Talkin' Broadway Off-Broadway - "Breathless" - 4/22/23 by Howard Miller

The 2023 Brits Off Broadway Festival kicks off at 59E59 Theaters with the Theatre Royal Plymouth production of Breathless, playwright Laura Horton's tale of compulsion and anxiety that shine…

Melbourne International Comedy Festival announces 2023 Award Winners

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On the Right Track by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The latest collaboration by composer lyricist Albert M. Tapper and bookwriter Tony Sportiello, "On the Right Track," proves to be a charming chamber musical for three performers playing seve…

A joyous and song-filled ‘Wizard of Oz’ bewitches at Compass Rose Theater by Charles Green

The actors sing with power, capturing both the emotional and the comic moments, and the show is great fun for children of all ages.

Giselle

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Dizney in Drag: Once Upon a Parody

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Classic ‘Anything Goes’ captivates at Catholic University by Jakob Cansler

As Reno Sweeney, Emma Mangiacotti embodies a level of coolness that is magnetic.

Drag: The Ultimate Celebration of Freedom and Self-expression by Peter J Snee

Drag has long been a cornerstone of the performing arts, a creative outlet that allows individuals to express themselves in

Special Episode: James Jackson Jr. on Broadway Cabaret by Matt Tamanini

On today’s episode, Grace Aki chats with James Jackson Jr. about his upcoming concerts and his current Off-Broadway show “White Girl in Danger.” Purchase Tickets to James Jackson Jr.�…

3LR Lighting and 3LR Design form 3LR Group by Michael Eddy

A newly-formed entity, 3LR Group, will combine the operations of 3LR Lighting in the UK and 3LR Design in the USA into a multi-faceted international service provider. Announced by co-founder…

Barry Humphries, Australian Comedian Behind the Character "Dame Edna," Dies at 89 by Meg Masseron

Mr. Humphries won the Special Tony Award for a Live Theatrical Event in 2000 for his Broadway comedy special, Dame Edna: The Royal Tour.

A wigged-out twist on ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ at Dominion Stage by Terry Byrne

The groundbreaking, heartbreaking musical features a refreshingly off-kilter Cam Shegogue as the titular punk rocker.

News: Rockville Little Theatre Wins Big at Eastern States Theatre Association Fest 2023 (ESTA) — ‘Pride @Prejudice’ will go onto the National AA by News Desk (organization-Submitted Press Release)

ROCKVILLE, MD – Rockville Little Theatre (RLT) is proud to announce that their production of “Pride@Prejudice” by Daniel Elihu Kramer was selected Outstanding Production at ESTA (Easte…

Theater Review: SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN (Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs) by Jason Mannino

TIPS AND TITS Bus Stop Productions LLC is a new entertainment company in the Coachella Valley focusing on lively and unique experiences appealing to all that enjoy local nightlife. Their cur…

Review: In Prima Facie, Jodie Comer Plays a Lawyer Who Defends Rapists and Is Raped

Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies at age 89 by The Associated Press

The Tony Award-winning comedian was internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character delighted audiences over seven deca…

Philippe Arroyo: “Grow for Me” (Little Shop of Horrors) by bwaySHO

Philippe Arroyo: “Grow for Me” (Little Shop of Horrors) Filmed by Avery Ingvarson for @bwaySHO at Broadway celebrates Earth Day! #LittleShop #PhilippeArroyo #EarthDay

Talking Back Season 2 Premiere + Panel Discussion

By . Join Art Equity for the screening premiere of Talking Back 2, a three-part web series engaging with Black creatives including playwrights, founding Artistic Directors, newly appointed l…

R.I.P. Dame Edna (Barry Humphries) by Trav S.D.

Very sad news to report, and I’m glad I learned it from my old editor Jason Zinoman, who nowadays has the comedy beat at the NYTimes (I wouldn’t have liked to have learned it from someon…

The Thanksgiving Play ****, Peter Pan Goes Wrong **** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward Larissa Fasthorse satirizes current confusing attitudes in modern theater in her riotous comedy,The Thanksgiving Play, now presented by Second Stage at the Hayes Theater …

Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Tulis McCall

Everybody performed with grace and commitment.  For whatever reason I did not feel much more than interested.  This, as I have said many times, is part of the magic of the arts and particu…

Lady M (Heartbeat Opera) by Tony Marinelli

Heartbeat Opera seems to have found the way to separate themselves from the rest of the pack of alternative opera companies here in New York. Their way is to inject the standard repertory of…

Off Broadway's "Regretfully. So the Birds Are" by Frank Rizzo

All photos by Chelcie Parry The show: “Regretfully, So the Bird Are” at Playwrights Horizons by Julia Izumi, directed by Jenn…

Jack Nicholson at 85 by Trav S.D.

There is no shortage of significant April 22 birthdays. As I write this, it is the centennial of the births of Bettie Page and Aaron Spelling; last year it was Charles Mingus. Also born this…

WWDTM: Weird Al Yankovic by NPR

Weird Al joins panelists Josh Gondelman, Robby Hoffman, and Tom Bodett to talk about his new (mostly real) biopic, and what he would've done if Prince hadn't turned him down.

Class Notes: Asi Wind from “Asi Wind’s Inner Circle” by Lauren Class Schneider

Listen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to Asi Wind from “Asi Wind’s Inner Circle” Asi Wind. photo credit: Baptiste Carrara “Class Notes” actively covers New York’s current theater …

Camelot **1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 22, 2023: Camelot, the musical adaptation of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, has always been a "problem" show. Alan Jay Lerner and …

The Art of Stepping: Interview with Valencia Springer of Step Afrika! by Debra Danese

Valenica Odeyka Emonni Springer has been stepping since childhood. The Brooklyn native got her start in the dance style through her mom, and is now… The post The Art of Stepping: Intervie…

UKRAINE ARTISTS PUSH BACK AGAINST IDENTITY DENIAL by Robert Shuman

(Juri Rescheto’s report appeared on DW, 4/21.) View at: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-artists-push-back-against-identity-denial/video-65401461 Vladimir Putin claims Ukraine has no national…

Earth Day on Broadway 2023 by Jonathan Mandell

In celebration of the 53rd annual Earth Day today, thirty blocks of Broadway between Union Square and Times Square will be closed to vehicular traffic, and alive with pop-up performances al…

Stories from the Crowd: ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ at Littleton Town Hall by Toni Tresca

Hear audience takes on the performance they've just seen

Broadway Review: “Peter Pan Goes Wrong” at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (Currently On) by David Roberts

Mischief Theatre has returned to Broadway with another play that isn’t going exactly as planned, exactly the way the creative team wanted it to, now on stage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre…

Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of LAST NIGHT AND THE NIGHT BEFORE at Steppenwolf Theatre Take Over Our Instagram Today!

Tune into our Instagram story as Ayanna Bria Bakari and Sydney Charles of Last Night And The Night Before at Steppenwolf Theatre take you behind the scenes of their day!

‘Heartwarming & passionate’: VILLAGE IDIOT – Theatre Royal Stratford East by Emma Clarendon

Ramps on the Moon’s Village Idiot at Theatre Royal Stratford East is entertaining in many ways but it does need to tone down the crudeness a tad to make more of an emotional impact – des…

Create Your Own Playbill for Your School or Amateur Stage Production - PLAYBILLder

A Yankee Goes Home. Abbey Theater of Dublin. April 14 - April 23, 2023 at Abbey Theater of Dublin. Sort by: Institution Name (A-Z).

Life of Pi by Elyse Trevers

photo by Matthew Murphy The real stars of the show “Life of Pi” are puppets: a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger. Although animated by skilled puppeteers wh…

Barry Humphries, Creator of Dame Edna Everage, Passes Away at 89

Barry Humphries, comedian and creator of Dame Edna Everage, passed away surrounded by family at a hospital in Sydney, Australia on Saturday, April 22.

Barry Humphries, a.k.a. Dame Edna, Is Dead at 89 by Margalit Fox

Bewigged, bejeweled and bejowled, Mr. Humphries’s creation was one of the longest-lived characters ever channeled by a single performer.

Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna, Dies at 89 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 22, 2023: The brilliant Barry Humphries, aka Dame Edna Everage, has passed away at 89. I've seen all three of her Broadway shows (Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, Dame E…

The Meaning of Zong, Barbican review - didactic tale based on the 1781 massacre of 132 slaves by Helen Hawkins

Giles Terera delivers a dramatic lecture on the legacy of slavery There’s a moment in the opening stretch of Giles Terera’s The Meaning of Zong where you think the former Hamilton star …

Barry Humphries, Aussie Comic Best Known as Dame Edna, Dies at 89

Barry Humphries, Who Played Dame Edna Everage, Dies at 89 by Patrick Frater

Australian satirist Barry Humphries, known for his onstage and TV drag persona Edna Everage and for his character Sir Les Patterson, has died. He was 89. The BBC reported that Humphries had …

‘I let her down’: Matthew Rhys regrets not stepping in after Kathleen Turner photographed nude onstage by Annabel Nugent

Rhys and Turner starred in the 2000 stage production of ‘The Graduate’

Barry Humphries was a master of provocation and glorious grotesquerie by Brian Logan

Despite a legacy tainted by PC-baiting provocation, many will remember Humphries with affection as the carnivalesque Dame Edna and foul-mouthed Sir Les Patterson Barry Humphries, Australian …

‘Shakespeare can help us survive war’: Ukrainian academic toasts bard in UK visit by Jessica Murray

Nataliya Torkut likens Zelenskiy to Henry V at Agincourt as she visits Stratford-upon-Avon to mark playwright’s birthday Ukrainians need not only weapons but culture and art in order to su…

Barry Humphries passes away at the age of 89 by Aussie Theatre

It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that we share the news of the passing of Australia’s legendary

Review: ‘Are You Goth Enough?’ is for the ‘90s mall rat in all of us by Lily Janiak

Awesome Theatre’s production proves that Hot Topic is a fertile setting for a gothic romance.

‘Entertaining, charismatic & soulful journey’: AIN’T TOO PROUD – Prince Edward Theatre ★★★★ by Unknown

Ain't Too Proud is a wonderful addition to the West End that features dazzling production value, and timeless music. A celebration of The Temptations and their impact on Motown, it will leav…

‘On Your Feet!’ on tour at Capital One Hall celebrates Gloria Estefan by Julian Oquendo

On Your Feet! on tour at Capital One Hall is a jukebox musical that celebrates the life and music of Gloria Estefan. With hits like “Conga” and “Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,” Estefan and…

Ain't Too Proud, Prince Edward Theatre review - Temptations musical is none too tempting by Gary Naylor

American show is lost in the West End with only the hits to save it Ain’t Too Proud? Ain’t too good either I’m afraid. Which is a shame as there’s plenty of the raw material here tha…

Connecticut brings the funny and Fogerty this week in things to do and see by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks for April 23-29 include John Fogerty at Mohegan Sun, a Connecticut Audubon bird event at Infinity Hall Hartford and a new play about racial injustice at the Yale Rep…

‘Coming out of Covid’ poetry collection launched in South Windsor with postcard poems, photos by Christopher Arnott

Local poems and other writings about the COVID years, including pieces by several local poets laureate, have been collected in book form as “Coming Out of Covid: A Celebration of Poetry, P…

Come Celebrate an Icon, Adelaide Festival Centre 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert by Aussie Theatre

For 50 years, Adelaide Festival Centre has been the home of culture in South Australia, sharing the very best in

$100,000 Ramsay Art Prize finalists announced for 2023

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Grease Acknowledges its Origins in Chicago at the Drury Lane Theatre from April 21 ...

... was written as “the real nitty-gritty story of the kids I went to school with and the birth of rock 'n' roll,” quoted Jacobs in Playbill.com.

Bill Gross Releases Investment Outlook, 'Wall St. Playbill' - PR Newswire

PRNewswire/ -- Legendary bond and fixed income investor William H. (Bill) Gross today released a new Investment Outlook, "Wall Street Playbill".

Good Night, Oscar's Marchánt Davis Takes Over Playbill's Instagram April 22 by Logan Culwell-Block

Davis stars as Albert Finney opposite Sean Hayes in the new play running at Broadway's Belasco Theatre.

World Premiere of Glory Ride Begins Previews at Charing Cross Theatre April 22 by Leah Putnam

Based on the true story of Italian athlete and WWII hero Gino Bartali, the new musical features a cast of West End alums including Josh St. Clair and Amy Di Bartolomeo.

Vámonos Follows a Dominican Family in the Bronx Post-9/11, Begins World Premiere April 22 by Leah Putnam

The Off-Broadway run, presented by INTAR Theatre and Radio Drama Network, will officially open May 1.

Post-Pandemic State of the Arts 2023

Many Broadway shows are also exorbitantly expensive. While smaller productions such as Off Broadway or Off Off Broadway used to be a comfortable option, producers such as Cyndy and Thomas ar…

Illuminate Adelaide reveals 2023 program

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A Special Invite from Playwright Guadalís Del Carmen and Director Melissa Crespo by MCC Theater

Here is a special message from BEES & HONEY playwright Guadalís Del Carmen and director Melissa Crespo. They are excited to show you the transformed world of the Frankel Theater - inspired …