AMERICAN IDOL's Eric Anthony Lopez currently in THE JACKIE MASON MUSICALOff-Broadway andMary Michael Patterson most recently in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on Broadway have teamed up to record …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34PMWoodshed Collective’s theatrical scavenger hunt sends participants racing from one location to the next in Lower Manhattan, often at a jog, sometimes in a moving vehicle.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:26PMThis production includes short plays by Beth Henley, Elizabeth Egloff, John Gaure, Marcus Gardley, David Grimm and Rebecca Gilman.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:26PMWe sometimes arrive at points in life that, upon reflection, are inevitable. Choreographer Beth Corning is a prime example of that. Throughout a long, probing career, the dance artist h…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:11PMAt first glance, The Acting Company's production of Desire would seem to be an evening of works by Tennessee Williams. After all, the six one-acts are ostensibly based on his short stories, …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:09PMTo enter into the world of playwright Richard Maxwell is to forego any expectation of straightforward clarity, richly realized characterizations, or emotional connection.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:06PMRETURN OF A SMART IDIOT It’s always satisfying to see a show that really works get a remount. DOMA, which presented the best version I have ever seen of Green Day’s American Idi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:05PMBORDERING ON TRAGEDY There is a lot to like about playwright Luis Alfaro’s Mojada, a modern retelling of Medea which sets the main character as an undocumented immigrant and seamstress in …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:05PM"Cats" closed on Broadway 15 years ago, a look at some of today's most popular Broadway shows.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:05PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, September 10, 2015 Separating the truth from the buzz in social media The Guardian – by CARL MILLER & STEVE GINNIS There’s a gro…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:05PMKate Geis’s absorbing new documentary follows a Taylor dance, “Three Dubious Memories,” as it takes shape in a matter of weeks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMA terrific American Conservatory Theater cast, led by a stunning performance by Carl Lumbly, makes the most of Stephen Adly Guirgis' potent play about one man holding out against changing ti…
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 10:01PMRichard Maxwell’s Isolde, opening the season at the Theatre for a New Audience, belongs to the Mad Libs school of dramaturgy, in which various more or less random elements are fitted toget…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PMAs imagined by Max Posner, the future will be nothing like The Jetsons.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThe Acting Company presents six new plays based on the short stories of Tennessee Williams.
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Commissioned anthologies in the theater tend to be uneven grab-bags of inspiration and folly. But "Desire," The Acting Company's evening of six plays by six playwrights, based on short stori…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:55PMThe synopsis and title, "The Legend of Georgia McBride," are not promising: A straight Elvis impersonator becomes a drag queen to support his pregnant wife.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:55PMEqual parts quietly profound and piercingly harmonious, American Idiot gives a theatrical taste of a seminal band. Enter, rock out and leave changed. Highly Recommended. (read Lauren Whalen'…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:28PMUP IN THE AIR, a tribute to dance legend Louis Johnson, will take place Monday, October 5, 2015 at 700 pm in the Peter Norton Theater at Symphony Space located at 2537 Broadway in New York C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27PMA WILL amp GRACE reunion is brewing on the set of NBC's THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA.
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For more than 20 years, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Dancers Trust has helped company dancers transition to their next steps in life after retirement. Since then, nearly $100,000 has been a…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:43PMUbuntu Theater Project's Waiting for Lefty is a powerful reminder of what Labor Day is all about.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:41PMEverybody loves a good bad guy.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:40PMThe upcomingBroadway revival ofFiddler on the Roofbegins performances November 20 for an opening night on December 20, 2015 at The Broadway Theatre 1681 Broadway. Below, BroadwayWorld has a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMBroadwayWorld has a treat for you this evening with fresh production shots of Samantha Barks and company in the new musical AMELIE -- penned by Craig Lucas, featuring score by Daniel Messe, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that the recently released Kevin Gray tribute album FOREVER ALWAYS will be available at BCEFA's 2015 BROADWAY FLEA MARKET amp GRAND AUCTION. Stop by the PHANTO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24PMCan we – should we – control the future? That’s the dilemma faced by anxious parents attempting to steer their offspring through a labyrinthine school system, educational think-tanks, …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:22PMTormented sexual identity, flamboyance, self-destruction, Southern accents: sounds like something by Tennessee Williams. Well, you’re half-right. The new off-Broadway show “Desire” con…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:22PMIf an existentialist philosopher ever attempted a light romantic comedy, it might sound a little like this quaintly absurdist play by Alan Hruska at the Cherry Lane Theater.
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Some artists are so original, so unique, that anyone attempting to use their work as a model for their own runs the risk of producing a cheap imitation or of falling into unintended parody.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:51PM“I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire,” Tennessee Williams told Gore Vidal, who recalls this in the introduction …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:49PM By Myra Chanin Linda Lavin’s latest Cabaret Show at 54Below is called Starting Over. It’s actually the story of her life in story but mostly in song. According...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:42PMA new drama set in a mostly African-American village soon to be razed for Central Park will debut at Kean University.
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SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:30PMEverything you love about Broadway -- unique showbiz treasures, the opportunity to meet your favorite performers and the chance to bid on exclusive backstage experiences -- will come togethe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:22PMThanks to the school calendar, September always seems to transmit the tingle of a fresh start. And lo, here we have Matthew Warchus inaugurating his first season at the helm of the Old Vic w…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:20PMFRIDAY | "Victor/Victoria": Nightblue Performing Arts Company presents this play set in 1930s Paris, where Victoria, a woman desperate for a gig, disguises herself as a man pretending to be …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:20PMCity Lit Theater, known for its adaptations of literary works, has announced its 2015-16 season. Nicholas Meyer's "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution," adapted by City Lit artistic director Terry…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:20PMIn theory, Frank Galati is retired. He left his position at Northwestern University in 2006 after some three decades of distinguished teaching and creative work. He left his longtime positio…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:20PMCulled from more than a hundred significant openings between now and the winter holidays, here are 10 fall shows that, for one reason or another, promise to be especially interesting.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:20PMIt was Margot Harley, just leaving her lengthy tenure as The Acting Company producer, who came up with the...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:17PMHold on to the lightness and vivacity of summer for just a little while longer with Olney Theatre Center’s spirited, spun-sugar confection production of Nöel Coward’s Hay Fever. Directo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:09PMThe Joffrey Ballet is offering a special $20 ticket deal for “Millennials,” its program of ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:05PMIn case you missed today's live-stream of President Barack Obama presenting the 2014 National Medals of Arts, read his full opening remarks from the afternoon ceremony below
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Long before Stephen Colbert kicked off his highly touted debut on CBS this week, Broadway shows were jockeying to be the first to perform on the new “Late Show.” Colbert,...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:38PMOld Vic, London Tamsin Oglesby’s play dissecting the British education system packs a punch yet still has fun in the playgroundMatthew Warchus begins an ambitious, eight-play first season …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:09PMIf you’re running the most recent version of Google’s Chrome browser and you’re a WordPress user, you may be noticing some unusual behavior vis-a-vis your admin menus in that they …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 06:08PMThe Tony-nominated show will play its last performance at the Booth Theatre in early Januart, ahead of its London run at the Vaudeville Theatre, beginning Feb. 5.read more
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Last week, the cast of Off-Broadway's Fuerza Bruta made a public announcement of their love for Ellen DeGeneres. Click below to hear what they had to sayThe cast would love to have Ellen com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMRecently, the creators of BroadwayWorld's web series partner THE RESIDUALS were guests on the Airspeaker podcast.THE RESIDUALS husband and wife team ofMichaelPaul SmithandGillian Pensavalled…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMPaper Mill Playhousehasannounced open auditions for the award-winning Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PMCatherine Trieschmann's play, "How the World Began," now receiving a topnotch Chicago premiere by the Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, arrives at a most interesting moment - a time when the argum…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:53PMDivas, tap-dancing, boats! Does that sound fun or what? Dames at Sea is getting ready to set sail at the Helen Hayes Theatre on September 24. We checked in with the stars at rehearsal. Click…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMEdward Bennett made headlines in 2008 when he replaced an ailing David Tennant in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Hamlet. Since then, the actor has gone from further work in Shak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMIt's a sad day in the land of Matilda. Lesli Margherita says many goodbyes in this final episode of Looks Not Books.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMRECOMMENDED The premise of “The Producers” is based on a truth of theater production that is stretched to absurdity. It’s very easy to lose money when producing plays. Many investors i…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:40PMWith a sold-out FringeNYC run, two Moth StorySLAM wins, and a book (Alice in Tumblr-land) published by Penguin, Tim Manley is at the top of the storytelling craft. His one-man show, Feelin…
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SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:30PMThe Know: Don't miss out on this week's must-see shows and events! Sept. 10-20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMBy Matthew Gray. In this podcast series, Matthew Gray interviews all kinds of actors to share why they act and how they act, in a world of diminished residuals, rising student loan interest …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:20PMEve Best is famous for her role as glamorous Dr O'Hara in Nurse Jackie. But she made her name in Jacobean theatre – and she is back in London for moreEve Best has just walked into an unpre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:17PMHow do you capture the excitement and energy of the New York International Fringe Festival? One way is to enjoy our collection of two dozen of the most interesting, innovative, and inventive…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 05:09PMIt's third time around for Soulpepper production of this classic that sends up the theatre and its denizens.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:08PMAs Mamma Mia! draws toward the end of its historic run on Broadway, we look back 14 years to opening night on Oct. 18, 2001. Happy trails, Super Troupers!
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMQueen of Earth is not an easy movie to watch. Then again, easy to watch is certainly not Radnor-born-and-raised director Alex Ross Perry's modus operandi. In his short yet prolific career, P…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:05PMYou will stare more in bewilderment than find anything worth laughing about. Review will appear in North Jersey Media Group Newspapers.
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 05:00PMKent Gash directs the new play at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMChristopher J. Hanke and Robert Eli are among the cast of Topher Payne's new play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe pair star in a new theatrical piece called The Ingrid Bergman Tribute at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMScott stars in the new play, which she cowrote with collaborator Dick Scanlan.
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In honor of Throwback Thursday, BroadwayWorld is celebrating the past with a new series that will take you back in time with some of our favorite vintage video features. That's right- we are…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMGood Day Philadelphia got into the spirit of Broadway today when they held their own The25th Annual Putnam County Spelling BeeThe crew of Good Day Philadelphia got together with the cast of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMThis week's featured guest is Tony Award winning actress and singer Alice Ripley from Broadways NEXT TO NORMAL, SIDE SHOW and ROCKY HORROR.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMSOMETHING ROTTEN is Broadway's newest hit musical, based on the premise that two playwright brothers in William Shakespeare's time learn that the 'next big thing' in the theatre business wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMBay Street Theater amp Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce and launch the GE SMITH'S PORTRAITS SERIES, produced and curated by Taylor Barton. These concerts will be in high…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMBy Patrick Gaughan, Andy Field. Patrick Gaughan interviews Andy Field, co-director of Forest Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:44PMSherie Rene Scott will remain behind bars a little longer! The world premiere of Whorl Inside a Loop, headlined by the Tony nominee, has extended through September 27. Directed by Michael Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:44PMAs the autumn weather begins to cool the city of New York (hopefully), we’re ready for a whole lot of stars to heat up the Great White Way. Stage and screen favorites and fresh faces a…
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:44PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Aaron Tveit's Lost His 'Way'
We reported with much excitement last year that it was Aaron Tveit’s way or …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:44PMPhiladelphia’s Fringe Festival is comprised of two types of fringe-ing. There’s the Independent/Neighborhood Fringe–which is Fringe as we typically understand it, independent produ…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:44PMI never thought I'd write a sequel, but then I had an idea---and now I have 'A Comedy of Tenors,' in which Tito and company get an encore.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PMFour performances of Mamma Mia! left = four hot Sam Carmichaels.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:31PMThe King's Head Theatre present their October season - NOBODY’S BUSINESS and the ★★★★★ acclaimed 5 Guys Chillin’ “Interesting and complex; it&…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:28PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1981 (Arista/Masterworks Broadway) This is a musicalized update of the famous Hepburn-Tracy movie of the same title, with the plot changed so that it now concerns a t…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:26PMA well intentioned but misguided new play. Review will appear in North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 04:24PMRUTHLESS! is a cult classic from the early ’90s that turns the stage mother conceit on its head— this time it’s the 8-year-old child actor who’ll stop at nothing to be a star.
SOURCE: amtrakmedianetwork.com at 04:23PMI was embroiled in a tricky negotiation about a show a while ago . . . when I had a revelation. The other party in said negotiation asked for something ridiculous, something absurd, somethin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 04:23PMWHEN GETTING THERE ISN’T HALF THE FUN Call it a combination of Locked Up Abroad and Coming to America. In 90 gorgeously pictured minutes, “multi-racial” performer Debra Erhardt thrilli…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:23PMSome people may find it difficult to remember how hideously the AIDS crisis struck in the early 1980s, how fearful and hopeless it felt. All the prejudice, all those urban myths, all that go…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 04:23PMIf you are concerned about encroaching bilingualism (and why shouldn't we all just speak "American"?), or if you just wish you could "make the world a better place for the right people," hea…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 04:23PMWatch the trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s production of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy The Winter’s Tale. This production features Judi Dench as Paulina and Branagh himself and Leontes. The p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:22PMThe Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet and The Entertainer will be shown on 1,300 screens, including more than 500 in UK Kenneth Branagh’s productions of The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Jul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:22PMBefore the fall season commences, a look back at some of last season's best shows.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:19PMInstead of an ingenue, its lead character was a middle-aged woman who wasn't sure which of three men had fathered her child. In other words, it was no Oklahoma!
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:19PMThe ballerina, who retired from American Ballet Theater in 2007, will return to the Metropolitan Opera House in the role of Juliet in Kenneth MacMillan’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:19PMThe things that go bump in the night are a pretty gooey lot in Ghost Quartet.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:14PMA scheme that gives young, emerging playwrights the chance to show their latest work on a West End stage, in front of industry figures starts this week. Pitch Your Play is a Masterclass sche…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:08PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed thatSecond Stage Theatre's production ofDICK SCANLAN and SHERIE RENE SCOTT'S play, WHORL INSIDE A LOOP, has been extended one week and will now play through Sunda…
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Before Jennifer Owens took YouTube by storm with her emotional performance of Scott Alan's "Anything Worth Holding Onto," she was in one of the darkest places in her life. She …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PMNeil Simon's 'Broadway Bound' opens at Nutley Little TheatreFriday, Sept. 10
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:58PMThe Church of St Paul the Apostle on the corner of Columbus Avenue and West 60th Street in NYC has developed a wonderful tradition of welcoming a variety of visitors and worshippers to its c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMThrough Sunday, the sixth annual Chicago Fringe Festival takes over a variety of venues in Jefferson Park with 46 shows and 192 total performances. The acts are selected by lottery, rather t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:49PMGoodman Theatre has announced the seven plays of its 2015 New Stages festival. The line-up features three fully staged "developmental productions" and four staged readings, all to be perform…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:49PMHannibal Buress will perform a pair of shows at Zanies Comedy Club in Chicago on Monday, Sept. 14. Tickets will go on sale sometime late Thursday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:49PMBubbleheads, a one-act play at Theater for the New City’s Dream Up Festival, offers audiences a dreamlike experience of divorce and remarriage through the eyes of a child. We spoke wit…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:48PMSHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY OPENS ITS DOORS FOR A BRAND NEW EVENT: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY FREE FOR ALL FESTIVAL WHAT: The Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC) hosts the 25th Anniversary Free For …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:46PMThe Public Theater has announced casting for its Mobile Shakespeare Unit production of The Comedy of Errors, to be helmed by Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah. The producti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMFor their timeless production of 'Streetcar Named Desire,' Serenbe Playhouse put Stella and Stanley's apartment in a recycled shipping container, and made everything white.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:38PMThe Triad cabaret in New York is hosting a Broadway-themed Burlesque-style variety show titled Broadway VarieTEASE Sept. 21 and 28, featuring actors from recent, current and upcoming…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMThere has been a casting switcheroo at the Public. Broadway alum Marc Damon Johnson has replaced Tony nominee John Earl Jelks in the world premiere of Barbecue; no reason has been given for …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:28PMThe key to appreciating any art is understanding distinctions. Let’s start with the simple art of food preparation. Taste testers evaluate this specific art. Those who work as taste-tester…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:18PMA group of friends must deal with the aftermath of a suicide in Jacob Marx Rice’s play Coping. After a hit run at this year’s New York International Fringe Festival, it makes its way to …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:07PMIN THE NEWS
Center Theatre Group announces the Mark Taper Forum’s five-play 49th season, beginning with three West Coast premieres: The Mystery of Love & Sex by Bathsheba Dor…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:05PMIn Part 2 of a series of interviews with the director and cast of Prince George’s Little Theatre’s Once Upon a Mattress, meet Linda Swann and John Shackleford. Joel: Tell our readers…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:03PM
A new theatre show explores the impact of erectile dysfunction on men’s physical and mental health. Its creator, Mark Storer, says he is terrified of the responsibility: ‘If we fail, we …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:58PMAs a widow, I would point out the tremendous advantage Queen Elizabeth II has had over Victoria in still having a husband thanks to medical advances. As a socialist, I cannot understand why …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:58PMDate: 9 september 2015 Upstaged rating: Hot Stuff premiered at the Oldham Coliseum back in November 1990 and was devised by Maggie Norris and the Coliseum’s artistic director of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:57PMMarlo Thomas, Kate Wetherhead and the cast of Clever Little Lies met the press on Sept. 9. Two-time Tony winner Joe DiPietro’s new comedy, Clever Little Lies, which will begin previews…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:56PMWhen there's a will there's a way. Of course for proof of this adage you need look no further than the hundreds of thousands of fiercely determined migrants now trying to make their way to E…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:55PMFilm Soundtrack, 1939 (MGM/Rhino-Turner) Is it an overstatement to call MGM’s The Wizard of Oz the world’s most beloved film? Happily, a superb job has been done with the latest edition …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:55PMDAMES AT SEA will set sail at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre 240 West 44 Street, beginning performances Thursday, September 24, 2015, with an opening night of Thursday, October 22, 2015. Wit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMThe cast met the press today for the first time, and BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture a rousing performance sneak peek - check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMBillie Holiday is coming to The Apollo Theater in Harlem thanks to Holligram USA this fall. The company has previously brought back Nat King Cole, Liberace and Buddy Holly. Now, Holiday will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMEveryone knows the expression that dog is man's best friend, but for actress Lori Alan, her dogs have come to mean more than just having a playmate or an unconditional friend. 'By hook or by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMStudio Recordings, Piano Rolls, Music-Box Discs, 1903-08 (Hungry Tiger Press, 2CDs) Shortly after L. Frank Baum published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a stage musical version became the bigge…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:47PMMatthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, presented by MCC Theatre, tells the story of an Elvis impersonator turned drag queen. Following previews that began Aug. 20, the world prem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMThe national tour of the Tony-winning musical Annie will play a limited engagement at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre. The show is scheduled for 16 performances Dec. 15-27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMThe full cast has been announced for the upcoming production of the Tony-winning musical Annie at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre. The show will play 16 performances Dec. 15-27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMStage and screen star Telly Leung, who will return to Broadway this season in the new musical Allegiance, will celebrate the release of his second solo recording on the Yellow Sound label wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMWho doesn’t love a comedy with these ingredients: sex, secrets and Marlo Thomas?! Joe DiPietro’s Clever Little Lies has all that and more. Click through to see pics and catch the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:27PMLife was certainly not a drag at the opening night party for MCC’s The Legend of Georgia McBride. Click through to see the stars of this "classic" story of an Elvis-impersona…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:27PMChances are, you're not ready to say goodbye to Hedwig.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:22PMAt a prestigious art school, one teacher and two students get tangled in an unpredictable web of power and deceit in playwright Lisa Lewis’ SCHOOLED. After its successful premiere at the N…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:17PMAn Elvis impersonator turns drag queen in the New York premiere of The Legend of Georgia McBride, by Whipping Man playwright Matthew Lopez. The production officially opened Sept. 9 at MCC Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMBroadway's Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — will begin its 25th season Sept. 28 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PMSerino/Coyne, billed as "the nation’s leading live-entertainment marketing agency," has announced that Angelo Desimini, currently chief operating officer, is assuming…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMChris Eigeman directs the new dark comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMDavie Thomas Brown stars in Matthew Lopez's new comedy at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMIssie Swickle and Gilgamesh Taggett will star in the musical when it plays Brooklyn's Kings Theatre this holiday season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe free three-week, five-borough tour will end with a sit-down at the Public Theater.
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Shades of “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” and “The Birdcage,” plus a dash of “Tootsie”: “The Legend of Georgia McBride” is a throwback to the feel-good dra…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:55PMEach week Deadline's Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres majority owner and president Jordan Roth talk via email about the state of the industry, the only stipulation being no holds barred.
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SOURCE: Deadline at 01:53PMThe actor took to Twitter today to share a first look at a performance of Williams' 'Move It On Over' from the film
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMTELLY LEUNG - star of this season's new Broadway musical Allegiance opposite George Takei and Lea Salonga - will celebrate his new solo CD Songs for You at JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMBelow, check out the first full length trailer for AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL, premiering Wednesday October 7th on FX.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMSophie Wright delves into 3 easy ways you can add strategies for mindfulness by teaching us how to meditate! This is not just for the hippies or spiritual gurus. Mindfulness can be so bene…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:36PMOnce upon a time, everyone knew that opera stars were sexy. Caruso? Callas? They made their admirers swoon. Nowadays, well, swooning is pretty much a lost art, and sometimes it seems like on…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:34PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1975 (Atlantic) L. Frank Baum hit theatrical pay dirt with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Two years after the novel’s publication in 1900, Baum and partners launched a…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:18PMThe actors and real-life friends are making an unlikely return to Spring Awakening in Deaf West’s first Broadway revival, and the pair sat down with Broadway Style Guide to talk theater vs…
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 01:10PMChurch on the move AUSTRALIA/SYDNEY Jonathan Church, artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre, is moving to Sydney Theatre Company. He will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMPLAYS Richard Eyre will direct Henrik Ibsen‘s Little Eyolf and Robert Icke will helm a version of Anton Chekhov‘s Uncle Vanya as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMKey moments from the stage version of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time have been captured in a specially
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMArchive material from Newcastle Theatre Royal that dates back to 1788 is to go on display for the first time as part
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMKing’s Head artistic director Adam Spreadbury-Maher has claimed fringe theatres that do not pay actors properly are running a “sick business”. Speaking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:09PMThe cast of Dames at Sea met the press and offered a sneak peek on Sept. 10. The show will set sail Sept. 24 prior to an official opening Oct. 22 at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMNot all that long ago, I would get uneasy when heading home into the lonely streets beyond the lit doorway of the opera house at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Years before anyone officially…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 01:02PMLesli Margherita, John Bolton, Mara Davi, Eloise Kropp, Danny Gardner and Cary Tedder head the cast of Dames at Sea. The George Haimsohn (lyrics, book), Robin Miller (book, lyrics) and Jim W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PMHarlem's National Black Theatre has announced the line-up for its 2015-16 season, kicking off this October with a New York City premiere production by Chisa Hutchinson. The 47th …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PMRECOMMENDED More than ever before, we are capable of surrounding ourselves with people who validate our belief systems. Sometimes it seems that the only way we will listen to those who don�…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:00PMThe question to be asked in the aftermath of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival post-mortem is: did realigning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMThe Broadway vet is slated to star in George Takei's Allegiance at the Longacre Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMRandy Skinner directs and choreographs the classic musical's new Broadway production.
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In Part 6 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet Connor J…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:57PMThe most loyal readers of this blog, i.e., the ones who read all the posts, will have noticed that many months ago a new content stream began to invade our already established content turf o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:51PMSamuel French is thrilled to announce that Charles Strouse, Amanda Green, Emily Skeggs, Joe Iconis, Michael Frediman, Ali Stroker, Bill Russell, Ryan Scott Oliver, Georgia Stitt, Chris Mille…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:47PMBrooklyn's newly restoredKings Theatre1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY will present the all-new U.S. tour of the beloved musicalAnniein a limited 16 performance only engagement at the venue t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMNow that Labor Day is over, Broadway is officially gearing up for its upcoming Fall season, which is set to include a slew of Broadway debuts, starry revivals, and exciting new projects. In …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMJim Dale--one of the world's great stage entertainers singer, dancer, comedian, Shakespearean actor and raconteur--will be honored with the Second Annual Jewel Box Award at Workshop Theater …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:44PMHedwig and the Angry Inch, the 2014 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival, plays its final performance at the Belasco Theatre Sept. 13 at 3 PM. As star Taye Diggs prepares to rock out…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMCasting has been announced for the West Yorkshire Playhouse and Music & Lyrics Limited production of the much-loved Sherman Brothers musical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, opening at West York…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:42PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1952 (RCA) Eddie Fisher’s mega-hit recording of the title tune helped turn this Catskills summer romance, based on Arthur Kober’s play Having Wonderful Time, from…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:38PMAmerican Theatre Company has added Xanadu, the '80s roller-disco musical, to its 2015-16 season. The show, which replaces the previously announced The Wiz, will close out the sea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMThe roster includes Bess Wohl, Edward Albee, and George Bernard Shaw.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:32PMEducation dramaturg Ted Sod discusses Old Times with Director Douglas Hodge. Ted Sod: American audiences know you primarily as an actor, but you’re also a director and a composer. How a…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:31PMOriginal Cast Members, 1995 (RCA) Composer Jeffrey Lunden and lyricist-librettist Arthur Perlman deserve credit for tackling such difficult source material: Arthur Kopit’s acclaimed play W…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:30PMWhen he took over as the Stratford Festival’s artistic director in 2013, Antoni Cimolino inherited a huge deficit along with a mandate
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMSet on a single London night, it is more than a bio-play. A girl (Dahlia) has watched McQueen’s Mayfair house for eleven consecutive
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMThe season is adapted by David Hare and directed by Jonathan Kent
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:27PMSally Cookson's production opens in the Lyttelton next week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:27PMChun-Manning will take on her new leadership role for the company's 20th season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:23PMAn idea for a lighthearted news item about a funny coincidence turned into a touching story about the legacy of a young man who loved theatre and died too soon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMStrømgren’s first name is pronounced ‘you’, though since he seems on the verge of becoming an honorary Philadelphian, I am tempted to call him ‘Yo.’ And why not? His invented lang…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:14PMLast week, in lieu of this column, there was an extensive London preview here of the coming fall season.
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Editor’s Note: Last night the powerful show on the effects suicide has on a family, called Masquerade, was presented as a benefit for Community Crisis Services and PFLAG Metro DC f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:57AMFollowing a sold-out run at the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival, Your Love, Our Musical! is heading for an additional five shows in the Fringe Encore Series at the SoHo Playhouse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:56AMOriginal London Cast, 1982 (EMI/Ange1) Much of Tony Macaulay’s music is too pop-rocky for an adaptation of the classic 1920s Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur comedy The Front Page, but Macaulay…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:51AMSheri Wilner’s new musical Cake Off debuts at Signature Theatre September 29, 2015. Her plays include Father Joy, Hunger, Bake Off, Labor Day, Relative Strangers, Moving Shortly, Litt…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMWhen InterAct Story Theatre opens The Hero of Everything this weekend at the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre it reaches a new peak in the history of its own heroic endeavors. Founded in 1981…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 11:47AMWe’ll have to wait and see how Andris Nelsons balances things out. But there’s no reason to suspect that Boston’s getting the short end of the stick here.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:47AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1991 (Sony) Chameleonic composer Cy Coleman and stalwart Broadway lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote the songs for The Will Rogers Follies, a fanciful musi…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:40AMNow in its 27th year, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Festival of New Musicals will invite theatre producers from around the world to preview eight new shows in development. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMRead on to catch up on this past week's trends September 3-10.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMSo many plays and musicals are being revived so soon after their previous runs that it’s best to appreciate the opportunity rather than curse the production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22AMThe coming theater season will look forward to a possible future king and look back to some of Arthur Miller’s works.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22AMProductions include an intriguing-sounding show called “Futurity,” coming in the fall from Soho Rep, and the revival of Sam Shepard’s “Fool for Love.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22AMThe actress takes on the title role in A. R. Gurney’s play about a Manhattan love triangle (husband, wife and pet).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22AMTales of race and immigrants open doors this fall in shows like “The Color Purple,” “On Your Feet!” and “Allegiance.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:22AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the complete casts for its productions of "Domesticated" and "The Flick."
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:20AMCall Answered: On the heels of his Broadway debut in "It Shoulda Been You," Josh is gearing up for his 54 Below solo debut on September 23 & 24! When 54 Below asked me to provide coverag…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:19AMAn Elvis impersonator turns drag queen in the New York premiere of The Legend of Georgia McBride, by Whipping Man playwright Matthew Lopez. Afton C. Williamson, the sole female presence in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMChicago's Goodman Theatre has announced its 2015 New Stages Festival lineup. Included are new works by Rebecca Gilman, Jordan Harrison and Dael Orlandersmith. The festival will run Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMChicago's Second City comedy club has announced that it will cancel all performances through Sept. 20 due to damage from last month's fire that broke out on the performance venue'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMThe new Broadway musical Chaplin opened at the Barrymore Theatre three years ago today. We look back at a fascinating two-show day with Wayne Alan Wilcox, who co-starred as Charlie …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMPrelude Note: I use “Fringe” to signify the Chicago Fringe Festival and “fringe” to signify the broad idea of fringe theater. A fascinating and magical aspect of a theater festival i…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:00AMA funeral home-set musical drama is heading to the small screen. No, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are not producing an NBC live telecast of the Tony-winning Fun Home. They are, however, at wor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMEmmy winner and Tony nominee Sean Hayes is on board to star in a new play based on the life of the legendary performer Oscar Levant. Developed by Grove Entertainment, Barbara Whitman Product…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMBrian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi's musical recently ended its run at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMEmmy winner Hayes will portray the famous actor, composer, and concert pianist.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe current COO succeeds Nancy Coyne in the position.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMDavis cowrote the new musical, which will run at Goodspeed Musicals
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:54AM"Auditions for major production of Wizard of Oz"
Southern Light Opera are holding open auditions for their production of The Wizard of Oz which will be staged at the King's in February.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:49AMThe Industry, a Los Angeles-based opera company, will present Hopscotch, a new opera performed in cars. The show will be performed three times daily on weekends Oct. 31-Nov. 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AM By: Sandi Durell What would you think if some guy cornered you on a street and titillated your interest offering you ecstatic vs. romantic love?...
The pos…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:37AMBrennyn Lark, the relative newcomer with a huge voice, is currently donning the coat and cap as Eponine in Broadway's Les Misérables. She offers us a glimpse at a day in her life stor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMLegendary jazz singer-songwriter Billie Holiday will appear in concert at the Apollo Theater in Harlem via hologram this fall. The show is made possible by Hologram USA, the company that…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMSerinoCoyne, the nation's leadinglive-entertainmentmarketingagency, today announced thatAngelo Desimini,currently chief operating officer,will assume the role of CEO,effectiveimmediately.Nan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Ripcord, the new play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce, begins previews Tues…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMElizabeth A. Davis and Gary Farmer will lead the cast of the new musical Indian Joe at Goodspeed Musicals. The show will play Oct. 22-Nov. 15 at The Norma Terris Theatre in Chester, CT.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMTwyla Tharp: 50th Anniversary Tour, a 10-week cross-country celebration, will open Sept. 18-19 in Dallas at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and conclude at Lincoln Center…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMStars of the award-winning Original Cast of Broadway's Jersey Boys take fans along as they prepare for and perform their fifth North American tour in their new public television special, MEE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMStudents and teachers nationwide have made history this week. More than 200,000 students coast to coast will simultaneously sing the Star Spangled Banner at 1000am PDT 100pm EDT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMAndrew Lloyd Webber v Stephen Sondheim, We Will Rock You v American Idiot – the West End's offerings pale beside Broadway's glorious historyBroadway habitués are looking ahead to a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:20AMJon Robyns and Amy Griffiths will lead the cast for the UK tour of the Sherman brothers' much-loved musical
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:16AMLaura Pitt-Pulford, Haydn Oakley and Liza Goddard star in Thom Southerland's production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:16AMTony nominees Norm Lewis, Rebecca Luker and Robert Fairchild, the New York City Ballet Principal Dancer currently starring on Broadway in An American in Paris, will perform as special guest …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AM"I thought, if we actually make it to air, this will be a pretty good story," said the host on Wednesday night.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:15AMBroadway producers have teamed with Sean Hayes’ Hazy Mills Prods. to develop a new play about the Hollywood actor, composer and pianist Oscar Levant, with Hayes in mind to star. ItR…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:14AMNEW YORK (AP) -- A new play is being developed about the talented and tormented performer Oscar Levant and the lead role is already filled - by Emmy Award-winner Sean Hayes....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:14AMTheater-as-installation in “Absent”; Terence Rattigan’s “Flare Path” on tour; a quiet star in “Measure for Measure.”
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Joining Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney, the trio of thesps have signed on for the dramatic comedy about a turning point in Irish and British history. Helmed by Nick Hamm (The Hole, Killing Bo…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:50AMWith Tony winner Betty Buckley's recent riveting performance in the Bay Street Theater production of Grey Gardens, it seemed a good time to revisit this earlier feature when Playbill.com…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMPenelope Keith will star in the world premiere of a one-woman show about actress Patrick Campbell as part of Chichester Festival Theatre’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMDan Hodge turns two hundred and fifty stanzas of Shakespeare's rhyme royal into the stuff of a high-class poetry slam.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:42AMIn a ceremony to be held at the White Housetoday, Thursday, September 10th, President Barack Obama will present the 2015 National Medals of Arts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMThe international hit Disney film "Frozen" — which featured the award-winning "Let It Go," performed by Tony winner Idina Menzel — will come to li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMLAUGH IT UP, STARE IT DOWN, a new play written byAlan HruskaThe Man on Her Mind, New House under Construction, Reunion, is directed byChris Eigemanknown as a filmmaker for Turn The River and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMTony Award-winner Joe DiPietro's critically acclaimed new comedy Clever Little Liesbegins previews onFriday, September 18th for a strictly limited 16-week engagement. Opening night, original…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMGood 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 Starry productions of UGLY LIES THE BO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMFans have a chance to win a walk-on role in the third installment of the hit musical comedy film franchise, actress Anna Kendrick announced today in a live appearance on 'Good Morning Americ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMHere's a rare admission: Amanda Seyfried, who recently made her Off-Broadway debut opposite Tony nominee Thomas Sadoski in the world premiere of Neil LaBute's The Way We Get By, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AMArtistic directors are not often playwrights too. The venerable Edinburgh theatre’s smart move to put David Greig in charge should pay exciting dividends – as long as he can keep writing…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMBerkeley Repertory Theatrepresentsaward-winning British actressSamantha Barksin the world premiere of AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL directed by Tony Award winnerPam MacKinnonWho's Afraid of Virginia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMRoundabout Theatre Company presents theRoundabout Underground world-premiere production of UGLY LIES THE BONE by Lindsey Ferrentino, directed by Patricia McGregor, as part of the 50th Annive…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMIn a ceremony to be held at the White Housetoday, Thursday, September 10th, President Barack Obama will present the 2015 National Medals of Arts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMDirector Luke SheppardhelmsHarvey Fierstein's CASA VALENTINA, with previews from tonight 10 September, an opening slated for 16 September and a run through 10 October 2015 at Southwark Playh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMPerez Hilton stars as 'Danny Tanner' in the unauthorized musical parody FULL HOUSE THE MUSICAL, opening tonight, September 10,at Theater 80 in NYC's East Village.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMDave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall O Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads, Matt McGrath Cabaret, Hedwig and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMBeth Williams (Grove Entertainment), Barbara Whitman Productions and Hazy Mills Productions have announced the development of a new play based on the life of Oscar Levant, the actor, compose…
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Casting has been announced for Roaring Trade by Steve Thompson (Dr Who, Sherlock, Upstairs Downstairs), directed by Alan Cohen, at Park Theatre from Wednesday 23 September – S…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:57AMPaul Murphy's play is a 'tense psychological thriller'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:56AMBritish Youth Opera revives two neglected operas on a theme of death
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:56AMIn For the Long Haul National tours go green where the rubber meets the road. By Stan Friedman A basic tenet of New York City living is that the longer you dwell here, the less cognizant you…
SOURCE: www.broadwaygreen.com at 08:30AMIt’s back to school season and The Green Room is looking out for you. All this month, the NMT Countdown series is bringing you a guide to the best-selling songs on NMT from the last …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:30AMBy Doug Mayo
Theatre 503 will present Valhalla by Paul Murphy as the seond play in their Autumn season. The play is a tense psychological thriller set in a world in which men have become god…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:29AMChimerica has been something of a sensation in London since premiering in 2013, but until now, has never been performed in America. That all changes this week when Studio Theatre stages the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:27AMDisney Parks have announced that an all-new FROZEN-inspired theatrical stage musical is heading to Disney California Adventure Park in 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMOn last night's episode of AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, hand puppets Ira and his mom Miriam covered the Barry Manilow classic, 'Copacabana' in a bid to move on to the finals of the competition.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMBeth Williams Grove Entertainment, Barbara Whitman Productions and Hazy Mills Productions are pleased to announce the development of a new play based on the life of the legendary performer O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMThe photo book Les Danseurs is the result of a year that photographer Matthew Brookes spent with professional male ballet dancers in Paris. Brookes asked the dancers to think of falling bird…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMForget the benign influence of outreach schemes and education departments. Youth ensembles such as 20 Stories High and Contact are diverse, ambitious and attracting critical attention on the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMNow that the summer music festival season is winding down, it’s time to head indoors ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:00AMLevant, the classically-trained musician, actor and wit who played versions of his friends George Gershwin in An American In Paris and Adolph Green in The Band Wagon, has caught the attenti…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:00AMThere’s a whole lot of fun things to check out this weekend around Chicago. Here ...
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Little Thing, Big Thing
Written by Donal O’Kelly
Directed by Jim Culleton
Fishamble: The New Play Company
59E59 Theaters, NYC
September 2-27, 2015
A thief and a nun duck i…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 07:50AMIvo van Hove directs Simon Stephens' emotional play about the thoughts of a man called back home for his brother's funeral .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AMa hilariously entertaining tribute to the art of drag performance -- and it has something to say as well
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:33AM Interview by Marilyn Lester When Broadway powerhouse Craig Schulman headlines the upcoming Robin’s Nest/A Benefit for HelpUsAdopt.org it will be as one w…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:31AMMore than £1 million is to be pumped into cultural initiatives in London to encourage disadvantaged young people to engage with the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMBush Theatre artistic director Madani Younis has labelled quotas aimed at increasing diversity in the sector “fucked up”. Younis was among artistic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMNorwich Theatre Royal has unveiled full details of a £3.8 million expansion, which has this month been given the go-ahead by the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMStay Awake, Mary Hall Surface’s new play for very young audiences debuts October 2, 2-15 at Atlas Performing Arts Center. She is a four-time nominee for the Charles MacArthur Award for…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:26AMTrivia buffs – brush up your Shakespeare. Shakespeare Theatre Company invites you to show off your knowledge Saturday, September 19th at its Shakespeare Trivia Challenge, ‘That I…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:26AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11AM“Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.” Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
Bean's breakthrough play was based on his experiences working in a bread factory
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:57AMAustralian Entertainment Industry workers attempt suicide more than double the rate of Australia’s general population — 5 – 7 more times. Road crew members contemplate suicide …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:55AMDOUBLE DUTY DOMINGO The biggest names in opera, cinema, and classical music converge for the opening of LA Opera’s impressive 30th anniversary season. The double bill which opens Saturday …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:54AMMatthew Lopez's Off-Broadway comedy "The Legend of Georgia McBride" is predictable and irresistible.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:53AMBrought to you by BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – @BBBway RT @playbillvideo: See @HBlix’s Lightning Fast @ROTTENBroad…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:53AMCate Blanchett, Julianne Moore and others on new films about women’s lives, and whether they’re a harbinger of change.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:50AMThere's a certain kind of emotion that washes over me when I encounter works of monumental genius. It's like my whole being is flooded with awe and wonder and gratitude so much so that I sta…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 06:50AMPerformances bumped to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday at Asolo Rep and FSU/Asolo Conservatory... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 06:50AMThe State Theatre Company of South Australia has announced its 2016 Programme. Co-productions represent the defining feature of the season with 6 of the 10 shows made so; including a new par…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:08AMActor Tanya Moodie has hit out at Trevor Nunn’s decision to cast only white performers in The Wars of the Roses, branding
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AM Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. On the occasion of the 15th Anniversary of his first album produced by a recording executive, John Bucchino appeared at 54...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:00AMSocial media have altered our perception of what a groundswell of popular opinion looks like. Before the likes of Twitter, you had
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The fashion designer has worked in dance before, but Gravity Fatigue is the first show he has devised and directed himself. And the sets and costumes are as fabulous as you would expect“I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52AMFrancesca Annis and Hussein Chalayan make their debuts, Carlos Acosta does Carmen, and Dance Umbrella perform on the roof of a multi-storey car parkThe all-male Trocks remain one of the clas…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:52AMIn Part 5 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 Natalie McManus. Joel: Please introd…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:45AM'I had to audition for THE DROWSY CHAPERONE. I brought my Tony of course.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44AMIn Part 7 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of Charles Morey’s Laughing Stock, meet Larry Grey. Joel: Where have local audiences …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:15AMFourteen-year-old Sami Staitman headlines a brand-new coming-of-age musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMElijah Wood, Jack McBrayer, & Alison Pill Get 'Cooties' in Horror-Comedy
When you combine the creator of 'Saw' and the co-creator of "Glee", you get 'Cooties'! Stars Elijah Wood, Jack McBray…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM'Everest' Star Jason Clarke on Beards, Bonding, & Jake Gyllenhaal
Australian actor Jason Clarke pays a visit to the YH Studio where he fills us in on all the epicness of his action-drama 'Ev…
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Ann Hampton Callaway w Chrissi Poland tonight, September 10th, at CITY WINERY in New York City.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52AMThe Department of Badassery and CloserVR are poised to make entertainment and tech history. Tonight, September 10, The DBA, a San Francisco-based production house, and CloserVR, an award-win…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52AMToday, September 10, 2015 at 3 p.m., President Obama will award the 2014 National Medal of Arts to distinguished recipients in the East Room. The First Lady will also be in attendance. Among…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52AMClassical Greek theatre will take overClassic Stage Company when it begins its20152016 season with the inaugural GREEK FESTIVAL
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52AMToday,September 10th, actress and singer Anna Kendrick INTO THE WOODS will make an exclusive announcement on the film franchise PITCH PERFECT. Be sure to tune in
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52AMIn Part 10 of a series of interviews with The Playwright, Director, and cast of Calendar Girls at McLean Community Players, meet Shayne Gardner. Joel: Tell our readers where they may have …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30AMThe hunt for the Von Trapp children for the Sydney season of The Sound of Music are underway. 18 incredibly talented children will be cast to participate in the Sydney season of this excitin…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:06AMBlogger Perez Hilton stars as family patriarch Danny Tanner in Full House! The Musical!, an unauthorized musical parody of the ABC family sitcom TV series that starred Bob Saget. Following a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening begins previews, Playbill.com revisits an interview with the three young stars of the musical following its victory at the 2007 Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRoundabout Theatre Company's Roundabout Underground world‐premiere production of Lindsey Ferrentino's Ugly Lies the Bone begins previews Sept. 10 prior to an official opening …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSamantha Barks, who played the ill-fated Eponine in the film adaptation of Les Misérables, stars as shy waitress Amélie Poulain in Berkeley Repertory Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of Tamsin Oglesby's Future Conditional –– which inaugurates Matthew Warchus's first season at the helm of London's Old Vic (succeeding Kevin Spacey as arti…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWelcome to My World, a new "one-girl musical" written for and about a 14-year-old, makes its world premiere Sept. 10-27 at the Grove Theatre in Burbank, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe European premiere of Harvey Fierstein's 2014 Broadway play Casa Valentina, which earned four Tony nominations, including a nod for Best Play, begins performances at London's Sout…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new two-actor musical Daddy Long Legs — by Tony Award-nominated composer-lyricist Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre) and Tony-winning librettist-director John…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPresident Barack Obama presents the National Medals of Arts Sept. 10 at 3 PM ET in an East Room ceremony at the White House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPage 73's production of Max Posner's comedy Judy, helmed by two-time Obie winner Ken Rus Schmoll, officially opens at the New Ohio Theatre Off-Broadway Sept…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThis isn’t the Cinderella you grew up with. This Cinderella has poise, a kind heart, is book smart and has a mind for social justice. In other words, she is a princess for the 21st century…
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