Who is Shoeb Ahmad? An artist working across music and time-based mixed-media works who also happens to be a proud trans-femme Muslim woman of Bangladeshi descent. What would you do differen…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:55PMIn the middle of the opening-night performance on Monday, the actor who plays Sonny Bono criticized Mr. West for looking at his cellphone. The rapper apologized.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMIt’s another celebrity-inspired musical, sputtering off the jukebox assembly line.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:42PMIndustry and educators are agreed: the world needs creativity. There is interest in the field, lots of urging but remarkably little action. Everyone is a bit scared of what to do next. On th…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:41PMAboriginal song traditions, opera for children, extreme metal and the work of historic composer Joseph Haydn are just some of the themes that will be explored at an upcoming music conference…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:23PMThe three faces of Cherilyn Sarkisian Bono Allman are the subject of a new Broadway jukebox musical that’s big on sequins, low on insight.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMEarly in The Cher Show, Sonny Bono reprimands Cher when she complains about the rigors of stardom. “You bought the ticket; take the ride.” The target audience at the Neil Sim…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:17PMListen: The Reviews are Wildly Mixed for “The Cher Show,” Jarrod Spector Calls Out Kanye, & the Great “Moulin Rouge” Teaser! “Today on Broadway” is a …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 10:11PMWhy have one Cher when you can have three? 'The Cher Show' offers a sequined look at one of pop culture's most influential stars.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:06PMAs a dancer in 2018, YouTube — and the internet in general — is one of your greatest resources. Research a show before you go in for the audition, check out an interview from a well-know…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:05PMFrom the moment the houselights dim and the music cranks up on The Cher Show, Broadway's newest bio-musical, the message is clear. Surrender to the fabulousness ahead and brace yourself for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04PMThe Cher Show, a new musical based on the music icon Cher officially opens on Broadway tonight The icon herself was in attendance for the show's opening night and made a surprise appearance …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04PMIf I could turn back time, I’d rewind to my night at “The Cher Show” for another happy high. Think I’m kidding? Snap out of it! Granted, the jukebox musical that opened on Broadway M…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:04PM
Love is unique. It is an intense bond of emotion, desire, and care between two people, deeply special to one another, that for them cannot be duplicated anywhere on Earth. Bureaucracy must r…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:49PMExploring all forms of loving connections between humans, Melbourne’s Immigration Museum presents in partnership with Heide Museum of Modern Art, LOVE this Summer. Soulmates. Friends…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:46PMDancers have always been the kind of people who take the road less traveled. Who sacrifice the comfortable for the pursuit of excellence. Now, there is a noticeable rise in the number of dan…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:45PMWe have arrived upon one of the most anticipated seasons of the year. With the holiday season around us at every corner, it is a season not only of joy but one of tradition. One tradition th…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:36PMCher fans will be singing the praises of Stephanie J. Block, who leads three great actresses in this spectacular musical.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:32PMThe Nutcracker – it makes most think of snow falling as ballerinas scurry across the stage, Polichinelles running out from under Mother Ginger’s giant skirt, the Cavalier and Sugar P…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:28PMFrom the time when you were younger, sitting on Santa’s lap and telling him what you wanted for Christmas, wishing has been a large part of the holiday season. This year, we asked several …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:21PMA subtle, surprising production of Lucas Hnath’s ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ at George Street Playhouse warrants a look from Ibsen sequel skeptics. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:19PMAfter long correspondence (both in years and text length), I finally had an opportunity to meet with Carter Gillies over Thanksgiving weekend. On at least one occasion I dubbed Carter R…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:18PMStephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, and Micaela Diamond star as the entertainment icon in the new Broadway bio-musical that opens December 3 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13PMWell-deserved raves for Martin Moran's heart-breaking solo piece, The Tricky Part, can be found at the Times, Theater Mania, and the Fordham Observer. I'm more interested in the why of …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 09:12PMKanye West attended the first night of Broadway musical “The Cher Show” alongside Kim Kardashian West, but it’s up in the air whether he actually got anything out of the pe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:02PMPlease excuse the feeling of foreboding that flooded my bloodstream as I waited to enter the Neil Simon Theatre, where The Cher Show opened tonight.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:02PMSpanning major contemporary art exhibitions, dance, performance, music and food, Carriageworks has revealed its 2019 Artistic Program, supporting over 900 artists and will present 86 projec…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:01PMA biographical jukebox musical about a Pop icon who’s lived her life in the public eye since the age of sixteen, The Cher Show, making its Broadway debut at the Neil Simon Theatre, has all…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00PMWith nostalgic tunes, kitsch design, and oodles of Bob Mackie sequins, The Cher Show is a suitably dazzling new jukebox musical based
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMIs it possible to be brainwashed by sequins? I was so addled by the finale of The Cher Show that I began to imagine a tiny, spandex-and-spangle-clad devil on my shoulder, poking me behind th…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00PMNew shows debuting in 2019 include Lady Gaga, Lady Antebellum and Aerosmith. Britney Spears has a new Vegas home.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:00PMEven jukebox musicals and celebrity bio-shows need clear reasons for theatrical being. In her one-woman show, Elaine Stritch memorably described herself as a “existential problem in tights…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PMFame may be a “fleeting bitch,” according to the title character in “The Cher Show” — and who would know better? Temperamental she may be, as the musical illustrates while churnin…
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The Cher Show, a new musical based on the music icon Cher officially opens on Broadway tonight and the stars have turned out to celebrate the icon's big Broadway debut.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMThe Cher Show, anew musical based on the music icon Cher officially opens on Broadway tonight
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMThe Cher Show, a new musical based on the music icon Cher officially opens on Broadway tonight The icon herself met up with BWW's very own Richard Ridge on the red carpet tonight to dish abo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54PMChoosing to recreate the spirit of the television variety shows that Sonny and Cher — and then Cher sans Sonny — headlined in the ‘70s is a choice that lands as flat as the jokes in Br…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:42PM11th Hour Theatre Company makes a strong case for the cult musical ‘Children of Eden.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:41PM★★★★ It takes three performers to portray the one-and-only Cher in a wildly entertaining jukebox show
The post The Cher Show: Truly Turning Back Time With a Singular Superstar appear…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:40PMThe holiday season is fast upon us and, of course, all of the old favorites are running on TV. Sometimes, though, it is really nice to go and see a new take on an old classic. The Twin Beach…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:39PM★★★★ Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond play Sonny's erstwhile partner with the absolutely right style
The post The Cher Show: Just as Sassy, Bold and Determined as …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:35PMIn today’s film news roundup, “A Star Is Born” gets an Imax release, Oscar winner Stephen Flick gets an honor and Jeremy Renner’s “Arctic Dogs” is set for…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:31PMBelieving in life after love turns out to be a surer bet than pinning your hopes on jukebox musicals, no matter how fabulous the subject. The Cher Show, opening tonight at Broadway’s N…
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Head Over Heels, Summer, and Once On This Island will all close within weeks. But larger issues loom ahead for the booming industry...
SOURCE: Forbes at 05:54PMJermyn Street theatre, LondonWith a cast of three playing multiple characters, this is an energetic telling of the cadaver-supplying criminalsYou learn something new all the time. I had alwa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42PM“My recurring nightmare was me, onstage, in this 1,100-seat theater, with no people in it. I’ve had it ever since we even talked about doing the show [The New One] on Broadway. S…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMIt is acommon knowledgeamong musical theatre types that Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's West Side Story is among the most enduring and beloved musicals of all-time. Most folks might…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMLiz Callaway, A Hymn to Her at 54 Below, Tuesday, December 3rd – Saturday, December 8th at 7:00pm, The Rescignos: Merry Christmas to Paul, and to Paul a Good Night at The Duplex, Thursday,…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:29PMJosh Cohen’s year long (Valentine’s Day to Valentine’s Day) struggle with the vicissitudes of life is chronicled in eleven musical numbers by an energetic and talented cast that not on…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 05:29PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend.
Dominic West & David Oyelowo Are Unsung Heroes in First Trailer for BBC's Les Misérables
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway bow of Ink, James Graham's acclaimed new play about the making of the tabloid newspaper The Sun. Olivier winner Rupert Goold will direct the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMFarting geese and the spirit of Christmas: Andy Edwards reviews Johnny McKnight's deliriously silly and subversive panto.
The post Review: Mammy Goose at the Tron, Glasgow appeared first on …
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:23PMChristmas Mubarak - Silk Road Rising at the historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington, is offering $15 industry tickets on December 3, 4, 10, 11 at 7:30p.m. and December 7 at 8 p.m.…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:18PM• mainstage slot in late spring, 2019…contact Michael Colucci: [email protected]• opening Sat, May 18 • closing Sun, June 16 • 18 performances total (Thu, Fri, Sat 7:3…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 05:18PMTony winner Michael Mayer's new staging of Verdi’s masterpiece stars Diana Damrau and Juan Diego Flórez in the lead roles, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting. It …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMFrom plays and musicals to a comedy-sketch show, here are five holiday shows worth checking out this year.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:04PM
Decades into the 21st century, the Rockettes remain a nostalgic institution, evoking a time when white women had the spotlight but were expected to stayed in line.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMBy: Paulanne Simmons
December 3, 2018: On December 7, 1914, Pope Benedict XV suggested a temporary hiatus of the war for the celebration of Christmas. The Germans agreed, but the Briti…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:34PM'Joyful sincerity': Pete Kirwan writes on an earnest, escapist panto that brings the 12th century into the 21st.
The post Review: Robin Hood and the Babes in the Woods at Nottingham Playhous…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:33PMKiss Me, Kate is coming back to Broadway with favorite Tony winning soprano Kelli O'Hara leading the cast alongside Will Chase. Roundabout revealed the new artwork for the show, watch the vi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMBroadway box office fell back to earth last week following the previous week’s best-Thanksgiving-ever skyrocket numbers. With two additional shows on board raising the number of produc…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:28PMThe acclaimed musical adaptation of the smash 1990 film Pretty Woman might have opened at the kickoff of the fall season, but despite a slew of additional new musical productions having debu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMSeveral non-musicals are playing to capacity audiences on Broadway.
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On Monday, Broken Nose Theatre announced casting for its Midwest premiere of Stephen Spotswood’s “Girl in the Red Corner,” directed by Elizabeth Laidlaw. The cast includes BNT company …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:56PMThe latest about Moulin Rouge!, The Cher Show, and Lin-Manuel Miranda in today's news.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:47PMWelcome 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 03:36PMBy Jen Gushue. Jen Gushue explores the emergence of filk theatre, a niche genre that uses a folk-concert frame as a basis for storytelling.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:31PMThis is far from the first time that popular music has made its way to the Broadway stage. Below, check out a thorough history of jukebox musicals on Broadway. From The Beatles to The Bee Ge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMAs the cast of The Chew Show prepares to take their opening night bows at the Neil Simon Theatre tonight, the legend behind the musical just received a very special honor at the Kennedy Cent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, it was recently announced that composer Jason Robert Brown and Broadway and TV star Jeremy Jordan will team up for a performance at SubCulture NYC on Se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMWelcome 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 03:13PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1222018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMThis is one of the year’s most heartwarming films; not sentimental, but projecting a profound sense of resilient joy at its heart.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMIsabelle McCalla talks The Prom, the book that changed her life, and touring the country as Princess Jasmine in Aladdin.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:06PMArena Stage offers up the regional premiere of Paula Vogel’s Tony-nominated drama.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PMAt the Phillips on Sunday, the two musicians achieved a rare ensemble cohesion.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:04PM
The Camden People’s Theatre never ceases to amaze me with the sheer range of productions they put on. The bizarre and avant-garde can often be found here, and Paid Fantasist is no exceptio…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:54PMSOME ENCHANTED EVENING INDEED At about 8 am on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes filled the sky over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Bombs and bullets rained onto the vessels moored below on the Unite…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:42PMOnly Dreaming features songs from Aladdin, Big Fish, Sweeney Todd, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PM by Elizabeth Ahlfors The road to women’s rights has not been smooth. It has been disjointed in battles for the right to vote, gain equality in virtually eve…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 02:31PMCatharine McGrath, who has a new identity as NiteLifeExchange’s “Cabaret Katie,” calls herself “the luckiest woman I know.” In 2016 McGrath began to live her dreams. She’d worked…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:20PMBy Julie Janson If you are looking for some holiday merriment that is fun for all ages, dance and sing your way over to Adventure Theatre’s Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas. This music…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PMKen Berry, a much-loved actor, and dancer died Saturday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMCRITIC’S NOTEBOOK | For a pop song as real as “Thank U, Next” the video had to be fake.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:14PMOn December 3, the latest in Broadway jukebox bio-musicals opens at the Neil Simon Theatre. The Cher Show, starring Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks Micaela Diamond as Cher,&nbs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMGet a sneak peek at Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and more in The Cher Show!
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By Rob Onorato. Rob Onorato talks about boredom as an audience member, the uninspired play, what film has going for it that theatre does not, and more.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:55PMOn Monday, Teatro Vista and Collaboraction announced a co-production of Sandra Delgado’s “La Havana Madrid,” an immersive theatrical experience. The show is based on the true story of …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:50PMIt’s a witch hunt! Witches, whores, collusion, and corruption, peppered with a bit of witness tampering, threaten the dreams of small-town America in Lumina Theatre Company’s inaugur…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:48PMOscar’s favorite actress, Meryl Streep, reconnected to her Jersey roots this past weekend while chatting with Stephen Colbert onstage during the Montclair Film Festival. And it sounds as i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:30PMChristopher Wheeldon’s well-crafted choreography is framed by theatrical sets which, while minimalistic in design, use projection and lighting to conjure a sense of depth and scale that is…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:30PMAfter a lengthy review process on behalf of the Chinese state to determine whether or not Crazy Rich Asians was fit for release in Chinese theaters, the American romantic comedy finally made…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:29PMFrom a Detroit jazz club to a secret fountain of youth, from fairy tales to holiday stories, check out what is onstage this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:21PMActor and director who rescued the Open Air theatre in Regent’s Park, London, in the early 1960sDavid Conville, who has died aged 89, gave the air of being a patrician stage director and m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMThis holiday season, leave snowy Dickensian London behind and, instead, swim in the warm, musical waters at Toby’s Dinner Theatre. You’ll still get in a holiday mood, particular…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMCasting has been announced for the North American tour of the acclaimed musical comedy, Spamilton An American Parody. The tour will launch at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH on December 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMSan Diego's La Jolla Playhouse has extended the world premiere run of the highly anticipated Princess Diana bio-musical Diana. Originally slated to conclude its limited engagement on Mar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04PMMidsommer Flight continues its holiday tradition of staging this Shakespeare classic amidst the flora of the Lincoln Park Conservatory.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMJoanna Lumley, given all your aforementioned useful qualities, you could get attention from lots of influential blokes and get this thing off the ground in a way that I can’t. How about a …
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Her quietly wry, gently self-deprecating autobiographical lecture demonstration, “Minimalism and Me,” was the first half of a program devoted to her early works. These works more often t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:59PMA mini Hamilton reunion took place at the Kennedy Center last night as actors from Hamilton’s original Broadway cast took part in the 41st Kennedy Center Honors Awards that recognized the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:48PM The current president of the United States did not attend the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors last night (which will be broadcast on CBS on December 26). But the first U.S. president per…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:29PMPerformances begin in February 2019 at the La Jolla Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMMost of the humor during this section is heteronormative, almost bordering on self-pity and inclusive only of birthing parents. There is nothing wrong with this choice except for the fact th…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:09PMSuba Das, currently associate director of the Curve, Leicester, has been appointed as the next artistic director of HighTide.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:07PMBoundless talent, enthusiasm and creativity bring out The Magic of Victor Herbert Operetta Wonderland in the In Series production playing at the D.C. Scottish Rite Temple venue. Who knew tha…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMFinborough, LondonMairi Hawthorn really gets her teeth into the titular heroine in Aimée Stuart’s 1940 play that creaks with age at timesCinderella stories are all the rage at Christmas. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMFor 14 years, the chief bogeyman of British theatre’s critical fraternity has been the Daily Mail’s Quentin Letts. And now, at last,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMSaturday “The Winter Wolf”: Cora is visited by her ailing grandfather, who tells her the legend of the Winter Wolf, a strange creature stalks those in the winter of their lives. Through …
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Rachel Bloom seems so natural in her role on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, both on camera and behind it, that it’s hard to imagine that there was a time when she wasn’t combining her musical-thea…
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:58AMIn Jessica Dickey's new play, a group of women go on a retreat to live like nuns in the Middle Ages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMHow lucky we are to be alive right now! Hamilton creators Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Andy Blankenbuehler and Alex Lacamoire received Kennedy Center Honors on December 2. The Tony …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMTickets are now on sale for Moulin Rouge! The Musical, set to arrive at Broadway's Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginning on June 28, 2019 with an opening night set for July 25. The main-stem b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMLondon's Old Vic has announced an international broadcast of its upcoming production of Arthur Miller's Tony-winning drama All My Sons. National Theatre Live will air the co-pro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMAcclaimed stage-and-screen star Bonnie Langford is the newest cast member added to the upcoming London debut of 9 to 5, Dolly Parton's beloved musical adaptation of the hit film. Langfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMFrom two-handers spawned above London pubs and subsidised productions to West End commercial hits, there are many different routes a show can
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:52AMThe Old Vic and Headlong Theatre’s production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, directed by Jeremy Herrin and starring Sally Field and Bill Pullman with Jenna Coleman and Colin Morgan will…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:46AMWatch as My Fair Lady standout Cameron Adams performs epic showstoppers from her Broadway career.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:38AMWhen Mark Ronson saw an early cut of “A Star Is Born” at Bradley Cooper‘s house he admits that he was surprised by how “Shallow,” an original song he composed w…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMCurve associate director Suba Das has been named artistic director of HighTide. He replaces Steven Atkinson in the role and will join
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMBirmingham Repertory Theatre executive director Stuart Rogers is to leave the company after 17 years. News of his departure comes after it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMTom Stoppard's play offers a powerful and heady take on a contemporary dilemma, filled with provocative discourse and quick wit, but not a lot of drama.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:12AMTickets are now on sale for Moulin Rouge The Musical, based on the 2001 Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann. Moulin Rouge The Musical will begin performances on Broadway at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMActor. Writer. Lyricist. Director. Mark Waldrop has done it all. His acting career started on Broadway with appearances in Hello, Dolly, The Grand Tour, Evita, and La Cage Aux Folles. Then t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMLater today, December 3,The Shops at Columbus Circle10 Columbus Circle will continue its third year of Broadway Under the Stars, a five-week series of free public performances taking place t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMThe filmed version of the Broadway musical Allegiance, starring George Takei, Lea Salonga, and Telly Leung, will also return to theatres in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AM“What about Rachel Chavkin?” If you’ve asked someone for ideas on who should direct a project recently, I’d bet money that you’ve heard those four words. Rachel…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMChucking Michelle Visage into the cast of Everybody’s Talking About James at the Apollo Theatre is actually a rather inspired move.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWorking in tandem with Scottish writers and composers of contemporary musical theatre Noisemaker (Scott Gilmour and Claire McKenzie), Dundee Rep Ensemble and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AM
The Olivier Award-winning show will play eight weeks at The Other Palace while continuing its West End run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMHere comes the president! No, not that one.Chris Jackson — who played George Washington in the original cast of Hamilton — is striding down the Kennedy Center Honors red carpet on Sunday…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:42AMhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/877295-episode-169-rachel-chavkin.mp3 “What about Rachel Chavkin?” If you’ve asked someone for ideas on who should direct a project recent…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:38AMTickets for the musical adaptation of the Baz Luhrmann film are now on sale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMIt’s kind of perfect that Andy Williams’ birthday falls during the Christmas season, isn’t it? My prime-time TV watching days started after he stopped doing his weekly vari…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s musical opened December 6, 2015 at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMPitch-black and wickedly funny, Jermyn Street Theatre’s seasonal offering Burke and Hare (first performed at the Watermill earlier this year) is a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:11AMEnter a world of splendor and romance, of eye-popping excess, of glitz, grandeur and glory! A world where Bohemians and aristocrats rub elbows and revel in electrifying enchantment. Pop the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:10AMThis year’s Mercury Theatre pantomime takes the seed of a traditional fairytale, Jack and the Beanstalk, and feeds it a Miracle Gro
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:07AMThe Charles Court Opera annual pantomime has become an Islington tradition. Artistic director and author John Savournin enjoys subverting classic stories and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AMS. Lee Lewis will direct Kevin Ray Johnson’s one-act drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMCo-founders Kevin Iega Jeff and Gary Abbott have been making and presenting dances that celebrate community.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMImaginative, witty and beautiful – Seussical at the Southwark Playhouse will make you feel like a five-year-old again.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
BroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AMWhat was the best drama you saw this year? Perhaps you saw Network in New York with Bryan Cranston. Or maybe the best drama this year was at the family table, on Thanksgiving. Maybe it was i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:54AMAdditional casting has also been announced for the production, which begins previews in April 2019 at The Old Vic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMTheatergoers have a fresh opportunity to enjoy Brian Friel's brilliant talent in a double-bill. at the Irish Repertory Theatre. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:42AMBy Jonathan Hall
Jonathan Hall reviews Deborah MacAndrew’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens now playing at Leeds Playhouse.
This post REVIEW: A Christmas Carol, Leeds…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:41AMAn ensemble of actor-musicians chronicles the story of America's first women soldiers in a lovely new musical by Prospect Theater Company
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:38AMTwenty years after its first outing at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre, Paul Boyd’s colourful helter-skelter ride down a rabbit hole into Wonderland returns
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:37AMCelebrating a decade of work, Scottee is returning with Hamburger Queen. He chats with Josephine Balfour Oatts about how, when it comes to ‘fatness’, society is the problem. Scot…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:24AMDecember 3 is the birthday of an interesting and anomalous Hollywood star Richard Talmadge (1892-1981). Talmadge was a person of so much fluidity and variation, he’s impossible to put …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AMWhen a theater produces Death of a Salesman , it’s not unknown territory. The director can adopt, adapt or depart from what has been done before. But when it’s a world premiere such as P…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:12AM
The Big Yin mastered the art of funny – there was barely such a thing as standup comedy when he graduated from Glasgow’s shipyard to the stageIt was news we saw coming, but that barely d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMSchool of Rock recently celebrated three years of rocking and rolling on Broadway. The show held a fan appreciation event and the posed with their cake. BroadwayWorld was there and you can c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AMWhile Scottish panto legend Johnny McKnight, who writes the pantomimes for both the Macrobert in Stirling and the Tron in Glasgow, usually
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMThe final casting of Arthur Miller's blistering drama has been announced. Find out who's joining Sally Fields, Bill Pullman, Jenna Coleman and Colin Morgan.
The post Further casting announce…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:30AMBy: Paulanne Simmons
December 4, 2018: Meg Flather and Lisa Viggiano first conceived of their show, #realjoy (at Don’t Tell Mama Dec. 2 and 30) as a way of getting rid of those pre-Chri…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:29AMAs longtime artistic director Tony Taccone leaves and new AD Johanna Pfaelzer comes in, Berkeley Rep’s managing director, Susan Medak, explains how that transition is working. “P…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AMWith only a month to go before 2019, the centenary of the 1918 Armistice is marked in operatic form with this widely
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMIt has been nearly 80 years since Aimée Stuart’s enchanting and whimsical comedy, Jeannie, has been performed in London so thank god for the Finborough Theatre in staging a revival.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe dance department’s winter concert will be the first official production on the PNC Theatre stage in the new Pittsburgh Playhouse.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
The Old Vic and Headlong Theatre’s production of All My Sons will be broadcast to cinemas around the UK as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:57AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghElla Hickson’s adaptation of JM Barrie’s story is a funny and heartbreaking coming-of-age tale for its swashbuckling heroinePeter Pan is as much a concept as a cha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMNothing’s more amazing than a musical, we guess: More than 135,000 people watched the cinematic broadcast of the West End musical (which transferred from Broadway), and it took in near…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AMI have waited for a LONG time to get a chance to talk to Tony Award Nominee, Melissa Errico, in a studio, when we can have more than a 10 minute window. Her latest CD, SONDHEIM SUBLIME, is b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMThe Skivvies brought their holiday best to Joe's Pub on December 2, with their show 'I Touch My Elf.' The show featured special guests Sierra Boggess, Alice Ripley, Nick Adams, Wesley Taylor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMIn our sparkly pantomime special, Doctor Who star Sharon D Clarke and her wife, panto expert Susie McKenna, discuss their enduring love
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMThe Finborough Theatre presents the first London production in 35 years of Athol Fugard's Apartheid-era, South African classic A Lesson From Aloes in the new year, with Janet Suzman directin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:21AMWatching panto at the Playhouse is like sitting in front of a log fire with all the family home for Christmas. It
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMThe Cher ShowOpening Night: Monday, December 3, 2018Neil Simon TheatreCongratulations to the following cast members who are making their Broadway debuts tonight!Micaela DiamondBabeMichael Gr…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:06AMCelebrities including Sting and Benedict Cumberbatch, the mayors of New York and London, and the former archbishop of Canterbury intervened with the Trump administration The Jungle was a hit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHowever, so good a time was had by both in Dublin on the last Glee tour that – ahead of their LM/DC concert tour dates in the UK – Lea Michele and Darren Criss (aka Glee’s Rachel Berry…
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The Stage’s annual ticketing survey published last week showed that the average top-price ticket across all West End shows is £117.52, up 19%
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMThe Wales Theatre Awards have been cancelled permanently, following a row over diversity earlier this year. The move comes after an open
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMThe Royal Opera House is transforming its newly refurbished Paul Hamlyn Hall into a ballet studio for a day, when dancers will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMThe actor on her playwriting debut, Hole, at the Royal Court, the power of Beyoncé, and the pleasures of Vanity FairEllie Kendrick, 28, is an actor and writer. She started acting profession…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMFor eight weeks only, the Olivier Award-winning and spontaneous musical, Showstopper! will be playing at The Other Palace Theatre.
The post Showstopper! The Improvised Musical to open at The…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:35AMSteve Marmion’s pantomime brings a taste of London to the Oxford Playhouse stage in his take on Dick Whittington and His Cat.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMA Christmas Story, The Musical centres on a young boy called Ralphie (Felix Hepburn) whose only Christmas wish is to receive a BB gun, and the ways in which his family builds up to the speci…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMAmbitious, infectious, yet seemingly never-ending, Cuckoo is a boiling pot of talent and potential that would have to be subject to a considerable sizing-down before becoming a hit show. Tou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMAs a New Yorker and member of the theatre community, I try to support my friends when they open new shows on Broadway which means I am fortunate to spend many evenings heading to theatres ar…
SOURCE: www.charleboischic.com at 06:00AMA Christmas Carol with a supporting cast of 200? A Christmas Carol with four alternating casts of 200, involving as many in making Christmas as possible, with the maximum social benefit? I c…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMAlfie Boe has claimed his fifth top 10 album as a solo artist in the UK chart, in at number 10, with the release of his vibrant album As Time Goes By via Decca Records. Will you be Sing Sing…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMAlfie Boe has claimed his fifth top 10 album as a solo artist in the UK chart, in at number 10, with the release of his vibrant album As Time Goes By via Decca Records. Will you be Sing Sing…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AM
Light, bright, and cheerful, Andrew Pollard’s Robinson Crusoe is a breezy adventure with a few subversive twists. After a boilerplate first half
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMThere is plenty for audiences to chew over in Ella Hickson’s clever and contemporary adaptation of Peter Pan. Based on JM Barrie’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AMBy Douglas Mayo
Olivier Award-Winning Showstopper! The Improvised Musical has just announced a limited season at The Other Palace London where the show will celebrate its 1000th performance.…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:42AMThis is the Christmas show for people who hate Christmas shows. Anthony Neilson’s one-act 1995 comedy The Night Before Christmas, revived confidently
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:37AM“I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain to see for certain what I thought I knew. Far far away someone was weeping, but the world was sleeping, Any Dream Will Do”. On November 3…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 05:36AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories The Cher Show officially opens tonight, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32AMThe pop star, who was briefly homeless during her teens, helped open two shelters for L.G.B.T. youth.
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Who is Charlotte Saliou? I’m a director. I direct shows with circus, clowns, musicians and dancers. I’m a comedian too – I perform with my own company Jackie Star and Compagnie. …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:31AM"The change is small but the difference is mighty" - J N Benjamin writes on how Misty was transformed in the hands of Arinzé Kene's female understudy, Kibong Tanji.
The post Misty’s U…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:19AMTheatr Clwyd maintains its consistently high panto standards with this year’s rock’n’roll show, Dick Whittington. Christian Patterson’s script manages to remain incredibly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:10AMJoin Celine Dion, Adele, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Britney Spears & more of your favorite female vocalists on stage together in the singular form of Christina Bianco in O Come …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:04AMThis is both Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper’s 10th pantomime for Above the Stag and their first in its new building in
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While I appreciate it as a landmark in both film making and scoring, I've otherwise never much understood the appeal of King Kong. Sure, there's incredibly cool stop-motion animation an…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:54AMFretting over what to get the arts lover in your life for Christmas? Fear not. From bath-time psychotherapy to death-metal knitwear, we’ve got you covered Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMTrue West, Vaudeville Theatre, London Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn – so wonderfully menacing in Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen – star in Matthew Dunster’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM“There are two elephants in this room”, the Polish director Jan Klata said to the audience assembled at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWell blow me down, it looks as if the ground is starting to shift. The welcome appointment of Matthew Xia to head
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
The new Broadway bio-musical The Cher Show celebrates opening night at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre on December 3. Tony nominee Jason Moore directs the production, which began previews …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AMMusical tributes stood out, but the presence of the Broadway musical and its creators provided a night of firsts.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:42AMBilingual American women worked as telephone operators in World War I, and their story is turned into a stirring musical here.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:36AMEmmy and Oscar Winner Donald Sutherland has joined Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant in HBO’s upcoming drama series “The Undoing.”The limited series “The Undoing,” is based on the book …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:16AMStephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, and Micaela Diamond star as the entertainment icon in the new Broadway bio-musical that opens at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNorbert Leo Butz, Noma Dumezweni, Ashley Park, Cherry Jones, and many more are part of the December 3–4 performances benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe personal and political play from the Tony-winning librettist of Dear Evan Hansen can be seen on Thirteen in the New York City area.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAfter Britain’s Got Talent and performing for The Queen, the magician will next wow The Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Dance Because You Can," a new book by choreographer Amy Jordan, highlights 5 steps to transform Trauma into Triumph.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe Merce Cunningham Trust, the Barbican, BAM, and CAP UCLA have announced "Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event." The late, legendary American choreographer Merce Cunningham’s 100th bir…
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