James Barbour: Holiday Concert by Adaumbelle

I truly got into the spirit of the holidays on tonight (Saturday, December 10, 2011), when I attended James Barbour's "Holiday Concert" at NYC's famed venue Sardi's. James really knows how t…

A Wanderer, the Singer Dion Returns to the Bronx by David Gonzalez

Dion DiMucci, who has been collaborating on a play called “The Wanderer” about his life and music, returned to his old Bronx neighborhood with the play’s director.

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 12/10/2011

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 12102011.

Beautiful City/Bless The Lord - GODSPELL - Rosie (2011-Dec-08) by Broadway Television Archive

Beautiful City/Bless The Lord - GODSPELL - Rosie (2011-Dec-08) The cast of the 2011 Broadway revival of Godspell perform a medley of Beautiful City (Hunter Parrish) and Bless The Lord (Lind…

Urban Stages Benefit! by [email protected] (urban Stages)

'Mrs. Grinchley' sure to steal audience's heart by Jenna Scherer

You've gotta hand it to the Gold Dust Orphans - they're a company for all seasons. They're still performing their...

Turner adds substance to 'High' drama by Jenna Scherer

Taken on one level, Matthew Lombardo's drug-addict drama "High" can look like a very blunt instrument. But intricacy...

ARTS POLICY: Really? We're Important? by CultureFuture

So sayeth Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: A few months after his May inauguration, Emanuel said, he decided that he would work out of the mayor's so-called ceremonial office — and not the rel…

Review: Crossed (Teatro Luna) by Scotty Zacher

Teatro Luna's *Crossed* is a work in progress that shows great promise in communicate many of the identity issues American Latinas have when dealing with colliding cultures.

PRAGMATIC: Dark Humor and Rape by CultureFuture

Not a subject I'd ever know how to tackle, but there's an incredible personal essay on the subject here. Read the whole thing.

Nick Adams, Jeremy Jordan, Patina Miller, et al. Set for December 19 Broadway Sings for Toys Concert by Andy Propst

An updated lineup of performers has been announced for Deck the Halls, the 6th annual Broadway Sings for Toys: A Benefit for Toys for Tots, to be held on Monday, December 19 at 7pm at Sympho…

PRAGMATIC: Importance by CultureFuture

A must-read from Rob Weinert-Kendt on the need for importance in theater: But why do I feel the need to go further than to say it's entertaining and leave it at that? I agree with one of t…

LOCAL: BFG Collective by CultureFuture

Our powers combine to form...: Three of New York City’s top indie theatre companies, Boomerang Theatre Company, Flux Theatre Ensemble, and Gideon Productions, have joined forces to form t…

James Levine won't return to Metropolitan Opera until at least 2013 by Patrick Kevin Day

James Levine will not be back the rest of this season or next season to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera. James Levine underwent surgery for a spinal injury after a fall in August.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Issues of Authenticity: Thoughts on A Miscast Motherfucker, Much Ado’s Latino Window Dressing, and Writing Parts for Latino Actors Part DeuxThis blog post is the second in a series. You ca…

KRAPP'S LAST TAPE • The Black Mirror Theatre Company by Andrea

Samuel Beckett wrote of his character in KRAPP'S LAST TAPE, "Krapp has nothing to talk to but his dying self and nothing to talk to him but his dead one."  This hour-long, one-act,…

The best theatre of 2011: Susannah Clapp's choice by Susannah Clapp

It's been a great year for Southwark Playhouse, Hampstead and the National – and an unforgettable one for Michael SheenThe Passion was the year's revelation. Ranging over the whole of Port…

Spielberg's film of War Horse gives new impetus to animal charity

Stage and screen success of Michael Morpurgo's WW1 tale has brought 80-year-old Brooke Trust back to global prominenceA charity begun 80 years ago by a young brigadier's wife who was appalle…

Pippin – review by Kate Kellaway

Chocolate Factory, LondonWe are inside cyberspace, at the court of emperor Charlemagne and in a 70s musical – complete with some of Bob Fosse's original choreography remastered by Chet Wal…

Richard II, Donmar Warehouse, London Company, Crucible, Sheffield The Ladykillers, Gielgud, London

Eddie Redmayne’s King Richard looks like an ivory tower personified. In Shakespeare’s drama of power struggle, Richard II – staged by Michael Grandage, the Donmar’s outgoing artistic…

The Nutcracker, Coliseum, London

Six productions and rising.

Review: A Christmas Carol: a silent bah-humbug (Silent Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Silent Theatre Company has created a unique (and scary!) telling of the well-known Charles Dickens tale. If you're in the mood for an experiment of dark and silent proportions that pays off …

A CHRISTMAS STORY Worth Re-Telling by David Dow Bentley III

There is Christmas joy aplenty in the current run of the Stage Right Players’ production of the Philip Grecian adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s charming, “A Christmas Story.” Many will …

Saturday Roundup: This Week on BroadwayWorld by BroadwayWorld

Looking for a quick roundup of this week's events Look no further - here are some of the best articles the week had to offer

Buckets and Tap Shoes dance up a storm

A fast and funky performance at the Cowles Center mixes street-performance style with the smooth skills of classic tap.

Review: (Montreal) 2011 Revue et corrigée by The Charlebois Post

À CorrigerThe annual event at Rideau Vert raises cultural questionby Nanette SoucyI jumped at the chance to check out 2011 Revue et corrigée at Théatre du Rideau Vert as an opportunity to…

What’s 17 Years in Indie Rock? by Jeremy M. Barker

Random thoughts about aesthetic and cultural change while watching the music videos

STAGE TUBE: New Scenes from SMASH! by BroadwayWorld TV

SMASH, NBC's new show which is about a group of people who come together to put on a Broadway musical, was developed by NBC's Robert Greenblatt, Steven Spielberg, and Broadway producing team…

"Cat on a Streetcar Named Iguana" at Adobe Theater by Dean Yannias

As the title makes plain, this "Cat" is a comedic amalgamation of several of the canonical Williams plays.

Confession: I Enjoyed Bonnie & Clyde by Linda

Bonnie & Clyde wasn't everything that I wanted it to be, but I was entertained, I saw some great performers, and I was introduced to a memorable new Broadway score. That's more than I can sa…

Photo Flash: SMASH's Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee in the Recording Studio! by BroadwayWorld

SMASH, NBC's upcoming Broadway-filled series, will premiere February 6. In the mean time, check out a photo star Katharine McPhee posted to her Facebook page of she and Broadway vet Megan Hi…

In Series' bittersweet Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin revue

'Arlen Blues & Berlin Ballads' at the Atlas: a poignant comment on our current hard times.

Freud’s Last Session by Mark St. Germain, suggested by “The Question of God” by Dr. Armand M. Nicholi, Jr., directed by Tyler Marchant, starring by Yvonne Korshak

... science vs. religion ... In an imagined encounter between Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis, two intelligent men discuss significant human issues. No sex, no violence. What a relief. It’s …

New World showcases its stars of the future by Christine Dolen

The college theater program at Miami's New World School of the Arts expects plenty of its students as they prepare to jump into their careers. The rigorous training culminates in an event th…

Jackie Hoffman's "A Chanukah Charol" | NBC New York by WNBC - TV

Jackie Hoffman, one of Broadway's funny ladies takes on Scrooge with the ghosts of Hanukkah past, present and future at New World Stages in "A Chanukah Charol."

Funding The Arts in America, Michael Kaiser and the 1% by Andy Horwitz

Andy shares some thoughts on the infrastructure of arts funding, Michael Kaiser and the 1%.

Mamma Mia!: How Can I Resist You by Linda

In my lifetime, only two shows have played Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre, Cats (fun fact: Cats opened the month I was born) and Mamma Mia! Since I hadn't seen Cats until long after it had…

The new language of "West Side Story" by John Moore Special To The Denver Post

In 1957, four rising artistic giants created a groundbreaking stage production that rewrote every rule of musical theater — but one. A revival visiting Denver beginning Tuesday gave su…

#NEWPLAY: @nytheatrecom 2011 People of the Year (via @firethistimenyc) by Arena Stage

Nytheatre.com’s 2011 People of the Year Top row: Crystal Skillman, Chris Harcum, Stephanie Cox-Williams, Joan Kane, Gemini CollisionWorks (scene from ObJect) Middle row: Temar Underwood, D…

Bonnie and Clyde by Robert Walport

"Bonnie and Clyde" is the latest attempt by Frank Wildhorn to conquer Broadway (his list of flops is quite spectacular). It's also cruising to be yet another commercial failure, though not i…

The Met: Recollected

The men behind the Metropolitan Building

How architect E. Townsend Mix and real estate speculator Louis F. Menage created an "epic poem in stone."

A Cinderella moment

With a star turn at the Ordway, Jessica Fredrickson leaves her receptionist's desk and plunges into the world of full-time acting.

Dance spotlight: 'Nutcracker' meets Mother Goose

Stage spotlight: 'All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914'

LOGOS: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever by JK

OK, I'll admit it.  At least part of the reason I got a ticket to On a Clear Day You Can See Forever is because I wanted to see Harry Connick, Jr., and that is because I want to se…

So, Mumbles has lost my vote by Thomas Garvey

As you probably know by now, the Boston Police moved in this morning at 5 AM with an overwhelming force and cleared Dewey Square of Occupy Boston, being careful to limit and block media acce…

Stick Fly Road to Opening: Opening Night! by Michael Block

Well it happened! And it was an amazing night! The audience was on their feet the second the blackout happened. The party was out of control. Not only was it at the Copacabana, but it was al…

They paved paradise

The demise of the Metropolitan Building, which met its maker a half-century ago, sparked the Twin Cities' preservation movement.

BUSTED! BONNIE & CLYDE Stars Confess Their Guilty Pleasures - The Laura Osnes Edition by Monica Simoes

Though innocent of the crimes committed by their onstage counterparts, the stars of the new shoot-'em-up Broadway musical, BONNIE AND CLYDE, which opened at the Schoenfeld Theatre on Decembe…

#NEWPLAY READING: @dramatistsguild Readings 12/19! Susan Jackson, Linda Ayres-Frederick @SFPlayhouse (via @patriciamilton) by Arena Stage

Take a break from the hectic holiday prep by joining us for the San Francisco edition of the Guild's Footlight showcase on Monday, December 19. These are Guild-sponsored readings of members'…

Fuse Theater Review: Not “High” Enough by Arts Fuse Editor

"High"'s set-up is simple enough -- three characters with billboard-sized guilt complexes collide.

Review: 'Harold: The Boy Who Became Mark Twain' by Hal Holbrook by Charles McNulty

Hal Holbrook's autobiography is more encyclopedic than narrative. Where's Twain this time?

Stick Fly by Theasy.com

Cort Theatre, Broadway By Regina Robbins BOTTOM LINE: Stick Fly is a messy play with a great cast, whose performances underscore just how much we’re missing when actors of color are…

For all the times I've misspelled it when typing a URL... by Gil

This made me kind of happy: In case they haven't fixed it yet by the time you see this...

Zoetic’s The SantaLand Diaries Is Witty Satire, But Not For Kids by Bill Hirschman

The SantaLand Diaries is a holiday tale – not a warm inspiring morality fable for Christmas, but a harrowing if hilarious horror story for Halloween. In Zoetic Stage’s production, the…

BWW JR: Peter PANtomime at MMAC- KIds Love to Watch Kids by Erin Leigh Peck

If youre looking for weekend plans, you still have time to catch the kids from SHUFFLES dance and musical theatre academy strut there stuf at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center. Peter PANto…

Chicago Shakes’ superb ‘Elizabeth Rex’ explores the transformative power of theatre by Bob Bullen

Ned Lowenscroft (Steven Sutcliffe) spars with Queen Elizabeth (Diane D’Aquila) in Chicago Shakes’ “Elizabeth Rex.” Photo by Liz Lauren Queen Elizabeth is in a rare qu…

Balls: The Musical? by Doug Marino

It began with $6,000 from a Kickstarter campaign this past summer, raised to bring this new musical parody to the stage at the New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF).  Sold-out and ex…

BWW Exclusive: FOLLIES Farewell Series - Jan Maxwell by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld.com is excited to present a new series of artwork created by Broadway ad agency SerinoCoyne to celebrate the end of FOLLIES' Broadway run and to remind everyone that time is ru…

Glenn Close to Take SUNSET BOULEVARD Musical to the Silver Screen? by BroadwayWorld

Based on the Billy Wilder film, SUNSET BOULEVARD is a story is about Norma Desmond, a relic of the early years of filmmaking. When talkies pushed silent films and their stars out of the lime…

STAGE TUBE: Jonathan Groff and Anna Ty Bergman's Tribute to Lin-Manuel Miranda! by BroadwayWorld TV

The two put together a rap for Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda - view it below

‘Look, I Made a Hat,’ Stephen Sondheim Lyrics - Review by Charles Isherwood

“But then I met James Lapine.” Thus ends, on a cliffhanger worthy of an artist who cherishes a passion for mystery tales, the first volume of Stephen Sondheim’s collected lyrics, publi…

Feature: 10 Holiday Books by Zachary Stewart

TheaterMania offers a look at new theatrical tomes that can make the perfect gift for the theater-lover in your life.

Turning on the Ghost Light by Jan Simpson

No post today.  My husband K and I are having our apartment painted.  The painters arrive early on Monday morning and so we've spent the last few days packing up things (it's amazi…

BROADWAY RECALL: Gypsies of the Past Years by Michael Dale

Remembering past performances from Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS' Gypsy of the Year competition.

Another week of n on/off Broadway tweet previews by Elyse Sommer

James X - Gerard Mannix Flynn's James is a natural, amiable Irish story teller, yet much of his humor is distracting. . . Stick Fly — Lydia R. Diamond's country house comedy…

Review: James X at curtainup.com by William Coyle

Gerard Mannix Flynn's James is a natural, amiable Irish story teller, yet much of his humor is distracting

An Interaction Attraction: Office Party by Chelsey Burdon

Chelsey Burdon discovers more about Office Party's unique fusion of comedy, cabaret and immersive improvisation.

‘Clear’ catastrophe, Bungled B’way revival by John Podhoretz

It’s an amazing thing to watch a legendary catastrophe unfold in real time before your eyes — and I’m not talking about the implosion of Herman Cain. I’m talking about the catastroph…

The Perfect Musical by Peter Filichia

Mon, Dec. 5. Twenty days to Christmas, twenty days to Christmas, plenty of time to do our Christmas shopping. Thus, many of us instead went to the Roundabout's staged reading of that 1963 mu…

Peter Marks’s best theater of 2011 - The Washington Post by Peter Marks

Of all the Top 10 lists I’ve assembled over the years, compiling this year’s drove me the craziest. That’s how strong 2011 has been for Washington theater — the best, in fact, in my …

Stars of Vaudeville #401: Hal Le Roy by Trav S.D.

It’s no accident that percussive dancer Hal Le Roy (b. John Le Roy Schotte this day in 1913) started off performing as a drummer – - what is tap dancing but drumming the ground w…

Grand Guignol Variety Show by Trav S.D.

Tonight at 8pm! Presented by Morbid Anatomy, Atlas Obscura and The Coney Island Museum. Curated by Joanna Ebenstein & John Del Gaudio. Featuring classic Grand Guignol performances, film,…

I Am a LIBERAL by Don Hall

I'm a Liberal.I'm not a Progressive.  I'm not a Left Wing Activist. I'm not a Hippie.There isn't anything wrong with being a Liberal.  I am pro-choice across the board, believe tha…

Nonprofit theaters spy hope

Legit News: TCG survey sees promising upticks -- After a tough couple of years, things are finally looking up for legit nonprofits, but they're still living hand-to-mouth on a day-to-day liq…

Broadway's in post-holiday stupor

Legit News: Box office slumps outside the millionaires club -- Broadway box office descended from Thanksgiving heights in Week 27 (Nov. 28-Dec. 4), but sales were still healthy -- at least…

Five boost road grosses

Legit News: Road grosses -- Five of the nine shows pulled in more than $1 million in Week 27 (Nov. 28-Dec. 4).

BWW's On This Day - December 10, 2011

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

The Merry Gentlemen: Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy by Trav S.D.

Today at 2:30pm, the Silent Clowns films series presents Stan and Ollie bringing us the Hal Roach holiday greetings of “Peace on earth, every man for himself, and don’t forget to duck.�…

The Super Fun Superfund Variety Show by Trav S.D.

Tonight at 8:30pm at Film Film Biz Recycling, 540 President St, Brooklyn Repurposing one of the Gowanus’s hidden treasures–the beautiful Film Biz Recycling Prop Shop–for a …

Broadway Artists Alliance Kicks Off December Master Classes With Telly Leung, Andrea McArdle and Christopher J. Hanke by BroadwayWorld

Broadway Artists Alliance has announced instructors for their December Master Classes.

i-spondent Penny Landau Interviews Ilene Kristen by Penny Landau

i-spondent Penny Landau Interviews Ilene Kristen

i-spondent Terese Genecco Interviews Marilyn Maye by Terese

i-spondent Terese Genecco Interviews Marilyn Maye

American Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Nutcracker” at the Kennedy Center by Sarah Kaufman

You could say American Ballet Theatre’s intriguing new production of “The Nutcracker” is all about appetites. Why else begin it in the kitchen, an unusual starting point for the ballet…

Interview with Anika Paris by Jaz Dorsey

Among the many blessings that came out of my 10 years in NYC, was the opportunity to meet and work with the amazing Lorca Peress, founder and artistic director of MultiStages and today, co-p…

"unFRAMED" is Priceless! by Andrew Martin

The All For One Theater Festival, a series of solo shows which ran throughout November at Theatre 80 St Marks, is one of those events that prove in lush detail, that theatrical innovation wi…

i-spondent Penny Landau Interviews Ilene Kristen by Penny Landau

i-spondent Penny Landau Interviews Ilene Kristen

Interview With James Barbour at Sardi's. by Corine Cohen

JavaScript is disabled!To display this content, you need a JavaScript capable browser.Adobe Flash Player not installed or older than 9.0.115! Video by: Corine Cohen Go and see James Barbou…

Peter Gallagher, Annette Bening, et al. Set for IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Reading Today at Geffen Playhouse by BroadwayWorld

Golden Globe Award winner Peter Gallagher The O.C., American Beauty takes on the role of George Bailey, joining the star-studded cast of the Geffen Playhouses special oneday-only reading of …

Want to Be Cosette in the LES MIS Film? Open Call Held Today in NYC by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld.com previously announced an open call casting notice for the LES MISERABLES film for the role of Cosette. Auditions will be held at New York's Ripley Grier Studios today, Decem…

'Stick Fly' takes wing on B'way

NEW YORK - Stick Fly, a new and robust play when Philadelphia-area audiences saw it in 2007 at Princeton's McCarter Theatre, is now a new Broadway play, even stronger, smoother, and more aff…

'Rite of Spring' falls short

Some audience members said they were in shock and awe after Compagnie Marie Chouinard's opening-night performance Thursday of Rite of Spring at the Annenberg Center, as the Montreal company …

Momma severest

There are mothers and there are Mothers, and then there's Momma Rose. She is the world's most famous stage mother, the driving force behind her children and the reason the great American mus…

Review: ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST by Toby Zinman

Toby Zinman found Curio Theatre's production of "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," Dario Fo’s dated political comedy about police brutality, desperately unfunny as well as irrelevant to …

Theatre for Thought, December 10, 2011 by The Charlebois Post

YES, SHAKESPEARE: THERE IS A SANTA CLAUSjoel fishbaneDon’t tell my rabbi, but I have a particular fondness for the Christmas season – and yes, it is the Christmas season, no ma…

2,500 Years in the Making, Lysistrata Jones Courts Broadway by Robert Simonson

Western drama's first and most enduring sex comedy, Aristophanes' Lysistrata, circa 411 BC, struts her stuff in a new Broadway musical Lysistrata Jones. Don't know much about his…

Andrew Lloyd Webber May Be Readying Sunset Boulevard for Film Close-Up by Adam Hetrick

With live stage films of Love Never Dies and The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall rolling out, Andrew Lloyd Webber is again looking at a film of his Tony Award-winning musical Sunse…

Rob Fisher Will Make Music With Kristin Chenoweth on "Prairie Home Companion," Live From NYC, Dec. 10 by Kenneth Jones

Pianist, music scholar and music director Rob Fisher appears with Kristin Chenoweth Dec. 10 at The Town Hall in New York City for a live broadcast of public radio's "A Prairie Home …

THE SCREENING ROOM: Behind the Scenes of "Glee" Sectionals (Video) by Michael Gioia

Chord Overstreet, who played "Trouty Mouth" Sam Evans on the Fox hit series "Glee," returned to McKinley High just in time for sectionals, which were featured on the Dec.…

Levi Kreis, David Burnham Will Join Sam Harris for New Year's Eve Concert in California by Michael Gioia

El Portal Theatre, with producers Jay Irwin and Pegge Forrest, will present Sam Harris & Friends, a New Year's Eve celebration concert, held Dec. 31 at 4 PM and 10 PM.

THE WEEK AHEAD, Dec. 10-16: A Clear Day and Lysistrata Jones Open on Broadway; The Road to Mecca Begins by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Harry Connick, Jr. sees a Clear Day… Jackie Hoffman is a Chanukah Scrooge… Aristophanes shoots hoops on Broadway……

UNLOCK THE VAULT: Dec. 10, Everything's Coming Up Merman by Robert Viagas

In celebration of Playbill’s new site, Playbill Vault, we offer a month-long theatrical treasure hunt! Playbill Vault offers an interactive treasure trove for theatre fans, students, a…

CHART TOPPERS: Most-Read Playbill.com Stories, Week of Nov. 27–Dec. 3 by Judy Samelson

Here are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of Nov. 27–Dec. 3, 2011, from information compiled by Playbill.com.

Benefit Reading of "It's a Wonderful Life," With Peter Gallagher and Annette Bening, Plays L.A.'s Geffen by Andrew Gans

Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles presents a one-day-only reading of Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life," adapted by Tony Palermo and directed by Bart DeLorenzo, Dec. 10 at…

nytheatre festivals in review

Voice 4 Vision Festival Roundup #1: A Life in Her Day reviewed by Richard Hinojosa

nytheatre.com review

Reckless: Unusual Holiday Fare at The Gallery Players reviewed by Heather Lee Rogers