These boots were made for Broadway, and that’s just where they’ll be — until the spring. Producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig said today that Kinky Boots, which won six Tony…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:56PMProducers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig announced today that the Tony Award-winning, record-shattering Broadway production of Kinky Boots will play its final performance on April 7, 2019. At the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42PMIf early buzz is any indication, St. Louis is looking at what could be its strongest contender yet on “The Voice.”
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:42PMThe segment of Fine Arts Drive in front of the museum will shut down to allow for road improvements and the installation of a flush-with-the-pavement sculpture.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:42PMStarting Monday, Fine Arts Drive in front of the St. Louis Art Museum will be closed for improvements and installation of a sculpture, the museum said Friday.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:42PM“Kinky Boots” will end its Broadway run on April 7, 2019, after 2,507 regular performances and 34 previews. At the end of its run, “Kinky Boots” will be the 25th-lon…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:19PMThe hit musical Kinky Boots will play its final performance at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on April 7, 2019. The show began previews on March 3, 2013 and officially opened on April 4, 2013. By…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18PMThe Tony Award-winning musical by Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper opened in April 2013 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15PMThe moment that everyone was waiting had finally arrived. Many talented groups had graced the World of Dance stage from the Qualifiers to The Duels and moving in to the Divisional Final. The…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:14PMA mash-up of romantic comedy, sci-fi parody, and rock musical, The Eleventh Hour, with book, music, and lyrics by David Seamon, is back at Town Stages for a limited engagement presented by S…
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There are also gestures to topicality that feel overt and have the effect of taking us out of the world of the play. But, on the other hand, how can one expect any audience to avoid thinking…
SOURCE: minnesotaplaylist.com at 06:50PMAudra McDonald didn’t get to Carnegie Hall until she was at Juilliard, when she saw Ella Fitzgerald sing there. “A friend of mine calls it an upside-down wedding cake,” she recalls of …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:24PMAriana Grande was set to be the musical guest on this week's premiere of NBC's Saturday Night Live but canceled for "emotional reasons," according to show creator and executive pro…
SOURCE: USA Today at 06:19PMGo behind the scenes with Antoine L. Smith of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts's Oklahoma tomorrow, September 29th as he takes over the BroadwayWorld Instagram Smith will showfollow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMOnce On This Island not only was a surprise winner at this year's Tony Awards when it took the Best Musical Revival Award, but its mascot goat, Sparky, became the darling of the night when i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMThe cast and friends of The Nap celebrated opening night by defining British slang terms in this Red Carpet Challenge!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Watch Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe & Ruthie Ann Miles in Trailer for King and I Cinema Release
Get ready to wh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMJennifer Simard stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Mean Girls and more with Caitlin Moynihan.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMThe stars and director of the acclaimed current off-Broadway production chat with Rebecca about Leiber and Stoller's pop catalog and the joys of musical revues.
SOURCE: play.acast.com at 06:00PMCapsule reviews are by Philip Brandes (P.B.), Charles McNulty (C.M.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Connectivity Staged reading of Nancy Beverly’s drama about two strangers strugg…
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The behind-the-scenes story of the song that now brings together the two women who voiced Anastasia on screen and on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:57PMThe winner of a Tony for his evocation of decadent prewar Berlin, he is also remembered for another acclaimed Broadway musical, “She Loves Me.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMby Maya Werner Thursday night marked the opening of The Nap on Broadway. Maya Werner from Theater Pizzazz was on the scene to capture the who’s who of attendees on Opening Nig…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:40PMRehearsals are underway for the upcoming North American Tour of A Bronx Tale, the new musical featuring a book by Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri, music by Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMThe season will include plays by Katherine DiSavino, Susan Poulin, and Lucas Hnath.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:33PMThe 60-minute musical looks at how easily a high-achieving high school student falls under the spell of opioids. The show will begin touring New Jersey middle and high schools , is the resul…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 05:24PMLibrettist Joseph Masteroff, known for writing the books of musicals “Cabaret” and “She Loves Me,” died on Sept. 28 at the age of 98. Masteroff made his Broadway debut as a librettis…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:21PMToday we celebrate the Broadway revival of Kaufman and Hart's You Can't Take It with You, which opened on this day in 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMOld Vic, LondonPepys’s celebrated diaries come under feminist scrutiny in Big Dance Theater’s postmodern mashupWhat’s the British slang for penis? The woman in the wig wants to know. S…
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The Nap opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on September 27. Richard Bean's farce focuses on snooker prodigy Dylan Spokes, played by Broadway newcomer Ben Schnetzer. Bean, Schnetzer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMWatch Broadway newcomer Ben Schnetzer, Transparent fave Alexandra Billings and more hit the red carpet for The Nap's glitzy opening.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMOn Friday, the Joffrey Ballet announced the addition of seven dancers to its roster for the 2018-2019 season. The lineup includes Derek Drilon (Vancouver, Washington), Anna Gerberich (Dillsb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:45PMNow a U.S. citizen, Cumming's new cabaret show, "Legal Immigrant,' features song and stories at State Theatre New Jersey Sept. 29.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 04:33PMThe tour of the Broadway production is set to launch October 14 in Rochester, New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMAnnaleigh Ashford is set to guest star in an episode of GOD FRIENDED ME.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMSH-K-BOOM RECORDShas announced thatGettin' The Band Back Together-Original Broadway Cast Recordinghas beenreleasedin digital and streamingformats today,Friday, September 28.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMHow has an animated show about a horse-human hybrid become so relevant?
SOURCE: the1a.org at 04:06PMMulti award-winning actor/playwright and Theatre Rhinoceros Artistic Director John Fisher will take audiences on a whirlwind tour of the past with his acclaimed solo show A History of World …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 04:05PMStranger still is the choice of Angelica Page to play Dickinson who looks rather too healthy to be the famously thin and sallow-faced writer known from the one famous photograph. She makes D…
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Joe Masteroff, the Tony-winning librettist of the international musical classics Cabaret and She Loves Me, died on September 28 at the Actors Fund Home in Engelwood, New Jersey. He was 98. H…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMRoger Robinson, a talented star of the New York theater scene whose four-decade Broadway career was capped by a Tony Award win for his performance in an August Wilson classic, died on Septem…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMMr. Robinson was also Tony-nominated for his performance in another August Wilson work, Seven Guitars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMHumor tempered with caring is necessary to pull off something as zany as “Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties.” Less humor and more opportunities to care about these Betties seems neede…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:41PMJoe Masteroff, the librettist for two of Broadway’s most beloved musicals – Cabaret and She Loves Me – died today at the Actors Fund Home in Engelwood, New Jersey. He was …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:38PMThe latest NEW FACES of 2018 STARDUSTER SHOWCASE—a Broadway Night featuring five Stardusters celebrating the music of the Great White Way will play at the Iridium club this Sunday, Septemb…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:24PMTony Award winnerRosemary Harrisreturns to the Broadway stage assumingthe role of Mrs. Higgins in its award-winning production of Lerner amp Loewe'sMy Fair Lady, directed byBartlett Sher. Ge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMThe dark tide we're facing may break, though perhaps not before it's managed to break things.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:14PMHarris succeeded Diana Rigg, who played her final performance September 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PMIf Charlie Harmon's story jumps around a bit and reads rather like a series of diary entries, it’s at the very least engaging and, for the most part, entertaining.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:06PMBroadwayWorld is saddened to report that Joseph Masteroff, the Tony-winning librettist of the international musical classics, Cabaret and She Loves Me, died on September 28th 2018 at the Act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMChoreographer Justin Peck has joined the production team on the new film version of the Broadway musical West Side Story, to be directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Peck is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMEbony Repertory Theatre announced today that Tony Award-winning actorRoger Robinsondied Wednesday, September 26, 2018 in Escondido, California from a complicated heart condition. He was 78.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PM“Nederlander of San Francisco, which operates that city’s Orpheum and Golden Gate theaters, this week asked a judge to prevent an ally-turned-rival, the producer Carole Shorenste…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM
Singer talks about his stage musical coming to town next year, and what he owes to Toronto.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:52PMTony-winning choreographer Justin Peck has joined the production team of the new film version of the Broadway musical West Side Story, to be directed by Oscar winner Steven Spielberg. Peck, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMThe Tony winner also wrote the books to She Loves Me and 70, Girls, 70.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMFrank Capra’s “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” is today seen as a sentimental bit of corn that reflects an idealism about American government that has little in common with the real thin…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:43PMThe collaboration between Movement Art Is, Emma Portner and Third Coast Percussion is potent, urgent and highly topical.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:39PMNancy Shedman sits reading in a large-ish, empty, nondescript room. Her husband, Coleman, comes storming in, full of accusations and anger. Little by little the room fills, and Coleman reali…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:36PMIt takes a lot of ambition to decide to do A Chorus Line at a small Off-Off-Broadway theatre. And it takes a lot of skill to pull it off. Luckily, the Gallery Players in Brooklyn have t…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:36PMPrior to the autumn of 1968, any reference to homosexuality, bisexuality and nude performances would have been considered too outrageous to be shown on a British stage. Even something as see…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PMPerformances continue at American Conservatory Theater's Geary Theater through October 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMTony Award-winning choreographer Justin Peck has joined the production team of Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story film.
Peck, the resident choreographer and soloist dancer with the New…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:19PMA new Broadway season is gearing up, and there are currently nine productions of plays (seven new, one revival, and an older work making its Broadway debut) set to open this fall. Could we …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:18PMFollowing a sold-out run at London's Old Vic and a West End transfer, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, from Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson and music icon Bob Dylan m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMBy Editorial Staff
The organisers of StageCon, the UK’s first convention for theatre fans throughout the UK and Europe, have announced they are postponing the event until 2019, passing co…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:12PMBob Dylan and Conor McPherson’s new musical began September 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMIn a recent interview with “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels, he said that Kanye West was not the first choice as the musical guest on this weekend’s season premiere: Michaels …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:01PM
The New York City Ballet mainstay joins the production team led by Steven Spielberg.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at North Shore Music Theatre's production of JEKYLL amp HYDE starringConstantine Maroulis and Diana DeGarmo.Under the direction of Broadway's original Dr. Jeky…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMSHOWTIME has released a provocative first look at its new comedy series BLACK MONDAY, starring and executive produced by Emmy nominated and Golden Globewinning actor Don Cheadle and starring…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PMHeidi Schreck's play, which opens on Sunday, will continue through October 28 at the Off-Broadway theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMThe Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we're challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMRichard Bean's new comedy The Nap opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on September 27. With direction by Daniel Sullivan, the cast of The Nap is led by Ben Schnetzer, Thomas Jay Rya…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMWatch Joey Barreiro, Brianna-Marie Bell and Joe Barbara in rehearsal for A Bronx Tale tour.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMThe first image of Tony winner Betty Buckley as meddling matchmaker Dolly Levi has arrived, and it's fabulous! The Broadway legend is starring on the national tour of the Tony-winning re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMThere's only been one Broadway revival announced for the 2018-2019 season, and that's unacceptable.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:23PMAriana Grande pulled out of Saturday Night Live’s season 44 premiere this weekend because she’s having a “tough month.” According to Us Weekly, Lorne Michaels told James Andrew Mille…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:21PMThe 9th season of the largest festival dedicated to solo theatrical performances is now in full swing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:21PMSKB Recordshas announced the tenth month of the groundbreaking new music and video seriesLENA HALLObsessedfrom the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMThis programme of greatest hits from Naharin’s repertoire showcased POB’s younger talent but lacked star quality
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:10PMWith over 200 performers, this setting of Alice Oswald’s Homeric lament cleverly blended music, text and movement
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:10PMPlays The first major stage production of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, based on Louis de Bernieres’ novel, has been announced for a UK
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMAn aging theater has stood shuttered for years in southwest Denver. In a few weeks, though, it'll come back to life -- at least for one show.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:06PMBroadway’s Gavin Lee will play the green villain in this holiday season’s Madison Square Garden production Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical. The casting w…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:02PMTime to get the word around that I am a coach – and then the most wonderful email dropped in my inbox from a past client as they tried to describe me to another person:
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThis month features a slate of local, regional and national premieres as well as a feminist opera celebrating its twentieth anniversary.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PM
GUEST CRITIC BEN BLACKMORE MUSES ON CHEESE-KNIVES AND TELETUBBY HOUSES PINTER 2 announces itself in bold, Sex And The City-type projections, in the Sex And The City font as though it …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 12:58PMWe take a look at some of the collectible treasures and backstage curiosities that are currently open for bidding.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMThe small screen adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMFringeArts’s signature podcast, Happy Hour on the Fringe, is our chance to relax, have a drink, and get to know the inner workings of our favorite artists’ minds. Grab a drink …
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 12:48PMMamma Mia! The Party will arrive at the O2 in August 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMGender-swapping is everywhere on the London stage. This week Stephen Sondheim’s bachelor Bobby becomes a female Bobbi in “Company.” Hayley Atwell and Jack Lowden alternate in the lead …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:43PMManhattan Theatre Club presents Richard Bean's play about a young snooker star who arrives for a championship tournament only to be confronted by the authorities warning him of the repercuss…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:42PMHere she comes, world The first national tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival ofHello, Dolly, starring Tony Award winnerBetty Buckley, launched earlier this weekfrom the Stanl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMConcord Music's Craft RecordingsandThe Public Theaterannouncethe release of theoriginal Public Works cast recordingof thecritically acclaimed 2018 Free Shakespeare in the Park production ofT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMCynthia Nixon took in Jen Silverman's hit comedy Collective Rage A Play in 5 Betties at the MCC Lucille Lortel Theatre and grabbed a photo onstage with the cast after the showon Thursdaynigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe ultimate musical theatre lover's challenge returns: how many of these songs can you listen to without singing along? Headphones at the ready!
The post Theatre Spot Test: The “Try N…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:33PMHubbard Street’s Season 41 Fall Series asks a lot of its audience: The new environmentalist collaboration between the choreographers Emma Portner, Lil Buck and Jon Boogz runs close to 90 m…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PMArtsBeat Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB 9/28/18. An hour with Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director of Barrington Stage Company. Boyd is directing "The Glass Menagerie" opening next week.
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:23PMThe stage and screen star takes on the title role as the revival kicks off its national tour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMBroadwayWorld has a first look atGoodspeed Musicals' The Drowsy Chaperone. Check out the video montage below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMEmmy-Award winning actor Jacob Young launches a new talk show on his You Tube Channel this Monday October 1 live at 1000 PM Eastern Time, 700 PM Pacific. Daytime After Dark, hosted by Young …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMTheatre by the Lake in Keswick and Belfast’s Grand Opera House are among the 12 regional winners of the UK’s Most Welcoming
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMJennifer Piech - Recent acting: Margaret in Good People at Playroom Theatre, NYC (Dir. Don Stephenson), Currently shooting a web series ,The Truth Hurts (Sharon Veil – Lea…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:04PMGilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe landed at Malvern Theatres courtesy of the National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company and it was a joy to behold.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMAmid the grim news of this week, at least there’s the comfort that Betty Buckley will soon be descending staircases across the country. Vulture is here to gift you with the first photo of …
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:00PM
Shaina Taub’s score for the Shakespeare in the Park production will be preserved via Concord Music’s Craft Recordings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMHere’s a selection of upcoming auditions in New York City and around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMAdrianna Hicks, Carla R. Stewart, and Carrie Compere reprise their performances from the Tony-winning revival’s national tour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMContrary to popular belief, arts and sports have points of similarity. Both require intense determination, focus, determination and practice to achieve the highest results and are evaluated …
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 11:38AMCommunity-led performers are flipping theatre’s power dynamic by putting on shows in their audience’s homeThe rise in immersive and interactive theatre means audiences are used to being …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMABC announced today a star-studded lineup of music, film and television stars who will join the celebration of Mickey Mouse on Mickey's 90th Spectacular, airing SUNDAY, NOV. 4 800-1001 p.m. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThe National has had a patchy period when it comes to Shakespeare. The theatre’s community-focused musical adaptation of Pericles met with widespread
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMFirst performed in 1951 – and in permanent repertory at the Theatre de la Huchette in Paris ever since – Eugene Ionesco’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMThe Olivier-winning West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton has announced a slate of new stars stepping into the show at the Victoria Palace Theatre on December 3. The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMBig news, Go-Go's fans! The new Broadway musical Head Over Heels, featuring the hit tunes of that beloved music group, will offer up an original cast album from Sony Masterworks Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMThis just might be the news of the day! Two-time Tony-nominated Broadway hoofer Gavin Lee has been cast in the title role of the upcoming holiday engagement of Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMAnastasia composer Stephen Flaherty accompanies the original stage and screen stars in a music video released in conjunction with the new single.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMPeppa Pig and her friends will return to the West End this Christmas in their latest live show, Peppa Pig’s Adventure, at Theatre Royal Haymarket.
The post Peppa Pig trots back into the W…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:21AMWell, it’s #NationalDrinkBeerDay according to Twitter, and America seems poised to elevate its first Douche Bro to a seat on the Supreme Court despite some serious blots on his charact…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMThe boy who lived continues to enchant fans 21 years later, and is showing up in three vastly different incarnations on New York stages this autumn.
SOURCE: Forbes at 11:17AMSeason-opener at Tarragon, directed by the playwright, does powerful job of making Shakespeare’s Othello tragically potent in 2018.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:16AMAutumn is here and we bet you're ready for something new! Can't wait for 9 to 5 or Waitress to come to the West End next year? Well lucky for you, there are loads of spectacular new shows…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:06AMSting will star in the Canadian premiere of his critically acclaimed musical The Last Ship. Check out the video below as he talks about returning to the show in Toronto
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMSemi-autobiographical in nature, Danusia Samal’s Busking It is inspired by the 10 years she spent as a London Underground busker.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTGIF, y’all, and welcome to my weekly wrap up, when I let you know about five things that caught my eye during the last five days. 1. Streaming goes independent. Composer/Lyricist P…
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The holiday musical returns to the Hulu Theater in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMIf you're gathering people for a common activity anyway, why not find ways to help them exercise one of their fundamental rights at citizens?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:51AMOn Friday afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel will officially announce an estimated $10 million donation to support his Year of Chicago Theatre initiative. The private money, which comes from the …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:50AMSandi Toksvig will adapt the story for the new immersive theatrical and dining experience Mamma Mia! The Party which will open in a specially-adapted venue within London’s The O2 on 19 Sep…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:44AMMerle Debuskey, a longtime theater press agent and one of the most significant players in providing free Shakespeare in the Park for generations of grateful New Yorkers, died Tuesday at the …
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:39AMMembers of the all-female '80s rock band reunite for a special bonus track.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMYork Army Museum Lying in a row of beds, an audience of 10 is transported to a wartime hospital in Sound&Fury’s arresting showThere are no images of the first world war in Sound&Fu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMThe Madison Square Garden Company announced today that two-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor Gavin Lee will steal Christmas this season in the title role of the Grinch in Dr. Seuss' H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of Head Over Heels, featuring the music of the Go-Go's, will be released next month It is available for pre-order today here. The album is set for digita…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMManhattan Theatre Club's 2018-2019 season officially kicked off last night with the American premiere of The Nap, written by Olivier Award nominee Richard Bean and directed by Tony Award win…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMFrom the hit Broadway musical and 1997 animated film ANASTASIA, the new duet of the Oscar-nominated song 'Journey to the Past' featuring Broadway star Christy Altomare with the original voic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMOn November 1, 2018, The New York Landmarks Conservancy will host its 25th Living Landmarks Celebration at The Plaza. In addition to Chita Rivera, this year's honorees are Stephen S. Lash, L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMManhattan Theatre Club's 2018-2019 season officially kicked off last night with the American premiere of The Nap, written by Olivier Award nominee Richard Bean and directed by Tony Award win…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon returns to Northampton to see Kinky Boots at Royal & Derngate in the town where it is set as the show begins a new UK and Ireland tour
This post REVIEW: Kinky …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:30AMYou may know that the Fountain Theatre’s smash hit world premiere, Arrival & Departure, is highlighted as Critic’s Choice in the Los Angeles Times, has earned rave reviews ev…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 10:29AMHoney what ya waiting for? Enrol in Westenberg High while you can and catch Heathers The Musical at Theatre Royal Haymarket, playing until 24th November.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:25AMThe anniversary season of one-act plays by the master playwright kicks off at London's Harold Pinter Theatre .
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMTheaster Gates, one of the most ‘iconoclastic and intellectually supple’ of today’s artists, on his bold new exhibition
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:07AMThe artist frequently questions the boundaries between public and private personas through the use of elaborate staging and uncanny masks
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:07AMMitchell and Emily Rales are set to open a huge new building in Maryland to display their modern and contemporary collection to the public
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:07AMFour of 10 works this season are by female playwrights. That’s better than ever, but parity should be the goal.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:06AMA documentary on Elvis Presley is lifted by willingness to address sticky questions and include dissenting voices
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMAustere realism meets magical thinking in this quietly gripping family drama set in a Jehovah’s Witness community
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMIt’s hard not to feel hopeless watching Liz Bonnin’s documentary, the result of a nine-month study of pollution in our rivers and oceans
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMThe strength of the documentary — showing the hour-by-hour story of the RBS crash — lies in the calibre of its interviewees
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AM“Peterloo,” the 2018 British historical drama directed and written by Mike Leigh will be on the Angelika Film Center screen starting from November 9, 2018. The film is Mike Leigh’s mos…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:04AMSet also includes performances of the composer’s two main orchestral scores, the ‘Sinfonietta’ and ‘Taras Bulba’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMDespite altered circumstances, the group’s signature sound rings out clearly on their first album in 26 years
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMSongs are ‘loosely bound by our clumsy ties with the land’, but the singer’s imagination runs wider than the parochial
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMThe artist tackles the challenge of singing the dual parts of Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad with aplomb
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMAs A.O. Scott once noted of the man behind Welcome to the Dollhouse and Wiener-Dog, “We don’t turn to Mr. Solondz for warm affirmations of human decency.” Elisabeth Vincent…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:04AMThe Tony-winning musical continues at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMThe film-maker on representation and how his debut feature, ‘Columbus’, expresses an Asian-American sensibility
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:01AMDrip Feed is certainly worth a watch for Karen Cogan’s performance and some really well-employed fairy lights.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMOver the 90-years of Oscar history, seven films have scored wins in both Best Actor and Best Actress on the big night. This year could see, for the first time in more than two decades, an ei…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMCombining his years as an improv artist with the storytelling possibilities of radio, Nate Herman's Films for the Ears produce one-of-a-kind, off-the-cuff events.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM
By Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Pinter Two comprising The Lover and The Collection now playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre as part of the Pinter at the Pinter season.
This post REVIE…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:59AMThe international hit musical is heading into its second year at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMIn the Royal Academy’s new show of historical artefacts, Pacific Islanders re-engage with their past in order to navigate their future.
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 09:45AMRichard Bean's new comedy opened at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre September 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMMark Elder conducted the lush, Wagnerian orchestration richly, but too often slowed into a tension-free crawl
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 09:43AMThe work remains a showcase for black singers — but elsewhere they are finding their opportunities more limited
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 09:43AMOn a warm evening in London's sticky Tottenham Court Road, a very exciting event is taking place at the Dominion Theatre. Ladies and Gents, roll up for a sing-a-long Bat out of Hell!
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:43AMFriday: Sarah Jones’s “Sell/Buy/Date” comes to L.A., the Kavanaugh hearing, Elon Musk is sued by the S.E.C., and cataloging Latina youth culture.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:36AMFollowing popular demand and acclaim from the critics, Arinzé Kene's solo masterpiece Misty is extending its West End run at Trafalgar Studios.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:35AMMore often than not these days, many of Broadway's biggest shows are adaptations. Could the next one in the works be a musical adaptation of the hit film Crazy Rich Asians According to Jon M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMOne would think mounting a Broadway show about snooker would be perilous. Richard Bean’s “The Nap,” currently running at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, unfortun…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:19AMPeppa Pig and friends are set to return to London’s West End this Christmas with a brand-new story filled with catchy songs, silly games and endless fun. The new live show Peppa Pig’s Ad…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:11AMThis is Part Three of Carolyn Raship’s Agatha Christie series launched here; and Part Two of the Poirot portion launched here. In the post war era the literary construct called Hercu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMRalph Fiennes, always a crowd draw, plays a prowling General Mark Antony; Sophie Okonedo is the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra. Fiennes lurks and sulks like a wounded tiger. Okonedo regally flounc…
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You need six reasons to see Six? How about this: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Kathryn Howard, and Katherine Parr.
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SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:50AMDark Circles Contemporary Dance (DCCD) presents “Aladdin” at AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas from October 11 – 14, 2018.“Aladdin” is a meditation on American rhetoric regar…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:45AMRichard Bean’s broad, and at times crude, comedy, The Nap, premiered in Sheffield, the home of UK snooker, in 2016. The play’s plot
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:45AMA rolling season of one-act plays by Harold Pinter sees a star-studded line-up of acting talent
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:32AMAs HAMILTON goes into its second year at the Victoria Palace Theatre, some performers are staying put – including Jamael Westman in the lead role – while another original cast member, S…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:30AMThe battle to get Kate Prince’s musical SYLVIA out of previews continues to be almost as painful as the fight for women’s suffrage itself, but when it eventually does open, it’s set to…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMNew York City-based company Big Dance Theater makes its UK premiere at the Old Vic in London with 17c, a feminist contemporary dance-theatre presentation of the diarist’s life Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on September 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMIn its annual October Season Preview issue, American Theatre magazine has released its lists of the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays (11 this year due to a tie) . Ten of those plays have eith…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AMRecently, Shakespeare Theatre Company announced the results of their exhaustive search for for an artistic director to replace Michael Kahn: the young British director Simon Godwin. Naturall…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:12AMCast’s verbatim show The Last Seam may be focused on the closure of Yorkshire’s Hatfield Colliery in 2016, but its stories of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMAt three and a half hours all in Antony and Cleopatra is a long haul, but with Fiennes and Okonedo making Shakespeare’s verse sing, there are moments here to be savoured.
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We talk so much these days about shows based on films. Rarely, it seems, much is discussed about shows that come from books. Some of the greatest musicals of all time are based on novels and…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:48AMTheatre convention StageCon has been postponed until 2019 amid concerns over ticket prices for the event. StageCon was due to take place
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMDirector Phyllida Lloyd and musical theatre star Adrienne Warren were among presenters and nominees at The Stage Debut Awards 2018, who called
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMArts organisations are being prevented from planning effectively because funding terms are not long enough, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation has claimed. In
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMLes Miserables’ West End home is to more than double its toilet capacity, after it emerged that audience members are missing up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMThe producers of the Broadway-bound musical BORN FOR THIS, today announced that Gospel and RampB music legend BEBE WINANS will host a one-night-only concert previewing the music from his ori…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMRichard Molloy’s Every Day I Make Greatness Happen terrifyingly captures the trauma of state education. Both for teachers and students. Designer Lucy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMWhen Anna Bergmann became the director of the playhouse at the Badisches State Theater in the German city of Karlsruhe, “her first major decision … was downright radical: Tired o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:29AMHarold Pinter theatre, London Antony Sher, David Suchet and Hayley Squires are among the cast for a compelling set of works by the master playwrightJamie Lloyd has had the bold, bright idea …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMPinter Two is a complete change of tone from its companion collection, moving from social politics to more familiar Pinter territory, relationship politics.
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by Carol Rocamora There’s a high-stakes game of “snooker” going on in The Nap, the hilarious new comedy on Broadway. And if you can stop laughing long enough, you’ll be…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:58AMImmersive, interactive dining experiences are becoming a part of London’s theatre scene – there’s a multi-course Dionysian dinner show in the Vaults
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:55AMSandi Toksvig will adapt the story for the Mamma Mia! spin-off show when it opens at the O2 in London next year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMThe London production of Hamilton has announced its first cast change, as it approaches its second year in the West End. Allyson
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMTen new cast members will be joining the London company of Hamilton which is going into its second year at the Victoria Palace Theatre. The production is booking to 30 March 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:33AMNever has Homer’s Iliad seemed less like a dusty schoolbook text than in this searing ‘excavation’ by poet Alice Oswald, dramatized so
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMThe Hampstead Theatre today have announced a new version of Anton Chekhov's classic tragicomedy Uncle Vanya by Terry Johnson.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:27AMThe multiple Tony award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE KING AND I - currently enjoying huge West End success - is to be released in cinemas around…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMThe multiple Tony award-winning Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE KING AND I is coming to cinemas around the world this autumn. THE KING AND I FROM THE PALL…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Pinter One comprising One For The Road, The New World Order, Mountain Language, Ashes To Ashes and The Pres and an Officer now playing at the Harold Pi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:04AMA semi-autobiographical coming of age story, Poet in da Corner at the Royal Court raps and jumps to the sounds of grime.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe Phoenix Theatre Company has been a most reliable purveyor of the perverse seasonal treat “The Rocky Horror Show.” The original stage version of the ghoulish counterculture spectacle …
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Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, and Ruthie Ann Miles reprised their Broadway performances for the West End engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:59AMThe award-winning production of Hamilton has announced that 10 new cast members will join the show for its second year at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:50AMLet the doors be locked: Rosemary Waugh reviews Yaël Farber's Hamlet, starring Ruth Negga.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:39AMAuthentic performances hit the mark"I’m not a number, I’m not a grade, and I’m not a failure." The 17-year-old girl stands in front of the small class, who gaze at her goggle-eyed. "A …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:36AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories the cast recording of Gettin' The Band Back Together drops today, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AM“One has to be so scrupulous about language,” purrs the interrogator in one of Harold Pinter most chilling plays, his short One for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMWhether you’re ending your long workday and getting ready for a nighttime Broadway show or just passing through Times Square and taking in the hustle and bustle, try these great spots for …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:30AMBy David Dow Bentley III http://www.ThePeoplesCritic.com With a one-night performance in Houston Symphony’s Jones Hall, it was more than a concert. It was truly a blockbuster event whe…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:18AMThe Stage critic Tim Bano and associate editor Lyn Gardner discuss the National Theatre’s latest major opening – Antony and Cleopatra starring
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:15AMThe Human Voice is a monodrama, a stolen conversation, a phone call that no one is supposed to hear, perhaps not even the person on the other end of the line. And yet there we are, wearing h…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:06AMBy emphasising the common themes in Pinter One and the topicality of their subject matter, this a very strong start for the Pinter at the Pinter season.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFollowing the departure of NBC’s entertainment chief, Robert Greenblatt, it is unlikely that more theatre-themed series will make it onto the broadcast network’s schedule.
SOURCE: Forbes at 05:00AMAnthony Lane reviews Bradley Cooper’s remake, starring Lady Gaga, and David Lowery’s genial tale of an elderly bank robber, starring Robert Redford.
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Promising to take you on an outrageous ride into the unknown, NORPA presents the world premiere of Wildskin for a limited season at Lismore City Hall from 28 September 2018. Eva believes the…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:42AMLegendary two-time Tony winner Judy Kaye heads back to the Broadway stage on September 28, joining the company of Anastasia as the Dowager Empress. Kaye replaces original cast member Mary Be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32AMContinuing their ongoing series of significant solo exhibitions by leading international artists, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) presents a major exhibition by Irish-born,…
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SOURCE: www.buzzfeednews.com at 12:19AMAn ambitious celebratory series kicks off in fine fashionTen years after Pinter's death, Jamie Lloyd has set about honouring the Twentieth Century's outstanding British playwright in an ambi…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 12:04AMThe former Broadway Elphaba takes on the role of Jenna in the Sara Bareilles musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe BBC adaptation is produced by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child team Colin Callender and Sonia Friedman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Season 9 contestant and cabaret favorite shares how and why she chose the ten tracks on her new album.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMIn Meet the 2018 Bessies Nominees: For Outstanding Performer, Elizabeth Dement, Outstanding Music Composition/Sound Design, Ryan Seaton, and Outstanding Production, Jonathan Gonzalez, "Th…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe musical continues at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new traveling production launches in Elmira, New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGray says starring in the Tony-winning revival at Circle in the Square is cathartic.
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