Company is the latest dalliance with another a Stephen Sondheim work from independent company Watch This (following Assassins and Pacific Overtures). Making marvellous use of that delightful…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:57PMHave you ever thought about the places that have formed the person you are right now? Sure, your family and friends shape you, but what about the places you’ve worked at or the houses you�…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:48PMZoo worker, animal advocate, meat eater – theatremaker Michelle Nussey is all three. Write what you know is good advice. Nussey is passionate about the subject matter at hand, and we get g…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:35PMThe streets of rural suburbia howl and packs of wild creatures are on the prowl for sex and revenge in Adam J A Cass’s Bock Kills Her Father. The script hums with a truly fearful and viole…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:28PMJimmy and Corgan want to tell you a story about love and friendship and how masculinity sometimes gets in the way. They were both in love with the same woman once, though at different times …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:21PMAfter 28 years of marriage George and Brad have learned how to deal with each other's impulse buys... or have they
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According to BroadwayWorld.com, Australian based production company Global Creatures might have added yet another name to the list of creatives working on their mega musical, King Kong. A…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:49PMBroadway's new suspense thriller Misery, starring two-time Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award winner Bruce Willis and three-time Emmy Award winner Laurie Metcalf, begins performances o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42PMGrammy and Emmy Award-winnerJoe Raposoand Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winnerSheldon Harnick's uplifting musical A WONDERFUL LIFE reminds us how one person's life can touch that of so many …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42PMIt’s a pleasing serendipity that while Martin McDonagh’s clamorously anticipated Hangmen opened at the Royal Court last night, just a little further west TS Eliot’s The Cocktail Party …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:22PM"Within this political climate, if I am going to contribute something, I want it to be...something that can help move the conversation forward." Camille A. Brown, New York
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Hayes Theatre Co’s production of High Society, starring Amy Lehpamer and Bobby Fox, is currently playing at Sydney’s hottest independent venue in Potts Point. Check out this wo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:45PMWelcome to the Hotel Cortez...After weeks of creepy promos, FX has finally released its first, in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL, featuring interviews with almo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PMActress and DANCING WITH THE STARS winnerRumer Williswill officially make her Broadway debut as 'Roxie Hart' inCHICAGO this coming Monday, September 21. In honor of the big night, Willis met…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, acclaimed singer and pianistMichael Feinsteinis adding his moniker to Manhattan's 54 Below, which will now be called Feinstein's54 Below. He will appear…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMDr Sugar is a hidden gem, which is worth discovering, if only for this show. In Ich bin ein Belinda, Belinda Hanne Reid takes us on a tour of the various personas that bake up Bel. As much a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:35PMWelcome back Martin McDonagh. It’s been more than 10 years since you’ve had a play on in London, and I was beginning to think that we had lost you to Broadway, and Hollywood, for ever. A…
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On Saturday, Sept. 26. consumer advocate-politician Ralph Nader is celebrating the opening of a museum he founded in his hometown of Winsted. The American Museum of Tort Law will focus on th…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55PMAlthough improvisational comedy, one of Chicago's most formidable gifts to the entertainment world, had its genesis in the Hyde Park neighborhood, it is now rooted almost entirely on the cit…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:45PMEarlier today, New York Gilbert amp Sullivan Players announced they would be cancelling their planned production of THE MIKADO due to complaints from the Asian American community about the s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMThe Jewish Channel will launch its second season of its popular theater-oriented monthly TV show, ROW J,beginning on Monday, September 21. ROW J is hosted by TJC correspondent Meredith Ganzm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMRECOMMENDED With all the magic in Shakespeare’s plays, “The Tempest” still stands out for its wizardry, with the magician Prospero using supernatural forces to both seek revenge and a…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 06:30PMWe spoke to Ms. Hines, now living in Calgary, about her real estate debacle and the do’s and don’ts of a virgin house-purchaser
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:23PM The formal announcement of the coming together of the inimitable Michael Feinstein and New York’s popular nightclub 54 Below, was made on Thursday September 17th a…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:05PMGive playwright MJ Kaufman and director Adrienne Campbell-Holt abundant credit for writing a compact and understanding study of isolation in How to Live on Earth, at HERE.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:04PMThe 10-time Tony nominee was last seen on Broadway in Kander and Ebb's The Visit.
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EXECUTION STREET… Grotesque. Morbid. Hilarious. Dark, absurd, evocative. Start with the last one. This is a period-conscious piece, even more than Martin McDonagh’s Irish-set wor…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:55PMWith all the ongoing, ever-deepening dismay over the paucity of productions of plays by women, I've been thinking a lot about Caryl Churchill. The great (not a word I use easily) English mas…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:52PMRumer Willis is getting ready to star as Roxie Hart in Broadway's Chicago. See what she has to say about her stage dreams and putting her own stamp on the iconic character.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMRed Bull Theater company has announced the line-up for their 12th "season of scandal" Off-Broadway, set to kick off with a revival of Thomas Middleton and William Rowley&am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PMLast night, the incomparable Chita Rivera received the very first Latina LegendAward from 100 Hispanic Women, Inc. at their 19th Annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street. The Broadway icon was ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMSinger-Actor Mykal Kilgore, who has appeared on Broadway in MOTOWN and HAIR, as well as the national tour of THE BOOK OF MORMON, has launched a Kickstarter KickstartKilgore to raise money fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMThe UK premiere ofKinky Boots, Broadway's huge-hearted, high-heeled hit and winner of six Tony Awards, opened at London's Adelphi Theatre on Tuesdaynight 15 September 2015. Go inside the big…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMHAMILTON is the biggest hit that Broadway has seen in a while, and in a recent Deadline article, Jeremy Gerard investigates the money that got the show on its feet at the Public Theater, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMName: Wende O’ReillyHometown: Chelmsford, MAEducation: B.A. in Theater from Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles and a Graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse, NYC.Select Credits: Readi…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:25PMJo Brand left it until her 40s to marry, have children and start writing novels. And somehow she doesn't seem so mouthy any more. Don't say there's an attack of sweetness and goodwill to men…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:22PMFollowing the cancellation of the New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players' production of The Mikado, planned for Dec. 26-Jan. 2, 2016 — that was to feature a company of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMWith Jennifer Gilbert's winning performance as its irrepressible heroine, "Bells Are Ringing" works like a dream in Bayou City Concert Musicals' production - "better than a dream," to borrow…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:18PMThe authors of the smash hit musical RUTHLESS!, Joel Paley and Marvin Laird, will offer two master classes for musical theater performers this Sunday, September 20th in Somerville, NJ.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:15PMArnie Burton, star of the original Broadway and currently-running Off-Broadway revival, 39 Steps, will depart the comedy following his 1,000th performance on Sept. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PMCheck out TheaterMania's photos from Swenson's concert at a Broadway night spot.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The famed theatre that appeared in All About Eve is about to undergo a renaissance.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:55PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Viola Davis to Present at Emmys
The Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on September 20 and there’s a slew of Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:50PMHappy Friday! The Emmy Awards are this weekend, so before you go home to watch Cicely Tyson’s guest performance on How to Get Away With Murder on loop, we want to make sure you’r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:50PMSince “Iphigenia in Aulis” is a classic Greek tragedy — it’s about a general who must kill his daughter to secure the gods’ blessing — you don’t really expect a...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:48PMInfused with a steampunk sensibility, scored with the bluesy songs of Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, choreographed by Pilobolus and powered (to re-appropriate a phrase from makers of comput…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:44PMDuring the intermission of “The Winter’s Tale,” two friends told me they were surprised: They hadn’t expected an opera.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:42PMBitter Lemons: I spent the 90’s doing poor but inspired theater with great actors like Paul Giamatti. I did a lot of new work – a lot. I kind of fell in love with it, in fact. In 1998, I…
SOURCE: Footlights at 04:40PMBy Peter Brosius. Peter Brosius sheds light on how the 50th Anniversary season at The Children’s Theatre Company came together.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:38PMThe mischievous sleight-of-hand unfolds even before the audience has settled into darkness for the formal start of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's altogether beguiling, ingeniously imagined pr…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:37PMTKTS 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 04:34PMFirst the good news. Broadway’s “Finding Neverland” still going strong with Matthew Morrison, has snagged the great Terrence Mann to play Charles Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:18PMThere will always be somewhere new to explore. It's our human condition to seek the next frontier. With virtually our entire planet now accounted for, the next frontier just so happens to be…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:18PMEXCLUSIVE: When Hamilton began Broadway previews on July 13 at the Nederlander-owned Richard Rodgers Theatre, it already was a smash hit, arriving with advance ticket sales of $32 million, …
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:03PMA festival on the edge, located in a town on the edge, is aiming to bring the new American play back to Provincetown. Running through Sept. 20, the annual Afterglow Festival –&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMAlabama Story, a new six-actor play by Kenneth Jones, had its world premiere Jan. 9-24, 2015, at Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, UT. Artistic director Karen Azenberg directed the …
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 04:00PMBy Emily Aguilar Thomas, Milta Ortiz. Emily Aguilar Thomas interviews Milta Ortiz about the inspiration for her play Más and thoughts on the future of American theatre.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PMJulia Murney (Wicked, The Wild Party), Alysha Umphress (On The Town, American Idiot), Mia Gentile (Kinky Boots) and more are set to perform in a concert for The Northeast Children's Thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMKaus recently served as the producer at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMConflicts within a white, dysfunctional family nearly bury the central issue of race in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMKelsey Grammer continues his hiatus from the Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMBurton originated the role of "Clown #2" in the Broadway and off-Broadway companies of the production.
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By HowlRound TV. Playwrights Theatre Centre in Vancouver presents A Conversation about Smart Phones and Theatre — livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV netw…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:59PMIf I Hold My Tongue is a short play written by Patricia Henley, a former Perdue University professor, who now lives in Frostburg, MD. The play was selected as one of 51 by and about women f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:57PMPauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews.
Here’s the newest Exit Review for the musical play These Paper Bullets!, which opened th…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:56PM The ten-time Tony nominated Broadway show “Something Rotten!̶…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:50PMFive years ago, playwright Adam Szymkowicz began a blog with a simple, yet intriguing, idea: to interview playwrights. Aptly titled, I Interview Playwrights, the blog has now grown to incl…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:41PMMichael Feinstein was joined onstage at Feinstein's/54 Below by co-owners Steve Baruch, Richard Frankel and Tom Viertel to unveil the nightspot's new signage and to celebrate New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMA memorial tribute will be held for Roger Rees, the legendary Tony Award-winning actor, and Tony Award nominated director, on Monday, September 21 at 1:00 PM at the New Amsterdam Theatre (21…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:35PM25 Broadway musical numbers from The Tonight Show, Letterman, Ed Sullivan and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:20PMRock'N Rouge, in which Broadway performers will belt out glam rock tunes from Bowie to T. Rex with NYC-based glam rock band Starbolt 9, will be held Sept. 26 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMThis afternoon, we are releasing our official BroadwayWorld predictions. Below you will find the predictions of all of BWW TV cumulative recappers Jennifer McHugh, BWW TV Critic and Co-Host …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMMiranda Lambert stopped by Dallas Theater Center last night to see the World Premiere of MOONSHINE That Hee Haw Musical, which officially opens tonight, Sept. 18, 2015. Check out photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMBroadwayWorld brings you a brand new official trailer ofBerkeley Repertory Theatre's AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL, starringaward-winning British actressSamantha Barks,directed by Tony Award winnerP…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMLynne Meadow Artistic Director and Barry Grove Executive Producer have hired Stephen M. Kaus as Associate Artistic Producer for Manhattan Theatre Club.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMHere is Kyle Osborne’s Movie Video Review of Black Mass: Here is Black Mass’ website. Watch the Trailer: Here are DC Showtimes. Check out other Movie Video Reviews by Kyle Osbo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:14PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1956 (Columbia/Sony, 2CDs) When Frank Loesser’s adaptation of Sidney Howard’s They Knew What They Wanted opened on Broadway, the composer-lyricist quickly correct…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:08PMThe Willises will be spending quality time on Broadway this fall. We think.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced that Stephen M. Kaus will be the company's new associate artistic producer; he comes to the Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre following a five…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
A dysfunctional Southern family bends over backwards to support one of their own in Jon Marans’ dark comedy The Cover Up, getting a Sept. 20 reading in The Barrow Group Reading Series …
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 02:52PMAs Motown the Musical opens in T.O., Gordy talks Smokey Robinson, Jackson 5, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:51PMEmmy winner Kelsey Grammer will not be flying back to Finding Neverland on the Great White Way after taking a hiatus from the production over the summer. Instead, three-time Tony nominee Ter…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMAndy Mientus makes the cast of Spring Awakening taste some weird snacks.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMAt his Toronto JFL42 performance and two days later on The Daily Show, Trevor Noah plans to be himself.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:45PMThree-time Tony Award-nominated actor Terrence Mann has been announced to take over the role of Captain Hook in the Broadway production of Finding Neverland. He succeeds Australian m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PM3: Black Girl Blues, a one-woman show starring Danielle Mone’ Truitt, is a tale of three close friends who grew up together and are confronted with facing their demons at thirty years ol…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:31PMVery well-placed tattoos. A bunch of cast love. And of course, a ton of rockin’ out. On Wednesday evening, Modern Theater (Coeur d’Alene, ID) took control of our Instagram and T…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:29PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1956 (Decca/MCA) From the moment the overture fires up, strings sawing away and trumpets blaring, you know that this is a mid-’50s schlock musical comedy. Produced …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:29PMNBC's TODAY will host a variety of Broadway vets during the week of September 21st. The network announced the following upcoming guests
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMBroadwayWorld has just learned thatBroadway veteranTerrence MannBeauty and the Beast,Les Miserable will take over the roles of Charles Frohman and Captain Hook in the smash hit musicalFindin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMToday, we're excited to announce that you can now get your favorite and most comprehensive theatre news in 2 more places!
If you've upgraded your iPhones and iPads to the new iOS 9,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMDeadline reports that the Television Academy has announced the final group of presenters for this year's 67th Annual EMMY AWARDS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMby MAUREEN LEE LENKER
. Vengeance. Lunacy. Clowns? Hamlet is a hotter property than ever (thank you, Benedict Cumberbatch!), and Los Angeles is privy to a new take on the text as the mela…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:26PMUnder the helm of new music director, Alexander Shelley, the NAC Orchestra appears poised to shake off the stupor of recent years, with a more risky and adventurous lineup for the season
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:25PMShakespeare's Much Ado About nothing meets up with Carnaby Street and near Beatles.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:24PMDaniel Craig, who recently said he wasn't keen on returning to Broadway due to aging audiences and rising ticket prices, may instead give Off-Broadway a go.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PMFor one night in September, Annapolis’ historic West Street Arts District becomes home to actors, singers, dancers and musicians as the 2015 Annapolis Fringe Festival opens its doors Satur…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:19PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1962 (Columbia/Sony) Irving Berlin’s final show should have been a natural. It’s a look at a JFK-like First Family, with mild social satire and plenty of flag-wav…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:19PMTipping the Velvet has opened to less fanfare than her Benedict Cumberbatch production, but Turner seems to prefer it that wayThe last time the theatre director Lyndsey Turner opened a produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMThis 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 02:18PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1954 (RCA/Stage Door) Is it a musical, or a straight play with incidental songs? Mrs. Patterson was a hybrid oddity of the 1954-55 Broadway season. Having seen Eartha…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 02:06PMThe new revival plays the Brooks-Atkinson Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Michael Laurence and Annette O’Toole in Hamlet in Bed
(©Tristan Fuge)
Writer-performer Michael Laurence enjoys riffing on classic texts. About six years ago in Krapp 39, he offe…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 01:59PMThe Fairy Princess woke up this morning and read that NYGASP – NY GILBERT AND SULLIVAN PLAYERS – has cancelled their production of THE MIKADO that was to be at The Skirball Cente…
SOURCE: fairyprincessdiaries.com at 01:55PMAmélie, a new musical based on the film of the same name, is currently playing an extended world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The show may be coming to Broadway in spri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMtheatreWeek 2015 celebrates the glory, the laughter, the thrills, and the insights into the human condition that only a trip to live theatre can evoke. And it does all that by offering area …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:46PMAmélie, a new musical based on the film of the same name, is currently playing an extended world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. The show may be coming to Broadway in spri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMCaitlyn Jenner, Kelly Maloney… gender identity challenges are all over the media at the moment. But what we forget to think is that in a modern society, thankfully, people who divert f…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:43PMBugger me, this show makes you want to go out and party. My boyfriend has mentioned having a drag inspired birthday shindig next year and at first I was very skeptical. I like my heels below…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:43PMRumer Willis has been delayed and waylaid in making her Broadway debut, but the Dancing with the Stars champ will indeed take the stage as Roxie Hart in the Tony-winning revival of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMYou'll have a little longer to believe! Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening will extend on Broadway through January 24, 2016; the production had previously been set to end its …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMBefore she was a Broadway star who giddied on up to recording career, Laura Bell Bundy was a child star belting her young face off in the hilarious Ruthless! the Musical. Bund…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMHere’s one thing you don’t learn in film school: sheep wrangling. Though the central character in Ana V. Bojórquez and Lucía Carreras’s latest film is a young girl, the supporting ca…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PMThe Spanish Golden Age meets the Jazz Age in “Friendship Betrayed,” a rarely staged 17th-century comedy that WSC Avant Bard has time-shifted rather easily to the Roaring Twenties. The ca…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PMBroadway's elite turned out in style for the finals of the 2015 New York New Works Theatre Festival Industry leaders congregated at the sold out Elektra Theatre for a superb evening of perfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMThe Jewish Channel will launch its second season of its popular theater-oriented monthly TV show, Row J, beginning on Monday, September 21. Row J is hosted by TJC correspondent Meredith Ganz…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMBroadway veteran and Tony Award Winner Patti LuPone could be coming to city near you It was just announced that Patti LuPone will be embraking on a tour this coming spring
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that an extra two weeks of performances for Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Spring Awakening have been added to the cu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMThe Deaf West production of Spring Awakening, re-imagined and performed simultaneously in English and American Sign Language, has been given an additional two weeks on Broadway despite i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMThe Public Theater has announced complete casting for the world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's First Daughter Suite, a follow-up to the composer's 1993 musical First Lady Su…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMLondon Road has the same problem all film musicals face: people breaking into song seems odd
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 01:13PMThe Hollywood star previously won a Tony Award for Fences
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:13PMWolverhampton’s Grand Theatre has been given the go-ahead for a major transformation of its front of house areas. Wolverhampton City Council has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMA live cinema broadcast of The Rocky Horror Show took more than £600,000 at the UK box office. The production, at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMIn this exclusive video, Miranda Richardson and Ken Stott discuss bringing the characters of Sybil and Arthur Birling to life in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMNot for Profit, produced by Ferdinand for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:06PMStudio Cast, 2002 (DRG) A planned 2001 production of Jerry Herman’s Miss Spectacular in Las Vegas never materialized, but this concept recording is a doozy, featuring the kind of cast that…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 01:05PMPhilip Barry’s 1939 play The Philadelphia Story has long been rightly celebrated as a model of wit and sophistication. It inspired a classic movie version the following year and then, in 1…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:03PMName: Jesse ThurstonHometown: Boulder, COEducation: Northwestern UniversityFavorite Credits: Last summer I got to perform in new short plays by Halley Feiffer, Todd Almond and Wendy Macleod …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:01PMActress and DANCING WITH THE STARS winner Rumer Willis will officially make her Broadway debut as 'Roxie Hart' inChicago on Monday, September 21. In honor of the big night, Willis met the pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMToday, we're excited to announce that you can now get your favorite and most comprehensive theatre news in 2 more places
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMCrying over HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH closing Still trying to win the Ham4Ham lottery Didn't have time to check in on your favorite Broadway stars Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has rounded …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMThe training industry continues to bewail the number of young male dancers it manages to recruit. Yes, the Billy Elliot effect has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PM
LONDON - So, there goes a rather soggy summer, in which outdoor theaters thrived despite the stubbornly gray skies, and London lost its wits over the Benedict Cumberbatch "Hamlet." If you ca…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:58PMSo did my column last Friday convince you that you should do DISNEY’S MY SON PINOCCHIO? If you read what I wrote, you saw that I certainly admire this tender and moving story from Davi…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:58PMReport and film reviews from the Alamo City Film Festival by our man in Texas, Kurt Gardner:
In keeping with its mission of showcasing films and filmmakers from around the world, the Alamo C…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:52PMWhat with TCM showing several Abbott and Costello comedies tonight, I thought this might be a logical time to share some thoughts I’d been kicking around about the great movie teams an…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:44PMTonight on Turner Classic Movies, no doubt by popular demand, several of the comedies of Abbott and Costello. 8:00pm (EST) Hold That Ghost (1941) The first of A & C’s many spook …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:44PMComplete casting has been announced for the Westchester Sandbox Theatre's mainstage production of Carrie The Musical, which will be presented Oct. 2-11 at the Mamaroneck venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMRussian pianist Olga Kern is something of a cult figure because of her landmark victory in the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, captured in one of the greatest…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:41PMIt’s a shame when a quality piece of writing that’s brought to life as an accessible and enjoyable dramatisation is left to be performed without an audience. Whether it’s the result of…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:36PMHeadlong Theatre have been blowing the minds of audiences across the country with their intense, thought-provoking adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984, and their adaptation of Wedekind’s …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:36PMOriginal London Cast, 1989 (Geffen, 2CDs) No stars; not recommended. As was the case with The Phantom of the Opera and Les Misérables, its equally cheap predecessors, Miss Saigon was brough…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:31PMAnnie Baker’s The Flick, directed by Tony winner Sam Gold, will receive a London transfer next year. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which is currently playing a return engagement off…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMThe multi-talented Julianne Hough headed to Broadway’s Finding Neverland on September 16. The Emmy-winning choreographer/dancer/singer/actress/bride-to-be took in the magical show and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMTonny winner Bebe Neuwirth is set to host the seventh annual Broadway Salutes Sept. 29. The annual public event will feature guests Nikki M. James (Les Misérables), Sydney Lucas (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMAppropriation is about more than facepaint; it's about pretending that minority cultures are metaphors or fantasy worlds or backdrops for white narratives.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:25PMNow that the full cast for NBC’s The Wiz Live has been announced, fans of the acclaimed musical are eagerly awaiting its airdate of December 3rd. Recently, Uzo Aduba and David Alan Grier …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:17PMHere at BroadwayWorld, we're all about bringing theater fans the most comprehensive coverage of Broadway news, trends, and tips. So today we're ecstatic to announce our new partnership with …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMIf Josh Groban had asked you to accompany him on tour, which duet would be perfect for the two of you to sing Find out in this week's quiz
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMHoled up in a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, two former lovers unpack the deep secrets and dark desires of their tangled relationship, passionately tearing each other apart. L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMActress Rumor Willis, greets the press Sept 18. Willis was slated to make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running revival of Chicago Sept. 14, will now begin performances in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMNo fewer than three major London critics came up with the same pun while describing the U.K homecoming of Broadway version of the British film Kinky Boots, with The Guardian's Michael Bi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMWillis met the press before making her Broadway debut on September 21.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe company is one of the country's leading producers of new works for the stage by Asian-American writers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMLucas Hnath's new play looks at faith in America.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMMichael John LaChiusa's new musical plays the Public Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMWashington will star alongside fellow Tony winner Viola Davis in a film version of Fences.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Broadway vet and two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington has announced that he will direct and act in a screen adaptation of August Wilson's Fences for HBO, the same play that won hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1949 (Columbia/Sony) Irving Berlin’s highly anticipated follow-up to Annie Get Your Gun was one of those can’t-miss packages that missed. It had thick postwar nos…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:54AMBroadwayWorld recently announced a new partnership with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Falli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMPolice respond with full riot gear when neighbor hears a man begging for his life.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMIn this week's edition, we caught up with Chris Hoch, who stars as 'Major Archibald Gray' in Amazing Grace, currently playing at the NederlanderTheatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMWith book, music, and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, and directed by Kirsten Sanderson, performances begin Tuesday, October 6 with an official press opening on Wednesday, October 21. Check…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMBooktress Offline, a concert party that will "make you laugh, maybe make you cry, and take you through the 'booking' stories (and 'almost-booking' stories) of some o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1970 (Project 3) “Good MORN-ing, ladies!!” Shelley Winters’ entrance line in this musical biography of the Marx Brothers and their indomitable mother is brayed …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:48AMStorm, Still
Off Off Broadway, Brooklyn Yard
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: As lovely as a cool evening under the stars.
Storm, Still is no gimmick. Yes, this takes place in …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:46AMOlivier and two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone, who is currently filming the new season of the Showtime series "Penny Dreadful," will be seen in concert this spring. A han…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMAccording to the Daily Mail, the critically acclaimed London premiere of Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51, starring Oscar winner Nicole Kidman, has its sights set on the big screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMLaura Bell Bundy took a visit to Ruthless Sept. 17. Bundy was the original star of Ruthless when it first premiered in 1992. She greeted the show's stars onstage following the performan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMJulianne Hough took a visit to Finding Neverland on Sept. 17. She greeted the show's stars onstage following the performance. Finding Neverland, the new Broadway musical that tells the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMMegan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan star in a musical about pen pals from Jean Webster’s 1912 novel best known as a 1955 movie with Leslie Caron and Fred Astaire.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30AMFrom the Royal Academy’s 20-year survey of contemporary art behemoth Ai Weiwei to the return of Peter Capaldi’s Doctor and assorted enemies, here are this week’s cultural highlights EX…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AMStage and screen star Carol Burnett, who played Miss Agatha Hannigan in the original 1982 "Annie" film, appeared on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Sept. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMSimon Gordon says he was preparing scene with housemate when 15 officers swooped on their home to investigate reports of man begging for his lifeArmed police who surrounded a London home aft…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1961 (RCA) Jerry Herman’s first Broadway score is surely one of his best, an atmosphere-soaked tour through contemporary Israel in service of a tired soap opera plo…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:30AMGet ready for a whole lot of August Wilson on the small screen. Oscar and Tony winner Denzel Washington, during a Q&A at University of Southern California, revealed that he will executiv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMThe Tony-winning musical A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder is embarking on a national tour this fall. In this video, stars John Rapson and Kevin Massey explain why you should sham…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMDavid Haig (Yes, Prime Minister) and Siubhan Harrison (From Here To Eternity) will roll the dice in the previously reported West End revival of Guys and Dolls as Sarah Brown and Nathan Detro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMDid you miss her? We did! Lesli Margherita is moving across the street from Matilda to Dames at Sea, and she’s bringing her vlogging camera with her! Get all hands on deck for Ship Hap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:22AMThe 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 11:22AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1944 (Decca) Cole Porter, Herbert Fields, and Dorothy Fields enjoyed a long run with this silly piece of wartime escapism, but the major force behind the show was pro…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:22AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9182015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMBoyleSports, an Ireland-based online betting firm, announced this week that Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway leads the race as favorite actress to take on the role of the iconic nanny, with 64 odd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMCompany XIV—one of our favorite (and slightly naughty) downtown performance companies— returns with their 2015-2016 Off-Broadway season, which will include three adult only shows: the wo…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:10AMThe mass firings under owner Mort Zuckerman at New York’s foundering Daily News continued today with the pink-slipping of longtime and well-regarded music critic Jim Farber. Here’…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:03AM
Ryan 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 10:48AMBeginning Monday, October 5, Jennifer Diamond will assume the roles of Louise Lerman and Eve Allabout in "RUTHLESS! The Musical" at St. Luke's Theatre in the heart of the Theatre District.
SOURCE: www.edgenewyork.com at 10:46AMSunday in the Park with George opens Kansas City Repertory Theatre's 2015-16 season Sept. 18 after previews that began Sept. 11. The show runs through Oct. 4 at the Atkins Auditorium…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMSunday in the Park with George opens Kansas City Repertory Theatre's 2015-16 season Sept. 18 after previews that began Sept. 11. The show runs through Oct. 4 at the Atkins Auditorium…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMThere is a new feature film hitting the film circuit that is a powerful family drama about love, challenges, and hope.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMOne of the most anticipated albums of this or any year Introducing Darlene Love is available everywhere today, including iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMWith the ongoing Women’s Voices Theater Festival, I wondered if other performing arts in the DC area were highlighting the work of women artists. I didn’t have to search far to find that…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:44AMFor the busy director, who also heads the TEAM, theatre is a continual search for the miraculous.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AMChristina Bianco teases the setlist for her upcoming Birdland concert.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:40AMTony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, whose Broadway hit Kinky Boots has just opened in the West End, has been tapped to revise the original book to Funny Girl in advance of the musical's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMIf you weren’t watching the Denzel Washington livestream Q&A lead by the Notorious Ph.D., Todd Boyd, last night, you missed a great conversation. However, you shouldn’t worry…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:39AMIf you’re like us, the moment that Fun Home is mentioned, the image of an earnest and adorable Sydney Lucas pops into your mind. After three years with the Tony Award-winning musical,…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:37AMA starry cast recently assembled in Manhattan for a reading of the new rock musical Galileo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMLos Angeles…Heart and Flame Productions will present the world premiere of the new pop rock musical We Are the Tigers Oct. 2-Nov. 8 at the Hudson Backstage in Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMGuests have been announced for CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and "The Late Late Show with James Corden" for the week beginning Sept. 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMThe Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, IL, and Universal Stage Productions present the official opening of the world premiere of October Sky Aug. 26, following previews that began Aug. 19. Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMThe director of the first authorised stage dramatisation of Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World reflects on why its human-centred vision is more relevant than ever in today’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:25AMLooks like the Mayor of Broadway (as we like to think of him) is on his way to becoming Mayor of London's "Theatreland!" After opening Kinky Boots and Casa Valentina in the U.K…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMYou'll be back?! Hamilton is heading across the pond. British mega-producer Cameron Mackintosh has teamed up with the much-buzzed about new musical's creator Lin-Manuel Miranda to br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMA crackling hotbed of visceral tension will soon hit the London stage! Founding member of Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, Keith Allen and more will star in Harold Pinter’s The Homeco…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMNicole Kidman has more plans afoot for her current project: starring as English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin in Photograph 51. In addition to Broadway plans for the A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMThe New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players production of The Mikado, planned for Dec. 26-Jan. 2, 2016 — that was to feature a company of mostly Caucasian actors playing ch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMA 50th anniversary production of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming is to be staged at the West End's Trafalgar Studios, beginning performances Nov. 14 prior to an official opening Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMThe Philadelphia Theatre Company has repurchased the Suzanne Roberts Theatre from TD Bank, enabling PTC to reclaim its longtime home.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMJust give in already. With a charming hero, lechery and vice on parade, a cross-dressing femme fatale, and comic timing to beat the precision of any Swiss watch, One Man, Two Guvnors at Mary…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:14AMCarol Burnett stopped by last night's LATE NIGHT to talk about an on-set mishap during the filming of ANNIE's 'Easy Street' number.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMTony Award winnerChristian Borle, and Tony Award nomineesBrian d'Arcy JamesandJohn Carianiwere honored last night with the unveiling of a signature Dan May portrait and party at Tony's di Na…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMToday in 2008, A Tale of Two Cities opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 60 performances. A Tale of Two Cities is a musical with book, music and lyrics by Jill Santoriello b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AM“Gee, the lack of humility before nature that’s being displayed here, uh … staggers me.”
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:14AMOur staff picks the best events in the week ahead
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:14AMFew actors can truly disappear into a character the way Johnny Depp can. He’s used this skill for the past decade to basically clown around and make millions and millions of dollars.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:14AMAn adaptation of "Twelfth Night" makes itself at home in an historic neighborhood
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:14AM"Rotation 2" at the Kemper is a fine exhibition of contemporary art
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:14AMWriter Ian Doescher pleases fans of both genres with his series of seven well-reviewed books
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:14AMFor a short time, the Broadway Bar company for which I work had all bars serving coffee. It was successful in some houses, very in fact, yet at most, completely […]
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe faith-based musical, which recounts the true story of the penitent slave trader who penned the world's most beloved hymn, will play its final performance in October.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:02AMName: Jimmy LudwigWhere are you from? Iron River, Michigan - in the Upper Peninsula of MI (the part that everyone thinks is Canada, eh!). Not too many of us make it out alive. I think there…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 10:00AM
Actor and director Denzel Washington said he will produce 10 of Pulitzer-winning playwright August Wilson’s plays for HBO over the next decade.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:50AMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
Dendy uses his fertile imagination to tell Manning’s story beginning with his repressed childhood, on through enlisting in the Army where he was trained in co…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:47AMThe Broadway adaptation of Therese Raquin will star Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley Therese making her Broadway debut alongside Tony award winner Gabriel Ebert Camille, Matt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMPlaywrights Horizons and Center Theatre Group present The Christians, the New York premiere of a new play by Lucas Hnath A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMGood 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 MOONSHINE and A WONDERFUL LIFE …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMYOUTHFUL YEARNINGS A CONTAINER PORT CAN’T CONTAIN… You grow up with your mates in a dead-end town, and you’re a solid gang – five a side footie team, in and out of each o…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:43AMEducation dramaturg Ted Sod speaks to Stephen Karam about his process of writing The Humans. TED SOD: The Humans is the third play of yours to be produced at Roundabout. Previously, we have …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:30AMStill House: Of Riders And Running Horses | Cas Public: Symphonie Dramatique; Royal Ballet: Romeo & JulietThis latest production from choreographer Dan Canham and Still House is created …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:26AMThe production starring Tom Hiddleston is being screened again through NT Live on 24 September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:26AMA starry cast recently assembled in Manhattan for a reading of the new rock musical Galileo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMClare Lizzimore’s play Animal debuts at Studio Theatre X on September 30, 2015. She is a playwright and an Olivier-Award winning director. Her first play, Mint (2013), was produced a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:07AMDirector Catherine Hardwicke, seven-time Oscar nominee and Grammy Award winning songwriter Diane Warren and six-time Grammy winner Lady Gaga have teamed up to release a campus sexual assault…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMTwo-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro's critically acclaimed new comedy Clever Little Liesbegins previews tonight,September 18th, for a strictly limited 16-week engagement. Opening nightis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMThe new Broadway production ofD.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic,The Gin Game, starring Tony Award winnersJames Earl JonesandCicely Tyson, will start previews on Wednesday, Septemb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMThe original Broadway cast of CRY-BABY took the stage at 54 Below for a reunion concert last night. Cry-Baby is based on the movie of the same name by John Waters and features a score by Dav…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMDallas Theater Center's World Premiere engagement of MOONSHINE That Hee Haw Musical, a new musical comedy lovingly and loosely inspired by the classic TV series, began performances atDallas …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMHarbor Lights' production of the landmark 1996 Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning musical RENT will be helmed by award winning director Alex Perez. The production begins tonight, September 18, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AM
William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (10 tragedies, 10 histories, 17 comedies) and 154 Sonnets — 884,647 words in all. He is said to have invented 1,700 words in the English language, in…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:47AMToday, in an announcement posted on their official Facebook page, the New York Gilbert amp Sullivan Players has canceled their production of THE MIKADO and replaced it with THE PIRATES OF PE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMThis week, we go around our Broadway World to feature stories in Cleveland, Birmingham, Denver and more. Check out our top 10 stories around our Broadway World below, which include Ken Ludwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMBenjamin now flatly refuses to do swimming at school. Normal adolescent body issues? If only. The teenage protagonist of Marius von Mayenburg's provocative, horribly funny and distressin…
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:36AMThe first thing you see when you walk into the rehearsal area of Edinburgh’s Royal Lyceum Theatre is Brian Cox. Not the actor himself, but a life-sized photograph of him on the stage, one …
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:36AMPet Shop Boys musical Closer to Heaven is to return to the Union Theatre following a previous run in April. The show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMJamie Lloyd is to direct a 50th anniversary revival of The Homecoming, in a West End production starring Gemma Chan, John Simm
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMA man being persuaded to compromise on his lofty ideals could make for great comedy – but given the best satire kicks against the strong, it could be hard to wring gags from the underdog C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMWinner of the North West Comedian Of The Year, Peter Kay is now famous for garlic bread, Phoenix Nights and being from Bolton Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMGood Day Broadway World and Happy....September I cannot believe how fast this summer of Transcendence has flownMay 20th,when I touched down in Sonoma, feelslike only a month ago, and yet it …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMJennifer Hoppe-House’s play Bad Dog debuts September 30, 2015 at Olney Theatre Center. She has written for theater, film and television (Nurse Jackie and Damages, among others). In …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AMTo dim or not to dim? That is the question. Who has the answer?
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:04AM
WICKED, the classic West End musical that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to release the first pictures of Oliver Savile (Fiyero), Sean Kearns (Doctor Dill…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 07:54AMa huge hit in London, Lucy Kirkwood's play is now having its U.S. premiere at Washington's Studio Theatre. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AMa curious and also cagey show-piece
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AMLucas Hnath's intriguing play about the divisiveness of different visions for being true to one's faith
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AMOn Thursday morning, Second City's co-owner and CEO, Andrew Alexander, met me on his charred theater's stoop at 1616 N. Wells St. Second City's mainstage was to re-open that night following …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:36AMManchester-based Monkeywood Theatre Company, recipients of The Stage Door Foundation Award and Associate Artists of The Lowry are back with their most ambitious and exciting production yet. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:36AMLinda Powell, Andrew Garman, Larry Powell, and Philip Kerr in The Christians
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Can people change their fundamental beliefs? Can religions evolve? These two questions lie a…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:36AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:34AMIt's time to look at the multi-faceted career of Alan Cumming. Known for his his iconic Tony Award winning performance in Sam Mendes' 1993 revival of CABARET as the Master of Ceremonies as w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:34AMRufus Norris is planning to scale back Sunday openings at the National Theatre and reduce the number of actors employed on its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMA new adaptation of The Threepenny Opera and works by Sarah Kane and Terence Rattigan are among a number of new productions
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMDavid Haig and Siubhan Harrison are to join the cast of Guys and Dolls when it transfers to the West End later
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMTom Hiddleston and Josie Rourke have recorded an audio commentary to accompany Encore screenings of the Donmar Warehouse’s Coriolanus. The production’s lead
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMWilton’s Music Hall artistic director Frances Mayhew has warned that government cuts will leave arts organisations “high and dry”. She also said
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal drama column I write about a Chicago revival of The Rainmaker and the New York transfer of a very important regional production of A Midsummer Night’s Drea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMI arrived at my New York apartment last night after a longish stretch of time on the road and found a pile of unopened mail on the dining-room table. Most of it was instantaneously disposabl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:25AMSuzanne Farrell, Adam Lüders, and New York City Ballet dance the last section of George Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes, set to the waltzes from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier. This per…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMDisclaimer: I've never entirely understood why playwrights and directors so often feel a compelling need to mock around with the Greek classics.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:14AMBait and switch may be frowned upon in the retail and political worlds, but in the theatre it can be positively blissful. Take, for example, Lucas Hnath's absorbing new play The Christians, …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:14AMA segment of the American population seems to believe that Christianity is under attack from godless socialists, gay-marriage supporters and rival creeds trying to impose theocracy on our fa…
SOURCE: Time Out at 07:14AMToday on Turner Classic Movies at 4:15pm (EST): Catlow (1971) This is an interesting animal — yet another failed attempt by MGM to regain the glory days (or to even stay solvent). A bi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:12AMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonA vibrant double bill draws on hybridity and migration, as two dancers of Indian origin explode outwards into their own wildly contrasting stylesOnce again, Shoba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AMLyttelton, LondonA shortened version of the acclaimed Bristol Old Vic production has much to admire, but inevitably loses the fine detail of the great novelAcclaimed last year at the Bristol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:10AMOur theatrical battles continue this week with a pair of WhatsOnStage Award-winners
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:02AM“Unless one is a moron, one always dies unsure of one’s own value and that of one’s works.” Gustave Flaubert, letter to Louise Colet, September 19, 1852 (trans. Francis Steegmuller)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
Note from David: For Fall 2015, I am launching a new series taking a specific look at the craft of lyric writing. As a librettist and lyricist myself, this is a particular passion for me and…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 06:49AMEven the stars of “Hamilton” don’t always know which American president, rapper or movie star will pop up there next. Phillipa Soo, one of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s co-stars, usually find…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:33AMAn ingelligent but narrow debate over religious principles.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 06:19AMCLIFTON — Celebrating its 10th anniversary as Clifton's community theater, Theater League of Clifton is excited to bring "Little Shop of Horrors" to the Aprea Theater this No…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 06:19AMThe Jamie Lloyd Company returns to the West End with Harold Pinter's enigmatic masterpiece, The Homecoming, in the 50th anniversary year of the multi award-winning modern classic. Public boo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:19AMMarius von Mayenburg's 2012 play is 'more emblematic than penetrating' in this ATC production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMThe musical by Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys returns to the South London venue next month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMFull casting has been announced for the production at the Savoy Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMSally Cookson directs this devised version of Charlotte Bronte's classic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMWhose Don Juan – progenitor Tirso de Molina’s, Molière’s or Pushkin’s? None of the above. Unless you have a decent knowledge of Ukrainian culture, you won’t have heard of Lesya Uk…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:04AM
In “Hamlet in Bed,” a new play which has opened at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, an actor named Michael (Michael Laurence), who was given up for adoption as an infant by his actress m…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:47AMBest selling children's recording artist and preschool television favorite Laurie Berkner is proud to announce that her label, Two Tomatoes Records, will release the original cast recording …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMKristin Chenowethbrings COMING HOME to Atlanta
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThis year's New York City Center Encores production of LADY, BE GOOD, featuring Tommy Tune and more, releases acast recording on digital today, September 18, plus scroll down for a listen
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThe Tony Award-winning new Broadway musical An American in Paris will perform on THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT tonight, September 18 at 1135pm ET1035pm CT on CBS, marking the first Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThis month, Lyric Studio Theatre in the Square will stage EDGES, a song cycle written by Tony nominated Benj Pasek and Justin Paul DOGFIGHT, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, DEAR EVAN HANSEN in th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Alexis Field in 'Tindering Across America' tonight, September 18th at 1130pm. What happens when an actress on tour Tinders her way state-by-state t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMInstead of creating the expected for her 50th Anniversary Tour -- a retrospective of her greatest hits -- Twyla Tharp's restless spirit demanded she choreograph two brand new works for her t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMGrammy and Emmy Award-winner Joe Raposo and Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheldon Harnick's uplifting musical A WONDERFUL LIFE reminds us how one person's life can touch that of so ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMPioneer Theatre Company presents the nine-time Tony Award-winning musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF tonight,September 18 through October 3, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMA dynamite diva re-releases a seminal recording
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThe Off Broadway 10th Anniversary return of THE ULTIMATE DRAG OFF, the live interactive game show musical is no stranger to special guests and surprises.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThe Alliance Theatre's production of A STEADY RAIN, a contemporary crime drama by writer and producer Keith Huff Mad Men, American Crime, is being directed by Steppenwolf Theatre co-founder …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThe new season will begin October 9th with Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer-winning DISGRACED.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMStreamy Awards Hosts Tyler Oakley & Grace Helbig Celebrate the Unexpected
YH is backstage at the Palladium in Hollywood where the biggest names in online content are getting ready to be hono…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMHalloween Shopping with "Fear The Walking Dead" Star Lorenzo James Henrie
Spooky things are afoot on Hollywood Blvd! YH ventures cautiously into Hollywood Toys and Costumes where we meet up …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMAsa Butterfield Does the Math for 'A Brilliant Young Mind'
The very talented Asa Butterfield returns to the YH Studio to catch us up on his riveting performance as a young math prodigy in th…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMRemember when they were competing to play Nancy in Oliver!?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe big-screen veteran of Les Misérables is developing the whimsical French film's stage adaptation at Berkeley Repertory Theatre before a potential Broadway run.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
Playwrights Horizons, New YorkA play about a charismatic pastor who has had a revelation that upsets his congregation asks difficult questions about belief and behaviour in AmericaWhether or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:44AMWhenever You’re Near Me I Feel Sick, a new play written and directed by Jennie Berman Eng and produced by similarly nascent company Thelma Theatre as part of the Women’s Voices Theater F…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33AMThe human mind is the battlefield in which our sins fight for power over our souls. In Natalie Weir’s astounding masterpiece, The Seven Deadly Sins – Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Laziness,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:23AMA pastor announces, 'We are no longer a congregation that believes in Hell.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18AMThe Broadway revival of A.R. Gurney's Love Letters, which featured a rotating company of guest stars, officially opened Sept. 18, 2014 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. The first company w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo-time Tony winner Joe DiPietro's new comedy, Clever Little Lies, begins previews Sept. 18 prior to an official opening Oct. 12 at the Westside Theatre Upstairs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFour-time Grammy-nominated singer/keyboardist Karrin Allyson rolls out her new CD of Rodgers & Hammerstein hits, titled "Many a New Day (Karrin Allyson Sings Rodgers &am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Sound of Music is officially on tour, and Tony-winning director Jack O'Brien has put a new spin on the musical theatre classic. Learn more about how the hills are coming alive ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Let's do lunch" is a powerful statement for Barbara Zinn Krieger, the multi-talented woman running New York City Children's Theatre. Over the course of her career, whi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Dallas Theater Center world premiere of Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical officially opens Sept. 18 following previews that began Sept. 2. Performances continue through Oct. 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStaten Island's Harbor Lights Theater Company begins performances of the Tony and Pulitzer-winning musical Rent Sept. 18. The staging is in celebration of the show's upcoming 20t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDuke Lafoon plays the role of George Bailey in A Wonderful Life, a stage musical adaptation of the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life," with book and lyrics by S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Matters of the Heart," two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone's studio recording of her acclaimed 2000 Lincoln Center Theater concert, is reissued by Broadway Records with all&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFour oddball earthlings dream of a voyage to Mars in M.J. Kaufman's world-premiere play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMThe Alan Zachary-Michael Weiner musical comedy First Date, which played a five-month Broadway run in 2013, is the first show of La Mirada (CA) Theatre for the Performing Arts and McC…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Flashdance the Musical," which had its world premiere in Pittsburgh in January 2013 and has been touring the country ever since, returns for one day only, 3 p.m. Oct. 25, at Heinz…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
