As sumptuous as a wedding cake, Shakespeare veteran Barbara Gaines has put a new spin on this traditional crowd-pleaser. Mozart’s enduring music creates the focal point around which Gaines…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:52PMDo you have signed programs from every musical theatre production you’ve seen (and even some that you haven’t!) stored in an alphabetised display cabinet? Are you hard core mus…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:45PMThe most famous line in the show was not on the original script.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:45PMDear Emerson College, I find it hard to believe I am composing an article to express to you my ultimate dismay and disappointment in your potential decision to destroy The Colonial Theatre f…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 07:44PMFollowing three years of touring ‘nude’ with her 2014 hit show Between The Cracks, veritable cabaret goddess Yana Alana (Sarah Ward) returns to the stage, liberated this time by her free…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:32PMTwelfth Night at the Rose Playhouse is a classic example of what you can achieve with a small budget, good direction and some talented actors. In this bare-bones production of one of Shakesp…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:25PMAnn Hampton Callaway’s The Hope of Christmas arrives in stores today. We spoke to the multi-talented composer about working with lyricist William Schermerhorn, getting into the holid…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:07PMThe British actor says he now understands the complexity of the father/son relationship after having a newborn baby son
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:00PM
It's Friday and if you're like us, you spent it watching literally hundreds of videos of people belting an If/Then anthem! No? OK, well at least watch these five. High notes asi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:45PMPaper Mill Playhouse opens its 2015-2016 season with the world premiere musical THE BANDSTAND. As previously announced, Tony Award nominee Laura Osnes Rodgers Hammerstein's Cinderella, Bonn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMThis one really works only in German, but I’ll render it into English. “What’s the dog’s name?” the new maid asks. “Herkules,” says the mistress. “Herr Kules?” responds the…
SOURCE: John Simon at 06:28PMWILL ARBERY (Director) is a theatre artist and filmmaker. Previous directing credits include: Tiny Rhino, Hearth Gods, Trade City's Pop! Wagon, Piven Theatre and Kenyon College. This sp…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:28PM
Hello ballet and #LAThtr fans!
Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA.com presents Exit Reviews, a series of ‘vlogs’ or video reviews.
Here’s the newest Exit Review for the Mariinsky Ba…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:20PMHitting the red carpet at the Broadway premiere of Sam Shepard's classic Fool For Love, starring Tony Award winner Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Sutton Foster, Bernadette Peters & Christina Aguilera Team Up
Strangers in the night! Tony winners Sutton Foster a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PMKerry Butler belts a stunning rendition of Les Miz's "On My Own" from her upcoming show at Feinstein's/54 Below on October 15, 16 and 21.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:02PMThe two-time Tony winner is known for his work in Urinetown and On the Twentieth Century, among other shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMKent Gash directs the new comedy, which stars Kim Wayans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Nicholas Wallace will be performing Séance at Theatre Passe Muraille in Toronto until Oct. 11
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:59PM"Only Just a Minute" gets its second production in Florissant
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:56PMPianist Peter Martin to lead a first-rate trio at the Sheldon
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:56PMOur staff picks the best events in the week ahead
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:56PMCARRIE The Killer Musical Experienceis now performing at the historic Los Angeles Theatre, the first theatrical musical at that venue. Opening Night was last night, October 8, and BroadwayWo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMBroadwayWorld has learned that on Friday,October 16, The Chernuchin Theatre, one of the theatres housed at The American Theatre for Actors ATA, 314 West 54th Street, New York Citywill be nam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMThe Dramatists Guild Fund with TeCo Theatrical Productions presentedA Conversation with Terrence McNally Master Class, Corpus Christi, Ragtime, Kiss of the Spider Woman as part of DGF's Trav…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:41PMName: Andrew ScovilleHometown: Elmhurst, ILEducation: New York University, Playwrights Horizons Theater SchoolFavorite Credits: Love Machine (Incubator Arts Project), People Doing Math (ongo…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:40PMSometimes we want what we shouldn't have. Those things that are attainable but cause an avalanche of consequences if acquired. But why do we want them? Maybe because we're unhappy in a curre…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:40PMThe 140-seat Chernuchin Theatre, one of the four theatres housed at the Off-Broadway American Theatre of Actors (314 West 54th Street, near Eighth Avenue in New York), will be rename…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMBefore there was Miley Cyrus, before there was Beyonce, before Madonna and Mariah… even before Diana Ross… there was Carol Channing! Now, the 95-year-old sex symbol is back with …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:24PM
Wombat Man: The Cereal Murders
The newest offering at the quirky Eclectic Company Theatre in North Hollywood is Wombat Man: The Cereal Murders, written, directed and produced by Chris…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:20PMDennis Kelly's book is witty, droll and astutely pointed.
Besides conveying real sympathy for the put-upon heroine, the script upholds Dahl's implicit critique of the disheartening anti-int…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:18PM[...] the wacky world of professional wrestling invades Stages with the company's Houston premiere of "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," opening Friday.
The play's central figure, and …
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 05:16PMThe Quare Land
Off Broadway, DR2 Theatre, Irish Rep
Reviewed by Weston Clay
BOTTOM LINE: A character-based comedy with a plot and comedic style that could be hilarious for some audience mem…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:13PMCloud Nine
Off Broadway, Linda Gross Theater, Atlantic Theater Company
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: Caryl Churchill’s astounding play is bravely and carefully revived by th…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:12PMCinderella
Off Broadway, Minetta Lane Theatre, Company XIV
Reviewed by Sarah Moore
BOTTOM LINE: Company XIV's adaptation of Cinderella is a thrilling combination of dance, theater, and burl…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:12PMWho's Your Baghdaddy? Or How I Started The Iraq War
Off Broadway, Actor's Temple
Reviewed by Michael Hartung
BOTTOM LINE: A whip smart musical comedy based on a true story that’s sure to …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:12PMMakbet
Off Off Broadway, Sure We Can, Dzieci Theater Company
Reviewed by Aiden Dreskin
BOTTOM LINE: A strange and exciting telling of an old story that gets a little lost in translation.
A…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:12PMThe 7th Annual H.P. Lovecraft Festival
Off Off Broadway, The Kraine Theater, Ratio Theatre
Reviewed by Sarah Weber
BOTTOM LINE: Lovecraft’s famous stories are brought to life with only a …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:12PMDracula
Off Off Broadway, McAlpin Hall, Three Day Hangover
Reviewed by Zak Risinger
BOTTOM LINE: A boozy, bitchin' take on Bram Stoker's classic tale that asks the audience to move about th…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 05:12PM"Ride the Cyclone" the eerie, tragicomic, dizzyingly talent-filled musical vaudeville - born in Canada, and now receiving its U.S. premiere on Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Upstairs stage - …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:09PMOriginal A Chorus Line cast member Baayork Lee is hosted Past, Present & Future, an Oct. 5 benefit gala at the Skirball Center in Greenwich Village, celebrating five years since the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PM
Leslie Kritzer and Burke Moses are among cast members announced Oct. 9 for the new musical comedy Gigantic, being presented Off-Broadway by Vineyard Theatre starting Nov. 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PM Griffin Theatre Company is pleased to launch its 2015-16 season with the Midwest premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s heartbreaking comedy POCATELLO, directed by ensemble member Jonathan …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:38PMNov 15 @ 3pm –TERRY EVANS, photographer Changing Landscapes: from virgin prairie to fracking. Photographer Terry Evans shows her 35 years of unique photographic explorations that revea…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:38PMChicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) announces today the release of the Chicago Shakespeare cast recording of the highly acclaimed world premiere production Sense and Sensibility, a musical a…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:38PMHere's a look at the popular Playbill.com stories that our readers are talking about on social media this week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMTonight, October 9, 2015 at 800PM, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, opens its 33rd season atCarnegie Hall's Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage with My Favorite Things The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMContinuing our series of horror posts for the Halloween season, and seeing as how it is Wally Brown’s birthday, if you’ll excuse my using this expression in a zombie context, pos…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:32PMSee the starry opening of The Los Angeles immersive production of Carrie The Killer Musical Experience. The show returned Oct. 1, following its recently concluded, acclaimed run at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMIn Part 2 of a series of interviews with the director and cast of Prince William Little Theatre’s production of Julius Caesar – set in the Soviet Union during the August Coup of 1991 –…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:27PMSee the starry opening of The Los Angeles immersive production of Carrie The Killer Musical Experience. The show returned Oct. 1, following its recently concluded, acclaimed run at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMJessica Tandy amp Hume Cronyn, Maureen Stapleton amp E.G. Marshall, Julie Harris amp Charles Durning, Cicely Tyson amp James Earl Jones... Who's next
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMTickets are now on sale for the Diane Paulus-helmed New York premiere of Invisible Thread. The new musical will star its co-creator Griffin Matthews, Nicolette Robinson, Kristlyn Lloyd and m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMThis coming-of-age tuner has attracted one stellar cast. Max Wilcox (Glee), Taylor Louderman (Bring It On: The Musical), Leslie Kritzer (Hairspray) and more have been tapped for the previous…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMClever Little Lies' George Merrick discusses the mystery, comedy and honesty in this new play starring Marlo Thomas.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PM'The Tall Girls,' a play set in the Dust Bowl, has East Coast Premiere at Luna Stage.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 04:18PMEric Alter's 'The Red Fountain' will be presented at The Grove Street Theatre, 130 Grove St., Oct. 9-24.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 04:18PMPicture this: it’s a rainy, fall Sunday afternoon and you’re looking for the perfect play to read. You’ve already read the dark dramatic play four times, you’ve read the light hearte…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:10PMThis post is by Daniel J. Lee
Aside from its notable staging, this production is also receiving a great deal off attention for facilitating the Broadway debut of Marlee Matlin, the only deaf…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:06PMRECOMMENDED As far as voyeurism is concerned, theater tops film hands down. The former’s brutal pleasure lies in the squirm-inducing feeling that not only is what you’re witnessing inesc…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:00PMCast members of John Kander and Fred Ebb's final Broadway musical will get together for a CD release party.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Today, Deadline announced that Elle McLemore (Broadway’s Bring It On and Off-Broadway’s Heathers) will join the cast of Fox’s Grease: Live! McLemore will take on the ro…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:59PMOperas, musicals, and classic plays are among the performances offered during the California university's academic year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:57PMCourtney Reed debuted the Princess Jasmine-inspired bridal gown by Alfred Angelo at the New Amsterdam Theatre during New York Bridal week. The gown is a part of the 2016 Disney Fairy Tal…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMCourtney Reed debuted the Princess Jasmine-inspired bridal gown by Alfred Angelo at the New Amsterdam Theatre during New York Bridal week. The gown is a part of the 2016 Disney Fairy Tal…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMCourtney Reed debuted the Princess Jasmine-inspired bridal gown by Alfred Angelo at the New Amsterdam Theatre during New York Bridal week. The gown is a part of the 2016 Disney Fairy Tal…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMYou can say Shakespeare had his pen on the pulse of human behaviour in many ways. What makes his plays relevant for today is that there is some fundamental human truth hidden behind every ve…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:46PMOakton Community College is offering free furniture to non-profit 501c3 organizations at no charge on a first come-first serve basis. Donation Day will be held on Friday, October 16, 2015 …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:46PMDuring the yearlong run of Cabaret in 2014-15, leading man Alan Cumming maintained a backstage party room in his dressing room, complete with a well-stocked bar for visitors, which c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMYour car is starting to get iced up in the morning, you’ve turned your central heating on and your local shop has made room on the shelves for fiery orange pumpkins, massive tubs of je…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:42PMFool for Love, Sam Shepard’s 1983 play about the obsessive nature of passion, opened on Oct. 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Sam Rockwell and Tony winner Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur) s…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:41PMActors from If/Then, Doctor Zhivago, Wicked and Side Show will take part in the 8th annual Living for Today concert, which will celebrate the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein Oct. 25 at Joe&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMAfter four plus years, Theater in the Now is expanding! And part of the expansion is a new podcast feature called Block Talk! We will talk to some of New York's finest theater artists about …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:20PMArtistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce the cast for the first show of Vineyard Theatre's 2015-2016 season, the musical comedy GIGANTIC, beginning previews at The Acorn The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMProject Protest The Art of Revolution, presented by The Center for Arts amp Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Restoration, takes an unflinching look at how people and com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMHamilton, the smash hit musical about America’s most controversial founding father, is about to get a new King George III. Tony nominee Andrew Rannells will take over the role from the cur…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:15PMSam Shepard's Fool For Love is a strange, searing play. Although it takes place in real time, in the stark and unforgiving Western landscape the author so often favors, one cannot shake the …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:12PMRuby Rakos, who appeared in the ensemble of Broadway’s Billy Elliot, has been confirmed to play the role of Judy Garland in what's being billed as the world premiere of the new…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMby JEFF TABNICK
I'm suspicious of stories.
They serve a need. We need to escape. To have a protagonist to relate to. Someone who fights the assholes that we want to fight. And either h…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:10PMAt the top of Elizabeth Irwin's "My Manana Comes," a couple of battle-scarred busboys are decompressing after a busy shift in a posh Manhattan eatery. Their mutually congratulatory war stori…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:07PMA watchable and listenable La Traviata that is worth the trip downtown to see.
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 03:07PMEnglish Touring Theatre and the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse have released a trailer for their co-production of The Odyssey: Missing, Presumed Dead.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PMSally Ann Triplett, David Burt and Laura Jane Matthewson have been cast in the third From Page to Stage season of new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:07PMHarold Pinter must be smiling down on 42nd Street where the Roundabout is currently presenting his Old Times at the American Airlines Theatre. For starters, that street would hardly seem an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:02PMCasting has been announced for the upcoming production of the Vineyard Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The award, named for the late actor, singer, and Civil Rights leader, awards commitment to free expression and respect for humankind.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:58PMSome stories are timeless, and will continue to resonant in our society forever. Stories like, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK. Check out this spotlight on Pittsburgh Public Theater's current produc…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:55PMCasting has been announced for the North Shore Music Theatre's upcoming production of the Tony-nominated musical Sister Act, which will play the Massachusetts venue Nov. 3-15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMTony Award nominee Marin Mazzie, who recently went public with her cancer battle, is showing no signs of stopping. The Broadway actress is planning to ring in the New Year with a special 7 P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMThree-time Tony nominee Carolee Carmello, who can currently be seen in the new Broadway musical Finding Neverland, will play late musical theatre giant Ethel Merman in an upcoming privat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMRECOMMENDED Loneliness, at its worst, clamps down, feeling like a black box from which there is no escape. The claustrophobia of loneliness can sometimes feel so inescapable that dying of it…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:30PMCelebrate short-lived musicals with 15 clips from past performances of If It Only Even Runs a Minute.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:29PMLast time I stood in this space it had a ceiling. Now the Battersea Arts Centre’s Grand Hall resembles an ancient ruined
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:27PMBy Katie Naka. Kate Naka discusses the Go Green pop-up experience in Harlem and advocates experimenting with urban green spaces as venues.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:24PMBelow, check out a just-released photo including the 1985 original company, the current London cast and members of the creative team
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMWith just one week left until the close of open submission the for National Playwrights Conference, it seemed like a perfect time to chat with a vet of the conference who also has a play lig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMWelcome to THE FRIDAY SIX QampAs with your favorite Broadway stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater Their dream roles Their Broadway crushes Read onIn this week's ed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMNBC has announced that on Friday, October 16 9-10 a.m. Andrew Lloyd Webber andAlex Brightman will stop by TODAY to talk about the new Broadway musical SCHOOL OF ROCK
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMLincoln Center for the Performing Arts LCPA and the New York Philharmonic announce a gala fundraiser for the new David Geffen Hall by presenting a star-studded concert onThursday, December 3…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMNina Arianda and Sam Rockwell returned to the Broadway stage Oct. 8 in the Broadway bow of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love. Playbill.com was there.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMOlivier winner and Tony nominee Tracie Bennett will star in the West End transfer of Mrs. Henderson Presents, reprising her performance as Laura Henderson from this summer’s premiere a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMThe Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMSam Shepard's Fool for Love opened at the Samuel J. Friedman opened with sizzling stars Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell on October 8. Click through the gallery to see Emily Blunt, Olivia W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMMichael Riedel's book "Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway" was officially released Oct. 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
Jean Webster’s classic epistolary novel of the coming of age of a college age girl at the beginning of the twentieth century, "Daddy Long Legs…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:09PMHeartbreak, dark humor, desperation, raucous fun, and biting commentary are just a few of the words one could use to describe the music of John Kander and Fred Ebb. The World Goes ‘Round, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:04PMBroadway had two big openings this past week. First, the Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's Old Times officially opened at the American Airlines Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
The world premiere of Barbecue, written by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy and In the Continuum), officially opened Oct. 8 at the Public Theater following previews that began…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMBroadway producers John Johnson, Hal Luftig, Arielle Tepper Madover and Daryl Roth are among the industry leaders who will speak about the ins and outs of showbiz as part of the three-da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMThe show: Yale Repertory Theatre co-production of "Indecent" by Paula Vogel at the University Theatre in New Haven. What makes it special: The world premiere will play La Jolla [Calif.] Play…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:40PMBy HowlRound TV. ArtsEmerson in Boston presents a public dialogue Exploring the Difference between Real and Imagined Bodies on Stage livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:39PMToni Collette, Tracy Letts and Sam Trammell have joined the cast of "Imperium," a new film directed by Daniel Ragussis, according to Deadline Hollywood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMTwo-time Tony winner Nathan Lane (with new hairdo) stopped by The Late Late Show on October 8 and the inevitable happened with its host, Tony winner James Corden. The pair teamed up to do a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMAfter hours upon hours of big belting and big deliberation, the Broadway.com editorial team is ready to reveal the five finalists for our If/Then singing contest. Now it's up to YOU to p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMGrease is the world for Elle McLemore! The actress, who was seen on Broadway in Bring It On and off-Broadway in Heathers, has boarded the cast of Fox’s upcoming live telecast of Grease…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMDavid Bowie's Lazarus is already a hit! The off-Broadway production, which will begin previews on November 18 and officially open on December 7, has extended three weeks and will now pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMAndy Mientus asks Josh Castille to explain what name signs are and then asks the cast to reveal theirs.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:28PMYoung People's Theatre restages story of Holocaust victim Hana Brady for its 50th anniversary season.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:25PMThe world premiere of Barbecue, written by Obie Award winner Robert O'Hara (Bootycandy and In the Continuum), officially opened Oct. 8 at the Public Theater following previews that began…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PMProlific Spring Awakening composer Duncan Sheik has released his latest solo album, "Legerdemain," which he will showcase in a Nov. 21 concert at Carnegie Hall in New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PMOn Tuesday, September 29, immediately upon completion of filming his starring role on the fourth season of the Cinemax series 'Banshee,'Hoon Leejoined Tony winner Kelli O'Hara and the compan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe Little Mermen, NYC's favorite Disney cover band, serenaded couples in Washington Square Park to try and get them to kiss.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe epic storytelling of Disney's 'The Lion King' continues with THE LION GUARD RETURN OF THE ROAR, a primetime television movie event premiering SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 700 p.m., ETPT
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMCall it “Tradition” but Fiddler on the Roof is no stranger to Broadway. Turning 50 this year, the show has managed five Broadway revivals during its short lifetime. While some ma…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:20PMBeautiful–The Carole King Musical takes the audience on a ride through songs that in three minutes or so, framed and reflected many a life; especially of the Baby Boomer generation. A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:20PMThe Wick Theatre's production of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum benefits from Stephen Sondheims's score and lyrics, but the cast and director need to inject more vaudevillian…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:13PMAwash in issues of Arab-American assimilation and Anglo antipathy, GableStage's Disgraced is the classic contemporary example of the topical, thought-provoking drama that forces you to reval…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:13PMFolksy, intimate, and warmly fulfilling, the national tour of the musical Once is as intoxicating as a shot of Irish whiskey. The buzz remains long after the hummable Falling Slowly reprise …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:13PMDan Kelley, the tall rubber-faced actor-director who has been a fixture in South Florida musicals for nearly 30 years, has been named artistic director of Broward Stage Door.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:13PMSarah Gancher
Hometown: Oakland, California
Current Town: Queens, NY
Q: Tell me about your recent piece in Steppenwolf’s First Look Festival
A: I’ll Get You Back Again i…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:13PMBroadway vet John Goodman debuted his dramatic weight loss and his new slim, physique.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMBy Nelson T. Eusebio III. Nelson T. Eusebio III addresses the argument that the “best” actor must always be cast in a role, regardless of race.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:05PMAfter San Francisco Opera opened its 2015-16 season with “Luisa Miller,” in which a meddlesome man interferes with the happiness of his relative, and proceeded to the musical thriller �…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:04PMCelebrity stylist George Brescia – who co-hosted Dress Up! Live: The 2014 Tony Awards Red Carpet, presented by Playbill.com and Stage17 &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMCelebrity stylist George Brescia – who co-hosted Dress Up! Live: The 2014 Tony Awards Red Carpet, presented by Playbill.com and Stage17 &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMSOFYA WEITZ (Playwright) recently graduated from Northwestern University with her MFA in Writing for the Screen & Stage. She was awarded a commission from Steep Theatre in Chicago t…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:02PMOn Oct. 1, Carrie The Killer Musical Experience returned to the Los Angeles Theatre after an acclaimed run at the La Mirada Theatre. Emily Lopez plays Carrie, a bullied teen with telekinetic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThe New York Theatre Workshop production also features Cristin Milioti and Michael Esper.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMLee is the latest King to Kelli O'Hara's Tony-winning Anna in Lincoln Center Theater's The King and I.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Directors Who Dare
Years ago a well-known director (nameless here) told me that his was a "bullshit" …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:57PMChicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the release of the cast recording of “Sense and Sensibility,” the world premiere adaptation that opened in the Courtyard Theater in April 2015. …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:54PMBoston's Huntington Theatre Company plans to stage 15 musicals that were penned by Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, according to the Boston Glo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMBy Doug Mayo
This post The Lion King – Minskoff Theatre first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:49PMJapanese architects Sanaa get spiritual with the sublime $83m Grace Farms centre for arts, faith and justice in New Canaan, Connecticut, which is backed by a hedge fund manager. Just don’t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMAt a Guardian Live event, the actor-director was joined by members of his theatre company to discuss their upcoming season at the Garrick Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMBy Matthew Gray. Bethany Caputo is a prolific stage and commercial actor, as well as an extraordinary teacher. Today we talk Michael Chekhov, the need to love auditioning, and how “falling…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:44PMBy Doug Mayo
This post School Of Rock – Winter Garden Theatre first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:36PMTheatre World Award winner Hoon Lee was 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. We h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMBy Doug Mayo
This post On Your Feet – Marquis Theatre first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:20PMAfter selling out its intitial engagement in just three hours on Oct. 7, the world-premiere production of Lazarus, by Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh (Once) with music by David Bo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PMIf you were looking for a local troupe to put Alice’s fabled Wonderland on stage, your top choice would have to be Synetic Theater. And no wonder. Synetic’s trademark physical theater en…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:17PM“I just finished a week of playing Thénardier on Broadway to 1,300 people a night, and it was so beautiful. I feel like my whole persona and world has shifted. I’m in a place of re-disc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:14PMSunday at 2pm at Pace University’s Schimmel Center: Harold Lloyd’s classic feature length silent comedy The Freshman (1925) with music by the one and only Ben Model. The Fres…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:14PMTonight on TCM: several cool horror flicks about body parts run amok, gone AWOL, or gone awry! 8:00pm (EST): Mad Love (1935) An exquisite remake of the silent classic The Hands of Orlac. P…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:14PMAfter selling out the initial engagement in just three hours, New York Theatre Workshop NYTWhas announced an additional three weeks of performances of LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMBy Doug Mayo
This post Matilda – Shubert Theatre first appeared on British Theatre. Hurrah!
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:07PMFour-time Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Fargo write and direct HAIL, CAESAR, an all-star comedy set during the latter years of Hollywood's G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMThe 2016 Disney Fairy Tale Weddings Bridal Collection by Alfred Angelo fashion show took place on Wednesday, October 7thonstage at New York'sNew Amsterdam Theatre, home of ALADDIN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMNational Theatre Live has announced international broadcasts of the National Theatre and Bristol Old Vic co-production of Jane Eyre on December 8, 2016 the Donmar Warehouse's production of C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMFrom director Joe Wright ATONEMENT, PRIDE amp PREJUDICE comes PAN, a live-action feature presenting a wholly original adventure about the beginnings of the beloved characters created by J.M.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMThe highly anticipated play about Britain's future king, King Charles III, will begin previews October 10, 2015, with opening night set for November 1, 2015 at the Music Box Theatre 239 West…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMGrab your lamp and flying carpet for the Diamond Edition of Disney's Aladdin, which was just re-released on Blu-ray and Digital HD. Below, check out an exclusive clip featuring Alan Menken a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMDo you remember what the Lyric and Hirschfeld Theatres were called before their titles were changed?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMWriter and performer Dixon celebrates the life of his mentor, a Tony-winning original cast member of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will hold its 27th annual Festival of New Musicals on October 15 and 16 at New World Stages. On the Eve, by Michael Federico (book) and Seth and Sha…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:53AMDeadline has reported that Taissa Farmiga from "American Horror Story" may be making her Off-Broadway stage debut in The New Group's revival of Buried Child, Sam Shepard…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMTrivia nights turns me into a monster. Ask any of my friends and you’ll discover how much they fear being in my team on trivia nights, because I will undoubtedly become a combination o…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:51AMOur theatrical battles continue with two of London's musical theatre regulars
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:42AMA lo-fi video look at the damage done to Battersea Arts Centre's Grand Hall following a fire in March
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:42AMRendered in Yiddish, Arthur Miller's American icon and his conflicted family may have a more specific cultural identity than usual, but the play's universality still rings out.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:39AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 1092015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMTED, the nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, and PBS have announced additional participants for the first ever TED TALKS LIVE, a six-night speaker event featuring TED Talks, short fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMClub Cumming was the name giving to Alan Cumming's legendary CABARETdressing room after-party at Studio 54, where he played host to a guest list as eclectic and starry as the Scotsman himself
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMTrying to get tickets to all the new shows on Broadway Still trying to win the Ham4Ham lottery Didn't have time to check in on your favorite Broadway stars Well don't worry BroadwayWorld has…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThe Public Theater will present Before Your Very Eyes, a new play created and directed by Gob Squad Oct. 17-Nov. 29 in the Martinson Theater space at the Public.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AM Harlem Legend Celebrates 85th Birthday at ACA Galleries
The Anyone Can Fly Foundation celebrated artist Faith Ringgold's 85th birthday at their Annual Auction at ACA Galleries, 52…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:27AMTheatre leaders including Sonia Friedman, David Lan and Vicky Featherstone have backed a new theatre that has been created in the Calais
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMNo joke — busy Jay Leno is bringing his stand-up road show to Heinz Hall March 5.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:23AMThe Hamptons International Film Festival announced their award winners at a ceremony in East Hampton.
RAMS, directed by Grimur Hákonarson won The HIFF Award for Best Narrative Feature pr…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:22AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1974 (Columbia /Sony) Designed to do for the 1940s what Grease did for the 1950s, Over Here! is a supremely silly tale of romance and espionage on a cross-country tra…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:21AM“You have to consider that top singers and celebrities have a lot of impact on our lives. Just look at someone like Michael Jackson and how the music of artists becomes the soundtrack of y…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:19AMMichael Laurence's Hamlet in Bed finds a neurotic actor (Laurence) who was raised as an adopted child and is now living in a troubled relationship. When he comes upon the actress-tur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMGeorge Rose’s life included Tony Awards in the 1970s and 1980s for the musicals “My Fair Lady” and “The Mystery of Edwin Drood.” His death came violently in 1988 under murky circum…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:18AMKaren Finley will be the first to perform in The Tip of Her Tongue, a series on feminist performance artists at Los Angeles' Broad Museum. Finley will perform The Jackie Look Nov. 20-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMThe return of Lin-Manuel Miranda's first Broadway musical, In the Heights, originally seen in London at Southwark Playhouse in 2014, has announced that it is extending booking throug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1950 (Columbia/Sony) For Out of This World, a modern-day retelling of the Amphitryon legend, Cole Porter produced a gorgeous score. Unfortunately, it was tied to an u…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 11:16AMThe Industry, a Los Angeles-based opera company, will present Hopscotch, a new opera performed in moving cars on a road. The show will be performed three times daily (10:45 AM, 12:45 PM …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMFive ways Cicley Tyson in The Gin Game reminds us of Golden Girls' Sophia Petrillo.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:15AMJosh Groban returns to PBS in an all-new television special based on his new CD, 'Stages,' which explores one of Josh's earliest musical loves -- Broadway and Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMBelow, check out Ken Fallin's illustration of Daniel N. Durant left, Andy Mientus center, Camryn Manheim left, Austin P. McKenzieand Sandra Mae Frank in Deaf West's Spring Awakening on Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMHappy Birthday Marin Mazzie Marin most recently starred in the off-Broadway revival of Carrie. Before that she led the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, Next to Normal and in the Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMBelow, get a first listen to Tori Amos' performance of 'Darkest Hour' from the Original Cast Recording of THE LIGHT PRINCESS, a musical by Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMAfter her rousing performance at the Tony Awards this year, Broadway powerhouse Lisa Howard made her solo debut at Feinstein's54 Below this fall Lisa was most recently seen on Broadway in he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Fool for Love by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, directed by Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin, stars Nina Arianda, Sam Rockwell,Tom Pelphrey an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMThe cast from Disney's ALADDIN is celebrating the release of the 1992 classic on Blu-ray Disc, with new bonus outtakes from Robin Williams as Genie and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMHaley Swindal brought her new show 'Pay to Win' to Feinstein's54 Below last night - and BroadwyWorld was onhand to capture the evening
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMToday is the birthday of Rube Marquard (1886-1980). Marquard was a legendary pitcher for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Robins, and one non-defunct team, the Cincinnati Reds. H…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:10AMTomorrow Morning at 8:30am (EST), Turner Classic Movies will be screening the Marx Brothers classic Horse Feathers. As you may have seen in my earlier post, several Marx Brothers movies vi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:10AMToday is the birthday of the great character actor Edward Andrews (1914-1985). You probably don’t know the name, but I’ll lay dollars to donuts you know that FACE! God, how I lov…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:10AMChristina Bennett Lind, Danny Bernardy, Ethan Slater, Nick Flint, and Sarah-Jane Casey in Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
(©Russ Rowland)
After taking in One Year Lease Theater Comp…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 11:08AMShowtunes Theatre Company in Seattle, WA has announced its 2015-16 season, the first season for new artistic director Matt Wolfe since the departure of previous director Martin Charnin (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMActors' Theater Project presents a visceral and violent production of Othello.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The 30th anniversary performance of the West End's longest-running musical, Les Miserables, was marked by a charity gala Oct. 8, in aid of Save the Children Syria Children's Appe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMThe reconfigured seating creates better sight lines and brings the audience closer to the actors.
Improvements throughout the building, from lobby to bar, have made it more spacious, comfor…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 10:57AMSimon Lipkin is to play the title role in the Old Vic’s production of The Lorax. Puppeteers Laura Cubitt and Ben Thompson
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMMusical In the Heights has extended its run at the King’s Cross Theatre by two months. The show, which transferred from Southwark
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMA long-running dispute between Whatsonstage co-founder Terri Paddock and the theatre website’s American owners has been settled out of court. Earlier this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMTony Award winners Sutton Foster and Bernadette Peters will be part of a star-studded gala celebration of iconic singer Frank Sinatra on Dec. 3 at David Geffen Hall. The evening will mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMStudio Cast, 1996 (Original Cast Records) A Richard Rodgers Award-winner and a minor Off-Broadway hit, this chamber musical by Robert Lindsey-Nassif (or Robert Nassif Lindsey, depending on h…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:50AMVeils moves from political rallies to private show-downs, from blog exposition to deft, direct, and sometimes swiftly nuanced dialogues.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMDominion Stage will open its 66th season with Carrie The Musical Performances will be held October 23-24, 30-31, and November 5-7, 2015. This will be Dominion Stage’s debut on the Theatre …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:45AMBy HowlRound TV. Belarus Free Theatre presents the Staging a Revolution Festival —a two-week festival of ten stage productions and discussions in London featuring some of Belarus Free Thea…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:43AMComedian Alex Horne has announced his intention to become the oldest man in the world. But who else inhabits the record-breaking comedy hall of fame?Late last month, comedian Alex Horne anno…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMMichael Xavier and Gina Beck star in Daniel Evans' production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:42AMDisney's blockbuster musical will hold public auditions to find the singers and dancers for the London show
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:42AMDeadline has announced that Elle McLemore, who was seen in Bring It On and Heathers on and Off-Broadway, is the latest to join the cast of Grease: Live, which will air on Fox Ja…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMTony-winners Nathan Lane and James Corden teamed up with Rachel Bloom on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" Oct. 8 to perform tongue-in-cheek versions of three clas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMSEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is experiencing its lucky seventh. Until this year, there had been six recordings on which Gene de Paul’s music and Johnny Mercer’s lyrics have been featu…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:36AMThe West End production of Les Miserables hit a major milestone on October 8: a triumphant 30 years on the London stage. To celebrate the historical moment, members of the original company j…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:34AMBroadway Vet George Dvorsky (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), completes the cast of the staged reading/workshop of new musical Ghostlight about the infamous death of Ziegfel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMA reworked version of the Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg musical Martin Guerre has moved a step closer to a West End
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMJames Earl Jones, one of Broadway's most revered master actors, usually is greeted by wild applause when he makes his first entrance on stage. But he has a favor to ask: please don't.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AM The Hamptons International Film Festival THE UNCONDEMNED
WINNER; 2015 Brizzolara Family Foundation Award and the Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Soci…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:24AMDuring the yearlong run of Cabaret in 2014-15, leading man Alan Cumming maintained a backstage party room in his dressing room, complete with a well-stocked bar for visitors, which c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMDuring the yearlong run of Cabaret in 2014-15, leading man Alan Cumming maintained a backstage party room in his dressing room, complete with a well-stocked bar for visitors, which c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMStudio Cast, 1952 (Columbia/Sony) One of musical director/conductor Lehman Engel’s sturdier studio-cast efforts, this rendering of the 1936 hit by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart tries har…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:17AMThe Lion King has announced it will hold open auditions for the production’s West End cast. The musical’s casting team is auditioning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:17AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1981 (Original Cast Records) Although the subject was ripe and the characters were fascinating, Onward Victoria was a one-performance disaster that nonetheless yielde…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:12AMA less than jolting revival of Sam Shepard's intense play about fierce love.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 10:12AMMTC's revival of Sam Shepard's 1983 "Fool for Love" seizes you quickly and doesn't let go.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 10:12AMThe "Bootycandy" author is back with a new comedy about family and truth. It sizzles in some places, but gets a little overdone in others.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 10:11AMRECOMMENDED John Neumeier’s reimagining of “Sylvia” blesses the stage with images not often seen in story ballet: those of powerful, independent women en pointe. According …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:09AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW, James Corden, Nathan Lane and Rachel Bloom transformed classic scenes from The Terminator, The Exorcist and Se7en into musical theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMOriginal Broadway Cast, 1978 (Columbia/Sony) Based on the stage farce Twentieth Century, best known as a Hollywood film starring John Barrymore and Carole Lombard, this 1930s spoof might hav…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 10:00AMSam Shepard's drama celebrated its Broadway opening night, with a guest list that also included John Krasinski, Jason Sudeikis, Edie Falco, and Brooke Shields, among many others.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
In a series of interviews with the cast of The World Goes ‘Round at Creative Cauldron, meet Carli Smith. Joel: Tell our readers where they may have seen you perform on our local stages …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:57AMAdam Lambert has released the full music video for 'Another Lonely Night,' the second single off his album The Original High - check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMGhostlight Records celebrates the physical CD release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording for IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU today, October 9.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMTonight, October 9, 2015 at 800PM, The New York Pops, led by Music Director Steven Reineke, opens its 33rd season at Carnegie Hall's Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage with My Favorite Things Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news The NY Pops launches its 2015-1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMNBC has announced that its new variety show BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS will now air in the 800 pm time slot, begining Tuesday October 13, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMAcclaimed Fun Home Tony Award nominee Sydney Lucas will star as Mary Lennox in a concert presentation of the Lucy Simon-Marsha Norman musical The Secret Garden in February 2016 at David Gef…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:53AMTomorrow, at Washington County Fairgrounds in Rhode Island, Swamp Yankee Days will once again see the light of day. I cannot tell you how happy I am that this relatively new annual festival,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:45AMCamden People’s theatre, LondonThis clever retelling of the Joan of Arc story has comic fizz, emotional ballast and cross-dressing that looks like sorceryDerby theatre’s Retold series ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMFrom Frieze art fair to bracing thriller Sicario and rollerskating’s long-awaited return to the London stage, here are this week’s cultural highlights EXHIBITIONSFrieze art fair Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMChildren aged three to six enjoy a dance class in the shadow of Sydney Opera House to mark the Australian Ballet’s touring production of The Sleeping Beauty for young audiences Continue re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMPerforming on stage at 87, the comedian is still in it for the long haul. And with at least five hours of relentless japery to sit through, so is his audience I hadn’t sat down in Darlingt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMKacie Sheik completed nearly 1,000 performances as "Jeanie" in the Public Theatre's Tony Award winning revival of Hair-The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical. She played Central Park, Broadwa…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:37AMFSLC's 53rd New York Film Festival Comes to a Rousing Close Sunday
By Ellis NassourIt's been almost 17 days and nights of premieres, documentaries, sta…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:26AMThe current cast were joined by original cast members and special guests at the Queen's Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:26AMThe Broadway premiere of Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard's Fool for Love, starrring Tony Award winner Nina Arianda and Sam Rockwell, officially opens Oct. 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:23AMThe complete lineup has been announced for Broadway Close Up's evening celebrating the work of Tony-winning composer-lyricist William Finn, which will be presented in the Merkin …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:11AMGood Kids, a play by Naomi Iizuka, will be read October 12, 2015 at The Kennedy Center as part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. A prolific playwright, many her recognitions is t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:08AMBridge Rep Theater director Olivia D'Ambrosio has not taken message-mongering to heart in this lively production of a rarely produced play.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:08AMSongwriter Scott Alan, who recently completed a sold-out, two-week residency at London's Hippodrome Casino, releases his seventh recording, "Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompset…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AMMichael MustoMoviesEllen PageJulianne MooreMichael MustoPictured at left: Steve Carell in 'Freeheld' | right: Steven Goldstein
In my last column, I gave Freeheld a good review, appreciating …
SOURCE: Out at 09:01AMThe working conditions are, shall we say, cosy. Four floors up, the cluttered two-room costume department and laundry room at the Queen’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
It is time Join Kion, son of Simba and Nala, and his Lion Guard. THE LION GUARD RETURN OF THE ROAR, a television movie event, premieres Sunday, November 22 at 7P on Disney Channel.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58AMThe open-ended Off-Broadway engagement of SHEAR MADNESS will begin performances October 22nd at New World StagesStage 4 340 West 50th Street.Opening Night is set for November 11th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMIt's been 30 years sinceClaude-Michel SchnbergampAlain Boublil's phenomenon of a musical opened in London. LES MISERABLES originally opened in London at theBarbican Theatreon October 8, 1985…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Fool for Love by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard, directed by Obie Award winner Daniel Aukin, stars Nina Arianda, Sam Rockwell,Tom Pelphrey an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMThe show opened last night to rave reviews and we celebrated with the cast, crew and creative team at the show's opening night party
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMIt's a great week around our Broadway World In addition to featuring our Top 10 regional stories, we have now opened public nominations in over 40 regions so far for our annual BroadwayWorld…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMAri Graynor has signed on to the cast of Jim Carrey's dark comedy I'M DYING UP HERE, heading to Showtime in 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AM"Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris," which has been airing at 10 PM Tuesdays since it premiered Sept. 15 on NBC, is moving to a new slot at 8 PM Tuesdays, starting Oct. 13. T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMRECOMMENDED To be a teenager is to be a creature of extremity. Not only your body but your emotions and ideas and opinions are expanding with the rush and fury of a newborn universe—your o…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:45AMA theatre in south Wales may lose all of its funding from its local council, which plans to reopen a nearby cinema
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMNew musical Mrs Henderson Presents is to transfer to the West End next year. The show, which ran at the Theatre Royal
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMRichard Eyre has condemned government attitudes towards the BBC, claiming they expose a “deep, venomous stupidity” in politicians. The director, who served
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMSheffield Theatres is to stage Show Boat for a week longer than expected because of “popular demand”. The musical will open at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMOriginal cast members from Les Miserables including Colm Wilkinson and Patti LuPone joined producer Cameron Mackintosh to celebrate 30 years of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:37AMDance Umbrella | The Royal Ballet Double BillThis may be the most wide-reaching festival in Umbrella’s recent history, with 10 shows across venues in 13 boroughs. There is a focus on outdo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMXanadu | Ubu And The Truth Commission | Belfast international arts festival | Coming Up | A Streetcar Named Desire | Circus CityThe 1980 film Xanadu is about as far from Kubla Khan, the epic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMLaugh4Rory | Joe Lycett | Sean HughesWaldenström’s Macroglobulinemia sounds like the sort of fictitious disease you’d find in the works of Chris Morris, but in fact it’s a rare fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMNovelty singles gave this art form a bad rap but acts such as Flight of the Conchords and Frisky and Mannish have brought it countercultural cachetIt was like taking a step back in time, wat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AMThis gemutlich little show and the intimate, recently renovated Davenport Theatre seem meant for each other.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:29AMMax Webster's production will open at the Old Vic in December
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:26AMLyric Theatre, London*****Conceived by Adrian GrantDirected and choreographed by Gary LloydDajiowMarking seven years in the West End (along with an eye-watering global box office take of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:21AMDefying classification, The Rabbits blends opera, music theatre, and gentle pop music in a finely crafted theatrical experience. The result of an incredibly satisfying collaboration between …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:17AMRobert O'Hara's uproarious satire is sure to be another hit for the hit-making Public Theater.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:10AMSam Rockwell in Fool for Love
(©Joan Marcus)
Sam Shepard’s ability to channel a Greek tragedy--like sense of inexorable doom into the modern world never fails to impress. Last …
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:05AMLeonard Harper, one of the great minds and producers of the Harlem Renaissance during the 1920s and 1930s, will be honored with a street in his name on the southwest corner of 132nd St and A…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 08:00AM
by JK Clarke Prior to opening night of Barbecue (now playing at The Public Theater through November 1) the play’s publicity team sent out a note asking...
The post Gri…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:57AMThe Old Vic today announces casting for David Greig’s adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, directed by Max Webster. Simon Lipkin will play the role of the Lorax, alongside puppeteers Lau…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:51AMThe Wall Street Journal has given me extra space today to review two Broadway revivals, Fool for Love and Old Times, and the Pittsburgh Public Theater’s Diary of Anne Frank. Here’s an ex…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AMThe Warner Bros. film "Pan," which stars Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman as the pirate Blackbeard in a new prequel to the "Peter Pan" story, opens Oct. 9 in U.S. cinemas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:44AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38AM A heavenly treasure trove of Broadway show tunes performed by experts. By Joel Benjamin The whirlwind known as Scott Siegel is making inroads at Feinstein’s/54 Below w…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:35AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column I write about surviving sound recordings of the speaking voices of men and women born in the nineteenth century. Here’s an excerpt. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMNight after night, audience members walk out of the Broadway production of Hamilton feeling inspired. People are talking not only about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s score and Alexander Hamilton’…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:26AMStars past and present talked to WhatsOnStage at the Les Miserables 30th birthday show last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:20AMLittle Richard sings “Long Tall Sally” in Don’t Knock the Rock, a 1956 film directed by Fred F. Sears: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM“Show me somethin’ dat caution ever made!” Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God (courtesy of Laila Lalami)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
By Stephen Collins
Central to the power of the the production is the exquisite casting of the two doomed lovers, Eddie and May. Nina Arianda, a fan of this play since her very youngest days,…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:35AMReviews of Spring Awakening and Old Times.
SOURCE: Popdose at 06:27AMWhen in May 2014 I got an email asking if I would be supportive of a new organisation that could bring theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMIf one definition of Shakespeare’s problem plays is that they can’t easily be categorised in the canon, being neither tragedy nor comedy, than that issue is swept aside by this radical Y…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:20AMYoung Vic, LondonStrong performances power Joe Hill-Gibbins’ inventive production as it brilliantly captures the eternal conflict between flesh and spiritThere are no half measures in Joe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:20AMDirector Joe Hill-Gibbins and designer Miriam Buether cover the stage in inflatable sex dolls
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:16AMTerry Johnson's musical will open at the Noel Coward Theatre in February 2016
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:16AMHow we train directors is often the cause of much discussion and debate. Directing is a relatively new role in the history
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMIt’s all in the wrist! Keira Knightley suffered an injury to her wrist this week, forcing the temporary cancellation of “Thérèse Raquin,” the play in which she’s appearing at the...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMShe’s met Cyndi Lauper, Anna Kendrick and Alan Rickman. When she’s not at work, you may catch her dining at the Japanese barbecue joint Gyu-Kaku — or riding her scooter...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AM
Nearly three years after launching his epic circumnavigation of the globe with Force Majeure, Eddie Izzard is about to celebrate his unofficial comedy world record of performing in 28 countr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:58AMJessica Lange wasn’t photographed but she was in the audience Thursday night and very much in evidence at the after party for Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:52AMThe cast of Martin McDonagh's Hangmen
Martin McDonagh--the British/Irish author of such mordantly...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 05:24AMLuke Sheppard's production will continue to run at King's Cross Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:13AMWork by BME or disabled writers is too often treated as niche. Theatres have to commit to developing and supporting playwrights from a wider range of backgrounds if we are to affect real cha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMMacbeth, starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard, joins Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet and Orson Welles’s Chimes at Midnight in my top 10 films based on the Stratford playwright’s w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMNorma Heyman, John Reid, Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Michael Harrison are delighted to announce that following a sell-out season at the Theatre Royal Bath this summer, MRS HENDERSON P…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:08AMFiled under: Contemporary Variety, PLUGS, Vaudeville etc. Tagged: Brevities, Carol Bradshaw, Proctors, Schenectady, vaudeville
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:01AMTracie Bennett, Tony-nominated for the Leading Actress in a Play award for playing Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow on Broadway in 2012, is to reprise her role in the West End transfer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00AMSo what do we think about careers fairs, such as Surviving Actors this Saturday at Manchester Central Convention Complex or TheatreCraft at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM
It’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: Remembering …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:49AMStage Raw: These are tumultuous days for the theater community in Los Angeles, but one thing is for sure: There has never been a better time for the community to draw together for the purpos…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:31AMFood Network Star season eleven winner and former NFL player Eddie Jackson goes primetime this fall with his new six-episode series BBQ Blitz, premiering tonight, October 9th at 1030pm ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMA line of ink becomes a well-known celebrity. Carvings in a pumpkin become a work of art. Ghosts of the city's past merge with the voices of a new generation. And the alchemy of October in N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMTonight, October 9, noted orchestrator and conductor Fred Barton will bring the music of Broadway and the American Songbook to the Schimmel Center at Pace University, in American Showstopper…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMToday, October 9th the first season of Amazon's next original comedy series RED OAKS will debut-all 10 episodes will be available for Prime members in US, UK, Germany and Austria
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMBroadway stars Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, who co-starred in of the acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of THE LAST FIVE YEARS, revisit Jason Robert Brown's score in a cabaret version of the hit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMJohn Turturro, one of the stars of FIVE CORNERS 1987, the American indie film directed by Tony Bill writer John Patrick Shanley and actor Kevin Corrigan, who is a fan of the film, will appea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThe Mercury ClassicsUniversal Music Classics cast recording ofTori Amos and Samuel Adamson's THE LIGHT PRINCESS, which premiered in 2013 at the National Theatre in London,isavailable today,O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMToday's October 9State of the ARTS heard weekly on WPKN-FM 89.5 will originate from the campus of Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, Connecticut. Richard Pheneger, producerco-host of State o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMGrammy and Tony award-winning musician Duncan Sheik recently premiered 'Birmingham' from his new album LEGERDEMAIN. Listen to the track below The album is out worldwide today, October 9 on K…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMJoe Wright's action fantasy PAN, featuringHugh Jackman and Rooney Marain a new take on the J.M. Barrie classic,hits theaters via Warner Bros today, October 9, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMAn all-new THEATER TALK has series co-host Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post, moving into the interviewee chair, queried by the show's co-host Susan Haskins and New Yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMGaines has a quip about how he started tapping: ‘Well, I was sittin there doin nothin with these chains on my feet…’Jazz tap has become, almost overnight, an art form in this country -…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02AMNasty Gal Founder Sophia Amoruso on Being a #Girlboss and Owning It
Sophia Amoruso, the founder of fashion company Nasty Gal, pays a visit to the YH Studio to talk all things style, confiden…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM"I might not do this again - hold on," said the actress, who opened her in third Broadway show last night.
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It's the show that's on everyone's minds, lips and earphones right now. We take you behind the scenes at Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed new musical th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54AMThis Saturday, for the first time ever, the Strathmore’s new venue AMP will be featuring sideshow and variety when Atomic Doll Productions brings the New York Variety All Stars to town! We…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54AMArianda's emotionally conflicted performance is a gut-clutching character study representing the experiences of many more women.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMThis show, created for children on the autism spectrum, is a journey into the sky very loosely inspired by Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24AMNina Arianda and Sam Rockwell tear up the scenery (and each other) in Daniel Aukin’s definitive revival of Sam Shepard’s drama.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24AMThis comedy by Robert O’Hara, at the Public Theater, gathers two versions of the same family — one white, one black — to wrestle a member of the clan into rehab.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24AMLondon's Crazy Coqs cabaret room, located within Brasserie Zedel restaurant off Piccadilly Circus, is to host runs by Tony winner Frances Ruffelle, New York's Christine Pedi and vete…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJulian Ovenden ("Downton Abbey") and Sierra Boggess star in the New York Pops concert, My Favorite Things: The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein at Carnegie Hall O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe phrase "right hand man," from the song of the same name that introduces General George Washington to the stage in the hit musical Hamilton, could easily be utilized offstage to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater's Mobile Shakespeare Unit production of The Comedy of Errors, helmed by Center Stage artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah, kicks off its five-borough to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast album of the London production of The Light Princess, the new musical by Grammy Award winner Tori Amos, arrives Oct. 9 on the Mercury Classics/Universal Music label.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLa Jolla Playhouse's WithOutWalls Festival, a weekend series of immersive and site-specific productions at locations throughout the San Diego community, begins Oct. 9, running throug…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe original cast recording of It Shoulda Been You, the recent Broadway musical comedy about a wedding gone awry, arrives on CD Oct. 9 on the Ghostlight Records label.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLondon and Broadway's original Eponine, Tony winner Frances Ruffelle, releases her sixth studio recording, featuring songs that evoke the singing actress' love of Paris, Oct. 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAfter Shirley Ratner saw “Little Women” in a movie theater at the age of 10, she bought the book, wrote a script and memorized lines.
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