A Child’s Christmas in Wales (2018) by Mark Dundas Wood

It’s a very presentational show. The six ensemble members comprise a sort of group narrator, working in tandem to relate the memories of the Thomas character for the audience—sometimes s…

People You Should Know . . . Devin Burnam by Zack Calhoon

Devin Burnam is an original member of Sister Sylvester Productions, a frequent collaborator with Mason Holdings, and the Owner/Operator of The Abandoned Gas Station. Recent work: Writer…

People You Should Know . . . Tracy Weller by Zack Calhoon

Tracy Weller (Actress, Playwright, Founder/Director of Mason Holdings) has performed throughout NYC, and festivals in Germany, South Korea and Italy. NYC credits include: Down Range (The Min…

Slave Play Review: Three Interracial Couples Try to Have Sex and Talk About It by New York Theater

“Slave Play,” which marks the Off-Broadway debut of playwright Jeremy O. Harris,  begins, as one would expect from the title, in a plantation in the Antebellum South. It involve…

Critic’s Pick: ‘The Jungle’ Review: Migrants’ Heartbreaking Search for Home in Calais by Ben Brantley

This extraordinary, London-born work of immersive theater places its audience at the fraught and energetic center of a migrant camp in France.

Critic’s Pick: Review: Race and Sex in Plantation America in ‘Slave Play’ by Jesse Green

In a staggering professional New York debut, the playwright Jeremy O. Harris unpacks interracial relationships both antebellum and postmodern.

Aladdin, Hackney Empire review - Clive Rowe returns as the Dame by Veronica Lee

Susie McKenna creates fast-paced fun in a busy mixSusie McKenna and Steven Edis have been creating pantos for Hackney Empire for 20 years, and over that time its seasonal offering has become…

Wick’s Annie With Sally Struthers Reliably Entertaining by Bill Hirschman

It’s not that it’s impossible to mess up the musical Annie, but when you have a reliable troupe of talented hands like those connected to the current Wick Theatre production, you are gua…

Murrysville's Mackenzie Ziegler can't quite sashay away with 'Dancing With the Stars: Juniors' title by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“DWTS” Mirror Star Trophy goes to 10-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown

Expressions Dance Company appoints new Artistic Director by Arts Review

Brisbane’s Expressions Dance Company (EDC) has announced the appointment of Amy Hollingsworth as its new Artistic Director. “We are delighted to welcome Amy Hollingsworth to the artistic…

Today on Broadway: Monday, December 10, 2018 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: Matt was Part Right on his “Waitress” Predictions, Grammy Noms Announced, Author Sues Over “Into the Wild” Musical “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday…

Investing in Australia’s strong arts leadership: present and future by Arts Review

The Australia Council has announced the next cohort of participants in its flagship Arts Leaders and Future Leaders programs. The 20 participants of the Arts Leaders program will embark on a…

Off Broadway Review: ‘The Jungle’ by Gordon Cox

With the rumbling of semis careening by and the sound of Middle Eastern music in the distance, “The Jungle” aims to vividly immerse audiences into the world of the real-life migrant and …

‘THE JUNGLE’ IS POWERFUL, HAUNTING & UNIFYING: REVIEW by James Feinberg

St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn, has been recast as a crowded and vibrant refugee camp called the Calais Jungle on the coast of France. The theater’s ticket booth is in a ramshack…

See ‘The Jungle’ and you won’t be able to get the plight of refugees out of your head by Peter Marks

A British drama that takes you into a refugee camp has its American debut.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to partner with Make-A-Wish Australia by Arts Review

Producers John Frost and Craig Donnell are delighted to announce Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is partnering with Make-A-Wish Australia to bring hope, strength and joy to …

The Jungle: Masterful, Timely, and Devastating Living Theater by Steven Suskin

★★★★★ This latest excellent UK import brings the European Refugee Crisis to our shores The post The Jungle: Masterful, Timely, and Devastating Living Theater appeared first on New…

The Jungle review: A refugee camp with a four-star restaurant, the joys of home, and stories of death by New York Theater

“When does a place become a home?”  It’s a question asked by Ammir Haj Ahmad as Safi, a refugee from Syria who is one of the residents of The Jungle. That was the name given to the ex…

The Jungle: As the World Burns, These Refugees Still Have Hope by Jesse Oxfeld

★★★★★ This dynamic, extraordinary British import confronts our global crisis and offers insight but no answers The post The Jungle: As the World Burns, These Refugees Still Have Ho…

Slave Play: Gabbing Too Much About Sexual Dysfunction and Racism by Michael Sommers

★★ Steamy sex scenes evaporate into hot air in newcomer Jeremy O. Harris' debut drama The post Slave Play: Gabbing Too Much About Sexual Dysfunction and Racism appeared first on New Y…

Slave Play by Jk Clarke

        by Brian Scott Lipton   It’s hardly a secret that in the Antebellum south, white owners often took sexual advantage of their African-American slaves. But i…

John Cena Talks Bumblebee & Working With Hailee Steinfeld

John Cena Talks Bumblebee & Working With Hailee SteinfeldYoung Hollywood catches up with the one and only John Cena in Hollywood for the premiere of his epic 'Transformers' prequ…

Critic’s Choice: Shows We Are Looking Forward To In December 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Editorial Staff Mark Ludmon and Paul T Davies highlight some of the theatre that has them excited this December. The Tragedy of King Richard the Second, Almeida Theatre Joe Hill-Gibbins h…

Author of 'Into The Wild' Novel Files Lawsuit Over Musical Adaptation by Stephanie Wild

According to Daily Camera, the author of the book 'Into the Wild,' which follows the life and death of Christopher McCandless in the Alaskan wilderness, has filed a lawsuit against the playw…

Bumblebee's Hailee Steinfeld Talks Superhero Names & Birthday Wishes

Bumblebee's Hailee Steinfeld Talks Superhero Names & Birthday WishesYoung Hollywood hits up the premiere of the 'Transformers' prequel, 'Bumblebee', in Hollywood and …

Premiere of “Surviving R Kelly” Cancelled after Shooting Threat by Blouin Artinfo

The premiere of the documentary series “Surviving R Kelly,” a series on the survivors of alleged sexual assault by singer R Kelly has been cancelled after an anonymous caller threatened …

Will ‘Shallow’ finally deliver Lady Gaga the general field Grammys she’s never won (but Ally has)? by Joyce Eng

Lady Gaga and her “A Star Is Born” character Ally are both Grammy winners, but the latter has won what her portrayer never has: a general field Grammy. That could all change in F…

Photo Flashback: BroadwayWorld Remembers Tony Award-Winning Actor Philip Bosco by Walter McBride

On December 3, Tony winner Philip Bosco passed away from complications of dementia. He was 88 years old.

No leaders, but Brexit debate was still compelling

Cross-party panel swapped barbs and played to the crowd

The Russian and the Jew by Sandi Durell

    By Marcina Zaccaria   The Russian and the Jew begins in Brooklyn in 1992. Alexei (Moti Margolin), speaks from a microphone, setting a clear stage, saying, “Progress is a…

A Christmas Carol: the story for all seasons by Mark Fisher

From Victorian penury to Caribbean party music, new productions at Leeds Playhouse and Northern Stage in Newcastle revisit Dickens’s festive favouriteIt isn’t only the ghosts of Christma…

Exclusive Photo Coverage: WICKED Cast Gets In the Holiday Spirit for Carols For A Cure! by Genevieve Rafter Keddy

Below, check out exclusive photos of the cast of Wicked as they record their track, 'A New Earth.'

Ariana Grande’s 2019 Resolution Is to Love Herself by Kimberly Truong

As we go into 2019, Ariana Grande is setting an example for us all and making plans to show herself some much-deserved love. Last week, during her speech accepting the Billboa…

Go Inside Melissa Errico’s Sardi’s Portrait Unveiling by Marc J. Franklin

Alec Baldwin, Donna Murphy, and more came out to celebrate the Tony nominee as she joined the famed walls of caricatures at Sardi’s December 6.

Sneak Peek: Charles Busch to Ring in the New Year at 54 Below by Sandi Durell

  Ring in the New Year with the legendary Charles Busch. Actor/playwright/award-winning cabaret artist, Charles Busch (Die Mommie Die, Psycho Beach Party, The Tale of the Allergist’s…

Review: ‘The Christmas Revels: An Elizabethan Celebration of the Winter Solstice’ at Washington Revels by Darby Dejarnette

Washington Revels rings in the holiday season with their 36th annual production of The Christmas Revels. For those unfamiliar with the revels format, the show is an annual tradition which re…

Celia Keenan-Bolger brings Detroit lessons to Broadway by Julie Hinds

For as long as she can remember, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has loomed large for Celia Keenan-Bolger.

CD Review: Mountain Man’s “Magic Ship” — There’s Magic in Them Thar Hills! by Jeremy Ray Jewell

When Vermont's Mountain Man brings us its Appalachian vocal stylings the trio is venturing into the hollers of both the Green and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

NEWS: Trump’s America under the microscope in Half Me, Half You debut by Featured Content

Half Me, Half You, Liane Grant's new play exploring the possible long-term consequences of Donald Trump's regime, comes to London's Tristan Bates Theatre for a fortnight's run after acclaim …

Tricks and Treats: ‘Wonders at Dusk’ by Matthew Wexler

Audiences become part of a collective experience as Scott Silven weaves his talents to create a journey that explores the power of mystery, serendipity and fate in our lives.

BWW Review: John Kevin Jones Returns To Merchant's House Museum For Warm and Intimate A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Michael Dale

For the past five holiday seasons in a row, savvy New York playgoers have been filling the upstairs parlor of East 4th Street's Merchant's House Museum for a warm and intimate evening of Chr…

Sa Chen’s Piano Recital: “Hello Claude Debussy” at NCPA, Beijing by Blouin Artinfo

“Hello Claude Debussy” revisits French composer’s beguiling musical creations in a concert at Beijing’s NCPA on December 20, 2018.Considered by many as the first Impressionist compos…

Backstage with Richard Ridge: Norm Lewis Talks Keeping It Nutcraker Cool This Holiday Season with New Album and Solo Show! by Richard Ridge

Tony nominee Norm Lewisis keeping it cool this Christmas. Nutcracker cool, that is.

Generational culture clash keeps things light in short, dark comedy No Clowns Allowed by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

A piece of advice for audiences is to pay attention right off the top, as information provided then informs everything that follows.

Lamb's Players Theatre's Festival of Christmas reaches for the stars with strong music by David L. Coddon

At the close of a year in which Coronado’s Lamb’s Players Theatre distinguished itself with a long-running, unforgettable production of the musical “Once,” it’s appropriate that it…

This Week on Broadway for December 9, 2018: Network, Cher by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Network, Cher, the cast recording of Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon (New York City Center 2017 Cast Recording), Slave Pla…

‘This year’s panto won’t disappoint’: BEAUTY & THE BEAST – Edinburgh ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Beauty & the Beast comes to the King’s for the first time since 1946 in a pantomime that continues a classic run of hits and is sticking around well into January next year.

Review: Maiden Speech Festival – Day 4, Tristan Bates Theatre by Jacob Sarkisian

The Maiden Speech Festival presents a collection of short plays every evening that discusses and dissects various subjects and themes. This, inevitably, results in quite a mixed bag of theat…

VIDEO: Watch Cast Members From KINKY BOOTS Perform a Parody of Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' at Red Bucket Follies by BroadwayWorld

Equality, inclusion and joy permeated the performances at this year's poignant and record-breaking Red Bucket Follies. The company of Kinky Boots took top honors for best onstage presentatio…

Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Dec. 9 by Audition Roundup

Updated this week Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, December 9, 2018 for both productions in your area and around the country including whatwhenwhere and how to audition

Acquittal!:Martin Rütter at Mitsubishi Electric HALLE, Düsseldorf by Blouin Artinfo

Animal psychologist Martin Rutter will be on stage to help dog owners and their four-legged friends in his new program called “FREISPRUCH,” at Dusseldorf’s Mitsubishi Electric HALLE on…

Broadway Musical Magic: Remembering The Magic Show and Merlin by Mark Robinson

Hardly anyone ever speaks of this long-running musical of the 1970s, and a revival of the show most certainly will never happen, but it is hard to dismiss the Broadway success of The Magi…

Andy Blankenbuehler Talks Making His Ballet Choreography Debut With the Tulsa Ballet by Stephanie Wild

Andy Blankenbuehler may be best known for his work on Broadway, most famously choreographing Hamilton, as well as Cats, Bandstand, and more. However, according to the Tulsa World, Blankenbue…

Broadway at the Cabaret: Tony Yazbeck, Matt Doyle, Rebecca Luker & Many More by BroadwayWorld

What good is sitting alone in your room this week If you don't already have plans to see a Broadway show, come out to see your favorite Broadway stars in a cabaret act instead. Highlight…

‘Imaginative yet also reassuringly traditional’: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF – Menier Chocolate Factory ★★★★★ by Jonathan Baz

In eschewing any trendy political statement to hang around his work, Nunn has made it all the more poignant and powerful. Deservedly sold out for the rest of its Menier run, his Fiddler On T…

“Gatherings” at The Esplanade, Singapore by Blouin Artinfo

With one common interest binding them together, “Gatherings” will be a convergence of professionals and students from different cultural backgrounds & ethnicities in a performance …

7 Things You Need To Do To Survive A Startup by Victoria Cairl

7 Things You Need to do to Survive at a Startup I just celebrated two years working for my first start-up. This field is not for the faint of heart. It’s been one of the hardest and most …

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Avenue Theatre, Ipswich by Libby Purves and Friends

A WONDERLAND WINNER           “Posh panto”,  for wincing parents fleeing the rackety showbiz ’n smut of the season, can be a bit chilly –  neither one thing nor the other…

Casting announced for encore season of Follies at the National Theatre by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Casting has been announced for the return season of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman’s musical Follies at the National Theatre in February 2019. This post Casting ann…

BWW TV Exclusive: Dance Through 100 Years of Jerome Robbins' Legacy at the NYPL for the Performing Arts! by BroadwayWorld TV

Jerome Robbins, world renowned for his work as a choreographer and director of ballet and theater, film and television, would have been 100 years old on October 11, 2018. In honor of his lif…

TuYo Theatre aims to reinvigorate Latinx theater in San Diego by James Hebert

The five prime movers behind the new Tuyo Theatre are in the middle of trying to articulate the happy accidents and artistic affinities that brought them all together, when a single word see…

Film Review: “Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes” — Media Mogul, Serial Sociopath by Peg Aloi

This blistering new documentary manages to offer a fairly balanced portrait of a man who, at the end of his life, was widely demonized.

The Hamilton Survival Guide by Bill Hirschman

The ground-breaking record-breaking Tony-winning Pulitzer-winning musical Hamilton is expected to attract unprecedented numbers of fans and newcomers when the national tour arrives at the Br…

Mouthpiece review – provocative dialogue gives voice to working-class frustration by Mark Fisher

Traverse, EdinburghKieran Hurley’s gripping Edinburgh-set two-hander confronts the economic divide in the city and the stranglehold the middle-classes have on the artsKieran Hurley’s pro…

Review: The Rave Space, Camden People’s Theatre by Charlotte Irwin

To an extent, The Rave Space does what it says on the tin. You walk down the stairs into the dark basement of Camden People’s Theatre, get your hand stamped, take your purple laser, and st…

REVIEW ROUND-UP: True West at the Vaudeville Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Kit Harington and Johnny Flynn star in Matthew Dunster’s production of True West now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…

Is Britain Finally Going To Make Some Progress For Women In Theatre? by Artsjournal2

Maybe! Arts Council England chair Nicholas Serota met with a delegation, some of whom say that the meeting was quite useful. “We are on that track now and we are not getting off this t…

BWW's On This Day - December 9, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Standing in Our Grandfathers' Shoes by Sarah Bellamy, Jamil Jude

By Sarah Bellamy, Jamil Jude. Sarah Bellamy, artistic director of Saint Paul’s Penumbra Theatre, talks to Jamil Jude, incoming artistic director of Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Compa…

Life imitates art as play about antisemitism faces wave of abuse by Harriet Sherwood

Writer and producer of One Jewish Boy shocked by social media responseA new play about rising antisemitism that opens in a London theatre this week has become the target of antisemitic abuse…

On my radar: Natasha Gordon’s cultural highlights by Interview By Tasha Kleeman

The British playwright and performer on podcast poetry, Maya Angelou’s essays and the enduring appeal of Bob Marley’s Concrete JungleActor and playwright Natasha Gordon was born in north…

Review: A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic by Jessica Handscomb

“Christmas time is a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of when men and women open their shut-up hearts freely, and think of people below them as…

The Diva Project by Sandi Durell

    By Myra Chanin   Among the misused words which currently enrage me, the word diva ranks high. It was a title awarded to the greatest female opera stars after decades of v…

Playbill Calendar: Your Guide to Broadway, Off-Broadway, and More December 10–16, 2018 by Roberto Araujo

A look at the week ahead.

Thirteen characters, two actors & one piano… WATCH this madcap Murder for Two musical trailer by Press Releases

We're counting down to the London return of two-hander musical whodunit Murder For Two, which moves back into The Other Palace studio for five weeks from tomorrow night (Monday 10 December 2…

Young migrants in Sicily heal from sea-crossing traumas through theater by Stefania D’ignoti / Globalpost

The Nutcracker review – in every sense a delight by Luke Jennings

Royal Opera House, LondonIt’s an unhappy Christmas for the mice again, but otherwise the Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker is dreamlike perfectionIt’s Nutcracker season again, and on last Mond…

The Model Apartment review – outrageously funny and breathtakingly horrifying by Clare Brennan

Ustinov, BathDiana Quick and Ian Gelder star as Holocaust survivors moving from New York to Florida in this superb production of Donald Margulies’s 80s black comedyFinely directed by Laure…

How three actors beat Trump's travel ban to take to the New York stage by Michael Paulson, Michael Paulson

The team behind 'The Jungle' tell Michael Paulson that their success both illuminates the new obstacles for artists from restricted countries, as well as the possibility that those obstacles…

'Most Fabulous Story' is hugely entertaining by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stray Dog Theatre presents hilarious holiday play.

Q&A: SLSO's Tim Munro takes on the Pulitzer concerts by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The second of this season's programs takes place this coming week

Concert review: A moving 'Messiah' from Matthew Halls and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Amy Kaiser's chorus was in top form

SoundCloud Rap is our Generation’s Punk Rock:Report by Blouin Artinfo

In a latest report, Dylan James for Mancunion analyzes the impact SoundCloud has had on the industry.Started in 2007 in Berlin, SoundCloud was the brainchild of Swedish sound designer Alexan…

“‘Vice” to launch Europe’s Capri Hollywood Film Festival: Report by Blouin Artinfo

Nick Vivarelli reports for Variety that Annapurna Pictures’ “Vice;” a film based on the life and times of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney will launch in Europe as the opener of …

How Unconventional Designer Deirdre Brennan Turns a Manhattan Townhouse Into 1904 Dublin Year After Year by Olivia Clement

The interior designer for the immersive The Dead, 1904, transports New York theatregoers to Ireland, circa 1900.

Podcasts — when brevity is best

Anthony Scaramucci is among the contributors to the new bite-sized series 10 Things That Scare Me

Track by Track Breakdown: Broadway’s Michael Longoria Reveals the Musical Story Behind His Merry Christmas Darling by Michael Longoria

The Jersey Boys star takes us through the romantic journey he’s crafted in his new holiday album.

Slave Play Opens Off-Broadway December 9 by Olivia Clement

The world premiere from Jeremy O. Harris, directed by Robert O'Hara, celebrates its official opening at New York Theatre Workshop.

Jelani Remy, Jonothon Lyons, Amanda Ryan Paige, Teddy Yudain Star in The Apple Boys: A Barbershop Quartet Musical, Opening December 9 by Andrew Gans

Performances began Off-Broadway November 30.