Choir Girl by Arts Review

In the hopes of becoming a stimulating meditation on art, fame and morality, the Australian arthouse-drama Choir Girl reaches for profundity but lands on distastefulness. Writer-director Joh…

‘A Jazz New Year’s Eve’ brought Branford Marsalis’ innovative style to the Kennedy Center by Michele Simms-Burton

The Grand Foyer at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts teemed with patrons sporting gowns swirling against the carpeted floor and tuxedos announcing an auspicious occasion, si…

Broadway In Chicago Announces Additional POTTED POTTER Performances by Michael J. Roberts

Showbiz Chicago Broadway In Chicago Announces Additional POTTED POTTER Performances Broadway In Chicago, Starvox Entertainment and Potted Productions are delighted to present the return of …

Broadway in Chicago Announces WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Tix On Sale Jan 3 by Showbiz Chicago Newsdesk

Showbiz Chicago Broadway in Chicago Announces WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME Tix On Sale Jan 3 Broadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that tickets for Heidi Schreck’s Tony Award no…

The audacity of Brave Spirits Theatre: a conversation with Artistic Director Charlene V. Smith by David Siegel

Tumultuous times call out for audacity in the performing arts. And Brave Spirits Theatre (BST) has boldly marked its territory for the next two years. Over the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Brave S…

Not Afraid to Play: A Conversation with David Commander by Jerry Lieblich

My dad called in a fright. He said, "My God, there's a gun in one of these boxes!" And I said, "Yeah, I bought a gun once." He said "Well, I want to throw it away." I said, "That's fine, you…

Dancers’ New Year’s resolutions for 2020

A new decade is upon us, and while it’s hard to believe the year will be 2020 (sounds so futuristic, right??), this is always an exciting time of year to set goals and look forward to a fr…

The Stage diversity in leadership study: Slow change at the top by The Stage

The Stage’s research into the demographics of theatre leadership was prompted by the unusually high number of senior job changes and appointments

Slow progress on diversity exposed as The Stage survey shows 92% of top theatre bosses are white by Georgia Snow

Nine tenths of bosses at the country’s 50 highest-funded theatres are white, research by The Stage reveals, with people of colour making

The Stage 100 2020: Ian McKellen first actor to be named theatre’s most influential figure by Giverny Masso

Ian McKellen has become the first actor to top The Stage 100 list of the most influential people in British theatre. McKellen,

“Alabama Story”: A New Play About Books, Race, Censorship and the American Character by Kenneth Jones

Alabama Story, playwright Kenneth Jones’ six-actor, one-set play inspired by real events that touch on censorship and Civil Rights issues in “the Deep South of the imagination,” had i…

The Stage 100 2020: Analysis by The Stage

In the near quarter-century that The Stage 100 has been published, an actor has never topped the list. Until now. Why? Actors

The Stage 100: Ian McKellen’s career in pictures by The Stage

With a stage career spanning six decades, Ian McKellen has appeared in numerous roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre,

The Stage 100 2020: Top 5 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The Stage 100 2020: 6-10 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The Stage 100 2020: 11-20 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The Stage 100 2020: 21-30 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The Stage 100 2020: 31-40 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The Stage 100 2020: 41-50 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The Stage 100 2020: 51-60 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

The Stage 100 2020: 61-70 by The Stage

The Stage 100 is intended to reflect who are the 100 most influential people working in the theatre and performing arts industry.

Lyn Gardner: Progress for diversity in theatre leadership is glacial – more needs to be done by Lyn Gardner

The past 18 months have seen overdue signs of change in UK theatre and that includes at leadership level. There has been

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at the Peace Center by Bruce Steele

For anyone with a love of pop music and singer-songwriter genius, there’s no better way to start the New Year than with this Broadway musical.

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (65) by Robert Shuman

Naturalism on the stage is only naturalism when it is justified by the inner experience of the actor. Once naturalism is justified, it either becomes necessary (especially in Tolstoy’s pla…

Seeing 2020: Major Theater Trends of The Future? by Jonathan Mandell

In the decade just ended, there were unmistakable trends specific to the theater – teen musicals, for example, and celebrity bio jukebox musicals. Which of these trends will continue in 20…

DAVID CASSIDY… BEHIND THE SCENES by Chip Deffaa, Editor-At-Large

David Cassidy’s autobiography “C’Mon Get Happy”–which I ghost-wrote for him at his request–has now come out as a Kindle E-book, with a brand new afterword by me. (It’s availabl…

Hindsight is 2020: The 10 Things We Learned from the 2010s

Now that the ball has dropped, the confetti has been cannoned, 'Auld Lang Syne' has been sung (although no one actually knows the words), and the calendar has flipped, we thought that this w…

Alanis Morissette Fans Angered At Censors For Bleeping Lines From New Year’s Performance by Bruce Haring

Fans took to social media on New Year’s Eve to remind ABC censors of the mess they made when they went away and bleeped the performance of Alanis Morissette’s signature song, “You Ough…

Annie Wigzell obituary by Nick Wigzell

My mother, Annie Wigzell, who has died aged 94, was a casting director at the National Theatre from its early days at the Old Vic with its first director, Laurence Olivier, and then with Pet…

Aziz Ansari on Dave Chappelle | 2019 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

Astronaut Michael Collins Recalls Landing on the Moon, 50 Years Later by The Kennedy Center

Snitz Edwards: From Budapest to Buster Keaton by Trav S.D.

Silent comedy fans will recognize the visage of Snitz Edwards (Edward Neumann, 1868-1937) from the Buster Keaton films Seven Chances (1925), Battling Butler (1926) and College (1927). Less w…

“New Year, New Me” says Actor Using the Same Audition Monologue Five Years in a Row by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY - New Year’s Day. For many, it’s a time to reflect on the triumphs and disappointments of the previous year, and to create goals for what t…

Treasure Island review at the Athenaeum Theatre, Plymouth –’lovingly crafted seasonal silliness’ by Roger Malone

The reliably inventive Devon-based theatre company Le Navet Bete has created its best production to date with this swashbuckling adventure based on

The Philadelphia Orchestra presents its 2019 New Year’s Eve concert by Dan Rottenberg

Bramwell Tovey—part conductor, part stand-up comedian—was at it again on New Year’s Eve, to the delight of a sold-out Philadelphia Orchestra audience at Verizon Hall. Dan Rottenberg re…

The Nutcracker review at Royal Albert Hall, London – ‘an inventive but muted staging’ by Neil Norman

Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall is a risky enterprise. Derek Deane’s Swan Lake worked well in the space but Birmingham Royal

Review: Thrills abound in cutting-edge 'Jesus Christ Superstar' by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The 50th anniversary tour is the rock opera as you’ve never seen it before, with vocal and dance artistry for a new era.

Off-Broadway Review: “Greater Clements” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater by David Roberts

“Greater Clements” is a testament to what happens when societal structures and safeguards disintegrate, when mental illness challenges societal and familial norms, and what happens when …

Upcoming CD Releases for January 2020

Check out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for January, 2020.

Fall 2019 Stars, Shows, & Creatives Who Deserve 2020 Tony Award Nominations Come Spring

Is it too soon to talk about the Tony Awards?

Man's Resolution to "See More Theatre" Begins and Ends with "John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch" by Broadway Beat

by Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. BRIDGEWATER, Conn. - Local resident Allen Rollens shared his 2020 New Year’s resolutions earlier this week, including a goal to “see more live theatre” - w…

Margaret Nearing: From the High Wire to Hawaii by Trav S.D.

We post about Margaret Nearing (Margaret Yvonne Allen, 1913-83) today less because of her minor movie career than the time in show business that preceded it. Already singing professionally b…

Charles Bickford: Began in Burlesque by Trav S.D.

Macho character actor Charles Bickford (1891-1967) was a bit of a loose cannon and rough-neck in real life; but his his dangerous, edgy quality did nothing but enhance his screen appearances…

Player of the Moment: Wardell Julius Clark by Kevin Greene

"What I know for sure, is that I am walking in my calling, living in my purpose, and growing as a human being through my art."

Simon Stone Faced the Unthinkable. He Thinks You Should Too. by Alexis Soloski

After a family tragedy, the Australian director found a home in the theater, creating harrowing updates of classics. His latest: “Medea” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Watch Now: New York Philharmonic Celebrates Sondheim with Katrina Lenk & Bernadette Peters

Tony Award winner Katrina Lenk - who will star in the gender-blind 2020 Broadway revival of Sondheim's Company - sang Losing My Mind and Could I Leave You from Follies, Alexander Gemignan…

2020: Here are the cool movies, music, art and more we are excited about by Georgia Rowe

Pixar's "Onward," TV's "Little Fires Everywhere," a Frida Kahlo exhibit, Miranda Lambert are among reasons why we're excited for 2020.

Westfield News ArtsBeat 1/1/20. January Arts Picks by Mark G. Auerbach

Westfield News ArtsBeat 1/1/20. January Arts Picks, from "Anastasia" at The Bushnell to "The Lifespan of a Fact" at TheaterWorks. The Springfield Symphony celebrates Beethoven's 250th with f…

From Paul Allen to Pramila Jayapal: 13 people who shaped the Seattle area by Seattle Times Staff

The Seattle Times put the question to readers, reached out to local leaders, and culled through dozens of names to find the few who were most responsible for change in the greater Seattle ar…

Kickoff to 2020 theater season: casting for City, Public, PICT and CLO Cabaret by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Martin Giles goes from “Downstairs” to Shakespeare; CMU alum Phillipe Arroyo plays Seymour in “Little Shop of Horrors.”

What’s Coming to London Theatre in Winter 2020? by Andrew Gans

Details about City of Angels, featuring Vanessa Williams, Alan Cumming and Daniel Radcliffe in Endgame, the stage debut of The Prince of Egypt, plus the U.K. premieres of Pretty Woman, Be Mo…

What's Coming to Off-Broadway in Winter 2020? by Olivia Clement

Playbill’s must-read guide to new Off-Broadway plays and musicals debuting in January, February, and March 2020.

What’s Coming to Broadway in 2020? by Emily Selleck

From new musicals like Mrs. Doubtfire and Flying Over Sunset to revivals of Tony-winning plays like Take Me Out, here’s what’s coming to Broadway in the new year.

Talking the talk by Terry Teachout

In today’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column, I write about the different ways in which playwrights make stage dialogue sound “realistic.” Here’s an excerpt. *  *  * St…

Snapshot: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker by Terry Teachout

George Balanchine’s version of The Nutcracker, performed by the New York City Ballet and originally telecast by CBS in 1958 as an episode of Playhouse 90. The score is by Tchaikovsky. Th…

Stageworthy: The Best of Stage 2019

Saw a little less shows than last year, and added a few concerts that I've included in the final tally. So 2019 I saw 153 different shows but 173 times (basically I did 20 repeats this year …

Almanac: Dr. Johnson on hope by Terry Teachout

“When there is no hope, there can be no endeavour.” Samuel Johnson, The Rambler (November 6, 1750)

Unprecedented: The Right To Offend (Rebroadcast)

Which publication gave us our "right to lampoon"? Hustler Magazine.

The Stage Scholarships 2020: Win theatre training opportunities by Paul Vale

This year The Stage has partnered with seven performing arts schools, from across the UK and beyond, to offer more than £250,000

Interview: President of Alexandria Theatre Festival on Bridging Gaps Between Academia and Theatre Practitioners by Ati Metwaly

Alaa Abdel Aziz, president of the Alexandria Arab Theatre Festival for Specialised Institutes and Colleges, shared his views on the inaugural edition, mission and plans ahead. When I met Ala…

Happy New Year 2020 by American Repertory Theater

Philadelphia Theater Calendar January 2020 by Calendar

Which plays are onstage in Philadelphia in January?

Theatrefolk Featured Play – Somewhere, Nowhere by Lindsay Price by Lindsay Price

Welcome to our Featured Play Spotlight. The heartwarming and heartbreaking story, Somewhere, Nowhere by Lindsay Price, is a full-length play made up of four one-act plays. See the character…

Broadway Resolutions 2020 by JK

Happy 2020, theater fans and friends!Before I look ahead and make new resolutions, it might be a good idea to look back at the goals I set exactly one year ago today. Last time around, I set…

6 Predictions for the Theater in 2020

Foresight is 2020.

Hello, Robot: machines designed for comfort — and killing

An exhibition in Dundee explores the world of robots and artificial intelligence

10 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Jan. 2-5

The holidays may be over, but there are still lots of interesting things to do in town this weekend.