The Oscar winning playwright, screenwriter and directorreveals why his play, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, is so deeply personal.
SOURCE: Forbes at 11:55PMCraig Flanagin is a poet, carpenter, guitarist & instrument builder, legal researcher, improviser & composer, rigger, playwright, truck driver and theater director now living in Broo…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:48PMAMANDA QUAID-Acting credits include Cock (US premiere, Duke), The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (world premiere, Playwrights Horizons),Luck of the Irish (LCT3, Lortel nom),�…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:48PMWest Side Story is a show for true triple threats. Challenging the abilities of almost everyone involved, the ridiculously complex and intricate show has already dazzled Melbourne audiences,…
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Tarell Alvin McCraney ("Moonlight") and Tina Landau's new theatrical work, "Ms. Blakk for President," explores the true story of a drag queen running for the U.S.'s highest office.
The post…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:48PMSarah Burgess' sharp satire "Kings" comically deconstructs Washington politics; it plays through June 22 at Shotgun Players.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:28PMTake a look as actor/teacher Theo Perkins visits Hollywood High School to interview students for the Fountain Theatre’s new educational outreach program, Walking the Beat. Our innovative …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 07:24PMIn its ultimately lovely if overlong Broadway revival, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune” begins with loud grunting and shrieking, amid glimpses of breasts and buttocks in the dim…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:02PMThere is more trans visibility on stage and screen than ever and this should be celebrated, says Talisa Garcia, star of BBC1’s
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Rachel Bublitz' hard-hitting play "Ripped" depicts a sexual encounter that ends very badly; it's playing at Z Space in San Francisco.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:35PMPOINTLESS PERPLEXITY Sometimes what you see is much less than what you get. Case in point: Pride Films and Plays is closing its season with a daunting new work written by Ryan Oliveira and d…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:32PMConcertworks today announced that two of Australia’s most popular musical theatre performers, Anthony Warlow and Jemma Rix will star in the first Australian concert production of Jekyll &a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:08PMA second round of presenters for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards has been announced on Wednesday. These celebs will help introduce awards during the June 9th ceremony, which will be hosted once …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMKarina Hull is an English and Public Health double major at UC Berkeley with a passion for theater. She is incredibly grateful to have been involved with BareStage Productions at UC Berkeley…
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This year's honorary recipients, also including Broadway Inspirational Voices and Choir Boy's Jason Michael Webb, were celebrated at a June 4 cocktail reception.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PMJames Corden will host Broadway's biggest night, which is primed to be full of surprises.
SOURCE: Forbes at 05:44PMThe Off-Broadway company's annual gala celebrated director Daniel Sullivan, actor Condola Rashad, and the American Theatre Wing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:40PMThe news, rumoured for months, was confirmed by the company Tuesday as it announced details of what will be House’s final season at the head of one of Canada’s oldest and most respected …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMAriel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart made the case in the 1990s: “What kind of a role model was he, this eunuch duck, who sought only fame and fortune, who ignored the plight of the working …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:36PMRaise a glass! The Tony Awards held its annual Tony Honors cocktail reception at the Sofitel New York City on June 3. This year’s Tony nominees gathered to celebrate recipients of the 2019…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Joshua Henry & Friends Offer Up an Unmatched Performance of "On Broadway"
Joshua Henry, the power-voiced three-time Tony no…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMIn this piece, Peter DiMuro asks a vital question: how has history informed the ways we look at queerness today?
The post Dance Review: “Significant Others: Dances for Family, Friends and …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:18PMJean-Philppe Blondel’s books are especially praised by critics for their charm and smoothly-shaped prose.
The post Book Review: “Exposed” — Between Two Incompatible Worlds appeared f…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:18PMWestfield News Group ArtsBeat 6/5/19. Two Kander & Ebb musicals in the area. Hershey Felder returns to Hartford Stage as Irving Berlin, and arts news for WMass and No.CT.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 05:14PMWhat do you do when you’ve seen the show, listened to the cast album, and found all the social media content you can, but you still want more? Turn to a podcast. In the past few years, sev…
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Rosa del Duca Discovers the True Meaning of Duty by Jennifer Ann Charron …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:56PMTwo-time Tony Award-winning director Des McAnuff talks casting Ain't Too Proud, lessons he learned from Jersey Boys, reviving Tommy, and creating "a true record" of The Temptations
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:39PMThe Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said he had “deliberately aimed to mislead the public into believing he was selling a famed 1952 original” – which was stolen in 1988. – BBC
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMForbes says the husband of singer Beyonce has succeeded because he built brands rather than just endorsed them. In its rankings, Forbes rejected claims that rapper and producer Dr Dre had re…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMFestivals are expensive. Toronto’s an expensive city. Lots of entertainment choices. And what if people don’t buy what you’re offering? – Toronto Star
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMA weekend at a waterfront estate escalates from simply awkward to downright murderous in “Towards Zero,” a play by the inimitable Agatha Christie (and Gerald Verner) that’s based on he…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:32PMThe Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC (GMCW) threw a party that was thinly disguised as a concert last Sunday. The show was titled, “Stonewall 50” and was a commemoration of the 50th a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:20PMDaryanna Lancet is an English and Theater double major at UC Berkeley. She is passionate about arts education and accessibility and has been honored to work as an actor, singer, dancer, writ…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:15PMSoho theatre, LondonBig of voice and wide of smile, the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist fills the room with her singing and mimicry
At points in Jess Robinson’s show, as you’re bein…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PMThree shows in Ipswich reflect on childhood and innocence lost – including a tribute to the 90s TV star that recalls a vanished era of light entertainment
Jade Byrne gives us glasses that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03PM
This show is so hysterically funny it should come with a warning label: may cause unrestrained glee and weakness in the core from laughing so hard. Your jaws might ache, but it’s a good ac…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:58PMThere are so many intersections in life–so much for creative artists to put before audiences as a way to initiate larger conversations about issues that can divide or bring together. In a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:57PMOff Broadway won’t be getting a whack at Lizzie The Musical this summer after all. Producers of the Lizzie Borden-inspired rock opera canceled a previously announced late-summer run at The…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:57PMSee the 2019 Tony nominees spill their secrets! Find out the lies they have told on their resumes, roles they sucked in and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMAudiences at the Minskoff Theatre will feel the love tonight. Disney's six-time Tony-winning Broadway hit The Lion King celebrates its 9,000th Broadway performance at the 7:00pm performance…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMPIX11, Tribune Broadcasting’s New York flagship station, has partnered with The Broadway Channel to present Broadway Profiles with Tamsen Fadal, a monthly series of specials about Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThe slate of presenters for the 2019 Tony Awards is getting starrier. More talent has been announced to hand out Tonys at the 73rd annual celebration of Broadway, scheduled for June 9 at R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThis casting is a home run! Jesse Tyler Ferguson, beloved stage alum and Emmy-nominated star of Modern Family, will take on the plum role of Mason Marzac, the money manager who develops a …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMJudith Light is hailed for her onscreen triumphs in One Life to Live, Who's the Boss?, Transparent and more, her strong red carpet looks and her Tony-winning performances in Other Desert Cit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMTwo-time Tony winner Judith Light discusses receiving the 2019 Isabelle Stevenson Award, her red carpet A-game and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMProducers have announced that due to unforeseen circumstances the new Lizzie Borden rock tuner, titled Lizzie, originally announced to play The Pershing Square Signature Center beginning on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMWhen the Tony Awards telecast begins on Sunday, June 9, 40 nervous and excited actors will take their seats at Radio City Music Hall, hoping to win Broadway’s biggest prize. Throughout the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMHarold Wheeler is not only a 2019 Tony nominee for his Ain't Too Proud orchestrations, he is also the newest recipient of a Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement for his incredible Broad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMA struggling performer herself, she began publishing The Players’ Guide, a compendium of names, photographs, credits and phone numbers, in 1944.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMThe Hillary and Clinton and Gary stars performed the less thrilling (but still crucial) parts of our publication on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMRichard Eyre, a former director of the National Theatre in London, criticized a recent RSC production of Timon of Athens in which Lord Timon became Lady Timon — and, therefore, the line �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PM“What if belief in the supernatural is window dressing on what really matters — elaborate rituals that foster group cohesion, creating personal bonds that people are willing to die for.�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMEntitled “Art/Museum Salary Transparency,” the spreadsheet has attracted more than 660 submissions after it was published just three days ago. The public push for disclosure adds to an i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMVice versa, argues Joseph Henrich. “He contends that moralizing gods spurred societal complexity because belief in moralizing gods leads to success in intergroup competition. It increased …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMOn the day of the opening of their exhibition Impulso in old Havana, the artists Jesus Benitez and his colleague, who has asked not to disclose her name in press in fear of further repercuss…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMStuart Ross directs the return engagement of the Off-Broadway musical at the York Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMBy Julian Eaves
Julian Eaves reviews the latest work from Balletboyz Them/Us now playing at the Vaudeville Theatre, London. Book tickets.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:30PMTony nominees Eva Noblezada and Patrick Page croon in "Hey Little Songbird" and the Fates boast tight harmonies in "When the Chips Are Down."
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMJarrod Spector, the … investment banker? It could be argued that Spector was destined to become a performer. At 6 years old, he was a Star Search champion, rocking out to a Bobby Darin cla…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:13PMPerformances were scheduled to begin July 19 at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:13PMThe “American Idol” runner-up plays Teen Angel in “Grease” to open Pittsburgh CLO’s 2019 summer season.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:07PMPittsburgh CLO’s 72nd summer season opens with the circa-1950s nostalgia-fest that started a Broadway teen revolution.
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The art of the takedown gets updated rhyming verse.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PMTo mark the 50th Anniversary of the passing of Judy Garland, the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and the 80th Anniversary of the release of The Wizard of Oz, singer Sarah DeLeo was …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 02:33PMThe evening, featuring live performances and new works in progress, will take place June 10 at the HERE Arts Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PM‘Up in the Cheap Seats’ author Ron Fassler predicts all 26 winners
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 02:11PMA million dollars for the new TimeLine Theatre in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood; $2 million for the South Side Community Arts Center; $850,000 for the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance; $927,500 …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:03PMThe director reminisces about his first-ever play, the show that most impacted him, and The Light in the Piazza song he’ll never get sick of.
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The committee, comprised of 14 critics, has presented the awards since 1995.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMThe audience didn’t stop laughing all night. Between Matt Minnicino’s rhyming couplet- filled, witty, knowing, sometimes bawdy adaptation (or, as he would have it, “distillation”) of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:51PMStar of stage and screen Jesse Tyler Ferguson will be returning to the Broadway stage in the spring of 2020 when he joins the Second Stage Theater revival of Richard Greenberg’s Tony-winni…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:41PMAfter more than 20 years in the musical, Donna Marie Asbury played her final Broadway performance this week.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMThe Amazon series concludes its five-season run with a two-hour musical extravaganza in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMThe Tony-winning Disney musical continues at the Minskoff Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PMJesse Tyler Ferguson will join the cast of “Take Me Out” next season. Ferguson will star opposite the previously announced Jesse Williams and will play the role of Mason Marzac, the mon…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:01PMTo the Theatre Majors of 2019:
Congratulations! You graduated from college! That is a huge accomplishment. Take it in. Appreciate what you just did. If you are like most college students, yo…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:00PMModern Family‘s Jesse Tyler Ferguson has joined the cast of the Broadway-bound Take Me Out, the Richard Greenberg play being revived next spring with director Scott Ellis and starring the …
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PMThe 2019 Tony Awards are quickly approaching. Before the CBS ceremony hosted by James Corden on June 9, make sure to catch up with all of our interviews with this year’s nominees. Follow t…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMActors’ Equity has helped spearhead the introduction of a bill that aims to bring back tax deductions for performing artists. Individual tax deductions including union dues, agent commissi…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:00PMKenneth Lonergan’s 2009 play The Starry Messenger has opened at the Wyndham’s starring Matthew Broderick and Elizabeth McGovern. Longergan’s work has enjoyed a series of Tony-nominated…
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The two actors will co-star in Richard Greenberg's Tony-winning play about baseball, prejudice, and the price of victory.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PM“YouTube is taking additional steps to restrict the possibility that children will be targeted by predators on the video platform — including banning young kids from live-streaming with[…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM“YouTube never set out to serve users with sexual interests in children — but in the end, … its automated system managed to keep them watching with recommendations that [are] ‘distur…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM“Along with other postmodern architects of international repute, among them the late Philip Johnson and Michael Graves, Tigerman in the 1970s and 1980s broke the mold of modernist, steel-a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM“Paris prosecutors … said Tuesday that there was not evidence to back up the allegations made by a young actress who accused Depardieu of assaulting her last August.” – Variety
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMThe Treasury Department said in a statement that the U.S. will no longer allow the group educational and cultural trips known as “people to people” travel to the island. Those trips have…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMNPR reporter Kat Chow grew up near Vuong, and the two attended the same high school (though they never met each other there). She joins the poet-novelist on a road trip to Glastonbury, CT. �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMThis is no small shift. For the past quarter-century, the charter school movement has been a juggernaut. Charters were originally devised by technocrats hoping to inject “free market dogma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM“Hong Kong once churned out a broad range of books focused on China’s modern history and Communist Party politics, from thinly sourced potboilers churned out under pen names to respected…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMDisney’s new “Lion King” won’t roar into movie theaters until July 19 — but the Broadway musical’s still feeling the love: Wednesday it plays its 9,000th performance at the Minsk…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:54PMPhilip Ridley’s Vincent River was premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 2000 and has been revived fairly regularly in the intervening years, including this production which was first seen at …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 12:51PMThe performer appeared in shows including Beauty and the Beast, Gypsy, and Dreamgirls.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMThe Drama Desk Award nominee will play The Magician in the new solo play at The Tank.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMManon Lescaut was Puccini’s first great success, but while it is full of marvellous moments, it is haphazardly built. Only in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMKenneth Lin — a writer for "House of Cards" among other TV shows — has written a really lovely little play, all about people who have risen in life on the back of their affinity for numb…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:20PMPlease welcome to the stage… even more of your favorite theater stars.
On Wednesday, CBS announced a slew of names joining the live broadcast of the 73rd Annual Tony Awards on Sunday night…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 12:17PMCheck out our exclusive backstage portraits and interviews with The Fates of Hadestown, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and Kay Trinidad.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:13PMFunny, touching, and illuminating stories from the 75th ceremony honoring outstanding debut performances, held June 3 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMIn 2009, three unknown adolescent boys were the toast of Broadway in the musical’s title role. Where have they been? And where are they going?
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03PMFrom a Paris crosswalk to Radio City Music Hall, the TV funnyman and Tony Awards host reminds us that he started on the stage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03PMThe revival, directed and choreographed by Michael Kidd, opened at New York City Center June 5, 1980.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMThe lauded Russian director Lev Dodin tells us about bringing his much-praised production of Three Sisters to London and why, after 35 years running the Maly Drama Theatre, he still gets ner…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMPick your winners for the 73rd Annual Tony Awards before the June 9 broadcast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMComedian Shannon Noll is using their new webseries and photo project to subvert expectations of gender and sexuality.
Shannon Noll wasn't sure what to expect go…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:00PMFrom Stravinsky to Wendy Carlos, six instances where music has shaped our conception of queerness, whether we're aware of it or not.
Drew Daniel, a member of the…
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Gus Mitchell talks about the environmental, political fuck-ups and drum n’ bass concept albums with one of the performers currently in the Pleasance Theatre’s Kill Climate Deniers. A mil…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:54AMThe numbers are in, and the 2018-19 season – which saw the opening of 38 productions comprising thirteen musicals (eleven original and two revivals), 21 plays (fourteen original and seven …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:53AMPlaybill's Job Listings offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMKate Hamill’s adaptation of the classic Louisa May Alcott story opened at the Cherry Lane Theatre June 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMThe Tony and Pulitzer winner visited Chicago to surprise a big fan of the musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMSue Johnston is set to join the cast of The Man in the White Suit, a new play based on the classic 1950s Ealing film of the same name. The beloved actress will originate the role alongside t…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:45AMJake Gyllenhaal, Shirley Jones, Sara Bareilles, Laura Benanti and Judith Light are among the latest round of confirmed presenters for this Sunday’s Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden on C…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:42AMA second round of presenters has been announced for the 2019 Tony Awards, only on CBS. See the full list here.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 11:35AMLeicester Square theatre, LondonThe former king of lad comedy moseys through a delightfully meandering set about ageing, libido and ‘the Strictly curse’
Frank Skinner is 62, and it’s r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMKiln, LondonSamuel Adamson’s stimulating family saga revolves around A Doll’s House and is inventively staged by Indhu Rubasingham
The slam of the door at the end of A Doll’s House was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMThe Tony-nominated team spoke about the show’s positive message for LGBTQ+ youth.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMJulia Murney and Natalie Joy Johnson will also be part of the June 17 concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMAustralian Ainsley Melham in Broadway Debut Returns to Rub Aladdin's Magic Lamp
By: Ellis Nassour
June 8, 2019: Disney's Aladdin recently celebrated its fifth anniversary on Broadway…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:14AMAlso taking the stage during the 73rd annual ceremony will be last year's co-hosts, Sara Bareilles and Josh Groban.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMIn just five years, playwright, screenwriter and Oscar-nominated director (for Manchester by the Sea) Kenneth Lonergan has seen three of his earlier works – all originally staged Off Broad…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
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The march, spearheaded by the League of Professional Theatre Women, will weave through Times Square and the Broadway district.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMSupport for performers at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe is to be boosted, as the organisation behind it announces its biggest programme
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:57AMThe Gary star performed the less thrilling (but still crucial) parts of our publication on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMPreston Guild Hall and Charter Theatre’s operating company has gone into administration, just days after the venue closed when takeover talks stalled.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AMThe Primary Stages production opened June 4 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe Broadway veteran dropped by ABC news to chat about the show’s positive message for LGBTQ+ youth.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMWith more than 50 years of DC gospel music history between them, two of the DMV’s finest choirs, Washington Performing Arts’ Men & Women of the Gospel Choir and Children of the Gospe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:36AMThe costume designer reveals what he changed for the stage version of Cher’s life.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMThe recent London staging of Gypsy, starring Olivier winner Imelda Staunton, is currently streaming through the end of July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMDaniel Sullivan has assembled a superb cast. The standout performance comes from KELLY AuCOIN (Showtime's "Billions") who is riviting!
SOURCE: Time Out at 10:18AMAs a capella singers, they have taken their musical ministry -- and its repertoire of 500 songs -- to streets, subway stations, picnics, community clean-ups, and anywhere else they might fin…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMConservative playwright Phelim McAleer has secured a Washington D.C. venue for FBI Lovebirds: UnderCovers, the planned, and already controversial, dramatized staged reading of the anti-Trump…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:05AMThe new play, co-written by Oscar winner McCraney and Tina Landau, opened June 3 in Chicago.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMPriority access tickets are on sale now, with general public sales starting Friday, June 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMWritten by Bim Adewunmi and directed by Femi Elufowoju Jr, Hoard takes the familiar scenario of the introduction of ‘the boyfriend’ to kin, but bringing the focus firmly on family dynami…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSheffield Theatres’ stage management team has won at this year’s SMA National Stage Management Awards. Sponsored by The Stage, the awards took
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM
The Berlin State Opera, where the 76-year-old conductor is general music director, has extended his contract for five additional years to 2027. Some doubts about Barenboim’s future there a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AMPhilanthropist Dede Wilsey, an heir to the Dow chemical fortune and widow of a Bay Area real estate magnate, is departing after 21 years. “Her generosity to the Fine Arts Museums, among ma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM“At stake is whether the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) can use state money for travel costs and continue to provide grants for individual artists — longtime recipients of the agen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM“Last Friday, museum workers began contributing to a Google Spreadsheet documenting their place of employment, salary rates, and demographic details like race and gender. … Those who con…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AMWatch Brandon Uranowitz talk starring in Burn This, his three Tony nominations, early musical obsessions, '80s fashion, and much much more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 09:22AMPennsylvania Thespians tell story of hope and community
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:17AMThe tour launches October 4 at the Churchill Theatre Bromley.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AMNominated for 14 Tony Awards, the most of any production, Hadestown should, if there’s any justice in the Broadway universe, take home the evening’s top prize.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:08AM"We have no children and no relatives we trust with money, so at a certain age we were thinking about what [our] legacy is and our bequest to the future."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMIt was interesting to read about the performer sleeping under the bridge last week, but unfortunately for some of us closer to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMA sensational performance from Cary Crankson anchors a powerful production of Simon Stephens’ Country Music at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMJune 3, 2004: Olivier-winning actor Nichola McAuliffe enjoyed a brief stint as a theatre critic for the Daily Mail. However, after a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTabard hears complaints on almost a daily basis of pesky audience members interrupting performances with their mobile phones. Andrew Scott has previously
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTh Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival arrives Friday at Point State Park, Gateway Center and the Cultural District, Downtown.
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A splendid production of an impressive early effort from the talented writer Kenneth Lonergan.
The post Theater Review: “The Waverly Gallery” — A Powerful Look into a Descent into Dem…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:48AM“Oktay İnce, a longtime video activist fighting to retrieve an archive worth 20 years of his work, was held in police custody and accused of terrorist propaganda after he chained himself …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:33AM“With LPO Plus, points can be earned each time an order is placed for eligible items including tickets, … gift vouchers, CDs, merchandise and programme book vouchers. Points can then be …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:33AMIn 1980, Kylián traveled to the Northern Territory to see the largest-ever gathering of Australian Aboriginal tribes; they all spoke different languages, so they communicated with dance. Th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:33AMHenry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford had been contract freelancers at the London Evening Standard, he for 10 years and she for 17. Their redundancy is part of what Standard ownership calls �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:33AMAlex Brightman walks us through preparing to take the stage as Beetlejuice each night, a process that involves old Robin Williams standup routines.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:30AMCarley Stenson and Ore Oduba have joined the cast of touring musical Curtains, alongside the previously announced Jason Manford. They have been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AM“Tina has his strength. Vita has his tongue. Francesca has his spirit." So speaks Ludovica about her daughters in Meghan Kennedy's Napoli, Brooklyn. Take a first look at those daughters in…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:24AMPrincipal dancer Yasmine Naghdi makes a blazing debut in The Firebird in the Royal Ballet’s latest triple bill. Against the mysterious glimmer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:22AMHistorically, Tony voters reward stars, snobby hits and anything that opened in the spring. What will that mean for this year's unconventional contenders? Here are our predictions.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMFreeman is a startling and exceptional piece of theatre and its run in Streatham was a coup for the still relatively new Streatham Space Project theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe gathering, which featured YA novelist Jason Reynolds, focused on eliminating barriers—especially ones between kids and adults.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00AM
The six pieces hailed from various corners of the country and examined a wide range of expressive and social viewpoints.
The post Concert Review: Juventas New Music’s “Pride: Hand in Han…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:42AMActor Charles Ogle (1865-1940) is one of the few major stars I can think of whose career stretches the early Edison days (1908) to the time of the modern studio system (mid ’20s). His body…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42AMCourt is now in session for the new cast of Agatha Christie's Witness For The Prosecution, now playing its second year in London's Theatreland.
The post All rise for the new Witness For The …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:36AM"I left feeling elated" and "I can’t remember when I last laughed so much" are just a couple of the glowing audience responses to hit cabaret about lady parts, Laura-Doe's Vaudeville of th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:32AMIt has been announced that Michael John LaChiusa’s historical musical Queen Of The Mist will receive a West End transfer to London’s Charing Cross Theatre for a limited 7-week run from 1…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 07:30AMBryan Cranston or Jeff Daniels? "Hadestown" or "Tootsie"? Newsday's theater critic serves up her picks in this year's tight Tony Awards race.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 07:18AMAfter spending a lot of time looking back at 300 different Broadway shows, and feeling so grateful for every single one of them, I also started thinking about shows I missed. It seems... I d…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:06AMAndrew Hall’s first job after graduating from LAMDA – as Russell, the son of Ria (Wendy Craig) and sibling of Adam (Nicholas
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AMA ticketing website for families is launching next month. It will use feedback and recommendations to make it easier for parents to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMI have spent most of the last 16 months in touring shows. It’s been an excellent crash course in being a working
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMDear @westendproducer if you were an actor who was understudying for a role and you wanted to go on in that role
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMBeneath the Blue Rinse, running at London’s Park Theatre – along with a Glover short called The Answer – is a morality tale where the elderly get their own back on a society that would…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMAngela Murdoch and her company Lookup Theatre turned the true story of a battle between Toronto Orangemen and an American circus troupe into a circus-comedy hybrid playing Sterling Rd.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMGuilt and grief lead a woman to imagine she's been contacted by aliens.
Imaginative and often beautiful visual projections by designer Tony Churchill transform S…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMThe Annoyance show may rely too much on stereotypes, but it's still lot of fun.
Al from Nebraska (Ben Cumings) goes searching for love through the heavy steam of…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMTrap Door's production of Ionesco's absurdist farce works best when no one is talking.
Eugène Ionesco's loud, absurdist farce about an everyman desperately atte…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMAdult children confront the past and future lives of their aging parents over lunch.
It's their weekly lunch date. They're sitting in the restaurant where she an…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMFirebrand’s production can’t rise over the limits of the script.
Michael John LaChiusa's musical Queen of the Mist contains a second-act song that critiques …
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Who is Katherine Pearson? The Executive Producer of Two on the Night Train and also an actress! What would you do differently to what you do now? Just more of what I do – haha. More a…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:55AMThe first rehearsal shots have been released of John Malkovich in Bitter Wheat, as he performs in the West End for the first time in nearly three decades.
The post In rehearsal: John Malkov…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:46AMAs The Wardrobe Ensemble prepare to officially open their 1997 hit Education Education Education at the West End's Trafalgar Studios, the cast took to Trafalgar Square to recreate another ic…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:33AMThe sensational star of The Voice, Prinnie Stevens and a talented tribe of emerging Australian musical theatre stars join the brand new Australian production of HAIR, performing nationally a…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:22AMThe 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe Programme has been launched, featuring a diverse selection of work from the worlds of theatre, dance, circus, physical theatre, comedy, music, musicals and…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:21AMWhen Sam (Michelle Fox) was 13 she was kidnapped. Salvation took the shape of a man with a gun. As an adult
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMHugh Jackman thoroughly delights and entertains in a show that celebrates his career – dotted with plenty of personal anecdotes.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMChicago Shakespeare Theater has never moved a show to Broadway. Might that change with “Six,” its big hit this summer? If the theater keeps its head on its shoulders. (I’m here all wee…
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With 200 million records sold, iconic American singer Tina Turner is known worldwide by her big hair, even bigger voice, and her powerful songs that include “River Deep – Mountain High�…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:55AMThe news that theatre critics Henry Hitchings and Fiona Mountford will no longer be writing for the London Evening Standard is not
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:52AMIn the run-up to the Edinburgh festival we’ll be picking highlights from the programme. Here’s a dozen for starters, including Eddie Izzard and a ukulele comedy
Assembly George Square St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMThe more familiar you are with A Doll’s House, the better you’ll be able to appreciate the scope, sophistication and fierce intelligence
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMEver tried to get a date by saying, “Hey, wanna go see Chunky in Heat? It’s an opera about a girl and her swimming pool. And it’s got six composers.” – David Patrick Stearns
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12AMInspired by Henrik’s Ibsen’s 19th century ground-breaking masterpiece that propelled world drama into the modern age, Canberra’s The Street Theatre presents Lucas Hnath’s Tony-award …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:11AMFrom fluid, floaty, tender, strong, angular and jovial to grace, strength and seamless instinctive precision, that’s BalletBoyz’s Them/Us at the Vaudeville Theatre.
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As dancers chassé toward their senior year of school, they begin to decide where dance will take them. Where will they take that next step, or leap, to make their dance dreams a reality? Th…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:56AMThere is often conversation about how people employed in arts and cultural pursuits overwork themselves (or are overworked) and are seeking to throttle things back to achieve a work-life bal…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:42AMScheduled for a 2020 release, filming has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Tenet.” Directed by Christopher Nolan, “Tenet,” filmed on location across seven countries, is an action e…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:24AMThe New York event features a predominantly youthful cohort of artists — and their work is both serious and delightful
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: New York City Ballet’s 2019 Spring Season — Week Four, "In this “ballroom with open doors” Ashley Bouder understands to equally represent her royalty and romanticism…
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SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn A Postcard from Lakai Worrell, Co-Artistic Director of Purelements, "When we spoke to our dance instructors about who inspired them to dance, there are several names that came up, again …
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