Last month Thomas Cott linked to a piece on Classical Music Magazine’s website by Catherine Arlidge where she suggested symphony musicians be more effectively used to evangelize for th…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:58PMCynics, take note. Romance is alive and well at the Palace Theater, where An American in Paris, the lush, unapologetically old-fashioned musical has hung up its beret. Directed and choreogra…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:45PMThe newest star of Broadway defies all physical expectations of a leading man. He is neither tall nor muscular, and his vocal talents seem limited. (To be fair, we only hear him singing “J…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:40PMThis Shakespeare in the Park production stars Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater as a couple torn apart and then reunited.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:37PMWho knew a one-night stand could be so romantic? As a theatergoer, I’m sadly unfamiliar with much of Neil LaBute’s work. I’ve seen and read a few of his works, but I’m not nearly as …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:36PMHeritage Players is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and so is its newest production, Really Rosie, which is directed by Stuart C. Kazanow. Written by Maurice Sendak, with music…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:31PMThere are those rare occasions when life and art mirror each other so perfectly you can’t help but get goosebumps. Watching Grounded, the one-woman show starring a remarkable Anne Hathaway…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:31PMI’ve never been a big fan of vampires. The Twilight books bored me, and the movies even more so. And while I enjoyed the book “Let the Right One In,” I was skeptical as to how it would…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:28PMTortured relationships between fathers and daughters are nothing new to drama. They are, of course, a more recent aspect of the canon to be explored after centuries of fathers and sons strug…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:24PMThere's a reliable rule of the stage according to which, if the actors are having fun, the audience absolutely will. That's what's rambunctiously going on throughout Daniel Sullivan's fooli…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:23PMAnyone who sees Rasheeda Speaking, the intriguing new play by Joel Drake Johnson that explores dangerous dynamics in the workplace, may find themselves calling out sick to work the day after…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:21PM
The Public TheaterpresentsCYMBELINE, the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winnerDaniel Sullivanand starringHamish Link…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54PMBy Shari Lifland (@shariontheaisle) The Public’s new production of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline at the Delacorte Theater must have been conceived with two goals in mind: to ensure the audienc…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 09:37PMOne of Shakespeare’s least loved plays, Cymbeline is sort of the True Detective Season 2 of the canon: not as good as what came before, too convoluted to sort out and too dense to fol…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:30PMUntil recently, "Cymbeline" has been one of Shakespeare's least-performed plays and -- no surprise -- there have been reasons. For starters, it is both tragicomedy and fairy-tale romance. Th…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:18PMLily Rabe, Hamish Linklater, Raul Esparza and Kate Burton star in this free Central Park production of Shakespeare's dizzyingly convoluted late romance play.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
King George III was sort of right It looks like the Founding Fathers are likely to travel back across the pond in Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical HAMILTON.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:55PMGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was a man of many words. His abundance of letters, critiques and essays on political and artistic issues of his day, as well as more than 60 plays, earned him…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 08:53PMPerfect Ghost exposes the secrets and sadness behind the glamorous façade of Hollywood. The show tells the story of Marni Nixon, a ghost singer of the 1950s. Unbeknownst to many, Nixon was …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:32PMNow at Williamstown Theatre Festival, tucked away in the northwest corner of Massachusetts, Broadway royalty and celebrity couple, Audra McDonald and Will Swenson are exploring a new kind of…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 08:24PMLike most of Shakespeare's late-career romances, Cymbeline is difficult to classify. . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:13PM
The LA Philharmonic stages an opera performance in concert at the Hollywood Bowl every summer. This year, that opera was Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata (“The Fallen Woman”). Based on A…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:51PMYOU CAN GO HOLMES AGAIN It turns out that you can teach an old dog new tricks, proven by The Old Globe’s contemporary stage-spoof treatment of the 1901 Sherlock Holmes classic novel The Ho…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:46PMAUDRA McDONALD BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL BILLY PORTER BRANDON VICTOR DIXON JOSHUA HENRY TO STAR IN “SHUFFLE ALONG Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed” ORIGIN…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 07:28PMAs a play and as a performance there are elements of Splendour that I have not seen bettered this year. At the curtain call, I found myself with a reflex-like conviction in its quality. My r…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:25PMBenedict Cumberbatch is urging fans to stop photographing and recording videos during his performances of “Hamlet” at the Barbican theater in London — and ironically, he&#…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:17PM✭✭✭✭✩ Immoral compass:
Foul-mouthed and funny, Willie and Sebastian is far removed from what might be expected of the established double act of Andy Gra…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:02PM
By Lily Janiak
It was three days before opening, and to introduce me to his latest costuming dilemma, designer Jim Kumiega began, “At one point, in the fifth layer of hell…”
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SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 06:47PMGet out your 'Boogie Shoes' as Bill Hanney's award winning North Shore Music Theatre NSMT presents a New England Regional Theatre Premiere that will leave you with 'Night Fever' SATURDAY NIG…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMWilliamstown Theatre Festival's 2015 Season presents an invigorating new look at Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, which opened on August 5, and runs through August 23, featuring …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMAs we start to celebrate the ADA’s 25th anniversary, a lot of us have been wondering how we can make Chicago theatre more accessible. At Victory Gardens, we believe a lot of this work star…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 06:37PMThe Side Project (1439 W Jarvis Ave), a 43-seat black box, has a 4-week performance slot available from September 24 through October 18 (load-in eve of Sept 20). Also available: 4-week slot …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 06:37PMA podcast where playwrights talk to playwrights about the things usually left unsaid. In a conversation that dives into life's muck, we learn what irks, agitates, motivates, inspires and -- …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:34PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Don’t Make Cumberbatch Pull a Patti
Following a recent performance of Hamlet at the Barbican, Olivier winner and Osc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PMBryce takes us through his pre-show routine and asks his Gentleman's Guide friends what the hardest part of his return has been.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PMCheck out production photos of Tony winner Jessie Mueller and more in Waitress. The new Sara Bareilles musical is playing teh American Repertory Theatre in Cambride, Massachusetts through Se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PM✭✭✭✭✩ Smashing
Young critics scheme review:
Fun and entertaining, Honk!, Anthony Drewe's modern adaptation of The Ugly Duckling performed as part of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending August 9th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 06:28PMJonathan Ollivier, who starred in works choreographed by Matthew Bourne, was killed when a car struck his motorcyle.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:28PMCraig Smith and Micheline Marmol have won four world ballroom dance titles.... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 06:28PMName: Leanora Lange. But I go by Lea. Like the princess. No, I was not named after the princess. I was named after Beethoven’s overture. (Booyah).Hometown: Newton Falls, Ohio, which proudl…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:26PMThis charmer has been the secret favorite restaurant of Long Beach cognoscenti for three decades and under the same ownership. One of them, Moe Shabbani, has a day job (real estate), a smart…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:22PMThe new season features local favorites and an area premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:19PMWant more Broadway Blog? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! The New York Pops celebrated its new summer home at Forest Hills Stadium with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster. The pro…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:13PMI traveled far and wide and low and high to find the greatest marketing executive to ever walk the earth. No, I won't tell you the person's name.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:03PMThe Kennedy Center's international programming will showcase original works from around the globe, including some choice U.S. offerings.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:02PM
Lady Gaga teases her role on AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMMen are from Mars–Women are from Venus LIVE!, a play adapted from John Gray's 1992 bestselling self-help book about the differences between the genders, will land Off-B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:49PMThe Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles introduces storefront:, a new project that invites artists and artist collectives to inhabit the anteroom space of The Marcia Simon Weisman Works …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:45PMSix-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and her husband, Tony Award nominee Will Swenson, opened Aug. 9 at Williamstown Theatre Festival A Moon for the Misbegotten, Nobel laureate Euge…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMHave faith in Mary Testa and Michael Starobin
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMBelow, check out Josh Walden's latest video from The Muny's summer 2015 season, featuring the cast of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST -- in slow motion
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 8102015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMTinkerbelle the Dog is one step closer to her Broadway dream This weekend, she opened in the role of 'Chowsie' in Harbor Lights Theater Company's GYPSY, performed at the St. George Theater. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMDuke Lafoon will play the role of George Bailey in A Wonderful Life, a stage musical adaptation of the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life," with book and lyrics …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMThe director of "We Gotta Bingo," an interactive show that opened last week in Chicago, is fighting for his life, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis reports.
The post ‘We Gotta Bingo̵…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:29PMHamilton officially opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on August 6, and we have a feeling it has secured its place in the frontrunners for quite a while. The show played to 100…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:29PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1955 (Decca) Seventh Heaven received mixed-to-negative reviews and closed fairly quickly, but the show’s impressive music earned it this recording. Composer Victor …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:26PMName: Caroline Kelly FranklinHometown: Lexington, KYEducation: BA in Theater form Troy University, Summer Theater Program at The North Carolina School for The ArtsFavorite Credits: Writer: L…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:22PMEmmy and Golden Globe Winner Camryn Manheim has joined the Deaf West production of Spring Awakening coming to Broadway this fall. Manheim is the final addition to the cast and joins the pre…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:15PMA lot of Broadway shows posted big-money sales last week, as “Aladdin” and “The Book of Mormon” took advantage of tourist demand with an extra performance each, and …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:11PMTheater Wit has announced its 2015-16 season on the North Side. The three titles will play in the company's space at 1229 N. Belmont Ave.; more information at TheaterWit.org.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:08PMLos Angeles is full of writers and performers who came up through the comedy ranks in Chicago, and it is not unusual to see many them continue to work their improv chops on stage, usually at…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:08PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1969 (Columbia/Sony) History teacher-turned-songwriter Sherman Edwards got the idea for a musical about the writing and adoption of the Declaration of Independence, a…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:06PMOpening almost a half a century ago, in 1974, The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical “Wonderful Wizard of Oz” is a fun evening based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum. Featuring …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:04PMPlaybill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMGlover will join acclaimed tenor Alfie Boe as part of the production's newest cast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The Defiant Thomas Brothers, a Chicago sketch-comedy duo who made a mark on the local ...
The post Chicago comedy duo Defiant Thomas Brothers to reunite appeared first on Chicago Entertainme…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:52PMKathy Griffin is ready to show she’s the boss of comedy. The two-time Emmy and Grammy Award-winning comedian is bringing her “Like a Boss” tour to the Mark Taper Forum for…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:52PM✭✭✭✩✩ Intense:
There is an interesting perspective on discrimination and identity in Skins and Hoods at the French Institute.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:46PMProducers said Monday that Manheim will play several female roles in the Tony Award-winning rock musical about a dozen young people discovering their sexual identities. The revival is choreo…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 04:45PMA free event celebrating new work in ChicagoWednesday, August 129:00pm doors, 9:30pm curtainThe Garage Theatre, 1624 N. HalstedHosted by Meghan Beals (Interim Artistic Director, Chicago Dram…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:38PMBroadwayWorld TV's Los Angeles Producer and on-air Host Michael Sterling was on the red carpet getting up close and personal with the U.S. Touring Cast of Cameron McIntosh's new production o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMA Broadway headliner joins a TV hit
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMTwo showstoppers as you've never heard them before
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld's The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Below, you will find weekly updates on full priced tickets, discounts, availability for the hottest productions, and locations fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMTony Award-nomineeMontego GloverMemphis will assume the role of Fantine beginningTuesday, September 1in Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new Broadway production of Claude-Michel Schonberg amp …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMTony nominee Montego Glover will join the cast of Les Miserables on Broadway as Fantine beginning September 1. Newcomer Alex Finke will step into the role of Cosette beginning that same…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMThe revival will star Ben Whishaw, Sophie Okonedo, Saoirse Ronan and Ciarán Hinds, and feature an original score by Philip Glass.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:23PM38-year-old British dancer Jonathan Ollivier was killed on Sunday, hours before a scheduled performance.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:22PMFireworks over the Hudson greeted last week’s opening of Hamilton, along with the kind of excitement that comes when an anticipated hit lives up to expectations and Broadway seems, if …
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:20PMMontego Glover, who earned a Tony nomination as leading lady of the musical Memphis, will assume the role of Fantine in Broadway's Les Misérables beginning Sept. 1, the same d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMImage: Hugo Glendinning Tributes have poured in, after dancer Jonathan Ollivier died in a motorcycle crash in London. The 38-year-old from Nottingham was involved in a collision in Clerkenwe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:14PMOff the Wall Productions has postponed the world premiere of Anne Stockton’s one-woman show “I Won’t Be in on Monday” due to an illness in the playwright’s family.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:10PMBroadway’s Jared Bradshaw and Lindsay Northen are long-time understudies on Broadway—she covers Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked and he covers three principal tracks a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PMFrom rapping and freestyling on the red carpet to a surprise concert from The Roots at the afterparty, the Hamilton opening night celebration went into the wee hours of the night, and Broadw…
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 04:05PMOne of the most amazing things about Broadway musicals is that you’re hearing live orchestrations played by skilled musicians at every single performance. This is nothing to take for grant…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:02PMBen Fankhauser, Becky Gulsvig, and Liam Tobin will play Carole King's colleagues.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Donna Murphy and Cyndi Lauper were both at the Aug. 9 performance of Fun Home. They greeted the stars of the Tony-winning musical backstage after the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMThis week's line-up will include performances from the casts ofDaddy Long Legs,Once Upon a Mattress,The King and I Betsy Morgan, Jose Llana, Ruthie Ann Miles, Dames at Sea Lesli Margherita, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMWalt Disney Records' soundtrack to Disney Channel's hit movie 'Descendants' debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart after scanning 42,000 units includes TEA and SEA in its first week of r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PMRachel Griffin is an up-and-coming musical theater songwriter and librettist. She is currently writing the book, lyrics and music for a musical entitled, We Have Apples. Rachel has won two n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 892015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PMTony winners Billy Porter and Brian Stokes Mitchell and Tony nominees Joshua Henry and Brandon Victor Dixon will join the previously announced six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald in the cast…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:35PMName: Mark Jason Williams
Hometown: Yonkers, NY
Education: BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. The perfect spot to be an awkward teenager coming to terms…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:32PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights!
ALA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMDeborah Hay and Ben Carlson shed light on the delicate dynamics of The Taming of the Shrew through the lens of their own relationship
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:28PMThe Guild Hall Summer Gala celebrated Roy Lichtenstein: Between Sea and Sky with an exclusive pAlec & Hilaria Baldwinreview and a cheerful evening of music, dancing, dining, along with a…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:27PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMA week before opening night I sat down with actors, Matt Provance, Zach Goubeaux, and Director Brennan Jones to talk about how they prepare to take on all 37 works of William Shakespeare in …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:19PMThe lineup has been announced for the sixth and final free concert in 106.7 LITE FM’s Broadway in Bryant Park series, which will be held Aug. 13 on the Bryant Park Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMWhen Audra McDonald’s Josie Hogan embraces Will Swenson’s James Tyrone in the last act of Eugene O’Neill’s elegiac masterwork “A Moon for the Misbegotten,” it’s an act — …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:16PM“We are living in an age when we get to choose our communities. I could be a sports fan, or a gamer, or build houses for Habitat for Humanity, or a zillion other things. But my real fr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:14PMRevived show marks resurgence in hard core fundamentalism since 9/11 as power of organized televangelism has grown.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:11PM The 1,000 Percent Solution When Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre learned that 95% of its carbon footprint was beyond its control, they changed the equation. By Stan Fried…
SOURCE: www.broadwaygreen.com at 03:10PMKokandy Productions is pleased to continue its 2015 season with LOVING REPEATING, a musical tribute to the life and loves of celebrated American author Gertrude Stein. Using Stein’s own…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:04PMBack by popular demand! After selling out both nights of the inaugural shows and having to turn patrons away, LEVELdance has decided to remount their highly successful NOCTURNE shows later t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:04PMMercury Theater Chicago, 3745 N. Southport Avenue, is thrilled to announce that RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH has been extended through November 1. The musical tribute has received …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:04PMThe city that launched America’s Cows on Parade plays host to Statue Stories Chicago, an extraordinary new public art exhibition. The statues will speak from August 6, 2015 through s…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:04PMCongo Square Theatre Company announces its 2015/2016 season with two productions, a workshop series from the August Wilson New Play Initiative (AWNPI) and the return of the Owning Our Worth …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:04PMAs a huge fan of Tommy Wiseau’s drama/black comedy, The Room: The Musical is my new favourite production at the Edinburgh Fringe. Packing all the most famous parts of the film into a hilar…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:04PMJudd Apatow, Billy Crystal and new “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah are among the names on the 2015 lineup of the New York Comedy Festival. The annual festival, featuring 200 …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM
Barrett Wilbert Weed (Heathers) will premiere her new solo show 9:30 PM Sept. 2 for a single performance at 54 Below cabaret in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMDancer with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures company who combined masculine power with emotional delicacyThe timing and circumstances of Jonathan Ollivier’s death could hardly have been m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:50PMUnited Flight 232, a drama that relives the harrowing last 44 minutes before the crash of a real-life airliner, will get its world premiere next spring at The House Theatre of Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMAs part of TCM’s Summer Under the Stars salute to Joan Crawford, early tomorrow morning they will be showing two camp classics starring the high strung actress, from her late, “…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:43PMKristin Caskey was part of the producing wonder team behind Thoroughly Modern Millie (along with Hal Luftig and her partner Mike Isaacson) that grabbed the Tony Award away from Urinetown,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 02:31PMCall Me Adam, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Kenyon Phillips, and Cady HuffmanI've been very fortunate to make some great connections with many of my participants, so much so, that when they have a new …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 02:31PMThe stars of RUTHLESS! The Musical appeared at "Broadway in Bryant Park," presented by 106.7 Lite FM, last Thursday, August 6th. Kim Maresca, Paul Pecorino, Tori Murray, and Rita McKenzie pe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Camryn Manheim is joining the Deaf West Theatre production of "Spring Awakening" on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:19PMNEW YORK - Grabbing a hot chocolate at the theater-district restaurant Sardi's usually costs only a few bucks, but when you add one special ingredient, it soars to $2,250.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:17PMNEW YORK - Sarah Jessica Parker and husband, Matthew Broderick, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Bon Jovi and Laverne Cox all attended the Broadway opening Thursday of "Hamilton." Actress Ju…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:17PMBroadway vet Jeremy Jordan will play 'Winslow 'Winn' Schott', a superstar IT whiz who works alongside Kara GLEE's Melissa Benoist at CatCo. in CBS's highly anticipated new drama SUPERGIRL
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMFriends and colleagues of the director Gabriele Jakobi were shocked and deeply saddened to learn that she suffered a massive stroke in June. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up with the goal…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:07PMMelissa Gordon is a New York based actor, writer, voice over artist and singer. She performs regularly in comedy venues throughout Manhattan including Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), The Peo…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:07PMEmmy winner Camryn Manheim and stage alums Patrick Page and Russell Harvard will round out the cast of Deaf West’s Spring Awakening revival on Broadway. The three new additions, along …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMReunions abound in Broadway's exciting Shuffle Along revival.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:05PMMagician Dan White, who has served as a consultant to David Blaine, David Copperfield and Kanye West, spent a year and a half preparing his own very special show, simply called The Magician.…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:04PMPart of Camden’s annual fringe festival, …and Ephgrave sees comedian David Ephgrave taking on his first solo show without the aid of his double act partner, Glyn Doggett. It had moments …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PMClose Up is a dance, physical theater and Circus show from award winning company, Circa. It’s chock full of amazing acrobatics, dance and circus tricks – things to make you laugh, th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PMMost popularly associated with Disney’s 1940 film, Pinocchio actually started life in 1883 in Italy as The Adventures of Pinocchio and was written in serial form. It is the author Carlo Co…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PMUPDATE with more information, below, including message from Times critic Mike Hale.
James Poniewozik will succeed Alessandra Stanley as chief television critic, New York Times reporter Micha…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:00PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMRECOMMENDED Harold Pinter’s plays famously hint at something ominous below the surface of dialogue that poetically chases itself around but ends up nowhere (“They believe in me.&…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:00PMCharlotte Maltby, Shakina Nayfack, and Molly Pope will also participate.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThis is the speech the Hamlet star wants on YouTube.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
The phone fanatics are at it again.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMTributes have been paid to Reginald Perrin creator David Nobbs, who has died at the age of 80. Nobbs began his career
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:57PMTheatres in Northern Ireland have warned of job cuts and reduced output following proposals for a 10% cut to their funding. Concern
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:57PMRailway tunnels in Bristol that date back 175 years are to be transformed into a new performance space. The underground venue, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:57PMSister Juana Inés de la Cruz – controversial 17th Mexican nun and esteemed poet and dramatist – may seem an unlikely protagonist to pull in the crowds at the Globe. But Helen Edmundson�…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:57PMThe prospect of an all-British Prom makes the heart sink but this one was full of surprises, once we’d got past the brassy banality of Walton’s Spitfire Prelude and Fugue. Chloe Hanslip …
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:57PMThe phone fanatics are at it again.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThe first (and most highly anticipated) opening of the season did not disappoint! Check out more glamorous photos from the red carpet and some exclusive shots of the fireworks display and su…
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 01:44PMEveryone’s happy when they get a five-star writeup, but often new or more complex work needs something beyond the traditional review formatAudiences like star ratings, PRs and artists like…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMBenedict Cumberbatch has pleaded for fans to stop distracting him after one filmed his ‘To be or not to be’ speech in Hamlet. But this is just one of the many new dangers today’s actor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PMLos Angeles is full of writers and performers who came up through the comedy ranks in Chicago, and it is not unusual to see many of them continue to work their improv chops on stage, usually…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:44PM An auspicious inaugural season for a brilliantly re-purposed Queens venue. by Joel Benjamin August 7, 2015. Steven Reineke and his New York Pops ventured out of Carnegie Hall…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:42PMAmong the new plays is 'Byhalia, Mississippi,' which will debut in several cities at once in hopes of sparking an online conversation among audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PMHello magical lovers of the theatre Oh happy day of dreaming big to you Last week was yet another glorious well-lived and fun-filled week for us here at Transcendence
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMTHE COMPUTER COUNTESS It’s a topical, Tim-Hunt-tastic moment to celebrate one of the forgotten women of science, and the Edinburgh University Theatre companyhave hit on a cracking good s…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:15PMOur kid critic Edward Macneill, aged 10, reviews the production of Jacqueline Wilson's book
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:07PMPhill Jupitus and Alan Cox star as Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in this 'slight, enjoyable piece'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:07PMLauren Marcus, who was recently seen in Two River Theater's Be More Chill will replace Anneliese van der Pol as Audrey in the Sharon Playhouse production of Little Shop of Horrors. The a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMMichael Arden's Deaf West production of the Tony-winning musical comes to New York after an acclaimed run in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
HAMILTON,Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical about America's 'the ten-dollar Founding Father without a father,' opened just last week at theRichard RodgersTheatre.HAMILTON has book, music and lyric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMAmong the finalists are stars from the Broadway production of Avenue Q, Howie Michael Smith PrincetonRod and Christian Anderson NickyTrekkie Monster .
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMMSG Entertainment announced that Tyler Perry's play Madea on the Run, starring Tyler Perry, will bring seven performances to the Beacon Theatre starting on September 3, 2015 with various dat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMLauren Marcus, recently seen in Two River Theater's world premiere production ofBe More Chill, will take over the role of Audrey inLittle Shop of Horrorsat Sharon Playhouse. Anneliese van de…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed thatthat Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Camryn Manheim 'The Practice,' 'Ghost Whisperer', Drama Desk Award nominee Patrick Page Cymbeline at Shakespeare in th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMGavin Rohrer, a born-and-bred Virginian, continues to provide Southern hospitality to the theatre. Raised in the Chesapeake Bay area, Gavin Rohrer found the stage. While attending University…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:55PMThe actor said it was “mortifying” during a recent production of Hamlet to see from stage the red light of cellphone videos recording.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:50PMThe wealth of first-time comic talent at the Edinburgh fringe can leave those coming back for another try overlooked and overburdenedI enjoyed reading the novelist Amit Chaudhuri reminiscing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThe comedian is impressive as her sexist alter ego Dave, but the brand of chauvinist comedy depicted makes for a fairly soft target“I mostly hang out with come…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44PMAssembly George Square Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 8th August 2015 If circus is about taking physical human skills and presenting them in surprising and entertaining ways, then …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:43PMWatermill Theatre, Newbury****Music, lyrics and book by Lionel BartDirected by Luke SheppardThomas KerryIt is a rare treat to visit Newbury’s charmingly situated Watermill Theatre and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:43PM✭✭✩✩✩ Insufficiently fruity:
Lacking nothing in energy, Nell Gwyn: An Epilogue is nevertheless lacking in focus and fails to convince as a result.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:40PMEmmy and Golden Globe Award winner Camryn Manheim (“The Practice," "Ghost Whisperer"), Drama Desk Award nominee Patrick Page (Cymbeline, Casa Valentina, Spider-M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMJonathan Ollivier was one of the most expressive dancers of his generation, the imposing muscularity of his performances characterised by a distinctive
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:24PMRoundabout's production of Violet closed on Broadway one year ago today. Emerson Steele made her main stem debut playing the childhood version of the title character in Roundabout'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMLiam Tobin, Becky Gulsvig and Ben Fankhauser will make Beautiful music with Abby Mueller in the national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Directed by Marc Bruni, the touring produ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PMSherie Rene Scott and Dick Scanlan's story about an actress teaching six inmates how to tell their stories behind the bars of a men’s maximum security prison.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PMHamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical, officially opened on Broadway on Aug. 6. In celebration, ensemble members Ariana DeBose and Betsy Struxness took over Playbill's Insta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMThe premise of The Public House Theatre’s “Ready for Hillary: The Musical” is simple, if wacky: On the eve of the 2016 presidential election, candidates Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warr…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:15PMAny talk of a cow, goose, giant, harp, golden eggs and magic beans means there will be some “fee-fi-fo-fum” fun in the atmosphere. At the historic Hackney Empire in the UK, fun is an und…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:14PMThursday, Aug. 13, The Musical Theater Project, "I Am What I Am: Gays, Lesbians and the American Musical." If you missed this world-premiere, rainbow-colored concert when …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:12PMHouse Theatre of Chicago is creating a new show based on one of the worst air disasters in U.S. history - the 1989 crash of a Chicago-bound United Airlines DC-10 flight in Sioux City, Iowa. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:09PMBrandreth has 'a big bee in his bonnet about language' and comically examines the power of words in his show
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:09PMJohn Hannah returns to the stage in Hristo Boytchev's play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:09PMBelgian company SKaGeN return to the Fringe with an examination of 'the complex relationship between culprit and judge'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:09PMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - It's not unusual to see people scurrying around the polished marble of the Beverly Hilton Hotel with luggage in hand. Few of them, however, are carrying Broadway star…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:03PMAt last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, when many were focusing on Scottish independence, another issue erupted. A group of leading artists, media figures
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMI saw just five shows last week between London, New York, Boston and Provincetown! I'm having a break....!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe Transport Group production is among the offerings announced for 2015-16.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMWicked's Emma Hunton, Hamilton's Ephraim Sykes, and more are set to participate.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
A revival of Broadway musical Hello Again and a double bill of plays by Frank Marcus feature in the Hope Theatre’s first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMThe heartthrob, currently starring in Hamlet, is the latest celebrity to lose his patience with cell phones in the theater.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:56AMThe Ensemblist #54: A Chorus Line: iTunes | PodBean | Stitcher Radio | TuneInYou know it. We know it. It’s the show that changed the way musicals
were written, what they could be about, a…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 11:54AM 'Crucible' and 'Father' Join Broadway Spring Roster …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:54AMAttempting to pull off two Sarah Kane plays at the Fringe- that’s brave. Now what if I mention that they both have the same cast? Fear No Colours have guts, you have to give them that. Cle…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:52AMBroadwayWorld has just confirmed the complete casting for the upcoming North American Tour of the Tony,Grammy Award-winning musical BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING Musical.The show will premiere…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AM54 Below is Broadway's Supper Club - and the hottest venue in town - but long before that it was home to nightlife legend. 54 Below invites you to remember the glory - and the decadence - th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMName: Andrea AltonHometown: Hillsboro, OregonEducation: Portland State University, Portland Actors Conservatory, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre & The Peoples Improv Theatre. I wanted t…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:52AMLeaping off from Petru Popescu’s book “Amazon Beaming,” an account of an American photographer’s encounter with an indigenous tribe, Simon McBurney’s solo show for his company Comp…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:48AMThe very best thing I can say about RUTHLESS! The Musical, and it’s a compliment, is that it’s the camp musical for people who hate camp musicals. Offered in an open-ended run of 4 perfs…
SOURCE: www.aislesay.com at 11:47AMCiara Renée (Pippin, Big Fish) will perform a farewell concert on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 11:30 PM before heading to Vancouver to film CW's "Legends of Tomorrow."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMCiara Renée (Pippin, Big Fish) will perform a farewell concert on Thursday, Aug. 20 at 11:30 PM before heading to Vancouver to film CW's "Legends of Tomorrow."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMAs part of my periodic stock taking, I did a little assessment this morning of the popularity of the various comedians I write about on Travalanche. I am particularly interested (floored, re…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:21AM✭✭✭✩✩ Unsettling:
Not for the fainthearted, Comfort Slaves performed by Immersive Acting Movement deals with horrible issues that have become part of o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:19AMThe 27th Annual Festival of New Musicals, which will take place Oct. 15 and 16 at New World Stages in New York, has announced the lineup for two additional special programs: a Songwriters Sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMGet to know Thomasina E. Gross, a Glee alum who makes her Broadway debut as Lisa in Mamma Mia.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:09AMNew York Women in Film amp Television and the Iris film collective have announced the12 screenwriters for the inaugural Meryl Streep's Writers Lab
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMFIVE POINTS an American musical, with book by Harrison David Rivers, lyrics by Douglas Lyons and music by Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar, has been in residence at the Musical Theatre Factor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMBy David Dudley. In this installment, David Dudley interviews four members of Double Edge Theatre Company about the company’s unique approach to training and living.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:05AMProducers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have announced the supporting cast for the national tour of Beautiful — The Carole King Musical, which launches Sept. 15 at the P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMKathleen Akerley, Artistic Director of Longacre Lea, has two plays debuting in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival: Bones in Whispers opens August 12 and Night Falls on the Blue Planet…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:01AMStage alums Greg Mullavey and Kate Wetherhead will join the previously announced Marlo Thomas in Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies off-Broadway. The three reprise their roles as Bill S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:01AMBy HowlRound TV. Distillery Artist Residency in New Orleans presents the culminating Work-In-Process showing for the two 2016 artist fellows: Scotty Heron and Kesha McKey . Livestreaming on …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AMThe Joe DiPietro comedy brings back its world-premiere company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMMike Bartlett's An Intervention, which was to run simultaneously, will go on as planned.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
On August 11th Signature Theatre opens their production of THE FIX by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe. We sat down with director Eric Schaeffer to get the inside scoop on the show the Washingt…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:56AMBonkers fun for anyone who’s ever wondered who they really are, If I Were Me follows a socially awkward copywriter named Philip’s (Nasi Voutsas) attempts to find himself and change his l…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AMThe Stolen Inches is without a doubt the greatest (and most middle class) episode of Keeping up with the Kardashians ever produced. Exploring the disparity between public and private demeano…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AMAn oak tree. A hypnotist. An actor, who’s never seen nor read the script, playing a grieving father. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary and having featured more than 300 different act…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AMSo here’s the deal: you’ve got a troop of actors and an energetic compere. The audience shouts out what they want to see in terms of location, a couple of characters, opening number and …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AMBarely two minutes into Mancunian Rhapsondy, a “true-ish, jew-ish musical comedy” and BAM, there’s the Hitler joke. Not the most subtle reference, but best to get it out the wa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AMOn Aug. 6 The New York Pops performed the inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, featuring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMBased on the Broadway musical thriller written by Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse, Jekyll amp Hyde Resurrection is a live concert featuring the music and songs from the 2006 album starrin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMJust last week, The New York Pops performed an inaugural concert at its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium, with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, joined by former Broadway co-sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMLaura Wade's adaptation premieres in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:40AMCurrently playing Antigone at the Edinburgh festival, the French actor will answer your questions in a live webchat from 12 noon BST on Wednesday 12 August – post them in the comments belo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe standup’s festival return sees him get serious about the state of racial politics, while retaining his keen sense of sillyEnjoyable though it was, there w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMJonathan Ollivier performs in Swan Lake on ANT1 TV, with Sam Archer, while on tour in Greece in 2010. Ollivier was killed in a motorbike accident on Sunday in Farringdon while en route to Lo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMGuardian photographer Murdo MacLeod has been capturing the most exciting moments of the fringe’s many theatre, circus and dance perfomances Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMBenedict Cumberbatch's sold-out return to the London stage in the title role of Hamlet began performances at the Barbican Theatre Aug. 5, prior to an official opening Aug. 25, for a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMTickets go on sale today to see Emmy, Grammy and Golden Globe Award winner Marlo Thomas in Joe DiPietro's Clever Little Lies Off-Broadway this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMJoel Grey comes to the Cleveland Play House with two performances of his one-man show "Joel Grey: Up Close and Personal" at the Allen Theatre in October.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:22AM✭✭✭✭✩ Human:
There is a strongly beating human heart behind the Traverse Theatre Company’s Swallow. The cleverly staged production from a largely…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:17AMFrom living room dramas to brand new musicals, from Aspen to Coral Gables, another eclectic week of theatre in the U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:14AMThe Hippodrome Theatre and the University of Florida School of Theatre + Dance will co-produce PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, the Tony award-winning play by Rick Elice, directed by Lauren Caldwe…
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 10:13AM"The (New) Trial," adapted from Peter Weiss’s same titled play, presents a surreal look at the life of Joseph K, an attorney in an international corporation that explores K’s obsessive i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AMThey say, whoever they are, that the only stupid question is the question left unasked. I disagree. Assignment #13: Over-Eager Brown: “Do the actors come out of the theater afterwards…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMIt takes months of planning and dozens of theatre professionals to produce a play on the Hippodrome mainstage. The Hippodrome Play Observership offers the opportunity for the public to go be…
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 10:06AMThe Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) has added new signature categories for its upcoming run with the Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights program, which will provide filmmaker…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:05AMGood 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 CYMBELINE takes the stage in Central P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AM
This weekend’s FINALIST Presentation was incredible, and we ultimately awarded six playwrights with a publishing and licensing contract with Samuel French Inc. All of these winnin…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 09:50AMA cautionary tale for the age of Buzzfeed, The Red Chair Players’ Clickbait attempts to “explore the subtle ways a person can be manipulated without knowing it”. When a peer needs to r…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AMIn 1860s San Francisco, a penniless man named Joshua Norton declared himself The Emperor of America. The city treated him as such: paying imaginary taxes, printing his declarations in the ne…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AMFusing together elements of Eastern and Western physical theatre and dance, Ryukyu Cirque’s Clown Macbeth is a compelling and polished take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Director and perform…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AMWriter and director Nick Myles weaves elements of his own life into the four stories presented in Mistaken, sharing with us snapshots of four recognisably human lives. Hidden Bell Productio…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AMHere’s a confession: any hint of puppets in plays tends to make me pretty cynical. Maybe it’s the awful image of sock puppets that jumps to mind, maybe it’s some traumatic experience I…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AMAbout a third of the way into Girl From Nowhere, Jeannie (Victoria Rigby) picks up her guitar, and finally lets rip that bluesy rock and roll she loves. From her box filled attic we are tran…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AM“I’m Donny Stixx, the boy with tricks”. Philip Ridley’s latest one-man play, a companion to 2013’s Dark Vanilla Jungle, sees a volatile young magician (Sean Michael Verey) performi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:49AMName: Peter PetkovsekHometown: Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia (a small chicken-shaped country between the Alps and the Balkans in Central Europe)Education: MFA Theatre Directing Columbia…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:49AMEdinburgh Festival Fringe Society chief executive Kath Mainland has declared the fringe to be more important than ever in an increasingly difficult
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:43AMMatthew Bourne has led tributes to dancer Jonathan Ollivier, describing him as one of the most “charismatic and powerful” performers of his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:43AMNica Burns has urged the BBC to protect and develop young comedy talent in the face of cost-cutting measures at the Corporation.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:43AMThe Public Theater presents Cymbeline, the second show of The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park season at the Delacorte. Directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan and featuring the p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMTony Award-winning Broadway starDonna McKechnie just released a live solo album of her recent London performance, titled SAME TIME ANOTHER PLACE, now available on iTunes and in stores.McKech…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMToday in 1986, Me and My Girl opened at the Marquis Theatre, where it ran for 1420 performances. Me and My Girl is a musical with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMThe Muny announced today the cast for its production of Oklahoma August 10 -16 directed by Rob Ruggiero, choreographed by Susan Stroman and music directed by Kevin Stites. Ginger Thatcher wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AM'IfDinah WashingtonampNancy Wilsonmet up withJessie JampAmy Winehousefor cocktails...' you'd get Carly Live at 54 With eight Broadway shows to her name,Carly Hugheshas quickly established he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AMPleasance Dome, EdinburghJack Thorne’s multi-layered two-hander for Graeae – about a couple grieving for their stillborn child – has no happy ever after, but is rewarding to watchThey …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMIn this entertaining satire of empire, Christian Kracht makes use of a nihilistic magic realism, without the sweetness one normally associates with that mode.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:33AMA man, his wife and his mistress meet up in an abandoned hotel to plan a suicide. It's a two-star joint with one room and one floor. And a caretaker who is trying to clean up the place for a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:29AMOne of the UK’s poshest festivals brought naked sports days, wild swimming, a Champagne tent and an entire spa and wellness sanctuary to Cornbury Park, a country estate set in 400 acres of…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:29AMOn a bare white stage, shaped to taper off into the distance, three women emerge, shafts of light around them angled so that it portions them off into their own cell-like spaces.
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:29AMToday is the anniversary of the release date of the Charlie Chaplin Keystone comedy The Face on the Bar-Room Floor (1914). Inspired by the 1872 John Henry Titus film, Chaplin’s parody…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:28AMMichael MustoMargaret ChobroadwayTelevisionMichael MustoMargaret Cho is going into E!’s Fashion Police as a co-host, but though she was close with the late Joan Rivers and even considered …
SOURCE: Out at 09:15AMLet It Be played its 1000th UK performance in the West End as it entered the final part of its run. The show has just four weeks left to play at the Garrick Theatre and audiences have now ju…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:14AM
As we’re midway through August, the hottest month of the year, we’re all trying to find ways to combat the extreme heat: sitting in front of the air conditioner, eating ice cream…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:40AMThe French dancer takes her farewell tour to the EIF
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:39AM'Seeing this much theatre in this close proximity, something strange starts to happen'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:39AM'A sort of Alan Bennett Talking Heads piece without the humour, wit or piercing social commentary'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:39AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25AMThe American musical is in fine shape, both its brand-new and revival corps. This wasn't always the case.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 07:16AMTraverse, EdinburghLucas Hnath’s play probes the divisions opened among a religious community by their leader’s epiphany, but lacks the right emotional intensityPastor Paul’s church ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16AMActor Samuel West and playwright Roy Williams are among those who have hit out at The Times and the Daily Mail for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
Jonathan Ollivier, a 38-year old principal dancer with Matthew Bourne's New Adventures company, has died after the motorbike he was driving was hit by a car in central London Aug. 9.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:37AMThe EIF kicked off on Friday with a late-night performance of John Adams's choral work ''Harmonium"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:13AMBourne said Ollivier's death has 'ripped at the heart of the New Adventures family'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:13AMA 'touching, gentle little solo play' from Gary McNair
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:13AMA new show from Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn raises awareness of mental health
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:13AM'Each year, the Fringe throws up curios like this: little gems that let you see the world a little differently'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:13AMJonathan Ollivier, who had a lead role in Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, was hit by a car in central LondonProfessional dancer Jonathan Ollivier has been killed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:09AMTraverse, EdinburghStef Smith’s lyrical new play examines the overlapping strains, pressures and guilt of three women’s livesChirpy Anna hasn’t left home for months; she’s stopped ea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:09AM
GRIEF, ILLUSION, PLAY… You can’t label this extraordinary two-hander by Tim Crouch as “experimental” theatre, even though it uses a different – wholly unprepare…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:41AMMrs. T and I returned from our vacation in Maine (which was great, thanks) last Tuesday. We spent a night in Connecticut, drove to New York on Wednesday to see Hamilton, then drove to Lenox …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:30AMHairy Maclary is a dog from Donaldson’s dairy. He is a character from books by Lynley Dodd. The play is mostly music but is not a musical.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:16AMMiles Davis improvises the musical score to Louis Malle’s Ascenseur pour l’échafaud, originally released in 1958, while simultaneously watching the film projected in a recording studio.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:15AM“There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:00AM
The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park production of Cymbeline officially opens at the Delacorte Theatre on August 10. The production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, stars real-lif…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:56AMThe mix of nostalgia, regret and soul-searching that is the price of growing old is captured in Andrew Upton’s masterful adaptation of Chekov’s novice play So this is 40, Chekhov style. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:40AMSingle tickets are on sale Aug. 10 for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2015 Next Wave Festival, which kicks off in September. The line-up features 32 theatre, dance, music, opera and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMDonna McKechnie, the Tony-winning triple threat who recently stood by for Chita Rivera in the Tony-nominated musical The Visit, celebrates her newest solo recording with a performanc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMThe Muny production of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! plays the St. Louis venue Aug. 10-16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMThe Shakespeare in the Park staging of Cymbeline, starring Patrick Page, Hamish Linklater, Lily Rabe and multi-Tony nominee Raúl Esparza, officially…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM1911 Birthday of playwright Jerome Chodorov, who wrote the play, My Sister Eileen, which he later adapted as the book for the musical Wonderful Town, which won him a Tony Award. Other plays …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMJavier Muñoz began working with Lin-Manuel Miranda long before he was cast as his standby in the new historic musical Hamilton. Learn about the 10 years of friendship between …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM"Broadway Boroughs," brought to you by Playbill.com, takes viewers inside the neighborhoods and homes of actors, directors and designers in the theatre community. The TV show's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM"There’s nothing less supportive or enjoyable as an actor being on stage experiencing that"
SOURCE: time.com at 12:27AMA legendary leading lady reflects on an iconic TV institution
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, August 9, 2015 - Sunday, August 9, 2015.
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