Who is Derek Deane? Someone who is desperately trying to preserve the true heritage of classical ballet whilst everyone else around the world seems to want to change it, just to be different…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:52PMIt doesn’t take a refined intellect to separate the bad characters from the good in Lillian Hellman’s “The Little Foxes.” The bad tend to be scheming, grasping and spiteful, and mayb…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:49PMThis project began with a fine title, one that conjurs up a fun musical once you know it’s about the battle for supremacy in the field of female skincare and beauty. It sounded like ev…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:27PMNYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY. April 13, 2017. I’m pretty sure Mario Batali was sitting in the row across from me. I glanced his way before the show started whe…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:26PMThis nimble revival of Lillian Hellman’s 1939 drama features Ms. Linney and Ms. Nixon in alternating roles of Southern womanhood.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMThe tone of this musical adaption is gratingly cartoonish, replacing the dry whimsy of the movie with overwrought clownishness.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:06PMThe next time anyone challenges the need to have nonprofit Broadway houses alongside the commercial theaters, I'm going to shout out, "The Little Foxes."
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 10:06PMIt wasn’t trick casting on the part of director Daniel Sullivan to have Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternate lead roles in “The Little Foxes,” Lillian Hellman’s …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PMWritten in 1939, The Little Foxes is a classic Broadway drama and an American theatre warhorse. Manhattan Theatre Club’s bracing new production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMIn any theatrical season, a revival of Lillian Hellman’s 1939 family drama, “The Little Foxes,” would be welcome. Hellman’s play is a remarkably well-structured work, full of complex…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:00PMLillian Hellman’s breakneck melodrama The Little Foxes was written in 1939 on the Depression plan. It has one set, no more characters than it can use, and just enough plot to make it go. Y…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PMLaura Linney and Cynthia Nixon switch roles every night in this revival of Lillian Hellman's backstabbing drama.
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REDCAT, Los Angeles, presents the premiere of a Jennifer West film, titled 'Film Title Poem and Other Wonders', on May 7, 2017. The 67-minute film explores how fiction weaves itself int…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:52PM by Michael Bracken A family that preys together…. never stops preying. At least not if the family in question is the clawingly, cloyingly, claustrophobically close-kni…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:22PMLaura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternate in the lead female roles in Lillian Hellman's 1939 drama 'The Little Foxes,' about rapacious ambition in a Southern clan that has clawed its way into…
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Getting dumped via text is nothing to laugh about — but that’s just what female comedy troupe the Blogologues will do on April 22. The comediennes’ popular show, “How To Break Up by …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:31PMThis winter, Disney on Ice brings the blockbuster family favourite Frozen to life where it should be – on ice. The beloved animated characters Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven, will…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:14PMRomantic comedies are a staple of cinema, but it is rare to find a truly enchanting equivalent in the theatre. Luckily, Belvoir has brought back double bill The Dog / The Cat, an onstage rom…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:09PMName: Molly KelleherHometown: Guilderland, NYEducation: Emerson CollegeSelect Credits: Broad Comedy member of the troupe for nearly a decade, recently seen on “Hack My Life” on Tru…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 08:06PMThe nasty, tasty snakepit that is Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes has been irresistible to actors and audiences since Tallulah Bankhead chewed the Southern scenery in the play’…
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Following its critically acclaimed season in Sydney, Disney Theatrical Productions hit Broadway musical, Aladdin is set to dazzle audiences at its Melbourne premiere at Her Majesty’s Thea…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:42PMSee how critics reviewed Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon in the MTC revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:36PMIt is difficult to know whether Wink, Neil Koenigsberg’s play about a surprising friendship between a homeless teen and a middle-aged former Oscar winning movie star, is intended to be a h…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:22PMUPDATE with more details from presentation: Freeform has picked up its mermaid drama pilot The Deep to series, which will be titled Siren. It was one of several programming announcements at …
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:20PMLillian Hellman's play is being revived on Broadway with Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon alternating roles as every performance.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:18PMFans of Broadway musicals won’t get more bang for their entertainment buck this whole season than at Something Rotten! Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre has been on a roll when it comes to …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:08PMCertain distances may seem large, but can in fact be very small: between wealth and poverty, for example, or between importance and meaninglessness, or between being somebody and being nobod…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:03PMThe Pleasance celebrates 33 years on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer by adding its specially commissioned mobile theatre, appropriately Venue 33, to its complex. Plus, today (Thu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:01PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
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A stage awash with blood and smoke: David Ralf delves into the uneasy moralities at play in Jamie Lloyd's Bush Theatre production of Pulitzer nominee Rajiv Joseph's brutal two-hander.
The po…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:58PMBy April Stamm A life so rich with pain and beauty and so complex with love and betrayal can be enticing and daunting to take on in performance. Many have tackled the challenge of Frida Kahl…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 06:54PMDonna-Michelle St. Bernard’s Sound of the Beast is a step away from the theatre norm we’re used to, with a collection of spoken word, mini essays and raps
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:45PMOn Wednesday afternoon, PTC announced it will offer no new self-produced plays for the 2017-2018 season, concentrating instead on one or two possible co-productions, a series of special even…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:39PMThe once and future 'Broadway Ed'
After five months on Broadway, the a cappella musical In Transit with Doylestown's Justin Guarini closed last week. I called one of the investors, Ed Rende…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:27PMMatt Rodin puts the Yiddish skills of the cast and friends of Indecent to the test on opening night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:24PMEven if they're set to play a snowman on the Great White Way, as Greg Hildreth is in Frozen, Broadway's best have spring fever! Check out our latest roundup of hot shots as your fave…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:24PMAlex Brightman stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about his return to School of Rock and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:24PMSignificant Other might have been the most refreshing show of the Broadway season, if the season was 1989. If it had opened one year after Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles, to …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:08PMThe season will be the first curated by artistic director Courtney Sale.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:07PMWhen John Cameron Mitchell (book) and Stephen Trask (music and lyrics) were developing their gender-bending rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch for its Off-Broadway premiere in 1998, the…
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Without question, Shakespeare is an acquired taste. Many love his works; others not so much. But how many actually HATE Shakespeare? Well, in the hilarious musical “Something Rotten!” th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:59PMOver the course of its six seasons, Girls developed a soundtrack full of melancholy yet ecstatic indie-pop, so distinctive that it seemed possible to think of the Girls music cue — or spec…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:32PMJust hours after being announced as the host of the upcoming Tony Awards, Kevin Spacey dropped by the “Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” to chat about gig (watch above). He readil…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMThe Tony-nominated actor joined the host for some deliberately bad—but funny—stage work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMThe Great Comet's Josh Groban geeks out about making his Broadway debut, shares tales about getting groped by Grobanites in his 'voluptuous' Pierre fat suit and more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Mark Rylance Is Knighted!
Three cheers for three-time Tony winner Mark Rylance who has been honored with Knighthood for his …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMThe Public Works production will debut at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMIn this madcap British farce in which the actors are busy smashing chairs and falling over, physical training, concentration and careful meal planning are requisites in getting laughs.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMThe playwright will receive the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:04PMAs reported by our sister site Deadline, Thomas Kail has been tapped to direct his first ever feature film, “Silver Wings,” which tells the true story of the Women Airforce Servi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMThe film and television star is reportedly in talks to play the genie.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Shakespeare comedy will be adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery.
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The May 24 extravaganza will be the fifth concert in the fundraising series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMThe Public Theaterwill kick off the 2017-18 season in September with a free Public Works musical adaptation of AS YOU LIKE IT, adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery, with music and lyric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PM The Drama League (Executive Artistic Director, Gabriel Stelian-Shanks) has announced the 2017 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstan…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 04:35PMDaniel Craig, Cate Blanchett, Allison Janney, Josh Groban, Daniel Radcliffe, Sally Field and Corey Hawkins are among the actors nominated for the performance trophy at the 2017 Drama League…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:33PMThe Drama League does not distinguish between Broadway and off-Broadway when doling out honors. However, with so many shows and performers included in Wednesday’s nominations, chances…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:30PMBelow is the full list of the nominations for the 2017 Drama League Awards, which select winners in five competitive categories, and also give special awards. The winners will be announced…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:29PMThe second annual Tilt Kids Festival came to a close on Easter Sunday with a performance of Cuisine & Confessions, an energetic spectacle by Montreal-based collective The 7 Fingers (best…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:20PMJohn Guare's iconic Six Degrees of Separation is back on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Here's a sneak peek at Allison Janney, John Benjamin Hickey, Corey Hawkins and …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMMonica Piper's off-Broadway comedy Not That Jewish will play its final performance on April 30. Not That Jewish began performances at New World Stages October 6, 2016, prior to an o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMPassion, as it applies to the need to create and communicate through artistic endeavors, is a word that can be overused. Certainly countless numbers derive immense pleasure from their partic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMTony and Grammy Award-Winner Billy Porter has just released an inside-the-studiovideo for Bewitched Ledisi featuring Zaire Park from his new studio album, Billy Porter Presents The Soul of R…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMWant to know where your contributions are going? Watch the latest Playbill Five.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:03PMWhether we admit it or not, there’s a tendency we all have to break the world into binaries in order to simplify our decisions in the short-term or long-term. I just did it there. …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:00PMThe stage legend will headline a one-night-only benefit reading of the Enid Bagnold play.
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Miss Saigon star Alistair Brammer talks coming to Broadway, confusing Aaron Tveit during Les Miz, and avoiding Instagram.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:43PMA collection of six one-acts written by Michael Harney explores the transformative nature of life.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMThe singer-actor is celebrating the release of It’s About Time with a May booking at the club she opened.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMThe Tribeca troika of festival founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Paula Weinstein took brief turns at the podium during a lunch for journalists in town to cover the 2017 Tribeca Fil…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:37PMTickets are on sale now for the May CONCERT FOR AMERICA STAND UP, SING OUT, featuring Chita Rivera The Visit, Cheyenne Jackson American Horror Story, Rachel Bloom Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Wayne …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMIn this exclusive video, the director and producer voices his opposition to the proposed elimination of the NEA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMLegendary theatre director Harold Prince invites Playbill to his office as he reads a prepared speech about the importance of the National Endowment for the Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMThe newest movie musical from Disney is set to begin shooting this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMby Devon LaBelle
If you're searching for a designer or technician in the Bay Area, you've been there--a designer you love is leaving to pursue a career in New York, or a technician you have…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 03:09PMThe title of this engaging dark comedy by Tracy Letts (“August: Osage County,” “Superior Donuts”), “Linda Vista,” refers to the San Diego community in which protagonist Wheeler (…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:09PMThe first national tour of the Tony-Award winning, Broadway hit Fun Home is on stage at the National Theatre through May 13. Adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, the musical is base…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:06PMBroadway veteran Ben Whishaw is set to play Brutus in Julius Caesar and Rory Kinnear will star in the new comedy Young Marx at London Theatre Company’s new Bridge Theatre, which opens …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMThe cast of Zack Zadek’s new musical comedy Deathless will include Tony nominee Jennifer Damiano, with Kelli Barrett, Sean Allan Krill, Johnny Shea and Jessica Phillips. Deathless, dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMIn this week's episode, we talk Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry and Renee Fleming in Carousel, the cast of Frozen, Betsy Wolfe in Waitress, Andy Karl's triumph in Groundhog Day and more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMWill Smith just might be singing “Friend Like Me” in Disney’s upcoming live-action Aladdin film, according to Deadline. The screen star is in discussions to take on the rol…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMWill Smith is currently in discussions to take on the iconic role of Genie in Disney's upcoming live-action ALADDIN. The role was made famous by late comedian Robin Williams in the studio's …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMOpening Act, which for more than a decade has provided free after-school theater programming to New York City's most underserved public high schools, announced today that Jasmine Cephas Jone…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMIn Broadway by Design, BroadwayWorld is shining a spotlight on the stellar designs of this Broadway season, show by show. Today, we continue the series with David Zinn, who acted as both sce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMKia Corthron's "Force Continuum" opened in 2001, two years after Amadou Diallo, an unarmed immigrant from Guinea, died on the steps of his Bronx apartment building in a hail of bullets fired…
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The season features the return of a holiday classic and an audience favorite.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:55PMParadise's central conflict and the performances in the Underground Railway Theater production are damn good.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:48PMBy Velina Brown
Q: I've been cast in my first touring production. I'm very excited. It will also be my first time leaving the country! Getting to travel with my work as an actor feel…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 02:47PMFollowing a run of nine months packing audiences in at The Triad on W. 72nd St., Spamilton, the comedic musical take on all things Hamilton and Broadway, recently announced its move to 47th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMTelly Leung -theBroadway and television star ofGlee, Godspell andRent,who recently starred on Broadway in In Transit-will debut his new concertHello, Young Loversat the performance space The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMGideon Glick made his Broadway debut in the original company of “Spring Awakening.” Though he would go on to roles in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” and “Into the Wood” in Centr…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:30PMSONDHEIM’S CARE PACKAGE FOR LOST LOVERS In a melodically and lyrically mediocre time like, for instance, 2017, even lesser songs by Stephen Sondheim beat half the musicals at large. In 198…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:30PMThe film will tell the true story of WWII’s Women Air Force Service Pilots.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMThe six-show season will include plays by Dominique Morisseau, Lucas Hnath, and Kwame Kwei-Armah.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PM“Pygmalion,” a cheeky romantic comedy written by George Bernard Shaw is a love story that bears a different quality from the typical warm fuzzies one would expect from a classic …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:00PMClose and the Sunset Boulevard team crash curtain call at Hamilton to raise money for Broadway Cares.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe actress is attached to a new political comedy, penned by House of Cards creator Beau Willimon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMDavid Staller will direct a double bill of one acts.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe pair share roles in Daniel Sullivan's new Broadway revival.
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The Tony winner will play the mother of two teenage girls at the center of a media storm.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMIn a not-too-distant future where no one dies, a family navigates life's big questions during an annual road trip in Zack Zadek's new musical Deathless.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMPlaywrights Horizons hasn't made a big deal of it but over the past year, the company seems to have gone out of its way to tell stories about people whose lives rarely get shown onstage and …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:48PMThe show said Mr. Karl would miss the Wednesday matinee and evening performances, the Thursday evening performance, and the Saturday matinee.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:42PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater will host An Evening with Bebe Neuwirth on Monday, May 1, 2017. The exclusive benefit features the presentation of the second annual Beth …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:36PMTony Award-winners Patina Miller Pippin and Bebe Neuwirth Chicago announced the 2017 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musical, O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMWhat does today's news mean for the rest of awards season Does love from theDrama Leagueusually mean that a Tony nomination will follow
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMA Childhood during the Great Depression Arthur Miller was born in October 1915, on West 110th Street, to parents of Polish Jewish descent. His father Isidore was a prosperous coat manufactur…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 01:21PMLooking for a burst of joy? Look no further than the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC, a group of talented singers who consistently provide audiences with high quality music-making, crea…
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 01:12PMCelebrating its 20th anniversary season, 1812 Productions – Philadelphia’s all-comedy theater company – is now in rehearsals for its springtime offering, the local premiere of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:11PMPlaybill.com's Job Listings offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry. From auditions to administrative roles, Playbill.com is the online source for ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMOne morning in 1970 I was in my dressing room at the Royal Court, where I was appearing in Michael Blakemore’s production of Shaw’s Widowers’ Houses. I’d forgotten that the next play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMIn 10th anniversary staging of Prince Hamlet deaf actress Dawn Jani Birley narrates in ASL, with no interpretation.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:05PMThe Tony Award-winning stars announced the nominees for the 83rd annual Drama League Awards at Sardi’s April 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThe Chicago company also launches Steppenwolf Education as part of its community outreach.
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The Drama League has announced the 2017 Drama League Awards nominees for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the Disti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMDecades after Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance shocked Broadway in 1923, Paula Vogel’s Indecent opened at the Cort Theatre to nothing but applause and support. Take a look at the p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMUma Thurman could be Broadway bound. The screen actress looks likely to appear in a Broadway production of Beau Willimon’s political comedy The Parisian Woman, according to Roger Fried…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMThe new booking period will cover tickets for performances from May to July 2018.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMThe Disney nature documentary 'Born in China,' full of adorable footage of pandas, snow leopards, and playful monkeys, is pitched to children and makes a wholesome Earth Day outing for famil…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:52PMThe revolution will not be televised. Nope, it is on stage at Round House Theatre with a playful, headlong charge of a wild comedy. The comedy is called OR, a fictionalized account of free-…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52PMTake a trip down memory lane with these production shots from the hit musical when it debuted on and Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMThe play is based on transcripts from the U.S. Senate’s confirmation hearings for Trump’s Cabinet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMIndecent, the newest work by Pulitzer Prize-winnerPaula VogelHOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, opened just last night, April 18 at the Cort Theatre 138 West 48th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Aven…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMThe latest television concert special from Israeli Broadway star Dudu Fisher, who played Jean Valjean in Les Miserables productions in Israel, on Broadway, and in London's West End, as well …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMThe gay couples at the heart of two separate plays currently running Off-Broadway have been together for years, and yet, neither are married because one partner in each of the relationships …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:44PMSpring has sprung in Chicago. High time, then, for a Stephen Sondheim revue. Porchlight Music Theatre is obliging, not with a revival of "Putting it Together," nor "Side by Side by Sondheim,…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:44PMCanadian 9/11 musical opened on Broadway in March. Another Canadian creation, Ride the Cyclone, also receives a nomination.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:42PMWhat stories can a space hold? As I took my seat at La MaMa to see The Talking Band’s production of The Room Sings, a play about a house throughout history, this question reverberated. I k…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:36PMMichael Luwoye, Joshua Henry, and Rory O’Malley lead the tour of the hit Lin-Manuel Miranda musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMWatch and play along to test your knowledge of the two-time Tony winner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMFox 2000 has hired “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail to direct World War II female pilots drama “Silver Wings.” The film will be produced by Anonymous Content’s Micha…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:07PMNominees for the 83rd annual Drama League Awards—in other words, the best of the 2016–17 season both off and on Broadway—were announced today, April 19, at Sardi’s Re…
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:00PMThe nominees have been announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Los Angeles theater has announced its 2017-18 season productions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMDon't miss today's episode of The Playbill Five detailing the many ways that Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS supports the community.
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How the Complicite auteur follows trains of thought to the stage, then gets whole audiences on board.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:55AMThe play seems to be in the genre of the classic Western movie though highly poeticized and slow-paced. It resembles the 60’s films of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah but with much less plo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:49AMNEW YORK (AP) -- You can find new work by Paula Vogel on Broadway at the Cort Theatre, where her play "Indecent" opened Tuesday. But if you look a little harder, you…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:41AMTony Award-winning HAMILTON director Thomas Kail will develop to direct the drama that follows the true story of WWII's Women Airforce Service Pilots WASP, the first women to ever fly for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThe Drama Leaguehas announced the 2017 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Play, Outstanding Revival of a Play, Outstanding Musical, Outstanding Revival of a Musical, and the much-c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMAudra McDonald is not only the winningest actress in Broadway history (with six Tony Awards and counting), she’s also a vocal activist and a new mom. A Variety Power of Women New York …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:33AMThe slate also includes the national tour of Stephen Karam’s Tony-winning play The Humans.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMThe Colorado-raised stars will boost the April 30 benefit concert for the Denver Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMThis Pulitzer-winning playwright’s 1996 work, about a 19th-century star of English freak shows, will be directed by Lear deBessonet, an Obie winner.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMTony Award-winners Patina Miller Pippin and Bebe Neuwirth Chicago will announce the 2017 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMAcclaimed playwright Lauren Gunderson will be honored at the 36th William Inge Theater Festival as the Otis Guernsey New Voices Award winner. The festival, which takes place every spring in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMWatch Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel (and the company of Indecent) on the red carpet of her Broadway debut.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMSteppenwolf for Young Adults' 2017-18 season will explore how repeated lies become accepted as truth with a production of "The Crucible" and a world premiere from Chicago playwright Philip D…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMWinners will be announced at the May 19 ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMAndy Karl, who performed at the opening of "Groundhog Day" Monday and the following day despite a serious knee injury, has cut back his appearances this week to just Friday and Saturday even…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 11:02AMAdrian Jackson, artistic director of homeless theatre company Cardboard Citizens, looks back over 25 years of the company and at where it all began
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:02AMA new video offering a sneak peek into rehearsals for the upcoming revival of IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM made its debut today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMKarl will perform a modified schedule this week following a knee injury.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMRebecca Taichmann directs the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
It started off with just 13 participating schools, but it has grown to involve 75 high schools from across the state. Now in its ninth year, the Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AMThe Parisian Woman will reportedly play a limited engagement this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMThe Most Reluctant Convert creator & star Max McLean gives us a quick brush up on the great C.S. Lewis.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:55AMThe Tony and Oscar winner on his hosting engagement and transforming a U.S. Open tennis court into theatre in the round.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMEmma Rice, who has quit after just two seasons, publishes candid letter explaining her departure on the theatre’s websiteEmma Rice, the artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, has brok…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMFollowing a knee injury sustained at a performance of the new musical Groundhog Day on April 14, lead actor Andy Karl, who stars as Phil Connors, was physically unable to perform in the prod…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMLina Basquette (Lena Copeland Baskette) was born on April 19, 1907. Basquette was a star of stage and screen through several different phases, but is perhaps best remembered today for her ei…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:36AMThe Tony winner shared on Watch What Happens Live that the rumors are possibly true.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMThere's serendipitous timing in the arrival of "Annie" at the Lyric Opera House on Friday. This national touring production of the popular musical will open its short Baltimore visit with a …
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:33AMThe Broadway Advocacy Coalition and Columbia Law School will host the next installment of the event series, The Invitation, on Sunday, April 23, 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMSarah Steele of “The Humans” and “The Good Fight” fame bids adieu to the teen roles that were once her calling card with her turn in “Speech & Debate,&rdquo…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:30AMBy Chantal Bilodeau. Chantal Bilodeau writes about an initiative called Climate Change Theatre Action.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:27AMPaula Vogel’s play with music officially opened at the Cort Theatre following an acclaimed Off-Broadway run last year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMIndecent, the newest work by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, opened just last night, April 18 at the Cort Theatre 138 West 48th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Av…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMIndecent, the newest work by Pulitzer Prize-winnerPaula VogelHOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, opened just last night, April 18 at the Cort Theatre 138 West 48th Street, between Sixth and Seventh Aven…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMAnika Noni Rose has signed on for the upcoming thriller ASSASSINATION NATION. Abra and Suki Waterhouse, Odessa Young and Hari Nef round out the cast. Sam Levinson will direct from his own sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMOn last night's LATE SHOW, any Broadway actorcan develop characters over the course of an entire play.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMKarl will perform in the new musical April 21 and April 22 evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMNow that Andy Karl has wowed the critics and producers with his show-must-go-on performance at the opening night of Groundhog Day, the injured star is taking a healthier view of his situatio…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:03AMAs he prepares to play Jake in Sam Shepard's A Lie of the Mind, we chat to the actor about working with the RSC and his part in Game of Thrones
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:02AMictoria Sheldon stars and writes this 45-minute piece about Mischa (Kate Gwynn, who is also producer), a young refugee who has been promised citizenship (and an escape for her family in her …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment and Brooklyn College's Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema today announced that Patty Carey-Perazzo's Half-Life and Robin Rose Sin…
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The 25th anniversary screening of “Reservoir Dogs” will be held at The Beacon Theatre in New York on April 28, 2017. This will be followed by a conversation with director Quentin Taranti…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:59AMSally Olson’s “Carpenters Tribute Concert” will be held at the Triad in New York on April 29, 2017.The concert, starring Sally Olson and music director Jeffrey Klitz, is a show that ce…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:56AMSalonen conducts “Also sprach Zarathustra” at David Geffen Hall in New York on April 27 and April 29. 2017.The New York Philharmonic will be performing the iconic “Also sprach Zarathus…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:53AMGeoff Packard takes on 20 quick questions about preparing for Bandstand, going on last minute in Matilda, high school marching band, and much more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 09:50AM“Their Finest” is playing at the City Cinemas The Paris Theatre in New York through April 27, 2017. Directed by Lone Scherfig, “Their Finest” is based on the novel by Lissa Evan…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:49AMBy Douglas Mayo
It has been announced that Kevin Spacey will host the 71st Annual Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Sunday 11 June 2017. This will be SpaceyR…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:49AMTron, GlasgowIn this exquisite solo piece, with parallels to Shakespeare’s play, the writer and performer David Leddy gets under the skin of an outsiderChris has an identity crisis. Played…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMBy Tiffany Antone. Tiffany Antone announces her new initiative: the Protest Plays Project.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:46AM“A Woman, A Part” is being screened at Laemmle Monica Film Centre, Los Angeles, through April 27, 2017.The film is directed by Elisabeth Subrin and stars Seymour, John Ortiz, Khandi Alex…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:46AMBrilliant, versatile West End star and #StageFave Jessica Martin will take on the central role in the European premiere of Broadway musical BALLROOM at Waterloo East Theatre next month...
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:45AM"My mother, who voted for Trump, said it helped her realize that she made the right decision," says a co-creator of the play, which is a re-staging of the 2016 presidential debates with a tw…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:45AM“A League Of Their Own” will be screened at Laemmle's NoHo 7, Los Angeles, from April 27, 2017.The film is directed by Penny Marshall and stars Geena Davis, Madonna, Rosie O'Donnell and …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:44AMThe opening of the Bridge Theatre this October is a big deal. Of course, the opening of any theatre is a big
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:40AMApril 19 is the birthday of Arthur Pat West (1888-1944). Today West is best remembered among vaudeville fans for his 1929 Vitaphone short Ship Ahoy, in which the stout little man comes out …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31AMFormer artistic director at Shakespeare’s Globe Dominic Dromgoole has said it is “heart-breaking” and “wrong” that Emma Rice was prevented from fulfilling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMFollowing a knee injury sustained at a performance of the new musical Groundhog Day on Friday, April 14, lead actor Andy Karl, who stars as Phil Connors, was physically unable to perform in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMKlaus Merz’s cunning, compressed prose invites us to listen for the sounds of the inexpressible, the other side of life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AM“When I feel alone, I reach for you / And you bring me home / When I’m lost at sea I hear
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:09AMTony Award-winners Patina Miller Pippin and Bebe Neuwirth Chicago will announce the 2017 Drama League Awards Nominees for Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Production of a Musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMOn last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE, actress Kristin Chenoweth was asked by a caller whether the rumor is true that she will be starring in the musical adaptation of SOAPDISH in London's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMReaders with a heart, a soul and a taste for stunning prose will remember Tabard’s foray into playwriting two weeks ago. An
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAt a time when the very existence of the arts is being threatened by the philistine act of abolishing drama, dance, music
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMDirected by Jamie Lloyd, this European premiere of Rajiv Joseph is now playing at the recently reopened Bush Theatre. But what have critics been saying about it?
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe drama stars Jeremy Shamos, Kate Walsh, and Maria Dizzia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMWhenever my writing partner, David, and I had a pilot we always tried to weasel a trip to New York to do some casting. There are many reasons for this. A free trip. Nice hotel. Per diem…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMSipping from cans of Red Bull, he delivered a seemingly stream-of-consciousness show that the crowd lapped up at The Vic in Chicago.
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The comedy, starring Rory Kinnear, will begin the first season of the former National Theater director’s Bridge Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54AMSarah Crompton looks at the first season from Nick Hytner and Nick Starr in their brand new theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:54AMThe outgoing director has offered up some lessons she has learnt during her tenure at the venue
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:54AMBy Mark Ludmon
The cast has been announced for the European premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Obie Award-winning play, An Octoroon, at the Orange Tree Theatre in London. The line-up comp…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:53AMDance company Aracaladanza has been a regular part of the Sadler’s Wells family weekend since 2008. The two-day event sees the building
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AMThe West End is becoming a Broadway-like shop window for musicals and spectaculars. Hytner and Starr’s theatre devoted to new plays is to be welcomedWhat is instantly striking about the in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMThe Tony Awards have announced that Kevin Spacey will host the 71st Annual Tony Awards live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Sunday, June 11 (8:00-11:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) o…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:25AMIt has just been announced that onApril 26, Roundabout's acclaimed production of StevenLevenson'snew play IF I FORGET will be captured on video byBroadwayHD, to be released on demand to Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, newly named Tony Awards host Kevin Spacey spoke to Jimmy Fallonabout emceeing his very first televised awards show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02AMThere's a battle happening, and this time it'snot in Yorktown. The competition part of Broadway CaresEquity Fights Aids Easter Bonnet Competitionfundraising reached a new level last night be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02AMThe newest play from Dear Evan Hansen book writer Steven Levenson will be available for viewing in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AMIn Polly Sullivan's starkly uncompromising arena, designed in the round and directed by Tom Attenborough, we first witness a psychiatric session between the high-functioning Mary and her cle…
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Outgoing Shakespeare’s Globe artistic director Emma Rice has hit out at her treatment by the theatre’s board, in her first public statement
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMShakespeare’s Globe, London is staging “Othello,” at its candlelit indoor theatre Sam Wanamaker Playhouse through April 22, 2017.A much-celebrated hero, Othello marries Desdemona, the …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:55AMNational Theatre, London is staging “Consent,” a new play by Nina Raine, at its Dorfman Theatre through May 17, 2017.“Consent” is Nina Raine’s powerful play that sifts the evidence…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:53AMOne of the more fascinating facts about the Kray twins was their association with the rich and famous of their day. Frank
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AM By Barbara & Scott Siegel Theatrical Elite: Patti LuPone, Christine Ebersole, John Leguizamo, Harvey Fierstein, Kevin Kline…They’re Back! As we head towar…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:21AMRosalee Pritchett and The Perry's Mission
Off Off Broadway, Negro Ensemble Co. at 80 St. Marks
Reviewed by Katharine Nedder
BOTTOM LINE: A powerful and thought-provoking evening of intelli…
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SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 07:16AMEvery week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12AMI play the mother, Mrs Bates, who is a full-time carer for the Bates’ daughter who was left injured and insensible after a car crash. It’s controversial and dark and pretty shocking and …
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The first "Live At The Other Palace" has been announced and it's a big one! The new series, curated by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, will kick off this Sunday 23 April 2017 at The Other Palace in…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:55AMOpera fans who dress up as woodland animals will be given free tickets to shows at the first new opera house to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMDanny Cozart’s Musical Satire Shines with Young Stars by Sydney Roberts Imagine a world where water is in short supply, where environmental funding is cut, where the world is run by a tyra…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:48AMA group of drama students has set up a campaign to address the lack of diversity in UK drama schools. The Diversity
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMCasting has been announced for All The President’s Men? at the Vaudeville Theatre in London. Sian Phillips, Sinead Cusack and Peter Davison
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AM By Joel Benjamin That showbiz magician, Scott Siegel, pulled yet another rabbit out of his endlessly deep hat. His 54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits!, despite b…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 06:47AMRory Kinnear to star as ‘broke, horny’ philosopher at 900-seat Bridge Theatre run by Nicholas Hytner and Nick StarrA comedy about a young, emotionally illiterate Karl Marx is to open the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31AMMen and Girls Dance is undoubtedly a provocative title. But then this is a piece designed to challenge the preconceptions of its
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMA revival of John Guare’s play “Six Degrees of Separation” opens April 25. His enduring title concept has hopscotched through pop culture.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06AMThe 24-year-old actor makes his Broadway debut in the musical created by Chazz Palminteri, Robert De Niro, Jerry Zaks and Alan Menken.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 06:00AMThe action of the play concerns 2 lowly Imperial guards at the building site of the new Taj Mahal. They get to do the dawn shift, and chatter aimlessly about their duties and the Emperor’s…
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Listen: The Tonys Finally Find a Host, Critics Review “Indecent” on Broadway, and Uma Thurman is Rumored to Be Making Her Broadway Debut! “Today on Broadway” is a dai…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMBy Mark Ludmon
From small beginnings, Brighton Fringe has grown over the past five years and now features nearly 1,000 events from comedy, cabaret and music to theatre, dance and visual arts…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:50AMLondon Theatre Company announces the first productions at its new Bridge Theatre, which opens this October on the river by Tower Bridge and City Hall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:40AMAfter a new folk musical is given a showcase at The Other Palace, Daisy Bowie-Sell asks why there aren't more opportunities for the public to see new musicals in development
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:31AMThe London Theatre Company, founded by Nick Hytner and Nick Starr, has announced it's first season at their new venue by Tower Bridge
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:31AMJust a few years out of Juilliard, Mr. Hawkins stars in “24: Legacy” on TV and “Six Degrees of Separation” on Broadway
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18AMShakespeare Remains All Too Timely by Irene Nelson An ensemble of 13 actors plays Shakespeare’s tragedy of ambition and tyranny with a black wall, three wooden crates, and a handful of pro…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:02AMBy Julian Eaves
Overall, Whisper House is an interesting experiment, a novel departure from the ‘norms’ of musical theatre. If it doesn’t quite fulfill its ambitions, well,…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
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Recently I have been thinking back about different projects I have participated in over the last 10-15 years that I really found fulfilling. I invested a lot of time in those projects and di…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:36AMThe Imelda Marcos musical is being re-explored in Seattle with an eye toward Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMOne man’s insightful and hilarious examination of football, tribalism, belonging and identity, Griffin Theatre Company in association with the National Theatre of Parramatta presents Smu…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:30AMAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:24AMThe roster of performing guests includes an original Company cast member.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe production features the Emmy-winning Dancing with the Stars siblings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhere the cast and creative team of the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes pursued their college studies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe MTC production stars Laura Linney and Cynthia Nixon, who alternate in the roles of Regina and Birdie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJerry Herman is back on Broadway—right where he belongs—but how well do you know his lyrics? Take our quiz to find out!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMZach Grenier is so eager to share how he wound up in Pittsburgh, he begins to answer with the word “How ...” barely hanging in the air. The star of “The Good Wife,” who played divorc…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMIn this Broadway revival, laughter leads to serious ideas ---Six Degrees of Separation delivers a complex kind of fun. On its surface, John Guare's 1990 play is all clever jokes and fast-mov…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMTaking Titicut Follies to the stage---As collaborations go, this one is quite unexpected. The venerable and prolific documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is joining forces with – w…
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