Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Video: Interview with Nick Olcott, Evan Casey, & Michael J. Bobbitt about ‘Garfield The Musical with Cattitude’ at Adventure Theatre MTC by Mark Beachy

VIDEO: Mark Beachy interviews Nick Olcott (Director), Evan Casey (Garfield), and Michael J. Bobbitt (Co-writer) about ‘Garfield The Musical with Cattitude’ at Adventure Theatre …

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:17PM

First Nighter: Deborah Zoe Laufer's "Informed Consent" Gets Awfully Cute About Troubled Genomes by David Finkle

Playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer and director Liesl Tommy want to assure you that science can be fun. In pursuit of the noble...

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:03PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ to Close on Broadway in September

After several A-list stars and a Tony, the “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” revival is set to end next month. The final certain will close on Sept. 13 during the 3 p.m. show at the Be…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:55PM

Review: ‘Informed Consent’ Tests the Ethics of Genetic Research by Charles Isherwood

This play at the Duke on 42nd Street is about an anthropologist whose deeply personal reasons for pursuing her work lead her into questionable moral territory.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:40PM

Video: 'When We Were Colored' goes to stage

Ginger Rutland writes a play from her mother's memoir of middle-class black life in Sacramento in the 1950s. Video by Janet Vitt. … Click to Continue »

SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:35PM

John **** by Barry

By: David ShewardThe everyday and the cosmic are both addressed in John, Annie Baker's wonderfully weird new play at the Signature Center. As in her previous works including The Aliens, Circ…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:11PM

‘Informed Consent’ pits science against beliefs by Elisabeth Vincentelli

There’s a big battle in “Informed Consent,” and it’s an oldie but goodie: science vs. beliefs. Nothing new under the sun here, but Deborah Zoe Laufer’s play trots along at...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:01PM

Review: Informed Consent

Science and faith collide in Deborah Zoe Laufer's latest drama.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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‘Hedwig’ Blasts Away From Broadway After Stunning 18-Month Run by Jeremy Gerard

It went out there a chorus boy and came back a rock star. Having shattered all expectations with a limited run that turned into a 76-week, Tony-winning smash hit Hedwig And The Angry Inch w…

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:49PM

Informed Consent – Life, Science and Human Rights by Sandi Durell

                      By: Sandi Durell     Do we all come from the same gene pool? From the original Eve (now... The post Inf…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:37PM

‘Informed Consent’ review: Indian history meets family drama by Joe Dziemianowicz

Deborah Zoe Laufer’s thoughtful and theatrical play is all the better for her main character’s thorny and complicated nature.

SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:29PM

Broadway's 'Hedwig' to close

The Broadway production of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' will close Sept. 13.        

SOURCE: USA Today at 09:02PM

INFORMED CONSENT - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

If she lacks anything, it's not certainty. Jillian, the big-time university researcher at the center of Deborah Zoe Laufer's play Informed Consent, which just opened at the Duke on 42nd Stre…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:01PM

Who Was Marie and What Was The Crisis? The Story Behind The Piano Bar's Name by Michael Dale

American history and bohemian culture combine over showtunes.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PM

Photo Flash: Original 'Melchior' Jonathan Groff Passes the Torch to SPRING AWAKENING's New Star by BroadwayWorld

Original cast member Jonathan Groff recently shared a special moment with Spring Awakening's new 'Melchior', Austin McKenzie, and posted a photo on Twitter. Check it out below

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PM

BWW TV: Does He Have Your Vote? Watch Highlights from Signature Theatre's THE FIX by BroadwayWorld TV

THE FIXSignature Theatrepresents THE FIX, directed by Signature Artistic DirectorEric SchaefferBroadway's Gigi, Follies, Million Dollar Quartet. Featuring a book byJohn Dempseyand music byDa…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PM

STAGE TUBE: Sutton Foster and Seth Rudetsky 'Get a Kick' Out of Provincetown - Highlights from The Art House! by Stage Tube

Tony winner and YOUNGER TV star Sutton Foster appeared with Broadway The Art House series host Seth Rudetsky in Provincetown, Mass., earlier this summer on July 3rd. Click below to watch hi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PM

STAGE TUBE: Raise You Up! Go Behind the Scenes with KINKY BOOTS in London by Stage Tube

The upcoming UK premiere of Kinky Boots, Broadway's huge-hearted, high-heeled hit, will open at London's Adelphi Theatre on 15 September 2015, with previews from 21 August 2015. Click below …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Hedwig and Ghost: More new musicals for Australia? by Cassie Tongue

Whispers and the rumour mill never really die down, do they? We’ve read in just the past 24 hours about two new shows that might be on their way to Australia. Ghost the Musical  We…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:59PM

U.S. – German Comparative Fundraising Practices by Joe Patti

I subscribe to the Arts Management Newsletter which provides insights into international arts and cultural issues. On page 14 of the most recent issue, is an article about the experience Lau…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:58PM

'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' Bids Farewell to Broadway by David Rooney

After hosting a string of star headliners in its year-and-a-half run, the Tony-winning musical revival will play its final performance on Sept. 13.read more

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:51PM

Moonlight volunteers give actors a home by Pam Kragen

Patrons of city-run theater in Vista turns provide free housing for visiting performers

SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 08:31PM

'Hedwig and the Angy Inch' to close on Broadway next month by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hedwig is packing up her miniskirt and high heels and leaving Broadway....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:31PM

Local Happenings: Livermore's Bankhead Theater to present 'HMS Pinafore' by Valley Journal/times-Herald

Through -- Sept. 12 Inside and Out: Plein Air and Studio Works -- Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:31PM

Kansas City Art Institute Receives $25 Million Donation by Randy Kennedy

The gift to the Kansas City Art Institute is one of the largest ever to an American art school.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:31PM

American Ballet Theater to Debut Ratmansky Work Next Spring by Alastair Macaulay

For its spring 2016 season, American Ballet Theater offers a slightly bolder lineup, with more of a focus on its artist in residence, Alexei Ratmansky.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:31PM

Informed Consent Review: Science As Threat or Salvation by New York Theater

When she was a child, says Arella, a Native American character in the play “Informed Consent,” “I’d hear about, ‘the white man did this and the white man did that.’ I thought the…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:06PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Photo Flash: First Look at Mark Evans and More in Signature Theatre's THE FIX by BroadwayWorld

Signature Theatre presentsTHE FIX,directed by Signature Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer Broadway's Gigi, Follies, Million Dollar Quartet. Featuring a book by John Dempsey and music by Dana …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57PM

UPDATE: Rosie O'Donnell's 17-Year-Old Daughter Chelsea Found, in Police Custody by TV News Desk

Update Rosie O'Donnell has just confirmed via Twitter that her daugher Chelsea has been found and is in police custody.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57PM

Breaking News: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Sets Broadway Closing Date by Tyler Peterson

Hedwig will soon put the wig back on the shelf.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:56PM

Gina Rattan to Helm Reading of David Reiser's New Musical JONI, Starring Christy Altomare by BroadwayWorld

A developmental reading of JONI, a new musical by David Reiser writer of Any Other Way, Walker in Babylon, will be presented at 430PM August 25 and 1PM August 26 at Shetler Studios in Manhat…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52PM

Review: Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe by Camilla Gurtler

One of the mysteries of Shakespeare is how, 400 years and a vocabulary change down the line, we still connect to the world and language of his plays. His popularity seems to spiral and reach…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:45PM

Review: A Tit Show, Etcetera Theatre by Ettie Bailey-King

A Tit Show manages to make boobs boring. Impressive, right? However little I enjoyed this show, I can’t help but heap praise on this particular point, bought at the cost of forty-five minu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:45PM

ArtsBeat: ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ Sets Broadway Closing Date by Scott Heller

The musical will have played for more than 500 performances when it closes on Sept. 13.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:37PM

Tony-Winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Starring Taye Diggs, Closes September 13 by Imogen Lloyd Webber

We're wigging out! The Tony-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Taye Diggs as our favorite internationally ignored song stylist, will shutter at Broadway's Belasco Theatre on…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:20PM

Looks Not Books: Backstage at with Lesli Margherita: The Second-To-Last Episode by Broadway.com

Lesli Margherita answers your questions in the second-to-last episode before she bids Matilda farewell.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:20PM

Hedwig Will Take Her Final Bow! Angry Inch Sets Closing Date and Plans To Go International by Michael Gioia

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the 2014 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, will play its final performance at the Belasco Theatre Sept. 13 at 3 PM. Taye Diggs is the show's final s…

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:13PM

‘The Pillowman’ at 4615 Theater Company by Michael Poandl

Two days before seeing the closing performance of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman by the newish 4615 Theater Company, I received an email from director and 4615 Artistic Director Jordan Fr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:05PM

VIDEO: Look Out London Kinky Boots Is Almost Here by Doug Mayo

By Doug Mayo The cast and production team have been working tirelessly to bring Kinky Boots the musical to London and we’ve found this great preview clip from The Hollywood News  whic…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:00PM

Theater News: Hedwig Packs Up Its Wigs at the Belasco

The Tony-winning revival will close on Broadway.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM

Theater News: Matthew Broderick, Vanessa Williams, Blythe Danner, and more set for Sharpies Reading

The new comedy by Eugene Pack will also feature Carol Kane, Dayle Reyfel, and Sawyer Spielberg.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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THIS WEEKEND! Rising Tohoku Food Fair – Los Angeles culture event report by Pauline Adamek

Happening this weekend – beginning Thursday – is the Rising Tohoku Food Fair, a fun event for the whole family that celebrates the charms and cultural diversity of the Tohoku region of …

SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:53PM

CATS Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber Swims With His Cat, Fez by Michael Dale

Poolside fun with the composer and his feline friend.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PM

Photo Flash: Piper Perabo Leads VIP Reading of TWELFTH NIGHT at Bay Street Theater by BroadwayWorld

The Bay Street Shakespeare Initiative and Hamptons Shakespeare Festival presented TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL by William Shakespeare last Friday and Saturday nights at Mashashimuet Park …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PM

Review Roundup: Bay Street's GREY GARDENS, Starring Betty Buckley & Rachel York - UPDATED! by Review Roundups

Bay Street Theater presents Tony Award winner Betty Buckley and Drama Desk Award winner Rachel York as Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale in GREY GARDENS, the musical, which opened Augus…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PM

Raffi Barsoumian and Ramiz Monsef to Star in Rajiv Joseph's GUARDS AT THE TAJ at the Geffen This Fall by BroadwayWorld

Geffen Playhouse just announced the cast for the West Coast premiere of GUARDS AT THE TAJ by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Steinberg Award recipient Rajiv Joseph. Raffi Barsoumian will star as…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PM

It's Idina Menzel Day in Cincinnati! by BroadwayWorld

We think every day should be... we're not biased at allbut today, specifically,is Idina Menzel DayIn the city of Cincinnati, that is.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PM

BWW Flashback: A Lin-Manuel Miranda Musical You May Not Know by Michael Dale

Check out videos from last year's performance of Naomi, based on the true story of a high school drug bust.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PM

Industry Ticket Offers by Bt

American Idiot - The Hypocrites at The Den Theatre's Heath Main Stage, 1329 N. Milwaukee Ave. is offering $10 industry tickets to any preview performance August 28 - September 5, subject to …

SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 06:44PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Cut The Mustard, C nova by Amy Merrigan

This is Jack and Georgia’s big break. They’re about to transmit live from right here at the Edinburgh Fringe, to what might be the third most watched show in north east Reykjavik. Exce…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:40PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: FEAST, Zoo by Hannah Margerison

Spaghetti is thrown. Cornflakes fall from the air. Wine is spilt. The stage is a mess. Here lies the remnants of FEAST, Clout Theatre’s gutsy exploration of humanity’s relationship with …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:40PM

Award-winning actor Antony Holland founded Vancouver’s Studio 58 by Martin Morrow

The actor, teacher, producer and raconteur had an insatiable lust for theatre life, and could lay fair claim to being Canada’s oldest working actor

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:40PM

James Lecesne Reveals How He Created The Absolute Brightness' Most Memorable Character

James Lecesne shares how he created The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey's most memorable character.

SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 06:31PM

Pics! The Cast and Creative Team of Laugh It Up, Stare It Down Meet The Press by Joseph Marzullo

The Off-Broadway staging of Alan Hruska's Laugh It Up, Stare It Down, will begin this month at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Featured in the cast is Katya Campbell, whose Broadway credits…

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:20PM

Matthew Broderick, Vanessa Williams and Blythe Danner Set for Hamptons Play Reading by Robert Viagas

Matthew Broderick, Vanessa Williams and Blythe Danner are among celebrities who will take part in a reading of Eugene Pack's stage comedy Sharpies 8 PM Aug. 20 at Guild Hall theatre in …

SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08PM

The Tim Carroll Conundrum by Holger Syme

Tim Carroll has been appointed as the new Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival. When the news was announced last week, my instant reaction was that “this may be the weirdest and most…

SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 06:03PM

The Second-To-Last Looks Not Books with Lesli Margherita by Broadway.com

Lesli Margherita answers your questions in the second to last episode before she bids MATILDA farewell.

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:01PM

Theater News: Six-Time Tony Winner Audra McDonald to Perform With Husband Will Swenson

The one-night event will be part of the Broadway @ Town Hall concert series in Provincetown.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM

Video Flash: Allegiance Searches for a Leading Lady in Second Episode of Trek to Broadway Video Series

Takei stars in a new musical that is based on his experiences as a child.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM

Review: Red Velvet

John Douglas Thompson plays one of the great trailblazers of the theater.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Matthew Broderick, Blythe Danner, Vanessa Williams and More Set for SHARPIES Reading at Guild Hall by BroadwayWorld

Astaged reading of SHARPIES - A NEW COMEDY by Eugene Pack is set for Guild Hall's Staged Reading Series in East Hampton on Thursday, August 20th at 8 p.m. Just announced, the starry cast wil…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PM

Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Head to Provincetown This Month by BroadwayWorld

The acclaimed Broadway Town Hall concert series in Provincetown, MA, produced by Mark Cortale, will welcome Audra McDonald -- the historic 6-time Tony-winner and star of Broadway's LADY DAY…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PM

Rent Star Daphne Rubin-Vega to Perform Sweeney Todd-inspired Solo Show by Olivia Clement

The Labyrinth Theater Company has announced two shows as part of its upcoming 2015-16 season. The slate will kick off with the world premiere of Aaron Mark’s one-woman show…

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:46PM

Humanities Fest lineup: Citizenship debates, Patton Oswalt and Elvis Costello by Steve Johnson

You can let the planned appearances of musician Elvis Costello and well-known comics Patton Oswalt and Aasif Mandvi fool you into thinking the 2015 Chicago Humanities Festival might be leani…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:37PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: EricTheFred, Assembly Roxy by Amy Merrigan

Standing on the greyscale stage in a tutu and boots, this old clown (who I’m going to call Eric the Fred for the purpose of this review) has reached the end of his tether. He tears off hi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:37PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: I Am Not Myself These Days, Pleasance Courtyard by Tamsin Paternoster

Stunned, the audience tumble out of the little room. Asking the man next to me what he thought about I Am Not Myself These Days, a tumultuous remake of Josh Kilmer-Purcell’s autobiography …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:37PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: You Look Tasty! (A Play by A. Tiger), Pleasance Courtyard by Tamsin Paternoster

As the performance begins with half the cast missing, something is clearly wrong in the zoo. Harriet Kemsley has fun with frivolous puppetry, switching between characters with ease. Despite …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:37PM

Bakersfield Mist by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✩✩✩ Bakersfield missed: Despite a great deal of care and two capable actors, Bakersfield Mist at the Royal Scots Club from Arkle Theatre Company never…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:32PM

Review: ‘Grey Gardens’ Is Revived in Its Real Setting, the Hamptons by Laura Collins-Hughes

This musical about two relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is playing in Sag Harbor, N.Y.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:28PM

Run for Your Wife by Innovative Theatre Foundation

Contributed by Conor O'Brien Written in 1983 (by Roy Cooney) Run For Your Wife concerns London cab driver John Smith, with two spouses, two lives and a very precise schedule for juggling th…

SOURCE: The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation at 05:16PM

Odds & Ends: Jennifer Hudson Eyeing Aretha Franklin Biopic, Patricia Clarkson & Patrick Wilson Talk Stage Stripping & More by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. JHUD Eyeing Aretha Biopic Respect! The Broadway-bound Jennifer Hudson is in talks to play Aretha Franklin in a biopic. Acco…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PM

Video Flash: On the Town Celebrates Gene Kelly's 103rd Birthday

Watch two of the show's talented dancers re-create one of Kelly's iconic numbers.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM

Review: Mother of the Maid

Joan of Arc's mom shows us how tough it is to raise a visionary teen.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Kenneth Lonergan's HOLD ON TO ME DARLING Premiere Rounds Out Atlantic Theater's 30th Season by BroadwayWorld

Atlantic Theater Company has announced the final production of its 30th anniversary season, the world premiere of Academy Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist Kenneth Lonergan's latest …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PM

Get VIP Seats for Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine's Viva Broadway Benefit Next Month by BroadwayWorld

A limited number of VIP seats are available for Gloria Estefan amp Miami Sound Machine A Benefit Concert for Viva Broadway. The concert will take place on Monday, September 14th at 800pm at …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PM

On the Town Cast Members Recreate Iconic Gene Kelly Dance Number

In celebration of what would have been dance legend Gene Kelly's 103rd birthday on Aug. 23, cast members of On the Town made a video recreating a dance number from the classic film versi…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PM

Broadway 4D Project Back on Track; Times Square Theatre To Be Rescued! by Robert Viagas and Michael Gioia

The "Broadway 4D" project in the heart of Times Square — which plans to immerse theatregoers in a film experience that celebrates the history of Broadway musicals &md…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Manwatching, Roundabout @ Summerhall by Emily Dunford

An honest and frank exploration of female sexuality, Manwatching is written by an anonymous playwright for the Royal Court. She has chosen to remain anonymous, refusing the credit for what…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:31PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Mixtape, Underbelly by Amy Merrigan

     Half quiz, half sketch show, the rules of Mixtape are simple: the Mixtapers perform sketches inspired by and made out of song lyrics, and we have to guess what song and artist it is…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:31PM

World Premiere by This Is Our Youth Playwright Kenneth Lonergan Set for Atlantic Season by Olivia Clement

Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company has announced that the final production of its 30th anniversary season will be the world premiere of Oscar nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM

“Harry Potter” Film Sequel Begins Filming With Broadway Stars by Robert Viagas

The "Harry Potter" film spinoff, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," has begun filming in Leavesden, U.K., according to Entertainment Weekly.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PM

“Harry Potter” Movie Sequel Begins Filming With Broadway Stars by Robert Viagas

The "Harry Potter" film spinoff, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," has begun filming in Leavesden, U.K., according to Entertainment Weekly.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PM

You have to see this singer impersonate Broadway’s divas by Michael Riedel

Whenever I’m in need of a laugh, I read my old columns — or watch Carly Sakolove’s “Send in the Clowns” video. Who, you might be wondering? A few years...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:22PM

Spotlight On...Drew Geraci by Michael Block

Name: Drew GeraciHometown: Originally from La Grange Park, IL, currently live in d a BronxEducation: Butler University , and a few decades of living in NYC.Favorite Credits: Disaster! The Mu…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:20PM

Spotlight On...Annie Lux by Michael Block

Name: Annie LuxHometown: Santa Fe, New MexicoEducation: Columbia University (MFA Theatre), New York University (BFA Dramatic Writing), Carnegie Mellon UniversityFavorite Credits: Playwright-…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:20PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 775: Judy Klass by Adam Szymkowicz

Judy KlassHometown:  I was born in NYC. I grew up in a small town in New Jersey right over the bridge -- both of my parents taught in Manhattan, and that's where we went on weekends to …

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 04:20PM

The Last Ship Star Will Be Broadway’s New Elphaba by Andrew Gans

Rachel Tucker, who made her Broadway debut in 2014's The Last Ship, will join the Broadway company of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked next month in the role o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PM

Interview with THEORY OF RELATIVITY by Karma and Raffi

Although the show is long gone, the Backstage Bloggers have had one remaining post left from Theory of Relativity, which has been replaced at the Norma Terris Theater by the new musical My P…

SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 04:14PM

Tracy Letts spoofs Dick Cheney in Funny or Die shorts by Darel Jevens

Chicago actor and playwright Tracy Letts, whose scheming CIA director on “Homeland” often is compared to ... The post Tracy Letts spoofs Dick Cheney in Funny or Die shorts appea…

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:08PM

Theater News: After 1000 Performances as Elphaba in London, Rachel Tucker Will Join Broadway's Wicked

Tucker was most recently seen on Broadway in The Last Ship.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM

Theater News: New Kenneth Lonergan Play Set for Atlantic Theater Company Season

Lonergan's work was last seen on the New York stage with the 2014 Broadway revival of This Is Our Youth.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Nigella Lawson, Elvis Costello join Chicago Humanities Festival by Miriam Di Nunzio

The Chicago Humanities Festival today announced the full schedule for its 26th annual extravaganza, running Oct. ... The post Ta-Nehisi Coates, Nigella Lawson, Elvis Costello join Chicago H…

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Kenneth Lonergan's Hold on to Me Darling Will Receive World Premiere Off-Broadway by Ryan McPhee

Off-Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company will present the world premiere of Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold on to Me Darling. The production, directed by Atlantic’s artistic directo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PM

Rachel Tucker and Jonah Platt Set to Star in Wicked on Broadway by Ryan McPhee

Rachel Tucker’s going green on the Great White Way! The U.K. Wicked favorite, who made her Broadway debut last season in The Last Ship, will assume the role of Elphaba at the Gershwin …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PM

Tickets Now Available for Fool for Love, Starring Nina Arianda & Sam Rockwell, on Broadway by Broadway.com

Tickets are now on sale to see the Broadway premiere of Sam Shepard’s 1982 play Fool for Love. Starring Nina Arianda, Sam Rockwell, Tom Pelphrey and Gordon Joseph Weiss, the Daniel Auk…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PM

Royal Ball Invitation! Broadway Balances America Gets Up Close & Personal with the Star of Cinderella by Ryan Gilbert

Who's ready to walk in Cinderella's famous glass slippers for a while? Broadway Balances America, the special six-part series airing on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television, retu…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PM

Dogs, Actors Allowed: Pooches of L.A. Theatre by Mandi Moss

100 years ago, apartment buildings and hotels in Hollywood would display prominent signs that read, "No Dogs, No Actors." (Even the Hollywood Hotel once hosted such a sign!) We can only assu…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:51PM

It’s #TurpinTime at Landless! Patrick M. Doneghy Shares Some Rockin’ Backstage Portraits at Prog Met by Matthew Blank

This summer the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. remounted the Landless Theatre Company's production of Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street--Prog Metal …

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 775: Judy Klass by Courtney Kochuba

Five years ago, playwright Adam Szymkowicz began a blog with a simple, yet intriguing, idea: to interview playwrights. Aptly titled, I Interview Playwrights, the blog has now grown to incl…

SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:49PM

Why I couldn’t turn off the Teen Choice Awards. by Ken Davenport

Yep, it’s true.  I watched the effin’ Teen Choice Awards. I am not a teen.  I don’t have a teen.  But I’ll admit, I watched ’em. And since John Stamos was a…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 03:44PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 773: Kris Bauske by Courtney Kochuba

Five years ago, playwright Adam Szymkowicz began a blog with a simple, yet intriguing, idea: to interview playwrights. Aptly titled, I Interview Playwrights, the blog has now grown to incl…

SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:44PM

Watch: This California ballerina takes ‘dancing in the street’ to a whole new level by Corinne Segal

Video produced by Abhi Singh. Many of 18-year-old Miko Fogarty’s friends in Orinda, Calif. will be entering college in the fall. But not Miko. She is on her way to the U.K. to pursue a car…

SOURCE: PBS at 03:44PM

One play’s weirdness has meaning; the other just seems to be fooling around

Weirdness that is deep, measured and suspenseful trumps weirdness that is scattered, frantic and jokey. At least, that statement holds true when you’re talking about the double-bill of one…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:44PM

Broad Stage names new leader who wants to bring in 'more adventurous work' by David Ng

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica has hired Wiley Hausam, the leader of a performing arts program affiliated with Stanford University, as artistic and executive director.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:44PM

L.A. Opera to simulcast season opener starring Placido Domingo by David Ng

Los Angeles Opera will host a free simulcast of the first production of its 2015-16 season at Santa Monica Pier on Oct. 3.

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:44PM

City Center Adds to Season With Wendy Whelan, Ballet and Flamenco by Joshua Barone

Performances by Wendy Whelan, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and the return of the Flamenco Festival are added to the New York City Center spring season.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:40PM

NC Theatre Features Broadway Cast for INTO THE WOODS, 10/20 - Jacquelyn Piro Donovan, Laurel Harris, Jennifer Cody and More! by BroadwayWorld

Raleigh, NC- North Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, is thrilled to announce a strong mix of Broadway and r…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

Anne Hathaway to Star in Limited Series THE AMBASSADOR'S WIFE by TV News Desk

Oscar winner Anne Hathaway has will star in the limited series THE AMASSADOR'S WIFE from Entertainment One and the Mark Gordon Co.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

Breaking News: West End Elphaba Rachel Tucker and Jonah Platt Will Join Broadway's WICKED This Fall! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld has just learned that beginningTuesday, September 15, West End alumnaRACHEL TUCKERwill join the Broadway company ofWICKEDin the role of Elphaba. After nearly three years and ov…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

BWW Exclusive: Twyla Tharp's NYT Blog- Making Dance: Fifty Years and Counting by BroadwayWorld

Dance legendTwyla Tharp is busy rehearsinga new project, which marks 50 years since her first concert. While in the midst of bringing the new piece to life, she is bloggingfor NYTimes.com, s…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

STAGE TUBE: Laura Osnes, Caissie Levy, Courtney Reed & Many More Light Up THE BROADWAY PRINCESS PARTY! by Stage Tube

Earlier this week, Tony Nominee Laura Osnes and music director Benjamin Rauhala hosted THE BROADWAY PRINCESS PARTY at 54 Below, featuring Ruthie Ann Miles, Caissie Levy, Adam Jacobs, Courtne…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

STAGE TUBE: SPRING AWAKENING's Sean Grandillo Brings Fans 60 SECONDS OF SPRING- Watch Episode 1! by Stage Tube

Deaf West's acclaimed production ofSteven SaterandDuncan Sheik'sSpring Awakening, directed byMichael Ardenand choreographed bySpencer Liff, just began rehearsals for its Broadway transfer an…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

Want to Work with Andrew Keenan-Bolger & Adam Wachter? Casting Now Underway for Indie Short Film! by BroadwayWorld

Want to work with Broadway's Andrew Keenan-Bolger and composer Adam Wachter Well, now's your chance.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

BWW TV: EMPTY SPACE Bonus Featurette: Meet the Cast by Empty Space

BroadwayWorld is excited to exclusively bring you our newest, and first webseries that takes place in an actual theatre- Empty Space. Empty Space is a love-letter to live theater, a nine-epi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:38PM

Stage Tube: Jonathan Groff Supports Dave Roth's 4th Annual Broadway Alzheimer's iPod Drive by BroadwayWorld

Broadway musician and Alzheimer's Association advocate,Dave Roth, is announcing the launch of the 4th Annual Broadway Alzheimer's iPod Drive starting August 1st and running through August 19…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PM

New Kenneth Lonergan play heads to Atlantic Theater Company by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Kenneth Lonergan has gone a little bit country in his latest play, "Hold on to Me Darling," a comedy that will make its world premiere at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theat…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:36PM

Broadway stars Criss, Tveit to headline outdoor NYC concert by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Some of Broadway's brightest lights - including Darren Criss, Aaron Tveit, Leslie Odom Jr., Laura Osnes, Lea Salonga and Seth Rudetsky - will perform during a one-day ou…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:36PM

Police searching for Rosie O'Donnell's daughter

NEW YORK (AP) -- Police are searching for Rosie O'Donnell's 17-year-old daughter Chelsea, who has not been seen since leaving the family's home north of New York City last Tuesday....

SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:36PM

On the Town Cast Members Salute Gene Kelly With a Recreated, Intricate Dance Number (Video) by Robert Viagas

In honor of what would have been Broadway and Hollywood dancer Gene Kelly's 103rd birthday Aug. 23, two cast members from the Broadway revival of On the Town recreated, step for step, on…

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PM

Jennifer Hudson to Sing Aretha Franklin Songs in an Aretha Franklin Movie This Time by Nate Jones

As Tracking Board first reported and The Wrap confirmed, Jennifer Hudson is in talks to star in an Aretha Franklin biopic from Straight Outta Compton producer Scott Bernstein. The biopic, wh…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:33PM

Sir Patrick Stewart Shows Conan That the Best Kisses Are the Surprise Ones by Sean Fitz-Gerald

Boom! Sir Not-a-One-Man-Guy Patrick Stewart discusses a famous pic, his dream kisses, and the importance of connection. Also, behold, a momentous decree from the Not-Quite-Yet-a-Sir-but-Stil…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:33PM

Latino Theater Company Announces Fall Season by American Theatre Editors

A West Coat premiere and a holiday tradition headline the company's season.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:30PM

Hiring outsiders to helm Canadian theatre companies leaves audiences disconnected by J. Kelly Nestruck

The problem isn’t the international individuals who are hired but the boards and search committees who think ‘world-class’ is something you ship in rather than grow

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:27PM

Rosie O'Donnell says her daughter is missing

Rosie O'Donnell says her daughter Chelsea has been missing since last week.        

SOURCE: USA Today at 03:26PM

Rosie O’Donnell’s Teen Daughter Reported Missing by Maane Khatchatourian

Rosie O’Donnell’s 17-year-old daughter, Chelsea O’Donnell, has been reported missing. O’Donnell posted the news on her official website and tweeted about it on Tuesday. chelsea and h…

SOURCE: Variety at 03:25PM

I Interview Playwrights Part 772: Barbara Pease Weber by Courtney Kochuba

Five years ago, playwright Adam Szymkowicz began a blog with a simple, yet intriguing, idea: to interview playwrights. Aptly titled, I Interview Playwrights, the blog has now grown to incl…

SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:25PM

In Empty Spaces by Matt Cosper

I have long had an interest in arts groups using transitioning commercial and retail spaces to alleviate space crunch. On hearing that Matt Cosper and his Charlotte-based ensemble XOXO are t…

SOURCE: 2AMT at 03:18PM

‘Henry IV Part I’ at the Baltimore Shakespeare Factory by Morgan Woodle

“What is honor?” It’s what King Henry IV is fighting to uphold. It’s what Harry Percy, the Hotspur, is fighting to defend. It’s what Prince Henry is trying to g…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:05PM

$20 Tickets to Off Broadway Shows in September? 20at20 is Back! by Courtney Kochuba

September will be here soon, and with the start of school and freshly sharpened pencils, comes the biannual 20at20 celebration. So what is 20at20, exactly? An Off Broadway Alliance promotio…

SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:03PM

Theatre Review: ‘Tying the Knot’ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by Morgan Halvorsen

Tying the Knot, a Baltimore Playwrights Festival production now playing at Fells Point Corner Theatre’s Sokal Stage, is about a gay man who decides to marry a woman. With that single p…

SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:02PM

BWW TV Exclusive: Watch the Season 2 Finale of the Hit Web-Comedy THE RESIDUALS! by The Residuals

It's Finale day Today we bring you the Season 2 finale of the hit web-comedy THE RESIDUALS, which airs exclusively here, on BroadwayWorld. This season might be over, but don't forget to tune…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PM

Photo Flash: Audra McDonald and Will Swenson Star in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten

Gordon Edelstein directs O'Neill's final masterpiece at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM

Theater News: Daphne Rubin-Vega to Star in New Sweeney Todd-Inspired Solo Drama Empanada Loca

Aaron Mark writes and directs the work for Labyrinth Theater Company.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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The Last Ship Star Will Be Wicked’s New Elphaba on Broadway by Andrew Gans

Rachel Tucker, who made her Broadway debut in 2014's The Last Ship, will join the Broadway company of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked next month in the role o…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PM

Photo Flash: Jiggly Caliente Visits RUTHLESS! Off-Broadway by BroadwayWorld

Jiggly Caliente, celebrity drag queen and TV star ("RuPaul's Drag Race," "Broad City"), attended Off-Broadway's smash hit RUTHLESS! The Musical on August 10th and happily mingled with the ca…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PM

Guest Review by @Terry_Ea ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Outstanding Acting” for @TheatreVoliere CONSOLATION @BridewellCentre  by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

   Guest Review by Terry Eastham @Terry_Ea ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Outstanding Acting” for @TheatreVoliere CON…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:45PM

59E59 Theaters Announces Lineup for Fall/Winter 2015 by American Theatre Editors

Next season at the Off-Broadway presenting house includes Lauren Gunderson, Aaron Loeb, and an evening of Tennessee Williams short play adaptations.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:45PM

“Immersive” Movies, Theater Get New York Film Festival “Convergence” Slots by Jeremy Gerard

The 53rd New York Film Festival Convergence will run September 26 and 27 and delve into the world of immersive storytelling with a mix of unique films, panels, and live interactive experienc…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:43PM

Inspirational Quotes For The Black Theatre Lover by Nicole Johnson

Photo Credit: Martha Swope via NYPL Black theatre. A space of inspired creativity, performance art and social commentary on the lives of everyday people. As the curtains open and our storie…

SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:34PM

ArtsBeat: Cancellation of Play About Islamic State Recruits Prompts Concern in London by Christopher D. Shea

The National Youth Theater of Britain has canceled a production of “Homegrown,” about young recruits of the Islamic State.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:31PM

ArtsBeat: New Lonergan Play Added to Atlantic Roster; Labyrinth Sets New Season by Lorne Manly

Kenneth Lonergan’s “Hold on to Me Darling” is about a country singer returning home.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:31PM

Photo Coverage: Meet the Company of LAUGH IT UP, STARE IT DOWN; Opens This September at Cherry Lane Theatre by Jennifer Broski

Full casting has been announced for Laugh It Up, Stare It Down, a new play written by Alan Hruska The Man on Her Mind, New House under Construction, Reunion and directed by Chris Eigeman kno…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PM

VIDEO: ELEPHANT MAN's Patricia Clarkson Talks Getting Naked Every Night with Bradley Cooper by TV News Desk

Patricia Clarkson stopped by today's 'LIVE' and chatted with Michael Strahan and guest co-host Ana Gasteyer about her experience getting naked every night with Bradley Cooper in the recent r…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PM

STAGE TUBE: Robert Redford Dishes on His First Broadway Roles in Clip from Rick McKay's THE GOLDEN AGE Film Trilogy by Stage Tube

Rick McKay, the producerdirector of THE GOLDEN AGE FILM TRILOGY, has just unveiled a new clip from the upcoming project, this time featuring an interview with screen legend Robert Redford, i…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PM

UPDATE: Rosie O'Donnell's 17-Year-Old Daugher Chelsea Reported Missing; Foul Play Not Suspected by TV News Desk

Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell has beenreported missing.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PM

A Female Wizard? THE WIZ Director Kenny Leon Came Up with Casting Queen Latifah for the Title Role by BroadwayWorld

Grammy and Golden Globe-winner Queen Latifah will soon return to musical theatre as the title character inNBC's highly-anticipated THE WIZ LIVE airing December 3- a part that is usually play…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PM

VIDEO: WAITRESS Composer Sara Bareilles Shares Excitement, Anxiety Over Her First Musical by BroadwayWorld

The talented artist recently spoke with WBZ-TV's Liam Martin and Paula Ebben and shared her excitement over the new project.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PM

The Haunting Intimacy of 'John' by Wqxr

Annie Baker won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 for her play "The Flick," which has been restaged this summer at the Barrow Street Theatre. But Baker also has a new play concurrently on the board…

SOURCE: WQXR at 02:28PM

The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey by Doug Marino

A heartwarming, brilliantly-executed one-man show about a real topic and a not-so-real set of characters - although we've all probably known one or more of them in each of our lifetimes.Jame…

SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 02:22PM

Kenneth Lonergan’s New Play to Premiere at Off Broadway’s Atlantic Theater

“Hold On To Me Darling,” a new play by Kenneth Lonergan, will have its world premiere production at Off Broadway’s Atlantic Theater Company this spring in a staging directe…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:20PM

Kenneth Lonergan Adds World Premiere Play To Atlantic Theater Co. Season by Jeremy Gerard

The Oscar-nominated Gangs Of New York and You Can Count On Me author will open his new play Hold On To Me Darling as the final entry in the celebrated off-Broadway company’s 30th se…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:20PM

Interview: Jamey Hood on FringeJR and Writing Theater for Kids by Navida Stein

You’ve probably heard of the New York International Fringe Festival, which is now in its 19th year.  But have you ever heard of FringeJR?   FringeJR is part of FringeNYC and features …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:08PM

Sneak peeks in Broadway in Chicago's Summer Concert

Loop theater owner Broadway in Chicago held its Summer Concert on Monday evening - with guest performers from 10 touring stage musicals showing up to sing songs at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion …

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:02PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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One play’s weirdness has meaning; the other just seems to be fooling around by Celia Wren

Weirdness that is deep, measured and suspenseful trumps weirdness that is scattered, frantic and jokey. At least, that statement holds true when you’re talking about the double-bill of one…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:59PM

Broadway Actors Line Up for NC Production of Into the Woods by Andrew Gans

A host of Broadway talent will be featured in North Carolina Theatre's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, which will be presented Oct. 20…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PM

‘Summer Hummer IV: Foreplay!’ at Signature Theatre Benefits theatreWashington’s ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ by Eric Denver

Summer Hummer IV: Foreplay! made its two-show debut last night at Signature Theatre. If you didn’t plan properly or were on vacation, you missed a provocative evening of fun and frolic at …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:53PM

Rosie O’Donnell’s Daughter, Last Seen a Week Ago, Is Missing by Michael Gioia

Chelsea O'Donnell, the daughter of Broadway actress, producer and TV personality Rosie O'Donnell, has been reported missing. Nyack, NY, police authorities have been looking for her i…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PM

UPDATED: Rosie O’Donnell’s Daughter, Last Seen a Week Ago, Is Found Safe by Michael Gioia

Chelsea O'Donnell, the daughter of Broadway actress, producer and TV personality Rosie O'Donnell, has been found, according to Rosie's official Facebook page. Nyack, NY, police a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PM

UPDATED: Rosie O’Donnell’s Daughter, Last Seen a Week Ago, Is Found by Michael Gioia

Chelsea O'Donnell, the daughter of Broadway actress, producer and TV personality Rosie O'Donnell, has been found, according to Rosie's official Facebook page. Nyack, NY, police a…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PM

Sanctuaries of Communion by Greg Reiner

(This post is part of the blog salon curated by Jacqueline E. Lawton for the 2015 TCG National Conference: Game Change. The following questions informed the final plenary session, “Arti…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:50PM

Introduce Yourself(ie): 10 Questions with Avenue Q Leading Lady Elizabeth Ann Berg

Avenue Q star Elizabeth Ann Berg talks Poppins mishaps, romantic mix tapes and her sweet but needy new friend Kate Monster.

SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:39PM

New Club Remix of 'The Raven' from NEVERMORE Released by BroadwayWorld

Broadway Records today announced the release of The Raven from 'Nevermore' Remix - EP, an extended play recording containing three versions of the song 'The Raven' from the gothic opera Neve…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PM

Rosie O'Donnel's 17-Year-Old Daugher Chelsea Reported Missing by TV News Desk

Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell has beenreported missing.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PM

VIDEO: Patrick Wilson Talks New Film ZIPPER; Recalls FULL MONTY on 'Today' by TV News Desk

Patrick Wilson now stars in the new film Zipper, in which he plays a politician with a seemingly perfect life that starts to unravel when he visits an escort service.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PM

In Which I Rank the Silent Comedians by Trav S.D.

This post grew out of my conviction that the prevailing trope of there being a “Big Three” or a “Big Four” among silent film comedians is a false portrait of reality,…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:24PM

Burt Bacharach and Tony Winner Steven Sater Team Up for Premiere of New York Animals by Olivia Clement

Following workshops in New York and Los Angeles over five years ago, two-time Tony winner Steven Sater's play New York Animals will at last have its world premiere staging Off-Br…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PM

Photos: Exclusive first look at Mrs Henderson Presents starring Tracie Bennett

The show is based on the 2005 film about the Windmill Theatre

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:19PM

ON RECORD: Robin de Jesus' Five Favorite Cast Albums- 'It Had Such a Profound Effect on Me' by On Record

Ever wonder which Broadway tunes have inspired your favorite performers Check back every Tuesday for ON RECORD- to find out which cast recordings have made an impact on Broadway's brightest …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PM

Spotlight On...Stephen Friedrich by Michael Block

Name: Stephen FriedrichHometown: Cleveland, OhioEducation: BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts Drama ProgramSelect Credits: Recurring as Demetrius with the New Place…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:09PM

Review: Work Sucks by Michael Block

No one dreams of working in a restaurant. That's not entirely true. If you own one, you might, but it's rare to find anyone itching to be a server or busboy or sous chef. In Tony Borden's De…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:09PM

Spotlight On...Patrick Judd by Michael Block

Name: Patrick JuddHometown: Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaEducation: Stockton UniversitySelect Credits: Some of my favorites include Eugene in Brighton Beach, Jerry in The Zoo Story, Paul in Bar…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:09PM

Spotlight On...Craig J. George by Michael Block

Name: Craig J. GeorgeHometown: St. Louis, MOEducation: BA from Trinity University, MFA from UC IrvineFavorite Credits: As a director, projects are like your children--  you try never to…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:09PM

Christopher Jackson Tries “Hard To Not Be Embarrassed” for Fox 5 Anchors Interviewing Him About Hami by Michael Gioia, Robert Viagas

Christopher Jackson, who plays George Washington in the Broadway musical Hamilton, was welcomed as a guest on WNYW-Fox 5's local morning show "Good Day New York" Aug. 18 by…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PM

Fox 5 News Anchors, Dressed in Period Costumes, Welcome Hamilton Star (Video) by Robert Viagas

Chris Jackson, who plays George Washington in the Broadway musical Hamilton, was welcomed as a guest on WNYW-Fox 5's local morning show "Good Day New York" Aug. 18 by the t…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PM

Dillie Keane: A sense of proportion and other fringe must-haves by Dillie Keane

Yes, it’s August, the month when thousands of hopefuls, idiots and talents descend upon Edinburgh for the blood sport known as the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PM

Photo Flash: Meet the Stars of the New Four-Character Drama Laugh It Up, Stare It Down

Chris Eigeman directs Alan Hruska's play at the Cherry Lane Theatre.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at noon (Broadway Time)
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You Want a Diverse Theatre? Prove it. by HowlRound

By Karena Ingersoll, Deena Selenow. Karena Fiorenza Ingersoll and Deena Selenow provide practical advice for making recruitment, retainment, and casting practices more equitable and inclusiv…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:58PM

NEWS: London homes wanted as stages for new intimate tour by James Lillywhite

Image: Richard Lakos A London based theatre company are looking for a number of homes to perform in across the city. The Theatre Royal Stratford East are looking for 30 homes across London t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:54PM

Free Materials from EcoSet Consulting by Bt

EcoSet Consulting will be coming back to Chicago at the end of September to find homes for their client's gorgeous activation space from an event. Lots of amazing pieces including beautiful …

SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:54PM

Up And Away, Multi-Sensory Theatrical Experience for Young Audiences on Autism Spectrum, Sets Fall D by Joe Gambino

Lincoln Center Education will present Up and Away, a new multi-sensory theatrical experience specially designed for young audiences on the autism spectrum.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PM

Exclusive Photos! Go Backstage with Matthew Morrison, Laura Michelle Kelly & the Stars of Finding Neverland by Broadway.com

Here's your exclusive backstage pass to see Matthew Morrison, Laura Michelle Kelly and the cast of Finding Neverland prep before they take the stage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PM

Hamilton's Christopher Jackson Keeps His Cool as Local News Anchors Wig Out: 'That's Life in the Damn Circus' by Ryan McPhee

Let’s go ahead and give Broadway favorite Christopher Jackson the key to the city after getting through this truly bizarre local news segment. Hamilton’s George Washington stoppe…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PM

Exclusive! Watch Sawyer Nunes & the Finding Neverland Kids Sing Gary Barlow & Eliot Kennedy's 'Stars' by Imogen Lloyd Webber

You gotta believe it—we're bringing you another exclusive first look from Broadway.com Audience Choice Award Favorite New Musical winner Finding Neverland! This time it's the t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PM

Windy City Midwifery: Birthing the New Musical in Chicago by HowlRound

By Aaron Hunt. Aaron Hunt on new musical development in Chicago, Illinois.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:36PM

From the Greek Isles to D’Ysquith Manor; See Jordan Bondurant Play a Two-Show Day in Mamma Mia! Whil by Matthew Blank

Jordan Bondurant recently made his Broadway debut as Sky in the long-running hit Mamma Mia! As if that weren't enough, the actor spent his off-time rehearsing for his next proj…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PM

Wail at Edinburgh festival review – wide-eyed wonder and whalesong by Lyn Gardner

Forest Fringe, EdinburghMusical vagabonds Little Bulb use cabaret and science to explore the purpose of song – but the piece is still finding its voiceIf there is a more loveable company t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM

Just for you: the unique power of a theatrical encounter by Lyn Gardner

If you catch them at the right moment in your life, some shows speak directly to you, as if they were made with you in mindYesterday at Forest Fringe, I had one of those moments in the theat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM

Divine/Intervention: The New York International Fringe Festival by Darryl Reilly

This post is by Darryl Reilly “I’m tired of being a prisoner in a sequined tube dress,” declares actor Glenn Milstead to his legendary alter ego Divine. “The drag queen of the centur…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:25PM

Debbie Allen Will Be Honored By NYC Dance Alliance Foundation by Joe Gambino

Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actress Debbie Allen (West Side Story, Sweet Charity) will be honored by NYC Dance Alliance Foundation at its Bright Lights Shining Stars Gala on Sept…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PM

McQueen previews cancelled at Haymarket due to ‘longer-than-planned rehearsal period’ by Georgia Snow

The opening of the West End transfer of McQueen has been delayed after the show’s rehearsal period overran, its producers have said.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Plymouth to host open-air theatre by Georgia Snow

Plymouth waterfront will now be able to host outdoor theatre, music and film events all year round. Permission was granted by Plymouth

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Theatre leaders speak out against “culture of caution” after Isis play cancellation by David Hutchison

Josie Rourke, David Lan and Sarah Frankcom are among theatre figures who have condemned the cancellation of a National Youth Theatre play

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Trevor Nunn defends all-white Shakespeare cast as ‘historically accurate’ by Georgia Snow

Trevor Nunn has defended his all-white cast for Shakespeare trilogy The Wars of the Roses, which opens at the Rose Theatre Kingston

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Arts groups must work with universities – report by Georgia Snow

Higher-education institutions and arts organisations need to work more effectively together to “add to their potential value”, according to a new report

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith becomes the Menier’s fastest selling show by Georgia Snow

Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith has broken box office records at the Menier Chocolate Factory, becoming the theatre’s fastest selling show. Tickets

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Local community protests against changes at Mull Theatre by electing rival board by Thom Dibdin

The Mull community has elected a shadow board to the existing board of arts organisation Comar, following the sacking of Mull Theatre

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Theatre503 appoints new associate directors by David Hutchison

Theatre503 has appointed Anna Jordan and Jonathan O’Boyle as associate directors. Jordan is best known for her Bruntwood Prize-winning play Yen, and

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Future of Sex cast among new winners of The Stage Awards at Edinburgh by Georgia Snow

Andy Gray, Sean Michael Verey and the ensemble of 1972: The Future of Sex have been announced as the second set of

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Emmerdale actor Kitty McGeever dies aged 44 by David Hutchison

Emmerdale actor Kitty McGeever, the first blind woman to have a regular role on a British soap opera, has died at the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PM

Theatre News: First performance of Jesus Christ Superstar in Wimbledon cancelled

The new UK tour of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opens next month

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:13PM

B-ORDERS – Edinburgh Fringe by Katharine Kavanagh

Underbelly Circus Hub, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 12th August 2015 B-Orders, from the Palestinian Circus Company in association with Aurora Nova, can legitimately reclaim the term ̵…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:10PM

GREASE LIVE! Star Julianne Hough Announces Engagement on Instagram by TV News Desk

DANCING WITH THE STARS pro-turned-judge Julianne Hough turned to Instagram to share the exciting news that she is engaged to boyfriend Brooks Laich.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM

Richard Jay-Alexander & Baayork Lee to Helm NAAP's PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE Gala This Fall by BroadwayWorld

National Asian Artists Project will celebrate its 5th Anniversary of 'showcasing the work of Asian-American theatre artists through performance, outreach and educational programming'onMonday…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM

AVENUE Q Alums Hope to Advance to Semi Finals on Tonight's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT by TV News Desk

TUNE IN to TONIGHT'S episode of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT as hand puppet Ira performs at Radio City Music Hall in hopes of advancing to the semi-finals

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM

Hunter Bell & Susan Blackwell to Host Benefit for Theatre Education at 54 Below by BroadwayWorld

Hunter Bell title of show, Now, Here. This., Found and Susan Blackwell title of show, Now. Here. This., Side by Side by Susan Blackwell will co-host Broadway Back to School, a benefit for th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Godspell’s Hannah Elless and Rocky’s Adrian Aguilar Will Take Flight in New Musical Inspired by Gree by Michael Gioia

Flight, a new musical by Michael Potsic described as a fresh retelling of the Greek myth "The Flight of Icarus," will receive a reading starring Broadway actors Hannah Elless and A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AM

Chicago Dancing Festival: A free ticket to top names next week by Laura Molzahn

"I've always been bothered by the ballet 'Sleeping Beauty' - irritated by it, really, because no story ever gets told," says choreographer Lar Lubovitch. That thought fathered his most recen…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:51AM

Controversial Unseamly, About Sexual Harassment, Will Play Off-Broadway This Fall by Playbill Staff

Urban Stages will present the American premiere of Oren Safdie's Unseamly, a controversial play inspired by a variety of sexual harassment charges brought against well-known clothing…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM

REVIEW: Marsha – A Girl Who Does Bad Things, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭ by Tim Hochstrasser

By Tim Hochstrasser So while this is a challenging night in the theatre in the best sense, it remains incomplete and unfinished and invites further revision and reflection on the part of the…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:40AM

Translations—CPCP Update 3: New Civic Practice Case Studies

By Michael Rohd. Michael Rohd with an update on the Center for Performance and Civic Practice’s Catalyst Initiative.

SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:36AM

Keegan’s Passek & Paul musical Dogfight a showcase for young talent by Keith Loria

The Tony-nominated composing team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have been the talk of DC of late, getting oodles of attention for the buzz-worthy Dear Evan Hansen, playing Arena Stage, befo…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:30AM

An opera premiere at Lincoln Park Zoo? It's all 'second nature' to Matthew Aucoin by John Von Rhein

With his scraggly beard, tousle of curly brown hair, dark jeans and well-worn T-shirt, Matthew Aucoin could easily pass for your average rumpled college freshman.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:29AM

Playwright Rajiv Joseph Wonders: How Do Two Men Kill Beauty? by American Theatre Editors

In his funny, heartrending new play 'Guards at the Taj,' the writer of 'Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo' and 'Gruesome Playground Injuries' asks big questions through two small lives.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:24AM

THE VOICE THIEF – Edinburgh Fringe by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✭✭✩ Interactive magic Young critics scheme review: Surreal, entertaining and quirky, The Voice Thief performed by Catherine Wheels takes you on an i…

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Watch Chuck Cooper, Josh Young & the Cast of Amazing Grace Visit The Tonight Show by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Thumbs up to Jimmy Fallon for being such a big, enthusiastic, supporter of Broadway! He invited Tony winner Chuck Cooper, Tony nominee Josh Young and the cast of Amazing Grace on The To…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AM

Tao Dance Theatre at Edinburgh festival review – abstract moves evoke a hallucinogenic universe by Alice Bain

Royal Lyceum, EdinburghTao’s company bring his atmospheric, minimalist work, set to the sounds of Steve Reich, to life as the dancers become a single captivating blobAgainst the metronomic…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:20AM

Watch London’s Funny Girl, Sheridan Smith, Sing! (Video) by Andrew Gans and Mark Shenton

Sheridan Smith will star in the first major London production of Funny Girl since its original 1966 West End run this fall.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM

Watch Cast of Amazing Grace On “The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” (Video) by Joe Gambino

The cast of Amazing Grace performed on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" Aug. 17.

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Baayork Lee’s National Asian Artists Project Plans October Gala by Robert Viagas

Original A Chorus Line cast member Baayork Lee is hosting Past, Present & Future, an Oct. 5 benefit gala celebrating five years since the founding of her organization, the National A…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AM

Kate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Kacie Sheik Cast in Off-Broadway’s Songbird, With Music by Lauren Pritchar by Andrew Gans

Tony nominees Kate Baldwin and Erin Dilly will star in Songbird, a play with music, which begins performances Oct. 20 as part of the 59E59 Theatres' 5A Season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM

See Daniel Radcliffe in “Frankenstein” Reboot (Video) by Robert Viagas

Daniel Radcliffe, star of the "Harry Potter" films and a frequent visitor to Broadway (How To Succeed, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Equus) is co-starring in a reboot of the "…

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Theatre News: Old Vic transforms Pit Bar into Penny cafe

The new venue will be 'inclusive and functional'

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Hottest Articles on BWW 8/11/2015 - 8/18/2015

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 8112015 - 8182015.

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‘The Hogwallops’, by Lost In Translation by Katharine Kavanagh

Underbelly Circus Hub, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 12th August 2015 The Hogwallops is the first touring production from Jackson’s Lane, presented by Lost In Translation Circus, a c…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:06AM

Colman Domingo Will Direct Seven Guitars at Actors Theatre; Casting Announced by Joe Gambino

Colman Domingo (The Scottsboro Boys, Chicago) will direct a production of August Wilson's Seven Guitars at Actors Theatre in Louisville, KY. Previews will begin Sept. 1 with an official …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AM

Theater News: The Off Broadway Alliance to Sponsor $20 Tickets for 20at20

The bi-annual celebration offers discount tickets to many of NYC's most popular shows 20 minutes before curtain.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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REVIEW: Garine, Arcola Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Tim Hochstrasser

By Tim Hochstrasser The evening was notable for reviving a work of genuine tuneful elegance and comic potential. The commitment and skill of the production overall makes you want to see the …

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:59AM

NEWS: Full casts announced for RSC’s Queen Anne and Love for Love in Stratford by Press Releases

Full casting is announced for the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of Congreve’s Love for Love and Helen Edmundson’s new play Queen Anne, both playing in repertory in the Swan Theat…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:59AM

VIDEO: HAMILTON's Christopher Jackson Sounds Off on 'Uninformed' Hosts Following Morning TV Appearance by BroadwayWorld

Actor Christopher Jackson stopped by this morning's Good Day NY to talk about starring as Founding Father George Washington' in the hit, new musical, HAMILTON.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AM

Review: An Odd Fail by Michael Block

Ever read a play that, on paper, has vast potential and is rich with opportunity but when it's put on its feet it turns out, well, horrible? That is Bullet for Unaccompanied Heart. Written b…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:56AM

#TuesdayTrivia: How much were original cast members of ‘A Chorus Line’ paid after lending their life stories to create the blockbuster? (Video) by Scott Kaufman

Musical theatre classic A Chorus Line went on to win The Pulitzer Prize, Drama Critics Circle Award, and nine Tonys in 1975; and ran a record-setting 6,137 performances. Most theatre fans kn…

SOURCE: unsungbroadway.com at 10:49AM

Full Cast Announced For Elf The Musical At The Dominion Theatre

The full cast for the London premiere of the smash hit musical ELF has been announced. The company is led by Ben Forster as Buddy, Kimberley Walsh as Jovie, Joe McGann as Walter Hobbs and Je…

SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:48AM

See Broadway Stars Including Wesley Taylor and Tam Mutu Re-Create Their Favorite Never-Before-Seen P by Krissie Fullerton

A cast of Broadway performers, including Wesley Taylor and Tam Mutu, participated in Throwback Thursday (#tbt) at 54 Below on Aug. 6.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM

Bedlam Announces World Premiere and Reprise Production by American Theatre Editors

The roster includes a world premiere and the anticipated return of 'Sense & Sensibility.'

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:30AM

Much Ado About Nothing by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✭✩✩ Mixed success: Arkle’s Much Ado About Nothing at the Royal Scots Club overcomes a less than well thought-out central concept to deliver a so…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:26AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review : Alien Lullabies, Summerhall by Tamsin Paternoster

Alien Lullabies invites a wonderfully diverse cross-section of Fringe society, and the theatre is full to the brim. Well-meaning but poor festival goers clamouring after the concessions, bea…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:24AM

Review: Stories About My Weird Friends, Etcetera Theatre by Tal Fox

Who can honestly say that they don’t have weird friends, or at least that one weird friend? And who can honestly say that they could live without these friends to share in the jokes, the g…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:24AM

A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Edinburgh Fringe review: The audience collectively held its breath for 90 minutes

Edinburgh festival is not short on solo shows, but few manage a performance as captivating as Aoife Duffin; this monologue is both technically and emotionally impressive, leaving her – and…

SOURCE: The Independent at 10:20AM

Swan Lake review –  graceful star turns can't elevate this flat staging by David Jays

Coliseum, LondonThe evil sorcerer looks as if he has escaped from a Cher tribute act and Tchaikovsky’s stirring score loses its pulse in the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s desperately or…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AM

Voyeurs of tragedy: the intimate designs of Jan Versweyveld by Guardian Staff

“Our work began with performances and happenings, not in theatre school,” says the Flemish designer Jan Versweyveld. Over three decades, he and Ivo van Hove, his partner and the director…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AM

Vincent Gambini at Edinburgh festival review – sleights of mind by Lyn Gardner

Forest Fringe, EdinburghMixing truth and fiction, card tricks and illusions, this delightful, bamboozling magic show reveals the misdirections that occur in theatre and in lifeVincent Gambin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AM

Overheard… “Are you sure?” by Vinnie

Mr Brown: “I went to this other desk and the other guy quoted me $115.00 for these Jersey Boys tickets, can you do any better?” Agent: “Sir, that was me….” Mr B…

SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AM

REVIEW: Dear Lupin, Apollo Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Tim Hochstrasser

By Tim Hochstrasser Inevitably there are many priceless anecdotes that had to be left out of this play, and its dramatic transformation is not perfect. But it captures the spirit of the orig…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:08AM

VIDEO: First Look - Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy Star in VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN by TV News Desk

Below, watch the new trailer for VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, starring Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy. The thriller hits theaters on November 25, 2015.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AM

Fuse Concert Review: Wunderkind Joey Alexander at the Shalin Liu Performance Center by Glenn Rifkin

Joey Alexander is more than a mere prodigy; he is closer to a freak of nature, a fully formed jazz virtuoso.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AM

Fuse Visual Arts Review: Design Biennial Boston 2015 — The Future? Or a Short-Term Exercise? by Arts Fuse Editor

Current Mayor Marty Walsh has justifiably called for better design for Boston’s new structures.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Watch Josh Groban Perform Dreamy Version of Musical Theatre ClassicPlus Donald Trump Tweets by Andrew Gans

Multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban, who was seen in the Actors Fund concert version of Chess, performed on a recent broadcast of "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

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GRACE NOTES: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 by Susan Grace

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“Coachella for Showtunes” Will Boast Darren Criss, Lea Salonga, Aaron Tveit, Leslie Odom, Jr. and Ot by Andrew Gans

On Sept. 27 LiveNation and iHeartRadio will present Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating songs from the stage and screen, at JBL LIVE at Pier 97 in New York City.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AM

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 8/18/15- MY FAIR LADY by Stage Tube

Today in 1981, the second Broadway revival of My Fair Lady opened at the Uris Theatre now the George Gershwin Theatre, where it ran for 120 performances. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AM

VIDEO: Hugh Jackman Shares WOLVERINE 3 Details; Hints Sabertooth Return by TV News Desk

Hugh Jackman appeared on The Daily Telegraph's Sydney Confidential Podcast this week to reveal some new details on his upcoming standalone film WOLVERINE 3

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AM

VIDEO: Sir Patrick Stewart & Conan Re-Enact Iconic Red Carpet Kiss by TV News Desk

On last night's CONAN on TBS, the actor and the host re-enacted an iconic red carpet kiss

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AM

'First Look' Photo of Emma Watson in Disney's BEAUTY & THE BEAST Proves Fake by TV News Desk

OK Magazine found itself taken in by a photoshopped image of the actress in Belle's iconic gold ball gown.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AM

Aaron Tveit, Darren Criss, Lea Salonga & More Will Perform at Elsie Fest Outdoor Music Festival on 9/27 by BroadwayWorld

Elsie Fest, New York City's first outdoor music festival celebrating tunes from the stage and screen, is set to launch on Sunday, September 27 2-9PM at JBL Live at Pier 97 57th St and WestSi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AM

Skins and Hoods – take 3 by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✭✩✩ Gets under the skin: Young critics scheme review After its world debut in the Avignon Festival last year, Cie du Veilieur brings Gustave Akakpo's…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:47AM

Check Out Which 31 Off-Broadway Shows Will Offer $20 Tix in September by Andrew Gans

The Off Broadway Alliance's 20at20, the bi-annual celebration of Off-Broadway that steeply discounts tickets to many NYC shows, will be offered Sept. 14-Oct. 4.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM

REVIEW: A Naughty Night With Noel Coward, Old Red Lion ✭✭✭ by Tim Hochstrasser

By Tim Hochstrasser In sum, this is a thoroughly absorbing evening in the theatre with high professional values across the board, but where the real rewards and revelation come in the second…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:26AM

Citizen Puppet at Edinburgh festival review – a glorious and merciless caricature by Lyn Gardner

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith a Daily Mail-reading landlady and an ineffective vicar, this nimble satire has characters straight out of Midsomer MurdersThe fairytale village of Massivev…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AM

Darren Criss, Aaron Tveit, Lea Salonga, Laura Osnes & More to Headline Outdoor Elsie Fest in New York City by Broadway.com

Great White Way favorite Darren Criss, who recently finished his Broadway.com Audience Choice Award-winning run as the star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, is launching an outdoor music festiv…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:19AM

BARBU: ELECTRO TRAD CABARET – Edinburgh Fringe by Katharine Kavanagh

Underbelly Circus Hub, Edinburgh Festival Fringe; 11th August 2015 The trademark beards of Cirque Alfonse are back in a new show that seems a world away from the lumberjack theme of previous…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:19AM

DANIEL SINCLAIR – Edinburgh Fringe by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✭✭✩ All in the Mind: When two people meet on a park bench in this late-night, free fringe production, it is apparent from the blood and bruises on th…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:18AM

Darren Criss, Lea Salonga, Aaron Tveit, Leslie Odom, Jr. Set for NYC Festival, a “Coachella for Show by Andrew Gans

On Sept. 27 LiveNation and iHeartRadio will present Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating songs from the stage and screen, at JBL LIVE at Pier 97 in New York City.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AM

WAKE UP with BWW 8/18/2015 - INFORMED CONSENT Off-Broadway, FULL HOUSE in Toronto and More! by Jessica Khan

Good 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 INFORMED CONSENT and A DELICATE SHIP s…

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INFORMED CONSENT, Starring Tina Benko, Opens Tonight at Primary Stages by BroadwayWorld

Primary Stages and Ensemble Studio TheatreAlfred P. Sloan Foundation Project present Informed Consent, a New York City premiere by Deborah Zoe Laufer End Days, Leveling Up and directed by Ob…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:04AM

VIDEO: Josh Groban Sings Memorable Donald Trump Tweets on JIMMY KIMMEL by TV News Desk

On last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, surprise guest Josh Groban set some of the best tweets of presidential candidate Donald Trump to music.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:04AM

REVIEW: “See Jane Sing,” with Jane Lynch at Joe’s Pub by Steve

By Erik Jonathan Shuler (@ErikJShuler) See Jane sing. See Jane twirl. See Jane shake her ‘buns’ like Nicki Minaj. But most importantly, see Jane Lynch. Jane Lynch’s spectacle, which op…

SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 09:04AM

Backstage: Herding sheep, performers and audience members on Snowdon by David Evans

In September 2014, National Theatre Wales (with Migrations and Louise Ann Wilson Company) staged a site-specific walking production: The Gathering/Yr Helfa, which

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Theatre News: Cast announced for Simon Armitage's Odyssey play

The production tours nationally later this year, including a visit to the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:58AM

Let’s Be Realistic: Can Theatre Beat Film at Recreating Life? by American Theatre Editors

The native language of theatre is artifice, but as Annie Baker's 'John' proves, it doesn't always feel that way.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:43AM

GAGARIN WAY – Edinburgh Fringe by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✭✭✩ Electric energy: There is real promise – and much that is already very good – in New Celts and Mindframe’s Gagarin Way at theSp…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:40AM

Mark Thomas at Edinburgh festival review – a bulletin from the frontline of dissent by Brian Logan

Summerhall, EdinburghIt may not by very funny, but the standup and activist’s vehement, animated piece about the privatisation of public spaces certainly has a lot of convictionPicking up …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:30AM

Tonight With Donny Stixx at Edinburgh festival review – social misfit conjures menace by Lyn Gardner

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA terrible secret drives Philip Ridley’s tense and affecting drama about a teenage magician with mental health problemsWe need to talk about Donny. Actually, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:30AM

A spotlight on ‘modern women’ in 2015 Chicago Dancing Festival by Hedy Weiss

The 9th annual Chicago Dancing Festival is shining a special spotlight on "Modern Women" as part of its week-long programming at three Chicago venues. The post A spotlight on ‘modern w…

SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:00AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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VIDEO: Fran Lebowitz Reveals the One Broadway Musical She Doesn't Hate! by TV News Desk

Fran Lebowitz talks to Jimmy about their most recent run-in and her hatred for all but one musical

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AM

VIDEO: The Cast of Broadway's AMAZING GRACE Performs Title Song on 'Tonight' by TV News Desk

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, the cast of Broadway's AMAZING GRACE performed the show's eponymous tune. Check out the appearance below

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AM

Review: Carmen (Soho Theatre)

OperaUpClose offers a boldly feminist take on the most popular opera of them all

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:49AM

Review: O No! (Assembly Roxy, Edinburgh)

Jamie Wood's tribute to Yoko Ono is 'the live art equivalent of cleaning up an old oil painting'

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:49AM

BWW's On This Day - August 18, 2015

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:35AM

Weekly Theatre Podcast: Grand Hotel, A Number, The Heresy of Love by As Yet Unnamed London Theatre Podcast

Every week, a group of regular, dedicated, independent theatre bloggers gather together for intelligent discussion “from the audience’s perspective” about plays and musicals they’ve …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:26AM

FIRST STEPS, Part 3: Getting Your Songs Into Voices by David Brush

In the first two parts of this series, writers discussed some first-step-options for your newly completed musical as well as the pros and cons of attaching a solid director to the piece. Thi…

SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:22AM

Lookback: on befriending touchy artists by Terry Teachout

From 2005: The one thing you can almost never tell an artist friend is that you don’t like his art. It’s dicey merely to say that you don’t understand a particular work, much less that…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Tap Dancing Mermaid, Summerhall by Hannah Margerison

  Marina Skippett loves to tap dance. She does it waiting in line for the supermarket, along the street, even in bed while she is asleep. But when her irritable auntie bans tap dancing…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Goodstock, Pleasance Courtyard by Hannah Margerison

Plays about cancer can go one of two ways: sad or ironic. Sad cancer plays focus on the devastating emotional effects of cancer and are generally tear-inducing. Ironic cancer plays include a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Births, Deaths and Marriages, Pleasance Courtyard by Hannah Margerison

One eighteen-year-old is about to become a father, another is running away from his family home and a couple are having a lovers’ tiff over a karaoke version of ‘You’re all that ma…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: A Boy and a Bear in a Boat, National Library of Scotland by Hannah Margerison

“Are we nearly there yet?” asks the Boy, crouched in a bright green anorak and blinking wide eyed at the surrounding sea. The reply comes from a ukulele-playing polar bear sea c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Happy Birthday Without You, Roundabout @ Summerhall by Emily Dunford

Without question, Violet Fox is a wanker. Sonia Jalay, her creator, however, is a hilarious woman. PaperMash Theatre presents an exploration of Violet’s complicated relationship with her m…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Lungs, Roundabout @ Summerhall by Emily Dunford

Lungs, 2014’s big success from Paines Plough, is constantly concerned with time. In an hour, a couple’s lifespan has passed. Moments pass by in minutes, seemingly frozen in time, whilst …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM

Jo Brand at Edinburgh festival review – wry standup returns to the fringe by Brian Logan

Gilded Balloon, EdinburghOptimistic and less militant than in the past, the standup makes a welcome return to the fringe. Unfortunately, it’s with raw, under-rehearsed material“I was emo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08AM

Almanac: Marcel Proust on suffering by Terry Teachout

“We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full.” Marcel Proust, Albertine disparue

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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To share or not to share: On nonprofits and the disclosure of information to the public by Diane Ragsdale

A couple weeks back the Chronicle of Philanthropy ran an article by Rebecca Koenig with the headline: Some Nonprofits Misuse Contracts to Hide Activities, Experts Say. The experts cited in …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:46AM

Features: See the Royal Shakespeare Company's residency at the Barbican

There will be four complete cycles of performances of King and Country, bookable as a four-play season package

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HEMMED IN – Edinburgh Fringe by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✩✩✩ Too limited: There are some highly promising singers in New Celts and Lost Lock’s all-female musical Hemmed In, who are given real chances t…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:40AM

How performers and producers can get the most out of Edinburgh fringe by Kath Mainland

Chief of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Kath Mainland, offers her tips and shares some of the body’s can’t-do-without resourcesPart of the programme? Share your tips and resource…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AM

NOISES OFF – Edinburgh Fringe by Thom Dibdin

✭✭✭✭✩ Not just technically funny: Impressive on many levels, Edinburgh Theatre Arts’ production of Noises Off produces more than its fair share o…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM

Chicago Dancing Festival: A free ticket to top names in dance by Laura Molzahn

"I've always been bothered by the ballet 'Sleeping Beauty' - irritated by it, really, because no story ever gets told," says choreographer Lar Lubovitch. That thought fathered his most recen…

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Craig Noel: Man of the century by Diane Bell

Old Globe honors late founding director Craig Noel with one-night nostalgic performance.

SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 05:51AM

"The Book of Mormon" returns as an energetic, musical powerhouse by Joanne Ostrow

The wildly entertaining and equally profane satirical musical "The Book of Mormon," the product of Colorado's "South Park" creators, is back for a third rousing run with a first-rate cast.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:51AM

Watch a Clip From the Latest Lion King Sequel and Get Ready to Fall in Love With a Honey Badger by Sean Fitz-Gerald

Much has happened since The Lion King (and the other things), apparently. Namely, Simba and Nala have a kid named Kion, who has a mohawk and a tattoo. He also has a bad-influence friend name…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:51AM

Theatre News: Full casting announced for Elf at Dominion

The Broadway import stars Ben Forster and Kimberley Walsh

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AM

NEWS: Full cast announced for Elf’s West End Christmas by Press Releases

The full cast for the London premiere of the smash hit musical Elf has been announced. The company is led by Ben Forster as Buddy, Kimberley Walsh as Jovie, Joe McGann as Walter Hobbs and J…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: We This Way, Summerhall by Emily Dunford

We This Way is the ultimate theatrical experience for fans of the Choose Your Own Adventure series. Seth Kriebel gently nudges his audience to choose A or B – blue or orange – and sh…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:09AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Can I Start Again Please, Summerhall by Tamsin Paternoster

An audience is a curious, volatile thing. The audience watching Can I Start Again Please react in fascinating ways; they laugh when it’s seemingly inappropriate, they gasp and grunt to sho…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:09AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Parlour Games, Zoo by Hannah Margerison

Imagination is a seminal part of so many of childhoods. A stick becomes a sword with which you can slay fierce dragons; a cardboard box is a mighty ship used to flee from pirates; and you c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:09AM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Liberation, Zoo Southside by Emily Dunford

A woman lies naked on a vast stage. She flexes and writhes, muscles stressed under the light. The woman staggers to her feet, an elk calf dazed and astonished by the world. Around her, cloth…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:09AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Natasha Tripney’s theatre picks: August 18 by Natasha Tripney

Another all-Edinburgh series of picks from me – because at the moment nothing else really exists; the fringe has the ability to

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Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Saving Friendship First – St. Sophia by Joe Clarke

  by Marcina Zaccaria Is the New York International Fringe Festival more than an actor’s gym?  In O’ Save Us, St. Sophia a group of students from the BFA program... The post Saving…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:38AM

Audience Member Seeks Relief Backstage During Performance by Tracey Paleo

Playbill.com: Oh No She Didn’t! There are many kinds of actor nightmares, but this looks like a new one. An intoxicated audience member climbed onto the stage of the Signature Theatre …

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The Perils of Imogen: Cymbeline by Joe Clarke

        by JK Clarke The ongoing revival and embrace of Shakespeare’s later plays, those generally referred to as the “Romances,” has led to the inevita…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:22AM

Spotlight On...Jordan Skinner by Michael Block

Name: Jordan SkinnerHometown: Phoenix AZEducation: Neighborhood PlayhouseSelect Credits: New York Classical’s Taming of the Shrew (it wasn’t THE Shakespeare in the Park, but it was Shake…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:13AM

First look: Grab a sneak peek of Matilda the Musical here! by Cassie Tongue

Matilda the Musical is settling into its first Australian home, the Lyric in Sydney, and is gearing up for its opening night in just two days. The beloved Roald Dahl story about an extraord…

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:00AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Edinburgh festival 2015: the six shows you shouldn't miss by Lyn Gardner, Mark Lawson and Brian Logan

A Desert Island Discs spoof, brooding circus performers who strip naked and a Yoko Ono-inspired love-fest … our critics choose their hot tickets at this year’s fringeO No!In less skilled…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49AM

Shazia Mirza: 'Look at me – Isis would stone me to death' by Homa Khaleeli

The Muslim comic received prizes and hate mail for her dark humour in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. She talks about the British jihadi bride schoolgirls who inspired her new showWith her tra…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49AM

The Rulers: A Sneak Peek into Rule of 7x7: Summer Edition by Michael Block

It's that time again! To prepare you for the latest edition of Rule of 7x7: Summer Edition, the 7 playwrights tell you a little bit about themselves and their rules! Check them out at The Ta…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:03AM

Spotlight On...Kathryn Morgan by Michael Block

Name: Kathryn MorganHometown: Mobile AlabamaEducation: School of American Ballet, Soloist with New York City BalletSelect Credits: With New York City Ballet: Juliet in Romeo + Juliet, Aurora…

SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:03AM

Mark Shenton: Musical chairs between Broadway and the West End by Mark Shenton

It all started with the National Theatre reclaiming first Carousel and then Oklahoma!. The first two of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s glorious collaborations

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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A Social Service review – Melbourne artist-in-residence drama hits home by Van Badham

Malthouse theatre, MelbourneDavid Woods and Nicola Gunn hook-up for a funny and topical handling of a subject – housing policy – few Australian theatre-makers would go nearThe greatest c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AM

Stephanie Mieko Cohen, Laura D'Andre, Peter Saide, Oliver Thornton and More Bring HAIR to Music Circus Tonight by BroadwayWorld

To round out its 65th season, Music Circus presents Hair, the groundbreaking musical that defined a generation and introduced rock 'n' roll to Broadway. Set against a backdrop of the Vietnam…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19AM

FULL HOUSE THE MUSICAL!, Starring Perez Hilton, Debuts in Toronto Tonight Before NYC Run by BroadwayWorld

David Galpern Corey Ross Starvox Entertainment today announced Torontonians can spend the summer with the Tanner Family when they see the premiere of National Lampoon's Full House The Musi…

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Frankie Grande Hosts Oxygen's WORST.POST.EVER, Starting Tonight by TV News Desk

Oxygen Media is exploring the good, the bad and the most OUTRAGEOUS moments on social media during the new half-hour special, 'WORST.POST.EVER With Frankie Grande,' premiering tonight, Augus…

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Review: The Lena Dunham Generation by Michael Block

It's true. The millennial generation has it tough. But there are those few and far between who can make it out. Well thanks to wealthy parents and nepotism. One of those cases is Lena Denham…

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Review: Breaking Sign Language Barriers by Michael Block

Growing up is different for everyone. We each have a struggle or situation unique to us. In CODA, we get to hear about a beautiful story about growing up as a child of deaf adults. Written a…

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A Moon For the Misbegotten by Cameron Kelsall

photo: T. Charles EricksonAudra McDonald cemented her living legend status in 2014, when she won her sixth competitive Tony, becoming not only the first actor to achieve that feat but also t…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:08AM

An Inconvenient Poop: Fringe Festival by Wendy Caster

On hearing the phrase "political theatre," most of us think of painful shows discussing life-or-death issues, often with unhappy endings. (Anyway, that's what I think of, and not without rea…

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An Intervention by Cameron Kelsall

photo: Paul FoxMike Bartlett --whose Oliver-winning satire King Charles III will premiere on Broadway in the fall -- wrote his taut, often funny, surprisingly moving An Intervention for a ma…

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Successes and Challenges: Firsts by Lindsay Price

Episode 137: Successes and Challenges: Firsts Every teacher in this podcast experienced a “first” this past year. Their first year in the classroom. The first time their school has had a…

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Theater News: TimeLine Theatre Company Begins 2015-16 Season With The Price

The show, presented in honor of the 100th birthday of Arthur Miller, starts performances tonight.

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Broadway In Chicago Announces THE BOOK OF MORMON Returning For Summer 2016 by Michael J. Roberts

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON returns for a seven-week limited engagement, June 28 – August 14, 2016, at the Bank of America Theatre (18 West Monroe).  THE BOOK OF MORMON hol…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:27AM

Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s BOEING BOEING Soars With Talent by Matthew Perta

Reviewed By: Matthew Perta Photo Credit: Paul Ruffolo If you plan to attend the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s production of the Tony Award-winning sex farce Boeing Boeing, you might want to …

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A Delicate Ship Sets Sail Off-Broadway, Starting Tonight by Andrew Gans

The Playwrights Realm's New York premiere of Anna Ziegler's A Delicate Ship begins previews Aug. 18 prior to an official opening Aug. 27 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 W. 42nd S…

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How a Trip to Prison Led Sherie Rene Scott to the Whorl Inside a Loop Now Off-Broadway by Harry Haun

When Dick Scanlan took Sherie Rene Scott to prison, little did he know their experience would form the next theatrical collaboration between the two.

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The Blurred Lines of Genetics Research Explored in Informed Consent, Opening Tonight by Olivia Clement

Deborah Zoe Laufer's Informed Consent officially opens Aug. 18 at the Duke on 42nd Street, following previews that began Aug. 4. The play examines the many possibilitie…

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The Entire Cast of Broadway’s Falsettos! Where Are They Now? by Andrew Gans

Falsettos fans were recently given reason to rejoice: Marvin and Whizzer will be back together when the Tony-winning William Finn-James Lapine musical returns to Broadway in spring 2…

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Playbill Vault’s Today in Theatre History: August 18 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez, Robert Viagas

1873 Birthday of Otto Harbach (1873-1963) who will write lyrics and/or book for more than three dozen musicals including Roberta; No, No, Nanette; The Cat and the Fiddle; Rose-Marie …

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Perez Hilton Stars as Danny Tanner in Full House! The Musical!, Starting Tonight in Toronto by Olivia Clement

Blogger Perez Hilton stars as family patriarch Danny Tanner in Full House! The Musical!, an unauthorized musical parody of the ABC family sitcom TV series that starred Bob Saget. The stage s…

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
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