In little more than an hour, Chicago performer Kevin Coval conjures up a raw craving that earns its audience. Part os Victory Gardens' “Fresh Squeezed” Series, Coval's performance build …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:59PMMichael McKeever's Moscow’s in its world premiere by Zoetic Stage in the Adrienne Arsht Center’s intimate Carnival Studio Theater is rich in so many ways with deep characters, dialogue t…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:54PMJust how difficult is it to play an iconic role? Or “It’s A Hard Act To Follow.” That was the topic for the distinguished panel on March 30th, moderated by Elysa Gardner of USA Today…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:28PMThe comic and writer in the living room of his ancient Ashford house, which was once the home of Noël CowardAfter the wonderful welcome from Julian Clary's dog Valerie, the first thing you …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMOld Vic, London; Theatre Royal, Newcastle; Royal Court, LondonJohn Webster was for Bernard Shaw the "Tussaud laureate": a playwright of waxy gore. Today he can look like the Damien Hirst dra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMTheatres Protection Fund to receive £125,000 from Andrew Lloyd Webber, with call for other successful writers and producers to give something backAndrew Lloyd Webber is calling on successfu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMShe is determined to wed the man she loves. In John Webster's grisly Jacobean tragedy The Duchess of Malfi – staged by Jamie Lloyd – Eve Best plays the titular heroine as a naturally sen…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
"The Birthday Party" by Harold Pinter goes on about seemingly mundane details while hinting at bigger, darker themes.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 05:35PMWedding BelleMary gets married at ATPby Ryan HurlIt is the night before Mary’s Wedding. We are invited into a dream. Some say dreams are the mind's way of filtering through information, ab…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:26PMThe 1992 live-action Disney film, "Newsies," is now a splashy Broadway musical, and NY1's Frank DiLella filed this report on the show's opening night
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:12PMJessica Redish's choreography is astounding – the sure highlight of the production. When the Pippin ensemble dances, the audience murmurs appreciation between moments of utter awe. If onl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:12PM
Today we are talking to the composing half of one of the most talented and consistently exciting songwriting teams in musical theatre, DempseyRowe - the force behind ZOMBIE PROM, THE FIX, TH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PM“A word is dead when it is said,” some say. Emily Dickinson says that it just begins to live that day. And there are many words that are given great life, even a few worth tippin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:36PMIn "Gatz," F Scott Fitzgerald’s words come at the audience like bullets because they are so relevant to so much of American life today. And create the kind of catharsis, that peculiar com…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:22PMNow. Here. This. Will Have You Cosmically in Tune: I really loved “Now. Here. This.”at the Vineyard Theater. I had not seen “Title of Show,” so I had no comparison. The show is writt…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:18PMDumb, Dumber and Dumbest - The Elephant Room at St Ann’s Warehouse: Stupid magic, even stupider actors and off color jokes are what you are in for at St. Ann’s Warehouse “Elephant Room…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:08PM
The most raucous version of Sunday mass is back on Broadway with the new revival of Jesus Christ Superstar. Andrew Lloyd webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera has been brought back to the s…
SOURCE: Stage Rush at 12:42PMI'd love to argue more over The Andersen Project, but I'm afraid I have to run now to TOMÁŠ KUBÍNEK:CERTIFIED LUNATIC & MASTER OF THE IMPOSSIBLE (above), which is the other show at Ar…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:21PMFans of critical bickering may enjoy this. After my poke at Larry Stark's "What's a real play, Tom?? Please enlighten us!!" note in my review of The Play About the Baby, I got this ema…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 12:11PMToday in 2009, the second Broadway revival of HAIR opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 519 performances. Hair The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
American Democracy has been called a “great experiment,” and the Democracy project at The Brick was created with that idea in mind. This means that, as with all experiments, the conclusi…
SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 11:55AMChallenging, nervy and above all, beautiful, *Gospels of Childhood Triptych* is a stunning performance piece of sweeping thematic grandeur and affecting personal closeness. Highly Recommend…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:54AMLucinda Davis and Quincy Armorer (photo credit: lucetg.com)The Unchangeable PastCentaur has a dynamite cast for the Apparelby Sarah DeshaiesWho hasn't tried to envision what their forebears'…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 11:34AMJust when I was thinking I was going to have to stab my eyes out because another movie is being turned into another mediocre Broadway musical, something special comes along. &n…
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 11:24AMBy choosing its own schedule, the Kravis Center has several titles in its 2012-2013 slate of musicals on national tours that you won’t see at the Broward Center or the Arsht Center as the …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:18AMThere's going to be something different about the Kevin Kline awards this year.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:15AM
Since the regional rights were released in 2010, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – conceived by Rebecca Feldman, music and lyrics by William Finn, and a Tony Award-winning book …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:38AM"First Date," a new musical premiering at ACT Theatre, is a frisky, funny and warmhearted look at a blind date between two skeptical daters. Through May 20.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 10:31AMRecently, Bostonians were privileged to witness Kotoji Bando and his troupe in a lavish display of disciplined dance, song, and instrumental music.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:03AMMore than anything, when I see something I think could or should be a show, I love to speculate about who would play what roles. I love the way casting works and I love sticking my favorite,…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMTennessee Williams’ Vieux Carre is one of his late plays, worked on over many years and first staged in 1977. It harks back both to the New Orleans setting of A Streetcar Named Desire and …
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 10:00AM
I’ve been thinking more and more about my responsibility as an artist. And just typing that feels a little weird—the idea that artists have responsibilities other than to their art. But …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 09:36AMGiven the number of things that can go wrong with a production, it’s no wonder that performers are a superstitious bunch. There are just some things you don’t do. Whistle backstage? Neve…
SOURCE: WNYC at 09:23AMSince its first edition in 1987, the annual Easter Bonnet Competition has capped off weeks of fundraising for Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS with dozens of shows from Broadway, Off-Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMWit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society invite you to celebrate the social life of the Jazz Age at the Bootlegger Social with the Red Hook Ramblers! Saturday, March 31st, 7pm-Midnight Alw…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:20AMToday is the birthday of Eddie Quillan (1907-1990). Quillian was a man with many show biz lives. 1) He started out with his parents and siblings in the family vaudeville act “The Risin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:10AM
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SOURCE: corinescorner.com at 08:42AMIt’s film festival time! That means you need to stretch, exercise, and drink plenty of liquids because there’s a lot to see. The month is capped with an amazing line up of 66 features at…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:24AMIt was the month that we had The Sixth Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant, with the immensely talented Andrew Chappelle from Mamma Mia! taking the crown. But Andrew's such a nice young man that …
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 08:13AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe popular actress discusses her new play at Primary Stages, along with her work in Follies, and her hit CBS drama.
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“What do you do,” a friend once asked me. “If you don’t like something that everyone else likes?” Well, we’re about to find out right now. Because I really didn…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:59AMJesus never had it so bad. First was the mediocre revival of GODSPELL and now this - the resurrection of the very famous, extremely profitable, completely sung through 1971 rock opera by A…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 07:31AMThe substance of stuff is that which we endow it with. The substance of people in our lives is the same.Packing things up to move - away, on, out - is it's own strange ritual that involves …
SOURCE: Don Hall at 07:08AM
It’s that gusty time of year again, when the skies open up over Broadway and out of the clouds come the April showers of new productions, all making landfall just under the Tony Awards dea…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:22AMLAST DAY TO VOTE IN THIS MONTH'S THEATRE POLL!APRIL'S MONTHLY POLL STARTS SUNDAY! LOOK TO YOUR LEFT!As we enter Week 10 of selecting the Sexy 16, we look to two of Broadway's up and co…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 01:22AMA high tech, sterile, American Idol inspired music video replete with vocal pyrotechnics from all involved.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 01:00AMPolish ensemble's wrenching theater not for fainthearted
Some artists feel the thrill of the zeitgeist, the pull of the technological moment. Others, like the remarkable Teatr Zar of Poland…
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NY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the March 24, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:09AMTheatre Director New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? From my past in China and to areas that have unsung stories such as Tibet, Vietnam and the Cambodian genocide in th…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMARTISTS AND TAXES: A BRIEF PRIMERjoel fishbaneMost people know me as a writer / actor / man about town, but every Spring I moonlight as a tax preparer for the self-employed. A lifelong relat…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMMichael Dumontier was recently at the Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art in his hometown of Winnipeg to talk about his good-sized career survey showing there. To the surprise of few, Dumo…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMPlaybill.com's weekly planner reminds you that the season's starriest political ticket hits Broadway… Judy Garland's Rainbow fades (and shimmers)… Blair Underw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) will reveal the recipient among six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award on March 3…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of March 18–24, 2012, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's series features brief chats with actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they are looking forward to and more. Here, via e-mail, we he…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe lyrics of Tom Jones have been heard on New York stages continuously for the past half century with only a brief hiatus — something no other lyricist can claim, not even Stephen Son…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA grandmother and grandson find common ground in Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, a short-lived 2011 success that has resurfaced Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 25th annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards air live from the Galen Center at the University of Southern California March 31 at 8 PM. Oscar nominee Will Smith hosts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
'Evita,' 'Salesman,' 'Newsies' offset losses at some shows
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMLegit News:
'Magic/Bird' aims for non-traditional Rialto aud
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