Theater community mourns passing of Mark Rucker, an associate director at American Conservatory Theater.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:51PMMaster Playwright A.R.Gurney has used his own life as background material for some 50 plays, 4 musicals, plus 3 novels. Born in 1930 in Buffalo, New York, he decided early on to “write…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:39PMThe summer fun never has to end! Barrel of Monkeys ushers in the school year with its revue THAT’S WEIRD, GRANDMA: Back To School, directed by Artistic Director Joseph Schupbach, playi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:04PMTwentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and Iconic Entertainment Studios will bring “ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: LIVE ON STAGE!,” a brand new, music-filled interactive live show, to the Ros…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:04PMHave you ever watched in wonder as dry ice vaporizes in to cloudy haze? That effect takes places when carbon dioxide transitions from its frozen state, which can only exist below -110 degree…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:04PMCatholic nuns stand accused of facilitating genocide in Ken Urban's new drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
General Rosalie Jones, Jessie Stubbs and Colonel Ida Craft fighting for the right to vote.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMWith Kinky Boots celebrating 1,000 performances tonight, gaining a new 'Lola' this fall we're ready for you Wayne Brady, kicking it on tour and abroad, plus Tony winner Cyndi Lauper's secret…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52PM✭✭✭✭✩ Fab:
Energetic and funny, Baldynoggin’s staging of John Lennon: In His Own Write at the Voodoo Rooms on the Free Fringe has a real wit and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:46PMUnless you’ve been trapped in tech somewhere, then you probably have heard the news that the stock market has gotten hammered over the past few days. As of yesterday, we had dropped …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 09:46PMIt's a "Hamlet" with Hollywood-level hype and an A-list star in Benedict Cumberbatch.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:46PMFew New York theater companies can boast quite as impressive a roster of outstanding playwrights as Signature Theatre, which this season celebrates its 25th anniversary with a mix of retrosp…
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:46PMBeginning September 23, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s acclaimed production of Shakespeare’s Othello will play in select movie houses across North America. The production, which…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 09:46PMBenedict Cumberbatch is the Kevin Bacon of the "Hamlet" universe.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:46PMA group of Duke University students made headlines after announcing they wouldn't read Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic novel memoir, "Fun Home," because of its "graphic visual depictions…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:46PMThe U.K.'s Chichester Festival Theatre topper Jonathan Church will take over at the Sydney Theatre Company when Andrew Upton steps down in September.
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:46PMThought you knew "Hamlet"? Think again. Benedict Cumberbatch's prince might have triggered a media frenzy, but make no mistake, this is director
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:46PMCall Redialed: In 2012, Joe Gulla started following me on Twitter. I remember wondering who this guy was. After a few emails back and forth, I learned Joe was a "theatre buff." It then took …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:46PMOn this week's episode of "Reaction Shot," Denver Post Film Critic Lisa Kennedy reviews "The Diary of a Teenage Girl," Bel Powley and Alexander Skarsgård, directed by Marielle Heller.
SOURCE: dptv.denverpost.com at 09:45PMStar of 'Sherlock' and 'The Imitation Game' gets better reviews than does the London production.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:44PMCHICAGO (Reuters) - A fire destroyed the Second City comedy offices, but largely spared the theater of the sketch and improv company in Chicago that has helped launch the careers of many com…
SOURCE: Reuters at 09:42PMDutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, PA proclaims that West Side Story is “the musical for anyone who believes in love at first sight.” Theatregoers first fell in love with W…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:40PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Some Broadway heroines are rolling up their sleeves and posing in a familiar way to support National Women's Equality Day....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:39PMIf you close your eyes and just listen to The Swingaroos, you might actually think you’ve traveled back in time to a small little nightclub... Read more »
The post THEATER REVIEW: 'Sw…
SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 09:39PMAfter seven seasons on “Glee,” Lea Michele has taken on a decidedly different role in “Scream Queens,” as the glamour-challenged, neckbrace-wearing Hester who despera…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMThought you knew “Hamlet”? Think again. Benedict Cumberbatch’s prince might have triggered a media frenzy, but make no mistake, this is director Lyndsey Turner’s production — a…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:37PMThe Music and Songs of Julian Wagstaff
✭✭✭✩✩ Elegant and accessible
There is a broad appeal to Song To Me, a programme of excerpts from various works b…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:29PM✭✭✭✩✩ Fascinating but uneven:
Boasting impressive music and dance, Asian Music Circuit’s Umrao – The Noble Courtesan is a production with de…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:04PM By: Sandi Durell The 1994 genocide that occurred in Rwanda of the slaughter of thousands of Tutsis by Hutus stings with...
The …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:02PM
Broadway's pint-sized Ambassador of Love is fully psyched for the fall season to begin.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58PM“JAZZ ON THE LAWN”
Coming up this Sunday, August 30 2015, at the Stewart Street Park in Santa Monica, is a free concert that pairs Latin jazz vibes with the fresh Santa Monica br…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:45PMToday is the birthday of Viola Richard (1904-1973). The entirety of her short career in films consisted of roles in silent Hal Roach comedy shorts between the years 1927 and 1928, normally…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:38PMSinger Aretha Franklin, the "Queen of Soul" known for such hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love" and "Chain of Fools," had told Billboard magazine that…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:28PMThe political wheel has turned full-circle. When Our Country’s Good was premiered in 1988, it was a barely-veiled protest against Thatcher’s slash-and-burn approach to the arts in genera…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:25PMAn extra-alarm fire destroyed the offices of the Second City theater company in Old Town and injured four firefighters and another person Wednesday afternoon, but it did not spread to the b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:05PMThe Hutu and Tutsi people of Rwanda have been so thoroughly, so carefully taught to hate and fear each other that in a 100 day-period in 1994, some 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered in a genoc…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:04PM
The ten plays – five full-length and five one-act works – were discovered by producer Julius Green while researching a book about the author’s work in theatre. He heralded the find as …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:57PMThe Queen of Soul wants to bring her life story to Broadway. Please, producers, jump to it
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PM“Spellbound! A Musical Fable” was originally conceived in 1994 by Stray Dog’s artistic director, Gary F. Bell and Robert L. White. Recently taken off the shelf and given the once-over,…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 07:39PMVisitors to Shakespeare's Globe this autumn may find the stage area masked in what director Adele Thomas calls "really nasty chipboard". Play-goers need not worry: the South Bank theatre has…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:31PMIn today's special pre-show performance, HAMILTON star and creatorLin-Manuel Miranda welcomed ALADDIN's James Monroe Iglehart,who sang an a capella version of Ahrens amp Flaherty's 'Make The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20PMTheatre Royal, BathTerry Johnson’s adaptation of the 2005 film is a defiantly patriotic piece with a delightful score, rousing ensemble and first-rate performancesIt’s a cliche that, eve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMHow easy to read should dance be? Intentionally or not, the Chicago Dancing Festival's opening night, Tuesday at the Harris Theater, investigated that perennial question, presenting five wor…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:01PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00PM
A new stage musical based on the Judi Dench movie about an infamous London theater impresario who shocked the British establishment with full frontal nudity.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:59PMA reading of George Bernard Shaw's feminist comedy, PRESS CUTTINGS, preceded by two short plays by one of his major influences, Anton Chekhov.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMMs. Copeland, of American Ballet Theater, is briefly playing the role of Ivy, a.k.a. Miss Turnstiles, in the hit Jerome Robbins revival at the Lyric Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:46PMThe Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, presents the World Premiere of the new musical OCTOBER SKY, opening tonight, August 26, and running through October 11. Written by Aaro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMAn extra-alarm fire destroyed the offices of the Second City theater company in Old Town and injured two firefighters and another person Wednesday afternoon, but did not spread to the buildi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:06PMEver wonder what teachers do at those teacher conferences? Sing showtunes, apparently.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:05PMBroadway's leading ladies look "riveting" with their bulging biceps.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Studio Cast, 1997 (Performing Arts Preservation Assn.) When producer William Repicci caught a performance of a work in progress by Linda Thorsen Bond that was being staged in Midland, Texas,…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:58PMA concert version of THE OTHER DIRECTION was presented on August 21, 2015 at 54 Below. THE OTHER DIRECTION is a broad-humored and zesty new musical about the rise and fall of the world's big…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52PMActor Karen Vincent makes her NextStop Theatre debut in the star-turn double role of Kate and Lilli Vanessi in Kiss Me Kate. She brings some serious Shakespearean experience to this musical …
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 05:48PMKen Urban’s 2014 sex drama, “The Correspondent,” was jaw-droppingly bad. By comparison, his new one, “Sense of an Ending,” is merely dull. Truth and lies, revenge and forgiveness f…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:44PMBy Stephen Collins
There is no doubt that Mrs Henderson Presents should transfer to the West End. The material is first-rate and superior to many new musicals that have played there in recen…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:37PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Spacey Plans B'way Return
Kevin Spacey is eyeing a return to the Great White Way in a stage adaptation of the 2005 Geor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PMBryce Pinkham challenges the cast of Gentleman's Guide to the laughing game. (Find out what that is!)
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:30PMBy Napo Masheane. South African performer and writer Napo Masheane discusses the documentary that she produced, Ditshomo: The Story of South African Theater .
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:22PMBefore the Benj Pasek-Justin Paul musical “Dear Evan Hansen” premiered at Arena Stage this summer, their show “Dogfight” ran off-Broadway in 2012. The fingerprints are the same: The …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:12PMTHURSDAY, AUGUST 28
Photography Talk in Century City
"Radical Love" Toni Greaves discusses her long-term project photographing within a community of cloistered nuns and her pe…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:10PMGrouponlaunched a special sweepstakes to benefitBroadway CaresEquity Fights AIDSthat features a trip for two to New York City,VIP tickets to the Broadway hitFinding Neverlandand the opportun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PM
By Doug Mayo
Producers of the The Rocky Horror Show have announced that the West End season will extend by an extra week due to popular demand. An additional eight performances will go on sa…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:58PMThe musical Mary Poppins is live on stage to open the 2015-2016 season at Ocala Civic Theatre from September 3 – October 4, 2015. There’s only one word to describe it: “Supercalifr…
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 04:54PMBy Jake Rosenberg. In the first installment of his series, Jake Rosenberg calls for a genre theatre that embraces the fantastic and counters Realism.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:51PMNow it is up to the public and Cash’s many fans to fund the $8 million required for the Johnny Cash Trail Art ExperienceThe public art project will feature 8 pieces of artwork, including t…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:45PMProducer Jeffrey Finn and Center Theatre Group announced today that Emmy winner Sean Hayes will play God in a limited six-week engagement of the new Broadway play AN ACT OF GOD at the CTG/Ah…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 04:36PMSee rare photos and hear untold stories as Adam Pascal shares with us his Broadway scrapbook.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:34PMBy Doug Mayo
Following its sell-out success at the Menier Chocolate Factory, John Doyle’s new production of The Colour Purple is headed to Broadway. The new production sees Cynthia Eri…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:34PMThe Lion, Benjamin Scheuer's acclaimed autobiographical coming-of-age musical, begins a country-wide tour Aug. 26 at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMDJ Kurs, Artist Director of Deaf West Theatre, explains to hearing community playgoers how the company wanted Spring Awakening's Broadway art work to contain a message specific to the deaf c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PM Theater Pizzazz’ own Marcina Zaccaria, a playwright, will unveil Artemisia, a play that pits Niccolo Machiavelli against Artemisia Gentleschi, in a reading featuring Jeff…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:11PMIn this week's super-short episode, you get all the great buzz in half the time. Watch now to find out all about new Matilda casting, Al Pacino's new co-star and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:08PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1996 (After 9) No stars; not recommended. Subtitled “The Johnny Burke Musical,” this show tried to avoid being just another composer tribute revue by placing the …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:08PMThis post is by Ryan Mikita
Life comes with detours, but more important than any of that is the personal response. Instead of allowing the past to dictate the future, Mahgoub’s path is one…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:07PMFollowing a piercing expose in The Advocate and two critically-acclaimed, sold-out runs in The South Asian International Performing Arts Festival (where it was named Best Play) and The …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:04PMThe Hypocrites are thrilled to continue their 2015-16 with return of The Ruffians’ critically acclaimed holiday hit, BURNING BLUEBEARD by Jay Torrence, directed by Halena Kays and f…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:04PMThe Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) announced today the complete schedule for the 26th Fall Festival, 130 events which will explore the theme of Citizens, Oct. 24-Nov. 8, 2015 at venues ac…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:04PMShattered Globe Theatre is pleased to open its 25th season with a 25th anniversary production of MARVIN’S ROOM, Chicago playwright Scott McPherson’s award-winning dark and mordantl…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:04PMWritten entirely in verse, The Alchemist's heady use of language makes it distinctive and hilarious
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 04:04PMAfter scoring a $6 million distrib deal at Cannes and right on the heels of screenings in Toronto at TIFF, Truth will open the 23rd Hamptons International Film Festival on October 8. HIFF …
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:00PM
Original Broadway Cast, 1999 (Sony) No stars; not recommended. On Broadway, this revue’s main selling point was Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s ultra-strenuous choreography. What’s left on disc…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:57PMHarold Pinter's Old Times, directed by Douglas Hodge, is coming to Broadway as part of Roundabout's 50th anniversary season, starring Clive Owen, Eve Best and Kelly Reilly. The show will beg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMReal Art Ways sent out Wednesday a strongly worded call for funding, pointing out shortfalls in its expected contributions and stating that "longevity is not a guarantee," implying that the …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:55PMDisney has offered a sneak peek of its upcoming compilation album "We Love Disney," featuring 15 artists covering beloved Disney classics — from Ne-Yo singing Aladdin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMBBC1 has commissioned a new musical drama featuring songs from Motown, which its creator claims will be “completely different” from any other show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:31PMMadness. That's the first word that springs to mind in the face of the hysteria that has surrounded Benedict Cumberbatch's appearance in "Hamlet" at the Barbican Theatre, directed by Lyndsey…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:31PMThe morning rush at my overcrowded subway station can be stressful. The stairways to the platforms are usually backed up with hurried workers, baby carriages, children, and slow-going elderl…
SOURCE: nytheaternow.com at 03:22PMMisty Copeland, the celebrated ballerina, officially made her Broadway debut in On the Town on August 25. After the curtain call, the new star and her castmates headed to the Lamb's Club…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PMby TBA Staff
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SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 03:09PMTickets are now available to see Clive Owen make his Broadway debut in Old Times. Owen and Kelly Reilly star as married couple Deeley and Kate in this intricate play by Harold Pinter. Kate&#…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:03PMThe Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co., a long-lived, emblematic Off Loop company that thrived on a spirit of experimentation, provocation and the hippie ethos of its longtime artistic director, Richa…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:01PM
Laura Osnes, Beth Malone, Laura Benanti and more joined together on social media Aug. 26 to post tributes to Rosie the Riveter for Women's Equality Day. Women's Equality Day celebrat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:56PMThere's nothing like star power to rev up a box office - even during the dog days of summer.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:50PMFor a complete list of industry ticket offers available click here. To submit an industry ticket offer for listing email [email protected] Lyons - AstonRep Theatre at the Raven Theatr…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:46PMWanna be on the block where it happens Just stop by the Richard Rodgers Theatre 46th Street, between Broadway and 8th Ave. to join the party that has been going all summer at Hamilton. For e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMMore loverly than ever MY FAIR LADY is coming to select theaters nationwide for a limited engagement, beginning October 18th. The special screening is in celebration the 50th Anniversary res…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMMany women have taken to social media to celebrate the day by posting photos of themselves flexing in honor of the iconic World War II era Rosie the Riveter. Rosie was symbolic of the millio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMHow do you even begin to pick the world’s 101 greatest plays? The Guardian’s theatre critic explains how he approached this controversial task for his new book – and admits he is alrea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:34PMThe roster runs the gamut from children's theatre to classic musicals and contemporary plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:34PMBrian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon and Joshua Henry will join record-breaking Tony winner Audra McDonald in the upcoming production of Shuffle Along, Or, The Makin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMSteve Wynn's ShowStoppers, a Broadway-themed revue that features a cast of 34 singers and dancers, backed by an on-stage 30-piece orchestra, debuted at the Encore Theater at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMNextStop Theatre Company presents Cole Porter’s classic American musical Kiss Me Kate as the first show in its third professional season. Already, the company has produced several poli…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:15PMThe show is based on the popular children's book of the same name
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:08PMSomething Rotten! stars Brooks Ashmanskas and Brad Oscar both graduated college so recently that they consider their dressing room to be just another dorm room. In this exclusive behind the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe one-night benefit's cast will also feature Krysta Rodriguez, Bryce Pinkham, and Billy Magnussen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe television star lends his body to the Almighty for a 6-week run in An Act of God.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMSignature Theatre mounts a satirical musical fit for the political season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Chicago venerable, anti-establishment Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company announced Tuesday that its 30th season, which opens Sept. 10, will be its last.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:59PMStephen Wight came to attention in the plays of Patrick Marber (Dealer’s Choice, Don Juan in Soho) and then moved on to TV and further acclaim. Now, the actor has transferred to the We…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMGet an eyeful of this trio of stars! Oscar nominee Clive Owen, Olivier winner and two-time Tony nominee Eve Best and Olivier nominee Kelly Reilly met the press on August 26 at the American A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMA ‘swonderful pair are kicking off their dance shoes and plopping down on the Broadway.com couch. An American in Paris Tony nominees Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope are paying a visit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMNext spring, Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Billy Porter, Brandon Victor Dixon, and Joshua Henry will star in Shuffle Along Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All Tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PM“The Agatha Christie: Unfinished Portrait” photography exhibition opens at the Bankside Gallery in London today, and runs through September 6. It will then move on to Torquay f…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:53PMVerna Gillis(Writer/Performer) has been performing “sit down comedy” standing up since 2010 when she won her first slam sponsored by TMI in Ulster County. The topic was Coming of Age whi…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:50PMMisty Copeland makes her Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated revival of the classic Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green musical. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:47PMTKTS has been a New York City institution for decades, bringing theatre-goers a last-minute way to get tickets for some of Broadway's hottest shows at a discount. TDF operates three TKTS Dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMJean Valjean and Inspector Javert reunited over the weekend as former LES MISERABLES stars Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe got together over dinner in their native Australia.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMThe Catholic Archdiocese of New York's new downtown cultural initiative, The Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, located at 18 Bleecker Street, today announced a sched…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMThe cast of WICKED and more were featured during the first two days of Grand Central's Life's a Picnic event, which also included live cooking demonstrations and performances from Joe's Pub …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMBeginning September 23, the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare'sOthello will play in select movie houses across North America. The production,which opened to rav…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMIt was announced today that additional cast members have joined the benefit evening of 'BRIDGING THE GAP AND OTHER SHORT PLAYS BY WESLEY TAYLOR'. The event will be presented as an evening of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMThe BBC has commissioned a musical drama miniseries which will feature beloved Motown classics.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMMaking theater is a risky business. Doing so successfully for 75 years is an accomplishment and Hillbarn Theatre celebrates that as it launches its diamond jubilee season this week with …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:44PMEmmy and Tony Award winner Stockard Channing, "Into the Woods" star and Tony nominee Billy Magnussen and 11 others have joined the cast for the Oct. 26 reading of six new 10-mi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMGregg KreutzHometown: Madison, Wisconsin
Current Town: New York City
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I've just finished a three person comedy called Hollywood D…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:40PMPreviously unknown plays by Agatha Christie have been discovered in archives of the author’s possessions. The ten plays – five full-length and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMAmbassador Theatre Group has taken “considerably longer” than expected to build audiences at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury since taking up management of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMSam Simmons, James Acaster and Sarah Kendall will compete for the top prize at the 35th Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. The shortlist
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMCamden People’s Theatre has presented its inaugural People’s Theatre award to experimental theatre company Gameshow and upcoming director Emily Lim. The £1,500
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMDirector Cressida Brown is among the winners of the inaugural Kevin Spacey Foundation Artists of Choice programme. Brown is one of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMThe comedian’s standout show Lance would be a worthy winner, if he can triumph over four-time nominee James Acaster and the inventive Joseph MorpurgoThe 35th Edinburgh comedy award nominee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghJenny Lee’s timely play examines our relationship with digital technologies, and questions the corporations who aim to predict our intentionsWe all like to th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMOmar El-Khairy, whose Homegrown was shut down before it opened, says he has been approached by numerous figures offering to put play back onThe playwright behind Homegrown, the controversial…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:30PMTony winner Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner, who received a joint Tony nomination for their performances in the original Broadway production of Side Show, will join forces once again for conc…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:29PMCheck out the teaser trailer for the forthcoming play starring Nicole Kidman and directed by Michael Grandage. It opens September 5th at the Noel Coward TheatreFor more information head…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:20PMTickets are now available to see the new musical School of Rock on Broadway. Based on the cult-classic Jack Black movie, School of Rock stars Alex Brightman as Dewey Finn, an aspiring musici…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:17PMNORTH HOLLYWOOD – Shakespeare’s most endearing classic comedy, “Much Ado About Nothing,” brings Renaissance Italy to life at the Archway Theatre now through Sept. 20. Performances ar…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:10PMMatthew Warchus's production opens at the Old Vic next month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:03PMHamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical that fuses the contemporary and classic worlds to tell the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, has taken Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMSarah C. Carlsen will direct the play at Urban Stages.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe House of Cards star may be bringing the political film Good Night, and Good Luck to the stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
The longtime ensemble member and collaborator won't just help lead the company---she'll also still be onstage in the coming season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:58PMNEW YORK — Re-electrifying a show in its dying days, ballet sensation Misty Copeland brings considerable charisma and elegant physicality to her Broadway debut as a gamine beauty queen in …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:57PMMeet the stars of the Broadway revival of Spring Awakening as they talk about how American Sign Language adds new layers to the Tony-winning musical and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PMImagine yourself in a nightmare where you fall down a giant hole into a never ending pit of despair. Though it may be dark, it's still vivid. Now imagine that dream appearing before your eye…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:52PMMoore will lead the 15-year-old professional training program for professional comedians and aspiring clowns.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:52PMAn American playwright wins Britain's oldest literary award for his unsettling science-fiction drama 'Tomorrow Come Today.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:47PMThe Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in Manhattan will celebrate its grand opening with a three-week schedule of arts and cultural events. Featured in the line&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMMatthew Broderick Broadway's THE PRODUCERS, IT'S ONLY A PLAY plays a businessman who returns to the scene of a booze-soaked encounter in the new film DIRTY WEEKEND.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMThe 2016 Blue Ink Playwriting Award is currently open and will continue accepting submissions through August 31, 2015. As announced previously, the winning script will be selected by Produc…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:39PMThursday, September 24, 2015, 3:30 - 5PMLifeline Theatre, 6912 N. GlenwoodPlease join us for the the next meeting of the Chicago Green Theatre Alliance! We'll hear updates from the committee…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:39PMUNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT star Tituss Burgess stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about the upcoming second season of the show, but wound up issuing an on-air apology to his mom
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMHarold Pinter's Old Times, directed by Douglas Hodge, is coming to Broadway as part of Roundabout's 50th anniversary season, starring Clive Owen,Eve Best and Kelly Reilly. The show will begi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMRich (Blake Kubena), a typically confident and aloof writer, breaks the news to his former lover Saul (Joey Bartram), as well as friends and family, that he has AIDS. He battles with illness…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:34PMImagine the lush trees and glistening waterways of the Garden of Eden replaced by a pathetic plot where the hearty Eve (Hannah Ringham), eagerly hobbling in one heel, and average Adam (Simon…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:34PMFollowing a week of air-conditioning problems at The Lynn Redgrave Theater that caused a few performances to be canceled or performed with only work lights, FringeNYC has had to move eig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMTalk about taking your show on the road.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMActors from Christopher Guest's theatre parody "Waiting for Guffman," along with "For Your Consideration," "A Mighty Wind" and "Best in Show" are …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMSomething Rotten! stars Brooks Ashmanskas and Brad Oscar are not going to grow up any time soon–they both consider themselves to be recent college graduates and their dressing room has tak…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMSomething Rotten! stars Brooks Ashmanskas and Brad Oscar are not going to grow up any time soon–they both consider themselves to be recent college graduates and their dressing room has tak…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThis September,54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Tony and Golden Globe winnerLinda Lavin, in a return engagement of 'Starting Over' and Tony Award nomineeWill Swenson, making his 54…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMPEOPLE shares an exclusive first look at new poster art for Focus Features' SUFFRAGETTE, starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMThe trio takes on Harold Pinter's 1971 drama under the direction of Douglas Hodge.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMRucker, who was 56, was found dead in his apartment.
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A small plaque at the entrance to the Bethnal Green underground station in London commemorates the event: “Site of the worst civilian disaster of the Second World War.”
SOURCE: upstage-downstage.blogspot.com at 11:53AMFor the first month of performances, the Broadway musical Hamilton had a show before the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMFor the first month of performances, the Broadway musical Hamilton had a show before the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMSomething Rotten! stars Brooks Ashmanskas and Brad Oscar both graduated college so recently that they consider their dressing room to be just another dorm room. In this exclusive behind the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMTribune Broadcasting has announced a multi-year agreement with Carson Entertainment Group to broadcast "Johnny Carson," a compilation of clips from the host's years on &qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMAs police in Virginia pursue a suspect in the early-morning shooting deaths of a television newswoman and cameraman, police elsewhere were increasing security at media offices.
“Out o…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:39AMDeaf West's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Spring Awakening, directed byMichael Arden and choreographed by Spencer Liff, began rehearsals earlier this month for its …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMAs the West Des Moines Community School District Superintendent was beginning her speech to her staff at the district-wide welcome back meeting this week, the teachers of the district joined…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMJapanese playwright Toshiki Okada’s play was prompted into existence by the Fukushima nuclear disaster but the Bristol-based FellSwoop Theatre, in its poise and music, acts as if to inter…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:37AMTurn right, walk up the road and call a number outside the pub. The instructions demanded by a note handed over sheepishly by the box office, the perfomance of Menage has begun. Like Hula Ho…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:37AMGreg Kotis's 2006 play will receive its UK premiere in October
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:37AMThe Dutch singing sensation Willemijn Verkaik In Concert at The Ambassadors Theatre was always going to be highly anticipated. Having sung the role of Wicked’s Elphaba in three different l…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:34AMThe singer-actress sings a new version of the title song alongside co-star Cynthia Erivo.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:31AMBy Tim Hochstrasser
After Monty Python and Blackadder it is not really possible to present this type of opera in full cross-gartered fustian without an ironic angle; so much better in many w…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:29AMMisty Copeland, the ballerina who was promoted in June to principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre — the first African-American actress to make that leap — m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMFollowing a week of air-conditioning problems at The Lynn Redgrave Theater that caused a few performances to be canceled or performed with only work lights, FringeNYC has had to move eig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMThere is a simplistic charm to Carmen from Opera Up Close that see's Bizet's classic stripped down to a talented cast of nine and an orchestra reduced to the most elegant of quartets. One of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:27AMWhat happens when writers accustomed to grown-up audiences aim younger? The results can be rich and rewarding for all concerned---though there are pitfalls.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:26AMTeatro Vista has announced its 25th season, featuring a slate of premieres celebrating Latino culture.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:22AMBryan Cranston, a Tony winner for his Broadway debut as President Lyndon Johnson in All the Way, is joining forces with fellow Broadway and screen star James Franco for a new film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMBroadway star Kristin Chenoweth appeared on "Conan," host Conan O'Brien's TBS talk show, Aug. 25 to discuss her recent Broadway appearance in On the Twentieth Century and h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMCaleen Sinnette Jennings is an actor, director and playwright who is a founding member of The Welders, a new D.C. Playwrights’ Collective. Eight of her plays have been published by Dramati…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMFind out who is in the running for the biggest prize in the funny businessEdinburgh comedy awards: explore all the winners – interactiveA record-breaking eight-strong shortlist of acts are…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AMMisty Copeland, the ballerina who was promoted in June to principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre — the first African-American actress to make that leap — m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMAlan Schmuckler and Dave Holstein, the musical writing duo responsible for Chicago Shakespeare Theatre's adaptation of The Emperor's New Clothes, teamed up again to create an interac…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMJobs for the boys policy must end I read with interest about the lack of black and disabled actors being used in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThe Broadway star's manscaping help even brings on a few tears.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Teachers and Arts Educators converged at our annual Theatrical Teaching Institute (TTI) last week – a six-day professional development opportunity. Participants experienced, practiced, a…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:59AMLaura Osnes, Joshua Henry, Caissie Levy, Natalie Weiss, Alysha Umphress, Alex Brightman, Lindsay Mendez and Lilli Cooper are among the singers featured on songwriter Jonathan Reid Gealt'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMNEW YORK (AP) -- That familiar feeling of being hunted has returned for Alfie Boe: He's about to be Broadway's latest Jean Valjean....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:54AMSince the earliest days of television, narrative shows have drawn from the frenetic, over-the-top energy of Broadway and vaudeville for episodes in which characters sing, dance, and chew sce…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:54AMBy HowlRound TV. The Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) presents the NET 2015 National Gathering livestreaming on the HowlRound TV channel at www.howlround.tv Friday, August 28-Sunday August…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:48AMIn celebration of the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tony and Pulitzer-winning musical Rent, another production will be presented his fall in New York City. Staten Island'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMJoy Behar called into this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA to explain why she decided to return as host of ABC's THE VIEW.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2002 (Sony) With a book by John Guare, this musical based on the dark film Sweet Smell of Success found few fans during its three-month Broadway run, but the cast rec…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:41AM by: Paulanne Simmons On March 3, 1943, the air-raid Civil Defense Siren sounded in London at 8:17 pm, and people...
The …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:26AMEdenville, the latest musical from Joe Drymala (White Noise, Street Lights), will get a developmental reading Aug. 27 at the Judson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMThe teachers of theWest Des Moines School District know how to do the first day of school. To welcome students back from summer break, the faculty joined together to perform LES MISERABLES' …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMIn Entertainment Weekly's new cover story on newstands Friday, Lady Gaga discusses her upcoming role as the Countess, a murderous employee at the fictional Hotel Cortez in L.A.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMBeginning lastnight, August 25, American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copelandmade her Broadway debut as 'Ivy Smith' in the Tony Award nominated revival of On The Town, continuing i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMHypnosis is being offered on stage at the Edinburgh Fringe to help performers with stress and morale. Comedy stage hypnotist Ben Dali is presenting Strictly Come Trancing as part of the Fre…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:19AMDon’t want the sunshine to go away? Cash in on the final days of the season with these warm weather essentials.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 10:14AMMrs. Brown: “Do you have tickets for The Lion King for tonight?” Agent: “No ma’am. We’re sold out.” Mrs. Brown: “Tomorrow night?” Agent: ̶…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe 1955 and 1956 telecasts of Peter Pan — starring Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook — were scheduled to be available on special edition Blu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMA new book from Carrie Fisher, last seen on Broadway in her solo show Wishful Drinking, will be released in 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMKevin Spacey, last on Broadway in the 2007 revival of A Moon for the Misbegotten, may be heading back to The Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMForest Fringe, EdinburghAction Hero’s entertaining show about a celebrity on a photoshoot draws us in as observers, participants and accomplicesAction Hero’s show Frontman presented us w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghLike a more manic Woody Allen, the funny standup lives out her anxieties onstage as she presents her unplanned family lifeChannel 4’s hit sitcom Catastrophe fe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMA new annual festival of music and drama backed by actor John Hannah is to be launched in Richmond. Richmond Theatre and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMCelebrated architects firm Malcolm Fraser, known for its work with companies including Rambert and Scottish Ballet, has closed. Established in 1993, the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMThe UK premiere of Greg Kotis’ Pig Farm will take place at the St James Theatre in London in October. It will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:06AMThe Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2015/16 is the most ambitious to date. Six ballets and six operas, including five new productions, will be screened in over 1,000 cinemas across 45 c…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:00AMAmerican Theater Company (ATC) honors its late artistic director PJ Paparelli and kicks off Season 31 with a Legacy Celebration fundraiser on Wednesday, Sept. 30. The event features a perfo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 10:00AMOn August 20th, DC Theatre Scene spoke at the Smithsonian Museum’s Ripley Center. Senior writer Tim Treanor talked about some of the shows he was looking forward to next season. Below …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:00AMWe know at least some of you out there are spending your last days of summer putting the polish to your next groundbreaking play or musical. Before you type END OF PLAY, we offer these s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:00AMMoviesThe films David Edelstein can’t wait to see. Experimenter Oct. 9Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram, the Yale researcher who ordered test subjects to deliver shocks to a stranger, the…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00AMBallet star Copeland joins a cast that includes Tony Yazbeck, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Clyde Alves.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
The Royal Opera House Live Cinema Season 2015/16 is the most ambitious to date. Six ballets and six operas, including five new productions, will be screened in over 1,000 cinemas across 45 c…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 09:50AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1966 (Columbia) This is a practically flawless recording of a Cy Coleman-Dorothy Fields score that ranks as one of the best of the 1960s. Bob Fosse’s adaptation of …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:44AMThe Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, together with Florida Theatrical Association and Broadway Across America® announced today that Mary Ann Derleth of Orlando is the 11,000th s…
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 09:40AMA Virginia TV news reporter and cameraman died early today in a shooting during a live morning-news broadcast. The gunman has not been captured, local police said. The killings took place�…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:38AMBeginning lastnight, August 25, American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Misty Copelandmadeher Broadway debut as 'Ivy Smith' in the Tony Award nominated revival of On The Town, continuing in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMWells Fargo Advisors gives $100,000 for arts and management education
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:34AMSt. Louis' most-Shazamed tracks, brought to you exclusively by Go! Magazine and STLtoday.com.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:34AMInside the cerebellums of husband and wife composer/librettists Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez, magic happens both individually and working as a team. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:30AMDavid Javerbaum’s religion-themed comedy, which played on Broadway earlier this year and starred Jim Parsons, will open in Los Angeles in January.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:24AMThe Tony Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS will celebrate its landmark 1,000th performance on Broadway tonight, August 26th, with a ticket giveaway and 'fabulous footwear' contest for fans.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMEnjoy 2-for-1 tickets to award-winning dramas, hilarious comedies andmust-see musicals during Broadway Week.With the Broadway Week 2-for-1 Ticket Offer, you get 50 off each ticket with a min…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMKristin Chenoweth stopped by last night's CONAN on TBS and shared how Peter Gallagher accidentally coughed up some phlegm while co-starring in Broadway's ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMGood 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 KINKY BOOTS marks 1,000 shows in style…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMThe Fringe can be a tough gig for comedians. With an audience spoilt for choice on both ticketed and free shows, sometimes you sit in a show with only a few other people and see the look of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:20AMAn orange tree cascades from the ceiling, screeching cat sounds punctuate the theatre’s silence and a family gathers for their mother’s memorial. This is the slightly absurdist world…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:20AMRedundant lottery tickets, unexpected meetings on nights out, fathers and a curious incident of a dog in the nighttime: A.K.A., the ingredients of Acts of Redemption, Ken Jaworowski’s touc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:20AMThis is a play of immense exuberance. FYSA Theatre has thrown itself into a banner-waving rendition of the Focus E15 campaign. The 29 mothers, faced with eviction notices, band themselves t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:20AMChildren’s, youth, and student theatres exist all over the country, however, none are entirely run by any of the above, under the college age, other than the Metropolitan Youth Theatre in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:15AMLONDON (AP) -- It's a "Hamlet" with Hollywood-level hype and an A-list star in Benedict Cumberbatch. But London's latest stage sensation is more than a Shakespearean star vehicle....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:13AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1978 (RCA, 2CDs) Every musical theatre fan has a personal favorite Sondheim score, and the man’s oeuvre is so rich and diverse that it’s impossible to argue what …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 09:10AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghJohn Henry Falle romances mermaids and roars through Beowulf in an enjoyable yet inconsistent performanceNominated this week for the Malcolm Hardee award for co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM
The London production of Hamlet has been a runaway box office success
SOURCE: time.com at 08:59AMBelow are a list of 18 shows scheduled to open on Broadway from September 2015 to January, 2016, organized chronologically by opening date. Pick the one that most excites you. For informat…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:58AMThe opening of Hamlet on August 25 at London’s Barbican Theatre, thought to be one of the fastest-selling London productions in history, has garnered
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMInterAct Story Theatre is buzzing with excitement, preparing for a run of their acclaimed children’s play The Hero of EVERYTHING preparing to run at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre fro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:36AMMaureen Anderman in Love & Money
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A.R. Gurney riffs on Charles Dickens and John Guare in his newest play, Love & Money, which opened the other night at the Signa…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:28AMDead Posh Productions is thrilled to be bringing Pig Farm, by Tony Award®winning writerGreg Kotis, to the St. James Theatre for its UK premiere. Dead Posh Productions will be co-producing a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:25AMThe production will now be at the Playhouse until 26 September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:22AMThere’s no question Jon Stewart had the attention of millions but, all kidding aside, was he a part of the political game or just a color commentator?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:22AMThis anthology is thought-provoking and often moving; a spearhead into a relatively undiscussed new demographic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:22AMTheatre creativity threatened by ‘managerialism’ says McMillan:
It is ‘the long march of managerialism’, not government cuts, that threatens the vitality of Scottish…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:20AM'House of Cards' star and Broadway vet Kevin Spacey is planning his return to the Great White Way in a stage adaptation of director George Clooney's 2005 film GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08AMMarlee Matlin, Oscar award winning actress with a dual role in the upcoming SPRING AWAKENING revival on Broadway, celebrated her 50th birthday with friends and fellow Broadway actors at Fram…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08AM
Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre's first African-American principal dancer, is now a Broadway baby.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:35AMSean Hayes will play God Almighty in the City of Angels next year.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:35AMAutumn is the season of love for “Rent" as two Off-Broadway revivals are set to celebrate show's 20th anniversary.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:35AMKevin Bacon will star in a stage adaptation of the story that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 classic film “Rear Window.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:35AMMounting any touring theatrical production is a royal pain — now trying doing it on bikes.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:35AMBrought to you by BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Tuesday, August 25, 2015 Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – @BBBway RT @IAmCait: “Everybody seems to be so enthusiastic, that it…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 07:35AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Sean Hayes will play God Almighty in the City of Angels next year....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:35AMLONDON (Reuters) - Benedict Cumberbatch delivered a "Hamlet" for our time in London in a production that played to his strengths, dresses up Shakespeare for a younger crowd and had the Briti…
SOURCE: Reuters at 07:35AMThe ninth annual performances at Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center presented by the city of San Ramon Parks & Community Services Department demonstrates local audiences' preference…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:35AMAlso on tap: Kronos Quartet debuts new work about My Lai Massacre.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:35AMAlso on tap: Classical Indian dance from Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, Oakland's Dimensions Dance tackles East Bay forces of change.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:35AMPrepare ye, Los Angeles: The second coming of "An Act of God" is at hand.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:35AMDelta Goodrem has been rehearsing with the Australian cast of CATS in the coveted role of Grizabella the Glamour Cat. Her feline friends got up to some mischeif during rehearsals last …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:28AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 26 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27AMBette Davis and Bert Lahr perform “Jealousy,” a sketch by Billy Friedberg from the 1952 Broadway revue Two’s Company. (Lahr’s role was played on Broadway by David Burns.) This perfor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMCharlie, Louis and Beren are obviously good friends. They have a chemistry that sets them apart from other acrobatic dance troupes. Their cheeky chappie and incredibly cool personalities add…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AMWith the look of Sarah Hadland and a musical comedy act akin to Victoria Wood, Tamar Broadbent is a real pocket rocket. She would either hate the anti-feminist connotation that this phrase h…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AM'One of the most gripping and visceral things I have seen this festival'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:12AMIf you're looking for a truly magical musical that is made from pure imagination, then Finding Neverland is the show for you.
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 07:00AM“It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.” G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMThis Greek myth is not some ancient, lisping Aphrodite, but the story of a theatrical production that became an unwitting human sacrifice
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
August Strindberg's Miss Julie - a posh, sexually adventurous young woman who goes looking for pleasure in the servant's quarters and who causes a plethora of trouble for the help - is among…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:50AMWelcome to the Idina Menzel World Tour and therapy session, guaranteed to push your emotional buttons and allow the diva on stage to get in tune with all of hers.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:48AMBenedict Barber is a magician with a taste for the ghoulish and grisly. In Master of the Macabre, he will take the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMThe National Broadway League holds its annual actor draft, in which Broadway shows select eligible performers to go straight to the Great White Way. Live from Joe's Pub in New York City.
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:22AMKevin Spacey — Emmy-nominated for his deliciously evil Frank Underwood in “House of Cards” and one of my favorite actors — is plotting his Broadway return. He’s working on a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:01AMSo you just discovered how wonderful, super-fantastic musical theatre is. Or maybe you’ve always liked musicals but you haven’t loved them until now. We’ve all been there. You’re sta…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 06:00AM
“Pineapples don’t exist. They’re like unicorns and eskimos.” Wise words uttered by old matchmaker crone Fanny (Camille Ucan) as she attempts to find a suitable wife for Peter (Ben Cl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:55AMComedians often work for months and months on their stand-up sets. They hone each joke, test out all sorts of material and make sure that they are as funny as they can be before hitting th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:55AMAs one critic stated upfront: the press night is a major anti-climax. Nevertheless, while the verdicts don’t make a blind bit of difference to the box office on a production that sold …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:47AMThe set turns out to be the thing now that Benedict Cumberbatch's star turn in Hamlet has finally arrived, trailing in its wake a level of expectation, hysteria and scrutiny that might well …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:36AMNews of the British theatre-maker’s appointment as Sydney Theatre Company’s artistic director was welcomed by many but questioned by someJonathan Church appointed Sydney Theatre Company�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMMuch-anticipated Shakespearean production starring Sherlock actor fails to wow critics but Wanda Bentham enjoyed her son’s performanceHis much-anticipated first outing as Hamlet may have b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMThe new artistic director at Australia’s leading theater will be Jonathan Church, outgoing director of England’s Chichester Festival Theatre, which he transformed from a fading r…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:07AMMore than a third – 34% – of the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 programme is comedy – the largest of any section. This has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM
Write what you know. Sometimes that theory provides some awful stories and sometimes it gets gold. Verano Place falls into the latter category. Inspired by playwright Katie Atcheson's parent…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:55AMSylvia Plath is notorious for writing. She's also well known for her untimely suicide. But what some may not know is that was not get first attempt. That occurred during college. In Fernanda…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:55AMJoe's Pub at The Public has announced its upcoming nightly performances, tonight, August 26, throughSeptember 6, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMThe Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire, presents the World Premiere of the new musical OCTOBER SKY, opening tonight, August 26, for a runthrough October 11. Written by Aaron T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMIFC Films presents QUEEN OF EARTH, a film by Alex Ross Perry, starring Elisabeth Moss Broadway's HEIDI CHRONICLES and Katherine Waterston. The film will release in New York today, August 26t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents award winning composer lyricist Timothy Huang as he hosts the 10th Anniversary of his one-man musical THE VIEW FROM HERE, which premiered in 2005 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMCan Times Square visitors name the most popular song in history Do they know who wrote it Find out
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMLos Angeles-based actress Rachel Kelleris making her New York premiere as 'Olga' inthe production of Marius von Mayenburg's FIREFACE this monthat The Brick. The production runs tonight, Augu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMFrom a banana-clad dancer at the Folies Bergère to a Croix de Guerre from De Gaulle himself, Tim Murari meets the enigmatic Josephine BakerAn enchanting child opens the door, gravely extend…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:16AMJim Parsons recently completed a Broadway run of the divine comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe Broadway musical star plays pregnant opposite real-life husband Jamie LaVerdiere in Sandy Rustin's new play at the John W. Engeman Theater at Northport.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMIn Robert Rodriguez's Austin Studio with "From Dusk Till Dawn" Cast
While YH was in Austin, Texas, for SXSW, we couldn't leave without paying a visit to Troublemaker Studios to chat with the…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Viewing pictures of sexual acts, regardless of the genders of the people involved, conflict with the inherent sacredness of sex.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31AMProducer Jeffrey Finn and Center Theatre Group announced today that Emmywinner Sean Hayes will play God in a limited six-week engagement of the new Broadway play AN ACT OF GOD at the CTGAhma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31AMDownload file Lindsay, Jack, and Liz catch a few shows at New York’s International Fringe Festival and discuss Annie Baker’s John. Fringe NYC Loose Canon (5:06) Night of the Li…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 12:30AMAfter a successful Broadway bow earlier this year, the Almighty will make a triumphant return to the stage in An Act of God. This time, he’s setting up camp in Los Angeles and bor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12AM“An Act of God,” the recent Broadway hit powered by star Jim Parsons, has decreed dates for a Los Angeles run, with Sean Hayes taking on the role of the Almighty this spring at…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:01AMThe irreverent comedy from former 'Daily Show' head writer David Javerbaum starred Jim Parsons during its Broadway summer premiere.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Nathan Lane and Emmy winner Debra Messing are among stars scheduled to take part in an Oct. 26 reading of six new 10-minute plays by actor/playwright Wesle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSongwriter Zoe Sarnak and her friends from the Broadway community perform at Joe's Pub Aug. 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Javerbaum's An Act of God, which played a limited run on Broadway at the start of the current season starring Emmy winner Jim Parsons, will make its Los Angeles debut in 2016 starr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1880 Broadway director-producer Philip Moeller is born today in New York. Among his greatest theatrical achievements are productions of Biography, Elizabeth the Queen, Mourning Becomes E…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAbout two years ago, Non Profit Quarterly (NPQ) had a piece discussing the external influences on non-profit organizations. There are quite a number of external forces that exert pressure on…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:00AMThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, and Universal Stage Productions present the official opening of the world premiere of October Sky Aug. 26, following previews that began Aug. 19. Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBrian d'Arcy James, star of Broadway's Shrek and Something Rotten!, recalls his life-changing experiences at Northwestern University.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA lot of colleges have gorgeous and impressive theatre facilities, but none quite like Circle in the Square Theatre School. As part of Playill.com's Back to School week (#BwayBacktoSchoo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning Best Musical Kinky Boots celebrates its 1,000th performance on Broadway Aug. 26 with a ticket giveaway and "fabulous footwear" contest for fans.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs Judge Joseph K. Williams navigates his role in the uncharted course to revitalization of the August Wilson Center for African American Culture, a kitchen is No. 1 on his wish list.
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