“Midnight Movie” at The Royal Court by Aleks Sierz

Eve Leigh is an experimental playwright who has tackled difficult issues for more than a decade. Yet most members of the public will know her, and her actor husband Tom Penn, as the neighbor…

“Judgement Day”: Illusions of Grandeur by Jonathan Kalb

Two years ago, the British director Richard Jones brought a stunning production of Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape to the Park Avenue Armory that set a new bar for theatrical use of that …

One November Yankee by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

Beloved television stars Harry Hamlin (L.A. Law) and Stefanie Powers (Hart to Hart) return to the New York stage in Joshua Ravetch’s "One November Yankee" which they previously performed a…

NiteLife Exchange Picks of the Week

In the tradition of beloved seasonal specials, Klea Blackhurst, Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch will perform swinging arrangements of “Christmas Waltz,” Kay Thompson’s “Holiday Season,�…

Paper Mill Playhouse Presents A Woke Cinderella by Jeryl Brunner

Ella in Rodger’s & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is no damsel in distress.

18 greatest moments on New York stages in 2019 by Jonathan Mandell

In a year that has ended so dramatically off-stage, and during which so many people talked dismissively about “political theater” — when they didn’t mean anything actually happening…

VIDEO: Susan Egan, Courtney Reed, and Christy Altomare Sing a FROZEN 2 Medley at BROADWAY PRINCESS PARTY

Susan Egan, Courtney Reed, and Christy Altomare sang a medley of 'All Is Found' and 'Into The Unknown' from Frozen 2 at the most recent. 'Broadway Princess Party.'

People You Should Know . . . Sam Helfrich by Zack Calhoon

Sam Helfrich’s credits include Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz, Benny & Joon, Half Time, The Outsider, Annie, New Voices (Paper Mill Playhouse); In The Closet (Theatre Row); Twelfth N…

People You Should Know . . . Neil Holland by Zack Calhoon

Neil Holland is an award-winning actor and producer, and a voiceover artist. He is the founder and Managing Partner of Knife Edge Productions, an independent theatre and film production com…

A ‘My Fair Lady’ for today at the Kennedy Center by Bob Ashby

The character arc that carries Lerner and Loewe’s classic My Fair Lady belongs to Eliza Doolittle, as she rises from flower girl at Covent Garden to the belle of the embassy ball, from fer…

Review: ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ debuts in Berkeley casting too many spells by Karen D'souza

Sarah Ruhl's 'Becky Nurse of Salem' gets its world premiere at Berkeley Rep, stirring an overstuffed kettle of history, feminism and misogyny.

Exceptional new music from Choir of King's College, Cambridge and Stile Antico by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Choir's centenary recording of Lessons and Carols is now available

Jack and the BeansTalk a delightful pantomime fairytale riff, if sometimes rough by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

From the husband-and-wife creative team of Rob Torr and Stephanie Graham, to the low-fi, hand-painted backdrops, Torrent Productions has as much grassroots neighbourhood charm where the Ross…

Memorable Moments on Stage in 2019 by Jonathan Mandell

In a year that has ended so dramatically off-stage, and during which so many people talked dismissively about “political theater” — but they didn’t mean anything actually happening i…

Our Most Memorable Operas and Dance Performances of 2019 by Lorraine Treanor

Prufrock, Chamber Dance Project Leading my most memorable performances for 2019 would have to be the Chamber Dance Project’s premiere of “Prufrock” in June at Sidney Harman Hall. Chore…

Theater Review: DANCE NATION (Steppenwolf) by Lawrence Bommer

DANCING AROUND ADOLESCENCE It happened with You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, that peculiar, often cloying, problem of adult actors playing unfledged kids. There’s an unavoidable condes…

Halsey - Graveyard | Noelle Marsh Dance Class by DanceOn

AussieTheatre Christmas Advent Calendar Giveaway #20 by Peter J Snee

To 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 …

Avery Pearson On Helping Struggling Comedians

NPR's Scott Simon talks to comedian Avery Pearson about the song he wrote to help raise funds for working comedians through the charity Comedy Gives Back.

We’d Explain How Good ‘Villainous Company’ Is But Then We’d Be Guilty Of Spoilers by Bill Hirschman

Writing a review of Primal Force’s Villainous Company, which has more plot twists than a Christmas corkscrew, is going to be hard because we wouldn’t dare to give away any spoilers. Suff…

Andrew Barth Feldman & the Cast of Dear Evan Hansen Perform 'You Will Be Found' on Tamron Hall by Broadway.com

Dear Evan Hansen is celebrating another first. The stars of the Tony-winning Best Musical took to Tamron Hall on December 20 to sing out, marking the inaugural performance from a Broadway mu…

2019 Wrap-Up: Broadway.com Picks the Best Shows of the Year by Broadway.com

We are privileged to see the abundance of Broadway offerings every year, so choosing five favorites out of dozens can be daunting. After much consideration, vote tallying and hardly any bick…

Jennifer Lee by NPR

Jennifer Lee, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, joins us along with panelists Mo Rocca, Roxanne Roberts, and Adam Burke.

Happy Hour on the Fringe: Anthony Martinez-Briggs by Raina Searles

On this episode of Happy Hour on the Fringe, we sat down with Anthony Martinez-Briggs of ILL DOOTS to talk about how ILL DOOTS was formed, their musical influences and inspirations and New Y…

Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill opens on Broadway by Cogency

Jagged Little Pill, music by Alanis Morissette. Broadhurst Theatre, New York City.   Jukebox musicals are everywhere, but very few create original stories focused not on an entire catalog b…

REVIEW ROUND-UP: Three Sisters at the National Theatre by Emma Clarendon

We rounded up the reviews for a new production of Three Sisters at the National Theatre.

VIDEO: Watch the Music Video For 'Out Of The Old' From HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES

Disney+ original series HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES has just released the music video for the song 'Out Of The Old,' sung by Olivia Rodrigo.

HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD's J.K. Rowling is 2019's Top-Selling Author

According to Forbes, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child writer J.K. Rowling has topped the list of highest-paid authors of 2019, at $92 million pretax.

BWW Review: Cirque Mechanics' 42FT—A MENAGERIE OF MECHANICAL MARVELS is Small In Size But Big On Personality

As usual, the family-focused New Victory Theater was packed with kids the afternoon this reviewer took in the charms and delights of Cirque Mechanics' 42FT-A MENAGERIE OF MECHANICAL MARVELS,…

“Christmas in Oz” Delights & Dazzles, at East Bay Children’s, Hayward by Rachel Norby

Millennial Notes Ron Lytle Scores with Winter Fantasy, Joyful Music by Rachel Norby “Christmas in Oz” by East Bay Children’s Theatre offers a delightful adventure through Oz during Chr…

The Walking Dead’s Christine Evangelista Proves Her Theatre Credentials by Ruthie Fierberg

Now starring Off-Broadway in MsTRIAL at New World Stages, Evangelista shares her theatre background.

Text of the Day: Midnight Movie by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

Misty Copeland is right: Blackface and Yellowface have no place on ballet stages by Michael Crabb - Special To The Star

Misty Copeland called out the Bolshoi Ballet this month for its racist ‘danse des négrillons.’ The National Ballet of Canada faced its own controversy in 1981 over a dance that offended…

Top 10 Travalanche Posts for 2019 by Trav S.D.

As 2019 draws to a close, we have several year-end and decade-end posts in the works. We post this one a little early, as we’re fairly confident that the standings won’t change in the da…

Shereen Ahmed dreamed of playing Eliza Doolittle, not Princess Jasmine. Her wish came true. by Peter Marks

The actress blazes a trail in the national tour of “My Fair Lady” premiering at the Kennedy Center.

Check Out the Cast of Ain’t Too Proud Sing ‘My Girl’ A Cappella by Dan Meyer

The quintet took to the N.Y.C. subway for their performance.

‘Sure to leave you with a smile on your face’: CURTAINS – West End ★★★★ by Jonathan Baz

With dazzling choreography, slick humour and top-notch performances musical whodunnit Curtains is well worth seeing this Christmas.

Dressing Room with a Bathrobe and a Gas Mask. “Trump and the Field of Maize” at the Polski Theatre, Bydgoszcz by Maciej Guzy

Like two other plays that premiered this year, Agata Siniarska’s You Are Safe, and The Last One directed by Romuald Krężel, Trump and the Field of Maze takes on climate change. Paweł Ł…

Capitalizing on the Pull of Experimental Japanese Theatre by Nobuko Tanaka

Shuntaro Matsubara’s first contact with live theatre was in 2014, when he saw a production of German dramatist Bertolt Brecht’s 1930 play Fatzer (aka Downfall of the Egotist Johann Fatze…

Lucy McCormick: Post-Popular at Soho Theatre by Duška Radosavljević

Lucy McCormick specializes in historical re-enactments, she tells us, and she is here to play all the women of history, as a means of finding her hero. All this – within about one hour, an…

Interview with MEAN GIRLS Star DANIELLE WADE by Michael J. Roberts

Actress DANIELLE WADE on playing the infamous Cady Heron in the National Tour of Mean [...] The post Interview with MEAN GIRLS Star DANIELLE WADE appeared first on Showbiz Chicago.

What 8 Broadway Musicals Received the Sequel Treatment? by Logan Culwell-Block

From The Phantom of the Opera to Annie, Playbill details the eight musicals that earned sequels—and where those productions are now.

Cree Decree: Monkman Debunks U.S. Creation Myths in His Metropolitan Museum Commission by Artsjournal1

In my skeptical post last month about Cree artist Kent Monkman’s plans for the Metropolitan Museum’s Great Hall, I recklessly ventured some premature commentary. This “squeamish critic…

World Premiere of Shades of Light by Peter J Snee

Walk Now Productions announce the world premiere season of Shades of Light by Sam Cosentino, with contributions by Talin Agon, Isabella Forte, Navid Ghasemi & Hanh Nguyen One by one, fou…