Review: Laura Benanti performs ‘Tales from Soprano Isle’ at Wolf Trap by David Siegel

From the moment Laura Benanti stepped onto the stage at The Barns at Wolf Trap to perform Tales from Soprano Isle she set the buoyant mood for the evening. She charmed and enchanted even a…

Anna Bolena by Arts Review

Following the sold out triumph of Maria Stuarda (Mary Stuart) last year, Melbourne Opera continues the great Donizetti trilogy bringing the Bel Canto masterpiece Anna Bolena (Anne Boleyn) to…

CRITICS SHOW LIEV LITTLE LOVE & SPLIT ON ‘LIAISONS’ by Philip Boroff

The Associated Press raved, the Hollywood Reporter was mixed and Ben Brantley at the Times panned while questioning whether Christopher Hampton’s adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereu…

Anicca by Arts Review

Acclaimed percussive artist, Matthias Schack-Arnott, returns to Arts House from 2 November 2016 with a new work that aurally and kinetically explores cycles, orbits and the perception of tim…

Review: ‘The Rocky Horror Show’ at Maryland Ensemble Theatre by Kevin Michael Smith

It’s hard to believe The Rocky Horror Picture Show is now over 40, and still going strong. This Halloween, there are several productions of the rock musical happening in the area, and Mar…

Broadway Review: ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ With Liev Schreiber, Janet McTeer by Gordon Cox

What did people ever do before iPhone games? In 18th century Paris, where the sophisticates in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” lived, members of the upper classes passed the time play…

Review: In ‘Coriolanus,’ a Politician for a Campaign Season by Charles Isherwood

Red Bull Theater’s impressive production of Shakespeare’s late tragedy doesn’t skimp on the election metaphors.

Review: ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Uses Love as a Weapon by Ben Brantley

Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber star in this adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’s 1782 novel full of duplicity and score settling.

Sydney Opera House – The Opera (The Eighth Wonder) by Arts Review

The timing could hardly have been better, following on the findings of the National Opera Review, because if any example were needed, it would be difficult to surpass this production as a co…

October Surprise: Broadway in Court. Week in New York Theater by New York Theater

Dangerous Liaisons indeed. In American politics, an October Surprise is an unexpected event that could well influence the outcome of the Presidential election; we’ve had more than one this…

Penn’s Landing Playhouse presents ‘Maurice Hines Is Tappin’ Thru Life’ by Gail Obenreder

Maurice Hines and the Manzari Brothers tap and dazzle to the hot music of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Les Liaisons Dangereuses review – Janet McTeer brings fire and ice to Broadway by Alexis Soloski

Booth Theatre, New YorkThe tale of love and revenge takes an intellectually provocative approach to the 1782 French novel but doesn’t always serve the rather more salacious scriptWhen the …

Cititour Review: Les Liaisions Dangereuses by Brian Scott Lipton

Josie Rourke’s new production of Christopher Hampton’s “Les Liaisions Dangereuses” is so extremely compelling... it's required viewing for serious theatergoers.

HOW TO SUCCEED …With Broadway Fun! by David Dow Bentley III

[Click any photo to enlarge. All photos by Os Galindo] Ever since its opening on The Great White Way more than half a century ago in 1961, composer Frank Loesser’s witty musical satire on …

Front Page Sunday Matinee Halted During Third Act by Andrew Gans

It was the second audience medical issue at the Broadhurst Theatre in two days.

Review: NYC revival of ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ crackles by Mark Kennedy

Late in the new Broadway revival of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” Janet McTeer encounters a real, flickering candle. She’s playing a devious aristocrat who is angry and happy to prove he…

'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' on Broadway: A danger-free zone by Peter Marks

REVIEW || Even Halloween raises more goosebumps than this misfire of a revival

Aisle View: Liaisons, What's Happened to Them? by Steven Suskin

Reviews: Les Liaisons Dangereuses and The Harvest by Jesse Green

Classically trained actors are naturally drawn to roles that show off their verbal fluency, but few contemporary plays give them the chance. No wonder Christopher Hampton’s Les Liaisons Da…

Review: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Liev Schreiber and Janet McTeer star in the second Broadway revival of this play about rococo naughtiness.

Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe by Arts Review

Marvel’s super heroes will descend on Queensland next year in a world-first, large-scale exhibition Marvel: Creating the Cinematic Universe at Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Mod…

Schreiber, McTeer play with fire in 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'

Long before there was Ray Donovan, there was Liev Schreiber, the reliably stunning stage actor.

This Week on Broadway for October 30, 2016: Jennifer Ashley Tepper by James Marino

Jena Tesse Fox, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk with Jennifer Ashley Tepper about her new book  The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 3. In reviews, we discuss Sunday in the Pa…

'The Color Purple' Sets Broadway Closing Date, Announces North American Tour by Julia Edelman

Get your tickets soon, because The Color Purple is ending its run at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on January 8th, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show was first staged in 2013 at t…

HCC’s Arts Collective Holds Auditions on 11/5 & 6, 2016 @5-7:30 PM for an Original Devised Play by Guest Author

Howard Community College’s (HCC) Arts Collective (AC) announces open auditions for its 7th original, devised play on November 5 and 6, 2016. Chaos is where great dreams begin, and Arts Col…

Review: Two Class Acts: Ajax and Squash at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

A double bill by A. R. Gurney ends the Flea Theater's residence on White Street, before moving to a larger space.

Review: Les Liaisons Dangereuses at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber bring the bored, sexual predators of pre-revolutionary France back to Broadway

Video Roundup: How Much Tuna is #2much2na? Find Out with These Videos of the Stars OH, HELLO Has Pranked! by BroadwayWorld

At long last,Nick KrollandJohn Mulaney's wildly popular alter egos,Gil Faizonand George St. Geegland, have made their debuts on The Great White Way in their acclaimed masterpiece,Oh, Hello o…

Garth Drabinsky Opens Up About Time in Prison and Returning to the Theatre as a Producer by BroadwayWorld

As reported by BroadwayWorld, equal parts infamous and revered Broadway producer Garth Drabinsky is following up his stint in prison with a new musical, Sousatzka, starring Victoria Clark, M…

Not So Dangerous Liaisons by Matthew Wexler

Perhaps one of the greatest trickeries in the current Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses, is not the drawing room antics of La Marquise de Merteuil (Janet McTeer) or her lover/neme…

Call Answered: Andressa Furletti: Group .BR presents "Inside the Wild Heart" at Immersive Gallery by Call Me Adam

Call Answered: When I found out "Inside the Wild Heart," a new immersive play, based upon the writings of Clarice Lispector, was one of the most influential Jewish writers, I thought of my g…

Review: NYC revival of 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' crackles by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Late in the new Broadway revival of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," Janet McTeer encounters a real, flickering candle. She's playing a devious …

Concert Review: ‘Richard Rodgers and His Sounds of Music’ at The Gordon Center by Pamela Steinik

Richard Rodgers was a musical genius, composing music for over 900 songs and 43 Broadway musicals. He was also the first person to win the top show business awards in music, television, film…

Liev Schreiber, Janet McTeer in limp ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Sex sells — or it should.

‘Mauritius’ at Act II Playhouse in Ambler, PA by Megan Diehl

It’s much ado about two small slips of paper in Act II Playhouse’s astute production of Mauritius, Theresa Rebeck’s thriller based on the intense world of stamp collecting. Despite the…

Debbie Allen's 'Weapons' To Stop Gun Violence Are Dance And Music by NPR Staff

Director, actor and choreographer Debbie Allen's multimedia musical Freeze Frame examines the lives of young people living in cities with the backdrop of violence and police shootings.

How Did the Critics Respond to Janet McTeer’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses on Broadway? by Robert Viagas

Liev Schreiber co-stars in the revival at the Booth Theatre.

Before heading to Broadway, Come From Away musical gets standing ovation at home in Gander by J. Kelly Nestruck

Broadway-bound play set in Gander, Nfld., in days after 9/11, receives warm response at a special showing in the small Maritime town

Nine: The Musical by Arts Review

After almost 30 long years, the great musical Nine: The Musical is returning to the Melbourne stage for a one night charity concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Monday 31 October 2016…

Lady Gaga Gains Her 4th No. 1 Album With Joanne by Tolly Wright

Lady Gaga has a million reasons to be happy after Joanne took the number one spot on the Billboard albums chart in its debut week. Joanne, Gaga's fifth solo LP, sold 201,000 units, far excee…

FROZEN Composers and Neil Patrick Harris Team Up for Paul Ryan's Inner Monologue Song by BroadwayWorld

Following in the footsteps of Sara Bareilles' song written from President Obama's point of view and featuring vocals from Tony Winner Leslie Odom Jr., This American Life commissioned Frozen …

Review Roundup: LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES Opens on Broadway ? Updating LIVE! by BroadwayWorld

The Broadway production ofDonmar Warehouse'sLes Liaisons Dangereuses, whichis playing a limited engagement through Sunday, January 22, 2017 only at the Booth Theatre 222 W 45th St, officiall…

Liev Schreiber Dons Wig And Accent In ‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ Broadway Revival – Review by Jeremy Gerard

Idle rich do the Devil’s work in Les Liaisons Dangereuses, turning innocents and believers into pliant lovers ripe for betrayal, all for their personal amusement. Cruelty and revenge …

'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'? With Liev Schreiber on Broadway, not in the right ways by Chris Jones

"Les Liaisons Dangereuses" can be a riveting drama of power, sexual conquest and desperate vulnerability. Or it can read as smug, high-end, hyperliterate erotica with an empty heart and an u…

Top Dance Companies And Dance Schools In New York City Celebrate the Life of Kazuko Hirabayashi at Symphony Space by The Dance Enthusiast

Join dancers from the most renowned dance companies in New York City as they  celebrate the life of legendary dance teacher and choreographer, Kazuko Hirabayashi at Symphony Space on Novemb…

Stitches in time help save ancient Iu-Mien culture

One of the world’s most ancient cultures came alive in Sacramento on Sunday at Parkview Presbyterian Church, where colorful Iu-Mien embroidery featuring stitches dating back thousands of y…

LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

Annoyed Liaisons? Perturbed Liaisons? Mildly Irritated Liaisons? . . .

Did Bette Midler's 'Hocus Pocus' look really win Halloween

Also in Tattle: ‘Madea,’ Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Aerosmith, Glenn Rhee

“The Model Apartment” at Geffen Playhouse by Pauline Adamek

In one of his early plays, Donald Margulies examines how one couple’s best laid plans for their twilight years become dismantled when they fail to reconcile

Theater News: John Doyle's Tony-Winning Revival of The Color Purple to End Broadway Run

The production stars Cynthia Erivo and Jennifer Holliday.

Meet Hilary Cole: Rob Guest Endowment Finalist 2016 by Cassie Tongue

The Rob Guest Endowment annual gala concert is just weeks away and it’s going to be a night to remember in the Aussie Musical Theatre calendar. The big event is all set for Monday Nove…

CORIOLANUS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

War may be hell, but in Red Bull Theater’s fierce and fiery production of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, it is politics that is the ultimate destroyer of lives and souls, especially for the m…

'Les Liaisons Dangereuses' review: This revival is more lukewarm than sexy by Christopher Kelly

Liev Schreiber proves miscast in this revival of Christopher Hampton's play, also starring Janet McTeer, which comes from London's Donmar Warehouse

Tony-Winning ‘Color Purple’ Revival Sets January Closing by Jeremy Gerard

Producers this evening informed the cast of The Color Purple that the show, which won the 2016 Tony Award for best musical revival, will play its final performance on January 8 after 449 reg…

Etel Adnan: interview

At 91, the artist is experiencing a late surge in demand for her work

Hell No! Tony-Winning Revival of The Color Purple, Starring Cynthia Erivo, Sets Broadway Closing Date by Imogen Lloyd Webber

The too beautiful for words Tony-winning revival of The Color Purple, led by Cynthia Erivo in a Tony-winning turn as Celie, is set to shutter on January 8, 2017. At time of closing, the show…

Breaking News: THE COLOR PURPLE Will Play Final Broadway Performance in January; National Tour to Launch Next Fall by BroadwayWorld

The Tony Award-winning revival of THE COLOR PURPLE will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, January 8, 2017. Upon closing, the production will have played 449 regular and 33 pr…

‘The Color Purple’ Is to Close in January by Andrew R. Chow

The well-received musical revival will shut its doors after a year of performances, with a national tour beginning next year.

Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’ Will Close in January by Gordon Cox

“The Color Purple,” the Broadway production that won the 2016 Tony Award for best musical revival, will close in January after 14 months on the boards. The show, which also earne…

'The Color Purple' Sets Broadway Closing Date by David Rooney

The Tony-winning revival, which made a New York stage star out of British unknown Cynthia Erivo, will play its final performance on Jan. 8, before launching a North American tour in fall 201…

Broadway Color Purple Posts Closing Notice by Robert Viagas

Cyntha Erivo still toplines the Tony Award-winning revival.

Review: ‘Mozart’s Requiem’ with Annapolis Chorale and Annapolis Chamber Orchestra at St. Anne’s Church by Charles Green

The Annapolis Chorale and Annapolis Chamber Orchestra’s performance of Mozart’s Requiem, presented by Live Arts Maryland, is a clever combination of old and new pieces. Before performing…

The Guardian view on staging Shakespeare: we must keep the Bard alive and speaking to us now | Editorial by Editorial

Authentic productions of the playwright’s productions can be brilliant but Britain must not be bound by a hertiage-industry view of Mr Anne Hathaway’s workThe abrupt cessation this week …

On the Couch with Sarah Bishop by Arts Review

Who is Sarah Bishop? I am an actress and producer on the new Australian indie feature Crushed. I am also one third of the comedy group Skit Box behind the song Activewear and the upcoming AB…

BWW TV: Back to Punxsutawney- Andy Karl Gets Ready to Bring GROUNDHOG DAY to Broadway! by BroadwayWorld TV

Fresh from London's Old Vic, Andy Karl is back in New York, getting ready to bring Phil Connors to Broadway.GROUNDHOG DAY will begin previews on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Broadway'sAugust …

Curtain call: Final week for Intrepid's 'Art' by James Hebert

A painting gives “Art” its name, but friendship gives the play its focus — and its comic ferocity. Yasmina Reza’s 1998 piece, a Tony Award winner as best play, centers on three long…

Tony-winning Talent Joins Playbill’s First-Ever River Cruise by Ruthie Fierberg

See who else is joining Tony winner Paulo Szot on our Rhône River trip for Broadway, Bordeaux, and brie.

BWW Review: Qui Nguyen's VIETGONE Raps Its Refugee Love Story by Michael Dale

Playwright Qui Nguyen is a tricky fellow. First he has an actor appear on stage, claiming to be him, welcoming the audience with the usual pre-show ritual about turning off cell phones and w…

New York Review: A LIFE by Toby Zinman

Leone Exton Beale obituary by Jon Exton

My aunt, Leone Exton Beale, who has died aged 94, was the restaurant and catering director at the Westminster theatre, London.She came to the role as the daughter of Leo and Grace Exton, who…

Ivor Dunkerton obituary by Susie Dunkerton

My husband, Ivor Dunkerton, who has died aged 83, was an award-winning BBC producer and director on the Man Alive and Tuesday Documentary programmes who changed his career in the late 1970s …

THE GLENDA J COLLECTIVE – Soho Theatre by Ian Foster

"Who needs men?"... In advance of the return of the real Glenda J (Miss Jackson if you're nasty...) in Deborah Warner's King Lear for the Old Vic, The Glenda J Collective proved to be most e…

Review: ‘The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Presented by Young Artists of America at Strathmore’ by Jane Franklin

For as long as I can remember, it was a movie I looked forward to watching on television each year. It scared me to death when I was little, but the colors, the characters, the opposition of…

RAGTIME Charing Cross Theatre, SW1 by Libby Purves

AMERICA’S STORY, EVERYBODY’S SONG     America’s twentieth century belongs to all of us, and its events and themes echo round the world: the rise of corporate power, the racia…

Trevor Hardwick, Stephen Flaherty

Mr. Flaherty composes music for theater and films, and owns a music management company with Mr. Hardwick.

Amadeus at the National Theatre by John Morrison

This production is a triumphant success on every level, a revival of Peter Shaffer's classic play that subtly brings it into the modern era without violating its 18th century period context.…

BWW TV: The KID CRITICS Get Jellicle at CATS! by BroadwayWorld TV

We are continuing the series with Tai 10, Isabella 12, and Charles 9, who just stopped by the Neil Simon Theatre to check out Cats. Curious of what they thought about the show Find out below

Side Show review – a spectacle in song about real-life 'freak' sister act by Lyn Gardner

Southwark Playhouse, LondonInspired performances elevate a problematic musical about conjoined twins who were exploited first in life and then on the stageFact and fiction are entwined in th…

Review: Side Show, Southwark Playhouse by Laura Peatman

Bill Russell and Henry Krieger’s Side Show has had two Broadway outings, neither lasting long on the Great White Way; this Southwark Playhouse production marks the show’s UK premiere and…

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… The Doppel Gang’s writer Dominic Hedges by Helen McWilliams

The Doppel Gang is set in a failing theatre, in the last few years of the war, and follows a crap double act dodging conscription. Tommy wants to earn enough from the show to pay his debts a…

Giant by Michael Portantiere

Original Off-Broadway Cast, 2013 (Ghostlight) Texas is big. Edna Ferber’s 1952 novel, Giant, is big, spanning decades and two generations of rancher families. The 1956 movie version is big…

Are You Looney Tonight? by Leah Richards

The Loon Featuring Robert M. Johanson Directed and co-choreographed by Dan Safer Presented by Witness RelocationAt Abrons Arts Center, NYC October 13-29, 2016 Mixed in with the cal…

Bette Midler dressed as her 'Hocus Pocus' character, and it's to die for

The centuries-old Winifred Sanderson has barely aged since 1993.        

BWW Spooktacular - Our Top 10 Broadway-Themed Halloween Costumes for 2016 by Caryn Robbins

With Halloween just around the corner, it's time once again for BWW's Top Broadway-themed costumes to help make your holiday festivities extra special.

Roundup: COME FROM AWAY Plays Newfoundland Before Toronto and Broadway Runs by BroadwayWorld

Come From Away, a new musical about what happened when 38 planes landed in the small town of Gander, Newfoundland, following the September 11 attacks, is set to begin a Broadway run this com…

VIDEO: Debbie Gibson Reveals Past Struggles with Prescription Drugs, Calls Out Theatre Community by BroadwayWorld

In an interview for Oprah's 'Where Are They Now,' Debbie Gibson recently revealed that during her years as a young performer, she didn't hew as close to squeaky clean as the image that she p…

Guards at the Taj, in fear by Cogency

Guards at the Taj, by Rajiv Joseph. Deborah Block directed at Theatre Exile, Philadelphia.   Shah Mirza Jahan was a cultured patron of the arts. His reign in the 17th century was consid…

Theater Review: “Warrior Class” — Political Tragedy or Farce? by Ian Thal

Though Kenneth Lin wrote Warrior Class in 2012, it is easy to see its resonances with the 2016 election cycle.

Film Review: “Certain Women” — Mysteries of the Ordinary by Arts Fuse Editor

Kelly Reichardt’s cinema gives us slow, rich portraits of life’s daily rhythms, its frustrations and unresolved conflicts.

CD Review: Leonard Cohen — Embracing the Darkness by Arts Fuse Editor

At 82, Cohen seems to feel that there isn't a lot of time left and that he has nothing to prove to anyone.

FROM DOWN UNDER: The Light in the Piazza by Simon Parris

Perfectly cast and handsomely staged, the Melbourne professional premiere of exquisitely romantic gem The Light in the Piazza shimmers with radiant beauty.

In an ill-suited venue, Boomerang takes 'Repercussion' nowhere by Laura Molzahn

A man lying belly down, arms extended overhead, pulls himself onstage with painful slowness, inching forward as if crawling out of or into something. Gradually we see that there's another ma…

Opinion: Top 5 lessons for Theatre Etiquette 101

Has theatre etiquette has taken a dramatic turn for the worse? Our friends at the Musical Theatre Appreciation Society have been sharing their experiences with misbehaved theatre audiences a…

Photo Coverage: Kate Baldwin Concludes EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE at Feinstein's/54 Below by Stephen Sorokoff

Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin Big Fish, Giant, John amp Jen, Finian's Rainbow, Songbird concluded her current engagement at Feinstein's54 Below last night and Broadwayworld was there. In h…

Review: ‘The Night Alive’ at Quotidian Theatre Company by Amy Kotkin

Conor McPherson spins an intricate web of interdependence, horror, and hope among the five damaged, yet intensely human characters in his masterful play, The Night Alive. It takes a hugely t…

Weekly Theatre Podcast: Travesties, No Man’s Land, Oil by Press Releases

This week the London theatre bloggers discuss Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart as double act in Harold Pinter's No Man's Land, Tom Hollander in Stoppard's Travesties, now also transferring t…

Calais – my tears and my anger by Chris Grady

I’m on a posh train, can’t find my seat, standing in floods of tears, too tired to walk the ten coaches or so to find my place. That feels a fitting end to a week where I have been in Ca…

Review: Amadeus, National Theatre by Fred Maynard

If ever there was a play which adhered to the dictum “show not tell”, it is Amadeus, the story of the patron saint of mediocrities, Antonio Salieri, and his battle with God over the unju…

Perpetual Students: A Historic Look at Chekov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD on Broadway by Alexa Criscitiello

The Cherry Orchard is Anton Chekhov's masterpiece about a family on the edge of ruin-and a country on the brink of revolution. The story of Lyubov Ranevskaya and her family's return to their…

The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism With A Key to the Scriptures, Hampstead Theatre, London, review: Massively stimula by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Michael Boyd's passionately acted production at Hampstead is about a suicidal, retired longshoreman and a most unusual family reunion in a Brooklyn brownstone

Brittany is a Bright Star! by Serena

Meet Broadway Wiz Bright Star, Brittany from Glenbeulah, WI. Brittany's favorite show is Newsies and she would love to sing a duet with Kara Lindsay!

Zoetic Stage Debuts Premiere of McKeever’s Emotion-Filled After by Bill Hirschman

There's something thrilling about seeing a world premiere play unfold. And when the playwright is one of South Florida's great hopes to get an original play to the Great White Way, there's e…

Review: Knock Knock, Etcetera Theatre by Tal Fox

“In this place every child is destined to be a soldier,” the front of the programme reads. Going into a show about war you would assume that there will be some violence, some des…

Theatre Review: ‘Steel Magnolias’ at Children’s Playhouse of Maryland by Pamela Steinik

In a small town like Chinquapin Parish, Louisiana, the beauty salon is the center of life. Truvy’s Salon offers more than manis and haircuts, it’s also the location for an informal suppo…

The Wizard of Oz Opens by Barry

A new version of The Wizard of Oz opened at the Harlem Repertory Theater for children from 4 to 104. The Harlem Repertory Theatre staging of "The Wizard of Oz," co-produced by the Yip Harbu…

Features: Confessions of a Box Office Manager: Trouble and strife

There's a kerfuffle at the theatre this week as our West End mole has to deal with some husband and wife issues

Inside the Culture Wars Maelstrom of the 1990s by [email protected] (ramona)

By John Killacky. John R. Killacky discusses his time as curator of Performing Arts at Walker Arts Center, and the controversy caused by featured works.

NEWS: Stick Man returns to London for nine weeks at Leicester Square by Emma Clarendon

Scamp Theatre will bring its hit production of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s Stick Man back to the West End for nine weeks over the festive season, playing at the Leicester Square T…

BWW's On This Day - October 30, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Parenting and Playwriting: Killer Clowns, Donald Trump, and Other Ghouls by [email protected] (ramona)

By Catherine Trieschmann. Catherine Trieschmann on her children’s fears and the importance of Halloween.

Quizzes: Test your theatre knowledge: Quiz of the month

It's time to find out how well you've been paying attention to WhatsOnStage this October

Mel Brooks’ hilarious secrets behind the making of ‘Young Frankenstein’ by Michael Riedel

‘Young Frankenstein” is one of those movies that, when it crops up on TCM, you drop everything and laugh yourself silly till the credits roll. You know all the lines by heart: “What hu…

New York Met cancels opera after ashes tipped into orchestra pit by Clarisse Loughrey, Clarisse Loughrey

The unidentified suspect fled the scene and no arrests have been made over the incident

Leonie Orton: ‘I hero-worshipped Joe, I think he knew that’ by Rachel Cooke

To Leonie Orton, Joe Orton was less the brilliant 60s playwright than her adored older brother. Here she talks about relaiming Orton for the family, while, below, we present an extract from …

North Country review – the apocalypse and Marks & Spencer by Clare Brennan

Wild Woods, BradfordA former M&S food hall is the setting for this imaginative vision of a struggle for survival after a global plagueFreedom Studios specialises in “new plays in unusu…

The Grinning Man review – lovely, peculiar stuff by Susannah Clapp

Bristol Old VicTom Morris combines macabre fairytale, musical and puppetry in this ingenious tale of twisted loveI first saw the delicate Audrey Brisson sparkle in The Flying Lovers of Viteb…

The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism… review – social anger strikes close to home by Susannah Clapp

Hampstead theatre, London The personal and the political are inexorably entwined in Tony Kushner’s fierce examination of a family at war with itselfAfter a faltering first scene or two, To…

Amadeus review – a lush, high-voltage revival by Susannah Clapp

Olivier, LondonAdam Gillen’s Mozart and Lucian Msamati’s Salieri share the honours as Peter Shaffer’s 1979 hit returns to the NationalPeter Shaffer, who died in June, wrote plays fuell…

The Globe isn't just a heritage project – Emma Rice understood that by Susannah Clapp

The ousting of the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe shows a fundamental failure to appreciate what makes the place uniqueIt has been a rotten week for the theatre. One of London’…

Theatre Review: ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ at Colonial Players of Annapolis by Mark Beachy

On September 16, 2016, the theatre community lost one of the great American playwrights, Edward Albee.  He made his Broadway debut with “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, ” earning …

The Comedian’s Guide to Survival review – the tale of a luckless standup by Wendy Ide

Inbetweeners star James Buckley plays a failing performer in an unfocused tale that falls short on laughsThe casting of Inbetweeners star James Buckley, plus cameos from a host of comic perf…

Anastasia review – method in her madness by Luke Jennings

Royal Opera House, LondonFine performances lift this Royal Ballet revival of MacMillan’s strange ballet about the woman who claimed to be a lost RomanovIn 1967 Kenneth MacMillan choreograp…

Meet the Cast of ‘H.M.S. Pinafore’ at 2nd Star Productions: Part 1: Brian Binney by Joel Markowitz

In part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of 2nd Star Productions’ H.M.S. Pinafore, meet Brian Binney Joel: Where have local theatergoers seen you perform before on our local stage…

Review: ‘An Evening with Garrison Keillor’ at Strathmore by Wendi Winters

The Music Center at Strathmore was filled with nary an empty seat. The crowd was there to see – and listen to – their favorite National Public Radio star, 73 year-old 6 foot 3 inch Garri…

“The Brothers Size”: Mythological Masterpiece at Theatre Rhinoceros by Tyler Jeffreys

Millennial Notes McCraney’s Brothers Battle “Big Brother” by Tyler Jeffreys The Theatre Rhinoceros’ production of “The Brothers Size” presents a hot-blooded, choreographed drama,…

Review: ‘Delirium’ at EgoPo Classic Theater by Marley Boone

EgoPo Classic Theater is starting off their Russian Masters season with a mind bending production of Delirium, an adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov by Theatre O and Enda Walsh. The show f…

Opera Review: ‘Brides of Tortuga’ by Baltimore Rock Opera Society at Chesapeake Arts Center by Tucker Nelson

It became obvious upon arriving at the Chesapeake Arts Center that this wasn’t going to be a standard night of theatre. The front of house staff are all dressed as pirates, with some outsi…

Photos: Go Inside Bette Midler’s Annual Hulaween Bash by Monica Simoes

Bette Midler’s annual Hulaween Bash, benefiting the New York Restoration Project, was held October 28 at The Waldorf Astoria.

Spotlight On...Chana Porter by Michael Block

Name: Chana PorterHometown: Columbia, Maryland, Brooklyn since 2008 (and a little bit of Queens)Education: MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, MA in Playwriting from University of …

Janet McTeer & Liev Schreiber Seduce Us as Les Liaisons Dangereuses Officially Opens by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Sex, intrigue and betrayal are currently being served up eight shows a week at the Booth Theatre, where Tony winners Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber are leading Christopher Hampton’s L…

Opening Night: Janet McTeer and Liev Schreiber Return to Broadway in Les Liaisons Dangereuses

The acclaimed drama celebrates its opening tonight.

Review: ‘The Complete History of America (abridged) Special Election Edition! by The Reduced Shakespeare Company at Hylton Performing Arts Center by Chuck Leonard

Paul Revere may or may not have ridden through the countryside yelling, “The Redcoats are coming,” but given a quick horse and a heavily padded saddle, this reviewer is writing to annou…

Review:An A.R. Gurney Double Greekture Theater Show by Michael Block

By Michael Block To close out their long tenure at their space on White St., The Flea has offered a double showing of A.R. Gurney one acts that are thematically linked. Directed by Staf…

Kate Ceberano + Paul Grabowsky: Love Songs by Arts Review

Those attending the first of two sold out performances by Kate Ceberano and Paul Grabowsky in the expectation of hearing superb music-making by two consummate artists were not disappointed. …

Did You Know Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theatre Has a Ghost? by Robert Viagas

Onetime Ziegfeld Girl Olive Thomas has been actively haunting Aladdin’s theatre. Seriously.

Schools of the Stars: Where Les Liaisons Dangereuses Cast and Creators Went to College by Sarah Jane Arnegger

Where the full cast and creative team of the Broadway revival of Les Liaisons Dangereuses pursued their college studies.

New York Deaf Theatre’s “Visual-Physical” Adaptation of Titus Andronicus Begins by Michael Gioia

Performances are held at New York City’s Hudson Guild Theatre.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: October 30 by David Gewirtzman

Red Bull Theater’s Coriolanus Opens Tonight by Olivia Clement

The political drama by William Shakespeare stars Dion Johnstone, Patrick Page, and Stephen Spinella.

Jonathan Groff and More Honor Late Cabaret Singer Julie Wilson Today by Michael Gioia

The afternoon of songs and stories is held at Don’t Tell Mama.

Celebrate Matthew Morrison’s Birthday With a Photo Retrospective by Monica Simoes

Playbill.com is taking a look back at the Tony nominee’s stage career.

What Theatre Couple Got Together, Broke Up, and Got Married? by Whitney Spaner

Actor Lauren Marcus and composer Joe Iconis are on the second—and final!—round of their relationship.

2Do this week, Oct. 30-Nov. 5: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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