Fresh faces by Wendy Killeen

Young actors from communities north of Boston are appearing in Boston Children’s Theatre’s productions of “Spring Awakening’’ and “Little Women’R…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 7/30/2011

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 7302011.

Orange County Theater Review: JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA (Chance Theater) by Sarah Taylor Ellis

SING TO THE HAND A literally damning critique of American popular culture, Jerry Springer: The Opera soars in the Chance Theater’s Southern California premiere. An opera this critical coul…

Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones Filming "Great Hope Springs" in Connecticut

Look for Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carell to be filming the comedy-drama "Great Hope Springs" in Connecticut in August and September.David Frankel directs the $30 million film …

The Bill of Rights for Dramaturgs by Julie Felise Dubiner by Vmathew

Currently I’m working on American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival—a ten-year program during which we are commissioning thirty-seven proje…

75 Days ’til Godspell: Awarding the set bid. by Ken

Today ended a couple of weeks of back and forth between our Director, our Set Designer (David Korins), our TD, myself and our GM team. The bids (how much it’s going to cost) from scene…

Review: Hairspray at John W. Engeman Theater in Northport, NY by James Marino

Hairspray, the musical comedy with a book by Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman and music by Marc Shaiman, has landed at the John W. Engeman Theater i…

Saturday Roundup: This Week on BroadwayWorld by BWW

If you're looking for a quick roundup of the events this week in the theatre world, look no further here are some of the best articles the week had to offer

CHILDREN OF GOD - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

Children of God may not be the sharpest or most intricate musical to hit the stages this summer (or this year at all), but for that reason alone, it may be the most positive and uplifting.

TROUBLE - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

As Stephen Sondheim, Michael John LaChiusa, and many others have proven over the last four decades, a concept musical absolutely must have a concept.

This Happy Breed; Henry IV, Parts One and Two – review by Susannah Clapp

Theatre Royal BathWhen Noël Coward wrote about the upper classes he made them heartless but witty. When he put the lower-middle classes on stage, he gave them heart, hurt, principles and he…

How Observer critics spend their holidays by Kitty Empire, Mark Kermode, Rowan Moore, Philip French, Susannah Clapp, Laura Cumming, Luke Jennings, Fiona Maddocks, Rachel Cooke, Robert McCrum

From stage-door duties for the RSC, to the village famous for Straw Dogs, Observer writers reveal their idea of a perfect summer, past and present● What are your tips for summer culture? J…

Rewind TV: The Code; Town; The Rattigan Enigma; Entourage; Beaver Falls – review by Phil Hogan

Marcus du Sautoy plus millions of cicadas add up to a gripping maths lesson in The CodeThe Code (BBC2) | iPlayerTown (BBC2) | iPlayerThe Rattigan Enigma (BBC4) | iPlayerEntourage (Sky Atlant…

Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake – review by Luke Jennings

Royal Opera House, LondonA half-century ago, the Kirov Ballet visited London for the first time. Known before the Russian revolution as the Imperial Russian Ballet, and today as the Mariinsk…

Open thread: what's your summer culture fix?

In this week's Observer our critics reveal how they choose to spend their summers – but what are your top tips?● Writers reveal their idea of a perfect summer, past and presentWhat have …

Heads Up: Decade

What are we talking about? A new, immersive theatrical production from Headlong that, ten years on, explores our responses to 9/11.

Swan Lake, Royal Opera House, London - Carlos Acosta: Premieres Plus, Coliseum, London

If a classical actor's career trajectory is a lifelong ascent from Romeo to Lear through a line of princes, then a classical ballerina's resembles a running jump at a high wall, followed by …

Orville finally takes flight

While Orville the duck is named after one of the world's most distinguished aviators, he has, famously, never been able to fly. Until now.

The Deep Blue Sea, Festival Theatre, Chichester - Rattigan's Nijinsky, Festival Theatre, Chichester - This Happy Breed, Theatre Royal, Bath

If we've not yet reached the high point of centenary productions celebrating Terence Rattigan (1911-77), could this Chichester double bill be the acme?

Photo Exclusive: Salonga, Takei, Leung Lead ALLEGIANCE Workshop Presentation by Oliver Oliveros

BroadwayWorld.com has been following the progress of Broadway-bound musical, ALLEGIANCE, since its first reading in Los Angeles two years ago up to its final workshop presentation held at th…

The Clock: LACMA, 7/28/11 – 7/29/11 by Sarah Taylor Ellis

I was late for The Clock. Starting at 5pm on Thursday, July 28, LACMA screened the complete 24 hours of Christian Marclay’s The Clock in the Bing Theater. Recently awarded the prestigi…

Jude Law interview: 'I was an optimist. A champion of the human spirit' by Carole Cadwalladr

Jude Law has been one of Britain's foremost actors. But with fame came intense press scrutiny of his private life. Now, at 38, he says he is looking forward to his 'most productive decade' �…

John Tartaglia and Judy Gold Are New Givenik Ambassadors (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

Tony Award nominee John Tartaglia (Avenue Q) and Judy Gold (Off-Broadway’s The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom) are the newest Givenik Ambassadors, joining Anything Goes‘ Joel Gre…

"As You Like It," "MoLoRa" Top Month of Bard and Off-Broadway Highs, Lows by Rob Weinert-Kendt

July was a busy month away from the theater district, with a heavy focus on Shakespeare, both imported and locally grown. In addition to the Public Theater's annual Shakespeare in the Park, …

Dog Act Review: Jen Gunnels, The New York Review of Science Fiction by August Schulenburg

(Photo: Isaiah Tanenbaum. Pictured: Becky Byers, Squish, Liz Douglas) In this case, very much better later than never. Jen Gunnels for the New York Review of Science Fiction is only availabl…

A Magic Flute by StageGrade

Are critics enchanted by Peter Brook's "A Magic Flute"?

No-frills Bard, just like 400 years ago by Howard Shapiro

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Nobody had a makeup artist in the Elizabethan theater, or a lighting designer, choreographer, or even a director.

'Two Noble Kinsmen' a spirited Elizabethean romp by Myra Yellin Outwater

When Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Patrick Mulcahy realized that the Schubert Theatre would be empty for the last week of the festival since "Hamlet" and "Pride and Pre…

My Favorite Urban Legend UPDATE by Leigh Hile

This happened a few months ago, and somehow slipped through the cracks, but I feel it's still significant enough to mention:The dead-dog urban legend has once again been spotted!That's right…

Theater Caricaturist and Former Drama Desk President Sam Norkin Has Died by Dan Bacalzo

Sam Norkin, a theater caricaturist and illustrator, passed away this morning. His illustrations chronicled stage productions on and off Broadway, as well as opera, ballet and film, and were…

The Shoemaker by StageGrade

Mad Cow announces Sondheim opener for new theater by Elizabeth Maupin

Mad Cow Theatre is just hinting at what will make up its 15th season, which will start out in the two current theater spaces on Magnolia Avenue and move, in January 2012, to 54 W. Church St.…

Crazy Is Love by Blacktheatreusa

The Lovely Ladies of Crazy Is Love

Lucian Freud up close by Sebastian Smee

I must have mentioned to Lucian Freud one day that I had never eaten grouse, because he arranged a dinner at his house in Notting Hill one night for me and his granddaughter Frances Costello…

Critic's picks - art

ART EDWARD HOPPER’S MAINE The first exhibition to focus on the works Hopper produced on his summer visits to Maine. Through Oct. 16. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine. 20…

Critics' picks - theater

THEATER Opening

Review - Show Boat at the Goodspeed Opera House by Christopher Caggiano

How can a show be a masterpiece if it has no official version? That's the question I always pose to my students when we cover Show Boat. There's no question that the show is historically sig…

Selma Jezková, Royal Danish Opera at Lincoln Center Festival by Sarah B. Roberts

On a whim, I bought a ticket for last night's one night only performance of Selma Jezková.  As part of the Lincoln Center Festival, it was staged in the Rose Theatre, which was a …

New Andrew Lippa Song Goes on iTunes to Benefit the Trevor Project

A new song written by Tony nominated composerlyricist Andrew Lippa The Addams Family entitled It Gets Better is now available on iTunes. Lippa composed the song to aid in the national It Get…

Musical Words of Wisdom by JK

The cast recording of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is once again responsible for some serious thought.  If you are reading this, I'll assume that you have more than a passi…

Moore: Denver's first lady returns to her musical roots by John Moore

On Aug. 26, Mary Louise Lee-Hancock will become perhaps the first actress to perform in a stage production while sitting as Denver's first lady. The mayor's wife will play the good witch Gli…

Variation #37: Noah Davis by Praxis

Text: You cried, keeping it real, but you should try keeping it right. -Posdnuos

Who won the tix to Hair on Broadway? by Ken Davenport

If anyone was wondering if there were strong feelings about nudity in theater, check out the over 135 (!) comments from this week's contest. You guys take your nakedness seriously. The nudie…

Harvey Fierstein reprises 'Hairspray' at Hollywood Bowl by Bret Israel

Harvey Fierstein is back in Los Angeles for the first time in many years, and he's headed for the Hollywood Bowl. There, for three nights starting Friday, the Tony-winning actor and playwrig…

Running Lines with Denver First Lady Mary Louise Lee-Hancock of "the Wiz" by The Denver Post

Running Lines with Denver First Lady Mary Louise Lee-Hancock of "the Wiz" This week, John Moore talks with Denver first lady Mary Louise Lee, wife of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock,…

Shakespeare in the Park's MEASURE FOR MEASURE and ALL'S WELL Close 7/30

The 2011 Shakespeare in the Park summer season featuring MEASURE FOR MEASURE, directed by David Esbjornson, and ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, directed by Daniel Sullivan, will end on July 30 at…

NEXT TO NORMAL Tour, Starring Alice Ripley, Ends 7/30

The Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL will end its national tour on July 30 at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto.

Review: Julius Caesar by Andy Propst

The Royal Shakespeare Company offers a robust, visceral production of Shakespere's tragedy.

BWW TV Exclusive: THE NEXT STEP Part 1 - Watch Natascia Diaz Rehearse for A CHORUS LINE at the Lyric!

The ultimate Singular Sensation, A CHORUS LINE, is dancing its way onto Oklahoma's Civic Center Music Hall stage this summer. In exciting news for theatre fans, many who mourned her losing t…

PHOTO FLASH. Broadway In Bryant Park-

JavaScript is disabled!To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser.Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! Photos by: Maryann Lopinto. Music: John Treacy…

BWW's On This Day - July 30, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Marquee shows draw big bucks

Legit News: Summer tourists trek to Broadway's veterans -- Ah, to be a well-established Broadway tourist-magnet in the summer.

Returning D.C. hits power up auds

Legit News: Two shows tap into communities they serve -- Give the people what they want: Two Washington, D.C., theaters are doing just that, and in the process have jump-started their season…

Five boost road grosses

Legit News: Road grosses -- Five of the nine shows pulled in more than $1 million in Week 8 (July 18-24).

Anything Goes and Phantom of the Opera Perform at Broadway in Bryant Park (Video) by Michael C. Gioia

Broadway in Bryant Park, the annual free concert series featuring the stars of Broadway and Off-Broadway, showcased the stars of Broadway’s Anything Goes and Phantom of the Opera, amon…

No One Beats Han/Indiana/Deckard by Don Hall

"Daniel Craig is my bitch, now!"Harrison Ford is the embodiment of badass for my generation.No one else even comes close...

A Middle East puppet renaissance? by Marie Dhumieres

BEIRUT: “Puppetry wasn’t something new in the Arab world, like cinema or animation,” observes Mahmoud al-Hourani. “It was already present thousands of years ago in Baghdad, Jerusalem…

Edward Scissorhands, Sadler's Wells, LondonRoyal Ballet Mixed Bill, Royal Opera House, London - Reviews, Theatre & Dance - The Independent by Jenny Gilbert

Not the sharpest knife in the drawer

A pint in one hand, a Tony in the other: Jerusalem's real star - Features, Theatre & Dance - The Independent by Tom Peck

Micky Lay was the inspiration for Mark Rylance's award-winning role � and he's got the gong to prove it. Tom Peck met him

Tsar of the show: Can the Bolshoi Theatre recover from a controversial $700m refurbishment? - Features, Theatre & Dance - The Independent by Shaun Walker

Its colonnaded fa�ade, topped with a sculpture of a galloping quadriga, is one of the enduring images of Moscow, alongside the swirling domes of St Basil's. Inside its walls, some of the mos…

Deborah Gibson and Tiffany: Journey Through The 80s by Adaumbelle

Review: Deborah Gibson and Tiffany: "Journey Through The 80s". Both Deborah and Tiffany still have what it takes to capture an audience!

Several standouts add excitement and class to Town Hall's "Broadway Rising Stars." by Mark Wilk

The audiences that attend Town Hall's annual Broadway Rising Stars concert always cheer way too loudly. This is mainly because many of the performers' family members are in attendance; the p…

Back to the Theatre Festival--2 More Musicals from MITF: "Alice" & "Rip!" by Rob Lester

Same old/ same old story? Not quite. Alice and Rip! revisit the tales of wonder in Wonderland and the legend of Mr. Van Winkle, the sleepy man written by that Sleepy Hollow writer, respect…

The Excellent Musical, "Children of God," Is a Theatre-Goer’s Prayer Answered; "Surviving Love" takes on gayness and loneliness and lamenting, recycling songs. by Rob Lester

Hallelujah!Praise the Lord! There’s a musical in town briefly --- but, I suspect, ripe and ready for a long run delighting audiences, that is satisfying in the ways we want musicals to be.…

Eric Michael Gillett "Cast of Thousands – Gillett Sings Carnelia" by John Hoglund

Eric_Michael_Gillett_new It's the show of the year that has everyone talking. Eric Michael Gillett has returned, fifteen years after its original inception, with Cast Of thousands – Gil…

Reeve Carney and Band Set to Open for U2's '360 Tour' Tonight

Carney, the band that plays onstage for SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark and whose lead singer, Reeve Carney, is the show's star, will open for U2 this summer. As per the band's website, Carney …

Review - Overusing Broadway's F-word by Michael Dale

Zach Braff stages a career move

The actor follows up 'Scrubs' by writing a play. It's been a dream since boyhood. 'All New People' is now playing off-Broadway with 'The Hangover's' Justin Bartha in the lead role.The actor …

This, Featuring Saffron Burrows, Eisa Davis, Gilles Marini, Begins West Coast Run July 30 by Michael Gioia

Melissa James Gibson’s new play This begins previews at the Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre July 30, prior to an official opening Aug. 7.

Next to Normal, Starring Tony Winner Alice Ripley, Ends North American Tour July 30 by Adam Hetrick

Next to Normal, the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical about a woman's struggle with mental illness and a family left hanging in the balance, ends its national tour July …

Shakespeare in the Park's Measure for Measure and All's Well Conclude July 30 by Adam Hetrick

The Shakespeare in the Park repertory productions of All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure end their summer runs July 30 with an 8 PM performance of the latter at the Delacor…

Hal Linden and Christina Pickles Return to a Golden Pond, Opening July 30 in Burbank by Adam Hetrick

Ernest Thompson's poignant family drama about the relationship between parents and adult children, On Golden Pond, starring Hal Linden and Christina Pickles, officially opens July 30 at …

A Strange and Separate People, Directed by Jeff Calhoun, Ends Off-Broadway Run July 30 by Andrew Gans

Jon Marans' A Strange and Separate People, which officially opened July 19 in the Studio Theatre at Off-Broadway's Theatre Row following previews that began July 14, concludes its li…

PLAYBILL.COM'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER With Peter Pan Star Cathy Rigby by Kenneth Jones

Cathy Rigby put her Peter Pan tights in a trunk a few years ago and said goodbye to the role that she has played thousands of times. Never say "never." She's flyin' again.

Today in Theatre History: JULY 30 by David Gewirtzman and Ernio Hernandez and Robert Viagas

1983 Broadway lyricist Howard Dietz dies today at age 87. With composer Arthur Schwartz, Dietz wrote the score for The Band Wagon. Other songs by the duo include "Dancing in the Dark,&q…