The legendary Creative Director and Designer Willie Williams, of the London-based Treatment Studio, recently took the TED2024 stage with a TED Talk offering a fascinating look at the next fr…
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:51PMPerfect Ovation is a successful family-run company with a busy Dubai dry hire facility and a full production operation in Oman supplying lighting, sound, and LED screens to a diverse mix of …
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:48PMWhen veteran Lighting Designer Tom Kenny was called on to light a reimagined NHL Draft at the Las Vegas Sphere—the first ever live TV broadcast from that space—he knew he needed somethin…
SOURCE: PLSN at 06:40PMLast week, I started a new video series called "The Deep Dive," where I'm delve into the writing process of The Connector in obsessive, microscopic detail. Here's Issue #1, where I spend ab…
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Theater Analysis by Carol Rocamora . . . When multiple revivals of the same classic dominate our stages in successive seasons, one can’t help but ask, as we’re now tempted to do: “Why …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 04:43PMTony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s new play, Purpose, is coming to Broadway this season. Directed by Two-time Tony Award-winner Phylicia Rashad in her directing debut, the producti…
SOURCE: Theatrely at 04:35PMOriginal Off-Broadway Cast, 2024 (Yellow Sound Label) Michael R. Jackson has quickly become the prince of telling unlikely stories on stage, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that his unlikeli…
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Theater Review by Ron Fassler. . . City Centers Encores! scored a winner with its 2022 staging of the distorted fairy tales created by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine for Into the Woods…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:54PMDirector of the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), Nicola Benedetti, chose ‘Rituals that unite us” as the theme for this year’s festival, which got off to a stunning start in the …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:20PMThe Shade, an award-winning independent horror film starring Chris Galust and Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti has been picked up for North American distribution by Level 33 Entertainment. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this latest episode, Ben learns to love his neighbor with choreography from The Prom, with the help of Jack Sippel. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:13PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this latest episode, Ben gets too darn hot with the Tony-nominated choreography from Kiss Me, Kate, with the help of Erica Mansfield. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:13PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this latest episode, Ben is a bit of a fixer upper with the choreography from Frozen and the help of Ashley Elizabeth Hale. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:12PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this latest episode, Ben is doin' fine on Cloud Nine with the Tony-winning choreography of Ain't Too Proud and the help of Esther Antoine. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:10PMHamlet, along with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest and Macbeth, are probably the Shakespeare plays that are most often revisited today by writers, with very different intentions and…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 03:10PMSummerhall, EdinburghTim Etchells’ looping performance piece with Bert and Nasi replays a simple restaurant scene over and over with hilarious results
Like a volley of Ken Dodd jokes or on…
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Check out photos from The Notebook's CD signing event featuring cast and creatives!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMEXCLUSIVE: Following a Tony season in which it collected 28 nominations and a number of notable wins, UTA has upped Patrick Herold and Rachel Viola to co-heads of its theater practice. Based…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:40PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In the episode below, Ben dance all night (AND begs for more) with choreography from My Fair Lady, with the help of Michael Williams. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:27PMWith support from the Ford Foundation, Theatre Futures invites thought leaders in the arts and beyond to reflect on our next chapter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:27PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this latest episode, Ben struts down Hollywood Boulevard with choreography from Pretty Woman, with the help of Renee Marino. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:26PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In the episode below, Ben travels to the land of yesterday choreography from Anastasia, with the help of Kristen Smith Davis. Can you keep up?
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:24PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: To celebrate International Women's Day the cast of the UK Tour of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL have performed a special version of the hit song I Am …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:15PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Just last month, the best of Broadway came together for the The 10th annual 2024 Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival. Checko ut video highlights f…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: MJ the Musical is launching a 'Double Platinum' sweepstakes in celebration of 2 million tickets sold worldwide. Learn more and see how to enter!
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:08PMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ NextGen Advocates will present NextGen Spotlight, a benefit concert featuring the future of Broadway. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: All new footage has been released from the UK Tour of AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN THE MUSICAL. The tour opened at The Alexandra, Birmingham, on 23 February 2024 …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:07PMTheatrical Rights Worldwide just announced that performance rights for the new musical comedy, THE OLYMPIANS, are now available for licensing worldwide.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Just last month Hadestown on Broadway just welcomed Olivier Award nominee Jon Jon Briones and daughter Isa Briones. Watch Jon Jon perform 'Way Day Hadestown' in…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:06PM'Let It Go” from Walt Disney Records’ Frozen Original Soundtrack has been RIAA® certified Diamond, signifying 10 Million in sales. At D23: The Ultimate Fan Event, Disney Music Group P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: in this video, Jonathan shares where he was when he found out he booked his first Broadway show, how the Broadway community has embraced him as he transitione…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:01PMIn this video, Water For Elephants understudy extraordinaire Marissa Rosen, who is usually onstage eight times a week as Sue, breaks down how she manages her gender-bent understudy track of …
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From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, learn all about the characters of The Outsiders on Broadway, which is now playing at at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:52PMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, watch as Alan Cumming chats more about his new show and welcomes celebrity guests to Studio 54, including Jane Krakowski, Peppermint, Patrick Pag…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:50PMWatch the official music video for 'The Road Don't Make You Young' from Water for Elephants on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:47PM... Playbill quoted Schneider as saying. “We are thrilled to now be able to share this dazzling production by Jessica Stone and her creative team with ...
SOURCE: Google at 01:21PMAudible will present the New York premiere of I’m Almost There, written and performed by Todd Almond and directed by David Cromer. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
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A new theatrical experience in the Financial District is composed of 25 individual stories, but it’s hard to make sense of any of them.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:58PMThe cast of Our Town recently embarked on a memorable journey to Peterborough, New Hampshire, the town that inspired Thornton Wilder’s timeless play.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMThis hilarious, emotionally muddled tale of 1960s polyamory is well worth
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SOURCE: ashevillestages.com at 12:37PMWatch a clip of Sutton Foster singing 'Shy' in Once Upon a Mattress. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMGood news — even to me! It seems the audiobook version of my 2013 book Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube has been out for two weeks, and nobody to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMMattel has unveiled the new line of Wicked dolls inspired by the characters from the highly anticipated musical movie coming this November. The recently announced Glinda and Elphaba singing…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMBroadway performer and songwriter Todd Almond sits down with Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno to talk about his Odyssey-inspired musical I'm Almost ...
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SOURCE: Google at 12:17PMA Fairly Odd Musical! The Unauthorized Parody, a new interactive comedy spoofing the hit Nickelodeon TV series The Fairly OddParents, will make its Off-Broadway premiere next month! Le…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMThe Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe will host a special one-night-only event, 'The After Party,' on Friday, August 16th, to benefit the fundraising efforts to save the iconic v…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMBroadway performer and songwriter Todd Almond sits down with Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno to talk about his Odyssey-inspired musical I'm Almost There, the international search for the show's…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:01PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and directed by Two-time Tony Award-…
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What I wrote before I wrote what I wrote. With special guest appearances by Everest The Yeti, Maurizio Pollini, and Sting.
Cast album and sheet music can be found here: https://found.ee/The…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:36AMThe question isn't whether we can break out of theatre's dominant paradigms but how---and who will lead the charge.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:31AMThe Rubix festival, held for the second time in Porto Montenegro, in Tivat, represents an innovative and provocative combination of all branches, expressions and forms of art. Like a Rubik�…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 11:23AMPatti LuPone and Mia Farrow visited Late Night with Seth Meyers on Tuesday to discuss The Roommate, a new play that will open on Broadway September 12. During the interview, the two recalled…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMCreating pathways to healthy and sustainable careers means shifting to human-centered art-making.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:13AMThe arrival of a new Baker and his younger wife turns a provincial French village upside down in this cult classic musical from the legendary Stephen Schwartz (composer of Godspell, Wicked, …
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:09AMThe key to a thriving theatre education is space for experimentation.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:09AMThe current production of “Big Fish” at Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre (ASGT) was almost the one that got away. The first two scheduled performances had to be cancelled due to serious f…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:01AMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins had Broadway success this year with a drama starring Sarah Paulson. In February, he’ll return with a new play directed by Phylicia Rashad.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AM“Purpose,” a new show from “Appropriate” playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will open on Broadway in the spring of 2025. Phylicia Rashad will direct the play, which is set to begin p…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMThe Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, a new play by Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will open on Broadway in 2025. Two-time Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMPhylicia Rashad will make her Broadway directing debut with a new play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. The play, Purpose, marks Jacobs-Jenkins return to Broadway after his play, Appropriate, a …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AMThe Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of Purpose, written by Tony Award-winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Appropriate, The Comeuppance), and directed by two-time Tony Award-winner Phylicia…
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It was an opening for a princess Monday night at the Hudson Theatre. The best of the theatre community came out to celebrate the official arrival of Once Upon a Mattress. Watch as we take yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMPicture a world where the live arts are an integral part of our civic and mental health.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:39AMProspect Musicals has announced their 25th Anniversary Gala, which will honor three members of the theatre community with the third annual Muse Awards. Learn more about the gala here!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMDomestic violence, suicide, bullying—Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1945 musical Carousel is as famous for its dark subject matter as its soaring score. (My high school gradu…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:26AMJOB, the psychological thriller starring Peter Friedman and Sydney Lemmon, has extended its run by four weeks. The 80-minute two-hander will now play at Broadway's Hayes Theater until Octob…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:24AMThe hit psychological thriller, JOB, has extened its Broadway run! The play, written by Max Wolf Friedlich, directed by Michael Herwitz, and featuring original cast members Peter Friedman an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMDuring the pandemic shutdown, perhaps nothing surprised me as much with Zoom theater as seeing magicians work their craft without the close-up settings we’re so used to, especially in Chic…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 10:05AMBorn of an August 14, the great Jazz Age figure known as Bricktop (Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith, 1894-1984). Bricktop was a queer woman of color. Two colors, not just bl…
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Fat Theatre Project makes an exuberant debut with The InterPlays, an anthology of short plays celebrating and untangling the enigma of love. Founded by Eileen Tull in early 2024, Fat Theat…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:52AMBarbra Streisand, Shaina Taub, and more have joined as speakers for the upcoming Jewish Women For Kamala call. The event is set to take place on Thursday, August 15th, 2024 at 8:00pm ET / 5…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:43AMFor those of us who know and love Shakespeare mostly for his most popular plays—the often produced comedies, tragedies, and histories—Pericles is a hard play to warm up to. Pericles’s …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:36AMTin Drum Theatre Company’s inaugural production is well-suited for its motto, “where dramatic disturbances are the norm.” Founding member Steve Needham’s original one-act, directed b…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:23AMThere is irony in this play bookending itself with a Blanche DuBois scene from A Streetcar Named Desire, because those moments hold more nuance than the rest of This One Will Grow. As the yo…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 09:06AMThe new play by Max Wolf Friedlich will play four additional weeks at the Hayes Theater.
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From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, watch as the cast of Suffs unpacks their roles ahead of opening night!
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:58AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Check out new footage and images of the North American Tour of Clue.
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:55AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Get a first look at the cast of Signature Theatre's production of the rock musical HAIR singing 'Let The Sun Shine In.' Hair has music by Galt MacDermot and boo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:51AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: The 10 year anniversary production of Alistair McDowall’s critically acclaimed Captain Amazing will open at Southwark Playhouse Borough this May. Previews are…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:49AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Previews are now underway for Second Stage's newest play- Paula Vogel's Mother Play. In this video, watch as the cast unpacks their roles!
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:48AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In an exciting and special Women's History Month episode of the podcast Survival Jobs, recorded live at The Museum of Broadway, Co-Host Samantha Tuozzolo sits d…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:25AMBorn of an August 14, John Henry “Doc” Holliday (1851-1887): gunfighter, gambler, dentist, and TB sufferer. Holliday was a classically educated son of Georgia, who got his dentistry degr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this episode, we are joined by composer Matt Gould, who is making his Broadway debut with Lempicka after working on this project for over 14 years with Carso…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:15AMIt began with Robyn Mineko Williams wanting to learn more about her grandmother. Her grandmother's home is the setting for Williams’ “Hisako’s House," a deeply personal dance performan…
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From BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, watch as Sutton Foster and Aaron Tveit chat about their final weeks in the Tony-winning revival of Sweeney Todd.
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:59AMNational Museum of Scotland, EdinburghThere was wonderfully precise singing and magnificently dramatic orchestral work, but the promenading community chorus, featuring local NHS workers, may…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:58AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Tony winner Ben Platt is indeed back on Broadway later this spring when he arrives at the newly renovated Palace Theatre. In this video, watch as he chats more …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:57AMReviews for ‘Once Upon a Mattress,’ Alyssa Milano to Join ‘Chicago,’ ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ Tour Cast Since 2016, “Today on Broadway” has been the first and only daily podcast rec…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Waitress star Caitlin Houlahan is appearing on tonight's episode of Law & Order: SVU. In the new episode, Houlahan plays Anne Holmes, a witness to a brutal atta…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:49AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, watch as Lempicka's Beth Leavel welcomes both casts to Chavkin Way as Rachel unveils the new sign!
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:34AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Starring André De Shields (Hadestown, the Wiz) and Ato Blankson-Wood (Cabaret, Hamlet, Slave Play), the podcast is directed by Tony Award-winner Rachel Chavkin…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:25AMTo be or not to be…in love. That’s the question in the star-packed, sizzling new production of Cole Porter‘s legendary musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate.
Fall “so in love” with your le…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:17AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In this video, watch as Huey Lewis, opened the box office of the upcoming new musical The Heart of Rock and Roll with the “Power of Love” special.
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:16AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Get a first look at footage of White Rose: The Musical starring Jo Ellen Pellman and more.
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:15AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghBased on real interviews, these verbatim-style sketches are often candid and funny, with some emotional revelations
Jeremy rubs his nipples and calls Meryl’s …
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Emmy, SAG, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award-Winner Kieran Culkin (HBO’s “Succession”; This is Our Youth), Emmy, SAG and Critics Choice Award-Winner and Golden Globe Nominee Bob Od…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:55AMIf you’ve ever yearned for a musical about particle physics, this is your lucky day! Particle Fever, a new musical about one of history’s most consequential scientific experiments, is cu…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:48AMThe complete cast has been set for the world premiere production of Marla Mindelle’s musical, The Big Gay Jamboree. Directed and choreographed by Connor Gallagher, The Big Gay Jamboree, a …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:44AMGet ready to experience the raw energy and rebellious spirit of Green Day’s American Idiot as it hits the stage
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 03:00AMThis Is Not An Embassy, now beginning a European tour, raises questions sure to infuriate China. The creative team explain why it is a risk worth taking
For most performers, the biggest fear…
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One of Australian theatre’s most exciting voices of her generation, writer and actor Merlynn Tong, is set to make her
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:48AMTonight at Chicago on Broadway, Kaylor Martin, Serena Page, JaNa Craig and Olivia Walker visited their 'Love Island USA' host Ariana Madix, where she is currently starring as Roxie …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: In an exclusive video, the cast of San Diego's Old Globe's production of English share with us what their favorite classroom memories are. English plays at the…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:07AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look Signature Theatre's world premiere musical Private Jones. The musical is written and directed by Marshall Pailet (…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:07AMOnce Upon a Mattress celebrated its return to Broadway for the first time in over 25 years, in a new production starring two-time Tony-winner Sutton Foster and Drama Desk Award winner and S…
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SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:06AMFrom BroadwayWorld's Archive: Break out the glass slippers! The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati's RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA: YOUTH EDITION opens at the Taft Theatre February 17…
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Actress Rachel Zegler will not keep her opinions to herself, no matter how unpopular. Yesterday, Zegler — who became better known thanks to Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story — Twee…
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 12:35AMThe highly anticipated Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard has revealed its full cast, ahead of preview performances starting September 28
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 12:21AMThe Tony Award-winning musical Hadestown is set for some exciting new changes in its West End production. The show, which
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 12:17AMAlyssa Milano is stepping onto the Broadway stage for the first time, and fans couldn’t be more excited! The TV
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 12:12AMThough Ian McKellen gave his Hamlet at the age of 82, older women rarely get the chance to play young characters. But with Imelda Staunton in Hello Dolly and Geraldine James as Rosalind, are…
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