LaChanze, Ariana DeBose, and Storm Levern star in the new musical that opened on Broadway April 23 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10PMIntriguing video came across the old social media feed today in the form of a review calling the visual art oriented MMO Occupy White Walls as “The Weirdest MMO I Have Every Played.…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:06PMLaChanze, the Tony-winning star of the original Broadway production of The Color Purple, truly works hard for the money. So hard for it, honey, that it's a shame she is stuck in Summer: The …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:03PMSomeone really did leave the damn cake out in the rain. That’s my metaphorical summation of “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.” Fans will recognize the allusion, and I’ll throw in on…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:00PM“It was a great party,” reminisces one of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’s three avatars for its central singer, near the end of its speedy 100 minutes. “And I wasn’t just at the…
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A ROYAL TREAT For almost 40 years, The Groundlings has proved itself to be one of the premiere comedy troupes in the nation, creating more stars than the Big Bang (and creating more Big Bang…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:55PMWith an astute, quality production of Witch, its latest Bold New Works for Intimate Stages creation, the Creative Cauldron continues to show what a nimble, un-fossilized theater company can …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:50PM“When I’m bad, I’m so, so bad,” Donna Summer sang in “Last Dance,” and that perfectly describes the new Broadway musical about her life. “Summer,” which opened Monday, is…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:45PMThe Resident Ensemble Players’ 'Twelfth Night' perfectly balances Shakespeare’s comedic and melancholic tones. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:43PMFollowing up his nationwide tour, Picking Up the Pieces, and Netflix special, Staying Alive, actor, writer, producer and comedian Tracy Morgan, celebrated for in his roles in Saturday Night…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:34PM by Brian Scott Lipton Partway through “Summer,” the new biomusical about the late disco queen Donna Summer at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, there’s a scene where the singer …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:25PMThe Sydney Opera House has announced the appointment of experienced and respected performing arts leader Fiona Winning to the new role of Head of Programming. Working closely with the genre …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:21PM Harry Potter goes Broadway! Picking up where the seventh book in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series left off, with Harry and his magical friends as adults, the two-play H…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:20PM★★★ Des McAnuff and Sergio Trujillo, with three Donnas and an all-woman chorus, put on an entertaining, confounding biomusical
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:16PM★★★ A new jukebox musical, despite predictable shortcomings, has a worthy subject and a winning spirit.
The post Summer: Saluting a Queen, With Hokum and Joy appeared first on New York…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:16PMSee brand new footage from5th Avenue Theatre's new production of Kiss Me, Kate. Kiss Me, Kate, a significant work in the canon of great musical theater, features a dynamic cast including the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06PMRWS Entertainment Group (RWS), a New York City based full-service production company that creates award-winning [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:04PMMilwaukee Repertory Theater is on the hunt for a “Tiny Tim” capable of delivering the most [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:04PM“I want the next couple of hours to be a show everyone remembers forever!”, declares one of the three actresses who portrays
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMAnyone who worked as hard for her money – and for a professional respect that came too late – as Donna Summer did deserves so much more than this. A jukebox musical that could un…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PMEnough is enough with Broadway jukebox musicals stitched together with threadbare and synthetic stories. And that goes triple for "Summer."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PM
Lucy Thurber’s compassionate but clunky play follows the bids of two young men from the Bronx to win scholarships at a New England college
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:48PMSummer features 23 of Donna Summer’s songs, including such dance hits as “Hot Stuff” and “Last Dance,” that a talented cast performs in glitzy disco drag. That may be all some fans…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:32PM★★★ Lucy Thurber's latest drama contrasts a couple of disadvantaged students who aim for a better life
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:30PMCristofer, one of the two bright but poor Bronx-born students who are vying for a scholarship in Lucy Thurber’s play “Transfers,” lashes out at one point at the advisor who has been …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:30PM★★★ In Lucy Thurber's look at college admissions and social class, the hard-working students don't get what they deserve
The post Transfers: Who Gets In, and Who Belongs? appeared firs…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:30PMBy Douglas Mayo
Sierra Boggess withdraws from playing Maria in the BBC Proms concert version of West Side Story. Sierra Boggess has announced her withdrawal from the BBC Proms concert versio…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:15PMSUMMER TheDonna SummerMusical opens on Broadway tonight, Monday, April 23, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre,205 West 46th Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PM“Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” they sing in “Hamilton.” Well, if you have control over the combination of your biography and all your hit songs, the answer is perfectly…
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Despite boffo box office returns, 'Mean Girls', 'Harry Potter', and 'Frozen' are not created equal in the eyes of Tony voters.
SOURCE: Forbes at 07:57PM'¡Bienvenidos Blancos! or Welcome White People!' warmly welcomes audiences to appreciate the challenges Cuban-Americans face living in two cultures simultaneously. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:45PM by Steve Nardoni On March 19that the Scandinavian House in Murry Hill, we were introduced to a new TV series, After Forever, about relationships, families, aging, and…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:27PMShow clips of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, starring LaChanze, Ariana DeBose and Storm Lever.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PMWith the recent announcements of Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban snagging the host gig, Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom Jr. announcing nominations, and a surprising new eligibility ruli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PMAmy Schumer's "I Feel Pretty" movie suggests that the only thing holding back regular-looking women is their belief that looking regular holds them back at all. That attitude puts the onus o…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:06PMThe academic stakes couldn't be higher in MCC Theater's new drama . . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:05PMThe New Jersey Performing Arts Center present an evening of exuberant, romantic salsa with three of the music's hottest acts Venezuelan bassist and vocalist Oscar D'Leon, Puerto Rican vocali…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMBijoux and I are here to break down everything that happened on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 10, episode 5!To listen to the episode, visit iTunes or SoundCloud! And leave us a review while you'…
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SUMMER The Donna Summer Musical opens tonightat the Lunt-Fontanne TheatreThe three actresses who play the role of musical icon Donna Summer are Tony Award winner LaChanze The Color Purple, O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMSomeone once said, Don't Be Cruel, to a Heart That's True but it's not ALWAYS a good idea to repress your cruel intentions. Especially if your intention is to create a completely madcap musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMSUMMER TheDonna SummerMusical opens tonight at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre The three actresses who play the role of musical iconDonna Summerare Tony Award winner LaChanze The Color Purple, Onc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMSummer features 23 of Donna Summer’s songs, including such dance hits as “Hot Stuff” and “Last Dance,” that a talented cast performs in glitzy disco drag. That may be all some fan…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:40PMScott Rudin’s production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” has to prove that it is in trouble. In a declaration filed with the Southern District Court of New York Monday, Joey Parnes, executi…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:37PMHarold Green Jewish Theatre production tells a familiar newcomer-in-a-closed-world story, set in a women’s ritual bath in Jerusalem, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:21PMWriting, like anything – from athletics to nuclear physics – depends on a basic degree of talent, which can be cultivated through training. So let’s stop pretending that devoting a yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04PMThe cast and friends of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child get a taste of some magic beans in this delicious and disgusting Red Carpet Challenge on opening night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and this weekend.
Billy Crudup on Why Starring in Harry Clarke Has Been a 'Phenomenal Experience'
Tony winner Billy …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMFrances Ruffelle stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about her upcoming concert at The Green Room 42 and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMMuch like the real museums it is based on, the fictional setting for Collaboraction's newest show isolates its contents from their context.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:00PM
Lynda Gravátt (above) and Ella Kennedy Davis. Photo: Joan MarcusThis Flat EarthBy Lindsey FerrentinoDirected by Rebecca TaichmanPlaywrights HorizonsThrough April 29By Lauren YargerWhat's It…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:59PMMr. Sher envisions a new fair lady, empowered to become all she is capable of being, unshackled from a male dominated society and free from shame and abuse. It is an important and brave inte…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 05:58PMSoprano Marcy Richardson also performs as an aerialist in Orphée+. The retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice is in Toronto April 26 to 28.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:56PMThe Dramatists Guild Foundation is celebrating Schwartz April 23 at the Hudson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:54PMThe smash musical WAITRESS will celebrate its second anniversary on Broadway tomorrow, Tuesday, April 24.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54PMOn this day in 1961, the inimitable Judy Garland marked her return to show business with the history making live concert at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center , announces that multi-discipline creative artist Lin-Manuel Miranda will receive the 18th Monte Cristo Award . An alumnus of the O'Neill, Miranda's first p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMThe organization has selected six emerging playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:45PMBy: Paulanne Simmons
April 23, 2018 As Carousel is my second favorite musical of the 20th century (Showboat comes first), there’s pretty much nothing anyone could do to make me dislike a …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:36PMTake a look at some of the shows hitting the stage at the cabaret venue this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PMThe Bartlett Sher-helmed revival cast album will be available for physical and digital purchase June 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PMLin-Manuel Miranda began writing his own work partly as a way to receive his Equity card. “I was in college, and I realized I didn’t dance well enough to play Paul in ‘A Chorus Line’…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:30PMThe show is an exploration of iconic Polish avant-garde stage director Tadeusz Kantor.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMIn performance, "One Thousand Nights and One Day" is a like a play with songs shoehorned in as none of them forward the story but take the emotional temperature of the characters instead. Wi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:13PMJessie-Mueller and Joshua-Henry. Photo: Julieta CervantesCarouselMusic by Richard RodgersLyrics by Oscar Hammerstein IIChoreography by Justin PeckDirected by Jack O’BrienImperial TheatreTh…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:08PMThe festival announces the 12th production, as well as its slate of concerts and readings.
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Magruder & Meyer Pull Out All the Stops by Cindi Stephan I took my gender fluid teen to “Head Over Heels” because they love musical theater, and I figured I could get them hooked o…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:56PMBy Douglas Mayo
S/he/it Happens is the new production from Miranda Porter touring to Brighton Fringe and Wandsworth Arts Fringe in May 2018.
This post Gender Identity Comedy Comes To Brighto…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:55PMCharles Busch returns to Theater for the New City in his new play, 'The Confession of Lily Dare.'
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:54PMWithout ever intending it, experienced leaders often allow what they know to limit what they can imagine going forward; their knowledge can actually get in the way of innovation. Which is wh…
SOURCE: hbr.org at 04:54PMIn a groundbreaking study of more than two million books published in North America between 2002 and 2012, scholars found that books by women authors are priced 45% less than those of thei…
SOURCE: www.fastcompany.com at 04:54PMWe solemnly swear you're going to love these bloody brilliant photos! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the epic two-parter that catches up with J.K. Rowling's beloved characters as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMThese ladies lead side by side by side.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:45PMZiggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke are just two of the characters David Bowie created for himself. The innovator explored music and identity, and his art exhibition inspires chefs and mi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PMThe play, co-written by J.K. Rowling, opened on Sunday and picks up where the last novel left off, with Harry sending his son off to Hogwarts.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:42PMEarlier today, Tony nominee Liz Callaway May 22-27 OBIE Award-winner Darius de Haas April 26-27 Matt Doyle May 8 and Tony Award winner John Lloyd Young April 25- May 5 stopped by Feinstein's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMCome From Awaystar Jenn Colella and The Band's Visitsensation Katrina Lenk will announce the nominees for the 2017-18 Outer Critics Circle Awards tomorrow, April 24thin the Oak Room at New Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMBallet Theatre Company recently brought on new artistic director Stephanie Dattellas, who is choreographing a new production of the Prokofiev ballet “Cinderella” as its big spring produc…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:40PMIt’s been several years in the making but the horror film I’m in, The Moose Head Over the Mantel, by Inappropriate Films is having its first public NYC screening on April 26. Ove…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:36PMThose who love David Yazbek’s current Broadway hit “The Band’s Visit” might want to check out his first — and very different — musical, “The Full Monty.” It’s based on the …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:30PMSutra was a curious mix of reverence and virtuosity, lavish movement and intricate music -- over an hour's worth of changing forms. I found it intriguing and untrackable.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:24PMThe sweeping new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's iconic musical Carousel is clearly leaving an impression on theatergoers. The talent-packed revival, starring Tony winner …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMHamilton mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda has been named the recipient of Actors' Equity's 2018 Rosetta LeNoire Award. Presented by Equity's National Equal Employment Oppo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMWith less than a month to go in the official Broadway season, total grosses for the week ending April 22 came in at $37,506,237, according to the Broadway League. That’s about $260,000…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:11PMMiranda has been recognized for his exemplary record of putting performers of color in the room where it happens.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:11PMBy Diana Mott, Contributing Writer, April 23, 2018 David Ive’s The Metromaniacs is a bawdy yet chaste reworking of the 18th century farce La Metroamanie by Alexis Piron about peopl…
SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 04:07PM
The new musical Mean Girls also celebrated its best week yet as Tony nominations approach.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMThe award for Best Play carries a cash prize of $2,500, made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PM'Hamilton' returns to the Fox during the 2019-20 season
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:48PMAlexander Ferguson is ready for almost anything in the tour show winding up at the Fox
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:48PMA new policy document – the European Agenda for Music (EAM) – stresses that music plays an important societal role around identity and inclusion, and recognises music’s “important�…
SOURCE: www.artsprofessional.co.uk at 03:42PMActors' Equity Association, the labor union for professional stage actors and stage managers, just presented the 2018 Rosetta LeNoire Award to Lin-Manuel Miranda.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMTony and Grammy Award-winning performer Leslie Odom Jr. showcases his talents as a chart topping jazz vocalist and beautiful interpreter of song with an evening of jazz standards and surpris…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMActors' Equity Association has named Lin-Manuel Miranda the recipient of the 2018 Rosetta LeNoire Award. The award, established in 1988, is given for outstanding artistic contributions to th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 4222018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMGrant James Varjas’ “33 to Nothing” is set, in real time, at that most depressing of moments for any ensemble of artists: When some in their number finally have had enough. Varjas’ p…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:35PMThe new theatrical chapter to the 'Harry Potter' franchise has opened on Broadway.
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:31PMThe American dream of home ownership is indelibly entwined with our shameful history of racial discrimination. That’s particularly true in Chicago, which has served as a laboratory for seg…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:30PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMThe LPTW Presents Oral History with Legendary Broadway IconChita RiveraMonday, May 76PMThe Bruno Walter AuditoriumNew York Public Library for the Performing Artsat Lincoln CenterCorner of 65…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 03:06PMWhen I hear that two pieces have been “smashed together,” I make certain assumptions. If I read “conceived by” or “created by the ensemble,” I expect a pi…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 03:04PMThere are more than a few streaming services in the marketplace — far more than 200, in fact — but a service billing itself as the first streaming network dedicated to the world …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:04PMThe Spanish actor shares a hometown with the famed painter, whom he portrays in NatGeo's latest 'Genius' miniseries
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:02PMThe award was presented April 24 by EEO Chair Christine Toy Johnson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMHarking back to the early forties and the late eighties, this revival at Kokandy Productions is not so much timely as full of time.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM
Bathtubs Over Broadway is now playing in select theaters throughout the U.S. When he started as a comedy writer for the LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, Steve Young had few interests outside …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMPhilosophers in the 18th century defined taste as a moral capacity, an ability to recognize truth and beauty. “Natural taste is not a theoretical knowledge; it’s a quick and exquisite ap…
SOURCE: www.racked.com at 02:36PMA vast quantity of Leonardo’s notes and manuscripts survives, filled with his thoughts on such themes as the motion of water and human anatomy. But there are no intimate letters; there is …
SOURCE: www.spectator.co.uk at 02:36PM"The history of each branch of science can be divided into three phases. The first phase is exploration, to see what nature is doing. The second phase is precise observation and measurement,…
SOURCE: The New York Review of Books at 02:36PMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of April 23, 2018
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMFriday night at the Edison Ballroom The 2018 TDFIrene Sharaff were presented for excellence in theatrical costume design. These annual awards honor the designers and craftspeople who costume…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMOn Saturday, April 21st, BroadwayWorld went behind the scenes of SPONGEBOB BROADWAY on our Instagram
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMFollowing immense backlash on social media over whitewashing of the role of Maria, meant to be Puerto Rican, Boggess took to Facebook to announce that she was withdrawing from the production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMMusic superstar Christina Aguilera will duet with James Corden in a new Carpool Karaoke on the upcoming THE LATE LATE SHOW CARPOOL KARAOKE PRIMETIME SPECIAL 2018, to be broadcastMonday, Apri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMBoggess had been announced to play the role of Maria in the concert, which is part of the annual Proms series at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMProceeds from the evening benefit victims of domestic abuse and gun violence.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMThe man who planned the weddings of Hamilton’s Phillipa Soo and Steven Pasquale, On The Town’s Alysha Umphress and Cody Williams, and more takes us behind the curtain to the unfo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PM“I was walking around union square it’s pouring rain and I hear 'meow, meow, meow,' and it’s this teeny little kitten who doesn’t even look a year old and she had five kittens under …
SOURCE: www.petsofbroadway.org at 02:21PMWilliam Shakespeare's assumed birthday is April 23, 1564.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PM11 directing fellows have been selected from hundreds of applicants.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:07PMThe season will include contemporary plays and musicals and a short play festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PM
Theatre practitioners who met in Milwaukee for the Intersections Summit, a three-day conference on community justice work. What did they take home with them?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PMThe imaginary friend is a staple of childhood play. In Harvey, currently playing at The Little Theatre of Alexandria, the adult version of the childhood friend emerges when the “oh so plea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:54PMOur engagement efforts will fall short if we don't ask who we're serving and why---and consider a new model to reach new goals.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:54PMAn EDI consciousness is already fundamental to the work of some theatre practitioners, but it has expanded exponentially.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:48PMThe play, co-written by J.K. Rowling, opened on Sunday and picks up where the last novel left off, with Harry sending his son off to Hogwarts.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:48PMThe Cake - Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, 5779 N. Ridge, has added a special industry performance on Wednesday, May 9th at 8 PM. There are $20 industry tickets available with code BUTTERCREAM,…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:42PMChukwudi Iwuji, Heather Lind, and Corey Stoll will lead the cast of the Public Theater staging.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that Tony Award-winning composer and producer Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tony Award-winning actress Chita Rivera will be the 2018 rec…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMThe Cake, a new play by Emmy nominee Bekah Brunstetter, will appear in a New York premiere production with Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center—Stage I in 2019. MTC's art…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMTime to gear up for Shakespeare under the stars! Casting is complete for the new production of Othello set to play Central Park's Delacorte Theater this summer as part of the Public Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMThe area of intersection between fans of iambic pentameter and doers of the “Cool Jerk” may be a limited one, so you can imagine the initial chore in store for anyone charged with target…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:36PMI believe the CBC should make a big push to fill the yawning gaps in local news and cultural production created by the decline of private sector providers. I think it should do so even thoug…
SOURCE: ipolitics.ca at 01:33PMYou can’t help noticing the correlation. Of the 238 cities and counties that applied for consideration, plenty have the population (over a million), the pleasant environs and the basic inf…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PMIf you’ve never heard of lavish musicals like “The Bathrooms Are Coming” or “Diesel Dazzle” you’re not alone. Yet, these elaborate productions have borrowed the talents of some o…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PM“Witch,” a new musical, debuts at Creative Cauldron.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:33PMAndrew Lloyd Webber is to receive a lifetime achievement award for his work in theatre at this year’s Tony Awards in New
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:33PMThe Delacorte Theater in Central Park (courtesy of the Public Theater)Appropriately, on the bard's birthday, casting has been announced for the 2018 Free Shakespeare in the Park product…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 01:31PMOn Thursday, April 26 1pm join us at the Robin Williams Center 247 West 54th Street for a Career Conversations QampA with Joshua Jackson The Affair, Dawson's Creek, current star of Children …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the 2018 Free Shakespeare in the Park production of OTHELLO beg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMOn Friday, April 27 1pm join us at the Robin Williams Center 247 West 54th Street for a Career Conversations QampA with Lee Pace Guardians of the Galaxy, The Hobbit Trilogy currently starrin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMA new documentary by Susan Stroman called "Bathtubs Over Broadway" allows audiences into this secret world.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:15PMArtistic Director Lynne Meadow will helm the New York premiere next winter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PMBased on the true story of German business man/archaeological pioneer Heinrich Schliemann, The Man Who Found Troy, now playing at The American Theatre of Actors, relates the captivating adve…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:06PMPerhaps the show is preaching to the converted among a largely liberal theatre crowd at Jackson’s Lane, but Sarab is a show that should be programmed to visit every small town where people…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWe’re dancing up a storm this spring with performances by New York Theater Ballet, Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, and many others. If you're feeling confident a…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:00PM
The musical, featuring a score by Alan Menken, runs through July 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMA witch hunt, properly viewed and conducted, is a necessary part of society’s advancement — if we understand “witch” to be some part of the invisible universe which c…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMRoundabout's new production, opening April 24th, is anything but a travesty.
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 12:47PMHis frenetic hip-hop history The Get Down may have floundered but there’s no stopping the director. He talks about his Elvis movie, his boho love life – and resurrecting Strictly Ballroo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMThe two-time Tony Award-winning actress and the seven-time Tony-winning composer/producer will be honored at the 2018 Tony Awards on June 10.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 12:42PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera and prolific Broadway composer-producer Andrew Lloyd Webber have been selected to receive Special Tony Awards at this year’s ceremony. The honor…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:41PMDavid Cale talks creating Harry Clarke, bringing Billy Crudup on board, and the pop culture influences that helped inspire the unbelievable story.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:41PMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera will each receive a 2018 special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater. The lifetime achievement award is given to “honor an individu…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:39PMFrom 4 June 2018 there will be major changes in the West End cast of Kinky Boots with Oliver Tompsett playing Charlie Price and Natalie McQueen playing Lauren. They join Simon-Anthony Rhoden…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:35PMPerformances will begin at the Arlington, Virginia, venue May 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMAnnette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss, and more star in the movie, out in theatres May 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMThis event was Yule Ball levels of fancy! Harry Potter and the Cursed Child officially opened at the Lyric Theatre on April 22. Author J.K. Rowling and many stars were in attendance on the b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PM“No major social change in this country has ever happened without the aid of storytelling,” said Kimmel. “That’s one of the reasons why I’m using a play to tell this story.”
The …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PMTennessee Williams’ play is revived by Classic Stage Company and Transport Group.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PM“It was a strange task to write about these artists formally,” confesses Madeline Sayet, a writer and director who contributed a story about the heartening ascendance of fellow Native Am…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:25PMLumos Maxima It's opening weekend for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway so we're sitting down with a true lighting wizard, Neil Austin He's tight lipped about the secrets of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMIn an exclusive announcement, Variety has revealed that this year's Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement will go to industry icons Andrew Lloyd Webber and Chita Rivera.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMBuildings long deemed passé and unsuccessful can suddenly seem fresh and intriguing to a new generation, just as yesterday’s tacky decorative designs can become tomorrow’s next cool thi…
SOURCE: The New York Review of Books at 12:24PMThe New York Musical Festival NYMF announced today further selections for 2018 NYMF. The final invited production as well as a series of developmental readings and concerts will join the ini…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThe top growing current Broadway musicals were My Fair Lady 18.04, Summer 6.35, The Band's Visit 5.67, Mean Girls 4.21 and Once On this Island 2.04. The top growing current Broadway plays we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThe 72nd annual ceremony, hosted by Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban, will take place June 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMChita Rivera and Andrew Lloyd Webber will each take home a 2018 special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theater, receiving their trophies at the awards ceremony this June. The lif…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMAfter training as a designer, Terry Herfield found her calling as a costume supervisor. She tells Nick Smurthwaite how she manages to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMGo and see Blood Brothers for yourself, it’ll challenge your way of thinking, make you want to sing along, have you crying with laughter and sobbing with heartbreak.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSave 15 percent on tickets for select shows through May 7.
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The epic myth of the Trojan War gets a fanciful treatment in playwright Nina Kethevan’s "Dress of Fire." Lasting about 95 minutes, it still packs in a lot of incidents with 12 actors som…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57AMJo Cattell will be in residence at the theatre this season and assist on a production.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:55AMThe infectious punk-pop sounds of The Go-Go’s and the Renaissance poetry of Sir Philip Sidney come together in the new musical Head Over Heels, running at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:53AM“Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin,” the actor-musician’s one-man show about the life of the “White Christmas” composer, is headed to Pittsburgh Public Theater for the holi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:51AMThe winning plays by grade school and high school students will be performed as part of the Marilyn Bianchi Festival this summer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AMIn his solo show, Paterson Joseph plays an 18th-century gentleman said to have been the first black Briton to vote.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AMPowerhouse director Allison Stockman and her powerhouse resident designer A.J. Guban have created yet another minor miracle of transformation at the Source. As the 14th/U neighborhood around…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMThe Robert O’Hara-helmed production arrives Off-Broadway following a three-week tour of the boroughs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMSee Summer stars LaChanze, Ariana DeBose and Storm Lever get glam!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMTony winner Idina Menzel, the mega talent who is slated to return to the stage this spring in Skintight, has signed to serve as a guest mentor on TV's American Idol, according to Variety…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThe acclaimed new Broadway production of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women has announced a midnight performance, scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 17 at the Golden Theatre. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMU.S. college students just aren't good at essays, says one prof, and that's because no one takes those students seriously, not even themselves. "A decade teaching young writers has taught me…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMJane Rule Burdine: "I could have lived anywhere. I’ve traveled a great bit for work, but I came back to Mississippi because it’s what I know. When I go out hunting for these photographs,…
SOURCE: www.vice.com at 11:36AMThe Massachusetts Cultural Council grant, frozen in September when the museum decided to deaccession and sell some of its art, represents a tiny fraction of the money that's coming in from a…
SOURCE: http:0 at 11:36AMMckaw Theater, 1439 W. JarvisJuly/August 2018 availability for shows, rehearsals, auditions or classesAlways for special eventscontact Tony at [email protected] for more info
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:36AMProducer Scott Rudin announced today a special Midnight Performance for Edward Albee's Three Tall Women on Thursday, May 17 at the Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street, which will be a one-ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMChris Evans stopped by Good Morning America to discuss upcoming Marvel film Avengers Infinity War, performing in Lobby Hero on Broadway, and more Check out the clip below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMThe winners of the 2018 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announcedThursday, May 3, 2018at approximately530pm.The selections will be made at the organization's 83rd annual voting…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMMore than half of people answering a poll by The Stage approve of the Tricycle’s name change to Kiln Theatre. It follows
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMThanks to nearly two decades of over-the-top performances and secret guest spots, Coachella’s first weekend is under an international microscope, and this year sets like Beyonce’s Saturd…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AMThe Ibsen-ness of Ibsen: Rosemary Waugh reviews the National Theatre of Norway's production of Little Eyolf
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:15AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for April 23-29, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMSUMMER The Donna Summer Musical opens on Broadway tonight, Monday, April 23, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMBy Douglas Mayo
Casting has been announced for Ovation Productions production of Bob Carlton’s Return To The Forbidden Planet which is being presented Upstairs At The Gatehouse.
This p…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:11AMThe song was penned by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMBy Nate Eppler. Nate Eppler shares how Ingram New Works Lab in Tennessee is helping playwrights build a creative home that both feeds the soul and the stomach.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:09AMToday, on the birthday of William Shakespeare, full details have been announced for Europe’s first ever pop-up Shakespearean Theatre – Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre – which makes its de…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:05AMSummer: The Donna Summer Musical opens tonight Monday, April 23, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway, offering perspectives on the disco diva at three different points in her career. T…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:02AMKen Kesey’s One Flew Over he Cuckoo’s Nest was published in 1962. Milos Forman’s iconic movie, starring Jack Nicholson, was released in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMWhen Tony Award Winner Lisa Kron was a theater major in college, she was told she wouldn’t succeed . . . because she wasn’t “thin, pretty, or straight enough.” Thankf…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWhen I heard that writer Guleraana Mir and director Madeleine Moore were reuniting with the actress again in Coconut my heart skipped a beat.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFor the first time in its history, the Non-Equity Jeff Awards will feature non-binary nominations in its performance categories, it was announced Monday, along with the official list of 2018…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:00AMThe Griffin Theatre Company’s passionate production of “Ragtime” will go head-to-head with Theo Ubique’s vocally adroit “Sweeney Todd” at the Non-Equity Jeff Awards, with these t…
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The cast is led by Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf, and Alison Pill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/686454-episode-154-lisa-kron.mp3 When Tony Award Winner Lisa Kron was a theater major in college, she was told she wouldn’t succeed . . . becau…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:55AMThe cast and playwright of Broadway’s Harry Potter play reveal the magic behind the show on the opening night carpet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMThe short-form Amazon series follows a gay couple in their ’50s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMThe Old Vic has revealed the full line-up for its 200th birthday Variety Night next month, which includes music, comedy, cabaret and exclusive performances.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:44AMI wrote about Giving Circles on my personal blog last June, noting that the number of Giving Circles in the U.S. is growing. The appeal of this form of philanthropy is that it that the struc…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 10:36AMGo behind the scenes of MY FAIR LADY's cast recording session today on BroadwayWorld's Instagram Tune in for a loverly behind the scenes look at the cast in action over on BWW's Instagram wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMEvent cinema specialist Trafalgar Releasing has recruited Kymberli Frueh who will join its North American operation as senior VP, programming and acquisitions. Frueh is well-versed in event …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:29AMThe show, starring LaChanze, Ariana DeBose, and Storm Lever officially opens April 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMFanaticism grows in a society fractured along fault lines of political and religious authority, property, status, gender, generational change, and belief, creating a fertile climate for pers…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:21AMThe angels of music within The Phantom Of The Opera's West End cast soared to an amazing double win at last night's West End Eurovision 2018 charity event.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:14AMThe cast of Desperate Measures at the York. Photo: Carol RoseggWill in the WestPeter Kellogg sat down with playwright William Shakespeare on April 23rd, his 454thBirthday, to ask him about h…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 10:11AMVersailles star Alexander Vlahos is to play Romeo opposite The Musketeers’ Alexandra Dowling as Juliet at a new pop-up Shakespeare theatre in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:05AMThis first episode on MyTheatreMates of the Show People Podcast, hosted by director and producer Andrew Keates, is with Mates' own Mark Shenton - so a great one to start with!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:05AMSimon-Anthony Rhoden will continue in the role of Lola.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMShakespearean silliness continues to entertain, as drunkenness diverts Shylock’s scheming in Shit-faced Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFathom Events is adding more than 200 theaters to its live digital broadcast network in North America over the next 12 to 18 months, Variety has learned exclusively. Fathom, which is jointly…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMThe 30-year-old has been called the “hottest commodity in the dance world.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMFilm and TV costume designer Claire Finlay-Thompson is venturing into the world of theatre to work on Spiked, a new play exploring
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMAward-winning musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie has confirmed Shobna Gulati for the role of Ray. She will be replacing Jamie veteran Mina Anwar,&…
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The Guardian says: "In this brittle standoff, fault lies on both sides. The French anti-streaming measures may be draconian, but resistance to Netflix’s anti-cinema model is quite understa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMOne theatre writer (who's white) says that it's disingenuous to have all-white casts, white directors, and white designers for plays that supposedly examine white privilege.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:54AMWow: "There was poetic justice of a sort in the auction of the poets’ belongings by their daughter, Frieda Hughes, at Bonhams in London in March. Ms. Plath’s lots, which included clothes…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AMAïda Muluneh brought East Africa's first (and still only) international photography exhibition into being, but she's doing more than that with her color-saturated studio images. "This place…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:54AMJunior winner Christian Li "shared his win with Chloe Chua from Singapore, who at age 11 was the second-youngest to compete this year. Each of them won 10,000 Swiss francs and Li also was aw…
SOURCE: www.abc.net.au at 09:54AMOf course there's the Jeff Koons "Balloon Dog (Orange)," but as a museum of the Dachshund opens in Bavaria and the American Kennel Club prepares to move its AKC Museum of the Dog from St. Lo…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AMThe Tony-winning revival at the Ambassador Theatre also welcomes the return of two-time Tony nominee Charlotte d'Amboise.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMEric Petersen took the BroadwayBox Instagram along for a two-show day at the new Jimmy Buffett musical, Escape To Margaritaville.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 09:40AMthe best reason to see this little known 18th Century playwright's farce, is that it's adapted by wordsmith extraordinary
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:26AMDames looks incredible. The music’s pounding, the alcopops are flowing and designer April Dalton’s interpretation of the nightclub toilet setting is all
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:13AMThe billion dollar franchise is sure to be a theatrical juggernaut
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:13AMNewly installed at the Dominion Theatre, after runs in Manchester, Toronto and at the Coliseum last year, Bat Out of Hell has lost little of the bizarre, baffling energy that saw it find a v…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Douglas Mayo
THE GLENN MILLER STORY COMES TO THE LONDON COLISEUM FOR SEVEN WEEKS FROM 6 JULY. TICKETS NOW ON SALE Tommy Steele is to feature in an extraordinary new stage production of Th…
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two, opened last night, April 22, at the Lyric Theatre 214 West 43rd Street, New York, NY. Check out photos below of the cast at their openin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two, opened last night, April 22, at the Lyric Theatre 214 West 43rd Street, New York, NY. We're taking you on the red carpet on the big nigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 23 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMThe London production of Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's Kinky Boots has just announced a fabulous new cast and extension.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:50AMThree very different mothers converge in a hospital waiting room, anxious for updates, after a class of Year 10 pupils are mysteriously
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMMillennial Notes Hagedorn, Greco Create Masterful Visual Palette by Evelyn Arevalo “The Gangster of Love” by Jessica Hagedorn transports us to the 70s, to follow the outlandish exploits …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:43AMAcosta, who had a painful separation from his country and family in order to become a star in Europe and the U.S., says "I want to bring them to the world, but also to bring the world to the…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:36AMThere are slip-ups, and then there's the CNN Incident. "Many of the obits were filled in with text from Britain’s Queen Mother, who had died the year before, including a description of Dic…
SOURCE: www.avclub.com at 08:36AMThe writers are from Iowa, of course. One of them says: "We just knew inherently those were dangerous. They were always things that farmers and parents said to stay away from, because you ca…
SOURCE: www.thegazette.com at 08:36AMThe motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:36AMInspired by a true court case in the US, Faceless – which is written by Selina Fillinger and directed by Prav Menon-Johansson – deftly tackles this conundrum with tact.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:30AMAn all-day triple-bill has its duds, but fills you with admiration for the energy and chutzpah of everyone involved
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMSelina Fillinger's play sees a young white ISIS bride grilled in court by a Muslim prosecutor
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMKatori Hall's book is too brisk, but this jukebox musical is powered by an unstoppable central performance
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:12AMFINAL HOURS! VOTE NOW FOR TEAM CAROUSEL! CLICK THE LOGO TO THE LEFT AND GET STARTED. BE SURE TO CLICK "FINISH SURVEY" AT THE VERY BOTTOM!As someone who has read all of the books and see…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:12AMMale Shakespearean roles taken by actresses are often described as ‘gender neutral’, but Golda Rosheuvel’s Othello at Liverpool’s Everyman is very much
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Want to know the latest tea from the most fabulous show on the West End? Well, you've come to the right place because we're serving the latest on the cast of Kinky Boots.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:53AMThe Metromaniacs
Off Broadway, Red Bull Theater at The Duke on 42nd Street
Reviewed by Shani R. Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: Aided by a stellar cast, David Ives’s adaptation makes 18th-century …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:36AMThandie Newton, on getting equal pay to the men of HBO's Westworld for the upcoming Season 3: "It’s unprecedented. It’s — goodness; it shatters so much calcified pain, resentment, frus…
SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 07:33AMThere's a reason this might be happening: "More often than not, the passcodes that appear in my Google Authenticator app seem tailored to reduce the cognitive burden of storing them in my wo…
SOURCE: www.wired.com at 07:32AMKathleen Turner is an instinctive performer who rarely shrinks from a challenge. She made her film debut in Body Heat, had leading
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AM Sunday afternoon, April 22, the long awaited American debut of the Harry Potter play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, opened at the Lyric Theatre on Broadway. Thea…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:25AMDancers from Ballet Black, the Royal Ballet and Scottish Ballet come together for a programme of Kenneth MacMillan's early, story-telling work
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06AMThis entertaining new musical lacks show-stopping tunes in a score by Barb Jungr and Mike Lindup from Level 42
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06AMBy Jonathan Hall
Jonathan Hall reviews Timberlake Wertenbaker’s adaptation of Thomas Keneally’s novel Our Country’s Good at West Yorkshire Playhouse.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:02AMWith many moments that hit a powerful punch, Rasheeda Speaking is a powerful and thoughtful piece of drama, designed to make audiences re-evaluate their own attitudes. Well worth paying a vi…
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Last week, Kwame Kwei-Armah, new Young Vic artistic director, said he wanted to “mess with the idea” that the UK relies too
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMLeading figures including director Indhu Rubasingham and playwright James Graham have warned that opportunities for young people to enter the profession are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:50AMThis deliciously concocted dissection of middle class mores was Alan Ayckbourn’s first major theatrical hit, setting him on the path to future
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMI won’t name and shame but will admit that some of my trickiest moments over my many years hosting post-show discussions have been at plays set in the United States when audience …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 06:40AMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two, opened last night, April 22, at the Lyric Theatre 214 West 43rd Street, New York, NY. Check out photos below of last night's red carpet …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36AMWho is Richard Cilli? A contemporary dancer, currently working with Anouk Van Dijk’s Chunky Move. I’ve danced for Sydney Dance Company, Lucy Guerin Inc, K.Kvarnström & Co. (Sweden),…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:14AMBy Douglas Mayo
Oliver Tompsett and Natalie McQueen are to join the cast of Kinky Boots in the West End as the show announces a new booking period until 5 January 2019.
This post Oliver Tomp…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:03AMOliver Tompsett is to join the cast of West End musical Kinky Boots, playing Charlie Price. He replaces David Hunter, who plays
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AMThe lack of social commentary serves mainly to enhance the play’s simultaneously entirely universal but completely personal quality, which ultimately makes The Gulf a touching and enjoyabl…
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Listen: “Hello, Dolly!” Announces Some Good News, and Some Bad News; Denzel Eyes Shakespeare Classic; and The New York Post Doesn’t Understand how Theatre Works! “Tod…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMCelebrated by audiences at home and abroad, Indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of Australia. Remembered today a…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:49AMHilton Als looks at class, colonialism, and self-creation in Bartlett Sher’s production of “My Fair Lady,” starring Lauren Ambrose and Harry Hadden-Paton.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 05:33AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Summer The Donna Summer Musicals officially opens tonight on Broadway, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33AMShobna Gulati, best known for playing Sunita Alahan in ITV’s Coronation Street and Anita in Dinnerladies, is joining the West End cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, taking on the r…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMSunday night during the Top 14 performance episode of “American Idol,” 18-year-old Jurnee sang Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj‘s “Bang Bang” for judg…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30AMWelcome to this week’s episode of the And Scene Theater Podcast!
In Act 1, we bring you the latest theater news including stories from the underground, current trends on Broadway, and a ne…
SOURCE: andscenepod.podbean.com at 05:30AMIt may be somewhat of a cult show, but LIZZIE, the all-female, heavy rock musical based on the life of Lizzie Borden and (possible) murders she committed, is a firm favourite in SatageFaves …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:30AMRetirement drama is not a particularly new trend but, naturally, as our nation ages, there’s going to be a greater market for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:20AMActress Shobna Gulati, best known for playing Sunita Alahan in ITV’s Coronation Street, is joining the award-winning London cast of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, taking on the role of…
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If Pixar did electrons... Francesca Peschier reviews a piece of circus based on the discovery of radioactivity
The post Review: The Bekkrell Effect at Roundhouse appeared first on Exeunt Mag…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 02:50AMTrafalgar Studios, LondonThere is much to enjoy and to squirm about in Joel Drake Johnson’s dissection of the office politics of some highly manipulative, racist characters The meaning of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AM“My geekness is a-quiverin’!” a teenage wizard named Scorpius yelps in excitement somewhere around hour five. He’s not the only one. If you’ve ever wanted to experience the feeling…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:33AMJavier Bardem, the lead actor of Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” defends the director after the Hollywood brigade distances themselves from Allen.Coming to the defense of Woo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:17AMThe ninth annual Melbourne Cabaret Festival bursts onto the stage with some of the most fabulous and seductive cabaret from across Australia at Chapel Off Chapel from Tuesday 19 June 2018. …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:11AMThe Writer – Almeida Theatre, London Ella Hickson, whose past work includes Precious Little Talent, Boys and 2016’s Oil, returns to the Almeida
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMany happy returns to William Shakespeare: 454 years after his birth the playwright still dominates British theatre and culture. He is one
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:50AMSTONE WITCH A New Play Art is a Beast By Shem Bitterman Directed by Steve Zuckerman Starring Dan Lauria (“The Wonder Years”), Rupak Ginn (“Royal Pains”) and Carolyn McCormick (…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 01:30AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, April 23, 2018 - Monday, April 23, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMThe Auditorium Theatre has announced its 2018-19 season, which will include Chicago premieres, the return of familiar companies and contemporary artists, and a special speaker series showcas…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:05AMKeegan Allen on Juicy Celeb Stories with Justin Bieber, Zac Efron, & Taylor SwiftActor Keegan Allen is hanging out with us at the Young Hollywood Studio where he is showing off his lovely ph…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMKeegan Allen Reveals His Dirty Secret & Talks Photographing John MayerFormer "Pretty Little Liars" heartthrob Keegan Allen stops by the Young Hollywood Studio to show off his stunning photog…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMGo-Karting with NASCAR's Daytona 500 Winner Austin DillonWe all know he dominates on the tracks of NASCAR and the Daytona 500, but can Austin Dillon dominate the go-kart track? While in town…
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"Ekstasis,” danced by PeiJu Chien-Pott, her hair loose, her costume a tight tube of form-fitting jersey (designed by Graham, herself), stood still as eerie clacking percussion and quiet wo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:27AMMulti-platinum music star Robin Zander, lead singer of Cheap Trick, makes his Broadway debut as a special-guest vocalist in Rocktopia beginning on April 23. Zander kicks off the final w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMTony-winning supertalent Cady Huffman returns to Broadway on April 23, taking on the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in long-running hit Chicago. Huffman succeeds Valerie Simpson, who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMThe new Broadway bio-show Summer: The Donna Summer Musical celebrates opening night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on April 23. Des McAnuff directs the talent-packed jukebox tuner, which began…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMThe “Harry Potter” novels spawned a massively successful film franchise, and now, with the April 22 opening of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” the Boy Who Lived …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:23AMLauren Ridloff shares the show's unprecedented accessibility for people who are deaf---Lauren Ridloff was two years old when the original production of Children of a Lesser God debuted on Br…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMLaChanze, Ariana DeBose, and Storm Lever star in the new musical about the disco icon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWinners will be announced April 24 by Bernadette Peters, Nathan Lane, Victor Garber, and Andrew Garfield.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAto Blankson-Wood and Juan Castano lead the cast of the world premiere at the Lucille Lortel Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFrom The Great Comet to Hadestown to currently running Light in Buckinghamshire, the Tony-nominated director has proven her mettle.
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