Renowned Belgian director Ivo van Hove is famous for his radical re-imagining of classical works, and his rendition Sophocles’ Antigone is no different. Academy Award winner Juliette Bin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:50PMAussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to Good Works at the Eternity Playhouse on 3 November, 8pm. Written by acclaimed playwright Nick Enright (Cloud Street, The Boy From Oz), G…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:12PM By: Sandi Durell It was Standard Time with the incomparable Michael Feinstein whose guest happened to be the mesmerizing Marilyn Maye on October 21 at Zankel...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:10PMTwo young 1950s married couples seem to be living idyllic lives, but they have a secret.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08PMStar of the latest Bond movie SPECTRE, Andrew Scott is headed to the UK premiere of Richard Greenberg's THE DAZZLE, the first production for Found III, performing at the Central Saint Martin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08PMTonight, executive producer Neil Meron and actors Shanice Williams, Elijah Kelley, David Alan Grier, and NE-YO got together for a QampA on NBC's THE WIZ LIVE at the Apple Store in Soho. Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08PMAdd another threat to the Tony-winning star's list of talents.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08PMBy Adam Cohen Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Rabbit Hole) and director David Hyde Pierce have crafted a new age, assisted living home-set, “Odd Couple�…
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John Mellencamp: The Isolation of MisterACJohn Mellencamp: Sometimes There’s God (2014) Mixed Media on Canvas 22 x 20 in.A Galleries is present…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:56PMIn Part 2 of a series of interviews with the director and cast of Laurel Mill Playhouse’s Sweeney Todd meet Chad Wheeler. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:55PMBy R. Jones It’s a very special thing when a musical comes along and breathes new life into a story needing to be told. A story infused with such heart and passion, it practically jump…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 10:55PMBy Esti Bernstein On Tuesday, October 20, Alexa Ray Joel kicked off her return to the Cafe Carlyle. Combining musical theater, soul, and a hint of rock, this dynamic evening of music showcas…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 10:49PMBroadway audiences clamoring for dance-happy musical comedy, with an emphasis on tap-tap-tap, need look no further than the Helen Hayes where Dames at Sea provides two hours-worth of shuffle…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:35PMThis pert spoof of 1930s movie musicals, which first opened in 1966, still provides lively diversions for those in search of yesteryear’s delights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:23PMTap your troubles away at this delightful old-fashioned musical.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:12PMAlmost 40 years ago, on short notice, the great tenor Jon Vickers (who died this summer at 90) caused a scandal when he pulled out of the premiere of the Met's still-current production of Wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12PMTwo-time Drama Desk Award nominee Christina Bianco has become a YouTube sensation with her diva impression videos. She's back with a brand-new video, 'Celebrity Biographies by Dr. Seuss' -- …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01PMJames Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson are still at the top of their game.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:01PMBeware the charming and handsome Italian tutor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Legendary civil rights leader is subject of the documentary, 'Get In The Way.'
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:52PMThe 630-foot-tall guest of honor is marking 50 years with a multimillion-dollar facelift
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:52PM"Dames at Sea" has arrived on Broadway 47 years after its Off-Broadway premiere introduced a dynamite kewpie doll named Bernadette Peters to a grateful world. The show, a vest-pocket spoof o…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:44PMWorld-renowned British comic and novelist Julian Clary has been announced as the 2016 Adelaide Fringe Ambassador. Known for his signature high camp style, his outrageous outfits and unique …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:37PMThere isn’t any sense in which this play could be called (in Mrs Everage’s words), a “nice night’s entertainment”. It’s very title, Mortido is Freud’s term for the death wish, …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:12PMAMAZING GRACE is Harriet D. Foy's fourth Broadway production, but the first in which she has created a role.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PMNow that the artwork has been unveiled, the creative team for the West End's upcoming HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS I amp II is opening up about the plot, which until now has been…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PMThe hills are officially alive across the UK As previously reported, ITV is putting on its own live version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC this Christmas. Deadline writes th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00PMOriginally published on 250 Word Reviews. DAMES AT SEA (Broadway: The Helen Hayes Theatre) Dames at Sea first delighted audiences in 1966 with its low-budget, can-do spunk. A gentle spoof of…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 09:00PMDAMES AT SEA(Broadway: The Helen Hayes Theatre)Dames at Sea first delighted audiences in 1966 with its low-budget, can-do spunk. A gentle spoof of 1930s movie musicals, the show prefigured t…
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 09:00PMDAMES AT SEA(Broadway: The Helen Hayes Theatre)review by David Levy
Dames at Sea first delighted audiences in 1966 with its low-budget, can-do spunk. A gentle spoof of 1930s movie musicals, …
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 09:00PMReimagining the Busby Berkeley-era extravaganza in miniature, the 1968 off-Broadway hit shuffles uptown with its perky homage to 1930s movie musicals.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMRandy Skinner and six talented triple threats set sail in a Broadway mounting of this 1968 off-Broadway musical parody of Busby Berkeley movies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PM
Have you noticed that whenever someone announces a "re-imagining" of a musical, the show gets smaller? Why does no show ever get bigger? Why does no one add more instruments? Why doesn't Dam…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:56PMAt the curtain call it struck home what’s special about the first Broadway production of Dames at Sea, the 1930’s musical created in the 1960s: Only six performers take bows. Busby Berke…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:42PMMuggles, are you ready? More information has come to light about the hotly anticipated Harry Potter play, which will be staged in two parts in the West End. Harry Potter and The Cursed Child…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:32PMFor visually striking productions full of life and colour, you never need to look much further than director Benedict Andrew’s work, and his latest production of La Bohème for the English…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:28PMIt’s 1988, and Thatcher’s government has just brought in Section 28 – legislation that stated schools “shall not intentionally promote homosexuality” or “promote the teac…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:28PMA nod to the uncomplicated movie-musicals of the Depression, "Dames at Sea" makes waves with swell performances and a boatload of laughs.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 08:27PMTHE LION KING will be featured on the hit CBS drama, CODE BLACK, starring Marcia Gay Harden, in an episode to air Wednesday, Nov. 25 1000 - 1100 PM, ETPT on the CBS Television Network. The e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08PMThe first Broadway production ofDAMES AT SEAopens at Broadway'sHelen Hayes Theater 240 W 44th Street, tonight, October 22, 2015, at 630pm. Let's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08PMAn impressive line-up of Australian talent has been assembled for the new production of Fiddler on the Roof, opening at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from December 29th. Followed by a Sydne…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:05PM
Arena Stage has singled out a substantial American character to put on the stage in Erma Bombeck, the popular newspaper columnist and best-selling humorist who was a wry presence from the 19…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:57PMCOME YE TO THE FAIR…LADY, THAT IS I’m rather certain one cannot visit enough productions of My Fair Lady. The 1956 musical, based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion, tells the tal…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:48PMSince its founding in 1947, Houston’s Alley Theatre has been a leading arts organization, winning a Tony award for excellence in regional theater in 1996 for its artistic vision. In ad…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:48PMAmerican Conservatory Theater production plays up the nostalgia in this portrait of the playwright as a young man.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:48PMTony award winning actress Annleigh Ashford on playing a dog in the play "Sylvia"
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:47PMWatch out, Rumer Willis! She's playing 'Mama' in 'Chicago.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:46PMTony award-winning actress Annleigh Ashford on playing a dog in the play "Sylvia." In her Broadway role, Ashford took lessons from someone very close to her — her toy Australian Shepherd.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 07:46PMMario Lopez is the one that Fox wants! The Saved by the Bell fave will play Vince Fontaine in the upcoming live telecast of Grease. Starring the previously announced Great White Way alums Aa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:37PMLooking to lose a lot of pounds quickly? You'll find no better teacher than Dames at Sea. . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:32PMMove breaks with traditional approach over festive period, and marks first time a musical has been shown live on national televisionITV will broadcast a live performance of The Sound of Musi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31PMSpeaking ahead of the broadcast of the BBC adaptation of The Dresser, actor says he hopes BBC will take courage and bring more one-off dramas to screensIan McKellen has called for more plays…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31PMFun and funny, full of rousing melodies and exciting bouts of tap dancing performed by six true talents, the revival at the Helen Hayes is, according to the show’s website, “reimagined f…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:30PMNever have I ever…. Written a review about a drinking game. *Drinks* For those who have miraculously escaped the most notorious of confessional drinking games, ‘I Have Never’ b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:25PM As we close out the DC Women’s Voices Theatre Festival, theatre-goers have experienced voices come that have roared, whispered, shocked us and teased. With the quirky and wholesome …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:23PMMichael J. Bobbitt and Adventure Theatre MTC were recognized on October 21st by the Center for Nonprofit Advancement as the 2015 winner of the Gelman Rosenberg and Freedman EXCEL Award. Mi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:20PMThe play is heading to London's West End in 2017
SOURCE: time.com at 07:07PMBy Stephen Collins
Dames at Sea, the work of George Haimsohn and Robin Miller (Book and Lyrics) and Jim Wise (Score), is well known as the off-Broadway hit from 1968 which launched the star …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:05PMLopez joins Carly Rae Jepsen and more for the TV broadcast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM
Chicago's official Christmas tree will move from Daley Plaza in the Loop, its familiar home for close to 50 years, to a new spot in Millennium Park, the Tribune reported Wednesday. The city …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:53PMWe couldn't conjure a better poster for J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany's upcoming Harry Potter prequel plays HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PARTS I amp II. Scroll down for a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMThe ASCAP Foundation, in celebration of its 40thanniversary, today announced the launch of a nationwide series of concerts and educational programs made possible by revered ASCAP member Jerr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMBig Apple Circus welcomes Halloween Guest Ringmaster, R.L. Stine author of the best-selling children's series GOOSEBUMPS to a special Halloween performance on October 31, 2015 at 430pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMAaron Mark's EMPANADA LOCA starringDaphne Rubin-Vegajust opened last nightat Labyrinth Theater Company's Bank Street Theater 155 Bank Street in the West Village and runs through November 8, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMA look back at Rob Reiner's 1990 film version of MISERY and new stars Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMThis December Brooke Moriber will make her triumphant return to the New York City stage after two West Coast performances earlier this month.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMTheatre Works’ Creative Producer and CEO Daniel Clarke will step down from the position after almost five years in the role in March 2016. Daniel will move to Arts Centre Melbourne as Prog…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:45PMI have now seen 26 entries in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival, and six have shot to the top of my list in terms of writing I most admired. (I mean the playwriting itself, not the produ…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:45PMTickets are now on sale to see Paramour at the Great White Way's Lyric Theatre. The production, which will unite the signature spectacle of Cirque du Soleil with Broadway’s storyte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMDaphne Rubin-Vega takes on the bloody legend of Sweeney Todd with this solo show set deep in a Manhattan subway tunnel. Click through the gallery for a first look at Empanada Loca!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMAge: 26
Hometown: Miami, FL
Current Role: A star-making performance singing such iconic songs as "Conga," "The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" and "1-2-3" …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMDames at Sea officially set sail for an opening at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre on Oct. 22. Read what the critics have to say!
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:30PMPoster art has just been revealed for the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which will take place at the West End's Palace Theatre in the summer of 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:12PMMario Lopez, who was seen in the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, is getting ready to "Hand Jive." The television host and actor (best known as teenager A.C. Slater on &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:05PMMac Rogers’s sci-fi trilogy at the Gym at Judson depicts a struggle between humans and alien insectoids through the lens of one Florida household.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:04PMTheatre Communications Group will host an event celebrating the work of their publishing wing Oct. 26 at 6:30 PM at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:02PMBest in Shows will honor Joel Grey with the Humane Society of New York's Sandy Award.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMBarbara Chisholm stars in the one-woman world premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMGordon Edelstein directs the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Welcome to Stage Door Shrink, a regular column penned by Rachel Cole aimed at helping performers chortle their way to a #win. A note from Rachel: Little known fact: In 2013, I had a booming …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:49PMRobert Cuccioli stars in this reimagining of “The Rothschilds,” which played on Broadway around the same time as “Fiddler on the Roof.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:43PMKramer harshly criticizes the Times book reviews for what he calls a lack of understanding and empathy for what gay writers are trying to do and say.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMWhen 'Brenda Braxton presents Villain DeBlanks' begins its monthly run on November 1, five of the six stars will be getting their first taste of 'DeBlanks' -- guaranteeing a fun night of hig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMTHE MEETING hosted by Justin Sayre, the acclaimed comedyvariety show, will return to JOE'S PUB at The Public Theater on Sunday, October 25 at 930 PM to continue the Fall 2015 Season. The Oct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMGIRLSTARSignature Theatrepresents GIRLSTAR, directed by Signature Artistic DirectorEric SchaefferBroadway's Gigi, Follies, Million Dollar Quartet. Featuring book and lyrics byAnton DudleySec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMThe Dramatists Guild Fund will welcome a slew of stars for their 2015 Gala next week
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMThe Actors' Equity Association presents'PASS IT ON Thriving Artists Reflect on a Life in the Theatre', moderated by Ira Mont and featuringVictoria Clark, Mercedes Ellington, Dana Ivey and Je…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:43PMPop royalty Beyonce and Jay Z have joined the ever-expanding roster of A-listers who’ve seen the smash hit Broadway musical “Hamilton.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:42PMAt the risk of mixing franchises, “Star Wars” looks destined to be the hammer Disney wields to synergistically bolster fortunes across its far-flung empire during the build-up to its l…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:42PMThe irrepressible NeNe Leakes is going to prison — but unlike Real Housewife Teresa Giudice, Leakes can go home whenever she wants.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:42PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The overcrowded and stressful emergency room at CBS' "Code Black" will soon receive a special patient - from "The Lion King.&q…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:42PMSince its founding in 1947, Houston’s Alley Theatre has been a leading arts organization, winning a Tony award for excellence in regional theater in 1996 for its artistic vision. In ad…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:42PMAs a child, I couldn’t understand why anybody would attend a production of Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”; surely not even the most pretentious adult would choose to watch gloomy Russians w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:42PMThe Broadway League announced Oct. 22 that Tony award-winner Kelli O'Hara and Academy and Golden Globe award-winner Marlee Matlin will be the national ambassadors for Kids' N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:41PMLa MaMa will honor film producer Joy Tomchin for her activism on behalf of the LGBTQ communities Donn Russell for his commitment to and support of nontraditional theatre and Roberta Uno for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:38PMRECOMMENDED I remember being furious as a child when my mother threatened to find an etiquette class for me to attend. She seemed charmed by the idea of having a well-mannered little girl an…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:35PMMarlo Thomas, who’s headlining Joe DiPietro’s off-Broadway comedy of indiscretions Clever Little Lies, saw several different circles of her life intersect over lunch at La Gren…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:34PMThis week representatives from the Asian American Performers Action Coalition school American Theatre editors on better ways to talk about cultural appropriation and yellowface, and offer ti…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:24PMRUTHLESS! star Rita McKenzie brings her award-winning one-person-show ETHEL MERMAN'S BROADWAY to Feinstein’s/54 Below for a one-night-only performance on October 27 benefiting Broadway Car…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:24PMTHE SHOW "Billy Elliot the Musical Live" on "Great Performances"
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:21PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Peek of Cheno's Oklahoma!
Movie theaters across the nation will be screening Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:21PMAs Headlong Theatre’s adaptation blows minds in Melbourne, we can only hope Australia’s new political regime brings with it more words, not ‘fewer and fewer’There’s a torture scene…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:16PMThere is much that should not be revealed about the plot essentials in Jordan Harrison's play, "Marjorie Prime," which debuted at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles last year and is about t…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:12PMSilas Riener, BLUE NAME, The Chocolate Factory, Oct 14-28, 2015.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:10PMThe Know: Don't miss out on this week's must-see shows and events, Oct. 22-Nov. 1!
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PM This is a not to be missed evening – Sunday, November 1 at 7 p.m. at Feinstein’s/54 Below, when Robert Fairchild, Michael Arden and Andrea McArdle join…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:05PMThe science fiction play can be hard to portray on stage. There's usually something amiss in the execution. So how do you create a successful sci-fi play? Ask Mac Rogers. The Honeycomb Trilo…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:04PMSpoofing a 1930s vaudeville show and featuring performers staring into the abyss of vaudeville's future (in other words, no future at all), this might be one of the more deranged homages to …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:04PMA harrowing journey to an uncertain mythical destination is the task set by Khecari's new "The Cronus Land." Running through Nov. 13 in the former ballroom of the former Shoreland Hotel, "Cr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:04PMSusan Lucci, Tony Danza, Marsha Mason, Tate Donovan, Maulik Pancholy, Alan Zweibel, Eugene Pack and Dayle Reyfel will be part of Celebrity Autobiography Nov. 23 at 7 PM at the Triad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PMThe Public Theater has released new footage from Michael John LaChiusa's world-premiere musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMGil Faizon and George St. Geegland come to off-Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMWoody Allen's Tony-nominated musical has hit the road.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe event will also feature appearances by Rufus Wainwright, Justin Vivian Bond, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMIndividual philanthropic donations, as opposed to individual ticket sales, are increasingly vital
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:00PM
The Camden-based celebration of horror in the arts has a fantastic line up of horror-themed theatre, cabaret, screenings and events planned for the run up to Halloween. We talk to festival o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:58PMThis theater festival produced by Anne Hamburger at Hudson River Park in Chelsea presents new works by younger artists.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:52PMThe 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 opened Oct. 21 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMThe world premiere musical First Daughter Suite, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting atThe Public Theater, directed by Kirsten Sanderson, runs now through Sunday, November 15, the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMPlaywright Annie Baker sat down with 'WTF with Marc Maron' earlier this month to discuss all things theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMAbrons Arts Center presents a three-day program of free shows, talks and screenings, including performances by British and American artists.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:31PMBy Jess Pillmore. In the first installment of her new series on Sustainable Artistry, Jess Pillmore encourages readers to think more broadly than a five-year plan.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:29PMGeorge Morfogen (Oz) and more have been enlisted for the previously reported production of Ingmar Bergman’s Nora at Cherry Lane Theatre this fall. Directed by Austin Pendleton, the ada…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMEthel Merman's Broadway creator and star Rita McKenzie counts down her five favorite Merman videos.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:19PMFall opera offerings in New York include the surprise revelation that Deborah Voigt can sing Gilbert & Sullivan.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:18PMMisty Copeland and Tracy Oliver, of "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl," are developing a drama about the dance world for 20th Century Fox Television.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMThe Chicago Cultural Alliance is hosting its first annual professional development conference on November 13th, with the theme, “Activating Heritage: Engaging Chicago in the World.” This…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:15PMBy HowlRound TV. The Women in the Arts & Media Coalition and all its member organizations celebrate the winner, honored finalists, and finalists of the 2015 Collaboration Award , designe…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:12PMThe new show is a parody of the popular '90s TV series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
When "The Producers" first went on tour after winning 12 Tony Awards and becoming the first Broadway sensation of the 21st century, the show was such a big deal that it visited two major the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:55PMSan Francisco's historic Curran Theatre, which is under renovation until early 2017, will continue its Curran: Under Construction series Nov. 7 with an interview with Tony nominee Jonath…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:43PMBelow, check out all-new images from the November 9th episode of CBS's SUPERGIRL titled'Fight or Flight' featuring Broadway's Jeremy Jordan.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMIn a new interview with USA Today, Tony award winner Annleigh Ashford talks about playing a dog Broadway's SYLVIA, co-starring Matthew Broderick.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMThe Broadway League announced today that Kelli O'Hara and Marlee Matlinwill serve as the 2016 KIDS' NIGHT ONBROADWAY National Ambassadors.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMTwenty-two fascinating references in Lin-Manuel Miranda's lyrics explained.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMThe Arts Integrity Initiative at The New School College of Performing Arts, School of Drama announces casting for the first public reading of David Adjmi's 3C, following the work's landmark …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMWriter William Goldman and director Will Frears on adapting ‘Misery,’ the iconic Stephen King novel—and well-regarded film—for Broadway.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 03:26PMBen Forster played Magaldi in the most recent West End revival of Evita and is poised to take over as the Phantom in London in the New Year, but through the holiday season he can be found le…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMToday’s debates about gender fluidity are familiar ground for the performers who have explored such subjects for years in Live ArtFor years I’ve been claiming that if you want to know wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:15PMThe Chicago Public Library Foundation and the Chicago Public Library are presenting the 16th annual Carl Sandburg Literary Award to legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Universa…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:08PMSkip the hassle and spend more time at the dinner table this Thanksgiving with Thanksgiving at Home Dinner from Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, 200 North Columbus Drive. Order, pick-up a…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:08PMIt’s the Olympics of wine tasting –an intense battle of the palates —and the oldest event of its kind in the country. It’s Geja’s Café’s 42ndAnnual Professional/Amateur Wine T…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:08PMBroadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, returns to Chicago in 2016. Produced by NETworks …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:08PMThe first time I heard Brian Charles Rooney sing, I was mesmerized! His voice is like no other! Since then, I have seen him perform in several concerts and readings, always loving when he is…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 03:01PMThe new play’s the thing, even when it’s very old…. Here are four I’ve seen over the past few weeks, three of which I haven’t managed to squeeze yet into sepa…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 03:00PMGeorge Takei, who can be seen in the new Broadway musical Allegiance, stars in "hopefulROMANTIC," a short musical film starring Matt Zarley (A Chorus Line, Joseph and the Amazing T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMGreat Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars will take place on October 26.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe stars of The King and I and Spring Awakening will help bring theater to young people for free.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMMotown the Musical's Charles Randolph-Wright will direct.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
By: David ShewardConstance Shulman, Arden Myrin: "Barbecue"Theatrical conventions are shattered in three Off-Broadway productions as playwrights explore …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:58PMBy Manuel Betancourt. Manuel Betancourt on the development journey of Tony-winning Broadway musical Fun Home by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:58PMThere’s been an interesting development in the small theatre/AEA controversy in LA. Actors have banded together to sue their own union. Part of the complaint is that the union ignore…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 02:51PMHarris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago. October 16, 2015. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is a company synonymous to daring, audacity and
The post Hubbard Street honors William Forsythe i…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:37PMThe Actors Studio will present The Theatre and Social Justice, a series of plays asking exactly what the role of theatre in the world is today. Performances will be followed by discussions l…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PMFor a change of pace, try building homes for bats, getting lied to in Greenwich Village or hooking up at Joe’s Pub.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:34PMBilly Joel had some surprises for his fans in attendance at last night's concert held at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMBroadway's non-profit theatre companies often get major name stars to work in limited runs for a surprisingly low salary.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMBeyonce and Jay Z took in Broadway's HAMILTON Wednesday night and later dropped backstage to meet with the cast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMThe Arts Integrity Initiative at The New School College of Performing Arts, School of Drama announces casting for the first public reading of David Adjmi's 3C, following the work's landmark …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMRead on to catch up on this past week's trends October 16-22.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMThe feel-good musical Dames at Sea officially opens tonight on Broadway. This ode to the movie musicals of the 1930s follows Ruby, an aspiring tap dancer just off the bus from Utah. On her u…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:20PMOn Tuesday, October 20th, Everyman Theatre opened their production of Fences, and debuted a new August Wilson inspired ice cream. Of all the creative artists who contribute to the vision of …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:20PMTwo actors and a stage: What could be more pure and simple? With a couple of high-profile two-handers recently joining the Broadway boards (the revival of D.L. Coburn's The Gin Game and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PMLook who’s teaming up with Aaron Tveit to fight aliens! Tony winner Nikki M. James has joined the cast of BrainDead, the upcoming comic-thriller from CBS. As previously reported, the D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PMIt’s almost Halloween: that special time of year when it’s marginally less weird for us to paint ourselves green and belt show tunes in the street. It's also almostblock…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PMName: Jara JonesHometown: Modesto, CA. Imagine you're playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but with a map of California. If you made a blind leap and aimed at the dead center of …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:06PMFilming has begun in Miami for "Moonlight," a new film based on the Tarell Alvin McCraney play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMThe Curran: Under Construction series features conversations and performances with thought leaders and artists.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMAn "odd couple" of imperial guards considers the cost of beauty at the dawn of history in Rajiv Joseph's two-hander.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe iconic Broadway composer and lyricist was the 16th recipient of the annual honor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMSee Megan McGinnis and Paul Alexander Nolan in the new musical for a low cost.
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Robin Miller, Co-Creator of Dames at Sea, 1928 - 2010by Ken Jillson
While in London in 1992, I had the great fortune to meet Robin Miller, then…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:56PMTony Award-winning actress Nikki M. James, last on Broadway in the revival of Les Misérables, has joined the cast of CBS' "BrainDead," a new comic-thriller s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMPart church service, part confessional, part standup routine, the playwright/performer's new show mines intestinal distress for laughs and discomfort.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:54PMDaddy Long Legs producers have announced that $25 student rush tickets are now available for the new musical by Tony Award-nominated composer-lyricist Paul Gordon (Jane Eyre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMSalt Lake City's Pioneer Theatre Company is presenting a concert version of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, starring Tony Award nominee Will Swenson as Frank-N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMTony Award-winning actress Nikki M. James has joined the cast of BrainDead, a new comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics, to be broadcast in summer 2016. The series com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMWell, there's always next year.
Until then, work through the untimely end of another Cubs season with these Second City songs and sketches featuring the late Chris Farley, Tim Meadows and B…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMBroadway's Andy Karl made his debut on NBC's LAW AND ORDER SVU last night in an epiosde titled 'Maternal Instincts. The ROCKY star will be featured in the recurring role of Sgt. Mike Dodd. C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMAn opening night tweet from her sister shows the DAMES AT SEA star as a little showgirl sailor.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMNew York City Center will present An Evening with Sara Bareilles on November 5, 2015 at 8pm. The event will serve as special album release show for her upcoming album, 'What's Inside Songs f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMBeginningNovember 18,the Royal Shakespeare Company's acclaimed production of Shakespeare'sHenry Vwill play in select movie houses across North America.The production,which opened to rave rev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMIt's not hard to stumble across an excess of reviews for any given Broadway show these days, but there is a group of theatregoers that is wildly underrepresented when it comes to opinions on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMIN THE NEWS
On October 16, eighteen members of the Los Angeles-area branch of Actors’ Equity Association filed suit in LA federal court challenging AEA’s decision to eliminate…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:26PMFernanda Coppel's King Liz, which was seen Off-Broadway this past summer as part of Second Stage Theatre's Uptown Series, is being developed as a series for Showtime, according t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMTaken together, these entertaining early novels present a noteworthy collection—particularly for Samuel R. Delany fans.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:13PMFarce gets a bad wrap as a genre. Pundits will call a sporting event or a political campaign a farce when they want to denigrate it, but in the theater, sometimes there’s nothing more enjo…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:13PMGrammy Award-winning music powerhouses Beyoncé Knowles and Jay Z are the latest stars to see the hit Broadway sensation Hamilton. The couple were in the audience for the Oct. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMOpera Atelier's Armide, the story of a Muslim warrior princess, opens Oct. 22 in an era of increased discussion of Muslim culture.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:11PMMore details for the previously reported production of Ingmar Bergman’s Nora at Cherry Lane Theatre this fall. Directed by Austin Pendleton, the adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s clas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:10PM“I tell you — you can’t imagine what the thing is really like!” gasps a man who has disappeared into a cavern in “Lovecraft: Nightmare Suite,” a nostalgic, small-scaled creep sho…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:10PMFew designer-director relationships are as close or symbiotic as that of Stewart Laing and Richard Jones, who are working together on Eugene
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PM“A deep-voiced prima donna who drove authors and managers to despair,” was how John Gielgud described his friend Mrs Patrick Campbell after
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMWhen the Plasa Show took over Excel London’s exhibition centre last week, Rob Halliday took a look at the entertainment technology showcase…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMThe 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 01:01PMStarring the original accident-prone cast of The Play That Goes Wrong The original cast of the West End’s hit comedy The Play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMIn recent years, London’s rehearsal spaces have been upgraded beyond recognition, making them some of the best in the world. The following is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMDressed by Angels exhibition – Iconic Costumes from the worlds of Film, TV and Theatre This brand new exhibition tells the story
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMIt was back in 2010, somewhere between the fringe festival buzz of Edinburgh and Melbourne, that Swedish creative trio Helena Bunker, Adam
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMThe production features a series of short plays by John Yearley.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMI was recently in an audience that, egged on by a charismatic performance artist, engaged in some noisy banter that edged perilously
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Highlights include a revival of Charlotte Keatley's My Mother Said I Never Should
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:57PM by JK Clarke One of the great things about a play with a universally robust theme or storyline is its malleability, its ability to...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:51PMIn anticipation of the award-winning The Minstrel Show Revisited, check out these 13 photos from Spectrum Dance Theater shows past.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:48PMThe Hollywood Reporter is saying that Orange Is the New Black actress -- and PAPER Beautiful Person alum -- Laverne Cox is starring in Fox's remake of Rocky Horror Picture Show, playing Fran…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 12:46PMNEW YORK (AP) -- TV star and comedian Bob Saget is going to have to keep it together as the straight guy on Broadway this holiday season - no matter if he's being taunted by …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:46PMFlorence Welch and crew deliver powerful show at Greek Theatre in Berkeley
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:46PMAt ages 60 and 27, Bruce and Rumer Willis find themselves, oddly, experiencing the same career first: a Broadway debut. Rumer, Bruce's eldest daughter with Demi Moore, is strutting Chic…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:46PMEveryone can relate to the premise of "If/Then," the musical about ambivalence and roads not taken.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:46PM"I have great, important and dear feelings for the city. It gave me my career." -- Joel Grey
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:46PMWith so many things to see and do, we've put together a handy highlight guide to help you navigate the fun.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:46PMBy Stephen Collins
This is a dynamic, challenging and gripping piece of dramatic theatre. It's confronting in a number of ways, especially if you have known someone who took their own life. …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:45PM"Girls" star Zosia Mamet will be seen alongside Deirdre O’Connell ("The Affair") in a new feature-length indie film titled "The Boy Downstairs," a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMUtah's Pioneer Theatre will stage the U.S. premiere of Frank Wildhorn and Jack Murphy's The Count of Monte Cristo in May 2016. Tony Award nominee Marcia Milgrom Dodge will direct.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMThe Northern California arts center will receive three years of financial assistance for a program of rural-community engagement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PMGrowing Stronger & Better Nonprofits Together Wednesday, October 28, 2015 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM (Central Time)UIC Forum, 725 West Roosevelt RoadChicago, Illinois 60607The African American Le…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:29PMThe ASL/spoken English adaptation of Duncan Sheik's 2007 musical is congratulated for its contributions to the disabled community in New York.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:26PM17 years to the day since it first opened on Broadway, it has been announced that worldwide smash hit musical?FOOTLOOSE : THE MUSICAL?will tour the UK from January 2016 staring Gareth Gates …
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 12:24PMBack by popular demand, the McCallum Theatre presents the Last Comic Standing live tour on Monday, November 23, at 7:00pm. Due to the overwhelming response to last year’s hugely successful…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 12:20PMCry-Baby to go global USA/NEW YORK Seven years after its Tony-nominated short run on Broadway, musical Cry-Baby is looking to go global.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:18PMPioneer Theatre Company reprises its successful concert series for a limited run. Richard O'Brien's raucous musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is being offered as a special event, for four perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMIn a new interview with Vulture, Tony Bennett has revealed that he will once again collaborate with Lady Gaga on an album featuringCole Porter classics.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMMalcolm Gets Tony Award nominee for Amour and Ted Keegan Star of Broadway's Phantom of the Opera have joined the lineup for the Encompass New Opera Theatre Nancy Rhodes, Artistic Director ga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMNew York's funniest showCelebrity Autobiographywill welcome to its cast stars of stage and screen Emmy-winner Susan Lucci, Tony Danza, 4-time Oscar-nominee Marsha Mason, Tate Donovan TV's24,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMPioneer Theatre Company reprises its successful concert series for a limited run. Richard O'Brien's raucous musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is being offered as a special event, for four perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMToday, BWW catches up with Alison Dooley, Williams' Rahway High drama teacher who has been in close contact with her former student since rehearsals for the production got underway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMShe's backBroadwayWorld has just learned thatTony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musicalChicagowill welcome actress and TV sensationNeNeLeakesBravo's The Real Housewives of Atlantareturn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMMatthew Coffey, the daughter of the actress Julia Coffey, was involved in similar government operations as the one outlined in the play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMLaverne Cox, a star of “Orange Is the New Black,” will star as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the role made famous by Tim Curry.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMBedlam theatre group has announced casting for the premiere staging of New York Animals, by two-time Tony winner Steven Sater. The Off-Broadway staging by …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMBedlam theatre group has announced casting for the premiere staging of New York Animals, by two-time Tony winner Steven Sater. The Off-Broadway staging by …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMThe Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes will return to Broadway as the Countess of the Clink! She is set to begin performances as Matron "Mama" Morton in the Tony-winning r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMBob Saget is back on Broadway! The Full House funnyman met the press at Sardi's to preview his return to the Main Stem before joining the company of the Tony-nominated of Hand to God on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMQueen Bey met the Founding Fathers on October 21 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Click through the gallery to see Beyoncé and Jay Z backstage at Hamilton!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMFilmmaker Alla Kovgan calls Cunningham 3D a new juncture at the crossroads of dance, cinema, music, visual arts, and 3D technology.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:04PMDirector-choreographer Randy Skinner was on hand with Dames at Sea cast members Kristie Kerwin, Kevin Worley, Ian Knauer and Tessa Grady to break down the different tap styles that he ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMWell, there's always next year. Until then, work through the untimely end of another Cubs season with these Second City songs and sketches featuring the late Chris Farley, Tim Meadows and Bo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:02PMFeinstein's/54 Below will present the triumphant return of Rita McKenzie's award-winning ETHEL MERMAN'S BROADWAY, the country's longest-running one woman musical, this Tuesday, October 27th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMA favorite Mexican television genre becomes the focus of Arena Stage's new premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMEloise Kropp leads the five-person dance extravaganza.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Sweeney Todd-inspired solo drama stars Daphne Rubin-Vega.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe European theater troupe returns to the Public Theater with its newest show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Real Housewives of Atlanta favorite was last seen onstage in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMSteep Theatre snags the world premiere of Hamish Linklater's suburban drama.
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The West End revival of Miss Saigon was forced to cancel its evening performance Oct. 21 due to a power outage in London's Soho area. Shortly after the Miss Saigon Twitter account announ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMGrammy nominee Sara Bareilles, whose musical theatre debut Waitress will arrive on Broadway later this season, will perform a one-night-only concert of songs from t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMA lot of firsts are happening in Balham theatre at the moment. Theatre N16 has moved from N16 to a new home in SW12, The Bedford Pub. There is little theatre in the immediate area – Tootin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:54AMIn honor of his 100th birthday this month, take some time to learn more about Arthur Miller's works, decade by decade, many words at a time.
The post On his 100th Birthday: The Legacy that w…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:53AMLoved The Humans by Stephen Karam? Dive into the show's history, neighborhood and Thanksgiving menu with our list of things to do and make. The Tenement Museum Lower East Side Locate…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:48AMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
From the evidence of Colgan’s Musicals Tonight! production, "Oh, Kay!" not only still works in the original but has a glorious score including…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:41AMBy Editorial Staff
17 years to the day since it first opened on Broadway, it is announced that worldwide smash hit musical Footloose: The Musical will burst back onto the stage in 2016, tour…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:33AMIf you remember on last season’s Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe Leakes took the show behind the scenes of her Broadway debut in Cinderella starring herself & the first Broadway B…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:27AMA new Broadway musical based on the life story of seven-time Grammy-winning international superstar Gloria Estefan and her husband, 19-time Grammy-winning legendary producer-musician-entrepr…
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 11:21AMPast Tony Award-winners Matthew Broderick, Annaleigh Ashford, and Julie White star along with Robert Sella in a funny and heartwarming comedy about a man and the adopted dog who changes his …
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 11:21AMProjects aimed at inspiring areas of low cultural engagement to get involved with the arts have received more than £5 million from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMTheatre503’s playwriting competition will return in 2016, offering a £6,000 prize and a guaranteed production of the winning play. The biennial competition
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMArts Council England’s Cassie Chadderton has been appointed to lead industry body UK Theatre. She will also be in charge of membership
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMA theatre company run by producer and reality TV show contestant Simon Gross has gone into liquidation, leaving debts of more than
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMChris Urch’s The Rolling Stone, which won a judges’ award at the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting in 2013, will receive its London premiere
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMA new agreement between Equity and London fringe venue the King’s Head Theatre will see performers and stage management paid a flat
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMThe archive of Gilbert and Sullivan opera company D’Oyly Carte has been acquired by the British Library, securing the future of items
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMGareth Gates will lead the cast of a new production of musical Footloose that will tour the UK. It opens at Bridlington
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMThe world premiere of a new musical set in 1950s Nevada leads the St James Theatre’s 2016 spring season, which will place
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMBrighton Hippodrome, the Rose Playhouse in Southwark and Plymouth’s Palace Theatre have been named among the buildings most at risk in England.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMThe 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 opened Oct. 21 fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMBette Midler shares details of her annual star-studded Halloween benefit gala, this year titled 'Hell Night of Hulaween Island'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMElton John's 33rd studio album 'Wonderful Crazy Night' is set for release on Island Records on February 5th. The first single, titled 'Looking Up,' will drop tomorrow, October 23rd.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMThe world premiere musical First Daughter Suite, written by Michael John LaChiusa, and debuting at The Public Theater, directed byKirsten Sanderson, runs now through Sunday, November 15, the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMThe first Broadway production of Dames at Sea opens at Broadway's Helen HayesTheater 240 W 44th Street, tonight, October 22, 2015, at 630pm. In celebration of the big night, we're bringing y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AM"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes will return to Broadway for four weeks only in the role of Matron "Mama" Morton beginning Nov. 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMFormer TV comedian Roman Danylo makes a living with PG-rated Chippendales spoof the Comic Strippers.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMSophia Fabiilli's The Philanderess, a gender reversal of Shaw's The Philanderer, at Second City Theatre Oct. 22 and 25.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMMichael John LaChiusa's new musical is running at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMMusical direction will be by Eugene Gwozdz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe Orange Is the New Black star joins the television project, slated to premiere next year.
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By Matthew Gray. This week I’m speaking to actor Tasso Feldman. We talk about acting books and their traps, the difference between stage and screen acting.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:59AMTony nominee Marin Ireland has joined the cast of the first public reading of David Adjmi’s 3C, following its recent legal victory over copyright infringement claims that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMNew Jersey's Two River Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for its upcoming all-male production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the Tony Award…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMNext Tuesday, at 54 Below Rita McKenzie will present her acclaimed one-woman show, "Ethel Merman's Broadway." Ms. McKenzie - currently appearing off-Broadway in "RUTHLESS! The Musical” - h…
SOURCE: New York Social Diary at 10:47AMDirector-choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler has elicited solid, enthusiastic performances, staged his scenes efficiently, and provided some lively choreography which will likely be expanded a…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:46AMA Wonderful “Mom-ologue” Many Baby Boomers’ earliest memories were of their stay-at-home mothers laughing at a risque line in an Erma Bombeck column, carefully cutting the column out �…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:45AMThe Labyrinth Theater Company is offering free tickets to a special 10 PM Halloween performance of Aaron Mark’s one-woman show Empanada Loca, starring Tony nominee Dap…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe new musical Ghostlight, about the infamous death of Ziegfeld Follies star Olive Thomas, receives a staged reading/workshop Oct. 22 at the TADA! Theatre. Master showman Florenz Ziegfeld, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMAaron J. Albano shows Instagram followers what Allegiance's first two-show Wednesday on Broadway was like.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:43AMBy Stephen Collins
It would be unsurprising if First Daughter Suite constituted a significant hat-trick for the Public, following, as it does, in the footsteps of Fun Home (which won the Ton…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:35AMA middle-aged white woman walks into the store and silently stands by the door, not approaching the desk. Agent: “Hello!” M’lady Brown: “Do you mind if I just stand …
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThis is a wonderful play, surprisingly funny�even uproarious�that uses the very distasteful past to prompt questions about where we are today as a society.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:09AMMore than 400 objects illustrate Lake Tahoe through 175 artists’ eyesThe museum exhibit’s six categories include painting, basketry, mapping, photography … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:00AMDora Maar was photographer, Picasso’s loverDrama explores her search for her own identityTwo actresses portray aspects of main character … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:00AMThe actor takes on Tony for the second time this year and reflects on returning to one of his favorite theaters.
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As 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 09:56AMWhen Erica, their sixteen-year-old daughter, goes missing during a winter storm, Maggie and Lou -- former high school sweethearts, now divorced -- are forced to confront the legacy of their …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMGood 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 DAMES AT SEA taps onto Broadway tonigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMThose of us at a certain age grew up with the image of Carmen Miranda as the exotic Brazilian fruit wearing artist who was all the rage in the 1950’s. With Gimme a Band!, Pointless Theatre…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:56AMToday in 1998, Footloose opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it ran for 709 performances. Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Sn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMTonight, October 22 8PM join executive producer Neil Meron and actors Shanice Williams, Elijah Kelley, David Alan Grier, and NE-YO for a discussion and QampA about 'The Wiz Live', at the App…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMWant to meet the fearsome (and fabulous) foursome who will be easing on down the road in December? Then stop by the Apple Store in Soho (103 Prince Street) tonight at 8pm to meet executive …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:54AMThe hit comedy whodunit SHEAR MADNESS begins performances tonight, October 22nd, at New World Stages. Opening night is set for November 11th, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AMAnd now, the latest in our month long series about classic horror which we launched here, This post came about because I noticed a little mini subgenre within classic horror — several …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:45AMGet ready to set sail, as the Broadway revival Dames at Sea opens tonight at the Helen Hayes Theatre! Originally produced in 1968, the musical comedy launched the career of Bernadette Pete…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 09:39AMBy Tim Hochstrasser
Maybe we were all weary at the end of a full day of theatre; maybe, and with ample justification, the cast were flagging after appearances in different roles in the previ…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:39AMIn Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of 2nd Star Productions’ The Music Man, meet Nathan Bowen. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:35AMA set reminiscent of the dilapidated stately home that Alex Eales designed for Katie Mitchell’s Alles Weitere Kennen Sie aus den Kino in Hamburg, except more vast: its wide stretch fil…
SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 09:27AMA most unorthodox family member. Other reviews on northjersey.com. North Jersey Media Newspaper Group.
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 09:24AMBy Tim Hochstrasser
Suffice to say that Barton and Hall attempt to clarify the bewildering blizzard of switched allegiances, broken promises and inconclusive battles that form the later sect…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:24AMA searingly powerful "Eclipsed." Review appears in other North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 09:22AMTravels With My Aunt--A Most Unorthodox Family Member Graham Greene’s novel “Travels With My Aunt” about the eccentric Augusta whose life must always be a serendipitous one was adapted…
SOURCE: cervellionstage.blogspot.com at 09:15AMCarly Tamer and Alison Fraser in First Daughter Suite
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Back in 1993, musical theater writer Michael John LaChiusa tickled audiences’ fancies and teased their ears …
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After much fan speculation, Laverne Cox will do the time warp in Fox's previously reported Rocky Horror Picture Show event special in the fall of 2016. Deadline reports that the Orange I…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:58AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
The Full Monty is a masterclass of British writing and its energy and sensitivity transfers smoothly to the stage. It’s raucous and crude but also a lot of fun – i…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:53AMBroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the rehearsal images for the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company's inaugural productionsHarlequinadeAll On Her OwnandThe Winter's Tale, which arereleased…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMOn the next epiosde of FX's AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL titled 'Devil's Night', John receives an invitation to attend an exclusive Devil's Night Soiree
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMBroadway's new suspense thriller Misery, starring two-time Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe Award winner Bruce Willis and three-time Emmy Award winner Laurie Metcalfand written by two-time…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMThe first Broadway production of Dames at Sea opens at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theater 240 W 44th Street, tonight, October 22, 2015, at 630pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52AMBarbican, LondonThree eye-opening dance pieces by emerging Indian talents blend classical and contemporary stylesThree Indian dance works show three different faces of the country. In Deepak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AMForget traditional adaptations. Productions such as National Theatre Wales’ Iliad reveal a new type of staged book – and increasingly, the sources needn’t actually be a work of fiction…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AMHighlights include the London premiere of Chris Urch's The Rolling Stone and a Robert Holman revival
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:45AMWhat with the Young Chekhov season, Gaslight and ENO's La boheme and Lady of Mtsensk, love is taking over
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:45AM
Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50AMthe Grand Guignol concoction brewing at the Labyrinth Theater Company this Halloween season, is a nine-character thriller in which Daphne Rubin-Vega plays all the roles
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:42AMMichael John LaChiusa's follow-up to the brilliant First Lady Suite.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:42AMDaphne Rubin-Vega in Empanada Loca
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One of the masterstrokes of the original production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd was the way in whic…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 07:42AMRoyal Court Theatre Upstairs, London Nicola Wilson’s debut drama gives affecting snapshots of one woman at different points in her mental decline, but too many facts stifle the emotional i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMRoyal and Derngate, NorthamptonPatrick Hamilton’s atmospheric melodrama, revived by Lucy Bailey, is creaky old tosh but hugely entertainingTara Fitzgerald may be the star of Lucy Bailey’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMBorn and bred in Washington, DC, Shayna Blass is an actor, singer and dancer who tries “to do it all, because why not, it feels really good.” She started performing at the age of…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 07:40AMAdeel Akhtar, Amelia Bullmore, Keir Charles and Samantha Spiro will join Jim Broadbent in the cast of A Christmas Carol at the Noël Coward Theatre.
Adeel Akhtar is best known for…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 07:37AMThe writer of Barbarians explains how he feels about having two productions of his 1977 trilogy on in London this autumn
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:27AMIt’s the perfect time of year for the Rep’s current Mainstage production -- right when Autumn’s chill starts to set in. Patrick Hamilton’s dramatic thriller premiered on the West End…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 07:22AMAfter nearly eight years, the Jerry Lee Lewis jukebox musical 'Million Dollar Quartet' is closing at the Apollo Theater. So what's next?
After nearly eight years, one of the great recent su…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:08AMFour-day celebration of women in film starts on Thursday in Columbia.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:08AMAuditioning professionally can be very stressful. You’re constantly interviewing for jobs, trying to present the best possible version of yourself, and hoping that you’ll get one. But fo…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:05AM“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.” Albert Einstein (freely rendered by Arthur Koestler in The Yogi and the Commissar)
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By Stephen Collins
As Young Megan, whom we first meet when she is recovering from the one-night-stand night before, is brought to complex, life-embracing realisation in a startlingly good pe…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:52AMThe winner will be announced on 5 November
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:30AMBusinesses and theatres were affected for hours forcing many to close
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:30AMA look at rehearsals for Harlequinade and The Winter's Tale
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:30AMPop princess and “Jane the Virgin” player Ke$sha is about to test her acting chops on Broadway in "The 24 Hour Plays" benefit.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:30AMEmmy nominee will play Dr. Frank-N-Furter in fall 2016 reinvention of classic 1975 film
SOURCE: USA Today at 06:30AMAlso on tap: Celebrating Day of the Dead; Jazz and cartoons; Liss Fain Dance's latest extravaganza; a Cuban guitar great.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:30AMLike the M34 bus, Michael John LaChiusa never disappoints for long: If you don’t enjoy one show, another will come by soon. At 53, he remains probably the most prolific of his cohort of th…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:30AMEveryone can relate to the premise of "If/Then," the musical about ambivalence and roads not taken.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:30AMBy Danny Coleman-Cooke
The Kinks frontman Ray Davies joined many famous faces at the Harold Pinter Theatre to celebrate the first birthday of his co-creation. Based on this showing, it’ll …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:17AMThe new spring season for the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, south London, features plays by Robert Holman, Chris Urch, Brad Birch and Bernard Shaw, directed by Ellen McDougall, Alice Hami…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:07AMAfter nearly eight years, the Jerry Lee Lewis jukebox musical 'Million Dollar Quartet' is closing at the Apollo Theater. So what's next? After nearly eight years, one of the great recent suc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:04AMLast Sunday’s UK Theatre Awards was, as ever, a joyous celebration of the quite incredible standard of theatre that is produced up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM
An interesting, but unexciting, look at First Ladies and their offspring.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMRehearsal for Murder, an exhilarating mystery from the television play by Richard Levinson and William Link, adapted for the stage by D.D. Brooke, and featuring Washington Township resident …
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMDanai Gurira’s new play “Eclipsed” playing a limited engagement at the Public Theater is a searingly powerful drama about women caught up in the second Liberian Civil War.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMPassaic Valley High School’s theater arts program will present the female version of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple” for it fall production.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMShow runs through Saturday, Oct. 24, at MSU.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMRehearsal for Murder, an exhilarating mystery from the television play by Richard Levinson and William Link and adapted for the stage by D.D. Brooke, comes to Studio Playhouse in Upper Montc…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMA Millburn Middle School sixth-grader has just completed performing in the off-off-Broadway run of “The Gray Man.”
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMPat Graney Company presents show at Montclair State from Oct. 22-25.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMGraham Greene’s novel “Travels With My Aunt” about the eccentric Augusta whose life must always be a serendipitous one was adapted back in 1989 as a stage play by Giles Hav…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:29AMExperimental US theatre group the TEAM talk about their latest show tackling national – and gender – identity by reinventing cultural icons Beat this for a plot synopsis: the king of ro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03AM
There’s a modern myth stating that modern audiences won’t appreciate art unless it’s created in modern technology. The art must be accessible to the audience. So films …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 01:43AMBroadway leading lady Jennifer Hope Wills THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA WONDERFUL TOWN will play the role of scorned wife 'Billie Burke' who was famously married to Flo Ziegfeld, but was perhaps …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17AMPioneer Theatre Company reprises its successful concert series for a limited run. Richard O'Brien's raucous musical THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is being offered as a special event, for four perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17AMThe epic storytelling of Disney's 'The Lion King' continues with THE LION GUARD RETURN OF THE ROAR, a primetime television movie event premiering TONIGHT, NOVEMBER 22 700 p.m., ETPT
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17AMAs previously announced, the Kennedy Center will present a Barbican and Les Theatres de la Ville de Luxembourg, in association with Toneelgroep Amsterdam, production of ANTIGONE by Sophocles…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17AMTony nominee Elizabeth A. Davis and actor Gary Farmer lead the cast of Goodspeed's INDIAN JOE. Based on a true story, INDIAN JOE, a new musical about discovering the true meaning of family, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17AMJust like the musical's spunky heroine, the show's original one-act version had to be discovered from humble beginnings.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05AMAfter 48 years adrift, the six-person musical finally docks tonight on the Great White Way at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMAlessia Cara is "Here" for the Life Is Beautiful Music Fest in Vegas
YH is in Las Vegas to catch up with rising singer/songwriter Alessia Cara at the annual Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Fes…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Written and illustrated by UK artist Kit Williams, the iconic children’s book Masquerade has been lovingly crafted into a play by award-winning playwright and actor, Kate Mulvany at the …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:51AMBruce Willis will begin previews on October 22 opposite his number one fan, three-time Emmy winner and two-time Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf, in the stage adaptation of Stephen King’s M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42AMAhoy! Legendary Broadway.com vlogger Lesli Margherita and more will officially set sail in Dames at Sea on October 22, when the production, directed by Randy Skinner, opens at the Helen Haye…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42AMIt’s an honor to bring Peter Filichia’s column every week on Kritzerland called ‘Filichia on Friday’ to our readers on DCMetroTheaterArts. This Week: Seating Plans…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:25AMFilmmaker Mary-Pat Green has teamed with celebrated playwright, television writer and novelist Theresa Rebeck for the independent short film WALK. As WALK enters post-production, the produce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AMIt's a bird, it's a plane, noit's a girl. Supergirl, that is. There's a new hero coming to your living room Monday nights this fall. SUPERGIRL, the newest DC Comics show, premieres October 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AMThe New York City premiere of Romance Language by Joe Godfrey officially opens Oct. 22 following previews that began Oct. 13 Off-Broadway. The play explores a wealthy Manhattan …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway production of Shear Madness, the Guinness Book of World Records' longest-running play in the history of the U.S., begins previews for an open-ended …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThose in the New York metropolitan area have the chance to meet members of the cast of NBC's The Wiz Live! Oct. 22 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLast Saturday it was Opening Night for the 37th season of the Montgomery County Performing Arts Society, and the five dazzling stars of the evening comprise the rhythm & blues singing gr…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:00AMMen are from Mars–Women are from Venus LIVE!, a play adapted from John Gray's 1992 bestselling self-help book about the differences between the genders, lands Off-Broad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway debut of Dames at Sea — the Off-Broadway musical that helped launch the career of Tony winner Bernadette Peters — officially opens at B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMisery, the new Broadway suspense thriller based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, begins performances Oct. 22 at the Broadhurst Theatre. The premiere …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMApril Macie, from the fourth season of TV's "Last Comic Standing," was the winner of Howard Stern's "Funniest, Hottest Comedienne" competition in 2008. She's a regular on Stern's radio show …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMWhere the principals of the first Broadway production of Dames at Sea pursued their college studies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIt's time to do the Time Warp again. Halloween season is the perfect time to see "The Rocky Horror Show" or "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Several Connecticut venues are coming through wit…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMMidway or so through Andrea Lepcio’s new play, one of the two bewildered women trapped in a mysterious underground of memory and clutter says, “I feel like I didn’t get the m…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
