The title of Canadian Stage's latest production is enough to drive people away and the play isn't any better.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:58PMTonight, the Dunder Mifflin employees with guest star Will Ferrell gave RENT's Seasons of Love their own spin in a tribute to their departing boss. View the song below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45PMHaving just gone back to watch the first season again, I maintain that there's nothing on television quite like Treme: it's the most character-driven (and at some points city-driven) show I'…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 11:19PMThe board of Seattle's Intiman Theatre has a big decision coming up: how to resurrect one of the city's Big Three theaters, after deciding to end this season after one play. The previous mod…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 11:18PMBroadway's such a gossipy little world, it's hard to keep a lid on a good old backstage fracas.
But when that fracas involves a star and his female dresser -- well, don't even bother. The…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:13PMBefore the show even opened on Broadway last night, Mark Rylance's performance in "Jerusalem" was generating a big buzz. We've come to expect greatness from this actor -- he was superlative …
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Reviews of six shows running on and Off Broadway, from Anything Goes to Benefactors.
SOURCE: Live Design at 10:57PMIn the very first moment that Mark Rylance appears on the stage and in the very last, “Jerusalem” soars from his daredevil performance as Johnny “Rooster” Byron, a fiery spirit about…
SOURCE: The Faster Times at 10:51PMJane Krakowski, the Tony Award winning Broadway star of Nine and two-time Emmy nominee for NBC-TV's comedy sensation, 30 Rock, has welcomed a baby boy to her family the actress gave birth to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15PMThe Spice Girls' first album, Spice, sold more than 23 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling album by a female group in music history. They have sold 65 million records worldwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PMFrom a Casey -on-JLo smooch to a shockingly awesome performance from Ms. Reinhart, last night's episode of American Idol was chock-full of welcomed surprises. Beginning with the unexpected p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05PMMark Rylance plays a roaring wreck of a hero in “Jerusalem,” Jez Butterworth’s state-of-the-nation comedy about Britain.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:01PMJohn Kelly's sumptuous new multi-media performance piece is inspired by the paintings of Caravaggio.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMMark Rylance offers a mind-blowing, must-see performance as a former daredevil in Jez Butterworth's often mesmerizing new play.
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Legit News: Musical finds grace on Great White Way -- "Sister Act" kept the faith on the Great White Way: The musical comedy concluded with a papal visit, and Wednesday's church-themed after…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:47PMLet the wild hoopla surrounding a certain royal wedding on the other side of the pond rage on at a distance. Anything and everything you might ever want to know about life in that hothouse r…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:47PMWHAT AN ABSURD WEEKEND: EXISTENTIALISM 101 You’re watching a play but you have no idea what’s happening. There is no plot, the dialogue is gobbledygook, and characters are filled with de…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:40PMJERUSALEM Production Footage
In the woods of South West England, Johnny "Rooster" Byron (Mark Rylance), former daredevil motorcyclist and modern-day Pied Piper, is a wanted man. T…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:40PMOn this month's episode of Side by Side by Susan Blackwell, our fabulous hostess spends an afternoon in the stacks of New York's legendary Strand Books with Tony Award winner Norbert…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:32PMBWW Radio Presents MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET WEEK A whole week of scheduling centered around MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET with multiple chances to listen to their cast album.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:30PMThe compromise budget which kept the Federal Government operating this year will have a “devastating” effect on small arts organizations, including small theaters, according to the Washi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:29PMMamma Mia! producer Judy Craymer has approached Marianne Elliott to direct her next big project, the forthcoming Spice Girls musical Viva Forever. According to the Daily Mail, Elliott is in …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:23PMMichael Weber, a veteran Chicago actor and director whose long list of credits ranges from musicals to drama, and whose work has garnered many Jeff Award nominations, has been named the new …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:18PMJERUSALEM opened at The Royal Court Theatre in July, 2009 with critics praising Jez Butterworth for his beautiful and comic elegy for a disappearing way of life in rural England and actor Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:17PM"The Temperamentals" may not be quite a play yet, but it is a sweet, heartfelt, often charming homage to a truly brave group of guys."The Temperamentals" may not be quite a play yet, but it …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:04PM
The Caldwell Theatre will host TV and film star Ed Asner when he brings the national tour of his one-man show’FDR to Florida for seven performances June 1-5. The production depicts Fra…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:56PMRock of Ages has settled into its new home at the Helen Hayes Theatre and the rocking musical's new leading man, Dan Domenech (who plays Drew), invited Broadway.com to check out his pers…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:49PMMark Rylance is bringing his Olivier Award-winning performance as the boisterous Johnny "Rooster" Byron to Broadway in Jez Butterworth's acclaimed play Jerusalem. Byron is a lo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:43PMActress Alice Ripley has been attached to the 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Next to Normal” since 2006, when it was workshopped at New York’s Second Stage Theatre and she first …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:43PMLOMBARDI, now the longest running new play on Broadway, celebrated its 200th performance last Friday, and was honored on Tuesday night with a party at Tony's Di Napoli restaurant at which a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMDirector Diane Paulus Finds Hippie Spirit Alive And Well Among 21 s t -Century Cast"I was a 'Hair' fanatic ," says Diane Paulus, director of a touring revival of the '60s peace-love musica…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:39PMChristopher Tierney, the stunt double who suffered multiple injuries in a fall during the Dec. 20 preview of "Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark," will return to the show next week.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:35PMTony Award winner Jane Krakowski and her fiancé, clothing designer Robert Godley, welcomed a son, Bennett Robert, on April 13, according to usmagazine.com. The birth came just three d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes will continue its popular Shakespeare Salon Series this May. Following the success of last year's eve…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32PMMichael Weber, a longtime Chicago actor and the former artistic director of both Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind. and the former Drury Lane Water Tower Theatre, is the new artistic dir…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:32PMAs BroadwayWorld reported back in February, Seattle's Intiman Theatre has been going though hard times financially for several months. This winter, the organization as it is now calling for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s new musical The People in the Picture is now playing at Studio 54 and opens officially on April 28th, 2011. The Star Ledger In the family business: father an…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:14PMBWW Discounts is offering you the chance to save over 40 on tickets to WONDERLAND
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:11PMThe best of times is now at the Longacre Theatre, where the Tony-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles celebrated its one year anniversary on April 20. Show stars Harvey Fierstein and Christ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMHampstead, LondonFifty years ago, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the earth. But Rona Munro, in this epic play for the RSC, has shrewdly chosen to focus on the little-known figure…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PM
LISTEN HERE! THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE’s Donna Murphy was featured on WOR’s “Joan Hamburg Show” on Wednesday, April 20th 2011. Listen here. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, directed by L…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:59PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, April 21, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more info…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:53PMSeattle Children's Theatre stages Steven Dietz's adaptation of the book "Jackie & Me," about a boy who travels back to 1947 to learn more about Jackie Robinson, who broke pro baseball's colo…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:52PMA very tall tale, some merry wives in Windsor and naughty farm animals will take Seattle stages in the coming days.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:52PMNina Metz has the Tribune's guide to the 14th Annual Chicago Improv Festival, which begins Monday and runs through next weekend at about a dozen venues around town.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMBroadway's Noah Racey will choreograph the Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. The leading foursome will be played by Daniel Levine, Brandon O'N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PMBroadway's Noah Racey will choreograph the Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre. The leading foursome will be played by Daniel C. Levine, Brandon O…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PMTHE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE's Donna Murphy was featured on WOR's Joan Hamburg Show on Wednesday, April 20th 2011. Listen here. THE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE, directed by Leonard Foglia features bo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:35PMThe long-suffering lead producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" said they had no choice but to shake up the creative team after realizing sometime around Christmas that Broadway's most …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 05:29PMThere are many excellent things about "Frankenstein" but I fear the overwhelmingly brilliant light fixture above the stage might linger longer in the memory than the play itself. This isn't …
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 05:22PMCohl and partner Jeremiah Harris talk for the first time about decision to pull troubled show and start over with new creative team
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:11PMCohl and partner Jeremiah Harris talk for the first time about decision to pull troubled show and start over with new creative team
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 05:11PMLive entertainment business leader Goldstar announces today the first three members of its advisory board former CEO of Ticketmaster Sean Moriarty, actor, producer and director Neil Patrick…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMA heartfelt 3D tribute by Wim Wenders to Pina Bausch, the late modern ballet choreographer. By Peter BradshawWim Wenders's deeply intelligent 3D tribute to the work of the modern dance chore…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00PM
The Teatro de Parla Youth Company of Spain delivers a powerful blast from the past. On the backs of black t-shirts worn by three actors, white print spells out: GUERRA (war), ENFERMEDAD (dis…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:56PMAccording to published reports, stage and screen star Ethan Hawke and his wife, Ryan, are expecting their second child together. The couple welcomed baby girl Clemintine Jane, to the family …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMThe 5th Avenue Theatre has announced casting for Guys and Dolls, to run May 12 - June 15. Peter Rothstein will direct the production, which will have choreography by Noah Racey.
With a sco…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:50PMSylvester Stallone was an unexpected guest at the SISTER ACT opening last night. Not one to frequest the Broadway red carpets, Stallone revealed on The View this morning that part of the re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMKate Whoriskey has stepped down as artistic director of Seattle's troubled Intiman Theatre and will return to New York, according to a report in the New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMAn updated list of participants has been announced for the previously reported Broadway Recycled, to be offered at Joe's Pub on Monday, April 25 at 7pm and 9:30pm. The concerts will be…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:44PMChris Colfer has been named one of Time magazine’s “Time 100,” the annual round-up of the world’s most influential people.
The openly gay actor stars as Kurt Hummel o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMAdditional artists have been announced for At Hand Theatre Company's annual Earth Day concert, entitled Broadway Recycled — featuring songs cut from musicals and benefiting the Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMJERUSALEM, the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning play by Jez Butterworth and starring Tony and Olivier Award-winner Mark Rylance Boeing-Boeing, La Bte, began previews on April 2, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMThe Public Theater will once again present its Shakespeare Salon Series this May, with discussions featuring 2011 Shakespeare in the Park directors Daniel Sullivan and David Esbjornson and m…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:24PMThis is a sentence I never thought I’d write: last night, Jim Belushi teased me. I was at a talkback hosted by several actors in the cast of Born Yesterday—which opens on Sunday at the C…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 04:23PMA reader, George Jordan, writes in to find out if any local theaters are looking for guest directors. So I’m asking: Are any local theaters looking for guest directors? If you do use g…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:20PMA Little Dessert in the DesertI love the movie, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The performances are nearly flawless, the costumes spectacularly original, and the script and direction fresh …
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 04:20PMKate Wetherhead will star as Sally Bowles opposite Wade McCollum as the Emcee in the Dallas Theater Center production of Kander and Ebb's Cabaret, which will say "willkommen" A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMThe second annual Orlando Improv Festival is set for September, and the festival’s first fundraiser is coming up. Here’s everything you need to do know (for the moment, anyway): …
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:18PMTheresa Harris, a black actress whose usual role was as a servant, is one of the inspirations for a new play by Lynn Nottage.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:15PMHere’s an interesting idea — kids’ cabaret, or more specifically, kids from the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs being trained in the art of cabaret. That’s the goa…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 04:10PM
Broadway’s WONDERLAND is now playing at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway. DARREN RITCHIE FEATURED ON LX-TV http://www.nbcnewyork.com/shows/lxnewyork/LXNY_Wonderland_New_York-120280804.html …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:58PMThe Vineyard Theatre is taking a look at the downside of fame in Christopher Shinn's new Hollywood-centric play Picked. On April 20, the cast (Michael Stahl-David, Tom Lipinski, Mark Blu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:56PMHere’s an audition notice with a catch: Orlando Shakespeare Theater’s intern program needs one young man: Orlando Shakespeare Theater Auditioning Actors for Intern Training Progr…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 03:54PMIf you can type, you can vote to help United Arts of Central Florida win one of those big-deal grants — $500,000, to be exact — from Chase Community Giving. Half a million dollar…
SOURCE: Orlando Theater at 03:49PMBeth Leavel and the company of Baby It's You provide a sneak peek of the new Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:48PMSome New York theaters have discovered that lobby concession stands can extend the life of their spaces beyond showtime and become places where patrons can sit before or after shows.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:47PMDavid McDonald, a member of the ensemble of the Tony Award-winning musical MEMPHIS, proposed to girlfriend Pilar from the Shubert Theatre Stage following the show’s final number after …
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 03:44PMDo critics find "Sister Act" heavenly or hellish?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 03:41PMAccording to Deadline.com, a Jennidef Lopez has been working on a Latin American singing competition tevelvision series since befor her judging days at 'American Idol.' The new Idol judge an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMStage Rush TV: Episode 60
Talking points:
Interviewing the bubbly Margaret Colin of Arcadia
Margaret Colin gives a killer Harvey Fierstein impression
High to close this Sunday,…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:31PMNEW YORK - Jez Butterworth's new play Jerusalem, which opened Thursday, is doubly sprawling. First off, its three acts unfold in a way that takes countless verbal twists and turns in a woode…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:28PMAge & Hometown: 30; Cleveland, OH
Current Role: Tap dancing away as Elder McKinley, a closeted Mormon missionary who goes to great lengths to suppress his homosexuality, in Broadway&#…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PMIn an interview with THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER this week, Joan Rivers admits that at this point in her career, she hopes to come full circle. In 1972, Rivers made her Broadway debut in the com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMFinally, Mark Rylance in A Role Worthy of His Talent…. April 21, 2011 And did those feet in ancient time. Walk upon England’s mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On Englan…
SOURCE: iBlogBroadway at 03:15PMTony winner Kristin Chenoweth is et to make an appearances on 'The Tonight Show' on April 26 and 'Ellen' on May 2.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PM"Next to Normal," with Curt Hansen, Alice Ripley and Asa Somers, is playing through May 8 at the Bank of America Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St.; $32-$95 at www.broadwayinchicago.com As Broadway t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:04PMMeet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's Sister Act.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMMeet the first-nighters at the opening of Broadway's Sister Act.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMJames Tune, 68, president and CEO of ArtsFund, says he'll leave the organization once a successor is found. The organization raises money for the arts in Western Washington.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:02PMBrendan Hines, Kevin Rahm, and Susannah Schulman will star in South Coast Repertory's production of Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain, to be presented May 13-June 12.
The sto…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:02PM
A stage full of disco-dancing nuns was just one of the spectacular sights awaiting Broadway.com resident artist Justin ‘Squigs’ Robertson as he took in the high spirits and sequi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PMNOT SO WILD ABOUT HARRY Real-life gay activist Harry Hay and the West Coast Premiere of The Temperamentals — a play based on his story — have much in common: fascinating but pecu…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:46PMLive entertainment business leader Goldstar announced April 21 the first three members of its advisory board: former CEO of Ticketmaster Sean Moriarty; actor, producer and director Neil Patr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMDonmar's major production of minor Pinter play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 02:43PMJoan Bender, Steven Brinberg, Melissa Dye, Susan Fanale, Sheldon Harnick, Nicolette Hart, Leah Horowitz, Jillian Louis, Megan McGinnis, Heather McRae, Alex Rolocek, Christine Pedi, Michele …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PMAn exhibition coming to Museum of the Moving Image called "Jim Henson's Fantastic World" will open on July 16 and run through Jan. 16, 2012, and it will feature more than 120 works, includin…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:30PMThere were moments during the second act when I closed my eyes, and I thought, “Maybe when I open my eyes, this show will have disappeared. I will be somewhere soothing and wonderful, like…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 02:28PMChris Colfer, who won the Golden Globe Award for his performance in Fox's "Glee," and Broadway producer Scott Rudin are among "the most influential people in the world,&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMThe award-winning production of Arias with a Twist, created by Joey Arias and Basil Twist and starring Arias, will return to New York as Arias With a Twist Deluxe, to be presented at Abrons …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:21PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Interim Executive Director Joey Parnes announced today that the 2011 Summer Gala will honor Gail Merrifield Papp and Time Warner Inc. for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMRoundhouse Park Miniature Railway
The Railway Children premieres at the new Roundhouse Theatre on May 3, 2011. The Roundhouse Theatre is only the latest addition to Roundhouse Park. The sit…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:14PMAlec Baldwin, Kate Mulgrew, Anthony Rapp, and Sam Underwood will be featured in 3D Hamlet: A Lost Generation, to be presented by Fundamental Theater Project at this year's Edinburgh Fr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:13PMTheatre 40, in a collaboration with West Coast Jewish Theatre, will close its 2010-2011 season with Murray Schisgal's Luv, May 18-June 26.
Luv is a spoof of avant-garde drama in which …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:12PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld's newest feature GETTING SIRIUS WITH SETH, a sneak peek preview of Rudetsky's weekly popular Sirius Radio program. Each Thursday, we'll be bringing you highlights f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMJerry Zaks directs this season's latest Main Stem musical, "Sister Act," which opened April 20 at the Broadway Theatre. Alan Menken and Glenn Slater provided the score and lyrics for this ad…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 02:00PM
Memphis cast member David McDonald, who plays in the ensemble of the hit musical, had a surprise for a front-row audience member after the April 17 matinee performance.
McDonald’s girl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMTony Award nominee Ethan Hawke and his wife, Ryan, are expecting their second child together, according to People Magazine.
The couple, who married in 2008, have a daughter, Clementine Jane…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:50PMTHE PUBLIC THEATER
2011 SUMMER GALA
TO BE HELD ON MONDAY, JUNE 20
GAIL MERRIFIELD PAPP AND TIME WARNER INC.
TO BE HONORED
THIS GLAMOROUS EVENING
UNDER THE STARS IN CENTRAL PARK
CULMI…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 01:48PMPlaywright Christopher Shinn and actor Michael Stahl-David, who stars in Shinn's Picked at the Vineyard Theatre, will participate in a panel discussion entitled "The Meaning of the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:48PMPhiladelphia Theatre Company (PTC) has announced complete casting for Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, to run May 20 - June 12. Maria Mileaf will direct the productio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:46PMFrom the star studded cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor to Ovation winner Anna Khaja's newest work, 24th Street Theatre's La Razon Blindada, it's all here in this week's LA Stage Insider!! …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:44PMBruce Sabath will replace previously announced star Jim Walton in the new musical The Sphinx Winx. Performances begin on May 3 at Theatre Row's Beckett Theatre, with opening night set fo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:43PM2010 TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL
MEMPHIS
GOOD MORNING COUSINS AND HOCKADOO!
“COUSIN BRUCIE” MORROW STEPS INTO THE
RADIO BOOTH AT MEMPHIS MAKING A
CAMEO APPEARANCE MAY …
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 01:42PMWonderland, the new musical that reinvents “Alice in Wonderland” for the 21st century, opened at Broadway’s Marquis Theatre April 17.
Edward Staudenmayer, who plays the Whi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMThe Public Theater will honor board member Gail Merrifield Papp, widow of late New York Shakespeare Festival founder Joseph Papp, during its June 20 summer gala in Central Park.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:39PMFollowing in the footsteps of 2010 honoree Lea Michele, Glee star Chris Colfer has been named to this year’s "Time 100," a list of what the magazine calls “the most inf…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PMGrilled cheese, surf and turf and ravioli are some of the meals that Snooki, The Situation, Jwoww and the rest of the "Jersey Shore" gang enjoy. Although they might prefer a nice pheasant or…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMGail Merrifield Papp, along with Time Warner Inc., will be honored at the Public Theater's annual gala to be held on Monday, June 20 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Both are …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:30PMBorn Yesterday, Garson Kanin's 1940s hit comedy about a rough-edged chorus girl who refines herself in the context of a world of greed and corruption, plays the Cort Theatre. The show st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMMichael Stahl-David, of the horror film "Cloverfield," stars in the Vineyard Theatre's world-premiere production of Christopher Shinn's Picked. Picked opened at the Off Bro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMThe cast of Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical; Lisa Cholodenko, screenwriter/director of the Oscar-nominated movie, The Kids Are All Right; and Mary T. Keane, a loca…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:11PMArcola, LondonThe crew of the lakeboat T Harrison "say fuck in direct proportion to how bored they are", one of them tells the ship's cook, Dale. Conclusion: shipping on the Great Lakes is v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:05PMBrunton, MusselburghWhen Des Dillon's comedy premiered at Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum, it had such brash popular appeal that I predicted it would be fewer than five years before we saw it again…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:01PM
BROKE-OLOGY Johnny Lee Davenport excels in Nathan Louis Jackson’s unabashedly sentimental drama about two grown sons struggling to care for their father while coping with the complicat…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:55PMThe House of Blue Leaves is set to open on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre April 25. Ben Stiller recently sat down with Matt Lauer on the “Today Show” to talk about his retur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMThe first time actress Paula Plum prepared a monologue for an audition, she chose Cleopatra’s death scene from Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra.’’ She was a …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:53PM30 Rock actor will star alongside Star Trek's Kate Mulgrew in multimedia Shakespeare production – but only via 3D cameraAlec Baldwin is to appear alongside Star Trek actress Kate Mulgrew …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:52PMWORCESTER — St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross is predictably impressive. Built in the 1920s and inspired by Italian Renaissance basilica, it has a vaulted cei…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 12:52PMJenin residents claim public opinion turned on director for performing plays that went against Islamic conservative valuesHe wanted to create an "art revolution" to help liberate the Palesti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:50PMJohn Leguizamo's GHETTO KLOWN, directed by Fisher Stevens, is currently playing at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street. Leguizamo was recently featured on Charlie Rose, where he d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMGary Cole, Edi Gathegi, Mary Beth Fisher and Kathryn Joosten are among cast members in the Geffen Playhouse production of Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts' Superior Donuts, running May …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMThe touring version of The Lion King has all the roar of the original
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:42PMThe touring version of much-loved musical has all the roar of the original
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:42PMTony and Emmy Award winner Kristin Chenoweth, most recently on Broadway in the revival of Promises, Promises, will make appearances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and "El…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMOn Wednesday, April 20, Broadway's La Cage Aux Folles celebrated its one-year anniversary at the Longacre Theatre. The show will close on May 1.
The show features music and lyrics by …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:38PMBased on the hit 1992 film of the same name, musical Sister Act tells the story of Deloris Van Cartier, a determined would-be diva who dreams of being Donna Summer in 1970s Philadelphia. Whe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMTHE PEARL THEATRE COMPANY J.R. Sullivan, Artistic Director Shira Beckerman, Managing Director will present Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley in a one-night cabaret benefit on Monday, May 2, 20…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMHere's a fun clip from rehearsals of Christopher Durang's comedy "Beyond Therapy" which begins previews Tuesday at the Westport Counry Playhouse. the show opens Saturday, April 30 and c…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:35PMChristopher Tierney, the Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ensemble member who suffered injuries after falling from an onstage platform during the musical's December 20 performance, will ret…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMCity Parks Foundation has announced programming for the 2011 season of SummerStage, New York's largest free performing arts festival, which will bring over 100 performances to 18 parks …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:24PMTime magazine has just announced the complete list of 2011's Most Influencial People. The list is comprised of 'artists and activists, reformers and researchers, heads of state and captains …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:20PM"At a town hall in Halifax last weekend a volunteer committee was struck to help the Atlantic Fringe Festival's board of directors secure funding, seek out sponsorships and, with any luck, s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:17PMWHAT is FringeFAIR?
FringeFAIR is a FringeNYC-specific job fair held (appropriately enough) on MAY DAY. It is an opportunity to meet FringeNYC staff and discuss the positions that are availa…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:16PMMercedes' recent diva tantrum on Glee inspired us to ask readers which character on the show deserves the title of ultimate diva character. The votes are in, and Rachel (Lea Michele) tak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMDebilitating illness is an equal-opportunity defeater. Not even bewigged kings bedecked in fancy threads are immune to the power of a mysterious crippling disease — such as the the blo…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 12:14PMBen Stiller has a long and happy history with John Guare’s The House of Blue Leaves: His mom, Anne Meara, played Bunny Flingus in the original 1971 off-Broadway production, Stiller mad…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMJohn Leguizamo, star of Broadway’s Ghetto Klown, appeared on Bloomberg’s "The Charlie Rose Show" April 18 to talk about his fifth one-man show that officially opened March 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMSISTER ACT began preview performances March 24 and opened last night Wednesday, April 20, 2011 to a great set of reviews. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the star studded opening nigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
The American Songbook Project will launch a new program called The Art of Song Performance, a workshop on July 10th-15th, 2011, in New York City. The summer intensive features classes in all…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AM"Nurse Jackie" actor Stephen Wallem will join theatre couple Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley for a special May 2 benefit cabaret for the Pearl Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMThe fourth annual West End Eurovision, takes place at London's Piccadilly Theatre this evening with West End shows battling it out to be crowned West End Eurovision Champions from 11.30pm an…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:54AMThe Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage Aux Folles celebrated its one year anniversary on Broadway on April 20. The cast, led by Harvey Fierstein and Christopher Sieber, marked the occasio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMBruce Sabath, of the recent Off-Broadway production of Hello Again, will play Julius Caesar, replacing Jim Walton, in The Sphinx Winx, a new musical comedy look at Caesar, Cleopatra and Marc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMLast night on American Idol, the Top 7 sang songs from the 21st century. Check out photos from the episode below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMThe 2010 Tony winning Best Musical MEMPHIS welcomes legendary radio personality and author, Cousin Brucie Morrow to the Shubert theatre for a special one week only cameo appearance starting …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:47AMBruce Sabath will replace the previously reported Jim Walton in the role of Julius Caesar in the forthcoming Off-Broadway musical The Sphinx Winx. Matthew Hamel will direct the musical at Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMCándido Tirado will be the newest resident playwright for Teatro Vista, Chicago's largest Latino theater.
The company will open its 2011-2012 season with an updated version…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:38AM“Sister Act” at The Broadway Theatre: Equipped with only an iPhone 4, AndrewAndrew shoots, edits and posts their “Insta-Review” of Sister Act at The Broadway Theatre. From their pre-…
SOURCE: Andrew Andrew at 11:37AMCasting has been announced for the Shakespeare on the Sound production of Much Ado About Nothing, featuring a score by Tony Award-winning Passing Strange writer Stew and collaborator Heidi R…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMAccording to MonstersampCritics.com, Aretha ranklin, who recently celebrated her 69th birthday, has made a bucket list of things to do before she dies. Having just gone through surgery for a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMThe Twitter touchpaper is lit again as comics vent their rage over the competition's new £15 entry fee. Are they going overboard?It doesn't take much to get standups venting spleen on Twitt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:35AMThe Helen Hayes Awards has announced that the United States Postal Service commemorative “Forever” stamp, honoring the First Lady of the American Theatre, Helen Hayes, will offic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMLegendary deejay “Cousin Brucie” Morrow will get a cameo role in the Tony-winning musical Memphis, appearing onstage at the Shubert Theatre May 3-8. Morrow's Broadway appeara…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMTHEATER REVIEW: "Arnie the Doughnut" ★★★ Through May 15 at Lifeline Theatre, 6912 N. Glenwood Ave.; Running time: 1 hour; Tickets: $12 at 773-761-4477 or www.lifelinetheatre.com After …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMI have been thinking about Ilse. Remember, the lonely artist girl from Spring Awakening, who was shut out by her family after fleeing from abuse I think about her un-tied hair, the men's wh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMNurse Jackie star and theater veteran Stephen Wallem will serve as master of ceremonies for the previously reported cabaret benefit starring Broadway stars Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:29AMTony Award Winning Actress Laura Benanti stopped by SirusXM's Live on Broadway show on Wednesday and discussed the fate of her upcoming NBC pilot, Playboy Club.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced the four musicals that will be developed and presented during the 2011 National Music Theater Conference, to run June 25 - July 15.
The …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:25AMThe Tony Award-winning Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's National Music Theater Conference will develop Unknown Soldier, Son of a Gun, Suprema and The Shadow Sparrow this summer in Wat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMIt sounds like a case worthy of investigation by Det Chief Inspector Taggart. How did Glenn Chandler, the creator of Taggart, the gritty Glaswegian detective series and a jewel in the crown …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:20AMAmerican Theater Company's 27th season in Chicago will feature a world premiere dance-theatre piece called Escape, melding modern dance with the words of Tennessee Williams.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMIt's Shakespeare's birthday - and St George's Day - this Saturday (23 April 2011). We've already used the opportunity to look back at some of the most memorable bard productions in the past …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:17AMIn celebration of the Royal nuptials of Prince William of Wales and Catherine Elizabeth Kate Middleton at Buckingham Palace, the hosts of ABC's popular talker The View will observe this spec…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMThe Adam Smith College in Fife is planning to phase out all 13 of its theatre arts courses, as "no longer viable" in a strategic change to its core curriculum.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMChristopher Tierney, who was injured during the December 20 performance of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, will soon be returning to the production, which is currently on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:05AMThe last time Broadway had a number of dark theaters was in the 70s and early 80s. (That period is one of the reasons Broadway lost the Mark Hellinger Theatre to the Times Square Church.) A …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFollowing a 2009 London premiere, the disco musical Sister Act was born again in New York City. The retooled Broadway production, featuring a score by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, new direc…
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God knows a nun's boxy habit is not the most dance-friendly outfit. On the opening night of Sister Act, The Musical producer Whoopi Goldberg, stars Patina Miller and Victoria Clark, choreog…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AM“From the start it has been the theatre’s business to entertain people… It needs no other passport than fun” – Bertolt Brecht , A Short Organum for the Theatre While no one can den…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:39AMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center announced today eight plays to be developed at the 2011 National Playwrights Conference NPC under the leadership of Artistic Director Wendy C. Goldberg. The…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMBroadwayWorld.com has learned that the Broadway-bound revival of Godspell, which is now aiming for the Great White Way in the 2011-12 theatre season will likely play in the Circle in the Squ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMThere’s fun, if not musical comedy heaven, to be found in Sister Act, the new Broadway musical adaptation of the hit 1992 movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. Featuring plenty of talent bot…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 10:32AMAt its 2002 Musical Theatre Symposium, SDCF hosted a panel on the writer-director relationship featuring "Urinetown" composer/lyricist Greg Kotis, "The Wild Party" composer Andrew Lippa and …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 10:26AMChristopher Tierney, who fell 35 feet into the orchestra pit in front of a shocked preview audience on Dec. 20, got permission from his doctor to rejoin rehearsals beginning Monday.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:26AM(Illustration by Kristy Caldwell- click here to read about her creative process.)$12 tickets to Opening Weekend - use code "WARDANCE" (discount available June 3, 4, 5 & 7) - on…
SOURCE: Flux Theatre Ensemble at 10:25AMArias with a Twist, the heady musical fantasy combining the talents of drag performer Joey Arias and puppet designer Basil Twist, will play a limited five-week New York return engagement in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMGary Wilmot will star in Radio Times, to run August 4 - September 24 at the Watermill Theatre, according to a report on Whatsonstage.com. Caroline Leslie will direct the production, which w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:21AMWhat did the New York critics -- or at least some of them -- say about Christopher Shinn's "Picked" which opened Wednesday night at off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre, directed by Michael Wilso…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 10:15AMTime Magazine has announced the selections for its annual "Time 100" list of the world's most influential people.
Among those who were selected are stage veterans Matt Damon,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:07AM
The U.S. tours of the Broadway musical Fela! and the Gate Theatre production of Krapp's Last Tape starring John Hurt will begin this fall on the stages of the Shakespeare Theatre Company…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMThe Vineyard Theater celebrated the opening of its world premiere production of Christopher Shinn's new play Picked on Wednesday, April 20. Michael Wilson has directed the production.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:47AMBloggers ponder the divide between amateur and professional; and why writing a play is like sitting on a can of Coke• Australian poet, critic and blogger Alison Croggon is pondering amateu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:45AMSavings worth £35 million can be made by theatre, music and visual arts over the next four years if the sectors reduce their energy use by 25% during that time, according to green arts…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:44AMBette Midler, current Chicago star Christie Brinkley and the cast of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert will be among the guests on the ABC daytime chat show "The View" during the week…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMCast members and backstage crew from leading West End musicals, including Priscilla Queen of the Desert and Mamma Mia!, will discuss their amateur theatre roots as part of a new TV series to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:38AMSISTER ACT began preview performances March 24 and opened last night Wednesday, April 20, 2011 to a great set of reviews. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the exciting opening night cu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMSISTER ACT began preview performances March 24 and opened last night Wednesday, April 20, 2011 to a great set of reviews. BroadwayWorld.com was there to capture the cast and creative team as…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:34AMJujamcyn Theaters and True Colors Theatre Company will present the 3rd Annual August Wilson Monologue Competition May 9 at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMAirport Bar Productions will present a benefit reading of Love Sick April 25 at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AMZeta-Jones is set to play the music-hating villain, a newly created character, in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of AgesCatherine Zeta-Jones is set to play the music-hating…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:21AMJoy Behar, Mario Cantone, Adam Lambert, Brooke Shields, Sylvester Stallone, Barbara Walters, and more stars join Whoopi Goldberg, Patina Miller, Victoria Clark and the company of Sister Act …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:19AMShakespeare Theatre Company (STC) has added two productions to its 2011-2012 season: the Tony Award-winning musical Fela! and the Gate Theatre's production of Samuel Beckett's Krap…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:16AMRadio personality and author "Cousin Brucie" Morrow will make a week's worth of cameo appearances in the Tony-winning musical Memphis, May 3-8 at the Shubert Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13AMRadio personality and author "Cousin Brucie" Morrow will male a cameo appearance in the Tony Award-winning musical Memphis, playing at the Shubert Theatre, May 3-8.
Cousin Bruc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:04AM
The tuner version of the 1992 hit film "Sister Act" opened on Broadway Wednesday to overall good reviews. "Sister Act" has been revised somewhat since it ran in London la…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:28AMLondon's Donmar Warehouse has announced the second of its annual 12-week Donmar Trafalgar season at the Trafalgar Studios that enables recent graduates of its Resident Assistant Director…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:21AMLondon's Donmar Warehouse has announced the second of its annual 12-week Donmar Trafalgar season at the Trafalgar Studios that enables recent graduates of its Resident Assistant Director…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:21AM30th March 2011 – even for those who benefitted from Arts Council England’s (ACE) National Portfolio announcements – will always be remembered as a bleak day for the arts. One of the 2…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:17AMThe lead producers of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" said they had no choice but to shake up the creative team after realizing the musical simply wasn't working.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:15AMAfter a very successful meeting this weekend which resulted in us gaining a writer, I now need to buckle down and create a budget. I have made previous attempts at creating one, but without …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:10AMJez Butterworth's play falls in the tradition of works lionizing the nonconforming outsider whose outrageous behavior masks a pure heart that by contrast proves the mendacity of the socie…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMLegit News: Production opens in London in June -- Brit thesps Haydn Gwynne ("Billy Elliot"), Gemma Jones and Chuk Iwuji and Yanks Chandler Williams ("In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play")…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMLegit News: Garland biodrama to Minneapolis -- An American preem for Broadway-aimed Judy Garland biodrama "End of the Rainbow" and Cole Porter catalog tuner "Roman Holiday" are among the pro…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AM
Oscar Wilde is famously credited with saying “Britain and America are two nations divided by a common language”, and in theatrical terms that though the West End keeps a keen eye on Broa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMIf only they had some arias in the truest sense of the word to sing this Séance could have been completely mesmerizing. It should have been.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 07:57AMI couldn’t help thinking – James Cameron meets James Dean.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 07:54AMThe real testimonies used in verbatim theatre are presented as the truth. But audiences can be misled in the name of drama"They tell you it's authentic, but it's not. We were stitched up," c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMWhat if your big break came and you blew it? That's one of the more unsettling questions at the center of Christopher Shinn's new play, Picked, which just opened at the Vineyard Theatre, as …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:12AMKathleen Turner might be cursing and smoking up a storm in a play called High, but she's got nothing on the Sister Act gals.
SOURCE: Village Voice at 07:12AMThis season's two most winning new musicals to date both put faith in the forefront with a mixture of satire and sweetness that can be embraced by the pious and non-believers alike.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:05AMNew Yorkers will be happy to learn that they can still catch a performance of Bruce Norris's "Clybourne Park," this year's Pulitzer Prize winner for drama, in a much-lauded production in a b…
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Liverpool Everyman's forthcoming production of Macbeth sees David Morrissey return to his home town of Liverpool and the theatre where he started his career as a member of the Everyman's you…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:44AMGemma Jones and Chuk Iwuji are to join Kevin Spacey in Richard III for the final season of the Bridge Project.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMThe number of people participating in culture online increased by almost 10% in 2010, according to the government's annual Taking Part survey.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:27AMDonmar Warehouse artistic director Michael Grandage has unveiled the second season of the company's annual residency at the Trafalgar Studios, showcasing the work of graduates from the compa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:25AMAmateur theatre companies from around the UK will compete for the chance to perform on a West End stage as part of a new series to be shown on Sky Arts.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMX Factor finalist Treyc Cohen is to star as Dorothy in West Yorkshire Playhouse's production of soul musical The Wiz.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AMOne theater company closes its doors and another opens them even wider. That is the story now unfolding in Highland Park as the Music Theatre Company, a new Equity kid on the suburban block,…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:07AM
Gary Wilmot will lead the cast of the Watermill Theatre’s new actor-musician production of Noel Gay musical Radio Times, which runs from 10 August to 24 September 2011 (previews from 4…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:53AMWhen the ballerina Simone Clarke was 'outed' as a being a member of the BNP by the national press, I felt that Equity, via statements from Martin Brown (head of communications) and Jean Roge…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:39AMIn response to Mary Monaghan's letter (April 14, page 8), it comes across as if she thinks the casting directors owe us something - they don't.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMWithout a continual to and fro, I do feel that Michael Vine's letter (April 14, page 9) totally misses the point about what I was saying.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMAbandon all hope, ye who enter here. While those ominous words may not hang above Flashpoint’s door, Dante would recognize this place. Cautiously making our way around the darkened room �…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:25AMCelia Imrie threw a great party in the Savoy Hotel yesterday evening to launch her autobiography, The Happy Hoofer. The book is an entertaining romp through her career to date, stopping off …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:25AMThese are two of my favorite things: on one hand, those sprawling, collaborative community entertainments, high school musical comedies, and on the other, Frank Loesser's zesty American clas…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 05:19AMThe Donmar Warehouse have announce their second season of work to be presented at Trafalgar Studios 2 as part of their annual residency of work by graduates of the Resident Assistant Directo…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:17AM
"With less than two hours until showtime, a man sits amid the backstage chaos and studies his image in a propped-up mirror. The eyes are grayish blue, the goatee trim, the long dark hair fle…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:55AMWorking with National Theatre Wales, the actor best known for his onscreen portrayals of Tony Blair (The Queen) and David Frost (Frost/Nixon) is starring in and co-directing The Port Talbot …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:52AMJohn Kelly combines performance art with the baroque in this stirring exploration of the limits of an artist's life centering on Caravaggio.
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:41AMJERUSALEM, the critically acclaimed and multi-award winning play by Jez Butterworth and starring Tony and Olivier Award-winner Mark Rylance Boeing-Boeing, La Bte, began previews on April 2, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21AMLegit News: Musical conference sets 2011 roster -- Four new tuners -- including one from "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" composer Michael Friedman and another by "Maple and Vine" scribe Jorda…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00AMO'Neill Names Its Music Theater ProjectsHartBeat Ensemble , the 10-year-old city-based theater company, has found a temporary performing space in downtown Hartford.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:00AM
Those of us bemoaning the decline of western civilization can take heart. However you may deplore the loss of social civility, disappearance of the family dinner and displacement of actual c…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMA large group of people danced without inhibition and sang ABBA hits at the Tuesday night opening performance of "Mamma Mia!" in Heinz Hall, Downtown.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 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 12:00AMAnne Bogart and SITI Company present the New York premiere of Charles Mee's Under Construction, which takes a look at America through a kaleidoscopic pairing of the work of Norman Rockwe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOriginal Wicked star Kristin Chenoweth and Tony nominees Raúl Esparza and Ann Hampton Callaway take part in Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephen Schwartz April 21 for New Y…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIrish Repertory Theatre revives Dion Boucicault's ripe 19th-century comic melodrama The Shaughraun on the company's Francis J. Greenburger Mainstage starting April 21. Artistic direc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDrama Desk Award winner Rachel York is iconic bombshell Marilyn Monroe in a free staged presentation of the new William Goldstein-Charles Leipart musical Me and Miss Monroe beginning April 2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMusic veteran Cowboy Jack Clement, who served as the engineer for the infamous 1956 Sun Records recording session that united Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins, pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJerusalem, British playwright Jez Butterworth's tragicomic play about the indelible inhabitants of a slice of rural England, featuring Tony Award winner Mark Rylance in a performance acc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAn industry reading of the new D.W. Gregory (Radium Girls; resident playwright at New Jersey Rep) comedy Dirty Pictures will be presented April 21 at 3 PM at Ripley Grier Studios.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1925 Tallulah Bankhead and Edna Best are Fallen Angels at London's Globe Theatre. Noel Coward's comedy describes two wives who get drunk while trying to get even with their husbands …
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