Clifford Odets' The Big Knife celebrated its Broadway opening night at the American Airlines Theatre on Tuesday, April 16. Doug Hughes is directin
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:49AMTonight marks the official Broadway opening of Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway production of the new play by Richard Greenberg, The Assembled Parties, which plays the Samuel J. Friedman Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMStage and screen actress Brooke Shields is set to try her hand at directing when she takes on the upcoming Hollywood Bowl production of the John Kander and Fred Ebb musical Chicago, which wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:49PMThe Irish Repertory Theatre will present a production of Olivier Award winner and Tony Award nominee Conor McPherson's The Weir, which will run May 15-July 7 with a May 23 opening. Ciarán O…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PM54 Below recently released tickets to newly minted fangirl favorite and Broadway veteran Aaron Tveit's upcoming debut 54 Below solo concert, and nearly the entire four-performance run sold o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PMColorado Springs' TheatreWorks has announced the productions planned for its 2013-2014 season, which will include several classics by some of history's best-loved playwrights. Shakespeare's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54AMLabyrinth Theater Company's board of directors has announced that Mimi O'Donnell will take over as the company's artistic director beginning with the 2013-14 season. O'Donnell has served as…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMIt was inevitable and yet somehow we never suspected. Wendy Williams, of The Wendy Williams Show and The Soup fame, will be joining the cast of Chicago on Broadway from June 25-August 11. Ch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:47AMTonight will be the official Broadway opening of the Lincoln Center Theater-produced Broadway play The Nance by Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane, at the Lyceum Theatre. The Nance sta…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:56AMLaguna Playhouse has announced their 2013-2014 season, which will kick off with Davis Gaines (The Phantom of the Opera) and Vicki Lewis (Damn Yankees) starring in the musical I Do! I Do! fro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMTony Award-nominated director Diane Paulus (Pippin) has signed on to direct the world premiere of the new Matt Gould-Griffin Matthews musical, Witness Uganda, at American Repertory Theater i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMOur friends at whatsonstage.com have been keeping track of West End ticket trends this year, and they've put together this handy-dandy infographic. Take a look for information about average-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:57PMThe upcoming West End production of Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan has announced its full casting, which will include Ingrid Craigie, Pádraic Delaney, Sarah Greene, Gillian Hann…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PMLondon's Old Vic has announced that Broadway favorite Seth Numrich will be joining Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall in the upcoming production of Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50AM54 Below has announced a two-nights-only concert production of the short-lived Tom Kitt and Amanda Green Broadway musical High Fidelity, May 19 and 20. Original cast members Will Chase (The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PMTony Award-winning composer Adam Guettel (The Light in the Piazza) is set to perform a concert of his own works, accompanied by Pace University BFA Musical Theater students and alumni, at th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMLegendary comedian, actress, and author Carol Burnett will be honored by the City of Los Angeles with the naming of Carol Burnett Square at the intersection of Highland Avenue and Selma Aven…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:30AMUPDATED: Drama Desk Award nominee Lisa Emery (Relatively Speaking) and Mad Men star Rich Sommer (Broadway's Harvey) will complete the cast of Steven Levinson's The Unavoidable Disappearance …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, playwright Christopher Durang's currently running Broadway hit, will play Berkeley Repertory Theatre this fall. The production, which will be helmed by d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:06PMThe Broadway Beauty Pageant has announced that four-time Tony Award-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning actress Tovah Feldshuh will serve as the host of this year's show, which will take …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMBritish-born singer Mika didn't need any help selling out Manhattan's (le) poisson rouge on Tuesday, April 9, but the packed venue got an added bonus when Tony Award winner Kristin Chenoweth…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:44AMFor those of us who first became aware of actor Bertie Carvel when he won an Olivier Award for his performance as Miss Trunchbull, a hulking, hunching raging bull of a headmistress in the We…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AMThe Tony Awards have announced a sweepstakes, the winners of which will have the New York theater experience of a lifetime, receiving two passes to the 2013 Tony Award nominations announceme…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:09PMThe 29th annual Helen Hayes Awards were held Monday, April 8 at the JW Marriot Hotel. Notable winners were actors Bobby Smith and Natascia Diaz for their leading roles in Jacques Brel is Al…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:48PMThe Public Theater has announced a new community-based theater initiative, which they are calling Public Works. In this, its first year, the initiative will create a free, community-driven, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art will present a panel discussion including fashion consultant and TV personality Tim Gunn (Project Runway) as well as some of theater's most respected costume d…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:47PMBeau Bridges (How to Succeed in Business…), Michael McKean (The Best Man), Jean Smart (Fit to be Tied), and Cecily Strong (Saturday Night Live) will participate in a one-night-only benefit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:38PMHeidi Armbruster (Time Stands Still), Chris Henry Coffey (Water by the Spoonful), Keira Naughton (The Rivals), Jake Robards (Our Town), Charles Socarides (Awake and Sing!), and Jennifer Van …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:13PMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center will honor iconic actor and Tony Award winner Christopher Plummer (Inherit the Wind) with the 13th annual Monte Cristo Award at a gala event on April 15. To…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:04PMNew York theater company Waterwell has announced plans, as well as master class artists, for its first annual Summer Theater Lab. Actress Megan Hilty (Smash), Tony Award-winning creator and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AMThe cast members who will fill out the company of the upcoming national tour of Flashdance — The Musical, led by Jillian Mueller (Bye Bye Birdie) and Matthew Hydzik (West Side Story), have…
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