Thursday, February 1, 2018
From Canada to Broadway to pop-music’s biggest night, the composers of “Come From Away” keep finding themselves in the unlikeliest of places.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:50PMSaturday, December 23, 2017
THR spotlights some of the fresh faces who turned heads on the Great White Way this year.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:38PMMonday, October 23, 2017
The curtain ascended Oct 20th on Reston Community Players’ colorful production of “Aida.” The auditorium was packed for the opening night gala of Reston’s 51st season of comm…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:00PMFriday, September 1, 2017
Playwright and director who scored an international hit with The Knack and pushed the boundaries of community theatreThere were two distinct, equally significant, phases to the career of the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMThursday, July 20, 2017
Monday, July 3, 2017
Why can’t you buy a Wonka Bar at the hit Broadway musical “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”? Blame corporate indifference — and a mistaken flirtation with crème brûlée.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMThursday, January 19, 2017
With the glowing lights of the National Harbor growing more intense with recent developments, the ability to daydream about luxury yachts and passing ships has become a bit easier. Luckily…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:32AMSunday, November 27, 2016
Versatile British actor known for his stage roles in Shakespeare and the RSC’s Nicholas Nickleby who found fame on US TV in Cheers and The West WingRoger Rees, who has died aged 71 after s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48PMFriday, November 18, 2016
‘I’m surprised when people recognise my work,’ says Tim Yip. ‘I change my style all the time.’ His notion of ‘new orientalism’ in films, dance, theatre and opera is about commu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMFriday, August 26, 2016
From Thou Shalt Not to Amazing Grace, 20 of the absolute stinkiest flops the Great White Way has seen since 2000
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:21PMSunday, August 21, 2016
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 08:45AMTuesday, August 2, 2016
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 01:44PMSaturday, July 2, 2016
Bafta award-winning writer of The Royle Family died at home in Manchester after suffering from cancer, says publicist Caroline Aherne, the award-winning actor and comedian, has died at the a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:23PMWednesday, June 8, 2016
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 03:24PMA 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 09:44AMSaturday, January 16, 2016
1908 or 1909 or 1912 There's no birthday like Merm's birthday. Ethel Zimmermann is born in Astoria N.Y. today. In years to come she will be acting and belting all over town as Ethel …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, December 25, 2015
There's more to Broadway than what you see in production photos and opening night coverage! Former Broadway press representative David LeShay, currently the director of marketing and pub…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, December 21, 2015
THR salutes a dozen show-stopping scene-stealers who turned heads in some of the year's most adventurous and exciting productions.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:23AMSaturday, December 19, 2015
In today’s glut of original scripted series — FX just pegged the number at 409 for 2015 — it would seem like a golden age for actors, with more opportunities in television than ever. I…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:07PMFriday, October 30, 2015
Guardian photographer and film-maker David Levene has created a series of motion portraits of the ZooNation dancers in the fairytale-riffing show Into the Hoods: Remixed – watch and imitat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:07AMMonday, October 26, 2015
1844 William Harrigan, half of the iconic 1880s writing and performing team of Harrigan and Hart, is born today. He and Tony Hart will create the popular Mulligan Guards characters reflectin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, August 27, 2015
1878 Birthday of Sam S. Shubert (1878-1905), co-founder of the theatre-owning and producing titan, the Shubert Organization. Broadway's Shubert Theatre is named for him.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, August 26, 2015
1880 Broadway director-producer Philip Moeller is born today in New York. Among his greatest theatrical achievements are productions of Biography, Elizabeth the Queen, Mourning Becomes E…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, August 25, 2015
1918 Birthday of composer Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), who will bridge the worlds of classical and Broadway, both as conductor for the New York Philharmonic and as composer of classic …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, August 24, 2015
1985 Morrie Ryskind dies in his home in Washington, DC. The playwright who collaborated with George S. Kaufman, Ira Gershwin, and George Gershwin on three musicals, Strike Up the Band, Let &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, August 22, 2015
1922 Theoni V. Aldredge, one of Broadway's foremost costume designers of the late 20th century, is born today in Greece. Included among her dozens of Broadway projects will be A Chorus L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AMThursday, August 20, 2015
1884 Actress Julia Sanderson, one of musical theatre's leading ladies during the first decades of the 20th century, is born today as Julia Sackett. Shows in which she starred included Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19AMWednesday, August 19, 2015
1873 Birthday of comedian Fred Stone (1873-1959) who, partnered with David Montgomery, became one of the most beloved Broadway performers of the early 20th century. Among their notable h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, August 18, 2015
1873 Birthday of Otto Harbach (1873-1963) who will write lyrics and/or book for more than three dozen musicals including Roberta; No, No, Nanette; The Cat and the Fiddle; Rose-Marie …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, August 17, 2015
1871 Playwright Jesse Lynch Williams is born today. During the 1917-1918 theatre season, Williams' play, Why Marry, will win the first-ever Pulitzer Prize for drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, August 16, 2015
1913 Montague Glass' comedy Potash and Perlmutter begins a hit run at the Cohan Theatre, starring George Sidney and Alexander Carr as the hapless pair.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
