At the end of every 'backstage' interview, BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge asks his guest, 'What is the best bit of advice that you've been given, either personally or professionally, that you…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMThe Broadway Blog recaps productions from 2018, along with a look back at some of our favorite interviews.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:48PMIn a paper presented at the SIGGRAPH conference on computer graphics in Vancouver this spring, university researchers unveiled “deep video portraits,” which can quickly and convincingly …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMBrock’s work once prized effect over substance, but years of choreographing situation and character-based musicals ("Be More Chill," "Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark") have sharpened his arti…
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Every person has two choices for how to cope with any aspect of society that is uncomfortable: act to change it, or surrender. Miseducation is the art of teaching people to surrender. To be …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMThe latest pop culture lawsuit that might make its way to a courtroom is the case of Nirvana and Marc Jacobs, with the band suing the designer over a smiley face image. – New York Maga…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMThe late Amos Oz relished the latent anarchism in Jewish holy texts -- full of debates, arguments, challenges.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:12PMUS singer was taken to hospital after performing in Peter Pan in Birmingham last weekThe US pop singer Jimmy Osmond has suffered a stroke and will take time away from the stage, a spokespers…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06PMThe celebrated performers ring in the New Year at the midtown venue December 31.
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Nominations for the 33rd Annual Robby Awards for the Best in Los Angeles area theatre announced by critic Rob Stevens
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 02:51PMIn this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by Broadway's favorite beltress, Shoshana Bean Check out the recipe for Katie's New Years Eve Shoshana Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMWorking at the intersection of moral and political philosophy, social science, and economics, Elizabeth Anderson has become a leading theorist of democracy and social justice. She has built …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:32PMEven the smallest action or fragment of speech, Emily Martin believes, can be a useful clue to the mostly invisible wider cultural assumptions that shape how research is done in any speciali…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:32PM“If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love, actually, is all around.” But is it? The Second City takes a comedic journey through the romantic cliche…
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Rolling Stone reports that Keith Richards seems genuinely moved that he's again getting a chance to play to stadium crowds in the U.S.Patrick Doyle reports for Rolling Stone, that after more…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:56PMSarah Kane’s “4:48 Psychosis” is presented in a way the composer, Philip Venables, hopes will make listeners appreciate joy and love.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMGracie Gardner’s “Cowboy,” which runs from six to 20 minutes, is part of a triple bill: “I just love having a single visual image onstage,” she said.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMPeter Mills Weiss and his collaborator, Julia Mounsey, put the audience on edge with the simplest of theatrical tools.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMWicked Clone The Cinema Musical httpwww.wickedclone.comis a unique blend of musical theatre and filmspanning 7centuries from Transylvania's 15th century to modern-day New York City and beyon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMThe 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 hours of the year, we're getting read…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMHis sculptural and abstract designs revolutionized British theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMThe highest-earning actor of 2018 (George Clooney) didn’t even release a movie this year. But can you name the actor who earned the most at the box office with her films? (and no, she …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMIt’s been a rough time for many prominent American retail chains—and the sector’s future prospects don’t look rosy. But “apocalypse” might be an overstatement. – CityLab
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMThe month-long Exfest, showcasing experimental theatre in multiple venues, will kick off January 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMNow this news is fetch! We asked Broadway.com fans to vote for their favorite Great White Way production of 2018, and Mean Girls took the top spot! The production and its talented stars have…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04PMThis year has been a whirlwind year full of amazing theatre. I was lucky enough to see a total of 150 shows so whittling them down to a top 10 was extremely difficult. Although this list is …
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Shah Rukh Khan's “Zero” has touched the Rs 50 crore mark at the Indian box office within three days of its release.After its release critics like Anupama Chopra and Rajeev Masand cited t…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:58PMIf we didn’t have the Holiday Season, Virginia, we’d have nothing but dark days and bad weather right now. Leafless trees. Bitter winds. And shutdowns. We’d have government…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMGala Celebration at The Edison Ballroom with Joe Battaglia's 17 piece NY's Big Band on New Year's Eve.
By: Linda Amiel BurnsOn December 31, 2018 thousands of people gathered in the Times …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:40PMDarryl Reilly, Critic “I’m not a real dancer but in this play, I celebrate my health.” Bina Sharif emotionally said to the audience following the curtain call of her self-written play,…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:40PMHow do we love thee, 2018 Let us count the ways Twelve musicals opened on Broadway in 2018, making way for dozens of jaw-dropping performances from seasoned veterans, fresh faces, and everyo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMLooking back at the actors, directors, playwrights and other theatre legends who died this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMA World War II combat veteran, McKay also performed on screen with Judy Garland in A Star Is Born.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMThis story has everything: Cat urine, bathroom emergencies, women in lingerie, and, yes, the Cheneys. – HuffPost
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PMThe thing about tech is that even if you can see it coming, you can’t be sure quite how it will arrive or what it will do when it gets here. – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM“The music is meant to evolve, and we’re in the midst of its most wildly adaptive, thrillingly unruly evolutionary phase in some 40 years. So why do I balk whenever someone declares …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PMAriana Grande has posted a number of tributes to her longtime boyfriend Mac Miller in the months since his death in September from an apparent drug overdose. She posted another on her Instag…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PMThe Westchester production continues through January 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMAs the new year begins, it’s time to start thinking of realistic new year’s resolutions that you won’t break within a fortnight. But no one is perfect, not even in Theatreland, and som…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:06PMPlaybill looks back at the actors, directors, choreographers, and other theatre legends who died in the past year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMClaire Anne Bataille, founding member of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and director of the Lou Conte Dance Studio, died Sunday morning with her two sons at her side, according to son Isaac So…
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Take a look backstage at how the casts of Broadway’s The Prom, Waitress, the Aladdin national tour, and more celebrated the holiday season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMThe Oscar and Grammy winner penned the lyrics to two Broadway musicals, as well as the Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley theme songs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMI’m tempted to dub 2018 “the smallest year ever”, for it was a year in which, for a variety of reasons, I was compelled to “work small”, to perform close-up mag…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AMLady Gaga’s “Enigma” Las Vegas residency has racked up some adulatory reviews since it premiered on Friday night — including a rave recap from Variety’s Chris Willman and a fevered…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:38AM2018 saw many stage to screen adaptations on our televisions, streaming services, and at the movies, and BroadwayWorld is here to count down 10 of our favorite moments from the year
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMThe Drama Desk-winning actor on how he “goes there” night after night in Harvey Fierstein’s Tony-winning play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMHarvey Weinstein’s assistant wasn’t even allowed to have a copy of the NDA she signed, or talk about it with anyone at all unless they signed NDAs as well. She broke her silence …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMHowlround’s director reflects on the remaking of the theatre commons and what has been accomplished in 2018.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMIt happened in the 1940s, when Erik Chisholm and Margaret Morris brought modernist dance views to bear on stories of Celtic legends that mixed traditional Scottish and modernist music. One p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMI will remember 2018 for many things, primarily as the year of courage. No, not shown by me but by all the brilliant children I have worked with over the past year on Joseph and Nativity! Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMA look back on 10 replacement stars who left us stunned.
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A Futuristic Dance Theater Narrative by Choreographer-Artistic Director Chase Brock By Sandi Durell Body language, movement and music can create and say more than…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:46AMHere again, we celebrate the new year by saluting a dozen Broadway veterans, aged 91 to 105. Click on any photograph to see it enlarged and read the caption. Why, you may ask, is Betty White…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:42AMThe verbatim transcript of the FBI interrogation of the former Air Force linguist is brought to the stage by Tina Satter at The Kitchen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AM Full confession: I was a huge John Denver (1943-1997) fan at the height of his full John Denver-dom (the 1970s). I was a child at the time and I naturally disavowed all that as a teen…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:36AMThe annual award recognizes the outstanding achievements of people across the U.K.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMWe have some transformer-robots, aerial stunts, a million-and-a-half wardrobe changes, and now, perhaps the most poignant thing of all: one Las Vegas icon christening the reign of another. C…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:20AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of December 31, 2018
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMNational Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene's Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish ended its run at the Museum of Jewish Heritage yesterday, December 30. To conclude the run, Joel Grey, who directed the a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMSure, Broadway is traditionally known for its glitz and glamour, but New York audiences have never shied away from socially relevant theatre, either. And while controversial issues are more …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMThe music director and arranger made history taking the baton during the original Broadway run of The Music Man.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMThe ballet will be choreographed by dancer Melanie Hamrick, who is in a relationship with Jagger. – RTE (Ireland)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AMYes – this is on a Reddit forum, a site not known for its calm discussion of issues. But the Change My View forum, “founded in 2013 by Kal Turnbull, then a teenage musician in Sc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AMThe new “Aria Code” podcast by WQXR and the Met proves it. So why aren’t there a lot more classical podcasts? – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AMLam’s 1987 movie inspired Quentin Tarnatino and helped usher in the 1980s Hong Kong New Wave. – The Hollywood Reporter
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The Stage’s lead critics Natasha Tripney and Tim Bano pick the shows they’re most looking forwards to in 2019. All About Eve
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:58AMEmily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Meryl Streep, and more take home the prize at the international film festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMVery late in his life, I got to meet one of my favorite actors Jason Robards Jr (1922-2000) and for once I wasn’t tongue-tied, I knew just what to say to put us both at ease. For on th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AMThe verdict is in. God is not dead. And rumors of his death, to paraphrase Mark Twain, have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the deity—He, She or That Which Transcends All Else—is aliv…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:16AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for December 31- January 6, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMIt's the final day to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards worldwide, brought to you by BroadwayHD Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMAs 2018 comes to a close, we are reflecting on those we have lost in the Broadway and theatre communities throughout the year.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AM2018 total: 190 Shows (including repeats) in Toronto (and surrounding), London, New York City, San Francisco, and Dublin.As with any lists, I have my own made up rules for basically is what…
SOURCE: tapeworthy.blogspot.com at 09:12AMAre things looking up at the contemporary art museum that lost its founder and saw labor complaints related to abuse by a staff member? Maybe. – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMWell, they should be. “Even for an orchestra that lives and breathes tradition, recruiting the next generation of talent is no longer self-evident. That is why, for the first time in i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMAll of the museums, and the National Zoo, will be closed as of January 2 because of the government shutdown. – NPR
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMWow, this isn’t scary at all: Forty-four journalists’ “full names and photographs were published on social media by the For Mother Russia group. … Many of the 44 are …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMManohla Dargis: It’s not that I’m noticing sexism more; I always noticed. It’s that I’m not gliding over the insults and insinuations, the snickering and unmotivated female nudity as…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMI wanted to record all the productions in 2018 that had had a profound impact on me, so here is the collection that will be with me for a long time.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMOn January 1st I posted my New Year's Resolutions. Let's see how well I did. Throw out my Miramax DVD's.They're gone. Sorry Harvey.Finally watch THIS IS US.Next year for sure.Get ALMO…
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If it wasn’t obvious enough how much top talent there is in Theatreland, the Queen has recognised and awarded some shining theatrical stars in her New Year honours list.There are 1,148 peo…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:59AMThat’s right, it’s almost 2019. And just in case you’re panicking about all of the books you didn’t get to in 2018, well, add a stack to the teetering pile (or add so…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48AMWhat with an explosion in podcasts – and a terrible lack of attention from the corporate overlords – what can the BBC possibly do? “The BBC has promised to replace Film wit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48AMFifteen years ago, Jenna Freedman “established the zine library at Manhattan’s Barnard College, where she is still zine librarian. Today, the collection consists of over 10,000 zines…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48AMJKTS' 10 FAVORITE BROADWAY SHOWS OF 2018We were fortunate to have seen 20+ shows this year. Here are our 10 favorites, from 10 - 1:10. The Boys in the BandAn excellent production of a histor…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:18AMA few home truths helped save the standup from a lifetime of miseryI was in my mid-20s and living in a house I shared with some old friends and new mice. One night, I was waffling on about s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMDove Cameron took to Instagram last night to share the reason she has been missing performances in Clueless, the sold-out off-Broadway musical in which she is starring.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06AMThose of you who follow me on Twitter know that Mrs. T’s chronic illness has put us through the wringer of late. Among other things, she spent two weeks in a Connecticut hospital in Novemb…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03AMIn the three weeks that have gone by since Mrs. T’s hospital stays kept me from putting up new postings, I’ve reviewed four shows for The Wall Street Journal. One of them, Signature…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMA live performance of Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants, taped for TV at New York’s Second Stage Theatre in 1996 and telecast by HBO. This show was directed for the stage by David Mamet: (Th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMActress Emily Joyce spoke to Love London Love Culture about starring in The Band, now playing a limited season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket before heading back off on its UK tour.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMLast year, Frances McDormand won her second Best Actress Oscar for her searing performance as grieving mother Mildred Hayes in Martin McDonagh‘s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00AMPYLADES I’ll take care of you. ORESTES It’s rotten work. PYLADES Not to me. Not if it’s you. Euripides, Orestes (translated by Anne Carson)
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One of the most veritable sci-fi movies of all time, “The Man Who Fell To Earth” will be screened at Toronto’s Royal Cinema on January 8, 2019.What makes this film different is the fac…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:15AMNorwegian drama film “Oslo, August 31” will be screened at Cinema Le Nouvel Odeon, Paris on February 2, 2019 as part of Special Sessions.The film is said to be loosely based on Pierre Dr…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:14AMSo many of the recommendations for shows to see next year focus on the West End. And for sure, I’m excited to catch big ticket numbers like All About Eve, Come From Away and Waitress but I…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMYalitza Aparicio was studying to be a schoolteacher in a small town in Mexico when she was cast in Alfonso Cuarón’s lauded film.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and star of smash-hit musical Hamilton, is taking on his first major role on the big screen, playing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMIn November, 2018 we examined how you can move toward better web accessibility by focusing on improved color contrast. If you’re starting to get into a groove on those tasks, you proba…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM1. Marianela Nunez, principal dancer at the Royal Ballet Dancer Marianela Nunez: ‘The Royal Opera House and the Royal Ballet are my
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMOur chronological rundown of who received which awards in 2018 The Stage Awards (January) Nicholas Hytner’s new Bridge Theatre among winners of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMWe pay tribute to some of the entertainment industry’s celebrated figures who died in 2018… Director and Royal Shakespeare Company co-founder John Barton,
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