What does a 200-year-old literary classic have to do with the chaos of the US Congress today? A lot, according to Jason Loewith, Olney Theatre Center’s Artistic Director, who has adapted F…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:19PMGet a first look below at the new Broadway production of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, starring Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon, directed by Arin Arbus.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMAhead of the musical season finale of 'American Housewife,' the shows cast shares what their favorite musicals are.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMWe asked, and you all answeredWith Tony season in full swing, we asked BroadwayWorld readers to let us know which of the countless iconic Tony Award performances over the years is their favo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMLincoln Center Theater under the direction of Andre Bishop has announced that its award-winning production of Lerner amp Loewe's MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher, will ends its long r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMAs BroadwayWorld reported this morning, the New York City run for Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical will begin performances at New York City Center on August 1, 2019 with an Openi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMOn Wednesday's 'Broadway Week' episode of 'Live with Kelly and Ryan,' George Salazar performs Michael in the Bathroom from the viral musical sensation Be More Chill.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMSince it's inception in 1954 as a mother-daughter luncheon honoring Marlene Dietrich and her daughter Maria Riva the organization has raised more than 100 million and has established a Wing …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMThis morning at the Broadway League's 2019 Spring Road Conference, playwright Terrence McNally was honored with the Distinguished Lifetime Service Award as part of the Broadway League Awards…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMBroadway standby Michael Lee Brown is literally always at the ready. As the cover for three unique roles in DEAR EVAN HANSEN, he is prepared to play Evan, Jared or Connor on a moment's notic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMAs we celebrate Tony Award season, Kiss Me, Kate - winner of the first Tony for best musical in 1949 - will offer 49 tickets to the first 100 Kates at the Studio 54 Box Office
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:12PMHampstead theatre, LondonZingy repartee and energetic performances fail to enliven Roy Williams’ tale about a criminal gang’s unresolved grievances
The Firm opens in high mood as four mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PMCharley Miles’s There Are No Beginnings is based on interviews with women who lived through Peter Sutcliffe’s reign of terror
A play about the impact on women’s lives of the hunt for t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06PM
Comedy from Indian-born playwright Dipika Guha takes cues from real life with story of scandal at apparel company
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:54PMSlate of site-specific and immersive shows at new Loma Portal location includes three Playhouse-commissioned projects and both local and international artists
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:54PMNew York-based Dorrance Dance modernizes the traditions of tap dancing by performing on electronic trigger boards, creating a new and electrifying soundscape.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:54PMA FRACTURED FAIRY TALE Shakespeare’s strange romance, which begins with gratuitous jealousy and ends with gratuitous forgiveness, is best savored as a fairy tale for grownups: A virtuous q…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:54PMWELL DONE HAVING FUN ON THE RUN AS A NUN Don’t you just hate it when your boyfriend turns out to be a mobster and murders someone right in front of you, forcing you to flee and hide — al…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:54PMTAKE TO THE ROAD Walt Whitman may have patented the “song of the open road,” but the Beat Generation gave it their own course correction and made it into a map. These writers of the Eise…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:54PMFred Astaire would’ve celebrated his 120th birthday on May 10, 2019. The Oscar-nominated song and dance man is best remembered for a series of musicals he made alongside Ginger Rogers (who…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:51PMBAZ BAMIGBOYE: Lynn Nottage made multiple visits to Reading -officially one of America’s most impoverished districts - when researching her play.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 06:46PMKate Tarker's world-premiere play tells the story of 'Oedipus Rex' in the style of Tom Stoppard's 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'… but much less successfully. Jill Ivey reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:46PMIn Steel River Playhouse’s ‘Constellations,’ one couple spins through many different worlds. What if the multitude contains us? Gioanna Romano reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:46PM“What’s so funny? It’s perhaps the central question of comedy.” So opens ‘A Hard Time’ at FringeArts, and a superlative trio of women take it from there. Alaina Johns reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:46PMWith ‘PURE MEDEA,’ Automatic Arts tackles the Euripides classic, but from a behind-the-scenes perspective of actors at a rehearsal. Catherine Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:46PMThe actors in David Hare’s ‘Skylight’ prepare a pasta dish live on stage. It smells delicious, but we leave the stodgy drama feeling emotionally and intellectually starved. Cameron Kel…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:46PMRep Stage’s 26th season at the Horowitz Center for the Arts is closing with a madcap bang in the current run of Patrick Barlow’s “The 39 Steps,” a raucous family-friendly farce calli…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 06:46PMAugust Wilson famously disavowed the idea of an all-black “Death of a Salesman.” In 1996, he declared any such staging “an assault on our presence and our difficult but honorable histo…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:46PMThe Royal Opera’s director of opera, Oliver Mears, was asked if that was a good ratio. “No it is not an acceptable ratio at all … of course,” he said. “But this is something which …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:36PM“The moves reflect the growing outrage over the role the Sacklers may have played in the opioid crisis, as well as an energized activist movement that is starting to force museums to rec…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:36PMConor Friedersdorf writes that Harvard’s actions go against the principle that everyone deserves a defense. “Educational institutions ought to teach young adults this justice-enhancing l…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:36PMOn Friday the 33 students who make up the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance’s inaugural class will graduate. More than 60% of them will leave USC employed, said Jodie Gates, the school’…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:35PMIt’s 44 BC, a bit before the ides of March, and Roman citizens are in the streets singing a cheeky ode to life in the Seven Hills — to the tune of Weezer’s “Beverly Hills.” This ca…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:35PMA playwright exploring the Asian American experience and a film and video artist who addresses the representation of Puerto Ricans in culture are among the five people who will receive $75,0…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:35PMPlaywright Lucas Hnath is back on Broadway with “Hillary and Clinton,” a zesty drama on America’s most picked-apart political couple that finds Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow in top f…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:35PMOver the next few months, DC Metro Theater Arts will invite guest writers from two Welders projects-in-process to share their creative process with our readers. The Welders, DC’s only dedi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:29PMThe Irish Rep production of an O’Casey classic isn’t snazzy, but satisfaction comes from expert actors in complex roles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24PMBartlett Sher's sweeping revival of My Fair Lady will conclude its run on July 7. The production began previews on March 15, 2018 and officially opened on April 19, 2018. My Fair Lady will h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMThe 2019-20 lineup, called Ghost Light, will feature haunting adaptations and stories of ghouls.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PMA new adaptation streamlines the classic play, but doesn’t overhaul it.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:03PM
Shubert Alley will remain closed Wednesday evening, after a piece of stucco fell from an exterior wall in the alley earlier in the day. At about 3:30 p.m., a piece of stucco fell from the ea…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:55PMThe Off-Broadway theatre will also pilot the Radical Parent-Inclusion Project through its production of Anna Moench’s The Mothers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMThe media mogul attended the Tony Award-nominated play with an entourage of past and present editors of the British tabloid depicted in it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PM‘I tried to describe, with visceral specificity, what psychosis is like, and what pre-psychosis is like.’
It took eight years after she first began having ha…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:35PMMonsters Are Made by Hannah C. Langley was voted by audience members as the Round 2 winner in last week’s 5th Annual ‘Rapid Development Series for Young Writers. In Langley’s pl…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 05:33PMThe project was commissioned by conservationist Richard Leakey, whose fossil discoveries have helped reveal how humankind has evolved. “The museum — titled ‘ngaren’ — will be the f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThe company expected to deliver “Bhutto” — a dramatic treatment of the history of Pakistan’s Bhutto political dynasty — this coming November. However, “Bhutto” has been remov…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThe bill funds the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Both would receive $167.5 million, an increase of $12.5 million from current spending. – T…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMLinda Yablonsky: “Considerate” and “pleasant” are not words I ever expected to apply to a show that carries outrage and upset in its historical baggage. With works by 75 participants…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PM“My Fair Lady” announced it will play its last performance on July 7. The revival, directed by Bartlett Sher, opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre on March 15, 2018. The show currently …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 05:29PMMore than 40 performers are featured in "Volta," and among them is Chicago native Kevin Beverley, a member of the shape diving troupe.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 05:24PMPresident Trump on Wednesday declared a “national emergency” to protect American communications networks — a move that gives the feds broad powers to ban US companies from doing busine…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:18PMThe Lincoln Center Theater revival will play its final performance in the summer; a West End bow is expected to follow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMThe Washington Theatre family was dressed in the finery at The Anthem for the Helen Hayes Awards on Monday night, May 13, 2019. Dozens of performers, directors and designers were honored f…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:12PMTrisha Lee works as a cleaner in a hospital in Sparkton, Texas. She is a church-going Christian. She adored her late husband. The focus of her life is her 14-year-old daughter Jolene. Or is …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:12PMBroadway Week on Live with Kelly & Ryan is continuing with Be More Chill standout and Broadway.com vlogger George Salazar. The fan-favorite sang 'Michael in the Bathroom' by Tony-nominat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMBroadway.com Editor-in-Chief and Show People host Paul Wontorek made his Broadway debut on May 14, kicking off a special week of guest stars at the Tony-nominated Broadway musical The Prom. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMTootsie hit cinemas in 1982 and became an instant success for the movie's star Dustin Hoffman and won Jessica Lange her first Oscar. Now, the acclaimed movie has become a big Broadway mus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMTowering talents Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon are back on Broadway this spring in Terrence McNally's two-hander Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. Six-time Tony winner McDonald p…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:08PMJust a few words of tribute for one of my favorite Pre-Code stars, Constance Cummings (Constance Cummings Halverstadt, 1910-2005). The daughter of a concert soprano, Cummings started out in …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:06PMThe National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a true delight right here in Washington, DC. Their strength as an ensemble allows them to master many…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:05PMWatch the Tony-nominated book writer behind The Temptations musical reveal how she started writing and who she wants to write the story of her life.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PM(Rob McClure’s article appeared in The New York Time, 5/6; via Pam Green.) When did “sentimental” become a bad word? I’ve always felt the opposite. I became an actor because I enjoy …
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 05:00PMWicked’s newest Elphaba — Hannah Corneau — made her thrillifying Broadway debut on Tuesday, May 14.
Join Hannah in the rehearsal studio as she prepared for her Broadway debut.
Winner o…
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The fall 2019 season will open with the New York premiere of JoAnne Akalaitis’ site-specific BAD NEWS! i was there…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMIn this new Broadway production of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Audra McDonald and Michael Shannon, two of the most acclaimed actors of their generation, bring the bruised dream…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:42PMKEEPING ROCK REAL Letting a good thing go is a hard fate: Change is always constant but it’s never guaranteed to be good. A tough transition in Chicago’s indie rock scene is feelingly ch…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:36PMANOTHER DREAM DEFERRED The price of progress is no abstraction, not during the fully-freighted 160 minutes of Jiréh Breon Holder’s civil rights drama Too Heavy for Your Pocket. A TimeLine…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:36PMSouth Jersey's Ritz Theatre Company presents 'Big Fish,' a faithful and emotional musical adaptation of Tim Burton's 2013 film. Stephen Silver reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:36PMTheatre Exile’s earnest production of Hansol Jung’s dark comedy Among the Dead provides a striking glimpse into WWII Korea and its aftermath. Plus, Jesus is there. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:36PMThe newly formed Subscension Theatre offers a scrappy yet ambitious production of Brecht’s antiwar drama ‘Mother Courage and Her Children,’ performed al fresco in Headhouse Square. Cam…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:36PMNextMove closed out its season with a mixed bag of crowd-pleasing works by David Parsons at the Annenberg’s Zellerbach Theatre. Gary L. Day reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:36PMBack on the road, in the air and at sea again after magically appearing in the Disney film a half century ago, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” continues to enchant the young and young-at-heart…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 03:36PMOn Thursday morning, with barely 30 minutes to go until the box office opened at 11 a.m., several dozen people eagerly waited outside the Hippodrome Theatre. One group of fans drove over thr…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 03:36PMParadigm Talent Agency has hired Ashley Hanley as a talent agent, and promoted three New York-based trainees to agent: Valerie Champeau (talent), Katelyn Dougherty (book publishing) and Rach…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PMThe documentary “Olympia,” a revealing look at the life and career of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, will join the other films screening at the 13th annual Los Angeles Gr…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PM“Fox NFL Sunday” host Terry Bradshaw has apologized for “offensive comments” he made about actor-comedian Ken Jeong during Fox’s upfront presentation in New York on Monday. During …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PMFox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier has taken to saying that the relaunch of the broadcast network following the historic Disney-21st Century Fox transaction has turned Fox into a “start…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PMThe scales are balanced between the straightforward and the offbeat in the 99-Seat Beat, our weekly recommendations for Southern California’s small stages. Arthur Miller’s “The Price�…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:36PMOld Town company staging area premiere of rising dramatist's adaptation that ran off-Broadway
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 03:35PMTHE PLAY THAT GOT AWAY I don’t know the exact play Michael McKeever was writing prior to the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in favor of federal marriage equality, but I suspect it worked much m…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:35PMA FLOWERING PRODUCTION The Secret Garden, the hauntingly romantic musical by Marsha Norman (book and lyrics) and Lucy Simon (music) opened on Broadway 1991 and ran 709 performances. The show…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:35PMEdie Falco on Terrence McNally’s gift for writing and what it was like for her to star in the 2002 Broadway revival of “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.” American Masters –…
SOURCE: PBS at 03:35PMHeidi Schreck, the creator of the Broadway hit “What the Constitution Means to Me,” on what the document does and does not say about our rights and about potential abuses of power.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 03:35PMThough she began her career in musical theatre — performing on Broadway and national touring productions, most notably as part of the original ensemble cast of “Hamilton” — Emmy Rave…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:35PMMacbeth is getting a modern makeover. William Shakespeare’s classic is being reimagined as the dark comedy stage musical “Scotland, PA,” set to premiere next fall. Roundabout Theatre C…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:35PMSniffles in the darkness. They’re a sign of success, right? Yes, but at productions of the 1991 Broadway musical “The Secret Garden,” they’re a backhanded indicator. They come only w…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:35PMBroadway’s “Tootsie” has turned into one of this season’s Tony Awards frontrunners, winning raves for its deftly funny update of potentially problematic source material — and for a…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:34PMWitnessing the LOTNY production makes one wonder why "Owen Wingrave" is not performed more often: it has a small cast of eight with juicy roles for all of the characters, evenly divided betw…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:30PMWatch two exclusive clips from Ashford’s Stars in Concert special, airing May 17 on PBS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMThe revival of the Terrence McNally play opens May 30 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMFour new musicals will be presented June 17 at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:19PMVescovo, the Dallas-based co-founder of Insight Equity Holdings, a private equity fund, found the manmade material on the ocean floor and is trying to confirm that it is plastic. – The Gua…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMThe fall season at N.Y.U. Skirball Center will also include 10 interdisciplinary performance works by artists like John Kelly and Mette Ingvartsen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMAmong the many anecdotes in Christine Smallwood’s profile: “She never dabbled in the drugs and alcohol that were omnipresent on film sets. Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols once pulled her as…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMThe musical is rendered as a three-episode audio release starring Patti Murin, Colin Hanlon, Jay Armstrong Johnson, and Lauren Blackman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PM
Howard talks about bringing the opera superstar's story to cinemas this June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMJose Martin Aveldanes is a doctoral student in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a fitness enthusiast, an avid reader, concert-goer, and social butterfly interested …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:53PMNorman’s Coach & Horses, LondonRobert Bathurst stars in an hour-long version of the comedy, staged in the pub where Keith Waterhouse sought inspiration
In Keith Waterhouse’s 1989 com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMThe new musical is based on the real-life couple who launched America’s first radio station.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:42PMMoving work from one language to another is an art unto itself, and adapting it for the stage only adds layers of challenge and meaning.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:38PMThere’s something wonderful when two paintings by different creators “hang” side by side and seemingly begin a conversation. It feels that something rich and more than serendipity has …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PMThe Muny announced today its complete cast, design and production team for Kinky Boots, the second show of its second century, June 19 - 25.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMBarrington Stage Company announced today casting for its 25th Anniversary season. Casting will include Elijah Alexander, Mara Davi, Carson Elrod, Joel de la Fuente, Mykal Kilgore, Alyse Alan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMThe Child Mind Institute today launched the 2019 MyYoungerSelf social media campaign, a unique and impactful awareness initiative. Watch below as Dear Evan Hansen's AlexBoniello shares his e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMOscar-winning actressMarion Cotillard will star oppositeAdam Driver in Annette,Leos Carax's English-language romantic musical, according to Variety.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMIsn't auditioning weirdI mean, think about it. You walk into a brightly lit room where a gathering of strangers or sometimes friends - which can be even worse who are staring at you while yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMAccording to Variety, IN THE HEIGHTS film starMelissa Barrera has been announced to star in the new reimagined musical film CARMEN. She will star in the title role,opposite Jamie Dornan. Son…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMSergio Trujillo has been dazzling Broadway audiences with his fancy footwork for hit musicals like Memphis, Jersey Boys, On Your Feet The Emilio and Gloria Estefan Musical and Summer The Don…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMTV Land's YOUNGERwill return for season six on June 12th 109c. Check out the trailer below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMThis past week, two-time Tony Award winner and Broadway's next Marian the Librarian, Sutton Foster, received an honorary doctorate of music from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and spoke …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMIt was announced today thatThe Radio City Rocketteswill open this year'sChita Rivera Awardswith a show stopping performance of 'New York, New York.' The Rockettes history with Chita Rivera d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMToday, The 24 Hour Plays announced the first round of participants that will help them mark their anniversary with an intimate production of The 24 Hour Musicals on Monday, June 17th at 8 PM…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMFX has released a preview for episode seven of FosseVerdon, titled 'Nowadays.'In the episode,Gwen fights to assert her own creative vision onChicago, challenging Bob's increasingly dark appr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMThe annual Broadway League Awards, honoring excellence and achievement for Touring Broadway, were announced today during the Broadway League's 2019 Spring Road Conference. First presented in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMWhat do you need to know about Ain't Too Proud choreographer Sergio Trujillo We'll get you caught up in time for the Tony Awards
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMAs BroadwayWorld reported this morning, the New York City run for Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical will begin performances at New York City Center on August 1, 2019 with an Openi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMThe world-premiere solo show from illusionist Helder Guimarães opens in Los Angeles May 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMThe maestro of the Hammond B-3 organ makes his debut with the jazz orchestra in Rose Theater on May 17–18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMFiddler on the Roof's real-life couple Stephanie Lynne Mason and Drew Seigla talk about the playing the honesty of Hodl and Pertshik, their stunning co-star Steven Skybell, and Fiddler as a …
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:28PMThe School Girls and Nollywood Dreams playwright is the inaugural recipient of the Burnt Umber residency through 2022.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMThe School Girls and Nollywood Dreams playwright is the inaugural recipient of the Burnt Umber residency through 2022.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMThe May 19 program features Liszt's Dante Symphony as well as Rossini's Stabat Mater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM“There is a line in The Scarlet Letter: ‘She had not known the weight, until she felt the freedom.’ I hadn’t known the weight of transposing myself into other people’s bodies until…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMCritic Alex Rosenfeld writes about A Fierce Kind of Love, a devised play about the intellectual disability rights movement, and how everything about the production, from the integration of p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMBill Murray and zombies, Afghanistan, football. It’s an eclectic (to say the least) lineup this year. – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMLeague Award recipients were announced during the 2019 Spring Road Conference May 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PMThe stars of the upcoming Sea Wall / A Life take to social media to ask fans of the show to help spread the word.
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From Williamstown Theatre Festival to Urban Stages, here is a selection of currently available internship opportunities in the theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PM★★★ Brenda Pressley coolly portrays a woman of quality in a life or death quandary
The post Proof of Love: A Classy Lady Speaks to Classism in African-American Life appeared first on N…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:55PM★★★ A one-woman play casts Alice Ripley as the mother of a gender-neutral teen
The post The Pink Unicorn: A Modern Mother’s Quandary, Deep in the Heart of Texas appeared first on Ne…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 01:54PMJim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical, based on the best-selling classic rock album by Meat Loaf and its two sequels, has announced new dates for a New York limited engagement. Or…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:50PMOff-Broadway's MCC Theater has announced the appointment of award-winning dramatist Jocelyn Bioh as the theater's new Burnt Umber Playwright-in-Residence for a three-year term through the 20…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMOff-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre has announced the first two of three productions set to appear during its upcoming 2019-2020 season. Both works will play the company's downtown venue in Un…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMThe show, set to premiere in 2020, will move from previously announced TNT to TBS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMReview: Brighton Fringe, The Establishment: Le Bureau de Strange, Brighton Spiegeltent: Bosco4.0starsMad Etiquette presents duo Dan Lees and Neil Frost, who make up comedy company The Establ…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:36PMCelia Keenan-Bolger was nominated for her first Tony Award in 2005 (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), her second in 2012 (Peter and the Starcatcher) her third in 2014 (The Glass M…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:30PMWhat would you rather fight: societal norms or a man-eating Venus flytrap? See how the Stratford Festival’s two marquee musicals match up
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:25PMLeos Carax’s film is expected to begin shooting this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMDan Chameroy, the Stratford Festival’s Dr. Frank-N-Furter from last year’s The Rocky Horror Show, returns as another screamingly funny eccentric in Little Shop of Horrors. But it’s his…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:22PMFrom 1925 to 2019, Oakland was given the eminent presence of Ruth Beckford.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 01:10PMThe Off-Broadway theatre will kick off its programming with Satter's Is This a Room, followed by the world premiere of Tuvalu Or, The Saddest Song.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PM“Camp, an agent of nonsense, resists this exercise. Or actually, like a child, kind of ignores it and wanders elsewhere.” J. Bryan Lowder takes it as a basic principle that camp is, or o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM“Science tends to advance sometimes in major jumps. Something is discovered, some mystery is solved, some system is for the first time understood and can be duplicated. When that happens, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMIn this, my latest instalment of A Glimpse Inside, I had the great pleasure of speaking to playwright Paul Stevens about his new play True Colours at the Hope Theatre.
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The two-time Tony Award winner and Younger star received an Honorary Doctorate from the college May 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMObsessive-compulsive disorder and comedy aren’t strangers to each other, as fans of Tony Shalhoub’s “Monk” can attest. But comedian and solo performer Adam Strauss’s detective work…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:45PMA talented slate of New York stage alums will head to the Berkshires this summer to appear in first-class productions as part of the 2019 season of Barrington Stage Company. A starry initial…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMBoni reflects on 16 years spent building up local festivals, binding the Theatre Centre to its neighbourhood, and giving it a proper home.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:30PMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Monday 3 June 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to the Wardrobe Ensemble company of Education Education Education as their devise…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:30PMMusic hall informs the tone of Scottish Opera’s 2012 production of The Magic Flute. Thomas Allen’s production, using Kit Hesketh-Harvey’s English translation,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:29PMSam Steiner’s hit Edinburgh fringe show takes the form of a tightly written dystopian two-hander depicting a couple’s response to a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMThe TV Land comedy returns June 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMThe annual fundraiser for The Ali Forney Center returns June 1 to pay tribute to entertainment icon Judy Garland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMJust as the lights were going down at the State Theatre in Melbourne for the start of Opera Australia’s Rigoletto, George Dreyfus stood up and started yelling through a megaphone about the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PM“A recent study finds that such people are particularly good at imagining events that are far removed from their current reality. That imagination is, in a sense, their superpower, and it …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMThe upcoming season at the Massachusetts venue kicks off with Hold These Truths and also includes the new musical Fall Springs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMFeast From The East highlights that there can be as much depth in a well written short play which packs in lots of detail, passion and story as can be found in a full-length play.
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Performances will begin at the St. Louis venue June 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMThe concert-style musical featuring the six wives of Henry VIII will begin touring this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThe poker tournament, hosted at Sardi’s May 13, raised a record $315,200 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS benefit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMCheck out photos from the new production, which is scheduled to run through June 16 in Glencoe, Illinois.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMAmong the shows featured will be works by Sondheim, Churchill, and Ruhl, as well as a Michaela Goldhaber world premiere.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AMTickets are now on sale for the New York City premiere of the acclaimed Meat Loaf musical Bat Out of Hell. The show will play a limited engagement from August 1 through September 8 at New …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMOlivier Award nominee Tyrone Huntley has been cast in the central role of Wes in the upcoming European debut of Max Vernon's celebrated off-Broadway musical The View UpStairs. Jonathan O'Boy…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMRain didn't stop Broadway’s stars from giving masterful performances
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 11:41AMThree-time Tony Award nominee Mary Testa talks about crafting her singular Aunt Eller, her comedy dream role, and what she's learned between her first Tony Award nomination and this one.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:41AMThe Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner and solo artist made the announcement during his May 14 concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMThe free concerts will take place across New York City in June and July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMJamie Dornan is also set for the contemporary reimagining of the Bizet opera, featuring a script by Pulitzer winner Nilo Cruz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMKen Barnett also stars in the film by Matthew Puccini.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMAs we’ve see from their incredible collaborations over the years, the dynamic writing team Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith can musicalize any story. Here they help us discover radio …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMThe wait is over – the anticipated U.S. premiere of Fame, The Musical en Espanol is finally here and it is outstanding! In the opening scenes, students hold unopened letters in their hands…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMFrankie Addams really, really wants to get out of dodge. The teenager and her struggles are put center stage in The Member of the Wedding, a staple of high school English classes adapted int…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMWarnerMediahas ordered a second season of its post-apocalyptic sci-fi seriesSnowpiercerprior to its series premiere. Based on the acclaimed film of the same name, the highly anticipated futu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMEmma Thompsonis in talks to star in Disney's live-action spinoff 'Cruella,' according to Variety. Thompson would star oppositeEmma Stone, who plays Cruella,in theorigin story based on the cl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMThe 2019 lineup has been announced for theBroadway in the Boros series, featuring free noonday performances by cast members and musicians of hit Broadway musicals in neighborhoods throughout…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMThe New York City run for Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musicalwill begin performances at New York City Center on August 1, 2019 with an Opening Night set for August 8, 2019. Bat Out …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMToday, we're flashing back to the 2017 Tony season, where Tootsie nomineeDenis Jones' choreography for Holiday Inn The New Irving Berlin Musical tapped, jump-roped, and leaped its way to a T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMThe National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene NYTF production of Fiddler on the Roof, in Yiddish with English Supertitles, is now on sale through Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Stage 42 422 W 42nd St.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMA number of NYC artists will head to the Hudson Valley to develop new work as part of the "Tech Week" residency.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMRipley plays a conservative Christian widow grappling with her daughter's gender identity in the new play from playwright Elise Forier Edie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMPrimary Stages at Cherry Lane Theater, 38 Commerce St. Cast includes: Kate Hamill, Paola Sanchez Abreu, Michael Crane, Ellen Harvey, John Lenartz, Kristolyn Lloyd, Nate
SOURCE: theaterwithatwist.com at 11:12AMThe Greatest Showman song also features the Rock Choir.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMThe world premiere of Jesse Eisenberg’s new play will open with The New Group May 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMHere was another (all-too) typical example of ballet companies reinforcing a patriarchy that hardly reflects the number of women in their ranks.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMTheatremakers who have been “ghettoised in terms of scale and budget” are being offered the chance to move up to the next
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMMost arts institutions in the UK are “still a million miles away” from gender parity, actor, director and writer Adjoa Andoh has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AM“Ward Stare, who in 2014 at age 32 became the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra’s youngest-ever music director following one of its most turbulent periods, will leave the job at the end o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMAs if there weren’t enough issues with the damn thing already. As Christopher Knight writes, you could hang paintings on wires coming down from a high rail. (Bad idea in an earthquake zone…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMA new biography by Benjamin Moser argues, citing previously unreleased correspondence as well as textual analysis, that Philip Rieff’s Freud: The Mind of the Moralist, which launched his a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMArtist Christoph Büchel managed to get possession of the actual fishing boat in which hundreds of migrants drowned while trying to get from Libya to Italy in 2015 — and he entered it as i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMHe had had a long and successful career as a character dancer at the Bolshoi (he danced for Stalin) when he up and left in 1975; the next year, he turned up at Balanchine’s School of Ameri…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMFilmmaker Alice Rohrwacher: “It’s sort of like asking someone who survived a shipwreck why he’s still alive. … Why are you asking us? Well, ask the person who built the boat, who sol…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMThe Ferryman/Torch Song: Young Actor on the Rise, Jack DiFalco
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May 15, 2019: Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman is one of the most acclaimed plays of this or any seaso…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:01AMNickie Miles-Wildin has been appointed associate director at Graeae Theatre Company. She will replace Amit Sharma, who leaves Graeae to join Birmingham
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMA fresh perspective on the classic Henry V, concluding Hal’s journey from errant prince to conquering king – an action-packed end to the trilogy.
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Follow the journey of the CMU alum as he arrives with the Tony Award-winning musical for a sold-out run at Heinz Hall.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:58AMBy Douglas Mayo
Tyrone Huntley joins the cast of The View Upstairs which comes to Soho Theatre in July 2018.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:55AMThis first collaboration between English National Opera and the Unicorn Theatre takes the form of a small-scale show designed for an audience
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMAnna Gray is an artist with learning-disabled theatre company Mind the Gap. She tells Giverny Masso about her latest role in Amanda
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMRoy Williams’ 2017 play explores familiar territory: a group of blokes hanging around in a bar, laughing, messing about, and squaring up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMBy Douglas Mayo
Casting has been announced for Enid Blyton's Malory Towers UK Tour. The musical is adapted by Emma Rice for Wise Childen starts in July 2019.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:38AMThe musical officially opened February 18 at the Phoenix Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMThe summer engagement will kick off August 1 at City Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe film explores the government's effort to rid the federal workforce of LGBTQ employees.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMThe pressure that pushed Bob to the apex of his career, might also be the thing that kills him.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMT’Shan Williams has been announced as the replacement for Seyi Omooba in the forthcoming production of The Color Purple. Omooba left the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:24AMThe awards recognize Off-Broadway and Broadway productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:23AMThe event featured performances from Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks, Micaela Diamond, Jarrod Spector, and Matthew Hydzik.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMArena Stage's 'Anything Goes' and 1st Stage's 'Fly by Night' were the most-lauded productions in the annual awards ceremony honoring D.C.-area theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:17AMKate Hamill adapted the Louisa May Alcott classic for the new play, directed by Sarna Lapine.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMFontana has appeared on Broadway in Cinderella and Baby, It’s You.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMThe Broadway stars will head to San Francisco July 19–20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMMaybe what’s most shocking about Hair isn’t the nudity or the drugs, but the fact that 50 years have passed and nothing’s really changed.
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Despite the name of his show, I don’t think it’s possible for Will Roland to be more chill. A New York City native and graduate of NYU, Roland is two for two when it comes to scoring rol…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:38AMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series and this month's #MischiefMay celebrations, on Thursday 23 May 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to the West End company of long-runn…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AMThe 2019 Helen Hayes Awards as seen through the lens of photographer Ryan Maxwell. Feel free to share. We ask that you credit DC Theatre Scene and Ryan Maxwell Photography. More Helen Hayes …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:12AMAlabama Thespians embrace lighthearted fun on roller skates
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:09AMJeff Daniels was a guest on last night's 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' to talk about his Tony-nominated role in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMGrammy,TONY, andEmmyAward-winning artistBen Platthas announced official details of his upcoming show at Radio City Music Hall on September 29, 2019. The concert follows a sold-out show yeste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03AMI work as a technician in a prominent regional receiving house. Of the 12 shows (excluding musicals) we have so far hosted
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMMay 17, 1979: Following the 1978/79 Winter of Discontent, during which unions staged widespread strike action across the UK, there were also extensive
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTabard is well aware of the lengths superfans will go to in order to mark their dedication to a star. These may
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAtmospheric and filled with fantastic details, Flabbergast Theatre’s production of The Swell Mob is successfully entertaining.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMObituary: Freddie Starr – ‘unpredictable comedian with an anarchic and dangerous onstage persona’
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMBy Farai Mabeza. Farai Mabeza offers an overview of theatre in Zimbabwe, from the major theatre in the capital city, to smaller community theatres, to the country’s festivals.
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The Indian Novels Collective was founded two years ago by four Mumbai professionals who realized that their growing children were reading Indian books written only in English — and missing…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48AMWorking under the umbrella of the Royal Opera House and in partnership with local government, over the next three years the company will be giving workshops at every school in the town of Do…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48AMThe maximum amount granted for a project has been slashed from $15 million to $250,000, which is a blow to the largest arts projects in the two metropolises, and the government says explicit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48AM“Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival, in its second year, differs significantly from other film festivals: some participants wear badges that read ‘No Photos’; attendees were invited through…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48AM“Kathleen Breen Combes, a star of Boston Ballet who has earned acclaim everywhere from Boston to New York and London, is retiring from the company after 16 years to become the new executiv…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:48AMRun time: 59:59 Download & subscribe: Patreon Spotify Apple Google Music Simplecast The boys (Lucas Spiro and Matt Hanson) are joined once again by Arts Fuse editor-in-chief Bill Marx, w…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:42AMThis new revival might not fire on all cylinders. But it sure does allow one to get a real taste of the late Sam Shepard's genius.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:41AMListen: NYT Critics (Wrongly) Pick Tony Winners, Frank Valli’s Granddaughter is Playing Who in “Jersey Boys”?, and “Vogue” Piece on New Playwrights [display_podcast] “Today on Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:26AMAs it returns for a major revival at the King’s Head Theatre, Gus Mitchell talks to two actors from This Island’s Mine about the enduring legacy of Gay Sweatshop, Section 28 and the impo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AMSherman theatre, CardiffKatherine Chandler’s potent new play about hedonism, violence and toxic bantz confounds expectations at every turn
Yaz doesn’t want to work in a nail bar for the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMSadler’s Wells, LondonChristine and the Queens’ choreographer Marion Motin delivers a pounding debut, alongside early work by Wayne McGregor and Hofesh Shechter
French hip-hop choreograp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMDuring the airing of this week's FosseVerdon episode, Lin-Manuel Miranda was joined by Jonathan Groff and Laura Benanti, for his weekly watch party.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMSusan Boyle has released a cover of 'A Million Dreams' from The Greatest Showman, featuring Michael Ball and The Rock Choir.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMClass, a play from Ireland co-written and directed by Iseult Golden and David Horan, is set around a teacher-parent meeting in a Dublin primary school.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAdam Driver, Joe Iconis, Stephanie J. Block, and more define “theatre.”
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I’m in love with love… or more precisely with Amour, as in the lushly romantic Michel Legrand musical fantasy now receiving its UK professional premiere at Charing Cross Theatre. Amour i…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:54AMJonathan Maitland skewers Brexit-era realpolitik and largely scores
What could have been merely a cheap and cheesy piss-take registers as considerably more robust in The Last Temptation of …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:54AMRoy Williams revival looks beyond the headlines to see the codes, complexity and camaraderie of crime
We are living in a time when gang culture rips and roars its way down London streets, an…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 07:54AMStagecoach believes creative extra-curricular activities, free from the stresses of revision and exams, can help young people suffering from mental health problems.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AMVividly capturing the feeling of being cornered in your local pub by a drunken stranger with a tale to tell, Jeffrey Bernard
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMSince 2015, the RTDI’s mission has been to bring pioneering dance companies to village halls and community venues from north-east Scotland to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMBob Fosse, Nicole Fosse and Gwen Verdon
As the FX miniseries Fosse/Verdon continues, I admire the show more and more, and I am completely smitten with the brilliant Michelle Williams. I've …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:24AMThe contemporary dance company performs early works by Wayne McGregor and Hofesh Schechter, along with a new hip-hop influenced piece by Marion Motin
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:12AMThriller Live, the West End concert spectacular, today celebrates a remarkable 7000 performances worldwide, playing in both London and Edinburgh.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:07AMDo actors prephere to play humans or other things (such as animals, robots, trains etc) when on stage? — Johan The Cat
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWhat is it? Written by Sam Steiner, this two hander explores the relationship between a young couple post and pre a law that bans the use of more than 140 words per day.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMFor some, it’s Mental Health Awareness Week this week. For others, it can feel like Mental Health Awareness Week every week. It’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM'Ain't nobody want to hear us,' say the stars of the joyous Single Black Female.
Part Sex and the City parody and all celebration of Black female culture, Single…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMIf you've ever been to a 12 Step meeting, this will feel familiar.
After undergrad, I spent a dreary year in social work. I was terrible at it for a number of re…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMThankfully, the plot and performances become more compelling halfway through.
Ross Compton’s world premiere one-act dramedy ends as a wholly different play tha…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMWhile it's clearly a labor of love, the proliferation of hooks and lack of commitment make for a underbaked confection.
If I’ve learned anything from The Great…
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A primary school headteacher has won this year’s Liverpool Hope Playwriting Prize. The £10,000 biennial prize is awarded to a new play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMIn Daniel Fish’s “Oklahoma!,” Curly plays guitar and a seven-piece bluegrass band accompanies him as crockpots bubble on the edge of the stage. Those are just a few of the noticeable c…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AMTyrone Huntley is to star in the world premiere of new LGBTQ+ musical The View Upstairs at Soho Theatre in London. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:24AMThe Norfolk and Norwich Festival has a good track record when it comes to staging creative, location-responsive outdoor work. This well-intentioned but
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMKatherine Chandler’s play is, for the most part, a gripping three-hander. Three people’s lives hurtle towards the sweet release of a booze-filled
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMCome From Away has extended its run in the West End until 2020. The musical had previously been running at the Phoenix
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMLeapin’ lizards!! Shazam! Sock – pow – kazam! That’s what you’ll be saying when all of your senses are assaulted by the remarkably excellent production called “Shoggoths on the V…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:01AMFor anyone who has been under a rock for the last couple of years in London theatre, this stripping back to the essence of a classic is one of Marianne Elliott’s (many) talents. And here w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMIn the days leading up to Memorial Day, Chicago traditionally has more theater openings than at any other time of the year. And 2019 is bringing an especially bumper crop of marquee spring a…
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The Cher Show, the three-time Tony nominated new hit bio musical currently playing on Broadway at the Neil Simon Theatre, celebrated the release of their Original Cast Recording with an in-s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48AMNew Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premier playwright development laboratory, honored three-time Tony Award winner, Nathan Lane, with its 2019 Distinguished Achievement Aw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48AMMillennial Notes Lynne Kaufman & Lorri Holt Deliver a Poetic Eulogy by Jordan Freed At The Marsh, Sylvia Plath has a chance to speak again, posing challenging questions. What we gain is …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:41AMCome From Away has come here to stay. The four-time Olivier Award-winning musical has extended its West End run into 2020.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:41AMWhy has Time Out chosen Dante or Die's User Not Found as one of its Top Theatre Picks for May? The raves that Time Out's Andrzej Lukowski and so many other critics gave the show when it was …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMNeil Austin’s lighting design in Rosmersholm at the Duke of York’s Theatre is a thing of beauty and Hayley Atwell is excellent but Ibsen is still Ibsen…
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‘On Air’ at Creative Cauldron. “. . . this is a lovely show about hope and dreams and a time when America still seemed to be excited about progress and believed that yes, we can.” �…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:52AMThis past Wednesday I participated in a symposium at Indiana University, as part of the opening of its new Center for Cultural Affairs. Among other programs, the Center features a new Arts, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48AMLatecomers to director Terry Kinney's finely-acted Signature Theatre revival of Sam Shepard's 1977 dysfunctional family drama, Curse of the Starving Class, will miss the showstopping bit of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33AMThough it is not a recent Disney hit or from a well-known children’s classic, “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” playing now at the Children’s Theatre of Annapolis (CTA), has taken many audie…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:20AMFrom Stanley Kubrick and Agnès Varda to Shane Meadows’ The Virtues, non-actors can bring authenticity — and political authority — to a work
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