★★★★ Phoebe Waller-Bridge arrives from Great Britain, impressing stateside audiences with her talent
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:55PMWorld of Dance is back and better than ever as it enters into its third season. Any age can grace the World of Dance stage and compete in any style of dance for the chance to win the ultimat…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:54PMBy: Isa Goldberg
March 10, 2019: The Fiasco Theater’s staging of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, at The Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre reflects on friendship, love, and…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:49PMIn her priceless one-woman play, the writer and performer summons the pleasures and pain of being young, single and sexually compulsive.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMAldersgate Church Community Theater has been entertaining Fairfax County audiences for three decades. Founded in 1990, the company originally mounted just one or two shows per year. Today, i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:38PMAfter its sold-out run in London,Phoebe Waller-Bridge's award-winning comedic play, comes to New York for 5 weeks only.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38PMFestival Shifts From November to October 10th – 20th MARCH 5th 2019, BALTIMORE, MD – Charm City Fringe opens applications for its 8th annual theatre festival in Baltimore’s Bromo Art…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:34PMThe Simpsons episode “Stark Raving Dad” is considered one of the most iconic episodes from the show’s early run — but it will now be harder for fans to view. Michael Jackson infamous…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:34PMListen: Shubert Announces Broadway Startup Accelerator, Survey on Why People Line Up Early, “Avenue Q” Extends Off-Broadway [display_podcast] “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday t…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:22PMRent has reached the status of a classic. The audience at the Merriam Theatre of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia treated it that way as the national touring production opened for a five-da…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 09:02PM★★ This cliched celebration of cliched movies is exactly what you think it, which might make it perfect for its venue
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:01PM★★ How many Chardonnay jokes can you fit into one show? You’re about to find out.
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:00PMSoho Playhouse, New York
The witty, filthy, tragic one-woman show arrives stateside, with all its jagged edges still intact
“I’m not obsessed with sex,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge says, with…
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“It’s not a concert about despair,” observes Joel Cohen, “there’s a lot of festive music in it.”
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:49PMBarrow Street Theatricals announced today the rotating cast of guest actors through mid-March for the American premiere of the Nassim Soleimanpour and Bush Theatre production of NASSIM by ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMOverall, the researchers found no significant differences in the amount of content the kids retained, regardless of which version of the lessons they received. But the arts-infused approach …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:29PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company revival officially opens March 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:14PMRoundabout Theatre Companypresents the newBroadway production of the musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, starring Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara. Get a first look at photos of Kelli along with co-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PMThe biggest little hit in town right now is “Fiddler on the Roof,” which has lifted the curse from the Shubert Organization’s Stage 42, an off-Broadway theater on far West 42nd Street.…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:06PMThe wounds from Glenn Close‘s Oscar loss for “The Wife” are still fresh, but for our readers that defeat was not the hardest of her seven to swallow. Nope, 36 percent of our fans say C…
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For Hollywood, classical music has become the trademark of villains. On screen, orchestral melodies accompany the meditations of mad geniuses and pouting serial killers. Norman Bates practic…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:59PMThe original Broadway production of Rags in 1986 was a notorious flop, running for just four performances. Despite the short run, it received five Tony nominations, including a nod for Best …
SOURCE: oneapostrophe.wordpress.com at 05:56PMThe new play by Nassim Soleimanpour invites a different actor to perform the play each night (without seeing the script).
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:49PMTwo-time Grammy nominee Pete McGuinness penned the arrangements.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:46PMAdelphi, LondonBased on Adrienne Shelly’s film and scored by Sara Bareilles, the New York hit arrives in London in a lively production
Billed as the first Broadway musical with an all-fema…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45PMAn astonishing statistic about this Broadway transfer is that it’s the first Broadway show with an all-female creative team, and the same
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45PMThe new musical will feature music by Frank Loesser and an original libretto by Timothy Allen McDonald.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMJonathan Burke stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about MTC's Choir Boy and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMBarrow Street Theatricals has announced a starry lineup of rotating guest actors for the American premiere of Nassim by celebrated Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour (White Rabbit Red Ra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:29PMOriginally published on TDF Stages View this story online A new musical comedy celebrates an unfairly maligned genre Fans of so-called chick flicks — cinematic stories centering on romance…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:26PMThere is limited seating left for Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s new play CULLUD WATTAH at The Public Theater. Opening today, Thursday, March 7th and running until Sunday, March 10th in the Pu…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:20PMUnlike the company’s 2016 luxuriously staged "Les Fêtes Vénitiennes," also at the Gilman, "Rameau" was purposely staged by Sophie Daneman as if in a village square, simply but effectivel…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:14PMThe William Inge Theatre Festival will recognize Corthron and her work this spring.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:07PMPoint Park University in Pittsburgh, PA invites qualified candidates to submit applications to become Managing Director of Pittsburgh Playhouse/Director of the Center for Entertainment Manag…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:05PMThe lineup includes three premieres and work by seven female playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:04PMThe closure comes after months of troubles that seeped into public view.In October, the Art Institute of Seattle laid off most of its full-time faculty as Dream Center announced 18 of the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:01PMTom Key will retire from the Atlanta theatre that he's led since 1995.
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The season will feature 'Cambodian Rock Band' and the world premiere of 'F*ck7thGrade,' with music by Jill Sobule.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:58PMArtistic Director /Dean of the Conservatory for the Performing Arts Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA invites qualified candidates to submit applications
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:55PMDonors to orchestras, ballet companies, zoos and more can accompany their idols on tour.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:55PMWagner’s four-installment epic returns to the Met for the first time since the 2012–13 season, with three complete cycles, beginning March 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMThere are more than 100 festival events across New York City between March 9 and April 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMSunset Cultural Center, Inc. (SCC) in beautiful Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, seeks a dynamic fundraising professional with an interest in community engagement for the position of Director …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:46PMOn this day we're celebrating the birthday of Tony Award-winning choreographer and director, Andy Blankenbuehler
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMThe Mad Men and Sunset Boulevard star wrote the solo play inspired by the life and work of the Cat on a Hot Tin Roof playwright.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMGone are the sound-absorbing dropped ceilings and acoustical tile, cubicle dividers, wall-to-wall carpets, and upholstered chairs. In their place are reflective high ceilings with exposed H.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:34PMLights up in Washington Heights The Tony-winning Best Musical In the Heights celebrates its eleventh anniversary this week, so in honor of the occasion, we're looking back at the show's clos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMEmploying his rumbling deep voice, his thinning hair slicked back and veering from snarling cheeriness to reflective introspection, Jeremiah Kissel swaggering in a power suit gleefully give…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:22PMRobert Schenkkan, Rajiv Joseph, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, and Erika Dickerson-Despenza are among this year's participants.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMPerformances begin April 17 in San Francisco under the direction of Jessica Stone.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:20PMLast week, the Fox Theatre held a special season announcement party for media, influencers and Marquee Club — all eagerly anticipating the announcement of the 2019–20 season. Speculation…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:09PMEvery Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend’s best shows. Be sure to check out our metro Atlanta theater map to see a full list of performanc…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:09PMIn his first vlog for Broadway.com, To Kill a Mockingbird's Gideon Glick welcomes us backstage at the Shubert Theatre and sits down with co-star Celia Keenan-Bolger.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:05PM“As an artist I like to understand how things work. I only refer to that in my performances, because I hate it when people say, “You should do this, you should do that.” I never try to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:02PMEnjoy free performances, concerts, communal art-marking, and more at the May event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 372019 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
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The star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Broadway’s Funny Girl will play three performances at the midtown venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMThe story of The Temptations is coming to Broadway in Ain't Too Proud, which is currently in previews at the Imperial Theatre. On this week's episode of CBS Sunday Morning, Tracy Smith sits …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMFantasy and reality collide around a Bel Air swimming pool in playwright Jeremy O. Harris's surreal exploration of intimacy and identity.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:57PM“We have heard stories about people finding the confidence to get their first ever job or making new friendships with people from a different generation, area or culture who they didn’t …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:31PMThe history of the lesser known Sondheim musical ahead of Second Stage’s one-night-only concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMAfter a career in Louisville, Rochester, and Massachusetts, the Arizona native will return to to lead the company that set him on his path.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:26PMTwitter users, check out your next list of must-follow accounts for 2019
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMToday is International Women’s Day, just one of the many celebrations during Women’s History Month, which for more than three decades has landed in March. Broadway has a rich history of …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:11PM“Created by Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, with original music by Ellen Reid and curation by Yuval Sharon, the tour reveals little of the Concert Hall’s history,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:04PMIf we could turn back time, we'd relive the amazing time we had with The Cher Show's Michael Fatica This week, we're pouring out Milagro Tequila and Michael's making his own Old Fashioned fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Full Cast Set for Ahrens & Flaherty's Marie, Dancing Still—A New Musical
Complete casting has been announced for Marie, …
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The power and imagination in his composing and arranging have made Ed Partyka a major contributor to the European big band scene. The Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra’s two most recent albums ref…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:54PMThe prolific Broadway performer talks about singing pop music versus singing show tunes, plus the Friends review the new Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater musical.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:51PMIt’s 1992. A young white man named Steve meets a young African-American man named Eric on an empty D subway train in New York City. The white man is going home to his mother in Riverdale; …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:50PM by Carol Rocamora “I’d rather make $800 playing a maid than $8 a week being one.” Those were the fighting words of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American ever to win an Ac…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:48PMTheatres around America are announcing plans for their 2019–2020 seasons, as well as casting for upcoming productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMTheatres around America are announcing plans for their 2019–2020 seasons, as well as casting for upcoming productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMFounded by Broadway choreographer Josh Prince, the non-profit is dedicated to advancing the art form of choreography.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMAnne del Castillo, the acting commissioner of the New York City mayor’s office, joined the company of the mega-musical to unveil King Kong Court March 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:35PMThe troupe’s “Limits” arrives at the Kennedy Center from Sweden.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:29PMIt’s still obvious to even the most casual viewer that Netflix hates movies, because they won’t offer their viewers something that theaters, LaserDiscs, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-rays, and e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:28PMOn a rainy night, about 250 people gathered in Malibu for the final California performance of the noted New York contemporary-ballet company Jessica Lang Dance. But the company’s founder a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:25PMCommonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of Birdy is at its best when it focuses on the play's central relationships.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:24PMFrom a virtual reality world to a funeral parlor, from Pittsburgh’s Hill District to the classroom, check out what is onstage near you.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:22PMby Stephen Sachs If our beloved Samuel French bookstore were a play, its shocking violent demise this week makes the ending a tragedy. A tragic drama not wrought by a fatal flaw of the store…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 02:18PMby Stephen Sachs If our beloved Samuel French bookstore were a play, its shocking violent demise this week makes the ending a tragedy. A tragic drama not wrought by a fatal flaw of the store…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 02:18PM The Cast and Creatives of INK met with the press on March 5. Theater Pizzazz’ Shoshana Medney was on the scene to capture it all, including interviews. Written by Olivier Award winning …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:14PMBekah Brunstetter's comedy, directed by Lynne Meadow, premieres Off-Broadway following productions across the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PM“Including drama and music, creative arts degrees are studied by approximately 37,000 young people in England each year. Taxpayers provide more to students who study these courses because …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:01PMMarin Alsop thinks we’re ready for a “new normal” in classical music. That is why the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s music director has commissioned a work by a renowned composer who…
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Tony-nominated director/chorographer Robert Longbottom and musical director/ conductor Kevin Stites have been announced for the Hollywood Bowl’s upcom…
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Some plays are simply too complicated for their own good, defying comprehension. This is certainly the case with Madeleine George’s "Hurricane Diane," in which the God Dionysus or Bacchus,…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:56PMAmbitious choice by upstart theatre company to use jail as venue undermines the considerable gifts of cast.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:45PMAlvin Ailey presented the Midwest premiere of "Lazarus" with an explosive performance epitomizing the supreme skill and commitment of its dancers.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:39PMPhoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones'seriesRun has been picked up to series by HBO, according to Deadline.Theromantic comedic thriller pilot starsDomhnall GleesonandMerritt Wever, with Walle…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PMKatlyn Carlson is about to live an actor’s ultimate dream. The Eureka-raised actress — she went to Eureka High School and the University of Chicago — is co-starring in her first Broadw…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:30PMComposed in 1924, the ‘Andante’ melody had originally been scribbled by Elgar on a sheet of manuscript paper, which he signed clearly with his name. But for more than a century, it was h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:29PMShortly after winning the Tony Award as Fosca in the 1994 Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Passion, Murphy sat down for an interview with Playbill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMThe Charm City Fringe Festival has opened applications for its 8th annual theatre festival in Baltimore’s Bromo Arts District. Once again, application fees for Baltimore artists are waived…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24PMThe cornerstone of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 60th anniversary season is “Lazarus,” the company’s first two-act work in its history, created by choreographer-in-residence R…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:15PMFrom an arts activist in Pennsylvania to a dialect designer in Arizona, from a performer in New Orleans to a props master in New York City, here are some theatre workers to have on your rada…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:13PM by Cathy Hammer Anyone who has been in a long term relationship has likely experienced a “song and dance” argument. One person says that thing, the other responds with that other t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:11PM“We have considerably increased the marketing for our organization and have rebranded the company entirely. We have tripled our seasonal programming, created a series of special performanc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:02PMThe last time Kelli O’Hara appeared on Broadway, she won a Tony for her performance as Anna in “The King and I.” Four years later, she’s back in an updated “Kiss Me Kate,” openin…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMPerformer Katy Dye chatted to Emma Clarendon about the UK tour of Baby Face.
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After eight years of holding the Gallagher family together, Emmy Rossum announced in August she was leaving “Shameless.” Her final episode, the Season 9 finale, airs on Mar. 10, and at t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:58PMTickets are nearly sold out for Broadway Backwards, Broadway's annual gender-reversed celebration of the LGBTQ community, which returns this Monday, March 11, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55PMThe company starts at 5:30 a.m. from scratch and goes until the houselights dim for a performance at the Palace Theatre.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:53PMThe first revival of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lanford Wilson's Burn This, directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, will begin performances on Friday, March 15, 2019 and officially opens on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PMDomhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever star in the project, co-created by the writer and star of Off-Broadway's Fleabag.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMThe world premiere by Matt Williams celebrates its official opening Off-Broadway March 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMThe revival of Lanford Wilson's play, directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer and featuring Brandon Uranowitz and David Furr, begins performances March 15 at the Hudson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” The Texas-sized excitement of our city’s annual Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo was just minutes away, but over at the nearby Mu…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 12:35PMThe role of copies still raises larger questions about the mission of museums and the nature of authenticity. Does it matter if the works of art or historical objects on display are copies? …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:31PMFive theatre companies and famous venues to explore, whether you live in the nation’s capital or are simply visiting.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMThe private archive of the Tony-winning playwright is being made public for the first time in the center's Stories to Tell exhibit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PM By Ron Fassler Although Betsy Wolfe has titled her first-time solo cabaret show at Feinstein’s/54 Below “All Bets Are Off,” she could easily have called it “Here’s the Dea…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:20PMThe acclaimed production of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Songwas set to embarkon a national tour launching fall 2019 at Los Angeles' Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre. The national to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PM“Southern Comfort” manages to be commendable, invigorating, and insufficient all at once.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:15PMThe Paley Center for Media will launch a subscription service to live stream the upcoming PaleyFest LA panels and offer on-demand access to older Paley Center events. The service dubbed Pale…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PMLanford Wilson's searing drama Burn This returns to Broadway with Adam Driver and Keri Russell taking on the roles originated by John Malkovich and Joan Allen. The play explores the spark be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13PM“The unfortunate thing about [stage] fights is the more you practice them, the better they get, the more out of control they can seem. … We have to work really hard to make sure we actua…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMAll in all, Calendar Girls is a really enjoyable evening’s entertainment and it’s great to see a British musical flourishing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMInside a nondescript building not far from the Atlanta airport, David Korins, the set designer of “Hamilton,” the creative director of “Hamilton: The Exhibition” and a man just finis…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMFor a movie genre with huge box office appeal, the term “Chick Flick” gets little or no love from critics. Depending on their point of view, it’s either a disdainful reference to froth…
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Disney chairman-CEO Bob Iger told shareholders Thursday the company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox will close “soon” and that the enlarged company is ready to “hit the ground runn…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:48AMIf they hadn’t found each other in the New York art scene, the players involved could have met on a Spike Jonze film set: a computer scientist commanding five-figure print sales from softw…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMBroadway visionaries meet ballet royalty at The 5th Avenue Theatre this spring in Marie A New Musical. Tony Award-winning authors Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty Ragtime, Once On This Islan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMThe Cy Coleman-Neil Simon-Dorothy Fields musical will be presented June 17 at the Merkin Concert Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMThe award-winning icon will return to London with a one-night-only appearance at British Summer Time.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMDirector Noah Brady moves the action along at a nice pace and makes the reversal of time clear and entertaining with some clever costume changes but fails to dig deep enough into each of the…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:20AMThe characters – all of them – are underdeveloped, mostly static, with less than interesting conflicts. So how could there possibly be an engaging plot? They seem not to care for themsel…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:19AMManhattan Theatre Club’s New York premiere of The Cake, written by Bekah Brunstetter (“This Is Us,” “American Gods,” The Oregon Trail) and directed by MTC’s award-winning Artisti…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:18AMBroadway In Chicago is delighted to announce tickets for CHICAGO, starring NFL legend Eddie George, [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:14AMThe Killing Eve creator, now Off-Broadway with her solo show, sits down with Stephen Colbert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMAVENUE Q – winner of three 2004 Tony Awards including Best Musical – is extending its previously announced closing date 4 weeks, due to popular demand, with a new end date set for May 26…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:10AMTroy Patterson: “Its first act is weird and perfect; the second indicates the limits of this salvage operation. In The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, the editors ask, in a headnote, �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:04AMChristie Brinkley sits down with Nessa to talk Ultherapy, walking the runway with daughter Sailor at NYFW, and why modeling is a great career.
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:01AMPlaywright Heather McDonald returns: ‘It’s a lot easier to emerge than reemerge.’
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:01AMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMInside Bitch, a new show about representations of women’s prisons in the media, is quite good fun, but a bit pointless.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWicked star Katie Rose Clarke performs dream roles from Ragtime, Baby and Into the Woods.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:00AMI’ve been working on Broadway for 2.5 decades now, and a lot of things have changed over those years . . . from the types of lights we use, to how our customers order our tickets . . . and…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Ivo van Hove’s adaptation of Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead will open at Manchester international festival
A four-hour play based on one of the few novels Donald Trump has enjoyed and admir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:59AMDirected by Harold Prince, Alfred Uhry's LoveMusik employed the songs of Kurt Weill to illuminate the complex and compelling love story of the composer and Lotte Lenya.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMAs dutiful Theatre Nerds, not even the most cynical among us should root for a Broadway show to fail. I mean, what’s the point? First of all, there’s already enough negativity in this wo…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 10:55AMThe Boston-based company's production of the Shakespeare classic stars George Hempe and Lily Santiago as the titular star-crossed lovers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMBy Ākea Kahikina. Ākea Kahikina traces the geneology of hana keaka (Hawaiian theatre), and muses on the future of the theatrical form.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:51AMPreviews will begin in December at London’s Vaudeville Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMThe two-time Tony Award winner celebrates her birthday March 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMTwo years on from a workshop at Live at Zédel, Alex James Ellison and Tom Lees’ new British musical Fiver is having its world premiere at Southwark Playhouse in July 2019 and the cast so …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 10:45AMMischief Theatre, the celebrated troupe behind Broadway and West End hit The Play That Goes Wrong, has announced their next comedy, Magic Goes Wrong, created with magic legends and Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:44AMJane Fallowfield has been appointed literary manager of the Royal Court. She replaces Chris Campbell, who stepped down after eight years to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38AMCreative arts degrees cost the taxpayer 30% more than engineering degrees and are among the most expensive for the public purse, a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38AMThe play, written by Tom Attea and loosely based on the financial meltdown at energy giant General Electric, will be staged at the Theater for the New City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMMarcello Angelini of Tulsa Ballet: “I think the current system for ballet companies robs dancers of their edge, whereas in Broadway, you need to remain marketable all the time. When a show…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMWith futuristic stage designs, cutting-edge video inserts and industrial noise blended with operatic arias, "Frankenstein" premieres in Brussels on Friday, posing timely questions about ethi…
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:34AMBristol Old VicA spider-like central performance dominates a production that offers charm, hi-tech excess and a spattering of bodily fluids
Tom Mothersdale’s Richard III licks, spits and b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:32AMEvery month, BookFilter picks the best new theater book, exclusively for Broadway Direct readers. Funny Man: Mel Brooks By Patrick McGilligan $40, Harper Out March 19 In his heart of hearts,…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:32AMThe smash-hit page-to-stage show, Matilda The Musical, will be presenting the Official World Book Day Bedtime Story on Facebook.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:30AMMaya Erskine and Anna Konkle turn in frequently hilarious but vulnerable performances as their adolescent counterparts.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:30AMThe playwright supplies a memorable encounter between young and old in the play's final scene, but it is too late to compensate for the superficiality of the Pirandello-lite antics that have…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:28AMNot performed in London for 35 years, Athol Fugard’s A Lesson from Aloes evokes the repressive atmosphere of 1960s South Africa and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:27AMWhen Verizon wanted to speak to viewers of the recent Oscars broadcast in Spanish, ABC had to change its rules to make it happen. Now the Disney-owned network is willing to do it again. The …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:20AMThe store, set to permanently shutter March 31, is now closed pending a police investigation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMThe new play by Terry Milner will be presented March 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM“The combination of Bach’s elegant contrapuntal melodies with jazz swing had instant commercial appeal. [Loussier’s LP release] Play Bach No. 1 proved a runaway hit and two follow-up r…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:05AMThe Bandstand and Cinderella star will let the audience choose the songs in her upcoming spring concerts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMThe New York debut of the DryWrite and Soho Theatre production of FLEABAG, produced by Annapurna Theatre, begins performances tomorrow, February 27, ahead of a March 7 opening at Soho Playho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMOpera North’s new production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute takes the composer’s final opera and brings out the fantastical and often comedic elements of what can at times be a dark story…
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Fantasies come true! Avenue Q, the Tony-winning hit musical which recently announced an April 28 closing date at New World Stages, has now extended its stay due to popular demand through May…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:57AMThe Tony-winning musical will now run through May at New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM“The debate about the future of moviegoing shouldn’t be a binary one between a studio system increasingly beholden to franchises and intellectual property, and a nihilistic streaming ser…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:49AMA host of theatre favorites lend their voices to more operatic works.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThe next-to-last one, in suburban Perth, Australia, closes this month, leaving only the franchise in Bend, Oregon. “But this is no elegy for Blockbuster, no lament for how Netflix killed t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:34AMAvenue Q is extending its previously announced closing date 4 weeks, due to popular demand, with a new end date set for May 26 at New World Stages In December it was revealed that the 15 yea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMHe directed Annette Bening in her first role and wrote Robin Williams’ reference letter for Juilliard, but Dakin Matthews says his own acting career didn’t really take off until he was i…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMBy Douglas Mayo
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s award-winning musical School Of Rock celebrated its 1000th performance last night at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre. Present at the celebrations at …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:19AMThe CSO music director said, in a letter to the board of directors, “I hope that the board will remember that theirs is not a job but a mission, and that tranquility and serenity will be g…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMIt’s been seven years since my last interview with composer Will Reynolds, so his upcoming debut at Birdland Theater seemed like the right time to catch up!
In the past seven years, Will h…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:17AMBessie Allison Buchanan (1902-1980) had two remarkable careers. Since one of them was in show business we celebrate her here. Her born name was Bessie Allison, though her circumstances in li…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:16AMI have been lucky to interview Broadway and recording artist Luba Mason several times over the years. She always tells it like it is and that is one of the things I love most about Luba, out…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:09AMLive from Feinstein's/54 Below, Nicole Vanessa Ortiz & I discuss her upcoming Feinstein's/54 Below solo debut concert Becoming Her: A Diva's Tribute.
Fresh on the heels of starring in Sp…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:04AM“Archaeologists hunting for a sacred well beneath the ancient Maya city of Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula have accidentally discovered a trove of more than 150 ritual obje…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AMListen: “Network” Announces Recoupment, Stars to Lead “Tommy” in DC, and Raul Esparza Departs Chicago’s “Hamlet” [display_podcast] “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday th…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:01AMThere’s a lot we don’t know about death and a lot we don’t know about the characters in Kathryn Gardner’s play Dead End.
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BOTTOM LINE: A timeless and nuanced look at the need for compassion through the lens of apartheid in South Africa, and how something is always better than nothing.
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 08:56AM“Over the course of Schneemann’s multifarious 60-year career, her art came to form the bedrock of radical traditions like performance art and body art, even while she insisted on identif…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:47AMIn the new play Nylon, written by Sofia Alvarez, Anna, a woman in her early thirties played by Sheila Vand, has to confront the choices she made in her twenties and how they reverberate into…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:44AMWhile there's nothing inherently terrifying about sleeping bags and bobble hats - unless the thought of a camping holiday gives you heart palpitations - you can sense the horror, and also so…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:44AMAlexander Carr (Alexander Krechevsky, 1878-1946) clambered into the arena of popular attention by playing Morris Perlmutter in the stage and screen hit Potash and Perlmutter and all its sequ…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:43AMThe star violinist, who runs the chamber music program and is the biggest name among the festival’s associate artistic directors, will step down after this year’s festival, which begins …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AMBalletBoyz’ short but riveting evening of new work begins with Them, a 30-minute piece devised via collective improvisation sessions in collaboration with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMThe North American Tour of the Tony Award-winning musical COME FROM AWAY has recouped its investment in 19 weeks The North American Tour launched in October 2018 at Seattle's 5th Avenue Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:31AMBy Mark Ludmon
New awards have been announced to recognise black talent in the performing arts across the UK
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:30AMIf this week’s nominations have inspired you, here are the 12 Olivier Award-nominated shows you can (and should) see while you've got the chance.
The post The 12 Olivier Award-nominated sh…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:24AM“According to research commissioned by the Man Booker International (MBI) prize from Nielsen Book, overall sales of translated fiction in the UK were up last year by 5.5%, with more than 2…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:16AMJake Gyllenhaal says his first art purchase came straight from the pages of the New Yorker magazine. He stars as an art critic alongside Zawe Ashton in the Netflix thriller "Velvet Buzzsaw."…
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:15AMLindsey Huebner is inspired by her chat with multi-talented creative, Conrad Murray in the run up to not one but two shows at Battersea Arts Centre. I am set to meet theatre maker Conrad Mur…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:15AMWei, a 27-year-old ‘leftover woman’ – the tag given in China to single women aged over 25 – is searching for fulfilment
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:11AMIn “The B-Side,” three men sing along with an album on a record-player — or, as people prefer to say these days, a vinyl on the turntable. But there’s a reason why the Wooster Grou…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:11AMHow often do you ask yourself this question: Do you love this planet? No, but seriously, do you really love this planet? How much? And how much are you willing to sacrifice to prove it in th…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:03AMAs one publisher put it, “Translated literature has found recent mainstream success partly because books coverage, like Congress, is catching up to the changing culture of America.” Yet …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:01AMThe Grand Expedition – the title alone calls to mind the colonial narratives of Dr Livingstone or Phileas Fogg, so it is perhaps no surprise that this show is more interested in presenting…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 7 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe former leader of the Downtown theater company returns to direct Lisa Velten Smith in the Pittsburgh debut of the Broadway hit.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa opened in Cape Town in September of 2017 but had a turbulent first year, the biggest event of which was the ousting of its founding executive dire…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AM"Top performances", "Beautiful work", "Brilliant revival" - audiences have been taking to Twitter to share their love of the Rose Theatre Kingston and Theatre Royal Bath revival of Stones in…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AMMaxine Peake, Ivo Van Hove and Lolita Chakrabarti all feature in the programme for the Manchester International Festival 2019. Peake has co-created
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMThis is both a romcom set in the workplace and a feminist drama
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:11AM“For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and not hate the man? But years later it occurred to me that there was one man…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMIn her first UK theatre role, Felicity Ward will lead the cast of the European premiere of David Finnigan’s provocative and incendiary play Kill Climate Deniers.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMGo Team FatGay!
If the 30s are the new 20s, and the 20s are but an extended adolescence, then we may never have to grow up at all if we live long enough. Sam and…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMThe Shubert Organization is teaming up with two partners to bring Silicon Valley to Broadway. Alongside venture capital firm Exponential Creativity Ventures and tech training company IT Ment…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:00AMBack in the days of snail mail and definitely pre-Amazon, there were things I really looked forward to getting in the mail. In my high school and undergrad years, I belonged to two mail orde…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:00AMMusical theatre comedy done well is a blissful way to spend an evening. So it is with Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5, currently playing to packed houses at the Savoy Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThe 2004 Pulitzer-winner is relevant once again.
John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize-winning 2004 play is timely now, in the wake of last month's long-overdue …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Members of the House of Lords have expressed concern over the rising cost of West End theatre tickets and called on the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:59AMSadler’s Wells, LondonWith one piece choreographed by the company and the other by Christopher Wheeldon, this is a fresh, thoughtful show
Over the last 19 years, BalletBoyz has metamorphos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:58AMSo far, the Bridge Theatre hasn’t quite been the unstoppable hit-making machine that many were anticipating when it opened back in October
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMMischief Theatre is collaborating with magicians Penn and Teller on a new show for its West End residency at the Vaudeville Theatre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMDear Evan Hansen has been found in Toronto Go inside the show's first performance, which they named 'Blue Hat Day,' in the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AMThey’ve had a play, and an adaptation of Peter Pan go wrong, and now Mischief Theatre are making magic go wrong in their new show.Appropriately titled, Magic Goes Wrong, the Olivier-winnin…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:46AMA muted experiment: Arjun Sajip writes on Nicholas Hytner's staging of a bestselling thriller.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:42AMShakespeare’s Globe has digitised its archive for the first time, including rarely seen items such as annotated scripts and show reports from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMHospital wards can be stressful at the best of times, but tempers seem to be fraying in these fantastic production images from My Brother's Keeper?. Take a look, then book your tickets for T…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:37AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonAdjoa Andoh is extraordinarily expressive in a production with politics to the fore that makes one see the play afresh
By casting an iconic English history pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:37AMTom Mothersdale had a particularly purple 2018. He was wheedling and American in Annie Baker’s John at London’s National Theatre, wolfishly sinister
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMDesi Oakley is releasing a brand new album and is hosting a release concert at le poisson rouge on Monday, April 8. Doors are at 730p and the show is at 830p. Premium seating first row of ta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01AMRudetsky and Plotnick’s book winks at many of these Big-Screen exploits, but never out-and-out ‘steals’ from any of them, resulting in an entirely—and an enthrallingly--new work that…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 06:00AMLove London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Max Webster’s production of Lehár’s operetta The Merry Widow.
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Good morning, BroadwayWorld We're almost to Friday Power through the end of your week with today's top Broadway stories
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27AMBuild a Rocket by Christopher York was my favourite play of 2018. It’s the heartfelt story of teenage, single mum who manages to change
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMWho is Russell Vickery? I am a colourful and flamboyant Queer identified man, father of 3 children and a grandfather of 3 (soon to be 4), a singer and cabaret performer. As a survivor of an …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:24AMSimon Stone's homage to Euripides is faultless, while Marieke Heebink tears at the soul
Hallucinatory theatre has struck quite a few times in the Barbican's international seasons. On an epic…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:15AM by JK Clarke Since its Broadway debut in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has remained largely unchanged, and maintained its status as an emotive and poignant musical that touches…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:11AMIn Fiercely Independent, Julie and Robert have been married for four years. They are not getting along. They decide to spend 24 hours together in a hotel room with no television, no cellphon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07AMReview: My Brother’s Keeper?, Playground Theatre4.0starsUnder the cold light of a hospital room, a family is forced to reconcile their differences. Within the cavernous space of the Playgr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AMGyongy Laky’s untitled sculpture, made of brightly colored pieces of wood assembled into a large cross, reflects her interest in language systems (letters, numbers, symbols and signs), arc…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:00AMThis week the 2019 Olivier Awards nominations were announced and Six is up for five. For a show which started as a university project, it’s pretty amazing and inspiring that Six is reachin…
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Productions of Molière’s “Tartuffe,” Peter Shaffer’s “Equus” and Martin Sherman’s “Gently Down the Stream” all find something new.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:59AMBarbican, LondonSimon Stone’s smart and harrowing retelling of Euripides is performed by a flawless ensemble
Euripides’ Medea was first performed in Athens, in 431BC– and it came last…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:58AMWhat happens when a critic not only writes his own version of a Moliere classic -- but then reviews a rival version.
SOURCE: shentonstage.com at 04:44AMWith its art-house sensibilities and focus on atmosphere over plot, Reflections in the Dust will not appeal to the masses and nor does it want to do so. Unashamedly confronting, Reflections …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:33AMBordering on offensive in both plot and title, French romantic-comedy-drama film Rolling to You is a thinly veiled yet delightfully funny story about an egotistical middle-aged man named Joc…
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LOVE CONQUERS COMMON SENSE My takeaway about Oscar Wilde in David Hare’s intellectually stimulating but overly static play of ideas, The Judas Kiss, now at Boston Court, is this: The liter…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:58AMFunny as hell: Nabilah Said writes on Clean Break's hilarious, but painful exploration of how women are prison are depicted.
The post Review: Inside Bitch at Royal Court appeared first on Ex…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 03:49AMBefore the force is with them, Keri Russell and Adam Driver, who will both appear in “Star Wars: Episode IX,” bring an unruly love story to Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:39AMA refreshing approach to telling stories around mental health, life and the lengths we will go to for those we love, Belvoir presents Every Brilliant Thing starring Kate Mulvany for a limite…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:19AM
Hans and Nora Heysen: Two Generations of Australian Art is the first major exhibition to bring together the work of father and daughter artists Hans and Nora Heysen. With works covering more…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:16AMAt the dawn of psychoanalysis, works by German and Austrian artists from Schiele to Klee put their inner lives on display
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMDanspace Project Announces Spring 2019 Season, April 11-June 22, 2019.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Work Up 5.1 at Gibney with Hollis Bartlett & Nattie Trogdon, Proteo Media + Performance, and Catie Leasca, "5.1, the first show in the fifth iteration of this series, fe…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMSuzy Conn's new musical, a celebration of female friendship over margaritas and truffles, opens March 7 at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe acclaimed solo play, which arrives in the U.S. following runs around the globe, celebrates its American premiere at SoHo Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe production began previews February 8 at the Adelphi Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHighlights include Jerry Seinfeld, Aziz Ansari, JFilm Fest, Casting Crowns and Tattoo Expo.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMA new musical comedy celebrates an unfairly maligned genre---Fans of so-called chick flicks -- cinematic stories centering on romance, family and female friendships -- often defend their pen…
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