★★★ Tom Kitt and John Logan’s new musical is firmly earthbound. Where's a caped crusader when you need him?
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PMLook! Up on the stage! It’s a show with good intentions (and a “Dear Evan Hansen”-like setup) that can’t rise above its cartoonish plot.
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SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:28PMEmmy and Tony award-winning entertainerKristin Chenowethis a true renaissance woman who can do it all, and has. In a career defined by critically lauded performances on stage, television, mo…
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The New York Post has reported thata national tour of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida could be in the works for2021.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMLast weekend’s 1:54 art fair in Marrakesh, and the city’s Macaal museum, reflect Morocco’s — and Africa’s — rising cultural power
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:42PMTeach a variety of lower division courses including Introduction to Theater, Stagecraft, Stage Lighting, Introduction to Theater Design, Sound for Theater and Introduction to Stage Managemen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:34PMA founder of the Free Southern Theater in 1963, he was as eager to hear his audiences’ stories as he was to perform.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PMPerformance artist David Cale's solo memoir play "We're Only Alive For a Short Amount of Time" will have a production at the Public Theater in New York this summer. According to an announcem…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:30PMYou have only until Sunday to see one of the strangest musicals ever conceived for the stage: “Lolita, My Love,” a 1971 flop based on Vladimir Nabokov’s sensational novel about a colle…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:27PMThe Executive Director (ED) of the Center will report directly to Boise State University’s Chief Financial Officer, who reports directly to the President of the University. The ED will hav…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:23PMA B-movie par excellence, Greta’s the kind of unhinged and yet fiendishly well-calibrated genre fare that rarely gets afforded the attentions of a director as accomplished as Neil Jordan.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:23PMSeven-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close will find new ways to dream this fall when filming begins on the long-gestating movie musical adaptation of Sunset Boulevard. Close, who earned her thir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PM1917 was an important year, but perhaps not important enough to justify the sweeping title of the book.
The post Book Review: “Making Music American — 1917 and the Transformation of Cult…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:10PMShe's ready for her close up It has just been confirmed thatGlenn Closewill star in a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, which is set to begin shooting this October.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:03PMSUNDAY "Mahalia Jackson: Moving Through the Light": A musical tribute to the gospel singer with classics including "Precious Lord," "How Great Thou Art." Black Ensemble Theater, 4450 N. Clar…
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By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge.] Regular readers of this column may recall that when it comes to revie…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:58PMDiane Paulus is artistic director of the Tony-winning regional theatre that birthed the Tony-winning revivals of Pippin, Porgy and Bess, and the Sara Bareilles musical Waitress.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTwo-time Olivier winner Sheridan Smith has been cast as the Narrator in the upcoming new West End staging of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The previously announced West End p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMLucas Hnath, Robert O'Hara, Leigh Silverman, and Alexis Williams are panelists for this free discussion on the form and future of the American play.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:51PMIt has just been reported that Funny Girl star Sheridan Smith will star as the Narrator in thenew West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33PMGenevieve Angelson stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Cake and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:31PMMardi Gras started in 1980 as a party between friends in a rowhouse apartment in Soulard. It's now the country's biggest Mardi Gras party behind New Orleans.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:30PMCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University has received a $100 million donation to help build a new arts and performance space in Boston.
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:27PM(Susan Stamberg’s article appeared on NPR 2/28.) André Previn, a celebrated musical polymath, died Thursday morning; he was a composer of Oscar-winning film music, conductor, pianist and …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:25PMBroadwayWorld has a first look inside tech of DIANA at La Jolla Playhouse with costume designer William Ivey Long Check out the clip below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMHannah Beckerman: “Six years and many thousands of unpublished words later, my second novel is finally about to hit bookshops. Except that it’s not really my second novel. It is, in trut…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:01PMBy Ed Rampell
Julian Sands, who played George Emerson in the 1985 Merchant Ivory film version of to E.M. Forster’s 1908 novel A Room With a View, returns to the Italy-set romance a third…
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CATS opened in Los Angeles last night, and Hollywood came out to walk the Jellicle carpet Check out video from the opening night below
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 04:52PMBy Ed Rampell
Since first taking the stage in 1982 with Alfred Jarry’s Ubu the King, The Actors’ Gang has, in terms of form and content, specialized in a subversive edge and wit. Direct…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:50PMOn this day, we're celebrating the birthday of one of Broadway's most notable living legends, the lovely Bernadette Peters.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMThe off-Broadway play Gloria: A Life shines a spotlight on feminists history often forgets.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:39PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 2282019 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:33PMThat’s unless someone buys the troubled institution. “According to a Seattle Times report from last October, in 2017 a faith-based nonprofit called Dream Center Foundation bought the Ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:32PMTony-nominatedTaylor LoudermanMean Girls and YouTube SensationNatalie Weissjoin forces on Break from the Line, an empowering single written by songwriterJoey Contrerasand co-arranged by Weis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMThe latest on Fosse/Verdon, King Lear and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMAnnamaria Pileggi is company's associate artistic director.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:23PMHarvard University announced today that it has received a gift from College alumnus David E. '93 and Stacey L. Goel, which will make it possible to reimagine the University's arts campus and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMAntoinette Nwandu, Grace McLean, and Dominique Morisseau are among the women receiving up to $50,000 from the Women's Film, TV, and Theatre Fund.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PMThe annual new-play festival will feature two world premieres by Katie May and Ruben Grijalva.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:14PMOn paper, Come From Away looks wince-inducing. A musical set against the backdrop of 9/11 following the story of people stranded in a small town in Newfoundland when their flights were force…
SOURCE: oneapostrophe.wordpress.com at 04:06PMNetflix is not in the business of selling individual movies to many different customers. Instead, it’s in the business of selling many different movies to individual customers—in bundles…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03PMThe A.R.T., one of the nation’s leading regional theaters, is currently housed at Harvard in Cambridge, across the Charles River from its planned new home.
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Recommendations for the best classical music in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMThe film is based on the groundbreaking dancer’s biography of the same name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Susan Sarandon to Star in Jesse Eisenberg's New Play
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon will return to the New York stage this spring,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:40PMThe $7,500 first prize also includes a full audio production of the play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMBy Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
The Geffen Playhouse in Westwood has revealed that Broadway diva Idina Menzel, film star Andy Garcia, and actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thron…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 03:39PMNew York theater is hurtling toward a busy spring season, but before you get excited about what's coming, make sure you didn't miss what's going. In March, we're saying goodbye to three Broa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMI am a charter member of the Spoilers Avoidance Association, but it is impossible to write about “Merrily We Roll Along” without revealing – to those not already aware – that the 198…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 03:32PMThat tension between Seuss and Seuss-free classrooms is emblematic of a bigger debate playing out across the country — should we continue to teach classic books that may be problematic, or…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:29PMThe Washington Ballet’s new production of The Sleeping Beauty, running through Sunday at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater, is a breakthrough for D.C.’s hometown ballet company. …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:10PMAuthor Tiffany Jenkins (Keeping Their Marbles) argues no; Africanist Marie Rodet argues yes, “as part of a reparation process”; anthropology museum director Nicholas Thomas says, in so m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:04PMThile will be joined by musical guests for his Live From Here Carnegie Hall appearance on March 9.
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In interviews, I found Previn bemused by the difficulty that critics, and sometimes his fellow musicians, encountered when they tried to strike a balance in considering his variegated musica…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:56PMLincoln Center Theater has announced an extension for its acclaimed world premiere production of Marys Seacole by Jackie Sibblies Drury (Fairview). Originally scheduled to play a limited eng…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:55PMBill Mays Trio Live At COTAPianist Mays recently reassembled his trio for a concert and their first CD release in more than ten years. Mays, bassist Martin Wind and drummer Matt Wilson came …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:55PMThe play examines the emotional, intellectual, and sexual dynamics between a gay married couple in an open relationship.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMWould that every fundraiser went so well. The St. Louis Art Museum Foundation has paid off its debt related to its modern East Building, designed by David Chipperfield.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:49PMThe writer's 'Alma (or #nowall)' wins a cash prize and development at the Chicago theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:36PMWatch this exclusive clip from the musical about House Tyrell, which will receive a workshop in March.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMOff-Broadway's Public Theater has announced the New York premiere of We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time, a solo musical written and performed by David Cale (Harry Clarke). Robert Fa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:35PMThe new work by the Fairview scribe opened February 25 at Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMNorthlight Theatre has announced its five-show, 2019-20 season — the Skokie-based theater company's 45th slate. Jane Anderson's "Mother of the Maid" is the opening attraction. A play about…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:30PMMuseums and galleries – especially those representing a canonical European art tradition – burst with images of women disrobed and displayed for the delectation of men. Of course, there …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:29PMHoward Lindsay and Russel Crouse’s 1946 Pulitzer Prize winning political play, "State of the Union," should be, by all accounts, dated in its depiction of the 1948 presidential political c…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:24PMEXCLUSIVE: Ben Sprecher‘s six-year campaign to hold his former press agent accountable for the collapse of his musical and reputation has been cleared for another courtroom showdown. Earl…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:22PMRobert Falls will direct the musical memoir, which Cale will perform.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMIn 1943, Oklahoma! reinvented the musical and captured the spirit of America. Over 75 years later, this spirit has evolved in ways we never could have hoped, feared, or imagined.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PMBroadway Sessions recently held its 3rd annual Black History Month celebration. We invited an all star roster of Broadway talent to share songs and stories reflecting the influence, impact a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMThe musical will be the inaugural production of Banderas' new theatre in Malaga, Spain.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMMatt Trueman meets the women of the company Clean Break and playwright Luke Barnes, who talk about their scripts and the work they produce both inside and outside prisons. – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:01PMMaybe Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper should’ve won those Best Actress and Best Actor Oscars. Fresh off her Oscar win for Best Original Song for “Shallow,” Gaga visited “Jimmy Kimmel Li…
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A new Broadway revival of Shakespeare's King Lear arrives at the Golden Theatre on February 28. Tony-winning director Sam Gold's gender-blind production, headlined by Tony winner Glenda Jack…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:57PMIn conjunction with our presentation of A Fierce Kind of Love (March 1—3), the Institute on Disabilities’ work that tells the untold story of Pennsylvania’s Intellectual Disability Rig…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 01:55PM by Sheila Watko What happens when you cross Bring It On with Scream, add an incredible girl power cast and throw in some Broadway-pop music for good measure? You get We Are…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:49PMForty years ago, the legendary Stephen Sondheim musical 'Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' attended the tale for the first time on Broadway starring Len Cariou and Angela Lansbu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:46PMThe New York City Ballet has chosen two former dancers to lead the company after the scandal that ended with the retirement of artistic director Peter Martins
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:42PM“Jonathan Stafford, 38, who has been running the company for more than a year on an interim basis, will become the new artistic director of City Ballet as well as its affiliated academy, t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:34PMHow well were you paying attention to the New York theater news and reviews in February? How about Broadway’s presence at the Oscars? At the Grammys? Answer these 13 questions and find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:34PMOn February 6th Antonio Banderas announced his new project he will open the new Teatro del Soho Caixabank in Malaga, Spain, and the first show to run in it will be A CHORUS LINE. Today, Band…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PM“[He] was a musical polymath who began composing for Hollywood at 16 and won a quartet of Oscars, and had additional careers as a jazz piano phenomenon and major symphonic conductor. All t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:31PM“I’m not suggesting for a moment that corporate virtue-signaling is driven by anything more than pure, uncut capitalism, or that a chasm doesn’t separate legitimate IRL activism from r…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:31PMLady Gaga sets the record straight on whether she and Bradley Cooper are really in love.
SOURCE: USA Today at 01:25PMWaitress star Joey McIntyre sounds amazing on these songs from Carousel, The Music Man, Wicked and tick, tick...BOOM!.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:25PMThe extended look at the upcoming FX limited series about Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon's personal and professional partnership shows Verdon's work behind the scenes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMIt's the latest program in the St. Louis Ballet 'Go!' series.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:22PMThe evening of gender-reversed twists on classic and modern favorites will take place March 11 at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMCostello, who succeeds Tom Ross, will take the reins of the Berkeley company in July.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:17PMWe're counting down the days until the premiere of FX's new limited series Fosse/Verdon, which follows the romantic and professional partnership of iconic Broadway collaborators Bob Fosse an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMFX's highly-anticipatedFosseVerdonlimited series will premiere Tuesday, April 9 at 10 p.m. ETPT on FX.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMThe Grammy Award-winning opera from Mason Bates and Mark Campbell runs through March 9 at Seattle Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMThe composer also collaborated with Alan Jay Lerner on Broadway's Coco.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMThe new arts center opens its doors April 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMWe are constantly delighting each other with things and discoveries and even in scenes where the characters are brutal and cruel beyond imagination to each other—as soon as we get out of c…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 01:10PMEmmy and Golden Globe Award winner Darren Criss Hedwig and the Angry Inch, TV's The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story, Lea DeLaria TV's Orange is the New Black, Tony Award…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMFew English-speakers are aware that much of ancient Jewish scripture is written in sophisticated verse, full of wordplay and soundplay. Translators have concentrated on the meaning of the wo…
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Sarah Frankcom’s time at the Royal Exchange in Manchester has been a game-changer. Not just for the theatre itself – which had
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:56PMBrian d’Arcy James, Holley Fain, and more joined the hit Broadway play at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre February 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMThe Chicago theatre launches its 2019–2020 season with Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PMThe Kennedy Center commission will begin performances March 15 in the Eisenhower Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMRoyal Shakespeare Company veteran Eileen Page gave her final stage performance last year at Tara Theatre, reprising her legendary performance in one-woman history play Eleanor of Aquitaine. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:37PMThe 2019-20 slate at the Chicago theatre will include a revival of Tracy Letts's 'Bug' starring Coon, plus a new Rajiv Joseph play about LeBron James.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PMOnce she understood the training that goes into distinguishing such voices, she began to fully appreciate the difference in acting styles from what the audience might expect in a non-musical…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:26PM“Nothing’s too sacred to re-examine,” says the adapter of “Vanity Fair.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMDirector Seema Sueko has cast her production splendidly, with Laura C. Harris holding the spotlight as a whip-smart but paralyzingly anxious Catherine.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMThe comedian is bringing his quirky characters to the 9:30 Club.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMThe bio shows elbow aside plot, character and narrative for a different set of showbiz goals.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMFilmmaker-playwright Kenneth Lonergan is the first recipient of a prize named for the late Mike Nichols
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PM“Black Panther” went back-to-back into the Oscar history books on Sunday evening
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMGood acting fleshes out a premiere from the author of “Shakespeare’s R&J.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMTwo former University of Maryland men’s basketball players are suing the makers of “Fortnite,” claiming the video game’s creators misappropriated a dance they popularized online
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMA non-Equity tour alights in D.C., but production isn’t the best look.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMIn a Baltimore suburb, Danielle Drakes tackles the famous riot play.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMDozens of community and nonprofit theaters across the U.S. have been forced to abandon productions of “To Kill a Mockingbird” under legal threat
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMA desultorily expanded version of “Twelve Angry Men” played out for hours on Capitol Hill.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Ivo van Hove’s stage adaptation of All About Eve starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James
This post REVIEW: All About Eve, Noël Coward Theatre, London �…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:24PMTony Award winnerJoanna Gleasonreturns to Feinstein's54 Below March 1, 2 amp 22 with her new show,Out Of The Eclipse. She brings us through the dark time since last we saw her, and into the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMIn her final episode, King Kong star Christiani Pitts meets with students and drops some knowledge.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:21PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company announced the 201920 Season today. With seven Steppenwolf main series productions and two Steppenwolf for Young Adults SYA productions, the 44th season brings tog…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMEvery Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their picks for the weekend’s best shows. Be sure to check out our metro Atlanta theater map to see a full list of performance venues…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:12PMThe one and only Tony Walton, one of Broadway's most innovating and influential set designers, invites Rob and Kevin into his apartment to look back on his career which includes the Oscar, t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PM by Alix Cohen In the 1950s, lyric soprano Barbara Cook made a splash with ingénue roles in successive musicals. Work became less frequent in the 60s, and by the 70s the artist was str…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:06PM“[His] criticism appeared regularly in publications like DownBeat and JazzTimes. He wrote two books about bebop, the challenging form of modern jazz that emerged in the 1940s. And, along w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMA recent article questioning Richard E Grant’s near apocalyptic public display of happiness at his Oscar nomination got me thinking about the great Mark Bramble who the world sadly lost th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSteppenwolf Theatre’s 44th season will feature a new production of Tracy Letts’ 1996 drama “Bug,” helmed by the Broadway director David Cromer and starring the theater’s new ensemb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMFrom George Furth's work session notes to Jason Alexander’s score, look at these rare documents from the famed Sondheim-Furth musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMLakers star LeBron James and his impact on the city of Cleveland during his run with the Cavaliers will be the subject of the new play “King James,” written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Ra…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM
The Ferryman, currently playing at theBernard B. Jacobs Theatre242 W. 45thStreet in an extended engagement through July 7, has just welcomed new cast members
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMName: Brandon RainesHometown: Manchester CTEducation: Greater Hartford Academy of the ArtsSelect Credits: Film: Sam “Neighbors”, Vin “Geeble”, Evan “Live”, Sam “your invited”…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:55AMThe New Group announces thatSusan SarandonandMarin Irelandwill appear in the upcoming world premiere ofJesse Eisenberg'sHappy Talk, previously announced for the company's current 2018-2019 s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMScott Elliott will direct The New Group production at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMWe sat down with Audience Engagement Coordinator Tenara Calem to chat about connecting and engaging communities around A Fierce Kind of Love, March 1—3 at FringeArts, as part of High Press…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 11:48AMRoyal & Derngate, NorthamptonBarney Norris’s adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Booker winner about the perils of blind duty speaks to modern Britain
‘The play must be unlike the book …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AMGet into the rehearsal photos for Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E. Cooper going up at The Public Theater directed by and directed by Stevie Walker-Webb. performances begin Tuesday, March …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:46AMEnergy is at the center of “In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play,” in an impressive new production at Silver Spring Stage. As the subtitle might suggest, some of that energy is used fo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:42AMI once described Little Lord shows like a rollercoaster. At the end we want you to realize how far you’ve been, how far you’ve traveled, even if you were just sitting still in your seat.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:41AMIn “Star Dust,” a 2016 ballet tribute to David Bowie, Rhoden displayed his mordantly campy side in a series of scenes, each devoted to a famous Bowie number, beginning with Brandon Gray …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:33AMFor nearly a century, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell and the Darling siblings have been captivating audiences in mediums from print to stage to screen. Finding Neverland, which plays at…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:32AMThis is the hipster effect—the counterintuitive phenomenon in which people who oppose mainstream culture all end up looking the same. Similar effects occur among investors and in other are…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:31AMSince the emergence of antidepressants, pharmaceutical companies have been tripping over themselves to get as many people on them as possible. Perhaps getting their share of the tens of bill…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:29AMThe production, directed by Sam Gold, begins February 28 at the Cort Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMA new working group has been formed that is set to overhaul employment conditions for stage managers. The formation of the working
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMThe play is the final installment in the playwright’s trilogy, after The Father and The Mother (currently playing Off-Broadway with Isabelle Huppert).
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMWatch as host Drew Shade takes you behind the set of Loy A. Webb’s The Light with the stars of the show, Mandi Masden and McKinley Belcher III. Set design by Kimie Nishikawa. Broadway Blac…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:25AMPulitzer Prize-winning journalist and immigration rights activist Jose Antonio Vargas is adding his first Broadway producer credit to his resume. Vargas will join Broadway veterans Diana DiM…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:20AMIn “Finding Neverland,” a tale about the man who created the famed boy who wouldn’t grow up, there’s charm, there’s talent, and there’s even a fairy—but, in the end, the musica…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:19AMEquity has written an open letter to MPs urging them to prevent a no-deal Brexit, warning that leaving the EU with no
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMLucy Powis is a dramaturg, producer, and arts administrator who hails from Toronto. She is the House Program Coordinator at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and previously worked as t…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:15AMAn immersive theatre company is launching in London this month with a production that uses online data about its audience to personalise
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMCraig Wallace will star in both Fences and A Christmas Carol at the Washington, D.C., venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMPeople seem to devour articles, books, and documentaries about the likes of the Fyre Festival and Theranos; Bernie Madoff and Enron are household names. “Reminding ourselves that sometimes…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:04AM“Given the longstanding historical exclusion of African American composers, Price’s sudden rise to stardom might raise a few eyebrows. Is the sudden widespread interest in Price’s musi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMAfter a year-long search, the Lincoln Center-based company moves forward with permanent leadership.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMReview: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bristol Tobacco Factory Theatres3.0starTobacco Factory modernise this much-loved classic with its gender bending and dystopian style performance; endeavo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:00AM Back in 1968, our sister industry, the cinema, came out with a film ratings system to give parents some at-a-glance guidance as to whether or not a film was appropriate for the whol…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFake folkies and Armenia’s greatest boogie-woogie pianist stand out in the sixth instalment of Allan Stewart’s Big Big Variety Show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAriana Grande is defending her show at Manchester Pride, which was met with criticism from some who say a straight artist shouldn't be headlining.
SOURCE: USA Today at 11:00AM
Daniel Craig, the once and future James Bond, will star in a one-night-only benefit reading next month of Caryl Churchill's A Number as part of New York Theatre Workshop’s 40th anniversary…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:44AMShonda Rhimes, Ryan Murphy, J.J. Abrams and their fellows are now getting nine-figure production deals, with next-rung creators like Mindy Kaling and Seth MacFarlane landing eight figures. W…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMA special preview track, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg," is currently available to stream and as an immediate download with pre-orders.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMNew York Theatre Workshop NYTW has announced that they will present a special one-night-only reading of A Number, by NYTW Usual Suspect and five-time Obie Award winner Caryl Churchill Love a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMStage-and-screen star Daniel Craig has signed on to salute the 40th anniversary of off-Broadway's New York Theatre Workshop with a one-night benefit performance of Caryl Churchill's award-wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMMartin McDonagh has enjoyed cinematic success of late, most notably with Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, but the dark humour of his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:18AMThe reading is part of NYTW’s 40th anniversary celebration.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMGet ready for how Carrie St. Louis sings "Foolish Games" on the new Cruel Intentions cast recording.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:13AMNow extended through March 10th, the world premiere of Behind The Sheet by Charly Evon Simpson will continue its performances at the Ensemble Studio Theater which began January 9th. Charly …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:13AMThe Tony-winning actor celebrates her birthday February 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMFounded three years ago, the Opera Story has produced two new works, both of them genuine successes: Snow (2017) collated three shorter
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:12AMThe actor and musician dispels the rumors about her and her co-star/director Bradley Cooper.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM“Money is a factor. But even a few extra zeroes wouldn’t necessarily change the creative process for concert work, where priorities tend to revolve around giving an idea its fullest expr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:05AMSynetic Theater, Washington’s acclaimed movement-based company, will remain in its Arlington, VA facility at least through late 2022, its landlord announced. Speculation about the fate of …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:04AMWorking at the intersection between visual arts, dance and contemporary performance – and living in Britain and Belgium – Reckless Sleepers has,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:04AMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMWith technically excellent 360 degree projection and sound, and some smart and crisp choreography from the passionate cast, Gingerline’s The Great Expedition is a truly enjoyable, immersiv…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMLook away now if you’re chronically averse to spoilers, but I can exclusively announce the shortlist for the best new comedy category
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Battersea Arts Centre, LondonTarget’s absurdist show Splosh! – about swimming and his childhood in Houston – cocks a quiet snook at machismo
It’s my dream with this show, says Ben Ta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AMOver 160 years after she first gained fame tending to wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War, the name Florence Nightingale is still recognized as a symbol of selfless caregiving an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMby Beth Amann, Managing Director, Monumental Theatre Company Do you have a little one that you want to introduce to the magic of theater? We have the perfect show for you! Monumental Theatre…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:43AMThis month’s most valuable comedy players include a “30 Rock” veteran, a podcast king, rocket-powered Midwesterners and a group of enterprising locals taking matters into their own han…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:41AMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of the new musical Ain't Too Proud The Life and Times of The Temptations will be released by UMe this spring. The album, which was recorded earlier this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:41AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterJude Christian’s solo show confronts historical brutality and personal heritage by dwelling in the grey areas
It’s hard to pin down Nanjing, Jude Christian’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMAmong his most famous and historic programs were the 1962 Tour of the White House with Jackie Kennedy; Hunger in America (1968), which shocked the public and led to changes in federal policy…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:34AMThis season's new Broadway production of William Shakespeare's King Lear, starring two-time Academy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner, and 2018 Tony Award winner Glenda Jacksonanddire…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:30AM"Theatre, arts, makes kids learn things in a different way than taking a test does," shares The Band's Visit star in his testimonial kicking off 2019's Theatre in Our Schools month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMWendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson founded their General Management company on March 31,1994. Wendy had previously been R. Tyler Gatchell’s assistant at Gatchell and Neufeld and Jeff Wilso…
SOURCE: www.petsofbroadway.org at 09:29AMSeems poetic that The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up is well over 100 now and still as impish as ever in Finding Neverland. Peter Pan, the eternal boy, sprung from the mind of Scottish novelist…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:28AM“One installation in the show [at Mary Baldwin University] included a bathroom sink with air fresheners — shaped like the silhouettes of statues of Confederate leaders — hanging from i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMOn last night episode's of Schitt's Creek, BroadwayWorld got a shout out from Moira Rose Catherine O'Hara In the episode, Moira is co-directing a community theatre production of Cabaret, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMLive from Feinstein's/54 Below, "Call Me Adam" & Tony Award Winner Joanna Gleason discuss her new show Out of the Eclipse, chronicling the dark times Joanna has gone through since her la…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:15AM“[The $30 million project] will erect three new buildings to support the chapel’s ongoing social justice programming and is replacing the building’s ceiling apparatus with a new skylig…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AMActor Raphael Akuwudike chatted to LLLC about being in The Jumper Factory at the Young Vic Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAfter writing Oscar reviews for over 20 years, this year’s might have been my last. Nothing's written in stone and a lot will depend on how many people log on to the podcast. But the…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AMBy HowlRound Theatre Commons. Join us in welcoming Dillon, the new HowlRound Fellow!
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“The Sarasota Orchestra, which has kept its supporters guessing for years about the possible location of a new concert hall, made a pitch to Sarasota city commissioners Tuesday night to bu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:47AMIn January, the ever-troubled ballet star caused another stir with some offensive (and incoherent) remarks on Facebook, and he was promptly let go from a guest spot with the Paris Opera Ball…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AM“Silicon Valley billionaire, philanthropist and author Michael Moritz and his wife Harriet Heyman’s charitable foundation, … Crankstart, has committed to an initial five-year exclusive…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:16AMBroadwayWorld previously reported last year that an all-female production of David Mamet's play Glengarry Glen Ross was in the works.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AM"Yes, people saw love and, guess what?" Lady Gaga said on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" "That’s what (Bradley Cooper and I) wanted you to see."
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:13AM“The event, the first of its kind held by the NT, will take place on April 15 in London, and is aimed at ‘professional actors who identify as transgender, trans*, genderqueer, non-binary…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:01AMSome community theaters have canceled productions of the play after receiving legal warnings that theirs cannot go on at the same time as the one in New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMOne Shaw and Statford tour runs July 16-20. The Shaw only tour runs Sept. 10-13.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMI am old enough to have seen the original televised play for today of Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party in 1977 and have loved it ever since. Therefore, I was really looking forward to seeing…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 28 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe first time Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performed at the Auditorium Theatre was Feb. 11, 1969. “Mr. Ailey is right up with the times,” wrote Tribune critic Thomas Willis of the…
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This post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. I had initially intended this post for August 1, the birthday of Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014). 6′ 7″ Holder is well known for pl…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMThe Arts Council of Ireland released details of its 2019 grants two weeks ago, and Wexford was missing from the list with no explanation or target date for a decision. “When this kind of i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AM“Devotion, by the Taiwanese indie developer Red Candle Games, was released on 19 February and was initially popular among horror enthusiasts. However, the discovery of a number of hidden j…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMHave you been to Madrid? You’ll certainly want to once you’ve dipped into some of the theatrical tapas being served up at London’s home of Spanish drama, the Cervantes Theatre in March…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:04AMOutbox Theatre’s latest show And the Rest of Me Floats is a celebration of non-binary and transgender people. It honours the blurry lines of gender and brings joy to people that endure pre…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMLooking back on it, The Who's Tommy was pretty advanced thinking for Broadway in the early 90's, and not just because it had three actors playing the main character. A true rock opera that…
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"Bats! Gay bats! Bats in a freaking tunnel!" - Francesca Peschier heads underground in search of the campest, eeriest, and most shiver-inducing shows at Vault Festival.
The post Vaults Ody…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:44AMLondon’s Theatre Cafe is expanding to take over a second premises in the West End, where it plans to host a bigger
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMThe Stephen Sondheim-themed episode of Documentary Now, parodying D.A. Pennebaker's classic making-of Company documentary, aired last night The episode, titled 'Original Cast Album Co-Op,' c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40AM"It’s not enough to want the visibility, you have to know it’s going bring real change" As the second Black Women in Theatre event, taking place on March 6, draws closer, Ovalhouse's Exe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:31AMIt was a great big family affair for my post-show Q&A at Call Me Vicky at the Pleasance Theatre this past weekend. The new one-act comedy-drama marks the playwriting debut for sisters St…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMWorthwhile. Adjective. Worth the time, effort or money spent; of value or importance. And it is this word that describes beautifully this compassionate and memorable memory play TO KIL…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:05AMHansel And Gretel, a new co-production between Regent's Park Open Air and the ENO, is coming to the venue this summer, and casting has today been announced.
The post ENO announce Hansel And …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:03AMKazuo Ishiguro’s 1989 novel, The Remains of the Day, is driven by the idiosyncrasies of its narrator Stevens, an obsessively servile butler.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AM“It is always easy to talk to someone with whom one is going to become intimate; the future casts its shadow backwards, and there is no explaining to be sone, even though there is everythi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:00AMThere is a heartbreaking inevitability to Florian Zeller’s play The Son which is currently on at the Kiln Theatre. Nicolas (Laurie Kynaston), a once bubbly teenager, has become withdrawn s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM
The Vaults, LondonThis viscerally powerful piece about the 2014 revolution divides the audience into protesters and observers
Originally conceived by Mark and Marichka Marczyk, this piece of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:39AMArtistic director who won acclaim for her work with Maxine Peake is appointed to new role at Lamda
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda) has appointed Sarah Frankcom as its new di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30AMRoyal Exchange Theatre artistic director Sarah Frankcom is to leave the Manchester venue after 21 years to become head of drama school
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld We'd like to first wish a great first preview to both Ain't Too Proud and King Lear, as well as a happy opening to Superhero off-Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25AMCrowns, contortion and the most neatly arranged mood wall you're ever likely to see - take a look into rehearsals for Richard III, then book your tickets to see it as it comes to the newly r…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:19AM
It appears that the Bradley Cooper-Lady Gaga romance rumors that sprang into being after the pair’s kinetic performance at the Academy Awards can be put to bed. Lady Gaga stopped by “Jim…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:58AMNetflix announced “Blood & Water” as its second original series from South Africa with Nosipho Dumisa leading the directorial team. The Netflix press release says that the series wil…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:14AMChannel 4 has released first look images from their upcoming four-part fake news drama “Chimerica,” which is set to premiere this spring.Produced by Playground (Wolf Hall, Howards End, L…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:03AMThe musical makes its New York debut after four out-of-town engagements.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMGet ready! The new Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations kicks off preview performances at the Imperial Theatre on February 28. The production will officia…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMA new Broadway revival of Shakespeare's King Lear arrives at the Golden Theatre on February 28. Tony-winning director Sam Gold's gender-blind production, headlined by Tony winner Glenda Jack…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMThe Sam Gold-helmed production, with an original score by Philip Glass, kicks off previews in the Cort Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe co-creator of Next to Normal debuts Superhero Off-Broadway---Superhero at Second Stage Theatre is a homecoming for Tom Kitt. The composer's breakthrough musical with lyricist Brian …
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