In January 1978, after his third campaign for a position on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, forty seven year old camera salesman Harvey Milk made history by becoming the first openly…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:35PMA crisis meeting has been called for women employed in the theatre and screen industry following recurrent damning statistics of gender parity within theatre, film and television. On Monday,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:33PMFinal day of observations on last weekend’s Society for Arts Entrepreneurship in Education (SAEE) conference. The Terms We Use Matter Some of the best observations about teaching stu…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:26PMThe Chicago Public Library Foundation and the Chicago Public Library presentedthe 16th annual Carl Sandburg Literary Award to legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Universally he…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02PMMichael John LaChiusa musically fantasizes the mother-daughter relationships built behind White House walls.
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On display from 30 October, Sydney’s 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art is pleased to present Future Archaeology a group exhibition featuring work by 6 dynamic Asian-Australian artis…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:55PMDeadline reports that a reboot of The Rocky Horror Picture Show will air on Fox in fall 2016, celebrating the film's 40th anniversary. Laverne Cox is set to star as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the r…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:09PMBallerina Misty Copeland is co-producing a TV show alongside writer Tracy Oliver for Fox. And yes, it's about dance! Deadline reports that the gestating show is about a "young, hip and d…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:09PMDaphne Rubin-Vega, the original Mimi in the original Rent, is so good portraying the initially endearing Dolores and eight other characters in “Empanada Loca, “which has now open…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:06PMDaphne Rubin-Vega stars in a terrifying new adaptation of Sweeney Todd.
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The world premiere musical FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting at The Public Theater, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, officially opens tonight, October 21, 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57PMFrom 22 to 26 February 2016 all eyes will once again be firmly fixed on Brisbane as the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), the leading biennial industry event for contemporary perform…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:56PMTwenty-two years ago, the young Michael John LaChiusa burst onto the musical scene as a gifted triple-threat-composer, lyricist and author with a beguiling, poignant and odd chamber musical …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:48PMAmy Carter is 47 years old now, but she is forever 12 in history, and also in First Daughter Suite, Michael John LaChiusa’s fanciful musical at the Public Theater. In the musical, howeve…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:37PMIn Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of The Most Happy Fella, meet Drew Stairs, who plays Joe in Catholic University’s upcoming production, which plays this weekend Octo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:20PMI don’t know what’s in the drinking water down at the Public Theater but they ought to bottle it for sale at the snack bar. Michael John LaChiusa’s very moving and beautifu…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PMDespite the lofty title, there aren’t many huge revelations about the nature of space in Joe Goode Performance Group’s newest production “Poetics of Space.” Granted, the site-specifi…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 09:00PMThis filial sequel to Michael John LaChuiusa's 1993 chamber musical, 'First Lady Suite,' concentrates on presidential offspring. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” is filled with allegorical elements that deftly disguised taboo subjects of his era, such as reigning monarchs, the shadowy order of the Freemasons, and the …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 08:54PMAmerican soprano and Chicago favorite Nicole Cabell returns to Lyric to portray Hanna Glawari (role debut) in the final three performances of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow, the company’…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 08:52PMAladdin's Jasmine, Courtney Reed, offers another episode of her inspirational web series, CourtneyChat, where she and Broadway friends talk about important issues like feminism, having confi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMSet designer Beowulf Boritt recently took to Facebook to share a first look at the stars of PRINCE OF BROADWAY in costume and onstage in Japan. Scroll down for a peek a scenes from SWEENEY T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMToday's Ham4Ham featured DAMES AT SEA starsBetsy Struxness, Mara Davi, Lesli Margherita and Danny Gardner.Below, watch as they wow the crowd with traditional, rap and tap versions of'Row, Ro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMWe already knew that Anthony Warlow is slated to play Tevye in Tim Lawson’s new production of Fiddler on the Roof, but the big names don’t stop there. This week it was announced…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:30PMLOVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA Daphne Rubin-Vega delivers a riveting performance in Empanada Loca, a sinewy one-woman show written and directed by Aaron Mark. Inspired by the legend of Sweeney To…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:14PMArthur Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman," and there's no doubt it packs a wallop. Miller's trenchant critique of the American Dream - you can climb the corpor…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:14PMFox’s “Rocky Horror Picture Show” has invited Laverne Cox to come up to its lab. The “Orange is the New Black” actress has been cast as the sexually ambiguous f…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14PM
An inspired choice for an opera adaptation, especially in this WWI centenary year, Fly Away Peter is a compelling, haunting reflection on the inescapable horror of war.
In his 1982 novel,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:51PMLaura Karlin, Artistic Director of Invertigo Dance Theatre, set herself a big challenge with Reeling in the wake of last year’s After it Happened (reviewed here). That piece was a response…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:43PM
Every year, when Halloween rolls around, the Deco District’s Woodlawn Theatre brings Frank-N-Furter and his gang back to roaring life in its raucous production of The Rocky Horror S…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:43PMAmerican Theatre Magazine: It’s Back to the Future day, when Doc Brown and Marty (and Marty’s girlfriend, Jennifer) come in from 1985. The film trilogy has inspired social comm…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:43PMNJTV and NJPAC present a star-studded line-up of performers for the 3rd season of the award-winning American Songbook at NJPAC Series, hosted by Ted Chapin, and featuring stage and screen st…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMOff-Broadway's KING LIZ is coming to Showtime.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMGrobengieser calls it, 'A brick-based interpretation of the logo of the astounding new Broadway musical.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMGo behind the curtain with the opera house's mysterious ballet mistress 'Madame Giry' in the next installment of The Phantom of the Opera's Snapchat QampA series
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PMFirst Daughter Suite, Michael LaChiusa’s musical focusing as much on the First Ladies Nixon, Carter, Ford, Reagan, and Bush as on their daughters, can be considered a sequel of sorts…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PMLaverne Cox, the ground-breaking transgender actress who earned an Emmy Award nomination for her performance on "Orange Is the New Black," has been announced to star as Dr. Fra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:22PMAs impressionable teenagers, BeBe Winans and his sister CeCe traveled a remarkable God-focused path, from a gospel-infused Pentecostal home in Detroit to the stage of a Christian television …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:18PMCurious Sound Objects showcases works that sit at the intersection of art and science as well as aesthetics and technology.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:18PMGet ready for A Whole New World London! Disney Theatrical has just announced that following it’s critical success on Broadway, another Disney production is slated to bow in the West En…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 07:18PMSupport for Boston’s Colonial Theatre to be saved from Emerson College, a university with an outstanding performing arts program, got a major boost less than a week before the college…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 07:18PMI'm predisposed to liking any show that exposes its dark comedic instincts right off the bat, but break up those moments with fully committed, quasi-cheesy dance moves that might as well hav…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:14PMYesterday I gave you my three reasons why Off Broadway will see an increase in the number of productions in the next 5-10 years. But, as you’ll recall, I qualified that boomage with a …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 07:10PMA CERTAIN FUTURITY César Alvarez’s fascinating musical Futurity begins with Mr. Alvarez and Sammy Tunis taking the stage as themselves, greeting the audience, engaging in improvised ban…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:10PMA little Billy Elliot goes a long way. See him flip out in front of his father, pas de chat with his ballet teacher and piano accompanist, and work out his fouette turns. Billy Elliot the Mu…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:10PMMisty Copeland seems to be everywhere these days. After 15 years with the American Ballet Theatre, the 33-year-old San Pedro-raised Copeland was promoted from soloist to principal dancer in …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:10PMA jumble of complex, tangled feelings floods First Daughter Suite, the new musical by Michael John LaChiusa at The Public Theater, but what you feel most is the burden.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:04PMNew York City Ballet's recent performances are uneven, with uneven casting, though they still delight.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:03PM"The Magic Flute" is such a buoyant creation, even the occasional mishap doesn't slow it down. Tuesday night at the War Memorial Opera House, the San Francisco Opera's latest revival made th…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:02PM"Beacon" brings together four choreographers who live in St. Pete for an evening of performance...... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 07:01PMSeries augments offerings of Sarasota Ballet's 25th anniversary season...... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 07:01PMActors play canines helping each other in doggy day care... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 07:01PMSarasota Ballet's Dance -- Next Generation program gains 5,000 square feet of space...... Read more »
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Every year Chicago theater heats up as the weather begins to cool, but this autumn has quickly turned especially hot with high quality work, most all of it original. The likes of David Rab…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:59PMCARMEN ROMAN-National Tour: Angels in America Off-Broadway: The Iphigenia Cycle (Theater for a New Audience from The Court Theatre, Chicago), The Mysteries (Classic Stage Company), Paradise …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:40PMSocial media updates audience when power goes off just before curtain.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMWhat is the role of theater in the world todayThe Actors Studio is presenting a series of plays and discussions, THE THEATRE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, which will be free and open to the public. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMTwenty-five deserving kids from R.Evolucion Latina's summer camp had the opportunity to see ON YOUR FEET this past Thursday, October 15th, kicking off the organization's 20152016 season of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMBroadwayWorld recently announced a new partnership with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Falli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMAfter a sold-out weekend last year, Irvin Mayfield and The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra NOJO return to Harlem for the New York Premiere of the brand new CD DEE DEE'S FEATHERS with one of today…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMBroadwayWorld has learned the Jonathan Spivey, who was previously announced for the role of 'Tony' in the New York Premiere of the hit comedy whodunit Shear Madness, has left the production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMFernanda Coppel’s King Liz, which made its world premiere off-Broadway earlier this summer, is to be adapted for the small screen. Deadline reports that Coppel will pen the Showtime ha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMOn this week's episode, Eclipsed heads to Broadway, Zachary Quinto, Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo go off-Broadway and Sutton Foster's Younger readies for a second season.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMSteppenwolf returns to Steinbeck for a story of blood, brothers, and Biblical allegory.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Songs in the Key of Equality, the benefit concert for the gay-straight alliance Swish and Swish Ally Fund of The Stonewall Community Foundation, will be held Oct. 26 at 8 PM at Le Poisso…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:56PMHow many shoes do you get through as the West End's Lord of the Dance? Just one of the questions Caroline Hanks-Farmer posed to Michael Flatley's protege, James Keegan...
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:45PMElliot Davis and James Bourne’s 2012 musical comes originally from an album by Son of Dork, the band featuring Bourne between his pop apotheosis as one-third of Busted and his third act as…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:45PMOnly Make Believe's Annual Gala, MAKE BELIEVE ON BROADWAY,hosted by Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart and honoringTony winner andEmmy and Golden Globe nominee Alan Cumming and Morgan S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMIn celebration of Halloween, Harlem's Apollo Theater will present The New Orleans Jazz Masquerade starring Grammy-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, Jr., jazz singer Dee Dee Bridgewa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMAn all-new edition of THEATER TALK welcomes actress Marlo Thomas and playwright Joe DiPietro, discussing their new comedy Clever Little Lies at the Westside Arts Theatre, plus a continuation…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMThe autobiographical play chronicling his Queens upbringing and experiences as a Latino facing bigotry in Hollywood is illustrated by Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMFeinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents theoriginal Broadway kids of A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL in THE KIDS FROM A CHRISTMAS STORYon Monday November 2, 2015 at 700pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMThe Dramatists Guild Fund hosted its annual presentation of new work by DG Fellows at Playwrights Horizons on October 19, 2015. The evening featured excerpts from work by the 2014-2015 class…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMGet ready to ease on down the roadNBC will airthe highly anticipatedholiday production THE WIZ LIVE onThursday, December 3, withan encore telecast set forSaturday, Dec. 19 8-11 p.m. ET. Belo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMPretty Theft, Adam Szymkowicz's quirky drama about adolescents, ballerinas and finding your way, is set to receive a New York staging next month at the C.O.W. theatre. The production, pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMMisty Copeland, the groundbreaking American Ballet Theatre principal dancer who made her Broadway debut last summer in the revival of On the Town, has been tapped by Fox to create a TV dance…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PMFunnyman Bob Saget, best known for playing Danny Tanner on the TV series "Full House," will return to Broadway as Pastor Greg in the horror/comedy Hand to God to close out the Tony…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMThe revue of the remarkable career of producer and director Harold Prince makes its world premiere at Tokyo's Tokyu Theatre Orb.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMArthur Miller's drama returns to New York City.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe two-time Tony winner will be feted by the producing organization.
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Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Get a Sneak Peek of Sara Bareilles' Waitress
Curious about what Sara Bareilles' new Broadway musical Waitress will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PMManhattan Theatre Club's fall benefit will be in celebration of Tony and Emmy winner Christine Baranski. The Nov. 2 event will attract a host of friends and colleagues including "In…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMSteve Martin is best known as a wild and crazy comedian, but he’s also a musician and writer. He’ll be making his Broadway debut for those off-stage talents with Bright Star, a new music…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:50PMSo I have found myself listening more and more to podcasts lately. I am no longer untangling my head phones in my pocket to listen to albums on a commute but to listen to reviews, interviews…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:39PMLaura Bell Bundy is at it again As BroadwayWorld previously reported,the stage and screen star and creater of the popular webseries Cooter County has been hard at work on a new webseries, ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMThe national tour of the new musical comedy BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, written byWoody Allenand based on the screenplay by Allen andDouglas McGrathBeautiful for the 1994 film, launched from Clev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMThe great composerlyricists joins the outcry against turning the legendary theatre into a student centercafeteria.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMManhattan Theatre Club's Fall Benefit will honor two-time Tony Award winner, Emmy Award winner, and longtime MTC collaborator and board member Christine Baranski, BroadwayWorld has learned.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMSaturday, October 17 marked the 100th birthday celebration of playwright Arthur Miller - and TimeLine Theatre Company in Chicago knew how to mark the occasion!
The post Celebrating #ArthurM…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:19PMThe Deal Versus the People 'examines how we are affected by neo-liberal trade deals in a poetic way'
SOURCE: The Independent at 04:16PMNever-before-heard songs "Joanne" and "Shoes" and alternate versions of well-known songs from A Chorus Line will be included among eight bonus tracks on the 4…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMWhen a particular company and a particular playwright hit it off such that they keep knocking it out of the park—as have The Keegan Theatre and Belfast-born Rosemary Jenkinson—theirs has…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:10PMIn this funny video, The Second City takes on the most infamous Cubs fan of all time: Bartman.
The sketch appeared in "Doors Open on the Right," the 2003 revue directed by Joshua Funk. T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:01PMName: aLyssa KimHometown: Danbury, CTEducation: I tried out that “campus life” thing at University of Connecticut and lasted a semester; I tried out that BFA thing at Marymount Manhattan…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:01PM
By Eli Van Sickel. Chicago-based theatre practitioner and scholar Eli Van Sickel dispells the prevalent notion of Spring Awakening being the first deaf production on Broadway—it’s not.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:56PMWatching A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder's John Rapson transform into eight different members of the D'Ysquith family in the touring production of the Tony-winning tuner…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMArthur Miller's Incident at Vichy has extended before opening off-Broadway. Directed by Michael Wilson and starring Emmy winner Richard Thomas, along with Tony nominees Jonathan Hadary …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThe cast of Hand to God gathered at Sardi's to welcome incoming star Bob Saget on October 21. Saget, who previously starred on Broadway in The Drowsy Chaperone, takes over the role of Pa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMBedlam’s New York Animals has its cast in place! The previously reported new play from Tony winner Steven Sater (Spring Awakening), which will feature songs by Sater and the legendary …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMDirected by Eric Tucker for off-Broadway company Bedlam, Steven Sater's play features new songs written with the pop legend.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:52PMPopular Chicago cabaret star Suzanne Petri will be headlining "Torch, Sass and Swing!" — a musical tribute to the clubs and artists who made major contributions to Chicago's cabaret scene …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:42PMThe national tour of the new musical comedy BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, written by Woody Allen and based on the screenplay by Allen and Douglas McGrath Beautiful for the 1994 film, launched fromC…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMOn the second episode of BroadwayWorld's 'Some Like it Pop' podcast, Jennifer McHugh and I discuss some of our favorite shows of the newfall TV season shows have debuted THE LEFTOVERS, FARGO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMDes Moines Performing Arts, in partnership with THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY national tour and the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, just welcomed Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMMaster Broadway songwriter Stephen Sondheim has weighed in on Emerson College's plans to turn the vintage Colonial Theatre into a student activity center and dining facility. Sondheim to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMIt's only been two days, and the stripped-down, acoustic arrangement of "Defying Gravity" (reconceiving the modern classic as a duet with Rachel Tucker and Aaron Tveit) is …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMThree years after starring in the Encores production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Megan Hilty returns to City Center as Annie Oakley in this concert staging of Irving Berlin's classic 1946 m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMUrban Arts Partnership and The 24 Hour Company are proud to announce the 15th annual performance of The 24 HourPlays on Broadway benefit on Monday, November 16.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, comedy and television icon Bob Saget will step into the role of 'Pastor Greg' in the Tony Award-nominated comedy Hand to God beginning November 3, 2015 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMLincoln Center Theater under the direction of Producing Artistic Director, Andre Bishop presents Tammy Blanchard, Patrick Breen, John Benjamin Hickey, Alex Hurt, Kellie Overbey, John Pankow,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PM by: Rudy Gerson Many of us understand Tourette Syndrome (TS) to be a biological glitch, an uncontrollable hiccup that strikes a person from an outside place,...
T…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:11PMBob Saget, longtime host of "America's Funniest Home Videos" and star of the TV series "Full House," will join the cast of Broadway's horror/comedy Hand to God fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece, The Phantom of the Opera, will come to the stage of the beautiful, newly renovated Reilly Arts Center in Ocala, Florida, Nov. 19-21, 2015. Talented vocal…
SOURCE: www.showbiznoflo.com at 03:01PMThe Broadway hoofer shares tricks of the trade.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe pair stars in New York City Center's upcoming concert production of the classic Irving Berlin musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
‘Capers, a one-person show performed with stunning virtuosity by Anu Yadav and co-produced with dog & pony dc, is not playing for long at Forum Theatre – three more performances betw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:56PMFirst look at Megan Hilty and Andy Karl rehearse for New York City Center's concert performance of the Irving Berlin classic Annie Get Your Gun. Originally scheduled to play a single per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMThe Broadway veteran directs the group's seventh annual show, with the help of professionals and lots of kids
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:54PMBroadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that the Tony Award® winning smash-hit CHICAGO will return to Chicago to play the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W Randolph) for a limited one-week …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:42PMThe Loop Players, the acclaimed 40-year-old theatre company, presents The Woolgatherer by William Mastrosimone, a delicate, comical “dramedy” about what draws some people together. Ros…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:42PMThe Black Excellence Awards, a program produced by the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago, announces the 15th Annual Awards Ceremony, an elegant evening at the DuSable Museum, 740 E. …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:42PMClockwise Theatre presents Breaking the Shakespeare Code, Boston playwright John Minigan’s 2014 witty, smart, fast-paced comedy-drama detailing an extraordinary student-mentor relationshi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:42PMTheatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the publication of Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed. The world premiere of Eclipsed was in the fall of 2009 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Compa…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:42PM‘Peter and Company’ at midtown’s b. sakata garo is a marvelous exhibitPeter VandenBerge is likely region’s premier ceramic sculptorHis soulful artworks often have a touch of humor &#…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 02:41PMComposer Ricky Ian Gordon has written musicals, operas, song cycles and stage revues. Here, he lends his talents to pianist Anthony de Mare's "Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim Fr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMGardiner Comfort in The Elephant in Every Room I Enter
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Purposefully writing a one-man-show with a rambling, confused text sounds like a risky proposition. The Elepha…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 02:34PMAt least once or so a year, the Shakespeare Tavern turns its attention away from its normal fare to stage a classic non-Shakespeare work. Oftentimes it
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:23PMNBC will air an encore telecast of its upcoming holiday production THE WIZ LIVE on Saturday, Dec. 19 8-11 p.m. ET.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMTo celebrate the big casting news, we're flashing back to the show's original run at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. Check out highlights and photos of the cast in action below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PM By: Sandi Durell With Carmine Giglio on piano and keyboard, Alexa Ray returned to the sumptuous Café Carlyle October 20th – –the room filled…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:11PMJennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, a live action zombie game that will be played around the TriBeCa neighborhood and the rest of the city, begins previews Nov. 9 with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMJennifer Haley's Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom begins previews Nov. 9 with an official opening night set for Nov. 16. Legendary film director, screenwriter and producer Jo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMTwenty-two years ago, the young Michael John LaChiusa burst onto the musical scene as a gifted triple-threat composer, lyricist and author with a beguiling, poignant and odd chamber musical …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:09PMIn a change of pace from film and TV, Schumacher will stage Jennifer Haley's 'Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom,' about the collision of virtual and real worlds.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:06PMThe family drama opens this weekend at Roundabout Theatre Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe School of Rock composer has gifted the City of New York's Fund for Public Schools with a generous sum.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe actor-comedian met the press to talk about his run in Robert Askins' Tony-nominated comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMCelebrate Halloween with singer Remember Jones and Kelly's classic music saga.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
SHOWBIZ NATION LIVE! Interview with BAT BOY’S Kenny Howard, Chris Yakubchik, Rebecca Fisher, Jennafer Newberry & Ricky Cona from SHOWBIZ CHICAGO on Vimeo. Director KENNY HOWARD, As…
SOURCE: www.showbiznoflo.com at 01:55PMIn this funny video, The Second City takes on the most infamous Cubs fan of all time: Bartman. The sketch appeared in "Doors Open on the Right," the 2003 revue directed by Joshua Funk. Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:54PMA light touch and generous manner from the staff can turn an evening from good to great, affecting the way you feel about the show – and about returning to the venueWhen Scotland’s Grid …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PMIf anyone can conquer the world via an epic Q&A session, it's Dames at Sea's Lesli Margherita.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMU.K. stage and screen favorites David Tennant and Rupert Everett are among the names set for Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2016 winter/spring season. Tennant will reprise his performance…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMHolland Taylor and Marylouise Burke are battling nursing home roommates in David Lindsay-Abaire's latest play Ripcord at Manhattan Theatre Club. Click through the gallery to see pic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMThe 15th Annual 24 Hour Plays: On Broadway, featuring Taran Killam, Edie Falco, Ke$ha, Rosie Perez and Molly Ringwald, will be presented Nov. 16 at 8 PM at Broadway's American Airlines T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMJack Studio Theatre has launched Write Now 7, its annual new writing festival, which will open in May 2016 and run for four weeks. The Write Now festival is an essential part of the Jack Stu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:38PMCHERRY RED PRODUCTIONS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR IAN ALLEN FOUNDS “THE KLUNCH” A NEW THEATER COLLECTIVE FIRST PRODUCTION TO BE THE DC PREMIERE OF ELAINE MAY’S GEORGE IS DEAD AT DC ARTS CENTER,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:36PMTheatre Communications Group TCG is pleased to announce the publication of Danai Gurira's Eclipsed. The world premiere of Eclipsed was in the fall of 2009 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMTony-winning composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, whose latest musical School of Rock will debut on Broadway next month, has gifted the City of New York’s Fund for Public Schools with…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMOnce upon a time, quite recently, you couldn’t move for plays about youth. Now, there’s been an avalanche of dramas about ageing, usually in the context of dementia and family life. Mayb…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:30PMMarried comedy duo commit to a theatrical run at Theatre Passe Muraille.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:30PMMcCallum Theatre Institute, the education division of the McCallum Theatre, is pleased to announce its annual Call for Entries for OPEN CALL TALENT PROJECT 2016! This always highly-anticipat…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 01:22PMThe McCallum Theatre announced today that legendary singer/songwriter Paul Anka will headline its annual fundraising gala to be held on Thursday, December 3rd, accompanied by his 15-piece or…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 01:20PMRiders In The Sky return to the McCallum Theatre on Sunday, November 15, at 3:00pm for a thrilling ride to yesteryear as they salute western movie, music and TV star Roy Rogers, King of the …
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 01:14PMFrom Krasnoyarsk, Russia, World Touring brings the National Dance Company of Siberia with a new program “My Siberia” to the McCallum Theatre on Tuesday, November 17, at 7:00pm. T…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 01:11PMCopy & waste and English Theatre Berlin | International Performing Arts Center address gentrification with a little help from Marty McFly.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:10PMBroadway veteran Patrick Page currently appearing in 'Spring Awakening' will teach a six session master class in New York City beginning November 2. The series, entitled 'Acting the First Si…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMMarvel, in collaboration with The New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF Executive Director amp Producer Dan Markley, is excited to announce that it will hold a chair on the NYMF's Grand Jur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMJeanne Robertson charms audiences with her humorous observations about life around her. This former Miss North Carolina, standing tall at 6’2”, has an infectious personality and sense of…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 01:09PMTake a first glimpse at Annaleigh Ashford, Matthew Broderick and cast in A.R. Gurney's comedy Sylvia, which began previews Oct. 2 prior to an official opening Oct. 27 at the Cor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMTake a first glimpse at Annaleigh Ashford, Matthew Broderick and cast in A.R. Gurney's comedy Sylvia, which began previews Oct. 2 prior to an official opening Oct. 27 at the Cor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMThe McCallum Theatre and Fitz’s Jazz Café at the McCallum present Al Jarreau on Saturday, November 21, at 8:00pm. Al Jarreau’s innovative musical expressions have made him one of the m…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 01:05PMUpper Darby High School is preparing to kick off its 2015-16 theatre season with a classic! William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is arguably one of his most beloved wo…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:04PMIf you thought this season on Broadway was looking great, look again. While already a large number of new productions, both musicals and plays, have lined themselves up for the 2015-16 seaso…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:04PMThe City of Rancho Mirage and the McCallum Theatre present The Kingston Trio on Sunday, November 22, at 3:00pm. In 1957, America was ready for a new style of music. Just out of college, Bob…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 01:02PM
Douglas Taurel ("Nurse Jackie," "Blue Bloods") stars in The American Soldier a new one man show thats sheds light on war, PTSD and sacrifice from the Revolutionary War to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMNew York, NY (October 20, 2015) – Andrew Lloyd Webber announced today that he will provide musical instruments for twenty public middle schools across New York City as part of a new progra…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 12:57PMI'm not such a fan of 'pretending' any more. The style of naturalism in performance, that prevails particularly on TV is ultimately deceitful, in that it cloaks its own artifice. While it's …
SOURCE: creatingtheatre.com at 12:57PMBroadway in Chicago has announced that "Chicago" will be heading back to its namesake this May for a one-week-only engagement.
The longest running American musical in Broadway history tell…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:53PMNo doubt Northern Irish playwright and Belfast native Rosemary Jenkinson knows her political infighting, the loyalists and Protestants and paramilitary subgroups/crime rings that apparently …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:53PMIn an interview with The New York Times, New York Theatre Workshop's James C. Nicola and Jeremy Blocker have revealed more details about the company's staging of the new Enda Walsh a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMAustin McKenzie, who stars as Melchior in Spring Awakening, talks about the summer that changed his life, finding euphoria on Broadway and his own high school experience.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:49PMWhen he steps out of the car wearing sharp aviator sunglasses, his thick dark hair twisted into a stylish man bun, I think: that guy
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:46PMYoung Frankenstein opens Oct. 23 at the Jennie T. Anderson Theatre in Marietta, GA. The musical will run through Nov. 8 and will feature a special Halloween performance on Oct. 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMKeira Knightley is making her Broadway debut in Thérèse Raquin, which officially opens at Studio 54 on October 29. All it took for her to take on the title role were two p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:37PMIn 2001, using a massive federal grant, the City of Washington decided to turn the Arthur Capper/ Carrollsburg Housing Project into a mixed-income community, displacing the 707 families with…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:37PMWriting a play about ancestors consumed by an atrocity became an unexpected passport to a homecoming.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:36PMThe actress known for pirate and period movies will star in “Thérèse Raquin” just as she is tackling her role as a new mother.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:31PMThis show, at Theater 80 in the East Village, is from the creators of “Bayside! The Musical! The Saved by the Bell Musical Parody!” and stars Perez Hilton.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:31PMBroadway, film, TV and standup star Chris Rock has been confirmed to host the 88th Academy Awards, according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMThe hit multi-media Rockettes stage production New York City Spring Spectacular, which premiered in spring 2015 at Radio City Music Hall, has been renamed Rockettes New York Spectacular,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMHartford Stage's world premiere of Rear Window, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, will begin performances at the Connecticut venue Oct. 23, a day later than originally announced. Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMUK's The Guardian reports that SHERLOCK Christmas special will hit theaters across China, as well as on the small screen in Britain
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMThe Brooklyn-born rap artist analyzes Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical and comments on its hip-hop authenticity.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMAcademy Award-winning Hollywood musical 'Oklahoma' returns to theaters nationwide for the first time in wide release in 60 years fully restored and with extended pre-show featurette featurin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMThe Madison Square Garden Company MSG announced today thatNew York Spring Spectacular,presented by Chase,will be renamedRockettes New York Spectacular,presented by Chase.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMListen to Annie Wilkes and you just might make it out alive. MISERY is offering you a way out, and your ticket in to see Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf on Broadway... on a few conditions. E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMI’m watching Ben Whitehead play a socially inept Victorian playing a half-walrus/half-man creature, indicated by the wearing of a hooded grey sleeping bag, blue swimming flippers on his ha…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:22PM by: Maryann Lopinto THE BANDSTAND is a new musical which opened at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn New Jersey, known for nurturing new musicals and..…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:21PMJohn Cullum, whose career on Broadway spans 60 years, five Tony nominations and two wins, will star in the Off-Broadway staging of A Child's Christmas in Wales from Irish Repertory T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMDavid Lindsay-Abaire's touching and delightfully wacky vist to a senior residence .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:16PMArthur Miller's drama has come to be seen as a penetrating indictment of the American Dream but New Yiddish Rep's Yiddish translation opens up whole new vistas of interpretation
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:16PM By: Sandi Durell This cleverly developed show “In the Still of the Night” is a tribute to the brilliance of two of our most respected, laudable...
The post Sh…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:12PMIn the struggle to make work on tiny budgets, small theatres in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles may have more in common than not.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:10PMFor 24 years, David Suchet incarnated Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot so magisterially on PBS’ 'Masterpiece Theatre.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:00PM
Tickets are just $10 with code DCMTA FOR ALL PERFORMANCE OCTOBER 22-25nd TOMORROW-THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AT 8 PM AND SUNDAY AT 2 PM AND 7 PM The World Goes ‘Round at Creative Cauld…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:58AMIn an all-new interview with today's The New York Times, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley speak about making her Broadway debut in the current adaptation of Therese Raquin.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMMulti-hyphenate artist and filmmaker Chris Rock will return to host the Oscars for a second time, producers David Hill and Reginald Hudlin announced today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMThe surrey with the fringe on top is coming your way: The film version of the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! will return to cinemas around the country beginning Nov. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMThe fear of the unknown is the greatest fear that plagues us. This is the conceit of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, and the mission statement of Molotov’s newest work, a staged adaptation of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:49AMIn Part 4 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 11:44AMToday, Jordan speaks exclusively to BWW about the highly anticipated new series, and shares why he's 'itching' to come back to theater as soon as he can.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMDirect from two completely sold-out engagements in London, where it swept the 2015 Olivier Awards winning for Best Revival, Best Director, and Best Actor Mark Strong, A View from the Bridge …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMDeadline reports that Ari Sandel will helm Universal Pictures upcoming live action film MONSTER HIGH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMDirector Rob Marshall has told Vulture Magazine that his upcoming "Mary Poppins" film adaptation will definitely not be a remake of the celebrated 1964 screen version starring Juli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMFinding Neverland's Carolee Carmello invited Playbill to visit her dressing room as she ran through the pre-show hair and makeup routine that transforms her into her character Madame…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AM“Moore looks for the best in Christmas, and combines it beautifully with Thomas’ Christmas fairytale, leaving the audience feeling as though they’re tucked inside a cozy, music…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:14AMIn Part 5 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 11:14AMGimme a Band, Gimme a Banana!, a new "samba spectacular" about legendary fruit-hatted performer Carmen Miranda, is being presented by Pointless Theatre Co. at the Logan Fringe …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMJohn Rubinstein, then 25, made his Broadway debut originating the title role in "Pippin" when the iconic hit premiered in October 1972 - 43 years ago this month.
In the national tour of the…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 11:06AMSchool’s play ban very wrong I am sickened to read that another play has been cancelled by yet another Victorian-minded school (Sexual
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMDavid Lindsay-Abaire's new play at Manhattan Theatre Club also stars Marylouise Burke.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMWorld War II veterans fight their postwar battles with jazz and swing in Paper Mill Playhouse's latest world premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMHow a passion project convinced the Tony nominee to revisit the world of musical theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMDylan Thomas' classic story returns to the stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe work will be seen at the George Street Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Broadway in Chicago has announced that "Chicago" will be heading back to its namesake this May for a one-week-only engagement. The longest running American musical in Broadway history tells…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:58AMCharm, a new play based on the real-life experiences of a transgender woman teaching an etiquette class for LGBTQ youth, is being presented by Northlight Theatre at Steppenwolf Theatre C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMDementia has now become what daffodils were to Wordsworth to some of the keenest artistic minds of our era
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:44AMMoodie is as big-heartedly there as Joanne herself seems to be defined by elusiveness and absence
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:44AMGuest announcer Reba sings Taylor Swift's 'I Knew You Were Trouble,' while Little NPH, Little Nicole and Nicole Scherzinger join Neil for a wild west show of epic proportions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMSYLVIA, a play by two-time Pulitzer Prize-nomineeA.R. GurneyThe Dining Room, Love Letters and directed by Tony Award-winnerDaniel SullivanProof opens on Broadway on Tuesday, October 27, 2015…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMFiled under: Hollywood (History), Horror (Mostly Gothic), Movies, PLUGS Tagged: Loew's Jersey, werewolf, Wolf Man
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:44AMAnd now, the latest in our month long series about classic horror we launched here, this one devoted to werewolf films of the classic era. While the core of this post will concern the 1941 U…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:44AMEvery month, a fabulous actor/singer/dancer fills out editor Matthew Wexler’s nosey little questionnaire and offers a glimpse of what he looks like from a bit closer than the mezzanine. Th…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:39AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
Looking for Lansbury is a fitting tribute to one of the finest British actors of her generation. The show offers education and entertainment for everyone; whether you�…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:39AMFollowing the announcement that the Brooklyn Academy of Music would stage The Royal Shakespeare Company's King & Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings as part of …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater world premiere of Abe Koogler's Kill Floor officially opened Oct. 19 following previews that began Oct. 3 at the Claire Tow Theater (150 West 65t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMBroadway favorite Liz Callaway will unveil her latest album, "The Essential Liz Callaway," with a November release and concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMPlaywright/actor John Leguizamo has written a graphic novel based on his one-man play, Ghetto Klown. The novel is illustrated by Christa Cassano and Shamus Beyale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMSusan McCully’s new play, Kerrmoor, opens October 29th, co-produced by Interrobang Theatre Company and Strand Theatre Company. She is a scholar of feminist theatre and a dramaturg, a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:25AMAs Glyndebourne's summer hit goes out on tour, WhatsOnStage talks to two of its stars
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMThe actor and comedian received a knighthood for services to drama and charity this year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMBy Stephen Collins
Both actors here are doing something quite different from a drawing room comedy. They are trying to make a point and, bravely, one that extends beyond the Caucasian commun…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:24AMA non-machine-based response to ‘Futurity’, a co-production between Ars Nova & Soho Rep playing at the Connelly Theater through Nov. 15, 2015.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:15AMAcclaimed Director James Lapine was honored with the 2015 'Mr. Abbott' Award for the outstanding artistry and creativity of his forty-year and counting career last night, October 19th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMThe man who brought funk and soul to Broadway got his big break on THE MONKEES.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMDanai Gurira is a rising star in the theater, the author of powerful, often harrowing plays. When she's not doing that, you can find her chopping up zombies. … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:08AMBrutishly athletic outbursts, precarious balances and minimal costumes part of Daniel Léveillé’s choreography
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
Actress/singer Nicole Scherzinger, who plays Neil Patrick Harris' intrepid sidekick on his variety show, "Best Time Ever," confirmed that she's in talks to recreate her Oli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of Ripcord, the new comedy by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by Tony and Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce, opened just last n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMHappy Birthday, Aaron Tveit Tveit recently shined as Enjolras in the critically acclaimed film adaption of LES MISERABLES, and has since then starred in the original USA Network series GRACE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMGood 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 CHINA DOLL and A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMDancer best known for his character roles who had a 56-year association with the Royal BalletAlthough his name might never have appeared at the top of the posters, David Drew, who has died a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:46AMBy John J King. Playwright John J King proposes that instead of scolding and shaming audience members who don’t follow cell phone rules in the theatre, we as a community should spend more …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:36AMVery quick & short off-the-cuff review. Patrick Marber’s adaptation of Turgenev’s play (directed by Marber himself) is slick, smooth, professional, superficial, and extremel…
SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 09:27AMSoprano Elizabeth Watts' voice is as clear as crystal in every musical context and texture.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AMBlues feeling remains as unpredictable as ever. Who would have guessed that its strongest incarnation this year so far would be Ironing Board Sam’s Super Spirit?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:25AMOn the next episode of FOX's SCREAM QUEENS titled 'Beware of Young Girls', Dean Munsch is left in a desperate situation when a shocking event leads her to come face-to-face with her ex-husba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMThe limited Broadway engagement of David Mamet's new play China Doll, which stars Academy Award winner Al Pacino under the direction of Tony Award winner Pam MacKinnon The Heidi Chronicles, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMThe world premiere musical First Daughter Suite, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting at The Public Theater, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, runs nowthrough Sunday, November 15, wit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMPreviews begin tonight Wednesday, October 21 at 8pm for the Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, directed by Ivo van Hove, at the Lyceum The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMAaron Mark's EMPANADA LOCA starring Daphne Rubin-Vegaopens tonight, October 21,at Labyrinth Theater Company's Bank Street Theater 155 Bank Street in the West Village andruns through November…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMMCC Theaterpresents theNew York premiere of John Pollono's LOST GIRLS.Golden Globe nominated star of stage and screen, Piper Perabo-who recently completed five seasons of the USA's popular d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMNorth Shore native and proud Cubs fan Chris O'Donnell has been back in town for the NLCS series, and was seen dining with a happy group at Chicago Cut Steakhouse.
The post Celeb sightings: C…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:01AMChicken & Egg Pictures announced today the 10 participants in its inaugural Accelerator Lab, which will oversee the development of non-fiction projects helmed by first and second-time …
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00AM
Broadway’s Andrew Lippa and Kim Scharnberg to join YAA as Guest Mentors Young Artists of America at Strathmore is thrilled to welcome two inspirational artists from Broadway as our Gue…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:58AMSiblings Joanna and Lawrence live in 1950s New York City, a place brimming with promise and excitement for its younger residents. They don’t take advantage of it, though. Lawrence never le…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:49AMRecently, I sat in a room full of young theatre students. Many of the budding thespians were discussing the songs they had been assigned in a musical theatre class, and the students began to…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:39AMChris Rock is currently in talk to host the 88th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS on February 28th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:39AMCésar Alvarez (center) and company in Futurity
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One of the most audacious concepts for a new musical can be found in Futurity, which opened last night at the Connelly…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:33AMAfter five years of staging its shows in a high school auditorium in West Boca, Slow Burn Theatre Company moves to the Broward Center for the Performing Arts with its season opener, the larg…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:20AMA powerful performance from Tanya Moodie brings the cruel inadequacies of social care sharply into focus
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:12AMLupita Nyong'o will lead the Broadway transfer of "Eclipsed."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:11AMA bet that spins out of control is a sitcom staple and, now, the crux of “Ripcord,” a not very funny new comedy.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:11AMWho’ll play Shakespeare’s Desdemona in "Othello" starring Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo?
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:11AMThe Manhattan Theater Club presumably commissioned “Ripcord” from playwright David Lindsay-Abaire to give their faithful subscription audience a subject dear to their own hearts.…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:11AMFor all the nonverbal grace of ballet, working with choreographer Mark Morris is a hyper-verbal affair, as seen in a rehearsal for American Ballet Theatre’s upcoming presentation his ‘Af…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 08:10AMNEW YORK — Misty Copeland has already achieved a crossover pop culture fame that few dancers could ever hope to have. She's a best-selling author, a celebrity spokesperson, and a role mod…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:10AMPlácido Domingo is recovering from surgery to remove his gallbladder and is expected to leave the hospital soon, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday. The spokeswoman said that the "surgery went…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:10AMIt has not been a good fall for elders onstage. A few weeks ago, the meddlesome 70ish character played by Marlo Thomas in Clever Little Lies nearly torpedoed her marriage while trying to sav…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:06AMRap and show tunes don’t make the most obvious of bedfellows. Fans of, say, Eric B & Rakim seem to have little in common with those of Rodgers and Hammerstein — and vice versa. But t…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:06AMGloria Steinem, one of America's foremost feminists, will talk about her new memoir, "My Life on the Road" (Random House, $28) at a "Making Waves: 20 Years of Advancing Women and Girls" prog…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:06AM
Curve theatre, Leicester Tennessee Williams’s drama of faded dreams is told with a youthful cast, including Dakota Blue Richards. It’s just a shame you can’t hear them“I don’t want…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AMPolka theatre, LondonParents and tiny tyrants alike will enjoy Theatre-Rites’ puppet show about a babe in the woodsIt takes real maturity and confidence to make a show like Theatre-Rites�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AMJoin SCREAM QUEENS co-creator Ryan Murphy and series stars Lea Michele and Keke Palmer in New York for a SCREAM QUEENS Fan Fright Fest on Saturday, October 24th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57AMEight years ago, I flew to the U.K. for the first time in my life. It was also the first time I left the country ever in my life, and the first time I ever lived in a place that wasn't in th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33AMHistory, they say, is written by the victors. But sometimes there's a game change and new tales get told. Which may explain why long suppressed parts of the American story are finally m…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:25AMBy Matthew Lunn
There is a great deal to admire about She Called Me Mother, a play which gives a voice to the homeless and victims of abuse. Funny, poignant, and often distressing, Michelle …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:20AMArturo Toscanini leads the NBC Symphony Orchestra in the overture from Verdi’s La Forza del Destino. This performance was filmed in 1943 for inclusion in Hymn of the Nations, a World War I…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMThe reading will be live streamed throughout London.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:08AMYou may have heard of the woman who felt faint while out shopping and was refused a glass of water by the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMNorth Carolina Theatre, the region's premiere nonprofit professional regional theatre producing Broadway musical revivals, is thrilled to announce a strong mix of Broadway and regional talen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM“There is not a truth existing which I fear or would wish unknown to the whole world.” Thomas Jefferson, letter to Henry Lee (May 15, 1826)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
A list of the theatres and stage companies taking part in this year’s event, which takes place on Wednesday 18 November Sign up for #LoveTheatreDay hereThis list will be updated every Wedn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMThey have worked together on many projects over 24 years, from On the Hour through to Alan Partridge. At a Guardian Live event, Steve Coogan and Armando Iannucci talked about how they write …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMBy Editorial Staff
Master of the Macabre, now showing at The Vaults Theatre until 1 November, is a curious and entertaining evening. There are some fun thrills and tricks along the way, but …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:51AMBy Matthew Lunn
Whilst I don’t think What Am I Doing?: Tales From a Worrying Actor quite fulfilled its promise of exploring the essence of worrying, Gregory Hazel’s easy charisma, couple…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:21AMLucy Bailey directs a tense and absorbing revival of Patrick Hamilton's thriller.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMTo celebrate Back to the Future Day we consider our dream cast for a musical adaptation of Robert Zemeckis' 1985 classic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMNicola Wilson's debut is a 'soupy, sentimental mish-mash'.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMGuests including Liam Gallagher and Carl Barat attended yesterday evening
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMBy Stephen Collins
Holland Taylor is in exceptional form as the coiled, steely Abby. She manages to humanise a thoroughly inhuman creature, making her likeable despite Abby's more loathsome …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:02AM
Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:59AMA newly published anthology of polemics curated by Belarus Free Theatre explores what freedom means today. In this extract, the Welsh actor returns to his drama school days When I was at dra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:57AMInspired by Showgirls and awash with innuendos, this ‘show and tail’ piece of interactive theatre aims to take audiences back to the liberated days of the 70sInstallation artist Nina Nic…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:57AM by JK Clarke Anyone who has spent time in a NYC dive bar, particularly in Greenwich Village, recognizes Terri Girvin. She’s a brassy, no-nonsense young..…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:09AMThe Royal Court, which has just announced a pretty dazzling 60th anniversary season – including new work from Caryl Churchill, a well-deserved
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AM
Ripcord
Off Broadway, NY City Center Stage I, MTC
Reviewed by Shoshana Roberts
BOTTOM LINE: David Hyde Pierce directs David Lindsay-Abaire's new show, a cross between Scooby Doo and The Odd…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:57AMA very funny play about two scheming rivals in an old-age home.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 02:47AMThe Dover Little Theatre will be holding auditions for their January production of “One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest” by Ken Kesey, directed by Michael Jay.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 02:47AMThe Barn Theatre in Montville continues its 88th season by holding open auditions for its production of "Can Mrs. Claus Save Christmas?," written by Ruth Anne Patteem. The play wil…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 02:47AMThe star of France’s premier crime drama talks about appearing in Ivo van Hove’s bold take on A View from the Bridge and her determination to avoid typecastingIn a bar around the corner …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AMOn one hand, Mac Rogers' Honeycomb Trilogy is a highly entertaining sci-fi epic, covering over 20 years and an extraterrestrial invasion or two. It has everything you could ask for…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:09AMIt really is, when you come down to it, a nice problem to have: the fact that there’s just so much happening
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe musical comedy begins performances tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00AM
Internationally known singer, actor, and the world's longest-starring PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, Franc D'Ambrosio, is bringing his vibrant legato voice to the annual Dinner-Show fundraiser of the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55AMMadison Square Garden Entertainment welcomeslegendary musician and Garden franchise Billy Joel in his22nd show as part of his record-breaking residency at The World's Most Famous Arena tonig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55AMI have been a giant fan of Alix Korey for a very long time. She is very talented and you must listen to her sing ” Listen To My Heart” which was Off Broadway above 54 Below. It w…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 12:41AMWhat would we do without odd couples? Not just Neil Simon’s Oscar and Felix but all those mismatched friends, lovers, spouses, siblings, parents, partners, pets, cousins, exes, execs, …
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:29AM1. Salomé at Shakespeare Theatre Company. “…STC’s ‘Salomé’ was the most captivating production I’ve ever seen.” – Kaley Beins. READ review. Synopsis: The sto…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:16AMCOC’s latest production is not a conventional night at the opera, but its rewards are considerable.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMPerformances begin Oct. 21 for the Off-Broadway premiere of Lost Girls by John Pollono. Leading the cast is Piper Perabo, who rose to fame following her starring role in "Coyote Ugl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOscar winner Al Pacino stars in the Broadway debut of China Doll—a play tailored specifically for him by master playwright David Mamet. The new American drama begins previews Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Labyrinth Theater Company's world premiere of Aaron Mark’s one-woman show Empanada Loca, starring Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent) and inspired by Swe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater's world premiere of Michael John LaChiusa's First Daughter Suite, a follow-up to the composer's 1993 musical First Lady Suite, officially opens Oct. 21 at …
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 12:00AMThe Young Vic's Olivier Award-winning production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge begins previews Oct. 21 at 8 PM at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe premiere of Big Apple Circus' new production, "The Grand Tour," kicks off Big Apple Circus' 38th season Oct. 21 for a run through Jan. 10, 2016, at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Representatives in association with The Olmsted Salon present a site-specific re-imagining of Stan Richardson's Veritas, which begins previews Oct. 21 prior to an official op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThough they're heavyweights in the land of Hollywood, Bruce Willis, Keira Knightley and Clive Owen are this season's Broadway newbies. What took them so long to make their debuts on …
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