'Hadestown' and 'Ain't Too Proud' clocked personal bests, while 'What the Constitution Means to Me' is gaining on 'The Ferryman.'
SOURCE: Forbes at 10:54PMTatiana Baccari is a Brooklyn-based director, theater practitioner, creative producer and filmmaker. Her work often centers on women's stories and the intersections between identity, gender…
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Javan Nelson is a multi-disciplinary, Brooklyn-based artist and producer. He has previously worked at/with: The Bushwick Starr, Target Margin Theater, Fres…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:42PMNATALIE JOHNSONIUS NEUBERT is a theatre maker, sound artist, and curator. She has worked throughout New York at such venues as Ensemble Studio Theater, The Ohio Theater, Urban Stages, The C…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:42PMBest Medicine Rep, the DMV’s only theater company devoted to comedy, will present a 2019-2020 season composed of a fresh comedy from the West Coast, a reprise of a successful 2018 producti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36PMWhen asked about how she comes up with ideas for her plays (which, let me tell you from personal experience, is every writer’s favorite interview question), playwright, director, and filmm…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:36PMWhat is the recipe for a Wayne Brady? You need a pound of generosity and, like, a ton of charm, and then fourteen gallons of talent, open up a can of fearlessness, and sprinkle at least four…
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Paul T Davies previews the line-up at the Pulse Festival 2019 at the New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich. Book Now!
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:48PMEverybody loves ABBA — and that includes every race, gender, religion and every kind of person under the sun. That said, it’s no wonder that Mamma Mia!, a Broadway show that turned into …
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:36PM“Two centuries of calumny have created sympathy for the musical devil: I found Salieri’s grave festooned with bouquets. These were evidence that the man and his music are enjoying a mode…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:33PM“Whether we look at political, economic or military capital, one thing is clear. Heritage is a top-down idea – it is defined and used by the most powerful members of society, rather than…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:33PMOakland Ballet performs Graham Lustig's "Jangala," based on Kipling's "Jungle Book," with an Indian music score and a contemporary urban landscape.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:24PMThere’s plenty to enjoy in this adaptation of a 1984 movie set at a Long Island beach club. But plenty to fix, as well.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24PMby Morgan Siobhan Green
I was brought on to Be More Chill during the transfer to Broadway. Full disclosure, I hadn’t seen the show before I went in. It was sort of a relief and freedom in …
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 06:21PMWritten By Julio Martinez
The start of previews for the 10th annual Hollywood Fringe Festival begin on June 6. The night before previews, HFF will hold its Last Office Hours at Thym…
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Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Joel Grey to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Bay Street Theater
Long Island's Bay Street Theater has announced that awa…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:52PMBox office for the 2018-19 Broadway season hit a big $1.829 billion, easily besting the second closest recent year-end tally (last year’s tally for an unusual 53-week season of $1.697 bil…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:52PMThe best (or worst, depending on your preferences) aspect to Boston Calling has become its attention to youth-centric subcultures that have blown mainstream in DJs/electronic music and hip-h…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:42PM“My intention was to always embed the choreography into the staging, so that it didn’t feel like the story stopped for a dance number,” reveals “Hadestown” choreographer David Neum…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMAmong the heavy hitters contributing to the new record is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is now the first Broadway play to gross over $100 million in a single year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMWhat does it mean to “revitalize” something that we had a hand in extinguishing? Bunker Hill was a vital neighborhood that was dismembered by city, state and federal policies, then reass…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PMScott Cantrell: “Thirty years later, week after week, I still marvel at the acoustics of my favorite modern symphony hall — maybe my favorite of any age. The sound seems a physical, tact…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PMA.I.M (formerly Abraham in Motion) seeks a dynamic Executive Director to partner with Artistic Director, Kyle Abraham, and the Board during an exciting period of growth and productivity. HIS…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PM“No matter the establishment — cafe, trattoria, dive bar, coffeehouse, doughnut shop, pharmacy, even — those who make themselves permanent fixtures almost all say the same thing about …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PM“For five years and counting — the latest lawsuit came Friday — the artist’s family, friends and associates have been trading lurid courtroom allegations of kidnapping, hired goons, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PM100 other theatre artists will come together this weekend for a 24-hour live reading of the special counsel's report.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:11PMThe tour, starring Kaena Kekoa, Clinton Greenspan, and Major Attaway, celebrates two years on the road.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PM By Sandi Durell The sizzle and buzz at Feinstein’s/54 Below just entering the room is hot with anticipation, every seat filled. And then from off stage comes a familiar musical ring …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:09PMAin't Too Proud also enjoyed an uptick in sales over the holiday weekend.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMMONDAY "Ms. Blakk For President": Steppenwolf ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney stars in this play based on the true story of Joan Jett Blakk, the radical drag persona of Terence Smith w…
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As choreographer of the musical Hadestown, David Neumann brings extra layers of sass and poetry to the hit show.
SOURCE: Forbes at 03:50PMSusan KimHometown: Midtown Manhattan... as a matter of fact, I was born one block east of EST.Current Town: 40 blocks south.Q: Tell me about your play in the EST Marathon.
A: It's a…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 03:46PMincluding Broadway's Justin Peck, Sara Mearns, Tiler Peck, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lawrence Leritz, Megan Mullally and Chita Rivera.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMFilmgoers across America flocked to cinemas over Memorial Day weekend to check out the highly anticipated live-action remake of Aladdin. Guy Ritchie's new film, starring Mena Massoud in th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMOklahoma! Tony nominee Ali Stroker talks about overcoming insecurity, finding her tribe on Broadway, and unlocking the power in Ado Annie and herself.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:41PMGet a behind-the-scenes look at the elephant puppet from "Circle of Life."
The Lion King continues ascendant as one of the most popular stage musicals in the world, with a worldwide gross e…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:40PMStuart Ross directs the return engagement of the Off-Broadway musical at the York Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMKathryn Scanlan found the journal in a bin of unsold items at an estate sale; it covered the years 1968-72. “Over the years, Scanlan ‘edited, arranged, and rearranged’ the contents, th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMOn one hand, passion for one’s work can lead to greater satisfaction. But the researchers’ new paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, “Understanding Contemporary F…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMSHOOTING STAR AIMS, SHOOTS … AND BORES Shooting Star, billed as “A Revealing New Musical” — and getting its World Premiere at the Hudson Theatres in Los Angeles under the direction o…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:28PMBy Douglas Mayo
London’s new musical comedy Amour will end its run early on Saturday, 8 June 2019 having played 45 performances. Don't miss out, Book Now!
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:07PMThe event will be held June 24 at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMThe event will be held June 24 at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMThe unofficial "Year of Frankenstein" concludes with this world premiere adaptation that features Mary Shelley not just as author but player.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMStyle and grace fill the stage with abundance in Black Ensemble Theater’s latest show. When you’re focusing on Lena Horne and Nancy Wilson, how could they not? But if you’re looking fo…
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Center Repertory Company in Walnut Creek presents "Woody Sez,' a Woody Guthrie jukebox musical that touches on the folk legend's songs and politics.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:51PMThe groundbreaking classic from the '70s is a featured part of the American Ballet Theatre's Tharp Trio performances beginning May 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMKyle Selig is winning over audiences nightly as the heartwarming hunk Aaron Samuels in the Broadway hit Mean Girls. Selig is perfection as the modern leading man, but to no surprise, the mu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMTootsie Tony nom Lilli Cooper graces us with her golden vocals.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMSarah Stiles and the cast of Tootsie draw up a tribute to star Santino Fontana.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMIt's so nice you can say it twice six times! Halley Feiffer's Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow is set to arrive at off-Broadway's MCC Theater, and the cast is getting ready by meeti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMRon and Staci Schnell have a special affection for Marvin Hamlisch’s romantic musical — even after seeing it 25 times.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMFrom Pippin to Macbeth, here are the roles we’re hoping they play next
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 02:27PMAnother piece making its world premiere at the Fringe is Son of a Bitch, the story of the controversial political strategist Lee Atwater. It was written by Lucy Gillespie, playwright of last…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:18PMShe began her career in the Bay Area in the 1970s; adopting the masculine pseudonym was one of her first Conceptual works. She never revealed any personal info and almost never explained her…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMWhen Barbara Walters launched the show in 1997, it was seen as mildly scandalous that someone with her journalistic prestige would go to daytime TV; when President Barack Obama appeared on i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMLast Out is a raw emotional journey with no illusions as its core value. It is an intense confessional about military service and the effects on family, told from multiple perspectives. It i…
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The June release includes a special live performance from the late 2019 Special Tony Award recipient Marin Mazzie.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:55PMThe new play by Ben Gonshor is about the purge of Yiddish and Jewish culture and life during the Stalin era.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth recounts the wild twists in Beth Malone’s career and how she quit theatre several times before landing a Tony nomination.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMWhen Farrell Parker steps out onto the black box stage at The Writer’s Center in Flying V’s version of We’re Gonna Die, something explodes. Light and sound—literally—erupt. And whi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:46PMGeorge Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream returns to New York City Ballet May 28 to June 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMThe pair recorded and released a music video to Des'ree's "You Gotta Be," the proceeds of which will go to the L.A. LGBT Center's Youth Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMChances are if you’re reading NiteLifeExchange.com you’re already a champion of the arts—and therefore understand the vital necessity to cultivate and teach the arts to succeeding gene…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:27PMWhat’s next at LA STAGE Alliance?
We recently had a Community Conversation to connect with our members and stakeholders to reconnect, receive feedback, and answer questions about the chan…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:18PMBarry Manilow will perform his many hits in "Manilow Broadway," which will run at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from July 26 to Aug. 17.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 01:18PMCherkaoui’s previous production for the Bayerische Staatsoper was full of political brilliance and wit — but this one falls flat
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:10PMHow do you replicate perfection—especially when it involves dumping gallons of water onstage? Any theater company that undertakes a production of Singin’ in the Rain, the beloved movie m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:08PMThe tiny California Symphony is 1/25th of the Pittsburgh Symphony. But the smaller orchestra has seen the size of its audience and its support explode in the past few years. The growth is ba…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMConsidered a giant in the museum field, Lonnie Bunch, 66, becomes the 14th secretary of the quasi-federal institution, responsible for a $1.5 billion annual budget that supports 19 museums, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMThe director Scott Le Crass chatted to us about reviving Country Music by Simon Stephens at the Omnibus Theatre from 29 May 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe composer-lyricist remembers how he first fell in love with theatre.
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The duo's sixth collaboration opened May 28, 1953.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMA recent development in theater, television and film performance, in terms of theory and practice, is the role of intimacy director. There was a video on The Atlantic which frames it as emer…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 12:44PMIn Nigel Shawn Williams’ hands, racism and misogyny foreground the jealousy traditionally seen as the primary theme of Shakespeare’s Othello, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:43PMAlso planned is a concert presentation of a new musical in development by Adam Ben-David, Christyn Budzyna, and Jessica Penzias.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMBetween the push-ups, mud dances, cooing babies, jars of goose fat, and actual geese, what's not onstage at the Jacobs can be as fascinating as what's onstage.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:39PMI’d like to draw your attention to this gent’s website. First, because he generously named my book No Applause as the best book on American vaudeville. Second, because I admire what he …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:33PMCongratulations are in order! Beloved Broadway couple Wesley Taylor and Isaac Cole Powell were engaged this weekend in Woodstock, NY. The couple started dating in 2017.
Taylor has been seen …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMCanadian Opera Company and Soulpepper have the most nominations overall as the Doras celebrate their 40th anniversary and introduce gender neutral performance awards.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:25PMFriday Night Love Poem, a trio of tales about young women exploring their sexuality for the first time, comes to Camden People's Theatre later this week as part of the venue's Calm Down, Dea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:22PMTony-winning director Casey Nicholaw talks working with Beth Leavel on The Prom, the musical that changed his life as a kid, and his Broadway-bound Dreamgirls and Some Like It Hot.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:21PMJonathan Kent’s straightforward production, with handsome designs by the late Paul Brown, has framed some memorable performances since its unveiling in 2006
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMNewsday theater critic Barbara Schuler took Hauppauge teen Gigi Manta to see the Broadway hit "Be More Chill." Who liked the show more?
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMThe '80s hair band musical "Rock of Ages" will enjoy a 16-week Off-Broadway run this summer to mark the show's 10th anniversary.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMTasha Partee, whose high school student Andrew Barth Feldman is the star of Broadway's "Dear Evan Hansen," will receive the Inspiring Teacher Award in June.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMThe darker, re-imagined Broadway revival of "Oklahoma!" that was scheduled to run through Sept. 1 has been extended through Jan.19.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMSophia Anne Caruso and the performance of "Day-O" are the only lively elements in the Broadway musical "Beetlejuice."
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMThe musical "Hadestown" leads Tony Awards nominations with 14 nods.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMTickets for Hugh Jackman's Oct. 5 show at Nassau Coliseum go on sale Friday morning at 10 through Ticketmaster.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PM"Jagged Little Pill: The Musical," inspired by Alanis Morissette's 1995 album smash, begins previews Nov. 3 and opens Dec. 5 at Broadway's Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PM"Madame Tussauds New York Presents Broadway" opening June 4 gives visitors a peek into the many details that go into staging a huge musical.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMLong Islanders Will Roland, the star of "Be More Chill," and Andrew Barth Feldman, who plays the title role in "Dear Evan Hansen," are both contenders in Broadway.com's Audience Choice Award…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMGrammy-nominated singer Vanessa Carlton will play Carole King in "Beautiful" on Broadway for 10 weeks beginning June 27.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMThe story and songs of Gloria Estefan make for entertainment that you have you dancing in the aisles in "On Your Feet!" at The Gateway in Bellport.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMThe Broadway smash "To Kill a Mockingbird" has taken in $40,113,926, making it the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMJesse Eisenberg's new play "Happy Talk" features a fine performance by Susan Sarandon, but the story fails to rise to the same level,
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMThe John W. Engeman Theater's latest musical, "Aida," is a stunner thanks to an extraordinary cast, great production values and the songs of Elton John and Tim Rice.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMMOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL (Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 W. 45th St., previews start June 28 for a July 25 opening.) The stage version of the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film got raves when it played Bo…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMThe show asks a lot of its impressive cast, with each of the eight singers performing almost nonstop the challenging a cappella beats and harmonies.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMMary-Louise Parker, everyone's favorite pot pusher from "Weeds," returns to Broadway this fall, playing a writer and Yale professor facing a devastating cancer diagnosis in Pulitzer finalist…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMNo surprise that by the time "Whole Lotta Shakin' " closes the show, everyone's singing along and dancing like the kids they once were.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMGet your tickets for 10-must see shows, including the regional premiere of "Kinky Boots," at Long Island theaters this summer.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:12PMJulia Pascal’s Blueprint Medea loosely transposes Euripides’ tragedy to modern day London. In her version, the title character (Ruth D’Silva) is an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PM“The Sud Culture Solidaires trade union said in a statement that the Louvre was ‘suffocating’ and staff were being overwhelmed by the number of visitors. … ‘More than 10 million pe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMThe stated idea behind the tours is to attract Parisians who avoid the museum because of the massive crowds of tourists. If that’s the case, though, why are the tours being offered through…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMBatsheva Dance Company’s Ohad Naharin told Army Radio, “BDS is against the occupation, something I sympathize with. I’ve always said that if protesting and boycotting my performances w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PM“Louisville, Kentucky has gotten used to the fact that the maestro rides his bike to concerts. No limo, no tux for him. At 32, Teddy Abrams is the youngest conductor of a major orchestra i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMThe Dutch National Ballet tried it two years ago with a new piece for its junior company, and it worked. English National Opera and Music Theatre Wales have projects they hope to try the tac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PM“[The expert engaged for the project] has 22 months to identify potential risks to the world-famous museum, such as fires, theft or terrorist attacks, and to come up with ‘a massive evac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMBen Lewis, who wrote a recent book on the history of Salvator Mundi, says curators at the Louvre don’t believe the $450 million painting is entirely Leonardo’s work and wouldn’t exhibi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PM“Some 20,000 unionized musicians across the country will soon see ‘painful’ reductions in their pension benefits in order to keep the American Federation of Musicians’ $1.8 billion m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMSarah Kaufman: “The subtlety, intelligence and beauty of Federer’s play can pull us into a direct and instant involvement with grace. We experience a dimension of humanness that feels pe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMChristine M. Daly: “There’s a spray that we use [on the puppets], but there’s not a lot you can do about it. You cannot wash their insides. That’s the hard part. We are probably the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMHe had been highly regarded for his multi-volume life of Theodore Roosevelt, the first book of which won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer, when he shook up the literary and political wor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMDaniel Pollack-Pelzner, an editor on the Norton Shakespeare edition, wasn’t worried about profaning the Bard’s texts; he thought the playwrights were being told to stick too close to the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMFigures indicate that the number of books checked out at college libraries accross the U.S. has fallen by as much as two-thirds over the last decade, even as use of the library buildings has…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMWhat’s particularly frustrating for international festival presenters is the idea of treating artists like immigrants and that they are not seen as the economic motors they are. After all,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMThe Obie-winning festival returns to the New Ohio June 26–August 10 with a slate of shows directed entirely by women.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMWith a name taken from Shakespeare’s classic play Hamlet: “There is a willow grows aslant the brook”, Aslant Theatre Company is interested in producing both new works and imaginative i…
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Barry Manilow is coming back to Broadway.
The Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning musician announced on Tuesday that he would take the stage at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from July 26-Aug. 1…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:57AMFilibustered and Unfiltered: America Reads the Mueller Report will begin at The Arc in Queens June 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMDane Figueroa Edidi is many things. She is a playwright, poet, choreographer, performance artist, priestess, and advocate. She is also a Nigerian, Cuban, Indigenous transgender woman. To und…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:54AMWhen a stage manager places a single incandescent light bulb on a stand, front and center on a stage, it has a practical reason. The “ghost light” provides safety in the dark for living …
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 11:53AMThe Tony-winning musical ends its Off-Broadway run nearly 10 years after opening at New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMLevy has appeared in the West End productions of Ghost the Musical and the 2010 revival of Hair.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMThe limited run will begin performances July 10 at D.C.'s Sidney Harman Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMBarry Manilow is headed back to The Great White Way. The award-winning music icon and Broadway alum will play a 17-performance concert engagement this summer as part of the In Residence on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMRenée Rapp is toughening up for Broadway. The strong-voiced 2018 Jimmy Award winner will take over the role of "Queen Bee" Regina George in the Tony-nominated musical Mean Girls beginn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMNEWSical The Musical, the fifth-longest-running musical in off-Broadway history and 2011 winner of the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Musical, will conclude its historic run at the Kir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThe whirling dervish of a star in Broadway’s Tootsie talks about her latest Tony nomination.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMEdward Albee’s provocative theatrical exercise is far trickier to realize onstage than it is to appreciate on paper.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:18AMThe Royal Court Theatre officially announces today the West End cast for the end of history..., a play written by Jack Thorne and directed by John Tiffany. The upcoming London theatr…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:15AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMBarry Manilow will return to Broadway in an exclusive limited engagement at the Nederlander’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, producers Live Nation, The Araca Group and Entertainment Benefits Group…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AMBarry Manilow will return to Broadway this summer as part of the “In Residence on Broadway” series. The singer-songwriter will play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from July 26 through August …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:00AMCal Shakes' "Midsummer Night's Dream" is full of infectious, high-energy humor and pop culture references, while losing none of the play's magic.
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The engagement, which begins in July, is part of the Lunt-Fontanne's In Residence on Broadway series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMLive Nation, The Araca Group and EBG (Entertainment Benefits Group) have announce that Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning singer-songwriter, arranger, producer, and musician Barry Manilow …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:55AMThe Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed Southern California Premiere of Daniel’s Husband by Michael McKeever will extend to July 28. Hailed as Critic’s Choice in the LA Times and highlighted …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 10:54AMFey dropped by The Today Show to discuss the teen comedy and its new life on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMThe costume designer reveals his earliest childhood theatre experience and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMThe movie musical flew into theatres over Memorial Day Weekend.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMLesley Sharp and David Morrissey will star in the world premiere of Jack Thorne’s The End of History… at the Royal Court
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:32AMPlaybill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMReneé Rapp, winner of the Best Actress Award at the 2018 National High School Musical Theatre Awards (commonly known as the “Jimmy Awards”), will join the production of Mean Girls. Rap…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:20AMAndy Grotelueschen talks about finding his Tony-nominated Tootsie performance, his work with Fiasco Theater, and his study of clowning.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:19AMComedy pioneer Lucille Kallen (1922-1999) came to New York from her native Los Angeles to study piano at Juilliard. Realizing that she wasn’t cut out to compete at the concert level, in t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMLast week, Kimberley Walsh, who found fame with the pop group Girls Aloud and is now preparing to star in Big the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:07AMThe Tony-nominated performer spoke with CBS Sunday Morning about her Broadway outing as a mother grappling with the fact that her son is M.I.A.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMThe Barn Theatre’s Henry V is an inventive and entertaining treat. A strong, well directed cast bring a classic to life with a verve and energy that should be seen and appreciated.
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David Drake directs the limited run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMFor theater artists, a Tony Award nomination is the ultimate recognition, an honor that’s especially exciting the first time it happens. This season, seven composers and writers — six ma…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:54AMThe 30th anniversary PBS broadcast was hosted by Joe Mantegna and Mary McCormack.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMFor theater artists, a Tony Award nomination is the ultimate recognition, an honor that’s especially exciting the first time it happens. This season, seven composers and writers — six ma…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:42AMThe SpongeBob SquarePants and Once On This Island stars are going to be married.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMThe musical, now playing at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, spins a unique tale of King Henry VIII’s six wives.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMThe London premiere of Amour The Musical, which opened in early May at the Charing Cross Theatre to rave reviews, will be closing a month earlier than anticipated, it has been confirmed. Am…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:35AMJoél Pérez stars in the musical satire of Spain’s attempt to conquer Mesoamerica in the 1600s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMA London cast recording for the U.K. premiere is also planned.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13AMLucy Shaw’s adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s novel takes the form of a mythic journey into what art is, who we are, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:11AMThe musical was announced to run through July 20 at the Charing Cross Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:11AMRapp will make her Broadway debut as Regina George in the musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:07AMRobert C. Hilliard (1957-1927) commenced his working life as a clerk on Wall Street, but the good-looking, fashionably attired gent got much positive reinforcement regarding his appearance. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMITO encourages Thespians to break down walls
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:03AMWhether you aspire to be an actor or work backstage, youth theatres can be more than just the stepping stone to a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAny play like Return to Hackney that tackles poignant and unjust social issues with this level of conviction and sensitive understanding deserves a lot of credit.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFranklin students are helping work on set design for "Don't Call It a Riot!," a play by local writer Amontaine Aurore about activism in Seattle, particularly the Black Panther Party in the …
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMBy Claudia Alick. Claudia Alick talks about growing up as an abled youth and her sudden onset illness as an adult, how areas of inaccessibility in the theatre suddenly became hypervisible to…
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Josephine Balfour Oatts attends an event in which ex-Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, Christopher Haydon talks about his and the role in general. There may be something about Rupert Go…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:54AMDespite five star reviews the UK professional premiere production of legendary composer Michel Legrand’s musical comedy Amour will end its run early, on 8 June 2019, having played 45 perfo…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:50AM“how to translate [Antigone]?”, Anne Carson self-reflexes in her translator’s note to the Sophokles classic. “I take inspiration from John Cage who, when asked / how he composed 4’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:36AMBy Douglas Mayo
Against all the odds, The Play That Goes Wrong celebrated its 1999th performance in the Duchess Theatre, London on 23 May 2019.
This post The Play That Goes Wrong celebrates …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:24AMJayne Houdyshell and Elizabeth Marvel are both currently starring on Broadway in a genderbending adaptation of King Lear. Elizabeth plays Lear’s eldest daughter, the conniving and ambitiou…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:19AMJayne Houdyshell and Elizabeth Marvel are both currently starring on Broadway in a genderbending adaptation of King Lear. Elizabeth plays Lear’s eldest daughter, the conniving and ambitiou…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:19AMGraham Linehan’s 2012 stage adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy is a deft and funny ensemble piece that contains plenty of nods
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMAs the theater awards season enters the home stretch – what’s left: Drama Desk Awards, Theatre World Awards, the Tonys – the question arises once again:How does one determine, or even …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:09AMNadia Fall has announced her second season as artistic director of Theatre Royal Stratford East, which includes a co-production with the National
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AMThe Luck o’ the Irish may not be a literal thing, but on the other hand Phil Regan (1906-1996) was pretty damned lucky. An Irish cop from Brooklyn, he was hired to work security at a show…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AMA complex, surprising and very wordy play, Harper Regan by Simon Stephens certainly fulfils the remit for newly formed theatre company Contentment Productions, whose aim is to champion excit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMComposer/lyricist Eddie Perfect joins stars Kerry Butler and Sophia-Anne Caruso to tell Rebecca all about creating the massively entertaining, Tony-nominated new musical.
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Musical Amour is to end its run at the Charing Cross Theatre in London six weeks early. The production was scheduled to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:59AMThe cast for the upcoming world premiere of The End Of History has been announced, with David Morrissey and Lesley Sharp in the lead roles.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:58AMIn taking on the story of the Temptations, choreographer Sergio Trujillo knew he wanted the dance moves to feel new, with a hint of the familiar. Director Des McAnuff knew that the songs fea…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 07:57AMVarious venues, Edinburgh Inventive stagings keep young minds enthralled as detectives test their bravery, dancers evolve and superheroes fall out
There’s an extraordinary moment in the mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMHope Mill theatre, ManchesterSet in the 60s, the hidden histories of men up against repressive homosexuality laws have an intense emotional force in Kathrine Smith’s production
When playw…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMThis was always a busy show, and now that busy-ness has taken over everything like a rampant growth
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:42AMA mystery illness almost put paid to her promising operatic career before it had started. Now, as the British soprano takes on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMSince my first Broadway show and my 300th were both revivals, it seems only fitting that my looking back over nearly 36 years of shows begins with my favorite revivals. Over the years, I've …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:24AMHal Chambers’ fresh, contemporary and pacy staging of Shakespeare’s play of pageantry and patriotism takes a hard look at the ugliness of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMPint of Wine Theatre Company’s production of Michael John LaChiusa’s Queen of the Mist, which received its UK premiere in a sold-out run at the Jack Studio Theatre in April 2019, will tr…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:11AMVaudeville and musical comedy star Guy Shy (Augustus Scheu, 1893-1945) made a mark on both stage and screen and was noted for his eccentric dancing and his drunk act, among other turns. His …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:04AMBeneath the Blue Rinse is polemical; packed with scathingly humorous and myth-busting scenes and information about the lives of older people.
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