Review submitted by Annabelle Derrick of Indian Creek High School. Attention all townsfolk! Mayhap the most enthusiastic and phenomenal production of “Spamalot” this squire’s laid eye …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:54PMDonja R. Love’s powerful play balances tenderness and fury to explore how H.I.V. has become a ”hidden emergency” in the black community.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:42PMBy: David Sheward
December 10, 2019: Jagged Little Pill is a jagged little musical, sometimes smooth, sometimes sharp, sometimes bland and predictable, sometimes edgy and shattering. Th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:29PMKiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Auckland, December 5. It is no small thing to make a full-length narrative ballet that wins its place in a company’s repertoire. Many are attempted and many end up …
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 11:18PMMartin Zimmerman’s visceral, thoroughly modern, elegant one-woman show inspired by the tragic 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.
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Donja R. Love's semiautobiographical play makes its world premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:54PMGriffin Theatre Company has announced the appointment of playwright, director and dramaturg, Declan Greene, as the next Artistic Director of the Company. The first playwright to be appointed…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:45PM1. ‘Bare’ at Iron Crow Theatre. “…it is definitely an entertaining evening of revelations and in-your-face talent within the intimate confines of Theatre Project.” – Timoth David…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:35PMAh yes! Darkness, freezing weather; the long, dreary tunnel of winter looming after the holidays—and the cold I just caught. Alaina Johns whines.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:19PMOn December 9, Greater Clements celebrated its opening night at Lincoln Center Theater. The new play by Samuel D. Hunter is set in a fictional mining town in Idaho thrown into turmoil by g…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18PM"The Illusionists—Magic of the Holidays" (Photo: Joan Marcus)
When magician Eric Chien was a sophomore at the University of Hawaii, he would do magic tricks on campus. Then one day, he d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18PMTickets are now on sale for the New York premiere of Lauren Yee's play with music Cambodian Rock Band. The production of off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, directed by Chay Yew, will begin p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Bobby Steggert, Ivan Hernandez & Yank! Stars to Celebrate 10th Anniversary in Concert
Stars of the 2010 musical Yank! wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18PM 2020 marks the centennial of Clarice Lispector’s birth. The Ukrainian-Jewish refugee who settled in Brazil has long been acclaimed as a feminist trailblazer in male dominated South…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:13PM“Mr. Auberjonois worked constantly as a character actor through several periods and forms, from the dynamic theater of the 1960s to the cinema renaissance of the 1970s to the prime period …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PM“Jonty Bravery, who turned 18 in October, … told the police he had to prove a point ‘to every idiot’ who said he had no mental health problems … As well as having an autistic spect…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PM“I felt like it was really time to move on. I could see myself doing the same thing for the next 20 years and I don’t want that. … Music has never been my only interest and it’s alwa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMThe business school at Oxford has students try to conduct a choir. Carnegie Mellon uses a book club and art installations. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts offers courses to business types…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PM“Over a 40-year career, Luce … worked with the likes of Zoe Caldwell, George C. Scott and Claire Bloom as he wrote about the private lives of Charlotte Brontë, Lillian Hellman, Isak Din…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMVisits by Chinese citizens to Russia have been growing by 20% a year, and that rate will likely increase in 2020, when electronic visas become available. The extra crowds have caused particu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMControversy has raged over the awarding of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature to the Austrian writer, acknowledged as an accomplished author but accused by many observers of denying or…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMTen years ago the Seattle Symphony was badly broken. Miraculously, a new leadership team emerged, the orchestra chased reinvention and its fortunes soared. Now that leadership has departed a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PM“Ana Subeliani arrived at the film premiere for And Then We Danced by foot, but left in an ambulance, blood running down her face. … Before screenings in November, far-right protesters a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMThe Clint Eastwood film looks at the media circus that broke out around Jewell, a security guard who came under suspicion for orchestrating the Centennial Olympic Park bombing before being e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PM“Reports and photos of two women burning a pile of books outside the Zhenyuan county library in Gansu province emerged at the weekend. According to Chinese media, an article on the county�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMBettina Korek, who currently runs the Californian outpost of the Frieze art fair, will start work in March and team up with the gallery’s artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist in time for n…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PM“Pointe spoke with these two young dancers” — Hortense Millet-Maurin and Vincent Vivet, both 15 — “to see what it’s like studying inside the world’s oldest ballet academy.” �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMServices like Spotify and Apple Music can’t just upload whatever music they’d like. Legal disputes, sample clearance issues — when permission can’t be obtained for the use of part of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMIntellectuals, in order to be able “to speak the truth and expose lies” must understand how ideology works in the form of official institutions and everyday life. Ideological analysis is…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMUmberto Eco: “Are there universal ways in which people react to beauty? No, because beauty is detachment, absence of passion. Ugliness, by contrast, is passion.” – LitHub
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMIt seems irresponsible or perverse to reject the idea that there is a Crisis of Truth. No time now for judicious reflection; what’s needed is a full-frontal attack on the Truth Deniers. Bu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMSebastien Smee: “What happened to “Comedian” after it became a media sensation sums up our collective disorder — a kind of media-based bulimia — exquisitely. First, at lunchtime on…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06PMThe Austrian writer’s win in October has proved highly controversial, with politicians and writers lining up to condemn his denial of Serb atrocities during the war in the former Yugoslavi…
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Adapted and directed by Gregory Keng Strasser, “The Infinite Tales” at 4615 Theatre Company covers three of the four major periods recognized in Irish mythology. In this production, we h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:58PMAnalisa Leaming has been traveling the country the past year with 'ribbons down her back' as Irene Malloy in the national tour of HELLO, DOLLY! Before taking HELLO, DOLLY! on the road, Leami…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56PMTony Award Winner “Jersey Boys,” the story behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons opens December 17, 2019, at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. This production i…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:53PMThe name on everybody’s lips is gonna be… Natalie. Joining the ranks of stars such as Gwen Verdon, Liza Minelli, Renée Zellweger, and Brooke Shields, Natalie Bassingthwaighte dons the b…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:41PMBalanchine’s ‘Nutcracker’ is a dance lover’s seasonal favorite, but after 27 years of working with the PA Ballet’s orchestra, music director Beatrice Jona Affron has a thing or two…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:30PMIf we’re having Christmas in July, why not Bastille Day in December? The Bearded Ladies sang of revolution in a holiday-ish cabaret at World Café Live. Brad Rothbart reviews.
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(Laura Cappelle’s article appeared in The New York Times, 12/5; via Pam Green.) The genre has long been seen as minor in the French capital, but a string of English-language productions is…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:48PMNordstrom and Paper Magazine celebrated the launch of Broadway Roundup, a custom content piece on PaperMag.com featuring Broadway's brightest talents hitting the stage this fall, with a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42PMThe Builders Association deconstructs and reconstructs the famous 1939 film, 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:36PMEarlier tonight, BroadwayWorld reported that a documentary film about Luis Miranda will premiere at Sundance. Another documentary in the Miranda family will also premiere at the festival - t…
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Last week Vox had a backstage video on the Metropolitan Opera production of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten. What I loved about it and wanted to call attention to was the way in which they made ele…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:18PMNo men. No boats. No man-splaining. That’s part of the concept of the high-energy and low testosterone of Jaclyn Backhaus’ adventure saga, Men on Boats. All the roles in John Wesley Powe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:06PMA young girl must save Christmas in this new family musical.
This original Christmas show (story by Larry Little, music by Dylan MarcAurele, book and lyrics by J…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:01PMPlaywright Donja R. Love, prompted by the tenth anniversary of his own diagnosis, explores what it’s like to be Black, queer, and HIV+ in one in two, now playing at The Pershing Square Sig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00PMThe title of Donja R. Love’s play “one in two,” currently running in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Square Signature Center, is reflective of the alarming 2016 stu…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 07:00PM★★★ Edward Mawere. Leland Fowler, Jamyl Dobson act the reality of the black HIV-positive gay man
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★★★ The sadly familiar story of a black man living with HIV gets an absurdist twist
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:59PMKarel Čapek's rarely produced parable feels like a timely tragedy at Trap Door.
Nicole Wiesner directs Karel Čapek's 1937 parable (translated by Peter Majer an…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:55PMThe beautiful Lincoln Park Conservatory setting is just one reason to see this returning production.
William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night is only nominally a holi…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:50PMSteven Strafford's Crumpet is delightful, but the material feels dated.
In the season opener of Abby McEnany's new Showtime series, Work in Progress, McEnany run…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:40PMAn 80-minute 'ad-rap-tation' tells Scrooge's story without missing beats.
The "ad-rap-tation" of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, created by the Q Brothers C…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:30PMTheatre is exceptional at helping young people hone interpersonal social skills, community building techniques, and problem solving. Young people deserve the opportunity to inhabit spaces wh…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:18PMStrawdog's family-friendly holiday show returns for a second year.
Hanukkah shows are hard to find, relatively speaking, but there are two running locally right …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:15PMEli Newell's self-directed holiday play at Raven asks us to suspend too much disbelief.
If there's a workable drama within the rambling, under-rehearsed confines…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:05PMThe unconventional family structures of 19th-century mining camps widen the lens for LGBTQ history.
Neither Tom Selleck nor Steve Guttenberg nor Ted Danson have …
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Hell in a Handbag's Midler revue is middling.
Iconic singer Bette Midler cut her teeth at New York City's Continental Baths, earning the nickname "Bathhouse Bett…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:55PMThe And Peggy leg of the Hamilton tour was named top donor at the annual celebration, benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:52PMGetting into the Christmas Spirit: Ten Q and A’s with a Radio City Rockette
Written by Alex Muscaro
December 2, 2019
Jessica McRoberts has had the pleasure of performing over the pas…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 05:46PMA grown daughter’s soon-to-be-published memoirs of a childhood family trauma rip open long-festering emotional scars over Christmas Eve at the Palm Beach manse of an aging Hollywood B-list…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:42PMOver 200 people braved the rain on Monday night and gathered under the tent at the Big Apple Circus at Lincoln Center where the 2nd Annual Cabaret at the Circus gala was held benefitting 'Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMThe real-life couple will star in Simon Stone’s contemporary take on the Euripides tragedy in Brooklyn.
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With the movie musical of Cats poised to open in movie theatres across the country this December, BroadwayHD has curated a magical playlist that honors the musical’s composer Andrew Lloyd …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:59PMClare Barron's play explores the shame of success and the strength of female friendships.
Why did Clare Barron's success bring her so much shame? The performer-t…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:50PMJames Vaughn is brilliant as Kris Kringle, but the adaptation offers few
moments for other characters and story lines to shine.
SOURCE: ashevillestages.com at 04:46PMThe Quintessence production of ‘The Wizard of Oz’ is an all-around impressive show filled with a wildly talented ensemble cast, electrifying background music, and flying monkeys. Christi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:45PMIn the fourth episode of season six of Broadway Balances America, viewers go behind the scenes of the new touring production of the fan-favorite Broadway bio-musical Summer: The Donna Summer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMHarry Connick Jr. is back on Broadway! Take a look at his latest concert event A Celebration of Cole Porter.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMKatharine McPhee performs "She Used to Be Mine" from Waitress. See her in the musical through January 5, 2020!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMThe celebrity guest judges who will be choosing Broadway's next Roxie Hart in The Search for Roxie have been announced! Broadway stars Bianca Marroquín, Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking, who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMCasting is complete for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, a new musical based on the Oscar-nominated 1970 film, set to make its world premiere with off-Broadway's New Group this winter.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMFull casting is here for Coal Country, a new play by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen set to make its world premiere at the Public Theater in 2020. The previously announced off-Broadway product…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMOff-Broadway's Classic Stage Company has announced full casting for its upcoming revivals of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Dracula, adapted by Kate Hamill and direct…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMHarry Connick Jr. talks all about his favorite Cole Porter songs, lyrics and memories ahead of bringing Harry Connick Jr. — A Celebration of Cole Porter to Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMThe three finalists in The Search for Roxie head to New York City where they get one-on-one coaching from Chicago creatives, go backstage at the Ambassador Theatre and be guests on #Liv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMThis past Thursday at Broadway Sessions we took a trip down memory lane to Bikini Bottom at our Spongebob Cast Reunion Show! It was a joy to have the gang all back together as we all reminis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMTake a look inside the EduHAM Student Matinee Q & A.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMJ. M. Barrie imagined a lot when he wrote his 1904 play about the boy who wouldn’t grow up, but he could not have imagined how many childhoods have been etched by its enchantment. Now in P…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:17PMThe West End production of the Broadway-bound musical plays the Arts Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:14PMUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Emmy nominee Burgess will make his debut at the famed venue in an evening devoted to Stephen Sondheim.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PMTony Triano as Santa Claus in a scene from the Argyle Theatre production of Meredith Willson’s “Miracle on 34th Street, The Musical” (Photo credit: Richard Termine) Victor Gluck, Edito…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:04PM
The Broadway Opening Night Legacy Robe Ceremony honoring Heather Lang for "Jagged Little Pill" at the Broadhurst Theatre on December 5, 2019.
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:52PMAt the new Cirque Mechanics show, the revolving ring, rotating ladders and spinning swings might not thrill, but the performers do.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMDirector Michael Apted’s 55-year social experiment on film ends with a powerful lesson about the wisdom age can bring. Gary Day reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:43PMThe new play by the Pulitzer Prize winner opened at the Linda Gross Theater December 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM“This year will be remembered as a transitional one for American theater, as a new generation of leaders settled in at some of the nation’s top nonprofits, including Washington’s Wooll…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:31PMThe artist’s piece Querida is a personal performance presenting sexuality, sensuality, and healing from trauma.
Darling Shear is a mover and shaker—literal…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:30PMThe Public Theater production begins February 18, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:29PMMele Kalikimaka all y’all! This lively original musical collaboration between Director Joey Olson and Producer Jerri Wiseman captured the entire audience from the moment we all got “Leie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:15PMThe musical, by Randolph-Wright and Marcus Hummon, chronicles the life of human rights leader Frederick Douglass.
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The cast is fearless, and the ensemble is impeccable never missing a beat or an opportunity to evoke the emotions at the core of their character. The dialogue, movement and lighting appear t…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:54PMThe divorce for the 88-year-old actor and one-time TV heartthrob should soon be final, a report says.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:50PMThe Lincoln Center Theater production, starring Judith Ivey, opened December 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:49PMA London warhorse trots into Washington at an unsurprising pace, aiming to give you goose bumps.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:48PMComedy is a very subjective concept. What one person finds funny another might not. Any person who says any particular thing isn’t funny, is wrong. This is because someone will find it fun…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 02:45PMTheatergoers are a loyal lot even when they’re not at the theater: We listen to Broadway albums (vote for your favorite in 2019 below), we look for the theater content in movies (such as �…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:37PMAlex Riad's play is scheduled through December 21 at the Off-Broadway venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:35PMSimon Stone’s contemporary rewrite of the Euripides tragedy will begin performances in Brooklyn January 12, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMSalisbury PlayhouseBrightly designed, this jaunty version of Beatrix Potter’s seasonal tale boasts a scene-stealing Simpkin the cat
Beatrix Potter’s book about an ailing tailor tasked wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMThe scriptwriter and playwright, best known for penning the gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren, died in London after a short illness
Barrie Keeffe, the scriptwriter and play…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMThe Broadway stars will perform songs written by Carmel Dean through the lens of positive female leaders in social and political change.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PMThe new Stephen Adly Guirgis play is directed by John Ortiz.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:03PMTo 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 …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:00PMEXCLUSIVE: Tony- and Golden Globe-winning production company Playground (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Wolf Hall) is expanding into immersive theatre with a financial investment in Witn…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:00PMThe Tony-winning revival opened December 10, 2015, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
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Classic Stage Company will present the two gothic tales in early 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMThe Frozen star and Wicked Tony winner recently released her new album Christmas: A Season of Love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMSee all new photos of Spencer Clark, Jamie Kasey Patterson, and Jaysin McCollum as The Lollipop Guild from our Broadway Celebrates Oz series.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:53PMMichael Arden will direct the evening at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMBurstein is taking a six-week medical leave of absence to repair a torn meniscus.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMThe new Duncan Sheik musical will play the New Group.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMHouses on the Moon Theater Company’s delightful and earnest mission is to “dispel ignorance and isolation through the theatrical amplification of unheard voices.” "The Santa Closet," a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:18PMAs I watched the performance of The IN Series’ most recent offering, I thought about starting my review with a warning: “Don’t go to see L’Enfance du Christ unless you want to be tra…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMI Take Your hand in Mine is based on the intimate letters written between Anton Chekhov at the end of his life and his wife Olga Knipper. It has come to the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop in t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PM“It was 9:30 on Christmas Eve,” the lone figure entones in the grandest theatrical tradition of beginning an eerie tale. This holiday season, our fair city is visited by one of Britain�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:12PMIn today's news we take a look at the West End Queens currently playing in Six at the Arts Theatre as well as Goldilocks And The Three Bears panto pics!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:11PMThe stage and screen veteran's Broadway credits include The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia, and Macbeth.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMReview: Cinderella, Cambridge Arts Theatre 4.0stars I never quite know how to feel about pantomimes. On the one hand I’m a total sucker for the festive joy, the corny jokes and the true sp…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PMReview: A Christmas Carol, The Old Vic 5.0stars For the third year running, Jack Thorne’s magical adaptation of the world’s favourite Christmas story is on at the Old Vic, again spreadin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PMReview: Peter Pan, Hull Truck Theatre 4.0stars In a crowded market of Christmas shows, Deborah McAndrew’s adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s seminal children’s story is unlikely to be the onl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PMAfter seeing Mother of Him,a play that humanises a rapist through its focus on their mother, Blue Huseyin felt outraged. Here, she writes about how serious crimes such as this are still bein…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PMLittle Miss Burden is a heart-warming but simultaneously heart-wrenching play highlighting the reality faced by many people with disabilities.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMOscar-winning producer Steve Tisch and AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka will also be celebrated for their contributions to the performing arts.
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Full casting for the upcoming Off Broadway world premiere production of Duncan Sheik’s Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice musical has been completed, with Michael Zegen (The Marvelous M…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:56PMAustin Durant will fill in for Danny Burstein in “Moulin Rouge!” as Burstein takes a six-week medical leave of absence to repair a torn meniscus. Durant will take on the role of Harold Z…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:53PMStage-struck from his debut in pantomime at the age of four, Ian Cullen found early television fame as a dashing David Balfour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:47PMThe video details the journey of the Audible production through the eyes of playwright Lauren Gunderson, director Gaye Taylor Upchurch, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMHarry Connick Jr - A Celebration of Cole Porter, honoring one of America's most respected songwriters, opens on Thursday, December 12th. Featuring a vibrant, 25-piece orchestra and a modern,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMBreach made its name with a series of shows exploring the idea of re-enactment, most notably It’s True, It’s True, It’s True,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMThe Actors Fund, the national human services organization for everyone in performing arts and entertainment, will hold its Annual Gala on Monday, April 6, 2020. The evening will celebrate To…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PMTony-winning singer and actress Idina Menzel was a guest on TODAY to talk about her role in the hit a?oeFrozen 2a?? and her new holiday album, a?oeChristmas: A Season of Love.a??
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMNew Diorama theatre, LondonBreach Theatre’s hilariously heretical satire of medieval mystery plays is a celebration of queer voices and a fine alternative Christmas show
Breach Theatre wor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMDuncan Sheik, who wrote the score, will also star in the world premiere of the screen-to-stage adaptation by The New Group.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMITOs get leadership lessons from Disney
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 12:04PMWelcome to the podcast series, “Welcome to the Rock!” A behind the curtain peek at what it takes to get a show from a seed of an idea all the way to a Broadway hit. The international mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:00PM
The adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novel began performances December 3 at the National Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMPlaywright Barrie Keeffe has died, aged 74. The news was confirmed by his agent Stephen Durbridge, at the Agency on December 10.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMThe guitarist performs at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater December 13–14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMThe New Group announces full casting for Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, with Jennifer Damiano, Ana Nogueira, Joél Pérez and Michael Zegen joining, as previously announced, Duncan …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMThe Illusionists stars reveal which magicians and magic acts impress them most.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:38AMMen On Boats is American history is it needs to be retold: Without a white man in sight. Despite writing a historical play focused on the cisgender white men who comprised the Powell Geograp…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:34AMFor LGBTQ+ audiences, the story of BARE is a tale as old as time: Two young men share a forbidden romance. BARE takes the story and places it in a Catholic Boarding school, amidst a throng o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMRomantic comedy movies can be saccharine, especially when they’re set during the holidays. Some people love these fluffy flicks, and others love to riff on them. But no matter how someone …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMThe evening will feature songs, scenes, and stories performed by cast members from around the world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - He’s at it again! Reports are surfacing that famed con man Harold Hill has arrived in New York City, successfully pulling off one of his infamou…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:27AMNoah Galvin has stepped in to take over the title role in Manhattan Concert Productions' upcoming one-night presentation of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Michael Arden is a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMA fan-favorite '90s film is being made into a stage show. My Best Friend's Wedding The Musical, a new tuner based on the Golden Globe-nominated motion picture, will arrive in the U.K. next y…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMNew York stage alum Austin Durant steps into the role of Harold Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical beginning on December 10. He'll remain with the production for six weeks while original c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMThe Illusionists' Dom Chambers and Eric Chien stop by to bring some holiday magic to the Broadway.com studio!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMMost shows saw six-figure drops last weeks as the overall box office dipped by 8%. Bucking the trend, however, was Ain’t Too Proud who managed a $113k increase which was a box office recor…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:15AMThe Vote, originally staged at London’s Donmar Warehouse in 2015, will return in an updated form this Thursday. The 90-minute play depicts the final 90 minutes of voting at a polling place…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:05AMThe scribe worked with Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer, and other theatre luminaries.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMSet in a dystopian future, Escape From Planet Trash is a campy, music filled extravaganza with a lighthearted self awareness, in which two space explorers embark on a mission to save Planet …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Today we welcome Pascal Pastrana to the Great White Way and learn about his journey to the ensemble of Mean Girls!
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SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 10:49AMToday, we welcome Frozen ensemblist Bronwyn Tarboton to Broadway and learn about her journey to the Main Stem!
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SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 10:48AMJulian Clary has been added to the London Palladium’s wall of fame, becoming the first performer to be added to the installation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AMThe production runs at the West End’s Criterion Theatre through January 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AM"No-one wants to be dumped at Christmas!" Watch playwright and performer Natasha Santos talking to London Live about the personal experiences that inspired her comedy Getting Over Everest an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:15AMSpotlight on Chicago showstoppers Mary Claire King, Rachel Schur, Pilar Milhollen, Tonya Wathen, & Arian Keddell.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:13AMHalfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. It is also a master-class in acting and not to be missed.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:09AMThe 12th annual event, raising funds for the arts education organization, was held at the St. Regis New York December 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMWell, you just want Anne Gwynne (1918-2003) to be related to Fred Gwynne, but her real name was Marguerite Gwynne Trice. And while the man from The Munsters was the quintessential easterner,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMOrson Welles fans know Ray Collins (1889-1965) from Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Touch of Evil (1958) as well his various radio shows, and the 1941 Broadway prod…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMThe story of Sidney Fox (Sarah Liefer, 1907-1942) is like that of a boat that gets lifted by a tidal wave and then stranded on the beach. Born in Galicia (now Poland), she emigrated with her…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMTony Award-winning scenic designer Rachel Hauck reveals the secrets hiding in plain sight onstage at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMThe Pulitzer Prize winner begins as a cosy family comedy, but pulls the rug out from under audiences at London’s Young Vic
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:01AMAs audiences prepare for Cats to leap into theaters this December, BroadwayHD, the premiere streaming service for live theater, has pulled together a playlist for the month which honors its …
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The three-week limited engagement will officially open December 12 at the Nederlander Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMThe new musical continues at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMLincoln Center Theater presents Greater Clements a New Play by Samuel D. Hunter at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45AMThe dance company dedicated to African American culture premieres a new work tonight. Jamar Roberts, its first resident choreographer, says he was inspired by the deaths of Trayvon Martin an…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:42AMThe Lincoln Center Theater production, starring Tony winner Judith Ivey, opened December 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMThe new play from Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis opened Off-Broadway December 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMMichael Arden will direct the February 2020 presentation at David Geffen Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMCraig Taylor’s series of sketches was published in the Guardian several years before Britain became defined by Brexit. The stage version of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:31AMThe Critics Choice Association announced the nominees for the 25th Annual Critics' Choice Awards. The winners will be revealed at the star-studded Critics' Choice Awards gala, which wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMBeginning tonight, Tuesday, December 10 a?" Austin Durant joins the cast of Broadway's Moulin Rouge! The Musical in the role of a?oeHarold Zidler.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:13AMRavens: Spassky Vs Fischer, an intriguing documentary drama about the chess match of the century, gets bogged down in its final half hour.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMHave you heard about the election? I mean, it's all over the news. And are you factoring the election into your programming?
The post Hey, Arts Programmers: Um, There’s an Election… appe…
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 09:00AMBy Lama El Homaïssi. Lama El Homaïssi reflects on her experience working with American Repertory Theater on their musical We Live in Cairo, diving into representation in storytelling, the …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AMThe stage veteran returns to the Great White Way to play Eliza.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AMThe stage veteran returns to the Great White Way to play Eliza.
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In this ambitious collection of Irish folktales, four siblings, neglected and mistreated after their mother’s death, are cursed and forced to live in exile for 900 years as swans. Told as …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMWhich A Christmas Carol Ghost Are You?
Written by Ella Embry
November 26th, 2019
Are you quiet and kind like Christmas Past? Or maybe jolly and over-the-top like Christmas Present? May…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 08:43AMWorks by Mark Morris, Pam Tanowitz, Monica Bill Barnes and more.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:42AMThe slate included “Fairview,” “Lehman Trilogy,” “A Chorus Line” — and a new musical in the Shenandoah Valley.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:42AMNoah Galvin will replace Ari'el Stachel, who regrettably had to withdraw due to an unforeseen conflict, as the lead role of a?oeJosepha?? in Manhattan Concert Productions' Joseph and the Ama…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AM“Slave Play” is formalizing a model of gifting tickets to attendees who may not otherwise be able to see the play. The program, called Broadway Plus One, allows patrons to add an addit…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:24AMSt. Louis Actors' Studio presents an early two-character play by David Mamet.
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BEETLEJUICE Gets Killed By A MUSIC MAN, Last Week’s Grosses, Golden Globe Noms, Recs and More “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre hea…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMAs played by Judith Ivey and Ken Narasaki in Samuel D. Hunter's touching and emotion-twisting drama Greater Clements, Maggie and Billy seem like the kind of couple who would have spent many …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:45AMNell Gifford, the co-creator and owner of Giffords Circus, has died aged 46. Gifford, who had breast cancer, died on December 8
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMPerforming arts publisher Oberon Books has been acquired by Bloomsbury. Oberon Books will sit alongside Bloomsbury’s current theatre offering, which includes Methuen
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMIn the next of our 2019 in Review series, we take a look at 40 - yes, 40! - individuals who made an indelible mark on the year in theater. Some are acclaimed award winners, others are fantas…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AMIn an old house in Paris, covered in vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines. And at Creative Cauldron, for their Christmas thing, the twelve little girls get up and sing. Oh,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:32AMBy Douglas Mayo
My Best Friends Wedding UK Tour - Just announced Rachel Burke is to star as Julianne Potter in the stage musical adaptation of the hit film.
This post My Best Friends Wedding…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:32AM“Trust your unconscious. As a young artist, especially a young director, you think you need to have everything figured out. Feed and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMGet in the center of the action with an all new 360-degree video of the cast of Oklahoma! performing 'The Farmer and the Cowman'!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMTwo ArtsBeat theatre reviews on Pioneer Valley Radio. "Christmas on The Rocks" at TheaterWorks and "Santaland Diaries" at Playhouse on Park. Segment starts at 2:57.
SOURCE: pioneervalleyradio.com at 07:19AMWhen other people write letters to Santa, they tend to want cars and computers, Apple Watches and video game systems. All I want are shows…
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SOURCE: Medium at 07:19AMJudith Ivey and Edmund Donovan star in Samuel D. Hunter's latest drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:18AMStephen Adly Guirgis debuts his sprawling comedy-drama at Atlantic Theater Company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:18AMTrafalgar Studios, LondonJodie Prenger sings her heart out in an atmospheric revival of Shelagh Delaney’s classic play about an unlucky-in-love mother and daughter
Words such as “raw” …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I write about the best theater of 2019: On Broadway and across America, it’s the same old story: Large-scale musicals are in a long-term slump. I saw onl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMFrom 2010: Apropos of the front cover of Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, James Breig, a reader of this blog, writes with a query: “Impertinent question: Is the cover photo reversed (Arms…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMFollowing a successful UK tour, Amelie The Musical arrives in London for a limited run. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMLa MaMa artistic director Mia Yoo reveals her winning philosophy for the Tony Award-winning theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AMThe dismal depiction of Japan’s “missing million” features more than 70 paintings and drawings.
As I walk to Wrightwood 659 in the early afternoon, I hear …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM“I saw all of my mother’s people, her sisters and brothers and their children that are left, that live here, crowding into the living room around Aunt Inez and her boys…and I thought o…
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You could probably start a support group for parents who have been forced to watch Frozen hundreds of time over the years,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMPulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Guirgis takes his style to another level in this world premiere play about the harrowing, humorous, and heartbreaking inner workings of a women's halfway h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:33AMLincoln Center Theater presents GREATER CLEMENTS a New Play by Samuel D. Hunter at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:25AMWrite a modern reinterpretation of a classic that switches the gender of key characters and you’d get queues outside the Young Vic.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:15AMArtistic Director Louise Fischer has announced New Theatre’s program for the first half of the 2020 season. “In a departure from previous years, we’ve decided to keep the latter part o…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:13AMToday's top stories: Beetlejuice will close in June, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12AMThe dance company dedicated to African American culture premieres a new work tonight. Jamar Roberts, its first resident choreographer, says he was inspired by the deaths of Trayvon Martin an…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:11AMSingin’ in the Rain is a fitting Christmas musical for a venue that’s surrounded by water. It wouldn’t usually be a compliment
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:05AMEquity president Maureen Beattie has condemned the “rise of racist reviews” in theatre, film and TV criticism. She has urged members of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:03AMWith its comment on the burden of expectation placed on women, class struggle, race and sexuality, more than six decades on A Taste Of Honey has lost none of its bite.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Emily
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Who needs tinsel when you can see in the festive season with high-shine his ‘n’ hers cod pieces? Metallic groin carapaces are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:48AMBased on Antoine de Saint-Exupery’s beloved classic The Little Prince, this year’s festive show at the Omnibus Theatre promises a joyously sparkling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:34AMCarolyn Maitland, Dave Willetts and Sam Attwater will star as Rebecca, Avram and Bronfman respectively in RAGS The Musical at London’s Park Theatre. The show will run for a limited season …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMWho is Sharon Grigoryan? I’m currently the cellist with the Australian String Quartet, a position which I’ve held since 2013. I also perform in a duo with my husband Slava Grigoryan, and…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:28AMOriginally launched by star tenor Jonas Kaufmann, Keith Warner’s 2017 production returns, this time with 65-year-old American Gregory Kunde in the title
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:12AMThe miniature doors of Mini Mega Model Museum have opened at Melbourne Museum, where curious kids of all ages are invited to enter the world of the weird, sometimes wacky and always wonderf…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:05AMThe playwright behind "The Thin Place" and "Dana H." talks mental remapping, performing trauma and why in ghost stories, less is more.
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The third thrilling instalment in the award-winning Caleb Zelic series, Darkness for Light is the latest book from award-winning author, Emma Viskic. After a lifetime of bad decisions troubl…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:33AMBritain must reflect on welcoming a pro-CCP media outlet, says Jingan Young, whose new play tackles China’s tightening grip on freedom of speech
I never planned to write a play about Hong …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AMJust in time for the festive season, the multi award-winning Kransky Sisters return to QPAC with their sell-out show, A Very Kransky Christmas in the Cremorne Theatre from 17 December 2019.…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:01AMAfter last year’s bumper crop of headline-grabbing new works that caught the spirit of the times and stormed the West End, Andrzej
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“You/Emma” running through Sunday, Dec. 15 at Pear Theatre in Mountain View appears, at first glance, to be a trifling play. It’s a one-woman show that’s written by a woman and is ab…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:44AMA new Broadway revival of West Side Story from Tony-winning director Ivo van Hove kicks off performances at the Broadway Theatre on December 10. The production will officially open on Febru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMKrystal Joy Brown joins the Broadway production of Hamilton on December 10. The strong-voiced stage veteran takes over the leading role of Eliza in Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24AMMusic supervisor, orchestrator, and arranger Justin Levine breaks down how he fit 71 songs in one musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMPlaywright Samuel D. Hunter and director Davis McCallum discuss their latest collaboration at Lincoln Center---Who could have predicted a decade ago that Samuel D. Hunter, an Idaho-bred play…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMDarling of the Day was a 1968 musical that held many high expectations,
with music by the great Jule Styne, lyrics by the always witty and
wonderful E. Y. Harburg, and a book by filmmak…
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 12:00AMThe Ivo van Hove-directed production stars Shereen Pimentel as Maria and Isaac Powell as Tony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe three actors join the hit musical in Buffalo, New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMInspired by Love’s 10th anniversary of being HIV positive, his newest play is an unflinching portrait of what it means to be Black and queer today.
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