Parnell takes a sociological approach, kind of; Gerrard gives us what we might call a show tune approach, which is at once less realistic and more rambunctiously funny.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:51PMPresenting preeminent voices in contemporary Australian art, Brutal Truths features the work of Vernon Ah Kee; the late Gordon Bennett; and collaborative artists Destiny Deacon and Virgin…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:40PMThis New Group production, directed by Cynthia Nixon, portrays a group of gay New Yorkers for whom life was once truly a cabaret.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:37PMAlban Berg’s opera Wozzeck seems to suggest that cruelty is a slope humanity is inclined to slide down even as our better natures try to prevail. It’s an uncompromising and important art…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:20PMEven the Bugs Bunny The Barber of Seville (which gets a subtle nod in Florida Grand Opera’s new outing) never featured the tenor and baritone-bass dueling with a plumber’s plunger and a …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:20PMThe New Group presents the world premiere of STEVE, a new play by Mark Gerrard. Directed by Cynthia Nixon, this production features Ashlie Atkinson and Francisco Pryor Garat, and as announce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10PMCynthia Nixon directs a hilarious comedy about gay middle-age in the era of marriage equality.
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The full cast for the Melbourne Season of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical was announced today, including the young actresses who will share the title rol…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:56PMFull casting for the Melbourne run of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Matilda The Musical was announced at 11am today, with the young actresses sharing the title role meeting…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:49PMDerren Brown calls himself a mentalist, but he's also a great showman, as his latest show, Miracle, attests. With its simple set, this is seemingly an evening of straightforward illusions. B…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:46PMThe winners of The Black Theater Alliance Awards (BTAA) for productions of the 2014-15 season were announced Monday, Nov. 16 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center. The Black Ensemble Thea…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:36PMShakespeare 400 Chicago, the yearlong international festival that will run throughout 2016, and is designed to commemorate the four hundred years since Shakespeare’s death in 1616, has ann…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 09:01PMMichael McGrath Gets Political at George Street Playhouse
By: Iris Wiener Michael McGrath No one knows better than Michael McGrath that performing is Nice Work if You Can Get It, see…
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Members and constituents of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 have been busy speaking out against The New York Times' recent decision to leave out the names of shows' designers when listin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52PMCynthia Nixon directs Mark Gerrard's comedy-drama about gay men in the throes of domesticity, with Matt McGrath, Malcolm Getts and Mario Cantone.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30PMLast night, jazz virtuoso Madeleine Peyroux shared her enormous talent with an appreciative crowd that held onto her every note. Peyroux’ witty comedic chops were also on display between a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:25PMTheater, or at least serious theater, is supposed to reflect the way society feels about itself at that given moment in time. And right now, gauging by the work of some of our best young pla…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:10PM
I really cannot deal with hats but, hypothetically speaking, if someone stole mine I’d like to think I’d hunt them down to the ends of the earth and destroy them. I Want My Hat …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:58PMNot for the faint of heart, Dry Land, currently running at the Jermyn Street Theatre, delves into the real lives of two teenage girls in Florida, exposing with biting honesty just how confus…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:58PMShakespeare’s Globe project to show 37 new 10-minute films on 37 screens laid out along Thames path between Westminster and London BridgeShakespeare’s Globe theatre is to mark the 400th …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:51PMThe choreographer for the new Broadway production is an the Israeli-born star of the U.K.'s contemporary dance scene.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51PMA memorial will be held Nov. 30 at The Den Theatre for Tom Bateman beginning at 7 p.m. Families are encouraged to attend.
Bateman died Sept. 12 in New York City. Before moving to New York, …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:51PMPut this question in your Thanksgiving trivia contest: Which character from popular English-language literature has been played by more stage and screen actors than any other?
It's not Eben…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:51PMPresenting a showcase selection of songs by five-time Tony award winning composer Cy Coleman, Flourish Productions offer the third show in their ‘Songs Of’ series, Cy by Cy by Cy…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:51PMShe first took to the stage during the Depression at the age of 5 to support her family and kept singing all her life
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:35PMRECOMMENDED Franz Lehár’s beloved, wildly successful operetta “The Merry Widow” will woo and then suspend in delicious wistfulness even the staunchest objector to its inclusion i…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 07:30PMFollowing letters, emails and social media protests from Broadway's craft unions and their allies, The New York Times reportedly has agreed to restore the list of designers and productio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:18PMWe’ve seen “Mad Men,” or at least heard the clichés about cutthroat ad agency types. Competition for clients, drug and drink fueled late nights, ruthless bidding for commissions regar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:14PMTom O'Brien trained at Arts Ed, London and worked as an actor in the UK and internationally before moving into directing in 2010. He received a training bursary from The…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:12PMSome 15 minutes before the start of Steve, the new play written by Mark Gerrard and directed by Cynthia Nixon that just opened at the Pershing Square Signature Center as a production of The …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:03PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
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FootLights is now ten years old. It started as a dream. The dream was to create a publication that would serve Los Angeles the way Playbill serves New York. A simple idea, hell, how hard cou…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:58PMGentle readers and #LAThtr aficionadi,
Here follows my newest review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains current arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journal…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:46PMOn this week's episode, we get the lowdown on Hamilton from the Tony Admin Committee, wade through Les Miz news and salute Mark Strong.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMIt's not every day that a Broadway show celebrates its 19th year on the Great White Way, but the cast of Chicago did it in style on November 17th. Take a look at stars Dylis Croman,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMThe Illusionists is an excellent alternative to a family pantomime trip this Christmas. A feel good show, full of dramatic flair and tricks to make the audiences gasp, it showcases talente…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36PMA tyrant. A father. Every inch a King. Sydney Theatre Company presents Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush in a new production of Shakespeare’s masterpiece at the Roslyn Packer Theatre from…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:36PMA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams is a drama that played at Tawes Theatre at Washington College in Chestertown, MD, and is directed by Amanda Klute. A Streetcar Named Desire fol…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:35PMSure, it's a utopian fantasy. But who wouldn't cheer for a man who has avoided paying taxes for decades, who ditched his deadening job in favor of happiness, and who has somehow managed to c…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:35PMBoy & Bear bandleader Dave Hosking believes artists should write what they know, so he followed his gut instinct when composing the Aussie outfit’s new third album, “Limit of Love,�…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 06:33PMIn defending his choice to refuse asylum to Syrian refugees, Roanoke mayor misstates history.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that Sarah Hammond and Adam Gwon's STRING will receive readings this week atPlaywrights Horizons.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Laura Benanti's Wedding Pics
More details are emerging about Laura Benanti’s wedding to her beau Patrick Brown ov…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:00PMWho is Evelyn Krape? I’m an actress whose often described as a comedienne. I would prefer comic actress. What would you do differently to what you do now? Not much, but probably mo…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:00PMWhite took in a recent performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical at the Winter Garden Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMSelect cast members have been announced for Sweat, The City of Conversation, and All the Way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has bounded into The Lowry Theatre in Salford on the last leg of its UK tour. Winner of 5 Tony Awards, this adaptation by Simon Stephens bri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:56PM(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 05:51PMPut this question in your Thanksgiving trivia contest: Which character from popular English-language literature has been played by more stage and screen actors than any other? It's not Ebene…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:28PMAllegiance, the Broadway musical about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, is not the most flawlessly rendered musical you will ever see. Some of its lyrics are a littl…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:26PMBrains are sexy, they say, so it only makes sense that recent MacArthur 'Genius' Grant recipient made the cut.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMOn Tuesday, the Huntington Theatre Company's production of A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES became the second highest-grossing show in the company's 33-year history, behind their 2013 hit production …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PM8Players is a new, custom, 'socially adventurous' group experience, promising pop-up immersive theater in New York City.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMThe Rockettes lit theEmpire State Building red and green today in celebration of tonight's opening night of the 2015 RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR. BroadwayWorld has photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMAn all-new episode of THEATER TALK features former Broadway publicist Josh Ellis on his one-man show, Call My Publicist The Starry Education of A Broadway Press Agent, and an at-home intervi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMFinding Neverland and Inside Broadway will give a behind-the-scenes look at the "inner world of Broadway" through the "Creating the Magic" program Dec. 10 at 10:4…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PMThe cast of the upcoming NBC-TV broadcast The Wiz Live! greeted the press Nov. 18. The anticipated live event is broadcast Dec. 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PM8Players, a new immersive theatre experience, will be presented in NYC Dec. 5-Jan. 23, 2016. No two performances will ever be the same.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:12PMThe Weirdo Show is one of the DC Burlesque and Variety scene’s longest running and most beloved institutions. It started in 2006 and has continued, with some brief hiatuses and producer ch…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:09PMBenj Pasek and Justin Paul's musical takes the stage in Milburn, New Jersey.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The North American premiere loses the hard edges of the original story of sexual repression and class warfare.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:46PMThe movement among some political leaders to bar Syrian immigrants crossed over into Broadway territory Nov. 18 when the Mayor of Roanoke, VA, cited the internment of Japanese-Americans …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMBy Sylvan Oswald, Basil Kreimendahl, Mashuq Deen. Three transmasculine playwrights discuss working in the theatre.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:41PMElizabeth Osborne and Christine Woodworth compile an anthology on theatre labor and history that is ambitious, yet scattered.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:31PMA new stage play finds Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf at the controls of an oddly horror-free version of the Stephen King novel.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:26PMBuddies in Bad Times Theatre turns its focus to war and recovery with The Road to Paradise.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:24PMThe long-running, Tony Award-winning hit revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb's Chicago, which currently plays the Ambassador Theatre, celebrated its 19th anniversary on …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PMAfter my time spent in Totnes, I bussed my body back up the northern way, this time to Brighton, where I had never ever been. My friend waiting for me at the stop is named Ben. Also affectio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PM'The White House Convening on Americans with Disabilities and the Arts A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion' will be live-streamed below, Wednesday, November 18 from 400-700PM EST.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMBy Jonathan Mastro. Jonathan Mastro responds Don Aucoin’s recent Boston Globe article about audible audience responses.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:11PMFrom the hurt rage of Medea to the poisonous suspicion of Othello, romantic jealousy drives some of theatre’s most dramatic plays. Novelist Howard Johnson explains that “jealousy is w…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 04:04PM"The immigrant tries to take a new identity and get rid of the old one. That doesn’t really work. In order to be able to go further, I think we have to face and confront our past. Sometime…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:00PM
The five-minute clip is the first time the virtual reality technology has been used inside a Broadway theatre (but not the first time for Broadway altogether, as Andrew Lloyd Webber has remi…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:58PMPaul Pecorino, currently starring in the Off-Broadway smash RUTHLESS!, is set to be a special celebrity presenter at the 17th Annual Glam Awards tonight (Wednesday) at 9 PM. Paul will of cou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMHarvey, a great classic of the American theater (it won the Pulitzer in 1944, beating out The Glass Menagerie) now at 1st Stage in McLean, is a story in which the hero, Elwood P. Dowd (Jonat…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:42PMNEW YORK (AP) - "The Lion King" on Broadway is offering fans a view of the musical that even the very best seat in the theater can't rival.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:22PMForget socks and scarves. Instead, give the gift of Broadway this holiday season. Our 2015 Ultimate Broadway fan, Jason Crespin, checked out this year’s hottest shows and picked his …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:17PMCan you bake a cherry pie? Tony winner Jessie Mueller's character in composer Sara Bareilles' Broadway-bound musical Waitress certainly can! The image of Mueller dishing up a sli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMA trailer has been released for the holiday film "Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors," which will be broadcast on NBC Dec. 10 beginning at 8 PM ET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMThe iconic theatre composer who burst onto the scene with JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR has another hard-rock musical. If you weren't there in the early 1970s, when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMStageRights announced this week thatAcappellais the recipient of the2015 Stage RightsNYMF Publishing Award. RogerBean, President and Founder ofStage Rights, presented the award to book write…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMBroadway takes center stage on PBS. Ahead of next week's November 25 premiere, PBS KIDS has officially launched the website for its newest series NATURE CAT
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMThe cast and creative team of NBC's THE WIZ LIVE participated in a press junket today from Grumman Studios in Bethpage, NY. Below, check out photos from the event
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMIt's not long until the launch of the first national tour of THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, led by Elizabeth Stanley On the Town, Million Dollar Quartet as Francesca and Andrew Samonsky The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMNBC's upcoming original film DOLLY PARTON'S COAT OF MANY COLORS, premieres Thursday, December 10 on NBC 9-11 p.m. ET.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMToday is the second annual #LoveTheatreDay, originating in the United Kingdom but spread throughout the world. This afternoon, Spring Awakening will perform at the White House, and simultane…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:10PMDuring a sobering time in Paris, the Virginia Opera's production of this Parisian classic felt particularly mournful.
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 03:09PMInside Broadway's Executive Director Michael Presser is pleased to announce that on Thursday, December 10, Finding Neverland and the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46th Street will be visite…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMTake a look inside rehearsals for Paper Mill Playhouse's upcoming production of A Christmas Story, the holiday musical based on the 1983 film of the same name. The show runs Nov. 25-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PMThe Tony-winning Broadway musical will premiere in Manila in 2016.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe virtual-reality experience captures the show's iconic opening exactly as it is seen onstage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Mark Strong is unforgettable channeling Arthur Miller, while Bruce Willis gives James Caan a run for his money in 'Misery.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:49PMMêlisa AnnisHometown: Cardiff, Wales. Current Town: Brooklyn, NY.Q: What are you working on now?A: I like to spin plates. Where to start…? I’m working on a new…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 02:46PMMeet the cast of the national tour of The Bridges of Madison County. Stars Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky, along with composer Jason Robert Brown and director Bartlett Sher, took a br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PMDirected by Tony winner Cynthia Nixon, Steve, Mark Gerrard's new play, is all about a Steven, a failed Broadway chorus boy turned stay-at-home dad, his partner Stephen and their best pal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:44PMLin-Manuel Miranda, creator and star of the critically acclaimed Broadway musical Hamilton, has added another honor to his growing list: He has been named one of the "Men of the Yea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMAlex Gwyther is a published writer and actor from London, England.Gwyther’s unique delivery and “tumbling urbane style” has seen him perform across the UK at venues, festivals and even…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:24PMNEW YORK (AP) -- "The Lion King" on Broadway is offering fans a view of the musical that even the very best seat in the theater can't rival....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:14PMTerry Gilliam, despite turning 75 this month and recently publishing “Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir,” has no intention of seeing the curtain fall on his career. He fizzes with id…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:14PMMisty Copeland, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, is expected to release her third book, "Ballerina Body," in early 2017.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:14PMGeek theater has been on the rise. Theater that blends story with themes of the geeky nature in a theatrical world. The latest in the New York trend is Jennifer Haley’s Neighborhood 3: Req…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:13PMIt's a great day for tenors! Anthony Warlow and Steven Pasquale, two of the most sought-after leading men in musical theatre, both celebrate a birthday Nov. 18. We look at their c…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMI never regret a single minute spent in the company of the Mad Marchioness. In fact, when we are apart I am so inconsolable that I must fill the moments as best I can with healing laughter. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:04PMThe production, which originated at Encores!, has been running on Broadway since 1996.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMJason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman's musical is hitting the road.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
A dual-city, multi-disciplinary celebration of the choreographer Merce Cunningham will take place in Minneapolis and Chicago in 2017, the Walker Art Center and Museum of Contemporary Art Chi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:54PMTony winner Laura Benanti, who will return to Broadway later this season in the revival of She Loves Me, married Patrick Brown Nov. 15 in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMLea Salonga became a theatre phenomenon when she landed the role of Kim in the hit musical Miss Saigon in 1991. More than 20 years later, she's back on Broadway creating another new rol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PM“Disney’s Newsies,” which opened at the Broward Center For The Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale and will be playing until November 29, offers the audience everything they would want …
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 01:49PMMisty Copeland, who made history recently by being named the American Ballet Theater's first black female principal dancer, will now write a new book on health and fitness.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMLea Salonga, currently headlining Allegiance on Broadway, will lead the first international production of Fun Home in Manila in her native Philippines in late 2016. The Tony winner herself a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PMThe Roundabout Theater Company has lined up two plays for its 2016-17 season from a couple of playwrights currently attracting buzz for work running in New York this season — Stephen K…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:37PMStudents will take the musical "Passionella" to the regional Southeastern Theatre Conference in March.... Read more »
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SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 01:37PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces select cast members for the upcoming 2016 productions of Sweat, The City of Conversation and All the Way.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMFun vocals from a trio who harmonize Broadway songs mashed with popular hits.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMThe Bechdels will soon be heading to Manila - with some legendary star power in tow.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMOliver Hudson stopped by last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE and spilled the beans on what the theme of next season's SCREAM QUEENS may be about.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMImagine being 13 years old, one of the top dancers, even the recipient of Junior Best Dancer at The Dance Awards this
The post Dance Prodigy Jaycee Wilkins Diagnosed with Perthes Disease ap…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:19PMMara Davi talks Dames At Sea inspirations, her A Chorus Line high note and her Beauty and the Beast dream.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:17PMIt sounded like a good match: Batman and Lost Boy movie director Joel Schumacher, versatile master of action and suspense, in his New York stage debut directing a play by Jennifer Haley, a w…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:16PMIt’s hard to decide which is more spectacular, the precision of the 55 dancers of the Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company or the embroidered costumes they don, inspired by traditional Siber…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:00PMLizt Alfonso and her dance company fill the New Victory stage with the sights and sounds of the Caribbean.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMTom Irwin and Mary Beth Fisher star in the political dark comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMLarry Yando stars in the stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' seminal tale.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning film stars Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe Public Forum is a series of conversations and performances with leading voices in politics, media, and the arts.
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HARRIS YULIN TO RETURN AS ROBERT LOWELL OPPOSITE MIA KATIGBAK AS ELIZABETH BISHOP FOR FINAL WEEK OF PERFORMANCES NOVEMBER 30 – DECEMBER 5 IN DEAR ELIZABETH WRITTEN BY SARAH RUHL DIRECTED B…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 12:54PMThis year’s Capezio Dance Award introduces a historic first – unlike any other year in the award’s history, it will go to
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SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:51PMThe couple discuss their new hit Broadway musical ON YOUR FEET based on their life story and the ON YOUR FEET cast perform a medley of songs.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director just announced two new productions from two acclaimed playwrights for the 2016-2017 season a new Broadway production of The Cherry O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMToday the cast of Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakening, along with writers Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik and director Michael Arden, travel to Washington, D.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMThe Dramatists Guild defends playwrights against changes made to their work without expressed permission.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMThe new film THE AMERICAN SIDE is set to hit theaters in liminted release in the spring of 2016. The film stars Matthew Broderick, Alicja Bachleda, Camilla Belle, Robert Forster, Greg Stuhr,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMThe Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Fun Home will receive its first international production in 2016. Manila's Atlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group will stage the boundary-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMMuch-buzzed about playwright Stephen Karam has turned his attention to Anton Chekhov. The Humans’ scribe has penned a new adaptation of The Cherry Orchard, which will land on Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMIf the celebrity status enjoyed by some of his peers passed Albert Hunt by, he nonetheless remained at the centre of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMThis post is by Jean Ballard Terepka
Nethsingha's reading of Mozart's Requiem was richly nuanced and widely expressive, and the success of his reading was established within the first three …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:36PMDr Seuss's classic tale opens at the Old Vic in December
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:34PMLights in theatre marquees on Broadway are to be dimmed in memory of Irish playwright Brian Friel next month. The playwright was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMWriters working on BBC dramas have received a 2% increase in their minimum rates of pay. The increase means that writers will now
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMDrama programmes will be protected from a new £12 million cut to the BBC’s television budget. The move forms part of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMCulture minister Ed Vaizey has told the arts sector it should “think creatively” about how to finance new projects. His comments come
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMFourteen choreographers have been chosen to take part in a programme set up by Dance UK to encourage more peer-to-peer learning within
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMFeinstein’s/54 Below will present Unattached in February, a concert featuring the original Side Show leading ladies, Tony winner Alice Ripley and Tony nominee Emily Skinne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMThe emotional violence running rampant through "Everything Will Be Different" is enough to make "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" look like "Peg o' My Heart."
The Catastrophic Theatre is pr…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 12:27PMFrench playwright Joris Lacoste on his latest work with spoken language.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:24PMIn the opening scene of Brothers of Affliction, the two eldest Owens brothers enter supporting the third, badly beaten and semiconscious, in their arms. Shane
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:21PMA careers fair aimed at those looking for non-performance jobs in theatre kicks off this week. Theatrecraft is celebrating it’s tenth year, and it takes place at the Royal Opera House in …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:13PMThe national tour of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The Bridges of Madison County is set to star Elizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky. Take a look inside rehearsals before they…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PM‘Tis the season to give thanks and reflect on the past year – all that you’ve accomplished, areas in which you’ve grown,
The post What I’m Thankful for in 2015 appeared first on D…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:03PMpSome Thanksgivings, You Shouldn't Go Home AgainBy Lauren YargerYou can't go home again. And sometimes that might be a good thing.Stephen Karam's play The Humans, getting an extended Off-Bro…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 12:03PMWhy is Kinky Boots such an enduring favorite on Broadway? We talked to Broadway fans who had just seen the show, and they shared their passion for this big-hearted, Tony Award-winning hit th…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:02PMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced productions from two acclaimed playwrights that will be part of its 2016-17 season: On Broadway will be a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMI am thrilled to announce two exciting shows for our 2016-2017 season! This fall, we will be premiering a new Broadway production of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, in a new adaptation…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:00PMA new work by King Charles III playwright Mike Bartlett is also set to play Roundabout.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMAlso added to Roundabout Theatre Company's 2016-17 season is 'Love, Love, Love' by Mike Bartlett, whose 'King Charles III' recently opened to rave reviews on Broadway.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMVirtuoso skating, dazzling costumes, digital scenery, sword fights, fire and flying effects part of Sony Centre show.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PM
Five‐time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the "Modern Family" star last seen on Broadway in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, appeared on "The Tonight…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMBy Doug Mayo
Speaking to choreographer Drew McOnie, you can’t help but get caught up in the infectious enthusiasm of youth and be in awe of the talent that this young theatre creative exud…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:54AMLondon's Barbican Centre is to present a film season featuring the RSC on screen as part of the Shakespeare400 Celebrations in 2016, marking the 400th year of Shakespeare's death.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AM'It would be very weird to see someone else play him.'
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:48AMIn 1975, Warren Mitchell and I, playing father and son, were rehearsing a scene from Moss, a BBC Play for Today, by Bernard Kops. During a black comedy moment, I had to mouth off in a horrib…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM"The American Side," a new film starring Matthew Broderick, Janeane Garofalo, Camilla Belle and more, will get a limited theatrical release in spring 2016 in Buffalo, NY (where the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMElizabeth Stanley and Andrew Samonsky star in the touring production of The Bridges of Madison County. The Marsha Norman (book) and Jason Robert Brown (music and lyrics) musical is an adapta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMFirst, we bounced around the classroom in School of Rock's 360° video, and now we're going on an emotional journey from the stage of Broadway's Minskoff Theatre. The Lion Kin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMThe rhythm certainly got everyone at GMA on November 18 when Gloria and Emilio Estefan, along with the cast of On Your Feet!, paid a visit to the Times Square studio. After the power duo dis…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMThink Wicked but focused on the Tin Man! The Woodsman, a retelling of the origins of Oz’s Tin Woodsman, is heading off-Broadway once again. Directed by James Ortiz and Claire Karpen, t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMJesse Tyler Ferguson will soon be returning to the Great White Way and he stopped by The Tonight Show on November 17 to chat about being a Belieber (really) and appearing in Becky Mode&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMThe Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musicalChicagohas hit another milestone Just yesterday, the show celebrated its 19th Anniversary and BroadwayWorld was there for the special occas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMIn early December 1948, Patricia Highsmith took a Christmas-season temp job as a shopgirl in the children’s toy department at Bloomingdale’s. Highsmith, a 27-year-old native of Fort…
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:30AMStephen Sondheim is a genius. And as I said in one of my first blogs, way back in 2007, he’s the Shakespeare of American Musical Theater. But that doesn’t mean he’s right…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:30AMMove over, “Shear Madness.” After a mind-boggling 28 years as the money-minting chief tenant of a coveted performance space in the Kennedy Center — a uniquely advantageous perch in the…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:21AMRecent controversy over casting non-white characters in stage productions has prompted the Dramatists Guild to issue a position paper opposing "casting a character outside his or he…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMIn its 18th year, The Lion King is now the third longest-running musical on Broadway. To celebrate, Disney has filmed the breathtaking opening number “Circle of Life” in 360 degr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:03AMThe video, which was posted on Wired magazine's website, gives a new perspective on The Lion King's iconic opening number, "Circle of Life."
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:03AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Five-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson talked about his highly anticipated return to Broadway as more than 40 outrageous characters in the smash hit …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMProducers Robb Nanus, Rachel Sussman, Ryan Bogner and Adam Silberman announced today that the critically acclaimed play The Woodsman, a uniquely inventive retelling of the origins of Oz's Ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMPlaywright shares background with gay bullying victim in play now on at the Theatre Centre
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMThe production will play an open-ended run off-Broadway after two lauded engagements in 2014 and 2015.
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Producers have announced that The Woodsman, the untold story of Oz's Tinman and the woman he loved, will receive a new Off-Broadway staging at New World Stages in January 2016. The p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMThose who tried to stage a student production of "Jesus in India" at Clarion University undeniably were right about at least one thing -- though not for the reason they envisioned.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:58AMHappy Birthday Daphne Rubin-Vega Rubin Vega is a two-time Tony and Drama Desk nominee and recipient of the Theater World, Obie, Blockbuster awards and was recently nominated for an Independe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMPlaybill.com's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry. From auditions to administrative roles, Playbill.com is the online source for care…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMFor this month's The Art of the Actor, writer Jamila Reddy chatted with Rick Foucheux and Sarah Marshall from the cast of the Apple Family Cycle, a series of plays that has str…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 10:54AMChicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company has named Polly Hubbard its new literary manager. Hubbard will step into the position beginning Dec. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMMichael Kimmel'sThe Last Goodbye new play will be read for the first time in New York onNovember 30th, 2015at730 PMfor a one night-only benefit reading inTheater 511 at Ars Nova511 West 54th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMA MERRY WIDOW MAKES FOR A MERRY AUDIENCE After the unbearable ugliness of Berg’s Wozzeck, Lyric Opera’s beautiful production of Franz Lehár’s The Merry Widow (Die Lustige Witwe) comes…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:43AMTwo things are frequently said about Caryl Churchill: that she is the greatest playwright alive, and that she is one of the most elusive. While she occasionally discusses her work with resea…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:43AMThe claws are out on some Broadway, pitting family-friendly Disney against Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:43AMFour of the six plays in La Jolla Playhouse’s 2016-17 season will be world premieres, including veteran playwright Joe DiPietro diving into the seamy side of movie history with “Hollywoo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:43AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The first time Danny Burstein performed the song "If I Were a Rich Man" in public, he left one woman in tears....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:43AMMusical licensor Theatrical Rights Worldwide TRW has announced the acquisition of the North American licensing rights to the hit musical SCHOOLS WILL ROCK YOU. Based on the Olivier Award win…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMA memorial will be held Nov. 30 at The Den Theatre for Tom Bateman beginning at 7 p.m. Families are encouraged to attend. Bateman died Sept. 12 in New York City. Before moving to New York, h…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:42AMRainn Wilson, who starred as Dwight Schrute on NBC's "The Office," will star in Will Eno's monologue Thom Pain (based on nothing) at Geffen Playhouse's Audrey Skirball …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMIn response to today's announcement touting The Lion King's new 360 degree video, Andrew Lloyd Webber, who released a fully immersive 360 degree music video last month for 'You're in the Ban…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMLast night, high atop the great black glass Hearst Tower, Sting played a short acoustic set of songs from The Last Ship, his grand industrial lament of a musical, which, despite its beautifu…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:34AMAs previously announced, Real Housewives of Atlanta Reality TV star Nene Leakes will be returning to Broadway in the hit musical Chicago. She will take on the role of Matron “Mama̶…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:33AMThe Lion King recently filmed its iconic opening number 'Circle of Life' using virtual reality technology, marking the first time the technology has been used inside a Broadway theatre. The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMStage designer and portrait painter, renowned for her work with the choreographer Kenneth MacMillanYolanda Sonnabend’s professional career as a stage designer was blessed with success from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMSouthbank Centre, LondonThe cabaret show skilfully celebrates music-hall routines and circus acts, adding a bit of darkness behind the dazzle London may now offer plenty of choice when it co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMLinbury Studio, LondonWild, muscular dance meets deft use of Maori music in Javier De Frutos’s joyful yet complex work for RNZB – whose intensity is hard to matchI wish the world had mor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMVadim Muntagirov and Lauren Cuthbertson take the lead roles in Frederick Ashton’s classic ballet The Two Pigeons at the Royal Opera House in London Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMTwo-time Tony winner Bebe Neuwirth has been named an artistic advisor for the Manhattan School of Music's new bachelor's degree program in musical theatre, according to the Assoc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMAn evening of great orchestral jazz featuring three sophisticated ladies.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMThe cast of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of Spring Awakening will perform on "Late Night with Seth Meyers" Nov. 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMHurricane Sandy by way of giraffe costume by way of Beyoncé.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:13AM“After a month off,” a friend writes. “I’m back at the box office. There’s a show called I Know What Boys Want, the audience, it seems, is almost exclusively…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe Rockettes bring all of the joy of the holiday season to you and yours at the Radio City Christmas Spectacular presented by Chase. Share unforgettable moments together as you experience t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMby Laura Grimmer To be honest, I was astonished at the sheer number of Gloria Estefan songs I not only knew, but knew well enough to heartily sing along. Which made me just another member of…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:04AMOn October 24, 2015, Judith Light spoke about Thérèse Raquin with education dramaturg Ted Sod as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s lecture series. An edited transcript follows (pleas…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:02AM
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Founded in 2005 and led by Kornel Fekete-Kovacs, trumpeter and composer, the Budapest-based Modern Art Orchestra is a marvel. Its twenty musicians – fi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:59AMA second LoveTheatre Day is taking place on Twitter on November 18. The online event, hosted by the social media site, aims to provide insight
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMA programme of theatre, film, music and events that will take place at the Barbican next year in celebration of the 400th
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMGlyndebourne has appointed Sebastian F Schwarz as its new general director. Currently the deputy artistic director of Theater an der Wien in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMProperty booms in London are causing the disappearance of artistic workspaces such as rehearsal rooms and studios, a major new international study
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMVenture capital firm Edge Investments has set up a £40 million fund targeting the creative industries. Theatre companies will be able to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMTheatres across the West End are ramping up security measures following the recent terror attacks in Paris. Audiences are also being encouraged
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMThis week, over three days, leading figures from some of the most exciting cities in the world are in London for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:45AMFourteen-hundred New York City public high school students from 19 schools, representing all five boroughs, are scheduled to attend the Nov. 18 matinee of the Tony-winning Broadway h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMJim Davidson. Opinion is divided on his comedic talents. Many find him funny; many more don’t. And now added to that latter
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:37AMAfter five years of continuing growth and success near the heart of London's West End theatre district, the American Musical Theatre Academy AMTA is coming to the heart of New York, New York
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMThe Nov. 17 announcement that Disney's The Lion King was rolling out the "first-time" 360-degree virtual reality video of one of its songs has resulted in a gentlemanly…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AMSchools That Can, a nonprofit focused on improving urban education, will honor the life and legacy of the late singing actress and civil-rights activist Lena Horne with a benefit concert…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AMStoke Newington Town Hall saw a veritable invasion of acting talent last week as the Park Theatre hosted its annual fundraising gala
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AMCelebrate 15 years of strictly adult fun with the hilarious cast of the latest Excess All Areas' new pantomime, Kitten in Heels, populated by some of cabaret’s finest performers offering a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:21AMMark Rinzel is honored to reprise his role in this amazing play, after playing Arwin in a 2010 reading and cast recording. Mark can be seen weekly as a lead singer in Jessie's Girl, an…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:21AMOne must be impressed by memoirist Matthew Spender, who refuses to descend into resentment or anything resembling self-pity despite a very strange childhood.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:09AMRobert Lindsay, John Simm, Susannah Fielding and others get ready to make a great entrance in these exclusive photographs by Matt Humphrey whose company Curtain Call is producing a book of b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:09AMLAMDA’s building work is vital In Susan Elkin’s column “It’s not all about the pretty face”, Elkin, although right that quality of
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On tonight's LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN, Justin Bieber reunites with James Corden for a second edition of Carpool Karaoke.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMAppomattox, the world premiere opera now playing at The Kennedy Center Opera House in a new production by the Washington National Opera, tackles that most epic of America’s sins, ̶…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:52AMToday, November 18, has been declared Love Theatre day and 300+ theatre companies in the UK and elsewhere are celebrating through the live Twitter feed #LoveTheatre. The award winning part…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:50AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, Jimmy Fallon, Justin Bieber, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and The Roots Tariq paired up with a driver competing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMGood 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 STEVE and LAZARUSbowoff-Broadway, SPRI…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37AMThe Tony winner stars as a pregnant, unhappily married diner server who bakes extraordinary pies in the new musical adapted from the 2007 indie film with Keri Russell.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30AMBroadway's Ciera Renee guest stars on the next episode of THE FLASH titled 'Legends of Today', Part One of the epic crossover with ARROW on The CW.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AMAfter selling out the initial engagement in just three hours, New York Theatre Workshop NYTWhas announced an additional three weeks of performances of LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMThe world premiere of a new play by Wallace Shawn. A reunion at the almost legendary club, The Talk House. Still presided
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMOriginal cast member Will Swensonreturns to the role of 'Javert' in Cameron Mackintosh's Broadway production of LES MISERABLES for a limited time beginning tonight, November 18, stepping in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AMToday and tomorrow,November 18th and 19th at 7pm in New York City, Tony Award-nominated singer amp actress Melissa Erricoreturn sto Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette St. in 'Sing The Silence,' an enti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:10AMTheHuntington Theatre Companypresents its extended world premiere production of A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES. The show plays nowthrough December 20, 2015 at the Boston University Theatre. Opening…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:09AMEmbraced by generations of families, the RADIO CITY CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR is an awe-inspiring celebration of the holiday season. The run kicked off onNovember 13, opens tonight, November 18,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMWhile sharing additional international dates to his Original High World Tour on Twitter, Adam Lambert thrilled his stateside fans by announcing that a U.S. Tour is in the works as well.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04AMWorld-premiere musical COME FROM AWAY comes to Seattle Repnow throughDecember 13 in the Bagley Wright Theatre. A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse, COME FROM AWAY is the first musical to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04AMAn operatic retelling of Max Frisch's black comedy struggles to find its purpose
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:03AMThe award-winning adaptation opens at the Donmar Warehouse in December
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:03AMThe theatre will be screening the RSC's filmed versions of Shakespeare plays performed by the likes of Ian McKellen and Judi Dench
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:03AMAlex Boniello, who is making his Broadway debut. Alex is the voice of Moritz and plays guitar with the band, he is so soulful and powerful, with great hair.
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 08:02AMSomewhere in the last 10-20 years in the theatre industry, actors have become hyphen-happy, gluing on additional titles that trail behind their strongest suit. For example: actor-singer-song…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:00AM
The 2015 Gang Show at the King’s provides more than its quota of fun and entertainment, being reassuringly familiar yet refreshingly original.
Director Andy Johnston and his team have o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:59AMWinter 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 07:56AMSpencer Liff puts bodies in motion under some remarkably high-stress conditions, most prominently for the popular television competition show, “So You Think You Can Dance” — an assign…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:51AMWinter 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 07:46AMBy Christine Firkin
Echoes is a success for many reasons but fundamentally it’s because there is such strength in the story telling. In fact there are 2 stories running concurrently and th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:42AMFans of Broadway's The Lion King able to experience the opening number, "Circle of Life," the way only the actors have been able to do until now — in a 360-degree…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:38AMTaken together, the three plays in Eclipse Theatre's season devoted to Terrence McNally provide a series of snapshots about the AIDS epidemic and the fears it unleashed in both gay and strai…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:37AM Tony award nominees Stephanie J. Block and Brian d’Arcy James will help to make the season bright with an evening full of holiday cheer singing holiday favorit…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:26AMMartha Argerich plays Liszt’s Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody on TV in 1966: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMThe daughter of Trevor Nunn and Imogen Stubbs is currently starring in Desperate Measures. She discusses growing up around actors and her current role at the Jermyn Street Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:02AMActor and singer James Maslow, starring in the new “Sherlock Holmes” production opening Tuesday (and ...
The post James Maslow psyched for stage role in ‘Sherlock Holmes…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:00AM“Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.” William Makepeace Thackeray, Lovel the Widower
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Wolverhampton GrandDavid Hasselhoff plays a nightclub owner who once, strangely, starred in Baywatch in this creaky addition to his personality cultMany actors, rattling around Britain in a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMTo celebrate #LoveTheatreDay, four stage professionals share what they think makes theatre so special – and why it needs our support#LoveTheatreDay 2015 – liveA list of the theatres and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMThe Guardian: Theatre needs our love! On Wednesday 18 November, theatres, amateur groups, arts companies and audiences from across the UK and beyond will take part in the second #LoveThe…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:14AMI love Elle Woods. I love the color pink. And when I’m indulging in my sensitive side, I love stories about love. I also love the ability to challenge perspective. I love the idea of a…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 06:13AMYou’ve been listening to the Hamilton cast recording for weeks? Me too! At first, I was listening just to get a general gist of the musical. I wasn’t REALLY following plot points…
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Photo by Kristi Jan Hoover Dominique Morisseau is considered one of the most exciting young voices in American theatre. Believing wholeheartedly in the power and strength of community has on…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:59AMI was 13 years old when the original production of Ragtime opened on Broadway. A friend of mine played “Little Girl” in the original cast and invited me to her new show. I …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:48AMAbout Face Theatre is excited to present a one-night-only benefit reading of its 2011 runaway hit THE HOMOSEXUALS by AFT Artistic Associate Philip Dawkins, directed by original director…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:31AMThe illusionist returns to the West End with a new stage show that takes aim at faith healers
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:26AMPolly Stenham's That Face has been hailed as a great debut, but a playwright's first professional production is rarely really their first workPolly Stenham wrote That Face when she was 19. P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:26AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:11AM
Inside the 2015 Steinberg Playwright Awards By Brian Scott Lipton Playwrights Dominique Morisseau and Bran…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:39AMThe French biologist turned choreographer on media fascination with his ‘story’ and his new work, a six-hour ‘art exhibition’ performed in the nudeNaked bodies are heaped in a mound.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33AMCabinet of Cynics and Stepping Out Theatre present THE DIVIDED LAING by Patrick Marmion, running tonight, November 18 - December 12, 2015 at the Arcola Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDavid Yazbek with Norbert Leo Butz perform tonight, November 18, 2015 at 8 p.m. at SubCulture, and BroadwayWorld has learned they will be showcasing some new material
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMToday, November 18, the cast of Deaf West Theatre's acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakening, along with writers Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik and director Michael Arden, will trave…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMFor its annual benefit gala, Coyote StageWorks will present THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST IN NEW YORK by Oscar Wilde and adapted and directed by David Zippel, who gives the famed comedy of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AM1,400 New York City public high school students from 19 schools, representing all five boroughs, who are participating in TDF's Stage Doors Program, will be attending the matinee performance…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMBefore he begins his run next February on Broadway in DISASTER THE MUSICAL, Max Crumm will appear as a serial killer in Cameron Fife's dark comedy KILLING DIAZ.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
On a portal shaped screen, films of Ms. Guillem (by the very clever Elias Benxon) are soon substituted by Ms. Guillem in the flesh. She disappeared behind this…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:09AMOpera Australia’s absolutely splendid The Marriage of Figaro is in Melbourne until the end of November. Premiering in 1786, Mozart’s comic opera about infidelity and forgivenes…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:03AMCome from Away, the new rock musical that explores the lasting connection forged between a group of travelers whose planes were diverted to a small Newfoundland town on Sept. 11, 2001, offic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular, which began previews Nov. 13, officially opens at Radio City Music Hall Nov. 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast of Deaf West Theatre’s acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakening, along with writers Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik and director Michael Arden, travel to Washington…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPerformances begin Off-Broadway Nov. 18 for the world-premiere production of Lazarus, by Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh (Once) with music by David Bowie. The cast includes&am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJerome Robbins' Broadway Tony winner Scott Wise is back on Broadway, playing several characters in his 14th musical, the World War II-set Allegiance at the Longacre Theatre.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNovember 18 is opening night for Boston's Huntington Theatre Company's stage adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, starring Nick Offerman — …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony-nominated actress Melissa Errico returns to Joe's Pub Nov. 18-19 at 7 PM with a brand-new autobiographical cabaret show co-written with Adam Gopnik.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAt a time when female artists are fighting for more roles and stories about women, director Jessica Stone reveals why an all-male cast was the right choice for a new take on Sondheim'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDownload file The work we saw this week delves into some serious issues and welcome stage representations. Hir looks at a mother who after a lifetime of abuse chooses to live her life b…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 12:00AMTony nominee Will Swenson returns 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 12:00AMMark Gerrard’s Steve, directed by Emmy and Tony winner Cynthia Nixon, officially opens Off-Broadway Nov. 18 following previews that began Nov. 3. Presented by The New Group, th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast of Deaf West Theatre’s acclaimed Broadway production of Spring Awakening, along with writers Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik and director Michael Arden, travel to Washington…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWendie Malick and Emmy winner Lucie Arnaz star in Coyote StageWorks' one-night-only benefit presentation of The Importance of Being Earnest (In New York), a modern-day, New Y…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThree-time Tony nominee David Yazbek and Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz reunite Nov. 18 for a concert at Subculture in New York. The composer and performer previously worked together on th…
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