For its defenders, much of the appeal of The Bell Curve resided in the deliberate challenge it posed to post-1960s racial liberalism. Advocates cheered how Herrnstein and Murray disobeyed …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03PMOne Second, set during the Cultural Revolution, is said by people who’ve seen it to be Zhang’s best movie in years and a sure bet to take a prize in Berlin or Cannes. Yet, even though th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03PMHad anyone ever proposed that the creator of those extraordinary women might be a woman? Each of the male possibilities requires an elaborate theory to explain his use of another’s name. N…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03PMSontag wrote her groundbreaking essay in 1963. In 58 paragraphs, she conducted an intuitive yet rigorous examination of a phenomenon that she defined as “a badge of identity among small ur…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03PMAcademics and their allies need to advocate for a fundamental shift in the social contract around the nature of higher education, moving it away from short-term job training to long-term car…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03PMThose under age 25 will get in free. AGO director Stephen Jost says he initially pitched this idea to this staff two years ago, and wanted the age limit to be 18, but “honestly it was our …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03PMWhat’s astonishing about his research is how little has changed in the last 1,000 years. Guy Shrubsole’s figures reveal that the aristocracy and landed gentry – many the descendants of…
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Bridget Everett likes to say that she’s from Manhattan — Manhattan, Kan., that is, or what she calls “the Little Apple” in her cabaret show, “Bridget Everett & The Tender Momen…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:54PMFrom county fairs to art and wine festivals, here's a look at all the fun events in the SF Bay Area through Labor Day -- and beyond.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:50PMI love it when my talented friends do great things! Travis Moser is debuting a brand new concert which excites me to no end because he presenting Just One Look: The Songs of Linda Ronstadt a…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 07:48PMSuzanne Poli's Iconic Photographs 1969-2019Only One Woman in the World Has Documented 50 Years of the LGBT Civil Rights movement … and it all started from her window on Christopher Street
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SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:47PMLaura Osnes is sticking around on the small screen. The two-time Tony nominee, most recently seen as Shirley MacLaine on FX's Fosse/Verdon, has been cast in the central role of the new Hal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PMOff-Off Broadway at The Tank, 312 West 36th Street, NYC. Through May 23, 2019. Cast includes: Ciara Rose Griffin, Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, Sukha Belle Potter,
SOURCE: theaterwithatwist.com at 07:00PMWhat makes the new production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! so groundbreaking? Actor Patrick Vaill (Jud Fry) and orchestrator/arranger/music supervisor Daniel Kluger join Rebecca …
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With Myra Lucretia Taylor as a regal sorcerer, the Public Theater production emphasizes comedy, romance and song over revenge.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMSeventy-two years ago a bright-eyed brunette named Gloria Casper sang and danced in the original cast of High Button Shoes — and on Saturday, she’ll be back on stage for the latest Broad…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:48PMFollowing a performance at the 2019 Stars in the Alley, BroadwayWorld can officially report that Mary Kate Morrisey will be playing Janis on the first national tour of Mean Girls.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMThomas Schumacher, who is President of Disney Theatrical Productions and Chairman of the Broadway League, has worked on some of the Great White Way's brightest productions, including Beau…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMMarc Kudischis athree-time Tony Award Nominee, Drama Desk Award winner and two-time Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee who has spent over three decades on the stage. Currently, he joined the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMThe 2019 Stars in the Alley annual event took place in Shubert Alley on May 10. Hosted by Beetlejuice Tony nominee Alex Brightman, the outdoor concert featured performances by all 2019 Best …
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One night five years ago, a horror happened in Chibok, North Eastern Nigeria. The Boko Haram—Islamicist terrorists who believe that Western education is evil—abducted 276 girls from the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:59PMOn this episode of Happy Hour on the Fringe, listen to Team Sunshine Performance Corporation artist Benjamin Camp discuss getting older with his four year old daughter Sydney, featuring som…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 04:59PMFind your next job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMTarzan opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre May 10, 2006.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMThe 2019-20 lineup will feature a world premiere adaptation of a poem, and works by Clare Barron, Aleshea Harris, and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:31PMSummertime is a good time for the adventurous New York theatergoer, and the broke New York theatergoer. Summer theater festivals present shows that are usually cheaper (often free), and more…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:19PMHear Telly Leung put a fresh spin on Billy Joel's NYC love song "New York State of Mind".
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The new comedy from the poet-playwright, directed by Robert O’Hara, opened May 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PMDirector Lily Tung Launches Stellar Ensemble by Cynthia K. Lopez Regardless of your time in America, there’s always that funny balancing act between your ethnic background and “fitting i…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:57PMThis talented star is throwing a Revenge Party across the country! Mary Kate Morrissey, a former Elphaba of the Wicked tour, has been cast as Janis Sarkisian in the upcoming national touring…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMTommy BraccoTommy Bracco may exert lovable confidence playing a bellop named Giulio in the Braodway hit Pretty Woman, but it wasn't always easy for this native New Yorker to step into the s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThe acclaimed new play BLKS has received an extension by off-Broadway's MCC Theater. Originally announced to run through May 26, Aziza Barnes' New York premiere will now conclude its engagem…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMDespite its provocative name, the focus of The Pussy Grabber Plays is not about graphic accounts of sexual assault by our current president as claimed by nearly two dozen women. Though it de…
SOURCE: www.laweekly.com at 03:51PMSince 1990 when New York’s Public Theater first staged George C. Wolfe’s adaptation of three short stories by Zora Neale Hurston into the play Spunk, audiences have gleaned the creative …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:37PM“This Memorial Day weekend, Boston’s hometown ballet company is joining a lineup of major music stars for Boston Calling, a festival dubbed by some an ‘East Coast Coachella.’ It’s …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM“The suit revolves around a 2013 law designed to help creative workers by offering authors, composers and artists in Rhode Island a sales tax exemption. But in a bizarre twist, state tax o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMIt happened spontaneously at a concert in Boston’s Symphony Hall last Sunday. After a beat, as Ronan’s awe-filled “Wow!” echoed throughout the hall, the audience burst into laughter …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMReporting to and partnering with the Executive Director, the Director of Development will work closely with a committed board of directors to engage in the identification, cultivation, and s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMWill the festival commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the iconic Woodstock Festival actually go on this August? The advance organization is a mess, the financing has been withdrawn, an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMBen Walker has been gracing the stages of the Great White Way for over a decade, and now he is currently giving a Tony-nominated performance as Chris Keller in the Arthur Miller drama All M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMFive actors, many drinks, short-and-silly scripts and a party atmosphere generated good buzz in New York — and a second edition in Chicago.
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The former Elphaba will play Janis Sarkisian in the traveling production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:56PMIn this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof stars Ben Liebert and Rachel Zatcoff Check out the recipe for Katie's Traditional Hamantaschen below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMThis week, New York City Center presents the final Encores production of the City Center 75th Anniversary Season, High Button Shoes. The production features Aidan Alberto Stevie, Jennifer Al…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMThird time might be the charm for Tony nominee Jeff Daniels Watch as he tells us what playing Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird on Broadway has meant to him.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMCry It Out is a well-done dramedy that suggests that we try harder to let life’s sweet moments linger.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:33PMWe Players artistic director Ava Roy re-invents Shakespeare's tragedy 'Hamlet" as a cowboy romance in "Undiscovered Country" in S.F.
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The world premiere of the new musical, about the 2011 Egyptian uprising, begins performances May 14 in Cambridge, MA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMThe theatre company plans to a new theatre in Evanston, Ill.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:54PMThe eternal heartbreak of show business is given a fresh spin in playwright Adam Seidel’s exhilarating contemporary drama, "Original Sound" that skewers the music industry. Mr. Seidel’s …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:41PMThe Cher Show Michael Fatica shares all his Bob Mackie costume pieces and the true-life stories that inspired each.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:37PMA war-time incident in Afghanistan comes back to haunt a survivor in Tony nominee Stephen Belber’s new work, “We Are Among Us.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:31PMNetwork, All About Eve, West Side Story – a really good day’s Netflix queue as well as the latest entries on the resume of Belgian-born theater director Ivo van Hove. Tony-nominated for …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:30PMThe West Homestead native and Hollywood star lends his voice to a greeting at the Carnegie Science Center.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:30PMMusicals Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5 has extended its run in the West End to 2020. It is now booking at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMTristan Fynn-Aiduenu has won the 2019 James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director Award, which is presented in a new partnership with Richmond’s Orange Tree
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMJust as the CIA sponsored leftist magazines and abstract expressionism to assert American cultural supremacy (and to make censorship seem like something that only happened in communist count…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMLithgow: “Look, I read the script and I wanted to be in it, but my immediate anxiety was, ‘What were these two people going to think?’ Because I admire them, I know them, I care about …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMOut of Box Theatre, the Marietta, Georgia company devoted to contemporary plays and musicals in an intimate setting, is giving Jeff Talbott’s six-actor play A Public Education a full produ…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 01:01PM"Impeccable", "gripping" and "poignant" - critics have been quick to praise David Gilmore's revival of Jane Clegg, which has not been seen on the London stage for more than 75 years. Take a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMI’m not quite sure how I managed to miss Hadestown at the National Theatre before it transferred to Broadway, where it has picked up 14 Tony Award nominations.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMDirector Peter Sellars stunned the music world with his production of Orlando di Lasso’s “Lagrime di San Pietro"; now the work comes to Berkeley.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:00PMS.F.'s Arabian Shakespeare Fest revives Betty Shamieh's "Territories," a drama set during the Crusades.
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We're counting down the days till the release of Judy, the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Peter Quilter's acclaimed 2012 Broadway play End of the Rainbow, centered on the life of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMHere's a reason to sing out and cheer. NBC has given an official thumbs-up to the new musical series Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, with a full first season slated to appear on the peacock …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMThe jellicle ball is getting closer and closer! The Tom Hooper-helmed Cats film based on the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will be released on December 20, 2019 and the stars are slowly revea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMAziza Barnes' new play BLKS opened at MCC's Robert W. Wilson Theater Space on May 9. The story centers on three NYC twenty-somethings hunting for intimacy and purpose in a city that doesn't…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMAndrew Garfieldand Jessica Chastain are set tostar in Fox Searchlight's TheEyes of Tammy Faye, according to Variety.The Big Sick director Michael Showalter will helm the film from a script b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMCabaret is one of the most successful, popular and influential musicals ever written. You can call it's Kander and Ebb's masterpiece or a defining triumph for Hal Prince or Bob Fosse and in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMRave reviews for our acclaimed current production of Daniel’s Husband have included hails for the beautiful living room set, designed by DeAnne Millais. The LA Times swooned over the “st…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 12:26PMSound designer and musician Enrico de Trizio reveals his creative process.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMGrassroots music venues across England will now be able to apply for special funding from a ring-fenced budget intended to support the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMA scripted podcast label launched by global production company Fremantle has set out its plans to commission and develop original audio dramas
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PM“With their Matisse-like color schemes and Miro-esque organic forms, Nozkowski’s works recalled places or things their creator had glimpsed in the world. He described his paintings as me…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM“The Italian bank UniCredit has announced plans to sell off its art collection — one of the largest corporate holdings in the world — to help finance social initiatives across Europe. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMComposer Tom Kitt and lyricist Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal) and book writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (the chief creative officer for all Archie Comics properties) “have departed the product…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMTwo defendants, aged 17 and 15, were convicted of attacking violinist Yun-Ting Lee, pistol-whipping his husband, forcing their way into the couple’s house, and stealing some electronics an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM“After years of buildup, a debate about the nature of humor that verged on the metaphysical and the specter of a trial featuring testimony from Patton Oswalt and Andy Richter, Conan O’Br…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM“The art collector and real-estate investor Neil Wallace, who with his brother Monte are thought to be the sellers of a $100 million Impressionist art collection at Christie’s London in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM“He was charged by a herd of 200 elephants, escaping only with the help of a flatbed truck, and was once knocked unconscious by a surly chimpanzee named Mr. Moke who punched him ‘square …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMHaving just lost $230,000 in corporate sponsorship (due to changing corporate priorities), the SPCO has announced “that it would no longer sponsor the boundary-bending music series beyond …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM“More than any other composer, his music reflects his life, his situation, his country and his times. … I’ve always felt this very personal connection. It’s hard to explain but when …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMReporter Mathew Olson: “I interviewed thirteen Patreon users to get a sense how they feel about the platform and the state of crowdfunding more generally. I tried to speak with users acros…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM“In the space of barely a year, the very foundations of museums — the money that sustains them, the art that fills them, the decision makers that run them — have been called into quest…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMSays one, who worked on Mortal Kombat 11 all through last year and came out of it with a PTSD diagnosis, “I’d have these extremely graphic dreams, very violent. I kind of just stopped wa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMThe perversity of The Handmaid's Tale oppressive allegory lends itself well to opera, and Boston Lyric Opera makes the most of the emotional heights and depths.
The post Opera Review: BLO’…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:03PMThe evidence is so compelling, in fact, that many leading researchers now believe it’s conclusive. “I have no hesitation whatsoever to say that air pollution causes dementia,” says Cal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMSSE Hydro, GlasgowThe renaissance man’s song-and-dance spectacular skips merrily through his acting career with celebrity pizzazz and unashamed sentimentality
Is there a market Hugh Jackma…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMThe standup, actor and writer on the things that make her laugh the most
I’ve come to think of my existence as BC and AD in terms of when I saw Kate Berlant’s standup for the first time.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMThe performer – who died this week – found fame as a musician and an impressionist, but could never escape a notorious Sun front page
The career of the comedian and singer Freddie Starr,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMAziza Barnes’ new comedy, directed by Robert O’Hara, follows a trio of friends over the course of a New York City day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMSteven Todd has written multiple plays in his lifetime, and paired up with wife Melissa, the two formed theatre company Hags Ahoy in March 2018.
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Marianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell co-direct Arthur Miller’s drama, re-envisioned.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThe film will be based on the 2000 documentary The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMGhenie combines the historical gravitas of Gerhard Richter and Luc Tuymans with the painterly flair of Peter Doig
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:37AMThe Broadway production of To Kill a Mockingbird, Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher, and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, has become the highest-grossing American play i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMMichael Arden, who originated the role of Quasimodo inThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, stopped by Good Morning America to sing 'Out There' from the musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThis week, New York City Center presents the final Encores production of the City Center 75th Anniversary Season, High Button Shoes. The production features Aidan Alberto Stevie, Jennifer Al…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMOn next week's episode of FX's FosseVerdon, Bob is pulled between multiple projects, and he and Gwen begin rehearsals for Chicago, but the mounting pressure may prove too much to bear.Can't …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMOn this day in 2006, Disney's Tarzan swung onto Broadway starringJosh StricklandandJenn Gambatese
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMAaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird has become the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history, with the record-breaking number – $40,113,926.13, to …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:22AMFor a time Freddie Starr, who has died suddenly at the age of 76, was the most popular comedian of his day.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMThe composer took inspiration from his former lodger with the third of his Bowie Symphonies at the Royal Festival Hall
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:09AM18th Annual Live Lout Loud Young Trailblazers Gala
May 8, 2019: On Tuesday evening Live Out Loud hosted their 18th Annual Young Trailblazers Gala emceed by Judy Gold and Marquise Vilson a…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:06AMThe Sign of Four is fast-paced family fun, a great piece of storytelling with a little bit of everything: mystery, comedy, romance (and bromance), and even a bit of a history lesson.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSiff is currently starring in a revival of Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class Off-Broadway.
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The original Quasimodo sings his big solo from the Alan Menken-Stephen Schwartz musical for Good Morning America.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMJane Levy stars in the NBC musical drama, billed as "What Women Want meets La La Land."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMAziza Barnes offers a thoughtful and entertaining contribution to the "Millennial angst" genre.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:37AMAnd they floated in on a jasmine wind! Award-winning Israeli film actor Sasson Gabay and long-time Beautiful: The Carole King Musical star Chilina Kennedy will lead the North American tour o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMSpecial guests have been announced for the May 13 fundraiser at Sardi’s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMThe two pop artists sing the song in the end title credits of the Disney live-action movie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM There’s something special about fin-de-siecle anger in any century: this is from 1697, years later than Wycherley and the mellower Sheridan, and best described as a…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:33AMRenee Zellweger sings 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' as Judy Garland in the new teaser trailer for JUDY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMTelly Leung has released a set of dance remixes of 'New York State of Mind' in celebration of next month's World Pride in New York and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall. The tracks are co-re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMMCC Theater's New York Premiere production of BLKS, written by Aziza Barnes, and directed by Robert O'Haraopened just last night, May 9, in the Newman Mills Theater at The Robert W. Wilson M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMIt was announced today that award-winning Israeli film actor Sasson Gabay will reprise the role of 'Tewfiq' in the upcoming North American tour of the 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMThat crazy cacophony of choreographic chaos that careens across the City Center stage shortly after the commencement of Act II is the main reason for Encores to bring back the smash hit 1947…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMTodayTix celebrates the concept album release of Brownstone, a new musical written by acclaimed singersongwriter Brian Gallagher, with a one-night only concert at City Winery 155 Varick St. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMBroadway stars and poker pros will sit next to theatre fans and industry insiders for a rousing game of Texas Hold 'em when Broadway Bets, Broadway's official poker tournament, returns this …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMVoting is open and continues for the BroadwayWorld Theater Fans' Choice Awards Now in our 17th year, the Theater Fans' Choice Awards are, by FAR, the largest fan based awards of their kind. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMJoe Pope and PopeFilms will be presenting a staged reading of THE NOOSE, a new play by Nicholas T. Proferes, on Friday, May 17, 2019 at 11am and 3pm at Ripley Grier Studios, 305 West 38th St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMIt's time to journey on because Nicole Vanessa Ortiz from the Serenbe Playhouse's production of Ragtime is taking over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story tomorrow, May 10th Be sure to tune in t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AM“I have a very strong inner Dee Dee Allen,” reveals Tony winner Beth Leavel. Dee Dee is the gloriously vain Broadway diva that Leavel portrays in “The Prom.” Her impressive comedic c…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMWhen it was reported in late April that Rona Munro’s play My Name Is Lucy Barton was headed to Broadway, the story carried an obvious selling point: Four-time Tony nominee Laura Linney was…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:30AMBy David Dow Bentley III “The People’s Critic” Miraculously, after several days of violent storms across much of Texas and the Houston area, it was a perfectly beautiful and pl…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 10:24AMThe production, starring Michael Urie, Kevin Chamberlin, and Betsy Wolfe, runs through May 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMWe have witnessed it frequently as of late, Broadway audience members vocally complaining about actors, with their ire focused “missing” shows (aka, having prior engagements or attending…
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 10:17AMLow Pay? Don’t Pay! is a 2010 translation of Dario Fo’s post-banking crisis update of his 1974 Marxist satire Can’t Pay? Won’t
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:15AMThe new play, which follows a trio of friends over the course of a New York City day, opened at MCC May 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMThe free outdoor concert in Shubert Alley will feature performances from over 20 Broadway shows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMRipley plays a conservative Christian widow grappling with her daughter's gender identity in the new play from playwright Elise Forier Edie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMThe mix of comedy, romance, fantastic performances and magic in Aladdin mean something is provided for everyone and you can't help but feel whisked up in the wonder of it all.
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The Tony-winning musical will hit the road beginning in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe playwright and performer was awarded the prize for her Tony-nominated play, What the Constitution Means to Me.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThe playwright and performer was awarded the prize for her Tony-nominated play, What the Constitution Means to Me.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThe biopic will arrive in movie theatres September 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM★★★★ Newcomer playwright Aziza Barnes delivers an audacious comedy at MCC Theater
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:35AMNBC has added the musical series'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' to its freshman class for the 2019-2020 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMThespians seize the day on local stages
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:08AM20 amazing songs performed by Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune star Audra McDonald.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 09:05AMSara Alexander chatted to Emma Clarendon about starring in Rejoicing at Her Wondrous Vulva The Woman Applauded Herself at the Ovalhouse Theatre.
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From High Life to Joy for Ever, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThe woman who got Christine and the Queens and Dua Lipa moving talks about her switch to Rambert and partying on tour with Madonna
‘I’m a lazy girl,” says Marion Motin, laughing at her…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMYoung Vic, LondonRacial tensions simmer alongside those of class and family as Wendell Pierce and Sharon D Clarke’s American dream unravels
There are two distinct impulses behind this rema…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMCamden People’s theatre, London The community railroaded by Britain’s high-speed transport project turn their ire into a sparky protest show
Sixty-three thousand. That’s how many bodie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMThe meticulous French artist is a self-styled ‘director’ waiting patiently for his avian ‘actors’ to perform according to his vision
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:29AMRussell T Davies’ drama presents an all-too-identifiable 21st century through the lens of one Mancunian family
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:24AMTimothée Chalamet as a middle-class teenager addicted to meth; an endearing tale of a ‘coup de foudre’ between two men
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:24AMThe documentarian employs his usual faux-naive approach to probe the lived realities of the debilitating condition
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:24AMZAYN and Zhavia Ward have teamed up to record the iconic Aladdin duet, A Whole New World. This version of the song will serve as the end-credits theme musicfor the upcoming live-action remak…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMBefore he died in 2018, The Libertine playwright Stephen Jeffreys was working on a guide to writing for theatre. Now published, Nick
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMWhen Old Dog Theatre’s latest production of Kafka’s The Castle meets the BBC surreal comedy A League of Gentlemen or so it seems, strange things start to play out on stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTony Award winner Beowulf Boritt, who has built a Broadway swimming pool and supercomputer, says the his work always lies in simplicity.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AMTragic love story between two men in early 20th-century rural Quebec, undermined by homophobia and social conservatism tied to the Catholic Church.
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Equity’s outspoken reaction to the recent tax tribunal ruling against the actor Robert Glenister (or more accurately, his company) is understandable. The union’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMThis year’s Photo London’s Master of Photography talks to fellow US artist Alec Soth (who also takes his portrait)
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:36AMThe BBC has established a new diversity and inclusion advisory group to drive its efforts to increase representation on and off screen
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMWith the 2018-2019 Broadway season now in the history books, it's time to take a look back at the year in logos. It's one of my favorite topics, so it makes sense to start there! So, this we…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:36AMIn work commissioned by the FT’s Emma Bowkett, four contemporary photographers explore their feelings about the capital
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:35AMAhead of the troupe's upcoming residency at the Vaudeville Theatre, we look at its prolific past. Here are 11 hilarious videos to help you through the day.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:34AMWe're counting down to the world premiere of Blueprint Medea, which relocates Euripides' ancient classic to the fringes of modern London amongst a group of Kurdish and Iraqi immigrants. How …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMSherlock Holmes is back on stage in a thrilling new adaptation of The Sign of Four that takes audiences from the heat of India and the height of the British Raj to the foggy streets of Londo…
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The play A Belly Full started life as a screenplay by Canada-based authors Marcia Kash and Mary Colin Chisholm. It failed to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMWilly Loman and his family are African American in a production that finds fresh meaning in Arthur Miller’s play
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:49AMArts Council of Northern Ireland chief executive Roisin McDonough has been awarded a £12,000 payout in an age discrimination case against the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:36AMComposer Eddie Perfect had been taking meetings in New York for close to two years before he got his big Broadway breakthrough. Thanks to frequent flights between Melbourne and the U.S., som…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AMJoin the cast and special guests for a special post-show Q&A at the Ambassadors Theatre on 17 May. Additional Q&As will be announced soon.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:29AMPlus: online gallery deal stumbles; Frieze and Tefaf fairs coexist in New York; Phyllida Barlow makes pom-poms for Masterpiece
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:25AMSharon D Clarke has her customary impressive presence, and when she turns on the scorn at her responsibility-shirking sons in arguably the best scene in the play, there's simply no-one like …
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:24AMControversy over cuts to the Elton John biopic Rocketman reflects big studios’ age-old reticence over queer characters
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:23AMFollowing a successful run for Bacon Knees and Sausage Fingers (which he co-wrote and co-starred in), Steve Byron returns to Alphabetti Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:16AMBoas, beehives, blusher and... glove puppets. Discover the world of Mama G's Story Time Roadshow with these fantastic production images, the book your tickets for this celebration of being w…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06AMNext week, Our Town will launch the 2019 season at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Here's a glimpse at the opening production.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:03AMYou probably won’t enter Pear Theatre laughing, but after seeing “Pear Slices 2019,” it’s almost a sure bet you’ll exit that way.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:01AMMichel Legrand’s quirky but charming musical Amour makes a vivid impression in this UK professional premiere.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMIn a pivot away from developers and controversial Evanston high-rises, Northlight Theatre says it has made a fresh plan for a new home. Northlight said Friday that it has signed an option ag…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMThe venue for Witness for the Prosecution – the Edwardian Baroque-style London County Hall – is as much a star as the play's key protagonists. The Council Chamber makes the perfe…
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Camp: Notes on Fashion begins promisingly with a deep dive into the early history of camp, including the derivation of that designation as an aesthetic category (first known usage: Molière)…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24AMWe have been meaning to call to your attention to an instance in which – unlike, say, the trade talks between the US and China – international cooperation works beautifully. – Doug Ram…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24AMThere should be a book about all the changes orchestras went through in the last few decades. I’ll be doing posts on some of the things I think should be in this book, often things that ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24AMOur #FirstNightTakeover series continues with Perry O’Bree attending the West End opening of AMOUR at the Charing Cross Theatre. Perry was there taking in the intimate atmosphere of Michel…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:15AMStraddling the line between raucous sex comedy and insightful examination of human folly, John Vanbrugh’s 17th century satire The Provoked Wife boasts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:03AMIt’s Marianne Elliott’s impressionistic approach that yields considerable insight into the themes of Death of a Salesman, the characters’ attachment to material possessions as indicato…
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