If you think you're about to hear anything critical of the two old pros James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in director...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:57PMThe two characters in The Gin Game do little more than play card games and, once, (spoiler alert) dance. But they’re portrayed by James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson – with some 130 years …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:50PMClive James gets the most out of whatever's on the page and isn’t shy about making larger connections.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:50PMHarold Pinter’s language can be enigmatic and deliberately bizarre, but it suggests arcs of passion and desire.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:50PMWhen the script calls for them to hesitantly hold each other in a slow dance, there's not an unmelted heart in the house.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42PMThe Broadway Green Alliance is happy to announce a new program with lcon Parking providing free valet bike parking at two midtown locations. lcon, the largest parking company in NYC, is now …
SOURCE: www.broadwaygreen.com at 11:40PMDisney’s Aladdin, a new musical comedy based on the classic Academy Award-winning animated film, will open in Sydney at the Capitol Theatre in August 2016. Tickets will go on sale in March…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:31PMBowie Community Theatre presents Christmas Belles By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten Directed by Jennifer Franklin It’s Christmas-time in the small town of Fayro, Texas, and…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:05PMDanai Gurira takes us into the secret lives of women during the Second Liberian Civil War.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMD.L. Coburn's 1976 play about a card game proves to be surprisingly prescient in this Broadway revival starring James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM
Public Theater, New YorkSet in Liberia, Danai Gurira’s play shows how women internalise and perpetuate their own oppression, while also offering some small measure of hopeIn Danai Gurira�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38PMBroadwayWorld is excited to report thatMatthew Bourne OBE will receive The Stage Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Theatre at the UK Theatre Awards 2015 onSunday 18 Octoberat Lon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31PMThere’s much talent involved with this production, and Lord knows, they haven’t been afraid to take risks. But in a week where we saw one more instance of young people being killed befor…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:23PMIn Danai Gurira’s drama, the female prisoners of a rebel leader strive to preserve their humanity in the face of constant sexual abuse.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23PMD.L. Coburn’s 1976 play, which opened on Broadway on Wednesday, showcases the talents of these long-established actors, who keep seeking further heights to scale.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23PMIn Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of ‘The World Goes ‘Round’ at Creative Cauldron, meet Harv Lester and Katie McManus. Joel: Tell our readers where they may hav…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:12PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08PMCan’t get to the Barbican in London to catch Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet? Catch a delayed simulcast in Southern California tomorrow night instead! Thursday’s simulcast is s…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:00PMBuzzFeed: Guess the Shakespeare plays from these emojis and make the Bard proud! – http://bzfd.it/1GHtohF
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SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:00PMLupita Nyong’o could have had her pick of high-profile Broadway vehicles for her New York stage debut. Instead, the Oscar-winning star of “12 Years a Slave” chose to be part...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PM
Choreographer Matthew Bourne is to be honoured for his contribution to the arts at this year’s UK Theatre Awards. Bourne, whose productions
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57PMWe’re very excited to announce a brand new feature and topic coming to our Blog! While Luner on Theatre is known for bringing you theatre news from Broadway to London and beyond, we ra…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 09:46PMby Ryan Leeds Senior citizens must really be irritated when people comment on their longevity. Like an adolescent at a family reunion who is forced to hear, “I remember when you were this…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:38PMThe Public Theaterpresents the American playEclipsed, written byDanai Gurira. Directed by Obie Award winnerLiesl Tommyand featuring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o in her New York stage …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32PMFour of the most sought-after world-class dance companies delighted a sold-out audience at the Historic Catskill Point on October 10, 2015, as Dancers Responding to AIDS presented Hudson Val…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32PMThis Saturday, October 17 (9:30PM), cabaret sensation Maxine Linehan will perform songs from her latest album, “Beautiful Songs,” at Broadway’s supper club Feinstein’s/54 Bel…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 09:15PMI’ve been putting it off for the past couple of years, but the time has finally come for me to buy a new laptop—a MacBook Air, to be exact. In order to make the Big Switch, I’ll have t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:13PMLupita Nyong’o (12 Years A Slave) is making her New York stage debut in ‘Eclipsed,’ a play by Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead) set in 2003 during the Liberian civil war, about f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:08PMLupita Nyong'o makes her New York stage debut in this moving picture of the narrow choices of women caught up in the Liberian Civil War, written by 'The Walking Dead' star Danai Gurira.read …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMJames Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson share a Broadway stage for the first time in 49 years in D.L. Coburn's 1978 Pulitzer Prize winner.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Four lost young people in a deserted beach house, in Dublin, late at night. There is a thunderstorm beating down. This is the evocative opening scene of The Magic Tree, in its American pre…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59PMWhen conversations about demand based pricing for the performing arts comes up, there is often a comparison made to the airlines and the way they factor in dozens of variables when they pric…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:55PMAudrey Cefaly is a self-identfying Southern playwright and director whose work draws inspiration from her home state of Alabama. She wrote and directed the world premiere of her new dra…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 08:48PMThe new Broadway production ofD.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic,THE GIN GAME,starring Tony Award winners James Earl JonesandCicely Tyson, opens tonight, October 14, at the Golden …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20PMThere’s much to unpack in Max Truax’s choice of gender swapping Shakespeare’s most Machiavellian character. Truax’s mash up feels ultimately like a great concept in search of a solid…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:12PMAlice Johnson is originally from Seattle and came to New York to get her Bachelor's in English from Fordham University. She has been living and acting in NYC for the past decade-ish.&n…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:12PMYes, you can love the players without loving the game or how they play it.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:08PMAs I strolled into the Smithsonian’s Dillon Ripley Center complex (shared with the Sackler Museum of Asian Art and the National Museum of African Art), I was surprised to see over 100 p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:08PM"Now 'O, Superman' is doing triple-duty as Anderson tackles a related subject, the US government’s mistreatment of a man named Mohammed El Gharani." Robert Johnson, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"You don't have to understand the verses of the song or the origins of the movement to understand the pain and happiness..." Soledad Barrio, Flamenco artist.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"Everything this young Irish cast -- most spectacularly Paula O’Reilly -- does rings a bell, brings a smile, or a belly-laugh. " Deirdre Towers, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM
The two characters in The Gin Game do little more than play card games and, once, (spoiler alert) dance. But they’re portrayed by James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson – with some 130 years …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:37PM By Barbara & Scott Siegel This column is devoted to performances. Frankly, the Fall season has sputtered so far, with only a relative handful of...
The…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:14PMWith a stunning lyricism, South African director Yael Farber applies her formidable imaginative talents to a well-traveled biblical story and propels it on a revelatory new path. It’s the …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:12PMArtists for World Peace presented its fifth annual Broadway fundraiser, featuringsome of Broadway's top performers, on Sunday, October 11th at Joe's Pub. Scroll down for photos from the conc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PMA international award winner about an Egyptian ceremonial police orchestra accidentally arriving in Israel on their way to a performance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PMSebastian La Cause ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK the Broadway star and award-winning creator of HUSTLINGis back, and this time he's trading in escorting for a pair of six-inch platform stilettos.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PM“Everything is subject to interpretation,” says one of the characters in Oren Safdie’s Unseamly at Urban Stages, a play that is as hot as the headlines about last week’s bankruptcy f…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:08PM
Greetings dear #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 play Carrie The Music…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:58PMIn this week's episode, we talk about Andrew Rannells stepping into Hamilton, Skylar Astin in West Side Story and Fool for Love on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:58PM By Myra Chanin At the age of 40-something, Daniel Cainer was a British citizen of the world who had just finalized an amicable divorce from his...
The pos…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:57PMEverywhere you look, there's a cheap joke (cheap joke) and a groan from beside you. Ok that's not really how the "Full House" theme song goes but it pretty much sums up the mixed bag known a…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:37PMEmmanuel Elpenord is an actor and puppeteer born and raised in Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY. Graduated magna cum laude from Brooklyn College with an Acting BFA, TV and Radio BA, and Crea…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:14PMMSG Entertainment MSGE welcomed fans of the beloved holiday story, ELF THE MUSICAL, todiscover their inner ELF with the biggest, stickiest and sweetest event in New York City earlier today, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PMEXCLUSIVE: Deadline's Jeremy Gerard and Jujamcyn Theatres majority owner and president Jordan Roth talk about the state of the industry, the only stipulation being no holds barred.
GERARD: T…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:13PMTo mark the occasion of Jefferson Mays' 6,000th death in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, the production held a funeral procession down West 48th S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMA look at Dame Maggie Smith from the year she made her last British chat show appearance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMTo mark the occasion of Jefferson Mays' 6,000th death in the Tony Award-winning Best Musical A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER, the production held a funeral procession down West 48th S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMAndrew Lloyd Webber released a fully immersive 360 music video for 'You're in the Band,' a musical number from his upcoming Broadway show, SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL, today, October 14, 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMIt is opening day of D.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Gin Game, starring legendary thespians Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones, and you can forget the applause. Entrance applause, …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:00PMThe award was established through the will of stage and screen actress Lillian Gish.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe actress breaks the fourth wall to Catch the Butcher and chats about what makes her role in it a killer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMWhile Bernice Bobs Her Hair in Oklahoma, the writing partners are having a Cake Off in Virginia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMAnyone headed to a show about Richard Pryor, one of the funniest comedians of the 20th century, might reasonably expect some laughs. Edgy amusement, sure, since Pryor was known for his profa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00PM
The Ovation Awards, which have been around since 1989, and have been called the “highest-profile contest for local theatre" by the LA Times, are happening this Monday, November 9. You pro…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:57PMTelly Leung takes on 20 questions about the new musical Allegiance and co-stars George Takei & Lea Salonga all in 2 minutes.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:57PMPumping the promotion for his musical adaptation of Paramount’s 2003 Jack Black hit School Of Rock into high gear, Andrew Lloyd Webber today released a 360-degree video link to the sho…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Get a First Look at The Wiz Live!'s Costumes
Everybody rejoice! We're beginning to get excited about easing on down…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PMMegan McGinnis discusses the valuable lesson her character has taught her in the two-person musical, Daddy Long Legs.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PMQueen Lesli gives a backstage tour at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PMJohn Milton’s Paradise Lost is an epic poem comprising of 10,000 lines of verse, so perhaps it wouldn’t be your first choice to adapt into a one-man physical theatre-inspired p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:49PMCARRIE is back bigger and better in an even more immersive and up close production.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 05:48PMI was so excited when I heard that Jeff McCarthy had landed the role of Fagin in Arena Stage’s upcoming production of Oliver!, so I jumped at the opportunity to catch up with him whil…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:39PM The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s 26th Cabaret Convention “Gala Opening Night” was held at Town Hall on Oct. 13th for four evenings with a wide array of singers,...
Th…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:36PMCast is magnificent and Arin Arbus stages splendidly in COC production on at Four Seasons Centre till Nov. 6.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:31PMBenedict Cumberbatch tackles Shakespeare’s most challenging role on stage.
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 05:21PMAngela Lansbury will appear on THIRTEEN's "MetroFocus" Oct. 15 to discuss her legendary career, which spans over seven decades.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PM by: Susan Hasho Making his Café Carlyle debut with a Sinatra tribute, Kurt Elling took over the room—charming, and so thoroughly practiced and co…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:11PMAnnaleigh Ashford garnered praise and a Tony nomination for her scene-stealing work in Kinky Boots; a year later, she walked away with the prize for her dizzyingly satisfying turn as Essie C…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:09PMIt's difficult to review Michael Riedel's Razzle Dazzle because it's difficult to figure out exactly what he's trying to accomplish. In the author's note, he writes that the b…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:09PMConstance Shulman, Arden Myrin Photo: Joan MarcusAs Elizabeth Wollman points out below, Barbecue is a challenging show to review. Almost anything one could write about it would be …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:09PMComedian's absorbing tale as a first generation American and the NBA (New Brown America).
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:03PMThe Walking Dead actor may play a zombie-killing machine on the AMC hit but as her new play opens she talks about the Liberian civil war, Lupita Nyong’o and showing western audiences the r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMTheater journalists Jesse Green drama critic at New York Magazine, Michael Musto Out.com and Patrick Pacheco On Stage are back with Theater Talk co-hosts Michael Riedel of the New York Post …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMWith a cast that includes Annie Golden Netflix's Orange is The New Black, Madeleine Martin Showtime's Californication and Netflix's Hemlock Grove, Carolyn McCormick Law amp Order, EJ Bonilla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMBroadwayWorld can officially report thecomplete cast and creative team for The OldGlobe's 18th annual production of DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS, starring J. Bernard Calloway in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMAndrew Lloyd Webber releaseda fully immersive 360 music video for 'You're in the Band,' a musical number from his upcoming Broadway show, SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL, today, October 14, 201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMThe performers will utilize their ability to perform at a second's notice.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The Gin Game, officially opened Oct. 14 at the Golden Theatre following previews that began Sept. 23. The Broadway revival stars Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson. Hear wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMMortimer the Indian in The Fantasticks styles himself as The Man Who Dies, but he's gotten some serious competition over the past two years from Jefferson Mays, star of Broadway's A …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMAt the Evanston City Council meeting on Oct. 19, Northlight Theatre is slated to publicly reveal its interest in moving back to Evanston, the city where the theater company was founded by Gr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:42PMBy Michael Lueger, Beth Kattelman. In his second installment, Michael Lueger interviews Dr. Beth Kattleman about her journey in theatre and academia.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:34PMIf you go down to The Vaults tonight you’re sure for a big surprise – and maybe a scream too, as Director Tony Middleton and writer Matthew Stradling bring horror to the magic scene in t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:24PMBy Emily Daly. Emily Daly writes about being a Hyphenate—someone with multiple artistic identities.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:22PMWith the recent exciting news that Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach JR. is now available for licensing, we sat down with the team behind the new musical to gain insight into the …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:17PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway’s Tony® nominated hit Bullets Over Broadway. The show is the musical adaptation of…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:17PMThe Gin Game, starring Tony winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, officially opens tonight on Broadway. Jones and Tyson star as Weller and Fonsia, residents of a senior citizens …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:13PMTo promote his upcoming musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber released a 360 degree interactive music video for the song "You're In The Band."
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:09PM"The Gin Game," which won D.L. Coburn a 1978 Pulitzer for what turned out to be his major work, comes from a decade when aging and other incurable inflictions filled American stages with a b…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:01PMWatch the production number "You're In the Band" from all angles.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
No matter which way you turn, you can’t stop the School of Rock! In anticipation of the new musical’s Broadway takeover at the Winter Garden Theatre, composer (that's an unde…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:49PMThe stars of The New Group's Steve, written by Mark Gerrard and directed by Cynthia Nixon, gathered to meet the press on October 14. Click through the gallery to see stars Matt McGrath, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:49PMThe show explores life in the White House for the likes of Amy Carter, Tricia and Julie Nixon, and Susan Ford.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:49PMSome Broadway plays never see the daylight of a revival. Most productions that do receive revivals, often find themselves located somewhere else than the original Broadway house the show beg…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:49PMAMERICAN THEATRE: “Though our ‘Play on!’ commissioning project has met with some vocal disapproval, the work of translating Shakespeare is grounded in the Oregon Shakespear…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 03:49PMThe cast recently met the German press, where they offered up a brief performance preview - check out the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PM'A Celebration of American Creativity In Performance at the White House' is a PBS music special taped in the East Room of the White House. President and Mrs. Obama will host the all-star mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International MTI has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway's Tony nominated hit BULLETS OVER BROADWAY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:46PMHere's the crucial problem with "Unspeakable," the fantasia inspired by the life of Richard Pryor that has taken up temporary residence at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place: While …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:41PMThe Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization has released shortened versions of two classic musicals in its library, the team's own Oklahoma! and Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer's …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMBroadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK has released a fully immersive 360 music video for thesong 'You're in the Band,' takingadvantage of this new technology by Andrew Lloyd Webber and School of Rock bo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39PMCBS has announced on their press site that Jane Lynch's new series ANGELS FROM HELL will now premiere in February 2016, rather than its original premiere date
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39PMAndrew Lloyd Webber has released a fully immersive 360° music video for "You’re in the Band," a number from his upcoming Broadway show, School of Rock—The Musical, wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMToday, Gardner talks exclusively to BroadwayWorld and shares his journey from ahyper, five-year-old little boy to a tap-dancing, show-stopping star making his Broadway debut
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMTrip of Love, which is inspired by and set to the hit songs of the 1960s now plays Stage 42, formerly The Little Shubert Theater (422 West 42nd Street). "American pop culture is still …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:23PMAndrew Lloyd Webber commissioned this 360° music video for “You’re in the Band,” a number from his Broadway show, School of Rock – The Musical. If you use a Chrome browser, you can …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:15PMComposer Andrew Lloyd Webber and 'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes are behind the Broadway adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black film.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:12PMAs Spring Awakening continues to amaze audiences through its landmark use of American Sign Language on the Broadway stage, there is an important conversation happening in the theatre communi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMAs Spring Awakening continues to amaze audiences through its landmark use of American Sign Language on the Broadway stage, there is an important conversation happening in the theatre communi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMMatthew Morgan serves as director.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Fool for Love star Nina Arianda talks about why she loves theatre, the singer who is changing her life and why she makes time for The Housewives.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:58PMMamie Gummer is back on the New York boards in Lindsey Ferrentino's harrowing Ugly Lies the Bone. Click through the gallery for pics of opening night!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:56PMAs tonight TCM is showing a pair of Jack the Ripper related movies, I thought it would be timely to do this post about sadists and serial killers in classic horror, as part of the month long…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:52PMTaissa Farmiga, from "American Horror Story," will make her Off-Broadway stage debut in The New Group's revival of Buried Child, Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winnin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMThree-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters will celebrate the publication of her third children’s book, "Stella and Charlie: Friends Forever," with an afternoon event a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMThe5th Avenue Theatrepresents the sweeping new musical, Waterfall, featuringLaura GriffithBroadway Sweet Smell of Success, The Light in the Piazza,Thom SesmaBroadway The Times They are A-Cha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMThe5th Avenue Theatrepresents the sweeping new musical, Waterfall, featuringLaura GriffithBroadway Sweet Smell of Success, The Light in the Piazza,Thom SesmaBroadway The Times They are A-Cha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMRyan Murphy will reunite with GLEE guest star Gwyneth Paltrow for a TV version of ONE HIT WONDERS, a former film project the duo had been working on for Sony.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMCraig Zadan, executive producer for NBC's THE WIZ LIVE has tweeteda first look at poster art for the highly anticipated live musical broadcast, airing Thursday, December 3rd.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMTV Land announced today on Facebook that its buzzworthy and critically-acclaimed series YOUNGERwill return Tuesday, January 12th at 10pm ETPT with double the romance, drama and excitement, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMParity Party Hosted By Works By Women With Performances By New Perspectives Theatre Company, Flux Theatre Ensemble, FAB Woman, Honest Accomplice Theatre, Performance Art…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 02:29PMTheatre Artist. Nurturer. Hunter and Gatherer.
SOURCE: the-interval.com at 02:25PMA reading of Helen Pafumi’s new play Redder Blood will be help Monday, October 19th at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia featuring Ed Christian, Michael Kevin Darnall, N…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:24PMWhen you're Harold Prince, with a record 21 Tony Awards and a life in the theatre that has ushered some of the best-known productions of the past half-century to Broadway, how do…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMName: James MasciovecchioHometown: Sleepy Hollow, NYEducation: Point Park University Conservatory of Performing Arts.Favorite Credits: Shining City (Off the Wall Theatre), Clue!: The Staged …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:18PMLong before they created Joey, the equine hero of ‘War Horse’, Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones used puppets to tell the stories of their native South Africa. On the eve of the London reviv…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:18PMBreaking Character's Editor chats about one of her favorite musicals, and how this dramatic comedy (with a swirl of romance and an edge of mystery) is the perfect fit for everyone.
The post…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:14PMPoster art has been released for The Wiz Live!, which will air Dec. 3. on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PM‘5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche’ is pleasant enough but lightweightDynamic cast offers up more than a few chuckles but isn’t tested1956 period piece was developed as collaborative effort &…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 02:08PMAn American theatergoer in London can always be sure to find an intelligent modern-day adaptation of a world drama classic or two. At present, both the National and the Almeida have success…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:04PMCamargo will take the stage at Theatre for a New Audience.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe League has announced 10 National Education and Engagement Grant recipients.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
TREASURE ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL Where: Treasure Island When: Noon to 11 p.m. Oct. 17-18 Tickets: $95 to $315 Contact: www.treasureislandfestival.com Note: A free shuttle runs from Bill Graham…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:48PMWinter 2016 seems to be the season of The Secret Garden, as two separate star-studded concert events will be held at the start of the year. Original star Rebecca Luker will reprise the r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:38PMBrian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald are a talented and beloved duo that has been delighting audiences since they first appeared on stage together in Ragtime. Since then, they’ve each …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:38PMJoel and Ethan Coen, creators of the idiosyncratic cult hits "The Big Lebowski" and "Fargo," are planning a sendup of Hollywood itself in their latest film, "Hail, C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMAlex Gaumond, Michael Peavoy and Gillian Bevan lead the cast of the Royal Exchange Theatre’s production of Into the Woods, which will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:31PMAn ex-offender who murdered a theatrical agent in 1982 has revealed how discovering theatre during his 20 years in prison helped rehabilitate
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:31PMFellowships for black, Asian and ethnic minority workers will be created in major London theatres as part of an attempt to diversify
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:31PMRoundabout Theatre Company's Roundabout Underground world‐premiere production of Lindsey Ferrentino's Ugly Lies the Bone officially opened Oct. 13 at 7 PM following previews th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMThe Broadway League has announced the recipients of its twentieth annual National Education and Engagement Grants. These grants support inspired and inventive programs for a wide range of pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMOn last night's BEST SHOW EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, New York theater group Queen of the Night and guest announcer Jack Black join Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Scherzinger and Little NPH …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMAn exclusive reading of the new musical PopStar will take place on Monday, October 19. Directed by Sharon Rosen, PopStar features music and lyrics by Jay Levine and Sophie Dupin and a book b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMSara Bareilles, composer of the new Broadway-bound musical WAITRESS, stopped by this week's Meredith Vieira Show to reveal what inspired her to write the song Brave
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMThe Drama League's Centennial Charity Auction has launched at www.biddingforgood.comthedramaleague, featuring over fifty once-in-a-lifetime prize packages.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMTheNew Groupwill present the world premiere of STEVE, a new play byMark Gerrard. Directed byCynthia Nixon, this production featuresAshlie Atkinsonand Francisco Pryor Garat, and as announced,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMLast night's fifth episode of the FOX anthology series SCREAM QUEENS featured an all-new super-sized opening title sequence
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMMusic Theatre International (MTI) has acquired worldwide licensing rights to Woody Allen's 2014 musical comedy Bullets Over Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMThe world premiere of the York Theatre Company's revamped Rothschild & Sons, starring Glory Crampton and Broadway vet Robert Cuccioli, began O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMColumbia College Chicago is proud to announce an exciting career and professional development opportunity for theater professionals. They will be offering the first and only Master’s leve…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:07PMDon’t get Lauren Mayberry started on the best-laid plans of mice and men. The Scottish lass had huge career aspirations in college, aiming for a degree in law. But she »
The post Musi…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:05PMOn last night's BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, New York theater group Queen of the Night and guest announcer Jack Black join Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Scherzinger and Little NPH …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMHarris got a firsthand look at the immersive off-Broadway show on his new variety series.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Renee Elise Goldsberry were part of the 2015 Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Oct. 13 on BET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Daveed Diggs and Renee Elise Goldsberry were part of the 2015 Hip-Hop Awards Cypher Oct. 13 on BET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMTo celebrate the cast recording of the Broadway revival of Side Show, Broadway Records held a performance and dicussion event Oct. 13 at 6 PM at The Center (The LGBT Community Center) in Man…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMCasting is now complete for a touring revival of the award-winning musical Ragtime, helmed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who received a Tony nomination for her work on the 2009 revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMSara Bareilles, composer of the Broadway-bound musical Waitress, appeared on "The Meredith Vieira Show" Oct. 13 to discuss the impact of her song "Brave," and her new…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMBrent Barrett (West Side Story, Chicago) and Elizabeth Welch (The Phantom of the Opera) will star in a German production of The Phantom of the Opera starting Nov. 12 at Stage Metronom Theate…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMAhead of its Los Angeles debut, The Wooster Group will stage a presentation of Harold Pinter's The Room in New York; it is the first play by the playwright, penned when he was j…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PM“Unspeakable” by James Murray Jackson, Jr. can be summed up in one word: inexplicable. Sure, the play is loosely based on the life story of Richard Pryor. Sure, Jackson’s portrayal of …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 12:45PMThe Broadway League has announced the recipients of its 2015 National Education and Engagement Grants.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMWhat better time than now to explore on stage the topic of race in our nation? As part of Project Protest: The Art of Revolution, The Center for Arts & Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Rest…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:31PMThe Broadway import opens at the Dominion Theatre next month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:27PMThe artistic director of the Tricycle Theatre on her new show and life as the boss
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Before coming to the Westside Theatre, director David Saint helmed this production at the George Street Playhouse. No stranger to DiPietro’s style (he also prem…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:24PMTh opening of "Life & Times – Episodes 7-8-9" marks the end of Nature Theater of Oklahoma as an ensemble of makers and players.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:03PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the company in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographerWalter McBride
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMIn honor of its 50th Anniversary, this eight time OSCAR winning musical has been restored frame-by-frame from the original 65mm negative and scanned utilizing start-of-the-art technology und…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMA first reading has been announced for a new play penned by Broadway alum, and Camp star, Steven Cutts. The show is currently under the title, SUBLETTERS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMOn last night's BEST SHOW EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS, New York theater group Queen of the Night and guest announcer Jack Black join Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Scherzinger and Little NPH …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMSeason of Concern, the Chicagoland theatre community’s fundraising effort providing direct relief to those living with debilitating illness and injury, is hosting a benefit performance, �…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:03PMParlor Night strikes again Were you there for the latest Broadway pop-up partyThis time, the intimate evening was hosted at the luscious Upper East Side townhouse of John Demsey Group Presid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMConceptually, "The Story of a Story (The Untold Story)" has a lot in common with "[title of show]," which had a terrifically sharp production in Chicago over the summer. Both are extremely …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:01PMFor several months I’ve been talking with the producers of Bristol’s second biennial circus festival (now Circus City, evolved from Creative Common) about the possibility of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMShanice Williams will star as Dorothy, and David Alan Grier will star as the Cowardly Lion.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe new musical follows the search for the next pop superstar.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe cast and creative team of the new production met the press.
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Broadway actress and singer Zakiya Young is currently starring in DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar and directed by Kimberly Senior at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. From its website: Amir Kapoor…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:47AMToday is the birthday of Bud Flanagan (Chaim Reuben Weintrop, 1896-1968) of the British music hall team of Flanagan and Allen. A few years ago, someone slipped me a couple of CDs of this q…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AMWhen he read in the newspapers that he had dementia, the comedian was as alarmed as his friends were. But perhaps that’s what happens when you talk about a complex subject to a media aller…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:37AMMaggie Smith will make her first appearance on a British chat show in 42 years Oct. 30 when she appears on BBC's "The Graham Norton Show."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of 'Topdog/Underdog' joins the ranks of such artists as Ingmar Bergman, Spike Lee, and Isabel Allende.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:34AMIn this Second City sketch from "It Was 30 Years Ago Today," the late Chris Farley and Tim Meadows play Wrigley Field security guards who take their jobs very seriously. They're joined by Da…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:26AMJosh Gad, Tony Award nominee for originating the role of Elder Cunningham in The Book of Mormon, will co-write a film about charismatic wrestler Gorgeous George, according to Deadline Ho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMMiranda only has yet to win an Oscar, but is currently writing music for Disney's 2016 film 'Moana' starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:25AMThe reunion 50 years in the making is finally here as Black Theater legends James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson celebrate opening night for the Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Gin Game. Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:24AMLook around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now: Last night at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renée-Elise Goldsberry, and Daveed Diggs did a …
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:22AMAlan Menken, Scott Weinger, Jonathan Freeman, Linda Larkin and Gilbert Gottfried appeared on "The View" Oct. 13 to discuss the new Blu-ray edition of "Aladdin" and sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMJulie Andrews appeared on "Watch What Happens Live" with Andy Cohen Oct. 13. While on the show, Andrews discussed her thoughts on Lady Gaga's Sound of Music performance at the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThough our 'Play on!' commissioning project has met with some vocal disapproval, the work is grounded in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's core values—and our love for the Bard.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:14AMWhat better way to start your morning than a round with the cast of Hamilton and the Roots? At the BET Hip Hop Awards on October 13, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Renée Elise Goldsberry an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:13AMA new documentary that spotlights Misty Copeland, the first African-American woman to become a principal dancer at American Ballet Theater, opens in cinemas and arrives on VOD Oct. 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMOn last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE on Bravo, legendary actress Julie Andrews told host Andy Cohen what she thought about Lady Gaga's Sound of Music live performance at this year's Oscar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMBelow, check out his illustration ofEve Best, Kelly Reilly, and Clive Owen inHarold Pinter'sOLD TIMES.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMMany artists across the city engage with the Chicago Park District’s cultural programs and events. From Park Cultural Instructors who offer over 3,000 annual arts classes in all disciplin…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:01AMPopStar, a new musical set in the contemporary music world, will get an invitation-only industry reading in New York Oct. 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMHighlight work of dramaturgs You ran an article about the importance and impact of dramaturgy. The next page had an article about
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"I dare you to knock a show starring deaf people and a girl in a wheelchair," my husband K said when I got home from the Deaf West Theatre's revival of Spring Awakening that is playing a lim…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:57AMCBS, The Recording Academy and AEG Ehrlich Ventures will honor the remarkable legacy of nine-time GRAMMY Award winner Frank Sinatra with SINATRA 100 - AN ALL-STAR GRAMMY CONCERT
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMKaren Carpenter (Love, Loss and What I Wore) will direct three special presentations of Jean Giebel's Chasing the River Oct. 19 at 6:30 PM and Oct. 20 at 12:30 PM and 4:30 PM in Manhatta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMThe Off-Broadway production of Shear Madness, the Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running play in the history of the U.S., has announced that Broadway actors&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMNational Asian Artists Project celebrated its 5th Anniversary of 'showcasing the work of Asian-American theatre artists through performance, outreach and educational programming' just last w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMI began a busy week in New York and then was in England, Wales and Scotland - only Ireland eluded me.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:47AMThe Gish Prize Trust announced Oct. 14 that playwright, novelist and songwriter Suzan-Lori Parks will receive the 22nd Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize Nov. 30 at The Public Theater in New…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMMuch has been written about the Harold Prince musical revue Prince of Broadway, opening later this month in Tokyo, possibly en route to Broadway. But it is only one of two Prince-directe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMMuch has been written about the Harold Prince musical revue Prince of Broadway, opening later this month in Tokyo, possibly en route to Broadway. But it is only one of two Prince-directe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMMamie Gummer plays a disfigured veteran in Roundabout Theatre Company's Roundabout Underground world‐premiere production of Lindsey Ferrentino's Ugly Lies the Bone, which offic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMLin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton has been a hit since it opened on Broadway, garnering acclaim from theatre critics, celebrities, and political figures, alike. As previously reported, Presid…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:32AMTron theatre, GlasgowPlaywright Megan Barker’s reworking of Ghosts shines a light into the murky corners of outwardly respectable lives – and it’s unsettling stuff Related: Hedda Gable…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMThe Forum, LondonWith nothing more to prove, the self-assured US comic who exposed Bill Cosby is able to take seemingly innocuous material to unexpected places“Well, that situation got out…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:31AMLondon accounted for three quarters of total gross value added generated by the music, performing and visual arts sector in 2012, new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AMThe Lyric Hammersmith has announced that Kevin McGrath is to step down as chairman after 10 years on the theatre’s board. He
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:31AMEmerson Steele, featured on the New York stage in Violet and Parade, debuts her solo show Roles I Can’t Play Now … Or Ever … Except Tonight! Oct. 14 at 7 PM a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMBy Editorial Staff
Metamorphoses plays through the rest of October, every Thursday to Sunday, and though Earl Haig Hall is in deepest darkest Crouch End, do not let the journey phase you. Ta…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:28AMAn American in Paris stars Robert Fairchild & Leanne Cope answer your questions.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:13AMIn an Entertainment Weekly interview with Alan Menken about the re-release of the hit Disney film "Aladdin," the Tony and Oscar-winning composer also spoke about the forthc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMBefore taking the stage at Feinstein's/54 Below, F. Michael Haynie and his eight special guest stars imagine their superhero personas.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:10AMThey say, whoever they are, that the only stupid question is the question left unasked. I disagree. Assignment #16: Practical Mr Brown: “If I don’t like the show can I […]
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMColourful entertainment, inventively staged in this classic Glyndebourne production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:06AMD.L. Coburn’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, opens tonight on Broadway with Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson in the starring roles. The revival began p…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:04AMNewcomer Kelly Anderson follows up her Chicago dance theater debut “Message Me If…” with another evening-length show at Links Hall, this time inspired not by the trials and…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:03AMTony nominee Josh Gad is set to co-pen a 'Gorgeous George' biopic with Ryan Dixon for WWE Studios.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMThe Public Theater presents 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 s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMGrammy and Emmy Award-winner Joe Raposo and Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheldon Harnick's uplifting musical A WONDERFUL LIFE reminds us how one person's life can touch that of so ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AM'A Celebration of American Creativity In Performance at the White House' is a PBS music special taped in the East Room of the White House. President and Mrs. Obama will host the all-star mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMOn yesterday's THE VIEW on ABC, cast members from Disney's ALADDIN reunited to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the animated film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMBrad Kane and Lea Salonga, who sang as the voices of Aladdin and Jasmine in Disney's ALADDIN reunited for a special performance of 'A Whole New World' on Good Morning America.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMRoundabout Theatre Company presents the Roundabout Underground world-premiere production ofUgly Lies the Boneby Lindsey Ferrentino, directed byPatricia McGregor, as part of the 50th Annivers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMGood 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 GIN GAME and ECLIPSED bring big sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW, 'The Newsroom's 'Will McAvoy' gets flustered during his interview with James Corden when his new PA 'Harry Dunne' can't get anything right.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMFEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club,will presentTHE SONGS OF F. MICHAEL HAYNIEon Friday, October 16that 1130pm.Ben ThompsonMatilda, Holler If Ya Hear Me,Julia MattisonGodspell, andKa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning play begins performances tonight.
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The playwright is the recipient of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, awarded annually to artists who have had an extraordinary impact in their disciplines.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:51AMAt the beginning of Shipwrecked!, Greg Wood bounds onto the stage of the Walnut Street Theatre’s Independence Studio and greets the audience: “Hello,” he says, “and welcome to this t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:50AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
Blackout Drayton Arms Theatre 13th October 2 Stars Young playwright Tim Cook has picked up a strong reputation within Fringe theatres, with his play Crushed picking up…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:38AMA lawsuit has been filed regarding the classic George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin-DuBose Heyward opera Porgy and Bess, which made its debut eight decades ago and was most recently seen on …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMBy Bill Hirschman South Florida theaters still mount familiar warhorses, but the 2015-2016 season is proof that companies realize the future of theater is to attract pre-retirement audiences…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:30AMThese are not at all necessarily what we predict will be the best shows this season (although they may be) or the best attended or the most popular or the most award-winning. We don’t care…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:30AMMichael Lewin's new album must surely rank among the most poetic and sensitive Debussy recordings of recent memory.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AMDivided into three acts and an epilogue, the film attempts to generate Shakespearean resonances, but the presentation is more mundane than tragic.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:28AMToday is the birthday of William “Red” McKenzie (1899-1948). Originally from St. Louis, he became a prominent Jazz Age figure by playing the kazoo and comb-and-tissue paper! In…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:21AMTo Read MUST YOU GO?: MY LIFE WITH HAROLD PINTER Antonia Fraser Biographer and historian Lady Antonia Fraser published this memoir of her marriage to Harold Pinter in 2010, two years after h…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:16AMDames at Sea is a tap happy, song-tastic good time. With a wink and a nudge, it follows a silly plot which is offset by fantastic song & dance numbers.
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 09:00AM
Contrary to popular belief, the Grand Guignol theatre did not rely exclusively on blood and gore to convey horror. The psychological element was equally important to the genre, and horrific …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59AMOn last night's 2015 BET HIP HOP AWARDS, Black Thought and Questlove introduced cast members of Broadway's HAMILTON, , Renee Elise Goldsberry, Daveed Diggs and Lin-Manuel Miranda, as they pu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMAmerican actress and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep will be Jury President of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMAriana Grande turned to Twitter to share a first look at cover art for her new single 'Focus', dropping Friday, October 30th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMOn the next episode of FOX's SCREAM QUEENS titled 'Seven Minutes in Hell', in an attempt to protect herself from the killer, Chanel makes a surprising decision, which leaves Zayday in a pos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMThe new Broadway production of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, THE GIN GAME, starring Tony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, opens tonight, October 14 at the Gol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMThe actor, currently starring in Measure for Measure, discusses Joe Hill-Gibbins' 'strange and weird' style and wanting to take on the Scottish Play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:40AMThink back to your last theatre production. Were there at least two female characters on stage? Did they talk to each other?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMLet’s be honest: being a theatre lover can be expensive. As much as we would all love to be able to see every new piece of work as it goes up and make trips to New York every weekend to ca…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:12AMBirmingham Rep theatreTanika Gupta’s lively adaptation, with music by Ben and Max Ringham, retains the novel’s resonance and zestMeera Syal is, in some ways, the victim of her own succes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AMKing’s Cross theatre, LondonRazor-sharp lyrics and a hugely talented cast make this hip-hop musical about Latino communities on the breadline in New York a feelgood spectacleLin-Manuel Mir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AM
Schools minister Nick Gibb has countered criticisms of the English Baccalaureate, claiming concerns about the absence of compulsory arts subjects on the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:43AMIn this special edition, on the eve of her 90th birthday, Dame Angela Lansbury joins MetroFocus to reflect on her legendary career that spans seven decades.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43AMLuke Sheppard's production received a warm reception at King's Cross Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:39AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32AMCrazy Coqs, London*****The term ‘icon’ is often freely used with little regard for it’s true definition – however from last night’s gig at The Crazy Coqs, Franc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:25AMMartin Barrass will star as Mr Perks in the Olivier Award-winning production of Mike Kenny’s stage adaptation of E. Nesbit’s novel The Railway Children – Live on Stage from Saturday 17…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:24AMAn excerpt from BBC2’s 1982 TV production of Noël Coward’s A Song at Twilight, directed by Cedric Messina and featuring Deborah Kerr and Paul Scofield. The role played by Scofield is a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMCut Throat
Off Off Broadway, Abingdon Theatre Company
Reviewed by Helen Herbert
BOTTOM LINE: A laugh-out-loud comedy about the trials and tribulations of breaking into elite pre-schools in …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:04AM“Noah, you’re so full of what’s right you can’t see what’s good!” N. Richard Nash, The Rainmaker
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMI’ve tussled with the idea of going back to work, not going back to work. I’m nearly nine months into my maternity
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By Editorial Staff
Legends!: Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse Loadsamoney, the Old Gits, Smashie and Nicey, Kevin the Teenager, Julio Geordio, The Scoucers, The Writer and the Landlady, The Su…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:59AM2012 film, 'Being Flynn,' was based on his memoir.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:43AMNeil Simon's salute to old variety shows opens the New Jewish season
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:43AMSt. Louis' most-Shazamed tracks, brought to you exclusively by Go! Magazine and STLtoday.com.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:43AMArts Council England is to help create 50 new partnerships between cultural organisations and schools in areas that are most deprived of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMThe playwright discusses the unique friendship between two celebrated American poets.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27AMMeera Syal's semi-autobiographical novel is adapted for the stage by Tanika Gupta
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This post is by Courtney Marie
Is it possible to love unconditionally? While we all say the words and make those promises, sometimes we may be faced with a condition that we never saw coming…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:22AMGo ahead: Just try to think of a card game more riveting than one that puts Darth Vader and Miss Jane Pittman head-to-head. Stage and screen icons James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson headline …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07AMLupita Nyong’o plays The Girl amid the chaos of the Liberian Civil War in Eclipsed, which opens officially off-Broadway on October 14. Directed by Liesl Tommy, the production, which fo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07AMDancers Over 40 celebrates diversity in dance with Can't Stop the Music Can't Stop the Dance Diversity All Around Us - featuring DO40 Advisory Board member Jerry Mitchell's new musical comed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMGeffen Playhousepresents the West Coast premiere of GUARDS AT THE TAJ by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Steinberg Award recipient Rajiv Joseph. Raffi Barsoumian will star as Humayun, opposite R…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMRecent VIOLET on Broadway standout and 2014 Theatre World Award winner Emerson Steele comes to 54 Below with a new show tonight,October 14, titled ROLES I CAN'T PLAY NOW... OR EVER... EXCEPT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMThe Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors HOLA, the nation's longest running active arts advocacy organization for Latino actors, is pleased to announce that it will honor Academy Award-winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMDirected by George Nelson and starring Misty Copeland, the film opens in theaters and will be available on VOD October 14th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMDownload file This week we saw theater in a dance space, performance art in a comedy club, Hamlet in bed with his mother, and Macbeth in a shipping container. A variety of artists and com…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 01:00AMShay Mitchell Talks Her Book, "Pretty Little Liars", and Social Media
YH is in the Big Apple to catch up with "Pretty Little Liars" star Shay Mitchell, who takes a minute our of her incredib…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMMeet the orchestrators behind some of the newest musicals on Broadway and uncover the facts about this mysterious profession.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMLeonard Foglia directs the D.L. Coburn classic.
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We talked to Three Day Hangover co-founder David Hudson and director Kristin McCarthy Parker about their immersive production of Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and what they think is the futur…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:50AMMamie Gummer plays a veteran of combat in Afghanistan adjusting to life at home and the pain of her injuries, both physiological and psychological.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:28AMFritzy the sea-lion jumped into the Thames from a boat hired to promote the circus - but not everyone wants him returned to his ownersThe Performing Animals Defence League yesterday offered …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:20AMTony Award winners James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson co-star in a Broadway revival of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, officially opening Oct. 14 at the G…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater's New York premiere of Eclipsed, starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o ("12 Years a Slave"), officially opens Oct. 14 following pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM The creators of four musicals are interviewed by Liz Callaway in “Bound For Broadway XVI” at Merkin Concert Hall. by: Linda Amiel Burns Since 2001 Broadway...
The…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:00AM16 roles and five Tony nominations later, Broadway's resident chameleon is finally headlining a show by bringing one of musical theatre's most beloved leading men to life.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
This week …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House," featuring Tony Award winners Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell, is filmed Oct. 14 for an early 201…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets for the three-week extension of the world-premiere production of Lazarus, by Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh (Once) with music by David Bowie, are on sale Oct. 14 at&a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDuke Lafoon plays the role of George Bailey in A Wonderful Life, a stage musical adaptation of the holiday classic “It’s a Wonderful Life," with book and lyrics by S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNorthlight Theatre presents the world premiere of Philip Dawkins' Charm — which was developed through Northlight’s Interplay Series — Oct. 14-Nov. 8 at …
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