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SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:35PMThe Post is reporting that multi award-winning star of screen and stageJonathan Pryceand three-time Olivier award-winning DameEileen Atkinswill star in a Broadway transferof Florian Zeller's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PMAccording to the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye, the Broadway-bound stage adaptation of Disney's Frozen has negotiated its transfer to London's West End.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PMIt was reported this evening that Donald Moffat, a veteran actor of stage and scren, passed away this week at age 87, due to complications from a recent stroke.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PM2018 Broadway Trends and TraditionsOver the past year it seems that, fueled by and shared on social media, there are some great (and positive) new-ish trendy traditions.First up, some positi…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:24PMThe Prom's Caitlin Kinnunen chats with the show's understudies and offers an overview of the job of a stage manager.
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If there’s one thing that gets lost most consistently in the conversation over alluring technology, it’s that our devices contain multitudes. Time spent playing Fortnite ≠ time…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:32PMCan you copyright the moves? There’s more to the Fortnite video game complaints than copyright infringement. The plaintiffs are also bringing in their “right of publicity,” a different…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:32PMWhile the phrase “public domain” may hold little meaning for you (or make your eyes glaze over), January 1, 2019 will mark a significant milestone in that seemingly arcane distinction. T…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 06:28PMAn “accidental actor,” he found himself on Broadway almost immediately after his career began and went on appear frequently onstage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 12202018 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMErika Henningsen has been named by you as the 2018 Broadway.com Star of the Year! The Broadway.com vlogger and Mean Girls lead is in great company—her new title was held in p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMErika Henningsen stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Mean Girls and be named 2018 Broadway.com Star of the Year!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMAn array of Broadway types populates the new musical comedy, “The Prom”: the self-absorbed diva, the exasperated press agent, the vain leading man. And then there’s the jaded chorus gi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:12PMDonald Moffat, a character actor who appeared on Broadway, television and film, died Thursday in Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was 87 and passed from complications of a recent stroke, accordin…
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Written by Alexandria native Sarah Burgess, the show and its inside-the-Beltway jargon may hit Washingtonians close to home.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:54PMWe were looking for the Future Book in the wrong place. It’s not the form, necessarily, that needed to evolve—I think we can agree that, in an age of infinite distraction, one of the str…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PMHeidi Reitmaier is moving on in January to become deputy director of the Art Gallery of Ontario, where she’ll also serve as chief of public programming and learning. – Toronto Star
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PMNetwork scribe Lee Hall and Mad as Hell author David Itzkoff discuss adapting Paddy Chayefsky's influential film for Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Lauren Zakrin & More to Lead Cheerleading Musical We Are the Tigers
A talent-packed group of stars have signed on to …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, The Band's Visit's Katrina Lenk has signed on to star in NBC's new series, The Village. The Tony winner will play a 'key role' in the plot.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMMCC Theaterannounces that three-time Academy Award nominee, two-time Golden Globe Award winner, four-time Emmy Award winner, and four-time Tony Award nominee Laura Linney will be honored at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMThe Actors Fund announced today that Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song has donated a block of tickets to their Friday, January 4, 2019 performance at 730 pm to benefit The Actors Fund on at the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMThe new series, also featuring Tony nominee Hailey Kilgore, is set to make its debut in March 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMIt’s a thrill that Annette Bening, Paul Dano, Adam Driver, Santino Fontana, Ethan Hawke, Glenda Jackson, John Lithgow, Laurie Metcalfe and Kelli O’Hara are among the celebrated p…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:07PMThe popular concert series returned to New York City at Sony Hall December 17.
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For a half-century Mr. Moffat, a transplanted Briton, was a lauded figure on stages and screens, whether performing Shakespeare or Tom Clancy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMPromethean has cast its remount of “Gross Indecency,” with artistic director Brian Pastor at the helm again. Ensemble member Jamie Bragg will reprise her leading role as Oscar Wilde. Als…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMMichael Urie stars in the Harvey Fierstein play, running through January 6 at the Hayes Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PM[Some of what follows was originally posted a few years ago. This holiday season, I invite new readers and returnees to share the memories.] Like many a New York actor back in the day, I dro…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 04:26PMThe annual gala will take place April 1, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PM“In 1957, Ross Bagdasarian had an idea. … The story goes that [he] was down to his last $200 when he took a chance on purchasing a fancy tape recorder — one that could change the s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PM“Proposals to maintain the salary threshold, as well as the failure to include any measures to address the challenges faced by freelances, are hugely disappointing. It demonstrates governm…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PM“To many playwrights, the very existence of trans people is enough to make up an entire plot, because it’s just that strange. It often doesn’t end up mattering where we come from, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMBy Michael Lueger. We welcome back Stories from the Eastern West for Part 2 of their exploration of the life and work of Polish theatre director Jerzy Grotowski.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:16PMShe's back On December 19 Mary Poppins returns in... MARY POPPINS RETURNS- a sequel to Disneys beloved 1964 film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMEducation takes center stage in BroadwayWorld's new Education Spotlight education series. We ask Broadway stars a survey of questions about their college experience and how its made them the…
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Performances begin in Florida in January under the direction of Allen D. Cornell.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMby Stephen Sachs When I wrote a story on this Fountain blog in February of this year, one week after the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting, my goal was to point out that the high school̵…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 03:44PMURTA will host the Women+ Theatre Forum, bringing together women+ theatre artists for discussion and advice. The event will galvanize the community by offering support and encouragement in a…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:42PMThe comedy is athletic as a murder mystery practically kills its actors.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:42PMThe free series will feature new works by emerging playwrights Aaron Carter, Emily Feldman, Dave Harris, Jonathan Spector, and Sanaz Toossi.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMThe second half of the comedy’s final season arrives on Netflix in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:31PMJonathan Van Ness, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Bobby Berk use “This Is Me - Reimagined” to inspire three makeovers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMPride Films and Plays has announced casting for the musical “Southern Comfort.” The musical will be directed by JD Caudill, while all five transgender members of the show’s “family�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMGhostlight Records will release a cast recording of New York City Center 2018 Encores! Off-Center production of Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World."
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:12PMThe “wisdom of crowds” refers to the result of a very specific process, where independent judgments are statistically combined (i.e., using the mean or the median) to achieve a final jud…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMCritic Chris Jones, editorial assistant KT Hawbaker and Chicago's theaters serve up some holiday realness and drag the newspaper into the new year. (Kasondra Van Treeck/Chicago Tribune)
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:12PMCritic Chris Jones, editorial assistant KT Hawbaker and Chicago's theaters serve up some holiday realness and drag the newspaper into the new year. (Kasondra Van Treeck/Chicago Tribune)
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:12PMFalk made his solo cabaret debut in October and will return to The Green Room 42 December 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PMThe latest about Waitress, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Play That Goes Wrong, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMAccording to Variety, writer, actor, and director Peter Masterson died Tuesday, December 18th at the age of 84. Masterson was best known in the theatre community as the co-writer of hit musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMLaura Benanti'sMelania Trumphas returned in a sneak peakof the White House Christmas Message
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMThe Tony Award-winning Best Play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I and II, is preparing a new cast to enter the Broadway production. Producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender …
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Hamilton, which explodes with power, vitality and imagination in the Broward Center for a five-week run, is not the Second Coming as many overheated observers would have you believe. But thi…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:48PMThe Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater marks its 60th anniversary by looking back at its late founder, who created one of the world’s most visible dance companies
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PMAs Christmas rolls around, popular culture is teeming with references to Scrooge and other Dickensian characters. But what would A Christmas Carol be without Marley’s haunting voice or Tin…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:30PM“The Hip Hop Nutcracker” is a bit like other versions of “The Nutcracker.” That is, as long as you consider that steps en tournant are performed on performers’ heads and sautes are…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:15PMThe project, called New Pages, will support the development of new works by Philadelphia playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:08PMMasterson also starred in The Stepford Wives and directed Geraldine Page to an Oscar in The Trip to Bountiful.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM“It’s an elegantly constructed, effortlessly listenable series that does exactly what you’d hope a general-interest opera podcast would do. It also avoids most of what you’d hope…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMFrankfurt financier Christian Reister and violin dealer Jost Thoene have founded Violin Assets GmbH as a fund that treats Strads, Guarneris, Amatis, and the like as an “alternative ass…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMMost European companies have at least five ranks for their dancers, based on the system developed at the Paris Opera Ballet. Most North American companies limit themselves to corps de ballet…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMThe world premiere play THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT recouped its production costs the week ending December 9, 2018. Three weeks currently remain in the strictly limited engagement through Sunday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMBelow, check out exclusive photos of My Fair Lady's Kerstin Anderson as she records her track, 'O Little Town of Bethlehem.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMGraham Norton is joined by the cast of Mary Poppins Returns, Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw and Emily Mortimer on the newest episode of 'The Graham Norton Show.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMDeck 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMGet a first look below at Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Choir Boy Choir Boy iswritten by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney Moonlight, The BrotherSister Plays and dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PM by Carol Rocamora It was a razor-sharp satire in 2004, and it hasn’t lost its cutting edge today. Fabulation: or the Re-Education of Undine, is Lynn Nottage’s absurd…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:01PMPremieres Friday, January 25 at 9 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) Great Performances: Doubt from the Minnesota Opera is a new opera based on playwright John Patrick Shanley’s acclaimed …
SOURCE: PBS at 02:01PMThe Tony Award-winning production welcomes a new cast to the two-part play March 20, 2019.
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Michael Schulman writes on Bob Mackie’s costumes for “The Cher Show,” a Broadway bio-musical currently running at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 01:58PM“Charley’s Aunt” was a popular feature in the mid-twentieth century. It was a vehicle for comedy legend Jack Benny in a movie version, and it subsequently became a Broadway musical, �…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:57PMIt's a hit! The star-packed world premiere staging of The Lifespan of a Fact, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones and Bobby Cannavale, has recouped its production costs. Lifespan is …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMThis sounds about right! The Broadway hit The Play That Goes Wrong will keep running in New York, after all, with a move to off-Broadway's New World Stages beginning on Februar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMAS RELEVANT AND CELEBRATORY AS EVER, FIDDLER GETS A POWERFUL REVIVAL It takes a musical to make a village: At nearly three hours, this very replete revival, which plays the Cadillac Palace T…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:53PMThe acclaimed play by the Oscar-winning Moonlight director is set to open January 8 on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:34PMBy Douglas Mayo
Douglas Mayo reviews Windmill Theatre Company and State Theatre Company South Australia’s production of Rumpelstiltskin now playing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the S…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:34PMThe Public Theater production makes Bob Dylan’s iconic songs its own.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:32PMA blunt assessment: It’s time to move on. It is time to retire Miss Saigon as the seductive, out-of-touch, museum piece that it is. Miss Saigon has little to say about the sorrows of the V…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:26PM“Laws are like sausages,” goes the adage. “It’s better not to see them being made.” As it happens, I have a good mental picture of how sausages are made, because fo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21PMThe DESTINY RISING performance at The Joyce Theater will benefit the Foundation's College Scholarship Program.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM“Kant put his finger on the problem when he observed in the Critique of Pure Reason that human reason is driven by its very nature to ask itself questions that it is unable to answer. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:04PMSlate spoke with a small group of people who had publicly declared they planned to #DeleteFacebook. Most were successful, though some find themselves back on the site from time to time. Thei…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:04PMBy Julio Martinez
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Casa 0101 Theater in Boyle Heights, in danger of closing its doors due to financial hardship, was able to secure financial viability through the lau…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:04PM‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ will live on after its Broadway closing Jan. 6. The production announced Thursday that it will transfer to New World Stages, where it will begin an off…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:02PMFive decades into his storied career, Andrew Lloyd Webber dominated the Melbourne musical theatre scene in 2018.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM“The Lifespan of a Fact” has recouped its production costs after running on Broadway for three months. The play, produced by Jeffrey Richards and starring Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones …
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The musical was previously seen in London, where it will return for an open-ended engagement next year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMThe new play stars Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, and Bobby Cannavale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMThe works of the late composer, lyricist, and comedian will be celebrated January 20, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMHarry Potter and the Cursed Child will welcome a new Broadway cast currently in rehearsals to begin performances on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre 214 West 43rd Street, NYC f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMChristmas is almost here so we decided to spread some Christmas cheer with this week's TBTSo once again our social media managerdove into the BroadwayWorld archives and found the Opening Nig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMJust in time for the holidays, The Olivier Award-Winning Mischief Theatre Company's A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong will be available to stream on BroadwayHD. This special marks the first produ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMAnastasia's lost princess has found herself a real life prince. Christy Altomare announced on Instagram today that she is engaged to her longtime boyfriendPete Browning. We're wishing congra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMA trailer has been released for I HATE KIDS starringTom Everett Scott and Tituss Burgess. Watch the trailer below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMJoey McIntyre will take over the role of Dr. Pomatter on February 5 and play through April 7, 2019. He was last seen on Broadway as Fiyero in Wicked. Producer Barry Weissler said, We love Jo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMChicago Shakespeare Theater has just announcedthat the Theater will stage the critically acclaimed new musicalSIX, written byToby MarlowandLucy Moss, following its debut in the United Kingdo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMLeadingspecialist theatre publisher Nick Hern Books is to publish the script of theacclaimed gender-swapped version ofCompanyby Stephen Sondheim and Goerge Furth,alongside the current West E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMAccording to The New York Times, The Play That Goes Wrong will find new ill-fated life following the end of its Broadway run. The show will close at the Lyceum Theatre on January 6th, then m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMThere are few things as difficult as penning a follow-up to a beloved classic. That's the challenge that faced the writers of Disney's Mary Poppins Returns, the next-generation sequel to the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMPop 80s/90s icon Joey McIntyre, whose rise to stardom came with his membership in the band New Kids on the Block, will be joining the Broadway production of Waitress in the role of Dr. Pomat…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:51PMThe Lincoln Center Theatre production of The King and I, which opened on Broadway in 2015 and garnered Tony Awards for Kelli O’Hara and Ruthie Ann Miles, then transferred to London’s Wes…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:48PMA new slate of stars have signed on to spread magic across Broadway in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The fresh group of cast members will begin on March 20, 2019 as the hit two-part pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMWhen Network, a film about a fictional television network struggling with low ratings, was released in November 1976, it was deemed a grim satire. The movie went on to win four Academy Award…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMHe's got the right stuff! Joey McIntyre, the talented star who rose to fame as part of the '80s boy band New Kids on the Block, will return to Broadway in 2019 as the latest love int…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMCongratulations to Anastasia's title star, Christy Altomare, who is newly engaged to her longtime boyfriend Pete Browning.
Altomare told Broadway.com, "He's my best frien…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMThe Monty Python-esque murder mystery farce, which was a hit on Broadway, will close in January. But the show will go on.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMThe Broadway play takes its final bow at the Lyceum Theatre in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMIt's one of British theatre's most unique forms. So fear not, newcomers, because we've picked out 9 key things you need to know to understand pantomime!
The post A complete beginner’s …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:43PMWhile the push for diversity in casting is admirable, it’s not enough to resuscitate a script that feels dated, even regressive in its approach to historical storytelling.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:42PMThe limited run for All About Eve has revealed more cast details, having previously announced Gillian Anderson (X-Files, The Fall, A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here W…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:40PMMackie joins the Orchestra from London's Philharmonia Orchestra, and will begin his position in April 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMFour young dancers on their roles in the holiday favorite at New York City Ballet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMThe star of the Ahrens and Flaherty musical shared the news on Instagram.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMThe teen horror comedy will begin performances in February 2019 at Theatre 80.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMThespian alum on finding inspiration and taking risks
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 12:25PMActor-playwright Peter Masterson, who co-wrote Tony-winning musical “’he Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,’ has died
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMFilmed during the revival's London run, the production also features Ken Watanabe recreating his Tony-nominated performance as the King of Siam.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMIvo van Hove directs the new stage adaptation of the classic film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMNigel Andrews selects his top 10, from the dizzying heights of Free Solo to the hellish depths of The House That Jack Built
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:09PMThe New Kids on the Block star returns to Broadway after playing Fiyero in Wicked.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMScientists and engineers have been building and programming piano-playing robots for decades. But there’s something different about a new robotic hand that tickles the ivories with techniq…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMDepending on the venue, shots of Socrates, Kant and Nietzsche will be supplemented with chasers of yoga, tai chi, meditation, music, dance and virtual reality experiences. – The New Yo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMTobacco Factory Theatres have well served Bristol festive audiences over the years, including one bona fide theatrical masterpiece in Sally Cookson’s Olivier Award-winning Cinderella. Alas…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe Spotlight podcast is hosted by Jena Tesse Fox. Guest: Elizabeth A. Davis Elizabeth A. Davis: website | Twitter | Facebook | Soundcloud The Resistible Rise of Arturo …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:00PMChicago Shakespeare Theater said Thursday that is is postponing its planned summer production of a new musical adaptation of the 1971 Disney movie, “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and will in…
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“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has announced a new Broadway cast that will begin in March. James Snyder, who last appeared on Broadway in “In Transit,” will play Harry P…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:56AMThe regular return of pantomime production teams to the same theatre is usually a sure-fire marker, and Evolution Pantomimes’ vibrant production for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMTickets for King Kong are now on sale through September 1, 2019. The new Broadway musical is playing at the Broadway Theatre 1681 Broadway where it opened on Thursday, November 8 previews be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMIn the episode below, Ben travels to the land of yesterday choreography from Anastasia, with the help of Kristen Smith Davis. Can you keep up
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMOn January 10, Theatre publisher Nick Hern Books will release an updated version of the libretto for Company.This edition features the complete revised book from the current gender-swapped W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMAtlantic Records has unveiled the latest video from THE GREATEST SHOWMAN - REIMAGINED, the unprecedented new companion to Atlantic's RIAA 2x platinum certified, GRAMMY Award-nominated soundt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMMARY POPPINS RETURNS is a sequel to the classic 1964 film, MARY POPPINS, starringEmily Blunt as Mary Poppins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer and Julie Walters with Colin Fir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMShall we dance Lincoln Center Theater's multi-award winning and critically acclaimed production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's legendary musicalThe King and Iis making its debuttodayon Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMMusical based on TV special comes to the Fox.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:48AMThe summer slate will feature works by Stephen Schwartz, Maria Irene Fornés, and Stephen Sondheim.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:45AMThe Royal Opera has announced The Monstrous Child, a new opera by young British composer Gavin Higgins, will be directed by Timothy Sheader from February.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:43AMThe If/Then alum will take on the title role in the Tony-winning, two-part play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMShakespeare had the notion first in The Comedy of Errors – the comic opportunities presented by two sets of estranged siblings separated
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMAs a perfect alternative to pantomime, this inventive, colourful, entertaining and story-based production of Alice: The Musical will engage the entire family with its well-known and well-lov…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:05AMBy HowlRound Theatre Commons. Are you interested in working for HowlRound? We’re hiring a full-time Communications Manager—details about applying within.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:03AMAmbassador Theatre Group has bought the West End’s Ambassadors Theatre, in a deal understood to be more than double what Cameron Mackintosh
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:02AMOne of my goals in 2019 is to learn more about the hard-working people who make theater and the people who dream about making theater all over this world. So, during my next trip to jolly o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMr. Noonan was best known for his Off-Broadway hit, A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking, starring Eileen Brennan and Susan Sarandon.
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Fra Fee takes on 20 rapid-fire questions about The Ferryman, the Les Miz movie, and musical theatre dream roles.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:54AMMore than 52,000 people so far have signed a petition accusing Disney of “colonialism and robbery” after it trademarked the phrase (which means “no worries”) in conne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMAn Italian man broke down and suffered a heart attack after gazing at Botticelli’s Birth of Venus (ca. 1485) at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence over the weekend. The unnamed man was t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM“In an industry where buying monthly, serialized stories is the norm, TKO is presenting an alternative: binge releasing its mini-series; simultaneously selling collected editions of th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMWe're taking you into the BroadwayWorld archives with this flashback photo This billboard depicted Patti LuPone, advertising her engagement at The Savoy in May 1981.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMProducer Mark Cortale has announced that his internationally acclaimed Broadway concert series, hosted and music directed by Sirius XM Radio star Seth Rudetsky, will return to the Broward Ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMJust last week,To Kill A Mockingbird officially opened at the Shubert Theatre. Below, get an intimate look at opening night as the cast prepares for their first official bows
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMAs previously reported, Galt MacDermot, composer of the musical Hair, has passed away on December 17 at 89 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMAs previously reported, actress and director Penny Marshall has passed away at the age of 75, due to complications with diabetes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMAn owl has a nighttime adventure – as owls are wont to do – in this charming sequel to Wow! Said The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMMartha Plimpton stars in the U.K. premiere of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer-winning drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMNetflix is developing the new take on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMLynn Nottage Pulitzer Prize-winner emerges even more strongly in London A tremendous year for American theatre on the London stage is resoundingly capped by Sweat, the Lynn Nottage Pulitzer …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 10:24AMCompleteness is an ironic title since the characters are notably incomplete. This 2011 play by the talented Itamar Moses is newly revised and is directed by Matt Pfeiffer for Theatre Exile i…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 10:18AMThe stage adaptation of the '70s film, directed with bold flourishes by European auteur Ivo van Hove at Broadway's Belasco Theatre and co-starring Tony Goldwyn and Tatiana Maslany, has somet…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMTwo thoughts occurred to me at the end of Ivo van Hove’s stage production of “Network”: Bryan Cranston is one of the most fearless actors working today, and Paddy Chayefsky attained a …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:00AMThis year, after a reported £3.6 million refurbishment at Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre, it has reopened. Sandi Toksvig’s new version of Treasure Island, directed by Matthew Forbes, is …
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“We have never seen such a mass entry into the public domain in the digital age. The last one — in 1998, when 1922 slipped its copyright bond — predated Google. … [And] we can bl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AMIn a memo to staff, Walker said that “the Board and I have agreed that the time has come for me to move on.” (Her contract was due to expire in June; she steps down at the end of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AMJason Zinoman: “The answer has to do with the peculiar nature of stand-up, an art form in which the elephant in the room does not lurk in the background. It stands right in front of th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AMJumping off from Boston Symphony principal flutist Elizabeth Rowe’s gender pay discrimination lawsuit, equal opportunity law scholar Nancy Leong and freelance oboist Tenly Williams arg…
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:42AMAccording to Deadline, Mary Poppins Returns brought in an estimated 4.8M for its opening day Wednesday, despite industry midday projections that had the film in the 7M-8M vicinity.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMMary Poppins Returns officially came to cinemas yesterday, December 19. BroadwayWorld was there to celebrate the big day at the New York screening, with Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Blunt, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMThe substantially revised script includes new lyrics from Stephen Sondheim and a female protagonist.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMThe British box office is finally reaching its biggest boom after almost five decades. Cinegoers are increasing in numbers than stay-at-home –and –surf Netflix people. Experts say this i…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:37AMAmerican actor Sandra Locke, who was co-starring with Clint Eastwood in six of his films and was nominated for Oscar and the Golden Globe for her role opposite lead-man Alan Arkin in the mov…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:28AMLucrecia Martel, the Argentinian director famous for films like Zama, La Cienaga and The Headless Woman recently told an audience in the Mumbai film festival that she “received an email fr…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:23AMCast members from the Broadway revival Harvey Fierstein's Tony-winning play stopped by the Playbill Studio to offer a Torch Song Cycle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMLady Gaga is all but certain to win at least one Oscar for “A Star is Born”: Best Original Song for “Shallow.” While she faces some stiff competition for Best Actress…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMSimon Callow’s telling of A Christmas Carol at the Arts Theatre is theatrical perfection. A solo performance, aided only by subtly ingenious projections and the occasional, immaculately ti…
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If you are a theater enthusiast (and we know you are), how busy could you have been in 2018? 464 productions = 38 days, and 16 hours If you watched all 464 shows, back to back, assuming the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:42AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMSaoirse Ronan has been taking Hollywood by storm, currently for starring in the film Mary Queen of Scots, and previously for playing the titular role in the award-winning film Lady Bird.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34AM“Tired of suffering defamations in state media publications such as Granma newspaper … as well as official websites from the Ministry of Culture,” said the artist-activist …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AMBach scholar Michael Marissen observes that, throughout the set, the composer has solo instruments do things that, in the accepted order of things at the time, those instruments simply didn&…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AM“She began studying at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1955 when she was just 20 years old … [but] eventually left the prestigious dance theater after six years, during many of wh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AMHis latest mural, which popped up in the Welsh steel town of Port Talbot, shows a child catching snowflakes on his tongue — except that the flakes are actually ashes from a dumpster fire b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AMMiddle Child’s panto has a new home this year, moving from its previous base in Fruit, a converted warehouse, to Jubilee Central.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:23AMBroadway fans love to whine about movie adaptations overtaking their beloved theaters. But can’t movie buffs also complain about their favorite films getting ruined by the stage? I will �…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 08:05AMCan you really turn a three-page short story into a full-length play? What would you add, and how would you avoid accusations of padding? Anthony Neilson’s new version of Edgar Allan Poe�…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMIs there a word for something more extra than extra? More over-the-top than over-the-top? More excessive than excessive? Here are two: Theatre Box. With its 60-ounce, bubbling cocktail goble…
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Arts organisation Nouveau Riche has announced a new development programme for emerging writers, directors and producers. The Brand Nouveau Initiative is a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMThe government has been accused of ignoring the pressures that its post-Brexit immigration plans will have on the creative sector, as industry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMDonmar Warehouse, LondonBased on interviews with residents of small-town Pennsylvania, Lynn Nottage’s play vividly describes the betrayal and resentments of striking female factory workers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Wednesday 30 January 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock joins improv masters of Showstopper! to celebrate 1000 brand-new musicals. Got …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMIpswich is enjoying a surfeit of cracking shows this Christmas. The New Wolsey’s yearly Rock ‘n’ Roll panto is predictably excellent, but
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMAccording to my friend the remarkably loquacious Spanish pianist Pedro Carboné, the “birth of Spanish music” occurs during the third of Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12AMRumpelstiltskin, a family Christmas show by Windmill Theatre Company and State Theatre Company on tour from Australia, is wonderfully bizarre. It’s a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMReview of Rhapsody in You and Wrong Songs for Christmas, which played at the Print Room at the Coronet on 15 December.
The post Review: Rhapsody in You and Wrong Songs for Christmas, Print R…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMBy bulldozing the fourth wall between performer and audience, these shows offer unique experiences for those seeking adventure.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:04AMOur three European theater critics pick their favorite productions of the year — plus a turkey for the festive season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:04AMIt’s a Christmas classic that’s been reimagined, turned into a musical, shown in the West End without fail every year and is usually responsible for kick-starting that festive feeling!Th…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:01AMRepresentation, politics, institutional inequality—many of our most-read stories reflected a field facing hard questions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:00AMLin-Manuel Miranda slumps into a chair, exhausted. For an instant. Then, all of a sudden, he’s gleefully leaping on top of the chair to demonstrate a Dick Van Dyke dance move. The whiplash…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:00AMOur #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O’Bree attending the West End opening of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE at the Playhouse Theatre, continuing in the West End to 9 February 2019 fol…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMCurrently my favourite partnership of Simon Russell Beale and Shakespeare is at work in The Tragedy of King Richard the Second (or Richard II if you prefer, and as the person typing this I v…
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Lynn Nottage’s prescient American play demonstrates how little it takes to stir up racial unrest and anti-immigrant feeling when people’s livelihoods are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMAfter the ‘attacks’, tabloid fear-mongering and a devastating horror film, clowns were meant to be all clapped out – with pirates and princesses muscling in. So why is business booming…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Emily Blunt talks Mary Poppins Returns, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21AMWhat most transfixed me about Mustard Race Riot was not the grim subject matter (which I saw anew through the perspective of our current racially charged moment), but Warhol’s uncanny pres…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12AMSeven years ago playwright Lynn Nottage started spending time in Reading, Pennsylvania, one of the poorest towns in America and wrote Sweat based on her experiences there.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMStage managers’ show reports detail every aspect of a performance from technical info to the running time. Fergus Morgan takes his pick
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMIt may not have been a vintage year for the theatre, but there were plenty of memorable moments. Fergus Morgan gives his
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“The Passage” writer Liz Heldens has signed a new multi-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television effective immediately, reports Hollywood Reporter.Under the deal Heldens will c…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:26AMChannel 4 has appointed Yasir Mirza as the Head of Inclusion and Diversity.Yasir will work closely with Chief Human Resources Officer, Caroline Ross, and with teams across the business to he…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:23AMWe Have A Winner! This Dance Enthusiast Will Receive Subscriptions To Marquee.TV. Thanks To All Who Submitted Their Audience Reviews.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: DANCENOISE’s “Lock ‘em Up” at New York Live Arts: "This performance-art-as-a-variety-show shtick unfolds at a frenetic pace." Erin Bomboy, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Project 44 Dance at RWS Studios: "With the weight and gesture of their fingers, the dancers give physicality to the air around them, creating a world that envelopes the audi…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMFrom Joan McCracken to George Abbott, here is your primer on the lives and careers of the men and women about to be depicted on the limited series, starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle William…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAfter Dreamgirls, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Loretta Devine, Jennifer Holliday, and more went on to big careers in theatre, film, and television.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHow The Jungle recreates life in a migrant camp---"When does a place become home?" asks one of the displaced characters in The Jungle, currently at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn. It's also…
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