Jonas Brothers Surprise Guest Big Rob: “Burnin’ Up” - The Tour Night 1 Yankee Starium by bwaySHO

Big Rob at Jonas Brothers Tour night 1! #jonasbrothers #burninup #thetour

Zoe Ventoura, Lucy Maunder, Anthony Warlow and Peter Rowsthorn to star in CHICAGO in Australian tour by Sean McLoughlin

A sizzling star-studded cast was announced today for the new Australian tour of one of Australia’s favourite musicals, CHICAGO. Tickets

A Eulogy for Roman: A Delightfully Unique Memorial Service by David Finkle

★★★★☆ Relative newcomers Brendan George and Peter Charney are behind this unexpectedly entertaining enterprise The post A Eulogy for Roman: A Delightfully Unique Memorial Service …

Tom Jones, Lyricist and Librettist of Long-Running ‘The Fantasticks,’ Dies at 95 by Michaela Zee

Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the longest-running musical “The Fantasticks,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95. Jones’ son Michael told The New York Tim…

RIP Tom Jones (The One from “The Fantastics”) by Trav S.D.

I just heard from the great biographer Eve Golden that Tom Jones (1928-2002) has passed away. Don’t worry, it’s not the Welsh Elvis, but the other one, the one who wrote the book and lyr…

The Shark Is Broken ***, Back to the Future: The Musical *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward August 12, 2023: “What do you think it’s about?,” asks Alex Brightman, referring to the deeper meaning of Jaws, the movie his character Richard Dreyfuss is filmin…

CHICAGO reveals sizzling hot Cast

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Review: ‘Mahābhārata’ is just big enough to contain this irrepressible Oakland performer by Lily Janiak

Geetha Reddy’s version of the ancient Indian epic, now in an Oakland Theater Project production, gives the Bay Area a gift.

Jonas Brothers Yankee Stadium Night 1 by bwaySHO

Tom Jones Dies: Wrote Book And Lyrics For Long-Running ‘The Fantasticks’, Was 95 by Bruce Haring

Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the musical “The Fantasticks” that ran for 42 years, died on Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95 and passed from cancer, his son sa…

Tom Jones, Lyricist-Librettist of Record-Breaking The Fantasticks, Dies at 95 by Andrew Gans, Robert Simonson

Mr. Jones' numerous works also included 110 in the Shade, I Do! I Do!, and Harold & Maude.

Cowl Girl by Brett Singer

Pee-Wee Herman looms large in Cowl Girl, now playing through August 27 at the Steve & Marie Sgouros Theatre of The Players Theatre. The play, written by Anna Capunay, began its life back…

The Theater Art of Ralph Lee. A Pig Beast for Sam Shepard, a Griffin for Brecht, a Monk for Wu Ch’eng-en… by New York Theater

The creatures created by Ralph Lee (July 9, 1935 – May 12, 2023) come alive even when in an art exhibition rather than on stage, as evident in “Myths, Legends, & Spectacle: Masks and…

Cerys Bradley: Not Overthinking Things 2019 review – divorce, autism and pass the parcel by Rachael Healy

Laughing Horse @ Bar 50, EdinburghBradley throws a kids’ birthday bash full of nostalgic fun as they discuss their parents’ recent split, deftly immersing the audience in games and stori…

Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt by Barry Gordin

Part 2 - Remembering the Legacy of Composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt By: Ellis Nassour August 15, 2023 – The theatrical legacy of composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt is a color…

Tom Jones, Half of Record-Setting ‘Fantasticks’ Team, Dies at 95 by Neil Genzlinger

He wrote the book and lyrics to a little show that opened in 1960 in Greenwich Village and became “the longest-running musical in the universe.”

Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt by Barry Gordin

Part 1 - Remembering the Legacy of Composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt By: Ellis Nassour August 14, 2023 -- The theatrical legacy of composers Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt is a colorful…

Rose Matafeo: ‘I feel a massive sense of guilt for making a romcom’ by Michael Segalov

With her smash hit Starstruck exploring fairytale romance and what happens next, the comedian breathed new life into the sitcom. But, as the series returns for a third run, she’s now wonde…

What’s It Like to Go to an Edinburgh Fringe Show That You Can’t See by Jeffrey Vizcaíno

Séance and Eulogy, from the immersive company Darkfield, is the most intense ASMR experience of your life.

Almost Famous by Michael Portantiere

Original Broadway Cast, 2022 (Masterworks Broadway) Meet the semi-jukebox musical: Almost Famous, based on the film about a 1970s rock band and the teen journalist William (Casey Likes) who …

"The Shark is Broken" Makes a Soft Splash by Jan Simpson

Listening to the waves of laughter that greeted the new comedy The Shark is Broken made me wonder if we might be entering the era of jukebox plays that pander to the folks who love particula…

Video: See the Delicately Beautiful Puppetry of The Life & Times of Michael K by Diep Tran

This show has just won a Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and is a Playbill Pick. See why.

Bring It On by Michael Portantiere

Original Broadway Cast, 2012 (Backlot Music) If you love Lin-Manuel Miranda’s score for In the Heights, you’ll find lots of pleasures in Bring It On. This musical adaptation of a 2000 fi…

The White Room by Barry Gordin

Photographer Bob Tabor’s “Moon Dance” on view at The White Room Gallery through August 20. August 11, 2023: The White Room Gallery, 2452 Main Street in Bridgehampton, hosted an openi…

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The National Alliance for Musical Theatre will present a reunion concert of Kirsten Childs' The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin ...

Playbill Pick: Mythos: Ragnarok At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Flipboard

Playbill - The 2022 hit with professional wrestlers playing characters from Norse Mythology returns to the Fringe for a second throwdown.

COLETTE / COLETTE COLLAGE by Michael Portantiere

Original Off-Broadway Cast, 1970 (MIO International/no CD) This version of Colette is a charming play with music. The play itself was written by Elinor Jones, then married to lyricist Tom Jo…

Playbill Pick: Circa’s Peepshow (Club Remix) at Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Leah Putnam

If you enjoy incredible acrobatics with a clever and provocative spin, that is also NSFW, this is for you.

Pawparazzi by Barry Gordin

NYC Second Chance Rescue held their 2nd Annual Hamptons Benefit, Pawparazzi, featuring canines, cats & cocktails @ The Baker House 1650. August 12, 2023: Pawparazzi, the 2nd Annual Ham…

Alex Edelman to Perform Just For Us At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Again) by Diep Tran

It will be a one-night-only benefit performance in honor of the late director Adam Brace.

Broadway Lyricist and Librettist Tom Jones Has Passed Away

Tom Jones, best known for his work as the librettist and lyricist of The Fantasticks, has passed away. He was 95.

WWDTM: 25th Year Spectacular Part V! by NPR

This week, we continue our 25 year retrospective with appearances from Donny Osmond, Kristen Bell + Dax Shepard, Ina Garten, and more!

Matt’s New York Travelogue: Aug. 12, 2023 by Matt Tamanini

Welcome back to Matt’s daily, New York trip travelogue where he will be keeping you abreast of everything that is happening while he is in the city from Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2023-Sunday, Aug. …

Chris Grace as Scarlett Johansson review – feverishly funny sendup by Brian Logan

Assembly George Square, EdinburghGrace stars as the Black Widow actor to poke fun at cross-racial casting, in an intricate takedown of fixed identity that will leave your mind buzzing ‘An …

The Mysteries of Madame Blavatsky by Trav S.D.

I have been intrigued by H.P. Blavatsky (Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, 1831-1891), and the religion she founded, Theosophy, ever since I moved to New York and saw print ads for the center of th…

Charles Kirsch Continues Backstage Babble & Virtual Trivia Night by Sandi Durell

Monday, August 14th at 7 PM Charles will be producing a virtual trivia night for Dancers Over 40 with an all-star cast of askers and answerers. Among others, expect: Reed Birney, Lori Tan Ch…

ABT Studio Company | THE GO BETWEEN by Gemma Bond ✨ by American Ballet Theatre

THE GO BETWEEN by Gemma Bond, an ABT Studio Company commission with music by Domenico Scarlatti, performed by Cecile Licad, and costumes by Lauren Starobin, is filmed by kw creative at Kaats…

A North Carolina town’s historic play ends redface and hires Native actors by Gregory S. Schneider

“The Lost Colony” had dramatized American mythology in the Outer Banks since 1937 with White actors as Indians. Now, Native performers are rewriting the story.

As Far as Impossible review – humanitarian aid staff share their extraordinary stories by Mark Fisher

Royal Lyceum, EdinburghDevastating testimonies from field hospitals, jungles and mountain outposts are performed verbatim-style in Tiago Rodrigues’s disquieting show It feels like an intru…

Video: Go Inside Opening Night of THE SHARK IS BROKEN

On Thursday night, the best of Broadway was at the Golden Theatre to celebrate opening night of The Shark Is Broken.We're taking you inside opening night in this video!

Special Episode: ‘Flex’ Star Tamera Tomakili on Sisterhood, Mastering New Skills, and the Lineage of Black Artistry  by Matt Tamanini

On today’s episode, Ashley Steves is in conversation with Tamera Tomakili, who is currently starring in Candrice Jones’s “Flex” at Lincoln Center Theater’s Mitzi E. Newhouse Theate…

Keegan Theatre announces 2023/24 season by News Desk

Lineup includes a Sondheim musical, two comedies receiving their DC premieres, and two audience favorites back by popular demand.

America’s First Elephant by Trav S.D.

For World Elephant Day, we have one more to add to our post on the Elephants of Travalanche, with its links to a dozen relevant articles. For Old Bet, whom we wrote about just two weeks ago,…

Edinburgh Wants You to Remember They Killed a Lot of Witches by Talaura Harms

From restaurants to walking tours to a Whisky & Witches Edinburgh Fringe show, the city’s witch lore is on full display.

Playbill Pick: Mythos: Ragnarok At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by David Gewirtzman

The 2022 hit with professional wrestlers playing characters from Norse Mythology returns to the Fringe for a second throwdown.

Nova review – female Casanova’s very ordinary escapades by Mark Fisher

Royal Lyceum, EdinburghObehi Janice’s one-woman show collects her adventures in the dating game but they don’t lead anywhere that interesting Obehi Janice had friends at school who, like…

Review: ‘Back to the Future’ on Broadway races for jokes and leaves the story stranded by Chris Jones / Chicago Tribune

REVIEW: James Rowland Piece Of Work, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews James Rowland - Piece Of Work at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. This post REVIEW: James Rowland Piece Of Work, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fring…

REVIEW: Bacon, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Bacon running at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. This post REVIEW: Bacon, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭✭ first appeared on Br…

Playbill Pick: Oscar at the Crown at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Diep Tran

This dance musical about the life of Oscar Wilde is filled with catchy songs and a set that includes a giant disco ball.

I’m doing the Edinburgh fringe at full-term pregnancy – and not just because I’d paid the deposit by Janine Harouni

Pregnancy is a privilege but is also weird, awkward and difficult. The cathartic nature of standup helps us consider the confusion of imminent parenthood At the start of the year, when I boo…

To see or not to see: Edinburgh fringe’s startling plays about perception by Mark Fisher

Two new shows at the festival question senses of hearing and sight in engaging and eccentric ways Seeing is believing, right? That is a phrase used repeatedly by Mamoru Iriguchi and co-star …

Playbill Pick: Tim Murray Is Witches At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Logan Culwell-Block

This LA comedian gets witchy to work through some childhood trauma—and yes, Wicked is a major theme.

5 Jukebox Shows to See at Edinburgh Fringe by Logan Culwell-Block, Diep Tran

From Billy Joel to Celine Dion, Fringe artists have turned to the pop charts for new musicals at this year's festival.

The SpongeBob Musical, QEH review - musical based on popular kids' animation sinks for lack of focus by Gary Naylor

★★ THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL, SOUTHBANK CENTRE Broadway show drowns in an unsympathetic venue, holed beneath the waterline by a lacklustre book and incoherent score Fine performances cannot…

On the Couch with Kristan Oud

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REVIEW: Drag Queens V Vampires, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Drag Queens V Vampires playing at Underbelly as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. This post REVIEW: Drag Queens V Vampires, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe �…

Edinburgh Fringe 2023 reviews: Casting the Runes / The Return / Woodhill by David Kettle

Sinister supernatural forces, a broken Balkan childhood and a scream of fury for prison reform in three varied shows Casting the Runes, Pleasance Courtyard ★★★★

New shows for Darren Criss in Sydney and Melbourne added due to overwhelming demand

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REVIEW: Scaredy Fat, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews Scaredy Fat now playing at Underbelly as part of the Edinburgh Fringe. This post REVIEW: Scaredy Fat, Underbelly, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭ first a…

Australia’s hottest winter arts festival opens in Darwin for 2023

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REVIEW: Bakla, Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Bakla Venue: Summerhall Star Rating 5 Bakla is a derogatory Tagalog , language from the Philippines, name for a homosexual man. We in the West have many equivalent terms. Wh…

Queensland Ballet Academy Gala

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“Josephine’s Feast” Serves Up Mom’s Righteous Rebellion—at Magic by Bdhorwitz

Star Finch’s Bold Banquet Bursts a Family’s Bubble by Barry David Horwitz Watching Margo Hall dictating Josephine’s wishes and plans into a laptop throws open a window into a mother’…

On the Beach

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Stephen Bogardus, Lana Gordon, Lauren Ward, More Star in World Premiere of On Cedar Street Musical Beginning August 12 by Andrew Gans

The new musical has a book by Emily Mann, music by Lucy Simon and Carmel Dean, and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead.

Founding Encores! Music Director Rob Fisher on Fiorello!, 1960 Pulitzer Prize Winner by Jan Simpson

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Rob Fisher and Sheldon Harnick on Sheldon’s 99th birthday in…