Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 12/29/2018

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 12292018.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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My 2018 in Review by Adam Szymkowicz

This year was my best year in some ways-- Most productions I've ever had.  First LORT production (Kodachrome at Portland Center Stage) as well as the premiere of Mercy at New Jersey Rep…

SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 07:42PM

Stage and Screen Actress Dame June Whitfield Dies at 93 by BroadwayWorld

Variety has reported that stage and screen actress Dame June Whitfield has died at age 93.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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VIDEO: Mandy Gonzalez Sings 'All I Want For Christmas is You' With The Philly POPS by BroadwayWorld

Mandy Gonzalez recently wrapped up her engagement with A Philly POPS Christmas Spectacular Sounds of the Season at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. The concert ran from December 1 …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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New York Theater Year-End Quiz: A Look Back at 2018 by Jonathan Mandell

Recall what happened in theater in 2018 — some of it just plain weird — by answering these 20 questions, many adapted from my monthly quizzes throughout the year.

SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:41PM

Photo Flashback: Broadway Gypsies Take Center Stage at 2018 Legacy Robe Ceremonies! by Walter McBride

The gifts have been opened, the feasts have been eaten and the merriment has been had. As the holiday season comes to a close and we countdown the final days of the year, we're getting ready…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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News: Anacostia Playhouse Robbery Replacement Fund by Md Theatre Guide News Desk

Being a part of a community means being there for each other, in good times and in bad.  As you may have heard, the Anacostia Playhouse — where Theater Alliance is theater-in-residence �…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:42PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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'Out of this world!': What critics are saying about Lady Gaga's Las Vegas residency debut by Usa Today, Sara M Moniuszko, Usa Today

Critics are praising Lady Gaga's Las Vegas residency debut. Here are some highlights of what they thought of "Enigma."        

SOURCE: USA Today at 03:38PM

Lady Gaga Is Reborn As a Las Vegas Robot Wrangler by Devon Ivie

Lady Gaga’s home for the foreseeable future will Las Vegas’ futuristic Park MGM stage, where her One Woman Rat Pack Show (or rather, her Enigma residency) will reign on the Strip for the…

SOURCE: Vulture at 03:04PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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RESIDENCY SET LIST 11/5: CAROLEE CARMELLO & SOLEA PFEIFFER by Jason Robert Brown

Twenty years ago, Carolee Carmello headed the company of my first Broadway show, Parade, and poured her voice of molten brass right into my music for a Tony Award nomination and a performanc…

SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 02:16PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Commentary: Best and Worst Classical Recordings of 2018 by Jonathan Blumhofer

Our critic's year-end tally of the classical albums that, in looking back over 2018, stand tallest – plus a few that didn’t make the bar.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:54PM

BWW TV: The Year that Was- Relive the Musicals of 2018! by BroadwayWorld TV

It has been a great year for Broadway, with show-stopping twelvemusicals having opened in 2018. Before we get wrapped up in the theatre season ahead, BroadwayWorld wants to stop and salute t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PM

Best of the Rest! What Else the Broadway.com Staff Loved in 2018 by Lindsey Sullivan

The year is almost at a close. In addition to an endless amount of holiday parties and last-minute gift shopping, we've also spent our time at the end of 2018 reading up on best-of-the y…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

The Prom's Christopher Sieber Buddies Up at the Bar with Susan Blackwell on Side by Side by Broadway.com

Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber plays skee ball, reveals impressive hidden talents and adds disco flair to the Star Wars theme.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

Lies, damned lies & advertorial by Susan Elkin

Yes, I know we’re in a fiercely competitive industry. Everyone trying to make a living in it has to do everything possible to promote themselves and their wares. Social networking might ha…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM

These Gorgeous Worlds: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chicago Shakespeare Theater by Kelsey McGrath

If you've got holiday money burning a hole in your pocket, Chicago Shakespeare Theater offers a wondrous outlet.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Clueless, The Musical by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

While "Clueless, The Musical" is never less than slick and professional in the best possible way, for those who know the iconic film it offers no surprises so slavishly does it follow the …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:48PM

Seth Meyers & Year In Review Part 1 by NPR

Seth Meyers joins us, and we look back on some of the amazing fun we had in 2018.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Love London Love Culture’s Theatre Picks for 2019 by Emma Clarendon

Here’s Love London Love Culture’s theatre picks for 2019.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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On Ed Flanders, St. Elsewhere, and Suicide by Trav S.D.

The late Ed Flanders was born on this day in 1934. We’ll talk about his eventual fate in a bit; meantime, we celebrate him, his career, and his hit TV show. An army vet from Minneapoli…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:54AM

Critics Picks: Our Reviewers Pick the Best Broadway Albums of 2018! by BroadwayWorld

Our album critics have gone through all of the amazing recordings released this year and painstakingly chosen their favorites. From Broadwayto West End, big screen to small, we've got a full…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AM

Best Posts of 2018: A Broadway Fixer, The Fall of Rise, Actors’ Bodies, Immersive Pioneer Re-Emerges, Life Without Theater. by Jonathan Mandell

Below are the five best reads posted in 2018: an essay about actors’ bodies; a contemplation of what life would be like without theater; a profile of an engineer who fixes theater to m…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:25AM

Alexander Bodin Saphir: on translating ideas from screen to stage by Interview By Nick Curtis

The writer talks about his play Rosenbaum’s Rescue, which takes a new look at the ‘miracle’ evacuation of Denmark’s Jews in 1943Film-maker Alexander Bodin Saphir, 40, was born to an …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Critic’s Choice 2018 – Paul T Davies by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies BritishTheatre.com reviewer Paul T Davies selects his theatrical highlights for 2018. This post Critic’s Choice 2018 – Paul T Davies first appeared on British Th…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:59AM

On Ward and Vokes: The Original “Harold and Percy” by Trav S.D.

Wow! Okay, I fell down a happy rabbit hole this morning, and it was one of those experiences that assures me that this blog sometimes serves a useful function. Travalanche is the only place …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:48AM

‘Shallow’ will make Lady Gaga 14th woman to win Best Original Song Oscar and bring male total to 146 by Paul Sheehan

Lady Gaga is all but certain to win at least one Oscar on Feb. 24 as part of the team that wrote the song “Shallow.” She sings the smash hit in “A Star is Born” and i…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AM

‘Gripping, emotional & heart-warming’: COME FROM AWAY – Dublin & London ★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

Come From Away, at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin before transferring to the West End is a story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in a time of need is truly inspirational and this in…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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BWW's On This Day - December 29, 2018

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 29 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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‘Both aspects of my creativity were running side by side my whole life’: Sheila Atim on composing & appearing in Ché Walker’s Time Is Love by Featured Content

Olivier Award winner Sheila Atim returns to the Finborough Theatre and reunites with writer-director Ché Walker, who gave her early career breaks as both an actor and a composer. In our fea…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AM

In Memoriam: Rex Reed Says Goodbye to the Biggest Stars of 2018 by Rex Reed

Looking back at a catastrophic year, 2019 has got to be better.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:00AM

Debbie’s favourite male performances of 2018 by Debbie Gilpin

Mind the Blog rounds up her favourite male performances in the theatre during 2018.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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"The Bartered Bride" at Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich by Blouin Artinfo

David Bosch and Tomaš Hanus reinterpret Bedřich Smetana’s intriguing opera “The Bartered Bride” in this new production which will be on stage on select dates through February 6, 2019…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:01AM

‘Shows us what Shakespeare can be’: THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD THE SECOND – Almeida Theatre by Ian Foster

Simon Russell Beale and Leo Bill shine in Joe Hill-Gibbins’ perfectly reimagined The Tragedy of King Richard the Second at the Almeida Theatre.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Q&A highlights of 2018 by The Stage

Do you have any theatrical superstitions or rituals? “Oh, God, so many. I think the ghosts lurk and you can’t mess with

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:42AM

“Adrift” comes to Netflix, Canada by Blouin Artinfo

Baltasar Kormakur’s romantic drama film, Adrift starts streaming on Netflix, Canada from January 1, 2019.Written by David Branson Smith, Jordan Kandell and Aaron Kandell, “Adrift” is b…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:23AM

2018: The best in arts by Leslie Katz

In chronological order, these were the year’s most notable moments in the arts, from this editor’s highly personal perspective. “Vietgone” at American Conservatory Theater (March) Th…

SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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The best theatre of 2018: From Fun Home to Summer and Smoke by Holly Williams, Holly Williams

Tennessee Williams, revamped musicals, and challenging dramas – here are The Independent's 10 favourite works of theatre in 2018

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:48AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Round-Up: Your Costume & Prop Challenges! by Kerry Hishon

We reached out to you, our amazing community, through social media to ask, What are your biggest props/costume challenges for your productions or upcoming show?.Turns out, there are lots of …

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM
Saturday, December 29, 2018 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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North American Tour of Kinky Boots Begins Performances December 29 by Andrew Gans

The non-Equity tour of the Tony-winning musical kicks off in Kentucky.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Critics Round Up Their Favorite Plays and Musicals of 2018 by Adam Hetrick

See what critics thought were the best shows of this past year on and off Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

How to Rent Authentic Props for Your School Production—At an Affordable Price by Ruthie Fierberg

John Shorter turned his decades in theatre education into a second career supplying vintage items for school drama programs and community theatres.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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