Favorite Quotations by John Simon

Some of what follows may be repetition, but a good thing bears repeating, especially in an age when so much bad stuff is prevailing. So what I am discussing and explicating are touchstones a…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 11/10/2018

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 11102018.

Review: ‘Mt. Rushmore’ at The Charm City Fringe Festival by Patricia Mitchell

Mt. Rushmore, activist-artist Monica Hunken’s one-woman show at the Seventh Annual Charm City Fringe Festival through Sunday, has it all: badass women, time travel, punk rock, political ac…

Theater Review: “Hype Man” — Indispensable Viewing by Mary Paula Hunter

Hype Man is a complex and challenging treatment of race relations in the U.S.-- indispensable viewing in these days of Trump.

The Chinese Lady Review: Immigrant as Freak by New York Theater

Afong Moy was the first Chinese woman in the United States. Brought to New York in 1834, she was put on display in a museum. Out of this true story, playwright Lloyd Suh has fashioned “Th…

North Carolina Residents Hold Prayer Circle For 'Inappropriate' Play Held at School by Stephanie Wild

A recent production held in Mitchell County, North Carolina, was shut down mid-performance by residents who claimed it was 'inappropriate.' Residents then held a prayer circle following the …

National Dog Show returns by Cogency

One of America’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions is coming back to Oaks, Pennsylvania. The National Dog Show will be returning yet again to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oak…

Lured ** by Barry Gordin

By: Sam Affoumado November 10, 2018: Lured, written by Frank J. Avella and co-directed by Carlotta Brentan, is a drama that outlines the brutalization and dehumanization of gays perpetra…

Ellen Frank, Founding and Artistic Director of Cities of Peace, November 6, 2018 by Barry Gordin

Pull The Wig Down Off The Shelf With Slow Burn’s Hedwig by Bill Hirschman

Slow Burn Theatre hembraces this glam/grunge rock musical headlined by a protagonist who suffered a botched sex-change operation. It’s an in-your-face raunchy celebration of alternative …

Theater Review: DEATH AND COCKROACHES (Chalk Repertory Theatre at Atwater Village Theatre) by Samuel Garza Bernstein

LOVING THE COCKROACH WITHIN Playwright Eric Reyes Loo wisely observes that the messiness of love and grief does not easily coexist within the binary world of Facebook. In his new play, Death…

Theater Review: A BRONX TALE (North American Tour) by Samuel Garza Bernstein

CULTURE CLASH Narratively, there are two cultural clashes at the center of A Bronx Tale, now at the Pantages as part of its North American Tour. Italians and African-Americans are on opposi…

On Vachel Lindsay and the Higher Vaudeville by Trav S.D.

A look today at problematic and pathbreaking poet/performer Vachel Lindsay (1879-1931). Folks of a century ago would be astounded to learn how obscure a figure he has become today. He was a …

Helen’s Necklace feels dated despite updated casting by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Director Ken Gass’s new approach with female actors of varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds comes across as projecting the experiences of others.

FROM DOWN UNDER: School of Rock the Musical in Melbourne by Simon Parris

It’s Melbourne’s turn to climb to the top of Mount Rock, as feel-good phenomenon School of Rock makes its blistering Australian debut.

BWW TV: Radio City Music Hall Lights Up with New Technology for the Christmas Spectacular! by BroadwayWorld TV

Just last week, Radio City Music Hall lit up with all new technology that will be featured inthe 2018 Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes.The large scale integrated drone…

Review: ‘Crankie Cabaret’ at The Charm City Fringe Festival by Patricia Mitchell

Listening to Katherine Fahey recount personal memories, ghost stories, and a lovely tale about Baltimore’s arabbers while grouped around The Lantern Sisters’ gorgeously adorned cran…

Childish Gambino song tells you what Red Clay’s ‘Eliki Munda’ is about — but it’s also more complicated by Lauren Warnecke

Through Saturday at the Dance Center, “Eliki Munda | What Lies Within” has been a decade in the making. Shortly before Vershawn Sanders-Ward formed her Red Clay Dance Company on Chicago�…

‘A beguiling character study about two flawed but superbly gifted individuals’: A PUPIL – Park Theatre ★★★★ by Anne Cox

Musicians have a reputation for being highly strung and that finely tuned temperament is tested to the extreme in Jesse Briton’s absorbing new play A Pupil at London’s Park Theatre.

Sarah Brightman by NPR

Sarah Brightman, soprano, joins us along with panelists Paula Poundstone, Roxanne Roberts, and Luke Burbank.

Taking Time Out to Celebrate My Other Love by Jan Simpson

As regular readers of this blog know, I'm crazy about my husband K. I also really appreciate his patience in allowing me to take up so much of my time with theater. We're just a third o…

Remembering the Good and the Bad of the '60s with "Gloria: A Life" and "Days of Rage" by Jan Simpson

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, the 1960s continue to influence American discourse.  And those tumultuous times are front-and-center in two new recent plays: Gloria: A Life, a look at the car…

Review: Woman of No Importance, Wilde’s wit at play with all-female cast by Kate Gorman

Scena Theatre’s production of Woman of No Importance promises Oscar Wilde’s signature cocktail of witty banter and razor sharp wit combined with the ridiculousness of the upper crust exp…

Queen Biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” Stays Top of UK Box Office by Blouin Artinfo

“Bohemian Rhapsody,” a celebration of life of the most beloved entertainer of the world Farrokh Bulsara, who named himself Freddie Mercury, stuns one and all by staying at the top of UK …

Guess How Ariana Grande Feels About Engagement Ring Shopping Now by Amanda Arnold

Ariana Grande, a Cancer queen, is handling her split from ex-fiancé Pete Davidson better than most people handle being ghosted after two dates. She has returned her ridiculously expen…

Jazz CD Review: Ethan Helm & Wet Electric — A Very Unusual Recording by Steve Provizer

In this album, saxophonist Ethan Helm has achieved a very personal balance between highly composed sections and solos rooted in harmony and free playing.

‘Accentuates the emotional reality of the situation’: BURY THE DEAD – Finborough Theatre ★★★★ by Michael Davis

The heart of Bury The Dead is the army using the loved ones to emotionally manipulate the soldiers to ‘obey orders’ – or at least try to.

Review: Tony-winner Jefferson Mays, a virtuoso working solo, brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ back from the dead by Charles McNulty

Tony-winner Jefferson Mays single-handedly populates "Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol" at the Geffen Playhouse

Review: Tony-winner Jefferson Mays, a virtuoso working solo, brings 'A Christmas Carol' back from the dead by Charles McNulty

Charles Dickens has become so yawningly familiar through adaptations that it can be jolting to experience his storytelling genius directly from the fictional works themselves. No literary pr…

TV Program “Breaking Bad” Set to Hit the Big Screen by Blouin Artinfo

The TV program “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan is reportedly in the process of filming a two-hour project titled “Greenbrier” in New Mexico. Though it is still unclear, whether…

Tails of Broadway: Greg Hildreth Curls Up with Pigeon and Basil! by Jessica Fallon Gordon

After a long week of treading the boards, what better way for performers to unwind than with the affection of a furry friend In BroadwayWorld's Tails of Broadway, photographer Jessica Fallon…

Meet the Cast of NETWORK- Now in Previews! by Julie Musbach

NETWORK begins previews tonight, November 10 at Broadway's Belasco Theatre. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway performances

VIDEO: Laura Benanti Talks MY FAIR LADY on Facebook Live by Stage Tube

Tony Award winner Laura Benanti just assumed the role of Eliza Doolittle in the award-winning production of Lerner amp Loewe's My Fair Lady, directed by Bartlett Sher, for a limited engageme…

Grant Richards of Signature Theatre's BILLY ELLIOT Takes Over Instagram Today! by Jeffrey Vizcaino

Go behind the scenes of Signature Theatre's Billy Elliot with Grant Richardsas he takes over the BroadwayWorld Instagram today, November 10th Follow along as Richards shows you his two show …

Laura Wade: ‘Theatre has something important to offer in these dark times’ by Interview By Nick Curtis

The playwright on picking up where Jane Austen left off, being overtaken by events – and working with her partner, Samuel WestPlaywright Laura Wade, 41, grew up in Sheffield, had her first…

‘There are decent laugh-out-loud jokes’: BREXIT – King’s Head Theatre ★★★ by Johnny Fox

I wonder if in years to come we’ll look back on the ‘Theatre of Brexit’ in the same way we analyse Shakespeare’s treatment of Agincourt, or the Trojan Wars in Sophocles?

VIDEO: Watch Lady Gaga in the Music Video For 'Always Remember Us This Way' From A STAR IS BORN by Stage Tube

The official music video for 'Always Remember Us This Way' from 'A Star is Born' featuring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper has been released. Watch the video below

VIDEO: Watch Donna Lynne Champlin Sing New Song 'I've Always Never Believed In You' From CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND by BroadwayWorld

A new song has been released from the hit TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The song, titled 'I've Always Never Believed In You' is sung by Donna Lynne Champlin's character, Paula.

Beautiful Day Without You by Darryl Reilly

Did Blaze, a Doberman Pinscher, cause the death of Pippi, a German Shepherd-Chihuahua mix? That is the crux of Italian playwright Marco Calvani’s three-character, way-out, occasionally hil…

Top London Stage This Week: “White Teeth” to Culture Club by Mark Beech

New openings on the London stage this week include a bold attempt to stage Zadie Smith’s epic novel “White Teeth,” with mixed results, and a theatrical version of the comic novel “Do…

43 Minutes Before Curtain With A Very Tense Mike Birbiglia by Marshall Heyman, Marshall Heyman

"During a really embarrassing story like the one I tell about the Red Light District, I think, Wow I can’t believe I tell this on stage."

‘It’s about the feeling of not fitting in’: Ekata Theatre’s artistic director Erika Eva on new show Unbelonger by Liz Dyer

Ekata Theatre is an international theatre company based in London and Helsinki. Most recently seen in London with physical theatre piece On Mother’s Day, in November they’ll be back at t…

Review:Eve's Song at curtainup.com/ by Charles Wright

a play that depicts vividly and with humor the toxic effects of racism. . .

Review: American Son at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

a dramatic look at race in America

BWW's On This Day - November 10, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

‘Mark Gatiss gives a remarkably touching performance’: THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III – Touring by Not Exactly Billington

The Madness of George III offers a great part for an actor, one which Mark Gatiss relishes. His vocal and physical tics are memorable, while never reducing mental illness to a series of quir…

Review: Guilt Trip, St Saviour’s Church by Hilary Webb

Every now and then, you need a reminder of how and why Shakespeare is still relevant. Enter Guilt Trip, which does exactly that and then some. Intermission Youth Theatre’s loose adaptation…

Review: Sense & Sensibility, York Theatre Royal by Ela Portnoy

Whenever I have a stomach ache, I cuddle up on the sofa with a hot water bottle and a blanket, and put on a Jane Austen TV adaptation. There is something in these DVDs and plays, and not nec…

Review: Lands, Bush Theatre by Suzannah Ball

The stamina, wit and sheer emotional energy needed to create and perform this piece of art is astounding. And this isn’t even considering the endurance Sophie Steer, one part of the two-pi…

Ronnie Marmo’s Ecstasy and the Agony of Lenny Bruce by Sandi Durell

    By Myra Chanin   If an actor wants to utter words that are truthful and accurate, he/she better write those words himself, which is exactly what Ronnie Marmo, a playwrigh…

Yes, I have white parents. But I have African ancestry too | Anthony Ekundayo Lennon by Anthony Ekundayo Lennon

I’ve been accused of taking a theatre role meant for ethnic minorities. Yet everyone I’ve met thinks I have a mixed heritageLast week I found myself at the centre of a storm, accused of …

‘The play is full of rich parts & the cast is more than up to the task’: THE WILD DUCK – Almeida Theatre by Tom Bolton

Robert Icke’s new production of The Wild Duck is bold and controversial but delivers an interpretation that strikes home very hard indeed.

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for Hot Gay Time Machine’s West End debut by Terri Paddock

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Thursday 29 November 2018, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to Trafalgar Studios for the West End premiere of Hot Gay Time Machine …

‘Roma,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘First Man’ Vie for Prize at EnergaCamerimage by John Hopewell

The EnergaCamerimage fest’s main lineup, its competition for best cinematographer, covers a vast range of styles, and honors several fresh visual stylists along with many legends in the fi…

‘Chillingly relevant’: ROMEO & JULIET – Barbican Theatre ★★★★ by Jonathan Baz

Romeo & Juliet, with Karen Fishwick and Bally Gill as the leads, arrives at the Barbican as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s London residency. Although written over four centur…

A charming 'Fledermaus' from Winter Opera St. Louis by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

When most of us think of Viennese operetta, the titles that come first to mind are “Die Fledermaus (The Bat)” by Johann Strauss Jr. and “The Merry Widow” by Franz Lehár. Winter Oper…

Recently reviewed theater for Nov. 9 by From Staff Reports

‘Admissions’

Review: Sense and Sensibility at York Theatre Royal by Louise Jones

A broad brush: Louise Jones finds this adaptation of Jane Austen's novel yields uneven results. The post Review: Sense and Sensibility at York Theatre Royal appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

Ivo van Hove's Network, Starring Bryan Cranston, Arrives on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Tune in. The acclaimed stage adaptation of Paddy Chayevsky's iconic film Network begins previews at the Belasco Theatre on November 10. On the heels of an acclaimed London production, th…

On the Couch with Noelle Janaczewska by Arts Review

Who is Noelle Janaczewska? I’m a Sydney-based playwright, poet, essayist and the author of The Book of Thistles (UWA Publishing, 2017). What would you do differently to what you do now…

Bayou Blues by Steven Morris

The post Bayou Blues appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

Pros and Cons of Live Bands versus Backing Tracks by Kerry Hishon

When working on a musical with your students, you will need to decide whether you will use a live band or backing (karaoke) tracks for the music. Whether you use a live band or backing track…

Bliss by Steven Morris

The post Bliss appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

La Nuit Blanche by Arts Review

Melbourne-based, French inspired ensemble La Nuit Blanche will bring the music they love to a modern Australian audience in two concerts this November and December. Featuring the gypsy sound…

Don Quixote at the Garrick Theatre, London — food fights and a superb double act

David Threlfall and Rufus Hound are the stars of this playful, poignant RSC production

Stagecraft: Larissa FastHorse, author of “The Thanksgiving Play” at Playwrights Horizons by Jan Simpson

The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. Guest: Larissa FastH…

Network, Starring Bryan Cranston, Tony Goldwyn, and Tatiana Maslany, Begins on Broadway November 10 by Ryan McPhee

Ivo van Hove directs the stage adaptation of the 1976 film.

Dress Code by Arts Review

The role of fashion in reflecting and influencing culture, gender and identity is explored through the provocative artworks of five contemporary artists in Dress Code, currently on display a…

What to Expect From Broadway’s Network Starring Bryan Cranston by Ruthie Fierberg

The cast and creative of the upcoming production, also starring Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany, tell audiences what you need to know.

Why City Center Chose A Chorus Line to Mark Its 75th Anniversary by Robert Viagas

How the Michael Bennett musical prompted a seismic shift for Broadway, the theatre, and dancers for decades to come.

Stage Directions: Why Moisés Kaufman Says Directing Broadway’s Torch Song Was ‘Exhilarating and Terrifying’ by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony-nominated director reveals his process, tales of working with Robin Williams, and why his goal is to make Harvey Fierstein happy.