The announcement of a new off-Broadway production of Dracula got the fangbanger in us pretty excited, and we immediately checked to see who'd be playing the legendary vampire. There it w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:53PMHe was a juvenile delinquent, then a world-class miler; a World War II airman, then a POW grotesquely mistreated by the Japanese. Seabiscuit author Laura Hillenbrand's new book tells the rem…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:50PMAfter appearing in a recent workshop, Titus Burgess has been replaced by E. Clayton Cornelious as the Caterpillar in the upcoming Broadway musical Wonderland, a new spin on the classic story…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:32PMOriginally published in The New Yorker, Oct. 18, 2010. Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 86."Your recent change, of course, has crushed your father. He long hoped that you would foll…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 07:22PMMtendere Mandowa, aka Teebs, is an electronic artist who adds layer after layer, beat upon beat, until he's left with a chaotic collage of sound. His debut album is titled Ardour.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:11PMA former spokesman for the Los Angeles Superior Court says he's being blamed for leaking information to the site.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:09PMNorthern Ballet: The Nutcracker, On tourThe annual Christmas Nutcracker takeover is well under way, but the various productions currently touring the UK differ wildly in what they offer. In…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMLee Mack: Going Out, On tourLee Mack's sitcom Not Going Out is one of the more under-the-radar successes of recent years; so far under the radar that the BBC initially axed it at the end of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMFrom Sarah Bernhardt to Angelina Jolie, actors who engage with public events or express a personal opinion are ridiculed. It's time they were given the respect they deserve, argues David Har…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMMeasure For Measure, CardiffAn old bank on Bute Street, in the heart of Cardiff Bay's old red-light district, is the setting for Sherman Cymru's pared-down version of Shakespeare's morally s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMSeven Short Stories | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories | Untold Stories, Volume OneSeven Short Stories, read by Jeff Harding, Stephen Thorne, William Hope and others (unabridged,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMVeronica Horwell on the ballet company that redefined fashionThe story conventionally goes that Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes landed with a crash on the Paris stage in 1909 and cha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMJeremy Aldridge
Over the past few years, I have been very fortunate to be involved as both a director and writer with the development of new works. In my experience, only marriage and my ne…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:04PMBig themes? A Free Man of Color tackles them in spades: the history of New Orleans, the effect of the Louisiana Purchase, the origins of slavery, racial politics—plus a central charact…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:04PMHe's a transvestite, heterosexual standup comic and actor who ran 43 marathons in 51 days – as a new DVD documentary makes clear, Eddie Izzard's life has been far from predictableI notice…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:01PMAfter appearing in a recent workshop, Titus Burgess has been replaced by E. Clayton Cornelious as the Caterpillar in the upcoming Broadway musical Wonderland, a new spin on the classic story…
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Everybody's talking about Elling, and we've got your first look at the show's hilarious team in action onstage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Denis O'Hare stars as the title…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:55PMThe festively decorative windows at Macy’s are a New York holiday tradition and on November 18 the landmark department store welcomed a special guest to help unveil their glamorou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:51PMOkay we admit it, we stole our idea to make a t-shirt and report every part of the process from Pietra Rivoli, who wrote the book, The Travels of a T-shirt in a Global Economy.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:44PMToday, we are presenting a special interview edition of FLASH FRIDAY with a two-time Tony-winning legend famous for her star-making turn in the original cast of WEST SIDE STORY under the dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMBells Are Ringing, the opening Encores production of the 2010-11 season, features music by Jule Styne and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The show will run November 18-21 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMThe Bush presidential library is considering whether to display the famous Mission Accomplished sign that was a backdrop to the former president's speech on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:30PMThe world-famous country musician has experienced many ups and downs in recent years. He says his marriage, in particular, has had a profound impact on his songwriting. These sentiments shin…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:29PMIt's not just the Detroit Symphony that's in dire straits -- orchestras everywhere are tightening their belts. And some interesting new operas are premiering this week. We bring you the l…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:28PMAfter an over-the-top turn as Russell Edgington, the murderous vampire king of Mississippi, on HBO’s True Blood, Tony winner Denis O’Hare is back on Broadway as the title charact…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:26PMBWW Discounts is offering you the chance to save on tickets to A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC for performances through January 2, 2011 Directed by Tony Award-winner Trevor Nunn, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:26PM Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider gave some lucky School of Rock students the thrill of a lifetime: jamming with a real-life rock legend! Snider, the '80s music icon who is curren…
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Print Room, LondonLike an overripe cheese that's been left out too long, Pier Paolo Pasolini's play about a father's obsession with his teenage son's penis is a maggoty old thing, writhing w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:59PMComplete casting has been announced for Wonderland - A New Alice. A New Musical, which will play a pre-Broadway engagement at the Ferguson Hall at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Pe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:55PMTake a walk on the fabulous side and win a chance to perform in the Tony-winning production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES All you need is a camera, a little guts and a lot of glam, and you could fin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:51PMWONDERLAND - A New Alice. A New Musical has confirmed complete casting Janet Dacal In The Heights as Alice, Darren Ritchie Little Shop of Horrors, Thoroughly Modern Millie as White Knight, E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMWONDERLAND - A New Alice. A New Musical has confirmed complete casting Janet Dacal In The Heights as Alice, Darren Ritchie Little Shop of Horrors, Thoroughly Modern Millie as White Knight, E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMEncores presents Bells Are Ringing through November 20 at New York City Center. Bells Are Ringing is directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall with music direction by Rob Berman, has m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMAbout once a month someone complains that NPR doesn't provide easy email contact directly with its staff. It should. Most big newspapers like the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal do t…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:45PMYou know you’re in good hands when heavy-hitters like playwright John Guare, director George C. Wolfe and star Jeffrey Wright are offering up a new work. Their collaboration produced t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMSutter Health, the most expensive health system in California, is expanding at a rapid pace and transforming itself into an "accountable care organization." Some worry about the nonprofit ho…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:38PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents the world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess, which opens the new Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle, the third theate…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMTheatre Royal, YorkOne can only hope that higher education has moved on from the bearpit of academic arrogance and militant resistance that David Mamet's 1992 play describes. The story of a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:31PMBarbican, LondonIt's impossible to count the ways in which the music of Bach has been abused in the name of contemporary dance, but few assaults have been as witless as those committed in Fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMInsurance companies often are blamed for rising health costs, but hospitals also play a role. One California health care chain has so much clout that it dictates what insurance companies pay…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 05:19PMBroadway's Jesse Tyler Ferguson has had an incredible year - from earning a Emmy nomination for his role in ABC's Modern Family, to appearing in MERCANT OF VENICE and THE WINTER'S TALE for S…
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Ann Harada (Ave. Q, 9 to 5, Les Miz) talks about her upcoming show Christmas Eve with Christmas Eve, turns down Seth's romantic overtures and recreates an audition duet-made-for-one that mos…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PMAsolo Repertory Theatre has released behind-the-scenes photos from its upcoming production of Bonnie amp Clyde, a thrilling new musical with book by Ivan Menchell The Cemetery Club, Chitty C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMLawmakers have received complaints and two key congressmen have sent a letter to the TSA.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:48PMFrom The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century by Amanda Hesser.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:40PMNPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller was the keynote speaker yesterday at the annual Loper Lecture in Public Service Broadcasting series
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:35PMGet over your Tryptophan-induced coma with a theatre-packed WEEK AHEAD.
Denis O’Hare and Brendan Fraser bring the crazy back to Broadway…Stephen Sondheim celebrates the longest birthday …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMWISHFUL DRINKING, Carrie Fisher's hit stage production of the intoxicating autobiographical tale of her life, comes to HBO as a feature-length documentary. Debuting SUNDAY, DEC. 12 900-1030 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:19PMAcademy and Grammy Award winner Cher sat down with ABC’s Cynthia McFadden to discuss her role in the upcoming film musical “Burlesque.” The actress and pop diva, who plays…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PMTomorrow, Saturday, November 20th at 430 p.m., Phyllis Newman will participate in a special talkback with the stars and cast of the current City Center revival of the beloved Broadway show, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMTony Award winner Jeffrey Wright stars as an 1801 Don Juan in the world premiere of John Guare's epic A Free Man of Color. Directed by two-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe, the play i…
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The new Congress and the old Congress are in Washington. Plus, Charlie Rangel's ethics woes intensify, Lisa Murkowski enjoys a comeback in Alaska, lawmakers elect leaders on Capitol Hill, Re…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:46PMThis episode focuses on President Obama's trip to Asia, the reaction to George W. Bush's new book, the leadership elections on Capitol Hill – what will Nancy Pelosi do? -- and the remain…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:45PMThe Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe has announced some of its December offerings.
On Friday, December 3, the latest edition of Sondheim Unplugged will take place, with special…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:44PMTony Award winner Phyllis Newman will participate in a talkback following the Nov. 20 matinee performance of Bells Are Ringing at New York City Center.
Newman, who understudied Judy Holliday…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:37PMFeaturing Keith Richards on his memoir, "Life"; and the composer John Adams on a new biography of John Cage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:35PMThough it boasts a golden pedigree — a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Jule Styne — “Bells Are Ringing,” from 1956, is often considered a diverting but dat…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 03:28PMFor most of world history, "Bells Are Ringing" has been remembered (if anyone thinks about the minor 1956 musical comedy at all) for three identifying markers: "The Party's Over," "Just in T…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:27PMPhyllis Newman and George S. Irving will participate in the Saturday, November 20 matinee post-show talkback of the City Center Encores! production of Bells Are Ringing. The show, which runs…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:27PMJonathan Franzen, the author of "Freedom," taped his first appearance for "The Oprah Winfrey Show" since a previous invitation to the program was rescinded in 2001.
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2010 has been quite the year for lyricist and composer Stephen Sondheim, who celebrated his 80th Birthday, saw two of his shows on Broadway and even had a Broadway theatre named after him. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:57PMBroadwayWorld.com is pleased to present illustrator Ken Fallin, who brings you original illustrations of everyone's favorite theatrical stars each week. This week's feature Paul Reubens as P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMI wish I could have taken all the actors and producers in town with me to this year’s ShowBiz Expo at the New York Hilton (at 54th Street and 6th Avenue). It’s a great place to m…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:55PMTwo-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis will play Abraham Lincoln in the film version of Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of the president, according to EW.com. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:47PMBroadway's new comedy ELLING starring Brendan Fraser, Denis O'Hare, Jennifer Coolidge, Richard Easton and Jeremy Shamos, directed by Doug Hughes, opens this Sunday, November 21. ELLING is cu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMOPENS THIS SUNDAY
Brendan Fraser, Denis O’Hare in
Broadway’s new comedy
ELLING
Jennifer Coolidge, Richard Easton
And Jeremy Shamos
Directed by Doug Hughes
Click here to see a new …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:39PMThe suspension comes in light of eight contributions the MSNBC host made between 2004 and 2008.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:36PMCharlie Rangel's woes, Michael Steele's warning, and Lisa Murkowski's win -- all in this week's edition of our "It's All Politics" podcast.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 02:29PMHad the pleasure of introducing a friend to the work of one of my favorite contemporary playwrights, Adam Rapp, last week when I was assigned to review the New York premiere of the first fu…
SOURCE: Blank New World at 02:27PMAn updated list of participants has been announced for the York Theatre Company's 19th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre gala, to be held at The Racque…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMShakespeare's Merchant of Venice is a choleric, cynical play.First, of course, there is the ugly anti-Semitism. Shylock, more frequently known as "The Jew," has spent his life being called "…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:12PMOscar-winning actor Ellen Burstyn is to make her West End debut opposite Keira Knightly next yearOscar-winning actor Ellen Burstyn is to make her West End debut opposite Keira Knightly next …
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The Economist shows how Japans population has changed since 1950.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:53PMSarah Lancashire and Reece Shearsmith will star in Betty Blue Eyes, a new musical adaptation of Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray's film A Private Function. Directed by Richard Eyre, the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:52PMLondon's Donmar Warehouse has announced the cast of its British premiere production of The 25th Annual County Spelling Bee and additional casting for its revival of Harold Pinter’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:44PMMore than 10,000 people have joined in a legal settlement that will pay hundreds of millions of dollars to ground zero workers exposed to toxic dust, a court announced Friday.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:43PMWells Fargo has agreed to pay $100 million to Citigroup to settle a dispute related to its acquisition of Wachovia Corp. in 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. Citigroup, in a lawsu…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:43PMJenn Gambatese will replace the previously announced Allison Case in Theatrical Gems' benefit presentation of the 1961 musical Wildcat, at the Julia Miles Theater at 7pm on Sunday, Dec…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:40PMDespite lots of sex, love and politics, this take on the famous doctor emits precious little heat
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:40PMThis year, a six-year-long WQXR tradition will continue with a little help from WNYC - and a Tony Award winner, too. On Thursday, December 9 at 5pm, the annual WQXR reading of Charles Dicken…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMDISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS Thomas Schumacher, producer and president today announced the launch of a revolutionary pilot ticket exchange program for its Broadway musicals THE LION KING an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMArrangers Aaron Johnson and Jordan McLean have worked wonders with medleys and mash-ups of Kuti's songs so that musical matters never seem rushed or filleted, writes Ian Shuttleworth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:27PMMuggles around the world are lining up to catch the latest from the Harry Potter mega-franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. The dashing boy wizard himself, Daniel Radcliffe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:27PMFor years, the baby boomers have driven a Social Security surplus. But the "trust funds" created with the surplus are actually debt the government owes itself.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:21PMPRINCIPAL CAST CHANGES ANNOUNCED FOR
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
THE LONGEST-RUNNING SHOW IN BROADWAY HISTORY
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SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:20PMBuckley, DeLaria, von Essen, Gordon, Keenan-Bolger, Kudisch, Lazar, Quill, Rudetsky, Tartaglia, Tesori, Yazbeck set to perform “You are not Alone” concert to benefit The Trevor Pro…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:15PMEllen Burstyn and Carol Kane will join Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in the previously announced West End production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Bryony Hannah…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:14PMEllen Burstyn and Carol Kane will join Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in the previously announced West End production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Bryony Hannah…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:14PMTHE NEW MUSICAL “MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET”
TO OPEN AT LONDON’S NOËL COWARD THEATRE ON 28 FEBRUARY 2011
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the award‐winning new musical that tells the electrify…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:09PMWhile Jane Lynch and Carol Burnett’s “Ohio” duet is still being kept under wraps, other song clips from “Furt,” the Nov. 23 episode of “Glee,” have …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMToday, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to introduce the teaser to the the exclusive, behind-the-scenes SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark webisode series, hosted by Broadway vet and wife of SPIDEY's Gre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01PMThe stars of Glee -- including cast members Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Amber Riley -- will embark on a five-date concert U.K. tour in June 2011…
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Joe Lodato and Matthew Morris, The Church of St. Paul the Apostle, GeekNerdWonk Charitable Foundation, and Sing for Hope will present You Are Not Alone a star-studded concert to benefit the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMTony-nominated rock 'n' roll musical Million Dollar Quartet is heading to London. The nostalgia-trip tuner will begin performances at the West End's Noel Coward Theatre on F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMTony-nominated rock 'n' roll musical Million Dollar Quartet is heading to London. The nostalgia-trip tuner will begin performances at the West End's Noel Coward Theatre on F…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMA prescription painkiller on the market since the 1950s is being withdrawn after new data showed it raises the risks for irregular heart rhythms. Critics had long faulted the drug for being …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:56PMWill Fat Pig Become Cash Cow On Broadway?After first premiering to great acclaim at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater in 2003, Neil LaBute's Fat Pig is being fattened up just a little bit…
SOURCE: steveonbroadway.blogspot.com at 12:55PMTony nominee Liz Callaway will be the special guest star in the New York City Gay Men's Chorus' holiday concert, Sing Your Brass Off!, at Town Hall, on Sunday, December 19 at 3pm a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:53PMPlays, musicals, and dance to put you in the holiday spirit
When it comes to the holidays, are you more “traditional tree” or “sassy Santa?” Either way, New York has …
SOURCE: TDF at 12:51PMPhoto: Joan MarcusDostoevsky's grim novella is here blasted to unexpectedly brilliant life in a stage adaptation by Robert Woodruff and the amazing actor Bill Camp. The unnamed Man poses a t…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:42PMThe regional authority of Campania in Italy spent $1 million on the concert.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:41PMTop Democrats are blasting Obama for alleged political missteps, including a lack of passion in the fight against the GOP. They are also trying to create their own outside political groups t…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:38PMWhen a bomb is detonated outside the White House, renowned assassin Oliver Stone sets out to find the perpetrators. David Baldacci's Hell's Corner -- the fifth installment of his Camel Club …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:31PMFrom Sept. 11 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, former President George W. Bush revisits the momentous events of his tenure -- and defends his most controversial decisions -- in a new mem…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:30PMAn expanded version of David Sedaris' collection of holiday stories includes old favorites while also contemplating newer questions -- like the difficulties of explaining the Easter Bunny to…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:30PMMichael Cerveris may reprise his starring role in Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s 2008 musical Road Show, when it finds new life at London’s Menier Chocolate Factory in a sum…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMTickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON, the first Broadway musical comedy from the creators of South Park, are currently on sale A new teaser just launched on the show's YouTube channel.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMThe handsome new Art of the Americas Wing at the Museum of Fine Arts is a place for looking at art, not a place for looking at architecture.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:07PMThe art and architecture aren’t the only attractions when the MFA opens its Art of the Americas Wing to the public today. A free Community Day brings musical performances, tours, and c…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:05PMLong Story Short is, to make a long story short, an awful show. In a year of theater filled with killer comic monologues, Colin Quinn is overwhelmingly underwhelming. This isn't a total surp…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:05PMMamma Mia! star Lisa Brescia gave a backstage visit to “LX New York” host Maria Sansone recently. The Broadway vet, who plays mom Donna Sheridan in the hit ABBA musical, talks a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMLisa Brescia, now starring as Donna Sheridan in Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA, was featured on LX New York this week as she helped make television host …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMIn this installment of Tell Me More's weekly segment "The Barbershop," host Michel Martin talks with author Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, Republican strategist Marcus …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PMA new museum seeks to bring to life the 350 year history of American Jews. Michael Rosenzweig, president and CEO of the National Museum of American Jewish History, joins host Michel Martin t…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PMLatinos living in the United States say they do not have a national leader, according to a new study by the Pew Hispanic Center. When asked in an open-ended question to name the person they …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:00PMDemocrats and Republicans have chosen leaders for the upcoming two-year session when Republicans take control of the House of Representatives. Both created new posts filled by African-Americ…
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Photographer Mark Menjivar subscribes to the age-old adage that you are what you eat.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:55AMDo you have a personal story about a medical encounter that you would like to share with others? Ten lucky tellers will have their names pulled out of a hat at Medical Madness story slam spo…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:52AMAs a special thank you to its fans, Masterworks Broadway will be giving away free downloadable Christmas samplers this holiday season. A Masterworks Broadway Christmas includes 4 holiday-the…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:42AMDespite lots of star power, the story of a controversial French soldier, diplomat, author and spy doesn’t shine brightly enough
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 11:41AMA Taste of the Scintillating First Scene of Spirit Control
Playwright BEAU WILLIMON is the breakout young talent behind the provocative drama FARRAGUT NORTH. Now, he brings his latest work,…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:34AMThe stars of Glee -- including cast members Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Darren Criss, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Amber Riley -- will embark on a five-date concert U.K. tour in June 2011…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:22AMWill Gavin Creel head back to Broadway in the the first-ever revival of Pippin? After a successful reading, starring Creel in the title role, it looks like Tony-nominated director Diane…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:21AMBernanke said the Fed's $600 billion Treasury bond buywas just another way to do what the Fed does when it lowers key interest rates. The alternative, he said, was to risk more unemployment …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:20AMThe singer-songwriter is taking a break from the San Francisco duo Two Gallants to focus on a new solo album. His introspective approach to lyrics shows his fiercer side, as heard on his Mou…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:17AMStockard Channing, S. Epatha Merkerson, Justina Machado, Rosie Perez, Ben Stiller, George C. Wolfe, Lynn Whitfield, Jeffrey Wright and more stars celebrate the Broadway opening of John Guare…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMThe band's cover of an old West African military song, "Mansani Cisse," doesn't truly earn its place until its roaring, roiling final section. Ecstatic, cacophonous and joyously over-the-to…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:15AMGwen Verdon appeared in seven Broadway musicals in her illustrious career, winning four Tony Awards in the process (in four consecutive Broadway outings, no less). Her stardom came with a …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:13AMIt's last-chance week for a string of excellent productions, from Blasted to Punk Rocks. Bring on the Christmas season!There's plenty to see this week, though not much that's brand new. Neve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMKate Baldwin will join the previously announced Charles Busch, Emily Skinner, Bobby Steggert, and Mary Testa in the Transport Group Theatre Company's annual gala, Gimme a Break, to be h…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:05AMGoodspeed Musicals has announced the productions for its 2011 season, which will begin with My One and Only (April 15-June 25), featuring a book by Timothy S. Mayer and Peter Stone, and usin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:03AMThis Week's New Broadway Store Specials, Hot Items and Bargains on BroadwayWorld.com for 111910. Check below for the best deals and cheapest prices on Broadway show souveniers and merchandis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMIt's time to paaaaaaartay! For the past two Decembers, I've invited all of my readers to get jiggy with us in person at the end of each year at our Producer's Perspective Social! And this ye…
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Artistic director Emily Molnar launches her first full season with a show with something for everyone
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 10:58AMSpend hours playing with interactive maps of America, from income to smoking rates to voter participation. From the big picture to the fine grained, fascinating maps of our country.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:54AMThis Sunday in the Hartford Courant Arts section, I talk with Rocco Landesman, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
The former theater producer talks about Hartford's iQuilt …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:46AMThis week on Pop Culture Happy Hour: How is Conan's new show? Can the topical monologue survive? Is there anything you can't get on YouTube? And just how much faith do you have in novelty gi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:31AMLaura Linney and Brian dArcy James, who are currently appearing in the acclaimed Tony Award nominated play, TIME STANDS STILL, will appear on WNYC Radios The Leonard Lopate Show today from 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMThe most dangerous day of the year for breakups is only a week or so away. Some of you, will be broken up with during a face to face conversation. Others will get dumped by email, or on the…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 10:17AMOn Thursday, November 18, rock star Dee Snider -- currently starring as Dennis in Broadway's Rock of Ages -- joined the School of Rock music program's All Stars for a one-hour afte…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMFellow “Adaumbelle’s Quest” participant Zachary Infante’s acapella’s group video for the song “The Bed Intruder Song” just went viral and ya’l…
SOURCE: adaumbellesquest.com at 10:15AMRobert Britton Lyons as Carl Perkins, Levi Kreis as Jerry Lee Lewis, Eddie Clendening as Elvis Presley and Lance Guest as Johnny Cash in the Broadway production of "Million Dollar Quartet." …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:09AMThe Off-Broadway company of author and star Anthony Wilkinson's My Big Gay Italian Wedding celebrated its 100th performance at St. Luke's Theatre, on Thursday, November 18. Teresa …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01AM
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SOURCE: gracenotesstage.blogspot.com at 09:55AMSt. Ann's Warehouse has been conditionally designated as the primary tenant of the Tobacco Warehouse, a Civil War-era structure located in the Empire Fulton Ferry section of Brooklyn Br…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:52AMThe Lincoln Center Theater production of John Guare's new play, A FREE MAN OF COLOR, directed by George C. Wolfe, opened last night Thursday, November 18 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMLegit News: Broadway tuner to open Feb. 28 at Noel Coward -- Broadway tuner "Million Dollar Quartet" will open in London on Feb. 28 at the 956-seat Noel Coward theater.
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 09:39AMThe message is not that classical music is lofty, beautiful, cultured or superior. It is that some classical music - and some Indian devotional music, and some speculative early-music theate…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:31AMThe new musical Million Dollar Quartet will play the Noel Coward Theatre in London, beginning February 8, with an opening set for February 28. Casting will be announced at a later date.
The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:31AMWatch for director Molly Smith's My Fair Lady at Shaw — her current U.S. production's a winner.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:29AMAn injured actor caused the workshop production of the new musical, "James and the Giant Peach," to be canceled Thursday night at Goodspeed Musical's Norma Terris Theatre in Chester.The show…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:25AMThe Donmar Warehouse has announced casting for its spring season, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com.
Jamie Lloyd will direct William Finn and Rachel Sheinkin's The 25th Annual …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:23AMFor this week's Mindless Arcade Friday, we play Sydney Shark, a game where you're a shark, and you're kind of a jerk.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:20AMThis week: Nora Ephron, a charming film from a Harvard undergrad, a profile of singer Chavela Vargas, and more.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:19AMOn this day in 1986, President Reagan holds a news conference insisting, as he has before, that the money sent to Iran was to encourage moderates in that country and not to be used to free U…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:11AMThe notion floated last summer that the Iron Horse, a bull-headed college football player and tough-as-nails baseball slugger, never had Lou Gehrig's disease was, well, mind-boggling. Now …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:10AMFederal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sought Friday to defuse criticism of the Fed's $600 billion bond-purchase plan by arguing that it's needed to boost the economy and reduce unemployment.…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:09AMEllen Burstyn, Carol Kane, Amy Dawson, Bryony Hannah and Tobias Menzies will join the previously announced Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in Lillian Hellman's The Children's Ho…
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Company XIV will present the world premiere of Nutcracker Rouge, at the company's home in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, December 10-January 9, with an opening on December 12.
Described as…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:57AMMILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, the awardwinning new musical that tells the electrifying story of the night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:53AMBroadwayWorld, the biggest theater site on the web, is announcing that it is launching a new set of theater awards for the Seattle theater community, to be presented in January 2011.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMBroadway veteran Lauren Kennedy is appearing in the George Street Playhouse production of TITLE OF SHOW, which opened November 16. The show also features Tyler Maynard, Susan Mosher and Set…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AMCasting has been announced for José "Pepe" Martinez and Leonard Folgia's mariachi opera, To Cross the Face of the Moon / Cruzar la Cara de la Luna, which will be of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:30AMActress Miranda Richardson, best known for her intense performances and her feline sensuality, goes all Establishment to play a British Cabinet minister in Nigel Cole's labor drama. But behi…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:30AMDo you have a most cherished piece of mail? We'd love to see a photograph of it and learn the stories behind it. We will select some to feature along with an upcoming series on the future o…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 08:30AMEllen Burstyn and Carol Kane as well as Bryony Hannah and Tobias Menzies are to join the previously announced Keira Knightley and Elisabeth Moss in Ian Rickson's production of Lillian Hellma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27AMStage veterans Angela Bassett, Claire Danes, and Kelsey Grammer may all be coming to television.
Bassett has been signed to play New York's first female police commissioner in the ABC …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:26AMMichael Riedel reports in the New York Post that critic John Simon, has been let go from Bloomberg Media who hired him in 2005 after he was let go from New York Magazine after 36 years.Riede…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMIt's a tiny stage but "Showboat" is a'coming to the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam.Auditions are being held for the three shows this month.The 2011 season at the theater -- where "How …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:23AMAllison Torem and Darrell W. Cox in Will Kern’s “Kid Sister.” Many will compare Profiles Theatre’s world-premiere production of Will Kern’s Kid Sister to Profi…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:18AMMichael Riedel reports in the New York Post this morning that Stephen Schwartz's PIPPIN is headed back to Broadway in a new revival that's expected to open on Broadway in the 2012-2013 seaso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:15AMExperts say Pyongyang is building a new light water nuclear reactor. South Korean officials say the move violates UN resolutions banning North Korea from any nuclear work.
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President Obama and other alliance leaders will discuss a new strategy to transition responsibility to Afghan forces by 2014.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:47AMThe two-hour concert, "Sondheim! the Birthday Concert" will air on PBS's "Great Performances" Wednesday at 9 p.m.
The event was part of the gala evenings March 15 and 16 with the New York Ph…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:24AMAn explosion ripped through one of the country's largest coal mines while workers were underground. Five dazed miners stumbled to the surface hours later, but 27 were missing, officials said…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:20AMAdditional casting has been announced for the new musical Betty Blue Eyes, which will begin performances at the West End's Novello Theatre on March 19, according to a report on Whatsons…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:02AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on November 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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La noche del 18 de noviembre fue muy especial en el Cine Proyecciones de Madrid. All se proyect, de manera exclusiva, la pelcula Sonrisas y Lgrimas. Todo lo recaudado en taquilla ha sido des…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58AMLa noche del 18 de noviembre fue muy especial en el Cine Proyecciones de Madrid. All se proyect, de manera exclusiva, la pelcula Sonrisas y Lgrimas. Todo lo recaudado en taquilla ha sido des…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58AMMasterfully crafted, ingeniously musical, naturally lyrical, and bubbling with pleasing body shapes and effervescent motion, Lar Lubovitch's choreography is the pink champagne of modern da…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:47AMAre critics conversant with Peter Nichols' "Lingua Franca"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:25AMDo critics think "A Free Man of Color" is worth paying for?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:19AMNext year Lollapalooza will begin its next phase, with a branch of the festival opening in Santiago, Chile.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMTickets for THE BOOK OF MORMON, the first Broadway musical comedy from the creators of South Park, are currently on sale exclusively for South Park fans at SouthParkStudios.com and will go o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMAlec Baldwin will be featured as Claudius in the upcoming staged reading of Hamlet to help raise funds for the newly minted Fundamental Theater Project, a new theater company founded by acto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMOn Friday, November 19 at 800 p.m. in Stern AuditoriumPerelman Stage, Broadway stars Kate Baldwin, Aaron Lazar, and Christiane Noll join The New York Pops, under the direction of Steven Rein…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AMPlaywright Paula Vogel grew up in Washington, D.C., and she has made that place the backdrop for “A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration,” her epic holiday show that will…
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In an interview with The Daily Beast, Fox News chief Roger Ailes criticized NPR's decision to fire news analyst Juan Williams for remarks about Muslims made on Fox. He called NPR executives …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:21AMUltimately, this "Bells" is a pleasant-enough serving of a rather ramshackle yet endearing Jule Styne–Betty Comden–Adolph Green mid-career musical comedy.
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:00AMThe "new" General Motors started selling its stock to the public Thursday. The return of GM brought excitement to Wall Street as an American corporate icon was resurrected. But, the new GM s…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00AMPresident Obama is off on quick trip to Europe just days after a visit to Asia. The president left shortly before midnight for Lisbon, Portugal, where he'll seek to assure America's trans-At…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00AMThe Securities and Exchange Commission has settled its case against Steven Rattner, the Obama administration's former car czar. But now, the investment banker faces two new lawsuits by New Y…
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Gibson's lawyers will appear in court on Monday and ask the judge in his custody war to award him sole custody of baby Lucia
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMThe issue features the attractive duo on the cover, looking naked and happy, promoting the new film, Love and Other Drugs.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMMiley and Avan Jogia have been seen together on three different occasions in October, even though they have really tried to keep things on the down low!
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMruise may have gone to new heights both literally and figuratively yesterday during a scene for Mission Impossible IV in Dubai.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMThe 26-year-old admitted on new chat show The Talk to struggling with anxiety over the issue since her mother Sharon was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM“It’s a very eloquently put thing that I get to say at the Thanksgiving speech that kind of says everything we feel,”
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMShe was officially charged with two felony counts and one misdemeanor for domestic violence and battery. Under Indiana law, an incident of domestic abuse is considered a felony if a child is…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM"If that didn't happen, I don't think I'd be as blessed and balanced as I am now,"
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM"Eva and I have been discussing our situation privately. I was aware that she would be filing for divorce in Los Angeles."
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMThere would be no more Top 24 stage. Instead, the contestants would be instantly whittled down to Top 12.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMHe claimed he built up such a tolerance to tranquilisers and prescription drugs he was taking them every few minutes just to stay "normal".
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMSmith has insisted that she still has to follow her parents' rules despite her growing celebrity.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMWill Ferrell and Larry David (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm) lost an $18 million arbitration case against JPMorgan when Finra (Wall Street's self policing arm, the Financial Industry Regula…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMWritten by Apocalypto co-writer Farhad Safinia, Boss is at Starz with an 8 episode straight to series order. Milk director Gus Van Sant is set to direct the pilot and executive produce the s…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM"The good news is that IVF did work as we did get pregnant" Giuliana told Us Magazine, talking of the baby she lost. "Sometimes I have to get [injections] 21 days in a row, three times a day…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM"I got a few offers to do Playboy actually. They want to pay [me] to be naked on the cover. If I'm gonna take my clothes off, it has to be in a classy way and my will, not a check. I wouldn'…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMEva Longoria ended her 3 year marriage to Tony Parker after discovering he was exchanging personal text messages with a female friend. Reportedly, the San Antonio Spurs player never had a ph…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMFirst Lady Michelle Obama got a standing ovation as she arrived for a performance of Fela. Later, she got a second ovation, along with shouts of "We love you!" and "We love your husband!"
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A spectacular folly has just crash-landed at Lincoln Cen ter Theater. Eight years in the making, John Guare's latest play, "A Free Man of Color," is an ambitious, awkward, fascinating, lumbe…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:18AMThe Steppenwolf for Young Audiences production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" has already broken box-office records. But it's also attracted more than its share of prominent audience members. At…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:16AMTonight I attended “The Meeting” at the Duplex in the West Village in NYC. This monthly event is a comedy/variety show for homosexuals and their friends hosted and created by the…
SOURCE: adaumbellesquest.com at 12:12AMMany parents come to cheer Don Ruggero Conti, a charismatic 55-year-old priest charged with molesting seven boys, and show their support for him. But plaintiffs' lawyers say the trial has al…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMAt NATO's summit Friday and Saturday, leaders will map out a plan to start transitioning some provinces to Afghan control by early next year. Herat may be on the list, despite a recent uptic…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMAs conservative star Nikki Haley prepares to take over as governor, many South Carolina residents say they're happy to see GOP Gov. Mark Sanford go. But as Sanford's choice to replace him, H…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMSusan Stamberg first broadcast her mother-in-law's "sounds terrible, tastes terrific" relish recipe on All Things Considered in 1972. This year, she asked rapper and chef Coolio to taste the…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMCorrections officials tried to find a dose of sodium thiopental to carry out the state's next execution. When they couldn't get it, they changed their protocol to instead allow the use of pe…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMRepublicans in Congress say their priority for next year is to build momentum for an eventual repeal of the new health overhaul. But they could be in for a surprise: While repeal may be pop…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMIn Indian culture, gold has a traditional worth that far outweighs its intrinsic value. As India's economy surges and more people share the wealth, the country's thirst for gold is rippling …
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMThe periodic table lists 118 different chemical elements. And yet, for thousands of years, humans have really, really liked one of them in particular: gold. A chemist explains.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:01AMFrom the severe aesthetics of Dogma films to the train wreck ecstasies of Troll 2, the movies on The Office actor's must-see list are more than a little eclectic. Wilson joins NPR's Steve In…
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