Miami New Drama Tunes Up Debut Of Wonderful World — A Louis Armstrong Bio-Musical by Bill Hirschman

Energy suffuses rehearsals for Miami New Drama's world premiere musical about Louis Armstrong A Wonderful World – not a revue but a highly-theatrical biography in which Armstrong’s famou…

Observing depression across three generations of women in ‘Anatomy of a Suicide’ at the Atlantic Theater Company by Deb Miller

Atlantic Theater Company’s American premiere of Anatomy of a Suicide by Alice Birch paints a painful and disturbing portrait of life-threatening depression across three generations of wome…

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (74) by Robert Shuman

What road was one to take in the approach to a social and political play? One must himself live with the thoughts and feeling of the role and act in concordance with them. Just as logical ac…

An Interview with British Theatre-Maker and Comedian Jess Thom Co-Founder of Touretteshero by Colin Hambrook

Touretteshero teams up with Battersea Arts Centre to make South London’s premier theatre space the world’s first Relaxed Venue. Jess Thom is known on stage and tv for her alter-ego and p…

Girls to the Front: “Mac Beth” at Hunter Theater Project by Andrew Agress

Reading dry Shakespeare texts and going to parties at friends’ places seem like quintessential parts of the American high school experience. Typically these two disparate activities do not…

Dejan Sretenović on Marina Abramović: “She is a Case Study for Young Performers – to Learn, to Be Brave, to Know Different Genres” by Ina Doublekova

Witch. Icon. Legend. Showman – Marina Abramović is all of that, and more. “I realized then that the public can kill you. If you give them total freedom, they will become frenzied enough…

Survival jobs for dancers by Admin

Let’s say you’re at a party, and a new friend casually inquires what you do for a living. What do you say? We all wish dance could cover rent and the rest, but that’s often not the cas…

Principal Dancer Chandra Kuykendall retires after 22 seasons with Colorado Ballet by Admin

Colorado Ballet Principal Chandra Kuykendall, who has called Colorado Ballet and Colorado Ballet Academy home for 31 years, will take her final bow at the conclusion of the company’s 2019…

Meet the dancemakers of Choreography Online by Admin

These days, everything is online. You can buy and sell just about anything – clothing, groceries, even…choreography. But the idea behind Choreography Online, a platform that enables cho…

Historical drama and physical comedy combine in an enjoyable ‘Moonlight and Magnolias’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Andy Arnold

It’s 1939 and film studio chief David O. Selznick has staked his career on adapting Margaret Mitchell’s bestselling novel Gone with the Wind for the screen. Still, Selznick shuts down pr…

Tell Me More | Episode 41: Hayley Podschun on ‘The Bachelor,’ QVC, Making Your Own Opportunities by Matt Tamanini

On today’s episode, Matt talks to Broadway regular Hayley Podschun, who made her Broadway debut at the age of 12. Since then, Hayley has been seen in eight Broadway shows, including “Hai…

Watch Beth Malone Sing ‘I Ain't Down Yet’ From the New The Unsinkable Molly Brown by Playbill

Sidra Bell’s MODULE: In poetic form by Admin

This past January, I had the opportunity to participate in MODULE (Movement Observed During Unique Laboratory Experiments), Sidra Bell’s award-winning bi-annual research laboratory, which…

Vault Festival Preview Week Six – 2 to 8 March 2020 by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon Mark Ludmon looks at some of the highlights of week 6 of London’s Vault Festival, with a large crop of new theatre opening between 2 and 8 March. This post Vault Festival Pr…

David Krassner Adds Personal Experience To Agoura High’s “Rent” by Cary Ginell

An interview with David Krassner, director of Agoura High School’s current production of Rent. Krassner uses his experience as an actor on Broadway and in national tours to guide young act…

Theater Review: GLORIA (A.C.T.’s Strand Theater) by Harvey Perr

GLORY GLORY GLORIA I don’t know if Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has ever worked in a Manhattan publishing house but he sure knows his way about the workplace. In Gloria, he paints an extraordina…

THE SECRET GARDEN media call by David Hooley

Have you ever baked chocolate chip biscuits? You slide the backing tray out of the oven, place it reverently on

Eddie Perfect joins 9 to 5 The Musical by Arts Review

Producers John Frost, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions have announced that one of Australia’s leading television and musical theatre stars, Eddie Perfect, will play t…

Alan Menken Will Be Honored With the Max Steiner Award

Hollywood in Vienna will present Alan Menken with this year's Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award!

Sydney celebrates WHAT MATTERS at the 2020 Mardi Gras Parade by Arts Review

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade took place last night (Saturday 29 February), bringing together an estimated 300,000 spectators who lined the streets, balconies and rooftops of …

Eddie Perfect joins the cast of 9 TO 5 by Gabi Bergman

Producers John Frost, Suzanne Jones and Ambassador Theatre Group Productions today announced that one of Australia’s leading television and musical

Eddie Perfect Joins The Cast Of Dolly Parton's 9 TO 5 in Australia

One of Australia's leading television and musical theatre stars, Eddie Perfect, will play the egotistical boss Franklin Hart Jnr in Dolly Parton's hit musical 9 TO 5.

Photo Flash: The Cast and Crew of CAROLINE, OR CHANGE Meet the Press

Roundabout Theatre Company's Caroline, or Change will begin performances on March 13, 2020 and open on April 7, 2020 at Studio 54 on Broadway (254 West 54th Street).

San Jose’s New Ballet unveils its new downtown home by Sal Pizarro

Four years after its launch, San Jose's New Ballet has a new spacious home in the historic Corinthian Event Center in downtown.

MARGARET FULTON: THE MUSICAL cast announced! by Gabi Bergman

As Australia’s first culinary queen, Margaret Fulton long reigned supreme in the country’s kitchens as she taught a growing nation

Movie Review: A Quietly Affecting ‘Carol of the Bells’ by Kurt Gardner

Though modestly budgeted and deliberately paced, Joey Travolta's quietly moving film delivers the emotional goods.

A charming trip down the rabbit hole in Chalice Theatre’s ‘Alix in Wonderland’ by Dana Roberts

In 1865, Lewis Carroll created the classic children’s tale, Alice in Wonderland, a journey into a fantasy world of kooky creatures that exhibit traits of both good and bad in their example…

All under one roof in Signature Theatre’s ‘Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes’ by Amy Kotkin

Marian’s cheery Florida home – an over-decorated retirement nest she shares with second hubby Richard – has become a tropical haven for two adolescents in crisis. Richard’s pregnant …

Happy Birthday, Travalanche: Presenting the Travalanche Top 120 by Trav S.D.

Today is the 12th birthday of the blog you are now reading, Travalanche. Or the 3rd birthday, depending on your count it, for it was started on leap Year. In celebration, and in emulation of…

Children recount the Beslan school siege in the play ‘Us/Them.’ They’re charming, but it doesn’t hit home by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Whether it’s the lack of context for the Beslan siege in Toronto or the random through-line of the narrative, having children narrate the tragedy feels a bit deflated, writes Carly Maga.

Review: Actors’ take-over of ASC’s Much Ado About Nothing finds big laughs in Shakespeare’s comedy by Tim Treanor

At Shakespeare Theatre’s 2020 mock court Thursday night, the veteran Shakespearian actor Ed Gero described the special challenges facing a theater artist who takes on one of the Bard’s w…

IVO van HOVE’S WEST SIDE STORY WILL LEAVE YOU BREATHLESS by Oscar E Moore

The torch has been passed.  WEST SIDE STORY will never be the same.  The JETS and the SHARKS have evolved in this daring, audacious, re-imagined, multiracial, up-to-date, timeless, violent…

New York Theater Quiz for February 2020 by New York Theater

How well were you paying attention to New York theater news, views and reviews in February 2020? Answer these 11 questions and find out.

Will Arnett by NPR

Will Arnett, actor, joins us along with panelists Luke Burbank, Roxanne Roberts, and Joel Kim Booster.

Sound and Fury in ‘Women on Fire: Stories from the Frontlines’ by Matthew Wexler

Tony Award-winner Kathleen Chalfant leads a rotating cast in 'Women on Fire: Stories from the Frontlines,' adapted by Chris Henry from true narratives. The post Sound and Fury in ‘Women on…

The Weekend Report by Editorial Staff

Casting News: WICKED alums Jackie Burns and Jonah Platt will star in George Street Playhouse's A WALK ON THE MOON in April. Sheryl Kaller directs the musical, with a book and lyrics by Pamel…

Finding Hope And Salvation In Natalie Portman by Jeryl Brunner

Inside C.A. Johnson’s New Play, All The Natalie Portmans

Broadway Usher Who Tested Positive for Coronavirus Just Happy to Get Any Sort of Exposure by Broadway Beat

by Edward Precht. @pertoltprecht. NEW YORK, NY – The Broadway community was hit with some shocking news this past Wednesday, when it was announced an usher for both the revival of Who’s …

‘A very thoughtful, provocative & passionate night at the theatre’: Actor Adam Sina on Sinners at the Playground Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Actor Adam Sina chatted to us about starring in Brian Cox’s production of Sinners at the Playground Theatre.

Paterson Joseph: ‘The worst thing anyone's said to me? You're thick’ by Rosanna Greenstreet

The actor on eyebags, his worst job, and trying to be cool by a pool Born in London, Paterson Joseph, 55, trained at Lamda and went on to perform for the RSC and the National Theatre. His fi…

Celebrating Black History Month: Stage Stars Honor African-American Artistry on Stage by Michael Appler

To celebrate Black History Month, we asked black theater-makers to tell us about the African-American artists who inspired them. Over the course of February, 15 actors, singers and choreogra…

Mean Girls' Danielle Wade on Bringing the 'Quirky, Feisty, Funny' Cady Heron Across the Country by Ryan Gilbert

Back in 2012, Danielle Wade was named the winner of Andrew Lloyd Webber and CBC Television's Over the Rainbow, a Canadian reality talent competition series that auditioned aspiring theater p…

Jacob G. Padrón’s Strategy to Make New Haven’s Long Wharf a Destination Theatre by Olivia Clement

The artistic director describes his new approach for radical change in his community.

How the Chicago Costumes Have Evolved Over 25 Years by Ruthie Fierberg

Designer William Ivey Long talks about the intense maintenance necessary for the long-running musical.

In Praise of Dinah Shore by Trav S.D.

I have been impatient to do a post on Dinah Shore (Fannye Rose Shore, 1916-1994) for years. She’s a Leap Year baby, and I normally do biographical posts on birthdays. Though a creature of …

Polanski’s win at French ‘Oscars’ provokes storm

Actors walk out of event in protest at film-maker’s historical rape accusation

What to Expect From Broadway’s Flying Over Sunset by Playbill

‘Intense & thoughtful’: MEAT – Theatre 503 by Liz Dyer

Meat is an intense and thoughtful play, which doesn’t spoon feed answers to its audience but instead poses a set of questions and leaves us to process them in our own way and within the fr…

'Once is not enough' video series: "Say It to Me Now"

We continue our "Once is not enough" video series with this recently released version of Dan Healy's Irish street busker Guy from ONCE imploring listeners "Say It to Me Now". There's much we…

Sinners, Playground Theatre review - intimacy but also fear by Anthony Walker-Cook

Brian Cox turns director in an attenuated two-hander starring his wife Layla is trapped in a pit of sand up to her shoulders, with a shroud over her head and piles of rocks surrounding her.…

West Side Story - a phenomenal production directed by Ivo van Hove - highly recommended by Oscar E. Moore

When was the last time a show left you breathless? The original production was way ahead of its time. WEST SIDE STORY has now caught up to itself.

William Wellman: The Films of Wild Bill by Trav S.D.

A few jottings in in tribute to Leap Year baby William Wellman (1896-1976). Wellman has a reputation for being among the most macho of classic Hollywood film directors, equalling or exceedin…

Some Mothers’ Do ‘Ave ‘Em video interview: Was Joe Pasquale made to play Frank Spencer? by Terri Paddock

I laughed my head off watching Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, and afterwards, got onto the wonderfully kitsch 1970s set myself to interview stars Joe Pasquale and Sarah Earnshaw and writer-direct…

My Name Is Lucy Barton Closes on Broadway February 29 by Olivia Clement

Laura Linney stars in Rona Munro's adaptation of the best-selling novel from Elizabeth Strout.

‘Only really springs to life in the musical numbers’: THE PRINCE OF EGYPT – West End ★★ by Jonathan Baz

Who knows, in years to come a Fringe theatre may manage to hit the right tone with The Prince of Egypt. In the meantime, this production could do with a little more creative flair and re-wri…

Nasty Women exhibit in New Haven studies ‘Rituals of Resistance’ by Susan Dunne

The Nasty Women movement sprang into being in late 2016 as a feminist declaration against the presidential election. Three years later, the movement is still going strong in Connecticut. On …

All the Natalie Portmans: You Always Hurt the One You Love by Jk Clarke

          By Samuel L. Leiter   It’s too soon to suggest a trend but All the Natalie Portmans, the MCC’s production of C.A. Johnson’s bumpily engaging, African-American, coming-o…

Watch James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie Discuss Flying Over Sunset by Broadway.com

James Lapine, Tom Kitt and Michael Korie talk about the making of Flying Over Sunset.

The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis  by Arts Review

The first major solo exhibition of The Otolith Group in Australia, Xenogenesis brings together a cross-section of influential artworks from 2013 to 2018 at Buxton Contemporary from Friday 6 …

Opera Australia brings THE BARBER OF SEVILLE to schools in 2020 by David Hooley

The Opera Centre is usually a reverent place.  A place of culture, of classic music, of grand performers waltzing from

The Bridges of Madison County by Arts Review

Capturing the lyrical expanse of America’s heartland, Matthew Management and Neil Gooding Productions in association with Hayes Theatre Co presents the Australian premiere of The Bridges o…

How to Deal With Rehearsal Burnout by Kerry Hishon

Rehearsing for your school production is hard work. There is an abundance of decisions to be made, students to manage, and schedules to maintain. It can be overwhelming to even the most orga…

PATRON OF THE ARTS by Sandy MacDonald

The portrait of this bio-play wouldn t have liked the way it makes sport of the shenanigans of ignorant peasants.

NOT WORTH THE TRIP by Matt Windman

Neither a new musical nor a revival, this odd revisal is an unwieldy, plot-heavy mess.

Drift, Starring Joe Pantoliano, Begins Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

Set in the blue collar, urban landscape of the 1950’s, William Francis Hoffman's drama premieres at New World Stages.

Broadway Dims Its Lights for Tony-Winning Producer Margo Lion February 29 by Andrew Gans

The producer of Hairspray, Angels in America, and more died January 24 at age 75.