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April 5, 2018. As humorous and unpretentious as Lobby Hero is, in its portrayal of everyday urban life, it’s a delving piece of theater, about the stories we tell ourse…
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April 5, 2018. While Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, his 1994 Pulitzer Award-winning drama, is full of sadness, Joe Mantello’s revival plays on its underlying and un…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:40PMHere I am again with a blog post on names, names that I find variously interesting. Take, for example, Dove. It is the name of a very good chocolate and a very good soap, and a worthy but no…
SOURCE: John Simon at 10:12PMA new musical attempts to explore the complexities of family history.
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This week the Broadwaysted Crew is sitting down with a man who's seen quite a lot of theater in his day--and a whole lot of Bruce Springsteen We're pouring out wine and manischewitz after Pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PMAl Pacino has played several prominent-yet-enigmatic men in his TV career: Roy Cohn (“Angels in America”), Jack Kevorkian (“You Don’t Know Jack”) and Phil Spector (“Phil Spector�…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:22PMWith Emancipation Theater Company, founder and artistic director Jeff Campbell creates an African American playhouse dedicated to strong, consistent community theater.
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SOURCE: www.5280.com at 06:17PMCo-created with Wesley Taylor, the series follows two single gay roommates and their search for love in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:14PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 452018 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMThe London production, which had two sold-out runs in 2016 and 2017, will begin performances in fall 2019.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:06PMThe official video of the catchy Spanish-language track, featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, on Wednesday surpassed 5 billion views on YouTube — becoming the first video in the…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:02PMThe production opens this evening in central London
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMChristie Vela directs the comedy from Karen Zacarías.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe Writers' Room will kick off in September.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe musical had previously been the property of the Weinstein Company.
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The Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum's 2018 summer season opens Jun 2 with William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, co-directed by Ellen Geer and Melora Ma…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:53PMOn this day 2012, the first Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed musical, Evita opened at the Marquis Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMMacbeth Reviewed by Dana Martin Fearless Imp and CTB Productions at the McCadden Place Theatre Through April 29th There are daggers in men’s smiles at the McCadden Place Theatre this…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:50PMSlater sang the Babes in Arms standard (at one point while upside down) at the 13th annual Broadway Backwards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMThreat Reviewed by Lara J. Altunian The Whitefire Theatre Through May 5 RECOMMENDED What kind of person becomes a mass shooter? Louis Felder’s Threat explores the question currently …
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:41PMThe Evita and Gypsy Tony Award winner share stories from her life and career with San Francisco audiences.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:40PMZach Adkins stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Anastasia and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:38PMResearch revealed 67 percent of those surveyed had experienced at least one theater-related head impact. Astonishingly, 39 percent respondents sustained more than five head injuries and 77 p…
SOURCE: bit.ly at 05:34PMAs previously announced, Patti LuPone will guest star in upcoming episode of MOM on CBS. LuPone will play Rita, the new owner of the building that is managed by Bonnie Allison Janney. Rita i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMIt was nominated for 53 awards and won 40, including eight Oscars, one for Best Picture. So it’s high time “Amadeus” — the 1984 (fictionalized) bio of Mozart and the man who may have…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:24PMSunday is a big night for both Queen Bees and Wannabees with the Broadway musical Mean Girls opening at the August Wilson Theatre. The creative team ushering the musical incarnation of the h…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:23PMAward-winning comedian sheds her alter ego ‘Dave’ but is no less critical of the brash, male-dominated cult of standupBefore the premiere of her new show, Bossy Bottom, Australian comedi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:21PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Watch Harry Connick Jr. in First Video Footage of The Sting
Harry Connick Jr. is back onstage, singing and dancing up a sto…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMSecond Stage Theater Carole Rothman, Artistic Director Casey Reitz, Executive Director has announced that Golden Globe and two-time Emmy nominee Josh Charles, Kate Bornstein and Ty DeFoe wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMHow did Uber’s ratings become more inflated than grades at Harvard? That’s the topic of a new paper, “Reputation Inflation,” from NYU’s John Horton and Apostolos Filippas, and Coll…
SOURCE: qz.com at 05:01PMYoung Jean Lee's play will be directed by Anna D. Shapiro on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMEnter our amazing competition to win tickets to see All Or Nothing – The Mod Musical, which follows the rise and demise of Small Faces
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Weathering the storm: David Haig's D-Day drama is old-fashioned and expertly acted.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:57PMMake Some Noise! will take place April 23 at Sons of Essex.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMPittsburgh CLO’s Spark festival of new small musicals has been underway since March 26, with casts, creative teams and late-night shows all leading up to this weekend, when the public can …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:49PMThe lineup includes 'Once,' 'Matilda the Musical,' and 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:33PMVeteran stage and screen actor Victor Garber, currently starring opposite Bernadette Peters in the Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” listed his multi-residence compound in the unsung T…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:32PMTheatre Communications Group has appointed Gordon Lane as its chief technology officer. Lane comes to TCG, the national organization for American theater, from Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zo…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:25PMNext season at the Colorado Springs theatre will include 'Shakespeare in Love,' 'Anna in the Tropics,' and 'Hands on a Hardbody.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:25PMIf you want to avoid crashing and burning because of overconfidence, find a group of women classmates, and start collaborating. When it comes to studying biology, it's not so much the frog y…
SOURCE: psmag.com at 04:24PMGolden Globe and two-time Emmy nominee Josh Charles, Kate Bornstein and Ty DeFoe have been announced to join the upcoming Broadway production of Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men. Anna…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:23PMThe actors join the previously announced Armie Hammer and Tom Skerritt in Young Jean Lee's play at 2ST.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMThe world premiere will begin performances at the McCarter Theatre Center May 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:08PMThose smoldering eyes, haunting voice and chameleonlike ability to change from hero to villain and back again have kept Jeremy Irons working steadily since 1969. Now, an Academy Award, a Ton…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:03PMLinguist John McWhorter explains the reasons (such as our language's mongrel origins) in this Lexicon Valley podcast.
SOURCE: Slate at 04:02PMThe Broadway League has awarded the New York Education and Engagement Grants to the Broadway productions of Manhattan Theatre Club's Saint Joan, School of Rock The Musical and The Play That …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMThe St. Louis theater celebrates its centennial season with a classic musical this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe Manchester venue has announced its next production
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by Carol Rocamora Three exceptional productions shine on London stages this spring. 1 – Network at the Royal National Theatre “I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:57PM“That which I greatly feared had at last come upon me. In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:56PMIt's been 40 years since the Pink Ladies and T-Birds first taught us all to Hand Jive, and this weekend, fans will be able to brush up on their moves with a limited theatrical re-release of …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:52PMSite-specific shows are not new to DC theatre. We’ve had plays performed in a swimming pool, in bars, in vacant spaces and in a residential home. Nameless Theater is taking it further, pro…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:52PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Kevin Armento’s The Devil With the Blue Dress about the Monica Lewinsky affair at The Bunker Theatre
This post REVIEW: The Devil With The Blue Dress,…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:49PMJust three years ago, the chances of Cardi B becoming a superstar seemed as likely as her becoming a tax attorney. She was working as a dancer at Club Lust, a strip joint on a gritty block i…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:48PMPotted Potter, Potted Productions’ rollicking parody of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, is full of toy snakes, terrible wigs, and boatloads of physical comedy. The audience plays Qui…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:40PMDoes intelligence make a white person any less inherently racist? How about a white neurologist who actually does research into his own racism? Those questions — which are interesting ones…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PMWilliam Congreve’s satirical comedy, helmed by James Macdonald, opens in London April 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:37PMFrom African-American Shakespeareans to Federal Theatre Project infotainment about syphilis, April was an eventful month in the theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:36PMCheck outAnneliese van der Pol Beauty and the Beast, TV's That's So Raven thrill with her rendition ofof She Touched Me from Drat The Catat Broadway Backwards See the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld 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 03:30PMThe channel — derided by critics for formulaic, low-budget fare with dialogue inspired by Hallmark cards — is carving out a space in this divisive, Trumpian age. The worse things get in …
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:24PM This month, London welcomes back “Bat Out of Hell: The Musical” after a year away – and “Chess,” after 30 years out of the West End. It is a fascinating time for musicals, wi…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:20PMOpen your umbrella and put on your dancing shoes! Fancy-footed Broadway alum Corbin Bleu has been cast in a summer mounting of Singin' in the Rain at the Muny in St. Louis. Bleu wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PMThe Muny announced today the leading trio that will star in the theatre's centennial season production of Singin' in the Rain, June 27 - July 3. Broadway, film and television stars Corbin Bl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMIT’S THE ONE THAT YOU WANT! It’s been 40 years since the John Travolta/Olivia Newton-John musical “Grease” hit movie theater screens, and in honor of the milestone, …
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:08PMStreaming reflects what people will actually listen to on their own, when provided with infinite choices that aren’t entirely constrained by what radio programmers, retailers and record co…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:02PMA PRINCIPLED PRODUCTION Director Hal Brooks delivers a remarkably authentic and poignant tale with A.C.T.’s production of Heisenberg, a short play based on a rather unremarkable human rela…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:02PMChess is coming back to the West End for the first time since 1986, opening at the London Coliseum on Thursday 26 April 2018 Press night on Tuesday 1 May 2018 for a strictly limited 5 week s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMMean Girls star Erika Henningsen introduces us to the cast, the company celebrates freezing the show with treats and more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMRuben Santiago-Hudson directs playwright Dominique Morisseau's play, the first in her residency at Signature Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMTim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera will hit the road.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMEmily Mann will direct the new comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMSaint Joan and The Play That Goes Wrong also received grants.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe designer of the touring production of Bingo! explains the show's inspirations and the difficulties sourcing a vintage carpet
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PMWe round up the hottest tickets last month
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Though no relation to NBC’s highly-rated Easter special, Jesus Christ Superstar is heading to North American theaters next year. The touring production hails from London, where it won…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:52PMOne of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, Arthur Miller created such celebrated works as 'Death of a Salesman' and 'The Crucible,' which continue to move audiences around the worl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMThe long-gestating film adaptation of 2008 Tony-winning musical In the Heights has been freed from the recently bankrupt Weinstein Company, reports Deadline. The property has been retur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:45PMOur staff picks the best things to do this week — with a look ahead.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:30PM“Jesus Christ Superstar” will launch a North American tour of the Regent Park Open Air Theatre production in fall 2019. Produced by Stephen Gabriel, the tour comes after a West E…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:23PMWarren Carlyle: Living the Dream and Going Places – For Now, Seguing from Hello, Dolly! to the Premiere of The Sting
By: Ellis Nassour
British-born choreographer/ director Warren Carl…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:23PMThe summer production at the outdoor venue will begin performances June 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PMTheatre can truly transport you to another world, but sometimes a set is so good, you might as well be there. Check out these Olivier Award-nominated Best Set Designs.
The post Olivier Award…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 02:18PMSing Out Louise Productions are pleased to announce that the new documentary, Allegiance to Broadway, will be the Opening Night Film of the American Documentary Film Festival. Allegiance to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMDerek Bermel, artistic director of the American Composers Orchestra: "I've spoken to several artistic administrators and conductors who insist that their audiences aren't asking for more of …
SOURCE: nmbx.newmusicusa.org at 02:01PMThe musical adaptation of Tina Fey's hit 2004 film opens April 8 at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe beloved 1973 film takes the stage for the first time at Paper Mill Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMArtists combine their talents to create a musical-theater masterpiece
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:00PMTheatre worth travelling for indeed - and now you have an extra fortnight to make your travel plans. Dominic Shaw's actor-musician interpretation of THE SECRET GARDEN is now booking at Ciren…
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Taking a cue from the hit musical "Hamilton," the Chicago Cubs are offering the team's first-ever lottery for the upcoming baseball season at Wrigley Field: 60 seats in the terrace reserved …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:50PMPaper Mill Playhouseis diving into the world of high stakes cons with the world premiere production of the new musical The Sting. Check out the video below for a first look at the cast in ac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMThe creators called for the studio to release rights to the film in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMAccording to Deadline, the upcoming IN THE HEIGHTS film was able to successfully remove itself from the control of The Weinstein Company before it went into bankruptcy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PM"The more sophisticated science becomes, the harder it is to communicate results. Papers today are longer than ever and full of jargon and symbols. They depend on chains of computer programs…
SOURCE: The Atlantic Subscription at 01:29PMTake a tip from me. If your jones for hard-nosed detectives, shady nighttime dealings on foggy piers, dive bars serving bathtub gin, torch songs, sassy dames and the like can’t be satiated…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:29PMMean Girls opens on Broadway this Sunday, April 8 at the August Wilson Theatre 245 West 52nd Street. The musical features a book by nine-time Emmy Award winner Tina Fey, based on her screenp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMHe revealed he was battling the ailment a day after he complained of a migraine.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:13PMAfter a report last month by The New York Times detailing a pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Meier, more women have come forward to share their own upsetting encounters with him. But in r…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PMKate Shindle, J. Harrison Ghee, Janet Dacal, and more are featured in the cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMArthur Miller: Writer is a portrait of the playwright by his daughter, Rebecca Miller.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PM"An enigmatic group portrait of sorts, Las Meninas is populated by an odd cast of characters, including a princess, a nun, a dwarf, and the Baroque artist himself. A stark divergence from tr…
SOURCE: www.artsy.net at 01:02PMParadise Blue runs April 24 - June 3, 2018 with a Monday, May 14 opening night in The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center 480 West 42nd Street between 9t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThe evening will be music-directed by Ben Caplan and produced by Jen Sandler.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMI was the first one to declare how much I hated the idea of using existing pop music for a ‘new’ musical. I was certain that Mamma Mia! would not last long and I’d pick up some deeply …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMFriday “Gaslight District”: The Second City e.t.c.’s 42nd revue takes on everything from aliens to the alienated. Open run at Second City, 1608 N. Wells St.; 312-337-3992 and www.secon…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMSociety of London Theatre and UK theatre have released a set of ten principles to promote a safe and inclusive workplace
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe co-production adapts the bestselling novel from Patrick Ness
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe 1925 play finally makes its way to the off-Broadway stage at Mint Theater.
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Legendary filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks brings his classic monster musical comedy Young Frankenstein to life on stage in an all-singing, all-dancing musical collaboration
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMAward-winning scenic designer Dane Laffrey shares the facts, hidden details, and Haitian inspiration behind his genius concept.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMDorothy Marcic, author of the current Off-Broadway musical hits SISTAS, the longest African American musical in New York history, and THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS, is set perform a one-woman pie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMThey're here! Grab a seat at the cool kids' table, and take a peek at these brand new production photos from the Broadway musical Mean Girls. Featuring a book by the film's scree…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMKevin Armento’s play takes the form of a narrative tug-of-war. The five women at the centre of the Clinton-Lewinsky sex scandal that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMSpotlight on Broadway will feature Tom Hulce, Rick Miramontez, and Susan Vargo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMAn experienced systems administrator, he brings decades of experience working to optimize technology for nonprofits.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:42PMThe Public Theater is currently hosting the world premiere of MLIMA'S TALE, written by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and directed by Obie Award winner Jo Bonney.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMIt’s looking as if the scarcely-changed Dublin competition has now become the old fogey, and it’s a reconceived Leeds that’s pushing the envelope.
SOURCE: The Irish Times at 12:32PMThe new musical, based on the 2004 comedy, will open at the August Wilson Theatre April 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMAllison Miller performs this weekend at Ferring Jazz Bistro.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30PMDavid Haig is a man of many talents. Not only is he an Olivier Award-winning stage actor, he’s a much-loved screen actor and award-winning writer, too.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:21PMWhat to do this weekend? SoCal picks include Abraham.in.Motion dance; Bedlam theater's "Hamlet + Saint Joan"; the Breeders; Orange County Women's Chorus singing "The Creation"; Aspen Santa F…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:20PMCheck out the trailer for upcoming documentary Always At The Carlyle.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMThe Museum of Ice Cream. The Museum of Feelings. The Candy Museum. And, inevitably, the Museum of Selfies. Mitchell Kuga argues that these often-corporate-sponsored projects (the Museum of F…
SOURCE: hyperallergic.com at 12:03PMThe jewel in the crown of Broadway’s golden age, My Fair Lady is masterfully revived by director Bartlett Sher and his dream team of collaborators.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMJo Bonney directs the latest play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Tony-winning musical opened on April 4, 2013, at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
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The slate includes work by Steven Levenson, Joshua Harmon, Molly Smith Meltzer, Hilary Bettis, Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm, and Sarah Burgess.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:58AMFEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents 54 Sings One Direction on May 11th, 2018, at 930pm. Are you a self-proclaimed Directioner Are you still hoping that our favorite British…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMLast Monday, the best of Broadway gathered in celebration of one of the most anticipated events of the theatrical season- MCC Theater's annual Miscast gala. Among the performers was James Mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMTony-nominated playwright Lucas Hnath will debut his latest play as part of the 2018-2019 season of Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group. Titled From the Words and Writings of Dana H. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMShe’s a 2016 MAC Hanson Award winner, a 2017 Bistro Award winner and a 2017 and 2018 MAC Award nominee. The winning Sally Darling debuts her new cabaret show, Sally Darling Sings Beatrice …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:44AMTheatre’s largest employers have pledged to increase the number of women in technical roles in a bid to improve the gender pay
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMA cabaret benefit for The Mabel Mercer Foundation, is scheduled for Thursday, June 14 at Feinstein’s/54 Below. The event stars the internationally renowned opera singer and recitalist, mez…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:41AMThe concert will feature special guests Ciara Renée, Emma Hunton, and Gerard Canonico.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMThe new play by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner is now in performances at The Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMAnita Gillette, star of stage, screen, television and cabaret, recently completed two nights at Birdland with Me & Mr. B, a celebration of Irving Berlin. Gillette met Berlin in 1962 working …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:35AMBy now you may well have heard that Glenda Jackson has made a sensational return to the stage as a character simply called “A” in Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 11:34AMIt’s a truism that no one accepts anyone else’s reading of Hamlet. And for at least two hundred years, no generation has been comfortable with its predecessor’s take on the play. It�…
SOURCE: The New York Review of Books at 11:31AMKinky Boots on Broadway has officially been raising audiences up for five years. April 4 marked the special anniversary for the movie-turned-musical after opening at the Al Hirschfeld T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMEscape to Margaritaville
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BOTTOM LINE: Without a margarita, you may well want to escape Escape to Margaritaville.
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SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:23AMAlex Mandell talks about preparing for The Play That Goes Wrong, onstage mishaps, backstage nudity, & his comedy idols.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:22AMThe 63rd Annual Drama Desk Awards will be hosted by Michael Urie at The Town Hall.
Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie, who won his award for Buyer and Seller and starred in Torch Song Tr…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:14AMMore than 1,300 people have signed a petition to “save Rose Bruford College” after it was revealed staff are facing redundancy as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMLippa will conduct the semi-staged London concert featuring the Royal Philharmonic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMHonest Accomplice Theatre is dedicated to creating art for social change and is thrilled to announce we will be holding our second benefit party, Make Some Noise, on April 23, 2018 at Sons o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMJust days ago NBC brought Jesus Christ Superstar back to life on the small screen. Today, BroadwayWorld can confirm that the show will soon hit the stage again
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMThe Old Vic have today announced full casting for Sally Cookson's stage version of A Monster Calls, based on the poignant Patrick Ness novel.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:05AMStubHub, the resale ticket company that recently announced a partnership with Roundabout Theatre Company, announced Sukhinder Singh Cassidy will be its new president and senior vice presiden…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:04AM"The canon is lousy with authors who yearn to be admired for their sensitivity to the full range of female personhood, be that personhood luscious, pert, or swelling coyly against a sheer ca…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 11:04AMDisappearing with a travelling troupe used to be the only way to learn the tricks of the circus trade if you weren’t born into an established circus family. Over the last 50 years, however…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMIn 1991, I moved to New York City and while making my way to my tap class on 53rd St., I discovered my first Stage Door. It was the Broadway Theatre’s SD and Miss Saigon was playing …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMStageFaves founder Terri Paddock hosted a post-show Q&A with the company of MISS NIGHTINGALE, now transferred to the London Hippodrome in the heart of the West End after its run last year at…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 11:00AMPride Films and Plays will produce five shows in its 2018-19 season, all dealing with chosen families, the company announced Thursday. Kicking off the season will be Jordan Seavey’s “Hom…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:00AMAndrew Lippa's musical runs at the Royal Festival Hall in May
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMWilliam Wycherley's debauched comedy returns to London
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMMore episodes of The Trans Literacy Project, filmed by Andrew Keenan-Bolger, will be released, and a new show will be introduced at this second Make Some Noise event.
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The political drama, which also stars Damian Lewis and Mena Massoud, is currently in production in Canada.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMMatthew Bourne’s Highland Fling – his updating of La Sylphide to near contemporary Glasgow – is a joyous romp. He floods the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMOn this episode, there's so many great shows and so little time to talk about them! The critics discuss "Three Tall Women" and "Angels in America" on Broadway, plus composer Erin McKeown sto…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:48AMKristen Bell visits The Ellen Show to talk about the highly anticipated Frozen Sequel Watch the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMSee ‘The Wiz’ at Ford’s Theatre and ‘Judy Moody & Stink’ at Adventure Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48AMYou can say that Harriet Smithson, a famous Shakespearean actress, is the star of the Symphonie Fantastique by composer Hector Berlioz; she is also in a way the star of the Symphonie Fan…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:47AMSherlock actor Amanda Abbington is to join Danny Mac in the UK premiere of Andrew Lippa’s A Little Princess. The semi-staged concert
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMRocktopia showstopper Tony Vincent reveals his dream duet partner, how he keeps his voice healthy, the toughest sing of his career, his Broadway dream role, and more!
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SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:38AM“My drag isn’t a costume I use to hide in,” famed performance artists and playwright Taylor Mac says, “it’s exposing what I look like on the inside.” And the same…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:37AMEmblemizing the split are author Roxane Gay ("[the show is] further normalizing Trump and his warped, harmful political ideologies") and comedian Sarah Silverman ("I like that Trumpers will …
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SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMThe Olivier Award-winning production premiered at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and is set to play Lyric Opera of Chicago this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMThe platinum-selling recording artist is making his Broadway debut in the Tony-winning musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMThe new stage adaptation of A Monster Calls, which opens at the Bristol Old Vic before transferring to the Old Vic Theatre on 12 July 2018, has just announced its cast an…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMThe show, which currently stars David Cook, Wayne Brady, and Kirstin Maldonado, opened on Broadway in 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMBy Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell reflects on the twentieth anniversary production of Basil Twist's Symphonie Fastastique at HERE Arts Center in New York City.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:10AMPlaybill has the exclusive offer on pre-sale tickets to Fathom Events' filmed staging of the popular Off-Broadway show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMJust some scraps on chorus girl and actress Dorothy Leeds, whose name I came across in Marjorie Farnsworth’s Ziegfeld Follies book. Her first credit is the 1915 Vitagraph film The Awak…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMThe February 2019 tour, with vocalist/bassist Esperanza Spalding as guest artist, has been called off because the U.S. Embassy in Havana, which has withdrawn 60% of its staff after many of t…
SOURCE: ca.news.yahoo.com at 10:05AMThe Broadway favorite will return to Joe's Pub to celebrate the release of her forthcoming album Hope.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMIf you enjoyed Antony Sher’s Lear, his Willy Loman or any of his previous books this is a must read, and if you have any interest in the inner thoughts of a performer at the top of their p…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMLin-Manuel Miranda's hip hop musical has a record-breaking 13 nominations
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Dozens of artists from Belarus and Russia gathered on April Fools’ Day to take part in Belarus’s first clown festival, Clown Show 2018. The event, held in the city of Bobruisk, was captu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:58AMIf you’ve seen The Wicker Man and/or Hot Fuzz, you may recognize and appreciate the tone of these folk horror underpinnings. By Peg Aloi Horror is enormously popular in film and television…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:53AMKirstin Maldonado is sticking around at Price & Sons! The Pentatonix singer has extended her run as Lauren in the Tony-winning musical Kinky Boots. Originally slated to play an engagemen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:43AMOn the fourth night of Passover, Tony winners and their friends gathered for an a cappella version of “Go Down Moses” and many other surprises.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:41AMIt’s the biggest occasion in the theatre industry calendar and, slowly but surely, we are finding out which artists will be presenting those life-changing 2018 Olivier Awards this Sunday 8…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:36AMThe Dear Evan Hansen and Aladdin title players perform the Side Show anthem.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMIn the fall of 2015, OSF announced the controversial project "Play on!", in which 36 playwrights were commissioned to "translate" the 36 plays into modern English, creating companion works f…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:34AM“Potted Potter”, the good-natured send-up of J.K. Rowling’s seven Harry Potter novels, is back at the Shakespeare Theatre Company for another brief run of dumb fun. Daniel Clarkson and…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:24AMWell, they would say that, wouldn't they? Even so, Jennifer Stahl reports: "Dr. Matthew Henley, a professor at Texas Women's University [and a former dancer for Seán Curran], is gathering d…
SOURCE: www.dancemagazine.com at 09:18AMFresh off of NBC's hit presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, a brand-new national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's acclaimed musical has been announced. T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:09AMThe great American arts institution was built on a model of inclusiveness.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:06AM"The sons, Roger and Brian, claim that the sale of 270 films under their father's New Horizons Picture Corp banner - which they refer to as 'stolen film properties' - violated an irrevocable…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:03AMMarisa Michelson is a composer and vocal philosopher who often adapts myths, folklore, or biblical stories into interdisciplinary, experimental musical works. Her latest piece is "One Thousa…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:02AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMRobert Hastie once said that the director’s role is “to provide the clearest conduit between a writer and an actor”. Such an approach, effectively of getting in the way as little as po…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Second Stage Theater arrives on Broadway with a revival of Kenneth Lonergan's play that explores the relationships between four characters in the lobby of a New York City apartment building.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:56AMDame Maggie Smith and other actors from Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter films will be giving voice to characters in the new “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery” role-playing game, w…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:55AMThe Barn Theatre in Cirencester triumphantly flung open its doors this week with its inaugural production of The Secret Garden. Dominic Shaw's fresh new actor-musician, folk-influence take o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:54AMEllie Dubois's shows blur the line between circus and live art. She talks pushing at the limits, gender, and why circus needs more criticism.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 08:49AM"The irony is not lost on Ian Wardropper, the director of the Frick Collection: The very gated garden that upended the museum's previous attempt to renovate its 1914 Gilded Age mansion is no…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:47AM"Created in the 1960s [on the western edge of Greenwich Village], Westbeth brought together icons such as Diane Arbus, Robert De Niro Sr. and Benny Andrews. Merce Cunningham headquartered hi…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:32AMAnya Pearson is an accomplished actress, playwright, poet, producer, and activist. She is the current playwright-in-residence for Shaking the Tree Theatre and is the author of the chore…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:29AM"3. Ignoring your hands. Give yourself a stock list of things to do with your hands, especially if you tend to always hold them in ballet positions. Gesture is completely different from port…
SOURCE: www.dancemagazine.com at 08:16AMThe Birmingham Hippodrome’s first in-house production – a collaboration with Open Theatre Company and inventive theatre-makers Metro-Boulot-Dodo – sees a cast of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:10AM"[His] compelling narratives chronicled the business of extortion by Colombian terrorist groups, Vietnam War reporters who turned a skeptical eye on sunny government accounts of the conflict…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:01AMFancy three and a half hours of Ingmar Bergman? At least the Old Vic’s seats are comfortable for Fanny and Alexander with a marvellous Penelope Wilton.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM When Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron became the first all-female writing team to win Best Score at the Tony Awards, Tesori said: “You have to see it to be it.” Andrea Prestinario and Roy…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 08:00AMA year from now we will celebrate the 80th anniversary of one of the most important concerts in American history. Richard Powers set the scene in his epic novel, “The Time of Our Singing,�…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00AMPark anything resembling shame at the door, and don’t feel awkward about laughing, even though the subject is alcoholism.
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Salman Khan, who has made more than 100 movies and is known as both a romantic hero and an action star, has been convicted for illegally killing two rare blackbuck antelopes during while on …
SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 07:45AMThe Olivier Awards with Mastercard is fast approaching. Even though the main event is now completely sold out, you can still be part of the action.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:38AMI've been a fan of David Yazbek since his first Broadway score for The Full Monty. I've loved every one of his subsequent scores, even the love-it-or-hate it Women on the Verge of…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:30AMApril 5 is the natal day of Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle, 1922-2009). Storm was a major movie star in the 1940s and a major television star in the 1950s, but the break that led to both was a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:18AMAs a progressive company, Ramps on the Moon is leading the way by showing what inclusive theatre looks like. It is encouraging that this fundamental innovation is coming from regional UK the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
A “passive culture of endorsing bullying” is allowing inappropriate behaviour to thrive in the industry, a new report claims. This is one
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMAn awards ceremony celebrating rural touring work is to return for second year, with three new categories. The Rural Touring Awards were
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMTo witness Kenita Miller in performance is to experience someone speaking to your soul. She sings with a purity of emotion that breaks past your rib cage, straight to holding your heart with…
SOURCE: thedrbroadway.com at 06:25AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Goldstein opens tonight off-Broadway at The Actors' Temple, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMToday, the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and UK Theatre announce their plans to support dignity at work. The new set of principles and zero-tolerance guidance is in direct response to t…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:14AMThe national touring production of the smash musical Hamilton arrives in Atlanta for the first time ever at the Fox Theatre from May 22 to June 10. Tickets go on sale this Sunday, April 8, a…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 06:00AMDiscover Shakespeare in a different light via Will at the Rose Playhouse, illuminated on stage rather than in the pages of his plays and poems.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMA timely look at Bill Clinton's relationship with his intern, Kevin Armento's play puts the stories of five women centre stage – with the former president played by a saxophone
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Listen: “Moulin Rouge!” Finds its Stars, the Lortel Nominations are Announced, and We Throw it Back to the First Tony Awards! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday t…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMBollywood superstar, Salman Khan was jailed on Thursday after being found guilty of poaching rare blackbuck antelopes. The case has been in and out of court for nearly 20 years. A court in J…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:38AMWho is Hilary Glow? I am an Associate Professor at Deakin University where I lead the post graduate Arts and Cultural Management program. I conduct research in the arts sector and I’m curr…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:35AMThe Network of Independent Critics, the brainchild of two outstanding bloggers in the My Theatre Mates collective, Katharine Kavanagh and Laura Kressly, ramps up for another Edinburgh Fringe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMRising star of the interactive theatrical experience explains where he's coming from and what he's up toSeth Kriebel, 45, is a performer, much of whose work involves audience parti…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:28AMFrom 1753 up until 1924, William Wycherly’s The Country Wife was deemed too scandalous to be performed, though by today’s standards, this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMFrom Pattie Boyd’s personal images of life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton to Japanese love dolls, the death rituals of Indonesia, John F. Kennedy and an emotional exploration of a f…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:03AMWith enormous compassion, David Haig weaves together a thrilling story that is both personal and political. Having done his research, he makes the gobbledygook of technical weather reports s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
5 April 1921 There was a wonderful range in Mme. Bernhardt’s acting, the words hammered out and chiselled and turned into a statuesque eloquence“DANIEL” AT THE PRINCE’S THEATRELONDON…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AMMy daughter is now taking five dance classes a week, so at a recent visit to her pediatrician, I asked about testing for vitamin D deficiency. Our physician stated that in most cases she doe…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:24AMEvery little ballerina dreams about it, and every adult ballerina remembers it: that first time en pointe. On the less magical side of things, there’s a lot of hard work involved (padding,…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:17AMACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) invites you to venture down the rabbit hole into an enchanted world, where expectations are upended and curiosity is rewarded in Wonderland R…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:16AMI was recently involved with a strategic planning session for a non-arts group where staff and representatives of community constituencies were intermingled at different tables. When we …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:05AMChester Gregory first made his mark in theatre portraying Jackie Wilson in The Jackie Wilson Story Black Ensemble Theatre. His performance earned critical acclaim throughout the nation, incl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03AMIn The Dance Enthusiast asks food scholar Meryl Rosofsky about "Breaking Bread with Balanchine" at The Guggenheim, "People are usually surprised to learn how much time he devoted to the kit…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMPerformer and playwright Eliza Bent shares the backstory of her new solo show---Welcome to Behind the Scene, TDF Stages' ongoing series where theatre artists write about their creative proce…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe artist compiles the songs that spark her music prior to her April 20 concert at the Sheen Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFrom Jake Shears to Kirstin Maldonado, how well do you know the A-list film, music, and stage stars who have rocked the stage in Kinky Boots? Take the quiz!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGodless’ Samantha Soule, Juan Castano, Ato Blankson-Wood, and more star in the Off-Broadway production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDoug Hughes directs the adaptation by Douglas McGrath.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway theatre first invested in writers like Annie Baker and Robert Askins.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Pittsburgh Fringe Festival returns for a fifth year of presenting “adventurous and exploratory performing artists,” with 30 international, national and local performers in six North …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMSharon Washington's solo memoir examines her unusual New York City upbringing---Sharon Washington loves being an actor. That comes through in her autobiographical solo show Feeding the Drago…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn Artists Activated: Gesel Mason on Embodied Legacy, Spherical Leadership, and Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers Mason says, "I found myself in a [reactionary] positi…
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