Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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FIRST LOOK: Cast of City Of Angels the musical at the Garrick Theatre by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo The West End transfer of the Donmar Warehouse’ Olivier Award-winning production of City of Angels, has today released a first look image of the 2020 cast. This post FIRST L…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:48PM

Only Fools and Horses the musical announces new casting by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Only Fools and Horses the musical at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London has announced casting changes as the production extends for the fourth time to 27 June 2020. This pos…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:34PM

Bringing Haruki Murakami’s “The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” to Japan’s Stages by Nobuko Tanaka

Haruki Murakami is probably Japan’s best-known living writer — a worldwide bestseller with novels translated into at least 50 languages. Yet, despite that, dramatizations of the 71-year-…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:17PM

R.I.P. Robert Conrad by Trav S.D.

This post was originally scheduled for March 1, but we rush it to post today because we just got word that Robert Conrad (Conrad Robert Falk, b. 1935) has passed away at the age of 84. I’d…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:03PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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Who is Black? Signature Theatre’s ‘Gun & Powder’ hits a national nerve by John Stoltenberg

It may surprise you (as it did me) that the title of this melodic world-premiere musical does not refer to gunpowder. The word gun means there’s a pistol (which gets dramatically deployed)…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:13PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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SBS reveals Australia’s 2020 Eurovision Song Contest representative by Arts Review

Montaigne has been crowned the winner of Eurovision – Australia Decides during the Live TV Final on SBS on Saturday 8 February. The 24 year old Sydney-based artist took to the stage to per…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:41PM

Maggie Gyllenhaal Will Play Elvis Presley's Mother in Baz Luhrmann's Musical Biopic by Andy Lefkowitz

Stage alum and Oscar-nominated screen star Maggie Gyllenhaal has been cast as Elvis Presley's mother, Gladys, in the upcoming film Elvis, according to Variety. The previously announced f…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PM

Orson Bean, Beloved Funny Man of Broadway & Late-Night Television, Dies at 91 by Michael Appler

Orson Bean, the beloved funny man of late-night television, game shows and light-hearted Broadway comedies, died on February 7. According to police, he was hit and killed by a car outside th…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PM

Kevin Conway, Broadway Star of The Elephant Man & Of Mice and Men, Dies at 77 by Michael Appler

Kevin Conway, a veteran actor who embodied the role of George in the first Broadway revival of Of Mice and Men and led The Elephant Man on and off-Broadway, died on January 4 in New York Cit…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PM

Stray Dog's 'Three Tall Women' blends humor and profundity by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stray Dog Theatre presents late masterpiece by Edward Albee.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:12PM

'Brighton Beach,' 'Kinky Boots,' 'La Mancha' lead nominees for St. Louis Theater Circle Awards by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The awards honor achievement in professional theater and are presented by the Theater Circle, an organization of St. Louis critics. Nominations were announced Friday.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:12PM

Q&A: St. Louis native Maureen Duke moved from ballet to musicals by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis native is featured in "An American in Paris," coming to Stifel Theatre.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:12PM

Hollywood blockbusters break into India

Superhero sequels eat into Bollywood’s share of market long dominated by local studios

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:00PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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CATS Will Be Available on DVD, Blu-ray, and Digital Download on April 7

The Cats film will be available to own this spring! The film will be available on DVD and Blu-ray, as well as digital download, on April 7, 2020.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PM

AlmaNYC’s ‘YELLOW’: Community and connection in movement

Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.January 18, 2019. Dance can hit us viscerally — right down to the bone. The reason why it can is the same reason for empathy and any level of human co…

SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:41PM

Chaplin post-show video and photos: What led to the birth of the Little Tramp? by Terri Paddock

Have you ever seen Charlie Chaplin's classic film The Great Dictator? Eighty years after it was released, it feels terrifyingly current. We get a glimpse of why with the inclusion of its fin…

SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:40PM

VIDEO: Marianne Elliott, Patti LuPone, Katrina Lenk, and More Preview COMPANY at the Guggenheim

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, presented a preview and panel for Company with Marianne Elliott on Monday, February 3, 2020 at 7:30pm.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PM

Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf Will Lead a DEATH OF A SALESMAN Revival in 2021

The rumors are true! Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf will lead a revival of Death of a Salesman. While not officially announced, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the long-rumored pro…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Riddle of the Trilobites Review: A Prehistoric Puppet Musical about Climate Change and Puberty by Jonathan Mandell

Trilobites were actual crab-like creatures of the sea who lived on earth 150 million years before the first dinosaurs – and, like dinosaurs, are long extinct. But they remain as sturdy fos…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:59PM

Laugh now, feel now, move now: DANCE NOW’s Dance-mopolitan Encore Series

Joe’s Pub, New Yor, NY.January 11, 2020. Dance art with authentic humor and heart truly stays with me — I feel it, live in it, remember it. It reminds me how with all of our separate ide…

SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:24PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Dramaworks’ Skylight Offers A Window To Differing Views by Bill Hirschman

A war of words smoothly flows between two articulate, bright people with immensely opposing views on nearly every subject in British playwright David Hare’s drama Skylight, receiving a per…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:06PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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In ‘Grand Horizons,’ A Marriage Skids Off Course by Matthew Wexler

Jane Alexander and James Cromwell star in 'Grand Horizons,' a new Broadway play about the unraveling of a 50-year marriage. The post In ‘Grand Horizons,’ A Marriage Skids Off Course app…

SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:24PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Orson Bean, free-spirited actor, dies at 91 by Robert D. McFadden

Orson Bean, the free-spirited television, stage and film comedian who stepped out of his storybook life to found a progressive school, move to Australia, give away his possessions and wander…

SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:47PM

FREE THINKING: SAMUEL BECKETT & THE PURPOSE OF CULTURE by Robert Shuman

(Released On: 05 Feb 2020, BBC 3.) Listen  Lisa Dwan tells Philip Dodd what playing Beckett taught her about herself and feminism; playwright Mark Ravenhill, arts editor Jan Dalley & s…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 12:24PM

Tracy Letts by NPR

Tracy Letts, actor and playwright, joins us along with panelists Peter Grosz, Amy Dickenson, and Hari Kondabolu.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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KIRK DOUGLAS: LAST OF HOLLYWOOD’S GOLDEN AGE by Robert Shuman

(Robert Berkvist’s article appeared in The New York Times, 2/2; via Pam Green.) Kirk Douglas, one of the last surviving movie stars from Hollywood’s golden age, whose rugged good looks a…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:55AM

A HUNDRED WORDS FOR SNOW (Inis Nua): 60-second review by Toby Zinman

This solo show is performed by Satchel Williams, who can best be described as adorbs. 

SOURCE: phindie.com at 11:48AM

R.I.P. Orson Bean by Trav S.D.

Orson Bean is dead at 91, not of old age but by being hit by a car. That he was still alive and crossing streets is the second revelation that will be inevitable around breakfast tables this…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:48AM

Big by Mark Weston

Big Mark Weston February 8, 2020 - 11:07 Topics Theater Review Tags off broadway …

SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 11:07AM

REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Wedding Singer at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Find out what critics have had to say about Nick Winston’s production of The Wedding Singer based on the 1990s film with LLLC’s review round up…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA by Associated Press

The Los Angeles County coroner's office confirmed Bean's Friday night death, saying it was being investigated as a “traffic-related” fatality.

SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:02AM

How to Rent Broadway Costumes for Your School or Community Theatre, Professional Production, and More by Ruthie Fierberg

The TDF Costume Collection houses 85,000 costume pieces available for rental—whether you’re a multi-million dollar studio or non-profit school group.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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‘The satisfying bleakness of the text is allowed to breathe’: ENDGAME – Old Vic by Aleks Sierz

A star cast led by Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Cumming and Jane Horrocks make light work of the Beckett classic Endgame.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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‘Can’t think of a single aspect of necessary improvement’: THE JURY – Upstairs at the Gatehouse ★★★★ by Luca Molinari

None of the songs are too long in The Jury and they are all well written and never bore – this is a strong new musical and won’t vanish from the stages too soon.

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Anita Bush: Mother of Harlem Theatre by Trav S.D.

Pioneering African American stage impresario Anita Bush (1883-1974) was the daughter of a Brooklyn-based theatrical costumier, who grew up seeing the best theatre of her day as a consequence…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:54AM

‘Strangely wonderful & wonderfully strange’: PEOPLE SHOW 137 – Southwark Playhouse ★★★★ by Shyama Perera

Strangely wonderful and wonderfully strange. That’s the only way to sum up People Show 137. Basically, two old blokes, aided and abetted by some other old blokes, a chanteuse puppet, and t…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:46AM

ORLANDO BALLET Announces 20/21 Season by Showbiz Chicago Newsdesk

Showbiz Chicago ORLANDO BALLET Announces 20/21 Season Orlando Ballet recently announced its 2020-21 season that includes an exciting lineup and new performance [...] ORLANDO BALLET Announce…

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:12AM

The Taming of the Shrew, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse review - a confused and toothless mess by Alexandra.coghlan

High on concept and low on clarity, this Shrew misses its mark Say what you will about The Taming of the Shrew (and you’ll be in good company), but it is one of Shakespeare’s clearest pl…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:03AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Happy Birthday, Tattoo Artist Bert Grimm by Trav S.D.

Happy birthday to 20th century tattoo artist Bert Grimm (1900-1985), whose field of operations embraced St. Louis, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, and Los Angeles/Long Beach. Isn’t Bert Grimm …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:24AM

The Influential Katherine Dunham by Trav S.D.

Just a few jottings about African American dance giant Katherine Dunham (1909-2006), since we’ve had a couple of occasions to mention this pathmaker in the past. Dunham was a Chicago teena…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:24AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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The LORELEI are coming by Sean McLoughlin

Opera Queensland and Griffith University in arrangement with Victorian Opera are set to present Lorelei. Part opera. Part burlesque. All

SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:58AM

Sheila Atim: ‘I had impostor syndrome until I picked up my MBE by Rebecca Nicholson

The actor has channelled Bob Dylan and received an honour at just 29. Now she’s finally ready for primetime Sheila Atim would not call it a shrine, exactly, but in her London flat, there i…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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An Atlantic Reporter Enters The Trump News Universe… And Finds Himself Questioning Reality by Artsjournal

“I was surprised by the effect it had on me. I’d assumed that my skepticism and media literacy would inoculate me against such distortions. But I soon found myself reflexively questionin…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Adjusting Your Expectations During the Rehearsal Process by Kerry Hishon

We all have grand plans when we’re directing shows. We want our students to engage with the material and rise to the challenges presented. We want our shows to look spectacular. However, i…

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM
Saturday, February 8, 2020 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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World Premiere of The Headlands Begins at LCT3 February 8 by Ruthie Fierberg

The new play from Obie winner Christopher Chen plays Lincoln Center Theater’s Claire Tow Theater.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AM

Lesley Manville Stars in Tony Kusher’s Adaptation of The Visit in London by Dan Meyer

The National Theatre opens February 8, co-starring Hugo Weaving.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Tony Nominee Beth Malone Stars in Transport Group’s The Unsinkable Molly Brown Beginning February 8 by Andrew Gans

Tony winner Kathleen Marshall directs and choreographs the newly reworked Meredith Willson musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM