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BOTTOM LINE: A quick-paced fictional account of the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times, which i…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:34PMReviewed by: Linda Amiel Burns The sounds of the 60’s rocked Feinstein’s at Loews Regency when Little Anthony and The Imperials (Clarence Collins, Robert DeBlanc, Ernest Wright)…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:30PMTrinity Rep presents Sparrow Grass by Curt Columbus, directed by Brian McEleney and playing now through May 13, 2012. Check out the production photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:19PMThis black comedy, set in Jackson, Miss., in the tinderbox year of 1964, proudly waves its Southern Gothic flag.This black comedy, set in Jackson, Miss., in the tinderbox year of 1964, proud…
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Sorry to hear that the Reprise Theater Company here in L.A. is cancelling another show and suspending its major operations. If you read back on this site, you'll see me praising one producti…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:59PMSorry to hear that the Reprise Theater Company here in L.A. is cancelling another show and suspending its major operations. If you read back on this site, you'll see me praising one producti…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:59PMIf any previous incarnation of "The Addams Family" met their Broadway musical selves, they would throw those wimps...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:52PMHow I Learned to Drive- Paula Vogel's Pulitzer winner passes the test of time with flying colors and a spectacular Uncle Peck . . .The Broken Heart -- According to Theatre for a New Aud…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 09:31PMLindsay Duncan and Jeremy Northam star in a new production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever, which began performances Feb. 10 at the London theatre that bears the playwright's name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:29PMThe Geffen Playhouse production features Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman at their creepy-comic best.The Geffen Playhouse production features Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:20PMAssistance at Playwrights Horizons may be the hippest play off-Broadway right now. It has a hot young cast, writer (Leslye Headland), and director (Trip Cullman), a sleek set, pulsating musi…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 09:07PMBeth Henley's new play, "The Jacksonian" has its world premiere in a Geffen Playhouse production, directed by Robert Falls, that features Ed Harris, Amy Madigan and Bill Pullman.
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HEDY WEISS: While the touring edition of the Broadway hit revival of “South Pacific,” which opened Wednesday at the Cadillac Palace, may lack the heat and lush orchestral sound of the Li…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:52PMBrave New Workshop ridicules Vikings, Occupy protesters, more.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 07:38PMA Q&A with Logan Denninghoff, who plays Gaston in the touring stage production of "Beauty and the Beast" that's coming to Seattle Feb. 21-26.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 07:25PMSleepless in Seattle – The Musical, in need of more time and work, is being moved from its world-premiere June-July slot at The Pasadena Playhouse to a 2012-13 season date to be determ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:11PMAll New People, Glasgow, LondonZach Braff is best known for goofing around in Scrubs, the US TV medical sitcom. But he also wrote, directed and starred in the well-received 2004 film Garden …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMPete Firman: Jiggery Pokery, On tourOh my God! They killed Lenny! The second series of BBC1's Saturday night wand-waving spectacular The Magicians may have gone ahead without Mr Henry but it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMFor years, no British publisher would touch Veronique Olmi's novel about a woman who kills her children. But now it is taking on a life of its ownA play adapted from a French novella about a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMThe artistic director of London's Tricycle Theatre is leaving after a 28-year tenure. So what next for the man who put real-life politics, from Iraq to last year's riots, on stage?On his fir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMSo we hit up the opening night of William Shatner’s sentimental solo show last night, entitled Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It. We had fun. (And I nearly swooned in the lobby…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 07:03PMSheldon Epps, the artistic director of the Playhouse, said in a statement that "our desire to 'get it right' led us to the wise decision to give this project additional time for further crea…
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Tony Award winner Julie White has been cast in NBC's comedy pilot Go On, according to Deadline.com.
According to the site, the series, to be written by Scott Silveri, will center on a …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:51PMFreedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, hosted a Valentine's Day fundraising event with the Interbank Roundtable called Get Engaged at XL Nightclub on Thursday night. The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, an upcoming restaurant and club, 54 Below, hopes to become a new staple for performers and patrons alike. The 160-seat space is set to kick off featurin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMTributes to Prof. Daniel Gerould, who passed away earlier this week, can be found in the comments section of my original post. Others may feel free to add to these comments, which constitute…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 06:31PMChicago Symphony Orchestra - 220 S. Michigan Ave., is offering $29 tickets on the Main Floor, Upper Balcony and Gallery for their 2/24 Beyond the Score: Sounds Strange concert and the perfor…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 06:30PMSome 50 theater companies plan to contribute five cents from every ticket sale to help bolster Off-Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:26PMThe Pasadena Playhouse Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director, in association with David Shor announced today that the world premiere of SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE THE MUSICAL will be rescheduled from t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:25PMIt’s time to say goodbye to another week on the Great White Way, and what an exciting time we've had. From the unfortunate death of Whitney Houston to a thrilling win for Broadway&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:22PMWest End star Ramin Karimloo, who was just seen as the title character in the 25th Anniversary concert of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and currently starring as Jean Valjean in the London produc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:08PMTom Dugan's Simon Wiesenthal -- Nazi Hunter, acclaimed at Theatre 40 last year, moves to Ventura's Rubicon Theatre. Although Dugan's father told him stories about his World War II service,…
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We expect a lot from museums today, particularly those showcased on the Mall, the single greatest gallery of America’s treasures. Those institutions should display the most important objec…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:58PMThe last time anyone -- at least anyone who still watches ads on TV -- saw William Shatner, he was going over a steep cliff in a burning tour bus while hawking discount online travel deals.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:56PMThe musical version of the 1993 movie Sleepless in Seattle, which was scheduled to run June 12 -July 15 at The Pasadena Playhouse, will now be presented as part of the 2012-2013 season to a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:56PMMore Valentine's at Memphis: Bacon Flavored Frosting?
The cast of Memphis ponders Bacon Flavored Frosting.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:55PMWilliam Shatner's one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It, has landed at the Music Box Theatre, and the two-time Emmy Award winner is exploring the final frontier of a ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMAn insider's view of the writer as actorIt's both the best and worst of times to produce a Dickens biography. Best because (for anyone just returned from the further reaches of the gala…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, producers Michael Harrison and David Ian will open THE BODYGUARD, a musical based on Whitney Houston's film of the same name, at the Adelphi Theatre in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:55PM‘Flashdance’, the hit musical adaptation of the hit ‘80s film of the same name, is coming to Portland straight from its successful London run. It will play the Keller Auditorium from A…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 05:51PM‘Rock of Ages’, the five-time Tony nominated musical, comes to Portland right in time for summer next year for a week-long run at the Keller Auditorium from May 28 to June 2, 2013. Bask …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 05:46PMThe stars of the Tony Award winning hit musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Nick Adams and Kyle Brown and Priscilla producer Scott Mauro celebrated Fashion Week in New York City this week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:44PMA re-imagined version of the spooky yet wacky musical ‘The Addams Family’ is coming to Portland in summer 2013. It is slated to play the Keller Auditorium from June 25 to 30, 2013. Inspi…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 05:41PMBefore Jennifer Hudson gave Effie White life on the big screen, Jennifer Holliday was playing her on the Broadway stage. This summer, Holliday will return to DREAMGIRLS, playing the role at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMOn a Date with Memphis
We went backstage with the cast of MEMPHIS on Valentine's Day!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:32PMMARC SALEM - MIND OVER MANHATTAN A Real-life Mentalist's new show
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, February 17, 2012 Boneau/Bryan-Brown will be closed Monday, February 20 in observance of Presidents’ Day. Today’s Tweets: Click on hyperlinke…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:29PMI gotta admit I always have a certain level of apprehension whenever I go to see a Hypocrites show. Mind you, it’s not a “walking alone down a dark alley scared of being jumped by an axe…
SOURCE: From the Ledge at 05:28PMReprise won't be suspending all operations.Reprise won't be suspending all operations.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:24PMAmericans are too prone to nostalgia, a phenomenon comparable to gushing about babies, movie stars, and pets. That it was considered unhealthy is evident from its name, based on two Greek wo…
SOURCE: John Simon at 05:21PMNew play by Tracey Scott Wilson explores race, relationships and gentrification.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:18PMIn Living Color Fly Girls Auditions - 2012 FOX Reboot
In Living Color is coming back! FOX is rebooting the iconic 1990s sketch series, complete with Fly Girls! Jennifer Lopez, Rosie Perez…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:12PMFor every visionary who endures mockery and adversity to realize his or her dreams, millions of other visionaries endure mockery and then go back to their day jobs.For every visionary who en…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:02PMBeth Henley's 1964 Mississippi drama The Jacksonian world premiered this week at the Geffen Playhouse. Stars Amy Madigan, Ed Harris, Glenne Headly, Bill Pullman and Bess Rous celebrate with …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Feb. 6-12, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PM
Traditions of the Memphis National Tour: Silly and Delicious
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:59PMTraditions of the Memphis National Tour: Pre-Show
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly traditions!
…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:57PMTraditions of the Memphis National Tour: Warm Ups
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly traditions!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:55PMThese are tough economic times, to be sure. But they're only made harder by a leadership vision completely at odds with the theater's limited resources.These are tough economic times, to be …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:53PMTraditions of the Memphis National Tour: Motivation!
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly tradition…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:52PMRattlestick's hit production Yosemite will stick around a little bit longer. Daniel Talbott's play about a family struggling with a big secret will extend until March 3. Yosemite features a …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:50PMFantastical Traditions of the Memphis National Tour
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly traditions…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:49PMMore Traditions of the Memphis National Tour
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly traditions!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:45PMBailey Hanks, who dazzled audiences as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway will repeat the lead role in Diablo Theatre Company's production of the show in February. Hanks w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMIn the hit play War Horse, teams of three work together to portray a single animal, conveying a character through movement rather than words
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:45PMThe experimental play that started as a long shot has become the biggest financial win in the history of Britain’s National Theatre. Now it’s helping fuel a new race to bring Briti…
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:45PMTraditions of the Memphis National Tour
The tour travels from city to city, but some things never change. Get a peek backstage and check out these fantastical nightly traditions!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 04:40PMNY1's Frank DiLella recently travelled to London to check out what's playing on The West End.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:40PMNorbert Leo Butz was on the Lopate Show recently to discuss starring in a revival of Paula Vogel's play "How I Learned to Drive." He also told us what he's been listening to recently!
Wha…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:40PMThis piece is by turns funny and devastating, and the final scene is unsettling and thought-provoking. *Six Characters* is a different kind of theatrical experience; one that will stay with …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:36PMElizabeth Reaser was on the Lopate Show recently to discuss her role in the revival of Paula Vogel's play, "How I Learned to Drive." She also told us about her love of sharks! What have you …
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:35PMThe announcement by Reprise Theatre Company on Friday that the theater company is canceling the spring production of “The Apple Tree” and “entering into an exploratory phase in order t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:33PMBy Isaac Butler The Whale, which will appear at Playwrights Horizons next season, is currently running at Denver Theater Center. This has lead a few outlets (including the Denver Post) to ma…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 04:33PMTVLine has announced some of the guests who will appear at the The Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles' PaleyFest 2012, which features panel discussions with the casts of television&a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:33PMEvery night turns into a wild party at the off-Broadway musical Sistas and Tony winner Lillias White is always down for a little fun! The actress dropped by the St. Luke’s Theatre to c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMEvery night turns into a wild party at the off-Broadway musical Sistas and Tony winner Lillias White is always down for a little fun! The actress dropped by the St. Luke’s Theatre to c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMBailey Hanks, who dazzled audiences as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, The Musical on Broadway will repeat the lead role in Diablo Theatre Company's production of the show in February. This is…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMREVIEW: Ten Thousand Things production of Shakespeare's sunny comedy finds a cleansing spirit of nature and love.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:24PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of William Shatner's solo show Shatner's World: We Just Live in It.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMPlaywright-director Athol Fugard's staging of his Blood Knot — launching the Signature Theatre Company's new home, The Pershing Square Signature Center on West 42nd Street…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMWhether you've been living under a rock for the past week, or you're just in the mood for a recap of everything theatre, BroadwayWorld's feature, 'This Week in Pictures' is here to satisfy y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMTHEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
A Doctor in Spite of Himself, Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
In reviewing theater, all too often I have to call out a production for playing the comedy t…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:05PMThe evening brought flamenco at its theatrical best, unadulterated by concerns other than itself, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:01PMThe evening brought flamenco at its theatrical best, unadulterated by concerns other than itself, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:01PMWith the UK premiere of two dramas exploring sexuality, Sarah Hemming examines the point of putting such private moments on to a public stage
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:01PMStockard Channing, Rachel Grifiths and Stacy Keach, co-stars of the Broadway play Other Desert Cities, had their caricatures unveiled at Sardi's yesterday, February 16. Joining in the celebr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMJazz great Wynton Marsalis will play Toronto’s Massey Hall. He’s a fine trumpet player, a composer and Pulitzer Prize winner
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:00PMMargaret Gray reviews East West Players' production of "Three Year Swim Club."
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Actress JENN HARRIS on LINDSAY LOHAN and the Milkaholic Baby
Actress Jenn Harris of SILENCE! THE MUSICAL tells Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins of THEATER TALK, how a commercial she made do…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:57PMBrian Cox will star in the new BBC4 comedy, Bob Servant Independent, according to a report on the website for the UK magazine, The Stage.
The three-part series is based on Neil Forsyth&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:55PMAccording to Theatre for a New Audience, this John For play has not seen a New York City production in 30 years, so now's the time to acquaint yourself with the immediate post-Shakespeare li…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:41PMPaula Vogel's Pulitzer Winner Passes the test of time with flying colors
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:38PMReprise Theatre Co. has canceled its upcoming April production of "The Apple Tree" and is suspending all mainstage productions for the foreseeable future, the organization said Friday. The c…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:36PMDavid Drake, whose solo show "The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me," was a hit in New York 20 years ago, is back with a new show with a gender-bending perspective.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:36PMNewsies stars Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay and Andrew Keenan-Bolger
join songwriters Alan Menken and Jack Feldman along with librettist Harvey
Fierstein to talk about the show's upcoming Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMDrama Desk Award winner Bradford Louryk, who garnered acclaim for conjuring Christine Jorgensen Off-Broadway, will return in good company as part of You Like Me: An Evening Of Classic Accept…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMPhoto above and at top: Gene Schiavone.In a way, Boston Ballet's current program "Simply Sublime" (through this weekend at the Opera House) is a milestone, because nothing in it is really ne…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:27PMYou know what this is? This is the best 25.99 seconds of our entire backstage tour at Godspell. We couldn’t keep it to ourselves any longer. So, for your viewing pleasure, George Salazar�…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:25PMThere’s a new couple that’s “perfect together” on the national tour of Wicked. Alli Mauzey and Andy Kelso will join the first national tour of the hit musical as Glin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PMIn case you were wondering, there are indeed 695 little green squares in that graph.There's a rule as to where your computer screen should face in a room. Toward the window, or away."Bottle…
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 03:17PMReprise Theatre Company is canceling the third show of the 2011-2012 season, The Apple Tree, in addition to its earlier cancellation of its second show The Baker's Wife, while the Reprise b…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:13PMTony Award–winner Leslie Uggams has joined the cast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Pipe Dream, to be presented by New York City Center Encores! series, March 28 – April 1. Ms. Uggams wil…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 03:08PMTicketfly, a social ticketing platform, announced on February 8 that it is forming a partnership with ScoreBig, a ticketing distribution channel that offers discounted tickets through its "m…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:07PMRattlestick Playwrights Theater has extended its world premiere production of Daniel Talbott's Yosemite, which will now run through March 3. Pedro Pascal directs.
Set in the Sierra Nev…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PM
Mike Daisey’s one-man show The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, currently running at the Public Theater, has been extended by two weeks. The production opened on January 31 and was…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:56PMThe world premiere of Daniel Talbott's Yosemite, featuring Tony Award nominee Kathryn Erbe, Seth Numrich, Noah Galvin and Libby Woodbridge, has extended its Off-Broadway run an additiona…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMAlthough still gelling, Jill Charlotte Thomas' surreal fantasia shows considerable promise in its MET Theatre premiere.Although still gelling, Jill Charlotte Thomas' surreal fantasia shows c…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PMThe York Theatre Company has announced casting for the next three offerings in its acclaimed free Developmental Reading Series: A Doctor in Spite of Himself, Lunch at the Picadilly and The G…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMCourtesy Jonathan ViguersJose Rivera's "Marisol" (Art of Acting Studio) is being reviewed this weekend. Check out all new stage reviews on TuesdayThanks for the comments on prior blog. Tw…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 02:44PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, director Adam Shankman is currently in talks to direct a big screen adaptation of Jonathan Tropper's novel THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU for Warner Bros.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMLois Robbins will substitute for star Angelica Page during the matinee performances of Frank Strausser's Off-Broadway play Psycho Therapy at the Cherry Lane Theatre on February 18 and 2…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PMScreen stars and Broadway veterans Chris Rock and Ben Stiller have been added to the list of presenters for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, to be held on Sunday, February 26 at the Kodak The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:41PMAn updated list of guest stars has been announced for upcoming episodes of CBS' The Good Wife, according to reports.
Former Friends star Matthew Perry will join the show on March 25 f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:39PMThe company of the first North American tour of WICKED welcomes Alli Mauzey as Glinda and Andy Kelso as Fiyero on Friday, February 24 in Tempe, AZ.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMGet ready for Broadway week on Jimmy Fallon. Five nights of musical numbers from Broadway shows are scheduled for next week February 20-24. A new Broadway cast and subsequently new musical n…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:35PMShatner has shared hundreds of onscreen kisses and has been killed 19 times (most recently he died in a fiery tourist bus explosion in a Priceline ad).Shatner has shared hundreds of onscreen…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:30PMReprise Theatre Company, which is under the artistic direction of Jason Alexander, has announced that it will enter "into an exploratory phase in order to assess its future programming …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMNewsies, the new American musical, will move to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre (208 W 41st St) for a strictly limited 101 performance run following its critically-hailed stint at Paper Mill …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:29PMPrior to the offical season announcement, New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse, which last year brought us such productions as the Broadway-bound Newsies, Boeing-Boeing, Damn Yankees, and more,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMSuperstar Nick Jonas from HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING, the amazing cast of the new Broadway musical GHOST, and the fabulous cast of SISTER ACT will be featured on NBC&#…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 02:27PMBrent Barrett, Jenn Harris and the entire cast of SILENCE! THE MUSICAL are set to take the stage at the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble next Thursday, February 23rd at 5 PM to perform selecti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PMThe Public Theater has announced a two-week extension for the encore engagement of Mike Daisey's The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, which will now run through March 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMAfter a 50-year hiatus from the Great White Way, William Shatner landed back on Broadway as his one-man show, Shatner’s World: We Just Live in It, opened at the Music Box Theatre on Fe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMDue to extraordinary demand, The Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis Executive Director Patrick Willingham announced today that it will extend the critically acclaimed THE AGONY AN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMThe Board of the Reprise Theatre Company is announcing that they are entering into an exploratory phase in order to assess its future programming and the funding of that programming. This ph…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMAlli Mauzey and Andy Kelso are set to join the cast of the first North American tour of Wicked, beginning February 24 in Tempe, AZ. They will play Glinda and Fiyero, respectively.
With musi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:11PMMike Daisey, whose run of The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at the Public Theater has just been extended through March 18, will make the script of the monologue available to download f…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:10PMQui Nguyen celebrates his family with rebellious style Sometimes it takes years to find a way into a story, especially when it’s personal. Qui Nguyen’s grandmother died the day h…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:08PMReprise Theatre Company is going on hiatus as it assesses future programming and funding.
As a result, the company is cancelling its upcoming production of The Apple Tree, which was schedul…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:07PMThe company of the first North American tour of Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman's Wicked will welcome Alli Mauzey as Glinda and Andy Kelso as Fiyero beginning Feb. 24 in Tempe, AZ.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PMNew Federal Theatre and Castillo Theatre are set to present Jeffrey Sweet's Court-Martial at Fort Devens, March 8-April 1 at the Castillo Theatre. Mary Beth Easley will direct.
Based …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:06PMOther Desert Cities stars Stockard Channing, Rachel Griffiths and Stacy Keach received yet another feather in their caps when they were honored with coveted caricatures at Sardi&rs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PM
Newsies cast members Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Tommy Bracco, Kyle Coffman and Ephraim Sykes offered a live chat via YouTube Feb. 16; the newsboys answered questions from fans via Twitter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMCritics have mixed reviews on William Shatner’s one-man Broadway show, "Shatner's World: We All Just Live in It.”
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:56PMThis is the most accomplished and assured first play I have seen for years. It is all the more extraordinary for being written by an Asian taxi driver from Middlesborough who was driving his…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:53PMSam Gold, director, and Matthew Rhys, who plays Jimmy, discuss the Roundabout Theatre Company’s production of “Look Back in Anger.” Often regarded as a pivotal theatrical work of the l…
SOURCE: WNYC at 01:51PMIf you're going to be in or near Winter Park, Florida, on Sunday afternoon, I'll be making a public appearance...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PMCasting has been announced for Over the Moon Productions' mounting of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Spring Awakening, which will begin previews March 14 at the Theatre of Arts …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMTHEATER REVIEW: "South Pacific" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "South Pacific" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★ ... It's impossible…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:46PMGlee star Lindsay Pearce will appear in the L.A. intimate theatre's production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Spring Awakening. March 14-April 22 The Theatre of Arts Egypti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PMGlee star Lindsay Pearce will appear in Over the Moon Productions' intimate presentation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Spring Awakening, to run March 14-April 22 at The Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PMPalace, LondonUnless the threatened hosepipe ban materialises, it's probably safe to say that Jonathan Church's stage revival, based on the 1952 Gene Kelly movie set during the early days of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PMMy hat is off to Marshall Brickman, Rick Elice, Andrew Lippa and Jerry Zaks. When their production of The Addams Family received mediocre reviews and failed to get a Best Musical Tony nomina…
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 01:39PMSISTER ACT: It Got Me
Television commercial for SISTER ACT, the smash-hit Broadway musical. Visit http://www.sisteractbroadway.com
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SOURCE: YouTube at 01:30PMThe Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, which opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre Jan. 12, features choreography by Ronald K. Brown. Here, DanceOn talks to Porgy and Bes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:28PMFreud’s Last Session is geared up for its 600th New York performance! The runaway hit play, written by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate the landmark achievement on President’s Day at the…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:17PMFREUD’S LAST SESSION, by Mark St. Germain, will celebrate its 600th New York performance this Monday, February 20th (President’s Day) at New World Stages There will additionally be a spe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14PMOn February 16, the cast of Blood Knot became the very first cast to take their official bows at off-Broadway’s new Pershing Square Signature Center. Playwright and director Athol Fuga…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:11PMThese days, in the new age of social media revolution, the best source of information is YOU. Each day, fans of BroadwayWorld post tens of thousands of comments on our multiple message board…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMStage veteran and two-time Daytime Emmy Award winner Darnell Williams has joined CBS' daytime drama The Young and the Restless, with his first appearance scheduled for February 20, acco…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:09PMThe cast and creative team of the new Disney stage musical Newsies met the press on Feb 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PM“A Map of Virtue,” with a story that needs gentle handling, comes to the stage with the light touch it demands.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:07PMHot tickets include An Appointment with the Wicker Man in Aberdeen and hit puppet show The Table in Bristol, while Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker hits GlasgowNorthNewcastle is buzzing. Petty of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMJubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, February 15: This is the first Eastern Angles production written by Ivan Cutting which he does not also direct. Instead, Naomi Jones is at the helm for Private Resis…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:02PMTHE ACTING FILLS YOU UP BUT THE ADAPTATION LEAVES YOU HUNGRY FOR LESS Elise Blackwell’s slender 2003 novel Hunger tells the harrowing story of a group of Russian scientists trying to survi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:00PMThe York Theatre Company has announced casting for the next three offerings in its Developmental Reading Series, which are presented free to the public at The York Theatre at Saint Peter&apo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMNickelodeon has announced the nominations for the 25th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, which will air live from the Galen Center at the University of Southern California March 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMDavid C. Nichols reviews the world premiere of "California Dreamin'" at the MET Theatre. A theater review for the Los Angeles Times.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:00PM
Lyric Hammersmith, LondonThe sound of wild laughter suddenly fills our theatre. Following on the success of their Twelfth Night, Filter now bring us a joyous, two-hour Dream that owes a visi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:59PMWilliam Shatner may have celebrated the Broadway opening of his new solo show Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It on February 16, but that didn’t stop the octogenarian …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:55PMThe award-winning York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director has announced casting for the next three offerings in its acclaimed Developmental Reading Series A Doctor in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMTravelling Light Q&A
For the first time the National Theatre Live of Travelling Light included a post show Q&A with director, Nicholas Hytner, writer Nicholas Wright and film critic…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:51PMTony Award-winning composer Jason Robert Brown will perform a one-night concert in aid of National Youth Music Theatre (NYMT) at the Apollo Theatre on 26 August 2012, Whatsonstage.com can an…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:50PMNuns on Ice at CitiPond
On February 16th, CitiPond, along with Broadway's Sister Act & God's Love We Deliver, presented Nuns On Ice. Skaters kept their ears warm with flowing nu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:46PMThe spring season on Broadway has begun to blossom. Previews have just begun for the starry revival of Death of a Salesman, while Jesus Christ Superstar, Newsies, Once, Evita and m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:46PMTheater Wit has primetime rental space available for 2012-2013 on the following dates:Theater One, October/November 2012Theater Three, October 2012 - March 2013Theater Two, May/June 2013Rent…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:46PMProducers of Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark reached a settlement with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society this week. And the agreement was probably to the liking of the musical'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMThe Poor School lost all electronic and paper records in a fire last June and we are currently trying to establish contact with ex-graduates so as to rebuild our database.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PMThe Culture Project will present the world premiere of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the final full-length play by Tennessee Williams. The production, directed by David Schweizer (Horizon…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:38PMWelcome to THE FRIDAY SIX QampAs With Your Favorite Broadway Stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater Their dream roles Their Broadway crushes Read onIn this next edit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMEmbassy, London: The Embassy Theatre at the Central School of Speech and Drama provides the perfect venue as graduating students give it their all in a showcase that features a mix of contem…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMFor over six decades I've been a regular recipient of The Stage and occasional contributor to the now defunct Heydays page. Each week I look with morbid curiosity at the obituary section to …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:35PMGreg Mullavey will star in Jeff Cohen's The Soap Myth, to be presented Off-Broadway by the National Jewish Theater in the Black Box Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:31PMTony Award winner Andrew Lloyd Webber began his search for the title role in a stadium tour of Jesus Christ Superstar Feb. 16 in Glasgow, according to STV Entertainment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMREVIEW: Jones explores interplay of movement and words, as well as music and the element of chance.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:25PMDavid Alan Grier and the company of Broadway's Porgy and Bess are set to perform on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of the program's Broadway Week, February 21. Late Night wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:25PMName: Eric Michael KropHometown: San Jose, CAEducation: AMDASelect Credits: Hair (Claude, Alpine Theater Project); Miss Saigon (Chris, CMTSJ); Jesus Christ Superstar (Jesus, CMTSJ); Godspell…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:23PMIn its ninth year at Birdland, Jim Caruso will bring his Cast Party back to the big stage at Town Hall for a second year. The Best of Jim Carusos Cast Party will take place on Thursday, Febr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMAccording to Deadline.com, Paramount and MGM are currently working on a musical remake of the 1983 film 'Valley Girl.' Commercial director Clay Weiner will direct the film, which will featur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMMichael Urie, who currently stars as Bud Frump in the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, has been cast in the CBS half-hour pilot "Partners," acc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMGulfshore Playhouse is set to present Ken Ludwig's The Fox on the Fairway, March 1-23. Matt Lenz will direct.
Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romanti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:15PMThe Moth Wins MacArthur Award Holy wow! The Moth won a MacArthur Award. From the Foundation’s page, which this linked article links to (not to be meta): Human connection and interactio…
SOURCE: direct address at 12:14PMThere are plenty of people who work on shows, but there is one person who can make the job ten times easier: The Stage Manager. I have had amazing experiences as a producer as a result of hi…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:13PMStage version of Oscar-winning film transfers to Wyndham's Theatre, Ken Livingstone sells us an Oyster card with a theatrical twist, and Wales gives Frankie Boyle the bootHaving started its …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMI would like to hear from anyone who may have worked with Francess and Anna May Watt - daughters of ventriloquist Valentine Prince - who, in the 1950s, were known as The Prince Sisters and F…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMDrama Desk Award winner Anna Friel will co-star with Steve Coogan, Tasmin Egerton, and Imgoen Poots in Michael Winterbottom's film King Of Soho, about legendary porn publisher and club…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:09PMIn fashion one day you are in and the next day you are out but when it comes to musicals, Godspell has never gone out of style. The revival of Stephen Schwartz’s 1976 musical, currentl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMIt was interesting to read the correspondence about the rolling credits at the end of TV programmes (Stage Talk, February 16, page 8). Am I one of the few people who buys the Radio Times jus…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMLast year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the countr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMLondon audiences will have their chance to see the Tony-winning hit The Book of Mormon when the blockbuster arrives at the Prince of Wales Theatre in March 2013, according to the Daily Mail.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE ON THIS MONTH'S POLL AND FOR HOT/HOTTER BY CLICKING ON THE ICONS TO YOUR LEFT! THANK YOU!Following an afternoon spent on the emotional roller coaster …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01PMHappy Birthday, Billie Joe Armstrong Best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day, Armstrong recently brought one of his most…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMGhost The Musical, which will star original London leads Richard Fleeshman and Caissie Levy, will begin performances March 15 at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
After five years as Coronation Street's feisty barmaid Becky, the actor has made an effortless leap to the National as star of an acclaimed new production of She Stoops to Conquer. But there…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMThe Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London: Ostensibly a black comedy, A Russian Play is actually rather like the stand-up gig you long to forget - you know the one, where you like the comedians b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:55AMNewsies on Broadway - Preview of Disney's Newsies the Musical 2012
Newsies the Musical is heading to Broadway! Get a sneak preview of the critically-acclaimed production before it Seize…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:52AMConcerns reported in The Stage (February 2, page 4) about the inadequate prominence of named performers on TV credits, together with suggested reforms of the structures of Equity (page 5, Fe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMDavid Schweizer will direct Tennessee Williams' In Masks Outrageous and Austere, to run April 5 - May 26. Casting and creative will be announced shortly for the production, which will …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:51AMEarlier this year, consumers were surprised and enraged when Uber, a company that allows users to order car services through a smartphone application, charged many times the standard rate on…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:50AMSimon Callow reprises his critically acclaimed peformance at Trafalgar Studios for a limited period. Get top price tickets for £32.50Written by pre-eminent Shakespeare scholar Jonathan Bate…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:45AMThe Gate Theatre's new artistic director Christopher Haydon has announced his inaugural season at the Notting Hill venue.
Titled Resist: Three Stories of Rebels and Revolutionaries, the sea…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:43AMNick Jonas is doing a song from "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying."It's Broadway Week on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" next week, and the five nights of musical numbers from…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:42AMAs they prepare to climb into their latest production, Carmen, Pacific Opera has announced its plans for the 2012-13 season.Along with some standard-issue regional house content (Tosca), the…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 11:39AMProducers Victor Syrmis, Carl Rumbaugh and Susan Batson, along with Culture Project (Allan Buchman, artistic director) will present the world premiere of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMproducers Victor Syrmis, Carl Rumbaugh and Susan Batson, along with Culture Project Allan Buchman, Artistic Director have announced the World Premiere of In Masks Outrageous and Austere, the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMNewsies will move to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre for a strictly limited 101 performance run this spring, following its critically-hailed run at Paper Mill Playhouse in fall 2011. The musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMDavid Rush
Hometown: Chicago, the theatrical heart of the nation.
Current Town: Murphysboro, Illinois. I used to work at SIUC.
Q: What are you working on now?
A: A co…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:34AMHe doesn't beam in, but William Shatner does the next best thing at the start of his one-man Broadway show: He appears to the familiar orchestral strains of the "Star Trek" theme.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 11:33AMLive, NewcastleWhen is a frog not a frog? When it's a metaphor, I suppose, as there's much talk of small amphibians in Zoe Cooper's play, which contains a scene in which a disintegrating cou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AMThe stage musical adaptation of "The Bodyguard," the 1992 film that starred late Grammy winner Whitney Houston, will open in London this November at the Adelphi Theatre, according …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMAmerican Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) has announced casting for the world premiere of Futurity: A Musical By the Lisps, to be performed at OBERON, March 16-April 15. Sarah Benson will direct.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:30AMMany in the entertainment business across the UK will be familiar with family-run Gaby's Deli in Charing Cross Road as a favourite feeding station prior or post auditions and performances. G…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:29AMHey There, Windy City Guess who's coming for a visit? That's right, this gal.I can now officially share the news that I'm participating in Teatro Luna's 2012 Lunadas Reading Series. My play…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:22AMTomorrow the Royal Hanneford Circus opens for a three day run in White Plains. And drat! Wouldn’t you know it, but this book project won’t even allow me even a few hours to go se…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:21AMMatthew Hemley's article, Living the Dream (The Stage Online, February 10) explores the industry's perception of TV casting shows and seems to conclude that they are here to stay. That may w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AMThe Stage Managers' Association chairman Jon Goldman announced that the organization will hold its annual Theater: A View From the Wings, a "look at life from the other side of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:20AM"Stage-acting, she feels, is a true test of discipline for someone who is used to flying by the seat of their pants 'in that you've got to say this here and you must put that prop there. Yo…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 11:19AMOn this morning's 'Good Morning America', entertainer William Shatner spoke with anchor Josh Elliott about his new one-man show SHATNER'S WORLD WE JUST LIVE IN IT, now running for a limited …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMWithin the last seven days, I saw Moby Dick sing, a Prom Queen blow up a gym and Captain Kirk take a bow on Broadway. If that isn’t the strangest week of theater I’ve ever exper…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:18AMRedbridge Drama Centre in east London is facing a 100% cut to its £292,000 local authority funding by the end of 2014, while another London council is threatening to terminate its supp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMBrian Cox is to lead the cast of a new BBC4 comedy called Bob Servant Independent.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMThe total number of legal infringements committed by entertainment and modelling agencies fell to 291 last year, down from 644 in 2009/10.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:15AMIt's Broadway Week on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" next week, and the five nights of musical numbers from Broadway shows are scheduled to kick off with Nick Jonas doing a song from the mus…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:15AMThe previously announced musical adaptation of hit 1992 film The Bodyguard will open at the West End’s Adelphi Theatre in November 2012, according to the UK’s Daily Mail. Tony an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMParamount and MGM have joined forces to mount a musical remake of the 1983 comedy Valley Girl, according to Deadline.com. The film, which has been in the works since 2009, wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:13AMHello! Today State of the Artist highly recommends that you check out Diane Ragsdale’s article, “What are the aims of direct subsidies to artists?” on Jumper. To wit, Direct grants to …
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 11:09AMTony Award winner Stephen Spinella begins performances in An Iliad, Denis O'Hare and Lisa Peterson's 100-minute, solo-actor distillation of the Trojan War epic by Homer, on Feb. 17. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMSeattle Theatre Group and Seattle Repertory Theatre are set to present the national tour of War Horse, February 13-24, 2013 at Seattle Theatre Group's Paramount Theatre, according to T…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:02AMAlmost two years ago, I took a poll of all my Producing Peers in the Broadway League and asked them to give me their definition on what the &!$%# a Producer did anyway. Over 100 of them …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 2172012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
William Shatner may be best known for his bout as Captain Kirk on the television series Star Trek, but he doesn’t address that until about an hour into his new one-man show Shatner’s Wor…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:59AMIf there was any doubt at all that the exhibition business is in serious trouble, look no further than this email promo that just hit my INBox. I have to admit, I admire the can-do attitude.…
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 10:59AMThe difference between camp and Camp was very much in evidence last night at the San Francisco Ballet.The crucial factor distinguishing the small version of the word from the one with the ca…
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 10:57AMBrent Barrett, Jenn Harris and the entire cast of Silence! The Musical will celebrate that show's original cast recording Feb. 23 at the Upper East Side Barnes & Noble.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMPaying experienced dance professionals badly to appear in ballet, contemporary and musical theatre productions has been a scandal for decades now (The Stage, February 9, page 2). I would sim…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMPlaywright and performer Eve Ensler, best known for The Vagina Monologues, will join with women from the Occupy Wall Street movement for a performance of that show at The Great Hall at Coope…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:53AMNBC has just released a behind-the-scenes video of the making of the SMASH upcoming episode 'Enter Mr. DiMaggio' which includes the original song 'Mr. and Mrs. Smith'. The video features Meg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMJelena Stupljanin stars in a new film "Cirkus Columbia" and is a member of the Rising Phoenix Repertory.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:49AMRobert Creighton (Anything Goes), Lindsay Mendez (Godspell) and Betsy Wolfe (Encores! Merrily We Roll Along) have been added to the lineup of the second annual Broadway Belts! for PFF (Pulmo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMEmmy Award winner Sally Struthers will star in the Jacksonville, Florida-based The Alhambra Theatre's production of Hello, Dolly!, to run February 29- April 8.
The musical, featuring a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:42AMBroadways Robert Creighton Anything Goes, Lindsay Mendez Godspell and Betsy Wolfe Encores Merrily We Roll Along, join Tony nominee Adam Pascal Memphis, Heidi Blickenstaff Now. Here. This., t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:40AMHe doesn't beam in, but William Shatner does the next best thing at the start of his one-man Broadway show: He appears to the familiar orchestral strains of the "Star Trek" theme.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:40AMPhilip Ridley tells Aleks Sierz about his new play Shivered and why the revival of his 1991 work The Pitchfork Disney has even more relevance to today's YouTube and reality TV-obsessed soci…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:39AMOh it makes me very happy to work on this post. For many reasons. One: Kathleen Freeman has been in everything. Go to IMDB and you will find about a thousand credits there. You already know …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:38AMHere at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, a word has been changed in the opening number of PIPPIN. Originally in 1972, when the show’s emcee – called The Leading Player – sang �…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:38AMAs the cast of Newsies prepares for the jump from New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse to Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, there is still much to rehearse. In this behind-the-scenes peek, the co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMNew York Inspiration and Instruction in London, 02/16/2012
During the Philharmonic's first International Associates residency in London, some of the Orchestra's musicians shared the…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:29AMNew Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich: Back for a second run at the New Wolsey, and with the economic climate now so similar to that of the late 70s when Ian Dury and The Blockheads were in their char…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:23AMLast night, February 16, SHATNERS WORLD WE JUST LIVE IN IT officially opened on Broadway, taking audiences on a voyage through Shatners life and career, from Shakespearean stage actor to int…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:20AMRobert Creighton, Lindsay Mendez and Betsy Wolfe are the latest additions to the cast for the second annual Broadway Belts! for PFF, a benefit the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, to be held a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMMargaret Edson's playwriting career consists of just one work. But what a miraculous endeavor Wit is. The winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize, it's a carefully crafted, minimalist study of an …
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:19AMThe London touring production of The King’s Speech, written by Oscar-winning screenwriter David Seidler, will transfer to the West End's Wyndham’s Theatre this spring. The pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:18AMOn Twitter Watch, Alistair Brammer wrote For those that don't know, I'll be playing Jean Prouvaire in the Les Mis movie. For those that don't care, please enjoy your day x love love
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMA queer reading of queer dance.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:16AMBroadway’s smash hit The Book of Mormon will open across the pond at the West End’s Prince of Wales Theatre in March 2013, according to The Daily Mail. The theater's current …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:15AMAs Singin' in the Rain opens at the Palace Theatre, Adam Cooper talks to Matthew Hemley about facing cynicism when he progressed into musical theatre and why he no longer reads his reviews
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:14AMAmerican Theater Company has extended its world premiere production of Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced. Directed by Kimberly Senior, the production will now run through March 11.
Set in moder…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMAs his latest play In Basildon opens at London's Royal Court, playwright David Eldridge talks to Matt Trueman about how his Essex heritage impacts on his work and why the position of the wri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:13AMBroadway's new revival of Stephen Schwartz's GODSPELL were featured on Lifetime Television's acclaimed reality competition Project Runway All Stars, last night, February 16. In the episode, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMRed, John Logan’s illumination of art and artists now at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, is so insanely popular (50 productions licensed this season across the country; six in Florida) that sno…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:09AMThe Toronto production of War Horse, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning international hit based on Michael Morpurgo's novel of the same title, began performances Feb. 10 at the Princess …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMCirque du Soleil will have a three-minute production number at the Sunday, February 26 Oscar ceremony, according to an Associated Press report.
The 84th Annual Academy Awards are being held…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Ida Forsyne was a largely self-taught dancer who started out performing for pennies on Chicago street corners. She joined up with a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:00AM“Project Runway: All Stars” collided with Broadway yesterday when contestants were challenged to design an outfit that will be included in a production of “Godspell” on Broadway. The…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:00AM
Broadway Across America has announced its 2012/2013 Hippodrome Broadway Series, a seven-production 2012-2013 season which will include the return of two Broadway shows which were highly suc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:55AMSignature Theatre Company celebrated its first opening night at its new Pershing Square Signature Center on Thursday, February 16 with a celebration honoring Athol Fugard's Blood Knot.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:52AMGodspell's Awakening starring George Salazar & Nick Blaemire
George Salazar (accompanied by air guitarist Nick Blaemire and actual guitarist Thad DeBrock) performed a bit of Spring …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:50AMDates have been announced for the annual Cabaret Convention.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMFive musicals will comprise the famed Music Circus season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento, CA.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMThe Keen Company revival of Tina Howe's Painting Churches, starring Tony Award nominee Kathleen Chalfant, Drama Desk winner John Cunningham and Katherine Turnbull, begans previews Off-Br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMDear Reader: As you may know, I, your humble blogger, teach musical-theater history at The Boston Conservatory. As part of my course, I direct a series of staged readings of historically imp…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 09:36AMOn Thursday, February 16, William Shatner's one-man show, Shatner's World: We Just Live In It, opened at Broadway's Music Box Theatre, where it will play through March 4.
Dir…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:32AMOh, brother! He’s back
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:30AMThe Landor Theatre, a fringe theatre in South London's Clapham, is to present the European premiere of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's The Glorious Ones, beginning performances Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMComplete casting has been announced for the George Street Playhouse's upcoming production of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men, which will begin its limited engagement March 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24AMAccording to reports on dailymail.co.uk, producers Michael Harrison and David Ian will open THE BODYGUARD, a musical based on Whitney Houston's film of the same name, at the Adelphi Theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMThat's Chester Conklin on the left. I shudder to speculate what he is teaching his class.
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:16AMNosedive Productions Presents...Wednesday, March 14th @8pmAt the Kraine TheaterThe Mayans have predicted that the world will end December of this year. We here at Nosedive Productions figure…
SOURCE: Jamespeak at 09:15AMDavid Seidler's The King's Speech, starring Charles Edwards and Jonathan Hyde, will open at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on March 22, according to a report on Whatson…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:09AMFrom the minute this play begins, the dullness of it creeps out into the audience like that spooky cloud that came to kill all the non-Jewish babies in The Ten Commandments. Except that thi…
SOURCE: Usher Nonsense at 09:07AMFor 25 years Simon Annand has had unprecendented access to top actors, from Colin Firth to Tilda Swinton, in the final 30 minutes before curtain-up. Here are the results
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMStephen Fry will star as Malvolio in the revival of Shakespeare's Globe 2002 production of Twelfth Night that will see Mark Rylance reprising his role as Olivia, joined by the previously…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01AMJeff Goldblum will replace Alan Rickman on the hit Broadway play “Seminar” beginning in early April. Producers announced on February 14 that Rickman will leave his role of Leonard after …
SOURCE: broadway.me at 09:00AMYour flight to Chicago just landed. Your friend picks you up and asks "how was your flight?" "Fine" you reply, and then quickly move on to other - more interesting - topics. Think about all …
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:00AM
Two novels by Midwest authors deal with families affected by
Islam and the Middle East.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:45AM“It’s only a game.” This phrase can often be categorized as famous last words, especially in the riveting production of Athol Fugard’s Blood Knot, currently in performances at the Al…
SOURCE: TheTheatreSource at 07:42AMAn octogenarian's romp through his life as Captain Kirk, show horse rider, and more, more, more.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:26AMAthol Fugard directs his fledgling but career-making early play which is the inaugural production of the Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater at the Signature's exciting new Frank Gehry designed …
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:25AMTwelve years ago, when Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory staged King Lear as its inaugural production, Andrew Hilton’s direction was much lauded for its unflashy focus on Shakespeare’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:19AM"DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story," the new bio-musical at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre by Luis Caballero and Harold Gutiérrez, drops the ball.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:09AMNabokov present four short plays contemplating our relationship with money – what it stands for, what it motivates us to do, and how it affects our perceptions of ourselves and society…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:06AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Web Editor Eleanor Turney popped along to The Stage Events’ How to get seen by the right people, lead by John Byrne. Here, she reports back John Byrne, who writes the ‘Dear John…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:56AMIt seems to be the current fashion to run plays without an interval. There are often good artistic reasons for doing so - the dramatic tension can run unabated. But Filter's production of Mi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:54AMFilter's almost totally brilliant new production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Lyric, Hammersmith, poses a problem for reviewers. The actor who plays Bottom is not listed in the progra…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:50AMAfter months of legal maneuvering, acrimoniously-worded lawsuits and an arbitration proceeding, the producers of Broadway musical Spider-Man Turn Off The Dark have reached a settlement with …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:49AMNearly 300 Robe lighting LED fixtures were employed recently in a groundbreaking lighting design by Andy Hurst at the 2012 Total Production International Awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AMRumours have surfaced that the recent Lincoln Centre revival of South Pacific will transfer to the London Palladium later this year.Starring EastEnders' Samantha Womack as Nellie Forbush, t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:19AMOmid Djalili will play Dr Rance in a major new production of Joe Orton’s farce What The Butler Saw, according to the Daily Mail. Directed by Sean Foley, who was behind the recently acc…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:09AMLyric Hammersmith, London: Puck's beautiful speech at the end of the play, beginning "If we shadows have offended", comes as something of a surprise. Not because it is deliver…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:09AMRoyal Opera House, London: Erwin Schrott stars in this second series of performances of Mozart's opera about the libertine punished - and stars is definitely the word. He has the good l…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:09AMBROADWAY ROX, a new concert event, will be presented at Queens Theatre 14 United Nations Avenue South in Flushing Meadows Corona Park for two days only, Friday and Saturday, February 17th an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00AM
THEY’RE BA-A-A-A-A-CK Here’s the story: we are at the 1958 Springfield High School senior prom, and the entertainment isn’t coming because the leader of The Crooning Crab Cakes g…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:30AM(fig. 1)FIVE WAYS TO SIT IN THE AUDIENCETry these out with your friends!by Matt Raudsepp of Matt and Kyle and Matt1. Nobody To My Left/Somebody To My Right: Safe (fig. 1)The Holy Grail of as…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMPlaywright/Theatre Director/Producer London, UK I am the granddaughter of Romanian Jewish immigrants raised with many languages and cultures; a mixture of Northern English working class vaud…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMToday's Wall Street Journal drama column is devoted in its entirety to a review of Signature Theatre's off-Broadway revival of...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMToday's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column is an annotated list of five rarely-seen plays deserving of revival. The plays are...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMHow do critics diagnose "These Seven Sicknesses"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 12:00AM"The higher processes are all processes of simplification. The novelist must learn to write, and then he must unlearn it;...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMUna Aya Osato is an actor and playwright. She has written and performed in her solo shows at festivals, schools and theatres across the country and in Canada. Una has also worked as a teach…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMJennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose, Dulé Hill and Samuel L. Jackson are among the nominees for the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards, which are presented Feb. 17 at the Shrine Auditorium i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMObie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) returns to the New York stage in the premiere of My Tawny Valentine, which begins a limited run Feb. 17…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award winner Donna McKechnie, who will head the cast of TheatreZone's March 8-18 production of Little Women: The Musical, first performs her critically acclaimed solo show for Flor…
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