BROADWAY BY THE YEAR by Broadway Select

BROADWAY BY THE YEAR: 1965 & 1978, proved to be another valuable edition in the long-running series. Eight top Broadway...Continue Reading The post BROADWAY BY THE YEAR appeared first on…

Jeremy Pope’s Breakout Double Debut Earns Dual Tony Nominations by Tony Awards – Cbs New York

Jeremy Pope earned nominations for best performance in a play for "Choir Boy" and best performance in a musical for "Ain't Too Proud To Beg." CBS2's Dave Carlin reports.

Tony Awards 2019: Caitlin Kinnunen Nominated For ‘The Prom’ by Tony Awards – Cbs New York

Actress Caitlin Kinnunen is nominated for a Tony award as Leading Actress in the new musical "The Prom". In an interview with CBS2's Dave Carlin, the first-time nominee talks about playing …

User Not Found, The CoffeeWorks Project review - solo play set in a café offers food for thought by Matt Wolf

Dante or Die's latest is mirthful and mournful in turn Who is that slithering on the floor by your foot, or coming to rest by or upon your knee? Audiences lucky enough to find themselves at…

Summer concerts at Mt. Wilson Observatory by Pauline Adamek

The third season of Mt. Wilson Observatory’s Sunday Afternoon Concerts in the Dome has commenced, and continues on the first Sunday of each month. The next concert is this Sunday, June 2.…

Everyman opens its new Upstairs Theatre as part of 8-play 2019-2020 season by Tim Treanor

This coming season, Everyman Theatre will inaugurate The Upstairs Theatre, its new 210-seat performance space, with a three-play new play festival, against a backdrop of five classic plays o…

Berlin: True Copy, Brighton Festival 2019 review - tricksy forgery masterclass by Thomas H. Green

Superbly conceived and crafted multimedia theatre piece about art forgery This brilliantly conceived and executed show is about provenance in art. It’s also about our perceptions of the tr…

Celebrating strength, pride and achievement of First Nations artists at National Indigenous Arts Awards  by Arts Review

The Australia Council for the Arts have celebrated the contribution of First Nations artists at the 12th National Indigenous Arts Awards, presented last night at the Sydney Opera House. Resp…

QueerX Fest by Pauline Adamek

Get out your dancing shoes! This weekend is QueerX — a one-of-a-kind festival created by and for the global queer community. The premiere queer global streaming network Revry presents Que…

Today on Broadway: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: “Mean Girls” to Get a New Queen Bee, Live Action “Aladdin” Soars at Box Office, Broadway Pop-Up Museum in the Works [display_podcast] “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Mond…

Broadway by the Year: The Broadway Musicals of 1965 & 1978 by Joel Benjamin

Several songs were from flop shows and given new life by Streisand:  “He Touched Me” from "Drat! The Cat!" sung with infectious flirtatiousness by Lianne Marie Dobbs; “Why Did I Choos…

Film Review: Lin Shaye in ‘Room for Rent’ by Kurt Gardner

The familiar character actor has a field day playing a psycho landlady.

Off the Screen @ Sierra Madre Playhouse by Pauline Adamek

Sierra Madre Playhouse has launched a projected ongoing film series, Off the Screen @ SMP, in which they will feature mid-week screenings of films that are in some way related to their cur…

THE ARTIST AND THE MAN by Joe Dziemianowicz

Kenneth Branagh s film portrait of Shakespeare features fine performances and striking cinematography.

Herstory Lesson: A Review of Six at Chicago Shakespeare Theater by Amanda Finn

Just say "yas" to these queens.

New Christmas London Palladium pantomime Goldilocks and the Three Bears to star Matt Baker, Julian Clary, and Paul O'Grady

This panto is just right! It has been announced today that Paul O'Grady, Matt Baker, and Julian Clary are set to star in this year's London Palladium pantomime, Goldilocks and the Three Bear…

Disney tops US box office with ‘Aladdin’ reboot

Guy Ritchie-directed movie hauled in $112.7m over Memorial Day holiday weekend

Review: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ at the Maryland Ensemble Theatre by Bob Ashby

All the familiar characters are there: Lizzy Bennet, her sisters and parents; suitors Darcy, Bingley, Collins, and Wickham; the de Bourghs and Charlotte. The basic plot lines and period sett…

Thespians for Life by Alex Minton

Former International Thespian Officers on 21st century skills The post Thespians for Life appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Enter Laughing the Musical by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

As David, Chris Dwan does not make one forget the inimitable Grisetti who spun every moment into a comic turn. However, Dwan is charming as the undaunted hero who must deal with problems beh…

Chita Rivera Is Happy to Look Back. But She Never Stops Marching Forward. by Elysa Gardner

The musical theater veteran, 86, will nod at her signature roles in new performances at Feinstein’s/54 Below.

16 Years on ‘Avenue Q,’ Wrangling Puppets and Performances by Darryn King

Since 2003, Christine M. Daly had been the stage manager of the rowdy musical, which held its final performance at New World Stages on Sunday.

Curse of the Starving Class by Joel Benjamin

The original production of "Curse of the Starving Class" in 1977 was a shocker even for a time when permissiveness prevailed.  Kinney seems to have decided that the play Shepard wrote isn�…

Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy Wow Us! by Corine Cohen

After Fosse Verdon: What Next? Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya; Lunt and Fontanne by Jonathan Mandell

Fosse Verdon, the FX TV series about the marriage and artistic collaboration between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, ends its eight-episode run on May 28, 2019. What other theater couples from th…

Femi Elufowoju Jr: Why did Tennessee Williams marginalise African Americans? by Bridget Minamore

The director takes about hearing The Glass Menagerie differently – and recalls the day he realised he had to do more than act His career has spanned more than three decades, but Femi Elufo…

Blueprint Medea review – Euripides explodes in modern London by Arifa Akbar

Finborough theatre, LondonJulia Pascal’s dynamic production sees Medea reborn as a former fighter against Isis who finds Jason in the British capital Euripides’ Medea is not just a blood…

25 Days of Tonys: How What the Constitution Means to Me’s Heidi Schreck Got Her Start in Theatre by Ruthie Fierberg

The playwright and actor shares her childhood theatre memories and the one person with whom she wants to work next.

One Fateful Night with Donny Hathaway by Salamishah Tillet

The bio-play “Twisted Melodies” aims to remind us of his timeless musicianship and unsettling personal struggles.

ARF Designer Show House by Barry Gordin

Glorious Day for Annual Thrift Shop Designer Show house. May 26, 2019: On Saturday the Animal Rescue Fund hosted the annual ARF Thrift Shop Designer Show House Cocktail Party & Sale t…

Tony Awards 2019: How King Kong Comes To Life On Broadway by Tony Awards – Cbs New York

Meet the team behind the giant King Kong puppet that brings the ape to life on Broadway.

People You Should Know . . . Daniel Damiano by Zack Calhoon

DANIEL DAMIANO is an award-winning playwright, actor and published poet based in Brooklyn, NY. Recent productions of his work include the acclaimed World Premiere of Harmony Park (Detroit…

The Flamingo Kid: Follow the Pink-and-Blue Road by Bob Verini

★★★ A sprightly, nostalgic musical of the 1960s sacrifices some of the stronger qualities of its cinematic source The post The Flamingo Kid: Follow the Pink-and-Blue Road appeared firs…

Tranquility Disrupted – Sean Donovan’s CABIN by Dan O'Neil

Donovan builds a tranquil place effortlessly, and then creates darkness within the negative (theatrical) space around it, using it as atmospheric pressure to hold the memory in place.

Designer Lizzie Clachan: ‘I don’t want to limit my ambition – I’m always over budget’ by Nick Smurthwaite

Since her work with experimental collective Shunt, Lizzie Clachan has brought radical designs to London’s biggest stages, including a forest of office

‘It’s impossible not to get swept up in the excitement’: MATILDA THE MUSICAL – Touring ★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

For many parents unable to travel to London, this is their opportunity to take children to Matilda The Musical for the first time, and it’s impossible not to get swept up in the excitement…

Aislinn Rose is new artistic and general director of the Theatre Centre by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Organization’s former creative producer follows in footsteps of her mentor Franco Boni.

Review: ‘Antigonick’ and ‘The Fragments of Sappho’ by Taffety Punk Theatre Company by John Stoltenberg

Antiquity is in the house and what’s old is new again. Taffety Punk is presenting two short theater pieces featuring its signature integration of dance, drama, and music based on voices fr…

Film Review: “The Souvenir” — A Painful Past, Plainly Presented by Cassidy Olsen

Verisimilitude is rarely a meaningful measure by which to judge a film, but The Souvenir is obsessed with exploring the line between documentary and narrative, reality and art. The post Film…

Operation Mincemeat review – baggy burlesque of British secret service by Kate Wyver

New Diorama, LondonAn abundance of wit and one-liners can’t make up for the lack of directorial focus in SpitLip’s antiwar satire With whip-smart humour and a stellar soundtrack, SpitLip…

Hayley Atwell: how I fell for a blazing feminist who fascinated Freud by Hayley Atwell

The British star of period dramas and superhero movies thought Ibsen’s Rosmersholm would be all bum rolls and dusty parlours. But it gave her one of her most mercurial roles Some consider …

Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors review – grisly gags at the Tower of London by Chris Wiegand

Iffy insults fly, heads bounce around and the wiper of the king’s bottom takes a bow – all in the moat where alligators swam ‘I’m Anne Boleyn, yeah, I’m married to this dude,” go…

From London: Miller Vibrant, Strindberg Strong, Sweet Charity Less Sweet by David Finkle

More reactions to a diverse, generally rewarding current London season--and like-able Sally Field The post From London: Miller Vibrant, Strindberg Strong, Sweet Charity Less Sweet appeared f…

25 Days of Tonys: The Boys in the Band’s Robin de Jesús Reveals the Hilarious Title of His Would-Be Bio-Musical by Ruthie Fierberg

And which of his former co-stars he wants to write it.

13 Shows Featuring Service Men and Women by Ruthie Fierberg

How many of these plays and musicals honoring the armed forces are you familiar with?

Drama Desk Winner & Two-Time-Tony Nom Laura Osnes – 54 Below Interview and Performance! by Susan Bell

Stagebuddy’s Sue Bell interviews Drama Desk Winner & Two-Time-Tony Nominee Laura Osnes about her new show “Things are Looking Up” at 54 Below.  They also talk about how Laura find…

This Week's #LiveAtFive Features Tony Nom Amber Gray, The Prom Co-Creators and the Audience Choice Awards by Caitlin Moynihan

Broadway.com's #LiveAtFive is a daily news show on Facebook Live, in which our editors discuss the newest buzz on Broadway, chat with stage stars about their current projects, and take q…

‘A heady mix of theatre & performance art’: DRESSED. – Touring by Shane Morgan

dressed. is an unflinching, deeply personal, deeply political insight into the horror of assault, both physical and psychological.

Podcast Episode 191 — Tony Nominated Director/Choreographer Warren Carlyle

So many people out there would kill to sing and dance on Broadway. But not all of them. When the Billy Elliot-like Warren Carlyle danced over to the US from the West End (after appearing in…

Podcast Episode 191 — Tony Nominated Director/Choreographer Warren Carlyle

https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1183955-191-warren-carlyle.mp3 So many people out there would kill to sing and dance on Broadway. But not all of them. When the Billy Elliot-like Warren Ca…

Sotheby's to Auction Off Gershwin-Autographed Porgy and Bess Manuscript by Dan Meyer

Bidding will start June 7 for a signed copy of the composer's sketch-leaf to the song "Leavin' For De Promise Lan'."

Review: ‘Ghost Light’ by Parlor Room Theater by Jane Franklin

A play is ephemeral. The written words momentarily dance off the page as they are given body and voice, transformed into experience, and witnessed by an audience. The conclusion arrives, the…

GRACE NOTES: Monday, May 27, 2019 by Susan Grace

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Memorial Day 2019: Remembering The American War Dead by Jonathan Mandell

  On Memorial Day, we remember and honor the approximately 1.1. million Americans who have been killed in U.S. Wars   Memorial Day has its origins in the Civil War, which incurred the grea…

‘I call it my Happy Lord of the Flies’: Wise Children’s Emma Rice talks about the inspiration for her Malory Towers musical by Anne Cox

The halcyon days of school and the opportunities it afforded her mother has led Wise Children artistic director Emma Rice to adapt Enid Blyton’s classic boarding school story, Malory Tower…

Look Back at the 2018-2019 Season in Photos by Marc J. Franklin

Ahead of the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, take a look at the historic firsts, memorable reunions, and magical moments that highlighted the year on Broadway.

Disability, Identity, and Representation by Andrea Kovich

By Andrea Kovich. Andrea Kovich talks about the glaring need for more disabled theatremakers, the importance of new plays and musicals, and working with a disabled dramaturg during a new wor…

Booking has been extended for Björn Ulvaeus’ Mamma Mia! The Party

Audiences are obviously keen to don their shiny Super Trouper outfits and head to The O2 this summer as the booking period for Mamma Mia! The Party, the new immersive theatrical and dining e…

Why I’m Starting My Own Business by Victoria Cairl

“Am I on brand?”, I asked myself as I looked in the mirror. Continue reading on Medium »

Wally Vernon: A Hilarious Hoofer by Trav S.D.

Wally Vernon (1905-1970) was second generation show biz, joining his parents onstage as early as age three, growing up in vaudeville and acting with stock companies based out of New York Cit…

BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Adam Szymkowicz, Life of a Playwright by James Marino

James Marino speaks with Adam Szymkowicz about making a life as a playwright. Guest: Adam Szymkowicz, Playwright   ADAM SZYMKOWICZ’s plays have been produced throughout the U.S., and in C…

A Yippee-Yi-Yay To Remember: Sure As Shootin’ “The Skylight Theatre Company” Kicks Up Their Heels With The Wild, Western, And Wonderful World P by Leo Buck

Under his letter-perfect and agile direction, Bird and his cast and crew have concocted a big, bright, bubbly Valentine to hope-against-hope and the good old-fashioned value of having a drea…

FEATURED SHOW: ★★★★ reviews are in for ‘powerful & hard-hitting female tale’ Blueprint Medea by Featured Content

Take Euripides, Kurdish resistance and refugees in London and what do you get? "A powerful and hard-hitting female tale." We've rounded up highlights from reviews of the premiere of Julia Pa…

BROADWAY HEAT: Oklahoma! and Hadestown Edition: The Championship Round! by JK

HOT on Broadway (adj): fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor. BROADWAY HEAT X 2: Oklahoma! / Hadestown EditionLike we said last week, in order to get through the re…

‘The perfect start to a night out on the town’: SH!TFACED SHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW – Leicester Square Theatre ★★★★ by Amy Toledano

Magnificent Bastard Productions have done well to keep this essentially one joke show fresh and exhilarating in Sh!t-faced Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shew.

Bronx Gothic: one woman shaking oppression to the core by Alexis Soloski

Assaulting the audience with its ‘twerking gone wrong’, Okwui Okpokwasili’s dance-theatre hybrid draws on difficult memories of her childhood Okwui Okpokwasili wants to shake you. Up a…

New West End Tina Star Nkeki Obi-Melekwe on Meeting Ms. Turner & What Adrienne Warren Gave Her by Matt Wolf

Nkeki Obi-Melekwe at only 22 has stepped into the starring role of anyone’s dreams, succeeding 2019 Olivier nominee Adrienne Warren in the title role of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical at th…

Indian Films ‘Kaasav’ And ‘Dithee’ at the India Pavilion During Festival De Cannes 2019 by Blouin Artinfo

Actor, Producer Dr. Mohan Agashe unveiled the trailer of his films Kaasav (Turtle) and Dithee (Seeing) at the India Pavilion at Festival De Cannes 2019 (Cannes Film Festival 2019) as per an …

Balenciaga: shaping fashion by Arts Review

The work of fashion revolutionary Cristobal Balenciaga will go on show exclusively at the Bendigo Art Gallery this August in Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion. Cristobal Balenciaga’s exquisite c…

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory confirmed for Brisbane, 2020 by Erin James

Confirmed: Brisbane has a golden ticket! Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, the new musical based on Roald Dahl’s classic novel, is coming to Brisbane’s Lyric Theatre QPAC in March 2020.…

Live Performance Australia welcomes new Arts Minister by Arts Review

Live Performance Australia (LPA) has congratulated the Hon Paul Fletcher MP on his appointment as the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts. “We look forward to working wi…

On the Couch with Michael Tortoni by Arts Review

Who is Michael Tortoni? I’m a simple man that has made a lifelong commitment to music, and perceives Jazz as an intellectual pursuit for freedom. What would you do differently to what you …

‘Filled with naughtiness & playfulness’: LITTLE DEATH CLUB – Underbelly Festival ★★★★★ by Emma Clarendon

If ever a cabaret show was more sexy, bold and as inclusive as Little Death Club is then I have yet to discover it.

22 Broadway-Themed Promposals From the 2019 Prom Season by Felicia Fitzpatrick

We asked, you answered: What was your theatre-inspired promposal?

Fine 'Marriage of Figaro' outshines previous efforts at Opera Theatre of St. Louis by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

This is a well-considered, well-sung production of one of the world's greatest operas

“Parsifal” at Bayreuther Festspiele, Germany by Blouin Artinfo

Richard Wagner’s “Parsifal” will soon be on stage at Bayreuther Festspiele, Germany from July 30 through August 26, 2019.Wagner’s last completed opera was first produced at the secon…

“Glen Hansard: This Wild Willing Tour” at Beacon Theatre, New York by Blouin Artinfo

The Oscar Award-winning artist Glen Hansard (of the film “Once” fame) will be on stage at the Beacon Theatre as part of his “This Wild Willing Tour” on June 1, 2019.According to the …

“Glen Hansard: This Wild Willing Tour” at Beacon Theatre, New York by Blouin Artinfo

The Oscar Award-winning artist Glen Hansard (of the film “Once” fame) will be on stage at the Beacon Theatre as part of his “This Wild Willing Tour” on June 1, 2019. According to the…

Stephanie Street: Quality work hinges on a happy creative process by Stephanie Street

I was never a fan of the summer term. Even half my life away from the last written tests I took, I

Top 5 theatre shows to see this week (May 27-June 2) by Natasha Tripney

Rutherford and Son – National Theatre, London Roger Allam takes the title role of the domineering patriarch in Polly Findlay’s production of Githa

Lyn Gardner: Putting on a fringe show is more than just tough – it takes a miracle by Lyn Gardner

Last week, The Stage published a piece I had written that followed a production on the London fringe – The Amber Trap

BBC Commences Filming “Call The Midwife” Series 9 by Blouin Artinfo

Filming of the ninth series of the award-winning drama “Call The Midwife” has begun, announces BBC. Created and written by Heidi Thomas, the ninth season of “Call The Midwife” follow…

Is crowdfunding the future of opera and ballet?

As public funding declines, the art forms are waking up to the long-term potential of small giving

Can You Guess All 10 Ties at the Tony Awards? by Dan Meyer

There have only been 10 ties since the first ceremony in 1947. Can you guess who or what show shared the iconic trophies?

Alex Brightman, Laura Osnes, Derek Klena, More Are Part of Broadway Bakes Fundraiser at Schmackary's, Starting May 27 by Andrew Gans

The annual fundraiser at the Hell's Kitchen cookie shop benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Come From Away's Caesar Samayoa Is Part of Green-Wood's 21st Annual Memorial Day Concert May 27 by Andrew Gans

The free Brooklyn concert features patriotic tunes as well as songs by Leonard Bernstein and Fred Ebb.

Artistic Director Colin Connor on the Limón Dance Company's Upcoming Season at the Joyce Theater by The Dance Enthusiast

In Artistic Director Colin Connor on the Limón Dance Company's Upcoming Season at the Joyce Theater Featuring Masterworks by José Limón, with Premieres by Connor, and Francesca Harper , …

IMPRESSIONS: Harlem Stage E-Moves Program B with Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik, It’s Showtime NYC, and TweetBoogie by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Harlem Stage E-Moves Program B with Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik, It’s Showtime NYC, and TweetBoogie, "E-Moves at Harlem Stage isn’t here to tell you what hip-hop can …