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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48PMDoes the name Fred Weintraub mean anything to you? It should. He’s the guy who launched the careers of Woody Allen, Stiller and Meara, Joan Rivers, Billy Crystal, Bill Cosby, Judy Collins,…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 10:35PMSIMON’S LOST IS FOUND The disappointing turnout for The Neil Simon Plays on Broadway in 2009 suggested that Neil Simon’s style of dysfunctional family comedy, a mainstay of The Great Whi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:07PMMUCH ADO TO KNOW ITSELF Sean Branney has been as lauded as a Los Angeles theater director can be, and Theatre Banshee has done some great work recently, so it’s disappointing to report…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:04PM
Playwright Donald Margulies uses the ruminations of four people as a portal into the way we make life choices.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 07:18PMAlecky Blythe talks about bringing real life to the stage in her verbatim dramas – as well as the siege hostage who tried to bargain for sexAlecky Blythe makes verbatim theatre shows, reco…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMPrint Room, London; Tobacco Factory, Bristol; Finborough, LondonThe tiny Print Room delivers classic plays with a magnified immediacy. Lucy Bailey's lovely Uncle Vanya is played in the round…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07PMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghDC Jackson's comic drama of sexual and financial shenanigans among Edinburgh's banking elite relies heavily on its two sources: Beaumarchais's 1784 comedy The Marriage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMOffstage with Alisa & Josh Weilerstein - "Memorization" (part 8 of 8)
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and Assistant Conductor Josh Weilerstein sit down with 105.9 WQXR's Jeff Sp…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:05PMColiseum, LondonThe Russian choreographer Boris Eifman arrived in London last week following a New York season that saw him greeted with mixed reviews. According to the online magazine NYC D…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04PMOn the most cursory of glances, it seems an unlikely fit. Actor-director Samuel West, owner of some of the nicest vowel sounds on our stage and Oxford-educated scion of famous acting parents…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMI was proud to be involved in the first lesbian kiss on TV It was in 1974 in a BBC play called Girl, with Myra Frances, and it got a lot of reaction at the time. Then, when Brookside came on…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThey came in all their finery: glam-rockers in nose-rings and dog-chains, the Kensington set in full-fig Chanel. The last time the Royal Ballet attracted such a mixed crowd was in 2006, when…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMShowbiz legend has it that Leonard Bernstein knocked out the music for Wonderful Town (the second of his three New York shows) in only five weeks. With Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who wro…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMWhen Fred Astaire put on his top hat, tied up his white tie and brushed off his tails to collaborate with Irving Berlin, he danced his way into the hearts of cinemagoers. More than seven dec…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Offstage with Alisa & Josh Weilerstein - "Role as Assistant Conductor" (part 5 of 8)
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and Assistant Conductor Josh Weilerstein sit down with 105.9 WQX…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:38PMIf a few of his tempos, particularly in the opening movement, weren’t among the liveliest on record, there was a gravitas and underlying conviction to Mr. von Dohnányi’s interpretation …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:32PMOne of the best things about being a John S Knight Fellow at Stanford is that when a line of thinking tugs at you and you're struggling to reel it in, all you have to do is put the word out …
SOURCE: Chloe Veltman at 05:24PMMark McGrinder, Sterling Jarvis and Audrey Dwyer in Clybourne Park. Photo by John Karastamatis.This GoodClybourne Park is another dish of brill from Studio 180 Theatreby Dave Ross“I w…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:21PMMeet the cast of Roundabout Theatre Company's new Off-Broadway production of Simon Grays comedy-drama The Common Pursuit, directed by Moiss Kaufman. The Common Pursuit will feature Kristen B…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMOffstage with Alisa & Josh Weilerstein - "Conductor Competition" (part 4 of 8)
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and Assistant Conductor Josh Weilerstein sit down with 105.9 WQXR'…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:00PM
Spring is here which means it's time to break out the sundresses and swimsuits. Working off the winter padding can be tough, so I've compiled a brand-new playlist to get your pumped up and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:40PMHarry Christophers conducting soloists and orchestra in the St. Matthew Passion - photo: Kyle T. Hemingway.I've been pondering Handel and Haydn's version of Bach's St. Matthew Passion for so…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 02:16PMTim Moyer, Kristin Wiegand, Lauren Rooney, Ellen Ratner,Paul Dake, Joel MalazitaOn the first day of rehearsal of the Broadway production of his heart-warming two-character play, Tuning Piano…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 02:15PM
I forgot to mention this earlier, but the ASME nominations just dropped. ASME is the American Society of Magazine Editors. Their awards are a big deal. Anyway, in case you haven't heard, not…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 01:46PMThis column, published every 4-6 weeks, examines issues of translation as they relate to the field of theater and its intersections with other public and civic sectors. What does the word �…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:37PMOffstage with Alisa & Josh Weilerstein - "Teachers and Practice" (part 3 of 8)
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein and Assistant Conductor Josh Weilerstein sit down with 105.9 WQXR'…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:34PMThe Unicorn Theatre is hosting its brand new production of The Legend of Captain Crow’s Teeth to lure in families over the Easter period. Don’t expect yo ho ho and a bottle of rum; thi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:19PMRead more about EVITA's opening night here, and check out full coverage of the Gypsy Robe ceremony below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMPhil Wilmott looks at the past through the lens of the present in his revival of Arthur Miller’s 1980 play, inspired by Studs Terkel’s Hard Times, in which Americans tell the story of t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:13PMWith a running time of less than an hour, Squint’s Broken News at the New Wimbledon Studio Theatre packs in an energetic production with a compact story fit for the micro-narrative soc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:07PM
Ah, the weekend. That means you have two full days – or four Newsies lotteries, however you’re counting – to kick back, relax, and gossip your face off about what happened on Broad…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:54PMYes, you read that right. Rumors began swirling last night that Pamela Anderson, of Playboy and "Baywatch" fame, may make her Broadway debut in the stunt-casting friendly Chicago. Though no …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:44PMToday in 2011, the third Broadway revival of Anything Goes opened at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, where it is still running. Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
New York City Ballet Carries on the Message of the Master Ballet troupes have their ups and downs and dancers come and go, but the New York City Ballet soars high and steady because of a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:50AMOne of the cleverest bits in Live Wrong and Prosper, the latest Second City revue, depicts childbirth as a long-range spectator sport. There’s the father-about-to-be, tweeting each second …
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 11:30AMAccording to parezhilton.com, Pamela Anderson is headed to Broadway. The actress is set to star in the hit revival of John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse's Tony Award-winning musical CHICAGO.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMLogo's "NewNowNext" Awards, which recognizes trendsetters as well as stars-on-the-rise to uncover in TV, music, film, and fashion, were held on Friday, April 6 and will be tel…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:09AMIf you like your stars ragged and exposed, raunchy and self-involved, then you’ll love the British import about the last days of the legendary Judy Garland’s life, from playwright, Peter…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:06AMDelightfully charming, “Newsies,” is an old-fashioned style musical, big on heart and full of tap-dancing fun. It even offers a break-out star in Jeremy Jordon as Jack Kelly, the charism…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:05AMThings have been relatively quiet over at Broadway’s Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark for some time now. And by quiet of course, I mean people aren’t flying into walls, falling into …
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 11:00AMWriting team Scott Alan and Christy Hall sat down with BroadwaySpotted.com’s James the Intern to document the writing process. These two are writing a brand new musical and we will be …
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 11:00AM
Lin-Manuel Miranda and his hip-hoprap group, Freestyle Love Supreme, will perform at New York's Gramercy Theatre at 730 pm tonight, April 7. Miranda founded the group at Wesleyan University …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMToday is the birthday of that complex American phenomenon (and child vaudevillian) Walter Winchell. For his full bio go here. And here is delivering this exceptionally strange promo for Jerr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AMKurt Peterson and Victoria Mallory met in the mid 1960s when they were both fresh faced kids studying at AMDA, and even before they graduated, they were cast as the passionate lovers Maria a…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 10:12AMSubmissions Only is in full production for Episode 8 of its second season, and BroadwayWorld was invited inside the shoot with special guest star Jesse Tyler Ferguson Details of the episode…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMMore 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 10:00AM
Among the virtues of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts is its sheer spaciousness. It's a place that inspires thoughtful wandering, with the perfect atmosphere for taking in paintings, scu…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:45AMThis CD marks a turning point: a solo effort by Basya Schechter with outstanding back-up by a wide range of musicians that features music based on the Yiddish poetry of Rabbi Abraham Joshua …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:41AMDrat, drat and double drat! I am traveling today or else I definitely would have attended this! Today, April 7th at 2:30, The Silent Clowns Film Series will present… “Forgotten Funny…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:13AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 7 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
More polished than your average tech-demo/theater-hybrid, Planet Egg takes up the baton from where the delightful Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer left it, and crafts a t…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 12:34AMMore polished than your average tech-demo/theater-hybrid, Planet Egg takes up the baton from where the delightful Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer left it, and crafts a two-ma…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:33AMSeveral weeks ago, when I asked you to send me in the names of Broadway Boys that you found to be uniquely attractive - not your typical Broadway Bares poster boy, but attractive in an uncon…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:30AMBy Judd Hollander
Photo by Pavel Antonov
Many performers end up looking totally ridiculous on stage, but it takes that special blend of performance and personality to be able to do it with s…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 12:07AMpublished novelist and playwright New York, New York USA Paula Vogel said that “Theatre is perhaps one of the few places left where we are in dialogue right now.” Dialogue outsid…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMA Canadian superstar is blasted by critics for a $16-million Ring cycle that tests the balance between soul and spectacle onstage
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:01AMAyala Zacks almost single-handedly introduced Toronto to Modern art, capping years of weekly salons with a gift of more than 400 works to the AGO in 1970. This week, the gallery opens a trib…
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:01AMPulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn returns to Broadway with The Columnist, a biographical character-study of the powerful journalist Joseph Alsop.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMPlaybill.com's weekly planner reminds you that Lin-Manuel Miranda returns to his rap roots… Carrie dies her last death… Magic Johnson and Larry Bird go legit… and An…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMWith the Broadway arrival of the new Disney musical Newsies — a show with a surprising history-inspired antagonist — we take a look at the most notorious baddies from Disney'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM(photo credit: Trudie Lee)SOME GUY AND HIS DOLLSRonnie Burkett and the Theatre of Marionettesjoel fishbane“Life is finite,” says master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett. “I’m just killing us…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMPart 2 of Gideon Productions' and Mac Rogers' sci-fi trilogy, Blast Radius, now playing at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, expands the story's scale. While it deals with the socio-po…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMErica Morini--the inspiration for Willy Holtzman's new play The Morini Strad--was a real person. She was a child prodigy who became famous in the 1920s in Europe and the United States; the j…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMThe first question you must ask of a play is: Why this play now? Unfortunately, I have no idea why the producers and creators of End of the Rainbow have deemed this show, about the addiction…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AMHere are the most-read Playbill.com stories for the week of March 25–31, 2012, from information compiled by Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFreestyle Love Supreme, the freestyle hip hop crew featuring Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, who was last seen in the Encores! production of Merrily We Roll Along, plays the Gramercy Theatre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe West End run of Legally Blonde the Musical shutters April 7 at the Savoy Theatre after a run of over three years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Guthrie Theater's production of Donald Margulies' Time Stands Still begins previews April 7 prior to an official opening April 13 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage. Performances wi…
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 12:00AM1913 On The Purple Road there's a disguised Napoleon waiting to woo an unsuspecting girl named Wanda. Valli Valli is the innocent soon to meet her Waterloo at the Liberty Theatre in New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
New player boosts sales in up week for Broadway
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'Apassionata' tackles road tour logistics
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