How Does a Demanding Role Take Its Toll? by Ruthie Fierberg

In these original before and after photos, you can see it written on their faces. Four actors share how they prepare for and cool down from some of the most emotionally taxing roles on Broad…

Why Heather Headley Loves a Challenge by Olivia Clement

The Color Purple star names her first “awful” job, the best career advice she’s gotten and her idea of the perfect date.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: August 15 by David Gewirtzman

Starry Peter Pan Concert Plays NYC Tonight by Andrew Gans

Transport Group presents a concert version of the family-friendly musical classic.

Megan Hilty Joins Jason Robert Brown at SubCulture Tonight by Olivia Clement

The Smash star teams up with the Tony-winning composer for an intimate concert evening.

Photo & Video: Meryl Streep Talks FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS & More in 'TimesTalks' by Oliver Oliveros

Moderated by the New York Times' NYT chief classical music critic Anthony Tommasini, three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, who plays the titular role of the tone-deaf operatic sopran…

Aladdin the Musical – Capitol Theatre by Bec Caton

Disney’s Aladdin the Musical, based on the beloved 1992 film, is an incredible spectacle that’s focused more on its visual impact than its storytelling – the definition of ‘…

Fyvush Finkel, Living Link to Yiddish Theater Past, Dies at 93 by Robert Simonson

The comic actor successfully transitioned from a life in Yiddish theater to a mainstream career.

Fyvush Finkel, Actor in Yiddish Theatre and Broadway, Dies at 93 by Robert Viagas

One of the last stars of the vanished world of Second Avenue theatre.

Aladdin will show you a whole new world by Arts Review

Disney’s Aladdin has opened at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre raising the bar on what it means to be a stage spectacular. I will admit I am biased and live on the side of the fence wit…

New Village puts fresh spin on ‘Oklahoma!’ by Pam Kragen

Small but lively production honors musical’s roots but modernizes its characters

Fyvush Finkel, ‘Picket Fences’ and ‘Boston Public’ Actor, Dies at 93 by Variety Staff

Fyvush Finkel, an Emmy Award-winning actor who is best known to contemporary audiences for his roles on “Picket Fences” and “Boston Public” but who spent most of his early career on …

Alvin Ailey Funds an Expansion

Helped by a $24 million bond issue, the company will add more than 10,000 square feet to its West 55th Street headquarters.

Hip-hop dance crews from Japan and New Zealand repeat as world champions by Jevon Phillips

Hip Hop International’s (HHI) week-long dance competition that crowns U.S. and world champions in multiple categories concluded Saturday night with two defending champion crews winning gol…

Choreographer Parris Goebel debuts her 'Friday' single to a familiar crowd at Hip Hop International by Jevon Phillips

Parris Goebel, dancer-choreographer-director, transitioned to the next phase in her career Friday night in Las Vegas, adding recording artist to the multi-hyphenate’s list of credits. Th…

Essential Arts & Culture: The theatricality of the Olympics, Wall Street on stage, a Luis Buñuel opera by Carolina A. Miranda

Olympics pomp and design. A play about greed and our financial system. And an opera inspired by Luis Buñuel. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, and here are t…

StageArt’s The Color Purple cast announced by Maddi Ostapiw

StageArt’s much anticipated production of The Color Purple is one step closer to the stage today, with casting for the musical announced this morning. Featuring an entirely Australian …

Review: ‘Breathing Under Dirt’ at Lower Shore Performing Arts Company by Cynthia Bledsoe

Cynthia Watros packed a wallop of twisted fears, resentment and despair into a tumultuous whirlwind performance as Patience Malarkey in the world premiere of Breathing Under Dirt. Entering o…

Cast announced for Helpmann Award-winning musical Ladies in Black tour by Cassie Tongue

There’s nothing quite like the news that a new Australian musical is receiving not just recognition and critical acclaim, but also more life, and today, we get to celebrate just that. …

The Layover by Doug Marino

In its summer installment (delayed no doubt due to Second Stage's introduction of Dear Evan Hansen) we are presented a delicious yet bizarre  "3-Act" play.   I say 3 acts as oppose…

Upcoming Non-Equity Auditions Sunday, Aug. 14 by Audition Roundup

Updated this week Check out upcoming Non-Equity Auditions from Sunday, August 14, 2016 for productions in your area and around the country.

Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Aug. 14 by Audition Roundup

Updated this week Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, August 14, 2016 for both productions in your area and around the country including whatwhenwhere and how to audition

Fyvush Finkel, Pillar of Yiddish Theater, Dies at 93 by Joseph Berger

Mr. Finkel won an Emmy for his portrayal of a cantankerous lawyer on the 1990s show “Picket Fences.”

Fyvush Finkel, Star of Yiddish Theater and 'Picket Fences,' Dies at 93 by The Hollywood Reporter

He won an Emmy for his role on David E. Kelley's quirky 1990s series, and also appeared in 'Boston Public.' read more

I Learned How to Swim Before I Knew The History by Enci

With the first week of the Rio Olympics coming to an end, my soul had been filled with joy and anguish. NBC’s coverage has been absolute crap but then again, I didn’t expect much…

Fyvush Finkel – Yiddish Star of Stage and Screen Passes Away by Sandi Durell

      The world will surely miss Fyvush Finkel, star of stage and screen, who passed away today at the age of 93 years of age. Many remember him on television as the cantanke…

Sydney Opera House unveils designs for Renewal by Arts Review

The NSW Government has unveiled working designs for the largest program of upgrades to the Sydney Opera House since it opened in 1973, resulting in more open space, improve access and ensu…

Culture Trends: Five Stories From The Week’s ArtsJournal That You Shouldn’t Miss by Douglas McLennan

This Week: Is the music industry’s piracy war really about higher royalty payments?… There are signs the Golden Age of TV might be ending… Theatre’s emotional toll o…

Russian city hosts a Martin McDonagh theatre festival by John Morrison

Playwright Martin McDonagh, winner of the 2015 Olivier best new play award for Hangmen, is being honoured with his own theatre festival, in which his plays will be performed non-stop for a w…

Emmy-Winning Stage and Screen Star Fyvush Finkel Dies at 93 by BroadwayWorld

The artistic community is mourning the recent loss of star of stage and screen, the belovedFyvush Finked.The artistic community is mourning the death of star or stage and screen, the beloved…

REVIEW: Love, Lies and Taxidermy, Summerhall – Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies The sell-out audience loved it and you will leave with a huge grin on your face! A solid gold feel good hit! The film version must be in the works? This post REVIEW: Love, L…

Hamilton Creator Teams Up with NY Senator to Take Ticket Bot Battle National by Robert Viagas

Bots are the automated programs that buy up all the best seats to popular events.

Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Lauderdale House by Lucy Streeten

Amidst a sea of hummus pots and picnic blankets, Shooting Stars theatre company picked their way across the lawn of Lauderdale House to perform Wilde’s perennial masterpiece, The Importanc…

Edinburgh Fringe Review: We Are Ian, Pleasance Dome by Dominique-Eloise Alexander

I don’t even think there are enough words to describe how much I loved We Are Ian, there are only dance moves. Two in particular; the hot potato and the waterfall fingers. We’re all Ian.…

Ballet dancers return to Crest Theatre for performance combining painting, music, dance

The Capital Dance Project is back for a second summer. And this year, its performances will combine painting and homegrown music with pirouettes and pliés. CDP is the company of … Cli…

Ballet dances become business people with Capital Dance Project

Local dancers take advantage of the break in the Sacramento Ballet season to produce their own dance, art and music collaborations with local artists. The Capital Dance Project presents Behi…

Romeo & Juliet

Tue, September 13 thru Sun, November 6 @ Lansburgh Theatre, presented by Shakespeare Theatre Company

STAGE TUBE: Ogunquit Playhouse's HUNCHBACK Cast Creates Moving Tribute to Victims of Orlando, Dallas, and Police Violence by Ashlee Latimer

As the world continues to face dark times, members of the theatre community are choosing to respond to tragedy with art that spreads hope for the future. According to Matthew Curiano, when t…

Fyvush Finkel Dies at 93 by BroadwayWorld

The artistic community is mourning the recent loss of star of stage and screen, the belovedFyvush Finked.The artistic community is mourning the death of star or stage and screen, the beloved…

More Journey, Less Hero by Kevin Greene

How Mark Rylance Became Olivia Onstage by Ben Brantley

Mr. Rylance’s portrayal in “Twelfth Night” is, hands down, our chief theater critic’s favorite Shakespeare performance. The actor tells us how he developed the role.

Fringe Review: Lunt and Fontanne by Jonathan Mandell

The Lunt-Fontanne Theater on Broadway is named after Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, renowned partners on stage in more than two dozen productions and married to one another for 55 years. Mar…

Barbara Leavy – Writer, Educator, Wife, Mother Passes Away by Sandi Durell

  The beloved wife of Cabaret Scenes Publisher Peter Leavy, Barbara Fass Leavy, passed away peacefully this morning after a long and courageous battle with cancer. The cabaret communit…

Exclusive Podcast: 'Behind the Curtain' Chats with Cast Album Producer Bruce Yeko by Behind The Curtain

Bruce Yeko is one of the most fascinating men in show business. If it wasn't for Bruce we wouldn't have the original cast recordings of such musicals asTHE BAKER'S WIFE, IN TROUSERS, PRETTYB…

“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” Is Casting a Spell on London’s West End by Rino16

Theatre-goers in London’s famous West End district have Harry Potter fever. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” began previews at the Palace Theatre on June 7th. Now it is …

Sacramento theater company eyes move to West Sacramento

A popular local theater company is looking to leave its longtime home base in Curtis Park for a burgeoning West Sacramento development. Runaway Stage Productions has kicked off a $250,000 &#…

This Week on Broadway for August 14, 2016: Troilus and Cressida by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Troilus and Cressida, New London Barn Playhouse’s production of Crazy for You, Priscilla Beach Theatre’s productio…

REVIEW: Our Ladies Of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Be warned, this is not a night at the theatre for the prissy or faint-hearted, the “Ladies” swear like sailors and the subject matter here is at times more like p…

Fuse Theater Review: “And No More Shall We Part” — Facing Mortality by Helen Epstein

This is a beautifully acted but grim 70 minutes of theater, a no-frills look at the dynamics of a struggle about life and death.

BWW TV: CAGNEY Cast Transports Bryant Park Back in Time! by BroadwayWorld TV

This week's final installment included a performance by the Broadway cast of Cagney, including Jeremy Benton,Robert Creighton,Danette Holden,Freddie Kimmel,Joel Newsome,Matt Perri,Bruce Saba…

Fuse Visual Arts Commentary: The “Look” of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by Arts Fuse Editor

How well did the Rio 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee creatively frame and package the "Look" of the Olympic Games?

Fuse Coming Attractions: August 14 through 30 — What Will Light Your Fire by Arts Fuse Editor

Arts Fuse critics select the best in theater, visual arts, film, music, author events, and dance for the coming week.

If/Then National Tour Concludes Today by Adam Hetrick

The national tour of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical by the writers of Next to Normal ends its run August 14 in Atlanta, GA.

Hamilton in a new light by John Wilkens

Historian Elizabeth Cobbs writes novel about Alexander Hamilton

On The Steps Of Lincoln Center, A Choir The Size Of An Army by Jeff Lunden

One thousand singers gathered Saturday to perform a new work by Pulitzer winner David Lang. Reporter Jeff Lunden was one of them.

[redacted] Theatre Company’s ‘Who Told You You Were Naked?,’ by E. Swift Shuker by Mark Cofta

A one performer, one audience member choose-your-own-adventure tale, 'Who Told You You Were Naked?' is a fine warm-up for the theatrical innovations of the Fringe Festival.

Swan Lake performed by UNCSA by Christopher

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts production of Swan Lake. Presented as part of a Dance Fantasies program in 2012.

Mother Midler Returns by Danielle Levsky

Edinburgh Fringe: Spotlight On… Love for Sale’s Kelly Burke by Helen McWilliams

Love for Sale takes a completely different musical turn – a cabaret-drama featuring the music of Kurt Weill, Cole Porter and their contemporaries.

Barry Hanson obituary by Christopher Hampton and Stephen Frears

Producer hailed for the groundbreaking television film The Naked Civil Servant, and The Long Good Friday, one of the finest British gangster moviesBarry Hanson, who has died aged 72, moved t…

Fuse Book Review: “Never A Dull Moment” — Rock Apotheosis by Arts Fuse Editor

Was 1971 greatest year in the history of rock? Read this delightful book and be prepared to argue.

REVIEW: Allegro, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭ by Danny Coleman-Cooke

By Danny Coleman-Cooke Thom Sutherland’s production of Allegro is a definite success, putting a positive gloss on a perhaps unfairly maligned play. It is intelligently directed, perfectly …

BWW TV: The KID CRITICS Say Yeah to KINKY BOOTS! by BroadwayWorld TV

We are continuing the series with Tai 9, Isabella 11, and Charles 8, who just stopped by the Al Hirschfeld Theatre to check out Kinky Boots. Curious of what they thought about the show Find …

Theater | Long Island: Review: A London Linguist Makes a Bet on ‘My Fair Lady’ at Sag Harbor by Aileen Jacobson

The director Michael Arden tries new takes on the musical by imagining the characters as participants in a scientific experiment.

SCO/Gardiner; Aimard/Tamestit/ Simpson review – kitsch drama and multiple homages by Kate Molleson

Usher Hall (two stars); Queen’s Hall (four stars), EdinburghAudience attention waned during the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Schumann’s Manfred, but Pierre-Laurent Aimar…

Women In The United Arab Emirates Are Taking On That Country’s Sexist Theatre Practices by Artsjournal2

“Male playwrights naturally veer towards telling male-centric ­stories, with women given ­supporting roles. So for women to have the same opportunities, we need to see more women tur…

Bob Woolsey (Solo) in “Everything’s Rosie” (1931) by Trav S.D.

Today’s Bob Woolsey’s birthday. Typically what I’ve done on the past on this day is re-post my blog on Wheeler and Woolsey, a neglected comedy team who’ve grown on m…

Lin-Manuel Miranda Celebrates Monica Puig's Historical Olympics Win by Ashlee Latimer

The Internet knows that Lin-Manuel Miranda loves his tennis, but perhaps no match was more exciting for the Broadway powerhouse than the historic women's singles final that took place on Day…

LES MISERABLES Celebrates 1,000 Trips to the Barricade by BroadwayWorld

The current Broadway revival of Les Miserables, which opened in March 2014 and is scheduled to play through September 4th, celebrates its 1,000th performance today. The current revival has p…

Shameless and subversive: the feminist revolution hits the Edinburgh fringe by Lyn Gardner

From a burlesque that belittles the patriarchy to an unholy reworking of the Bible, righteous anger bubbles over into artistic brilliance at the 2016 festivalSmashing the patriarchy has neve…

Schumer's Not Throwing Away His Shot: The Movement to Penalize Ticket Bots Continues by BroadwayWorld

Ben Brantley may have urged everyone to mortgage their homes if that was what it took to secure a ticket to Hamilton, but Senator Charles Schumer is doing his part to make that unnecessary. …

To Be Woke by Kevin Greene

BWW TV: How Will Sutton Foster-Led SWEET CHARITY Be Different from Others? Director Leigh Silverman Tells All! by BroadwayWorld TV

So how will this version of the show stand out from those that have come before Watch below as director Leigh Silverman explains

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 8/14/16- 1776 by Stage Tube

Today in 1997, the first Broadway revival of 1776 opened at Criterion Center Stage Right, where it ran for 333 performances. 1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a …

First Look - BOOK OF MORMON Alum to Star in New FX Series ATLANTA by TV News Desk

This September, Henry will star alongside Donald Glover in the original FX series ATLANTA. He will portray Alfred Miles, Atlanta's hot of the moment rapper who is forced to navigate fame whi…

Edinburgh Fringe: The Elephant Man by Thom Dibdin

There is a straightforward effectiveness to Fringe Management and Canny Creatures’ version of The Elephant Man at the Gilded Balloon that helps it overcome its comparative lack of inspirat…

Spotlight On...Alex Van Handel by Michael Block

Name: Alex Van HandelHometown: Hartford, WisconsinEducation: BFA in Musical Theatre from Univeristy of Wisconsin – Stevens PointSelect Credits: Rocky Horror -The Rocky Horror Show (Mercury…

Spotlight On...Elizabeth Ostler by Michael Block

Name: Elizabeth OstlerHometown: Salt Lake City, UtahEducation: BA in liberal arts from Sarah Lawrence College; MFA in theater directing from Brooklyn CollegeFavorite Credits: The Yellow Wall…

Edinburgh Fringe: Frankenstein by Thom Dibdin

Well acted but confusingly adapted, Frankenstein: In Darkness We Rise at the Gilded Ballon Wine Bar is an unsatisfying hour of theatre.

Stars of Vaudeville #1004: Francis Ford by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Francis Ford (Francis Joseph Feeney, 1881-1953). Born in Portland, Maine to parents from Galway, Feeney served briefly in the Spanish-American War before bumming aro…

REVIEW: Us/Them, Summerhall – Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Balloons become bombs, string restricts the space, the terror is worked out as a maths calculation. Haunting and mesmerising, this is the best the Fringe has to offer- a dev…

I Survived ‘Trump’ Magazine—Barely by Carey

Originally published on Politico.com Read this story online I had been at Trump magazine for only four months when my first paycheck bounced. We’d heard rumors of the company’s financial…

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… Steel Magnolias’ Samantha Shellie by Helen McWilliams

The text was very familiar to me as I had performed in a school production of Steel Magnolias. The writing had instantly grabbed me. The visceral nature of the text makes you connect quite q…

REVIEW: Growth, Roundabout at Summerhall – Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies This is a play about an issue many young men may not want to face- in fact the word cancer isn’t spoken. Well worth checking out- then check them out lads! Highly reco…

Allegro review – Rodgers and Hammerstein's doctor dances through small-town drama by Michael Billington

Southwark Playhouse, LondonThom Southerland directs the European premiere of this musical about an Everyman’s dilemma, but it’s too detached from the wider story of AmericaIt is a shock …

Exit Lines: Theatres of War by Robert Cashill

Reviews of new shows.

Los Angeles Theater Review: MAESTRO: A PLAY WITH MUSIC (The Wallis in Beverly Hills) by Tony Frankel

BRINGING BERNSTEIN TO LIFE Older spectators will remember Leonard Bernstein not just as a conductor, composer, and pianist, but as one of the most vivid personalities and astonishingly effec…

Call Redialed: John Doble: "To Protect The Poets" at 20th Annual FringeNYC by Call Me Adam

Call Redialed: It's been three years since I was introduced to playwright John Doble. I am beyond thrilled to that we have connected in time to talk about his newest show "To Protect The Poe…

Fringe Review: At The Flash by Jonathan Mandell

David Leeper, who plays five characters in a gay bar over five decades in “At The Flash,” is an impressive mimic, the kind of quick-change artist that could surely do a credible job port…

Edinburgh Fringe: Glasgow Girls by Thom Dibdin

Energetic and driven, Glasgow Girls at the Assembly Hall has definite imperfections, but sweeps the audience along on a tide of politically charged fun.

BWW's On This Day - August 14, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 14 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

The View from Castle Rock review – Alice Munro stories set sail in vivid adaptation by Lyn Gardner

St Marks artSpace, EdinburghThe author’s tales of her ancestors’ flight to the new world draw parallels with today’s migrants in a show that honours the graceful economy of her proseWh…

Daphne at Edinburgh festival review – offbeat comedy from a winning trio by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghFrom an inappropriate house-hunter to a slave-driving Willy Wonka, Phil Wang, George Fouracres and Jason Forbes are back with a fresh handful of bizarre skitsWe…

Charlie Poveromo & Barry Levitt Trio by Sandi Durell

  Ace In The Hole!   by Lisa Joy Reitman-Dobi   The email from Theater Pizzazz listed shows in need of coverage at the Metropolitan Room. Scrolling down, I spotted Charlie Pov…

Star Conductor Daniel Barenboim Starts Dedicated YouTube Channel by Lisa Contag

Star conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim has started a new YouTube channel. In his introductory video, the renowned musician, who currently serves as the General Music Director of the Ber…

REVIEW: Adler and Gibb, Summerhall – Edinburgh Festival ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Challenging and intellectual, performed by a disciplined ensemble, this is what fringe theatre should be. You will either love it or hate it, but it is so worth seeing. It m…

Edinburgh Fringe: Frank Sanazi & the Das Vegas Four by Johnny Fox

It is such a good idea to make a singing Hitler develop a Vegas lounge career as ‘Frank Sanazi’ with a coterie of ‘Iraq Pack’ dictators as his support acts – just a pity that the e…

Video for the New York City Ballet by Rino16

Sometimes, it seems all the viral videos out there involve stupid human tricks or cute animals. Thankfully, a video was produced by a professional ballet company to challenge these viral vid…

Play, film and now opera, 'Doubt' makes its St. Louis debut by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The operatic version will have its second-ever staged production and St. Louis premiere, as the third of Union Avenue Opera’s 2016 productions.

Death, pain, humiliation and hilarity … Tim Crouch on the joy of Twelfth Night by Interview By Andrew Dickson

The actor and theatre-maker had such a good time playing Malvolio in Shakespeare’s comedy that he wrote a whole show for himIn the mid-90s, I acted in a production of Tom Stoppard’s Rose…

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child tickets appearing on resale websites for £4,999 by Jack Shepherd, Jack Shepherd

According to one expert, touts are expected to make over £1 million

Edinburgh Fringe: Macbeth by Johnny Fox

I don’t have much luck in this basement venue. I once saw a one-star one-man show here with an audience of seven, five of whom left part-way through. At a time when the political tussles …

ALLEGRO – Southwark Playhouse by Jonathan Baz

Allegro is the third musical born from the long standing genius that is the duo of Rodgers and Hammerstein. While neither their most successful piece, nor their most daring and despite it be…

Vermont’s Farm to Ballet project brings dance performances to an agricultural setting. by Lisa Rathke - The Associated Press

Ballet dancers trade auditorium for farmland

Features: Test your theatre knowledge: Screen to Stage

How much do you know about films that have made their way into theatre history?

Edinburgh Fringe: The Humble Heart of Komrade Krumm by Johnny Fox

May the gods spare us from student visions of dystopian futures. We are beyond a new ice age, in the fifth millennium when the British isles have drifted Norsewards and the people speak cod…

Edinburgh Fringe: Ben Hanlin, Trickhead by Johnny Fox

Likeable laddish Midlands magician Ben Hamlin fronts ITV2’s Tricked in which the general public and some sub-prime celebrities (Louie Spence, random spraytans from TOWIE) are teased with c…

Stig of the Dump review – relaxed rapport in the great outdoors by Clare Brennan

Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, Chester Theatrical joy and magic are summoned, but the caveman of Clive King’s novel is sadly dehumanisedMaybe it’s because it feels a bit like a circus …

Edinburgh theatre review – a week of masks, music - and a swiped notebook by Kate Kellaway

Tennessee Williams devastates afresh, refugees face a treacherous journey and papier-mache masks thrill in a wild and windy festival cityThe Edinburgh fringe is like a game of Scottish whisp…

Spotlight On...Ali Kennedy Scott by Michael Block

Name: Ali Kennedy ScottHometown: Sydney, AustraliaEducation: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (UK), SITI Company Conservatory, Sydney University (Economics)Favorite Credits: Gertrude Stein in …

2016 NYMF (Part III) by Jk Clarke

    Part III of MR Anderson’s Amazing Stupendous 2016 NYMF Review     PART 3 Ludo’s Broken Bride Nickel Mines and Camp Rolling Hills   by MR Anderson The New Yor…

2do this week, Aug. 14-20: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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At 88, former PBT artistic director Patricia Wilde is still making history by Sara Bauknecht / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In the heyday of her dance career, Patricia Wilde was living history.

Les Misérables Plays 1,000th Broadway Performance Today by Robert Viagas

The revival is scheduled to end its run September 4.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: August 14 by David Gewirtzman

Who Speaks for a Show When the Creator is Gone? by Aaron Grunfeld

Creative estates are a tricky business: Executors have to make creative decisions for works of art they did not create. Who are these executors, and how do they make the tough calls about pr…

From Apes to Fairy Dust, Spend a Two-Show Day Outside at the Tuacahn Theatre by Hannah Vine

Em Grosland shows us what it’s like balancing multiple shows in 115 degree weather.

How Diane Paulus Put Two Actors on the Path to Marriage by Whitney Spaner

When American Idol alumni Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young became Broadway stars in Hair, they had to get really comfortable really quickly.