By Matthew Lunn
Matthew Lunn reviews Verdi’s La Traviata now playing at the King’s Head Theatre.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:52PMA READY ROGUE MACHINE OPENS OPPENHEIMER J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant, enigmatic and complex man. Ambitious and charismatic, Oppenheimer found himself uniquely placed to spearhead th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:44PMEarlier today,Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin October 16, 18, 19, 30 Tony nominated Melissa Errico November 1-3 Tony Award winner Lindsay Mendez October 21, 27. 29 from The Jonathan Larson P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMMillennial Notes Lynne Kaufman Takes a Trip with Ram Dass by Carly Van Liere In “Acid Test, the Many Incarnations of Ram Dass,” playwright Lynne Kaufman opens a window into the wild worl…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:04PMTheresa Rebeck's "faction" brings Janet McTeer back to Broadway as the legendary Sarah Bernhardt. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:01PMGill expertly writes each character as three dimensional, giving each complex backgrounds, making it clear that each benefits from knowing the others. A mundane Scrabble game is as reveali…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:01PMOn Wednesday, the theater introduced “smart caption glasses” that display dialogue on the lenses as actors speak. The glasses can be used without charge for the play “War Horse” and …
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Cynthia Erivo is seeing the effects of the Me Too movement. The Broadway and film star believes there is a shift in the way roles are being written for women. (Oct. 3)
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SOURCE: USA Today at 05:58PMOn Wednesday, 16th Street Theater announced its 2019 season, including three new plays by Chicago authors, including Loy A. Webb. The season will begin with Steven Strafford’s “Small Jok…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:51PMBradley Cooper and Lady Gaga Approached Working Together As Equal Partners
By: Ellis Nassour
October 8, 2018: Lady Gaga is as mega as you can get as a rock star and Bradley Cooper knows…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:39PMThe playwright and AIDS activist has given his full support for the authorized biography to be published by Henry Holt and Co.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMDue to budget and staffing issues, as of October 1, 2018, the IRS will no longer create Central Withholding Agreements (CWA) with artists making less than $10,000. Wait, wait, wait, wait..be…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 05:25PMDirector Dado is known throughout the city for her unconventional style. She’s a perfect fit for Jen Silverman’s postwar fable, where childhood impulses insert themselves into very adult…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:12PMFor starters, I had expected this oddly titled play to offer information on what went on in someone’s mind during an afternoon siesta. Once the play started I found that no, it deals with …
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Here’s a selection of upcoming auditions in New York City and around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMWestfield News Group ArtsBeat for 10/3/18. Jayne Atkinson is "Ann"at WAM Theatre; Shakespeare's "Henry V" at Hartford Stage, and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 04:55PMDon't have the cash on hand to purchase tickets to your favorite Broadway show New options are available through Ticketmaster, which just launched a FlexPay service withKlarna. FlexPay allow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMHome, love, family. Tony-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty share their songwriting journey with Anastasia.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Krysta Rodriguez & Andy Mientus Join Jay Armstrong Johnson's Hocus Pocus Halloween Bash
Spring Awakening alums Kr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMBroadway alum Darren Criss is one busy man. Not only did he just win an Emmy for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and is about to launch a tour o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMTalented Broadway newcomer Amanda Jane Cooper, who is currently delighting audiences as Glinda in Wicked, will lead Broadway.com's new vlog, A Little Sparkle, beginning on October 9. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMIn this world premiere at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris attempts to redress the power imbalance between the disenfranchised and those who wield …
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:45PMAmerica's oldest children's theatre will relocate after 55 years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMOn Tuesday night, the Chicago Cubs learned a tough lesson from “Macbeth”: “Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PMOne Woman Sex and the City co-creator and star Kerry Ipema breaks down the best and worst episode for each character.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:29PMTake a look at some of the shows hitting the stage this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMYo, yo, yo North Shore, it's time to turn up Your Mathletes are back to lay on some sick October 3rd rhymes for all the hunnies. Beats by Nikhil Saboo and Flow by Cheech Manohar.
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When Hamilton made the transition to London, some naysayers thought that the musical wouldn’t play as well on the other side of the pond because of its U.S.-centric political story and its…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:54PM By Sandi Durell I, and many others, received a good education at Carnegie Hall on Monday evening October 1 when the Benefit Touch The Sky unfolded on the stage of Zankel Hall …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:52PMThe company ofSignature Theatre'sThom Pain based on nothing, by Drama Desk Award-winning playwrightWill Eno, directed by Obie Award-winnerOliver Butler, and led byMichael C. Hallis hard at w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMAuthors Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Steven Levenson, and Val Emmich will hit ten cities across the U.S. with help from various artists.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMThe Lazarus and Dexter star will perform the monologue by Will Eno October 23–November 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMWe'll get wild, wild, wild! The stars of the Rock of Ages 10th anniversary touring production preview the 80s-tastic tuner.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMBradley Cooper, who directed and stars with Lady Gaga, creates thrills with a steadfast belief in old-fashioned, big-feeling cinema.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:30PMAhead of "A Star is Born" official release, Belli talked to the Inquirer and Daily News about drag culture, working with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and racism on RuPaul's Drag Race.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:29PMThe honor is presented biennially to an American playwright whose body of work has made significant contributions to the American theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMRoyal Albert Hall, LondonA mixed bill involving Acosta’s Havana-based company was not so much a summing up of his 30-year career as a step forwardCarlos Acosta is celebrating 30 years as a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMIts orbit is so stretched out that it takes 40,000 years to circle the sun.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:18PMThe new production from SITI company, directed by Anne Bogart, plays a limited run in the Harvey Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMInterview with PIPPIN’s AYANA STRUTZ from Showbiz Chicago on Vimeo. Ayana Strutz discusses her multiple [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:06PMWriters Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, announces casting for its [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:06PMCo-Directed by “One More Productions” Co-Founders, Nicole Cassesso and Damien Lorton (who also Co-Stars as the hyper has-been Impresario, “Max Bialystock”) the choreography comes gra…
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MASSOpera opened their season with a workshop of a new opera, something they’ve never done before.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:54PMThe annual gala will be held November 12 at the Manhattan Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMThe world premiere, directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, kicks off Ensemble Studio Theatre's new season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMA new movie tells the story of the legendary opera singer—from her perspective.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PMThe National Theatre will also welcome plays by Caryl Churchill, Simon Woods, Annie Baker, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMThe four Chicago-based writers will develop their work as part of a season-long residency culminating in staged public readings this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMBefore Ghostlight Records releases the original cast album digitally October 5, Pulitzer winner Quiara Alegría Hudes and singer-songwriter Erin McKeown share how their score came to be.
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He has a manifesto. He puts jihadism onstage. He’s surrounded by scandal. But this much-acclaimed director says deep down he’s a conservative.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:48PMWriters Theatre, under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Halberstam and Executive Director Kathryn M. Lipuma, announces casting for its upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize-wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMSomething's coming, and it's gonna be great! As we all now know, Golden Globe nominee Ansel Elgort is set to play Tony in Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, but here's a pic…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMLondon's National Theatre has announced a talent-packed slate of works added to its upcoming season at the Olivier, Lyttelton and Dorfman Theatres. Highlights include David Hare's ad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMThe national tour of Fiddler on the Roof is headed out of Annatevka and off to cities all across the United States later this month. The tour, which kicks off on October 23 in Philadelphia, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMOn Warner Bros.’ remake of “A Star Is Born,” actor-director Bradley Cooper and co-star Lady Gaga refused to settle for the traditional practice of pre-recording their songs and later l…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMDavid Feldshuh’s Dancing With Giants, inspired by true events surrounding boxing champs Max Schmeling and Joe Louis, will receive a one-night-only benefit reading in Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PMLast year West Hartford’s Ballet Theatre Company organized a benefit dance concert to raise money for victims of the Las Vegas shootings. The event was so well-received that the the BTC ha…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:10PMDionysus descends from Olympia to manage a chicken shop in Penge. Here, as Dennis (Jorell Coiffic-Kamall), he faces Wendy (Annie Siddons) across the counter. Childhood friends, adult saviour…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PMMy journey to the Almeida’s Youth Advisory Board began when I was part of the theatre’s Young Company. I’ve been involved with the Almeida since last year after joining them on the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PMBennett’s Curse Haunted House Maryland is a small family owned operation that serves Hollywood caliber scares. Located at the Eastport Mall in Baltimore, Maryland, it is accessible to resi…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:05PMRehearsals 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 01:04PMPerformances will begin at the Illinois venue May 8, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMThe play has racked up productions in 30 languages and 45 countries in its 24-year history. “What’s so interesting is that, like certain plays by Pinter, perhaps, the play adapts…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PMReleased by SimG Records, the cast recording for the National Youth Music Theatre’s Imaginary is just a lovely thing indeed.
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Noor Theatre's new play with music will be seen as part of New York Theatre Workshop's Next Door series this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMIn this multimedia performance piece, Angelica Page delivers a portrait of a poet for whom being “nobody” was anything but a pleasure.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMTwo Destination Language’s devised piece, Manpower, might have started life in 2016 as an examination of masculinity, but it says just as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PMOn Wednesday, Drury Lane Theatre announced the cast for “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast,” with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woolverton. The …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:35PMMs. Parks has been chosen for the Mimi, or the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, which comes with a $200,000 cash award.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMThey had big voices and even bigger hair! CHESS was a huge hit in the 80's and one of the last shows of its time to have such huge crossover appeal! Arguably the most recognisable song from …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 12:33PMBruce Norris’s new play at the Steppenwolf Theater Company applies his usual cynicism to questions of justice and vengeance for sex offenders.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:33PMTom Hiddleston, Kristin Scott Thomas and Kit Harington are to appear as part of a gala performance to mark Harold Pinter’s 88thbirthday.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:32PMFEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. The W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMIt's time to get off of the magic carpet Telly Leung, who stepped into the title role in Aladdin last June, has just announced that he will depart the production early next year.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMMagic realism: Lilith Wozniak reviews Wassail Theatre's pub quiz-set tale of rural life.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 12:29PMEarly-career playwrights Bleu Beckford-Burrell, Else C. Went, Keelay Gipson, and Sarah Einspanier are the 2018–2019 fellows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PM“RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner and unofficial Queen of Halloween, Sharon Needles kicks off the spookiest time of the year with The Sharon Needles Halloween Special 2018. Performances run …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:20PMThe popular festival runs through October 13 at City Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMIn What the Constitution Means to Me, playwright and performer Heidi Schreck gives the speech she used to give as a high school debater, only to interrupt herself and speak as the adult Schr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PMThere are probably enough fans of the original movie to sustain The Classic Screen to Stage Company’s touring version of Rain Man. However, as a piece of theatre, it never makes a successf…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMFive popular writers will take part in a free Women's Thriller/Suspense Author Panel discussion on Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m., at Simsbury Public Library, 725 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury. Vera Gibbon…
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BroadwayWorld has a first look at the highly anticipated Spanish production of ANASTASIA, which opens tonight at Teatro Coliseum in Madrid. Check the photos of the production below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMThe Path Fund Inc. is pleased to announce the initial list of performers that will appear at the 25th Annual ROCKERS ON BROADWAY will honor legendary Rock amp Roll drummer from Bad Company a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMSting will star in the Canadian premiere of his critically acclaimed musical The Last Ship. Check out the video below as he performs songs from the show and talks about creating the Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMThe forthcoming tour of the Broadway musical launches October 14 in Rochester, New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMBy Mark Reed
Mark Reed reviews Hugh Whitmore’s play Pack Of Lies now playing at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
This post REVIEW: Pack Of Lies, Menier Chocolate Factory ✭✭✭✭ firs…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:45AMThe feisty opera company at the King’s Head Theatre, under the artistic direction of Adam Spreadbury-Maher, likes to drill down to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMSome of the ‘ex-wives’ didn’t last long with their high-maintenance husband, but thanks to Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ musical SIX, their contemporary counterparts are sticking around…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 11:40AMTwo by Friel will begin performances in November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMThe Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll wants to make Broadway part of her kingdom. “Tina,” a new musical based on the life and career of Tina Turner, will debut in New York City …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:36AMWashington National Opera, generously sponsored by Mars, Inc, has created what may be Washington’s most terrific recent tradition – “Opera in the Outfield.” There were 10,000 people …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMThe performance artist talks to Sarah Bradbury about how her latest show contributes to the discussion of postnatal mental health
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:32AMBroadwayWorld has an inside look at The Nap as Alexandra Billings took over the BWW Instagram this past Thursday, and gave followers a behind the scenes look at the Opening Night of The NapB…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMThe hit musical Waitress just celebrated its 1,000th performance at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre and the diner continues to enjoy an enthusiastic patronage, not to mention a parade of talent.…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:19AMTravelex is ending its sponsorship of the National Theatre’s £15 tickets scheme, raising a question mark over the future of the venue’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMGet to know the fetch ensemble of Mean Girls with this exclusive photo shoot.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMProducers of a temporary Shakespeare theatre in York this summer are seeking permission for the venue to return for the next two
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:07AMBartlett Sher’s Tony-nominated revival will launch a U.S. national tour October 17, playing over 30 cities in its first year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMThe Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical will begin previews February 12, 2019, in the Olivier Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMBroadway continues to do big business and is only trending up, but there’s a segment of ticket sales that has largely been ignored. Pre-sales are guaranteed money in the bank (music to any…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMYou can see immediately why Ian Hislop and his partner in satire, Nick Newman, came up with the idea of Trial By Laughter, as their next stage project.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMOn Wednesday, Writers Theatre announced casting for its upcoming production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Next to Normal” with music by Tom Kitt, book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey…
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Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony launch the 2018–2019 season in an evening featuring opera, music theatre, and orchestral music by Gershwin and Liszt.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMSmash hits by black British playwrights were few and far between. Now Arinzé Kene and Natasha Gordon have work in the West End – and they’re changing the audiences too In 1957, Moon on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMThis week the Broadwaysted Crew is venturing away from the Great White Way to bring you our chats with cast members from three different Off-Broadway shows that you should check out this sea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMFall of 2019 will bring the London hit Tina: The Tina Turner Musical to Broadway. Stage Entertainment has confirmed that the jukebox tuner, that navigates the compelling and inspirational …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:47AMThe actor joined the hit Disney musical in June 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMSIX, the most acclaimed new British musical in years, whose sold-out run at the Arts Theatre – extended due to overwhelming demand – ends on 14 October 2018, is to return to the West En…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:37AMPaper Mill Playhouse presents 'The Color Purple' in a transformative production that finally hits all the marks of the musical's potential.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:36AMFaeries have returned to Old Lyme, as they do every autumn, and this year, they’ve got a letter for you. In fact, they have all 26 letters and a few punctuation marks. For 2018, Wee Faerie…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:35AMPayne keeps his audience from jumping ahead to any particular conclusion by deploying a second (bigger, metatheatrical) frame around Karma’s story, one in which the house lights keep comin…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:32AMDavid Thigpen’s play, directed by Maria Dizzia, will now continue through October 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMAl Roker talks about making his debut in Waitress, how his mother and his daughter helped lead him to Broadway, and his Broadway hero.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:30AMTina: The Tina Turner Musical has been confirmed to open on Broadway in autumn 2019. The musical premiered at the Aldwych Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:25AMThis stage version of Alan Parker’s 1980 film has been kicking around for 30 years now. It bears only a passing resemblance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:21AMKatie Mitchell will direct the Martin Crimp world premiere in January 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMGet ready for movie night on Broadway The latest flick to get the Broadway treatment is the 1990 hit rom-com PRETTY WOMAN. The musical is shaping up to be popular at the box office, seems to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMJay Armstrong Johnson's I Put a Spell on You: The Return of the Sanderson Sisters will be presented October 28 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMTina: The Tina Turner Musical, the West End musical based on the life of the legendary “What’s Love Got To Do With It” singer, will arrive on Broadway next fall, producer S…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:16AMThe Great Music on Sundays @5 concert series presents the world premiere of PERSEPHONE’S DAUGHTERS: RISE UP! on Sunday, October 7 at 5pm at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Prov…
SOURCE: ptownnitelife.com at 10:15AMCall them killer queens. This month’s closing of Six does not spell the end for the show as far as the West End is concerned. It has just been announced today that the critically acclaimed…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:13AMOther than the I-am-the-star performance of Janet McTeer, BERNHARDT/HAMLET is a slow going and disappointing affair where the real Sarah Bernhardt remains elusive.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 10:12AMThe hit Tina Turner bio-musical, currently thrilling audiences in London's West End, has announced a Broadway arrival. The musical will begin performances in the fall of 2019 w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMAre you ready for a revenge party like no other? Ever since Mean Girls opened on April 8, audiences have been flocking to the August Wilson Theatre to see the Tina Fey movie brought to life …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMAt a time when artists were subsidized to create war propaganda, Missouri-born Benton crafted a series that showed war's horrors.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:04AMAfter nearly 40 years onstage, Bill Engvall has mastered the art of keeping his stand-up sets just new enough.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:04AMWith its 20th season, the Sheldon Galleries presents a series of shows on immigration, including a photo gallery called "The Immigrants" which features some of the most iconic photographs on…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:04AM"On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was." Happy Mean Girls Appreciation Day. How would Mean Girls be different if it was filmed in 2018?
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:00AMThere are some moments of brilliance in A Kettle of Fish and the structural disintegration is impressive, but sometimes the experience is unpleasant what with its confusion and instability r…
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Performances of the two-part play began September 21 at the Noël Coward Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMYou can find out once and for all if you're more of a Gretchen, Karen, Cady, or Regina with this handy quiz!
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe bio-musical about the pop icon will transfer from the West End to Broadway next year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AM“Tina,” which is running in London and will open in Germany in the spring, will have a Broadway production in the fall of 2019.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48AMNational Theatre director says Windrush scandal and Brexit makes the production timelyAndrea Levy’s celebrated novel Small Island is to be staged next year by the National Theatre, a produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThe producers of TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL, the new musical based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner are pleased to announce that over 200,000 new tickets will go on sale on Mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMUp next at Epic Theatre Ensemble is the world premiere of The Winning Side, a new play by James Wallert. Based on the true story of Wernher von Braun, Chief Rocket Engineer for the Third Rei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMThe Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner offers his rendition of the Sara Bareilles single.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM“Tina: the Tina Turner Musical” is coming to Broadway in the fall of 2019. Stage Entertainment, the producers of the musical, made the announcement Wednesday but did not specify …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:37AMSo you think you can see “So You Think You Can Dance” live in Connecticut? You happen to be right. The long-running TV competition visits Mohegan Sun Arena, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd., Uncasvil…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:35AMA comedy about slavery poses considerable challenges in our #blacklivesmatter times, but the characters bounce gleefully through endless rounds of verbal sparring.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:32AMWhat gift did auteur director Bradley Cooper give Lady Gaga after they finished work on A Star Is Born? (Other than, presumably, no longer wiping her makeup off when they saw one another.) A…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:31AMUpdating Shakespeare’s plays can be a tricky business, especially when it comes to placing archaic sexual politics into a modern setting. Joanna
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMHistorical dramas can prove to be problematic. To stick to the facts or not, that is the question. In BERNHARDT/HAMLET playwright Teresa Rebeck attempts to straddle the best of both worl…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 09:24AMThe great Italian actress Eleonora Duse (1859-1924) was born this calendar day. Often spoke of in terms of rivalry with Sarah Bernhardt, in reality Duse was considered by many, including Geo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AMTo help those with hearing problems, speech is shown in real time on the lenses. The technology will be available free during the 2019 season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:12AMAnd the award for most humiliating news story this week goes to Kent Online, for shaming one of the 1980s’ most iconic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMSprawling, cerebral, and at times unflinching in its dissection of radicalism at both ends of the political spectrum, Maydays tells an epic,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:02AMHierarchical leadership and 'best practices' from 20, even 10 years ago, are no longer able to solve the challenges facing our field today.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMOne thing troubled me about Lyn Gardner’s column on the first Amateur Theatre Fest: the point of view is always and only
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the press nights of Dust at
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Doilies and deception, surveillance in the 60’s, and more cups of tea than the Great British Bake Off. Pack of Lies is a moving play based on a true story, focusing on the way political tu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:48AM“Welcome to my heart,” Tara Rankine greets you as you arrive at The Space for her one-woman cabaret show Love Is A Work In Progress. At first, it’s a very chilled environment; cookies …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:48AMAlbion Electric Warehouse, LeedsKeeping the audience on the move, Red Ladder’s 50th-anniversary production stars Pauline McLynnMother Courage and Her Children is a play of perpetual moveme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMArriving just in time for the 120th birthday of the legendaryGeorge Gershwin, las month, BroadwayHD debuted the dazzling hit musicalAn American in Paris, featuring a live captured performanc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMCarlos Acosta may have retired from classical ballet but he is still restlessly inventive. Following the disappointing debut of his dance version
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMRufus Norris has unveiled the National Theatre’s plans for 2019 and beyond. Highlights include the world premiere of Small Island adapted by Helen Edmundson from Andrea Levy’s novel, dir…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:26AMWin two tickets to see “Head Over Heels” for free. I liked this show, which mashes up 18 songs by the 1980s all-female L.A. punk band The Go-Go’s with a loose adaptation of Ar…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:25AMA spectacular array of stars will take part in a one-off charity gala to commemorate Harold Pinter's birthday, including Tom Hiddleston & Kit Harington.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:07AMTwitter has declared it National Boyfriends Day, and so this post on a minor series of comedy shorts from the early ’30s. The Boyfriends was a talkie comedy series produced by Hal Roac…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AMAntony & Cleopatra, clocking in at three hours and 30 minutes, is a tale of two halves (you really do only get one interval).
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe mother of all jukebox musicals actually has a plot, one powered by female relationships.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:00AMOfferings include critically acclaimed shows The Red Horse Is Leaving and 4 ½ (ig)noble truths.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:00AM
It is October 3rd and a Wednesday, Mean Girls fans. Can you think of a more fetch way to celebrate the fun than a tribute to the meanest of the mean girls, Regina George herself? T…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:48AMFall in Love Again with Paul Gordon's EMMA Now Streaming On-Demand. EMMA, a timeless love story from one of the most widely read writers of all time, is a musical that will entice modern aud…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33AMAmbassador Theatre Group has boosted its senior management team by appointing Katy Arnander to the new role of content development director. Arnander,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMBy Douglas Mayo
Josie Lawrence and Joe McGann are to star in the UK premiere of Don DeLillo’s Love Lies Bleeding at Print Room at the Coronet.
This post Josie Lawrence and Joe McGann l…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:25AMThe savvy reader’s favorite website BookFilter.com chooses the best theater books ready for the spotlight, exclusively for Broadway Direct. Fall is when the theater season is at its happie…
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SOURCE: The Independent at 07:06AMWhat’s an audition? I seem to have forgotten. 🤣 — Ayden Callaghan (@AydenCallaghan) August 7, 2018 An audition is an ancient ceremony
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThe Stage Scholarship, in association with Pauline Quirke Academy Studios, has been awarded to three students: Hannah Howland, Victoria Beavis and Josh
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMAdapting Mrs Dalloway for the stage is no easy feat, given that this classic novel, arguably Virginia Woolf’s most famous undertaking is renowned for using a stream of consciousness te…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMOver the past two summers, a few actor friends and I have connected through doing walkabout parts at historic sites, scare acting
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Rufus Norris will direct the world premiere of an adaptation of Andrea Levy’s novel Small Island as part of the National Theatre’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMNew pop musical Six is to return to the Arts Theatre in London for an open-ended run. The musical, which imagines the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMYork Theatre Royal has revealed £50,000 plans for an outdoor performance space. The venue plans to transform its outdoor patio garden area
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMLady Gaga recently appeared on Ellen, where she discussed her upcoming role in A Star Is Born.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54AMWilton’s Music Hall, LondonGraham and eight previously unproduced writers present stories that capture the oddity and excess of the capital Inspired by Charles Dickens’ Sketches by Boz, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:33AMDavid Suchet, image copyright Marc Brenner The Lover / The Collection by Harold Pinter – Pinter Theatre, London Both these plays, part of Jamie Lloyd’s ingenious idea for a compl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe paintings are uncomplicated, childlike, inspired by ads, movie stills or magazine illustrations. Simple figures ride horses, play with dogs, climb ladders, pose in a garden, row boats. T…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMIn mounting a fully staged production of "The Barber of Seville," the actors and leaders of Cleveland Opera Theater want more than anything else to have fun and make people laugh.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AMSomething evil this way comes, or at least to Carnegie, when local fringe theater group presents its take on the 1985 film classic.
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Victor Oshin was initially on track to become a professional athlete before an injury caused him to rethink his career and train
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54AMSMASH stars Krysta Rodriguez and Andy Mientus will reunite in the 'Hocus Pocus Focused Halloween Bash The Sanderson Sisters are back from the dead, and NO ONE wants to miss their return
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54AMThe spectacular Six The Musical, whose current run at the Arts Theatre concludes 14 October, will return to the venue from January 2019.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:44AMSony’s Marvel Universe gets off to a sticky start with a badly scripted and seriously boring Spider-Man spin-off
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:42AMJames Graham's Dickens project is structurally ambitious but doesn't add upIt sounds like a marriage made in heaven. Charles Dickens and James Graham – both great chroniclers of…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:42AMEarlier tonight, Sydney’s acclaimed Hayes Theatre Co. announced the shows that will make up their 2019 season. Showcasing a wide variety of genres and themes, this upcoming year proves…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:34AMWhat fiendish fashion will the cast of Bride of Wankenstein be wearing when they take to the Hen & Chickens Theatre stage from 9 to 13 October 2018? We can only guess from these behind-…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMFor a generation of television viewers, John Line will be remembered as the dashing Dr Andrew Shaw who set pulses racing in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:28AMBy Douglas Mayo
Marc Almond and Soft Cell have announced Tainted a ground-breaking new stage musical which is being supported by an ambitious Kickstarter campaign. “Tainted” is a brand-n…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:02AMJames Graham’s new show Sketching attempts a purer form of anthology, blending stories from eight competition winners to co-create a patchwork of London life.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMFirst presented at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre, Hair – The Musical then went on to enjoy a sell-out transfer to London’s The Vaults. Now a national audience is going to have the cha…
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Phallocentricity gets a beating in Gina Moxley's interrogation of psychotherapy, and a betrayed female patient.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 03:56AMThree board members of Actors Touring Company have resigned “in protest and frustration” at the events that led to former artistic director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMFrey Kwa Hawking reviews Forward Arena's transporting adaptation of Virginia Woolf's 'slim, dense, irrepressible novel'
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 03:07AMImprisoned in solitary confinement by Nazis, a stolen book of chess games becomes the Prisoner’s only way to cling to sanity. Fighting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMAt 84, grande dame of the stage Eileen Atkins continues to seek out challenging roles in the theatre, with the latest in
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IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS If anyone should dislike the confrontational and cynical aspects of Echo Theatre’s knockout L.A. premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Gloria, I assert it…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:57AMby Velina Brown
Editor?s Note: Our Business of Show Biz maven, Velina Brown, is on vacation this month. So, we?re bringing back a column from 2015 about responding to an atte…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 02:15AMIn the fifth installment of our Dance Informa Video Interview Series, I had the extreme honor of interviewing an intelligent and genuine emerging dance instructor and choreographer in the mi…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:11AMOne of theatre’s biggest preoccupations is accessibility; and it concerns both who gets to put shows on and who comes to see
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Who is Josh Muir? A 21st Century digital Aboriginal. What would you do differently to what you do now? Live without limitations. Who inspires you and why? The people who make my life honest,…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:40AMWritten and directed by Rebekah Robertson, i don’t make good choices is the story of one woman’s dilemma in being shut in for too many days without talking to people. Initially nervous, …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:26AMTime to declare your #rolegoals Would you rather? More
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SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 01:22AMNetflix, the world’s leading internet entertainment service, announced three new sci-fi series “The I-Land,” “October Faction,” and “Warrior Nun.”These new series join Netflix�…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:14AMHighlighting the dynamic and critical force of female designers in shaping contemporary design culture, the National Gallery of Victoria presents the exhibition, Designing Women, featuring…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:09AMS.W.A.T.'s Shemar Moore Wants You To Be His Baby GirlThe Young Hollywood Studio welcomes back the ultimate "zaddy" himself, Shemar Moore, who scoops us on his role as the lead (and leader) o…
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by Lauren Spencer
For its latest offering, Crowded Fire is taking Bay Area audiences to Church. A play that explores our relationship to faith, its discontents, and ecstasies, Church marks …
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 12:43AMIn A Dance Enthusiast's A to Z: N is for Lynn Neuman and Lisa Niedermeyer, "I treasure people and experiences, not possessions. I got to spend time with a group of Tibetan Nuns back when I …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMBernadette Peters, Laurie Metcalf, Taylor Trensch, Jefferson Mays, and more are among Vosk's picks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe director of PlayCo's acclaimed production, now in performances, dissects a chilling scene from Stefano Massini's drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDylan Baker tackles three disparate characters in Bernhardt/Hamlet on Broadway---Character actors often end up with scene-stealing roles on stage. But three plum parts in one Broadway play? …
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