Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 9/30/2017

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 9302017.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Jessie Buckley on playing outcasts – and hitting the big time by Sarah Hughes

The star of new BBC1 drama The Last Post talks about luck, love and landing roles in a series of notable film and TV projectsShe first came to public attention as an effervescent 17-year-old…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Candy Bowers: 'The door was slammed on me for being a black woman' by Jane Howard

Woman behind Hot Brown Honey talks about building a career despite ‘apartheid’ experience of Australian performing artsCandy Bowers has a simple plan to improve Australian theatre cultur…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42PM

Concert Review: ‘Carpenter plays Copland / Favorites by Bernstein & Adams’ by NSO at Kennedy Center Concert Hall by Brett Dodson

This weekend’s National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) program highlights two iconic American composers of the previous century, along with a very brief work by John Adams, whose compositional v…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:11PM

Dame Judi Dench Reveals She's Relieved She Couldn't Appear in CATS by BroadwayWorld

Dame Judi Dench stopped in at the Borough of Manhattan Community College as part of her press rounds to promote her upcoming film Victoria amp Abdul. According to the NY Daily News, the lege…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PM

VIDEO: Sneak a Peek at Anthony Rapp's First Scene on STAR TREK: DISCOVERY by BroadwayWorld

Broadway's Anthony Rapp, star of RENT, IFTHEN, and more, will soon be seen on the new CBS series STAR TREK DISCOVERY. Rapp plays Lt. Stamets, the series first openly gay character. Check out…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PM

Podcast: Broadway General Manager and Author, Peter Bogyo, Visits 'Keith Price's Curtain Call' by Keith Price's Curtain Call

Seasoned Broadway General Manager, Peter Bogyo, takes some time out of his insanely busy schedule to talk to me about his new book, BROADWAY GENERAL MANGER Demystifying the Most Important an…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PM

Who’s the best Drama Actress Emmy winner this decade? Elisabeth Moss, Tatiana Maslany, Viola Davis … ? [POLL] by Kevin Jacobsen

The Emmys have honored some of the strongest female characters on television throughout the 2010s. The Best Drama Actress category in particular has seen some especially powerful performance…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Green Day’s American Idiot musical set for Australian Tour by Matt Edwards

After a highly successful Brisbane season last February, it was announced today that Green Day’s American Idiot will embark on a whirlwind Australian tour in early 2018. Returning to …

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:44PM

EXCLUSIVE: Hear Patti LuPone’s New Song in Disney Musical Series Vampirina by Adam Hetrick

The new Disney Junior show featuring an original score by Michael Kooman and Christopher Dimond premieres October 1.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda Can’t Hide His Disgust at President Trump’s Attacks on San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz by Halle Kiefer

Tony-winning Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda wasn’t the only person alarmed and/or frustrated by President Trump’s Twitter tirade against San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz on S…

SOURCE: Vulture at 05:02PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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This opera singer is still going strong after two lung transplants by Jane Ridley

Making her debut at Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater singing from the libretto of “La Traviata,” chanteuse Charity Tillemann-Dick reached to the vocal stratosphere and gave her all to the…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:56PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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This book shows guinea pigs performing ‘Romeo & Juliet’ by Mackenzie Dawson

Creative inspiration strikes at random times, often when it’s least expected. For the UK-based publishing house Bloomsbury, it struck in the office one day when a colleague’s mother sent…

SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:13PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Chicago Theater Review: FUN HOME (Victory Gardens) by Lawrence Bommer

MORE “FUN” THAN THE FIRST TIME AROUND Wise and warm, the 100-minute family memoir Fun Home charts the twisted courses of two generations of the Bechdels—a self-shaming ga…

SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:55PM

ICYMI: Watch Laura Osnes Get Prepped and Pampered for the Stage on BroadwayWorld Live! by BroadwayWorld

What's Laura Osnes' dream role What's the correct way to pronounce her last name Will we see her back on Broadway in the My Fair Lady revival These were all questions answered by the lead…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PM

Jack And Jill Plays - Part 45 - Lasagna by Adam Szymkowicz

New short play.  Ask my permission if you want to do anything with it. Lasagna by Adma Szymkowicz (JACK whittling a stick, barefoot.  Enter JILL.) JILL Whatcha doin'? JACK Whit…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 02:36PM

Ferneyhough's Shadowtime Has U.S. Premiere at Lincoln Center Festival by Ben Mattison

Brian Ferneyhough's Shadowtime, a "thought opera'" based on the life of philosopher Walter Benjamin, will have its American premiere tonight at the Lincoln Center Festiva…

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: ASP’s “Exit The King” – When Politics Become Absurd by Ian Thal

In Ionesco's play, society no longer makes sense -- even to itself.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:48PM

Interview: Max Posner on Turning Family Secrets into “The Treasurer” by Emily Gawlak

It’s tempting to want to distance yourself from the main character of Max Posner’s new play, The Treasurer. Referred to only as the Son, he’s a hardworking geologist, a loving husband,…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:30PM

Australian Production of In the Heights Canceled After Whitewashing Casting Controversy by Adam Hetrick

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ musical, which captures a slice of the Latinx-American experience in Washington Heights, was cast with a predominantly white company.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PM

From Applause to Sweeney Todd: Look Back at Len Cariou on the Stage by Hannah Vine

The Tony Award winner celebrates his birthday September 30.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM

Review: Brilliant Traces by Aron Canter

Brilliant Traces, written by Cindy Lou Johnson and directed by David Newer, is a love story set in a remote cabin in Alaska during a whiteout between a woman who is running away because she …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:06PM

Which of These 18 Shows Were Based on Banned Books? by Hannah Vine

In honor of Banned Books week, flip through to see which of these shows are based off a book that was banned.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PM

Challenging society’s assumptions: Is all theatre political? by Chris Grady

Freshers week at Mountview is complete and 12 producers from UK, Peru, Spain and Greece are now settled down in Wood Green with assignments, projects, lectures and meetings packing their liv…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at noon (Broadway Time)
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For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday - A Tale of Family, Childhood and Mortality by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd HollanderThe subtext to the question "when did you grow up" is "when did you stop being a child"? A question explored in Sarah Ruhl’s bittersweet drama For Peter Pan …

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:54PM

Top billings: the poster art of the National Theatre – in pictures by Imogen Carter

After 54 years of enticing audiences into the stalls, the National Theatre’s posters are getting their own moment in the spotlight with an exhibition curated by Rick Poynor in the NT’s W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PM

VIDEO: Start Your Weekend Off with a Medley from Broadway Legend Ethel Merman by Stage Tube

What better way to kick off the weekend than with a medley from one of Broadway's greatest Watch Ethel Merman sing through her repertoire in this collection from a televised concert recorded…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PM

Lin-Manuel Miranda Says Trump is 'Going Straight to Hell' For His Response to Puerto Rico's Plight by BroadwayWorld

Lin-Manuel Miranda has been one of the most vocal figures in the call for support for Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria's devastating effects on the island nation. With video pleas and b…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PM

Pavarotti's Farewell Tour Includes Visit to Australia, Where His Career Began by Emily Quinn

Luciano Pavarotti's farewell tour will include concerts in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and Perth this November, the Melbourne Herald Sun reports.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM

ANNIE – West End ★★★★ by Scatter Of Opinion

Great singing, bold choreography and an entire show of strong acting – this is a fresh and fun production of Annie.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Review: Eugene Onegin (Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff)

WNO's 2004 production of Tchaikovsky's romantic opera, still powerfully affecting

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:36AM

Q&A: Naked Magicians will prove there's nothing hidden up their sleeves by Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Best friends and magicians Christopher Wayne and Mike Tyler wanted to present magic in a way that has never been presented before.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:12AM

Best Bets: Naked Magicians, 'The Bodyguard,' Scottish Games, Q in the Lou, Zootoberfest by Go! Magazine Staff

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

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:12AM

Looking back in anger, riot-grrrl style by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

'Lizzie' takes a smart, anachronistic look at a famous murder

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:12AM

Messenger: Artist seeks to tie divided St. Louis together with a thread of hope by Tony Messenger St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Amid protests and division, St. Louis artist Rachel Asen sees hope.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:12AM

Laura Michelle Kelly Returns to 54 Below with New Solo Show by BroadwayWorld

Currently starring as Anna Leonowens in the national tour of Lincoln Center's Tony Award winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King amp I, Olivier Award winning actress Laura M…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AM

BWW Interview - Debut of the Month: TIME AND THE CONWAYS' Anna Baryshnikov by Caryn Robbins

Today, Anna Baryshnikov speaks exclusively with BWW about making her Broadway debut in the role of a young girl who reminds us to take time to live in the moment

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AM

Dave Malloy's GHOST QUARTET Preps for Run at Next Door at NYTW by BroadwayWorld

Previously announced as part of New York Theatre Workshop's NYTW NEXT DOOR series, GHOST QUARTET, an early brain child of GREAT COMET mastermind Dave Malloy is set to kick of its run on Octo…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AM

FROM DOWN UNDER: Assassins by Simon Parris

Created with complete respect to the original concept, yet feeling fresh and new, this production is a thrilling 105-minute rollercoaster ride of insidious malevolence, blatant self-righteou…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Jack Wild: Lived Up To His Name by Trav S.D.

Jack Wild (1952-2006) was born on the last day of September. Wild was probably the first star I was ever aware of, seeing as how he was the Artful Dodger in Oliver! (1968), one of the few mu…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:33AM

"Charm" Celebrates Gender Fluidity by Jan Simpson

It's hard not to be charmed by Charm, the new play about a 67-year-old transgender woman who offers etiquette lessons to underprivileged and gender-fluid youths. For everyone associated with…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 10:18AM

Review: ‘Death of a Salesman’ at Ford’s Theatre by Gina Jun

It’s hard to believe that nearly 70 years have passed since Arthur Miller penned his Pulitzer-winning masterpiece, Death of a Salesman; the perennially relevant social drama seems as timel…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:02AM

Written 200 years apart, what links Frankenstein & new play The Test? by Terri Paddock

Both stories centre on Promethean ambitions: scientists who, like the Greek Titan who created mankind, seek to crack the code of life and consciousness itself.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM

Patti Lupone, Alan Cumming, Stephen Sondheim by WNYC

Hal Prince is a Broadway legend whose career spans 70 years. He has won 21 Tony Awards as a producer and director for productions that include: “Cabaret,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “S…

SOURCE: WNYC at 10:00AM

Theater News: Performances of Watch on the Rhine Begin at the Guthrie Theater

Lisa Peterson directs Lillian Hellman's drama on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Come to this Cabaret by Cogency

Cabaret by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff. Directed by Matthew Decker, Arden Theatre, September 2017.   Never has Cabaret seemed so timely as in the new production by Matthew D…

SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 09:36AM

LE GRAND MORT – Trafalgar Studios ★★★ by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

Are there laughs after death? Award-winning playwright and librettist Stephen Clark’s comedy-drama Le Grand Mort makes its world debut almost a year after the celebrated writer died and se…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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I Interview Playwrights Part 1000: C. Denby Swanson by Adam Szymkowicz

C. Denby Swanson Hometown: Austin, TX Current Town: Austin, TX Q:  What are you working on now? A:  A Sloan/EST science-play commission called NUTSHELL, a one-woman show ab…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:18AM

1000 PLAYWRIGHT INTERVIEWS by Adam Szymkowicz

1000 Playwright Interviews The first interview I posted was on June 3, 2009.  It was Jimmy Comtois.  I decided I would start interviewing some of my playwright friends.  It w…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:18AM

BWW's On This Day - September 30, 2017

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

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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AFTER THE REHEARSAL/PERSONA – Barbican Theatre ★★★ by Carole Woddis

Having excavated Visconti (Ossessione), Ivo van Hove has now moved on to Ingmar Bergman. Much as I admire van Hove – and I do – I am a little perplexed as to why he’s involved himself …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AM

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On… The Addams’ Family’s Oliver Ormson by Olivia Mitchell

Oliver Ormson is currently playing the role of Lucas in the first ever UK Tour of The Addams Family. He was kind enough to chat all things Addams, career and Harry Potter with me.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Mark Anderson

The actor tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:54AM

NEWS: Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson & Stephen Tompkinson star in new Art tour by Press Releases

Nigel Havers, Denis Lawson and Stephen Tompkinson star as Serge, Marc and Ivan respectively in a major revival of Yasmina Reza's Art, opening on tour in February.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AM

On the Couch with Alana Tranter by Arts Review

Who is Alana Tranter? I am a singer, actor, mover … they call it a two-and-a-half threat, and the co-founder of Company Eleven, an independent theatre company based out of Melbourne. I am …

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:08AM

SPAMALOT – Touring ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

The Mercury Theatre, Colchester’s touring version of Monty Python’s Spamalot for Selladoor Productions is consistently funny and may just be the best version of the show to have come to …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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After the Rehearsal/Persona, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Barbican - van Hove reconfigures Bergman by David.nice

Two dramas about acting and being, illusion and reality, form an inseparable wholeThree tall orders must be met in any successful transfer of an Ingmar Bergman text from screen to stage. Fir…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:18AM

'I’d never written a play as a single action before': David Eldridge on Beginning by David Eldridge

The playwright explores the gestation of his new play for the National TheatreMy friend, the playwright Robert Holman, says that the writing of a play is always “the product of a moment”…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:18AM

FROM DOWN UNDER: Beautiful – The Carole King Musical ★★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

The night started with two twenty-something girls who had no clue who Carole King was (don't judge us!) and ended up with two brand new super fans, striding out of the theatre arm in arm, be…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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King Lear starring Ian McKellen review the Minerva Theatre, Chichester – ‘intensely moving’ by Mark Shenton

After the Tom Hiddleston Hamlet played at RADA’s 160-seater Vanburgh Theatre for just three weeks, this year’s second most exclusive Shakespearean production

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:45AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Adelaide Fringe awards record $85k in grants to Australian artists by Arts Review

Thanks to thousands of donations to the Adelaide Fringe Artist Fund, the Adelaide Fringe has just awarded $85,500 worth of grants – double the amount given out last year. Since its incepti…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:37AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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American Song by Arts Review

A moving and provocative look at parenting in today’s fractured society, Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre present the Australian premiere of Joanna Murray-Smith’s American Song for a li…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:28AM

The Arts on Stamps of the World — September 30 by Doug Briscoe

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

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:24AM

Using One Item to Show Character by Kerry Hishon

Sometimes we get caught up in all the bells and whistles of a theatrical production. Sumptuous sets, elaborate costumes, piles of props, mountains of furniture – they’re all wonderful, b…

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM

New play at DePaul puts immigration in spotlight for young audiences by Taylor Hartz

“Augusta and Noble” follows 14-year-old Gabi through a process many pre-teen Chicagoans can relate to — admission to a selective enrollment school.

SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:00AM
Saturday, September 30, 2017 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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I Just Unraveled Myself: Some Moments By/With/For Ash R.T. Yergens by Tara Sheena

The moment it becomes legible, it becomes something else.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:54AM

Joseph Kosuth: A Short History of My Thought by Arts Review

A major solo exhibition from one of the pioneers of conceptual art, American artist Joseph Kosuth – Anna Schwartz Gallery presents in association with the Melbourne Festival, A Short…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:37AM

VIDEO: On This Day, September 30- Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's MOVIN' OUT Leaps Onto Broadway by Stage Tube

Today we celebrate Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's dance musical sensation, Movin' Out

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AM

Apologia Star Stockard Channing on Returning to the London Stage, 'Creepy' Grease Fixations & Not Writing a Memoir by Matt Wolf

Stockard Channing needs no introduction as a Broadway legend, but London’s good fortune is to have welcomed the Tony and Emmy-winning actress at regular intervals. She first appeared o…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06AM

Carrie, Reefer Madness, and Other Cult Classics to Be Celebrated in NYC September 30 by Robert Viagas

Emerging artists will also sing tunes from Rocky Horror, Bat Boy, Side Show, to benefit the ACLU.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM

What’s Different About Fun Home on the Road? by Ruthie Fierberg

Kate Shindle, who plays Big Alison, reveals changes made for the national tour, plus audience reactions that tugged at her heart.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

How to Buy Tickets to Broadway’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two by Ruthie Fierberg

A breakdown of the new ticketing process for the two-part play before it comes to Broadway in 2018.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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