(Photo by Francesca Montanile Lyons)Michael T. Williams is Co-Artistic Director of Antigravity Performance Project and a Brooklyn-based ensemble and physical performance artist. Hi…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:54PM(Photo by Lydia Kincaid)Francesca Montanile Lyons is a Philly-based director, performer, and educator born and raised in Puerto Rico. She is Co-Artistic Director of Antigravity Performa…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:54PM1. ‘The Laramie Project’ at Iron Crow Theatre. “…the eight-person ensemble cast effectively conveys the wrenching emotion and shock…” – Steve Charing. READ revie…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:50PMWhat is there to hold onto in the darkest of times? Music, laughter, friendship, and stories sustain Lisa Jura as she leaves her family in Vienna, Austria to escape Nazi persecution. Her tru…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:18PMTheater can be many things: challenging and then restoring; transcendent, and yet—fundamental. A platform for the cutting-edge and a welcoming home-fire for the familiar. Rarely does a sin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:10PMBack by popular demand for a fourth engagement, THE BOOK OF MORMON returns to Chicago for a [...]
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Q. I've experienced recently directors who swear a lot. And not just sh*t, or damn but the f-word, b-word, c-words and the like. It made me wonder?if the theatre is ou…
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Erin Merritt wants you to understand that the Theatre Bay Area awards are first and foremost about community. Now in her second year of helming the show, the long-time pro…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 08:58PMWith better direction and an improved script, Melanie Marnich's These Shining Lives could have been snappier and punchier in the beginning, slowly growing sadder and more poignant as injurie…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:54PMBrennan Lowery has performed in several production with Stuffed Olive including, In the Bleak Midwinter, Enemy and Soft Landing in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Brennan recently appear…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48PMShannon Stowe received her MFA in Acting from the New School for Drama where she is also on faculty teaching Dance for Actors. Favorite roles include Medea (Medea, New School for …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48PMAfter collecting dust for over three decades, the Times Square Theater is set to be reopened as a posh new retail space.
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“The first frog I got was back in 2013. It was the summer before my freshman year of college and his name was Ruben and he’s no longer with us.” I got him at a pet store in my hometown…
SOURCE: www.petsofbroadway.org at 07:54PMEleanor Burgess' The Niceties is an articulate, if structurally crabbed, expression of #blacklivesmatter anger as well as a millennial rebel yell.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:48PMIt has been reported that the long-vacant Times Square theatre will receive a long overdue renovation in the near future.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32PMBruce Graham's world premiere 'Sanctions' at Delaware Theatre Company tackles college sports and campus sexual assault in a strong production. Gail Obenreder reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:25PMBelow, get a behind the scenes look as thethree leading ladies of The Cher Show on Broadway star in an editorial for Vanity Fair magazine Watch asStephanie J. Block,Teal Wicks, andMicaela Di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMTo paraphrase the title song: Here we go again. The never-say-die musical “Mamma Mia!,” whose movie sequel hit theaters over the summer, has landed at Escondido’s Welk, about three mon…
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Jason Robert Brown stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about his residency at SubCulture and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMMarianne Elliott's highly anticipated new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim's COMPANYopens at the Gielgud Theatre from 26 September 2018. Check out time lapse video of their se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMBroadwayWorld has an inside look at Pamela's First Musical, a world premiere with a book by Wendy Wasserstein and Christopher Durang, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by David Zippel, directed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMThe Mischief Theatre has gone too far, but then that’s what they’re known for. In its native England, the comedy troupe has created three smash theater hits in a row. The first of these,…
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She will create a new work alongside a group of emerging playwrights at Nashville Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:55PMThe writer and star of “Bernhardt/Hamlet” on their timely play about a powerful woman
SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 05:48PMThe evening celebrating the Queen of Soul will take place October 7 at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:22PMThe season will feature world premieres by May Lee-Yang and Leah Nanako Winkler.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:21PMThe Putin piece is absurd, while a mass violence incident sends a playwright toward ancient Greek models.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:18PMAMC Theatres is launching “A Star Is Born” two days early for 7 p.m. shows on Oct. 2 at 115 of its Dolby Cinemas. AMC announced the promotion on Tuesday. The chain said ticket pr…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:16PMGood luck, and don't fetch it up.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:13PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Academy Award winner and Emmy nominee Cuba Gooding Jr. will step into the role of Billy Flynn, beginning Saturday, October 6, 2018 through Sunday, Novem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMOn this day, we celebrate the birthday of playwright, activist, actor, and educator,Anna Deavere Smith.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMThe new touring production is set to launch September 28 in Elmira, New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:05PMClive James has been close to death for several years, and he has written about the experience in a series of deeply moving poems. In Sentenced to Life, he was clear-sighted as he faced the…
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The work of his friend and fellow playwright, says Penhall, was warm, incisive, unassuming but clever – just like the man‘You’re not going to like me …” Thus began The Libertine, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Mean Girls' Jennifer Simard to Play Return Solo Concert Engagement
Tony nominee Jennifer Simard, the beloved star who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMFor more than two decades, Nicole Holofcener has made wonderfully level-headed comedies that center on the loop-de-loops of the middle- and upper-middle-class female psyche — the contradic…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:28PMArtists taking part in the autograph table and photo booth will include Nicolette Robinson, Caissie Levy, Will Roland, Jessica Vosk, Laura Osnes, Chita Rivera, Tony Yazbeck, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMThe Opera national du Rhin stages Claude Debussy’s “Pelleas et Melisande.” The opera will be on stage from October 19-27, 2018, at the Strasbourg Opera House and on November 9 and Nove…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:10PMMichael Cristofer’s new play will begin performances November 16 at Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMFollowing his Tony Award winning performance in Hello, Dolly, Gavin Creel takes to the New York concert stage to share an intimate evening of songs that explore his love for all things Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMIn this episode, the soulful songstress herself, Alysha Umphress joins KatieGLynch in the kitchen Check out the recipe for Katie's S'moresy Joe's Cafe Bars below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMThe Cornley University Drama Societyis hitting the road with the Olivier amp Tony Award-winning production of Mischief Theatre's The Play That Goes Wrong, which has inexplicably become longe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMAziz Ansari was doing stand-up comedy long before he became a household name thanks to the sitcoms “Parks and Recreation” and his own “Master of None.” Like many comedians, Ansari us…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:05PMSondheim Sublime, a new album from Tony Award-nominated singer amp actress Melissa Errico will be released on November 2 by Ghostlight Records people can pre-order the album beginning today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMJuniper Productions’ Cocktail Plays Round Two serves up a quick quartet of new plays by local playwrights with cocktails to match at Philadelphia Distillery. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:01PM
The Tony winner sings from the Broadway songbook October 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMThe Opera national du Rhin stages “Spectres of Europe” choreographed by Bruno Bouche. The dance show will be on stage from October 11-13, 2018, at Mulhouse – La Sinne; November 3 and N…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:51PMOff-Broadway's Public Theater has set full casting for Wild Goose Dreams, a New York premiere play written by Hansol Jung, arriving at the Public this fall. Tony nominee Leigh Silve…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMShe produced Pump Boys and Dinettes, Da, and Rockabye Hamlet on Broadway before founding the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival in 1993.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMExhibiting the dazzling wizardry of someone who trained at the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Murfi is breathtaking as he clowns, mimes and barrels all over the space while distinctively ren…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:29PMAs part of the 100th anniversary of American choreographer Merce Cunningham, Opera National de Lyon, France presents two of his major pieces — “Summerspace” and “Exchange.” The dan…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:27PMFollowing an outcry from all ends of the theatre and cabaret communities, the Broadway League has reversed its decision to dim the lights at only six theatres in honor of Marin Mazzie.
Th…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:27PMA new album, a new engagement and now a new fashion campaign – Ariana Grande is keeping busy this summer. Just weeks after releasing her fourth studio album, “Sweetener,” the “Go…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:21PMThe White Plains Performing Arts Center production finds its cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMLet's look at some epic performances of this heartbreaking ALW torch song.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:19PMMidway through the 2018 Helen Hayes Awards ceremony, a bike whizzed onstage, jolting the audience to attention. On the bike was Theatre J Artistic Director Adam Immerwahr, clad in bike short…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:13PMThe Old Globe's 2018-2019 Season kicks off with the world premiere of The Heart of Rock amp Roll, inspired by the music ofHuey Lewisand the News, featuring a book by Jonathan Abrams and stor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMSee who's starring in the Off-Broadway premiere of Hansol Jung's play, directed by Leigh Silverman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMMore than 80 legendary, emerging and beloved Broadway and Off-Broadway stars are ready to take photos, sign autographs and meet their biggest fans on Sunday, September 30, at the 32nd Annual…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMSong and Dance: The Best of Broadway will take place November 16 in the Stern Auditorium.
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Betty Buckley, star of stage, screen and television will accept the “Actor of the Year” [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:54PMLooking to start or augment an art collection? Join celebrated Chicago artists, designers, philanthropists, and [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:54PMThe second production of Pride Films and Plays’s 2018-19 season will be IT’S ONLY A [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:54PMFollowing on from Camden People’s Theatre’s brilliant Come As You Are festival last year, the event is set to replicate its success with a UK tour this Autumn and will once again be …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:54PM‘Wolfcrush (a queer werewolf play)’ continues On the Rocks' boundary-pushing tradition with a new take on the teen wolf. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:46PMThe former head of BBC comedy claims catchphrases are out of fashion. But as Corporal Jones might say, ‘Don’t panic!’ There’s life in sloganeering yet Catchphrase comedy is a dying a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMCrucible, SheffieldBush tackles sexism and racial prejudice in a cross-generational commentary on contemporary politicsIn Chris Bush’s new play, steel is a multi-faceted metaphor. It’s r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PM★★★ Kathryn Hunter conjures up the hothouse atmosphere of a vanished kingdom
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:26PMThree bold new public art installations underscore the possibilities of visual and conceptual experiences in 21st century Boston.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:18PMThe summer heat lingers well into fall with Fells Point Corner Theatre’s season-opening production of Sex with Strangers, a provocative two-hander romantic comedy/drama by Laura Eason (wri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16PMSee what critics think of the musical based on the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, starring Matt Doyle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMThe playwright offers insights and commentary on a scene from his newest work, now premiering Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMTheaterWorks will stage at least two of the shows in its 2018-19 season in the Wadsworth Atheneum’s theater space while its usual Pearl Street space is undergoing extensive renovations in …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:10PM
He's not a loser, he proved that nightly with his epic song and dance number. Wesley Taylor shared a video on Twitter saying 'Every night i had to wait for Gavin Lee's applause to die before…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThis week's brand new episode is with Sound Designer Jessica Paz Jessica shares with us wild tales from her summers at the Delecorte Theatre with stories and insights from her recent designs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMFinding Neverland, the enchanting Broadway musical is set to soar on tour this fall, under the visionary direction of Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThe Hello, Dolly! and Mean Girls star takes the stage in the revealing rock-and-roll cabaret act.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThe Heinz Family Foundation gives the awards to honor the memory of U.S. Sen. H. John Heinz III. The winners receive a total $1.5 million.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:50PMOlivier Award-winner David Thaxton will play Arthur in London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s forthcoming concert version of Camelot at the London Palladium on Saturday 6 October 2018 alongsid…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:34PMMona Golabek has adapted The Pianist of Willesden Lane from her book The Children of Willesden Lane, written with Lee Cohen and performs it alone on stage. Golabek’s presence as she recal…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMIrene Molloy's musical revue 'The F Word' takes an inspiring tour through U.S. feminist history right up to our present moment. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:32PMIn recasting the story's lead, Lifeline's world premiere adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel seeks a feminist slant but misses the gender privilege at the core of the original.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMTell me, what do you see? Watch Jeff Sullivan, Ruby Gibbs and Conor McGiffin in rehearsal for the Finding Neverland tour.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMThe solo show parody takes audiences through six seasons of the beloved HBO show.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:21PMCatch stars from shows including The Band's Visit and Anastasia at the annual street fair.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMbeep boop
Off Off Broadway, Crowded Outlet at HERE Arts Center
Reviewed by Ran Xia
BOTTOM LINE: This multimedia-saturated, fast-paced clowning show is a hilarious yet ultimately poignant e…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:12PMMazzie's husband, fellow Broadway veteranJason Danieley,has just penned an emotional tribute to his wife of almost 21 years.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMI’m really tired this week, and it has taken a while for me to realise (or maybe remember) this particular freelance syndrome which I get when a certain mix of situations arise. Anyone get…
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To paraphrase the famous Passover Seder line, “Why is this domestic drama different from all other domestic dramas?” Or, to put the impudent question another way, “What mak…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:59PMThe Fabulous Invalid will debut September 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMTheater stalwart Jamie Du Mont, Lucille Lortel Award winner Leslie Kritzer, writer and theater critic Rob Russo, and Tony Award nominee JenniferSimard announced today that their brand-new Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMUPDATE The Broadway League has just announced that the dimming will now take place on Wednesday, September 19 at 645pm, to 'support and accommodate her family who are unable to attend on Fri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMPop singer songwriter Ingrid Michaelson today released Looks Like a Cold, Cold Winter, the debut single from her upcoming album, Ingrid Michaelson's Songs for the Season, out October 26 on h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMDenise Burse will star in the True Colors production this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMThe 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place September 17 in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMIf Stephen Jeffreys’ relationship with the West End was never quite what he deserved, fringe companies and regional venues were quick to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMThe veteran actor, who's picking up ASL for Craig Lucas's new play, recalls working with Horton Foote and laments compressed rehearsal time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:29PMHow do we honor our past without closing doors to the future? What do we owe our parents and grandparents, when weighed against the prospects of our children and their children? These wren…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:24PMSee what critics think of the new play directed by theatre veterans Peter Brook and Marie-Hélène Estienne.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PMTony-winning stage-and-screen icon Billy Crystal has lined up a talent-packed slate of stars to lead a two-night reading of Have a Nice Day, a new comedic play written by Crystal and Quinton…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMChristiani Pitts discusses feeling empowered as King Kong's Ann Darrow, redefining classic Hollywood beauty and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMThe fall theater scene is kicking into high gear with an exciting crop of plays, revivals and new musicals hitting the stage. The Broadway.com 2018 Fall Preview highlights the stars and show…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMIf you keep at it, you will find your niche. That is the lesson of the life of choreographer Agnes de Mille (1905-1993), whose birthday it is today. She was born into a theatrical (later, ci…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:18PMThe Tony winner will play opposite Mary J. Blige.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMThe writer and star of the Broadway-bound musical Be More Chill will play San Francisco in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMJan Svendsen, who became engaged to Emmy winner Glenn Weiss during the September 17 broadcast, has close ties to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMVinay Patel’s marvellous history play documenting a couple formed only partly through their own volition traverses decades, continents and the collapse of an empire.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
The cast of Head Over Heels sang Broadway Sessions into it's 11th year recently for the long running shows season premiere. RuPauls' Drag Race standout Peppermint Pythio in Head Over Heelsco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMFormer Broadway dancer turned award-winning writer, Tim Federle is bringing his fabulously funny and wonderfully entertaining Nate series to an end with NATE EXPECTATIONS. This third and fin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMAlec Baldwin, Matt Bomer, Jon Cryer, Chelsea Handler, David Schwimmer and more are coming to Will amp Grace for Season 2 Don't miss the premiere, Thursday, October 4 at 98c, and catch up on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMDuring the Emmy Awards, NBC shared the first teaser for 'Hair Live' Watch the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMThe Broadway @ Town Hall series will launch November 12, featuring six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMRehearsals commence today for the new Broadway production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, which will play Broadway's Hayes Theater 240 West 44th Street, the same Broadway stage where the T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AMSet in a post-war British dystopia, the West-End transfer of Dawn King’s Foxfinder follows the events that come to pass when the government sends a ‘Fox Finder’ named William Bloor (Ga…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:42AMBy Mark Ludmon
Final casting has been announced for the world premiere of Mythic, a pop musical based on the classical Greek story of Persephone, at London’s Charing Cross Theatre.
This po…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:39AMClassic Stage Company will begin its 2018-2019 season with an unsettlingly timeless work Bertolt Brecht's allegorical depiction of the rise of fascism, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. Toda…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMThe immersive theatre and film experience will take over Sleepy Hollow's Philipsburg Manor this Halloween.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMAlan Cumming will also be honored during the evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMIn the new movie, the actor plays an opera singer voiced by Tony nominee Renée Fleming.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMBrandon Uranowitz, the two-time Tony-nominated performer for his work as the wiry psychiatrist Mendel in the Broadway revival of Falsettos and as pianist Adam Hochberg in An American in Pari…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:27AM‘Pamela’s First Musical,’ a long-gestating collaboration between the late Wendy Wasserstein and Cy Coleman, should have stayed in mothballs. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:27AMThe hit musical will no longer perform a Wednesday matinee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMEye rolling and harrumphing over Broadway musical writers being out of ideas feels pretty banal at this stage in the game. It’s no secret that creators of musical theater are relying more …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMWe're counting down to the official opening (on 19 September 2018) of Iris Theatre's brand-new adaptation of Arabian Nights at Victorian London landmark Hoxton Hall. We already feel swept aw…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:14AMLondon's National Theatre has announced a West End return of the award-winning play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The hit theatrical work adapted by Simon Steph…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMRaúl Esparza is headed back to the New York stage. The four-time Tony-nominated actor will take on the title role in Classic Stage Company's previously announced production of Ber…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMWillard Mack (Charles Willard McLaughlin, 1873-1934) was a writer, actor, director, and producer of stage, screen and vaudeville in the great age of melodrama. Mack was technically Canadian …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AMThe Tony nominee and Law and Order: SVU star will play the title role in Bertolt Brecht’s political satire, directed by John Doyle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMThose who love theatre were met with some mouthwatering news last month when it was announced that Broadway’s Waitress would be serving up a sweet slice of heaven in London’s West End th…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:08AMMark Waldrop will direct the readings at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMWe spoke to Kyle Soller, a star of the ensemble of Matthew Lopez's The Inheritance, about the vital nature of the piece and its West End transfer.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:02AMNicole Pandolfo's "Brick City," now receiving its world premiere at Union's Premiere Stages, tells its story in a manner we know well enough by now, but struggles to make a compell…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:01AMSondheim Sublime, featuring “The Miller’s Son,” “With So Little to Be Sure Of,” “Marry Me a Little,” and more, will be released November 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending September 16, 2018.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Lovely Bones is one of the best plays I’ve seen this year. In fact, Melly Still’s vital production is the best page to stage adaptation I’ve seen since Curious Incident.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
A complaint about cover art, props for our content, and a clarification about living legend Joy Carlin.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:58AMAs the playwright's Final Follies continues at Off-Broadway’s Primary Stages, Playbill identifies five recurring themes from Gurney's prodigious output.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMThe rebooted NBC sitcom returns October 4 with several high-profile guest stars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMAudible’s two-night live reading of Billy Crystal’s new play Have a Nice Day has rounded out its Off Broadway cast, with Keegan-Michael Key, Darrell Hammond and Dick Cavett amon…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:45AMOn Tuesday, September 18, 530pm EST BroadwayWorld's Steve Schonberg is getting up close and personal with recording superstar and Broadway alum, Linda Eder Don't forget to tune in to our off…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMA Haunted Experience fits into an abandoned police station turned multi-purpose arts centre (The Island). I freely enter an installation which presents research into local and national narra…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:36AMProducers have just announced today that The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be returning to the West End for a limited run at the Piccadilly Theatre in autumn 2018. The s…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:34AMMaryssa Wanlass Activates Citizen Engagement by Jennifer Ann Charron Utopia Theatre Project kicks off their second season with “Dȇmos Krátos Theátro: Plays by and for the People” rich…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:19AMKillian Donnelly will be Jean Valjean in the U.K. and Ireland tour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMThe production, helmed by Darko Tresnjak, will kick off September 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMMarianne Elliott’s gender-swapped production, which also stars Rosalie Craig, begins performances September 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMPerformances will begin in November at the Piccadilly.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMNYC's best drag performers come out for a one-night-only benefit for the Ali Forney Center.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:06AM★★★★ Douglas McGrath brings the tale of how doing the right society thing is doing the wrong thing
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 10:00AMAfter receiving acclaim for her debut play The Diary of a Hounslow Girl in 2016, Ambreen Razia has been commissioned to write
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMThe cast and creative team chat to Playbill about the upcoming production at The Vineyard.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMMisty is an outstanding, relevant, vibrant and moving piece of theatre written and performed by a theatrical genius. Arinzé Kene’s use of spoken word, movement, rhythm and singing is mast…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
We showcase seven more women who shaped the theatre landscape as we know it today. Some overcame gender or race discrimination but persevered at a time when the field was not welcoming. Som…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:42AMWe showcase seven more women who shaped the theatre landscape as we know it today. Some overcame gender or race discrimination but persevered at a time when the field was not welcoming. Som…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:42AMBy Lanxing Fu. Lani Fu introduces the Climate Commons for Theatre and Performance, an initiative that emerged from the Theatre in the Age of Climate Change convening in June 2018.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:42AMAs we await the musical's big screen release, we're counting down by flashing back through its journey so far. Today, watch as the show takes over Bryant Park in2016
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AMImmersive theater meets a ghost tour in the streets of DUMBO.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:30AMa theatrical reflection on how the fantasies of present day autocratic leaders rely on their so-called "base" to maintain their hold on power. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:30AMOn an average Tuesday at Sardi’s, playwrights, producers and theater owners are sprinkled across the expansive dining room enveloped in deep red. They lunch on salads paired with wine, but…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:16AMThe cast for Magic Mike Live in London has been announced ahead of rehearsals, which begin in October. Conceived and co-directed by Channing Tatum, Magic Mike Live is a large-scale, live pro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:08AMBrandon Uranowitz is returning to Broadway. The multi-talented two-time Tony nominee will step into the role of Itzik in the 2018 Tony-winning musical The Band's Visit on October 9, repl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:06AMMichael Greco captains a new cast that also includes Harry Potter star James Phelps as First World War stage play The Greater Game returns for a fresh London season as part of Football Remem…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:06AM'Nobody knows what jokes are these days, especially men. That's why I'm presenting alone,' Hannah Gadsby joked during her brief but much talked about appearance at the 2018 Emmy awards. The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AM"The Heart of Rock & Roll," a new jukebox musical inspired by the songs of Huey Lewis and the News, receives its world premiere at San Diego's Old Globe.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMEven when Huey Lewis was new, he was retro. More old way than new wave, his band, Huey Lewis & the News, is as much a part of the 1980s as the movie “Back to the Future” (which memorably…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
By Mark Ludmon
The National Theatre’s hit show The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is returning to London’s West End for a limited run.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:58AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Brandon Uranowitz will join the cast ofTHE BAND'S VISITas Itzik. Uranowitz will begin performances in The Band's Visit on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMLearning flamenco dancing is an incredible feat - as OfficialLondonTheatre.com's Jim Glaub recently discovered with Strictly Ballroom The Musical.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:11AMThe Waverly Gallery is a play I'm looking forward to this season, mainly because Kenneth Lonergan is a writer I've gained quite an appreciation for, as well as the all-star cast. I admit tha…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:04AMBrandon Uranowitz will take over the role of Itzik in “The Band’s Visit” beginning Oct. 9. Uranowitz, a two-time Tony Award nominee, will replace John Cariani, who has been with the ro…
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The two-time Tony nominee will replace John Cariani as Itzik.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AMBritish dramatist, whose plays included Valued Friends and I Just Stopped By to See the Man, is celebrated for nurturing later generationsTributes have been paid to the influential British p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMCush Jumbo is to host The Stage Debut Awards 2018 in association with Access Entertainment, with presenters also including Adrian Lester and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMJodie Prenger has been cast in a new tour of Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party. The play is directed by Sarah Esdaile and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has announced a return to the West End for a three-month run beginning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMMichael Schulman writes about the 2018 Primetime Emmy awards, where a surprise marriage proposal one the night.
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Casting has been announced for Seussical the musical at Southwark Playhouse this December.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:48AMBritish theatre composer Nick Butcher has released a new video featuring Heathers actress Rebecca Lock singing his song ‘Alive’. The original song is the third video in Nick’s YouTube …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:45AMBritish theatre composer Nick Butcher has released a new video featuring Heathers actress Rebecca Lock singing his song ‘Alive’. The original song is the third video in Nick’s YouTube …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:45AMThe Royal Opera House is inviting all Londoners to come and enjoy a free musical performance from 1pm to 1.45pm on Friday 21 September.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:40AMMessages from the other side: Tom Marshman's solo show summons the spirits of men persecuted for being gay in 1950s Britain.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:26AMIn December of 2017 it was revealed that Tony Goldwyn was directing a new revival of Pal Joey, aiming to make it to Broadway in 2018. An Equity casting notice went out last week about an upc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24AMCBS Sunday Morning is hitting the stage with An Evening With CBS Sunday Morning on October 1. The live program will be headlined by Hugh Jackman, David Yazbeck, Jason Reitman, Candice Bergen…
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Seven-time Olivier Award-winning play The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time will return to London's West End this year.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:56AMThe Trills musician is used to her lyrics being used in trailers but her play Songlines puts her in the spotlight with the actors Playwrights don’t usually share the stage with the perform…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMThe delayed press night for Sylvia at the Old Vic was cancelled again yesterday at the last minute, with audience members asked
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMIris Acker -- the vivacious actress, teacher, author, dancer, artistic director, producer and groundbreaking union leader who helped transform South Florida theater – died Sunday night aft…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:36AMHenry Goodman, Imogen Stubbs and Katie Brayben have been confirmed to star in Joanna Murray-Smith’s drama Honour, running at London’s Park Theatre from 25 October to 24 November 2018 (pr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Watch the new trailer for Mary Poppins Returns, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18AMAllegedly inspired by the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, Gemma Brockis’ revisited play An Execution (By Invitation Only) is a surreal piece that explores the mortality and opacity in a huma…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:18AMAs The Sword of Alex starts previews at London's White Bear Theatre, where it runs until 6 October 2018, Entertainment Views' Helen McWilliams caught up with cast member Kate Terence. She th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s new album UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION is soon to be released as a deluxe five LP box set. The performers on this mammoth new box set include *draws breath* Lana…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMFans of musical theatre and Sci-fi are in for a treat with FANATICAL, the new musical coming to the Playground Theatre this November. Earlier this year, superstar StageFave Izuka Hoyle perfo…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMFans of musical theatre and sci-fi are in for a treat with FANATICAL, the new musical coming to the Playground Theatre this November. Earlier this year, superstar StageFave Izuka Hoyle perfo…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s new album UNMASKED: THE PLATINUM COLLECTION is soon to be released as a deluxe five LP box set. The performers on this mammoth new box set include *draws breath* Lana…
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Birds of a Feather co-creator Laurence Marks owes his career to a writers’ group that continues to provide a supportive space to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMMy Theatre Mates’ very own Shane Morgan will direct RoughHouse Theatre’s latest production, Dougie Blaxland’s The Long Walk Back, the story of England cricketing all-rounder Chris Lewi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMDear Reader, Today is going to be a good day and here’s why: Dear Evan Hansen is coming to a city near you! The 2017 Tony Award–winning musical Dear Evan Hansen is about to embark on…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:30AMSteel is what defines Sheffield as a city, but it’s also a city identified by left-wing politics – it was once known,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMDuring a recent rehearsal for the new touring production of Dear Evan Hansen, launching September 25 in Denver, actress Jessica Phillips — who plays Evan’s mom, Heidi — had what she de…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:29AMHow did you start off in theatre? I realised in my undergraduate years that I didn’t quite have the skills to become
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Rosemary
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMGetting its first staging for three decades, Tony Harrison's World War I-set play Square Rounds is based on true events and explores the devastating impact of chemical warfare and weapons of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMI studied drama at Birmingham School of Acting and was fortunate enough to be approached by several agents following our final London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMIt may be 30 years since the original Miami production, but Fame The Musical continues to hit the spot with generation after generation. After a mega tour, the newest production will transf…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:00AMIt may be 30 years since the original Miami production, but Fame The Musical continues to hit the spot with generation after generation. After a mega tour, the newest production will transf…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:00AMSeeing London’s West End without 9 to 5 was enough to drive you crazy if you let it. But now the wait is finally over! Tickets to see the extraordinary Dolly Parton musical, 9 to 5, at the…
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Broadway alum Darren Criss took home his first Emmy Award on September 17 for his chilling take on murderer Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story.&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18AMThe show’s attempt at satire comes off as blunt and lecture-heavy at times, but the production still manages to be an engaging comedy of manners.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:12AMIn IMPRESSIONS: StylePointe at Dixon Place with Dance Visions NY, Sheep Meadow Dance Theatre, ELSCO Dance, DoubleTake Dance and Armada Dance, "Five fashion designers team up with five choreo…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Tiffany Mills Company in “Blue Room” (a premiere) at The Flea Theater, "The dancers fill each moment with fresh energy and delightful detail. They are a pleasure to f…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe U.K.-born comedy is the longest-running play currently on Broadway.
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