Academy Award-winning "Frozen" songwriters Robert and Kristen Anderson-Lopez will score the new Disney animated feature film "Gigantic," a reinvention of the Jack…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42PMThe Off-Broadway return of Patrick Barlow's Tony Award-nominated comedy 39 Steps officially opened April 13 at the Union Square Theatre. Producer Douglas Denoff…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38PMDisney has announced that its upcoming animated feature Moana, a tale of a young woman who sails the ocean to finish her ancestors' quest, will feature a score created by Tony Award-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27PMThe 89th Annual Feast of San Gennaro, New York City's longest-running, biggest and most revered religious outdoor festival, will take place Thursday, September 10 through Sunday, September 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21PMSome Broadway favorites are writing songs for the Mouse! Hamilton star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Robert Lopez and Kirsten Anderson-Lopez, the husband-and-wife team behind Frozen&rsq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:14PMName: Jacob Marx RiceHometown: Oakland, CAEducation: Columbia UniversityFavorite Credits: I had an amazing opportunity to develop a couple plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville. And my play …
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With filming underway for HBO's ALL THE WAY, Bryan Cranston, who will reprise his Tony-winning role as President Lyndon B. Johnson, stopped by Chris Hardwick's THE NERDIST podcast. During th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMAlex Ross Perry has become one of the most accomplished and provocative American independent filmmakers, with four disparate feature films that reinvent genres, are emotionally transgressive…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMThings are looking up at Walt Disney Animation Studios - way up. Scroll down for a first look at Disney's upcoming film GIGANTIC, aunique take on 'Jack and the Beanstalk'with music from Osca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMOrganizers held a fundraiser Thursday evening at Fairytale Town to spark some attention for renovating the amphitheater built as a Works Progress Administration project during the Depression…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 07:43PMGREAT, BUT NOT ALWAYS CLASSIC According to TimeOut London, the term “cabaret” represents an overlapping group of constantly mutating forms of performance that can’t be pinned down�…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:38PMName: Reed Kirk Rahlman (aka Sebastian Boswell III)Hometown: San Francisco, CAEducation: BA in Broadcasting from San Francisco State University.Favorite Credits: Awarded "Best of Fringe" for…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 07:15PMJane Anderson’s new play, a Shakespeare & Company production in Lenox, Mass., is about the headaches of rearing a truly gifted child: Joan of Arc.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:10PM Tulla Booth Gallery Presents CUBA 1959 Photographs by Burt Glinn Burt Glinns' incredible photographs of the Cuban Revolution as it unfolded. Includes iconic and unseen images.
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TIS THE SEASONS Not unlike Timothy Leary and LSD, I have been turning people on to ACB for similar reasons. In an increasingly complicated world, one needs a stimulant to reinforce a sense o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:28PMThe Broadway star and songstress brings her new Broadway musical to Bay Area in November.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:28PMWritten and performed by James McCaughey, Conversations with the Gods about their Deaths & Other Matters (Part I) is a series of stylish (and somewhat bizarre) monologues based around ou…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:18PMA new musical by Tony nominated songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen is a comedic drama that deals with teen suicide in the age of social media.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:12PMAnacostia Playhouse hosts “dog days of summer theater festival” this August 2015 and for its mid-August show they have Solomon and Marion, Lara Foot Newton’s touching drama…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:11PMWilliam A. Carroll Amphitheater was Depression-era projectSupporters seeking private donations to improve seating, add bathroomsLand Park has $13 million in immediate renovation needs ……
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:08PMWe're thrilled to present a brand new song by Carmel Dean and Jenny Stafford I LOVE YOU is a song about the lovehate relationship every New Yorker has with their city. Here is IfThen's Rya…
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Shakespeare in the Ruff's Brendan McMurtry-Howlett knows "it sounds crazy," but the theatre company likes to change things up.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:58PMMaze adventures and scare rooms aren't just for Halloween anymore! Tons of these new entertainment experiences are popping up all over L.A. and they're great for an unconventional date night…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:54PMAshley Brown took to Instagram today to post photos from today's D23 Expo kick-off, where she got to catch up with Broadway legend Richard Sherman. Scroll down for shots of the pair onstage
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMmassima selene desire on James Gardella's "glitter fabulous" presented as part of HOT! at Dixon Place.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:46PMNot to mention in Williams' 1968 film adaptation as "Boom!" Indeed, the play began a period of critical disfavor that would dog Williams until his death in 1983.
A group of independent thea…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:42PMNovice playwright Kate Hennig looks at spousal abuser Henry VIII through his final wife, Katherine Parr.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:30PMDale Wasserman wrote the show's powerful book, Joe Darion penned the poetic lyrics and Mitch Leigh composed the much-loved score, with such standouts as the rousing "I, Don Quixote," the hau…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:30PMIn his own singular musical fashion, Tom Teasley skillfully hooked his Constellation Theatre Company audience to take a venture to the long ago and far away but in a most modern manner. Teas…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:29PMThe roster includes comedy, contemporary plays, and an iconic musical.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:26PMThe character of Rose in Gypsy, the masterpiece by Jule Styne (music), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and Arthur Laurents (book), is the quintessence of larger-than-life. She's a force of n…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:04PMRECOMMENDED For the most part, The Inconvenience’s sixth annual “The Fly Honey Show”’s blatantly burlesque and abounding pop cultural references can make it feel specifically millenn…
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Brad Wheeler breaks down five things to do around Toronto this week
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:56PMBroadway will dim its lights Aug. 14 in memory of Biff Liff, the powerhouse agent and longtime theater industry veteran who died earlier this week at his home in Yorktown, N.Y. He was 96. N…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:49PMIn Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Kiss Me Kate at NextStop Theatre Company, meet Director Michael J. Bobbitt. Joel: Please tell our readers about yourself and about othe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:48PMIn a unique collaboration between Verve Records and Walt Disney Records, the two esteemed labels have teamed up to present the compilation album WE LOVE DISNEY, which will be released on Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMGabriele Jakobi, international award-winning theatre director from Berlin, recently brought her passion and creativity to the Washington, D.C. theatre scene. And now that scene is giving bac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMDeaf West's acclaimed production ofSteven SaterandDuncan Sheik'sSpring Awakening, directed byMichael Ardenand choreographed bySpencer Liff, just began rehearsals for its Broadway transfer.Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMName: Zak KelleyHometown: Cincinnati, Ohio.Education: High School: School for Creative and Performing Arts, ’13. College: The New School: Performing Arts, ’17. (BFA Dramatic Arts).Select…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:46PMFor those of us who value a formal education done right, this volume is a glorious celebration.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:39PM"Arts journalism should meet the same high standard as other forms of writing but rarely does, even in the good old days."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:39PMBirdland Jazz Club has announced its September 2015 schedule, featuringCyrus Chestnut Trio,Arturo O'Farrill,The Birdland Big Band, Darius de Haas,Coltrane Revisited,The Royal Bopsters Projec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMSay what you will about Redmoon, quitters they are not. The Great Chicago Fire Festival - that high-profile fizzle for the theater in its inaugural year in 2014 on the Chicago River - is ba…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:33PMRedtwist Theatre has announced its 2015-16 season. The five-play slate constitutes the storefront company's 12th year and will be performed at Redtwist Theatre (1044 W. Bryn Mawr).
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:33PMCrossing Jerusalem claims to deliver an engaging take on Israeli politics, but the result is a largely unsuccessful attempt to deliver an inherently problematic script. Julia Pascal writes a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PMRusty oil barrels, wooden pallets, loose tyres and corrugated iron, with a dilapidated, peeling billboard showing an advert of a carefree woman smoking as the backdrop – this is the “tor…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PM“Imagining what it’s like to be someone else is at the core of our humanity. It is the essence of compassion and the beginning of morality,”said Ian McEwan, author to the many …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PM The great thing about Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is that you can lift the plot out of its setting and place it at any time and in any place and it will still make sense. T…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PMPenetrator draws in the typical crowd of twenty-somethings expecting a bit more vulgarity and shock factor in their theatre – and it delivers precisely that. Considered as one of the first…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PMClick Here Interviews by Patrick Chistiano: 2015 Bay Street Summer Gala
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:16PMThe New York premiere of Lucas Hnath's The Christians, which set tongues wagging at last year's Humana Festival when it featured a full choir, will again feature a 20-person choi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMEighty-three years ago, Dennis Scanlon's grandfather got a job ushering at the Music Box Theatre. Not long after, Scanlon's father put on the uniform -- yes, they used to wear outfits with b…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:07PMIt's Friday, which means it's time to head home, jump into bed, marathon some Netflix and dreamcast Aaron Tveit's hair in Grease Live! But before you begin those super-fun weeken…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PMLynn Nottage makes theatrical conjectures about a 17th-century scandal.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMSebastian Arcelus, Lauren Pritchard, and more will also be on hand.
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Fashion has come a long way since the American Revolution, and the celebrity guests and cast members did it up right for the opening of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers…
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 03:46PMEarly-bird registration for the 2015 National Arts Marketing Project Conference ends Friday, August 28. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to save! The 2015 NAMP Conference brings together…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:37PMKOTA Productions presents the United States premiere of Jo Noel-Hartley's new original musical, Dream Street.The cast featuresAndrew Southern as Sebastian Rickter,Bray Wilkinsas Tom, Amy Alv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMBroadway in Bryan Park concluded its 2015 program this week - and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the festivities. This week's line-up included performances from the casts ofSpring Awak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMTKTS has been a New York City institution for decades, bringing theatre-goers a last-minute way to get tickets for some of Broadway's hottest shows at a discount. TDF operates three TKTS Dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMThis All Hallows Eve, dare to indulge in a late night of gluttony filled with unhinged humor, carnivorous terror and high camp spills. From the vivid imagination of renowned actor-writer-pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T. at Harvard University, under the leadership of Artistic DirectorDiane Pauluspresents the world premiere musical Waitress. Based on the motion picture wr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMDue to a scheduling conflict, Michelle Veintimilla will be replaced as 'Olga' by Los Angeles-based actress Rachel Keller, who is making her New York premiere with the production of Marius vo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMAs Lakeshore Collegiate’s Les Misérables opens, ticket sales, and the state of criticism, are causes for concern. But it turns out the exhausting, exhilarating and seemingly impossible jo…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:34PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's Weekly Buying Guide, powered by SeatGeek-a ticket search engin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMHis remarkably blue glittered eyes and magenta pursed lips have been staring from billboards and banners for months now. Taye Diggs took the stage in his dream role as “Hedwig” i…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:32PMKing Chaos is a sci-fi Comedy about morality, destruction and power. Two agents from ‘The Federation’, a resistance movement against the King’s ‘Syndicate’ movement, are on a missi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:28PMFresh off a week of PD (Professional Development) for my training to be a Performing Arts teacher in Brooklyn I made sure I made time to see a show I heard about through twitter a few days a…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:20PMDirector Carrie Cracknell and choreographer Lucy Guerin will stage the gory tragedy with a company of actors and dancers Anna Maxwell Martin, the steely star of the BBC adaptation of Charles…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:20PMActor whose career was dominated by the role of Blakey in On the BusesStephen Lewis, who has died aged 88, spent much of his long career playing variations of the character of Inspector Cyri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:20PMThe best way audiences can help Benedict Cumberbatch and his colleagues put on a great show is to treat it like any other night at the theatreBenedict Cumberbatch is one of the finest male B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:19PMFestival report by Kurt Gardner.
Of the many films I saw at the San Antonio Film Festival, which took place July 28th through August 2nd, a standout for me was a feature entitled Mome…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:19PMIn a Rolling Stone article posted last week, Andre Romelle Young, better known as Dr. Dre (@drdre) kept it 1,000 (100 is nothing for a rap-tivist/CEO/entrepreneur – the man keeps it 100 wh…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:12PMFans and friends of Washington DC-based stage and film director Gabriele Jakobi have organized an online fundraising campaign to help her with medical bills, following a devastating earl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMEXCLUSIVE: Villafañe, a Cuban-American singer, dancer and actress from Miami, currently is a series regular on Hulu's hit series South Beach. On the film side, she’ll next be seen i…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:06PMSummer's nearly over, which means it's the last chance to check out warm-weather programming around the state.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:02PMRECOMMENDED I’ve never been one to keep a consistent journal, but judging by the expressive content of the readings at Under The Gun Theater’s new monthly show “#TBT,” my infrequent …
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The Accidental Wolf, a new pilot starring The King an I Tony winner Kelli O’Hara has been selected by the New York Television Festival to compete in the Independent Pilot Competition. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:57PMHartford's Real Art Ways hosts its Creative Cocktail Hour every Third Thursday of the month for a night of festivities with local artisans, contemporary art, food and drinks from 6 to 10 p.m…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:54PMActors sing and dance their personality-driven stories as if they're really cats ready to pounce... Read more »
The post Theater Review: A lively and colorful 'Cats' at Manatee Players …
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 02:50PMOn the eve of FringeNYC, which runs Friday to Aug. 30, we asked representatives from some shows presented last year whether the overall effort — the cost, the frantic pace, the heat and th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:49PMThe pilot for the TV series "The Accidental Wolf," starring Tony-winner Kelli O'Hara, was chosen as an official selection in the upcoming New York Television Festival&apos…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMAdapted by Tony nominated author Patrick Barlow from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon, and based on the book by John Buchan and the classic 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, 39 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMThe Little Theatre of Manchester does a summertime production of Neil Simon's snowy, February-set New York walk-up apartment newlywed comedy "Barefoot in the Park."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:36PMThe Waitress musical that people have been saying for weeks will move to Broadway is indeed moving to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMBroadwayWorld recently announced a new partnership with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Falli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMThe New York Television Festival, an organization dedicated to identifying and nurturing top independent creative talent and connecting it with networks, studios, digital media companies and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMPlaywrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group will present THE CHRISTIANS, the New York premiere of a new play by Lucas Hnath A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Richard H. Blake, who stars as 'Tommy DeVito' in Jersey Boys, currently playing at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMThe New York Television Festival, an organization dedicated to identifying and nurturing top independent creative talent and connecting it with networks, studios, digital media companies and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Aaron Tveit Broadway's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,'Les Miserables' has been cast as 'Grease's' legendary leading man, 'Danny Zuko' in Fox Broadcasting Company …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMEvening Star and Infinite Abyss co-produce Tracy Letts' surreal depiction of spiraling paranoia complete with copious amount of blood in an edition that slogs too slowly too long but ratchet…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:15PMThe fifth Broadway production of The King and I, has a new king — Jose LLana, who returned last month to the musical where he made his Broadway debut 19 years ago, at age 19, as the d…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:08PMWhen ballet star Misty Copeland makes her Broadway debut Aug. 25 as a star replacement in "On the Town" for the last two weeks of the revival's run, she will be the first black woman to play…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:07PMIt takes only a few seconds of flickering light to find oneself anticipating the delicate magic of the early film animation of Lotte Reiniger. And then musician Tom Teasley intervenes, launc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:07PMFrom Sophie Zawitowski and Miranda Priestley to Julia Child and Margaret Thatcher, it’s no secret that iconic actress Meryl Streep has incredible acting range and versatility as evidenced …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:06PMA new Connecticut theater company called MiLo Productions is presenting the two-person musical "The Story of My Life" by Neil Bartram and Brian Hill Friday through Sunday, Aug. 21 to 23, at …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:03PMHitchcock is the director behind the original film version of The 39 Steps.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Accidental Wolf has been accepted into the New York Television Festival's Independent Pilot Competition.
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Stars from stage, TV and Hollywood are all swarming to see the hilarious R-rated comedy Broadway Hand to God, and here's what they're saying.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:59PMThis year’s sun-soaked Wilderness Festival in Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire featured headliners Björk, George Clinton and Ben Howard, but beyond the main stage there was plenty to see and do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMStage Raw: Can Actors’ Equity Association new president Kate Shindle save her union by setting the factual record straight to the rank-and-file membership from Los Angeles to New York…
SOURCE: Footlights at 01:55PMThe star’s understudy at the Barbican is Dwane Walcott, an excellent actor. He will deserve recognition for bravery if he has to step inThe theatre world, like the movie world, has loads o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:55PMAlthough he’s been away from the Broadway stage for four years, Aaron Tveit is giving his fans (and trust us, there are many) a steady stream of great roles on the big and small screen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Tony Sheldon Says Bonjour to Berkeley
Tony nominee Tony Sheldon has joined the cast of Amélie at Berkeley Rep as Duf…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:53PMThe season features works from Lee Blessing, Christopher Durang, Donald Margulies, John Patrick Shanley, Richard Maltby, Jr., and David Shire.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:47PMLaura Michelle Kelly seems to find joy in nearly everything she does and everyone she meets. She loves thinking about all the mothers in the audience as she sings “All that Matters” in F…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:44PMHighlights include a world premiere from the Wooster Group, a Joey Arias tribute to Billie Holiday, and Halloween offerings from John Fleck and Astrid Hadad.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:38PMFans of Robert Lepage have come to expect certain things from the French-Canadian theater maker: seductive storytelling, wry character observation and a stagecraft that lies somewhere bet…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:20PMIn a stressful post May 7th rage, Jonny accidentally tells his four year old niece that the world is going to end because of climate change. She gets so upset that Jonny rashly promises h…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:19PMMeet the cast of McLean Community Players’ Calendar Girls. In Part 1, meet Diane Sams. Joel: Tell our readers where they may have seen you on local stages. Diane: I have been around …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:15PMBy Marisela Barrera. Marisela Barrera writes about San Antonio in the sixth installment of our series about the state of Latina/o theatre in Texas.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:13PMPierre de Mariveux’s 1730 classic French Farce The Game of Love and Chance (La Jeu de l’amour et du hasard) has been given Anglicised rebrand by British writer and director Matthew Partr…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:13PMAlan Muraoka is at the helm of a haunting new world premiere drama, THE REPORT, which opens in the New York International Fringe Festival on August 15th at the Lynn Redgrave Theater @Culture…
SOURCE: liachang.wordpress.com at 01:04PMPeople whose kids had grown up participating in the shows in the theater's old space – the stuffy third-floor ballroom of the St. Patrick Church Social Hall in Ohio City – entered the ne…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 01:02PMIs the highly respected traditional actor training in drama schools sometimes a bit too traditional for the modern world? I recently interviewed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMUnder The Gun Theater is rife with catchy concepts. Their “Comedy Against Humanity” show was so popular that – despite an informal agreement – Cards Against Humanity objected…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:00PMLucas Hnath's new drama is presented as a coproduction between Playwrights Horizons and Center Theater Group.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Audiences weep at the new musical “Dear Evan Hansen,” and they shed their tears for Ben Platt. The “Pitch Perfect” movie actor plays an anxious teen whose public profile accidentally…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:55PMA juvenile delinquent wielding a can of spray paint may not be the kind of character most people associate with fairy tales, but Paris-based director Hicham Ayouch says there’s a touch o…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:53PMTony nominee Stephen Fry will join Emma Bunton (a.k.a. Baby Spice of the Spice Girls) and "The Great British Bake Off" host Mel Giedroy in the upcoming special London performance o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMCould Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart’s Mack & Mabel return to the Great White Way? As they say, time heals everything. According to The New York Post, the Chichester Festival The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMBroadway powerhouse Betty Buckley is having a busy summer despite a lot of time in bed. In addition to starring in Bay Street Theater’s Grey Gardens in Sag Harbor through August 3…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMThe Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMOn the surface, Howard Crabtree’s 1993 gay musical revue Whoop-Dee-Doo!, is pure frivolity that is sure to elicit chuckles, if not out loud laughs. Dig a bit deeper, however, and Crabtree…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:44PMIn Spring, 2016, another musical first debuted at Arena Stage will open in New York. It was just announced that Dear Evan Hansen will be produced at Second Stage’s Tony Kiser Theatre (…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:44PMJust Festival at Central Hall, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11th August 2015 Characters loosely derived from Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland are the hosts of this jumbled collection of theatr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:41PM(With apologies to G-d…but Theatre is a like religion.) The Theater is a sacred place and shall be respected by all those who chose to attend. You shall not take photographs. You shall…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 12:40PMTechnology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:37PMFrom the attractively impish Matt Winning to the pitch-perfect puerility of Gein’s Family Giftshop, here are seven festival sets I haven’t managed to write about yetOne week down, two to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37PMSo much for labor saving! One of the happy benefits of having written a popular book (and now a popular blog) is that I have accrued pen pals all over this great land of ours. Hudson Valley …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:37PMSeason 2 of the hit web-comedy THE RESIDUALS is sadly coming to a close. Check back nextTuesday for the finale episode, plus tune in on Thursdayfor exciting episode extras Check out the dram…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMWhich Spring Awakening song describes your summer Find out in this week's quiz
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PM✭✭✭✭✩ Truly Fantasmic!
Edinburgh Music Theatre Company presents a jam packed programme of Disney songs that are sure to put a smile on everyone's face.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:31PMMCC has announced the line-up for its annual PlayLabs reading series, set to feature new works in development by Playwright-in-Residence Neil LaBute, among others. Audiences will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMThe festival is in full flow, so here are the best shows I’ve seen so far, from the funny and cute How to Keep an Alien to the highly experimental ManwatchingSo we are officially one week …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26PMName: Tim HellerHometown: Libertyville, IL
Education: BFA Musical Theatre Texas State University
Select Credits: Texas Shakespeare Festival
Why theater?: Why Not! It's a place to disco…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:26PMName: Daniella CaggianoHometown: New York CityEducation: I went to Sarah Lawrence College for undergrad and now I'm getting my MFA from The New SchoolFavorite Credits: Okay, bye. (The New Sc…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:26PMTwo new books look at companies that serve audiences outside the institutional theatre’s cocoon of privilege.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:18PM Grey Gardens Opens @ Bay Street Theater
Grey Gardens, a revival of the Tony Award winning Broadway Musical starring Betty Buckley and Rachel York tells t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:17PMThe King and I cast member Ashley Park joined Seth Rudetsky in the studio for the latest go 'round of "Obsessed!" Park demonstrated how she split her pants open (multiple times…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMThe sixth and final free concert in 106.7 LITE FM’s Broadway in Bryant Park series was held Aug. 13 on the Bryant Park Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMBerkeley Rep will soon present its 2015-16 season opener Amelie, A New Musical, starring award-winning actress Samantha Barks. Below, check out a just-released promotional image of Barks as …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM
BroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 8142015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMActor and LGBQT activist Chaz Bono, also well-known as the son of famed performers Sonny and Cher, has launched his own theatrical production company, Phoenix Fire Productions. The compa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMLast year, with the referendum imminent, playwrights turned their hand to the subject of Scottish independence. This year the big issue is IsisIn Scotland, Labour has largely been replaced b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMFrom a David Byrne-curated Meltdown to Jesse Jackson speaking in London and James Acaster’s standup in Edinburgh, here are some of the most interesting cultural activities over the next se…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMSummerhall, EdinburghSh!t Theatre’s sketch-based show sends up Radio 4 cosiness and skewers Barbie adverts in a mixture of high-spirited exuberance and blistering angerSh!t Theatre create …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMAlas, poor Sherlock. He, like Walter Benjamin before him, has got it wrong about revolutionary technology and works of art Benedict Cumberbatch raised a fascinating, even philosophical, ques…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMCurious Theatre Branch has announced its 28th season, anchored by its annual Rhino Fest. Performances are at Prop Thtr, 3502 N Elston; more information at curioustheatrebranch.com.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:37AMJACK, an arts center in Brooklyn, will present Sister Sylvester, the acclaimed New York performance collective, in their new work They Are Gone But Here I Must Remain Sept. 3–19. B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMUnderbelly Circus Hub, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11th August 2015 International company Cirque Le Roux have produced the most complete fusion of narrative theatre and top flight c…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:35AMJohn Guare's adaptation of the play "The Front Page" and its movie adaptation "His Girl Friday" is fast-paced, fun comedy, beautifully staged and well performed.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 11:32AMBarry and Fran Weissler are pleased to announce that Waitress, a new musical, will open on Broadway as part of the current 2015-2016 season. The production will open in April 2016, with pr…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:32AMRemember when it was freezing in February? And remember when I revived my favorite Broadway Fantasy Game, “Will It Recoup?” I challenged all of you to play Producer and decide …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:32AM“Kinky Boots” is the best based-on-a-movie modern musical about an unlikely band of misfits who pull together just in time to save the day.Oh wait, what about “Newsies?” And what abo…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:32AMCall Answered: It has been five years since I first interviewed Stuart Williams. I have been following Stuart's career ever since, which is why I am beyond excited that Stuart is back on sta…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:32AMThe Shakespeare Theater Company of New Jersey doesn't quite crack the Shaw nut with its respectable but far from thrilling production of "Misalliance."
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:32AMHear about plans for Playhouse Square's Jump Back Ball 2016 where they will celebrate their 25th annual fundraiser. The event takes place on the last weekend of February on State Theater.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:32AMBy Maggie Sulc. Scriptwriter and dramaturg Maggie Sulc reports on her participation in two convergences or pop-up residencies with Indy Convergence in Toronto and Indianapolis.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:31AMA musical performance, midnight screening and live ‘shadowcast’ will make up the 40th anniversary Rocky Horror Picture Show event at the Theater of the Living Arts.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:29AMAfter a break to star in “The Heidi Chronicles,” Bruce Pinkham's back in “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:28AMStephen Colbert and Hugh Jackman will host next month's Global Citizen Festival in New York.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:28AMWayne Brady will step into the gender-bending 'Kinky Boots' role for which Billy Porter won a Tony on Nov. 21.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:28AMKidman’s involvement in London’s “Photograph 51” has piqued interest in New York’s “A Delicate Ship.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:28AMYup, that was Santa in his red suit standing on Sixth Ave. in the 80-degree heat Thursday.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:28AMSouth African scientists have discovered that 400-year-old tobacco pipes excavated from the garden of William Shakespeare contained cannabis, suggesting the playwright might have written som…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:27AMI first heard the poet and comedian Lord Buckley’s sui-generis, incredible music-as-talk during a dance performance by Karole Armitage. This was a number of years ago, but sometimes, when …
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:27AMIdina Menzel will be joined by several original Broadway cast members of the musical "If/Then" for seven stops on the national tour that arrives at the Pantages Theatre in December.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:27AM Life bustles in the clock shop/residence of the Fail family of early 1900s Chicago. Father and daughter huddle eagerly over timepieces. Another daughter, an aspiring competitive swimmer, p…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:27AMA skirmish of wit attends "Much Ado About Nothing" in Griffith Park, and it proves a notable argument. Independent Shakespeare Company concludes its summer season with an agreeably quirky, r…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:27AMLyceum celebrates 50 years with preview ticket giveaway:
Tickets for the previews of the Royal Lyceum's 50th anniversay production of Waiting for Godot go on sale on Monday morning, when th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:25AMSo why would the new musical LOVING REPEATING – called “a play within a lecture” – make me think of the slam-bang, razz-ma-tazz musical Mame? Well, for one thing, in …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:18AMLabor negotiations only tend to break into the news when they concern large public sector unions or when things are going badly. This does not concern the former or, so far as I know, the la…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 11:16AMThe Muny production of the renowned Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma! plays the St. Louis venue Aug. 10-16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMPatrick Wilson (The Full Monty, Oklahoma!) will direct the musical The Full Monty at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. The performance is set for Feb. 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMWillemijn Verkaik, who has been seen as Elphaba in Wicked in New York, Austria, and London, has joined the cast of Disney's Tarzan in Germany.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMName: Francesca SpedalieriHometown: Policoro (Basilicata, Italy)Education: Current PhD in Theatre candidate at The Ohio State University (OSU); MA in Theatre, (OSU); BA in Theatre, Uni…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:01AMNow's your chance to catch the original Broadway leads as they bring the new Tom Kitt-Brian Yorkey musical to a city near you.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
By Doug Mayo
DiPietro’s character studies vere dangerously close to stereotypes at times but ultimately the truth of the characters and their circumstances win out. There’s drama and hum…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:58AMBroadway in Bryan Park concluded its 2015 program this week - and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the festivities. This week's line-up included performances from the casts ofSpring Awak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMMichael Shannon ("Man of Steel," "Boardwalk Empire") will continue the trend of celebrity Jeff Award announcers, when he reveals the nominations for the 2015 awards Aug. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMTim Carroll, the newly-named Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival, has never directed a play by George Bernard Shaw
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:45AMAmélie, a new musical based on the Academy Award-nominated film of the same title, has set dates and supporting cast for its world premiere. It will begin previews Aug. 28 and open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMJohn Richardson is to step down as producer at the Old Vic after nine years at the venue. His departure comes as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMAmélie, a new musical based on the Academy Award-nominated film of the same title, has set dates and supporting cast for its world premiere. It will begin previews Aug. 28 and open…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMIn preparation for the world premiere opening of new musical October Sky, the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, has posted a number of videos via Youtube, allowing fans exclusive access …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMToday is the birthday of Bill Wolfe (1894-1975) that cadaverous looking scarecrow whom W.C. Fields used to stick in a lot of his movies. In the accepted vaudevillian fashion, Fields loved us…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:39AMREDCAT (The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, has announced its fall 2015 season. The season will include work from Mexico, Taiwan, Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMSix-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald and her husband, Tony Award nominee Will Swenson, took the stage at Williamstown Theatre Festival Aug. 5 in A Moon for the Misbegotten, Nobel la…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMAm I Dead Yet? | Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour | Lady Anna: All At Sea | Forest Fringe | Kinky Boots | Mrs Henderson PresentsLet’s talk about death. It’s something that Unlimited Theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AMThere is something undeniably affecting about Elgar's composition and cellist Jacqueline du Pré realizes it all with an unbridled depth of feeling.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:22AMOur staff picks the best events in the week ahead.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:22AM✭✭✭✩✩ Careful ensemble piece:
There are no real surprises or any great excitement to be had in Bold Girls at theSpace on the Mile, but there are some so…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:15AMDear BwayAdjacent – What time should I arrive? If I’m late will they hold the curtain for me?” Doors open thirty minutes before showtime. Check your tickets, and get to the…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- Neil Patrick Harris wants his live variety show "Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris," to be must-see TV that will get people talking....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:05AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Wayne Brady is about to get freaky - on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:05AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Sara Bareilles' musical "Waitress" has found a Broadway home....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:05AMThe Scottish play haunts the redwoods, although the company will need to find a new home after this season.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:04AMThe On the Twentieth Century and Grey Gardens star reflects on her storied career.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 09:59AMA first appearance at America’s historic dance venue kicks off the Sarasota Ballet’s 25th anniversary season...... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 09:59AMNeil Patrick Harris wants to attract a very specific demographic with “Best Time Ever”: Sarah Silverman, Louis C.K. and their ilk. On big key to the success of the show — a huge swing …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57AMNBC is rounding out the cast of “The Wiz Live!” with recording artists Common and Ne-Yo, and “Hairspray” star Elijah Kelley, the network announced Thursday at its Tel…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57AMThe musical adaptation of 2007 indie film “Waitress” has set its Broadway timeline, snagging the Brooks Atkinson Theater for a run that starts preview in March. The show, with a …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:57AM'A beguiling show, full of ultra-pleasing theatricality'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:57AMSo…I have a lot of favorite show tunes. I have narrowed it down to three. Best song performed. Best song performed in the context of the show. And just…my favorite musical theater so…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 09:57AMWayne Brady will play the role of Lola in Broadway's 'Kinky Boots.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:54AMSinger/songwriter Sara Bareilles will make her debut as Broadway composer with 'Waitress.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:54AM✭✭✭✭✩ Childish Brilliance
Young critics scheme review:
Funny, fast and exciting, Shakespeare in the Garden: Brave Macbeth is an excellent example of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:47AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news FringeNYC kicks off today, Will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of producer, talent agent, and stage manager Samuel 'Biff' Liff, who passed away on Monday night at age 96. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New Yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMForget the fiery gypsy, carefree, charismatic and domineering. Carmen, according to director Robin Norton-Hale, is a tale of domestic violence, resonating with the many news stories of domes…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:45AMSome wonderful news about the critically acclaimed production of Dear Evan Hansen now playing at Arena Stage: It’s having a Summer 2016 production at Second Stage. What a smart move t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:39AMHamilton, the smash hit musical about our most controversial founding father, is now playing at the Richard Rodgers Theater. In addition to writing the book, music and lyrics, Lin-Manuel Mir…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 09:27AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThere’s no one better at constructing a show than Acaster – and half the fun is how emphatically he addresses vanishingly small subjectsSerial award-nominee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMAs the Kinky Boots cast prepare for the award-winning musical’s West End debut, we take a peek at their run-throughs for the play, a true tale of the flamboyant reinvention of a Northampto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMSeven | Lo Real/Le Réel/The RealLike many of flamenco’s greatest performers, Israel Galván was born to dancing parents. But while he was trained in the classical traditions of flam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:20AMDeaf West Theater’s acclaimed production of “Spring Awakening,” a musical about lost and longing teenagers, is coming to Broadway in September, starring Marlee Matlin, Camr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:11AMBroadway in Bryan Park concluded its 2015 program this week - and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture the festivities. This week's line-up included performances from the casts ofSpring Awak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMVolunteers of America-Greater New York VOA-GNY have launched OPERATION BACKPACK 2015, its annual drive to collect new backpacks filled with brand new, grade-specific school supplies for thou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMBarrington Stage Company BSC, the award-winning theatre in Downtown Pittsfield, MA, under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd and Managing Director Tristan Wilson, will present…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMThe new U.K. revival of Jerry Herman and Michael Stewart's 1974 Broadway musical Mack & Mabel, starring Michael Ball and Rebeccca LaChance in the title roles, is considering a Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AMAmanda Hale has withdrawn from the forthcoming UK premiere of Marius von Mayenburg’s Martyr. Hale, who was due to lead the cast,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMVincent Simone and Flavia Cacace, who have danced together for 20 years including stints on TV's "Strictly Come Dancing" and West End shows
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03AM
Paradise is not something that can be achieved in a lifetime. The man and the woman in front of us, meticulously constructing a table, are fully aware of this. It is their job, or perhaps a …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:57AMSt James Theatre, London****Music and Lyrics by Pippa ClearyBook & Lyrics by Jake BrungerDirected by Kate GolledgeCallum Howells and Francesca McKeanThe National Youth Music Theatre's pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:54AMThe original cast recording of the West End's Bend It Like Beckham is now available to buy on digital platforms, with a CD release to follow Sept. 11. Booking has also now been extended …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMAfter much success on Broadway and in the West End, Willemijn Verkaik returns to the stage in Germany and will take on a principle character in the Disney Musical TARZAN. She is going to pla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMThis week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Boston, Long Island, St. Louisand more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include A MOON FO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMThe new musicalHamiltonhas book, music and lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winning composerLin-Manuel Miranda, who also plays the title role. The musical is directed byThomas Kail, with chor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMThe couple's third theatrical dance show opens next month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:46AMCasting has been announced for major new productions at London's Young Vic Theatre. These include John Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin starring in Macbeth in the title role and as Lady…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:43AMMichael Cohl (Spiderman Broadway Producer) was in the middle of telling a story about The Rolling Stones’ Steel Wheels tour when he paused. “By the way, do you want to hear about the nig…
SOURCE: www.pollstar.com at 08:34AMBy Doug Mayo
There are some great productions currently touring and preparing the tour the UK. Make sure you catch them when they come to a theatre near you. 1. The Glenn Miller Story with T…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:31AMA cast of more than 60 performs a marathon reading of the complete "The Iliad" as part of the Almeida Theatre's Greeks Festival, beginning at the British Museum and culminating…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:22AMA TAINTED HALLELUJAH Hail a bracingly, triumphantly, intelligently unfashionable play, and Christopher Haydon of the Gate Theatre for directing and premiering it here. Lucas Hnath’…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:18AMI walked into the tent, and Peter and Wendy were already flying. The Peter Pan in the Threesixty Theatre folks had invited some press types for a backstage tour. I’d been thinking about …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09AMExpect things to get really hot in D.C. on Monday, August 17th, as the Signature Theatre presents the Fourth Annual Summer Hummer, the raunchy and mostly hilarious benefit for theatreWashing…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:09AMEdinburgh International Conference CentreLepage’s autobiographical piece uses film, projection and miniature scale models to conjure the past, and is filled with moments that make you gasp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMSneaky Pete’s, EdinburghThe audience are treated for head lice and a grandad plays chicken with his life-support machine in a show that explores a whole spectrum of strangeEcole Philippe G…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AMJames Acaster | Kieran Hodgson | Jena FriedmanThe overwhelming majority of comedians at the fringe would give anything to get nominated for the supposedly all-important Edinburgh comedy awar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09AM✭✭✭✭✭ Hilarious and very exciting
Junior review by Cora Dibdin:
This show had the real Julia Donaldson. She brought her husband Malcolm and sister Mar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:05AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review the premiere of Jane Anderson’s Mother of the Maid in Lenox, Massachusetts, and the Shakespeare in the Park production of Cymbeline in New York’…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AMI consider myself to be a burgeoning musical theatre expert- I mean come on, I’m spending two years of my life getting a masters degree in it. I will be honest with you all: I finally sat …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:00AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column I report on the night I recently spent in Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wisconsin home. Here’s an excerpt. * * * “No man,” sa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AMAmidst two buzzy projects -- a hit Sundance drama and the latest Annie Baker-Sam Gold play -- the 'Girls' alum speaks with THR about staying hungry in Hollywood: "If you're in it for the rig…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AM
By Matthew Lunn
The Backward Fall is a thoughtful and touching play. It handles the effects of early-onset Alzheimer’s with great sensitivity, and I feel enriched for having seen it. A few…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:42AMWhen Sergei Polunin, a wayward Ukrainian ballet protege, looked to reposition himself as a Hollywood star, he turned first to pop music. Together with the photographer and director David LaC…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:37AMHomer’s epic poem The Iliad is being read aloud in its entirety in a one-off cultural event hosted by The British Museum and The Almeida.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:37AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37AMBroadwayWorld has confirmed thatTony Award-winner LaChanze The Color Purple, Once on This Island, Anthony Rapp Rent, Six Degrees of Separation, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and James Sny…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37AMA cabaret space dubbed the UK’s answer to Marie’s Crisis Cafe in New York City is being launched in London. The Singers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMJohn Heffernan and Anna Maxwell Martin are to lead the cast of Macbeth at the Young Vic Theatre. The pair will play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMThe Stage has topped the list of the most influential media titles for theatre audiences, data has revealed. An insight study by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMBroadway's fabulous foursome are hitting the road together! Tony winner LaChanze, James Snyder and Anthony Rapp, the original Broadway stars of If/Then, will join Tony winner Idina Menze…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:32AMI left the following story out of my Wall Street Journal column about spending a night in Frank Lloyd Wright’s home because I suspected that most of my readers wouldn’t have believed it.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMMike Wallace interviews Frank Lloyd Wright on The Mike Wallace Interview, originally telecast by ABC in two parts on September 1 and September 28, 1957: (This is the latest in a series of ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMSelect cities this fall will have the rare chance of witnessing an original Broadway cast reunion when If/Then, the original musical from Next to Normal creators Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AM“In Beethoven’s music I sense the master mind, fully conscious of the qualities of heartful soaring imagination that are god-like in a man. The striving for entity, oneness in diversity,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
When Cerys Matthews was approached to compose the music for the National Theatre production of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play, she knew instinctively where she would begin – by transporti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AMThe outspoken comic will be answering your questions in a live webchat from 12noon BST onwards on Monday 17 August – post them in the comments below 11.25am BST With his easy chuckle and b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AMAssembly Roxy, EdinburghJamie Wood invites the audience to cut off his clothes and get naked with him inside a bag in a warm, endearing show that sends up and pays homage to John Lennon’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AMThe Sexes, written by Polis Loizou and performed as part of the Camden Fringe at the Etcetera Theatre, was an unexpected gem on the fringe scene. The Sexes focus on Lars and Jackie, an old …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:46AMGuess what? I’d never seen “Wicked” on Broadway before last night. It opened 12 years ago with Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel, Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:46AMHomer’s epic poem is being read aloud in its entirety in a one-off cultural event hosted by The British Museum and The Almeida.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:46AMThe musical explores and exposes the hits, flops and gossip of Theatreland
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:33AMFurther casting has also been announced for Measure for Measure, La Musica and Creditors
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:33AMBroadway star Aaron Tveit co-stars with Kyra Sedgwick, Bella Thorne, Frank Grillo and François Arnaud in the movie thriller "Big Sky," which premieres today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:10AMThe Jefferson Community Players will perform “Guess Who’s Coming To Lunch,” a one act comedy by Fred Carmichael, on Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 06:09AM
Kristin Chenoweth is set to perform in Philadelphia
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMA modern theatrical legend comments on an iconic TV institution
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMSingle Room Occupancy, a new poprock comedy musical will be presented as part of the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival tonight, August 14, 17, 20, 21 and 27.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMA West End diva takes center stage at the Royal Albert Hall
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AM110 in the Shade, a richly evocative and touching musical about desperation, desire, and hope, opens at Palm Beach Dramaworks tonight, August 14 8pm and heats up the Don amp Ann Brown Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMTony Award Nominee Kerry Butler, star of 'Xanadu,' 'Rock of Ages,' 'Hairspray' amp 'Catch Me If You Can' will make her Provincetown debut this weekend, August 14 amp 15 at 700 PM, featuring …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMBIG SKY, set to hit theaters and digital today, August 14th, is a thrilling tale of an agoraphobic young woman on the run from deranged gunmen. The feature film stars SCREAM's Bella Thorne, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMBucks County Playhouse presents the uproarious Tony Award-winning musical THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE. The company just finished arigorous two-week rehearsal schedule in prepa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMRJ Productions in association with The Provincetown Theater has announced its upcoming shows at the venue this month, featuring a bevy of Broadway talent. Scroll down for details
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMBankhead’s vigour, audacity and flexibility within her range are tremendousA new comedy and the first visit to Manchester of a much-paragraphed young actress brought a large and eager audi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:37AMYou certainly need many bodies to write, direct, design, produce and perform a musical. Perhaps that’s why so many lyricists cite the human body in their lyrics.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 12:34AMName: Javier RiveraHometown: Guaynabo, Puerto RicoEducation: BA in Theatre and Education. MFA in Acting and DirectingFavorite Credits: Daniel in Kissing Fidel (world premiere), Wild Boy in W…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:13AMYou're Standing in My Way: A New Song Cycle, the latest complete set of lyrics from the composer of Falsettos, A New Brain and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, has its world p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe West End opening of Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre, beginning performances Aug. 21, will mark the debut of the first paperless and mobile ticketing operation in London, offered via T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1888 Comedian DeWolf Hopper debuts his dramatic recitation of the poem Casey at the Bat at Wallack's Theatre. It will become a cornerstone of his act for the next 40 years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 19th Annual New York Fringe Festival, billed as the largest multi-arts festival in North America, is set to roll out nearly 200 plays, musicals, solo shows and specialty shows over t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStanding front and center this Broadway musical season are actors who cannot hear a sound. Meet Spring Awakening's trio of leading players: two Deaf actors who play Wendla and Moritz and…
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