There Is Creative Conflict And Then There Is Creating Conflict by Joe Patti

Last Monday I wrote about how intrinsic motivation can often be more effective than external motivators like rewards and punishments, but suggested non-profit workers not allow people to use…

Geoffrey Rush pulls out of Australian stage production by Associated Press

Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush has pulled out of Shakespeare stage production in Australia as he sues a Sydney newspaper for defamation.

Charlotte Jones: ‘Plays come from your scar tissue’ by Charlotte Jones

The playwright introduces 'The Meeting', her new play for Chichester Festival TheatreI think it’s always a dangerous sport to try and consciously unravel where your ideas come fr…

This Week: Radiohead, Tanglewood, Lucinda Child’s ‘Available Light’ by The New York Times

Radiohead returns to Madison Square Garden, the Boston Symphony Orchestra heads to its summer home and Lucinda Child restages her minimalist opus.

Australian Dance Awards Shortlist Announced by Arts Review

Celebrating 21 years, the Australian Dance Awards is one of the country’s most prestigious performing arts awards. Across 12 categories, the Awards acknowledge people working in the profes…

Theatre Interview: ‘Broadway Favorites: A Summer Cabaret’ with Judy McLane from Everyman Theatre by Kristen Price

Summertime in Baltimore brings “Broadway Favorites: A Summer Cabaret” featuring Judy McLane and Philip Hernandez to Everyman Theatre. The production will feature the two performers singi…

See the effort to restore historic Tower Records mural in downtown Sacramento

A team of muralists work on restoring the old Tower Records mural in downtown Sacramento at the future site of Solomon’s Delicatessen on the 700 block of K Street. … Click to Continu…

Theatre Review: ‘Anything Goes’ by Rockville Musical Theatre by Norah Dick

It’s hard to imagine a more lighthearted, easily enjoyable musical than Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes.” Rockville Musical Theatre’s new staging of this classic gem fully lives up to…

Review: 50 Ways to Date Your Aubrey at Capital Fringe by John Bavoso

Dating. Dating in DC. A play about dating in DC. “This must be dystopian,” I thought as I entered Caos on F to take in the latest world premiere by Nu Sass Productions. To my delight, wh…

Chicago Theater Review: FUCKING MEN (Pride Films and Plays at the Pride Arts Center) by Lawrence Bommer

SERIAL SEX AS A CONTINUUM OF DESIRE There’s not much to learn from Fucking Men —  an unabashed sexual merry-go-round and a late-night offering from Pride Films & Plays —…

Theatre Review: ‘People For Whom The World Spins and Turns’ by The Essential Theatre at Anacostia Playhouse by Mary Ann Johnson

There were five people on the stage, and no more than a dozen in the audience in this intimate, 75-seat configuration at the Anacostia Playhouse, but it didn’t matter. “People For Wh…

Theatre Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ at Toby’s Dinner Theatre by April Forrer

Mamma Mia translated into English from Italian is, my goodness or my heavens, and that about sums up this high energy hit at Toby’s Dinner Theatre’s through September 9, 2018. “Mamma M…

Scaramouche Jones, Bristol by Lyn Gardner

Old Vic, BristolScaramouche Jones, born at midnight on December 31 1899, a strange, pale, white-skinned "oyster" who popped out of his Gypsy prostitute mother in a fishmongers in Trinidad. A…

“Measure for Measure” Mocks First World Problems, at Lunatico, Berkeley by Tyler Jeffreys

Millennial Notes Shakespeare Says, “Get Over Sex Obsession!” by Tyler Jeffreys Think a fusion of Mad Max, The Purge, and The White House all in one. Theatre Lunatico uses Shakespeare’s…

Photo Flash: Paper Mill Playhouse Gives Sneak Peek of Theater Renovations by BroadwayWorld

As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Paper Mill Playhouse is in the process of renovating theinterior of the historictheater, including replacement of all the theater's seating.The renovati…

Odds & Ends: Scribe Terrence McNally Receives Honor, Bat Out of Hell - The Musical Releases Cast Recording & More by Caitlin Moynihan

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Provincetown Theater's New Director Honors Terrence McNally Provincetown Theater's new Artistic Director David Dr…

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Merle Dandridge of Once On This Island by Broadway.com

Merle Dandridge stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Once On This Island and more with Beth Stevens.

BWW Feature: Ian Ward Shares His Dream in GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER at Belasco Theatre by Debbie Hall

The career path for Ian Ward continues to shine from the glitz of the Las Vegas Strip to the bright lights of Broadway. Ward is part of the cast of 'Getting the Band Back Together' with prev…

Matt Cardle Joins The Cast Of Strictly Ballroom by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Best-selling recording artist, X-Factor winner and West End star Matt Cardle is to join the cast of Strictly Ballroom The Musical. This post Matt Cardle Joins The Cast Of Str…

Broadway Grosses: Hamilton Still Non-Stop as Holiday Box Offices Boom by Lindsey Sullivan

The Fourth of July holiday was one for fireworks, burgers and, apparently, theatergoing. Productions including Aladdin, Frozen, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Waitress, The…

VIDEO: On This Day, July 9- Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Ariana DeBose, and Leslie Odom, Jr. Say Goodbye to HAMILTON by Alexa Criscitiello

On this day in 2016, original Hamilton cast members, Leslie Odom Jr.,Phillipa Soo, and Ariana DeBose along with themusical's star and composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, took their final bows in t…

Lin-Manuel Miranda Calls Out Condescending Theatre-Goer by BroadwayWorld

Lin-Manuel Miranda might have written the greatest musical of hisgeneration, but that doesn't mean he doesn't appreciate theclassics. The Hamilton creator recently had a nasty encounter with…

Hit Magic Show Six Impossible Things to Return to NYC by Olivia Clement

The close-up, immersive show will play a return engagement due to popular demand in the fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Go Inside the Writing of ‘Hope’ From Jason Robert Brown’s New Album by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony-winning composer discusses how he penned How We React and How We Recover's opening track.

Chicago theater openings for July 13-19

Saturday “Scary Stories to Save Your Life”: Presented by the About Face Youth Theater, this series of real-life political horror stories is balanced out by moments of resistance. Through…

Connecticut Repertory Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will contain works by Paula Vogel, Shakespeare, Erin Shields, Tracy Thorne, and more.

Broadway Box Office Slips; Recent Arrivals ‘Straight White Men’, ‘Head Over Heels’ Seek Footing by Greg Evans

With Bruce Springsteen still on a soon-to-end hiatus, competition from fireworks and two fledgling productions still getting their footing, Broadway box office was down about 11% for the wee…

Oliver Knussen, Composer And Conductor, Dies At 66 by Jeff Lunden

Knussen, who wrote symphonies, chamber music and operas, is likely best known for his collaborations with children's author Maurice Sendak on adaptions like 1979's Where The Wild Things Are.

Interview: Ivo van Hove on Adapting Visconti’s The Damned for the Stage by Gerard Raymond

We spoke to the Belgian-born titan of the theater about the experience of bringing new life to Visconti’s provocative The Damned. The post Interview: Ivo van Hove on Adapting Visconti’s …

Blurred Vision: ‘On a Clear Day You Can See Forever’ by Matthew Wexler

Melissa Errico and Stephen Bogardus star in Irish Repertory Theatre's wonky revival of Lerner and Lane's 1965 musical about a woman with ESP who falls in love with her therapist.

Photo Flash: First Look at Susan Egan Led BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by BroadwayWorld

5-STAR THEATRICALS will soon host Broadway's original Belle Susan Egan as she reprises her iconic performance once again for one last time in its final show of its 2017-2018 season, BEAUTY A…

Spectacular Spectacular! Here's a First Look of Karen Olivo in Moulin Rouge by Caitlin Moynihan

Diamonds are definitely a girl's best friend. The Broadway-bound musical Moulin Rouge is about to make its debut at Emerson Colonial Theatre in Boston for the first preview on July 10, a…

Waterbury Palace Motivational Series Highlights Life's Second Acts by Christopher Arnott

Theaters know something about second acts. The Palace Theater in Waterbury is giving the stage to Connecticut residents who have created second acts in their own lives. The inaugural Second …

Review: ‘Enchanted April’ at Aldersgate Church Community Theater by Julia L. Exline

Aldersgate Church Community Theater presents Matthew Barber’s Enchanted April. Directed by Marzanne Claiborne, Enchanted April follows a group of disillusioned women who embark on a life-c…

Tony Nominee Jenn Colella to Reprise Her Role in Unbeatable the Musical for One Night Only by Ruthie Fierberg

The Come From Away star will perform in a benefit reading of the original musical.

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Lincoln Plaza Cinemas: Theater Chains Vie to Take Over Indie Film Landmark by Brent Lang

Dan Talbot, an exhibitor who brought arthouse films to the residents of New York’s Upper West Side, died last December at the age of 91, leaving a void in the cultural life of the neighbor…

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/9

Welcome 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…

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 7/9 by Bww Special

Welcome 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 …

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 7/8/18 by BroadwayWorld

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 782018.

John Leguizamo, Michael K. Williams, and Vera Farmiga Join Netflix Limited Series CENTRAL PARK FIVE by TV News Desk

Netflix has announced the cast of upcoming limited seriesCentral Park Five, created by Academy Award Nominee Ava DuVernay.DuVernay will also write and direct the narrative series which will …

Rattlestick's NEW SONGS NOW to Feature Georgia Stitt, Lucas Steele, and More by BroadwayWorld

RattlestickPlaywrightsTheaterhas announced the line-up for performers and post-show facilitators for NEW SONGS NOW, an unplugged concert series taking place July 22 through July 26 at 700pm …

Get a First Look at Karen Olivo in Moulin Rouge! by Hannah Vine

The Tony winner takes on the role of Satine in the musical adaptation of the Baz Luhrmann film in Boston.

‘Who’s Holiday’ eyes Broadway after winning legal battle by Caitlin Huston

After winning its latest legal battle, the play “Who’s Holiday!” is eyeing Broadway. A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in favor of playwright Matthew Lombardo last Friday, agai…

Grosses Analysis: Broadway’s Frozen Rages On, Surpassing $2 Million by Ryan McPhee

The Disney musical opened in March at the St. James Theatre.

Shattered Globe Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature a new stage adaptation of “Crime and Punishment” and the Chicago premiere of “The Realistic Joneses.”

Who's Holiday! Eyes Broadway Run Following Legal Battle Win by Lindsey Sullivan

Christmas news in July! Who's Holiday! playwright Matthew Lombardo's parody of How the Grinch Stole Chistmas, is planning for a limited Broadway engagement later this year. Ben …

Stage review: Pittsburgh CLO's 'The Full Monty' has got the goods by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

As much fun as “The Full Monty” is — and the musical is a rollicking good time — it’s also a lens into what brought us to this moment.

Raunchy Seuss Parody ‘Who’s Holiday!’ Wins Appeal; Broadway Run Planned by Greg Evans

Playwright Matthew Lombardo’s Who’s Holiday!, which bring bestiality, drug abuse, teenage pregnancy and prison culture to a place a lot like Whoville, is parody and therefore …

Who’s Holiday! Eyes 2018 Broadway Run by Olivia Clement

Producers are planning a limited Broadway engagement of Matthew Lombardo’s parody.

VIDEO: Stage and Screen Legend Rita Moreno Discusses Her Legacy on TODAY by TV News Desk

TODAY's Al Roker sat down with award-winning actress Rita Moreno to talk about her iconic roles, including her breakout in West Side Story. Moreno opened up about the good times she's had in…

Photo: Get a First Look At Karen Olivo In MOULIN ROUGE! by BroadwayWorld

Lin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter today to share a first look at Karen Olivo in MOULIN ROUGE The Musical. The production begins performances tomorrow at Boston's Colonia Theatre following c…

BWW Flashback: Broadway Barks Gets Animated- 17 Years of Posters! by BroadwayWorld

For the past 20 years, more than 2,000 cats and dogs have stolen Broadway's spotlight and the hearts of all who come to Broadway Barks. Approximately 85 of these furry friends have successfu…

Lifeline Theatre casts the world premiere of its gendered update on 'Frankenstein' by Kt Hawbaker

On Monday, Lifeline Theatre announced casting for “Frankenstein,” adapted from the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley novel by ensemble member Robert Kauzlaric and directed by ensemble member P…

Five Reasons You HAVE to See SpongeBob SquarePants Before It Ends Its Broadway Run

Do not miss SpongeBob SquarePants on Broadway.

Bringing Broadway West by Marcus Lovingood

https://medium.com/media/d76d0501ce8985b321585486585c61b6/hrefWalt Disney had a saying that has always stuck with me, “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible”. I grew up here in Souther…

Jim Steinman’s Bat Out of Hell Musical Will Play San Francisco in December by Andrew Gans

The original cast recording of the musical is now available for download.

U.S. Court of Appeals Rules WHO'S HOLIDAY as Parody; Broadway Run Planned for 2018! by BroadwayWorld

A U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of playwright Matthew Lombardo last Friday, affirming that his play WHO'S HOLIDAY is indeed a parody, transformative in nature, and therefore consi…

Sarah Millican defends Page 3 – and Stewart Lee goes for Charlie Brooker by Brian Logan

Our roundup of the week's comedy sees scrappy statements from Sarah Millican and Stewart Lee, while Peter Kay has mooted a possible return of Phoenix NightsThe week's comedy news divides nea…

Space Availability at The Maiden Voyage Cafe by Bt

Host a read through of your current writing project at The Maiden Voyage Cafe! MV offers free space for script workshopping and talk backs. The space is available after hours and can host up…

EGOT Winner Rita Moreno Shares the Ups and Downs of Her Life and Career by Andrew Gans

The West Side Story star can currently be seen on the acclaimed Netflix reboot of One Day at a Time.

Brantley in Britain: Women Set London’s Stages Ablaze by Ben Brantley

Fiery performances by Lia Williams in “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and Adrienne Warren in “Tina” newly illuminate familiar female characters.

Consent, difficult women, and intimacy coaches... Vicky Jones and Tuppence Middleton on new conversations in theatre by Daisy Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan

Vicky Jones wrote her first play, The One, for her best friend and Fleabag co-creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Now it's being revived – with a brand new star

Director David Alpert and his cat Henry by Told By David Alpert

“In 2010 I made a kind of impulse decision to go to the ASPCA on the Upper East Side, to get a cat. I grew up with some cats and I had lived in New York already for about four years so I d…

Broadway’s ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ is closing by Deadline

It's set to close Sunday, September 16.

Y No Había Luz brings the voices of post-Maria Puerto Rico to Chicago by Martha Bayne

Ten days or so after Hurricane Maria tore across Puerto Rico last September, Casa Pueblo—a solar-powered, self-sufficient environmental center in the mountainous municipality of Aj…

Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature five productions, including a world premiere by Sheldon Wolf.

Matthew Bourne among winners of Creative Green Awards by Matthew Hemley

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures is among the winners of this year’s Creative Green Awards. Run by green arts charity Julie’s Bicycle, the

Review: ‘Antigone’ Asserts Whose Lives Matter, With Modern Relevance by Laura Collins-Hughes

Defiance and justice drive this brisk staging from the Classical Theater of Harlem, directed by Carl Cofield.

Antaeus Theatre Company Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will contain four modern classics, including works by Lillian Hellman, Martin McDonagh, Cicely Hamilton, and Brecht.

Comedy Round-Up: Jeff Dunham. Tammy Pescatelli, Kate Quigley. Leonard Ouzts by Christopher Arnott

Folks used to mock ventriloquists mercilessly as outdated, unfunny relics of comedy as it was a century ago. Then came Jeff Dunham. He’s made the ancient art of voice-throwing contemporary…

A world-class physicist and a history-making singer walk into a play by Nelson Pressley

“Secrets of the Universe” at Hub Theatre reveals the Albert Einstein-Marian Anderson friendship.

Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother. A Capital Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

My interior critic sounds like Jackie Hoffman as Mamacita and for years she grimly told me I’d never be a writer or performer. My exterior champion Mama Jean—part Auntie Mame, part Mama …

Perfecting the Kiss. A Capital Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Perfecting the Kiss came into the world almost on a dare. Sometime around the turn of the millennium, I was at a brunch for theater folk and someone (I can’t recall who) pondered aloud…

Trinity Repertory Company Sets Sensory-Friendly Performances for Entire 2018–2019 Lineup by Gabriel Agosto

The Rhode Island company will adjust select performances in its new season to meet the needs of audience members with autism and other sensory-processing disorders.

Claude Binder Memorial and Celebration of Life on July 16th by Bt

There will be a memorial and celebration of Claude's life and his tremendous impact on the theatre community, both locally and internationally, at Steppenwolf Theatre Company's downstairs th…

The Fans Have Spoken! Your Top 10 Favorite Summer Show Tunes by Caitlin Moynihan

A new week has started and the summer heat doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon. One of the best ways to distract yourself from the heatwave is by blasting your favorite sh…

‘This penny-pinching decision smacks of ignorance’: We need career development loans in the performing arts by Susan Elkin

Professional and Career Development Loans were a lifeline for students like these. Now that such loans have gone many of them will simply not be able to pursue the career they want – irres…

BAT OUT OF HELL Cast Recording Now Available Digitally by BroadwayWorld

GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS has announced that Jim Steinman's BAT OUT OF HELL - The Musical Original Cast Recording is now available in digital and streaming formats, continuing the extraordinary roc…

Geoffrey Rush Withdraws from Melbourne Theatre Company's TWELFTH NIGHT Because of Defamation Case by BroadwayWorld

As BroadwayWorld reported in April, Tony winner Geoffrey Rushrecently filed defamation proceedings in Australia's federal court against The Daily Telegraph. The Oscar winner is seeking damag…

Art Night 2018 — rich pickings for nocturnal culture vultures

This year’s edition of the London event took in Syrian space travel, confined living conditions in the capital, and virtual utopias

2018 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The City Of…’ by Guest Author

By Beatrice Loayza Directed by Patrick Pearson and written by Matthew Capodicasa, The City Of . . . is an ambitious work self-described as inspired by the metaphysical wrestlings of Jorge Lu…

Show Time! The First 100 Years of the American Musical Will Arrive Off-Broadway in September by Andrew Gans

Created, written, and performed by Ben West, the production is a partnership between the York Theatre Company and UnsungMusicalsCo.

Prime Stage Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The Pittsburgh company will present a season of three literary adaptations about courage.

Industry Editor Exclusive: New York Stage and Film- Broadway's Upstate Playground by Cara Joy David

What do HAMILTON, THE HUMANS, DOUBT, SIDE MAN, THE WOLVES and AMERICAN IDIOT all have in common They all started with New York Stage and Film NYSAF. Since 1985, the non-profit's summer progr…

INDUSTRY: Social Insight Report - July 9th - HEAD OVER HEELS Tops Social Chart For Third Consecutive Week! by Alan Henry

The top growing current Broadway musicals were Head Over Heels 10.17, Anastasia 2.51, Summer 2.28, The Band's Visit 2.21 and Once On this Island 2.04. The top growing current Broadway plays …

Behind-the-Scenes of the My Fair Lady Cast Album by Broadwaydirect

Enjoy this peek inside the cast recording of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady, featuring Lauren Ambrose singing “I Could Have Danced All Night.” The post Behind-the-Scenes of the My …

Sultan: Wise parenting advice from a drama mama

Prior to embracing her star role as theater critic the Post-Dispatch, Judith Newmark also dispensed wit and wisdom about raising children for several years in the late ‘80s.

Music Review: Wheels of Soul 2018 — An Impassioned Trio of Bands by Scott McLennan

This edition of Wheels of Soul works just fine as a display of post-Allman Brothers Band/post-Lynyrd Skynyrd/ post-Tom Petty musical sensibilities shaped in the South.

John Cleese blasts the BBC in lecture on the rise of stupidity by Mark Lawson

The Fawlty Towers star rails against the government, the BBC and British newspapers in stage appearance for Hacked OffIt was hard to know what to expect of a solo show by John Cleese, organi…

Jackie Burns Brings Insta Story Along for Her Two-Show Day as Elphaba in Broadway's Wicked

Broadway's green girl, Jackie Burns, brings Instagram along with her for a two-show day at Wicked.

Company of Elders review at Sadler’s Wells, London – ‘proud, poignant and thoughtful’ by Anna Winter

Respect the Elders. When Sadler’s Wells’ resident over-60s company of community dancers perform their latest mixed bill, they re-adjust the parameters by

Bookfilter’s July Book of the Month by Michael Giltz

Every month, BookFilter selects the best new theater book, exclusively for Broadway Direct readers. And Then We Danced By Henry Alford $26, Simon & Schuster Henry Alford is this generati…

Tab Hunter, Star of Damn Yankees Film, Dies at 86 by Logan Culwell-Block

The 1950s Hollywood heartthrob, who came out as gay in his 2005 memoir, also appeared in Grease 2 and John Waters' Polyester.

The Fiery Angel, Aix-en-Provence Festival — a benchmark performance

Prokofiev’s opera is a hallucinatory nightmare in Mariusz Treliński’s production

In photos: How the West End celebrated Pride by Carly-Ann Clements

On Saturday, up to a million people lined the streets of our capital to watch and celebrate the Pride In London Parade. And along with the hundreds of thousands of people flying the rainbow …

Alzira, Buxton Opera House, Derbyshire — a score that packs a punch

An impressive UK professional premiere for Verdi’s opera

The NOLA Project Announces 2018-19 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will feature a world premiere musical comedy by Adam Szymkowicz.

Ensemble Studio Theatre Unveils 50th Anniversary Season by Olivia Clement

The season will kick off with the world premiere of William Jackson Harper's Travisville.

Musical director Gareth Valentine: ‘The more energy you give out in the pit, the more you’ll get back’ by Nick Smurthwaite

After starting out as a boy soprano singing at eisteddfods in north Wales, Gareth Valentine went on to become a top musical

’A powerful reminder of everything that is special about theatre’: PAINT YOUR WAGON – Liverpool (relaxed performance) by Vicky Anderson

The Everyman rep company is wrapping up its second successful season this month with a reprise of all four of the very diverse productions it has been staging since the start of the year inc…

REVIEW: King, Hackney Empire ✭✭✭✭✭ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Julian Eaves reviews King the musical by Martin Smith presented by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra at Hackney Empire. This post REVIEW: King, Hackney Empire ✭✭✭✭…

Lillian Shaw: Naughty Character Comedienne on the Big Time by Trav S.D.

Lillian Shaw (ca. 1886-1978) was too important a stage star in her day to be as forgotten as she is now, even among theater buffs. As her outline emerges she seems to have had an act you mig…

BE Festival 2018 review – ‘risk-taking, multi-disciplinary European theatre’ by Ben Kulvichit

Transforming the backstage area of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre into a lively festival hub and the main stage into a communal dining

Laura Osnes, Christy Altomare, Javier Muñoz, More Sing Out to Fight Cystic Fibrosis in New Music Video by Shoshy Ciment

The Broadway favorites join a campaign to fund research for the chronic and life-threatening disease.

Win a Pair of Tickets to Smokey Joe’s Cafe by Gabriel Agosto

Playbill ClubSeats is offering you and a friend the opportunity to see the new revival of the Tony-nominated Broadway musical.

VIDEO: Armie Hammer Chats Making His Broadway Debut in STRAIGHT WHITE MEN on GMA by TV News Desk

Armie Hammer visits Good Morning America to discuss his upcoming film Sorry to Bother You and making his Broadway debut in Second Stage's STRAIGHT WHITE MEN. Check out the clip below

Broadway’s ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Musical Sets Closing Date by Greg Evans

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical will tap its last dance on Sunday, September 16, concluding a 10-month run at the Nederlander Organization’s Palace Theater. Producers say a…

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Django Reinhardt NY Festival: Django Allstars w Romero Lubambo, Edmar Castaneda and Veronica Swift at Birdland, Tuesday, July 10th – Sunday July 15th nightly at 7:30pm & 10:30pm.

Review: The Vandal, Capital Fringe Festival by Alison Daniels

As long as there have been buses, there have been men trying to talk to women at bus stops. Or at least I assume that’s the case. But sometimes the man is just a boy, and the boy is just t…

Review: The City Of… at Capital Fringe by Missy Frederick

Playwright Matthew Capodicasa has tapped into a truly terrifying idea in The City Of… The premise: What would happen if an entire town just gradually started forgetting everything about ea…

Tragical Comical Fools Game explained. A CapFringe peek by Guest Writer

Have you ever watched “The Good Place” on Netflix? The Tragical Comical Fool’s Game is kind of like that, but with Shakespearean characters. Last year, five graduate students (studying…

Review: America’s Wives at Capital Fringe by Missy Frederick

Farah Lawal Harris’ America’s Wives is an extended metaphor, really. Its central two characters are both married to a distant, narcissistic, unfair man named America.  His first wife is…

Photo Flash: Birdland Renovates New Performance Space: The Birdland Theater by BroadwayWorld

For the past few years, Birdland has been excavating the space underneath the existing club to build a brand new performance space - it's the first new performance space built in the theater…

DAMN YANKEES Star Tab Hunter Dies at 86 by BroadwayWorld

Tab Hunter, star of the film Damn Yankees and Hollywood gay icon of the 1960s and 70s, has died. The news was announced on Facebook. The actor was 86 years old.

BWW Interview: Susan Pourfar's Mid-Life Crisis in MARY PAGE MARLOWE by Naomi Serviss

Pourfar shares the title role with six actresses and a doll in Tracy Letts' powerful play about a woman's life of quiet desperation.

Roger Waters, BST Hyde Park, London — urgency and empathy

The former Pink Floyd leader’s spectacular show amplified his view of a brutal, unequal world

Timber review – all the wood's a stage for spectacular forest festival by Arifa Akbar

Feanedock, National ForestA new arts extravaganza offers campfire stories, breathtaking theatre, laughing yoga and lessons on how to think like a treeStand on a hillock in Feanedock and you …

Casting Announced For New Musical Unexpected Joy at Southwark Playhouse by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Casting has been announced for the European premiere of Bill Russell and Janet Hood’s heartfelt and hilarious new musical Unexpected Joy at Southwark Playhouse. This po…

‘I left the theatre singing & feeling uplifted’: CHAMPAGNE FOR CLEMENTINE – Live at Zedel ★★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

The cast and crew for Champagne For Clementine did an amazing job in such a small room, in a short space of time. It’s a perfect show to take in before a night out, it’s upbeat, fun and …

The Jungle, Playhouse Theatre, London — immersive, seething

This drama about the migrant camp is designed for maximum impact

Geoffrey Rush Withdraws From Twelfth Night Due to Ongoing Defamation Case by Olivia Clement

The actor was set to star in the Melbourne Theatre Company production in November.

Birdland Jazz Club to Open New, 100-Seat Performance Space by Gabriel Agosto

The popular midtown venue has finished construction on the Birdland Theater.

2018 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Vandal’ by Ravelle Brickman

The Vandal, which opened to a sold-out audience on the first weekend of the 2018 Capital Fringe, is a comedy about loss. It’s also a bittersweet riff on death, performed by a trio of talen…

The Sculptures Outside The Wadsworth, Explained by Susan Dunne

It isn’t just the inside of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art that is bursting with artworks. The front lawn’s collection of outdoor artworks is growing. On June 21, the first day of …

Telly Leung Will Be Joined by Aladdin Cast Mates for Concert Benefiting Broadway Cares by Andrew Gans

Telly on a Sunday will play the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Cast Set for London Premiere of Bill Russell and Janet Hood’s Unexpected Joy by Andrew Gans

The musical recently played an acclaimed run Off-Broadway at the York Theatre Company.

SpongeBob SquarePants to Close for Theatre Renovations by Mark A. Robinson

The critically-lauded and audience-favorite SpongeBob SquarePants, a Tony Award-nominee and Drama Desk winner for Best Musical, has announced that it will play its final performance on Sunda…

Review: The Lieutenant Of Inishmore at the Noël Coward Theatre by Brendan Macdonald

A fictional, dreamlike vision of Ireland: Michael Grandage's Martin McDonagh revival loses its way amid all the blood. The post Review: The Lieutenant Of Inishmore at the Noël Coward Theatr…

2018 Capital Fringe Review: ‘America’s Wives’ by Bob Ashby

A main point of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow is that the oppression of people of color in the U.S. cannot be explained as a matter of mean-spirited bigots lashing out at African-A…

Responding to the latest debate on ‘theatre etiquette’ or should that term be banned? by Debbie Gilpin

In case you were unaware (unlikely, considering it’s now made it to the BBC news website) at Tuesday evening’s performance of Titanic last week in Nottingham, a pair of women in the fron…

John Lithgow's latest stage isn't a stage at all: How theater is moving to your phone and car by Jessica Gelt

Shhhhh. John Lithgow is performing his solo show, “Stories by Heart.” The five audience members are riveted. Don’t speak, don’t fidget, and for God’s sake, don’t look at your pho…

Review: ‘Why is Eartha Kitt Trying to Kill Me? A Love Story’ by UrbanArias by David Siegel

Getting audience attention these days with a title few likely know is no easy task. So know that once again UrbanArias has found a terrific little musical gem: a chamber opera called Why is …

SpongeBob Closing. Broadway Bullying Investigation. Summer Escapes From Netflix in NYC! Week in NY Theater by New York Theater

There’s more to life than online binging, and plenty to do in New York now that summer is here in full force: Free outdoor movies every day of the week Free Broadway concerts New theat…

Concert Review: ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ with the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap by Kristin Franco

“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” Thousands of people flocked to the light of the big screen for the third film in the…

Review: Thirst at Contemporary American Theater Festival by Tim Treanor

I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, Albert Einstein once said, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and rocks. It is after the war now. The great cities are …

Review: The House on the Hill at Contemporary American Theater Festival by Tim Treanor

There are stories we must approach carefully, as we might, unarmed, approach a wolf in a leg trap. Amy E. Witting’s wolf of a story, The House on the Hill, is such a tale. It is a stor…

Fairview

Fairview Off Broadway, Soho Rep. Reviewed by Ran Xia BOTTOM LINE: Initially disguised as a family drama, Fairview is a meta-theatrical experience that asks some tough questions on behalf o…

GRACE NOTES: Monday, July 9, 2018 by Susan Grace

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Music Commentary: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra — Women are Locked Out by Clea Simon

“They travel the world and have for years,” says Ellen Seeling, “sending the message that there are no women good enough to be in this organization.”

Exclusive Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine- Andrew Keenan-Bolger by Little Known Facts W/ Ilana Levine

BroadwayWorld 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, …

Broadway on TV: Bernadette Peters, Andrew Rannells, & More for Week of July 9, 2018 by TV News Desk

From stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of July 9,2018

Exclusive Podcast: Go 'Behind the Curtain' with Legendary Tony Nominee Penny Fuller by Behind The Curtain

It may not be Halloween but we got the one and only Eve Harrington, Penny Fuller, with us in today's episode Penny has been an Emmy Award-winning familiar face on TV with such credits as The…

What's Playing on Broadway: July 9-15, 2018 by Bww Special

Below, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for July 9-15, 2018.

‘Game of Thrones’ Star to Make Stage Debut + More Regional Theater News

You don’t have to be a Broadway baby to scratch your onstage acting itch. In fact, all around the country—and outside of it—there are bustling theater communities producing…

Idomeneo review at Opera House, Buxton – ‘an uneven staging’ by George Hall

Despite being a relatively familiar title, Mozart’s Idomeneo is a challenging assignment for Buxton, with a clutch of demanding central roles and

6 Theatre Workers You Should Know by American Theatre Editors

From a trans theatremaker/filmmaker from Chicago to a New York City casting director, here are some theatre workers to have on your radar.

Text of the Day: Genesis Inc by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

The Three Musketeers review – gender-fluid swashbuckling by Mark Fisher

Williamson Park, LancasterLucy Jane Parkinson’s D’Artagnan is equal parts swagger and vulnerability in a jolly, summery promenade productionBeing a horse, Christopher Bianchi’s Planche…

BROADWAY HEAT: Head Over Heels: (The Big 8) by JK

THE BIG 8 ROUND of BROADWAY HEAT: HEAD OVER HEELS starts TODAY! GREAT NEWS! Whether or not you voted in the first two rounds, you can still vote in this round! AND&n…

BWW's On This Day - July 9, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

NYT establishes £37k fund offering grants and bursaries to schools lacking drama provision by Giverny Masso

National Youth Theatre has announced a new £37,500 fund to give young people access to drama in the wake of arts cuts

‘Chicago’ producers investigate harassment claims after cast member dies by Caitlin Huston

The producers of “Chicago” are investigating reports of harassment targeted at a cast member who took his own life last month after being a part of the show’s Broadway revival sinc…

‘A complete fantasy’: KNIGHTS OF THE ROSE – Arts Theatre by Shanine Salmon

Knights of the Rose comes from a female team of director and choreographer Racky Plews and writer Jennifer Marsden but it is a masculine tale of Knights of the realm and their fair maidens.

The Why of Theatre: a Playwriting Class by [email protected] (ramona)

By Lauren Gunderson. Lauren M. Gunderson is the Playwright-in-Residence at Marian Theater Company through the National Playwright Residency Program , funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundatio…

OPINION: PLAYBILLS! Does Broadway do it better?! The Pros & Cons of a Glossy Programme... @wickedmanda

There has been a long-standing argument that audiences should know exactly who they are seeing perform each night. In England, most shows sell programmes and a lot have up to date cast infor…

Critics are raving about... @KingandIWestEnd at @LondonPalladium

There are always a lot of expectations when it comes to big revivals, especially when they've already had a brilliant reception on the other side of the Atlantic. Sometimes the success just …

Fat Jewels review at Hope Theatre, London – ‘powerful new writing’ by Dave Fargnoli

Quietly horrifying and laced with bitterly black comedy, Fat Jewels is a moody, miserable study of psychosexual abuse. Set in one room

What are our critics’ top picks for the Edinburgh Fringe 2018? by The Stage

With August fast approaching, we asked our top team of Edinburgh Fringe critics to each choose the three shows they are most

Bryn Terfel webchat: post your questions now

The celebrated Welsh bass-baritone brings unique warmth and musicality to everything he sings, from Wagner to showtunes. Join him here on Tuesday 10 July at 1.30pm BST as he answers your que…

NEWS: NYT London season includes world premiere of Josh Azouz’s Victoria’s Knickers & Facebook scandal play F-Off by Press Releases

Paul Roseby, artistic director and chief executive of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT) has today announced the company’s summer and autumn programme for 2018, including it…

FESTEN  by Arts Review

Human history suggests that the seriously wealthy can live by their own rules. They may indulge in flaunting money whilst feeding their vanity, or something altogether more shady. Festen, by…

Poll: Do you have a ‘survival job’ to support your career in theatre? by Matthew Hemley

Writing in The Stage this week, Lyn Gardner discusses how artists should not feel ashamed of having day jobs to support their

Grindr: The Opera review at Above the Stag, London – ‘an amusing parody’ by Paul Vale

Launched in 2009, Grindr is the popular geo-social dating app geared specifically to the gay community that paved the way for things

‘Not your average play about male bonding’: FAT JEWELS – Hope Theatre by Michael Davis

Written by Joseph Skelton and directed by Luke Davies, Fat Jewels isn’t your average play about male bonding.

Monumental Theatre Company Styles ‘Pippin’ for a New Generation by Nicole Hertvik

Fresh off its 2018 Helen Hayes Award win for Outstanding Emerging Theater Company, Monumental Theatre Company will close out its season with Pippin (July 13-30). Monumental describes itself…

‘There are decisions you make as a producer it’d be better not to know about as an actor’: Interview with pluck. co-founder & Alkaline star by Featured Content

After the critically acclaimed run of Birthday Suit at the Old Red Lion Theatre in 2017, pluck.productions are bringing their latest show to the Park Theatre this July. Alkaline is a play ab…

Podcast: BroadwayRadio's 'Tell Me More' Chats with Rebecca Naomi Jones about FIRE IN DREAMLAND by Broadwayradio

On the most recent episode of BroadwayRadio's 'Tell Me More,' Matt Tamanini spoke to stars of three very different Off-Broadway shows Rebecca Naomi Jones of The Public's 'Fire in Dreamland,'…

On the Couch with Josef Ber by Arts Review

Who is Josef Ber? I am an actor and a father to two wonderful girls. I’m also a baseball and rugby league fan. What would you do differently to what you do now? If I was never able to perf…

It's 50 years since the end of stage censorship in Britain – but how free are artists really? by Natasha Tripney, Natasha Tripney

In 1968, the Theatres Act did away with the Lord Chamberlain's red pen. But a new exhibition at the V&A looks at how subtler forms of censorship may still exist today

Jason Henderson at Don’t Tell Mama by Jk Clarke

    The Lad From Upper Hutt Wows Uptown Manhattan with the Coward who Changed His Life   by Myra Chanin   Jason Henderson began his third performance of “Getting to Noe…

REVIEW ROUND UP: The King & I at the London Palladium by Emma Clarendon

Bartlett Sher’s production of The King & I brings the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical to the West End. But what have critics had to say about it?

Outdoor Shakespeare This Summer: 'Pericles,' 'Love's Labour's Lost,' 'Hamlet' And... by Christopher Arnott

Yes, Shakespeare has lurked in more than a few castles and dungeons. But most of the bard’s plays celebrate the outdoors — and in the summertime, that’s where you’re most likely to f…

WATCH: #StageFavesSongOfTheWeek - @CarrieHFletcher sings "I've Gotta Run" from #Edges by @PasekAndPaul

A decade before they were winning Oscars for their work on THE GREATEST SHOWMAN and LA LA LAND and Tony Awards galore for the stunning DEAR EVAN HANSEN, the songwriting duo Pasek & Paul wrot…

Today on Broadway: Monday, July 9, 2018 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: SpongeBob to Close Sept. 16, Investigation Opened into Death of “Chicago” Standby Jeff Loeffelholz, Diana Rigg Annoyed by Lauren Ambrose’s Schedule, and This Week’s…

Brief 7/9: The New York Musical Festival Kicks Off Today, and More! by Stephanie Wild

Good morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories The New York Musical Festival kicks off today, and more

Falstaff review at Royal Opera House, London – ‘a lavish production’ by Yehuda Shapiro

This revival of Robert Carsen’s 2012 staging of Verdi’s final opera seems to have everything you could ask for. Appropriately enough, it

Geoffrey Rush out of Twelfth Night by Arts Review

Melbourne Theatre Company Artistic Director Brett Sheehy has announced that today he received the following statement from Geoffrey Rush regarding his participation in the forthcoming produc…

The SpongeBob Musical Will End Its Broadway Run in September by Halle Kiefer

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical is set to end its Broadway run on Sunday, September 16, and not just because all its characters could really, really use a long soak. No, accordin…

Review: Flesh and Bone at Soho Theatre by Josephine Balfour-Oatts

A dance, of sorts: Unpolished Theatre's surging, feverish show explores East End working class experience. The post Review: Flesh and Bone at Soho Theatre appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

Review: For King and Country at Southwark Playhouse by Ava Davies

Futility and horror: Ava Davies on a revived WWI drama, and the strange way the war sits in our national consciousness. The post Review: For King and Country at Southwark Playhouse appeared …

REVIEW: The Jungle Playhouse Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon reviews Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson’s The Jungle after its transfer to the Playhouse Theatre This post REVIEW: The Jungle Playhouse Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭ firs…

“Seeing Red” Brings Cheers, Shouts, at S.F. Mime Troupe by Evelyn Arevalo

Millennial Notes  Agbabiaka, Holden Find Socialism in Trumpland by Evelyn Arevalo The San Francisco Mime Troupe kicks off its 59th season with a comic  musical, “Seeing Red,” in the mi…

On-demand TV service launches as ‘Netflix for arts lovers’ by Matthew Hemley

A new on-demand arts TV service dubbed a “cultural entertainment platform for the Netflix generation” has launched. Marquee.TV offers viewers access to

REVIEW: Blonde, RADA Festival ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews new musical Blonde by Adam Howell and Paul Hurt presented as part of the RADA Festival. This post REVIEW: Blonde, RADA Festival ✭✭✭✭ first appe…

Exeunt’s Edinburgh Fringe Tips by Exeunt Staff

It's nearly here: the season of mists and millions of shows. So Exeunt's writers have chosen a few things they're looking forward to.  The post Exeunt’s Edinburgh Fringe Tips appeared…

Club Provocaré by Arts Review

The festival of arts called Provocaré began last week. Centred on, along, and around Chapel Street, this superb collection of artists and performances is the perfect debauched antidote to a…

Broadway: Tony-Deprived “Spongebob Square Pants” Musical Will Close in September for $2.4 Billion Building Project by Roger Friedman

Another one bites the dust. Following “Escape to Margaritaville,” another 2018 season musical is closing on Broadway. “Spongebob Square Pants” will shutter Categories…

Lyn Gardner: Don’t be ashamed of your day job, you can be a waiter and an artist by Lyn Gardner

“Please don’t feel ashamed of having a day job to support your dream of working in the arts. A lot of people

Daniel Evans: Is Brexit to blame for drop in regional theatre box office? by Daniel Evans

I was startled by the recent report stating that theatres outside of London had seen a decrease in the number of tickets

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (July 9-15) by Natasha Tripney

Me and My Girl – Chichester Festival Theatre Matt Lucas, Caroline Quentin and Clive Rowe star in Daniel Evans’ new staging of Me

Prime Day Deal Reveal: Strictly Ballroom

What would you do if your country and family didn’t believe in your unique talent? Would you conform to the strict conventions that have been set in place for years, or would you reject th…

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 7/8-7/9/2018

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, July 9, 2018 - Monday, July 9, 2018.

PatrickStarrr Reads Emotional Fan Tweets by Young Hollywood

PatrickStarrr Reads Emotional Fan TweetsThe Young Hollywood ball pit at VidCon just got slayed by the presence of the one, the only, the fiercest of them all, PatrickStarrr! The Streamy Awar…

11 tips for running a successful dance program  by Admin

Just For Kix Founder and Executive Director Cindy Clough has a vast network of more than 200 youth dance programs across numerous states under her watchful eye. Since 1981, she’s been teac…

On A Clear Day You Can See Forever by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Charlotte Moore’s version streamlines the plot somewhat from Lerner’s original by eliminating Daisy’s fiancé for whom she wants to quit smoking as well as a subplot with Greek shippin…

Robyn Archer: Dancing on the Volcano by Arts Review

Having dazzled Australia and the world with her virtuosity and interpretation of the classic European cabaret repertoire, Robyn Archer AO has an unparalleled artistic career. For three perfo…

Peter Pan, Bard College, New York — the score contains some gems

Leonard Bernstein’s neglected musical is revived as part of the Bard SummerScape festival

Plan Your Next Summer Getaway Around a Show - Here are highlights at lauded out-of-town theatres in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and beyond

Here are highlights at lauded out-of-town theatres in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and beyond---While there are still plenty of productions to see in New York over the summer, this is the s…

Mark Ballas, Bobby Conte Thornton, Nicolas Dromard, and Keith Hines Star in Muny Jersey Boys Beginning July 9 by Andrew Gans

Josh Rhodes directs the Tony-winning musical at the St. Louis venue.

Newsies Director Jeff Calhoun and Soft Power Composer Jeanine Tesori Will Lead Freddie G Master Classes by Adam Hetrick

Lighting designer Ken Billington and sound designer Matt Kraus are also among the Broadway professionals who will work with teachers from across the U.S.

How Coney Island, a Lion, and Superstorm Sandy Led This Playwright to Her Dreamland by Olivia Clement

Actor-turned-writer Rinne Groff returns home to Off-Broadway’s The Public with her new play Fire in Dreamland.