Today,MCC TheaterArtistic DirectorsRobert LuPone,Bernard Telsey,William Cantler, and Executive DirectorBlake Westofficially opened MCC's first permanent home, The Robert W. WilsonMCC Theater…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36PMLocal 802 Musicians union has released astatement in support of Actors' Equity developmentalstrike. See their full statement below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36PM‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,’ on tour at the Academy of Music, offers a compelling portrait of a music industry trailblazer, but largely ignores the social issues of its time. Ca…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:18PMThe partial government shutdown hasn't just shuttered museums in Washington, D.C. Across the U.S., and even beyond its borders, artists and the groups supporting them are grappling with the …
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Broadway World announced that the Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed world premiere of Arrival & Departure, written and directed by Stephen Sachs, earned four Broadway World Los Angeles …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 07:49PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier, Broadway actor Derek Keeling's family announcedhisrecent passing on December 12, 2018. As we mourn the loss of this young talent, BroadwayWorld looks back …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24PMAn AMC spokesman Ryan Noonan would not say how many seats will be removed to make room for the new recliners, but he said the number of chairs typically drops by 50 to 60 percent.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:08PMBrandon Stirling Bake: “In the same way that a painter may use a brush to create phrases and mix color, I’m doing that with light. And lighting also has rhythm and pace. My friends b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PMIt's time to make a joyful noise because Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy is officially open on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre five years after an accl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PMOn opening night of Choir Boy the cast and friends join Matt Rodin in a tuneful Red Carpet Challenge
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PMDirector Steven Atkinson praises the industry’s focus on, and increasing progress towards, diversity and equality, but, he asks: is Arts Council England’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMThere is one figure who, for reasons of eligibility, is perennially absent from The Stage 100, our list of the most influential
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01PMSan Diego’s flagship theater — nationally renowned for its devotion to the works of Shakespeare — is rolling out a new professional training program aimed at keeping the Bard’s legac…
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This week, theNational Board of Review celebrated their2018 honorees, with top awards includingGreen Bookas Best Film of the Year, Bradley Cooper as Best Director of the Year forA Star is Bo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMA theatre researcher thinks not: “On the surface, theatres of the real offer authenticity and certainty in their attachment to reality. But watching one of these plays does not produce…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04PMCommonly known as ‘pickup’ or ‘game’, the seduction industry first took shape in the United States in the early 2000s. What began as a few online forums and meetup groups soon gave r…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced a weeklong extension to Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney's Broadway-debut play Choir Boy. Originally announced to run through February 17, the play…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:03PMKaley Ann Voorhees stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Phantom of the Opera and more with Ryan Lee Gilbert.
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“Choir Boy” announced a one-week extension Wednesday, after receiving positive reviews following its opening at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The Tarell Alvin McCraney play wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:48PMOn NYLA/Fresh Tracks: Auditioned Works with J. Bouey, Emma Rose Brown, Liana Conyers, and Collin Ranf One version of the artist’s fantasy is to have complete creative control over the cont…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:42PMThe year starts off with children’s theater, performances by comedian T.J. Miller, the symphony and other fun events.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:41PMSarah Hammond, Shaina Taub, and Charlie Sohne have won the prestigious awards for their work in musical theater.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:24PMThe Tony and Emmy nominee has frequently performed with the Chicago company, including with husband Tracy Letts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMJ. Quinton Johnson, John Clay III, and more greet Playbill live on the red carpet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMAndré de Shields knows the value of silence. At the very beginning of Hadestown, the Anaïs Mitchell folk opera currently playing a pre-Broadway tryout at the National Theatre, he steps for…
SOURCE: oneapostrophe.wordpress.com at 05:17PMAward-winning actor Carrie Coon to the world-renowned Steppenwolf ensemble.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMBefore there was Hamilton, there was Lin-Manuel Miranda's cutting edge musical masterpiece In the Heights.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMToday, MCC Theater Artistic DirectorsRobert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler,and Executive DirectorBlake Westofficially opened MCC's first permanent home, The Robert W. Wilson MCC The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere ofChoir Boy, by Academy Award winnerTarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Drama Desk Award nomineeTrip Cullman, will extend for one additional week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMWestfield News Group ArtsBeat 1/9/19. “A Doll’s House, Part 2” at TheaterWorks, UMass Dance salutes Jose Limón, “Cats” comes to The Bushnell, and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 05:09PMThe Manhattan theatre also announced a new $30 ticket initiative, a new-musical development lab, and playwright residencies.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:05PMLike the hero of the megahit musical “Hamilton,” Edred Utomi is young, scrappy and hungry — and now he has performed his way to the pinnacle of one of the biggest shows on the planet. …
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The Obie-winning director will be the company's sixth artistic director, as well as the first woman, to lead the theatre in its 55-year history
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMNatural Shocks is a darkly hilarious tour-de-force written by Lauren Gunderson, the most-produced playwright in America. A woman is forced into her basement when she finds herself in the pat…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 04:57PMThe acclaimed production from Manhattan Theatre Club will play an additional week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMWhile other outlets butted heads over the right to be contemptuous and the still-thriving Gawker published a polemic against smarmy positivity, the Millions sidestepped the debate entirely…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM“At its best, the mindful museum might awaken in us a dim memory of a more collective way of being. As Cage wrote, not every contemplative act needs to improve creation—but together …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMOff-Broadway's MCC Theater has a new midtown home! The venue celebrated its official opening on January 9. Its namesake honors cultural, environmental and preservation philanthropist Rob…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Torch Song's Michael Urie & Michael Hsu Rosen to Reunite in Short Film Lavender
Michael Urie and Michael Hsu Rose…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMThe theatre celebrated the opening of its first permanent home in Hell’s Kitchen January 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMPatti LuPone will return to the film world in the historical epic, 'Cliffs of Freedom' with Christopher Plummer. The film depicts thestart of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 and is dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMMake a joyful noise Last night, January 8, Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere ofChoir Boy. BroadwayWorld was there catching up with the company as they celebrated the big night. See …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMFollowingActors' Equity's announcement of astrike against developmental work produced by the Broadway League, theatrical unions have voiced support for their efforts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PM
The essay is a marginal, even trivial form, yet is also deeply and seriously engaged with the weightiest questions of how a philosophical and political subject can be constituted out of a pa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PM“Urbicide is the targeted destruction of cities as a tactic of war. The violence chronicled here is not aerial annihilation—hospitals and homes reduced to rubble—but the “gradual…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMHelen Betya Rubinstein: “I am convinced that we can teach creative writing without the language of failure or success, criticism or praise. … Even praise, like any other drug, will e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMOff-Broadway's MCC Theater has a new midtown home! The venue celebrated its official opening on January 9. Its namesake honors cultural, environmental and preservation philanthropist Rob…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMPatti LuPone is headed back to the big screen. The two-time Tony winner, currently starring in the West End staging of Company, will appear in Cliffs of Freedom, a historical epic depicting …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PM★★★★ Chekhov's ubiquitous Vanya gets shaken and stirred
★★ Women endure emotional torture for the sake of friendship
The post Under the Radar: Minor Character, [50/50] old school…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:26PMStrange Sun Theater will present Jessica Bashline’s new play, WICKEDEST WOMAN, at the WP Theater on the Upper West Side, January 19 – February 2. The World Premiere is directed by Meliss…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 03:20PMThe Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted, has 2019 slots available for the 50 seat Gallery Theatre, prime time 3 – 6 week rentals. Great price and location, right across the street from S…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:18PMHITS THE SPOT As someone who has logged many hours crawling up 10th Avenue in a Megabus, the bright purple-and-white Y2K-esque signage of Yotel has always been intriguing landmark. Since I a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:06PM NYC & Company, New York City’s official destination marketing organization, announced today that NYC Broadway Week tickets are on sale to the public. The popular biannual pro…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:06PMHappy New Year! This will be the last edition Best Musical ranking until the 2019 Tony Awards where I will do the Best Musicals of the 2010s and the Best Musical Revivals of the 2010s. Then …
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The acclaimed director will succeed Darko Tresjnak to become the theatre's sixth artistic director.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:59PM“Hair” comes with a colored and restored serving of “Shampoo” at Toronto’s Royal Cinema on 28 and 29 January, 2019.Maybe 4 decades have gone by, but “Hair” seems to be a story …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:59PMThe Pittsburgh Foundation and Heinz Endowments’ latest Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grants bring the total to $5.2 million since 2010.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:54PMI have just been introduced to the voice of Jennifer Roberts and let me say, I was immediately swept in by it. Her vocals are powerful, soothing, and most of all, delightful to listen to. Je…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 02:45PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon continues his look at theatrical highlights outside of London in 2019. Birmingham Hippodrome is collaborating with Curve in Leicester on a new production of the mu…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:43PM“A few malls have art, a very few have good art, but almost none have the button-pushers and immersive installations that the Aventura Mall features. Artists on view include pioneers o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:42PMAs part of this year’s London International Mime Festival, Peeping Tom: “Father (Vader)”comes to Off-West End and will be on stage at The Barbican Theatre from January 30-February 2, 2…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:22PMIt’s been a while since music director/pianist/arranger/orchestrator/conductor, Fred Barton has given a concert, but he was back on January 4 with his Broadway Band at Feinstein’s/54 Bel…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:18PMBy Will Hand. William Hand reflects on Germany’s Politik im Freien Theater Festival and discusses several shows that were presented there in November 2018.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:11PMChoreographer Camille A. Brown talks why Choir Boy feels so powerful, not being creatively pigeonholed, and making the leap to director/choreographer
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:06PMTodd S. Purim s engrossing book outlines all the ways that Rodgers and Hammerstein forever changed musical theater.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 02:03PM
BroadwayWorld has a first look at North American Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar which will launch in fall 2019. Helmed by the acclaimed director Timothy Sheader and cutting-edge choreographe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThe twice-a-year initiative returns January 21–February 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMConductor Sir Simon Rattle will be at the helm of things when heads the London Symphony Orchestra in a concert at Frankfurt’s Alte Oper on February 22, 2019.The Alte Oper describes Sir Rat…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:43PMNegotiations between the government and the protesters are failing. The government has issued a call to arms, offering payment to citizens willing to join defence corps and “protect th…
SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 01:43PM“Ethical concerns about these advances focus at one extreme on the use of AI in deadly military drones, or on the risk that AI could take down global financial systems. Closer to home,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMChuck Cooper, Austin Pendleton and the cast of Choir Boy share their excitement on opening night on Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMIn the lead up to the Oscars, the BAFTAs is one of the key precursor prizes. When considering how a film has fared, we assign 4 of our 35 boxes to the nominations by the British academy. Onl…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:33PMThe Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires presents a concert directed by Enrique Arturo Diemecke with pianist Alexander Romanovsky on February 28, 2019 at the Teatro Colon.The concert highl…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:19PMThe tour of the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will launch in Austin, Texas, in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMA tribute to the late Stan Lee has been set for Jan. 30 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood with Kevin Smith hosting. Proceeds from the event, dubbed Excelsior! A Stan Lee Celebration, w…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:12PMSoho theatre, LondonThe standup’s debut show insightfully dissects the travails of long-term commitment and the tsunami of having childrenSindhu Vee has a more interesting hinterland than …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMCate Blanchett has played queens, vagabonds and Bob Dylan. Now the double Oscar-winner is hitting the London stage in an avant garde work about sexual domination – and hinting at a farewel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PMShakespeare’s Globe already has their summer plans sorted, as they’ve announced their summer season productions, some its cast and their directors.Their summer shows will be;A Midsummer …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:00PMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe actress Carrie Coon is joining the Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble, the storied Chicago theater announced Wednesday. “I’m thrilled,” said the 37-year-old star of “The Leftovers” o…
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Opera in America has had the stink of death upon it for some time now. Lavish productions of period piece love stories and power struggles set largely during the time of kings and courtesans…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52PMBroadway Records announcedtodaythatGoldstein Original Off-Broadway Cast Recordingwill be released digitally and in stores onFriday, January 25, 2019.The album is currently available for pre-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMWe are pleased to announce the winners for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD Nominations were reader-submitted and voted on by you - the local theatergo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMBeloved Broadway star Corey Cott (Bandstand) has signed on to repeat his acclaimed turn as Tony for a production of West Side Story at Lyric Opera of Chicago from May 3 through June 2. Cott …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMStage-and-screen veteran Shaun Prendergast has been announced to take on the role of Old Joe in the upcoming West End premiere of Waitress. Prendergast is the final principal star announced …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMPraise be! After an acclaimed run off-off-Broadway in 2013, Moonlight Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney's Choir Boy officially bowed on the Great White Way on January 8. Click through t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMNew Republic cultural critic Josephine Livingstone: “Kennings are essentially portmanteaus, Old English words made of two nouns that have been mashed together to create a new one. … …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PMAmerica’s fitness-center availability tracks closely with key markers of socioeconomic class: income, education, and occupation. – CityLab
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PMOne of the defining characteristics of today’s classical music is the ways in which it’s breaking the usual rules. Genre-less, as some call it. So you’re not shunned if you…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PMSpecial engagements at Arena Cinelounge Sunset opening January 25: The Bounty Killer; Goodnight, Charlene; West of Sunshine.
Arena Cinelounge is Hollywood’s new home for independent fi…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:32PM“A Star Is Born” costume designer Erin Benach‘s focus was on creating “a character arc” for Ally (Lady Gaga), a down-on-her-luck waitress who becomes a singing…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:30PMFull casting information for the West End premiere of Sara Bareilles’ Waitress has been released today with news that Shaun Prendergast will play Old Joe.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:30PMThey will each receive $100,000 in recognition of their work as lyricists; Charlie Sohne is also recognized for his work as a librettist.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:29PMBehnam Behzadi’s 2017 film “Un Vent De Liberte”(“Inversion”) will be screened as part of Cinema Le Nouvel Odeon’s Special Sessions on February 16, 2019.This film is about Niloofa…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:26PMMore than 800 people have signed a petition calling on Cameron Mackintosh to retain the original production of Les Miserables in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMThe final batch of tasty Waitress casting news is being served up hot, featuring EastEnders' Shaun Prendergast as Old Joe.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:08PMAll Childish Things - First Folio Theatre at Mayslake Hall, Mayslake Peabody Estate, 1717 W 31st St, Oak Brook, are offering $15 industry tickets Weds. evenings at 8 PM and Thursday matinees…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:04PMThree performers from the Almeida world premiere will reprise their performances at London’s Ambassadors Theatre.
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There will be a special preview screening of Jason Barker’s debut feature documentary “A Deal With The Universe” at Genesis, London on February 7, 2019.According to the film’s websit…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:55AMThe Society of London Theatre (SOLT) is looking for new public panellists to help judge categories for the Olivier Awards 2020, including, for the first time, a Family panel.The Olivier Awar…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:52AMPart of the challenge — and brilliance — of A Star Is Born was the creation of two musicians with clear, distinct visions and voices. Ally isn’t just a collection of Lady Gaga B-sides,…
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:47AMPreviews begin in February at the Adelphi Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMBy Bebe de Soares. Bebê de Soares talks about her organization, Amazonas Network, and the work they’re doing to internationalize Latin American theatre for young audiences.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:43AMNo one turns a look like Amber in Clueless, and Tessa Grady takes us through each costume.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:40AMThe popular boarding school genre gets a fresh new life with spirit lifting songs
SOURCE: at 11:39AMDespite its promising premise, Bess Wohl's script is yet another wan exercise in genial domestic comedy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:36AMAlmost 10 years after the last major tour, a new mesmerizing production of Jesus Christ Superstar is coming to North America! Directed by Timothy Sheader, and featuring choreography by Drew …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMFull casting has been announced for the highly anticipated West End transfer of Anne Washburn's stirring Twilight Zone stage play. The previously announced production, directed…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMA new slate of stars have been announced to join the Olivier-nominated West End musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie. The fresh group of cast members will begin in the tuner at the Ap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThe Fairy Princess was glued to the Golden Globes for several reasons – and here is one of them: Billy Porter makes everything extra – and she is here for it. And though he has n…
SOURCE: fairyprincessdiaries.com at 11:34AMMark Wigglesworth, former music director of English National Opera, makes the case: “If opera is drama first and foremost, why is the question of the language it’s sung in so hot…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AMA reporter and photographer travel to Orlando to see 44-year-old Michael Job acting his role at a Biblical theme park called The Holy Land Experience. — National Geographic
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AMAileen Passloff, now 87 and still working as a choreographer, talks to Gia Kourlas about the 1950s and ’60s, when a new generation was transforming what dance could be; her studies wit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AMThe question of if and when to stream is something we strategize for each and every release. It’s certainly not an exact science, and reasonable people in our business disagree on this imp…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:30AMThe Chicago company's TEN2019 Festival kicks off January 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMBerlioz's most ambitious work, “Les Troyens” will be on stage in a new production at Paris’ Opera Bastille from January 22-February 12, 2019.The libretto of “Les Troyens,” was writ…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:19AMA grants scheme to support artists and performers in the East Midlands has been launched. Applicants can apply for grants of up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:19AMSonia Friedman, the National Theatre and the Young Vic are backing a campaign to host a special performance of Calais refugee camp
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMOn Wednesday, the Second City announced casting for “The Second City e.t.c.’s 43rd Revue.” Under the direction of Anneliese Toft with music direction by Jacob Shuda, the show features …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:10AMCharly Evon Simpson confronts the history of a great medical breakthrough by telling the forgotten story of a community of enslaved black women who involuntarily enabled the discovery.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMEliza Bent's airplane-set comedy will debut at NYTW's Fourth Street Theatre Off-Broadway in February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMVenue uses penis to fight smoking ban CANADA/MONTREAL A Montreal venue is urging other theatres to fight stringent local anti-smoking regulations after complaining
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThe wounds are still fresh for Bat Out of Hell fans, who had to wave goodbye to their beloved show at the Dominion Theatre just a few days ago; but the Bat love was still strong as Christina…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Celine Song, Leah Nanako-Winkler, Jeremy Tiang, Harrison David Rivers, and Laura Zlatos break down their episodes, starring Tony nominees Daphne Rubin-Vega, Michelle Wilson, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMArchitect Steve Tompkins has been named the most influential person in British theater in the latest edition of The Stage 100, writes Will Longman in London Theatre. Tompkins, the director o…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:50AMThese West End performers will have to get used to journeying to another dimension each night: The Twilight Zone has announced full casting.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:39AMThe National Theatre and the American Associates of the National Theatre will host an exclusive fundraising gala to celebrate the National Theatre's acclaimed Broadway production of NETWORK …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMThe Kleban Foundation has announced the recipients of the 29th Annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre. The judges declared a tie in the most promising musical theatre lyricist category betw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMAcclaimed Broadway performer Corey Cott and rising star Mikaela Bennett will headline Lyric Opera of Chicago's premiere of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's groundbreaking American mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMIt's our first show of 2019, an this is going to be another incredible year of musical theatre here in Southern California. We love that there are so many CLASSIC shows this season that a lo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMThe Drama Book Shop, an iconic institution of the New York Theatre District, was about to close its doors for good. Due to escalating rent costs at its 40th Street location, the owners had n…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:33AMHappy 64th birthday to Jonathan Kimble Simmons, aka J.K. Simmons! The Academy Award-winning actor first came to fame as a song-and-dance man on Broadway, then segued to a celebrated career i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMThe producer will help lead the D.C. Jewish theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:30AMHua Hsu writes on the two-act play “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” by the activist and author Ishmael Reed, which criticizes the creator of the hit musical “Hamilton.”
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:30AMThe new arts center combining performing and visual arts will open its doors April 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMThe problem: “most viewership on Netflix gravitates toward audience favorites that first aired on other networks, which Netflix itself doesn’t own” — which means it could…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AM“New York art dealer Mary Boone pleaded guilty in September to filing false tax returns. Now, as she awaits sentencing — which could be up to six years in jail — her lawyers have f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMThe world’s most expensive artwork was supposed to have been on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi four months ago, and it’s been more than 100 days since anyone (other than some Sa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMThe classic musical will begin performances at the Lyric Opera House in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMPerformances begin Off-Broadway January 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMBy Douglas Mayo
Les Miserables, the world’s longest-running musical in the world is to move to the Gielgud Theatre whilst the Queen’s Theatre is renovated.
This post Les Miserabl…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:15AMThe prizes will be awarded at a private ceremony in February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMToday being the birthday of the great Murat Bernard “Chic” Young (1901-73), and having had occasion to make reference to his greatest creation, Blondie, it seems incumbent upon u…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMWhen Eighth Grade director Bo Burnham accepted the National Board of Review award for Best Directorial Debut, he thanked an unlikely competitor in his speech: “I’d like to thank Bradley …
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:06AMThree years ago, I predicted that British actor Mark Rylance would win the supporting actor Oscar for his performance in Steven Spielberg’s “Bridge of Spies,” which he did. People had …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMFollowing the well-received The Convert, the Young Vic has today revealed casting for dark comedy Jesus Hopped The 'A' Train, and surreal play Wild East.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:00AMOn Wednesday, Lyric Opera announced that Broadway performer Corey Cott will headline its production of “West Side Story” as Tony with Mikaela Bennett as Maria. Francesca Zambello directs…
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The sequel to Disney’s beloved ‘Mary Poppins’ has finally arrived and we are chim chim cheery about it. Our favorite magical nanny may have returned with a new brood of kids and lots o…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 09:54AMSeveral actors will join the hit musical at the Apollo January 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMThe play from acclaimed Oscar-winning Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney opened January 8 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AM The latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the press nights of Nativity! the musical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:35AMFollowing the announcement that at the end of January 2019 Layton Williams takes over the role of Jamie New & Shane Richie will play Hugo/Loco Chanelle in the West End production of Everybod…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:35AMMake a joyful noise Last night, January 8, Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Choir Boy, written by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraneyMoonlight, The BrotherSister Plays an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMMake a joyful noise Last night, January 8, Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Choir Boy, written by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraneyMoonlight, The BrotherSister Plays an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMBy Douglas Mayo
New cast details have been announced for the award-winning British musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie now playing at the Apollo Theatre, London.
This post New cast…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:30AMJeremy Pope and members of the cast Photo credit: Matthew MurphyTarell Alvin McCraney's “Choir Boy” premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage II in 2013. It is now in revival wit…
SOURCE: simonsaltzman.blogspot.com at 09:24AMThe store, known for its wide selection of play scripts and books on theater, had announced that it was going to close after one rent hike too many for its 84-year-old owner. So Miranda, who…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThe gilded pieces of farm equipment, perched like two glowing wreaths, are part of an installation titled Les Saturnelles by artist Claude Lévêque. Some irked onlookers are comparing the p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMResearch has shown that musical activities have a variety of positive effects for dementia patients, but, despite encouragement from the NHS, financially strapped facilities often put music …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThe 5% increase over last year seems to indicate that the museum’s adoption of a mandatory $25 admission charge for out-of-state visitors didn’t discourage attendance. Even reven…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AM“Long before the burglar Vjeran Tomic became the talk of Paris, he honed his skills in Père Lachaise, the city’s largest cemetery … Tomic and his friends turned the cemetery i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AM Ken Ludwig – master of the whodunit – is a two-time Olivier Award-winning playwright and author of more than two dozen plays, including the BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:17AMAt the National Board of Review awards in New York, best actress winner Lady Gaga talks about re-opening old wounds to appear in "A Star is Born" and Bradley Cooper reveals what pushed him t…
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:12AMIn response to the article about the investigation into the social background of theatre directors (News, January 3), I would like to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMJanuary. Tabard bets you thought all talk of panto was behind you. Oh no, it isn’t, because there are a couple of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMA slender scenario in search of a storyline, new musical The Band at least has a solid gold score, utilising the extensive pop catalogue of superstar 1990s boy band Take That.
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Joni Mitchell’s birthday party is making its way to the big screen. Fans who lamented they weren’t able to attend a sold-out pair of all-star Mitchell tribute concerts in L.A. tw…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59AMTom Stoppard Plants Modern Mirror in Romantic Garden by Joanna G. Harris & Barry David Horwitz Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” wittily directed by Patrick Dooley, pits history against fa…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:59AMIt isn’t just the new Jamie that everybody’s talking about, but also the new cast who’ll be joining him from 28 January.Introducing (the new) Miss Hedge, Hayley Tamaddon (Coronation St…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:54AMLin-Manuel Miranda got some of his friends from Hamilton together to save The Drama Book Shop in New York City. Keri Lumm reports.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:47AMNew casting has been announced for the award-winning musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie with Hayley Tamaddon (Coronation Street) stepping into the role of Miss Hedge, Sejal Keshwala j…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:45AMWe felt like we toured the world this past weekend without ever leaving New York. It was a three-stop whirlwind of music and dance, and we were both spectators and participants. Spain. On Su…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:34AMLady Gaga has a champagne problem next month. She’s nominated for five Grammys including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for “Shallow,” her “A Star is Born…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:30AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 9 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMShakespeare’s Globe has announced its summer season 2019. The celebration and interrogation of ‘our sceptred isle’ through Shakespeare’s history plays continues with Henry IV Parts 1…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:16AM“The Globe’s exhibition space will close following what the London theatre has described as a ‘difficult financial year’, meaning several roles will be restructured a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AM“Yorgos Lanthimos’s raucous period romp about a high-stakes love triangle in the court of Queen Anne [received] 12 nominations … Meanwhile Vice, the Dick Cheney biopic …, cam…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMHayley Tamaddon has been cast as Miss Hedge in the West End production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Tamaddon, whose theatre credits
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMIt’s a testament to how badly I wanted to see Stan and Ollie that it only took me a week and a half (and not a year or ten years) after opening day to see it. By now you’ve alrea…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:04AMAfter a pause to observe the holidays and entertain during the holidays, local theaters head into 2019 with flourish.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMConor McPherson’s “St. Nicholas” is a play about a theater critic — an irascible, caustic, mostly detestable Dublin scribe of the old, pre-Facebook school. So it was not, perhaps, su…
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by Sheila Watko What do you get when you combine hit and cult favorite musical theater songs, entertaining anecdotes from behind the scenes of an off-Broadway show and three su…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:34AMLady Gaga gave an emotional 13-minute speech at the National Board of Review awards gala Tuesday, where she won best actress for "A Star is Born."
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:24AMReview: Pinter Six, Harold Pinter Theatre4.0Overall ScorePinter Six, part of Jamie Lloyd‘s Pinter at the Pinter season, features two of Harold Pinter‘s comedies: Party Time and C…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AMI've long been a fan of Ms. Broadway January 2019. Her songs make me feel good, and her positive attitude toward life inspires me. And her love and respect for the theater takes my admiratio…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:06AMHampstead Theatre presents the new comedy Paradise from Dusty Hughes, directed by Alice Hamilton. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMIt’s already over a week into the new year, and I seem to have failed at my very first task: making any
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“Their one idea was to get in with people who didn’t want them and to take snubs as if they were honorable scars.” Henry James, “The Pupil”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMA day after Actors’ Equity announced a strike against developmental work produced by the Broadway League, theatrical unions have voiced support for their efforts. On Monday, amid negotiati…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:00AMOn Karen Fricker’s and Carly Maga’s list: Indigenous theatre like After the Fire, Broadway musicals like Dear Evan Hansen and Kiss of the Spider Woman, Canadian classics like Lilies and …
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The entire set, costumes and technical equipment for a show by London Classic Theatre has been destroyed in a fire. The touring
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMMore than 300 Irish actors, writers and directors have signed a letter to Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, accusing its current leadership team of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMPlanning permission has been granted for a pop-up Shakespearean theatre in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The company behind the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMBirmingham RepAndy Smith and Amund Sjølie Sveen imagine a future of radical equality and freedom in a performance that comes with its own manifestoBilled as a “performed conversation”, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMPunxsutawney Phil may or may not see his shadow this Groundhog Day, but there will be plenty to see and experience around Sacramento on Saturday, Feb. 2, during Free Museum … Click to …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:30AM“She has a vast knowledge of the business models of theater,” says artistic director.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:18AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Get over hump day with us by catching up on the latest Broadway stories
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18AMWest End stars are lining up to perform at The Space, a new cabaret venue in the heart of London’s West End within music venue Studio 88. So if you still haven’t recovered from Bat Out o…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:15AMReview: Aisha, Tristan Bates Theatre5.0Overall ScoreAisha is a devastatingly powerful one-woman play about what it really means to be a victim of child marriage in the UK, not as an imperson…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AMA new year brings with it the promise of theatrical bounty, nowhere more so than in London where the calendar buzzes across the year. From a flotilla of musical transfers from Broadway on to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06AMProductions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Henry IV and Henry V lead this year’s summer season at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMThe Young Vic Theatre in London has announced casting for its new season, which includes Dervla Kirwan, Ukweli Roach and Lucy Briers.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AMIn 1975, a young Chicano activist moved to Sacramento and started a theater company. His name was Manuel Jose Pickett and he called the group the Teatro Espejo, which translates … Clic…
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Off West End, the agency supporting the work of independent, alternative and fringe theatres in London, has now announced the 89 finalists for 28 of its Offies awards categories. In 2018, Of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMIt’s been a bad-news month for the Smithsonian: On Dec. 20, Secretary David Skorton — arguably the most successful, least embattled Smithsonian leader in recent memory — announced …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:04AMNo mission statement should be the template for another organization (that’s very nearly a truism for us in the nonprofit world), but being able to see commitment to engagement in the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:04AMThis year, Emil Dale Academy adds a BA (hons) course to its scholarships offering, but its portfolio includes something for everyone, as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMJoe Hill-Gibbins’ of The Tragedy of King Richard the Second is inherently divisive, and the critics have obliged but, only three days into the year, it is very hard to imagine a more excit…
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“The Favourite” is nominated for 12 nominations, the most of any film. It contends for Best Picture, Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos), Actress (Olivia Colman), Supporting Actre…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:38AMVisionary stylist or one-trick pony? With “Network” on Broadway and “All About Eve” on the horizon, the multimedia-mad stage director is ready for his close-up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24AMWho is Denis Beaubois? Someone who likes to ask questions. Someone who likes cycling. An artist and educator. A father and husband. Someone who is trying to be an optimist. What would you do…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:04AMHow many writers and actors will it take to make you to FEEL... and then Feel More again? Proforça Theatre Company has pulled together a sensational line-up for its expanded "All the Feels"…
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When asked what inspired her to write a book on Eve Babitz, Lili Anolik quips:"Her story is just so great."Katie Kilkenny’s latest report for The Hollywood Reporter sheds light on the intr…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:39AMStaff at Shakespeare’s Globe are facing the threat of redundancy as part of a restructuring plan aimed at cutting costs. It could
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:36AMAs temperatures rise in Sydney over summer, audiences will be treated to a cool change when Graeme Murphy’s bold vision of Puccini’s Turandot bursts back into the Joan Sutherland Theatr…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:28AMThe 2019 winners of the awards, given by a panel to the year’s most promising lyricist and librettist, are Shaina Taub, Sarah Hammond and Charlie Sohne.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24AMby Rotimi Agbabiaka
From circus-themed environmental fables to queer Latinx telenovelas, the recipients of the latest round of CA$H | Theatre grants promise to delight Bay Area audiences …
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 03:21AMWhen I was little, my grandmother would sing songs to me that she told me freed slaves, says Pharus Jonathan Young, the central character of Tarell Alvin McCraney's emotionally thick coming-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04AMKey industry figures tell Lyn Gardner why nurturing diverse new voices has never been so necessary: to rejuvenate and transform the theatre
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Writer/performer Nicole Lecky and director Jade Lewis team up for “Superhoe,” which runs at London’s Royal Court Theatre from Jan 30-Feb 16, 2019.The play is the story of the young, re…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:13AMThis summer, the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall will be transformed into a vibrant Manhattan street corner for the long-awaited Sydney return of In The Heights – the four-time Tony A…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:12AMSchooled Cast Reveal Their Favorite High School TeachersTake a trip back to the '90s as Young Hollywood visits the set of ABC's "The Goldbergs" spinoff, "Schooled", which sees Lainey Lewis b…
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Tim Roth has come a long way from South London to Los Angeles and after three decades as reigning royalty looks back at his life fondly. In an interview to the Guardian, he describes his suc…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:52AMThe final episode of “Luther,” a brilliant TV series featuring Idris Elba as a rogue cop has probably been telecast, though it may reappear in new avatar like in 2010 and 2012, when it c…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:50AMThe British artist Jeremy Deller will appear as a castaway on the BBC Radio 4’s radio program “Desert Island Discs” accompanied by his favorite new version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hall…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:49AMThe situation in Berlin remained chaotic: the police had ceased to operate, armed units of government forces and of revolutionaries could be seen all over the city, and public transport had …
SOURCE: www.dispositio.net at 12:41AMIt's starting now The Be More Chill gang celebrated their first day of beloved play rehearsals for their Broadway transfer next month Check out the cast gearing up for Broadway with a quick …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24AMTonight Tony Award nomineeSara Bareilles, returned to her Broadway baby,Waitressin the role of Jenna, joined by Tony Award-winner,Gavin Creelas Dr. Pomatter for a limited engagement through …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24AMThe American Son director recalls performances by Samuel L. Jackson, Audra McDonald, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and more.
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