Electrifying. Awakening. These are words to describe the heart-rending workshop presentation of Stirring the Waters Across America performed at Studio K at The REACH. To call it anything les…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:53PMMaya Rudolph and Ana Gasteyer are coming to prepare you for the holiday season in their recently announced music-filled holiday comedy, HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM SUGAR AND BOOZE.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47PMHoward McGillin and Sandy Duncan, who voiced Prince Derek and Queen Uberta, share why the beloved film still connects with viewers after all these years.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41PMThe good, the bad, and the ugly—of everything to come: it’s all on display at the PMA, in the wide-ranging and innovative ‘Designs for Different Futures.’ Pamela Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:21PMQueen Latifah stars in 'The Little Mermaid Live!' and she gives us a little taste of what's in store with her performance as the villain Ursula.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17PMLegendary actor Al Pacino joined fellow Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush for Simply Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13PMIn Three Shows That Have Helped Me Through Fall 2019, PART 1: "INHERITANCE: A LITANY," "FALLING & LOVING" AND "LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER: "This fall dance season three particular shows…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 10:06PMIn Three Shows That Have Helped Me Through Fall 2019, PART 1: "INHERITANCE: A LITANY," "FALLING & LOVING" AND "LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER: "This fall dance season three particular shows…
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Emma Thompson talks about filming Cruella in tight corsets and three-foot-tall wigs, getting the personal sign-off from George Michael to write and produce Last Christmas with his music and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42PMOff-Broadway's Primary Stages has announced that Andy Lucien will now take on the role of Rembrandt in the world premiere staging of On That Day in Amsterdam, a new play written by Clarence…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:03PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Noma Dumezweni to Star in HBO Max Series Made for Love
Noma Dumezweni, the beloved star who earned a Tony nomination for her …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:03PMThe kitchen is officially open! Theresa Rebeck's new work Seared, which allows audiences to take a peek at what really happens behind the closed kitchen doors at your favorite restaurants, o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:03PMTickets are now on sale for MsTRIAL, a new drama written by and starring Dep Kirkland, slated to debut at New World Stages next month. Rick Andosca will direct the off-Broadway production,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:03PMA talent-packed lineup of friends and co-stars gathered together to celebrate two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster at the Drama League's 36th annual benefit gala at The Plaza Hotel on October …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:03PM
By one definition, memes are elements of culture that we share widely within and beyond groups. What happens when memes are used for civic good? In an exhibit at the Center for Media at Risk…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:54PMOne of the reasons (I imagine) that I am fairly obsessed with the Beatles is that I am just a little too young to have experienced them as a going concern. When Abbey Road was released for e…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42PMVirts spent 200 days aboard the International Space Station and broke the world record this summer for an aircraft circling the globe over its poles.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:36PMSinger Shaggy is gearing up to head under the sea in ABC's live presentation of Disney's The Little Mermaid!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:29PMFriends and family will remember Broadway alum Eric LaJuan Summers with Eric LaJuan Summers: A Celebration of Life, memorial concert.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:15PMAccording to TVLine, Broadway legend Sutton Foster will guest star on ABC's 'A Million Little Things.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:05PMIn Saudi Arabia apostasy is punishable by death. Unless artists are willing to make their host’s state control of expression an explicit subject of their work, those who participate cannot…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PMIn this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by Beetlejuice's Girl Scout, Dana Steingold. Check out the recipe for Katie's Heart Stoppingly Good Samoa Cookies!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:01PMPresented by Outer Urban Projects, The Audition is a new work that parallels an actor’s audition process with that of refugees seeking asylum. Lead by director Irene Vela, The Audition i…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PM
The Public Theater presents THE MICHAELS, written and directed by Tony Award winner Richard Nelson.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:59PMSet to engage minds, stir souls and transform the city, Sydney Festival today announces its blockbuster 2020 program – inviting audiences to discover the best of new Australian and inte…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:45PMFreestyle Love Supreme is not so much Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway follow-up to Hamilton as it is a subsidiary of Lin-Manuel Inc. The hip-hop improv group that Miranda co-founded 16 years…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMMillennial Notes Lisa B. Thompson: New Stories for Black Women by Jordan Freed “Single Black Female” is at its strongest and funniest when the two actors, Tanika Baptiste and Paige M…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:19PMAnupama Chandrasekhar’s When the Crows Visit is a haunting beast of a play, one that persistently claws away at expectations and comforts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05PMWhere will this acclaimed director, slated to succeed Jack Viertel, take New York's beloved musical theatre revival program?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:03PM“Freestyle Love Supreme” is not so much Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway follow-up to “Hamilton” as it is a subsidiary of Lin-Manuel Inc. The hip-hop improv group that Miranda co-fo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:03PMBroadwayWorld is checking in with the cast to uncover some little known facts about the political giants they play onstage. Today, watch as Ty Jones gives us a lesson on Reverend Ralph Abern…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PM
ATT&T said Monday its DirecTV and its U-Verse television business in the third quarter lost a staggering 1.2 million customers, as more consumers cut the cord and migrate to video stream…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMNamed for Rocinha, with 70,000 residents the largest favela in Brazil, Rocywood is a production company formed by five young Rio filmmakers. Their budget per film averages around $50 (US), w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMIn a couple of weeks, you’ll have so many options to pay for content à la carte, you won’t really know where to start. And yes, you’ll be paying extra for the inconvenience. – Shell…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMFounding music director Marat Bisangaliev says that launching the Symphony Orchestra of India back in 2006 was a serious challenge: with the country’s own art music traditions dominant, th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMGeneral infallibility is a tempting proposition. Treating an individual’s attitudes and preferences as givens – as matters beyond debate or criticism – might seem to promote human dign…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PM“The part of our brain that regulates our time perception has been overloaded and exhausted, causing our sense of past, present and future to melt together.” – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMKim Gaynor joined the opera three years ago, and was given the challenge of moving the company from a traditional season (or “stagione”) model to a festival with a number of events durin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMIt’s an impressive roll call (and all women): Executive director of the Vancouver International Film Festival, Jacqueline Dupuis. Ballet BC artistic director Emily Molnar. Vancouver’s Ch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMDHR International has been exclusively retained to conduct the search for Executive Director of the South Carolina State Museum, the state's largest and most comprehensive museum.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMThe letter — organized by a group of artists and activists including Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis, Downtown Boys’ Joey La Neve DeFrancesco, Evan Greer, Adult Mom, @k8_or_die, Carmen Per…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PMStudio Cast, 2010 (Wilderland Records) Though indie singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell always meant for Hadestown to be a stage musical, its first incarnation was in the form of this concept …
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 05:45PMHurricane Sandy shuttered all Broadway performances from Sunday, October 28 through Tuesday, October 30.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMThe two-time Tony winner and Younger star lands another TV role ahead of her Broadway return in The Music Man.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMTyne Rafaeli talks keeping the urgency in Power Strip, her collaborations with playwright Sylvia Khoury, and her global education.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:03PMBy Douglas Mayo
Dear Evan Hansen starts performances in London today and to celebrate producers have released this great video featuring FOUR Evan Hansens.
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National artists and resident Hoosier actors assemble starting Nov. 1 in Carmel, Indiana, for rehearsals for Kenneth Jones’ new comedy Hollywood, Nebraska, the first public staged reading …
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 04:38PMTest your knowledge of these perfect-for-Halloween musicals
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 04:15PMPart hangout, part celebration, part theater of the mind, live podcast recordings are a performance medium all their own.
Sometime next month, Action Boyz podca…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:15PMTracy Letts stops by to discuss his newest play, 'Linda Vista,' and how he balances being a playwright and actor.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMThe Broadway League event allows kids 18 and under to attend Broadway shows free of charge when accompanied by a full-paying adult.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMSlow Burn Theatre Company’s Shrek the Musical is pure unadulterated fun, not just youngsters in the audience watching familiar fairy tale characters cavort in atypical ways, or older kids …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:03PM
Jazz greats will gather at the Rose Theater to celebrate the singular record label November 1–2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMA musical adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will play the immersive Georgia venue in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMThe partnership has commissioned 10 new plays about science and technology.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:46PMHannah Corneau and Ginna Claire Mason stop by Broadway.com HQ to chat about starring as Wicked's witches and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMJordin Sparks is playing Jenna in Waitress through November 24. Get a taste of her heavenly vocals on the show-stopper "She Used to Be Mine."
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMIt's a thrillifying week in Oz for Wicked on Broadway. Not only will the show celebrate its 16th anniversary on October 30, but it became the fifth longest-running musical in Broadway histor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMJust following opening night, MCC Theater has announced a second extension to Theresa Rebeck's new play Seared. Originally scheduled to play a limited run through November 10 and later exten…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMNew York City Center has announced that current Encores! Resident Director Lear deBessonet will take over as the program's artistic director next season. She will replace Jack Viertel, who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMDear Evan Hansen star Andrew Barth Feldman says farewell to some co-stars and welcomes new ones. He also answers your questions!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMOff-Broadway's Primary Stages has announced that Andy Lucien will take on the role of Rembrandt in the upcoming world premiere staging of On That Day in Amsterdam, a new play written by Cla…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMHillary Clinton wearing a glittery red pantsuit leading a Gene Kelly/Stanley Donen-style production number set in a Busby Berkeleyesque recreation of a McDonald’s with giant sparkling Fren…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:37PM★★★ The plot is nothing to rave to friends about, but the songs have the rich Yalie's gossamer sound
The post Panama Hattie: Klea Blackhurst Swell as Cole Porter’s 1940 Heroine appea…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:28PMThe fall season includes productions of Giselle, A Brief Nostalgia, Nine Sinatra Songs, and The Suit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMAudition story #1: On January 9, 2006, we had our first auditions for a workshop production of 13 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. A girl named Sara Niemietz came in – I had previou…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 03:19PMJonathan Foiles’s new book explores how systematic forces contribute to mental health issues in Chicago.
Social worker Jonathan Foiles has written about Chicag…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:15PMThings get a little cattywampus for Elliott, but he's game for a rousing round of Hey Y'all!
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMThe stage lights go up and there, standing against a shower door holding a big red hat, is … Bella Abzug? Actually, it’s Harvey Fierstein, the writer and also the star — Patti LuPone a…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:12PM
Dion Boucicault's high-spirited farce will be revived Off-Broadway this fall, directed by Charlotte Moore.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMFind your next Equity job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMSearching Facebook recently, I discovered that a brilliant, colorful and unsung creative figure I encountered in my youth, died earlier this year.
The post Remembering Mary E. Allen (1954 �…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:39PMNigel Lindsay will join her in reprising their performances from the Theatre Royal Bath production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PM10 of the Creepiest Female Audition Songs for Halloween
Written by Tiffany Wilkie
October 24th, 2019
Whether it’s a gender-bent Frank N. Furter or the crazed Lizzie Borden, these song…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 02:21PMMerging the Henry VI 1, 2 & 3 and Richard III Stephan Wolfert and Dawn Stern adaptation is a revelation! She is electric as "Margaret" He relishes all his characters and wide-eyed Drew Ledbe…
SOURCE: reviews at 02:19PM Actress Adrienne C. Moore on Ntozake Shange, "Wonder Woman" and life after "Orange is the New Black."
SOURCE: stagecraft.libsyn.com at 02:15PMThe Assembly, Broken Box Mime Theater, LubDub Theatre Company, Noor Theatre, and Superhero Clubhouse will develop new work over two years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMGet a glimpse of the Queen-inspired rock musical We Will Rock You as they perform "Killer Queen," "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:00PMI’ve long admired Jon Robyns and his new album Musical Direction reflects on his career so far beautifully, as well as suggesting what fun lies ahead.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PM
Each announcement from BroadwayHD, the premiere online streaming platform catering to fans of live-theatre (plays and musicals), proves to be an exciting one, offering an array of new titles…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:57PM10 of the Spookiest Male Audition Cuts for Halloween
Written by Tiffany Wilkie
October 24th, 2019
Whether it’s the Ghost with the Most or a deranged School Master, these songs will se…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 01:47PMFour Evans. Four Forever.
Today, as we begin performances in London, we officially launch our fourth Dear Evan Hansen company to date.
To commemorate the occasion, we’re releasing a neve…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:45PMDeath Of A Salesman released new production photos today. Starring Wendell Pierce and Sharon D. Clarke, Arthur Miller’s mid-century modern classic is re-imagined through the eyes of an Afr…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:39PMTricia Tait has attended the Tony-winning musical revival 55 times so far. At the 50th, the cast gave her a standing ovation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMShe will succeed Jack Viertel, the longtime artistic director of this popular City Center series, which revives shows of the past.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:33PMLove bridges the class divide in Simon de Cintra's new 1950s-set play Bed Seven, which brings its spirit-lifting tale to the Tristan Bates Theatre next month. Time to book your tickets.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:28PMHead usher Tanya Heath at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia begins working her miracle with a talk like this: “May I have your attention, please. We are at minute five out of a 20-minute…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMWhip through that “Seinfeld” at double speed? Audio books already come with this feature, allowing readers to speed up the playback. But video producers object to the idea as it changes …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“Brexlit is uniting literary authors across genres, settings and sales brackets. And unlike nonfiction about Brexit, it offers escape as well as insight: an opportunity to understand the n…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMWhile the original production had a great many one-of-a-kind stars supporting Merman, one of the distinctions of the York production is its cast: Montel has been able to obtain the services …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:16PMThe Chita Rivera-hosted performance includes previously announced stars Kelli O’Hara and Amber Riley.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMJack Viertel announced earlier this summer that he would step down from the position.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMSix theatre artists in recovery share stories of how the field has both embraced and excluded them.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:07PM
During the Halloween season, the love of costumes and characters extends beyond the stage to Broadway's furry friends.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMMost will be aware of Extinction Rebellion’s use of civil disobedience to disrupt ‘business as usual’ this month, as members seek to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:52PMBroadway’s Andrew Barth Feldman, London’s Sam Tutty, the tour’s Stephen Christopher Anthony, and Toronto’s Robert Markus hit new harmonies on the Pasek and Paul tune.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMThree of the most notable documentaries at the Philadelphia Film Festival covered the theft of a priceless violin, American negotiators' memories of the failed Mideast peace process, and a P…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:34PMThe WhatsOnStage Awards will add two new categories when its returns for its 20th year in 2020. Best musical direction and best
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PMWhat takes precedent: individual privacy, or public information? Right to Be Forgotten, making its world premiere at Arena Stage, is remarkably nuanced in its exploration of the big debates …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMIt was March in Los Angeles when actress and dancer Emily Tyra was out jogging and she was unnerved by a feeling she had never felt before. She immediately went home and told her husband, an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:33PMThis week's column of amusements from Harry Haun covers David Byrne, Annie B Parson and the dancing musicians of "American Utopia," and Edward Norton's thoughts on his new film "Motherless B…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:28PMThe new comedy about the restaurant world, starring Raúl Esparza, opened October 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMIn this first of three features on the Rubicon Theatre Company’s production of Big River, co-producers/directors Beverly and Kirby Ward discuss their vision for bringing the Tony Award-win…
SOURCE: vconstage.com at 12:18PMThe streaming service adds Putting It Together and more to its growing catalog.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMThe new Kitchen Sink Residency will give 2 years of support and space for companies to create new work, culminating in full productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:04PMTony Award-winner Jefferson Mays is set to guest star on the November 1st episode of NBC's The Blacklist.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMAccording to Deadline, Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous) and Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$, Dumplin') will lead the cast of Falling For Figaro, a romantic comedy from The Sessions direct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMThe 2020 presidential candidates just got a little more musical! With the presidential campaigns officially underway, Twitter user @absobyrne took to social media to compare the current ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMQueen Latifah, who is set to play Ursula in the upcoming live musical event The Little Mermaid Live! on ABC, sits down with Good Morning America to talk about becoming the infamous sea witch!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMComing on November 12, Penguin Random House will release A Is For Audra: Broadway's Leading Ladies from A to Z - the new children's picture book written by John Robert Allman and illustrated…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMThree-time Tony winner Kathleen Marshall will direct the annual benefit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThere’s a lot to process in For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad, and it requires active listening and embracing the unfamiliar, but it is visually striking, intimate and reflective.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
On Sunday night Dave Chappelle experienced the most epic of homecomings as the DC native received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Art…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:57AMJust in time for Halloween, ABC News goes behind the scenes of the hit musical Beetlejuice to see how Broadway is bringing Beetlejuice back to life! ABC News' Will Ganss goes one-on-one wit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMHarold Pinter’s 1978 drama Betrayal, is one of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s most popular works. It has been produced on Broadway four times and is currently on the boards in a s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMHannah Corneau and Ginna Claire Mason stop by Broadway.com HQ to chat about starring as Wicked's witches and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMTony-nominated Wicked songwriter Stephen Schwartz has signed on as composer-lyricist of the new Disney movie Marley, a musical remake of A Christmas Carol. Bill Condon will write and direct …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMLes Ballets Eloelle brought high-energy camp and ballet to Leslie-Lohman Museum's gala, helping to raise funds for queer artists, scholars, activists and allies.
The post Les Ballets Eloelle…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:54AMFalsettos, music & lyrics by William Finn, presented by 11th Hour Theatre, October 2019 at Christ Church Neighborhood House in Philadelphia. When I recall that William Finn started to…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 11:49AM“That question took us on a journey from Appalachian front porches, to dance classes across our nation, to the halls of Congress, and finally a Kansas City convention center. And along the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMIn response to a new policy on e-book purchases imposed by Macmillan Publishers and effective Nov. 1, King County Library System will be boycotting the publisher’s upcoming e-books, declin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMGo inside the 17th annual Broadway Stands Up For Freedom concert—including the full set list and photos from the concert event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMBroadway Stars Celebrated Sutton Foster at the Drama League Annual Benefit Gala
October 28, 2019: The Drama League honored Sutton Foster, a two-time Tony Award, Drama Desk, Outer Critics…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:39AM“Soft Power” – the culture-bending, plot-twisting musical within a play currently running at The Public’s Newman Theater – challenges the notion that the only effective parameters …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:37AMTaylor Swift and Andrew Lloyd Webber have written a new song for CATS, in theaters December 20.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:35AMFrom The Phantom of the Opera to The Book of Mormon, flip through the longest Broadway runs to date.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMThe full company of the long-running musical goes all out in this celebration for Broadway’s stars, their families, and the kid actors on the Main Stem.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMby Sarah Jae Leiber. @sarahjaeleiber. PHILADELPHIA, Penn. — Local actor and social media wiz Wesley Zimmerman expressed frustration this week while desperately waiting for the death of m…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:20AMAuthor John Robert Allman will also be present to discuss a celebration of women on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMProduction shots have been released the return of modern fairytale musical Soho Cinders, which is now playing at the Charing Cross Theatre until 21 December 2019 right before Christmas. F…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:15AMOffenbach and Rossini are not names that roll easily off most children’s tongues. Luckily for parents who are looking for a fun way to introduce their children to classical music, the work…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:13AMThe production will kick off the new season at the Astoria Performing Arts Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMAndré Bishop, head of Lincoln Center Theater, earned pay and benefits valued at $1 million in 2017. It’s likely the biggest one-year compensation for a New York nonprofit theater leader. …
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 11:11AMLast week’s overall grosses slipped just slightly more than 1% to $34M while attendance dipped 3% to 278k. After five years on Broadway, Beautiful played its final performance to SRO cro…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
The Broadway and West End star joins Cristin Milioti, Ray Romano, and others in the upcoming series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMby HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. SEWICKLY, PA - 18-year old Bryan Dowry, a Freshman acting major at Carnegie Mellon University, announced this week that he intends to answer all of his fam…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:51AM“When Kauffman steps down [following next summer’s festival], he will have finished his 20th year in a post held by only two other ‘full-time, professional’ leaders, according to the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMThat would be why the fire department in Cumberland County, Tennessee ordered it closed seven years ago. Horace Burgess, a landscape architect and ordained minister, began building the 97-fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“As Paramount’s head of worldwide production from 1966 to 1975, he was credited with helping lift the company’s sagging fortunes with a staggering variety of popular and often critical…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“Around 1975, the art curator Alanna Heiss came across a hulking dilapidated schoolhouse in Long Island City during one of her scoping expeditions for exhibit spaces. … Heiss, who came t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AM“Though it calls itself a ‘nonpartisan forum for values-based leadership and the exchange of ideas’, it is more accurately described as a cross between a think-tank, a celebrity summer…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMBorn of an October 29, songwriter and blackface minstrel** Dan Emmett (1815-1904). Emmett has been traditionally credited with being the author of the songs “Polly Wolly Doodle” (1843) …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMThe vagaries of memory are never to be understood. Thus it is that The Howdy Doody Show, Andy’s Gang, and Pinky Lee all appear to have left some imprint in the culture, but somehow I never…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMClassic film fans know Hope Emerson (1897-1960) well from her memorable appearances in films like Adam’s Rib (1949), Caged (1950), Westward the Women (1951), Casanova’s Big Night (1954),…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMTwo things to know about “Lily,” the world-premiere play at New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch. First, Christopher Daftsios’s play is constructed like an orderly three-part fa…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 10:38AMIn contrast with The Man in the White Suit, whose producers announced today an early closing citing poor ticket sales, the producers of the West End transfer of Dear Evan Hansen have annou…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:37AMMCC Theater just celebrated opening night of the New York premiere of Seared by Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Emmy Award nominee Theresa Rebeck (Bernhardt/Hamlet), with direction by T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMThe Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, in partnership with SHOW- SCORE.COM, recently launched ALL NEW YORK'S A STAGE, the first-ever campaign dedicated to raising the visibility of o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMFollowing a week that included a spectacular Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon performance that saw Jenny Lewis getting carried away (literally) and a sold-out night of bringing a?oeBrook…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMJustin Ross Cohen directs the Mark Saltzman musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe star of Father Ted and Death in Paradise on his ‘unstable’ personality, his revealing new standup show – and the terrifying bomb scare he endured as a child
Ardal O’Hanlon is too…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:33AMThe London comedy opened at Wyndham's Theatre October 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMBeloved character actress Julie Halston will make you LOL as she looks back on her Drama Desk-nominated stage career.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:16AMThe world premiere, part of Nelson’s Rhinebeck Panorama, opened at The Public Theater October 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMThe Grammy and Emmy winner dropped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert October 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMIngrid Michaelson performs "Words" one of the songs she's written for The Notebook, a New Musical.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:12AMGeorge Street Playhouse opened their 2019 – 2020 season on Friday, Oct. 25th. This was more than the normal start with the excitement of a new season. After a two year residency in a theat…
SOURCE: www.newjerseystage.com at 10:09AMFalling for Figaro, directed by Ben Lewin, will also feature Danielle Macdonald.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMOne of the hottest tickets of the year, the Old Vic’s revival of Duncan Macmillan’s Lungs sees The Crown royalty Claire Foy and Matt Smith reuniting.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
The documentary spotlights Hal Holbrook’s decades-long work in various productions of Mark Twain Tonight!.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMThe new comedy, starring Raúl Esparza, Krysta Rodriguez, and more, officially opened October 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMThe California theatre has also announced a name change.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMThe Tony-winning musical will officially open November 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMBy Douglas Mayo
MTFestUK is back! Paul Taylor Mills' festival of new musical theatre writing returns with its 2020 season launching at the new Turbine Theatre in Battersea.
This post MTFestU…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:48AMBy: David Sheward
Before Adam Rapp’s The Sound Inside begins at Studio 54, the ushers are more than usually diligent about insisting all I-phones be turned completely off, since the pl…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:44AMThe MCC production of Theresa Rebeck’s restaurant play opened October 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMIt's always great to catch up with old friends! After seven and a half years, I finally caught up with a very busy friend of this site, Alex Wyse. Last week we got the ball rolling by chatti…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:24AMThough John Doyle breaks the rules in all the right ways, newbies to the play are likely to t become confused at times by its gender-blind casting and the nine cast members who play mu…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:09AM: Theresa Rebeck's literslly tasty comic take on art versus commerce is having its New York premiere at the beutiful new MCC Thesters's intimate Susan & Ronald Frankel Th…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:09AMBy Douglas Mayo
Dear Evan Hansen London starts performances tonight at the Noel Coward Theatre with the announcement that it is extending and opening a digital lottery.
This post Dear Evan …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:07AMFor the stage managers, designers and technicians of tomorrow, building contacts while training can often lead to work later. Sarah Lambie talks
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMPaper theatre tickets will not single-handedly doom our planet if not stopped immediately. But they are part of a wider problem of
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The producers of West End musical The Man in the White Suit regretfully announce that the show will end its run at Wyndham's Theatre sooner than expected. The reason for the production's e…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:45AMLeading venues including the National Theatre have revealed they are introducing paperless ticketing in a bid to reduce their environmental impact and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:45AMSaid a statement from the actors’ union, “The fact that [a performer] is trans may be completely invisible in the role or production, but it powerfully represents diversity in the indust…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:34AMA new physical theatre adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya, which has been touring England and Northern Ireland this autumn, arrives in London for two weeks later this month, playing i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:34AMChristopher Haydon has been appointed the new artistic director of Rose Theatre Kingston. This will see the theatre revert back to an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMA £1 billion creative investment bank dedicated to supporting the regions that need it most and a significant increase to public arts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMPromoted as “a singer’s best friend,” Harmony Helper is a brand new app designed to provide musical theater performers and vocalists of all genres with the convenience and control of a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMActress Millie O’Connell chatted to us about Soho Cinders at the Charing Cross Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMReaders respond about Killjoy's Kastle, living alone, '30 Americans' at the Barnes, 'Biofeedback' in the Fringe, RBG at NMAJH, a tribute to Helmutt Gottschild, the Bucks County Book Festival…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:00AMAndrus Nichols, formerly of Bedlam, breaks the mold with a “radically inclusive” new company-by-committee design.
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“Wicked” Making History, Reviews for CSC’s “Macbeth,” and The Hoff is Coming back to the Stage! 1) “Wicked” Passes “Les Miserables” to Become Fifth Longest Running Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:59AMHow often do we go to cabaret or a jazz club in London? In truth, not often. But I’ve been twice in the last year, to catch an autobiographical musical gig by the veteran movie, tv and sta…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMThis just in from Lisa Lapin, the Getty Trust’s vice president for communications: “Situation improved, but still active. Fire Department estimates 48-72 hours to control and extinguish.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMUnlike the previous one, which was across the 405 freeway from the Getty, this one is “100% on our side of the 405, immediately north and west of us, and on our property,” according to L…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMFrom the “I wish we could figure out the formula and bottle this” file, we hosted a showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday. The staff at the theater had been advocating for a…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:48AMJamie Lloyd’s new interpretation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Evita at the Open Air Theatre will transfer to London’s Barbican Theatre from 27 June to 22 August 2020 (press ni…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMI started performing as a child during the Blitz, singing in an air-raid shelter. When I left school, I joined City Lit
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMVarious 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 07:02AMFrom 2009: I always remember the fate of Carrie Buck whenever I hear a judge praised for the literary artfulness of his opinions. I yield to no one in my admiration for what Walter Lippma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Eoghan
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“Horatio looked handsomely miserable.” Charles Dickens, Sketches by “Boz,” Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHow did you start in theatre? I was born to a Polish and Romanian family and raised in one of Rio de
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The Man in the White Suit will close its run in the West End a month earlier than planned, with producers blaming
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMDavid Hasselhoff will play Franklin Hart Jnr in 9 To 5 The Musical at London’s Savoy Theatre from 2 December 2019 until 8 February 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMIn an era of uncertainty and anxiety, New York theatre is shunning its obsession with private lives to throw a powerful spotlight on politics
It used to be argued that British drama is drive…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMGUEST CRITIC BEN DOWELL DOES NOT HAVE A GOOD NIGHT OUT What a strange evening this is. Young director Tinuke Craig has taken Maxim Gorky’s 1911 play (there was a revision in 1935 but s…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:21AMThe Hoff is about to be hassled if Dolly Parton has anything to do with it. Yes, it’s David Hasselhoff who will play Franklin Hart Jnr in 9 To 5 The Musical at the Savoy Theatre from 2 Dec…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:15AMIn our continuing series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (to 27 October 2019). Maryam Philpott is gripped by the work of Claire Foy an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM
A spectacular line-up of internationally celebrated performers, musicians and creative minds will shine their light in Penrith as part of this year’s Real Festival at the Nepean River from…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:17AMHero Theatre is presenting the world premier of Troy by playwright Amina Henry.
Troy, a musical riff on The Trojan Women, chronicles the story of a single-mother struggling to save her fa…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:06AMInspired by real-life experiences, Taking the Waters explores what it is to be a carer and how this role can bring out the very best and the very worst of a person, simultaneously. Three sis…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:01AMCatch international companies, Broadway choreographers and politically minded pieces---This month's roundup of intriguing dance events includes pieces from three choreographers who've worked…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn MOVING PEOPLE: Lucy Sexton on the Bessies, the Factress, and Her Favorite Artist of All Time, she says in response to question, What event (dance-related or not) has transformed you? , "…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMKenny Leon directs the Second Stage production of Will Eno’s play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMatthew Gardiner directs the production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater revival is helmed by Oskar Eustis.
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