Is it life or is it symbol? "Book of Grace," the topical, nightmarish play written by Suzan-Lori Parks, depends...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 11:49PMMARISA TOMEI AND FRANK WHALEY CO-STAR IN THE NEW GROUP'S REVIVAL OF WALLACE SHAWN'S SCABROUS PLAY
by HENRY EDWARDS
“The feel-bad hit of the season.”
SOURCE: Broadway Bulletin at 11:37PMThough social networking for Broadway shows is the rage, the real economic engine remains the sales agents tapping through decades-old databases to pitch to group buyers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:30PMTonight was a night of high scores and personal bests for the DANCING WITH THE STARS celebrities, and also marked a few milestones for the show itself the halfway point for this season, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25PM"Go Back to Where You Are" at Playwrights Horizons, April 10, 2011
David Greenspan returns to off-Broadway with a new play at Playwrights Horizons. It seems to be a combination …
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 11:18PMJournalism Public service: Los Angeles Times Breaking news reporting: No award
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:17PMThe Broadway musical Wonderland takes a classic children's story (Alice in Wonderland) and tries to make it modern and urban while adding a nudge-nudge jokeyness and some self-help messages.
SOURCE: Village Voice at 11:16PMComposer Zhou Long won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Music yesterday for “Madame White Snake,’’ the first opera commissioned by Opera Boston — and the first one he has …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:11PM
A bunch of local designers and directors, active in theater and the theme-park world, will take part in two designers’ forums Friday April 22 at Mad Cow Theatre. Both will benefit the …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:32PMTwo small productions are providing evidence that provocative plays set in LA aren't all that difficult for the larger theaters to find. The LA-oriented plays are The Temperamentals at the…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 10:20PMSanford’s Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center is holding two volunteer-orientation sessions coming up. Here’s more: Volunteer Orientation From our green room to our board room, o…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:19PMFinding the humanity within seemingly distasteful, even repellent characters is often a theme of paramount importance when we do shows at Coeurage. Maybe it's the fact we inadvertently choos…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 10:18PMAudiences 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14PMWhat Went Viral? April 18, 2011
Perks Producer Tom Diggs vlogs about what went viral on April 18, 2011:
Match.com, sex offender, Playboy mansion, Hugh Heffner, Orange County, racist, Obama,…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:10PMThe Broadway veteran discusses playing Miss Adelaide in the John W. Engeman Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMThe intrepid troupe performs a repertory of artistically daring and politically minded compositions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
Clybourne Park, Bruce Norris’s drama suggested by the story of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for drama today. The play had its premiere Fe…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:45PMDarren Ritchie, who stars as Jack the White Knight in Broadway's WONDERLAND, will be featured on LX-TV tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19 at 500 PM. LX-TV is seen on WNBC, Channel 4 in the New York…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:45PM'A Visit From the Goon Squad' takes the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, while 'Clybourne Park' gets the drama award.'A Visit From the Goon Squad' takes the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, while 'Cly…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:21PMA key line in Equus, Peter Shaffer's play about a troubled teenager who blinds horses, is 'The extremity is the point.' But that seems lost on the Andrews Living Arts Studio production that …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:19PMChallenging 'not-in-my-backyard' complacency is the purpose of Ioby, a unique nonprofit that works to improve the environment in New York.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:15PMStephen Karam's new play about a man dealing with the sudden death of his father and his own failing health unsuccessfully aims for levity.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PM
The New York Times reports that good old group sales still reign supreme on the Great White Way:If Facebooking Broadway is all the rage for shows, the real economic engine remains the sales …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:37PMThe Guthrie Theater has announced 14 plays of its 2011-2012 season.
The season will include Joe Dowling's production of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, starring Dea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:21PMGo inside the mind of a comic genius on The Oprah Winfrey Show on April 22 Chris Rock puts his signature sidesplitting spin on marriage, parenthood and his latest project Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:17PMLegit News: Overall sales steady last week -- A trio of queens became box office royalty, a jet-age swindler's show took off despite downbeat reviews, and auds finally started noticing that …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:14PMAt various points throughout the new musical Catch Me If You Can, leading man Aaron Tveit turns to the audience to flash a toothy grin amid the glow of a pin spot to indicate that his charac…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 08:07PMDirector of Community Engagement Anita Maynard-Losh leads all education and outreach programs at Arena Stage in Washington D.C. Her extensive background in arts education began with acting, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07PMGLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison is very busy this spring, with his debut solo album dropping May 10 and a national concert tour starting soon after. In the following video, h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03PM
According to Deadline.com, Tony winner Alan Cumming has signed on for three more seasons of CBS' 'The Good Wife.' Cumming, who stars as campaign manager Eli Gold in the series, will becoming…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54PMThe Belarus Free Theater, now performing three plays in repertory at La MaMa, should be seen by everyone who wants confirmation of the continuing relevance and vitality of theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:52PMThe winners include the novel “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” by Jennifer Egan; and the play “Clybourne Park.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:47PMGuthrie Director Joe Dowling today announced 14 plays of the Theater's 2011-2012 season. The diversity of productions showcases the full potential of the three-theater complex, offering a ba…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44PMEl Gato Teatro, Dixon Place, Off Off Broadway
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BOTTOM LINE: An innovative dance theater piece, Nuevo Laredo draws from Day of the Dead traditions and current Mexican m…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 07:43PMPresenters and performer have been announced for the 27th Helen Hayes Awards ceremony, honoring the best in D.C.-area theatr, to be held at the Warner Theatre on Monday, April 25.
Presente…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:30PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's newest feature the Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Inside, you …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:25PMMore than 55,000 Facebook users “like” the new Broadway musical “Sister Act,” which, like most major theatrical productions today, has its own page, as well a Twitter account (1,300 …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:15PMMillion Dollar Quartet stars Eddie Clendening, Victoria Matlock, and James Moye will perform in The Boogie in the Butt Benefit concert, to be held at 8pm on Sunday, April 24 at the Triad The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:08PMBroadway veteran James Moye, currently starring as Sam Phillips in Million Dollar Quartet, will perform in The Boogie in the Butt Benefit concert Sunday, April 24 at 8pm at the Triad Theater…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMAccording to published reports, Cedric the Entertainer will star in a new TV Land series, in which he will portray his guest starring 'Hot in Cleveland' minister character.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PM
“Memphis,” the downhome Broadway musical that began life at TheatreWorks before wowing the Great White Way and winning the 2010 Tony for best musical is coming to a cinema near y…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:59PMActor Christopher Tierney, who plays the role of Spider Man on Broadway, was badly injured after a fall of over 30 feet on the set of the production, resulting in an operation on his back.
SOURCE: www.prlog.org at 06:55PMFor his latest Toronto play, the actor and director was inspired by a friendship struck up when he worked construction
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:55PMPaper Mill Playhouse Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director is will soon open CURTAINS, directed by Mark S. Hoebee, with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMNew storefront theatre companies pop up in Chicago like reality TV shows on Bravo. It seems once every month or so I get a press release from some new company that I’ve never heard of …
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:39PMA look at some of the productions coming up for the 2011-2012 season of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:39PMHollywood is coming to off-Broadway in the movie-themed new play Picked by Christopher Shinn. Picked follows a young actor (Michael Stahl-David) who hits the big time when a well known Holly…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:29PMThis past Friday, Chester Gregory performed his new single ”If U Only” on Good Day New York. Chester Gregory plays “Eddie” in the new Broadway musical Sister Act which ope…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 06:29PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Event tickets seller Ticketmaster said Monday that it is introducing new technology to let artists and sports teams raise or lower ticket prices to reflect demand dur…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:26PM
Former Arkansas Governer Mike Huckabee took a break from his hectic schedule on April 15 to spend some time on Broadway. The host of FOX News program Huckabee and possible Republican Preside…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:59PMTheater review: New Century Theatre's "Glowworm," at Erickson Theatre through May 14, is heartbreaking but ultimately affirming.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:59PMEven now, with the newspaper business in a state of turmoil, you can ask any cynical, ink-stained (alright, computer-driven) wretch if he or she would trade their job for one in some other p…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:56PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Mandrake" ★★ Through May 22 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St.; Running time: 1 hour, 30 minutes; Tickets: $25-$30 at 312-943-8722 or aredorchidtheatre.org A…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:54PMDarren Ritchie, who stars as Jack the White Knight in Broadway’s WONDERLAND, will be featured on LX-TV tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19 at 5:00 PM. LX-TV is seen on WNBC, Channel 4 in the New…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:50PMYou were the apple of Julie Taymor’s eye. And contained at least two characters who were essentially analogous to her crazy self. You were also an occasionally awesome looking hot mess…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:43PMThe wait is over for Broadway fans getting curiouser and curiouser about Wonderland! Composer Frank Wildhorn's modern-day musical re-imagining of the classic Alice in Wonderland tale bow…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, April 18, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more inform…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:34PMBroadway and film star Julie Andrews is working with Goodspeed Musicals to develop an adaptation of her book, The Great American Mousical, co-written with daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, for …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PM'I'd love to do a big West End musical. I was never into them before, but they're a dirty pleasure now'How did you get into directing?Running a community drama group at Norwich Arts Centre. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:30PMApril 18, 2011 – Clybourne Park, a play by Bruce Norris, produced at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in 2010, was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama today. The jury’s citation praise…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:28PMThe show had not yet begun at the Conroe’s elegant Crighton Theatre and already the audience was in a really good mood. That was no accident but the result of a very talented young comedia…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 05:26PM
Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman strike a pose with the beautiful stewardesses of Catch Me If You Can in a photo shoot for New York Magazine’s April 11, 2011 issue! Click here for th…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 05:26PMWorld-renowned singer, songwriter and performer, Elton John will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace with an all new show, The Million Dollar Piano, beginning September 28 for sixteen …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23PMAccording to TonyAwards.com, The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards Ceremony has been relocated to the Beacon Theatre in 2011. While we have been able to offer limited public sale to the To…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMAs the always strong Easter holiday week approaches, Broadway’s box offices are humming. With 38 shows to choose from, theatergoers showed support across the board, pushing the now-on-…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:19PMMarc Shaiman sings "Butter out of Cream" from CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
Marc Shaiman, visiting THEATER TALK with Scott Wittman, performs a song from their fabulous & swingin' ne…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:19PMThey play daughters and granddaughters caught between mothers and grandmothers in two of this season's new Broadway musicals � and they both call Westchester home.
SOURCE: The Journal News at 05:18PMAlice doesn't live here anymore.
She's escrowed her abode in the rabbit's hole for a tonier time in Mad-hattan, earning bows in the bowels of the Marriott Marquis Theatre on Broadway, atten…
SOURCE: The Jewish Exponent at 05:13PMAlice in Wonderland is getting a new millennium makeover, thanks to writer and composer Frank Wildhorn. Wildhorn's Broadway musical version of Alice, simply titled "Wonderland," puts a moder…
SOURCE: Women's Wear Daily at 05:12PMWonderland opened at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway between 45th & 46th Streets) Sunday, April 17, 2011. Roundabout Theatre Company’s new musical The People in the Pictu…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:08PMWhether you are familiar with "Urinetown," the comic book-like, mockingly sinister dystopian musical with the purposefully terrible title, go see Connecticut Repertory Theatre's memorable pr…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:03PM
Legit News: Production proved to be a challenge -- For the creators of "War Horse," which opened Thursday on Broadway, there was a lot of research that went into animating the big puppets th…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:58PMBecause the 2011 Tony Awards will be held in the Beacon Theatre, a much smaller venue than Radio City Musical, no tickets for the ceremony will be available to the general public.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMMost theatre companies line up as either devotees of drama or musicals. Keegan Theatre stakes its reputation on embracing and producing both. The company’s work is often strong and compell…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:53PMGLEE star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison is very busy this spring, with his debut solo album dropping May 10 and a national concert tour starting soon after. On Air with Ryan Seacrest…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - A new version of the $70 million Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" with music written by U2's Bono and The Edge will open June 14, producers said on Monda…
SOURCE: Reuters at 04:40PMCedric the Entertainer, who co-starred in the 2008 Broadway revival of American Buffalo, will develop a series for TVLand, which will be based on the character of a minister he will portray…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:37PMBruce Norris, a playwright who has enjoyed a long relationship with Steppenwolf Theatre, was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for “Clybourne Park,” a play that riffs on Lorraine…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:34PMThe musical version of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize winning “The Color Purple” is the story of Celie’s odyssey from utter despair to triumph. It is the story of discovery and the po…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:28PMHIGH opens tomorrow, Tuesday, April 19th 2011 at the Booth Theatre. HIGH stars Kathleen Turner, two-time Golden Globe® winner, Academy Award® & Tony Award® nominee as “Sister Jamiso…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:28PMBruce Norris' CLYBOURNE PARK has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Honoring a distinguished play by an American author, Norris was honored with ten thousand dollars as a part of the pri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:27PMMeet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's Wonderland at the Marquis Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMMeet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's Wonderland at the Marquis Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMKudos to Bruce Norris’ “Clybourne Park” which just won the 2011 Pulitzer for best drama. The nervy riff on “A Raisin in the Sun,” which Jon Moscone directed t…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:26PMLegit News: 'Park' looks at race relations in Chicago -- Bruce Norris' play "Clybourne Park" has scored the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
SOURCE: Variety at 04:23PMAl Pacino will participate in a public conversation at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater Florida on Tuesday, May 31 at 8pm.
During the course of the appearance, Pacino will discuss his stage a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:21PMClybourne Park, Bruce Norris’ dark comedy loosely inspired by A Raisin in the Sun, was named winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play took home the coveted award over fina…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:17PMWOODIE KING, JR.’s NEW FEDERAL THEATRE
CELEBRATES 40TH ANNIVERSARY WITH SPECIAL GALA HONORING SIDNEY POITIER, NTOZAKE SHANGE, RUBY DEE, ALICIA KEYS, MAYOR DAVID DINKINS, AND MANY MORE
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SOURCE: The AndyGram at 04:15PMFollowing its matinee performance on Sunday, April 17, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark embarks on a three-week hiatus for technical rehearsals before unveiling the new version of the mega music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:08PMFor the third season in a row, the Metropolitan Opera is offering recitals instead of full scale operas for it's free summer parks series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:07PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 4172011
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMDirector Wajdi Mouawad has yet to determine how Bertrand Cantat’s absence will be noted
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:05PMThe New York Botanical Garden offers families the chance to discover the beauty and fun of nature this spring break. Parents and children can take in the theater of nature in Showstoppers of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Marvel Comics says Peter Parker is taking off the Spidey costume for good as part of its "Death of Spider-Man" story in its Ultimate Comics imprint....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:01PMSISTER ACT began preview performances March 24 and will open on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. See below for the latest round of production shots
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PM
"Clybourne Park" was produced at New York's Playwrights Horizons in 2010 and at the Royal Court Theatre in London."Clybourne Park" was produced at New York's Playwrights Horizons in 2010 and…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:59PMCutman clip v3.wmv
Cutman is the dramatic story of a young Jewish boxer who dreams of being the Welter-Weight Champion of the World. Trained by his father in the basement of their synagogue…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:57PM"Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris was named winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Monday. The committee cited the play as "a powerful work whose memorable characters spea…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:55PMJulie Andrews is adapting her book, The Great American Mousical, for the stage at Goodspeed Opera House. Dates for the production have not yet been announced. Andrews co-wrote the book with …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMLegit News: Actress to star in next MCC show -- Joely Richardson has signed on to appear in the world preem of Michael Weller play "Side Effects" in an Off Broadway production from MCC Theat…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:47PMLegit Reviews: Scribe Stephen Karam depicts a quirky family in crisis, mixed with black humor and an open heart.
SOURCE: Variety at 03:43PMJulie Andrews and Emma Walton's "The Great American Mousical," the 2006 children's book about a community of theatrical mice living beneath Broadway, is being developed as …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMHBO has picked up the new comedy series VEEP, created by Armando Iannucci OscarR nominee for co-writing In the Loop and starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus EmmyR winner for Seinfeld and The New Adv…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMGlee star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison will release his duet with Elton John from his forthcoming album for digital download on Tuesday, April 19. The duet is a "mash-up"…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:31PMBroadway actresses Valarie Pettiford, Lisa Vroman and Sharon McNight along with "Americal Idol" contestant La Toya London will be part of Divas and Dames May 1 at the Marines Memor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMNewly minted Broadway musical star Daniel Radcliffe took time to chat with MTV News on April 14 about what he agrees is the biggest professional year of his life: his singing and dancing deb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PMIn the following videos, kids at the Central Park Zoo answer questions about everything from monkeys to lemurs to promote MADAGASCAR LIVE Click below to take a look at the KidCam videos
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMJANET DACAL, KAREN MASON AND KATE SHINDLE FEATURED IN WWD.COM. DARREN RITCHIE FEATURED IN BROADWAY.COM FRANK WILDHORN FEATURED IN THE JEWISH EXPONENT TAMPA TRIBUNE FEATURE ON WONDERLAND
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:29PMYou may have heard about the life-size horse puppets in War Horse, but this theatrical spectacle also features intricate and ever-changing projections and animation. Created by 59 Production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:21PMOn Twitter Watch, Neil Patrick Harris wrote Relaxing on a Sunday afternoon. My heart is full of love
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMBruce Norris, a playwright with ties to Chicago, has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in drama for “Clybourne Park,” a satire about real estate and race set on the city’s North Side. The Lo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:16PMBruce Norris has won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Clybourne Park. The announcement was made on April 18 at Columbia University. The Pulitzer Prizes will be handed out in …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:15PMHIGH
Starring
KATHLEEN TURNER
OPENS TOMORROW TUESDAY, APRIL 19!
HIGH is new play by MATTHEW LOMBARDO
Directed by ROB RUGGIERO
at the Booth Theatre (222 W. 45th Street)
Get High Tic…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 03:12PMWhat if the characters of Broadway's The Importance of Being
Earnest traveled through a time warp and woke up on the beach with
Snooki, The Situation and the rest of the gang of MTV's "Jer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMBruce Norris' Clybourne Park is the winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, recognizing an outstanding stage work that premiered during the 2010 calendar year. The winner was annou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:08PMOscar winner Julie Andrews is adapting her children's book The Great American Mousical, which she co-wrote with daughter Emma Walton Hamilton, for Connecticut's Goodspeed Opera House…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:07PM“ S P I D E R – M A N T u r n O f f T h e D a r k ”
EMBARKS ON THREE-WEEK HIATUS TO REHEARSE NEW VERSION
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SOURCE: The AndyGram at 03:03PM
It's been quite the journey for Reeve Carney and the crew of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. On April 17, the big-budget musical played the final performance of director Julie Taymor'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PMIt's been quite the journey for Reeve Carney and the crew of Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. On April 17, the big-budget musical played the final performance of director Julie Taymor'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PMIn a recent interview with JustJared.com, Emma Roberts revealed that she would love to sing in a movie. She commented, I just think you can't ever be seen as both equally. You are always goi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMThe Tribeca Film Festival TFF, presented by American Express, the Founding Sponsor of the Festival, today announced its jurors - a diverse and talented group of 38 individuals, including awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMThe 92YTribeca will present "Behind the Music-al: Old Myths, New Twists" and "Billy Elliot: Songs and Talk-Back with the Cast" in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMThe Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Café, has announced its programming for the month of May.
Previously announced shows include Ryan O'Connor Eats His…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:46PMIn anticipation of the first Broadway production of Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart, the starry cast of Ellen Barkin, Patrick Breen, Mark Harelik, John Benjamin Hickey, Luke Macfarlane…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:43PM“Glee” and Broadway star Matthew Morrison will release his debut self-titled album May 10. On his album, Morrison teams up with Gwyneth Paltrow on “Over the Rainbow,”…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMHunter Foster and Robert Britton Lyons, who created the roles of Sun Records producer Sam Phillips and rockabilly legend Carl Perkins in Broadway's nostaligia-filled tuner Million Dollar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:17PMFresh off a leading turn as bachelor Bobby in the New York Philharmonic's presentation of Company, Neil Patrick Harris took some much-deserved downtime over the weekend with his family. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMFrank Wildhorn's WONDERLAND opened last night and Broadway Beat was there to cover the post-celebration
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PM
Cataumet-based writer Donald Marcus will premiere his first short film at the Boston International Film Festival. Shot entirely on Cape Cod, Patrimony will help kick off the festival on Frid…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMOriginal Broadway cast members Hunter Foster and Robert Britton Lyons will return to the musical Million Dollar Quartet, at the Nederlander Theatre, on Tuesday, May 3.
Million Dollar Quarte…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:51PMAfter all the hoopla, the injuries, the safety investigations and the shuffling of the creative team, “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” is taking a three-week hiatus from its Broadway prev…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:48PMHunter Foster, who originated the role of 'Sam Phillips' in MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET on Broadway will return to the production on May 3. Robert Britton Lyons, who starred as 'Carl Perkins' in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMThe Georgia Shakespeare has announced additional details for its 2011 season.
Carolyn Cook will star as Prospera in Shakespeare's The Tempest (June 8-July 23), directed by Sharon Ott a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:43PMTony nominee Melissa Errico attended the Boston International Film Festival on Friday, April 15 for a screening of the movie, Patrimony, in which she stars alongside Robert Vaughn and Sarah …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:41PMBay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, NY, will present Love, Noël: The Letters and Songs of Noël Coward May 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMThe Drama League has announced that on Monday, April 25, 2011, Norbert Leo Butz and Kathleen Chalfant both previous winners of The Drama League's Distinguished Performance Award will announc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PMThe 92Y Tribeca has announced its lineup of theater-related events for May.
Ryan Scott Oliver, Shaina Taub, and Ewalt & Walker will take part in the May 12 edition of Behind the Music t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:36PMAfter five years, John Kolvenbach takes the reins of his own hit play
Five years after he created it, John Kolvenbach is still learning things about the lamp.
This particular fixture is cruc…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:30PMChristine Ebersole and Edward Hibbert will star in Love, Noël: The Letters and Songs of Noël Coward , to be presented at Bay Street Theatre on Saturday, May 28 at 8pm.
The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMIn a recent interview with MTV News, Broadway star Daniel Radcliffe chatted about everything from Deathly Hallows to HOW TO SUCCEED. Click below to check out the interview
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMWoodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theatre NFT will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a special Gala at the historic Edison Ballroom 240 West 47th Street on Sunday evening, May 22nd. This spec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMLast time Glee fans saw pop star Charice Pempengco, the pint-sized singer decided to abandon the McKinley High crew and take up with their rivals, Vocal Adrenaline. Well, it looks like Chari…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:22PMThe Normal Heart begins its limited 12-week engagement tomorrow, April 19 at the John Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street, with an official opening night set for Wednesday, April 27. Below, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMStage stars Paul Dano, Scott Glenn, Whoopi Goldberg, Zoe Kazan, Dianne Wiest, and Patrick Wilson will be among the jurors for the upcoming Tribeca Film Festival, to be held in New York City,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:16PMTony Award winner Victoria Clark and Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller lead the cast of Sister Act on Broadway, set to open on April 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PMA big problem for A Minister's Wife is that, unlike most of Shaw's plays, Candida is in my view -- though others disagree -- dated. It has to do with a woman determining her own fate but the…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 01:13PMClassic Stage Company CSC, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, will present Tony Award winning actor Alan Cumming and Tony-nominat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMAs screen icon Kathleen Turner made her way through three pre-Broadway productions of Matthew Lombardo's High, the buzz was fairly single-minded: Turner—she of Body Heat on screen,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMAn initial lineup of performers has been announced for The Social Networking Follies, the sixth edition of The Thalia Follies, to run May 19-21 at Symphony Space.
Created and written by I…
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Catch Me If You Can star Norbert Leo Butz and off-Broadway regular Kathleen Chalfant will announce the nominees for the 2011 Drama League Awards on April 26 at SD26 Restaurant. The awards ce…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:59PMLast weekend, UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Foundation hosted the Taste For a Cure Fundraiser at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMWoodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre (NFT) will hold its 40th anniversary Gala, to be co-hosted by CBS News' Randall Pinkston and Lynn Whitfield, May 22 at the Edison Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMThe characters in Jon Lipsky’s “Walking the Volcano’’ struggle for connection. Bursting with anger, fear, regret, lust, and occasionally love, the couples in this ser…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:55PMWhen the Wheelock Family Theatre audience first glimpses Melissa Miller’s impressive array of shimmering costumes and creative headdresses, expectations are high. With lush colors and …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:54PMNORBERT LEO BUTZ AND KATHLEEN CHALFANT
TO ANNOUNCE THE NOMINATIONS
FOR
THE 77TH ANNUAL
DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS
AT A 10:30 A.M. BREAKFAST RECEPTIO…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:52PMThis was an evening that was rootless, vulgar, a travesty of everything that we believe the Ballets Russes stagings to have been, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:49PMDrama Desk and Obie Award-Winning
Keen Company ExtendsTheir Acclaimed 25th Anniversary Production of
Benefactors
Now Through May 7th ONLY!
“Critics Pick” (New York Times)
G…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:48PMRamping up the parody of Brecht's 1928 masterpiece ensures some good laughs but pushes out the tenderness and often verges on overkill, writes Clare Shine
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:45PMThe relentlessly high emotional pitch and loud shrieking is all at odds with the elegant simplicity of Nick Payne's script, writes Griselda Murray Brown
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:45PMBROADWAY’S NEW HIT MUSICAL
PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT
JOINS THE MILLIONAIRE’S CLUB
$1,003,206. Gross for Week Ending April 17, 2011
“All hail the Queen of Broadway!…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:42PMWhoopi Goldberg may be busy readying for Sister Act's April 20 opening night, but that doesn't mean the Tony-winning producer isn't interested in checking out Broadway's othe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMThe April 17 performance of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark marked the final chance for audiences to see director-co-creator's Julie Taymor original vision for the musical, which began prev…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMSpider-Man Turn Off the Dark played its final performance of director Julie Taymor’s original vision April 17 at 3 PM. The production is currently taking a three-week hiatus so major …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMA new disco-inspired score by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn
Slater propels the new musical Sister Act, based on the 1992
hit film about an inner-city club singer forced into …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMAvailable from Oberon Books:
The Sound of Musicals by Ruth Leon
A “whirlwhind tour through musical theatre history…breezy and authoritative... This book may be small, but lik…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:33PMOldham ColiseumOldham Coliseum's recent 19% increase in Arts Council funding seems to offer a vote of confidence in old-fashioned, popular entertainment presented in an auditorium that has b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMSadler's Wells, London★★/★★★★A season of four early works by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has shown that right from the beginning she was a tenaciously single-minded choreogra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMOff-Broadway's acclaimed Irish Repertory Theatre presents its 2011 Annual Benefit Gala, a concert performance on Broadway of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's CAMELOT - the beloved music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PMJoely Richardson and Cotter Smith will star in MCC Theater's previously announced production of Michael Weller's Side Effects. Directed by David Auburn, performances begin on June 2 …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:26PMFollowing its award-winning success at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe, Hamlet! - The Musical will be remounted next month in Northampton and Richmond ahead of a possible West End transfe…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:26PMAcademy Award winner Al Pacino, most recently on Broadway in the acclaimed Public Theater revival of The Merchant of Venice, will play Florida's Ruth Eckerd Hall in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMPolaroid photography has always been seen as a technological marvel (the camera as its own darkroom!). It’s not often thought of as an artistic marvel. The point of “Instant Conn…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:23PMUnlikely sounding subjects can make for amazing exhibitions. And that’s certainly the case with the Institute of Contemporary Art’s spring group show, “The Record: Contempo…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:21PMThe end of April offers the ultimate test for the Broadway decathlete: 10 openings in two weeks. The schedule of Broadway shows from January to July include: War Horse 4/14, Wonderland 4/17,…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 12:19PMBillie Joe Armstrong, who is currently starring in AMERICAN IDIOT at the St. James Theatre, recently chatted with Details magazine about everything from Broadway to politics.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMOff-Broadway's Classic Stage Company (CSC) will offer a one-night-only staged reading of Tennessee Williams' The Two Character Play, starring Tony Award winner Alan Cumming and Tony …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMThe Songbook series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul's — will continue April 25 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Performing Ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMFollowing the success of their album "Anthems" Queen guitarist Brian May and We Will Rock You, Les Miserables, Wicked and Oliver! star Kerry Ellis will bring their acclaimed collaboration to…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:11PMTony Award winner Alan Cumming and Tony nominee Jessica Hecht will star in Classic Stage Company's staged reading of Tennessee Williams' The Two Character Play, to be presented on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:05PMBroadway.com recently chatted with Bravo's Andy Cohen about the possibility of the Real Housewives franchise extending its reach to Broadway. So we asked our readers which talented ladie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:01PMNorbert Leo Butz and Kathleen Chalfant will announce the nominations for the 77th Annual Drama League Awards on Monday, April 25 at a reception to be held at SD26.
The awards pay tribute to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PM
The Normal Heart is set to begin performances April 19 with an official Broadway opening April 27 at the Golden Theatre.
The Normal Heart, according to press notes, “unfolds like a re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMWoodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theater will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a special Gala at the historic Edison Ballroom at 4pm on Sunday, May 22.
The event will be co-hosted by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMWoodie King, Jr.'s New Federal Theater will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a special Gala at the historic Edison Ballroom at 4pm on Sunday, May 22.
The event will be co-hosted by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:58AMBirdland has announced its May schedule of performers.
Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway will present their acclaimed new show BOOM! (May 3-7). The show, which premiered in June at New…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:55AM“Google “billionaire theater producer” and you will find no results. In fact, theater is often where investors go to lose money, as Mel Brooks hilariously taught us in The Producer…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:53AMMusicals Tonight has announced its 14th season, which includes Milk and Honey, All-American, L'il Abner, Sitting Pretty and Something for the Boys.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMMINKA KELLY AND SUSAN SULLIVAN
JOIN UPCOMING CASTS OF
“ L O V E , L O S S, A N D W H A T I W O R E �…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 11:48AMNorbert Leo Butz, currently back on Broadway in the new musical Catch Me If You Can, and Kathleen Chalfant will announce the nominations for The 77th Annual Drama League Awards April 25…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMThe Metropolitan Opera will hold a free-of-charge summer recital series in all five boroughs New York City.
Performers will include soprano Angela Meade, mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMBath Theatre Royal will play host to local primary school children for seven weeks thanks to a major funding grant from the National Lottery.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMQuentin Earl Darrington, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Josh Segarra, Cortney Wolfson, and Cassie Wooley will perform the songs of composer Nikos Tsakalakos at The New York Public Library for the Pe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMIn preparation for my family's visit to Dreamworks Theatricals' MADAGASCAR LIVE, now showing at Radio City through April 24th, I rented the original film from an actual Blockbuster store. Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMThe Normal Heart begins its limited 12-week engagement tomorrow, April 19 at the John Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street, with an official opening night set for Wednesday, April 27. Click b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMJames Barbour and Melissa Errico will star as Lancelot and Guenevere in Irish Repertory Theatre's concert performance of the classic Lerner and Loewe musical Camelot, to be presented as…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMDespite $450,000 in recent donations, the financially beleaguered Intiman Theatre in Seattle is shutting its doors in an effort to be prudent and plan for the future, according to a statemen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMMelissa Errico and James Barbour, who played Guenevere and Lancelot, respectively, in the Hollywood Bowl's summer 2005 production of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot, will return to those …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMMCC THEATER Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic Directors Blake West, Executive Director today announced that Joely Richardson and Cotter Smith will star in the third an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMIf you want to see a play about friendship, go see Art at Signature. But if you want to see a play about art, you should see Lee Blessing’s Chesapeake, now playing at the Bay Theatre in An…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:23AMYoung Lin-Manuel Miranda: Footloose
Some things you should know:
1) I'm hunched over because I think that's the only way to remain in the frame.
2) He-Man bed sheets. Nintendo AND…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:22AMSay the name Samuel Beckett, and most people think: Waiting for Godot, existentialism. Theatre of the absurd, where absurd means meaningless. As we watch Peter Brook and Marie Hélène E…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:20AMBuzzing around the theatre community this weekend was this video of an 11 year-old belting out the Act 1 finale of LEGALLY BLONDE. Click below to check out the awesome performance of So Much…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMClick here to read the full article about Marilyn Evans Riehl visiting MDQ on Friday.
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:09AMThe Broadway production of The Normal Heart has released a promotional video featuring cast members discussing Larry Kramer's play, which will begin previews on April 19 at the John Gol…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMPlaywright Christopher Durang will discuss his many comedic works for the American stage at a symposium following the Sunday, May 1, 3 p.m. matinee performance of his comedy, "Beyond Therapy…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:08AMBroadway’s new hit musical PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT celebrated a top charting week and joined Broadway’s “Millionaire’s Club” – grossing $1,003,206. million for the…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:05AMThe Off-Broadway production of Michael Frayn's Benefactors, starring Tony Award nominee Daniel Jenkins, Vivienne Benesch, Deanne Lorette and Stephen Barker Turner, has been extended at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMI've had a long history with Apple products. And it goes back a long way before the iPhone commercial. I was coming-of-age at the same time as the personal computer, and thankfully I had par…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Keen Company has announced a one-week extension of its revival of Michael Frayn's Benefactors, at The Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row. Carl Forsman has directed the production, which wil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:58AMLarger theatres have a duty to support innovation and cater for communities – and we at West Yorkshire Playhouse are no differentIn June the West Yorkshire Playhouse, where I am artistic d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AMSéance on a Wet Afternoon, an opera by Wicked composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz is set to make its New York debut April 19 at the New York City Opera.
The opera, directed by Schwartz’…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMDo you know what has happened every year on April 18 throughout history? That’s when all the awesome people were born. Which leads us to this: ZOMG It’s BOTH Gavin Creel’s …
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 10:53AMBroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the original version's final curtain call and the last performance of the show's 'Geeks' along with the last viewing of director Julie Taymor's vision.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMFollowing its historic matinee performance on Sunday, April 17, SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark will take a brief, three-week hiatus for technical rehearsals before unveiling the new version of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMJudith Ivey will direct "Saturday Night Live" veteran Darrell Hammond as Truman Capote in Jay Presson Allen's one-man play, Tru, in the summer season of Bay Street Theatre in S…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AM...and the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama goes to: Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park.Congratulations to Playwright's Horizons!So it's official NYC really missed the boat on this play. It's made …
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 10:52AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 17, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $854,693 10,207 74.66% $83.74 ANYTHING GOES $657,669…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMWonderland, the new musical that reinvents "Alice in Wonderland" for the 21st century, opened on Broadway April 17 following previews from March 21 at the Marquis Theatre. Janet Da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMDrag diva Sherry Vine will host and perform at Vine and Spirits, an LGBT event slated to follow New York City Opera's April 29 8pm performance of Stephen Schwartz's Séa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:41AMHunter Foster, who created the role of Sam Philips in the Broadway production of the Tony-nominated Million Dollar Quartet, will return to that musical at the Nederlander Theatre in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMHunter Foster, who created the role of Sam Philips in the Broadway production of the Tony-nominated Million Dollar Quartet, will return to that musical at the Nederlander Theatre in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMDixie has elongated her Chicago engagement. "Dixie's Tupperware Party" is swimming in enough plastic to keep the lights on longer. The show, performed by Kris Andersson, will now play the Ro…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:38AMMCC THEATER’S 25th ANNIVERSARY SEASON CONCLUDES
WITH ANOTHER WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION
JOELY RICHARDSON AND COTTER SMITH
TO STAR IN MCC’S
“ S I D E E F F E C T S ”
BY…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 10:33AMMCC Theater announced April 18 that Golden Globe winner Joely Richardson ("Nip/Tuck," Lady Windermere's Fan) and Cotter Smith (Next Fall, An American Daughter, Burn This) will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMJoely Richardson and Cotter Smith will star in Michael Weller's Side Effects, which will now begin performances on June 2 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in anticipation of an official op…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AMBlythe Danner and Brooke Shields will head the cast of a benefit production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues at John Drew Theater at Guild Hall in East Hampton on Saturday, April 2…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:08AMOne has to admire the Belarus Free Theatre for its dedication and courage, but its offstage story of getting to the United States is more gripping than its Harold Pinter program.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMNikolai Khalezin and Natalia Koliada's powerful play is the most conventional, focused, and accessible of the three shows being offered in repertory by Belarus Free Theater.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMConceived by Natalia Koliada, Nikolai Khalezin, and Vladimir Shcherban this repertory offering of Belarus Free Theatre is most effective when most political.
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Rachael Harris, Harriet Harris, John Getz, Peter Paige, and Cynthia Stevenson will perform Standing on Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays on Monday, April 25 at 8pm. As previously reported, th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:55AMThe Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre capped off a season that began with the male bravado of "The Three Musketeers" and ended with balletic feminist George Balanchine, who famously said, "Ballet is…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:54AMCasting has been announced for Tom Dudzick's Greetings!, which will kick off Penguin Rep Theatre's 34th season in Stony Point, NY, May 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMSarah Lane says actor's head was superimposed on to her body and calls reputed fakery 'degrading to the entire ballet world'A ballet dancer who performed in the acclaimed film Black Swan has…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:43AMYep, it’s true. I’ve just come off an incredible multimedia weekend. Not only did I make my debut on The American Theatre Wing’s long-running TV series “Working in the Th…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:43AMEarly bird offer: The Print Room’s KIingdom Of Earth. Thurs 28th April - Sat 28th May 2011. Eerly Booking Offer Only – Tickets Must Be Booked By 22nd April (Good Friday).
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:41AMThe Drama Desk-nominated Off-Broadway family musical, John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, which plays Manhattan's New World Stages, continues to expand on the seas.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMPhoenix Theatre Ensemble has announced casting for its concert reading presentation of Betrolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children, to be offered on May 10 at 7:30pm and May 14-15 …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:36AMSierra Boggess, Linda Eder, Chester Gregory, Mandy Gonzales, Peyton List, Laura Osnes, and more join Janet Dacal, Darren Ritchie, Frank Wildhorn and the company of Broadway's Wonderland on t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMBroadway singer-actress Leslie Kritzer, who can currently be seen Off-Broadway in the musical revue Newsical, will go it solo at Splash Bar April 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMEight cast members from the hit television series The Waltons reunited to celebrate the publication of Mary McDonough's Lessons From the Mountain: What I Learned From Erin Walton, at a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:29AMCasting is now complete for the first performance of the upcoming run of Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays — billed as "a funny, provocative evening of new plays by awa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMBroadway's troubled "Spider-Man" musical took a temporary final bow Sunday, before going on a brief hiatus to allow a new creative team to make changes to the book, songs and chore…
SOURCE: NY1 at 09:14AMJulie Atherton, Helena Blackman and Michael Bruce will offer a series of concerts at the Pheasantry on the Kings Road in Chelsea during June.
Atherton will celebrate the one year anniversar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:14AMCasting has been announced for the Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities' upcoming production of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' sweeping musical, The Light in the Piazza, which will b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AMThe Bickford Theatre in Morristown, New Jersey, has announced its programming for the 2011-2012 season, which will include a concert series featuring piano virtuoso Vladimir Zaitsev in Bach …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:01AMLaurence Mark Whythe is an award winning book writer/composer and one of London's leading emerging creators of new musical theatre. His show "Tomorrow Morning" (currently playing at the York…
SOURCE: Adaumbelle’s Quest at 09:00AM
BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the opening night party WONDERLAND. A New Alice. A New Musical opened on Broadway on April 17. WONDERLAND stars Janet Dacal as Alice, Darren Ritchie as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:55AMWONDERLAND. A New Alice. A New Musical opened on Broadway on April 17. WONDERLAND stars Janet Dacal as Alice, Darren Ritchie as Jack the White Knight, E. Clayton Cornelious as Caterpillar, J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:55AMThe Royal Caribbean will be adding performances of John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean to its cruise ship, The Freedom of the Seas, beginning in May 2011.
This will be the fourth ship in which…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:53AMMr. Whedon, a creator of the online musical, discusses the making of the project, a possible sequel and his future Internet ambitions. (O.K., we asked about "The Avengers," too.)
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:30AMChris Thopre is writing a new version of Robin Hood for the NSDF Ensemble production this year. The hour-and-a-half session took the form of a developmental workshop which explored the creat…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMDialogue, text and speech were the order of the day in David Newman’s workshop on English Restoration comedy. The room was jam-packed with actors and directors ready to get stuck into some…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:13AMCongratulations to Eatonville’s own Norm Lewis, the Broadway actor who just wowed audiences as Javert in the London concert staging of Les Miserables. (It’s been on PBS a lot lat…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:09AMElizabeth Gaubert (Writer/Director), Louise Malin (Producer), Katherine Edrupt (Assistant Producer & Actor), Robert Neumark Jones (Actor), Tracey Greene (Actor), Jamal Hue-Bonner (Act…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
The fourth annual West End Eurovision, a late-night competition which will see 11 London shows perform fully costumed and choreographed versions of a Eurovision Song Contest numbers, will be…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMRomeo Castellucci has pulled this week’s UK run and all subsequent international tour dates of his latest offering, The Minister's Black Veil.
Though the production, which Castellucci…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMAmongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING TONIGHT, Monday 18 April 2011, Corrie!, Jonathan Harvey’s play celebrating 50 years of Co…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:47AMWith the Royal Wedding feeling increasing iminent and Kate and Will fever sweeping the nation, the Society of London Theatre's Tkts booth in Leicester Square is offering one free ticket to a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:33AMDown the rabbit hole indeed.
Wonderland is the sort of horrifically bad Broadway musical that doesn’t come along too often these days. Based on-- you guessed it—AliceR…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:26AMBeckett may not be everybody’s cup of tea exactly, particularly if your first experience is of the seemingly endless Waiting for Godot, so this production is an excellent introduction.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:21AM
Union Theatre, London: As we enter Holy Week, it must seem an apposite time to revive Godspell, the musical which sees a number of uplifting songs interspersed with parables re-enacted, with…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMDo critics find "Wonderland" wonderful?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:41AMThe fourth annual West End Eurovision, a late-night competition which will see 11 London shows perform fully costumed and choreographed versions of a Eurovision Song Contest numbers, will be…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:28AMAre critics singing the praises of "Love Song"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:07AM“HighTide has always been clear about what it exists to do: to debut plays by new playwrights that are about our world and how we understand it.” You can’t argue with Steven Atkinson, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00AM
The play "Clybourne Park," Bruce Norris' riff on "A Raisin in the Sun" that examined race relations and the effects of modern gentrification, won the Pulitzer for drama prize.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:57AMThere is no other way to say it but this: River North Dance Chicago was on fire Saturday night at the Auditorium Theatre, where it presented the world premiere of Frank Chaves’ brilliant n…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:28AMThis collaboration on The Tempest marks the 50th anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company and also of the Little Angel puppet theatre in Islington, always a delightful venue to visit in …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:24AMThe Sun made a song and dance last week about a gagging order that prevented the paper from naming an actor who "romped" with the woman "renowned" for previously romping with Wayne Rooney.It…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:16AMUpdated casting has been announced for The Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation's production of Divas and Dames: Bay Area Divas & Friends in Concert to Fight AIDS at 7:30pm on Sunday, May…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:12AMThe interrelated stories of Kari Bentley-Quinn's funny, sexy play are brought to powerful life by a top-notch cast, including yet another terrific turn from Susan Louise O'Connor.
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:04AM
She is America's queen of comedy – and the greatest Sarah Palin impersonator ever. In an extract from her memoir, Bossypants, Tina Fey considers the pros and cons of breastfeeding, explain…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMAs I spent half the weekend catching shows in out of the way London venues -- the new Arcola in Dalston, the Hackney Empire, the Union in Southwark and the Little Angel in Islington -- I dec…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:56AMOn this week's episode of the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast, Tom Williams talks with James Bohnen, the outgoing artistic director of Remy Bumppo Theatre and the director of The Goat or, Wh…
SOURCE: www.theatreinchicago.com at 02:01AMMr. Lessac’s method, which he taught up to age 101, combined voice and movement in an almost spiritual mix.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:00AMThe Royal Ballet is at crossroads – its current artistic director, Monica Mason, is about to retire and the search is on for a successor who will guard the company's rich classical heritag…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Almost the perfect show for Easter Week, Godspell always suffered badly in comparison with Jesus Christ Superstar. Both use the parables and storyline of St Matthew covering the Last Seven D…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:15AMHere’s a treat: two fairly unknown David Mamet plays, both about journeys, one by sea, the other by train, produced by a new ad hoc company, Play Productions; and directed, to a very high …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:11AMThis collaboration on The Tempest marks the 50th anniversary of the Royal Shakespeare Company and also of the Little Angel puppet theatre in Islington, always a delightful venue to visit in …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:06AMSuddenly during the first act of Wonderland, the thought hit me. Would this be Stephen Sondheim's favorite musical of the season? I'll grant you that that seems an unlikely scenario. The Fra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03AMTime was when I prided myself on ignoring the weather. Rain or shine, cold or hot, I rose above it,...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMThe Bill Evans Trio plays "Spring Is Here":...
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Amongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING TUESDAY, 17 May 2011 (previews from 10 May), Howard Davies (The White Guard) returns to the Na…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:55AMAmongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING TUESDAY, 24 May 2011 (previews from 17 May), James Corden returns to the National for the firs…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:51AMThe British actress, about to be honored at the Geffen Playhouse during its annual fundraiser, reminisces about her early stage work, her late husband, Blake Edwards, and her wish list of pr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:17AMA question asking about a song used in the 1995 Broadway revival of How to Succeed, but missing in the current revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMIn this misfired effort, Sky Gilbert can’t decide if it’s a play of ideas, a diatribe or a farce
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMHard-core ‘phans’ are the Canadian organizers of website arguing that the new Lloyd Webber sequel Should Die
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMA question asking about a song used in the 1995 Broadway revival of How to Succeed, but missing in the current revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMHard-core ‘phans’ are the Canadian organizers of website arguing that the new Lloyd Webber sequel Should Die
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMEXpose Co. is an enjoyable celebration of men’s feminine side, with Asian, North and South American and European influences
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMCanadian Pacific Ballet’s interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s poetry in dance is pretty but not specific enough
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMThe 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, recognizing an outstanding stage work that premiered during the 2010 calendar year, will be announced 3 PM April 18 at Columbia University. Finalists are a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA host of theatre favorites sing the music of Scott Alan April 18 at Birdland in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJohn Forslund and Electric Playground Inc. present Theatre of Rock: People You Know Singing Songs You Don't April 18 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Broadway Dolls, who are billed as "the official girl group of The Great White Way," make their New York City premiere April 18 at The Triad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA question asking about a song used in the 1995 Broadway revival of How to Succeed, but missing in the current revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Belarus Free Theatre productions of Being Harold Pinter, staged in repertory with Zone of Silence and Discover Love, officially open at La MaMa e.t.c. April 18 after previews that began …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1936 In Irwin Shaw's Bury the Dead the task becomes impossible as the six dead soldiers refuse the grave. This one-act protest against the war will run three months at the Ethel Barrymor…
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