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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Tony Awards: Hamilton looks to make history on Broadway's big night - live! by Alex Needham and Jana Kasperkevic In New York

The 70th annual Tony awards begins at 8pm ET live from the Beacon Theater in New York City. This year’s show will be dedicated to the victims of Orlando shooting 12.35am BST Need a quick …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50PM

Review: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ at Signature Theatre by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

What is a family? Is it all about biology or does it have much more to do with love? Surely, it’s the latter, and this lesson has never been more sensitively, humorously, and colorfully pr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:59PM
Saturday, June 11, 2016

A summer of doomed romance: how West End fell in love with longing by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

From Tristan and Isolde to Romeo and Juliet, star-crossed lovers are taking to the London stage. What makes the drama of thwarted desire so compelling?Whatever the temperature outside, the W…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:08PM
Friday, June 10, 2016

‘Hamilton’ Costs Too Much? Here Are Some (Cheaper) Alternatives by Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood

Our theater critics suggest other productions with plenty of heat and star power.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PM

Tim Minchin Q&A – as it happened by Nancy Groves and Sian Cain

Comedian, songwriter, the man behind Matilda the Musical and soon-to-be-published poet – Tim Minchin can turn his hand to most things. He came in to answer your questions about Dahl, femi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24PM

See Photos of the Original Production of Long Day’s Journey Into Night by Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

The Eugene O'Neill drama is nominated for Best Revival of a Play at the 2016 Tony Awards

SOURCE: time.com at 08:00AM
Thursday, June 9, 2016

Keeping #TonysSoDiverse Beyond the 2015-2016 Season by A.j. Muhammad, Librarian, Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference

Much has been written about the diversity reflected in the 2015-2016 Broadway season.  A recent Playbill.com article states “Of the 40 acting nominations in eight categories, 14 went to a…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:37PM
Wednesday, June 8, 2016

David Cote & Adam Feldman's 2016 Tony Award predictions by David Cote and Adam Feldman

The 70th annual Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS on June 12 from the Beacon Theatre. So now it’s time for our annual tradition, dear reader, of bestowing our can’t-lose predictions a…

SOURCE: Time Out at 03:24PM

‘Hamilton’ Inc.: The Path to a Billion-Dollar Show by Michael Paulson and David Gelles

A breakdown of how much this Broadway blockbuster earns and stands to earn, and a tally of who will benefit most.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:44AM
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Review:Himself and Nora at curtainup.com by D

author-composer-lyricist Jonathan Brielle scratches beneath the skin of the literary lion James Joyce and delves into his passionate relationship with Nora Barnacle . . you can bet your sham…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:18PM

Naked villainy: Ralph Fiennes as Richard III at the Almeida – in pictures by Miles Aldridge and Matt Fidler

Ralph Fiennes plays Shakespeare’s scheming king in a striking new production of Richard III, directed by Rupert Goold. Photographer Miles Aldridge, who followed the rehearsal process, talk…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:09AM
Monday, June 6, 2016

Let It Go Go Go! Three Stage Versions of ‘Frozen’ Are on the Way by Michael Paulson and Brooks Barnes

Here’s what we know about the three live-performance versions of “Frozen” underway — including one by sea.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:22PM

Garden Fashion at Anti-Prom by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Rose dancer, 1914. Image ID: 5208659 It is almost time for the Library’s fabulous Anti-Prom.  On Friday, June 17, New York teens will assemble on the steps of the Schwarzman Building and…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:31PM

Peter Shaffer Dies at 90; Playwright Won Tonys for ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus’ by Bruce Weber and Robert Berkvist

Movie versions of Mr. Shaffer’s ambitious plays helped elevate his status at home in Britain and in the United States.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:31PM

400 years after his death, why should we care about Shakespeare? by Robert Cushman and Mitchell Cushman, Special To National Post

National Post theatre critic Robert Cushman and his son Mitchell Cushman, who is directing adaptations of Shakespeare's histories, discussed the Bard and his works

SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:43AM

Jennifer Damiano (Episode 72) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

You Guys! Jenn Damiano (she told me to call her Jenn, so.....) has to be one of the kindest, funniest, most humble humans I've ever met. Most recently Jenn starred in the fabulous, hilar…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Women on Broadway: A Year of Living Dangerously by Laura Collins-Hughes and Alexis Soloski

Roles were spread around this year, but women are often still playing victims. Our critics discuss what worked, what didn’t and what they hope to see.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:57AM
Monday, May 30, 2016

Al Pesso obituary by Juliet Grayson and Sally Potter

Al Pesso, who has died aged 86, was an innovative master of body-based psychotherapy. With his wife Diane, he created a method now known as the Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP).While t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PM
Thursday, May 26, 2016

Review: Ten years past its prime, “Significant Other” comes across like a long pity party by Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer

With Joshua Harmon’s Bad Jews a commercial success for Actor’s Express recently, the company has now turned to another work from the playwright, Significant Other, running through June 1…

SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:59PM
Monday, May 23, 2016

Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Mientus, & Alex Boniello: A "Spring Awakening" Reunion (Episode 71) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

THEATER PEOPLE!!! We are SO excited to bring you this first-ever cast reunion episode! We are thrilled to welcome Krysta Rodriguez, Andy Mientus, and Alex Boniello to the podcast to discuss …

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Monday, May 16, 2016

Bright Star's Carmen Cusack (Episode 70) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

It's no secret that 'Bright Star,' the new musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, is one of my favorites of the season. And there is no question that the show's leading lady, today's gue…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Thursday, May 12, 2016

Character building and what makes a truly great actor by Dee Cannon and Lyn Gardner

What makes an actor truly great? The actor's job is to bring a scripted character to life. RADA's Dee Cannon outlines 10 questions that must be addressed in order to create a fully-realised …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:28PM
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Zawe Ashton as Jaques in As You Like It: ‘All the world’s a stage’ – video by Dan Susman, Jess Gormley, Pascal Wyse, Liese Spencer, Emma John and Chris Wiegand

To mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jaques’s lines on the seven ages of man fro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM

Bottom's up: Emma Rice weaves A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe – in pictures by Photography Sarah Lee and Production Mee-Lai Stone

Emma Rice kicks off her Wonder season as the new artistic director of London’s Globe theatre with a gender-swapping take on Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy about the course of true love.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:01AM

The Tony Awards: Who Will Win (and Who Should) by Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood

Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood of The Times make their picks.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:12AM

Do you know your Oedipus from your Antigone? – Greek theatre quiz by Charlotte Higgins and Matthew Fox

Are you a titan of the theatre or have the fates abandoned you? As the Almeida puts on a festival inspired by Dionysus, test your knowledge of Greek dramaIn Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, Clytemne…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM

Curtain-raisers: the best theatre of summer 2016 by Michael Billington and Lyn Gardner

Branagh channels Olivier, Isabelle Huppert lusts after her stepson and Ralph Fiennes gets the royal hump. Meanwhile there’s magic in the air as Harry Potter grows up – and Groundhog Day …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM
Sunday, May 8, 2016

Laura Benanti And Her Mom Linda: A Special Mother's Day Episode by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!! Remember last summer when The Heavens opened up and sent Tony winner and (now) five-time Tony nominee Laura Benanti to our show? Remember when I, sort of jokingly, s…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Thursday, May 5, 2016

Bottom's up: Emma Rice weaves A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Globe – in pictures by Sarah Lee and Mee-Lai Stone

Emma Rice kicks off her Wonder season as the new artistic director of London’s Globe with a gender-swapping take on Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy about the course of true love. Guardia…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:10AM

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