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Thursday, August 25, 2016
Monday, August 22, 2016

Paramour's Jeremy Kushnier (Episode 81) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

You guys, I’m gonna use a word that I don’t think I’ve ever used before to describe a guest. Are you ready? Debonair. That’s right, today’s guest, Jeremy Kushnier, is best describe…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Sunday, August 21, 2016

Lord Rix obituary by Dennis Barker and David Brindle

Brilliant comic actor and manager best known for his Whitehall farces who became a dedicated campaigner for people with learning disabilitiesBrian Rix, Lord Rix, who has died aged 92, devote…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:45AM
Friday, August 19, 2016

Review: ‘Carousel’ at The Theatre Lab of the Dramatic Arts by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

Carousel is a bittersweet tale of romance and redemption set against the backdrop of a town on the Maine coastline at the turn of the 20th century. With music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:25AM
Thursday, August 18, 2016

The Florence Foster Jenkins Scrapbook by Bob Kosovsky, Curator, Rare Books and Manuscripts, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Music Division

With the release of the latest film starring Meryl Streep, many people are discovering Florence Foster Jenkins. Long known to many of those involved with music, Jenkins is generally viewed a…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 07:40PM
Monday, August 15, 2016

Movie with stage roots review: by Simon Saltzman and Elyse Sommer

Florence Foster Jenkins - Our review and backgrounder of the movie about the tone-deaf Diva starring Meryl Streep

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:29PM

Edinburgh festival 2016: six shows you shouldn't miss by Lyn Gardner and Brian Logan

Dolphins on LSD, a comic symphony and an improbable family show about a school siege … our critics pick the top tickets of this year’s fringeTankBreach Theatre’s compelling look at gen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM

Producer Kevin McCollum by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

It is such a pleasure to welcome three-time Tony winning Producer Kevin McCollum to our show! Kevin is well known in the industry for being the kind of producer that can spot something speci…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Sunday, August 14, 2016

Barry Hanson obituary by Christopher Hampton and Stephen Frears

Producer hailed for the groundbreaking television film The Naked Civil Servant, and The Long Good Friday, one of the finest British gangster moviesBarry Hanson, who has died aged 72, moved t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:49PM
Saturday, August 13, 2016

What sorcery is this? A £140 ticket for new Harry Potter play now costs £8,327 by Rob Davies and Laurie Chen

Producers of West End box office hit condemn secondary ticketing websites as a ‘plague’ on desperate fansTickets for the hit West End Harry Potter play are on sale for more than £8,300 …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PM

'Bit daunting, really': the Edinburgh standups reading Chilcot in full – video by Amir Amirani and Jess Gormley

At 2.6m words it’s something of a mouthful, but John Chilcot’s Iraq war report is being tackled by comics at the 2016 fringe in a performance expected to take two weeks. Here, they expla…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AM
Thursday, August 11, 2016

Alan Dossor obituary by Michael Coveney and Antony Sher

Theatre and TV director who oversaw a brilliant five-year period at the Liverpool Everyman in the 70sThe theatre and television director Alan Dossor, who has died of cancer aged 74, supervis…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:25AM
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Muny actor Ken Page steps out of character to address protesters at Tuesday's 'Aida' show by Kevin C. Johnson and Beth O’malley St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Veteran theater actor Ken Page, who plays the regal African king Amonarso in the Muny’s current production of “Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida,” stepped out of character at Tuesday ni…

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:37PM

Olive Wong and a Guide to the NYPL Costume Collections by Doug Reside, Lewis and Dorothy Cullman Curator For The Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Billy Rose Theatre Division

Title bar from Olive Wong's Original Draft for the Costume Guide  Download: Costume Design Research Guide by Aileen Abercrombie Anyone who has ever had the good fortune to visit the Libra…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:19AM

Impressions masterclass with Alistair McGowan and Rory Bremner – video by Stephen Moss, Jess Gormley, Tom Silverstone, Noah Payne-Frank and Kara Fox

Stephen Moss learns the art of impersonation from two masters: Alistair McGowan and Rory Bremner. Will Moss impress his tutors with his Boris Johnson? Can he manage to stretch his words and …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:14AM
Monday, August 8, 2016
Friday, August 5, 2016

Edinburgh festival planner: three shows to see today by Lyn Gardner and Brian Logan

At the fringe but not sure which tickets to book? Try one, two or all three of these theatre and comedy picks from our critics11.30am, Assembly George Square (until 29 August) Continue readi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37AM

Catching Up with Carmen Cusack (Episode 79) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

We are SO excited to welcome Carmen Cusack back to the podcast! Since we last spoke with her, Carmen received her first Tony nomination for her work in the FABULOUS "Bright Star." For this e…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Review: “Company” showcases Whittemore, but fails to cohesively come together by Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer

Phone rings. Door chimes. In comes company . . . It’s been a summer full of big musicals in Atlanta, and now one of the city’s most beloved theaters, Actor’s Express, has just roll…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:01AM
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Nicola Thorold obituary by Marcus Davey and David Lan

Our colleague and friend Nicola Thorold, who has died aged 51 of leukaemia, was a champion of innovative grassroots theatre. As chief executive of the Independent Theatre Council (1993-2000)…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:44PM
Monday, August 1, 2016

'Booed off in 17 seconds' – comedians recall their first gigs by Chris Wiegand and Anna Menin

Shappi Khorsandi felt as if she’d walked on the moon. Isy Suttie watched a man change a dressing on a wound as she spoke. Omid Djalili fell off the stage. So how did the first gigs of Paul…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:55AM

Allison Semmes (Episode 78) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Hello Theater People! So, the plan was for us to take two weeks off and have a little bit of a summer break. But then we did this great interview with this young actress named Allison Se…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Saturday, July 30, 2016

TV dancers alive and high-kicking 40 years later by Vanessa Thorpearts and Media Correspondent

Former primetime TV dance troupe Second Generation reunites to relive their glory daysHigh-kicking dancers in sequinned jumpsuits, often with bowler hats or feather boas, were once a tradema…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PM
Thursday, July 28, 2016

Unconventional Summer Stars, Including a Helicopter by Michael Paulson, Steven McElroy, Erik Piepenburg and Laura Collins-Hughes

This summer, these four performers will play roles they might not get a chance to tackle otherwise.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:20AM
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

'I was in tears': fans on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by James Walsh and Guardian Readers

Harry Potter fans lucky enough to have seen the play already share their reviews. Warning: contains spoilersHow magical was the new Harry Potter play for longstanding Potter fans? Our theatr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AM
Monday, July 25, 2016
Sunday, July 24, 2016

‘West Side Story’ at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

Poverty, street violence, guns, drugs, working-class whites blaming Hispanic immigrants for their financial woes, mistrust of the police—is this an article in last week’s newspaper? It c…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:04PM
Friday, July 22, 2016

Emily Skinner & Alice Ripley (Episode 77) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

SURPRISE EPISODE! Happy Friday, Theater People! We're so excited to bring you this mini bonus episode featuring Broadway powerhouses Emily Skinner and Alice Ripley! Alice and Emily first met…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM

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