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SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:59PMPlaywright Jaclyn Backhaus made an auspicious splash with her adventurous and inventive 2016 play Men on Boats about Major John Wesley Powell’s 1868 Colorado and Grand Canyon expedition wh…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:43PMShow me the monkey! That gargantuan gorilla in “King Kong” is the top banana of the $35 million musical that opened Thursday night on Broadway. Too bad that most everything else wrapped …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:42PMBroadway has taken it upon itself to torment the beast, and maybe, you.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:36PMIt's an effed up world, and it's a two player game Tonight we're sending congratulations out to Be More Chill star Will Roland, who proposed to his real life Player 2 this week and got a yes
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Broadway Theatre, New YorkDespite the spectacle of a 2,400lb puppet, a shambolic production doesn’t know what to do with him and any magic quickly evaporatesKing Kong arrives fashionably l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PM“King Kong,” the stage animal first seen wreaking havoc in Australia, has arrived on Broadway with a seismic thud and a thundering roar. Just how horrifying is the new show? It has turne…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:48PMThe one-ton, 20-foot marionette is impressive, but the $35 million musical he stars in doesn’t even succeed as camp.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMListen: NYT Gets Caddy with “King Kong,” Yiddish “Fiddler” to Transfer, Renee Fleming & Dove Cameron to Lead London “Piazza” “Today on Broadway&…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 10:48PMWho is Astrid Rot? I am the drummer and singer in the band Die Roten Punkte, with my brother Otto Rot. What would you do differently to what you do now? Right now I’m feeling a bit wobbly …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:38PMLike the men on Denham’s ship, theatergoers who have shelled out hard-earned dollars for this misguided monkey business may rightly consider staging a mutiny.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:38PMAfter presenting critically acclaimed sell-out productions of Sunday in the Park with George & Merrily We Roll Along, Little Triangle will present The Wild Party with emerging Australian…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:30PMGlory Kadigan founded Planet Connections Theatre Festivity and served as the Producing Artistic Director for six seasons. Recently directed: Clover by Erik Ehn at La Mama, Bank by Lucy Thurb…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:18PMThis new musical version of King Kong, roaring its way onto Broadway, features some spectacular puppetry. But though the ape is great
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMI mean, the monkey’s amazing. And we came for the monkey, right?Theatergoers and theater-makers often complain about criticism that doesn’t “take a play on its own terms.” They’re …
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PMHe can’t sing a note. They definitely don’t make tap shoes in his size. And, aside from some extremely expressive growls and roars, he doesn’t exactly sizzle at delivering dialogue. An…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:00PM"King Kong,” the stage animal first seen wreaking havoc in Australia, has arrived on Broadway with a seismic thud and a thundering roar.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00PMStare hard into the gorgeous eyes of that gigantic gorilla, people: they’re like deep emotional pools, transfixing in their moist, needy intensity. If they gave out Tony Awards for the pee…
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OK. There's really only one thing anyone wants to know about King Kong, the new musical opening tonight at the Broadway Theatre. So let's get right to it. The answer is, yes. The great ape i…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:59PMBroadway critics weigh in on the Australian mega-musical that features a 20-foot-high, 2,000-pound silverback gorilla as its star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48PM By Sandi Durell It’s a truly reimagined rendering of the giant silverback gorilla as you may have seen him in the 1933 movie, where the lissome and beautiful Fay Wray …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:44PMInternationally respected arts leader and current Director of Carriageworks, Lisa Havilah, has been appointed the new Chief Executive who will guide the future of the Museum of Applied Arts…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:44PMThe Rob Guest Endowment commemorates the life and achievements of one of Australia’s most respected musical theatre performers, Rob Guest, who passed away suddenly in 2008. Now in it’s 1…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:43PMFor a play about a hippo, it’s pretty dark. Forgive Us, Gustavito! is bookended by the primal howling of a grieving animal, as the audience is enveloped in a blackout. This is not to say, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:39PMRSC transfer presents a crowd-pleasing mix of metatheatrical comedy and music with, ultimately, a touch of melancholy Don Quixote and his paunchy sidekick long ago escaped the pages of Migue…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:36PM★★ This misguided musical colossus, in New York after repeated rewrites, proves underwhelming
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:31PM★★ A new, extravagant musical adaptation offers a feminist but emotionally exploitative take on the classic tale
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PMI have always been fascinated with Marlene Dietrich, which is why I am so excited to catch up with Ute Lemper as she readies for the Feinstein’s/54 Below premiere her show Rendezvous with …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:19PMBroadway's best will come together for the holidays to support the second annual Broadway Beats Hunger performance at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey on December 10 that 7PM…
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The official 2018-2019 National Academic Decathlon literature selection is Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, wherein Shakespear…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 09:18PMPeter Wayne Galman in Thinking Cap Theatre's production is a likeable Lear. He's also narcissistic, ego-centric, driven, demanding, confused, playful and timeless. It helps that Galman deli…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:18PMBAZ BAMIGBOYE: A platoon of new actors has been drafted to fill in for the legendary Dad’s Army company when three lost episodes of the celebrated comedy are re-shot.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 09:07PMBAZ BAMIGBOYE: The two women will play Margaret and Clara Johnson, a mother and daughter holidaying in Florence in 1953, in Broadway show The Light In The Piazza.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 09:07PMAfter the dazzle of the special effects wears off, this behemoth musical feels pretty small.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:06PMWP Theater’s world-premiere production of Natural Shocks by Lauren Gunderson, America’s most-produced playwright of 2017-18, has been advertised as “darkly hilarious,” but there’s …
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“He’s not a film, he’s theater!” says the movie director in the musical “King Kong,” when he realizes that the mighty creature he is about to capture is best presented on…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMTony Award-winning director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell revealed in an interview yesterday that he is currently working on a staged musical version of BECOMING NANCY, based on Terry Ron…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMAccording to the New York Post, Joel Grey's hit Yiddish production of the classic musical is headed off-Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMThe new musical King Kong opens on Broadway tonight at the Broadway Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMEighth wonder of the world? King Kong probably isn’t even the eighth wonder of Broadway – those kids in The Ferryman aren’t giving up their spots anytime soon – but…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:09PMJourney back to 1950s Australia to trace the roots of Sydney’s early modernist art movement in Yellow Yellow Sometimes Blue – a new theatre work from Q Theatre at the Joan Suther…
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Harry Potter follows Tom Felton everywhere — even to outer space. The actor, who famously played Draco Malfoy in the “Potter” movies, is now starring in “Origin,” premiering Nov. 1…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:55PMHolding fiction to account: Peter Kirwan writes on the representation of madness in Nottingham Playhouse's revival of Alan Bennett's play.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:52PMThe Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner - Coroner confirmed that US Rapper Mac Miller’s cause of death was a result of an accidental overdose involving cocaine, fentanyl and …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:46PMI’m going to be a yenta and give you the plotke on “Fiddler on the Roof.” The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s revival down at the Museum of Jewish Heritage is headed uptown to …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:44PMChristopher Demos-Brown, the author of this new play, was unknown to me, although his more than a dozen earlier works for the stage have been recognized by the Laurents/Hatcher Award and mul…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 06:41PMMinerva, Chichester In Laura Wade’s bold and playful adaptation of Austen’s unfinished novel, the mutinous characters threaten to take control of the dramaI would seriously urge anyone p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32PMThe theater had fired the previous artistic director, Gordon Edelstein, over sexual misconduct accusations.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:10PMMike Faist stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Days of Rage and more with Beth Stevens.
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Plus, Richard Buckner with John Train and the Travelin' McCourys.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:42PMThe new musical King Kong opens on Broadway tonight, Thursday November 8, at the Broadway Theatre 1681 Broadway.The cast is led by Christiani Pitts, A Bronx Tale as Ann Darrow, Eric William …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMAmid the current in-your-face political climate, in which young people feel energized to speak up, get out the vote and even march in the streets, it may be easy to forget how young people i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMDear Evan Hansen scribe Steven Levenson's latest work explores the tumultuous history of the Days of Rage and stars Mike Faist, Tavi Gevinson and Lauren Patten.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Date Set for MCC's Annual Miscast Benefit
Off-Broadway's MCC Theater has announced the date for its 2019 Miscast …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMCome along with The Prom star Caitlin Kinnunen as she takes us with her to a fitting, Broadway.com's Live at Five and her dressing room at the new musical comedy.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMThe three-time Tony recipient will be celebrated at Manhattan Theatre Club's Fall Benefit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMManhattan Theatre Club will present its 2018 Fall Benefit, honoring three-time Tony Award recipient Bernadette Peters, on Monday evening, November 19 at 583 Park Avenue 63rd Street and Park …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMA new production of the Tony Award-winning musical, Annie opened on this day in 2012at the Palace Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMEntertainment Weekly has dropped its latest cover featuring the stars of the upcoming Disney film Mary Poppins Returns. Check out Lin-Manuel Miranda andEmily Blunt in full character below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMIt’s happening again. A few days ago, I wrote about the tyranny of relevance in modern American theater, the way in which plays like American Son, whether cynically or earnestly, put hot-b…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:02PMBy Michael Lueger. The Restoration was an era of theatrical innovation and rebirth in England. It also saw a number of strikingly radical revisions of William Shakespeare's original plays. …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMMuch has been discussed about how 2018’s version of “A Star Is Born” compares to previous generations of the classic story, and while critics and audience largely agree tha…
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The special opportunity educates students about the inner workings of the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMInspired by the Kilroys, the Chicago theatre has compiled a list of plays centering marginalized and intersectional stories, available for production.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:12PMThank u, Ariana Grande and Carly Rae Jepsen. This past weekend, the two pop divas released singles centered around self-love and empowerment. First came Jepsen on Thursday, with the instant …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:09PMThe show, which fuses theatre with a nightlife experience, opened November 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMBy: Samuel L. Leiter
November 8, 1018: Seeing David Arrow’s Kennedy: Bobby’s Last Crusade on election eve 2018 was a bit discomfiting. The play is an informative but less-than-enthral…
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Tomorrow, November 9th, 500pm EST BroadwayWorld's Steve Schonberg is getting up close and personal with not one, but two stars of The Ferryman- Niall Wright and Fra Fee.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMUnconventionality rules in UGLYDOLLS, STXfilms' new animated musical adventure starring the acting and singing voices of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monae, Blake Shelton and Pitbull.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMWhile anxiously waiting in a Miami police station for word of what happened to her son Jamal, an educated African-American woman named Kendra (Kerry Washington) talks with her estranged whit…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:42PMI’ve been a fan of Meg Flather for many years. I first encountered her as part of a duo called Leather & Flather, where she sang with singer/pianist Christian Daizey. During my days as a…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:16PMWe're seeing double (and triple)! 3 popular plays---'Doll's House Part 2,' 'The Wolves,' and 'Men on Boats'---are running concurrently this month across the U.S.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:15PMVogel will serve as the school’s inaugural Hearst Theater Lab Initiative Distinguished Playwright-in-Residence for the 2018-19 academic year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:12PM
Tony nominee Michael Stuhlbarg will head back to the New York stage in 2019, taking on the title role in Tim Blake Nelson's world premiere play Socrates at off-Broadway's P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PMOff-Broadway's new immersive musical experience, Cleopatra, opened at Chelsea Music Hall on November 7. Featuring RuPaul's Drag Race favorite Dusty Ray Bottoms, Cleopatra invite…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PMSome of the most powerful narratives of the past decade have been produced by a forward-thinking generation of women photojournalists as different as the places and
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:54PMArcade Amerikana will play Industry City December 4–15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMPolitics seems crazy everywhere at the moment. How much crazier could it get here in the UK? Political adviser and author Michael McManus's debut play An Honourable Man considers how populis…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:52PMThe former head of Tate Modern had to resign from his last job after protests. France’s culture ministry said he will take over one of the country’s largest exhibition spaces.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:48PMGhostlight Records has announced that Singing You Home Children's Songs for Family Reunification - a new bilingual children's album featuring multiple award-winning artists - has debuted at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PMThe question arises every year: When is the right time to toss the fake spider webbing and carved pumpkins in favor of inflatable snowmen and fiberglass reindeer? Must you wait until Thanksg…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:40PMOn Thursday, December 13 leading NYC arts education nonprofit Inside Broadway and the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of The Band's Visit will present a special Creating the Magicprog…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMSome days, things just take / way too much of my energy. The video for Ariana Grande’s “breathin,” released yesterday, begins with haze, a cerulean-tinged smoke blending into an empty …
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:35PMWhile anxiously waiting in a Miami police station for word of what happened to her son Jamal, an educated African-American woman named Kendra (Kerry Washington) talks with her estranged whit…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:35PMThe founder of The Sol Project will be the institution's fifth artistic leader beginning in February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMCovered California commissioned this dance to depict how unexpected life events can leave people thankful for medical coverage. It kicked off this year’s open enrollment with a performance…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 02:30PMTony winner Doug Hughes will direct the spring 2019 Off-Broadway production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMThe Younger and Anything Goes star will host To the Rescue!
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMSignature Theatre revives a Tony-winning musical version of the hit 2000 movie.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PMOn Thursday, Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced the release of a new play resource called “The Mix,” a list of new and underproduced plays that feature intersectional casts. The shows…
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Anastasia's Stephen Brower chats with Ryan Lee Gilbert about playing Dmitry in the touring production and performs "My Petersburg."
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMCasting is complete for the Fiasco Theater's upcoming reimagined production of Merrily We Roll Along, set to play Roundabout's Laura Pels Theatre in 2019. Broadway alu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMThe Broadway production of Kinky Boots is about to have another star step into the high-heeled footwear of the character Lola. Callum Francis, the award-winning performer who has played the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:47PMTheater stalwart Jamie Du Mont, Lucille Lortel Award winner Leslie Kritzer, writer and theater critic Rob Russo, and Tony Award nominee Jennifer Simard recently launched their brand-new Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:47PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO has just announced complete casting for Fiasco Theater's new production of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, book by George Furth, music and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMIt is with a heavy heart that, after 15 years of production, 20% Theatre Company Chicago will close its doors on December 31st, 2018. We are so grateful to have been a part of this incredibl…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:42PMLarissa FastHorse’s comedy officially opened November 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMAfter a deadly shooting in Thousand Oaks, Calif., that left at least 12 people dead and dozens injured, Hollywood figures including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ellen Degeneres, and Rob Lowe turned t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMJason Robert Brown's two-hander will play May 29-June 16, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMCompany head explains decision to give job to man with white parents who identifies as blackThe theatre company which gave a job targeted at ethnic minorities to a man who identifies as blac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PMInstitution is claimed as oldest continuously working theatre in the English-speaking worldOne of the world’s most historic theatres – Bristol Old Vic – has launched an ambitious new h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:04PMThe past catches up with the whisky-swilling ex-DI in Rebus: Long Shadows, a brooding, noirish, thriller especially written by Rankin for the stage and skilfully adapted by Rona Munro.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMHumor, irony and elegance inform “House of Pencils with Figure,” a masterful trompe l’oeil ceramic sculpture by Bay Area artists Richard and Martha Shaw, whose works both amuse and ama…
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Roundabout Theatre Company will present Fiasco Theater's new take on the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical in 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMWatch Christiani Pitts and the cast of King Kong in these show clips.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMBroadway alums A.J. Shively (Bright Star) and Christina Sajous (SpongeBob SquarePants) have been announced to appear in Paradise Square, a new musical making its world premiere at Berke…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMWith Wagner’s Ring among its past projects, Fulham Opera now turns to Don Carlo, maybe Verdi’s grandest – and greatest – opera.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:46PMThe exclusive preview track comes from Longoria's new holiday album, Merry Christmas Darling.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMThe producer will start his leadership post at the Connecticut theatre in early 2019.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:44PMThe NYPD says Dorothy Brunn, who was charged in manslaughter for running over the children of actress Ruthie Ann Miles and her friend, was found dead Tuesday.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 12:42PM
Artists from all over Los Angeles – and beyond – are presenting a group art exhibition entitled Here.
This timely and topical new Los Angeles exhibition
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:42PMKING KONG opens tonight, Thursday November 8, at the Broadway Theatre 1681 Broadway and you can check out a first look at the cast in action below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMIt seems that the whole world is demanding the attention of Indhu Rubasingham. In her office at the peak of the Kiln Theatre, the Artistic Director sits with a coffee cup in one hand and her…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:36PMChekhov’s First Play is a reimagining of a Shakespeare play, but with an entirely different goal! As the lights go down in the auditorium, we put on headphones waiting to be received by th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:36PMTo celebrate 10 years of musical theatre at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University A.R.T. BroadwayWorld is counting down to their production of ExtraOrdinary, a show highlighti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMThe tour of the Meatloaf musical will also play New York City Center in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMLee previously collaborated with the writer-performer on film versions of his plays A Huey P. Newton Story and Rodney King.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMThe volume is devoted to print ads and event flyers for local eateries, concert venues, theaters, stores, and community events that were printed in the '60s, '70s and '80s.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:04PM“The problem is that, at the same time as having to boost income [because of subsidy cuts], theatres have faced increased demands to justify their funding. Organisations have had to di…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMThere are some brilliantly imaginative elements to the touring production of Vulcan 7 at the King’s. Unfortunately, none of them are in Adrian Edmondson and Nigel Planer’s script.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMLaura Benanti always wanted to play Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady. To get there, she just had to give up on that dream first. Back when the Lincoln Center Theater’s revival was first ann…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:00PMGrammy nominee Philip Chaffin releases his new album Will He Like Me?, a song cycle of classic love songs from a gay perspective.
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New Haven’s Long Wharf Theatre has selected Jacob G. Padrón, a major force in new play development, especially among minority writers, as its new artistic director. He begins his new job …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:55AMBroadway alums A.J. Shively (Bright Star) and Christina Sajous (SpongeBob SquarePants) have been announced to appear in Paradise Square, a new musical making its world premiere at Berke…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMCallum Francis is booting up for Broadway! The acclaimed star of the U.K. and Australian touring productions of the hit musical Kinky Boots will step into the heels of Lola in the Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMDisney Theatrical Productions announced that it will hold open auditions for its current and future productions of the musicals “Aladdin,” “Frozen” and “The Lion King” in Chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:40AMThe annual benefit, where stars perform show-stopping numbers from roles they would never play, will take place at The Hammerstein Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMCallum Francis, star of the UK and Australian Tours of Boots, will make his Broadway debut as 'Lola' in the Tony Award-winning musical at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre 302 West 45th Street begin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMToday, King Kong the Musical opens on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre. Many people are probably wondering, how did King Kong end up a musical It does seem puzzling at first, to think a film…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMFurther details of the proposals to renovate the Queen’s Theatre in the West End have been revealed, including plans to add a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMWhite Teeth is sacred ground for some. Zadie Smith’s debut novel, published 18 years ago now, is arguably the best British novel
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMIndian playback singer Mukesh was the quintessential singing voice of Raj Kapoor — the showman of Hindi Cinema. He sang for Kapoor in most of his films. When Mukesh passed away, Kapoor had…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:27AMA lead performer from the original London production of Notre Dame de Paris in 2000 has claimed critics at the time “killed”
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMTalawa Theatre Company’s artistic director has argued “grey areas” must be acknowledged in the debate around identity, following claims that a placement
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMAlly Theatre Company is pleased to announce Doug Robinson as the commissioned playwright for our 2019 Mapping Racism Project, produced in partnership with the Hyattsville Community Developme…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:21AMTyler English-Beckwith
Hometown: Dallas, Texas
Current Town: Brooklyn, NY
Q: What are you working on now?
A: Currently working on the first draft of a new play calle…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:18AMFrancis will succeed J. Harrison Ghee, who will subsequently return to be the final Lola of the Tony-winning production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMKing KongOpening Night: Thursday, November 8, 2018Broadway TheatreCongratulations to the following cast members making their Broadway debuts tonight!Ashley Andrews (Swing)Rhaamell Burke-Miss…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 11:04AMAward-winning ITV comedy show’s series creator and writer Derren Litten is bringing Benidorm’s signature sunshine and shenanigans to theatres across the UK and Ireland.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMEvery great company has a “thing” that puts them on the map or pushes them to a new height. Think the iPhone or The Sopranos or The Frappucino. For Amazon.com it was free an…
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The title of BlueShift Dance’s show, “The Male Gaze,” refers to the objectification of women by cis-hetero men. The idea of the “male gaze” isn’t new to women. The premise is “…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:49AMRoyal Court, LondonReviving their 2010 show, Lisa Hammond and Rachael Spence call on the inspiration of strangers to explore changing attitudes to disabilityEight years ago, Lisa Hammond and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMAside from his seemingly effortless technique, Roustem Saïtkoulov struck me as a poet of the piano, for whom music seems (to be) his first language.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMIn Washington Black novelist Esi Edugyan has defied the cliché of the escaped slave discovering freedom.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMAriana Grande originally released "No Tears Left To Cry" in April as a triumphant comeback single. Now, she's joking the title was premature.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:46AMAhead of the November 12 Town Hall concert starring the six-time Tony winner, Seth Rudetsky shares backstage secrets.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMThe second annual benefit will be held at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AM"A Shayna Maidel" ✭✭✭✭ Barbara Lebow's 1980s play "A Shayna Maidel" is a much richer work than I ever realized, especially in director Vanessa Stalling's exquisitely acted production…
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SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:24AMBroadway's best will come together for the holidays to support the second annual Broadway Beats Hunger performance at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey on December 10th at 7PM…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMPlaywright Jacklyn Backhaus spins historical, theatrical, and gender conventions on their heads with this subversive tale of 10 men, four boats, and two rivers, which contains none of the ab…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AMJo Bonney directs the new play about the haunting of a Black family.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMMaddie Rice (star of the recent tour of Fleabag) brings her debut play Pickle Jar to Soho Theatre, following on from an acclaimed engagement at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMWith plays like "Wild Goose Dreams" and "Cardboard Piano," the Korean writer is making a splash on American stages with stories of displacement and hope.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMAudiences with good hearing have remarked on how similar Bradley Cooper sounds to his co-star Sam Elliott in “A Star is Born,” and according to Elliott, that was by design. When …
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SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMIn a Black family's home, the lines between family dynamics, politics, and the spirit world are blurred in Patricia Ione Lloyd's new drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMBy: Lauren Yarger
November 8, 2018: Something's not quite right in the small town of Williston, North Dakota.
That much is obvious just from the fact that oil company deal closers B…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:48AMWritten in collaboration by Sun-Duck Ko and Evan Placey, Orange Polar Bear is a piece of theatre which throbs with righteous anxiety.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AMAs if the sudden appearance of Christmas hasn't made you realise how quickly time is passing, the fact that School Of Rock - The Musical turns 2 next week!
The post Craig Gallivan talks Scho…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:29AMLauren Gunderson is one of the most produced playwrights in America, but her plays have almost entirely been produced outside of NYC. Presented this fall at The Women’s Project, in a produ…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:28AMThe new play about Gloria Steinem, written by Emily Mann, will continue at the Daryl Roth Theatre through the spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMKate Grimes and Robert LuPone. Photo: Jeremy DanielWillistonBy Adam SeidelDirected by Valentina FrattiMiranda Theatre CompanyThrough Nov. 10By Lauren YargerSomething's not quite right in the…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 09:20AMThe new musical King Kong opens on Broadway tonight, Thursday November 8, at the Broadway Theatre 1681 Broadway.The cast is led by Christiani Pitts, A Bronx Tale as Ann Darrow, Eric William …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AM'Cuddles the puppy had fallen into the 50 foot deep well and was trapped,' an unseen television anchor is heard reporting at the outset of Patricia Ione Lloyd's chilling and evocative EVE'S …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMThe Cats film has found its Railway Cat
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMOff the back of a two-year Edinburgh Fringe tenure and a tidal wave of rapturous reviews, Hull playwright Luke Barnes’ gig theatre opus All We Ever Wanted Was Everything arrives at Shepher…
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Folger’s rendering of the seldom-produced King John is more than impressive Shakespearean rhetoric and the checking off on a bucket list of plays to produce. With a deft touch, director Aa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:57AMSteven McRae, Principal Dancer of The Royal Ballet, has signed on for the movie musical adaptation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:48AMTheatre boss aims to help Wiltshire city’s residents put traumas of 2018 behind themAs a traumatic year for Salisbury draws to a close, its citizens seem intent on cheering themselves up w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMWhen it comes to living our best lives as thespians, it’s easy to take inspiration from the stage. Any theatre nerd who can’t resist a good show tune knows that Andrew Lloyd Webber is th…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 08:32AMEven after two hugely successful seasons in 2016 and 2017, it was still hard to say our farewells to Regent’s Park’s memorable staging of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Chris…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:30AMDepth and complexity: Hannah Greenstreet writes on Iman Qureshi's Papatango Prize-winning play.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 08:21AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III Regular customers of The Music Box Theatre (and there are plenty of them filling the house at each performance), are very familiar with the way each month-long produ…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 08:12AMCritics have been left "literally breathless" by Proud Haddock's revival of rarely seen Canadian musical two-hander BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR, which pays tribute to the Commonwealth's contrib…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:09AMThe acclaimed world premiere of GLORIA A Life, the new play about groundbreaking activist and icon Gloria Steinem, has now been extended through March 31, 2019. Presented by Tony Award-winni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:05AMHannah Hauer-King directs Iman Qureshi’s play The Funeral Director about sexuality, gender and religion in 21st-century Britain. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe National Philharmonic presents a choral celebration featuring three of Leonard Bernstein’s most famous works on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 8 pm at the Music Center at Strathmore. The Nationa…
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For someone whose name is a household word, Bram Stoker (1847-1912) remains pretty much incorrectly known, or incompletely known to the millions who associate the name with his best remember…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMCameron Mackintosh’s proposed purchase of the Ambassadors Theatre has fallen through after the building’s current owner pulled out of the deal after
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMThe Bush Theatre have today revealed their 2019 line-up, the final season programmed under the Artistic Directorship of Madani Younis.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:34AMThe standup continued his contentious comeback in Paris – presenting a dilemma for the woman asked to gig with himBeing asked to open for a famous comic is every struggling standup comedia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMListen: “Celebrity Autobiography” to Make Broadway Debut, Garth Drabinsky Back in the US, “Jonathan Larson Project” to Receive Cast Album “Today on BroadwayR…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:32AMOlivier award-winning actor Sheila Atim has argued that plays by minority ethnic writers are often confined to smaller venues and not given
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMTrans performers are to share their experiences of the theatre industry as part of an event that will inform guidelines on how
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMThe cost of building Manchester’s Factory arts centre has risen by nearly £20 million, almost doubling the council’s funding contribution, it has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMIt’s always a pleasure to hear an untold story. In Billy Bishop Goes to War we learn about a baby-faced Canadian teenager who by a string of lucky chances became the world’s most decorat…
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Priceless Cities is designed to bring families and friends together with experiences exclusive to Mastercard cardholders.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:35AMAJ, the young playwright, director and producer of AISHA, is not afraid of speaking his mind. He's unafraid of battling the status quo, butting heads with convention or airing his truth. Thi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:16AMBy Jennifer Christie
Jennifer Christie reviews Brass by Benjamin Till now playing at the Union Theatre in London.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:07AMJLS' Aston Merrygold, McFly's Harry Judd, Olympic athlete Louis Smith & The Wanted's Jay McGuiness are forming a dance boy band in Rip It Up - The 60s!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:04AMThe Mysteries is a collection of six plays set across England, from the quaint backdrop of Eskdale, to the buzzing city of Manchester. The full cycle of six plays is performed for the first …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:04AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories King Kong officially opens, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AMThe Public's Eve's Song officially opened last night, November 7th at The Public's LuEsther Hall. The play runs through Sunday, December 2. Let's see what the critics are saying...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AMIt’s sometimes a little difficult to take seriously how old everyone is meant to be in Romeo & Juliet but Erica Whyman’s modern-day production for the RSC, playing in rep now at the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMIs this one of the funniest Carpool Karaoke segments of all time? Musical Theatre LEGEND Babs joined Late Late Show host (and let's not forget, West End star!) James Corden in the car to sin…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMThe big news in the book-publishing world is actually quite small. Dutton Books for Young Readers has re-released four titles by young-adult best-seller John Green in a tiny format. Each boo…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM'Antigone' Oddfellows Playhouse Teen Repertory Company will presenti Sophocles’ drama “Antigone” Nov. 29 and Dec. 1, 7 and 8 at the playhouse at 128 Washington St. in Middletown. Marce…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMPuppetry has a long tradition in Africa, with puppets and masks used in sacred and secular ceremonies and as entertainment for centuries. But when kidnapped Africans were trafficked across t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Following its sell-out success in 2016 and 2017 at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park, the multi-award-winning production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Chris Superstar tra…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMIt’s 12 years since Gavin and Stacey’s Ruth Jones was last on stage. This play by William Gaminara, touring ahead of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:17AMThe production officially opens November 8 at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15AM by Carol Rocamora “I know how it is in America.” We’re hearing that line a lot on our stages this season. It’s coming from a multiplicity of voices…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:15AMNew play about genius and the classical music world is engaging in its ideas and deep in its feelings
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An initiative by The Wrap media house, "The Power Women Summit" was held from November 1 through November 3, at the InterContinental Hotel at Downtown Los Angeles.The Wrap has revealed…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:40AMIn celebration of her upcoming new album Hymn, best-selling soprano Sarah Brightman is in cinemas with an incredible performance. Filmed using state-of-the-art video and audio technologies, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMOprah Winfrey went door to door to get Georgia voters to go to the polls. The media mogul, who made a rare campaign appearance for Stacey Abram, Georgia’s gubernatorial candidate continued…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:26AMAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Streisand’s moody and effective new record takes piercing aim at President Donald Trump, but its joys sprout out from the album’s lack of pretentious…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:17AMAs per a report published in Business Insider, Edward Norton’s startup Edo intends to fix the way television ads are measured, and a handful of ad-tech investors have put millions behind t…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:04AM
Queensland Theatre closes their 2018 season in spectacular style with Hedda – a re-imagining of the Ibsen classic by Melissa Bubnic in the Bille Brown Theatre from 10 November. Hedda …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:56AMBird College – Conservatoire for Dance, Music and Theatre Performance, recently announced the appointment of Gavin Lee as patron through an official release. Lee will be an advocate for Bi…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:55AMThe 1967 French film “Mouchette” directed by Robert Bresson opens at Paris’ Louxor - Palais du Cinema on November 18, 2018.“Mouchette,” starring Nadine Nortier and Jean-Claude Guil…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:54AMThe highly anticipated Broadway staging of King Kong officially opens at the Broadway Theatre on November 8. Christiani Pitts, Eric William Morris and Erik Lochtefeld star in the production …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42AMAmerican comedian Bill Burr will be there to present his critique with a comedic style of uninformed logic at The Chicago Theatre from November 8 through November 10.We learn from MSG’s we…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:31AMFrequent photographic contributor to AussieTheatre, David Hooley, is also an actor and about to take to the stage at Hayes Theatre Co in Aspects of Love. Combining his talents, he has put …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:30AMTony-winning designer Roger Kirk returns to Broadway with King Kong---Costume designer Roger Kirk didn't have to worry about dressing the title character for King Kong on Broadway. Apes don'…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMEvan Pappas directs the Disney musical on Long Island.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony nominee performs Lauren Gunderson's solo play, directed by May Adrales, at WP Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Australian mega-musical that features an awe-inspiring 20-foot-high, 2,000-pound silverback gorilla as its star opens at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCurrently captivating audiences in the new Off-Broadway musical as Edna St. Vincent Millay, Corneau is a force to be reckoned with.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAfter multiple Off-Broadway successes, Birbiglia brings his latest solo show The New One to the Main Stem.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAmong the options: Impractical Jokers, Gino Vannelli, Vintage Mixer, Dianne Reeves, Saves the Day.
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