You can catch Alex Nee playing Andrej - and understudying the lead role of Guy - in Once at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts through August 16. It's a deman…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 10:49PMFULL CIRCLE's Brittany Snow is the latest original cast member to sign on for PITCH PERFECT 3, set to hit theaters on July 21, 2017, with stars Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson also returning.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21PMBroadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that Christopher Tierney and Gillian Abbott will star as Johnny Castle and Frances “Baby” Houseman in the Chicago return of Dirty Dancing – …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:12PMBrought to you by BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Tuesday, July 28, 2015 Focus on Mobile Drives Social Media Satisfaction Higher, Survey Finds NBC NEWS – by HERB WEISBAUM It’s an interesti…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:08PMAfter more than 18 months without an advocate in chief, theater professionals across the country can breathe a sigh of relief. The National Endowment for the Arts announced Tuesday that Gre…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:08PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Many journalists who have written feature profiles of public figures will have experienced that light-bulb moment, once the cautious mutual-assessment phase is conclu…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:08PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick has joined the upcoming cast of A.R. Gurney's "Sylvia" on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:08PMCall Answered: When I got to interview the cast of Living on Love last year, I got to interview Trixie the dog. So when The Algonquin Hotel approached me to see if I would interested in prov…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 10:08PMThe opera canceled the free outdoor screening at Lincoln Center, but will offer more seats at a simulcast in Times Square.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:08PMRobert De Niro is on board to bring “A Bronx Tale” back to the stage – as a musical.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:04PMBoy George didn’t just perform his first New York show with Culture Club in 15 years at the Beacon on Monday.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:04PMLIZ “it’s good to be king” Rico is a powerful sports agent with a great pitch. “Nobody can stop me,” she tells the high-school basketball star she’s wooing. “No one....
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PM
Matthew Broderick will return to Broadway in the A.R. Gurney play 'Sylvia.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:58PMSt. Louis' most-Shazamed tracks, brought to you exclusively by Go! Magazine and STLtoday.com.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:57PMThis summer, Museum of the Moving Image will present See It Big 70mm, every weekend from August 7 through 30, featuring eight films made between 1961 and 2014 -- all of them shot in 70mm and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57PMQueen Latifah and Mary J. Blige are the latest singers ready to make mischief in Oz for NBC’s upcoming live production of “The Wiz.” Executive producer Craig Zadan shared t…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:56PMThe Present Tense Ensemble will present a free rehearsed reading of their new Australian musical, Errol and Fidel, at the Memo Music Hall in St.Kilda on Thursday August 6. Based on the no…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:44PMHere's what NOT to do at an audition, straight from five Broadway divas.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01PMNederlander will soon be funneling a new hunk of real estate profit we hope into the arts in New York City. The organization just sold nearly 20,000 square feet of air above its Neil Simon T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PMThe upcoming live performance of the Broadway musical plans to take its presentation from TV to the New York stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PM
No bad news here! Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige have been tapped for the live telecast of The Wiz. The musical will air on NBC on December 3, with plans to bring it to Broadway in the 2016…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:58PMTony winner and Oscar nominee Frank Langella will appear opposite Bryan Cranston in the HBO film adaptation of All the Way. According to Deadline, the Frost/Nixon star will take on the role …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:58PMAfter rumors in May, it's official TheWrap reports that INTO THE WOODS prince Chris Pine will play 'Steve Trevor' opposite Gal Gadot in Warner Bros. upcoming WONDER WOMAN movie, helmed by Pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PMThere’s a Pulitzer finalist play currently taking shape at the Eternity Playhouse in Sydney, the home of Darlinghurst Theatre Co. The play is Lisa D’Amour’s Detroit, and a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:45PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige have joined the cast of NBC's highly-anticipated THE WIZ LIVELatifahwill play the Wiz, and Blige will be the Wicked Witch of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PMStage and screen vetFrank Langella is headed to HBO's upcoming TV adaptation of Robert Schenkkan's Tony-winning play ALL THE WAY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, welcomedDonna Vivino,Lesli Margherita,Drew Gasparini,Ben Fankhauser, and more in '54 SingsLady Gaga' last night, July 27. BroadwayWorld has photos from the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PMThe trailer for the latest installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise features a familiar face, 2013 Tony Award Winner, Patina Miller (Pippin). Reprising her role from the previ…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:39PMBy the time soul singer Ryan Shaw hit the stage of “America’s Got Talent” he had already earned three Grammy nominations. In addition he played the role of the indomitable Stev…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:29PMGrammy Award-winning singers Mary J. Blige and Queen Latifah are the latest stars to board NBC's live broadcast of the Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz, according to EW.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:29PMDirector who adapted Sanskrit epic into famed nine-hour production in 1980s will draw on section about family torn apart by war for Young Vic showPeter Brook is to return to one of his most …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20PMDid a glitzy awards ceremony give George Brandis pause for thought, as it did the rest of the audience, about the true value of arts and culture in Australia?Paul Kelly honoured at Helpmanns…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:20PMThis latest Theater Loop Showcase is Kevin Pollack as a very commmited and convincing Joe Cocker, singing "With a Little Help From My Friends" - as Cocker sang the Beatles song at Woodstock …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:16PMMusical mainstays Lindsay Mendez and Gideon Glick don’t sing (well, too much) in Josh Harmon’s off-Broadway comedy Significant Other, but their heartwarming portrayal of bes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:13PMPhoto Credit: Jen Rosenstein You could say it’s in the genes. While Jennifer Hudson gears up for her Broadway debut as Shug Avery in The Color Purple, her son five-year old David Danie…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 07:11PM
On December 3, NBC will air a live production of The Wiz. While Stephanie Mills has been cast as Aunt Em, there has been rampant speculation about who would play the other roles. A few…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:59PMWashington, DC – The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today that Greg Reiner will join the NEA as the director of theater and musical theater starting on September 8, 2015. …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:54PMMartin Sherman's BENT,a groundbreaking drama about the rare power of love in the most inhumane conditions, opened at theCenter Theatre GroupMark Taper Forumlast Sunday, July 26, 2015.Directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51PMPhoto Credit: Peter Cooper I’ve seen many productions of The Tempest in my lifetime. I’ve seen it performed by middle schoolers, high schoolers, and my University even had the ac…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:47PMThe Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park continues with CYMBELINE, whichbegan performances on Thursday, July 23,and runs through Sunday, August 23, with an official press opening on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMKINKY BOOTS star Nick Rashad Burroughs gave a tour of his NYC apartment on a recent episode of of MTV CRIBS. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PM There is much to learn about a nearly-forgotten American icon in this ultimately moving theatre piece. By Joel Benjamin It’s beyond puzzling figuring out…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:43PMThe trouble with the classics is that they are long, complex and difficult. But today’s sensibility favours the quick, simple and easy. So it is no surprise that the National Theatre have …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:38PMRich girl sleeps with her chauffeur. It ends badly. When done well, “Miss Julie” is a harrowing look at the class war. And when it’s done really well — as...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:38PMPlaybill got an exclusive look at the manic goings-on of Off-Broadway's 39 Steps. In the show — a comic take on Alfred Hitchcock's classic film — only fou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:24PMMajor Events Set for 53rd New York Film Festival, September 25 - October 11 By: Ellis NassourThe 53rd New York Film Fes…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:16PMThis is the most self-serving of posts. This week, the new third edition of the Norton Shakespeare finally came out. It’s a total overhaul of this widely used text: unlike the first t…
SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 06:14PMWell, that was fast. The cast of Broadway’s Tony winning “Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” is leaving on September Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:10PMPatrick Marber turns out another gem during Rufus Norris's impressive honeymoon period, says Dominic Cavendish
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:00PMIsaac Robert Hurwitz, who co-founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004 and served as its executive director and producer for 10 years, has been named senior vice president of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMSteppenwolf Theatre turns up the heat in a Bronx soup kitchen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMSteep Theatre brings the U.S. premiere of Alistair McDowell's genre-bending saga to Chicago.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe gay Holocaust drama remains a chilling warning of how badly humanity can behave.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe right pup will become the face of the Daniel Sullivan's production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMCheck out these production photos of Shakespeare's late romance at the Delacorte Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Alex Sharp will conclude his Tony Award-winning run in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in September, and he seems ready to join The Lion King — judging fr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53PMA host of theatre artists, including Joe Iconis, Emily Padgett and Katrina Rose Dideriksen, took part in 54 Sings Lady Gaga! on July 27 at 54 Below. The sold out evening was produced and dir…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53PMOn the heels of today's big addition of Matthew Broderick to the cast of the Broadway revival of SYLVIA, --the modern romantic comedy about a midlife crisis, empty nesters, commitment, thera…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMScott Adsit, the Second City veteran also known for his work on "30 Rock," is returning to Chicago Aug. 7 with a new improv concept, "Stolen House."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMOne of the best off-Loop shows of the season, the Sideshow Theatre Company staging of "Stupid F---ing Bird," has reopened at the Victory Gardens Theater in an expanded commercial production,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Brian d'Arcy James' Movie Wins Toronto Spot
Good news for Something Rotten headliner Brian d’Arcy James. The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:45PMThomas Ostermeier’s staging of Strindberg’s 1888 tale about a socially forbidden love affair resets the story in the world of Russia’s new billionaires.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:41PMMatt Gould and Griffin Matthews' INVISIBLE THREAD, formerly titled WITNESS UGANDA, is headed on the trip of a lifetime before it lands back in the States for its off-Broadway premiere at Sec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMBack in 2011, it was announenced that Broadway living legend Barbara Cook would collaborate with New York Times theatre critic Charles Isherwood on a memoir. The book never made it to the sh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMSeason 2 of the hit web-comedy THE RESIDUALS will air exclusively here, on BroadwayWorld throughout the summer. Check back every Tuesday for a new episode, plus tune in on Thursdays for exci…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMThe mammoth Dream Hotel project underway at the border of the Broadway theater district and the Garment Center just got a little mammother with an expensive infusion of Nederlander Organiza…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:33PMThe 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, officially opened J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMDavid Hanbury’s drag show mines the repertories of favorites like Streisand and Minnelli, as well as the sad story of Mrs. Smith’s missing cat.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:25PMNext season at the theatre will feature new plays from Ruby Rae Spiegel, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Young Jean Lee and Natsu Onoda Power.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PMAt least they won't have to appear on a catwalk.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PM“Many of this country’s finest directors (like Antoni Cimolino and Albert Schultz) learned their craft as young actors in Phillips’ finest days. Hundreds of performers credit him a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:16PMIsaac Robert Hurwitz, the longtime New York theater impresario who co-founded the New York Musical Theater Festival, is now officially a Hollywood executive, signing on as a senior vice pres…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:16PMOne of the best off-Loop shows of the past season, the Sideshow Theatre Company staging of "Stupid F---ing Bird," has reopened at the Victory Gardens Theater in an expanded commercial produc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:02PMThree American musicals from the last three decades have made major waves in London over the last week, even though their original American runs only created minor ripples.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMHurwitz will oversee the development of musical versions of films like Mrs. Doubtfire.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMTodd Almond brings Matthew Sweet's 1991 record to life onstage through the story of two boys who fall in love.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe musical will play for a little bit longer in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe evening is a celebration of Jewish influences on musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Many of you have seen my new logo’s (kindly created by Peter Frow) and also my blogs on Island of the Lost Children. I’m passionate about New Writing and look […]
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:54PMTwo-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick will join the cast of Sylvia, A.R. Gurney’s comedy about the special relationship between a middle-aged man and his dog. The play begins previews per…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:48PMRelive the epic cycle by August Wilson
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, and KulturfestNYC, the citywide week-long summer mega-festival that brought in over 50,000 attendees, present Another Hundred Years on Wednesday, August 5th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMTwo theatre stars soap up on the small screen
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMFannounced the winners of the 2015 NYMF Awards for Excellence, which were awarded last night, July 27, 2015 at Urbo 11 Times Square.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMTony winner Alex Sharp was having some fun yesterday, with the help of his Tony and a special canine friend. He writes on Intagram THE KING IS BORN curiousincident curiousbroadwaylionking si…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMBobby Steggert discusses MY PARIS, in whiuch he plays French artist Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, The show is now playing at Connecticut's Norma Terris Theater in Chester.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMIn honor of the star-studded development, BroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive look at the cast onstage and in rehearsal, as well as comprehensive QampA with SLOW FOOD's company
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMA fresh look at WAITRESS THE MUSICAL
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMIn a Chicago summer marked by an unusual number of outstanding shows, the most remarkable one of all is "Feast." A unique celebration of the role food plays in the lives of this city's immig…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:35PM54 Below, in collaboration with the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's KulturefestNYC, will host a tribute concert in honor of the late Theodore Bikel, who passed away July 21 and was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMThe 15th annual festival includes readings of works by Paul Gordon, Cheryl L. Davis, and Christine Toy Johnson, and a developmental production from Kevin So and Kevin Merritt.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:33PMAfter a year of rave reviews, fine dining and the site of some of the hottest events, tapas-style restaurant, El Tapeo, will celebrate its first anniversary by offering guests a savory prix …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:32PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the Chicago premiere of Unspeakable, a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic legend Richard Pryor, will play the Broadway Playhouse at…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:32PMSummer Shorts Series A
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theatres
Reviewed by Ken Kaissar
BOTTOM LINE: A fun, intelligent, and moving compilation of three short plays by Neil LaBute, Vickie Ramirez, and …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 04:09PMNow in its 24th season, the National Asian-American Theater Company (NAATCO) is presenting Awake and Sing!, Clifford Odets’ Depression-era play about the Bergers, a Jewish family, living i…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:07PM I was lucky enough to see AsIs on its press night and met the charming and highly talented Giles Cooper. It occurred to me I knew very little about […]
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:02PM
A two-week celebration of Broadway, titled Project B-Way/95, will be part of the 37th season of programming at New York's Symphony Space, the first under the leadership of new ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMThe new Off-Broadway musical Invisible Thread, directed by Tony winner Diane Paulus, has reached its crowd-funding goal of $45,000 in order to send the cast, creators and a film crew…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMWith world premieres from Kathleen Akerley and Emily Chadwick Weiss, and revivals of Ntozake Shange and Marc Bamuthi Joseph, the theatre aims to explore identity next season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:55PMThe 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival has announced the winners of its annual awards for outstanding achievement. This year's festival ran July 7-27, and introduced new musicals…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMHandel's oratorio in a wildly imaginative staging by Barrie Kosky
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:49PMBy Doug Mayo
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record breaking musical Cats is back in the UK for a series of limited engagements in Blackpool, London and Manchester. Based on T. S. Eliot’s …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:48PMby JULIO MARTINEZ
12 miles inland from Ventura and 26 miles east of Santa Barbara, the village of Ojai is set to host its 18th annual Ojai Playwrights New Works Festival, beginning Sunda…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:48PMIt's a super good day for Tyler Lea, who will make his Broadway debut as Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He will take over for Alex Sharp when the Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMTony winner Matthew Broderick has been tapped to join the already starry cast of A.R. Gurney's Sylvia as new dog owner Greg. The production will also star Tony winners Annaleigh Ashford …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMNBC will present The Wiz as its latest live telecast on December 3, but there’s only one problem: We still need a Dorothy! Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, director Kenny Leon, ch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMClick for photos from the star-studded opening night celebration of off-Broadway’s The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey on July 27, 2015 at the Hunt & Fish Club. See the new p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMToday I crossed paths with a deadbeat. No, it's not the first time. Or the last. But it always surprises me when it happens. I have a pretty positive outlook on life, so it stings when I run…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:29PM Indelible Images is a showcase of new writing from three emerging writers and theatre-makers which is coming to the Canal Cafe Theatre as part of Camden Fringe on 16th […]
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:28PMDirector David Zucker, actor Sean Young, and stuntman Corey Eubanks are all scheduled to attend the San Antonio Film Festival, which takes place July 28th through August 2nd at the Tobin Cen…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:22PMYour child was invited to audition for the next big Broadway show. You and your child arrive at the building, find your room number, and head toward it. Children and their parents are pourin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMToday is the birthday of Joe E. Brown — for more on this comedian’s early career see my full bio here. He’s not to everybody’s tastes. Many people I know and respect …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:22PMMatthew Broderick, the two-time Tony winner who appeared in last season’s hit “It’s Only a Play,” will round out the cast of “Sylvia,” the new production …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:22PMRob Melrose will take a one-year sabbatical, and co-founder Paige Rogers will oversee the theatre during his absence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:11PMThe former Warhol Superstar’s current show, Longing Lasts Longer, lambasts the gentrification of her beloved city, which she rechristens ‘the Big Cupcake’Penny Arcade wants to use the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:10PMThe Off-Broadway theatre company Primary Stages announced to subscribers in a recent email that it will make Greenwich Village's Cherry Lane Theater its permanent home in 2016. Prima…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMThis week has been a mix of preparing papers to run the MA in Creative Producing at Mountview, taking on the co-ordination of the Producers’ Pool network, re-editing my own book “…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:04PMThursday, August 13 - 7:00 pmGuild Hall (1 E. 29 St) Reserve your seat today for our upcoming evening of short plays, featuring a talented cast of actors performing: The Dinner Par…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 03:02PMSee who will be starring in the Tony-winning drama this fall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Public Theater presents its sixth annual exploration of classic plays and historical legacies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMDaniel Sullivan directs A.R. Gurney's comedy about a talking dog who disrupts a wealthy couple's marriage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The first major U.S. revival of the seminal 1979 gay-themed play since its premiere opens in Los Angeles.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:59PMFEATURED PLAYWRIGHT: SARA ISRAEL Tastes Like Teen Spirit! will be presented at the Samuel French OOB Festival on Friday August 7th at 8:00pm. Click Here for tickets. Sara Israel’s acti…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 02:54PMHe will hit the stage with Annaleigh Ashford, Julie White and Robert Sella in the new staging of A.R. Gurney's 1995 play about a midlife crisis and a life-altering dog.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:45PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
So often the press night comes too early in a run to fully assess a production’s potential. This welcome and ambitious new version has not yet attained greatness but ce…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:42PMAmazing Grace, the new musical about John Newton — the man who wrote one of the world's most beloved songs — is now playing on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. Spend a two-s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMAmazing Grace, the new musical about John Newton — the man who wrote one of the world's most beloved songs — is now playing on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre. Spend a two-s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMEver wonder which Broadway tunes have inspired your favorite performers Check back every Tuesday for ON RECORD- to find out which cast recordings have made an impact on Broadway's brightest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMWestport Country Playhouse will stage the world premiere previews of A. R. Gurney's Love and Money, a new comedy exploring the trials of class, family, legacy, and race, directed by Mark Lam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMTony winner Laura Benanti and Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan join GLEE's Melissa Benoist in CBS's new action adventure drama series SUPERGIRL, premiering Monday, Oct. 26 830-930 PM, ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:39PMMartin Sherman's 'Bent,' a groundbreaking drama about the rare power of love in the most inhumane conditions, opened onJuly 26 at theCenter Theatre GroupMark Taper Forum. Directed by Moises …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMOn September 15, the Tony Award-winning production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will welcome Tyler Lea in his Broadway debut as Christopher, Rosie Benton Stick Fly as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMThe Public Theater announced the 2015 Fall Public Forum season, featuring an exciting line-up of one-night-only performances and conversations that connect dramatic literature to the way we …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMTickets for SYLVIA, a modern romantic comedy about a midlife crisis, empty nesters, commitment, therapists, and a dog who is life-changing, will go on sale starting June 17, 2015, at 1000 a.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMWhatever has attracted you to this show, whether you’re in Edinburgh, London or elsewhere, it doesn’t really matter what answers you have come looking for because Real Life will …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:38PMIn the small, friendly and truly atmospheric Pheasantry, Anne Reid and Stefan Bednarczyk step onto the stage. They start with Reid at the piano and Bednarczyk singing, but soon swap places. …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:38PMGood morning, all you stalwart Bachelorette fans We've made it to the end of yet another season, and I believe I've consumed roughly 350 gallons of rose along the way. Last night's finale ga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMJuliet is 70 in the Unexpected Stage Company’s “Romeo and Juliet: Love Knows No Age.” Maturity is upside down in this show: Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers live in a nursing home, …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:33PMThe biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons has finally come to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a sold-out, two-week run Tuesday at a Salt Lake City theater two blocks from the churc…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 02:32PMIn a theatrical landscape as diverse as it is populated, the old saying holds true: If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. With approximately 2,000 productions per year fr…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:32PMLONDON (Reuters) - Grand illusions, mind readings and death-defying escapology come to London this summer in a magic show billed as "the biggest in decades" in the British capital.
SOURCE: Reuters at 02:32PMUnder its new artistic director, Andrew Byrne, Symphony Space will offer a season centering on four projects.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMTwenty years ago Our Girl in Chicago took me on a tour of Frank Lloyd Wright’s self-designed home in Oak Park, Illinois. It was the beginning of what was soon to become a full-blown obsess…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:28PMBritish-born artistic director of Stratford Festival changed the way we look at Shakespeare.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:26PMTyler Lea has been named successor to Tony Award winner Alex Sharp in the lead role of Broadway's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which plays the Barrymore Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMTwo-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick, recently seen in Terrence McNally's It's Only a Play, will return to Broadway this fall in A.R. Gurney's comedy Sylvia, which…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMBroadway couple Hunter Foster and Jennifer Cody will co-star in the Geva Theatre Center's upcoming production of the Tony-winning Best Musical Monty Python’s Spamalot, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM“Since the beginning of my career as a choreographer, I have always selected a group of international individuals. I like the idea that everything we have created in dance has come fro…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 02:03PMThis is TheaterMania's roundup of reviews for the 2015 Midtown International Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMKaren Zacarías is the author of the new comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThis is TheaterMania's roundup of reviews for the 2015 Midtown International Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMSee what took home the big prizes after this year's annual fest.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Ardhowen theatre, Enniskillen Beckett’s cast of lost souls astonish with dramatic expression in this visionary homage Back in 1981, when Maguy Marin was a young and unknown choreographer, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:57PMClarity. It's imperative. If an idea makes sense to the author, translating that idea to their audience is the goal. When the plot is too dense and the language and lingo do not resonate, a …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:57PMIsaac Robert Hurwitz, who co-founded the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2004 and served as its executive director and producer for 10 years, has been named senior vice president of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMShakespeare's classic tale Hamlet will get a contemporary make-over by the Brewing Dept. at HERE next month in a newly devised theatrical piece titled HamletGhosts. The work blends a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMAfter a two-year courtship, Fox Stage Productions has officially hired New York Music Theatre Festival founder Isaac Robert Hurwitz as SVP, reporting to Bob Cohen, who oversees the division …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:34PMHolmdel Theatre Company’s 2000 “Twelfth Night” was as good a local Shakespeare as I’d seen. Holmdel’s current production of the same play doesn’t reach that level, but it is not …
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 01:33PMIconic singer Cyndi Lauper joined TODAY's Kathie Lee and Hoda this morningto talk about the global expansion of her musical KINKY BOOTS, her struggles with psoriasis, and a couple of new pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMEast London venue Hoxton Hall is to relaunch later this year as a home for contemporary variety performance. The Victorian music hall
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMRobin Phillips, a former Royal Shakespeare Company director and ex-artistic director of the Stratford Festival Theatre in Ontario, has died at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMSmall word choices reveal universes in Robert Tenges' tense "Whatever," now in a world premiere at the Side Project under Adam Webster's direction. The title itself - that well-worn passive-…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:33PMSymphony Space will usher in a new series of works for its 2015-16 season, thanks to new artistic director Andrew Byrne.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMBroadwayWorld is excited to bring you a first look at Ogunquit Playhouse'sstage, screen and televisionValerie Harperstarringin the role of the wealthy and stylish 'Millicent Winter' in the d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMCelebrating 20 years since its first performance off-Broadway, an all-new London production of triple-Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's first musical, Songs for a New World is at the St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMCelebrating 20 years since its first performance off-Broadway, an all-new London production of triple-Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's first musical, Songs for a New World is at the St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMThe controversial but popular musical has come to Salt Lake City, the global base of the faith
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:19PMThe former administrator for Tectonic Theater Projects and Classic Stage Company will manage both theatre and musical theatre grants for the endowment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:08PMA revival of "Mack & Mabel" gets its energy from the show's star, Michael Ball, while "Songs for a New World'' displays its wit and rue.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:02PMTziporela, a highly inventive comedy troupe from Israel is currently appearing in Odd Birdz at The Players Theater in Manhattan. Who is Tziporela and what is Odd Birdz? Stagebuddy chased dow…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:02PMSomething’s in the air. Recently, I’ve had more than a handful of requests to meet actors who wish to make the transition
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMThe Wayward Bunny will be performed under the direction of Srda Vasiljevic.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMGet a taste of the annual Christmas Spectacular months before the holiday season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMHarold Chapin's drama, first produced in 1920, returns to the stage.
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Sara IsraelHometown: Delmar, NY Current Town: Los Angeles, CA Q: Tell me about your OOB play. A: I have a series of s…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:00PM
To celebrate Bryce Pinkham’s return to Gentleman's Guide, here are 16 GIFS perfect to punctuate all your Gchat and Facebook convos.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:59PMCritics' pick: Evil little blond girls never get old. When Tina Denmark, a precocious song-and-dance sociopath who garrotes a rival for the lead in her grade-school play, made her debut in t…
SOURCE: Time Out at 12:55PMBy Spencer Shannon. Spencer Shannon on Colossal by Andrew Hinderaker, produced by Boston's Company One Theatre.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:53PMBy HowlRound TV. The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) & Round House Theatre Present The 2nd Annual Washington, D.C. One-Minute Play Festival livestreaming on the global, peer produced, o…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:50PMNew York City Center, New YorkThomas Ostermeier’s present-day production works against the text, which is exciting in the first half but makes the tragedy unmotivated and unlikelyThomas Os…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:50PMClassical music lovers in attendance at the LA Philharmonic's July 30 concert at the Hollywood Bowl will briefly see an "understudy" for famed conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMThe biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons has finally come to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a sold-out, two-week run Tuesday at a Salt Lake City theater two blocks from the churc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:46PMThe resonances between 2 gay-themed plays presented by Center Theatre Group show how far we've come, and at what cost.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:41PMSinger, songwriter, actress and activist Cyndi Lauper partners with National Psoriasis Foundation and Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation on I'm PsO Ready, a national initiative highlightin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMPresident Obama must have loved the new Broadway hit Hamilton, because Vice President Joe Biden stopped by to catch the show on July 28, 2015 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Click for photos…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMAloha! Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn wed Yoka Wao, a Japanese performing artist, over the weekend in Maui, Hawaii. The happy couple tweeted the news following a ceremony attended by multi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMWe all want to be super. The feeling of being revered as a hero, that's a super feeling. But what makes a hero super? It's something that gets touched upon in Aaron Michael Krueger's new mus…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:33PMLyric Theatre of Oklahoma presents BIG FISH, a new Broadway musical with a larger than life story, this summer at the Civic Center Music Hall, which ran on Broadway from October to December,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMJust in BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at a new reimaged EVITA atSerenbe Playhouse.The Playhousewill make the leap from the brutal, humid streets of New Orleans to the lush and rebell…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe National Endowment for the Arts NEA announced today that Greg Reiner will join the NEA as the director of theater and musical theater starting on September 8, 2015. Reiner will manage NE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMAfter starring in Broadway's13 THE MUSICAL and the Roundabout revival ofBYE BYE BIRDIE together,Allie Trimm andBrynn Williams will take the stage together for the first time in five years at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMMack amp Mabel, which will embark on a UK amp Ireland Tour in Autumn 2015 following its premiere at Chichester Festival Theatre, stars double Oliver award-winning Michael Ball and Rebecca La…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMBroadwayWorld is excited to announce that we will exclusively bring you our newest, and first webseries that takes place in an actual theatre- Empty Space. Empty Space is a love-letter to li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMTribes, British playwright Nina Raine's drama about a deaf man seeking a new life outside his dysfunctional family, will be produced by the Austin, TX-based Zach Theatre in early 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMThe National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced July 28 that Greg Reiner, formerly the executive director of Classic Stage Company, will join the NEA as the director of theatre and music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMThe 40th Toronto Film Festival has just announced the Gala Presentations and Special Presentations films for this year's event.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMLionel Bart’s classic musical Oliver started its life in London’s West End in 1960. In 1963 Broadway impresario David Merrick bought the show to the states where it became a megahit. It …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:04PMJames and Jack Fox tell Julia Llewellyn Smith about their new father-and-son stage roles, and why class and stardom are unrelated
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 12:00PMThe Passaic Valley Summer Theater program will present the classic musical, "The Wizard of Oz" next week. The 1939 American musical fantasy film, produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, i…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 12:00PMThe organization will celebrate its cofounder with an illustrious list of alumni.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
The long-in-the-works film "Bob the Musical" will sing via the tunes of Oscar winner Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords), who won his Academy Award for the Muppets …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMThe 40th Toronto Film Festival has just announced the Gala Presentations and Special Presentations films for this year's event.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMGeva Theatre Center announces that Tony Award Nominee Hunter Foster will play the role of King Arthur, and his wife, Rochester-born Jennifer Cody, will play Arthur's sidekick Patsy in the op…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMFollowing a sold-out run at Dixon Place, the limited 12- week engagement of the critically-acclaimed new playThe Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkeyofficially opened last night, July 27, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMShakespeare’s comedy As You Like It is fun for the family. The Meadow, just below the historic Evergreen House, is a lovely place to spend a late afternoon or early summer evening. Spread…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:33AMBy Emily White. Dramaturg Emily White looks at the amount of LGBTQ characters in theatre, film, and television, and wonders why so few of them are bisexual.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:32AMJames Lecesne's solo play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, which recently played a limited engagement at Dixon Place in New York, officially opened its 12-week commercial r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMMarina Carr's new version of the epic tale will be directed by Erica Whyman
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:30AMThe production opens in Windsor in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:30AMA developmental reading of The Wayward Bunny, a new play by Greg Kotis (Tony-winning co-creator of Urinetown), will be presented 3 PM July 30 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMJames Lecesne's solo play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey opened its 12-week commercial run Off-Broadway July 27 at 7 PM.
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Definitely not for children, "Songs for the Fallen" is a sophisticated cabaret/vaudeville celebrating the decadent life. Its main character Mari…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:17AMSatirical Broadway musical that mocks Mormons starts a sold-out run near the church’s headquarters. The church’s tempered response to the show does not surprise its creators, Trey Parker…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:10AMLyric Theatre of Oklahoma presents BIG FISH, a new Broadway musical with a larger than life story, this summer at the Civic Center Music Hall, which ran on Broadway from October to December,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 7212015 - 7282015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMSamuel French presents The Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation’s premier short play competition August 4 – 9 at the East 13th Street Theater (Classic Stage Com…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:08AMDemos of Rent were famously circling the biz for years before the show was eventually picked up for a tryout at New York Theatre Workshop, and then eventually revolutionized musical theater …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:06AMA haunting new world premiere drama, THE REPORT, will be presented August 15 - 28 in the New York International Fringe Festival. Based on the novel by Jessica Francis Kane, THE REPORT is ada…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMJames Lecesne plays all of the characters in his new solo drama at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons has finally come to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a sold-out, two-week run Tuesday at a Salt Lake City theater two blocks from the churc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:59AMTom Conti and Gwen Taylor are to star in a touring revival of Before the Party, which Conti will also direct. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMNeil LaBute and Bola Agbaje are among six playwrights who have teamed up to create six new plays in response to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMThe pair have reunited following their 2006 hit "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:46AMEarlier this month,Jose Llana stepped into the role of the King of Siam in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I, directed by Bar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMKylie Jenner may have been wearing a classy “Eat Me Out” T-shirt, but at least she wasn’t at the theater. Small blessings, right? Tell that to the slobs who turn...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:12AMThe titles and dramatists of the revamped Festival of New Works, running Aug. 7-8 at Ohio's Human Race Theatre Company, have been announced.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:07AMA message from Call Me Adam: I am a huge Dolly Parton fan! She is one of my top 3 favorite artists. Her music speaks to me in ways other artists’ music doesn’t. It’s becau…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMAn eclectic mix of disparate stylistic elements that conspire to surprise us at every turn and akin to an all-out jam session of improvisation, nothing in the immediacy of the Landless Theat…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AM
Following a sold-out run at Dixon Place, the limited 12- week engagement of the critically-acclaimed new playThe Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkeyofficially opened lastnight, July 27, 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMBroadwayWorld.com continues our exclusive content series, in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which delves into the library's unparalleled archives, an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMWith show and casting announcements coming almost daily, the 2015-2016 Broadway season is quickly takingshape. To make sure that you don't miss any of the big names coming back to the Great …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMBarbara Walsh and six other actors bring Helen Keller to life in an inventive production that uses her own words.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company, Louise Withers, Michael Coppel amp Michael Watt presents the Australian Premiere Season of Matilda the Musical, which commences performances from July 28 in Sy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AM“It’s been a strapping summer for three of the four new shows of the 2015-2016 Broadway season, according to data released on Monday by the Broadway League, a trade group for theater…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMJames Lecesne’s solo performance piece, The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, opened last night at at the Westside Theatre. Directed by Tony Speciale with original music by Dunca…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:51AMThe season will include classic and contemporary work featuring celebrity cast members.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:51AMThe creator and star of Broadway’s buzziest musical innovates again with brief, daily performances like ‘Les Miserables’ Q&As and Beyonce ukulele covers.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:47AMStraight realism, magic realism, even 'sausage' realism were on offer at the latest new-play event staged by the Latino/a Theatre Commons.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:42AMDeft, poised supporting actor on stage and in popular television seriesThe actor Tom Beard, who has died aged 50 from cancer, was a handsome, robust supporting player generally admired for h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMSchemes to develop theatre artists are flourishing all over the country – but greed and laziness still prevail. Theatres need to put their talent first if they want to ensure a vibrant fut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:38AMAl Pacino, playing the title character, delivers his most impressive performance since he starred in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny a quarter century ago.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38AMBeware short plays bearing long titles; they are usually not short enough. Such is the case with The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, a 75-minute one-man show in which James Lecesne, w…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:38AMMetta Theatre's Mouthful runs at Trafalgar Studios from September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:27AMThe pair have reunited following their 2006 hit "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:27AMThe Associated Press film and video archives, put up last week on YouTube, means 1.7 million stories to choose from, including these involving Marilyn Monroe; a demonstration by Broadway per…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:24AMThe playwright-driven theatre will feature world premieres by Alan Berks and Trista Baldwin and an area premiere by Carson Kreitzer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:23AMOur sampler NYMusic Festival reviews iw now complete:
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:23AMDirector choreographer Racky Plews gives her edgy version of Green Day's rock opera, American Idiot . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:22AMIn a new interview with The Associated Press, the show's creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone shared that tonight's opening has brought the show full circle.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMFrankie Grande may not be a huge fan of ABC's THE BACHELOR franchise, but he won't dismiss the idea of becoming the star of the show's next installment if the opportunity presented itself.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMHugh Jackman took to Twitter to reveal the first teaser art for the upcoming third and final installment of WOLVERINE. Check it out at left
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMGood 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 A murderer returns to Broadway, UP HER…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMBarrington Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, presented Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley inBroadway and Beyondon last…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMan absorbing, poignant and cleverly conceived one-man/multi-character play written and performed by James Lecesne
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:19AMMore than 4,000 architectural plans of UK venues held by the Theatres Trust are to be catalogued for the first time as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AMBy Aine Abruscati (@AAbruscati) Amazing Grace, the new musical at the Nederlander Theatre directed by Gabriel Barre, tells the story of John Newton and the events that led him to write the s…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 09:11AMToday marks the anniversary of the release date of the classic W.C. Fields comedy short The Barber Shop (1933). Based on a sketch Fields had performed in Earl Carroll’s Vanities, the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:02AMThe primacy of Ambassador Theatre Group brings with it, among other things, a lot of employment. Within the theatre operator’s 38 UK
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
RECOMMENDED The Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s annual summer summit of tap and percussive dance classes, workshops and performances culminates this weekend when the masters strut their…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:59AMIt’s a jumble. The importance of Helen Keller’s words and thoughts are undermined by all the movement and pre-recorded music.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:56AMA GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER welcomes back original Broadway cast member,Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham, tothe 2014 Best Musical tonight,July 28, as 'Monty Navarro'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMArts theatre, LondonApathy and anger lack coherence as boy fights George W Bush’s world, perkily, in a decidedly 20th-century production“Either you are with us or you are with the terror…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:46AMScott Robinson brings the spirit of pulp fiction, and a love of outer space, to the Newport Jazz Festival.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AMA long weekend in Northern Ireland offers food for thought and fuel for the imaginaiton
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMChoosing a musical for your local high school can be tricky. First, you need to assess who goes to your school. If you skip this step you may end up with an all-white Hairspray. You also sho…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:29AMRussell G Jones, Jeremie Harris and Karen Pittman in King Liz
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Karen Pittman wowed last season in Disgraced on Broadway, playing a high-powered attorney, who found hers…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:14AM7 rectangular tables. 7 plastic chairs. Some potted plants. 7 microphones and a large acoustically challenged space (THEATRE 79) normally home to the New York Theatre Workshop greet yo…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:13AMLa Jolla Playhouseopens its world premiere of Up Here, a new musical comedy featuring book, music and lyrics by the husband-and-wife composing team of Robert Lopez The Book of Mormon, Avenue…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:13AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy faced off with Tom Cruise in an intense lip sync-off to songs like The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' and the Righteous Brothers' 'You've Lost That Loving …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:13AM
"It's like playing 'Fiddler on the Roof' to a bunch Jews"
SOURCE: time.com at 07:31AMThe production, starring Stephen Merchant, will end its run in August
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:28AMWe take a look in the dressing room of the Mamma Mia! star
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:28AMAcosta's Cuban-themed show has plenty going for it but only seldom makes a strong impression, says Vanessa Keys
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:28AMFrom 2004: To memorize something effectively, you have to expend some interpretive effort on it, and with this effort you wind up in something like a conversation with the text. Grasping at …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMThe Mentalists is close in the West End one month earlier than planned, due to “a challenging post-summer period”. Stephen Merchant made
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:09AMBy Doug Mayo
A great video teaser featuring Tommy Steele and the Glenn Miller Big Band has been released to promote the forthcoming tour of The Glenn Miller Story. It’s been seventy years …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:02AM“I saw the little creases in the flesh of her neck, just the tiniest little creases, the little mark left day after day by that absolutely ininitesimal gossamer cord of thuggee which time …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
GIRLFRIEND, PLEASE! While it’s being sold as a rock musical, Todd Almond’s gay two-hander is really a play; the songs from Matthew Sweet’s 1991 breakout album Girlfriend are indiscri…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:43AMRising star Karen Pittman commands Off-Broadway basketball soap 'King Liz.'
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:43AM‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey’ is a poignant group portrait by James Lecesne that shines Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:43AMSALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The biting satirical musical that mocks Mormons has finally come to the heart of Mormonlandia, starting a sold-out, two-week run Tuesday at a Salt Lake City theate…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:43AMIago is one of Shakespeare’s ultimate bad guys, but what is it that drives him – racism, sexual deviance, or even post-traumatic stress? As Othello is performed at the Royal Shakespeare …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:27AMMaitland will take over as Ellen whilst Siobhan Dillon undergoes treatment following an operation
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:21AM
While socializing post-reception for a show that opened at the local art museum, I got into a conversation with the directors about the type of information you include on the cards/plaques n…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:53AMVice President Joe Biden and his wife – Second Lady of the United States, Dr. Jill Biden – must have read President Barack Obama's review. The political couple was sp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28AM“As the term has gained greater currency – even the White House is using it – a belated spotlight has fallen on one of the key contributors to mass incarceration in this co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:19AMActor James Fox says he was "brought up in a generation that despised upper class people" and preferred working class actors such as Tom Courtenay and Michael Caine
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:00AMWe have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you’ll enjoy this peek behind the curtain…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMThis star of Williamstown Theatre Festival's Unknown Soldier knows how to do the season right.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe musical comedy begins performances tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMStar-Studded 'Spamalot' Rehearsal with Eric Idle, Christian Slater, and MoreYH heads to the rehearsal for the star-studded Hollywood Bowl production of the Tony Award-winning musical, 'Monty…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM"Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll" Star Elaine Hendrix Names Her Fave SuperheroThe lovely and consummate Elaine Hendrix hangs out with YH at Comic-Con to fill us in on her latest project, FX comedy "Sex&…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
After taking a hiatus to star in The Heidi Chronicles opposite Elisabeth Moss, Bryce Pinkham returns to A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder on July 28. Pinkham steps in for Jeff Kre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57AMA 14-year-old boy is reported missing, and eventualy found dead. Chuck DeSantis, who worked the case as a tough-talking detective “in a half-ass town down the Jersey shore,” begins to te…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:18AMPeter Filichia, James Marino, Carey Purcell, and Matt Tamanini talk with Paige Price. Reviews include Amazing Grace, Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Three Days to See, King Liz. We …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:09AMNot many new musicals come to Broadway with a title song that’s been a classic for centuries. But it’s one element the well-intentioned and occasionally evocative Amazing Grace has going…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:07AMAmong the most amazing feats the very gifted solo artist James Lescene performs in “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey” is turning the title character into flesh and blood, though…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:04AMAs part of Playbill.com's Women in Theatre Week, we asked acclaimed scenic designer Heidi Ettinger to share some of the designs that have been especially meaningful in her long and varie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of our Women in Theatre Week, Playbill.com recognizes some of the fearless females in the entertainment industry who are working to make the world a better place.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMUp Here, the new musical by the songwriters of Disney's blockbuster "Frozen," begins its world-premiere engagement July 28 at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBryce Pinkham, who was Tony-nominated for creating the role of Monty Navarro in the Broadway production of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, returns to the Tony-winning pro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony nominee Liz Callaway, whose debut Christmas recording "Merry and Bright" was released last year, has plans for another CD.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1920 Two of Broadway's greatest songwriting talents make their mainstem debuts today: lyricst Lorenz Hart, age 25, and composer Richard Rodgers, age 18, open their first musical, Poor Li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWatching “King Liz,” Fernanda Coppel’s ambitious if hopelessly muddled play about a high-powered female sports agent, is reminiscent of being at a recent Knick game.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 12:00AMEntertainment, shopping and bargains for the holiday season arrive early when Christmas in July hits the Market Square Farmers Market from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
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