What is it like to be partly free? Emerging playwright Gabrielle Fulton’s fascinating new play, Uprising, at Alexandria’s MetroStage, provides a unique twist on the African-American expe…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 09:56PMBWW has just learned thatHBO will celebrate the 40th anniversary of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW with a specialmidnightETPT screening next SATURDAY, SEPT. 26 on the main HBO channel.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51PMThere are two ways of looking at the anniversary reading of Carrie Hamilton and Carol Burnett's Hollywood Arms at Merkin Hall last night. As an event, it was a huge success. Just g…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 09:38PM"Black girls playing; black girl joy" — that's what choreographer Camille Brown says her new show is all about. She's taking Black Girl: Linguistic Play to stages, schools and prisons arou…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:31PM53rd NY Film Festival Adds September 27 Sneak Preview of Ridley Scott's The Martian
By: Ellis Nassour
Ahead of its October 2 theatrical release, Film Society of Lincoln Center announc…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:23PM
In the early 1980s, despite their previously long-running friendship, Broadway director, producer and choreographer Michael Bennett and fellow jack-of-all-trades on the Great White Way Tommy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PMTriptyk Studios hasannounced that Elie Landau, a 21-year Broadway industry veteran, who previously served as an Associate General Manager for 101 Productions Ltd, and whose producing credits…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PMJohn Lahr, long-time drama critic for The New Yorker and winner of the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award for his acclaimed biography Tennessee Williams Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48PMLast night, Sundance Institute and Kaufman Music Center hosted an anniversary concert reading of Carol Burnett's HOLLYWOOD ARMS at the Merkin Concert Hall in New York. BroadwayWorld has phot…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMLA Opera opened its 2015-16 season with a double bill of Puccini’s comedy Gianni Schicchi and Leoncavallo’s melodrama Pagliacci.
Here follow two reviews by Jeffrey Roberts:
Gia…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:28PMRichard Eyre is to direct Lesley Manville and Jeremy Irons in Long Day’s Journey Into Night, as part of Bristol Old Vic’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21PMVenues including Watford Palace Theatre, the Royal and Derngate in Northampton and West Yorkshire Playhouse are in the running for prizes in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21PM The Theater Hall of Fame has announced the 2015 inductees for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater. Inductees include playwright Tony Kushner, songwriting partne…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:17PMThe Australian Ballet boasts a carefully curated collection of classical and contemporary dance works in its eagerly anticipated season 2016. Returning full-length favourites and innovative …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:02PM"Petroliunas describes her dances as visits to the past 'combining historical fiction with choose-your-own-adventure.'" Theo Boguszewski, Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"The Cloud Gate company dance with remarkable grace, conveying a the solidarity of communal living, as well as individual emotions." Deirdre Towers, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM
The ballet, theater and art world merged last night in support of Dance Against Cancer, an event which brings together top dance companies from New York City and...
The post Da…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:59PMWriter Anthony Horowitz is a busy man. Having written more than 40 books, he has also worked in many media. One year, he’s penning another series of the ever-popular Foyle’s War; the nex…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:55PMWhen a show has its own “sex choreographer,” it’s best to leave the kids at home. Indeed, Yehuda Duenyas had his hands full with “Fulfillment,” which features graphic intercourse, …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:52PMOctagon, written by Kristiana Rae Colon, transforms the Arcola Theatre into a downtown American poetry slam. A team of three men are heading to ‘Octagon’ (the poetry slam battle …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:38PMHangmen, staged in the Royal Court’s Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, presents Martin McDonagh’s first published play since 2010, and is a long-awaited return. The play portrays the reaction …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:38PMJeremy Irons and Lesley Manville will star in a new production of Long Day's Journey into Night directed by Richard Eyre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:31PMThe cast of Second Stage's upcoming world premiere production of INVISIBLE THREAD, a new musical by Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews, in association with American Repertory Theater, directed …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMThe Tony Awards' stay at Radio City Music Hall could be short-lived.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMby HAYLEY HUNTLEY
once saw a production of Urinetown: The Musical at an amphitheater in Carson City, Nevada. It was summer in a desert, so when it began to rain in the second act, that w…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:28PMBoston Ballet's reconstructed versions of Yakobson's Pas de Quatre and four Choreographic Miniatures were a revelation.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:19PMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonSteven Berkoff plays the Iraqi dictator with virtuosic menace in Anthony Horowitz’s admirable yet troubling comedyCan you have a comedy about tyranny? Chapl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:13PMThe Tony Awards may head back uptown in 2016. Because of a planned summer run of a show featuring the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall, the ceremony would instead be held at the (smaller a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:13PMWhen Stephanie J. Block asks me to “edit her brilliantly” at the end of our chat, I realize I’ll be unable to fulfill her request; for there is not a single word I want to get rid of, …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:08PMGenevieve Hulme-Beaman’s solo play, in which she stars, is part of the Origin Theater Company’s 1st Irish festival at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:07PMThe McCarter Theater’s production doesn’t stray far from the indelible 1956 movie, but the sexuality feels toned down.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:07PMMichael Shannon and Nick Kroll have joined Joel Edgerton and Ruth Wilson in the cast of Jeff Nichols’ drama “Loving.” Nichols is writing and directing the pic, which also s…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PM
THE WORST GUEST EVER…FARCE AND FEAR It’s the least likely setting imaginable for a farce, even a black one. We are in Baghdad, in the Alawai family’s kitchen and dinin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:58PMBarbara Buncle, the bespectacled heroine of D.E. Stevenson's 1934 novel "Miss Buncle's Book," lives a gray life as a spinster in a provincial English town. But she can write. And Miss Buncle…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:48PMMSG Entertainment's NEW YORK SPRING SPECTACULAR is returning this season-- in the summer
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMAs of the performance tonight, Tuesday, September 22, the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys will surpass MISS SAIGON with 4,093 performances, becoming the 12th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMTreshelle Edmond takes on the role of Martha Bessell, a young girl who struggles to keep the abuse she suffers at the hands of a father a secret from those around her.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMAnother stage vet will soon be headed to NBC's LAW amp ORDER SVU.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMTheatrical Outfit will present A LITTLE PRINCESS, running December 3 - 27, 2015 at The Balzer Theater at Herren's, starring Broadway actress and Atlanta native Emerson Steele, with Christy B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMEncores is taking some forward-thinking inspiration from Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON for its upcoming production of the Tony-winning musical 1776.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42PMAMERICAN THEATRE – Do men write better plays than women? We think we know that’s not true. So why does the disparity persist? What is the truth about unconscious bias? http:/…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:37PMThis Saturday — don’t miss this much anticipated evening featuring guest soprano Stacey Tappan and the Los Angeles debut of the Los Angeles Virtuosi Orchestra.
Théâtre Raymond Kabb…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:32PMSince then an official site for the tour has gone up, but don't get too excited.Rick Miramontez, spokesman for ALW, has since given the following statement'Everyone at Really Useful Group is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMFirst up, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo with live music by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in honour of TIFF’s 40th.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:22PMCasting has been announced for the Off-Broadway premiere of Lost Girls by John Pollono. Leading the cast is Piper Perabo, who rose to fame following her starring role in "Coyote Ugl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:18PMA brand new production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's classic THE SOUND OF MUSIClaunches its national tour at the Center Theatre Group Ahmanson Theatre next Wednesday, September 30 at 8 p.m. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMWho says the theater community isn't neighborly? Check out this adorable welcoming from Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey scribe/star to Clever Little Lies' Marlo Thoma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PMDexter star and stage alum Lauren Luna Vélez will star in the New York premiere of Adam Seidel’s Catch the Butcher. Performances will begin off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PMTwo-time Tony nominee Andy Karl has been tapped for a recurring role on Law & Order: SVU! According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Broadway favorite will play Sergeant Mike Dodds in the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Hathaway on Poppins Rumors
Spit-spot! As soon as it was confirmed that a new Mary Poppins movie was in the works, speculati…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PMBefore Invisible Thread begins performances off-Broadway in October, have a listen below at “Beautiful,” one of the numbers from the new musical. The cast took a crowd-funded tri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMCole Porter standards fill the Long Island air in a favorite "Philadelphia story."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Striving to live a fulfilling life is unique to each individual. How you reach that point of fulfillment may be by your own doing or guided and maybe by a little bit of luck or karma. But wh…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:50PMIn Liz Maestri’s “Inheritance Canyon” on Capitol Hill, a jolly band of buddies slowly realize they’re trapped in some kind of mysterious government experiment. Meanwhile in Annapolis…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:50PMThe innovative Off-Broadway company honored alumni Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Jill Furman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:47PMHotsy Totsy Burlesque Tribute: Doctor Who
The Slipper Room, NYC
Upcoming Events: October 8th, November 12th, December 10th, 2015
Despite Doctor Who's history of using its Time Lord…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 05:38PMThe hit multi-media Rockettes stage production New York City Spring Spectacular, which premiered in spring 2015 at Radio City Music Hall, will resurface next year in a different season a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMThere is so much work that goes into theatre-making… especially into the art of making it look like it’s not work at all. But audiences are often fascinated by the magic of stage work an…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:33PMBroadway stars took part in the first in a series at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture. The event, entitled "Step into the Light" featured some of the theater community'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMThe Harbor Lights Theater Company,a professional Equity Theater Company based in Staten Island, led by Founders and Artistic Directors Tamara Jenkins and Jay Montgomery, stagesRENT - 20th An…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMPioneer Theatre Company has just announced the key cast members for this year's production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW - CONCERT VERSION,which will run for four performances October 22-24, 2015…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMBroadway leading lady Jennifer Hope Wills THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA WONDERFUL TOWN will play the role of scorned wife 'Billie Burke'who was famously married to Flo Ziegfeld, but was perhaps m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMArs Novapresents THE ARS NOVA REVOLUTION, celebratingArs NovaAll StarsJill Furman,Thomas KailandLin-Manuel Miranda, from Freestyle Love Supreme Ars Nova, 2004 to HAMILTON Broadway, 2015. Thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMArs Novapresents THE ARS NOVA REVOLUTION, celebratingArs NovaAll StarsJill Furman,Thomas KailandLin-Manuel Miranda, from Freestyle Love Supreme Ars Nova, 2004 to HAMILTON Broadway, 2015. Thi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMBroadwayWorld will be bringing you exclusive tracks all week to celebratethe upcoming release. Below, check out 'Over Hill, Over Dale' as performedfirst by Annelise Raedy, Jane Shearin and m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMOn Twitter Watch, Neil Meron wrote 'Me amp Dorothy LuvbeingShanice at promo shoot for TheWizLive today nbc iamKENNYLEON
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMFind my place in the world is a major question at the center of Queens Girl in the World now playing at Theater J. It is a beautifully engaging, semi-autobiographical personal and political …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:20PMDominique Morisseau and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will be named the recipients of this year’s Steinberg Playwright Awards, which honor promising dramatists with $50,000 grants. Morisseau, a S…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:13PMAt first glance, the multi-talented Neil Patrick Harris can seemingly do anything. He's starred in comedies and dramas (nine years as Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMVictory Gardens Theater has announced the full cast for "Never the Sinner." Playwright John Logan's court room drama follows two privileged college boys after they are accused of murdering a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PMTake a look inside The Ars Nova Revolution with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonathan Groff and more. A benefit evening celebrating the journey of three Ars Nova "All Stars" from Freest…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMThe new play will have its New York debut at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMProducing artistic director Spiro Veloudos furthers his dedication to the master of musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMIn honor of Arthur Miller's 100th birthday, a late work by the playwright receives a Boston premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMAn elegant and memorable revival of A Little Night Music opens the Huntington Theatre Company season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Dancing With the Stars champion survived the scrutiny of America. Now she's ready to take on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
When You Me BumBum Train took the site-specific theatre world by storm in 2004 at the Barbican with its unique concept of an audience of one in a wheelchair and a cast of hundreds, and …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:59PMPorchlight Music Theatre, whose excellent revival of the Broadway musical, "Side Show," is now playing at Stage 773, has announced plans to inaugurate a new musical revue series dubbed "New …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:57PMCBS debuted its new comedy series "Life in Pieces" on Sept. 21, starring Tony nominee Thomas Sadoski (Reasons to Be Pretty), Dianne Weist and James Brolin, among others. Sadoski, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMLin-Manuel Miranda quotes from the 1969 Tony-winning musical 1776 in his current hit Hamilton, and has acknowledged being inspired by the earlier musical. Now the influence appears r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMLin-Manuel Miranda quotes from the 1969 Tony-winning musical 1776 in his current hit Hamilton, and has acknowledged being inspired by the earlier musical. Now the influence appears r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:25PMSamuel French playwright Andrea Green was the proud recipient of the Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Best Documentary on Sunday! The documentary, On the Other Side of the Fence, was produced by Henry…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:23PMMaria is back in this brand-new production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic The Sound of Music, directed by three-time Tony winner Jack O'Brien. Here are the very first ons…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway’s Tony® nominated hit CRY-BABY. The musical is based on the John Waters movie of t…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:21PMPride Films and Plays annual fall benefit Simply Sensational celebrates Chicago legend Alexandra Billings. WGNs Dean Richards serves again as the emcee. The event is Monday, November 2. …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:21PMDue to high demand for tickets, Goodman Theatre adds six more performances of Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar, directed by Kimberly Senior—extending the show through October 25. Newly named the 2…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:21PMLyric Opera of Chicago presents Rossini’s family-friendly Cinderella in a new-to-Chicago production this fall, starring Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard in the title role.…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:21PMA jazz-age screwball comedy riff on Moliere’s biting satire of “The Learned Ladies” is about pretense and learning. Betty wants to marry Dicky. Her mother, Phyllis, a s…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:21PMEnjoy a sneak peek at the stunning couture costumes of The Moulin Rouge before their NYC debut.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:20PMRehearsals have just begun for thePlaywrights HorizonsNew York premiere production ofHIR,a new play by Obie Award winnerTaylor Mac,directed byNiegel Smith. Theplay is the second production o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMLin-Manuel Miranda, the playwright, lyricist, composer, and star of the groundbreaking hit musical Hamilton will be honored with a Special Achievement Award from the Board of one of the nati…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMWe can’t rave enough about a new musical coming to Second Stage Theatre, one of our new favorite places this season for their strong diverse lineup. That new musical is Invisible Thr…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:15PMAyad Akhtar's "Disgraced," a play full of instant (and mostly equal opportunity) ethnic provocation, is custom-made for our time, as the lingering traumatic stress disorders of post-Septembe…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:10PMThe book of this 40 year old "problem show" with a memorable score keeps getting to be more and more of a problem with each revision.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 04:09PMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The play is told mainly in monologues by both actors on microphones, alternating with rehearsal scenes from the Gertrude/Hamlet confrontation. T…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:07PMBy Stephen Collins
When the climax to Act One involves a slapstick shovel-on-head knockout blow, a suit splitting across the central character's back, and Steven Berkoff finally making his e…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:00PMMCC's Lost Girls, which reunites Small Engine Repair playwright John Pollono with director Jo Bonney, is gearing up to play the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Here's a quick peek into the r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PMEugene Lee’s play East Texas Hot Links is heading to the big screen with Samuel L. Jackson as co-executive producer. According to Deadline, Lee will adapt his play for the movie adapta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:00PMThe national tour of backstage musical comedy 42nd Street launches Sept. 22 at Salt Lake City's Capitol Theatre. The Mark Bramble (book), Michael Stewart (book), Harry Warren (music) and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMLife as a little girl is hard in Genevieve Hulme-Beaman's solo show at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
According to several sources, writer Jane Anderson stole the show at the Emmys on Sunday night. And being that she’s a Sam French playwright, well, we would agree! Anderson received th…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:55PMThis post is by Courtney Marie
Barkan doesn’t hold back as she expresses herself through song and dance to share her personal journey. The opening number “Streetwise” is a burst of exh…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:47PMAny list of premier actors in Washington has to put Dawn Ursula’s name near the top, and the actress has been handed a dazzling showcase in the solo “Queens Girl in the World.” Ursula …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:46PMHamlet in Bed
Off Broadway, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre
Reviewed by Shani Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: Laurence, O’Toole, Shakespeare and Oedipus get it on.
Mothers and sons, both real and …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:37PMFive Emmy Awards and a Tony Award make multi-talented Neil Patrick Harris the perfect star for this live one-hour show that is unlike any other on American television. Anything can happen on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMI grew up watching the MUPPET BABIES, loving the whimsy of the odd, but relatable creatures although always frustrated that we couldn't see Nanny's face. Then, MUPPETS TONIGHT debuted during…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMBroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the crew in rehearsal below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMThe writers of 'Appropriate' and 'Detroit '67' will receive this year's honors in November.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:34PMUnicorn, LondonMarius von Mayenburg’s tricky play brilliantly puts the audience on the spot in Ramin Gray’s lively productionActors Touring Company is back on form with Marius von Mayenb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMThis Fall, The Puppet Company proudly hosts Applause Unlimited’s Christopher Hudert and his production of The Velveteen Rabbit, adapted by Terry Snyder from the book by Margery William…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:24PMCry-Baby, the 2008 Broadway musical that managed only 68 performances despite a high-power creative team, reunited for two concerts at 54 Below on Sept. 17. We have the pics!
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMCry-Baby, the 2008 Broadway musical that managed only 68 performances despite a high-power creative team, reunited for two concerts at 54 Below on Sept. 17. We have the pics!
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMTony winner Laura Benanti (She Loves Me, Gypsy) will perform a concert at Bay Street Theater Oct. 10 at 8 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMThe lineup includes new plays and a revival of a classic.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:17PMThe wait for those of us who have been eagerly anticipating the dynamic duo of James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in the Broadway revival of The Gin Game is over! After several changes t…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:14PMDirectors Guild of America DGA President Paris Barclay today announced the host and presenters for the ninth Directors Guild of America Honors
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMRobert Falls has been named a 2015 inductee into The Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in American Theater.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:13PM18th Annual Broadway BlessingCelebrating the New Theatre SeasonMonday, September 28 - 7:00 pm - The Little ChurchFree and Open to All. Donations Welcome. Come toast the start of another…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 03:08PMHollywood Arms, the autobiographical 2002 play by actress Carol Burnett and her late daughter Carrie Hamilton, received a special concert reading at Merkin Concert Hall Sept. 21. Take a glim…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMStars of stage and screen turned out Sept. 21 to celebrate opening night of the Metropolitan Opera's Otello, directed by Bartlett Sher, officially launching to Met season! The production…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMBroadway's smash hit musical Beautiful is getting ready to share Carole King's unbelievable story and unforgettable songs all across the country in a new national tour. Hear from sho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:01PMThe Hamilton family and its many cheerleaders took the Edison Ballroom stage by storm on September 21 for The Ars Nova Revolution. The benefit event honored the mega-musical's star and c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMThe Tony-winning play welcomes a fresh company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Frankie Valli musical will play its record-breaking performance tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
An entertaining and briskly paced musical with a varied score adds humor to the pain of a first date.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:59PMDan Donohue is a clown extraordinaire in this modern re-telling of the commedia dell'arte classic.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:58PMThe actress will make her West End debut as Norma Desmond, the same role for which she won the Tony in 1995.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:58PMMore than 20 years after confirming her status as a Broadway diva equal to the fictional star she was playing, Glenn Close will play Norma Desmond in a short-run revival of Sunset Boulevard …
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:58PMSome stories linger in the incubation stage. Patiently—or not so patiently—they wait to be told, to make their way into the public consciousness. Then, uncannily, when they finally burst…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:51PMThe Living Theatre will honor the life and legacy of co-founder Judith Malina — who passed away in April at the age of 88 — with a memorial celebration Oct. 4 at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMPhiladelphia playwrights receive cash prizes and development support.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:50PMThis post is by Daniel J. Lee
"The Christians," Lucas Hnath’s examination of the intricacies of religion currently playing at Playwrights Horizons, comes to us at a unique cultural moment:…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:48PMEnsemble Studio Theatre LA presents the world premiere of Watching O.J., a new play by David McMillan and directed by Keith Szarabajka. The production opens Saturday, October 3, 2015 and wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:46PMTheatre Lab, a professional venture specializing in new, developing and thought-provoking work, has opened as the resident company based at Florida Atlantic University under the leadership o…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:46PMAs the season starts, there's plenty to see around town
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:46PMSt. Louis premieres include women-in-prison spoof.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:46PMThe slate includes plays by women, served up pay-what-you-can.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:45PMThe North American Tour of theTony amp Grammy Award-winning Broadway hitBeautiful-The Carole King Musical, produced byPaul BlakeandSonyATV Music Publishing, has officially launched at the Pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMRita Moreno returns to music with her first all Spanish Album-Una Vez Mas. The album was produced by Grammy winning producer Emilio Estefan and Nicholas Tovar. The album contains for the fir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMBook WriterLyricist,Robin RothsteinSamuel French Short Play Festival Winnerand ComposerJeff Thomson'sTrailsnew, interactive family musical,MAD LIBS LIVEbased on the classic fill-in-the-blank…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMTodrick Hall is at it again, this time sharing a fabulous mashup of some of Taylor Swift's greatest hits including 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' and 'Bad Blood'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMAnita in 'West Side Story.' Rosie in 'Bye Bye Birdie.' Velma in 'Chicago.' Those are just some of the iconic roles created by the incredible Chita Rivera.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMIt's not too late to catch up on Season 2 of everyone's favorite web-comedy- THE RESIDUALS, which you can find exclusively here on BroadwayWorld. CLICK HERE to binge-watch all ten episodes T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMTed Sod spoke to Helen Edmundson about the process of her writing her stage adaptation of Emile Zola's novel Thérèse Raquin. Ted Sod: Will you tell us about your background? Where were yo…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 02:35PMJudy McLane, who spent a decade in the Broadway production of the just-closed Mamma Mia!, will be part of a private industry reading of the new musical Solana Sept. 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PM“Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games” will mark the end of his role onstage, but Mr. Flatley will still be directing and producing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:29PMKite assumes his new position after a seven-year tenure as producing artistic director of La Mirada Theatre Company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:27PMIn Part 8 of a series of interviews with the Director and cast of Peace Mountain Theatre Company‘s production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, meet Joel: Tell readers where they may …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:15PMLack of sleep? Nothing to worry about! (At least aesthetically.) We’ve found the perfect product to keep those under-eye circles at bay.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 02:15PMThe Shubert Organization, Broadway's largest theatre owner, has announced that it has partnered with Accent Media to create a new website, www.broadway.tickets, to give theatregoers a si…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMEmbodied in the art form of tap is improvisation, and it is with that spirit of collaboration that Dorrance Dance will present excerpts from "SOUNDspace" "ETM: The Initial Approach" and "The…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:14PMThe musician-producer-entrepreneur released the tribute song — featuring Eva Longoria, Carlos Santana, Pitbull, Whoopi Goldberg and Kathy Griffin — in response to anti-Hispanic sentiment…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:13PMThe 11th Annual Innovative Theatre Awards celebrated the outstanding year of Off Off Broadway. The 2015 NYIT Award Nominees represent 145 individual nominees, 57 productions, and 55 theatre …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:08PMOn September 15, the Tony Award-winning production ofThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimewelcomedTyler Leain his Broadway debut as Christopher,Rosie BentonStick Fly as Siobhan,A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PMBarbara Gaines was giving me a peek at the luminous set and sumptuous costumes that grace her new production of "The Marriage of Figaro," which will open the Lyric Opera season Saturday nigh…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:08PMDance star Michael Flatley will simultaneously make his Broadway debut and his swan song as a performer in Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games. The show will play a limited eight-week run at …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:06PMIn this week's installment of the life of Seth Rudetsky, readers learn to never let him sign for a delivery.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMThe short-lived Broadway musical will also release a cast album seven years after its run.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Metropolitan Opera opens its 2015-16 season with a new production of Verdi's second Shakespeare adaptation.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
The 'Covert Affairs' star returns with John Pollono's play to MCC Theater, where she last appeared in Neil LaBute's 'Reasons to Be Pretty.'read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:55PMBy Sharmon Hilfinger. Playwright Sharmon Hilfinger discusses how she developed Artic Requiem: The Story of Kivalina with composer Joan McMillen.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:51PMRobert Falls has been named a 2015 inductee into The Theater Hall of Fame for Lifetime Achievement in American Theater. Falls has been artistic director of Goodman Theatre since 1986 and rec…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:51PMOther highlights include a Howard Barker double bill
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:50PMCatherine Trieschmann’s plays include The Bridegroom of Blowing Rock, Crooked, How the World Began, Hot Georgia Sunday,The Most Deserving, OZ 2.5 and Holy Laughter. Her work has been produ…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:50PMThe musical Jersey Boys plays its 4,093rd performance Sept. 22, surpassing the run of Miss Saigon to become the 12th longest-running show in Broadway history.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMThe setup is that of a globalized, post-modernized update of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” as two culturally upscale couples get together for an evening that goes very, very bad. …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:35PMWe have new pics from Deaf West's innovative production of Spring Awakening, which began Broadway performances Sept. 8. Opening night is set for Sept. 27. Ken Davenport, Cody Lassen, Hu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMFrom SHOW BOAT to FINIAN'S RAINBOW to MISS SAIGON, musicals meant to attack racism have often been accused of being racially insensitive.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMThe national tour of the new musical comedy BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath Beautiful for the 1994 film, will launch in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMThe play, “MotherStruck,” written and performed by Staceyann Chin, is an autobiographical solo show about Ms. Chin’s effort, as a single gay woman without health insurance, to have a c…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMAlex Brightman and the School of Rock kids hooked up outside the Winter Garden Theatre with photographer Matt Murphy to shoot some promotional photos for the show. On the busy New York City …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PM"The HGO family is devastated by the sudden accidental death of Tim Tull," the company said in a statement, noting that his job title did not adequately describe the "joyous place" Tull held…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 01:18PMBy Emma Wiseman. Emma Wiseman on Available Light by Lucinda Childs, designed by Frank Gehry and scored by John Adams at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:17PMBy Doug Mayo
The Jamie Lloyd Company returns to the West End with a new production of Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming to celebrate the show’s 50th anniversary year. The Homecoming…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:16PMOn the heels of his Broadway debut in It Shoulda Been You, Josh is gearing up for his 54 Below solo debut on September 23 & 24! Josh was hilarious in It Shoulda Been You, a great chara…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 01:12PMGlenn Close will star as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, the second production in the partnership between English National Opera (ENO) and the GradeLinnit Company. With music by Andrew Ll…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 01:10PMMy Fair Lady, starring Audrey Hepburn, has been restored for its 50th anniversary. The film will play in select theatres across the United States beginning Oct. 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMThe Irish playwright's first new play in the UK for a decade centres on a pair of former executioners
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:01PMI get a lot of emails from agents asking me to meet directors they’ve just taken on. In fact, I could probably
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMThe dance-theater musical features vignettes by Carrie Fisher, Terrence McNally, Marsha Norman, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMGuests at the The Ars Nova Revolution also included Molly Ringwald and Rosie O'Donnell, among others.
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If you are looking for a night of comedic relief, look no further than Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s latest production, Inheritance Canyon. Being part of the audience was like sitting…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:54PMIn Part 10 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s production of Charles Morey’s Laughing Stock, meet Melissa Dunlap. Joel: Where have local audie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:51PMFeinstein's54 Below,Broadway's Supper Club, will participate in the 3rdAnnualCocktails for Comfortfundraiser, supportingChemo Comfort, a volunteer-run organization dedicated to improving the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PM1st Stage’s award-winning, 100-person theatre can be found in the corner of a strip mall in the middle of Tysons Corner. Identifiable by the year-round twinkling lights and the eager patr…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:42PMLearn why this musical is a hit all over the US, Canada and many other countries where kids smuggle their least favorite vegetables to the garbage instead of eating them.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:41PMDrama and the city. The world premiere of MotherStruck!, written and performed by Staceyann Chin and directed by Cynthia Nixon, will no longer begin previews on September 24 at Culture Proje…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMDancing with the Stars champ Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut in Chicago and her star-filled family was there to cheer her on. Click on the gallery to see the sweet pics!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMYou'll get a kick out of this! Broadway Balances America, the special six-part series airing on The Balancing Act on Lifetime Television, returned on September 22 with a behind-the-scene…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMArthur Wagner, who was a founding chairman of the department of theatre and dance at the University of California San Diego, and a major figure in the San Diego theatre community, died Sept.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMHe’s played everyone from a Labour party leader to a kitchen fitter on Corrie. But for the Wakefield-born actor, bringing ‘heir of York’ Richard III to the West Yorkshire Playhouse for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:27PM“Perhaps I shall learn to love the exterior by the time my beard has grown to my ankles,” said Jack Tinker, of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMThe Innovative Theatre Foundation celebrated the 11th annual New York Innovative Theatre Awards Sept. 21, honoring the best of the 2015 Off-Off-Broadway season. The Astoria Performin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMA major new survey on diversity within the arts has been launched in order to shine a light on social mobility in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMLyndsey Marshal and Simon Trinder will head up the ensemble cast of Blanche McIntyre’s The Oresteia. Gary Shelford will also star in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMLeonard CassutoView on AmazonThe discontented graduate student is something of a cultural fixture in the U.S. Indeed theirs is a sorry lot. They work very hard, earn very little, and have ve…
SOURCE: New Books In Theater at 12:18PMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
Opening this year’s Next Wave series at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s "Rice," a ritualistic ballet conceived an…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:17PMRoger Rees, the Welsh actor who rocketed to fame as the title character in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, died July 10. at 71. Friends and family of Rees gathered to honor his…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMRoger Rees, the Welsh actor who rocketed to fame as the title character in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, died July 10. at 71. Friends and family of Rees gathered to honor his…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMRECOMMENDED At the conclusion of Will Goldberg’s “Home Before Dark,” Sean (Will Wilhelm) calls D.J. in Seattle after discovering his name and phone number scrawled on a piece of potent…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:00PMPeter Randazzo work fits company's aim of upholding choreographic form, theatricality and humanistic values in dance.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PMThe production launches the first season of Robert Murphy and Jean Randhich's Collider Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMMJ Kaufman's new play is directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMCynthia Nixon directs the world-premiere solo show.
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Jennifer Hope Wills, who has been seen on Broadway in The Phantom of the Opera and Wonderful Town, will play Billie Burke (who was famously married to Flo Ziegfeld, but was perhaps most know…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust today announced that playwrights Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau will be honored at the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards on Mond…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, after guest Jesse Tyler Ferguson realizes he can't get a word in during his interview, he bails on Allison Janney's Emmy story to sing a tal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMMonsoon Wedding, a new stage musical adaptation of the award-winning 2001 Bollywood film of the same name — that was originally reported to premiere on Broadway in November 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
Playwright Dewey Moss has crafted a well structured, taut, and seemingly conventional romance among clashing cultures that shockingly switches gears. Inventivel…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:48AMCulture Project's world premiere of MotherStruck!, written and performed by Staceyann Chin and directed by Cynthia Nixon, will no longer begin performances Sept. 24 at Off-Broadway&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMNew production photos fromDeaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Spring Awakeninghave just been released, following the news of the show's two-week exten…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMMCC Theater has just announced thethe New York premiere of John Pollono's Lost Girls, BroadwayWorld has confirmed. Golden Globe nominated star of stage and screen, Piper Perabo-who recently …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMMTI just announced that licensing will be available this fall for Cry-Baby, which features a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music and Lyrics by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMArtistic Director, Allan Buchman along with the producers at Culture Project have announced today that the world premiere of MotherStruck written and performed by Staceyann Chin and directed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMGet ready for a [adjective] time off-Broadway. The world premiere of Mad Libs Live!, a new musical inspired by the ultimate fill-in-the-blanks time passer, will play New World Stages beginni…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMFormer Covert Affairs star Piper Perabo will lead the New York premiere of John Pollono’s Lost Girls. Directed by Jo Bonney, the previously reported production will play a limited enga…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMFive-time Emmy nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson and—as of Sunday—seven-time Emmy winner Allison Janney stopped by The Late Late Show on September 21 to chat with James Corden about t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMDrama and the city. The world premiere of MotherStruck!, written and performed by Staceyann Chin and directed by Cynthia Nixon, will no longer begin previews on September 24 at Culture Proje…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMIf opera is meant to be a true synthesis, bringing together the many art forms of music, singing, dance, acting, and the visual arts, then Washington National Opera’s Carmen has created a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:42AM'A wrangling, gut-wrenching exploration of the competitive spirit'
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:40AMAndrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies, will launch a North American tour in 2017, Playbill.com has learned. The tour will reflect the overhauled Australian p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMFrom October 15th to 16th, “The Pirates of Penzance” will dock again in New York City, thanks to Master Voices, who will kick off their 2015-2016 season with the Gilbert and Sull…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 11:35AMPartners for Sacred Places and Audience Architects Invite You to Learn AboutMaking Homes for the Arts in Sacred Places in Bronzeville!*Thursday, October 8th, 2015 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:33AMWe have new pics from Deaf West's innovative production of Spring Awakening, which began Broadway performances Sept. 8. Opening night is set for Sept. 27. Ken Davenport, Cody Lassen, Hu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMDeaf West's production of Spring Awakening began Broadway performances Sept. 8. Opening night is set for Sept. 27. Ken Davenport, Cody Lassen, Hunter Arnold and Deaf West Theatre (artis…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMJesse Tyler Ferguson (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, "Modern Family") appeared on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" along with Allison Janney Sept. 21, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AM Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway’s Tony® nominated hit CRY-BABY. The musical is based on the John Waters m…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:16AMThe Huntington Theatre Company's magnificent production of Stephen Sondheim's masterpiece A Little Night Music is as good as it gets.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:16AMBarbara Gaines was giving me a peek at the luminous set and sumptuous costumes that grace her new production of "The Marriage of Figaro," which will open the Lyric Opera season Saturday nigh…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:09AMComedic actors Steve Martin and Martin Short will bring their show, An Evening You Will Forget For the Rest of Your Life, to the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, IL, Nov. 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMPope Francis will be visiting New York City Sept. 24-26, and police are planning what they call an "unprecedented level of security"— which includes street closings t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMTheater is a collaborative art form. While the contributions of playwright, director and actors are not necessarily equal thirds, a misstep by any one of them can mar the whole enterprise. Y…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 11:01AMIn 1965, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry launched an idealistically cutting-edge theatre in education project. And it was, it seems, the birth of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMEmily Skeggs and Sydney Lucas also starred in the one-night-only reading of Burnett and Carrie Hamilton's play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMBroadway's original Norma Desmond is ready for another close-up.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMJohn Pollono's new play is directed by Jo Bonney.
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Songwriter Scott Alan, who recently completed a sold-out, two-week residency at London's Hippodrome Casino, will release his seventh recording, "Cynthia Erivo and Oliver To…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMA-listers Benedict Cumberbatch, Kristen Bell and Jeff Bridges share some awful tweets about them with the studio audience.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMAfter a sold out two week residency at London's famed Hippodrome Casino, acclaimed songwriter Scott Alan will release his seventh album, 'Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett sing Scott Alan.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMFollowing a critically acclaimed world premiere opening September 12th at Burbank, California's Grove Theatre Center, Welcome to My World starring Sami Staitman has been extended through Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW, after talking about Allison Janney's racy role on Masters of Sex, Jesse Tyler Ferguson admitted he's looking for a role with a sex scene and the two decide to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMSinger/songwriter and musical theatre composer Drew Gasparini reveals his ultimate five albums ever.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:50AMThis week's roundup includes classic musicals and contemporary plays, with Bruce Graham and Shakespeare well represented.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:49AMVanessa Williams, Tony-nominated for her work in the revival of Into the Woods, will join the cast of CBS' "The Good Wife" in a recurring role in November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMAgatha Christie was known for being protective of her endings. But when it came to her plays, she was more open to altering the ending from her original stories. Do you know all the details…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:42AMA new show at Black Ensemble Theater sets Chaz and Roger Ebert's storied romance to music.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:38AMProjections designer Jared Mezzocchi’s work can currently be seen at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company with their current production Women Laughing Alone with Salad. Previous Woolly Mammo…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:35AMThe boys of Cirquelesque are back for a monthly, gravity-defying show at The Slipper Room. After headlining the Atlantis cruises final night and rave reviews, the boys are itching to show M…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:28AMIf I Hold My Tongue is a new work by playwright Patricia Henley. Focusing on a group of women in a halfway house in Baltimore, it explores what it is to be a parent, a member of the communit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:28AMWhat do we have here? Raised hemlines, bobbed hair, bathtub gin, and women who take the bull by the horns. Clearly, we are bee’s knees deep in the Roaring Twenties. And it is a heady time …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:28AMLyndsey Marshal and Simon Trinder will play Clytemnestra and Orestes
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:28AMIn celebration of theatreWeek 2015 and the Women's Voices Theater Festival, theatreWashington is posting daily, in-depth features on the Festival's playwrights an…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 10:28AMFor those among us who enjoy going deeper than what's presented on the surface, Annie Baker's The Aliens from Alliance Theatre will be a treat. For others, the silences and pacing will be an…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:28AMThe Great American Songbook Foundation and the Center for the Performing Arts have announced the 2015 Songbook Hall of Fame honorees, who will be recognized at the Songbook Celebration gala …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMOn Sept. 21, actress Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running revival of the Kander and Ebb hit Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMBrowns w/Small Child: “I’d like three tickets to Phantom of the Opera, please.” Agent: “No problem. May I ask how old your child is?” Browns w/Small Child: “A very advanced…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMTo date, the most satisfying (jaw-dropping) “read” on the subject of a comic book origin story has been Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay. Joinin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMDuring her visit on the daily talk show, the GLEE star got an unexpected surprise when a masked man popped out of the coffee table on set
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMFEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will presentTHE SONGS OF F. MICHAEL HAYNIEfeaturingAlex BrightmanSchool of Rock, Matilda,Taylor LoudermanBring It On,Peter Pan LIVE,Daniel Quadri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMThis morning, Heming took to Instagram to share photos of the big night, along with the caption 'Beaming with pride Still buzzing from her performance last night. You never fail to amaze us'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMCasting has been announced for the Off-Broadway premiere of Lost Girls by John Pollono. Leading the cast is Piper Perabo, who rose to fame following her starring role in "Coyote Ugl…
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On Sept. 21, actress Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running revival of the Kander and Ebb hit Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AMOn Sept. 21, actress Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running revival of the Kander and Ebb hit Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AMOn the third day of rehearsal for the Goodman Theatre's new production of Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced, the director Kimberly Senior took her cast and stage managing crew on a field trip to the A…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 09:35AMHappy Birthday Marc Kudisch Kudisch was nominated for the Tony Award first for the role of Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations as well, and th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMActress and DANCING WITH THE STARS winner Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut as 'Roxie Hart' in Broadway's Chicago last night, September 21. As previously announced, Willis's foot injuries…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMBefore SUPERGIRL soars into homes, take a look at exclusive footage from future episodes of the highly-anticipated CBS show, including a scene featuring Broadway's Jeremy Jordan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMGood 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 42nd STREET takes its show on the road
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMThe New York premiere of Stephen Karam’s The Humans, a new play directed by Joe Mantello begins previews September 30 as the first production at the Laura Pels Theatre in this 50th Annive…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:30AMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseau will each get a $50,000 grant as reciepients of the Steinberg Playwright Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:28AMFor many of us, museums can be a relatively rare pleasure – even if we live in a cultural hub like Washington. They are an escape from reality and mundanity – a chance to reflect deeply …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:27AMWright State theatre students will work alongside Broadway stars Adam Pascal and Jason Robert Brown when they visit campus as part of MUSICALS ROCK, a yearlong celebration of contemporary mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMTROIKA Entertainment, LLC presents the national tour of the quintessential backstage musical comedy classic 42nd STREET, launching tonight, September 22, 2015 at the Capitol Theatre in Salt …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMYesterday, Anne Hathaway herself responded to ET about reports that she will be cast in the role.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMSheffield Theatres is to begin holding public ‘pay what you can’ dress rehearsals in order to support its fundraising income stream. In-house
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:01AMAlistair McDowall's play has transferred to the National Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:01AMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway's Tony-nominated musical Cry-Baby, which is based on the John Waters film…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM LUKE FRAZIER CONDUCTS THE AMERICAN POPS IN ‘STAIRWAY TO PARADISE: A GERSHWIN SPECTACULAR’ With Tony® Award Winner Christine Ebersole, Broadway’s Paige Faure, Great American…
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Mirvish showcased highlights from the 2015-16 season, including performances from Matilda the Musical and an appearance by Game of Thrones’ Owen Teale, who co-stars in Gaslight.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:42AMRarely is an actor so completely miscast in such a pivotal role.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:40AMIn Part 8 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet Megan Do…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:39AMGlenn Closewill star as Norma Desmond inSunset Boulevard,the second production in the partnership betweenEnglish National OperaENOand theGradeLinnit Company. With music byAndrew Lloyd Webber…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMThe actor tells THR about his life-changing YoungArts experience: "You start to learn about what a life in the arts might look and feel like. It's not for everyone, but you won't know unless…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30AMGlenn Close is to reprise the role of Norma Desmond, 21 years after winning a Tony Award for appearing in the original Broadway transfer of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:27AMSusannah Flood and Gbenga Akinnagbe in Fulfillment
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When audiences meet Michael (Gbenga Akinnagbe), the central character in Thomas Bradshaw’s new play Fulfillm…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:25AMLearning to let go, whether of a friend or a traumatic experience, is one of life’s greatest challenges. In Now Comes the Night playwright E.M. Lewis explores both in the story of a journa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:21AMWelcome to the final installment of #musicalBFFs, a series of exclusive video interviews between NMT Writers and some of their musical best friends! Today, Brian Lowdermilk (…Sam B…
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So that's it. We not only opened and closed our last mainstage show, The Gala Celebration, but our guest artists have all packed and left. And even though I thought I would enjoy writing abo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMIt’s back to school season and The Green Room is looking out for you. All this month, the NMT Countdown series is bringing you a guide to the best-selling songs on NMT from the last ye…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:50AMIf we handed out stars based solely on scenes that were probably awkward to stage in rehearsal, Thomas Bradshaw’s new play might rate four (lots of ultra-realistic sexy time). Alas, there�…
SOURCE: Time Out at 07:39AM Review by Susan Hasho It’s a nasty pornographic little world where you meet all kinds of kinky people, and end up in a relationship with...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:23AMCuban-born dancer Carlos E. Gonzalez shares his exciting journey to Broadway with 'ON YOUR FEET' A new musical based on the life story of Gloria Estefan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMFrom 2003: I continue to see obviously excited concertgoers shamefacedly sitting on their hands at the very moment when they ought to be raising a ruckus. What’s more, the concert hall…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMChristine Evans’ new play, Can’t Complain, debuts at Spooky Action on October 1, 2015. Her award-winning plays have been produced in her native Australia, the US and the UK. World pr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:10AM“I am reasonably happy, providing I keep busy.” Burt Lancaster, in conversation with Ernest Lehman (quoted in Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life
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Actor will resume the role that won her a Tony award for a semi-staged production at the Coliseum in 2016More than 20 years after first playing the faded silent screen star Norma Desmond, Gl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMHampstead theatre, LondonRussell Beale is as coyly flirtatious as ever in a merry, if overstuffed, tale of a trailblazing Georgian comedianIan Kelly’s play, based on his biography of the s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMSimon Russell Beale stars in Ian Kelly's adaptation of his book about the legendary Georgian celebrity
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMGlenn Close is to reprise the role of Norma Desmond, 21 years after winning a Tony Award for appearing in the original Broadway transfer of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Sunset Boulevard.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:38AMNicole Kidman is mesmerising as a woman scientist uncredited for her role in discovering the structure of DNA. . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:33AMthis harrowing production will rip out your vital organs, fillet them and serve them to you laced with jalapeno sauce. It should also make audiences consider a bit more carefully the plights…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:33AMThis Edwardian domestic comedy has a Shavian flavor, that Harold Chapin would surely have developed more had he lived long enough .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:33AMCivil rights, the Constitution, race riots and the bare-knuckle business of politics. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think that the focal points that take center stage in Robert Sc…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 06:28AMThe standoff between Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and its members moves on without any sign of shifting positions. The word from AEA is that they will not consider any changes to the p…
SOURCE: Footlights at 06:28AMMint Theater Company producing artistic director Jonathan Bank continues apace his compulsive rooting around for overlooked playwrights.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:15AMIt’s as if the three-time Tony winner never said goodbye! The rumors were true and Glenn Close will reprise her Tony-winning role of Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard for a limited en…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03AM
Steven Berkoff returns to the London stage to play Saddam Hussein in the world premiere of Anthony Horowitz's Dinner with Saddam, officially opening Sept. 22 at the Menier Chocolate Fact…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58AMThis year’s festival, themed “Jazz: The Voice of the People,” will explore jazz music in all of its global colors.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:56AMIn Part 6 of a series of interviews with the director and cast of Prince George’s Little Theatre’s Once Upon a Mattress, meet Ken Kienas and Shane Conrad. Joel: Tell our readers wher…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:53AMMilwaukee Repertory Theater welcomesaccomplished actor Cedric Neal in the role of James 'Thunder' Early in their upcoming production of DREAMGIRLS, the Tony Award-winning musical which opens…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15AMSan Francisco Playhouse opens itsthirteenth Mainstage season with the San Francisco premiereof the musical Dogfight, directed by Bill English. The show will feature Jeffrey Brian Adams Promi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15AMWe have a great community of amazing playwrights here at Theatrefolk that contribute to our collection of middle and high school plays. We hope you’ll enjoy this peek behind the curtain…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMMichael Shannon on '99 Homes' & Keys to Playing Villains
The talented Mr Michael Shannon pays a visit to the YH Studio to give us the scoop on yet another role as an intense heavy, this time…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMInstagram Star Baddie Winkle on Reinventing Yourself & Living Your Best Life
Baddie Winkle is the living embodiment of the YH motte: "It's not about age, it's about attitude!" The octogenari…
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I never thought I’d be a writer. Writers are people with something to say, big ideas, agendas. I was a director, through and through. I love working with actors, playing with music and tex…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:43AMColleen Fee, Brit-Marie Sivertsen and Evan Tyrone Martin in Porchlight’s “Side Show” A lucky handful of commercially-produced shows become flat-out hits that run for decade…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:34AMROLEX presents Career Transition For Dancers' 30TH ANNIVERSARY PEARL JUBILEE A STAR-STUDDED RETROSPECTIVE on Monday, September 28, at 700 pm in association with the Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrenc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMAn idea for a lighthearted news item about a funny coincidence turned into a touching story about the legacy of a young man who loved theatre and died too soon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater kicks off the world premiere of Barbecue, written by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy and In the Continuum), Sept. 22. Constance Shulman, who plays the char…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRyan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan's new Fox anthology series "Scream Queens" makes its two-hour series premiere Sept. 22 at 8 PM ET, with a cast that features Lea M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTROIKA Entertainment, LLC's non-Equity North American tour of the Tony-winning backstage musical comedy 42nd Street launches Sept. 22 at the Capitol Theatre in Salt Lake City, UT.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSophocles' tragic play Antigone first premiered centuries ago but is startingly relevant to present-day politics. Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche weighs in on how the ancient d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA growing number of new stage productions just feel like a prison for theatregoers lately, and with good reason, for the onstage action is set behind bars.
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