The latest revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, which closed this weekend at the Perelman Performing Arts Center in New York City’s financial district after multiple extensions, may we…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 03:46PMIf Lincoln Center’s revival of Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya feels both timely and timeless, we can thank playwright and actress Heidi Schreck for her smart adaptation of the 1898 classic.…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 08:21PMPeter Morgan has written any number of excellent plays, movies and TV series about world leaders, from Richard Nixon to Idi Amin to Queen Elizabeth II. But Patriots, his latest piece directe…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:36PMWe all knew the musical adaptations of The Great Gatsby would be coming as soon as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 book entered the public domain, and the first of what will inevitably be many …
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 03:17PMSally Hemings is one of the great known-unknowns of American history. We know she existed. We know she bore children to Thomas Jefferson, the man who enslaved her. We know she was likely the…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 04:56PMThe timing feels very right for a revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff’s seminal musical Cabaret. It’s only been 10 years since the last Broadway revival of the show but se…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 12:41PMWhen John Patrick Shanley wrote Doubt in 2004, it was (allegedly) meant to be a parable, connecting the bombshell 2002 Boston Globe expose of sexual abuse by Catholic priests with the U.S.�…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 09:32PMThe Spotlight podcast is hosted by Jena Tesse Fox. Guest: Jessica Molaskey On this episode, Jena talks with Jessica Molaskey about The Connector, her previous shows with Daisy Prince and Jas…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AMIf you had told me a few months ago that I would spend two hours and change laughing hysterically at a cheesy, corny new musical reportedly inspired by the classic TV show Hee-Haw, I would h…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 08:51PMSometimes, all the elements for an excellent musical come together and the sparks simply don’t fly. Such is the case with New York, New York, a new musical based on a 1977 romantic movie. …
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:45PMMadeleine Albright once said that there is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women. That quote could be at the heart of Prima Facie, a new one-woman play by Suzie Mill…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:41PMBob Fosse developed the musical Dancin’ as both a tribute to and a departure from his signature choreographic style. The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1978, was conceived as a celeb…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 05:01PMThere is something powerfully cathartic about art created out of trauma, especially when that art reminds us that we aren’t alone in our pain. In Plays for the Plague Year, which opened la…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 08:04PMYet again, Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a musical with a titular protagonist rejected by mainstream society for not meeting popular beauty standards—but unlike The Phantom of the Opera,…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 07:14PMPerformer Ali Ewoldt has spent the past month as one of the featured performers at Irish Repertory Theatre’s production of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, Charlotte Moore’s musical adapt…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 12:02PMThe Spotlight podcast is hosted by Jena Tesse Fox. Guest: David Staller, Artistic Director of Gingold Theatrical Group On this episode, Jena talks with David Staller, artistic director of Gi…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 03:00PMWhen the theaters shut down and performers could not perform in public anymore, actor and singer Todd Buonopane took to his bathtub and turned his shower curtain into a theater curtain, perf…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 08:45PMThe Spotlight podcast is hosted by Jena Tesse Fox. Guest: Andrew Benvenuti, the director of Lilies at the Theater CenterThe Drama Company WebsiteAndrew Benvenuti: Instagram | Twitter The Dra…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:00AMOne-man performances of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol go back to the Victorian era, when Dickens himself gave readings of his instant hit. A new recorded production, starring Jefferso…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:04PMThe constrictions the theater community has faced in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic are unlike anything we have had to face in our lifetime. And while there is no way of knowi…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 01:41PMThe Spotlight podcast is hosted by Jena Tesse Fox. Guest: Michael John LaChiusa Michael John LaChiusa is a five–time Tony Award-nominated composer, lyricist and librettist for the Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:00PMAndrew Rannells originated the demanding lead role in one of the biggest box-office smashes in Broadway history when he played Elder Price in The Book of Mormon. So why now is he taking …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Deaf West production of Spring Awakening marked the Broadway debuts of two acclaimed actors who have — by their presence in film, TV and live theatre — increased the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThis fall marks a homecoming of sorts for Tony-nominated composer and lyricist Michael John LaChiusa. More than 20 years after one of his first musicals, First Lady Suite, began at the P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44AMThis fall marks a homecoming of sorts for Tony-nominated composer and lyricist Michael John LaChiusa. More than 20 years after one of his first musicals, First Lady Suite, began at the P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhile the recent announcement of the upcoming Spongebob Squarepants musical may have raised some eyebrows, it's no more surprising than some other theatrical offerings. Here are a few im…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTheatre lovers don't have to be children or teenagers to continue their education in performing arts. As part of Playbill.com's ongoing coverage of education in our Back to School we…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhile New York plays host to its first revival of Andrew Lippa's musical The Wild Party, Playbill.com looks back to the spring of 2000, when Lippa's musical opened at Manhattan Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill's 30 Days of Pride, theatre lovers of all ages gathered for Playbill's Family Day June 13. Organizers and participants of the event shared their excitement with P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe producers behind three of this year's Tony-nominated shows discuss the risks and rewards of bringing original works to Broadway. With millions of dollars on the line and titles t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMThe producers behind three of this year's Tony-nominated shows discuss the risks and rewards of bringing original works to Broadway. With millions of dollars on the line and titles t…
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