Listen: “Oklahoma!” Confirms Broadway Cast, Ariana Grande Hosts “13 The Musical” Reunion, Adam Pascal Returns to “Pretty Woman” for Five Shows Only “…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:37PMRecognising excellence and innovation across a range of professional productions presented on the Melbourne stage in 2018, the Green Room Awards Association is proud to announce the nominati…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 09:35PMJoe Iconis exploded out of N.Y.U. on a wave of hope. A songwriter with a knack for story and a taste for strange, he won the Jonathan Larson grant for early career composers. He scooped up t…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:22PMMelbourne design practice HASSELL, in partnership with New York’s SO-IL, will lead a local and international team to design the new the public space that will form part of the Melbourne Ar…
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Beginning with inspirations from some of the community of the City of Stonnington, Forgotten Places has taken those inputs and fashioned something akin to a theatrical kaleidoscope. On a sym…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 08:50PMIn a first for Australia and China, a blueprint for cultural exchange to encourage understanding and cooperation has been outlined by the Adelaide Festival Centre and the University of South…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 08:34PMTheatre Royal Haymarket, LondonAmid the delightful comic dialogue, some of the musical numbers can feel like padding The smooth transition from dialogue to songs in musicals is the genre’s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMRunning for seven series in the 1980s and early 1990s (not to mention numerous Christmas specials), John Sullivan’s sitcom can reasonably lay claim
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:05PMTwo open positions for the 19-20 academic year, including hourly pay and tuition benefits.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:04PMIt’s been a good couple of weeks for Ariana Grande. Despite clashing with the Grammys executive producer over a performance that never ended up happening, she won her first ever Grammy…
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Who is Sarah Barzel? A woman of surprises, currently a presenter and interviewer at 3MBS. Previously I have been involved in teaching and lecturing locally and internationally as well as wor…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 07:41PMDavid Ireland's dark, absurdist comedy about identityDavid Ireland is a playwright who likes to jolt his audience and Cyprus Avenue, a dark absurdist comedy about an Ulster unionist afr…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:32PMIt can be hard now to separate memories of Princess Diana’s life from the sad story of her passing, at age 36 in a 1997 Paris car accident. Even the song most associated with the much-love…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 07:30PMThe Grammys aren’t just the biggest awards of the year for music, they’re also one of the biggest platforms for artists to reach new listeners. And after this year’s prizes…
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“The ascension to the tenth level of intellectual heaven would be if we find the question to which the universe is the answer, and the nature of that question in and of itself explains why…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:54PMWriting is so influenced by the machines we write with. The process of creating something is shaped by the tools. Ergo, what we write is also shaped? And how about readers? With constant dem…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:54PMFormer The Book of Mormon co-stars Cody Jamison Strand and Jacob ben Widmar stop by to chat about Broadway's High School Throwback Concert at Green Room 42 and more with Paul Wontorek.&n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMMy Brother's Keeper Alliance is teaming up with the Obama Foundation to put on a two-day conference celebrating young men of color and those in the community that support them.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 06:07PMWhen the mysterious Marvell Thunder appears on the Dupree family’s doorstep, he brings with him supernatural powers and a high-stakes challenge that alters the Dupree’s lives and relatio…
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Laura Benanti is now playing her dream role on Broadway. At the same time, the Tony winner (“Gypsy”) is also playing her toughest part ever. Listen to this week’s podcast below…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:59PMLady Gaga has been turning heads on the red carpet, but her ringless finger at the Grammys made fans wonder: Is she still with fiance Christian Carino?
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SOURCE: USA Today at 05:51PMIf you pay attention to your heart and bodily responses, they can tell you how you are feeling, and allow you to share in the emotions of others. Interoception can enhance the depth of our o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PMThe triple threat shares the story behind his hit Off-Broadway musical.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 05:45PMPlus, watch John Mulaney talk channeling Sondheim in this roundup of news at the intersection of Broadway and pop culture.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 05:45PMDancer Omari Mizrahi, who has performed with Janet Jackson, Jidenna and others, is bringing his voguing expertise to the Washington University campus this week.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:37PMWe had a HUGE night at Broadway Sessions recently as we welcomed the cast of King Kong Cast members Erik Lochtefeld, Jaquez Sims, Jennifer Noble, Nick Rashad Burroghs, Leroy Church, Casey Ga…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMJez Butterworth's The Ferryman - the critically-acclaimed new play recently named to an industry-leading 25 Best-Of-The-Year lists - todaywelcomes many new cast members, with Brian d'Arcy Ja…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMLouisa Proske's new production will begin performances in March in a re-configured Lucille Lortel Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PMThe new play will begin performances March 5 at the Public Theater, directed by Artistic Director Oskar Eustis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:05PMBe More Chill arrived on Broadway to a big welcome, beginning previews and breaking the seven-performance house record at the Lyceum Theatre with a gross of $738,384, a virtual sell-out with…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:59PMThe playwright of 'Luna Gale' and the new 'Twilight Bowl' discusses the perfect day job and that time she slept in Mary Rodgers's apartment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:51PMMs. Ferreira, who kept singing well into her 90s, brought Broadway musicals to Brazil and made the music of Édith Piaf and Frank Sinatra her own.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:48PMTony Award winner Kelli O'Hara chats about her latest role in the highly anticipated Broadway revival of "Kiss Me, Kate."
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:42PMIn his masterpiece, “The Lady of Shalott”, Alfred Tennyson describes a character from the Arthurian legend who is cursed to remain in a tower, looking at the world only through a mirror,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMHimberg is joining the 112-year-old MacDowell Colony from the Sundance Institute, where he served as the artistic director of Sundance’s theater program for the past 23 years. He will be b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:42PMThe Washington theatre community is in shock today as news is spreading that Kevin Laughon, performer and multi-talented theatre technician, left a message on Facebook early this morning e…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:32PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMGet a first look below at thenew production ofThe Play That Goes Wrongat New World Stages - Stage 4 340 West 50thStreet
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMIt's been ten years since music superstar Ariana Grande graced a Broadway stage, but she hasn't forgotten her roots The pop star just reunited with some of her 13 cast mates, including Graha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMWill Roland and Joe Iconis perform an acoustic version of “Loser Geek Whatever” from Be More Chill.
What if popularity came in a pill? Would you take it, no questions asked? In Be More C…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:31PMA little attention today for a family of actors whose heyday was the early 20th century. It all starts with Bob McKenzie (1880-1949) an Ulster-Scot from County Altrim who moved to his family…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:18PMThe fan-favorite musical Be More Chill had a strong start in its first week on Broadway, setting a new house record at the Lyceum Theatre. With a gross of $738,383.50, the show set a new rec…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend.
Bette Midler to Sing from Mary Poppins Returns at the Oscars
Exciting news came in this weekend! Tony-wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:12PMSean O’Casey was the fifth surviving child of thirteen born into a lower middle class family in Dublin in 1880. Suffering from deficiency in his eyesight, he began as a laborer…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 04:08PMBy Ed Rampell
E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel Ragtime is a panoramic political period piece featuring fictitious and real characters in early 20th century New York. Doctorow’s progressive pa…
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The Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate also reached full capacity during its first week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMAi: “When I see your earlier work, the models that look like you crumpled up a piece of paper that you were going to throw out, I think that’s a breakthrough.” Gehry: “Yo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMIt’s difficult to find music, hard to catalog, and just an overall pain in the neck to manage. The problem? “We’re treating around 300 years of music from various countries, fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMAll-star pianists gather to pay musical tribute to the legendary musician February 22–23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMOnyejekwe will star alongside creator Doreen Taylor in the new musical celebrating the life and legacy of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 2172019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMLos Angeles Philharmonic Music amp Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel and CEO Simon Woods today announced the 201920 Walt Disney Concert Hall season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMLin-Manuel Miranda with Caissie Levy and Patti Murin
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He can't let it go! Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda took a break from his busy schedule to visit Frozen on Februa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMThe audacious phantasmagoria appears at Spooky Action Theater.
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The Sherlock Holmes-themed musical opened on Broadway on February 16, 1965.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMThis season of True Detective explores the figure of the cop as a permanently haunted man.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:42PMTrue to its founding mission of presenting narrative and storytelling “to provoke or thrill,” 4615 Theatre is producing the world premiere of playwright Joe Calarco’s Separate Rooms, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:31PMSignature Theatre announced today that Mark Sonnenblick and Scott Feiner will both receive workshops of their new musical theater works as part of the SigWorks: Signature Theatre/Yale Compos…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:31PMThe one-night-only concert, starring Tony Yazbeck, Laura Osnes, Norm Lewis, and more, played Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall February 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29PM“Should metal stay dangerous and controversial and offensive? Is it censorship to deny bands a platform for their genocidal views? Is it curtailing their free speech to make it harder for …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM“Books have used the ‘XYZ: A Novel’ format since the 17th century, when realistic fiction started getting popular. The term ‘novel’ was a way to distinguish the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMThe work from transgender contemporary dance choreographer Sean Dorsey returns in March.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMLin-Manuel Miranda made a quick trip to Arendelle this weekend to enjoy the magic of Frozen on Broadway. Check out his photo with the queen and princess below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMThe first season under interim a.d. Jason Chanos features Williams, Shange, 'Fun Home,' and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:15PMThe word Amazon is never mentioned in Abe Koogler’s play “Fulfillment Center” — I suspect Koogler is well aware of the giant retailer’s capacity for litigation — but this wry, po…
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In a loving, albeit irreverent, tribute to the classic country greats, The Doyle and Debbie Show, by Bruce Arntson, harks back to the days when Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Dolly Parton, an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:52PMThe sculpture is at Chouteau Avenue and South Sarah Street in St. Louis.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:45PMGustavo Dudamel will conduct the fully staged presentation in honor of Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PM“Soundies” were three-minute musical films meant to be played on jukeboxes, and Lee starred in more than 100 of them. In a career that stretched from the age of nine to this past…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“‘Spain’ and ‘September 1, 1939’ would be variously revised and amended before Auden finally excised them altogether from his corpus, the first because he saw i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“It became clear they were doing an exhibition on Surrealism…,” writes Eric Idle in his book. “Pretentious nonsense. We’re nothing to do with Dalí or Duchamp… Python has always …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMThink that’s a ghastly idea for a Broadway show? So did audiences in 1971, when try-out audiences in Philadelphia and Boston hated Lolita, My Love so much that the Broadway run was cal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMWhere the Salvator Mundi is now, no one is quite sure. Locked away in a store room in the Abu Dhabi Louvre, perhaps? Or being pored over in a laboratory somewhere by scientists and art ex…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMThe return engagement of the acclaimed production will officially open February 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMThe Broadway-bound production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Oklahoma!, playing a limited engagement and opening on April 7, 2019, has announced its complete cast. The Bard SummerSca…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:19PMFilled with down home moaning blues sprinkled with glittering magical realism, Thunder Knocking on the Door is packing the house at Creative Cauldron. In a small southern Alabama town, a m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:18PMDespite its premiere date of February 14, Among the Dead is not a Valentine’s Day play. Written by Hansol Jung, a world-traveling playwright and director from South Korea, Among the Dead i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:18PMGrande claimed the top three spots simultaneously on this week's Billboard Hot 100 songs chart.
SOURCE: USA Today at 01:09PM'Cliffs of Freedom' is the story of an ill-fated romance between young Greek village girl Anna Christina and a conflicted Turkish officer named Tariq during the dawn of the Greek War for Ind…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at Theatre Under the Stars Houston's production of MAMMA MIA Check out the photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMHamilton is welcoming a new leading man tonight as Austin Scott steps into the role of Alexander Hamilton on Broadway Scott previously led the company of the First National Tour. He takes ov…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMIain Bell and Mark Campbell’s work will begin performances at New York City Opera in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMLet’s hear it for pub theatres. Unheard of when I was a London teenager in the 1960s, there are now over 70 of them across the capital and they’re beginning to mushroom in other big citi…
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The theatre unveils its inaugural season under the leadership of new Artistic Director Hunter Foster.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMCyndi Lauper with Micaela Diamond, Teal Wicks and Stephanie J. Block
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There's no turning back time because Tony winner Cyndi Lauper (Kinky Boo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMScott takes on the title role after appearing in the blockbuster musical’s national tour.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:51PMWhat a crazy way to make a living. Having conquered the worlds of country music and theme parks, Dolly Parton has turned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PMTwo highly recommended recordings by well-known artists performing some rather off-the-beaten-path repertoire.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:32PMThe titular Mr Johnston of Robert Dawson Scott’s nuanced historical play was a one-time Red Clydesider who joined Churchill’s war cabinet as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMDirector Daniel Fish’s acclaimed headed-to-Broadway production of Oklahoma! will arrive at the Circle in the Square Theatre with its much-praised Off Broadway cast largely intact, prod…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:26PMThe February 25 benefit concert raises money to fight pulmonary fibrosis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMQuestion: Which Broadway show has the highest audience demand in Chicago right now? “Hamilton” or “Dear Evan Hansen”? Answer: “Dear Evan Hansen,” the moody musical about a loving…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:15PMHumor is the unexpected thread that holds together compelling elements of sexual trauma, family memory, addiction and legacy in Steven Strafford’s arresting new ensemble play Small Jokes A…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:09PMThe Tony-nominated actor says writer Aaron Sorkin turned him around.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMAn exclusive Fandango/USA TODAY poll finds that moviegoers would choose superhero film 'Black Panther' as best picture and Lady Gaga as best actress.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 12:04PMKing Kong has just dropped an all new TV spot The commercial features footage from the show, including, of course, the iconic puppet.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMBe More Chill officially began its Broadway run last week, and while the show is already celebrating an exciting milestone, conflict as has arisen between the show and Local 802, the union f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMPretty Woman The Musical will welcome back Adam Pascal to Hollywood Boulevard for five performances only this week. Adam Pascal will play Edward Lewis from Tuesday, February 19, through Frid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMMusic icon Cyndi Lauper attended a performance of The Cher Show this weekend on Friday, February 15th. She went backstage after the performance to meet cast members including Stephanie J. Bl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMFull casting has been announced for The Bard SummerScape production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma, directed by Daniel Fish, which is coming to Broadway direct from a critically accla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMTrouble is, engagement needs a theme, and while A Midnight Visit is entirely Poe-faced with references to Edgar Allan’s works, you’d need more than a passing familiarity with both Fall o…
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The Broadway star had to quickly change her blocking in the drama starring Bryan Cranston.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMAs the season heats up, Off-Broadway is showcasing plenty of screen stars — or maybe it’s the other way around. Click on the photographs to learn the show and the theater, then c…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:54AMSheila Vand will star in the modern day take on Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMIn the face of protests outside and online, All in Row received its world premiere last night at London's Southwark Playhouse. Theatre critics have started delivering their verdict on the pl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:48AMHats off to Broadway couple Emily Padgett and Josh Young, who have announced the birth of their first child, daughter Adele May Young, born on February 3. Padgett and Young were married on J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMFollowing a cheered weeklong run last month, Tony nominee Adam Pascal heads back to the Nederlander Theatre on February 19 as Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman: The Musical. Pascal will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMHistory has its eyes on him! Austin Scott takes over the title role in the Broadway production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical Hamilton beginning on February 19. Scott…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMFebruary is Black History Month, and Broadway.com is spotlighting some of the contributions black artists have made to Broadway. Here are the power players, major events and groundbreak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMOh, what a beautiful mornin'! We're excited to announce casting for the upcoming Broadway transfer of Daniel Fish's innovative new take on Oklahoma! The previously anno…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMSee new production images from the Nat King Cole bio play with music, which opened February 13 in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AM“Oklahoma!” will bring the majority of its St. Ann’s Warehouse cast to Broadway. The production, which begins previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre on March 19, will star Damon …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:37AMThe York Theatre Company’s Mufti season celebrates lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMChekhov is the order of the day, and for those who prefer the Russian master in his original flavor, Rose Valley’s Hedgerow presents a classic production of 'Three Sisters,' from Sarah Ruh…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:35AM By Marilyn Lester It’s been 96 years since the premiere of Sean O’Casey’s The Shadow of a Gunman, a sturdy classic that The Irish Repertory Theater has breathed extraordi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:29AMThe annual festival of works from the U.K. will kick off in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMThe acclaimed revival will begin previews at the Circle in the Square March 19.
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SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 11:19AMScholar of comedy Matthew McMahan: “Just as Michel Foucault encourages historians to look to moments of rupture and discontinuity when trying to decipher how a culture thinks and acts,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:18AMWhile other nations have had traditions of blackening the face to portray a particular character (e.g., Holland’s Zwarte Piet), “a man named Thomas Dartmouth Rice first brought A…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:18AMWhy do the older and younger generations assume they have little in common? Here, someone writes first hand how working together in theatre can be an invaluable experience. Currently, it see…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:12AMThe Tony nominee once again steps into the role of Edward Lewis for a limited run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMFour cracking performances make [title of show] a musical highlight of the month at the Above the Stag Theatre, more than holding its own with the West End.
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Netflix has announced the voice cast for 'Green Eggs and Ham,' based on the beloved book by Dr. Seuss.The upcoming animated series follows opposites Guy and Sam as they venture out on a road…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMJust last night, Manhattan Concert Productions presented a concert performance ofFrank WildhornandNan Knighton's musical comedyThe Scarlet PimpernelatDavid GeffenHall, Lincoln Center.Gabriel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThere is no chill to be found here In its first week on Broadway, Be More Chill has set a new record at The Lyceum Theatre. With a gross of 738,383.50, Be More Chill breaks the house record …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMSean O’Connor directs the adaptation of the John Osborne play that will launch in August at the Curve Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMFar from a winter of discontent, March 2019 is the spring of excitement, as Alexandra Palace mounts its first ever co-production, staging Shakespeare's Richard III with Headlong, Bristol Old…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:48AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. The bulk of our content here has to do with classic show biz, but ya know? In Living Color is now nearly 30 years old — I hea…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:48AMThe musical officially opened February 18 at the Phoenix Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMLorne Michaels’ Broadway Video and Amazon’s Audible have struck a deal to create multiple audio-only original comedy programs for Audible listeners, Variety has learned, starting…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42AMThe smash hit Broadway show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical recently celebrated five years on the Great White Way. In honor of the tuner's milestone, the cast paid a visit o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMThe London staging will mark Rourke’s final production as Donmar Warehouse’s artistic director.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMFew productions at the Harris Theater have been more highly anticipated than the North American premiere of English National Ballet’s “Giselle.” Running Feb. 28-Mar. 2, the tour of thi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:40AMBy Marci R. McMahon. Marci R. McMahon reports on the 2019 Latinx Theatre Commons Theatre for Young Audiences Festival and Convening, which took place in January 2019 in Austin, Texas.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:38AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonJames Saunders’ impeccably performed 70s piece takes on big issues as two couples swap partners and explore the poetry of painDedicated to retrieving forgotten p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMArts Council England report says progress is slow and Michael Buffong asks ‘Why?’Talented black actors, writers and artists are sill being kept out of the arts because of “painfully”…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMBarebones in Braddock, Kinetic at the New Hazlett Theater and Pittsburgh Playwrights in new digs introduce diverse plays to Pittsburgh.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:31AMJoe Mantegna directs the play that stars Ronnie Marmo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMEvery so often I’ll see a performer who makes me remember why I fell in love with cabaret back in the day. Phyllis Pastore’s show, The Last 30 Years, at Pangea, was a warm, funny evenin…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 10:28AMStar Chilina Kennedy leads the cast of the hit bio-musical in songs like “Natural Woman” and “I Feel the Earth Move.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMShe joins Melissa Errico, Constantine Maroulis, Ali Ewoldt, and more in the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas musical will play Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in the summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMThe musical opened February 17 at the Savoy Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMThe 37-year-old mayor of South Bend, Indiana ,is the first openly gay presidential candidate.
SOURCE: the1a.org at 10:06AMAmazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke: “What we struggled with, I think, was putting too much focus on a narrow prestige lane. I don’t think we had diverse-enough points of view in the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM“Less than two years after an acquisition, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today that it had handed over a first-century BC gilded coffin to the Manhattan district attorney fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AMThe most famous of collegiate a cappella groups, the Whiffenpoofs were an all-male outfit until a decision last year to choose singers based on voice range (still tenor, baritone, and bass) …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM“We didn’t lose our funding. … It was something I did. I approached the board. I told them the last thing I felt I had time to do was create, to make ballets. They agreed. This…
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Stage and screen star Juliet Mills tells us about touring with her husband, Maxwell Caulfield, in the stage adaptation of Hitchcock’s classic film The Lady Vanishes.
Thi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:02AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
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New material has been written for the latest reading of the Stephen Schwartz–Philip LaZebnik show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe longtime couple were married in New Orleans February 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMRoundabout Theatre Company's Merrily We Roll Along, officially opens tonight With a book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Fiasco's production is directed by Fiasco Co-A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMJeff Daniels was a guest on last night's episode of 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.' During the interview, Daniels talks about playing Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin's Broadway adapt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMOn last night's episode of 'Late Night With Seth Meyers,' Tatiana Maslany was a guest on the show. During her interview, Maslanytalks about the plot of her Broadway show, 'Network,' sharing …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMIn Randy Rainbow's latest parody, he's going after Trump's border wall plan, and all of the lies he's telling to get there. This time, set to the tune of 80s Madonna track, Borderline, watch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMThe best lesson that my theatre teachers in high school could have ever taught me was to keep going even when you think you can’t. Every time that cast list went up and my name wasn’t wh…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 09:46AMIn Jackie Sibblies Drury’s new play Marys Seacole, currently receiving its premiere production at LCT3 at Lincoln Center, the concept of care—who gives it and what it means—is explored…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:24AMUstinov Studio, Bath Tanya Barfield’s 2006 play about a man meeting his ancestors asks: am I ever black or white enough?Tracing four generations backwards from 1995, Tanya Barfield’s 200…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonGood puppetry lends rich humanity to the central character of this subtle if controversial production about a boy set to leave home for a residential schoolPlenty …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AMBread-and-butter of the orchestral repertoire though this music may be, there was no complacency to be heard in the orchestra’s playing of it.
The post Classical Concert Review: Boston Phi…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:12AMThe black cat with the rhinestone collar. The hand-walking clown. The petunia that dances and sings. These beloved characters and 2,000 other puppets handcrafted by marionette mastermind Bob…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMScene from my ten-minute play, THE FUGITIVE with Penny Peyser & Andy GoldbergIt’s probably half urban legend, but the concept of Top 40 radio supposedly began when radio station owner …
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMFrantic Assembly’s production of Anna Jordan’s play The Unreturning about three different men returning from (or amidst) war is a startling delve into the pull and promise of home, and t…
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Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AMFrançois Ozon’s By the Grace of God, which just won the jury prize at the Berlin Film Festival, is based on the case of Father Bernard Preynat, who went to court to delay the release …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMThe orchestra’s board launched an investigation into conductor Matthew Savery after 14 people, including musicians, former staffers, and board members, sent a letter complaining of bot…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AM“Valecia McDowell, incoming chair of [local funding body] the Arts & Science Council, said the local arts sector is at a ‘crisis point.’ To make up for steep losses in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMAmong the items found are meteorites, bones of an ancient human and dinosaurs, gemstones and minerals, and pre-Columbian artifacts. (Curators warn, however, that some of the 2,000 items may …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMNorwegian Alan Lucien Oyen was understandably nervous about devising a new piece with the late, iconic choreographer’s dance company. Nick Awde learns
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMOur #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O’Bree attending the West End opening of Dolly Parton’s 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL at the Savoy Theatre, continuing in the West End to 31 Augu…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:15AMTwo smug and self-regarding middle class couples wring their hands over their past infidelities in Bodies, James Saunders’ rambling meditation on the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:08AMCounting Sheep, an immersive show about the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, is the headline production at this year’s Vault Festival. Its changed shape
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMDoes your child have the talent and commitment to pursue a performing career? Samantha Marsden talks to child actors, parents, casting directors
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMSomething that always impresses me is when a play manages to get the line between tragedy and comedy exactly right; Rattled is disturbing and gripping, but it’s also very, very funny.
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Protesters rallied outside Southwark Playhouse this week to condemn the use of a puppet to portray an autistic child in a play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:57AMMarvellous musical improvisers Notflix are set to create fabulous fun-filled films before audiences eyes as they bring their hit, entirely made-up show to the VAULT Festival from 6 to 10 Mar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:49AMAusdance National, the country’s advocate organization for the art form, has been presenting the honors annually since 1997. This year, in response to deep cuts in government funding t…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMTony Award-winning Broadway star Alice Ripley has joined the cast of Into The Woods In Concert at Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts. Ripley will play the role of The Witch.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMA new teaser has been released for ROCKETMAN, an epic musical fantasy that tells the story of Sir Elton John's breakthrough years, starring Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden and Bryc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMForty years on from Bent, renowned playwright Martin Sherman, now celebrating his 80th year, wanted to examine the changing face of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMSo, why "Standing at Zero"? You know the numbers across the front of the stage? Zero is center, and we are putting one performer front and center. This month's honoree is a true utility play…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:04AMFrom 2009: Of all the countless newspaper and magazine pieces that I’ve written over the years, one of the most immediately consequential was “Too Cool to Cash In, Favorite of the Few,�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMArts Council England has created a new role to support the cultural sector work with new technologies. Tonya Nelson has been named
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“Commentators on the political scene tend in retrospect to regard the figures who emerge into prominence as totally derisory. Understandably so. It is extremely difficult, as I know from p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMI’m not sure whether The Justice Syndicate is a play, event, experiment, or interactive performance. Whichever of this, it doesn’t really matter and certainly presents an interesting fut…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMIrish actors could benefit from more work in the EU after Brexit as those with UK passports become less desirable, according to
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Review: Gypsy Queen, Hull Truck Theatre5.0Overall ScoreFrom its marketing, it would be easy to dismiss Gypsy Queen as another play confronting the latest ‘issue’ in a new and unexpected …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48AMOn February 18, Manhattan Concert Productions presented a concert performance of Frank Wildhorn and Nan Knighton's musical comedy The Scarlet Pimpernel at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36AM By Barbara & Scott Siegel We have not been writing this column for awhile, due in large part to Scott’s major Citibike accident that put him in the hospital for 19 days w…
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Paul T Davies reviews Martin Sherman’s play Gently Down The Stream directed by Sean Mathias now playing at London’s Park Theatre.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:23AMRachel Chavkin directs this revival of Arthur Miller’s play The American Clock at the Old Vic Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMTatiana Maslany talks about her early acting role as an orphan in the musical Oliver!, a very recent horrible audition and how the news of the day affects the way audiences respond to her pl…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:00AM“Sexy Back” singer Justin Timberlake will serenade Sacramento with his smooth R&B sounds Sunday at Golden 1 Center. The concert is a part of Timberlake’s Man of the Woods tour, ……
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:00AM“Sexy Back” singer Justin Timberlake will serenade Sacramento with his smooth R&B sounds Sunday at Golden 1 Center. The concert is a part of Timberlake’s Man of the Woods tour, ……
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Alex Oates’ All in a Row is an uncomfortable show, in two different ways. Firstly, on a dramatic level: its presentation of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMCelebrating their 21st year, The Production Company (TPC) have announced their 2019 Season to be presented at Arts Centre Melbourne that features two Australian premieres: David Bowie’…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 05:15AM9/11-themed musical crosses the Atlantic, its capacious heart intact Against the grimmest of backdrops, generosity and even grace can be possible. That's the eternally uplifting message of C…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:06AMMartin Sherman has the excellent Jonathan Hyde telling true talesRipeness is sometimes all. Martin Sherman's new play, receiving its UK premiere at canny Park Theatre, says more about gay hi…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:06AMWomen composers are featured, to good effect
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:04AMThe grown-up puppet parody will close March 17.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:04AMBlack Rep production addresses teen pregnancy.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:04AMCome From Away is a funny, moving and uplifting new musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein. Having won Best Musical awards across North America, the show now arrives in London where, if the…
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First of all, if you do email marketing, you should be aware of Really Good Emails. It is a great resource and source of inspiration and their email newsletter is one of the few I subscribe …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:56AMEdward G. Robinson was Hollywood’s first major art collector, and in 1939 he and his (first) wife and son had a family portrait done in pastels by Edouard Vuillard. La famille d’…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12AMWhat is your favorite key? Assuming that it’s not Z-minor, you will find it in the video below, as vibraharpist (vibraphonist, if you prefer) Terry Gibbs explains in his introduction. R…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12AMSeemingly the go-to journalist for scholars seeking to debunk the painting’s attribution to Leonardo da Vinci, Darya Alberge wrote about “an apparent snub from the Louvre in Paris, w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12AMBest known in the UK for television series such as American Horror Story, actor Denis O’Hare has always had a passion for
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The Tony-nominated musical Frozen welcomes Ryann Redmond (Bring It On) as Olaf and Joe Carroll (Bandstand) as Hans beginning on February 19, replacing original cast members Greg Hildreth and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AMA talented slate of stage veterans join the cast of Jez Butterworth's fiery new drama The Ferryman beginning on February 19. They replace the original company of principal stars, who pla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AMMake way! Ainsley Melham, celebrated star of the Australian and London productions of Disney's Aladdin, joins the hit Broadway production at the New Amsterdam Theatre beginning on Februa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AMOuttakes: ‘Black Panther’ designer on start in the film industry, the sketch from her early work that she keeps and working with Spike Lee
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36AMBayerische Staatsoper, Hamburg presents “Alice im Wunderland” (“Alice in Wonderland”), a ballet performance choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon and composed by Joby Talbot and Nich…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:36AMOratorio Society of New York will present a new musical show, Finnish and French Masterworks on February 25, 2019, in the Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.The show Finnish and French Masterwo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:34AMThe iconoclastic gay British film director sadly died 25 years ago today at the age of 52 from AIDS. Encountering him from afar made a great impression on me.
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:33AMBarbican Cinema in London will screen for the members, “Capernaum,” a 150 min feature film by Nadine Labaki from February 24 through February 28, 2019, during the Oscar Week 2019.“Cape…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:33AMBolshoi Theatre is hosting a musical stage performance of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater,” at Boris Pokrovsky Chamber Stage (Nikolskaya, 17/1), on February 24, 2019.The 50…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:31AMDC has announced it is planning to release an exclusive original comic, “DC’s Year of the Villain,” on Wednesday, May 1, as comic book retailers nationwide prepare for Free Comic Book …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:24AMThe two played appeared in the Disney musical in Australia and on tour, respectively.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Disney musical continues to play Broadway’s St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe photographer’s images of her native Mexico, on show in Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, revel in the country’s extremes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMSteven Skybell on starring in Folksbiene's Fiddler on the Roof---Fiddler on the Roof has been following Steven Skybell his whole life, much like the fiddler does Tevye in the musical. The ac…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMKamilah Forbes directs the Signature Theatre revival, which stars Jessica Frances Dukes in the title role.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFiasco Theater brings its signature style to an all-new production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony winner Christopher Ashley directs the new musical at La Jolla Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new cast members begin performances February 19 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn The Dance Enthusiast's A to Z: U is for Daniel Ulbricht and Donna Uchizono, "Maintaining a dance organization for almost 30 years running on the “fumes” of money," Donna Uchizono says…
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