Satirist whose show took Egypt by storm says the seeds of subversive humour he helped plant will be nurtured by a generation who has grown up online The Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef joke…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52PMIn Dada Woof Papa Hot, Parnell combines characters we know pretty well -- and a situation we know pretty well -- in a manner which makes it all seem fresh, involving and convincing.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:34PMIn Peter Parnell’s new play at Lincoln Center, gay couples with children learn about having (or not having) it all.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PMThe playwright John Pollono is a deft practitioner of the sort of twist-in-the-tale narratives that are mostly associated with O. Henry and W. Somerset Maugham.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:28PM"Songs for You," the new solo album from Telly Leung, who currently stars on Broadway in Allegiance, is now available for pre-order on iTunes. As previously reported, to celebr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19PMWhen you’re a three year old watching your dad say “If music be the food of love, play on!” from an Elizabethan stage, naturally you grow up to become one of Broadway’…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:19PMThis Week in Shakespeare is the brainchild of bicoastal actors Liza de Weerd and Brian Weiss. Beginning in April of 2014, the 450th anniversary of the Bard’s birth, the pair would perform …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 10:19PMTony-winning hit Jersey Boys celebrated 10 years on the Great White Way with a massive party that brought a lot of Frankies, Bobs, Nicks and Tommys in one room.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:15PMIn this week's episode of SUPERGIRL, Kara takes on a villain not even Superman could defeat Reactron. But does she need the Man of Steel's helpor just to prove to everyone that she is worthy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PM
Actor to direct show faithful to the landmark 1956 production that made her a star, with the original set designs and Cecil Beaton costumesJulie Andrews plans to channel the spirit of her or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56PMLeslie Uggams—the Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress who has been opening doors for African-American actors for five decades—will perform the title role in the NY debut of Colman Doming…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:56PMBrooklyn photographer and writer Julia Sherman first established salad as a serious medium with her Salad for President blog. Now she's making salad with artists from around the country at t…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:34PMInspired by Takei's own childhood experiences, the musical spotlights a dark era in American history: The internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:34PMDaniel Assetta has been announced the winner of the 2015 Rob Guest Endowment Award, following a glamorous Grand Final Concert at the Sydney Lyric Theatre on Monday 9 November. Competing ag…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:22PM22 year old Daniel Assetta has won the coveted Rob Guest Endowment Award after performing at a star studded Grand Final Concert in Sydney last night. Presented by the NSW Government’s tour…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:19PMGet in on the action of the moving new musical Allegiance, starring George Takei, Lea Salonga, Telly Leung and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:03PMJohn Pollono brings a blue-collar family drama with a twist to MCC.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PMGay dads explore the new frontier of marriage, monogamy and parenthood in Peter Parnell's play about balancing relationships in a time of cultural change.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
A brand new musical slated to arrive on Broadway later this season is teasing theater goers with a taste of what their show might hold! In addition to its leading character, producers annou…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 08:42PMContinuing to bring original musical stories and new productions to beloved Chicago audiences, 'Hershey Felder Presents' George Gershwin Alone, Maestro Bernstein, The Pianist of Willesden La…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38PMAt a recent visit, he called the popular haunt a temple for artists of the theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38PMA teenage girl goes missing during a fierce blizzard in John Pollono's New England-set drama starring Piper Perabo.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PMIn the crowded and competitive world of Chicago comedy, improvisational teams constantly come and go. Groups can be hot one week, performing a recurring show in a well-known comedy venue, an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:07PMOriginally published on 250 Word Reviews. DADA WOOF PAPA HOT (Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse) Most gay men of a certain age never envisioned a world in which t…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:02PMDADA WOOF PAPA HOT(Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse)Most gay men of a certain age never envisioned a world in which they could get married and have children. At …
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 08:02PMDADA WOOF PAPA HOT(Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center Theater at the Mitzi E. Newhouse)review by David Levy
Most gay men of a certain age never envisioned a world in which they could get married a…
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 08:02PMTanned, twitchy and with a huge pair of glasses attached to his oversized skull as his stirs his cranberry sauce, Michael Shannon on the stage of A Red Orchid Theatre looks nothing so much l…
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Lisa Horner and Nicola Lipman to star as Little Edie and Big Edie in musical based on 1975 documentary
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:55PMWhat do we know about Belarus? I personally did not know enough, apart from its geographical position, some scattered pieces of information from the media and a couple of Eurovision songs. C…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:51PMUnder the Gun Theater has announced the full lineup for “Based on a True Story,” the Saturday night improvised show that draws inspiration from the monologue of a special guest.
SNL al…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:51PMIn the crowded and competitive world of Chicago comedy, improvisational teams constantly come and go. Groups can be hot one week, performing a recurring show in a well-known comedy venue, an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:51PMIn contemporary writing for the theater it can sometimes seem as if there's an undeclared competition to determine...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:25PMThe Theatre School at DePaul University will honor Andre De Shields with the 2015 Award for Excellence in the Arts tonight, November 9 at the Atlantic Ballroom of the Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMHow much do you know about the off-stage lives of George Takei, Lea Salonga and Telly Leung
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMAnnaleigh Ashford gives a wonderfully endearing performance as a dog looking for a home.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:12PMMr. Bartlett discusses the use of language to transform his protagonists from cardboard figures of ridicule into full-blown characters of tragedy and pathos.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PMThe Broadway opening of "China Doll," David Mamet's newest play starring Al Pacino, has been moved back to December, it was announced on Monday, a delay that might be at least partly due to�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:01PMCameron Scoggins, Tom Phelan, and Daniel Oreskes also star in the new dark comedy at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Bob Saget took his first bow in Broadway's Hand to God as the not 100% pious Pastor Greg in the crazy comedy. Click through the gallery to see Saget on the Great White Way!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:50PMEmmy winner Megan Mullally and Veronica Dunne were all about the kibbles and bits when they attended Broadway's hilarious comedy Sylvia. Mullally was on hand to visit her former It's…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:50PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Barrett W-W's Good Cause
So very! Barrett Wilbert Weed (Heathers), Jennifer Damiano (Next To Norma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:50PMIn November's "On Stage Across America," Jack O'Brien talks about how he came on board as the director of the touring production of The Sound of Music, and newcome…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:50PMChoreographer adds contemporary dance moves to Jerome Robbins’s 1964 musical without losing the folklore feel.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 05:41PMRemember when you first listened to the Hamilton cast recording? I'm sure you do. You were hooked by the opening, pumped up by "My Shot," smiling widely at "You'll Be Back," …
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:41PMAnna Kendrick — so versatile! Last week, the Pitch Perfect star popped up in a hilarious web series for Kate Spade; this week, she's starring in this "live action trailer" for the …
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:41PMThe star of David Lindsay-Abaire's new play Ripcord opens up about her long career, where she gets her nerve and the “corruption and ruin of being a politician in America.”
SOURCE: nytlive.nytimes.com at 05:38PMAn long-ailing woman who would like to die has a proposal for her nurse in Chisa Hutchinson’s play, at the National Black Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:28PMUnder the Gun Theater has announced the full lineup for “Based on a True Story,” the Saturday night improvised show that draws inspiration from the monologue of a special guest. SNL alu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:25PMA crack team helps her transform from the nervous bride to the cool photographer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMBaltimore Shakespeare Factory’s production of The Taming of the Shrew is a delightful romp of quick-witted dialog and rollicking physical comedy. With their commitment to presenting Shakes…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:18PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre continues its reading series Nov. 13 with Jane Madden’s The Windstealers, a modern Irish satire examining corruption and national character, directed by…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:16PMKeira Knightley Makes Broadway Debut in Moody Period PieceBy Lauren Yarger A film star making her Broadway debut isn’t always the lead when writing about a show, but in the case of Keira K…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:16PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 1192015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMWith its pill-dispensing stations and trim, backless sofas, this hospital lounge doesn’t look like a stomping ground for cannibals. But cannibals do lurk here, as do space pirates, lizard …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:08PMDaniel Radcliffe visited 'LIVE' today to talk about the new movie 'Victor Frankenstein,' and chatted with Kelly and Michael about the new play HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, which is ope…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMThe two leading ladies and mother/daughter duo from RUTHLESS!, Kim Maresca and Tori Murray, are set to perform at Jim Caruso's "Cast Party" tonight at 9:30 PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMTed Chapin’s official title is the President of R&H. Frankly, I think we should just call him the President of Theater. That’s how smart and insightful this guy is about o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 05:05PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending November 8th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 05:05PMEnjoy web-exclusive footage of Chita Rivera’s concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center, where she sang “Carousel” from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, the mu…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:05PMWHEN LIFE IMITATES OPERA Life imitates opera: Concluding Eclipse Theatre Company’s season-long retrospective of oeuvres by Terrence McNally (Lips Together, Teeth Apart and A Perfect Gane…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:05PMLONDON (Reuters) - As a young aspiring ballerina, Francesca Hayward would repeatedly practice making an entrance as Romeo's Juliet, pretending her living room was a live auditorium.
SOURCE: Reuters at 05:05PMJohn Benjamin Hickey, Christopher Denham and Mamie Gummer have gone from "Manhattan" to Manhattan. The trio of actors from the WGN America period drama are on stage in New York this fall in …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:05PM"I don't have a bucket list anymore!" George Takei declared after the Broadway opening of "Allegiance."
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:05PMCall Answered: The New York Pops, conducted by maestro Steven Reineke always put on a great show and with top notch talent to perform with them! This next concert, entitled "Sophisticated La…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 05:05PMCall Answered: When I was presented with the opportunity to interview anyone in "From The Hip," I decided to go with the show's leads, Susie Mosher and Maggie Moore as I felt I could have th…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 05:05PMThe bold experiment in serialized storytelling by Curious Theatre that brought the first two installments of Tarell Alvin McCraney's "The Brother/Sister Plays" to Denver to rave reviews, …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:05PMSam Shepard's "Ages of the Moon" opens at Ensemble Theatre Friday.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:05PMThe festival will also present the North American premiere of Shakespeare in Love.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Playwright Katori Hall broke her silence over last month's Kent State University production of her play, The Mountaintop, that double-cast the lead role of Dr. Martin Luther King wit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMThe COC awarded three singers prizes in competition to find fresh talent.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:52PM“China Doll,” the new Broadway play written by David Mamet and starring Al Pacino, has pushed back its opening by about two weeks in the midst of rumors of trouble during its pre…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:51PMWhile most shows faced a slump over Halloween, the Great White Way picked itself back up this past week as almost every production celebrated a box office increase, many by more than $100,00…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMTony and Emmy winner Leslie Uggams (Hallelujah, Baby!; Fantasy) will take on the title role in the previously announced New York debut of Colman Domingo’s Dot. Directed by Tony winner …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMDavid Mamet’s new Broadway play “China Doll” has postponed its opening night.
Originally slated for a Nov. 19 opening, the production will now open almost two weeks later on Dec. 4.
…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:38PM“Charges which you now repudiate you may find credible at a later date.” No, this isn’t a comment on the 2016 presidential candidates – it’s a smirky statement by Tartuffe, t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:32PMBroadway bounced back last week. After a week that saw declines in box office and attendance at most shows, much of the news was sunny this last seven-day period, with all but a few show…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMBroadway’s autumn roller-coaster ride continues apace, with ticket sales rebounding at the box office as theatergoers continue to express their preferences for hits over misses. The 1…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:29PMQuinn will bring her experience in arts management and operations to the American Repertory Theater in the leadership role.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:29PMThe Broadway revival of The Color Purple, starring Jennifer Hudson and Cynthia Erivo, has announced that a limited number of rush tickets will be available for purchase in-perso…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMYellow SoundLabel has announced that the new solo CD by Telly Leung - who opened last night to rave reviews in the new Broadway musical ALLEGIANCE opposite George Takei and Lea Salonga - is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMSTEVE MARTIN AND EDIE BRICKELL’S NEW MUSICAL “BRIGHT STAR” DIRECTED BY WALTER BOBBIE WILL PLAY BROADWAY’S CORT THEATRE STARTING FEBRUARY 25, 2016 OPENING NIGHT NOW SET FOR THURSDAY, …
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 04:19PMWith its admirable Houston premiere of Lauren Gunderson's "Silent Sky," both the company and founding artistic director Rebecca Greene Udden are working confidently in characteristic mode.
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SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 04:18PMShe calls the casting, 'a self-serving and disrespectful directing exercise for a paying audience.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMBroadwayWorld has learned that Leslie Uggams --the Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress who has been opening doors for African-American actors for five decades ---will perform the title role …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMThe new American musicalAllegianceofficially opened last night, November 8, at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street, starring Tony and Olivier Award winnerLea SalongaMiss Saigon, Les Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMJudi Dench and Zoe Wanamaker impress in the first two shows to take the stage at London's Garrick, where Kenneth Branagh's new company begins its year-long residency.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:09PMElizabeth Irwin’s “My Mañana Comes” brings to light what goes on behind the scenes at a high-class Manhattan eatery. And it ends with a big, effective jolt that clearly illustrates &#…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:05PMImagine this scenario: you are sitting in the car on the way to a baseball game when, all of sudden, the sky opens up with sheets of torrential rain. Things look bleak, until you receive a m…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:05PMDr. Ivan Pulinkala, chair of the Department of Dance at Kennesaw State University (KSU), is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the program he founded, thanks
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:00PMThe dance musical extravaganza is currently running at Stage 42.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe new musical will star Carmen Cusack in her Broadway debut.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMSusan Stroman will direct the production at the Vineyard Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
The revival of “Sylvia,” its first on Broadway, is like a three-quarter carat diamond nested in Elizabeth Taylor’s engagement ring’s setting. It’s pretty enough, but really, what�…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 03:54PMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
Directed with comfortable assurance and a leisurely sense of timing, this "Sylvia" benefits from a (mostly) strong cast, including three Tony Award winners: Ma…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:53PMThe play began previews on Oct. 21; it had been scheduled to open Nov. 19, but instead will now open Dec. 4, and “new material is going in this week,” the lead producer said.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:51PMHe'll stay on in new role as music director emeritus
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:51PMThomas Tallis' 40-part 'Spem in Alium' is a highlight
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:51PMThe Team is not a company to shy away from a grand narrative or an iconic American image. The work of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMThe 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 03:41PM“I thought you might ask that!” Arts Council England’s chief executive is waving a piece of paper at me, sheepish yet triumphant.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMBelarus Free Theatre is celebrating 10 years’ work with Staging a Revolution, a London showcase of the brand of underground theatre that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMWomen@RADA is a new initiative set up by graduates and staff at RADA, and supported by the drama school, to offer a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMThere’s something pleasingly circular about the fact that As You Like It was one of the first productions Polly Findlay ever directed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PM“Taking the extreme to the mainstream” is how Circus of Horrors founder Doctor Haze puts it. And since the show is celebrating
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMA mere two years after completing her design training, Rosanna Vize can already count Kneehigh, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Hangmen designer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMNo request is too unusual for Alan Smith. From a gold lamé bondage suit to prosthetics for a devil dog, and a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:41PMRegular Singing, the 4th play in Richard Nelson’s Apple Family Cycle and now playing in repertory with Sorry (the 3rd play) at Studio Theatre, is a 2-hour dirge, a threnody if you will…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:36PM(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton. Check out further Diversity & Inclusion interviews on Jacqueline’s blog…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:35PMBroadway's spring season is very much falling into place! The previously announced Main Stem production of Bright Star will land at the Cort Theatre, with performances now beginning on F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:35PMThis is not a good sign for David Mamet's China Doll, headlined by the legendary Al Pacino. Despite bringing in high grosses since it began previews on October 21, the production has pus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:35PMHis reputation’s so scandalacious, and we’re about to see why. Broadway newbie Jonah Platt will grab a camera and show us around Wicked with a new vlog. Hope you’re thrilli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:35PM“Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus”, the best selling relationship book by John Gray is now a stage show and it's a two-hour laugh fest. Led by Peter Story, Men Are From Mars, Wome…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:35PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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Roundabout Theatre Company has commissioned yet another new stage adaptation from British playwright Helen Edmondson, whose previous plays also …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:31PMChicago Shakespeare TheaterCST presents the U.S. premiere of Ride the Cyclone, a new musical with a refreshingly offbeat twist from Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond, directed and choreograp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 11/8…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMThe Playwrights Horizons production of Taylor Mac's Hir began previews Oct. 16. The new Off-Broadway play is billed as a "subversive comedy" with a cast led by&am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMThis will be the first time the musical has been staged in Marietta, where Leo Frank was hanged.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMIsaac Butler, Darcy James Argue, and Peter Nigrini conspire to create a musical/theatrical collage at the junction of paranoia, misinformation, and a Big Band jazz beat.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PMCelebrity stylist George Brescia – who co-hosted Dress Up! Live: The 2014 Tony Awards Red Carpet, presented by Playbill.com and Stage17 &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMCelebrity stylist George Brescia – who co-hosted Dress Up! Live: The 2014 Tony Awards Red Carpet, presented by Playbill.com and Stage17 &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMThe outrageous Broadway clown tweets about rehearsing ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, seeing ALLEGIANCE and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMHarvard University andthe Board of Trustees of the American Repertory Theater A.R.T. announced today that Diane Quinn will join the 35 year old institution as its new Executive Director and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMBooking tickets to SYLVIA just got so easy your dog could do it for you.The play is the latest Broadway show to launch a digital lottery
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMJersey Boys, the musical biography of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, celebrated its tenth anniversary on Broadway with a special Nov. 8 curtain call at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PMDavid Mamet’s new Broadway play “China Doll” has postponed its opening night. Originally slated for a Nov. 19 opening, the production will now open almost two weeks later on Dec. 4. In…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:13PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 118201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1182015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMThe new dance musical spectacle Trip of Love, inspired by the biggest hit songs of the 1960s, is playing at Stage 42, formerly The Little Shubert Theater 422 West 42nd St. American pop cultu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMSome bright news from BRIGHT STARBroadwayWorld has learned that the new musicalfrom Grammy and Emmy winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, directed by Tony A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMThemes of honesty and trust emerge as a fly fisherman interacts with multiple women who are no less prone to deceptive lures as the trout he pursues at his uncle’s cabin
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:08PMTony Award-winning Broadway starlet Annaleigh Ashford -- currently receiving raves in SYLVIA, and also celebrated for her work on stage in YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, KINKY BOOTS, RENT, WICK…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMTKTS 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 03:07PMWhen a new company takes the stage, founded on the principles of truth-telling and reconciliation, you can expect a production with strong material; when that new company is Mosaic Theater C…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:07PMReading 50 answers to “What’s the most exciting show you’ve ever seen?” is a lesson in the continuing power of theater — great to keep in mind as we sort throug…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:04PMOn Friday, October 30, Ghost Light, a show conceived, produced and co-hosted by Steve Schonberg theater expert, NBC Today in New York, Center On The Aisle lived up to the expectation of spec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PM“I don’t have a bucket list anymore!” George Takei declared after the Broadway opening of “Allegiance.” That’s because the new musical, which centers on o…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:03PMJohn Benjamin Hickey, Christopher Denham and Mamie Gummer have gone from “Manhattan” to Manhattan. The trio of actors from the WGN America period drama are on stage in New York this fall…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:03PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF will honor Tony Award-winning director and choreographerCasey Nicholaw, theatre executive and producer Darren P. DeVernaand former NYMF board chair…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMGeorge Takei, known worldwide for his role in "Star Trek" as well as his popular social media presence, conquered another level of show business Nov. 8 when the new musical Allegia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMPam MacKinnon directs the new drama, which costars Christopher Denham.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMSee John Steinbeck's classic story in Sag Harbor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The two Huntington Playwriting Fellows will complete a two-year residency with the support and resources of the Huntington Theatre Company.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:59PMOn last night's 60 MINUTES on CBS, CHARLIE ROSE went behind the curtain to report on Lin-Manuel Miranda's new original Broadway musical Hamilton. Everyone knows that the critically-acclaimed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMDates and a theatre have been announced for the new musical Bright Star, from Grammy and Emmy winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell. Previews start F…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMWhen will people realize Anthony Mackie’s the new Will Smith — only, you know, with range? “The Hurt Locker” should have made him as big as co-star Jeremy Renner back in 2008, but no…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:48PMThe Broadway opening of "China Doll," David Mamet's newest play starring Al Pacino, has been moved back to December, it was announced on Monday, a delay that might be at least partly due to�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:48PMOn November 13, The New York Pops will celebrate the groundbreaking work of great ladies of song ranging from Billie Holiday to Ella Fitzgerald. Maestro Steven Reineke has once again convoke…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:42PMGet to know Jersey Boys' homegrown player John Rochette as he talks all things Garden State and going from subway performer to Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:42PMCome 2016, it will mark five years since the last Harry Potter film hit movie theaters across the world and ended the series that changed the lives of millions around the world. Harry Potte…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:39PMWe aren’t even halfway through the 2015-16 Broadway season and we’re already bringing you news regarding next season on Broadway! With more than enough productions, musicals and …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:39PMWe’re heading to the regional circuit as a potentially Broadway bound show lines up the details for another run beginning soon! While any common theater lover will know the name La Jol…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:39PMThe closer the days get to Dec. 3, the excitement builds for NBC’s The Wiz Live (people are talking sleepovers; and by people… adults) as well as the Broadway revival set for 2016-17. Da…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:38PMLast month, as part of Project Protest: The Art of Revolution, The Center for Arts & Culture at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation presented a world premiere reading of 12 Angry…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:32PMThe move allows playwright David Mamet and director Pam MacKinnon to continue making changes to the Broadway premiere, which has generated unfavorable buzz during previews.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:29PMThe Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musicalJersey Boysofficially celebrated 10 record-breaking years on Broadway this weekend at theAugust WilsonTheatre, and oh, what a celebratio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PM(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton. Check out further Diversity & Inclusion interviews on Jacqueline’s blog…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:25PMYou know that feeling you get when you go to something—you attend it as a visitor or you drop in as an interloper—and by the time that something ends, you feel as if you belonged to it?…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:20PMName: Arthur ElbakyanHometown: Currently in the City of Angels. Although sometimes it seems that I live in all of my favorite cities at the same time. To live somewhere is a state of mind. O…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:18PMName: Jonathan KrukHometown: Cold Spring on Hudson,NYEducation: B.A. English Holy Cross College, M.A.Educational Theater New York UniversityFavorite Credits: My solo shows of The Legend of S…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:18PMThe Tony winner on her triumphant return to Broadway in Allegiance and her love for her devoted fans.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMThe new David Mamet play starring Al Pacino and directed by Pam MacKinnon will open two weeks later than scheduled.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PM"A third production with Phyllida Lloyd is planned, and although the play has not yet been determined, there is one tragic hero Walter would relish taking on. 'Having played Lady Macbeth'—…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 02:04PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of November 9-15, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMThe Path Fund's 22nd annual ROCKERS ON BROADWAY 80's REWIND benefit concert will honor 80's Pop Princess ,Debbie Gibson with the Rockers Lifetime Achievement Award and May Pang with the Rock…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMPeter Parnell's new play is directed by Scott Ellis at Lincoln Center Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMCatch the acclaimed musical's return for a little less green.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
UPDATE with more information:
The producers of David Mamet’s new play China Doll, starring Al Pacino, have moved the opening back two weeks, to December 4th from November 19th. That m…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:59PMU.K. theatre executive Colin Ingram has been tapped as executive vice president of MSG Productions. Ingram, who formerly worked for The Old Vic, Disney Theatrical and his own production/gene…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMWomen astronomers, mathematicians, and adventurers in Western epics take the stage with a week, led by many female playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:56PMProducers of David Mamet's new drama China Doll have pushed back the opening night by two weeks. The production marks Tony, Emmy and Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino's return to Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMFamiliarizing potential audience members with a new score before the show opens could provide a useful leg-up at the box office.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:50PMBanned in 1907, but still sharply topical, a new production of Harley Granville Barker’s play Waste is opening at the National Theatre. Its star talks sex, idealism and backstage briefings…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMComedy and television iconBob Sagetjuststepped into the role of 'Pastor Greg' in the Tony Award-nominated comedyHand to Godbeginning last weekthrough the production's previously announced cl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMThe new American musicalAllegianceofficially opened last night, November 8, at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street, starring Tony and Olivier Award winnerLea SalongaMiss Saigon, Les Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMFootloose, the four-time Tony Award-nominated 1996 musical that was adapted by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie from the mega-popular 1984 movie of the same name is on display at the Rockvil…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:44PMLongtime partners and the creators of the hit musical RUTHLESS!, Marvin Laird and Joel Paley, were married in a private ceremony on Sunday, November 1st. It was truly a family affair with tw…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:37PMJessica Almasy’s play, at Dixon Place, shifts from an interview with a guilty tiger to a look at the teenagers who survived an attack.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:34PMA host of top talent took part in Changing the Stats: Asian Americans on Broadway Nov. 2 at The Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space. The evening offered excerpts from dream roles not trad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMA production spokesperson for Hamilton has confirmed that the musical has amassed a $57 million advance sale–and claimed that the figure is a Broadway record.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMThe award, created in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman, will split its $45,000 purse between the two.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:28PMFollowing sold-out performances earlier this summer, The Shakespearean Jazz Show returns to the Cell Theatre Nov. 30. The show combines the words of Shakespeare with a New Orleans jazz b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMThe Car Man star died in August following a motorbike crash
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:22PMRichard Eyre's production opens at the Almeida later this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:22PMHundreds of artists in Hartford will throw open the doors of their studios to show and sell their work in the annual citywide art spectacular Open Studio Hartford on Saturday and Sunday, Nov…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:21PMSamuel French is thrilled that playwright Clare Barron (You Got Older) is one of the first two recipients of a new playwrighting award honoring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. The judges as…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:16PMJust before its first preview tomorrow night, November 10, THE COLOR PURPLE has announced its rush ticket policy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMToday OUT unveiled 99 Honorees from the 21st annual OUT100 portfolio, including entertainers, activists, artists, politicians, sports figures, and culinary masters.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMLIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER - the award-winning performing arts series that for more than 40 years has showcased the best of the wide-ranging programming from the world's leading performing art…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:11PMTony-winning certified genius Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on 60 Minutes on November 8 to discuss with Charlie Rose a little show called Hamilton. Like you, presumably, Miranda can recite the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07PMJersey Boys stars past and present gathered to mark the Tony-winning musical's decadeon the Great White Way! Click through the gallery for pics of the Boys!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07PMA podcast where playwrights talk to playwrights about the things usually left unsaid. In a conversation that dives into life's muck, we learn what irks, agitates, motivates, inspires and -- …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:07PMNew York University's Fales Library and Special Collections presents a reading of 33 amp 13 CORNELIA STREET, a new play by the critically acclaimed playwright Alvin Eng featuring Martha Wils…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03PMWhen Betsy Morgan bursts onstage as a frantic Tricia Nixon at the height of an emotional breakdown, uncertain if her wedding is a cover-up for the Watergate scandal, we’re startled. We’v…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:01PMFor generations, RODGERS amp HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA existed only as a beloved television movie. First with a live broadcast in 1957 starring Julie Andrews then in 1965 with Lesley Ann Warr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThe actor Brandon Dirden speaks about his life's work, while playwright Mac Rogers branches out into a perfect new medium for his talents.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:00PMThe pair joins Benjamin Walker in the cast of this new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMA special digital ticket lottery system will be put in place for access to cheap tickets.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
On this morning's TODAY, actorsDaniel Radcliffe, and James McAvoy stopped by to talk about their new film VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN, which tellsthe legendary horror story with a twist.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMPBS "Live From Lincoln Center" has announced plans to film and broadcast the star-studded Dec. 3 gala celebration of iconic singer Frank Sinatra. The evening boasts an eclectic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMThe Abbey will commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising with work by nine men and one woman. But its incoming co-directors should champion a very different model of national theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMWatch the trailer for Bolshoi Babylon, which follows a year in the life of the famed Russian institution. The 2013-14 season the film covers is, however, no ordinary year: the Bolshoi’s ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:43PMAMERICAN PSYCHO justannouncedthat Tony Award-winner Alice RipleyNext to Normal, Tony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano Next to Normal and Helene Yorke Bullets over Broadway, 'Masters of Sex' wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe Joffrey Ballet celebrates the 28th annual, and final, presentation of Robert Joffrey's THE NUTCRACKER, Chicago's most popular holiday tradition, in a 24-performance engagement at the Aud…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMAn ancient theatre is the oldest structure ever uncovered on the island nation.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMJust last night, Feinstein's54 Below presented the debut of Jennifer Diamond, currently co-starring in the smash hit musical RUTHLESS. Jennifer's new show IT'S MY FIRST TIME PLEASE BE GENTLE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMToday in 2006, the first Broadway revival of Les Miserables opened at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for 463 performances. Written by Claude-Michel Schonberg, based on the novel by Vic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMBroadwayWorld was on the star-studded red carpet before the curtain went up, and we checked in with Wayne Brady, Victoria Clark, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMTony winner Laura Benanti is set to marry fiancé Patrick Brown this Sunday Nov. 15. The couple have shared a series of pictures via their Instagram accounts in anticipation of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMSPACE on Ryder Farm - a one-of-a-kind residency program for artists and innovators housed on the oldest operating farm in Putnam County - has opened their application process for the 2016 se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMToday, EA and DICE shared the first live action STAR WARS Battlefront promo featuring Pitch Perfect and Into the Woods star Anna Kendrick. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMAhead of his latest show hitting the West End, we met with the illusionist to find out more about the inspiration behind his latest project
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:34PMJoanna Vanderham has been cast in the forthcoming UK premiere of Richard Greenberg’s The Dazzle. She joins the previously announced Andrew Scott
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMPlymouth’s Barbican Theatre has been awarded £80,000 by the local council to transform a disused building into a new rehearsal space. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMReading’s Hexagon arts centre is “fundamentally limited” and is likely to be replaced by a new £25 million theatre, according to proposals
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMThe Coronet in Elephant and Castle has announced it will close in 2017 after a long-fought battle to keep the venue open.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMA new trilogy commemorating the First World War and the London premiere of Lee Hall’s Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour lead the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMA fringe theatre in Croydon has been given a new lease of life under new management, which aims to support companies taking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMEdinburgh Festival Fringe Society chief executive Kath Mainland is stepping down from the organisation after seven years. She is leaving to take
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMA theatre set up in the Calais migrant camp has launched a campaign to raise £20,000 in order to ensure it can
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMA new bursary has been launched to encourage theatremakers and artists to make their first appearances at the Brighton Fringe. Five recipients
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMArts leaders have criticised a government consultation on the English Baccalaureate that excludes compulsory creative subjects, claiming it is marginalising the arts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMBob Saget, longtime host of "America's Funniest Home Videos" and star of the TV series "Full House," joined the cast of Broadway's horror/comedy Hand to God Nov. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMBeginning Nov. 9, Broadway theatregoers can snag $32 tickets to see the A.R. Gurney comedy Sylvia via a daily online digital ticket lottery.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMRECOMMENDED Going into a show entitled “The Thanksgiving Circumcision” gives one a certain set of expectations. Most of those are that the show will be comprised primarily of cheap, one-…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:15PMArtemisia, A Chicago produces an exciting line-up of feminist plays each and every fall. From open submissions from local, national and international playwrights, six plays are staged as re…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:12PMMagic Tree House: A Night in New Orleans - Emerald City Theatre at the Apollo Theater, 2540 N Lincoln Ave, is offering 2 for 1 industry tickets to Thanksgiving weekend performances on Novemb…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:12PMThe West Coast premiere of “The Art of Falling” brought to the Ahmanson Theatre on Friday night some uproarious sketch-comedy supplemented and occasionally eclipsed by first-rate contemp…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:12PMGeorge Takei made his Broadway debut on November 8 in Allegiance, which tells a fictionalized story of Takei's childhood in Japanese internment camps in WWII. See the star, joined by co-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMSwitcheroos going on off-Broadway. Paul Alexander Nolan has departed new musical Daddy Long Legs to appear in the Broadway-bound Bright Star. Will Reynolds is currently playing Jervis in his…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMThis is a trio to die for! Tony winner Alice Ripley, Tony nominee Jennifer Damiano and Broadway alum Heléne Yorke will join Benjamin Walker in the Broadway premiere of Ameri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMTituss Burgess, who plays the loud-mouthed but loveable Titus Andromedon on "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," revealed that his character will fall in love in the upcoming second se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMTony Award winner Alice Ripley and Tony nominee Jennifer Damiano, who co-starred as mother and daughter in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal, will reunite on Broadway…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMBroadway actor Adam Halpin is set to join his wife, actress Megan McGinnis, in the Off-Broadway run of Daddy Long Legs. Halpin will succeed Will Reynolds in the role on Nov. 20, with the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMHalpin takes over the role from Will Reynolds.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMOn November 13, The New York Pops will celebrate the groundbreaking work of great ladies of song ranging from Billie Holiday to Ella Fitzgerald. Maestro Steven Reineke has once again convoke…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:00PM
Historic drama focuses on uneven relationship of the menTed Barton, Dan Fagan deliver satisfying characterizationsAttractive production features handsome period costumes … Click to Co…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 11:50AMThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust will host the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards honoring Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseauon Monday, November 16, 2015 at Lincoln C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMBefore donning Victorian garb once again as Ebenezer Scrooge for the annual “ghost story of Christmas,” A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre, Edward Gero has unfinished business in Dubl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMMany women of a certain age can recall when their mothers pulled down a volume of The Secret Garden, usually illustrated, from the book shelf and said “Here, I think you will like this. I …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:43AMSometimes one needs to learn to be patient. Take for example Prince Charles, heir apparent to the throne of England. He will be KING when and if his mother Queen Elizabeth II ever abdica…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 11:43AMTwo female playwrights will share the first Relentless Award, established in honor of the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. According to the New York Times, Clare Barron and Sarah DeLappe will sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMWarner Bros. Records is set to release the Original Broadway Cast Recording for SCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL on Friday, December 4, 2015, on the eve of opening night. The new album will feat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMBroadwayWorld has just learned that Adam Halpin Broadway's GLORY DAYS, RENT Natl. Tour will star in the new musical Daddy Long Legs, alongside his wife Megan McGinnis Broadway's LES MISERABL…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMON YOUR FEET, the new Broadway musical based on the life story of seven-time GRAMMY winning international superstarGloria Estefanand her husband, nineteen-time GRAMMY winning producer-musici…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMThe new American musical Allegiance opens at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street tonight, November 8, 2015. Let's see what the critics have to say
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMBroadwayWorld is excited to report thatBroadway's A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN produced by Iconic Entertainment Studios and TampD Productions will tour to34 cities across the U.S. and Canada fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMTony and Grammy Award-winner Steve Kazee (Once, Spamalot) has been cast in a recurring role on ABC's "Nashville."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMThe Path Fund's 22nd annual ROCKERS ON BROADWAY 80's REWIND benefit concert will honor 80's Pop Princess ,Debbie Gibsonwith the Rockers Lifetime Achievement Award andMay Pangwith the Rockers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMCheck out our favorite looks from opening night of the new musical!
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 11:32AMGlen Hansard, who co-wrote the music and lyrics for the movie and Broadway musical Once, performed "Lowly Deserter," a new song from his latest album "Didn't He Rambl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMPart Shakespeare. Part “The Lion in Winter.” Totally fabricated. Written in blank verse. But don’t let that deter you. Be patient.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 11:27AMReady for a cuteness overload? Go behind the scenes at the joint Broadway Style Guide and Playbill photo shoot at Drift Studios in Chelsea with some of Broadway's youngest and most talented …
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 11:25AMBy HowlRound TV. Emerson College presents the panel discussion Comedy and Campus Culture livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Frid…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:20AMPatrick Barlow’s 2005 spy spoof was adapted from a couple of sources -- John Buchan’s 1915 adventure novel, and its later incarnation as Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 thriller flick, and SAT…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 11:20AMHe may have won Jeopardy! 74 times, but over the weekend Ken Jennings fought a losing battle with theater lovers.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:15AMGod Is a Verb
Off Off Broadway, Actors Fund Arts Center
Reviewed by Helen Herbert
BOTTOM LINE: A entertaining, absurd adventure that explores the mind and mystery of R. Buckminster Fuller.
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SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:07AMIllinois Wesleyan University will present Michael John LaChiusa's musical Giant Nov. 17-21 at 8 PM and Nov. 22 at 2 PM in the Jerome Mirza Theatre in Bloomington, IL –– its firs…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMIllinois Wesleyan University will present Michael John LaChiusa's musical Giant Nov. 17-21 at 8 PM and Nov. 22 at 2 PM in the Jerome Mirza Theatre in Bloomington, IL – its …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThe ensemble-created show will play at the Cell.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMWhat happens when drunk video gamers try to direct a stage version of Hamlet? You'll have about a minute to find out.
The Neo-Futurists have chosen gaming as the theme of both their "Neoc…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 11:00AMThe new drama also features Cameron Scoggins and Daniel Oreskes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe Tony-winning musical hits a milestone at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe cast will also include Katie Boren, Charlie Sutton, Jared Zirilli, and others.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe new musical also stars Tony winner Lea Salonga and Telly Leung in their returns to Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Chloë Grace Moretz ("30 Rock," "Kick-Ass") will star as the titular character in Universal's live-action "Little Mermaid" film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMClass will begin for Sierra Boggess on November 9 when she starts performances in Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock—The Musical and we have an exclusive first listen of her big …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:56AMDavid Ferry excels with a study in watchful desolation that withstands the closest scrutiny
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:48AMLeslie Uggams is set to star as family matriarch Dotty in Colman Domingo's Dot at the Vineyard Theatre in February 2016, according to the New York Times. As previously reported, the Off&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMLONDON—The crowds lining up nightly outside the Noel Coward Theatre on St. Martin’s Lane for last-minute cancellations attest to the remarkable journey of “Photograph 51,” Anna Zie…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42AMBy Joseph D'Ambrosi. Playwright Joseph D’Ambrosi advocates the need for Christian theatre artists to reevaluate censoring plays for the sake of faith-based themes.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:38AMThe new American musical Allegiance, inspired by the life of veteran actor George Takei, officially opens on Broadway Nov. 8 following previews that began Oct. 6 at Broadway's Longacre T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMBroadway favorite Liz Callaway will unveil her latest album, "The Essential Liz Callaway," with a November release and concert. She provided Playbill.com with a complete track list…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMThe Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musicalJersey Boysofficially celebrated10 record-breaking years on Broadway this weekend at theAugust WilsonTheatre, and oh, what a celebration…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMFeinstein's54 Below presented the debut of Jennifer Diamond last night, and BroadwayWorld was of course on the scene to capture the evening. Check out photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMMichael Riedel, the theatre columnist for the New York Post and the co-host of the long running PBS show Theater Talk, sat with me for an hour on November 2nd, to discuss his valuable and re…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:27AMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
Ms. Nielsen has long been a treasured award-winning fixture of the New York stage with her quirky idiosyncratic comedic and dramatic talents. Here as the omnipo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:20AMBeautifully produced by Seagull Books, The Pilgrim’s Bowl is an invaluable introduction to both painter and poet.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:16AMCharles Ross' One Man Star Wars Trilogy is a manic multi-styled low-budget solo interpretation of this immortal interplanetary saga that comes to the Stamford Palace On Nov. 12 With "The For…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:16AMIf they can make it there, they really will have made it everywhere, and so “Shear Madness” — the long-running comedy whodunit that’s been cracking up audiences in Boston for decades…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 10:14AMCasting has been announced for the new holiday revue "It Happened One Christmas," premiering in Salt Lake City in December. Rehearsals begin Nov. 9.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:11AMTony winner Chita Rivera's concert special, which was filmed Jan. 26 in the midst of a heavy NYC snowfall, and aired Nov. 6 on PBS, is available for streaming in its entirety on the PBS …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMTheatre Momentum has launched a troika of forty-five-minute productions which all stem from their goal of creating improvised theatrical events that are more like plays than games. While all…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMBy Erin Butcher. Erin Butcher writes about the difficult experiences she faced producing a show in a public park with an all-female cast and crew.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:00AM
Get out your iCal, planner, alarm clocks, and credit cards! The voice of God via Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller, has announced a new block of tickets to the hottest show on Broadway wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:50AMOn November 8th, Playwrights Horizons' celebrated theopening nightofHir, a new play by Obie Award-winning Theater Artist Taylor Mac. Directed byNiegel Smith, the play is the second productio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMAfter significant demand, a young, diverse ensemble of multidisciplinary artists are bringing the underground-iconic show, The Shakespearean Jazz Show back to NYC to play at the cell a twent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMIs Branagh, alongside Judi Dench in The Winter’s Tale, really a snagged woolly jumper? And why, despite Zoë Wanamaker’s performance, did the Independent hate Terence Rattigan’s Harleq…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:27AMMCC Theater presents the New York premiere of John Pollono's LOST GIRLS. The production is directed by Jo Bonney who last collaborated with playwright John Pollono on MCC's critically accla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMThe PATH Fund's 22nd annual ROCKERS ON BROADWAY 80's REWIND benefit concert will honor 80's Pop Princess, Debbie Gibson with the Rockers Lifetime Achievement Award and May Pang with the Rock…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMMove over John Travolta - there's a new name-butcherer in town In an all-new interview with Billboard, singerJustin Bieber responded to legendary starBette Midler's criticism of his father's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMThe Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret, an evening of musical showstoppers written by women and performed by Broadway's best, willbenefit The Lilly Awards Foundation Marsha Norman, President whos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMGood 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 SCHOOL OF ROCK is now in session on Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMThe new American musicalAllegianceofficially opened last night,November 8,at the Longacre Theatre 220 West 48th Street, starringTony and Olivier Award winnerLea SalongaMiss Saigon, Les Miser…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMIn case you are upset at the lack of available tickets at Hamilton, there is a new block of tickets being put on sale at 10am this morning for performances thru 10/30/16. I’d suggest…
SOURCE: showbuzznyc.com at 09:19AMLea Salonga and George Takei in Allegiance
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Based purely on the emotional resonance of its subject matter, the new musical Allegiance, which opened last night at Broa…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 09:07AM
So, how many magic shows have you been to in your life? You know, the ones that use coded words like “Abracadabra” while the magician swings around a wand decked out in a black t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:47AMOnly Make Believe's Annual Gala, MAKE BELIEVE ON BROADWAY, hosted by Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart and honoring Tony winner and Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Alan Cumming and Morga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38AMThe Nov. 8 episode of the CBS-TV magazine show "60 Minutes" featured a segment on the phenomenon of the Broadway musical Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32AMSCHOOL OF ROCK - THE MUSICAL beginspreview performances at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre tonight, November 9, 2015, with an opening set for Sunday, December 6, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMMichael MustotransMichael Musto“Transsexuals aren’t really the gender they say they are” continues to be the most appalling thing you hear — both in person and online. The rise of tr…
SOURCE: Out at 08:30AMA musical that took root at the Old Globe Theatre — and enlists a flower as a symbol of dignity and defiance — has now blossomed on Broadway. “Allegiance,” which premiered at the Glo…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 08:24AMFALLING IN LOVE WITH LAUGHS AND LEAPS Sadly a review of record, but this experimental, eclectic mash-up from Chicago looks to have a life beyond its short runs in the cities of wind and ange…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:24AMGeorge Takei lends luster to uneven 'Allegiance' on Broadway.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:24AMJonah Levy, a thirty-year-old trumpet player based in Los Angeles, has lately developed a curious weekend routine. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, he puts on a white shirt, a black tie, bla…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 08:24AMThe strength of “Allegiance” is in the story. Not the musical’s book, which is no more than serviceable, but the disturbing real-life events behind it. After the bombing…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:24AMThe new Broadway musical 'Allegiance' stars George Takei and Lea Salonga.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:24AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Internment camps, racial discrimination and an atomic bomb blast are challenging topics to incorporate into a satisfying night of theater....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:24AMThe home that Isaac returns to at the beginning of Taylor Mac’s smart but deliberately disorienting new play Hir is not the one he left when he enlisted as a Marine three years e…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:24AMBetween its video of a massive outdoor installation, a striking musical score for amplified cello, and impressive choreography blending old and new, ODC/Dance's presentation of "Boulder…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:24AMSarasota Youth Opera adds a prologue to Hans Krasa's "Brundibar" to put the work, first performed in a concentration camp, into context...... Read more »
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SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 08:24AMSisters Brigid Harrington Jane Banks, Mary Poppins - Broadway and Shannon Harrington Susan Waverly, Irving Berlin's White Christmas - Broadway National Tour and Scout in the upcoming Queens …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMAcclaimed singer-songwriter Glen Hansard performed Lowly Deserter last Friday night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The song is taken from Hansard's latest album 'Didn't He Ramble'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMRECOMMENDED There’s this misconception of mosh pits that they are dangerous places where sadomasochistic pagans and other godless folk maliciously take out their deep-seated aggression on …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Angus Jackson's production will open in the West End before embarking on a UK tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:57AMThe new stage adaptation opens later this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:57AMPerformance artist Taylor Mac's wildly ambitious "straight" play .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:51AMKudos to George Takei for inspiring Marc Acito, Jay Kuo and Lorenzo Throne to turn his family's history into a meaningful original musical
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:51AMTowards the light.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 07:45AMInextinguishable Fire, performed at the National Theatre as part of Spill festival, takes on the mantle of every violent act you have ever heard aboutOn Sunday evening, the Spill festival en…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:39AMA songwriter examines the tools he has to survive the inevitable. Eighty-eight keys. Twenty-six letters. That’s it. That’s all that separates me from oblivion. Often when I sit at…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:34AMBeginning today with the first preview performance on Monday, November 9, 2015, School of Rock – The Musical will host a daily lottery ticket drawing. Entries will be accepted outside t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:33AMI’m back from Lubbock, Texas, where I gave a speech at Texas Tech that by all accounts went over well, ate really excellent Mexican food, and paid an afternoon visit to the Buddy Holly Cen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMSouthbank Centre, LondonLucy Bell’s two-hander about the pressures of being a parent with a drug habit is cunningly constructed and gloriously sungHannah (Kathleen Fitzpatrick-Milton) and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMMike Nichols and Elaine May perform on the 1959 Emmy Awards telecast. They are introduced by Richard Nixon: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14AMOn last night's 60 MINUTES on CBS, Charlie Rose went behind the curtain to report on Lin-Manuel Miranda's new original Broadway musical HAMILTON.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14AMPlaywright Duncan Macmillan has claimed the West End is becoming more experimental thanks to the success of productions such as Ivo van
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM by Joe Regan Jr. From the moment Eric Yves Garcia appears on the stage of the Metropolitan Room singing “Can’t Stop Thinking About You,” one …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:03AM“You always aim high in something low.” Mike Nichols, in conversation with Steve Martin (quoted in Vanity Fair, October 2015)
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The centerpiece of Monday's sale is Modigliani's "Reclining Nude," which the auction house estimates will fetch in excess of $100 million. Considered one of his best known works, the 1917-19…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 12:52AMWatership Down, adapted by John Hildreth from Richard Adams’ novel of the same title, is far away from the world of reality, rich with metaphor and symbolism. Originally produced by Lifeli…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:46AMMetropolitan Youth Theatre, an entirely student-run theatre company based in Lorton, Virginia, showcased major young adult talents of the DC Metro area with their compelling production of Ja…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:35AMReady to pledge allegiance to the band? Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock—The Musical, starring Alex Brightman and Sierra Boggess, will begin previews on November 9 at the Winte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19AMThe Goodspeed Opera House’s adaptation of Frank Capra’s classic Christmastime film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” sets the original’s existential struggle to music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:13AMA new exhibition at NGV International will explore the meaning and history of the colour blue through highly detailed textiles, ceramics, and exquisite works on paper from the 7th Century t…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:05AMAndrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock – The Musical, which is set to have its official Broadway premiere Dec. 6, starts previews Nov. 9 at the Winter Garden Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony winner John Benjamin Hickey and Patrick Breen, both featured in the 2011 Broadway staging of The Normal Heart, lead the cast of Peter Parnell's Dada Woof Papa Hot, which of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOn Nov. 9 the New-York Historical Society presents novelist Ron Chernow and Tony-winning actor and composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, In the Heights) with the distinguished 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe latest installment of the game show for musical lovers, Tune in Time, reunites original Avenue Q cast members as celebrity judges — Tony nominee Stephanie D&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHamilton, the hottest ticket currently on Broadway, releases a new block of tickets today at 10 AM ET. Here's how you can snag tickets to the musical revolution.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway premiere of John Pollono's Lost Girls officially opens Nov. 9, following previews that began Oct. 21. Leading the cast of the MCC production are Pi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRizzoli Bookstore and Simon & Schuster celebrate the 60th anniversary of "Eloise" with a Nov. 9 conversation between "Eloise" illustrator Hilary Knight and three&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Lilly Awards Foundation presents the Lilly Awards Broadway Cabaret Nov. 9, an evening of musical showstoppers written by women and performed by Broadway leading ladies Chilina K…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMary J. Blige, the Queen of hip-hop and R&B, crosses over and gets wicked in the live NBC musical event of the year. As The Wiz Live! approaches, she talks about hip-hop, hit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony and Golden Globe nominee Tammy Blanchard has never been shy about her love of Judy Garland, a devotion that began in childhood. Blanchard, who won an Emmy portraying Garland in the TV m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOnly Make Believe's Annual Gala, Make Believe On Broadway, hosted by Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart, is presented Nov. 9 at 7 PM at Broadway's St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMention “Steubenville” and thoughts run to the sensational, social media-fueled rape case involving a young woman, members of …
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