He is one of Britain's most revered actors, the winner of three Oliviers and hailed as the new John Gielgud. So why does Alex Jennings seem so unsatisfied? By Maddy CostaGarry Essendine is o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMBroadway vet Martin Sheen will take the stage as 'Don Quixote' ina one-night-only benefit production of the musical MAN OF LA MANCHA on November 27, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37PM Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye: What a Team! By: Sandi DurellIt was Standard Time with th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:11PMOn October 22,executive producer Neil Meron and actors Shanice Williams, Elijah Kelley, David Alan Grier, and NE-YO came together for a discussion and QampA about THE WIZ LIVEat the Apple St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06PMSURIBACHI, a play by American playwright Allston James, has won the 4th Annual British Theatre Challenge's Audience Appreciation Award.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06PMSLAPSHOT, CADDYSHACK, HAPPY GILMORE. Sports and comedy have gone hand-in-hand in American entertainment for decades, but on a daily basis, nearly all of the sports content on TV and on-line …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06PMFilm star Martin Sheen will make a one-night-only appearance Nov. 27 in Malibu, CA, singing the title role of the musical Man of La Mancha as a fundraiser for Our Lady of Malibu Scho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:02PMHappy Friday/All Hallows Eve Eve/Wicked-versary! It’s been a particularly spooky seven days on the Great White Way, and we’re wrapping it up with an appropriately spooky Lessons …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:01PMPaul Wontorek sits down with the Rent icon to talk about her new solo show, which tells a scary tale from a dark subway tunnel deep under Manhattan.
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Memory is an essential element of life - crucial to thought, and feeling, to learning and progress, to identity. But it also comes into play with particular power and meaning after someone w…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:48PMAustralian audiences in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney have already had the chance to witness our brilliant Aussie cast in action in Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Mis…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:33PMShe can turn her hand to everything from hard-pressed housewife to glamorous diva, but her latest role will challenge even Lesley Manville's formidable talents. Here, she talks to Kate Kella…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:31PMThe bleed between place and person.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 07:19PMThis mix of performance art and music at the BAM Next Wave Festival recounts the life of a German Jewish art historian who committed suicide while fleeing the Nazis.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18PMSarah Ruhl’s play, at the McGinn/Cazale Theater, follows the mostly epistolary friendship of Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18PMThe Humans
Off Broadway, Laura Pels Theatre, Roundabout
Reviewed by Ben Coleman
BOTTOM LINE: The Humans is a not-to-be-missed family dramedy; a sublime amalgamation of writing, acting, dire…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:08PMMartin Scorsese's Sikelia Productions has extended its overall feature deal with Paramount Pictures. The new agreement will now extend through the year 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08PMThe actor has been critical of the British government's decision to allow only 20,000 refugees over five years.
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Ghostlight Records will release the Original Cast Album of the hit, headline-making Off-Broadway musical Clinton The Musical on Friday, October 30; with international digital release and ph…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:55PMGhostlight Records and Two River Theater announce the release of the Original Cast Recording of the new musical Be More Chill, with a U.S. Digital Release on Friday, October 30; and internat…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:55PMDue to popular demand, Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) extends the critically acclaimed production of George Orwell’s 1984, adapted by Andrew White and directed by SYA Artistic and Educ…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:55PMMilwaukee Repertory Theater announced casting today for the 40th Anniversary production of A Christmas Carol, presented by Wells Fargo, which runs in the Pabst Theater from December 1 – 24…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:55PMThe Hypocrites is pleased to continue its 2015-16 season with THE 4TH GRADERS PRESENT AN UNNAMED LOVE-SUICIDE by Artistic Director Sean Graney, co-directed by Joel Ewing and Mechelle Moe, fe…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:55PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Joe Iconis' Be More Chill Gets Album
Fill up your red Solo cup, because the Be More Chill cast recording is now availab…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:55PMOscar nominee Keira Knightley toasts and talks making her Broadway debut with cast members Gabriel Ebert, Judith Light and Matt Ryan in Thérèse Raquin.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:55PMRECOMMENDED One of the best things about theater is that it can carry you away to an unusual or even bizarre world and immerse you within its wild environs. I am a big fan of shows that crea…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:45PMIn the original Broadway cast of Chicago the Musical, Chita Rivera played Velma Kelly and Gwen Verdon played Roxie Hart. The production opened in 1975 and both performers were nominated for …
SOURCE: PBS at 06:44PMCast members in the national touring production of the ever-so-subversive Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" have been known to ask each other after a performance: "Did we lose anyone tod…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 06:44PMDue to popular demand, First Daughter Suite, The Humans, Empanada Loca and Night is a Room are among the Off-Broadway productions that announced extensions this week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:31PMThe November installment will feature lyricists Meghan Kelleher songwriter, Sukari Jones Location, Location, Location, and Kathleen Wrinn Ten The Story of Grace and Joe and composers Bobby C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMIn this installment of Signature Voices, actor Laura Linney remembers the first Signature season and what it meant for her father, Signature's founding Playwright-in-Residence, Romulus Linne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMGlyndebourne has become a British institution: an opera house on a large country estate deep in the heart of the Home Counties. David Hare goes back to its beginnings with a portrait of its …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:18PMThe Mousetrap at the Maltz is indeed a hoary old chestnut chock full of clichéswhich weren’t even new when it bowed in 1952. But director Peter Amster and his cast wisely don’t try to …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:08PMby MAUREEN LEE LENKER
Harry Belafonte to Jennifer Lawrence, artists are frequently agitators for social change. The arts allow audiences to encounter complex problems in a narrative sett…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:04PMWillis makes his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of Stephen King's famed horror novel.
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The national tour of Irving Berlin's White Christmas will begin its 12th season on Nov. 6 at the Palace Theatre Waterbury, CT. This year's production, directed and choreographed by T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:57PMJafar Panahi’s Taxi is a winning, happy, unhappy, humane little road movie.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:56PMIt is hard to figure out just what playwright Winnie Holzman is up to in Choice: is this a supernatural sit-com?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:56PMThree GOP candidates attending conference held by pastor who believes FROZEN contains messages intended to indoctrinate 5-year-old girls into becoming lesbians.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56PMEvents marking the return ofFiddler on the Roofto Broadway are not in short supply this fall at The Museum at Eldridge Street.ThisSunday, November 1st, come join author and Columbia Universi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:56PMThe L’Etage Cabaret’s lounge, with its mood lighting and leather seating and tea candles, is the perfect setting for the Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s treatment of David Ives�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:48PMChicago’s TimeLine Theatre Company has stepped up to deliver 150 thrilling minutes of action, analysis and accusation regarding BP's Deepwater oil spill. TimeLine brings history to art an…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:46PMAge: 31
Hometown: London, England
Current Role: A double-take-inducing performance as Kate (a.k.a. the Duchess of Cambridge) in the Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:41PMBruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf are facing off in the Broadway adaptation of the Stephen King blockbuster Misery. Click through the gallery for a first look at the show, which opens on Novem…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:41PMRECOMMENDED Last night, after making the trek to and from Glencoe, my girlfriend and I walked to our local grocery store for a snack. Standing before a formidable display of pears, I asked, …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:40PMCassie Beck, who stars in the off-Broadway hit The Humans, talks discovering her character's sadness, being Mississippi's easiest scare and overcoming a breakup.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:28PMThe Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of CHOICE by award-winning playwright Winnie Holzman and directed by Sheryl Kaller Next Fall on Broadway. The play officially opene…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMLippy, brash and unshaven, the Ballet Boyz were a dance phenomenon. Now, as they enter their 40s, they're launching their boldest venture yetMichael Nunn has just made an unsettling discover…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:20PMAnother Hollywood star is headed to The Great White Way this spring as another play revival schedules itself into the 2015-16 season on Broadway! If you play close attention to the Broadway …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 05:13PMPreviews begin Oct. 27 for Signature Theatre's Off-Broadway revival of Incident at Vichy by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller. Among the cast of the World War II…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMThe York Theatre Company presents the return engagement of Tune in Time, the game show for musical theatre lovers. The game sees teams of composers and lyricists collaborate to write a brand…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMThe annual "Great Writers Thank Their Lucky Stars" event was held earlier this week.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMSharp also directs the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMPhyllida Lloyd directs Shakespeare's history play at St. Ann's Warehouse.
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Beware: You might just fall in love with that elegant, somewhat self-satisfied white porcelain rabbit with the tall tapering ears, enigmatic face and fashion forward style who is catapulted …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:58PMBroadway'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 04:55PMThe Huntington Theatre Company presents the world premiere of CHOICE by award-winning playwright Winnie Holzman and directed by Sheryl Kaller Next Fall on Broadway. The play officially opene…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMGhostlight Records and Two River Theater have released the Original Cast Recording of the new musical BE MORE CHILL in digital formats today, October 30. Check out aspecial 'Making of the Ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMAcademy Award nominee Keira Knightley made her Broadway debut Oct. 29 in Thérèse Raquin, the stage adaptation of Emile Zola's novel of love, lust and murder. Her co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMMisery, the new Broadway suspense thriller based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, began performances Oct. 22 at the Broadhurst Theatre. The premiere e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PMNelson George’s documentary features Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre’s first ever black female principal dancer
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:48PMThe Two River Theater production of Be More Chill, a new musical with music and lyrics by Joe Iconis and book by Joe Tracz, based on the acclaimed 2004 novel by Ned Vizzini, is released digi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMI haven’t been in a performance of Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind since the top of June–an ...
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SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 04:38PMStage and screen star Mamie Gummer sits with Imogen Lloyd Webber to discuss her rave reviews in Ugly Lies the Bone off-Broadway and growing up the daughter of Meryl Streep.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:34PMPaul Wontorek sits down with the two newest stars of the long-running hit, Japanese TV star Charlotte Kate Fox and Broadway favorite Jason Danieley.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:34PMOur new papering service has launched! But lets answer a few questions first. What is a papering service? Usually a production or event will use a papering service to fill empty seats for sp…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 04:32PMThe "Lazarus," "These Paper Bullets!" and "Witness Uganda" musicals are Broadway potential.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:25PMRude Mechs co-producing artistic director Kirk Lynn is spearheading a campaign, entitled The Jubilee, to help change the gender disparity in the programming of theatres around the countr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PMIn celebration of the big news, BroadwayWorld brings you a look back at some of Smith's best-known performances below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMReena Smith was unpopular for most of her childhood and preferred books over the company of people
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:00PMThe World War II drama is now running at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe theater's annual Halloween costume party served as a benefit for the organization.
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All told, 36,526 audience members witnessed the company’s tour first-hand
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:59PMBroadway loves a good ghost story, but not all ghost stories are the scary kind.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMWondering how the classic has been updated now that it's back in London Harvey Fierstein, who reworked the book for FUNNY GIRL's UK return, said he immediately cut 40 pages from the script. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMTomorrow on TCM: Horror All Day and Night for Halloween! (and don’t forget, as we posted this morning, tonight is a bill of Val Lewton films) 7:00am (EST): Dr. X (1932) I saw this …
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Initially based on Plautus’ Roman comedy, "Amphitryon," "Out of This World" is an uneasy mix of 1950’s slang and idiom, and classic Greek th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:54PMChoreographed by Ethan Stiefel, with music composed and conducted by Adam Crystal, the ballet “Dakini” was created to be rehearsed and performed over the eight episodes of “Flesh and B…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:44PMMs. Walley-Beckett, a “Breaking Bad” writer, applies a similar sensibility to the dance world in a new series for Starz.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:44PMI'm SO excited about this news that I've had to keep to myself for these last several weeks of development! Check it out below, and then go grab our App! And, if you're not yet u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMTwo-time Emmy and Grammy Award-winning comedian Kathy Griffin brings her newest show, “Like A Boss,” next Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at 8 p.m. to the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Fo…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 03:41PMBy Tim Hochstrasser
The audience on press night - with as many face-painted adults as children – loved it all. If you are looking for a reliable night out at the theatre with the full repe…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:36PMThe Top 10 from So You Think You Can Dance Season 12 are currently touring to 70 cities as part of the
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SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:36PMA new touring revival of the award-winning musical Ragtime — helmed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, who received a Tony nomination for her work on the 2009 revival — hit the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMTherese Raquin, Helen Edmundson’s stage adaptation of Emile Zola’s classic 1867 novel of repressed passion, opened at Studio 54 on Oct. 29. Oscar nominee Keira Knightley makes her Broadw…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:17PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Stephen Karam's new comedy-drama The Humans, about a fraught family gathering during Thanksgiving, opened Oct. 25 at the Laur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of Stephen Karam's new comedy-drama The Humans, about a fraught family gathering during Thanksgiving, opened Oct. 25 at the Laur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMHis Dark Materials author disparages obsession with league tables and calls for theatre visits to be made part of curriculum Children’s education in the arts is in a “terrible state” t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:07PMActor ‘incredibly proud’ of Cumberbatch’s on-stage speeches asking for donations to Syrian refugees and criticising UK response The actor Samantha Morton has backed Benedict Cumberbatc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:07PMThe new production of Eugene O’Neill’s Hughie starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker has found a home. The play, about a small-time gambler pouring out his troubles to a night clerk at a …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:05PMDolly Jacobs is having quite the year.... Read more »
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SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 03:02PMSome familiar songs and a few charming performances don't provide enough lift in musical about a flying car... Read more »
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SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 03:02PMThe award-winning documentary filmmaker is preparing to release the second installment of his Broadway trilogy.
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Taking classic texts and reinventing them into a musical form is old hat. From Kiss Me, Kate to West Side Story, works like these have stood the test of time. But one fellow who’s plays ha…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:52PMStill watching Jonathan Groff, Brian d'Arcy James and Andrew Rannells singing at the Ham4Ham lotteryCan't wait to see Annaleigh Ashford play Sylvia Didn't have time to check in on your favor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMBroadway was Brooklyn bound this morning as thecast and crew of On Your Feet- the new Broadway musical based on the life and music of Gloria and Emilio Estefan - got ontheirfeet, rolledup th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMNew Zealand native Hayden Tee will assume the role of Javert beginning Friday, January 29 in Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new Broadway production of Claude-Michel Schonberg amp Alain Boubl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMBy HowlRound TV. IETM—international network for contemporary performing arts —presents the opening plenary session of IETMBudapest on Arts & Democracy livestreaming on the global, co…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:49PMToronto Dance Theatre choreographer and artistic director talks about how his methods have changed, and stayed the same, over 21 years, and discusses the company’s newest piece, Echo
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:48PMDaisy and Jordan: Rejected Bond Girls, a show celebrating Tony Award winner Daisy Eagan and her comedy partner Jordan Kai Burnett's love of James Bond, will hit Feinstein's/54 Below …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMNBCUniversal’s plan to launch a streaming channel next year to better mine the value of “Saturday Night Live” and all of its late-night comedy programming has been no secret in TV and …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:43PMBy Catherine Castellani. Playwright Catherine Castellani responds to some of the outcry about the Jubilee proposal.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:40PMBy Eva Kyselová. Eva Kyselová writes about trends in independent theatre in the Czech Republic.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:35PMBy Jake Rosenberg. In this fourth installment, Jake Rosenberg traces the theatrical origins of the Spaghetti Western genre.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:34PMLooking for something to do this Halloween weekend? Why not see a Broadway show? Check out this list of some of the Broadway and Off-Broadway shows offering Halloween discounts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMA "shocking" new video from RUTHLESS! The Musical, featuring recent candid audience testimonials, debuted today on YouTube just in time for Halloween.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMBy Erin FoconeMarketing/Group Sales AssociateShare your love of live theater with your friends and family this holiday season by giving the gift of theater1. Playhouse gift certificates…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 02:24PMBy Don RebarCommunity Engagement & Digital Content ManagerThe world-class facilities at Westport Country Playhouse welcome thousands of visitors each year for mainstage plays, Family Fes…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 02:24PMWicked celebrates its 12th anniversary on Broadway on October 30, and we asked you to join us in celebrating the only way we know how: lip-syncing to the score (with Krysta Rodriguez!). Watc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMBuddy and his friends will be spreading holiday cheer at the Theater at Madison Square Garden this year! Tickets are now on sale for Elf the Musical, starring Eric Petersen as Buddy. Directe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMThe Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:23PMIt betrays no lack of faith to say that new musicals are on the skimpy side of Broadway this fall. Given the deserved box-office and critical hysteria around "Hamilton," which opened in earl…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:09PMPeninsula Players, a resident summer theater in Wisconsin, has announced its 81st season.
“Chappati,” (June 14 – July 3) Christian O’Reilly’s romance about two animal lovers broug…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:02PMWithin a minute of taking the stage at the Chicago Theatre Thursday night in jeans and a buttoned-up dress shirt, comedian Bill Burr is working the perplexed and frustrated angle he's cultiv…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:02PMThe Broadway adaptation of THERSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley Therese in her Broadway debut, began preview performances on October 1, 2015, and opened o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMDrama UK accredits 18 schools in England. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama now make their
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The HIV Experience Resources Organization HERO hasannounced that on October 26th 2015 at 8pm it will present, in partnership withBroadway Cares, Equity Fights AIDS, and in association with S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMTKTS has been a New York City institution for decades, bringing theatre-goers a last-minute way to get tickets for some of Broadway's hottest shows at a discount. TDF operates three TKTS Dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMLindsay Mendez took in the new Broadway musical ALLEGIANCEat the Longacre Theater, where she stopped backstage to congratulate her friends Telly Leung and Katie Rose Clarke, as well asthe on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMBilled as a new musical, the world premiere of Prince of Broadway at Tokyu Theatre Orb in Tokyo salutes legendary Broadway producerdirector, Harold Prince. Co-directed by Prince himself and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMFiled under: BROOKLYN, Halloween, Horror (Mostly Gothic), PLUGS, Rock and Pop Tagged: Anna Copa Cabanna, Ghoul-a-go-go, Highway to Hell Brooklyn, Passenger Bar
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:51PMName: Jordan Bean and Patrick TaylorHometown: JB: Huntington, West VirginiaPT: Jacksonville, FloridaEducation:JB: B.A. Public Relations, Marshall University, 2013PT: B.F.A. Theatre Perf…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:51PMButcher is a devilishly clever piece of work, and it’s almost impossible to describe without giving too much away
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 01:44PMPhilly Shakespeare vets take on the Bard in deeply satirical, deeply dark, and deeply humorous ways.
SOURCE: www.phillymag.com at 01:39PMI’ll be introducing a 90th anniversary screening of “The Phantom of the Opera’’ on Sunday at the United Palace with my colleague Michael Riedel, live organ accompaniment by Ben Model…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:39PMStar Trek alum George Takei may be best known these days for his delightful online presence, but he’s completely serious about his latest project: Allegiance, a new Broadway musi…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:39PMThe Menier Chocolate Factory's revival of the show, starring Sheridan Smith, will run at the Savoy Theater starting April 9.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:39PMWithin a minute of taking the stage at the Chicago Theatre Thursday night in jeans and a buttoned-up dress shirt, comedian Bill Burr is already working the perplexed and frustrated angle he'…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMTo wrap up the centennial birthday month of Arthur Miller, learn more about the notable actors who have taken on his most famous roles.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:25PMThe Lords Of Strut have hit Bristol in all their lycra legginged, high-top and headband wearing glory, on a mission to change people’s lives through the power of dance. And through deep, b…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:22PMThe Marriott Theatre is seeking AEA and non-AEA male and female dancers with strong ballet technique and strong partnering skills for EVITA. The audition will be held on Monday, November 1…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:21PMMilwaukee Repertory Theater is currently seeking applications from dog owners who are interested in their furry friend performing in The Rep’s production of Of Mice and Men. We are seeking…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:21PMAmerican Theater Company (ATC) proudly announces Jim Jacobs, co-creator of the musical Grease, as chairman of its Legacy Campaign. The season-long fundraising effort supports the vision of A…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:21PMSymphony After Dark Presents: Nosferatu On October 29, 2015, the Ocala Symphony Orchestra presented an encore presentation of their 2013 acclaimed pairing of silent film and live orchestra u…
SOURCE: www.showbiznoflo.com at 01:19PMTony Award winners Barbara Cook and Lee Adams were honored in a musical salute presented by Encompass New Opera Theatre Oct. 25 at National Arts Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMOutside it’s damp, and dark by 5pm, making the coloured lights and vibrant temptations inside the Gandey’s tent even more enticing. This is a traditional show (sans animals, as is the cu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:18PM“The world becomes a universe in my belly.”
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 01:15PMTony Award-winning Aladdin star James Monroe Iglehart brought some Disney magic and three wishes to the New York Stock Exchange.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMBy Stephen Collins
What long running show should you see first in London? We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! It’s just our view – and everyone …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:08PMThe best of Broadway came out to toast the legendary pair.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMMichael John LaChiusa's musical fantasia adds a week of performances to its world-premiere run.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe show begins at the Den Theatre's Heath Main Stage this evening.
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Mosaic’s Triple Launch: New Company, New Playwright Jay O. Sanders, and New Play, Unexplored Interior Jay O. Sanders is an actor. After a long, varied, and busy career on stage, on TV, and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:58PMEXCLUSIVE: With Broadway producers nervous anticipating this weekend’s audience-daunting triple threat of Hallowe’en, the World Series and the New York City Marathon, a fourth m…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:58PMThe Museum of the City of New York will present New York's Yiddish Theater: From the Bowery to Broadway, an exhibition that will document the growth of Yiddish theatre culture in Manhatt…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMToday is the birthday of the great Ruth Gordon. (For my full article on her go here). Since we’ve been doing so much Halloween posting, and the big day is tomorrow, I thought I’d…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:49PMThey all have problems. Physical ailments. Money. Jobs. There isn’t a problem it seems that Mr. Karam doesn’t touch upon. He puts a lot on his plate besides turkey for us to digest …
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 12:49PMA rotating cast of stars appears in Sarah Ruhl's theatrical adaptation of the correspondence between famed poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:48PM‘The Trouble with Mr. Adams’ tells the story of a middle-aged man clutching desperately to his fantasies, hurting a lot of people along the way.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:46PMIt's London's hottest ticketPublic booking forHarry Potter and theCursedChildopened today October 30and to ensure customers are given the best possible chance to obtain tickets the Producers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMThe celebrated new production of D.L. Coburn's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, directed by Leonard Foglia and starring legendary actors James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson, will add…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMThe Public Theater has announced a one-week extension for the critically acclaimed FIRST DAUGHTER SUITE, a world premiere musical by Michael John LaChiusa, BroadwayWorld has confirmed. Direc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMWhich Broadway cast would be your perfect trick-or-treat companions Find out in this week's quiz
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMNominations areNOW OPEN for the 2015BroadwayWorld Regional Awards in a record-breaking number of 70 regions
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMThe 1975 limited Broadway premiere run of THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM proved so popular, it was brought back in 1976.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMRep Stage is really doing its part for the Women's Voices Theater Festival, which involves more than 50 Washington area theaters producing world premieres by female playwrights this fall. In…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 12:31PMBernie Telsey has been casting hit musicals, films, and TV shows for more than 20 years. In this week’s episode of Working, Telsey talks about what he’s looking for in an audition, how d…
SOURCE: Slate at 12:31PMUnited Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, the labor union and professional association of designers, artists and craftspeople, is the latest group of theatre professionals to pen an open letter …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMOn this week's bonus episode, Carol Burnett tells us about her early career, and the mysterious benefactor who made it possible.
SOURCE: waitwait.npr.libsynfusion.com at 12:29PMA look at the meaning behind Mark Zuckerberg's Chinese speech at a Beijing university. Plus, meet the newest player in on-demand streaming -- BroadwayHD. WSJ reporter Pia Catton discusses Br…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:28PMElyese Dukie is going to die tomorrow. Though she needs to get through tonight first, at least she’s not alone. We’re in there with her, in her cell on Texas’ Death Row in 1959, as is …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:26PMDesigner Carey discusses the trials and tribulations of developing three different sets that work with the existing Stomp set up
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:22PMHow do you get to Broadway? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t as simple or as clever as the ol’ Carnegie Hall “practice, practice, practice” joke. Because the truth i…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:21PMThe Broadway adaptation of THERSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nominee Keira Knightley Therese in her Broadway debut, began preview performances on October 1, 2015, and opened o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMMichael John LaChiusa’s First Daughter Suite will extend off-Broadway through November 22; it had originally been set to shutter on November 15. Starring Broadway alums Caissie Levy, A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMAt his inaugural commercial show in Europe, the contemporary Chinese artist talks about pushing traditional boundaries
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:14PM"Ghoulish": Suitably disturbing in its content and pleasingly rounded in its construction, Peapod Productions’ The Moonlit Road and other ghostly tales still has uneven patches in its pres…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:13PMI may have missed it, but to my knowledge no playwright in the current Women’s Voices Theater Festival set out to write a feminist-socialist play and explicitly said so. (Not that there’…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PMIt’s been six months since Pierre Huyghe, a retrospective of the French artist, closed at LACMA. But the thing about having living elements in a gallery is that their lives continue af…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:01PMTwo-time Tony nominee Daphne Rubin-Vega stars in Aaron Mark's new thriller.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMWho do YOU want to see take on classic roles like Brad, Janet, and Dr. Frank-N-Furter?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMPeter Pan and Tinkerbell — A Pirates Christmas will play the Pasadena Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMYou now have more chances to catch the legendary pair in action onstage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMConnie Ray, Raviv Ullman, and more star in the play at Huntington Theatre Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
So was it true? So many people who’d been in Boston to see the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC had warned me. “You won’t believe it!” they cried. �…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:55AMFrom a cellist to a scenic designer, from New Haven to St. Paul, a cohort marked by versatility and vision.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:52AMPlaybill Vault launches a brand-new feature Oct. 30 that offers theatre fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! You…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMHaving watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMPeninsula Players, a resident summer theater in Wisconsin, has announced its 81st season. “Chappati,” (June 14 – July 3) Christian O’Reilly’s romance about two animal lovers brough…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:42AMThe second volume of Sirius XM Broadway host, actor, musician and Playbill.com columnist Seth Rudetsky's "Seth's Broadway Diary" is released by Dress Circle Publishing Oct.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMThis inaugural production of the New Millennium Howard Players opens with a sizzling first scene featuring a delectable Lily played by Annette James being thoroughly courted by Sowande Ticha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AM“Is that the real Don Quixote?” whispers one awe-struck, five-year-old boy sitting near me in the GALA Hispanic Theatre, as helmeted actor Roberto Colmenares, gallantly flaunting…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AMWhile asking for donations from London’s Barbican Theatre stage, he also called it an "utter disgrace of the British government" for not doing more to pacify the crisis.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:36AMGen Y Productions announces the world premiere of Spring at the Willowbrook Inn, a new play by Jonathan Van Dyke and Doug Evans – starring legendary actor, activist and athlete Greg Lougan…
SOURCE: www.showbiznoflo.com at 11:35AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:32AMHaving watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMHaving watched nearly seven months' worth of tickets sell out in a matter of two days to people who signed up for pre-sale, producers of the upcoming London stage play Harry Potter a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMComposer and co-lyricist Ricky Ross brings an affecting, soulful quality to the music
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:32AMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child has gone on sale to the general public Oct. 30, after the initial priority booking period for those that pre-registered sold out in hours.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe virtuoso invention of Hussein Chalayan’s first dance work frequently thrills but is impeded by a stop-start flowHussein Chalayan is more than a fashion designer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:29AMFrom Hamlet in Syrian refugee camps to Macbeth in Kolkata, the plays have a resonance far beyond middle EnglandIt is impossible to look at Sarah Lee’s photographs of actors from the Globe …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AMThe divisive Joanna Newsom tours her new album, Divers, Bond is back – and so are the slightly less slick girls of Broad City; here are this week’s cultural highlights MUSIC Joanna Newso…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28AMIt’s pretty apt that the newest theatre in Manchester brings one of the first great works of theatre to its stage. The Oresteia, a Greek tragedy, is a trilogy which first saw the light of …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:28AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Keira Knightley feels having a child has changed the way she approaches her career - for the better....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:26AMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Keira Knightley makes her Broadway debut in a new adaptation of Emile Zola's "Therese Raquin", taking to the stage as a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who begins …
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:26AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre web site and live entertainment platform, is excited to announce the release of the site's Apple TV App, joining the launch of Apple's new 'future of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMNathan Lane and Devlin Elliott stopped by ABC's THE VIEW to talk about their new book Naughty Mabel. Check out the appearance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMIn a new report inReuters, novelist Michael Chabon reveals that thenew movie musical BOB THE MUSICAL, reportedly starring Tom Cruise, is getting closer to beginnig production after 10 years …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 10302015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMAt last night's event to benefit the AIDS research nonprofit amfAR, Lady Gaga had some words of praise for American Horror Story Hotel creator Ryan Murphy, who was the night's honoree.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMThe Chicago Tribune reports that Grease co-creator Jim Jacobs will offer a $50,000 gift to the American Theater Company to support its productions of new works. The theatre has …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMToday is the birthday of Herschel Bernardi (1923-1986). I’m just gonna give a quick shout out, rather than let another year go by without doing so. Without knowing I was doing so, I fi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:06AMRent icon Daphne Rubin-Vega will be spooking off-Broadway a little longer! Empanada Loca, which stars the two-time Tony nominee, will extend at the Bank Street Theater through November 15; …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:05AMStephen Karam’s The Humans, which just opened officially off-Broadway on October 25, will extend through January 3, 2016. The production, which is playing at the Laura Pels Theatre, ha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:05AMKeira Knightley made her official debut as the doomed title character inThérèse Raquin at Studio 54 on October 29. Click through the gallery for opening night pics!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:05AMKeira Knightley officially made her Broadway debut on October 29, when Thérèse Raquin opened at Roundabout’s Studio 54. How was she feeling? "Good, like I need anoth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:05AMLondon is preparing to welcome back “the greatest star”! Fanny Brice hasn’t been seen on stage in London or on Broadway since she first appeared 50 years ago! However, that…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:05AMStephen Karam's new play adds performances to its run at Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Barbara Vann, an early figure in the burgeoning Off Off-Broadway scene in the early 1960s, who helped found two important avant-garde troupes, died Aug. 26 following a brief illness.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMFollowing in the footsteps of Whitney Houston and Elaine Paige is no mean feat for someone at the start of their theatre career, but Beverley Knight seems to be taking it all in her stride
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:56AM'Jurassic World' doc pays a visit to Batman's hometown.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:51AMOn Monday, October 28th, 2015, Rick McKay, the Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer and editor of the hit 2004 film, 'Broadway The Golden Age' won 'Best Film - Greenwich Village Portr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMTony winner Nathan Lane and his partner Devlin Elliott recently appeared on the ABC chat show "The View."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AM(This is the obvious way to structure this response. Both Warhol and Buzzfeed would be happy about pursuing an obvious choice, I think.)
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:44AMBy Stephen Collins
What Musical should you see first in London? Here is out list of London’s Top 10 New Musicals. We have compiled this list to save you the trouble of working it out! …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:40AMGhostlight Records and Two River Theater release the original cast recording of the new musical Be More Chill ( international digital release on Friday, November 13; with physical CDs …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:34AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Stephen Karam's new comedy-drama The Humans has announced a one-week extension Off-Broadway. The new work, which w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMThe 2016 KIDS' NIGHT ON BROADWAY® National Ambassadors Kelli O'Hara and Marlee Matlin announced that the 20th Kids' Night on Broadway will take place in New York City on Tuesday, February…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:17AMThis fall, beloved Broadway internet personality, Annoying Actor Friend is releasing its second book, 'GRATEFUL Everything Happens for a Reason.' Described as a 'Choose Your Own Show Busines…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMDry Land | The Duchess Of Malfi | Dark & Lovely | Waste | Chrysalis Festival | Love For LoveIn the New York Times last year, its chief theatre critic Ben Brantley wondered why young wome…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMRoyal New Zealand Ballet | RambertOver the course of its 62-year history, this company has developed a history of smart and unusual programming, and for this UK tour it is demonstrating its …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMBill Bailey | Séance Fiction: The Improvised Haunting | BeardymanHe may not be as constant a presence on TV as he was in the heyday of his Never Mind The Buzzcocks captaincy and turn as Dyl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMMrs. Brown: “How much is Wicked today?” Agent: “I’m sorry Wicked doesn’t have a show today.” Mrs. Brown: “If it did, what would it cost.” Agen…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMHow well were you paying attention to the theater news and reviews in October? Answer these 11 questions and see.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:07AMPop star Ariana Grande dropped her new single 'Focus' an hour ahead of schedule last night followed by the music video.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMThe Broadway adaptation of THERSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nomineeKeira KnightleyTherese in her Broadway debut, began preview performances on October 1, 2015, and openedoffi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it This weekend's big news It's almost Halloween, and The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMOn Monday, October 28th, 2015, Rick McKay, the Director, Producer, Writer, Cinematographer and editor of the hit 2004 film, Broadway The Golden Age won Best Film - Greenwich Village Portrait…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMThe Broadway adaptation of THERSE RAQUIN, starring Academy and Golden Globe nomineeKeira KnightleyTherese in her Broadway debut, began preview performances on October 1, 2015, and opened off…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMToday in 2003, Wicked opened at the Gershwin Theatre, where it is still running. Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. Wicked tells the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMChalayan and Jalet do have fun with transformations, clothes and sets that aren’t quite what they seem
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:07AMAbove all, in its very different way, it strikes me as being in the grand tradition of Black Snow
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:07AMFiled under: Halloween, Horror (Mostly Gothic), PLUGS Tagged: Halloween, Haunted Hall, Manhattan Youth
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:02AMName: Kevin MasseyWhere are you from? Black Mountain, NCBroadway credits: Gentleman’s Guide, Memphis, Tarzan, Big River revivalHow did you hear you’d booked your first Broadway show?…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 10:01AMThe New Zealand native comes straight from the musical's Australian production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMJudith Light, Matt Ryan, and Gabriel Ebert also star in Evan Cabnet's production at Studio 54.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Through the generosity of Donna MacMillan, the McCallum Theatre presents distinguished American pianist Jeffrey Siegel and his program of Keyboard Conversations® and “Music of Joyous Cele…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 09:58AMThe actress was set star in Les Liaisons Dangereuses but has withdrawn six weeks before opening night, with no reason given
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:58AMIndustrialisation is the enemy in this anguished work about man's struggle to maintain his natural dignity
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:52AMSeven plays and a musical will premiere at the Finsbury Park venue next year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:52AMThe FAIRWINDS Broadway in Orlando series, presented by Dr. Phillips Center and Florida Theatrical Association, announced today that Wicked will return to Orlando in January 2017. 2015-2016…
SOURCE: www.showbiznoflo.com at 09:51AMEmmy and Grammy winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, creators of the new, Broadway-bound musical Bright Star, recently made an appearance on &q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMFor those of you who didn’t witness it, something beautiful happened in the tiny gallery at Caos on F Street last spring. Nu Sass Productions (a theatre company founded on the ideals o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:49AMA Javert from Down Under will swear to the stars on Broadway. Hayden Tee, who currently plays Javert in the Australian production of Les Miserables, will assume the role on Broadway beginnin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:42AMTony, Emmy, Oscar and Grammy-winning entertainer Liza Minnelli has been advised by her physician to cancel her upcoming concerts in both Oklahoma and Texas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AMGabriel Ebert, Matt Ryan and Keira Knightley in Therese Racquin
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The painterly precision of Evan Cabnet’s staging of Therese Raquin astonishes. Beowulf Boritt̵…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 09:37AMPulitzer Prize-winning novelist Michael Chabon has submitted his script for the long-in-the-works film "Bob the Musical," Reuters reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM By: Sandi Durell Looking at the two-tiered setting (David Zinn) of a somewhat dilapidated, sparsely furnished apartment with spiral staircase, the immediate impression m…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:25AMNew Zealand native Hayden Tee will assume the role of Javert beginning Jan. 29, 2016, in Cameron Mackintosh's Broadway revival of Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AMAs I write, if you visit the website of the Fargo Moorhead Opera, you’ll find an evocative image of a beautiful young Asian woman used in conjunction with the company’s production of Mad…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 09:16AMAs she makes her Royal Shakespeare Company directorial debut, Selina Cadell talks to Maureen Paton about coaching Sigourney Weaver and lessons learned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:13AMHampstead theatre, LondonSexual passion, art, Englishness and the creativity of refugees blend in David Hare’s enjoyably complex story of the foundation of Glyndebourne opera houseIt initi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:10AM"This is JETHRO TULL!, expressed proudly in bold terms. And then 'the rock opera,' said in an embarrassed whisper."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMWhat seems to animate many of the fairy tales is a heady freedom from the constraints of realism, the style we associate most strongly with Victorian fiction.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:10AMIt's Halloween, and James Corden called his friend Billy Eichner to tell him he misses the times they would trick-or-treat together in a way that's strikingly similar to Adele's 'Hello' vide…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMHartford Stage presents the sold-out world premiere of REAR WINDOW, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, and directed by Hartford Stage Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak, opening tonight,Oc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AM
Tonight on TCM, several horror films from the hand of RKO screenwriter/producer Val Lewton. 8:00pm (EST): Cat People (1942) “People”? It’s just one woman and she may or not be a cat pe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:57AMWords wrap around and claw away at the heart of this week’s excellent Play Pie and Pint lunchtime theatre at the Traverse, the last in the current season.
Words define us, giving shape …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:45AMKeira Knightley makes her Broadway debut in Zola's gothic passion play .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:44AMFor much of a grimly deliberate evening, Knightley appears shoulders hunched, indrawn, her eyes darting about as if in search of escape.
SOURCE: Telegraph at 08:44AMTony nominee Michael John LaChiusa discusses his new musical, “First Daughter Suite,” along with actors Alison Fraser, and Caissie Levy. The show imagines the inner lives and dreams of A…
SOURCE: WNYC at 08:44AMFor George Takei, Old Globe-bred musical's New York opening is the ultimate realization of a dream.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 08:44AMSheridan Smith will lead the show that made Barbra Streisand a star from a tiny, award-winning fringe theatre into the West End. Funny Girl will run in Southwark before moving to the Savoy.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 08:44AMIt's going to be a whole new world for former Sugababes singer Jade Ewen and West End actor Dean John-Wilson, who are in early negotiations to play Aladdin and Jasmine in Disney musical Alad…
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 08:44AMBeing onstage with Keira Knightley can be dangerous. But mostly just for Knightley herself. The actress, making her Broadway debut in the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway producti…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:44AMAnyone who has ever wondered about being stuck in an elevator might be intrigued by “Caged” at Theatre Banshee, a guest offering by Mean Machine Productions and Georganne Aldrich Heller.…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:44AMWikitheatre (wik-i-thee-¿-ter) is a newly-coined term for a subgenre of stage docudrama, characterized by slender fictional narrative and dialogue threading various quotes and biographical …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:44AMThis story of illicit love, murder and madness turns out to be one of the best plays on Broadway this year.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:44AM"Love Love Loved @HamiltonMusical" tweeted the punctuation-free @AmySchumer very early Thursday morning, attaching a photo of herself in a very nice orchestra seat at the Richard Rodgers Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:43AMThere’s enough water in “Thérèse Raquin” to float a boat, but not a drop of sexual tension in play starring Keira Knightley.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:41AMWicked," the "prequel" to "The Wizard of Oz," is an interminable show with no dramatic logic or emotional center.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:41AMThe execs at Dan Klores Communications better start practicing their jazz hands.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:41AMThe final segment of choreographer Alex Ketley's trilogy explores what dance and performance means to people in the Southeast...... Read more »
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SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 08:40AMA musical filled with charming characters and a snarky sense of humor.... Read more »
The post Theater Review: A humorously goofy 'Spelling Bee' at Manatee Players appeared first on Tic…
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 08:40AMOpera company casting extras for winter production of Verdi classic... Read more »
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SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 08:40AMIt's time once again for the annual Barrymore Awards ceremony honoring the crème de la crème of local theater.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:38AMIt's not yet the Fifth of November, but Arden Theatre Company still remembers England's Gunpowder Plot, via Bill Cain's 2009 drama Equivocation. Cain, a Jesuit priest, explores the entanglem…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:38AMMichael Flatley is retiring! This is terrible news. But you can see why he’d want to go home. He started Irish step dancing when he was eleven, as he was growing up on Chicago’s South Si…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 08:37AMUBUD, Indonesia (Reuters) - A movie musical starring Tom Cruise could be nearing production after a decade languishing in development, the screenwriter, Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Micha…
SOURCE: Reuters at 08:37AMNEW YORK (AP) -- About a quarter through the new and uneven Broadway revival of "Therese Raquin," you begin to wonder why Keira Knightley has put herself through thi…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:36AMScar, the evil force at the center of "The Lion King," is a homegrown villain in the current touring production: the prodigal son returned to remind us of our demons.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:35AMIn a messy trailer somewhere off I-90 in Northern Idaho, a couple of aging baby boomers talk shop over stacks of back copies of a newspaper for long-haul truckers.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:35AMAn excellent ensemble cast of six brings to life this sporadically amusing and mostly depressing play by Stephen Karam set in downtown New York during the Thanksgiving festivities of the Bla…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:31AMA new production of 'Thérèse Raquin' casts Keira Knightley as Zola's tragic heroine.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:31AMIt has been more than three decades since Tim Pigott-Smith entered the American consciousness as the obsessive police captain Ronald Merrick during the final days of British rule in India, i…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:30AMKeira Knightley says she has been approached at least three times to play Thérèse Raquin in one or another adaptation of the 1867 Zola novel. She finally succumbed when offered Hel…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:26AMMatt Ryan’s got a busy couple of weeks ahead of him. Tonight the actor opens in the Roundabout Theater Company’s Broadway production of “Therese Raquin,” in which he…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:25AMIs it okay to laugh? That’s what audiences are likely to ask about the histrionic staging of Helen Edmundson’s new adaptation of Emile Zola’s 1867 novel, “Therese Raq…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:25AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07AMCould this young guy have ever dreamed that the President of the United States would call a musical he wrote an example of the kind of creativity needed to teach history to our kids
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07AMSteve Martin and Edie Brickell stopped by the TONIGHT SHOW to perform 'Won't Go Back' from their new album 'So Familiar'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07AMHappy Halloween This week, we go around our Broadway World to featurestories on ghosts, goblins, illusionists and all things Halloweenin Washington, DC, Milwaukee, Spain,and more. Check out …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07AMVideo from Westcoaster Ca, shot on October 19th at the Barbican, London, is off Benedict Cumberbatch’s plea to the Hamlet audience to make a donation to help refugees escaping the conflict…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMGuardian photographer and film-maker David Levene has created a series of motion portraits of the ZooNation dancers in the fairytale-riffing show Into the Hoods: Remixed – watch and imitat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMThe British actor made her Broadway debut in the Emile Zola adaptation – but there were mixed reactions to her performance and critics found fault in the direction, script and soundAfter a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMThe biggest news this month may very well have come from the world of magazines. PLAYBOY announced that come January, it would no longer feature nudes in its monthly issues. So maybe it’s …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:02AM
"Love Love Loved @HamiltonMusical" tweeted the punctuation-free @AmySchumer very early Thursday morning, attaching a photo of herself in a very nice orchestra seat at the Richard Rodgers Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:50AMFull casting has today been announced for the West End run of the Royal Court Theatre’s production of Hangmen. Producers Robert Fox, Matthew Byam Shaw for Playful Productions and Royal Cou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:48AMThe Ghost Stories co-creator joins Johnny Flynn and David Morrissey at the Wyndham's Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:42AMDavid Hare's new play recounts the story of the inception of Glyndebourne
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:42AMSocial media is a great thing. We are able to know information about our friends almost to the minute it’s happening. People are constantly updating their Facebook pages with announcements…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:31AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal drama column I review the belated Broadway premiere of A.R. Gurney’s Sylvia and the U.S. premiere of a new stage version of Thérèse Raquin. Here’s an e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMDue to unprecedented demand the Menier Chocolate Factory Production of Funny Girl transfers to the Savoy Theatre in London’s West End, following the sold out run at the Menier Chocolate Fa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:16AMAn excerpt from an interview with Arthur Miller originally telecast by the CBC in 1971: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesda…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMIs this psychedelic musical revue of songs from the 1960s worth the trip?
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:15AMTickets for the production at London’s Palace Theatre go on sale today but are expected to vanish as quickly as He Who Must Not Be Named
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:10AMFuturity
Off Broadway, Connelly Theater, Soho Rep/Ars Nova
Reviewed by Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: This unique new musical follows an epic theatre template, using self-aware performance as a…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:04AM“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.” Flannery O’Connor, letter to Cecil Dawkins, Dec. 9, 1958
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
A listless adaptation of Emile Zola’s novel about a young woman, played by Keira Knightley, who loves well but not at all wisely.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 06:57AMBy Doug Mayo
The producers of Funny Girl must have been in their element a few months ago when their new production of Funny Girl went on sale at the Menier Chocolate Factory. All of the tic…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:50AMMichael Mayer's production will play a limited season at the Savoy Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:46AM@ThisStage: The rich Los Angeles Theater Scene continues to expand. Here are 10 companies nominated for the prestigious Ovation awards for the first time. And many of the usual suspect…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:36AMKeira Knightley's Broadway debut in Thérèse Raquin is a "dangerless" liaison
SOURCE: cititour.com at 06:29AMFull casting has been announced for the West End transfer of Martin McDonagh's Hangmen, from the Royal Court (where it ran through Oct. 10) to Wyndham's, where it begins performances…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:20AMNever use one word when you can get away with two: that seems to have been the maxim of Eugene O’Neill even in one of his shorter plays. After all, when is an ape not hairy, and why does s…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:19AMRemember back when David Hare was left-wing? I’m not sure that he does.read more
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:19AMThe Fox Theatre’s regional premiere of “Matilda,” a British import that has won multiple awards, has the power of knowledge and empowerment at its heart, with a little genius at its ce…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 06:19AMBroadway loves movie stars — and some of them even love it back! Here, following the opening of Keira Knightley’s “Thérèse Raquin,” is a roundup of some high-profile debuts. James …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMTwo shows this week deserve a look — and both hail from the Roundabout, albeit at very different price points. An orchestra seat for Broadway’s “Thérèse Raquin” costs $137, but thi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AMPlay’s violent plot twists make it a suitable thriller for Halloween, and there are certainly some ghosts and skeletons.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AM
The Montclair Operetta Club opens its 91st season with "Violet."The story is centered on Violet who was struck by a wayward axe blade as a child while her father was chopping wood,…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 12:43AMCameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil amp Schonberg's legendary musical, LES MISERABLES, has celebrated triumphant seasons in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney and opens at QPAC…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMLawrence Edelson, Producing Artistic Director of American Lyric Theater ALT, presentthe company's libretto workshop and upcoming presentation of THE HALLOWEEN TREE today, October 30, 2015, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMAn all-new THEATER TALK presents a multi-faceted interview-portrait of the current revival of Spring Awakening.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMThe McKittrick Hotel 530 W 27th Street, New York, NY, home of SLEEP NO MORE, celebrates Halloween with Inferno, two consecutive nights of costumed mayhem directly following tonightOctober 30…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMMolly Smith directs her 30th production as Artistic Director of Arena Stage with a gritty and relevant take on the Tony Award-winning musical OLIVER, blending the chaotic worlds of 19th-cent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMFeinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents GHOST LIGHT SONGS AND CREEPY STORIES FROM BROADWAY AND BEYOND TO GET YOU IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT, starring Daisy Eagan Tony Award winner…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMIn a unique collaboration between Verve Records and Walt Disney Records, the two esteemed labels have teamed up to present the compilation album WE LOVE DISNEY, which is availabletoday, Octo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMGhostlight Records and Two River Theater announce the release of the Original Cast Recording of the new musical BE MORE CHILL, with a U.S. Digital Release today, October 30 and international…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38AMHalloween is right around the corner, and if you haven't yet been to the pumpkin patch and carved a jack-o'-lantern, we've got 13 ideas for your very own Broadway-the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30AMEleven vocal giants, who have played the demanding role of Elphaba in the hit Broadway production of Wicked, discuss their work in the mammoth role.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30AMThe McKittrick Hotel presents Inferno, a special party experience following its Oct. 30-31 performances of Sleep No More, the long-running and popular immersive re&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30AMThrillers — usually involving murder or the threat of murder — used to be a staple of Broadway. Some of the longest-running non-musicals in Broadway history were …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30AMOf all the screen-to-stage adaptations that have come and gone, it seems that one project theatregoers would sell their immortal souls for is a Broadway musical adaptation of the 199…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30AMHAMILTON releases the fourth in its series of vintage style photographs taken by Josh Lehrer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:07AMHartford Stage's world premiere of Rear Window, adapted for the stage by Keith Reddin, officially opens at the Connecticut venue Oct. 30 at 8 PM following previews that began Oct. 23. Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhen they were in 10th grade, Norwin seniors Genna Skaryak and Jacob Westwood toyed with the idea of writing their first play together.
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