Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Sydney premiere of City of Angels announced

The post Sydney premiere of City of Angels announced appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:51PM

Broadway Shockers 2022: Funny Girl Delivers More Plot Twists Than Agatha Christie

Closing the book on a Broadway saga for the ages.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:24PM

Oh Mary, It’s Christmas!: Justin Vivian Bond brings joy to Joe’s Pub by Sandy MacDonald

Alt-darling Justin Vivian Bond celebrates the true spirit of the season. The post Oh Mary, It’s Christmas!: Justin Vivian Bond brings joy to Joe’s Pub appeared first on New York Stage Re…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 11:03PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10pm (Broadway Time)
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Becky Nurse of Salem by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

In any event, Ruhl has not written a play set in 1692 or a sequel to "The Crucible" but a comedy about free-spirited Becky Nurse, a descendant of the accused witch Rebecca Nurse, a pious 71-…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:55PM

Australian Music Vault celebrates five years of musical storytelling

The post Australian Music Vault celebrates five years of musical storytelling appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:47PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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The Beautiful and the Ugly in Come from Away by Amanda Ellison

The Canadian musical Come from Away calls to mind an ancient proverb: ‘The enemy of my enemy is my friend’.

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 08:58PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Visual Arts Feature: “Life of Pi” — Imagination by Design at The A.R.T. by Mark Favermann

The most mesmerizing characters in this stunningly visual production are brilliant life-size puppets.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:54PM

Searing ‘Soldier’s Play’ at Kennedy Center still packs a punch by Amy Kotkin

The characters in Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play exude a charisma and a life force that transcend time.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 06:53PM

IMPRESSIONS: Felice Lesser Dance Theater’s World Premiere of "Trap Ist" by The Dance Enthusiast

IMPRESSIONS: Felice Lesser Dance Theater’s World Premiere of Trap Ist "...terps of all ages will appreciate the explanation for A.I.’s choice to bring dancers to the new planet: “they …

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 06:24PM

Broadway hit ‘Come From Away’ makes a return landing at The Bushnell by Christopher Arnott

The hit musical "Come From Away," about connections made in a small Newfoundand town when airplanes are diverted there on 9/11, returns to The Bushnell Tuesday through Saturday with much of …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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This Week on Broadway for December 18, 2022: Some Like It Hot by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere talk about Some Like It Hot, Merrily We Roll Along @ New York Theatre Workshop, Ohio State Murders, Chess (benefit), Your Own Personal E…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:00PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Box office: ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ washes over movie theaters with $134 million opening by Edward Douglas

This past weekend was essentially all “Avatar: The Way of Water” all the time, as James Cameron’s sequel to the 2009 global blockbuster burst into over 4,202 theaters on Friday after m…

SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:15PM

Ronald Dennis, Original Richie in A CHORUS LINE, Passes Away at 78

Broadway legend Ronald 'Ronnie' Dennis Watson passed away on December 17, 2022 at 9:20pm after a prolonged illness. He passed peacefully surrounded by family and friends. He was 78 years you…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Review Roundup: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Opens in Toronto

Critics have weighed in on the new London Palladium production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which opened at the Princess of Wales…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PM

CONSTANT STANISLAVSKI (144) by Robert Shuman

The words and wisdom of Constantin Stanislavski: Our aim (as actors) is not only to create the life of a human spirit, but also to ‘express it in a beautiful, artistic form.’ An actor is…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:11PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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It's the Annual Holiday Show From Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. In her last show before taking a holiday break. Paige is …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Fits of magic and merriment in ‘A Magical Cirque Christmas’ at the National by Jared Strange

An eclectic holiday pastiche of circus routines, comical magic acts, and seasonal tunes.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:53PM

Video: Denee Benton Gets Her Wish as INTO THE WOODS' New Cinderella

Denee Benton has returned to the woods! Benton, who starred as Cinderella in the off-Broadway run of Into the Woods at City Center earlier this year, is reprising her role in the Broadway ru…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Theatre: Susannah Clapp’s 10 best shows of 2022 by Susannah Clapp

Thirties Harlem and the siege of Troy rocked, along with Joan of Arc, Orlando and the Ladies of Llangollen, to be greeted by funding cuts across the board Read the Observer critics’ review…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM

REVIEW: Mother Goose, Duke of York’s Theatre and Touring ✭✭✭✭✭ by Libby Purves

By Libby Purves Our very own theatreCat Libby Purves ventured out to see Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop in Mother Goose at the Duke of York's Theatre. This post REVIEW: Mother Goose, Duke …

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:31AM

‘A ray of optimism in a horrible world’: SONS OF THE PROPHET – Hampstead Theatre by Aleks Sierz

In his award-winning play, which premiered in Boston in 2011, American playwright Stephen Karam examines the issues in a thoroughly original, brilliantly constructed and thematically compell…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Theatre Review: ‘Jane Anger’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Anne Valentino

Shakespeare wrote a number of incredibly thought-provoking and complex roles for women characters—Cordelia, Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Portia, Kate—and the list is long. In fact, some might …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:19AM

Billy Porter to Sing John Bucchino's 'A Mama Like Mine' on Mariah Carey's CBS Christmas Special

Songwriter John Bucchino has revealed that Billy Porter will be performing his song 'A Mama Like Mine' on Mariah Carey's upcoming Christmas Special, MARIAH CAREY: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!, a…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AM

Broadway Holiday Schedule 2022 by New York Theater

Below is the Broadway schedule for the last two weeks of 2022 — Monday, Dec. 19 up to New Year’s Day 2023 — with links to my reviews of the shows (which contain links to their websites…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:00AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Hakawatis: Women of the Arabian Nights review – Scheherazade’s storytellers step out of the shadows by Claire Armitstead

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThis co-production between the Globe and Tamasha gives voice to five fluent, witty and graceful women, allowing them to reshape the ancient tales as their own …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM

Betty! A Sort of Musical review – fitfully funny take on the life of Betty Boothroyd by Clare Brennan

Royal Exchange, ManchesterCo-writer Maxine Peake stars as an am-dram actor playing the former Commons speaker in Sarah Frankcom’s end-of-the-pier-style production “But this isn’t histo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AM

Beetlejuice's Kerry Butler Takes Over Playbill's Instagram December 18 by Logan Culwell-Block, Leah Putnam

Teeter stars as Barbara Maitland at Broadway's Marquis Theatre through January 8, 2023.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AM

NOW IT ROLLS ALONG MERRILY by Peter Filichia

And to think that in 1981 they couldn’t give tickets away. To be fair, however, the MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG...Continue Reading The post NOW IT ROLLS ALONG MERRILY appeared first on BroadwayS…

SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 09:31AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Born A Century Ago Today: Larry D. Mann: The Guy Who Played YUKON CORNELIUS by Trav S.D.

Wahoooooooooooo!!! We begin this post with a reference to Yukon Cornelius from the Rankin-Bass holiday special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1969) not just because it’s Christmas season,…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:42AM

Video: Meet the Broadway-Bound Cast of SWEENEY TODD

The upcoming Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street has found its cast! Can't wait for February 26? Get to know the principal company below!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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MOTHER GOOSE Duke of York’s Theatre WC! & touring by Libby Purves and Friends

THIS DAME HAS A WHOLE LOT BEHIND HIM       I last saw Sir Ian McKellen onstage  as Lear,   missed him as the oldest Hamlet ever,   but far longer ago saw him in a frock at the … Cont…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:15AM

‘Intimate, funny & inventive’: A CHRISTMAS CAROL – Jack Studio Theatre by Liz Dyer

This is far from the only option for anyone wanting to see A Christmas Carol in London this year – but if you’re looking for a performance that’s intimate, funny, inventive and a littl…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty review – delights the heart and mind by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonDanced with vigour and detail, Bourne’s ingenious fairytale fix is brought bang up to date in this 10th anniversary revival Amid all the pink, sparkly tinsel of num…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM

The week in theatre: As You Like It; Mandela; Kerry Jackson – review by Susannah Clapp

Sohoplace; Young Vic; Dorfman, LondonThe many voices of Josie Rourke’s fresh As You Like It are led by Rose Ayling-Ellis, signing the part of Celia; a new Mandela musical can’t do the gr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM

A Witching Hour with Sarah Ruhl by Helen Shaw

The playwright and author discusses preshow rituals, throbbing anger, tenderness, and her new play, “Becky Nurse of Salem.”

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 06:00AM

Remembering those we lost in 2022, from Angela Lansbury and Sergio Mims to the founder of Mustard’s Last Stand by Rick Kogan

It has been the annual December tradition for Tribune critics and writers to mark the places and people and things that have departed.

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: LIFE OF PI (American Repertory Theater in Cambridge) by Lynne Weiss

COME FOR A THEATRICAL EVENT; STAY FOR THE STORY The eye-popping special effects of Life of Pi are reason enough to see this show. When video, lighting, and sound designers Andrzej Goulding, …

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 04:16AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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‘It’s kind of crazy there wasn’t one’: inside the new Museum of Broadway by David Smith In New York

A splashy museum in New York pays tribute to the city’s long relationship with theatre from West Side Story to Hamilton It is a patchwork of colour and craft, its 8in squares celebrating p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM
Sunday, December 18, 2022 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Classic Stage's A Man of No Importance Plays Final Performance December 18 by Logan Culwell-Block

Boys in the Band star Jim Parsons is joined by Mare Winningham, Nathaniel Stampley, Shereen Ahmed, and more in the Ahrens and Flaherty musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM

David Hare's Straight Line Crazy, Starring Ralph Fiennes, Ends Off-Broadway Run December 18 by Andrew Gans

Nicholas Hytner and Jamie Armitage directed the limited engagement at The Shed.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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