Capturing the beauty and grittiness of nature in her seemingly effortless ink-on-paper drawings, Heads or Tails? – a solo exhibition by Melbourne-based artist Leith Maguire – wi…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:57PMUnrequited longing for a capricious woman of a higher social class can only be cured by a magic potion, or so thinks the lovesick Nemorino when he overhears Adina, the object of his affectio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:33PMInternationally, dance criticism has an illustrious literary past. Writers such as Paul Valery, TS Eliot, and Edwin Denby, amongst others, have all written on dance performance. Denby, a poe…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:28PMIn less than 24 hours from now, the 2015-16 Broadway season will never be the same as it is in this moment. In just over 12 hours from this moment, the 2016 Tony Award nominations will be a…
SOURCE: lunerontheatre.com at 10:07PM
The Voice Foundation's annual Voices of Summer Gala will take place on Friday, June 3rd at 600 p.m. at the Westin Philadelphia.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:49PMThe Met’s acclaimed new production of Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers (Les Pêcheurs de Perles), a rarity by the composer of Carmen that has not been staged by the company in a century, comes …
SOURCE: PBS at 09:49PMAlso in Tattle: ‘SNL,” Oprah, Tara and Johnny, Jack Black, racism and condoms
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:49PMThat 'do is defying gravity.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:49PMShe's wearing the famous Firebird outfit.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:49PMWith the theater industry holding its breath ahead of the Tony Awards nominations announcement May 3, the Broadway box office got a bit of a boost last week as spring break at New York Ci…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:49PMWilliam Shakespeare’s plays are more than 400 years old, and his prose and verses are now becoming easier to interpret with the help of actor Ian McKellen.
McKellen and film director R…
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:48PMThis spring, more than a dozen works by two of today’s reigning ballet choreographers, Alexei Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon, are slated for the stage.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 09:48PMCountry music entertainer Dolly Parton performs during the 75th Anniversary Rededication Event at the Rockefeller Memorial at Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wednesda…
SOURCE: www.heyreverb.com at 09:48PMTHE 2016 FRED AND ADELE ASTAIRE AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED HONORING OUTSTANDING DANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY ON STAGE AND SCREEN THIS YEAR’S AWARDS WILL HONOR DOUGLAS WAT…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 09:36PMGladiator-worthy metallics and sparkly embellishments, along with a show of feathers and chunky boots, swept the red carpet at the Met Gala on Monday night. … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 09:28PMAfter more than 10 years, new complex will break ground next monthCity Council to finalize loan agreements on Tuesday New stages could open as soon as November 2017 … Click to Continue…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 09:17PM
Romeo and Juliet, set in Italy circa 1948, proves William Shakespeare’s story of star-crossed lovers is timeless. Sally Boyett, Founding Artistic Director of Annapolis Shakespeare Company,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:57PMDetails of the Broadway-aimed musical’s creative team have been revealed.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:41PMAn annual report covering the 2014-15 theater season showed increased hiring of non-white actors at the city’s top non-profits, even if Broadway experienced a dip.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:37PMBilly Porter leads a parade of Broadway stars headlining the 2016-17 Trust Cabaret Series.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:29PMSee Sara Bareilles and the cast head into the studio to record the Waitress cast album.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:12PMBelow is the list of nominations for 2016 Fred and Adelle Astaire Awards for Broadway (and Off-Broadway) dancing. Winners will be announced May 16 and the NYU Skirball Center for the Perform…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:09PMMay isn’t just about may baskets (whatever those are) and dancing around maypoles (though people still definitely do this). It’s also about International Workers’ Day and traditions of…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 08:04PM"Art translates, filters, offers dreams in a new form." ~ Maria Bonzanigo
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PMCDI is holding an application information session on Wednesday, May 4, at 6:30pm at Baruch Performing Arts Center.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"The bold collaboration brought together the New York based dance company with the Curtis Institute of Music and Choral Art Philadelphia." Gregory King, Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"Like a sorceress, Pyle stirs together two beloved fairy tales and adds a dash of ballet mythology in the form of Anna Pavlova's The Dying Swan to forge a dance that is timely and timele…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM
Michael is new to ITN with two plays worth checking out — TOWER 5 and PARK SLOPE. Both deal with strong subject matter. Park Slope is a one act satire about power, identity and loc…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 07:55PMOn Friday May 13, see Broadway stars Kelli O'Hara, Robin de Jesus, Chip Zien, David Friedman, Janelle Robinson and Jodi Stevens in concert in Summer Theatre of New Canaan's Gala Evening 'Get…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46PMThe next installment of LC Originals Songwriters, at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center will offer an evening of new songs inspired by Lincoln Center, created by some of Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46PMIn the 2014-15 season, the NYC theatre industry hit a record high in the 9 years AAPAC has data collected. For the first time, 30 of all available roles went to actors of color, a jump from …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PMWith Beyonce officially no longer attached, Warner Bros. is once more on the huntfor the female lead in its long-gestating remake of A STAR IS BORN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMAna Villafañe, Daveed Diggs, Jane Krakowski and Alex Brightman are among the nominees for the 2016 Astaire Awards. This year, the awards have opened up their categories to recognize o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PMShe Loves Me's Peter Bartlett stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:18PM Thornton Wilder’s Our Town ambles into DC’s suburbia–landing as is has in thousands of other large and small towns across America. One can’t miss the signs in the grassy…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:06PMFind out which Broadway hoofers are up for the prestigious honor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM
U2 frontman and human rights activist Bono took to the stage of Broadway’s Golden Theater on Saturday afternoon following the matinee of Eclipsed. He lead an emotion-packed dedication…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:52PMby STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
isn’t bad enough that California currently ranks 46th in the nation for arts funding, now the State’s Employment Development Department (EDD) is engaged in ran…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:39PMAn Asian American Performers Action Coalition study showed that about 30 percent of roles at the city’s most prominent theaters went to minorities.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:39PMThe Actors Fund has announced that, effective immediately, DKCOampM will oversee public relations for the nonprofit organization.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMSure, we all know by nowthat Broadway Sessions is the place to be to get up close and personal with Broadway's brightest,but did you know that once a month we throw caution to the wind and o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMVancouver Opera's spring production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA runs nowthrough May 8, 2016 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre, featuring stars Ramin Karimloo as Che and Caroline…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Drama Desk winners Vanessa Williams and Matthew Morrison announced the nominations for the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards last week, April 28. However, t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMNominations for the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which honor outstanding dance and choreography on stage and screen, were announced today at the Friar's Club by New York Post columnis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMThe awards honor outstanding theatre and film dance and choreography.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:30PMForget everything you know about what a performance ‘should’ look like, or sound like, or even feel like. Leave your preconceptions about music theatre at the door. Because you a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:24PMBe warned. Bodies will appear in their natural state. If you are uncomfortable with nudity on stage then stray away from Body: Anatomies of Being. For one hour and forty minutes, that’s al…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:24PMWith Tony nominations just around the corner, audiences are catching this season’s new musicals before some celebrate a post-announcement high tide. School of Rock surpassed the millio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:15PMThe John Doyle-helmed production of The Color Purple has had audiences rejoicing for the show's triumphant return to the Great White Way since it opened in December 2015. From a trio of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:15PMPatrons are finding the new Sara Bareilles musical Waitress tasty enough to recommend, and Broadway’s cloudy dramas saw some welcome sunshine during Week 49 of the 2015-2016 season. Bo…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:07PMBut only three nominees, including just one Broadway show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:07PMWaitress continued to sell out, while Paramour and The Color Purple also had good weeks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:05PMJessica Lange puts in a near-operatic performance as the matriarch of O’Neill’s seminal dysfunctional family.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:04PMThe organization will be honored on June 12.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer-winning drama is mounted by Arena Stage.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:59PMKnown for their work on screen, these two stage pros are in their element in 'The Father' and 'The Crucible.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:56PMWhat Does “Inclusive” Mean To A Performing Arts Center? The Kennedy Center held an event to talk about inclusiveness of its offerings. But no one seemed to be able to define exac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:51PMBerkeley Playhouse's first nonmusical production is a strong adaptation of 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Harper Lee's classic civil rights novel.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:44PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending May 1st, 2016.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 05:44PMCleveland Opera Theater rose to the challenge of Puccini's "La Boheme" last weekend, mounting a first-rate production with excellent singing, beautiful visuals, and a nimble orches…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:44PMEven as many probably could have followed along to "Revelations," the signature work of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, none could have been prepared for the vitality of the pe…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:44PMThe U2 lead singer helped launch a dedication series in honor of the abducted schoolgirls of northern Nigeria.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 522016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMThis Thursday, May 5th, BROADWAY SESSIONS welcomes Rory O'Malley Bill Gates, Bryan Fenkart Steve Jobs and cast members from the ill-fated Broadway musical to be, NERDS. Cast members will per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMCharitybuzz has three new auctions to benefit Rosie O'Donnell's Rosie's Theater Kids
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PM12-year-old Tony Award honoree Sophia Gennusa Doctor Zhivago, Matilda the Musical brings together some of the original cast members of MATILDA to raise money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma So…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMThe 2016 Tony Awards Nominations Announcement, Sponsored by IBM Tuesday, May 3 at 8:30 a.m. ET From the Paramount Hotel in NYC Video courtesy CBS News. …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:38PMThe Irish rocker and world-renowned humanitarian took the stage after the April 30 performance of Eclipsed to talk about the young girls who were abducted last year in Northern Nigeria.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMWelcome 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 512016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 512016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMDMI Soundtracks will soon release the original cast album for WAITRESS, distributed by Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation.Produced bySara Bareillesand Neal Avron, the cast album is projecte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMBeneath the rowdy humor, there is always the sense of a desperate emptiness in Richard Bean’s comedy about the rhythms of a blue-collar workday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:26PMIn this expert from a Masterclass video, Christina Aguilera speaks about the importance of keeping a journal while learning a craft.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:17PMSTARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, will take place on Friday June 3, 2016 from 12:30pm-2:30pm in Shubert Alley, between Broadway and 8th Avenue and 44th and 45th Streets.
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SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:08PMHamilton, Waitress and American Psycho are just some of the shows that will be participating in this year's Stars in the Alley. As previously reported, the event is scheduled to take pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMTuck Everlasting's Andrew Keenan-Bolger offers an intimate backstage pass to the show's opening night!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMThis Sarah Gancher play, set in Budapest, features a group deciding whether to fight a shutdown just as their country is shifting to the right.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06PMThe Paper Mill Playhouse, founded in 1938, has been investing in new works in recent years, including 'The Bandstand,' 'A Bronx Tale,' and 'Newsies'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:04PMWhen Prince died last week, two of the most extraordinary shows on Broadway immediately paid tribute: Hamilton with an onstage “Let’s Go Crazy” dance party and The Color Purple with a …
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:04PMThere's no better way to grow a love for the theater than to hook audiences early. The seventh annual International Children's Festival, May 7 and 8 at Playhouse Square, seeks to do just th…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:04PMThe production, also starring Ben Foster and Vanessa Kirby, unfolds on a set that never stops revolving.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:04PMWelcome 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 5/1/…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMThe new Pasek and Paul musical is directed by Michael Greif.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe stars of the new musical preserve its score.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMBobby Smith and Nova Y. Payton will also star.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Elephants are preparing to take their final bow at the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus, ending a 145-year spectacle that delighted fans and enraged animal activists. The 11 remain…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:57PM"My absolutely favorite time of working on a project is the time I spend not knowing what it is. Because the longer you live inside that period, the likelier you are to discover somethi…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:49PMMadison Street Capital is one of the top investment firms in the world. There are a lot of people who trust the company to manage their finances. Over the past couple of years, the leadershi…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 04:47PMYou may not know Drew Hodges' name, but you're living in a world he helped create. His new book, On Broadway, is an irresistible adventure that lifts the curtain on the making of the best an…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 04:47PMJessica Lange headlines an outstanding cast in the Roundabout's splendid revival of O'Neill's masterpiece. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:34PMOn May 2, 16 and 30, Feinstein's54 Below will welcomeBroadway leading ladyLaura Michelle KellyFinding Neverland, Mary Poppins, Fiddler on the Roof in a personal, revealing evening of song an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMNathan Lee Graham - the singular Grammy Award-winning singer, actor and bon vivant - will premiere a new evening Going Gaga For Gershwin at New York's Feinstein's54 Below on Friday, May 6 at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Tony nominee and Emmy winnerSean Hayes will play God in a limited 14-week engagement of the hit Broadway comedy An Act of God at Broadway's Booth Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMDancer and choreographer Savion Glover and Judith Jamison, Artistic Director Emerita of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, talk about upcoming performances and a panel discussion at New …
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:21PMAnyone who thinks actors can only convincingly play younger on stage has yet to watch Sutton Foster in TV Land’s hit show “Younger.” The two-time Tony winner (“Thorou…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:21PM“Hamilton” is poised to lead the Tony Awards nomination count on Tuesday by a landslide, having won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama earlier this month. But while “Hamilton&#…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:21PMNEW YORK — One thing practically assured on Tuesday is that the Broadway megahit "Hamilton" will get plenty of Tony Award nominations. The real question is how many.Lin-Manuel Miranda's h…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 04:21PMJust as I did with the four musical acting categories, here are a quartet of performances on the play side that warrant consideration by the Tony Awards nominating committee, which is meeti…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:21PMName: Amy Jo JacksonHometown: Fort Worth, TX/Littleton, COEducation: The Boston ConservatorySelected Credits: Two prior solo concerts at Feinstein's/54 Below; among many other appearances at…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:17PMBernadette Peters, Nicholas Barasch, and 12 debut performers on Broadway and Off Broadway will be recognized.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMThe Lucille Lortel Awards honor the best of off-Broadway, and this year's ceremony was hosted by Zachary Levi on May 1 at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Art…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Oprah Winfrey to Star in George C. Wolfe Film
Tony winner George C. Wolfe, currently represented on Br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMMay 3 is D-Day T-Day for theater fans; The Book of Mormon alums Andrew Rannells and Tony winner Nikki M. James will reveal the nominations for the 2016 Tony Awards, which will take place on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PM
The June 3 free concert in Shubert Alley includes performances from current shows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMThe National Endowment for the Arts and longtime theater-industry executive Miles Wilkin will received the 2016 Special Tony Awards. These specials prizes are part of a slate of awards hand…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:46PMThe 31st annual Lucille Lortel Awards, honoring the best of Off-Broadway, wrapped in New York City last night with playwright Rajiv Joseph’s two-hander “Guards at the Taj” …
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:46PMTwelve actors—six male and six female—were recognized for their sensational New York theater debuts May 2, including Cynthia Erivo, Ben Whishaw, and 11-year-old leading lady …
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:46PMSirius XM\u2019s Julie James and Aladdin\u2019s James Monroe Iglehart will emcee the May 9 Peformers4Peace benefit concert at New York City's 42West. Lesli Margherita, Daniel Breaker, Carly …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMA press release issued this morning names interim managing director David Hyslop as beginning 'a new generation of leadership.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMThis year's Stars in the Alley will take place on Friday, June 3rd at 1230pm in Broadway's legendary Shubert Alley, west of Seventh Avenue between 44th amp 45th streets, it was announced tod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMAudience Rewards, the first and only loyalty program for Broadway, together with Show-Score, the new social network for theater fans, today announced their joint 2016 Tony Awards Game.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PMPoor Norma Desmond. Deluded, deranged, forgotten by her legions of long-ago fans. In Vintage Theatre's elaborate production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber warhorse "Sunset Boulevard," Norma is
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:28PMBroadway's SCHOOL OF ROCK welcomed the original Dewey Finn, Jack Black, to the Winter Garden Theatre this weekend - check out photos of Black, as well as actor Paul Rudd,with stars Alex Brig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMThe nominations will be streamed live.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMThe month of May in New York might have started with Spring showers, but congratulatory flowers are due to a couple of our Broadway Black faves. The Lucille Lortel Awards honor excellence in…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:25PMA rundown of the nominations for the 70th annual Broadway-lauding awards ceremony.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:20PMSarah Ruhl’s insular comedy is set in the world of the theater. Act One begins with an audition then sees its way through to opening night. Act
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:20PMMisty Copeland says she played with Barbie dolls until she was 13 — the same year she started ballet.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:20PMDreamgirls - Porchlight Music Theatre at Stage 773, 1225 W. Belmont, is offering a limited number of $20 tickets Sunday, May 8 at 7 p.m. at Stage 773. Call and mention PMTINDUSTRY at 773.32…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:20PMShuffle Along or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, a reimagined version of the 1921 hit, opened April 28 at the Music Box Theatre. The stellar cast is headed…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:18PMThe National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Key Brand Entertainment chief operating officer and executive vice-president Miles Wilkin will receive the 2016 Special Tony Awards, the group…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:15PMSix-time Tony Winner Miles Wilkin and the National Endowment for the Arts will both be honored with the 2016 Special Tony Awards. The 70th Annual Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden, is sche…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PMIf we were all on the same page we’d be irrelevant, so thank you for the confusion.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 03:03PMSome people are naturally hometown homebodies. They’re people who live their entire lives in the place they grew up. Some people fight to escape the monotony of home to forge a new life so…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:03PMThe evening will also star Max von Essen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMA Little Single will celebrate their new album.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
by JK Clarke Eugene O’Neill didn’t really want the play many consider his magnum opus, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, to see the light of day . . . n…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:50PMSirius XM\u2019s Julie James and Aladdin\u2019s James Monroe Iglehart will emcee the May 9 Peformers4Peace benefit concert at New York City's 42West. Lesli Margherita, Daniel Breaker, Carly …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMAstonRep Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season on Monday. First up is "The Black Slot" (Sept. 1-Oct. 2), Warren Hoffman's satirical world premiere (the company's first) about race and…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:43PM“The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises,” so it says in the Bible’s Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter One, Verse 5. People, live, people die, life go…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:42PMThe federal arts agency and a longtime Touring Broadway Executive will receive Special Tony Awards in 2016.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 02:40PMEmmywinner and Oscarnominee Oprah Winfrey Selma, The Color Purple, Lee Daniels' The Butler will star in HBO Films' THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, based on Rebecca Skloot's critically …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMWhat's not to love about the four leads of Roundabout Theatre Company's glorious revival of SHE LOVES ME Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, Jane Krakowski and Gavin Creel just took part inSAG-AFTR…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMOn top of our comedic content, we also aim to provide an inside look at the newest up-and-coming shows, and short but sweet six second interviews with all of our favorite stars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMWith direction by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie and choreography by Josh Rhodes, Bright Star is now openat the Cort Theatre.Randy Jones and Victor Garber attended yesterday's performance -…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMWhat will thethree leading ladies of Broadway's MATILDA tackle next Below, watch as the adorable Ava Briglia, Willow McCarthy, and Aviva Winick take on the trapeze
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that the National Endowment for the Arts NEA and Miles Wilkin will both be honored with the 2016 Special Tony Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMIn a new interview with Vanity Fair, director Garry Marshall revealed details on the highly anticipated stage musical based on the 1990's romantic comedy PRETTY WOMAN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMLauren Class Schneider talks to Paul Pecorino at Sardi’s about getting to work with the creators or “Ruthless!” and how involved they are in the show.
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:16PMThe two winners were announced the day before Tony nominations will be revealed.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMPaper Mill Playhouse has been named the winner of the 2016 Regional Theater Tony Award, the annual trophy handed out to companies beyond the Broadway world on which the Tony Awards focus. Lo…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:13PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Irish Repertory Theatre has tapped a star of the Emerald Isle to host a gala benefit performance of "Finian's Rainbow" - Saoirse Ronan.…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:13PM Lupita Nyong’o and the cast of Broadway’s Eclipsed by playwright and “The Walking Dead” star Danai Gurira were joined onstage this weekend by U2 lead singer and ONE Campaign c…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:09PMThe Westport Country Playhouse's 2016 season opens with a colorful blend of two modern plays about modern art. The shows have separate casts and are performed on different days. "Art," the i…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:08PMBy Ben Yalom. Director Ben Yalom discusses the differences between directing an ensemble-created piece versus a more traditional one.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PMAmazing: Niggle is a painter. He is an unsuccessful painter. He is unsuccessful painter because he has his mind set on only one thing – a picture of a tree.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMGarry Marshall has tapped Tony winner Jerry Mitchell to direct the project.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMBroadway director Kimberly Senior helms the production at Center Theatre Group.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMFind out who will take home the annual honor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
By Koy Suntichotinun. In this installment, Koy Suntichotinun discusses his process for creating a performance piece interpreting Aaron Weissman’s State Park, in which he incorporates socia…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:50PMCynthia Erivo, Ben Whishaw, Lupita Nyong’o and John Krasinski are among the winners of the 72nd annual Theatre World Awards, which celebrate outstanding Broadway and off-Broadway debut…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:50PMYou mention Gareth Thomas’s role as Mat Burke in the RSC’s Anna Christie. In 1980 I was one of the two crew working the scene changes on this production at the Warehouse, the other being…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PMFinal show for the pachyderms comes after local government actions made touring with the animals difficult as activists herald ‘victory’ for animal rightsAfter the last ever circus to fe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PMLouis CK, Gilbert Gottfried, Vanessa Bayer and Jim Gaffigan proved at the David Lynch Foundation comedy benefit that laugher, along with transcendental meditation, is the best medicine“Peo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:38PMThe season will feature a new musical by Michael John LaChisua and Ellen Fitzhugh.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PMBroadway actors Mark Aldrich and Jimmy Ludwig came up with the idea of matching hit shows with local breweries.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMNew book The One King Lear by Sir Brian Vickers attempts to tackle a long-held belief about the most authoritative version of Shakespeare's tragedy
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:27PMThe New York premiere of Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson’s musical stars Pitch Perfect’s Ben Platt.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMBono visited Eclipsed to launch a dedication series in honor of abducted Chibok Girls of Northern Nigeriaon at The Golden Theatre April 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMThe 2016Lucille LortelAwards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out last night to recipients in 18 categories, with two special awards and two honorary awards also bestowed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMSources have confirmed to E News exclusively that SCANDAL star Kerry Washington is expecting her second child with husband Nnamdi Asomugha.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMFive-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson makes his highly anticipated return to Broadway as nearly 40 outrageous characters in the smash hit comedy, FULLY COMMITTED by Becky Mode, d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMYoung theater critic Iain Armitage appeared on last night's LITTLE BIG SHOTS, a new NBC reality competition for young talent hosted by Steve Harvey.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company has added an additional offering to the LookOut summer lineup in the new 1700 Theatre, 1700 N Halsted. Love Kills A Concert Reading by writercomposer Kyle Jarrow …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMThe Theatre World Awards, Inc. Board of Directors Dale Badway, President has announced the2016 Theatre World Award Honoreesfor Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance who will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMThe 2016 Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) concluded this past week at the celebrated competition’s finals held in New York City. Young dancers, ages 12-19, and from around the world, gather…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:19PM by Susan Hasho The play Toast written by Richard Bean and directed by Eleanor Rhode opens in a British bread factory canteen. We are introduced to the cast of cha…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:16PMWhat Close is, is a Hollywood Legend of the grandest order, ranking in her generation alongside Meryl Streep, but not really many others. And that defines part of the magic of this productio…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:07PMIn a first-ever collaboration by three professional Vermont theaters, Alan Ayckbourn’s THE NORMAN CONQUESTS will be produced in rotation this spring and summer. Learn more!
The post THE NO…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:06PMThe Lucille Lortel-nominated actress revealed that she is scheduled to go to London with the David Bowie musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMGet out the calendar and the credit card because this month in NYC is hot.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:04PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth writes for the annual Easter Bonnet Competition, introduced The Actors Fund gala and welcomed a new Tony Delvecchio to his Disaster! family.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMYou know you’re having an unorthodox experience in theater when there’s a near absence of dramatic action in front of you but an epic interplay of ideas happening in your brain. So it go…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:02PMMonday “Once in a Lifetime” at Strawdog Theatre Company. Kaufman and Hart’s classic comedy marks Strawdog’s final show at their Broadway home before their move to …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMThe evening was called Broadway Acts for Women.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's latest musical had such a successful opening night on May 1 that the off-Broadway production has already been extended through May 29. Click through the gall…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:52PMThe Tony-winning Book of Mormon actress will join fellow Mormon star Andrew Rannells.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PM The Theatre World Awards, Inc. Board of Directors (Dale Badway, President) has announced the 2016 Theatre World Award Honorees for Outstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Pe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:46PMEstablished in 1938, the New Jersey venue has propelled a number of musicals to Broadway, including 'Newsies,' 'Honeymoon in Vegas' and the upcoming 'The Bandstand.'
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:45PMThe British director on Shakespeare, why he's not in a hurry to leave the stage for the screen and his upcoming TV debut - the latest installment in the BBC's Hollow Crown series.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:42PMThey will be celebrated at the 72nd annual ceremony May 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMBranagh channels Olivier, Isabelle Huppert lusts after her stepson and Ralph Fiennes gets the royal hump. Meanwhile there’s magic in the air as Harry Potter grows up – and Groundhog Day …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:38PMThe top honors for off-Broadway theater were presented Sunday in New York, with 'Guards at the Taj' and 'The Robber Bridegroom' leading the winners.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:33PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre has tapped a star of the Emerald Isle to host a gala benefit performance of “Finian’s Rainbow” — Saoirse Ronan.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:31PMLong Day’s Journey Into Night, Eugene O’Neill’s towering Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, opened April 27 at the American Airlines Theater as part of the Roundabout Theater Co…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:27PMIrish Repertory Theatre presents FINIAN'S RAINBOW IN CONCERT, this season's Gala Benefit production celebrating their return home to 22nd Street, on Monday, June 13th at 7 PM at The Town Hal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMArthur Laurents (book), Richard Rodgers (music), and Stephen Sondheim\u2019s (lyrics) Do I Hear a Waltz? gets the Encores! treatment at New York City Center. Melissa Errico, Claybourne Elder…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMI’ve met up with two friend couples since seeing Nick Payne’s new play Elegy at the Donmar Warehouse on Saturday afternoon – well, seeing it via the loop in the theatre bar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:14PMToday, Copeland becomesthe newest star to get her own Barbie, part of Mattel's 'You Can Be Anything' campaign.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of May 2-8, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMThe next installment of LC Originals Songwriters, at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center will offer an evening of new songs inspired by Lincoln Center, created by some of Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMNext up in the Encores season isDo I Hear a Waltz, the romantic, rarely-seen 1965 musical that marked the only collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim. Do I Hear a Waltz will s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMDozens of Broadway and music celebs joined Leslie Becker last Thursday at The Vanity in NYC for the celebration of her debut single release SLOW BURN. Guests were treated to a live performan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMLast evening, Reproductive rights advocacy organization A is For held their second annual Broadway Acts for Women at 54 Below in New York. The eventhosted by SNL's Cecily Strong,raised over …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMBy: Paulanne Simmons
In 2014, The Bridges of Madison County, a musical based on Robert James Waller’s 1992 romantic novel, only lasted three months on Broadway. Many had thought it might d…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:11PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company announced Monday that a concert reading of the rock musical "Love Kills" has been added to the summer lineup of the multi-genre programming series "LookOut." The …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:10PMby Ryan Leeds Solo shows are like first dates: One can usually tell within the first 15 minutes whether or not there’s a spark. For the impatient New Yorker, one might whittle that down to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:04PM What is the specific challenge of basing a musical on an everyday housekeeper? As a writer who doesn’t cook and has never cleaned a window without making it look worse, the answ…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 12:00PM What is the specific challenge of basing a musical on an everyday housekeeper? As a writer who doesn’t cook and has never cleaned a window without making it look worse, the answer i…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 12:00PMJack Black and Paul Rudd visited the hit musical based on the film he originally starred in.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe New Jersey theatre will be lauded at the ceremony on June 12.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:00PMThe Lab program will also include a workshop of Strange Interlude and a staged reading of Beyond the Horizon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe new musical is written by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe musical will be presented as part of the 54 Sings series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning play is now running at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Tony short list will be announced tomorrow morning by two Broadway veterans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Bryan Cranston, Kaya Scodelario, Jenna Ushkowitz, Bobby Flay and the cast celebrate opening night!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMMartin Lawrence is coming to the Chicago Theatre in June to perform a night of stand-up comedy, MSG Entertainment announced Monday. Lawrence, known from HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," the films "B…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:54AMThere’s a lot of serious stuff exposed in Ayad Akhtar’s incendiary Disgraced, currently at Arena Stage. The 90-minute one act asks tough questions, presents thorny dilemmas, uncorks usua…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:49AMIn the darkened Kennedy Center Opera House, the music begins so quietly one thinks maybe it is only imagined. But that E-flat major triad rolls on and grows. On an enormous screen, from a mu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:49AMOne thing practically assured on Tuesday is that the Broadway megahit "Hamilton" will get plenty of Tony Award nominations. The real question is how many.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 11:46AMTony winner Jessie Mueller, Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles and the cast of Waitress brought some sugar, butter and flour to the 30 Rockefeller Plaza on May 2 as they offered The Today Show a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMAfter celebrating its official opening night on May 1, Dear Evan Hansen has extended its off-Broadway engagement. The Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson musical, starring Ben Platt,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMKatie BenderHometown: I was born in Houston Texas and moved around a lot growing up. New York, Texas and California feel like home. Current Town: Austin, TexasQ: What are you wo…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:43AMThe Tony winner sits down with her best friend, Chelsea Nachman, in her dressing room backstage at Studio 54.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 11:42AMFrom making sandwiches to walking the plank, it's a wide-ranging week for theatres across the country.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:39AMIn Episode 410 of 'Something New' -- a musical theatre podcast that interviews artists and premieres original songs -- award-winning songwriter Joel B. New sat down with Lauren Ruff, a music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMWhile theater fans have clearly marked May 3rd on their calendars as the day we learn the nominees for the 2016 TONY AWAYDS, HAMILTON's Renee Elise Goldsberry would rather be kept in the dar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMAs you’re reading this, the Tony Award nominators are holed up somewhere deciding theatrical history. I know, I know, that sounds dramatic (pun intended) but it’s not. There ha…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:26AMGuards at the Taj (Outstanding Play), FUTURITY (Outstanding Musical), and The Robber Bridegroom (Outstanding Revival) were among the big winners at the 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards honoring ex…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:25AMIt's the first in a week-long Best of Broadway series of performances by various shows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMThe two Fiddler on the Roof stars chat about their roles and respective productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMHonorary awards were also given to outgoing Signature Theatre artistic director James Houghton and Suzan-Lori Parks.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:14AMThe annual contest, featuring high school students from across the nation, is presented at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMThe latest in BroadwayWorld's series of interviews with musical theatre's bookwriters.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMBenj Pasek amp Justin Pau's new musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN will be sticking around the New York theatre scene for a bit longer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMJosh Grisetti It Shoulda Been You will play the eager young executive J. Pierpont Finch when Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 54 Sings How to Succeed in Business Without…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10AMShe Loves Me star Zachary Levi hosted the event.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe New Jersey theater will be honored at the Broadway ceremony on June 12.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The first of the awards have been announced for the 2016 season! Last night at the NYU Skirball Center in New York City, Zachary Levi, star of Broadway’s She Loves Me, hosted the 31st …
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:54AMThe first of the awards have been announced for the 2016 season! Last night at the NYU Skirball Center in New York City, Zachary Levi, star of Broadway’s She Loves Me, hosted the 31st …
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:54AMA FRIEND OF DOROTHY’S What makes this boisterous jukebox musical about the life of late music and stage legend Peter Allen (whose songs make up the show’s core) so winning, is the co…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:53AMWorld-premiere play at Lamb’s has memorable moments, but static staging stymies some drama
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 10:53AMChoreographer Daniel Ezralow defined himself in a long-ago interview as an “art-lete,” a combination artist-athlete. Nearly 30 years on, that’s still an apt way to consider his populis…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:53AMShe’s held her own against aliens on “The X-Files,” but Blanche DuBois proves elusive for Gillian Anderson.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:52AMSteven Levinson’s story taps teenage angst in fresh ways and deftly sidesteps teachable-moments earnestness.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:52AMThe Atlantic Theater Company production of Rajiv Joseph’s play “Guards at the Taj” dominated the Lucille Lortel Awards, winning four prizes including Best Play over, among others, cur…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:51AMAs the 50 members of the Tony Awards nominating committee come together on Monday to vote on the best of the Broadway season, it’s time to remind them of performers who are sitting “on t…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:51AMThe awards celebrate the best of Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMThe Southern-inflected melee of Harry Crews’ universe is like a Hieronymus Bosch canvas dipped in whiskey and flour and deep-fried.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:49AMFilm director Robert Altman’s son Mike was a teenager when he wrote the lyric (to Johnny Mandel’s melody) that became the them of M*A*S*H. You remember it:
The game of life is h…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:48AMThe phone went off during a matinee performance of the acclaimed Broadway revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMThe two-time Tony winner also reveals how she would like to conclude her award-winning career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMNikki M. James will replace Patina Miller in announcing the 2016 Tony nominations. The Tony winner will join recent Hamilton king Andrew Rannells for the event on May 3 at 8.30 AM live at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMPaper Mill Playhouse will receive this year's Regional Theatre Tony Award at Broadway's biggest night on June 12! The Millburn, New Jersey venue has launched national tours and also …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:39AMGreat Scott begins previews in San Diego May 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMMichael MustoTONY AWARDSJesse Tyler FergusonTheater & DanceMichael MustoEarlier this Broadway season, Jim Parsons starred as an incarnation of the supreme being in the funny if somewhat …
SOURCE: Out at 10:34AMMusicals are uniquely adept at telling large stories about individuals in conflict with society—so capable of doing so that we sometimes forget how smart they can be about individuals in c…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:30AMWatching “Dear Evan Hansen,” now playing at Off Broadway’s Second Stage Theater, is like falling down a rabbit hole that leads back to high school. Steven Levenson’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28AMRajiv Joseph’s play “Guards at the Taj,” seen at the Atlantic Theater Company last year, and the Roundabout Theater Company’s revival of “The Robber Bridgeroom&…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:28AMHere we go again, back to that terrible summer house in New England, which is yet another depressed character in Eugene O’Neill’s unsurpassable “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” (now…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:27AMThe Regional Theatre Tony Award for 2016 will go to the Millburn, NJ company.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 10:25AMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced this year's recipient for the Regional Theatre Tony Award is Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMTony Award winner Jessie Mueller and Sara Bareilles stopped by this morning's TODAY to talk about the new Broadway musical WAITRESS. Following the interview, Mueller and the show's cast perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMA pristine white tent in the carpark of the football stadium marks the temporary pitch of Continental Circus Berlin in Cardiff. A spacious foyer tent is edged with stands selling burgers, ca…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:25AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe annual festival delivers style and substance, from the Ruggeds’ goofy stunts to Ivan Blackstock’s nightmarish new workThere’s always a buzz at Breakin’ Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AMAt the recent Ricky Martin starring revival of Evita at the Marriott Marquis Theater… Mrs. Brown: “I can’t believe they cut my favorite song. Why do they make changes? Thes…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe New Jersey venue will be honored at the June 12 Tony ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMGlobally, it’s 1963 in South Africa, in the midst of the Apartheid, and also the same year as the Rivonia Trial. This is the event in which ten leaders of the African National Congress (in…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:04AMThe cast of Waitress kicks off the week and the Today Show Broadway concert series.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:01AMIn Part Two of a series the cast of The Foreigner at the Sandy Spring Theatre Group, performing at The Gaithersburg Arts Barn, meet Paul Noga. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell ou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:00AMToday in 2005, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opened at the Circle in the Square Theatre, where it ran for 1136 performances. The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a one …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMSecond Stage Theatre, in association with Stacey MindichProductions, just last night opened the new musical, Dear Evan Hansen, featuring Ben Platt as the title character. Also reprising thei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMSecond StageTheatre, in association withStacey MindichProductions, just last night opened the new musical,Dear Evan Hansen, featuringBen Plattas the title character. Also reprising their per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Josh Groban will star in the Broadway musical, opening November 14. The seating of the Imperial Theatre will be transformed to house the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMIn part three of a series of interviews with the cast of McLean Community Players’ Unnecessary Farce, meet Brianna Goode. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:58AMMurray Talks Music shows how brilliant Albert Murray could be even when he didn’t have time to polish his prose.
Reading Albert Murray’s remarkable rhapsody of words will open a door…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:55AMRichard Bean's first play presented as part of 2016 Brits Off Broadway
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:54AMGeorge C. Wolfe and his starry team turn this mostly forgotten musical into an entertaining history lesson about black musical theate
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:54AMExactly one century ago, on Easter Week 1916, Irish nationalists staged uprisings in Dublin and some surrounding areas in defiance of centuries of British rule, and in particular their consc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:52AMVulture.com has a fantastic feature up this morning, RENT: The Oral History. As the introduction promises, "Twenty years after Jonathan Larson’s posthumous triumph arrived on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AM Blanche DuBois may be looking for magic, but it’s unforgiving realism that floods the theater at St. Ann’s Warehouse, where a gritty and gripping production of A Streetcar Named D…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:43AMEveryman Theatre announced this weekend that a venerable thriller and a venerable farce will bookend its 25th-Anniversary season, which will otherwise contain new comedies, a John LaChiusa m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:37AMThis week’s giveaway is for the show that asks the two questions we all avoid: Do you need the stuff you have? Do you have the stuff you need? It’s The Object Lesson coming so…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:37AMThe Tony nominations will be announced tomorrow morning, Tuesday, May 3, which will launch weeks’ worth of predictions, preferences and objections. Let’s start a day early! Below is the …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:28AMSecond Stage TheatrePop score and outcast protagonist hit all the right notes as Benj Pasek and Justin Paul production explores intense issues – and critiques internet culture Can a perfor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMHarry Burton’s production of Chips Hardy’s blackly comic play shows the strength of the bond between two men, but the conclusion leaves more questions than answers.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:15AMThe 2016 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway were handed out last night to recipients in 18 categories, with two special awards and two honorary awards also bestow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMIn Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Silhouette Stages Next to Normal, meet Susan Schindler. Joel: Please introduce yourself to our readers. Susan: My name is Susan Schindler…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AM
We talk to Rebecca Luker about stepping into Fun Home, her process for creating a character, the trajectory of her career, what political causes are important to her, and much more.
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:48AMRECOMMENDED Carrie Hanson picks up after last year’s “Power Goes”—a brilliant evaluation of personal and political power through the lens of the Lyndon B. Johnson adminis…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:32AMThe AWARESIE AWARDS honor excellence on Broadway, Broadway Internet, and more specifically: Shit the Tonys Leave Out IT’S THE 2ND ANNUAL AWARESIE AWARDS! An ‘awaresie’ is a…
SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 08:30AMEach spring the entire Broadway community gets ready for the biggest announcement of the year which shows and artists will receive nominations for the American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMBy Steve Schonberg (@CntrOnTheAisle) Is Miss Saigon a criticism of the refugee crisis today, as much as it is about a love story decades ago during the Vietnam War? Does Les Misérables ha…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 08:07AM
I always took pride in the fact that no matter what was thrown at me when I was a swing, I could cope with it. I adored the challenge of no two shows the same and being thrown on halfway thr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:37AMAcross April I’ve duly seen 13 shows in London, one of them twice within the space of four days - namely the current revival of Guys and Dolls. I’d seen it twice before that, first when …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AM The 31st Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Achievement Off-Broadway took place Sunday night, May 1 at NYU’s Skirball Center. Awards were presented to recipients in 18 cate…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:17AMAs of today, Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of Satchmo at the Waldorf has seven rehearsals to go before our first public preview on May 11. I don’t want to tempt the dark gods of the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:16AMNicanor Zabaleta plays his own arrangement for solo harp of Albéniz’s “Malagueña” on a 1964 telecast: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMNorthern Stage, NewcastleImprobable’s dramatisation of Lauren Slater’s provocative book about 20th-century science is disappointingly predictableLauren Slater’s book of popular psychol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:11AMToday's big news Broadway's best gather for tonight's 2016New York Pops Gala, this year's August Wilson Monologue Competition is this evening, and the cast of WAITRESS hits the recording stu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11AM“The truth is that any retraced story of bourgeois lives (lives other than great lives of ‘action’—et encore!) throws a chill upon the scene, the time, the subject, the small mapped-…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
ToB: @DearEvanHansen Reviews, @TheTonyAwards rule on #ShuffleAlong “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. A…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:59AMComposerlyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and bookwriter Steven Levenson's tale of social anxiety and social media.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45AMWhen Stephen Mangan was cast as Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle in the new Fox crime drama “Houdini and Doyle,” he fully committed to the role. “I was shown a picture of Tom…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:37AMIn the early years of the new South Africa, with Apartheid buried away and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela elected President, there was ample room for optimism and hope for the future. The g…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:13AMPENTHEUS. What benefits do these rituals bring to the sacrificers? DIONYSUS. It is not right for you to hear, but it is worth knowing. It began with Anya Gleizer (visual artist) and Matthieu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:08AMWhere are the artists with learning disabilities in the debate about diversity? What does work by young people with learning disabilities have to teach the artistic mainstream? With a showca…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:08AM
Jamie Lloyd’s noisy production made me want to lie down in a quiet room but it’s an admirable attempt to get a new and younger audience into the theatreJamie Lloyd’s production of Doct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:56AMFor the BBC series, Eyre took Shakespeare’s histories out into the country they portrayed, shooting on location to give a broad vision of EnglandShakespeare’s history plays are all about…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:56AMPower couple Osipova and Polunin burn up the stage, the Windsors do Swan Lake, Jane Eyre becomes a Brontë ballet, and Pinocchio shows what it’s like to be humanCathy Marston’s new balle…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:56AMA poignant, heartwarming story of idealism, unexpected love, and the endearing naivety of early adulthood set against the dramatic background of the Vietnam War, Doorstep Arts presents the …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:18AMThe Brighton festival and fringe begin, Spymonkey tackle all of the deaths in Shakespeare’s plays and Ambreen Razia performs Diary of a Hounslow Girl Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01AMFollowing the success of our inaugural guest author post from Capacity Interactive’s Erik Gensler on 4/8/2016, we’re very happy to announce that we have more authors in store! Expanding…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMOriginally from Oregon, LAUREN RUFF (www.laurenruff.com) received her BFA in Musical Theater from The New School by way of AMDA NY. She’s performed Off Broadway in Shout The Mod Musical,…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 03:00AM
Butterfly
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theaters
Reviewed by Rachel Abrams
BOTTOM LINE: Butterfly is a sensory delight that grips at your heart without uttering a word.
Butterfly’s title charact…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:52AMArtists, musicians and creative organisations from a diverse range of disciplines and backgrounds have an opportunity to bring their ideas to life by applying for a City of Melbourne Arts Gr…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:50AMWhen I was a little girl, I thought it was going to be awesome to be a woman. My favorite TV shows were the Bionic Woman, Wonder Woman and reruns of Isis (the goddess, not the terrorist grou…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 01:39AMPatterned Oriental carpets, richly aged dark wood paneling, a tufted leather sofa and a tapestry upholstered chair, an exotic collection of art, curiosities, and taxidermy specimens, and oth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:25AM2 May 1960: Humility, pride, and discipline produce the eloquent and noble art of India’s classical dancer Ram GopalRam Gopal is one of the most celebrated exponents of the classical India…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04AMIn Ancient Greek Theatre, there is an interesting similarity among the plays written during that time: there is always a chorus included. Nowadays most people would associate a chorus with m…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMWho Would Toby Keith Trade Places With?
YH catches up with country music superstar Toby Keith at the American Country Countdown Awards, where he tells us what he's counting down to in his ow…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMAlessia Cara on Touring with Coldplay
YH catches up with singer-songwriter Alessia Cara at the Radio Disney Music Awards to talk about her nomination for Breakout Artist as well as the time …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMCameron Boyce's Guilty Pleasure
YH chats with actor Cameron Boyce at the Radio Disney Music Awards, where he reveals the starlet he's most looking forward to seeing, his biggest guilty pleas…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
The Midwest premiere of Ruby Rae Spiegel's 'Dry Land' is a bold new work that takes on the thorny issue of abortion with brutal honesty and surprising notes of grace and humor. Highly Recomm…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:57AMTrue Colors Theatre Company and Jujamcyn Theaters present the 8th Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition tonight, May 2nd, at 7p.m. at the August Wilson Theatre 245 West 52nd Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40AMTonight, May 2, 2016, The New York Pops marks its 33rd birthday with a grand gala evening celebrating the revolutionary collaborations of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg, the songw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 1, 2016 - Sunday, May 1, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40AMWho is Patricia Cornelius? A playwright, novelist, screen writer and dramaturg. What would you do differently to what you do now? I’d do something that asked something of my physical self.…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:35AMRajiv Joseph's Guards at the Taj led the pack at the 31st annual Lucille Lortel Awards with four wins. Other big winners included The Robber Bridegroom, which won Outstanding Revival and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07AMGiving audiences a chance to delve into an entertaining, powerful and inspiring collection of diverse human stories, the Human Rights Arts & Film Festival (HRAFF) has announced its 20…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:07AMTo Washington's Theatre Artists!
In the midst of our preparations for the Helen Hayes Awards on May 23, I want to take a moment and make sure you're aware of a unique opportunity for theatre…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 12:00AMPatti LuPone, Jeremy Jordan, Lea Salonga and Norm Lewis are among those performing the work of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg,
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA host of Broadway talent will set sail on Playbill Travel’s next luxury Caribbean winter getaway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe theatre's spring gala celebrates the Broadway producer and their 12-year relationship.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe annual awards ceremony is held May 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOver 100 artists create four original musicals in one day's time.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe show has been revised by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin and playing The Fulton Theatre April 19 – May 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Dear Evan Hansen songwriting duo reveals secret and fun facts about the other.
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