This weekend, The Newtowne Players brought to their audiences another Neil Simon classic with the opening of “Brighton Beach Memoirs.” I had the opportunity to ask Director Christopher J…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:56PMHistory tells us of Charles Darwin’s time in the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador in 1835. There, he found similar finches had different beaks, allowing them access to a specific diet. In a g…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:50PMArt Basel is one of the premier art events of the year in Miami Beach. It attracts the ultra-wealthy with its lavish parties and wild festivities. It portrays a relevant backdrop to a modern…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:46PMLast month there was an article in Forbes about the benefits of field trips and arts education. It started out in a way I dislike, discussing test scores and neurological development as if a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:20PM“The new shoes” — made by the British shoemaker Freed in partnership with the UK troupe Ballet Black — “come in two versions, bronze and brown, and they’re a huge leap forward fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:14PMHartford Stage announced today the cast and creative team for the world premiere musicalThe Flamingo Kid, helmed by Artistic DirectorDarko Tresnjak.The musical, which closes the 2018-19 seas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:13PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for th…
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In his ongoing Standard Time series at Zankel Hall, Michael Feinstein created another winner of a show with The Great American Jewish Songbook. More specifically, the singer’s template of …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:23PMThe 33rd Annual MAC Awards were handed out on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 during a festive, evening at a sold-out SONY Hall in New York City.
Enjoy this pictorial of the event with photos by Ma…
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:19PMTheatrical licensor Broadway Licensing launches a new musical created for performers on the autism spectrum, Heroes Like Me, created by The Miracle Project, profiled in the two time Emmy Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:08PMThere’s a lot that’s shocking and disturbing in this show, as well there should be—it’s based on the April 20, 1999, shooting at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. That ma…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:07PMHeidi Schreck, director Oliver Butler and more talk about the importance of bringing What the Constitution Means to Me to Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMOf course, in your traditional theatre experience, you go to listen to the performers. But just as audiences have been joining in for showings of Rocky Picture Horror and Sound of Music, the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:02PMListen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to director Joe Brancato about “After,” playing off Broadway at 59E59 Theaters. Class Notes actively covers New York’s current theater season on, o…
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Listen Mathew Baynton, Andrew Buchan and Toby Jones star in an energetic new production of the play that made Tom Stoppard’s reputation overnight in 1967. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:44PMThe Orange Is the New Black star and Tony nominee will take the Delacorte stage in Central Park for the Public Theater run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMEddie Jemison stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about starring in both the film and musical versions of Waitress with Ryan Lee Gilbert.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMSo what makes a good literary hoax? Well the world needs to be sucked into believing it of course. And that means of course that you don’t know the fraud until the deception has been revea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThree cheers for the red, white and blue! What the Constitution Means to Me opened at the Hayes Theatre on March 31, and after playwright and star Heidi Schreck took her bow, she got glammed…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PMThe London production of TINA - THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL Is slated to transfer to Broadway this fall, but Ghostlight Records is offering audiences a sneak peek into the critically well-receiv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PM(front) Jackie Seijo with (back, l to r) Stephanie Shum and Patriac Coakley in The New Colony’s world premiere of SMALL WORLD. Photo by [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:15PMMara Nelson-Greenberg's dark comedy, directed by Morgot Bordelon, began performances March 13 at the Vineyard Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMThere are some things you can't pack in a suitcase. This becomes glaringly evident in Jordan E. Cooper's new play currently heating up the boards at the Public's LuEsther Hall
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Has Broadway ever looked more Hollywood? Beetlejuice and Tootsie have joined a theatrical line-up that already includes Network, Pretty Woman and King Kong, to name a few of this season’s …
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:58PMR&B singer-songwriter Khalid announced that he will be making a stop in Sacramento on his first North American tour. Khalid will be performing at the Golden 1 Center on June … Click to…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:58PMNico Santos, Marin Ireland, Tedra Millan, Daniel Oreskes, and Susan Sarandon star in the world premiere from The New Group.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMIn Los Angeles, we’re spoiled by the breadth and quality of our dining options. In addition to outstanding year-round produce, I can get great huaraches, refreshing mul naengmyeon and impe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMNew Jewish Theatre stages drama about war photographer.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:52PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend. Nikki Renée Daniels to Join Chicago Production of Hamilton
Nikki Renée Daniels is bound for the Windy City. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:51PMThe New Groupwill soon presentJesse Eisenberg's Happy Talk, with Tedra Millan, Daniel Oreskes and Nico Santos joining, as previously announced, Marin Ireland and Susan Sarandon, in this worl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:47PM“Normality” took a battering in the second half of the 20th century. Lots of people were angry about it and did their level best either to tear it down or render it definitively gauche. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:32PMPrepare to be rocked once more. Hot on the heels of Bohemian Rhapsody and its multiple Oscar wins, the rock musical We Will Rock You, inspired by the music of Queen, will launch a North Am…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 04:29PMA new musical inspired by the Broadway hit about Alexander Hamilton tells the story of former chairman on the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:23PMPHOTO CREDIT: Queen Theatrical Productions Ltd With the recent Oscar®-winning film, “Bohemian Rhapsody,” the music [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:12PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 3312019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMWe are continuing the series with Tai 12, Isabella 14, and Charles 11, who recently headed to the Longacre Theatre to check out The Prom. Curious about what they thought about the show Find …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMThe median individual income of Canada’s artists is $23,100, or 45 per cent less than all Canadian workers ($41,900). A typical artist has employment income of just $15,000, a figure that …
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With most ticket sales, purchasing decisions, and fan experiences happening online, a Broadway show's digital presence is more important than ever. In this feature, each week I'll analyze ou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMMeanwhile, To Kill a Mockingbird broke its own record for the highest weekly gross for an American play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMUnder Antoni Cimolino’s tenure as artistic director, the Ontario institution has seen six consecutive surpluses and attendance surpass the 500,000 mark. – Toronto Star
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:34PMA pair of new musicals based on beloved films drew solid numbers and filled houses in their first performances on Broadway this past week. In just two previews apiece, Tootsie took in a gros…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMThe cast is a perfect blend of eccentrics & "normals;" free spirit MICHAEL DOHERTY delights, pretty KATE EASTMAN, studly PETER HARGRAVE real with conflicts and cutesy NANDITZ SHENOY round ou…
SOURCE: coolcleveland.com at 03:20PMQuestions that historians and literary critics used to debate are increasingly scooped up by quantitative disciplines. In 2011, for instance, a team led by evolutionary biologists cooperated…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:01PMIncisive performances define the play, which was drawn from interviews.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:00PMA problem with writing dystopian dramas, be they in the theater or on TV, is that the sources of societal anxiety change fast. That is not to say that we get any less anxious overall, merely…
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The New York Times apparently wants us all to be more productive, since it’s hammering away at the subject from many fronts. – Andrew Taylor
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:58PMYes, my recent car crash scared me terribly, and yes, I know how very lucky I was to escape without a scratch. Even so, that seems to have been the end of it. I haven’t had any flashbacks,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:57PMDavid Friesen, My Faith, My Life (Origin)Friesen’s virtuosity brought him to prominence as a bassist nearly fifty years ago. This two-CD album presents him on the first disc playing his co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:56PMThe Queen musical will play the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PMBroadwayWorld has learned that the West End hit, WE WILL ROCK YOU, which broke all records at London's Dominion Theatre will launch a North American tour this fall
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PM🍸 What the Constitution Means to Me – Helen Hayes Theater, through July 21st Written by Heidi Schreck, Directed by Oliver Butler Cast includes: Heidi
SOURCE: theaterwithatwist.com at 02:47PMFrom a relocation camp in Arkansas to Pittsburgh's Hill District, from warring street gangs to Filipino gangsters, check out what is onstage this month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PMThe books are startlingly intimate, exploring things he felt he couldn’t convey in film. “In order to go back to the beginning, to explore with such startling intimacy the archetype of a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:29PMThe 34th annual ceremony, honoring the best of Off-Broadway, will be held May 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMHandel and Haydn Society assembled both a must-hear program and an extraordinary cast of singers.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:11PMImogen Lloyd Webber talks about Jason Donovan returning to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and gives a thumbs up to Frozen.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:08PMDriver (currently starring in Burn This on Broadway) and stage vet Kane appear in zombie attack thriller.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PMThe Broadway favorite shares with Playbill her renditions of "I Know Things Now" and "Now You Know"
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMThe play about Roe v. Wade will be joined by five other mainstage productions, a family series, and multiple holiday offerings.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:05PMRichard North Patterson: “The aim of the novelist is to enlist others in his fantasies, immersing them in an alternative reality so emotionally compelling that they willingly suspend disbe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMProvidence Players of Fairfax presents Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best New Play. Michael Donahue directs a strong, se…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:02PM★★★★★ A new take on Sondheim's 1970 single-man classic is wonderfully different, if not necessarily in the most obvious way
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:02PM★★★★ Revived anew, the 2017 production of Sondheim’s aged-showgirls musical retains its power, mostly
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The Obie winner, who wrote and stars in the new show about her life and the United States Constitution, opened on Broadway March 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMEntering a theatre auditorium can be like entering another world - never more so than when witnessing the work of this year's Best Set Design nominees.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:42PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Northern Broadsides’ production of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:41PMThe fellowship recipients will participate in programs in New York City around the U.S.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMUnlike a painting or the written score of a symphony, a dance is uniquely fragile because there is no foolproof way to preserve it and steps are easily forgotten. Even a complete work can be…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:30PMHershey Felder explores the life and music of Claude Debussy in the world premiere of "A Paris Love Story" at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:30PMTHE GREEN ROOM 42 presents pint-sized powerhouseChristina Biancoin her new show Diva on Demand on Saturday, March 30 at 930 PM. The Girl of a Thousand Voices debuts at the club with a set-li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMDevelop rigorous new ways of thinking and doing to build purpose-driven initiatives and institutions.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:19PMWritten and performed by two-time Obie Award winner Heidi SchreckGrand Concourse, 'I Love Dick' and directed by Obie Award winner Oliver Butler The Amateurs, The Light Years, What the Consti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMLea Michele is heading under the sea for a two-night musical performance of The Little Mermaid.
The Hollywood Bowl announced Monday it will host a revival of the popular live production of D…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 01:12PMLandon has been labeled “the female Byron” and “the Sappho of a polished age.” But the public figure she probably most closely resembles is Britney Spears. The two had the same gimmi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:02PMNathan Lane, Christie Brinkley and Adam Driver are just a few of the big names headed to the Great White Way this season.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 01:00PMMusician, composer and choreographer brings her singular vision to a 3-day residency at Stanford University'.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PMHere are a few reads from Emma Clarendon's Love London Love Culture that proved particularly popular in March.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMWritten by Julio Martinez
During the years 1848 to 1870, the City of Los Angeles made a slow, often turbulent transition from its previous Spanish colonial rule to the often brutal rule-of-l…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:00PMChicago playwright Spenser Davis, a company member of Broken Nose Theatre, is the winner of the American Theatre Critics Association's 2019 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award for an emerging…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMWho can take a sunrise, sprinkle it in dew, cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two? The touring cast of Broadway's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory would want you to believe that they d…
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Among the additional productions that will be seen this summer are Noises Off, Once, and A Chorus Line.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMToday The Cape Playhouse announced principal casting for the theatre's historic 93rd season, which includes an impressive list of Broadway and television stars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMHeidi Schreck's What the Constitution Means to Me opened at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre on March 31 after an acclaimed off-Broadway run. Directed by Oliver Butler in his Broadway debut, t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMWhen my parents met and fell in love, their favorite book was Eric Sevareid’s “Not So Wild a Dream.” They felt the phrase captured the promise of their bond, and had the words inscribe…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 12:43PM'It was 1981, we were stoned out of our mind...' said Sondheim. For the first time, instead of being presented backward, the show will be re-worked to be staged in chronological order. Check…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe new James Graham play, which charts the rise of Rupert Murdoch, begins previews April 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMJames Parker has been reading it since it first came out, and finds that it still resonates. Find your own personal canon, he writes, and you discover and rediscover new things over the year…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:31PMOn this day in 2013, Academy Award-winnerTom Hanksmade his Broadway debut in Lucky Guy, written byNora Ephronand directed byGeorge C. Wolfe.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMWide-eyed and excited, a young actor from Edinburgh named Marie arrives in London with dreams of making her name and career in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PMThe acclaimed musical continues at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre and around the world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMAt the opening night of What the Constitution Means to Me the cast and guests fill in blanks to create their own wacky version of the Constitution's preamble.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:23PMAn open letter to Rufus Norris and the programming team at the National Theatre… We all know there’s a problem with representation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:19PMDozens of early and mid-career stage directors and choreographers will participate in the week-long event this May.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:14PMInk, James Graham's new play about the making of the tabloid newspaper The Sun, has received an extension at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Originally announced to play…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13PMEmma Rice’s Wise Children has announced it will adapt the Enid Blyton book Malory Towers for its second production. The company, which
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PMDisturbing, timely and leavened by dry wit, What the Constitution Means to Me is an impassioned play about American governance that may renew your faith in Broadway. Heidi Schreck, who wr…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:08PMWhat elevates these ordinary lives is director Kent Jones's elegiac distance; the narrative has the feel of a memory piece.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:07PMThe Rent star will be seen in Adam Seidel’s new drama, directed by Elena Araoz, at the Cherry Lane this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMReview:
If A Game of Thrones is your kind of series, you'll find a lot to like about the Red Bull Theater production of John Webster's play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 12:03PMNo, they didn’t mean to. They weren’t angry or anything. But it was paper, after all. In the courtyard of the Louvre. Outside. And there were soooo many people. – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PMDirector Giles Croft chatted to Love London Love Culture's Emma Clarendon about his production of Tony’s Last Tape, which returns for a London season at the Omnibus Theatre from 2 to 20 Ap…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMAfter 10 years as a dancer, Sarah Luscombe is carving out a career as a make-up artist. She tells Liz Hoggard about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMSam Woods (Puppet) and Christopher Kale Jones – Photo Credit: Brett Beiner Walter Stearns, Executive [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:00PMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for April, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMWriter Dominique Morisseau’s new musical about The Temptations isn’t just about black artists then—it’s about now.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
“To Kill a Mockingbird” currently has an advance of more than $22 million, producer Scott Rudin announced Monday. The Aaron Sorkin play has been playing the Shubert Theatre since Nov. 1,…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:56AMThe Book of Mormon and Porgy and Bess alum joins the company of the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning musical April 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMHere at the Travalanche Ranch, we’re planning exciting stuff for throughout the year and into the next, but the time has come to let you know about all the exciting plans we have lined up …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:45AMCast members from Waitress sing "Bad Idea."
Performers: Katharine McPhee, David Hunter, Nicole Raquel Dennis, Michael Hamway, Chris McGuigan and Sarah O'Connor.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:41AMIt’s a fancy configurable space in the middle of the mega-billion-dollar New York luxury development that says it wants to be an art space that “doesn’t compete with anything else.” …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:31AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times forApril1-7, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMTony Award winner John Leguizamo, known for his one-man Broadway shows that humorously celebrate his Latin heritage, will be touring the country in his acclaimed Broadway hit Latin History f…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:29AMThe four-time Tony nominee, who currently stars in the London revival of Fiddler on the Roof, will return to New York for the April 22 concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMThis honourable work in telling victims' stories is let down by the fact there isn't much story to tell
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:23AMStephanie J. Block performs "I Found Someone" from The Cher Show on "The View".
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:22AMAdditional Tony winners will join the married duo on the Broadway on the Mediterranean in August 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AM“One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” will be on stage at Bolshoi Theatre April 20-21, 2019 to commemorate Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s 100th anniversary. The libretto is by Alexander T…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:17AMLike a sad, lonely island, depleted of its bounty, a single floor of the offices of Lehman Brothers is revealed, isolated, lofted above the endless business of a bustling Manhattan. It is em…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMThere are some intriguing ideas underscoring American playwright Tom Coash’s study of a gay relationship in present day Cairo. Mohammed, fresh from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMA white — and putatively liberal — politician with a rising profile finds his career threatened when a story about a racist act he committed in college comes to light. No, it’s not the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMLove is in the air this summer...
Following an initial announcement made around Valentine's Day, casting has now been announced for the hit Broadway musical, Amour, which is set to transfer…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:15AMEXCLUSIVE: Aaron Sorkin’s To Kill A Mockingbird has smashed its own box office record, securing its place in the Broadway history books yet again with the highest weekly gross ever for an …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:14AMMore than a quarter of respondents to a poll by The Stage think performers’ social media should be vetted as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMWe've never had a friend like him! On March 20, Disney's Aladdin celebrated five years on Broadway, and in honor of the event, five Genies took the stage for an epic medley. Current Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:08AMFollowing its Tony-nominated hit Broadway run at Studio 54 seen by tens of thousands, The WOW Agency today announced that Tony Award winner John Leguizamo's one-man play LATIN HISTORY FOR MO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMThe rapid-fire lesson in overlooked Latin history will tour to more than 15 cities this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMSometimes this biz is all about being in the right place at the right time. If you follow me on Instagram, then you know I’ve been traveling a lot lately. And, well, when you’re sitti…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:05AMThe Drama League has announced the twelve stage directors who have been selected as the 2019 Directing Fellows of The Drama League Directors Project NJ Agwuna, Sharifa Elkady, Raz Golden, Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMThe month of April means wishful outdoor dining, optimistic flip-flop wearing, and a slew of new Broadway shows to choose from if you're a theater lover. The cutoff date for Tony Awards eli…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:05AMThe English National Opera production plays at the London Coliseum through April 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMTo celebrate the 5th anniversary of Aladdin on Broadway, 5 current and former Genies – Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart, current star Michael James Scott, tour Genie Major Attaway, …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:04AMA musical inspired by Queen’s music is preparing for a North America tour following the popularity of the Academy Award-winning movie, “Bohemian Rhapsody.”
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:04AMThree superb actors lead us through the journey of three immigrant brothers' from Bavaria to America, from store keepers to bankers, from "too big to fail" to failure
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 11:01AMMCC Theater's annual Miscast gala is one of the most exciting and unique theater events in town. Broadway's hottest stars perform songs from roles in which they would never be cast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMHaving received her first Olivier award nomination for best theatre choreographer for her work on musical Come from Away, Kelly Devine tells
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMFirst of all, she has a daily podcast called The Slowdown (which honestly sounds perfect for a poet). She says that poems “remind us of what we feel. They bring language that may not have …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AM
Retired ballerina Darcey Bussell has said that women are now struggling to keep up with the technical and physical abilities of men
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AM“The Twilight Zone” based on stories by Rod Serling, is currently on stage at Ambassadors Theatre through June 1, 2019. “Adapted by Anne Washburn and directed by Olivier Award-winner…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:58AMhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1016068-184-meryl-streep.mp3 Sometimes this biz is all about being in the right place at the right time. If you follow me on Instagram, then you know I’v…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:56AM“The Twilight Zone” based on stories by Rod Serling, is currently on stage at Ambassadors Theatre through June 1, 2019. “Adapted by Anne Washburn and directed by Olivier Award-winner…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:52AMThe Michel Legrand musical makes its professional U.K. debut at Charing Cross Theatre in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMThe event will raise money for the not-for-profit organization Medwish.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMThe Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater musical is scheduled to run through April 7 at the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMTruly, Hollywood is risk-averse, or at least its funders are. But “The Matrix was a mash-up of the Wachowskis’ many interests, blending their love of anime, martial-arts movies, cyberpu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AMProducers of the national tour of The Book of Mormon at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theater have announced a special ticket discount for seats to each upcoming performance, April 2 through Apri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:29AMA slew of stage alums will go under the sea this spring, in a concert production of The Little Mermaid honoring the film's 30th anniversary. Richard Kraft will direct the two-night event, se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:22AM“Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk,” by Dmitri Chostakovitch, will be on stage beginning April 2 through April 25, 2019, at the Opera Bastille, Paris.Premiered in 1934 in Leningrad, the opera in f…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:21AMThe annual gala honors Tony nominee Laura Linney.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMthrough sharing, repeating, layering, and rephrasing, the company finds a way to both underline and subvert the brutality without explicitly pointing at it.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:16AMFollowing its recent Tony Award-nominated Broadway run at Studio 54, John Leguizamo’s one-man play Latin History for Morons will embark on a North American tour, launching at the Apollo Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:15AMJohn Leguizamo’s one-man play “Latin History for Morons” will launch a North American tour this June. The first stop on the tour will be the Apollo Theater in Harlem on June 20. Other …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:13AMJosh Groban, Rachel Brosnahan, and more came out to celebrate the opening of Heidi Schreck's new play at the Hayes Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMTo celebrate the 5th anniversary of Aladdin on Broadway, five current and former Genies stopped the show following yesterday's matinee to perform a medley of Aladdin hits. The five Genies in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AM“Rooms,” by Enda Walsh invites the theatergoers, in this case, a group of six, into the world of theatrical installations, which narrate five different short stories. The production will…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:02AMA rock 'n' roll comedy from the preeminent meta scribe of our time, the conclusion of an epic saga, a wild love story, and more opening this month across our city's many stages.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMYes, this is a minute-by-minute fact check of the ballet scenes (and the overarching sudden ballet plot) in the show’s third season. – Dance Magazine
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AMActress Jane Thornton chatted to Emma Clarendon about Scary Bikers, playing at the Trafalgar Studios from the 2 April 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:51AMBy Sophie Adnitt
Sophie Adnitt reviews Liane Grant's drama Half Me, Half You now playing at the Tristan Bates Theatre, London .
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:50AMCookbooks not only didn’t die, but one in the UK is selling as fast as J.K. Rowling and Dan Brown. What? “The future that Leith and Smith feared – where we do all our cooking from onli…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:45AMThe Little Mermaid—An Immersive Live-to-Film Concert Experience will also feature Ken Page, Peter Gallagher, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of April 1, 2019
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMBeloved character actor Ned Glass (1906-1984) is best remembered from two highly visible turns in the early 1960s: as Doc in West Side Story (1961) and as Gideon in Charade (1963). I was alr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:31AMPride Film & Plays presents the Chicago premiere of S. Asher Gelman's "Afterglow," which explores the aftermath of a same-sex polyamorous relationship.
The post Three’s Company, Or Is …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:30AMThe cult classic turns 30 in a world where it could never get made again – and a world where Ryder became the representative for a certain section of her generation. Screenwriter Daniel Wa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AMWhen does 28 equal 12? Or 41 equal 8? And how is it even possible that 22, 25 and 35 could all equal 11? The answer: When you are casting grown-ups to play kids onstage. Sure, boys will stil…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMBy Jeffrey Mosser, Stephanie McKee. “We look at three things, We look at the past, the present, and the possible.” Stephanie McKee
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:22AMOr at least that’s the claim a book editor is making: “In publishing circles, you often hear the phrase ‘I put up with it because I love my job so much’ – we accept the shortcoming…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:15AMThe original West End production opened in 2002 and featured music supervision from Queen band members Brian May and Roger Taylor.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:08AMFor 25 years Grammy and Tony award-nominated Michael McElroy and BIV have been lifting spirits with their music and service. This month they send out a rousing call to action filled with joy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMIn its 36th year of acknowledging excellence in the performing arts on the Melbourne stage during 2018, the Green Room Awards Association have announced the recipients of more than 60 awards…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:04AMThis morning President Donald Trump signed an executive order spelling out steps to combat the importation of Squips into the United States.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMTom Coash's play is inspired by his time living in Egypt and learning of how a gay man had been arrested and tortured by police.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMLife-altering: “It was a week after the funeral of textile artist and teacher Joan Charnley, who died, at 84, in the summer of 2016, that her solicitor got in touch with her neighbours, Ju…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AMDisney’s “The Little Mermaid” live concert is set to return to the Hollywood Bowl next month just in time for the film’s 30th anniversary, with Lea Michele as golden-voiced mermaid A…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Darcy Bussell says that men used to be in ballet simply to be women’s “extraordinary crutch,” but that now, “women were struggling to keep up with the technical and physical abilitie…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:45AMHow last nights are more celebratory and democratic than first nights in the theatre.
SOURCE: shentonstage.com at 08:44AMWhen more than 95 percent of your voting members make the same choice, you know, as a union, that’s where you need to go. In this case, “members of the Writers Guild of America voted ove…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AMWestfield News Group Review: Jeeves and Wooster in "Perfect Nonsense", award-winning London comedy has American premiere at Hartford Stage. A zany rendering of a P.G. Wodehouse laugh classic.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 08:24AMListen: Reviews for “What the Constitution Means to Me” and “The Lehman Trilogy” and Patti LuPone Joins Twitter (Not an April Fool’s Joke) [display_podcast] “Today on Broadway”…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:23AMI have a couple of questions about the Dodge Sisters that are so delightful that I don’t know that I ever want them answered. One sprouts from their names: Beth and Betty. Those are both c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:22AMAward-winning British poet Kate Clanchy has been a teacher for 30 years, and she’s made some pretty big changes in her current school. “We keep winning poetry prizes at national level, w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AMMy Fair Lady has announced additional dates for its upcoming National Tour The hit musical will come to Washington, DC, Orlando, San Diego, Denver, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:08AMJohn Leguizamo is taking his irreverent one-man comedy show about Latin history on the road for a 12-state tour
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:04AMMission Hills mezzo-soprano resident Guadalupe Paz plays Mercedes the Gypsy in production of Bizet's opera at the San Diego Civic Theatre
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 08:00AMPatel, star of Slumdog Millionaire, Lion, and now Hotel Mumbai, says that when he finds a new project, “after that initial excitement, you’re just drenched with fear of, now I have to ac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AMDebbie Reynolds had one of the longest and most varied careers in show business and was the true definition of a survivor. Discovered by Hollywood at a young age when she won the Miss Burban…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:00AM
The fact is, the BSO’s 2019-20 season doesn’t risk enough and lacks a true spirit of adventure.
The post Arts Commentary: The Boston Symphony’s 2019-20 Season Announcement appeared fir…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:56AMThe masterminds behind Game of Thrones wanted to garner even more excitement for the series’ final season, so they sent people off on random quests for, well, thrones. Here’s the wild, w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AMSiri Hustvedt: “Masculinity has a purifying effect, femininity a polluting one. The chain of associations that infect our thought dates back to the Greeks in the west: male, mind-intellect…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMHow about ditching our old Constitution for a new one? A Constitution that was created by the all too powerful, all too privileged and all too white men who owned property – some being s…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:25AMStephen Sondheim has claimed British audiences understand language better than Americans, revealing that he felt theatregoers in the UK were the first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMThough honestly, no one understands the mysterious algorithm of this app, it has created a weird new window into work: “TikTok, which encourages users to contribute short videos to hashtag…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMYou ain't never had a friend like them To celebrate the 5th anniversary of Aladdin on Broadway, five current and former Genies stopped the show following yesterday's matinee to perform a med…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:05AMThis week, Mamma Mia! celebrates its 20th anniversary in the West End. The show has paved the way for a number of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMNot long after my recent car crash, a friend wrote: “Do hope you are feeling recovered, and that the missing patch of hair isn’t too obvious.” (I’d previously mentioned in this space…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMExcerpts from a TV interview with Lady Diana Mosley (formerly Diana Mitford) in which she talks with Mavis Nicholson about her marriage to Oswald Mosley, the leader of the British Union of F…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMThere’s a lot going on here. And then there’s the layer wherein The National Enquirer‘s parent company tried to make sure Bezos and his security chief signed a contract saying they wou…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM“When youth departs, may wisdom prove enough.” Anthony McCarten, screenplay for Darkest Hour (spoken in the film by Winston Churchill)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMBased on award-winning novel by Max Porter, Grief is the Thing with Feathers premiered in Galway last year. Now this tale of loss and grief, adapted for the stage and directed by Enda Walsh,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMBallet shoes have always been a pale peachy pink because it was assumed dancers were, too. Now a British footwear company is striking a blow for ballerinas of colour everywhere
When Ballet B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMHOT on Broadway (adj): fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.BROADWAY HEAT: Ain't Too Proud Edition
New week! New show! New poll! The cast of the recently opened n…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:00AMSitting through this play is like spending an hour and a half with a Greenpeace volunteer on the street.
The Jacaranda Collective's inaugural production is a one…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
National Theatre bosses Rufus Norris and Lisa Burger have reaffirmed their commitment to achieving gender equality among writers on its stages, following
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMApril 1 was the birthday of silent screen comedian Billy Mason (1889-1941), billed sometimes was William Mason, Smiling Billy Mason, Willy Pepper, or Baseball Bill. Originally from South Dak…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:55AMAn investigation has been launched by Shakespeare’s Globe after actor Shobna Gulati suffered an onstage injury during a performance of Richard II
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMTo honor the occasion, the hit Disney musical welcomed five current and former Genies to New Amsterdam Theatre for a post-show “Act 3” performance March 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:36AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Happy April Kick off the start of another week, and month, by catching up on the latest Broadway news
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34AMDarlinghurst Theatre Company’s 2019 programme boasts the honour of presenting the Sydney premiere of Once, the musical based on the 2007 indie film of the same name. This week, the full …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:32AMScranton-born Carrie De Mar (1875-1963) was an influential star of vaudeville and musical comedy around the turn of the last century. De Mar’s theatrical debut was with the Chicago Opera H…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:31AMWritten and performed by two-time Obie Award winner Heidi SchreckGrand Concourse, 'I Love Dick' and directed by Obie Award winner Oliver Butler The Amateurs, The Light Years, What the Consti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:07AMWritten and performed by two-time Obie Award winner Heidi SchreckGrand Concourse, 'I Love Dick' and directed by Obie Award winner Oliver Butler The Amateurs, The Light Years, What the Consti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06AMWritten and performed by two-time Obie Award winner Heidi Schreck Grand Concourse, 'I Love Dick' and directed by Obie Award winner Oliver Butler The Amateurs, The Light Years, What the Const…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AMShould the US constitution be abolished? Playwright and star Heidi Schreck debates this issue in her improbably funny and deeply felt play,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AMOne of the best things about Admissions at Trafalgar Studios is how far it will get up the noses of the ‘woke’ twitterati. I can think of a couple of agenda-toting print critics who’ll…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMThe cult favorite, currently running Off-Broadway, will get a new lease on life thanks to some innovative work from Sondheim and Fiasco Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00AM
Inspired by an 18th-century ballad, the titular Maggie May in Lionel Bart’s 1964 Liverpool-set musical is the archetypal dockside ‘brass’ with a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMTech startup introduces a way to gather audiences and actors in rooms for a shared experience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:40AMIn his dance-theatre solo about a young working-class man, Lanre Malaolu draws on his own experiences with depression
A couple of years ago, the actor and choreographer Lanre Malaolu was cre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:39AMApril 1 was the birthday of Flora Zabelle (Flora Zabelle Mangasarian, 1880-1968) and it’s unfortunate, for portions of her biography make it seem as though the teller were pulling your leg…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:36AMAfter a sell-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Trevor Nunn's critically acclaimed revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has transferred to the West End's Playhouse Theatre for a limited seas…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:30AMIt’s a rare moment of beautiful subtlety in a play that is more often considerably bolder in its sentiment, but it’s also a mark of just how nuanced Nicole Charles’ production and Morg…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMAs I’m deaf in one ear, I have always had to watch people extra closely – the perfect preparation for character comedy
When I was little, my sister Kate used to play the recorder really …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMShoved into a locker as a teen, the actor Will Roland vowed to transform himself—and made it to the nerd-heaven of Broadway, Michael Schulman writes.
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Who is David Walliams? David Walliams is a comedian, actor and author who continues to take the children’s literary world by storm. What would you do differently to what you do now? If I w…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:37AMPreparing for a competition at the level of the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Finals requires dedication, rehearsal and discipline that is similar to Olympic preparation. Like Olympic athl…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:26AMTheatre By the Lake, KeswickHoward Brenton’s no-nonsense translation of Strindberg’s astute drama charts the marriage of a failed artist and his more successful wife
Adolf is in the mid…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMWhere have the first three months of 2019 gone already? Still, we welcome April, and its hopefully warmer spring weather, with open arms. Fittingly for springtime which symbolises new beginn…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:00AMGoodbye to winter and hello to spring. April begins and along with Easter, it comes with a lot of new beginnings. It also marks the end of some greatly loved shows here in the West End. Whil…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:00AM
Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, April 1, 2019 - Monday, April 1, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:55AMPrincipal photography has begun on the Academy Award Winner Charlie Kaufman’s film adaptation of Iain Reid’s internationally bestselling novel “I'm Thinking of Ending Things” for Net…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:53AMHannah Gadsby’s new show, Douglas, is not earth-shattering the way Nanette was; but then, nothing could be. Many of us watched with fascination as Gadsby’s tenth solo show, Nanette, took…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:20AMThe ten shows opening on Broadway in April include six plays and four musicals. Several are familiar titles presented in unfamiliar ways: Glenda Jackson as King Lear; an avant-garde, diverse…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:06AMWelcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. Being sixteen isn’t easy. Choosing a play collection that illustrates the ups and downs of being sixteen is. Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less by Bradl…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMThe Hydro, GlasgowBrendan O’Carroll and co cheerfully gurn their way through two hours’ of weak gags, unmemorable songs and wasted opportunities
Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Musical? begins wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMWelcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. High school is full of stereotypes – or is it? Told in a series of interlaced vignettes, Stereotype High by Jeffrey Harr examines these “stereoty…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMHeidi Schreck is quite funny and engaging and verbose and smart and a clever storyteller with an agenda. Patience and persistence and passion have paid off.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane, March 23. Dangerous Liaisons is not suitable for children, advises Queensland Ballet. Too true. Sex is the currency in this world and there’s …
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 12:46AMFifty years ago this year, eminent Australian art collector and patron John Kaldor invited French artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude to Australia to wrap two-and-a-half kilometres of coast at…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:41AMIn IMPRESSIONS "From the Horse’s Mouth Celebrates Deborah Jowitt" at the 14Y: "Among the presentations, which include a funny song warbled by Jamie Cunningham and a sweet lullaby by Mer…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: “Cross Transit” at the Japan Society with Akiko Kitamura and Kim Hak, "Kitamura’s slick choreography feels elemental, born from the physical properties of water." Erin…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMWhy Do You Feel Anger? sparks an array of reactions---When Do You Feel Anger? had its world premiere at the Humana Festival of New American Plays in Louisville, Kentucky last year, it elicit…
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