Donna Karger hosts the January 19, 2013 edition of On Stage.
SOURCE: NY1 at 11:22PMPascale Armand, Maria Dizzia and Greg Keller, all stars of the Yale Repertory Theater world premiere of Amy Herzog's Belleville, reunite for the Off-Broadway production beginning preview…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17PM By Patrick ChristianoThe Harlem Repertory Theater has scaled down Michael Bennett's DREAMGIRLS into a dynamite production that sizzles in the intimate 133 Street Arts Center theatre…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:16PM“The Jammer.” 4 stars. Through Feb. 17 at Atlantic Theater, 330 W. 16th St. Tickets: $45; (212) 279-4200.
Sometimes you just crave ice cream - a…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 11:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, January 22, 2013.
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Neil Simon is at his best here. There is nothing in the script that is dated by time. All of the conversations between George and Jennie are just as vital, urgent, funny and hurtful now as w…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:34PMRyan Murphy has been in a Twitter spoiler frenzy over the last couple of weeks, and on January 20th, he Tweeted a footage scrolling across the script for Blaine and Kurt's 'Come What May' re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14PMThis program, conducted by Pops conductor Andrew Lane, featured soloists Susan Egan, Doug LaBrecque and Lisa Vroman singing a varied program of new and old favorites.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:10PMWhen all of the acting is as good as what is seen here, much credit must go to director, Jim Weaver.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:09PM“Life and Times: Episodes 1-4,” a postmodern pop opera from the Nature Theater of Oklahoma, is an eight-hour epic journey of a young woman’s life.
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Zounds! It is odd to watch a tale of high passions – the love of Romeo and Juliet concealed from their feuding families, Montague and Capulet – and not be engaged. Despite this, The A…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:57PM"Retirement." It's not even a thought for performers Barbara Cook and Joel Grey or writers Sheldon Harnick and Sherman Yellen.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:40PMIt was a packed and enthusiastic house that attended a recent Sunday’s Le Salon de Musiques concert. During this, the fourth of eight concerts of Le Salon de Musiques’ 3rd season, we wer…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:38PMAccording to Deadline.com, star of Will amp Grace Sean Hayes will lead a new family comedy pilot for NBC written by Victor Fresco Better Off Ted.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:28PMThe rags-to-riches-to-rags inspirational sports flick finds wry theatrical form in The Jammer, Rolin Jones's new play at the Atlantic Theater Company's Atlantic Stage 2 space.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:26PMSinger-songwriter Barry Manilow, struggling with bronchitis, cancelled the 7 PM Jan. 22 performance of Manilow On Broadway, the concert event boasting "the songs that make the whole wor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:24PM Phantom of the Opera Prepares to Make History Again: FIRST BROADWAY SHOW TO PLAY 25 YEARS By Ellis NassourInstead of Cats b…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:19PMMolly Smith, the artistic director of Arena Stage, remembers exactly how she felt when she first heard news of the shootings in Newtown, Conn.: “It was as if the unthinkable had happened.�…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:07PMYou've scoffed about the romantic comedy wish-fulfillment archetype, now see the play!
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NEW YORK (AP) — Patrice Chereau will direct a new staging of Strauss' "Elektra" in a co-production with the French Aix-en-Provence Festival, New York's Metropolitan Opera and several other…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:51PMMeredith Monk's On Behalf of Nature is enchanting, but hardly a call to environmental action. Its premiere was part of CAP UCLA, the new UCLA Live, which offers very short runs and faces com…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 08:43PMDisney's stage adaptation of the 1992 Academy Award-winning animated film Aladdin will play a pre-Broadway engagement at Toronto's Mirvish Theatre this fall prior to a Broadway …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34PMThe legendary theater auteur, Richard Foreman, returns to film - some thirty-something years after the brilliant Strong Medicine (which can be viewed here). ONCE EVERY DAY will have its pre…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 08:29PMDisney's Aladdin is officially headed to Broadway. The musical will play a pre-Broadway engagement at Toronto's Ed Mirvish Theatre from November 13 through January 12, 2014. The musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:28PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Other Desert Cities" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Other Desert Cities" at the Goodman Theatre ★★★ ... Any writer knows th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:02PMA young man dances energetically in his dorm to the music his iPod feeds into his ears. Another young man sneaks into the room and puts up posters of Che and Kurt Cobain. The first young man…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:02PMRECOMMENDED No one ever told Deanna Dunagan “those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Just examine some of the actress’ most recent characters. At the weak…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:00PM“The Jammer” finds the joy in the small things. The simple story about a common man who follows his dreams of the roller derby doesn’t appear to be much from the outset, bu…
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:00PMDisney's Aladdin stage musical will debut Nov. 13 at Ed Mirvish Theatre
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Life will be a cabaret at the State Theater on May 11, when Liza Minnelli will headline their 25th annual benefit gala. Minnelli, a Tony, Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:54PMWith tickets on ebay selling for more than the cost of your annual Carnival Cruise, it's likely that you won't be one of the lucky Manilow Maniacs to see Manilow on Broadway, the Grammy, Emm…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:52PMNEW YORK (AP) — Creating the excitement of packs of hard-driving, brawling roller derby skaters hurtling around the rink ought to be impossible on a small theater stage.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:47PMSavion Glover, artist, actor, choreographer and tap dance superstar extraordinaire, is widely known to everyone, young or old, who loves tap. His latest offering, SoLe Sanctuary offers audie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:40PMThis review comes to you, dear readers, from an exhausted critic. I’ve spent 10 hours listening to the rambling stream-of-consciousness life story of someone I’ve never heard of,…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PMNEW YORK—A stage musical of the animated film "Aladdin" is riding a magic carpet to Broadway and the president of Disney Theatrical Productions promises it will be "a full-length, big …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:29PMWith the number of rehearsal spaces in New York City dwindling as real estate prices rise, Ripley-Grier Studios is here to help by adding 10 newly constructed audition, rehearsal, and perfor…
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:18PMNEW YORK (AP) -- A stage musical of the animated film "Aladdin" is riding a magic carpet to Broadway and the president of Disney Theatrical Productions promises it will be "a full-length…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:14PMNow, Disney Theatrical Productions has confirmed that Aladdin, a new musical based on the Academy Award winning animated film, will play its pre-Broadway engagement at Toronto's Ed Mirvish T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:09PMEvery show ends sometime (unless you're Phantom), so before the cast takes their final bow, there are a few things we want to know. In 2012, Argentinean theater star (and Olivier Award winn…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:07PMEvery show ends sometime (unless you're Phantom), so before the cast takes their final bow, there are a few things we want to know. In 2012, Argentine theater star Elena Roger--an Olivier A…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:07PMNEW YORK (AP) — A stage musical of the animated film "Aladdin" is riding a magic carpet to Broadway and the president of Disney Theatrical Productions promises it will be "a full-length, b…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 07:05PMThough Disney previously would not confirm rumors that “Aladdin” was coming to Broadway, the company has now announced a pre-Broadway tryout for the new musical in Toronto. The productio…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 07:00PMThe show will mark a return to big-budget musicals for Disney Theatricals, with an expected cost of between $12 million and $15 million.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00PMTiming can be a bitch. The Amoralists had Lyle Kessler’s new play “Collision” in rehearsal when the Newtown, Conn., massacre occurred. Suddenly, an “incendiary black …
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:00PMCleveland Play House costume designer David Kay Mickelsen describes how he created the timeless pieces in "Bell, Book and Candle," now onstage at the Allen Theatre through Sunday, …
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Last week the cast and crew of Edward Albee's WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF were visited by Julianna Margulies and her husband on Saturday evening, January 19, 2013 and Philip Seymour Hoffm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMYesterday I met up with fellow critics Karen D'Souza of the San Jose Mercury News, Robert Hurwitt of the San Francisco Chronicle, Rob Avila of the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Chad Jones o…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:50PMIn a recent photoshoot with 7Hollywood, SMASH actress Katharine McPhee donned a neo-noir look to pay homage to her co-star Anjelica Huston. Check out the stylized shoot below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMAccording to his official Facebook page, Barry Manilow has postponed tonight's performance of Manilow on Broadway, playing at the St. James Theatre 246 West 44th Street. It reads 'With deep …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMUltimately, this production of Waiting for Godot succeeds in staying true to Beckett's honest but dark vision but also makes it accessible. If you feel a need to ponder the absurdity of our…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:30PMHe created from Broadway to Hollywood, the Guthrie, the Super Bowl, for Prince and the Holidazzle.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:17PMSherri Shepherd, co-host of ABC's Emmy Award-winning talk show The View, recently made a one night cameo appearance in the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit musical, NEWSIES. Scroll below for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:13PMBarry Manilow has canceled the January 22 preview performance of his concert engagement, Manilow on Broadway. The concert series is scheduled to officially open on January 24 and p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:08PMThe City of New York has honored Grammy Award-winning superstar and Brooklyn native Barry Manilow with his very own street. In a ceremony performed earlier today, Todd Asher, Deputy Commissi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMTalk about racing out of the starting gate. With its stunningly sung, ingeniously staged production of “A Grand Night for Singing” — a Rodgers and Hammerstein revue that is full of fam…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:04PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Aliens" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "The Aliens" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★ ... Annie Baker's sweet and beautiful l…
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Rolin Jones’ wacky new off-Broadway play The Jammer tells the story of a lovelorn Brooklynite who finds himself in the forgotten 1950s bloodsport of the roller derby. Check out the vid…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:55PMGrammy Award-winning superstar Barry Manilow's hometown concert event, Manilow on Broadway, began its limited Broadway engagement on January 18, 2013, at the St. James Theatre 246 West 44th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMThe stagehand strike in Philadelphia continues to rage on. Negotations between the Philadelphia Theatre Company and Local 8 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE…
SOURCE: Backstage at 05:44PMShe's been awarded an Oscar, eight prime-time Emmy awards, one daytime Emmy, and one Golden Globe. Yet, all 83-year-old Cloris Leachman wanted to do on stage at the recent PBS Pioneers of Te…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:43PMAbout the author:
Peter Kulok has worked on Broadway for more than 30 years as a business manager, general manager, producer and now house manager in Shubert Organization theaters. For the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:39PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway @BOOKOFMORMONBWY breaks its own house record …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:37PMOn January 5, the high-octane musical ROCK OF AGES opened at The Venetian Las Vegas to an enthusiastic, full house at the Rock of Ages Theatre. The production is a hilarious, feel-good love …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMManhattan Theatre Club announces the guests for the upcoming Sloan panel discussing Sharr White’s THE OTHER PLACE. The panel will focus on the role of science in the play and will featur…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:21PMAtlanta's nationally acclaimed ALLIANCE THEATRE stages GOOD PEOPLE - the award winning play by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire. The ALLIANCE THEATRE production will be directed by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:16PMThe world premiere of Michael Puzzo's Spirits of Exit Eleven, the dark comedy set at a New Jersey strip club, opened Jan. 17 at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMHere's a tip: If you're going to a production mounted by Unsung Musicals Co., it's not going to look like Phantom or sound like Les Miz, or any number of award-winning, time-tested musicals …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:05PMThis is the first post in a series exploring the role of digital media in the theater realm. A Double Dog Dare Fresh off the boat from Raleigh, NC with no job prospects and the grand implosi…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMCan you believe it’s been five months? Come January 27, the girls of Delta Nu will harmonise “oh my god you guys!” for the final time, and the curtain of the Lyric will ring down on th…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMSometimes you just come across something that is Wicked Cool. That’s right, I capitalized both words and they weren’t at the beginning of a sentence. I did it, I own it. ThatR…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMDavid Allen speaks with I Will Survive’s Tom Sharah about his upcoming cabaret engagement at Midsumma Festival, Melbourne. I meet Tom Sharah at The Winery in Sydney. It’s a classy joint …
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Broadway alum George Dvorsky assumed the role of the narrator, El Gallo, in The Fantasticks beginning January 21. Dvorsky succeeds Richard Roland in the long-running musical. Directed by Tom…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:55PMTony Award-winning puppet musical Avenue Q is teaming up with Logo TV for a series of national public service announcements to raise awareness about HIV and HIV prevention. The campaign will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMThe revival of Jekyll & Hyde, the musical based on the immortal horror classic by Robert Louis Stevenson, will move to Broadway following the completion of its national tour. The product…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:46PMTony winner Marcia Gay Harden is set to replace Rosemarie DeWitt in the second season of HBO's drama The Newsroom, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Harden will play th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:46PMGeorge Dvorsky is the latest actor to step into the role of El Gallo in the long-running Off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks, which plays the Snapple Theater Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:38PMThe 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Picnic" returns to Broadway, courtesy of the Roundabout Theater Company.
SOURCE: NY1 at 04:31PMMiguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, 2012's MVP of the American League, kept his feline connection strong while in New York City this past weekend. He and his family took in the hit Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMKelechi Ezie, whose New York theatrical credits include Restoration Comedy, Tearing Down The Walls and The Dome, will play Celie in the White Plains Performing Arts Center production of the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMRock of Ages, the Tony Award-nominated musical that continues at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre, began performances in Las Vegas Dec. 18 at the Venetian Hotel & Casino.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMTracie Bennett will play Judy Garland in 'End of the Rainbow' by Peter Quilter, directed by Terry Johnson in its West Coast Premiere. Previews begin March 12, 2013 and the show opens March 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMOracle Theatre is one of my favorite theatres in town. I usually love all their artistic choices. I didn’t love this. I didn’t even like it. Accidental Death of an Anarchist is no acc…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:16PMHappy birthday, Lord Byron (1788-1824)! I just re-read Don Juan, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is not only much more accessible than Byron’s only finished book length poe…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:09PMNewcomer Mickey Sumner will join Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Carol Kane in the world premiere of Craig Lucas’ new comedy The Lying Lesson. Tony nominated-director Pam MacKinnon (Clyb…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PMMickey Sumner (The Borgias) will join the previously announced Carol Kane (Harvey) in Atlantic Theater Company's upcoming production of Craig Lucas' The Lying Lesson, set to run February 20-…
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Atlantic Theater Company Neil Pepe, Artistic Director Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director just announced that Tony Award nominated director Pam MacKinnon Clybourne Park, Who's Afraid of Virgin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMHunter Ryan Herdlicka, who co-starred in the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music, will debut his brand-new concert act, You Make Me Feel So Young, Jan. 24-25 at the Austin Cabaret Theat…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMMeanwhile, with relevance to the trademark law, there is no real chance that anyone could plausibly think that the film was sponsored by or affiliated with Disney. The scene where a Disney P…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 03:50PMAtlantic Theater Company is reviving the forgotten sport of roller derby eight times a week in the new off-Broadway show The Jammer. Written by Rolin Jones (Weeds, Friday Night Lights) and d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMBarry Manilow began his concert run in Manilow on Broadway on January 18 at the St. James Theatre, marking the pop icon's return to the Great White Way for the first time in more th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:46PMTony Award-nominated director Pam MacKinnon (Clybourne Park, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?) will direct actress Mickey Sumner in the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize finalist and Tony …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMTelly Leung will return to 54 Below on April 14 with an encore presentation of his concert I’ll Cover You. The concert is directed by Alan Muraoka and musically directed by Gary Adler.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMYour basic U-Cheeseburger.Whenever I write about a restaurant, someone always emails to say (with an unseen eye-roll), "Yes, Thomas Garvey, we know you can get great food in town for $75 a h…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 03:32PMJazzart Dance Theatre introduces a wave of rising new talent in Destination ...Lerato, which will be presented at Artscape Theatre from 8 to 10 February.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMThe Phantom of the Opera composer Andrew Lloyd Webber won't be among the starry partygoers celebrating the hit musical's 25th Broadway anniversary on January 26. Webber will be unabl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PMThere's a strong whiff of the workshop about this Atlantic production of "The Jammer," an endearing oddball of a show by Rolin Jones (a TV scribe on shows including "Weeds," "Friday Night Li…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:26PMFrom Broadway With Love A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook will take place 700 pm on January 28, 2013, at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Connecticut. The evening will be a concert of love an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:25PMHow the director stages both worlds at once Water By the Spoonful is mostly realistic, but sometimes, it hovers just above the actual world. Sometimes, when people struggle with addiction, t…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:24PMOn Twitter Watch, Audra McDonald amp Will Swenson wrote 'Happy Inauguration Weekend'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:23PMThe critically acclaimed 2011 revival of Follies, which features a Tony Award-winning score by Stephen Sondheim, played its final performance on Broadway Jan. 22, 2012. In celebration of the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMReviewed by: RUSSELL GOELTENBODT My appreciation for musical theater over the years is very diverse. I love the uniqueness of Wicked and Cabaret, and Chicago. I love the artistic and histo…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:17PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Sting's daughter Mickey Sumner has signed up to make her off-Broadway debut in Craig Lucas's new comedy "The Lying Lesson."...
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January 22, 2013by Mark LamosArtistic DirectorLong after our 2013 Season of plays came together I began to realize a theme throughout. Though each play is vastly an…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 02:56PMRECOMMENDED Right from the start, director Shade Murray lets the audience know that he isn’t afraid of the (often lengthy) silent patches between Annie Baker’s careful slice-of-life dial…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 02:52PMWicked returned to the top spot this week as many theatergoers had a long weekend for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Broadway bid farewell to Al Pacino as the hit revival of Glengarry G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:52PMSLOW, SAD AND STRANGE Sooner or later (preferably the former), we expect a play to pay off – to deliver a “gotcha” revelation that makes sudden or accumulated sense out of what seemed …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:50PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1202013.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMAmy Herzog's play still manages to do everything you want it to do: the characters come to life, and drive one another to difficult, unexpected places, and us along with them.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:49PMHenrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People” is proving to be a play for all political times. During the fall election season, “Enemy” was on Broadway starring Richard Thomas, while a s…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:47PMCan you really dare to open a new theater these days with a 31 / 2-hour marathon? Can you risk producing a play — not a musical — that requires 13 actors? Can you bet all your chips on s…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:47PMThe award-winning parody musical Silence! The Musical is back off-Broadway due to popular demand. Featuring a book by Hunter Bell, music and lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan and directi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:45PM(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Robert Iger got a 20 percent bump in his 2012 pay, totaling $40.2 million, regulatory filings showed.
SOURCE: Reuters at 02:45PMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Harold Prince and produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Company, Inc.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMName: Anna StrombergHometown: Wilmington, NCEducation: American Academy of Dramatic Arts. I got connected with The Amoralists because Nick Lawson saw me in Dracula and put my name in when th…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:43PMCrusaders for equality Audra McDonald and Will Swenson spent January 21 celebrating President Obama’s inauguration by performing at the Human Rights Campaign’s Out for Equality&r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMSinger-songwriter Barry Manilow moved to Broadway starting Jan. 18, when Manilow On Broadway — his new concert — began at the St. James Theatre. On Jan. 22, West …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMTeatro Avante closed out the XXVII International Hispanic Theatre festival in July with its production of Cuban playwright Virgilio Piñera's El no. Adapted by Gilda Santana and directed by …
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 02:39PMIf you’re playing a doctor, you have to know a little thing or two about chemistry—especially when your onstage lover is played by the sultry Deborah Cox! When Constantine Maroul…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:38PMThe cast of the Broadway musical Annie welcomed a very special guest on January 20: Chicago Oscar winner and A Little Night Music Tony winner Catherine Zeta-Jones. The beautiful star brought…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:30PMWe are pleased to announce the publication of Tony Kushner’s critically acclaimed screenplay for Lincoln, now a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg. Based in part on Pulitzer…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:29PMThe Sweetest Sounds: A Century of Song from Rodgers to Guettel will be presented at Birdland Feb. 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMIt's been a big month for backstage news on Broadway. Jordan Roth, the 37-year-old president of Jujamcyn Theaters, one of the three primary owner-operators of Broadway theaters, became the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:15PMLive From Lincoln Center's winter and spring broadcast season kicks off with a special concert from Lincoln Center's 2013 American Songbook series celebrating the legendary songwriting duo o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMGet ready to go dancin’ in the street! Tickets are now on sale for the bio tuner Motown: The Musical, a new Broadway show about the life of iconic Motown founder Berry Gordy. Feat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:14PMBarry Manilow sat down with Jujamcyn Theaters president and producer Jordan Roth to chat about the pop star's return to the Great White Way in the new concert Manilow on Broadway, now at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMTony Award-winning Broadway veterans Joel Grey and Chita Rivera will be special guests for Ring Them Bells! Rob Fisher Celebrates Kander & Ebb Feb. 15 at the Allen Room.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMManhattan Theatre Club announces the guests for the upcoming Sloan panel discussing Sharr White's THE OTHER PLACE. The panel will focus on the role of science in the play and will feature no…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:08PMThe Amoralists' world-premiere of Lyle Kessler's college-set drama Collision began performances Jan. 10 Off-Broadway at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:08PMGrammy Award-winning superstar Barry Manilow's hometown concert event, Manilow on Broadway, began its limited Broadway engagement on January 18, 2013, at the St. James Theatre 246 West 44th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMPlaywright and actor Michael Puzzo celebrated the off-Broadway opening night of his new play Spirits of Exit Eleven on January 17 with the help of stage and TV favorite David Zayas (Dexter, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PM
According to the Sun, Adele, who just won a Golden Globe Award for the title song in Skyfall is eager to earn more awards to earn the sought-after EGOT, and that might include a trip to Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:55PM THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical, has broken its own house record in Seattle. The show grossed $2,107,505.00 for the week ending Sunday, Januar…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:51PMWhen Theater for the New City burns its mortgage Saturday, January 26, 2013 at a community celebration from 500 PM to 700 PM, celebrities participating will include F. Murray Abraham, Edward…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:49PMThe cast recording of the short-lived Broadway musical Leap of Faith, which features a score by composer Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, was released digitally Dec. 4 prior to an in-store rele…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of The Other Place, the new play by Sharr White, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, has been extended by one week due to popu…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:46PMIn seedy 1980s Soho, a foul-mouthed Scouser with a convict haircut became the face of alternative comedy. As Alexei Sayle returns to standup, he explains why arenas are bad for comedy C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMX Factor runner-up and Broadway vet Carly Rose Sonenclar enjoyed a visit to the Foxwoods Theatre on January 20 to meet Reeve Carney and Rebecca Faulkenberry, the high-flying s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:38PM The Music Box Theatre continues its partnership with the UK’s National Theatre Live – produced by Northwestern University alum David Sabel – to exhibit live stage performances b…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:38PMRolin Jones’ comedy The Jammer has extended its off-Broadway run by an extra week. Starring Patch Darragh, the 1950s roller derby comedy will now run through February 17 at …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:35PMBroadway Week, which is organized by the city's tourism group NYC and Company, is offering two-for-one tickets for popular plays and musicals through February 7.
SOURCE: NY1 at 01:34PMAtlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director) is proud to announce that the New York premiere of Rolin Jones’ comedy THE JAMMER, directed by Ja…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:32PMJean-Luc Choplin, the director of the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, is continuing his love affair with the American musical — and, he says, Parisians are now having …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMBen Rimalower's Patti Issues, which has received a garland of critical praise, has extended its run for a fifth time at the Duplex. Performances will now continue through April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMNew York Theatre Workshop NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo present the New York premiere of Belleville, written by Amy Herzog and directed by Anne K…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:27PMAnnie Abbott looks back at immigrant grandmothers, her childhood in New York, her first Equity job, her dating experiences as a widow. She believes she has found her storyteller's voice in G…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:23PMThe numbers are in and stage and screen star Jessica Chastain had a fantastic week at the box office– on both coasts. The Academy Award-nominated actress had the top two grossing mo…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 01:23PMRated RSO: MT-17, featuring the work of composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver, was offered Jan. 21 in New York City. Derek Klena (Dogfight), Alex Brightman (Wicked, Big Fish), A…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PMSmash star Megan Hilty will headline a concert at Carnegie Hall on March 8 featuring the music of Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Ella Fitzgerald, Marilyn Monroe and more.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:13PM OVER 100 BROADWAY PERFORMERS AND 100 NEWTOWN STUDENT PERFOMERS SET FOR: From Broadway with Love: A Benefit Concert For Sandy Hook on January 28th at 7 PM at The Palace Theater in Waterbur…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:09PMTheatre Under The Stars TUTS presents Camelot, running Jan. 22 - Feb. 3, 2013 at Hobby Center for the Performing Arts. Set in a land where honor and chivalry reign, Camelot follows the love …
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“Being newly single in middle age.... It’s like opening one of those child’s toys where the snake pops out of the can.” So goes “The Snake Can” at the Ody…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:58PMRupert Everett conveys Oscar Wilde’s wit, weariness and warmth in David Hare’s play, newly transferred to the West End, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMRupert Everett conveys Oscar Wilde's wit, weariness and warmth in David Hare's play, newly transferred to the West End, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMThis Kafka adaptation successfully distorts our sense of perspective and emphasises the story’s socio-political dimension, Ian Shuttleworth writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMTwo contrasting shows – Leo and Plan B – explore our relationship to gravity to eye-opening effect, Alison Gunn writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:57PMOn March 8, 2013, The New York Pops continues its 30th season with an evening of swinging favorites in Luck Be a Lady Megan Hilty Sings Sinatra and More. Music Director and Conductor Steven …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:51PMDrop the Dead Donkey star Neil Pearson has been cast in the Old Vic’s forthcoming touring production of Noises Off. The tour of the play follows successful runs at both the Old Vic and the…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMTickets are now on sale for the Broadway premiere of the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda. The show begins previews at the Shubert Theatre on March 4, with opening night…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:50PMBudding model Dannielynn Birkhead (the new face of Guess Kids) and her father, Larry Birkhead, spent the MLK holiday weekend in New York, where they enjoyed a family-friendly Broadway outing…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:49PMDirector Michael Leeds and a solid cast at the Plaza Theatre in Manalapan have mastered Neil Simon’s challenging meld of witty comedy and throat-choking heartache, and make both perfectly …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:42PMJanuary has been a surprisingly busy month on Broadway, and coverage of two starry openings made the list of Broadway.com’s most-watched videos for the week of January 16 through Janua…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:41PMThe New York Pops will offer Luck Be a Lady: Megan Hilty Sings Sinatra and More, featuring the "Smash" and Wicked star, March 8 concert at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMBryan Welnicki of Manchester is playing the romantic role of Lucas in the non-Equity touring edition of the musical "The Addams Family" musical which will play the Shubert Theater in New …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:35PMMeredith Wilson’s The Music Man is indisputably on of the greatest musical ever created and under the masterful direction of Rachel Rockwell it is getting one of its best revivals in the l…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:33PMThe cast of New York Theatre Workshop's upcoming production of Amy Herzog's Belleville began rehearsals on Tuesday, January 22. Directed by Anne Kauffman (Detroit), the psychological thrille…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:33PMAdd Mary Testa (“Broadway’s “Xanadu,” “Guys and Dolls”) and Paul Scott Goodman (off Broadway’s “Rooms,” “Bright Lights, Big Ci…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:27PMProducers recently announced that Jekyll and Hyde will begin previews at the Marquis Theatre on April 5 before officially opening on April 18. It was previously announced that the musical wo…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:21PMThis is part three of the series on the show biz ancestry of Cynthia Fujikawa, which we launched here two weeks ago. It’s in her own words. My grandmother Marion Finlay (see last…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:16PMIt’s Phantom Week on Broadway.com as the monumental musical celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary. So many fantastic actors have taken on the musical's menacing lead role over th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:13PMThe Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced today that Jill Garland has been named the new Senior Director of Development. Garland com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMGrammy Award-winning superstar Barry Manilow's hometown concert event, Manilow on Broadway, began its limited Broadway engagement on January 18, 2013, at the St. James Theatre 246 West 44th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMJordan Roth, president of Broadway venue operators Jujamcyn Theaters, has become the principal owner of the company, according to Variety. Roth, who previously owned 50 percent of Jujamcyn, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PM Bob Costas to Host Comedy Legends and Sports Icons for Madison Square Garden's Garden of Dreams Benefit …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:10PMCitizens, GlasgowThe class war isn't over yet. Just ask the House of Commons catering staff whom MP Christopher Chope referred to as "servants" last week. Let's hope they don't react li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMReligion is a touchy subject among people of different religions. It can become an even touchier subject among people of the same religion. At least people with different beliefs can leave i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:01PMThe Weekly Howl is a peer-produced, open-access discussion about theater culture and contemporary performance that happens on Twitter using the hashtag #newplay.* Join us Thursday, Januar…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:00PMIn this week’s episode of Bunheads, Michelle Simms (played by two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster) discovers she’s not as clever as she thinks she is. When Fanny (played by Tony w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PMTelly Leung, the Broadway actor recently seen in the world premiere of the new musical Allegiance, will return to 54 Below in April.
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Star-Studded Connecticut Concert for Newtown Community on January 28 By Ellis NassourFrom Broadway w…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:59AMThe critically acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's Follies played its final performance at the Marquis Theatre Jan. 22, 2012. We look back at the show's op…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMCurator Mark Jeffery places work in 14 institutions across the city in this semi-regular performance fest
SOURCE: Culturebot at 11:58AMThe Topic Was Air from Works Progress on Vimeo. As artists who often work across disciplines, we’re excited by efforts to get beyond silo thinking. Thankfully, there seem to be more and mo…
SOURCE: State of the Artist at 11:50AMTHE PERFORMING GARAGE PRESENTS AN OPEN STUDIO SHOWING OF Jim Findlay DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER A PERFORMANCE FOR A SLEEPING AUDIENCE Take a deeply ambient journey through Cao Xueqin’s 1…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 11:49AMMariah Gale is currently starring alongside Felix Scott in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries at the Gate Theatre.
Gale's recent theatre work includes Three Sisters, Vernon God Lit…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:46AMJordan Roth, president of Jujamcyn Theaters, which owns and operates five theatres — including those housing The Book of Mormon and Jersey Boys — is now majority shareholder in t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMBut it’s January and there’s nothing else going on, so let’s take two seconds and talk about Barbra Streisand, all right? Specifically, let’s talk about Barbra Streis…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:36AMDarren Ritchie, Stanley Bahorek, Leslie Kritzer and Diana DeGarmo star in the North Carolina Theatre production of Nerds, the new musical about technology giants Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, w…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMGolden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated The Heiress star Jessica Chastain took time out of her incredibly busy schedule to pay a visit to Late Night Jimmy Fallon, and the actres…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMNow that Josh Gad is headlining the NBC White House comedy 1600 Penn, the actor has a newfound understanding for the men who've held the presidency throughout America'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:31AMI fight being sentimental and patriotic and any kind of teary crap, but my God, this makes me feel everything that I can feel about America and being good and doing good and what's right for…
SOURCE: Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment at 11:30AMThe music of iconic composer Stephen Schwartz will be celebrated in the new musical Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook. The show will premiere this fall at Goodspeed’s Norma Terris Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AMSarah Paulson ("American Horror Story"), Jack Noseworthy (Sweet Smell of Success), Danny Burstein (Golden Boy) and five-time Emmy Award winner Candice Bergen ("Murphy Brown&qu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMGet ready to storm the barricades from your own home! The hit movie adapatation of Les Misérables will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 19, according to Blu-Ray.com.
Le…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMAfter coming off her 27th Golden Globe nomination earlier this month, Meryl Streep is returning to public television where it all began. Airing on January 31 at 9pm, she will be narrating Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:23AMIs that it has experienced a massive shift over the past few years. The concept used to be that you had a boss and that boss would have people working below them and doing what they asked. T…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:18AMToday is the 45th anniversary of the premiere of the groundbreaking television show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In (1968-1973). I often think of Dan Rowan and Dick Martin as the Last Co…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMAlso in this week's comedy news: Ricky Gervais gets called a 'bad standup' – and what's a 'pricket bat'? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMThe numbers are in. Stage and screen star Jessica Chastain was a massive box office draw this week on both coasts. The Academy Award-nominated actress had the top two grossing movies th…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:17AMBroadway and theater powerhouses were in abundance last night to perform and celebrate in honor of President Obama's inauguration for his second term. Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (The G…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AMTony Award-winning Director Peter Brook returns to BAM's Harvey Theater for the first time in nearly a decade with The Suit. While this mercifully short play does have a few sparkling moment…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:15AM76 trombones led the big parade— with roughly 110 great youth actors right behind. OK— maybe not 110 all at once on the stage, but somewhere close to that in the two casts of The Music M…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AMBring It On, the Broadway musical inspired from the popular film franchise and closed at the end of December, has been nominated for a GLADD Media Award in the category of Outstanding Theatr…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:05AMIn a new dark comedy by Laura Marks, the “Ugly Betty” star has far more at stake than she ever did as a budding fashionista
SOURCE: NBC New York at 11:05AMThe Kindling Theater Company's inaugural production, the world premiere of Michael Rabe's dark comedy The Future Is Not What It Was, officially opened Jan. 21, following preview…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMJohn Michael Coppola, who appeared in the Chicago and Las Vegas casts of Jersey Boys, will star as Bobby in the William Street Repertory production of Company, which will begin performances …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMI’ve been blogging for five years, and every year since I started I’ve been publishing actual hard copies of each yearly collection. And I’m proud to say that Year #5 entit…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe upcoming Broadway revival of “Jekyll & Hyde” will play at the Marquis Theatre, rather than the previously announced Richard Rodgers Theatre. Previews will begin April 5, with the…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 1152013 - 1222013.
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Take a look at what passes for children's theater in this country and one might well conclude that childhood constitut…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 11:00AMDisney stage musical sets pre-Broadway plan
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BBC Wales is calling on a smoking ban in the country to be relaxed, claiming current legislation is deterring drama producers from filming there. It argues that current legislation – which…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMDon't miss an intimate evening with acclaimed singer, pianist, composer and lyricist Ann Hampton Callaway as she blends jazz and pop for a unique journey through the timeless songbook of Bar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMText: “Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azureR…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 10:50AMDue to popular demand, SILENCE! The Musical resumed performances the other day at the Elektra Theatre in the heart of Times Square.
SOURCE: www.timessquaregossip.com at 10:49AMMLK weekend boosts Rialto B.O.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:42AMSilence hasn't ever been golden at Silence! The Musical, now at the Elektra Theatre and starring Sean McDermott as Hannibal Lecter.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 10:40AMThis week, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to feature Richmond Ballet, in Richmond, Virginia, as its Regional Dance Company of the Week
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMTweetI love the song It Takes Two from Into The Woods. It’s a song about how it takes two people to have a kid or a child, but also can be heard as it takes two to pull off a scheme, p…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 10:34AMThe Dramatists Guild, in association with Harvardwood, is pleased to present the first DG Academy event of 2013. This event will livestream for the open-source #NEWPLAY TV project on Tuesd…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:28AMOlivier winner Elaine Paige, who played Carlotta in the Tony-nominated Broadway revival of Follies, will perform in concert in the U.S. in the coming months.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMA new national survey of nonprofit executives suggests it isn’t just the uncertain economy that’s making it hard for charities – including arts and culture groups – t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:22AMIt's the first time kids have been in a Marin Theatre Company show in well over a decade, so what's the youth-friendly vehicle in question? It's Waiting for Godot!
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:21AMRolin Jones’ 1950s roller derby comedy The Jammer officially opens off-Broadway on January 22. Directed by Jason Gay and starring Patch Darragh, The Jammer runs at…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:17AMToday in 1942, the first revival of Porgy and Bess opened at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 286 performances. First performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AMDavid Sisco FounderCurator and Lorene Phillips Contributing Editor celebrated the launch of THE DIRECTORY OF Contemporary Theatre WRITERS in a star-studded concert last night, January 21 at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMMusical changes theaters, sets opening date
SOURCE: Variety at 10:05AMThe forthcoming Broadway revival of Jekyll & Hyde has set an opening date of April 18 at the Marquis Theatre, rather than the previously announced Richard Rodgers Theatre. The show will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:01AM
The inaugural production of the Kindling Theater Company-the world premiere of The Future Is Not What It Was, written by Michael Rabe and directed by Jay Stull-opened last night, Saturday, J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMAn invitation-only reading of Michael Ricigliano, Jr.'s A Queen for a Day will be presented Jan. 27 at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMToday is the birthday of Sam Cooke (1931-1964). His short, sweet life (and his 30 top 40 hits) are well known. But here’s something I thought would be of interest to our readers. His f…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:51AMPlaybillVIP.com, the latest offering in the Playbill family of websites, enables schools, colleges, amateur and community productions to build custom Playbills, share them online and even pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMToday is the birthday of the great American director D.W. Griffith (for my full article on him go here). In honor of the day we share his 1910 film An Arcadian Maid starring Mary Pickford…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:45AMPlaywright, author and visual artist Tom Block began writing plays a few years ago. His work immediately attracted the attention of Wanderlust Theater Lab’s founder Roselie Vasquez-Y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:38AMThe upcoming Broadway revival of Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse's Jekyll
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:38AMCurrent and former cast members from the long-running, Tony-winning Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera will be special guests at Seth's Broadway Ch…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:35AMToday is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #428: Eva Taylor (for more on this early blues and jazz performer go here). I found this cool video this morning of her performing with a Danish D…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:34AMMy name is Nicky McDonnell and I will be playing Diana in MCPs production of Next to Normal. I have a BFA in acting from Emerson College in Boston and have been performing for many years …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:30AMIt’s Phantom Week at Broadway.com! In honor of the musical’s 25th Broadway birthday on January 26, we’re unveiling exclusive interviews, fun facts and surprises about …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:30AMITV director of drama Laura Mackie, the commissioner of shows such as Downton Abbey and Whitechapel, is to leave the commercial broadcaster to set up her own production company. She will be …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AMIt would take a dissertation to do justice to Harold Prince’s theatrical career, which has yielded a record 21 Tony Awards spanning more than 50 years. No one has guided more iconic Br…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:20AMCaroline V. McGraw
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Current Town: Brooklyn, NY Q: Congrats on being the new P73 Fellow. What do you plan to work on with them in your fellowship year?…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:20AMNederlander Presentations, Inc., Independent Presenters Network, Chunsoo Shin, Luigi Caiola and Stewart F. LaneBonnie Comley have just announced the first preview, opening night and ticket o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMFollowing the completion of its current national tour, the 13-week limited Broadway engagement of Jekyll & Hyde will begin previews at Broadway's Marquis Theatre (rather than the pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:05AMBroadway has come home to Baltimore as Everyman Theatre opens its doors at its brand new home on Fayette Street, bringing along with it the Pulitzer Prize-Winning play August: Osage County, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:01AM"Call Me Adam" chats with Adelaide Mestre, actress, singer, writer, and solo show performer about her one-woman show "Top Drawer," at Theatre 72 from Feb. 5-27, Adelaide's famous family hist…
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ONE NIGHT STAND is a funny, intimate, behind-the-scenes journey from the blank page to the live stage, as top Broadway and television writers, actors, and directors produce four original sho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMTony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for "Lincoln," the motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg and inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin's &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:37AMActor turned politician identifies egoism, lack of professionalism and poor timekeeping among failings that wouldn't be toleratedPoliticians wouldn't cut it in professional theatre, MP Glend…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMThe Puppet Co. presents Toyland, a tale about an adventure that brings together Mother Goose and some favorite characters from her famous tales. This production is performed by Christopher P…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AM"No Quarter,'' written by Polly Stenham, concludes with some hope for the next generation, while "Hansel and Gretel'' shows the director Katie Mitchell's playful side.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:30AMI have been anxious about the precarious nature of this country's arts organizations of color; it is ironic that...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:27AMClaude-Michel Schnberg, co-composer of LES MISERABLES, has confirmed that 'Suddenly,' the new, Oscar-nominated song written specifically for the movie, may be added to the stage show at some…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMRoyal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: With preparations well under way for next year's First World War centenary, it would be easy to cast Peter Whelan's 1981 play as a timely tribut…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMDirector replaces Shapiro on Off Broadway play
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Today is the birthday of Tom Patricola (1891-1950), the younger brother of popular vaudeville musician Miss (Isabella) Patricola. He was an eccentric dancer who clogged and tapped while pl…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42AMToday is the birthday of Maurice P. Kitchen (1896-1962), better known to audiences as Rajah Raboid. A New Orleans native he first performed magic under the far more quotidian name of Ray Boy…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:16AMCasting has been announced for the UK tour of the Old Vic's revival of Michael Frayn's award-winning backstage comedy Noises Off. Following its acclaimed run at the Old Vic, where it became …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:13AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, London: Anyone who has coped with depression - their own or somebody else's - will find much to identify with in this desolate, difficult and …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMNew Wimbledon Theatre, London: A Transylvanian transvestite makes science fiction history by creating the man of his dreams in a castle full of futuristic machinery assisted by an array of k…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMThe submission process to find the UK’s second City of Culture in 2017 has been launched today by arts minister Ed Vaizey. The announcement comes just days after Derry-Londonderry official…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMDave Malloy breaks his silence, responding to Culturebot's "The Theater of Tomorrow, Today" Long Table discussion at Under The Radar with a thoughtfully positive and provocative manifesto.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 06:13AMLyric Hammersmith, London: Franz Kafka's dark, disturbing novella, first published in 1915, has regularly provided fertile ground for theatrical adapters, among them Steven Berkoff, wit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:03AMTaught vocal performance at American U. in later years
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Cambridge Arts Theatre: Patrick Barlow's The 39 Steps is an absolute hoot. And after its triumph in the US, where it picked up two Tony Awards, and extensive touring, it is now a hit wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMHani Omar Khalil writes about Mohamed Fairouz's chamber opera "Sumeida's Song", that premiered last week at HERE Arts Center, in the context of post-revolution Egypt.
SOURCE: Culturebot at 05:54AMI was right! Last month, as we put together the annual Holiday Gift Guide, I included a suggestion that a fabulous gift would be one or more of the new live recordings of the cabaret shows a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:50AMCreative Scotland has confirmed its commitment to holding consultative meetings across the art forms in Scotland, as it restructures its way of working ahead of the publication of a new corp…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:34AMThe Old King shows a man reduced to wordlessness, fighting to communicate or connect with an audience. Dancer Romeu Runa flails about, putting himself through gruelling tasks.
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:31AMA couple weeks ago I wrote a post on changing definitions of success in which I, essentially, asked, Can we change them? And do we really want to? In a thoughtful comment to the post (well …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06AMJekyll & Hyde 2013 Broadway Revival
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The 2013 Broadway revival of Musical Theatre cult-favorite Jekyll & Hyde will not play the Richard Rodgers Theatre as …
SOURCE: About.com - Theater at 05:06AM
This glittering account of Kafka's famous story - part comedy and part tragedy - of Gregor Samsa waking one morning to discover that he has turned into an insect, is the production’s t…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:59AMClaude-Michel Schönberg, co-composer of Les Misérables, has revealed that the song "Suddenly", which was written especially for the film version of the hit show, could one day be…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:55AMWhile Kafka specifically declined to indicate exactly what kind of creature Gregor Samsa becomes in his horrific overnight transformation, translators of the novella have gone for a variety …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:21AMLast year, as part of the bicentenary celebrations of Charles Dickens, a new stage adaptation of GREAT EXPECTATIONS toured the UK starring Jack Ellis, Chris Ellison and Paula Wilcox. They no…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:19AMFor the past couple of months I have been doing marketing for Somersaults, a play by Scots Gaelic playwright Iain Finlay Macleod which is currently playing at the Finborough Theatre. I quite…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:01AMFrom Börkur Jónsson’s ingenious upside-down set to David Farr and Gisli Örn Garðarsson’s subtle direction, this is a fantastic show. Garðarsson is also a wonderfully sympath…
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Hipster history. Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a rock musical by Alex Timbers and Philadelphia's Michael Friedman, was a huge success in New York. But the Plays & Players production feels as…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:31AMBE SURE TO VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S "HOT OR NOT"!IT'S THE SECOND ROUND OF VOTING FOR RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA!CLICK THE GLASS SLIPPER TO YOUR RIGHT AND VOTE!(IT IS N…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 01:12AMInside Shoe Designer Stuart Weitzman's NYC Boutique
Tag along with us as we head to the Big Apple to check out Stuart Weitzman's ultra-chic shoe boutique and chat with the prolific designer …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMStevie Johnson's Super Bowl Predictions
Star wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills, Stevie Johnson, goes long right into the YH endzone, stopping by the Studio to chat about everything from hi…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMT.I.'s House Rules
No one knows how to "Ball" like T.I., and the superstar rapper brings that swagger to the Studio as he indulges us by rating our tailor-made rap just for him, and he also …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
On Phantom of the Opera's Record-Breaking Silver Anniversary: Remembering January 26, 1988 By Ellis NassourJanuary 26, 1988: It was one of New York's …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:34AMDue to the flu, Linda Eder has been forced to cancel her engagement at 54 Below. Ms. Eder will reschedule her 54 Below for April 10 - 13.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAnger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.
That striking proverb comes to mind while watching “The Suit,” the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord’s haunting piece …
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:22AMCrystal looks sharp in her black business suit and red pumps. Appearances are doubly important for her: She’s a car saleswoman and she’s dead broke. Projecting confidence means a lot.
In…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 12:22AMDance from the Heart Benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS By Ellis NassourPrincipal dancers from premiere dance companies will headline Dance fro…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:15AMVieux Carré is one of Tennesse Williams lesser-known plays. It opened on Broadway on 30 April 1977, closed on 15 May and didn’t add to the playwright’s collection of Pulitzer Prizes fo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:12AMA host of Broadway understudies, who never had the opportunity to go on in the roles they were covering, got their chance to stand in the spotlight Jan. 20 at 54 Below in an evening titled N…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09AMRobert Petkoff, Margaret Loesser Robinson and Sean MacLaughlin complete the royal love triangle of Lerner and Loewe's Camelot, which begins performances Jan. 22 at Houston's Theatre …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMTwo-time Emmy winner Michael Park, who plays the role of Gooper in the new revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMJodie Foster, Actors and PrivacyThe Queerest Questionby Gaëtan L. Charlebois@gcharleboisAfter I wrote my column last week about the paradoxes of stardom in Canada I had an interesting …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMFrom 2004: I find it difficult to wave the Luddite banner with any real enthusiasm. Of course recorded sound is...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"But I have long thought that if you knew a column of advertisements by heart, you could achieve unexpected felicities...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMSchools, colleges, amateur and community productions can now make their own Playbills online and distribute them in theatres via PlaybillVIP.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New York City premiere of Rolin Jones' The Jammer — his 1950s-set play about roller derby — opens Jan. 22 following previews from Jan. 9 at Atlantic Theater Company's…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNYC & Company presents Broadway Week, which offers two-for-one tickets to New York City theatre, Jan. 22-Feb. 7. Participating shows include the 2012 Tony Award-winning Best Mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWriters' Theatre presents Sweet Charity, featuring a book by Neil Simon, music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, beginning Jan. 22, prior to an official opening Jan. 31, i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTwentysomething playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo makes his Off-Broadway writing debut with a play about a campus controversy. Acclaimed director David Cromer (Our Town, Tribes) steers the dram…
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