Review: ‘Sleeping Beauty: A Musical Panto’ at People’s Light by Deb Miller

The latest world-premiere offering at People’s Light, in its annual homage to the British holiday tradition of family-friendly musical-comedy entertainment, is a side-splitting reimagining…

‘In the white Rössl. Operetta by Ralph Benatzky’ at Volksoper Vienna by Hans Schneider

“In the white Rössl”- an operetta performance by Ralph Benatzky will be staged at Volksoper Vienna on the November 28, 2016.This operetta, perchance the most persisting operetta success…

James Baldwin, Onstage by Hilton Als

Throughout his career, James Baldwin had a hankering to work in show business. Like Henry James, one of his early heroes, Baldwin loved the footlights; early on, with his friend and editor S…

2017 Dance Massive program announced by Arts Review

The 2017 Dance Massive program features the full spectrum of choreographic forms with 20 productions – 12 of which are world premieres – from many of Australia’s most talked about danc…

2016 Sidney Myer Creative Fellows Announced by Arts Review

The prestigious Sidney Myer Creative Fellowships have been awarded to eight exceptional and courageous artists from across the Australia. Each Fellow is awarded a tax-free grant of $160,000 …

On the Couch with Chris Parker by Arts Review

Who is Chris Parker? I’m still working that out! I’m the father of two beautiful children, a partner to an incredible woman, and an artist that is still looking ways to define myself. Wh…

Queensland Ballet: The Nutcracker by Arts Review

After an absence of twenty-five years, Queensland Ballet returned to the Canberra Theatre, with their production of Ben Stevenson’s acclaimed version of The Nutcracker. This production was…

Watch Jimmy Fallon Give Jonathan Groff a Breathing Tip from Hamilton Mixtape by Robert Viagas

The Tonight Show host shares his technique for singing “You’'ll Be Back.”

New Company will see Rosalie Craig play show's hero Bobby as a female character

Composer Stephen Sondheim has given permission for an award-winning director to change the gender of the main character in his musical, Company, writes Baz Bamigboye.

Love-Triangle Trio Face Doomsday in Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘Children’: London Stage Review by Mark Beech

It’s the onset of doomsday and there is still a funny side.The backdrop of London’s latest hot ticket - Lucy Kirkwood’s new play “The Children” - gets pretty rapidly sketched in. T…

'Hamilton,' Trump, and the new culture war

It would be hard to name a work of popular art more emblematic of the Obama years than Hamilton. Long before it became an unstoppable Broadway sensation, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony- and Gramm…

Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe make stage debut in new run of Carousel

Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe have been selected as the leads for the new run of the musical Carousel, reveals Baz Bamigboye. Jenkins will play Julie Jordan and Boe will play Billy Bigelow.

What’s Yours is Mine by Arts Review

There’s a constant state of calamity throughout What’s Yours Is Mine. Scenes from a road trip are compressed and unreal, lasting barely a minute before shifting into longer passages of l…

Poppy Seed Festival – discussing What’s Yours is Mine with Simone French by Maddi Ostapiw

In our third interview exploring the shows involved in and ideas behind Melbourne’s Poppy Seed Theatre Festival, we chat to Simone French about Hotel Now’s What’s Yours Is …

James Monroe Iglehart ***** by Barry

James Monroe Iglehart at Feinstein’s/54 Below How the Heck Did I Get Here? By: Iris Wiener Not surprising that James Monroe Iglehart's show at 54 Below has some punch and flair, he won a T…

An Evening with Groucho by Arts Review

Frank Ferrante claims to have performed this show more than 3000 times in more than 400 cities around the world. More remarkable then, that his performance remains so fresh and engaging as h…

THE CHILDREN Royal Court, SW1 by Libby Purves

GUEST CRITIC LUKE JONES CHEERS KIRKWOOD AT THE COURT     The Children are the focus of this play,  in their absence. Instead we have The Pensioners. Parents and a non-parent sink…

The Children, Royal Court Theatre by Aleks.sierz

New drama about generational tension and nuclear disaster is metaphor-heavy and lacks energyOver the past decade, one new theme in particular has emerged in contemporary British new writing:…

Trench art tells a story of survival and resilience by Arts Review

For many Australians, our perceptions of the first world war and the foreign lands on which that war was fought have been shaped by our family’s war mementos: medals, uniforms, cigar cases…

Women in Australian Theatre: Lisa Campbell by Bec Caton

In 2016, 61% of mainstage Australian theatre works was written by men. 90% of international works programmed were written by men. This means that fewer than 30% of plays produced in Australi…

Gifts for the Discerning Theater Fan by Ben Brantley and Scott Heller

Simon McBurney’s hypnotic one-man show or Cate Blanchett’s daredevil acting? There are also cast albums like “Bright Star” and “A New Brain.”

Theater Listings for Nov. 25-Dec. 1

A critical guide to productions in New York City, including shows in previews.

Watch Hairspray Live! Thanksgiving Parade Performance by Robert Viagas

The cast did a specially staged performance of “You Can’t Stop the Beat.”

In Will Eno’s The Realistic Joneses, American family drama meets the Theatre of the Absurd by Robert Cushman

Robert Cushman: This isn’t one of those American plays in which family members yell at one another while pulling skeletons out of cupboards

Exclusive Photo Coverage: HAMILTON Kicks Off the Holiday Season with Carols For A Cure by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

The holiday season is not complete without the perfect music to accompany it. 'Broadway's Carols for a Cure' is the latest compilation album that embodies the spirit of the season like nothi…

Anya Rothman on Playing Mary Lennox in ‘The Secret Garden’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Joel Markowitz

Anya Rothman is playing the spunky Mary Lennox in Shakespeare Theatre Company’s The Secret Garden. She takes is on her journey. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell us how old you…

Billy Kelly Does Stand-Up You Can Take Your Kids To by Laurel Graeber

Mr. Kelly, who performs stand-up that some have found offensively clean, is celebrating his latest project, “My First Comedy Album,” in shows this weekend.

7 Theatrical Moments of 2016 to be Grateful For by Ruthie Fierberg

This Thanksgiving, Playbill.com recalls milestone moments for the theatre community.

Review: Alton Brown, a Mad Culinary Scientist in a Broadway Laboratory by Alexis Soloski

In “Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science,” the Food Network personality serves up a menu of challenging fare. Tequila and pumpkin spice liqueur with mouthwash, anyone?

YouTube Spiral: Kathleen Marshall from Spider Woman to In Transit

15 killer videos from Kathleen Marshall's three-time Tony Award-winning career.

Actor-playwright Daniel MacIvor on his connection to Spalding Gray by Brad Wheeler

Daniel MacIvor, the actor-playwright, explores in a one-man play his own dark connections with monologist who killed himself in 2004

Behind the Screens: Filmstruck SVP of Programming and Production, Charlie Tabesh by Jake Brandman, Jake Brandman

Welcome to “Behind the Screens” a new feature where we interview the people who make the decisions about what the most influential arthouse and indie theaters in New York and beyond put …

Greta Hodgkinson celebrates 25th anniversary at National Ballet by Brad Wheeler

On Nov. 26, during the evening performance, Hodgkinson will be honoured as she dances opposite Guillaume Côté as Eugene Onegin

On the Scene: What Are You Most Thankful For? Theatre Fans Weigh In! by Randy Rainbow

Thanksgiving has arrived and theatre lovers are counting their blessings. Below,Randy Rainbow is on the scene in the theatre districtto check in with ordinary fans like you

Disney’s ‘Moana’ Surpasses ‘Frozen’ in Pre-Thanksgiving Box Office by Cara Buckley

The studio’s new animated movie did better on Wednesday, its first day of release, than Disney’s blockbuster did upon its debut in the same period in 2013.

What does it mean to be Christian? A play at a Jewish theater explores it. by Peter Marks

Lucas Hnath’s play gets its regional premiere at Theater J.

Watch Maddie Baillio, Ariana Grande, Kristin Chenoweth & the Cast of Hairspray Live! Perform by Lindsey Sullivan

Happy Thanksgiving, Broadway fans! Before you begin the epic eat-athon and catch up with the family, be sure to watch the cast of Hairspray Live! dish out a superbly dancey performance durin…

Blog: Where Do Little Birds Go? Why violence against women is as relevant today as in 1960s London by Sarah Meadows

Where Do Little Birds Go? depicts the story of Lucy Fuller, lately arrived in London, and swiftly drawn into a world of violence and exploitation when she attracts the attention of the notor…

Call Me Madame: Backstage at Wicked with Sheryl Lee Ralph, Episode 1: Welcome! by Broadway.com

Wicked star Sheryl Lee Ralph kicks off her new vlog by chatting with her co-stars backstage at the Gershwin Theatre.

The Nutcracker, Royal Opera House, London, review: This revival comes up as bright as the gilding on the Christmas angel's wings by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

The Royal Ballet celebrates Peter Wright's 90th birthday with his magical production of the classical ballet danced to Tchaikovsky's score

Thanksgiving, the Broadway Way by New York Theater

The cast of The Humans posed for this photograph, which pays homage to Norman Rockwell’s painting Freedom From Want: The Humans takes place on Thanksgiving. I don’t think it̵…

BWW TV: Check out the New Extended Promo for HAIRSPRAY LIVE! by BroadwayWorld TV

NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE will air Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8 p.m. ETPT and will originate from Los Angeles. The all-star cast includesHarvey FiersteinasEdna Turnblad,Jennifer Hudsonas Motormouth Mab…

Hear Ashanti and Ja Rule's 'Helpless’ from The Hamilton Mixtape and Feel Your Heart Go Boom by Halle Kiefer

Per Lin-Manuel Miranda's Twitter, Ashanti and Ja Rule's version of "Helpless" from The Hamilton Mixtape technically officially drops at midnight tonight, but thanks to the Internet…

Come From Away finds joy in the darkness: review by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

The big-hearted, thoroughly enjoyable new musical celebrates the kindness of humble Newfoundlanders who welcomed thousands of travelers stranded on Sept. 11, 2001.

Half a Sixpence extends West End run by two months by Matthew Hemley

Half a Sixpence has extended its run in the West End by two months. The musical, running at the Noel Coward Theatre

Photos: Exclusive first look: Arthur Darvill's new Fantastic Mr Fox

Check out production images of the new adaptation of Roald Dahl's book

Theatre News: World premiere of Howard Barker play in Print Room new season

Kathryn Hunter, Bill Buckhurst and Russell Maliphant also feature in the Notting Hill venue's 2017 programme

‘Fences’ Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson on Working With Denzel Washington by Tim Gray

Stephen McKinley Henderson stars with Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in “Fences,” which opens Christmas Day. He and most of the principals — including Washington, who directed the f…

Half A Sixpence Extends to April 2017 by Editorial Staff

By Editorial Staff Following rave reviews for the new production of Half A Sixpence and its incredible leading man Charlie Stemp, producer Cameron Mackintosh announced today that the show wo…

How Are You Having Your ‘Turkey Lurkey’? by Matthew Wexler

  Our favorite turkey-themed musical number of all time (are there any others?)! Three ways…    

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! by Sandi Durell

      Time to enjoy what we have and put aside all differences and negatives. “Come together right now . . . ” Theater Pizzazz is thankful to have all of you, our�…

Man in Snow by Joel Benjamin

"Man in Snow" begins and ends in tragedy. In between there is an insightful, sometimes banal, study of a middle-aged man, David (an awesomely complex Will Lyman), his bumpy relationship wit…

GREEN TEA – Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Nightmarish: Scary and well-thought out, Sophie Good's adaptation of the short Victorian horror story Green Tea finds suitable resonances in contemporary Edinburgh.

VIDEO: Watch the Cast of HAIRSPRAY LIVE Perform on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade by Stage Tube

Check out the video of the cast of HAIRSPRAY LIVE performing on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade below

What's Playing on Broadway: Thanksgiving Weekend Edition! by BroadwayWorld

If your Thanksgiving Week plans include taking in a Broadway show, please take notice of the special holiday schedule for the rest of this holiday weekend. Many shows will take Thanksgiving …

Now streaming: four of the best artist documentaries

Films’ subjects include Peggy Guggenheim and a Chinese firework artist

NEWS: Half a Sixpence starring Charlie Stemp extends West End booking to April 2017 by Press Releases

Following rave reviews for both the show and its leading man Charlie Stemp, Cameron Mackintosh announced today that booking for the Cameron Mackintosh and Chichester Festival Theatre product…

A star is born: Half a Sixpence with Charlie Stemp extends in West End

Newcomer Charlie Stemp is now officially a West End star after rave reviews for the London transfer of HALF A SIXPENCE this past week. And the show - reworked by Cameron Mackintosh, book wri…

The Babylon Line by Doug Marino

Richard Greenberg has penned yet another fascinating character study - this time 1960's Long Island - Levittown, specifically.  There's quite a storied history to Levittown and apparent…

Production news round-up: November 16 to 22 by David Hutchison

Musicals A new musical about troubled charity Kids Company will head up the Donmar Warehouse’s new season. Artistic director Josie Rourke has

Photo Flash: Christopher Jackson, Regina Spektor, Tony Bennett at the Thanksgiving Day Parade

Check out these highlights from the annual Macy's holiday event, shot from our office windows.

The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Steven Morris

The post The Beauty Queen of Leenane appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

THE UNMARRIED – Camden People’s Theatre by Jonathan Baz

The Unmarried is an originally styled production that attempts to break down barriers and cross into a more modern, urban side of musical theatre.

William Smith wins £10k Wales Drama award by Matthew Hemley

This year’s £10,000 Wales Drama award has been presented to writer William Smith. The biennial award is a collaboration between BBC Cymru

Stratford East stages European premiere of Bubbly Black Girl...

Theatre Royal Stratford East's 2017 season will include the European premiere of The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Kirsten Childs' award-winning musical about a young black gir…

Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales review – racy drag just in time for Christmas by Brian Logan

Soho theatre, London‘America’s Next Drag Superstar’ presents Unwrapped, a tinsel-fringed riot of inappropriate Santa gags, Miley Cyrus covers and jaundiced humourJinkx Monsoon, the 201…

New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth, appoints Scott Ramsay chief executive by David Hutchison

Portsmouth’s New Theatre Royal has appointed Scott Ramsay as its new chief executive. Ramsay has been director of Harlow Playhouse for the

Think about this while you’re watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

It’s a tradition. People wake up and turn on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. How many people? How about 22.3 million! MILLION! And you know what’s amazing about those k…

Photo Flash: The Humans Celebrates Thanksgiving With a Norman Rockwell-Style Family Portrait

Stephen Karam's play runs at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.

Cirque du Soleil changes formula with ‘Toruk: The First Flight’

Cirque du Soleil has to be one of the most successful marriages of alternative art and commerce ever. Formed in 1984, the group of Canadian street artists deconstructed the traditional ̷…

A rare chance to see the global artistic view of Sarah Flohr

“The path of painting is narrow but its destinations are wide and expansive.” This opening line of Sarah Flohr’s statement about her work at the Shimo Center for the Arts … Click…

Jonathan Groff, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy's Loud Lungs Serenade You With a Little Bit of Hamilton's 'You'll Be Back’ by Halle Kiefer

The Hamilton Mixtape doesn't drop until December 2, but the show's King George III Jonathan Groff and the mixtape's King George III Jimmy Fallon joined forces last night to give you a sneak …

Happy Thanksgiving from The Humans! The Cast Recreates Norman Rockwell Portrait by Lindsey Sullivan

Thanksgiving is a day full of deliciousness...and the dysfunction that comes with gathering the whole family together. The cast of Stephen Karam's Tony-winning, deeply moving play The Hu…

THE COMEDY ABOUT A BANK ROBBERY – West End by Emma Clarendon

Mischief Theatre’s world domination continues with this hilarious and occasionally dark comedy about a bank heist gone wrong, which LoveLdnLoveCulture revisited recently.

Box Office: Disney’s ‘Moana’ Tops Thanksgiving Eve Ticket Sales With $15.7 Million by Brent Lang

Disney’s “Moana” topped the Thanksgiving eve box office, picking up $15.7 million in its first full day of release, and leaving the competition in its wake. The animated ad…

The Nutcracker, Royal Opera House, London — review

Peter Wright’s production is an enduring, endearing staging of a masterpiece

Theater Review: Review: A New ‘42nd Street’ Opens in Paris by Roslyn Sulcas

With precise dancing and ingenious special effects, Stephen Mear’s production offers a diversion from reality.

Review: ‘The Nutcracker’ by the Cincinnati Ballet at The Kennedy Center by Julia Hurley

We know the holiday season is upon us when theaters around the country begin to put on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s classic The Nutcracker. The Cincinnati Ballet’s production at The Kenned…

The Heiress review at the Gate Theatre, Dublin – ‘sprightly but predictable’ by Chris McCormack

An oil painting dominates the stage. The graceful woman it portrays, with her controlled smile and fashionable curls, is the accomplished mother

Hot Clip of the Day: Addams Family Values Serves Up Thanksgiving Silliness

Nothing says Thanksgiving like Pugsley Addams.

Theatre News: Emma Donoghue's Room to be adapted for the stage

Cora Bissett will direct and provide new music alongside Scottish songwriter Kathryn Joseph

Stage adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s Room to premiere next year by Matthew Hemley

Emma Donoghue is adapting her book Room for the stage, with the production premiering at the Theatre Royal Stratford East next year.

Photo Flash: THE HUMANS Poses for Thanksgiving Family Portrait by BroadwayWorld

To celebrate Thanksgiving, the award-winning ensemble of the reigning Tony Award-winning Best Play, The Humans, posed for a commemorative family portrait in the style of Norman Rockwell's ic…

Cast of The Humans Celebrates Thanksgiving with Norman Rockwell-Style Family Portrait by Andrew Gans

The Tony-winning Stephen Karam play is set at a family dinner on Thanksgiving.

Essential Arts & Culture: The 'Hamilton' ruckus, Baryshnikov's tribute, SoCal's architectural temple by Carolina A. Miranda

A face-off between Broadway and a president-elect. A tribute to the seminal Vaslav Nijinsky. And a look at the masterful architecture of Louis Kahn. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer o…

NEWS: Print Room mounts four world premieres in 2017, Princess Eugenie becomes patron by Press Releases

Artistic Director Anda Winters today announces Print Room at the Coronet’s next season of work in its new, permanent home. The Spring/Summer 2017 programme, in Notting Hill’s reinvigorat…

The 2016 Playbill Holiday Gift Guide by Logan Culwell-Block

Need the perfect gift for a Broadway super fan? Playbill has you covered.

Maddie Baillio Talks Playing Tracy Turnblad, Which Hairspray Live! Co-Star Makes Her Geek Out & More by Broadway.com

Age: 20 Hometown: League City, TX Current Role: Following in the footsteps of Hairspray Tony winner Marissa Jaret Winokur and original film star Ricki Lake, Maddie Baillio adds her ow…

NEWS: Stage adaptation of Oscar winner room premieres in new Stratford East season by Press Releases

Artistic Director of Theatre Royal Stratford East, Kerry Michael today announces the theatre’s forthcoming Spring/Summer 2017 season. In-house productions include the world premiere stage …

AN INSPECTOR CALLS – West End by Jonathan Baz

Timeless and yet innovative, Stephen Daldry’s production of An Inspector Calls is a treat as the director reprises his bold take on JB Priestley’s famed work. Ian MacNeil’s dynamic and…

Tomorrow on TCM: Fred and Ginger Movies! by Trav S.D.

Tomorrow on Turner Classic Movies: Most of the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies: 6:30am (EST): Roberta (1935) The original Broadway stage production (with songs by Jerome Kern and Otto…

Films of Fields #10: Two Flaming Youths by Trav S.D.

We’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest.  For a full list upcoming live Fields Fest e…

Watch: Lin-Manuel Miranda sings an ode to his favorite Disney musical

He's seen it a “ba-jillion” times.        

Ghosts review – Niamh Cusack is outstanding in intense Ibsen by Alfred Hickling

Home, ManchesterSeemingly located in the only fjord in range of Weatherfield, Polly Findlay’s powerful revival features some fine performancesWhen Ibsen’s Ghosts was first produced in Lo…

Santa meets Vegas: 40 years of the Thursford Christmas Spectacular by Nick Smurthwaite

Norfolk is not a county you normally associate with seasonal glamour and excess, yet it plays host to two of the UK’s

The Archive: How Buried Child dug at roots of US family trees by Tim Bano

Back in 1979, US producer Alexander Cohen observed: “The theater is going in a different direction. Buried Child just won the Pulitzer

International: How seasonal celebrations play out on the world’s stages by Thom Dibdin

While UK theatres spend their Christmas season giving their audiences villains to boo, heroes to cheer and comedians to laugh at, theatres

‘Art vs Wild’ at Christian Berst Art Brut Gallery, Paris by Paul Durand

The christian berst art brut is presenting an exhibition titled “ART vs WILD”, a selection of works by five Belgian artists presenting a handicap, which will be on display till Novmeber …

JEKYLL & HYDE – Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Split decision: Splendidly sung and with some excellent dancing, this Edinburgh production of Jekyll & Hyde – The Musical is a little deficient in both thrills and laughs.

Blogs: Gary Owen: Sherman is the most important new writing theatre in Wales

The writer of Iphigenia in Splott and the upcoming Killology explains why the Sherman Theatre in Wales is so important to playwrights

What The Commons Stands For by [email protected] (jamie)

By HowlRound. Read the community responses to our questions, “What do you stand for? What does your art stand for?”

BWW's On This Day - November 24, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Review Roundup: COME FROM AWAY Opens in Toronto by Review Roundups

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…

Five reasons (besides Amber Riley!) to see Dreamgirls by Emma Clarendon

As previews continue for Casey Nicholaw’s much-anticipate production of Dreamgirls at the Savoy Theatre, Love London Love Culture looks at why you need to see this musical…

Film review: Allied — ‘A clichéd romp’

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard star in this dialogue-heavy wartime melodrama

Film review: Paterson — ‘Nirvana’

Jim Jarmusch’s teasing movie is set in a blissed-out town in New Jersey

Film review: A United Kingdom — ‘Righteous’

A fascinating episode from Britain’s imperial history becomes a disappointing film

Film review: Creepy/The Wailing

Two films from Japan and South Korea deliver macabre fun and demented diabolism

Ronald Harwood: ‘I’ve stopped going to the theatre – it’s too political’ by Matthew Hemley

Playwright Ronald Harwood has claimed too many plays are lecturing audiences, revealing that he avoids seeing most shows because of the “political

Eastleigh’s Point and Berry theatres appoint Sacha Lee as artistic director by David Hutchison

The Point and Berry theatres in Eastleigh, Hampshire, have appointed creative producer Sacha Lee as their new artistic director. Lee has been

Doncaster theatre aims for UK first with sign language panto character by David Hutchison

A pantomime in Doncaster is to feature a character who will provide sign language at every performance, in what is being hailed

Jimmy Teaches Jonathan Groff a Breathing Technique for Hamilton's "You'll Be Back" by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Almanac: Thoreau on gratitude by Terry Teachout

“I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite,—only a sense of existence.” Henry David Thoreau, l…

Big bang, smaller space: 'Stomp' makes for a cool night out by Chris Jones

How long has "Stomp" been kicking around? Longer than you think, I'll wager. This fusion of street-wise performance and percussion has been banging all over the world now for more than 22 ye…

Bechdel Theatre to create production based on women’s conversations by Matthew Hemley

Bechdel Theatre, the campaign that aims to improve the representation of women on stage, has launched an initiative that will see real-life

Ghosts review at Home, Manchester – ‘bold and provocative’ by Roger Foss

The f-word was never part of Henrik Ibsen’s dramatic vocabulary. Not even in the murky truth-seeking world of Ghosts, in which he

Review: Catch Me, Arts Theatre by Connie Stride

“Last week he was here and now he’s just not.” Catch Me, a new musical, encapsulates both brilliantly and tragically, the shattering effect suicide can have on those left behind. Creat…

Text of the Day: The Red Barn by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

Thanksgiving Visions of Some Classic Comedians by Trav S.D.

Filed under: Comedians, Comedy, Comedy Teams, HOLIDAYS/ FESTIVALS/ MEMORIALS/ PARADES, Laurel and Hardy, Thanksgiving, Three Stooges, W.C. Fields Tagged: Chester Conklin, Laurel and Hardy, p…

Putting Words in Your Mouth review at Roundhouse, London – ‘unsettling and complicated’ by Tom Wicker

Putting Words in Your Mouth is a verbatim show that gets messier and more complicated the more you grapple with it –

Review: Review: Putting Words in Your Mouth (Roundhouse)

Scottee's latest piece at the Roundhouse looks at whether tolerance can extend to intolerance

Review: Review: Ghosts (HOME, Manchester)

Polly Findlay directs this new take on Ibsen's classic starring Niamh Cusack

Blogs: I'm with Imelda: People shouldn't munch in the theatre

Sarah Crompton applauds Imleda Staunton's call for food to be banned in theatres

Before the Thanksgiving Day Parade Passes By, Find Out Who to Watch on What Channel! by BroadwayWorld

America's favorite holiday tradition will once again kick off the season of joy as the 90th Annual MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE returns to march down the streets of New York today.

Broadway's 'Humans' channel Norman Rockwell for Thanksgiving by Joe Dziemianowicz

It’s the new Norman.

Today on Broadway: Tony and Pulitzer Prize Winner Robert Schenkkan by Matt Tamanini

Listen: Tony & Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Schenkkan discusses “All the Way,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” and his missed opportunity with Alexander Hamilton. “Today …

'Use all the tricks you can': the directors' guide to making panto magic by Matt Trueman

It’s crucial for the theatre’s coffers and must entertain audiences of all ages. No pressure then … Panto veteran Susie McKenna and rookie Ellen McDougall on staging a festive spectacu…

The Nutcracker review at Royal Opera House – ‘fresh and reinvigorated’ by Neil Norman

Nutcrackers come and Nutcrackers go but the Royal Ballet’s version is a hardy perennial. Peter Wright’s version of Lev Ivanov’s original 1892

Review: Mocketh the Weak, Canal Café Theatre by Jessica Handscomb

The premise of Mocketh the Weak is promising – a faux game show featuring Shakespeare’s most famous fools, competing in a battle of wits and sharp tongues. It received some posit…

NEWS: West End cast announced for The Kite Runner stage premiere by Emma Clarendon

Final casting, in addition to star Ben Turner, has been confirmed for the West End premiere of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, playing at the Wyndham’s Theatre from 21 December 2016 u…

Best Bets: Wild Lights, D.L. Hughley, Christmas Traditions, 'Buyer and Cellar' and more by Go! Magazine Staff

Our staff picks the best things to do this week — with a look ahead.

Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation names a new director by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Amy Scheers will succeed Kathryn Ballard

Michael Harrison: ‘It’s a big job. I don’t have any hobbies. Producing is all I do’ by Mark Shenton

Good theatre producers need to know how to juggle plenty of balls simultaneously. They also need to know the nuts and bolts

Paul Vale: Panto has evolved, and that’s why it continues to grow by Paul Vale

Whatever your thoughts on its place in the theatrical calendar, the annual pantomime is big business. If it wasn’t making money for

How pantomime contributes to the British theatre economy by David Brownlee

As the offspring of immigrants and a first generation Brit, I never really got my head around pantomime as a child. It

The Editor’s View: Touting is a leech on theatre – but it’s hard to stop by Alistair Smith

Here’s the awkward truth about ticket touting: it only happens because producers are underpricing their tickets. If producers were offering tickets at

Imelda Staunton reveals 2018 Broadway plans for Gypsy by Georgia Snow

Imelda Staunton has revealed that the London production of Gypsy is being lined up for a Broadway run in 2018. Speaking as

Lighting, sound and technical: The gift of sound and vision by Promoted Content

The UK is rightly world famous for its stage and film technicians and suppliers. Here is a selection of the services available:

Oskar Schlemmer's ballet of geometry – in pictures by Guardian Staff

With his geometric costumes and revolutionary spirit, Schlemmer hauled ballet into the age of modernism. A new exhibition celebrates his wild designs Continue reading...

Theater Review: FINDING NEVERLAND (National Tour at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago) by Lawrence Bommer

A HIGHLY ORGANIZED ENCHANTMENT Playwright Alan Knee called Sir J. M. Barrie “the man who was Peter Pan.” If so, it was an author’s compensation as much as creativity. James Barrie was …

Howard Sherman: A few thoughts to add to the Hamilton debate by Howard Sherman

Almost a week later, is there anything more that needs to be said about the contretemps between America’s president-elect and the Broadway

Mark Shenton: My ‘forced’ apology is really bad news by Mark Shenton

I know full well that my work is not immune to controversy. But I am usually aware when I am likely to

Paul Clayton: Peter? Dinky? Please just get my name right by Paul Clayton

One of the most pressing problems when I was at drama school in the mid-1970s wasn’t how to get to the heart

Maggie Brown: Is Netflix’s royal drama to blame for TV audience slump? by Maggie Brown

At a TV conference, a senior executive speculated about a drop of two million in the TV audience from November 4-6, which coincided with the

‘The Magic Flute. Opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’ at Volksoper, Vienna by Hans Schneider

“The Magic Flute”- an opera show by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will be staged at Volksoper Vienna on the 26th of November 2016.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is known to have generated a piece of …

Merce Cunningham at the Saville Theatre - archive, 24 November 1966 by James Kennedy

24 November 1966: The choreography is silly-simple stuff, visually awkward sometimes but never requiring more than meagre technical accomplishment by its performersMerce Cunningham and his l…

Special Reports: 9 Theater People We Are Thankful For

These are the actors, directors, and designers we're giving thanks for this November.

Theater News: Catch Broadway Performances at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Stars from NBC's upcoming Hairspray Live! are set to appear.

Monica Goes Back to Iowa: Day One by Monica Reida

I haven’t been to Iowa in five years. I’m sure if I sat down with a therapist, I can find some deep reason as to why I have managed to not visit the state I’m from, but I c…

Inside the new Heath Robinson Museum

Plucky British eccentricity is reflected in a varied collection of the cartoonist’s work

Celebrate Thanskgiving with Ben Vereen at Feinstein's/54 Below Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, will celebrate Thanksgiving with special prix fixe menu from Executive Chef Lynn Bound. Tonight, November 24, indulge in a festive Thanksgiving f…

UNSINKABLE OPTIMISM by Jessica Branch

Sutton Foster shines in this striking, thoughtful, stripped-down production.

Broadway Shows Take Center Stage at 90th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by Andrew Gans

Performances from Broadway productions will be seen on both the NBC and CBS broadcasts of the annual event.

Playbill Vault's Today In Theatre History: November 24 by David Gewirtzman

Sutton Foster and Christian Borle Get Silly Talking About Stage v. Screen by Ruthie Fierberg

On the set of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, the two-time Tony winners tell Playbill.com about working in the theatre versus the backlot.

Why the Gilmore Girls Choreographer Loves Working with Sutton Foster by Ruthie Fierberg

Marguerite Derricks worked with the Tony winner on Bunheads and reunites for the Netflix series.

Playbill Mixtape: Holiday Edition by Ruthie Fierberg

Have yourself a merry little holiday season as Broadway stars sing your soundtrack to winter.

How the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Gave Birth to In the Heights by Ruthie Fierberg

On this Throwback Thursday, Playbill.com uncovers the earliest stages of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Tony-winning work.