Alex Brightman, Sophia Anne Caruso, Kerry Butler and the Beetlejuice cast and creative team on bringing Tim Burton's cult-classic film to life on stage.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMThe Grammy-winning “Everything I Do (I Do It for You)” singer-songwriter co-authored the score to the musical based on the 1990 Julia Roberts-Richard Gere film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PMMykal Kilgore stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about the Songs For a New World cast recording and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMHowever, the play may not be to the taste of regular Mint theatergoers as it seems much more dated that the usual lost masterpieces rediscovered at this esteemed venue. Thomas Scott is so ri…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:34PM“Over the course of more than 15 years, Andrew Wyeth created 250 secret paintings. He hid them from everyone—including his wife, who was also his business manager—in the loft of a mill…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:32PMBook writer and lyricist Chad Beguelin, composer Matthew Sklar, and (hilarious!) stars Beth Leavel and Christopher Sieber chat about their musical comedy winning rave reviews on Broadway.
SOURCE: play.acast.com at 05:15PMJersey Boys has been working its way back to Melbourne, bringing its national tour to its final destination. Having won various awards including the Tony Award for Best Musical, Olivier Awar…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:13PMWhile past studies have suggested that there is a link between creativity and fame, Paul Ingram and Mitali Banerjee found, in contrast, that there was no such correlation for these artists. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:02PM
Along with Don X. Nguyen's play about the North Korean Supreme Leader is a play about former Texas governor Ann Richards.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:53PMNorthlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:51PMFind your next job with this selection of upcoming auditions for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMThe new musical comedy is a celebration of female friendship, laughter, and life lessons from the movies we know and love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PM(Photo Credit: Associated Press) Tracy Letts, award winning actor, playwright and screenwriter will accept the [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:43PMImagine a combination of Stephen Colbert (the real one, that is) and John Updike.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:35PM“I asked a few art dealers why we hold mainstream artists to different ethical standards. While one disagreed with the premise of my question, another posited a simple rationale: Our accep…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:28PMThe Broadway producer had threatened legal action against numerous theatres around the country that were staging an earlier stage adaptation of the Harper Lee novel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMForty years ago, the legendary Stephen Sondheim musical 'Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street' terrorized audiencesfor the first time on Broadway in Hal Prince's landmark production…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMFour shows are opening on Broadway in March. Two of them are transfers from Off-Broadway that thrilled audiences in very different ways: “Be More Chill” and “What The Constitution Mean…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:10PMAlso a Golden Globe winner, the stage and screen star earned a 1973 Tony nomination for her performance in The Great God Brown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMThe fact that it is National Pig Day called to mind the fact that I haven’t properly memorialized the late Ricky Jay, who passed away back in November. His passing happened so suddenly and…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:05PMA comparison of price data across entertainment categories throws up a few surprises. Those who claim that a night at the opera is only for the elite should know that attending a top-of-the-…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03PMBroadwayWorld previously reported cancellations of a number of productions of the Christopher Sergel stage adaptation of To Kill A Mockingbird, licensed by Dramatic Publishing, in the UK, Da…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMIrish folk, Yiddish sounds and the blues will be featured. And more than 100 events by other organizations are being held in conjunction with the festival.
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Andrew Barth Feldman joined AM to DM by BuzzFeed News this morning to discuss living out his dreams as the youngest leading man in the Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMUPDATE, with response After some community theaters were forced to cancel planned productions of a 1991 version of To Kill A Mockingbird following litigation threats by Broadway producer Sco…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:39PMThe acclaimed Wooster Group production kicks off its limited run at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Mayor's Office Names "King Kong Court" Outside the Broadway Theatre
In celebration of the 86th anniversary of the iconic origin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PM“As the latest New York Times critic to go spelunking in this city’s museums, galleries, studios and alternative spaces, from Brentwood to Boyle Heights, let me get my verdict out of the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:30PMThe latest about Superhero, Sunset Boulevard movie and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMTheater is Kryptonite for superheroes. 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' proved it, yet Second Stage's new musical from John Logan and Tom Kitt tackles the theme anyway.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:23PMKatherine Helmond, the Tony-nominated and Emmy-nominated actress, has passed awayFebruary 23 of Alzheimer's complications at her home in Los Angeles, according to Deadline. She was 89.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMPadilla will receive a $10,000 cash prize for 'How to Defend Yourself.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:14PMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMIn just 100 days, TheAmerican Theatre Wingwill present the73rd Annual Tony Awards, which are set toair on the CBS Television Network on Sunday, June 9, 2019 800-1100 PM, ETdelayed PT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMWe were overjoyed to spend this episode with Pulitzer prize winning critic, poet, and teacher Lloyd Schwartz. Stick around for the poetry of Richard Milhous Nixon, too
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:11PMJohn Paul Bremmer (who writes the column “¡Hola Papi!” for Out): “This advice renaissance might seem paradoxical: Why hasn’t distrust in the media as a whole negatively affected adv…
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“Choir Boy,” Tarell Alvin McCraney’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning “Moonlight,” ends its Broadway run next week. The drama has earned rave reviews for its portrait of a gay teen�…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:57PMIt's showtime, folks The ghost-with-the-most is coming to the stage this spring in an edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film Beetlejuice. The company ju…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMFrom the moment she enters—decked out in widow’s weeds and descending a carpeted stairway—Nancy Robinette commands attention. That’s not unusual, since this actor—awarded the 2018 …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:48PMCOMPETE TO WIN $100,000 IN CASH AWARDS | DEADLINE MARCH 15, 2019. The Art Renewal Center is now accepting entries to the 14th International ARC Salon Competition.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:45PMThere is one role that Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti cherishes above all others: Mother. The My Fair Lady star gave birth to daughter Ella Rose in 2017. “Becoming a mom changed me in eve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:34PM“Suppose you think, as I do, that knowing that something is the case (e.g. that the MMR vaccine is safe) requires being reasonably confident that it’s the case and also having the right …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:31PMThe theatre’s new lineup will also feature the Tony-winning revival of Once On This Island, Mike Birbiglia's The New One, and the L.A. return of The Book of Mormon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMPadilla was chosen as the 13th winner of the annual prize by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMBroadway’s record-breaking Phantom will debut his all-new nightclub act, Never Been Younger.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMMusical theatre writer Oliver Houser has also been named recipient of the inaugural Stephen Schwartz Award.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PMKatherine Helmond, the fiery comedic actress whose start on Broadway led to a slew of memorable small-screen roles, died on February 23 at home in Los Angeles. The cause of death, according …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMIn a speech in North Adams, Mass., which he wants to transform into “the number one cultural destination in the country,” the man who tried to plant Guggenheims all over the globe argued…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:04PM
Troy Patterson reviews a recent restaging of the 1971 musical flop “Lolita, My Love,” from the York Theatre Company, which features the actress Caitlin Cohn in the title role and runs th…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 01:58PMInaugurated in 2011, and now celebrating its 50th cycle of brand-new ten-minute episodic plays, SERIALS @ The Flea – originally created by Dominic Spillane and Stephen Stout in collaborati…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:55PMFans of Dancing With The Stars were disappointed when we heard there would be no spring season in 2019, for the first time in the show’s history. This left a long gap in between seasons wh…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 01:52PMUniversal is in talks with Elisabeth Moss for the actress to star in its retelling of “Invisible Man.” Sources say the negotiations are in the extremely early stages, but if they were to…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:49PMTickets for the coming 20th anniversary touring production of "Rent" go on sale next week. According to a Friday announcement from Broadway in Chicago, tickets for the two-week run (May 10-1…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMArtistic Director Michael Ritchie announced Center Theatre Group's 53rd season at the Ahmanson Theatre featuring seven shows from all across the theatrical spectrum with three exciting music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMMartin Moran's play, now having its world premiere run at Two River Theater through March 24, is an intimate look at a family seeking grace.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:31PMBy Michael Block Throughout the history of time, the true backbone of the American presidency is the First Lady. And we’ve had some iconic ladies filling that position. Offering her uniqu…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:30PMDespite “significant job growth” since 2012, the creative sector has “failed to diversify its work force” and it is still “who you know, not what you know, that counts”, the repo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:27PMAs directed by Benson, special mention goes to Primack, Quint, Payne, and Wexler for their strong and playful commitment to their characters, followed by the efforts of Mazzoccone, Porter an…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:24PMKatherine Helmond, who played the ditzy Tate matriarch on the groundbreaking 1970s comedy Soap and later starred on Who’s the Boss? among many other roles, died February 23 of Alzheimer’…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:23PMAs quirky, introverted Dougie, MacIvor reveals that the quirks mask a deep trauma: they’re coping mechanisms in a small town that hides its pain, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:15PMThe Tony nominee and YouTube sensation join forces for the track by songwriter Contreras, ahead of the March 22 release of his new EP Joyride.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMIt’s Women’s History Month! And the best way possible for fans of silent comedy to celebrate and observe it this year is to get the new Alice Howell Collection from my good friends at Un…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:09PM“Mr. O’Neal was still in his early 20s in 1963 when he, Doris Derby and Gilbert Moses founded the Free Southern Theater, which presented free productions throughout the South. The troupe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PMA conversation with the ascendant music director of Thompson Street Opera Company.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMIntense and painfully funny, Mike Leigh’s classic comedy is given a new lease of life in this engaging and lively production directed by Sarah Esdaile that keeps the audience thoroughly en…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM“Once on This Island,” the underdog Tony Award winner last year for best musical revival, will lend some Caribbean sunshine to the 2019-20 Ahmanson Theatre season to be announced Friday …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM
On this episode of Happy Hour on the Fringe, Alice Yorke, lead artist of The Appointment and Co-Director of Lightning Rod Special and Elicia Gonzales, Executive Director of Women’s Medica…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 12:59PM'A plethora of pleasurable acts, presented with nuance, gender-theory and heart': Hannah Greenstreet writes on Pecs Drag Kings' show exploring the seepage of gender binaries.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 12:56PMSunday in the Park With George director Sarna Lapine will helm the Irving Berlin classic as part of the upcoming season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMIt's showtime, folks The ghost-with-the-most is comingto the stage this spring in anedgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film Beetlejuice. The company just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMActress Judith Light and playwright Tony Kushner are set to receive DGF Madge Evans amp Sidney Kingsley Awards. Former DGF Fellow, Oliver Houser, also announced as recipient of the DGF Steph…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMWhat a difference a director makes.
When By the Way, Meet Vera Stark was done at the Second Stage, directed by Jo Bonney, it was hysterically funny, yet hard-hitting and even heart-breakin…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:41PMImagine seeing Stefani Germanotta perform before she became Lady Gaga, or seeing Beyoncé sing before she was famous. That’s the vision for The American Pops Orchestra’s NextGen: Finding…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:39PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at Falsettos on tour Check out the brand new video of the tight-knit family performing 'The Baseball Game' below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMAt first, it was just a fantasy. As Anthony Rodriguez, artistic director and cofounder of Aurora Theatre, looked out of his office, he saw empty space and wondered what an expansion would lo…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:36PMHadestown follows two intertwining love stories as it invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMNearly 70 years later, The Human Use of Human Beings has more to teach us humans than it did the first time around. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the book is that it introduces a l…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:31PMUpdates from this week include the news that Sheridan Smith will star as the narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMBroadwayWorld.com is looking for new contributors to help us grow our local coverage of theatre and support local talent and venues with our international platform Find out more about joinin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMFounder of DRG records, Mr. Fordin worked for more than six decades on theatre albums including The Act, Falsettos, and The Producers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMHere's to the ladies who Sondheim.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:17PMThe 2019 Olivier Awards ceremony will be held April 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMTransgender actor Becca Blackwell discuss gender and sexual identity, and how worlds collide in their starring role in New York Theatre Workshop's "Hurricane Diane."
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:04PMIt's a bird, it's a plane, it's a world premiere musical! Superhero starring Kate Baldwin and Bryce Pinkham officially opened at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre on February 28. Featuring m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PM“The most commonly used verb in the English language (and indeed many other languages) has a strange history. The fact that it has so many more forms than other verbs, which are quite unli…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PMStephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, and Micaela Diamond star as the entertainment icon in the new musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMBeth Leavel talks about The Prom, working with Casey Nicholaw and her favorite Disney movie
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 12:00PMWhite Noise, starring Daveed Diggs, pushes audiences at the Public Theater to confront their ugliest thoughts on the way to healing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMA glimpse at eight new musicals and plays, beginning performances March 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMWest End Live Lounge is back at The Other Palace on 10 March 2019 for a celebration of WOMEN. The stellar line up of performers will sings songs from powerful ladies, all whilst raising mone…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
The critically acclaimed production will begin performances at San Francisco's Curran March 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMThe revival of James Saunders' relationship drama Bodies at Southwark Playhouse has garnered a host of four and five star reviews. As it heads towards its final week, take a look at these fa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:54AMThe new musical, starring Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso, will begin performances at the Winter Garden Theatre March 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMDo you believe in life after love delicious cake? The cast of The Cher Show does! Stars Teal Wicks, Micaela Diamond, former Broadway.com vlogger Jarrod Spector, Emily Skinner and the rest …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMThe Tony-nominated star of Newsies and this season’s American Son will play a three-concert engagement at Cadogan Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMBroadway In Chicago is delighted to announce tickets for the RENT 20th Anniversary Tour will go on sale [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:45AMOn Wednesday night, February 27, I attended a master class in performance and story telling when I saw the final night of Charles Busch’s newest cabaret show Native New Yorker at Feinstein…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:45AMWhen “Giselle” premiered in Paris in 1841, it was an immediate success, part of a trend revitalizing ballet for everyday socialites by abandoning the Greek legends preferred by the Frenc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:45AMIt's (almost) showtime! The cast and creative team of Beetlejuice got together at Subculture on February 28 to celebrate their upcoming first Broadway performance. Led by Tony nominee Alex B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMThanks to a $100-million gift, the theatre will construct a new facility across the river from its current one.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:32AMHow does a congenitally blind person’s knowledge of a rainbow—or even something as seemingly simple as the color red—differ from that of the sighted? – MedicalXpress
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AM14 theatre projects are the recipients of grants from the fund in support of creative entrepreneurs who identify as women.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMEphraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, Derrick Baskin, Jawan M. Jackson and James Harkness had their first preview performance in the Temptations musical Ain't Too Proud at Broadway's Imperial Theatre …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AM‘Incorporating dance into complex text is like walking a tightrope,’ says choreographer Dottor of her work with playwright and director MacKenzie.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:18AMBroadwayWorld has a first look atthe brand-new trailer for the West Coast Premiere of the Good Chance Theatre, National Theatre and Young Vic production of THE JUNGLE by Joe Murphy and Joe R…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMMatthew Bourne is to be honoured with a special award for his “extraordinary achievements in dance”. The prize will be his eighth
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMWorld-renowned dance maker Matthew Bourne has been announced as the recipient of the Olivier Awards' 2019 Special Award. Bourne will be honored at the Oliviers ceremony, scheduled for April …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMMichael Luwoye and Barry Sloane areset to co-star in NBC's legal drama pilotBluff City Lawworking title, according to Deadline.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMFranz Kafka’s 1915 novella about a man who turns into a beetle is primarily a story of failed communication. This is also
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AM“I understood very early on that this mostly blue-collar African-American audience was feeling inspired. They were getting answers to a lot of what was going on in our community that no on…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMThe Mint Theater Company brought back Elizabeth Baker’s drama from 1913 as part of a project dedicated to the British playwright.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02AMWise Children is the ultimate love letter to theatre. Complete with stars, spotlights, showgirls and Shakespeare – this is a spectacle to behold.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for March, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AM
I asked three actors, all playing female royalty in Richard the Third at Shakespeare Theatre Company, to talk about what might convince wavering potential audiences to see this production…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:58AMA Cuckoo, in South Korea, is a pressure cooker for preparing rice. In Amsterdam-based artist Jaha Koo’s solo performance-lecture, visiting Ghent’s Same
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:56AMThe Lakers star is the subject of King James, the latest play from Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo playwright Rajiv Joseph.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Adam Foster’s new play Wood at London’s Vault Festival
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:51AMChicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced the world premiere production of Pulitzer finalist Rajiv Joseph's King James, a new play centered on American basketball player LeBron …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:49AMFurther productions of To Kill a Mockingbird have reportedly been shut down after legal threats by producer Scott Rudin over the rights
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMThe "Mean Girls" star welcomed her first child with husband, Thomas Sadoski in March 2017.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:45AMCivil Rights activism and theatre were integrally intertwined in the life's work of the founder of Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AMCinematic depictions of Christ go all the way back to Edison and the Lumière brothers. And they stretch forward from the silents through Cecil B. DeMille to Mel Gibson — and that’s just…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:35AMNorthern Ireland, 1981. The Carney farmhouse is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrati…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:25AMThe legal drama will also star Barry Sloane, Jimmy Smits, and Caitlin McGee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMNonprofit arts organization seeking individual to spearhead development initiatives.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:19AMThe new musical about the Temptations began performances at the Imperial Theatre February 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMDo you believe in life after 100 The cast of The Cher Show certainly does Just yesterday, the company celebrated a Broadway milestone- 100 performances Check out photos from the special cele…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMMatthew Bourne has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Special Award at the Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard, in recognition of his extraordinary achievements in dance.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:13AMIn celebration of the 86th anniversary of the iconic original film of King Kong, the New York City Mayor's Office will recognize the Broadway musical King Kong and its contribution to the cu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMHaven Burton, the multi-talented star who was seen in the original Broadway production of Legally Blonde: The Musical, has signed on to play the role of Paulette in the upcoming pair of con…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:07AMThe world premiere of the new musical Superheroofficially opened last night at Second StageBefore we can save the world, we have to save each other. From the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMLatest release completes a new cycle of the composer’s symphonies by Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:04AMLaurence Connor will direct the limited engagement at the London Palladium.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AM“‘Give me a little booty! Show off! Glissade, glissade, tombé, ballonné, piqué, yessssss!’ William Forsythe called out ballet steps, bouncing through them on sneakered feet. ‘Let�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:04AM Award winning playwright (2019 Writer’s Guild Award & Emmy Award television writer) Anna Theresa Cascio’s new play St. Peter’s Foot touches on abortion and right of choice and a…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:02AMOkay, this week, I only have to throw out two CDs, but it hurtsI'll never forget May 31, 1992--the 46th Annual Tony Awards. I had just turned 16 and was eagerly tuning in to absorb the Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMThis biennial festival celebrates dancemakers whose work is grounded in African and African Diasporic forms and provides presentation and professional development opportunities for this hist…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMSteve McQueen’s layered drama about three women forced into crime; Mike Leigh’s heavy-handed telling of the 1819 Manchester massacre
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:00AMSherlock Holmes: The Final Reckoning, Twisted Thistle’s production for Annexe Arts Hub’s Formation Festival at the Assembly Roxy, is an intriguing and beautifully presented exploration o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
A one-night-only reunion benefit reading of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s comedy Twentieth Century
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 09:57AMThe latest release from the Dear Evan Hansen star’s solo album Sing to Me Instead.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMSir Matthew Bourne OBE has been announced as the recipient of this year’s Special Award at the Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:34AMThe seven-time Oscar nominee is preparing for her close-up.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMWell, it’s really called “spalling” — chipping and splintering by the brick, concrete or other materials on the exterior of the handsome theater, the US’s oldest opera house, now o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Fly Half and Salt, two new Welsh plays at the Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:29AMSmith will play the Narrator this summer when Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s musical returns to the Palladium
Sheridan Smith will return to the West End stage this summer in a new prod…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:28AMOriginally published in TDF Stages View this story online The co-creator of Next to Normal debuts Superhero Off-Broadway — Superhero at Second Stage Theatre is a homecoming for Tom Ki…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 09:20AM“[He] was not only among the most charismatic performers of his day, but also enjoyed one of the greatest classical-music lives since Berlioz and Liszt.” David Patrick Stearns surveys an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:17AMFunny (though sad) to find Sanford and Son news trending this morning (Nathaniel Taylor, who played Lamont’s friend Rollo, has died, according to several sources). Today I’m scheduled to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:04AM“The theaters were planning to stage an adaptation of the novel by the playwright Christopher Sergel, which has been widely staged by adults and students for decades. Lawyers for the produ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:02AMFrom the "Captain Marvel" movie to a show from the newly minted indie-rock supreme team of Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers, our Seattle Times arts writers dish on next month’s most buzzwo…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMBy: David Sheward
March 1, 2019: Merrily We Roll Along has a special place in the canon of Stephen Sondheim musicals. The original 1981 Broadway production followed what many considered …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:00AMMarch has arrived, and that (hopefully) means audiences will be schlepping lighter jackets to the theater. Besides higher temperatures, there is a lot to look forward to this month: five tri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:00AMHaving seen the ways that people can come together in a crisis in the uplifting Come From Away last week, this week brought a more anarchic and nihilistic view of post-9/11 America from Amer…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMCall it navel-gazing or, if you’re feeling poetic, peering into the soul’s very depths. At L.A.’s small theaters this weekend, Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina does it. So too, in her way, do…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
This March, a new series of shows at the Cervantes Theatre will showcase female theatremakers from Madrid under the title Madrid Is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:52AMThe polymath standup, writer and painter on the things that make him laugh the most
Brian Gittins doing his show on the top deck of a bus in Edinburgh. Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMPowerful, gut-wrenching, brutally honest, funny, engaged, delivered with honesty and compassion... What else do critics say about sisters Stacey and Nicola Bland's playwriting debut Call Me …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:46AM“Susan Gluck, a trustee of the George Balanchine Trust, which administers the rights to perform Balanchine’s ballets, filed a petition Thursday … seeking a full accounting of the finan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:46AMAnniversaries are both the bane and the lifeblood of the classical music industry as, for better or worse, three new box sets remind.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:37AMThis theoretically involved but theatrically impotent creation is the result of a collaboration between filmmaker Charles Atlas and choreographers Rashaun Mitchell and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMGreater Boston’s leading resident theater company has been on Harvard Square for decades, but it’s just been given $100 million by hedge funder David E. Goel and his wife as the lead gif…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:31AMThespian alum on why theatre is as important as sports
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 08:31AMThe Tony Award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY is partnering with The Happy Hour Guys to create Islander Pale Ale, the fifth beer in the Broadway Brews collection with a special collaboration…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMIt’s not just the ever-growing Fringe: the International, Film, and Book Festivals are expanding, too. But yes, the Fringe is the biggest issue: it regularly sets attendance records and is…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AMLast year, the headache for this world music festival was that performers were either denied UK visas or found the process of trying to get them too tortuous to deal with. This year, organiz…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AMOverall, Kandinsky showcases a fascinating story delivered with great imagination in Dinomania, but it feels too rushed and needs further development to cover the story and Mantell’s disco…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTo celebrate 25 years of the National Theatre Archive, an exhibition of pieces selected by 25 theatremakers, scholars and one critic has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMWith over 100 performances to come in his long goodbye tour, Elton John returns to New York City this month to play four nights.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Edward Hall is to direct the world premiere of a new play by Howard Brenton as his final production as artistic director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AMThe innovative Intra Muros at the Park Theatre will star West End leading lady Summer Strallen, musical writer Ché Walker, and popular jazz artist Rio Kai.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:46AMThe new Tom Kitt-John Logan musical, starring Kate Baldwin and Bryce Pinkham, opened at Second Stage February 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:45AMThe project, called Aleppo Built Heritage Documentation and based in Berlin, “[has] assembled the largest repository of information on Syrian heritage outside the country — more than 200…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:44AMBarbican, LondonInspired by a sci-fi novella, the artist teams up with Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener for a bracing dance experiment
A woman’s face looms, very large and unnervingly clo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMMining the past: Tracey Sinclair writes on the nuanced portrayal of a 'fragile ecosystem' of men in Beth Steel's mining drama.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:38AMCATS opened in Los Angeles last night, and humans and felines alike came out to celebrate Check out photos from the opening night red carpet below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38AMBy Douglas Mayo
BAFTA and Olivier Award winner Sheridan Smith to star as The Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the London Palladium.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:32AMAt a charity event I felt, for the first time, that my varied emotions were shared. We need more stories of this kindI don’t often cry when I go to the theatre. I certainly don’t often h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMThe 53-year-old curator, who left Los Angeles after the controversy over his firing of chief curator Helen Molesworth (among other troubles), will be director of the Serralves Museum of Cont…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:29AMIt’s March! As spring appears on the horizon, there’s the excitement of slightly warmer weather with the added apprehension that makes you still carry an umbrella everywhere.But avoid th…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:24AM2019 is in full swing, and now we are approaching the crunch of spring openings, with shows trying to get in under the wire for all of the awards. Exciting times for sure! This spring, we ar…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:24AMWhat is truth? In today's crazy times, what can we learn from the past? Stars Ruby Bentall, Sean Rigby and Stephen Billington discuss the timeliness of Devil You Know's first London revival …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:16AMEccentric comedian Frank Libuse (Frank Belohlavek, 1887-1985) born in Chicago on a first of March. Libuse worked vaudeville in the late ’20s and early ’30s as a spontaneous, improvisatio…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:12AMIt takes confidence to tinker with Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Earlier this year, LKT Productions relocated it to a council
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:07AMBEETLEJUICE will open on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatreon Thursday, April 25, 2019. It will begin Broadway previews March 28, 2019. The cast met the press yesterday and you can check …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal drama column, I review an important off-Broadway revival of Lynn Nottage’s By the Way, Meet Vera Stark. Here’s an excerpt. * * * If you know Lynn N…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMRay Bolger and Ann Miller perform Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz” on “Music of the Movies,” a 1966 episode of The Bell Telephone Hour originally telecast by NBC on March 1…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMSuperhero officially opened last night, February 28, 2019 at the Tony Kiser Theater 305 West 43rd Street. Let's see what the critics are saying...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:01AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Helena Westerman's play Galvanise now playing at the Vault Festival London.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:01AM“Journalists follow authority as sharks do a liner, hoping to feed off the waste it discharges, with perhaps someone occasionally falling overboard to make a meal, and once in a way the wh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMIf you’re a 20- or 30-something It’s Not A Sprint might be the most painfully relatable show you see all festival – or indeed all year – or perhaps ever
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This is a really tough watch. Milo Rau’s Hate Radio recreates a broadcast by RTLM, the Rwandan radio station that encouraged Hutu
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AM"Ain't Too Proud" is more than just a jukebox musical.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 06:42AMIt’s the moment every Heathers fan (or corn nuts as they’re also known) has been waiting for since…well since it first opened at The Other Palace last year. The Heathers The Musical We…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:38AMAn acting agency that forms part of the Pauline Quirke Academy has closed with immediate effect, as the organisation undergoes a refocus.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMAin't Too Proud began previews last night, February 28, at Broadway's Imperial Theatre BroadwayWorld was in the house and snapped some photos of the Temptations in action after the show, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:37AMFlorian Zeller’s moving new play at London’s Kiln Theatre is a plea for better listening — and it’s agony to watch
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:34AMIn 2016, Derek Hough was set to star in a Broadway revival of Singin' In The Rain. However, later that year, BroadwayWorld reported that the production had been cancelled, due to lack of ava…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33AMSherman Theatre in Cardiff has appointed Joe Murphy as artistic director. He replaces Rachel O’Riordan, who has left to become artistic director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMTheatre Deli, SheffieldKaty Dye gives a powerful performance deconstructing the idea of sexy innocence and society’s worship of feminine youth
In contemporary society and pop culture, ther…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMThe show must not go on, Broadway producer Scott Rudin says. Rudin's lawyers claim his show, written by Aaron Sorkin, is the only one that can be performed near a major city.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:24AMHamilton is taking the world by storm, one country at a time. Next stop Germany
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22AMThe new station will challenge Radio 3 and Classic FM with music and entertainment aimed at a younger audience
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:03AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
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Sheridan Smith will play the narrator in the forthcoming West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, it has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:46AMBen Platt has released another single from his upcoming album, Sing to Me Instead. Watch the music video for the single below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24AMThe first piece of casting news is out of the (brightly coloured) bag, as Sheridan Smith has been announced as the Narrator in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.The colourful musi…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:22AMPulitzer Prize-winning writer Stephen Adley Guirgis doesn’t pull any punches with his tough, uncompromising prison drama Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train at the Young Vic Theatre.
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Who is Lise Lindstrom? I am a dramatic soprano from a humble household in the small town of Sonora, California. I grew up with my extraordinary mother telling me I could be anything I wanted…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 04:53AMA year ago today, Watch This opened A Little Night Music at the National Theatre Melbourne. Twelve months and three Green Room Award nominations later, they are announcing the full cast for …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 04:19AMRevivals offer enticing actor pairings, including Adam Driver and Keri Russell, in “Burn This,” and Annette Bening and Tracy Letts, in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons.”
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Participating in something as large as Adelaide Fringe can often feel overwhelming, but at its core, it’s a great festival to explore and revive previously performed work, and Ego Jacket i…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:53AMFirst-time filmmaker Rashid Johnson has directed a script penned by Pulitzer-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. Titled “Native Son,” the story-line is based on Richard Wright’s semin…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:06AMThey’re known for melancholy songs and have adapted poems drenched in death — but insist they do ‘like a laugh’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMTony nominee Jayne Atkinson will also star in Holland Taylor’s solo show Ann.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning musical, starring Angela Lansbury and Len Cariou, opened at the Uris Theatre March 1, 1979.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAn African-American critic calls for an end to endless suffering---As a theatre critic, I see wide variety of shows about a multitude of subjects. But as a black woman, I am constantly confr…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Kathy Westwater’s “Rambler, Worlds Worlds A Part" presented by Lumberyard Center For Film And Performing Arts and New York Live Arts, "The cause and articulation of pai…
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