This stunning production features a number of deaf performers, with hearing actors providing their singing voices.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 11:51PMPatti LuPone, Andrea McArdle, Anne Hathaway, Melba Moore—since it first premiered in London 30 years ago, Boublil and Schönberg’s mega-musical, Les Misérables, has played more than…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 11:40PM Presented by the Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds, Tony Winner Bebe Neuwirth hosted the 7th Annual Broadway Salutes on September 29…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:40PMAren't we all running from chainsaws in our past Wes asks his film analysis class early in the episode. SCREAM QUEENS in its third hour decides to preoccupy itself with the past. Who dated w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30PMDue to high demand and a growing waitlist, Lincoln Center Education announces additional performances for the world premiere production of UP AND AWAY, an original, multi-sensory theatrical …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30PM1. When She Had Wings at Imagination Stage. “…production elements flow together with the written word and build off each other to create this amazingly original piece.” –…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:09PMMaura responds to Yasuko Yokoshi's "Zero One" at Danspace Project
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Ken Jaworowski’s play at the WorkShop Theater depicts a dispiriting devolution in a marriage, with two sets of actors portraying a couple over two decades.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:52PMEvery year millions of high school students are assigned to read To Kill a Mockingbird in their English class. Many will begrudgingly read it, while others will look past the forced reading …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:49PMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
If you thought Bedlam’s artistic director Eric Tucker had created physical productions for his acclaimed acting troupe in the past, think agai…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:45PMThe Mint Theater Company is persistent in its mission to uncover obscure plays from the past.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:44PM On Monday, September 28, 2015, Broadway stars Stephanie J. Block and Aaron Lazar performed in “A Cabaret Evening” at Feinstein’s/54 Below. The evening is a joint benefit in …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:15PMBy Aine Abruscati (@AAbruscati) The dynamic performing duo, Will and Anthony Nunizata, an incredibly talented pair of brothers who sing, act and entertain audiences with their fresh take on …
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Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere chat with John Bolton. Carey Purcell reviews Spring Awakening, Peter reviews The Awful Truth, and they both weigh in on The Christi…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:51PMThe Lowdown Hokum Orchestra have been around long enough to know exactly what they’re doing. If only they’d have the confidence to leave it at that. The setup for That’s Showbiz is t…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:37PMHigh Society is a musical based on the 1956 Hollywood movie starring Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly, which in turn is based on The Philadelphia Story by Phillip Barry. With son…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:33PMActor to celebrate music of her youth with cover versions of new wave bands, in all-singing no-speaking London theatre show called If You Kiss Me, Kiss MeJane Horrocks is to celebrate the po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32PMBroadway Style Guide set up a glam cam at the end of the red carpet to capture some of the most stunning looks from the cast and celebrity guests at the Spring Awakening opening.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 08:17PMAcclaimed songwriter Scott Alan recently returned London for a two-week residency at The Hippodrome Casino, featuring a different guest each night. Click below to watch September 14th's gues…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16PMThis past summer there was an article on Vice.com about award-winning chefs who have been interning or volunteering at other restaurants, farms and with food scientists in order to pick up n…
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Bat Out of Hell, the new musical from Meatloaf hit-maker Jim Steinman, will receive a New York City lab presentation this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:49PMTales about serial killers typically revel in the harrowing. The monster's methodical torture of his victims. A terrified prisoner struggling to escape his bloody clutches.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:41PMBroadway's Allegiance, a new musical inspired by Takei's true-life story, opens on November 8, 2015 at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street. Previews begin October 6. It features a book…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMFeinstein's54 Below will present the triumphant return of Rita McKenzie's award-winning ETHEL MERMAN'S BROADWAY, the country's longest-running one woman musical.This special one-night-only e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMStephen Friedrich, a UNCSA grad, has appeared on "Hostages " (NBC), "Elementary" (CBS), and "Mr. Robot" (USA). Catch him soon in the hilarious webseries, "Beth & Charly," and t…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:19PMA familiar face on TV comedies, Myrin is now getting laughs on stage at the Public.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PMAmerican composer Jonathan Reid Gealt is back in London to launch his third studio album WHATEVER I WANT IT TO BE on Sunday 11th October at St James Studio before its official worldwide rele…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PMThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced today the launch of a 39-play, three-year commissioning project, Play on 36 playwrights translate Shakespeare.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:19PMBy S.L. Crawley Highly Recommended Fear is a powerful tool – especially when that fear is rooted in misconceptions and prejudice. The disagreements over race, religion and class that have …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:16PMBroadway In Chicago and producers Starvox Entertainment and June Entertainment are pleased to announce the full cast for SHERLOCK HOLMES. JAMES MASLOW, the actor and singer perhaps best kn…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:16PMSophie Evanoff, owner of Vanille, the wildly popular French-inspired artisanal patisserie, with locations in Lincoln Park and Chicago’s French Market, is excited to announce a third, new l…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:16PMNorthlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces the World Premiere of Charm by Philip Dawkins. Directed by BJ Jones, …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:16PMThe cast of Allegiance took to the stage of the Longacre Theatre on Sept. 29 to preview three songs from the upcoming Broadway musical. Allegiance features music and lyrics by Jay Kuo, book …
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Dexter Bullard, the director of the Chicago premiere of "Sucker Punch" at the Victory Gardens Theater, made his bones working at the intimate, and now defunct, Next Theatre in Evanston, spec…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:49PMThis cauldron of campy comedy bubbles over with Handbag’s patented brand of lovable skewering. My cheeks hurt from laughter by show’s end. Highly Recommended. (read Clint May's entire r…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:37PMOlney Theatre Center, a Mid-Atlantic destination for extraordinary theater performance and education, continues its 2015-2016 season with the classic American musical GUYS AND DOLLS November…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMAccording to Deadline, stage veteran Helene York has signed on for Epix's upcoming comedy GRAVES. The BULLETS OVER BROADWAY alum will appear alongside Nick Nolte and Skylar Astin in the proj…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMFirst announced back in 2009, BroadwayWorld.com broke news earlier this yearabout the long gestating BAT OUT OF HELL Musical - revealing exclusively thatmusician and producer Todd Rundgrenjo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMBy the end of “Phoebe in Winter” the stage at Single Carrot Theatre is so trashed that Friday’s opening night audience couldn’t exit the way they had entered, across the set. That’…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:33PMMore than 400 guests packed the Absinthe Theater at Caesars Palace last night for the Fifth Annual Solo Strips to watch 15 of Las Vegas’ hottest performers strip down for solo performa…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:33PMA NEW MUSICAL COMEDY WITH MUSIC & LYRICS BY IRVING BERLIN BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH STUDIOCANAL
DIRECTED BY THOM SOUTHERLAND STARRING LIZA GODDARD & BRIAN CAPRON THE SMALLEST SHOW…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:29PMThe American Theatre Wing's annual gala was a swanky affair atthe Plaza honoring James Earl Jones. Click through the pics in the gallery to see The Gin Game star and many more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMA luminous opening night with the stars of Deaf West Theatre and director Michael Arden's Broadway revival of Spring Awakening.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMTwo-person musical Daddy Long Legs celebrated opening night on September 29. Click through the gallery to see stars Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan along with their many fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMAnthony E. Zuiker, perhaps best-known as the creator of the “CSI” television series franchise, has ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:15PMWatch VideoIn our NewsHour Shares series, we show you things that caught our eye recently on the web. What about you? Leave your suggestions in the comments below, or tweet to @NewsHour usin…
SOURCE: PBS at 06:15PMThe documentary play "Seven" will have a staged reading on Friday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. at Union Congregational Church, 176 Cooper Ave. Montclairite Kathryn Newbrough Osbourne directs…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 06:13PMJust over a week before the publication of his new book on the modern history of Broadway, New York Post columnist Michael Riedel – admired and reviled for his in-the-know,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08PMThe Paper Mill Playhouse Autism Advisory Team has won the 2015 New Jersey State Governor's Jefferson Award for Public Service.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMThe Tectonic Theater Project has announced the full cast for its star-studded one-night-only special benefit reading of Moises Kaufman's GROSS INDECENCY THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE, the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMLineup of 2015-16 autism-friendly performances announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMBinotto will play Nathan Detroit alongside Matt Faucher as Sky Masterson and Jessica Lauren Ball as Sarah Brown.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe new musical also stars Katie Rose Clarke and Michael K. Lee.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMMoisés Kaufman's drama returns to the stage for one night only, with Emerson reprising his acclaimed performance as Oscar Wilde.
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Company was superb in works by Mauro Astolfi, Ryan Lee, Roberto Campanella and Robert Glumbek
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:58PMDoctor Zhivago had the inauspicious title of being the first show to close on Broadway when the Tony nominations were announced in May. It had received no nominations and after poor notices,…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:52PM"My career has been ushered in by Merce and Trisha and the experimental groundbreaking they did," says New York-based choreographer Stephen Petronio. "I owe a great debt to them."
Petronio …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:46PMThe Royal Exchange, Manchester has launched a 12 month creative speechmaking programme inspired by TED Talks, as part of the Truth about Youth series. On Monday 9 November, TaY at the Royal …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:37PM"Downton Abbey" actor Julian Ovenden will replace previously announced Steven Pasquale in the New York Pops concert, My Favorite Things: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerste…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMTony Award-nominated director-choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett and her son, actor-writer Shaun Taylor-Corbett, are at work on the new musical Distant Thunder.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMAt a coffee shop near you, the Dramaturgy Open Office Hour Project offers a user-friendly intro to the sometimes elusive art form.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:30PMJFL 42, the Just For Laughs festival's Toronto offshoot, is currently underway in Toronto. We'll be checking in throughout the week with shows we've loved, hated and just been downright conf…
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 05:28PMManhattan's Baryshnikov Arts Center, founded by dancer and actor Mikhail Baryshnikov, has received a $3 million gift from the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation. The Center, which recently …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:27PMTake a glimpse inside the celebration for Baryshnikov Arts Center 10th Anniversary. BAC, founded in 2005, celebrated with their annual benefit to support the Center's programs on Sept. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
Two bearded and long-haired pony-ailed men in dark gray space suits with black Velcro patches appear as the lights come up. For the next ten minutes, they wrest…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:15PM"My career has been ushered in by Merce and Trisha and the experimental groundbreaking they did," says New York-based choreographer Stephen Petronio. "I owe a great debt to them." Petronio i…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:07PMThis musical adaptation of a 1912 novel is rooted in the correspondence between a girl and a man who pays for her college education..
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:02PMThe below is part of Scott Miller's ongoing series, written during rehearsals for Heathers the Musical at New Line Theatre.
The post So Very: The 80s Movies That Led to Heathers appeared fi…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 05:00PMRECOMMENDED Remember banker’s boxes? Those white, cardboard, 10″H x 12″W x 15″D storage bins that arrived flattened, to be unfolded and refolded until they took a shape t…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00PMWillis made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart earlier this month.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe world premiere will play at the Access Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe dark musical comedy begins its run tonight.
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NBC's THE WIZ LIVE, its highly anticipated holiday production, will air on Thursday, December 3. Click below for the latestbehind-the-scenes look atstar Shanice Williams and her journey from…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMOn Sunday, September 27, thousands of Broadway's biggest fans gathered at Pier 97 for what's being called the Coachella of show tunes - the first annual Elsie Fest, a day-long music festival…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMThis Thursday, October 1st, BROADWAY SESSIONScelebrates the men and women from Broadway's wardrobe and hair departments. Talented performers who make the magic backstage will step into the s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMHnath is the first recipient of the Kesselring Prize since the award's six-year absence.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PMI’ve been asked to follow up on an article I wrote as part of Samuel French and Howlround’s #RightsWeek series last year. That article was about the rights issues inherent in writers pro…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:47PM
Leave it to Eli Roth, the king of torture porn, to lovingly resurrect another disgusting genre — the cannibal vomitorium atrocities from the ’70s and ’80s — with his new film …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:42PMWhat’s in the Daily News? Not much. The New York Post? Plenty — as long as your obsessions are trends, bold-face names and right-wing harangues. As for coverage of the things tha…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:41PMThe long-serving producing artistic director of East West Players is honored for his contributions to the resident theatre movement and to Asian-American theatre artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:40PMby JULIANNE TVETEN
recent weeks, a 28-year-old actor named Ali Stroker has been making headlines across theater-news outlets. The reason: She’s the first performer who uses a wheelchai…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:40PMJames Maslow (“Big Time Rush,” “Dancing with the Stars”) has joined the cast of the ...
The post James Maslow, Renee Olstead join cast of ‘Sherlock HolmesR…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:39PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1957 (Capitol) This is one of the greatest of all cast albums. Meredith Willson, in his first Broadway effort, wrote the colorful, varied music and lyrics. The score …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:30PM“Appropriate,” award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ razor-edged comedic drama, opens Sunday, October 4 at 7 p.m. at the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum. Previews are …
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 04:25PMAnnie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize- and Obie Award-winning The Flick re-opened Off-Broadway at Barrow Street Theatre in May with the original cast and creative team. A new cast has take over,…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:21PMRadio Broadcast, 1952 (AEI) If Music in the Air sounds like the title of a hokey operetta, that’s intentional; the 1932 show, with music by Jerome Kern, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstei…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:19PMMatt McGrath, Ashlie Atkinson and Francisco Pryor Garat have joined the cast of Steve off-Broadway. They join the previously announced Mario Cantone, Jerry Dixon and Malcolm Gets. Cynthia Ni…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:10PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Stark Sands Enticed by Spielberg
Two-time Tony nominee Stark Sands (Kinky Boots, Journey’s End) has landed the lead r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:10PMA play produced around the world is finally coming to Broadway. While Broadway’s Belasco Theatre might have just been home to the ever fabulous Tony Award winning Hedwig And The Angry …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 04:10PMWhile it may seem like we just got past Tony Awards season, the beloved Broadway awards ceremony is back in the headlines as deadlines and dates are set for a new season on The Great White W…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 04:10PMIt’s 2007 all over again! The beloved Broadway musical Spring Awakening exploded onto the stage in 2006 changing Broadway and musical theatre, forever. Gathering throngs of young fans…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 04:09PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 2004 (JAY) This is Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart’s attempt to parody hit musicals by taking one melodramatic story (a landlord trying to secure rent money fro…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 04:06PMCarly Hughes and Grasan Kingsberry are the latest Broadway stars to be featured in the Broadway Legacy series. Created by actor Christian Dante White (The Book of Mormon, The Scottsboro B…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:02PMBY MARY HOULIHAN | FOR THE SUN-TIMES A short piece, originally created for a fundraiser, ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:02PMHate trying on dresses? We’ve got your covered. Just follow this simple tips, and you’ll be sure to find the perfect look for any occasion.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 04:02PMThe Downton Abbey star steps in for Pasquale at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe Orange Is the New Black Emmy winner took the stage to sing in honor of Bennett's arts organization.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMCynthia Nixon directs a cast that also includes Malcolm Gets and Matt McGrath.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Original Broadway Cast, 1980 (Original Cast Records/no CD) No stars; not recommended. After only 14 performances, Musical Chairs vanished from sight, but the show yielded a cast album. The e…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:59PMDC Foundation is pleased to announce that Andrew Rannells will host the Mr. Abbott Award Gala honoring James Lapine on Monday, October 19, 2015. The event will include special performances b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMActress and DANCING WITH THE STARS winner Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut as 'Roxie Hart' in Broadway's Chicago just last week. She will now play a 6-week limited engagement at the Amba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMThe stars really turned out some of their best fashion for the opening of Deaf West's revival of Spring Awakening on Broadway!
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 03:57PMWhat happens when you put four hopeful writers, eager to be published, in a room with a once acclaimed novelist? Well, the punchline in Theresa Rebeck’s 2011 play is laced with a constant …
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 03:41PMEveryone has a story to tell — even kids!
Story Pirates bring their all-ages sketch-comedy musical magic to Smothers Theatre at Pepperdine University on Saturday, October 10 at 11 a.m.…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:41PMOriginal Broadway Cast, 2002 (Sony) In the old days, composers hoped that theatergoers would go out humming what they’d just heard. With shows like Movin’ Out, however, the idea is that …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 03:36PMThe Abrons Arts Center will present the world premiere of puppet artist and director Basil Twist's Sisters’ Follies: Between Two Worlds next month. Basil Twist was announced Se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMRECOMMENDED When you review a show, you have to take into account what the producing company is shooting for. “Scream, Queen, Scream!” – three vignettes by playwright David Cerda, …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:30PMCheck out these new photos of Rumer Willis onstage as Roxie Hart in Chicago. On Sept. 21, actress Rumer Willis made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running revival of the Ka…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMLincoln Center Education's Up and Away, a new multi-sensory theatrical experience specially designed for young audiences on the autism spectrum that begins performances Sept…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMEmmy and Tony nominee Jeff Daniels and Oscar nominee Michelle Williams will both return to Broadway to co-star in Blackbird. The play begins previews at the Belasco Theatre on February 5, 2…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:15PMCasting has been announced for Mark Gerrard's Steve, a new play presented by The New Group. Tony and Emmy winner Cynthia Nixon will direct the show, which begins previews Nov. 3…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMA little known fact about Atlanta’s beloved playwright Topher Payne: he never went to college. He never even graduated high school. “I went as far
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:10PMStage and screen star Julian Ovenden will step in for Steven Pasquale opposite Broadway fave Sierra Boggess at the upcoming October 9 Carnegie Hall New York Pops Concert. The My Favorite Thi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMIt’s National Coffee Day, so go ahead and refill your mug and listen to some java-themed show tunes. The Broadway.com news room runs on caffeine and belting, so we created a Spoti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMLee joins Kelli O'Hara tonight in the Tony-winning King and I revival at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe local series broadcasts plays from off-Broadway theater companies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMCésar Alvarez and the Lisps present a Civil War-era concert-story.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMIn honor of the late Madeline Kahn's birthday, Playbill.com offers a few tidbits of information about the comedic great from the new book "Madeline Kahn: Being The Music, A Life.&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMThe production will kick off the 30th anniversary season of the Atlantic Acting School and Off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
On October 9, 2015 at 800PM, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, will open its 33rd season at Carnegie Hall's Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage with My Favorite Things The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMTony Bennett and his wife Susan Benedetto hosted the 9th annual Exploring the Arts ETA 2015 gala last night at Cipriani 42nd Street in NYC, honoring George S. Kaufman, Chairman of Kaufman Or…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMIt'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 02:52PMHAMILTON creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has a dream that one day we'll be listening to showtunes on the radio again. He explained in a recent interview with Rolling Stone'You used to hear a Cole…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMThe Kennedy Center’s entry in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival was a one-night-only reading of Roe, a new two-act play by Lisa Loomer that dramatically personalizes pivotal chapters i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:51PMRita McKenzie, who is currently co-starring Off-Broadway in the acclaimed revival of Ruthless!, will bring her long-running tribute to Ethel Merman to Feinstein's/54 Below ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMThe Tony-winning musical "Spring Awakening" has returned to Broadway. Although the original production of the musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik closed only in 2009, and thus might see…
SOURCE: WQXR at 02:39PMFeinstein's/54 Below will present the triumphant return of Rita McKenzie's award-winning ETHEL MERMAN'S BROADWAY, the country's longest-running one woman musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMBroadway in Chicago has announced the full cast for the upcoming production of "Sherlock Holmes." As previously announced, David Arquette will star as the titular London sleuth.
The cast…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:28PMDrury Lane Theatre has announced casting for "White Christmas, the Musical," the holiday classic featuring the music of Irving Berlin.
The play will feature Sean Allen Krill as Bob Walla…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:28PMA messy office is an ominous signifier in “The Point,” a play with the good intentions, and much of the bluntness, of a public-service announcement. Currently on view in a stiffly acted,…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:23PMA dignitary should know how to make a proper entrance, and Elizabeth I — all four of her — gets the business right in “texts&beheadings/ElizabethR.” Created and directed by the a…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:23PMIt has been announced that The Voice finalist Lucy O'Byrne will join the UK touring production of The Sound of Music in the leading role of Maria.
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 02:21PMBefore her Feinstein's/54 Below debut, Beautiful and Heathers star Jessica Keenan Wynn shares the five albums that changed her life.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:20PMBroadway In Chicago and producers Starvox Entertainment and June Entertainment have announced the full cast for SHERLOCK HOLMES. JAMES MASLOW, the actor and singer perhaps best known for pla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMCBS has announced that Misty Copeland will visit THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT onMonday, Oct. 5th. Copeland is also scheduled to perform on the broadcast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMDespite yesterday’s oppressively nasty weather, the Mad Marchioness and I finally shook off our summertime torpor last night and poked our heads out into the world. It’s been mon…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:17PMCoincidentally, two different friends are releasing films for home consumption and I can’t recommend either of them highly enough! Heather Quinlan’s terrific documentary If These…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:16PMGingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, under the leadership of artistic director David Staller, will continue Oct. 19 at 7 PM with a reading of The Doctor’s Dilemma at Sympho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMThe comedy The Kitchen Witches will be live on stage November 5-29 at Ocala Civic Theatre. Isobel Lomax (Laura Bradford) and Dolly Biddle (Joy Newkirk) are two “seasoned” cable-televisio…
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 02:07PMWhat supercalifragilisticexpialidocious news! Due to tremendous popular demand and sold-out shows, one more performance of Ocala Civic Theatre’s smash hit production of Mary Poppins has be…
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 02:03PMRECOMMENDED With the fall season at hand and Halloween right around the corner, it’s easy to think of haunted houses as being the top destination to get a good scare. However, First Folio …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:01PMThe upcoming star of Broadway's Sylvia announces a New Year's Eve cabaret.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
The foundation supports young artists with master classes, workshops, mentor programs, and performance opportunities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:58PMCasting has been announced for Hell's Belles, a new musical presented by Tweiss Productions and Nicholas James Opalenik/Event Horizon Productions, which will play the Elektra Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMTheatres and performing arts organisations are markedly less ethnically diverse than other creative industries, a new report claims. What do you think? Vote
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:56PMRiver North Dance Chicago - Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Parkway, is offering $25 industry tickets for the October 3 performance. Use code INDUSTRY. Tickets available online at Auditor…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:56PMThe evening was a joint benefit in support of The New York Pops PopsEd Programs and Ronald McDonald House. The two organizations partner to provide music education programs that serve as cre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMBy HowlRound TV. Golden Thread in San Francisco presents the ReOrient 2015 Forum—a weekend of panel presentations and artistic exchange on theatre and the Middle East —livestreaming on t…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:50PMMs. Goldhirsch, the artistic director of Young Playwrights Inc., was responsible for helping along the careers of generations of American dramatists.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:50PMBillboard.com reports that Lady Gaga will become Billboard's 2015 Woman of the Year, succeeding Taylor Swift, who appeared at last year's intimate event that also celebrated Aretha Franklin,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMDid you miss the festival No worries, because we're taking you inside the special eventbelow.CLICK HERE to check out a video roundup
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMThe second season of Theater Close-Upon THIRTEEN will continue to bring a diverse cross-section of those provocative plays to primetime and online audiences, premiering Thursday, October 1
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMExpanding on its commitment to add classic TV series to its vintage movie lineup, Sony Pictures Television Networks' digital broadcast channel getTV has acquired all 26 episodes of 1963's 'T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMMegan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan in an adaptation of Jean Webster's 1912 novel.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMMusical theatre enthusiasts can't get enough of the recently released Hamilton cast album, but is it possible for the music to go mainstream and hit the airwaves any time soon? Lin-M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PMThis post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
"Run Time Error," an evening of recent and new works, including both New York and United States premieres composed by Simon Steen-Andersen, who performed…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:40PMThom Southerland's production opens in Colchester tomorrow evening
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:33PMThe project reteams Anthony E. Zuiker with 'Rock of Ages' producer Matthew Weaver, who acquired the theatrical stage rights to the TV show last year and paired with Zuiker on 'The Harlem Glo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:32PMJournalist-author Fareed Zakaria will be in Hartford on Saturday, Oct. 3, sharing a Connecticut Forum stage with Joi Ito, the director of MIT's Media Lab, and Virginia Heffernan, a writer an…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:29PMLuke Kempner says his hit spoof of the British series is the work of a fan.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:26PMThe show will go on but some jobs were lost in the process. PICT Classic Theatre has raised funds to produce the season-ending production of “Oliver Twist” as scheduled and in the proces…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:15PM“This project has changed me completely,” Laura Kaminsky told me, “as an artist and as a composer. It’s been an amazing experience so far. For months, I was taking Hannah’s spirit …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:10PMWe are in full swing of the Women’s Voices in Theatre Festival with some mighty impressive entries having led out of the gate. We have Artistic Director Molly Smith in great part to thank …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:10PMby Samuel L. Leiter Epistolary plays—like Jerome Kilty’s Dear Liar, A. R. Gurney’s Love Letters, and Sarah Ruhl’s Dear Elizabeth—are far less common than epistolary novels. Perhaps…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:09PMAcademy Award winner Christopher Walken and Emmy nominee Giancarlo Esposito are among voice actors who will be heard in Disney's live-action adaptation of "The Jungle Book,"…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PM by: Alix Cohen Magnus Borju and Manu Tiger met cute when both were training without their performance partners and decided on the spot to join forces. Two...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:07PMBroadway in Chicago has announced the full cast for the upcoming production of "Sherlock Holmes." As previously announced, David Arquette will star as the titular London sleuth. The cast …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:07PMActor David Oyelowo has claimed that there are fewer roles for black, Asian and minority ethnic actors than when he started out
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMBill Kenwright has unveiled a second season of shows at the Broadway Theatre in Peterborough, with the company stating that it hopes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMRed61, the company which has been providing the Edinburgh Festival Fringe’s ticketing software since 2009, has posted record turnover and announced it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMNatalia Kaliada is co-founder of Belarus Free Theatre. She spoke today at the annual State of the Arts conference No Boundaries 2015.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMDespite the rich potential, "Chambre" replicates problematic interpretations of Genet's play dating back to the 1950s
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 01:04PMBelow, watch an all-new international trailer for Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK. The wild adventure swings into theaters in 3D on April 15, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMDaniel C. Levine has taken his Broadway background and is helping bring Broadway to Ridgefield, CT.Levine is currently the Artistic Director of The Ridgefield Playhouse Broadway amp Cabaret …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMFormer National Geographic photographer Dewitt Jones will lead two presentations at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. The first, “Celebrate What’s Right with the World,” is an outgrowth of …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:02PMI’d like to open my first regular column for The Stage with a little disclosure: I have always been partial to an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMJohn Caird and Paul Nolan are the authors of the musical, based on a Jean Webster novel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMKatori Hall's World War II-era play prepares for a Boston opening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe Fan Day will celebrate the upcoming 30th anniversary of the show's London production.
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Bonnie McDonald, president of Landmarks Illinois, the state’s leading advocate for the preservation of historic sites and buildings, today announced three Chicago buildings that will be re…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:57PMThe hilarious, interactive dinner theater experience “We Gotta Bingo,” at the new Chicago Theater Works (1113 W. Belmont), is happy to announce Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s p…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:57PMChicago’s acclaimed Jefferson Award nominated actress and winner of the After Dark Award for “Outstanding Cabaret Artist” and the Chicago Cabaret Professionals Gold Coast Award, Suzann…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:57PMThe fifth annual Artists for World Peace on Broadway, an evening of song and dance, will be offered Oct. 11 at Joe’s Pub. There will also be a party with the cast after the show in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PM"Disenchanted" will be the title of the long-in-development sequel to Disney's 2007 hit film "Enchanted," according to Collider.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PMGingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, under the leadership of Artistic Director David Staller, presents its 107th concert presentation of The Doctor's Dilemma on Monday, October 21 at 7pm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMWalt Disney Pictures is moving ahead with its proposed sequel to the hit film ENCHANTED. The site reports that the working title for the upcoming project is DISENCHANTED.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMMaria's Mont Blanc, a Broadway theatre-district mainstay for more than three decades, has lost a court case over its lease.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMIn the final installment of this follow-up with the Harvard acting class of 1995, former colleagues find meaning on and off the stage, together and apart.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:46PMWilly Russell’s play, Educating Rita is is over three decades old. Reminiscent of the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, more popularly known by its musical rendition, My Fair Lady, the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:46PMBy Chloe Woggon. Dancer Chloe Woggon discusses her performing a dance in front of an audience, in which she had an metaphysical experience.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:43PMDrury Lane Theatre has announced casting for "White Christmas, the Musical," the holiday classic featuring the music of Irving Berlin. The play will feature Sean Allen Krill as Bob Wallac…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:36PMTake a look at Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan celebrating the opening of Daddy Long Legs. The new two-actor musical, by Tony Award-nominated composer-lyricist Paul Gordo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMThe Black Book
Written and directed by Phil Blechman
IJB Productions, Sargent Theater, NYC
September 5 - November 22, 2015
As part of Bronx Community College's opening convocati…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 12:30PM-- There's plenty to do in DC on Columbus Day Weekend! Check here to see everything that's going on in the DC area during Columbus Day Weekend. Music, Dance, Theatre, Kids Events-you'll find…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:27PMGreg Kotis's 2006 comedy receives its UK premiere next month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:27PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Mimi Lien, and Basil Twist are among those rewarded for their creativity and artistic potential.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:23PMThe American Theatre Wing has announced that the 70th Annual Tony Awards will air on CBS on Sunday, June 5, 2016 (8-11pm ET) live from New York City! The Tony Awards, which honors theater pr…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:20PMQuotidian Theatre Company kicks off its dynamic 2016 season, and its participation in the Washington, DC Women’s Voices Theater Festival, with the world premiere of playwright Audrey Cefal…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:08PMA pantomime producer is being investigated for fraud after claims that he left dance schools thousands of pounds out of pocket. Ben
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMThe Broadway at Birdland is elated to announce that Broadway star Lesli Margherita will premiere her brand new solo show, 'BROAD,' at the historic music room on Mondays, November 30 amp Dece…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMProducer Sean Hudock announced today that The Wild Root Company will partner with Markus Potter and NewYorkRep 2015 Outer Critics Circle Nominee for STALKING THE BOGEYMAN to present a staged…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMChicago's Goodman Theatre has announced that its sixth playwrights unit will be made up entirely of female playwrights. The Chicago writers participating in the 2015-16 program are K…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMAs part of the 50th anniversary celebration of The National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA is partnering with Playbill, Inc. and Disney Theatrical Group to develop a pilot songwriting progr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMAs part of the 50th anniversary celebration of The National Endowment for the Arts, the NEA is partnering with Playbill, Inc. and Disney Theatrical Group to develop a pilot songwriting progr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe show begins performances tonight as part of the Without Walls Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe new comedy starts its run tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMFour playwrights will develop new works over the next nine months.
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Three New York theater artists were awarded the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowships, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Just a few days earlier, Miranda offered a first listen and the entire lyric…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:58AMThe American Theatre Wing honored the legendary James Earl Jones for its annual gala. The evening’s line-up of presenters and performers included Norm Lewis, Leslie Uggams, Patina Mill…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMBy Shakina Nayfack. Artistic Director Shakina Nayfack discusses the origins and trajectory of the Musical Theatre Factory, which advocates new musical development.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:51AMTrip of Love star Austin Miller talks 1960s crushes, fashion and music.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:45AMHaven Burton, currently starring as Lauren in Broadway's KINKY BOOTS, attended the Sept. 21st performance of the Off-Broadway hit Ruthless! The Musical at St. Luke's Theatre. Burton's other …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMWhether you're a car ride away, or a short jaunt by plane, Charleston County, SC, has wonderful entertainment picks this fall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 9222015 - 9292015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMSet designer of NATASHA, PIERRE, AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 and founder of Dorrance DanceNew York are among this year's 24 fellows.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMOn yesterday's MEREDITH VIEIRA SHOW, guest Neil Patrick Harris and host Meredith Vieiera played a game of 'Call My Bluff' in which they try to figure out what's true and what's a total lie.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMJust last night, theAmerican Theatre Winghostedits annual Gala at The Plaza Hotel Fifth Avenue at Central Park South, honoring legendary actorJames Earl Jones.Mr. Jonesis a two-time Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMOn December 31, Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, will ring in the New Year with Tony Award winnerAnnaleigh Ashford and the Whiskey 5beginning at 11PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMIn a new interview with Vanity Fair, the actor talks about making the leap from musical theater to a starring role on the new FOX drama MINORITY REPORT
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMMy friend Janet Whiteside, who has died aged 83, played a rich variety of parts during a long acting career, principally in the theatre. What’s more, she graced every production on which s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe Belgian choreographer’s thoughtful collaboration with China’s Yabin Wang searches for communal ground in a disconnected worldSidi Larbi Cherkaoui doesn’t ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:27AMIn celebration of the 30th anniversary of its London production, Broadway's Les Misérables will offer a special discount to fans Oct. 6. Fans will be able to purchase two tick…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMIn an interview ahead of Sunday’s 2-hour CSI series finale, franchise creator Anthony Zuiker told Deadline his next venture would be Broadway, and now we have details of the project. Z…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:14AMThere's a growing fashion passion in Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:08AMErma Bombeck: At Wit’s End, the new play from Allison and Margaret Engel, opens October 9, 2015 at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. Allison Engel (playwright) has …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMMonique LaForce’s new play Hootenanny opens October 2, 2015 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her work includes Kenneth, What Is the Frequency? (co-author with Ian Allen), The B…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMRock of Ages producer Matthew Weaver acquired stage rights to the series last year.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThis year's recipients of the $625,000 prize have been announced.
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Ana Gasteyer (Wicked, The Threepenny Opera) will guest star on ABC's "The Goldbergs" Sept. 30 at 8:30 PM ET. Gasteyer will play drama teacher Miss Cinoman in an episode titled …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMNew York Theatre Workshop officially opened Fondly, Collette Richland Sept. 28, by award-winning company-in-residence Elevator Repair Service. The show, which began prev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMOn Sept. 27 LiveNation and iHeartRadio presented the first-ever Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating songs from the stage and screen, at JBL LIVE at Pier 97 in Ne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMOn Sept. 27 LiveNation and iHeartRadio presented the first-ever Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating songs from the stage and screen, at JBL LIVE at Pier 97 in Ne…
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Lopez knows these characters and how they speak. He is helped immensely by his director Mike Donahue who allows just enough comic exaggeration without ever let…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:47AMThe “hippest trip in America” has found its storyteller. Anthony E. Zuiker, creator of the CSI franchise, will pen the previously reported Broadway-aimed production of Soul Train…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMThe Hubris Theatre Company is set to present a stage adaptation of Anthony Burgess' haunting classic novel, "A Clockwork Orange," penned by the author himself. Set in a dystopi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMNeil Patrick Harris (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) appeared on "The Meredith Vieira Show" Sept. 28. The two hosts played "Call My Bluff," a game where contestants …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMGood 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 THE KING AND I gets a new ruler, Lupit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMDeaf West Theatre's acclaimed production ofSteven SaterandDuncan Sheik'sSPRING AWAKENING, directed byMichael Ardenand choreographed bySpencer Liff, opened on Sunday night, September 27, at B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMLady Gaga turned to Twitter to tease her upcoming creepy role on FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMOn yesterday's TODAY, the actor opened up to Matt Lauer about his recent stint in rehab after the death of his mother
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMIn an interview with Fox 5 NY, Broadway star Judith Light, who portrayed Pintauro's mother Angela on the 1980's sitcom WHO'S THE BOSS, spoke about the revelation and shared that she has been…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMCameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Claude-Michel Schonberg amp Alain Boublil's LES MISERABLES will celebrate the upcoming 30th Anniversary of the show's original and still goin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMLittle Thing Big Thing and The Quare Land earned top awards at the 2015 Origin's 1st Irish Theatre Festival Awards Ceremony at Scandinavia House Sept. 28. Geraldine Hughes and Ciaran Gra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMLittle Thing Big Thing and The Quare Land earned top awards at the 2015 Origin's first Irish Theatre Festival Awards Ceremony at Scandinavia House Sept. 28. Geraldine Hughes and Ciaran G…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMTony-winning actress Laura Benanti, known for her witty and often sarcastic humor on social media, published a heartfelt blog post Sept. 29 about experiencing a miscarriage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMTwo classic movie musicals and one film based on a Tony-winning play will be available on Netflix in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMWelcome to Little V’s nightmare: a place where time is irrelevant and nobody is safe. Virginia, the eponymous Little V, has a surprise for us, but we must wait. Meanwhile, we are subjected…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:32AMOver the top. Silly beyond words. Those are just a few words to describe playwright Karen Zacarias' contribution to the Women's Voices Theater Festival. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:32AMThomas Bradshaw's latest play affects you despite itself
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:32AMIn a play about the healing power of song, who does the singing? Countertenor Iestyn Davies ponders the challenges of breathing life into the castrato singer Farinelli in Claire van Kampen�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:26AMIt’s not for nothing that Church of Wonders is on at 10:15 at night. It’s the sort of filthy pleasure best enjoyed in the very late evening. Melbourne-based women’s performing troupe C…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:24AMFour years ago today my interview column called A Quick 5 debuted. I started it with the intention of introducing and highlighting people working in all areas of the arts. It was a simple id…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:21AMAfter seeing Gender Spanner, the show directly following it at Scratch Warehouse, F*#king with Gender, all seemed a bit too safe – if beautiful to look at. Taking its inspirations from Str…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:19AMSamuel French is thrilled to be advancing our industry with new products. But what exactly are the products we’re creating? Today, we’re giving you a highlight of our newest rel…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:14AMMy mother and father always referred to him as “Cousin Gary.” I’m not sure why the family-tree relationship became a permanent part of his moniker. Perhaps it was a r…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:07AMThe story goes that when the MacArthur Foundation called to tell Lin-Manuel Miranda that he had been selected as a MacArthur Fellow, Miranda thought it was his cable company calling to ask h…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:06AMAnthony E. Zuiker, creator of the CSI franchise and one of Hollywood's most innovative storytellers, is officially on board to write Soul Train the musical for Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThis morning, Tony-winning star of stage and screen Laura Benanti published an extremely personal op-ed in Huffington Post Women. In the piece, Benanti discusses the difficult situation surr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMDeaf West Theatre's acclaimed production of Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's SPRING AWAKENING, directed by Michael Arden and choreographed by Spencer Liff, opened on Sunday night, September 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMJust a little over a year ago Call Me Adam was introduced to Maria Riboli when she directed Panic at the Riverside Motel, written by John Pastore. When Full Spectrum Theatre Company̵…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMHundreds of instruments — bells, chimes, gongs and toy piano — feature in Sept. 29, along with Adrianne Pieczonka and Krisztina Szabo.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMThe stars came out for the annual American Theatre Wing gala.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Harold Pinter was born in Hackney, in London’s East End, in October of 1930. An only child, he was born to Jewish parents of very moderate means; his father, a tailor, and his mother, a ho…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:58AMThe MacArthur Foundation announced its twenty four 2015 MacArthur Fellows, commonly called “genius grants,” and among them are playwright/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda, set design…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:58AM“I’ve had company for over thirty years now. It was very much about recreating work of my own,” Stephen Petronio says of his new five-year project “Bloodlines.”…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 09:55AMthe new play by Sibyl Kempson with Elevator Repair Service (ERS) is a high-style, high-energy affair . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:54AMSony Pictures Television Networks' digital broadcast channel, getTV, has acquired all 26 episodes of 1963's "The Judy Garland Show" and will also bring a selection of top e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMSony Pictures Television Networks' digital broadcast channel, getTV, has acquired all 26 episodes of 1963's "The Judy Garland Show" and will also bring a selection of top e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMIt’s one of the enduring ironies of classical music that so much of today’s repertoire was written by such a small number of people..
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38AMTheo Jansen's kinetic sculptures delightfully blur the conventional lines that divide art, science, and storytelling.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:38AMMore good news for Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of gargantuan Broadway hit Hamilton. The MacArthur Foundation has bestowed a "genius grant" on the Tony winner, who alon…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:38AMThe Broadway League and The Coalition of Broadway Unions and Guilds COBUG welcome Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth as host for the seventh annual BROADWAY SALUTES event tonight, September 29,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMThe Public Theaterpresents the American play Eclipsed, written by Danai Gurira. Directed by Obie Award winner Liesl Tommy and featuring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o in her New York st…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMThe Tony Award-winning production ofRodgers amp Hammerstein's THE KING AND I, directed byBartlett Sher, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater 150 West 65 Street, welcomes a new leader tonight, Sept…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMLast night, Broadway stars Stephanie J. Block and Aaron Lazar performed in 'A Cabaret Evening' at 54 Below 254 West 54th Street. The evening was a joint benefit in support of The New York Po…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMCareer Transition For Dancersjust held its 30TH ANNIVERSARY PEARL JUBILEE A STAR-STUDDED RETROSPECTIVE last night, September 28, in association with the Lloyd E. Rigler - Lawrence E. Deutsch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMOriginal Broadway and off-Broadway cast memberArnie Burtonjustdeparted the two-time Tony Award winning hilarious hit comedy 39 STEPS following his 1,000th performance as Man 2Clown 2 lastnig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMBy Bill Hirschman It’s Stephen Sondheim redux for veteran Broadway actor Ken Jennings, although a bit backwards. It might seem a long, long stretch for the man who created the mentally cha…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:31AMIn the presence of the First Lady of China, Mme. Peng Liyuan, the New York-based Juilliard School president Joseph W. Polisi announced plans for The Tianjin Juilliard School, part of Jui…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMAnthony E. Zuiker, creator of the long-running “CSI” police TV franchise, has been signed to write the libretto for the stage musical adaptation of another TV phenome…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AM“Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, experimental puppeteer Basil Twist and set designer Mimi Lien are among the names on the list of 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellows, each r…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:02AMEvery now and again a show comes along that challenges the way you work and Complicite’s The Encounter was one of those.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
Tomorrow night's episode of ABC's THE GOLDBERGS titled 'A Chorus Lie' features a storyline about the iconic Broadway musical A CHORUS LINE. Broadway vet Ana Gasteyer WICKED guests as drama t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMMatthew Murphy talks about his rise from ballet dancer to renowned theatre and dance photographer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMThe West End production of The Commitments will play in Dublin next year prior to a UK tour. Jamie Lloyd’s staging of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMSoho Theatre is to launch a new broadcasting arm, which will film and produce at least four of its shows each year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMBECTU is calling for all staff employed at venues during the Edinburgh Fringe to be paid the living wage. The backstage union
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMVicky Featherstone, artistic director of London’s Royal Court, has claimed critics and audiences judge female playwrights more harshly than their male counterparts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMThere’s nothing like a show that takes you out of your comfort zone. If theatre-makers can only afford to see a narrow range of work we are all the poorer for itI love going to the theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AMWatford PalaceFear, prejudice and passions bubble under the surface of Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s atmospheric new play about accusations of witchcraft in a Hertfordshire village Arthur Miller’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AMThe production, which opens at the Unicorn Theatre in November, is also offering the chance for 10-year olds to attend a red carpet event
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:04AMJonathan Miller's sure-footed production of Rossini's comedy returns to ENO
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:04AM
It’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 06:50AMTheatre is in the very bones of this bold adaptation, with the Lyric gifted a cameo role: past productions are fleetingly pastiched in a flashback to the era of the venue’s foundation…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:39AMFrom 2010: A number of friends have invited me to play the following game that’s been making the rounds in cyberspace: The rules: Don’t take too long to think about it–choose fifteen a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:15AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonPerformed by a fine ensemble, this adaptation of the picaresque novel is a good night out and a rousing tribute to feminist principlesLaura Wade’s adaptation of Sa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:14AMBroadway sensation, TV detective and three-time Oscar nominee Angela Lansbury turns 90 in October. Fiona-Jane Weston is an expert on her extraordinary career, thanks to researching her one-w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:14AMLaura Wade brings Sarah Waters' bestselling novel to the stage in a new adaptation, directed by Lyndsey Turner
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:07AMA loosely structured avant-garde play that flits from a bland American home to a grand Alpine hotel.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 06:00AM“Plot is for those who already know the world; narrative is for those who want to discover it.” V.S. Naipaul (quoted in David Hare, The Blue Touch Paper)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:00AM
By Doug Mayo
Glenn Close is to make her West End theatre debut in a semi-staged concert production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard at the London Colliseum in April 2016. Tickets …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:58AMTickets for Daniel Kitson date on sale:
Tickets have gone on sale for the Daniel Kitson's latest show which is touring to the Lyceum on Monday 12 October.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:52AMMichael John LaChiusa's musical returns to London for the first time since its European premiere in 2001
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:41AM Photos by JK Clarke The Plaza Hotel Ballroom was filled to capacity on Monday evening September 28th with theater and film royalty at The American Theatre…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:37AMStudents are invited to write a 5 minute play based on characters from FINDING NEVERLAND
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10AMMarylouise Burke and Holland Taylor play new roommates in an assisted living facility who get caught up ina dangerous game of one-upmanship.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10AMMention the term “renaissance” to Duran Duran frontfop Simon Le Bon – referring to “Paper Gods,” the band’s new comeback for Warner Bros. — and his English wit kicks in. &#…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AMAlongside big openings this week at the Lyric Hammersmith and the Almeida, there’s intriguing new work at the New Diorama and Battersea
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM
'The Atlantic' journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, puppeteer and director Basil Twist and photographer LaToya Ruby Frazier also among the 23 people to secure the prestigious fellowships. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:50AMHigh Society is not a high point in programming at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre. Cole Porter is a witty, lively, sensitive and influential writer, and his songs are highly universal but not,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:46AMMegan McGinnis is exquisite in the new two-character musical “Daddy Long Legs."
SOURCE: cititour.com at 03:28AMIt is all too easy for the perception of artists who inhabit primarily visual disciplines to extend no further than the physical entity that they present on stage – a vision of the drag qu…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:19AMThis Autumn, Ruby In The Dust’s acclaimed adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic Jazz Age novel is back. Gatsby returns to the London stage for a limited, exclusive showcase …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 03:06AMIn “Fred’s Diner,” each of the three women working long hours in dead-end jobs in this roadside diner cherishes hopes for the future. So do the diner’s two regular customers. »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:05AM
HAMILTON authorstar Lin-Manuel Miranda and avant-garde puppeteer Basil Twist are among the 24 recipients of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:55AMThe Goods Line hosts its first public event, Montaigne begins her national tour and Arj Barker asks audiences to get inside his head#TheGoods, Sydney Architecture festival Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44AMWith its bleak worldview, arbitrary devices and bizarre flourishes, the play is catnip for the artistes of Catastrophic Theatre, Houston's foremost alternative theater company.
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SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 01:22AMGypsy Snider, who devised the acrobatic and aerial movement for the tour, was in Houston last week to lead the periodic brush-up rehearsal of the show's physical feats.
Snider created the c…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 01:21AMBrett Batterson, the executive director of the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago since 2004, has taken a new job in Memphis.
Batterson, the Auditorium has announced, has accepted the posit…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:02AMEpisode 140: These Kids Are Worth It Stacey Tirro works in a district with a negative reputation. There are threats of budget cuts all around her. People ask her all the time “do you fee…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM"Narcos" Star Maurice Compte on Filming in Colombia & the Last Show He Binge-Watched
Actor Maurice Compte pays a visit to the YH Studio to fill us in on his role in the Netflix drama series …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Al Hirschfeld immortalized celebrities, politicians, Broadway productions, films, television shows and beyond with his iconic linear drawings for nine decades, establishing himself as one of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57AMA brand new coffee table book containing more than1,000 posters from various productions of William Shakespeare's work,titled PRESENTING SHAKESPEARE, by Mirko Ilix and Steven Heller is now a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57AMAs part of its 40th anniversary year, Lincoln Center Education LCE, a global leader in the field of arts education, announces performance dates for world premiere production of UP AND AWAY, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57AMShall we dance? Hoon Lee will begin performances as the King of Siam in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King and I on September 29. He takes over for Jose Llana in the 2015 Tony-winnin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51AMA talking donkey, a singing ogre, a feisty princess, a sassy cookie, tap dancing rats, and a striking band of misfit fairytale characters will be working their magic for children of all ag…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50AMLin-Manuel Miranda is one of three theater artists to receive a 2015 MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award. The others were puppeteer Basil Twist and set designer Mimi Lien. The fu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:42AMTa-Nehesi Coates and Lin-Manuel Miranda are among 24 new MacArthur Foundation fellows receiving $625,000 over five years — no strings attached.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:27AMTeeth gleaming like an ad for Crest, his smile broad and generous, Trevor Noah made his debut Monday night as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on a sleek set that tried very har…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:19AMName: Tim MotleyHometown: Melbourne, AustraliaEducation: B.A. in PhilosophyFavorite Credits: Best Comedy: London Fringe Festival, Best of Fest: Edmonton Fringe Festival, Patron’s Pick: Win…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:19AMCopland's 'In the Beginning' made a spectacular ending.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:19AMThe Aussie Flim Flam Japanese Burlesque Revue are taking a troupe of cabaret and burlesque artists to Tokyo for one week in November to experience and share their culture and art with their …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:07AMCAREER TRANSITION FOR DANCERS 30TH ANNIVERSARY PEARL JUBILEE After the show, we were invited to shoot the red carpet. The review is coming tomorrow.
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 12:03AMLin-Manuel Miranda in New York City on Sept. 2, 2015. Photo courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates and Broadway composer-playwright Lin-M…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:01AMTony winner Bebe Neuwirth hosts the seventh annual Broadway Salutes in the theatre district's Anita's Way Sept. 29. The annual public event feature guests Nate Hackman (Enco…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater's New York premiere of Eclipsed, starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o ("12 Years a Slave"), begins preview Sept. 29. The Off-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPrimary Stages, in association with Amy Danis, Mark Johannes and Dan Shaheen, presents Topher Payne's Perfect Arrangement, which runs Sept. 29-Nov. 6 at Primary Stages at The Duke on…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Off-Broadway Nicu's Spoon Company, in association with Identity Theater Company, opens a production of Shakespeare's Richard III designed to make audiences rethink at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMVirginia's Signature Theatre's world premiere of Cake Off begins performances Sept. 29, starring Todd Buonopane, last seen in Broadway's Cinderella, and Sherri L. Edelen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe North Shore Music Theatre production of the Tony-winning musical Billy Elliot plays the Massachusetts venue Sept. 29-Oct. 11 with an official opening Sept. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThey are both widely known, and known primarily within their specific areas of activity. While most of them are based in the United States (including three in Chicago),they also hail from Gh…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:00AMBig River Tony Award nominee Daniel Jenkins is part of the cast of the Keen Company's Off-Broadway production of Giles Havergal’s adaptation of Graham Greene’s Tr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCherry Lane Theatre's production of Adam Seidel's dark comedy Catch The Butcher officially opens Sept. 29, following previews that began Sept. 23. The play stars stage and s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"I don't mean to be cocky, but I could probably step into Hamilton this weekend," Kathy Griffin said solemnly. "I wish I could have played the lead in On the Twentieth Cen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway veteran Mark Jacoby stars in Bristol Riverside Theatre's staging of William Inge's celebrated romantic comedy, Bus Stop, which begins previews Sept. 29 at the Phila…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheatre World Award winner Hoon Lee is crowned the new King of Siam in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of The King and I, beginning Sept. 29 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFestival winners were announced earlier this evening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMWith its founder Mark Clayton Southers in the audience, his first time in public since suffering serious injuries in a May car accident, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company opened its new…
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