CHICAGO star Carly Hughes will perform with Marty Thomas presents DIVA at Industry Bar, Monday night, September 14, at1100 PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50PMIgnite Channel (Twinsters, Poached), which acquired Brand: A Second Coming after its subject tried to get the Russell Brand documenary pulled from last spring’s SXSW fest, has released…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:40PMI'm pleased to announce that I now have the honor of being the theatre writer for Art Times, where I will write essays most months. Here's a link to the latest issue. And here's a link …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:15PMBefore heading to Broadway this fall,School of Rock- THE MUSICAL rocked the Gramercy Theatre 127 E 23rd Streetfor a brief residency, June 3rd through June 6th,starringAlex Brightmanas 'Dewey…
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Ham4Ham, the impromptu concerts that happen periodically on the front steps of the Richard Rodgers Theatre where Hamilton is playing, showed "Love for the Techies" Sept. 11, and sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56PMM. Night Shyamalan is a fascinating case of a promising career gone horribly wrong. Billed as the next Hitchcock after his turn-of-the-millennium run of “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:26PMOur staff picks the best events in the week ahead
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:26PMIt’s spy vs. spy vs. spy in Victor Lesniewski’s riveting Civil War drama Couriers and Contrabands at TBG Theatre, where friend cannot be distinguished from foe, and where the outcome of …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:23PMCynthia Ferrer struts her stuff as Dolly Gallagher Levi in Jerry Herman's blockbuster musical.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 08:22PMOver 150 dancers in a site-specific ritual for peace in Lincoln Center's Josie Robertson Plaza.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10PMToday's editionof HAMILTON's mega-popular Ham4Ham lottery celebrated'Love for the Techies Day' with creator and star Lin-Manuel Mirandaand the entire company of the show, includingproduction…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10PMThere has lately been an irresponsible campaign against people who wear cargo shorts, with articles disdaining them on Buzzfeed, Thought Catalog, Huffington Post, and many more. The wonderfu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10PMThe play, by Laurence Leamer, focuses on the week following the car crash at Chappaquiddick involving Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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Here is my newest theater review for Stage Raw, the critical theater site.
We recommend this poignant stage rendition of one of American literature’s most belove…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:56PMBelow, check out Fallin's preview illustration for the fall 2015 Broadway season, featuring Danny Burstein in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF bottom left, Al Pacino in CHINA DOLL, Bruce Willis in MISERY…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:53PMFor those of you who didn’t see Beautiful and catch the many references to the Brill Building, where Carole King and so many other singer/songwriters penned their legendary tunes duri…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:36PMThe Hypocrites rock out with Green Day's concept-album-turned-musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMLyric Stage presents an exemplary revision of the classic Lerner and Loewe musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMA famously "dirty" novel becomes a whirlwind new stage show.
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In her farewell episode, Heidi Blickenstaff takes us to the Something Rotten! stage door. She also answers A LOT of your Twitter questions!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMIt's Friday, so let's get wild! And by "get wild," we mean sit quitely and ponder what we would do if were we involved in a bank robbery with Carol Channing. But befor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMOpening at the Astor Place Theatre in 1991, this ever-evolving entertainment is a national phenomenon.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMOne remarkable dance team. One big chance. One small twist. You gotta be over 60. Broadway In Chicago and Producers Dori Berinstein and Bill Damaschke announced the individual tickets for GO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMBroadwayWorld is excited to report thatSamuel French, the world's largest publisher and licensor of stage plays and musicals, has slated 'MusicalsWeek Protecting, Developing amp Celebrating …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMIn 55 minutes of endurance, the dancers seem to be on invisible tracks. The legs open just a little wider, then more emphatically, as Adams’ music builds to a thunderous crescendo and what…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:52PMPlease don’t protest that YOU haven’t forgotten the show. This world contains 7 billion people, including 320 million Americans, most of whom are younger than you are. I try…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:45PMOne last final farewell to Mamma Mia!
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:43PM Review by Joe Regan Jr. Here is presenting Yvan Greenberg/Laboratory Theater piece with direction, choreography, sound design, video projection and scenic concept…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:15PMDirector Tina Landau already answered that question when she helmed the delightful 2001 revival of "Bells Are Ringing," the show about switchboard operator Ella Peterson, who can't resist me…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:06PMYet the real surprise, and probably the biggest relief, about this novel treatment is that it remains essentially faithful to both the narrative and the spirit of J.M. Barrie's classic fanta…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:03PMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
Director Kareem Fahmy is also ambiguously credited as “Co-Developer.” Mr. Fahmy’s staging is purposeful when it grapples with the problematic first act an…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:01PMTimeLine Theatre dusts off a roomful of antiques and an Arthur Miller classic.
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Birdland Jazz Club has announced its lineup forSeptember 21-27, 2015, includingColtrane Revisited,Christina Bianco,Ann Hampton Callaway with Christine Ebersole amp Curtis Stigers, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Gyllenhaal's B'way Tuner Dreams
Jake Gyllenhaal wants to return to the Great White Way…as a song and dance m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMProducers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy are pleased to announce an open call casting search for African-American singers for both the Broadway production of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMSara Kapner, who played Little Red in the recent Muny production of Into the Woods, will come back from the dead in the Lifetime original movie "The Murder Pact," which premieres S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMby CAROLE EGLASH-KOSOFF
were not always as simple as some history books, or award-winning films, would let us believe. In the mid-19th century, not all southern Negroes were treated as b…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:25PMIf the new American Conservatory Theater production of “Between Riverside and Crazy” is any indication, it’s going to be a very good season for The City’s flagship theater company. B…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:09PMBefore he takes the stage at 54 Below, Josh Grisetti imagines his ultimate revival of My Favorite Year.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:06PMDowntown darling Richard Maxwell takes on a medieval legend.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Composer/lyricist Michael Mott will offer a concert of his pop, R&B and soul music at Rockwood Music Hall Sept. 21 at 9 PM. He will be joined by "American Idol" and "T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMA lovely moment for this day of remembrance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMBroadwayWorld is excited to exclusively bring you our newest, and first webseries that takes place in an actual theatre- Empty Space. Empty Space is a love-letter to live theater, a nine-epi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMMary Michael Patterson (The Phantom of the Opera) and Eric Anthony Lopez ("American Idol") recorded Lopez's new song, "Angels Sing," as a tribute to those who lost th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater kicked off its 2015-16 season Aug. 28 with the world premiere of Michael Laurence's Hamlet in Bed, billed as a "twisty and darkly comic …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMWomen's theatre collective Nora's Playhouse will stage the story of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Off-Broadway this fall. Penned by Laurence Leamer and starring Tony nominee Kathleen C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMTwo longtime associates of late TV talk-show legend Joe Franklin are asking the public's help in their campaign to "co-name" a stretch of New York's West 43rd Stree…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMTwo longtime associates of late TV talk-show legend Joe Franklin are asking the public's help in their campaign to "co-name" a stretch of New York's West 43rd Stree…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMBobby Peaco, pianist, singer, music director, composer and arranger along with featured vocalist Kathy Robinson will perform at The Iridium one night only Tuesday September 29th at 8:00PM & …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:15PMIn the early 1970s, Michael Manley, the head of Jamaica's People's National Party and the newly elected Prime Minister of that Caribbean nation, displayed an admiration for, and developed ti…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMWhat if Julie Andrews sang Jessie J's hit "Bang Bang"? What if Celine Dion sang Sia's "Chandelier"? What if Barbra Streisand, Kristin Chenoweth, Alice Ripley, P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PM
Multi-platinum recording artist Josh Groban has invited Tony Award-winning actress, Lena Hall, to join him onstage for several songs, including two duets, during his Fall 2015 North American…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMIt all started with Marc Oka an Original Broadway Cast member who decided to try and gather members of the casts of MISS SAIGON for a reunion. He went to URBO a fantastic restaurant, bar and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMTo celebrate the kick-off to the Roundabout’s 50th anniversary season, many familiar faces gathered at the American Airlines Theatre to toast the company’s 50 years on the boards…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PMBrace yourself for comic chaos. Tickets are now on sale for the Broadway revival of Noises Off. Starring Andrea Martin, Megan Hilty and a slew of Broadway faves, performances will begin on D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PMLooking for a romantic atmosphere on Broadway? Tickets are now available for She Loves Me, starring Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Jane Krakowski and more. The Scott Ellis-helmed revival will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:40PMGiven the raw data, you would think that every day in the theater would be a women’s festival.Read full article >>
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:30PMIt was written in the stars. Or at least suggested by them, the night Dana Tai Soon Burgess sat outside his parents’ home near Santa Fe, N.M., looking up at a Milky Way that seemed close e…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:30PMA new trailer, remixed by BloodBlitz Comedy gives an eerie view of what Disney's megahit animated film FROZEN may have looked like if Princess Elsa had actually been the villain of the story.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMTKTS has been a New York City institution for decades, bringing theatre-goers a last-minute way to get tickets for some of Broadway's hottest shows at a discount. TDF operates three TKTS Dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMIn the video below, legendary comedian Carol Burnett tells USA TODAY's Bill Keveney about her favorite guest stars on her hit variety TV show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMMamma Mia! has a long-standing tradition in which cast members sign a large map of Greece when they leave the show. As the international hit prepares to leave Broadway Sept. 12, the fin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMRyan Murphy took to Twitter today to announce the news that Patrick Schwarzenegger has joined the cast of FOX's SCREAM QUEENS. The highly anticipated anthology series' two-hour premiere airs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMTHIRTEEN will once again present a selection of provocative and entertaining Off-Broadway plays, captured live on-stage, in THIRTEEN's signature 'up-close' style.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMRyan Murphy took to Twitter today to share a Scream Queens Super-Sized Main Title Sequence for his upcoming anthology series SCREAM QUEENS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMBelow, take a trip down memory lane with performances from some of the Broadway casts throughout the show's historic run
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMWhen jaded, cynical New Yorkers let go of irony to devour a cupcake.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMBy Jeremy Gable. Playwright Jeremy Gable discusses his process and the aftermath for creating his Twitter play The 15th Line .
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:11PMThe shows that I make with Little Bulb theatre company are all informed by our neighbours in this Surrey arts hub – it’s a cornucopia of creativity with an international reachFor almost …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PMBy Erin Mee. Professor Erin Mee discusses her decision to re-tweet Jeremy Gable’s The 15th Line and the dramaturgical questions she has for the project.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:01PMThe musical returns to the Great White Way under the direction of Bartlett Sher.
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By Doug Mayo
Tickets are available through BritishTheatre.com for the West End productions of both Matilda and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. Both musicals are based on the original nove…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:57PMThe annual festival takes over the ‘City of Neighborhoods’ with new work and new forms.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PMBroadway in Chicago has announced the full cast for "Unspeakable," the upcoming biographical journey through the life of Richard Pryor.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45PMOn Saturday, September 12, 2015, William V. Madison, author of Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life (University Press of Mississippi, 2015), will host a musical tribute to the late singing…
SOURCE: liachang.wordpress.com at 01:45PMCast members are the biggest draw for audiences when buying theatre tickets, according to a new survey of theatregoers. More than 3,000
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:32PMA new piece of work by Little Bulb Theatre is to open a brand new flexible theatre space at Battersea Arts Centre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:32PMName: Andrew NeislerHometown: Lilburn, GAEducation: BFA from NYU Tisch (Playwrights Horizons Theater School)Favorite Credits: Adam Szymkowicz's Clown Bar with Pipeline Theatre Company. Vinny…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:24PMBy HowlRound TV. Suzan-Lori Parks livestreams Watch Me Work from the lobby of The Public Theater in New York City on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:22PMKen Kesey’s 1962 novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest became a play long before it became a movie. The first Broadway production dramatizing Kesey’s
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:13PMDavid Wood's adaptation of the classic novel first ran in London in 2012
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMEvery since the animated Disney film Frozen took over the world, becoming the most successful cartoon feature in film history, observers have been wondering how long it would take the Mouse …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMCatch Nadia Fall’s eloquently spacious production of Our Country’s Good (Olivier, National Theatre until October 17) if you can. The London Evening
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By Editorial Staff
There is a joy to this piece that is impossible to truly describe in words—it has the boisterous nature of Spring Awakening (the musical) but without sung through moment…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:53PMIt has been almost five years since Next to Normal played its final Broadway performance, but the show lives onJust this week, some of the original Broadway cast Alice Ripley, Louis Hobson a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMIt's not hard to stumble across an excess of reviews for any given Broadway show these days, but there is a group of theatregoers that is wildly underrepresented when it comes to opinions on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMHow HEDWIG are you Find out in this week's quiz
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMPolice arrested Warwick resident James Harris, 22 for stealing a sign outside of the town's Paramount Theatre on South Street, named 'Aaron Tveit Way,'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1965 (Columbia) This was an odd little show, billed as “a play with music.” Columbia probably decided to record The Zulu and the Zayda because the songs were writ…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:44PMThink terrifying and wonderful, as in one pill makes you larger and one pill makes you small. But no pills were involved in the dizzying shifts in audience perspective of Jonathan Meyer's "O…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:43PMAre you fatigued by mass-produced Facebook clips of the same old late-night shtick? Are you ready for some live laughs? Will you turn off your cellphone? Can you get over the incessant need …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:43PMLess than a year ago, if you would have asked stand-up comedian Dave Maher what his plans were for the next five years he wouldn't have answered. Not because he was shy or unsure. Because he…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:43PMContemporary dance - that smooth (or chunky) blend of ballet and modern, with various optional admixtures - is huge this fall. Look too for the occasional detour into Mexico, Spain or Israel…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:43PMBy Neal Reynolds. Neal Reynolds on American Theatre Company’s Youth Ensemble production of Greensboro: A Requiem by Emily Mann in Chicago, Illinois.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:33PMA new video has been posted by Cirque du Soleil for its Broadway-bound spectacle, Paramour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMAnna Kendrick made an appearance on "Good Morning America" Sept. 10 to make a big announcement: Fans can compete via DubSmash to win a walk-on role in "Pitch Perfect 3.&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMLate-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien took a trip to the Richard Rodgers Theatre Sept. 10 to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton. Both O'Brien and Miranda tweeted pic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PM"Meet The Midtown Men," a documentary about the stars of the singing group The Midtown Men — Jersey Boys' Tony Award winner Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMNeil Patrick Harris (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) appeared on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Sept. 10 to discuss his new live television show, "Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMA Warwick man was charged with stealing the "Aaron Tveit Way" sign from outside the Paramount Theatre in Middletown, NY, Tveit's hometown, according to recordonline.com.&nb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMCasting is now complete for Broadway's Shuffle Along, Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, which will star record-breaking six-time Tony Award wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMMamma Mia! has entered the final days of its historic run on Broadway. Playbill.com has compiled a treasure trove of incredible backstage and candid shots spanning all 14 years of ABBA fun.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMThe Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:31PMCurrent Something Rotten star Brooks Ashmanskas and more will complete the cast of Shuffle Along, Or, The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed. Starring Audra McDona…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:31PMDavid Wood’s Goodnight Mister Tom is returning to London’s West End for the holiday season. Directed by Angus Jackson and starring David Troughton, the Chichester Festival Theatr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:31PMBy Doug Mayo
It was announced today that the critically acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre production of Michelle Magorian’s classic novel Goodnight Mister Tom will return to the We…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:30PMThis post is by John Hoglund
Fulfilling a dormant desire to give it a try and armed with a well-placed, strong voice, Seth Sikes took the plunge and got booked into 54 Below for one show onl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:28PMThis is really blowing our minds. We already thought we were going to have a heart attack when it was announced that Savion Glover & George C. Wolfe would be working together with Audra…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:18PMThe Destination America network premiered a new documentary special the other night. Since 2002 or 2003 I’ve been working on a piece of writing about September 11 (I haven’t deci…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:15PMThink of the people behind the scenes trying to push the VMAs along when Kanye West gave his 13-minute acceptance speech/monologue/candidacy announcement. Those folks were sweating, adjustin…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:11PMWSC Avant Bard is giving away two tickets to Friendship Betrayed for performances the weekend of September 24-26th. That’s a $70 value for free! The winning answer will also be tweeted…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:02PMThe city-bred playwright has gotten to know another America in rural Oregon, where both liberal and conservative communities are failing their young people.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:01PMStorefront theaters vary wildly in professionalism from place to place, and when a curtain call concludes with the director getting onstage and introducing his mother, grandparents and music…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:00PMLaurence's new play is directed by Lisa Peterson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMFull casting for the production, which also stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Billy Porter, has been announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Original Broadway Cast, 1968 (Capitol) Are you sitting down? When I saw Zorba in its original Broadway production (not the horrible Anthony Quinn revival; see below), I thought it a better s…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:58AMWe chat to set designer Anthony Ward about the process of designing the set for Marber's new play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:56AMTickets go on sale tomorrow, Saturday, September 12 for SHUFFLE ALONG Or The Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, the striking new production that presents both the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMM. Night Shyamalan's horror film THE VISIT opens today, Sept. 11, 2015. The film stars award-winning stage actress Deanna Dunagan as well asOlivia DeJonge,Ed Oxenbould,Peter McRobbie,Kathryn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMIf you're only going to have one "New York, New York" moment, make it this one.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:52AMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1996 (First Night) The talented team of librettist-lyricist John Dempsey and composer Dana P. Rowe mined the familiar terrain of Little Shop/Rocky Horror teen-nos…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:45AMFrom the ravey return of This Is England to Tate Modern’s survey of politically minded pop art, here are this week’s cultural highlights TVThis Is England ‘90 Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AM“The great thing about kids is that they will tell you in real time how your show is when they see it during previews,” said David Kilpatrick, manager of the John F. Kennedy Center’s T…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMIt’s basically A Christmas Carol meets the Spectrum [queer club in Brooklyn]. (maniacally laughs).
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:36AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9112015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMCBS has announced that on Wednesday, Sept. 23, actor Hugh Jackman Broadway's THE RIVER, BOY FROM OZ will appear on LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMFormer PIPPIN and BIG FISH starCiara Renee has been tapped to play 'Hawkgirl' in the upcoming ARROWFLASH CW spinoff DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMEncores! Concert Cast, 1999 (Decca) You can always tell an overture arranged and orchestrated by Hans Spialek: The brass section announces something important, the woodwinds flutter and swoo…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:31AMThe cast of Primary Stages Perfect Arrangement by Topher Payne met the press Sept, 10. The New York premiere will be directed by Michael Barakiva Sept. 29-Nov. 6 at The Duke on 42nd Stre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMThis week, Paula Vogel sits down for a Manhattan and some conversation about MFA programs, artists' compensation, and her newest play "Indecent." Plus the editors talk Lucas Hnath's "The Chr…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:27AMFrom award-winning short story to hit movie to an opera to a play! A stage adaptation of Annie Proulx’s Brokeback Mountain is aiming to premiere on the London boards in 2016, courtesy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMTens of thousands of young actresses are waiting to play Glinda in WICKED. But WICKED is, to cite one of Stephen Schwartz’s best songs from the show, “Popular.” So to all y…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:22AMOriginal Cast, 1919-20 (Smithsonian/no CD) By the time of its 13th edition, Ziegfeld’s legendary beauty-and-music revue was a Broadway institution. Some historians hold that this 1919 vers…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:19AMRoundabout Theatre Company kicked off its 50th anniversary season Sept. 10 with a reception at the American Airlines Theatre. Check out the celebs in attendance!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMChicago's City Lit Theatre, which is dedicated to staging adaptations of literary works, has announced its 2015-16 season. Kicking off the season will be a theatrical adaptation of N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AM“Exile saves you even as it shatters you,” said Wajdi Mouawad, a Lebanese-born writer, director and performer who is one of the most-produced playwrights in France and Canada. Mouawad kn…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:10AMRoundabout Theatre Company kicked off its 50th anniversary season Sept. 10 with a reception at the American Airlines Theatre. Check out the celebs in attendance!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 2003 (PS Classics) Like the show itself, the cast recording of composer-lyricist Tim Acito’s “musical fairy tale” Zanna, Don’t! will probably appeal mainl…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:03AMThis post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
With considerable fanfare and extensive advance publicity, Chinese opera singer Zhang Juoding made her American debut at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch T…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:03AMMeet the stars who will take part in the theater company's landmark year.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Plans to develop flats above the Finborough Theatre in west London have been rejected by the council, securing continuation of the venue.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMBroadway in Chicago has announced the full cast for "Unspeakable," the upcoming biographical journey through the life of Richard Pryor.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:56AM by: Magda Katz The cast and creative team of Clever Little Lies was on hand this week for photos and video interviews with Theater Pizzazz for...
The post Clever …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:48AMA new stage adaptation of BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN will open in London in 2016. The production isfrom producer Tom O'Connell, who acquired the stage rights to Annie Proulx's moving short story.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMRoundabout celebrates it's 50th anniversary season this year with an outstanding lineup of productions. Included are Clive Owen, Eve Best and Kelly Reilly in Old Times by Harold Pinter, dire…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMThe actor is starring in Measure for Measure this autumn – and is joining us to answer your questions in a live webchat from 1pm BST on Tuesday 15 September. Post yours in the comments bel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AMLiverpool PlayhouseA 90-year-old man suffers a fall at home and drifts through his recollections of a naval campaign and a long-dead romance in Lizzie Nunnery’s thrillingly enigmatic memor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:46AMLela's name is up in lights and, initially, she's wearing a pink tutu. She's trying to tell us her story but her monologue – which begins as a gabby, slightly quaint outpouring of family a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:46AMDominic Cooke's production opens at the Donmar next month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:46AMEvery so often, we all need some inspiration. Check out our "Get Inspired" series to hear advice and bits of wisdom from Sam French authors.
The post Get Inspired: Advice from Samuel French…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:40AMA Punctuation Workshop for Actors:
Jen McGregor, the Edinburgh-based writer, playwright, director and performer is holding a workshop for actors to explore their use and understanding of pu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:40AMAs Playbill.com launches the new version of its popular Cue & A feature, which is entitled Put It In Writing, it seemed like a good time to look back at the long-running feature …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMHowever long you’ve been singing for and however good you are, it’s challenging to go from being an amateur singer to being a professional. The good news is you don’t need to be world …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:30AMBroadway In Chicago has announced full casting for the Chicago premiere of "Unspeakable," a dramatic fantasia inspired by the life of comedic legend Richard Pryor. The show, to be presented …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:29AMJake Gyllenhaal, who was critically acclaimed for his performance in the recent New York City Center concert staging of the musical Little Shop of Horrors — opposite original stage…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMNow in its ninth year, theYaleDrama Series Prize is given out annually for a play by an emerging playwright, selected by a judging panel of one - a preeminent playwright of our time. The win…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMThe Television Academy took to Twitter to announce that Lady Gaga, soon to star in the next installment of the FX horror series AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL, will be among the presenters for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMShirley Greller Samaniego’s play, Familiar Stranger, won first place in MDC’s 10 minute play contest for 2015. Her play. will be read at Mead Theatre Lab September 11 and 12, 201…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:25AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company has announced casting for two of its upcoming Chicago premieres: Domesticated, by ensemble member and Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris; and The Flick, by fellow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMThe 10th anniversary year of the Oscar-winning film "Brokeback Mountain" is to be marked by the first-ever theatre adaptation of Annie Proulx's short story it was based…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMAs a comedy skit for "The Late Late Show," host (and Tony winner) James Corden goes to the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, believing he is going to play the title role of The Phan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMAnd we thought that Rafael Nadal was a big phan of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. James Corden recently paid a visit to the touring production of the legendary tuner und…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMOn a Monday… Mr. Brown: “I need three tickets to The Lion King.” Agent: (Pointing to the child in the stroller.) “Is he going with you?” Mr. Brown: “Of c…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AM"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" will welcome Tony-winning The Boy from Oz actor Hugh Jackman Sept. 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMGrowing up, we loved watching Tony and two-time Golden Globe winner Linda Lavin on the hit TV series Alice! Now, as adults, we still love watching Linda on TV, like in last season’s…
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Over Thanksgiving weekend last year I went with my boys to see the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. The Memorial had been open for three years by that point; the Museum for six mon…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:55AMMusical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is to hold its first relaxed performance. The performance, on January 19 at the Theatre Royal,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMChichester Festival Theatre’s production of Goodnight Mister Tom will be revived for a run in the West End this Christmas. The stage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMNoel Jordon joins Imaginate as Festival Director
Imaginate, the creative development organisation for children's theatre, has announced that Noel Jordon will join the company in the newly c…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:49AM“Jamaica, Farewell” had quite the buzz going on a packed opening night. Clearly, the audience is there for a thoughtful, engaging theatrical treatment of life on the island, in all its c…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:45AMPrimary Stages, in association withAmy Danis,Mark Johannes, andDan Shaheen, announces casting for Perfect Arrangement, a New York premiere by Topher Payne Swell Party, The Only Light in Reno…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:43AMThis week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Boston, Nashville, New Zealand and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include MY FAIR …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:43AMThe first ever Broadway revival of Harold Pinter’s Old Times, directed by Douglas Hodge begins previews September 17 at the American Airlines Theatre to kick off our 50th Anniversary seas…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:30AM"Joy Ride: Show People & Their Shows" by John Lahr
The American drama critic John Lahr has been writing about the theatre and...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:29AMFrom the opening moment of this show, suspension of disbelief flies out the window and never returns.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AMGood 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 AMELIE brings Montmartre to Ber…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMBerkeley Rep presents its 2015-16 season opener, the theatrical world premiere presentation of AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL, starring LES MISERABLES' Samantha Barks. The show opens tonight, Septemb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMHappy Birthday, Harry Connick, Jr. A star in music, theater, film and television, Connick recently won his second Emmy for musical direction of his live concert television special, 'Harry Co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMStephen Colbert spoke with 'Sunday Morning' correspondent Mo Rocca last weekend and ended up riffing on the number 'Move On', from Stephen Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMBy Doug Mayo
To mark the anniversary of 9/11, cast members from the musical American Idiot have recorded a cover of Green Day’s When September Ends. This emotional rendition of the son…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:21AMProducer Tom O’Connell today announced that he has acquired the stage rights for Annie Proulx’s award-winning short story BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. The announcement of the world premiere stage…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:08AM"“Only Forever” is a play that doesn't end when the curtain comes. A true piece of great theatre."
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By Myra Chanin Let me make one thing perfectly clear: I am not Ricky Ritzel’s mother, Bubby or press agent. I’m just someone who can’t stop...
The p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:53AMLet me make one thing perfectly clear: I do not in any way condone the filming of Broadway shows live onstage. But do I watch these bootlegs? Yes. I do. Moreover, I think the Broadway commun…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:50AMFollowing a hugely successful West End season in 2012/13, the critically acclaimed Chichester Festival Theatre adaptation of Michelle Magorian’s classic novel, Goodnight Mister Tom, return…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:37AMVeteran comic Bobby Ball has a new job teaching vicars how to be funny – but humour and religion don’t always coexist comfortablyIf you want a crash course in how to be funny in front of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMLes Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo | Hofesh Shechter Company: BarbariansThe all-male Trocks company is still one of the classiest acts in ballet, its comic parodies of the classical reper…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMTez Ilyas | Elis James | The Jeremy Corbyn NightHe may not have made it on to any of the award shortlists, but Tez Ilyas’s debut Edinburgh festival fringe hour was one of this year’s mos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMWaiting For Godot | By Far The Greatest Team | Tipping The Velvet | The Glass Menagerie | Hecuba | Casa ValentinaAs the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company celebrates its 50th anniversary, Brian Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AMOur theatrical battles continue with this pair, currently appearing together in See What I Wanna See at the Jermyn Street Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:33AMMatthew Warchus' production opened at the Old Vic yesterday evening
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:33AMActor Jake Gyllenhaal revealed that a Broadway musical is on the top of his 'to do list'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMOn last night's LATE NIGHT, guest Neil Patrick Harris competed in Late Night's first ever acting super challenge and showed what he was really made of.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMAndrea Assaf will perform her play, Eleven Reflections on September, September 15, 2015 at the Kennedy Center. She is the founding Artistic Director of Art2Action Inc., is a writer, performe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:15AM
Food Network Star season eleven winner and former NFL player Eddie Jackson goes primetime this fall with his new six-episode series BBQ Blitz, premiering Friday, October 9th at 1030pm ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AMDespite learning he will not be playing his dream role of The Phantom, James throws himself into the role of Fop 2 and puts on a performance to remember with the North American tour of PHANT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AMEquity has issued new guidelines on claiming expenses after actor Tim Healy lost a 10-year legal battle over West End digs in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMKenneth Branagh’s productions of The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet and The Entertainer will be broadcast to cinemas around the world. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMEquity has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the “catastrophic” effect that further cuts could have on the arts. The campaign,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I report on two out-of-town shows, a Chicago revival of The Price and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival premiere of Head Over Heels. Here’s an excerpt. * * *…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AMWhen the late, great Roger Rees, the original co-director of "Peter and the Starcatcher" on Broadway, turned his attentions to the national tour of that hit Peter Pan prequel, he decided to …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:38AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column I consider the question of why classic big-cast plays are vanishing from America’s stages—and offer some suggestions for what to d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMHer experimental play Mr Burns was described as ‘three hours of utter hell’ by one critic – but Washburn has been hailed as one of the most innovative playwrights aroundThe playwright …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMBill Monroe plays “My Last Days on Earth,” which he wrote when he was being treated for colon cancer in 1981. He died in 1996: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM- Inevitably there are sweet reflections of and references to some future Williams plays and the characters who inhabit them
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:14AMAshley Amidon won second place in MDC’s 10 minute play contest for 2015. Her play. That’s That, is being read at Mead Theatre Lab September 11 and 12, 2015. Why are you a playwri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:10AM“There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, letter to John Taylor, April 15, 1814
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It is announced today that the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company, in partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment, will broadcast three productions of its year-long Plays at the Garrick season …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:40AMNutley Little Theatre will open its 2015-2016 season with a production of the Neil Simon comedy-drama, "Broadway Bound," on Friday, Sept. 11, 8 p.m., at the NLT Barn, 47 Erie Place…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 04:10AMJohn Costin has made art full-time for 36 years
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:00AMA mural comes together for their mutual benefit.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:00AMWhen the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra began rehearsals this week, it was with four new full-time members: two violins, one bass clarinet and a trumpet.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:00AMSamantha Barks is Amelie as musical debuts in California Samantha Barks is making her US stage debut at California’s Berkeley Rep as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM
In his first three nights as host of CBS’ Late Show, Stephen Colbert has made it clear he has no intention of pretending to be neutral. About anything. His emotional encounter Thursd…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:44AMThe Aliens, Old Fitz Theatre, August 27; La Traviata, Belvoir Downstairs, September 1; Bull, Old Fitzroy Theatre, September 3 AMERICAN playwright Annie Baker has been mentioned, many times, …
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 01:38AMScott began his professional performing arts career as ‘Young Cosmo’ in David Atkins’ 2001 production of Singin’ in the Rain, followed this as the co-host of K Zone TV for the Seven …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:27AM"You're The Worst" Stars Aya Cash & Chris Geere on Why They Like Mean Characters
Co-stars Aya Cash and Chris Geere drop by the YH Studio to talk about Season 2 of their hilarious FXX comedy …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMLooking back to the beginning before Broadway's feel-good musical plays its final performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe Tony Award-winning musical begins performances tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMPlus, an exclusive sneak peek video of Bashor in rehearsal performing Joni Mitchell's "All I Want."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
The new concert series curated by the renowned Tony Award-winning composer, lyricist, conductor, and director, Jason Robert Brown, continues this month at SubCulture. Just announced for Brow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMCarlos Gomez, an original cast member of Broadway's IN THE HEIGHTS, recently replaced Geoffrey Rivas as 'Ernesto del Rio' in the world premiere of Karen Zacarias' DESTINY OF DESIRE. The prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMThe Timeline Projects presents the world premiere of Victor Lesniewski's Khardal, Berkeley Rep Cloven Tongues, The Wild Project Civil War spy thriller, Couriers and Contrabands, developed wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMRubicon Theatre Company welcomes stage and screen veterans Linda Purl, Brett Rickaby and Peter Van Nordenin the company's mainstage production of the Tony-Award winning play COPENHAGEN, dire…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMThe Huntington Theatre Companyopens its 2015-2016 season with the Tony Award-winning musical A Little Night Music, Stephen Sondheim's most romantic and popular work, led by Tony and Olivier …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMThe Fred Gabler Helping Hand Camp Fund is proud to join Cantor Fitzgerald's esteemed annual Charity Day today,Sept. 11, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMLin-Manuel Miranda posts backstage pic on Twitter.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMAdventure Theatre MTC, as a part of the Women's Voices Theatre Festival, brings the classic folktale and book by Esphyr Slobodkina, CAPS FOR SALE, to the stage on its 75th Anniversary with a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56AMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Aside from the wonderfully eclectic score by Almond (jazz, pop, Latin, blues, Broadway, gospel, folk music, etc.) who also acted as narrator and…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:33AMI will keep an open mind, I write three times in my notebook before the first scene in the first room of “Eve,” which its creators describe as “a dance theatre immersion experience.”…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:12AMAs acclaimed actor, writer and director matures, he now prefers to let stories tell themselves, as he did with his latest hit film, Cinderella.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMChicago's Porchlight Music Theatre presents the first post-Broadway production of the revised version of the musical Side Show, which played 20 previews and 56 regular performances d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs Arnie Burton approaches his 1,000th performance in 39 Steps and prepares to depart the show, he reflects on his years with the Hitchcock-inspired comedy, playing more than 100 differe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBest in Show — a spotlight on Broadway personalities and their animal companions — continues with animal trainer Bill Berloni, whose furry friends have appeared on Broadw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony-winning composer Jason Robert Brown's residency at SubCulture continues Sept. 11 with a concert featuring Andréa Burns (Songs for a New World, In the Heights) and Jos…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStephen Bogardus and Lauren Molina have joined the Huntington Theatre Company production of Stephen Sondheim's and Hugh Wheeler's A Little Night Music. Performances begin Sept. 11 in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheater for the New City presents Bike Shop, The Musical, helmed by Gretchen Cryer, who starred in and wrote the book and lyrics for the long-running I'm Getting My…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world-premiere musical Amélie, based on the imaginative Academy Award-nominated quirky French film of the same title, officially opens Sept. 11 at the Berkeley Repertory Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPICT Classic Theatre will be in fast and furious fundraising mode until the end of the month, a make-or-break date for the board of directors to decide if the final show of the season, “Ol…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMA world premiere opera, heartfelt dramas, and award-winning new musicals are about to hit the Pittsburgh Cultural District, which will come alive with the sights and sounds of “India in Fo…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMCity Theatre is closing the street to traffic and opening its doors for the Backstage Block Party, a free event Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWhen John Carosella announced that he was opening a new cabaret-style theater in downtown Latrobe, the project was greeted with enthusiasm. After inking the purchase agreement last month for…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMEven those who have been coming to Greensburg’s Palace Theatre for years probably don’t know that a sepia-toned mural by an unknown artist is hidden behind drywall in the main lobby.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThere hasn’t been a more exciting start to the Pittsburgh dance season in recent memory. September is packed with activity, beginning with one of Beth Corning’s theatrical explorations, …
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