Theresa Rebeck’s two-act is a tangy and satisfying Off-Broadway main course.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:33PMYou get two riveting solo shows performed by two exceptional performers for the price of one! Monsoon Season is a great gift to give yourself in November – a pre-thanksgiving/festive seas…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:26PMNew York Dance Project (NYDP), a new dance company in its third year of existence, is a small but mighty enterprise. Its unique model is based on the simple idea that concert dance can benef…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:25PMRaúl Esparza faces the realities of the restaurant business in Theresa Rebeck’s energetic but formulaic art-versus-commerce comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMOpera Australia has announced that Artistic Director Lyndon Terracini AM will continue in the role through to 2023 amid celebrations marking his ten years with the Company. Mr Terracini AM h…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:09PM“My professional life has been in a cubicle. I know that space, and I’m comfortable there,” says David Orr, IT professional for a pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, MA (just across t…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:06PMFirst Ed Thomas play for 15 years is a post-apocalyptic metaphor-fest
Memory involves places, people, things and words, especially words. This abstract proposition is given knotty life in We…
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Writing duo Jesse Sanchez (book, music, and lyrics) and Jeff Chambers (additional music and orchestrations) brought down the house and lifted our spirits at The Green Room 42 on Saturday eve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:47PMThe men of Chekhov do not bathe, as we did at that time, in their own sorrow. Just the opposite: they, like Chekhov himself, seek life, joy, laughter, courage. The men and women of Chekhov w…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:47PMThere has been a recent trend to perform Shakespeare as minimally as possible and with as few actors as possible. However, the question arises what is gained? When the doubling of roles prov…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:45PM★★★ Theresa Rebeck centers her newest comedy on a crash-and-burn–style pretentious New York chef
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PM★★★ MCC Theater makes a tasty dish of Theresa Rebeck's lite comedy
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The Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University is now seeking a new Director who will articulate a bold and dynamic vision that leverages the Agnes’ impressive strengths, collect…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMTed Mundorff: “Since 1927, attendance has gone down, though box office remains the same. It usually sits around $10 and a half billion dollars. I’ve always been very bullish on movie the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PM“British Sign Language clapping is used by the National Union of Students since loud noises, including whooping and traditional applause, are argued to present an access issue for some dis…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMMr. Hoffman, whose infamously anarchic work, “Steal This Book,” included tips on how to shoplift, might be amused to have his papers end up in so solemn a setting as a university researc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMAt the moment, at least, people seem to prefer podcasts and music that make them feel as if they’re alone in the room with the performers. And that in turn has an appreciable effect on the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMPeople come for all sorts of reasons: “One woman clearly thought it was going to be like the movie Austenland and she’d meet her husband here.” – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMA spokesman for the University of South Wales said “projected recruitment figures for the degree mean that we will not have enough students in future to be able to continue to provide a hi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMTwo years ago, ICOs lured billions of dollars into blockchain companies and spawned a cottage industry of pilot projects. For a while, a blockchain seemed a salve for just about any problem.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMIn June, Patrick Drahi, a French-Israeli telecommunications billionaire, took Sotheby’s private in a deal worth $3.7 billion. The purchase, by Mr. Drahi’s BidFair USA, returned the only …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMOnly two per cent of actors actually make a living from acting alone and 90 per cent of actors are out of work at any given time so that means, more often than not, actors have to make money…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Rebecca Naomi Jones to Join Cynthia Erivo in Genius: Aretha
More Broadway stars have signed on to appear in National Geograph…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:36PMCinderella stories are always in vogue and the appetite for audiences to see the actual story of Cinderella seems hotter than ever. For over two hundred years the story of a downtrodden girl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:36PMSullivan Jones is making his Broadway debut as Philip in Jeremy O. Harris' Slave Play. The provocative new work, which transferred to Broadway's Golden Theatre after a sold-out run at New Yo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:36PMTheresa Rebeck’s slight but savory comedy about running a restaurant stars Raúl Esparza as Harry, a hilariously mercurial chef-owner of a hole-in-the-wall eatery that’s become the…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:32PMLloyd Suh's new play 'The Chinese Lady' at Magic Theatre tells of Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman in America who was paraded as an oddity.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:07PMDeadline reports that the upcoming 'Punky Brewster' sequel has rounded out its cast with Quinn Copeland, Lauren Donzis, Oliver De Los Santos and Noah Cottrell.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMVariety reports that musical theatre legend Stephen Schwartz will write the music for Disney's upcoming musical film adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol.' Bill Condon was announced as director.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMWritten and directed by Nathan Catucci, Impossible Monsters will have its UK Premiere at the Cine-Excess Film Festival.
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How bloodsucking vampires, headless horsemen, and ghostly encounters are bringing new patrons to theatres around the country.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:58PMIt takes a cast of 19 to bring the epic story of LBJ to life eight times a week at the Vivian Beaumont theatre. Led by the great stage and screen actor Brian Cox, the company of Robert Sc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMIshii has been serving as Perseverance's interim artistic director since July.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:44PMShe played Harry Potter‘s Hermione Granger in London and on Broadway, and now Noma Dumezweni has been tapped for a series regular role in HBO Max’s Made For Love, opposite Ray Romano in …
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:27PMBroadway actress-singer, MAC and Bistro Award winner, Raissa Katona Bennett, returns to the cabaret stage in November with her celebration of the Great American Songbook, Can’t Help Singin…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:27PMThe world premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ new play will begin performances with Atlantic Theater Company and LAByrinth Theater November 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:17PM★★★★ Richard Nelson takes us back to Rhinebeck, with a thoughtful play about time passing, decently
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 05:15PMLizzie Vieh’s romantic thriller opened October 27 at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater following its world premiere at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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The revival, starring Nikki M. James, Michael Urie, Crystal Lucas-Perry, and more, will begin performances October 29 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:57PMShows based on two grande dames of rock might have passed the baton one to the other on Broadway last week, with Carole King’s Beautiful exiting after a long, glorious run at the Stephen…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:34PMThe new adaptation, written and directed by Bill Condon, will shine a new light on the Charles Dickens novel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMDisney+ has released first look photos for its upcoming scripted series 'High School Musical: The Musical.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMAndile Gumbi, Former Simba in Broadway's The Lion King, has died in Israel, reportedly after suffering cardiac arrest which left him in a coma for several days.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 10/27/2019.
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The upcoming comedy series, Holiday Greetings From Sugar & Booze, will be released in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMThe 1974 musical will be presented at the Triad Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMSeveral shows have canceled and/or added performances during the holiday week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMIn this delicately wrought portrait of a dying choreographer and her family, Richard Nelson’s play considers the redemptive powers of art in fractious times.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMSullivan Jones stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Slave Play and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMThe earth moved under our feet on October 27 when Beautiful: The Carole King Musical played its final performance at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre. After almost six years and over 2418 perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMThe Scarlet Letter is being looked at with a fresh set of eyes for a new musical adaptation. Meg Fofonoff of Art Lab has announced the development of "shAme," a unique tuner adapted from N…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMJust short of six years after beginning performances at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, the long-running hit bio-show Beautiful: The Carole King Musical wrapped up its hit run on October 27. T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMThe one-night-only presentation features a cast including Ann Harada, John Cameron Mitchell, and Taylor Schilling.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMby Anna Althiede
In the immortal words of Eartha Kitt, “The price we pay for being true to ourselves is worth it.”
Though perhaps best commercially known as the voice behind the enduri…
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 03:36PMThe musical opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre in January 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMThis charming theatrical anthology is probably best enjoyed only by those fans most committed to its namesake.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:30PMTo be sure, Serafina and Alvaro's romance is less than credible, but director Trip Cullman wisely commits to it completely, recognizing that Williams really hasn't given him any other choice…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:27PMIt's the final week for the 2019 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards Awards worldwide, brought to you by TodayTix! Make sure you've submitted your nominations so your local theaters and performer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMBy Mark Ludmon
Lenny Henry, Sharon D Clarke, Beverley Knight, Layton Williams and Arinzé Kene were among winners in the first Black British Theatre Awards.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:07PMTawni O'Dell and Kelly Swint. Photo: Jeremy Daniel
When it Happens to You
By Tawni O'DellDirected by Lynne Taylor-CorbettSheen CenterThrough Nov. 10By Lauren YargerWhat's it All About: …
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 03:06PMYou know The Sunken Place and The Upside Down, but this skin-crawling world premiere introduces something both new and old as time: The Inbetween.
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High Fidelity didn’t last long on Broadway in 2006, but the musical adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel has had plenty of airings elsewhere since that time and is now in previews at southw…
SOURCE: Theatre.com at 02:59PMReview: Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero, Barbican3.0starsPlunged into darkness, I sit and wait for this performance to start. Then, the sound of soft crying fills the silence, building and…
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 02:42PMIf only “Right to Be Forgotten” at Arena Stage were better at addressing this vital question.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PMThere can be little doubt that the urgency of the opera's message about equality is as relevant as ever.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:33PMBoth spoken and signed, this production plays its source material twice, spotlighting the disturbing ventriloquism of romantic relationships.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMBy Mark Ludmon
Sheffield Theatres’ hit touring show Life of Pi was recognised with four trophies at this year’s UK Theatre Awards for regional and national productions.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:30PMSee who has recently joined the team at major U.S. and international theatre institutions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMHer dramas confront the growing horrors facing women in India today. Now she’s reworked Ibsen’s Ghosts, taking out the syphilis and putting in the Delhi bus gang rape of 2012
Anupama Cha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PMFind your next job with these Equity calls for Broadway productions and shows across the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PM★★★★★ Maryann Plunkett, Jay O. Sanders, and Brenda Wehle take us back to another kitchen in Nelson's Rhinebeck
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:04PMThe new season kicks off January 25 with the Harburg-focused Follow the Fellow Who Follows a Dream.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMWell worth the 25 year wait, this was the Moment, not just for Anthony Warlow to actually play Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on stage, but also for Australia to finally see a professional production…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMA part of Destinos, the third annual Chicago International Latino Theater Festival, this short-run production is born in joy, lives in anger, and ends in hope.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PM
THE HURT OF HATE Dirty laundry demands an airing. Given the disunion afflicting our republic, a play like N (short for the “N word”) has healing to share. A provocative world premiere …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:55PMA baseball star befriends a young fan and their lives are changed forever in a new musical showing at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick. Set in Brooklyn in the 1940s, "Last Days of Su…
SOURCE: newjersey.news12.com at 01:47PMCheck out our round-up of happenings in London Theatre news today. From The Snow Queen to Wicked, find all you need to know in one place!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:44PMImagine how excited I was. For the first time in my life, the baseball World Series was being played in Washington DC. On top of that, it is Rookie left fielder Juan Soto’s 21st Birthday. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PMEvery industry takes a toll and holds its own responsibility when it comes to environmental impact, and as life goes on, action to minimise this is necessary. Festivals, promoters and event …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMSince concerted excavations began in the middle of the 18th century, Pompeii’s rich homes, tombs and public buildings have been plundered by looters, exploited by profit-hungry private exc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMJames Russell: “MoMA has long built its origin story of Euro-American Modernism around its great holdings, but that story no longer consists of a single, mainly male, heroic narrative. Ins…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMUnder Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, the city is aiming to build monuments at an unusually rapid rate to honor women, people of color and others previously overlooked. B…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PM“What do the brains of jazz musicians look like as they create their art on the fly? Using an fMRI machine, Dr. Charles Limb found that activity in the medial prefrontal cortex shot up, wh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PM“So what are newspapers and web producers up to, besides making extremely expensive pivots-to-video? And why are these outlets willing to bet people like their journalism enough to watch e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMAs Auden says, poetry is “a way of happening”. It takes the passage of time, the reality of loss, the absorption in a sharpened kind of seeing or hearing, and makes all these into speech…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMAn auctioneer spotted the painting in June while inspecting a woman’s house in Compiegne in northern France and suggested she bring it to experts for an evaluation. It hung on a wall betwe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMOver the last 15 years, as cruise-ship hoards and souvenir schlock have overrun the village of Oia on Santorini’s northern tip, Atlantis Books has become an unlikely oasis of authenticity …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PM“The people who helped me the most were the librarians,” Cummings told Steve Kroft in a 60 Minutes interview broadcast in January of this year, adding that the public library was the o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMPolice came across the more than 80 objects by accident during a house search of an antiques dealer in a suburb of Buenos Aires. They include daggers with swastikas, a ouija board and magnif…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMThe Getty fire, which broke out near the Getty Center along the 405 Freeway, has burned more than 500 acres. – Los Angeles Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:36PMTiramisù—the caffeinated confection from Italy—translates as “pick me up” or “cheer me up,” which makes it the perfect name for the hilarious new solo show Michael Burgo brought…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:35PMThespian playwright explores the world through many lenses
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 01:33PMA singer-songwriter, Broadway performer, pop music producer, and guitarist, McCartan has been creating art all over the world since the age of 8, in many different forms.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMWith college theatre program auditions just around the corner, we're highlighting some of the country's most prestigious theatre programs and chatting with the schools' faculty to give you i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMRebecca Naomi Jones, Patrice Covington, Kimberly Hébert GregoryMalcolm Barrett, and Sanai Victoria are set to co-star opposite Cynthia Erivo in Genius: Aretha, according to Deadline. Eri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMThe Vienna State Opera will stream Placido Domingo in Verdi's MACBETH on November 1st, 2019 - amid allegations that the opera star has for years harassed people he has worked with - as previ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMArt Lab (Meg Fofonoff, Executive Producer) just announced the development of a new musical, shAme, written by Mark Governor, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlett Letter. Tony Award W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMIn this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to playwright, composer, and lyricist Michael R. Jackson about Tori Amos's 1994 album 'Under the Pink.' They also discuss Liz Phair, Joni Mitchell, Maria…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMIn a hospital birthing room, a woman named Hope has just given birth to a large egg. Joy, the woman in scrubs
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PMThese are songs that have forged a life of their own across eras.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PMExperiments With Empire makes some perceptive points about how the connections between ethnology and fiction can help us re-imagine the world.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PMThe two new Arbors discs are intended to bring Lerner and Loewe back into the jazz mainstream. We will see what happens. But what wonderful music these two groups have produced!
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PMThe local premiere of Leah Nanako Winkler's play is a busy and beautiful examination of small town life and the loneliness that breeds in its shadows.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:15PMLondon’s Unicorn Theatre has established a partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital to create work for children and young people receiving treatment
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMTheatremaker Emma Rice was given the outstanding contribution to British theatre accolade at this year’s UK Theatre Awards, held on October 27
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:12PMThe Wicked alum will sing covers from his favorite musicals and perform his original music.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMAs Wicked pulls past Les Miserables to become the fifth longest-running show in Broadway history, we look back at 5 ladies who starred as Elphaba and as Fantine.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:03PMWith her focus split across different areas, Yarit Dor tells Rosemary Waugh why ‘movement practitioner’ is the term that best describes her
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The musical, which is currently in development, was written by Mark Governor.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMThe American Idol alum, who made his Broadway debut in the 2010 musical adaptation of the film, celebrates his birthday October 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMAndile Gumbi, a rising star who took the Broadway stage in The Lion King, passed away recently in Israel after suffering cardiac arrest, according to Eyewitness News. Gumbi was 36.
At the t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMThe blockbuster hit musical Wicked will defy more than gravity tonight as it becomes the fifth-longest-running production in Broadway history, surpassing the original production of Les Mis�…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMPlay at Buddies in Bad Times is sobering exploration of two men who await death — not as an existential concept like in Beckett’s play, but as an immediate and visceral possibility.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:29PMGwen Kingston’s Anna Karenina: a riff will examine the consequences of female rebellion and its echoes today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMLAST DAYS OF SUMMER features book & lyrics by Steve Kluger (based on his best-selling novel) and music by Grammy Award winner Jason Howland (LITTLE WOMEN). Get a first look at cast members T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMTony winner Erivo will play Aretha Franklin in the upcoming limited series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMWorld champion beatboxer Kaila Mullady offers an entertaining and musical look behind the scenes at Broadway's Freestyle Love Supreme.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:06PMWashington National Opera opened its 2019-20 season at the Kennedy Center on Saturday night with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello signaling that the company, under the leadership o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMJordan Tannahill’s queering of Renaissance art in Botticelli In The Fire is riotously vulgar and completely unapologetic mash up.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMBaldwin Borough native returns to Liberty Avenue venue with a new show focusing on Houdini’s storied career.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00PM
The series premieres on the new Disney streaming service November 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMRefugees are in the news these days, and their stories have suddenly come to New York stages. “I think it is important to ask an audience to recognize lives that we have literally fenced o…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:40AMIt has just been announced that the world's longest show of any kind is set to extend once more in London's West End. The Mousetrap play by Agatha Christie is now booking at St. Martin's The…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:40AMGetting killed multiple times in a single production can be great fun (my personal best is three). In Reston Community Players’ (RCP) A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Patrick Grah…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:38AM“Wicked” will become the fifth longest-running Broadway show in history Monday night. Monday night will mark “Wicked’s” 6,681st performance, which surpasses the previous record-h…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:31AMThe international hit musical continues at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMMallory Portnoy talks about her creating her freakshow Gertie Cummings in Oklahoma!, her years as an equestrian, and her own award-winning webseries.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:22AMThe summer 2020 season will feature the premiere of Christopher Bayes and Steven Epp's adaptation of Goldoni's 'The Venetian Twins.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:22AMBy: Paulanne Simmons
October 28, 2019: These days when musicals routinely explore questions of race, gender and politics, a highly entertaining but completely frivolous one like Cole Po…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:20AMThe solo show, with a book by Jonathan Harvey, features four new songs from the pop duo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMThe world premiere, part of Nelson’s Rhinebeck Panorama, opened Off-Broadway October 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMAs Halloween approaches, find out which costume matches your astrological sign!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMThe turnout for last week's vote was excellent - thank you, as always, dear readers! Your votes cut the cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical by half, and now the 14 cast members are up for…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 11:06AMThe cast includes Frank Langella, Mark Rylance, Eddie Redmayne, and Alex Sharp.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares stories from Broadway’s original Molly, plus backstage secrets from Jason Alexander, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMIdina Menzel is headed back to the big screen. The Tony-winning original star of Wicked will portray the evil stepmother in the upcoming new movie musical adaptation of Cinderella, according…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1933547-199-ali-stroker.mp3 There have been just a few times during the 199 episodes of my podcast that I’ve wished it was video, so you could see what I …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMOver the past several weeks, The Circle Series has brought the theatre community together on Monday evenings to explore developing works and celebrate the classics in a new way. Concluding t…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:00AMAoife Hinds is performing alongside Tuyen Do in Ava Wong Davies’ play I Will Still Be Whole (When You Rip Me in Half),
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThere have been just a few times during the 199 episodes of my podcast that I’ve wished it was video, so you could see what I see. Watching Ali Stroker’s joy-filled smile as she talks ab…
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Good Lord — I just had the horrifying realization that if Jack Soo were alive today he would be 102 years old! Memory has preserved the actor at his last age, his early 60s, and he will ne…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:54AMThe Public Theater presents THE MICHAELS, written and directed by Tony Award winner Richard Nelson. THE MICHAELS is currently running in The Public's LuEsther Hall and has been extended one …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThe Tony nominee offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Winter Garden Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMThree Shakespeare plays, a new adaptation of The Venetian Twins, and more are on the roster for the New York company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMA stirring if fanciful epic poem about the First Crusade by Italian Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso has, for centuries, been a rich
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMDavid Hasselhoff is headed back to the London stage. The Broadway and West End alum most known for his small-screen turn on Baywatch will take over the role of egotistical boss Franklin H…
SOURCE: Theatre.com at 10:33AMAmerican bass-baritone Douglas Williams — who certainly looks the part of a charismatic, young seducer — has been cast in the title role.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:32AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Jordan Tannahill's Botticelli In The Fire which is having its European premiere at the Hampstead Theatre London.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:31AMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of October 28, 2019!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMKeen Company revives "Molly Sweeney," Brian Friel's play about the unexpected consequences of a medical miracle. Directed by Jonathan Silverstein.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:12AMSee what critics think of the U.S. premiere at Soho Rep., directed by Whitney White.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMBack in 1976, when Ntozake Shange's ravishingly written celebration of survival, FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENOUGH, transferred from The Public Theater…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMWhile this reimagining of Gaslight doesn’t necessarily deliver on all its promises, the production does successfully highlight the continuing relevance of both the story and its core issue.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
David Henry Hwang got his first break in 1980, when a New York theatre sought to redress accusations of ‘yellowface’. In the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMJoin Jill Abramovitz, Kelvin Moon Loh, and Elliott Mattox as they test thier knowledge of spooky Broadway shows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMThe musical concluded its six-year run at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre October 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMWestfield News Group review of American Son at TheaterWorks, Hartford, CT. In the able hands of director Rob Ruggiero, a talented cast, and some tweaks by playwright Demos-Brown, since the …
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 09:38AMThe Broadway alum will appear as a scientist who assassinated several world leaders.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMThe Dolly Parton musical continues at the Savoy Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMAthletic star dancer who dazzled as Spinderella in the hit West End show Into the Hoods
In the sometimes macho world of hip-hop dance, a form that demands explosive power and immense strengt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMTobacco Factory, BristolA party feel in the first half of Elizabeth Freestone’s production slumps like a hangover when Dorothea Myer-Bennett and Geoffrey Lumb are off-stage
Dorothea Myer-B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMAtlantis Theatrical Entertainment Group (ATEG), which recently concluded its 20th Anniversary season of shows with its critically acclaimed hit production of SWEENEY TODD, is thrilled to ann…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMJulie Andrews is no stranger to the stage, although it's been quite a while since she graced Broadway with her presence. However, according to Forbes, she has now revealed that she would be …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMThe King’s Head has been named the inaugural London Pub Theatre of the Year, at an awards ceremony celebrating pub theatres’ role
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMDavid Hasselhoff is to join the West End cast of 9 to 5 the Musical. The actor will play Franklin Hart Jnr
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMA set of best practice guidelines for working with LGBT+ performers has been launched by Equity. The guide aims to help address
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMThe Classic Stage Company production opened October 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:09AMReview of new musical opening new performing arts center in New Brunswick
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:06AMIrish composer Andrew Synnott’s La Cucina (The Kitchen) makes its world premiere on Wexford’s main stage, with a libretto by the event’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMSandra Bernhard, who has never left the public eye since making her mark as a stand-up comic in the 1970s, is back on TV on FX's "POSE" and performing Nov. 2 at Mercer Island's Stroum Jewish…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AMBy Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. On this first episode of Daughters' of Lorraine Podcast, Leticia Ridley and Jordan Ealey discuss Woolly Mammoth's production of Fairview by Jackie Sibbilie…
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It’s 201 years since Mary Shelley published Frankenstein, anonymously at first, when she was just 20 years old. This one-woman show, created
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMIt has just been announced today (28 October 2019) that former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff is set to replace Brian Conley as Franklin Hart Jr in Dolly Parton's West End production of 9 to…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:45AMBy Douglas Mayo
David Hasselhoff will join the cast of Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 the Musical at the Savoy Theatre, London from 2 December 2019 to 8 February 2020.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:35AMSarah Silverman, Tiffany Haddish and Jon Stewart were among the comedians who honored Chappelle as he received the annual American humor award in a music-filled ceremony at the Kennedy Cente…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:24AMAm I wrong in thinking that “Queenie Vassar” is one of the best stage names I have ever heard? Born Cecilia McMahon in in Glasgow in 1870, she began singing in music halls when she was s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AMTaylor Swift recently did an interview discussing all aspects of her upcoming role in the Cats film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMThis is one Tennessee Williams woman you won't soon forget. Marisa Tomei plays Serafina, a widow who rekindles her desire for love, lust and life in the arms of a fiery suitor. Sharply direc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01AMTony-nominated performance artist and MacArthur Genius Taylor Mac makes his NJPAC debut with this utterly outrageous holiday extravaganza. Holiday Sauce is a giant, queer-Christmas tour de f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:01AMLove London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Tinuke Craig’s production of Vassa at the Almeida Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMPlus, how playing Hamilton’s Burr prepared him for his role in Harriet.
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Discover the Victorian fun on offer with Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia (and other tales) with the trailer for the Struts And Frets production running at the Tristan Bates Theatre t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:41AMBeautiful: The Carole King Musical ended its Broadway run yesterday, October 27th, 2019, after having played 60 preview and 2,418 regular performances, surpassing the original production of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31AMToday marks the end of my time as Editor in Chief of AussieTheatre.com after nearly 9 years at the helm of the company. Brimming with emotion doesn’t even begin to describe my current stat…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:25AMToday's top stories: The Drama League's fall gala honors Sutton Foster, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15AMDolly Parton has just announced that from December to February, you'll be able to see David Hasselhoff in 9 To 5 The Musical at the Savoy Theatre!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:13AMWatford ColosseumThe comedian has his buddy Jon Canter tee up one big-name anecdote after another in a cosy night that pays tribute … to himself
At one point in his touring show, Lenny Hen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMVarious forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call “The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Lif…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:02AMDock Boggs plays and sings “Pretty Polly” at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival. Before the performance, he talks about making his first phonograph records in New York in 1927: (This is the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:01AMWhat S. Asher Gelman has achieved with Afterglow is a thoughtful and nuanced piece of theatre that addresses the challenge of maintaining a relationship through life-change, as well as manag…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM“There’s enough sorrow in the world, isn’t there, without trying to invent it.” E.M. Forster, A Room With a View
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:00AMLast night, the inaugural Black British Theatre Awards took place in a ceremony held at The Old Finsbury Town Hall in Islington and hosted by Strictly's Ore Oduba. The new awards show, whic…
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