Friday, April 11, 2014
Want to take part in our celebration of Shakespeare's birthday? Submit a Vine or Instagram video sharing your favourite line from a Shakespeare playTo celebrate the 450th anniversary of Shak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMThursday, April 10, 2014
Theatre played an integral role in India's freedom struggle what purpose does it serve in the country today? With elections now under way, two playwrights reflect on censorship, audience ex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMMonday, March 31, 2014
The "Submissions Only" co-creator stops by to talk about season 3 of the popular web series and the many (stylish) hats he wears in bringing the show to life, his Broadway work, and how Sutt…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMMonday, March 24, 2014
(Photo of La Liste by Moe Curtin. This post is part of the Canadian theatre salon curated by Chantal Bilodeau for the World Theatre Day 2014/Crossing Borders salon series.) CHANTAL: Bo…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:11AMSparkling dance numbers, controversial social issues, music, tragedy, romance, and humor combine to make Our Lady of Good Counsel High School’s production of West Side Story a fun and thou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19AMSunday, March 23, 2014
With one problem out of the way, James L. Dolan quickly turned to another. On Thursday night, just two days after introducing Phil Jackson as the new president of his beleaguered New York Kn…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:35AM“Heart and Lights,” a new dance-oriented show featuring the Rockettes, has been canceled less than a week before it was supposed to open at Radio City Music Hall, its producer announced …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:27AMFriday, March 21, 2014
The online ticket marketplace has made a deal with the producers and the ticketing service Telecharge to sell an allotment of premium seats for each performance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMSunday, March 9, 2014
The words “tuneful” and “energetic” only begin to describe Magruder High School’s production of the Tony-award-winning musical Hairspray. Based on the 1988 John Waters film of the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:18AMThe "Ugly Betty" star sits down to discuss his (fictional) year working in Barbra Streisand's basement in the hit play "Buyer and Cellar," making his Broadway debut, and how that sneaky Van…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, February 23, 2014
The hilarious and sardonic actress reflects on child stardom, winning a Tony Award at age eleven, how motherhood has changed her, and still trying to "make it" in the business.
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, February 9, 2014
The Tony nominated star of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" and Frank Wildhorn's "Bonnie and Clyde" (among many others) sits down with us to discuss married life, new projects, and, of…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMMonday, February 3, 2014
Philip Seymour Hoffman had many irons in the fire at the time of his death, most of them projects and roles that fans will never get to see.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PMSunday, January 26, 2014
Everybody say Yeah! The Tony nominated Kinky Boots star drops by to discuss her career, go-go dancing with Lady Gaga, and why she loves playing hookers. OMG, OMG You Guys, this episode is aw…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, January 19, 2014
The playbill.com columnist discusses his hit play "Patti Issues" about his obsession - turned - (tumultuous) friendship with Broadway legend Patti LuPone.
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMSunday, January 12, 2014
Tony Award winner Cady Huffman kicks off our podcast with hilarious and moving stories from her career--and a killer Ethel Merman impression.
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMMonday, January 6, 2014
Introducing your new favorite theater podcast, bringing you interviews with theater stars, up-and-comers, and the creative people who make the magic happen.
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00AMThursday, December 26, 2013
From the Off Broadway musical “Fun Home” to the star-crossed “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” Times writers offer a few last-minute theater picks.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:06PMThursday, November 7, 2013
The Rep Theatre, Birmingham: The unwritten rule of translating comedy, according to Chris Campbell, is that if you lose a laugh here and there, you are allowed to add one elsewhere. His witt…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMThursday, October 17, 2013
As you enter that narrow, dark hallway leading to some horrific chamber where something sick and awful has happened, or is happening, is it worse to have someone jump out at you when you exp…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:29PMMonday, July 29, 2013
A former stockbroker admitted he invented investors and a phantom loan as part of a sham effort to rescue a failed production of “Rebecca.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:21PMThursday, July 11, 2013
The film studio will work with Kevin McCollum, a Broadway producer, to create live theater out of movies in its catalog.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:29PMWednesday, April 10, 2013
Visit NYPL's BiblioCommons for these lists and many more. See below for some interesting staff picks from the past couple months, on topics both timely and timeless:
Love Game of Thr…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 01:28PMTuesday, April 9, 2013
Last night's untricked-out Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre began almost immediately with prize-giving, and that was mostly what we got: Few distractions, and lots of people talking …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 02:16PMThursday, February 28, 2013
As London's Trafalgar Studios hosts James McAvoy playing Macbeth set in a futuristic Scotland, here are clips of some memorable productions, from Trevor Nunn at the RSC to BlackadderReading …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:09AMThursday, February 21, 2013
Sunday, January 13, 2013
A.L. STEINER 1. Bifo: “the depth of the catastrophe represented by the collapse is awakening hidden potencies of the social brain.” Can we feel good about the crisis, as an alarm clock…
SOURCE: Culturebot at 05:41PMMonday, January 7, 2013
Few sights are as welcome each year as that of a packed lobby at the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, which opened with its typical gangbusters energy last weekend at Stage 773 in Lakeview an…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:31PMThursday, December 6, 2012
Barry Weissler, the Tony Award-winning producer of the Broadway revival of "Chicago" and many other musicals, said on Thursday that he and his wife, Fran, along with producers Howard and Jan…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:54PMWednesday, October 17, 2012
Ben Sprecher, now clear of any suggestion he did anything untoward to cause the musical’s collapse, has begun to spell out how it could have happened.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:14AM 
