Penn and Teller talk to Jimmy about their Broadway show before demonstrating how to perform one of the oldest tricks in the book.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:51PMEvery day on my commute to high school, I drove on a highway that passed by a church that had a sign out on their front lawn. And every day there was a was different message. A psalm one…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:51PM[Watch Video]
Any singer will tell you: you can’t argue with good acoustics.
NewsHour’s Chief Arts Correspondent Jeffrey Brown recently visited Santa Fe for an upcoming segment on th…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:51PMWatch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Now to the making of a new opera from a story set amid the horror of the Civil War. The second performance is tonight in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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SOURCE: PBS at 10:51PMWriter/Director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, You’re Welcome America) and Funny Or Die have joined forces with Archie Comics, one of the most popular comics ever produced, t…
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SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:51PMAlthough four decades have passed since he became the first president of the United States to resign from office, Richard Nixon has been the subject of more than a dozen new histories and bi…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:51PMWeasely “Suits” lawyer Louis Litt is the guy everyone hates to love — and that’s why Rick Hoffman loves his TV alter-ego. “[Show creator] Aaron Korsh and the writers decided...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:51PMThe New York International Fringe Festival is back and weirder than ever. This year’s crop of 200 shows will run Aug. 14–30 in theaters all over Manhattan. Whether it’s car…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:51PMNBC has announced their casting of newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy in the upcoming live rendition of “The Wiz.” The decision was announced Wednesday morning on “Today.…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:51PMGDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - It's one of Shakespeare's greatest plays, so it's no wonder that "Hamlet" figures in more than its fair share of productions at the 19th Gdansk Shakespeare Festiva…
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:51PMAs Will Ferrell's longtime creative partner, Adam McKay has a history in screen comedy, with directing credits on movies such as "Anchorman" and "Talladega Nights" and a founding role in "Fu…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:51PMUnlike the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Symphony, which have outdoor summer homes, the New York Philharmonic wanders when the weather gets hot. In …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:51PMThe life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has inspired biographies, documentaries and two feature films, including one starring Michael Fassbender and written by Aaron Sorkin to be released i…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:51PMLynn Manning overcame blindness from a barroom bullet to forge a 30-year career as a champion athlete, poet, actor, theater company founder and, especially, playwright inspired by his own ha…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:51PMCall Answered: Tony Award winning actress Donna McKechnie has been on my radar for years! So it was quite exciting, when, at 54 Below's press event, I had the opportunity to interview Donna …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 10:51PM"Awakening," by Robert Battle, the artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will have its world premiere.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMThe Yellow Brick Road apparently runs through New Jersey.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:47PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Visitors to Times Square looking for some theater history may be discouraged at the idea of dodging flocks of Elmo impersonators, Statue of Liberties and Naked Cowboys. …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:46PMALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- Since his death in 2011, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has been the subject of documentaries, books, a film and even a graphic novel....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:46PMNEW YORK (AP) -- A familiar, freckle-faced teen is on his way to the stage - Archie....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:46PMThe Santa Fe Opera is set to commission a production about Apple Computer co-founder Steve Jobs.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:45PMNEW YORK (AP) - NBC has found the young woman who will ease on down the yellow brick road.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:45PMNBC has finally found a Dorothy for its live production of The Wiz: 18-year-old New Jersey native Shanice Williams snagged the part a million girls would kill for through an open casting cal…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:43PMA new stage musical is being planned with Archie Comics.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:42PMThe second shooting at a movie theater in three weeks —- during an afternoon screening of “Mad Max: Fury Road” in a multiplex near Nashville on Wednesday — once again…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:41PMReddit took a first step toward more hands-on content policing Wednesday by unveiling a new content policy that bans illegal speech, harassment and bullying. The company also started to inst…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:41PMInspired by Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's #Hamilton opens on Broadway Aug. 6 at the Richard Rodgers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39PM
On this week’s episode of The Broadway.com Show, we’ve got tons of casting updates from Curious Incident, Spring Awakening, Sylvia and more, plus a very busy Star of the Week and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMCheck out video clips of Broadway’s Hamilton, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda. The new production opens August 6 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMInstead of creating the expected for her 50th Anniversary Tour --a retrospective of her greatest hits --Twyla Tharp's restless spirit demanded she choreograph two brand new works for her tro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PM'I think about what's happening right now, and I think I'm doing this with the piece: Saying, don't let what happened with our ancestors be in vain. They died for this'
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 06:39PMHAMILTON, the story of 'the ten-dollar Founding Father without a father,' is currently in previews and opens tomorrow at theRichard RodgersTheatre 226 W. 46 St.. Click below for a first look…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMThe 52nd Street Project makes a difference in the lives of Hell's Kitchen Clinton kids by pairing them with theater professionals who mentor them through the creation of original theater. Fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMPianist Anthony de Mare presents a new 3-CD set of 36 songs by legendary composer Stephen Sondheim -- arranged and reimagined by some of the world's most exciting contemporary composers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMMore casting for the classic musical has been announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMAre you team Betty or Veronica?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMIf you can't be in the room where it happens to see the show live, here's the next best option.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMFresh from the Cabaret, the musical-theater actress will perform an after-hours show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
A must for film connoisseurs and the generally film curious, the new digital restoration of The Apu Trilogy will be shown at the Landmark Midtown Art
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:59PMIt would almost be enough to have your cellphone ring and the identifying text say there's an incoming call from "Abraham Lincoln," or "Benito Juarez," or "Cloud Gate." That's a screenshot w…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:51PMPlays by Samuel D. Hunter and John Van Druten, plus the Chicago debut of the award-winning "Bat Boy:The Musical" are on the docket for Griffin Theatre's 2015-2016 season.
The post Griffin T…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:48PMA Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Star, Lisa O'Hare has just released a charity single written by composers Daniel and Laura Curtis.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Broadway stars Orfeh, James Carpinello, Paige Price, Paul Castree and Bryan Batt in a concert version of the show, not seen in NYC since its 2000 B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMThe play begins on a cross-country train headed back east in 1940. A young serviceman - recently discharged due his epilepsy but still wearing his uniform - is chatting up a traveling small-…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMOne of Unknown Soldier's powerful choices is that its central characters are not your standard young lovers.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:45PMMelanie Moore, Adam Dannheisser and Karl Kenzler have joined the cast of the forthcoming Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. The trio takes on the roles of Chava, Lazar Wolf and Constab…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMLin-Manuel Miranda’s new musical Hamilton officially arrives on Broadway August 6! Click for photos from the new production at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMInspired by Ron Chernow’s 2004 biography of United States founding father Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's #Hamilton opens on Broadway Aug. 6 at the Richard Rodgers…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMSutton Foster shares behind the scenes stories and reactions to six of her most beloved YouTube videos.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:20PMBy Daniel Fine. In the first installment of his series on media design, Daniel Fine defines media design and traces the history of design and technology in theatre.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:17PMMelanie Moore, who won season eight of "So You Think You Can Dance," will join the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof starring Danny Burstein. Also announced are Nick Rehberge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:08PMName: Pamela J GrayHometown: Weston CTEducation: MFA Yale School of DramaSelect Credits: Joanna in Present Laughter on Broadway, Anne Butley in Butley on Broadway, Agent Amy Tyler in "Sons o…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:02PMThe Kennedy Center hosts its 14th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Saturday, September 5 to Monday, September 7, 2015, featuring more than 50 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMA scandalous Lady Gaga hit by a FUN HOME star
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMHAMILTON is taking Broadway by storm The story of 'the ten-dollar Founding Father without a father,' is currently in previews and opens tomorrow at the Richard RodgersTheatre 226 W. 46 St.. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMBruno Mars gets theatrical with wow-worthy results
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMTony Award winnerDonna McKechniegraces the stage of 54 Below with areturn engagement ofSame Place Another Time a musical dj vu celebrating the scintillating 70's in New York City the heyday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that Lin-Manuel Miranda'snew hitmusicalHAMILTON has special events planned for before and after its official opening night tomorrow, August 6,at the Richard Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMThe Gallery Players in Park Slope are proud to announce new changes in their leadership by welcoming Justine McLaughlin as Managing Director and Mark Harborth as Artistic Director to helm th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMChicago's public sculptures lead difficult lives. Buffeted by snowstorms and freezing temperatures, relentlessly exposed to every shrill siren, dumped on by waves of pigeons, and surrounded …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:01PMMeet the 18-year-old New Jersey native who'll play opposite the likes of Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige in NBC's upcoming television musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Gallery Players announces its new season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMLin-Manuel Miranda's new musical kicks off its Broadway run with a bang.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
(Photo by Roger Mastronianni. Yes, we did have a donut truck for breakfast on Saturday. Yes, it was yummy.) On the final day of the conference, I woke up thinking about the powerful stories…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:56PMPreservation group plans to salvage parts of the boat's interior for use in a riverboat museum they now hope to eventually set up.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:56PMThe play begins on a cross-country train headed back east in 1940. A young serviceman - recently discharged due to his epilepsy but still wearing his uniform - is chatting up a traveling sma…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:53PMHamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed new musical that fuses the contemporary and classic worlds to tell the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMThe new Broadway musical Hamilton celebrates its official opening night on Thursday, August 6 with special events before and after the performance at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 W. 46 …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:52PMHamilton isn't only causing fireworks at the box office.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PMHamilton isn't only causing fireworks at the box office.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PMTradition changes slowly at the venerable Metropolitan Opera in New York, but one long-overdue shift will occur this fall: Otello will no longer be performed with its leading character i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMA first look at a new rock n roll HBO series
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMStarring YouTube sensation Todrick Hall, watch as he creates incredible viral videos with special guests include Joseph Gordon-Levitt amp Aubrey O'Day to name a few.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMPreview a new musical with a showstopping live performance
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMExtensive DVR viewing raised the television premiere ratings for Disney's 'Descendants' by 61 to 10.539 million Total Viewers over its first four days. DVR users also increased viewership …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMShannon O'Brien chats with Christian von Tippelskirch and Simi Linton about their documentary film "Invitation to Dance", screened at Lincoln Center as part of New York City’s celebration …
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:31PMFringe season has come to a close in Los Angeles, but it's just getting fired up in Scotland! Here are a few of the L.A. shows that have jumped the pond. If you're Fringe-ing over there, you…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:08PMIn a classic example of intergenerational Broadway solidarity, 100-year-old Patricia Morison, the eldest living actress to have played Mrs. Anna Leonowens on Broadway, sent a singing…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMThere might be an audience, somewhere out there in Chicagoland, for "We Gotta Bingo," the interactive "entertainment" that has set up shop in the new Chicago Theater Works space and trumpete…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:04PMOne of the stars of Broadway's next big hit on the series of lucky shots that led him to this place.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
A silver-tongued convict on the run from the cops meets a young man trying to escape his past, and together they form an unlikely alliance on the highways of Texas.
The year is 1980, and Jak…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:58PM“Archie” is coming to Broadway. Here’s the press release: Writer/Director Adam McKay (Anchorman, Talladega Nights, You’re Welcome America) and Funny Or Die Categories…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:50PMA granular dissection of the 100 top-grossing films of 2014 soundly refutes any notion that Hollywood is a bastion of political correctness under the thumb of women and minority activists.…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:44PMGiven its outdated sexual politics, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would be an unusually regressive piece for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre to s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:43PMThe most infectious feature of Kieran Knowles’s debut play is the tight amity and paced unity of the cast that is matched by the inherent camaraderie in the plot. Operation Crucible refers…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:42PMThe Gallery Players of Brooklyn had two big announcement this week: a new leadership team and a new season, which launches Sept. 12 with a revival of Godspell. Also coming up, a revival of L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMThe Gallery Players of Brooklyn had two big announcement this week: a new leadership team and a new season, which launches Sept. 12 with a revival of Godspell.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMInitial casting has been announced for The Pasadena Playhouse's upcoming production of the new musical Breaking Through, which will begin previews Oct. 27 prior to an official opening N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMJoshua Harmon’s play, about a young gay man who is losing his best girlfriends to wedding bells, is concluding its run at the Laura Pels Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:31PMJust yesterday, 54 Below welcomed performers from some of their upcoming shows, includingCheryl FreemanAugust 10Tony winnerDonna McKechnieAugust 6 amp 9Tony winnerAlice RipleyAugust 12 amp S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMThe Pasadena Playhouse Artistic Director Sheldon Epps announced today that, Alison Luff Broadway Matilda the Musical, Scandalous, GHOST the Musical, Mamma Mia, and Constantine Maroulis Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMHAMILTON is taking Broadway by storm The story of 'the ten-dollar Founding Father without a father,' is currently in previews and opens tomorrowat the Richard Rodgers Theatre 226 W. 46 St.. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMThe Charles Seller Foundation's 'Legally Blonde: The Musical' benefits a North Arlington child living with cerebral palsy.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:31PMBroadway alums Caissie Levy, Alison Fraser, Betsy Morgan and more have joined the cast of the world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s First Daughter Suite. As previously reported, th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Julie Andrews to Direct Lady
Julie Andrews, who played Eliza Doolittle in the original Broadway incarnation of My Fair…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PMAmy Spanger, who recently re-joined the Broadway cast of Chicago as Roxie Hart, will perform a solo concert at Joe's Pub Aug. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMThe Broadway veterans are added to the bill for tomorrow's outdoor event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMComplete casting is announced for Michael John LaChiusa's world-premiere musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe world premiere of this Bock and Harnick musical will run at The York Theatre Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
In a recent interview with Billboard, members of The Roots, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, and Hamilton writer Lin-Manuel Miranda, sat down to discuss…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:51PMGlory Crampton has joined the cast of The York Theatre Company's production of Rothschild & Sons. Crampton will play the pivotal role of Gutele Rothschild.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMThe Public Theater has announced complete casting for the world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's First Daughter Suite, a follow-up to the composer's 1993 musical First Lady Su…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PM(The Barrio Stories project is supported by the MetLife/TCG A-Ha! Program.) The Barrio Stories project consists of three phases: Research, Development, and Production. As project coordina…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:44PMName: Ryan J. HaddadHometown: Cleveland, OHEducation: B.A. in Theatre & Creative Writing, Ohio Wesleyan UniversityFavorite Credits: Madame Armfeldt in A Little Night Music and Mr. Cladwe…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:44PMName: James HarveyHometown: Short Hills, New JerseyEducation: I graduated from New York University in 2014 with a Bachelor’s degree in music composition.Favorite Credits: My senior year at…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:44PMThe queue for last-minute tickets for Hamlet at the Barbican sees Sherlock meet Shakespeare
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:42PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company will honor actress Audra McDonald and executive Thomas E. Tuft at their 50th Anniversary Gala on Feb. 29, 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company will honor actress Audra McDonald and executive Thomas E. Tuft at their 50th Anniversary Gala on Feb. 29, 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed thecomplete casting today for the world premiere musical FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting at The Public Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMOn August 6, 2015, The New York Pops will perform an inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, joined by former Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMNot all plays need to be packed with emotion or tear-jerking scenes. Indeed, Dear Lupin depicts a father and son who seemed conditioned not to show any outward signs of affection or emotion…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PMWhether you are planning on majoring in Drama, Theatre Arts Administration or Theatre with a Technical emphasis, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) cater to the specific ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:21PMLorna Want has appeared on the London stage in Parade, Footloose, and as Peron's mistress in the Michael Grandage production of Evita, but has reached a career high this year, winning an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:16PMBefore a play hits the stage, a writer composes a script. High Point University rising senior Cara Kramer is getting hands-on experience in this publishing process through her summer interns…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:14PMWe're talking to Victor Wallace about playing Sin City, his Mamma Mia! debut and making the leap from Sky to Sam.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:05PMTim Realbuto's autobiographical piece Wunderkind played a special engagement at the New York Musical Theatre Festival July 26, joined by a bevy of Broadway special guests. He d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMThe six-time Tony winner will receive the Jason Robards Award for Excellence in Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMShe’s known to TV audiences (“Glee,” “Boston Legal”), movie audiences (“Best in Show,” “Julie & Julia”) and Second City audiences. Now a Mondavi Center audience will know J…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 02:00PM
Tickets costing £10 to see actor play Hamlet are close to gold dust, prompting some theatre-goers to queue all night They came slowly at first, some alone, others arriving in pairs, with bl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMBroadway Balances America – a six-part special featuring Broadway Across America® touring shows – begins its second season August 25 on Lifetime TV’s morning show, “The Ba…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:51PMActor Rick Hammerly discovered the brilliance of Lionel Bart’s Oliver! at an early age – a very early age. “Mom saw the show when she was five months pregnant,” he ex…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 01:45PMA native of Washington and a proud graduate of Catholic University, Jimmy Mavrikes is appearing as Jack in Into the Woods at Toby’s Dinner Theatre through September 6, and is…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 01:45PMBelow, we bring you an exclusive interview with the lady of the hour, as shares with BroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge the story of how she was cast, what happens between now and December, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMThe artistic director of a Minnesota theatre group has responded to an Aug. 4 letter from Doug Wright, president of the Dramatists Guild, which used the words "arrogant" and "…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMTomorrow is Michael Caine day on TCM, and they’re kicking it off in high style with two pictures he made in the late ’70s with Master of Disaster Irwin Allen. As I’ve writt…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:38PMErin B. Mee's "Ferry Play" costs only $1.99, and readers can download it onto their phones, get on any Staten Island ferry, and have a personalized theatrical experience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:29PMUnion Equity has called on Arts Council England to investigate the cancellation of a play by the National Youth Theatre. As reported
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:29PMOutside Edge Theatre has named Susie Miller as its new artistic director following the death of its founder last year. The company,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:29PMWelsh National Opera has appointed Leonora Thomson as managing director as part of a new leadership structure for the organisation. Thomson will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:29PMThe Off-Broadway run of Ruthless! The Musical has been extended through Jan. 2, 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMArchie and the Riverdale gang are heading to Broadway! Writer and director Adam McKay will adapt the popular comic book series into a musical. The comedy video site Funny Or Die has teamed u…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:21PMLet’s face it, you should be dancing. So put on your boogie shoes and head over to 54 Below, home of some of the best nights on Broadway, for a disco inferno celebrating the 1999 music…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:21PMTony nominee Marin Ireland and Nicholas L. Ashe will star in the world premiere of Abe Koogler’s Kill Floor. The Lincoln Center Theater production will begin off-Broadway performances …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:21PMDue to overwhelming demand, the producers of New York's newest hit, RUTHLESS! The Musical, today put a new block of seats on sale through January 2, 2016. RUTHLESS! opened Off-Broadway July …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMDisney's dancing "Newsies" are returning to Chicago in 2016. Broadway in Chicago said Wednesday that the first national tour of the movie adaptation and unexpected Broadway hit - now known f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:16PMArnold Scaasi, Canadian fashion designer who created ensembles for the rich and famous, died yesterday, August 4, 2015. He was 85. Scaasi crafted one of his most recognized, and perhaps infa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMThe Ham4Hammini-concerts continue for the dedicated fans who showup for theHamiltonlottery. in a recent edition, cast members Jonathan Groff andEmmy Raver-Lampman treat the crowd to a duet o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMBroadwayWorld has learned that Roundabout Theatre Company's 50th Anniversary Gala 'Spring Gala 2016 Celebrating 50 Years of Extraordinary Theatre' will recognize the accomplishments of six-t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PM'Saturday Night Live'sCecily Strong and Oscar nomineeJessica Chastain will star in the romantic comedy PLUS ONE, from The Weinstein Company
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMDear reader Writing a blog in the form of the letter (as I did with my Conversation with Caitlin Moran series) about the stage adaptation of the 2012 book Dear Lupin allows me to both use …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 01:10PMSo where does a new theater company head after a successful introduction at the recent Capital Fringe Festival with its production of War and Peas? In the case of Pocket Change Theatre, th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:09PMThree-time Tony winner and Oscar nominee Frank Langella will star on Broadway in spring 2016 in the American premiere of The Father, a new play by Florian Zeller. The English translation is…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:03PMMore than half of the 1,300 residents of Sordevolo, a town in Piedmont, are involved in the production in one guise or another.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:01PMThe actor and writer is appearing Off Broadway in his solo show “The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:01PMPianist Anthony de Mare brings his series Liaisons to disc.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe City Parks Foundation's SummerStage festival presents free performances in Central Park.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMLila Neugebauer directs the play at LCT3.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe new musical will bring the Riverdale gang to the stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
In Part 3 of a series of interviews with The Playwright, Director, and cast of God Don’ Like Ugly at the Baltimore Playwright’s Festival, playing at Fells Point Corner Theatre, meet Na…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:53PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the quintessential backstage musical comedy classic 42nd STREET will celebrate a two-week engagement at the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randol…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:50PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the return engagement of Disney’s NEWSIES. Back by popular demand, Disney’s NEWSIES will play the Oriental Theatre (24 W Randolph) July 28 thr…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:50PMWriterDirectorAdam McKayAnchorman,Talladega Nights, You're Welcome America andFunny Or Diehave joined forces withArchie Comics,one of the most popular comics ever produced, to bring Archie, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMBroadwayWorld brings you a look at the show's first performance in Pittsburgh below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMWith the announcement of a support group for stressed comedians at the Edinburgh fringe, is there any way of making life on stage easier?A fear of speaking aloud in public is one of the most…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMNew York’s Annie Baker is one of the nation’s top contemporary playwrights, but you’d hardly know it living in Atlanta. Though she has a Pulitzer
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:43PMOur chief critics reflects on recent critic appointments and previews his trip up north
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:37PMFans of Sleep No More, Queen of the Night and Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic alert! There is a new immersive theatre experience coming to town.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMLily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Raúl Esparza and Patrick Page star in the Public Theater's production of William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, presented in Central Park's Dela…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMIn Episode 1 All is not well at the Warner Grand Theater a simmering feud between the cast and the crew flares up into open mutiny three days before 'Romeo and Juliet' is set to open... Writ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 3 As the new Mercutio, Orson realizes he's bitten off more than he can chew, finding himself both tormented by Ian and dragged into the middle of the castcrew feud. But could a su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 2 In search of a new Mercutio, Joanne drags Ian to a low-rent production of Shakespeare-in-the-parking-lot, where guerilla-theater denizens Jack and Orson struggle to save their s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 5 Martina and Orson have a confrontation with an unexpected ending. Preview night ends with a bang as Bashkim exacts revenge on Kira-did he and the crew finally go to far Ian is a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 4 On a vengeful rampage, Kira returns fire on Bashkim for his psychological sabotage, and asserts dominance over Martina for messing with her new plaything, Orson. Written and Dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 7 Kira struggles with the arrogant and talentless son of a board member, who has replaced Milan as Romeo. Martina and Joanne realize that Ian is in denial about the fact that the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 6 The feud reaches a fever pitch outside the elephant doors. As Ian reaches the end of his rope, Bashkim, Milan and Orson find themselves tossed out in the street. They seek out J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 8 It's opening night And everything is teetering on disaster. But Joanne has a plan to oust Ian's second-rate replacements and restore Milan, Ian and Bashkim to their rightful pla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMBWW has obtained exclusive photos of Williams performing at Paper Mill's 2013 New Voices Concert and2014 Rising Star Awards Ceremony. Check them out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMIn Episode 9 Orson, Milan, Bashkim and Joanne, stage an all-out coup. But Ian isn't going down without a fight. Literally.Written and Directed by Devon Armstrong Twitter armstrongactual .
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMBroadwayWorld is excited to exclusively bring you our newest, and first webseriesthat takes place in an actual theatre- Empty Space. Empty Space is a love-letter to live theater, a nine-epis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMTony winner Billy Porter returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 4 in the limited engagement of the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots, which plays the Benedum Center, part of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMJust yesterday,TonyYazbeckwas honored at the legendarySardi's Restaurantwith his very own portrait.Yazbeckearned 2015 Tony Award, Drama League Award and Outer Critics Circle Award nomination…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMImage credit: Richard Davenport My name is Paul Smith and I’m the Artistic Director of a company you’ve probably never heard of, based in Hull. We’re called Middle Child …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:19PMMichele Lee talks Wicked on Broadway, Knots Landing and TK.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:17PMMichele Lee talks Wicked on Broadway, Knots Landing and her current TV obsessions.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:17PMDysfunctional. Absurd. Chaos. These are words that could easily describe Thursday’s upcoming Republican primary debate, but in fact, are taken from reviews of the American premiere of the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:12PMCasting has been announced for the LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater world premiere of Abe Koogler's Kill Floor, which will begin performances Oct. 3 prior to an official opening Oct. 19 at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMThe legendary magic duo Penn and Teller stopped by The Tonight Show on August 4 to share some laughs and illusions with Jimmy Fallon. The two conclude their Broadway stint at the Marquis The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMIt was a thrilling day in New York City for Tony Yazbeck on August 4, 2015—the Tony-nominated On the Town star was surprised with his very own portrait on the walls of legendary theate…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMBroadway's newest leading man Alex Brightman and the School of Rock kids stick it to the man in the recording studio.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMRUTHLESS! The Musical will appear at "Broadway in Bryant Park" this Thursday, August 6th at 12:30 PM on the Lawn.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMArchie, the long-running comic about a group of middle-American teenagers, is coming to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMA year ago 18-year-old actress Shanice Williams was getting ready to attend a performing arts college in Los Angeles. Now she's getting ready to make her television debut on NBC …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMEep! Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica are on their way to Broadway, with Adam McKay and Funny or Die teaming up with Archie Comics to bring long-running comic-book property “Archie…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMRECOMMENDED Follow the fluorescent yellow paint on the floor through a dark, winding corridor, and you’ll find yourself immersed in the ethos of the secretive gay bars of the 1970s. A few …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:00PMThe Tony nominee is immortalized on the walls of the famed restaurant.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe season will include works by Jeff Blumenkrantz, Marcy Heisler & Zina Goldrich, and more.
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With their movie plans in flux, Archie and the gang have set their sights on Broadway, where balloon-speaking characters based on regular folks (Annie, Charlie Brown, Li’l Abner) ten…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:59AMIt's the all in-house edition of Offscript! The editors talk to our outgoing founder/editor-in-chief Jim O'Quinn about 30-plus years of 'American Theatre,' and the field then and now.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:47AMThe writer/performer of the acclaimed off-Broadway solo show THE ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESS OF LEONARD PELKEY on why the time is right for the story to be told.
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:45AMBrandon Victor Dixon & Capathia Jenkins are shown in their best light as the focus of the next set photos in a series that features the talent of Broadway Black actors with elegance an…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:45AMTuesday night was the first round of performances for the 40th Annual OOB Festival, and it was a terrifc showing! We saw plays with kettle corn, egg-smashing, and experimental commericals to…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 11:42AMDr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts announces exciting upcoming performances for the 15/16 fall and winter season. Single tickets go on sale Friday, August 7 for Martin Lawrence Li…
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 11:41AMSCHOOL OF ROCK's Alex Brightman, Luca Padovan, Isabella Russo, Carly Gendell, Bobbi MacKenzie, Dante Melucci and Jared Parker stick it to the man in the recording studio.
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:41AMOn Aug. 6 at 7:30 PM, The New York Pops will perform an inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMA controversial play about radicalised young people joining Isis has been cancelled without warning just two weeks before its opening night.
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:30AMAlice Ripley, Donna McKechnie, Cheryl Freeman, Josh Grisetti and Evan Ruggiero will offer upcoming concert at 54 Below. They offered a sneak peek the morning of Aug. 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMNewcomer Shanice Williams wiped away tears and expressed gratitude for the role during the appearance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMThe artistic director of a Minnesota theatre group has responded to a letter from Doug Wright, president of the Dramatists Guild, which used the words "arrogant" and "cowardly…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMWoody Allen has revealed his all-star cast for his upcoming untitled film, set to begin production later this month on location in New York and Los Angeles.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMThe full cast of Beautiful-The Carole KingMusical, the smash hit musical about the early life and career of the legendary and groundbreaking singersongwriter, justperformed in City Parks Fou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMLos Angeles Cast, 1993 (Varèse Sarabande) Ruthless! is a very campy show, first produced Off-Broadway in 1992 and then in Los Angeles the following year, about a talented little girl named …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:15AMMacy's has announced the return of Yes, Virginia The Musical, which will be offered royalty free, as part of the fourth year of its annual holiday "Believe" campaign.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1978 (Columbia/DRG) Elizabeth Swados’s revue about street kids, developed by The Public Theater before opening on Broadway, was considered fresh and edgy when it de…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:07AM “It picks you rather than you picking it.” That is how Claire Schoonover describes acting. DC theater lovers are certainly finding Schoonover and her craft a perfect fit. The Brit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:07AMWhat John Keene has given us in Counternarratives is fearless fiction. Counternarratives by John Keene, New Directions, 320 pages, $24.95. Historical fiction is all well and good for novels,…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:07AMAfter an extensive nationwide open casting call, NBC today announced it has chosen New Jersey ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:06AMCalling all playwrights, mobsters, movie stars and hot dogs! The cast is now set for the national tour of Bullets Over Broadway, based on Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath’s 1994 film of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMComment taken out of context I was disappointed to see that a light-hearted remark of mine has caused offence to one of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AM
The pre-curtain reminder to turn off cellphones can seem a little strange at Lillian Likes It since everyone on stage spends the entire show texting,
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:58AM"Liaisons Re-Imagining Sondheim from The Piano," pianist Anthony de Mare's new three-CD set of 36 Stephen Sondheim songs, arranged and reimagined by a host of contempo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMMichael J. Moritz Jr., a two-time Tony Award-nominated producer, two-time Grammy Award-nominated record producer and internationally acclaimed music director/pianist, has ann…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe 'Anchorman' writer-director is teaming with Funny Or Die to create the comedic production.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:48AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1965 (Warner Bros./no CD) One of the oddest musicals ever to hit Broadway, Rugantino first opened in Rome and became an enormous hit. On a visit to Italy, American pr…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:47AMOn the Town Tony nominee Tony Yazbeck was honored Aug. 4 with a portrait to adorn the famed walls of Sardi's.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMUnless your show is called “Seven BJs for Seven Brothers,” (someone get on that), or unless you’re specifically doing TYA, people will contact your theatre and ask question…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 10:40AMNBC’s “The Wiz Live!” has found its Dorothy in newcomer Shanice Williams. The 18-year-old, who was selected out of hundreds of applicants from a nationwide, open casting call, will joi…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:35AMBUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - About half of the 200 unionized stagehands who worked last month's Rolling Stones concert outside Buffalo are still waiting to get paid.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:35AMNewcomer Shanice Williams will perform the iconic role for NBC's next live musical.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:35AMPlus: The actress decides which reality star deserves a shot at romance
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:35AMNEW YORK (AP) -- NBC has found the young woman who will ease on down the yellow brick road....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:35AMWith a beautiful portrait, complete with a Mufasa quote.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:35AMThom Southerland's production opens at the Southwark Playhouse this evening
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:34AMWe chat to the playwright behind Let the Right One In and the upcoming Harry Potter play about his latest project, The Solid Life of Sugar Water
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:34AMAug. 5, 1924: The comic strip 'Little Orphan Annie' debuts
SOURCE: time.com at 10:30AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1970 (Columbia/Sony) Composer Jerry Bock and lyricist Sheldon Harnick were still at the peak of their productivity, following their great success with Fiddler on the …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:28AMHamilton opens on Thursday, the only Broadway opening among the new shows of August, Interest in the musical goes beyond the usual theater crowd — having already roped in leading pol…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:24AMMacy's NYSEM today announces the return of Yes, Virginia The Musical, which will hit local stages throughout the holiday season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMThe New Group launches its 2015-16 season Aug. 5 with the Off-Broadway premiere of Philip Ridley’s dystopian British drama, Mercury Fur.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMSt Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, LondonAn exquisitely designed adaptation of the children’s classic that captivates from start to finishForget the golden-hued, heart-warming Disney versi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMTo celebrate the 40th anniversary of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," a sing-along version of the film will be released in the U.K. in October and subsequently in the U.S., a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMNick Jonas gave a surprise first listen to his new song 'Under You' at yesterday's iHeartMedia Music Summit in Burbank, CA. Check it out for yourself below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMThe national tour of the new musical comedy BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath Beautiful for the 1994 film, has announced …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMSave 35 on 54 BELOW tickets 26.25 - 39.00 by using code BWW35.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMJohn Legend has signed on forthe cast of the upcoming musical drama LA LA LAND for Lionsgate.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMDisney's "Descendants," starring Kristin Chenoweth as Maleficent, is now available to purchase on DVD.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMA host of actors have been announced for Woody Allen's currently untitled new film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMThose famed ruby slippers are ready for a new owner! Shanice Williams, 18-year-old New Jersey native, has been cast in the role of Dorothy in NBC’s The Wiz Live! The announcement was m…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:09AMBy Café Onda. The final installment of the Café Onda series on Latina/o Theatre Regional Alliances focuses on San Antonio Latino/a Theatre Alliance .
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:03AMA non-Equity tour of the Woody Allen musical Bullets Over Broadway will launch in Cleveland, OH, at Playhouse Square with performances beginning Oct. 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMThe Woody Allen musical hits the road this fall.
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“Homegrown, a National Youth Theatre (NYT) production, was closed down last Thursday, with the creators saying they were given no prior warning. Director Nadia Latif and playwright Oma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:55AM“Identity-based representation practices that reinforce constructions of child/adult will generally limit the meanings of cultural codes, exploit children’s performative labors, prom…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:55AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1988 (MCA Classics) Romance Romance is intelligent and well crafted, but the score is not one you’ll necessarily be eager to hear more than once. The show consists …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:53AMOscar-winning composer John Legend will join J.K. Simmons, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in the cast of "La La Land," a musical to be directed by Damien Chazelle, according to a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AM by: Sandi Durell Alice Ripley will be back at 54 Below on August 12th at 7 & 9:30 pm, and again on September 23 at 9:30 pm...
The post Alice Ripley is “All Son…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:47AMReadings of the new musical Lyra: A Dark Fairy Tale — billed as an "adaptation of the original 'Little Mermaid' story, set against the backdrop of a Faustian …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMTony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown's residency at SubCulture will continue Aug. 15 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMMark Valencia talks to Robin Norton-Hale about Carmen, which opens at Soho Theatre this evening
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:32AMMarius von Mayenburg's play explores the clash between fundamentalism and tolerance in Western democracy
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:32AMFans of Benedict Cumberbatch – and, perhaps, Shakespeare – queue outside London’s Barbican theatre for a chance to see Hamlet. Some slept overnight to get a ticket for the opening nigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMAbi Morgan has gone on to achieve renown as a screenwriter (for The Irony Lady, Shame etc) since this play was premiered in Edinburgh fifteen years ago. It's good to report that Robert Hasti…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:32AMGood 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 NBC's THE WIZ LIVE has found its Dorot…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AMNBC's The Wiz Live has found it's Dorothy BroadwayWorld has just learned that Shanice Williamshas joined the cast
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMWilliamstown Theatre Festival's 2015 Season continues withan invigorating new look at Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, beginning tonight, August 5, and running throughAugust 23,f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMWith a cast featuring Music Circus audience favorites and Broadway veterans, several of which have performed in the show on Broadway and on tour, West Side Story, the fifth production in the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Penn and Teller talked to Jimmy about their Broadway show before demonstrating how to perform one of the oldest tricks in the book
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, James and guest Demi Lovato traveled around Los Angeles delivering singing telegrams to some very deserving people. Check out the clip below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMThe trio’s musical offerings were substantial and not the easiest things for an occasional group to pull together.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:01AMThis casting is real, real to us! Shanice Williams has landed the coveted role of Dorothy in NBC’s The Wiz Live!. The exciting announcement was made on The Today Show on Augu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:01AMA brand-new star will join Queen Latifah and Mary J. Blige in the upcoming television musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
You know that nightmare where it’s opening night of a play and you realize you don’t know any of your lines and you’ve barely had any rehearsal but the curtain is about to go up to a p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:57AMJulie Andrews, who created the role of Eliza Doolittle in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady, will direct a production of the classic musical at Australia's Joan Sutherlan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMJulie Andrews, who created the role of Eliza Doolittle in the original Broadway production of My Fair Lady, will direct a production of the classic musical at Australia's Joan Sutherlan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMJoy contrasts with heartbreak in ‘Romeo and Juliet’-based musicalMusic Circus production emphasizes script’s ethnic divideCast, dancing, costumes, musical direction all stellar ……
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 08:45AMHAMILTON Touted as the greatest theatrical endeavor to hit Broadway since A Chorus Line, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop retelling of Alexander Hamilton’s life and times has raked in a whop…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:40AMAmanda Hale is to lead the cast of Martyr, which receives its UK premiere next month. Hale, whose recent credits include The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMMike Faist is playing Connor in the critically acclaimed production of Pasek and Paul’s Dear Evan Hansen at Arena Stage. Here we talk about his journey with the show. Joel: When did …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMThere was so much anticipation and speculation of who will portray the young Dorothy in The Wiz Live set to air on NBC Dec 3rd. Many have voiced their wishes and hopes for their favorite act…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 08:19AM✭✭✭✭✩ Spine tingling:
Magnificently malevolent when it needs to be, Theatre Alba's take on the great Russian folk tale Baba Yaga thrills and frightens …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:17AMNewcomer Shanice Williams has been announced to step into Dorothy's silver slippers in the upcoming NBC broadcast of The Wiz. She joins original Broadway star Stephanie Mills, Queen Lat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:11AMBaby showers, weddings, even meet-the-parent weekends don't have to include your actual loved ones, at least not in South Korea. A cottage casting industry exists to help fill your life-stag…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:03AMThe Asylum, CornwallThis all-singing, all-dancing adaptation of a Michael Morpurgo novella has plenty of fizz, but only in its dying moments does it strike an emotional chordGiven the globe-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMDonmar Warehouse, London In her tense and riveting early work, Morgan highlights the fragility of power as a group of women gather in a presidential palace with revolution brewing outsideAbi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMThe Mary Poppins actress will return to the production she starred in 60 years ago
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Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AMThe ruling can have a huge effect on the Great White Way, as regulators chose to assign less desirable frequencies to cordless microphone users, including Broadway stage actors.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57AMGrowing up just outside of Toronto, and now living there myself, I have been so lucky to live so close to such a rich theatre scene. As a theatre lover, it was amazing to know that the newes…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:53AMCreatives behind a National Youth Theatre production that was cancelled amid claims of censorship have accused the NYT of failing to be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMCurve executive producer Chris Stafford has been appointed as the venue’s new chief executive. He replaces Fiona Allan, who is leaving the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMIt is not my habit to offer my opinion about current productions, and I tend to even avoid doing so retrospectively. But I do want to briefly discuss the shows I’ve seen over the past week…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 07:24AMFour international playwrights will collaborate with UK-based directors as part of a new theatre festival. The Volta International Play Festival will take
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMActor Sean McKee, best known for his role as Jamie Henderson in the Channel 4 series Brookside, has died at the age
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMOrson Welles stars in an excerpt from an abridged performance of King Lear that was originally telecast live on Omnibus on October 18, 1953. The production was directed by Peter Brook. The i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMBullying is usually associated with the abuse of power, the biggest boy in the playground or – in the workplace – the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMYesterday I attended an AOL Build Session with Christopher Jackson of In the Heights fame as he discussed his newest project, Hamilton.
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 07:00AM“My work upheld me, for I had chosen to do what I could do well, did better daily, and liked doing.” Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited (revised edition of 1959)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
Meet the man you love to hate. Raul Esparza loves taking on unsavory roles, but his Iachimo in "Cymbeline" hits new lows.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:56AM“Hamilton,” the Broadway musical, is churning up interest in the "10 dollar Founding Father" far beyond the Great White Way.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:56AMSingers Robin Fernandez and Kitt Moran take over weekend performances... Read more »
The post Musical dreams and Johnny Mercer at Cabaret Festival appeared first on Ticket Sarasota.
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 05:56AMOscar-winning actress Meryl Streep and her daughter Mamie Gummer premiere their moive 'Ricki and the Flash' in New York, where Gummer said, although she enjoyed working with her mom, she's n…
SOURCE: USA Today at 05:53AMImage: Trends in Australia Twitter A campaign to get permission to use one of Taylor Swift’s most famous songs in an Australian play has gone viral. The US popstar granted permission for t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:38AMThe play was due to address why school children might travel to Syria to join Islamic State
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:38AMSinéad Cusack stars in Robert Hastie's revival of Abi Morgan's 'intriguing' play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:38AMRobert Hastie's production opened at the Donmar last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:38AMBy Doug Mayo
Up In Arms and Arcola Theatre will presented the world premiere of Eventide, a new play by Barney Norris at the Arcola Theatre ahead of a UK Tour. A love song, an elegy, a celeb…
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Lyndsey Turner's production of William Shakespeare's HAMLET, starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role, begins tonight 5 August 2015 at the Barbican Theatre, with opening night on 25 A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26AM54 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' tonight, August 5th at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMMusical theatre is not generally known for being an early adopter of up-to-the-minute trends in popular music, particularly since the advent of rock n roll and the great divide between popul…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMA standout from AMERICAN IDOL and THE VOICE joins 54 Below's tribute
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26AMI am still working on developing my Talking to Strangers idea. Unexpectedly, the biggest hurdle right now is finding a mechanism that is easy to attach and detach from theater seats (but sta…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:21AMDownload file Elise teaches Nicole about what makes comedy criticism tick. Then Elise looks at Colin Quinn’s comedy-theater show The New York Story from the stand-up lens and Nicole r…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 01:00AMPlus, a play-by-play account of the cell phone event that made world news.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe husband-and-wife team starts performances of Eugene O'Neill's final masterpiece tonight at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM"Comedy Bang! Bang!" Host Scott Aukerman on Llamas, Comic Books, & Pee-wee HermanYH hangs out with Emmy-winning TV writer/producer/host Scott Aukerman to get the scoop on the latest season o…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Summer Shorts Series B
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theatres
Reviewed by Shawna Cormier
BOTTOM LINE: Three plays about people living life: some lives we care about more than others.
The three short…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 12:34AM“Seventy-six trombones led the big parade, with a hundred and ten cornets close at hand”!!! From the orchestra conductor’s starting whistle and the first strains of “76 Trombones” …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:34AMThe troupe's new artistic director makes her debut with "The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler" at the Ivory
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:13AMSt. Louis' most-Shazamed tracks, brought to you exclusively by Go! Magazine and STLtoday.com.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:13AMPrince of Wales, LondonStrip away all the hype surrounding this hit Broadway import and what do you find? A mildly amusing musical, with some knowingly parodic songs, that takes a few pot sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13AMNew production to premiere in August 2016 as part of Opera Australia’s 60th birthday celebrations Dame Julie Andrews will direct a new production of My Fair Lady for Opera Australia, to be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:13AMSix-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and her husband, Tony Award nominee Will Swenson, take the stage at Williamstown Theatre Festival Aug. 5 in A Moon for the Misbegotten, Nobel la…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1977 All Broadway marquee lights are dimmed tonight in honor of actor Alfred Lunt who died two days earlier. This is only the third time up to that point that such an action has been taken.
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 audience.
This week …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM54 Below celebrates the 100th anniversary of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene with the tribute concert Another Hundred Years on Aug. 5, featuring a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe historical hip-hop musical Hamilton, which played an acclaimed Off-Broadway run earlier this year, has taken a circuitous route to its highly anticipated Broadway bow. Take a loo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBenedict Cumberbatch's heavily touted, long-awaited sold-out return to the London stage to play the title role in Hamlet begins performances at the Barbican Theatre Aug. 5, prior…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA new London production of the 1989 Tony-winning musical Grand Hotel officially opens Aug. 5, following previews that began July 31, for a run through Sept. 5, at Southwark Playhouse. It…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMYou can’t miss the Arcade Comedy Theater. Nestled on Liberty Avenue on the edge of Downtown’s Cultural District, the theater’s façade is painted in a technicolor scheme of pink, y…
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