded with well-crafted lyrics and lovely ballads, composer Nancy For…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:51PM“DruidShakespeare” goes from zero to 60 in seconds. Then it slows down for hours and hours. Your own fondness for the Bard’s history plays will determine whether or not you...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:47PMSan Diego's Old Globe theatre has announced casting for the Summer Shakespeare Festival production of The Comedy of Errors, directed by seven-time Tony nominee Scott Ellis (The Eleph…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMJennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo and Danielle Brooks will star in the revival of The Color Purple, coming to Broadway on Nov. 9. Based on Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMTHE KING AND I prepares to welcome a brand new king tomorrow
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMSee Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan rock out
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMThe stars come out to celebrate Seth Rudetsky's new theatre-centric novel
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMA fashionable first look at Lady Gaga on AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMHAMILTON composer and star Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alexander Hamilton biographer Ron Chernow will be honored on Monday, November 9, 2015, at the New-York Historical Society's2015 History Make…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Sharknado Circles Broadway
Could a stage adaptation of cult TV disaster film Sharknado take a big bite…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMAudiences keep going and going and going, et cetera et cetera. The Tony-winning Broadway revival of The King and I reached 100% capacity for the third consecutive week and fell just short of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMIt’s not rare to see people dressed up in crazy outfits in New York City, but we would have paid a few bucks (or maybe 10) to see Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Jonathan Groff an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMGrammy Award-winning producer and songwriter Walter Afanasieff revealed that he is collaborating with Tony Award-winning Wicked and If/Then star Idina Menzel on a new pop album and a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMPlaybill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1997 (EMG) By the mid 1980s, plays about AIDS began to surface and continued to emerge thereafter, but with only a few musicals among them. Nevertheless, this one…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:26PMTickets are now on sale atTelecharge.comfor the new Broadway production ofD.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic,The Gin Game, starring Tony Award-winnersJames Earl JonesandCicely Tyso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld's The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Below, you will find weekly updates on full priced tickets, discounts, availability for the hottest productions, and locations fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMNew York Musical Theatre Festival is in full swing and BroadwayWorld has taken the time to sit down with some of the stars of this years NYMF musicals.Like any great art form, musical theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMIt Shoulda Been You, the new musical comedy about a wedding gone awry that stars Tyne Daly, Lisa Howard, Harriet Harris, David Burtka and Sierra Boggess, will get a cast album.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PMThe PROTOTYPE festival and Hai-Ting Chinn's 'Science Fair' hit the high notes. Also: Yvan Greenberg's 'Genet Porno' and Soomi Kim's 'Chang(e).'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:19PMIt’s a Hamilton kind of day. Since the new hip hop musical will start previews today at the Richard Rogers theatre everyone is offering up their congrats. Including the cast of Les Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:19PMThe Atlas Performing Arts Center has emerged as a crucial partner for the newly relocated Capital Fringe Festival; Nelson Pressley spends an afternoon there. Plus: Rebecca Ritzel has a bad t…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:16PMPenn & Teller haven’t been on Broadway since 1991, and their limited-run return is getting lots of love from audiences and critics of the anti-b.s.-crusading illusionists. In the …
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:14PMThe entertainment business is booming. Rapid change through all facets of the business presents the opportunity to build amazing careers.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:09PMSometimes the world inside our heads is a lot brighter than the real world outside. In Jennifer Faletto’s affecting Domestic Animals, a young woman tries to embrace her fractured new life,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:06PMOn December 14th, 2012 Adam Lanza shot and killed 27 people including children, teachers, and himself at Sandy Hook Elementary School. It was the second deadliest mass-shooting by a single p…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:06PMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
The production, directed with oddly erratic pacing by the experienced Jerry Zaks, stars the imperious Patti LuPone as the acidly ambitious Irene, the doyenne of…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:06PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 2002 (Ghostlight) Although The Last 5 Years received mixed to negative reviews and closed quickly Off-Broadway in 2002, it has received many subsequent production…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:03PMThe new Broadway magic show Penn & Teller on Broadway, starring Penn Jillette and Teller, officially opened on Broadway July 12 at the Marquis Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMThe hit play is currently running at the Union Square Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
A bright, secluded, idyllic house in the French countryside provides the perfect backdrop of serenity for the young Lesere couple Jane and John. Having placed their past behind them to focus…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:54PMIn memory of the late actor Roger Rees, Broadway lights will be dimmed at 7:45 p.m. on Wed., July 15. Rees, who last appeared on Broadway opposite Chita Rivera in The Visit, died on Fri., Ju…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:51PM“Says Necheles, ‘This is a musical based on the exploration of what it means to be famous and how people react to that fame.’ Says Shell: ‘In essence it focuses on a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMCiarán O’Reilly is a founding member of The Irish Repertory Theatre, the only company in North America dedicated to bringing Irish and Irish-American works to the stage. He is also the d…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:40PMTickets are now available to see standup comedian and Saturday Night Live alum Colin Quinn's return to the New York stage in Colin Quinn: The New York Story. Directed by comedy icon Jerr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMThe residency is aimed to further the work of midcareer artists with nearly $200,000 in direct support and a commission for New York Live Arts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMAmerican Theater Company (ATC) has scheduled a public memorial for its late artistic director, PJ Paparelli, who died in May from injuries due to a car accident in Scotland. It will be held …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:27PMThe Gift Theatre has announced its 2016 season, which includes a production of William Shakespeare's "Richard III," to be presented in the Garage Theatre at Steppenwolf with the Gift artisti…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:26PMAll too often, it seems, the image of mental illness careens wildly between lovable eccentrics (think: Harvey) and heartless psychopaths (think: Silence of the Lambs). Like the virgin/…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:25PMThe Muny presentedIrving Berlin's Holiday Inn through July 12, 2015 - and BroadwayWorld has a behind the scenes look at the production below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMJust last week, Des Moines Performing Arts, in partnership with the Des Moines Symphony, hosted a special guest with Iowa ties at the state's largest single-day concert event. The Yankee Doo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMThis summer eight local public performing arts high school students are learning professional performance techniques from outstanding faculty at Circle in the Square Theatre School, during a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 7122015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMA grime-filled room in a long-abandoned hotel; a lone, exposed light bulb in the ceiling; steel brackets and bare 2X4’s at both the front and bathroom doors hinting at the menace and mayhe…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:13PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMTonight Broadway will purr for a cause at Don’t Tell Mama in New York City.
In efforts to raise money for animal welfare organization the Humane Society, the seventh annual Broadway Me…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:06PMHow long can the theater keep the 21st century at bay? And do we want to?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 03:06PM(Reuters) - "There's no place like home," said Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" and one fan clearly agrees after offering a $1 million reward for information about a pair of the ruby slipp…
SOURCE: Reuters at 03:06PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway theaters will dim their marquee lights on Wednesday night in memory of Roger Rees, the Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:04PMRob Lowe showed off an impressive Julie Andrews impersonation in shirtless singalong posted to Twitter.
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:02PMTHE REPORT examines the true, unknown story of the British government's cover-up of the largest civilian tragedy of World War II. On March 3, 1943, 173 people died in London's Bethnal Green …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PM A Land Without People By Brian Rotman Where: The Courtyard Theatre, Bowling Green Walk, 40 Pitfield Street, London N1 6EU When: 9 July – 1 August, 7:30p…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:00PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
imagine peering into the minds of each person you pass by with as much ease as changing the channel. Interviews With wraps the thoughts and opinions of classic characters and comical stereot…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:57PMDon't miss your chance to see Darren Criss as Hedwig, and here's why.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:56PMAs anyone familiar with the Black Ensemble Theater will tell you, there have been many moments when a performer has arrived on the company's stage bringing such an uncanny sense of the spiri…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:50PMPeter Hinton's present-set Pygmalion suffers from a temporal flaw in logic, but packs an emotional punch
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 02:49PMOld tips on how to behave during a live performance, updated for a modern audience
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 02:49PMAlmost 150 years after Jules Verne wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, two Canadians have brought the classic tale to the stage
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 02:49PMAs it turns out, the Main Box Office is not as confusing as I thought it was. It is more confusing. Painted in big letters over the Main Box Office [actual address: 1300 H Street NE] is the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:49PMWhat fluff does Hollywood stick into the other 30 to 60 minutes of its big screen rom-coms? The Wedding Party, a new play by writing team Megan Dominy and Mimsi Janis, proves that a complete…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:49PMThree soldiers sit, M16s slung over their shoulders clutching combat helmets to their chests. “When did you start thinking about these incidents?” asks an ominous voice over a public add…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:49PMEddie can weave a fantastic yarn. He’s a born storyteller blessed with imagination. Or, rather, is he really a man with a past that includes saving distressed damsels, leaping tall buildin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:49PMOriginal Cast Recordings, 1941 (Platinum/Wave) Gertrude Lawrence had a reputation as a poor singer; Kurt Weill was quoted as saying that she had “the greatest range between C and C-sharp.�…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:44PMSince their introduction, video games have played an integral role in popular culture. Through the decades, there have been iconic characters that have changed the face of the world. One of …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:44PMThe world premiere of a condensed "Jr." production of Children of Eden, Stephen Schwartz's epic musical based on the Book of Genesis, will begin July 17 in New Jersey. Go behin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMThe Broadway cast of Les Misérables is so excited about Hamilton moving in next door at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, they're questioning their career… They're a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PMTwo operas based on works by Shakespeare will mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:38PMNew York radio station 106.7 Lite FM continues into its second week of the free lunchtime theatre summer series Broadway in Bryant Park, bringing selections from Broadway and Off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of July 13-19, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMSir Ian McKellen, writer Armistead Maupin and more took at trip to off-Broadway’s Westside Theatre to see James Lecesne’s new one-man show The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelk…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMAmerican Theater Company said Monday it will hold a public memorial for its former artistic director, PJ Paparelli, who died following an automobile accident in Scotland in May. The 90-minut…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:28PMThe mission of AWol (A Way of Life) Productions is to “share the values of communities by collaborating, creating, and telling stories of the performing arts.” Its current production f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:27PMOn July 10 First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed Aladdin stars Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), James Monroe Iglehart (Genie), Courtney Reed (Jasmine) and several members of the ensemble to perform a sel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival and NapoleonVentures Ltd. are pleased to announce the New YorkpremiereoffiveperformancesofthereimaginedmusicalproductionofAndrewSabistonandTimothyWillia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMSir Ian McKellen portrays an aging Sherlock Holmes attempting to solve one last mystery in the new film MR. HOLMES.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMBy Seth Lepore. In this installation, Seth Lepore compares theatre artists to metal bands, and realizes theatre artists have a lot they can learn.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:12PMAfter months of buzz, the highly anticipated off- Broadway hit musical Hamilton begins Broadway previews July 13. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical is set to officially open on Augu…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:11PMTurgenev's Three Days in the Country, starring Simm and Gatiss, opens at the Lyttleton this month
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:11PMThis stand-up solo performance—featuring Tim Trueheart as himself—starts out as broad comedy. Describing himself as racially mixed—a combination of African-American, Indian, Chinese, a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:07PMOn July 10 First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed Aladdin stars Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), James Monroe Iglehart (Genie), Courtney Reed (Jasmine) and several members of the ensemble to perform a sel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMThe beloved actor most recently appeared on Broadway this spring in The Visit.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
The stage is dark and offstage you hear voices. Ms. Zora Taylor yells, “I am Mrs. Frankie Lymon!” “No, I am Mrs. Frankie Lymon!,” says Ms. Elizabeth Walters. “N…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:53PMChuck Palahniuk, author of the 1996 novel "Fight Club," which was later turned into a feature film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, teased that the property may be headed for …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMSo I was supposed to write this blog several weeks ago. Contractually. Seriously. I am a recipient of the Fox Fellowship, and most of my fellowship activities have been completed — inc…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:46PMThere’s an elephant in the room when Second City comes to DC -A Big Apple-shaped elephant. It says something when one of the best comedy troupes *outside of New York* comes to one of t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:46PMProducers of the new Broadway suspense thriller Misery, starring Emmy Award winners Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, announced that tickets will go on sale exclusively for American Express C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMThe lights of Broadway will dim July 15 in memory of late Tony Award-winning actor Roger Rees, who died July 10 at the age of 71.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMAmerican Theater Company said Monday it will hold a public memorial for its former artistic director, PJ Paparelli, who died following an automobile accident in Scotland in May.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:39PMPenn & Teller on Broadway, the new magic show from the popular pair of prestidigitators, opened on July 12 at the Marquis Theater for a limited, six-week run through Aug. 16. Penn Jille…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:38PMThe original Broadway cast recording of The Visit, the final musical by the Tony-winning team of Kander and Ebb, arrived in stores July 10. The dark musical starred two-time Tony-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMOpera House, ManchesterCBeebies’ resident clown shares his origin myth at a Manchester international festival appearance that is seriously sillySo who is the hottest ticket at this year’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMMany working in the theatre consider free labour a sacrifice worth making – but there’s a fine line between opportunity and exploitationWe all know that the biggest subsidisers of the ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMMatthew Murray takes a look at Claudio Quest at The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2015
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:36PMFEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: AMY STAATS Throws of Love will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Tuesday August 4th at 6:30pm. Click Here for tickets. Amy is a prominent playwright, act…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 01:35PM The Intersection of Art and Theater By Marcina Zaccaria Truth and beauty take center stage as Spot on the Wall premieres at The New York Musical...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:33PMName: Jason Edward CookHometown: Pittsfield, MaineEducation: Bachelors of Music: Musical Theatre from the University of Southern MaineSelect Credits: The Grinch (Young Max, The Old Globe), B…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:32PMThe show: "Xanadu" at Connecticut Repertory Theatre's Nutmeg Summer Series on the UConn campus in Storrs.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:32PMRUTHLESS! The Musical will celebrate its official Opening Night tonight (Monday) at 7 PM at St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46 Street (just west of Eighth Ave.) Book and lyrics are by Joel Pa…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:28PMBroadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of Tony and Olivier Award winner Roger Rees, who died on July 10 at the age of 71. Marquees will go dark for one minute on July 15 at 7:…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PMThe new magic extravaganza Penn & Teller on Broadway officially opened on July 12, 2015 at the Marriott Marquis Theatre. Click for photos from the post-show festivities at Sardi’s.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PMA podcast where playwrights talk to playwrights about the things usually left unsaid.
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:24PMBay Street Theater amp Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the success of the premiere concert reading of the first act of DreamWorks Theatricals new stage adaptation of Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMAs we previously reported, Roger Rees, the legendary, Tony Award-winning actor, and Tony Award nominated director, passed away last night at his home in New York City, after a brief journey …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMJohn C. Reilly CHICAGO revealed during an interview that he has signed on to return to a sequel to WRECK IT RALPH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThose who imagine Capital Fringe as a festival with a wealth of heart and a dearth of sophistication, especially in the realm of production design, have clearly not seen the breathtaking cos…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PMPenn & Teller on Broadway brings the provocative New Vaudeville magician team back to the Great White Way for a six-week stand, officially opening July 12 and continuing through …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMTonya amp Nancy The Rock Opera gets its NY premiere as itkicks-off the New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF this July.Tonya amp Nancy The Rock Opera has a concept, book and lyrics byElizab…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMLater this week, 106.7 LITE FM will continue its 15th annual lunchtime theatre summer series, '106.7 LITE FM's Broadway in Bryant Park.' The 2015 program will present the best of Broadway, F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMWhile only a pipe dream at this point, BWW pondered which 'celebrity' sharks from the world of entertainment could be cast in the title role
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMA musical journey of survival New York DEEP Arts in association with The New York Musical Theatre Festival presents the NY Premiere of Moses Man with book amp lyrics by Deborah Haber and mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMThe Original Broadway cast album for It Shoulda Been You was recorded by Ghostlight Records and will be available for purchase digitally on Friday, August 14, 2015 and physically on Friday, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMFrom renowned director Peter Bogdanovich, SHE'S FUNNY THAT WAY is a screwball comedy featuring the interconnected personal lives of the cast and crew of a Broadway production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of Tony Award- winning actor and Tony Award - nominated director,Roger Rees, who passed awayon Fridayat age 71. The marquees of Broadway theatres in Ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMOriginal Broadway Cast Reconstruction, 1977 (Smithsonian/Hallmark) Here is one of the great artifacts of the American musical theater — and it’s also a great listen. One of a series of S…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:11PMRoxanna Silbert's production opens at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:09PMKimmings said she is looking forward to sharing her Fringe experiences
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:09PMQuinn Franzen-A member of the Seattle-based new works company the Satori Group, Quinn developed and performed in Returning to Albert Joseph, reWilding, andFabulous Prizes.&nbs…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:03PMInterview by Julie McCormick
Amy Mueller, artistic director of Playwrights Foundation in San Francisco, has played many roles during her artistic career: director, producer, dramaturg and…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 01:00PM
The Broadway community mourns the loss of Tony Award® - winning actor and Tony Award - nominated director, Roger Rees, who passed away on Friday at age 71. The marquees …
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 12:59PMIn his 90 years, Dennis Gentle has had many vocations. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He worked as an advertising salesman, a movie extra, a film and television art di…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:58PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1983 (RCA) Harvey Fierstein’s book for this musical closely follows Jean Poiret’s stage farce, the film version of which became a huge hit, about the chaos unleas…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:56PMIt was a weekend of theatregoing for First Lady Michelle Obama, who took in the Tony Award-winning Broadway productions of Kinky Boots and The King and I.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMLibby Servais and Newsies' Adam Kaplan starred in Flat Rock Playhouse's production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, which ended its run July 12 at Clyde &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMThis work, under the direction of Garry Hynes and performed by Ireland’s Druid Theater Company is a seven-hour adaptation of “Richard II,” “Henry IV” and “Henry V.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:46PMAmerican Theater Company (ATC) will hold a public memorial on Tuesday, July 28 for its late Artistic Director PJ Paparelli, who passed away in May from injuries due to a car accident in Scot…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:46PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1961 (Capitol/Angel) So, which Broadway composer stretched himself the most in writing a score that no one would have guessed he had in him? Jerry Herman with Dear Wo…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:46PMAmerican Theater Company today announced details for a public memorial for the company’s late artistic ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:43PMThursday, July 16-Sunday, Aug. 2, Mamaí Theatre Company: "A Streetcar Named Desire," by Tennessee Williams, directed by Mitchell Fields. "STELLAAAAAAAAA!" Perfo…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:39PMYou only have one more chance to experience one of the best things you will see this year at Fringe: Tammy Faye’s Final Audition. It’s difficult for me to imagine that you could …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:37PMOnce has been more than once a phenomenon, first as a runaway independent film then as an unlikely Broadway hit winning eight of eleven nominated Tony Awards, including Best Musical. I’ll …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:37PMAs Scene on TV Materials from commercials find a repurpose in life with the help of EcoSet. By Stan Friedman In 2010, Kristina Wong was putting together her one-woman show, Wong Flew Over th…
SOURCE: www.broadwaygreen.com at 12:36PMThe Greater Hartford Irish Music Festival, which began as a small cultural event 32 years ago, grew to an jam-packed three-day extravaganza in July with over 25 performing groups and 25,000 …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:35PMOn the two-year anniversary of the passing of her GLEE co-star and real-life boyfriendCory Monteith, actress Lea Michele turned to Instagram to share a heartwarming message and photo ofthe l…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMWishes were granted when Adam Jacobs, Courtney Reed, Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart and members of the Aladdin ensemble recently performed a selection of highlights from the hit tuner at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMBeautiful Tony nominee Anika Larsen and her husband Freddie Maxwell welcomed a baby boy earlier this month! Kie Larsen Maxwell was born on July 4.
Larsen is currently on maternity leave fro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMTickets are now on sale to the general public for the Broadway revival of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, starring Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Ci…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMShe may have moved beyond the big bring-the-curtain-down numbers, but the singer can still bring down the house. Next: ZACH Theatre's Ellington revue.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PMIf you entered the Marquis Theatre not knowing what performers you were going to see, the illustrations arranged around the proscenium arch would provide a strong clue.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 12:19PMHamish Linklater and Lily Rabe (center) and the company of Cymbeline in rehearsal for The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Cymbeline, directed by Daniel Sullivan…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 12:19PMHynes had to be fully aware that fitting four plays that usually run close to three hours each into a five-hour-35-minute playing time meant that much of the Bard's excised dialogue would be…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:15PMValerie Fenton leads an all-woman cast as a super mom, super employee, and superhero in Leto Legend by Kristen LePine. Depicting the dual character of Charlie/Leto, Fenton, a founding member…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:10PMOne of the most talked about upcoming Broadway musicals is getting even more star power; Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and band co-founder Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:07PMComedian Lewis Black creates a comedy about everything that might go wrong at a supposedly well-planned wedding.... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 12:04PMA great white shark may be heading to the Great White Way According to a new report in the New York Daily News, SHARKNADO THE MUSICAL is a dream of the franchise's creator.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMThe 17th annual Broadway Barks fundraiser - the star-studded dog and cat adoption event to benefit New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMKristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher, Andy Karland the cast of On the Twentieth Century kicked off their final week of performances on thePool DeckofThe Empire Hotellast night. The cast toaste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM
Off-Broadway Cast, 1998 (Slider Music) Avrom Goldfadn’s Yiddish farce The Two Kuni-Lemls is all but forgotten today. Even so, New York’s Jewish Repertory Theatre (JRT) commissioned a mus…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:58AMThe musical will return to London next month 12 years after it was first seen at the Shaftesbury Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:56AMThe American actor/singer on his show What's it all About? Bacharach Reimagined, which opens at the Menier Chocolate Factory this week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:56AMIn his second NYMFerview, “Call Me Adam” chats with American Idol’s Jon Peter Lewis, The Voice’s Ryan Hayes, and Garrett Sherwood, the creatives behind Deep Love…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:52AMIt’s quite symbolic that the TKTS booth is in the center of Times Square. Because TDF, the company that runs the booth, is a core part of our industry. What started out as a simple …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:46AMNEW YORK (AP) - At a time when most theater performers are paranoid about getting everyone to turn off their cellphones - hello, Patti LuPone - Penn & Teller want them on. And the ringer…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:46AMRECOMMENDED Dream Theatre Company has made a name for itself putting on unique performances that list strongly to the sardonic side, and “Alligator” is no different. Jeremy Menek…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:45AMA network of nine regional theatres that will tour and produce mid-scale drama has been established thanks to an £800,000 funding injection
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AM(Photo: Athena Project’s staff and board. This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansa…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:36AMWe chat with the stars at Broadway Barks. We hope you enjoy it.
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:34AMIt’s easy to grow jaded about the magic of Washington after a few years on a lease. Over time, lofty ideals and Sorkin-esque monologues have a way of being superseded by rent worries and M…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMAbout three-quarters of the way through this play, I realized that I was watching the theatrical equivalent of the 1930s horror movies I used to watch at 2 AM in the rec room when my parents…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMWatching storyteller Ellouise Schoettler’s Hello Girls: Unknown Heroines of WWI is an edifying experience. In her one-woman show, Schoettler sheds light on the little-known history of the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1938 (Joey/AEI) Boiled-down radio broadcasts of Broadway musicals were not unheard of in the 1930s, and the few that have been released commercially in subsequent dec…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:28AMSinger Natalie Weiss, who has been seen on Broadway in Everyday Rapture and in the 25th anniversary tour of Les Misérables, plays the Highline Ballroom July 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMCelebrity dancers from Dancing with the Stars, along with finalists from So You Think You Can Dance, American Idol, and X Factor shimmied into Bethesda to entertain audiences last night with…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:28AMIconic magical duo Penn and Teller are back on Broadway in—you guessed it—Penn & Teller at the Marquis Theatre. The two return to the Great White Way after their first Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMWelcome to our couch at Broadway.com HQ! Fun Home stars Michael Cerveris and Judy Kuhn are leaving the Bechdel Funeral Home for the afternoon to answer your questions in their very own &ldqu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMClick for photos from the 17th annual Broadway Barks adoption event, hosted by Bernadette Peters and Andrew Rannells on July 11, 2015 in Shubert Alley.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMInspired by Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip hop infused Hamilton begins performances on Broadway …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMShe’s the cross-dressing heroine who leaves the court and is set free in the forest of Arden. Ronald Pickup and Michelle Terry, who played Rosalind 40 years apart, explain how they approac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:19AMMarquis Theatre, New YorkEven when they hint at how to do their tricks, the magic double act, celebrating 40 years together, still manages to daze and bemuse“We pulled a rabbit out of a ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:19AMNew York Musical Theatre Festival is in full swing and BroadwayWorld has taken the time to sit down with some of the stars of this years NYMF musicals.Like any great art form, musical theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMAll Amazon customers in the US, UK and Germany will have a chance to win a trip to the Transparent season 2 premiere this fall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMOriginal Toronto/London/Broadway Cast, 1992 (First Night) Surely one of the most original and haunting musicals of the ’90s, Kiss of the Spider Woman is also one of the strangest and most …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:18AMThe dog days of summer mean a batch of classics and musicals, plus a smattering of new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:18AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse has unveiled plans for a £14 million redevelopment. The plans include new performance and community spaces, refurbishing both auditoriums
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMCollege student Nick Silvestri turned the world of theatre on its ear when he climbed onstage at Broadway's Hand to God to plug his phone charger into a non-working outlet that is pa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMTom Wolfe's celebrated debut novel "The Bonfire of the Vanities," about the racism, greed and politics in 1980's Wall Street, is being adapted for the first time into a sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMby Jim Gladstone “We’re asking folks to share programs,” explained an usher distributing black-and-white photocopies to the patrons who only filled up about a quarter of the 1000-plus …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:06AMJames Macdonald's production is the second play in the Almeida Greeks season
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:06AMProducers Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Castle Rock Entertainment and Raymond Wu announced today tickets for Broadway's new suspense thriller Misery, starring two-time Emmy Award winner and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMAs we previously reported, Roger Rees, the legendary, Tony Award-winning actor, and Tony Award nominated director, passed away last night at his home in New York City, after a brief journey …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMIt seems to be the biggest upcoming Broadway musical in recent years. Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop musical, HAMILTON begins previews tonight July 13th and has already become the biggest Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMA who's who of stars came out to welcome the legendary illusionists back to the New York stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe annual pet adopt-a-thon was held this past weekend in Shubert Alley.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Walking, the deCordova's fascinating and wonderfully worked out exhibition suggests, is deeply subversive of the status quo.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:58AMCara Gabriel’s solo show entitled I Am the Gentry deals with a subject that has been seen onstage before. The topic of neighborhood gentrification has been fodder for a couple of well-know…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:57AMPenn & Teller on Broadway brings the provocative New Vaudeville magician team back to the Great White Way for a six-week stand, officially opening July 12 and continuing through …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMThese days, Poe is usually found on a shelf in the classic literature section of bookstores; bookcases like giant tomes to the work of literary masters of the past, their works to be brought…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:53AM“In film,” pronounced Ivo van Hove, director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the largest, and most culturally influential, theater in the Netherlands, “the director is the god of his creatio…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 10:48AMBroadway Style Guide is bringing you fashion and lifestyle insight from stars of The Great White Way. Writer Antonio R. Marion said, Just a few brief decades ago, Broadway’s infamous Ac…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:47AMForget about Sweeney Todd. Broadway's new man-eating champs could be the carnivorous sea monsters of "Sharknado," according to a report in the New York Daily News.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMFox’s Grease: Live has gained it’s leading man – and there’s no doubt that it’s one we all want. Aaron Tveit will play Danny Zuko in the 2016 live broadcast of …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:39AMEquity has won a landmark case against the producer of failed Off-West End musical The Golden Voice, resulting in a personal liability
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMAnika Larsen, a Tony Award nominee for her performance as Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, and her husband, trumpet player Freddie Maxwell, welcomed their first child July…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMA Teutonic instructor (Andrea Schell) stares at her class, then barks out her instructions. You are not fat, she says. You are human beings. If you were fat you could not have picked up the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AMLet me make a confession up front: this play is not my cup of tea. Inspired by passages from various Tennessee Williams plays, it seems to me to be alternatively over-dramatic and murky. I w…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AMTrueheart: Live is a comedic look into the life of Tim Trueheart (real name; he couldn’t make that up), as he bears all in a personal hour of comedy. His jokes are irreverent, sometimes mo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AMOut of Sync is a show that wears its heart on its sleeve. It is a personal tale of a budding relationship held down by the tragedy of long lost love. The play jumps between past and present …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:26AMThe stars of the new Broadway musical Amazing Grace introduce their fierce and passionate characters in a 140 characters or less.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:14AMWhen, in 1982, I covered the 7:84 theatre company tour to the Soviet Union for the Morning Star, Elizabeth MacLennan had learned enough Russian to deliver, in the hosts’ language, the lyri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMThe Roundabout family is mourning the loss of a beloved member, Roger Rees. We had the pleasure of being a home to this uniquely talented artist on our stages over the years, with The Rehear…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:10AMGone are the days of waiting outside the Al Hirschfeld Theatre to try and (often unsuccessfully) win cheap tickets for one of the hottest shows on Broadway, Kinky Boots. Rejoice! Stay in be…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:08AMThe winner of the Olivier award in 1982 for his portrayal of the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s eight-and-a-half hour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMProfessional writer, playwright and lyricist, Stephen B. Crowley has shared astounding footage of the original 1959 production of GYPSY in rehearsal.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMAt this weekend's NBC Comic Con event, country music starDollyParton surprised young actressAlyvia Lind with the news that she will portray little Dolly in NBC's COAT OF MANY COLORS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMThat audience member -- 19-year-old Nick Silvestri of Long Island, NY -- held a press conference outside the Booth Theatre to offer an apology the the company, audience, and Broadway communi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMHere’s a first look at the trailer for Club De Cuervos, Netflix’ new dramedy series from Gaz Alazraki (Nosotros Los Nobles). All 13 episodes of Season 1 will be available exclus…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AM
The Gift Theatre may call home an unquestionably intimate storefront at 4802 N. Milwaukee in the city's Jefferson Park neighborhood. But the company has just announced big plans for its 15th…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:59AMIt didn’t seem possible to like Hamilton more than I already do — until they announced that there would be a ten dollar lottery for front-row seats at every public performance on Bro…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:57AMToday in 2011, the return engagement of the second Broadway revival of HAIR opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 67 performances. Hair The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMRob Lowe turned to Twitter to share a dubsmash video of himself lip syncing the words to the Rodgers and Hammerstein iconic tune.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMSeason Two of THE RESIDUALS is currently airing on Broadway World exclusively. The show, from husband and wife team Michael Paul Smith and Gillian Pensavalle, takes a look at the funny, ofte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMTHE VISIT cast album, available now, is a joint release of two labels Broadway Records and Yellow Sound Label, and is co-executive produced by Hunter Arnold, Carl Daikelerand Sandi Moran. Ju…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMPenn Jilletteand Teller make their long-awaited return to the Broadway stage this summer withPenn amp TellerOn Broadway, now in performances at the Marquis Theatre 46th Street between Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMGood 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 Founding fathers, stage moms, music ic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMPenn Jillette and Teller make their long-awaited return to the Broadway stage this summer with Penn amp Teller On Broadway, now in performances at the Marquis Theatre 46th Street between Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMTo remember the legend, we bring you three illustrations of his work by caricature artist Ken Fallin- two from his appearance in The Addams Family, and the third from The Visit.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMAnne Enright's prose, especially when she is firmly rooted in Ireland, sings; she has the ability to get the details both of setting and character, and a wonderful ear.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:46AMOne-woman play stars Alicia Hunt as the PilotPlaywright George Brant explores drone warfareProduction on B3 stages is nuanced, well-acted … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 09:40AMThe 22 year-old show will play its fifth season on the South Bank
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:33AMMichael MustoRuPaul's Drag RaceMichael MustoHugo Weaving, Terence Stamp & Guy Pearce in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Throughout the years, drag has popped up in …
SOURCE: Out at 09:32AMThe revival of the burlesque is official! There has been a tremendous wave of its return across the country but for those that have been taking part in this cult of personality this is not n…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:29AMI went to Palatine Friday night to hear Rossini’s “Barber of Seville.” Telling myself I had no expectations, I had been hoping for at least a fifteen-piece orchestra of solid musicians…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:15AMOld Granada Studios, ManchesterA collage of stories, transplanted from New York to Manchester, deal with racism, violence and injustice in a combustible performanceThe Guardian is the festiv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMTheatre began outdoors: stories told under the sun, under the stars. Over the centuries we’ve put walls around it, a roof over
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF welcomes Tom Kitt and Friends, a one-night-only concert event featuring Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and lyricist Tom Kitt Next to Norm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThe Muny presentsBuddy The Buddy Holly Story, beginning tonight, July 13, and running through July 20 at Forest Park.Written by Alan Janes, Buddy The Buddy Holly Story is directed by Marcia …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThe 7th Annual Broadway Meows Concert for the Humane Society of New York will be presented at Don't Tell Mama, one night only, tonight, July 13th at 7pm.The evening will be comprised of song…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMThe Public Theater presents NAATCO's acclaimed production of AWAKE AND SING this summer for a limited engagement opening tonight, July 13.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMAt Taylor Swift's Saturday night 1989 tour concert at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, the superstar continued to surprise her fan with all-star guest, as she brought out Nick Jonas for a duet …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMMary 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 09:00AM
Richael Faithful, Conjure! Freedom Collective and Ladan Siad, Practice of Creation Studios presents Here/Hear, an interactive experience aimed to explore Black culture within Washington, DC.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:51AMOnce reluctant to call themselves magicians, Penn amp Teller's wryly humored show affectionately honors sideshow entertainment.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMAt this weekend's Comic-Con, Ryan Murphy shared details on one of the upcoming television season's most anticipated shows, AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL on FX.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMPENN AND TELLER ON BROADWAY began its six-week run at the Marquis Theater on Sunday night. Let's see what the critics had to say
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMOn July 2, 2015, Colleen Ballinger, known to her fans as 'Miranda Sings' and Joshua Evans tied the knot. The couple made a special video of 'the best day of our lives' and shared it on YouTu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMAlexander Hamilton, 'the ten-dollar Founding Father without a father,' comes to Broadway in the new musical HAMILTON,beginning previews at the Richard Rodgers Theatre 226 W. 46 St. tonight, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMRUTHLESS THE MUSICAL opensOff-Broadway tonight, July 13th at St. Luke's Theatre. Book and lyrics for RUTHLESS are by Joel Paley with music by Marvin Laird. Joel Paley also directed the origi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMTHE Theatre Company presents 315, written by JP Sisneros and directed by Sarah Frances Hope Williams. Since the erection of the George Washington Bridge in 1931, no less than 314 people have…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:41AMTired Moonlight has been generating a lot of buzz on the film festival circuit, and a classy salute to Hollywood actress Ann Sothern.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:39AMThe tragicomedy of Theater of the Absurd scrambled together with the zaniness of Vaudevillian physical comedy is an apt description for Michael Burgos’s delightfully wacko The Eulogy. De…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36AMReady to have some fun? Well look no further than comedian Adam Ruben’s new one man show I Feel Funny: True Misadventures in Stand-Up Comedy at this year’s Capital Fringe festival. As a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:35AMPromising themes abound at this year’s Capital Fringe Festival. Andrea’s Schell’s From Seven Layers to a Bikini Top in Less Than Five Hours is no different, intending to explore the li…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31AMIt’s hard to be in a love triangle where the girl is dead. Cold as Death, Guillotine Theatre’s offering for this year’s Fringe, revolves around this concept. Rather than submit to the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:29AMA new staging of Delibes' vaguely oriental opera, complete with the British Airways duet
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:27AMMeera Syal's much-loved novel will receive its stage premiere at Birmingham Repertory Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:27AMCraig Baxter's production premieres at the Park Theatre 20 August
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:27AMThe actor is currently rehearsing Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:27AMThe network involves nine regional venues and is overseen by English Touring Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:27AMPaper Glass is an intimate adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass that glows with innocence and childlike wonder. The piece is created and performed by Monica Dionysiou wh…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:19AMIf you’ve ever strolled down the children’s literature section at the bookstore, picked up a title that’s only ten or twenty pages long and thought “this doesn’t look so hard… I …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:19AMDust to Dust, presented by the Class Act Players, follows mid-western farmer’s son Toby (Preston Kemp) on his journey from his Depression-ravaged family farm to New York City, where he hop…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:19AMHave you ever wished a version of “Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret,” existed with a black and lesbian narrative and more erotica? J. Scales might have just what you’re looking f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:19AMA six-month period when audiences could pay what they wanted for theatre shows at ARC Stockton has seen the venue almost double
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMTheatre Royal Bath has launched a new £50,000 fund to help boost the arts in the city and surrounding area. The Creative
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMFacility owners today have a range of good options. And many "buts."
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 08:17AMTony and Olivier Award winning actor Roger Rees has died aged 71. The Welsh-born star of the stage and screen died on July 10, after suffering from cancer. He is survived by his husband Rick…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:10AMGeorge Takei's 'Allegiance,' Gloria Estefan's 'On Your Feet!' and 'The Color Purple' starring Jennifer Hudson will also contribute to a schedule in which diversity casting hits new heights.r…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AM
Tom Bell and Ian McKellen in the London premiere of Bent, 1979.A major revival of Martin Sherman's play Bent begins performances on July 15 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, directed b…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 07:50AMThe Encore Theatre set to open the fairytale musical Into the Woods Previewnight is Thursday, August 6th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44AMAt this weekend's Comic Con in San Diego, Sands and the cast of the new drama participated in a panel on the show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44AMI know this woman. Her name is Kate. She is a warrior. A warrior, I tell ya. She’s a warrior for the arts. For theatre. For dance. For music. For film. She’s a warrior for expression. Sh…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:36AMThe Green Room is so excited to introduce you to our newest bloggers who are joining us this summer! For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through the latest installments of Mee…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:35AMThe upcoming Season 5 of ONCE UPON A TIME will revolve around the Savior, Emma Swan, and her search for MERLIN who will be the only one who can save her from becoming The Dark One.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32AMBecause the new hit production of HAMILTON is now the new neighbor of Broadway's Les Mis, the French revolutionaries wanted to welcome America's Founding Fathers to the 'hood'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32AMThe Green Room is so excited to introduce you to our newest bloggers who are joining us this summer! For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through the latest installments of Mee…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:32AMThe Green Room is so excited to introduce you to our newest bloggers who are joining us this summer! For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through the latest installments of Mee…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:27AMWhen Peggy Crosno Presson, my late mother’s youngest sister, died in March, the members of the Crosno family who made their way to southeast Missouri for her funeral all said the same thin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:25AMThe opening scene of George Schaefer’s TV adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, starring Hal Holbrook as the Stage Manager. It was originally telecast by NBC on May 30, 1977: (This i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMSanjeev Bhaskar is to star in the world premiere of a new play by Anthony Horowitz. Dinner with Saddam, directed by Lindsay
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMIn all honesty, I don’t want to say too much about Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp, because I’d be cheating you out of your ticket (er, eraser). What I can tell you…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:14AMIn Greek mythology, messenger god Hermes and mortal Ariadne inhabit completely different stories. In Awake All Night, the two share a tale, although they are still separated by a long distan…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:14AMHave you ever looked back on some of the games you played as an elementary school child and thought, “What a terrible game for children! Whose idea was it to teach us such an unthinkingly …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:14AM“It is required / you do awake your faith,” pleads Paulina to her king, Leontes at the end of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. This precept, the need for faith, belief, is the guid…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:14AMTop sleight-of-hand magicians do greatest hits in "Penn & Teller on Broadway"
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:13AMNEW YORK (AP) -- At a time when most theater performers are paranoid about getting everyone to turn off their cellphones - hello, Patti LuPone - Penn & Teller want them on. And the r…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:13AMBring together two celebrity danseurs, give them each gala-style programs, add 17 of their most talented friends, and - voila - you have an audience-pleasing formula that stoked some well-de…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:13AMThe classical arts connect the dots for every culture. The great operas, symphonies, stories, plays, dances - they last beyond the eras of the artists who create them, crossing generations,…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:13AMIt is theatre's blessing and curse that it shares space with all of humanity---even humans with cellphones.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:12AMThe duo Penn & Teller have brought their act back to Broadway.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:11AMYou used to have to enter the Marquis Theatre, that abattoir of an auditorium inside the Marriott Marquis hotel, via a series of Plexiglas-encased escalators and cattle chutes that primed yo…
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:11AMThe well-known tragic Hamlet, has left many performers and audience’s opinions open to interpretation. It was Ashlin Halfnight’s adaptation that led to this specific modern day r…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:05AMThe current cast of Les Miserables on Broadway auditions for Hamilton the Musical, which opens next door to the Imperial on July 13th for previews. We love you, Lin-Manuel and cast!
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:05AM“But Laura laid awake a little while, listening to Pa’s fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods. She looked at Pa sitting on the bench by the hearth, t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM“I’m a bit of a design heathen because I don’t do a hell of a lot of drawing,” Tom Scutt says to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
There’s theatrical gold all over the country this week, including Manchester’s Flare festival and the latest from Francesca Millican-Slater, Alice Birch, Jess Thom and Tom BasdenThe Flar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:39AMIn theatre generally, and in Washington, D.C. particularly, it is quite common for theatre companies to take a classic story and update it in with a contemporary lens. Admirable as this may …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:25AMDistrict of Cara is like a huge pajama party where your best friend dishes on boyfriends, past and present. In this one-hour monologue/skit/therapy session, actor/writer/storyteller Cara For…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:23AMCritical Point Theatre’s quirky Fringe show When We Grow Up is difficult to review for several reasons. The piece is highly-interactive and its best moments are improvised, meanin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:02AMI’ve long campaigned for West End theatres to be properly refitted, not just patched up along the way. I’ve also kept wondering
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMGiven the controversy sparked by Luther Burbank High School teacher Dana Dusbiber's essay on why she doesn’t teach Shakespeare, it's time to test your knowledge of the Bard. … Cli…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 02:00AM
Just steps away from the Monroe Street Arts Walk in Brookland, music fills the humid summer air, canvas tents offer shelter from the hustle of the city, and a company of seven artists and th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:52AMFew things are as “Capital Fringe” as an irreverent take on the Bard, and King’s Players have got themselves a hell of an irreverent take in their outrageous farce Ma…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:31AM“Death is inevitable for a young lost soul…” In its world premiere at the 2015 Capital Fringe Festival, The Suicide Journals by Playwright and Director Veronique LaShell MacRae explore…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:20AMYou’d Think God Would Have Figured Out How to be More EntertainingBy Lauren Yarger God has spoken and he wants you to laugh. At least God, as portrayed by Jim Parsons, that is.Parsons of �…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 01:20AMThis Butler serves up juicy tidbits in his one-man show It’s got to be tough to do a solo show on a sultry summer night, but cool, calm, and seemingly tireless Alan DeValerio pulled it of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:02AMYour first reaction to using Close Reading in the Drama Classroom might be – Ugh! There’s no way my students will sit still for that. This is the only time they get up and get moving…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMDwight Howard's Thoughts on DeAndre Jordan’s Change of HeartWhile chatting with YH in the Nickelodeon Suite at Comic-Con, Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard shared his thoughts o…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMDwight Howard on How He Relates to Batman and NemoYH hangs out with Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard in full Predator cosplay at Comic-Con in San Diego where he proceeds to explain to us…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
“Expressionism and all other unconventional techniques in drama have only one valid aim, and that is a clear approach to truth.” These words from Tennessee William’s production notes o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:39AMAfter months of buzz, Hamilton begins Great White Way previews on July 13. Lin-Manuel Miranda's off-Broadway hit will officially open on August 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
Directe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25AMTony winner Mary Louise Wilson, currently starring in the Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century, has penned her memoir.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AM1940 Actor Patrick Stewart is born today. A Shakespearean-trained actor, Stewart's Broadway appearances will include a solo production of A Christmas Carol, William Shakespeare&a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMThe Public Theater presents The National Asian American Theatre Company's production of Awake and Sing!, which officially opens July 13. Set in the Bronx during the Depression era, the p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMThe Muny production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story plays the St. Louis venue July 13-19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMThe seventh annual Broadway Meows concert for the Humane Society of New York is staged at Don't Tell Mama July 13. The evening features performances by a string of Broadway actors, with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMHamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed new musical that fuses the worlds of contemporary and classic to tell the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMJonathan Groff, who recently headlined the Encores! Off-Center production of A New Brain, recalls waiting in the cold for an autograph Sutton Foster, who will star in the upcoming produc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMTom Kitt and Friends, a concert presented by The New York Musical Theatre Festival, is held July 13 at 8 PM at PTC Performance Space (555 W. 42nd Street).
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMRuthless! The Musical, originally staged in New York 22 years ago, returns Off-Broadway, officially opening July 13 following previews that began June 25 at St. Luke’s Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22AMThe image is frightening. A beautiful black woman—larger than life, with a resume to match—dons white gloves and a waistcoat, smears makeup on her face and begins the childish song and d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:13AMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
Mr. McPherson has written a rich and engrossing play that is appealing in it’s well-crafted simplicity. Each of the five commonplace characters is precisely …
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