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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Billie Joe Armstrong Musical These Paper Bullets! Officially Opens Tonight by Olivia Clement and Olivia Clement

The Atlantic Theater Company staging of These Paper Bullets! officially opens Off-Broadway Dec. 15. The modish twist on Much Ado About Nothing is writ…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Norm Lewis (Episode 55) by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

Norm Lewis is a dream, you guys. With a career spanning two and a half decades (and counting!) on and off Broadway, in the West End, and on the international concert circuit, Norm is one of …

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Monday, December 14, 2015

Head Shots: Tallulah Bankhead's Sleeve by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Tallulah Bankhead. Photograph by Florence Vandamm. Image ID: 5057002 If you walk west on 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, you will go past the “blades.” These electron…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 02:34PM

Tony Winner Dick Van Dyke Celebrates 90th Birthday With Flash Mob (Video) by Robert Viagas and Megan Dekic

Dick Van Dyke, who received a Tony Award for originating the role of Albert Peterson in Bye Bye Birdie, celebrated his 90th birthday with a flash mob singing and dancing songs from his film …

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:52AM

'Don't look at my feet!': Royal Ballet principal ballerina prepares for Nutcracker – video by Tom Silverstone, Jess Gormley and Irene Baqué

Royal Ballet principal ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson prepares for her opening performance of the classic Christmas production The Nutcracker at London’s Royal Opera House. Alone in the stud…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:10AM
Friday, December 11, 2015

BSO: ‘Tis the Season with Brian Stokes Mitchell’ at Strathmore by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

The Music Center at Strathmore was filled with the holiday spirit as the Tony Award-winning Broadway superstar Brian Stokes Mitchell joined Conductor Damon Gupton and the Baltimore Symphony …

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:07PM

Joan Ravenscroft obituary by Gillian Beetham and Jenny Lewis

Our aunt, Joan Ravenscroft, who has died aged 97, devoted her early life to ballet, dancing with various prominent companies in the 1930s before deciding to end her career in order to raise …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:08PM

Imelda Staunton’s Acclaimed London Gypsy Sets December Broadcast Date by Robert Viagas and Adam Hetrick

The acclaimed London revival of Gypsy, starring Imelda Staunton, which was filmed for broadcast, will air on BB4 Dec. 27, according to the show's Facebook page.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM

Annoying Actor Friend Revealed: Andrew Briedis by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

If you've been paying attention to the Broadway press over the last few days, you know that the incredibly popular--and incredibly anonymous--social media personality Annoying Actor Friend h…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Cabaret National Tour Introduces Its Emcee and Sally Bowles by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

The upcoming national tour of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret has announced that it will co-star Randy Harrison ("Queer As Folk," Wicked) and Andrea Gross, a cast member of the re…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AM
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Seeking New Director for Broadway Sam Mendes Makes Exit by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

As rumored since 2013, the London musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which features a score by Tony Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, will have a Broadway run, but it won…

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PM

Broadway’s Misery, Starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, Sets Student Rush Policy by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Misery, the new Broadway suspense thriller that stars Emmy Award winners Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, has announced its student rush policy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AM

Daddy Long Legs Producer on Why He’s Using Digital Technology to Legally Distribute His Show for Fre by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

The musical Daddy Long Legs will make a bit of theatre history Dec. 10 at 8 PM ET when it becomes the first-ever Off-Broadway performance to be live streamed online to the world for …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AM

Act Two at Levine Students Perform Excerpts From ‘American Idiot’ for Broadway Performer Tony Vincent by Lauren and Scott Selman

Musician and Broadway actor Tony Vincent visited the students of Act Two at Levine’s Pre-Professional Program for a master class on their upcoming production of American Idiot that will ru…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:35AM
Monday, December 7, 2015

Head Shots: Dulcie Cooper by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Guest post by Emma Winter Zieg, volunteer and former intern at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dulcie Cooper. Image ID: TH-04678 If you’ve never heard of Dulci…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:28PM

The Verdict: Are the Critics Glad David Bowie’s Lazarus Fell To Earth? by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Lazarus, a new musical by by Tony-winning playwright Enda Walsh (Once) with music by David Bowie, opened Off-Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop Dec. 7.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20PM

Exclusive: Lauren Worsham and Kyle Jarrow’s Sky Pony Releases Theatrical Music Video by Adam Hetrick and Robert Viagas

Check out the theatrical new music video "The Watcher" from the Indie-pop band Sky-Pony, headed by Lauren Worsham of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AM

School of Rock Celebrates an Electric Opening Night on Broadway! Red Carpet and Curtain Call Pics! by Matthew Blank and Matt Blank and Joseph Marzullo

School of Rock – The Musical, the first new Andrew Lloyd Webber show to open on Broadway in a decade, officially opened Dec. 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre, where his Cats ran for …

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM

New Stars Announced to Succeed Idina Menzel, LaChanze and James Snyder in If/Then Tour by Adam Hetrick and Michael Gioia

Jackie Burns, who stood by for Idina Menzel in the Broadway production of If/Then, will step into the show's leading role for the remainder of the tour, beginning this January in Dallas,…

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM

School of Rock Celebrates an Electric Opening Night on Broadway! Red Carpet, Curtain Call and Party by Matthew Blank and Matt Blank and Joseph Marzullo

School of Rock – The Musical, the first new Andrew Lloyd Webber show to open on Broadway in a decade, officially opened Dec. 6 at the Winter Garden Theatre, where his Cats ran for …

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AM

Irish Rep Holds Memorial for Playwright Brian Friel Today by Robert Viagas and Robert Simonson

Off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theatre hosts a Dec. 7 memorial service for Brian Friel, the Irish playwright who was, for decades, a leading voice on stages on both sides of the Atla…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

Nathan Lane Is The Man Who Came to Dinner in Tonight’s Starry Reading by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

A one-night-only staged reading of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's The Man Who Came to Dinner, starring Tony winner Nathan Lane, is presented Dec. 7 at Studio 54.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Ben Platt, Ashley Park, Mary Testa Lead Steven Sater-Duncan Sheik Alice By Heart Musical Workshop by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in association with Kurt Deutsch is set to hold an invitation-only Dec. 18 workshop presentation of Alice By Heart, the new musical with a score by Ton…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PM

Casting Set for Workshop of Steven Sater-Duncan Sheik Musical Alice By Heart by Robert Viagas and Olivia Clement

Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in association with Kurt Deutsch is set to hold an invitation-only Dec. 18 workshop presentation of Alice By Heart, the new musical with a score by Ton…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PM

London Funny Girl Revival, Revamped By Harvey Fierstein, Opens Tonight by Robert Viagas and Mark Shenton

A new, sold-out London production of Funny Girl, starring Sheridan Smith as Fanny Brice, officially opens Dec. 2 at the Menier Chocolate Factory. It features a revised book by Tony Award…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM

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