Both a theatrical surprise and a very accomplished dramatic work, Patricia Ione Lloyd’s "Eve’s Song" is one of the best theatrical experiences to be had in New York at this time. With a …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:51PMCynthia Cooper’s Running on Glass, playing at Laurel’s Venus Theatre, celebrates six pioneering female athletes, all of whom had to overcome barriers not only of gender but of race, clas…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:32PMBroken weaves together three traumatised story threads across the haze-filled expanse of fortyfivedownstairs. It’s affecting to see so much of the space used, a shallow layer of thin smoke…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:23PMIn this garrulous play of ideas, the author of “The Real Thing” and “The Coast of Utopia” takes on the essence — and ethics — of being human.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMThe playwright Tom Stoppard has a reputation for intellectualism—to put it bluntly, for genius—that precedes him like a motorcade at this point. People tend to step out of the way, eithe…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:12PMAlmost by chance I came across a piece on Shelterforce from about two years ago relating how turning a community room in Harlem housing community into a gallery lead to the intentional inclu…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:04PM“The Prom” is really two musicals in one. One is a funny, knowing backstage comedy, satirizing the self-regard of theater folk. The other is a loud, fast high school musical. What ties t…
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Getting your head around playwright Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem, opening tonight at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater at Lincoln Center, is a bit like trying to pin down one of artist M. C. …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:55PM★★★★★ In Tom Stoppard's brilliant, moving new play, very smart people grapple with very big questions
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:40PMNorth Melbourne’s Arts House have once again launched a fabulous and thought-provoking season of new theatre. A contemporary centre for performance and interactive art, Arts House is a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:35PMListen: Every Broadway Star Ever Has Joined FX’s “Fosse/Verdon,” “Wicked” Gets a New/Old Glinda, and Rebel Wilson Joins “Cats” Film “Today on …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:35PM★★★★ Consciousness is on the playwright's mind, whether and where that mind might be located, as one young, smart woman sees it
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:35PMGlobal Creatures has announced the cast for the upcoming seasons of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne from March; and the Sydney Lyric Theatre from la…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:21PM★★★★ Aleshea Harris's new play and "ritual" commemorates violence and a celebrates a community's resilience
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An environmental programme designed to help arts organisations become more sustainable has helped its participants reduce their energy consumption by almost a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54PMby Lauren Spencer
Imagine opening up to the pink section in the San Francisco Chronicle and seeing its pages filled entirely with plays written, directed, designed, and acted by women. This…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 07:53PM by: Elizabeth Ahlfors Peeking through the door before the introductions, she looks happy, not at all nervous, smiling broadly as the audience in a packed Feinstein’s 54 B…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:30PMThis morning Global Creatures announced the cast for the upcoming Melbourne and return Sydney seasons of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical. Joining previously announced Natalie Abbott as Muri…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:23PMMeet the duo who champion under-represented artists, preferably with a sense of humour
SOURCE: propertylistings.ft.com at 07:18PMThrough extensive experimentation and audience feedback, Tony Award nominee John Leguizamo developed his Broadway show Latin History for Morons in La Jolla by adding more of a bite to it. …
SOURCE: PBS at 07:12PMby Jia Taylor
If you?ve played a video game in the last few years, you?ve probably heard Elaine Clark?s voice. For actors wishing to emulate her 30-year voice-over career, Clark has this ad…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 07:11PMThe three-week limited run begins performances at the Imperial Theatre December 7.
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November 21, 2018: The old-fashioned musical has finally met a contemporary theme. Throw in a bit of theater satire and you have The Prom, which has landed on Broad…
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November 19 is the birthday of Barbara Popejoy, a.k.a Lorna Maitland (b. 1943) a star of the Russ Meyer constellation from 1964 through 1965, with some residual presence in the business the …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:24PMWill Roland Broadway's 'Be More Chill' will head a cast of four in an innovative reading of 'Love Letters' by A.R. Gurney on December 9 at Feinstein's54 Below.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PM'To Kill A Mockingbird' also continues sell like hotcakes, and 'King Kong' managed to gross $1 million for the first time.
SOURCE: Forbes at 06:19PMCelebrity Autobiography, the award-winning hit comedy show in which celebrities act out other celebrities' jaw-dropping memoirs verbatim, begins its extremely limited holiday run next Monday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMIf you're a Broadway fan, there's only one place that you should be spending the Thanksgiving... HOLIDAY INN of course And BroadwayHD is how you get there. So, join Bryce Pinkham, Corbin Ble…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMNBC's next live musical is 'Hair Live,' the original rock musical that is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Stage directorDiane Paulus, the Tony Award-winning director of Broadway'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMMichelle Williams shares why she's excited to become the Goddess of Love ahead of her Broadway return in Once On This Island.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMBroadway legend Ben Vereen stops by Broadway.com HQ to talk about his upcoming Thanksgiving shows at The Cutting Room and more with Paul Wontorek.
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It was announced over the summer that Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams would lead the Lin-Manuel Miranda produced limited series Fosse/Verdon for FX. The eight-episode program will focus o…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:54PMThe League of Professional Theatre Women have released findings from their fourth Women Count report.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMIn this bountiful Broadway season there is the phenomenon known as the one-man play. Most recently, on November 11th, two of them arrived on the same night. Will Eno’s “Thom Pain (based …
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 05:25PMHollywood’s greatest satire of television is filling seats on Broadway: Network, directed by Ivo van Hove and starring Bryan Cranston, neared the million-dollar box office turf last we…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:23PMDEATH AND THE DIFFICULT WOMAN Those who call Theresa May a ‘bloody difficult woman’ should pop in to the Ambassadors and realise that in the ranks of of BDWs she is the merest d…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:22PMThe 20th anniversary edition of the annual Broadway holiday album features newly recorded singles, as well as 10 classics from previous releases.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PM New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) is proud to present the 39th Annual Muse Awards gala luncheon on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at the New York Hilton Midtown hot…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:08PMA more dazzling display of heart-warming family entertainment and memories may not be found this Christmas Season than Charm City Players’ A Christmas Story, The Musical. With deft directi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:04PMTalk about a memorable visit! Music megastar and Oscar winner Cher recently surprised the cast at a rehearsal for The Cher Show. She was also in attendance for several performances last week…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMA Christmas extravaganza, with plenty of dance to energize your holiday season It's not sugarplums dancing in Ralphie's head it's a Red Ryder air rifle A Christmas Story, The Musical is a cl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMArena StagepresentsCorbin Bleuas Billy Crocker andSoara-Joye Rossas Reno Sweeney inCole Porter's madcap seafaring musical, Anything Goes. Check out the cast in action below
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The latest play from Chicago's Red Theater involves two actors: One has rehearsed the play. The second has never even read it.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:54PMIf you hire strong voices as they did in MNM Theatre Company’s production, the venerable musical Grease cannot help but be entertaining with its elbow-nudging pastiche of faux late ‘50s-…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:54PMNorthlight Theatre adapts Jane Austen's novel though the real question is: why?
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:30PMThe play at Studio Theatre gets serious about the challenges, especially for women.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:06PMIn the play running through December 16 at Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ, a 35-year old African-American woman defends her decision to terminate her pregnancy in an impassioned speech. �…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 04:01PMWe're thrilled to announce this year's LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards nominees.
For the unacquainted, the Ovation Awards are the only peer-judged theatre awards in Los Angeles, created …
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Meanwhile, King Kong roared past the seven-figure mark for the first time.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMJacqueline Stone discusses the importance and responsibility of exposing young audiences to theatre for the [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:54PMJerry Frankel, a nine-time Tony-winning producer of acclaimed new works and celebrated revivals, passed away on the morning of November 17. He was 88. Frankel's death was confirmed by a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThe Cats casting continues! Rebel Wilson is the newest star announced to appear in the upcoming movie musical adaptation of Cats, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She'll take on the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMStill only 26, Douglas Booth has been appearing on film and TV for a decade and has won screen attention in such titles as Noah, The Riot Club, Great Expectations and the experiment in paint…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMKing Kong is on its way to Broadway success. The thrilling new musical, which opened on November 8, just concluded its best-performing week, reporting a gross of $1,018,560.75 and filli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMAs ‘King Kong’ breaks ground with its central character, we’re looking back at some of the most innovative uses of puppets on Broadway.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 03:36PMScott Greer shines in ‘Every Brilliant Thing,’ back at the Arden, but the play itself only skims the surface of a difficult topic. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:23PMTheater Alliance announced today that Raymond O. Caldwell would be the company’s next producing artistic director. Caldwell currently serves as Theater Alliance’s Associate Artistic …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:11PMThe Great Comet alum takes on Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" on her album Songs for the Season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 11182018.
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Just in time for the holiday season, a special edition of 2020 gives viewers an inside look at Mary Poppins Returns, the sequel to the classic 1964 film starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMClay Aiken and Ruben Studdard get ready forRuben & Clay's First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMAnastasia's Lila Coogan sings "Journey to the Past" from the touring production of the popular Broadway musical.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMHere's a roundup of Off-Broadway shows offering November 23 afternoon performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMAs we anxiously await the arrival of Satine and Christian on Broadway, we're counting down our favorite musical moments of the film Which song is your favorite
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PM“I know … I’m in the future also” are seven words that represented both a creative breakthrough and directive for Mike Birbiglia, when he riffed it, working on a story about a charit…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:32PMRebel Wilson is set to playthe old Gumbie catJennyanydots in the film adaptationof CATS, according to Deadline.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMGiven the excitement occasioned by 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, now the youngest woman ever to be elected to the United States Congress, dollars to donuts that a lot of people in TV…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:30PMPrimary StagespresentsDownstairsbyTheresa Rebeck, directed byAdrienne Campbell-Holt. Performances began at theCherry Lane Theatre on November 7, 2018, opened last night, November 18. Let's s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMQuintessence Theatre Group puts a high-concept gloss on ‘Oliver!’, but some of the musical’s more questionable themes remain unexamined. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:27PMJake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s holiday opera continues through December 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMAlan Ball, the creator of “Six Feet Under” and “True Blood,” revealed over the weekend that the long-rumored musical version of his vampire series is “pretty good.” Ten years hav…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:24PM'A spider's web of complicity and guilt': Ava Wong Davies writes about Anna Himali Howard's theatrical investigation of the impact of colonialism on Antigua
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 02:19PMThe Pitch Perfect star will play Jennyanydots.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMTake the 17th-century story The Changeling, add melodrama, interplanetary warfare and lasers, and an esthetic debt to Star Trek and you have this Eldritch Theatre soap opera in space, writes…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:17PMSan Francisco Opera’s revised production of Jake Heggie’s opera “It’s a Wonderful Life” in its West Coast premiere is a feel-good holiday-themed piece, even as it could add some �…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:15PMIf there’s one thing you’ll take away from Olney Theatre Center’s Elf the Musical it’s this: the DC musical theater scene has a tremendous talent base. To a one, Elf’s largely ense…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:06PMMoulin Rouge!, the stage musical adaptation of the hit 2001 film of the same name, has been on the radar for some time and now it will officially make its predicted journey to Broadway. Carm…
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The autobiographical solo show played an extended Off-Broadway run earlier this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMThe Holidays are upon us and with them comes the rush of themed movies, music, and theater. Olney Theatre Center welcomes the holiday season with their production of Elf the Musical. Based o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:45PMA slew of Broadway alums have been cast in Fosse/Verdon, the highly anticipated eight-episode limited series set to appear on FX in 2019, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The previously …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PMRadio City Music Hall successfully merges old-fashioned showmanship and state-of-the-art technology in this year’s Christmas pageant.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:42PMThe New York Pops was joined by New York Theatre Ballet and Essential Voices USA for their first concert of the season at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:36PMThis past Saturday, we took youbehind the scenes of The Broadway Princess Party with Laura Osnes as she took over the BroadwayWorld Instagram onNovember 17th if you missed out on Saturday fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMThe actors originated roles in high-profile musicals that began life at the Tony-winning regional theatre in the last decade.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMThis world premiere adaptation from Mary Zimmerman at Lookingglass Theatre Company is not so much an escape as an embrace of wonder.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMAt first, Nora Leonard, 16, called her cancer “Jim.” “When we found out it was cancer, it hadn’t really hit me yet,” she said. “But I knew I didn’t like that word. So I said, �…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:30PMLater today, November19, The Shops at Columbus Circle 10 Columbus Circle will kick off its third year of Broadway Under the Stars, a five-week series of free public performances taking place…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMProducer, Lexi Clare writes about why we accept harmful discrimination, the ‘openness’ of theatre and how she is hoping to make change with Maiden Speech Festival. I think many p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:12PMBy Douglas Mayo
Producers of Moulin Rouge the musical have announced that it will open on Broadway in July 2019 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre starring Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit. Moulin Roug…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:06PMNorbert Leo Butz and other Broadway stars have been tapped to portray iconic Broadway figures in the upcoming television series “Fosse/Verdon.” In the eight-episode FX limited se…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:04PMOlney Theatre Center’s successful Annie-inspired pajama drive last year resulted in more than 800 pairs of new pajamas for the Rockville, Md.-based Comfort Cases which, in turn, went to ch…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMTonight, 10pm at Beauty Bar, 231 East 14th Street, see Betsy Propane, Gin Minsky, Tanya Solomon, Lee Valone Drag in the Smoke Show, with DJ Twig the Wonderkid. The show is free with the purc…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:04PMIt isn’t every day I stumble across a strong new vocational training opportunity which is almost free to the participants. I refer to the Lyric Ensemble which piloted in the 2017/18 academ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWelcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of wha…
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Colin Hovde, who has run the company since 2011, steps away.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48PMThe series from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Steven Levenson will star Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams as the choreographer and his muse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMThe series from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, and Steven Levenson will star Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams as the choreographer and his muse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMFX today announced the additional cast that will appear in FosseVerdon, an eight episode limited series from award-winning producers Thomas Kail, Steven Levenson, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Joel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:40PMThe play opened October 21 following a record-breaking, acclaimed London debut.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMAustin Colby, a talented alum of the Sound of Music national tour, joins the cast of off-Broadway's Jersey Boys in the role of Bob Gaudio beginning on November 19. Colby replaces Cory Je…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMTickets are now on sale for Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations, a new musical appearing at Broadway's Imperial Theatre in 2019. The production will begin pre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMBeth Leavel, Brooks Ashmanskas, Caitlin Kinnunen and the cast of The Prom celebrate opening night on Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMThe new musical comedy The Prom opened on November 15 at Broadway's Longacre Theatre. The Casey Nicholaw-helmed tuner, starring comedy heavyweights Beth Leavel, Brooks Ashmanskas, C…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMThis musical hodgepodge at the American Repertory Theater could be called 'Let’s Sing About Me (and Me, and Then More About Me).'
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:36PMThe York Theatre Company honored Five-time Tony Award-winning musical theatre directorchoreographer Susan Stroman with the 2018 Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMOn Monday, Kokandy Productions announced the appointment of Derek Van Barham as the company’s new producing artistic director. He will succeed Allison Hendrix, who served in the position s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:25PM“The Ferryman” announced an extension of its Broadway engagement through July 7, 2019. The Jez Butterworth play, directed by Sam Mendes, received positive reviews after opening a…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:22PMPlan your perfect festive trip to Theatreland with our handy guide. Get tips of food, travel and free things to do in London.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:19PMIt was inevitable. “Moulin Rouge” is on its way. The hit production from Boston, directed by Alex Timbers, will arrive next July Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:06PMThe Roundabout Underground production of Ming Peiffer’s play will offer an extra performance December 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMDue to popular demand, Jez Butterworth'sThe Ferryman, directed bySam Mendes, will extend its run on Broadway through July 7, 2019 at theBernard B. Jacobs Theatre242 W. 45thStreet.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMThe fab musical adaptation played in Boston this summer to sold-out houses and rave reviews.
SOURCE: Forbes at 12:02PMRossini’s La Cenerentola makes for a refreshingly vibrant, light and comedic opera. Welsh National Opera’s latest production is a festive treat indeed just ahead of December too, perfect…
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Pittsburgh’s most prolific set designer and the artist who created the “There Are Black People In The Future” billboard are recognized.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:58AMThe Georgia theatre company, known for ambitious, site-specific outdoor productions, will dedicate its 10th anniversary season to musicals that capture flash points in American history.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares his perspective on his concert with Audra, plus backstage secrets from his recent concert with Jessie Mueller.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMWhether they’re getting dolled up for a trip to the Shop-N-Stop like it’s a trip to the prom, or realizing, as the Fed-Ex guy walks away, that they’ve had an entire conversation with t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMIn a new concert staged in the famous Ludwigs Festspielhaus In Germany, Sarah Brightman performs beloved favorites from her decades-long career and introduces audiences to enchanting selecti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMChicago Improv Festival, once billed as the biggest sketch and improv fest on the planet, has announced its end after a 20 year run. “Over the past 20 years we have achieved all we set out…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:40AM'Tis the season andIngrid Michaelson is ringing in the holidays alongside one of Broadway's favorite leading men Leslie Odom Jr.Watch the pair in the new video for their rendition of 'All I …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMOscar-nominated actress June Squibb heads back to the Broadway stage on November 19, taking on the role of "Old Josie" (formerly Old Joe) in the Tony-nominated musical Waitress. On…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMTickets are now on sale for the world premiere musical Superhero, appearing at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater in 2019. The previously announced production will begin previews on Janua…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMPopular Wicked alum Katie Rose Clarke is rejoining the hit Broadway musical. Clarke will return to the role of Glinda on December 11, replacing current star Amanda Jane Cooper, who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMJohn Leguizamo is set to direct and star in the indie film 'Critical Thinking' alongside Rachel Bay Jones, according to Deadline.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMThe international hit musical recently celebrated its 15th anniversary at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMThere is a disconnect between the wild imaginative power of Monkey’s adventures and the limited material means through which they’re conveyed, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:22AMUCLA TFT will present new plays, musicals, and operas as part of its mainstage season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:20AMNearly two thirds of respondents to a poll by The Stage said they would object to theatres screening adverts during the interval.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMIn an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, creator Alan Ball spoke about 'True Blood.' Ball revisited theseries, whichpremiered ten years ago and ran for season seasons. Ball mentioned tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMGrammy, Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy award-winning Cher recently surprised Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond, the three ladies who are portraying her at various points in h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMThe Cirque du Soleil will return to Chicago in 2019. But its tent will be pitched not outside the United Center, as has been the case for years, but in the south parking lot of Soldier Field…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMEngelbert Humperdinck’s music and Adelheid Wette’s lyrics come to life in this new production of “Hansel und Gretel” at Staatsoper, Berlin from December 14, 2018 through January, 12,…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:14AMBeginning performances Tuesday, December 11, the ever popular Katie Rose Clarke will return to the role of Glinda in WICKED.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMBy Amelia Parenteau. Amelia Parenteau explores the importance of the Seuls en Scène French Theater Festival in Princeton, New Jersey, and discuses the themes and productions at this year’…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:06AMRosalie Craig, the star of the West End’s gender-swapped Company, has said she hopes the production’s success will encourage producers and writers
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMPrimary Stage’s production of Theresa Rebeck’s family drama opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre November 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMSuper Duper Close Up at the Yard Theatre is a bold, harsh and beautifully realistic look at the fantastical world of existing in the digital age.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMIt was the worst of timing. And the best of timing. Jack and I were supposed to sit down in person last Friday to record his podcast about his incredibly diverse career as a Producer, Theat…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
By Julian Eaves
Julian Eaves reviews Fanatical, a new musical by Matt Board and Reina Hardy now playing at the Playground Theatre.
This post REVIEW: Fanatical, Playground Theatre ✭✭✭ f…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:54AMProbably the most famous guitarist on the New York scene, Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog will be on stage at Opera de Lyon on November 30.Guitarist par excellence, New York’s Marc Ribot became…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:53AMLeguizamo will also play a chess coach in the film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMThe Primary Stages production marks the first time the siblings have performed on the New York stage together.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMTickets are now on sale to the general public for the upcoming Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations. Get your tickets now by visiting www.Telecharge.com, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMThe show tells a story of women through portraits that span a little more than two hundred years.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMThis was a truly great performance, one that fully suited the BPO’s season-long, dual commemorations.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:32AMBy Porsche McGovern. For the fourth year, Porsche McGovern shares her research on LORT theatre designers from the past five years.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:32AMComposer Schwartz is also part of the Orphaned Songs for Orphaned Starfish at the Cutting Room.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMThe Tony-winning musical will conclude its acclaimed run in April 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AM'Downstairs' doesn't add up to much, but what's there is suspenseful.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:08AMPerforming in her first pantomime this Christmas in Dick Whittington at Theatr Clwyd in Wales, Alice McKenna tells Giverny Masso what it’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for November 5-11, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMPrimary Stagespresents Downstairs by Theresa Rebeck Smash, BernhardtHamlet, Poor Behavior at Primary Stages, directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt What We're Up Against. Performances began at t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMExploring what it is to be young in Ireland today, Lisa Carroll’s debut play Cuckoo comes roaring to life at Soho Theatre, leading us without preamble into the world of best friends – an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMCaroline: "At the beginning of September we decided that we would start looking for a dog on September 16th. On that date we would try to start planning for a dog and see if it was something…
SOURCE: www.petsofbroadway.org at 10:00AM
By: David Sheward
November 19, 2018: “We’re liberal Democrats from Broadway,” defiantly proclaims the amazing Brooks Ashmanskas as Barry Glickman, an egotistical musical-comedy star…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:50AMThe Belle Epoque is coming to Broadway. “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” the stage version of the beloved film, is hitting the Great White Way treatment next summer. Previews will be…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:48AMThe man who shouted “Heil Hitler! Heil Trump!” in Baltimore’s Hippodrome during the intermission of Fiddler on the Roof on November 14 actually meant his outburst to be a g…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:42AMHeading into Thanksgiving, “A Star is Born” maintains its lead over “Roma” in the Best Picture race according to the predictions of the 30 Oscar Experts at Gold Derby…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:40AMThe top growing current Broadway musicals wereThe Prom17.76,King Kong5.24,The Cher Show2.34,My Fair Lady1.47 andHead Over Heels1.41.The top growing current Broadway plays wereThe New One36.1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of November 19, 2018
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMFollowing Sheridan Smith’s revelations about her breakdown, which occurred when she was starring in Funny Girl in the West End, Lyn Gardner
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AMIn playwright Hansol Jung’s world of glorious magical realism, the Internet is portrayed by people singing in binary code and fathers turning into penguins who have lost their wings. Those…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:08AMA thoughtful production at London’s Print Room raises questions about assisted dying, consciousness and identity
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 09:02AMBroadway may have reopened its theatres on Sept. 13, but it was Mary Zimmerman's 'Metamorphoses' that seemed to capture and transform NYC's grief.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
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The Pulitzer-winning play now at the Public Theater tells of how a thriving blue-collar city came to top America’s most impoverished list.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:58AMAs theatre addresses more of things like mass shootings and sexual assaults, the warnings have arrived. “The phenomenon has led to searching discussions at theaters large and small, pi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:45AMThe Broadway adaptation of Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! will begin its run on the boards next summer, producers announced, with previews starting June 28 and opening night on June 25.
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SOURCE: Deadline at 08:42AM By Ron Fassler When it comes to the thousands of Broadway overtures written over the past hundred years or more, there is a general consensus that the one Jule Styne com…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:34AMBy Douglas Mayo
Following sell-out runs at London’s The Other Palace and Wilton’s Music Hall, Liza Pulman Sings Streisand is to play dates at the Lyric Theatre in early 2019.
Thi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:29AM By Myra Chanin The first time I heard Barbara Ann Malley sing was at the March 27th performance of Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway at Don’t Tell Mama, its home base. That e…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:15AMSilbert – whose first job was as a Hampstead script reader – will leave Birmingham Rep for her new post in spring 2019Roxana Silbert has been appointed artistic director of Hampstead the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMColiseum, OldhamKevin Shaw’s colourful panto is an enjoyable sugar rush seemingly powered by E-numbersFine Time Fontayne and Simeon Truby make their first entrance as the Ugly Sisters wear…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AMProducer Carmen Pavlovic Global Creatures justannounced that Moulin Rouge, based on the 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann, will open on Broadway at the Al Hirschfeld …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AMMoulin Rouge! The Musical is officially headed to Broadway. The stage adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's 2001 motion picture will make its home at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginning on June 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:12AMListen: “Moulin Rouge!” Announces Broadway Plans, Broadway Mourns the Passing of Two Icons, “West Side Story” Revival Announces Interesting Search, LaChanze “Today on…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:00AMThe Show People Podcast is back! This special ‘Show Peep’ tells you what Andrew Keates has been up to in Ireland, how we’ve become an award-winning podcast and details of Arion’s nex…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe fraught election season of blue and red is (sort of) in the rearview mirror as bright holiday colors deck the halls and malls. Before you’re overloaded with shopping and socializing, t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:00AM“We tamed the beast—you and I—we brought him to this city,” crows Carl Denham, the filmmaker and impresario in the new Broadway musical “King Kong.” The production’s beast tame…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:00AM“Moulin Rouge!” is coming to Broadway next season with the cast from its Boston tryout. The musical, produced by Carmen Pavlovic, chief executive of Global Creatures and lead producer of…
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Alex Timbers' musical adaptation of the 2001 film will open in summer 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AMWith high-end production values and thousands of shows a year, cruise-ship entertainment offers opportunities to performers and crew across all fields –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMPerformers including Giles Terera and Bonnie Langford have said there is still “snobbery” towards musical theatre, arguing that the genre is “almost
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMAfter extensive touring, including dates at Wilton's Music Hall and Cadogan Hall, and most recently, sell-outs at The Other Palace (where Faves founder Terri Paddock caught it), LIZA PULMAN …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:15AMAdd another award to her long list According to Variety, Judi Dench will be honored with the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film at the upcoming British Interna…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06AMMotherlode has been touring this short four-hander, written and directed by Rachael Boulton, round venues in Wales for its premiere. It’s London’s luck that it has rocked up at the Finbo…
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Roxana Silbert has been appointed artistic director and joint chief executive of London’s Hampstead Theatre. She will succeed Edward Hall, who steps
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMNearly 50 actors and writers including Michaela Coel, Clarke Peters, Lucian Msamati and Lennie James have signed a letter in solidarity with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMHOT on Broadway (adj): fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.BROADWAY HEAT: THE PROM EDITIONLast week, The Prom opened to raves (including right here on this…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 06:42AMMillennial Notes Foer & Block Show Why History Matters by Rachel Norby Simon Block’s adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Everything is Illuminated exposes the unfortu…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:37AMRoxana Silbert has been announced as the new artistic director and joint chief executive of Hampstead Theatre and will join the theatre in spring 2019, taking over from Edward Hall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:34AM500,000 tickets have been released to Wicked. Along with an extension to November 2019, five extra performances have been added to the Christmas run.
The post Wicked extends to November 2019…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:20AMA skilful comination of elegance and dexterity, blended with the modesty of a haiku, “Anywhere,” will be on stage, at The Pit of London’s Barbican Centre, January 22-26, 2018. As …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:13AMPaula Vogel had her first Broadway production just a couple of years ago, with “Indecent,” a play-with-music concerning a famous theater censorship trial. But Vogel’s been a major pres…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AMYes, it’s true, the West End production of the award-winning Kinky Boots is being filmed later this month for future worldwide screening and from 26-28 November original cast members Killi…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMFolky, emotive, excellently performed and ever relevant, the National Theatre’s production of Hadestown is a grand triumph.
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The 2018 Rob Guest Endowment took place tonight at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre in front of a panel of expert judges including Kellie Dickerson, Jason Langley, Sharon Millerchip and Guy Simpso…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:59AMOn its premiere “Monsieur” will be previewed at the MK2 Library, Paris in presence of the film’s director and other guests on December 3, 2018.Laurent Delahousse picks up an intriguing…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:38AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories MTC honors Bernadette Peters at its gala tonight, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21AMMatt Board and Reina Hardy’s new musical Fanatical taps into the apparently unstoppable rise of comic-book culture, but takes a refreshingly uncynical slant on the subject.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMDo you need reminding why you love musical - or whatever else you happen to be a fan of? Then, you've got to check out the premiere production of Matt Board and Reina Hardy's comic-book show…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:00AM
Who is Dr Karl? The stage persona of Karl Kruszelnicki who, thanks to growing up in an era when Education was seen as a Worthwhile Investment in the Future, has had 28 years of tax -payer fu…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:30AMAustralia’s favourite ‘twisted sisters’ are back to spread their macabre brand of Christmas cheer across the country this November and December in their hilariously kooky show,…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:11AMIt’s that time of year for the round-ups and the best-ofs. We’re a nation of list lovers and there’s nothing like December
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Kneebone Cadillac – Theatre Royal Plymouth Simon Stokes’ last production at Theatre Royal Plymouth will be the new play by Carl Grose, recently
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMLast week in the Guardian, journalist Sam Leith wrote in praise of “difficult” novels. The piece was in response to coverage of
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The Gershwins & McCoy Deliver Delicious Dancing by Evelyn Arevalo and Barry David Horwitz Here’s a musical that illuminates 30s history. “Crazy for You” takes place during the Grea…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:44AMThe Yard, LondonThe latest from theatre company Made in China is an arresting monologue about an actor prone to panic attacks and phone addictionA woman in a frilly green dress stands centre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AMYoon Jong-bin’s “The Spy Gone North” is based on the true story of Park Chae-Seo, who was a South Korean spy with the code name of “Black Venus.” The film is being screened at Les …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:23AMJosie Rourke’s “Mary Queen of Scots” looks at two formidable women in Britain exploring the turbulent relationship between Mary Stuart and her cousin, Elizabeth I of England. The film …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:12AMWelcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The Redemption of Gertie Greene by Taryn Temple takes an upside-down look at bullying and the importance of standing up for those who can’t do it …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMHarry Potter's Evanna Lynch Sorts Her Dancing With The Stars PartnerJoin Young Hollywood for our most magical "Dancing With The Stars" rehearsal yet as we go behind the scenes with the encha…
SOURCE: younghollywood.com at 01:00AM
Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, November 19, 2018 - Monday, November 19, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55AMThe Tony-winning Broadway production of Kinky Boots welcomes British pop star and YouTube sensation Conor Maynard in the role of Charlie Price on November 19 for a limited run through Januar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33AMAcademy Award nominee June Squibb steps back onto the Broadway stage on November 19, taking on the role of Old Josie (formerly known as Old Joe) in the Tony-nominated musical Waitress a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33AMTogether, Berliner siblings and musical chameleons Otto and Astrid Rot have had many years at the forefront of the post-punk scene. Shows by their band Die Roten Punkte have given us sketche…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:13AM“In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf…” A simple opening sentence that makes both adults and children alike squeak with excitement, Eric Carle’s The V…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:09AMTips to find the best spot on the parade route, the full lineup listing, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe recording star and YouTube favorite returns to the role of Billy Flynn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe tour of the Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Joseph Robinette musical launches in Orange, Texas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKate Baldwin, Danny Burstein, Gavin Creel, Joel Grey, and more are part of the evening celebrating the three-time Tony recipient.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCherise Boothe stars as Undine in the 2004 play by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Staller directs the Project Shaw presentation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Twyla Tharp’s “Minimalism and Me” at the Joyce Theater, "Although this accumulation of compositional abstractions sounds impressive, what really emerged was a style �…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMA new interactive show fuses theatrical design and neuroscience in an attempt to parse the female brain---Back in 2012, Melania Trump tweeted out a photo of a whale with the caption, "What i…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMGuest Writer Blakeley White-McGuire Stages Martha Graham's Errand Into the Maze at the Semperoper in Dresden, Germany, "The whole experience was a window to culture that revealed how its …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn "Balanchine: The City Center Years" at New York City Center With Ballet Companies From Around the World, "City Center played a central role in Balanchine’s artistic development: Without…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM