SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, Broadways record breaking new show, today announced that it is launching a brand new app for both Apple and Android devices. The app, which is available for fr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:57PM"Clybourne Park" a bitter satire about race and real estate, performed by a skilled cast.Toby Zinman found that the play both annoys and amuses; it creeps up on you and makes you squirm.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:30PMJohn Leguizamo shout out to Houston
John Leguizamo - Ghetto Klown 2012 U.S. Tour
Houston's Wortham Center
Feb 23-25, 2012
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:23PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, lead producer Scott Rudin has backed out of producing the Broadway production of Bruce Norris's CLYBOURNE PARK, which was due for a Thursday, April 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23PMDon Cornelius 1936-2012. Ah, Soul Train. Was there ever another show this innocently wonderful on television? I hope wherever Mr. Cornelius is now, there's a line dance goin' on.T…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:15PMJohn Leguizamo shout out to Corpus Christi, Texas
John Leguizamo
Ghetto Klown 2012 U.S. Tour
Corpus Christi, Texas: American Bank Center Selena Auditorium
Valentine's Day: Feb 14, 2012
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:10PMJohn Leguizamo shout out to Austin
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Ghetto Klown 2012 U.S. Tour
Austin, Texas: The Paramount
February 9-11, 2012
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:07PMJohn Leguizamo shout out to Dallas
John Leguizamo
Ghetto Klown 2012 U.S. Tour
Dallas, Texas: The Majestic Theatre
Feb 16-18, 2012
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:05PMJohn Leguizamo shout out to McAllen, Texas
John Leguizamo: Ghetto Klown 2012 U.S. Tour
McAllen, Texas: The McAllen Convention Center
Feb 21, 2012
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There's electricity in the air when a Broadway tour comes to town, bringing a Tony-winning musical to the Benedum for the first time. For the opening-night audience, it can be like the elect…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:40PMIt takes one heck of a man to overcome a tutu disaster. Luckily for ballerina Xiomara Reyes — whose skirt trailed a loop of torn tulle during a “Don Quixote” pas de deux Tuesday — he…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:39PMAmerican Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee stars with Megan Hilty in NBC's new series about making a Broadway musical, called SMASH. This highly-anticipated show will air after The Voice at 10…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30PMSome are born female; others achieve it. Jin Xing is one of the latter, in a tenacious odyssey from birth as a boy to her present life and dance career as a woman. Her “Shanghai Tango” h…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:28PMKnees ache, bottoms numb up andwatches flicker. When a theatrical performance,even an enjoyable one, has gone on too long at one clip, the audience membersfeel it. And let's…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 10:28PMIn light of the recent Vassar early-admissions snafu, already wary parents of students applying to college should avoid “Inadmissible.” Not that anyone else should rush to see this play …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 10:27PMRutherford and Son, by Githa Sowerby, tells the story of a father determined to do whatever it takes to ensure the success and succession of the family glassworks which is now in danger of s…
SOURCE: vimeo.com at 10:26PMThis sharply-acted, low-key satire takes place behind the walls of academia.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMChicago's Amra-Faye Wright takes Playbill on a tour of the famous "Velma-vator" and talks about her nine years of playing Velma Kelly on Broadway, the West End and even Japan. To read about …
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A new Finch has flown into into Broadway! Nick Jonas is the new star of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Stage Rush is giving away two pairs of tickets to see the Jonas B…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 09:59PMStage stars Frances Conroy, Tovah Feldshuh, and Patrick Heusinger have been cast in the NBC pilot Beautiful People, according to a report on Deadline.com.
The show, which is written by Mich…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54PMStage stars Frances Conroy, Tovah Feldshuh, and Patrick Heusinger have been cast in the NBC pilot Beautiful People, according to a report on Deadline.com.
The show, which is written by Mich…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54PMThe Flea, Off Off Broadway
By Rachel Merrill Moss
BOTTOM LINE: An admirably tackled production of epic proportions, where literary shortcomings can be largely overlooked thanks to hea…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:36PMIt just might be next big workplace television drama – but it isn’t about doctors or detectives. Aspiring Broadway stars are at the center of the new NBC drama "Smash," which premieres n…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:28PMThe Midsumma Festival occurs at an awkward time of year for Ms TN. Through January, I am usually cowering in a bunker, resolutely ignoring the explosions as the year's first press releases b…
SOURCE: Theatre Notes at 09:16PMIntense struggle is on display in Diane Paulus’ revival (and retooling) of the classic opera Porgy and Bess. Adapted for a more standard evening of Broadway (ahem, running under four hours…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 09:13PMThe AMERICAN IDOL crew headed to Portland this week for the sixth round of this season's auditions, hoping to uncover the country's next big singing sensation.
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Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Wit was originally produced in 1995 at South Coast Repertory Company in Costa Mesa, California and then off-Broadway. This new produc…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 08:50PMA power-packed, "Ripped From The Headlines" new play by emerging playwright, Gabe McKinley, is now playing at the Peter Norton Space on way-West 42nd Street. This i…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 08:35PMHere s some added theatrical suspense: We ll have to wait till next week to see if Intiman Theatre has made its final curtain call. Here s some added theatrical suspense: We ll have to wait …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:34PMBrent Barrett, Jenn Harris and cast members from SILENCE! THE MUSICAL are set for a CD signing and performance at Barnes & Noble on the Upper East Side on February 23rd.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18PMIntiman Theatre officials will spend the rest of the week tallying up the pledges and the board will meet Monday to decide the Seattle theater’s fate.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:15PMThe new project, titled 'Do No Harm,' is described by Variety as a Jekyll and Hyde-themed drama that revolves around a brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03PM
In this review of "The Woman in Black," Daniel Radcliffe's first film since he starred in the Harry Potter films, Seattle Times film critic Moria Macdonald praises Radcliffe for a fine, un-H…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:39PMWilliam Shatner's SHATNER'S WORLD WE JUST LIVE IN IT will play Broadway's Music Box Theatre for 19 performances only, from February 14 - March 4, with opening night scheduled for February 16…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:21PM"The Gaming Table," adapted from Susanna Centlivre's 1705 play The Basset Table, is a rollicking story of the gambles men and women take for love and money, given a stylish production by dir…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:08PMCritics can also be historians. In my opinion, the great new wave of 1990s British theatre starts not with Sarah Kane’s Blasted in 1995, nor with Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and Fucking a …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMSergei Polunin, the rising star of the Royal Ballet who sensationally quit last week, will no longer be able to dance in the UK after his work permit was revoked.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
The cast and creative team of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, including Broadway icons Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones, met with the press on Feb. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:43PMBradley Whitford and Michael O'Keefe argue over art at lunch in Pasadena, while Roger Bart cracks jokes -- not far from what their characters do in Yasmina Reza's Art, at the Pasadena Playho…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 06:30PMFebruary feels like the 'New November': concerts of real interest during the weekdays and too many great concerts during the weekends.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:29PMThis week, Broadway.com’s Gotta Dance! series pays tribute to Allyson Carr, an eye-catching dancer in the Mamma Mia! ensemble. Carr, who is best known for her gravity-defying leaps ons…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:27PMOPENING AMERICAN IDIOT. Broadway in Chicago presents Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer’s rock musical about three childhood friends each searching for meaning in a post 9/11 world. Di…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:26PMThe Bronx-based performance troupe Universes uses the devastation of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina as a stepping-off point in the performance piece “Ameriville.” A theatrical explor…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:24PMOn stage Newsies star Jeremy Jordan will be peddling newspapers beginning March 15 at the Nederlander Theatre, but in real life the hunky actor is filling up the pages of publications himsel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMFour former Disney Channel stars are hitting the New York stage this season, and while JONAS L.A. alum Nick Jonas (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying), Hannah Montana favorite …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMGotta Dance! Allyson Carr of Broadway's "Mamma Mia!"
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This week, Broadway.com's Gotta Dance…
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:09PMArtistic Director Bill Rauch has announced the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2013 season, to run February 15-November 3.
Productions in the Angus Bowmer Theatre will include Shakespear…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:07PMBroadway ticket sales took a significant hit as several productions experienced slight decreases in sales and attendance through the week ending January 29.
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But if there is to be room for more disruptive stories in our theaters, my guess is there will need to be a willingness to embrace disruption in our practice.
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SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:52PMGore Vidal's THE BEST MAN began rehearsals on Monday, January 30th, with the first preview performance set for Tuesday, March 6th, in anticipation of an April 1st, 2012 opening at the Gerald…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMAcademy Award winner Julian Fellowes, who penned the book for Broadway's Mary Poppins and is also the creator of the hit BBC/PBS series "Downton Abbey," is at work on a new scr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:48PMTickets are now on sale for Now. Here. This., the latest work from the gang behind [title of show]. The new musical, directed and choreographed by Michael Berresse, will begin previews on Ma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:41PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Motion" at Signal Ensemble Theatre ★★½
Dramas about sports are enjoying a renaissance: "Moneyball"is an Oscar contender, "Magic/Bird" is on its way to Broadway…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:40PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, theatre veterans Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, and Christopher Walken have signed on to star in 'Stand Up Guys.' Previously titled 'Old Timers,' the comedy will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMManhattan Theatre Club in collaboration with The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR will present After Words:Wit, a discussion with the stars of Wit, at The Greene Space on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:32PMIn such plays as “Harper Regan,” “Pornography,” “On the Shore of the Wide World” and “Port” (all of which have received searing Chicago productions by either the Griffin Thea…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:31PMKevin Bacon will star in an as-yet-untitled thriller pilot for FOX, according to a report in The Hollywood Reporter. Kevin Williamson is developing the project.
The pilot will center on an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:29PMThe producers of SILENCE! The Musical, today put a new block of seats on sale through May 6th at P.S. 122. SILENCE! The Musical, the unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with boo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMMississippi Mud Productions will present four performances of Marcy Lafferty's play, Vivien Leigh: The Last Press Conference at the Alexander Technique Center For Performance And Develo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:25PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more i…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:22PM“Nothing much has changed, except people lock their doors at night now.” Considering it’s generally required reading on the school curriculum, and frequently staged by amateur as well …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:18PMKevin Spacey, currently starring in The Bridge Projects Richard III at BAM, will be a guest on Theater Talk on Friday February 3 at 1 AM on Channel 13 in New York. Theater Talk subsequentl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMMusiCares will honor Sir Paul McCartney at its annual Person of the Year gala, to be held on Friday, February 10 in Los Angeles. Eddie Izzard will host the event.
The benefit will feature …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:18PMCentenary Stage Company has announced casting for Charles Morey's The Ladies Man, to run February 17 - March 4 at the Lackland Center.
The play is a modern adaptation of Georges Feyde…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:16PMManhattan Theatre Club, in collaboration with the intimate, state-of-the-art venue The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR, continues its popular discussion series with After…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:15PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole debuted her new cabaret show, The End of the World Cabaret As We Know It at the Cafe Carlyle on Tuesday, January 31.
The show, which is directe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:15PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole debuted her new cabaret show, The End of the World Cabaret As We Know It at the Cafe Carlyle on Tuesday, January 31.
The show, which is directe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:15PMLike just about everybody else, James McMenamin hadn't read Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" since high school.Like just about everybody else, James McMenamin hadn't read Thornton Wilder's "Our …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:04PM
Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Patti LuPone will be featured in an upcoming segment of HBO's "Masterclass," the Emmy-nominated documentary series that brings together icon…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMManhattan Theatre Club, in collaboration with the intimate, state-of-the-art venue The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space at WNYC and WQXR, continues its popular discussion series with After…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:52PMHow I Learned To Drive This is Paula Vogel's masterful, dark and witty drama that won the Pulitzer Prize 15 years ago. It's about an uncle who gives his young niece driving…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 04:51PMRehearsals have begun for Gore Vidal’s juicy muckraking political drama The Best Man, which will begin performances on March 6 at the Schoenfeld Theatre. On February 1, director Michae…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMPsycho Therapy, the new world-premiere comedy by Frank Stausser that returned to rehearsals last week after beginning performances Jan. 19, will now officially open Off-Broadway Feb. 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMStage and screen stars Alan Arkin, Al Pacino, and Christopher Walken will star in the upcoming film, Stand Up Guys, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Fisher Stevens will direct.
The acti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMLars Jan presents Abacus, a TED Talks-style presentation, examined from many different angles. He cautions that the shifting nature of the show makes it "a Trojan horse" -- but don't call it…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:30PMGathering the play's meaning will challenge the most industriously attentive playgoer. Gathering the play's meaning will challenge the most industriously attentive playgoer.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:30PMEntertainment One US released Carol Channing LARGER THAN LIFE in New York and Los Angeles on January 20, 2012, with additional markets to follow. The film, directed by Dori Berinstein ShowBu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMAudra McDonald Introduces Her New Puppy!
Audra McDonald introduced hew new puppy Georgia while backstage at The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:19PMThe Vineyard Theatre will honor Tony Award-winning actress Linda Lavin and The Lyons playwright Nicky Silver during its March 12 gala at the Hudson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMVENUS IN FUR resumes performances at the Lyceum Theatre on Tuesday, February 7 and the production is a limited engagement through Sunday, June 17. Check out the show's marquee on its new hom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMIn an exclusive outtake from "Carol Channning: Larger Than Life," a new
feature documentary directed by Dori Berinstein, legendary Tony winner
Chita Rivera
tells the story of the first …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMTheodore Bikel, who at 87 has played both Captain von Trapp and Tevye, is a genuine star but what is he doing in this dated play?
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:06PMBikel, who at 87 has played both Captain von Trapp and Tevye, is a genuine star but what is he doing in this dated play?
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:06PMShe isn’t much of a decorator (her words), but Marla Mindelle knows how to make herself feel right at home backstage at Sister Act. Mindelle, who plays wide-eyed postulant Sister Mary …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMRoundabout Theatre Company recently announced the theatre organizations permanent archives, which document the companys illustrious 46-year production history. The archives are a resource fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMPetula Clark, the Grammy Award-winning singer-actress with one foot in pop and one in musicals, has extended her current run at Feinstein's at Loews Regency, which began Jan. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMF. Kathleen Foley reviews 'Dreams of the Washer King' at Theatre 40. A theater review for the Los Angeles Times.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:00PM
Dance Moms - Season 2 Episode 4 - No One Likes a Bully
Dance Moms Season 2 Episode 4 - "No One Likes a Bully." In this episode of FYI, Todrick Hall recaps everything you may have …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:56PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Patti LuPone's latest concert, Patti LuPone The Gypsy In My Soul, which she performs tonight, February 1, at the Overture Center in Madison, Wisconsin will b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMSPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark has been seen by more than 700,000 audience members from around the world. It features music and lyrics by 22-time Grammy Award-winners Bono and The Edge, direct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMIf you have done any work in the theatre, then you most likely have taken at least one class that addressed the man in the picture above. What I have found very interesting is how applicable…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 03:49PMBy Bill Hirschman Editor’s Note: This story is evolving and we will have more details as the day progresses) The Women’s Theatre Project has postponed the rest of its 2012 season bec…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:49PMA tongue-in-cheek Twilight musical recently hit the New York stage for one night only, but could the teen vampire books-turned-box office busting films work as a serious Broadway musical? Ab…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PMA tongue-in-cheek Twilight musical recently hit the New York stage for one night only, but could the teen vampire books-turned-box office busting films work as a legitimate Broadway musical?…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PM"I start from the supposition that the world is topsy-turvy," the Hollywood actor Matt Damon declared Tuesday night on the stage of the packed Wrigleyville music venue Metro, "that things ar…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:46PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the January 28, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 03:39PMJulie Halston and Robert Petkoff joined the cast of Broadway's Anything Goes, the shipboard musical comedy, in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PMThis month, Jacques Brel Returns will offer a special Valentine's Day performance on February 14 at 9 pm, in addition to a performance on Wednesday, February 22 at 7 pm.
The production…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:32PMNick Pitera, known for his one man Youtube medleys, has released a new video that is a medley of hits from Andrew Lloyd Webber's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I am such a huge Phantom fan. Andrew Ll…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMGet Treated Like Royalty
As part of the article "Get Treated Like Royalty." http://mdtheatreguide.com/2012/02/get-treated-like-royalty/
Video Produced, Shot, & Edited by Mark…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:30PMThe ten finalists for the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, honoring female playwrights and chosen from over 100 nominated plays, were announced Feb. 1. The winner will be named at the Award…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMJames A. Williams, Pt. 2 - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
Actor James A. Williams speaks of how August Wilson loved James' own nickname so much that he used it fo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:29PMThe John W. Engeman Theater at Northport has announced casting for its upcoming production of Pinkalicious, to run February 11-March 25, as part of their Youth Theater Series. Mark Adam Ram…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:29PMThe three stars of Broadway’s upcoming Evita revival received the royal treatment in a new Vanity Fair photo shoot for the magazine’s annual Hollywood issue, available on ne…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:27PMJames A. Williams, Pt. 3 - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
Actor James A. Williams speaks about growing older as an actor, and looking forward to the many other roles …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:26PMSinger Nick Pitera gained YouTube popularity by singing the parts of both Jasmine and Aladdin in a cover of the iconic Disney duet “A Whole New World.” Now, Pitera is showing off…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:26PMHarvy Blanks - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
JITNEY actor Harvy Blanks speaks about August Wilson's love of people, and the comparisons of Wilson to Shakespeare.…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:24PMMore than half a million theatergoers have gotten their need for speed fulfilled while taking in the fast-paced action at Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark at Broadway's Foxwood Theatre. Aft…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:23PMChuck Cooper - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
Chuck Cooper talks about seeing his first August Wilson play as a young man, and the impact it had on his life and caree…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:21PMBrandon J. Dirden, Pt. 1 - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
Actor Brandon J. Dirden talks about his dream to work with this company of performers, the unique experience…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:17PMThe cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man, which will begin previews on March 6 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, met the press on Wednesday, February 1 at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMBrandon J. Dirden, Pt. 2 - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
Actor Brandon J. Dirden talks about spending some time with August Wilson when he was working on the rewrite…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:15PMAfter tackling the work of pop music legends Madonna, Lady Gaga and Britney Spears, it was only a matter of time until Glee got around to honoring the late Michael Jackson with a tribute epi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:14PMAccording to the NY Post, Ann-Maragret will be heading to the Great White Way in a play by Sandra Hochman. Cindy Adams writes 'Debuting on Bway in a comic role, itll star Ann-Margret. Based …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMAnthony Chisholm - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
JITNEY actor Anthony Chisholm speaks about the development of the storyline of his character, "Fielding", …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:11PMSnow White, Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast – just some of the well-known fairy tales you may have seen or heard in your youth. They are the ancient stories that have been manipulated o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:09PMAllie Woods Jr. - Inside the Rehearsal Room: August Wilson's JITNEY
Actor Allie Woods Jr. speaks about being familiar with "August Wilson Country", and the "brotherhood&q…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:07PMAfter an intense internal auditing process, the results are in for the 2011 Cleveland Awards This year's awards broke traffic records and we couldn't be more excited to announce the 2011 Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PM
The New York Post is reporting the production of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning "Clybourne Park," will not transfer to Broadway this spring.The New York Post is reporting the productio…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:54PMThe 2012 Theatre Museum Awards will be given out on Monday, April 30 at The Player's Club (16 Gramercy Park South) to honor and celebrate outstanding achievement in the theatre industry…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:45PMDixon Place is set to present Grammy Award-winner Vernon Reid's Artificial Afrika: A Tale of Lost Cities, February 10-25.
In this world premiere production, Reid merges music, film, an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:44PMStagedoor Manor is Honored by the Theatre Museum Award for Excellence in Theatre Arts Education: Stagedoor Manor, the country’s premiere summertime training ground for young performers, wi…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 02:41PMTwo-time Grammy Award winner Petula Clark has added three performances to her run at Feinstein's at Loews Regency. She will now appear at the cabaret venue through February 11, in lieu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:33PMDespite a disappointing run last year on Broadway, Matthew Lombardo's play "High" will return with star Kathleen Turner for a San Francisco engagement March 21-25.Despite a disappointing run…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:32PMBroadway's LEAP OF FAITH is new musical based on the motion picture Leap of Faith, produced by Paramount Pictures Corporation and written by Janus Cercone. The musical will begin previews on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMThe Music Center employs a corps of 300 paid ushers. They are trained to work at all four of the Music Center venues -- which host more than 1000 performances a year, plus plenty of special …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:29PMSwift lost the role to British actress Samantha Barks. Others who were reportedly considered for the part included Lea Michele and Scarlett Johansson.Swift lost the role to British actress S…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:27PMReeve Carney performed the songs "Bouncing Off the Walls" and "Boy Falls From The Sky" from the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as part of Imus on Broadway at the H…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:24PMThe revival of Stephen Schwartz’s legendary rock musical Godspell has been giving audiences a holy night in the beautiful city of Manhattan as Hunter Parrish, Telly Leung, Anna Maria P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:16PMSea Beast Puppet Company is curating a puppet slam in Chicago -- the application should be up on their website soon.
SOURCE: CultureFuture at 02:16PMThe infamous musical Carrie, based on the novel by Stephen King, received new life on January 31 as MCC Theatre's re-imagined production began previews at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:02PMA curator at the New York Public Library minutely analyzes the floppy disks left behind by Jonathan Larson, creator of the mega-hit musical "Rent.''
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Tickets are now on sale for the U.S. screenings of Love Never Dies, Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, which will be broadcast in cinemas Feb. 28 and March…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMThe Tony Award-winning star delivers another extraordinary evening of entertainment at the Cafe Carlyle.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:55PMLead producer Scott Rudin has pulled out of backing Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Clybourne Park," calling into question whether it will open on Broadway this spring.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:53PMBroadway’s divine musical Sister Act is looking like its getting an update this Spring as yesterday producers of the musical announced a casting replacement for a major portion of the …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:48PMComposer-playwright Todd Almond's musical Girlfriend, which brings to life Matthew Sweet's 1991 album of the same name, will receive a one-night-only concert staging at Joe's Pub…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMProducer Scott Rudin has axed the Broadway run of the hit play after falling out with its writer, Bruce Norris, according to reportsThe producer of Clybourne Park has cancelled the play's ru…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PMTony Award-winning star Sutton Foster is co-directing the upcoming Ball State University production of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE, which she starred in on Broadway back in 2006. The show opens on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMName: Camille Latour Where are you from originally? I was born in a beautiful house here in Austin. I’ve been a Southie pretty much my whole life. How long have you been in Austin? …
SOURCE: Cambiare Productions at 01:22PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
A big-hearted but fitful comedy in the wide-open spaces of the Olivier stage is a risky enterprise, but making his National Theater debut helmer Jamie Llo…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:20PMStage veteran Michael Weston will reprise his role of Simon in an upcoming episode of Law and Order: SVU, according to TVGuide.com.
Weston's character is the younger brother of Detecti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:20PMRamin Karimloo spent many years wearing the most famous of musical theater masks, first in The Phantom of the Opera and then its sequel, Love Never Dies, for which he received an Olivier Awa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:19PMAfter a year and a half hiatus, Seth Rudetsky's famed Seth's Broadway Chatterbox has returned to Don't Tell Mama. Seth's Broadway Chatterbox includes interviews and performances by noted Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMLook Back in Anger - Montage
Sam Gold (Tigers Be Still) directs one of theater's most pivotal works, John Osborne's classic drama about four friends and lovers struggling to find di…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:12PMArtistic director Michael Kahn announced plays by Shakespeare, Gogol, Shaw and Schiller for the 2012-13 season at The Shakespare Theatre Company in Washington, DC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:10PMOscar nominee and stage veteran Jesse Eisenberg will star opposite Mia Wasikowska in the upcoming film, The Double, according to Deadline.com.
Richard Ayoade will direct, and has co-written…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:08PMRoundabout Theatre Company's Look Back in Anger, by John Osborne, directed by Sam Gold is currently in previews. The cast features Adam Driver as Cliff, Sarah Goldberg as Allison, Charlotte …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMWith Oscar season in full swing, Broadway.com readers recently chose The Help as the Best Picture nominee they'd most like to see transformed for the stage. Obviously, if Kathr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04PMGore Vidals THE BEST MAN began rehearsals on Monday, January 30th, with the first preview performance set for Tuesday, March 6th, in anticipation of an April 1st, 2012 opening at the Gerald …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMValentine’s Day is all about romance, so Broadway.com decided to collect romantic stories (and ideas for celebrating the national day of love) from some of the most passionate people w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMTickets are now on sale to the general public for Magic/Bird, Eric Simonson's drama about the rivalry and friendship of basketball heroes Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMMusic Is, the short-lived 1976 Broadway musical based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, is getting its first revival in a concert version produced by the theatre school at Western Carolina…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM
Julliard Jazz is set to present legendary bassist Ron Carter in Ron Carter at 75: A Life in Music, to be held in Alice Tully Hall on March 27 at 8 pm. Stage and screen star Danny Glover will…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:59PMThe arts are a reflection of the real world, which means it has a lot of love, a lot of surprise and a lot of joy. That also means that it is a world that has sexism, racism, unbalanced powe…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 12:58PMI was rereading Provoking Theatre: Kama Ginkas Directs, and I happened to read a section of it that talks of Mamet, just around the time I was watching Race. Ginkas points his finger on a l…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 12:55PMThe official premiere of NBC's new musical drama series Smash was held at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday, January 26.
NBCUniversalDirect was on the red car…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:55PMSamantha Barks pips Scarlett Johansson, Lea Michele and Taylor Swift to play Éponine in film version of musicalWhen Les Misérables hits cinemas in December, the cast list will groan with b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54PMSo many hot properties and astonishing productions are now competing for pride of place on Chicago stages that a “Top 10” list would not accommodate them. Which brings me to “Enron,”…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:54PMBarnes & Noble has announced the events to be held in its New York City locations in March.
Among the highlights is a musical performance from Stephin Merritt in conjunction with the re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:51PMMadonna will perform at halftime at the Super Bowl, which will be held on Sunday, February 5 and air live on NBC. The game, which will pit the New York Giants versus the New England Patriots…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMWith rehearsals now underway for the new Broadway production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's legendary seven-time Tony Award-winning musical, EVITA, the Marquis Theatre Box Office 1535…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:49PMSamantha Barks, who was seen as Eponine in the London production of Les Miz in 2010 and again in the show's 25th anniversary London concert at the O2 Arena in 2011, will reprise her perf…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMThe theatre world's London bias particularly affects new writing, which seldom attracts much attention beyond the capitalOne of the best plays I saw last year was Lungs, an off-kilter love s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMJames McMenamin has played George Gibbs in about 670 performances of "Our Town" — in New York, where he joined the cast after the the play's Chicago debut, and now in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:30PMCameron Mackintosh announced on stage at the Manchester Palace at the end of last evening's performance of Oliver in which Barks is currently playing Nancy that she is set to play Eponine in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PMGingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw has announced casting for Shaw's Back to Methuselah: Part Two, to be presented February 27 at 7pm at The Players Club.
Back to Methuselah i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:23PMLyrics from Lockdown, written and performed by Bryonn Bain, will play February 11 at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (515 Malcolm X Blvd), in honor of Black History Month.…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:20PMFinalists have been announced for the 2011-2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, which honors an outstanding new English-language play written by a woman.
The winner -- to be named at the Award…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:18PMThe leading trio of the Broadway production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert will be the special guests at Seth's Broadway Chatterbox Feb. 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMChoreographer worked with the National Ballet of Canada, its ballet school and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:06PMLast night, January 31, Christine Ebersole took to the stage at the Cafe Carlyle, cheered on by the likes of Anjelica Huston, Matthew Broderick, Joy Behar, Tommy Tune, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMTom has been one of the most colorful presences on Broadway in the last decade. Half of the popular Houston-Levitt team, he has co-created four Broadway shows. Now, he must try to maintain h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMThe Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, now celebrating its thirty-fourth year. The ten Finalists for the 2011-2012 Susan Smith Blac…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMLast
week the actors' union Equity published the results of an online
survey on being 'out' in the entertainment industry. It was picked up
by The Stage and The Guardian
among other publicat…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:03PMFriends in Theater Company and Story Pirates will present a benefit performance for Little Shop of Horrors at the Lucille Lortel Theater on Monday, March 19, at 7:30pm. David Lefkowich will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:03PMThe subtle cast of Fen.I suppose we'll never be rid of the minor female playwrights who insist we only think they're minor because of our sexism. (I just read another of these screeds …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:03PMProducers Scott Rudin and Stuart Thompson are no longer attached to a planned spring Broadway move of Bruce Norris' Clybourne Park, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the personalitie…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PM
Susan Smith Blackburn The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced 10 Finalists for its prestigious playwriting award, now celebrating its thirty-fourth year. The ten Finalists for the 20…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:59AMA number of writers' schemes help young talent get a foothold in theatre. But why do they so often shun those over 25 or 30?Let's begin with a disclaimer: this July, I turn 30. The less gene…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:57AMP.S. 84 The Lillian Weber School Parent Teacher Association will present Part of His World: An Evening with Alan Menken, a special cabaret event to raise money for the school's enrichmen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMBroadway vet Jennifer Cody is set to play Naomi in the previously announced upcoming off-Broadway production of Charles Busch’s new comedy Judith of Bethulia. Directed by Carl Andress,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMSaturday, Jan. 14 at 1:30 p.m. at the Junior Theater Festival. The students from all 63 schools and after-school musical theater programs have completed their presentations. If the kids were…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:52AMProducers of Silence! The Musical — billed as the "unauthorized parody of 'The Silence of the Lambs'" — announced Feb. 1 that tickets for the production at The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMThis just in - Source Festival is holding an open, NON-Equity call to cast eighteen 10-Minute Plays and three Full-Length Plays. Auditions will run from 10am to 6pm on February 1, 2, 3 at�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:47AMThe 40th Anniversary production and first-ever Broadway revival of Stephen Schwartz's rock musical GODSPELL is currently playing at Broadway's Circle in the Square Theatre. Directed by Danie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMOy vay. The Lyttelton stage in the National Theatre may have seen more weakly written plays than Nicholas Wright's schmaltzy fantasy about the origins of Hollywood, but I can't think of one.…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 11:43AMThis is my desk in Winter Park, Florida: You will note that I'm taking pictures of it rather than sitting...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:39AMThe newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musical, had its first preview last night, January 31, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. BroadwayWorld was on hand to capture …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMPS 84, The Lillian Weber School, Parent Teacher Association will present a special cabaret event, Part of His World: An Evening with Alan Menken, to raise money for the school's enrich…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:36AMLast night (30 January 2012) over 130 Whatsonstage.com theatregoers enjoyed a lovely outing to the Vaudeville Theatre to see Terrence McNally’s Master Class.
Tyne Daly, making her W…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:35AMMirror Stage will present a reading of Theresa Rebeck's What We're Up Against as part of its "Feed Your Mind" series, to be directed by Suzanne M. Cohen at the Ethnic Cul…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:34AMAudiences and dancers alike are going gaga over Israeli modern and contemporary dance. And we're not talking about the lady singer with the strange hats, sky-high platform shoes and one pung…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:32AMRicky Martin is gearing up to return to Broadway as Che in the upcoming revival of Andrew Llyod Webber’s Evita, however Martin fans don’t have to wait until March to catch t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMONCE, the new musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film, will play Broadway's Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre this spring. Previews will begin Tuesday, February 28, 2012 with opening ni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMFifth-graders at Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy are not just studying the Book of Exodus, they are also writing plays jammed packed with exposition and dialogue about the second book of the…
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 11:27AMAs I was making my daily internet rounds this morning, I came across an especially delightful essay in the New York Times by Leslie Kaufman. Titled “My Sons, the Sous-Chefs” it c…
SOURCE: The Critical Condition at 11:24AMMuse on FireYesterday I was pointed to Un-Scripted Theater's current submission call for their upcoming Act One, Scene Two performance (side note: Un-Scripted as the name suggested does a lo…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:23AMToday in 1915, The Merchant of Venice opened at the 44th Street Theatre. A tragic comedy by William Shakespeare, the play believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. The title cha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMThe Broadway run of the Pulitzer Prize winning play "Clybourne Park" has been canceled by producer Scott Rudin.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:23AMTalk-show host and comedian Conan O'Brien will host Story Pirates and Friends, a fundraiser for the Geffen Playhouse Story Pirates Play/Write program, March 9 at the Geffen Playhouse in …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMTwo-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole returned to the Cafe Carlyle Jan. 31 for a limited engagement that will continue through Feb. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AMWho needs diamonds? For Broadway actress Megan Hilty, Marilyn Monroe is a girl’s best friend. The kind of pal that gets you two great gigs.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:16AMThe Book of Mormon’s Josh Gad will star in the new DreamWorks animated film Me & My Shadow, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gad will join Saturday Night Live’s Bill…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:13AMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for February, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMStage and screen actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson will perform at the Family Equality Council's 2012 Los Angeles Awards Dinner, which is scheduled for Feb. 11 at Universal Studios' Globe T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMI talk to lots of theatergoers: in focus groups, at the TKTS booth, in the lobby at Godspell, on the subway, on vacation, and everywhere in between. It's become somewhat of a hobby. What ama…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Gingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW will present BACK TO METHUSELAHPART TWO a comedy of epic proportions by George Bernard Shaw on Monday, February 27 at 7pm at The Players Club 16 Gra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMIn the spring of 2011, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company was a finalist for an award recognizing excellence in non-profit management administered by the Washington Post and the Center for Nonpr…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 10:55AMThe newly reworked and fully re-imagined production of Carrie, the musical, had its first preview tonight at 7 p.m. at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, NYC. Check out the j…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThis story appeared in the New Orleans Times-Democrat on January 2, 1913. It was reproduced in the Times-Picayune the other...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMTaylor Swift has lost out on the role of the tragic Eponine in the all-star movie version of "Les Miserables."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:52AMPS 84 The Lillian Weber School Parent Teacher Association has just announced that tickets are now on sale for their special cabaret event, Part of His World An Evening with Alan Menken, to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMBaritone Russell Braun learned to fly like an acrobat for Canadian Opera Company production opening Feb. 2.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:50AMSamantha Barks will play the role of Eponine in the forthcoming film adaptation of Les Miserables, according to published reports. The actress has previously played the part in the West End …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:50AMTheater for the New City has just announced that Jennifer Cody Shrek, The Pajama Game will play the role of Naomi in Charles Buschs new comedy JUDITH OF BETHULIA. The play, starring Busch, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMJennifer Cody will join Tony Award nominee Charles Busch in his new biblical stage comedy Judith of Bethulia, which will begin Off-Broadway March 30 at the Theater for the New City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMCarrie, the infamously short-lived 1988 Broadway musical based on the Stephen King novel about a bullied teen with telekinetic powers who takes vengeance on her tormentors, returned in a new…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMHoney 2 Choreography - Casper Smart Interview
Honey 2's Beau "Casper" Smart has an exclusive interview with Lauren Gottlieb about playing Ricky in the film.
Blu-ray/DVD Relea…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:46AMThe planned Broadway mounting of 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Clybourne Park has been cancelled by lead producer Scott Rudin, according to The New York Post. A spokesman for the Broadway publi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:45AMThere are companies which do epics, and then there is Lumina Studio. Having put together a sixty-character amalgamation of Henry VI Part 1, 2 and 3, in which no actor was above the age of 19…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMDavid Blewitt, for many years The Stage's chief opera critic, and a former honorary secretary of the music section of the Critics' Circle, has died aged 76.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AMJennifer Cody has joined the cast for Charles Busch's new comedy, Judith of Bethulia, which will perform at Theater for the New City's Cino Theater, March 30-April 28. Carl Andress…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMThe Project Shaw series will continue Feb. 27 with a reading of George Bernard Shaw's Back to Methuselah: Part Two.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMTheater for the New City is pleased to announce that Jennifer Cody (Shrek, The Pajama Game) will play the role of ‘Naomi’ in Charles Busch’s new comedy JUDITH OF BETHULIA. The play, st…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:35AMPart of His World: An Evening with Alan Menken Musical Performance & Live Auction Fundraising Event to Benefit PS 84 The Lillian Weber School PTA Sunday, March 4, 2012 New-York Historica…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:35AMONCE: The Photo Shoot
The cast of the new Broadway musical ONCE got together with photographer Frank Ockenfels for a jam session / photo shoot in New York's East Village. For more info …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:34AMCameron Mackintosh announced on stage at the Manchester Palace at the end of last evening's performance of Oliver in which Barks is currently playing Nancy that she is set to play Eponine in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMVehicle struck the Humboldt building at 539 North Grand
Boulevard about 2:15 a.m.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:25AMMAGICBIRD, a new play from the team that brought you LOMBARDI on Broadway, will play the Longacre Theater beginning Wednesday, March 21, 2012 in anticipation of an April 11, 2012 opening nig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMThis post is one in a series that defines for the layman the various types of variety arts. For the full panoply go here. We present this edition in conjunction with Black History Month. Whi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:21AMThrough February 12, tickets for 39 Off-Broadway shows will be buy one get one free. A part of Off-Broadway week, the two-for-one promotion is presented by NYC & Company, which is the of…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:20AMShakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Michael Kahn has announced the company's 2012-2013 season.
The new season features the return of repertory productions, as STC will mount…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:18AMDaivd Haig is currently starring in the title role of Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III at the West End's Apollo Theatre.Haig was recently seen in the West End in Yes, Prime Minister,…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:16AMTheatre productions don't gain "cult" followings. Aside from the monolithic long-runners, most shows aren't around long enough to be discovered by hardcore devotees and treasured for the lon…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:15AMFailure for playwrights comes via rejection letters, bad reviews and audience walkouts. But when a play hits the spot, there's no feeling like it for both playwright and audienceAs this is t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMIn a blockbuster scoop this morning that had Broadway people choking on their cornflakes, New York Post columnist Michael Riedel reported that the powerful New York producer Scott Rudin had …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:04AMSamantha Barks will play Eponine in the upcoming movie adaptation of Les Miserables, a role previously offered to Grammy-winning country star Taylor Swift, according to Deadline.com. Produce…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:02AMRicky Martin, who will return to Broadway later this season in the revival of the Tony-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical Evita, will make his debut on the hit Fox series "Gle…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMBeginning in late March, Raven-Symone will take over the leading role in the current Broadway production of “Sister Act,” Deadline.com reports. The actress best known for her roles on �…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:00AMLet the scientific revolution begin! The Classic Stage Company production of Bertolt Brecht’s Galileo, starring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham, begins off-Broadway performance…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AM
Every first Wednesday of the month, get caught up with what’s on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That’s me to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:56AMLess than a week before Megan Hilty's debut as a Marilyn Monroe wannabe in TV’s Smash, the Broadway vet has been tapped to portray a second iconic blonde, diamond-lover Lorelei Lee…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:51AMDespite a disappointing run last year on Broadway, "High" will return with star Kathleen Turner for a San Francisco engagement from March 21-25.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:50AMWhat, I ask you, could be more vaudevillian than a banjo-playing Harry Langdon impersonator? Answer: nothing! Born this day in 1908, Gene Sheldon’s act was that he would come out and c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:47AM By: Sandi Durell Impresario Scott Siegel is a busy man again producing the now decade long celebration: the 10th Annual Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall. It is billed as the only a…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:42AMMegan Hilty will star as Lorelei Lee in the Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, to run May 9-13 at New York City Center. As previously reported, John Rando will direct the show…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:42AMThere are few titles more vague than Freedom. In Rick Limentani’s play (quite possibly the first ever written about opium farmers in Tajikistan), it’s the name of a fried chicken takeawa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:35AMJoBeth Williams will star in the West Coast premiere of Joel Drake Johnson's The Fall to Earth at Odyssey Theatre, February 11-April 1. Robin Larsen will direct.
The work explores the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:35AMMegan Hilty, the Wicked and 9 to 5 star who will be seen in NBC's new musical series "Smash," will star in the City Center Encores! production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMThe February issue of American Theatre is out, and it includes the complete text of Stephen Karam's lovely, insinuating comedy/drama, Sons of the Prophet, which was perhaps slightly over-pra…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:34AMA film adaptation of Adam Rapp’s play Red Light Winter will go before the cameras in 2012 starring Kirsten Dunst and Mark Ruffalo, according to Deadline.com. An IMDB.com entry for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:32AMMegan Hilty has been cast as Lorelei Lee, the diamond-loving blonde made famous by Carol Channing, in the Encores production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, opening May 9 at New York City Cente…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMEd Lowry (born today in 1896) is better known today than he might have otherwise been, because of his legacy. He left behind his trunk of sketches, jokes and gags, which was published as the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:30AMFederico Garcia Lorca‘s The House of Bernarda Alba is a formidable play that holds wickedness and envy between every line and subtext is all the dialogue and action. Bernarda Alba is a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:28AMToday, Michael Riedel reports in The New York Post, and BroadwayWorld.com has confirmed, that lead producer Scott Rudin has backed out of producing the Broadway production, which is now agre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28AMThere has been a creditable tradition of dance triumphing in West End houses
for commercial runs. Cats put dance as the chief story-telling
mechanism of a British musical. More recently, Kat…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:20AMFriends in Theater Company and Story Pirates will present a one-night-only benefit performance of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's Little Shop of Horrors March 19 at 7:30 PM at the Lucill…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMFriends in Theater Company and Story Pirates will present a one-night-only benefit performance of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's Little Shop of Horrors March 19 at 7:30 PM at the Lucill…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMSo apparently the powers that be behind the Les Miserables film stopped huffing glue long enough to realize that young Taylor Swift, queen of the semi-literate mid-tempo rock ballad, was not…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 09:11AMCameron Mackintosh announced on stage at the Manchester Palace at the end of last evening's performance of Oliver in which Barks is currently playing Nancy that she is set to play Eponine in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05AMGo backstage with one of Broadway's hottest actors from Broadway's biggest show. NY1's Frank DiLella interviews "The Book of Mormon" star Andrew Rannells in the latest "Downstage Center". F…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:01AM
"It would be better if art were nameless, and that those of us who write about art in books and the reviews and newspapers, always clacking about art, or Art, or ART, were constrained someho…
SOURCE: Theatre Ideas at 08:59AMOne of the big mysteries of the recent theatrical past is why Margaret Edson hasn’t written more plays. Wit, the first—and only one—she wrote was the surprise hit of the 1998-199…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:59AMBegonya Plaza
Hometown: Born in Bogotá, Colombia. From the age of two have consistently traveled and lived between Northern Spain (Guernica, Barcelona), Hollywood, and New York.
Cu…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:59AMAudiences have an additional week to catch Donald Margulies’ Tony Award nominated Time Stands Still. Studio Theatre just announced that their production has just been extended until Februa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:50AMThe word for today is “Soporific”: causing or tending to cause sleep/a sleep inducing drug. A most important word, one among many that one time playwright Margaret Edson feat…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 08:49AMLucie ArnazBill IrwinThe Nightlife Awards honors NYC’s performers in the worlds of cabaret, jazz and comedy clubs. This is their 10th year and the only awards ceremony where there are no…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:35AMIn Midnight Tango, Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace make traditional big entrances.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:34AMI was amused to see a credit for an Etiquette Consultant in the programme for the National Theatre's new She Stoops to Conquer.
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:32AMTheatre restoration specialist Theatresearch has been appointed to lead a major project at the Globe Theatre, Stockton-on-Tees.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMTheatrical suppliers Hawthorns recently supported the Breakin' Convention International Festival of Hip Hop Dance at Sadler's Wells Theatre with a charitable loan of nine Clay Paky 1200 Prof…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMWest London's Tech Music School, celebrating 30 years in music education, has announced the launch of three BA (Hons) degrees: Music Business, Music Production and Songwriting, all starting …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMLester Cobrin has joined XL Video UK as its senior project manager, bringing some 20 years of experience and professionalism in the lighting and live production industry to the company.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMHampshire-based Lee Filters' new website is now live. "The site is the result of extensive research undertaken with lighting professionals to find out exactly what our customers want from ou…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMLegit News:
Metzler, George make the list
SOURCE: Variety at 08:29AMBecause crap automatically gets a standing ovation, but the good stuff doesn't get one until the Times rave comes out. ... Too many jukebox musicals end with a mixtape medley that has you th…
SOURCE: Village Voice at 08:27AMFred and Adele Astaire set the gold standard for brother-sister showbiz teams -- but she retired very early, leaving him to become a star on his own. Today, we have two super-talented pairs …
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 08:25AMJOHN OR VAN? CLICK ON THE HOT/HOTTER ICON TO YOUR LEFT AND VOTE TODAY!Mr. February 2012Justin KirkWHY HE'S MR. BROADWAY: Whenever a Broadway actor leaves for a successful career in tele…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:17AMFebruary is Black History Month — every day this month look at Travalanche for short biographical articles on African American vaudevillians and related subjects. And please go here fo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:12AMThis large, immersive multimedia production ruminates on the consciousness of plants by way of a magnificent set design, superb scenes of simultaneous action, and psychedelic effects.
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00AMThe popular actor talks about taking over the role of Delray in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Writing is Actually Doing Something (by Megan Cohen on her blog)
SOURCE: direct address at 12:50AMMs. Neway, who won a Tony for “The Sound of Music,” was also heroine of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera “The Consul.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42AMMy wife and I ended up making a guest appearance on the Rachael Ray Show on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 for an episode focusing on newlyweds.
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 12:29AMActress, Producer New York, New York USA I often say that if I couldn’t be an actress I’d be a private investigator or a historian. Researching different lives, times and places is a del…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AML'Ivresse des profondeurs, a production for ados and adults presented - on tour - by Nuages en pantalon.A perfect example, if any more were needed, of howtheatre for young people has ev…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share ten of the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThis week I'm posting five films made by Charles and Ray Eames. Today's installment, Toccata for Toy Trains, was made...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMDame Rebecca West talks to William F. Buckley, Jr., on Firing Line in 1968: (This is the latest in a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Imagination is a force of nature. Is this not enough to make a person full of ecstasy? Imagination, imagination, imagination....
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMValentine's Day has come early to the Cultural District with a charming amatory confection, "As You Like It." Whatever Shakespeare meant by that enigmatic title, on this occasion it works: T…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMEric Burns would have you believe that he's not a social person, that collaboration is against his nature, and that a change has come over him in a few weeks of putting on a show in Pittsbur…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMThe thing I really like about Inadmissible is that it illuminates the central problem with American theatre. We see how the raw and passionate voices, the better plays, are constantly passed…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMJon Hoche and Temar Underwood are both in the off-Broadway premiere of Qui Nguyen's play. Jon is an actor known for his versatility and talents in comedic and physical theater; he wrote his …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMSouth African Playwright Athol Fugard has a busy New York season ahead, with two theater companies producing four of his shows over the next several months. Signature Opera company will prod…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's London correspondent Mark Shenton recently traveled Down Under and filed this report on Sydney's thriving theatre scene, which includes theatres great and small.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe run of Classic Stage Company's new production of Bertolt Brecht's Galileo, starring Academy Award winner F. Murray Abraham as the persecuted scientist, begins Feb. 1 on East 13th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLloyd Suh's Jesus in India, billed as "a contemporary reimagining of a wild stretch in the lost years of Jesus Christ" in his teen years, opens Feb. 1 in a world premiere at Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe long-running hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Westside Theatre welcomes its newest cast Feb. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNEWSical the Musical: End of the World Edition, the latest version of the topical Off-Broadway musical revue NEWSical the Musical, opens Feb. 1 at Theatre Row on West 42nd Street.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway favorites Heather Parcells, Brynn O'Malley and Anne Horak are among the ladies who inhabit Paper Mill's Boeing-Boeing. Having recently gotten their hands on castmate Beth Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New York premiere of Marius von Mayenburg's satire The Ugly One, featuring Alfredo Narciso, Lisa Joyce, Steven Boyer and Andrew Garman, begins performances Feb. 1 at Soho Rep.
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