First of all, it’s hard to believe “Pretty Woman” is still playing on Broadway. It got no Tony nods at all. Nothing.
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:54PMMarquis Theater Winner of the Tony Awards® for Best Book and Best Actor (Santino Fontana) Cast includes: Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper, Sarah Stiles, John Behlmann,
SOURCE: theaterwithatwist.com at 11:26PMAfter 15 years creating dance for his namesake company, Sean Dorsey Dance, the visionary choreographer continues to thrive.
SOURCE: Forbes at 11:15PM“The Secret Life of Bees” – first a 2001 best-selling novel, then a 2008 all-star movie, now a musical written by theatrical all stars Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined), Duncan Sheik (Sprin…
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This first-ever revival of "Galas" intentionally coincides with World Pride and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprisings. It honors the memory of Ludlam who died of AIDS in 1987 at th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:58PMJonathan Larson Sings across Two Decades—to US by Rachel Norby and Barry David Horwitz After twenty years of fame and fortune, “Rent” has become a star-making machine. Young people fro…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:52PMFormidable front-person for the edgy, post-punk outfit The Pretenders, Chrissie Hynde has proved an enduring presence on the rock scene for decades.
This summer she will take the stage at t…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:42PMThe cute little old ladies are up to something at the sunny nursing home. They share the same room and enough wit to fight over the turf like two college roommates. If only we all could grow…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:33PM by Cathy Hammer In a small mountain settlement above a city in the South, three elders — Alberta, Oscar, and Lillie Mae — along with the daughter and grandchild of a fourth — Vir…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:05PMThe Producers of the Helpmann Award nominated spectacular, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, have announced the five boys who will play the role of Charlie Bucket in the Melbourne season of…
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The joyful musical comedy won strong reviews but could not break through in a competitive theater market.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42PMThe Prom, the gutsy little show that won Broadway’s heart, gave the nation something to talk about over Thanksgiving turkey and is heading for the road and Netflix, will play its last Broa…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:41PMLess than a year after opening, The Prom will be taking its last bow on Broadway this summer. The Tony-nominated musical has set its final performance for Aug. 11 at the Longacre Theatre.
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SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:41PMThe acclaimed Tony-nominated musical comedy The Prom has set a closing date of August 11 at the Longacre Theatre. The celebrated tuner began Broadway performances on October 23, 2018 and of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:33PMOlivia Valli stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about joining the cast of Jersey Boys, her grandfather Frankie Valli and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:33PMThe most controversial play of the year is shaping up to be the worst
John Malkovich is back in town - and he's starring in the most controversial play of the year. Trouble is, it might well…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:24PMIf you’re spending summer in the city and are looking for some family-friendly shows to enjoy with the kids, rest assured that you’ll find an array that is right for all ages. From Broad…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:18PMBy: David Sheward
June 19, 2019: The 2019-20 Off-Broadway theater season begins with a quartet of productions exploring African-American identities through a variety of lenses—out-of-…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:11PMby Mo Brady
On a recent rainy summer night, I dipped into Winnie’s Jazz Bar to escape the inclement weather. Armed wi…
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 09:01PMThe Joyce Theater, New York, NY. May 29, 2019. There’s just something about the ephemeral magic of dance art — the way nuances of movement align with nuances of music, the way lighting b…
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★★★ Lydia R. Diamond casts new light on the Negro League legend and first lady of professional baseball
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:50PMSTEPHEN BROWN's work has been developed or presented by MCC, Page 73, Primary Stages, ESPA, the Road Theatre's Summer Play Festival, EST/Youngblood, and the Aurora Theatre. He's been a past…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:33PMThe Prom, the $13.5 musical comedy that developed a cult following but not a mass audience since opening in November, will close on Aug. 11. It’s the first musical to announce its closur…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 08:06PM“The Prom” announced a closing date of Aug. 11. At that point, the musical will have played 23 preview and 310 regular performances. The closing notice comes after the show had a season …
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The new musical comedy opened at the Longacre Theatre in November 2018.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:44PMEven writing about it the next day, the warmth still glows. In this time, to quote a lyric from another show, “of cold and darkness, in this terrifying night,” the affirmation of basic h…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:42PMThe Baltimore Sun obtained financial documents showing the orchestra’s fiscal health is in calamitous condition. Even factoring in additional state funding, the orchestra is projected to b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMHer expression is a stealthy contrast to the blank-eyed stare of Jackson, who would remain on the new twenty’s back side, demoted but not fully displaced. Should the bill one day materiali…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM“Under a plan announced last week by Mayor Anne Hidalgo, thickets of trees will soon appear in what today are pockets of concrete next to landmark locations, including the Hôtel de Vil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMAbout five years ago, the lawsuit claims, her hair and teeth started falling out and she developed intense nausea, tremors, disorientation, bone loss, facial swelling, and a peculiar metalli…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMAs an artwork that encompasses a sprawling landmass as well as decades’ worth of crafting to customize it as a man-made offering to the cosmos, Roden Crater may be “an order of magnitude…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMArís Theatre’s The Friel Deal describes two vastly different romances in the...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 07:06PMIf theatres believe in the value of diverse audiences and are passionate about programming work that looks like Britain today, they should
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Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 6/19/19. New musicals at Berkshire Theatre Group and Goodspeed, Varla Jean Merman plays TheaterWorks, and arts news or WMass and No.CT.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 06:37PMGarrick theatre, LondonJohn Malkovich works overtime to squeeze depth into David Mamet’s predatory Hollywood tycoon Barney Fein
David Mamet’s new play, we are assured, is fiction and any…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36PMSean Dixon’s play about the ‘world’s first animal superstar’ revisits his life and death in St. Thomas, Ontario, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:19PMThe complete design team of the musical 'Octet' will share their experience shaping and staging the form-breaking musical.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:16PMMalkovich makes his return to the West End stage, after more than a 30-year hiatus, in David Mamet's new play about the Harvey Weinstein scandal, but it never fully reveals the psychological…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:06PMListen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to actor Margo Seibert about “Octet,” playing off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre. Class Notes actively covers New York’s current theater season …
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David Mamet, thorn in the side of political correctness, is back in London with another play about a powerful man accused of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39PMIt's been 13 years since Shoshana Bean was last seen defying gravity on Broadway as Elphaba in Wicked, and now she's showing audiences what baking can do as Jenna Hunterson in Waitress. Bean…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMActions speak louder than words, but as of right now, Variety is saying that Tony-winning actor Andrew Garfield is the top choice to play Jon, the role inspired by Jonathan Larson, in the up…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMA starry cast has been assembled for a screen adaptation of August Wilson's iconic play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. The motion picture will be directed by Tony winner George C. Wolfe and adapt…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.Jesse Tyler Ferguson Selected as New Host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is keeping super busy. The Emmy…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMGrammy-nominated singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton on joining the Broadway community as she makes her debut in Beautiful and how she relates to Carole King.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMThe show combines singing, rapping, comedy, beat-boxing and human percussion, with the performers taking suggestions from the audience to create “humorous bits, instantaneous songs and rif…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThe Cape Playhouse production, also starring Lauren Zakrin and Rema Webb, begins performances June 26 in Massachusetts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMFrom a car-crashing pizza delivery boy to dressing in a Hershey’s costume, the cast has done it all while waiting for their time on stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:25PMAn exhibit of the Fiddler on the Roof director’s work is now open at SoHo’s Staley-Wise Gallery.
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Andrews’ worldwide success with the films "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins" is well represented here, as is the Broadway musical that established her in the first place, "My Fair Lad…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:54PMDenzel Washington will produce the August Wilson classic, reuniting him with Davis following their work on Fences.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:50PMRichard Florida looks at a study of shrinking American cities and breaks down a couple of myths about them, and about why some cities remain vibrant even as they lose population while others…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM“Problems related to achieving professional success might appear to be a pretty good species of problem to have; even raising this issue risks seeming precious. But if you reach profession…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM“These days, the question driving the debate is whether publishers should sell ebooks to libraries at a higher price for a perpetual license, or at a lower price for a license that needs t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMAccording to García Turza, if the Suso monks were the first to record the sounds of the Ibero-Romance language on the page, they are also responsible for the creation of the Spanish alphabe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMThe perennial tale of a noble servant exploited by a self-absorbed upper class family is given a bewildering and tedious treatment by playwright Amina Henry in "The Great Novel." It’s an e…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:27PMDiane Alexander White was a photography student with a camera at the seventh annual Gay Pride Parade in 1976.…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:20PMShor plays imperious manager Diana Trout on the TV Land series, but can she identify which quotes are Diana's and which are from other famous bosses?
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMUkrainian director Rimas Tuminas has led the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia in a massacre of Mikhail Lermontov’s 1845 play "Masquerade." Presented by the Cherry Orchard Fest…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:07PMOscar winner Sean Penn will direct.
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The Broadway Collective event raised funds to bring underserved students the opportunity to train with Broadway performers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:58PMThe Frameline43 LGBTQ film festival in SF features several works by Bay Area filmmakers -- here's a rundown.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:52PMDear Evan Hansen and Fosse/Verdon scribe Steven Levenson will write the screenplay.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMI am going on vacation for a couple weeks so the blog will be featuring some interesting posts from the archives. Back in 2009 I wrote a lengthy article about a Mad Men episode where the ad …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:48PMTodrick Hall is headed back to Broadway. The talented stage alum will join the company of Waitress in the role of Ogie beginning on August 20 for a limited run through September 15. He'll …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMHollywood filmmakers tell a period story set in China in Gordon Dahlquist’s layered look at truth, lies and the power of narrative.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMThe jukebox show never had the rights to use the band’s songs, even though it’s named after one. That’s changing for its 10th anniversary revival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMA return to early antic style from the author of “Good People” and “Rabbit Hole.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PMThe New York theatre announces an array of productions for young people and family audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:00PMExhibition District founder Erin Salazar was named one of seven Knight Public Spaces Fellows for her efforts to engage artists and the downtown community.
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Producers of Broadway’s hit musical Waitress announced today that singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, choreographer, producer and social media star Todrick Hall will join the show later thi…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:57PMArtistic director Nina Lee Aquino resurrects theatre pieces emblematic of past Factory leaders and connect them with contemporary artists of colour, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:36PMJane Franklin, Artistic Director, Jane Franklin Dance, thinks about how Amazon’s HQ2 in Virginia might impact her neighbors in EyeSOAR, her latest Capital Fringe show. The idea for EyeSOAR…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMChildhood, magic, myths and legends, and Patsy Cline — who is arguably all of those — will make up the docket for Creative Cauldron’s 2019-2020 season. Creative Cauldron will open the …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:33PMLiving up to its title, a racially and physically diverse game company of ten male performers really are nude throughout "Camp Morning Wood: A Very Naked Musical." It succeeds as a joyous fl…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:32PMAmanda Quaid
Hometown: New York CityCurrent Town: New York CityQ: Tell me about your play in the EST Marathon.
A: The Extinctionist is a one-act about an environmentalist trying to…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 01:30PM“In Russia, that most macho of societies, male ballet has never been a sniggering joke about guys in tights. There is no finer expression of manly patriotism than to dance, especially for …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“[He] was best known for his oversized sculptures of chairs and tables that he produced at larger-than-life, room-filling scale. In doing so, everyday pieces of furniture seem unreal, and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“Longtime Boston Ballet star Misa Kuranaga will be joining the company as a principal dancer for the 2019-20 season, while Dutch National Ballet principal Sasha Mukhamedov will join as a s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“[Sam] Peckinpah’s notion that mercy and virtue may be outmoded ideas in the hectic, grabby sprawl of the 20th century has ossified into prophecy as we’ve rolled into the 21st. … His…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMIn the early days, by creed, a graffiti artist would ask neither for permission nor compensation. Now, after courting the former, artists at 5Pointz were receiving the latter. Graffiti was o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“At least three of the fathers of the American Method — Lee Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, and Elia Kazan — had reputations for treating men and women differently, as well as for treating…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“Whether a visiting music director joining one production at a time, or in his regular capacity as Resident Conductor at several opera companies, he brings musically impeccable credentials…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMHall returns to Broadway after starring in Chicago and Kinky Boots.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMColleen Balinger and Todrick Hall star in Waitress from August 20 - Sept 15. Grab your tickets before they're all gone.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:20PMBroadway musical Pretty Woman has confirmed it will transfer to London next year. The show, a stage adaptation of the 1990 romantic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMThe Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music star is the first actor set for the Netflix series, due in 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMActors' Equity Association has announced the 2019 Tony-winning musical Hadestown as winner of the 13th annual Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus. Presented by Equity's Advisory Committee …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMEventim Apollo, LondonIn Real or Magic? the bicep-piercing endurance artist demonstrates supernatural command of his body
‘The last time I performed in London, I was shut in a box for 44 d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMThis BBC Three comedy from Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou is full of feminist fury and gloriously daft gags. But there’s only one episode so far. Can we have some more please?
Comedy is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMShe was ruthless Ellaria in the TV epic. As she appears in a Noël Coward comedy, the actor talks about her dreams of returning to mime – and why sticking with her name may have hurt her c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMRoyal Festival Hall, London Full of lazy, hazy nostalgia for classic romantic encounters in Italy, this picturesque show is rescued from cliche by Renée Fleming’s soaring star quality
‘…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMKate Hamill who has had success with "Sense and Sensibility" (Bedlam), "Pride and Prejudice" (Primary Stages), and "Vanity Fair "(The Pearl Theatre) has now turned her sights to Louisa May A…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:09PMLinda Mugleston talks about the amazing actresses who influence her style of comedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:07PMTwenty-five-year-old African-American Michigan native and New York University graduate Usher is an usher at a Disney Broadway musical who is writing an autobiographical musical about his tro…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:03PMSo this week, I saw some of the best and worst theatre as well as the Spice Girls again, which some would argue is the best and worst in pop music at the same time.
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This song cycle gives us sheltering in a cave from a massive forest fire, who entertain themselves and us even as the threat of destruction grows closer, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:57PMCarlyle Brown, Mia Chung, and Daniel Alexander Jones are also recipients of the $30,000 prizes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMSkillman unfolds an achingly beautiful story, dropping bits and pieces of Kristen’s thoughts and memories as she balances her tightrope of love, commitment, sacrifice and transformation. H…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:47PMThe 89-year-old Broadway veteran will offer An Accidental Star at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMCritic Christine Dolen and local theatre leaders Joseph Adler and Mario Ernesto Sanchez introduce TCG attendees to the vibrant Miami theatre scene.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:39PMThe Arrow actor will lead the cast of the limited engagement at SoHo Playhouse this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMJoe Calarco directs the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMThe most lyrical and romantic thing about Light In The Piazza is its title. That, and the luscious vintage-style 50s costumes which evoke the American idyll of Italy as captured by Audrey He…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMChoreographer Lorin Latarro pulls back the curtain ahead of the San Diego premiere.
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Ruth Wilson shares what she learned playing opposite Glenda Jackson
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 11:59AMThe lineup features new works directed by two-time Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans, Kaneza Schaal, and Raphaëlle Boitel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMThe musical recently won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMBuy T-shirts, posters, mugs, and more at Playbill Store—and 10 percent of your order will be donated to BC/EFA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMTheatr Clwyd has been listed in recognition of its “special architectural interest” as a post-war civic arts and theatre complex. The venue,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMOffbeat acts — including spoken karaoke and “Mortified” — occupy a cabaret space.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:54AMBased on an anecdote from the set of an infamous commercial, the play focuses on the behind-the-scenes people who work to realize an artist’s vision.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:36AMDavid Furr talks the passion of Burn This, finding the humor and charm in Burton, and challenging himself to do new kinds of work.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:30AMJOHNNY MORENO, JEFF KIM & especially MICHELLE TALGAROW are excellent in Bill English's beautifully directed San Francisco Playhouse production running through June 29th.
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 11:25AMPretty Woman: The Musical, the new musical based on the comedy film classic of the same name that is currently playing at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre, will soon see a production on Lond…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:22AMIn a special news announcement made today that will have London theatre fans flinging their escargot across the room in excitement, it has been confirmed that Broadway's Pretty Woman: The Mu…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:20AMPatina Miller, Sutton Foster, Skylar Astin, Hailey Kilgore, Sierra Boggess, and more will be part of the July performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMThe Minneapolis theatre will feature plays by Carla Ching, Jiehae Park, and Lauren Yee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:10AMTheresa Rebeck beautifully directs a pitch perfect cast (including GEORGE HAMPE, ANN HARADA & DAVID WOHL) that is one to admire!
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:10AMThe Brooklyn theatre will also present new works from Thomas Ostermeier and Daniel Kitson, and remount Good Chance Theatre's 'The Jungle.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:06AMSaturday Supper Clwbs are described as “your brand-new Saturday out” hosted by Wales Millennium Centre and through my experience I can certainly say that it was a fun one.
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Carney returns after two sold-out concerts at the venue earlier this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMThe Sunday in the Park with George star stopped by The Late Late Show in London to duet with James Corden.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMKayla Davion came to Christopher Square on a rainy day to perform from the musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMThough it opens on a suitably melancholy note, with a shivering Viola staggering ashore, and a brooding Duke listening to love songs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:50AMThe production runs through July 5 before the two reprise their performances in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMWe just can’t wait for her to be king queen! Beyoncé, who will provide the voice of Nala in the highly-anticipated upcoming movie adaptation of The Lion King, took a visit to Pride Rock o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AMHow fitting to hold a post-show Q&A for The Starry Messenger during Loneliness Awareness Week. Kenneth Lonergan’s beautifully delicate play considers the torment of, as New York Tim…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:47AMIn our first Tell Us In 10 feature, Ekaterina Tarasova talks about her West End idols and how she became an actress. Book Three Sisters tickets on OLT.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:43AMRoy Orbinson’s iconic “Oh, Pretty Woman” makes its long-awaited Broadway debut in Pretty Woman: The Musical.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:41AMSamuel Bailey has won the 2019 Papatango New Writing Prize for his play Shook. The play was selected from a record number
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMIt was a meeting of the lionesses for Beyoncé and Broadway star Syndee Winters.
The singer, who voices Nala in Disney’s upcoming virtual-production animated remake of The Lion King enjoye…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:37AMLin-Manuel Miranda returns to face off against The Roots' Tarik Trotter as each is given three random words they've never seen before, like "Daenerys Targaryen" and "Pikachu," and work them …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:13AMThe dreams and desires of everyday Londoners are set in song as a £5 note makes its way through the city.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMLin-Manuel Miranda is freestyling his way back to Broadway this fall!
During an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show, the Hamilton mastermind announced he will be bringing …
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:01AMIf, like me, you still love to stick your head in a book and long to remember the days you could read for hours unencumbered by the worries of the world then get along and see Matilda The Mu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMFilmed in HD during a performance at London's Adelphi Theatre, the Tony-winning musical comes to cinemas June 22.
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The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter is set to make her Broadway debut in the Carole King musical June 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMThe music superstar and the Broadway vet met after a Lion King–themed event in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMReview: Flux, Camden People's Theatre3.0starsWith a dully radiating stage, and a rather disturbingly lifelike full-sized puppet, award-winning theatre company Smoking Apples’s latest produ…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AM“After years of financial crises, shifting leadership and painful internal debate about its future, the National Academy closed its museum, separated from its school and began selling off …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMLesley Stahl of 60 Minutes talks to the conductor and his wife, Aaltje, about how their son Benjamin, now 29 and able to speak Dutch and English, was uncommunicative until they found a way t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AM“Women made up nearly a third of the directors, executive producers, writers, cinematographers and editors, and though they were still outnumbered by men two to one, the new figures repres…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMFor five years now, a collective called The Kilroys has been releasing an annual list of recommended new plays, as yet unproduced or “under-produced,” by female, transgender, and non-bin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMFreestyle Love Supreme, the hip hop theatrical improv show co-created by Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2004 and staged intermittently since, will make its Broadway debut in September, producers – …
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:43AMPerformances will begin in September under the direction of Karen Jemison.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMBob Dylan musical Girl From The North Country is set to transfer to New York's Belasco Theater in February 2020, it has been confirmed. The Broadway transfer comes after an acclaimed Off-Br…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:25AMListen: “Freestyle Love Supreme” and “Girl from the North Country” Announce Broadway Plans, Reviews for “A Strange Loop,” and 2019’s The List! “Today on Broadway” is a dail…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:15AMThe 1964 single “Oh, Pretty Woman” became synonymous with the 1990 Richard Gere-Julia Roberts film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AMVirginia Thespians make new musical accessible to high schools
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:08AMI welcome positive changes to the Equity agreement. But I’d still like to see a change in the unfair tier structure in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMJune 22, 1989: Three decades ago the hot weather was causing big problems for theatre, with a “Mediterranean-style heatwave” blamed for a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe world feels depressing sometimes, doesn’t it? Brexit’s a mess, party politics is messier, and the blissful summer we needed – and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMBy Amanda L. Andrei. Amanda L. Andrei reflects on Warsaw’s Generation After 3 festival, which had the theme of “risky projects,” and discusses four pieces she saw on risk as it relates…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AMVicki Manser told us about Six the Musical, who she’d like to play her in her own pop concert musical and what she’d say to Henry VIII if she got the chance...
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Two Dubai-resident Sudanese who met at a poetry event in Abu Dhabi (because there was no such thing in Dubai) have joined forces to open Blank Space, where they’ve basically created a spok…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMItalian media are reporting that the mayor of Milan, who is ex officio chair of La Scala’s board, said after a meeting that Meyer was the choice; for now, English-language outlets report t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMElizabeth Acevedo, a Dominican-American who got her literary start at poetry slams, won the 2019 Carnegie Medal for her verse novel The Poet X. Jackie Morris won the Kate Greenaway Medal for…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AM“The chief executive of the Serpentine Galleries, Yana Peel, resigned on Tuesday after a newspaper investigation revealed she had connections to a cybersecurity firm whose technology has b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMAh, reminiscing... So, over the first 300 Broadway shows, I've enjoyed many a show that others dislike. You know the ones I'm talking about - shows that are "too popular," "too silly," or a …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:24AMRenowned screen and stage actor Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony Award-winning actress Annaleigh Ashford will reprise their roles from Broadway's Sunday in the Park with George for the show's hig…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:20AMMercy! The new Broadway sensation Pretty Woman: The Musical has announced that Roy Orbison's hit title tune is now being performed by the cast during the show's curtain call at the Nederl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:12AMA beautiful reinterpretation of the Shakespearean classic, Matthew Bourne’s Romeo & Juliet at The Lowry modernises the tale of doomed love for a new audience.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMBroadway’s Mike Iveson talks about his three purposes in the show and what he’s learned from Tony nominee Heidi Schreck.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AM“Pretty Woman” has announced a new production on the West End in 2020. This production will be produced Ambassador Theatre Group Productions as well as Broadway producer Paula Wagner and…
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by Sandi Durell Charlie Romo is only 23 years old but claims that his greatest influence has always been the legendary singer, songwriter, musician and actor Bobby Darin. Althoug…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:44AMReview: Hot Flushes, Camden People's Theatre2.0starsWith its heart in the right place and huge amounts of potential, Hot Flushes springs from a genuinely exciting place. That’s unfortunate…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMThe young Scandinavians of the Eka Trio combine the relaxed sensuosity of trends in Nordic music with their underlying commitment to the adventurousness that goes to the heart of jazz. – D…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMThis flight from public accountability will deal a knockout blow to whatever transparency remains in “willing buyer-willing seller” auction transactions. Adieu, fair market value. – Le…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMAt the CircuitWest Showcase in Perth, Australia, I discussed with artists, producers, and presenters the issues around community engagement in a state (Western Australia) where, outside the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMAs she posted on Facebook, “Nearly ten years to the day of my aorta exploding, I woke up in Calgary on the day I was meant to fly home to Nova Scotia” — for her father’s funeral, no …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMIn May, The Song Company suddenly announced that it was ceasing business and beginning the bankruptcy process called in Australia Voluntary Administration. Then, in early June, the ensemble�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMAs they open at Southwark Playhouse check out these production images from Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Bridge Company's new drama What Was Left and watch the cast of new musical The Sandm…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:26AMI am actor. But I also direct, write and produce. Does the biz get on with you better if you just stick
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThis year The Stage Scholarship at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts has been awarded to 13-year-old Maddie Monti. The talented performer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMWritten and performed by Apphia Campbell, Woke connects the experiences of the civil rights movement in the 1960s-70s with events of the present day.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMI just had the worst audition of my career. Sadly it was an important one – a potential regular in a prime-time
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMIt's firmly rooted in the 80s, in more ways than one.
Anthony Tournis's new farce is based on the premise that televangelists are hypocritical crooks who fleece …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMBut all we've got is a murky early effort from Tony winner Jez Butterworth.
Playwright Jez Butterworth won the 2019 Best Play Tony Award for The Ferryman, but it…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMAn intellectual debate escalates into the unwinding of tightly-coiled fears.
Steven Levenson's family drama, set in the months immediately before and after the 2…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMThe evening includes five short plays written by Chicagoans.
The Impostors Theatre Company wraps up its inaugural season with Footholds, an anthology of five sho…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMA song-and-dance man learns to smile through his pain.
The heyday of vaudeville is over and done with 15 minutes into this delightful new musical from Underscore…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMHave we reached the promised land he died fighting for?
If he were still alive today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be 90. It's been 51 years since his assas…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMHe's become a master at the kind of storytelling he pioneered 28 years ago in I'm 27, I Still Live at Home, and I Sell Office Supplies.
It has been 28 years sinc…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMThe Shaw and Stratford festivals have been busy adapting the C.S. Lewis story and the Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur comedy for modern audiences, writes Carly Maga.
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Karen O’Neill has been appointed director of the Dukes Theatre in Lancaster. She takes over in the newly created role of director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMDartford’s Orchard Theatre has unveiled plans to increase capacity and improve its accessibility and sustainability as part of a major redevelopment project.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMUnion Equity has negotiated its first direct agreement with Netflix, which provides a minimum weekly fee for actors working with the streaming
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMAaron Sorkin's Tony Award-nominated production of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is set to receive its West End premiere at the Gielgud Theatre in London next year, it has been conf…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 06:30AMHow did a chance meeting on a plane lead to a new production about a female astronaut writing to her daughter from space? Director Karena Johnson tells us about the inspiration behind Chasin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:25AMRenée Fleming and Dove Cameron align in starry London debut for six-time Tony-winner
A Broadway show as melodically haunting and sophisticated as it is niche, The Light in the Piazza has t…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:06AMThe relaxed vibe of Exceptional Promise that encourages audience reaction is hugely refreshing, especially as the topic is one that unites people against a common evil.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMFrom Shakespeare to “Oklahoma!,” the Pittsburgh fight director and actor puts the punch in shows for local theater companies.
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East London venue the Courtyard has come under fire from a series of theatremakers claiming to have experienced issues including non-payment, unprofessionalism,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMThe creative team behind the 2015 pop-up pie shop production of Sweeney Todd are reuniting for the opening show of the newly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMThe London venue will open in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29AMAfter a sold-out Easter season back in April, Where is Peter Rabbit? is set to return to London's West End for a highly anticipated summer encore at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. The belove…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 05:25AM“Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise,” the unlikely offspring of a Chinese-American opera impresario and the writers of “Kung Fu Panda” — with songs by Sia — aims to show just how high th…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AMWhat reasons might there be for a perfectly sane and strong woman to take her children's lives? That's the question, that grew out of studying Medea, that sparked Fall Prettier, the glittery…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:15AMIt’s been a busy week in the diner for the West End production of Waitress with new cast members Lucie Jones, Ashley Roberts and Blake Harrison joining the cast plus the announcement that …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:10AMThree new cast members have joined the Waitress diner at the Adelphi Theatre to form the second West End cast.
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by Sam Hurwitt
The Bay Area Playwrights Festival has been a local institution since Robert Woodruff founded it in 1976. But since she took the helm in 2000, artistic director Amy Mueller ha…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 04:38AMby Rotimi Agbabiaka
Having a dependable stream of donations is often the deciding factor in whether or not a nonprofit theatre stays afloat. As the person who cultivates this stream, a comp…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 04:34AMAre you as passionate about theatre as we are? Would you like the opportunity to attend a variety of theatre performances in and around London’s West End? Are you a competent writer with a…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:30AMMaybe the reason it’s taken 15 years for Adam Guettel’s multiple Tony award-winning show to make it to London is because it’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:17AMOn the heels of an acclaimed off-Broadway run, Lin-Manuel Miranda has announced a Broadway engagement of Freestyle Love Supreme, the high-energy show that blends hip-hop, improvisational th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06AMMark Cornell’s forceful words about audience experience mark a welcome intervention from the Ambassador Theatre Group boss. Since joining as ATG chief
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Who is Ruthie Henshall? Whoever you need her to be! What would you do differently to what you do now? If I wasn’t an actress, I’d be a midwife! Who inspires you and why? Julie Walters. H…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:58AMManilla Street Productions has announced the complete cast of 24 actors who have been chosen for the Australian premiere production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s award winning mu…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:24AMFreestyle Love Supreme is coming to Broadway this fall. The freestyle-improv comedy group will play a limited engagement at the Booth Theatre beginning Sept. 13, 2019 and ending Jan. 5, 2020…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:01AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Mari Meade Dance Collective’s “On Leaving” at Triskelion Arts, "Meade offers us the gift of space, a place where we can each revisit and process our own grief." — Ce…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMPlaywright Aaron Posner continues his series of Chekhov reinventions with Life Sucks.---You can play a fun drinking game figuring out how many plays by Russian master Anton Chekhov have…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMMovie musical personalizes the sacrifices of immigrants and labour leaders in Winnipeg, some of whom died and several of whom were arrested in a police crackdown.
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