This week's Thanksgiving themed episode of SUPERGIRL introduced a shocking new villain named Livewire, played by Brit Morgan, and explored the complicated relationship between Kara, her sist…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40PMIt’s official. The Wiz Live! has taken the cake as the gift that keeps on giving and it’s safe to say there are no complaints on our end. As if God knew three hours of unadulterated m…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:37PM1st Stage Theatre presents Harvey, Mary Chase’s 1945 Pulitzer Prize-winning comedic drama, directed by Michael Chamberlin. When a high-society family makes a desperate attempt to hide…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:34PMA View From The Bridge, one of Arthur Miller’s most popular plays, has been on Broadway four times before, most recently just five years ago, starring Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:14PMTwo separate revivals of plays by Arthur Miller on the centennial of his birth illustrate two core aims of his work: “I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to cha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:14PMBatman Forever director Joel Schumacher makes his New York stage debut with Jennifer Haley's 2008 play about the dangers of video games.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM
Seth Godin had a post on entitlement versus worthiness a couple weeks ago. There was a lot in there to unpack and I am not sure I have wrapped my head around it enough to know if what he pos…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:56PMReviewed by: James Murray Franz Lehar’s masterpiece, composed in 1905, swept the world with its intoxicating music and poignant love story about second chances. It is the first “musical�…
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Pauline Adamek from ArtsBeatLA presents Exit Reviews, a series of ‘vlogs’ or brief video reviews, giving her first impressions of the show.
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SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:33PMA View From The Bridge, one of Arthur Miller’s most popular plays, has been on Broadway four times before, most recently just five years ago, starring Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:30PMAs the days get shorter and the weather gets chillier, my favorite antidote to the encroaching winter is a strong dose of theatrical comfort food. Luckily for me, this is exactly what the Ga…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16PMFlea Theater, New YorkThe blockbuster director goes low-budget to take on Jennifer Haley’s vision of gaming gone wrong, which remains more sensational than it is complexWhat has the intern…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16PMIt is no accident that choreographer Gordon Peirce Schmidt has a fascination with gypsies. As he explains it, at least one of the reasons behind the creation of his latest full-length contem…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 10:05PM
Sophocles specialized in tense but humanistic dramas of passionate individuals trapped in impossible paradoxes. Euripides was a maverick and an iconoclast who loved upending his audience's m…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:47PMFor the country that popularised drama, this dance of passion offers a welcome catharsis during troubled times Under the stars, chest-to-chest, they move in silent embrace. The clock has str…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36PMLong Yu, artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra, has canceled his Nov. 27-29 performances with the Houston Symphony.
Replacing Yu and making his Houston S…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 07:24PMNEW YORK (AP) -- An 11-year-old who recently made her Broadway debut in a big Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has managed to top that - singing at the White House for Michelle Obama....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:15PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending November 15th, 2015.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 07:15PMSinger, actress and filmmaker Barbra Streisand and Itzhak Perlman, one of this era’s most honored classical musicians, are arts figures who will receive American’s highest civilian honor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:15PMOn Opera San Jose's Saturday night opening performance of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," French police stormed the Boulevard Beaumarchais of the 11th arrondissement in Paris, where but a…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:15PMTwo-time Golden Globe Award-winner Denzel Washington will be honored with the 2016 Cecil B. DeMille Award at the '73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards' on Sunday, January 10, 2016, hosted by Rick…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11PMHelen McCrory, Monica Dolan, Roger Allam, John Hurt and Simon Russell Beale have received best acting nods for the 2016 BBC Audio
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PM"Studio time with Twyla was an education in how to work, how to persevere and how to honor whomever was in the room." Choreographer and dancer Sara Rudner, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM
Playwright Ken Ludwig penned HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN SHAKESPEARE to pass on the torch and create a whole new generation of Shakespeare lovers. Take read over an excerpt here.
The post A S…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 06:56PMThe Fairy Princess has an Irish temper. That is one of the beautiful things about being multi-racial – you can call on a lot of different genetics in an effort to explain one’s o…
SOURCE: fairyprincessdiaries.com at 06:51PMAfter making her New York stage debut with MCC's REASONS TO BE PRETTY, she's back at the Lortel in John Pollono's dark comedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:47PM#61: Containing Multitudes, part 2: Post-Ensemblist Life: You know how the #1 thing we’re into is being a whole entire
person and containing multitudes? You’ve heard us talk about that …
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 06:45PMAtlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group ATEG is set to bring the book-to-stage adaptation of Robert James Waller's THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY to Manila, which premieres this Friday, Novem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMBased on the classic 1988 film and subsequent Tony award-winning Broadway production this is an all-singing, all-dancing delight of a show. It's the story of a larger-than-life teenager who …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:41PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival honored Tony winner casey Nicholaw at its 2015 gala on November 15 at the Edison Ballroom. Among the many, many luminaries that came out to support the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:40PMMichael Riedel takes Imogen Lloyd Webber on a tour of the Main Stem as he discusses his new book, Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:40PMThere is more explicit sex in director Ethan McSweeny's American Theater Company production of Thomas Bradshaw's "Fulfillment" than any show you're likely to have seen. Unless, that is, you …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:31PMDefinition Theatre Company has announced its 2015-16 season, along with the addition of 6 new ensemble members.
Evan Linder’s “Byhalia, Mississippi,” a co-production with The New Colo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:31PMThe Revival, Hyde Park’s newest comedy venue located on the same corner that once housed the Compass Players, has announced its inaugural lineup of shows through December.
The venue offic…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:31PMToday, November 16, First Lady Michelle Obama give a fun and passionate speech during a student workshop as part of BROADWAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE, parts of which will air on TLC this THANKSGIV…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMPopular Youtube personalityTyler Mountrecently welcomed former star of WICKED, NEWSIES and MARY POPPINS Maddy Trumble for the latest episode of his web series, THE TYLER MOUNT VLOG. Below, w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMMonday brought abundant good news to Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Not only did their musical biography On Your Feet! show some legs with a $209K jump at the box office, but they — along…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:20PMAndrew Lloyd Webber, Jennifer Hudson and two familiar properties added up to strong initial showings at the Broadway box office for musicals “School of Rock” and “The Col…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:18PMLa Jolla Playhouse will debut four world premiere productions during its 2016-17 season, including works from Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro (“Memphis”), Pulitzer Prize winners …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:18PMThe classic musical takes the stage in a 5th Avenue Theater production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMAskins' Tony-nominated play originated at EST.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMGriffin Matthews stars in the production, which he cowrote with Matt Gould.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMFelder's frequent collaborator Trevor Hay will direct.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
There is more explicit sex in director Ethan McSweeny's American Theater Company production of Thomas Bradshaw's "Fulfillment" than any show you're likely to have seen. Unless, that is, you …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:53PMThe California theatre's season will include world premieres by Joe DiPietro, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Ayad Akhtar, and Jeff Augustin.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:50PMLove truly is an open door -- for theright couple this timeFROZEN writing team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez Tweeted today that they had finally penned a duet forthe Disney feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMIn a politically correct world, race relations have been, and likely will remain, a hot button topic. With a society walking on eggshells, treading lightly on how we deal with race is immedi…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:36PMThe stage adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller Misery opened on Broadway this week, which got us thinking about other adaptations that could chill and thrill on the Great White Way. W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMBarbara Streisand, Gloria and Emilio Estefan and Stephen Sondheim are among the 17 individuals who will receive the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor. President …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMMaster American dramatist Arthur Miller would have been 100 this year (he died 10 years ago), and to celebrate his centenniel, New York theatergoers are being treated to two major reviv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMBruce Willis, Laurie Metcalf and Leon Addison Brown open the Broadway premiere of Stephen King's Misery at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Bobby Cannavale's Supersized
Bobby Cannavale, Edie Falco, Frank Wood and more will perform the wor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMTwo River Theater presents A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM, the Tony Award-winning musical farce written by comedy giants Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, with music and lyri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMBroadwayWorld is excited to report that among the 17 recipients of the 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom are Broadway legends Stephen Sondheim and Barbra Streisand, as well as pop star and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival NYMF will honor Tony Award-winning director and choreographerCasey Nicholaw, theatre executive and producerDarren P. DeVernaand former NYMF board chair …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 11162015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25PMMore than just another world premiere, the new Concerto for Two Violas being presented this week by the Cleveland Orchestra signifies the culmination of a long musical bond between composer …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:20PMIF STORYTELLING’S YOUR THING, SKIP SCOTCH French poet and essayist Charles Pierre Péguy wrote, “It is the essence of genius to make use of the simplest ideas.” Yuval Sharo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:20PMNixon made her directorial debut last season with The New Group's Rasheeda Speaking. She's back with the company for her sophomore effort.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMLive Radio Play Injects Comedy into a Christmas Classic Washington Stage Guild is presenting an entertaining radio play version of the 1940’s classic holiday film It’s a Wonderful Li…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:16PMThe 46-track cast album of the new musical Hamilton is going where no other Broadway score has gone before: #1 on the Billboard chart of rap albums.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PM by: Beatrice Williams-Rude The Eternal Space is a strangely gripping piece that works on several le…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:08PMSpoilers ahead for the entire eight episodes of Flesh and Bone, all of which were released at once to Starz subscribers on November 6. Plenty about the Starz mini-series Flesh and Bone follo…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:08PMOn Monday, Daniel Radcliffe appeared on Marc Maron's "WTF" podcast to talk about the magical curse that continues to haunt his life: the unbreakable hex Aspecto Lignum, which makes e…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:08PM"School of Rock" grossed $928,596 in its first eight preview performances and "The Color Purple" grossed $690,820 in its first six previews.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:08PMDo not hesitate to see Ibsen's Ghosts; with this being Marry-Archie Theatre's final season, memories of their trademark high-risk, high-reward storytelling will soon become ghosts themselves…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:08PMAnother jukebox musical hits Broadway, but Gloria and Emilio Estefan are given little personality to back up the song and dance.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:08PMPerformances began Nov. 14 for New Jersey's Two River Theater's all-male production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the Tony Award-winning musical farce wr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMTickets are on sale Nov. 16 for the new musical Bright Star, from Grammy and Emmy winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell. Previews start Feb. 25, 2016…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMPulling sketch material from various past revues, this mash-up succeeds in bringing, as the introductory voiceover promises “speed, volume and hilarity” to weekend matinees and Tuesday n…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 05:00PMThe classic musical comes to Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMMolly Smith puts a modern spin on this classic musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival toasts the finest in theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMShirley Serotsky will direct the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Game of Thrones and Narcos star will take on Ariel Dorfman's drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The Summer of Love is back! Off-Broadway's Trip of Love is described as a "dance musical spectacle" that follows the journey of a woman "down the rabbit hole and up to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMThis post is by Victor Gluck, Editor-in-Chief
The title refers to three generations of women whose lives have been derailed by early pregnancies. When the play begins, we are in the modest h…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:46PMTony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning writers will roll out four world premieres for the 2016-17 season at La Jolla Playhouse in La Jolla, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival honored Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw, theatre executive and producer Darren P. DeVerna and former NYMF board chair M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMDefinition Theatre Company has announced its 2015-16 season, along with the addition of 6 new ensemble members. Evan Linder’s “Byhalia, Mississippi,” a co-production with The New Colon…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:31PMBy Natalie Gershtein. Independent producer Natalie Gershtein considers the playwright-producer relationship. Where she once thought that playwrights were waiting and hoping for a first produ…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:26PMThis is one stellar 2016-17 season! Four productions will make their world premieres at La Jolla Playhouse in California, including works by Tony winner Joe DiPietro, Pulitzer winners Quiara…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMWhile usual suspects like Wicked, The Lion King and Hamilton secured the top spots at the box office, two new productions made sizable, if not placing, debuts on the boards. The revival of T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMSo you wanted to meet the Wizard? Here she is! December 3 will be a brand new day as The Wiz Live! finally airs on NBC. And while 2013’s The Sound of Music had a house openin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMWicked's Jonah Platt shows you the ins and outs of playing Fiyero on Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMName: Pat GoldenHometown: Pittsburgh, PA - which was also Andy Warhol's birthplaceEducation: University of Pittsburgh Anthropology & Theatre- Directing; CMU – Directing; Eduardo Machad…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:25PMThe new revival of The Color Purple commanded crowds right out of the gate, and School of Rock — The Musical wasn't far behind.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMBroadway's Stephen Sondheim, Barbra Streisand and Gloria Estefan were named 2015 winners of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Nov. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PM “Cabaret As A Launchpad for Musical Theatre” By: Sandi Durell It’s not only critics from New York City and around the country who took the op…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:14PMSome Hollywood and Broadway royalty are among the newest recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor. The government said today that Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, Stephen…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:13PMShowcasing a selection of Byzantine hymns performed by the Melbourne based choir David the Psalmist, Byzantine Anthology will be presented at the Holy Monastery of Axion Estin on Sunday 22 …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:00PM
While executive and artistic director, Clive Gillinson, clashed with the hall’s former chairman, financier Ronald O. Perelman, he didn’t prevent the board of trustees from exercising pro…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 03:59PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama is hosting more than 40 high school students for White House workshops on acting, directing, singing and costume design....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:59PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Broadway theaters plan to dim their marquee lights next month in memory of Brian Friel, the Tony Award-winning Irish playwright who created "Dancing at Lughn…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:59PMFour young actors who portray a savage writing teacher’s victims in Seminar weigh in on whether the Whiplash-style approach helps or hinders.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:57PMKnown for their gross-out comedy, DIY props and hilarious onstage antics, The Listies are guaranteed to give kids and adults alike a theatre outing they won’t soon forget in The Listies Ru…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:55PMOnce in a great while, an electric talent explodes onto New York's musical theatre scene, earning unanimous accolades from audiences and critics. This season, lightning hit with the debut of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:55PMBET.com recently posted a video of members of the cast of The Wiz Live! rehearsing the musical's hit song, "Ease On Down the Road." The eagerly awaited NBC broadcast is schedul…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMLa Jolla Playhouse, nationally-renowned for its development of new work, has announced four world-premiere productions for the 20162017 season, including works by Tony Award winner Joe DiPie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMBased on August Strindberg's once scandalous Miss Julie, it’s the first opera presented by Canadian Stage.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:47PMIn a series of challenging roles on the stage, Thomas is carving out a new life for himself.
The post Occupied France Revisited: Richard Thomas and Michael Wilson Talk <em>Incident at …
SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 03:47PMBy David Dudley. David Dudley interviews Joan Schirle, Founding Artistic Director of Dell’Arte International, about their unique School of Physical Theatre.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:45PMBetty, Please. LA theatre, drawn and quartered.
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SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:41PMBeautifully directed by Stafford Arima starring Lea Salonga, George Takei & Telly Leung
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 03:41PM In Guys and Dolls there are a number of quaint references to slices of New York life from yesteryear: Klein’s, Saks, Wanamaker’s, the Roxy, the A&P, floating craps games, a ca…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:38PMAppomattox has received a lot of hype here in DC. The opening night crowd were there to be part of a new kind of opera: a relevant English-language opera. Important. Relatable. Innovative. …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:30PMWelcome 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 11/1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMName: Tirosh SchneiderHometown: Oak Park, CAEducation: The Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory, NYU Dramatic WritingSelect Credits: Ellis Island: The Musical (NYC Tour), Hammerkatz NYU (Sketch …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:21PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
View Broadway Grosses in a sortable table or view by show at the Playbill Vault
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMBruce Willis made his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of Stephen King's Misery, and we were there to learn why audiences were laughing throughout the play — and find out…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMSignature Theatre's Off-Broadway revival of Incident at Vichy, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller, officially opened Nov. 15 following previews that began Oct. 27…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PMA new trailer for The Wiz Live!, featuring the song "Brand New Day," has been released. The video shows glimpses of Queen Latifah as The Wiz, Uzo Aduba as Glinda the Good Witch, St…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMWelcome 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 111520…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 11152015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMOn Stage: Live from Television Centre, far from being a one-off experiment, could signal a new direction at the BBCSubversive, anarchic, mischievous, unpredictable: not words that could ofte…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PM“I don’t get people wanting to watch live theatre beamed into a cinema,” says Peter Bradshaw (Another Fiennes mess, My Week, 14 November). And so, Peter, we can assume that you, say, l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PMPhilip Purser, in his obituary of Warren Mitchell (16 November), surprisingly made no mention of Unity Theatre as a formative experience. Mitchell, along with other household names like Alfi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:08PM The Drama Desk celebrated its 65th anniversary Sunday with a glittering party at Sardi's. Members and past winners of the Drama Desk Award were on hand. President Charles Wright honore…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 03:06PM
In the many press accounts of director Michael Oatman casting a white man to play Dr. Martin Luther King in Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, stories have all acknowledged Oatman’s …
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 03:05PMFrom adaptation, to scenic design, music and interpretation, the MISERY MANUSCRIPT SERIES takes audiencesbehind the scenes for an inside look at how the thriller was brought to life and deat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMThe latest subject in HAMILTON's series of vintage style photographs taken by Josh Lehrer using an 1839 lens.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:03PMBroadway traditionally experiences a rush of shows opening in late April just before the deadline for Tony Awards eligibility. It looks like 2016 will be no exception.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMBroadway traditionally experiences a rush of shows opening in late April just before the deadline for Tony Awards eligibility. It looks like 2016 will be no exception.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMThe organization also celebrated the work of Broadway lighting designer Donald Holder.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe drama is directed by Michael Wilson.
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Phoenix Productions’ “Peter Pan” is the first Count Basie Theatre show following the announcement of the venue’s ambitious expansion plans. Uplifted (literally and figuratively) by J…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 02:58PMTKTS 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 02:53PMMisery, the stage version of Stephen King’s best-selling 1987 suspense novel, opened on November 15 at the Broadhurst Theatre. Emmy winners Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf star as best-sel…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:52PMOn the heels of their Billboard Top 10 Classical Crossover album, Well-Strung returns to New York with a A Well-Strung Christmas at 54 Below on December 9, 10, and 14. The new show has been …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMSignature Theatrejust announced a second one-week extension for INCIDENT AT VICHY, byArthur Millerand directed byMichael Wilson, due to its sold-out run. INCIDENT AT VICHY will now play thro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PM"Modern Family" star Jesse Tyler Ferguson will return to Broadway this spring in a new production of "Fully Committed," the restaurant-world comedy by Becky Mode.
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 02:41PMNEW YORK (AP) -- She's got a new album out with brand-new music, but Sara Bareilles has pulled it all from her past....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:41PMLloyd Suh, the playwright, argued that the Clarion University production could send a "dehumanizing" message to minority students; Clarion said the actors were being "punished for their race…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:41PMBroadway'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 Metcalf and written by two-tim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMWhat seems to be in question here is cultural appropriation, the ultimate straw-issue
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 02:38PMGet to know Curious Incident's new headliner Tyler Lea as he talks about powerful stage door experiences, band geek memories & becoming Christopher Boone.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:31PMBy the time the Olney Theatre Center’s bright, lively new “Guys and Dolls” gets to the jubilant gospel knockoff “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” the night’s an easy winne…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:31PMOf Mice and Men Opens at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor.
A strong production of John Steinbeck's OF MICE AND MEN, directed by Joe Minutillo, opened on November 14 at Bay Street Theater &a…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:31PMBrian FrielThe Broadway community mourns the loss of Tony Award® - winning playwright Brian Friel, who passed away on October 2nd at age 86. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York wi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:31PMArena Stage's current production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, the musical based on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," takes a darker turn than most productions of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMThe Revival, Hyde Park’s newest comedy venue located on the same corner that once housed the Compass Players, has announced its inaugural lineup of shows through December. The venue offici…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:19PMJonathan Groff recently appeared at the historic Curran Theatre in San Francisco and wowed the crowd by 'Looking' back at his stage and screen career.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMReflections on Operating Theater Company's "The Oracle"
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 02:14PMThe mystical village of Brigadoon is a blessed place, appearing out of the Scottish Highlands’ mists once every hundred years with its 18th Century innocence and delightfullness intact. Lu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:14PMLloyd Suh and Katori Hall offer the latest teaching moments in race-conscious casting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:10PMReady for this new tuner to shine? Tickets are now on sale to see Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Bright Star on Broadway. Directed by Tony winner Walter Bobbie, the production will beg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:09PMThree-time Tony nominee David Yazbek and Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz will appear in concert together Nov. 18 at Subculture in New York. The composer and performer worked together on the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMSteven King has come to Broadway in a suspense thriller based off his popular novel, starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf. Following a near-fatal car accident, a world-famous novelist f…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 02:08PM"American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson, who won an Oscar for her performance as Effie in the film version of "Dreamgirls," was recently profiled on CBS' "Sunda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMThere’s a moment in Aurora Theatre Company’s production of “The Monster-Builder” in which the title character – one of the world’s top architects – is struck by inspiration: th…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:03PMThe actors will bring the voices of Hell's Kitchen kids to the stage in Larger Than Life.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Tony-recognized performers will be joined by a full band.
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New York Stage and Film honored stage and screen star Bill Pullman and two-time Tony Award winning lighting designer Donald Holder at their winter gala November, 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMBroadway star Laura Benanti has tied the knot. The groom, Patrick Brown, turned to Instagram yesterday to share a photo of his bride along with the caption Today she becomes my wife. I'm sup…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMNovember 16, 2005 was the official pub date for my book No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous. How did it come about? Trying to chase the true genesis of suc…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:52PMDoor County's major resident Equity theatre announces a five-show 2016 season, including the Midwest premiere of a play about censorship and Civil Rights.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:51PMNothing could legally be done about men invading their backstage space and leering at women cast members in a public park.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:46PMDirector Cassey Kivnick has been chosen as the 2015-2016 Mike Ockrent Fellow on Jerry Mitchell's Gotta Dance. Ms. Kivnick's fellowship will last the entire length of the production process, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMOne of this year's most acclaimed series of special edition albums, the long-awaited, 12-album, 28-disc collectors' box gift set Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection is now available.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMThe Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival has announced the lineup for its 15th annual Sketchfest featuring 186 shows with 165 groups over the course of 8 days.
Danny Pudi, of NBC’s “Community…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:44PMThe epic storytelling of Disney's 'The Lion King' continues with THE LION GUARD RETURN OF THE ROAR, a primetime television movie event premiering SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 700 p.m., ETPT on Disney…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMThe real life husband and husband play lovers on stage in Mark Gerrard's new play.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMBelow, watch cast members Ne-Yo, newcomer Shanice Williams, Stephanie Mills, Amber Riley and David Alan Grier rehearsing the classic number 'Ease on Down the Road'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMNational Asian Artists ProjectBaayork Lee, Executive Artistic Director whose mission ofshowcasing the work of Asian-American theatre artists through performance, outreach and educational pro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMThe 52nd Street Project makes a difference in the lives of countless Hell's Kitchen Clinton kids by pairing them with theater professionals who mentor them through the creation of original t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMThe Bay Area actor brings intensity, vitality, and control to roles big and small, comic and otherwise.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:37PMBy HowlRound TV. Double Nickels Theatre Company in Washington, DC hosts a Fierce Angels Feast livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:34PMThe film and theatre actor has passed away in London at the age of 86
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:32PMThis post is by Darryl Reilly
Sergio Trujillo’s exhilarating choreography is a ceaseless extravaganza of mostly Salsa numbers. The costumes by designer ESosa are appropriately heavy on g…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:29PMThe apartment we see in Stephen Karam's play The Humans is unremarkable. Barely moved into and utterly undecorated, with an occasional cockroach, stuttering lightbulbs, and squeaking fl…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:29PMThe Chicago Tribune reports that Barry Shabaka Henley ("Ali," "Better Call Saul") will star as both Louis Armstrong and his agent Joe Glaser in Satchmo at the Waldorf, a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMThe upcoming London production of Funny Girl has yet to begin previews but has already which sold out its entire run at the Menier Chocolate Factory within 90 minutes of going on sale, and a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMRachel Potter (The Addams Family, Evita) appears in VoicePlay's new Phantom of the Opera-inspired a cappella music video.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PMJane Franklin Dance presented three performance pieces last night at Dance Place: “Incidence,” “Nested, and “Wash Over You, Part 1.” As a whole, they are entitl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:15PMLONGMEADOW – Two Longmeadow sisters have been cast in the 18th annual Hartford Stage production of A Christmas Carol, which runs November 27 through December 27 at the Tony Award-winni…
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 01:11PMDepression and mental illness are very difficult topics to talk about. These topics are finding a place on stage and film to help bring awareness as a means of entertaining while informing. …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:07PMIt’s been three decades since British outfit The Cult released its landmark Goth-chiming “Love.” But the band isn’t living in the past. Its upcoming “Hidden City” is one of its &…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 01:07PMTonight marks the 2015 Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony, held at 7:30pm at Broadway’s Gershwin Theatre and hosted by Estelle Parsons. The ceremony will be followed by a late supper at Th…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:03PMPhilip Glass has been called by some the greatest living composer. His new work, Appomattox, received a world premiere in its expanded and revised state by Washington National Opera on Sat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:03PMIt's not hard to be the Bard when uber-talented stars like Zachary Quinto and Clay Aiken come to see your show! Click through the gallery to see the celebs visit Something Rotten!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMThe multitalented Wayne Brady is getting ready to step into the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots on November 21. But before his big Broadway return, the performer checked out the joyous…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PM
The legendary Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winning songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb provides the soundtrack for PBS’ First You Dream—The Music of Kander & Ebb, whic…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:57PMIsaac Butler’s production uses an anxiety-inducing score and set to bring audience members face to face with some of America’s classic conspiraciesIf you’ve ever toyed with the idea th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMA new production at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2015 Next Wave festival mixes visuals, paranoia and a jazz-tinged soundtrack to explore the nature of conspiracy theories Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMA CHRISTMAS CAROL is one of the most frequently adapted pieces of literature. But how about one that requires only five actors to portray the entire tale? Patrick Barlow was up to the challe…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:53PMThe post Drama Desk Celebrates Diamond Jubilee and the Stars Shine! appeared first on Theater Pizzazz.
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:44PM2012 brought some very exciting work to the OOB Festival, and one especially memorable short play has been adapted into a short film. Playwright James C. Ferguson’s short Ori &…
SOURCE: oob.samuelfrench.com at 12:44PMThis is one of my favorite podcasts. Maybe that’s because of all the elements in the theater, dance and what makes a great Choreographer great is one of the areas of what we do that I …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:39PMThe theatres of Paris are scheduled to reopen Nov. 16 in the wake of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks that left 129 people dead and more than 180 wounded.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMActress, Laura Liguori 'Love, Lust amp A Room Key' is set to star in 'Hollywood Girl', a short scripted drama based on the true story of stage and screen actress Peg Entwistle. The film, pen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PM'Five Minute Call with Randy Rainbow', the newest web series from the creator and star of BroadwayWorld's long-running 'Chewing the Scenery with Randy Rainbow,' puts the YouTube star behind …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PM"Retro," the newest solo recording from Linda Eder, who made her Broadway debut in Jekyll & Hyde, is released Nov. 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMAudiences are falling in love with the new CW comedy series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," which is packed with theatre actors including Santino Fontana, Vincent Rodriguez III and Donn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMWith its first national tour wrapped, beloved folkindie blend Broadway musical ONCE will, once more, hit the road.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of November 16-22, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMThe Broadway League has announced that the marquees of Broadway theatres will be dimmed in memory of playwright Brian Friel Dec. 8 at 6:45 PM for one minute. Irish Repertory Theatre will als…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PMAccording to the L.A. Times, Tony Award-winning Doubt playwright John Patrick Shanley is developing a miniseries for HBO based on Beth Macy's nonfiction book "Factory M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMFive-time Grammy Award nominee and two-time Emmy Award winner Andreas Carlsson has joined the creative team of Cirque du Soleil's forthcoming first-ever, made-for-Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that Cirque du Soleil - PARAMOUR's Ruby Lewis and over twenty other Cirque artists will bring their Broadway-Bound magic to the 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMThe production of this Disney musical will run at the Strand Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMAndreas Carlsson will provide songs for the new production at the Lyric Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Film megastar Bruce Willis officially made his Broadway debut on November 15, when Misery opened at the Broadhurst Theatre. Broadway.com asked Willis how director Will Frears' …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMThe West End will pay tribute to Jonathan Larson on January 25, 2016—the 20th anniversary of the Rent composer’s death—with a special one-night-only concert. The event, tit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMThe stage adaptation of Stephen King's chilling thriller Misery opened on Broadway on November 15. Click through the gallery to see stars Bruce Willis, Laurie Metcalf and more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMBroadway theaters will dim their lights in honor of Tony-winning playwright Brian Friel, who passed away on October 2 at age 86. The theater marquees will be dimmed in his memory on December…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMYou know what really adds up? The amount of time the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q has graced the New York stage. After 2,534 performances on Broadway and 2,534 performances at the show'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:57AMAn actress from the upcoming Broadway musical Paramour will perform as part of the 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AM by Joe Regan Jr. For one night only, Toronto cabaret and show performer came to New York City and appeared in a very unusual show entitled “#Kander & Ebb” at Don…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:52AMMichael Flatley and the cast of Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Nov. 13 to show off their dancing abilities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMAudiences are falling in love with the new CW comedy series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend," which is packed with theatre actors including Santino Fontana, Vincent Rodriguez III and Donn…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMSimon Longman’s Sparks is a play of two halves. Ish. Kind of. One half, the first, is marginally longer than the second, though seems even longer than that, as it is action free for the mo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:38AMA Lincoln theatre group are inviting young people to a teenage house party with Silent Disco headphones, as part of a new immersive theatre experience. Following a successful tour in 2014, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:38AMPop star addresses Stockholm concert crowd Saturday night.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMThe Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival has announced the lineup for its 15th annual Sketchfest featuring 186 shows with 165 groups over the course of 8 days. Danny Pudi, of NBC’s “Community,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMThis week’s Showcase features a duet from Khecari’s latest immersive dance-installation “The Cronus Land.” The video was filmed on-site in the historic ballroom of the former Shore…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:22AMOn Nov. 2, the Changing the Stats: Asian Americans on Broadway concert featured tunes from Broadway hits like The Producers, The Light in the Piazza, Company and Gypsy sung by Asian-Amer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AM“What will you learn?” asks the home page of the website of Clarion University in Pennsylvania. In the wake of the school’s handling of the casting of white students in Asian roles in…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 11:15AMFor me the true gift of theatre, the real benediction of all art, is the ringing bell which reverberates quietly and persistently in the head long after the curtain has come down and the aud…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:10AMNew musical Here, by Alex Young and Kate Marlais, has won the 2015 S and S Award. It was one of three
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMThe ArtsATL board is pleased to announce the selection of Laura Relyea to succeed Catherine Fox as executive editor on January 1, 2016. One of
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:06AMNational Ballet of Canada production of Shakespeare play packed with inventive steps and spectacular scenic effects.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:04AMBroadway'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 Metcalf and written by two-tim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMHeidi Latsky Dance administrative associate and performer Jerron Herman reflects on ON DISPLAY presented at NYU Skirball.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:01AMShadow culture minister Michael Dugher has criticised the current government’s approach to the arts and culture as “completely counterproductive”. The comments came
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMRob Reiner, John Waters, Kate McKinnon, and more were on hand to welcome Willis to the Great White Way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe celebration will include remembrances by Doug Hughes, Ciarán O'Reilly, and others.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThanksgiving boils over in a world premiere at A Red Orchid Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMSwenson will take over the role of Javert from Earl Carpenter for a limited time.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
I usually prefer to spend Sunday nights in winter holed up at home, but I was glad to make an exception – especially thanks to the considerately early start time of 5.30pm – last…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:59AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Jesse Tyler Ferguson is heading back to Broadway, but not in just one role. Try about 40....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:58AMArena Stage's current production of Lionel Bart's Oliver!, the musical based on Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist," takes a darker turn than most productions of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMCOMING TO BROADWAY FEBRUARY 2016 Cort Theater Previews Begin February 25, 2016 GET TICKETS LIMITED PRE-BROADWAY ENGAGEMENT The Kennedy Center December 2, 2015 — January 10, 2016 GET TICKET…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 10:57AMTickets for the Broadway run of Grammy and Emmy winner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell's much-anticipated new musical BRIGHT STAR are officially on sale, Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThe current Off-Broadway production of the hit musical Avenue Q plays its 2,535th performance Nov. 16, surpassing its original, Tony-winning Broadway run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMNew York Stage and Film just presentedits annual Winter Gala, honoring star of stage and screenBill Pullman, whose decades-long career includes starring roles in the blockbuster film Indepen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMAli Stroker is the first person in a wheelchair ever to star on Broadway in the current revival of SPRING AWAKENING.TODAY anchor Willie Geist sat down with Stroker and herfather as they shar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMThe reviews are in for the Die Hard star’s Broadway debut in a stage version of Stephen King’s novel Bruce Willis makes his Broadway debut as the author Paul Sheldon, who is tormented by…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:45AMTony and Grammy Award-nominated producer Robert Sher has joined forces with Caroline Records (part of Capitol Music Group) to form a new network for the distribution of Broadway, Off-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMAs the theatre community mourns the loss of Tony-winning playwright Brian Friel, BroadwayWorld has confirmed that the marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in his memory o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMDaniel Radcliffe stopped by CBS's THE TALK to chat to the hosts about the heartfelt moment he experienced when receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMOn Saturday's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, six students Elizabeth Banks, Taran Killam, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Kate McKinnon, Beck Bennett put on an avant-garde theatre show that takes aim at SeaW…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMThis just in Original cast member Will Swenson will return to the role of Javert in Cameron Mackintosh's Broadway production of LES MISERABLES for a limited time beginning this Wednesday,Nov…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMBroadwayWorld was there to capture the opening night red carpet arrivals.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMTony nominee Will Swenson will return to the role of Javert in Cameron Mackintosh's Broadway revival of Les Misérables for a limited time beginning Nov. 18 at the Imperial Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMTony nominee Will Swenson is set to return to Les Miserables on Broadway on November 18 in the role of Javert, stepping in for Earl Carpenter as he recovers from a neck injury. Carpenter wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AMMisery, the new Broadway suspense thriller based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, officially opened Nov. 15 at 6:30 PM following previews that began O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMMrs. Brown: “We’ve just now arrived and really want to see a Broadway show.” Agent: “Great! This city guide right here has a list and description of all the showsR…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe co-directors will be leaving to focus on individual projects
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:10AMCelebrating the harvest with paper wishes hung on trees, all was well on the West Coast in the Japanese communities until Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan. Not only did the United States…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:10AMThis post is by Ryan Mikita
The National Asian American Theater Company’s world premiere of Lloyd Suh’s "Charles Francis Chan, Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery" is best categorized…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:06AM
A bewitching South African version of Bizet's opera -- performed with a distinctive blend of spunk and sass.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:56AMIn Stephen King's "Misery," a writer wakes from a serious car accident to find himself recovering in the spare bedroom of his self-nominated Number One Fan. Whether in the 1987 novel, the 19…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:56AMAvoiding overly melodramatic images, The 33 is a true horror story on screen, one that we can identify with in the deep, fearful recesses of our collective subconscious.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:56AMRobert Plant, Bono and Peter Gabriel are so iconic that their faces could be etched in rock's version of Mount Rushmore. Each of those Rock and Roll Hall of Famers are uncompromising and uni…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:55AMThe new musical Freedom's Song, about a Civil War-era family torn apart by slavery, is receiving a private, industry-only reading Nov. 16, featuring a cast that is headed by Amaz…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMAngela Lansbury and Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman will be honored at two separate gala events Nov. 16. Both feature a starry line-up of guests and performers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AM“Modern Family” star Jesse Tyler Ferguson will return to Broadway this spring in a new production of “Fully Committed,” the restaurant-world comedy by Becky Mode. Ferguson, who got h…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:42AMThe York Theatre CompanyhonorsBroadway and Hollywood legend Angela Lansbury with the 2015 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre tonight, November 16, 2015 at Gu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AM24 HOURS PLAYS ON BROADWAY,for Urban Arts Partnership and The 24 Hour Company, takes place tonight, November 16th, featuring a cast thatincludes John Krasinski and Traci Thoms.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMThe Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust will host the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards the 8th Annual 'Mimi' Awardshonoring Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and Dominique Morisseautonight, Nove…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMFive-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson 'Modern Family,' The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will make his highly anticipated return to Broadway as more than 40 outrageous c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMThe battle of the sexes is on Some of the most memorable Broadway characters will square off in GUYS VS. DOLLS A MUSICAL SURVEY OF SEX AND SEXISM,featuring the songs of Cole Porter, Frank Lo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMArs Novapresents TASTiSKANK tonight, November 16, at 8pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMPrimary Stages' 2015Gala will take place tonight, November 16, 2015 at 583 Park Avenue. The event will celebrate the company and honor Tony and Grammy-winning composer and lyricists Marc Sha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMGood 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 Two playwrights get their dues at toni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMThe life and music of legendary Broadway composer Jonathan Larson will be celebrated in a special one-off concert on Monday 25 January 2016, when Seasons of Larson will play for one night on…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:36AM"Diana Ross Sings Songs from The Wiz," which was originally scheduled for release in 1979 — following the 1978 film "The Wiz," which cast Ross as Dorothy &m…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AM"Casual" and "aggression" are not compatible states of being.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 09:24AMMichael MustoTheater & DanceMichael MustoThe mouth that roared, campy comic Mario Cantone is well known thanks to his gay wedding planner role on Sex and the City, his numerous appearanc…
SOURCE: Out at 09:24AMWhen Clare Bowen's character Scarlett suddenly traded her long locks in for a pixie cut in the seventh episode of Nashville, most viewers assumed that both the actress and her alter ego s…
SOURCE: www.womansday.com at 09:23AMHistrionics are on the way for Jesse Tyler Ferguson on the Great White Way! The Modern Family star will make his return to the Main Stem manning the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:21AMTickets are now on sale to see one of the might highly anticipated Broadway debuts of the season, Forest Whitaker in Hughie. The Oscar winner will star opposite Tony winner Frank Wood in Eug…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:21AMBilly Elliot the Musical today (16 November 2015) welcomes Euan Garrett, 12 years old from East Lothian, Scotland, who will make his West End stage debut at the Victoria Palace Theatre as th…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:20AMFive‐time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the "Modern Family" star last seen on Broadway in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, will return to The Great Whit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMThis collaboration with Battersea Arts Centre showcased the values of British independent theatre: innovation, inclusivity and spontaneityIn an era when television has become slick and shiny…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMClwyd Theatr Cymru, MoldControversial stories by the renegade writer Caradoc Evans are inflated into a carnival of the grotesque in this hallucinatory new adaptationIn 1915, the Ceredigion w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:16AMThe 'Modern Family' star will appear in an updated version of Becky Mode's solo comedy about a high-end Manhattan restaurant employee, directed by Jason Moore.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AMJason Moore will direct Becky Mode's comedy about life in the restaurant industry.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM
As part of its tenth season, the Los Angeles Ballet presents a special performance of The Nutcracker on Tuesday, December 15, at 7:00pm at the McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert. This is Los An…
SOURCE: Showbiz So Cal at 08:58AMLaurie Metcalf and Bruce Willis in Misery
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At this juncture, a critical response to Misery, which opened at the Broadhurst Theatre last night, feels more than a little un…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 08:57AMI am usually a strict adherent to the “No Christmas till after Thanksgiving” edict, but I am happy I broke my own rule and started my holiday season a little early with Washington Stage …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:46AMThe London Film Critics' Circle, the U.K.'s largest and most established critics' body, has named Kenneth Branagh the latest recipient of the annual Dilys Powell Award for excellence in film.
SOURCE: Variety at 08:41AMAfter hearing my friends rave about Drunk Shakespeare I was super pumped to go. I've heard so many great things about the show and I was not disappointed! From the first moment I walked into…
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 08:38AMA 'lost' album of Diana Ross performing songs from the 1978 big screen adaptation of THE WIZ will be released on November 27th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMThe Donmar's condensed all-Female production initiate's St. Ann's new venue
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:11AMTwo of the last female artistic directors (AD) in the London fringe theatre scene have announced they are stepping down from their roles. Rebecca Atkinson-Lord and Rachel Briscoe are leavin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:10AMTwitter is on a role with controversial changes lately, and one imminent update is very hard to like, and will certainly not go down as anyone’s favourite. Last month, Twitter announced th…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 08:07AMBroadwayWorld was there to capture the stars en route to their opening night party
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04AMBroadway got a little more Misery-able last night as the new thrilledMisery, starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalfopened, for a 16-week engagement. Below, check out the stars enjoying the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04AMEngaging actor known for his many film and TV roles which included parts in The Man Who Would Be King, My Beautiful Laundrette and Coronation StreetIt would have been easy to view the actor …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMRoyal and Derngate, NorthamptonHeart-stopping passion and delightful comic touches abound in Emma Rice’s finely judged, almost hallucinatory productionWhen Daphne du Maurier’s novel, whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMBelow, get a first listen to highlights from Linda Eder's new CD 'Retro' released today, November 16th 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01AM‘The Sound of Music’ is a admirable and stunning musical play.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMOn this day in 1959, “The Sound of Music” opened on Broadway. Here's a look at some of the most famous adaptations of the musical.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMBehind the scenes at Casa Del Prado Theater in Balboa Park Sunday, actress Maddie Williams, clad in a pink gown and plastic crown, led a group of children and parents through theatrical warm…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 08:00AMFor a thriller, the Broadway production of “Misery” sure gets a lot of laughs. And that’s just how the creative team of the show, which stars Bruce Willis in his Broadway d…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMBruce Willis was great in “Moonlighting” and the “Die Hard” films, but he's deadly dull in the stage version of Stephen King’s novel.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMA stage adaptation of Stephen King's 'Misery' stars Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:00AMLaurie Metcalf (from TV's "Roseanne") plays Annie Wilkes and (almost) makes you forget the iconic stamp Kathy Bates put on the same part.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AMThe meta-drama of Arthur Miller’s plays, much in evidence during this, his centenary year, is the conflict between his moral energy and the theatrical formats in which he (sometimes only b…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:00AMWe were so impressed with Seth Sikes’ Judy Garland show (read our review) that we just couldn’t resist picking his brain about all things Judy! Pick Your Top 5 Judy Garland songs: One wa…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:00AMIn a new staging of the 1990 Rob Reiner film, Willis is injured author Paul Sheldon, who is imprisoned by his unhinged "number one fan," played by Laurie Metcalf.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AM
I’m a big fan of MCC’s benefit concert, Miscast. It’s a yearly concert with a ton of Broadway performers in one big cabaret; the catch is that they’re singing songs t…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:55AMWith the Bruntwood Prize announced tomorrow, Matt Trueman asks how beneficial playwriting compeitions really are
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:55AMFrom Derren Brown to Ontroerend Goed, it's an eclectic mix of openings this week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:55AMClive Judd directs Simon Longman's new play about abandoned responsibilities
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:55AMWinter is coming, and with it comes a new team of bloggers for The Green Room! We're so excited to welcome them to the blog and to introduce them to you all this week. Get to know two ne…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:45AMWinter is coming, and with it comes a new team of bloggers for The Green Room! We're so excited to welcome them to the blog and to introduce them to you all this week. Get to know two ne…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:41AMBy Christine Firkin
By the end of the play there is a horrifying awareness that a variation of this story is currently being enacted for real somewhere in the near vicinity: in immediate fam…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:27AMthe best play about a President and his First Lady since Sunrise at Campobello
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:19AMa stellar production of Arthur Miller's too rarely seen World War II drama
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:19AMLaurie Metcalf and Bruce Willis are now playing Stephen King's cat-and-mouse game for more laughts than thrills .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:17AM“My Friends,” a video directed by Lindsey Copeland for the song of the same name by MaryLeigh Roohan. The song is from Roohan’s EP Living Alone: (This is the latest in a series of arts…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMSouth London arts venue Ovalhouse is to lose both of its co-directors of theatre, as Rebecca Atkinson-Lord and Rachel Briscoe have announced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMIn Matt Trueman’s piece on Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, he explores the venue’s policy of not holding press nights, or allowing critics to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMArts organisations in Oxford are coming together to produce a new festival of theatre, aiming to showcase the best contemporary performing arts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“Despair is the price one pays for setting oneself an impossible aim. It is, one is told, the unforgivable sin, but it is a sin the corrupt or evil man never practises. He always has hope.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Broadway composer Jonathan Larson is to be celebrated in a one-off West End concert in January. Best known for writing Rent, Larson
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMThe Bruntwood prize for playwriting is announced this week, and its anonymised selection process could provide a new model for all theatres when considering scriptsTomorrow, the winner of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:57AMBriefs, the Brisbane-based all-male burlesque extravaganza, returns to Melbourne to rock out with their jocks out once more at the Athenaeum Theatre. From the moment we enter the cosy gloom …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:46AMReview of the Broadway adaptation.
SOURCE: Popdose at 06:37AMWith this being Arthur Miller’s centennial year, and anti-Semitism back in the rise in Europe (and elsewhere), could there be a more timely play to revive than “Incident at Vichy”?
SOURCE: cititour.com at 06:37AMMisery marks the Broadway debut of movie action man Bruce Willis.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 06:37AMThe Hidden Door pop-up arts festival is to return to this year's venue in 2016 and is calling for proposals for ten pieces of theatre to stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:22AMIn the late ’70s, “New York was dangerous, dead and dirty,” recalls Fred Schneider, frontman of new-wave band the B-52’s. But places like the Mudd Club, where Schneider was a regular…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:00AM
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Handled as stand-up comedy, Story tells us that he did not at first accept Dr. Gray’s theories until he heard one of his lectures, and then he…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:53AMPeninsula Players Theatre, the nation’s oldest professional summer theatre, will produce Kenneth Jones‘ six-actor play Alabama Story in 2016, marking the title’s Midwest pr…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:37AMNBC welcomes HAMILTON's Leslie Odom Jr. who portrays Aaron Burr in the hit Broadway musical HAMILTON, as a guest on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS tonight, November 16th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMI had a wonderful surprise last Saturday night at Conroe’s elegant Crighton Theatre. It had been just exactly one week since my reviewing a sensational Sinatra Centennial concert at Housto…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:26AMYoung VicJust a stroll from the Young Vic's bar, where people are drinking wine on the terrace, stands an ugly metal shipping container. It's there to accommodate audiences of just 28 who wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:10AMTASTiSKANK, also known as the Broadway duo of Sarah Litzsinger (Beauty and the Beast, Amour) and Kate Reinders (Something Rotten!, Wicked), bring their latest show, F@#ck the Police, to Ars …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNora, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman's adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, gets its English-language premiere Off-Broadway starting Nov. 16 as part of the 92nd…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWicked's former Elphaba Julia Murney has been keeping busy since she made her Broadway debut back in 2007. As she prepares for her latest solo show at Feinstei…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPrince of Broadway, the new production that features words and music from Harold Prince's many shows, plays through Nov. 22 at Japan's Tokyu Theatre Orb. Before heading out of the co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 15th Annual 24 Hour Plays: On Broadway, featuring Taran Killam, Edie Falco, Ke$ha, Rosie Perez and Molly Ringwald, is presented Nov. 16 at 8 PM at Broadway's American Airlines Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTickets go on sale today for two Off-Broadway play and concert series, one at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and one at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 2015 Theater Hall of Fame Ceremony is held Nov. 16 at 7:30 PM at Broadway's Gershwin Theatre, hosted by award-winning actress Estelle Parsons. The ceremony will be followed by a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway characters square off Nov. 16 in Guys vs. Dolls: A Musical Survey of Sex and Sexism. The evening features Michael Winther (Mamma Mia!), Sally Wilfert (Assassins), Jill Abra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Illusionists – Witness the Impossible, which played a sell-out season at Broadway's Marquis Theatre last November, makes its West End debut, opening officially at the S…
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