Best MusicalAin’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The TemptationsBeetlejuiceHadestownThe PromTootsie Best PlayChoir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraneyGary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus by Ta…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 06:36PMAfter a sold-out run at The Public, stage and screen star Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award nominee Tom Sturridge bring this thrilling night of storytelling to the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMWatch a performance from the off-Broadway cast of Octet, Dave Malloy's new musical that explores the addiction to 21st century technology.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMThe cast of Ain't Too Proud (Photo: Matthew Murphy)James Harkness is fresh off of performing at The 73rd Annual Tony Awards with his Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMInitial casting has been announced for the upcoming Encores! Off-Center staging of Al Carmines and Maria Irene Fornés' 1969 musical Promenade. The previously announced two-night production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. The Cast of The Prom to Perform at New York's TrevorLIVE Gala
It's time to dance! The mega-talented company of the Tony-nominat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMJosh DrakeFor the past two years, Josh Drake has been a singing and dancing resident of Agrabah in Aladdin on Broadway. The hit Disney musical marks the standout dancer's Broadway debut, so…
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This coming Monday, June 17, 8 p.m., I’ll be performing once again in Necromancers of the Public Domain , the terrific monthly series produced by Theatre of the Apes. This month we will …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:48PMThe lineup features two musicals, plus a world premiere play by Sylvan Oswald.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:38PMMoira Buffini’s inspired, inventive play about Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher — two women born six months apart and forced to deal with one another for the 11 ye…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:37PM“The personal touch sometimes takes some of the critical edge out of books conversation online. Like many outlets, Bustle is fazing out professional book reviews, and Electric Literatur…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PM“Since 2014, Fedora has awarded €1 million to help launch 10 new opera and ballet projects, co-produced by 64 cultural institutions across Europe. To do this, they’ve tested new model…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMWhen Palm Beach Opera promoted him to general director in February 2009, the company was struggling. It was posting unsupportable deficits and the chief administrator job was a revolving doo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThe audience at last Saturday’s Tony Awards Ceremony were treated to a karaoke performance of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” sung by the indelible Billy Porter. The number was a lov…
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How do I love this play? Let me count the ways. My colleague David Siegel’s review heaps accolades on the Round House Theatre production of Lucas Hnath’s A Doll’s House, Part 2, now pl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:44PMMy friend recently posted on Facebook, “I love/hate being addicted to my phone.” Dave Malloy’s beautiful new musical “Octet,” at The Pershing Square Signature Center might provide …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 04:44PMSeven Arts, LeedsChildren’s theatre company Tutti Frutti use physical playfulness and ingenuity to tell a story about the importance of communication and friendships
Friendship, as adults …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33PMDana Caspersen, William Forsythe’s wife and a former member of his company, Ballett Frankfurt, “develops choreographic methods that let groups address differences in nonverbal ways. Many…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03PMThis new vision for an art school was explicitly intended to combine knowledge of modern techniques for making things with a medieval attitude toward how and why you are making them. Gropius…
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The NYC theatre will make its building and programming accessible for audiences and theatre artists with disabilities.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:40PMDanceAfrica DC is a week long celebration of the African Diaspora in Spirit, through Dance, Art, Music and Culture. It takes place every year in the Washington, DC Brookland area. This year�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:33PMFor the South of Evan Linder’s play Byhalia, Mississippi, both the American flag and the Confederate one should be replaced by one reading “Bless This Mess.” It’s racist, classist, m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:32PMThe culmination of Susanna Fournier’s Empire Trilogy gives up control (narratively, physically, historically) to restore a bit of hope to a dark world, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:30PMBy Tania Fisher Sitting down with Roger Hendricks Simon is always an interesting experience. Director Oliver Stone put it most succinctly when he referred to Roger as “that wonderful act…
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“It tells us that wars are hell, but we knew that already. It tells us that most human beings are not so bad, except for the ones who are, and that’s valuable information. It doesn’t t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PMYou cast an actual Peruvian shaman, of course. And you get the entire rest of your cast do ayahuasca rituals furing the rehearsal period. Lyndsey Winship talks with Peruvian director-choreog…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PMLast week The New York Times reported in detail on YouTube’s recommendation algorithm, which is “capable of drawing users deeper into the platform by figuring out ‘adjacent relations…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PMDavid Thomson: “The shrewdest thing to say about Pauline Kael – beyond recognising that she was essential – is that she was kind of crazy. Yet determined to seem rational or in control…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM“We put $8 million into the BSO,” Governor Larry Hogan said. “They received the most money of any arts group in the state, 74 percent higher than any other arts group. . . . We con…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM“In a strange turn more than three decades after the meltdown, the exclusion area around Chernobyl is gaining a following as a tourism destination, apparently propelled by the popularity o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM“More of us than ever consider ourselves culturally engaged, and we are now expanding the definition of culture “possibly to the point of extinction”. ‘Big c’ and ‘small c’ cul…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM“In recent decades a shift in the flow of water across Phnom Bakheng amid heavy tourist traffic had jeopardised its long-term viability, prompting the WMF to seek a solution. Devotional sh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PMThe festival unveils casting for its closing-night reading: Terrence McNally's Some Men.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is heading to Washington Heights — with a cart in tow. On Friday, the Broadway guru announced he will take on the small bit part of Piragüero in the up…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 02:17PMMagic as Medium Reviewed by Katie Buenneke Underground Annex Through June 28 RECOMMENDED Almost every time he does a trick, magician Siegfried Tieber seems as delighted and surprised as…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:11PMThe August Wilson play, set in 1927, is set to be made into a film for Netflix.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:11PMThe show will officially open July 26 at St. Luke’s Theatre.
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From the writer of Daddy Long Legs comes the new musical No One Called Ahead.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMJeff Daniels‘ time as Atticus Finch in Broadway’s To Kill a Mockingbird is officially coming to an end.
Producer Scott Rudin announced Friday that Ed Harris, the four-time Oscar-nominate…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 01:51PMJennie Livingston’s landmark documentary about Harlem’s drag ball scene in the 1980s has been newly restored by Janus Films.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMThe Narcissist Next Door Reviewed by Stephen Fife Table of Fun Productions Through June 2 If you’ve ever wondered why sitcoms are only 30 minutes rather than an hour or longer, then dr…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:47PMA retrospective of the South African artist tells his own life story alongside his country’s history of apartheid and transition to democracy
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:44PMThe Lion King enthralls with its design, music and performance while Mormon delivers risqué material ‘with a heart,’ theatre experts tell Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:36PMCarole Real
Hometown: San Anselmo, California
Current Town: I’ve lived in LA for twenty years but am moving back to New York City in the fall.
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:36PMGorgeous production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:25PMLaurie Woolery will direct the July performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMEach playwright will receive three productions at the Portland theatre over two seasons.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:19PMBroadway’s next Atticus Finch has blue eyes. Ed Harris, a four-time Oscar nominee and star of TV’s “Westworld,” will take over from Jeff Daniels in Broadway’s “To Kill a Mockingb…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:14PMRound House stages the Washington-area premiere of Lucas Hnath’s Broadway play.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:12PMAlex Boniello has hit the big time on Broadway, but his career didn’t always look so promising. Take, for instance, his turn as Lumière in his high school’s production of Beauty and the…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:09PMThe former Wicked star just finished playing Rizzo in a limited run of the ’70s musical at the Pittsburgh CLO.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMThe title of David Hare’s 1978 play has never felt more ironic. Visible signs of the impact of austerity can be seen
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:08PMMusicals Folk musical Once has announced it will return later this year for a UK tour. This production premiered last year at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMEdinburgh International Festival is facing a 10% cut to its grant from the city council, prompting fears of “accelerated decline”. The planned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:06PMEd Harris, a four-time Oscar nominee and a Tony Award nominee for his role in “Precious Sons,” will take over the role of Atticus Finch in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Harris takes over …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:02PM“We started the company because we agreed that theatre isn’t telling women’s stories the way women deserve,” says Flat 4 Theatre.
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The solo show, written and directed by Will Nunziata, premiered at The Green Room 42 June 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMFrom being bullied to falling in love with Judy Garland. Tyler Houchins takes us down the yellow brick road.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 12:56PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Tony-winning songwriter and original star of In the Heights, has announced that he will take on the role of Piragua Guy in the musical's upcoming film adaptation. Eliseo …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54PMMan of many talents, Jonathan Goddard talks to Josephine Balfour Oatts about his exciting new, Arthur Pita helmed dance piece, The Mother. Luckily, the pillar-box-red seating in Meeting Room…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:42PMThe world-premiere musical based on the best-selling novel features a book by Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage and a score by Tony winner Duncan Sheik and Susan Birkenhead.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMIn a final casting announcement, the creator reveals he won't just be off-camera for the upcoming movie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMIn a final casting announcement, the creator reveals he won't just be off-camera for the upcoming movie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMThe reading is part of an evening to benefit the Tyler Clementi Foundation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMAntoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Jonathan Tucker, Miss J Alexander, Geena Rocero, and Debi Mazar will also make appearances at the June 17 event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMEXCLUSIVE: With investors to repay and resellers on the prowl, the producers of Hadestown increased ticket prices by as much as 47 percent, coinciding with the show’s best musical win a…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:19PMCo-founding artistic director Susan Bernfield looks back on the last 27 years—as well as forward, at the explosion of new artists on the horizon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMThe 10th anniversary production, starring original Broadway cast member Mitchell Jarvis, is about to take over New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMGet a glimpse at the New York premiere of Donald Margulies' new family drama, Long Lost.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:09PMThe Tony-winning Parade and Bridges of Madison County composer-lyricist will perform from his new album, How We React and How We Recover.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMWill Roland, Gerard Canonico, and Troy Iwata performed three numbers, accompanied by the show's composer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMMagic Theatre powerfully revives Luis Luis Alfaro's "Oedipus el Rey," an adaptation of the Greek tragedy set in L.A.'s violent gang world.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:00PMWe should celebrate the fact that within the space of a year London has played host to stagings of not one but two Sondheim masterpieces that have all but redefined them in theatrical terms:…
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In 1943, a young Jean-Paul Sartre wrote The Flies (Les Mouches, in French), a retelling of the Electra myth designed as a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMWith a world premiere recording, featuring Gavin Creel and Kate Baldwin, now available, composer Lippa looks back at the decades-long process of bringing the Jules Feiffer book to musical li…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMLondon's Falsettos has found its tight-knit family. Initial casting is set for the European premiere of the beloved musical by William Finn and James Lapine. The previously announced product…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMThe recently announced return run of the celebrated concert Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles has been canceled. The show had initially been scheduled to play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from Ju…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMThe upcoming movie musical version of Everybody's Talking About Jamie has selected Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant, standout star of Can You Ever Forgive Me?, to play the role of Hugo—also…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMRegrettably these achievements are marred by hollow tangents, diluting the play’s potential power. Having come up with a such a novel premise, Rocco is carried away by a concern with form …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:44AMImmersive theatre company Punchdrunk has announced a move into television, with a drama series written by Dennis Kelly and starring Jude Law.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMA former train depot in Manchester that has lain empty for more than 30 years could be brought back to life as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMThe cast of Come from Away, along with a few special guests, cheered on the nominees with nods from the show like a Cod Kiss Cam and sports classics like the wave.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMSinging along is the perfect way to entertain your little ones, so we've rounded up some of the best sing-along songs for kids from the world of theatre.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:40AMTaylor Swift’s new single, “You Need to Calm Down,” includes the line, “Can you just not step on his gown.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:38AMThe LCT3 musical, written by and starring The Great Comet's McLean, is currently in previews at Lincoln Center's Claire Tow Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMHey, all you Tony Awards viewers! There has been a lot of chatter about this year’s Tony Award telecast, and I was super curious about what you, the people who read The Producer’s Perspe…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:30AMOn Thursday, AshtonRep announced its production lineup presented at its new artistic home, The Edge Theater in Edgewater. The season opener will be “Equus” by Peter Shaffer (Sept. 27-Oct…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30AMBeatles tribute band Rain has canceled its week-long Broadway residence, producers announced today. “The tour of Rain was scheduled to conclude its Summer engagement in Sioux Falls and is …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:24AMFind your next job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMBy placing his ballet in the realm of the high-strung ballroom world, Eifman supplied himself plenty of excuses to make dances that bounced about the stage to his score of a parade of waltze…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:22AMThe international stage and screen star is currently touring to 80 venues across the U.K.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMLondon's Falsettos has found its tight-knit family. Initial casting is set for the European premiere of the beloved musical by William Finn and James Lapine. The previously announced product…
SOURCE: Theatre.com at 11:14AMThe group's The Best of Abbey Road Live! was scheduled to be part of the In Residence on Broadway roster at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM“Rain – A Tribute to the Beatles” has cancelled its Broadway dates. The tribute band was scheduled to play the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre at the end of July as part of the “In Residence …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:08AM“Starting in 1945, East German art owners fell victim to an array of inventive methods of expropriation. … In each of the four collections [studied], between 200 and 1,500 objects were d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM“Of a random sampling of 30 Philly murals that included people, about three-quarters had some degree of facial blurring applied in Street View.” Why? According to a Google spokesperson, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMStreetwise Opera, the British company for people struggling with homelessness, founded the choir Uma Só Voz/With One Voice for the 2016 Olympics, and the city has kept it going. Two AFP rep…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM“The museum, one of Europe’s most ambitious and expensive current cultural projects, has been burdened … by accusations from academics and activists that it hasn’t done enough to det…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMAlejandra Frausto, Mexico’s secretary for culture, wrote an official letter to designer Carolina Herrera and her creative director, Wes Gordon, about a recent Herrera collection that Fraus…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMHe’s known to the wider world primarily as the writer of the TV series Lonesome Dove and the films Raggedy Man and The Perfect Storm, and he was a book author and photographer himself, but…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMIn a word, yes. As one such producer puts it, “There’s layers of conversation of what diversity really means in a cultural arts landscape. … We have the opportunity to go deep within m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM“Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas hasn’t visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture, but he cited one of its exhibits last week to explain how Washington’…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM“Countless workout fads have come along since the heyday of Jazzercise: Tae Bo, Pilates, Zumba, boxing, spinning, pole dancing. And yet Jazzercise persists: today, according to the company…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMThe diva posted a photo of herself in her dressing room at the Mariinsky, all done up as Verdi’s enslaved Ethiopian princess, and one commenter wrote, “Beautiful singing! But is the blac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMOn the backs of pictures that photographer Hank O’Neal took of the marches in the 1970s, Ginsberg commented in Ginsbergian style. “Black white brown boy girl what idealism! — Wearing t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMAs well as directing work for the stage, the theatremaker was passionate about spaces for everyday recreation. Now these Fun Palaces are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMOver the last five years, 13-time Offie-nominated Arrows & Traps have become a regular fixture both on the London Fringe scene and on this blog. And the good news is they’re not going …
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Have you seen the cast for the European premiere of Falsettos? It’s looking pretty awesome with Natasha J Barnes, Daniel Boys, Matt Cardle, Gemma Knight-Jones, Laura Pitt-Pulford and Olive…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 10:55AMThe female-focused company will mount its season in venues across Houston.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:47AMIt’s been my good fortune to get to work with scholar L. Marc Fields recently on the liner notes for the CD release of Archeophone Records’ Joe Weber and Lew Fields: The Mike and Meyer F…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMThe Tony- and Grammy-winning Pose and Kinky Boots star's new track is available to stream and as a digital download.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe Ola Ince-helmed play, starring Monica Dolan, will begin performances August 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMDrinking, dancing, matching outfits and small puppet people, these production photos give a hint at what to expect from BoxLess Theatre's Hedgehog, which is already turning heads at the Lion…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:29AMThe upcoming season will feature artists from both the U.S. and around the world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMPeter Schjeldahl debunks (and praises) works of art, while also acknowledging the strategic importance of beauty.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMAlex Borinsky & Chana Porter interview each other
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:24AMAll three episodes have intriguing storylines, with plenty of human pathos and drama: but I admit to finding the first and third episodes a bit too digitally-focused for my taste.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMThis wide-angle richness -- a world filled with things to do, myriad side-distractions -- is the mark of exceptional game design.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:24AMPerformances will begin in August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMThere’s something for everyone, from classical music in the park to Alvin Ailey at Lincoln Center and four must-not-miss art shows spotlighting women.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMShe talks about playing the leading lady in “Much Ado About Nothing,” saying goodbye to “Orange Is the New Black,” and being a role model.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:12AMThe Atlantic Theater Company world-premiere features a book by Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage and a score by Tony winner Duncan Sheik and Susan Birkenhead.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMIn the springtime came the announcement of Artistic Director Matthew Warchus’s fifth season at London’s Old Vic which included star-studded casts galore, confirming that the bar will be…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:10AMThe Aaron Sorkin Broadway adaptation of Harper Lee’s perennial classic To Kill A Mockingbird has found its next Atticus Finch. When Jeff Daniels, Broadway’s current Atticus, departs the …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:00AMFamily musical Annie, with its sheer enthusiasm, joy and optimism, is exactly what we all need in these gloomy times and with Nikolai Foster’s gloriously heartwarming and sincere productio…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMA Red Orchid announced its 2019-20 lineup including two Chicago premieres and one world premiere. The 27th season begins with the world premiere of Levi Holloway’s “Grey House” (Oct. 1…
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Newcomer Max Harwood will star in the title role.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMBy Julian Eaves
Julian Eaves reviews The Flies - Les Mouches by Jean-Paul Satre presented alternatively in French and English at the Bunker Theatre, London.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:48AMThe 10th edition of the multicultural artistic showcase begins October 19 and includes DruidShakespeare: Richard III, and works by Wynton Marsalis, Vivaldi, and Wagner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMHaving sold out over 80 theatres with his solo show, which marks his 80th birthday year, Sir Ian McKellen is now bringing it to the West End.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:39AMAdam Cooper will return to the role of Don Lockwood.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMWestworld actor Ed Harris will succeed the departing Jeff Daniels in Broadway’s record-breaking To Kill A Mockingbird in November. Though an announcement from producers has not been made, …
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:35AMITO urges dreaming with eyes wide open
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:13AM"The Agitators," a 2017 play by Mat Smart and directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, currently at West of Lenin, unfolds like a scrapbook, with snippets of conversation between Douglass and Anth…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMApphia Campbell performs the two central characters in Woke at Battersea Arts Centre, embodying their passion and anger through storytelling and song, in this lightning-strike of a show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe musical, inspired by George's life and featuring lyrics by the singer himself, opened on Broadway in November 2003.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMClémentine Margaine sings the title role in the filmed presentation of the Richard Eyre production.
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It’s certainly looking like a busy year ahead for Adam Cooper. Having just this morning been announced as returning to Singin’ In The Rain next year, he’s also amongst initial casting …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:54AMThus far, the 2019 country-house season has been partially stymied by the weather, which remains doggedly uncongenial for pastoral picnics or parkland
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:50AMAssociate Artist, Jack Albert Cook, makes his Lion and Unicorn Theatre debut in July, when his tale of mental health within the gay community, Fast Love, runs at the Kentish Town venue. Book…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:29AMRichard E Grant, Sharon Horgan and Sarah Lancashire have been cast in the big-screen adaptation of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. The film
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:27AMIn honor of the closing of Avenue Q and the Tony-winning King Kong, we use this week's Friday 5 to celebrate the art of puppetry. Over the years, we've seen some awesome, jaw-dropping stuff…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:24AMCitysong, Dylan Coburn Gray’s Verity Bargate award-winning play, is coming to Soho Theatre. Natasha Tripney talks to the playwright about his inspirations,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMDespite enormous strides in UK theatre, east Asian actors are missing on our screens – or expected to sound like Fu Manchu
In the 1920s, a group of Chinese students protested to parliament…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMChichester Festival theatreRachael Stirling is excellent in Kate Hewitt’s invigorating production of a play about individual and national unease
There seems a cunning plan to Chichester’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMShakespeare returns to his family after the infamous Globe Theatre fire; a couple adopts three Hispanic children from a damaged home
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:02AMInvestigating the shooting of a young Muslim father in Huddersfield, Mobeen Azhar’s documentary uncovers a web of secrecy and self-deception
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:02AMGlossy, visceral and with an exceptional cast, the satirical mini-series conjures a paradox-laden second world war
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:02AMNicholas Hytner gives us an utterly inspired take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge Theatre, with Gwendoline Christie in stupendous form.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe three-time Grammy nominee is Broadway's new Carole King beginning June 27.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 08:00AMThe Broadway play by avant garde artist and Tony nominee Mac takes Greek tragedy and Shakespeare to a new level.
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Sushi Girls, Tony Leliw's new comedy about a pair of Japanese students living in London, will bring its tale of cultural confusion to Theatro Technis in July. Book your tickets now!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMMatt Cardle, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Natasha J Barnes and Daniel Boys are to star in Falsettos at the Other Palace in London. They
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMIan McKellen will bring his one-man show, which is being staged in celebration of his 80th birthday, to the West End later
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMThe Musical Theatre Academy in London is being investigated by the Charity Commission over concerns about its safeguarding and governance arrangements. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMKully Thiarai has announced she is stepping down as artistic director of National Theatre Wales after three years in the job. She
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Lynn Nottage's award-winning play Sweat which is now playing at the Gielgud Theatre, London for a limited season.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:22AMIno Moxo, Peruvian choreographer Oscar Naters’s new show, aims to faithfully recreate the ritual experience of taking ayahuasca – so much so the performers took the hallucinogen in rehea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThe actor’s one-man show includes a reading from Lord of the Rings, anecdotes about his Shakespeare days and a revival of his panto dame Widow Twankey
A West End run has been announced for…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMWe’re told Plenty is viewed as a modern classic. For the life of me I have no idea why and the sterling work of this excellent cast can do nothing to dissuade me.
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Full casting has been announced for the upcoming European premiere of Falsettos. And it'll star Matt Cardle, Daniel Boys, Laura Pitt-Pulford, and more!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:26AMNew international performance collaboration Wet Paint brings its first production, Fall Prettier, to The Space later this month, promising a wacky, brutal and glitter-dusted take on appropri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:25AMWhen the Chichester Festival Theatre production of Singin’ in the Rain transferred to the West End in 2012 it went on to be a hit with audiences and receive four Olivier nominations. Now i…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:20AMEd Baker-Duly will play Robert to Jenna Russell’s Francesca in the Menier Chocolate Factory’s UK premiere production of The Bridges of Madison County, Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norma…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:15AMAnyone who has ever seen a TED Talk will be familiar with the mannerisms used by Little Bulb in its new show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMChichester Festival Theatre’s production of Singin’ in the Rain is to return to London, with a run at Sadler’s Wells starring Adam
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMFolk musical Once has announced it will return later this year for a UK tour. The musical ran in the West End
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMAdapted from Sue Monk Kidd’s novel, The Secret Life of Bees is a coming-of-age story that portrays African-American faith and community with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AMAnthony McCarten has put together a top-notch drama in The Pope which is brought to life by the outstanding performances of gifted character actors, Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson.
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Chichester Festival Theatre’s Olivier Award-nominated production of Singin’ in the Rain will play a strictly limited five-week season at London’s Sadler’s Wells in the summer of 2020…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:57AMWhat a glorious feelin’, I’m happy again! Chichester Festival Theatre’s Singin’ In The Rain is coming back to London in 2020, with the Olivier Award-nominated production lined up for…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:50AM(American Recordings/Fiction)Producer Rick Rubin has pared back the effects, giving Tempest’s songs about trying to love and dance through our current crises room to reach out
Kate Tempest…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMBill Ward, Emmerdale and ex-Coronation Street star, is set to replace Bianca Del Rio in the role of Loco Chanelle in the West End’s smash-hit musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. The…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 05:30AMAdam Cooper and Ashley Shaw will star in the return of Matthew Bourne’s double Olivier award-winning production of The Red Shoes for New Adventures.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AMDuring her years in Seattle, trumpeter Samantha Boshnack has become intrigued not only with volcanoes but with the overall seismic behavior that continues to be a major and often disruptive …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12AMHaving controversially deaccessioned a classic Rothko (given to it by the artist himself) in order to fund future acquisitions, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is now raiding its coll…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12AMSan Diego is not only the eighth largest U.S. city by population, but also among the fastest-growing. And it has a lot to offer in art — and if the current exhibit at the San Diego Museum …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12AMThere’s something brilliant about sanctioned playtime – dress up, get a fake name, pretend you’re on a life or death mission, play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMThe highly anticipated announcement of the final casting for the great Tennessee William’s The Night of the Iguana is finally here! Following the previously announced cast that includes C…
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By Douglas Mayo
Ian McKellen's continues with a limited season at London's Harold Pinter Theatre. 80 years, 80 venues, 80,000 tickets sold and now 80 more shows announced today all to raise …
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Once the musical UK Tour announced! One of the most celebrated musicals of our time, Once will embark on its first major UK tour from January 2020.
This post Once the musical…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:15AMThere’s a Belle and Sebastian play, a show in a hair salon, Frances Barber performing Pet Shop Boys songs and top comics including Josie Long and Stephen Fry. Here’s our guide to the wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AMSir Ian McKellen is set to bring his hit touring production, Ian McKellen On Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others and You!, to London's Harold Pinter Theatre this September, it has been …
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Acclaimed musical Singin' In The Rain starring Adam Cooper will return for a limited Summer season at Sadler's Wells London in Summer 2020.
This post Singin’ In The Rain r…
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games along with The LEGO Group, and Lucasfilm announced “Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.” This will be a brand-new console game where play…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:52AMWho is Harley Mann? I am a Waka Waka man from Queensland. I grew up in Sydney on Gadigal Country. As a performer, I specialise in aerial rope and diabolo. When I’m not studying the Bachelo…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:25AMMaking its premiere at Gasworks Arts Park 14 – 22 June, Glassbreaker Productions’ Two on the Night Train is an existential play in the tradition of Beckett, with a strong emphasis on lig…
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SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:03AMGwendoline Christie in a joyous, immersive take on Shakespeare; time-travelling twist on Ibsen; Victorian women come out fighting
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:01AMFrom ‘Killing Eve’ to ‘Big Little Lies’, TV’s most intriguing characters are freewheeling, fearless — and over 40
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AM17 shows to see at lauded out-of-town venues in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and beyond---While there are still plenty of productions to see in New York over the summer, this is the season …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMMegan Hill stars in the world premiere of Open, her third new play in six months---It's fitting that Megan Hill is currently playing a magician of sorts because over the past six months she'…
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