In this production, the dark corners are under-explored and the tone flip-flops between tough and tender
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00AM1908 The four Cohans are the stars of The Yankee Prince. George M. wrote, directed and co-produced this musical at Broadway's Knickerbocker Theatre. It will run 28 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities production of Adam Guettel and Craig Lucas' musical The Light in the Piazza begins previews April 20 prior to an official opening Apri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLanford Wilson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of such works as Balm in Gilead, Fifth of July, Hot l Baltimore and Talley's Folly, died on March 24 at the age of 73. He touch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMichael Stahl-David, of the horror film "Cloverfield," stars as an actor who gets his big break in Hollywood in the Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of Christopher …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFollowing a 2009 London premiere, the disco musical Sister Act is born again in New York City. The retooled Broadway production, featuring a score by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, new direct…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSinger-songwriter Suzanne Vega's solo show Carson McCullers Talks About Love, an intimate musical look into the life of the late American writer, begins previews April 20 at Rattles…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere of Bekah Brunstetter's Be a Good Little Widow, a new comedy about grieving like a grown up, starring Jill Eikenberry and Wrenn Schmidt, begins performances April 20 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTracy Letts' volatile family drama August: Osage County, starring Atlanta actors Brenda Bynum, Jill Jane Clements and Tess Malis Kincaid, officially opens April 20 at the Alliance Theatr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy Award winner Jim Parsons, famed as the genius-nerd Sheldon of TV's "The Big Bang Theory," is among the stars of The Normal Heart on Broadway.
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Larry Kramer's groundbreaking play The Normal Heart makes its Broadway debut at the John Golden Theatre.
"The story of a city in denial," The Normal Heart, according press notes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50PMLast night 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, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the April 16, 2011, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:15PMWhat Went Viral? April 19, 2011
Perks Producer Tom Diggs vlogs about what went viral: April 19, 2011: Boulder seniors, facebook, Paz de la Huerta, Hoover, Burlington Mall, Castro, tornado, …
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"High" at the Booth Theatre, March 29, 2011
Matthew Lombardo returns to Broadway from last season's so-so Looped with story of sin, redemption and weakness. Sister Jamison Conn…
SOURCE: Third Row, Mezzanine at 10:55PMIf you want to volunteer for the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival, now’s your chance. Volunteer training begins Wednesday April 20. Beth Marshall tells you how to take par…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:50PMIn High, Matthew Lombardo's new play at the Booth, everyone is addicted to something. But perhaps none of those addictions is more pervasive � or, simultaneously, more destructive and more e…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:40PMFrom the National Theatre of Great Britain to the grand stage of the Vivian Beaumont at Lincoln Center, the multi-media extravaganza “War Horse” is a tour de force of stagecraft and pupp…
SOURCE: Cititour.com at 10:26PMLegit Reviews: Kathleen Turner is bigger -- and far, far better -- than "High," a trashy melodrama by Matthew Lombardo.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:24PMPlaying an alcoholic nun in Matthew Lombardo's "High," Kathleen Turner resumes the same role that's lately become her stock and trade.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:01PMHere’s an audition announcement for Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s 2011-2012 season: Orlando Shakespeare Theater in Partnership with UCF is holding auditions for its 2011-2012 Sea…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 10:01PMOver the course of my 30-year editorship of Back Stage, I interviewed many people who wanted to write theatre reviews for us. The writers that I did eventually choose all had THE qualities t…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 10:00PMAmerican Theater Company and About Face Theatre will collaborate next season on the first major Chicago production of "Rent," the two theaters have jointly announced. The Jonathan Larson mus…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00PMKathleen Turner and Evan Jonigkeit give strong performances in Matthew Lombardo's drama about a nun trying to counsel a young drug addict.
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Yes, its kind of a mess. A classic messed around with, a misguided misfire, a critical mass of mistakes that some critics will massacre. All that. This mess is hit and miss, but not to be…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 09:59PMGregory Burke's mesmerizing theatrical piece about the Iraq War returns to St. Ann's Warehouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:59PMNow’s the time — and I mean now — to tell your state legislators what you think about funding the arts. Listen to United Arts of Central Florida and the Florida Cultural Al…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:55PMHIGH explores the universal themes of truth, forgiveness, redemption and human fallibility. When Sister Jamison Connelly Turner agrees to sponsor a 19 year-old drug user in an effort to help…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51PM'We all suffer from some form of addiction," says Father Michael to Sister Jamison, urging her to continue the counseling of a 19-year-old suicidal gay hustler and meth-head named Cody.
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PHILADELPHIA - A new look and a new suit are in store for Ultimate Spider-Man, but the fate of Peter Parker - the...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:59PMBen Stiller, Edie Falco and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in the Broadway revival of John Guare's comedic masterpiece THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES, directed by David Cromer. THE HOUSE OF BLUE LEAVES…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:58PMThe Eli and Edythe Broad Stage director Dale Franzen is about to enter her fourth year leading the 499-seat main theater and the more intimate 99-seat companion, The Edye Second Space, at …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:53PM“High,” a play starring Kathleen Turner as a tough nun who tries to save a drug addict, is playing on a street of Broadway that has become a drug corner: Right next door is “The Mother…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 08:46PMIntiman subscribers can trade in their unused 2011 tickets for shows at Seattle Rep, ACT, ArtsWest and Seattle Children's Theatre. Intiman has canceled the rest of its season.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 08:38PMPeter Marks reviews Enda Walshs The New Electric Ballroom at Studio Theatre
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:37PMBilly Crudup and Ral Esparza, currently appearing as onstage together in the critically acclaimed revival of Tom Stoppard's ARCADIA directed by David Leveaux, will appear on The Charlie Rose…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20PMIn the first installment of Broadway.com’s new Sister Act character study, Saints & Sinners, we're exploring the saintly side of this new musical, introducing sweet novice…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:08PMMatt Doyle, who is currently appearing in War Horse at Lincoln Center Theater, continues his video blog that chronicles the backstage adventures behind the British tale of a horse sent to se…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00PMDavid Rooney Newcomer Evan Jonigkeit gives a persuasive performance in Matthew Lombardo’s contrived play. read more
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:40PMTheater Talk, the series devoted to the world of the stage, is co-hosted by Michael Riedel, Broadway columnist for the New York Post and series producer Susan Haskins. This week on the show
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:25PMThe House of Blue Leaves is set to open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre on April 25. Ben Stiller makes his way back to The House, having made his Broadway debut in the earlier 1986 pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:23PMJustin Guarini may have started his career on American Idol, but now he's rocking out on Broadway in American Idiot. Guarini took a break from his busy schedule (his wife is several mont…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:16PMFollowing 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 06:08PMGood seats are still available for the Children’s Acting Company’s production of Jason Robert Brown’s “13 The Musical” which will be presented at the McGinn/Caz…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:06PMTyne Daly, Tom Wopat, Gregg Edelman, Aaron Lazar, Tony DeSare, Michele Lee and Jamie Barton have joined the New York Pops' May 2 Carnegie Hall gala celebrating late entertainer Bob Hope.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:06PMMiranda is most famous for writing and starring as Usnavi in the Broadway musical In the Heights, which opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in 2008 and for which he won the Ton…
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National company to set the play during Iroquois/Huronia Wars
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:57PMPortia, Rebecca Brooksher, Adam Green, Brian Reddy and James A. Stephens will star in the Alley Theatre world premiere of The Monster at the Door, the latest work from Bengal Tiger at t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:53PMSeason One of the new web comedy stalkTALK created by youngest TONY-nominated Producer in Broadway history Rachel Annette Helson will kick off the New York International Independent Film and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, April 19, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more infor…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:50PMThank God for Kathleen Turner. I say this not just because she plays a woman of God, a foulmouthed nun, in her new star vehicle High. No, I thank God for Ms. Turner because without her measu…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:31PMAs recently announced, Robert De Niro will act as the President of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival jury. This year's event will take place May 11-22.
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Robert Woodruff's production of the stage adaption of Ingmar Bergman's film "Autumn Sonata," now in previews, opens Thursday at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven. The sh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:20PMSarah Bolt (Sister Mary Patrick) from the new Broadway musical SISTER ACT talked to Broadway World today about her role in the divine musical. Bolt talks about her path from the Land of O…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 05:20PMA Cole Day in Hell Photo Credit: Joan MarcusI work in the theater. No, I no longer perform; but I am an enthusiastic audience member who believes that once the curtain goes up, I have a…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:19PMComedian Chris Rock takes to the Broadway stage for the first time in a new play with an obscene title by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:07PMThe New Victory Theater's fall 2011 season of shows aimed at young people — in the heart of the Times Square theatre district — will launch Oct. 1 with the New York City prem…
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Mark Antony with cancer, a man severing his own tongue and, now, an excrement-spewing Jesus – stage provocateur Romeo Castellucci says his quest to shock has real purposeIn the backstage p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:59PMThe leader of a suburban book club sells it to television as a reality show in “Reading Under the Influence: The ‘Real’ Westchester Women’s Book Club.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:57PMLead singer Steve Ignorant seems surprised that the band’s literate assault on authority remains popular
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:54PMBritish actress Elisabeth Sladen, who was best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the longrunning BBC sc-fi show Doctor Who and its spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures, has died in Eng…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:51PMIn the Heights fans know all about the show's creator and original star Lin-Manuel Miranda's impressive dance moves. Looks like the Tony winner may have learned some of his best tric…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:49PMOn April 11, 2011, Virginia's Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre honored esteemed stage and screen actress Bernadette Peters with the company's second Stephen Sondheim Award. The award, es…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMSPIDER-MAN TURN OFF THE DARK: Weekly Web-Mail - Joshua Kobak
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:31PMPunchdrunk's Sleep No More has been extended through June 25. The production, co-directed by Felix Barrett and Maxine Doyle, plays at The McKittrick Hotel at 530 W 27th Street in Chels…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:28PMTo spruce up New York City with even more greenery this spring, the New York Restoration Project has partnered with leading online charity auction site, charitybuzz.com, for the first annual…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMMusic Director Steven Reineke has announced that Tyne Daly, Tom Wopat, Gregg Edelman, Aaron Lazar, Tony DeSare, Michele Lee and Jamie Barton have joined the roster of guest artists to perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMPunchdrunk's immersive film-noir-kissed theatrical experience Sleep No More will haunt Chelsea a bit longer. Producers have now released tickets through June 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:12PMThe votes have all been counted and audited and we're VERY excited to announce the results of the 2010 BroadwayWorld.com San Francisco Awards Tens of thousands of votes were cast during six …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMSeveral Broadway and Off-Broadway productions are donating items for the New York Restoration Project's Restore New York City, Restore the Earth Auction, being held on charitybuzz.com t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:10PMJohn Leguizamo's GHETTO KLOWN, directed by Fisher Stevens, is currently playing at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street. Watch Leguizamo talk with Wendy Williams about his journey …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PMCurtain Call, the Stamford-based, non-profit, producing theater organization; Keir Dullea, stage and screen actor; Lyman Orchards, Middlefield, agri-tourism destination and Al Marder, Connec…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:08PMAuthor Bruce Norris joins Edward Albee, Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as winner of prestigious prizeClybourne Park, which won the Olivier award for best new play for i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:07PMJump, the action-packed martial-arts comedy that launched in South Korea before touring the world, returns to Off-Broadway May 11 for an engagement at New World Stages. The producers promise…
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Patty Duke, who starred in both the Broadway and film versions of The Miracle Worker, will direct a production of the play at the Interplayers Professional Theatre, in Spokane, Washington, M…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:58PMBorn Yesterday by all accounts was a wonderful play when it opened on Broadway in 1946, it's been a wonderful movie (a couple of times) and it's a wonderful play today. It's a love triangle …
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 03:56PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presents the Penumbra Theatre production of I Wish You Love written by Dominic Taylor and directed by Lou Bellamy. Following its world prem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMChatting and sipping her cup of tea at NoHo’s Pit Fire Café south of El Portal Theatre, Gina Hecht exudes the proper edgy East Coast aura to portray Edna Edison, the distaff half opposi…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:53PMStephen Buntrock, Rebecca Luker, Eleasha Gamble and Euan Morton performed at the April 11 gala benefit presentation of the Stephen Sondheim Award to Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters &mdas…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that WAR HORSE, which just opened at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre last week, is gearing up for a national tour, as well as a seperate sit-down Toronto production. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMThe New York Pops has announced updated casting for Celebrate Hope, a grand gala concert celebrating the legacy of late actor and comedian Bob Hope, at 7pm on Monday, May 2 at Carnegie Hall.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMActors Robert De Niro, Jude Law, and Uma Thurman will be among the jurors for the annual Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off on May 11.
The jury, which will decide on the awards for the F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:41PMWhat if The Importance of Being Earnest decided to examine life through a different lens, that of the homespun wisdom of "Jersey Shore"? Earnest stars Santino Fontana and David Furr ruminate…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMCasting has been announced for a benefit reading of All About Eve, to be offered on May 23 at the Mayne Stage in Chicago. Steve Scott will direct this presentation of Joseph L. Maniewicz&ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:39PMWashington, D.C.— On Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. the Ford’s Theatre Society presents a staged reading of Empires Fall, a new play based on the diplomatic relationship of George H. W. Bush a…
SOURCE: fords.org at 03:19PMBetty Beekman, former tour director of the West Hartford-based National Theatre of the Deaf, is the new interim director of the oragnization.
Beekman replaces on July 1 Aaron M. Kubey …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:15PMHelen Shaw recommends additional shows for your already packed schedule
SOURCE: Time Out New York at 03:13PMNEW YORK - It's always satisfying to watch an actor deliver an inspired performance, no matter where the stage. But it is a special joy to see the young Philadelphia actor Evan Jonigkeit - w…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:12PM"We all suffer from some form of addiction," says Father Michael to Sister Jamison, urging her to continue the counseling of a 19-year-old suicidal gay hustler and meth-head named Cody.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:11PMThe New Victory Theater has announced its slate of performances for its Fall 2011 season, which will begin with the New York premiere of The Little Prince (October 1-16), written by Rick Cum…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:11PMKerry Ellis and Brian May will launch Anthems: The Tour, with an engagement at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall on May 3.
Subsequent tour stops in the U.K. include Gateshead Sage (May 5), Shef…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:10PMHBO has released a promotional video for the forthcoming series Luck, which as previously reported, focuses on the world of horse racing.
The series stars Dustin Hoffman as Chester Bernstei…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:05PMA little something to brighten up a dreary day.
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 03:04PMAre you between 5-foot-6-inches and 5-foot-10½-inches tall? Proficient in tap, jazz and ballet? And at least 18 years old? If so, you are a candidate to be the next Rockette to grace the st…
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An initial slate of performers and offerings has been announced for A Prayer For Japan, a special benefit performance to raise funds for relief efforts in Japan to be held on Monday, April 2…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:54PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters received the Arlington, Virginia-based Signature Theatre's 2011 Stephen Sondheim Award, at a gala held at the Embassy of Italy on Monday, Ap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PMTony Award winner Sir Elton John will return to Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in September for a three-year run of his new show The Million Dollar Piano, according to EW.com.
John is one of t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PMA spring 2012 Broadway transfer is in the works for End of the Rainbow, Peter Quilter’s biographical play about the last days of superstar Judy Garland, according to The New York Times…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMWard Duffy, Taseisha Duggan, Avery Glymph and Jack Koenig are featured in David Mamet's "Race,' the next show up at Hartford's TheaterWorks.
Story centers on two lawyers who finsd thems…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:39PMThe New York Times reports today that the Judy Garland tribute show, End Of The Rainbow by Peter Quilter, a play about her last months before overdosing on drugs in 1969 is aiming for a Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMJump, the internationally acclaimed martial arts comedy, will return to New York with an updated production beginning May 11 at off-Broadway's New World Stages. Opening night is set for …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonIt's 20 years since choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh founded her own company. Introducing a special anniversary programme, Southbank Centre head Jude Kelly rightly…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:35PMThe original cast album of the Broadway musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is now available for digital download and will officially be released by Ghostlight Records on Tuesd…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMClaire Danes, along with James Marsden, will star in As Cool As I Am, according to a report in New York Magazine. Max Mayer will direct the picture.
Based on Peter Fromm's coming-of-a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present the return of composerlyricist Scott Alan to the stage on Monday, April 18.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMActor Kevin Duda, currently appearing in Broadway's The Book of Mormon, emceed Scholastic Media's 20th anniversary celebration of its I Spy franchise in Times Square on April 12.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:19PMJulia Ford will play Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth, to run May 6 - June 11 at the Liverpool Everyman, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. She replaces Jemma Redgrave who…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:16PMToday we are talking to the composer of the new Broadway musical WONDERLAND, who is the only American composer in recent history to have had three of his shows running concurrently on Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMMandy Gonzalez, Laura Osnes, Christopher Sieber, Darius de Haas, Christiane Noll and more sang the music of Scott Alan on April 18 at Birdland. The evening celebrated past Alan compositions …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMMandy Gonzalez, Laura Osnes, Christopher Sieber, Darius de Haas, Christiane Noll and more sang the music of Scott Alan on April 18 at Birdland. The evening celebrated past Alan compositions …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMJump, the internationally-renowned live-action martial arts comedy, will been seen in a new Off-Broadway production at New World Stages, beginning on Wednesday, May 11. The production, which…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMLook who dropped into Cherbourg Liza Minnelli swung by the Gielgud Theatre to meet Meow Meow and the company of 'The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.' After a quick lesson in how to Di Gue Ding Ding,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:09PMTony Award winner Stew, Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage and Liesl Tommy will serve as artistic advisors for the Sundance Institute's second annual theatre lab in East Africa.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMComposer/lyricist Scott Alan was joined by a large number of special guests for a concert of his work at Birdland on Monday, April 18.
Among the performers were theater veterans Darius de …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:05PMTony Award winner Sir Derek Jacobi will be the guest of honor at The Ensemble Theatre Company of New York's annual fundraiser to be held at 7:30pm on Thursday, June 9 at The Riverside C…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:02PMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterIt seems sadly to be the case that, for women actors of a certain age, the parts begin to dry up. Brad Fraser's solution has been to write five substantial parts an…
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The actor goes back where he started—to Broadway, in John Guare’s acid take on celebrity, 'The House of Blue Leaves.'
SOURCE: Newsweek at 01:49PMMy mother, Hannah Kodicek, who has died aged 63 of pancreatic cancer, was a film-maker, actor, writer, educator and creator of children's television classics, who blended artistic vision wit…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:41PMRobert Woodruff's production of the stage adaption of Ingmar Bergman's film "Autumn Sonata," now in previews, opens Thursday at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven. The show continu…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:33PMCARLY ROSE SONENCLAR FEATURED IN THE JOURNAL NEWS http://www.lohud.com/article/20110416/ENTERTAINMENT/104160311/Broadway-home-away-from-their-Westchester-homes?odyssey=tab|topnews|…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:31PM"Glee" and Broadway star Matthew Morrison will release his debut self-titled album May 10. Here, the recording artist sits down with the Associated Press to talk about the style of h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:30PMPeter Gelb, the Met's general manager, said in a message to the company that the decision was based on a recent advisory from the State Department.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:28PMThe Original Cast recording of the Broadway revival of the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, now at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, will be released in stores by Decca Rec…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:18PMThe West End production of Peter Quilter's End of the Rainbow will conclude its run at Trafalgar Studios om May 21. Tony Award winner Terry Johnson has directed the show, which will em…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:17PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the Penumbra Theatre production of Dominic Taylor's I Wish You Love, to run June 11-19 in the Terrace Theater. Lou Bella…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:15PMThe National Theatre production of War Horse, which has settled into an open run on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, is saddling up for a Toronto debut and a national tour.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Merrily We Roll Along" ★★★ Through May 7 at Karger Center, 1850 Green Bay Rd., Highland Park; Running time: 2 hours, 20 minutes; Tickets: $30 at 847-579-4900 The vibe …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:01PMParticipating artists have been announced for New York City Opera's annual new music festival, VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab. Work will be heard during a program to be offered on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:01PMTony Award nominees Penny Fuller, Marc Kudisch and Tony Roberts will appear on a panel in the Commercial Theater Institute's upcoming 30th annual three-day producing conference April 29-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMParticipating artists have been announced New York City Opera's annual new music festival, VOX Contemporary American Opera Lab. The work will be heard during a program to be offered on…
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Before snagging a Best Book Tony nomination for his very first Broadway show, Million Dollar Quartet, Colin Escott was a respected pop music historian and author of books …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PMAsk Broadway insiders to say how many tickets have been sold as a result of all this social networking, and the look on their faces reads, "Server not found."...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:55PMThe producers of "End of the Rainbow," a popular London play with music about Judy Garland's final months, are looking toward the spring of 2012.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:53PMThe lads of Broadway's The Importance of Being Earnest — namely Santino Fontana and David Furr — have created a video series exclusively for Playbill, asking the question: Wh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:49PMThe cast recording of the hit Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette will be released on iTunes on May 24 and in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMCertain artists are technique geeks. The final product matters, but their main focus is not on image, narrative, or meaning. What they are passionately curious about is how a particular mate…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:33PMEver wonder about the routine of a Broadway actor on one of those grueling two-performance days? Libby Winters, an original cast member of American Idiot currently playing the high-flying Ex…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMEver wonder about the routine of a Broadway actor on one of those grueling two-performance days? Libby Winters, an original cast member of American Idiot currently playing the high-flying Ex…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMFans of Glee’s Spanish teacher/glee club director Mr. Schuester have surely been playing Matthew Morrison’s sexy single “Summer Rain” on repeat, but the dreamy actor/…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:17PMThe 50th Anniversary production of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical comedy HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, starring Daniel Radcliffe and John Larroquette, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMGlee's breakout singing group the Dalton Academy Warblers (led by enthusiastic rising star Darren Criss) are stepping into the spotlight with their very own album of a cappella songs. Cr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMTony Award-winning director Joe Mantello will stage a starry one-night-only presentation of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues April 23 in East Hampton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMAccording to Talk Entertainment, stage and screen star Marissa Tomei is in talks to join Jeff Daniels in Aaron Sorkin's HBO series MORE AS THE STORY DEVELOPS. Sorkin's long-developing drama…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:10PMChristina Sajous has parlayed a powerful rock belt and exotic good looks into a busy stage career, jumping from out-of-town gigs in Aida, Rent and The Who’s Tommy to breakout roles on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMMark Russell, producer of the Public’s Under the Radar festival, and Natalia Koliada, cofounder of the Belarus Free Theater, discuss the company's three productions in repertory at La Mama…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:04PMThe “Anything Goes” star tackles Cole Porter’s famous wit
Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles
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SOURCE: TDF at 12:03PMIn June 2011, The New York Philharmonic This Week - the two-hour, national weekly and international radio program of concerts by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by actor Alec Baldwin - be…
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Darren Criss, who plays Blaine Anderson on Fox's hit show "Glee," arrived at the "Today Show" April 19 with the rest of the Warblers from Dalton Academy. Criss told Matt …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMWONDERLAND opened on Sunday, April 18 on Broadway. BroadwayWorld was on hand, as usual, for the famed Gypsy Robe ceremony and brings you photo coverage below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMCatch Me If You Can is the new Broadway musical based on the life of charming conman Frank Abagnale Jr., played on stage by Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal). The production officially opened Apr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMThe Original Calendar Girls
Original Calendar Girls Angela Baker, Lynda Logan, Christine Clancy, and Ros Fawcett came to the opening of the play in Toronto. Calendar Girls is their story ab…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:47AMCome Celebrate MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET'S 2nd Smash Year on Broadway BWW Discounts is offering you the chance to save over 45 - Valid on performances through May 6, 2011 only
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMGhostlight Records has confirmed the April 19th digital and May 10th physical release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Lincoln Center Theater's production of WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMJemma Redgrave has withdrawn from Liverpool Everyman's forthcoming production of Macbeth, in which she was due to play Lady Macbeth opposite David Morrissey, citing personal reasons. The rol…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:44AMGhostlight’s Digital Release of Lincoln Center Theater's 'WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN' Original Broadway Cast Recording is Today!
Brick-and-Mortar Release Set f…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 11:44AMThis week on 'Dancing with the Stars' the top 8 got patriotic on 'America night.' Check out images from the episode below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMThe Pitchfork Disney overturned my ideas about British theatre in 1991 – and Tender Napalm shows Ridley remains an unmissable talentIn 1991, I went to the Bush theatre in west London. I'd …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:39AMThe news came out yesterday that the Intiman Theatre of Seattle was canceling the rest of this season and laying off all staff. The board hopes to restart the theatre with a 2011-2012 …
SOURCE: Stage Money at 11:37AMArcadia’s Margaret Colin on playing Lady Croom and her stage, film, and TV roles I’m a big fan of Margaret Colin’s work and it was so much fun schmoozing with her about her role as Lad…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:37AM“HOW GOOD CAN A BROADWAY MUSICAL BE?
THIS GOOD.”
-Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal
HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
TO RELEASE NEW BROADWAY …
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 11:33AMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Ticketmaster, with the help of data analysis company MarketShare, is set to launch a new ticket pricing system. As described in the April 18 announcement…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMThe reality talent show -- which under Simon Cowell searched relentlessly for the next big pop star, according to the man's definition -- is no longer blindered to other musical genres.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:32AMAn arts project inspired by vulnerable teenagers is showing at the Roundhouse in LondonA 13-year-old with a learning disability and a 16-year-old victim of bullying are among the vulnerable …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AMThe Broadway revival cast album of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying will be released digitally May 24 by Decca Broadway, prior to its June 7 in-store arrival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMAvailable for the bargain price of $4.50 on Etsy:...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:18AMThe Commercial Theater Institute's CTI upcoming 3-Day Producing Conference will take place on April 29 - May 1, 2011. The 30th Annual 3-Day Conference features an outstanding cast of top Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMThe Normal Heart begins its limited 12-week engagement tonight, April 19 at the John Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street, with an official opening night set for Wednesday, April 27.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMTracie Bennett's acclaimed London turn as Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow will make its U.S. debut in January 2012 as part of the new season of the Guthrie Theater. It will then move …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMTracie Bennett's acclaimed London turn as Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow will make its U.S. debut in January 2012 as part of the new season of the Guthrie Theater. The 2011-12 slate …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMInteresting little snippet of a story today by Mark Schlueb in the Sentinel, in which Barton Myers, architect of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, worried that his design will…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 11:01AMI got in a great convo with a theater lover/great business guy the other day about the pros and cons of taping theatrical performances. We spent most of our time talking about delivering fin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Jemma Redgrave has left Liverpool Everyman's forthcoming production of Macbeth due to personal reasons with the role of Lady Macbeth now being played by Julia Ford.
Director Gemma Bodinetz s…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:59AMA 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.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:58AMCOMMERCIAL THEATER INSTITUTE
30th ANNUAL 3-DAY
PRODUCING CONFERENCE
April 29 – May 1, 2011
All Sessions at the Laura Pels Theatre
Featuring Panel with Tony Award® nomi…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 10:53AMThe original Broadway cast album of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, featuring Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott, Laura Benanti and Brian Stokes Mitchell, is available for digital do…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMone of 3 plays by the invaluable Belarus Theater Company in repertory at LaMama.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:33AMSarah Bolt is currently starring as the kooky Sister Mary Patrick in the exciting new Broadway production of SISTER ACT. Opening at the Broadway Theatre on Wednesday April 20, the show featu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMMillion Dollar Quartet celebrated its one year anniversary on Broadway April 15. The cast welcomed special guest Marilyn Evans Riehl, a girlfriend of Elvis Presley's and spectator on the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM
Judges for this year's Linbury Prize for Stage Design have been announced and include Billy Elliot the Musical set designer Ian MacNeil.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:53AMSpeech & Debate is about silence and lies, and about the sort of secrets that adults keep from teenagers and teenagers keep from each other. Another way to say this is that it is about s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:38AMWhen it comes to ballroom dancing, it's beginning to seem like Hines Ward can do no wrong.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:22AMMad Cow Theatre, with the cooperation of the Consulate of Mexico, has added the Javier Nandayapa Trio to the lineup of the upcoming Orlando Cabaret Festival. The trio will give a free concer…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 09:14AMHIGH opens tonight, Tuesday, April 19th 2011 at the Booth Theatre. HIGH stars Kathleen Turner, two-time Golden Globe winner, Academy Award amp Tony Award nominee as Sister Jamison Connelly. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMFestival Via, Mauberge, FranceMy first impression was that I was looking at a Christmas tree or perhaps some interstellar mutant. But in fact the crackling creature that leapt out of the dar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:01AM
Daniel Radcliffe, currently starring in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, sat down with MTV News to talk about the difficulties of taking on a musical, his busy career, and, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:46AMFrom time to time this column will take a look at a favorite activity of mine: immersion in a single play, musical or work of a single artist or creative team. What CDs, DVDs and books are o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:41AMRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: With plenty of drinking, dinner parties, and trash talk about sex and relationships, it would be so easy to see Brad Fraser's new play about the live…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:26AMLast night’s Fringe Preview show raised $9,100 — more than $3,000 more than the festival expected — and gave some patrons a taste of what’s to come May 19-30. For the…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:26AMJohn Guare just had a grand Broadway run with latest work, A Free Man of Color. Now he's back on Broadway with one if his his first works, The House of Blue Leaves. Despite the …
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 08:18AMHere’s an audition notice from Airhead Productions for two recent and little-known musicals: Greenroom, a New College Musical and Convenience. Both will be performed this summer at Orl…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 08:09AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Bitter, razor-sharp and savagely funny about race, Bruce Norris's play is now an award-winner on both sides of the Atlantic. Bravo!
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMThere is nothing that can surpass this must see event. War Horse is an astonishing achievement. It’s a tale that will engage you to the point of tears.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 07:54AMThere are currently 23 musicals running on Broadway (though one of them, Spider-man - Turn off the Dark is actually on hiatus so that it can comprehensively overhauled, and another, American…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:52AMMatthew Morrison plays the role of glee club coach Mr. Schuester on the hit Fox series 'Glee.' He's switching things up by releasing his debut album in May and heading on solo tour in June. …
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:49AMThere are 20 names in the producing credits for Matthew Lombardo's poorly written drama, starring Kathleen Turner. All I kept thinking was, "Didn't any of them see 'Looped'?"
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00AM
As the Royal Shakespeare Company turns 50, and kicks off its year-long 50th birthday season on the Bard's own birthday this Saturday (23 April 2011), Whatsonstage.com looks back at some of t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:54AMAttention, theatergoers. Sitting in a seat and watching a show is so yesterday.
The truth of that statement is well demonstrated by Sleep No More, the wonderfully immersive theatrica…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:53AMCalling all dog lovers. “Dangerous Dave”, the miniature Schnauzer who won the canine competition on last year’s Over the Rainbow, will make his West End debut this Thursday night (21 A…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:52AMThis time last week I attended a panel discussion at Wilton’s Music
Hall called What Makes a Great Play?, where playwrights
David Eldridge, Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Roy Williams, along w…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:35AMThe Olivier Award-winning Clybourne Park, written by Bruce Norris, has been awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:06AM
Omid Djalili tells Joan Bakewell his fascinating life story and explains why his comedy routine can be offensiveWhat a fine fellow Omid Djalili sounded on Belief (Radio 3). Articulate and en…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMThe company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes Amanda Jane Cooper as Glinda on Tuesday, April 19 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMThe enjoyable Chasin' Dem Blues, playing in a vibrant production at the Delaware Theatre Company, has an apt title for two reasons: The show chases away the blues by singing the blues - a ti…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:07AMWe're heavy into the spring season. The flowers are blooming. Flops are already being declared (that's you, Catch Me If You Can), and I'm in the mood to look ahead to this year's Tony Award …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:05AM
The "dramatic imagining of events taking place before and after Lorraine Hansberry's classic A Raisin in the Sun … was produced at New York's Playwrights Horizons in 2010 and at the Roy…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:58AM"2011 will go down as the year when the Golden Mask truly went international. Non-Russian artists have won awards in the past, but this year was something special. More than two dozen foreig…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42AMNew York City Opera's General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel will moderate an in-depth roundtable discussion on what defines the opera and musical theater genres at the Gershwin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMDanse Russe will be premiered in Philadelphia next Thursday, and Paul Moravec and I are beating the bushes to spread...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM
By Peter Filichia --
I know, I know. You’ve o.d.’d on Annie. In fact, you o.d.’d on it long ago. That’s what happens when a musical becomes a smash hit and never for a second leaves…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:56AMSebastian Smee, art critic of The Boston Globe, yesterday was awarded the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for criticism.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:42AMHeavy drinking, vicious cat fights and some hot girl-on- girl action would seem the perfect ingredients for a reality TV show.
That all that and more are perpetrated by a women's book clu…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:41AMMARISA TOMEI AND FRANK WHALEY CO-STAR IN THE NEW GROUP'S REVIVAL OF WALLACE SHAWN'S UNSETTLING PLAY
by HENRY EDWARDS
“The feel-bad hit of the season.”
SOURCE: Broadway Bulletin at 12:37AMTILL WE HAVE FACES is a novel by C.S. Lewis that retells the myth of Cupid and Psyche. There are variations of this myth, but (very) basically, it goes something like this: The g…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:33AMTony Award nominee Stephen Kunken, currently back on Broadway in Matthew Lombardo's High, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe New York premiere of Séance on a Wet Afternoon, the new opera by Tony nominee and Academy Award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz, debuts April 19 at the New York City Opera.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMTony Award nominee Stephen Kunken, currently back on Broadway in Matthew Lombardo's High, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM1946 Actor Tim Curry is born in Cheshire, England. He will create memorable Broadway roles including Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Mozart in Amadeus, Dada artist Tristan Tzara in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Sleepwalk With Me Live," a new CD from Mike Birbiglia, who is currently starring Off-Broadway in My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, arrives April 19 on the Comedy Central Records labe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe company of the first North American tour of the hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked welcomes Amanda Jane Cooper to the role of Glinda beginning April 19 in Ft. Lauderdale,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe DVD and Blu-ray Disc of "Rabbit Hole," the film based on David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, is available beginning April 19 from Lionsgate.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMUtilizing elements from a starry reading that was seen in October 2010, Larry Kramer's groundbreaking play The Normal Heart makes its Broadway debut April 19 at the John Golden Thea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHigh, Matthew Lombardo's new play about an addict, an enabler and a sponsor — starring Tony Award nominee Kathleen Turner as a flinty Catholic nun who takes a young crystal-meth ab…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy Award winner Jim Parsons, famed as the genius-nerd Sheldon of TV's "The Big Bang Theory," is among the stars of The Normal Heart on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSince Antony and Cleopatra -- no, since Adam and Eve -- battling couples have made for lively drama. So why not double the fun, as with Edward Albee's George, Martha and their young victims?…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMHome is where the heart is, and, in the case of Dance Alloy Theater, where you put your feet. DAT has made a terrific footprint in the Friendship neighborhood the past 15 years, opening its …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
