Fringe World to delight in 2017 by Arts Review

In what has fast become a Perth summer institution, the 2017 Fringe World Festival kicked off over the weekend offering Westralians the opportunity to escape the everyday and soak up Perth�…

Shakespeare on Trump by Tracey Paleo

Far from dealing with “alternative facts, ” the Bard dealt with eternal truths.  Any other quotes come to mind? The post Shakespeare on Trump appeared first on Footlights.

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 1/21-1/22/2017

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, January 22, 2017 - Sunday, January 22, 2017.

Jaga Jazzist at Roundhouse, London by Blouin Artinfo

The experimental jazz band from Norway Jaga Jazzist will perform live at Roundhouse, London, on January 27, 2017.The band rose to fame when BBC named their second album ‘A Livingroom Hush�…

SEE IT: Bruce Springsteen supports Women’s March by Kate Feldman

The Boss has your back.

“Don Pasquale” Delights at Island City Opera, Alameda by Robert M. Gardner

Talented Singers Update Donizetti’s Comic Opera by Robert M. Gardner What makes a complete life?  This age old dilemma is the central question of this little gem of a production of Donize…

Intersection Of Black Comedy And Tragic Compassion Suffuses ‘Between Riverside And Crazy’ by Bill Hirschman

Quirky denizens of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Between Riverside and Crazy strive to find second chances in GableStage's production.

The Great American Drama at A.R.T. New York Theatres by Sandi Durell

  By Eric J. Grimm     The New York Neo-Futurists continue a decades-long tradition of breakneck theatrical experiments with The Great American Drama, a constantly evolving me…

Review: Orange Julius

Basil Kreimendahl's new play brings Vietnam to suburban Massachusetts.

SNL takes on Chicago the Musical: “Roxie” becomes “Conway”, as in Kellyanne Conway by Scotty Zacher

In Saturday Night Live's parody of Chicago the Musical’s “Roxie”, Kellyanne Conway (played by Kate McKinnon) reveals the real reason she joined Donald Trump's campaign. Hilarious!

Review: An ‘Orange Julius’ Bond Is Complicated by Laura Collins-Hughes

Memory, gender and fantasy blend in this play about a Vietnam veteran and his offspring.

Review: ‘The Oregon Trail’ Traverses Tough Terrain in Two Different Eras by Alexis Soloski

This play by Bekah Brunstetter (“Oohrah!”) follows a teenager in the 1990s through early adulthood, and a pioneer girl in the 1800s. Both are named Jane.

Engeman Theater Full Monty Opens Jan. 21 by Robert Viagas

Brent Michael DiRoma toplines the production at the Long Island venue.

Review: The Oregon Trail

A computer game comes to life in this new play from This Is Us producer Bekah Brunstetter.

Review: The Temperamentals (About Face Theatre) by Lauren Whalen

The sad irony regarding The Temperamentals is how achingly relevant it feels today. Though Playwright Jon Marans' acclaimed off-Broadway play takes place in the early 1950s, many themes ring…

Bruce Springsteen says the "new resistance" against Trump has begun

SYDNEY (Reuters) - American rock star Bruce Springsteen, who supported Hillary Clinton during the recent presidential election campaign, said on Sunday his band joins a global "new resistanc…

Newly independent Brisbane Queer Film Festival announces 2017 program by Arts Review

A sizzling selection of the best and most diverse queer films from Australia and around the world will screen in Brisbane from 10 – 19 March 2017 for the newly independent Brisbane Queer F…

Providence, RI

Providence, RI Off Off Broadway, Nightdrive Productions at The Tank Reviewed by Taylor Black BOTTOM LINE: Hometowns are weird and beautiful. This is a weird, beautiful show about a hometow…

Midsumma: Dolly Di*mond’s Bl*nkety Bl*nks by Anne-Marie Peard

I’m not going to beat around the bush. Dolly Di*mond’s Bl*nkety Bl*nks is a hot mess – but it’s the funniest and most delightful hot mess you’ll ever see. And speaking of bush,…

People You Should Know . . . Christina Carrafiell by Zack Calhoon

Christina Carrafiell-Born to American parents but raised in London, Christina Carrafiell first shot to prominence as an actor when, at the age of 11, she starred as Laura in the movie adapta…

THE GREAT AMERICAN DRAMA - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

"Democracy," quipped H.L. Mencken, "is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

Review: ‘Constellations’ at The Wilma Theater by Tim Dunleavy

In Constellations, what happens is just as important as what might have happened. Nick Payne’s play concerns two young people who meet, fall in love, quarrel, break up, reunite, get engage…

Next Wave announces Kickstart Helix artists by Arts Review

Australia’s leading artist development organisation Next Wave has announced the latest cohort of participants in its prestigious and highly competitive development program, Kickstart Helix…

Buried Alive by Hugh Iglarsh

Review: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at NextStop Theatre Company by David Siegel

Zestful. Savvy. Crafty. Satisfying — Director Abigail Isaac Fine’s feisty NextStop production of Shakespeare’s battle-of-wits, romantic-comedy Much Ado About Nothing is a stimula…

Circus 1903 – Sydney Opera House by Cassie Tongue

Going to the circus is, for many, a thrilling experience: nostalgia, loud noises, death-defying acts… while sitting in the front row and having popcorn lobbed in your face by the ringm…

LA LA LAND Surprise Winner at London Critics' Awards by Julie Musbach

According to Variety, this year's hit big screen musical LA LA LAND met with surprising results at the London Critics' Awards. Winner of five Golden Globe awards including Best Musical or Co…

BroadwayCon Faces Dispute With Actors’ Equity Association by Andrew R. Chow

The union is asking its members not to perform at BroadwayCon until an agreement is reached.

Q&A: Meet 'Roxanne, Roxanne' breakout Chante Adams by Lindsey Bahr

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) -- Actress Chante Adams had just graduated from Carnegie Mellon University when she got a call from a casting agent who wanted her to audition to be the lead in t…

Top Trumps podcast: What can we do next as progressives? by Terri Paddock

The best antidote to hopelessness has got to be action. That’s what I have kept reminding myself over the past few months, and what I recited almost mantra-like on Friday afternoon as…

Linda Bassett: sharing a fenland cottage with Caryl Churchill changed my career by Linda Bassett

Continuing our series in which actors write about pivotal moments, Linda Bassett explains why a series of workshops in rural Norfolk opened up a new world of theatre for herWorking with Cary…

Tilt Kids Festival Returns With 8 Premieres by Joshua Barone

This event, a collaboration between the French Institute Alliance Française and Cultural Services, will run from March 4 through April 16.

STAGE TUBE: Brian Stokes Mitchell Sings Touching America The Beautiful Plus RAGTIME by Stage Tube

Watch Brian Stokes Mitchell stunning January 20th performance of at Concert for America. Stokes Mitchell started with a touching rendition of America the Beautiful, then transitioned into hi…

Bruce Springsteen on Women's March: 'We Are the New American Resistance' by Karen Brill

Touring with the E Street Band in Australia, Bruce Springsteen couldn't show his support for the Women's March in person. Even from across the world, though, the Boss made it clear that his …

CD Reviews: Jerusalem Quartet plays Bartók and Heath Quartet plays Tchaikovsky by Jonathan Blumhofer

Jerusalem Quartet's Bartók is more elegant than hard-edged; Heath Quartet's Tchaikovsky is vigorous and sweeping.

Margo Price, Islington Assembly Hall, London

The Nashville singer’s songs document her struggles and tribulations

London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, London

Simon Rattle’s programme included a moving new piece by Mark-Anthony Turnage

Carmen, Metropolitan Opera, New York

A production of Bizet’s opera hit by withdrawals was an unexpected success

The Convert, Gate Theatre, London

A powerful drama set in 1890s Zimbabwe examines the role of faith, belief and custom

London Critics’ Awards: ‘La La Land’ Comes Out on Top, Isabelle Huppert Doubles Up by Guylodge

The London Film Critics' Circle tends to share the love between multiple films in any given year, but their affections were even more split than usual tonight.

'Bad Jews' is comic and cutting at Cygnet by James Hebert

It seems just a throwaway phrase, uttered at the top of “Bad Jews” with a shrug and a smile: “Feelings, right?” Ah yes, feelings — those cute little things that wind up biting peop…

Considering Voiceover – via Kate Benson’s [Porto] at the Bushwick Starr by Dan O'Neil

Benson’s voiceover technique does all the good stuff and almost none of the bad stuff that you usually get from utilizing a narrator in the theater.

Bright Stars, Big Sky by Kevin Greene

Review: Aaron Tveit at The Barns at Wolf Trap by Guest Author

by Quynh Tran Aaron Tveit returns to his Broadway roots on Saturday evening during his debut at the Wolf Trap. Tveit (Next to Normal, Grease Live!) has not performed on a Broadway stage sinc…

What I learned in four years at the helm of the arts by Peter Bazalgette

The departing head of Arts Council England reflects on the thrill of artistic magnificenceThere used to be a rather sterile, self-regarding debate in the arts world between the “arts-for-a…

#BroadwayStrong Comes Out In Support of Women's March by Alan Henry

Broadway came out in full force during the Women's march - with much of the community marching in NYC and others having made the trip to Washington. Marches were held around the world Sunday…

Exclusive Podcast: 'Behind the Curtain' Welcomes Broadway Stalwart Jim Walton by Behind The Curtain

Rob and Kevin will bring some sunshine into your wintry days with one of Broadway's most well respected actors, Jim Walton MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, CRAZY FOR YOU, THE MUSIC MAN. Jim pulls back…

Golden Globe Takes Center Stage With Diverse Lineup Of Nominations by Rino16

Over the past ten years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revitalized the Golden Globes from a third tier wanna be awards ceremony into a top flight event that rivals the Academy Awar…

The Women’s March in NYC by Trav S.D.

My experience of the Women’s March in NYC was both unremarkable (i.e., “not unique to me”) and completely remarkable (i.e., “I’ve never experienced anything lik…

John Legend Responds to Paparazzi ‘Monkey’ Attack: ‘Dehumanization Has Always Been a Method of Racism’ (Watch) by Elizabeth Wagmeister

John Legend has never been one to stand down. Earlier this week, the Grammy and Oscar-winning musician experienced racially charged harassment by a paparazzi when he was with his wife, Chri…

Oh, Goodbye! Flashback Through OH, HELLO's Broadway Run by Marissa Sblendorio

Today, January 22nd, 2017,the Broadway premiere of OH, HELLO on BROADWAY, starringthe two hottest voices in comedy today, Nick Kroll Comedy Central's 'Kroll Show' and John Mulaney Netflix's …

Interview: Meet the Cast of ‘Loves and Hours’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse. Part 5: Heather Warren by Joel Markowitz

In part five of a series of interviews with the cast of Loves and Hours, meet Heather Warren. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform on the stage…

Spotlight On...Holly Payne-Strange by Michael Block

Name: Holly Payne-StrangeHometown: London, UKEducation: Aberystwyth University, Harvard extensionFavorite Credits: Five Flights at the  Davenport Theater, for the amazing, dedicated and…

Jitney Review: August Wilson’s First on Broadway at Last by New York Theater

Eleven years after his death, playwright August Wilson answers Donald Trump’s bleak depiction of “inner cities,” with “Jitney,” the first play Wilson wrote in his ten-play American…

If I Forget: From the Playwright by Steven Levenson

If I Forget began for me with a question – what does it mean to be an American Jew at the beginning of the twenty-first century? I wanted to write a play that could explore the ways in whi…

In 'Blues,' finding their own paths through the Harlem Renaissance by Chris Jones

There is one consistent quality in the work of director Ron OJ Parson, the man behind the Court Theatre revival of Pearl Cleage's "Blues for an Alabama Sky," to value above all else right no…

Theater Review: “Trick or Treat” — A Domestic Horror Show by Arts Fuse Editor

A less skilled playwright might have gone for the obvious and focused on mercy-killing and the ravages of Alzheimer’s.

Film Review: “Silence” — Martin Scorsese’s Mute Spiritual Odyssey by Arts Fuse Editor

Did Martin Scorsese want this film about religious faith to reverberate so faintly, to make its point through such awkward stillness?

This Week on Broadway for January 22, 2017: Jitney by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Jitney, The Great American Drama, The Oregon Trail, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Carouse…

Playwright of Trump Satire Jon Robin Baitz Assaulted by Trump Supporter by Julie Musbach

According to Vanity Fair, Playwright Jon Robin Baitz was assaulted by a Trump supporter in Washington, DC on Friday night. Baitz was in town to participate in the women's march on the 21st, …

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — January 22 by Arts Fuse Editor

An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Watch “Kellyanne Conway” Cover Chicago’s “Roxie” on SNL by Michael Gioia

Kate McKinnon impersonated the current counselor to President Donald J. Trump on Saturday Night Live.

Review: Promises Promises, Southwark Playhouse by Tal Fox

Promises Promises, is based on the Oscar winning Billy Wilder movie from 1960, The Apartment. In 1968 it received the Broadway treatment with Neil Simon writing the book and Burt Bacharach a…

Review: The Doppel Gang, Tristan Bates Theatre by Ethan Taylor

As something that originally came to being as a university assignment, The Doppel Gang has snowballed into a tour in 2015 and now gets a lengthy run at the Tristan Bates Theatre, all in the …

Review: The Red Balloon, The Puppet Theatre Barge by Lydia Lakemoore

Aboard a quaint little barge, that moors in the waters of Little Venice during the winter months, I am surprised to find a fully functioning theatre complete with stage, lighting rig, and ma…

#BroadwayStrong: Broadway at the Women’s March by Victoria Myers

Photos from the theatre community promoting democracy, freedom, and equality at the Women's March in NYC.

Albatross by Joel Benjamin

What Evett delivers—using ample quotes from the poem and robust contributions from himself and Spangler—is a terrifying inside look of the Mariner’s experiences, beginning with being h…

STAGE TUBE: Barbra Streisand Speaks at Women's March in LA by Stage Tube

On January 21, 2017 during the widely attended Women's March in Los Angeles, Barbra Streisand spoke about truth and democracy and the future of the country to the eager crowd. Streisand call…

RAMIN KARIMLOO AND THE BROADGRASS BAND – Ormskirk by Vicky Anderson

Karimloo, a Phantom and Les Mis heavyweight, happily shrugged off the ostentation of the musical theatre world to present his stripped-down take on the songs he loves, re-arranging them with…

Melinda Hughes Cheers, Darling! by Sandi Durell

A beautiful English soprano spins out a funny and moving show By Joel Benjamin     Melinda Hughes is an elegantly beautiful singer with just the right dash of tongue-in-cheek naugh…

Don’t Miss: Justin Sayre’s Final Season of The Meeting* at Joe’s Pub by Matthew Wexler

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre — the monthly gathering of the International Order of Sodomites, the centuries-old organization which sets the mythic Gay Agenda — has anno…

Everything's Coming Up Kellyanne Conway in SNL Musical Number by Karen Brill

The question of what Kellyanne Conway gets out of spinning straw into, er, gold day in, day out is a stumper, so Saturday Night Live attacked the query the best way it knows how: A big, span…

Americans for the Arts Responds to Possible National Endowment for the Arts Cuts by Michael Gioia

Brian Stokes Mitchell, who serves on the AftA board, posted the statement to social media.

STAGE TUBE: She's Gonna Be...Conway! SNL Goes Musical as it Spoofs Kellyanne Conway Interview by Stage Tube

NBC's Saturday Night Live continues to tackle politics taking Trump campaign manager and advisor Kellyanne Conway's recent CNN interview and turning it into a Broadway-worthy CHICAGO musical…

JANUARY 2017 E-WASTE DRIVE! by Admin

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Jason O'Connell Talks Batman in "The Dork Night," Benjamin Evett Is the Ancient Mariner in "Albatross" by David Finkle

Batman swept Jason O'Connell off his equilibrium when he was just a lad, and he's lived to tell the tale, which he's enthusiastically

Jason O'Connell Talks Batman in "The Dork Night," Benjamin Evett Is the Ancient Mariner in "Albatross" by David Finkle

When O'Connell, born in Commack and educated at Hofstra, begins his peregrinations and his many actor impersonations, he

The Arts and Young People by Chris Grady

I read an article on 18 January in the Evening Standard where Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, talked at Davos of the “crisis of the middle class”, exploring where current Brexit and …

BWW Interview: JITNEY's Anthony Chisholm Dives Into the Unknown by Naomi Serviss

A mainstay of August Wilson's Pittsburgh 20th Century Cycle is back for another turn as Fielding, the desperate gypsy cab driver.

Brian Stokes Mitchell Responds to Talk of Elimination of National Endowment for the Arts by BroadwayWorld

In a recent Facebook post, well-known Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell made a statement about news surrounding the National Endowment of the Arts. Discussion has circulated suggesting the…

Century of Slapstick #106: Charlie Chaplin in “Easy Street: by Trav S.D.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the release date of one of Charlie Chaplin’s best known and best loved comedy shorts Easy Street (1917). Easy Street was made and released at the p…

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SNOOPY to Receive World Premiere in Texas by BroadwayWorld

Texas State University Department of Theatre and Dance in association with HarrisonBowman New Works Commission is proud to bring The World According to Snoopy, a revised version of the class…

THE DOPPEL GANG – Tristan Bates Theatre by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

Rowdy audiences, comedy acts, a cross-dressing woman. Back in the day, these were all you needed for a great night out. At the height of wartime Britain, a group of actors decide to do the u…

Top Ticket, Jan. 26 to 28: Groove, cocoon, play by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Catch rock musical Passing Strange, cosy up in a Blanket Fort or be your own DJ at a Kid Koala Satellite Turntable Concert.

Ricardo Tosto Brings Brazilian Legal Dominance by Rino16

Ricardo Tosto de Oliveira Carvalho Ricardo Tosto de Oliveira Carvalho is a star in the Brazilian legal circuit. Tosto graduated from Mackenzie with a law degree and from there went on to sta…

10cc ‘Greatest Hits & More’ at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall by Blouin Artinfo

The popular English Rock band from the 70’s ‘10cc’ would perform at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on March 29, 2017.Among the most inventive and influential bands in the history of po…

‘The Woman in Black’ at Theatre Royal, Nottingham by Blouin Artinfo

Live Drama ‘The Woman in Black’ would be staged at Theatre Royal, Nottingham from February 20 through February 25, 2017. Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically…

Jeff Talbott’s “i” Gets Pioneer Reading With Todd Gearhart, Susanna Florence, More; Wes Grantom Helms in Utah by Kenneth Jones

A new play called i, by Jeff Talbott, will be heard for the first time as part of Pioneer Theatre Company’s winter 2017 Play-by-Play new play reading series Jan. 27-28. The staged reading …

Review: "The Comedy of Errors" at Hartford Stage by Mark G Auerbach

Another colorful Shakespeare production under the helm of Darko Trsnjak.

The “Next Wave” of Theatre? Reflections on Avant-Garde Adaptations by [email protected] (jamie)

By Derek McCormack. Derek McCormack reports on the ongoing trend in productions that are avant-garde reimaginings of old texts in particular at BAM’s New Wave Festival.

OUT THERE ON FRIED MEAT RIDGE ROAD – White Bear Theatre by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

Serial loser Mitch (Robert Moloney) flees his doomed marriage, past the still smouldering wreckage of his car, and takes the Fried Meat Ridge Road. Walking ten miles in the dark; the small a…

Rules of Engagement for New Play Development by [email protected] (jamie)

By Heather Helinsky, Jeni Mahoney, Christy Montour-Larson, Tira Palmquist. Tira Palmquist, Christy Montour-Larson, Heather Helinsky, and Jeni Mahoney share their insight and lessons learned …

Let It Shine Episode 3 review: Can any of them act? by Paul Vale

As we hit the third week of auditions to find a boy band for Gary Barlow’s new musical, I can’t help thinking

Review: “The Comedy of Errors” at Hartford Stage by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is one of the Bard’s most popular comedy hits. Going back to a plot familiar to the ancient Greeks and Romans, he tells the tale of…

The Convert review – coming to grips with family and faith in a British colony by Michael Billington

Gate theatre, LondonChristopher Haydon ends his Gate reign on a high note with gripping story of a young African woman’s conversion to CatholicismChristopher Haydon’s final production at…

Strictly Come Dancing live: a crowd in love with the moves of Ed Balls by Alexis Petridis

Former shadow chancellor and what the programme tactfully calls his ‘entertaining approach to dance’ steal the showSeconds after the stars of the tenth anniversary Strictly Come Dancing …

BWW's On This Day - January 22, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

THE DOPPEL GANG – Tristan Bates Theatre by Laura Kressly

By an anonymous guest critic If you’re a Marx Brothers fan like myself, you might go to this production by the company JUST SOME THEATRE with some trepidation. Are these four performer…

On my radar: Pankaj Mishra’s cultural highlights by Pankaj Mishra

The writer on Riz Ahmed in The Night Of, his favourite cafe, the insights of William Empson and extraordinary Indian bharatanatyam dancingPankaj Mishra is an essayist and novelist. Born in 1…

WINTER SOLSTICE – Orange Tree Theatre by Aleks Sierz

A day or so after Theresa May’s keynote speech about Brexit the words Europe and European carry an electric charge. For Leavers, they represent the evil empire; for Remainers, a world we h…

Beta Theatre: a festival for new writing by Keith Gow

New writing for theatre often goes through a lengthy development process before an audience sees it on stage. Lonely Company’s two-night Beta Fest: Theatre in Various States of Undress is …

Quizzes: Test your theatre knowledge: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

As Frank Wildhorn's Wonderland begins it UK tour, how much do you know about Lewis Carroll's novel?

Jason O'Connell Talks Batman in "The Dork Night," Benjamin Evett Is the Ancient Mariner in "Albatross" by David Finkle

THE WILD PARTY – The Hope Theatre by Shanine Salmon

First published in 1928 (having been banned and rejected for its sheer filth) this adaptation embraces the rhythm of the Joseph Moncure March narrative poem and of the time but whilst Anna C…

Winter Solstice review – beware the sincere stranger by Susannah Clapp

Orange Tree, Richmond, SurreyA silver-tongued visitor is not what he seems in Roland Schimmelpfennig’s subtle exploration of the rise of the new rightWinter Solstice is, in a way, the perf…

Giselle review – Xander Parish steals the show by Luke Jennings

Coliseum, LondonEnglish National Ballet guest artist Xander Parish – British star of the Mariinsky – is world-class. Isn’t it time he was lured back to London?Mary Skeaping’s product…

Picnic at Hanging Rock review – bright and mysterious by Susannah Clapp

Lyceum, EdinburghA vivid adaptation of the classic Australian tale about the disappearance of a group of schoolgirls in 1900When Joan Lindsay wrote Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1967, she create…

'SNL' unleashes 'La La Land' police on all the haters by Usa Today, Usa Today

Don't you dare diss the Oscar frontrunner. They will come after you.        

Interviews: Hedwig's Euan Morton on Kissing Nonagenarians and Fooling Potter Fans Across the U.S.

The Taboo Tony nominee is learning life lessons on the big stages of America's "Wicked Little Towns."

Review: ‘Rock of Ages’ at Eagle Theatre by Deb Miller

It’s back to the ‘80s at Hammonton’s Eagle Theatre, for an absolutely hilarious revisiting of the decade of big hair, tacky fashions, and bad-ass music–or just bad, if you’re n…

Actress Leslie Hope returns to theatre roots in Liv Stein by Lauren La Rose - The Canadian Press

North American premiere of German play opens Tuesday at the Bluma Appel Theatre.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: January 22 by Playbill Staff

Orange Julius Opens Off-Broadway Jan. 22 by Olivia Clement

Basil Kreimendahl's memory play traces the relationship between a dying Vietnam vet and his trans, adult child.

17 Top Eateries At and Around BroadwayCon by Sarah Bruning

From inside the Javits to theatre-district standards, where to eat during BroadwayCon 2017.

What’s in Killian Donnelly’s Book? The Songs That Booked the Kinky Boots Star Jobs by Michael Gioia

Kinky Boots’ Charlie Price takes us through his audition repertoire.

How TV Made Aya Cash Better Onstage by Iris Wiener

The star of FXX’s You’re the Worst made the move to TV to up her profile and get cast onstage.

Kelly Strayhorn Theater brings fresh approach to dance programming for 2017 by Jane Vranish / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Janera Solomon looked out her front door and saw Uber’s self-driving cars picking up people coming from the nearby Ace Hotel Pittsburgh.

Stage preview: 'Hedwig' tour high steps it into the Benedum Center by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Tony Award nominee Euan Morton auditioned for the lead of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” with no experience walking in heels. Paul McGill was hired as the tour’s assistant choreographer. …