A delicate portrait gets coarse around the edges with the addition of an hour's worth of musical material.
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 09:49PMPREVIEW: World-premiere piece explores the struggles, triumphs of civil-rights leader Bayard Rustin.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:49PMMike O’Malley is an Emmy nominated actor, now executive producer of Starz's 'Survivor's Remorse'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:49PMLack of chemistry hurts this production of Tom Stoppard's look at infidelity, which plays in Point Richmond through Sept. 26.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:49PMThe Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company is one of a dozen theater groups nationally to be awarded a 2015 grant from the American Theater Wing (creator of the Tony Awards).
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:49PMWhile we got a name for Neil Patrick Harris's upcoming NBC variety show, Best Time Ever, we still weren't sure what, exactly, would constitute such a good time. Turns out: lots of pranks! Ju…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:49PMAn email sent by the National Youth Theater's artistic director that has been made public details concerns over a coming production about young Islamic State recruits.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:49PMA look back at some of the highlights of the 2014-15 Sarasota theater season.... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 09:49PMFormer board chair hired to lead Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe staff. ... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 09:49PMActors in Michaela Richards' IT STOPS HERE, taken from first-hand accounts of sexual violence, get catcalled and heckled during premiere performance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:43PMThe Broadway actress neighbor Dylan Baker tried to rescue in high-rise fire has died
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:40PMBut unfortunately, she does not sing.
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Before Eugene O’Neill was a household name, he earned his first money as a playwright – $15 – for a one-act play presented by Vagabond Players. That was the second production o…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 05:59PMThe line between homage and ripoff confronts and confounds artists all the time: “Good artists copy, great artists steal,” Picasso famously said (practicing what he preached). It…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:40PMToneelgroep Amsterdam and FringeArts present Ivo Van Hove's After the Rehearsal and Persona by Ingmar Bergman, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:26PMThe Shoplifters, by Morris Panych, produced by 1812 Productions, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:26PM By Eric J. Grimm The Playroom Theater in Times Square is often a contradictory space; it’s an intimate black box that plays host to the kind...
The post Africa …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:14PMThere was the fleet, colorful Disney animated movie with the exhilarating "You Can Fly!" scene as Peter led the three Darling children out of their nursery window and over the rooftops of Lo…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:08PMHuffPost: The gender gap pervades every industry and measurable statistic of modern life, except maybe roundups of gynecology patients. The theater is one of our worst examples. While festiv…
SOURCE: Footlights at 05:02PMNicole Kidman, the actress, admits she was left baffled by the Telegraph's compliment, saying she had no idea what Viagra was. She does now...
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00PMKaren Olivo and Brandon Victor Dixon lead the cast of Homer's epic tale starting tonight.
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A POOR MAN’S PETER PAN Let’s put two prequels in perspective: What the novel-based Wicked is to The Wizard of Oz, Peter and the Starcatcher, a novel-derived “origins tale,” is for Si…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:49PMEveryone knows that I’m a big research guy, with a love of focus groups, dial testing and one day, hopefully, ethnography. Recently someone asked me what my favorite tool for getting …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 03:49PMRECREATION My editor and I didn’t toss a coin to see who would write the review – he’s smarter than that; he wrote a very nice preview piece, the kind I find very difficult, an…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:49PMBroadway actress Vivien Eng, best known for her role in 1996’s “The King and I” revival, died on Thursday of injuries suffered in a fire at her New York City high-rise apar…
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 03:47PMWith drought reaching historic proportions in California and other Western states, a guy like Bill Starbuck might just be poised for a comeback. The eponymous character of N. Richard Nash's …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PMThis week's Showcase features Jay W. Cullen, Luke Linsteadt, and Steven Perkins from The Hypocrites' production of "American Idiot."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:31PMI have a huge conundrum when it comes to “Peter and the Starcatcher,” the play ...
The post “Peter and the Starcatcher” has its heart in the right place, but goes on…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:30PMRevisiting MFA graduates from the '90s, insights into Twin Cities leadership transitions, plus an in-depth interview with composer/lyricist Lin-Manuel Miranda.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:16PMBroadway expert and social media phenomenon Laura Heywood, aka BroadwayGirlNYC, teaches this intimate, one-hour workshop, designed specifically for theatre professionals who want to connect …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMClips of Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Norbert Leo Butz and Rebecca Naomi Jones bringing Broadway to your television screen.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMA bit of a shakeup at Roundabout's off-Broadway premiere of Stephen Karam’s The Humans, starring Reed Birney and Jayne Houdyshell. Arian Moayed will now play Richard instead of Gre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:01PMTony nominee Reed Birney will star in the premiere production of Karam's family drama for Roundabout Theatre Company.
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Last weekend the Edinburgh Festival Fringe wrapped up another August of performing arts, having taken over the Scottish capital every summer for almost 70 years. The Fringe growth means that…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:50PMSheffield TheatresProductions will present the Goodspeed version of SHOW BOAT at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield from December. SHOW BOAT features music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by …
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 02:27PM“The rules of engagement in theatre have changed, and now audience participation is everywhere. But artists have a responsibility to take care of those they pick on.”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:25PMSome might remember 56-year-old Colin Quinn from his younger days as one of the featured cast members on "Saturday Night Live" and the guy who always provided the "Weekend Update." But since…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:24PMPrepare for rebellious automatons, a 300-year-old opera singer, and a pack of newts taking a page from Ira Glass. These and other inventions will unfold locally this fall courtesy of the Cze…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PMby MICHAEL VAN DUZER
most people, Grand Opera seems awfully... well, grand. The music, the commonly foreign language libretto, the plots—even the venues can feel intimidating to novice…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:13PMHappy Friday! Before you head off for your exciting Labor Day Weekend festivities, we need to make sure you’re up-to-speed on what’s been happening on the Great White Way th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMChristine Payne has been re-elected for a third term as general secretary of Equity. Payne, who has held the position since 2005,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:08PMLondon’s Southbank Centre is at the heart of a new project celebrating Brutalist architecture in Britain. Brutal Utopias: A National Trust celebration
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:08PMA theatre in north Wales has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £50,000 in order to protect its future. The Stiwt in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:08PMIn honor of the holiday weekend, BroadwayWorld brings you a quick rundown of Broadway shows and their show times for September 4-7.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announcedfinal casting for the Off-Broadway premiere production of Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam's The Humans, directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMCBS has shared a first look at the new Marquee on Broadway for THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT as it gets lit for the first time.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMNBC has announced that Carole King and the cast of BEAUTIFUL will appear on TODAY on Wedneday, September 9th between 10 -11 am.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMCabaret Stars Come Out for Gala Supporting Siegel Entertainment's Concerts By Beau Jared"Let us entertain you," say dozens of cabaret and theater artist…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:01PMWhich of the ON THE TOWN sailors are you Find out in this week's quiz
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ABC has announced that on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, actress and singer Anna Kendrick INTO THE WOODS will make an exclusive announcement on the film franchise PITCH PERFECT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMA cast recording of Encores production of George and Ira Gershwin's LADY, BE GOOD will hit shelves later this fall
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMSummer bows out, the festivals wind down, and the Toronto theatres gear up for a new season
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 01:42PMLauren Klein and Arian Moayed have joined the cast of Pulitzer Prize finalist Stephen Karam's newest play, The Humans, which will make its New York debut Off-Broadway this f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMAs On the Town comes to the end of its Broadway run, Playbill takes a look back at the show. Here, the hunky sailors collected at New York, New York's South Street Seaport for day of pho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMIn Part 9 of a series of interviews with The Playwright, Director, and cast of Calendar Girls at McLean Community Players meet Carole Preston. Joel: Tell our readers where they may have se…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PMSheffield Theatres Artistic Director Daniel Evans today announces the company for his new production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical Show Boat. Spanning 40 pivotal years …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:33PMThe Broadway theatre community got a shock this past weekend when young actor Kyle Jean-Baptiste died suddenly after falling from a Brooklyn fire escape. He was 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMThe Midnight Run, now a 10-year tradition, can teach us a lot about how shared experience can deepen a sense of connection.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:23PMPresident Barack Obama will present the National Medals of Arts Sept. 10 at 3 PM ET in an East Room ceremony at the White House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMRochester's Geva Theatre has announced that executive director Tom Parrish will leave his post at the end of October to become the executive director of the Tony-winning Trinity Repe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PMSet in 1942 this National tour of Terence Rattigan‘s wartime masterpiece is celebrating the 70th anniversary of VE day and is drawn from Rattigan’s own experiences of his RAF days of whi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:07PMWest End musical Wicked has extended its booking period until November 5 next year. When The 39 Steps closes in London on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:05PMHello season of Keatsian mellow fruitfulness – and packing up of new dance shoes, tea mugs and loose black gear for classes.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PM
Three adult-oriented dance/theatre works feature the troupe's signature mix of opera, circus, and burlesque.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PMThe quirky theater company Elevator Repair Service is staging a play by Sibyl Kempson, who is known for her offbeat scripts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:56PMPaul Miller directs Terence Rattigan's 1936 comedy
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:56PMHedwig and the Angry Inch star Taye Diggs recently came to the Broadway.com Studio to answer your questions about "Sugar Daddy," Darren Criss and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMThe hills were alive with the sound of merriment when five-time Tony-winning director Jack O'Brien cast Pace University junior Kerstin Anderson as Maria Rainer in the new national tour o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Richard Eyre Taps Lydia Leonard
The U.S. may be winding down for Labor Day weekend, but lots of news was announced across t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMThe first production to be seen in London for forty years in a strictly limited season, Gypsy openedat the Savoy Theatre 15 April 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45PMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
If "In Bed With Roy Cohn" were seen at a theater event such as The New York Fringe Festival, it could be viewed as a promising offbeat creation. But as a commer…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:34PMA scandalous season of Jacobean tragedies, Restoration comedies, and new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:27PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
This play can be seen as a saucy romp or as something rather more unexpectedly melancholy than that; but either way it is a thoroughly absorbing evening, and you really …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:26PMFiled under: Acrobats and Daredevils, ACTS, Circus, Coney Island, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Coney Island USA, NYC Unicycle Festival
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:21PMA Red Orchid Theatre has announced its new managing director, Abigail Madden, and new director of development, Jim Kirkhoff. Madden and Kirkhoff replace Rebecca Eaton and Jennifer Sultz, res…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:21PMA guest post by Kate Edney.
Page from the original souvenir program of Golden Dawn
Golden Dawn (1927) is one of those musicals that has been almost completely erased from histories of …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 12:16PMRobert Brustein, Melinda Lopez, and Wesley Savick will showcase new work as part of the 34th season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:12PMIn the English theater there's a term for it: jobbing actor. It's used to indicate actors who are regularly employed but infrequently achieve star status. They're typically extremely talente…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:10PMA nervous edge saturates Forum Theatre’s just-announced 2015-16 season, while Washington Stage Guild’s slate includes the final installment of its three year “Back to Methesulah” pro…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:07PMRemy Zaken (Spring Awakening) will portray Anne Frank in Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's The Diary of Anne Frank at Pittsburgh Public Theater Sept. 24-Oct. 25. Pamela Berlin di…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMThe original run of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat closed on Sep. 4, 1983, after 747 performances. Original cast members Bill Hutton and Laurie Beechman were Tony-nominated…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMThe original run of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat closed on Sep. 4, 1983, after 747 performances. Original cast members Bill Hutton and Laurie Beechman were Tony-nominated…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM by: Sandi Durell Theatre World Award Winner Josh Grisetti is getting ready to do his first ever solo show at 54 Below “Don’t Bother, I’m Here” September…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:01PMOur staff picks the best events in the week ahead
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Eng, a one-time member of the famed Martha Graham Dance Company who appeared in musical ensembles and played a nurse in Lee Daniels’ 2009 breakout film Precious, was found unconscious …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:58AMCan I use fairy magic to go back in time and kick my own ass? (Or should I say Bottom?) Because 2012 Ryan completely missed director Ethan McSweeny’s original take on his giddily horny ver…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:49AMFire, as a concept or symbol, has taken on a wide range of meaning throughout literary and dramatic history. I think almost immediately of The Firebugs, a German play written in 1953 by Ma…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:49AMJerry Lieblich talks with Kareem Fahmy and Victor Lesniewski about Couriers and Contrabands, upcoming at TGB Theater.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:49AMAn interview with Francis Weiss Rabkin
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:49AMIn PEOPLE's 60-second 'People Chatter', Broadway's Patricia Clarkson answered 5 questions in just 60 seconds.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMPittsburgh Public Theater's season begins with the timeless drama The Diary of Anne Frank, by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Directed by Pamela Berlin The Glass Menagerie, Clybourne Pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMHamilton is such a hot ticket that celebrities just can't miss it! B'way alum Melanie Griffith and upcoming B'way star Forest Whitaker were the latest guests to head backsta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMKerstin Anderson, Ben Davis and Ashley Brown lead the national tour of Rodgers + Hammerstein's The Sound of Music, directed by Jack O'Brien. Watch the stars perform "My Favorite…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMAndy Mientus introduces us to members of the cast of Spring Awakening.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMThe show is produced by Britain's Got Talent winner Michael Auger
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:43AMFrom going off-grid in Channel 4’s Hunted, to Tame Impala’s groovy psych and Nicole Kidman’s return to the London stage, here are the cultural highlights of the next seven days TV Hunt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:41AMIn a field of 11 honorees are 3 who have had a large and lasting impact on the theatre field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AMThe Producers and Victor/Victoria - NightBlue Performing Arts Company at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. is offering industry night tickets for their upcoming productions being produced in r…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:30AMThe award will support the development of a new play to premiere at the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:24AMBroadwayWorld has confirmedthat the box office for the critically acclaimed Olivier Award-winning Best New Play, King Charles III, will officially open tomorrow, September 5 at the Music Box…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMA brand new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, hits the road for a national tour. This lavish new production launches this September at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMSecond City announced today that is will bemoving or canceling all performances scheduled in its Mainstage, e.t.c. Stage and UP Comedy Club theaters through Sept. 20
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 942015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMSecond City announced Friday it is moving or canceling all performances scheduled in its Mainstage, e.t.c. Stage and UP Comedy Club theaters through Sept. 20 as the comedy company works t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:21AMTony-nominated singing actor Norm Lewis, most recently on Broadway as the first African-American The Phantom of the Opera, will offer holiday concerts at 54 Below in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMBefore On the Town's final performance, Cory Lingner looks back on 10 memorable OTT Instagrams.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:18AMFull casting has been announced for a new U.K. production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's 1927 Broadway classic Show Boat, beginning performances Dec. 10 at Sheffield's Crucib…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMKeith David (Seven Guitars, Hot Feet) will star in "Greenleaf," a new series on OWN. The show is described as a "megachurch drama series," according to Deadline.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThe Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music which will be directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien and will tour North America officially launches Sept. 20 at the A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMMany visitors to Broadway also enjoy taking in the famous sights of New York City. To help them, Playbill.com has begun listing details about major tourist attractions and services, includin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMAndy Trithardt and Daniel Pagett take bold chances in Jeremy Taylor's black comedy, ably directed by Kat Sandler.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:07AMDance celebrations continue this September as Rolex presents Career Transition For Dancers’ 30th Anniversary Pearl Jubilee: A Star-Studded Retrospective on Monday, September 28, at 7:…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:04AMCan PTSD ever be funny?Maybe that’s the wrong question. Maybe only a monster would say “yes.”And yet on “You’re the Worst,” FX’s stellar sitcom about two undateable people who …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:04AMThe Heathers star makes her solo-show debut — and is stunned by how well it goes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
By Kevin Becerra, Chantal Rodriguez, Jorge Huerta, Tiffany Ana López, Anne García-Romero, Armando Huipe, Tiffany Vega. A report out on 2015 LTC Carnaval Breakout Sessions on advocacy, artm…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:46AMThe Music Box Theatre's box office opens Sept. 5 for the Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-winning Best Play, King Charles III, which will begin previews Oct. 10 prior to an off…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMThe Music Box Theatre's box office opens Sept. 5 for the Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-winning Best Play, King Charles III, which will begin previews Oct. 10 prior to an off…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMHas cell phone use in the theater really gotten worse, or are audiences and artists simply complaining more? That was my first question in the #Howlround Twitter chat on theater etiquette (f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:35AMToday in 2011, Catch Me If You Can closed at the Neil Simon Theatre, where it ran for 166 performances. Catch Me If You Can is a musical with a libretto by Terrence McNally and a theatrical …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMWhen a king comes to visit, especially in the Olivier Award-winning Best New Play, KING CHARLES III, a little sprucing up is in order.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMWhat’s new pussycat? Well, Close to You, a new tuner featuring the songs of Burt Bacharach, will transfer to the West End’s Criterion Theatre. Led by Kyle Riabko, the production …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:29AMSome kind of wonderful news for Cassidy Janson, who will take over for Katie Brayben in the titular role in the West End production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Diane Keen will als…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:29AMThe Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:29AMShowcasing the best in independent theatre, the BBC’s live event will show that the stage isn’t just for Hollywood stars and old-fashioned playsKenneth Tynan’s memorable theatre review…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:28AMAaron Tveit (Catch Me If You Can, Next to Normal) appeared on "The Today Show" Sept. 3 to discuss his roles in "Graceland" and Grease: Live.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMDear BwayAdajacent- The other day I saw my first Broadway show. Hedwig and the Angry Inch with Darren Criss, well, Darren was in the show, I didn’t see it with him, I saw him in itR…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMEvery actor loves when a call comes in out of the blue offering him a job. When the invitation is the leading role in a world-famous musical, that’s all the sweeter. “Not necessa…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:08AMAs we noted here, here , here and here, 2015 marks the centennial year of W.C. Fields‘ first entry into pictures (Pool Sharks) and his debut with the Ziegfeld Follies. To mark the occ…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:00AMContributed by Conor O'Brien
To breathe new life into an established script comes with its own set of unique challenges. While upholding the text of the playwright, an artist must allow the…
SOURCE: The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation at 10:00AM
The Acting Company has put together an evening of Williams’s works by a distinguished roster of American playwrights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AMBy Carla Della Gatta, Georgina Escobar. Carla Della Gatta interviews Georgina Escobar about her writing process and upcoming projects following Carnaval.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:51AMMembers of the Greensboro College community have the right to be free from gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual misconduct of any kind.
– from the Greensboro Colle…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 09:49AMCassidy Janson is to replace the Olivier award winning Katie Brayben in the West End production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, to take over the title role beginning performances Nov.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMLondon's Almeida Theatre, currently in the midst of a three-play season of ancient Greek plays, has announced that in the fall and winter it will continue to re-invigorate the cl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMClose to You - Bacharach Reimagined, a retitled version of What's It All About? that completes its debut London run at the Menier Chocolate Factory Sept. 5, is to transfer to the Wes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMIn conjunction with the 29th Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction, which will be held Sept. 27 beginning at 10 AM in Shubert Alley, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is holdin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMSince his first play, “And Things That Go Bump in the Night,” which premiered in 1965, Terrence McNally has proven himself to be a trailblazing figure in American theater, known for his…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:38AMIf you follow me on Twitter, then you know I’m in tech for two shows right now . . . Spring Awakening and Daddy Long Legs. As I’m sure you know, tech is a very slow and ard…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 09:38AMBEYOND THE PALE Bad Jews (the provocative title not as anti-Semitic as it sounds) was a 2015 hit at London’s St. James and New York’s Roundabout theaters. In the Chicago area Jeremy Wech…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:38AMThe complete track listing for the cast album of the London production of The Light Princess, the new musical by Grammy Award winner Tori Amos, has been revealed. The two-disc recording …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMWe told you that this had Broadway transfer written all over it! Nicole Kidman, who will begin previews in the West End in Photograph 51 on September 5, would like to perform Anna Ziegler&#…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:34AMTheatre companies Made in China and Action Hero are couples off stage, collaborators on it. But it’s not all kissing in the wings – instead, the power dynamics in their private lives end…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AMBAZ BAMIGBOYE EXCLUSIVE: The actress portrays molecular biologist Rosalind Franklin, a pioneer in the discovery of DNA in the Fifties, in West End play Photograph 51.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 09:28AMLydia, who portrayed Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall on stage at Stratford, followed by runs in the West End and on Broadway, has been picked by Richard Eyre to star in Little Eyolf.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 09:28AMDeaf West Theatre’s acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s Spring Awakening, directed by Michael Arden and choreographed by Spencer Liff, begins performances this coming…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 09:28AMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, September 3, 2015 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – @BBBway RT @broadwaycom: VIDEO! Keep up with @ROTTENBroadway #Re…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 09:28AMBefore there was Ovitz or Ari, there was Sue Mengers. During the peak of her clout in the 1970s, the brash barrier-breaker helped popularize the idea of the Hollywood super-agent. The media …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28AMWhose life is it, anyway? That’s the ethical question that bedevils “Whorl Inside a Loop,” a meta-theater piece by Dick Scanlan and Sherie Rene Scott based on the experienc…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28AMSELLER: Liza Minnelli LOCATION: New York, N.Y. PRICE: $8,372,591 SIZE: Unknown YOUR MAMA’S NOTES: Liza has left the building. No, children, the iconic entertainer, 69, didn’t pass on to …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28AMThis week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Connecticut, Maine, Sydney and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include BEDROOM FARC…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news XXXX
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMGet ready for your close-up A new season of BILLY ON THE STREET comes to truTV October 8th. Check out the promo below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMDirector Wang Chao announced regulators' decision on his microblog.
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25AMIt was unusual back in 2001: A musical arriving on Broadway with a predominantly female leadership team, from the show’s top producer to its director to its book writer. It’s still prett…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:25AMIt's a little eerie, to be honest.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:25AMAaron, you've got some mansplaining to do!
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:25AMBryan Cranston says by being famous he knows just what it feels like to be pregnant. Krystin Goodwin (@krystingoodwin) explains.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:25AMMr. Jones was an actor and singer who made his name in a string of popular Disney films in the 1960s and ’70s, notably as a racecar driver in the “Love Bug” franchise.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:22AMFor fans of New York theater, scoring cheap, last-minute seats is getting easier—and harder. More venues now have digital lotteries, where theatergoing hopefuls can enter to win same-day t…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 09:22AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The new Broadway season hasn't yet started in earnest and already there's a front-runner for the Tony Awards next summer - "Hamilton." But there are plenty of challenger…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:22AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Kathleen Turner and Deborah Cox will star in the world premiere of an off-Broadway play about transgender identity....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:22AMFrom musical revivals (“Fiddler on the Roof”! “The Color Purple”!) to new fare (“China Doll”! “King Charles III”!) here are the shows NYC thea…
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:22AMIt’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights. It’s time to check out the fall theater lineup.What? You expected Muppets?While we’re all excited about the Muppets’ ret…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:19AMThe Chinese folk tale "Nasirdin Afandi" has been around for centuries, taking different forms across international borders over time.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:19AMAutumn brings falling leaves and crisp weather, and a blooming arts scene. From theater (musical and otherwise), to cutting-edge exhibits and installations of Old Masters, area arts organiza…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:19AMPrepare to be polarized. When Annie Baker's 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Flick" opened in New York, it was so controversial, and the critics and audiences so radically divided, it q…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:19AMAfter refusing to allow films about gay couples to open in theaters for years, Chinese censors this week approved the release of Wang Chao's Seek McCartney, a romance about a secret interrac…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:19AMBEREA, Ohio - On Aug. 29, after learning that their friend and classmate, Broadway phenom Kyle Jean-Baptiste, had died in an accidental fall from a Brooklyn, New York fire escape, the 10 you…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:19AMTwo Chairs Theatre returns with more Tennessee Williams at Players Theatre... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 09:19AMThe case of the musical Doctor Zhivago is hardly the first time that a Broadway show shuttered quickly, despite a storied road of being a celebrated novel, movie, and having a globe-trotting…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:18AMIt’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: The 2015 Bro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:05AMIn Part 4 of a series of interviews with the Director and cast of Peace Mountain Theatre Company‘s production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, meet Michael Sigler. Joel: Please introduc…
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Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Trish Tinkler Gets Saved opens October 8, 2015 at Unexpected Stage. Skin & Bone won Best New Play at the 2014 Philadelphia Critics Awards and was nominated for …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMEarlier this summer I had the pleasure of seeing Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s Fun Home. The musical memory play (adapted from Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel memoir) had me captivated. …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:53AM"✭✭✭✩✩ Paddling hard"
Boasting a succession of well-choreographed ensemble moments, LYAMC's production of Honk!, at the Church Hill Theatre to Saturday…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:51AMBy Doug Mayo
Sheffield Theatres Artistic Director Daniel Evans has today announced the company for his new production of Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II’s musical Show Boat which …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:45AMKyle Jean-Baptiste's legacy grew larger this week as a substantial gift from the Mackintosh Foundation, founded by acclaimed producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh, helped to launch the official BW…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AMJason Robert Brown’s Parade is a beautifully constructed Tony-winner of a show that shuttered early. Broadway’s loss was to prove London’s gain, as Rob Ashford (who was the original sh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:31AMStand Up 4 Stand Up | Adam Hess | John GordilloGiven the vast numbers of people living in terrible situations across the nation, you might find it hard to get worked up about the plight of c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMPhotograph 51 | HighTide Festival | The Cheviot, The Stag And The Black, Black Oil | Dinner With Saddam | Dead Dog In A Suitcase | The Stick HouseThe last time Nicole Kidman appeared on the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMEnglish National Ballet: Lest We Forget | Northern Ballet: 1984ENB’s new partnership with Sadler’s Wells allows it to use the Wells as a platform for its more experimental programming. T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonRory Mullarkey’s adaptation is linguistically rich, but Adele Thomas’s production can’t seem to settle on a styleAfter Robert Icke’s free adaptation of A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMDaniel Evans's production opens in December
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:26AMOur theatrical battles return following the first season in which Drew McOnie was crowned King of Staginess
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:26AMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
"Love & Money" is light, literate entertainment, impeccably acted by its small cast led by the charismatic Ms. Anderman. Mr. Paulik amusingly projects his…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:25AMBy Doug Mayo
For the first time in a generation Terence Rattigan’s 1936 comedy will have a London run at the Orange Tree Theatre. After a group of young men arrive at Monsieur Maingot�…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:10AMAbsorbent and yellow and porous is he...and he's headed for Broadway, too
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:07AMIn Part 5 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of Charles Morey’s Laughing Stock, meet Ted Culler. Joel: Where have local audiences …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
Michael Xavier has been cast in the leading role in Sheffield Theatres’ new production of Show Boat. The musical, which is directed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMNational Youth Theatre production Homegrown was cancelled last month - and the publication of internal emails now suggests it was a case of censorship. Radhika Sanghani hears all from direct…
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:56AM by: Magda Katz On Friday, the 11th of September, 2015 MAC Outstanding Major Artist Award winner, Stacy Sullivan will return to the Metropolitan Room with her latest...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:47AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review a Connecticut revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s Bedroom Farce and the New York premiere of A.J. Gurney’s Love & Money. Here’s an excerpt. * * *…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMVoting has opened for the most welcoming theatre category at this year’s UK Theatre Awards. As previously reported, this year marks the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMThe producers of forthcoming musical Elf will introduce a £30 ticket band after bowing to “overwhelming public and social media demand” for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMCassidy Janson is to replace the Olivier award winning Katie Brayben in the West End production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, to take over the title role beginning performances Nov.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:22AMA week-long performance reflects on the history of the May and Baker factory
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:20AMInitial casting has been announced for the one-off concert in October
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:20AMMusical Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined is to transfer to the Criterion Theatre in the West End. The show, which ran earlier
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMCassidy Janson is to take over from Katie Brayben in the title role of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, as the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMUna Stubbs and Adjoa Andoh have joined the cast of Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse. Their casting follows that of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMRichard Eyre will direct Ibsen’s Little Eyolf and Robert Icke will helm a version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya as part of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMJacques d’Amboise and Melissa Hayden dance George Balanchine’s Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux on an episode of Voice of Firestone telecast in 1962. The music, originally written by Tchaikovsky …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM“Noble deeds and hot baths are the best cures for depression.” Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMThe National Youth Theatre has issued its first full statement addressing the cancellation of the play Homegrown, claiming its position had become
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMBy Doug Mayo
Wicked, the multi-award winning musical has announced that it will open it’s 20th ticket booking period on Monday with over 500,000 new tickets going on sale for performan…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:00AMThe actor who played Nate Archibald in Gossip Girl returns with his latest movie, Mountain Men, and new TV miniseries Blood and Oil.
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