It’s fascinating to watch a family fall, and Other Desert Cities dishes dirt with aplomb. The Wyeth family are successful, wealthy and very real in their neuroses. I caught that. I loved …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 11:29PMThe first inkling of trouble came Tuesday night, right after Barry Manilow finished the first performance of his Broadway concert at the St. James.
The curtain came down, the house lights we…
SOURCE: The New York Post Subscription at 11:26PMEleanor Holdridge (Director) has Off-Broadway productions that include Steve & Idi, (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), Cycling Past The Matterhorn (Clurman Theatre), The Imaginary …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:19PMFrom “Little Shop of Horrors” to “Carrie” and “Re-Animator,” horror musicals aren’t exactly new. But it’s safe to say none tops “The House of Von Macramé” in the hemoglo…
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THE SLIPPERY SIGNIFICANCE OF GREAT AND GOOD A person’s true character is revealed in crisis. The road to triumph is filled with battles lost and sacrifices made, but overall it is worth th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:59PMOnce upon a time, a prince overcame a challenge to win the heart and hand of a beautiful princess. However, duty and love don’t always go together. Take Prince Warwick, in the musical The …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:58PMOn Tuesday, January 22nd Jay O. Sanders and Mariann Plunkett visited the home of George and Martha. They're pictured below with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf's Tracy Letts and Amy Morton. A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43PMThe local theatre community is well represented as Matt Gardiner – Signature Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director – leads two dozen DC-area actors/singers who will perform two…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:40PMA few of the many talented dancing women that The Dance Enthusiast met in rehearsal in NYC last year.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:38PMFLICfest, at the Irondale Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn offers audiences a chance to experience the full flavors and unabridged explorations of today’s front line dancemakers..."
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:37PMAVOIDABLE MADNESS There’s a show running right now at a smaller venue of a state-of-the-art West Side arts complex. It’s a foreign import, a one-woman show that, in a different…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:28PMHEDY WEISS: “Love Changes Everything” and “The Phantom of the Opera” are standouts in Marriott’s revue of the composer’s “pop opera.”
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 08:25PMAnyone who's ever peeked into a lover's journal or snooped their text messages takes a chance on getting more misery than they bargained for. Imagine the dangers of opening the Pandora's box…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:14PMMs. Jacker’s earliest plays, “Bits & Pieces,” from 1974, and “Harry Outside,” from 1975, earned Obie Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:10PMPasadena Playhouse artistic director Sheldon Epps is set to direct the world premiere of "Sleepless in Seattle -- The Musical," when the show opens at the theater in May. He replaces the pre…
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If you were fortunate enough to catch the last performance of Sing the Truth’s legendary tour at The Music Center at Strathmore on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., you were part of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:47PMBig Noise Theatre Company, a division of Winnetka Theatre, will hold auditions for DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS (book by Jeffrey Lane, music & lyrics by David Yazbek). Audition Date and T…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:28PMWe Will Rock You, which continues in its 10th year at the West End's Dominion Theatre, is to launch a 10th anniversary arena tour, that will launch in Finland Feb. 26, then play dates in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:28PMEighty-Eight Entertainment presents the Chicago Premiere of Hershey Felder’s riveting new production, AN AMERICAN STORY for ACTOR AND ORCHESTRA, which tells the story of Abraham Lincoln…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:18PMAfter yesterday's news that his pilot had been picked up by NBC, Deadline reports that Sean Hayes has signed a deal to star in the upcoming adaptation of 6 DANCE LESSONS IN 6 WEEKS. Based up…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:16PMLa Mirada Theatre will produce a Spring Awakening for audiences of 199 seated on the stage...Troubadour Theater revives A Midsummer Saturday Night's Fever Dream for the Falcon and La Mirada.…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 07:09PMIndie writer-director-producer Don Coscarelli – best known for the Phantasm series of horror films, cable mainstay The Beastmaster and cult sensation Bubbo Ho-Tep – premieres his…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:07PMGOTHIC OPERA You will notice in the first five paragraphs of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” that the storyteller’s description of an ancient decomposing castle, s…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:02PMIf you’ve never seen La Bohème, you should see this production. It’ll make you an opera lover (and maybe a better lover). If you’ve seen it before, you should revisit this La Bohèm…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:01PMMagneto and Professor Xavier, together again: Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will star together on Broadway in not one but two productions this fall. The shows, Harold Pinter’s No M…
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The Broadhurst Theatre box office opens tomorrow, Friday, January 25 at 1000 AM for LUCKY GUY, starring two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks, in the final work by three-time Academy Award…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:59PM“Admire” show features paintings, drawings, photos and sculpture by 11 Twin Cities artists picked by Form + Content artists.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 06:59PMIt seems like a perfect premise for The Puppet Co — a master toymaker is kidnapped but escapes in time to lead a parade of beautiful new toys. Christopher Piper does double duty portrayi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:54PMAccording to the Daily Mail, One Man, Two Guvnors star James Corden and Dominic Cooper are set to reunite in a production by the National Theatre. Artistic Director Nicholas Hytner is still …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMAccording to the Daily Mail, this year's Oscar's show is now planning a salute to movie musicals that could include Meryl Streep, John Travolta, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hugh Jackman and Anne H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMThe Pasadena Playhouse Sheldon Epps, Artistic Director and Elizabeth Doran, Executive Director, in association with David Shor Productions, announced today that the world premiere of SLEEPLE…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMBarry Manilow is in good company. The international superstar was set to hit Broadway tonight at the opening of "Manilow on Broadway," but he had to cancel tonight's show – and the res…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:23PMAccording to the Daily Mail, Croatian actress Zrinka Cvitesic will play the female lead in Once at the Gaiety in Dublin, February 22 before transferring to the Phoenix in London on March 16,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PM(Reuters) - Singer Barry Manilow on Thursday canceled the opening night and three other performances of his Broadway comeback run after coming down with bronchitis, according to Manilow's we…
SOURCE: Reuters at 06:07PMSeattle actor Jerick Hoffer takes off in the lead role, writes reviewer John Hartl. The show runs through Jan. 27, 2013.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:06PMIssaquah’s Village Theatre dusts off the record-breaking, 1952 Agatha Christie murder mystery, “The Mousetrap.”
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 06:05PMAndrew Samonsky is set to joing the cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood on February 12. He will be playing the role of Neville Landless which was added to this revival and originated by Andy …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:04PMNice Work If You Can Get It recent addition, Emmy and Tony Award winner Blythe Danner, is well into her 12 week engagement on Broadway (her final performance will be March 10) and Broadway&#…
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This past Monday, Sierra Boggess joined the cast of The Phantom of the Opera as the heroine of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical in preparation for Saturday’s special gala perfo…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:59PMMusical quibbles aside, the performances on both albums from Boston Modern Music Project’s in-house label, BMOP/sound, are top-notch.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:56PMActress Jessica Chastain say film studios are often reluctant to finance movies where women are the leads. 'It’s so short-sighted,' she told BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:55PMBradley said he would love to work with fellow Oscar nominee Jen following Silver Linings Playbook and their latest film Serena, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 05:55PMSci-Fi Nerds and Theater Nerds come together as it's been announced that Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are bound for Broadway in repertory in both Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Samuel…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:52PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Thursday, January 24, 2013 Breaking news: Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart heading to Broadway ap – by MARK KENNEDY Serious theater fans have a reason to …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:44PMLaura Pietropinto, former Assistant Director of Next to Normal, and a team of theatre professionals have come together to bring a unique two-week musical theatre workshop to Columbia Univers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:40PMOn Sunday, February 10, 2013, during Black History Month, the Sunday matinee performance of “Driving Miss Daisy” will be followed by a talk and Q & A with former Los Angeles City Cou…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 05:33PMIf the performers onstage at NYU’s Skirball Center seem to be in their own world, that’s because they really are. They’re the members of Israel’s Nalaga’at Thea…
SOURCE: Scheck on the Arts at 05:31PMThe two theatre veterans will perform both plays in repertory this fall.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:29PMTony winner Scarlett Johansson, Benjamin Walker and more star in Rob Ashford's sultry revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Find out what the cast had to say a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:21PMInternational screen and television stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will return to Broadway playing in a rotating schedule of two of the most iconic plays of the 20th Century. Ia…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 05:20PMDirector Atom Egoyan, mezzo soprano Wallis Giunta and diva Adrianne Pieczonka will feature at the COC this season
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 05:19PMTony nominated actress Montego Glover has been tapped to play the recurring role of Marissa' in Season two of NBC's SMASH, currently filming in New York. Marissa is described as the compassi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMYale Repertory Theatre presents Paul Giamatti in HAMLET by William Shakespeare, directed by James Bundy, at the University Theatre 222 York Street, March 15-April 13. Opening Night is Thursd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PM“The Service Road,” a play by Erin Courtney, follows a park tour guide searching for a child after a powerful storm.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:12PMRoundabout Theatre Company will toast the 30th anniversary of Artistic Director Todd Haimes at the producing organization's annual Spring Gala, A Celebration of Your Favorites, to be held Mo…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:12PMWe all at some point wish our stories were different. But our stories are our own and that’s just the way it is. Or is it? What if your story change? What if you did have a choice? What if…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:10PMAccording to Variety, The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. is searching for a new CEO. Current leader Michael Kaiser has served in the role for 12 years and ends his contract in December 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMThe Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships are fellowships for actors that support their artistic and professional growth in collaboration with a TCG Member Theatre. Actors are selected i…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:07PM'From 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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMRabbi Zusya of Tarnopol told his disciples, “In the world to come, they will not ask me, ‘Why weren’t you Moses?’ They will ask me, ‘Why weren’t you Zusya?’” I’m an old…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMAussieTheatre is partnering with Griffin Theatre Company this year to bring our readers some special giveways to mainstage productions. Our first DOUBLE PASS giveaway if for the dark thrille…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMIt’s a new dawn It’s a new day It’s a new life For me And I’m feeling good From The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd I almost dumped a play awhile ago.…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:00PMElizabeth Marvel was here with her co-star Mare Winningham to talk about the Roundabout Theatre Company’s new Broadway production of William Inge’s play “Picnic.” She shared a few o…
SOURCE: WNYC at 05:00PMOur staff picks things to do for the week ahead.
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I’m going to say something every Thursday, half on purpose and half by accident. #Oops! This week: “Oops! Why can’t all actors be this candid?” I am, of course, referring…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 04:57PMIan McKellen and Patrick Stewart will star on Broadway in a limited season repertoire of Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, directed by Sean Mathias,…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 04:57PMTony and Emmy Award-winning actress, singer, and recording artist Leslie Uggams, along with actors LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, and Louis Gossett, Jr., will make several appearances on February…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMMare Winningham was here with her co-star Elizabeth Marvel to talk about the Roundabout Theatre Company’s new Broadway production of William Inge’s play “Picnic.” She shared a few of…
SOURCE: WNYC at 04:50PMFrom Broadway with Love Monday in Waterbury, “a concert of love and healing for the Newtown community” joins 100 stars together with Newtown HS choir. Proceeds go to United Way of Wester…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 04:50PMThe Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive in Lincolnshire, presents an all-star cast in the World Premiere of NOW AND FOREVER The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, featuring the legendary composer…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMThe single biggest drawback to being a reviewer is that you have a professional obligation to see a show through, even when you desperately want to walk out. Such was my fate with Stadium De…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:44PMRock of Ages has a brand new Sherrie…and Broadway.com has a brand new video blogger! Kate Rockwell, who joined the cast of the '80s rock musical on January 21, portrays a sma…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:40PMIf the Denver Center's Colorado New Play Summit exists to care, feed and herald new work, then "Ed, Downloaded" doesn't disappoint. Far from it.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:37PMIn 2012, the Physically Handicapped Actors & Musical Artists League changed its name from the slightly unwieldy but sweet acronym PHAMALy to the Phamaly Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 04:31PMIt must be FIORELLO! week here on the MTI blog. This wonderful show is in the public eye again because it is receiving a star studded revival as part of New York City Center’s Encores Seri…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:31PMStar of Evita on Broadway and rising Country Music singer Rachel Potter will play her final NYC show at Rockwood Music Hall, Stage 2. Featuring an opening set by Patryk Larney, Rachel Potter…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMIan McKellen and Patrick Stewart are set to return to Broadway this fall playing in a rotating schedule of two of the most iconic plays of the 20th Century, Harold Pinter’s No Man̵…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:22PMChance Theater will present the first show of its 2013 season with a touching west coast premiere musical about dinosaurs and love, TRIASSIC PARQ - The Musical, music by Marshall Pailet, boo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMAnd then there were three…movie stars on Broadway, that is! English actor Tom Sturridge will make his Broadway debut in March alongside Alec Baldwin and Shia LaBeouf in Lyle Kess…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:16PMBeginning Monday, January 28th listen to SiriusXM's On Broadway channel for Once a Week a special series with the cast of the Tony winning Best Musical, ONCE. The cast of ONCE will play some…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMRoundabout Theatre Company will present its annual 2013 spring gala, A Celebration of Your Favorites, emceed by Tony winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret), March 11 at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMThe popular nightclub 54 Below has never felt more like an underground oasis than it does during the new Joni Mitchell catalogue concert Tales of Joni. The show features six versatile singer…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PMThe Beauty Queen of Leenane, Martin McDonagh's hilarious, heartbreaking and horrifying play, is a study of a mother and daughter who have spent decades in a bleak, tiny Irish cottage battlin…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:03PMThe show: “Moonlight and Magnolias” at Playhouse on Park, West Hartford
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:03PM"Call Me Adam" chats with legendary theatre and film producer Daryl Roth about her illustrious career and being one of the featured speakers at the TEDxBroadway conference on January 28 in N…
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Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director presents its annual 2013 Spring Gala A Celebration of Your Favorites emceed by Alan Cumming Cabaret on Monday, March 11th, 2013 at t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMBroadway's Future Songbook Series — presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul — will continue Jan. 28 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library for the Pe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMPublic Theater artistic director Oskar Eustis will be returning to the Bay Area, where he served as resident director at the Eureka Theatre from 1981-1986, to direct the world premiere of Pu…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:53PMSir Andrew Lloyd Webber hardly needs introducing. Suffice it to say he is the English composer who, starting in the 1970s, began beating Broadway at its own quintessentially American game. A…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 03:42PMPhantom of the Opera, the longest-running Broadway show in history, celebrates its 25th anniversary on January 26, 2013. Playbill.com looks back at the men who have donned the famous mask ov…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMNEW YORK—Serious theater fans have a reason to suddenly freak out: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will team up on Broadway this fall in two of the most iconic plays of the 20th centu…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:35PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Serious theater fans have a reason to suddenly freak out: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will team up on Broadway this fall in two of the most iconic plays of the 20th…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:34PM“Working on a Special Day,” about the friendship between a homemaker and her neighbor in 1938 Rome, is a stage adaptation of a 1977 film.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:33PMIt’s rare that a costumer designer steals the show, but Tristan Raines does just that in “The House of Von Macramé,” a delirious new musical at the Bushwick Starr. T…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:32PMFormer X-Men co-stars Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are teaming up to star in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot on Broadway this fall.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMTwo plays I just reviewed for Backstage, Mat Smart’s “The Steadfast,” a play about American soldiers through the ages, and Judith Malina’s “Here We Are,” a theater piece…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:29PMInternationally acclaimed X-Men co-stars, Laurence Olivier Award-winning actors, and knights Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are set to star in a limited season repertoire of Samuel Beckett…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:28PMContinuing the country's fascination with the Lincoln White House, Arena Stage has announced full casting for their upcoming world premiere production of Tazewell Thompson's Mary T.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:27PMThe new musical Frog Kiss, a major hit at numerous festivals, is receiving its first fully-staged production at Virginia Stage Company. Cast member Diane Phelan lends her photographic talent…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMGive Me Fever: The Many Voices of Peggy Lee, featuring the work of jazz singer, songwriter, composer and actress Peggy Lee, will be offered Feb. 23-25 as part of 92nd Street Y's Lyrics &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PMIan McKellen and Patrick Stewart will star on Broadway in a limited season repertoire of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, directed by Sean Mathias, in th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMI'm not sure if it's Kosher to write about this subject, but the pang in my stomach is telling me to go ahead. I'm going to open up a can of worms. Obviously, my personal life is private, bu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMNEW YORK (AP) — Serious theater fans have a reason to suddenly freak out: Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will team up on Broadway this fall in two of the most iconic plays of the 20th ce…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:06PMThe final cast member of the upcoming three man Broadway show Orphans has been announced. Tom Sturridge will make his Broadway debut as Philip, the younger brother of Treat(Shia LeBeouf). Th…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:05PMIan McKellen and Patrick Stewart will return to Broadway in fall 2013 in a limited engagement of Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Direc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:04PMTwo-time Tony Award Nominee Michele Lee (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, Seesaw) made her mark on Broadway in the 1960s at age 18. After performing in Vintage ‘60, Bravo Giovanni, How to…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:01PMIan McKellen and Patrick Stewart will perform on Broadway together in a two-play repertory of Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:00PMAs wintry weather takes hold in New York, Broadway.com readers are savoring our complete coverage of The Phantom of the Opera’s 25th anniversary, catching up with young Broadway vet Ca…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PM
Nick Blaemire, Emma Hunton and Andrew Kober are among the artists who will join composer-lyricist Zack Zadek for his solo concert Jan. 28 at Joe's Pub.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMLookingglass Theatre Company, now celebrating its 25th Anniversary, announces the addition of two new Ensemble Members: Kevin Douglas and Anthony Fleming III. They are both frequent per…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:55PMZachary Booth (FX's Damages), David Conrad (CBS' Ghost Whisperer), Will Rogers (Golden Age), Janie Brookshire (Mint's Mary Broome), Lisa Joyce (La Bête), Rachel Resheff (The People in the P…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:51PMWhat does the future of the American theatre look like? It’s a question we should be constantly thinking about but I know I’m not and sometimes I wonder if anybody is. We spend so much…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:49PMAshton Kutcher and Josh Gad will soon make waves when jOBS, the upcoming bio pic about the life of Apple founder Steve Jobs, hits theaters on April 19. In the much-anticipated flick, Kutcher…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMSusan Douglas Rubes, the woman who revolutionized children’s theatre in the city of Toronto, died peacefully on Wednesday, surrounded by her family. She was 87.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:48PMDespite Barry Manilow’s desires, the scheduled opening of his hometown concert event, Manilow on Broadway tonight has been cancelled. Doctors have kept Manilow offstage since Tuesday d…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:43PMNEW YORK—Illness has forced Barry Manilow to postpone the opening night of the legendary crooner's latest concert show on Broadway.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:39PMBroadway In Chicago brings back the Tony Award nominated production Cathy Rigby is PETER PAN! Families and fans have their chance to ‘fly’ into the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 West …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:31PMNEW YORK (AP) — Illness has forced Barry Manilow to postpone the opening night of the legendary crooner's latest concert show on Broadway.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 02:29PMThe producers of JERSEY BOYS are pleased to announce that Andy Karl will be returning to the Broadway company on Tuesday, February 12. Karl assumes the role of Tommy DeVito' following the de…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMRolin Jones’ comedy THE JAMMER recently opened at the Atlantic Theater Company (Neil Pepe, Artistic Director; Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director). Director Jackson Gay sat down with the New…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:27PMAndy Karl, who is currently appearing in the Broadway revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, will return to the cast of the Tony-winning Jersey Boys next month at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMThe producers of "Manilow on Broadway" canceled the opening night of Barry Manilow's Broadway show as well as performances through the weekend.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:25PMOh, Barry. You came and you coughed without playing. And you sent fans away.
Ailing singer Barry Manilow has canceled performances of his Broadway concert through Jan. 29.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:25PMThe performance derailment has resulted in a second extension of the show, originally set to close on February 23rd, will run at least until March 2nd.
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 02:24PMTwo years ago, the future of the Pasadena Playhouse was very much in doubt. Weighed down by $2.3 million in debt, the 686-seat Los Angeles-area theater was forced to close briefly in Februar…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:24PM54 Below, aka "Broadway's Nightclub," will be trading Montauk oysters and osso bucco for a mirror ball and dance floor when Village Voice columnist (and disco diva) Michael Musto brings his …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:23PMPlaybill caught up with Broadway's Pamela Myers and Daniel Breaker as they prepped for their separate Jan. 28 concerts at the stylish cabaret room tucked beneath Studio 54. Myers (her show b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMFathom Events and Overnight Musicals present One Night Standa look behind the scenes of NYC's zaniest, most impossible theatre eventthe unique world of The 24 Hour Musicals. This one-night e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMRevenge is a dish best served cold, but it’s also one that can eat you alive — and the people you love. “The Suit,” a bittersweet and beautifully performed fable, has been tailored t…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:20PMNear the end of “The Steadfast,” eight soldiers stand before us, each in a uniform of one of America’s major wars, from the American Revolution to the war in Afghanistan. T…
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:17PMScreenwriter and director Joss Whedon's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is scheduled to open in theatres June 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMBroadway's Les Misrables alumni Adam Jacobs, last seen as Simba in Disney's The Lion King, and Ali Ewoldt, last seen as Tuptim in Baayork Lee's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Ki…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:14PMTom Sturridge, the British stage and film actor whose credits include Being Julia and On The Road, will make his Broadway debut this spring in Orphans. Film credits include “Bein…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:13PMIs Broadway in for some bohemian rhapsodizing? We Will Rock You, the long-running, London-based Queen musical is finally heading back to the United States – and may even come to New York …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:09PMAndy Karl is headed back to Jersey Boys. As previously announced, Karl will depart The Mystery of Edwin Drood, in which he plays Neville Landless and Victor Grinstead, on February 10, and wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMPatti LuPone comes from the world of theatre and Patricia Racette is an established opera singer, but each has found another home on the cabaret stage. Each has a new live album that include…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:06PMThe folks at Rorschach Theatre are practiced fantasists, so they have no problem conjuring a minotaur for the new play “The Minotaur.” Costume designer Lauren Cucarola provides actor Dav…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:04PMCity Winery Chicago, 1200 W. Randolph Street, the city’s newest concert venue, restaurant and only fully operational winery, will be chockfull of holiday happenings in the coming weeks, in…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:03PMAndrew Samonsky (2012 Encores! Production of Merrily We Roll Along) will join the cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood on February 12, replacing Andy Karl in the role (within a role) of "Nevil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMKristin Chenoweth is getting her act together and taking it to the United Kingdom. The Tony and Emmy-winning Broadway star, whose eclectic resume of stage and screen includes Wicked, The We…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMAndrew Samonsky (2012 Encores! Production of Merrily We Roll Along) will join the cast of The Mystery of Edwin Drood on February 12, replacing Andy Karl in the role (within a role) of "Nevil…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
The singer, still battling bronchitis, is being forced to cancel opening night and the rest of the week's performances.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:58PMIn New York on November 2, 1987, SDCF hosted a talk by Robert Lewis, a founding member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, The Group Theatre, and the Actors’ Studio. He spea…
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 01:53PMFollowing its critically acclaimed hits The Quality of Life and Faith Healer, The Den Theatre continues its 2012/13 season with the world premiere of CITY OF DREADFUL NIGHT by Don Ni…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:53PMFree concert readings of Make Me Bad, a new musical featuring a score by Drew Gasparini ("Smash") and a book by actor-writer Alex Brightman (Wicked), will be offered Jan. 26-27 at …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMChicago's Lookingglass Theatre anounced Thursday that is has added two of its longtime collaborators, Anthony Fleming III and Kevin Douglas, to its ensemble of artists. Both have acted frequ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:45PMLiveWire Chicago Theatre is pleased to join the Chicago Theatre Week line-up with Bekah Brunstetter’s I LOVE YOU, I THINK, an evening of refined and important monologues on the topic …
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:44PMBeginning Monday, January 28th listen to SiriusXM’s “On Broadway” channel for “Once a Week” a special series with the cast of the Tony winning Best Musical, ONCE. The cast of ONC…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 01:40PMThe new musical Frog Kiss, a major hit at numerous festivals, is receiving its first fully-staged production at Virginia Stage Company. Cast member Diane Phelan lends her photographic talent…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMTimeLine Theatre Company announces actor and director David Cromer will star in a revival of the groundbreaking drama THE NORMAL HEART by Larry Kramer, directed by TimeLine Associate Artis…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:34PMBarry Manilow has canceled the January 24, 25 and 26 performances of his concert engagement, Manilow on Broadway due to a continuing bout of bronchitis. The January 24 performance was schedu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:31PM By Karen Feld Filling in for Linda Eder at 54 Below this week, the exceedingly talented Marin Mazzie, a familiar figure on Broadway stages (“Next to Normal,” “Passion,”…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:30PMTo allow for his proper recovery from bronchitis, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow is resting this weekend. The Jan. 24-26 performances of Manilow On Broadway have been postponed to February.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMAndrew Jackson was a rock and roll GOD. He rode his outsider bad-boy image and his populist movement into office with promises to reform and representing the 'other' America. What happened n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMAcclaimed actress and entertainer Tovah Feldshuh makes her 54 Below debut In this zany musical evening, custom fashioned for 54 Below, Ms. Feldshuh revisits the 1970s when she first came to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMFanilows will mourn the latest Barry-Manilow-Has-Bronchitus news: Following his doctor's' orders, Manilow on Broadway has been forced to reschedule its opening tonight, along with the remain…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:19PMFable Celebrates The Not-Hot In A Cold ClimateIn writing his play "Almost, Maine," John Cariani knew he didn't want any lobsters, galoshes or characters saying "ayuh."
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:17PMAmelia Bullmore’s play is a touching, funny portrait of the friendship between three housemates, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMAmelia Bullmore's play is a touching, funny portrait of the friendship between three housemates, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:06PMMANILOW ON BROADWAY, Barry Manilow's new concert show at the St. James Theatre, has released the following statement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:05PMCabbies are the subjects of TeAda Productions' in-progress Global Taxi Driver. A staged reading will be held Saturday at Inner City Arts. READ MORE
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 01:00PMTony Award-winning director Michael Mayer, making his Metropolitan Opera debut this month, talks about his innovative idea of setting Verdi's Rigoletto in Rat Pack-era Las Vegas.
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I’ll be bundling up later for the first of my two visits to La MaMa ETC over the next few weeks: tonight, for Simona Maicanescu in Lars Norén’s new production of Wallace Shawn&#…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 12:50PMOscar winner Kevin Spacey, who has been artistic director of London's Old Vic since 2003, has revealed his plans to step down from the venue in 2015, but is seeking to put in place a &po…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMGrammy 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, and is set to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMBarbican, LondonZimmermann & de Perrot's 2010 show Oper Opis was set on a tilting stage in which the performers had to negotiate the ground shifting beneath their feet. The stage was not jus…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMSoho theatre, LondonIt's "fucking terrifying" returning to standup after 17 years, says Alexei Sayle, and in the first five minutes, you wonder if he is going to pull it off. This is a man w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMHampstead, London Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMHampstead, LondonI predict a big success for Amelia Bullmore's comedy, which has moved assuredly from Hampstead's downstairs space to the main stage. It connects emotionally with the audienc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:46PMInfernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer starring John Malkovich - Symphony Center, 220 S Michigan Ave. Chicago, is offering a $5 off tickets for both performance on Friday, 2/1 and S…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:40PMThe Mystery of Edwin Drood is playing a limited engagement at Studio 54 254 West 54th Street through March 10th, 2013. The original end date was February 10th, 2013. Just yesterday, the cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMSome theater companies performing Off Broadway are using disabled actors, sometimes deliberately making a point of their disabilities
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:37PMAward winning playwright Rolin Jones discusses the inspiration behind his hit comedy THE JAMMER, now playing an extended engagement Off Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company’s Stage 2 (330 …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:35PMAt a rehearsal this week, the media were treated to four impressive numbers from the show 'Good Morning Baltimore', 'That's Where It's At', 'Big Blonde and Beautiful', and 'Your Timeless to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMLaurence Olivier’s screenplays for a 1950s film version of Macbeth that was never made have been found at the British Library. They were discovered in the library’s Laurence Olivier Arch…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMTony nominee Daniel Breaker (Passing Strange, Shrek, The Performers) makes his 54 Below debut with a new solo show of jazz standards and blues. Breaker and some special guests will take the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMTony nominee Daniel Breaker (Passing Strange, Shrek, The Performers) makes his 54 Below debut with a new solo show of jazz standards and blues. Breaker and some special guests will take the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMDuring the recent presidential inaugurational proceedings, music legend Smokey Robinson spoke to CBS News about the upcoming Broadway tuner Motown: The Musical, which will feature Sister Act…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:30PMThe theater season is kicking into high gear, not just on Broadway but also with special performances and benefits popping up all over town. File your taxes early and use that refund to snag…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:30PMEighty-Eight Entertainment will present the Chicago premiere of Hershey Felder's An American Story for Actor and Orchestra, which recounts Abraham Lincoln's last day, beginning March…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMAge & Hometown: “Too old for Gavroche but not quite ready for Jean Valjean”; Los Gatos, CA
Current Role: A Broadway debut as Christine’s loyal beau Raoul, Vicomte de…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMThe creative forces behind the stage version of “Once” are reimagining “The Glass Menagerie” for a run at the American Repertory Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMLegendary playwright Edward Albee rarely attends Broadway productions because much of what gets produced is usually junk, he tells Tracy Smith in an interview with CBS SUNDAY MORNING WITH CH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMGreenStage, a Seattle theater company, is celebrating its 25th season by resolving to cut the clutter and hold a mega yard sale. Sounds like a familiar strategy, right? But most neighborhood…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 12:16PMNew information has emerged about “Tuck Everlasting,” “Aladdin,” “and “Jekyll & Hyde,” three large-scale musicals that have their sights set on …
SOURCE: Backstage at 12:11PMIn 1994, the now-beloved Encores! concert series got its start at New York City Center with a production of the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning 1959 musical Fiorello! Kicking off its 20th an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMKathryn Graf's new comedy about women slipping into middle-age, The Snake Can, is this week's pick of the week. Also a nod for Cathy Rigby reprising her decades-long performance in Peter Pan…
SOURCE: LA Weekly at 12:00PMSilence! The Musical, which recently resumed performances Off-Broadway at the Elektra Theatre, will welcome Assassins' Jeffrey Kuhn to its cast beginning Jan. 25.
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Endgame, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield, at the Arden Theatre Company, featuring Scott Greer, James Ijames, Dan Kern, Nancy Boykin. Directed by Ed Sobel. Philadelphia
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:51AM Get ready for Amanda McBroom in her Café Carlyle debut engagement, “A Valentine Rose.” Ms. McBroom opens at the Café Carlyle on January 29th and will play through February 9th w…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:50AMHow do you celebrate a Broadway legend’s 80th birthday? With a cake at curtain call, of course! Iconic theater actress Chita Rivera celebrated her big day right where she belongs, on s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:50AMA first clip has surfaced featuring actor Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak in Open Road Film's upcoming biopic JOBS. The film will hit theaters on April 19th and is currently being shown at the Sun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMFor 25 phabulous years, The Phantom of the Opera has been haunting Broadway audiences with its tale of a mysterious masked man and his wide-eyed musical muse. In honor of the show's big …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:40AMTony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth will star in "Browsers," a musical comedy pilot for Amazon Studios, the original film and series production arm of Amazon.com, according to Deadline…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMHershey Felder has made a name for himself doing solo performances about musicians (Gershwin, Chopin, Beethoven, Bernstein). His new project, An American Story, marks a departure from that p…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:32AMA reading of Paul Downs Colaizzo's For Tomorrow, Please Prepare will be presented Jan. 28 in The Glicker-Milstein Blackbox Theater at Barnard College.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMKERRY REID reviews "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" by Promethean Theatre Ensemble ★★½ and "Sugarward" at Side Project ★★
"The Caucasian Chalk Circle"
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:31AMKerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs
Kerry Reid on what's on stage in Chicago's suburbs.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:30AMIn his younger days, playwright Jon Robin Baitz was known for his angry young characters, usually in conflict with stubborn members of the older generation. Those bristling, indignant, furio…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:28AMUp For AirIt's been kinda crazy since last weekend. And while today I have a momentary respite I go back through the gauntlet again starting tomorrow.So this post will be a recap of all that…
SOURCE: Variations On A Theme at 11:27AMPace University's Pace New Musicals program, dedicated to the discovery of new theater works, and Ryan Scott Oliver, composer-lyricist and producer, will present a staged reading of I Captur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMGrammy-winning music legend Barry Manilow took time out of his busy schedule prepping for his Broadway concert event Manilow on Broadway to stop by Katie. While chatting with Katie Couric (a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AMToday is the birthday of John Belushi (1949-1982), my second favorite Albanian. I originally planned to put this post in the “Stars of Slapstick” series, but, though Belushi was …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:22AMThere is a myth, peddled by Manchester City supporters, that most footballing Mancunians support their team; Man Utd fans, they claim, fly up each week from London. A survey by estate agents…
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:18AMCasting is complete for the Signature Theatre Company revival of Lanford Wilson’s drama The Mound Builders. Directed by Jo Bonney, the production will star Zachary Booth, David Conrad,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMThe one and only Patti LuPone dropped by Andy Cohen’s late night talk show Watch What Happens Live on January 23 to promote her new CD and upcoming 54 Below concert Coulda, Woulda…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:11AMThe Tony Award-nominated Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a rock-musical portrait of the controversial populist American president, gets its Philadelphia debut at Plays & Players Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMScandalous alum Andrew Samonsky will assume the role of Neville Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood on February 12, replacing original cast member Andy Karl, who will play his last perfor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMOn Monday, January 21, Stephen Wallem, the actorsinger best known for his role as Thor on the Emmy-winning television series Nurse Jackie stormed the Broadway at Birdland stage with Schwartz…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMConductor Constantine Kitsopoulos will lead the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra in its live musical accompaniment to a screening of the classic 1942 film Casablanca. The performance is set to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:06AMAmazon Studios has tapped Bebe Neuwirth to lead one of the newly-formed studio’s first pilots, reports Deadline.
The Emmy winner will star in Browsers, a musical comedy set in Manha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMThe past few weeks have been a whirlwind for Sierra Boggess. Less than a day after finishing her run as the ill-fated Fantine in the London production of Les Miserables, the Colorado-native …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:03AMSignature Theatre Company's new production of alumni playwright Lanford Wilson's The Mound Builders, the story of archaeologists, will feature Zachary Booth, Janie Brookshire, David …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe theater veteran talks about her role as a biophysicist battling dementia in Joe Mantello's Broadway play, "The Other Place."
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:00AMI saw a photo of a youngster from China wearing a Lebron James jersey the other day that got me thinking about the overall marketing of Broadway. So much of sports marketing is actually not …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMKristin Chenoweth will follow up her sold out U.S. tour with a short U.K. tour later this March. Things will kick off with a London show at the London Coliseum on March 11, and the Tony and …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AMThe Tony Award-winning musical Sunset Boulevard, which features a Tony-winning score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Christopher Hampton and Don Black, begins a Chicago-area run at the Drury Lane Th…
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Moments before the curtain goes up, Broadway favorite Cheyenne Jackson takes a pause to reflect on the hectic creative process that's brought him to the stage - a mere 24 hours after the ini…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMOpera Company of Philadelphia OCP has been opening its doors since 1975 when it committed itself to delivering outstanding productions of both traditional repertoire and new operatic works. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMTony award-winning director to open new off-Broadway theatre with 'visceral' version of Shakespeare's playJulie Taymor is to direct her first production since abandoning Spider-Man: Turn Off…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:52AMJerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick’s Fiorello!, the opening musical of the Encores! 20th Anniversary season, will play New York City Center Jan. 30-Feb. 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMKill Your Darlings, a bio thriller starring Broadway vet Daniel Radcliffe as a young Allen Ginsberg, has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics, according to Entertainment Weekly. The prev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMRoundabout Theatre's Company's The Mystery of Edwin Drood, at Broadway's Studio 54, will welcome Andrew Samonsky to the troupe on Feb. 12. He'll play Neville Landless, a role…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone made an appearance on Bravo's 'What What Happens Live' last night, January 23, where she talked about everything from her famous photography rant to n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMBad set design can make an otherwise good production appear false and a pitiful play can be made all the more horrible by confusing environs.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:34AMBock and Harnick's Fiorello, the opening musical of the Encores 20th Anniversary season, will star Kate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Jenn Gambatese, Shuler Hensley and Emily Skinner, with Danny Ruti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMBroadwayWorld is thrilled to present its latest feature series The Performer of the Week Get to know these amazing talents as they share a bit about themselves, their work and life Today, we…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMBeginning February 12, Andrew Samonsky will join the company and assume the role of Neville Landless. Original cast member Andy Karl will play his final performance on February 10.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:25AMThe cast of The Mystery Of Edwin Drood held a surprise birthday celebration for fellow cast member and Broadway legend Chita Rivera on stage, following the Jan. 23 matinee performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AM Today is Neil Diamond’s birthday. It’s difficult for someone my age to even give him lip service, and even so, I must qualify it: “Uh, only up to around ‘Longfellow…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:20AMMichael Musto's 70s Disco Extravaganza will play the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below Feb. 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMThis week's A.P.T. is dedicated to someone outside of the world of entertainment. I often have written about the fact that it's a good idea to read things outside of the business we're in to…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:16AM"Watch What Happens Live," the Bravo talk show hosted by Andy Cohen, welcomed two-time Tony winner Patti LuPone Jan. 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMTweetI was absolutely shocked when I saw this video on YouTube. It is from someone I haven’t heard of before named Nick Pitera and he flawlessly performs almost all of the main chara…
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 10:02AMReal-life husband and wife actors Juliet Mills and Maxwell Caulfield will star in a reading of Arthur Kopit's 1962 play, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung You In The Closet and I&rsquo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMIt looks like we can expect a U.S. tour of “We Will Rock You” sometime soon, as well as a possible Broadway engagement. Queen guitarist Brian May took to his website, Brian’s Soapbox, …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMMusical gets new director, sets Pasadena dates
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Get ready, U.K. theater fans: Kristin Chenoweth is headed to London, Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff forwhirlwind concert tour. The Tony winner has booked four dates in a week of performan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:57AMAfter a brief illness, Barry Manilow is back and ready to celebrate the January 24 opening of his concert engagement Manilow on Broadway. Marking the pop icon’s return to Broadway for …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:54AMChristina A. Coakley and Michael Innocenti are putting on the finishing touches on their new production of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret at The Keegan Theatre. The show begins performance…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:54AMThis week, on the west side of the U. S. Capitol, with millions watching, President Barack Obama gave his second inaugural address calling for unity as we seize the future together. Just a f…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:50AMComplete casting has been announced for the Riverside Theatre's upcoming production of the international hit musical Les Miserables.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMLondon’s Sadler’s Wells, Brighton Dome and Oldham Coliseum Theatre are among 20 organisations that have all been successful in the first part of their application to Arts Council England…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:37AMTheatre 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 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:35AMIt’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 09:34AMThe RSC is set to stage Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. But who should play the ruthless master politician at the novels' core?So the deal is done and the Cromwellian bandwagon has embark…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMThe New York Post reports today that director Julie Taymor's lawsuit against SPIDER-MAN producers is close to a settlement. 'We anticipate notifying the Court within the next week that a fin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMLONDON (Reuters) - Double Booker prize-winning author Hilary Mantel said the characters in her historical novels about the rise of Thomas Cromwell will take the next "logical step" to a stag…
SOURCE: Reuters at 09:17AMI've just come to the end of my first term as one of 200 Arts Assessors (and in true West Wing fashion, I am happy to serve another two-year term if wanted). Over the last two years I …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:12AMWhile battling a bad case of the flu, the busy actor spoke about his plan to return to the stage in the near future as well as his experience working with Matt Bomer on USA Network's popular…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09AMThe Michael Grandage Company has launched a youth theatre company to work alongside its season at the Noel Coward theatre.
The MGC Futures Company is a free scheme open to 15 to 25 year old…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:01AMA new musical adaptation of “American Pyscho” is set to premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London this fall. No official dates or casting has yet been announced, but the production will …
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 09:00AM
Today is the birthday of Howard “Sandman” Sims (1917-2003). His nickname comes from his long association with sand dancing, that is dancing on scattered sand so that sustained mu…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:54AMMarketer will also continue work with Type A, TMD
SOURCE: Variety at 08:51AMThe winning cast members of Adventure Theatre’s Winnie the Pooh bring the characters to life in this loving, living adaptation. The old familiar events are there, but the pacing and styl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:46AMSearch committee looks to fill Kaiser's shoes
SOURCE: Variety at 08:42AMNEW YORK (AP) — Before long plane flights, Thomas Schumacher likes to download talks from some of the world's brightest and creative minds speaking at TED conferences, watching them on his…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:40AMNEW YORK—Before long plane flights, Thomas Schumacher likes to download talks from some of the world's brightest and creative minds speaking at TED conferences, watching them on his iP…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:39AMTonight at 8pm Eastern, TCM is showing one of the best of the Hope-Crosby-Lamour “Road Pictures”, Road to Morocco (1942). We meet the boys adrift on a raft after Hope has destr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:31AMNot By Bread Alone: Extraordinary Food Before taking my seat for Sunday’s performance of Not By Bread Alone, I stepped into the men’s room and blew my nose — really honked it. The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:30AMTo describe the contents of the CD "Hywel Davies" as trivial is to be generous.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:21AMToday is the birthday of Madeline Cameron (born Madeline Seitz, 1897). She had a balletic dance act with her sister Dorothy that played vaudeville and Broadway revues from the teens into the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:19AMFair subsidy for ENO, Bacc for the future, no 'lack or fringe', looking for the Sherry Brothers, thanking Glover and Alma Coogan's lost tape
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMWatching Anna Mackmin's buoyant, terrific production of "Di and Viv and Rose" you think you're merely enjoying the surface wit and warmth of an amusing, if familiar, study of friendships whe…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:05AM
Pair will double-dip in plays by Pinter, Beckett
SOURCE: Variety at 07:58AMIt’s not hard to understand why Jon Robin Baitz’s Other Desert Cities is such an effective play. This award-winning compact family drama addresses the notions of deception, trust…
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 07:35AMFrom Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark to A Midsummer Night's Dream.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:26AMDavid Tennant is preparing to play Richard II for the RSC – but how will he measure up to past kings, from the regal Gielgud to the poignantly unready Eddie Redmayne?Announcing that David …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:23AMFour decades ago, a new rock musical hit the scene. It's still going strong and this special 40th anniversary touring production of Richard O'Brien's iconic Forbidden Planet meets The Addams…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:01AMHans was Heiri is built around a rotating house. The set looks like a dolls’ house, a square of four rooms with simple furniture. Then it starts to spin. The performers stay upright as the…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00AMBelfast’s Lyric Theatre is to present three world premieres and see the return of Simon Callow to the city where he began his acting career in its newly announced spring/summer season prog…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMCourse professors at two of the UK’s leading drama schools have expressed concerns that the “restrictive” English Baccalaureate proposals from the government will reduce the number of …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMIn the new Philip Glass opera, 'The Perfect American,' the visionary is a flawed, dying man who, even so, makes magic.MADRID — Walt Disney was hardly a perfect American.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00AM
Works by Wegman, Ross, others to be fest trophies
SOURCE: Variety at 06:59AMVoting for this year's 13th annual Whatsonstage.com Awards, the only major UK theatre awards decided across the board by the public, enters its final week today (Thursday 24 January).
Over…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:47AMHampstead Theatre is riding high at the moment. Their splendid revival of David Hare's The Judas Kiss has just moved triumphantly into the West End. And now they are celebrating a transfer o…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:46AMBarbican Theatre, London: Impressively, when they find a company they like, London International Mime Festival directors Joseph Seelig and Helen Lannaghan stick with it and bring it back tim…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMTony winner Kristin Chenoweth is to embark on a short U.K. tour in March, kicking off at the West End's London Coliseum (usually the home of the English National Opera) March 11, then vi…
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Downton Abbey has been named best drama at this year’s National Television Awards, which also saw Miranda Hart scoop an acting prize for her performance in Call the Midwife. ITV drama Down…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMRehearsal shots have been released for the upcoming production of Macbeth starring James McAvoy which runs at the Trafalgar Studios from 9 February to 27 April.
James McAvoy
Catherine Mu…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMNational Theatre Wales has announced its third season, which will include four new productions by Welsh writers alongside four residencies, including one in Japan, and two large-scale produc…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:41AMHampstead Theatre, London: Amelia Bullmore's funny and moving play, previously seen in Hampstead's Downstairs Theatre - though with a different cast - is eloquent in its exploratio…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:38AMProduction images have been released for The Turn of the Screw:: L620252750, running at the Almeida Theatre until 16 March.
Anna Madeley & Laurence Belcher
Produced by Lindsay Posner, Reb…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:20AMChapiteau Espace, Fontvieille, Monaco: Slightly shorter in length than the <a href="http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/38122/37th-monte-carlo-international-circus">…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:12AMThough we publish a list of “players” every year, we alternate between those whose accomplishments are most visible on-stage (the artists, last year) and those who wield their in…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 05:00AMMeet NYC's most promising starving artists before they're rich and famous. This week, meet musical theatre writer Zack Zadek and find out about his upcoming EP, his love for Scarlet Johansen…
SOURCE: Crazytown at 05:00AM
The Guardian (UK) 01/23/13 (includes video)
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SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:44AMActress and playwright Lolita Chakrabarti has said she is in talks for her debut play, Red Velvet, to transfer to New York, with the possibility of it being adapted for the screen as well. R…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMMichael Grandage has launched a youth theatre, offering 20 youngsters the chance to work alongside his West End company. The Futures Company is looking to recruit young people aged 15 to 25 …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMDi and Viv and Rose - superbly played by Tamzin Outhwaite, Gina McKee and Anna Maxwell Martin – are three university friends in the 1980s who grow older, go mad to music, drift apart, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:28AMThe show Praxis Makes Perfect will open in May in a secret location in Cardiff and then pop up at music festivals around UKThey have staged Aeschylus in the Brecon Beacons, and transformed t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
At the start — the rough start — of the Marriott Theatre's new revue of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, entitled, with justification, "Now & Forever," the throbbing electronic …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:54AMIf The Concert is any indication, than the contemporary musical theater scene is overwhelmingly characterized by pop rock stylings and a crazy high belt. Celebrating the launch of the Direct…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:50AMFor the first time in over a decade, Kristin Chenoweth, the Emmy and Tony Award winning Broadway star of Wicked and TV's The West Wing, Pushing Daisies and GLEE, returns to the UK, for one w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30AMMyrlie Evers-Williams, the civil rights crusader and widow of slain activist Medgar Evers, has realized her ambition to perform music, and is the subject of a new project by documentarian Al…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 02:07AMBroadway and Glee star Kristin Chenoweth is to make her first UK appearance in more than a decade with a concert tour opening at the London Coliseum on March 11. The show will then visit...
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BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron Bway Wicked, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Al Hirschfeld Foundation has just learned that never before available works by legendary artist Al Hirschfeld 1903 - 2003 are featured in today's January 24 Swann Galleries auction.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMFour-time Emmy Award-winner and Tony Award nominee Valerie Harper returns to Hartford to kick off the National Tour of Matthew Lombardo's madcap comedy LOOPED, tonight, January 24-February 6…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPlayfully appropriate choreography by director Kevin Bellie give another layer of life to these numbers, which sometimes suffer from the subdued design. No set changes or elaborate costumes …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:10AMScenes from a strike:
A nighttime projectionist set up in the middle of Broad Street, beaming antimanagement messages onto a building. Protesters with strike placards facing the plateglass w…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:03AMSimply: we cannot remember when a promo picture was as provocative - even as horrifying - as this one by Adam Rankin of Joseph Pierre for Obsidian's production of Shakespeare's Nigga by…
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SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMYou're Gonna Hate This, a new musical from Lindsay Mendez and Michael Holland — who met and collaborated on the Broadway revival of Godspell — is aiming for a New York City r…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMInstead of Cats being labeled "Now and Forever," that catch phase should have been saved for The Phantom of the Opera. On Saturday, it will celebrate the unprecedented milestone of…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 12:01AM"Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true."...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Come hell or high water," the Wednesday statement read, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow is looking forward to celebrating the Jan. 24 opening night of Manilow On Broadway, his con…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPittsburgh Public Theater's production of the Tony Award-winning musical 1776, the biggest production in the company's history, begins Jan. 24, prior to an official opening Feb. 1, a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDrury Lane Theatre's new Chicago-area production of Sunset Boulevard plays Jan. 24-March 24. Christine Sherrill is faded silent-film star Norma Desmond and Will Ray is hungry screen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBruce Norris' Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Clybourne Park, will be presented by the Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. Performances will begin Feb. 15 at the Simmons Pio…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe organizers of the Jan. 28 TEDxBroadway conference are hoping to change the fortunes of the theatre community through conversations spinning off from the question, "What Is the Best …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFrank Loesser's final stage musical, Pleasures and Palaces, the 1965 work that closed out-of-town prior to an anticipated Broadway debut, is presented by the Lyric Theatre beginning Jan.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA new French production (performed in English) of The Fever, the Obie-winning monologue from actor-playwright Wallace Shawn, makes its American debut Jan. 24 at La MaMa e.t.c.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMare Winningham and Elizabeth Marvel talk about their roles in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s new Broadway production of William Inge’s play “Picnic.” It’s an American classic ab…
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