I’m not apologizing: this is going to take time. Visit a website. Choose an image: of a bag of rice, or a hibiscus flower, or a protest with a placard saying “Stop Racism.” Download a …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:25PMHow far can bodily interaction amongst the audience members, with performance objects, and with the performers go? Is it ok to be touched by and to touch what is available within a black box…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:19PMConcerts in private salons rather than formal concert halls dot the history of music-making. But they can give the impression of being secondary events where no real music history took place…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:16PMThere has been plenty of backlash during this administration against what some critics have called “the cult” of RBG, aka, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Some are critical of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:10PMNow in its eighth year, Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show has established itself as the season’s most joyful and lovable family festivity in DC. Exuberant music, adorable …
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Peter Larkin, whose innovative set design graced Broadway productions and major films, died Monday at his home in Bridgehampton, New York after a brief illness. He was 93 years old and his d…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:36PMThere’s a lovely new play at Arena Stage, but you’ll have to rush if you want to see it. That’s because the play—Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise—will be off and running befor…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:17PMThe purpose of stand-up comedy is to make people laugh. Sometimes it’s to make people laugh about a topic that is not often talked about. Like Joan Rivers used to say, “I succeeded by sa…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:06PMMischief Theatre with another enjoyable farce
Mischief Theatre is a wonder of modern commercial theatre. In 2008, group of young actors who had met at drama school started the ensemble – w…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:06PMHAIL, CAESAR! Shakespeare’s 1599 history play has, of course, had many lives – conservative as well as wildly interpretive – which has kept the slain Dictator of Rome in the forefront …
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 08:47PMThe new film has tons of star power, but it s still oddly empty.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:36PMThe cast of Cats, including Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, Jason Derulo, James Corden and Francesca Hayward, join Jimmy and The Roots to perform a remix of 'Memory' with instruments they fou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMThe Industry and its Artistic Director Yuval Sharon have announced the world premiere of a new project, Sweet Land. Sweet Land brings together composers Raven Chacon and Du Yun, librettis…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:12PMTo 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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Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Jane Lynch, and more tell us how their parents took the news.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:33PMThe video is the first installment of a new video series called Flying Free: Wicked-Inspired Songs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:33PMIf you love the show, you'll love the movie. If you hate the show, well, you'll just go see Star Wars.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:33PMby Rotimi Agbabiaka
This October, Jessica Bird Beza succeeded Amy Mueller as executive artistic director of Playwrights Foundation. Previously a resident of San Diego, Bird Beza served in p…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 07:28PMA brilliant musical can only be cheapened by a surfeit of screen effects and novelty casting. But Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats is a mediocre musical, brilliantly packaged, and it benefits ni…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:24PMDowntown Los Angeles’ Corey Helford Gallery is proud to announce a four-artist show with Iowa-based Vietnamese painter and illustrator Bao Pham, international award-winning Canada-ba…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:06PMThe Los Angeles program for Night of Ideas (La Nuit des Idées), an annual, worldwide event that celebrates the stream of ideas between countries, cultures, and generations. The Natural Hist…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:06PMPerfect outing for the holiday season! Get dolled up in your snazzy best outfit and sing along to White Christmas with Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen. The LA Philharmo…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:06PMFeaturing direction and choreography by Matthew Bourne and set to music by Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake is an audacious reimagining of the classical ballet. The New Adventures production of Matthe…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 07:06PMI start to explain something about artistic agency over visual archives of original work but all that comes out is I guess we’re all in trouble.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 07:03PMThe film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical arrives in theatres December 20.
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Porchlight Music Theatre has announced that actor, singer, dancer, director and photographer Joel Grey will be honored at the 2020 ICONS Gala celebrating 25 years of Porchlight as the cente…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMAnything Can Happen in the Theater is a tribute to the Tony-winning songwriter, but largely omits his few Broadway successes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:48PMTicket holders will be able to walk through unimpeded, keeping all items on their person.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:44PMTCG will honor the National Black Theatre Festival and David Henry Hwang with an evening of celebration and performances.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:43PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Storm Lever to Star as Wendy in Peter Pan-Themed Musical Fly at La Jolla Playhouse
Storm Lever, a standout star of Broadway's…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMPrincess Diana's story arrives on Broadway with Diana, the new musical from the Tony-winning creative team behind Memphis.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMErika Jayne, known for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, talks all about stepping into the shoes of Roxie Hart and making her Broadway debut in Chicago.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMCollectively, the dealers hope, Komunuma’s mix of programs will make it a destination, especially as the greater Paris region seeks to shore up activity in the capital’s suburbs. They fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMVirtual reality and augmented reality (AR)—which overlays digital elements on the real world rather than creating a fully immersive alternative—are “unbelievably promising” for the f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMIn a Letter to the Editor published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander confirms that funding was rescinded in direct response to the settl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PMNeed a break from holiday music and looking for something a little more horrific instead? Suddenly, Seymour is here to provide you.
The Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, s…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 04:06PM
Broadwaysted, the happiest happy hour on Broadway proudly featured on the Broadway Podcast Network, is thrilled to be presenting their newest Holiday Radio Musical, Broadwaysted, Actually. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMThe Hamilton alum also heads the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of In the Heights.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMHarper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning American classic To Kill a Mockingbird comes to Broadway in a new adaptation by Aaron Sorkin, Directed by Bartlett Sher. Inspired by Lee’s own childho…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:36PMOn December 17, 2019, John Cameron Mitchell joined Michael Cerveris, Edward Carter Simon (Big Easy Award nominated Hedwig in New Orleans 2019) and Kimberly Kaye (Big Easy Award winning Yitsa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PM“Since 2011, from late October to January, Hallmark has broadcast Christmas movies nearly twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. … During this year’s holiday season, the programmi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMWith Playing in the Dark, Morrison changed the rules of the game, effectively recasting what we see when we look back to figures like Woolf and to writers of the present and future like Cols…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMLaura Cappelle: “When this newspaper came up with the idea of sending an unsuspecting foreigner to a series of pantos, I wondered how different it could really be from family-friendly ente…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMIn the decades since “Merry Christmas,” she has created her own evolving brand of hip-hop pop. And she has leaned—or, better, reclined—into the role of playful diva. – The New York…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:33PMShe has already taken on Broadway and the West End. Now Katharine McPhee is back to close up the diner for good! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the stage and screen star will close ou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PM by Sheila Watko New York City is home to a number of beloved Christmas traditions: the Rockefeller Center tree, the Rockettes, the decked-out shop windows. But Feinstein’s/54 Below i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:28PMExperience Khiyon Hursey’s “Higher” performed by former WICKED star Eden Espinosa.
For over 16 years, WICKED’s unifying, timeless themes have moved millions of people. Today we deb…
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Michael Benjamin Washington dives into how he plays 25 characters in Fires in the Mirror.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:49PMTHE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL is currently on the road with engagements in Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto and more. Let's see what the critics have to say!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMHouston's Alley Theatre will showcase six new plays throughout January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:39PMAtlantic Theater Company’s production of Eboni Booth’s new play will begin performances January 8, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMJesus wears his hair in a man-bun and Mary Magdalene appears a bit like a millennial caught outside her “safe space”—but there’s still plenty of power and glory on display in the new…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:23PMThe song coincides with the launch of the musical's new video series, Flying Free.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:22PMMatt Rodin is discovering the origin of love! The multi-talented actor and Broadway.com contributor has nabbed the title role in a new staging of the cult-hit musical Hedwig and the Angry In…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:03PMTony winners Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell, original cast members of the 1998 Broadway musical Ragtime, will reunite in a special benefit concert of the show for the Actors Fund …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:03PMIt’s not for lack of talent on the part of the cast, but this North American premiere lacks the production values to do justice to the source material, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:02PM
Soho theatre, LondonWith repurposed classics such as 12 Gays of Christmas, this festive satirical show delivers big-hitting performances and cunning lyrics
If you should find yourself at a c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMWithout duplicating our critics, there was plenty to champion, from “The Inheritance” on Broadway to “Romeo and Juliet” in sign language in Seattle.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMNow playing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the 19th-century operetta is a fairy tale confection you can feel right down to your kishkes.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMLois Smith, Estelle Parsons and Vinie Burrows on age, agility, perseverance and steering clear of “self-pitying old” roles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PMThe 16th annual festival of cutting-edge work begins January 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThe curious cat is in the house! Jason Derulo, who plays the mischievous Rum Tum Tugger in the upcoming big screen adaptation of Cats, is telling us all about what it took to bring the felin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMThis January, Lincoln Center presents a plethora of music and dance events across the campus. David Rubenstein Atrium continues its 10th anniversary year with free, eclectic live performance…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMFor over 16 years, WICKED's timeless story and stirring music has moved millions of people. In partnership with ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers), WICKED invi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMThe news could signal a major shift in how France deals with repatriation, which has been a major focus for its president, Emmanuel Macron. Its government had previously resisted such effort…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“[He was] a fervent supporter of experimental choreographers as a dance critic for The New York Times and the author of critical biographies of George Balanchine and Martha Graham … [as …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMShe didn’t sound offended. She sounded bored. Ninety years ago, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” was banned in the United States. Today, a popular literary novel can contain so many oral se…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMThe satirical group Porta dos Fundos (“Back Door”) has made irreverent holiday satires about Jesus Christ before (2018’s was The Last Hangover), but this year’s Netflix special, The …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“Until quite recently, archaeologists mostly thought about the hardware involved in ancient food – the utensils people cooked with and the pots and beakers they ate and drank from – as…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMI know what you are thinking. Great, yet another version of the Nutcracker at Christmas. Just what we need. Well, this one IS just the one we need. While the more traditional versions are ta…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 01:16PMWendy Gadian is a musical director and musical arranger. She has been Principal Lecturer and Course Leader for the BA (Hons) Acting Musical Theatre Course at The Royal Central School of Spee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMA guaranteed crowd-puller, Richard Eyre’s production of La Traviata is still as eye-catching as it was in 1994. Bob Crowley’s set is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PMThe Show People Podcast is back and in this episode host Andrew Keates is joined by writer and musician Kurt Kansley.
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Take a look at this Musicology Video about Irving Berlin's song a?oeWhite Christmas.a?? The video takes a look at what makes a?oeWhite Christmasa?? so special, besides of course, the fact t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:57PMWe've got Sebastian Harry's first new play in 10 years, new cast members coming to Waitress the musical and a bittersweet comedy fuelled by anti-Semitism.
The post London Theatre News Today…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:48PMLeopard slugs, and CAKE as a whole, provides a reminder to all of us that the romance-as-happy-ending thing is an odd societal compulsion, perhaps even an obsolete one
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:48PMSantino Fontana talks the joy and challenges of leading Tootsie, what he learned during his time as Dorothy Michaels, and where he keeps his Tony Award.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:25PMOriginal cast members Audra McDonald and Brian Stokes Mitchell will reunite for a benefit concert of “Ragtime.” The concert, which will benefit The Actors Fund, will be dedicated to Mari…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:25PMThe evening, benefiting The Actors Fund, is dedicated to original Ragtime star Marin Mazzie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMLate-arrival to the West End is broad, brash - and delightful
Who knew? This West End premiere of the 2007 Broadway entry from the legendary songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb (Ch…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 12:24PMThe Actors Fund announced today that the music of the Tony Award-winning Ragtime will once again be heard on Broadway in a one-night only benefit concert on Monday, April 27, 2020, at the Mi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMby Elizabeth Pellegrino. @lizwrotewhat. LOS ANGELES, Ca - Representatives from Universal Pictures revealed today that they are halting the press tour for the much-anticipated Cats film hitti…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 12:14PMLincoln Center Theater’s Tony-nominated production officially opens its tour at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMErika Jayne is trading in Beverly Hills to be a Broadway baby! The recording artist and Real Housewives star is the latest to join the cast of Chicago, playing Roxie Hart through March 29.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMOn this sixth day of the 12 days of Christmas, I need to thank BroadwayWorld, Robert Diamond and Nicole Rosky for asking me to curate this year's edition. I never dreamed it would be so much…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMAn endearing world premiere musical for kiddos and kiddos at heart.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMAlthough two and a half hours is long for an entertainment this unsubtle, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PM★★★★ Sharp circus skills and eccentric machinery deliver a beguiling time
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Frothiness abounds in "Pockets," an amusing spoof of British musicals that’s presented by the Los Angeles-based comedy troupe Robot Teammate. The rollicking score is a collaboration betw…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:57AMThe hit Broadway play To Kill a Mockingbird is headed to Madison Square Garden. Aaron Sorkin's stage adaptation of Harper Lee's novel will perform at the world-famous arena for one night on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMStage veterans Norm Lewis and Faith Prince have signed on to headline a Chicago staging of the Tony-winning Harry Warren and Al Dubin musical 42nd Street. Tony nominee Stephen Mear will dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMWe're just two days away until the release of the Cats film! In advance of the new movie musical taking to the big screen, Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson made a TV appearance on the live final…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMFollowing successful runs in Dublin and off-Broadway, Sebastian Barry's new play On Blueberry Hill will move to London's West End in 2020. Jim Culleton will repeat his work as director for t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMFrancesca Hayward and Robbie Fairchild in Cats (Photo: Big Honcho Media LLC)
According to Robert Fairchild, it was easy to get intimately close with stars like Judi Dench and Ian McKellen …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMThere are Shakespeare auditions, and then there are Reduced Shakespeare auditions. Perhaps surprisingly, there's not that much of a difference between them. There are currently three Shakesp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMRusso will end his four-year post as managing director at the end of the company's fiscal year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AMTony Kushner’s dystopian vision has a firm grounding in the history of the rise of fascism in Germany in the early 1930s and in the methodical and somewhat meteoric rise of Adolf Hitler to…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:47AMShoshona Currier, Stephanie P. Fortunato, Alyce Lee, and Jacob Padrón have been appointed as council members.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:43AMThere’s an art to writing something that will amuse and entrance small children while also making adults laugh out loud. Sarah Middleton
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:42AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews the UK touring production of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical comedy whodunnit Curtains at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London, starring Jason Manford
This…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:37AMIf you’ve been reading my posts over the years, you know that I’m an advocate of multichannel communications campaigns. It is important to communicate on a variety of channels (social me…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 11:22AMSix the Musical recently saw the departure of Vicki Manser leaving the crown of Katherine Howard unoccupied. From 21 January 2020, a new queen will be coronated, and Sophie Isaacs will play …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:15AMAt the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff on Monday night, the performance of the musical had to stop for ten minutes after the actor playing Javert accidentally lit part of the set on fire …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AM“The reputation of the orchestra lifts the reputation of the whole region,” says the orchestra’s CEO, and several business figures say that that reputation has led overseas companies a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMAn Austrian government commission found that, at the ballet academy at the Vienna State Opera, “it is clear that children and adolescents are not sufficiently protected from discrimination…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMLaura Miller: “As a book publishing phenomenon, young adult literature entered the decade like a lion. At the beginning of the 2010s, a generation that had grown up obsessed with Harry Pot…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMStaffers at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, the organization that oversees the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Mural Diego Rivera, and Museo Tamayo, shut down b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AM“Perched on a wheeled stool under a bright spotlight [at the National Gallery of Art], [Robert] Price leaned into a 200-year-old marble sculpture carved by Frenchman Jean-Pierre-Antoine Ta…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMWe round up the reviews for the return of Conor McPherson’s show Girl from the North Country based on the music of Bob Dylan.
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“Together, we remake things.” This is said towards the end of Ella Hickson’s Swive [Elizabeth] at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. Hickson’s witty
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMExperience Khiyon Hursey’s “Higher” performed by former Wicked star Eden Espinosa.
For over 16 years, Wicked’s unifying, timeless themes have moved millions of people. Today we debu…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:56AMHollie McNish is to write a new version of Antigone, marking the first play she has written on her own. The production will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMSebastian Barry’s On Blueberry Hill has announced a transfer to the West End. The production, which stars Niall Buggy and David Ganly,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMA season of work which aims to increase visibility for Latin American artists is being staged at the Actors Centre in London.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMThe Broadway play will be presented for free to New York City public school students.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:36AMLove it or hate it, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is one of the most popular of all time. Before the new movie adaptation comes out, catch up on its four-decade history.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36AMEmory University has announced the 2020 recipients of its Creativity and Arts...
The post Alliance’s Susan V. Booth to receive Emory University’s 2020 Arts Advocate Award appeared first …
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:36AMThe musical adaptation of John Carney’s hit film, directed by Tony winner Rebecca Taichman, opened December 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMGuest host Alex Brightman shares tips to maximize your Broadway experience inside the theatre and when you greet your favorites at the stage door.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMTo Kill a Mockingbird, the hit Broadway play adapted by Aaron Sorkin from Harper Lee’s perennial classic of the same name, is about to achieve a first. The Broadway production, directed by…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:21AMPerformances will begin January 26, 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMMax (1903-1966) and Harry Nesbitt (1905-1968) were a South African double act of close-harmonizing brothers (real name Horowitz) who also played banjo and uke, danced, and made with snappy c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMA pause to look at the interesting career of supporting player and B movie actress Lynn Bari (Margaret Fisher, 1913-1989). The Virginia native concocted her professional name when still a te…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMBobby Barber (1894-1976) was a Hollywood bit player with close to 250 screen credits, and a special association with classic comedy. Barber’s credits go back to the silent days. His first …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:06AMThe world premiere by Zora Howard, presented by Page 73, will play a limited run in 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMPoor old Will Shakespeare must be turning in his grave. Tabard has seen the results of a new survey, which don’t paint
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMLabour’s performance in the general election – especially in its former northern heartlands – has resulted in a slew of think pieces
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The Hamilton and Harriet star serenades talk show host Lilly Singh and tells stories from his Rent days.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMOlivier winner Niall Buggy and David Ganly star in the Sebastian Barry play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMIn our profile series, Tell Us In 10, we ask cast members and creatives of top London shows to tell us all about themselves in just 10 questions.This week we have the brilliant Lizzie Burder…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:51AMThe 10-year anniversary concert of David Hein and Irene Sankoff's musical will play Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMToday, WW -- Weight Watchers Reimagined -- introduces Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford as its new WW ambassador. As a long-time WW member, the acclaimed actress, singer and dancer - and n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:43AMThe full company of the Broadway production will hit the arena stage in front of 18,000 students.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMThe Oscar winner stars as Grizabella in the upcoming movie, due in theatres December 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMThe Broadway production of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will perform the play at Madison Square Garden for 18,000 New York City public school students. The performance will take place on Feb.…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:26AMThe variety special, which features Jake Gyllenhaal and Tony winners André De Shields and Annaleigh Ashford, will drop December 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMWyndham’s, LondonJason Manford is a charming, showtune-obsessed homicide cop in this fun companion to Chicago and Cabaret
Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975) became Broadway and West End per…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMThe problem with young adult shows on Broadway isn’t that they focus on teens—it’s which teens they focus on.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMI Wanna Be Yours at the Bush Theatre speaks to younger and older people navigating an unjust world, and reminds the privileged among us of the constant learning we have to do.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMI agree wholeheartedly with Lyn Gardner about the importance of opportunities for everyone to participate and learn. The educational work of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM"Theater should be an intimate experience. It's supposed to feel dirty and rough."
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMIn the wake of the Tory’s general election victory comes the announcement this week that Nicky Morgan has been reinstated as culture
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMBegins performances in The Public’s LuEsther Hall on Tuesday, March 17 with a Joseph Papp Free Preview.
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 09:00AMBy Kate Busselle. Kate Busselle talks about the invisible emotional labor inherent to teaching theatre and how, while leading a six-week summer intensive, she was able to establish professio…
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The Woman in Black, the long-playing London ghost story now perturbing a Shakespeare Theatre Company stage, reminds us that spine-chilling horror can be the most delightful of sensations. T…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:57AMA traditional panto brimming with feel-good vibes, laughter and festive goodwill, Aldershot’s Jack and the Beanstalk boasts a cast of familiar faces
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMWestfield News ArtsBeat 12/18/19. "Tenderly: the Rosemary Clooney Musical" is headed to Playhouse on Pasrk; Abany Berkshire Ballet's "The Nutcracker" in Springfield, and other arts news for …
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 08:45AMThe Swan Theatre’s Christmas shows are blissfully free of crassness and commercialism. This year’s Snow White is no exception. It’s pervaded by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMWhile most Christmas shows are a glut of glitzy excess, Alphabetti Theatre’s Present (written and directed by artistic director Ali Pritchard) looks
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AMInitial redevelopment plans have been revealed for a historic theatre and arts centre in Norfolk. King’s Lynn Arts Centre consists of St
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMSebastian Barry's On Blueberry Hill will transfer to the West End on 5 March 2020 following sell-out runs in Dublin and New York, it has been confirmed. The award-winning production will ru…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:00AM
Press Reps Empty the Show and Casting News Reserves: Foy & Smith, Vosk, Espinosa, Newell, More! “Sing Street” Reviews! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podc…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe festive season is in full swing and with it all the financially stressful trimmings. With the growing issue of theatre tickets becoming outrageously expensive, what should be available a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:54AMEvelyn Hoskins will be welcomed to the Waitress the musical diner, playing the role of Dawn, as we head into the New Year, while it’s also announced that original London cast member Marish…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:50AMOver the past twelve months, we only had the opportunity to see three off-Broadway and four regional theater productions, but they were all terrific and all for different reasons. Off-Broadw…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:33AMAs part of her ongoing post-show talk series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock returns to the Park Theatre for Aria Entertainment's Hope Mill Theatre transfer of Stephen Schwartz's RAGS The Mu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews the Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s new pantomime, Slipped: Cinderella...Rebooted
This post REVIEW: Slipped. Cinderella … Rebooted, Royal Vauxhall Tavern Londo…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:26AMMatthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes returns to Sadler’s Wells three years after it first premiered – and while the score and dance remain exquisite, there is a depth to this ballet that has…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThese 10 productions are evidence of the ways in which inspired leadership can result in outstanding creative achievement.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AM
More than 50 young actors, singers and dancers between the ages of 8 and 21 have been able to access performing arts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:55AMTroubled immersive production The Wolf of Wall Street is to close in January, just six weeks after its official opening night. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMAladdin should be the most opulent of pantomimes, with plenty of opportunity for lavish costumes and jewel-encrusted caves playing against a background
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMFollowing a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Paul Aitchison's hit show blending character comedy with phenomenal tricks, Could It Be Magic?, comes to London in 2020, playing a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:31AMFrom the best musicals and plays to spectacular productions from the worlds of circus, immersive theatre, opera and dance, The Stage’s critics
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMFrom the best musicals and plays to spectacular productions from the worlds of circus, immersive theatre, opera and dance, The Stage’s critics
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMFrom the best musicals and plays to spectacular productions from the worlds of circus, immersive theatre, opera and dance, The Stage’s critics
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMFrom the best musicals and plays to spectacular productions from the worlds of circus, immersive theatre, opera and dance, The Stage’s critics
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AMCameron Mackintosh's new version of Les Miserables begins performances tonight, December 18, at the newly renovated Sondheim Theatre in London.
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Norm Lewis and Faith Prince are set to star in 42nd Street at Lyric Opera of Chicago, May 29-June 21, 2020.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59AMI wanted to give a little love and attention to the efforts of artists in Hawaii. As many readers know, I ran a theater in Hawaii for about nine years, presenting and producing a number of w…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 05:54AM“America’s forbidden composer” is Arthur Farwell (1872-1952), leader of the “Indianists” movement in music. Politically, he seems hopelessly incorrect today. But his significance i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54AMThere’s swashbuckling and explosions, but Adam Driver is the real star of the ninth and final film in the Skywalker saga
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:52AMWhat can you expect from Rosalind Blessed's tale of lost souls, Lullabies for the Lost, which comes to the Old Red Lion Theatre alongside The Delights of Dogs and The Problems of People next…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:16AMForget the finale. After the curtain call now comes the megamix, the last dance, the group hymn — whatever it takes to turn an entertainment into an event.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12AMMany of you will likely have seen the update on Mrs. T that I posted in this space on Monday. It was, as is our custom, a cheery, reasonably optimistic description of what happened to her ov…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:04AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I offer a brief summary of key trends in American theater during the past decade, part of an ongoing series of reports by the paper’s arts critics. Here�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03AMThe forty-third episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available on line for liste…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:02AMBobby Short and Mabel Mercer perform on PBS in 1972: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:01AMCurtains, the murder mystery musical comedy by Chicago and Cabaret creators Kander & Ebb, had its Broadway premiere in 2007 in a production starring Frasier's David Hyde Pierce. Why has …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:00AMInua Ellams’ relocation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters to the Biafran Civil War proves devastatingly effective at the National Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM“The most violent revolutions in an individual’s beliefs leave most of his old order standing.” William James, “What Pragmatism Means”
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“Holidays on Tap” by Unexpected Stage Company put on one of the best holiday shows in the area this past Saturday night. Featuring pianist Hope Udobi Nwachukwu, vocalist Porsche Vander…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:29AMKaren Malpede’s plays scream “Pay Attention.” Thus I titled my 2001 New York Times article on I Will Bear Witness, her play based on the war diaries of Victor Klemperer, and the same …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:20AMThe international hit musical was recently seen in a concert version at London’s Gielgud.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-nominated actor recalls performances by Christian Borle, Alice Ripley, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn MOVING PEOPLE: Jill Williams and Ramona Candy on the Clark Center's Legacy, Modern Dance Luminaries, and Why Arms Are the Most Expressive Body Part, "It was a safe, encouraging incubator…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMTap genius Michelle Dorrance puts her stamp on the famous Christmas ballet---There is a cornucopia of Nutcrackers twirling all over New York this holiday season, but none as exuberant as Mic…
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