Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Happy New Year! by Sandi Durell

    From all of us here at Theater Pizzazz to all of you . . . we wish you peace, health and happiness in 2018!   Sandi Durell and all our devoted Theater Pizzazz staff!  …

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 11:45PM

The Year of Living Cinematically by Kevin Daly

Same as every other year: all films were watched in their entirety and all films that I’d never seen before have been marked with an asterisk. The Bishop’s Wife (1947) 1/1 *Sing Stre…

SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 11:14PM

Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical (Toronto) by Maggie

For this last day in 2017 I treated myself to a Young People's Theatre (YPT) Production of Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical. Watching this well-known story amongst the chattering o…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:06PM

Sandra's Faves of 2017 by Sandra Mardenfeld

Here's seven of my 2017 favorites. Why seven? Well, in many cultures seven is considered sacred, both beneficial and protective for its bearer.Honestly? Seven is all I got. I probably saw ab…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 11:06PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Top 10 of 2016: UK edition by Nicole Serratore

Due to job woes I was not able to get over to the UK much this year.  So really...my list is a Top 10 of Edinburgh.1. Joan2. Lucy McCormick's Triple Threat3. Us/Them4. Letters to Windso…

SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 07:18PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Bolshoi Ballet Academy offers Summer Intensives around the globe by Admin

Russian Ballet International will present its annual Bolshoi Ballet Academy Summer Intensive programs in Australia, Italy and Russia. 2018 will kick off in Sydney, where the Australia Summer…

SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:50PM

Top 10 of 2017 (US and UK edition) by Nicole Serratore

Since I did not end up going to Edinburgh this year I did not have enough shows in the UK to make a separate top 10 list.  So I'm combining US and UK shows this year because it's my lis…

SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 06:27PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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“Partition” Exposes Dirty Math of Colonialism, at Indra’s Net, Berkeley by Svea Vikander

Director Bruce Coughran Invites Us to Pity Genius by Svea Vikander and Edward Boyda “Partition” is not a play about math. Director Bruce Coughran has made mathematics into a language and…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:28PM

Feature: Favorite Books of 2017 by Bill Marx

Some of our critics talk about the books that meant the most to them over the past year.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:12PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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My Year in Show Music by Kevin Daly

A couple years ago I realized that shuffle made it easier for me to have my own portable radio but made me less likely to listen to complete albums. Around this time, I made a conscious dec…

SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 04:18PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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On my radar: Michaela Coel’s cultural highlights by Interview By Kathryn Bromwich

The actor, writer and creator of Chewing Gum on the art of Khalil Joseph, the voice of Ari Lennox – and the author helping with her existential crisisMichaela-Moses Ewuraba O Boakye-Collin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PM

Ring IN The Old: Saluting Broadway Stars, aged 91 to 105 by New York Theater

Here again, celebrating the new year by saluting a dozen Broadway veterans, aged 91 to 105. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption. Why, you may ask, is Betty White,…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:01PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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My 2017 Year in Review by Adam Szymkowicz

Hi, Since '07 I've been doing this yearly wrap up on my blog basically about my writing and sometimes other things I've done in the year. I turned 40 this August.  I've been writing p…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:54PM

Dan Talbot, Impresario of Art Films, Is Dead at 91 by Anita Gates

As an operator of Lincoln Plaza Cinemas and the New Yorker Theater, Mr. Talbot introduced Americans to a whole universe of European filmmaking.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:28PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at noon (Broadway Time)
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BWW TV: The Year that Was- Relive the Plays of 2017! by BroadwayWorld TV

It has been an epic year for Broadway, with a whopping 24 plays having opened in 2017. Before we get wrapped up in the theatre season ahead, BroadwayWorld wants to stop and salute the shows …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PM

Book Review: Nikki Giovanni — Still Feisty After All These Years by Robert Israel

Reading Nikki Giovanni, one is inspired to never cower, to never beg, to never surrender.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:48PM

A New Year’s Eve toast by Lorraine Treanor

“Here’s strength to your elbow Success in your art Here’s pearls in your oyster And me in your heart.” So ends  the toast by poet/lyricist Fran Landesman. Fun, success and l…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Dec. 31 by Audition Roundup

Updated this week Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, December 31, 2017 for both productions in your area and around the country including whatwhenwhere and how to audition

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AM

This Week on Broadway for December 31, 2017: A Look Back at 2017 by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere review Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. We look back at our favorite things of 2017.   This Week on Broadway has been coming to you …

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 11:38AM

Hub Theatre’s artistic director is stepping down this summer by Tim Treanor

Hub Theatre Artistic Director Helen R. Murray (formerly Helen Pafumi) will be leaving the company she helped found to take the helm of the Aurora Fox Arts Center in Aurora, Colorado in July,…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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32nd Annual Robby Award Nominations announced for Southern California Theatre by Rob Stevens

Center Theatre Group-Ahmanson Theatre and South Coast Repertory led all producing entities with 32 and 28 nominations, respectively. Welk Resort Theatre's KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN and A Nois…

SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:55AM

Feature: Roots & World Music Live Highlights of 2017 by Noah Schaffer

Here's a look at the good stuff among last year's live music events.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AM

The Arts on Stamps of the World — December 31 by Doug Briscoe

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

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AM

Georgette Harvey: Porgy’s First Maria by Trav S.D.

A fascinating figure was born on this day. Georgette Harvey (1882-1952) was principally a stage performer, although I first became aware of her from the 1934 voodoo movie Chloe, Love is Call…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AM

If Digital Life Is Getting You Down, Get To A Live Theatre Show, Fast by Artsjournal2

Playwright Ayad Akhtar: "I am not hopeful about where we are as a nation — as a species (if I can be so presumptuous). I’m not hopeful, because I am increasingly of the mind that even my…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Ringing in 2018: A Guide to New Year's Eve Television Coverage! by Caryn Robbins

It's time to break out the champagne and let the confetti fly. As 2017 comes to a close, BWW brings you a guide to New Year's Eve coverage airing tonight on TV

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AM

Watch: Top 12 New York Theater Videos of 2017 by New York Theater

The dozen videos below were the most viewed of those I posted on my YouTube channel, New York Theater, in 2017. Anastasia , Once Upon a December Anastasia highlights Jordan Fisher on making …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:29AM

Why the arts matter: Sam Woodhouse on the arts and theater by Sam Woodhouse

Sam Woodhouse is the artistic director of San Diego Repertory Theatre, which he co-founded in 1976 and helped turn into one of the leading regional theaters in the nation. He has worked on h…

SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:00AM

Why the arts matter: Sarah Alida LeClair on the arts and theater by Sarah Alida Leclair

Sarah Alida LeClair is a San Diego actor-musician and performing-arts educator who teaches at Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley. Her recent stage credits include “The Last Five Year…

SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:00AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Jack and the Beanstalk review at Waddon Leisure Centre, Croydon – ‘patchy and uneven’ by Paul Vale

It was feared that when Fairfield Halls closed its doors for refurbishment in 2016 that live pantomime would disappear from the town.

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:58AM

BWW's On This Day - December 31, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AM

DICK WHITTINGTON – West End by Johnny Fox

Following critical and commercial success with last year’s Cinderella, QDOS Entertainment have again invested millions to make Dick Whittington the biggest, boldest and glitziest pantomime…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong review on BBC1 – ‘wonderfully warped’ by Tim Bano

Last Christmas, after dominating the West End with three productions running simultaneously, the endearing chaos of Mischief Theatre made its first foray

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AM

2017: Final bows by The Stage

We pay tribute to some of the entertainment industry’s celebrated figures who died in 2017…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM

There Ought To Be Clowns’ 11 top theatre moments of 2017 by Ian Foster

As ever, the wait for the end-of-year lists of favourite plays and performances has to continue until I've actually stopped seeing theatre in 2017. But in the meantime, here's a list of 11 o…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Performers from ALADDIN, SCHOOL OF ROCK & More Headline New Year's Eve Bash at Tony DiNapoli by BroadwayWorld

Broadway veterans James Moye and Victor Hawks will team with top performers from ALADDIN, SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, SCHOOL OF ROCK and SPIDER-MAN at the annual New Year's Eve extravaga…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52AM

Features: Matt Trueman: ten shows I'm looking forward to in 2018

The WhatsOnStage critic picks his top recommendations for the next 12 months

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:04AM

2017 Regional theatre recap by Debbie Gilpin

Much of my ‘touring’ has been concentrated in Bristol and Chichester; there are a few other UK venues to add to the list, as well as some from my week in New York, of course.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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The Grinning Man review – the greatest freakshow in town by Claire Armitstead

Trafalgar Studios, LondonBristol OId Vic’s bewitching musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s L’Homme qui rit makes a witty West End transferVictor Hugo was one of the great myth-makers of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AM

Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella review – still having a ball by Luke Jennings

Sadler’s Wells, LondonVisual magic outweighs occasional longueurs in this welcome revival of the choreographer/director’s wartime fairytaleMatthew Bourne’s latest revival of Cinderella…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AM

White Fang review – in need of more lupine vigour by Claire Armitstead

Park theatre, LondonJethro Compton’s take on Jack London’s fable conjures up the snowswept Yukon but fails to focus on the central relationship between girl and wolfAn improvisation on J…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AM

The Secret Seven review – seven go north by Clare Brennan

Storyhouse, ChesterEnid Blyton’s gang of young sleuths drop the middle-class trappings in a show that is childlike but never childishOn the approach to the theatre, a young girl walking ah…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Special Reports: The 11 Best Broadway Debuts of 2017

The year's breakout stars have been picked by TheaterMania's editorial department.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
Sunday, December 31, 2017 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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From Sweet Charity to The Addams Family: Celebrating Bebe Neuwirth on the Stage by Hannah Vine

The two-time Tony Award winner celebrates her birthday December 31.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Audra McDonald Hosts PBS’ Bernstein on Broadway, With Aaron Tveit, Christopher Jackson, Annaleigh Ashford, December 31 by Andrew Gans

Laura Osnes is also featured in the New York Philharmonic tribute to the celebrated composer.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Which Broadway Musicals Received the Sequel Treatment? by Hannah Vine

At look at 8 Broadway musicals that were follow-up shows.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

7 (More) Broadway Social Media Accounts to Follow in 2017 by Playbill Staff

The movers and shakers to follow to keep your feeds full of Broadway buzz.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

The Year in Images: 39 Not-to-Miss Photos of 2017 by Hannah Vine

The stunning portraits, backstage glimpses, memorable reunions, and historic moments that define the theatrical year.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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