Imagine an evening at Alvin Ailey without "Revelations." It's pretty rare -- ask director Judith Jamison about the complaints she gets when that signature work isn't on the bill.
But Sund…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:42PMHow tepid was Broad way this year? The most talked-about show didn't even open.
While waiting -- and waiting, and waiting -- for "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" to take flight, we watched…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:41PMBarrow Street Theatre, Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: Captures the theatre producer persona and all the raving characteristics that go with it; a hilarious script and bril…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:40PMFrom doing their taxes to swearing less to sleeping more, the stars share their goals for 2011!
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THREE PIANOS Sing-A-Long
Have you always dreamed of being one of the THREE PIANOS? Now you can join the trio with this fun sing-a-long. Just follow the words at the bottom of the screen and…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:50PMChoreographer Alexei Ratmansky's production of The Nutcracker in New York provides a theatrical, moving and contemporary view of a child's stretching towards young adulthood
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:45PMJohn A. Ferraro, an actor and director and teacher, passed away on December 7, 2010.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMI have been showered with unexpected attention during more than one show because of the gleaming beacon of my fur-free head.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:26PMI have been showered with unexpected attention during more than one show because of the gleaming beacon of my fur-free head.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:26PMTyler Perry's For Colored Girls, which stars Janet Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Jurnee Smollett, Kimberly Elise, Kerry Washington, and Macy Gray, will be relea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMI don’t know about you, but I was rather disappointed with the Kennedy Center Honors tribute to Jerry Herman that aired last evening. Herman, whose songs continue to bring great joy t…
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After a run of over a year, the Broadway curtain falls on Fela! Jan. 2. Star Sahr Ngaujah is currently playing the world renowned Afrobeat superstar Fela Kuti in the West End production, wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:29PMJohn Leguizamo will return to Broadway this winter in Ghetto Klown, his newest solo work. The play, directed by Fisher Stevens, will begin previews on February 21, 2010. It is set to open on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:14PMDavid Leveaux’s production of Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia will transfer to Broadway this spring, starring Billy Crudup, Raul Esparza and Lia Williams. The play, which recently played …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:14PMJazz legend Dr. Billy Taylor died in New York on December 28 of heart failure. He was 89 years old.
Taylor was a noted pianist, and was the house pianist at Birldand early in his career, w…
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“Tom Stoppard’s richest, most ravishing comedy”
- The New York Times
TOM STOPPARD’S
ARCADIA
DIRECTED BY DAVID LEVEAUX
TO PLAY ETHEL BARRYMORE THEATRE ON BROADWAY
STARRING
Ma…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 03:58PMBroadway director John Ferraro has died at age 64 of colon cancer, according to published reports.
Ferraro helmed the short-lived Broadway play Crazy He Calls Me, as well as such Off-Broadw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:44PMIt was a year of scandal and rejuvenation, loss and celebration, recessionary cuts, and, incredibly enough, new theaters built in the teeth of the recession. Here's a brief look back at some…
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As the curtain goes down on 2010, Broadway.com is looking ahead to the new year. We’ve asked the brightest stars on Broadway to reflect on their personal highlights from the past year …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMBilly Elliot's Tessa Netting has sang her own recap of 2010.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMJohn Leguizamo's new solo play Ghetto Klown, will begin a 12-week run at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on February 21. The production, which will be directed by Fisher Stevens, will op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMJohn Leguizamo's new solo play Ghetto Klown, will begin a 12-week run at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on February 21. The production, which will be directed by Fisher Stevens, will op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMA new Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia will play the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, February 25-June 19. Tony Award nominee David Leveaux will direct the production, which will o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMA new Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia will play the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, February 25-June 19. Tony Award nominee David Leveaux will direct the production, which will o…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMMr. Crudup, who portrayed Septimus Hodge in the original Broadway production of the Tom Stoppard play, has been cast as Bernard Nightingale in the revival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:17PMMr. Crudup, who portrayed Septimus Hodge in the original Broadway production of the Tom Stoppard play, has been cast as Bernard Nightingale in the revival.
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Stephen Sondheim appeared on “Nightline” Dec. 28. The legendary composer-lyricist, whose first book of lyrics, “Finishing the Hat,” has recently been published, spok…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMJOHN LEGUIZAMO
RETURNS TO BROADWAY IN
“GHETTO KLOWN”
Directed by Fisher Stevens
Previews February 21; Opens March 22 at Lyceum Theatre
John Leguizamo returns to Broadway next year wit…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 01:37PMJulie Taymor, the director of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, has withdrawn from participating in The New York Times 10th annual Arts & Leisure Weekend, according to the Times. Taymor was…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:34PMLet's face it, these are the only guys you need to hear the opinions of:...
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 01:33PMTelechage.com is now listing Arcadia, a revival of Tom Stoppard's play, will return to New York this spring for a limited engagement in an acclaimed new production directed by five-time Tony…
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I made them for you so you don’t have to think too hard. The average theatre human finally discovered Twitter in 2010. There are plenty of folks coming behind you so please get out of the …
SOURCE: Cambiare Productions at 12:55PMProject Shaw has announced the lineup of staged readings for 2011, to take place at the Players Club. The series is produced and directed by David Staller.
The presentations will be Androcl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMAs the curtain goes down on 2010, Broadway.com is looking ahead to the new year. We’ve asked the brightest stars on Broadway to reflect on their personal highlights from the past year …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMOn Sunday, December 5, the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honored celebrated the talents and contributions of singer and songwriter Merle Haggard composer and lyricist Jerry Herman dancer, chore…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMAnother year of theater is coming to an end, and Broadway.com is celebrating by taking a look back at the year's top theater stories. Every week, we poll our faithful readers on hot topi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35PMOn Sunday, December 5, the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honored celebrated the talents and contributions of singer and songwriter Merle Haggard composer and lyricist Jerry Herman dancer, chore…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PM A curious item in The New York Times of December 28 gave me pause--actually more than a pause: theatrically speaking, a whole intermission. It concerns the musical Spider-…
SOURCE: John Simon at 12:34PMAs the curtain goes down on 2010, Broadway.com is looking ahead to the new year. We’ve asked the brightest stars on Broadway to reflect on their personal highlights from the past year …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMExciting things are happening at TKTS!
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SOURCE: TDF at 12:28PMAs the curtain goes down on 2010, Broadway.com is looking ahead to the new year. We’ve asked the brightest stars on Broadway to reflect on their personal highlights from the past year …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMRipe Time will present Shape Shifting: Veteran Voices , which will explore ways dramatic works can approach the plight of the veteran returning home, at 7pm on Monday, January 10 at New York…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21PMHairspray star Nikki Blonsky is set to make her off-Broadway debut in Nora and Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss and What I Wore. Blonsky joins previously announced stars Alexis Bledel, Judy G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMDear Supporters of The Brick: We are writing to ask for your continuing financial support to help The Brick continue its programming in 2011 and beyond.The Brick has been running strong n…
SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 12:06PMThe American Theatre Wing has released the Downstage Center. podcast of a discussion with Tony Award-winning composer John Kander.
In the interview -- the 300th in the series -- Kander spe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:02PMI’m often still surprised by my own gullibility. My faith in performance (and film and television—in representation, really) means that I’m eager to see a broad swath of cultural prod…
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John Leguizamo is coming back to Broadway and he's bringing along some funny stories about Hollywood.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:50AMAs The Lion King’s Mustafa, Alton Fitzgerald White oversees the entirety of Pride Rock’s animal population. White’s kingly instincts have filtered into his dressing room at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMTis the season to find your inner elf and BroadwayWorld is going to help Continuing our special series Elf Shorts we bring you backstage again with Matthew Gumley Michael in the show and Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:47AMAmong the cultural figures commemorated on new stamps announced by the United States Postal Service are Latin "music legends;" Gregory Peck, as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird"; and …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:47AMThe 33rd annual Kennedy Center Honors, held Dec. 5 in Washington, DC, and broadcast Dec. 28 on CBS, featured a plethora of starry tributes to the five men and women honored for their contrib…
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PRESENTS
THE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF
A SMALL FIRE
A NEW PLAY BY OBIE AWARD WINNER ADAM BOCK
DIRECTED BY TRIP CULLMAN
Cast features
Tony Award winner MICHELE PAWK, …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:26AMAs the curtain goes down on 2010, Broadway.com is looking ahead to the new year. We’ve asked the brightest stars on Broadway to reflect on their personal highlights from the past year …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMThe Bickford Theatre in Morristown, New Jersey will present Douglas Carter Beane's award-winning comedy The Little Dog Laughed, January 20-February 13. The production will be directed b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMIn-depth interviews with stage stars have always been a Broadway.com specialty, as our editors go behind the scenes with the hottest shows and most popular performers. At year-end, we’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:09AMLINCOLN CENTER THEATER’S
PRODUCTION OF
“WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN”
A NEW MUSICAL BASED ON THE FILM BY PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
WITH BOOK BY JEFFREY LANE
MUSIC AND …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:08AMIt's the time of year for the ol' look back. What memorable moments have the last 12 months brought us that could help define the next 12 months? Here are my top 10 Broadway moments for 2010…
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New at TKTS: Patron Services and a TKTS App _CC
Become a TKTS expert! Here's everything you need to know about TDF's new Patron Service Program and the official TKTS app. http://www…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:59AMThough no official cancellation notice has gone up on the NYT Arts amp Leisure Weekend's web site for a scheduled conversation on January 8th between Patrick Healy of the Times and currently…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMNew at TKTS: Patron Services and a TKTS App
Become a TKTS expert! Here's everything you need to know about TDF's new Patron Service Program and the official TKTS app. http://www.tdf…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:50AMAMERICAN THEATRE WING’S
“ D O W N S T A G E C E N T E R ”
REACHES MILESTONE 300TH INTERVIEW
WITH LEGENDARY COMPOSER JOHN KANDER
INTERVIEW SERIES FEATURING
LEADING…
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NIKKI BLONSKY JOINS THE JANUARY CAST OF
“ L O V E , L O S S, A N D W H A T I W O R E ”
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SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 10:44AMThe American Theatre Wings Theodore S. Chapin, Chairman, Board of Trustees Howard Sherman, Executive Director original interview series, Downstage Center, reaches a milestone today with the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMAccording to his official website, Michael Ball will tour the UK with his new show 'Heroes,' beginning in May of 2011. Ball's concerts are set to include the songs which he is famous for, as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMProducer Daryl Roth announced today that Nikki Blonsky, the Golden Globe nominated star of Hairspray, will complete the January cast of the hit Off Broadway show Love, Loss, and What I Wore,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMThe Falcon Theatre will present The Catholic Girl's Guide to Losing Your Virginity, written by and starring Annie Hendy, February 2-March 6. The production will be directed by Gregg W. …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AMJohn Leguizamo is set to warm up his latest solo show titled Ghetto Klown in Chicago before heading over to Broadway reports the Chicago Tribune. Ghetto Klown will take the stage at the Roya…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMAdditional casting has been announced for the Off-Broadway production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore, at the Westside Theatre.
Based on Ilene Beckerman's 1995 book about clothes and th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:25AMAccording to Oh No They Didn't, Judi Dench will be joining the cast of Clint Eastwood's new film, J. Edgar. Focusing on FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, the film will elaborate on 'his scandal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMComposer John Kander talks about his decades-long collaboration with Fred Ebb, with particular focus on the four projects that were not fully completed before Ebb's death in 2004: "The Scott…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:14AMBroadway composer Jason Robert Brown is set to tour Australia in FebruaryMarch 2011. Performances will take place in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth. Australian star Rachael …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMThe writer-performer John Leguizamo is to perform his latest solo show "Ghetto Klown" at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago from Feb. 1-12, immediately prior to its Broadway engagement at t…
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BroadwayWorld.com was the first to report back on December 2 when Natalie Mendoza, who plays the lead role of Arachne in SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark had received a concussion and the role w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59AMBest Shows of 20101. The Scottsboro Boys – It is difficult to imagine a more daring,disturbing or dangerous Broadway musical than this true story aboutnine young black males falsely accuse…
SOURCE: On Off Broadway at 09:59AMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, the SPIDER-MAN team has finally weighed in on the controversial early reviews published by Newsday and Bloomberg News last week. Critics form both public…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AMActress Natalie Mendoza, who plays Arachne in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark at the Foxwoods Theatre, is not performing in the show currently, and is reportedly exiting t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:46AMRed Bull Theater has announced revised casting for The Witch of Edmonton, which will begin previews at the Theater at St. Clement's on January 25 in anticipation of an official opening …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:40AMComposer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim appeared on Nightline on December 28 to chat about everything from wanting to rewrite WEST SIDE STORY to the release of his new book 'Finishing the Hat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMI thought I was interviewing the four outrageously loveable, funny and eccentric members of The Kinsey Sicks who are tearing up the mistletoe at Theater J. But, instead, eight showed up R…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:23AMThe cast of the hit Broaday musical American Idiot will pefrorm on NBC's New Year's Eve With Carson Daly, which will air at 11:30pm on December 31.
The show will also include an i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:23AMI love any opportunity to run gorgeous pictures of dances by the Washington-based dance company Momix. The Connecticut group, led by Moses Pendleton, will be presenting its evening-length pi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:18AMA San Francisco D.J. combines the year's biggest hits into a mix that will either make you nostalgic for the year that was, or grateful for the new year almost upon us.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:16AMOn Sunday, December 5, the 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honored celebrated the talents and contributions of singer and songwriter Merle Haggard composer and lyricist Jerry Herman dancer, chore…
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Cast and creative team has been announced for New Repertory Theatre's world premiere production of Steve Yockey's http://www.theatermania.com/boston/shows/afterlife-a-ghost-story_1…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:48AMOpera singer Frances Ginberg has died at age 55 of brain and spinal cancer, according to The New York Times.
Ginsberg worked frequently at New York City Opera, where her roles included Marg…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:47AMOriginally published in The New Yorker, Dec. 13, 2010. Personal enjoyment rating (out of 100): 29.Brilliant opening line: "A Yankee cap- and Ray-Ban-wearing boy of indeterminate age ge…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 08:16AMI’m not a big fan of drag and I'm not fond of camp and yet, like just about everyone else who has seen it, I had a great time at The Divine Sister.
This campfest, written by and starring …
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On a massive world crushing event happening in his lifetime: “It won’t take very much, I’m telling you. It will not take much for people to hit the panic button. The amount of convenie…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTime for Rihanna to pen a new break-up ballad: After almost a year together, she and Matt Kemp have called it quits. "It happened over the last few weeks," explains a source. "She basically …
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTeen Mom star Amber Portwood was released from an Indiana prison after entering a not guilty plea for several felony charges by the Madison County Prosecutor’s Office.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMLeAnn Rimes showed off her diamond engagement ring at Los Angeles International Airport, where she and fiance Eddie Cibrian were preparing to depart for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have made good on their word to have an adventure over the holidays. The couple and their six children spent the last week or so,including Christmas, in the Afri…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMBloomberg News and Newsday reviewers file reports long before the February opening, breaking longstanding agreement.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMThe move, announced just days before OWN's launch, expands the network's reach in New York.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMReese Witherspoon is ready to walk down the aisle again! She and Hollywood agent Jim Toth are engaged. "They are extremely happy," her representative confirms.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMAccording to a source close to the singer, Aretha Franklin has not died, contrary to rumors rocketing across the Internet.
The Detroit singer, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMNatalie Mendoz, one of the lead actresses in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, who suffered a concussion during the musical’s first preview performance last month, is leaving the production, …
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMKelsey and the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Camille are set to divide up a nine figure fortune. It seems they never signed a pre-nuptial agreement so all earnings during the marriag…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMReality TV star Kelly Osbourne has said she is leaving Twitter just days after launching a furious tirade against her former fiancé Luke Worrall on the social networking site.
Kelly posted…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMDisneyland began turning away would be visitors (on Monday and Tuesay) within hours of opening and then redirected them to California Adventure until that park reached capacity, too.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors saluted entertainment talk show host and producer Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, country singer Merle Haggard, composer Jerry Herman and dancer Bill T. Jone…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMIn an interview with King Magazine, the Pink Friday musician said: "I look for someone who is calm, someone who is strong enough to not have to win every argument, someone who allows a woman…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMGandolfini came to the rescue of a stricken motorist who got stuck on unplowed Bedford Street in the West Village on Monday night. The beefy actor, who lives in the neighborhood, helped dig …
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMThe problem of the Kennedy Center Honors is that the idea of transforming it into better television would doubtless compromise its noble sense of purpose. Like so much about Washington, the …
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