So sorry to hear today of the passing of Gene Wilder. He was 83. What a truly talented, funny, and from what I've always heard -- lovely man. I didn't know him person…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 08:55PMGene Wilder, who originated the role of Billy Bibbit in the original 1963 Broadway production of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST and went on to star film classics like THE PRODUCERS, BLAZING…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46PMComic actor who brought hysteria to The Producers and charm to Willy WonkaAfter more than 30 years in show business, the frizzy-headed comic actor Gene Wilder, who has died aged 83, was most…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31PMThe end of “Finding Neverland’s” Broadway run took a bite out of earnings last week. Box office on the Great White Way dropped 6.6% to $21.5 million after the theater comm…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:28PMIt's a big week ahead for composerlyricist Shaina Taub, whose score for the Public Theater's Public Works production of a new musical adaptation of Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT premieres this…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:09PMA producer on the upcoming live-action adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast” has invited his social media followers to be his guest to a first look at several characters from the film.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:03PMThe Sound Chicago's world premiere of *For Annie*, by Beth Hyland, is a haunting cry for help and a meditation on the intricacies of grief. This cry and meditation just happens to involve gl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:03PM“This partnership honors ADM21’s mission to establish a training facility in order to inspire and enrich musical theater dance students." ADM21 Founder and Producing Artistic Director Ni…
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Gene Wilder, the Hollywood actor who starred as Willy Wonka, Dr. Frankenstein and the Waco Kid among dozens of roles, had died at the age of 83. The star finally succumbed to complicati…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:56PMBefore he achieved movie superstardom in the 1970s, Gene Wilder did Brecht on Broadway, Shaw in Louisville, and “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” with Kirk Douglas on the Great White W…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:46PMANDROMEDA In Montauk
Kate Mueth and the Neo Political Cowgirls presented a reimagined version of Andromeda, a modern myth at the Montauk County Park
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SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:26PMBaltimore Improv Group, most recently housed at Mercury Theater in Station North, will take up residency this fall at Single Carrot Theatre in Remington. The local improv group will call …
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 07:17PMLegendary singer, actress, and director Barbra Streisand sat down with Extra's' Mario Lopez, getting candid about her marriage and her politics. She also revealed which celebrity impressed h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMKen Sturm, owner of Ellen's Stardust Diner, has released a statement in response to this week's allegations of unfair treatment of workers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMKevin Smith Kirkwood of Kinky Boots stops by to chat about Classic Whitney: Alive! at Joe's Pub and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:04PMGreenhouse Theater's "Rose", part of their summer-long Solo Celebration! festival, speeds by as the audience is kept entranced by the inner workings of matriarch Rose Kennedy, a woman we thi…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:04PMInterrobang Theatre Project is pleased to open its 2016-17 Season, exploring “Flesh and Blood,” with the Midwest [...]
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:57PMLast night, FringeNYC came to its conclusion, ending as it always does with a big party for the participants where, among other things, the festival’s awards are announced. I’m d…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 06:43PMPaper Mill Playhouse to Present Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan’s The Producers September 28 – October 23
By: Ellis Nassour
The Tony-winning Paper Mill Playhouse (2016 Regional …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:38PMThe single-panel satirist struck again this week with another skewering of the Broadway-bound codgers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMProducer Rick Murray's Crown amp Anchor Broadway Series continues its 2016 season at the Paramount Cabaret with legendary performer Charles Busch returning to Provincetown for one performanc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMBy Michael BlockWe all love “The Sound of Music.” We all likely can sing the entire score if we were asked to. But did you ever wonder what life is like off camera while Maria and the vo…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:32PMWho is Medea? What is it about this tragic figure from Greek mythology that has continued to speak to us in an unrelentingly visceral way through so many stage translations for close to 2,50…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:20PMOrdinary Days is a show that is very close to my heart. It involves intricate writing from Adam Gwon which tell the story of four New Yorkers and how accidental incidents can bring people cl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:15PMElizabeth Cobbs' novel tells the separate stories of Alexander Hamilton, his wife Eliza, and the love triangle that wrecked his career.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:14PMRoute 66 Theatre Company announced its 2017 season on Monday. Opening the season in February is Gabe McKinley's world premiere "The Source," a drama about two journalists contacted by a gove…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:02PMEloquent and enraged, Anna Deavere Smith brings to life the many voices affected by the failures of American public education.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
A Wicked celebration, adorable puppies and Barbra Streisand are all you need to be happy. Good thing they all just happen to be in our latest hot shot roundup!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMBefore In Transit begins previews and Chris Dwan & RANGE take the stage at 54, lose yourself in 15 a cappella Broadway covers.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:52PMThe downtown theatre will present three mainstage productions and a week-long series of free staged readings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PM Funny man, frizzy-haired Gene Wilder, has died from complications from Alzheimer’s Disease at the age of 83 at this home in Stamford, Ct. Whether showing his comedic edge…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:39PMNew executive director Matthew Kerns takes the reins
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:37PMBlack Coffee Productions has announced casting for Curbside Waltz. 13-year-old Tre' Jones will star as Toby and 9-year-old Olivia Chun will star as Melinda in the short film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMNow in its sixth year, The Public Theater's Mobile Shakespeare Unit is focused on bringing Shakespeare to non-traditional venues such as prisons, homeless shelters and centers for disadvanta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 8292016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater will kick off its 2017 season mainstage with Basil Kreimendahl’s “Orange Julius” directed by Dustin Wills. “Orange Julius” fol…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:33PMOriginal Motion Picture Soundtrack, 1992 (Walt Disney) Listening to the soundtrack recording of this 1992 movie that starred a young Christian Bale (well before his days headlining much da…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:33PMBy Michael BlockThere are certain ingredients that make up a pop star. It’s mainstream formulaic. But sometimes there comes an artist that breaks the mold. They may not see the light of ra…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:26PMBy Michael BlockIf you went looking for a clean piece of theater, you would be greatly disappointed at Sex, Cynicism, and Other Small Miracles. What you will experience is a theatrical conce…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:26PMAndy Wirth was recently named as the Chairman and President of the Reno-Tahoe Regional Air Service Corporation (RASC). Wirth, who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President of Squaw …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 05:23PMThe evening will be co-hosted by Susan Blackwell and Rory O’Malley.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMThe Broadway box office took another August dip last week, thanks at least in part to the reduced schedule at the Street’s biggest theater, the Lyric. That’s where Cirque du Sol…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:11PMAny show – good or bad – that supplies genuine intrigue from the very moment you walk through the door, as you are greeted with a sea of staring faces, is certainly going to be memorable…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:06PMPhotograph by Myron Ehrenberg, October 25, 1945, “provided by [press representative] Ivan Black for Café Society.” Jerome Robbins Dance Division
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SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:06PMMel Brooks's 1968 film makes even greater sense on the stage – especially with the peerless Nathan Lane in the lead roleI adore Renoir. I revere Bergman. I bow at the altar of Tarkovsky. B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMI was working on two other projects with Andrew [Lloyd Webber]. Early-stage projects. We sat down for dinner, and he mentioned Cats to me. I was so filled with fear. At the same same time th…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:02PMWilder appeared on Broadway through the '60s, before making his name on the big screen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Les Misérables continued its strong summer, while Hamilton was the only show to break $2 million.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PMTerry Teachout’s familiar, affecting, occasionally mannered “Satchmo At the Waldorf” takes on the overwhelming subject of a great man’s life. The man telling his own tale at the B St…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:57PMWhile many major players took a hit this past week, Les Miserables managed to keep strong at the barricade as it approached its final week of performances. The revival, which will conclude o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed from today.
Renée Elise Goldsberry Gets Cool Mom Points
The Hamilton Tony winner already has them in spades for playing the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMBy Maegan Clearwood. Maegan Clearwood on the all-male production of Taming of the Shrew , directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar at the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:53PMThe actor starred as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:48PMBy Mark Ludmon
Directed by Claire Coaché, Scorched is a powerful play that captures the horror of war and the disorientation of dementia.
This post REVIEW: Scorched, Zoo Southside, Edinburg…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:43PMMr. Wilder’s neurotic comic persona added a special edge to numerous hits like “Blazing Saddles,” “Stir Crazy” and “The Producers.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMBy Michael BlockIt's official. Dave Droxler has figured out how to get your project funded. Claim Christopher Walken is involved! Walken On Sunshine is a fluff comedy that knows what it is a…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:27PMBy Michael BlockClaire Christine Sargenti transports the audience right into the French Quarter in her smoky solo drama Interludes: A New (Orleans) Play. In a city fond of the dead, the spir…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:27PMHow do you ad-dress a cat? You call him by his name, of course. These ferocious cast members from Cats, the newest revival on Broadway, depict what it mean to be a Jellicle cat outside of t…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:19PMOn September 1, Holiday Inn, The New Irving Berlin Musical begins previews at Studio 54. The title itself should tell you that the show is a fascinating combination of old and new. Yes, thi…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 04:07PMThe Fairy Princess has, let’s face it, been very active in writing about productions of THE MIKADO in the past. What’s THE MIKADO, you ask? It is an Operetta written by Gilbert a…
SOURCE: fairyprincessdiaries.com at 04:03PMGene Wilder, star of WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY - which will soon grace Broadway in a new musical adaptation - and Mel Brooks films such as THE PRODUCERS, BLAZING SADDLES and YOUN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMRAISIN, adapted from Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking drama A RAISIN IN THE SUN, has not been frequently produced since winning the 1974 Tony Award for Best Musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMFeinstein's54 Below will host a concert celebration of Scott amp Zelda An American Musical on November 10, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMGot kids Love theatre BroadwayWorld.comis on the hunt for a new contributor to our BWW JR section.We're seeking anindustry enthusiast,with excellent writing skills,to review kid-centric show…
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The evening will feature a lineup of Broadway stars, including frequent Broadway villain Patrick Page.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMMany of the comedian's roles were later musicalized.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMThe star will give a free and intimate performance ahead of Elsie Fest next week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMMichael Cristofer’s Man in the Ring begins performances this September in Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMWhen I was a kid, I spent a lot of time daydreaming about someday making it on big Broadway. There was lots of community theatre and talent shows and dancing for grandma and daydream after d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMBroadwayWorld received a statement today from employees of Ellen's Stardust Diner, 'home of the world famous singing waitstaff,' who have joined forces with the Industrial Workers of the Wor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMWelcome 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 828201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8282016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMWelcome 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 8/28…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMBy Michael BlockIn Jesse LaVercombe's hyper ambitious solo work Love Me Forever Billy H. Tender, the audience is thrust into the future to watch the lives of three relatives unravel. Billy H…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:13PMBy Michael BlockTo start, Ben Holbrook has written a sensational script. Sinners on a Southbound Bus is an example of perfectly dangerous theater. Holbrook's play follows a pair of runaways …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:13PMby Kaila M. StokesInheritance is a one-woman show that portrays the soul of a beauty whose previous generations haunt her own present. Jessica Wanamaker, writer/director/actress of Inheritan…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:13PMWinners of the 2016 FringeNYC Overall Excellence Awards were announced by festival Producing Artistic Director Elena K. Holy at DROM in New York. As selected by an independent p…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 03:10PMOn June 13, I spent a day with a CBS Sunday Morning crew, reporter Anthony Mason and the one and only Ms. Streisand for the interview that aired August 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMA politician learns an uncomfortable truth about food-bank Britain. Katherine Parkinson stars in a microplay written by Laura Wade and directed by Carrie Cracknell, after conversations with …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01PMGideon Irving makes his U.S. stage debut this fall with his latest musical solo show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
An evening of songs from the musical will be presented in November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMIt is impossible for people of a certain age to walk down Wells Street in the vicinity of North Avenue and not be transported to a bygone time. This sort of thing can happen in a lot of diff…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:52PMOn Friday, August 26, The Phantom of the Opera‘s newest Christine Daaé, Ali Ewoldt, sat down in the NewYork.com studios to host a special edition of Talent Takeover — a thirty m…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:42PMA look inside Berkshire Theatre Group’s rehearsals for the Tony Award-winning musical Fiorello! directed by Bob Moss.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMEmily Blunt discussesher latest challenge of stepping into the iconic shoesof Julie Andrews for Disney's upcoming MARY POPPINS RETURNS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMDarren Criss, who came into the starring role in Hedwig AND THE ANGRY INCH as a replacement during its Broadway run, is very excited to be opening the musical's national tour in two very fam…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMBelow are the shows at the 11th anniversary of the Fringe Encore Series, from September 9h to October 29th, 2016 at the SoHo Playhouse (15 Vandam Street), selected from both the New York…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:16PM(MILLBURN, NJ) — Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the cast and creative for Mel Brooks’ award-winning musical The Producers, directed by Don Stephenson and choreographed by Bill Bu…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 02:13PMHIFF’s final SummerDocs screening of 2016 revisited a political classic: A PERFECT CANDIDATE, R.J. Cutler and David Van Taylor‘s barnstormer documentary about Oliver North‘s 1994 Senat…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:08PMBy Michael Lueger. Maya Cantu and Michael Lueger discuss how the musicals of the 1940s saw the emergence of a new figure: the “boss lady.”
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:08PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth plays concerts with Audra McDonald, Will Swenson and Gavin Creel—and gets some de-li-cious stories from each of the stars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMThe acclaimed production recouped its entire investment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMAfter starring in Of Mice and Men on Broadway, James Franco is taking on a directorial role with a screen adaptation of John Steinbeck’s In Dubious Battle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PM
Next season at the Off-Broadway theatre will include plays from Basil Kreimendahl, Ken Urban, and Martin Zimmerman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:47PMA new school year filled with homework, exams and grades has begun, Broadway fans—but fear not! We know you're going to make the grade, and we've got your back with full report…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMTony-nominated composer Andrew Lippa lends his charm to 'The Life of the Party,' an uneven medley of his songbook getting its American premiere at TheatreWorks.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:33PMThe Southern-based arts and advocacy group gathered to celebrate the past and gird for more struggles.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:33PMAMERICAN HORROR STORY's Cheyenne Jackson and Jennifer Bartels have signed on to star in TV Land's upcoming pilot AMERICAN WOMAN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMTe newest online auction from Charitybuzz offers a chance to meet the five-time Grammy nominee.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe Manhattan Theatre Club critically acclaimed Broadway transfer ofHeisenberg, written by Tony and Olivier Award winnerSimon Stephens, directed by Drama Desk Award winnerMark Brokaw, starri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMFour hundred years after the death of William Shakespeare, The Museum of Modern Art will screen 21 films based on his iconic writings in Breaking Bard Shakespeare on Film, October 12-24 in T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe singer sat down with the show's Michael Usher to discuss politics, her successful career in entertainment and her newest album 'Encore Movie Partners Sing Broadway'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMThe music of the iconic 1954 Warner Bros. film A STAR IS BORN - brought vividly to life by award-winning cabarettist Molly Pope - will return to Feinstein's54 Below for a one-night-only enco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMJonathan Tolins, Lucy Thurber, and more Rattlestick veterans will participate in the theater's Alumni Jam.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe American Repertory Theater presents the production, directed by Sean Holmes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMBroadway stars will channel their dark side at Feinstein's/54 Below.
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From Carlsbad, Calif., to Westmont Vt., from the farmyard to the classroom, it is a wide-ranging week for theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PMTommy Eden, a pensioner with a love for street performing since he retired, is dead. Local entrepreneur Alexander Sheldon’s security guards are responsible. Sheldon didn’t like Tommy per…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:58PMMolly Hager talks being the big celeb at the Waitress opening night, Stranger Things moments, and a mortifying audition.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:57PMLife apparently hasn’t been a song at the Broadway landmark.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMLife apparently hasn’t been a song for singing waiters at the Broadway landmark.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMMonkey See, Monkey Do is now headed for London.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMElsie Fest just got a whole lot stranger. Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo, two young Broadway alums who play Lucas and Dustin, respectively, on the Netflix series Stranger Things, will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMThe festival wrapped up performances August 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMAmour - Black Button Eyes Productions at the Athenaeum Theatre, 2936 N. Southport is offering $17 industry tickets (including $2 Athenaeum restoration fee) to the Friday September 2 and Sund…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:28PMBeginning with its 2003 production of Shakespeare's PERICLES, Red Bull Theater has become one of Off-Broadway's most noted not-profit companiesspecializing in plays of heightened language. W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMCaroline Bowman Wicked Evita, Jenn Harris Silence All in the Timing, Brynn O'Malley Honeymoon in Vegas Annie, and Jason Michael Snow The SpongeBob Musical Book of Mormon join the cast of The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of August 29- September 4, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe New York Musical Festival NYMF, previously known as The New York Musical Theatre Festival, is now accepting submissions for the 2017 Next Link Project.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMMonterey Media has bought the U.S. and Canada rights to Lee Wilkof's comedy drama NO PAY, NUDITY, starring Broadway's Nathan Lane IT'S ONLY A PLAY, Laurie Metcalf MISERY, Boyd Gains AN ENEMY…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMThe Young Vic production, which played an acclaimed Broadway run, will arrive at the Ahmanson Theatre in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMThe selected shows will receive developmental support and a subsidized production at next year’s festival.
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How do you transform an academic, nineteenth century text into a compelling piece of twenty-first century feminist theater?
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:58AMJB Priestley’s little known play The Roundabout is a light comedy about the class system in 1930s England. Richard Kettlewell (Brian Protheroe), a wealthy businessman is losing all his…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:58AMEntering the Brockley Jack Studio, the audience also enters into the emotional world of Joseph K, as we watch the production’s sole actor Brendan O’Rourke crawl about on his hands and kn…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:58AMMarking Shakespeare’s 400-year anniversary, Get Over It Productions, perform one of his classic comedies to commemorate their own 10 year stint at Camden Fringe. The Taming of the Shre…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:58AMThe 25th anniversary re-release of Disney’s acclaimed animated musical Beauty and the Beast will give fans a teaser of the upcoming live-action film starring Emma Watson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMIf you want to 'hear the people sing' on Broadway, it's your last chance at least for now
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMFrom Grizabella CATS and Norma Desmond SUNSET BOULEVARD to Edith Beale GREY GARDENS and Mama Rose GYPSY, Tony winner Betty Buckley has a specialty for tackling what she calls 'women on the e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMPeople who need people are actually the second luckiest people in the world; the luckiest person in the world is Broadway fave Sierra Boggess. During her tenure as Miss Mullins in School of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMElsie Fest just got a whole lot stranger. Caleb McLaughlin and Gaten Matarazzo, two young Broadway alums who play Lucas and Dustin, respectively, on the Netflix series Stranger Things, will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AM By Alix Cohen Eric Comstock takes the piano bench as if coming home. Without introduction, he eases into “A Hundred Years From Today” (Victor Young/Joe Young/Ned Was…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:38AMonce when my own father came to the press night of a rather challenging production I choreographed, his very first and only comment was that he liked the scenery! Ouch..
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:34AMThe Tony-winning musical version of Lorraine Hansberry’s drama A Raisin in the Sun will be produced as part of Astoria Performing Arts Center’s 2016-17 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMThe play that inspired the Off-Broadway hit Indecent will receive its first fully staged revival in decades from New Yiddish Rep.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMDirected by Lee Wilkof, No Pay, Nudity will hit theatres nationwide this November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMHere are the 2016 Barrymore Award Nominations: Winners will be announced at the Merriam Theater on Monday, October 24th at 7 p.m. Congratulations to all the nominees! F. Otto Haas Award for …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:24AMA thoughtful agent friend noticed the growing snowball of posts on Travalanche about American history and my family’s role therein. As she intuited, I have been posting this raw materi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMThe film's co-producer Jack Morrissey turnedto Facebook to share behind-the-scenes photos of the cast, including Luke Evans Gaston Josh Gad LeFou and Dan Stevens the PrinceBeast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMIf this movie boosts Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings into well-paid entertainers with a major record deal, I salute filmmaker Barbara Kopple.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:08AMWhen I was building my business, I looked around at other Broadway production companies to get ideas for the type of company that I wanted to have . . . from the products they produced, to…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe record-breaking musical finds its New Jersey cast at Paper Mill Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The Tony Award-winning creator of Hamilton will talk about his journey in advance of the megahit musical opening in Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMJames McLure's play involves a love triangle set in the London theater scene of the 1950s but fails to ignite
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:56AMThe second season kicks off September 20 on Fox.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMWhat better way to spend a night in Central Park than with live music from Broadway’s worldwide smash, featuring stars from Chicago The Musical! Current cast members performing on this…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:51AMWhen New York City-based playwright and theater journalist Kenneth Jones read an obituary in The New York Times in 2000, he knew he’d found the material for his next play, "Alabama Story."
SOURCE: www.slj.com at 10:47AMThis year, marking Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary, has been the perfect time to get into Shakespeare, or renew your undying love for the Bard, with multiple modernised and varied adap…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:47AMWhat is true and what is a cultural expectation in this play about a Chinese dissident keep the audience guessing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:47AMFirst a novel, then a film, now a play, Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist’s prolonged shelf life is proof that it is a story for our times. This first ever stage adaptation by …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:47AMA lesser known event in Southern history is illuminated in a vibrant production of Kenneth Jones’ “Alabama Story,” at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater.
SOURCE: www.capecodtimes.com at 10:41AMMother Emanuel, a celebration of the lives of the nine gunned down in a South Carolina church, and The Radicalization of Rolfe, which looks at the Sound of Music from the point of view of …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:40AMThe Mel Brooks musical begins at the New Jersey venue in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMThe friends and collaborators offer Muse and the Music at SubCulture.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMPaper Mill Playhouse,recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, has just announced complete casting for Mel Brooks' award-winning musical The Producers, directed by Don Stephenson an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMMatilda's Miss Trunchbull, Bryce Ryness, decides whether Imogen Lloyd Webber should land up in chokey.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:28AMListen to this gorgeous acoustic cover courtesy of four Hamilton Chicago stars.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:14AMDesigner Camellia Koo set Come What Mayhem! around a Gardiner underpass.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, the cast of Chicago will perform at SummerStage, to mark the occasion we spoke to the company’s new Velma Kelly, Lana Gordon. What makes you th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:56AMStreisand returned to the famed eatery to autograph the new drawing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMMichael MustoTheater & DanceNightlifenew york citybroadwayqueen2016 ElectionMichael MustoTexas-born Betty Buckley has long possessed great pipes and a lush way of approaching an assignme…
SOURCE: Out at 09:53AMStreisand fan Sierra Boggess was the inhabitant of the room at the time of Streisand's visit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMThe storyline of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s cult classic, Little Shop of Horrors, is well known. Mushnik’s flower shop is a haphazard, run down enterprise, which hasn’t had a cust…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:26AMForever bonded with his father through this experience even wearing pieces of his father's original costume for the role, the moment marked the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Today, Bernar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMHappy Birthday, Lea Michele Best known to theatre audiences for her role as 'Wendla' in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Spring Awakening, Michele was nominated for a Drama Desk…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMNEW YORK (AP) -- "Cats" is back on Broadway, purring along. "Hamilton" tickets are still hard to get. What else is new this fall? Some big celebrit…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:18AMThemes at this year's Edinburgh Festival included the apocalypse, masculinity in crisis and the inherent selfishness of art
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:16AMIn advance of HAMILTON opening in Chicago, Miranda will appear with Chicago TribuneTheater Critic Chris Jones on Friday, September 23 at the Lyric Opera of Chicagoto discuss his life, inspir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMThe Chiara Quartet has recorded a series of gritty, compelling takes on Bartók’s seminal group of quartets.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AMI’m sure you get a lot of queries from actors who are unhappy with their agent, but I’ve been delighted with mine
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMHere is Part 1 of the Philadelphia staff of DCMetroTheaterArts’ favorite performances in Spring and Summer of 2016. To all our honorees – TAKE A BOW! _____ J Hernandez as Ricard…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMThis is one of those posts where I really want your input. In 1982 there was a popular movie released called VICTOR/VICTORIA by comedy stalwart Blake Edwards. I went to see it in a full th…
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In a special bonus clips from Barbra Streisand's appearance on CBS SUNDAY MORNING, the legendary star visits the iconic New York eatery Sardi's, renowned for its caricatures of Broadway lumi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AMFrom the famed creator of the Broadway smash, Hamilton, comes the Tony Award-Winning season opener for Phoenix Theatre - In The Heights BroadwayWorld brings you a first look below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AMForgive my recent semi-absence from this space, but I’ve been inordinately busy of late, quite a bit more than I expected to be. Among other things, the Mosaic Theater Company’s producti…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMonce when my own father came to the press night of a rather challenging production I choreographed, his very first and only comment was that he liked the scenery! Ouch..
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:22AMLouis Armstrong and the All Stars perform “Mack the Knife” in concert in 1956: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMMusic resembles poetry: in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach And which a master-hand alone can reach. Alexander Pope, “An Essay on Criticism”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14AMIt is the job of an actor to bring characters to life. This is similar to the role that senior leaders in the corporate role play when leading a team of professionals. Emotional intelligence…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 07:02AMEarlier this week, The Stage’s Soapbox column highlighted a performer’s frustration at receiving “radio silence” after an audition. This week we’re asking:
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What a way to add some glamour to a Bank Holiday weekend. Summer at the Musicals brought the season to a near-close at the Phoenix Artists Club with 15 dazzling divas belting out songs from …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:51AMWilbur -- stage name Bruiser -- got the casting call from the Peninsula Humane Society
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:46AMSacred Fools Theater Company announces their landmark 20th Season and Beyond, featuring World and Regional Premieres, as well as complementary programming to celebrate their history and comm…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:43AMIn the first musical to be staged at Park 90, the Park Theatre's smaller space, The Burnt Part Boys proves to be one of the finest examples of Off West End musical theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:16AMA Harry Potter star returns to the stage and Kenneth Branagh stars as a failing music-hall performer
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Listen: @BarbraSteisand Wants/Wanted #AlecBaldwin for Gypsy, @Mr_Bernardi Follows Father’s Footsteps, & @Melissa_Errico on Ingenues “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMThree stories this week get to the heart of the question. First, the BBC polled critics worldwide and asked them what were the best 100 movies made so far in the 21st Century. Look at the li…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:44AMMelbourne Theatre Company (MTC) Artistic Director Brett Sheehy AO has revealed the Company’s 2017 Season – a collection of works from around the world that celebrate the art of gre…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:14AMAs a result of the success of the Roundabout portable theatre, its designers, Lucy Osborne, Emma Chapman and Howard Eaton, formed a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Albert
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Pride Films and Plays’ 2016-17 season will include two Chicago premieres of Tony Award nominated [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMBroadway In Chicago and Producers Fox Theatricals (Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson) and Barbara Whitman are thrilled to announce that [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMShowbiz Chicago’s Stacey Crawley took park in the Chicago Yacht Club Cruise for the Visually [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMChicago Dancing Company was established in 2006 to heighten awareness of dance in Chicago, increase [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMIt’s time to whistle a happy tune! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic movie musical The King [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMGoodman Theatre kicks off its 2016/2017 Season with a major revival of Wonderful Town, Leonard [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMChicago Slam Works Ensemble Theatre proudly announces its 2016-17 season featuring three World Premieres of [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMChicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) culminates Artistic Director Barbara Gaines’ Tug of War with Civil Strife, where [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMHighly Recommended/Reviewed by: Russell Goeltenbodt Most everyone knows the history of America’s 20th Century Camelot [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMJeff Award winning actor MARK DAVID KAPLAN discusses his incredible career on stage including making [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:38AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, August 28, 2016 - Sunday, August 28, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27AMSome friends and I are working our way through past Tony Award shows, and it's been a surprising journey in many ways. This past week, we watched 1970 through 1974. The Tony gestalt has chan…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:16AMThe Fun Home star names the women she admires the most, her backstage must-haves and the funny story of how she broke her arm.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWith the debate over diversity in Hollywood growing louder, the conversation will shift toward the world of comedy with the announcement of the Diversity in Comedy Festival by Hollywood’s …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMCatherine Palmer had never attended a Moth story slam until a friend invited her to the Rex Theater on the South Side. As a university professor, she is quite comfortable talking to a room f…
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