Christopher Luscombe will serve as artistic director of the newly formed theatre company, Theatre Royal Brighton Productions, which will present classic drama both on tour and in the West En…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01AMThe West End production of Iain Softley and Stephen Jeffreys' Backbeat will play its final performance at the West End's Duke of York's Theatre on February 18, according to a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:23AMMark Ravenhill will join the Royal Shakespeare Company next year as its latest Writer in Residence, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. The residency will consist of a 12-month co…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:51AMAn initial lineup of performers has been announced for Downstairs at the Grotta, a new weekly concert series to be offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays at the Grotta Azzurra Ristorante in Lit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:36PMSignature Theatre has announced casting for Holiday Follies, to run December 13-23. Matthew Gardiner will direct the production. This celebration of the season will feature Florrie Bagel, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:38PMThe winners of the 2011 New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Awards have been announced via the organization's Twitter Feed. Among the winners are stage veterans Meryl Streep, who has …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:24PMTony Award winner Priscilla Lopez and Obie Award winner Julie Halston will join previously announced stars Eden Espinosa and at a gala benefit, to be held on Thursday, December 1 at 6:30pm, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:55AMThe winners of the 21st annual Gotham Independent Film Awards have been announced. The prizes were presented in a ceremony held on November 28 at Cipriani Wall Street. Among the winners is…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMProducer Elizabeth Ireland McCann will receive the League of Professional Theatre Women's Lifetime Achievement Award. The honor will be presented at the organization's annual awa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AMThe lineup for the 2012 London International Mime Festival has been announced. The event will run at various venues throughout London, January 11-29 The festival will include a single offe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AMKritzerland will release the original cast recording of The People in the Picture at the end of December. The show, with a book and lyrics by Iris Rainer Dart and music by Mike Stoller an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:57AMDavid Foley, Jr., Doreen Montalvo, Alison Nusbaum, and Natalie Toro, along with special guest Samara Ehrlich, will perform in Holiday Duets on December 11 at 7pm at The Laurie Beechman Theat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMPlaywright Michael Hastings has died following a battle with cancer, according to a report in The New York Times. He was 73. Among his many plays are Don't Destroy, Yes, and After, Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30AMDarren Criss will make a guest appearance at Sing Out, Raise Hope, to be held on Saturday December 17 at 8:30pm in the Starr Theater at Alice Tully Hall. The event will raise funds for The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:24AMPhoenix Theatre Ensemble has announced casting for Kathy Menino and Ellen Mandel's The Toymaker's Apprentice, to run December 10 and 17 at 11am and 1pm at the Wild Project. Jeremy…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:02AMPaige Davis will appear as a special guest at James Barbour's December 8 Holiday Concert at Sardi's. As previously announced, Barbour will be offering a series of performances at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:55AMThe new recording of the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's 1971 musical is simply thrilling!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMTony Kushner has won the annual Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship, according to a report in The New York Times. The honor, which carries a $100,000 cash award, recognizes artists…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:02PMZach Braff will star as Charlie in his play All New People when it begins performances at the West End's Duke of York Theatre on February 22, according to a report on Deadline.com. P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:22PMStephen Sondheim will provide the foreword, and Ted Chapin, Michael Feinstein, Mark Eden Horowitz, Sheldon Harnick, and Terry O'Donnell will contribute articles to the 88-page booklet t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PMElaine Paige will take part in a public conversation on Sunday, December 4 at 7pm at Manhattan Theatre Club Studios. Frank DiLella will moderate this Drama League event. Paige is currently…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:22PMThe creative team for the new Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man has been announced. Michael Wilson will direct this production, which will begin previews on January 30 at a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:37PMLincoln Center Theater has announced a new casting for War Horse, playing at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre. The new company members will join the production on January 12. Marianne Elliott a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMA preliminary lineup of guest performers has been announced for Zach James' Getting Through the Holidays concert, to be offered at Birdland on Monday, December 12 at 7pm. The show wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMYork Theatre Company has announced casting for its free development reading presentation of Wicked Moon, to be offered on Thursday, December 1 at 1:30pm at the Theatre at St. Peter's. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMDirector Ken Russell has died following a series of strokes, according to published reports. He was 84. Russell's career began onstage after attending the School of International Balle…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43AMSebastian Arcelus, Beth Leavel, Matthew Gumley, Matthew Schechter, and Amy Spanger will perform selections from Elf: The Broadway Musical and take part in a CD-signing at the Upper East Side…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:40AMSinger Tony Harnell will appear as a special guest at James Barbour's December 10 Holiday Concert at Sardi's. As previously announced, Barbour will be offering a series of perfo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AMEileen DeSandre and Ned Eisenberg have joined the cast of the HERO Theatre's staged reading of William Shakespeare's As You Like It, to be held at the Flea Theatre on Monday Decem…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AMCharles Weldon will direct The Negro Ensemble Company's production of Cate Ryan's The Picture Box, to begin performances at the Beckett Theatre on Theatre Row on January 11 with an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:25AMVirginia Burke, Aditi Kapil, Linda Kelsey, Mo Perry, and Sally Wingert will perform a one-night-only benefit performance of Nora and Delia Ephron's Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Pa…
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