Tony Kushner has taken the first play he wrote, which traced the rise of Nazism in Germany as a cri de coeur and a call to arms against what was happening to America during the Reagan era, a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:43PMReview of the Saturday, November 23, 2019 matinee performance at the Westside Theatre/Upstairs in New York City. Starring Jonathan Groff, Christian Borle, Chelsea Turbin, Tom Alan Robbins, K…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:33PM By Samuel L. Leiter American playwright Matthew Lopez’s (The Legend of Georgia McBride) marathon play, The Inheritance, directed by Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliott), comes to Broadway�…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:24PMBridge theatre, LondonAslan is more substitute Churchill than surrogate Christ in Sally Cookson’s brilliantly inventive production of CS Lewis’s wartime fable
The popularity of CS Lewis�…
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★★★★ Tony Kushner takes another look at his Hitler-through-the-Reagan-era play ‘A Bright Room Called Day’
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:51PM★★★★ Tony Kushner's first play gets an update, and a stellar cast, in a new Public Theater production
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:50PM By Argenis Ovalles Step right up to a world of child-like wonder in Kit Goldstein Grant’s musical masterpiece, The Giant Hoax. Be ready to meet The Cardiff Giant (Daniel Moser). H…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:30PMWhat is your “heart dog?” How do you know it, find it—and deal with the disappointment of maybe not being able to have it? Or even . . . losing it? Heavy questions for the school-age (…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:15PM By Sandi Durell The cast and creative team of “Anything Can Happen in the Theater: The Musical World of Maury Yeston” met with the press at the York Theater today to prese…
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Viewing Aquila Theatre’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University, I couldn’t help but wonder which came first “newspeak” or “alte…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:42PM“Ten years ago I went to a speed-dating event in Belfast where I told a succession of potential dates I was a writer and was met with a unanimous sense of disappointment. “I thought you …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMMark Swed: “Typically, a new opera is a multiyear project, so the very notion of this pop-up one, which seems to have been in the works for a couple of weeks at most, is extraordinary. But…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMHe was to theatre criticism as pigeons are to statues, William F. Buckley once observed. “In a style that danced with literary allusions and arch rhetoric — and composed with pen and ink…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMThe Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) seeks a visionary and dynamic Executive Director to lead the organization’s strategic planning, programming, administration, fundraising and community…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMOn Monday, Netflix announced that it has reached an agreement to continue leasing the Paris Theater space and keep it open for special events, screenings, and theatrical releases. “After 7…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMThe Ballet Academy at Suzanne’s School of Dance, located in College Station, TX is seeking a Principal Ballet Instructor beginning August 2020.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMThe savvy reader’s favorite website BookFilter.com chooses the best theater books ready to be wrapped with a bow, exclusively for Broadway Direct. Books are the perfect holiday gift for th…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 07:33PM’Tis the season for giving. Check out our gift guide for the dedicated Broadway fan. From streaming content to a collectible Angela Lansbury tree ornament, we have ideas for any budget. Br…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 07:29PMA frustration of many classical and contemporary music critics is that we hear a new work that seems to have great promise for being added to the canon, and then poof! It disappears, never t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:15PMI know there’s an entire Thanksgiving between now and then but today still seems the right time to plant the bug in your ear about Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. F…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:06PMGet out your Tazos, Dolly magazine and Samboy chips because ‘90s nostalgia is back in a big way with the announcement of Agro Up Late with Jamie Dunn. Agro is out of the bag, turning the b…
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“Mean Girls” will be the sole Broadway show to perform during the CBS telecast of the Thanksgiving Day Parade. The performance will be prerecorded to air as part of the CBS broadcast, wh…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:59PMTo mark their Australian debut, internationally revered Canadian dance company Ballet BC will present a bold and emotive reimagining of the timeless love story of Romeo + Juliet. The exclusi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:55PMPAFA’s permanent collection meets the future of contemporary art in partnership with KADIST, exploring everything from eroding Founding Fathers to riffs on Goya, where Wawa meets the War o…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:46PMCYNICS UNITE These days when directors revive a classic, they have to decide whether their approach will be either to modernize the play or mount it as a period piece, true to the spirit of …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:45PMCampbell Scott talks about A Christmas Carol as well as the influence of his actor parents.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 05:33PMPaul Dainty AM, President and CEO of TEG DAINTY is thrilled to announce that the jaw-dropping, heart-stopping, arena rock musical, Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell will tour Australia in Jun…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:25PMIn honor of Thanksgiving, we name the Broadway siblings who match your astrological sign.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:15PMThe weather is getting chilly, and for theater fans that means an assortment of seasonal offerings appearing on Broadway. This year, two of those productions are a new take on Charles Dick…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend.
Fox Nabs Football Comedy Pilot from Tootsie's Robert Horn & Scott Ellis
This team is unstoppable. Robert…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMFollowing a nationwide casting search, rising star Jo Ellen Pellman has been cast as Emma in the upcoming screen adaptation of the Tony-nominated musical The Prom. The previously announced …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMIn his highly anticipated debut at The Green Room 42, Mexican composer, musician, and director Jaime Lozano brought together a blockbuster all-Latino line-up and band for a one-night-only co…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:10PMThe event will be held December 2 at the Grand Hyatt New York in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMThis art form, which stems from a classic genre of protest song, gets a new spin in a musical by Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03PMEric Tucker updates the allegorical play about the Salem witch trials, directly implicating the audience in its examination of mass hysteria.
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Lucy Vurusic Riner’s evening-length dance explored shifting moods and emotions drawn by the phases of the moon.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:30PMThe one-time, eight-hour event featured cocktails, live performances, and celebrity appearances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMAn immersive theatrical production, based on the books that inspired the Martin Scorsese film, brings make-your-own mischief to a London hotel.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:18PMBroadway box office mostly held steady last week, even as many shows might not have overmuch to cheer about during the pre-holiday week. In all, the 35 productions took in $32,015,929, down …
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:15PMStudies have found that Nobel Prize-winning scientists are about 25 times more likely to sing, dance or act than the average scientist. They are also 17 times more likely to create visual ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMTwo years since Mr. Macron pledged in a speech in Burkina Faso to enable “the temporary or permanent restitution of African heritage to Africa,” little additional progress has been made.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMCorbyn said: “The arts are a common inheritance that make our society culturally richer and put a smile on all our faces. We must cherish them and protect them. “Labour’s national stra…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMJo Ellen Pellman has been cast as the lead in the Netflix feature adaptation of the award-winning stage musical The Prom from Ryan Murphy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PM
The Disney musical is holding strong as Broadway enters the holiday season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMThe Tony-winning Best Musical continues its run at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PMThe alum of The Deuce joins a cast that includes Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, and Ariana DeBose.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMWelcome 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 03:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 11/24/2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMHow prescient of the innovative UrbanArias. To be ahead of a major Washington Post Sunday Business section about a modern-day retail apocalypse: the dying of America’s suburban retail mall…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:04PMMichael James Scott, a former Genie of Disney's Aladdin and a Broadway.com vlogger, was recently married to filmmaker Jeremy Merrifield—and their wedding was a who's who of Broadway. The …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMDarryl Gene Daughtry Jr. and Arturo Luís Soria can now be seen making their Broadway debuts in Matthew Lopez's two-part play The Inheritance. The two play several characters throughout the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMAnnie McNamara, currently starring in Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play on Broadway, has signed with CESD Talent Agency. In a critically lauded performance, McNamara plays Alana, a sexually fru…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:03PMPlaywrights Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon add a new entry to the Jane Austen universe with this heartwarming holiday tale.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMMeasure for Measure ★★★★ Is Gregory Doran currently our most accomplished director of anything William Shakespeare wrote for the stage—or is believed to have written? As artistic …
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:00PM
Troupe pushed out of home by condo project finds a new home in a complex with plenty of condos of its own.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:59PMThe Clubbed Thumb production will begin performances in February 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMTony Award-nominated and five-time Obie Award-winning theater company Clubbed Thumb (Maria Striar, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Bulger, Associate Artistic Director; Quinn Metal Corbi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMThe longtime film and theatre critic reviewed theatre for New York Magazine for almost 40 years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMOn Friday, November 22, The Public officially opened the Mobile Unit's production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE directed by LA Williams.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMFour men face years of incarceration for failing to report Viking treasure worth an estimated $3 million. Police say the find has national importance for Anglo-Saxon coinage and for a greate…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMOn either side of the border, there are three stations, each with a microphone, speaker and tuning wheels that control a searchlight, that can be seen from a 50-kilometre radius. When your …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMAt a time of public outrage over corporate greed and a heightened awareness of gender-based power dynamics, the 29-year-old Ms. Swift was able to turn a commercial dispute into a cause cél�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMIt’s a growing genre. Political fiction has always existed, but now many writers are re-imagining our contemporary political landscape in political ways that make sense to them. – The Ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PM“These huge franchise pictures are elbowing out midrange and lower-budget movies. It’s harder for midsize movies to get theaters in the first place, much less hold onto them long enough …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMOddly the original data was unavailable to researchers. But in 2017, a legal request under the Freedom of Information Act obtained the raw information for the first time. Their results, publ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PMThe Netherworld is getting into the Thanksgiving spirit with a new take on Beetlejuice's iconic song 'Dead Mom,' entitled 'Dead Bird.' Check out the video below to see the ghost with the mos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PMA new entry into the hallowed tome of Great American Plays arrives in Chicago.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:30PMThe movie opens in theaters January 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMJohn Simon, whose biting, sometimes personal New York Magazine theater reviews drew devoted readers and withering criticism of their own, died yesterday at a hospital in Valhalla, New York. …
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:15PMA sampling of what’s happening in Pittsburgh this week, from Braddock to the Benedum Center.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:14PMFind your next job with these Equity calls for Broadway productions and shows across the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMFeaturing Francis Guinan in his TimeLine debut, Githa Sowerby's unjustly neglected 1912 play is a bracing tonic against the notion of "the good old days."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 02:00PM
The Norwegian singer makes her Met Opera debut as Lisa in The Queen of Spades November 29–December 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMThe revolutionary musical Hamilton makes its second Atlanta visit with a five-week...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:48PMThe lineup also includes a look into the Metropolitan Opera’s upcoming Agrippina.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMIt's never too early to talk about the Tony Awards, especially in a field as exciting and varied as this year's Best Actress in a Musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:39PMCheck out our daily news roundup including some exciting news from the sensational West End hit, Wicked and Robert Icke's, The Doctor.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:33PMLike many traditional children’s tales, Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper has dark undertones and serious messages. In adapting the story
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:30PMA contemporary take on the fairy tale plays in the Linbury Theatre while Natalia Osipova dances in the main house upstairs
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:17PMAre you ready for some holiday magic to bring wonder into your yuletide? Beginning Friday, November 29, that magic can be found at Broadway’s Neil Simon Theatre when The Illusionists – M…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:08PMBy Douglas Mayo
Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced UK Tour is back on the road starring Sarah Thomas as Miss Marple.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:04PMIf more resources are not put into more apprenticeships, it will be a great pity for both for the creative industries & the many young people who simply don’t get the opportunity to ma…
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John Simon, the theater, movie and music critic who died last night at 94, took erudition to another level. Never mind that English was his fifth language — after German, Hungarian, French…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:57PMKristine Nielsen and Aidan Quinn star in Horton Foote's Pulitzer Prize–winning play, directed by Michael Wilson at Off-Broadway's Signature Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMJohn Simon, an award-winning theater writer known for his definitive, sometimes harsh opinions, passed away on November 24. His wife, Patricia Hoag Simon, confirmed his death on Facebook.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMDaniel J. Watts stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about playing Ike Turner in Tina and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMMake no mistake about it, I had this guy pegged in the first two minutes: a bumbling, bald-headed bungler trying to string together a show based on his own hoarding. Worse, an amateur! My …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMProlific, erudite and caustic in his wit, he surveyed the entire cultural landscape — films, plays, books, art — and saw little that he liked.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMFairy tales always have more going on under the surface, and a new exhibition at the Brandywine River Museum offers fresh, multicultural takes on three of our favorites. Gail Obenreder revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:42PMPerformances will begin at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College December 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMAlyssa Fox, Lauren Nicole Chapman, Ryann Redmond, and Nicholas Edwards all set out on the hunt for a concert performance outfit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMThe actor, starring as Elder Price in the Tony Award-winning hit musical, gives Playbill an inside look at his pre-show routine.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMFor this year’s adult pantomime at Above the Stag, authors Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper turn to the story of Pinocchio for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMAnaïs Mitchell's Tony-winning musical is still running at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:12PMLet the unimaginative people diddle around with their baseball cards and stamp collections. This is the kind of irrational, eccentric passion that you will be remembered for.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:12PMGingold Theatrical Group will also present a limited Off-Broadway engagement of The Devil’s Disciple.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMA new 60-seat performing arts venue is due to open in King’s Lynn. The Workshop will focus on young people and provide
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMSpotlight is working to include a non-binary gender option for performers creating profiles on its services. It comes as the UK casting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM
Eliot’s work on Spinoza’s Ethics, one scholar says, “was the last thing she did before she wrote her stories and became George Eliot. A large part of Spinoza’s Ethics gives this ins…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMPerhaps, and also perhaps by design. In 2010, Instagram (before it was bought by Facebook), “that free photo-sharing app with a hipster sheen, hit the iPhone. Several months later, Justin …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMFreddy Tsimba uses all kinds of materials to respond in sculpture to his hometown of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. “In 2014 he took a house he had built from 999 machetes to …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMThis seems like a pretty solid idea for a company that has a lot of young women involved. And, of course, “earlier this week the duke announced he would be not be undertaking public duties…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMAs a record number of people want more than just Spotify or YouTube videos, well, the logical result is that “music cruises are one of the interesting growth areas of music tourism. There …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMThe 28-year-old was a member of one of the first big K-pop girl groups, Kara. She had attempted suicide in May. In her solo career, she had some hits and also some TV and movie roles. – Th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMAw, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, we appreciate the attempt. “The Contract for the Web is a global plan of action created over the past year by activists, academics, companies, governments and ci…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMThree quarters of young people in Britain have never heard of Mozart, a survey reveals. One in five think composer Johann Bach – who died in 1750 – is still alive. – The Daily Mail
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMUh, wow, Dresden: “The exact details of the operation, and what was taken, are not yet clear, but local news outlets report the thieves targeted the jewelry section of the historic Royal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMTalene Monahon’s docu-drama, woven from verbatim conversations with historical reenactors, will premiere at 59E59 this winter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMHoliday season finds Bay Area stage companies performing classics by Dickens and Austen, and some surprises, too.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AMA new theatre company is being launched to showcase trans and non-binary actors. Performer Harrison Knights is behind the venture, called Trans
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AMIt has just been announced today that Wicked, the West End's 13th longest-running show, has extended its booking period through to November 2020. The hit prequel-midquel-sequel to The Wiz…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:40AMA bold, visceral performance giving the strong script its due.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 11:38AMWith steam wafting from the factories painted across the backdrop of Washington Stage Guild’s production of Hard Times, it doesn’t take long before issues about industry and social progr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36AMThe Guggenheim’s performing arts series will host Ivo van Hove, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Anthony Roth Costanzo and more during its upcoming season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMChicago’s pioneering club – where comics from John Belushi to Tina Fey learned their craft – is 60 years old. We crash an improv class in search of its secrets
In the fashionable Old T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonPrince Charming? You must be joking – but this show will still leave families and festive fun-seekers satisfied
You might think assignations with princes have lost…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMThe Sara Bareilles musical will end its Broadway run January 5, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMThe style—despite a major cast—might be best described as wooden realism
SOURCE: phindie.com at 11:20AMSee the blinding snowstorm that finishes the show, currently playing the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMTheatre for a New Audience stages the first off-Broadway revival of María Irene Fornés's masterwork.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMFor all its cinematic zest and superb acting, The Irishman offers a bleak demonstration of what happens when you sell your soul for too little.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMThe Tony winner joins a cast led by Edie Falco and Thomas Sadoski.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThe event will include a performance and album signing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMIan McKellen has urged theatremakers to “insist on working up and down the country” to ensure regional audiences have access to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMThe Public Theater revival is helmed by Oskar Eustis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMFree family-friendly classical music
SOURCE: phindie.com at 11:02AMEver wondered how to arrange a big Broadway score like Spamalot? This week’s guest has the ability to take a score and blow it up into a big Broadway musical that we all know and love. M…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMhttp://traffic.megaphone.fm/BPNET9660510069.mp3 Ever wondered how to arrange a big Broadway score like Spamalot? This week’s guest has the ability to take a score and blow it up into a …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMA musical theatre album with a difference, RE:arrangement – An Album by Nick Barstow is refreshingly bold.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Digging deep into Broadway's trove of behind-the-scenes accounts, we discovered some gems about the musical that opened November 25, 1959.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMby Cameron Smith. @CamRayNYC. CAMBRIDGE, England - Following their groundbreaking recent discovery of an unreleased Eugene O’Neill play, researchers at the University of Cambridge have unc…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:57AMEverywhere you turn, there’s another Irish play, and each seems better than the last.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 10:53AMRenée Taylor’s weight may have gone up and down like a yo-yo, but the one constant over 60-something years in show business has been her sense of humor. Like the time her future mother in…
SOURCE: www.tapinto.net at 10:52AMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares stories from working with Julie Andrews on Broadway—plus performances he’s thankful for.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMThree things are normally brought out about Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980): her one starring role in Hollywood; her celebrity husband (Melvyn Douglas); and her political significance. We�…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMThe new comedy follows an NFL star joining an all-female book club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMThe developmental presentation will be directed by Schele Williams, who was part of the original cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMA cut-for-time skit highlights the trials and tribulations of every musical theatre students’ worst nightmare: the posting of the cast list.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMThe Tony Award-winning actress Katrina Lenk (The Band’s Visit) has been cast in a recurring role in CBS’ upcoming midseason drama series Tommy as a sports agent. Tommy stars Edie Falco …
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:23AM“Small theaters” play a large role in making New York City the world’s cultural capital, according to “All New York’s a Stage,” a report issued this week by the Mayor’s Offic…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:20AMFollowing in Tony nominee Jeff Daniels' footsteps, Harris examines his take on the literary figure.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMTheatre for a New Audience's production of the 1977 play opened November 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMThe musical adaptation of John Carney’s hit film, directed by Tony winner Rebecca Taichman, begins previews November 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Present Laughter’s Andrew Scott and A German Life’s Maggie Smith took home the top acting prizes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMThe charmed trifecta of John Adams, Yuja Wang, and Gustavo Dudamel produced what seemed like a hit, at least to this Boston audience.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:54AMActor/Comedian JAMES PERCY on playing the iconic Harry Potter for over five years and the [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:54AMThe production will play the Sydney Lyric Theatre and, subsequently, Her Majesty’s Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMTerry Johnson will direct the two-hander.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMBroadwayWorld is saddened to report that theatre critic John Simon has passed away at the age of 94.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMThe cat is out of the bag as Sonia Friedman Productions recently took to Twitter to tease a new Robert Icke-directed production based on Sophocles' Oedipus. The upcoming play has yet to find…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:15AMDemocracyworks competition opens December 1
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:12AMBen Platt joined Misty Copeland on stage to present the award for Favorite Song - Country to Dan + Shay for 'Speechless' at the 2019 American Music Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMPinocchio: No Strings Attached is a very well constructed pantomime with an unexpected and cleverly designed LGBT+ twist.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. On this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley review Arena Stage's production of August Wilson’s Jitney, direct…
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The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare In The Park production of Much Ado About Nothing was broadcast on PBS' Great Performances, on November 22.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44AMIn IMPRESSIONS: nia love "g1(host): lostatsea" at Gibney: "Against a soundscape of crashing waves, clanging metal, and haunting cello music played by Nioka Workman, love dives through the sp…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:42AMAquila Theatre’s adaptation of Homer’s Greek epic The Odyssey, translated by Emily Wilson and directed by Desiree Sanchez, provides a sobering picture of the impact of warfare on the psy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:41AMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of November 25, 2019!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38AMWilson’s “outlandish, often ghoulish cartoons added a bizarrely humorous touch to Playboy, The New Yorker, National Lampoon and other publications in the era when magazines propelled the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMA 16-year-old Brit School student has spoken of her determination to continue working in the performing arts, despite a brain tumour that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMKappe founded the Cal Poly Pomona architecture program and was fired for being, as he called it, “free-swinging.” But, unlike many a faculty member could or would do now, he picked up hi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMSuburban communities lose their coverage; attitudes about national outlets taint how people feel about their hometown newspapers; reporters cover way too many beats at a time; and other very…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMGuy-Blaché is well-known among film scholars, but the film world and the world at large? Not so much. Quick summary: “Starting out as a secretary at Gaumont Studios in Paris, she began di…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMAmericans deride dubbing, but for much of the world, it’s a lot more pleasant than subtitles. They’re extra good at it in Italy, and thus there are awards: “The dozen-odd categories re…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMTheir canvases are houses, specifically the canvases of one working-class neighborhood called the Médina. “The neighborhood has welcomed street artists from all over the world to practice…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMThe deal is this: “It’s picturesque. You have a very old city flooded with water. Visually, it’s beautiful. For tourists, it’s another attraction. Tourists don’t realize what a dis…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMIn 1979 a strike by the New Orleans Police Department led to the city's official cancellation of that year's public Mardi Gras celebration. The people of New Orleans had something else in mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AMPaper Mill Playhouse presents Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, new book by Douglas Carter Beane, and original book by Oscar H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27AMA photo has hit Twitter that features Lin-Manuel Miranda suited up in costume on the set of Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22AMWhile watching six Broadway musicals in five days, a reviewer asks herself: “How will this play in Pittsburgh?”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
Disney Prepping “Aida” Revival, Weird Holiday Week Schedule, “Soft Power” Will Get an Album “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have now all released their manifestos for the upcoming general election on December 12. This
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMThe rap mogul debuted a 55-minute choral piece about a biblical king.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:51AMFollowing on from the success of last year’s How to Catch a Krampus, queer collective Sink the Pink once again takes up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:34AMAs the producer behind Hadestown’s success, on Broadway and internationally, Mara Isaacs could be forgiven for resting on her laurels. But, as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMIt’s been six months since I announced I was leaving my job and going all in on my own business. It was not an easy decision and was scary…
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SOURCE: Medium at 07:14AMFollowing its sold-out run of Be More Chill in 2019, the Helen Hayes Award-winning Monumental Theatre Company will be producing three musicals for the upcoming 2020 season: Head Over Heels, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:11AMOrson Welles talks with Huw Wheldon about Citizen Kane on Monitor, originally telecast by the BBC on March 13, 1960: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos tha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMJane Cafarella’s award-winning play e-baby deals with the harsh realities of surrogacy with wit, warmth and compassion.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Her finely touched spirit had still its fine issues, though they were not widely visible. Her full nature, like that river of which Alexander broke the strength, spent itself in channels …
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The Labour Party is pledging £1 billion of investment in cultural infrastructure as part of a new charter for the arts. Party
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMThe Conservative Party has released its election manifesto, which includes an arts premium to fund creative activities in secondary schools. This follows
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMThe Lyric Hammersmith pantomime has a tradition of getting new writing and directing talent to put a contemporary spin on the form.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:42AMWith direction by Michael Wilson, the cast is uniformly strong, and they keep the audience guessing about the uncomfortable truths.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:24AMNew Vic theatre, Newcastle-under-LymeSisters Danielle and Nichole Bird create a dreamlike mirror image in a superbly staged production, alive with music, wit and spectacle
It was written as …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMBy Ray Rackham
Ray Rackham revisits the London production of Wicked the musical at the Apollo Victoria Theatre some thirteen years after its London debut at the Apollo Victoria Theatre and r…
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The winners of the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, in association with Michael Kors, were revealed at a ceremony tonight at the London Coliseum.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45AMThe winners have been unveiled for the 65th Annual Evening Standard Theatre Awards.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 05:45AMLively and empowering new musical & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre is entertaining from start to finish.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMSurprise your family and friends with these gifts, perfect for any fan of the theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00AMIt was a glamorous night at the London Coliseum as the 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards were revealed with Jamie Lloyd’s reinvention of Evita at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park be…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:00AMThere’s no doubt we’re going to have amazing deals for you at the end of the week for Black Friday but why wait? Don’t let the anticipation of lots of great offers hold you back, you c…
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Julian Eaves reviews Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov, presented by Theatrical Niche Limited currently playing at the New Wimbledon Studio Theatre.
This post REVIEW: Uncle Vanya, …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:55AMWho is Gavin Marshall? Well there’s a question… An actor/director working in circus, theatre and film. A storyteller. A jack of all trades, he stumbles through life trying to get a bit b…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:52AMWho's the hero? Who's the tyrant? Who's the oppressed? The ten-strong cast has been announced for rarely-seen Soviet Russian political satire Dragon.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMRed Stitch Actors’ Theatre have announced a powerful 2020 season featuring three world premiere productions – all developed at Red Stitch – two Australian premieres and the Victorian d…
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Brighton DomeIn an endearing but gentle show, the comedian tries to leave his Father Ted alter ego behind
Father Dougal casts a long shadow, Ardal O’Hanlon laments at the start of his tour…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48AMSmash star Katharine McPhee heads back to the diner on November 25 for one last stint as Jenna in the Broadway musical Waitress. McPhee will remain with the show until its final performance…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48AMThe iconic Sydney Gay & Lesbian Choir (SGLC) will perform their final concerts for the year, when they present Wish You Were Here: Songs of Celebration & Reflection – a unique ce…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:44AMSignature Theatre revives a Horton Foote play that it premiered 24 years ago.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:18AMKen Ludwig mines his parents' wartime correspondence for his latest play at Arena Stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:18AMThe Arrival – Bush Theatre, London Olivier-winning director Bijan Sheibani – whose past productions include the majestic Barber Shop Chronicles – helms
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTheatre fetishises the young. It craves young audiences and spends money trying to lure them in. Does anyone recall A Night Less
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMA key tenet of The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron’s much-loved 1993 handbook on creativity, concerns the importance of “restocking the trout pond”
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The 2019-2020 season, what we have so far: Bat Out of Hell" - August-September 2019 at NY City Center
"Bat out of Hell" parody by Fred Landau and Jan Horvath
parody set to Jim Steinma…
SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 12:32AMContinuing their commitment to emerging choreographers, Sydney Dance Company, Carriageworks and The Balnaves Foundation present the sixth edition of New Breed at Carriageworks from 28 Novemb…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:31AMThe Signature Theater’s compassionate revival of Horton Foote’s 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning play takes a slow route to devastation.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03AMRead and studied for decades, a key work of the American avant-garde finally returns in a major New York revival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03AMThe Illusionists—Magic of the Holidays plays the Neil Simon Theatre starting November 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe founders of a new theatre company have created an innovative model that uses the audience’s online information
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe holiday season has officially arrived and seeing shows with your loved ones is a great way to celebrate. We've rounded up a dozen festive productions for different types of audiences, so…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe American Idol and Smash alum takes center stage as the musical approaches its last performance.
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