Friday, April 10, 2015
1868 Birthday of master actor George Arliss, who starred in a series of historical vehicles, including Hamilton and Disraeli.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 9, 2015
1926 Actor-manager Henry Miller, 66, dies today in New York. He acted opposite many of the leading ladies of the time, including Helena Modjeska. As a leading man with the Empire Stock C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 8, 2015
We went by the Goodspeed Opera House yesterday afternoon to sit in on a tech rehearsal for GUYS AND DOLLS. We were struck by the production’s incredible set design by Paul Tate deP…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 06:55PMNew York Spring Spectacular, the new multi-media Rockettes stage production that features Tony Award winner Laura Benanti and a host of celebrities who lend their voices and likeness to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AM1904 New York City bids adieu to Longacre Square, which had no particular reputation, and says hello to Times Square, which soon develops quite a reputation indeed. Mayor George B. McClellan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Las Vegas stage production of The Duck Commander Musical, based on the popular, yet controversial family from the A&E series "Duck Dynasty," premieres April 8 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, April 7, 2015
Robert Michael Oliver and John Stoltenberg saw and wrote about the same opening night performance of Lights Rise on Grace at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, but they seem not to have seen th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:56AMThree National Youth Dance Company students describe having their minds opened and their skills tested while working with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui ahead of a UK-wide tourA group of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM1913 On The Purple Road there's a disguised Napoleon waiting to woo an unsuspecting girl named Wanda. Valli Valli is the innocent soon to meet her Waterloo at the Liberty Theatre in New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, April 6, 2015
The complete track listing has been announced for the cast album of the Imelda Staunton London production of Gypsy, which will be released by First Night records April 27. Samples from the 1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PM1947 The first Tony Awards ceremony is held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. Thirteen awards are presented to the likes of Helen Hayes, Ingrid Bergman, Fredric March, Jose Ferre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, April 5, 2015
1906 Britain's first actor-M.P., A.E.W. Mason, delivers his first speech. The theatre community sees this as a victory, hoping it will have an advocate in the House of Commons.
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1921 Sarah Bernhardt, who recently had one leg amputated, comes to London to play the title role in Louis Verneuil's Daniel at the Prince's Theatre. When she found a wooden leg unwie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12AMFriday, April 3, 2015
Have you ever wondered what happened before Dorothy’s arrival in the Land of Oz in the classic 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz? How did the Wicked Witch become so wicked? How did the Good Wi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:51PMPaul Alexander Nolan, who stars in the new Broadway musical Doctor Zhivago, will kick-off the New York Yankees' 2015 season April 6 by singing "God Bless America" during th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMCiting strong box office for his London revival of Cats, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber says he is now "leaning toward" fall 2016 for the previously-announced Broadway production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AM1911 Minnie Maddern Fiske stars as Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh, a woman anxious to conceal her mid-continent past under a veneer of British manners. Harry James Smith's comedy runs at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, April 2, 2015
Serial killer Patrick Batemen will likely bow on Broadway in spring 2016, when American Psycho, the new musical by Duncan Sheik and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, will make its Main Stem bow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMA new creative team, under the watchful eye of producer Harvey Weinstein, is fine-tuning the musical to the very last moment.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:59PMA video clip has been released from the Los Angeles premiere of the re-imagined, environmental and immersive production of Carrie, which is currently playing through April 5 at Southern …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM1923 There's trouble At Mrs. Beam's — this boardinghouse keeper thinks one of her guests is a killer. There will be 280 performances at London's Royalty Theatre of this C. K. M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, April 1, 2015
The April 14 preview performance of Doctor Zhivago, which stars Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt and Paul Nolan at the Broadway Theatre, will benefit Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for C…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMU.S. District Court has ruled in favor of playwright David Adjmi, who has been locked for three years in a legal battle with DLT Entertainment over his Off-Broadway play 3C. DLT claimed …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AM1918 Actor-manager Henry Miller opens his theatre in New York City. It's designed to seat 1,000 spectators and capable of handling the latest staging innovations. In 1998 the theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, March 31, 2015
Vanessa Hudgens, who stars in the current Broadway revival of Gigi, will be interviewed on the April 1 broadcast of "Live with Kelly and Michael," which airs in the New York metrop…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PM1922 Birthday of actor Richard Kiley (1922-1999), who will create memorable roles in mid-20th century musicals, including Kismet, Redhead, No Strings and his signature role, the titl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, March 30, 2015
Mr. Weinstein has not been charged with any wrongdoing and, after being located by detectives, voluntarily accompanied the police to be questioned about the matter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:22PMPS Classics' cast recording of the Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed revival of On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will be a two-CD set.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) PearlDamour has built our b…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:58AMDistinguished dance critic of the Guardian and editor of Dancing Times for 45 years, she also wrote several influential books about the art form she loved Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AM1858 Birthday of DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935), vaudeville comedian and musical comedy star, who was featured in Wang, Hoity-Toity and many early Gilbert & Sullivan productions. …
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