Monday, February 9, 2015
1865 Birthday of actress Beatrice Stella Tanner, better known by her stage name, Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1865-1940). She had a long correspondence with playwright George Bernard Shaw, and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSunday, February 8, 2015
Do you remember when “psychedelic” and “flower power” were prevalent in the American vocabulary? It doesn’t really matter, because Olney Theatre Center’s tuneful and energetic pr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:51PMI interviewed the three creators, Whitney Rhodes (book), Spencer Williams (book, music, and lyrics), and Shenelle Williams (book, music, and lyrics), of FOR TONIGHT, the last musical showca…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 11:08AM1907 Ray Middleton is born in Chicago, Illinois today. In 1946 he will star opposite Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun, and in 1965 be featured in Man of La Mancha.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe hilarious Tony nominee chats with us about the 3 years she spent playing Tracy Turnblad in the national tour of "Hairspray" , making her Broadway debut in "Priscilla: Queen of the Desert…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSaturday, February 7, 2015
Tamsin Greig, Haydn Gwynne and Seline Hizli all pull out of performances of the new West End musical adaption of Pedro Almodóvar’s film Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMNorm Lewis, the first African-American actor to star in the title role of the Broadway production of The Phantom of the Opera, ends his extended run in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1812 Birthday of author Charles Dickens (1812-1870), whose "A Christmas Carol" has been adapted to the stage dozens of times and provides a durable annuity for theatre troupes …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, February 6, 2015
Scores of recent Rockettes will have to do some unexpected legwork to find new jobs.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:43PM1946 Mary Martin and Yul Brynner play a Chinese couple who separate when the husband goes off on a quest in Lute Song. Raymond Scott composed the score, and Sidney Howard and Will Irwin wrot…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14AMThursday, February 5, 2015
Workshop presentations of the new Broadway-aimed musical Somewhere in Time, which stars Drama Desk Award nominee Ryan Silverman and Tony Award nominees Laura Osnes and Marc Kudi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, February 4, 2015
1900 The scandalous Sapho [sic] is staged at Wallack's Theatre in New York. Based on Alphonse Daudet's novel, it stars Olga Nethersole as an evil woman who seduces a pure young man t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59PM1938 Thornton Wilder turns the spotlight on the simple trials and tribulations of Our Town. Martha Scott and Frank Craven are among the cast at the Henry Miller Theatre. The production will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, February 3, 2015
1938 When a grandfather holds off Death (by chasing him up a tree) so he can be sure his grandson will be taken care of, he's working On Borrowed Time. This comedy was adapted by Paul Os…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMonday, February 2, 2015
1912 Birthday of composer Burton Lane (1912-1997), who will go on to write On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, Hold on to Your Hats, Laffing Room Only and his great hit, Finian's Ra…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28AMSaturday, January 31, 2015
1903 Future actress Tallulah Bankhead, who can count two U.S. Senators and a Congressman in her family, is born today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 30, 2015
Performer Adrienne Truscott, of standup and Wau Wau Sisters fame, joins the Guardian Australia culture team to discuss this year's Sydney festival and the ideas it inspired, from the art of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19PMThe Vineyard Theatre announced Jan. 30 that the first preview of world-premiere musical Brooklynite, created by Peter Lerman and Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, would be canceled due to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:26PMSuper Bowl XLIX is right around the corner, and you've been invited to a party, but your facing a dilemma: You're only educated in theatre! In our below list, Playbill.com explains f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PMRight at the tail-end of the Festival, I got the opportunity to interview Eileen Cannon, a cast member of THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES. I was super excited to interview her spec…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 02:55PMProducers announced new cast members that will be joining the 2014 Broadway revival of Les Misérables March 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:50PMThe cast recording for the reimagined revival of the cult musical Side Show, which starred Erin Davie and Emily Padgett as conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, will be released …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMThe cast recording for the reimagined revival of the cult musical Side Show, which starred Erin Davie and Emily Padgett as conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, will be released …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMThe cast recording for the reimagined revival of the cult musical Side Show, which starred Erin Davie and Emily Padgett as conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, will be released …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMThe Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere musical Brooklynite, created by Peter Lerman and Tony Award winner Michael Mayer, begins Off-Broadway previews Jan. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 29, 2015
1911 Hugh Herbert Hipple is born today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After dropping two H's, he will become suave actor Hugh Marlowe. In 1940 he will appear in Elmer Rice's Flight T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59PMDuring the Festival, I got the opportunity to talk to OUTLAWS cast members Nate Whipple (Bob Ford) and Jordan Cavanaugh (John Newman Edwards) about their experience working in the Festiva…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 03:16PMIn the world premiere production of The Widow Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre, playwright James Still and Director Stephen Rayne create a mélange of fact and fiction, mystery and history, in a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:30PMClassic Stage Company's A Month in the Country, starring "Game of Thrones" actor Peter Dinklage and "Orange is the New Black" star Taylor Schilling, officially opens …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 28, 2015
1908 J. Lucifer Mephisto tempts a sculptor to be unfaithful in The Soul Kiss. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, this musical comedy stars Ralph Herz, Adeline Genee, and Cecil Lean. Harry B. Smit…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 27, 2015
The Metropolitan Opera will resume performances, as will most Broadway shows, except for “The Lion King” and “Aladdin.” Theaters outside New York were hit harder.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PM 
