Italian researchers said yesterday they will dig up bones in a Florence convent to try to identify the remains of a Renaissance woman long believed to be the model for the Mona Lisa.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:52PMThough they share the same bed, there's a deep disconnect between Marie (Marisa Tomei) and Bruce (Frank Whaley). If that's not apparent from the first moment you see them in Marie and Bruce,…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 11:51PMIn the first few minutes of the New Group's "Marie and Bruce," the title couple take their place among some of history's most codependent antagonists: George and Martha in "Who's Afraid of V…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:45PMBy all rights, the new Broadway play "The Motherf**ker With the Hat" should be a feather in a cap.
Chris Rock heads up a strong cast including the excellent Bobby Cannavale and the sexy An…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:42PMAt the tail-end of Girl with Curious Hair (ironically, just before his longest story, "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way"), Wallace makes a sudden shift toward shorter fiction -- p…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 11:37PMToday we are talking to one of the stars of the smash hit Broadway revival of Frank Loesser's HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, co-starring Daniel Radcliffe, Tammy Blanchard …
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TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - Former French rock star Bertrand Cantat has landed a controversial live theater gig in Montreal after serving four years in prison for the 2003 beating death o…
SOURCE: Reuters at 10:34PM“Marie and Bruce,” Wallace Shawn’s 1979 portrait of marital misery, has been revived at the Acorn Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:30PMJohn Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown - Official Opening Night Red Carpet and After Party Video
Stars of film, TV, and stage all came out to see John Leguizamo's new show Ghetto Klown on op…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24PMThe Keen Company serves up a Grade-A revival of Michael Frayn's searing domestic drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:01PMDerek Nguyen's intriguing if convoluted play set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War gets a highly uneven staging.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMRoger Bean's new jukebox musical is a pasteurized if decidedly tuneful look at the late 1960s.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThe internationally famous stage and screen actress discusses her work as an overweight ex-porn star in the film Meet Monica Velour.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMWallace Shawn's play about an unhappy marriage proves to be a bleak and unsatisfying evening of theater.
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Legit News: Juliano Mer-Khamis, 52, gunned down -- Israeli-Palestinian actor-director Juliano Mer-Khamis, who appears in Julian Schnabel's "Miral," was gunned down Monday, April 5, in the We…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:57PMFirst things first: Robin Williams on a Broadway stage, which is to say Robin Williams as a Broadway actor, which is more precisely to say Robin Williams not playing Robin Williams, is--and,…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 07:56PMThe excellent program notes for the Remy Bumppo revival of “The Goat or, Who Is Sylvia?” — the story of an illustrious contemporary architect who admits to having a passionate, physica…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:54PMStand up comedienne and actress Wanda Sykes has signed on to guest star for the third season of the hit LIFETIME dramedy series DROP DEAD DIVA, starring Brooke Elliott, in the fifth episode …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:49PMRoyal Court, LondonAlthough the title of Simon Stephens's new play refers to the deepest lake in Britain, it is set on the fringes of Heathrow; and part of its point is that the airport envi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30PMCOCTEAU CALLING A disheveled bed, letters strewn across the floor, a woman quaking by the phone awaiting her lover’s last call: Jean Cocteau’s 1930 play about the need for human communic…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:21PMWatching the development of theatre companies is a fascinating business. They are organisms subject to all the travails of being alive: growth, change, decay, death and renewal. They are net…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 07:21PMRichard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy lead the cast of Ghost The Musical playing Sam and Molly in Matthew Warchus' stage musical version of the Academy Award winning film. Accompanied by Sharon…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20PMRob Ashford's 50th anniversary production of How To Success in Business Without Really Trying is crisp and stylish. It stars the former boy wizard of the “Harry Potter” franchise, …
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 07:16PMThe fabulous Sarah Terez Rosenblum interviewed me for her blog, Our Town, which is part of Chicago Sun-Times online. Read on if you want to see how a prostitute formed my early love of the…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:16PMBroadway favorite Sutton Foster is Set to make an appearance at the 86th Street Barnes amp Noble in the Uper East Side on May 9. At 5pm, Foster will sign copies of her new CD 'An Evening wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:10PMWill Eno is the latest to add a new wing to Ibsen's A Doll's House
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Irish playwright Sebastian Barry's The Pride of Parnell Street walks a fine line between brutality and sentimentality, viewing Ireland's problems through the prism of a troubled married coup…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:52PMBroadway veteran and GLEE star Matthew Morrison, has recently announced that he'll launch a concert tour this June in support of his debut, self-titled solo album on May 10. Here, Kristin Ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PM* It's all over US newspapers, but I can't seem to find it in any local sheets, at least online: former MIAF director Kristy Edmunds has landed a plum job at UCLA as artistic director of its…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 06:33PMAs just announced today, John Mahoney, Rondi Reed and Thomas J. Cox are set to star in the Northlight Theatre World premiere of The Outgoing Tide written by Bruce Graham, directed by Artisti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:30PMNorthlight Theatre's world-premiere staging of Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide will star Tony Award winners John Mahoney and Rondi Reed, plus Thomas J. Cox, May 12-June 19 in suburb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:19PMTomorrow’s broadcast of WOR’s “The Joan Hamburg Show” will feature New York’s most celebrated stars recorded in front of a live audience at Sardi’s. The program can be found on 7…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:18PMDeputy Mayor Robert Steel acknowledged Tuesday that the city �could have done a better job� in communicating with stakeholders in the lead-up to its controversial decision last month to move…
SOURCE: Crain's at 06:16PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBwa Click on any hyperlinked item for more informa…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:02PMGLORY DAYS GETS ITS GLORY BACK Glory Days is legendary among contemporary musical theater fans. With book by James Gardiner and music and lyrics by Nick Blaemire, this youthful musical recei…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:00PMPlaybill for 2011-2012 includes exclusive engagements by big-name companies, highlighted by Tanztheater Wuppertal
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Tony Award-Nominee Kerry Butler who plays Brenda Strong in the new Broadway musical CATCH ME IF YOU CAN sang “Fly, Fly Away,” on Monday night at the Point Foundation Honors Benef…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 05:59PMBroadway's Heidi Blickenstaff, Tovah Feldshuh, Jackie Hoffman, Lauren Kennedy, Jeff McCarthy and Barbara Walsh are among the artists who will celebrate the work of Fred Ebb Award winner …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMTony Award winner Rondi Reed will join the previously reported Tony winner John Mahoney in the world premiere of Bruce Graham's The Outgoing Tide, to be presented by Northlight Theatre,…
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SOURCE: The AndyGram at 05:47PMLegit News: New musicals from Foster, Gwon to bow -- A whopping five world premieres, four of them tuners, are on tap for Signature Theater's 2011-12 slate -- the most ever to be mounted in …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:38PMTony Award winners James Earl Jones and Roger Robinson will appear in Bridgette Wimberly's Separation of Blood as part of the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMTony Award nominee Veanne Cox (Company, Caroline, or Change) will return to La Cage aux Folles on April 5 as Mme. Dindon/Mme. Renaud, the roles she originated in the Tony-winning Broadway re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:29PMTony Award-nominee Veanne Cox Company, Caroline, or Change, A Free Man of Color returns to the Tony Award-winning production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Mme. DindonMme. Renaud tonight, Tuesday …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMThe upcoming production of "The Outgoing Tide" will include the Chicago actors John Mahoney, Rondi Reed and Thomas J. Cox in its cast, Northlight Theatre confirmed today. The play by Bruce G…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:13PMA family favorite celebrating one year Off Broadway, John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean follows sea creatures Dorsel, Tank and Bubbles on an underwater adventure. Backed by a score of swing, R&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PMWould a male director receive the lashing Julie has received? If it were a male director with the reputation and accomplishments of Julie Taymor I cannot believe in good conscience that this…
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Joe Kinosian, the co-creator of Murder for Two — A Killer Musical, will appear in the spring Chicago premiere of the comic thriller, May 12-June 19 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMJoe Kinosian, the co-creator of Murder for Two — A Killer Musical, will appear in the spring Chicago premiere of the comic thriller, May 12-June 19 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Annette Bening and Katie Holmes will be honored at the 2011 Crystal Lucy Awards, with the crystal Award for Excellence in Film and the Face of the Futur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMOff-Broadway openings are usually low-key affairs, but the star wattage was high on April 4 for the New Group’s revival of Marie and Bruce. After the performance on Theatre Row, Julia …
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Tony Award-nominee Veanne Cox (Company, Caroline, or…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 04:36PMBarnes & Noble has announced its in-store events for May, scheduled for locations throughout Manhattan.
Sutton Foster will offer a performance and CD signing at the booksellers' st…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:35PMIn the following video Tony nominee Constantie Maroulis makes an appearance on 'The Price is Right' to introduce a rockin showcase, that included a trip to New York City to see ROCK OF AGES.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMRichard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy, recently seen in the West End in Legally Blonde – the Musical and Hair, respectively, star in London's Ghost: The Musical, set to begin performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PM To celebrate the release of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL’s Original Broadway Cast Recording released by RHINO in stores nationwide TODAY, here are some little known f…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:27PMThe Fred Ebb Foundation Mitchell Bernard, Trustee in association with the York Theatre James Morgan, Artistic Director is pleased to present an invitation-only showcase presentation entitled…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMSeveral cast changes will be implemented tonight, April 5, in the Broadway revival of La Cage Aux Folles, at the Longacre Theatre.
Tony Award nominee Veanne Cox will return to the roles of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:22PMTony Award nominee Veanne Cox (Company; Caroline, or Change; A Free Man of Color) returns to the roles of Mme. Dindon/Mme. Renaud in the Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMMAMMA MIA! CELEBRATES 12 YEARS
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Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6, 2011 marks the 37th Anniversary of ABBA’s Waterloo victory at the Eurovision Song Cont…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 04:14PMPhiladelphia's B. Someday Productions has announced casting for its premiere of Mistaken Charity, which is set to run May 6th -May 21st at The Walking Fish Theatre.
Mistaken Charity is…
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SOURCE: The AndyGram at 04:11PMTony Award-nominee Veanne Cox (Company, Caroline, or Change, A Free Man of Color) returns to the Tony Award-winning production of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES as Mme. Dindon/Mme. Renaud tonight, Tuesd…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:10PMGlee's Darren Criss and the SFGC Alumnae Chorus will join the Yale Glee Club for a concert to be offered on Saturday, May 14 at 8pm at Marine's Memorial Theatre in San Francisco. T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:07PMLong-rumoured project is now in early production stages, singer tells BillBoard
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SOURCE: The AndyGram at 04:04PMThe orchestra was tentatively planning to go in June, but no charter planes big enough to take it were available.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:00PMThere have been a lot of small emerging dance productions in town lately. YouTurn is the newest and most engaging. Three dance artists (and visual and musical artists) gathered at the 10th A…
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... transformations ... The setting, the deck of Claire’s beach house around Montauk, on the East End of Long Island, is delightful and the play is pleasant in a summery way well into it, …
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 03:45PMLast summer Bob Balaban announced plans to bring Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific back to the big screen. Broadway.com caught up with the actor-turned-producer to find out more …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMThe off-Broadway revival of Abe Burrows’ Cactus Flower will close on April 24 at the Westside Theatre Upstairs. The comedy, which began previews on February 24 and opened on March 10, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMThe Helen Hayes Tribute — one of three special awards given in the annual Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, DC — will be presented to Tony Award-winning director, choreographer a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMThe appeal of the broadcast probably lies largely in the sentimental reading we bring to it, but there's wildness and a palpable undercurrent of danger, too.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:38PMTony winners Audra McDonald and Liev Schreiber will announce nominations for the 56th annual Drama Desk Awards on May 2 at the New York Friars Club. The Drama Desk Awards, which honor achiev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:31PMThe Broadway musical "La Cage Aux Folles" recently welcomed Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber to the production.
SOURCE: NY1 at 03:28PMDerrick Baskin, Michael Cerveris, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Harriett D. Foy, Marcy Harriell, Lisa Howard, Ebony JoAnn, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Adriane Lenox, Sarah Saltzberg, Sherie Rene Scott, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:05PMThe Broadway grosses for the week ending April 3, 2011 are in. 38 shows playing on Broadway, with 11 in previews and one opening last week. Overall gross numbers were slightly up from last…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:03PMThe U.K. theatre company Cheek By Jowl's take on Shakespeare's Macbeth makes its U.S. debut April 5 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:02PMFrom spiky, surreal cabaret to an exhilarating Royal Ballet triple bill, Judith Mackrell picks the highlights of the seasonScottish Ballet: Alice The second Alice ballet to hit the stage in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMGiggle your way through spring with Jeff Garlin (AKA Jeff Greene, Larry David's manager in Curb Your Enthusiasm), Dom Joly and Irish New Yorker Des BishopDes BishopMy Dad Was Nearly Jam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMDominic West and Romola Garai star in brilliant 1950s newsroom drama The Hour by Abi Morgan. Good enough to fill the gaping void left by Mad Men. Plus more TV goldExileJohn Simm and Jim Broa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMIbsen considered Emperor and Galilean, his massive two-part drama about Julian the Apostate, the last pagan emperor of Rome, to be his masterpiece but it has never been staged in Britain bef…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00PMA new music-theatre piece celebrates the life of the novelist Anaïs Nin, while the CBSO completes its Mahler cycle with Das Lied von der Erde under the baton of Simon RattleAnaïs NinLouis …
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HealthCorps www.healthcorps.org will take its fight against child obesity to the Intrepid Sea, Air amp Space Museum in New York City for its Fifth Annual Gala, Fresh From The Garden, on Wedn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMThe Lucille Lortel Awards only gives partial love to Gatz
SOURCE: Time Out New York at 02:59PMSpeakEasy Stage Company in Boston, MA, has announced its 2011-2012 season, which includes Next Fall, The Divine Sister, Red, Next to Normal and Xanadu.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMNational Alliance of Musical Theatre executive director Kathy Evans, who has been with the organization since 2002, has announced her departure to found a new music theatre writers retreat i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMThe new cast recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of The Wizard Of Oz, playing at the London Palladium in the West End, will be released through Really Useful Group / Polydor R…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:48PMStage and screen stars Annette Bening and Katie Holmes will be among the honorees at the 2011 Crystal + Lucy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The ceremony will take place in Los …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:45PMTomorrows broadcast of WORs The Joan Hamburg Show will feature New Yorks most celebrated stars recorded in front of a live audience at Sardis.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMLisa Howard, who made her Broadway debut in William Finn’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, will celebrate the release of her upcoming new CD with a concert at Birdland Apri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMLisa Howard, who made her Broadway debut in William Finn’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, will celebrate the release of her upcoming new CD with a concert at Birdland Apri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMABC wins the ratings battle with "Dancing With the Stars" on a night when CBS features the men's college basketball championship game.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:30PMWhile the American musical was at the peak of its popularity, the publishing industry took notice and would publish libretti, especially Random House. Released in hardcover editions, the boo…
SOURCE: Theatre Aficionado at Large at 02:29PMPrevious Julie Taymor collaborator Harry Lennix Dollhouse, Radio Golf has taken to the Huffington Post to speak out against the harsh criticism she has endured surrounding the on-going SPIDE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PMThe NETworks tour of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," a very different beast from the original Disney production, has booked a reprise Chicago engagement. The show will play the Cadillac Pal…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:22PMThe Off-Broadway revival of Abe Burrows' Cactus Flower will end its engagement at the Westside Theatre Upstairs following the Sunday, April 24 performance. As of that date, it will have…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21PMThe New York revival of Abe Burrows' classic farce Cactus Flower, which officially opened March 10 at the Westside Theatre Upstairs following previews that began Feb. 24, will play its f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMAllison Case (Hair, Mamma Mia!) and Derrick Baskin (Memphis, The Little Mermaid, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) appear in the fifth episode of “Submissions Only,” th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMOff-Broadway's Second Stage Theatre invited many of its alums to the company's annual spring gala on April 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom. Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson reu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:04PMBengal Tiger leaves the realism of the Iraq war to film and instead turns on the poetry of metaphor, exploring the theme of the artist, bulldozed by the tanks of war, writes Brendan Lemon
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 02:01PMMichael Frayn's Benefactors, starring Tony Award nominee Daniel Jenkins, Vivienne Benesch, Deanne Lorette and Stephen Barker Turner, officially opens Off-Broadway April 5 at the Clurman …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMAccording to Deadline.com, Tyler Perry is set to direct, write, and star in Lionsgate's GOOD DEEDS movie. THe film will begin shooting in Atlanta at the end of the month. As described by Dea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMTobacco Factory, BristolFrom the opening moments, cordially announced by a violin and piano, there's an air of restraint about Andrew Hilton's approach to Shakespeare's early, and rather boi…
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James Andreassi and Paula Plum will play the title roles in the Actors' Shakespeare Project production of Antony & Cleopatra, to be presented at The Modern Theatre at Suffolk Univer…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:58PMA former Italian television producer who has achieved notoriety by claiming to dig up the bones of cultural figures like Caravaggio and Dante has set his sights on the woman believed to be t…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:56PMArian Moayed talks about his first Broadway outing
SOURCE: Time Out New York at 01:54PM2009 Tony Award host and Broadway veteran Neil Patrick Harris appears alongside Amelia Talbot, Bonnie Somerville, and more in The Best and the Brightest. The film will be released in July 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMKristy Edmunds has been named the new executive and artistic director of UCLA Live, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. She will assume the position on May 1.
Edmunds has held …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:49PMPalm Beach Dramaworks, in West Palm Beach, Florida, has announced casting for its production of Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane, which will conclude the theater's 11t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:45PMThe wandering soliloquy of Molly Bloom in Joyce's classic work "Ulysses" was the inspiration for "The Sensual World," the title song from Kate Bush's 1989 album. But Ms. Bush had been denied…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:41PMTHE MOTHERFKER WITH THE HAT star Chris Rock appeared on 'Good Morning America' yesterday, April 4. Check out the interview by clicking below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMWONDERLAND is now in previews at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway. Opening night is Sunday, April 17. www.WonderlandOnBroadway.com THE NEW YORK TIMES April 3, 2011 ARTS & LEISURE What…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:38PMNominations for the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced at a news conference on Monday, May 2, 2011, at 930 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street, in Manhattan. A c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMYoung Vic, LondonAn international hit since its 2007 Abbey Theatre debut, Mark O'Rowe's Terminus has found favour in most quarters – save, I suspect, the Dublin tourist board. Its account …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:31PMNew Repertory Theatre has announced casting for its production of the musical Passing Strange, to be performed at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, May 1-22. Kate Warner will direct, with mus…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:31PMFEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed Best of New York by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, presented the debut engagement of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMFollowing its five star debut pantomime, Aladdin, last Christmas, the SECC has announced that John Barrowman and The Krankies will make a triumphant return to the stage of the Clyde Auditori…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMIf you notice a lot more muggles in Gryffindor ties and wizard cloaks than usual in Times Square, they might be headed to see a singing/dancing Daniel Radcliffe in How To Succeed, or they mi…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 01:27PMWho doesn’t love seeing Broadway actors in movies? There’s always a curious sense of satisfaction that comes along with it, like we’ve seen our children go on to do amazing…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:26PMEast West Players has announced casting for the world premiere of the Hip Hop musical Krunk Fu Battle Battle, to be presented at the David Henry Hwang Theater at the Union Center for the Art…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:21PMBroadway veteran and GLEE star Matthew Morrison has just announced the dates and venues for his upcoming summer tour, which will kick off June 18 in Minneapolis. In the following video, Funn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PM"A quiet revolution (or is it an evolution?) has been unfolding in Seattle theater. On stages and in rehearsal halls, more and more women directors are running the show -- and, in many cases…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:14PM"Marc Cassivi, a culture critic with La Presse newspaper, said Cantat has served his time and deserves a second chance. Others said the theatre's choice could send the wrong message to offen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:13PMGlee star Matthew Morrison recently announced he'll team with Funny Or Die to create clips in support of his upcoming summer tour, but it looks like the Tony nominee and humor website go…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:07PMAmas Musical Theater presented a benefit concert performance of William Finn's Romance in Hard Times, with Lillias White, Alix Korey and more on April 4 at the Baruch Performing Arts Cen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMAmas Musical Theater presented a benefit concert performance of William Finn's Romance in Hard Times, with Lilias White, Alix Korey and more on April 4 at the Baruch Performing Arts Cent…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMBroadway/L.A. has announced return engagements of the musicals Monty Python's Spamalot (February 28-March 4) and Rock of Ages (March 20-25), both of which will play the Pantages Theatre…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:04PMJon Imber’s career trajectory has taken him from precise figuration to exuberant abstract expressionist landscapes and still lifes. This has happened gradually over three decades, and …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:03PMWith newcomer Diego Gonzalez Boneta now officially cast as Drew in Adam Shankman's upcoming Rock of Ages film, the director says he's open to the possibility of Tony-nominated stage …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PM
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, who returns to the role of St. Jimmy in Broadway’s American Idiot April 5 for the final weeks of the run, shares a message from the Broadway Gr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMBrenda Bynum, Jill Jane Clements and Tess Malis Kincaid will star as the sparring women of the Weston family in the Alliance Theatre production of Tracy Letts' August: Osage County.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMThe new musical Baby It’s You!, set to officially open April 27 at The Broadhurst Theatre, is offering a “blogger” performance on April 19.
The creative team is looking fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMPaper Mill Playhouse Gala Preview
Paper Mill Playhouse will host its Center Stage Celebration on Friday, May 13 at the Hilton-Short Hills. This event is Paper Mill Playhouse's largest …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PMThis week on 'Dancing with the Stars' the top 10 got a chance to dance to songs that were personal to them. Check out images from the episode below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMTony Award winner Ben Vereen will perform at Dr. Oz's Health Corps Gala, to be held at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City, on Wednesday, April 13 beginning at 6:3…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:52PMLast night, April 4, The Point Foundation, celebrating LGBT leaders, hosted a benefit last night in New York City, co-hosted by Kelly Ripa and Sam Champion. Participants in the event includ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMIf pop princess Britney Spears took a night off from promoting her new album to enjoy a night at the theater, would you hold it against her? Of course not! On April 3, Spears took a break fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMStage and screen stars Audra McDonald and Liev Schreiber will announce the nominations for the 56th annual Drama Desk Awards at the New York Friars Club, on Monday, May 2 at 9:30am.
The Dra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PMTony Award winner Ben Vereen will be honored during the All Star Project's annual Give Back, Get Back gala benefit April 7 at Lincoln Center's Koch Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMDirector Declan Donnellan talks to Andrew Dickson about directing Shakespeare in Russian and why arts cuts could cost culture dearAndrew DicksonLindsay PoultonAndy Gallagher
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:29PMJohn Barrowman will play the title role in the pantomime Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates, to run December 17 - January 7 in the Clyde Auditorium at the Scottish Exhibition and Conf…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:29PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- Kevin Spacey is offering some impromptu "street theater" to call on Congress for continued funding of the National Endowment for the Arts....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:28PMTony Award winners Audra McDonald and Liev Schreiber will announce the nominations for the 56th Annual Drama Desk Awards May 2 at 9:30 AM ET at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMKristin Scott Thomas, Douglas Henshall and Ben Miles will star in a revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the West End's Comedy Theatre. Performances begin May 27, with opening nigh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMContinuing his media tour in support of The Motherf**ker With the Hat, Chris Rock had Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos in stitches on April 4 with riffs on recent GMA guest Ch…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:19PMToday, Tom Riley, is your birthday. The big 3-0. And good news (!)—for you, for the viewing public—a quick perusal of Google Image Search tells us you just get more fly with each passing…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:16PMPlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new-play development organization, anounced the playwrights and plays selected for its seventh annual New Play Development Conference, running July …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMSutton Foster, Joel Grey, Kathleen Marshall, and more talk Broadway's Anything Goes
Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Kathleen Marshall, and the company of the Roundabout Theatre Company's …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:10PMTrent Dawson (Broadway's "The Herbal Bed"), Nick Gehlfuss (TV's "Army Wives," "The Good Wife"), Jeremy Peter Johnson (Westport's "She Loves Me"), Nicole Lowrance (Hartford Stage's "The Learn…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:04PMAudiences are following the yellow brick road over the rainbow to see Danielle Hope, winner of BBC TV's Over the Rainbow, play Dorothy at The London Palladium, the capital's home of the fami…
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In response to the devastating events in Japan, producers Patty Onagan and Ronn Goswick presented Rebuild Japan A Benefit Concert at The Pasadena Playhouse, a one-night-only event on Monday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57AMYesterday, April 4, Juliano Mer Khamis, an Israeli-Arab actor, director and activist, was killed at 52 in a small town in the West Bank where he ran a drama school, the AP first reported. A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMBroadway and "Glee" star Matthew Morrison has teamed up with Funny or Die to promote his upcoming 20-city tour that launches June 18 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis.
Here, Morr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMWhat people are saying about Ghost Stories
WARNING. Please be advised that GHOST STORIES contains moments of extreme shock and tension. The show is unsuitable for anyone under the age of 14…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:47AMLONDON (Reuters) - Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Monty Python star Terry Jones are the unlikely pair in a new operatic double bill which opens in London on Friday.
SOURCE: Reuters at 11:44AMJohn Barrowman, who will launch his latest U.K. concert tour in October, will star in the holiday pantomime Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates in Scotland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMThe New Group presents the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce in a limited Off-Broadway engagement through May 7. Directed by Scott Elliott, this production feat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMOn Wednesday, April 4, Kelly Ripa and Sam Champion hosted the Point Foundation's 4th Annual Gala, Point Honors New York, which was held at Capitale.
Guests also included Sandra Bernha…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:41AMEnsemble Studio Theatre and the the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation are currently presenting First Light 2011, a series of new plays about science and technology at the Ensemble Studio Theatre, t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AMHoward McGillin will offer a public master class, followed by a question and answer session, on Saturday, April 30 from Noon to 2pm at The Theatre at Calvary United Methodist Church in Dumon…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMMontego Glover, Judith Light and many more were on hand at The Point Foundation's April 4 gala, "Point Honors New York," honoring current and future champions of the LGBT commu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMJoseph Bertolozzi, who has created music by harvesting percussive sounds from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge near Poughkeepsie, N.Y., said he received approval for a similar pro…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:26AMFollowing a London West End run in December 2007, a sold-out limited engagement at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music in March 2008, and a subsequent eight-week run on Broadway, director Rupert G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMWoolly Mammoth Theatre, the Washington, DC, company devoted to contemporary voices, announced a 2011-12 season that includes three world premieres.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMWinners of The Carbonell Awards, honoring outstanding theater in South Florida, have been announced. The prizes were presented in a ceremony held on April 4 in the Amaturo Theater at the Br…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMThe Gallery Players has announced casting for the Lionel Bart musical Oliver!, which will star River Alexander in the title role and Dominic Cuskern as Fagin. Neal J. Freeman will direct the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMCasting is now complete for Josie Rourke's new production of William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, which will begin performances May 16 at London's Wyndham's Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMTyler Perry has signed on with Lionsgate to direct and star in his original screenplay, "Good Deeds," according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMIn Three Men on a Horse, hen-pecked greeting-card writer, Erwin Trowbridge, has an uncanny ability for predicting the winners of horse races.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMIn the April 2011 edition of 201 Magazine, composer-lyricist Joe DiPietro reveals that he is currently working on a new musical with his MEMPHIS collaborator, David Bryan. In the interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMBefore I get to the blimey-town stuff, here are my customary post-seminar five takeaways from this past weekend's Get Your Show Off The Ground seminar! A huge thank you to the twelve hugely …
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Full casting has been announced for William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, to begin performances at Wyndham's Theater on May 16. The production, which will be directed by Jo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:56AMArlington VA's Signature Theatre has announced that their 2011-2012 season will feature the world premiere of 5 new works that include two new musicals that will run in repertory as part of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMSignature Theatre has announced its 2011-2012 season.
The year will begin with two new musicals, running in repertory August - October. Eric Shaeffer will direct The Hollow, with music and…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:51AM"Glee's" Darren Criss will make an appearance as a guest mentor on the premiere episode of Oxygen's "The Glee Project," to air June 12, according to Deadlin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMThe Little Sisters of Hoboken will get their close-up in Dan Goggin's latest theatrical venture, Nunset Boulevard, which will begin performances April 28 at Indiana's Theatre at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMA party was held April 4 to celebrate the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce, presented in a limited Off-Broadway engagement that opens April 5 at The New Gr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMIf you're just joining our regularly scheduled Producer program, then allow me to fill you in on this feature. At the end of every month, I scroll through the stats on my blogs and let you k…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThe summer return of Arena Stage's popular fall 2010 revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! will feature the original principal cast members, including E. Faye Butler as Aunt…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee will assemble for the fourth and final time time during the 2010-2011 season April 29, according to a Tony spokesperson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMA Moment with You, Second Stage's benefit featuring selections from the theatre company's most memorable musical productions, was held April 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMNominations for the 56th annual Drama Desk Awards are announced by Tony winners Audra McDonald and Liev Schrieber.
The Drama Desk is composed of journalists and reviewers covering the New…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:25AMLionsgate has announced that the DVD and Blu-ray Disc of "Rabbit Hole," the film based on David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, will be available beginning April …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMWant to see a musical but have no idea what's playing in your city Music Theatre International MTI, one of the largest theatrical licensing agencies in the country has announced the creation…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMHere's a twist of an old tale.Yale Cabaret will present "Dorian Gray," adapted from Oscar Wilde,
and re-imagined by a team of first year designers at the Yale School of Drama, "an exquisi…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:12AMPlenty of organisations lost out in the recent ACE reshuffle – but spare a thought for those of us didn't have any funding to start withIn last week's great Arts Council reshuffle, more th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:09AMTony winner Barbara Cook, most recently on Broadway in the Roundabout Theatre Company's Sondheim on Sondheim, will return to Feinstein's at Loews Regency in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMNick Adams and J. Elaine Marcos talk to us about playing Adam/Felicia and Cynthia They both wear outrageous colorful and eye-popping costumes and dance and sing their hearts out in the enter…
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Legit News: Kristin Scott Thomas to topline Sonia Friedman production -- The proposed West End revival of Harold Pinter's 1978 love-triangle drama "Betrayal," headlined by Kristin Scott Thom…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58AMThe New Group celebrated its revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce at a pre-opening night party at Heartland Brewery on April 4.
The play, which opens at Theatre Row's Acorn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:49AMWhen the Sun Shone Brighter, Blasted, Mack and Mabel were winners in production categories at the 35th Annual Carbonell Awards ceremony April 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMSecond Stage Theater hosted its annual spring gala on Monday, April 4 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
Entitled "A Moment With You," the event featured performances from some of the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMRichard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy will be featured on the single of the song "With You" from Ghost the Musical, to be released on June 22, the same day the show begins performance…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:43AMMr. Hayes, the star of "Will and Grace" and "Promises, Promises," joins Will Sasso in a film about the slapstick trio that will be directed by Peter and Bobby Farrelly.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:27AMSean Hayes, a 2010 Tony nominee for his performance in Promises, Promises, will play Larry Fine in 20th Century Fox's upcoming remake of "Three Stooges," according to Variety.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMTony Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes will play Larry Fine in the new Three Stooges movie, according to a report in Variety. Bobby Farrelly is writing and directing the projec…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:18AMTyler Perry will write, direct, and star in the romantic drama Good Deeds, according to a report in Variety. Production on the project is scheduled to begin at the end of April in Atlanta.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:07AM"Memphis," the Tony Award-winning musical, co-produced by Sue Frost of Old Lyme, will be the first major Broadway musical to get the film treatment while it is still playing in New York and …
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Tickets go on sale today 5 April 2011 for Ian Rickson's new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Douglas Henshall and Ben Miles. Betrayal, produced by Sonia …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:48AMDouglas Henshall, Ben Miles, and Kristin Scott Thomas will star in a revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, to run May 27-August 20 at the West End's Comedy Theatre. Ian Rickson wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:48AMA new production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal, that was previously reported to be eyeing a West End run starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Miles and Douglas Henshall, has now confirmed th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:42AMBilly (Will Allan) and Stevie (Annabel Armour) digest some disturbing news. “You’re f*cking a goat?!” Edward Albee’s 2003 Pulitzer-Prize nominated play, The Goat, or …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:35AM'Mama Mia! on Broadway
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Get out the birthday cake and candles, the London West End production of Mamma Mia! is now a tween-ager.
Written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulv…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:33AM'Mama Mia! on Broadway
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Get out the birthday cake and candles, the London West End production of Mama Mia! is now a tween-ager.
Written by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 08:33AMGhost the Musical, which is now in the midst of its out-of-town try-out in Manchester, England, through May 14 prior to a West End transfer to the Piccadilly Theatre where it begins performa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32AMLed by artist and musician Dave Stewart, Ghost The Musical and the charity Stand Up To Cancer today announce a new collaboration. Stewart, whose latest project Ghost The Musical will have it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:29AMYou can save £5 on tickets when you pre-book to see The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut and Other Stories at the Roundhouse in Camden. The play runs from Tuesday 26 April to Saturday 7 MayMark Stor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMCarl Forsman's production of Michael Frayn's 1984 drama isn't perfect, but it's intriguing enough to hold your interest and keep you thinking.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMDespite a questionable surreal twist in plotting, Derek Nguyen's drama builds in power as it examines, on an intensely personal level, the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMMarisa Tomei and Frank Whaley find subtle shadings in Wallace Shawn's battling couple, but this 1979 dispatch from the frontlines of marital discord is too bleak to bear.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMLegit News: Hollywood welcomes return of Wilson play -- The opening for Lanford Wilson's "Burn This" at the Mark Taper Forum attracted a large Hollywood crowd, unusual for an event east of W…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: 'Mormon,' 'War Horse' among shows catching on -- The spring break boom dwindled last week as academic vacation periods finished up, but new additions to the Broadway slate and th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: A collaboration with Second City also set for 2011-12 season -- World preems by playwrights Jason Grote and Anne Washburn and a collaboration with Chi's Second City will are set …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Williams knows the scene -- Robin Williams, who plays the feline title character in "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo," has some real-world experience of Baghdad to draw on, he sa…
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The Resurrectionist King, now being given active voice by Active Cultures, tells a pretty good story. Regrettably, it tells that story in the second Act, after the passage of forty-five tedi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:42AMHere’s the next installment of my director-to-director interview series on http://2amtheatre.com Back To Brook: I’m also 2/3 of the way through re-reading Peter Brook’s 196…
SOURCE: Drama, Daily at 07:40AM'Rock of Ages' Broadway
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There's been much talk lately about the surprise casting behind "So You Think You Can Dance?" Adam Shankman's upcoming film version of the spandex-l…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 07:27AMFrom Flight of the Conchords to French and Saunders, single-sex double acts are everywhere – but Frisky and Mannish show that more should cross the gender divideWhat's distinctive about Fr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?" ★★★½ Through May 8 at Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 1 hour, 45 minutes; Tickets: $30-$45 at 773-404-7736…
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'Priscilla Queen of the Desert'
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Two of the most popular shows in Musical Theatre are releasing cast albums today! Broadway OCA's (original cast albums) are a great to relive t…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:52AM'Priscilla Queen of the Desert'
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Big, splashy, full-throttle song-and-dance musicals are back on Broadway in a big way! So take this poll and vote for your favorite triple-thre…
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 06:38AMGood news + Bad news = Good disc! The delightful Broadway cast album of this not quite so delightful Broadway show is a fun listen. It may stay in your CD player longer than you’d expe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:09AMDo critics feel good about "Tomorrow Morning"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 06:03AMKelly began her dance studies at the age of three, studying with Rock School West, Brandywine Ballet, and the Academy of the Dance, with summer intensive training at Washington Ballet a…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 06:00AM
The Polish port city, for centuries known as Danzig, was "the site of the only Shakespearian playhouse to have been constructed outside England during the Bard's lifetime." In 2013, a rebuil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54AMThe producers of the critically acclaimed AMERICAN IDIOT previously announced that Green Day frontman and the musicals composer and co-author Billie Joe Armstrong would return to the role of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMThe Original Broadway Cast Recording of the global hit stage production of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL, produced by Priscilla's orchestrator, arranger and musical supervisor St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM'I made her a promise, I will not speak," the central character repeatedly vows in Douglas Maxwell's play "The Promise."
But speak she does -- and for 90 engrossing minutes, Joanna Tope d…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:15AMI nodded off, and when I came to, she was naked. That was years ago, the first time I saw Eiko & Koma -- partners in life and art -- perform.
They're back and in the buff again, but this …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 01:14AMChristine Toy Johnson spends a good chunk of her time on the inclusion of groups that are traditionally underrepresented in theater—among them performers with disabilities.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:04AMThe Theater on the Lake, the historic and ever-popular Chicago Park District semi-outdoor venue that reprises many of the greatest theatrical hits of the prior year, has announced its 2011 s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:01AMYesterday's reminiscence of the first movie I ever saw in a theater has put me in a nostalgic mood, so...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMDiana Krall sings "Love Letters":...
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Evolvelution A new Australian Epic by Brendon Kennedy and ACTT
Violence and riots in Egypt and at the heart of it all is a young poetess and Facebook. Could social networking be used for go…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:41AMSpider-man: Turn off the Dark is turning into one of Broadway’s most engaging and lively stage shows in Times Square. Theater-goers agree that Spidey is now topping the charts as Broadw…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:23AMTonight's episode of DANCING WITH THE STARS required the contestants to dance with a backstory, putting the experiences faced by the stars at front and center. The celebrities' stories range…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMRachel de Benedet, currently playing the role of Paula Abagnale in Catch Me If You Can on Broadway, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-cul…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMRachel de Benedet, currently playing the role of Paula Abagnale in Catch Me If You Can on Broadway, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-cul…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre's 2011-12 season in Arlington, VA, ambitiously includes five world premieres, including two musicals running in repertory in the fall, artistic d…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGreen Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong returns to the role of St. Jimmy in Broadway's American Idiot on April 5 for the final three weeks of the run, which will end April 24 at the St. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe box office at the Peter Norton Space opens April 5 for the Signature Theatre Company production of Tony Kushner's The Illusion, directed by Michael Mayer. The Off-Broadway staging, b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA studio album of the 1930 score of George and Ira Gershwin's Strike Up the Band, featuring Rebecca Luker, Brent Barrett, Beth Fowler and more, will be released more than 20 years after …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMConductor Michael Tilson Thomas climbs into his family tree for the staged concert The Thomashefskys: Music and Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, with the New York Philharmonic, Apr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWalt Disney Records releases "Mary Poppins: The Live Cast Recording" April 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group presents the first major New York revival of Wallace Shawn's Marie and Bruce in a limited Off-Broadway engagement that opens April 5 following previews that began Mar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe original Broadway cast recording of Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical arrives in stores nationwide April 5 on the Rhino label.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLonette McKee, who portrayed Julie in both the 1983 and 1994 Broadway revivals of Show Boat, goes it solo at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room beginning April 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1906 Britain's first actor-M.P., A.E.W. Mason, delivers his first speech. The theatre community sees this as a victory, hoping it will have an advocate in the House of Commons.
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