Sample Reviews: The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF)- . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:35AMWant to take part in our celebration of Shakespeare's birthday? Submit a Vine or Instagram video sharing your favourite line from a Shakespeare playTo celebrate the 450th anniversary of Shak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PM(Photo of La Liste by Moe Curtin. This post is part of the Canadian theatre salon curated by Chantal Bilodeau for the World Theatre Day 2014/Crossing Borders salon series.) CHANTAL: Bo…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:11AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote in "Capote" and created a gallery of other vivid characters, m…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:02PMFrom the immense lineup of shows in the New York International Fringe Festival, staff members at The Times play some hunches and make some picks to see.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36PMThe Easter weekend came right in the middle of our rehearsals. It was frustrating to stop working but perhaps, we thought, no bad thing to take a few days away from thinking about global con…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:11PMLast night's untricked-out Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre began almost immediately with prize-giving, and that was mostly what we got: Few distractions, and lots of people talking …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:16PMTristram Kenton has exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Menier Chocolate Factory's new production, from early run-throughs to dress rehearsalJason PhippsKarin Andreasson
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMNEW YORK—The lights went up again on Broadway Wednesday for the first time since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, as entertainers headed back to work in a city still wracked by power-outa…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:40AMGays and lesbians need the support of our communities if we are going to win the fight over marriage at the ballot box, and one couple explains why that’s fitting.
SOURCE: The Advocate at 05:26PMDancers Nick Duran and Jmy James Kidd look back on the movement phrases stored and remembered in their bodies in Lake, part of REDCAT's New Original Works festival. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:00PMTWO CRITICS; TWO STAGED READINGS; BASICALLY ONE OPINION From Jason Rohrer: Plays in the Park, Brian Conners’ collection of one-acts (only one of which is set in a park), intends to sho…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:20AMAubrey Dans plan to shake up Torontos theatre scene appears dashed by his inability to see the big picture
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:55PMAubrey Dans retreat from Toronto theatre scene leaves rival impresario David Mirvish in complete control of high-end market
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:29PMWhat lessons to draw from last night's Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre? There were only two ties—compare that to five in 2011. And no company dominated outright—although…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 04:11PMNEW YORK -- The Pulitzer Prizes for journalism awarded here Monday demonstrated the resilience of old media and...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:22AMCritics and writers for The New York Times recall their favorite moments onstage in 2011, some of them happening in the smallest and most offbeat of places.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:25PMAs Czechoslovakia’s first democratically elected president after the nonviolent revolution that ended decades of repression, Vaclav Havel oversaw a bumpy transition to democracy and a free…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:13PMPRAGUE (AP) -- Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ende…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:05AMTrevor Nunn's new West End production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter opened at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket Nov. 15, following previews that began Nov. 5, with a cast led by R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMRobert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley star in Trevor Nunn's new West End production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, due to begin performances Nov. 5 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMTrouble in Mind, Alice Childress' 1955 play about a racially integrated theatre company presenting a race play, plays Arena Stage, the resident Washington, DC, company. E. Faye Butler st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMDance Magazine presented The Independent Collective's Event for "Tiny Dancer" on Sept. 19. Hosted by the film's stars, Katherine Crockett and Daphne Rubin-Vega (Rent), the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMThe third season of the hit comedy "Glee" — a favorite show of many musical theatre fans — kicks off Sept. 20 on FOX. We offer an early look at the show's returning…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMMiss Saigon, the final of the seven musicals that comprise the Music Circus summer season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento, CA, began performances Aug. 23. Directed by Stafford Arim…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThe Museum of the City of New York hosted a rare dialogue between acclaimed actor and photographer Joel Grey and his friend and colleague Jon Robin Baitz on Aug. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMMelissa James Gibson’s new play This, which tells the story of four friends as they approach middle-age, began previews on July 30 at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMThe jubilant Broadway community was abuzz July 24, the very first day same-sex couples could be legally married in the state of New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMThe crisis of thought and action may never be resolved, but fear not.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:39AMWho had potty mouths, and who was making out?
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 03:39PMCELTIC YULETIDE Irish tenor and musical theater star Michael Londra — late of “Riverdance’’ — brings the sounds of his 2009 seasonal album, “Beyond the St…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:00PM