Tuesday, 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 12:24PMMonday, January 26, 2015
Stage and screen actor who played Reggie Perrin’s long-suffering wife in the television comedy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26AMSunday, January 25, 2015
1915 It'll be 90 in the Shade for only 40 performances. The unpaid actors will refuse to go on in this musical with a Jerome Kern score and book by Guy Bolton. Richard Carle and Marie Ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOur first ever live show was a smashing success! Two time Tony nominee Laura Osnes ('Cinderella' and 'Bonnie & Clyde) talks life after 'Cinderella,' the roles she auditioned for but didn…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSaturday, January 24, 2015
In the midst of last week’s Festival I sat down with Alexander Sage Oyen (music and lyrics) and James Presson (book), creators of OUTLAWS. I was able to interview this team on Saturd…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 12:40PMYoung performers who sing and also play musical instruments are being sought in a nationwide casting call for the upcoming Broadway premiere of School of Rock. An open call takes place Jan. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Last Ship, the new musical by and starring 16-time Grammy winner Sting — inspired by the songwriter's own childhood — ends its Broadway Jan. 24 after…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 23, 2015
Actor adds voice to row over number of privileged artists in the arts, saying drama career wouldn’t be an option for her now Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AM1922 It's booze, jazz and The National Anthem. J. Hartley Manners' work showcases his wife, Laurette Taylor, and Ralph Morgan. This drama will run at the Henry Miller Theatre for 114…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 22, 2015
Jared Grimes and Lenny Wolpe have been announced to co-star with Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti in the New York Spring Spectacular, the new Rockettes stage production that …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PM1912 Stop in at the Liberty Theatre in New York and see just what it takes when you're Elevating a Husband. Edward Everett Horton, Conway Tearle and Jessie Carter are among the cast of t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, January 21, 2015
The Broadway revival of The Elephant Man, starring four-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper, will conclude its run Feb. 21, producers announced Jan. 21. Cooper's busy awards se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMComplete casting has been revealed for the workshop presentations of the new Broadway-aimed musical Somewhere in Time, which stars Drama Desk Award nominee Ryan Silverman and To…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PM1903 Dorothy, The Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion are first seen on Broadway today in the original musical The Wizard of Oz, with music by Paul Tietjens and book and lyrics by L…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, January 20, 2015
Grammy Award winner Tori Amos shared photos from the recording session of The Light Princess, the new musical that opened at the National's Lyttelton Theatre last October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMIn 1995 the choreographer Richard Alston was invited to form his own company at London’s the Place. That year, Judith Mackrell began to write for the Guardian. Here, they pick their dance …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:56PMTony Award winner Gabriel Ebert and Tony nominee Euan Morton lead the cast of The Heart of Robin Hood — the inventive and athletic stage adaptation of the classic tale she…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMTickets for the streamlined, one-act incarnation of the Kander and Ebb musical The Visit, which begins previews March 26 at the Lyceum Theatre, will go on sale to the general public Feb.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMMonday, January 19, 2015
Adam Kantor and Betsy Wolfe, who co-starred in the acclaimed Second Stage Theatre revival of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, will reunite for a three-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMDisney's hit film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical Into the Woods, starring Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick and James Corden, has grossed $140 million worldwide in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMSunday, January 18, 2015
Right after FOR TONIGHT, all three writing teams went over the Gelston House to answer questions from Gold package members about their new musicals! Alexander Sage Oyen and James Presson …
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 10:27PMFOR TONIGHT performed this afternoon at the Opera House, finishing up the Festival weekend. The music is genre-defying, from a choral hymn to folk to the energetic, indie rock sound of the…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 10:25PMThe comedian is to stand against Farage for South Thanet in the 2015 general election. But what are his guvnorment’s policies? Guardian experts question him on welfare, freedom, immigratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PMTonight’s Cabaret began with Elizabeth A. Davis’s performance of songs from her new show, INDIAN JOE. Her first song got the audience clapping, but she didn’t let them set…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 11:58AMThe crowd at THE NOTEWORTHY LIFE OF HOWARD BARNES tonight was buzzing before the show began. The day started at 10 A.M. and it takes quite the serious theater obsession to keep that kind of …
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 12:37AM1882 Birthday of A. A. Milne (1882-1956), best-known as creator of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, but also a prolific Broadway playwright, author of Mr. Pim Passes By, The Truth …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMotown The Musical, the Broadway show featuring music from the legendary Motown catalogue, ends its Broadway run Jan. 18 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Producers intend to bring the jukeb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSaturday, January 17, 2015
Friday night at the Festival swung from OUTLAWS to the Gelston house for a late night cabaret. The creative teams from the three musicals performed numbers, some associated with their shows…
SOURCE: backstagebloggers.wordpress.com at 01:05AM1911 Love is never easy, especially when a woman is the object of affection for The Scarecrow. Percy MacKaye used "Feathertop," Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale as a starting point f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, January 16, 2015
Motown The Musical, the Broadway show featuring music from the legendary Motown catalogue, recouped its $18 million investment at the end of 2014, producers announced Jan. 16. The production…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThursday, January 15, 2015
Tony Award winner Eddie Redmayne, Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Meryl Streep are among the nominees for the 87th Academy Awards, which were announced Jan. 15 at 8:30 AM ET.
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