As the year comes to a close and you start attending parties hosted by different non-profit organizations, it may appear that the same people seem to be involved with every non-profit organi…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:54PMSamuel D. Hunter’s creaky play about the downsizing of the American West features terrific performances by Judith Ivey and Edmund Donovan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMStephen Adly Guirgis’s bumpy, vibrant and expansive comic drama about a women’s homeless shelter features a cast of 18 (or 19, counting the goat).
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48PMFull transparency: I wasn’t sure what to expect from The Listening Room at the New Ohio Theatre. But here’s what I got: a high stakes, edge-of-my-seat, thrilling yet somehow poetic dys…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:43PMIt’s easy to understand why some people suffer from Coulrophobia (fear of clowns) especially when their clown faces are hidden under greasepaint, false noses and perpetually dour expressio…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:39PMOn that occasion so important for me, at that performance in the dawn . . . the trees, the air, the sun hinted to us of such real, beautiful and artistic truth which cannot, because of its a…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:31PMThis is two-act, two-hour-and-40-minute political issue to which attention must be paid.
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SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 10:26PMLegacies of the past connect and collide throughout Samuel D. Hunter’s ambitious, multi-layered “Greater Clements,” now on view at Lincoln Center’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:06PMA cast of well-sketched characters inhabit this drama at the Linda Gross Theater about a women’s halfway house
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★★★★★ An overstuffed, engrossing, masterful new play from Pulitzer winner Guirgis
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:56PM★★★★ The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright finds humor, despair and survival in a halfway house
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:54PM★★★★ Samuel D. Hunter crafts an excellent play, starring Judith Ivey and Edmund Donovan, from sad realities
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:52PM★★★ Samuel D. Hunter delivers a significant though flawed American drama
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:51PMToday, BroadwayWorld is flashing back to 1978 when Michael Bennett's Ballroom was the inhabitant of a pre-Phantom Majestic Theatre!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:04PMThis is a strong and stimulating rendering of Arthur Miller’s stunning drama.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:03PMIn 2008, Playbill reported that David Foster would be working on a Betty Boop musical. Now, the first song from his project has been officially released. An accomplished songwriter himself, …
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Cabaret singer-raconteur Sidney Myer, who’s returned to regular performing, beginning his residency at Pangea in 2018, (presented by Kevin Malony’s TWEED Theaterworks), will headline the…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:55PMThe $21 million musical will be hoping for a new home after the Shubert Organization made way for Hugh Jackman and ‘The Music Man.’
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:54PM“We need a little Christmas”? Well, we have a whole lot of Christmas for Broadway musical fans. With the holiday season upon us, we at Broadway Direct thought we’d compile a list of th…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 06:50PMBunker, LondonMatilda Ibini’s autobiographical coming-of-age play mixes serious scenes with underpowered comedy sketches
Little Miss Burden begins as a Jackanory-style story, narrated by t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMVeteran actors of screen, stage, and television Harry Hamlin and Stefanie Powers do their best to bring Joshua Ravetch’s “One November Yankee” to the stage at 59E59 Theaters on Manhatt…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 06:46PMChris Giarmo and Tendayi Kuumba perform with David Byrne in "American Utopia" (Photo: Matthew Murphy)
Tendayi Kuumba and Chris Giarmo never thought they would be on Broadway. They’re cur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:42PMIt’s time for Beetlejuice to move on from Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre (though no word yet on whether their ghosts might stick around to haunt the new owners).
On Monday, producers …
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Producers of Broadway’s Tony-nominated Beetlejuice said Monday that the comedic musical based on Tim Burton’s 1988 cult movie will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:57PMThe Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive is holding a free event Monday, December 16th from 7 pm-8 pm at the Chevy Chase neighborhood library. Join WAPAVA’s Executive Director Bri…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:52PMThe Arena Stage production, set against the backdrop of World War II, was inspired by the long-distance courtship between the playwright’s parents.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:42PMErika Jayne of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is gearing up for a 12-week run in Broadway's Chicago in 2020. Paul Wontorek got the scoop from this Broadway newbie at a recent photo sho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMOn The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Erika Jayne is known for her tell-it-like-it-is style and killer survivor instincts, not to mention high-energy nightclub performances. Now she’s r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMTickets are now on sale for Bess Wohl's Broadway-debut play Grand Horizons, set to arrive at the Helen Hayes Theater on December 23. The production, directed by Leigh Silverman, is schedule…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMEver since Alanis Morissette penned her hit song “Ironic” in the mid-90s, many have debated whether situations like “rain on your wedding day” is actually ironic. To solve that age-o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMThe weather may be chilly, but Ain't Too Proud is certainly heating up Broadway. The production set a new box office record at the Imperial Theatre for the week ending December 8 with $1,710…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMBeetlejuice, the delightfully ghoulish new stage show based on the hit 1988 film, will end its Broadway run at the Winter Garden Theatre on June 6, 2020. The new tuner began previews on Marc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend.
Two-Time Tony Nominee Jonathan Groff Tapped for The Matrix 4
From Mindhunter to The Matrix! Two-time Tony nom…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMBy Julian Eaves
Julian Eaves reviews One Million Tiny Plays About Britain now playing at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London until 11 January 2020
This post REVIEW: One Million Tiny Plays Abou…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:31PMPeponides will share leadership with artistic director Sarah Benson and executive director Cynthia Flowers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PMEdTA accepting applications for Inspirational Theatre Educator Awards
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 05:18PMWoffington will step down from his post in January, but will remain on the theatre's board and executive committee.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:15PMFor a fan of Broadway musicals, a year can be measured in the number of cast albums that have been produced and released. And 2019 has produced a bumper crop of them. With the holidays just …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:13PMThere’s something incredibly special about the Hillbarn Theatre production of “Newsies,” a musical that started out as a 1992 Disney movie that’s based on the real-life story of bele…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:12PMThe beloved, annual vaudeville-style holiday sketch show comes to a
glorious end after a 10-year run.
SOURCE: ashevillestages.com at 05:11PMThe Tim Burton-inspired musical opened at the Shubert house in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:09PMBroadway's smash hit musical BEETLEJUICE will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theatre (1634 Broadway) on Saturday, June 6, 2020. Final block of tickets now on sale for all pe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMEXCLUSIVE: The new “West Side Story” is supposed to start previews tomorrow. I’m told that the avant garde choreographer hired for the
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 05:06PMVictoria Blade delivers music perfectly fit for the season. Her warm vocals...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:06PM“Beetlejuice” will play its final performance at the Winter Garden Theater on June 6, 2020. The closing announcement comes after “Beetlejuice” broke a box office record in early Dece…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 05:06PMThe Disney favorite will appear alongside Marty Thomas and the Tony-winning composer-lyricist.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra and Westminster Symphonic Choir in Bach’s B Minor Mass. This brilliantly executed but slightly subdued performance sometimes lac…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:55PM“I am deeply grateful for the work in Potter and indeed Downton, but it wasn’t what you’d call satisfying. I didn’t really feel I was acting in those things.” – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMHer ascent, and the rediscovery of some of the last century’s great Italian female writers, has encouraged a new wave of women and shaken the country’s literary establishment. Women writ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMAiley formed his company, in part, to give people of color a place to dance, Jamar Roberts said. It was also a place for him to to tell their stories. Mr. Roberts wants to continue that, but…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMWould Prince have agreed to the release of this material in this form? Does the potential public good, and the contribution to the historical record, outweigh whatever uncertainties Prince m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM“This can’t just be about me sounding cool or looking awesome. It has to be in service of something larger. You want to actually open a conversation and activate people’s imaginations,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM“One hundred and fifty years is a long time. But I’ve always said it’s never too late. So it’s good that they finally have thought about it. And at least if you’re the first, there…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMThe Broadway alum previewed his upcoming stint in the Matthew Lopez two-parter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMEventually verging on the cusp of being a soap opera. With a lot of highbrow intelligence, campy humor and raunch. But much too long.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 04:06PMThe St. Paul-based director, best known for his association with August Wilson, elicited inspiring work from artists at every level.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PMThe event included an album signing to celebrate the cast recording's vinyl release.
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Producers announced today the launch of THE SOUND INSIDE WRITER'S CHALLENGE. At the heart of THE SOUND INSIDE is a celebration of the passion, dedication, and drive of writers to better thei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMJonathan Groff has joined the cast of The Matrix 4, according to Collider.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMBroadway bid farewell to two revivals during the week ending December 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMThe lights reveal a figurine on a pedestal—regal, decked head to foot, shimmering, amid the mist. Slowly, cautiously, with a twitch here and a jerk there, that figurine—the Snow Queen—…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:35PMGoldfaden’s escapist musical fantasy combines bits and pieces from many sources: the Cinderella fairy tale; Gilbert-and-Sullivan-esque rapid-fire, tongue twister songs; old-fashioned (even…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:25PMNew American drama directs a rapier wit at black stereotypes
Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview comes to the Young Vic with the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama under its belt, and a reputatio…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 03:18PMBlair Underwood, Jerry O'Connell, David Alan Grier and the cast and creative team of A Soldier's Play share why it's so exciting to bring the Pulitzer Prize winning work to Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMA starry lineup of performers and presenters toasted honorees Tom Hulce and Diana DiMenna at New York Stage and Film's winter gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on December 8. Lea Michele and Jon…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMHector Berlioz’s mid-19th-century L’Enfance du Christ is not quite an oratorio in the most familiar sense of that term. Nor is it quite an opera. Written piecemeal over many years by a c…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:15PMSome praised leadership for pulling the two plays while others criticized them for pursuing an agenda that they say puts other livelihoods at risk.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:14PMLegoland facility in Milpitas will judge candidates for a Master Model Builder at a two-day Brick Factor competition.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:06PMTheatreWorks Silicon Valley's world premiere of a musical adapted from Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' needs better songs.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:03PM
This week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth talks to Frozen 2 creators Kristen and Bobby Lopez about their humble beginnings, a hilarious marriage proposal, and writing all the music for Fr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMThe LGBTQ+ podcast fairy tale returns December 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMLaura Dern, Greta Gerwig, and Saoirse Ronan pay a visit to their Beth March on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:48PMFind your next job with these Equity calls for Broadway productions and shows across the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMFans of 1812's annual 'This Is The Week That Is,' a live political satire onstage, often return for multiple shows, because it's different every night. Daralyse Lyons visits the rehearsal ro…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:34PMThis year, the tried-and-tested tale at London’s Old Vic is up against subversive surprises at Wilton’s Music Hall, where Scrooge’s sister takes the lead
Charles Dickens knew he had st…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMHear ye, hear ye! Jeanna de Waal, who is gearing up to star as the iconic Princess Diana in the Broadway-bound musical Diana, joined forces with the show's music man David Bryan to offer a t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMTony Goldwyn will return to Broadway this winter in Matthew Lopez's two-part drama The Inheritance. He will assume the role of Henry Wilcox from Tony winner John Benjamin Hickey for a four-m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMThe 2020 Critics' Choice Award nominations are in! An accomplished group of theater stars have been recognized for their work in movies and TV for the 25th annual awards ceremony that will t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMThe highly anticipated London transfer of Be More Chill has found its casting! The lead roles of BFFs Jeremy Heere and Michael Mell will be played by Scott Folan and Blake Patrick Anderson, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMStage and screen star René Auberjonois, who earned a Tony Award for his featured turn in 1970's Coco, passed away on December 8, according to The New York Times. The cause was metastatic lu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMCasting has been announced for Between the Lines, a new musical based on the acclaimed novel by Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha van Leer. Arielle Jacobs will star in the off-Broadway …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMTheater fans love a chance to see Ramin Karimloo onstage! Concert performances of the Tony-winning musical The Secret Garden will take place at the London Palladium on April 4, 2020. The cas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMTendayi Kuumba and Chris Giarmo stop by Broadway.com HQ to chat about David Byrne's American Utopia and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMSongwriter Alanis Morissette, stars Elizabeth Stanley, Celia Rose Gooding, Derek Klena and more celebrate Jagged Little Pill's opening night on Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMAt the opening night of Jagged Little Pill, Matt Rodin challenges the cast and friends to determine what really is ironic.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:18PMIt was a crowning moment for Netflix, and not just for the jeweled one on Queen Elizabeth’s head. The streaming service, which dominated the Globe nominations overall, edged out HBO to win…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMSacha Baron Cohen, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Killing Eve received nominations this chilly L.A. morning, as did the apparent final season of Amazon’s Emmy-winning Fleabag and the first …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMUnlike mainstream talk therapies, Dance Movement Therapy uses the entire body to approach the client primarily on a non-verbal and creative level. The body in motion is both the medium and t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMFor the second year, the performance opened with long applause for Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella, sitting in the royal box with four government ministers. As last year, the Italian …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMTo celebrate the holiday season, AussieTheatre.com are going theatre crazy and will be opening a new window on our Advent Calendar each day to reveal some amazing theatre treats. Check back …
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There’s only a few weeks left of 2019, but still a bundle of big shows to squeeze in. Next up is Cyrano
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:53PMJohn Benjamin Hickey, currently starring as Harry Wilcox in the two-part Broadway play The Inheritance, will take a hiatus from the production beginning Sunday, January 5, 2020. Hickey is se…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:45PMThe 2020 season will feature world premiere plays by Meghan Brown and Madison Fielder.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:44PMEdward Watson and Olga Smirnova were among the dancers in two programmes that also featured a Wayne McGregor world premiere
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:26PMKite will succeed Teri Schwartz in the new year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:25PMThis is a tough one to cover. American playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury’s new drama Fairview arrives in London weighed down with transatlantic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:21PMWe're getting into the holiday spirit by giving you the chance to see which of Broadway's current hit musicals you should be asking for tickets to with some fun personality questions. Take t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMThe theatre’s production of The Night Before Christmas is a delightful piece, full of fun and silliness, with moments of wonder and the chance for the children to interact with the cast.
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When Yorkshire girl Ella meets north Londoner Haseeb at a drama workshop, they kiss, fall in love, and it all seems very
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:56PMIn today's news we have the casting announcement for the smash-hit Broadway musical, Be More Chill and a new musical concert at the London Palladium.
The post London Theatre News Today: Mond…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:56PMSimpatico Theatre’s production of ‘Natural Shocks,’ a slim but effective play by Lauren Gunderson, benefits from a brilliant performance by Amanda Schoonover. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:49PMHadestown’s Rachel Chavkin and Jordan Roth are this year's honorees for their work with the company, industry, and beyond.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMWatch a musical number from the Tony Award-winning Oklahoma! revival in 360 degrees.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:40PMMalkovich, who celebrates his birthday December 9, co-starred with Gary Sinise in the 1982 Steppenwolf production at Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMThe new musical based on the book by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer finds its ensemble.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PMBush theatre, LondonRagevan Vasan and Emily Stott star as a couple pulled apart by their backgrounds in this play by slam poet Zia Ahmed
The question of how to build intimacy across the div…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMWith shows such as Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Six and The Boy in the Dress, the musical is in rude health in this country – whether Broadway knows it or not
Has the British musical…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMChaz Wolcott gives fans a look at the intimate DC production of Newsies at Arena Stage.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:14PMFew parents will have escaped Peppa Pig. The ubiquitous, happy hog has been jumping up and down in muddy puddles for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMAs of the time this editorial posts, no one outside of the production will have seen a single second of West Side Story. And, outside of friends and family who are at the invited dress tonig…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 12:03PMProducer Daryl Roth announced today full casting for the new Off-Broadway musical Between the Lines . The production will star Arielle Jacobs (Aladdin, Wicked), Jason Gotay (Evita, Bring It …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMLee Gower-Drinkwater has built a 22-year career in stage management, with half that time spent at Manchester’s Royal Exchange. He speaks to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM
Jeff Calhoun will direct a cast that also includes Carrie St. Louis and Julia Murney at the Tony Kiser Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMRehearsals are underway for the Broadway production of A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller, directed by Kenny Leon.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMIt’s a candy Venice. A Venice of candy and gingerbread, royal icing (“basically like glue”) and buttercream for decoration. And when roofs collapse? The teams soldier, or solder (with …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMAnd Greta Gerwig’s new movie version of it makes an attempt to reflect that. “We may these days … be surrounded by books containing extraordinary girls – Lyra, Hermione, Katniss – …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMLet’s go deep: “You are not a hopeless philistine if you find this all a bit foolish. Foolishness, and the deflating sensation that a culture that once encouraged sublime beauty now only…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMLisa Taddeo thinks her success is partially luck, and partially that she really digs into the nuances of women’s desire, and their relationships with men, at least before the Weinstein sca…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMPen Parentis has lasted for more than a decade in a literary world that is decidedly unfriendly to working parents. “‘The way you hear it is in the people who don’t have kids and when …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMArchitecture critic Rowan Moore is not thrilled with the thoughtless, crass commercialism filling Trafalgar Square. “It is not the presence of the market, precisely, that’s the problem, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThat’s not about radical parents or radical kids – it’s about changing theatre at its roots to reflect the reality of working parents in the industry. Not surprisingly, parents have so…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMAnd not just any blog is closing, but Feministing, one of the only remaining feminist blogs from the heyday of the 2000s. One of the site’s former editors says, “It was unclear how we co…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMJustin Chang is prepared for the inevitable backlash over some of the choices the LAFCA made. Prepared, but not pleased: “I’ve always been struck by the recurring phenomenon of LAFCA and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMDestouches defended the French writer, and their anti-Semitic and intensely pro-Nazi stance, for decades. “‘She followed him into the depths of hell with a love, an admiration and an aff…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMSuperman was “too chubby” to play James Bond, Kevin Hart (The Rock’s “non-ripped” co-star) starts at the gym at 5 every morning, and movie men are partnering, i.e. getting sweet bu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMThere’s dance, but then there are podcasts, and then there’s the international dance film festival as well. – Dallas Morning News
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AM“On a single day, when he was 40 and full of innovative fire, he had jotted down 112 ideas for ‘new things,’ among them a mechanical cotton picker, a snow compressor, an electrical pia…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AMChildren’s shows, especially those based on best-selling books, easily fall into the trap of complacency around the mistaken supposition that all the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMThe ascent of Clarine Seymour (1898-1920) in the film business was nothing short of meteoric, like a ladder with several, clear rungs leading only upward. It must have seemed to good to be t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AMLos Angeles native Mark Jones (1889-1965) had been an acrobat prior to joining the Hal Roach comedy factory in 1919, appearing in over 70 films in 7 years. He was mostly a supporting player …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AMLos Angeles local Elmer Booth (1882-1915) was 28 when he was cast in his first Biograph role, in The Oath and the Man (1910) starring Henry B. Walthall. Whether he was related to the famous …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AMThe three-week festival at the University of Michigan will feature three timely productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThe six winners of the Channel 4 Playwrights’ Scheme for emerging British talent have been announced. The yearly scheme, which awards six
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMAlexandra Burke is to star in a stage adaptation of My Best Friend’s Wedding, which opens for a UK tour next year.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMProposals outlining a long-term vision for the dance sector have been published in a new manifesto, which includes enabling all children to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:36AMThe number celebrates Princess Diana’s freedom from the royal family.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMIt’s a savvy move on the part of Synetic Theater to stage a production of The Snow Queen right as children and tweens everywhere are besotted with the prospect of “Frozen 2” opening in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:33AMWhen singer/musician/educator John Langstaff launched a seasonal celebration of early music in Boston back in 1971, comprised of song and general merriment that would bring community togethe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:33AMThe playwright Neil Simon was one of Broadway’s defining talents, a household name whose work was so popular that he once had four shows running on Broadway at the same time. It’s been a…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:30AMHickey will depart to direct Plaza Suite.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24AM"Never in a Million Years" is among the new additions to Stephen Schwartz's famous score.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24AMThe Inheritance standout Jordan Barbour talks about finding the heart of his character, Tristan, his own experiences as a gay black man in America, and how The Inheritance is like Shakespear…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:23AMGet a first listen to "If" from DIANA: A True Musical Story, performed by Jeanna de Waal and accompanied by David Bryan.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:21AMby HaleyJane Rose. @haleyisfamous. HOBOKEN, NJ - Self proclaimed “obsessed theatre nerd” Bethany Price, 24, has found herself truly devastated after her Spotify Wrapped, logging her most…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:18AMDiana producers Grove Entertainment (Beth Williams), Frank Marshall and The Araca Group released a first look music video of 'If' - one of the songs from the upcoming new musical based on th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMCaroline Bowman and Caroline Innerbichler star in the Disney musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThe star of stage and screen earned three additional Tony nominations throughout his career.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMNo modern twists or star turns, few pyrotechnics, little by way of glitter and bling, but Fairy Bow Bells has sprinkled this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:04AMThe Tony Award-winning revival continues its run at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMOi Frog & Friends! is an entertaining, musical romp through many of the well-known rhymes from the original books with a witty script and songs which are upbeat, catchy and full of cleve…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM"Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" celebrates the iconic Disco Queen's songs to great effect, but the story line doesn't do her justice.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:00AMThink you've got what it takes to join The Doctor in the time-travelling TARDIS? Then today is your lucky day! BBC Studios and The Great Gatsby's producers Immersive Everywhere have partn…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:00AM
Oxford Playhouse’s Beauty and the Beast, written and directed by Steve Marmion, once again serves up all the beloved elements of traditional
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMTake a listen to West End stars Luke Brady and Christine Allado sing “Never in a Million Years,” the new ballad from Stephen Schwartz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMThe stage and screen veteran was also known for his roles in Friends and Norma Rae.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMMartin Crimp’s adaptation of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play opened at the Playhouse Theatre December 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMTo kickstart the Christmas season, the National Philharmonic and the National Philharmonic Chorale performed Holiday Singin’ Pops at the Music Center at Strathmore with guest performers. T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:41AMThe Dublin production will feature songs by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, including "I Say a Little Prayer" and "I'll Never Fall in Love Again."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMA blog post recently published by the folks at dotdigital shares ideas on how to turn holiday shoppers into year-round buyers through email communications. As I read it, it struck me how the…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 10:33AMLast week, columnist David Benedict questioned whether the “seemingly obligatory” standing ovation is becoming too regular at West End musical performances, taking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:32AMAll Aboard! Get your ticket for Everyman Theatre’s Murder on the Orient Express and enjoy a visually striking whodunnit that is twisty-turny fun for this holiday season. In attendance open…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:25AMAs his latest play opens Off-Broadway, straight-talking playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis speaks to Howard Sherman about life on the Upper West Side
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:24AMBy Douglas Mayo
Sunny Afternoon UK Tour 2020 announced. The multi Olivier Award-winning musical will open in Manchester in August 2020.
This post Sunny Afternoon UK Tour 2020 first appeared …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:20AMA series centered on his character Prince Anders is being developed by Disney+.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMA feature centered on his character Prince Anders is being developed by Disney+.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMLen Cariou and Craig Bierko star in George Eastman's play about a son and his aging father coming to terms with their past.
The post Father and Son Family Dramedy: ‘Harry Townsend’s Las…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:03AMDespite illness, co-founder appeared in shows over the summer before her death at 46
Nell Gifford, the owner and co-founder of the retro-chic Giffords Circus, has died of cancer, it has been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMAs a new exhibition on comedians’ prints and portraits opens, Harry Hill, Vic Reeves, Lolly Adefope and more talk us through their masterworks
Modern Toss on comedians-cum-artists
“If it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMJermyn Street theatre, LondonCraig Taylor’s jumble of micro-playlets – some just a few seconds long – coalesce into a layered, comic, moving portrait of everyday life in the UK
Listeni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMLyric theatre, LondonJumpy new student Frog overcomes his starting-school nerves in this exuberant musical adaptation of Kes Gray and Jim Field’s picture books
Cats sit on mats, mules sit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMThe Scarlet Pimpernel turned 20 this year—that is, its third and final revision did. Inside the crazy story of the Broadway show that opened in 1997 and changed nearly every day for two ye…
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The event, which honored philanthropist and producer Diana DiMenna and Tony Award–winning actor and producer Tom Hulce, was celebrated December 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMNominations are here for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's 2020 Golden Globe Awards! A talented group of theater alums are among the list of creatives set to be recognized at the ce…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AMTony Goldwyn, last seen on the New York stage co-starring with Bryan Cranston in Network, will make a four-month return to Broadway when he joins the cast of Matthew Lopez’ The Inheritance…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:45AMThe Inheritance is about to get hit with some Scandal.
The much-lauded Broadway play, which transferred from London’s West End, is about to add Tony Goldwyn to its ranks. The former Scan…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:45AMTony Goldwyn will take over John Benjamin Hickey’s role in “The Inheritance” for four months. Goldwyn will step into the role of Henry Wilcox on Jan. 5, 2020, as Hickey takes a leave o…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:45AMThe Broadway alum and Scandal TV star will portray Harry Wilcox while Hickey works on The Plaza Suite.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMThe Joe Iconis musical will make its London debut at The Other Palace in February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMThe smash-hit Broadway musical Be More Chill has announced its initial casting today and we are bursting with excitement! The mind-bendingly fun show will make its UK premiere at London’s…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:30AMJoin Angela Grovey, Maggie Weston, and Max FitzRoy-Stone and play along in this original Playbill series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29AMNick Winston will direct the April performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMGregory Doran’s RSC production of Measure for Measure is a subtle and absorbing account of a play that gets weirder with every viewing.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. In this episode of the Daughters of Lorraine Podcast, Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley focus on representations of slavery on stage by Black playwrights be…
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The 77th annual ceremony will take place January 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:55AMThis year, The Little Theatre of Alexandria’s annual performance of A Christmas Carol brings to the stage the Charles Dickens classic using a script adapted by Donna Ferragut. The script i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:49AMOur critics remember the buildings, spaces, and theater companies which first introduced them to the stage.
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SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 08:49AMAn immersive Doctor Who experience is set to premiere in London in February 2020. Based on the television series, Doctor Who Time
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:48AMSally Cookson’s production of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is to tour the UK and Ireland in 2020. Having premiered
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:48AMTheatre website WhatsOnStage has announced a new partnership with BBC Radio 2, which will see its annual awards ceremony broadcast live. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:48AMInterAct’s 2018/19 Core Playwrights Program culminates in a series of free readings showcasing the work of four local playwrights.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 08:15AMReview of "Anything Can Happen in the Theater..." at the York Theatre Company
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:09AMJudith Ivey appears at the center of a few, very individual stories of certain troubled Americans -- and a much, much larger American tragedy.
The post In ‘Greater Clements,’ a Playwrigh…
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 08:00AMAward-winning Barbra Streisand impersonator Steven Brinberg shares five favorite Barbra gems.
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Legendary Rene Auberjonois Dies at 79, “Harmony” Delayed by a Year at NYTF, “This Is A Room” to Return for Encore “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast h…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe players are in place for the cult show Be More Chill, fresh from Broadway and now in transit to London’s The Other Palace for the UK premiere from 12 February to 3 May 2020. Scott Fola…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:45AMIn 2019, Jeremy O. Harris made his Broadway playwriting debut with “Slave Play” at the Golden Theatre. The work itself drove conversation on Broadway, and so did the playwright, on Twitt…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 07:39AMA Morecambe arts venue is closing after failing to secure funding. Alt-Space, a venue that hosts the Morecambe Fringe Festival, has had
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMAuberjonois – Father Mulcahy in the 1970 movie M.A.S.H., iconic chief of staff in the 1980s sitcom Benson, and Odo in the 1990s show Star Trek: Deep Space 9 – was also a stage star who e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:24AMThe now-18-year-old said he did it because “he had to prove a point ‘to every idiot’ who said he had no mental health problems, asking police if it was going to be on the news.” – …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:24AMRichard Burton and John Gielgud in a scene from Hamlet. This production, staged by Gielgud, was filmed in 1964 at a Broadway performance: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and histor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“First of all, dismiss ideas, and social background, and train the freshman to shiver, to get drunk on the poetry of Hamlet or Lear, to read with his spine and not with his skull.” Vladi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Edmond Rostand's Cyrano De Bergerac presented by the Jamie Lloyd Company at the Playhouse Theatre, London.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:00AMComedy and vulgarity join forces as Lucy McCormick chronicles history’s strong women in Post Popular at the Soho Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWith the upcoming Broadway revival, choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker makes her theatrical debut and thrusts her singular contemporary dance into the Broadway fray.
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The 42nd annual ceremony, to be televised Dec. 15, recognizes Earth, Wind & Fire, “Sesame Street,” Linda Ronstadt, Sally Field and Michael Tilson Thomas.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Kyle Marshall’s “A.D.” and “Colored” at BAM Fisher, "Why do Kyle Marshall’s movements seem so familiar yet refreshing? Laconic, measured, he dances with the paci…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMHow emerging playwright Alex Riad is using his hometown as fodder for a theatrical trilogy---Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis may be Alex Riad's cousin, but Lucy Thurber's Hilltown…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMJudith Ivey stars in the Lincoln Center Theater production, directed by Davis McCallum.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new play by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis is a look at the inner workings of women’s halfway house in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM16 Festive Performances & Events Happening In NYC & Beyond
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