‘Madeline’s Christmas,’ Creative Cauldron. “Madeline’s Christmas’ at Creative Cauldron is the perfect length for young theatre-goers and full of wonderment and charm and love. Yo…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:56PMTold in leisurely style, Greater Clements is about the decline (and possible fall) of the American dream. Hunter appears to be saying that this is a long-time coming and its roots go very de…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:49PMMelbourne’s much-loved Regent Theatre, which has hosted blockbuster musicals and world premieres, has been revealed today after a major $19.4 million refurbishment as a partnership betwe…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:37PM by Brian Scott Lipton New Yorkers have many age-old holiday traditions, from visiting Macy’s windows to going ice skating at Rockefeller Center. One of the newer, if equally delightf…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:17PMWho is Kala Gare? Kala Gare is a cool woman. What would you do differently to what you do now? Be in more films. Who inspires you and why? Many people! I also believe there is inspiration in…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:09PMAmanda Levie is the founder and director of No Peeking Theatre, a New York-based theatre company that takes away the aspect of sight to create an equal and new approach to theatre. Levie aim…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:07PMBallet Chesapeake’s 2019 performance of “The Nutcracker” is an annual holiday favorite that is a must-see for audiences of all ages. Of course, it is a challenge for any ballet product…
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by Myra Chanin I grew up in a Yiddish-speaking household where my parents, while fluent in English, loved Yiddish theater, so I saw my first play at the age of five. It was a music…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:57PMThe weather outside isn’t yet frightful, but Synetic Theater’s debut production of “The Snow Queen” creates a delightful winter wonderland inside. This innovative outfit’s new show…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:54PMRed Branch Theatre Company’s “Jingle Arrgh the Way,” a Christmas pirate adventure, is presently playing at the Drama Learning Center in Columbia, Maryland until December 21, 2019. Ja…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:40PMYesterday, December 16, I was the musical director of a memorial for my mentor, the legendary director and producer Hal Prince, at the Majestic Theater on Broadway, where The Phantom of the …
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 10:31PMBlack rock icons Living Colour will hit the Ardmore Music Hall stage on December 21. Vena Jefferson has been a fan since the beginning.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:28PMCasting is complete for The Vagrant Trilogy, a new play by Mona Mansour set to make its New York premiere at off-Broadway's Public Theater next spring. The previously announced production, d…
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For over 16 years, WICKED’s unifying, timeless themes have moved millions of people. Today we debut Flying Free: Wicked-Inspired Songs, a video series with ASCAP featuring four songwriters…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:42PMMillennial Notes Caryl Churchill Wonders, “Who Are the Witches, Now?” by Jordan Freed At Shotgun Players, the feminist fury of Caryl Churchill’s “Vinegar Tom” cuts through the air …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:24PMThe best moments in dance this year focused on the power of community.
In the mad scene in Akram Khan's Giselle for the English National Ballet at the Harris The…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:15PMOfficials at Arts Council England (ACE) said it would start monitoring for the first time next year, adding to the data it collects around gender, ethnicity and disability. Concern is regula…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PMWorking in partnership with Paramount Pictures, BBC and ITV, on behalf of a Kuwaiti developer, the team have concocted a perfect vision of little Britain that will bring a tear to even the m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM“As a common language of celebration or eulogy, as a means of expressing collective joy or sorrow, classical music is indeed a dying tongue. Would 2,500 people cram into the nave and trans…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PMWhile some have reacted to this trend with protests of ‘art for art’s sake’, perhaps we should view the increasing focus on the usefulness of the arts as an opportunity. The cultural s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PMFour plays in 2019 recast history—collective and personal—with searing defiance.
To pick the most memorable moments or productions in Chicago theater any yea…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:51PMTheo Ubique's staging celebrates the dignity of everyday labor.
As the populist question goes, "If work's so great, how come they have to pay you to do it?" That…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:45PMBlank Theatre Company shows off some chops in this Rupert Holmes musical.
One of the easier riddles to solve in Rupert Holmes's 1985 musical comedy is why so few…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:40PMLucas Hnath's drama feels overheated but undercooked at Redtwist.
Toward the back end of Lucas Hnath's 90-minute series of overheated monologues, Todd, a nursing…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:30PMSome familiar cast-offs get a chance to show off their reality-competition chops in this new musical.
America's Best Outcast Toy, by Larry Todd Cousineau (book a…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:20PMJeffrey, making his Broadway debut, has been part of the Toronto and touring companies of the musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:12PMThe Bob and Tobly McSmith spoof is currently running at the Jerry Orbach Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:12PMThe two performances benefited Ars Nova and City Harvest.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:12PMHe won a Tony Award in 2001 for his performance in Tom Stoppard's The Invention of Love.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:12PMAn idea born of Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, The Choir of Man has been an international hit, and has sold out seasons at the Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Fringe Festival, and Edinburgh Frin…
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SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:58PMThe Ruffians move to the larger Ruth Page Center for the Arts, but the heart of the story remains strong.
I fished this jacket I hadn't worn since last winter ou…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMFor anyone who may be reading this dusty, neglected blog… A few months ago my friend Eric and I created a new podcast: Exclusive Gay Moment. Sure. Everyone has a podcast these days. But, w…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 05:33PMWhen my daughter texted me a link and followed up with an in-person(!) plea for me to sign the #savebeetlejuice petition, I'll admit pride was not the word I was looking for. I mean of all t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMBesides Mr. Skittles, there are 18 other characters of different races, ages, genders and sexualities. They’re a cross section of the downtrodden and those involved with aiding them. Ex-co…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 05:24PMIn celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Off-Broadway theatre will showcase almuni playwrights every Monday night in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:14PMRepresentation is changing, and especially after recent elections, Philly is alive with new possibilities. With 2020 looming, what are our responsibilities? Kyle V. Hiller considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:05PMThespian alum encourages writers to find their space
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 05:04PMCurve, LeicesterAn adaptation of Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees’s bestseller loses some of the grace of the picturebook despite a moonlit acrobatic ending
Author Giles Andreae and illus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMThe longtime Chicago dancer and labor lawyer turns Nutcracker revenues into new initiatives.
For most, the holidays mean food, family, festivities, and fits of r…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:00PM
Atlantic Theater Company presents the world premiere production of Paris written by Eboni Booth in her Off-Broadway playwriting debut and directed by Knud Adams.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:51PMThere are both challenges and opportunities in bringing Sing Street to the stage. John Carney’s 2016 film about music videos and young love in ‘80s Dublin is much newer than other movies…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 04:48PMRenée Fleming stars in Adam Guettel’s rapturous romantic musical.
It's a dangerous thing to marry a stranger: the beautiful girl passing through town; the imp…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:45PMTogether they charted a new course for modern European art in the 20th Century – and for the first time Australian audiences will be able to see the work of two of history’s greatest art…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:37PM2020 has some big shoes to fill.
In the past two weeks alone, I've found myself at Wrightwood 659, the Renaissance Society, the Leather Archives & Museum, an…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:30PMFollowing the release of her second holiday album, Christmas: A Season of Love, the Wicked alum performed at the famed venue December 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:29PM“How will we remember the last 10 years? Above all, as a time of crises. During the 2010s, there have been crises of democracy and the economy; of the climate and poverty; of international…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PMEnglish Heritage is now asking people to get in touch if they know of an earlier family snap at Stonehenge. The earliest known photograph of Stonehenge, not featuring a family, is thought to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PMCal Shakes, Shotgun Players, Marin Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep and ACT delivered some of the best Bay Area stage productions we saw in 2019.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:22PMThe musical, starring Summer's Storm Lever, will begin at La Jolla Playhouse February 18, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMYounger audiences may prefer their theatre either as a seven hour epic or as a neatly-tied, ninety-minute, one-act bundle; but George Eastman’s play takes the middle of the road aiming to …
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 04:09PMAn epic story told in three parts, the new work delves into the Palestinian struggle for home and identity.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMBell Shakespeare has announced the recipients of the 2019 John Bell Scholarship, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young actors from regional Australia to learn from some of Australia’s…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:00PM(New York, New York) After opening to rave reviews and enjoying an acclaimed run on Broadway, THE SOUND INSIDE begins its final four weeks of the strict limited run through January 12, 2020 …
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 04:00PM
In just days, the jellicle moon will shine bright over CATS, the big screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved musical. How did directer Tom Hooper manage to bring the feline favori…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:51PMLa Jolla Playhouse has announced the choreographers and lead cast members for its upcoming musical Fly, based on the novel Peter and Wendy, by J.M. Barrie, with book by Pulitzer Prize finali…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMThe story itself has potential, yet despite the actors’ heroic attempts to bring truth to it, the script has its characters written to say and do so many unrealistic things that the core a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:33PMThe 1992 feminist sensation “Women Who Run With the Wolves” has returned, as a new generation of artists embrace women’s bodies in all their hormonal, bloody glory.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:33PMBecause every year we seem to need more and more comedic relief.
It can be overwhelming trying to decide where to see comedy in Chicago. Once you start looking, …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 03:30PM Theater Pizzazz’ Sandi Durell visited with Grammy winning and Emmy nominated Desmond Child at his New York digs to talk about his most recent live recording at Feinstein’s/54 Below �…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:25PMDavid Jeffery, a rising star who has been part of the Toronto and touring companies of Dear Evan Hansen, will take over the role of Connor Murphy in the Broadway production beginning on Febr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMPowerhouse stage stars Alex Newell, Eden Espinosa and Jessica Vosk have been selected to team up in the role of the Narrator in Manhattan Concert Productions' upcoming one-night presentat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMPaula Vogel's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece makes it Great White Way premiere with its original stars.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Idina Menzel Sings "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas" on The Late Show
Idina Menzel is getting into the holiday spirit. The st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMThe prince of Broadway was memorialized on December 16. The theater community gathered at the Majestic Theatre to honor 21-time Tony winner Harold Prince, who died on July 31 at the age o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMThe Tony-nominated musical Frozen welcomes Chad Burris in the role of Olaf beginning on December 17. Burris temporarily replaces Ryann Redmond, who has exited the production for a two-month …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMIt was a veritable Jellicle Ball on December 16, as the stars of Cats gathered in New York for the world premiere of the film. Based on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony-winning musical, Tom Hoo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMCasting is complete for The Vagrant Trilogy, a new play by Mona Mansour set to make its world premiere at off-Broadway's Public Theater next spring. The previously announced production, dire…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:18PMThe Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced complete casting today for the New York premiere of THE VAGRANT TRILOGY, a Public Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PM“For most of his career, he was known as an accompanist, outdated nomenclature that cannot begin to describe his musical sensitivity to the needs of a singer. … His association with sing…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“All these prizes are, effectively, marketing exercises. That does not make them bad things … Today, though, artists and judges alike are more attuned to the difficulty in choosing ‘th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“She will take up the position at the start of 2022 when the orchestra returns to its home at the Sydney Opera House following the two-year closure of the Concert Hall for a major upgrade,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“In classrooms and daily conversations, young people are changing the way they speak and write — replacing the masculine ‘o’ or the feminine ‘a’ with the gender-neutral ‘e’ i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Ministry of Antiquities has unearthed a red granite royal bust of King Ramses II emblazoned with the Ka, a symbol of power, life force and spir…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“Speaking at a public forum in Westminster this week, [BP’s UK chief] Peter Mather said ‘the most important debate of our generation’ – climate change – was best served by BP con…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“Breakout stars, paradigm shifters, game changers. Our annual list of the dancers, choreographers and companies that are on the verge of skyrocketing has a knack for illuminating where the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“Once the most highly coveted game developer — a hit-maker with the Midas touch — [Howard Scott Warshaw] had been immortalized as the man who created E.T., the ‘worst’ video game i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PMMatthew Feargrieve was found guilty in London of punching Ulrich Engler at least once while attending a performance of Wagner at the Royal Opera House on 7 October last year. Feargrieve, 43,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“Expert players vary a lot in the number of practice hours they put in, and on average amount of practice can only account for about 30% of variation in performance quality, meaning that 7…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PMWhat we do know is that Aristotle viewed the present as something continually changing and that by the year 160, the Roman emperor-philosopher Marcus Aurelius was describing time as a river …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“Mr. Clements wrote more than 80 children’s books, including the text of picture books about a pampered Egyptian cat, an unbecoming fish, a Christmas in which Mrs. Claus stands in for Sa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PMAuthors argue that the anatomical ingredients for speech were present in our ancestors much earlier than 200,000 years ago. In fact, they propose that the necessary equipment—specifically,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PM“Linnea Valdivia discusses the weight of reviews in theatre, the failure in arts journalism to approach queer stories with respect and empathy, how a critic should react if they misgender …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PMOnly “a few dozen documents have survived: entries in administrative registers (bonboeken) relating to his family, the house and the mill… in which he was raised and notarial instruments…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PMThere are plenty of holiday shows that enter the New York theatre scene to provide some special seasonal entertainment for tourists, locals and avid theater goers alike fulfilling a wide spe…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 03:06PMThis London-based Trinidadian, who staged a series of popular plays at Arena Stage in D.C., brightened every room he came into.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:00PM
Disney's Frozen will welcome new company member Chad Burris in his Broadway debut as Olaf, beginning performances tonight, Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Burris will continue in the role while…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMThe cast of Dear Evan Hansen is set to perform 'You Will Be Founda?? on Tamron Hall this Friday, December 20.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMGood Good Comedy’s monthly variety show ‘Ur Mom Is Funny’ highlights family dysfunction, hysterical challenges, and heartfelt moments with hosts Pete Steele and Hannah Trav. Erin Dohon…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:30PMIn celebration of its 25th anniversary, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater will host a 25th Anniversary AlumniJam every Monday night in January. These four events will showcase 15 alumni playwr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMThe production will also play Connecticut’s Westport Country Playhouse.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:12PMIn July 2009, in the backroom of a narrow shop, two young, first-time playwrights performed their first musical at the Toronto Fringe. The show had a quirky title that immediately got it at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMEllen Burstyn, Jimmie Fails, Molly Parker, and Iliza Shlesinger have joined the cast of Pieces Of A Woman. Shia LaBeouf and Vanessa Kirby were recently announced to star in the film as well.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PM By Barbara & Scott Siegel The Inheritance Both Broadway and Off-Broadway can boast a considerable number of truly great plays dealing with the AIDs crisis — many of them written …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:03PMA chat with a theatre deity, and a heartening comeback story.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:02PMQuantum Dragon in SF performs the West Coast premiere of a futuristic sci-fi comedy of manners, 'An Invitation Out.'
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:00PM
Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the theater is so delightful!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMThe company's new 6-week conservatory program aims to provide tools for a collaborative rehearsal process.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:59PMNEW YORK, NY (December 17, 2019) – The new Broadway musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL will be ringing in 2020 live in Times Square this New Year’s Eve, as the cast makes its first-ever stage pe…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 01:59PMRyann Redmond will return to the production early next year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMAdam Driver walked out of an interview on the NPR talk show Fresh Air earlier this month when host Terry Gross tried to play a clip of Driver from the film Marriage Story.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMA new pocket-sized hardback selection of Stephen Sondheim lyrics will be published by Alfred A. Knopf. Knopf previously published Sondheim's two-volume complete lyric collection, released in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PM"The lack of representation of these identities in theatre perpetuates a stigmatized and stereotypical viewpoint of them in the real world. People fear what they don’t understand and they …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:48PMWe close out 2019 with a Standing @ Zero hero from the longest-running American musical of all time, Chicago. He's been with the show for a long time, working those "Me and My Baby" Trios wi…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:48PMThe Town Hall concert will take place February 6, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMBarrington Stage Company (BSC), the award-winning theatre in the Berkshires under the leadership of Artistic Director Julianne Boyd, has announced the third Boyd-Quinson Mainstage production…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PM“Have you seen this before?” I heard an audience member ask his friend just before Holiday Sauce, Taylor Mac’s sold-out alt-holiday extravaganza at The Kennedy Center. “Prepare your…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:38PMThe name on everybody's lips is gonna be Erika Jayne! The star of 'The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' is set to join the cast of the long-running hit musical Chicago as Roxie Hart beginn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMPedestrians and drivers should seek alternate routes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMJason Derulo, who stars in the highly-anticipated film Cats, stopped by Live with Kelly and Ryan on Tuesday, December 17, to talk about this film and how he got into character for role in '…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMFind your next Equity job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMMusic icon Alanis Morissette, the composer whose songs have been turned into the recent Broadway hit Jagged Little Pill, will be performing with the cast of the musical this New Year’s Eve…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:25PMOn the eve of his retirement, Chaya will be honored with a special performance on December 22 by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMYour Kids, Our Kids (Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, Founding Directors) presents the 6th Annual VOICES FOR THE VOICELESS: Stars For Foster Kids, an event that brings together the very best …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMAs the platform’s first artist in residence, Mac will create original video content for cable and digital broadcast.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMThe “Crown” duo will portray a couple at a crossroads in Duncan Macmillan’s “Lungs,” which will have a limited New York run after selling out in London.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMThe Invisible Man manages to combine both panto and more serious fare, bringing a modicum of seasonal mirth to a tale about the darker side of human nature.
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Matt Harrison’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream for the National Youth Theatre relocates Shakespeare’s original to Athens-on-Sea: a land of grab-a-bear
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:56PMBarrie Keeffe was a prolific stage and screen writer throughout the turbulent 1970s and Thatcherite 1980s whose work cast a caustic eye
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMThe pop star and the Broadway musical will help usher in 2020 with a televised live performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMEspinosa, Alex Newell, and Jessica Vosk will share the role of Narrator in the upcoming 50th anniversary celebration of the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMA venerable alt-weekly announces a new direction in painfully offensive terms. Philadelphia deserves better. Alaina Johns considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:50PMThe performer and TV personality will step into the role of Roxie Hart beginning January 6, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMGloucestershire panto fans can wrap themselves in the traditional Christmas-time comfort blanket of familiarity with this year’s production of Aladdin at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:46PMThe NYC premiere of CATS the movie caps a week in which Broadway, with no more openings this year, seems to have migrated to the screen. The first trailer for the “In the Heights” movie …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:46PMPlaywrights Horizons (Artistic Director Tim Sanford, Managing Director Leslie Marcus) announced a three-week extension of the New York premiere production of Lucas Hnath's The Thin Place, di…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMThe volume from Knopf will include selections of Sondheim's most memorable and beloved lyrics from West Side Story, Gypsy, Company, Into the Woods, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMBrian James Polak talks to the playwright of 'Dance Nation' and 'You Got Older' about memory, pain, and first drafts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:42PMThe first screen adaptation of the Oscar Hammerstein II-Jerome Kern musical featured several members of the 1927 original Broadway cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMWe've got Lucie Jones' first West End solo concert and Claire Foy and Matt Smith playing in the Old Vic's production of Lungs in NYC for a limited season.
The post London Theatre News Today…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:36PMDavid Jeffrey, who has been part of the Toronto and touring companies of Dear Evan Hansen, will make his Broadway debut as Connor Murphy beginning February 11, 2020. Alex Boniello will play …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMFrom Battersea Arts Centre to the English National Opera, The Stage’s photographer Tristram Kenton selects some of his favourite shots of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:28PMThe Toronto and National Tour alum will make his Broadway debut in 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMThe Toronto and National Tour alum will make his Broadway debut in 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMDavid Jeffery will take over the role of Connor Murphy in the Broadway cast of “Dear Evan Hansen.” Jeffery, who was part of the Toronto and touring companies of “Dear Evan Hansen,” t…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:22PMFEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present 54 Celebrates Mel Brooks on January 13th, 2019, at 7:00 and 9:30pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMTwo screen co-stars are headed to New York in a daring new play. Claire Foy and Matt Smith, known for their turns on TV's The Crown, will headline Duncan Macmillan's comedic drama Lungs ne…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMThree New York stage regulars have been added to the cast of Classic Stage Company's upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman's 1990 musical Assassins. The previously announc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMPowerhouse stage stars Alex Newell, Eden Espinosa and Jessica Vosk have been selected to team up in the role of the Narrator in Manhattan Concert Productions' upcoming one-night presentat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMLea Michele and Jonathan Groff won the hearts of theater fans more than a decade ago when they played Wendla and Melchior in the dark Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening. Years later, stil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMRobert Fairchild stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about the Cats movie and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMGrammy-winning songwriter Alanis Morissette will take to the small screen this New Year's Eve with the company of the new Broadway musical Jagged Little Pill. The stars will perform a number…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMIt's going to be a killer quest! Following the conclusion of its limited engagement on Broadway, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical will return to the road for a national touring…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMThe Phantom of the Opera is here! In his inaugural episode, Phantom star Ben Crawford shows us his backstage lair and takes a trip.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PMThe eerie new play will run for an additional three weeks due to popular demand.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMCheck out the London cast of Dave Malloy's Ghost Quartet, directed by Bill Buckhurst, performing Starchild.
Video below!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMOakland Ballet brings Graham Lustig's acclaimed adaptation to the Paramount Theatre Dec. 21-22.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 12:00PMWelcome 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 hit…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:00PM
In the leading role of Cyrano is Peter Dinklage who gives a realistic and sincere portrayal of Cyrano without the familiar accoutrements to accompany his characterization. He is a fine actor…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:54AMLoughborough has a good track record for pantomime. This year’s show is Little Wolf Entertainment at its very best. It never sits
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMAdam Chanler-Berat, Tavi Gevinson, and Andy Grotelueschen have joined the upcoming Classic Stage Company revival of Assassins. They will play the roles of John Hinckley Jr., Squeaky Fromme…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMPrize-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl returns to Berkeley Rep with "Beck Nurse," a comedy inspired by the Salem witch trials.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AMThe stage and screen star will play Tony Wendice in the stage adaptation of Hitchcock’s thriller.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThe actor who played Mistoffolees on Broadway and the film’s Munkustrap reveal all things Jellicle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThere are sonic pleasures aplenty for fans of pop’s new wave in Sing Street, a stage adaptation of John Carney’s 2016 film
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:38AMThe Broadway stars join the previously announced Lesli Margherita, Angie Schworer, and Richard Kind.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMThe Goes Wrong Show is set to debut on the BBC December 23 with a Christmas special.
Check out the BBC trailer below!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMHey all. Dan Pink linked to a round up of education research that came out in 2019. There were studies on how good teachers were better than awards when it came to raising attendance rates; …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:24AMThere is much more to be said about British bandleader and songwriter Ray Noble (1903-74) than I have time for, but he was very popular in the U.S. and his career intersected with some of …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMDecember 17 was the natal of burlesque dancer, pin-up model, and actress Lilly Christine (Martha Theresa Pompender, 1923-1965), a.k.a. “The Cat Girl” . Originally from Dunkirk, New York …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMThe New Wimbledon Theatre has had a tricky run with pantomimes in the last few years. But this year’s Cinderella sees a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AMThe Tony Award winner sings “Fantasy” and “Reasons” at the 42nd Kennedy Center Honors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMAdam Chanler-Berat and Andy Grotelueschen will also join Steven Pasquale, Brandon Uranowitz, and more in John Doyle's new production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMMatthew Warchus will direct Duncan Macmillan's drama at BAM.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMThe production will run for three more weeks at Broadway's Longacre Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AM“The Inheritance” has released a new block of tickets through June 7, 2020, the date of the 74th annual Tony Awards. The two-part play, written by Matthew Lopez, opened at the Ethel Barr…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:03AMAhead of a new decade, Fergus Morgan takes a look at the highs and lows of 2019, from unruly infants and an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMLast week, new arrivals kept the overall box office steady at $38M. New to the boards was West Side Story which grossed $1.25M for 6 performances. In its second week of performances, Harry C…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM‘There are some clever moments’: While Donna Easton is a little underwhelmed by The Cat in the Hat at the Turbine Theatre, her joyful daughter loves the show.
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“In the realm of the unknown, kids and adults have pretty much the same needs: courage, resilience, protection.”
SOURCE: phindie.com at 10:59AMAs the limited-engagement, Broadway production of the musical The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical wraps up its final weeks on the Great White Way, news has emerged that the produ…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:56AMCaprice Holdings, the restaurant group behind Balthazar, J Sheekey and Sexy Fish, has teamed up with LW Theatres to launch a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMby Rebecca Salzhauer. KENT, Conn. - Grieving family members found themselves shocked this past weekend when NYU Performance Studies Minor Evelyn Hurley halted the funeral of local pediatric …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 10:54AMNeil Goldberg is spreading holiday cheer one city at a time with his stage extravaganza Cirque Dreams Holidaze.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 10:52AMThe X Factor and musical theatre favorite will be joined by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe Goes Wrong Show will debut on the BBC December 23 with a Christmas special.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMA performance of Les Misérables at Wales Millennium Centre was interrupted after part of the scenery was accidentally set on fire. According
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:44AMThe Dave Malloy musical is now playing at the Boulevard Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMThe three gems sound quite modern more than 100 years after they were written.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 10:41AM“The Lightning Thief” will launch another national tour following its Broadway production. The musical, which plans to ends its Broadway run on the scheduled date of Jan. 5, 2020, will l…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:40AMKelli O'Hara will be returning to Irvington, NY, for an enchanting solo concert to benefit The Stuttering Association for the Young (SAY). The concert will take place on Thursday, January 16…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMThe three join a cast that includes Tony nominees Judy Kuhn, Steven Pasquale, and Brandon Uranowitz at Classic Stage Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMThis marks the company’s first-ever stage performance with the seven-time Grammy winner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMThe cast of Jagged Little Pill will ring in 2020 live in Times Square this New Year's Eve, alongside Alanis Morissette on a?oeDICK CLARK'S NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2020.a?? …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMThe stage adaptation of Harper Lee’s beloved novel continues at the Shubert Theatre with Ed Harris as Atticus Finch.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMLast night was the premiere of John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch in New York City. The musical special's creator and star John Mulaney was in attendance alongside the The Sack Lunch …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMThe musical adaption of Rick Riordan’s bestselling novel will return to the road in the 2020–2021 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMClaire Foy and Matt Smith will bring the West End play Lungs to New York next year, according to Deadline.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMA host of Broadway stars will perform at the intimate concert venue in 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMThe Tony winner visited the late night TV show to promote her new holiday album Christmas: A Season of Love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMOn December 16, the theatre community gathered for a once-in-a-lifetime afternoon of stories and performances in honor of the 21-time Tony winner. Here’s what you may have missed.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMDarren Day is to join the cast of Mame, it has been confirmed. He will star as Beauregard alongside the previously announced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:10AMThe critically acclaimed Broadway production of THE INHERITANCE by Matthew Lopez has announced a new block of tickets are now on sale through Sunday, June 7, 2020. The new block of tickets i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMGet in the holiday spirit with this Kyle Taylor Parker/Alysha Umphress Christmas mash-up.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:01AMThe Crown‘s Claire Foy and Matt Smith will reprise their acclaimed London stage roles for a New York production of director Matthew Warchus’ staging of Duncan Macmillan’s play Lungs. F…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMThe Crown stars will reprise their performances in the Old Vic production of Duncan Macmillan's play.
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James Corden, Idris Elba, Judi Dench, and more star in the musical, in theaters December 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMBy Douglas Mayo
J M Barrie's Quality Street UK Tour to be presented by Northern Broadsides from February 2020. Casting has been announced for this rarely performed revival.
This post Quality…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:56AMThe concert starring the Emmy and Tony winner was broadcast on PBS December 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AM“It’s musical comedy – the two most glorious words in English,” declares 42nd Street’s director Julian Marsh when trying to persuade heartbroken
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:50AMWith this year’s production of Peter Pan, Chester’s Storyhouse has created one of its best seasonal shows to date. Gary Owen’s adaptation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:46AMBy Latinx Theatre Commons , Armando Huipe. Armando Huipe, new Latinx Theatre Commons producer, announces the next four years of programming which include the Creative Renewal Retreat, a Come…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:45AMThe trio joins Noah Galvin in the February 2020 Manhattan Concert Productions presentation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AM“The Phantom of the Opera” will now sell tickets through Amazon Alexa. The musical has partnered with Broadw.ai, an artificial intelligence platform working with Broadway shows, to creat…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:27AMReview: One Under, The Arcola3.0starsA beautifully simplistic set greets me as I walk into the performance space—a wooden frame, a paved circle on the floor and then, juxtaposed with this,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:18AMIn Teenage Dick Mike Lew has created a version of Richard III that suits the high school context extremely well, asking the audience to consider attitudes to disability, power and social str…
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The former Spring Awakening and Glee co-stars stopped by The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon December 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:58AMFT pop critic Ludovic Hunter-Tilney selects his favourites of the year, from Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ ‘Ghosteen’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:58AMReviews for “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “A Light in the Piazza,” Grosses, and Schuyler Sister News “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMNew York Theatre Workshop's new teen rock musical Sing Street has officially opened.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AM Tony Award Winner star of The Prom and The Drowsey Chaperone, Beth Leavel, will return to Feinstein’s/54 Below in “Thirteen Shows & Counting – It’s Not About Me” on Janua…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:38AMIn Michael Fentiman’s and Barnaby Race’s new musical CinderElla, the heart of the story is the intergenerational friendship between the widowed Ella
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMLast night, Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff appeared as guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon! The duo took the stage to perform 'I'll Be Home For Christmas'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMIdina Menzel was a guest on last night's episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. During the show, she performed her new Christmas song, 'Christmas Just Ain't Christmas' off of her new…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon drops in on rehearsals for the new UK touring production of Once the musical
This post A new look for Once The Musical on UK tour first appeared on British Theatre…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:14AMCasually sidestepping the need to seek seven short actors to play the seven dwarfs, Qdos borrows from the Shrek musical and casts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMThis new revival of Matthew Bourne’s romantic and dramatic take on the 1948 film The Red Shows is beautiful to watch unfold.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMSafran, who also wrote and produced Gossip Girl, lets us in on what to expect from his latest TV show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00AMSafran, who also wrote and produced Gossip Girl, lets us in on what to expect from his latest TV show.
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This particular incarnation of Aladdin has been knocking around for ages. Despite a few flashes of glitter and big-name performances, it’s starting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMRevew: Hansel & Gretel, South Street Arts Centre4.0starsTucked away inside the unassuming red-brick building that is Reading’s South St. Arts Centre is the town’s best kept secret—…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:42AMNicky Morgan has been reappointed as culture secretary despite standing down as an MP before the general election. The decision was announced
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMBy Douglas Mayo
Darren Day is to star as Beauregard in Jerry Herman's musical Mame when it plays Northampton and Salisbury in January 2020.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:35AMA lawyer has been convicted of punching a fashion designer during a row over seating while they were attending a show at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:32AMFrom 2003: I try not to fly at night, but this time I decided to give it a go, and at the end of 45 anxious minutes spent pushing through a cold front, our smaller-than-usual jet popped out …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:01AMDownbeat and often devastatingly insightful, Snowflake is a heartfelt Christmas-time drama taking its title from the recently-coined term used to belittle anyone
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:00AM“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.” William James, The Principles of Psychology
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:00AM“I live for the next musical. I live in the future. I’m totally mindful that nobody will ever have the life I’ve had in the theater. That’s past. And that’s damned sad.” Harold P…
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If you're like this reviewer, you're a sucker for stories about young people loudly and aggressively voicing their rebellions through art. Three years ago, screenwriter/director John Carney'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52AMOn Monday, December 16, Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award Winner Cynthia Erivo and Broadway star, Billboard #1 recording artist Shoshana Bean came together for a one-night-only Holiday Spe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AMKatori Hall gave us a miracle, Caryl Churchill delivered a dark quartet and Tom Hiddleston astounded in Betrayal. But the year’s highlight was a breathtaking Ibsen with Hayley Atwell
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMNew York Theatre Workshop, New York
An adaptation of the 2016 comedy is charming and well-performed but so slight that it fades from the memory fast
I left Sing Street, the new musical from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMThe Egg’s Christmas shows are consistently a delight and this year’s Rapunzel, written by Annie Siddons and directed by Nik Partridge, is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:16AMToday's top stories: We've got your first listen to Jennifer Hudson singing 'Memory' from the new Cats film, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13AMIn our continuing series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre including Love London Love Culture’s delight at watching Jamie Lloyd’s ra…
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Almighty Voice and his Wife, a play written by Daniel David Moses in 1991, was recently staged in Toronto. It is the first Indigenous play on the stage of Soulpepper Theatre, Toronto’s lar…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:54AMby Edward Guthmann
It?s tough making theatre in the Bay Area. Production costs keep spiking, rents are ridiculous, and public funding is increasingly elusive as the current presidential adm…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 12:46AMIt opens in a whirlwind of activity. The chef chops, minces, slices and dices, rushing between stove and counter. He throws in spices, tastes, then adds sauces, all to the jazz playing in th…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:00AMIn Day in the Life of Dance: Circle Return at CPR , "Together and apart, the women of Depth Dance create a mournful atmosphere with help from a pulsing, spare sound score." — Dot Armstron…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThis December, two festivals and a musical revival prove Yiddish culture is enjoying a remarkable resurgence---The Sorceress (Di Kishefmakherin), the first work of Yiddish theatre ever prese…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMFrom insider dish and regional theatre coverage to career advice and lifestyle tips, there are podcasts for everyone at the Broadway Podcast Network.
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