The Broadway community mourned the loss of Tony Award-winning actor and Tony-nominated director, Roger Rees, who passed away last Friday at age 71, by dimming the Great White Way's theater m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49PMToday, HAMILTON'sLin-Manuel Mirandaand Jonathan Groffrecreated their first IN THE HEIGHTS collaboration from 2007 to get lottery participants amped up for the draw. Click below to watch them…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49PMAndrew Lippa's tragic Jazz Age love story The Wild Party follows party girl Queenie two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster over the course of one decadent, booze-soaked night as she and he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49PMTake a break from the summer heat, humidity and rain by coming to the Rockville Musical Theatre’s musical production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas being performed at the F. Sc…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:48PMThornton Wilder once wrote a play called Our Town about the fictional American town of Grover’s Corner, New Hampshire and the inhabitants of this small town. Broken down into three acts, O…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:22PM'Out on a Limb' fest brings San Diego-minded plays by area writers to Scripps Ranch Theatre.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:15PMThe Eagles, Carole King, George Lucas.
These are names you don’t often see paired together, but they were three of the artists announced as recipients of this year’s Kennedy Center Honor…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:15PMThe Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric, which recently issued a save-the-date teaser for Lyric Opera Baltimore's 2015-2016 season, has filled in the details.
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:15PMDisney is developing “Genies,” a live-action comedy prequel to its 1992 animated hit “Aladdin.” Tripp Vinson is on board to produce “Genies” through his V…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:15PMMegan Trout and Mark Jackson play two closely intertwined people living three different lives.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:11PMMary Poppins descends upon Oakland's Joaquin Miller Park.
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The awards, the dance world’s equivalent of the Oscars or Tonys, will be presented at the Apollo Theater on Oct. 19.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:57PMLazarus Theatre Company is known for its striking visuals and imaginative interpretations of classical texts. Seeing one of its shows, you know you are in for a rich visual experience –�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:55PMI wouldn’t want to meet a Jacobean if The Bloody Banquet was their idea of drama. At the same time, I’m glad we have Brave Spirits Theatre to interpret and serve up this centurie…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:33PMBarenaked Comedy brings together the “bar arts” of burlesque and standup comedy for an endlessly entertaining evening. This bawdy, adult showcase has a truly random assortment of talente…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:33PMBroadway recently lost one of its brightest in Roger Rees, the astonishing actor who landed on our shores at the beginning of the '80s with THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKELBY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMAfter over two decades as one of Disney's greatest animated classics, and a year into its smash Broadway run, ALADDIN might soon be returning to the big screen.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMNew 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 07:28PMThe Huntington Theatre Company will open its 2015-2016 season with the Tony Award-winning musical A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's most romantic and popular work.Huntington Artistic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMAmong the top pleasures in Mr. Busch’s show at 54 Below is an appearance by Miriam Passman, one of his greatest characters and a comedic force.
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With fairy tale reboots, retellings and revamps being very popular today, it is difficult to find a fresh take on the classics. Luckily, writers Ian Dagger, Pippa Evans and Rosalind Adler ma…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:58PMCertain Dark Things presents the twisting tale of circus-bound Snow White. This is no traditional telling of Snow White’s story though: it is more haunting and dark with comedy slipped in …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:58PMWhat goes well with a beautifully crafted, relevant interrogation of the twisted acts that humanity performs in the name of religion? A pile of human waste, crude jokes and a demon with a Co…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:58PMComedianwriter Michelle Collins was officially named the 15th co-host in the history of The View live this morning amidst falling confetti and making her grand entrance to the beat of Empire…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMRoughly one-fifth of the productions staged at hundreds of theaters nationwide over the past three seasons were written by women, according to a new study.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMLONDON — The critics bashed Douglas Gordon, and he bashed back — with an ax.The Turner Prize-winning artist hacked the wall of a theater where his play has opened to largely negative re…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:18PMStrong with the Force, the Kennedy Center is. George Lucas, the "Star Wars" filmmaker, has been named one of six honorees for the annual Kennedy Center Honors, which will be presented in a …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:18PMDylan McDermott, Emmy-nominated star of 'The Practice,' will star in McCarter's production of 'Baby Doll,' play based on a 1956 film written by Tennessee Williams.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:18PMThe 2015 Kennedy Center Honors will be presented to six artists instead of the traditional five. Those announced on Thursday for the national celebration of the arts are rock band the Eagles…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:16PMPedro Calderon de la Barca's challenging classic is presented in a pared-down production that is compelling at times, confusing at others.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:16PMTheatre Communications Group TCG has just released a new collection, INNOVATION IN FIVE ACTS, edited by Caridad Svich, the first publication in TCG Book's new Sourcebook series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMThe Duke Ellington musical revue SOPHISTICATED LADIES kicks off tonight at ZACH Theatre in Austin, starringBroadway's original Dreamgirl Jennifer Holliday. The legendary leading lady recentl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMHugh Jackman has dropped out of the drama “Collateral Beauty” a month after the project was unveiled by Palmstar Media. Producers have indicated that they hope to replace Jackman…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:14PMThe official poster for WAITRESS THE MUSICAL is set to premiere tomorrow
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PMThe sweet sound of Amazing Grace will officially arrive on Broadway July 16. The new musical details John Newton’s troubled past and path to redemption that ultimately inspir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:01PMThis is TheaterMania's second review roundup of the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMSkeggs herself is an alumna of the center's Summer Theater Workshop.
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There is a detective, a missing wife, a scatter-brained maid and a husband that seems infatuated with the lizard in his garden, along with time travel, meta-fiction and a superfluous dervish…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:48PMAh, “immersive”. That age-old buzzword. A word I’m usually cynical about – after all, it doesn’t really mean all that much. Surely all theatre is, or should be, im…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:48PMSam Plattus is a director, actor, and producer from New Haven, Connecticut, and has worked with Elm Shakespeare Company (New Haven, CT), the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Acadia Reperto…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:48PMTricks of the trade to make storefront technical directing work for you and the community This fall there will be a free 6 week seminar class in Technical Directing for small and mid-size t…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:45PMTony winners Jane Krakowski and Rene Auberjonois and Tony nominee Gavin Creel will join previously-announced Tony winner Laura Benanti and Josh Radnor in Roundabout Theater Company’s rev…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:43PMWhat would you do at the end of the world? Happenstance Theatre’s newest show BrouHaHa answers this and more, as six clowns journey towards the apocalypse. What this means exactly and when…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:43PMThe Joffrey Academy of Dance, official school of The Joffrey Ballet, has announced a national call for ALAANA (African, Latino(a), Asian, Arab and Native American) artists to submit applicat…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:41PMDon't miss out on this week's must-see shows and events!
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMBy Doug Mayo
Constellations is a 75 minute jewel of a play. It is a play about things that happen, might happen and could happen – just like life.
This post REVIEW: Constellations, Trafalg…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:27PMStephen Bogardus and Lauren Molina have joined the Huntington Theatre Company production of Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music. Performances begin Sept. 11 i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1949 (Decca) Lost in the Stars, by playwright Maxwell Anderson and composer Kurt Weill, deals with racial discrimination and segregation — unlikely territory for a …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:16PMThe musical version of American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis’ frightening best-selling novel, is coming to Broadway early next year. The production’s music and lyrics are by Tony winne…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:12PMGenesis Foundation will fund Signature Theatre's innovative Residency Five program, supporting nine playwrights over the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons.The current nine Residency Five playwrigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMThe Grand Prize winner of the Polish Your Passion and NYMF's Joey Contreras in Concert inaugural JoeyShine Video Contest is Amanda Lopez.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMGet a look at a sexy photo shoot with Darren Criss
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMArtistic Director Hal Brooks announced that casting is now complete for the 2015 season of Cape Cod Theatre Project, featuring new works by Lucas Hnath, Laura Jacqmin, Kevin Armento and Ryan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMGo inside the amazing new AMAZING GRACE TV spot
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Chuck Wagner in 'LIVING THE DREAM' on Tuesday,August 4 at 700pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMLast night, the cast of39 STEPS off-Broadway took their dark night offto traveluptown to see Broadway's ON THE TOWN. After the show, they went backstage to say hello to the company. Scroll d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMThe legendary Cicely Tyson who will soon return to Broadway alongside James Earl Jones in The Gin Game, has been announced as one of the recipients of the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors along wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:08PM“It was the best of times, it was the first of times…” is the memorable opening line of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities currently in production at Annapolis Shakespeare Company…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:07PMIn SeaWife, audiences are transported to a 19th century tavern where they attend the tale of the brave Percy, who following in the footsteps of his father decides to conquer ocean’s most e…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:06PMI am excited to announce additional casting for next season’s production of She Loves Me, directed by Scott Ellis. Laura Benanti and Josh Radnor will be joined by Jane Krakowski (Ilona), R…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:05PMAn education in Jackie Washington Day and a celebration of Jenifer Lewis.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:02PMSometimes making theater can feel more like an endurance test than like making art. We sit in the theater for a 10 out of 12. We go to rehearsal night after night, not seeing our friends or …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:00PMIt has to be said that, no matter how good the play might be, programming a three-hour long piece in a small, studio theatre in July – without air conditioning – is going to be a test fo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00PMPereira is the organization's new producing director.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe production will play the McCarter Theatre Center in New Jersey.
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Tickets are now available to see Dave Thomas Brown, who recently appeared off-Broadway in the musical adaptation of Heathers, in Matthew Lopez’s The Legend of Georgia McBride. Directed…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Dylan McDermott Takes on Tennessee Williams
Dylan McDermott, a Golden Globe winner for The Practice, will tread the boards …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMOriginal Broadway and Touring Cast, 1973-74 (MGM/Decca) Sort of a “revisal” of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, though that word had not yet been coined when this show was staged, Lorelei had a…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:52PMThe actress, who has a recurring role on “The Americans,” plays a sports agent in the Fernanda Coppel play at Second Stage Uptown.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:50PMThe title may seem a bit forced but the dance lineup is a welcome addition to Friday afternoons in the Loop. "Thank Dance it's Friday," a five-week series of dance performances, begins Aug. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMChuck Wagner, who starred as Rapunzel's Prince in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods, will bring his solo show Living the Dream to 54 Below in August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMBeauty is a strength and a weakness in “The Peony Pavilion,” an ode to the delirium of love, danced by the National Ballet of China at Wolf Trap on Tuesday night. The two-hour production…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:44PMKing Liz is definitely serves a niche market in the theater - basketball or more generally sports fans. Usually these two don't mix very much at all. However, thanks to the fine …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 04:44PMThe American Repertory Theater's upcoming production of the world premiere of Waitress, the new Sara Bareilles musical, will play the Cambridge, MA venue Aug. 2-Sept. 27 with an offi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMThe American Repertory Theater's upcoming production of the world premiere of Waitress, the new Sara Bareilles musical, will play the Cambridge, MA venue Aug. 2-Sept. 27 with an offi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMAwake and Sing!
Off Broadway, Public Theater, National Asian American Theatre Company
Reviewed by Sarah Moore
BOTTOM LINE: NAATCO’s diverse reimagining of Clifford Odets’ classic drama …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:32PMIf you follow us on twitter then you know we’ve become major fans of Broadway Legacy, a digital catalogue that celebrates African American theatre. When the first set of visuals were…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:21PMTHE KING AND I honors its new king
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PM1. Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr. at Court Jesters Young People’s Theatre. “…fun songs, great dancing and adorable actors…” – April Forrer. READ review. Synopsis…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 04:13PMIn the summer of 2013, City Center launched Encores! Off-Center, a new series featuring seminal Off-Broadway musicals filtered through the lens of today’s most innovative artists. The To…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:08PMDetails are emerging about Summer Hummer IV: Foreplay and we at theatreWashington could not be more excited! Entering its fourth year, the Hummer has quickly become the Washin…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 04:08PMNew 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 04:08PMInside rehearsals for WAITRESS THE MUSICAL
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Penn & Teller On Broadway brings the provocative New Vaudeville magician team back to Broadway for a six-week stand at the Marquis Theatre. The show features magic from their Las…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMPlaybill.com's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry. From auditions to administrative roles, Playbill.com is the online source for care…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMMartin Sherman’s Tony Award-winning drama Bent, about gays trying to stay alive in Nazi Germany where homosexuality is a crime, is having it’s first major revival since the 1979 …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:38PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1948 (Decca) Based on an idea by Jerome Robbins, Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’! was a broad musical comedy about a touring ballet company. It starred the incredibly gifte…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:28PMUnions BECTU and Equity have criticised proposed reforms to strike legislation, claiming they are ‘unnecessary and undemocratic’. The government’s reforms to strike
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:28PMTeen councils aren't just about building young audiences; they've grown into powerful leadership-building and advocacy tools.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:27PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1956 (Painted Smiles) The vibrant overture on this recording tells us that we’re about to hear one of the tangiest revues of the 1950s. Ben Bagley produced the …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:26PMProducer Jeffrey Finn announced today that the new Broadway comedy An Act of God starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jim Parsons recouped its 2.9 million capitalization in just 10 weeks. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMAging punk bands usually seem obliged to prove that their anger is still blazing. Since the Rezillos were never angry in the first place, they don't have that problem.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:22PMPeople such as Luca Patuelli, who was born with a condition that prevented healthy muscle development in his legs, are forcing the dance world to reconsider what is possible
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:21PM"Why would you want to be on your phone instead of watching mother f—ing Patti LuPone? She's right in front of your face, what a disgrace, not to mention all that money you wasted."read mo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:19PMThe National Theatre staging of War Horse has become a West End mainstay and continues at the New London Theatre after nabbing five Tony Awards on Broadway in 2011. The lead role of the equi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMBroadway’s An Act of God, starring Emmy winner Jim Parsons, has recouped its investment. The production, capitalized at $2.9 million, opened officially on May 28 and is scheduled to co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMAndrew Lippa’s The Wild Party is back! Let loose in rehearsal with stars Sutton Foster, Steven Pasquale, Brandon Victor Dixon, Miriam Shor and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PMFEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: CHARLY EVON SIMPSON Happy Anniversary will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Tuesday August 4th at 6:30pm. Click Here for tickets. Charly is a playwright…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 03:00PMTim Murray, star and creator of the web series Lanky Scoliosis, looks back on the five most awkward moments from season one.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:00PMThe first show of the 2015-2016 Broadway season is also its first hit.
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Hungry? Well, there’s a banquet waiting. In a tiny black box space just south of the river, Brave Spirits Theatre, known for staging intimate updates of early modern and Jacobean drama, pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:59PMRachel Resheff, a 15-year-old actress with five Broadway credits, will make her solo concert debut July 26 at 54 Below under the direction of Wicked actress Lindsay Mendez.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMThe Guardian dubbed the play "all style and no fangs." The Telegraph said it "has almost no force at all."
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SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:57PMLook what the stork dropped off: a nice bundle of joy all wrapped up in the musical Baby. It’s happily cooing away at Infinity Theatre Company in Annapolis. And this baby does not just cra…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:55PMThe “play within a play” device is a tough trick to pull off, even for the likes of Shakespeare. XY Players’ Experimental offers up a trippy tale about actors trapped in a murderou…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:55PMJust the Tonic at the CavesThe term character comedy doesn't quite cover what San Francisco standup Will Franken does in an underground cave, late at night on the Fringe. Yes, he flits in an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55PMTransgender comedian Sarah Franken finally became a woman in March after ‘a lifetime of secrecy’. But is she now too happy to cut it as a satirical standup?“I had no idea I was gonna l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1982 (Geffen) Who would have thought that Roger Corman and Charles B. Griffith’s campy 1960 horror flick about a bloodthirsty plant out for world conquest would…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:53PMGetting men to see theater is hard. Strike that, let me rephrase. Getting married straight men to see musical theater is hard unless they are dragged by their wife. It’s a joke that’s be…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:52PMName: Ethan AndersenHometown: New Orleans, LouisianaEducation: I received a BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University in North Carolina.Favorite Credits: I got to play some pretty fun roles …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:52PMArgentinian multi-sensory show Fuerza Bruta celebrated its ten year global anniversary on July 9 at the Daryl Roth Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMAccording to TheaterMania: Broadway is fed up will cell phones. Especially when they’re being used during shows. Or being plugged into fake outlets on sets. What is there to do? Well, …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 02:48PMThe show becomes the first of the young 2015-16 Broadway season to recoup, something only about 25 percent of shows on Broadway do each year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:43PMNathan Lane, who most recently appeared on Broadway in Terence McNally's IT'S ONLY A PLAY, is the latest Broadway starto sign on to the FX limited series, 'American Crime Story O.J. Simpson'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMThe Encores! Off-Center staging of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Queenie, runs July 15-18 at New York City Center. The cast also incl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PMAs is usually the case, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announcement Wednesday of its honorees for 2015 cover a wide and diverse range of artistic genres, from "Star Wars"…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:37PMDiscuss the Many Ways to be a Female Musical Theatre Writer
SOURCE: the-interval.com at 02:36PMThe Sharon Playhouse's staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's celebrated musical Merrily We Roll Along begins performances July 15 at the Connecticut venue, starring…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMAs the old saying goes, Jesus saves, Moses invests, God recoups. Even on Broadway, where 80% of shows fail. The Deity had an inside edge with the Big Bang Theory star as His stand-in at Stud…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:33PM“An Act of God,” the Broadway comedy that stars Emmy winner Jim Parsons, has swiftly made it into the black — ensuring that much of the revenue from the show’s final …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:30PMThe Broadway play An Act of God has recouped its entire $2.9 million capitalization in just 10 weeks of performances–very prompt by Broadway standards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMThe first production of the 2015-16 season has recovered its $2.9 million capitalization in just 10 weeks at Studio 54.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:30PMDylan McDermott, square-jawed star of the ABC lawyer series "The Practice," will play a vengeance-seeking cotton gin owner in a new stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMFor some of us, it's impossible to believe that the upheavals of the mid-1990s - the Rodney King riots, the O.J. Simpson trial - happened over 20 years ago. So Guillermo Reyes' "Men on the V…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:21PMThe Attenberg writer-director becomes the third filmmaker in residence at FSLC after directors Lisandro Alonso (Jauja) and Andrea Arnold (Red Road). During her residency in New York, Tsangar…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:13PMFirst Lady Michelle Obama, her mother Marian Robinson, and her two daughters Sasha and Malia, brought their dancing shoes to the July 11 matinee of the hit Broadway show Kinky Boots. Even t…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:04PMWith favorite funny men Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick starring, and genius director and choreographer Susan Stroman at the helm, the show became Broadway's biggest hit of the early 21st …
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 02:00PMSeriously. Don't make them tell you again.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe organization adds Broadway talent to its ranks.
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Broadway's Hand to God shared their amazement at the close up images of Pluto from the historic NASA fly-by probe, New Horizons.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMGrammy and Tony award-winning musician Duncan Sheik's new video for Photograph, a song off his forthcoming album Legerdemain, is premiering exclusively on Billboard.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMAccording to The New York Times, television star Dylan McDermott has signed on to lead the stage adaptation of Tennessee Williams' 1956 film BABY DOLL at McCarter Theatre in New Jersey this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMThe Muny presents Buddy TheBuddy HollyStorythrough July 20 at Forest Park. Written byAlan Janes, Buddy TheBuddy HollyStory is directed byMarcia Milgrom Dodge, choreographed byJosh Waldenand …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMNathan Lane, who most recently appeared on Broadway in Terence McNally's IT'S ONLY A PLAY, is the latest Broadway starto sign on to the FX limited series, 'American Crime Story O.J. Simpson'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMSome of Broadway's brightest leading ladies bring a little magic to 54 Below.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMYou can’t say that Of Good Stock doesn’t aim to please. It’s set in a spacious Cape Cod vacation home that’s been appealingly designed and lit by Santo Loquasto and Peter Kaczorowski…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:58PMThe play premieres at Traflagar Studios in October
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:45PMThis summer, you can bring a lunch and head to Bryant Park for a series of free hour-long concerts, where Broadway cast members sing songs from various musicals, and the shows range from The…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:44PMThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, and Universal Stage Productions have announced the cast of the world premiere of October Sky, a musical adaptation of the 1999 film about boys, rock…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PMThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, and Universal Stage Productions have announced the cast of the world premiere of October Sky, a musical adaptation of the 1999 film about boys, rock…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PMMr. McDermott will play the role originated by Eli Wallach in the 1956 film written by Tennessee Williams.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:28PMOh my! Star Trek favorite George Takei, who is gearing up to star in Broadway’s Allegiance, befriended possessed puppet Tyrone backstage at Hand to God on July 14, 2015. Clic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMThe Welsh-born actor Roger Rees may be familiar to fans of “Cheers” and “The West Wing.” But he was primarily a denizen of the stage – where he won both an Olivier and Tony awards …
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:20PMBased on the emails I get, I know that a lot of you are looking to work in this sexy biatch of an industry. I know, I know, it seems so cool, and fun and mysterious. It’s a very clos…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 01:20PMCenter Theatre Group continues its reign as one of Los Angeles’ most groundbreaking theater companies, particularly with the announcement of a 2015–16 season that includes, among…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:20PMTrusted fart connoisseur, serial open-letter author, and Bob's Burgers comedian Eugene Mirman had to get creative when he was slammed with injustice on a recent trip to New Hampshire. Visiti…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:20PMThe artist and director of "Neck of the Woods" at the Manchester International Festival damaged part of the Home theater, where the play is running until next Saturday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:20PMPlaywright Wendy Graf grapples with the reasons a young American woman would convert to Islamic radicalism in her world premiere solo show, "All American Girl," an InterACT Theatre Company p…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:18PMWell, your correspondent just seems to have his finger on the pulse, doesn’t he? I was already planning this post about indie cinema from the 80s, when the Mad Marchioness tipped me …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:16PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Tony Award-winner and "30 Rock" star Jane Krakowski has jumped aboard the upcoming Broadway revival of "She Loves Me."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:15PMChristian Dante White teamed with celebrity photographer Brent Dundore to launch "Broadway Legacy," a photographic and editorial exhibition that celebrates African American achieve…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMBy Doug Mayo
Twenty years after Tommy was last seen in London, we are pleased to bring you these first look pictures of the new Tommy and Acid Queen from the new production of The Who’…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:10PMThe American Theatre Wing has just announced new appointments to its Board of Trustees and Advisory Committee, BroadwayWorld has learned.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMThe company of Broadway's SOMETHING ROTTEN will soon head to Barnes amp Noble.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMHugh Jackman has been forced to drop out of Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's upcoming drama COLLATERAL BEAUTY
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMTony and Academy Award-winning actress Liza Minnelli will perform her first post-rehab concert at the IP Casino Resort Spa located in Biloxi, MS, and she says that the set l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMIt may be cliché, but my favorite song is “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” I watched The Wizard of Oz on repeat as a child, idolizing Judy Garland and coveting both her Cairn Terr…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:04PMFor her latest work, playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer was inspired by the real-life landmark case involving the Havasupai Tribe of the Grand Canyon and Arizona State University, in which sc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMA £500,000 scheme aimed at increasing dance touring across rural parts of the UK has been launched. The Rural Touring Dance Initiative,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PMThe Importance of Being Earnest starring David Suchet will be broadcast live to cinemas on October 8. Currently running at the Vaudeville
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PMDaniel Craig, Judi Dench and Mark Rylance are among a number of high-profile arts figures calling on David Cameron to protect the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PMNathan Lane is giving TV another try.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PMThe Hedwig and the Angry Inch star chats with Broadway Style Guide about fashion, handling fame and why he's loving Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThe play's first major U.S. revival since its Broadway premiere in 1979 starts today.
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The Skivviesand Tony winner Laura Benanti have joined the good fight against cell phone usage in the theatre with a new song, aptly titled 'Look Up.' Written by Benanti, the number 'provides…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMFollowing a slew of crushing reviews, Turner Prize-winning director Douglas Gordon took out his frustration on the Manchester's new 25 million HOME theatre - with a pickaxe.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMThe Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, presents the World Premiere of the new musical OCTOBER SKY, previewing August 19, opening August 26 and running through October 11. Wri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMTHURSDAY, JULY 16 As You Like It in Hermosa Beach Bring blankets (chilly location) & low chairs to enjoy Shakespeare-by-the-Sea’s presentation of the great comedy. 7:00 PM • Herm…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:49PMWar and Peas is a charming and delightful treat for young audiences, for the friends and family of young audiences, and for more general audiences who will enjoy and appreciate low-tech, yet…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:44PM“This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.” – T.S. Elliot, “The Hollow Men” Or, if you are Happenstance Theater, the DC area’s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:44PMKristen LePine’s new play Leto Legend offers a feminine perspective on the male-dominated world of comic books and the heroes that populate them. With an emphasis on the comic, the play pr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:44PMAdam Lenson's production will open at Jermyn Street Theatre in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:39PMSeemingly out of nowhere, The Wall Street Journal published a column yesterday, "A Silenced Shakespeare in Washington: Shakespeare without puns is like French cooking without butter,” wh…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 12:33PMMr. Gold, a director, and Ms. Baker, a playwright, whose new show, “John,” opens next Wednesday, have been longtime collaborators with a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award between them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:31PMRECOMMENDED Given that its first scene contains a teenage girl scheduling an abortion and then her boyfriend showing her a gun—one that might as well come with a giant neon “Chekhov&…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:30PMTony winners Cicely Tyson and Rita Moreno, along with Beautiful singer-songwriter Carole King, are among the 2015 Kennedy Center Honorees. They will be recognized, along with filmmaker Georg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19PMThe late, great writer will become a produced playwright of sorts when Studio 180 mounts a reading of his only work of fiction, Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:17PMBroadway's Patricia Clarkson will serve as executive producer of a new six-part docu-series NEW ORLEANS, HERE amp NOW.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMSharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Artistic DirectorJohn Simpkinsand Managing Director Justin Ball, presents a rare staging ofStephen SondheimandGeorge Furth's Merrily We Roll Along f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMI can finally tick it off the list, and if I waited longer than I should have, I can reassure myself that I made a fantastic choice in my first show there. I’ve followed Lazarus Theatre’…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:13PMMichael John LaChiusa's musical See What I Wanna See , is to receive its London premiere. It will begin performances Sept. 8 at Jermyn Street Theatre, prior to an official opening Sept. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMBroadway legends fill 38th group of award winners.
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New 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 11:56AMWinner Pulitzer Prize for Drama 'The Flick' 65 for performances throughAugust 30
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMTHEATER TALK honors the late actordirector Roger Rees with an encore presentation of its 2012 interview featuring Rees and his husband, Rick Elice, discussing their three decades as life-par…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMToday, The Kennedy Center Honors announced their honorees for 2015 are the American rock band Eagles, singer-songwriter Carole King, filmmaker George Lucas, actress and singer Rita Moreno, c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AM“The tribunal centred on whether the actors could be classed as “workers” under law – and therefore entitled to the minimum wage. But the judge decided they should be…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:51AMBy Editorial Staff
Michael John LaChiusa’s Off-Broadway hit See What I Wanna See will have it’s London premiere at the Jermyn Street Theatre for a limited four week run starting …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:49AMSince I got back from my month of remote working in Mallorca, I’ve been lucky enough to pack in lots of trips to the theatre, including this quintuplet of limited season plays that are all…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:41AMLondon's Barbican has released rehearsal photos of Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet, one of the most highly anticipated productions of the U.K. season, attracting more t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMNot as well known or as often produced as Conor McPherson’s later works The Weir, Port Authority or Shining City, this superb production of This Lime Tree Bower is every bit as worthy, in …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AMJourney of a Bombshell: The Ina Ray Hutton Story offers audiences a rare glimpse into the big band culture of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s — from a female bandleader’s perspective. Wr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:29AMClick for photos from the Encores! Off-Center revival of The Wild Party, starring Sutton Foster, Steven Pasquale, Joaquina Kalukango and Brandon Victor Dixon. The production plays July 15 th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:25AMTony-winning Broadway actress Laura Benanti has joined forces with singing duo The Skivvies to add their two cents to the controversy over cell phone use in theatres. And they do it in t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMA Chichester theatre are offering a number of new arts apprenticeships, with the subjects ranging from HR and admin, to lighting and sound. The Chichester Festival Theatre are looking for a …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:16AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced July 15 the selection of individuals who will receive the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced July 15 the selection of individuals who will receive the 2015 Kennedy Center Honors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMBroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the production below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMThe Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper production of Bent, Martin Sherman's seminal drama about gays trying to stay alive in Nazi Germany where homosexuality is a crime, begins previews Jul…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMPlans should be applauded That Cameron Mackintosh wants to transform the Ambassadors Theatre into a flexible space suitable for smaller London and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMCheck out these photos of Andrew Lippa's musical at New York City Center.
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By Tammy Gomez. Poet and playwright Tammy Gomez offers a look at the personal, political, and artistic landscape that poets have navigated to arrive at writing for the stage.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:52AMPLAYS • Zoe Wanamaker and John Dagleish are to feature in Harlequinade as part of Kenneth Branagh’s season of West End plays.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMPaterson Joseph’s one-man show Sancho, An Act of Remembrance will be staged in Oxford and Birmingham prior to a US tour. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMRUTHLESS! composer Marvin Laird played the lead role in a love match at Midtown steakhouse Hunt & Fish Club on Monday night. The cast celebrated the opening night of the returning musical, a…
SOURCE: pagesix.com at 10:46AMFrom the creators of Cruel Intentions: The Musical, comes The Unauthorized O.C. Musical, based on the popular hit TV series that ran for four seasons and concluded in 2007. The stage show, w…
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SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:40AMNew York City is set to get even hotter July 15-18. The Encores! Off-Center staging of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, which stars Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Quee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMBy Carolyn Gage. Playwright Carolyn Gage questions the accepted definition of a “new play” as one that is unpublished and unproduced, arguing that these standards punish entrepreneurial …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:38AMFrances McCann is performing Flickering Seasons, a monologue about recovery and the hurt and guilt a victim can feel during the recovery process, this Friday 17 July 2015 at St Johns in Edin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:38AMJane Krakowski (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, 30 Rock) will return to Roundabout Theatre Company for its 50th anniversary season to co-star on Broadway in a revival of She Loves Me with Re…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:35AMJohn Young's production opens at the Finborough in August
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:32AMContact theatre, ManchesterFrom a pea-eating contest with cocktail sticks to a Bacchic ritual of desire and violence, this inventive, physical triple bill was enjoyably tough to categoriseEv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMCrucible, SheffieldThe audience are evacuated from the smouldering auditorium, witness a suicide bombing and are kettled behind the town hall as site-specific theatremakers Slung Low envisio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMA fierce and elegant collection of dance works, Dancing Ophelia is mostly but not exclusively inspired by Shakespeare, framed by the long tradition of storytelling through movement, and radi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:29AMTony Award winner Laura Benanti, who will return to Broadway later this season in She Loves Me, celebrates her birthday July 15. We look at her varied stage, screen and concert career. Happy…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMBy Steve Schonberg It’s not as scandalous as it sounds (a shame, I know), but if I’ve trampled Miriam Shor’s good name, it wasn’t in vain. It was simply to promote a wild par…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 10:20AMEvery third Wednesday of the month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:16AMThis casting news is way better than vanilla ice cream! Tony and Olivier winner Jane Krakowski, Tony winner René Auberjonois and Olivier winner Gavin Creel have been tapped for She Lo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:16AMWrestling with the WIP puts forward the metaphor of quilt making as a strategy for reconfiguring women’s lives that are ripped apart, fragmented by harmful and impossible ideals. These ide…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:10AMGarréta pulls off a stylistic feat: it is impossible to determine the gender of the two main characters.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMWe are is thrilled to announce Jane Krakowski (Ilona) will return to Roundabout for our 50th Anniversary Season to star alongside René Auberjonois (Maraczek) and Gavin Creel (Kodaly) and …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:00AMJane Krakowski, the “30 Rock” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” star who won a Tony Award for her turn in the musical “Nine,” will return to Broadway in …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMAlong with Rene Auberjonois and Gavin Creel, the '30 Rock' and 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' star joins previously announced leads Laura Benanti and Josh Radnor in the spring musical revival.r…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AMScott Ellis will direct Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016 production of the classic musical.
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The absence of feedback after auditions means actors often have to guess why they were passed over for a part. Too loud?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:56AMMatthew Murray takes a look at at The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2015
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:55AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
The original creators can be proud; I Sing! is a wonderful show with a wonderful cast and deserves to find a home for longer than the scheduled week.
This post REVIEW:…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:54AMWhat do you do when your phone dies at the theatre? Shrug, I imagine, and pop it in your pocket, no longer in danger
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMThe Green Room is so excited to introduce you to the 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 Me…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:39AMDirected by Leigh Silverman and choreographed by Sonya Tayeh, THE WILD PARTY will run tonight, July 15, through July18 at New York City Center.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMGoodspeed MusicalspresentsLA CAGE AUX FOLLES, which began onJune 26, and opens tonight, July 15,2015at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Connecticut.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of Tony Award- winning actor and Tony Award - nominated director, Roger Rees, who passed away last Friday at age 71. The marquees of Broadway theatres …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMSharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Simpkins and Managing Director Justin Ball, presents a rare staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Merrily We Roll Al…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, James rocked out with Rod Stewart and AAP Rocky for some early morning Carpool Karaoke.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMGood 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 Sutton Foster gets wild at Encores ton…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMZACH Theatre presents Sophisticated Ladies, theDuke Ellingtonmusical review starring Broadway's original Dreamgirl,Jennifer Holliday. ZACH Theatre Associate Artistic Director ABE REYBOLD wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director just announced that Jane Krakowski Ilona will return to Roundabout Theatre Company for their 50th Anniversary Season to star alongsi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMWhile he was in rehearsals, Bwarie chatted with BroadwayWorld about what to expect from the new reworking,playing the iconic man, his upcomingsolo album, and so much more. Check out the full…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMChichester Festival Theatre has announced a new apprenticeship scheme that will offer opportunities for young people in five areas of the organisation.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMA new exhibition about Vivien Leigh, featuring scripts, costumes and diaries that belonged to the actor, will go on display in York
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMMountview Academy of Theatre Arts is planning to move from its north London home to a new site in Peckham. The school,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMThe Green Room is so excited to introduce you to the 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 Me…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:36AMThe Green Room is so excited to introduce you to the 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 Me…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:34AMKing’s Head, LondonClad in loincloths and festooned with chains, two penitents duke it out over a patch of desert in this sharply satirical, weirdly fascinating Peter Barnes revivalI somet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:31AMMichael Longhurst's production has arrived in London following a UK tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:27AMSancho: An Act of Remembrance will premiere at the Oxford Playhouse in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:27AM43 people did not have a good time tonight at Journey of a Bombshell: The Ina Ray Hutton Story last night. That’s because the Anacostia Arts Center Black Box theater seats 60 and was l…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:27AMCapital Stage production prods audience to consider societal implicationsProjects hope human-like robots can extend human consciousness People feel revulsion if robots are too human-like &#…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 09:26AMRECOMMENDED You know what “Men of Soul” is? It’s a whole lot of fun. The newly put together musical revue of hits from the sixties through the early nineties is an evening’s worth of…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:00AM
the bells ringing aren't from cell phones in this classical musical comedy revival at the beautiful Colonial Theater
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:58AMMatthew Murray takes a look at Real Men at The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2015
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:45AMMatthew Murray takes a look at Wearing Black at The New York Musical Theatre Festival 2015
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:27AMCBS has announced that ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY star Kristin Chenoweth will guest on LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN on Wednesday, July 22.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMJonathan Demme's musical dramedy RICKI AND THE FLASH, starring Meryl Streep,will open the 68th Locarno Film Festival. The film was written by Diablo Cody Juno will have its world premiere on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMThe dancing in Badke goes from social celebration to claustrophobic exhaustion, and back again. Ten Palestinian dancers, with backgrounds from hip hop to ballet, hurl themselves joyfully int…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18AMThink long,14th-century poems are boring? Simon Armitage will make you think again, says Jane Shilling
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This evening, I was sent to see Noonday Demons at the Kings' Head Theatre. But, that is not exactly what happened...
This post REVIEW: Noonday Demons, Kings Head Theatre �…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:59AMTake this quiz and find out whether you’re Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom Jr.) Thomas Jefferson (Daveed Diggs) King George III (Jonathan Groff) George Washington (Christopher Jackson) or Alex…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:53AMThe "green-ey'd monster" struts and frets against the green foliage in First Folio Theatre's annual outdoor Shakespeare production. But unlike "Othello," there's no Iago in "The Winter's Tal…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:48AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:30AMThe theatre celebrates its 35th year with a season of new plays and adaptations
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMIn this production, jauntily directed by Ayckbourn himself, Confusions is revealed unquestionably as a period piece steeped in the sexual politics of the 1970s, says Claire Allfree
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:21AMIt's not just the audiences whose bad behaviour, recently highlighted by Patti LuPone, needs fixing. According to reports from Manchester, the Turner Prize winning artist Douglas Gordon …
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:17AMIt's not just the audiences whose bad behaviour, recently highlighted by Patti LuPone, needs fixing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:17AMA complete performance by the Paris Opera Ballet of Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, choreographed in 1969 and telecast in 2014. The score consists of piano pieces by Chopin, played …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMIn his perfectly pitched standup routines, Martin lacerated Hollywood’s celebrity culture from within. His jokes are as honed as his banjo playingI am a Steve Martin completist. I love him…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:14AMYou join me shortly after the opening night of London’s latest musical – and so after 10 weeks of the concentrated work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on it.” Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time
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Interviewing Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal, or trying to, about their upcoming national tour of Love Letters that kicks off in Fort Lauderdale next week seems almost churlishly interfering w…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:58AMClashes between artists and technology-wielding patrons are intensifying. Last week, Patti LuPone grabbed a cellphone from a startled audience member as LuPone was making her exit at New Yor…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:55AMDeath, lust, violence, and power are not exactly the typical fare of summer theater, but you’ll find all of these in great abundance in the double bill of one-acts being offered up by PTP/…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:50AMTwo decades ago, cabaret was mesmerized by the sudden presence of a phenomenal male vocalist by the name of Tom Andersen, who quickly found himself not merely an overnight sensation in the c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AMBy Doug Mayo
Cameron Mackintosh has announced that his revival of Miss Saigon will close at the Prince Edward Theatre on Saturday 27 February 2016, almost two years after it opened to rave r…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:47AMSlung Low's 'city-sized spectacular' features a community cast of 127
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:19AMElaine Paige and Michelle Collins were among guests last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:19AMNick Payne's two-hander returns to London following a UK tour and Broadway transfer
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Get ready for a performance unlike any other you’ve seen – this variety show features an award-winning troupe of professional performers focused on the weird, the quirky, and the downrig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:34AMMichelle Terry (currently playing Rosalind at Shakespeare’s Globe): “Going into the forest of Arden, disguised as a man, means she gets to explore every possible version of herse…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:28AM[ Click on any photo to enlarge ] It doesn’t get much better than this for residents of the once Sandy-ravaged Rockaway Beach. The pleasantly warm summer weather and low humidity have the …
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 03:10AMMartin McDonagh’s first new play in London for more than 10 years will receive its world premiere as part of the Royal
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:10AMOne of the single most daunting problems arts orgs face when converting to responsive design is embracing the mobile first concept; meaning, you no longer envision website design from a desk…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMFollowing the celebrations at the BFI and National Portrait Gallery in her centenary year, Vivien Leigh returns to the West End this
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Benedict Cumberbatch, best known by many as Sherlock, returns to the stage as Hamlet in his first theatre role in four years. Here’s a sneak peak at rehearsals for the show that has become…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AMThe dying words of a mentally disabled man, executed in Texas after 18 years, have inspired my new play – and should move us all to changeIn Huntsville, Texas, at 6.32pm on 7 August 2012, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54AM by Joe Regan Jr. Charles Busch, with his talented musical director/vocalist partner, Tom Judson, returned to 54 Below with an all new program called That Girl/That Boy, on...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:33AMLast week I drew attention to Joan Garry’s post for people in the for profit field who wanted to interview for a position as a non-profit executive director. Since then, I came across …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 02:26AMThe Movement: 50 Years of Love and Struggle is a powerful one-man show representing the Civil Rights struggle in America for the past 50 years. Impressively directed by Willette Thompson and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:26AM by Joe Regan Jr. Despite a threatening storm and a crane that was blocking traffic at the Metropolitan Room entrance, on Saturday, July 11, Stacy Sullivan’s new...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:23AMLast week Juliet Stevenson railed publicly against the cost of going to see her friend Harriet Walter in the current revival of
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Aspire Performing Arts Company’s Senior Performing Ensemble is in final rehearsals in Wayne for its production of “The Drowsy Chaperone.”
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 12:54AMJasmine Saunise completes casting for the upcoming reading of Steven Carl McCasland's new play Memorare. The reading, which is open to the public, will take place at the Arthur Seelen Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39AMZACH Theatre presents Sophisticated Ladies, the Duke Ellington musical review starring Broadway's original Dreamgirl, Jennifer Holliday. ZACH Theatre Associate Artistic Director ABE REYBOLD …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39AMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Although "Sayonara, The Musical" had an acclaimed lavish production at Paper Mill Playhouse in 1987 and a later version at Houston’s Theatre U…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:37AMWith breaking news arising late last week of Glenn Close being considered for a return to her Tony Award-winning role in Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black and Christopher Hampton's Tony Award-w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMThe audacious and groundbreaking Landless Theatre Company at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center in NE Washington, DC, performed an exciting “prog-metal “version of Stephen Sondheim’s cl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:18AMGreat Performances Presents Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones in Driving Miss Daisy Shot Live in Australia July 17
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SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:06AMJane Krakowski, who won a Tony Award for her performance in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Nine, will return to Broadway for RTC's 50th anniversary season to star in the Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMToronto's only classical music summer program, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, adopts Pan Am theme of the Americas.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMEncores! Off-Center presents New York City's first revival of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, which opened Off-Broadway 15 years ago at the Manhattan Theatre Club. Check in wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Sharon Playhouse's staging of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's celebrated musical Merrily We Roll Along begins performances July 15 at the Connecticut venue, starring…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new Broadway suspense thriller Misery, starring Emmy Award winners Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, is putting special pre-sale tickets on sale July 15 to July 26 for exclusively for…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper production of Bent, Martin Sherman's seminal drama about gays trying to stay alive in Nazi Germany where homosexuality is a crime, begins previews Jul…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Goodspeed Musicals production of the Tony-winning Best Musical La Cage aux Folles officially opens July 15 following previews that began June 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhat's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined, which originally premiered at Off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop in 2013, opens officailly at London's Menier Chocolate Facto…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1856 Birthday of prolific producer Charles Frohman (1856-1915) who, often in collaboration with his brothers Daniel and Gustave, produced dozens of Broadway shows including Sherlock Holm…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFans of Kelli O'Hara rejoiced when, after 15 years and five nominations, the leading lady of Broadway won her first Tony Award. One month after the June 7 awards, O'Hara reflects on …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 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 12:00AMNew York City is set to get even hotter July 15-18. The Encores! Off-Center staging of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party, which stars Tony Award winner Sutton Foster as Quee…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe road from rehearsal studio to stage premiere often can be abrupt, resulting in a not-ready-for-prime-time performance. Although cost issues may deem this necessary, more choreographers a…
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