Dancap touring production boasts a fine cast and chorus, who turn Shrek’s big, bright beautiful world into fine entertainment.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:56PMBroadway turns it down a notch (or two or three) for the low-key stage musical adaptation of the 2006 indie film hit Once. A pair of fresh faces (Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti) play Guy an…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 10:55PMTwo-time Tony Award nominee, Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Alan Rickman Private Lives, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the Harry Potter franchise will play his final performance on Sunday, Ap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55PMAs brave, ambitious theatre goes John Adam's "The Death of Klinghoffer" is really up there. Huge praise to the English National Opera just for putting it on and even more so for doing it pre…
SOURCE: The Tyro Theatre Critic at 10:41PMJon Fleming, Todd Crain By Sam AffoumadoAfter originally premiering at the Cherry Lane Studio Theater HIM, a gay romantic comedy with a familiar “Hollywood is homophobic” t…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:11PMMASTERWORKS BROADWAY released the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Once A New Musical on March 13, 2012. It was produced by Steve Epstein and Martin Lowe. Once began previews at Broadways…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03PM
Lifeline at the Abingdon Gives New Meaning to Bad Tenants: The new play “Lifeline,” by Frank Tangredi at the Abingdon, explores this subject in a disturbing way.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 06:57PMThis year's Broadway Beauty Pageant took place last night, March 19th, at Symphony Space. The popular event is the annual benefit of New York's Ali Forney Center. BroadwayWorld was on hand t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51PMTrue to form, Piccolo Theatre uses their limited space in typically creative fashion; using both front and back entry points to the theater as part of the stage space. Amy Gorelow, Berner Ta…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:39PMBroadway is shining the spotlight on the importance of musical theater programs in schools by endorsing Musicals in our Schools Week happening March 19-23, 2012. Through Musicals in our Scho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMBefore the 230 p.m. matinee performance on Sunday, April 8, all children ages 12 and under are invited to participate in GODSPELL's first-ever Easter Egg Hunt inside the Circle in the Square…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMCANBERRA, Australia - Dame Edna Everage, the Tony Award-winning drag act known for her purple hair and oversized...
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:28PMPlaywright Matthew MacKenzie went to Ghana the same year Jason Russell visited Sudan.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 06:21PMFrom the screen to the stage, the 2006 indie film "Once" has made it to Broadway via a production at The New York Theatre Workshop last fall.
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:17PMBroadway is shining the spotlight on the importance of musical theater programs in schools by endorsing Musicals in our Schools Week happening March 19-23, 2012. Through Musicals in our Scho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMBroadwayWorld has learned that Sting's new stage musical, THE LAST SHIP, which has been on track to come to Broadway before making a transfer to the UK's West End, has been postponed. A stag…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:08PMThe Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera adaptation of "the greatest
story ever told" brings the final days of Jesus Christ to the stage at the
Neil Simon Theatre. This forth Broadway r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08PMHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying headliner Nick Jonas will reunite with his brothers Joe and Kevin on a new reality show, according to the New York Post. After signing a deve…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:06PMEugene O’Neill appears to be the playwright of choice in Chicago this spring, with Eclipse Theatre kicking off its yearlong exploration of his work with the rarely seen “Beyond the Horiz…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:04PMThe pleas are mounting, including one on a billboard on westbound I-64/40: “SAVE POWELL HALL.”
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:03PMUnless you’ve been hiding under a rock—or wandering the desert outside the Capitol of Panem—you’re aware that a big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ mega-b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:01PMThree shocks have hit the Canadian theatre recently. There was the closure of the Vancouver Playhouse; the announcement that the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize will be awarded for the last time;…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 06:00PM
In Paul Durcan’s “Give Me Your Hand,” two actors read poems inspired by a visit to the National Gallery in London.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMDirector-choreographer Kathleen Marshall joined stars Matthew Broderick, Kelli
O'Hara, Estelle Parsons and Judy Kaye, along with music supervisor-arranger
David Chase and librettist Joe Di…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:52PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, March 20, 2012 Breaking News Broadway ‘Prince’ gets cast Variety – by GORDON COX A slew of well-known legit names have been tapped to appe…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:49PMThere are two kinds of light: the glow that illuminates and the glare that obscures. — James Thurber In the rush to parse statements and assign blame this weekend, it seems like we’r…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 05:46PMThe 5th Avenue Theatre will present Titanic: The Concert, featuring music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Peter Stone, April 13-15.
The concert will be directed by David Armstrong, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:44PMWelcome to episode three of Crappy/Spectacular. This week we’re live in living color from The Mick’s bed. (No, but really.) Topics covered include: Newsies’ first Preview o…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 05:43PMTony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil, Michael Laurence and violinist Hanah Stuart star in the New York premiere of The Morini Strad, Willy Holtzman's drama about late violinist Erica Morini…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMSWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day will be celebrated Sunday with a panel discussion at the Theatricum Botanicum. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:29PMMEMPHIS the musical recently celebrated its 1000th performance on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre. The following video shows all of the excitement surrounding this milestone, including some …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMMatthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara, Estelle Parsons, Judy Kaye, Kathleen Marshall, and Joe DiPietro give a sneak peek at the new Gershwin musical Nice Work If You Can Get It.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:23PMLookingglass Theatre Company has announced its complete 2012-2013 season, which will open, as previously announced, with Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's Metamrophoses, beginn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:21PMEmbedVideo(2962, 482, 304);On Tuesday, Jeffrey Brown sat down with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein to discuss a new report e…
SOURCE: PBS at 05:19PMIn a little under an hour, “That Beautiful Laugh,” at the Club at La MaMa, presents some astounding feats of physical comedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:18PMTony Award nominee Martha Plimpton will return to CBS' hit drama The Good Wife for the show's third season finale in May, according to TVLine.com.
She will once again play ambitio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:16PMCavalry Charge
You can now experience the extraordinary journey of courage and friendship in War Horse again on Blu-ray and DVD! Order your copy here: http://on.fb.me/yhOd4y
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:13PMTony Award nominee Constantine Maroulis will lead an April industry reading of the new musical Lost In Love, which takes its score from the catalogue of the rock duo Air Supply.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:11PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company has announced casting for Tracy Letts' new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, to run June 28 - August 26. Anna D. Shapiro will direct the pro…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:10PMWith signature Priscilla flair, the smash-hit Tony Award® winning production of Bette Midler’s PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT celebrates its one year anniversary on Broadway and 500,000th …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:09PMThe chili peppers haven’t even begun to sting in Lookingglass Theatre’s soon-to-open production of “Cascabel,” but that hasn’t stopped the company from announcing its lineup for th…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 05:06PMMaureen Keiller, Robert Saoud, Timothy John Smith, Spiro Veloudos, and Maryann Zschau will join the previously reported Cady Huffman in Celebrity Autobiography at The Lyric Stage Company of …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:02PMAquila Theatre Company has announced the cast list for the New York premiere of their production of Macbeth. The play, which runs Off-Broadway at The Gym at Hudson, will have a limited engag…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:01PM
Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters and Broadway star Nick Jonas will appear on the season finale of NBC's Smash on Monday, May 14.
Jonas, who plays young star Lyle West on the series,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:55PMSteve Kazee and Cristin Milioti in 'Once.' (Photo by Joan Marcus)
Before reckoning with the new, exceedingly lovely, and disappointingly thin Broadway musical Once, which opened Sund…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 04:50PMTo adapt a quote from a London Symphony Orchestra tube poster I saw the other day: “The greatest [dancers] in the world, in my own city”. This sums up for me one of the greatest pl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:48PMSir Tim Rice, lyricist for the upcoming Broadway revivals of Evita and Jesus Christ Superstar both written with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber as well as New Yorks long-running The Lion King…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMHear from the cast, creative team and guests on opening night for ONCE: A New Musical on Sunday, March 18th, 2012.
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:34PMGALA Hispanic Theatre is set to present Occupy Gala, April 13 and 14 at 8pm. Quique Avilés, as Don Ama "El Canuto del Roc," will emcee.
Occupy GALA will be an artistic…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:32PMThe long-running musical Danny & Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical is set to close its nearly three-year run at St. Luke's Theatre on April 27 following the 1pm performance. The music…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:27PMCrappy/Spectacular 03
The third of The Craptacular's Crappy/Spectacular, wherein Lucky and The Mick chat about Newsies' first Preview on the Broadway, the Mike Daisey/This American …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:26PMLookingglass Theatre ensemble member David Schwimmer will direct a new Chicago-set play by Keith Huff ("A Steady Rain") as part of the 2012-13 season at the Lookingglass Theatre.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:26PMTeatroStageFest 2012's Our Many Voices series will present a staged reading of Sabina Berman's Deadline March 26 at The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre within The Pershing Square Sig…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMThis is quite possibly the worst show to debut on Broadway that I have ever seen. Let me be clear, it is not because the actors didn't know their lines - on the contrary - they were qu…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 04:23PMNew York Women in Communications will present the 2012 Matrix Awards on Monday, April 23, 2012 to honor Women Who Change the World, during a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMProducers of The Gershwins PORGY AND BESS have just announced plans for a national tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival, set to launch in the Fall of 2013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMThe 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 04:08PMQuestions for the cast of Live Wrong and Prosper, Toronto Second City's new show opening March 27.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 04:06PMCasting has been announced for the movie Clutter, according to a report on Deadline.com. Diane Crespo is directing the project, which will shoot in and around New York City this spring.
Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:06PMRemember when it was announced that there was going to be a Hal Prince musical revue? Well it's getting an All-Star cast. The cast of Prince of Broadway, the Broadway musical retrospective o…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:05PMBroadway lovers and teddy bear collectors came together on March 18 at B.B. King Blues Club amp Grill 237 West 42nd Street for one last time to bid on and bid adieu to museum-quality bears…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMTwo-time Tony nominee Gavin Creel is embracing his rock side in the new CD Get Out, featuring original songs written by Creel and producer Ben Cullum. The Broadway favorite celebrated the re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:03PMCoronation Street star Kym Marsh will join Jodie Prenger in the role of Elsie Tanner, the "vivacious tart with a heart", in Street of Dreams the Corrie stadium musical.
Marsh will portray T…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:03PMAcording to Deadline.com, Eddie Izzard is currently in final talks to star in and produce NBC's upcoming remake of the 1960's sitcom 'The Munsters'. The project, entitled MOCKINGBIRD LANE, i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMElizabeth Meriwether’s Heddatron, making its West Coast premiere through March 31 at ion Theatre, is an uneven and smart-alecky play written by a 29-year-old Yale grad. It sure can be…
SOURCE: SanDiego.com at 04:00PM
Mojitos all around! You are cordially invited to our Twitter Happy Hour tomorrow from 4 p.m. to 5 in the Twitterverse. We’ll be chatting about “Hunger Games” and “Ame…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:59PMFour-time Tony Award nominee Tovah Feldshuh (Golda's Balcony, Lend Me a Tenor, Sarava, Yentl) hosted the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant March 19 at Symphony Space. "Mr. Mamma …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PMMore stage actors have signed up for this season's television pilots, according to Deadline.com.
Tony Award nominee Brian Cox has been cast in ABC's Gotham, about a detective who …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:58PMTomorrow, March 21st, SEMINAR will partner with Givenik.com for a special post-performance reception for audience and cast members at Glass House Tavern 252 West 47th Street. The evening wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMDrury Lane Theatre has announced casting for Hairspray, to run April 12 - June 17. Tammy Mader will direct and choreograph the production, which will have music direction by Malcolm Ruhl.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:45PM(art from the Citadel website)Outside of Stratford and Shaw, Citadel is probably the only house in the country that could launch a season as huge as its upcoming one - but (as Liz Nicholls a…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:44PMThe BIO Channel will air Glee: Don't Stop Believing, an hour-long special about the development of the hit FOX show on Tuesday, April 10 at 9pm.
The special will featuring interviews w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:43PMThe Broadway revival of Porgy and Bess will kick off a national tour during the the Fall of 2013. Starring Audra McDonald and Norm Lewis, Porgy and Bess opened at Broadway’s Richa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:41PMAT HAND THEATRE COMPANY's 3rd annual Earth Day concert, BROADWAY RECYCLED, will take place on Sunday, April 22nd at 7pm at Joe's Pub. The concert of songs cut from musicals songs that shoul…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMThe world premiere of the ’80s flashback “Diner” musical and the Broadway revival of the tap-happy “Anything Goes” are among the highlights of the 2012-13 SHN s…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:39PMDon Stolz & Co. prove that even a weak play about golf can make a pretty good night of theater.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:37PMAfrican cinema is one of those areas of the movie map that tends to elude most American cinephiles/film nerds; if you’ve seen an African-made feature in the past year, it was probably Cong…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 03:32PMA national tour of the current Broadway revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess will launch in the fall of 2013. Casting and a complete schedule will be announced at a later date.
Di…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:30PMThe LA Stage Alliance launches its new LA STAGE Talks series on March 27 to coincide with World Theatre Day. Moderated by LA STAGE CEO Terence McFarland, the five free events seek to explore…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:21PMCheryl West's new play, which had its moving premiere over the weekend at the Children's Theatre, offers stellar performances even as it raises dramaturgical questions.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:21PMAndrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, directed by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Artistic Director and 2-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMAn eight-word phrase that emerged from a poet's slumber inspired first a spoken-word poem and now becomes a play, Suicide. at the Victory Theatre. Creator Tai French is also playing the le…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:20PMThe residents of Catfish Row will sing a Gerswhin melody across the country next year when the current revival of Porgy and Bess launches a national tour in fall 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMThe Fundamental Theater Project will present a free developmental reading of M: The Musical, a new musical with music and lyrics by Garth Kravits and book adapted from the Shakespeare text b…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:16PMAt Hand Theatre Company will present the third annual Earth Day concert, Broadway Recycled, which benefits At Hand and the Broadway Green Alliance, April 22 at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMDue to overwhelming demand, the producers of Mark St. Germain’s hit play FREUD’S LAST SESSION have just put a new block of seats on sale through September 9th. FREUD’S LAST SESSION, st…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:14PMAnd now here’s the 19th installment in our Vaudephone series, none other than the amazing human jewel Jason Trachtenburg, lately of the Pendulum Swings. Needless to say, I am extremely…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:11PMConstantine Maroulis, the Tony-nominated star of Rock of Ages and American Idol, has been cast in the role of Eduardo for an invited industry-only April reading of LOST IN LOVE, a new musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMAnn Hampton Callaway and Anita Gillette will be among the performers at the Creative Alternatives of New York (CANY) 2012 annual gala, to be held at the Edison Hotel Ballroom on Monday, Apri…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:03PMTeatroStageFest has announced casting for a reading of Sabina Berman's Deadline, to be offered on Monday, March 26 at 7:30pm in The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre at The Pershing Squar…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:01PM
The stage adaptation of the 1982 MGM film will premiere in San Francisco in the fall before bowing in New York in spring 2013 in a production directed and choreographed by Tony winner Kathle…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:59PMProducers of the five-time Tony Award nominated hit musical ROCK OF AGES have announced that Justin Matthew Sargent will star as Drew beginning Monday, March 26, and Genson Blimline will off…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:59PMHow does somebody who wants to write about the arts get an audience? In the old days you found a small local publication to write for while you learned your craft, and graduated to bigger pu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:59PMAt Hand Theatre Company will present the 3rd Annual Broadway Recycled Earth Day concert, April 22 at 7pm at Joe's Pub. Jennifer Ashley Tepper will direct. Musical direction will be by…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:56PMFans will have the chance to meet two of Broadway's youngest stars, Nick Jonas and Raven-Symoné, with two new auctions from Charitybuzz, which helps raise funds for non-profit org…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:53PMLifeline Theatre has announced its 2012-2013 mainstage season.
The company's slate includes Robert Kauzlaric's new adaptation of Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White, to run Se…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PMDonna Murphy (Passion, People in the Picture) and Smash’s Brian d’Arcy James will announce the nominations for the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards on April 27. The nominations, whi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:49PMThe Grove Theatre is set to present comedian Judy Tenua, April 21 at 8pm.
Tenuta's stand-up routine involves converting her audiences to Judyism and preaching that all women should be …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:49PMStage and television actor Michael Tucker signed copies of his debut novel, After Annie at the Barnes & Noble Upper West Side on Monday, March 19.
Tucker was joined by wife and fellow a…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:47PMTony nominee Gavin Creel (Hair, Thoroughly Modern Millie) returned 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 02:39PMThe stars will align on March 28 as the stirring and scintillating new play Peter and the Starcatcher, based on the best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, flies onto the G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:38PMThe Brothers Size
Directed by Derek Goldman
At Everyman Theatre through April 15
Writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote The Brothers Size when he was 26, has been decorated with …
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 02:36PMProducers Aubrey Dan, Martyn Hayes and Peter W. Lamb for Dancap Productions Inc. are pleased to announce the Tony-celebrated cast and creative team for PRINCE OF BROADWAY, the new musical ce…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:35PMPaul Iles, the late theatre manager and consultant, has left more than £200,000 and an extensive collection of theatrical memorabilia to the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Y…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:30PMCrossroads Theatre Company is set to present Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, April 12-29. Leah C. Gardiner will direct.
The musical is about the five-year relationship betwe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:30PMMiriam Kulick's one-woman show, Open Hearts, a poignant and comedic journey about love of self, the acceptance of family and the courage to move forward, will begin performances April 19…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMYou're a Good Man, Charlie Brown: Meet the Cast | Stratford Shakespeare Festival
A first look at the fun loving cast of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2012 production of You're …
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:28PMCasting has been announced for Miss Saigon, to run April 13 - May 6 at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts. Brian Kite will direct the production, which will have choreography by Dana…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PMBob Montgomery will host the comedy show Homo Comicus, on April 4 at 8:30pm at Gotham Comedy Club.
The event will feature gay-friendly comedians Judy Gold, Jackie Hoffman, Jim David, and Mi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:27PMJustin Matthew Sargent will assume the role of Drew in Broadway’s Rock of Ages beginning March 26. Sargent will succeed Dan Domenech as the bartender-turned-rock star in the ‘80s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PMTony Award nominee Timberlake Wertenbaker's play The Ash Girl is to receive a production by award winning Pipeline Theatre Company. The production, directed by Jessica Doyle, will play …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:25PMStage veterans Paul Giamatti, Sally Hawkins, Amy Landecker, and Paul Rudd will star in the film Lucky Dog, written by playwright Melissa James Gibson, according to Deadline.com.
The film, w…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:19PMApropos of nothing in particular, I rerun today an essay from last April regarding the issues of narrative authority and traditional storytelling in the theatre. The key paragraph: … t…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 02:14PMThe verdict is in, and ‘Twelve Angry Men’ is the revival of the season
SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:08PMJustin Matthew Sargent will take over the lead role of Drew in Broadway's Rock of Ages, at the Helen Hayes Theatre, beginning March 26. He replaces Dan Domenech, who will play his final…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:08PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s Anything Goes will sail on without leading lady Sutton Foster after departing the production last week to film a new television series. However, now in the…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 02:05PMI was very interested to read in last week's issue the article about the Stage Management Association first ever conference (March 15, page 39).
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:04PMLinda Lavin knows what she'll be doing after she takes "The Lyons" to Broadway — another Broadway show.
Producers of "Prince of Broadway" announced Tuesday that the Tony Award winner and f…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 02:00PM
Even though music was the heart and soul of the 2006 movie Once, and even in a sea of musical remakes of popular films, the idea of turning Once into a musical didn’t immediately seem like…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 01:58PMThe cast of Prince of Broadway, the Broadway musical retrospective of shows directed by Harold Prince, will star Tony Award winner Linda Lavin, Sebastian Arcelus, Sierra Boggess, Daniel Brea…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMIs Equity's governing council about to kill off democratic representation for thousands of its members after consulting just a few hundred?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:54PMJustin Matthew Sargent will step into the role of Drew in the Tony-nominated musical Rock of Ages March 26 at Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theatre. He succeeds Dan Domenech, who will play hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMPast winners Brian d'Arcy James and Donna Murphy will announce the nominations for the 57th annual Drama Desk Awards at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency, on Friday, April 27, 2011,…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:50PMTony winners Linda Lavin (The Lyons) and LaChanze (The Color Purple) and Sierra Boggess will star in Prince of Broadway, a musical featuring material from productions created by legenda…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:49PMBBC Radio 4 is to broadcast a 20-part series which explores the world through the eyes of Shakespeare's audience.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:48PMI see that US actor George Clooney was arrested outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington DC, for demonstrating about the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. In my 15 years of campaigning (agains…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:48PMBeginning Tuesday, March 27, Matthew Risch will be playing the role of Trip Wyeth replacing Justin Kirk, who will play his last performance this Sunday, March 25. He will be joining Stacy Ke…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMPlaybill's weekly overview, with notes and comment, of the latest episode of the NBC musical drama series "Smash," about the creation of a new Broadway musical. Here's a lo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMWin a pair of tickets to a Mon to Thurs performance of The Phantom of the Opera (excluding public and school holidays) valid until 28th June 2012. Competition Closes midday 23rd March 2012. …
SOURCE: Musicals in London at 01:43PMTony Award winner Audra McDonald, who is recovering from a sinus infection, hopes to return to the Broadway production of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess for the March 21 evening performan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:41PMLinda Lavin knows what she'll be doing after she takes "The Lyons" to Broadway -- another Broadway show.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:40PMThe youngest Jo-Bro and little Olivia Kendall are child stars no longer, and are taking their growing talents to the Great White Way to do good for charity The talented twosome have teamed u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMDonna Murphy and Brian d'Arcy James will announce the nominations for the 57th Annual Drama Desk Awards April 27 at 9:30 AM at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Linda Lavin knows what she'll be doing after she takes "The Lyons" to Broadway - another Broadway show....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:31PMCasting has been announced for Old Jews Telling Jokes, a new off-Broadway play. Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe will be featured in the production. …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:31PMDiner, the new musical based on the 1982 film of the same name, will have a pre-Broadway world premiere at San Francisco’s SHN Curran Theatre. Directed by three-time Tony winner Kathle…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:31PMBroadway stars Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti are capturing the quiet romance of indie film Once on the Broadway stage, and Broadway.com’s resident artist Justin “Squigs” …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMIN PASSING • The longtime St. Louis Post-Dispatch critic Joe Pollack, who died March 9, was memorialized Saturday in a way that he, in particular, would have appreciated.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:29PMThe new musical Diner, featuring a book by original screenwriter Barry Levinson and music and lyrics by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, will now play San Francisco's Curra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:25PMThe new musical Diner, featuring a book by original screenwriter Barry Levinson and music and lyrics by Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow, will now play San Francisco's Curra…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:25PMThe Public Theatre and Mike Daisey: The Public Theatre is presenting Mike Daisey, that annoying actor that until last week was at the top of his game, still gets away with an arrogance that …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:23PMThey say role play is a great form of therapy. But in French playwright Jean Genet’s 1947 play, The Maids, this concept is taken to a whole new sadomasochistic level. Two maids, who al…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 01:22PMCymbeline to be performed in Juba Arabic as part of Globe to Globe strand of World Shakespeare festivalTheir country is less than nine months old and still coping with the aftermath of decad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:19PMThe concert series that takes an affectionate and informed look back at them, without being quite blinded by love, but rather the advantage of 20/20 hindsight, called If It Only Even Runs a …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:18PMFine performances cannot hide the fact that Christopher Wheeldon's ballet is fundamentally misconceived, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:17PMFine performances cannot hide the fact that Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet is fundamentally misconceived, writes Clement Crisp
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:17PMMichael Ball and Imelda Staunton officially open in Sweeney Todd at the West End's Adelphi Theatre March 20, reprising the roles they previously played in the production at Chichester Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:13PMPriscilla Queen of the Desert celebrates its first year on Broadway today, March 20, at the Palace Theatre. The Tony Award-winning production will mark the achievement with the “Priscilla …
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:13PMA couple's fantasy life is tinged with ennui and a family sweeps nastiness under the suburban carpet in this Martin Crimp double bill, writes Alexander Gilmour
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:12PMA couple’s fantasy life is tinged with ennui and a family sweeps nastiness under the suburban carpet in this Martin Crimp double bill, writes Alexander Gilmour
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:12PMSebastian Arcelus, Sierra Boggess, Daniel Breaker, Shuler Hensley, Linda Lavin, LaChanze, and Emily Skinner will be featured in the musical retrospective Prince of Broadway, according to a r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:12PMChristopher Alden's New York City Opera production of Mozart's comic masterpiece is close to perfect.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:10PMThe SHN 2012-2013 Season Joining Previously Announced THE BOOK OF MORMON: DINERTHE LION KINGANYTHING GOESWICKED SAN FRANCISCO (March 20, 2012) … SHN is pleased to announce the complete fiv…
SOURCE: The Broadway Critic Blog at 01:09PMThe New York Post reports that Jonas brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick have just inked a development deal with E to film a family reality show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMMarilyn Sokol, Bill Army, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe are set for the new comedy revue Old Jews Telling Jokes, which begins previews on May 1 at off-Broadway’s West…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld.com's newest photo series 'Photo Blast From the Past'. Featuring some of the collected theatre gem's of BroadwayWorld's own senior photographer Walter McBride, the s…
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The producers of OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES today announced casting for the off Broadway show: Bill Army, Marilyn Sokol, Todd Susman, Audrey Lynn Weston and Lenny Wolpe. OLD JEWS TELLING JOKES w…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:59PMMeet-ups with Nick Jonas and Raven-Symone following performances of their respective Broadway shows are among the prizes currently featured in online auctions through Charitybuzz.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:54PMOlivier wasn't just a great actor – he was a quintessentially modern performer, who cast a powerful spell over audiencesIt's a shock to realise that few people under the age of 60 will eve…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMCasting has been announced for the Off-Broadway premiere of Old Jews Telling Jokes, beginning May 1 at the Westside Theatre. Marc Bruni will direct.
Created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:45PMSHN has announced the productions planned for its 2012-2013 season, which will begin in October and, as previously announced, include a five-week engagement of The Book of Mormon (November 2…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:43PMThe new musical Diner, based on the 1982 film, will play a limited engagement at San Francisco's Curran Theatre Oct. 23-Nov. 18, prior to arriving on Broadway in spring 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMStephen Wallem's Pipe Dream video blog: Day 1
Stephen Wallem, co-star of the Encores! production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's PIPE DREAM, takes you behind the scenes of the show w…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:35PMTCG is pleased to announce the publication of Mojo and Other Plays, a new collection of plays by the author of the Tony Award-nominated Jerusalem. One of Britain’s most compelling and orig…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:33PMGodspell on Project Runway: All Stars
Stephen Schwartz, Danny Goldstein, and Uzo Aduba meet with the cast of Project Runway: All Stars to fill them in on the Godspell Costume Challenge.
Bu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:26PMThe international hit play FREUD’S LAST SESSION by Mark St. Germain is set to begin performances tomorrow, March 21st at the Mercury Theater in Chicago for a limited engagement through Jun…
SOURCE: chicago.broadwayworld.com at 12:22PMPresenters have been announced for the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which will take place Saturday, April 14 in Cleveland and be aired on Saturday, May 5 on HBO…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:21PMPal Joey star Matthew Risch will assume the role of Trip Wyeth in the Broadway production of Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities on March 27. He replaces Weeds star Justin Kirk,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:20PM"Addams Family," "Shrek," "West Side Story," "Blue Man Group," TooThe touring company of "Jersey Boys" will open the 2012-13 Broadway series at the Shubert Theater in New Haven.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:20PMAfter just one week in previews, Disney’s new musical, Newsies, has announced an extension of its limited run at the Nederlander Theatre. The production was originally scheduled to pla…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:19PMOh, Mike Daisey, why can’t I ever stay mad at you?
No, really, I can’t. That’s fine; there’s more than enough bile coming from everyone else to pick up the slack of my outrage defic…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 12:18PMMatthew Risch will succeed Justin Kirk as Trip Wyeth in the Broadway production of Jon Robin Baitz's acclaimed play Other Desert Cities, beginning March 27 at the Booth Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMAbout the author:
Peter Quilter is a two-time Olivier Award-nominated playwright who is making his Broadway debut with the acclaimed biographical drama End of the Rainbow. Set in Londo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13PMSuzzanne Douglas has joined the cast of the world-premiere musical In This House by Two River Theatre Company in Red Bank, NJ. Douglas replaces Brenda Pressley as Luisa Arden for the run, no…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PMActors are crazy people. If you’ve ever met one, befriended one, dated one, you know this. But after you see the Fells Point Corner Theatre’s production of Circle Mirror Transformation y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:11PMCasting has been announced for Old Jews Telling Jokes, which is co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent and will begin previews May 1 prior to an official opening May 20 at Off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMMatthew Risch will take over the role of Trip Wyeth in Broadway's Other Desert Cities, at the Booth Theatre, beginning Tuesday, March 27. He replaces Justin Kirk, who will play his fina…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:08PMThe highly anticipated movie version of LES MIS is currently in production in the UK, and Adelaide Now has just featured a sneak peak of Jean Valjean himself- Broadway's Hugh Jackman in cos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMShortly before last weekend's controversy involving Mike Daisey and This American Life, Daisey had released the text of his show The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs online under a Creati…
SOURCE: Art Hennessey at 12:03PMOf course, any musical revue of Woody Guthrie’s work must end with the anthem “This Land Is Your Land.” What the musical revue Woody Sez at Arts Garage does is put that expression of p…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:00PMThe limited engagement of Manhattan Theatre Club's THE COLUMNIST begins performances on Wednesday, April 4 and opens Wednesday, April 25 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMThe London transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Sweeney Todd opens at the West End's Adelphi Theatre tonight (20 March, previews from 10 March 2012) starring Michael Ball as …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PM
The New York Times reports today that comedian Barry Humphries, best known for portraying his female alter-ego Dame Edna Everage, will officially retire the beloved character following her f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:56AMTwilight Breaking Dawn Part 2 - Official Teaser 2012 (HD)
Official teaser for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 in HD.
Release Date - November 16, 2012
Director - Bill Condon
Choreog…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:53AMDon't Dress for Dinner - 30 Second Radio Spot
Don't Dress for Dinner, the wildly funny comedy by Marc Camoletti (Boeing-Boeing), is coming to Roundabout Theatre Company and it's…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:53AMThe George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, the most prestigious honor given by the Carbonell Awards, will be presented April 2 to producer Jay H. Harris.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:51AMLifeline Theatre will stage a new stage adaptation of "The Woman in White," the 1899 English ghost story by Wilkie Collins that previously became the main source of an Andrew Lloyd Webber mu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:51AMThe Broadway world premiere of David Auburn's The Columnist will begin previews at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre April 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMThe winners of Australia's Green Room Awards have been announced.
The musical Rock of Ages received five awards, including for director Kristin Hanggi, choreographer Kelly Devine, soun…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:46AMJohn van Druten's Bell, Book and Candle, featuring Kate MacCluggage, Ruth Williamson and Robert Eli, will cast its spell at Hartford Stage in early April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMDaniel Radcliffe has swapped Harry Potter’s glasses for a new set of specs as Beat Generation poet Allen Ginsberg in the forthcoming feature film Kill Your Darlings. The How to Su…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMLegit Reviews||Regional:
"American Night," the latest offering from semi-improvisational provocateurs Culture Clash, is subtitled "The Ballad of Juan Jose," and it's the same ol…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:38AMHere’s a recurring conversation that I’ve had with several of my incredible musical theater composer colleagues. See if it sounds familiar… Me: Congrats! Your show’s been selecte…
SOURCE: Make Musicals at 11:36AM'Porgy & Bess' Broadway Poster
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SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 11:33AMLast night on SMASH, everything came to a head as Eileen Anjelica Huston, Derek Jack Davenport and the team presented Marilyn The Musical to would-be investors. Ivy Megan Hilty was under pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMWhatsonstage.com Award-winning playwright Richard Bean will join a panel including Jack Bradley, literary Associate at Sonia Friedman Productions, chief executive of the Society of London Th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:26AMCasting Albert
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:26AMToday in 2011, Priscilla Queen of the Desert opened at the Palace Theatre, wehre it is still running currently 415 performances. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a musical with a book by Au…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:25AMFinalists have been announced for composer-lyricist Scott Alan and Youtube sensation Michael Buckley's "I'm a Star Contest," which is looking for a singer to record a brand…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMToday we have the third and final part of our extensive look at the sights and sounds surrounding Matthew Bournes SWAN LAKE 3D - a one night only special movie theater showing of the 3D film…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMAbout a month ago, I approached a local theatre company with a project: “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.” Mike Daisey had released the script into the world a few weeks before. …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 11:17AMNext week on SMASH, the team deals with the aftermath of the workshop. Ivy Megan Hilty remains in the dark about her fate, while Derek Jack Davenport recruits Karen Katharine McPhee to help …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMThis year's Broadway Beauty Pageant took place last night, March 19th, at Symphony Space. The popular event is the annual benefit of New York's Ali Forney Center. BroadwayWorld was on hand f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMOur industry is in the spotlight more than ever with NBC’s hit series SMASH! Each week, Ryann Ferguson takes us through what happened in the most recent episode. Be careful though! Thi…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:12AMMike Daisey is still standing his ground and refusing to retreat. In fact, he is taking the counter-offensive, blasting the media for what he sees as their obsession with him.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:09AMChristopher Charles Wood, Chryssie Whitehead, Hans Altwies, Patti Cohenour and Nancy Anderson have been drafted for the 5th Avenue Theatre production of Damn Yankees.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMActors Theatre of Louisville has announced the productions set for 2012-2013, which will be artistic director Les Waters' inaugural season with the company.
The season will kick off wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMBarry Humphries has announced that the new show Eat Pray Laugh will mark the final stage appearance of his alter-ego Dame Edna Everage, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph. The sho…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:07AMStage adaptation of Giulia Melucci MemoirHartford's TheaterWorks presents the world premiere of "I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti," a stage adaptation based on the best-selling memoir b…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:06AM“Although I’ve never written, directed, produced or starred in a play or musical on Broadway, I received notice of this forthcoming honor a short time ago. I have spent decades b…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:02AMAn Actors' Director
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: h…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:02AMWelsh opera singer Katherine Jenkins stepped out as the one to beat in the March 19 season premiere of ABC's hit reality show.
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:01AMJamie Gahlon has asked theater artists from around the country to talk about their personal search for an artistic home. Erik Ehn continues this series. What makes an artistic home? A bed, a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:00AMOoooh, here's a fun tip that I started using months ago that has already started paying dividends. Broadway and Off-Broadway shows are fully engaged in the variable pricing war. We used to e…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe Stars as Viewed from the International Space Station. from AJRCLIPS on Vimeo.
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Molly Ranson, currently taking on the title role in MCC Theater's revival of the musical Carrie, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-cu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMGrey's Anatomy cast members Jessica Capshaw, Justin Chambers, Eric Dane, Sarah Drew, Kevin McKidd, Ingrid Michaelson, Sandra Oh, Jim Pickens, Jr., Sara Ramirez, Kim Raver and Chandra Wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:58AMRoundabout Theatre Company’s production of John Osborne’s play Look Back in Anger, will end its limited engagement on Sunday, April 8th at 2:00PM. Look Back in Anger is directed by Round…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:56AMOscar winner and Tony Award nominee Kathy Bates will guest star on the CBS sitcom "Two And a Half Men," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMMadonna's hot ticket sales seem to be cooling off a bit, opening the door for the top two Broadway productions to take over TicketNews' excusive events rankings for the week ending Sunday, M…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 10:48AMAround this time last year I had the pleasure of meeting Aspen Vincent for the first time. She took me backstage at American Idiot on Broadway at the St. James theatre and walked me through …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:45AMThe onslaught from all quarters has become tedious, I know, but I want to direct attention to three thoughtful pieces by folks who actually know Mike Daisey's work in the theater, whose view…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:42AMAbove, the poster image for Artist Repertory Theatre's current production of Race, which certainly ups the ante on the original Broadway art, below:
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 10:36AMEmmy Award winner Ty Burrell and his wife Holly have adopted a second daughter, according to People magazine.
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:35AM“And it was a great experience because instead of just being a play that we put on, we were building a community around these kids.” – Adele Nadine Traub, I AM THEATRE Ther…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:34AMDaniel Dae KimPan Asian Repertory Theatre celebrated its 35th anniversary on Monday, March 19th at the Edison Ballroom. The celebrated theater troupe honored those whose contributions have e…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:34AMOn Monday, March 19, the sixth annual Broadway Beauty Pageant was held at Symphony Space to benefit the Ali Forney Center. Tovah Feldshuh hosted the evening, with a panel of judges that incl…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:34AMDana Rowe and John Dempsey, the writers of the musicals The Fix and The Witches of Eastwick, have crafted a new pop-rock musical called Brother Russia, about the life and times of Raspu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMLynda Carter returns to The Kennedy Center with her new dynamic, sexy show, Lynda Carter Body amp Soul, featuring her unique take on classic blues, rock, country and pop. She brings her all-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30AMOne of the best things you can do at any event is solve problems and that is why tonight is such an exciting one for me. As was announced on Thursday, tonight there will be numerous F.O.D.'s…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMKritzerland will release the original 1972 London cast recording of The Good Old Bad Old Days on CD.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMSpin City with Spider-Man Star Christina Sajous: #5
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:27AMThe Town Hall presented its latest Broadway by the Year concert on Mar. 19 with The Broadway Musicals of 1950.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMONCE, the acclaimed new musical opened on Broadway on Sunday, March 18, 2012 to rave reviews after a successful Off-Broadway run in 2011. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the opening night fest…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMAs part of our Big Debate poll::E8831332241538, in which nine out of ten theatregoers agreed that long-runners keep the West End alive (click here for full results), we invited you to share …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMBehind the Scenes: Nice Work If You Can Get It in Rehearsal
What happens when a rough-and-tough bootlegger teams up with a playboy millionaire? On March 14, Broadway.com headed to Nice Work…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:24AMCheck out our sneak peek of the performances, and interviews with Matthew Broderick, Robyn Hurder, Kelli O'Hara and director/choreographer Kathleen Marshall.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:22AMOn the Scene: Memphis Celebrates 1000 Performances
The Tony Award-winning musical Memphis celebrated its 1,000 performance on Broadway on March 14 at the Shubert Theatre. That's awhole …
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:22AMIt was fair, O'Donnell commented yesterday as she addressed the cancellation news on the Chicago set of The Rosie Show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMBut I also have a lot of reviews to plow through. (Unlike many other bloggers, I actually go to the theatre and review it!) As you may have picked up from my comments around the …
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:19AMGuitar Hero: Backstage at "Once" with Steve Kazee - Episode 3
Capturing the excitement of a Broadway opening night in words is close to impossible, so it's lucky for Once fans…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:18AMIshy Din tells us about his unique route into writing, as his first play Snookered is presented at The Bush Theatre with Tamasha Theatre after touring around England.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:17AMOpening Night: Once
The 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 audi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:15AMThe producers of the forthcoming CD set and children's book Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project have released a promotional video featuring four-time Tony Award nominee Raul Esp…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:14AMFor better or worse I have always had a passion for justice. This was not a lip service passion, it was one I tried to live out. I intended to graduate from college and change the world, to …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:06AMLegit News:
Revival tunes up for 2013 tour
SOURCE: Variety at 10:06AMStage and screen legend Julie Andrews received the 25th Annual Gypsy Award, presented by the Professional Dancer Society at a ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, March 18.
Among…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:04AMReview of the Saturday, March 17 matinee preview. At the Bernard Jacobs Theatre in New York City. Starring Steve Kazee and Cristin Milioti. Book by Edna Walsh. Music and ly…
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The next two episodes of the new NBC musical drama "Smash" are titled "The Coup" and "Hell on Earth" and will air, respectively, March 26 at 10 PM ET and April …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMKritzerland will release the original London cast recording of The Good Old Bad Old Days in May. The limited edition disc will mark the first time the album has been available on CD.
With …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:49AMCommercial theater producer Jay H. Harris will receive the George Abbott Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts at the annual Carbonell Awards ceremony, April 2 at 7:30pm at the Browa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMThe 5th Avenue Theatre has announced casting for its upcoming co-production with Paper Mill Playhouse of Damn Yankees, to run April 21-May 20. Mark S. Hoebee will direct.
With a book by Ge…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:41AMTy Burrell and his wife Holly have adopted a daughter, according to a report on TVGuide.com. The couple also have another adopted daughter, Frances.
Burrell appeared opposite Kelsey Gramme…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:40AMPan Asian Repertory Theatre held its 35th anniversary gala Monday, March 19 at the Edison Ballroom.
The evening honored actor Daniel Dae Kim, research scientist Dr. Patricia E. Taylor, and …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:39AMABC Family's "Bunheads," a dance-drama series starring Tony Award-winning Anything Goes star Sutton Foster, will make its debut June 11, according to EW.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMKathy Bates will guest star on CBS' Two And a Half Men as the ghost of Charlie Harper, the character who had been played by Charlie Sheen. The episode is slated to air on April 30.
Bat…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:32AMWestport Country Playhouse Presents Into the Woods
May 1 - 26, 2012
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Directed by Mark Lamos
A co-production with Baltimore's CEN…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:24AMThe winners of the 2011 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards have been announced. The prizes were presented in a ceremony held on March 19 at A Noise Within in Pasadena.
Among the winn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:21AMThe Tony Award-winning production of Bette Midler's Priscilla Queen of the Desert celebrates its one-year anniversary on Broadway March 20 at the Palace Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMBERLIN (Reuters) - German director Heiner Goebbels on Tuesday scooped Norway's International Ibsen Award, the most valuable theatre prize in the world, for his pioneering work in musical the…
SOURCE: Reuters at 09:17AMBarry Humphries, the actor and comedian who has played Dame Edna Everage in various incarnations for more than half a century, says that a coming stage show called "Eat Pray Laugh!" will be …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:11AMLegit News:
Lavin, LaChanze to star in musical
SOURCE: Variety at 09:04AMWhen a big Broadway star like Bernadette Peters makes her way onto a national TV program, Broadway babies await it with abated breath. Yet, when a big Broadway star like Bernadette Peters ap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AM
Star-studded openings and critiques of new shows may grab the bulk of the column inches and headlines, but it’s the long-runners that keep the West End alive, according to nine out of …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:59AMFor the next two weeks, the Lion Theatre at Theatre Row will be home to a staged concert revival of one of the most entertaining (if perhaps under-appreciated) musicals of the mid-20th centu…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 08:57AMThe West-End production of SWEENEY TODD, starring Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, will officially open tonight, March 20, at the Adelphi Theatre.As Broadway World previously reported, Jona…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMA revival of Errol John's 1953 play Moon on a Rainbow Shawl opened last week at the National's Cottesloe Theatre (14 March 2012, previews from 7 March 2012).
Set as returning troops from th…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:40AMBroadway actor Robert Jason Jackson brings life to Creon in the Greek tragedy “Antigone.”
SOURCE: The Philadelphia Tribune at 08:39AMThe Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced the winners and special awards for excellence in Los Angeles and Orange County theatre for the year 2011. The 43rd Annual Los Angeles Drama…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AMThe great Jules Feiffer (see my extensive rave about him and his recent autobiography here) is the guest programmer on TCM tonight. His choice of films is a typical mix of light and dark, an…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:15AMThe Times Square district directly and indirectly contributes one-tenth of all of the jobs in the city and $1 of every $9 of economic activity, says the study, which was commissioned by the …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:12AMAt Mike Daisey's talk at Georgetown University Monday night, he said he wants to apologize to Ira Glass, and he acknowledged that he did not correct reporters who assumed he was telling the …
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 08:07AMA gripping new Off Broadway drama chronicles the lives of teens trapped in the sex trade — and the disturbing subject matter pulls no punches.“Innocent Flesh” is a snapshot of four gir…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMReviews of 10 new CDs, including the Broadway cast recording of Once and discs by Gavin Creel and Gay Marshall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMInspired by NYMag.com’s brilliant Reality Index recaps, Dave (@NineDaves, www.NineDaves.com) and I have teamed up to bring you our take on what’s keepin’ it real and what’s faking it…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
The Connecticut Women’s Alliance has chosen the Hartford-based Judy Dworin Performance Project as its year-long beneficiary.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:55AMOn Friday, March 16th, a company called Tattooed Potato showed its first public face at Flashpoint. Although they are not there yet, this group could easily evolve into yet another iconic …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:45AMPlaywright Riti Sachdeva and Maieutic Theatre Works' impressive production make for an involving drama about the British partition of India and Pakistan.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:41AMOne of Shakespeare’s earliest comedies, Love’s Labour’s Lost precedes the hilarity of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing, but there are foreshadowin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:38AMCANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Dame Edna Everage, the Tony Award-winning drag act known for her purple hair and oversized rhinestone eyeglasses, will soon open her final stage show tour in …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 06:22AMArtist Juliacks adapts her graphic novel “Swell” for the stage for Culture Project, brilliantly merging aesthetics and atmosphere while pushing boundaries.
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:18AMLegit News:
San Francisco stint to precede Broadway
SOURCE: Variety at 06:13AMSometimesYou have to walk awayFrom love, from comfort, from securityFrom disappointment, from disapproval, from obligationFrom soft snores and cable tv and warmth and want SometimesYou …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:09AMMusicians, choirs and orchestras from across the UK will be eligible for grants totalling £450,000 from the BBC Performing Arts Fund this year, as the charity focuses its activities so…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMWhat becomes a Broadway hunk?
Two musicals figure it’s the perennial, popular, humble white Henley, sparking a Shubert Alley version of “Who wore it better?”
Steve K…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 06:00AMHumans love a well-told story and scientists are beginning to understand why. According to a 2010 study by three Princeton researchers, the act of listening to, and comprehending, a narrativ…
SOURCE: Studio 360 at 06:00AM"Call Me Adam" chats with rising composer Drew Gasparini about his upcoming concert at Joe's Pub, "Drew Gasparini: The Triple Crown" on March 27 at 9:30pm as well as other details of his lif…
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I think I've figured out why some people are afraid of clowns: it's because they're kids who have never grown up. It can be a little frightening to see adults so recklessly free, so literall…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 01:33AMPhoto/The Artigiani TroupeI think I've figured out why some people are afraid of clowns: it's because they're kids who have never grown up. It can be a little frightening to see adults so re…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 01:32AMThe Tony Award-winning production of Bette Midlers PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT THE MUSICAL celebrates its one year anniversary on Broadway and 500,000th audience member worldwide on today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMYork Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director has announced the next three offerings in its Developmental ReaYork Theatre Company has announced the next three offerings in i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMI apologize for not making an entry as usual last Wednesday. I was deeply involved with a fund raiser that evening. So far we have seen some positive results which I would attribute to a com…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:26AMAt the cozy end of a summer day’s lark — a long day’s lark at that — a contented dad sits in his easy chair, across from a beaming mom, and reflects on the many blessings that have b…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:03AMThere's enough meat in Tom Stoppard's 1974 play Travesties for several feasts, and enough allusions to literature and history to keep you happily poking around in library shelves for days.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:00AMFrom 2005: Taking a chance on new art is the price we pay for a healthy culture, one in which...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AM"Assassination is the extreme form of censorship." George Bernard Shaw, preface to The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00AMA wonderful revival of a timeless American tragedy. Attention has been paid to every detail.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMTonight marks the one year anniversary performance of the Tony Award-winning production of Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Palace Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway's Best Shows at 01:00AMWhen Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne were not reigning supreme on the Broadway stages of the 1930s and 1940s, they were reposing at Ten Chimneys, their summer house in Genesee Depot, Wis. The …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AMComedian Benny Silverman (Bobby Miller) sits on a stool on the patio of his sleek Malibu house, painting a seascape and arguing with his daughter Norma (Elana Kepner). "Hey, are you glad I'm…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00AMProducers of The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS have announced plans for a national tour of the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival, set to launch in the Fall of 2013.
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Broadway overtures certainly let you know early on what The Expected Hit Ballad will be. Usually, after a rousing fanfare that previews The Most Stirring Songs, everyth…
SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:45AMIt took no small amount of guts for the Pearl Theatre Company to mount “A Moon for the Misbegotten.”
This final masterpiece by Eugene O’Neill hasn’t exactly been underexposed here. B…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:29AMActor, Producer New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? In the laws of the universe – physical and metaphysical: attraction; polarity; the vine that winds inexorably …
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMMichael Ball and Imelda Staunton officially open in Sweeney Todd at the West End's Adelphi Theatre March 20, reprising the roles they previously played in the production at Chichester Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Unbearable Lightness of PRWhy are there still some theatre companies who hire ultra-maroons?by Gaëtan L. CharleboisWhat are the lessons we have learned from the death of Vancouver Playh…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMBoomerang's production of The Real Thing at The Secret Theater is a faithful and effective execution of the text. Director Cailin Heffernan honors Stoppard's typical rigorously prescriptive …
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMSpring Tides, a play by Melissa Gawlowski that is receiving its NYC premiere as part of Boomerang Theatre Company's annual repertory season, is something of a disappointment. This fantastica…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil, Michael Laurence and violinist Hanah Stuart star in the New York premiere of The Morini Strad, Willy Holtzman's drama about late violinist Erica Morini…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Theatre Under The Stars production of Annie, starring George Dvorsky, Michele Ragusa, Glory Crampton and newcomer Sadie Sink, begins performances March 20 in Houston, TX.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share ten of the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDana Rowe and John Dempsey, the writers of the musicals The Fix and The Witches of Eastwick, have crafted a new pop-rock musical called Brother Russia, about the life and times of Rasputin, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Bruce Hornsby-scored musical formerly known as SCKBSTD has been retitled Stranger, and appears March 20 in the Developmental Reading Series of York Theatre Company in Manhattan. Lance Gu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
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