People You Should Know . . . Eric Lawrence Taylor by Zack Calhoon

ERIC LAWRENCE TAYLOR was classically trained in acting at Fordham University. He is also a prolific multidisciplinary artist. His original works have been shown around New York City, includi…

People You Should Know . . . Jonathan Alexandratos by Zack Calhoon

Jonathan Alexandratos is a Non-Binary playwright.  Their work has been supported by the Queens Council on the Arts, Nashville Repertory Theatre's Ingram New Works Lab, Fresh Ground Pepper,…

From The Why Hasn’t This Been Standard Practice For Decades File by Joe Patti

I recently wrote a piece for ArtsHacker about the emerging role of intimacy direction for productions on stage and screen.  When I first read about intimacy direction a few years ago, it wa…

Review: A Sex Crime Disarranges a Tidy World in ‘Something Clean’ by Ben Brantley

A splendid Kathryn Erbe plays a sheltered housewife thrown into limbo in Selina Fillinger’s thoughtful, poignant new play.

Bindlestiffs Are Back! by Trav S.D.

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Curse of the Starving Class by Jk Clarke

      By JK Clarke   As the preeminent American playwright of the late-20th century, Sam Shepard drew on life experiences to create his best plays, works of realism that portrayed contem…

News: Silhouette Stages Presents 2019 Brian Best Award by Self-Post News

Silhouette Stages, Inc., a non-profit, all-volunteer community theater in Columbia, MD, proudly announces the 2019 recipients of the Brian Best Award in recognition for significant and outst…

Odds & Ends: Sutton Foster & Cast of Younger to Appear at 92Y & More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Sutton Foster & Cast of Younger to Appear at 92Y Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and the company of TV Land's hit series…

Songwriter Eddie Perfect on Creating Beetlejuice's Hilarious, Multi-Genre Score by Broadway.com

Songwriter Eddie Perfect sits down at the piano to discuss creating Beetlejuice's Tony-nominated score.

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar of The Prom by Broadway.com

The Prom composers Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar stop by Broadway.com HQ to chat about the new musical, Tony season and more with Paul Wontorek.

The Starry Messenger review – Broderick and McGovern face up to cosmic failures by Michael Billington

Wyndhams, LondonKenneth Lonergan’s tale of astronomy and midlife misery makes fine use of an A-list cast but never truly explodes into life With Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern he…

Call Answered: Sarah-Louise Young "Julie Madly Deeply" at 59E59 Theaters by Adam Rothenberg

When you read about a show that is paying tribute to one of the world’s most renowned and cherished stars it makes you want to find out more. That is exactly what happened when I read abou…

News: ‘Gays Got Talent’ for Pride by Steve Charing

Several weeks ago, Christopher Hefty, the facilitator for the Columbia-based Rainbow Youth and Allies (RYA), asked the members how they could help the first ever LGBTQ Pride celebration (HoC…

Five Questions with Greta Gertler Gold and Ally Collier by Editors

The other morning, Lila woke up and her first question was "Mama, how do you start to write a musical?" which, I admit, made me feel proud.

Today on Broadway: Thursday, May 30, 2019 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: More Stars Set for Hollywood Bowl’s “Into the Woods,” Theatre Artists to Read Mueller Report for 24 Straight Hours, Cush Jumbo to Play Hamlet “Today on Broadway” is a daily…

Mac Beth by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Schmidt’s streamlined adaptation of Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy is played by a cast of seven schoolgirls who meet in an abandoned urban field after school without any set up other tha…

Don’t Tell Mama Comedy ****1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Paulanne Simmons May 29, 2019: The May 24th performance of Don’t Tell Mama Comedy was a mixture of music and merriment. The hosts were the Rigano Brothers, who draw their inspirati…

Something Clean: A Child’s Mess, A Mother’s Burden by Elysa Gardner

★★★★ Kathryn Erbe is radiant as a middle-aged matron seeking a fresh start after crushing trauma The post Something Clean: A Child’s Mess, A Mother’s Burden appeared first on New…

Something Clean: A Woman Wounded By a Crime She Did Not Commit by Michael Sommers

★★★ Kathryn Erbe anchors Selina Fillinger's earnest new drama about a sex crime The post Something Clean: A Woman Wounded By a Crime She Did Not Commit appeared first on New York Stage…

The Starry Messenger review at Wyndham’s Theatre, London – ‘Matthew Broderick gives a great, understated performance’ by Tim Bano

It was almost 40 years ago that Kenneth Lonergan and Matthew Broderick attended the same astronomy class in New York’s Hayden Planetarium,

Top 10 theatre shows to see this summer by The Stage

Here comes the sun… and an eclectic spread of work covering giant ants, Luddites and Nico. Natasha Tripney and Tim Bano present

Off-Broadway Review: “Something Clean” at the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre by David Roberts

Charlotte and Doug Walker’s son Kai will be home from prison in three months to begin his court remanded probation. Kai is a white university student athlete who was convicted of raping a …

How Peter Schjeldahl Illuminates The Art World by Artsjournal

“What separates Schjeldahl is the tangible sense in nearly every piece in this book — say 85 of the 100 — that something existential is at stake as he writes. The same sensation is pre…

Autofiction? What’s That? by Artsjournal

It is perhaps this apparent contradiction, between “fiction” and “facts strictly real”, which can seem baffling. Is autofiction fiction, or non-fiction? Autobiography, or novel? Ther…

The “Most Dangerous Art Ever” – A Laptop Loaded With Viruses – Sells For $1.3 Million by Artsjournal

Dubbed “The Persistence of Chaos,” the Samsung NC10 contains six viruses that have caused an estimated $95 billion in damages. Despite what you might think, it’s not meant to be a to…

How Many Artists Does It Take To Write A Hit Song? (Apparently More Than It Used To) by Artsjournal

According to research by Music Week, it took an average of 5.34 people to write last year’s Top 100 biggest singles. That’s up from 4.84 in 2017, and 4.53 the year before. So what’s g…

Rainbow Theatre Project presents Stonewall: 50 – new plays commemorating 50 years of change since the Stonewall riots by Lorraine Treanor

Rainbow Theatre Project presents Stonewall: 50,  a staged reading of new short plays that celebrates the legacy and worldwide changes that started from the Stonewall riots in June 1969.  T…

The best things that are happening in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 30-June 2

This weekend: Women in Rock, Travis Tritt, Fibert International, StrEAT Fest and more.

Chita Rivera: The Cabaret Act of This Year and Other Years? You Bet by David Finkle

★★★★★ She's 86 but hardly 86ed in a jubilant celebration of an on-stage life The post Chita Rivera: The Cabaret Act of This Year and Other Years? You Bet appeared first on New York…

Writer Roger O. Hirson, a Tony Award Nominee for Pippin, Dies at 93 by Ryan McPhee

Mr. Hirson collaborated with composer Stephen Schwartz on the 1972 musical.

Review:Octet at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

the Signature's first musical will be remembered it for its down-to-earth message aboutunplugging from one's hi-tech devices for a while and truly reconnect with people? and reawakening to t…

Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 5/29/19 by Mark G Auerbach

Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 5/22/19. Western New England and the Tony Awards and arts news for WMass and No.CT

Roger Hirson, Who Wrote the Book for ‘Pippin,’ Dies at 93 by Richard Sandomir

For more than a decade, Mr. Hirson was known for writing for television, but meeting the composer Stephen Schwartz led to the hit musical “Pippin.”

Jonathan Cake to Star in Shakespeare in the Park's Coriolanus by Andy Lefkowitz

Casting is here for the Public Theater's upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of the dark tragedy Coriolanus. The previously announced production, directed by Tony winner Daniel Sull…

Show People with Paul Wontorek: Jeff Daniels of To Kill a Mockingbird by Broadway.com

To Kill a Mockingbird star Jeff Daniels discusses his admiration for Aaron Sorkin, playing Tevye in high school and more.

To Kill a Mockingbird Star Jeff Daniels on His Admiration for Aaron Sorkin, Playing Tevye in High School & More on Show People by Broadway.com

Jeff Daniels won Emmy Awards for Aaron Sorkin'sThe Newsroom as well as Godless and garnered Tony nominations for his performances in God of Carnage, Blackbird and now Sorkin's adaptation …

Hadestown Tony Nominee Amber Gray on What She Wishes Were Normal and Who Knows Her Deep, Dark Secrets by Caitlin Moynihan

Amber Gray is giving a Tony-nominated performance as Persephone in Hadestown, which earned 14 Tony noms including Best Musical. The Anaïs Mitchell-penned musical has played three countries…

See Danielle Brooks in Shakespeare in the Park's Much Ado About Nothing by Nathan Skethway

Kenny Leon directs a cast that also includes Tony winner Chuck Cooper at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

WATCH: Beetlejuice’s Sophia Anne Caruso Sing Lydia’s Anthem in 'Dead Mom' Music Video by Dan Meyer

The Tony-nominated musical recently recorded its yet-to-be-released cast album.

Messiah by Darryl Reilly

Flashbacks, speechifying, conspiracy theories involving J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI, disco sequences, the scourge of crack cocaine, hip hop numbers, other-worldly fantasies and violence all …

In Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America, a women’s movement by Sarah L. Kaufman

Dance Theatre of Harlem opened this series with works by female choreographers and musicians.

Want To Know What Is Art? Start By Asking What Art Isn’t by Artsjournal

“What’s the difference between something that’s not art because it’s not good enough, and something that’s not art because it’s the wrong sort of thing? Let’s start there.”…

Why, Amidst All The Musical Comedies, It’s Important Every So Often To Have A Musical Tragedy by Artsjournal1

Rachel Chavkin, director of Hadestown: “This gets now into very old Greek theater, but the idea of catharsis and working through something together and the tragedy as a crucible that the a…

How The New Orleans Jazz Market Survived A Scandal And Rose Again by Artsjournal

“Most organizations probably would have went under and failed,” the drummer Adonis Rose, a charter member of the orchestra who took over as artistic director after the scandal broke, sai…

Release Your Inner Theatre Geek With the Help of Playbill Store by Dan Meyer

Be the biggest theatre fan at your Tony Awards party this year with merch from this season's nominated shows.

7 Things You Didn’t Know About Tony Award Nominee Elaine May by Ruthie Fierberg

How much do you really know about the star of this season’s The Waverly Gallery?

Review: Their Cool World by Michael Block

By Michael BlockNo matter who you are, there is an artist inside each of us. While we may express our art in various forms, being able to showcase our imagination is a gift in itself. The ex…

WATCH: Mean Girls Star Kyle Selig Sings Richard Rodgers’ ‘The Sweetest Sounds’ by Dan Meyer

The performance is the latest in the R&H Goes Pop music video series.

Jackie Sibblies Drury: Thinking and Feeling by American Theatre Editors

Her Pulitzer-winning play 'Fairview' is about why white people should make space for people of color; she's amused that it's controversial.

The Slightly Annoying Elephant review – beware of David Walliams's big blue bully by Miriam Gillinson

Little Angel theatre, LondonA hard-to-stomach character with a horrible voice and a nasty catchphrase leaves little for kids to latch on to in this loud, brash production There’s a buzz in…

WATCH: Tootsie’s Sarah Stiles Answers Our Burning Questions and Sings From the Broadway Hit in Her ‘Elevator Pitch’ by Roberto Araujo

The 2019 Tony Award nominee answers as many questions as she can in her (long) elevator ride from green room to stage at Feinstein's/54 Below—plus an exclusive performance.

Are The Liberal Arts Worth It? The Rich Seem To Think So by Artsjournal

What, then, can we make of the anomaly that the elite liberals arts education so coveted today by the rich or those seeking to get rich consists largely of diatribes against the rich? – Wa…

An Exclusive Look at The Ensemblist's Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Tribute by Nathan Skethway

Continuing its series spotlighting Broadway’s unsung heroes, the popular platform showcases Asian American Pacific Islander ensemble members from The Prom, Beetlejuice, and more.

Watch Highlights From Donald Margulies’ Long Lost, Now Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The Manhattan Theatre Club production, directed by Daniel Sullivan, will officially open June 4.

Star Man, Where Have You Gone: A Review of Take Me at Strawdog Theatre Company by Noel Schecter

An out-of-this-world premiere that is more small step than big leap.

A.J. Shively, Kerstin Anderson, Nick Wyman Will Be Part of Project Shaw’s The Philanderer by Andrew Gans

J.R. Sullivan will direct the June 24 reading.

Why Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh is releasing his new shoe at the MCA by Chris Jones

The other day, Instagram followers of Virgil Abloh, the 38-year-old creator of Off-White and also now the "artistic director" of Louis Vuitton’s entire menswear line, got a treat — the c…

Jonathan Cake, Kate Burton, and More to Star in Coriolanus in Central Park by Olivia Clement

The second Shakespeare in the Park production of the summer finds its cast.

“Kings” Gets Real, at Shotgun Players, Berkeley by Evelyn Arevalo

Millennial Notes  Sarah Burgess Exposes Backdoor Election Deals by Evelyn Arevalo In Shotgun Players’ “Kings,” playwright Sarah Burgess serves up an insider view of U.S. politics. Tod…

Theater Review: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles) by Joan Alperin

PLENTY TO DESIRE When I was thirteen I discovered Tennessee Williams when I picked up his play A Streetcar Named Desire at the New York Public Library. I don’t know if I fully understood i…

Learn 6 Quintessential Moves From Broadway’s Hadestown by Ruthie Fierberg

Tony Award-nominated choreographer David Neumann reveals the inspiration behind the movement.

Bassist Carlos Henriquez and His Nonet Pay Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie June 1 at Sixth and I by Michele Simms-Burton

Last week, DCMTA caught up with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) bassist Carlos Henriquez via telephone on a rainy day in Chicago to chat about his Washington, DC tribute performance …

Nolen Dubuc owns the lead in Billy Elliot the Musical by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Stratford Festival production lives up to festival’s standards of and high-level execution and lets Donna Feore do what she does best: large-scale production numbers with kinetically inven…

Andrew Kober and More Join Mamie Parris, Matt Bogart, Omar Lopez-Cepero for Muny Paint Your Wagon by Andrew Gans

Performances begin at the outdoor St. Louis venue in July.

Cabaret KATIE recommendations for June 2019 by Cabaret Katie

Cabaret Katie announces her list of great shows to see in June! ‘THOSE GIRLS’ - Karen Mack, Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser and Wendy Russell | The Laurie Beechman Theater | Mon June 3

The (Fabulous) Making Of Randy Rainbow by Artsjournal

Think of him as a modern-day Gilbert and Sullivan, or the millennial version of the piano-playing Mark Russell or Tom Lehrer — the key difference being that his get-it-out-fast production …

Noah Webster Didn’t Just Create A Dictionary — He Wanted To Establish One American National Language by Artsjournal1

Emphasis on the one. “For Webster, new nationhood provided unique opportunities for language reform — opportunities that would fade quickly, he warns, if not grabbed before America’s l…

Does Classical Ballet Qualify As Camp? (A Lot Of People Seem To Think So) by Artsjournal1

“Ballet might have been considered camp from the start in its original French context,” allows Madison Mainwaring. (But then, so could most things at Louis XIV’s Versailles.) “If the…

Joseph Scott Ford’s Not Even The Good Things Set for July 16 Opening Off-Broadway by Dan Meyer

The new play focuses on six friends who struggle to find enjoyment in life outside out of self-destructive behavior.

The Summer of ’63: Hartford Stage’s ‘The Flamingo Kid’ by Matthew Wexler

Hartford Stage presents the world premiere of 'The Flamingo Kid,' a new musical based on the 1984 film and directed by Tony Award winner Darko Tresnjak. The post The Summer of ’63: Hartfor…

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's Globe review - a gallimaufry of acting styles by David Nice

1930s setting for Falstaff's escapades wins out only in song and dance Need Shakespeare's Falstaff charm to be funny? Those warm, indulgent feelings won by Mrisho Mpoto in the amazing Globe…

Review: ‘The Pirates of Penzance (or the Rascals of the Rappahannock)’ at Riverside Center by Julia L. Exline

Riverside Center of the Performing Arts reprises Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, a two-act comic operetta that was first produced in December of 1879, and remains in produc…

Powerful political punch — Korngold’s Die tote Stadt at La Scala

Director Graham Vick’s production becomes a hard-hitting drama for our times

Jimmy Smagula Joins the National Tour of Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Les Miserables by Ryan Gilbert

Broadway alum Jimmy Smagula (Billy Elliot: The Musical, The Little Mermaid, The Full Monty, The Phantom of the Opera) will join the North American touring production of Alain Boublil and Cla…

Lynn Nottage's Intimate Apparel Opera to Debut Off-Broadway with Lincoln Center Theater by Andy Lefkowitz

Lincoln Center Theater has announced the world premiere opera Intimate Apparel, based on the award-winning play by two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage, scheduled to debut off-Broadway i…

The Prom Tony Nominee Brooks Ashmanskas Receives Sardis Portrait by Caitlin Moynihan

It's time to dance because The Prom star Brooks Ashmanskas received a Sardi's portrait on May 28. Ashmanskas recently earned a Tony Award nomination for his starring turn in The Prom and al…

In the Ultimate Performance Project of my Life, I Have Become a Politician. by Kristina Wong

A couple years ago I was put out of work by politicians.  Not the cuts to arts funding thing.  Or my free speech being limited thing.  Or the fact that Americans would rather drop $100 to…

Rutherford and Son review – Roger Allam is magnificent in Edwardian classic by Michael Billington

Lyttelton, LondonAllam shines as the tyrannical capitalist patriarch at the heart of Githa Sowerby’s powerful story of a society in transition It has been exactly 25 years since a National…

Tony Award Nominee Camille Brown Shares Five Musical Numbers That Inspire & Influence Her as a Choreographer

Tony Award-nominated choreographer Camille Brown reveals five musical numbers that truly shaped and inspired her as a dancer and choreographer.

Broadway’s Michael Urie To Return to Shakespeare Theatre Company for Free For All Hamlet by Nicole Hertvik

Free For All, one of the capital’s cherished annual traditions, will return for its 29th annual summer to Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), offering two weeks of free performances of the …

BookEXpo’s State Of The Biz: Number Of Indie Bookstores In US Up 20 Percent In Last Ten Years by Artsjournal

“The booksellers association again gained membership, rising from 1,835 individual companies (all but a handful independently owned stores) a year ago to 1,887, an increase of more than 20…

Kelli O'Hara, Jessie Mueller, Cheyenne Jackson Set for The Seth Rudetsky Series in Boston by Andrew Gans

The three-concert series will be held at the newly refurbished Emerson Colonial Theatre.

‘It’ll definitely get you hooked’: Carolin Stoltz joins the cast of Witness for the Prosecution at County Hall by Emma Clarendon

Carolin Stoltz chatted to Emma Clarendon about being part of Witness for the Prosecution at London’s County Hall.

“Sister Act: The Musical” Hits Drag Heights, at Theatre Rhino, S.F.     by Robert M. Gardner

Brenden Noel Thomas Breaks Taboos, Shocks, & Delights by Robert M. Gardner Whoopi Goldberg did it on film, and now Brenden Noel Thomas in nun-drag is every inch the ideal choice for Sist…

Nespresso Presents Coffee Talks With the Cast of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune by Playbill Staff

Tony winner Audra McDonald and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon discuss bringing the Terrence McNally classic back to Broadway.

Nespresso Presents Coffee Talk With the Cast of Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune by Playbill Staff

Tony winner Audra McDonald and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon discuss bringing the Terrence McNally classic back to Broadway.

Review: Singin’ in the Rain makes a splash at NextStop by Kelly McCorkendale

Singin’ in The Rain seems like the type of beloved movie that shouldn’t be made into a stage version, with its perfect 1952 film, directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and named by th…

Broadway’s Next Hit Musical by Barry Gordin

Award-winning Improvisers Star in Unscripted Broadway’s Next Hit Musical By: Ellis Nassour May 29,2019: Right Angle Entertainment (currently, The Office: A Musical Parody) is prese…

Lynn Nottage Play ‘Intimate Apparel’ To Get Opera Treatment At Lincoln Center Theater by Greg Evans

Lincoln Center Theater will stage a new opera next year based on Lynn Nottage’s 2004 play Intimate Apparel. Nottage will write the libretto, with music by Ricky Ian Gordon, to be directed …

Broadway Grosses w/e 5/26/2019: Record-Breaking Season Finale

The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending May 26, 2019. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League.

House Theatre of Chicago announces 2019-20 season by Doug George

The House Theatre of Chicago has announced its 2019-20 season, the 18th for the Chicago company. All mainstage shows will be performed in the Chopin Upstairs Theatre, 1543 W. Division St.; s…

Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Juilliard, and More Are Hiring by Playbill Staff

Playbill's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry.

Fountain Theatre awarded $25,000 grant from the Shubert Foundation by Fountaintheatre

The Fountain Theatre is pleased to announce a grant award from the Shubert Foundation in the amount of $25,000 for general operating support to the organization. The Shubert Foundation provi…

A Lynn Nottage and Ricky Ian Gordon Opera Heads to Lincoln Center Theater by Michael Cooper

The theater will stage “Intimate Apparel,” a new chamber opera based on her 2004 play with music by Ricky Ian Gordon.

25 Days of Tonys: What Makes The Prom’s Beth Leavel and Brooks Ashmanskas the Ideal Team? by Ruthie Fierberg

The two Tony nominees share the show that most impacted them—it’s the same!—and more.

Charles Busch to Bring Native New Yorker to London by Adam Hetrick

The Tony nominee will appear at Crazy Coqs June 25.

Broadway Racks A Record Season At The Box Office by Artsjournal

Attendance hit 14.77 million while ticket sales topped off at $1.83 billion in grosses, according the Broadway League, the national trade association tied to the Great White Way. That’s a …

’13 Reasons Why’ Does Not Lead To More Teen Suicide: Showrunner Refutes Reports On Study by Artsjournal1

Brian Yorkey: “As the Los Angeles Times recently reported, a new study using Centers for Disease Control data claims to show a correlation between 13 Reasons Why and an increase in teen su…

Michelle Terry: ‘Taking over Shakespeare’s Globe from Emma Rice was traumatic’ by Georgia Snow

Michelle Terry has spoken about the challenges of taking over Shakespeare’s Globe when it had been left “bruised” by the controversy surrounding

The ‘Goddess Of Democracy’: The 30-Year Afterlife Of The Statue That Symbolized The Tienanmen Square Demonstrations by Artsjournal1

The original statue, modeled on the Statue of Liberty, was crushed by a tank when the People’s Liberation Army wiped out the multi-day protest in Beijing on June 4, 1989. But every so ofte…

Winner announced for new £8,000 playwriting award with Finborough Theatre by Giverny Masso

Abigail Andjel has won a new £8,000 playwriting award for writers working in front-of-house, backstage, administrative and creative roles in theatre. The

Broadway’s Beth Leavel: All Dressed Up For ‘The Prom’ Of Her Life – Tony Watch Q&A by Greg Evans

It might be a bit much to say that Beth Leavel’s roster of Broadway credits – The Drowsy Chaperone, Elf, Young Frankenstein, among many others – has been leading inexorably to the show…

Innovative, Entertaining: Pivot Arts Festival Seeks to Bring Genre-Defying Work Center Stage by Sharon Hoyer

Ten days of innovative dance, music and theater by local and international artists. Curator Julieanne Ehre's recommendation: see it all.

No re-admittance vs permitting latecomers – a story of missing the plot by Rev Stan

It’s not a joke waiting for a punchline, rather it’s something I’ve been puzzling over ever since I had my view and enjoyment of a play disturbed not once but twice by latecomers.

Style & Grace pays tribute to Lena Horne and Nancy Wilson by Marissa Oberlander

Black Ensemble Theater’s latest bio-musical tells the stories of two great jazz divas. Lena Horne and Nancy Wilson were two iconic voices, separated by a gener…

In Life on Paper, Jackalope once again turns straw into gold. by Justin Hayford

Gus Menary's ensemble transforms Kenneth Lin's mechanical script into a warm, nuanced production. Playwright Kenneth Lin's got nothing on Frank Capra. In this ga…

Volta brings back the full death-defying Cirque du Soleil experience by Jack Helbig

The ever-present danger is as much a part of a Cirque show as the spectacle. Volta is Cirque du Soleil's 41st production since 1983 and, like all the others befo…

In Six, Henry VIII's wives come back as pop divas by Sheri Flanders

Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived—and slaying. History hasn't been this much fun since Hamilton. With its high-energy score, stadium light…

Organic Theater takes a bold stab at The Memo, Václav Havel's absurdist satire by Dan Jakes

Bureaucracy, sweet bureaucracy! Despite having one of the most radical and inspiring biographies of any theater artist, playwright-turned- prisoner-turned-Czech …

For Services Rendered explores the ongoing trauma of World War I by Katie Powers

It also offers a sharp critique of the British political system. When W. Somerset Maugham's British war drama For Services Rendered premiered in 1932, it offered…

Opera Adaptation of Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel Sets Premiere Dates at Lincoln Center Theater by Ruthie Fierberg

Bartlett Sher will direct the new take on the two-time Pulitzer winner’s acclaimed work.

Octet by Joel Benjamin

Malloy, who wrote the book, music and lyrics, has taken a novel approach, staging Octet as if it were a 12-step program in which all the members of the group express their inner thoughts thr…

My My Mother Said I Never Should review at Theatre by the Lake, Keswick – ‘warm, but underpowered revival’ by Stephen Longstaffe

Charlotte Keatley’s 1987 play about mothers and daughters relies on the audience knowing more than the characters. My Mother Said I Never

Tony-Winner Susan Hilferty on designing The Oresteia at Shakespeare Theatre by Sarah Scafidi

Currently in its final weeks at Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Oresteia is Michel Khan’s swan song after over thirty years as the Artistic Director before Simon Godwin takes over next se…

La MaMa Will Celebrate Taylor Mac in Coffeehouse Chronicles Series by Dan Meyer

The Tony-nominated Gary playwright will be recognized his Off-Off-Broadway contributions June 8.

Natasha Lyonne Bringing Jacqueline Novak Comedy, Helmed by John Early, Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The Russian Doll star teams up with Mike Birbiglia to present Get on Your Knees at the Cherry Lane this summer.

Thunder Road is an emotional tour de force about a cop off the rails

First-time feature director Jim Cummings has expanded his short film into a full-length marvel

Collectors Bought Rare Antique Manuscripts, Only To Find Out They’re From French Public Archives by Artsjournal1

Until it went bankrupt in 2015 after its founder was prosecuted for money laundering and fraud, the French company Aristophil held the world’s largest private collection of historic manusc…

Robert Bernstein, Longtime CEO Of Random House And Co-Founder Of Human Rights Watch, Dead At 96 by Artsjournal1

“Under his direction, Random House expanded into the world’s largest general-interest publisher, increasing revenue from $40 million in 1966, when he was named president, to more than $8…

Countless Historic Sites In Italy Ravaged By Looting, Vandalism, And Plain Old Neglect by Artsjournal1

“The country boasts the highest number of UNESCO world heritage sites in the world, but according to EU statistics is second-last in Europe for public funding of culture. As a consequence,…

Gerard Schwarz Named Music Director Of Palm Beach Symphony by Artsjournal1

The 71-year-old conductor, formerly music director of the Seattle Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, will take over in Palm Beach this …

Berlin Has Become A New Capital Of Contemporary Chinese Culture by Artsjournal1

“An array of Chinese artists and writers, performers and filmmakers — all up to no good by the standards of Beijing’s morality police — [are] hungrily taking in the many crazy, disso…

There Will Be No Roof Garden Or Avant-Garde Spire At Notre-Dame: French Senate Votes To Make It Like It Was by Artsjournal1

“On Monday evening, the French Senate approved the government’s Notre-Dame restoration bill — but added a clause that it must be restored to the state it was before the blaze, striking…

Author Tony Horwitz Dies Suddenly At 60 by Artsjournal1

Though he won a Pulitzer in 1995 reporting for The Wall Street Journal on the conditions of facing low-wage workers, he was best known for his books combining personal travel and history, of…

Out Of Debt And With A CEO Who’s Sticking Around, Orlando Ballet’s Terrible 2010s Are Over by Artsjournal1

This decade has been pretty rough for the company, which lost its home to mold, cycled through executive directors at an alarming rate, and nearly closed for good in 2015. Now Orlando Ballet…

Michelle Terry Loves Running Shakespeare’s Globe, But Starting The Job Was Not Easy by Artsjournal1

She had plenty of experience in that theatre as an actor, but taking over the artistic directorship after the contentious departure of Emma Rice was quite a challenge: “The big learning cu…

Netflix Is First Studio To Speak Publicly (And Unhappily) About Georgia’s New Abortion Law (No Hasty Decisions, Though) by Artsjournal1

The company’s chief content officer said in a statement, “Given the legislation has not yet been implemented, we’ll continue to film there, while also supporting partners and artists w…

For The First Time, Meredith Monk Allows Another Director To Stage Her Work by Artsjournal1

Says Yuval Sharon, who’s directing a revival of ATLAS for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, “It’s a big deal to me, and it’s a very big deal to Meredith. It’s a huge risk on one hand, …

Sunset is a sprawling historical drama from Son of Saul director Laszlo Nemes

The new film is impressive but stretches its audience’s patience

‘Atwell’s performance anchors the play’: ROSMERSHOLM – West End ★★★★★ by Michael Davis

Written in 1886, Henrik Ibsen’s play Rosmersholm has a new-found poignancy in today’s political climate.

Octavia Spencer turns party host in summer screamer Ma

A low-budget horror that’s a cut above the rest

Edinburgh festivals at risk because of “hostile immigration policy” by Thom Dibdin

A “hostile immigration policy” is putting Edinburgh’s festivals at risk, according to MSP Gordon Macdonald. Macdonald, who is the SNP MSP for

A First Look at Tarell Alvin McCraney in the World Premiere of Ms. Blakk For President by Marc J. Franklin

The new play, co-written by Oscar winner McCraney and Tina Landau, is set to open in Chicago June 3.

Computer-generated critters battle it out in Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Charles Dance and Ken Watanabe are among the stars in this punishing sequel

Theatre company Fire Exit closes after 17 years following funding cut by Thom Dibdin

Glasgow-based theatre company Fire Exit is to close permanently after 17 years, due to the loss of its Creative Scotland core funding.

How a 13-year-old girl brought LGBTQ pride to Buffalo Grove by Tony Peregrin

Middle schooler Molly Pinta and her mother, Carolyn, have organized the northwest suburb’s first pride parade and festival. Buffalo Grove's inaugural LGBTQ pri…

Cush Jumbo to Star in Hamlet at the Young Vic by Adam Hetrick

The 2020 season will also include Ruth Negga in Portia Coughlan and the world premiere of Orfeus: A House Music Opera, created by and starring Nmon Ford.

Cush Jumbo to Star as Hamlet at the Young Vic by Adam Hetrick

The 2020 season will also include Ruth Negga in Portia Coughlan and the world premiere of Orfeus: A House Music Opera, created by and starring Nmon Ford.

Canada's Dear Evan Hansen, Next to Normal, and Soulpepper Theatre Company Earn Dora Mavor Moore Nominations by Andrew Gans

The 40th anniversary ceremony, celebrating excellence in Toronto theatre, dance, and opera, will be held June 25.

Fosse/Verdon Recap, Episode 8: ‘Providence’ by Ruthie Fierberg

It’s hard to say goodbye—but what a series finale.

Opening Night Photos: ‘FAME’ at GALA Fires Up Columbia Heights by Malcolm Lewis Barnes

Tony Award-winning director and Nuyorican choreographer Luis Salgado brings his New York creds to Columbia Heights with the power of a New York City subway platform Flash Dance as over 20 da…

At 80, Playwright Terrence McNally Is Still Theater’s Biggest Fanboy by Aaron Hicklin, Aaron Hicklin

The legendary playwright on his 'Frankie and Johnny' revival, road trips with Angela Lansbury and the critics who wished he were dead.

What's on at the Royal Court for the 2019/2020 season?

The Royal Court Theatre, best known for catering to a multitude of artistic viewpoints and providing a seedbed for emerging works and talents, have recently announced their programme for th…

I Interview Playwrights Part 1041: Bryan Stubbles by Adam Szymkowicz

Bryan Stubbles Hometown: Layton, UtahCurrent Town: Montgomery, West VirginiaQ:  What are you working on now? A:  A one act comedy about West Virginians in LA going through “slaw dog w…

‘Should you go and see it? I have a strong suspicion that you should’: THE MOUSETRAP – Touring ★★★ by Thom Dibdin

The world’s longest-running stage production The Mousetrap returns to Edinburgh to thrill a whole new audience in this classic murder mystery tale at the Playhouse

Comedian Jacqueline Novak Sets Off Broadway Run With Comedy World On Its Knees by Greg Evans

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Jacqueline Novak will launch a new Off Broadway comedy at The Cherry Lane Theatre in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village this summer, and if the title and subject matter don�…

What Happened to Anna, Grizabella, Cosette, and More? by Robert Horn

Playbill asked Tony-nominated Tootsie bookwriter Robert Horn to imagine sequels for our favorite musical theatre characters.

GRACE NOTES: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 by Susan Grace

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Stephen Totter: singer, voice coach who loved to live a fashionable life by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

May 3, 1963- May 25, 2019

Beneath the Blue Rinse review at Park Theatre, London – ‘big, brash comedy about growing old’ by Paul Vale

Few crimes are more despicable than those that exploit the elderly. Shockingly, more than 450,000 people over the age of 66 suffer

Watch the Cast of Six Perform on Britain's Got Talent by Dan Meyer

The sextet of Henry VIII's wives performed the show’s opening number, "Ex-Wives."

From Carbonells To Theater At Large, Is South Florida Serving Its Hispanic And Black Artists? by Bill Hirschman

This year’s Carbonells with its all-white roster of winners in the performance and directing categories was simply the boiling point in a discussion that has long simmered behind the curta…

PHOTOS & VIDEOS: More on the making of Dante or Die’s User Not Found by Featured Content

Only a few more chances to see Dante or Die's acclaimed site-specific, one-man play User Not Found, running at The CoffeeWorks Project next to Battersea Power Station until this Sunday 2 Jun…

Go Inside Brooks Ashmanskas' Sardi's Portrait Unveiling by Nathan Skethway

The Prom Tony nominee joined the New York restaurant's famed wall of caricatures May 28.

Watch the Cast of The Prom Celebrate LGBTQ Pride by Adam Hetrick

Caitlin Kinnunen, Brooks Ashmanskas, and Beth Leavel are featured in the new campaign created with Kenneth Cole.

Get to Know the Ladies of BLKS: Paige Gilbert, Alfie Fuller, & Antoinette Crowe-Legacy Talk About Their "Unbelievable" Connection to the New Comed

The three young stars of MCC's BLKS talk about relating to their characters, building a bond onstage and off, and how they like to turn up during the day with their girlfriends.

Festival Preview: Bring It On by Christa Skiles

Kansas Thespians bring high school politics and high stakes cheerleading center stage The post Festival Preview: Bring It On appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

Diary: Flamboyant clairvoyant Su Pollard foresees shotgun wedding by Tabard

Watching Eurovision on Saturday evening, one might have been under the impression Su Pollard was a last-minute entry. The Ukranian entry was

‘One of the most deeply romantic things I’ve seen on stage all year’: AMELIE THE MUSICAL – Touring by Ian Foster

As sweet-sharp as a diabolo grenadine, Amélie the Musical has lost none of its inimitable charm as it gears up for a considerable UK tour.

How a heatwave ‘played the deuce with the theatrical business’ – 100 years ago in The Stage by The Stage

May 29, 1919: With summer approaching, some words of wisdom from The Stage, published 100 years ago this week when we reported

How to stop immersive theatre being a threat to actors – your views, May 30 by The Stage

If immersive theatre is a threat to the actors, I have an idea: why not try putting it in a big room,

The Importance of Including the Disabled Designers by Mallory Kay Nelson, Michael Maag

By Mallory Kay Nelson, Michael Maag. Mallory Kay Nelson and Michael Maag talk about the low number of full-time designers working in theatre; the realities of costume, lighting, and projecti…

City Theatre's Momentum Fest offers a peek at David Conrad-Joe Grushecky work by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The festival for new plays at different stages is Thursday through Sunday at the South Side theater’s Lester Hamburg Studio.

Theatremaker Aisha Zia: ‘I turned my dad’s old video store into an arts space’ by Giverny Masso

Theatremaker Aisha Zia has created a gallery in Peterborough to display the work of British Muslim artists and provide a space for

Broadway In Chicago Announces Tix For COME FROM AWAY On Sale May 31 by Michael J. Roberts

Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce that individual tickets for the national tour of [...] The post Broadway In Chicago Announces Tix For <em>COME FROM AWAY</em> On Sale…

Six the musical performs on Britain’s Got Talent by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The cast of smash-hit musical Six performed on Britain's Got Talent last night. Watch the full performance here as they raised the roof. This post Six the musical performs on…

Read Reviews for The Flamingo Kid at Hartford Stage by Adam Hetrick

Lesli Margherita and Marc Kudisch star in the musical by Tony winner Robert L. Freedman and Tony nominee Scott Frankel.

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri & special expert guests at Vincent River by Terri Paddock

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Tuesday 4 June 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock hosts a special post-show discussion on homophobia and hate crime at Philip Ridley's V…

Does Anything Awful Happen to the Cat in the Play? by Laura Collins-Hughes

On the dread, and the glory, of watching animals onstage.

There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? by Gia Kourlas

Standard or (worse yet) slight fare gets nominated for best choreography while quality work — “Oklahoma!,”“The Prom” — goes unrecognized. An exception: Camille A. Brown’s dance…

Redcoats review – song-studded ode to the Butlin's empire by Catherine Love

Scarcroft Allotments, YorkThe DIY charm of Mikron Theatre and Nick Ahad’s new show is a good match for the resort’s brand of family fun The Redcoat, as one character in Nick Ahad’s new…

Broadway’s Box Office Keeps Booming. Now Attendance is Surging, Too. by Michael Paulson

A key factor: the rising popularity of New York City as a tourist destination.

Obituary: Irene Sutcliffe – Coronation Street star with a theatre career of distinction by Alan Strachan

While inevitably remembered most for her long 1970s run as the ever-suffering Maggie Clegg in Coronation Street, Irene Sutcliffe also had a

‘A compelling production of a flawed play’: KING HEDLEY II – Theatre Royal Stratford East by Ian Foster

August Wilson’s King Hedley II is something of a flawed play but it receives a strong production from Nadia Fall at Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Actor Amaarah Rose Needham: ‘If youth theatre companies weren’t around I wouldn’t have found my passion’ by Giverny Masso

Amaarah Rose Needham has been performing with south London-based theatre company Sounds Like Chaos since she was 14. She tells Giverny Masso

Why 'Constitution' and not 'The Ferryman' should win the Tony for best play by Charles McNulty

Heidi Schreck's "What the Constitution Means to Me" is more than a performance piece: It's the most moving play of the year.

Hamlet: May 30 by Harry Venning

Sergei Polunin review, London Palladium: None of the splashiness of Polunin's first ventures by  zoë Anderson,  zoë Anderson

The bad boy of the ballet world takes to the stage in a new mixed programme of three one-act ballets: 'Fraudulent Smile', 'Paradox' and 'Sacré'

Sergei Polunin: Programme 1 review at London Palladium – ‘tedious and uncomfortable’ by Anna Winter

Strap yourself in for some hollow sentiment and hubris – ballet’s enfant terrible Sergei Polunin is back in town. The Ukrainian dancer’s

Editor’s View: Russell Group’s U-turn should be the final nail in EBacc’s coffin by Alistair Smith

This is getting silly now. Back in 2017, I wrote that it was getting increasingly difficult to find anyone apart from schools

GLYPT relaunches as Tramshed by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Greenwich and Lewisham Young People's Theatre (GLYPT) will relaunch as Tramshed, working under a new name, a new brand and a renewed artistic vision. This post GLYPT relaunch…

Fosse/Verdon: Episodes 7 - 8 by JK

Sure, it was soapy, but the musical theater nerd and Bob Fosse fanatic in me loved every single minute of the miniseries Fosse/Verdon. And I am sad to see it go. I'll especially going to mis…

The Merry Wives of Windsor review at Shakespeare’s Globe, London – ‘lively, if uneven’ by Theo Bosanquet

The Merry Wives of Windsor has long been derided as one of Shakespeare’s weaker works. American critic Harold Bloom labelled it “Shakespeare’s

PHOTOS: Sneak into the rehearsal room for new comedy Cuttings, set in the world of theatrical PR by Featured Content

What does the world of a theatre PR look like? These snaps from the rehearsals of Cuttings aren't giving much away apart from a stark contrast between pensive worry and joy. But maybe that's…

Ruth Negga & Cush Jumbo to appear in new Young Vic season by Eleni Cashell

Find out what the Young Vic 2020 season of shows has in store for you. Featuring brand-new shows and the Young Vic debuts of Ruth Negga  & Cush Jumbo. The post Ruth Negga & Cush Jum…

Philip Ridley to take part in Vincent River post-show discussion by Robin Johnson

Philip Ridley's Vincent River is set to be thoroughly mulled over at two newly-announced post-show discussions in the West End. The post Philip Ridley to take part in Vincent River post-show…

Dear West End Producer: ‘Are castings that ask actors to shave their heads unfair?’ by @westendproducer

Dear @dearjohnbyrne and@westendproducer When actors get castings that include… “has to be willing to shave his/her head” I can’t be the only

Careers Clinic: How can I catch up with my more experienced fellow cast members? by John Byrne

I have just started a long summer tour with a Shakespearean comedy. I auditioned just before my part-time drama course ended and

REVIEW ROUND-UP: Anna at the National Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Phoebe Fox stars as the title role in the new thriller Anna, now playing at the National Theatre. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…

Saxophonist Trey Sorrells, Artist-in-Residence at Strathmore by Jane Franklin

I had the pleasure to speak with saxophonist Trey Sorrells about his participation in the residency program at the Mansion at Strathmore and about his unique blend of jazz, gospel, and R&…

Chicago’s summer reading by Reader Staff

We asked you (via Twitter) whose lists you wanted to see. And then we asked them. Fatimah Asghar (poet and filmmaker): Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, Odes to Lithium by S…

A writer surveys the transformation of Chicago’s literary landscape by Max Grinnell

“Does anyone ever enter a bookstore just to purchase a book?” When I stepped off the Loyola el station in the summer of 1992, it was oh so very hot. It was m…

When Billy Elliot called, Nolen Dubuc’s whole family leapt by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The young actor’s parents and two brothers moved from Vancouver to Ontario for a year so he could star in Billy Elliot the Musical at the Stratford Festival.

Meet four comics creators who’ll be at CAKE by Mark Peters

The annual expo celebrates marginalized voices and individual visions. Among the many joys of June in Chicago is CAKE, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. This …

Review: Last Rehearsal, Brighton Fringe by Theo Summers

Review: Last Rehearsal, Brighton Fringe3.0Overall ScoreThe Last Company present Last Rehearsal, written by María José Andrade, a play that documents how a company of actors deal with their…

RUTHERFORD AND SON Lyttelton, SE1 by Libby Purves and Friends

BULLYING, BOMBAST,   BETRAYAL      The rediscovery of Githa Sowerby in the 1990s is very satisfying.     At its premiere in 1913 critics saw the quality of this one but were dismayed …

On the Couch with Tim Munro by Arts Review

Who is Tim Munro? I’m a Aussie musician based in Chicago. How DO I describe myself? I’m a flute player by training, but I’m also a broadcaster, writer, curator, and occasional musical …

Cush Jumbo to play Hamlet as part of Young Vic’s new season by Giverny Masso

Cush Jumbo is to make her Young Vic debut as Hamlet in a new production directed by Greg Hersov. Jumbo currently stars

WATCH: Brexit’s Adam Masters launches his bid to be our new Prime Minister by Featured Content

#BorisJohnsonShouldNotBePM, as they say on Twitter. Nor should Michael Gove, Dominic Raab, Andrea Leadsom or any of the rest of them. We're lobbying for Adam Masters, who's just launched his…

Playwright David Harrower launches scholarship in memory of Scottish actor Pauline Knowles by Thom Dibdin

A scholarship at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is being launched to commemorate Scottish actor Pauline Knowles, who died suddenly in 2018,

King Hedley II starring Lenny Henry at Theatre Royal Stratford East, London – review round-up by Fergus Morgan

August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle was an extraordinary feat – ten plays, spanning the ten decades of the 20th century, written to explore

Gershwin Reimagined by Arts Review

Melbourne International Jazz Festival in partnership with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents music from one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century, George Gershwin, in Gershw…

‘If this show is saved at all, it’s by some of the acting’: RUTHERFORD & SON – National Theatre by Rachel Williams

Rutherford and Son is not my cup of tea. No cup of tea has ever been as boring as this play is for one thing. The acting does just about salvage it, or at least stop it from being a complete…

Court Theatre is concluding a 4-star season — how did they do it? by Chris Jones

Court Theatre is in the final weeks of a truly extraordinary five-show season, featuring a quartet of four-star shows. Taken as a whole, Court's 2018-19 productions were far and away the bes…

WATCH: Ease the Game of Thrones withdrawal symptoms with this teaser for Westeros-themed theatrical feast Dinner is Coming by Featured Content

Don't go cold turkey on Game of Thrones. In fact, do the opposite. Indulge in a feast fit for the seven kingdoms with The Vaults' Dinner Is Coming. Check out the new trailer for the parody o…

Review: Eliza Von Poppins Presents… A Practically Perfect Guide to Living, Brighton Fringe by Gabrielle James

Review: Eliza Von Poppins Presents... A Practically Perfect Guide to Living, Brighton Fringe3.0Overall ScoreAs Julie Andrews once sang, “In every job that must be done, there is an element…

Swashbuckling belief: Richard Jackson makes a splash but does his bad-boy act resonate?

Richard Jackson is one brash, bronco-busting, swashbuckler of an artist. Spewing, smearing, splattering and literally shooting paint onto walls, floors, ceilings and larger-than-life figurat…

Leukemia survivor, retired judge to premiere two new plays to raise money for cancer charity

Ron Tochterman is an expert in legal drama, having prosecuted and presided over some of Sacramento’s most infamous court cases. Now retired after more than four decades as an attorney … …

Want to see how podcasts are made – and get a laugh? Try Sac Pod Fest this weekend

Sacramento’s newest improv and stand-up comedy club is celebrating its one-year anniversary by highlighting the artform that it’s named for – podcasts. STAB! Comedy Theater opened June…

Bunch Crunch: How Will Smithsonian Institution’s Secretary-Elect Navigate DC’s Political Minefields? by Artsjournal1

The elephants-not-in-the-room at this morning’s press conference celebrating the appointment of Lonnie Bunch III as the Smithsonian Institution’s new secretary were the man currently occ…

First look: Three Sisters by Eleni Cashell

A first look at the upcoming production of Three Sisters, which runs at the Vaudeville Theatre from 19-29 June. Get tickets from Official London Theatre.  The post First look: Three Sisters…

NEWS: Nadia Fall’s second season at Theatre Royal Stratford East features 10th anniversary production of Sucker Punch by Press Releases

Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced Nadia Fall’s second season as artistic director to run from autumn 2019 to summer 2020.

Razorhurst set to make its Australian premiere at Hayes Theatre Co by Arts Review

Forced into a life of crime by circumstance, exploring what it means to be a woman in a man’s world, Hayes Theatre Co presents the Australian premiere of the new musical Razorhurst from 14…

Natasha J Barnes: ‘Minutes after the audition, I had a recall for my first West End show’ by John Byrne

My first professional job came about because of a conversation I had 10 years ago with the director Graham Hubbard. We had

Drama teacher Maddy Anholt: ‘Make sure you have a minimum of one idea every month’ by John Byrne

How did you start off in performance? I trained at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts and have been working professionally

Meet the theatremakers who brought a touch of Nordic noir to the Brighton Fringe Festival by Nick Awde

The Nordic Fringe Season brought innovative, often dark, work and artist speed dating to the Sussex arts jamboree this month. Nick Awde

‘Extravaganza of murder, betrayal & spectacle’: DEAD DOG IN A SUITCASE – Lyric Hammersmith by Laura Kressly

Dead Dog In A Suitcase comes with stellar ensemble performances and a visual feast, making for a show that is both highly theatrical and political – an effective combination with a necessa…

The Green Room: Has a social media presence become too important in the arts? by Jon Dryden Taylor

Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…​​​​​​​​​​ Gary

PHOTOS: Who’s the gorilla? Behind the scenes in Precious Little rehearsals by Featured Content

We're counting down to the London premiere of American playwright Madeleine George's 2009 all-female three-hander Precious Little this week. While you were enjoying your Bank Holiday Weekend…

Rutherford and Son review at National Theatre, London – ‘Strongly performed, occasionally melodramatic revival’ by Natasha Tripney

Rutherford, the domineering patriarch in Githa Sowerby’s 1912 play, is a man for whom the family business is everything. He has sweated

Giant rabbits to invade Bunjil Place Plaza this June by Arts Review

From Sydney to Seoul, Amanda Parer’s installations have been disrupting the definition of space and belonging across the world. Now, Intrude comes to Bunjil Place from 1 June 2019, taking…

North West actors: Theatre work is being drastically reduced in our region by Giverny Masso

Actors have expressed concern about dwindling work opportunities at five theatres in the North West, including Oldham Coliseum and Liverpool’s Everyman. Funding

Michelle Terry: ‘This job has taught me that democracy is really hard’ by Natasha Tripney

Shakespeare’s Globe artistic director Michelle Terry tells Natasha Tripney about taking over from Emma Rice during a period of trauma for the

25 years of Marrugeku: ‘risk-taking’ dance that crosses the divide by Steve Dow

The dance company is rare in that it looks at contemporary issues from Indigenous and non-Indigenous viewpoints. If those viewpoints clash, that’s the point In 2014, self-taught Walmajarr…

David Benedict: Theatre loves nothing more than a discovery – unless it’s a rediscovery by David Benedict

“Ladies, this is your final call.” Emilia, the rumbustious, fiercely feminist biographical drama of Shakespeare’s ‘dark lady of the sonnets’, closes on

Escaped Alone by Arts Review

Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the back yard. Tea and catastrophe. Red Stitch presents Escaped Alone, the latest work from acclaimed British playwright Caryl Ch…

Triumph of tradition? Andrea Chénier and Tosca at the Royal Opera House

Two verismo works that thrive on passion take opera back to another era

Jerry Seinfeld was dated but still hilarious in London, Ont. standup show by Joel Rubinoff - Waterloo Region Record

Never mind that, like some grand Civil War re-enactment, his current standup show had no spontaneity, no audience interaction, no cutting-edge, dangling-on-a-high-wire punch lines. You still…

Not Your Ordinary Jo - How Kristolyn Lloyd creates a radically new yet completely authentic Jo in 'Little Women'

How Kristolyn Lloyd creates a radically new yet completely authentic Jo in Little WomenIn one of the most famous moments in Louisa May Alcott's beloved 19th-century novel Little Women, feist…

Tootsie Star Sarah Stiles’ 10 Favorite Theatregoing Experiences by Andrew Gans

The 2019 Tony nominee recalls performances by Betty Buckley, Christian Borle, Ruthie Ann Miles, and more.

Selina Fillinger's Something Clean Opens Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Kathryn Erbe stars in the world premiere from Roundabout Underground.