Palmer, the founding artistic director of Oregon's Bag&Baggage, will begin his new post in March.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:38PMThis week we hear from the genius himself, Peter Sagal. And his coworkers reveal how far(t) they will go for a laugh.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:38PMFra Fee stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Ferryman and his upcoming show at Feistein's/54 Below with Ryan Lee Gilbert.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMHe cut an unlikely figure in the 1960s milieu of “Hair,” not smoking pot and never having met a hippie. But his rock style and beat-driven sound fit right in.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMThe new business, Concord Theatricals, merges the catalogues of four publishing and licensing organisations, which it claims makes it “the most substantial licensing house in the world”.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PMNot only must it continue to amass money toward the $650 million project, but it also must pack up its collection to prepare for construction. And it faces lingering questions about whether …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PMThe Canadian Urban Library Council says “the big five” publishers like Hachette, Penguin Random House and MacMillan have long restricted library access to electronic materials…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18PMBroadway powerhouse Mandy Gonzalez has teamed up with UNICEF on Migrants Day. Watch as she performs 'Line In the Sand' from the special albumFandango at the Wall. Click here to purchase today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMGo behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PM"I am passionate about dance" Wayne McGregor
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Though it was common practice centuries ago, perhaps the final take-away from "Bitter Greens"--a new play by Clea DeCrane--is that an actor should not perform in her own work. In the play, D…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:57PMHoliday music is big business.
SOURCE: the1a.org at 05:42PMThe new play by Matt Jones with music by Kele Okereke is set to open January 24, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:37PMArmenian cultural history has always been about survival: between Armenians preserving their art within the shifting boundaries of their homeland, and carrying their art beyond the country's…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:36PMTickets are now on sale for three upcoming productions at off-Broadway's Public Theater: Sea Wall/A Life, White Noise and Ain't No 'Mo. All three productions will play the Public…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Watch Rent Live! in the East Village with Daphne Rubin-Vega
We know you're just as excited about Rent Live! as we are…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:18PMIn the constellation of musical comedy masterpieces, Kiss Me, Kate shines as perhaps Broadway's most sparkling achievement. Once again, Roundabout Theatre Company catapults you to musical co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMStadiums and other sports venues have become more opulent. They not only have to be functional, they more and more serve as marquee symbols on the skyline. Here are ten of the best in 2018. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMAn antilibrary is a powerful reminder of your limitations — the vast quantity of things you don’t know, half-know, or will one day realize you’re wrong about. By living with that remin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMUK nonprofit Lycaeum Music is raising money “to buy a double-decker bus and renovate it as a space for touring music lessons, workshops and concerts, visiting the most deprived areas o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMFollowing its triumphant Into the Woods, Roundabout Theatre Company's company in residence, Fiasco Theater, reimagines its next Stephen Sondheim creation. With Fiasco's one-of-a-kind imagina…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMDeck the halls, trim the tree, and spin the dreidel. BroadwayWorld is continuing our tradition of celebrating the holiday season with a 12 Days of Christmas countdown. This year we've invite…
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The collection of original short plays, all set to music, will begin performances January 18, 2019, at the A.R.T./New York Theatres.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMFun fact: if you were once married to a king, you can still belt out the big notes even after you’ve been beheaded. Six, the clever one-act musical currently touring prior to a second Lond…
SOURCE: oneapostrophe.wordpress.com at 04:48PM“Children are being taught they have an inalienable right to be gay. All of those children are being cheated of a sound start in life.” I was, ignorantly, shocked to hear a recording of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:48PMFrom sex offenders to amoral business people and nervous autoworkers to self-involved rock stars, Chicago theater was home to some spectacularly vivid characters in 2018. Here’s our annual…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:20PMIn 2005, a crowd gathered at the University of Chicago's Reynolds Club to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the invention of improv. No less an authority than the university archivist had de…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:20PMEncores! Off-Center Artistic Director Anne Kauffman has announced programming for the 2019 season of New York City Center’s popular summer musical theater series which concludes the la…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMThe cast and creators of the new Cats tour come together to preview the eagerly awaited production.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMErnie Smith gives a brief history of the very American phenomenon, from its 1949 birth (pitching Vitamix blenders, actually a legit product) through the Psychic Friends Network and Miss Cleo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:04PM“So let me clarify: we have forgotten how to hate well. We have forgotten how to hate rigorously and virtuously. This is, I believe, because we have forgotten how to distinguish betwe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:04PMLin-Manuel Miranda was a guest on today's episode of 'Live with Kelly and Ryan.' During the interview, hetalks about his plans to reprise his role in 'Hamilton' when the show goes to Puerto …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMEncores Off-Center today announced programming for the 2019 season of New York City Center's popular summer musical theater series which concludes the landmark 75th Anniversary Season.
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Participating shows include Puffs, A Child's Christmas, and The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMQuite properly, Miles Evans evokes rather than mimics his dad’s arrangements on this excellent disc.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:32PMThe new Encores! Off-Center season will also include 1965's Promenade.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMThe latest about Pretty Woman, Be More Chill, Tootsie, and more in today's news.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMThe acclaimed series will offer three Alan Jay Lerner musicals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMThe recording of the summer 2018 Encores! Off-Center production drops in stores and online January 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMIf you see a stage production of The Sound of Music, here are some words you won’t hear: Nazi. Hitler. Here are some words you will hear in the stage version: Gauleiter. Anschluss. Third …
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This bayside company started as a summer theatre, and now boasts year-round programming for audiences of all ages.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:59PMTony Award winnerLaura Benantirecently assumed the role ofEliza DoolittleinMy Fair Lady. Hear from the star as she talks with New York Liveabout finally playing her not so secret dream role
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PMIf you love sketch comedy & musical theatre, you HAVE to know SHIZ.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:55PMBroadwayCon has announced the award-winning Mean Girls cast and creative team has joined the BroadwayCon 2019 lineup.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMVoting continues for three more weeks for the BWW Cabaret Awards There's just three weeks left
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMAbout 36,000 additional three-dimension objects belonging to the art gallery are already on display at the West Campus at its recently opened Wurtele Study Center. This is all on top of a $1…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PM“We spoke to 35 filmmakers — directors, cinematographers, effects artists — about the toughest effect they’ve ever pulled off. The resulting stories run the gamut from the co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PMThe Tony Award-winning Carousel star will return for five performances in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMThe Off-Broadway theatre, home of the original Off-Broadway production of Rent, will host a watch party on January 27, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMAndré Previn and Alan Jay Lerner's musical about designer Coco Chanel opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre December 18, 1969.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:36PMMan of La Mancha has long been an icon of mid-20th century American musical theater with its share of 1966 Tony Awards. This show about a man marching forward for “a heavenly cause” is …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:25PMFrom Dreamgirls to Frozen, here are ten of Broadway’s most innovative and transformative onstage costume changes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMThe post It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:22PMThe Olivier Award nominee steps into the role of Mary Carney.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMThe revised production continues its West End run through March 30, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMJeff Daniels and Gbenga Akinnagbe (photo: Julieta Cervantes)The good news is that Jeff Daniels is a terrific Atticus Finch -- without diminishing the memory of the sterling Academy Award-win…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 02:08PMFrom rapping and rambling to Victorian female boxers, via Liverpool’s Dream, Asian football casuals and a teenage dance troupe, here are some of our readers’ top shows of the yearDorfman…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMActors from The Prom, Waitress, Kinky Boots, and more came out to perform in The Musicals Tonight! concert series.
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Ashford will offer an evening of original music and favorite covers January 18, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMBobbie, come on over to Broadway As BroadwayWorld previously reported,Marianne Elliott's gender-bending production of Company, which is currently running in the West End at the Gielgud Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMDavid Mayer was a lieutenant in the US Army and spent decades living and teaching in Britain. Unfortunately, “David Mayer” was also an alias of one Akhmed Chatayev, a Chechen mil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PMThe artists Mai-Thu Perret and Lili Reynaud-Dewar, along with the curator Chus Martinez, signed the petition statement published on the Mediapart news website in early November, saying that …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PMTony-nominated Broadway star Adam Pascal will join the production of the Broadway musical Pretty Woman. Pascal, who best remembered for originating the role of “Roger” in the original 19…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:33PM“The Cane” lands with a thwack — a timely intervention in a topical debate. By dredging up the specter of corporal punishment in British schools, Mark Ravenhill’s terse allegoric…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:33PMIf there’s one thing we love, it’s seeing rehearsal photos of an upcoming West End show (we’re nosy, we can’t help it!). And so Leave To Remain have answered our prayers by sharing s…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:26PMPlaybill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMAcademy Award-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr (Jerry Maguire), who played Billy Flynn in the Broadway revival of Chicago from October 6 to November 18 in 2018, will return to the production fo…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:17PMAs the audience responses keep coming in strong for Mischa Kischkum’s debut show OFF THE CHARTS (Songs You Don’t Know By Writers You Love), NiteLife Exchange wanted to learn more about t…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:13PMThe Emmy- and Tony-winning actress Tyne Daly doesn’t enjoy acting. When her younger brother, Tim Daly, was a kid, he thought actors were just “drunken grownups who wouldn’t…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PMNeural Enhancement With Dr Leon is an immersive experience which began life as a Secret Cinema activity and continues to return and entertain audiences.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:05PMD.C. lobbyists get skewered in “Kings,” and God gets therapy in “Oh, God.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:04PMThe rock musical based on the best-selling novel kicks off the tour in Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMJust last night, the best of Broadway flocked to the SVA Theatre to celebrate everyone's favorite nanny at the New York City premiere Watch below as Richard Ridge chats with stars of the fil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMNow in its fourth year, this Chicago-originating musical, based on the movie "Elf," moves to Pride Films and Plays, losing none of its willful cheer.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PM
Molly Gordon, Colton Ryan and the cast of MCC Theater's Alice by Heart talk bringing the world premiere musical to New York City.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMA reckoning: Mark Ravenhill's new play is a naturalistic, troubling exploration of history and abuses of power.
The post Review: The Cane at the Royal Court appeared first on Exeunt Magazin…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 12:46PMGet ready for some new music fromEmmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo. According to Billboard, Cynthia Erivo has signed to Verve Records and plans to start on a new album in 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMAndrea McArdleandDonna McKechnie, two of Broadways most endearing leading ladies, who starred in two of Broadway's most iconic shows AnnieandA Chorus Line will bring their ever vibrant talen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMIn celebration of its third yearon Broadway, Warner Bros. Records released SCHOOL OF ROCK Original Broadway Cast Recording Deluxe Edition. This Deluxe Edition comes across more as a hackneye…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMNew York Theatre Workshop NYTW, home of the World Premiere production of Jonathan Larson's groundbreaking musical RENT, will host a watch party to celebrate the live musical event airing Sun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe Muny announced today the directors, choreographers and music directors for its 2019 season, which opens on June 10 withGuys and Dolls.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMAt what point does a social dance become so normalized, that no one flinches to see it? Because individual movements can’t be copyrighted, it’s not like they have an expiry date …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:42PM“Using historical data, 3D-printed pieces, and architectural software, archaeologist Alexei Vranich from UC Berkeley has created a virtual reconstruction of Pumapunku — an ancient Ti…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:42PMFresh from his Netflix success with stage-to-screen hit Been So Long, writer and director Chè Walker returns from Los Angeles to direct the European premiere of his own new play Time Is Lov…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:33PMAs she bolsters her film résumé, the Tony winner has also signed with Verve Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMStephen Laughton’s moving play explores the relationship between Jesse (Robert Neumark Jones), a “nice Jewish boy from north London” and Alex (Asha
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMGenesis Ochoa, Emiliano Torres, and Tasha Dixon are among the cast of the classic drama that will begin performances January 11, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PMA talk with the director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw: “The world has gotten so serious. It’s time to be on a dance floor together.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:18PMThe new stage adaptation of Hemingway’s classic will debut February 1, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMJason Momoa's seafaring superhero hits the seas for the solo film 'Aquaman,' which offers romantic comedy, underwater chats and dudes riding sharks.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 12:12PMThis year’s version – the 48th! – of The Christmas Revels is delightful and refreshing way to bid adieu to a tumultuous 2018.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:06PMThe Australian Ballet continues their cleverly conceived Storytime Ballet series with Coppélia, an ideal first ballet for young audiences.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMWill Roland, George Salazar and the rest of the popular Be More Chill Off Broadway cast will take the Broadway stage when the Joe Iconis musical hits the Lyceum Theatre in February.
Produc…
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All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
Off Broadway, Sheen Center
Reviewed by Dan Rubins
BOTTOM LINE: Whether or not you're looking for a Christmas-themed show, make All is Calm: The Chr…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:54AMThe Lightning Thief- Broadway In Chicago at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph. is offering a buy one ticket, get one free offer for Tuesday, Wednesday matinee and Wednesday evening perfor…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:48AMIntimate fifty-seat theatre comes with full lighting package and sound equipment, beautiful exposed brick lobby, dressing rooms, air conditioning and heat, WiFi, and wheelchair accessibility…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 11:48AMIt's official! The entire company of the acclaimed off-Broadway staging of Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz's fan-favorite musical Be More Chill will reprise their turns on Broadway. As prev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMIn conjunction with Lin-Manuel Miranda's 24 performances of Hamilton in Puerto Rico, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has announced the airing of a special episode, filmed on the i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMTickets are now on sale for the first revival of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage. Obie winner Kamilah Forbes will direct the production, set to begin pre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMThe Factory Theater announced its cast for “May the Road Rise Up,” written by ensemble member Shannon O’Neill and directed by ensemble member Spenser Davis. Davis will direct Loretta R…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:45AMTootsie is on its way to Broadway bringing a colorful cast of characters to life on stage. Meet them below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMBe More Chill,will arrive on Broadway with the entire cast of this summer's off-Broadway engagement intact.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMThe producers of 'Be More Chill' have announced that the entire New York premiere company will transfer to Broadway.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:42AMMiss Saigon is all grown up. Sort of. It’s been almost 30 years since Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s blockbuster opened in London’s West End and took the world by storm.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:36AMDancers from San Francisco Ballet, Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Tulsa Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Ballet Austin tell how their performances have changed over the years and share their key s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMAcademics are unlike the employees of most organisations in that they fight over symbolic rather than material objects of aspiration, but they are like other workers in that they too are mot…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMChad Cooper, a 45-year-old former managing director at Deutsche Bank in New York, left that lucrative job to become executive director of the conservatory, 121 years old but at that point ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMThe Missouri theatre's 101st season will feature Guys and Dolls, Kinky Boots, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM“Be More Chill” will bring its entire off-Broadway cast to Broadway. The musical, which ran off-Broadway at the Signature Center this past summer, features Will Roland, George Sa…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:25AMThe entire Off-Broadway company will return to the musical when it debuts on Broadway in February 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMLocal hero Jonathan Wilkes can do little wrong in his hometown theatre. He’s been performing panto here for the past 13 years.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AMThere was a royal wedding with something for everyone, some groundbreaking movies, the return of Mary Poppins (to the screen) and Harry Potter (to Broadway), a goodbye to some favorite celeb…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:08AMThe new tour will launch in October 2019 at the Sydney Lyric Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMWhile seasonal grosses surpassed $1B ahead of schedule, Broadway bid farewell to The Boss who helped accelerate those numbers this year. No doubt, part of Springsteen’s legacy will be his …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTony Award-nominee Adam Pascal is set to star in Pretty Woman: The Musical for one week. The original Roger from the landmark musical Rent will step into the role of Edward Lewis from Ja…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AMBradley Cooper‘s version of “A Star is Born” will make Golden Globes history by sweeping the awards on the drama side. While Cooper is likely to lose the Best Director race…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMPanto season is upon us once again, and this year at the New Wimbledon Theatre, we are transported to Old Peking in Aladdin.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTanya Palmer, who spearheads the annual New Stages Festival, explains how the theatre fosters robust new play development.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMWhat can you expect when you get yourself to Cirencester for the Barn Theatre's critically acclaimed new actor-musician revival of Stiles and Drewe's JUST SO? Watch this brilliant new traile…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 11:00AM
After more than 200 performances on stage, “Springsteen on Broadway” comes to your phone.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:54AMEbersole joins Folake Olowofoyeku and Billy Gardell in the CBS comedy pilot.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMIn two contrasting stagings of the novel, one renders it ridiculous while the other confronts the debate head onHeart of Darkness is, to use today’s parlance, problematic. More than 40 yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThe Cher Show's Jarrod Spector shows us something we never get to see: costume quick changes!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMAll he cares about is love...and heading back to Broadway! Oscar winner and main-stem alum Cuba Gooding Jr. will reprise his recent Broadway turn as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMAshley Brown talks about her upcoming Christmas concert with the New York Pops, her "O Holy Night" with five key changes, and advice for women playing Mary Poppins.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:40AMAn overdue focus on designers, and a look at 2 new books on Broadway songwriters.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:38AMThe Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago has announced that Academy Award winner and Emmy nominee Cuba Gooding Jr. will return to Broadway as the smooth-talking lawyer Bil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMA BOLD NEW LOVE A CHRISTMAS EVE WITH MIDDLE COLLEGIATE CHURCH, a holiday special, will be broadcast Monday, December 24 1135 PM-1235 AM, ETPT on the CBS Television Network.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMBelow, watch as Mortimer and Whishaw explain why filming the movie was a perfect escape, how daunting it was to star in a movie musical, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AM“Darin Webb, the bookkeeper who stole more than $3.4 million over eight years from venerable New York literary agency Donadio & Olson, was sentenced to two years in prison on Monda…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AM“[Dance/USA] just reported on the state of The Nutcracker for the first time since 2008, and the data shows just how much the ballet’s prevalence has grown in the past 10 years �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AMAccording to the 2018 Americans for the Arts report, “40% of Americans believe that the White House is not spending enough on nonprofit arts organizations. A majority of Americans (53%…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AMAcademy Awards officials released a short list of contenders for Best Original Song on Monday. It was the first time ever that the composers branch has whittled a massive number of entries d…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMThe Oscar winner will again step into the role of Billy Flynn for five weeks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMBy Julian Eaves
Julian Eaves reviews London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s A Christmas Carol in Concert starring Gryff Rhys Jones at London’s Lyceum Theatre.
This post REVIEW: A Chr…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:10AMThe 6th Avenue fixture has no re-opening date following utility outage
SOURCE: Denver Post at 10:09AMBy Nitsan Scharf. Nitsan Scharf argues that while cis playwrights are more than welcome to write trans narratives in their plays, they must put in the work necessary to write multidimensiona…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:07AMInspired by Mark Ravenhill’s realisation that some teachers retiring now would have been active when corporal punishment was outlawed in 1986, The Cane is his first new play for a goodly w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
The celebration of the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical is set for January 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMMike Birbiglia was a guest on last night's episode of 'Late Night with Seth Meyers.' During the interview, hetalks about his college days with Nick Kroll and why he's okay with people fallin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMWith most ticket sales, purchasing decisions, and fan experiences happening online, a Broadway show's digital presence is more important than ever. In this feature, each week I'll analyze ou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMCast members from the Broadway revival of the Harvey Fierstein play stopped by the Playbill Studio to offer a Torch Song Cycle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMSaid company CEO Stuart Murphy, “We were founded on the belief that opera is for everyone. Removing cost as a barrier to entry for under-18s is a seismic leap forward for ENO and for o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMFor the Times Book Review‘s “By the Book” feature, Walker cited among the books on her nightstand David Icke’s And the Truth Shall Set You Free, which allegedly cites…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM“Over the past 15 months, experts have cleaned and repaired surviving fragments of the 12th-century masterworks, preserving 1,345 square feet (125 square metres) of what was once 21,52…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMIndhu Rubasingham (who’s spent this year dealing with people campaigning the change of her theatre’s name from Tricycle to Kiln), Vicky Featherstone (Royal Court Theatre), Richar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AMMiranda sits down with Jimmy Fallon to talk Hamilton in Puerto Rico and Mary Poppins Returns, along with a preview of the Mary Poppins sequel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMHow to succeed at unified auditions
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:09AMIf you enjoy a good festive fairytale but you’re not a fan of panto, Cinderella: A Fairytale, this year’s Christmas production at the Brockley Jack, offers an excellent alternative.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWhen the cast of If Beale Street Could Talk gathered onstage at the Apollo Theater for the movie’s U.S. premiere in October, the dozen or so actors spoke reverently of James Baldwin — th…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00AM
Well, this post is happening before I would have preferred. I was planning to do something on my favorite musicals (including Hair) for Broadway week in January..and I undoubtedly would have…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AMNot many fairytales stand up ethically when you judge them by modern-day values. Red Riding Hood is guilty of cruelty to animals.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMBy Douglas Mayo
Douglas Mayo reviews Kelli O’Hara and Patrick Wilson in the new cast recording of Brigadoon featuring the New York City Centre 2017 Cast.
This post REVIEW: Brigadoon &#…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:36AMOriginal Rent star Adam Pascal will return home to the Nederlander Theatre in 2019, stepping in for Andy Karl in Broadway's Pretty Woman: The Musical. Pascal will take on the role of Edw…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:32AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMProducer Paula Wagner announced today that PRETTY WOMAN THE MUSICAL will welcome Broadway superstar, and Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal to Hollywood Boulevard for one week only. Adam Pascal …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AM“Following a short but successful singing career as the lead singer and singer-songwriter with the chart-topping Paradons, Weldon turned to acting in the 1960s. … [He] joined NEC in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18AM“Pedro Edmunds Paoa said Easter Island had a ‘thousand’ of its iconic statues, known as the Moai, ‘both buried, ignored and discarded’, and lacked the means to …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18AM“Concord Music, which started as a jazz label but now owns song catalogs from classical to metal, said Monday that it would establish a new division, Concord Theatricals, to oversee it…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18AMLike so many of us, Jonathan O'Boyle grew up on Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals. But one show he never saw was 1989's ASPECTS OF LOVE. Now he gets to bring his acclaimed Hope Mill Theatre reviv…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:12AMHull Truck’s take on Oliver Twist is convincingly Dickensian, both in its vivid characters and in the momentum of the narrative, holding
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:10AMMatthew Bourne’s classic production of Swan Lake returns to Sadler’s Wells – find out if it still lives up to expectations with LLLC’s review round-up…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMListen: Legendary Composer Galt MacDermont Passes Away, Concord Music Purchases Samuel French, Adam Pascal Taking Over “Pretty Woman” for a Week “Today on Broadway” i…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:00AMI’ve seen more than 30 shows at Trap Door Theatre over the past 16 years. Yet their current offering, Tadeusz Rozewicz’s “The Old Woman Broods,” may be the Trap Dooriest of them all …
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The Tony nominee will play Edward during Andy Karl's time off from the new musical in January 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AM by Sheila Watko The entire room is decked out in tinsel, stockings are hung on various walls and two adorable elves known as the Mistletoe Munchkins (Joseph Allen…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:49AMTHE 2018 JKTS AWARDS(Slightly) Naughty Fun(11 Awards)After taking a couple of seasons off, we are super excited to re-start our annual tradition! Up first, our awards for the media and techn…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:48AMKatie Mitchell adapted and directed this stage version of the Dr Seuss classic for the National Theatre in 2009. It works particularly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AMDecember 18 is the birthday of underworld figure Owen Vincent “Owney” Madden (1891-1965). We don’t normally write about crime bosses per se here on Travalanche, and we ce…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:32AMBirmingham RepThis thrilling Oz of racial diversity, gender reversal and voguing androgyny is more current – and vibrant – than the MGM musicalEncountering the Birmingham Rep’s playful…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMThere’s been a lot of exciting casting news in Theatreland recently, and the good news keeps on coming with Shakespeare’s Globe announcing the full cast for their productions of Christop…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:20AMThere’s a brand new pantomime team installed at Doncaster’s Cast and Ben Crocker and Chris Lawson have marked the occasion by mashing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AM"Cook, stirring, until the misery has melted": Rosemary Waugh's review of the ROH's opera takes the form of a very festive recipe.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:14AMLin-Manuel Miranda stopped by The Tonight Show last night, December 17, to chat with Jimmy Fallon about his upcoming role in Mary Poppins Returns.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12AMFrom 2005: Falstaff, after all, is no knockabout farce but one of Western art’s most searching commentaries on the vanity of human wishes, no less so because it says what it has to say wit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“There is no such thing as was— only is. If was existed, there would be no grief or sorrow.” William Faulkner, Paris Review interview (Spring 1956)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMExpectations are high for a festive ghost story from the National. With its world-class resources, the theatre offers a wondrous potential to stage the most chilling of tales and when the so…
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No one does scene-setting for young audiences better than Oily Cart. Rather than just taking their seats, audience members at Hippity Hop
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMLicensing company Concord Music has announced the acquisition of Samuel French as it launches a new theatrical rights organisation. Its purchase of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMWhile theater die-hards may handpick their shows based on performers or creative teams, Broadway Roulette is catering to a different audience: those who just want to see a show on Broadway, …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AMWith Cannon and Ball, silly deviation is very much their schtick. It’s just a shame that their talents are not harnessed to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMBorn this day, bandleader, arranger, accompanist and composer Fletcher Henderson (James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, 1897-1952), one of the key inventors of the musical style known as Swing.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:18AMA glittering carriage pulled by a magnificent flying horse forms the centrepiece of this expertly and lovingly produced Cinderella. The animatronic surprise
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Catherine McCormack joins the cast of The Ferryman, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMThis musical version of Charles Dickens’ festive fable premiered at New York’s Madison Square Garden in 1994, where it ran every Christmas
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMThe Convert, at the Young Vic Theatre, a thrilling revival of Black Panther Danai Gurira's 2012 play about Christianity and imperialism is a heartfelt cry for justice.
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Here are 10 plays and comedies that you have to see before they close in January. From star-studded classics to cabaret, make sure you don't miss out.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 04:56AMThere was a definite frisson at this year’s WOMEX for Toko Telo, a Malagasy trio with two acknowledged stars. — Michal Shapiro
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54AMHanging up his wig: Louise Jones writes on the 40th and final panto helmed by legendary York dame Berwick Kaler.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:44AMJustin Audibert's production excels at portraying the book's alchemical qualitiesIf you’re looking for a Christmas with more pagan edge than saccharine cheer, where the wolves ar…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:36AMBroadwayHD is the gift that keeps on giving. Using the latest technology, BroadwayHD captures the excitement of a Broadway performance in front of a live audience and delivers the best angl…
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Andrew Lloyd Webber is embroiled in a bitter row with Westminster City Council, after it demanded almost £280,000 in parking charges while
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMChunky Move has announced the appointment of Antony Hamilton and Kristy Ayre as joint CEOs of the company. The appointment follows a rigorous global recruitment process calling for proposals…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:29AMThe Producers of Billy Elliot the Musical have announced the adult cast for the 10th Anniversary Australian Tour which opens at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in October 2019, followed by season…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:06AMPeter Duncan plays a washed-up panto dame in Park theatre’s new production. Here’s a reminder of the many farces, musicals and tragedies about an actor’s life Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AMIn the absence of attention-stealing shows such as Hamilton, there was a stunning mix of old-fashioned classics, innovation and some new British
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Samantha Stratton’s ice skating drama “Spinning Out” for Netflix will have Kaya Scodelario in the lead role, announces Netflix.The role was previously given to Emma Roberts, who bowed …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:07AMWe had volcanic eruptions from Nish Kumar, open-heart anguish from Jessie Cave and cold lasagne from James Acaster. But no one could beat the wild blazing brilliance of Flight of the Conchor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04AM2018 saw lots of musicals open in London that explored very modern themes - so, in no order, join Antonia and Nick as they discuss Chess, Hamilton, Bring it On, Chicago, The Band, Bat out of…
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Olivier Award nominee Catherine McCormack All My Sons, Braveheart will join the company of Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, directed by Sam Mendes, beginning Today, December 18. McCormack wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48AMA tragedy that has catapulted minds and hearts for generations, “Norma” will be screened live in HD at Being’s NCPA on December 23, 2018.“Norma,” the tragedia lirica par excellence…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:46AMOpera de Lausanne presents Strauss’ “La Chauve-Souris” in a new German/French production from December 21-31, 2018.Adapted from Le Reveillon by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halevy, …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:13AMAre you looking for a fantastical physical journey for your actors and your audience? Through the Looking Glass by Lindsay Price is a movement-based classical adaptation that you won’t…
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Because eating millions upon millions of cookies would at some point cause a human body to explode, America’s Good Singing Dad Lin-Manuel Miranda has left you a much healthier gift to clea…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:58AMOlivier-nominated actress Catherine McCormack makes her Broadway debut as Mary Carney in The Ferryman beginning on December 18. McCormack reprises her London turn in Jez Butterworth'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AMTwo-time Tony Award-nominated Broadway actorGavin Leesteals Christmas this season in the title role of the Grinch inDr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas The Musical. This limited holida…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42AMOn New Year's Eve, attend this concert and let it's resplendence guide you through 'The New Year' on December 31 at Paris’ Radio France Auditorium.The program will feature some of the…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:35AMGalt MacDermot, who died Monday a day before his 90th birthday, is best known as the composer of the musical Hair, which helped define a generation, and changed the sound of Broadway, where …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:03AMCherise Boothe on starring in the comedy Fabulation at Signature Theatre---The first time actress Cherise Boothe appeared in a Lynn Nottage play, it was Ruined, about brutalized women in civ…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMCancelled and then resurrected by the Théâtre du Soleil, the play seems well-intentioned but presents a simplistic view of Canadian Indigenous inequality and the steps needed to address it…
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