A revival of Donald Margulies' "Sight Unseen" at South Coast Repertory, where the play had its world premiere in 1991.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:54PMIn less than two weeks, the amazing Anika Noni Rose will join me and a blazing eight-piece band for a one-night-only blowout at the gorgeous BROAD STAGE in Santa Monica! Anika and I did this…
SOURCE: Jason Robert Brown at 07:46PMIn 2010 I worked at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, when The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs (TATESJ) was “birthed” at the theatre, and the following spring was the marketing and com…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36PMThe spring season is heating up and grosses are on the rise. Despite a theater mishap, the flood that forced the cancellation of two shows, Evita jumps out of the gate, grossing more than $1…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 07:12PMA few short weeks ago, in a Brooklyn restaurant, I sat down to a long lunch with Mike Daisey, to talk about the enormous success of “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” and his plan…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:05PMI saw "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" in October and I had my doubts about how much of it was true as I was sitting in my seat at the Public Theater in New York. (Which I noted in …
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The cast of ABC's hit drama GREY'S ANATOMY last night gathered to perform Grey's Anatomy The Songs Beneath the Show, a live musical celebration to benefit The Actors Fund, at Royce Hall on t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57PMBroadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell was the featured performer at An Evening With Brian Stokes Mitchell, a fundraising gala for Neighborhood Studios of Fairfield County NS, a non-profit arts…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMThe Comedy Of Errors, one of Shakespeare's earliest plays, is brimming with his youthful zest for language.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:49PMPassed on to us by a friend of John's Below is a video put together by Johnny's loving friend and his director for The Wizard of Oz, Shauna Markey. Please watch it these images of this spark…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PMWe know we said5pm tomorrow, but by popular demand, we are tipping off the first round games early. For the first time ever, the most iconic characters in musical theatre are battling it our…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 06:47PMAs a seldom-performed work of Tennessee Williams, envisioned by a major European director who has rarely worked in the U.S. and performed by a stellar cast, the Goodman's production of Camin…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:38PMNot that anybody has asked for my opinion on the matter, but here ya go… I’m not going to rehash all the back story on this, because by now you’ve probably heard it all (in…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 06:35PMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rices JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festivals Artistic Director and 2-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:34PMThe Oval House’s If Only… season of ambitious performances aims to be a profound and intimate look into complex queer lives. Until the end of March, the Upstairs space hosts Ben Webb’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:31PMThe box office for the Cort Theatre 138 W. 48 St. -- where Nicky Silver's comedy THE LYONS begins its Broadway run with a cast starring Tony winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa -- opens for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28PMTwo-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick and three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O'Hara star in NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:25PMFrom the moment the clock struck midnight on 1 January 2012, there was one word on everyone’s minds and lips in the United Kingdom – Olympics. Having unfortunately (and slightly stereot…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:19PMThe pub doors were open wide on March 18 when Dublin-set love story Once celebrated its official Broadway opening at the Jacobs Theatre. The show’s enthusiastic audiences are invited t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:13PMOne fundamental way in which ballet differs from other theatre is that, for a given ballet, there might exist many different versions of the choreography. This would be akin to having four d…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:08PMAustralian hairstylist Tabatha Coffey spends her days traveling across the country revamping struggling businesses, from downtrodden doggy hotels and blatantly bad bakeries to humdrum hair s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PM“Lucky Duck,” a reboot of “The Ugly Duckling” billed for 4-to-8-year-olds, features babes in the dark woods of show business.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:05PM"Smash” gets a jolt of bona fide Broadway star power on Monday when Bernadette Peters appears as a famous actress and spotlight-hogging stage mom (is there any other kind?) on the show.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:05PMThe Lost Theatre production of the cult classic One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is as comically engaging as it is clinically sinister. For those of you unfamiliar with Ken Kesey’s novel,…
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Seattle Times theater critic Misha Berson wonders, how could this smart, savvy artist get in such a mess? He should have taken a page from Spalding Gray's "Swimming to Cambodia," which succc…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 05:59PMSuzzanne Douglas has joined the company of the world premiere musical In This House, presented by Two River Theater Company through April 8. She replaces the previously announced Brenda Pres…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:48PMThe 15th and grand finale edition of THE BROADWAY BEARS, the annual auction of handmade, one-of-a-kind, theatrically costumed teddy bears, raised a record-setting 198,300 on Sunday, benefiti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMIn Edward Albee’s The Lady From Dubuque, a young couple’s lives are turned upside down when a strange woman and her mysterious companion arrive. Who are these unannounced guests?…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:44PMSchool #18: Ford Middle School Tacoma, WA Reported by: Marty Johnson, Director of Education, iTheatrics February 9, 2012 Heading back to the West coast to visit my 10th school, I was thinkin…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 05:40PMCapturing the excitement of a Broadway opening night in words is close to impossible, so it's lucky for Once fans Broadway.com vlogger Steve Kazee was ready to record the big night on vi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:40PMThe world-premiere production of British playwright Matt Charman's Regrets, featuring Alexis Bledel of TV's "Gilmore Girls" and Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox (MTC's D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:40PMNew Jersey Repertory Company is set to present Steven Canny and John Nicholson's The Hound of the Baskervilles, April 19-May 27. Mark Shanahan will direct.
The Hound of the Baskervill…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:39PMBroadway.com fans voted GHOST star and Broadway veteran Caissie Levy as the number one leading lady that they are most looking forward to seeing on the Great White Way this Spring!
GHOST b…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 05:38PMLifeline Theatre, now approaching its 30th anniversary, and Porchlight Music Theatre, the newly invigorated 18-year-old company that stages musicals on an intimate scale, have announced thei…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:36PMWith Mad Men's fifth season premiering on Sunday, March
25th, we're continuing our feature looking back at the cast
before they entered the doors of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. We alread…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 05:35PMI almost didn't bother heading back to the second cast of the Metropolitan Opera's new Michael Grandage production of "Don Giovanni". It was a dirge at its opening, a single unit set providi…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 05:34PMSusan Stroman says she doesn’t need pennies anymore. Well, of course, you say. Anyone who’s choreographed five Broadway musicals (including the smash hit Crazy for You) as well as direct…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 05:33PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, March 19, 2012 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more informat…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:32PMDisney musical and revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice show bring in big audiences during their preview runs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:32PMFlorence + The Machine - Never Let Me Go - Lisbug Review
Florence + The Machine's new video for "Never Let Me Go" was just released. Watch Lisa Schwartz, a.k.a. lisbug, tell…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:30PMThe Show Goes On, the first musical in the York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti: The Tom Jones Festival, began its weekend of performances March 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:24PMA performer says he's not slinking away after he was forced to admit that he made up parts of his one-man show that looked at working conditions in Chinese factories where iPads and iPhones …
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:19PMThe difference between “I saw it with my own eyes” and “I read it in The New York Times” is not thin, like the six-month-old MacBook Air I’m typing this on. It’s huge, like the …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 05:16PMThe upcoming ABC Family show, Bunheads will debut on Monday, June 11, according to EW.com.
As previously reported, Tony Award winner Sutton Foster will star in the series as Michelle, a Las…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:13PMPaul O'Grady is set to perform as his alter ego Lily Savage in Aladdin, December 7-January 5 at The O2 arena, according to WhatsOnStage.com.
In this large-scale production of Aladdin…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:06PMROCK OF AGES, the five-time Tony Award nominated smash-hit musical, will return to Los Angeles for a strictly limited, face-melting one week engagement March 20 - 25, 2012 at the Pantages Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMTwenty-five years have passed since two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters originated the role of the Witch in the 1987 Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. With b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:01PMThe Institute and Victory Gardens Theater will present a three performance engagement of Jomama Jones in Radiate, at the Victory Garden Biograph Theater, April 19-21.
Created by Daniel Al…
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Billie Holiday's pianist Corky Hale and singer Freda Payne will star in A Birthday Tribute To Billie Holiday, at Catalina Bar & Grill, Wednesday, April 25 at 8:30pm.
Hale and Payne…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:57PMJustin Long will return to FOX's hit comedy series New Girl as Paul, the ex-boyfriend of series lead Jess (played by Zooey Deschanel), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
As previousl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMNothing really happens in this confection of a show, but the actors get to show off their comic chops.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:53PMA concert at Joe’s Pub transitions into drama Somewhere between its first workshop and its current production at Joe’s Pub, Ethan Lipton’s No Place to Go transformed from a…
SOURCE: TDF at 04:46PMThe 15th and grand finale edition of THE BROADWAY BEARS, the annual auction of handmade, one-of-a-kind, theatrically costumed teddy bears, raised a record-setting 198,300 on Sunday, benefiti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theaterWelcome to BroadwayWorld's feature The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Below, you will fin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMThe cast of writer/director Kenyetta Lethridge's Innocent Flesh celebrated the play's opening at the Actors Temple Theatre on Thursday, March 15.
The play explores the issue and r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:34PMQ&A: Actor Lukas Poost dons the green makeup for Shrek: The Musical at the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:29PMAmerican Idiot -- the musical as opposed to the Green Day album -- owes a lot to its predecessor Spring Awakening, but unfortunately American Idiot isn't nearly as good. The evidence is in t…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 04:26PMHow does the A.R.T. connect the classroom to the stage? Check out this great post from our Community Connections partner, Primary Source!
SOURCE: American Repertory Theater at 04:25PMTheater for the New City will present Charles Busch's new comedy JUDITH OF BETHULIA. The play, starring Busch, and directed by Carl Andress The Divine Sister Die, Mommie, Die will play a lim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:23PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Hair" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Hair" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora ★★★ ... If you had told me a year…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:14PMNEWSIES this week grossed 735,991 for 6 performances in its first week out, and also has just announced that the show is extending its run into August. The current house record at the Nederl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:11PMTwo-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, who guest stars on the March 19 episode of NBC's "Smash," discussed that guest appearance on today's broadcast of "The Today Sh…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMGoodspeed Musicals' spring revival of Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's Mame stars Louise Pitre (Mamma Mia!) as the title auntie, alongside Judy Blazer as Vera Charles. The p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:10PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 3182012
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:09PMMegan Hilty's star has been steadily rising since she debuted on Broadway as Glinda in Wicked. These days, Hilty can be seen lighting up the small screen every Monday night as Ivy Lynn i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of REGRETS, the new play by Matt Charman, directed by Carolyn Cantor will open Tuesday, March 27 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I 131 West 55t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMI’ll start with a bold claim: Cygnet Theatre’s production of Parade is not only its biggest musical production ever, but it’s also its best.
The claim is a bold one, becaus…
SOURCE: SanDiego.com at 04:00PMEugene O’Neill is the artist who first forced the world to confront the American Theatre. Almost alone in the early 20th Century, he chose the largest themes life could offer and wrest…
SOURCE: SanDiego.com at 04:00PMAugust: Osage County should be on the main stage, and God of Carnage should be relegated to the B house
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:00PMA founder of the lucrative theatre award says the prize was intended only to go as long as the original money lasted
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Janai Brugger is among the winners of this year's Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. The soprano is currently enrolled in Los Angeles Opera's Domingo-Thornton Young Artist Progra…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:59PMOn March 19, two-time Tony winner (and soon-to-be TV star!) Sutton Foster twirled her way into the 2012 ABC Family Upfront presentation at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in NYC's Time …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:56PMThe final edition of the Broadway Bears fundraisers to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which was presented March 18 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, raised a record-setting $1…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:52PMThe 15th and grand finale edition of THE BROADWAY BEARS, the annual auction of handmade, one-of-a-kind, theatrically costumed teddy bears, raised a record-setting $198,300 on Sunday, benefit…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:52PMGolden Globe and Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Queen Latifah has signed on to star in and executive produce the Lifetime Original Movie Event, Steel Magnolias, a television a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMBroadway veterans Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad and her daughter, Stick Fly's Condola Rashad, will star alongside Oscar nominee Queen Latifah (Chicago) in Lifetime’s previously an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:49PMCynthia Silver will present her one-woman show Bridezilla Strikes Back, April 21-May 19 at The Laurie Beechman Theater. Paul Urcioli will direct.
Co-written by Kenny Finkle, Bridezilla Str…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:49PMJean Paul Gaultier Backstage at PRISCILLA!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:47PMNo heartstring was left un-tugged at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on March 18, when bittersweet love story Once celebrated its official Broadway opening. Emotions ran high for stars Steve K…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:44PMWith spring break tourists beginning to fill New York, many shows saw their numbers jump during a week that welcomed three new productions to Broadway. Despite a flood at the theater that ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:43PMAs the final of three mainstage productions during the two-month Eugene O'Neill Festival spearheaded by Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, Long Day's Journey into Night rou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMThe final edition of the Broadway Bears fundraisers to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which was presented March 18 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, raised a record-setting $1…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMWhile Disney’s current productions on Broadway such as The Lion King, Mary Poppins or the new Newsies musical continue to bring the company much success, Disney Theatricals is continui…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:33PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of the new musical Once, now playing the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMRosie O’Donnell took a meeting to play Miss Hannigan in James Lapine’s upcoming revival of Annie, according to The Daily Beast. O'Donnell, whose new OWN talk show The Rosie S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PMLisa Lampanelli, Mo RoccaJamie deRoy, Daisy JoplingMarch 18, 2012: Jamie deRoy & Friends hit the jackpot with a great lineup of talent at the Metropolitan Room on what felt like a spring…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:29PMAt Princeton's McCarter Theatre, concrete evidence of Tom Stoppard's sprawling intelligence. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:20PMEverything comes to a head as Eileen (Anjelica Huston), Derek (Jack Davenport) and the team present “Marilyn The Musical” to would-be investors. Ivy (Megan Hilty) is under pressure to pe…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 03:19PMMike Daisey, who came under fire after an NPR report called into question the truth of his personal experiences in the acclaimed The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, offered audiences a …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMToday we are continuing BroadwayWorlds exclusive three-part series on SWAN LAKE 3D - an unprecedented movie theater presentation of Matthew Bournes Tony Award-winning new 3D film adaptation …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMToday we are talking to an iconic performer known for his decades on stages and screens around the world, from his variety show roots with sister Marie and their eponymous 70s television sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMUnlike many recent movies-made-musicals, "Bring It On" is less a simple recreation of the 2000 film, and more a dynamic combination of the first and second movies, a collaboration that is ma…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:11PMSection by section, Cantata Singers & Ensemble are as good as choral groups get, which in this town of dozens of choruses, says quite a lot.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:10PMCasting has been announced for Lifetime's previously reported Kenny Leon-helmed television movie remake of Steel Magnolias, according to Deadline.com.
Queen Latifah will star as M&apos…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:05PMOrson Welles in 1939, when he was still a stage and radio star, pre-Citizen Kane. From a new exhibit of Golden Age Hollywood color photos at the National Portrait Gallery in DC.
Kinda looks…
SOURCE: The Playgoer at 03:04PMNancy Dubuc, president and general manager of Lifetime Networks, has announced that Golden Globe and Grammy Award winner Queen Latifah has signed on to star in and executive produce the Life…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PM
Howard McGillin will star in the George Street Playhouse production of The 39 Steps, April 24-May 20. Mark Shanahan, a member of the original Broadway cast of The 39 Steps, will direct.
In…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:55PMDirected by Kenny Leon, the telefilm begins shooting in April in Atlanta, with a cast that also includes Alfre Woodard, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:52PMby: Dan Mason (@djdan1079) Chances are, if you are a diehard theatre fan who reads this blog on a regular basis, you are not the type of person who is inclined to spend four consecutive day…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 02:47PMMike Daisey didn’t just break the rules of journalism. He did a disservice to his own art.
SOURCE: Slate at 02:47PMBen Fankhauser, who stars as newsboy sidekick Davey in the Disney musical Newsies, describes his role in the new Broadway production in the "Meet the Newsies" video series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMNANCY SIRIANNI is a singer, songwriter, actor andproducer from Long Island, New York.Her long-time group, recording artists the scoldees, released two CDs of original musicthat received rave…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:36PM"Everything’s Coming Up Roses" on the March 19 episode of Smash, when Bernadette Peters guests stars as Ivy's (Megan Hilty) mother. In the episode, the two-time…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:35PMPS 122 held its Spring Gala on Thursday, March 15 at St. Ann's Warehouse. Mx Justin Vivian Bond served as host.
The event honored Lucy Sexton, and also featured the presentation of the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:32PMMike Smith Rivera is an actor, writer, director, producer,filmmaker, editor, voice-over artist, and clown. An NEA performance grantrecipient and PIT/NBC Diversity Finalist, Mike (with …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:30PMAward-winning actress Rita Moreno will host Berkeley Rep's ONSTAGE Gala, beginning at 5:30pm on April 28 at the Four Seasons San Francisco.
The evening will feature a gourmet dinner …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:20PMAlmost 3000 artists from 47 nations will take part in this year’s Edinburgh International Festival (EIF), which runs from 9 August to 2 September with many projects running as part of …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:18PMDespite never being one to hold her tongue, Dame Edna Everage has called time on a career spanning half a century. We look back at her greatest moments – from her unlikely fever for disco …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:17PMThe terrors of the telephone -- really, any kind of terrors and troubles -- can feed your art, Ayana Hampton explains, as she prepares her Morning After Show at the Bootleg Theater. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:14PMA one-night-only screening on March 20 of a 3-D film of Matthew Bourne's "Swan Lake." In Los Angeles area movie theaters.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:13PM'The rehearsals were hysterical. Sometimes they just fell apart because it was so funny'Alan Ayckbourn, directorMy play Absurd Person Singular, now 40 years old, was a step in the direction …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PMThe Cort Theatre box office will open March 22 for the Broadway transfer of Nicky Silver's biting family play The Lyons, starring Tony Award winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMWith spring shows raising their curtains on the Great White Way, Broadway.com readers recently named Ricky Martin, Jeremy Jordan and Raúl Esparza the leading men they're most exci…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMOne week after selling out Acme, Maron features Minneapolis-based comedian Mary Mack on his uber-popular podcast, WTF.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 02:04PMPaper Mill Playhouse is set to present Ballroom with a Twist, conceived and choreographed by Dancing with the Stars' Louis van Amstel, April 28-29 at the Millburn, New Jersey-based thea…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:01PMIt seems as though the world may know sooner rather then later the power these Disney newsboys have on Broadway. Less then a full week into previews, it seems as though Disney’s newsbo…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:00PM
Spelling is a mere convention which school systems use to bludgeon us into compliance. The spelling bee is a tribal rite, and unfair, at that, since American English is spelled differently t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:58PMDue to overwhelming demand, the producers of Mark St. Germain’s runaway hit play FREUD’S LAST SESSION today put a new block of seats on sale through September 9th. FREUD’S LAST SESSION…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56PMTwo-time Tony nominee Howard McGillin will star in the George Street Playhouse's upcoming production of The 39 Steps.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMSo who exactly is Mike Daisey, and what kind of theater does he practice?So who exactly is Mike Daisey, and what kind of theater does he practice?
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:42PMFox has announced season finale dates for its 2011-12 lineup. The hit musical comedy "Glee" will conclude its third season May 22, and the reality singing competition "America…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMAlex Wong - Crave Music Video - Exclusive Look #2
Alex Wong (SYTYCD, Season 7) has a music video for his song "Crave" coming soon, and the video is packed with So You Think You C…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:35PMCasting is set for the West End revival of Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys, starring the previously announced Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths. The production will play the Savoy Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:34PMThe New Group's world-premiere production of An Early History of Fire, a new work by Tony winner David Rabe, will now open Off-Broadway April 30 at the Acorn Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMSeth Rudetsky is arguably one of the most talented people in New York and definitely one of the funniest. His latest production is Disaster!, co-written with Jack Plotnick, and it is over tw…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:29PMReprinted by permission of Michael HealeyScene 3The prime minister’s office. It’s early.PRIME MINISTERStrategy is long-term thinking about how to achieve goals.JISBELLAYes.PRIME MINISTER…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:27PMBarry Humphries, the man behind the flamboyant stage character Dame Edna, will retire, according to U.K.’s The Independent. The comedian will retire his famous drag persona as well as …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:25PMTed Brings Joey Home
You can experience the extraordinary journey of courage and friendship in War Horse again when it comes out on Blu-ray and DVD April 3rd! Pre-order your copy here: http…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:25PMIrani (photo credit: Ryan Martis)Entertaining...could be moreby Beat RiceLast night, My Granny the Goldfish, a Canadian play written by Anosh Irani previewed for the first time in Toronto. T…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:18PMJoey Responds to Albert's Call
You can experience the extraordinary journey of courage and friendship in War Horse again when it comes out on Blu-ray and DVD April 3rd! Pre-order your c…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:15PMThe Riverside Theatre will present its third annual Evening With Women of Excellence in the Arts event, an "intimate discussion on theatre, film, music and more," March 26. Writer …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMTonight on SMASH, everything comes to a head as Eileen Anjelica Huston, Derek Jack Davenport and the team present Marilyn The Musical to would-be investors. Ivy Megan Hilty is under pressure…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:13PMDashing leading man Hugh Dancy sizzles as a playwright auditioning actresses, namely the wisecracking Vanda (Nina Arianda), in David Ives’s erotically charged play Venus In Fur. A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:13PMThe government is once again under pressure from the Low Pay Commission to draw up specific guidelines for the entertainment sector on the national minimum wage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:11PMBunheads, starring two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Tony winner Kelly Bishop, will premiere June 11 on ABC Family. The upcoming TV series by Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09PMProud and Chillyby Michael MitchellAs many of you probably already know, not the least through previous posts right here, the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto declined to produce Michael Healey�…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 01:09PMMike Daisey responds to his critics in general at his Web site today: In the last forty-eight hours I have been equated with Stephen Glass, James Frey, and Greg Mortenson. Given the tenor of…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 01:06PMBarry Humphries' announcement that he is to retire Dame Edna Everage is sad news for all fans of the housewife superstarOne of Dame Edna Everage's shows was called, in a characteristically c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:05PMStage veterans Adam Rothenberg and David Dawson are set for Ripper Street, a new crime series co-produced by BBC America for BBC America's Dramaville in the fall, according to published…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PMStage veterans Adam Rothenberg and David Dawson are set for Ripper Street, a new crime series co-produced by BBC America for BBC America's Dramaville in the fall, according to published…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PMThe opening night of David Rabe’s An Early History of Fire has shifted from April 23 to April 30 at off-Broadway’s Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row. Presented by the New Group a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04PMWe didn't particularly care for the posters, logo, or even the premiss of the new musical Once
currently playing at the Bernard J. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway.
Something about the earnest b…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 01:00PMIf there is one thing theatre people are it is superstitious. Anyone who works in a theatre will constantly tell you what you can or cannot do, because it’s “bad luck” or &…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 01:00PMNewsies, the new American musical, has extended its limited Broadway engagement through August 19, 2012. Tickets for the extension dates June 11th through August 19th will go on sale Tuesday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
Captain Nicholls Promises to Care For Joey
You can experience the extraordinary journey of courage and friendship in War Horse again when it comes out on Blu-ray and DVD April 3rd! Pre-orde…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PMFrench designer and former Hermès creative director Jean Paul Gaultier dropped by the Palace Theatre on March 18 to take in the Oscar, Tony and Olivier Award-winning costumes of Prisc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:53PMThe York Theatre Company celebrated the brief run of The Show Goes On, at The York Theatre at Saint Peter's on Friday, March 16.
The show -- which kicked off the celebration of librett…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMGloucester Stage has announced that Adrianne Krystansky will replace the previously reported Paula Plum in Alan Ayckbourn's Round and Round the Garden, the 2012 season opening producti…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:50PMBarry Humphries plans to retire his two most famous characters, Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, according to the Sydney Telegraph.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMThe Skivvies have released their third installment of a stripped down song, Robyn's Call Your Girlfriend, featuring Wesley Taylor NBC's Smash, Addams Family, Rock of Ages.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMMillion Dollar Quartet star Robert Britton Lyons will host a free monthly open-microphone series, "Open Mike Night with Rob Lyons," beginning March 21 at New World Stages' Time…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMJoining Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths as the ageing vaudevillian team Willie Clark and Al Lewis in Neil Simon's award-winning comedy The Sunshine Boys are Rebecca Blackstone Miss Mackin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMA week in the life of actor, radio host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMLook Back in Anger leading man Matthew Rhys will star opposite Keri Russell (TV’s Felicity) in the new FX drama pilot The Americans, according to Deadline.com. Created by Joe Weis…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMMany artists and arts advocates are embracing crowdsourcing as an important new way to support cultural endeavors, writes The New York Times.
SOURCE: philanthropy.com at 12:28PMOH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE While Theatre Unleashed’s cast and crew have a gloriously and unashamedly good time bringing The Spidey Project to the West Coast, it’s a shame that their …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:25PM By Isa Goldberg/Chief Theater CriticIn his Academy Award-winning role as Truman Capote, Philip Seymour Hoffman created one of America’s most flamboyant and contradicto…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:24PMThe New Group's world premiere of David Rabe's An Early History of Fire will now open on Monday, April 30 instead of the previously announced April 23. The delay is due to the larg…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:22PMName: Bella PoyntonHometown: Buffalo, NYEducation: BFA in Acting, Boston University, Working on an MFA in Playwriting from the Iowa Playwright's Workshop.Select Credits: Pope Joan (New World…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:20PMStarting April 3, Broadway favorite Ral Esparza will return to the stage as conartist Jonas Nightingale in LEAP OF FAITH. In the new musical, he will con the crowds and trades miracles for m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMI have a little trivia question for everybody in light of all the columns and blog posts being written about the Mike Daisey controversy.Ready?Who said the following:"It seemed best for the …
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:10PMThe Garden State Film Festival will honor stage and screen star Edward Asner with its 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. Asner will participate in GSFF's 10th Anniversary celebrations on…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:08PMBroadway performer and photographer Cris Alexander has died of natural causes, according to a report in Variety. He was 92.
Alexander played Chip in the original Broadway production of On …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:06PMEugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! plays a welcome trick on you. While enjoying a lighthearted situational comedy of stock family shenanigans, set in a time and place out of extant memory …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:05PMOnce - This small musical has transferred with its charm and big heart very much intact . . .Once was of the best screen ti stage…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 12:04PMJoin arts researcher Alan Brown and project director Clayton Lord as they discuss Counting New Beans: Intrinsic Impact and the Value of Art, a new book that examines the ways theater artists…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PMAt his 86th birthday celebration in New York on Friday, comedian Jerry Lewis announced plans to bring his classic film “The Nutty Professor” to Broadway later this year, the Wall Street …
SOURCE: broadway.me at 12:00PMThe Broadway production of Disney's new musical Newsies, playing at the Nederlander Theatre, has extended. Directed by Jeff Calhoun and choreographed by Christopher Gattelli, the show …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMAfter its first week of previews, Disney’s new musical Newsies has extended its run at Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre. The musical was scheduled to play a limited engagement unti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PMThe necessary exposition: First of all, there’s me: Cynthia—a firm believer that when you’re heading in the right direction, all things being relative, the universe has a way of aligni…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 12:00PM
In episode three of GCB, Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth pulls out all the stops as TV’s favorite God-loving millionaire, Carlene Cockburn. This week, Carlene takes a break from torturin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMToday in 1998, the second Broadway revival of Caberat opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre then called the KIt Kat Klub, where it ran for 2377 performances. Cabaret is a musical based on a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMThe former boxing champion wants to take his one-man Las Vegas show to New York.The former boxing champion wants to take his one-man Las Vegas show to New York.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:58AMThe new Disney musical Newsies, which began previews on Broadway March 15 at the Nederlander Theatre following an acclaimed mounting at New Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse last fall, has e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:56AMTony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl, Tony nominees Scott Bakula, Pablo Schreiber and Victor Garber, as well as Anna Camp, Tate Donovan, Zak Orth, Ben Rappaport, Matthew Rhys and Scott Wolf, hav…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMTony Award winner Mercedes Ruehl, Tony nominees Scott Bakula, Pablo Schreiber and Victor Garber, as well as Anna Camp, Tate Donovan, Zak Orth, Ben Rappaport, Matthew Rhys and Scott Wolf, hav…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMOff-Broadway performer Mike Daisey has cut questionable sections from the monologue and added a prologue explaining the controversy.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:53AMDisney's NEWSIES Headlines: Breaking News
Visit http://www.newsiesthemusical.com for ticket and performance information!
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:50AMTerrence McNally and Brian Murray were the honorees at Gingold Theatrical Group's Golden Shamrock Gala, held on Saturday, March 17 at The Players Club.
Among McNally's other honor…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:49AMTony winner Tracy Letts and Parker Posey will star in the world premiere of The Realistic Joneses by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Will Eno at the Yale Repertory Theater. Directed by S…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMOne of the best loved and longest running musicals in theatrical history, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sensational STARLIGHT EXPRESS explodes back onto the stage with a new production for 2012. A…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:47AMDavid Seidler's original play brings the audience face-to-face with Bertie, Duke of York, as he is thrust onto the world stage as King George VI following his brother's abdication. Come on o…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:46AMIn 2010 Chris Larner accompanied his chronically ill ex-wife to Switzerland’s Dignitas clinic. He came home with an empty wheelchair and a story to tell. AN INSTINCT FOR KINDNESS directed …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:45AMFull casting has been announced for the West End production of The Sunshine Boys at the Savoy Theater, starring the previously reported Richard Griffths and Danny DeVito. This production, di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:44AMThe Oregon Shakespeare Festival has announced that it has received a donation of $4.5 million from a group of donors and will rename its New Theater as the Thomas Theatre, in honor of the la…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:43AMAnna Maria Perez de Tagle and George Salazar, Filipino actors and singers who are making their Broadway debuts in the current production of GODSPELL, and the rest of the shows cast were in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMGreenwich Theatre is to present Sell a Door Theatre Company's production of Alan Bennett's The History Boys, June 18-24. The production was originally set to play at The Greenwich…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:40AMCris Alexander, who played one of the three sailors in the original Broadway production of the musical On the Town, died March 7 of natural causes. He was 92.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMChris Alexander, who played one of the three sailors in the original Broadway production of the musical On the Town, died March 7 of natural causes. He was 92.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMDisney Theatrical Productions has tapped Rob Ashford to direct and choreograph a stage musical production of Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland.,” Variety reports. Ashford will join Bur…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 11:36AMMare Winningham may have gotten her start on The Gong Show as a teen, but this two-time Emmy winning actress isn’t kidding around. A star of the classic ’80s hit St. Elmo’s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMJohanna Day, Glenn Fitzgerald, Tracy Letts and Parker Posey will star in the Yale Repertory Theatre world premiere of Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses, which will begin performances Apri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMLook below to see what Broadway shows are playing on each night this week. Want to know what Broadway shows have Sunday evening performances Which Broadway shows have Wednesday matinees Just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMThat's what the nice lady at the Green Line stop asked me as we stepped onto the incoming B Line train on Saturday night, after what seemed like a half hour wait, during which time a parade …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:28AMEnchanted April Enhancement LLC has announced the start of rehearsals today for two private industry staged readings of ENCHANTED APRIL a romantic musical comedy with book and lyrics by Char…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMWhat do robot rebellions, violence in a boys choir, marital misery and space invaders have in common? They were all a part of Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company’s daring 1983-84 season. My the…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:23AMGareth Gates will headline Momentous Musicals, a gala concert at New Wimbledon Theatre, for one night only on Saturday July 14, 2012.
He will be joined by West End stars, including Rachael…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:20AMLeap of Faith Broadway Musical - Star Raúl Esparza and Choreographer Sergio Trujillo
Chroreographer Sergio Trujillo and star Raúl Esparza tell us about what it takes to make i…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:16AMYale Repertory Theatre will present the world premiere of THE REALISTIC JONESES by Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Will Eno, directed by OBIE Award winner Sam Gold. THE REALISTIC JONESES…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMEmmy Award winner and Broadway vet Eric McCormack is best known for playing nice guy Will Truman on TV’s Will and Grace, but in the new revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMCherry blossoms and the perfumed air of a new spring pale in comparison to the enchantments awaiting indoors at CenterStage, home of a beautiful and liltingly fiendish production of the Sond…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:10AMBBC director general Mark Thompson has confirmed he will be stepping down from the post in the autumn.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMThough Mike Tyson’s one-man Las Vegas show has yet to debut, already the former Heavyweight boxing champion is thinking about taking the performance to Broadway. The autobiographical show,…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 11:00AMThe music stopped by Marcel Wetterhahn
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SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 11:00AMIf you've ever hung around me outside of NYC, then you know I've been known to drool at the site of a Chili's. Maybe it's the bottomless chips & salsa, maybe it's the bottomless cokes, b…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMike Daisey, an actor, writer and solo stage performer, has become fodder for commentators and journalists across the country after NPR's program "This American Life" retracted a story that …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM
A first look at Hollywood star Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths in Neil Simon's comedy The Sunshine Boys has today (19 March 2012) been released by the show's producers.
The comedy, which…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:53AMThis is Alan Tudyk:If you know of him, it's probably because you are the type of person who has seen everything in Joss Whedon's oeuvre, or at least his failed television shows Fire…
SOURCE: Broadway Abridged at 10:53AMLabyrinth Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Brett C. Leonard's Philadelphia-set drama Ninth and Joanie, which will begin performances April 5 at the Bank Street Theater in M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMJudas dons a flashy blue blazer and sequins; Jesus is raised onto a cross made of lights in the latest revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar, directed by Des McAnuff of J…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:47AMWhat’s the buzz….. EW.com reveals exclusive video of Broadway’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. Click here to watch. http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/03/19/get-a-first-look-at-the-new-broadway-revi…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:46AMLondon's O2 arena is to host its first ever pantomime this Christmas, with Lily Savage appearing as Widow Twankey in a production of Aladdin.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMLegit News:
Musical bows strong in healthy Broadway week
SOURCE: Variety at 10:45AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending March 18, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $653,421 7,595 92.53% $86.03 CHICAGO $610,188 7,333 84.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMIn many ways, the story of real-life burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee is a bizarre one to turn into a musical. There’s no love interest to speak of, the biographical narrative is necessar…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:43AMWalnut Street Theatre continues its 203rd season with the Philadelphia premiere of the Tony Award winning comedy God of Carnage. Directed by Walnut’s Artistic Producing Director Bernar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMArena Stage has announced that it will add the world premiere of Double Edge Theatre's The Grand Parade (of the Twentieth Century) to its 2012-2013 season. The play will be presented F…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:33AMONCE, the acclaimed new musical opened on Broadway last night, Sunday, March 18, 2012 to rave reviews after a successful Off-Broadway run in 2011. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the starry op…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMONCE, the acclaimed new musical opened on Broadway last night, Sunday, March 18, 2012 to rave reviews after a successful Off-Broadway run in 2011. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMBrent Barrett, Florence Lacey, Jill Paice, Rebecca Luker and Robert Petkoff will be part of the latest readings of the new musical adaptation of Enchanted April, based on Elizabeth Von Arnim…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMWe've all been there before. We made a call or sent an email and waited. And waited.... And waited.... We followed up And waited.... And... Well, you get the idea. It's really irritating to …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMJohanna Day, Glenn Fitzgerald, Tracy Letts, and Parker Posey will star in the world premiere of Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses at Yale Repertory Theatre, April 20-May 12, with an open…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMPaul O'Grady will return to the London stage this Christmas as his alter ego Lily Savage playing Widow Twankey in a large-scale production of Aladdin staged in a purpose-built 1900-seat thea…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:29AMEvita is back on Broadway for the first time since its 1979 premiere, and to anchor this new production director Michael Grandage chose relatively unknown Argentine actress Elena Roger. As E…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:28AMNCM Fathom and More2Screen proudly present Matthew Bournes triumphant re-interpretation of one of ballets classic and most beloved stories, Swan Lake. This powerful performance will play at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:28AMOnce, the new stage musical based on the Oscar-winning film about an Irish singer-songwriter named Guy, who meets a muse in the person of a Czech immigrant named Girl, opened at Broadway'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMCasting has been announced for the West End revival of Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, which will begin performances April 2 at the Apollo Theatre. Anthony Pa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:23AMBroadway vet Benjamin Walker (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) is killing the undead in style in the upcoming movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Walker stars as ax-wielding forefather Abrah…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:21AMOn The Scene: Don't Dress for Dinner
On March 14, director John Tillinger and the cast of Marc Camoletti's sexy French farce Don't Dress For Dinner took a break from rehearsal t…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:21AMBecause it’s Women’s History Month, the MTI Marquee has developed a new series focused on the individuals being celebrated during the month of March. Click here to read about wom…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:19AMBroadway star Karen Mason (most recently of Wonderland), Drama Desk nominee Christina Bianco, and Stephen Mo Hanan will perform at Broadway Ballyhoo this Thursday night, March 22 at 11 PM at…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:17AMMike Tyson wants to take his one-man Las Vegas show to New York
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:15AMRoyal & Derngate is set to present the world premiere stage production of Ladies in Lavender, April 6-28. Robin LeFevre will direct. The play is a co-production with Daniel Schumann an…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:15AMTin Pan Alley is a musical revue of popular standards from 1890 – 1935. The song list includes such numbers as “Daisy”,” Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, “When Johny Comes Marching H…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:14AMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presented the final Broadway Bears auction Sunday, March 18 at B.B. Kings Blues Club & Grill.
Bryan Batt hosted the event, with Lorna Kelly serving as …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:13AMI first saw Venus in Fur off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company over two years ago. I saw it again in December towards the end of its Manhattan Theatre Club run at the Samuel J. Friedman …
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:10AMThe veteran Broadway actor discovers the child inside while working with the young cast of Disney’s “Newsies.”
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:02AMPlaywright Mike Daisey, the man behind the Off-Broadway one-man show “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,” has come under widespread and well-publicized scrutiny recently because of cla…
SOURCE: broadway.me at 10:00AMTheatre Communications Group celebrates the 50th anniversary of World Theatre Day with actor John Malkovich.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:00AMPLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO VOTE IN ROUND 8 OF "HOT/HOTTER" AND THIS MONTH'S POLL QUESTION!(CLICK THE ICONS TO YOUR LEFT)A MIRACULOUS MUSICAL FROM EIGHT-TIME ACADEMY AWARD® WINN…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AMIt was touch-and-go there for a while, but Clybourne Park is coming to Broadway. Set in Clybourne Park, the white Chicago neighborhood in Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, Bruce No…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 10:00AM
Casting has been announced for the musical version of the 1982 film "An Officer and a Gentleman," which has been adapted by original Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Douglas Da…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMI’m chained to my desk these days to finish a book and ain’t makin’ it out to nothin’. So I’m particularly bummed to be missing the Downtown Clown Revue at Dixo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:57AMThe Cort Theatre box office will open March 22 for the Broadway transfer of Nicky Silver's biting family play The Lyons, starring Tony Award winners Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMPeter Quilter’s biographical play End of the Rainbow, about the last days of superstar Judy Garland, begins performances at the Belasco Theatre on March 19. The drama, which features m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:53AMShowstopper Divos-A Swell Party will be presented April 29 at Feinstein's at Loews Regency.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMCasting has been announced for a U.K. tour of Noel Coward's Volcano, which will launch with an engagement at Theatre Royal, Windsor, running May 21 - June 2. Roy Marsden will direct th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMThe lineup for the March 22 performance of Scott Siegel's Broadway Ballyhoo, the concert series that is now playing an open-ended run Thursday evenings at 11 PM at Feinstein's at Loe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMJeffrey Sweet’s protagonists aren’t as well-known as the iconic Rosa Parks, but his 90-minute drama shows them to be cut from the same cloth.. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:38AMPeter Filichia, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Damn Yankees at Paper Mill, Illiad, Beyond the Horizon, The Maids, In This House, Ah Wilderness, 1776, and some of the week&#…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 09:30AMChoir of Young Believers at Mercury LoungeDenmark's orchestral folk-poppers Choir of Young Believers, fresh off a slew of SXSW shows, head to the Mercury Lounge tonight, where they'll be pla…
SOURCE: Paper Mag at 09:30AMTony and Emmy winner Angela Lansbury, back on Broadway in the revival of The Best Man, will host Career Transition for Dancers' 27th Anniversary Jubilee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMIt's time for me take a small break from blogging. Regular posting will resume on April 9. In the meanwhile, follow me on Twitter, @missionparadox On the Twitters I'll still be sharing thoug…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 09:29AMThe winners of the 2011 Green Room Awards were announced this weekend. You can see the full list of winners below, including awards presented to LOVE NEVER DIES, ROCK OF AGES, and BODY OF WO…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMEntertainment legend Liza Minnelli will be the recipient of the Rolex Dance Award, to be presented to her at Career Transition for Dancers' Dancers' 27th Anniversary Jubilee, entit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:27AMChicago/Toronto Performance Summit: Cultural Ecosystems Presented by The Theatre Centre in partnership with The Drake Hotel and The City of Toronto March 24-26, 2012 as part of FREE FALL ‘…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 09:25AMGirls tasting their first illicit sip of vodka in the backroom of a smoky club or house party; young women getting tipsy with their friends, celebrating birthdays, hen nights, anniversaries;…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:24AMThe stage version of The Ladykillers, currently running at the West End's Gielgud Theatre through April 14, will embark on a national tour of the U.K. and Ireland, beginning performances…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMOn Sunday, March 18, the new musical Once opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
Opening night guests included Michael Cerveris, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Nick Jonas, Judith Light,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:18AMPhilip Madoc could speak seven languages as if they were his Welsh mother tongue and could get by in another three (Huron Indian included). He was no less eloquent in an acting career that s…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:13AMLiterally seating himself under a spotlight at the center of the stage, celebrated choreographer Bill T. Jones indulged in a celebrity interview with himself, sharing moving and mundane auto…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:08AM‘Lovable’ is not a word often used in connection with the work of Stephen Sondheim. In fact the prevailing critical view seems to be that entertainment value is hardly worth mentioning. …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:06AMJenny Seagrove will lead the cast of a rarely-seen Noel Coward play Volcano, never performed in the author's lifetime, which will launch a U.K. tour beginning performances at Windsor'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:05AMIt’s that time again folks! That time when you get to see exactly what is stuck in my head. Today? Today I have Ragtime stuck in my head. Most specifically the song “New Music.&#…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:01AMBy Jennifer Ashley Tepper More than 40 years before she starred in Follies at the Marquis Theatre, Bernadette Peters starred in a musical right across the street at the Lunt- Fontanne- that …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 09:00AM
Almost £8,000 owed to two actors by a leading Northern Irish talent agency has been recovered following a prosecution led by the Department for Employment and Learning.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMIrish writer, literary scout, publishing consultant and mum Vanessa O’Loughlin has achieved a remarkable amount in a very short time. After much success with short story writing competitio…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:49AMONCE, the acclaimed new musical opened on Broadway last night, Sunday, March 18, 2012 to rave reviews after a successful Off-Broadway run in 2011. Afterwards, the cast, and creative team hea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMNow playing at the Irondale Ensemble Project in Brooklyn through next Saturday 24 March, Karen Malpede’s Another Life, produced by the Theatre Three Collaborative and directed by the a…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:36AMSo: You probably heard about this weekend's Mike Daisey to-do. Wayyyyyyy more about that today on Arts Desk. [Poynter/AP/This American Life]
The National Gallery of Art has uploaded 20,000 i…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:30AMToday is the birthday of the great comedy pioneer Moms Mabley (for the full bio go here.) And here’s one of her classic routines, recorded live at the Apollo Theatre: To learn more abo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:28AMDavy Jones, the diminutive, cherubic-faced vocalist of The Monkees, achieved worldwide fame as the heartthrob pin-up of the first manufactured pop band. Answering an advert for "four insane …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:27AMWhen, aged 12, Hal Roach entered a talent contest as a boy soprano and got a better response for an unrehearsed joke than for his singing, the die was cast for a career that would see him la…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMRag, Tag and Bobtail, part of the Watch With Mother children's programmes on BBC Television in the 1950s, were created by Louise Cochrane. Rag, a hedgehog, Tag, a mouse, and Bobtail, a rabbi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMAdrian Foley became the 8th Lord Foley at the age of four, following the death of his father from meningitis at the age of 29 in 1927. It was a title he held for more than 80 years, during w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMHayley Mills and Belinda Lang will star in Ladies in Lavender, a stage version of the 2004 British film of the same name that had a screenplay by Charles Dance based on the original short st…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20AMBeginning March 21, the American Brahms Society, in conjunction with the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, will be presenting Brahms in the New Century. This three-day con…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:13AMYet another American symphony orchestra has suspended operations. The Napa Valley Symphony recently announced that it...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:11AMIt’s hard to imagine a time before electronic media co-opted the news business. But the Broadway productions of “Newsies,” opening March 29, and “The Columnist,” beginning previews…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMRicky Martin, Elena Roger, Michael Cerveris, and Michael Grandage discuss the new Broadway revival of the classic musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Natalie Woolman's article about the Live Music Bill (March 15, page 5) contains good and bad news for performers and public.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:55AMThe Royal Ballet’s Alice has sensational production design and an overstuffed storyline. Putting Lewis Carroll’s Alice books on stage, choreographer Christopher Wheeldon wants to include…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:54AMCoppélia is a village comedy with a streak of fantasy, from quarrelling lovers to dancing mechanical dolls. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production has a light touch and a sunny atmosphere, …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:53AMPaul Kerryson's musical wins rave reviews and there's a Julian Fellowes film in the wings for Barbra Streisand. Plus, a producer gives me the thumbs down over fellow critic Michael Billingto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:47AM“Tin Pan Alley,” director-choreographer Gene Castle’s revue of songs from the early years of the 20th century, is tired and pointless, despite a solid cast.
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:22AMAre critics twice as happy with "Once" on Broadway?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 07:19AMEntertainment marketing agency AKA has launched its second Australian office.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMIt's a little surprising, though very satisfying, to report that the musical has made a happy Broadway landing at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.It's a little surprising, though very satisfyi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:16AMAt times, Stoppard's longwinded play is as exhilarating as it is illuminating; at other times it is as exasperating as it is enervating.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:09AMAs in any Philip Ridley play there is discomfort with painful moments but I liked its multiplicity of themes .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:08AMDirector J.R. Sullivan has played this O'Neill revival too safely, almost as a museum piece.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:06AMThis small musical has transferred with its charm and big heart very much intact
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:04AMMartin Crimp was launched as a playwright by the Orange Tree in the 1980s with a series of deft and funny plays, since when his style has toughened into the sinister, disturbing and often am…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00AM
Jenny Seagrove is to star in the national tour of Volcano, which marks the first major production of Noel Coward's play.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMTony award-winning actress Elizabeth Wilson , and Branford resident, will receive the Jerome Lawrence Award at the 31st Annual William Inge Theatre Festival, April 20 at Independence…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:50AMSoho, London: Opening with a musical number in an acting showcase might be unusual but the graduates of the East 15 BA Acting and Contemporary Theatre course are evidently out to prove a poi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMGraham Linehan's stage adaptation of The Ladykillers is to tour the UK and Ireland from this September.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMLike Kane’s Blasted at GableStage in 2010 and 4:48 Psychosis at Naked Stage in 2008, Cleansed defies reactions that involve verbs such as “liked” or even “appreciated.” Even more t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:30AMSoho Theatre: This showcase comes with an upside and a downside. The framing, unaccompanied chorus numbers - beautifully sung in harmony - are a definite plus. So is the opportunity to see e…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMBefore we get in too deep, before we hop up on the High Horse of Righteous Indignation, before we hoist the Monster on the kindling and light the bonfire, let's acknowledge something so simp…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:19AMBroadway openings of "Death of a Salesman" and "Once," the London "Hunger Games" premiere, and more make this week's event gallery.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:19AMMelbourne's peer-voted Green Room Awards saw the Malthouse Theatre emerge as the single biggest recipient, with nine awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMSalisbury Playhouse: Marilyn Monroe flirtatiously fighting with her white skirt above a subway grating in Billy Wilder's film The Seven Year Itch has to be one of the most iconic images…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11AMRupert Penry-Jones and Shaun Evans are to star in a three-part adaptation of Blake Morrison's book The Last Weekend, which is being made by Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films for ITV1.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMOrange Tree Theatre: Playwright Martin Crimp returns to the Orange Tree Theatre with his new short play, Play House, in a double bill with a revival of his 1987 piece, Definitely the Bahamas…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMHob Upstairs, London: It's not often that you see a piece of theatre that makes you laugh and brings you close to tears at the same time, but Jonathan Kaufman's drama succeeds in d…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMAS EXECUTIVE director of music and programming for Radio Disney, Kelly Edwards naturally spends much of her professional and personal time figuring out what songs would pump up the tween and…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMThe Town Hall 123 West 43 Street today announced that Tony Award-winning actress Beth Leavel will perform in THE BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1950 on Monday, March 19th at 8pm. This concert is part…
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Theatre Royal, Glasgow: Glasgow-born David McVicar returns to Glasgow-based Scottish Opera for this new production of Stravinsky's opera based on Hogarth's sequence of satirical pa…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AM By Stephen Hanks In 1972, Jerry Lewis made a Holocaust film called The Day the Clown Cried, which for various reasons has never been released. But if a studio were to release a…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:57AMAnyone who doubts the quality of South Florida should buy a ticket (as should everyone else who loves theater) to the 36th Annual Carbonell Awards set for 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 2 in the Am…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 05:52AMGraham Linehan's stage adaptation of The Ladykillers will embark on a 26-week national tour, starting at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 14 September 2012, the show's producers have announced.…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:37AMLegit News:
Broadway musical extends limited run
SOURCE: Variety at 05:36AMAs a great “temple” to American history, Ford’s Theatre is a perfect venue for 1776, a revival of Sherman Edwards’ and Peter Stone’s musical about the Second Continental Congress a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:34AMAmongst the major London openings, in the West End and further afield, this week are:
OPENING TUESDAYSweeney Todd20 MARCH 2012(PREVIEWS FROM 10 MARCH)Jonathan Kent’s Chichester reviv…
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The Broadway premiere of End of the Rainbow, a new play with music, begins previews tonight at the Belasco Theatre.Opening night is set for Monday, April 2. Michael Cumpsty, Tom Pelphrey and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIf you go on a stage and say that you personally saw something, and the show in which you make...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMThings have been more than a little bit crazy around here, as you'll have guessed if you've read my latest...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMGary Burton plays an unaccompanied solo version of Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Chega de Saudade" in Copenhagen in 1968: (This is...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMI shall have more to say when I am dead. Edwin Arlington Robinson, "John Brown"...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMPerformer cuts questionable sections from the monologue.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMOver forty productions have made their way to Broadway this season. From flashy musicals to classic revivals, Broadway's Best Shows goes beyond the show's title to look at what's really bein…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMWeb extra: Eric McCormack discusses his character in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s political drama “The Best Man,” and tells Mo Rocca how relevant it is to today&rsq…
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AM"So this is a play in a world when secrets would remain secret. Whatever happens, you can be sure that this is happening for us, in this room, and it’s probably not going to get o…
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Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, March 18, 2012 - Sunday, March 18, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AMOnce, twice, three times a musical. After two previous (quite successful) goes, Once takes a turn on Broadway. It was a fitting weekend for the opening of the Irish kissed musical about “F…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:33AMTHR's theater critic looks at the questions raised by NPR's revelations concerning the veracity of Mike Daisey's monologue, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs."
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:22AMDirector New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? Mostly in things I read — novels, articles, essays, stories. If the ideas themselves aren’t the source of inspiration, …
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMWas SpringBliss: Trent Pardy, Jean-Robert Bourdage, France Rolland (photo credit: James Lavoie)Well, what can you say about the iconic Canadian musical that came out of nowhere to …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMCourt-Martial at Fort Devens is a fascinating (and necessary!) historical play by Jeffrey Sweet about a group of African American women in World War II. It is about standing up for what you …
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“Peter and the Starcatcher,” a scrappy charmer about the early life of Peter Pan, which played at New York Theatre Workshop last year, was written by R…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMI am Marie-Céline Dundelle, and I do not need a book contract to reveal that French women are superior in all matters. Our secret lies in an attitude toward life, a point of view that I…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMOn a clear December afternoon, Roger Thomas was completing a four-month renovation of the high-limit slot-machine room at the Wynn Las Vegas resort. Three assistants trailed him as he darted…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AMThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards for excellence for work produced or presented in 2011 in Los Angeles, Orange County and Ventura County will be handed out March 19. Among the nomi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe acclaimed London stage production of End of the Rainbow, chronicling the final months in the life of legendary entertainer Judy Garland, begins Broadway performances March 19 at the Bela…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Town Hall’s Broadway by the Year series continues March 19 at 8 PM with The Broadway Musicals of 1950.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEmmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winning orchestrator Jonathan Tunick returns to Birdland with his Broadway Moonlighters March 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA one-night-only performance of the fantastical rock musical Weaker People... A Dangerous Notion plays The Stephen Sondheim Theatre, home to the current Tony-winning revival of Anything Goes…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriends in Theater Company and Story Pirates' one-night-only benefit performance of Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's Little Shop of Horrors is presented March 19 at 7:30 PM at the Luc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony nominee Gavin Creel (Hair, Thoroughly Modern Millie) returns to Joe's Pub March 19 at 7 PM and 9:30 PM to celebrate the debut of his brand-new solo album, "Get Out."
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwo-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, who guest stars on the March 19 episode of NBC's "Smash," will discuss that guest appearance on today's broadcasts of "The Toda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFour-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony, Lend Me a Tenor, Sarava, Yentl) hosts the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant March 19 at Symphony Space.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDime Heroes opens with some "underdog music," to wit Modest Mouse and Wolf Parade. Kurt (Steven Solomon), in his bathrobe, staggers to his drawing table, has a shot of whiskey, and…
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