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Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Review: Part one of “Angels in America” jumps off to a strong, though uneven, start by Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer

Kicking off the 2018 theater year with a bang is the Actor’s Express’ production of Tony Kushner’s much lauded Angels in America, which took home virtually every award (a Tony and a Pu…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 11:01AM
Monday, January 8, 2018

Telly Leung On Being Broadway's New Aladdin + "In Transit," "Allegiance" And More! by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

We're SO excited to welcome Telly back to the podcast! Since we last spoke with him, Telly has solidified his standing as one of Broadway's most popular leading men! For the episode, we'll c…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Thursday, January 4, 2018

Albert Schultz resigns from Soulpepper amid sexual harassment allegations by Molly Hayes and J. Kelly Nestruck

Earlier Thursday, actors Ted Dykstra, Stuart Hughes, Michelle Monteith and Rick Roberts resigned in support of four women who made allegations against Schultz

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:33PM
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Year in Review: 2017 was for playwrights to shine . . . and Serenbe’s “Cabaret,” old chum by Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer

This was a busy year of theater, with world premieres popping up in every corner and local companies flexing their creative muscles. ArtsATL critics Andrew Alexander and Jim Farmer saw most …

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 10:59AM
Monday, December 18, 2017

Lesli Margherita Talks "Who's Holiday" by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

For our final episode of 2017, we're chatting with our pal, everyone's favorite Olivier winner, Lesli Margherita (Matilda The Musical, Dames At Sea, Zorro The Musical). This holiday season, …

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Friday, December 15, 2017

Disney-Fox deal may create a new nerdy nirvana by Ryan Nakashima and Matt O'Brien

MENLO PARK, California (AP) -- The coming union of the Disney and Fox media empires is set to create a new nirvana for fanboys and -girls, one that reunites superheroes and sci-fi cha…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:52PM
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Pittsburghers recall their first 'Star Wars' experiences by Maria Sciullo and Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh native Mark Cuban, left, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, speaks with Nate Silver, founder of the website FiveThirtyEight. (Courtesy of Sloan Sports Analytics Conference)

SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:08PM
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Hannah J Davies, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From festive horror-comedy Better Watch Out to Mariah Carey’s Christmas tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AM
Sunday, December 3, 2017

Review: ‘A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas’ at Olney Theatre Center by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

Surely, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the definitive Christmas story—at least, in the fiction category—and Paul Morella’s scrumptious and spooky adaptation has become a perennial fav…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:27PM
Saturday, December 2, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Hannah J Davies, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From Michael Haneke’s Happy End to Marilyn Manson’s latest tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Addiction v art: the radical theatre in the heart of Crackland by Paula Sacchetta, Anna Sophie Gross, Maria Valente and Caterina Monzani

As police yesterday yet again applied brute force to the residents of São Paulo's 1,000-strong encampment of addicts, a group of artists is trying something wildly different• Inside Crack…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AM
Saturday, November 25, 2017

Shirley Porter’s London housing scandal to be relived on stage near Grenfell Tower by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Director of theatre near fire that killed 71 people picks play about gerrymandering in 1980s as debut productionA play about a notorious social housing scandal is to be staged in a new theat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PM

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Hannah J Davies, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From Malian band Songhoy Blues to the Natural History Museum’s show about venomous beasts, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven da…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM
Saturday, November 18, 2017

London diners get immersed in the jazz age, Bombay style by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Actors reproduce lost world of ‘Indian noir’ in former art deco department store, which will afterwards become part of the Dishoom restaurant chainAmid clouds of cigarette smoke and the …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AM

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From wartime race drama Mudbound to Phil Collins’s UK tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AM
Sunday, November 12, 2017

Review: ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Damascus Theatre Company by Paul M. Bessel and Barbara Braswell

Both “Under the Sea” and in “The World Above,” Damascus Theatre Company brings us a truly charming production of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Based on the Hans Cristian Andersen st…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:08PM
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Theatre to serve Nigel Slater’s Toast with a side order of ham by Vanessa Thorpe, Arts and Media Correspondent

Audience to be given food during stage version of Nigel Slater’s memoirToast: The Story of a Boy’s Hunger, the bestselling food memoir by Observer writer Nigel Slater, is to be brought t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48PM

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the Taylor Wessing photo prize to Hedda Gabler’s UK tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AM
Saturday, November 4, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the return of Bananarama to a new play by the writer of Doctor Foster, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue rea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM
Friday, November 3, 2017

Every Cate Blanchett Performance, Ranked by Will Leitch and Tim Grierson

Cate Blanchett has been a star since the very first second we met her. Her first-ever movie role, after just a few years in the theater, was supporting Glenn Close and Frances McDormand — …

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00AM
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Kevin Spacey: Old Vic accused of ignoring sexual misconduct allegations by Mark Brown and Matthew Weaver

Numerous stories emerge saying London theatre paid no heed to allegations of groping and inappropriate sexual behaviour by the actorActors and former staff at the Old Vic have accused the th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM
Wednesday, November 1, 2017

'It's very sweary!' What Labour MPs make of James Graham's political comedy Labour of Love by Interviews By Chris Wiegand and Emine Saner

The mountains of leaflets, the WhatsApp groups, the election night panic … Harriet Harman, Tracy Brabin and David Lammy on what the play gets right – and wrong Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42AM
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

'House of Cards' filming suspended; new Spacey allegations by Lynn Elber and Mark Kennedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hollywood's widening sexual harassment crisis brought forth a second actor's allegation against Kevin Spacey on Tuesday, halted production on his…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:12PM

'House of Cards' filming suspended amid Spacey allegation by Lynn Elber and Mark Kennedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The suspension of filming on "House of Cards" Tuesday in response to allegations that star Kevin Spacey made sexual advances on a teen boy is a r…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:35PM

'House of Cards' filming suspended amid Spacey accusations by Lynn Elber and Mark Kennedy

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Filming of season 6 on the political thriller "House of Cards" has been suspended following accusations that Kevin Spacey made sexual advances on…

SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:24PM
Saturday, October 28, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose, Michael Cragg. Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year show to Beowulf on stage, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Letters: Roy Dotrice obituary by Kevin Bannon, John Machin and Geoffrey Batten

Kevin Bannon writes: Roy Dotrice took a leading role in the BBC television comedy series AP Herbert’s Misleading Cases (1967-71). He played the litigious, self-representing Albert Haddock,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PM

The Rockettes Own Christmas. But Spring Is a Tough Nut to Crack. by Michael Cooper and Gia Kourlas

They tried early spring, late spring and Harvey Weinstein. But the Rockettes have yet to create a warm-weather franchise to rival their Christmas show.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PM
Monday, October 23, 2017

Gillian Pensavalle of "The Hamilcast" On that time Lin-Manuel Miranda Came To Her Apartment, Got Drunk, and Did a 4-hour Interview by Patrick Hinds and Mike Jensen

YOU GUYS!!! I am completely obsessed with today's guest, Gillian Pensavalle. Not only is the creator, producer, editor, and host of "The Hamilcast," but she is ALSO Patrick's podcast soulmat…

SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AM
Monday, October 16, 2017

'Charming, soulful, a proper comic': Sean Hughes tributes – and his funniest jokes by Interviews By Chris Wiegand and Tim Jonze

By his mid-20s he had scooped the Perrier award and landed his own TV show. But Sean Hughes never wanted to be a stadium standup. Mark Steel and Rhona Cameron pay tribute to a troubled talen…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PM
Sunday, October 15, 2017

Culture highlights: what to see this week in the UK by Steve Rose , Michael Cragg, Andrew Clements, Jonathan Jones, Lyn Gardner and Judith Mackrell

From the return of St Vincent to Dr Seuss on stage, here is our pick of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic