The director John Doyle brings to Shakespeare the same techniques that helped him refresh many a musical. So why doesn’t it work?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMDirector John Doyle and Tony Award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz bring Shakespeare’s pastoral romance to life. Starring Ellen Burstyn as Jacques.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:48PMFrom roaring adventure to seductive siren songs, family classics to never-ending fun, Victorian Opera’s Season 2018 brings together sublime music with stories of destiny and desire. Celebr…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:28PMAn Octoroon is the kind of art that defies a Siskel & Ebert thumbs up / thumbs down assessment. You can praise or fault elements of the script or a production, but Area Stage Company’…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:18PMThe Trump resistance has become sing-a-long-able, thanks to a 30-something man from Queens and his YouTube channelNorth Korea insists war with America is inevitable! Puerto Rico has no drink…
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Annie Dorsen wants to dissuade you from taking a social media break. Molly Grogan reviews.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 09:43PMTucked away in the heart of America’s capital is a little slice of the Emerald Isle known as the Keegan Theatre. This theatre is so connected to their Irish roots, in fact that they have p…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:35PMAt the start of John Doyle’s Classic Stage Company As You Like It production, nine members of the cast are gathered around
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:27PMAthletic adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's novel doesn't quite flySometimes you go to the theatre and in the first 10 minutes are convinced that the production is going to smash it…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:18PMThe Baby Farmer is certainly a brave piece of storytelling. Unfortunately, it doesn’t make for a very good play. There’s an abundance of description in every sentence, to the point where…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:12PMThe sparkle of the Arden Theatre Company's 'Cabaret' overwhelms the Kander and Ebb musical's menace. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:12PMBookcrastinators Anonymous is the sort of theatrical-art-installation-creative-non-fiction-cabaret piece that the Fringe Festival was made to provide a home for. Led by Jacqueline Whiting, t…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:01PMThe sets are gorgeous, the costumes are gorgeous and frankly, Annette O’Toole is really, really gorgeous, too. Oh, sure, they’ve tried to tone her down, as the acidulous and earthy Mrs. …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:00PMGeorge Kelly's 1924 comedy gets a revival off-Broadway.
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Disney Channel has announced plans to remake the cult classic “Hocus Pocus” as a TV movie. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, who starred in the 1993 Disney fe…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:44PM“Why do we continue to allow destructive powers to gain control?” – Matthew Decker, Director of Cabaret This is the question that runs through Arden Theatre Company’s production of t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:37PMTheatre Works has announced the appointment of Dianne Toulson to the position of General Manager. “Dianne’s wealth of experience as Executive Producer, General Manager and Board member a…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:37PM Gilad Barach is figuring things out right now. In the meantime, he is enjoying being a student of Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley, proud to be a Hebrew teacher, and seeking to go ca…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:14PMPlay written by Stefano Massini about the rise and fall of Lehman Brothers is a story that should concern everyoneOne thing stands out in Italian theatres: the audiences are really responsiv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMJuly 3, 2015, was a heartbreaking day for many people who work in the theater. That afternoon, they received an e-mail from Rick Elice, the Tony-nominated co-writer of “Jersey Boys,” let…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:06PMLooking for something for the weekend? Just two performances left to catch the premiere of Ian Dixon Potter's The Test, the latest offering from Golden Age Theatre Company, which finishes it…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:05PMJohn Doyle brings his directorial touch to this Shakespearean crowd-pleaser.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00PM
worthy revival of George Kelly comedy
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:50PMDespite some shortcomings, world-premiere Alias Grace is well worth seeing. The story of Grace Mark is powerful both as history and as a commentary on history. Rivendell Theatre hasn’t cap…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:48PMFor most of its 100 minutes, John Doyle's production doubles its pleasures. That's even though the running time has probably been cut to half of its usual length and there a…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:48PMBruce Greenwood and Carla Gugino in Gerald's Game.
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SOURCE: BuzzFeed at 07:34PMWatching live theatre can stimulate a person’s cardiovascular system as much as nearly half an hour of exercise, according to a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18PMIn John Doyle’s pared down As You Like It, opening Classic Stage Company’s 50th season, the forest of Arden is not filled with trees but rather a grove of globe-shaped lights hanging f…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 07:15PMJohn Doyle’s Off-Broadway production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It is a mild-mannered affair – a passable production of limited enchantments. It’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15PMClassic Stage Company's revival of Shakespeare's popular rom-com fails to make much of an impression.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:15PMKrysta Rodriguez stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Look Good Feel Better Foundation's DreamBall Gala and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:12PMThe Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye has just reported that Sam Mendes production of Jez Butterworth's acclaimed play, The Ferryman is currently looking into a Broadway transfer for 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMThe Jane Elissa Extravaganza An Intimate Evening with Broadway and Daytime Stars will celebrate its 30th anniversary on Monday, October 30, 2017 at Manhattan's Marriott Marquis Hotel. The ev…
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Springsteen and "The Sopranos" sideman and "Underground Garage" radio host Steven Van Zandt is back out on the road with his 15-piece Disciples of Soul, at the Electric Factory on Sunday.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 06:51PMSo many stars aligned for this production of Shakespeare’s sylvan comedy As You Like It that it’s hard to know where to begin. How about the audience? One idiosyncrasy of the Cla…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:45PMCall Answered: Sometimes a tweet by Sally Field, one of your idols, about her son's film leads to your next interview. Sam Greisman is a rising film writer/director whose short "Dinner with …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 06:44PMTony and Olivier-award winner Patti LuPone will be starring in a new production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Tony award-winning musical, Company.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMMichael Schulman on the reboot of the sitcom “Will & Grace,” which brings the characters into the Trump era.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 06:08PMTo paraphrase the most famous line in Sunset Boulevard, it’s not that the show that has got smaller, it’s the performance that has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:07PMBy Julio Martinez
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Sierra Madre Playhouse has obtained the services of Tim Dang, the former Ovation Award-winning Artistic Director of East West Players, to direct No…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:06PMWritten by Brooks ReevesDirected by Leta TremblayProduced by State of Play Productions Inc
Nomination: Outstanding Sound Design, Jeanne Travis
Photos by Hunter Canning
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SOURCE: The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation at 06:00PMBroadway has come calling, and Jason Mraz’s answer is: “I’m yours.”The Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist, who launched his career in San Diego’s coffeehouse scene, h…
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Until recently she served as marketing director and chief operating officer, and has roots in the company's OSF days.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:42PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Noah Galvin & More Set for The 24-Hour Plays
A slew of stars from stage and screen have been announced to take part in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMThe two singing divas will perform standards and their own compositions in two California cities.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMDrew Gehling, Caitlin Houlahan, and Maia Nkenge Wilson performed three numbers at the Dunkin’ Donuts Iced Coffee Lounge at iHeartMEDIA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Anne Jeffreys, the actress and opera singer who likely had her greatest impact on TV audiences as Marion Kerby "the ghostess with the mostess" in th…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:22PMOn this week’s podcast, the panelists talk about where they’re coming from as critics and podcasters, then discuss Trump and theatre. Plus, picks for the first half of the new season
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:19PMThe Broadway-bound musical THE CHER SHOW, which celebrates the life and music of global superstar Cher, will premiere next June at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. The five-week pre-Broadway enga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMThe creator of HAM4BEY, Michael Korte, has teamed up with Broadway legend Tracie Thoms and other Broadway voices to create a poignant and emotional cover of the Pnk song, 'Dear Mr. President…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMBruce Springsteen makes his Broadway debut in a show that combines memoir with rock n roll, and that relatively few of his fans will be able to see. It is one of three shows opening on Broad…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:16PMMembers of a First Amendment advocacy group at Case Western Reserve University's law school responded to a report of actor James Franco shutting down a play that included his name with a pla…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:14PMFriday “Ghosts & Zombies”: Ibsen’s drama meets the walking dead in Akvavit Theatre’s latest. Through Oct. 29 at Strawdog Theatre, 1802 W. Berenice Ave.; chicagonordic.org “The Wors…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:10PM By Marilyn Lester Here’s a sure-fire formula for success: take a groundbreaking musical masterpiece, add an immeasurably talented cast of singers, a skilled music dire…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:02PMThe Tony-nominated star will sing her favorite artists in her show Girl No More.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMAustin McCormick's reimagining of The Nutcracker will run November 9-January 14, 2018.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe world premiere production features Peter Friedman and Deanna Dunagan, and is directed by David Cromer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
A new podcast featuring three longtime New York drama critics talking about theatre in the U.S. kicks off with a discussion of the stage's response to Trump and a season preview.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:59PMTomorrow night, September 29, marks the first show of The Late Comet, a series of late-night shows at Feinstein's54 Below featuring cast members of Natasha, Pierre amp The Great Comet of 181…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMTonight, following an acclaimed run at The Public Theater, Emmy Award-winning actor and activist John Leguizamo joins New York's local PBS newsmagazine 'MetroFocus' and host Jenna Flannigan …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, King Kong, will arrive on Broadway in 2018, but before it does, the musical will get a developmental lab this fall. According to an Equity casting notic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMAlbert Innaurato, whose early play Gemini ran on Broadway from 1977 through 1981 and was adapted as both a feature and television film, has died. Deadline confirmed that he was found dead T…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:46PMThe new play by Max Posner began previews September 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMMs. Jeffreys, who had a long career in film, on television and on Broadway, was best known for playing the otherworldly Marion Kerby on “Topper.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PMIn his bold modern adaptation of King Lear, St. Aubyn envisions Lear as an aging media mogul whose empire and legacy are under threat from his daughters.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PMGary Griffin directs a dazzling production featuring a perfectly chosen cast.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:36PMIn this episode of Character Study, Aladdin's Major Attaway takes us inside the lamp to witness how he goes from a gentleman to a Genie.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMDear Evan Hansen's Will Roland gets cozy with the stars and fans at the Broadway Flea Market and celebrates Ben Platt's birthday.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMBy Douglas Mayo
The producers of the upcoming Wicked UK tour have announced casting for the tour which starts at the Bristol Hippodrome on 31 January 2018.
This post Wicked UK Tour Cast Anno…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:33PMChicago playwright Philip Dawkins makes a memorable New York debut with an involving and engrossing play which at the performance under review you could have heard a pin drop, so rapt was th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:33PMOnly Make Believe has just announced this year's Annual Gala, Make Believe On Broadway on Monday, November 6th at the Schoenfeld Theatre hosted by SNL's CECILY STRONG.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMLin-Manuel Miranda is asking for your help. In a recent live video with CNN, the Hamilton creator and his father, Luis, make a plea to aid victims of Hurricane Maria, which recently bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMRanked among the greatest novels of the 20th century, A Clockwork Orange – British author Anthony Burgess’s alarming vision of a dystopian future fueled by ultra-violence, hyper-sexualit…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:13PMShe’s sung her way through six beauty pageants. Now Angel Blue, 2005’s Miss Hollywood, is ready for prime time: She’ll make her Met Opera debut Monday in “La Bohème.” Visually…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:06PMCinema has long been Ivo van Hove’s treasure trove. In turning to its old masters – Pasolini, Visconti, Cassavertes – the Belgian director has found new stories for the stage. He’s m…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:02PMThe new production of Nia Vardalos's adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's book will run for four more weeks.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Kelli Kerslake Colaco’s new play Hazardous Materials — in which two strangers with Middle Eastern roots are seated together on a New York-bound airplane — will get a San Francisco read…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 03:59PMThe Lyric Opera’s new partnership with the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago is, at its core, an acknowledgment that it is no longer viable for even a world-class institution like the Lyric to sus…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:50PMThe 5th Avenue Theatre presents an evocative new production of Ragtime, which recently began rehearsals. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at a readsing rehearsal for the show in the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMToday we celebrate the Broadway revival of Kaufman and Hart's You Can't Take It with You, which opened on this day in 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMJust announced, Rachel Tucker, who is bringing her solo show to Feinstein's54 Below this week, will be joined by special guest artist Dawn Cantwell who played opposite Rachel in WICKED as Ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PM'Family Guy' writer Andrew Goldberg co-created Netflix's raunchy animated comedy about the awkward travails of middle-schoolers going through puberty.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 03:42PMTuesday, October 17, 6-8PMVictory Gardens Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.Please join us for a conversation where we will discuss the findings from our multi-year research project looking at au…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:36PMBreeders
Off Off Broadway, New Light Theater Project at Access Theater
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: Breeders is a wonderfully quirky, elegantly crafted new play with some st…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:33PMOn Broadway and beyond, a curtain can rise as quickly as it can fall; a star can be swapped as easily as Bernie Telsey can say, “That’s enough.” Theater is the beating hear…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:30PMJohn Raitt also starred in the 1957 live telecast of the Irving Berlin musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMFor every performance of Bruce Springsteen’s solo Broadway show, 26 tickets will be available for $75 each.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMAn extension has been announced the return engagement of Nia Vardalos' Tiny Beautiful Things, the stage adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's acclaimed book, which will now run through Dece…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PMThis week’s hits: ‘Night Music,’ ‘Arsonists,’ ‘Jesus Hopped the A Train,’ ‘In the Heights’
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:12PMIf you missed the newest musical from Kander and librettist Greg Pierce at the Vineyard Theatre, now’s your chance to hear it.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMEdi Gathegi will also take over for Reg E. Cathey in the new production of Stephen Adly Guirgis's play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Sam Steiner’s play about the second coming of a rap star and Nessah Muthy’s intriguing soldier’s story lead an ambitious London pop-up festivalIn Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Gregor …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:54PMAs previously announced, songwriter Michael Mott will debut his second studio album, Abandoned Heart, live in concert on Monday, October 9th at 900PM at The Cutting Room in NYC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMHear Tony winner Patti LuPone sing "Another Hundred People" from her new album Don’t Monkey With Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:49PMPerformances begin at the New York venue October 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMOur 'mummies' would be so proud of us this week because we're sharing drinks and laughs with the two stars of CLEOPATRA THE NEW POP EXPERIENCE We're pouring out bourbon and vodka with the in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMThe Public Theater announced today a four-week extension for the encore engagement of Tiny Beautiful Things, part of The Public's Astor Anniversary Season at their landmark downtown home on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMHer Broadway credits including replacing the lead role in the original production of Kiss Me, Kate.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PMThough thin on plot and weak on character development, the Constellation Theatre Company production of Andrew Lippa’s 2000 musical “The Wild Party” still manages to impress due to a st…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:31PMThe Arctic Group’s Pomegrenade, written and directed by Ran Xia and performed at IRT, a cozy little space a stone’s throw from the Hudson River, is a Chuck Mee-style reimagining …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 02:29PMHis comedy was the longest-running Broadway play of the post-World War II era.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMThe Hair and Spring Awakening star explores the songbook of the Promises, Promises composer September 29 and 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMJames Norton and Imogen Poots are set to play American newlyweds in Paris in the British premiere of U.S. playwright Amy Herzog’s acclaimed “Belleville.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PMThe writer has created stories from financial calamity to a “chemical romance.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PMEdi Gathegi has been announced to join the upcoming off-Broadway revival of Stephen Adly Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, set to play the Pershing Square Signature Center. Ga…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMTony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl is at work on the screenplay for a new film based on Gloria Steinem's bestselling memoir My Life on the Road, according to Deadline. Tony winner…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMDisney’s cable networks group has brought together shows, movies, games, and other content from its three networks — Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior — into a si…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMThe two writers will each receive a $50,000 prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:00PMBruce Springsteen begins performances of his solo show on October 3.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
In this episode of Broadway Bartender, host Anthony Caporale welcomes Broadway sisters Heather and Becca Ayers for a round at the bar
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMMusic Theatre International MTI, announced today that Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins JR. is now available for licensing around the world.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMFilming has been completed on writerdirector Marishka S. Phillips', MELINDA, a suspense-filled short, starring Tony Award winner LaChanze in the title role.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMMonica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass are the most fun choreographers ever. They may also be the most fun people ever, but I haven’t met everyone so who can say. What you may miss at their …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:37PMThis October, Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club amp Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. Scroll down for details
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMBruce Springsteen, Jujamcyn Theaters and Lucky Seat have announced that beginning today, Springsteen on Broadway has launched a digital lottery beginning with the first preview performance o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMA Stage Checklist: What's playing, what's coming, what's good and what's not, from the Courant arts writer Chris Arnott.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:28PMEdi Gathegi has joined the cast in his place.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMBroadway fans are buzzing from the announcement that singer-songwriter Jason Mraz will be joining the cast of Broadway's Waitress in the role of the goofy, charming leading man Dr. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04PMNicole Espinoza and Jaime Lorca aided by puppetry put on this abridged, Spanish language version of Othello. It focuses on Act 4 onwards where Iago plots the demise of Cassio.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMStage Left's season opener is unnervingly plausible dystopian fiction.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMThe new cast began performances at the Lyceum Theatre on September 19.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe tickets will also include access to the opening-night party on October 12.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe August Wilson Theatre will open its doors next week.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMBryce Pinkham and Megan Lawrence starred in the Roundabout Theatre Company production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMLast month’s Emmy Awards may have represented a stride toward diversity for many artists of color. But as Patricia Garcia of Vogue (and many others) noted, “Where were the awards and nom…
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One of the hottest tickets of the fall Broadway season—which has been commanding a top ticket price of $850—will release $75 tickets for every performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMThis week in production news Mark Gatiss is to star in the Nottingham Playhouse’s The Madness of King George III, and Patti
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMThere is nothing more absurd in the world than familial battles to control the power of overwhelming love which one can see most especially in the brilliant work of CATHERINE COMBS, ANDRUS …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:48PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, actor Barry Dennen, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Pontius Pilate in both the original Broadway and film versions of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe musical will kick off its box-office opening with giveaways, guest appearances, and cheese fries.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMRae Binstock
Hometown: Cambridge, MA
Current Town: Brooklyn, NY
Q: What are you working on now?
A: My latest project is a Top Girls-inspired play about American women from a …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:36PMKitty
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(JILL is calling a cat,)
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:36PMTickets for the Broadway premiere of Mean Girls, the new musical produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson and Paramount Pictures based on the hit film, go on sale to the general public ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMThe Christopher amp Dana Reeve Foundation today announced that they will honor Foundation supporters the Bridgman Family and vice-chairman of the Board of Directors Henry G. Stifel III at th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMVictory Gardens Theater begins its 43rd season with Fun Home, with music written by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics written by Lisa Kron and directed by Gary Griffin. Fun Home runs now throu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMNext Tuesday, October 3 at 730pm, The Sheen Center presents the second installment of this spirited series with Tony Award-winning actress, Kelli O'Hara.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMIn honor of the announcement of a new Cher musical, on this Thursday we're throwing back to CHER... SPECIAL - which was recorded in California for ABC and was ranked was ranked among the Top…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMColonial Players of Annapolis’ production of Shiloh Rules is a funny, yet thought-provoking play, a wonderful way to begin their 69th season. Written by Doris Baizley and directed by Beth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30PMThrough Oct. 22 This ingeniously constructed story finds its emotional depth and packs an emotional punch. Beautiful, messy & complex: just like OUR families.
SOURCE: www.oregonlive.com at 12:25PMThe "I'm Yours" singer will make his Broadway debut starting Nov. 3.
SOURCE: pagesix.com at 12:24PMTony nominee Hunter Foster will direct a company that also includes Nick Cearley, Catherine Ricafort, Van Hughes, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMWe [at New Yiddish Rep] have the benefit of drawing from the different experience of actors: we have non-Jewish actors, we have Jewish actors who grew up non-affiliated and we have Jewish ac…
SOURCE: ingeveb.org at 12:16PMBy Douglas Mayo
The Cher Show, a new musical based on the life and six-decade career of the iconic performer will open on Broadway in Fall 2018 after a Chicago preview.
This post The Cher Sh…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:15PMCheck out the stars of Will & Grace on Broadway, then revisit some fabulous guest starring moments from Tony-winning divas on Will & Grace.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:14PMWhere were you on 9/11? It's a question nearly all of us can remember vividly. For Kevin Tuerff, he was of the 6,500 unexpected visitors who were diverted to the tiny town of Gander in Newfo…
SOURCE: www.backstageonbroadway.com at 12:10PMThe critically-acclaimed Roundabout Theatre Company production of She Loves Me comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES on Friday, October 20 at 9PM (check local listings) as the opening presentation o…
SOURCE: PBS at 12:09PMIt is a busy week for the performing-arts calendar in New York. Billy Joel and Katy Perry play Madison Square Garden (on different nights); Solange is at Radio City Music Hall. Carnegie Hall…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:08PMThe Arden Theatre Company opens its 30th season with a prdouction of the famous 1966 musical Cabaret.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:07PMThe company set up to deliver Hull UK City of Culture 2017 has announced it will carry on as a national arts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMThe Tony-winning production continues at the Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMGinger Reiter lost power in her house when Hurricane Irma visited her in Florida a couple of weeks ago, but that was nothing compared to what happened four decades ago when that human hurric…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:05PMThe play ends ambiguously. This gets people talking about what happened or what didn’t happen as they leave the New York Theatre Workshop
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 12:04PMBy HowlRound TV. The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center presents the Prelude 2017 festival livestreaming on the global, commons-based and peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on We…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:02PMThis is not just a musical for Take That groupies; it’s a musical for anybody who grew up with a boyband. The Band celebrates the music of Take That and so much more besides. It's littered…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMDirected by Gabriel Vega Weissman, Cissel's new play is about Billy the Kid.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMJay O. Sanders directs the solo play, written and performed by Robert Galinsky.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMBroadway-based programs will head to local communities across the U.S.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Undercover at Tarragon Theatre features an amateur detective plucked from the audience and a cast of seasoned improv veterans.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:58AM“Every character in the Forum production was invented in rehearsal. We worked on how many characters should be in each scene (where not specified), who the characters are, what is thei…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMPhiladelphia playwright George Kelly once dominated Broadway. A rare revival of his 1924 comedy ‘The Show-Off’ suggests why. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:48AMPlaywright Peter Nichols has said that regional arts journalism is “critical” for emerging theatre talent. Nichols was speaking in conversation with director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMThe epic, familiar staging stars Craig Wallace, raising an angle of race.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:42AMTickets for the highly anticipated return of the Tony Award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY will go on sale Monday October 2 at 9 AM in-person at the Royal Alexandra Theatre Box Office, 260 K…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMBroadwayWorld has just learned that playwright Albert Innaurato passed away earlier this week in Philadelphia. He was 70 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMAugust 2017 marked the official launch of RPM, a new full-service entertainment advertising and marketing agency dedicated to Broadway and other live entertainment arts amp culture clients.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMBruce Willis Moonlighting, Die Hard, Misery on Broadway and The Burgess Group have announced the limited engagement Off-Broadway run of MUST, a compelling new play about Billy the Kid and Pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMThe Broadway League has announced the recipients of its 22nd annual National Education and Engagement Grants. These grants support inspiring and inventive programs for a wide range of partic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMIn a new interview with USA Today, Megan Mullally reveals that a musical was in the works featuring her beloved WILL amp GRACE character Karen Walker.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMDeadline reports that Julie Taymor is set to direct a film about the life of feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem. Playwright Sarah Ruhl will adapt the screenplay from Steinem's memoir My…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMContinuing a Halloween-season tradition that resumed in 2013, shortly after the opening of the historic New Hope venue, Bucks County Playhouse BCP will once again present its popular product…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMThe group, Avaaz is a civic organization based around the idea promoting activism on certain social and political problems. Right now they have 45 million users across the world, which invol…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 11:40AMPerformances will begin October 30 at The Theater at St. Clements.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMAmanda Petrusich writes about Lady Gaga’s new Netflix documentary, “Gaga: Five Foot Two.”
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:34AMPerformance rights for the 70-minute adaptation of the Broadway musical are now available from Music Theatre International.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMFrom dark comedy to lip-sync, Shakespearean cabaret to rap, Maiden Speech is a new and exciting feminist theatre festival featuring a varied selection of original works exploring feminism to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMCher is just a Tony Award away from completing the EGOT and that could come her way now that a musical based on her life has been confirmed for a Broadway run next fall.This one-named diva…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMWelcome to “Playback,” a Variety podcast bringing you exclusive conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films. The 55th annual New York Film Festival kicks off Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:27AMA new school year has begun at Cornley University as the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Mischief Theatre's The Play That Goes Wrong, which has inexplicably become longest-running …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMSarah Crompton reflects on the nature of Restoration comedies and why they're so tricky to revive
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:24AMThe long-running sitcom, starring a quartet of Broadway alums, premieres a new season following an 11-year hiatus.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMMeghan Brown and Sarah Taylor Ellis’ musical is based on the Jane Austen novel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMIt broke my heart. About two years ago, I was talking to someone on the subway with a Playbill in their hand (as I’m wont to do), and after my first few focus-group-like openers (“What d…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMIt broke my heart. About two years ago, I was talking to someone on the subway with a Playbill in their hand (as I’m wont to do), and after my first few focus-group-like openers (“What d…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMDirector Barbara Gaines' all-female Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of William Shakespeare's notorious comedy "The Taming of the Shrew" contains references to the Chicago Cubs, a McCo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMZulu people demonstrate their customs and reveal their way of life to visitors at this attraction in Durban.
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This summer, when an attorney for actor James Franco sent New York’s People’s Improv Theatre a cease and desist letter regarding the venue’s planned presentation of the pla…
SOURCE: www.artsintegrity.org at 10:58AMQuentin Earl Darrington and Alex Newell brought down the house with their performances at Playbill’s September 27 Pop-Up Series—plus the creative team reveals secrets about what …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMThe anticipated Broadway revival gave an exclusive preview event at Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel on September 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe work will play a limited engagement at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMGeorgia Snow of The Stage broke the news that Kwame Kwei-Armah, once his tenure as Artistic Director of Baltimore Center Stage ends this June, will become Artistic Director of The Young Vic …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:48AMThis newest play by Amy Herzog and directed by Anne Kauffman features a cast of five women spearheaded by Carrie Coon as Mary Jane. You wouldn’t want to be in her shoes. She is strong, c…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:48AMThe company is led by Laura Bell Bundy, Leslie Kritzer, Michael Mastro, and Michael McGrath.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMSeeing Sarah Ruhl’s “For Peter Pan” reminds a critic of her own father and why she turns to theater to “confront the hard stuff,” like grieving his death.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:42AMEmmy winner John Leguizamo Ghetto Klown will make his highly-anticipated return to Broadway this fall in his original one-man comedic play Latin History For Morons, direct from his acclaimed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMIrving Berlin's Holiday Inn is coming to U.S. cinemas for one night this fall as part of the ongoing partnership between Fathom Events and theater streaming service, BroadwayHD.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMBroadwayWorld has just learned that stage and screen star Anne Jeffreys passed away yesterday, September 27. She was 94 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMIn the second episode, the new stars of School of Rock talk to us about their musical beginnings, dream duet partners, and where they hope to be in 10 years.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:38AMPulitzer Prize Finalist Sarah Ruhl will pen the script.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMAreimagining of the cult classic HOCUS POCUS is now in the works at Disney Channel. The original 1993 comedy starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMThe G teborg Opera Chorus, Orchestra, and dancers will see the arrival of one of the world's most popular musicals to Sweden. Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera is currently on s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM"My life as a musical on Broadway. It seems crazy, exciting and bizarre ..." said Cher, whose biomusical hits Broadway in the fall of 2018.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:22AMBarbican, LondonThe Swedish auteur’s tales of actors are directed by Ivo van Hove at his most lucid and ostentatious, featuring fine performances and a pulsating tempest****/***‘Can you …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMThe Chichester Festival Theatre production opens this week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:18AMAs English Touring Theatre open their latest production, designer Lily Arnold explains what they had to do to make the set work
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:18AMDo you believe? “The Cher Show,” a new musical based on the life and career of the singer and actress, is Broadway-bound. The show will first open in Chicago at the Oriental Thea…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:14AMGodspell has always been a show filled with spirit. Ever since its New York debut in 1971, it’s been a vehicle for a lot more than a religious message. Its loose structure – John-Michael…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:07AMAn inside look at theatrical teaching artists and why providing arts education opportunities to students who might not have it otherwise on a local, national, and global level, is even more …
SOURCE: The Interval at 10:01AMAn inside look at theatrical teaching artists and why providing arts education opportunities to students who might not have it otherwise on a local, national, and global level, is even more …
SOURCE: The Interval at 10:01AMIn David Storey's The March of Russia, Up in Arms find a source of such acutely observed family, domestic pain and political pertinence as to set the heart racing afresh.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMRick Elice pens the new musical based on the life of music icon Cher.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Pop music is often judged and misunderstood for its lack of substance and depth, as if catchiness and joy were any less important than the depictions of pain and loss explored in other music…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:47AMThere are only a few days left to catch Che Walker‘s new in-the-round production of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, which finishes at London’s Southwark Playhouse this Satur…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:39AMThe long-awaited Cher bio-musical, The Cher Show, has found its Broadway home! The show will open at the Neil Simon Theatre in the fall of 2018, with exact dates for the run to be …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:36AMThe hit Broadway musical Waitress, based on the film of the same name and featuring a score by Sara Bareilles, has just revealed a new star joining the cast. There is about to be a new docto…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:32AMCasting has been announced for the second production of Jermyn Street Theatre’s autumn ESCAPE Season. Alice Hamilton directs the world premiere of Judith Burnley’s Anything That Flies, s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AM"The Cher Show" will have its pre-Broadway world premiere at the Oriental, running June 12 - July 15, 2018.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 09:28AMHere is a woman who listens only to herself: Miriam Gillinson reviews the return of Jane Eyre to the National Theatre.
The post Review: Jane Eyre at the National Theatre appeared first on Ex…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 09:22AMIn what is believed to be a groundbreaking move, Palm Beach Dramaworks and GableStage plan a co-production of the acclaimed Broadway play Indecent to be next fall.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18AMWe’ve already had one Take That jukebox musical: in 2008, the ill-fated Never Forget had a brief West End run before sinking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:13AM“Mother!” is being screened at Genesis, London. “Mother!” is a psychological horror film released in 2017. The film is directed and written by Darren Aronofsky. It features Jen…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:12AMA musical based on the life of Cher is heading to Broadway, with a stop in Chicago on its way. Producers Flody Suarez and Jeffrey Seller announced today that The Cher Show, covering the six…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:10AM“Borg vs. McEnroe” is being screened at Gate PictureHouse, London. The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Sverrir Gudnason, Tuva Novotny and Stellan Skarsgård. It is directed by Janus Metz Peders…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:10AMRollberg Cinemas is currently hosting the screening of the 2017 American psychological horror film, "Mother". Written and directed by Darren Aronofsky, the movie follows the story of a …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:09AM“The Glass Castle” will be screened at Electric Cinema, London.“The Glass Castle” is a biographical drama. It is written and directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. The film is co-written…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:06AMYou might have heard the rumors, or seen Cher’s tweets about it, but finally, everything is confirmed: The Cher Show, a musical about Cher featuring the music of Cher starring three differ…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:05AMAs he does every Sunday, Pastor Paul (Brian Kurlander) walks to the pulpit in his church and begins a sermon, as the 14-person choir behinds him sits attentively and absorbs the message, as …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:02AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMListen: Mr. A-Z to Make his Broadway Debut in “Waitress,” “The Cher Show” Announces World Premiere and Broadway Plans, and What’s Franco Up to Now? “Today…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:00AMThere’s no need to really review it. (“Hey, Ken Levine said it was good so maybe we should see it after all.”) By now you’ve been told that Lin-Manuel Miranda is a genius, the pro…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMBy Shelby-Allison Hibbs. Shelby-Alison Hibbs analyzes Matthew Paul Olmos’ so go the ghosts of mexico , part 2 .
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AMFor a dose of adventure in this South African city, dive with sharks, bungee jump into a stadium, and sample some bunny chow.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM
American indie rock guitarist and singer Julien Baker will be performing at The Town Hall in New York.Born in Memphis, Tennesse, Baker grew up on Buff City. Baker, with her friends, formed a…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:57AM"Victoria & Abdul" is being screened at Everyman Cinema, Hampstead, London. The film is based on the book written by Shrabani Basu and the story of the film is penned by Lee Hall.The fil…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:54AMJack Thorne's brand new version opens in November in London
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:54AMBroadway performer Gladys Feldman (1886-1974) was born on this day. Originally from Evanston, Illinois, Feldman had spent some time in vaudeville. The earliest reference to her I can find to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AMSocial media abuzz after Spider-Man star makes unexpected appearance in The Drowned Man at London's Temple StudiosIt's what every Punchdrunk theatre fan craves: a one-on-one encounter with a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMGreenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition!
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SOURCE: Backstage at 08:30AMThe Broadway-bound musical THE CHER SHOW, which celebrates the life and music of global superstar Cher, will premiere next June at Chicago's Oriental Theatre. The five-week pre-Broadway enga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMThe musical, which explores the life of the pop icon through her songs, will first play Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20AMToneelgroep Amsterdam artfully pair two Bergman screenplays about the phoniness of the theatre
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:18AMCelebs and fans flocked to the press night of THE BAND on 26 September 2017 and were treated not only to the show itself, but also to a performance from Take That...with a little help from L…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:15AMAs 'The Fall' comes to the Royal Court, Nicole Acquah speaks to its cast about Rhodes, Blackness on campus, and reliving their experiences of protest on stage.
The post The Fall: “Peo…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 08:08AMHershey Felder’s one-man show wonderfully blends the music of Tchaikovsky with his life story to create a strong biography.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM On a breezy evening in Hell’s Kitchen, I met up with my tall, well-spoken and charming friend Joe Breen, a NYC based playwright whose latest play, All My Love, Kate, is being presented …
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 08:00AM
By Brian Scott Lipton Sixty years and one day after history was made at the Winter Garden Theatre with the opening of the “West Side Story,” history of another sort …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:52AM“The Cher Show” — a fully authorized, bluntly titled, biographically oriented, Broadway-bound musical celebrating the life, works and times of the iconoclastic cultural phenomenon with…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:50AMIvo van Hove's company Toneelgroep complete its residency at the Barbican with these Ingmar Bergman adaptations
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:48AMProducer Mark Goucher follow The Dresser with another Ronald Harwood play, The Dresser, starring Paul Nicholas, Wendi Peters, Sue Holderness and Jeff Rawle at Cheltenham and on tour.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMOlivia Colman has revealed that she underwent cognitive hypnotherapy to combat stage fright before her first public performance in Mosquitoes at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:26AMGhosts, dreams, memories and the masks we wear to present our various selves every day: there are more characters drifting through this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMThe singer-songwriter prepares an intimate four-month residency on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:24AMChristopher Wheeldon's Alice dazzles, but both dance and characterisation have to fight to make it through the whirl
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:18AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Today's big news THE SHOW-OFF opens, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12AMBy Alexa Terry
Julian Clary’s comedic timing is faultless, and James Nelson-Joyce is progressively intimidating as the two characters fight for dominance.
This post REVIEW: Le Grand Mort, …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:05AMArts organisations are becoming less experimental and more focused with their use of digital technology, a survey has revealed. The Digital Culture
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMHeartwarming debut play about young teen love is very good fun, if a bit slender and insubstantial.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMHofesh Shechter’s dance company has developed a house agreement with Equity that pledges to champion ethical employment in the dance sector. Hofesh
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
James Norton and Imogen Poots have been announced to star in a new season at the Donmar Warehouse. Belleville, a new play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMCardi B’s single “Bodak Yellow” makes it to Number One in one of the most contested Hot 100 battles in recent years. The “Love & Hip Hop” star has become the first solo fe…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:42AMNessah Muthy explores the nature of right-wing sentiment in this new play for HighTide, co-commissioned with Theatr Clwyd
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:33AMSomething WICKED this way comes...and keeps on coming, again and again! The worldwide smash-hit show that explores the untold story of the witches of Oz flew into its 12th year at London's A…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:30AMThree years ago, when this adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s novel premiered in Bristol before transferring to the National, it stood on a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMBritish screen stars James Norton and Imogen Poots will star in the UK premiere of American playwright Amy Herzog's acclaimed play Belleville at London's Donmar Warehouse. The production, di…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:22AMActor, pianist and writer Hershey Felder specialises in stage portrayals of Western music’s big figures. With the likes of Gershwin, Chopin and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMThe immersive theatre company’s new show Kabeiroi has just 864 tickets (for £110 a pair) and is closed to critics, while its corporate gigs are on the rise. Have the showstoppers sold out…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AMDesigner Tom Scutt will curate a new week-long design festival at London’s Donmar Warehouse. Donmar on Design, which runs at the theatre’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMThe Drayton Arms theatre are filling up their autumn/winter season with some great revivals and WHEN MIDNIGHT STRIKES is no exception! The show will enjoy a months run at the Kensington-base…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AM
This week’s top theatre jobs on The Stage Jobs include house manager for the Victoria Palace Theatre, head of stage for Theatre Royal Stratford
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:37AMIt brought a slice of Parisian romance to London's West End but it's time for the new musical, inspired by the Hollywood classic of the same name, to bid a fond farewell. AN AMERICAN IN PARI…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:35AMAnger is like an infection in Heroine. It seeps into people compromised by loss or grief and poisons their best intentions into
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:32AMPrior to its international tour in 2018, award-winning choreographer Jasmin Vardimon’s adaptation of the classic fairy tale Pinocchio returns to Sadler’s Wells this October
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMJosie Rourke has announced three new productions at the Earlham Street venue
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:24AMVladimir Ashkenazy is to conduct the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in a Shostakovich concert series at the Sydney Opera House. Dmitri Shostakovich was a courageous Soviet composer whose subversi…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:21AM"Le Grand Mort feels like the most petite of gestures": Brendan Macdonald on a disappointing dinner party-based vehicle for Julian Clary.
The post Review: Le Grand Mort at Trafalgar Studios …
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:21AMThere was a moment I’ll never forget from the Q&A I hosted after last night’s performance of Stephen Clark‘s Le Grand Mort at Trafalgar Studios. Julian Clary, who is of…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:17AMPlaywright Cory Finley's protagonist takes a long, strange trip - or does he?
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:04AM
Roundabout Theatre Company presents the New York premiere of Anna Ziegler's new play The Last Match, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch. The cast includes Wilson Bethel as 'Tim,' Alex Mickiewi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12AMThe Peccadillo Theater Company, the OBIE, Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award-winning company dedicated to the rediscovery of classic American theater, presents a revival of The Show-Off by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12AMTrav'lin - The 1930s Harlem Musical comes home to New York City for an invite-only industry reading featuring Brenda Braxton, who starred in the sold-out debut production at the New York Mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12AMPaper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, by special arrangement with Jeffrey Finn, presents the world-premiere production of the new musical comedy The Honeym…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12AMWebsites fall over themselves to be first with the news, though of course nowadays a piece of breaking news can get amplified
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWho are the most important people working each night in the theatre? The box office, ushers, actors and bar staff. They are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
NBC’s “The Good Place” began in the fall of 2016 with Eleanor Shellstrop, played by Kristen Bell, awakening after a humiliating death to find herself in heaven. With the help of Chidi,…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:58AMThis November Waitress is getting some added star power when Grammy-award winning singer Jason Mraz joins the cast for a ten-week run, reports Variety. His stay at the Brooks Atkinson Theatr…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:53AMThe 69th Primetime Emmy Awards took place at the Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles on Sunday, September 17, 2017. Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel, “The Handmai…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:44AMWe couldn't have ordered up a more exciting new leading man! Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz will join leading lady Betsy Wolfe in the company of Broadway's Waitress in the ro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:05AMThere are plentiful comic one-liners and also sharp observations in Mr. Giles’ well-crafted dialogue. Giles perfectly renders all four characters with personality details and traits. T…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:00AMMraz is the show's new Dr. Pomatter.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
“The Taming of the Shrew,” Shakespeare’s comedy about the war between the sexes, has had a rough time of it for decades now, ever since the dawn of the feminist revolution.…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:59AMWarhol/Capote is a breezy, 90 minute tribute to American pop and gossip.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:54AMAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:54AMBroadwayWorld has learned that pop star Jason Mraz will be making his Broadway debut in the hit musical WAITRESS later this fall. 'Mr. A-Z' will succeed Drew Gehling as Dr. Pomatter in the S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMNEW YORK (AP) -- When he was still a teenager, Jason Mraz considered musical theater as a career option but feared he'd end up frustrated and as a waiter. Now the singer-song…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:10AMThe two-time Grammy winner will make his Broadway debut in the role of Dr. Pomatter.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 12:01AMBroadway veterans will sing their songs in NYC concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMSee all the theatre-related events scheduled this week at the intimate New York cabaret.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMAs stunt casting goes, it’s not a bad idea at all: For 10 weeks, beginning November 3, Grammy winner Jason Mraz will play the love interest in Waitress, the Sara Bareilles musical, bas…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00AMJason Mraz, the Grammy winner known for hits including “I’m Yours,” will join the cast of the Broadway musical “Waitress” for 10 weeks beginning in November. He…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMHarlem Repertory Theatre presents Jamaica as part of its Yip Harburg series---Most theatre artists can point to the show that served as their gateway drug. For Broadway performer turned Harl…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMHow does a poem create effects, convey meaning and speak to its readers? A free conference called "Word By Word, Line By Line" will explore that question on Wednesday, Oct. 4, from 9:30 a.m.…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThe year's most engaging urban-planning book comes from an unlikely source: activist and musician Dar Williams, a folk-festival and Lilith Fair veteran, who independently released her first …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM"I want to be careful with how I say this," Reg Rogers says, "but there's a quality here that's just a little — just a little bit, just a little, little bit — like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMKyle Abraham and his dance and movement troupe Abraham.In.Motion have visited Connecticut regularly over the years, mainly at Wesleyan University and New Haven's International Festival of Ar…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM"The Importance of Being Earnest" opens the 2017-18 season at Connecticut Repertory Theatre, and there are some important names involved. Long upheld as one of the funniest comedies in the E…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMA Broken Umbrella Theatre devised its latest local-culture-based theater piece "Exchange" from some real-life history. The show explores the development of the first telephone switchboard in…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMThe Frozen star celebrates her birthday September 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company production begins performances September 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA look back at the women directors who broke ground with their Broadway work and continue to do so today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFrom Hello, Dolly! to Camelot, from Joseph... to Hair, these 37 songs will blast you back to Broadway of the ’60s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 16th annual RADical Days -— a thank-you to the public for supporting arts and culture organizations, regional parks, libraries, sports and civic facilities through the Regional As…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
