Adhering closely, plotwise, to the popular 2001 French film “Amélie,” the almost-entirely-sung-through romantic comedy “Amélie, A New Musical” transfers well to the stage, at least…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 08:49PMCirca Waves frontman Kieran Shudall admits that the secret to his Liverpool outfit’s chart-topping overseas success isn’t arcane or complicated. It’s simply failure. “I think you hav…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 08:43PMBroadwayWorld has learned that AMAZING GRACE, the new musical playing at Broadway'sNederlander Theatre208 West 41stStreet, will play its final performance onSunday, October 25. On that date,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37PMToday's Ham4Ham lottery featuredHAMILTON's Okieriete OnaodowanreinterpretingMaureen's 'Over The Moon' from RENT, with Renee Elise Goldsberry and Lin-Manuel Miranda onbackupandcow bell. Check…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37PMSan Francisco city officials and veterans gathered on Wednesday to celebrate and rededicate the War Memorial Veterans Building, the Civic Center’s historic 1932 Beaux Arts structure newly …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 08:37PMFor many of us, Wednesdays mean it's time to start choosing what we're seeing over the weekend. We're obviously fans of the LA STAGE Tix production calendar, but sometimes simply looking at …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 08:33PMEleven leading ladies of Australian musical theatre (and one leading man!) will take to the stage together in The Production Company’s third and final offering for 2015 – Jerry’…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:26PMActors Conservatory Ensemble is proud to present Airplane The Reading at this year’s “Once Upon A Canyon Night” summer entertainment series put on in collaboration with TreePeop…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:22PMThe new Broadway musical Amazing Grace, which opened July 16 to mixed reviews and struggled to find an audience, announced that it will play its final performance Oct. 25 at the Nederlander …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:05PMAmazing Grace is ending its short Broadway run on Sunday, October 25.
The musical, which tells the story behind the popular hymn penned by slave trader John Newton, began previews on Thursda…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:05PM"New York is the city that invented queer, or did so much for the queer scene everywhere," Zvonimir Dobrovic, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM
This theatrically far-reaching show at Café Carlyle has Mr. Mitchell playing a different role in almost every song.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:45PMIt was confirmed today that Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed new production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Misérables, will commence an Asian tour in March 201…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:37PMThe creative team of GHOSTLIGHTthe musical has announced Leigh Martha Klinger as the show's latest leading lady.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMA few moments ago,Broadway's Natalie Hill performed theNational Anthem at CNN's 2016 GOP Debate. Click below to watch her sing
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMTHE MEETING hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedyvariety show, will return to JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater on Sunday, September 27 at 930 PM to open the Fall 2015 Season.The Septem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMBelow, get a sneak peek behind the scenes ofBroadway's ALLEGIANCE withEpisode 4 of the musical's'TREK TO BROADWAY', titled 'The Point of No Return,'featuring interviews with the cast and cre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMSalomé is the femme fatale extraordinaire, as uncompromising as she is cruel – a spoiled princess who knows what she wants and won’t settle for less, equal parts virgin and lascivious …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:30PMHoneyCone was formed by lead singer Edna Wright with Carolyn Willis and Shelly Clark in 1969. These three dynamic ladies with a unique blend of style and talent came together to form one of …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 07:22PMImelda Staunton’s turn in Gypsy has earned her a nomination for best musical performance at this year’s UK Theatre Awards. Staunton has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PM
Broadway is buzzing about the Deaf West production of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening. Check out these new production shots of the production. Click through the gallery, then see t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:57PM... one of the most charming musicals I have seen in a long time. A brilliant cast makes this almost two hour production a delightful experience.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:52PMMelvin Bernhardt, director of two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays and Tony winner for DA, died on Saturday, September 12, 2015. He was 84.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMThis 2005 drama from Peter Morris could just as easily be called "Anatomy of a Monster" or "The Banality of Evil," unspooling as if it were an extended therapy session or late-night confessi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:45PMSignal Theatre Ensemble, an accomplished Chicago storefront, will cease operation next year, after presenting two ambitious final productions.
The post Signal Ensemble to cease operation …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:34PMIf there are two things about Mrs Shakespeare that endures for some time after seeing it, it is the playfulness of the concept and the infectious energy with which Irene Kelleher executes…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:26PMDeaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's SPRING AWAKENING, directed by Michael Arden and choreographed by Spencer Liff, is now in performances at Broadway'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PM'There's a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PMGeffen Playhouse presents the West Coast premiere of THESE PAPER BULLETS A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, opening the not-for-profit organization's 20th anniv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:20PM"Come look at the freaks," they sing in "Side Show,"' the 1997 Broadway musical with the cult following and a show inspired by the real-life travails of the conjoined twins Daisy and Violet …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:18PMChicago theater companies tend to make their final exit in one of two very different ways. Some disappear quietly into the night, lingering like ghosts of their former selves. And some - t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:06PMThe organization serves at-risk children in Madagascar.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMMatthew Lopez's comedy plays the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe organization will pay tribute to the magical work of Shakespeare.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMA benefit reading and party will kick off the company's 12th season at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe acclaimed production heads back to the Big Apple.
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We had a quick phoner with Aimee Scribner (Associate Producer) and Peter Del Vecho (Producer) of ” Frozen” ” Frozen Fever” “Tangled” “Tangled Ever A…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 05:55PMWith the election of lefty outsider Jeremy Corbyn to the Labour leadership, are we entering a new era when upsets and surprises have become a new way of life? Is it really true that anything…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:54PMThis very large showcase (46 students) includes 21 men, many of whom are pleasingly strong. It is also good to see mixed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54PMThanks to the honor, the Lakota theatre artist will participate in a trans-Atlantic residential retreat.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:49PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
West End Goes in One Direction
For all you directioners out there, we’ve got the Best Song News Ever! One Direction a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:46PMThe Deaf West production of Spring Awakening, re-imagined and performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, returned to Broadway Sept. 8 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:45PMOn Tuesday night, September 15, Ambassador and Mrs. Mario L. De Leon Jr., Consul General of the Philippines held a cocktail reception at their residence for the shining star of the Philippin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMAt times during “Empire Travel Agency,” a theatrical adventure that takes place in some dozen different downtown locales, it feels as if you’re in a Bourne thriller, sharing escapades …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:40PMFinalists for the George Freedley Memorial Award for theatre books includes a pair of biographies: Tennessee Williams, and Henry and Emily Folger.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:37PMAt the speed of light, cast members of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical tear off their no-longer-needed costumes and pop into the ones they do need for their next scene. Check out …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:37PMName: Chris Foley Hometown: Manhasset, NYEducation: Dartmouth CollegeFavorite Credits: Off The Desk and "Billions" (Showtime)Why theater?: I love to perform live and connect with an audience…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:34PMAmerican Theatre has announced the “Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2015-16 Season” – and what a talented list! Samuel French is especially thrilled to have playwri…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:32PMThe Vineyard has announced that the first show of its season, the new musical comedy Gigantic, will now be staged at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row in Mahattan's thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMTo kick off its 21st Season and celebrate the world of William Shakespeare, Frog amp Peach Theatre Company will host a Benefit Gala NATURAL MAGIC on Thursday, September 24 at 7pm at the Gree…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMAE Networks announces new casting for its four-night, eight-hour scripted event miniseries 'Roots,' from AE Studios, including Academy Award winnerR Forest Whitaker Lee Daniels' The Butler, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMAnd So Forth presents Damsel/Wife/Witch performed at the Caroline Gardens chapel in London. This company’s vision is to create interdisciplinary art and the setting is perfect for that. …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:19PMThere is something refreshingly playful about the music of Mozart that makes it accessible even for newbies whose ears block at the thought of sitting through three hours of opera. The impre…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:19PMKill Will at The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre has combat, drama, more combat, comedy, and a little more combat. Written by Barter Theater Associate Artistic Director Derek Davidson and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:17PMBernhardt’s Broadway credits include two Pulitzer winners: Paul Zindel’s 1970 The Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, as well as the Henley play, which won the pri…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:09PMWe love Broadway Dance Center. They bring top quality instructors straight from the Broadway stage and into the studio, many of whom are former guests of The Ensemblist! We chatted with Step…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 05:00PMAaron Lazar calls me from Los Angeles where he is going on auditions for TV & film, and working on developing other projects; considering what a revelation he was in City Center Encore!�…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:00PMRECOMMENDED If you consider yourself a true theater aficionado; if you like collecting shows you’ve seen and theaters you’ve been to; if you don’t mind some nonsense; if you enjoy show…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00PMThe Pasadena Playhouse explores the Latino community as part of its diversity initiative.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMA spring arrival could be in the new musical's future.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMLin-Manuel Miranda's score will come to our headphones very shortly!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Vineyard's Union Square space will be receiving facility upgrades.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMParker stars in Rolin Jones' "modish rip-off" of Much Ado About Nothing, featuring new songs by Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe trio will star with a host of theater favorites in a production by MasterVoices.
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Bobby 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 04:52PMLondon Cast, 1985 (EMI) This production took a very charming, very old musical, gussied up the book, the score, and the arrangements, and presented it to the public as a lovely nostalgia fes…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:46PMIn the mood for some good, old-fashioned fun? Climb aboard Dames at Sea, which begins performances at the Helen Hayes Theatre on September 24. Dames, divas and hunks! Who could ask for anyth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMWho is the Very Model of a Modern Major-General?! Hunter Parrish (Weeds, Godspell), Tony winner Douglas Hodge (La Cages aux Folles), Tony nominee Phillip Boykin (Porgy and Bess) and Julia Ud…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMTim Minchin is the ultimate multi-hyphenate: He's a rock star-comedian-actor-musician-crazy-tweeter...and most importantly (to us) Broadway composer. Yes, the man behind the musical…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:45PMName: Phoebe BrooksHometown: Yonkers NYEducation: Northwestern University, BA in Theater and English LiteratureFavorite Credits: As a director, Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw for SWP, David …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:44PM“Judy” takes place in 2040, but nobody’s teleporting anywhere. Things look just as they do now, except that the Internet has been replaced by something called the System. When …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:44PMThere are grand political themes and exceptionally intimate granular-level personal matters splendidly illustrated in the Round House Theatre’s stunningly dark, world-premiere production o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:43PMBy Loretta Greco. Loretta Greco adds her voice to the season planning series, and discusses how Magic Theatre’s 2015-2016 season came to be.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:28PMMasterVoices kicks off the 2015-2016 season with The Pirates of Penzance or, The Slave of Dutyon October 15-16, 2015 at 8pm at New York City Center, 131 W. 55th Street, New York City. Follow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMTony winner Alice Ripley just stopped by Therapy forMarti Gould Cummings'STAGE FRIGHT, which takes placeevery Monday night at 9 p.m. While she was there she belted out what else, but 'Rose's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMBy Stephen Collins
There are many extraordinary moments from Keenan. Highlights include his improvisation of horse-racing victories; the powerful sequence which opens the second Act when Edw…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:24PMAyad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is at the top of a list that also includes “Outside Mullingar” by John Patrick Shanley.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:19PMBy HowlRound TV. HowlRound presents the Greater Boston Theatre Board Convening livestreaming on the commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday, September 19…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:13PMBy Doug Mayo
A great new trailer has been released for Close To You – Bacharach Reimagined ahead of it’s West End Transfer to the Crierion Theatre. Performed by a young, multi-ta…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:13PMThe Marriott Theatre has announced the cast of "Elf," the holiday musical based on the hit 2003 film.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:11PMAmerican Theatre Magazine has released its list of the Top Ten Most-Produced Plays of the 2015-16 season, offering an overview of the most popular names and works being staged in the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:08PMCasting has been announced for MasterVoices' upcoming concert presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance (or The Slave of Duty), which will be presented Oct. 15…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMBring It On: The Musical co-stars Ariana DeBose (Hamilton, Motown, Pippin) and Kate Rockwell (Rock of Ages, Hair, Legally Blonde) will reunite Sept. 29 at 54 Below to celebrate history…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:03PMThe Polish woman in “Ironbound” looks small on the epic Round House Theatre set, a looming grid of giant rusting I-beams in run-down Elizabeth, N.J. But her roar is huge in this gripping…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:02PMJokes about sexual assault seldom have the double-edged bite of Truscott's riotous, disturbing solo show 'Asking for It.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:01PMThe Shuffle Along star makes his Café Carlyle debut.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMA multimedia production about the life of activist Kathy Change opens this November.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Rumor has it that after twice delaying her Broadway debut, Rumer Willis will begin performances as Roxie Hart on September 21 in Chicago. The Dancing with the Stars winner has been undergoin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1953 (RCA) It’s hard to believe, but Rodgers and Hammerstein did have a few flops in addition to their many hits. Me and Juliet was one such failure, and the team�…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:54PMNow, at a time when one of the more popular mottos on Broadway is "let your freak flag fly," the outcasts of society have not only become the main attractions, but the heroes and heroines. A…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:53PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 1985 (Harbinger) When Bye Bye Birdie exploded on Broadway in 1960, it was an announcement that a brand-new generation had arrived in just about every department. …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:44PMComplete casting has been announced for Big League Productions, Inc.'s upcoming non-Equity tour of the Tony-winning musical The Producers, which will play more than 50 cities sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMBy Daniel Fine. In the fourth installment of his series, Daniel Fine continues discussing how to integrate media into the rehearsal process.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:19PMBehold. Beware. The Countess. Lady Gaga stars in AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL, premiering October 7 on FX.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMIconic American film My Fair Lady, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and directed by George Cukor, has emerged from a 1 million restoration process in time for a limited theatrical re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMEmma Thompson is one of the most celebrated British actresses of her generation. Not only is she noted as an actress, but she is also recognized as a comedian, screenwriter, author and activ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMBy Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced” will be the ...
The post ‘Disgraced,’ will be the most-produced play in coming season; catch …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:11PMGeffen Playhouse presents the West Coast premiere of These Paper Bullets! A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing," which officially opens Sept. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMGurney discusses how his plays have been labeled and the risk that often comes with putting so much of himself on the stage.
The post A Conversation with <em>Love & Money</em>…
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:10PMOff-Broadway Cast, 2001 (Original Cast Records) The legendary 1967 out-of-town closing performance of this show is notorious for its title character, played by one Marissa Mell, being shot b…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:09PMAmbassador and Mrs. Mario L. De Leon Jr., Consul General of the Philippines held a cocktail reception for Lea Salonga celebrating her return to Broadway on September 15. Allegiance is schedu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMFriedman's Lunch, the eclectic comfort food restaurant with four locations across Manhattan, has sealed the deal to branch into Times Square. Its fifth location will open in the space fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMBenny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Catherine Johnson' international hit musical Mamma Mia! played its 5,773rd and final Broadway performance at the Broadhurst Theatre Sept. 12. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMThe show will benefit the Actors Fund.
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Even the Sex and the City star dwells on ageing. Which leads the rest of us to realise we must be old, while she is still – well, very like SamanthaThe French call it a coup de vieux: that…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:49PMWith last year’s massive national controversy about The Mikado in Seattle, it’s difficult to believe that anyone, anywhere, would be doing The Mikado in yellowface, right? I mean…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 02:47PMOriginal London Cast, 1996 (Dreamworks) By the time this latest epic from composer Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyricist Alain Boublil arrived on the scene, the serious pop-opera genre was f…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:43PMIs it enough praise to simply say that shades of Churchill and Ruhl permeate Truth & Beauty Bombs: A Softer World, Rorschach Theatre’s brilliant new play running at Atlas Theatre? No…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:41PMSouvenir T-shirts and overpriced programmes. Ice cream tubs and politely grinning ushers. We’re front of house for the new Britney Spears musical, Oops!… I Did It Again, but toni…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:41PMThe Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) recently released their list of productions for the 2015-16 season. The list includes dynamic dramas and wonderful comedies by Sam Shepard and David Lind…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:39PMOff-Broadway's Rothschild & Sons Musical, starring Robert Cuccioli and Glory Crampton met the press Sept 16. The York Theatre Company's world premiere of Rothschild &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PMIn what may be the most unusual filming location — especially for comedy bits — Alexander Skarsgard ("True Blood"), plus former Chicagoans Jack McBrayer ("30 Rock") and noted comedy writ…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:34PMAward-winning comic sensation THE PRODUCERS takes the stage across the U.S. as Big League Productions, Inc. brings the musical theater masterpiece to more than 50 cities starting October 20 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMThe series premiere of 'Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris' is NBC's top alternative series premiere since 2012 in 18-49 and total viewers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMAn era on the Great White Way came to end on Saturday, September 12th, asBenny AnderssonandBjorn Ulvaeus' global smash hit musicalMamma Mia, inspired by the songs of ABBA, concluded its hist…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMThe Actors Fund, in association with Michael Childers, will present a one-night only special event, Tradition The Jewish Legacy of Broadway, a celebration of the great Jewish composers, lyri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMThe UK premiere ofKinky Boots, Broadway's huge-hearted, high-heeled hit and winner of six Tony Awards, openedat London's Adelphi Theatre lastnight 15 September 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:22PMSeptember 25, 2015 marks the beginning of Peter’s Alley Theatre Productions’ 4th Season with the Opening of Willy Russell’s award-winning, Educating Rita. Although many remember fo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16PMBy HowlRound TV. The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presents Hands Up Hoodies Down —the return of this critically-acclaimed hip hop theatre and dance piece for our times—livestreaming on the gl…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:15PMThe Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation will bring actors, musicians and activists to Bed-Stuy for a full lineup of performances this fall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:11PMBuck Naked Broadway with Robbie Torres, a new cabaret, will be presented at Toshi's Living Room Mondays at 7 PM beginning Sept. 21.
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Most people are content to celebrate their birthday with dinner and a few friends or maybe a concert. But Tony-nominated star of Motown: The Musical Brandon Victor Dixon has flipped the swit…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:56PMSteffan Rhodri is among those joining Bertie Carvel
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:54PMNew shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher has warned the government’s forthcoming spending review could be “devastating” for the arts. The Labour MP
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMPaines Plough is to receive more than £750,000 to create a network of new writing festivals across the UK as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMTelevision drama is suffering from a lack of diversity because of the culture of low- and unpaid work in the sector, the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMKinky Boots composer Cyndi Lauper has described bringing the show to London as a homecoming for the musical. Set in Northampton, the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMWhy the Mikado is a No-No, and Other Painfully Obvious Realities About Race Representation in the Theatre Nearly 4 years ago, as a fresh face on New York’s scene, I attended the inaugu…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:50PMA roundup of articles about the current and recent productions of The Mikado and the controversy surrounding them. Leah Nanako Winkler from Sept 2015: The Mikado in Yellowface is Coming to t…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 01:50PMThere is nothing new about African-Americans composing musical theatre. From timeless classics like Porgy and Bess to the smash hit Bring In Da Noise, Bring In Da Funk, Black artists have…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:48PMThe Actors Fund, in association with Michael Childers, will present Tradition: The Jewish Legacy of Broadway Dec. 14 at 7:30 PM at John Jay College. The concert celebrates Jewish composers, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMWhen a flyer advertising The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' December production of W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's The Mikado — featuring four Ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMA show that a playwright spends 6 years writing, creating 5 acts/38 scenes, and 3+ hours long play requiring a cast of about 20 (a half dozen who must be fluent in Mandarin Chinese),�…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:26PMOn Saturday, September 12, 2015, William V. Madison, author of Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life (University Press of Mississippi, 2015), hosted a musical tribute to the late singing ac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMThe stage musical adaptation of the Oscar-nominated French film "Amélie," which is currently playing an extended world-premiere run at the Berkeley Repertory The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMThe theatre's second season with a new management team offers a lineup of world and regional premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:15PM1. An Inspector Calls at Everyman Theatre. “Everyman pulls out all the nuances of the script, making this production an edge-of-your-seat nail-biter.” – April Forrer. REA…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:10PMIt’s difficult to talk about Amici without discussing theirs aims – namely, the inclusion of all performers, able-bodied and disabled alike. The company’s policy of nurturi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:09PM“I suppose she just wasn’t exceptional enough”: at first a seemingly passing statement but in the final moments of Anna Ziegler’s play, Photograph 51, Nicole Kidman summarises her ch…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:09PMAmerican Theatre magazine surveys the country annually for the most frequently produced plays at the nation’s regional theaters. Lo and behold, two of the top 10 originated at Woolly Mammo…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:02PMOn Tuesday night, September 15, Ambassador and Mrs. Mario L. De Leon Jr., Consul General of the Philippines held a cocktail reception at their residence for the shining star of the Philippin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMSo, this fall, I decided that as part of my 366 Article in 366 Days Challenge, that I would just do suck it up and start a podcast. It's been over a decade since I interned at a sports radio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMCarl Kissin and Rob Baumgartner Jr. are the authors of the new show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe Tony winner makes her long-awaited return to Broadway this fall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe production is inspired by the acclaimed film of the same title.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
The Television Academy presented the 2015 Creative Arts Emmy Awards for programs and individual achievements Sept. 12 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMIn a new interview with ET Canada, Tony Award-winning actor Bryan Cranston reveals that he has no desire to revisit his Emmy-winning role as BREAKING BAD's Walter White.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMThe production will run in Bridlington next month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:52PMThe season includes a A. Rey Pamatmat world premiere, a new play by Nandita Shenoy, and the return of a favorite by Lloyd Suh.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:49PMKillian Donnelly and Matt Henry lead the company for the West End premiere of Broadway's Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots, officially opened Sept. 15 at the Adelphi Theatre (following …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMKillian Donnelly and Matt Henry lead the company for the West End premiere of Broadway's Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots, officially opened Sept. 15 at the Adelphi Theatre (following …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMA private reading of the new musical Date of a Lifetime will be presented in Manhattan Sept. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMKnown for his astute casting and skillful work with actors, Mr. Bernhardt directed many leading stage performers on Broadway and won a Tony for “Da.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:36PMAs BroadwayWorld reported last week, Serino/Coyne, one of Broadway's biggest live-entertainment marketing agencies, announced that Angelo Desimini, currently chief operating of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMIt’s hard to open your laptop these days without stumbling across a news item about China. Naval maneuvers. Cyber warfare. Millions of manufacturing jobs relocated. And if that’s not eno…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:28PMEcoSet Consulting has a few hundred glass wine glasses that will be available on Monday, September 28th. If you can pick up near the Grant Park area and can take them all, please send me a …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:28PMCALLING ALL ARTISTS LOOKING FOR FUNDING!2016 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS PROGRAM (IAP)The Individual Artists Program will be awarding grants to Chicago-based artists over 18 years of age, at all care…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:28PM20 backstage photos of Billy Porter as Lola that show why everyone should be following his Instagram account.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:27PMPart of a new wave of British theatre directors in thrall to form rather than text, McDougall is now taking on Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. She explains why its rawness brings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PMBurton Taylor Studio, OxfordHandmade puppets teach friendship and hugging, in a mysterious world adapted from Joyce Dunbar’s bookHere is a rather lovely show from Norwich Puppet Theatre, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PMNow virtually any room can be the room where it happened (just use headphones in public spaces, OK?). Broadway.com has confirmed the release dates for the previously reported cast recording …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22PMLara Pulver was nominated for a 2008 Olivier Award for her performance opposite Bertie Carvel in director Rob Ashford’s London production of Parade and is back in town to play Louise&m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:22PMPlaywright-actor Matthew-Lee Erlbach talks about the characters and conflicts of his new Off-Broadway play "Sex of the Baby."
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:20PMPuttin’ On The Ritz – which promises to take the audience back to the ‘golden age of Hollywood’ – has the potential to be a hit show. Billed as a ‘song and dance extravaganza’,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:19PMMamma Mia! played its final performance on Broadway Sept. 12 after a 14-year long run. Watch a video of the final overture, conducted by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett, taken backstage by cast mem…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMBroadway stars Bryce Pinkham and Lucas Caleb Rooney have found a home for their charity organization, Zara Aina, dedicated to helping at-risk kids in Madagascar through theatrical story&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMPerformances of the four leads could scarcely be better: Kidman & Bateman flinty & vulnerable meshing in relaxed fashion with Plunkett's tender grace & Walken - more effective than he has be…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:06PMJason Alexander (Fish in the Dark) has joined the cast of "The Grinder." Series star Rob Lowe announced the news via Twitter Sept. 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMAfter 14 years on Broadway, Mamma Mia!, the romantic comedy featuring the works of ABBA, sailed off into the sunset Sept. 12. After an emotional final performance at the Broadhurst Theatre, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMTickets are now available to see Bruce Willis make his Broadway debut in Misery, based on the Stephen King novel. Willis takes on the lead role of Paul Sheldon, a famous romance novelist who…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:00PMRECOMMENDED As a critic, I get to see a lot of good shows. I also get to see a lot of bad shows. It just about evens out in the end. Every once in a while I see a show that stands out above …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:00PMThe pair will perform following tonight's performance of the musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe famed Edison closed its doors in December 2014.
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By: Sandi Durell What separates the men from the boys is apparent as soon as Stokes stepped onto the small elegant stage...
The post B…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:58AMThe producers of the critically-acclaimed new play The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey announced today that Tony Award winning playwright, performer and activist Eve Ensler will be the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMThe series premiere of Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris is NBC's top alternative series premiere since 2012 in 18-49 and total viewers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMTony Award winner Adriane Lenox Doubt, Tony Award will headline a starry industry reading of a re-conceptualization of The Testament of Mary onOctober 1st. Conceived and directed by Michael …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AM"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" premiered Sept. 15 on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMPondling
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Of all the chores on her grandfathe…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 11:56AM"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" premiered Sept. 15 on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMLiz Callaway (Cats, Miss Saigon) will host Kaufman Music Center's Bound for Broadway, an event previewing songs from shows headed to New York stages. Bound for Broadway will take place a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMLast night'spremiere episode featured appearances by A-list stars such asReese Witherspoon, stunts, comedy skits, incredible performances, mini game shows, audience giveaways and hidden came…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMWe chat to the playwright about his latest project, Mouthful, at the Trafalgar Studios
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:51AMWhile many Broadway producers play hard to find, that’s not Ken Davenport’s style. Through his website The Producer’s Perspective, he trumpets advice and interviews of inte…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AM"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" premiered Sept. 15 on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMThe two-disc, physical Broadway cast album of the new musical Hamilton, a fusion of hip-hop and pop-driven musical theatre, will arrive in stores Oct. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMMamma Mia! played its final performance on Broadway Sept. 12 after a 14-year long run. Watch a video of the final overture, conducted by Wendy Bobbitt Cavett, below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMTony winners Nathan Lane and Harriet Harris, Jean Smart and more members of the 2000 revival of The Man Who Came to Dinner will reunite this December for a benefit reading of the Kaufman and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMFollowing last year’s auspicious debut of “Theater Close-Up”— a unique collaboration between THIRTEEN and the large community of New York City area non-profit Off-Broadway theaters �…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:13AMThe National Theatre’s Olivier and Tony Award winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has teamed up with luxury department store Liberty to create a series of window …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:06AMThe West End premiere of Broadway's Tony Award-winning Kinky Boots officially opened Sept. 15 at the Adelphi Theatre, following previews that began Aug. 21. The cast is led by Killia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMEBacc definitely poses a threat Delivery of The Stage to Liverpool is a bit hit and miss, so only now have I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThe stars of Roundabout Theatre Company's 2000 revival will take the stage for a one-night-only revival of the play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMWillis is expected to make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical.
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The tragedy of Orpheus and his lost love Eurydice has marked the hearts of many artists since the myth appeared in ancient Greece and showed the depths to the sacrifice for love. As Orpheus …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMThey say that your school days are some of the best times of your life. What people fail to tell you when glancing back through rose-tinted spectacles is that those days are also overflowing…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMWhat is immediately arresting about Pomona is the way in which director Ned Bennett and designer Georgia Lowe spill this dark and twisted world beyond the stage space. Strip lights flicker i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Theatre District hotspot Cafe Edison closed its doors for good at the end of 2014, despite strong support from the Broadway community. Now accoridng to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMSignature Theatre is excited to announce the cast of Girlstar directed by Signature Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer Broadway's Gigi, Follies, Million Dollar Quartet. Featuring book and lyri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMGet 2-for-1 Tickets with Off-Broadway Week. It's the best deal on Off-Broadway with 2-for-1 tickets to over 40 of the best shows. Off-Broadway Week is back with 2-for-1 tickets to over 40 of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMTwo additional performance dates have been added to pianist Anthony de Mare's concert tour of his new 3-CD album Liaisons Re-Imaging Sondheim from The Piano. De Mare will perform selections …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMAs BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, SerinoCoyne, the nation's leading live-entertainment marketing agency, today announced that Angelo Desimini, currently chief operating officer, will assu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMDREW GASPARINI LIVE, featuring opening act Zack Zadek, will play The Marlin Room at WEBSTER HALL on Monday, September 28th 6pm doors, 730pm show. Inthe video below, Drew gives us a special p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMProducersMichael Alden, George DeMarco, Frank Evans and Jack Lechnerannounced today that they will present a private reading of the new musicalDATE OF A LIFETIMEon Thursday, September 17th. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMLifetime has green lit the original movie UN-BREAK MY HEART, based on GrammyR Award-winning singer Toni Braxton's popular memoir
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director just announced a 50th Anniversary Season Benefit Reading of The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart starring N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMBroadway actorsBryce Pinkham, who recently resumed his Tony-nominated role in the Tony award-winning musicalA Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder,andLucas Caleb Rooney, who recently starred…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMStage and screen legend Carol Burnett appeared on the Today Show to talk about the release of "The Carol Burnett Show: The Lost Episodes," a new DVD that features never-before&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMWe chat to Jerry Mitchell, Cyndi Lauper, Harvey Fierstein and more
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:45AMThe show, which features the music of Leslie Bricusse, opens on 24 September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:45AMRichard Maxwell clearly has a following. The night my theatergoing buddy Bill and I saw Isolde, the experimental work written and directed by Maxwell that's playing at Theatre For A New Audi…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:45AMThe Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens its 2015-16 season with the heartwarming, soaring musical The Secret Garden, based on the enduring family classic penned more than a century ag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMThe Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens its 2015-16 season with the heartwarming, soaring musical The Secret Garden, based on the enduring family classic penned more than a century ag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMTony Award winner Nathan Lane will be joined by Emmy winner Jean Smart and fellow Tony winner Harriet Harris for a one-night-only staged reading of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMThis year's top play is a newbie on the list, plus plenty of returning plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:35AMToday is the birthday of Neely Edwards (Cornelius Limbach, 1883-1965). A quick thanks to Ben Model and Steve Massa for making me aware of this interesting and (in his day) significant stage …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:33AMMarilyn Ansevin Austin’s new play, The Point, is being given its debut by Arturus Theater Company on September 24, 2015. The longtime D.C. area resident, a psychotherapist in private p…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:20AMRyan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan's new Fox anthology series "Scream Queens" will make its two-hour series premiere Sept. 22 at 8 PM ET. On Sept. 29 the series will…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMSt. Louis' most-Shazamed tracks, brought to you exclusively by Go! Magazine and STLtoday.com.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:15AMAn industry reading of a re-conceptualization of Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary, the one-woman play that ran 27 previews and 16 regular performances on…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMI get to meet the odd celebrity from time to time. While they certainly won’t remember meeting me, I won’t forget meeting them…This post was originally published April 29,…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMBy Doug Mayo
It’s 1963 and Dame Dorothea Dosserdale School for Girls has a proud tradition of fostering free spirits from all walks of life – so it’s a crushing blow when the new H…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:10AMSymphony Space will present Frank Sinatra at 100, a starry celebration of the late singer's centennial, Oct. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris" premiered Sept. 15 on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMFor one night only, Bring It On The Musical co-stars Ariana DeBose Hamilton, Motown, Pippin and Kate Rockwell Rock of Ages, Hair, Legally Blonde will join forces at 54 Below to celebrate his…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThe movie, based on a Neil Gaiman short story, will also star Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has announced a call for submissions for the 2016 National Playwrights Conference. The program has helped the development of such works as Lindsey…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMMozart's Marriage of Figaro returns to Covent Garden in fine fettle
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:46AMThe Old Globe opens its 2015-2016 Season with IN YOUR ARMS, a World Premiere dance-theatre musical featuring direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli Newsies, God…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMGood 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 IN YOUR ARMS brings vignettes by a cra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMSickness and Holiday cover needed:
The Scottish Community Drama Association Script Library is looking for new volunteers to join the existing team, helping out at its small premises at Summ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:34AMSchool of Rock, a musical based on the 2003 film starring Jack Black, and opening for previews November 2, is the newest work from Mr. Lloyd Webber’s hit factory.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:30AMDivine, Debbie Harry and Ricki Lake star in John Waters’ classic film about an overweight teen dancing sensation When overweight teen Tracey
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMAs co-founder (with playwright Bernard Pomerance and director David Aukin) of Foco Novo, Roland Rees was a leading figure in fringe and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:27AMBy Doug Mayo
Acclaimed British playwright Tom Stoppard will bring his play Hapgood to the Hampstead Theatre this December in a production directed by Howard Davies. Casting is to be announce…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:25AMSuzan Zeder is one of the leading playwrights for young and family audiences in the United States. Her new play, When She Had Wings, opens at Imagination Stage September 30, 2015. Her plays …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:18AMGary Barlow (front-man of U.K. pop group Take That) and Eliot Kennedy (Grammy-winning producer), the award-winning composers of Broadway's Finding Neverland, will treat tick…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMAnna Ziegler’s new play, starring Nicole Kidman as scientist Rosalind Franklin, is a sophisticated and rewarding treatment of the impact of the human frailties on the process of scientific…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMOctagon, BoltonStrong performances bring Bill Naughton’s candid kitchen-sink drama to life, as newlyweds Violet and Arthur struggle to consummate their relationshipThey do well by Bill Nau…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AM
Playwright Pat Fenton delivers a gentle ode to an era, a place, and a romance which have all seemingly disappeared forever in Stoopdreamer, now playing at the cell in Chelsea.
A collection …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:41AMBelow, watch the full HOCUS POCUS Villain Spelltacular at Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at Disney World's Magic Kingdom.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMFive Emmy Awards and a Tony Award make multi-talented Neil Patrick Harris the perfect star for NBC's newlive one-hour show BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS that is unlike any other on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMMiss America Betty Cantrell visited LIVE yesterday and chatted about the winning the coveted crown on Sunday night. She also did some fun impressions and spoke about her Broadway aspirations…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy challenged guest Ariana Grande to a game of 'Wheel of Musical Impressions', in which she had to combine such singers as Christina Aguilera with the classi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:40AMEarly Arthur Miller revival proves a happy addition to centenary year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:40AMWelcome to #musicalBFFs, a series of exclusive video interviews between NMT Writers and some of their musical best friends! Today, Ryan Scott Oliver (35MM, Jasper in Deadland) interviews…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:34AMWhile you were sleeping, Baltimore was shelled by a foreign navy, Washington DC was invaded and the White House burnt down, and America tried to take over Canada. Well, maybe you weren’…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:31AMBy Stephen Collins
It feels like a farce as it plays out. Yet, it is described as "a raucous family drama about the cost of living the life of our dreams". Bizarre and incomprehensible thing…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:25AMA fascinating documentary in which you get both a Paul Taylor dance and the making of the dance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:20AM
Is the new stage musical AMELIE, based on the 2001 French movie starring Audrey Tautou, heading to Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMThe screen-to-stage musical set in a Northampton shoe factory received its West End premiere on Tuesday
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:34AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27AMListen up, fives. A ten is nominated at this year's Emmy Awards. Yes, that's right. Tony-winning Broadway superstar Jane Krakowski, previously Emmy-nominated for her work on 30 ROCK, will on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:27AMOn this week's podcast, London theatre bloggers discuss The Oresteia at the Globe (as opposed to the Almeida one previously discussed), Our Country's Good at the National and Our House at th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:25AMOne of NewMusicalTheatre.com’s current best selling songs is “Middle of a Moment” from Pasek and Paul’s new musical adaptation of James and the Giant Peach. Musical theatre fans are…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:24AMJoni Mitchell sings “Night in the City” on the CBC in 1967: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMFestivals Edinburgh has appointed Julia Amour as its new director, replacing Faith Liddell. Liddell steps down in November after eight years with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AM“You will have a little after you’ve sold everything, but in a country where every man is what he has, he who has very little is nobody very much. There is no such thing as genteel p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMArts Council England recently stated that comedy shouldn’t be eligible for funding as it “tends to be a commercially self-sustaining performance form”,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
SMALL BUDGET, BIG HEART, WELCOME UP WEST I had been wanting for a while to catch up on this fringe squib about the lives of front-of-house theatre workers, and with devilish cunning Max Reyn…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:55AMTeller, of the famed magician duo Penn and Teller, chatted with theater critic Chris Jones last week about Chicago Shakespeare Theater's upcoming production of "The Tempest." Teller lent his…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:46AMMcQueen Theatre Royal Haymarket Booking until 7 November 2015 Set on a single London night, it is more than a bio-play. A girl (Dahlia) has watched McQueen’s Mayfair house for eleven …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:39AMWilton’s Music Hall, LondonThe newly refurbished 19th-century venue is a five-star delight, so it’s a shame this stage version of the 1973 New York mobster caper serves it so poorlyWilto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:22AMThis morning I’m delighted to be in agreement with most of the overnight critics awarding a slew of four stars to last night’s opening: the London premiere of another New York im…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:15AMTheatergoers are saying “Oui, oui” to “Amélie.” This new musical, adapted from the 2001 French movie, is trying out at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where it’s just been extended un…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:01AMTeller, of the famed magician duo Penn and Teller, chatted with theater critic Chris Jones last week about Chicago Shakespeare Theater's upcoming production of "The Tempest." Teller lent his…
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We'll get you started Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth, Randy Graff, Will Swenson, Jonathan Groff...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMThe box office of the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 236 West 45th Street, home of the anticipated limited Broadway engagement of David Mamet's new play China Doll, which stars Academy Award winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMRose Theatre Kingston presentsTHE WARS OF THE ROSES, beginning tonight 16 September and running through 31 October 2015, with press performances for all three plays on 3October.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMGeffen Playhouse presents the West Coast premiere of THESE PAPER BULLETS A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, opening the not-for-profit organization's 20th anniv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMCabaret hotspot 54 Below welcomes Broadway's recentLES MISERABLES star Will Swensonin anextended run, making his solo debut at the venue.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMRobert Peterpaul Productions announced that it will present a 'Musical Theatre Master Class with Orfeh' today, September 16th,from 7PM to 9PM in New York City. The event will aim to assist a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02AMDownload file Aurin, Liz, and Nicole wrestle with new plays and new trends in playwriting. We discuss Lucas “Timberlocks” Hnath’s new play The Christians and it’…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 01:00AMTwo former WWE writers speak with TheaterMania about their time with the world's wildest road show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMDWTS Celebs Andy Grammer, Bindi Irwin, Nick Carter, & More Show Off Their Moves
YH heads backstage at the ballroom of "Dancing With The Stars" as the celebs and pros get ready to kick off Se…
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theatreWeek 2015 Offers Inspirational Ticket Discounts theatreWashington’s Annual Celebration Spotlights Patron Savings theatreWashington unveils a groundbreaking network of ticketing…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:20AMAlias Ellis Mackenzie tells the story of Barry Seal, who smuggled drugs into the United States for the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s while simultaneously working as an informant for the U…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09AMSince 54 Below opened its doors in summer 2012, Broadway stars and emerging artists have been shuffling in and out — and the club has become one of the hottest theatre nightspots i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMThe Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2015 Next Wave Festival kicks off Sept. 16 with a line-up that features 32 theatre, dance, music, opera and performance art productions from around th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMPlaybill.com looks back at the life and career of late stage and screen icon Lauren Bacall, Sept 16, 1924 - August 12, 2014
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMWill Swenson makes his solo 54 Below debut Sept. 16 at 7 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMIn Your Arms, a new "dance-theatre musical" from the composer of Ragtime and Seussical, opens the 2015-16 season at Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, CA, Sept. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMGeffen Playhouse presents the West Coast premiere of These Paper Bullets! A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing," which officially opens Sept. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMPlaybill.com's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry. From auditions to administrative roles, Playbill.com is the online source for care…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08AMBroadwayWorld can exclusively report that stage star Lisa O'Hare A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDERand her husband, Brian Shoemaker, have welcomed their new baby, Cielle Rose Shoemaker, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08AMGeffen Playhouse presents the West Coast premiere of These Paper Bullets! A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing," which officially opens Sept. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBecause every great performance deserves an encore.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMIf there's one thing we can all agree on, it's this there's very little that Neil Patrick Harris cannot do. Whether it's swinging from a giant Tony Award at Radio City Music Hall, penning a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMQuantum Theatre leads off its 25th season with a world-premiere baroque opera of Shakespeare’s “The Winter's Tale,” joined by Attack Theatre, music director Andres Cladera and a fi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM