The Tisch School of the Arts at New York University's annual gala, held yesterday, April 19 at the New York Marriott Marquis, hosted a slew of distinguished alumni, including Martin Scorsese…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:55PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the April 14, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 07:34PMThe combination of small, solitary actor and cavernous stage is apt for Enda Walsh's mesmerising study of madness, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:31PMNY1 VIDEO: Donna Karger hosts the April 7, 2012, edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 07:29PMSeventy-odd productions make up the Bard bonanza at the heart of Britain's Cultural Olympiad, writes Julia Sutherland
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:24PMJonjo O'Neill is young to play the lead and he brings a boyish sense of mischief to the part, writes Alexander Gilmour
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:24PMNominees Maximilien Baud, Noah Chiet, and Matthew DeLorenzo Joel: Where were you when you found out that you had been nominated for a Helen Hayes Award, and what was your first reaction? M…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:18PM“Three Sisters,” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, features Chekhov’s unhappy characters in all their contradictions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:02PMSomething is happening in Liverpool. Radio Merseyside has been broadcasting the sound of snoring in the background of its programme all morning, there is a giant deep-sea diver’s helmet, j…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMKing George VI may have overcome his speech impediment for a crucial radio broadcast in the feel-good movie of last year, but slow ticket sales for the theatrical version means the curtain w…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PMThe musical is based on a 1956 Sun Records session with Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.There's a moment each night in the "Million Dollar Quartet" stage musical…
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According to a video report by NY1, New York Pops' 29th Birthday Gala JOURNEY ON will serve as an all-star tribute in honor of Tony-winning pair Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, known for t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:55PMFilming for the upcoming Les Miserables movie is well underway, and some footage of the cast filming Do You Hear the People Sing has just been leaked. Check out Anne Hathaway Fantine and Hug…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:51PMThe explosive Iraq war drama “Black Watch,” staged by the National Theatre of Scotland, and the world premiere of the hip-hop opera “Stuck Elevator” will headline the…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:39PMBruce Norris' celebrated play Clybourne Park opened on the Great White Way on April 19, and the original off-Broadway company is elated to have arrived all together at Broadway's Wal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:17PMClara Mamet, teenage daughter of actress Rebecca Pidgeon and author David Mamet, stars in "Paris" (which she wrote) and "The Solvit Kids" (which she co-wrote) at Ruskin Group Theatre in Sant…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:15PMDisney's Tony Award-winning musical The Lion King will heat things up with a new Portuguese-language production premiering in Brazil next year. A Spanish-language production of Mary Popp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:10PMSustainability in Theater conference April 30-May 1, 2012 – why you should care about sustainable practices in your theatre. Earth Day seems an auspicious time to reflect on the common ins…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 06:09PMNICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro, stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMIn the spring of 2010, visitors to New York’s Museum of Modern Art could find Marina Abramović, the self-described “grandmother of performance art,” holding court. She sat silently,…
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The lights are always bright on the Great White Way, and with all the illuminating lessons from the last seven days, life couldn’t be brighter. From Gavin Creel’s hands-on approa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:58PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, April 20, 2012 Today’s Tweets click on hyperlinked items for more information JERSEY BOYS smashes sales record in New Zealand! | Voxy.…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:53PMStage and screen favorite Eric McCormack is currently playing hard-headed presidential candidate Joe Cantwell in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man. McCormack recently took off his wingtips, pu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PMJustin Bieber Boyfriend - Official Music Video Clip and Teasers - ArielleIsHamming Recap
Justin Bieber's new full music video for "Boyfriend," off of his upcoming album Believ…
SOURCE: YouTube at 05:46PMAcademy Award-nominated playwright Jose Rivera will join the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater production his Off-Broadway drama Massacre (Sing to Your Children) for the April 23 and 25 perfor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:43PMI just logged 10 miles. 10 hard miles. I am a runner. I am one of those crazy people you see early in the morning in the middle of winter outside in sub freezing temperatures. I am the o…
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 05:39PMAccording to a report by Deadline.com, the pilot for Go On, a 13-episode comedy series starring Matthew Perry Friends picked up early by NBC, will feature Broadway star Laura Benanti.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:39PMTwo-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick, three-time Tony nominee Kelli O’Hara and the cast of Nice Work If You Can Get It are preparing to take their first official Broadway bows on Apr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:25PMTony Award winner Lillias White will star in the world premiere of Big Maybelle: Soul of the Blues at the Bay Street Theatre this summer. The season will also include Geraldine Aaron's M…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PM In David Lindsay-Abaire’s Tony-award nominated play Good People, there are no good people. There are a handful of disgruntled working class women who are struggling to keep their he…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:22PMEnd of the Rainbow is hosting theaterlands first ever Instagram Meet-Up at the famed Belasco Theatre 111 W. 44th Street. Taking place at 1245 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, April 21, the event, wh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMA new generation of Broadway theatregoer will be exposed to the classic songs of composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin starting March 29 with the first preview of the new musica…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMEpic Theatre Ensemble Presents a New Generation production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: Epic Theatre Ensemble’s production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, part of Shakespeare fo…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 05:12PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK MATILDA wins big, Signature Theatre honors Patti, Corbin starts as Jesus, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:00PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of April 9-15, 2012, as reported by The Broadway League.
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Broadway welcomed Clybourne Park to the neighborhood on April 19, when the Pulitzer Prize-winning play officially opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre. The blisteringly funny play, which center…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:55PMLea Salonga Tony and Olivier Award-Winning Actress and Recording Artist to Perform at Town Hall
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 04:53PMFor more information and tickets to SISTER ACT, now starring Raven-Symoné, visit http://sisteractbroadway.com
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:51PMApril19, 2012by DavidDreyfoosDirectorof ProductionWithall of the number crunching behind us, we could now focus on the ART! Mark [Lamos] selected his designers and oncethey accepted th…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 04:42PMEsmeralda Enrique’s company and guest choreographer Juan Ogalla update their first-rate flamenco
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:30PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning Clybourne Park.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere production of THE COLUMNIST, by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner David Auburn, directed by Tony Award winner Daniel Sullivan began previews on April 4 a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMKate Levy, Stephen Schnetzer, Samantha Soule, and Sara Surrey will star in a reading of Rachel Crothers' The Importance of Being a Woman, to be directed by Eleanor Reissa. The event is …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:26PMEasily the best production this reviewer has yet seen of The Last Five Years ... the exuberant Crossroads Theatre production is so chock full of vigor, detail, interpretive brilliance, and …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:10PMAs someone who defines myself as a director, an adapter/deviser, a playwright, a developer of new work, and more, I feel so blessed to toil in this community where so many of us — arti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:09PMCast members from the Broadway production of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark attended a party on Thursday, April 19 held in honor of its Everyday Heroes, an initiative that the production bega…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:09PMSuperb casting does justice to the fine music of Alex Glasgow and the prose of Sid Chaplin, writes Chris Tighe
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:06PMJonjo O’Neill is young to play the lead and he brings a boyish sense of mischief to the part, writes Alexander Gilmour
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:06PMThe Sudbury Theatre Centre has announced a six play season that includes the trans-Canadian hit Henry and Alice: Into the Wild, the two-hander classic Same Time, Next Year and what is being …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:06PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Hairpsray" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Hairpsray" at Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace ★★★ ... I…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:06PMSeventy-odd productions make up the Bard bonanza at the heart of Britain’s Cultural Olympiad, writes Julia Sutherland
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:05PMThe combination of small, solitary actor and cavernous stage is apt for Enda Walsh’s mesmerising study of madness, writes Sarah Hemming
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 04:05PMNICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT, featuring music and lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin and a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro, stars two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Br…
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Obie Award-winning playwright and Academy Award nominee José Rivera will join the cast of his play, Massacre (Sing to Your Children) at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater for per…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:58PMNBC has given a 13-epsiode commitment to the series Go On, starring Matthew Perry and Tony Award winners Laura Benanti and Julie White. according to a report on Deadline.com.
The show cen…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:51PMMichael Premsrirat's The Girl Most Likely To is loosely based on the story of murdered transgendered teenager Gwen Araujo. It's being introduced in an LATC production directed by Jon Lawrenc…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 03:35PMReplacing Daniel Radcliffe on Broadway may seem like a daunting task. But, with the help of the wonderful HOW TO SUCCEED... creative team, Nick Jonas was able to step into Radcliffe's shoes …
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:33PMMatthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara star in Nice Work If You Can Get
It, a new musical adapted from the George and Ira Gershwin 1926 musical
Oh, Kay!. Kathleen Marshall directs and choreogr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM54 BELOW, the nightclub and restaurant announced earlier this year, today confirmed additional bookings at the new space located at 254 West 54th Street. Taking the 54 BELOW stage will be wo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMCasting has been announced for a staged reading of the new musical Innocence, from Jonathan Dove & Alasdair Middleton. It will be presented by International City Theatre at the Long Beac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:25PMNick reflects on performances past and shares how they've helped him on his journey to Broadway Star.
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:24PMGore Vidal's THE BEST MAN began previews on Tuesday, March 6th, 2012, prior to an April 1 opening night at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre. Candice Bergen chatted about the show this morning d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMThe New Group presents the world premiere of An Early History of Fire, a new play by Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe. Directed by Jo Bonney, this production features Gordon Clapp, E…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMTony Award winner Laura Benanti, who was seen in the short-lived NBC drama "The Playboy Club," will return to the small screen next season. Deadline.com reports that NBC has ordere…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMNick Jonas sits down with Music Theatre International correspondent Ken Kleiber to discuss takings over the role of J. Pierrepont Finch in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:19PMWatch Scenes from Broadway's NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT
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SOURCE: YouTube at 03:19PMDanai Gurira's The Convert opened at Center Theatre Group's Kirk Douglas Theatre, on April 19. Emily Mann has directed the production, which runs through May 19.
The play is set i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:17PMWatchmen author Alan Moore, whom many regard as the most fertile mind ever to devote itself to writing comic books, used to drive artists batty with his hyper-detailed descriptions of the ar…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 03:15PMA pleasant bachelor in a pleasant backyard reenacts the conversion of St. Hubert with a white-gloved saleswoman. Under ‘R’ for Rom-com.
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:15PMGil Garratt (photo credit: lucetg.com)Taking ChancesMarivaux continues to seduceby Jessica YenHot on the heels of a month-long run at the Centaur Theatre, The Game of Love and Chance has fin…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 03:14PMIt seems as though there is a wild animal roaming through the streets of Broadway looking for a new home. There is a buzz about Broadway as rumors circulate of a potential production that co…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 03:12PMThe summer before I started Junior High School—still too young to be left alone all day, apparently—my little brother and I hung out with family friends on days during the work-week. Tho…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 03:08PMCollaboraction has 2 performance venues on the 3rd floor of the Flat Iron Arts Building (1579 N. Milwaukee ) with availability starting in July '12. Studio 300 is $1000 per week, hold up to …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 03:03PMThe world premiere of The Columnist, David Auburn's character study about the complexities and contradictions in the life and work of the late conservative journalist Joseph Alsop, o…
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Tony winner Phylicia Rashad and Stick Fly’s Mekhi Phifer will star in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner in Atlanta this summer. The production will be directed by Kenny Leon (Stick Fl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PMThe official opening night is on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at Broadway's Imperial Theatre and we've got a first look at a montage of scenes from the new production
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:58PMThe cast of the new Gershwin tuner Nice Work If You Can Get It is singing, dancing and romancing on Broadway, and we’ve got a sneek peek of co-stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:57PMThe cast of the new Gershwin tuner Nice Work If You Can Get It is singing, dancing and romancing on Broadway, and we’ve got a sneek peek of co-stars Matthew Broderick and Kelli O&rsquo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:57PMColumnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph Alsop wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. Bu…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:49PMThe company of the new Broadway production of Harvey, starring Jim Parsons, greeted the press with an April 20 photo op.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMAdditional acts have been announced for 54 Below, the nightclub and restaurant at the new space located at 254 West 54th Street. The venue offers audiences the chance to enjoy first class pe…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:43PMLast year, BroadwayWorld.com, the largest theater website on the Internet, launched a comprehensive Student Database listing college and university performing arts programs across the countr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMAdditional artists have been announced to play 54 Below, the new nightclub that will launch in June with a two-week engagement by two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:34PMStage and screen star Loretta Devine recently visited ABC's 'What's the Buzz,' where she chatted about her current projects, which include GREY'S ANATOMY, THE CLIENT LIST, and more. Addition…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMThe Fox hit musical series "Glee" will pay tribute to the late Whitney Houston on the upcoming episode "Dance With Somebody," which is set to air April 24. Here is a look…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:23PMAcclaimed actress Candice Bergen was the special guest on the popular morning talk show Live With Kelly! on Friday, April 20. Seth Meyers was the special guest host who joined Kelly Ripa on …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:19PMOur nine Experts are split almost evenly about the winner of Best Play at the Tony Awards.
Five of them are backing last year's Pulitzer Prize champ "Clybourne Park," …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:14PMMay is quickly approaching and theatre lovers everywhere are rejoicing for one reason-Tony nomination time is almost here Satge and screen stars Kristin Chenoweth amp Jim Parsons will announ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PM"The King's Speech"will end its West End reign early. The play, which was slated to run at Wyndham's Theatre through July 21, will wrap May 12.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:11PMThe finalists for the 2012 Billboard Music Awards have been announced. The prizes will be presented in a ceremony to be held at Las Vegas' MGM Grand on Sunday, May 20 and broadcast liv…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMThere’s a conductor change for the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s May 4 through 6 performances: Rafael Frübeck de Burgos is out, due to unspecified health issues, and Peter Oundjian is …
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:04PMRoundabout Theatre Company in association with Don Gregory will present the new Broadway production of Mary Chases Harvey starring Jim Parsons Elwood P. Dowd, Jessica Hecht Veta Louise Simmo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PM“54 BELOW,” THE STARS KEEP COMING MORE BOOKINGS ANNOUNCED FOR NEW NIGHTCLUB & RESTAURANT 54 BELOW, the nightclub and restaurant announced earlier this year, today confirmed additiona…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:02PMTony Award winner Nathan Lane takes on the role of Hickey in The Iceman Cometh, Eugene O'Neill's epic about booze and illusion, April 21-June 17 at the Goodman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMWelcome to THE FRIDAY SIX QampAs With Your Favorite Broadway Stars. Want to know what hooked them to a career in the theater Their dream roles Their Broadway crushes Read onIn this next edit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMI think one of the things an artist looks for is like-minded people who get them. Not necessarily agree on everything (now that can get kind of boring) but people who have an understanding o…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:00PMRe-Spiced: A Silk Road Cabaret isn’t your mother’s cabaret. It’s bold, colorful, eclectic, relevant and shockingly subversive. I’ve seen a lot of cabaret in my time, …
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Bay Street Theatre has announced its 2012 Mainstage productions, which will begin with the American premiere of Geraldine Aron's My Brilliant Divorce (May 29-June 24), about American ex…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:55PMTony Award nominee Adam Pascal (Rent, Memphis) will be among the performers at Imagine: A Celebration of Life, which features a compilation of original works, pop hits and rock 'n' r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMThe Drama League prepares for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards. From the press release: "The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has gathered together a team of Broadwa…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:51PMBruce Norris’ “Clybourne Park” mixes the oil-and-water topics of real estate and race, and so far, has seen with positive results. The play won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:48PMSeats With the flap around the Guthrie's season gathering some steam and generating a bit of press, apparently there will be a statement coming from Joe Dowling and the Guthrie next week. Wh…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 01:44PMThe Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonWith its blend of party hats, pop music, pomp and circumstance and latex balloons, Maria Aberg's production of this unloved play is certainly never dull. But whi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMRobert Hancock and Megan McGinnis are the latest additions to At Hand Theatre Company's 3rd Annual Broadway Recycled Earth Day concert, to be held Sunday, April 22 at 7pm at Joe's …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:42PMTony Award winner Katie Finneran and Tony nominee Alan Campbell will be among the performers at An Evening With Marty Panzer, featuring the songs of Panzer and Barry Manilow, April 28-29 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMIt’s almost Tony time, and let's face it: We’re obsessed! In anticipation of the 2012 Tony nominations, which will be announced on May 1, the Broadway.com editorial staff clo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PMIt’s almost Tony time, and let's face it: We’re obsessed! In anticipation of the 2012 Tony nominations, which will be announced on May 1, the Broadway.com editorial staff clo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:39PM“Perestroika” continues playwright Tony Kushner's exploration of politics and faith.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:30PMJustJared.com has revealed an early look at Amanda Seyfried on the set of the Les Miserables film in London while on a break from shooting. Seyfried, who stars as Cosette in the film, is no …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMWhat could possibly be more fun than one play in a two-hour time period? How about ten plays? That’s exactly what you’ll get if you head down to the Fells Point Corner Theatre’s produc…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:17PMSam Pritchard has been awarded the 2012 James Menzies-Kitchin Young Director Award.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:16PMClick to enlarge. Blair Underwood as Stanley raises his beer with the card players in the new production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway. Photo by Ken Howard.Terence Blanchard grew…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:12PMTony Award winner Phylicia Rashad and Mekhi Phifer will star in the True Colors Theatre production of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner under the direction of Tony nominee Kenny Leon in Atlan…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMAs announced on American Idol last night, Taylor Hicks, winner of the shows fifth season, will have an eight-week engagement headlining at Ballys Las Vegas beginning Tuesday, June 26, 2012. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMWe’re pleased to announce the publication of David Mamet’s Keep Your Pantheon (and School), a pairing of two unrelated, short plays by one of our most compelling writers. Keep Your P…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:05PM
The New York Pops is set to celebrate its 29th birthday later this month with a tribute to Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, a Tony Award winning songwriting team that's been making music fo…
SOURCE: NY1 at 12:59PMA production of "God of Carnage," the Yasmina Reza comedy about bickering adults, will star four teenage actors when it is presented at Boston's Bulger Performing Arts Center in May.
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SOURCE: nofeebroadway.com at 12:51PMUniversity Hospitals Case Medical Centers Seidman Cancer Center is hosting IMAGINE A Celebration of LIFE, a unique musical ensemble on Monday, May 7 in New York City. Led by Broadway actres…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMOne of the perks of writing about theater is being able to afford it, in that tickets are generally comped. Fortunately, last week, I was given the opportunity to give away some free tickets…
SOURCE: That Sounds Cool at 12:50PMBy Isaac Butler "As for Dowling, he's working with Louise Erdrich to adapt some of her novels for the stage. He says that he expects the Guthrie to be able to stage more women's work if…
SOURCE: Parabasis at 12:44PMNBC has released a video from the April 23 episode of its hit series Smash featuring star Megan Hilty singing "Secondhand White Baby Grand," a new song by Tony Award-winners Marc S…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:44PMThis week's topics Best Play Tony 2012, Tony snubs that bother you, Corbin's First Performance, How often to B'way shows change venues, Triton Gallery, Best GlindaElphaba Pair in WICKED, Bro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMBoston Playwrights' Theatre has announced the lineup for the 14th annual Boston Theater Marathon featuring 53 ten-minute plays, by 53 New England playwrights, produced by 54 New England…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:39PMJohn Hill and Cole Escola are part of Justin Sayre Is Alive and Well... Writing, an evening of short plays, April 20-21 at the Ars Nova.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMJust Dance - Justin Bieber Boyfriend, Glee Whitney Houston, Lady Gaga, 1D Tour, SNL Josh Brolin
Justin Bieber's racy new video for his song "Boyfriend." The world premiere of …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:25PMTony nominee Will Swenson is currently having a ball as Tick/Mitzi, one of the three reigning queens at Priscilla Queen of the Desert. He recently stopped by our studio to talk with Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMDeadline.com reports that Australian musician, actor, and comedian Tim Minchin will appear in a recurring role on the upcoming season of Showtime's CALIFORNICATION. He will portray 'Atticus …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMWell, hallelujah! Broadway has not one, but three critical hits this week!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMUsher will perform at two shows as its lead “Running Man” on April 28 at the Daryl Roth Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 12:21PMWilliam Michals, Maria Eberline and Daniel Marcus will tilt at windmills in the Pioneer Theatre production of the Tony Award-winning musical Man of La Mancha, beginning May 4 in Salt Lake Ci…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMBroadway's Newsies took a night off from dancing in the the streets of 19th-century New York and headed down south for the April 17 performance of Memphis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMRehearsals have begun for Roundabout Theatre Company’s forthcoming production of Harvey, and on April 20 Jim Parsons and the company welcomed the press to their rehearsal studio. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:08PMThe Chichester Festival Theatre double bill of Terence Rattigan's The Browning Version and David Hare's companion piece South Downs transfers to Harold Pinter Theatre from 24 April (previews…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:05PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMREVIEW: Kathleen Turner's performance in this addiction drama is marred by weak script, poor sound.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:03PMAustralian comedian, musician and composer Tim Minchin, who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway-bound Matilda The Musical, has been cast in the Showtime series "Californication,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMToday in 2010, American Idiot opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 422 performances. American Idiot is a one-act, through-sung stage musical. The show is an adaptation of punk r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMBroadwayWorld.com's SHOW BIZ Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 4202012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
On Friday, April 20, the cast of the Broadway revival of Mary Chase's Harvey met with members of the press.
Directed by Scott Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize winning play centers on the char…
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SOURCE: nofeebroadway.com at 11:55AMShowtime has posted the first trailer for the upcoming eighth season of WEEDS. The trailer features 'Godspell' star Hunter Parrish, along with the rest of the series' cast in various humorou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:53AMRaúl Esparza headlines the new musical Leap of Faith, which officially opens at the St. James Theatre on April 26. Esparza has enjoyed an acclaimed career on Broadway in both plays an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMCorbin Bleu, Telly Leung and the entire cast of Broadway's Godspell attended SILENCE The Musical at P.S. 122 this past Wednesday, April 18th. Also in the audience was Broadway favorite Eden …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMWith spring in the air, our Photo of the Week is a shot of the members of THE BOOK OF MORMON softball team that is part of The Broadway Show League. If you look closely, you’ll see a…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:47AMPulitzer Prize-winning play CLYBOURNE PARK, by Bruce Norris, directed by Pam McKinnon, opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre last night, April 19. Get a first look at performance sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AMMusicals Tonight has announced casting for its presentation of Cole Porter's Something for the Boys, to be presented at The Lion Theatre, May 1-13.
In the piece, three cousins inherit …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:42AMOriginal Titanic Broadway cast members Alma Cuervo, William Youmans and Drew McVety will again set sail in the Tony Award-winning musical for a summer production at Ithaca, NY's Hanger T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMIt debuted off-Broadway in 2010, won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2011, and now Bruce Norris's racially charged play, "Clybourne Park" has opened on Broadway.
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:30AMOn Thursday, April 19, the Broadway production of Bruce Norris' Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre with direction by Pam MacKinnon.
Opening …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:30AMLast October I took my daughter to see NEWSIES at Papermill Playhouse and was thrilled to find another rare gem for my small collection of shows that parents can genuinely enjoy with their c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMStars from across the West End have been wishing us a happy birthday.From humble
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SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:29AMDagmara Dominczyk will guest star on on CBS' Person of Interest, according to a report on TVLine.com.
In the episode, scheduled to air on Friday May 3, she will play a woman on the r…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:26AMThe FEED Foundation and Clarins will present the first Clarins Million Meals Concert for FEED, celebrating FEED's fifth anniversary, May 30 at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMConcert part of celebrations around island's independence
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:23AMThere is a new king on Broadway! As of Monday, April 9, box office figures showed "The Lion King" overtaking the title of all-time highest grossing show, previously held by "The Phantom of t…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 11:20AMToday I am helping label bottles that will eventually cost you a mere $9.99 to buy six of them. Get out there and experience the world.Leah Trevor Jay Brenda Mary (!!) Ryan Megan have …
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 11:20AMCinemax has ordered a pilot from the previously reported GK-tv drama project starring and executive produced by William Petersen, Hurt People, according to Deadline.com.
The pilot features …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:19AMThe digital release of the Original Broadway Cast Recording of Newsies has made debuted on the Billboard charts, landing at 1 on the Top Broadway Chart, 27 on the Top Digital Chart and 74 on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMThe best play seen on Broadway this week. . .Clybourne Park- if you havent seen Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize winning play, don't miss its Broadway production. If you saw it at Playwri…
SOURCE: Curtainup Blog Annex at 11:14AMThe cast of Broadway's Godspell -- including High School Musical star Corbin Bleu and Glee's Telly Leung -- attended the Wednesday, April 18 performance of Silence! The Musical, cu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMLittle Red Riding Hood Sing-a-Long
Paper Mill Playhouse presents Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories
by the Pushcart Players for the Theatre For Everyone Production on
April 21, 2012.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:11AMBradley Manning was a public enemy or a cause célèbre, he was a high-school student in west Wales — a pivotal period that is the subject of a new British play.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 11:11AMGuitarist Bert Weedon, who inspired millions of people to learn the instrument, has died at the age of 91.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMMichael Wilson DirectsThere will be a staged reading of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice ,” adapted by Hartford Stage senior dramaturg Christopher Baker , with direct…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:07AMThe Drama League has gathered together a team of Broadways best to serve as Honorary Co-Chairs for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards set for Friday, May 18, 2012 at 1200 p.m., at the Marri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMPulitzer Prize-winning play CLYBOURNE PARK, by Bruce Norris, directed by Pam McKinnon, opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre last night, April 19. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMWoot! Today’s the day–my new E-book, Getting Started with Social Networking for Non-Profit and Charity Organizations is now available! You can purchase it in an immediately-downl…
SOURCE: Rebecca Coleman at 11:03AMCheck out this short video about crowdsourcing from Swift Community. The long definition of crowdsourcing is ”when a company takes a job that was once performed by employees and outso…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:01AMBlanche McIntyre will direct Sebastian Barry's The Only True History of Lizzie Finn, to run June 27 - July 21 at Southwark Playhouse. James Perkins will design the production, which wi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AMA wise Press Agent once gave me a great piece of advice when talking about the dissemination of information about your show through the news outlets. ”My goal as a press agent,”…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTony Award winner Paulo Szot will star in Alexander Raskatov's opera A Dog's Heart, to play Milan's La Scala, March 3-April 13. Simon McBurney will direct the production.
The…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe tortured souls in “Strange Interlude,” Eugene O’Neill’s epic drama from 1928, now onstage at the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, provoke merriment in the audience.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMTony Award winner Paulo Szot will star in the world premiere of Alexander Raskatov's opera A Dog's Heart, to play Milan's La Scala, March 3-April 13. Simon McBurney will direc…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
LONDON (AP) -- To some he's a traitor to his country, to others he's a free-speech hero....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:59AMThe West End production of The King’s Speech, currently playing at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre, will close on May 12. Written by David Seidler who also wrote the Oscar-winni…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:58AM"American Idol" winner Taylor Hicks, who appeared as Teen Angel in the Broadway revival of Grease, has signed on with Caesars Entertainment-owned Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Ca…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMTouts are reselling theatre tickets at vastly inflated prices – and, what's worse, the practice is still legalPlaywright Richard Bean's recent denunciation of the damage ticket touts are d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMThis week’s news round-up is brought to you by the number “2″, as in hot theatrical duos taking the stage: Like some kamikaze European vacation (if it’s Thursday, it …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:54AMCheck out this video retrospective of Reeve Carney's journey with Spider-Man so far.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:53AMEmmy Award-winning actor Richard Schiff, best known for his role as Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, and Tony Award nominee Veanne Cox will be among the cast members who will participate in Sh…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:51AMThe annual BBC Proms season at London's Royal Albert Hall, which is mainly a celebration of classical music, is to include a semi-staged concert version of Lerner and Loewe's My Fair…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMYou can self publish and produce your work. You can partner with viable organizations. You can start your own organization. You can create and publish part time and ask for little money in r…
SOURCE: Mission Paradox at 10:46AMThe Brighton Fringe, now in its sixth year, has earned its place on the national cultural map as the biggest arts festival in England. Natasha Tripney talks to managing director Julian Caddy…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMSomething greatly interested me about Eric Simonson’s Magic/Bird – although it wasn’t the play itself.
SOURCE: Kritzerland at 10:46AMForum Theatre’s 2012-2013 season will consist of four plays so fresh that none of them were performed before 2010 and the world premiere which will open the season – Kara Lee Corthron’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:42AMTwo-time Tony winner Matthew Broderick appeared on this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA to discuss his new play, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMOn April 13th, SILENCE! The Musical received the 2012 Telly Award for Use of Humor in a Television Commercial. The hit Off-Broadway show's new commercial won the prestigious honor at the 33r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMToday is Harold Lloyd’s birthday (for my full biographical essay go here). Check out this cool video someone posted on Youtube, cutting classic shots of Harold to the Beatles’ He…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:37AMThe Drama League has announced the Honorary Co-Chairs for the 78th Annual Drama League Awards, which will be presented on Friday, May 18, at the Marriott Marquis Times Square.
They include …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMMenier Chocolate Factory's revival of Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party will transfer to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre, running May 15 - September 1, according to a re…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:37AMIt’s hard to decide what to dislike most about this over-emphatic, pretentious piece of comic mayhem.
SOURCE: Toronto.com at 10:31AMUsher is making an onstage cameo -- this time off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:30AMTony nominee Will Swenson is currently having a ball as Tick/Mitzi, one of the three reigning queens at Priscilla Queen of the Desert. He recently stopped by our studio to talk with Broadway…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:27AMClybourne Park, Bruce Norris' humor-flecked play about racial and economic changes in a neighborhood over a 50-year period, opened on Broadway April 19 following previews from March 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMClybourne Park, Bruce Norris' humor-flecked play about racial and economic changes in a neighborhood over a 50-year period, opened on Broadway April 19 following previews from March 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMCharlie Clements will star in Meredith Oakes' Faith, to run May 23 - June 16 at The Courtyard Theatre in London. Drew Baker will direct the production.
Clements is perhaps best known …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:26AMBruce Norris, the author of Clybourne Park, must be Chicago’s best known secret, for it is in the Windy City that the Steppenwolf Theatre has premiered six of his previous plays, begin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:23AMFelicia Curry, currently appearing in Rapunzel at Imagination Stage, and 14-time Helen Hayes Award nominee Holly Twyford will host the 28th Helen Hayes Awards ceremony on Monday, April 23.
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:20AMDan Domenech, Haley Carlucci and Edward Juvier will take a magic carpet ride in the Tuacahn Amphitheatre production of Disney's Aladdin this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMTristan Bates, London: In The Solitude of Cotton Fields marks a watershed in the career of French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltes. Already aware of the illness that would inevitably kill him…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:13AMThe London laugh riot One Man, Two Guvnors made its Broadway bow on April 18, and the company of this National Theatre comedy hit is obviously overjoyed to be sharing their show with New Yor…
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:12AMHundreds of unsuspecting commuters heading into London Blackfriars yesterday were treated to excerpts from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. The stunt - performed live on First Capital …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:11AMINTERVIEW: DAVID LAN The artistic director of the Young Vic talks to Mary Mazzilli about the making of Wild Swans, the first stage adaptation of the 1991 best-selling autobiography by Chines…
SOURCE: Theatre Voice at 10:11AMTony Danza, Scarlett Johansson, and Julianne Moore have been cast in a new, as-yet-untitled film, which has been written by and will be directed by and star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, according t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:10AMBrian Stokes Mitchell headlines Philadelphia Theatre Companys annual Gala on Monday, April 30 at The Hyatt at the Bellevue. Ticket holders will be admitted to mezzanine seating of the Grand …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMNew York theater actor Tom O'Brien makes his feature film debut as actor, writer, and director of "Fairhaven," co-starring Chris Messina and Rich Sommer.
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:07AMTrish HarnetiauxHometown: Spokane, Washington Current Town: Brooklyn, NYQ: What are you working on now? A: I just finished a draft of a new play HOW TO GET INTO BUILDINGS t…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:04AMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater's production of MerEdith Wilson's The Music Man, helmed by Artistic Director Molly Smith, stars Kate Baldwin Tony Award nominee for Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMMark Nadler will perform new cabaret show Crazy 1961 at Morgans Cabaret at the Prince on Friday, May 11 at 8pm.
Nadler recently released a CD of the same name, which features songs written …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:03AM92Y presents a weekend of concerts dedicated to the masters of wordplay, Nol Coward and Cole Porter, with witty songs like Mad Dogs and Englishmen and I Get a Kick Out of You. As a Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:01AMALL VOTES MUST BE IN BY 4PM ON SUNDAY APRIL 22ND OR THEY WILL NOT COUNT! Citizens of the Capitol… we’re finally here. The semi-finals of the Broadway Hunger Games are up…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMThe 26th Annual East Bonnet Competition has announced its line-up of presenters, judges, and participants. The list includes a four-time Tony Award winner, eight Tony Award nominees and more…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 10:00AMThe original Broadway cast recording of the new Disney musical Newsies, which was released digitally on iTunes April 10 from Ghostlight Records, has landed at #1 on the Top Broadway Chart, #…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMReview of the Sunday, April 15 evening performance at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City. Starring Jeremy Jordan, John Dossett, Kara Lindsay, Capathia Jenkins, Ben Frankhaus…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AM
Misterman is a one-man show, the result of collaboration between multi-award-winning playwright Enda Walsh, and producing bodies Landmark Productions and Galway Arts Festival. A shining exam…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:53AMPulitzer Prize-winning play CLYBOURNE PARK, by Bruce Norris, directed by Pam McKinnon, opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre last night, April 19. Our photographer Walter McBride was…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:52AMCandice Guardin will return to The Laurie Beechman May 2 at 9:30 PM with her solo show, which is titled S.O.S.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMTim Minchin will join the cast of Showtime's Californication, according to a report on Deadline.com. He will play Atticus Fetch, a charming, yet over-the-top, rock star.
Minchin has pr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:45AMBroadway Rhythm and Booze, a cabaret series created as a platform to "highlight the soulful talents of the Broadway community," will continue April 23 at 9:30 PM at Flute Bar in Gr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMThe West End production of "The King's Speech," written by David Seidler, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of the film, opened to positive reviews in March and was to run through July …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:40AMPioneer Theatre Company will present Man of La Mancha, the musical staging of the epic tale of Don Quixote, May 4 May 19, 2012.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMDirty words on the news! Admit it, you laughed.The Hub Review, the guide to everything that matters in Boston and elsewhere.
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 09:38AMDavid Seidler's The King's Speech has announced an early closing for its West End run at Wyndham's Theatre, and will now end its engagement May 12.
The play centers on how Ki…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AMCanadian performer Jeff Achtem’s Swamp Juice (presented by Bunk Puppets and Scamp Theatre) is a celebration of the bizarre and unheeded imagination. Achtem is entertaining as he blends ori…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:37AMLouise Dearman will celebrate her new CD, Here Comes The Sun, with a concert on May 13 at Bush Hall in London. The album, from Big Hand Recordings, will be released on May 7; a single of th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:31AMClybourne Park, the Pulizter Prize-winning play by Bruce Norris, opened on Broadway Thursday night at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Pam MacKinnon directs the sharp comedy that spins the events of…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 09:30AMThe Culture Project is offering theatre fans a chance to witness the rehearsal process of British director Max Stafford-Clark, as he directs a workshop of Thomas Kilroy's adaptation of A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30AMA technical problem with the set of the Broadway production of Ghost the Musical, now in previews, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, halted the show for approximately 20 minutes during the Thurs…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:27AMTaylor Hicks will play a three-month residency at The Indigo Lounge in Bally's Las Vegas Hotel and Casino beginning June 26, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Hicks was named champi…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:27AMSaturday, April 21 around 5PM will be the concluding event of Culturebot's residence at Exit Art. COME OVER TO OUR PLACE is a cooking and conversation social practice collaboration between A…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 09:26AMFollowing the nationwide vote, finalist Colton Dixon was eliminated on the April 19 broadcast of the famed singing competition "American Idol."
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMMelanie Wilson’s Autobiographer is a poem about life, loss and the slipping away of memory as Flora, the central character split between four performers, struggles with dementia. In it…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:22AMIce-skater Robin Cousins is to star in Chicago, while Chariots of Fire races to the Gielgud in time for the GamesOlympic meddlingAfter the glitz of last weekend's Olivier awards, London's We…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AMPulitzer Prize-winning play CLYBOURNE PARK, by Bruce Norris, directed by Pam McKinnon, opened on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre last night, April 19. Our photographer Walter McBride was…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:19AMCome see what I’ve been working on! I’ve been busy directing the Columbia Graduate Actors Showcase 2012. There are two showings, this Monday April 23rd at 2pm and 6pm. It’s…
SOURCE: www.kimweild.com at 09:13AMMistranslation weaves through this lecture, for every translation is a mistranslation. But that is what makes them fruitful. As soon as we mis-hear or fail to understand, the brain construct…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:04AM
The stars of Gore Vidals The Best Man James Earl Jones, John Larroquette, Eric McCormack, Michael McKean and Jefferson Mays will be joining the plays director Michael Wilson at 92nd Street Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMThere will be an "Into the Woods" reunion of sorts at the Westport Country Playhouse on Sunday, May 6, following the 3 p.m. performance of the revival of the play at the theater, directe…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:38AMRoyal Opera House, London: Laurent Pelly's sparkling production of Donizetti's frothy but heartwarming comedy returns to the Royal Opera House for a second revival, cementing its r…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMSteve Taylor directs this indie film, adapted from a 2003 memoir by American author, Don Miller. In Blue Like Jazz, nineteen-year-old Miller (Marshall Allman) is a dedicated parishioner …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMSouthwark Playhouse, London: It might sound obtuse to say that a play about the Lebanon hostage crisis is funny. But Frank McGuinness' Someone Who'll Watch Over Me is really funny …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:25AMI’ve been thinking a lot about the digital in theatre, and how this affects us as an audience, and as industry professionals and theatre makers. At the moment, it’s all about the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:23AMSwan, Stratford-upon-Avon: The party's over. Balloons festoon the stage, empty champagne bottles are strewn about the stage - and death comes creeping for the king.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AMLindsay Posner's revival of Mike Leigh's 1977 play Abigail's Party::E8831331287330 will transfer to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre from 15 May, playing a limited season until 1 September 2…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:18AMToday, 20 May 2012, the National Theatres award-winning production of One Man, Two Guvnors releases over 100, 000 new tickets for sale in the West End, taking bookings at the Theatre Royal H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16AMOn 3 May, Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker opens at BAM for a run through 17 June, in a Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse/Theatre Royal Bath production directed by Christopher Morahan an…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:15AMThe World Shakespeare festival, with performances from across the globe in nearly 50 languages, begins this weekend. Andrew Dickson travelled to India to watch rehearsals for a Bollywood ver…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMActor Neal Foster is the man at the helm of one of the most successful children's theatre outfits in the industry. As he talks Horrible Histories, the Birmingham Stage Company's latest proje…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMFor Wendy Scozzaro of Felix de Wolfe, one of London's oldest theatrical agencies, every day is a whirlwind of deal making but, Jason Holmes finds, her clarity of purpose and dedication are e…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMFor two hours every evening until 28 April atBristol’s Brewery Theatre, something rather peculiar is happening. A journey onto the astral plane, a glimpse into the world beyond, call it w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:05AMThe stage at Hoboken's Mile Square Theatre seems to become a boxing ring.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:02AMAs evidenced by more than 600 responses on the Web site of The New York Times, “Death of a Salesman” remains a deeply affecting play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMMichael Esper is on a roll. In the span of two weeks in March the homegrown actor wrapped the Off-Broadway play “Assistance,” shot an NBC pilot for a medical drama called “Do No Harm�…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:00AMThe show, unfortunately, features only one actor.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThe Broadway veteran discusses his role as a sports researcher in Patrick Link's new Off-Broadway play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
He’s a drunk, he’s a rascal and he’s the reason to spend a night out at Two Cities. Sydney Carton – played by the charismatic Michael Howe – is the hero of this Dickens…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:54AMGiants walk the streets of Liverpool today, as an estimated 250,000 people line the streets for puppet theatre on a grand scale.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:52AMThere's lots going on in theatre this week, from Royal de Luxe's giant puppets in Liverpool to a global, UK-wide Shakespeare-festScotlandThe big news here is Enquirer, the new verbatim prome…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMSoho, London: If you missed Canadian clown/puppeteer Jeff Achtem in Edinburgh last year, here's a reminder of why his strange shadow-puppet menagerie was sold out every night.
Read the …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMThe Wooster Group and RSC co-production of Troilus and Cressida that is set to begin performances at Stratford-upon-Avon's Swan Theatre Aug. 3, then transfer to London's Riverside St…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:23AMWilliam Forsythe’s Artifact is self-conscious and self-aware, a ballet about being a ballet. As dancers run through patterns or wind themselves into fractured duets, curtains descend with …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:21AMThe National Theatre, Royal Opera House and Royal Albert Hall have clubbed together to form an energy-buying collective that will enable them to purchase electricity at lower rates.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:03AMJennifer Cody plays a whore with a heart of gold and a lot of grit in Judith of Bethulia, an over-the-top campy spoof of Biblical films, written by and starring the one and only Charles Busc…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 07:01AM
Summarising this show is tricky; it leaves the audience goggle-eyed, visually and aurally ravished by its theatrical imagination. A one-man show in the cavernous space of the NT's Lyttelton …
SOURCE: John Morrison at 06:45AMIts Pulitzer Prize not withstanding, Clybourne Park still seems to me a better idea for a play than it actually is. Bruce Norris’ dark comedy, which has now arrived on Broadway after h…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 06:32AMHackney Empire, London: In a West End already saturated by jukebox shows like Rock of Ages, it's not necessarily a compliment to say that Soul Sister could transfer there tomorrow. But …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMSteven Berkoff will direct the world premiere of his new comedy inspired by his experience of playing mostly villains in more than 50 films at the Charing Cross Theatre next month.
6 Charac…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:28AMSadler's Wells, London: Artifact was the first ballet created by William Forsythe when he became artistic director of Frankfurt Ballet in 1984, and it has been performed regularly by differe…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMWith Sweeney Todd being revived in the West End to great commercial and critical success over 30 years since the original production, it seems like London has finally fallen for the great Am…
SOURCE: Cheap Theatre Tickets at 06:10AM****Whitehair is at it AgainDo Not Submit: A Storytellng Open Mic For The People. Last Monday of Every MonthTrace (3714 N Clark Street)Sign up starts at 7:30, Show at 8:00FREEClic…
SOURCE: Don Hall at 06:04AMWorld premieres of a new play by David Haig and an adaptation by Donna Franceschild of her BAFTA Award-winning Takin' Over The Asylum are to be presented as part of the Royal Lyceum's 2012/1…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AM
Rupert Goold will no longer direct Troilus and Cressida for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Wooster Group as planned this summer.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:53AMDo critics stand up for "You Better Sit Down: Tales From My Parents' Divorce"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 05:44AMSteven Berkoff will direct the world premiere of his latest play, 6 Characters in Search of a Director, at London's Charing Cross Theatre, beginning performances May 16 prior to an …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34AMBallet Hispanico presents a smart work by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, an uninspired premiere by Ronald K. Brown, and a flop by artistic director Eduardo Vilaro.
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:32AMLauren Elder’s path to songwriting did not begin with a brilliant moment of inspiration or shattering heartbreak. Instead, her introduction to playing the ukulele and writing her own music…
SOURCE: TheTheatreSource at 05:05AMThis is a big, vivid show with a blistering central performance by Emi Wokoma as Tina Turner. If you’ve ever appreciated strong soul music, and prefer theatre when it comes as rock con…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:02AMI just had my life changed by a bunch of whackos running around a hotel. By Geoffrey Kidwell (actor) “Have you seen Sleep No More?” “Oh. My. God. Sleep No More. Right?!” “Honestly,…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AMThe King's Speech, currently running at the West End's Wyndham's Theatre, will end its run early, closing May 12. It was originally booking through July 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00AM
Bruce Norris' prize-winning play arrives on Broadway with its sting intact in Pam MacKinnon's crackling production.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:25AMSo much good stuff opening: "Gross Indecency" in Boulder; "Mary Stuart" in Colorado Springs; "Chess" moves to Lone Tree, "Amateur Night" and "Trailer Park" at Aurora Fox; Luciann Lajoie goes…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:21AMDo critics want to move into "Clybourne Park"?
SOURCE: StageGrade at 12:20AMThere are a lot of prayer meetings going on at “Leap of Faith,” the new musical at the St. James about a con-man evangelist.
But most of them are taking place offstage. Production member…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:14AMThe new Broadway show “Clybourne Park” is about cultural stereotypes and race relations.
Wait, don’t run away!
Bruce Norris’ play is also razor-sharp and funny as hell.
When some ch…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:14AMChekhov’s “Three Sisters” are unhappy all the time. The two who work are miserable. The married one doesn’t love her husband. All of them are sick and tired of their dreary country l…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:14AMSo many plays seem arbitrary, as if the writer were rolling dice to decide what happens next. But “Die: Roll To Proceed” cuts out the middle-man. In Joe Kurtz’s endlessly variable, int…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:14AMFriday April 20, 2012 Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas -- Brittany Howard already had her life planned out by the time she hit her 20s, and it
SOURCE: The Berkshire Eagle at 12:06AMA technical glitch — dare we say a goblin? — halted the April 19 performance of Ghost: The Musical, a special effects-heavy production, for 25 minutes at Broadway's Lunt-Font…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AMProducer/Publicist New York, New York USA Where do you look for inspiration? My friends, the tennis court, theater What’s your favorite book? In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Al…
SOURCE: The League of Professional Theatre Women at 12:01AMLegit News:
Tonys Preview 2012
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMLegit News:
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SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMCasa 0101 Theater artistic director Josefina López presents the American premiere of Armand Gatti's The Imaginary Life of the Street Sweeper, August G., translated into English an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJoseph Medeiros and Ashley Blanchet star in Little Shop of Horrors, which puts down poisonous roots April 20 at the Kansas City Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJohanna Day, Glenn Fitzgerald, Tracy Letts and Parker Posey are The Realistic Joneses in the world premiere of Will Eno's new play, which begins performances April 20 at the Yale Re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTR Warszawa's Festen (The Celebration), a theatrical feast adapted from the 1998 Danish film by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov, begins performances April 20 at St. Ann's Warehous…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGoodspeed Musicals' new production of the Tony Award-winning Jerry Herman musical Mame begins blowing its bugle April 20 for a run to July 1 at Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLynn Cohen heads the cast of the world premiere of Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg's Eavesdropping On Dreams, which begins previews April 20 at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony winner Beth Leavel plays M'Lynn in the North Carolina Theatre's production of Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias, which begins its limited engagement April 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEpic Theatre Ensemble presents William Shakespeare's Macbeth as part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Ar…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the multi-talented women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMArthur Miller's Death of a Salesman made an impression on a young Mike Nichols circa 1950. The director is paying homage to the classic with a new Broadway production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1908 The four Cohans are the stars of The Yankee Prince. George M. wrote, directed and co-produced this musical at Broadway's Knickerbocker Theatre. It will run 28 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLegit News:
Scribes Evan Placey, Sam Pritchard win U.K. legit honors
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00AMMariah MacCarthy, the playwright of The Foreplay Play, notes in the program that a friend once said to her, "Well, people think that if group sex is awkward, you're doing it wrong. The truth…
SOURCE: The New York Theatre Experience at 12:00AM 
