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PHOTO CALL: Phantom of the Opera Celebrates 25 Years on Broadway with Star-Studded Gala Performance and Party by Matthew Blank

A milestone previously unthinkable in American theatre became a reality on Jan. 26 when a Broadway show, The Phantom of the Opera, celebrated its 25th anniversary. A special curtain-call ev…

Words Of Advice to Young People by Andy Horwitz

A few weeks ago I was invited to speak (via Skype) to the Theatre Criticism class at Royal Holloway, University of London. It was a lot of fun, they were great kids and asked fantastic quest…

Hottest Articles on BWW from Sunday, Jan. 27

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Sunday, January 27, 2013.

Review: The Whipping Man (Northlight Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

I highly recommend that this play be seen by students to get the real deal of slavery and perhaps some new revelations on America’s most shameful past. This is not revisionist history. The…

Jonathan Groff Gets Intimate, Fiorello! Rules NYC Again & Karen Akers Updates the American Songbook in This Week's Datebook by Ryan Gilbert

There’s still plenty of time to kill before hauling out the Super Bowl snacks, so clear your calendar for the top-notch theatrical events in the week ahead. Whether you’re a New …

‘La Clemenza de Tito’ at The In Series by Jessica Vaughan by Jessica Vaughan

The In Series wishes happy birthday to Mozart with a fresh, modern take on his opera La Clemenza de Tito. This classic story of a conspiracy to take down a leader by a woman scorned is set i…

After 25 Years, Phantom Still Astounds; Gala Anniversary Performance Filled With Surprises by Adam Hetrick

Surprise guests, returning alumni, new videos, eager ovations and starry encores punctuated The Phantom of the Opera's historic Jan. 26 Broadway performance — the 25th anniversary …

On the Buses by Stephen Farrow

This is a photograph of the front of one of the buses I took to get home this evening, taken so that I could get a record of the vehicle number. What you can’t see in this photograph is th…

This Picnic Needs Some Heat -- A Look Back at Repressed Women on a Sultry Summer Day by Carey Purcell

<em>Picnic</em>, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, depicts a group of restless women in a small town, whose outwardly complacent lives are shaken by the arrival of a handso…

This Picnic Needs Some Heat -- A Look Back at Repressed Women on a Sultry Summer Day by Carey Purcell

Picnic, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, depicts a group of restless women in a small town, whose outwardly complacent lives are shaken by the arrival of a handsome stranger.

LOCAL2013: Robert Jackson by Guy Yedwab

This political season -- New York's 2013 city-wide election -- I'm going to be personally involved through the League of Independent Theaters. More details will come. Today, however,…

Anne Hathaway Wins SAG Award for ?Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role' for LES MISERABLES by BroadwayWorld

Anne Hathaway is the recipient of this year's Screen Actor's Guild award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role' for her role as 'Fantine' in Tom Hooper's adaptat…

Tina Fey Announces MEAN GIRLS Musical Deal is Close to Being Finalized by BroadwayWorld

During an interview with E News on the red carpet of tonight's Screen Actor's Guild Awards, Tina Fey announced some big, breaking news she is nearing a deal with Paramount Pictures to develo…

10 Questions for Choreographer Bob Avian by Jasper Rees

A Chorus Line is one of the great American musicals. It opened off Broadway in 1975, rapidly barged a path to a larger Broadway house and proceeded to run for over 6,000 performances, breaki…

19th Annual SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD AWARDS - Updating Live! by BroadwayWorld

The 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards airs live tonight on TNT and TBS, beginning at 8PM EST5PM PST, from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. An encore performance will air immedi…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, Jan 26, Part 2 - CINDERELLA's First SIP, EVITA's Saucy 'End' Credit and More! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our January 26th SIP round-up. Yesterday evening's photos featured a hila…

Mare Rider, Arcola Theatre by Carole Woddis

It’s like waiting for a number 19 bus. You hang around for half an hour then two come along at once. So it is just now with plays either written by women or featuring women’s lives. Whil…

Contractions at Studio Theatre extended by Lorraine Treanor

Enthusiastic box office response has earned another 5 performances this week for Mike Bartlett’s searing satire Contractions starring Holly Twyford and Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan. Holly Twy…

The National Theatre Company ready to launch in 2013 by Pearl Parker

More exciting news for Newcastle Theatre-goers as The National Theatre Company (TNTC) opens its doors this year. TNTC is a Newcastle-based theatre company that aims to be a unique power forc…

Why Shakespeare and samurai are a magical mix

"I' the East my pleasure lies" Shakespeare says, and this winter it has been my great pleasure to direct two very different plays, both set on the other side of the world, in the Far East: T…

Terri White sings show tune classics with emotional force by Nelson Pressley

The bar is set pretty high for the Barbara Cook Spotlight Series at the Kennedy Center. Yet during an exhilarating 90 minutes Friday night in the Terrace Theater, Broadway vet Terri White ki…

Fuse Theater Review: An Inspiring “Family Happiness” by Helen Epstein

After seeing many flat and boring adaptations of books over the past year, I recommend director Piotr Fomenko's playful adaptation of Tolstoy's Family Happiness to writers and directors want…

Operatic venue enhances dramatic power of 'Doubt

Providence theater experiments with 'tweet seats' by Erika Niedowski

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Sarah Bertness slipped into her seat at a recent staging of the musical "Million Dollar Quartet" and, when the lights dimmed, started doing something that's long been …

Providence theater experiments with 'tweet seats' by Erika Niedowski

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Sarah Bertness slipped into her seat at a recent staging of the musical "Million Dollar Quartet" and, when the lights dimmed, started doing something that's long…

Theater Review: ‘The House of Von Macramé’ at Bushwick Starr by Charles Isherwood

“The House of Von Macramé” is a microbudget slasher movie spoof set in the backbiting world of fashion.

STAGE TUBE: ANYTHING GOES' Rachel York Gives 1930s Makeup Tutorial by Stage Tube

In a special, behind-the-scenes video for the San Francisco Chronicle, Anything Goes' star Rachel York demonstrates how she transforms into 'Reno Sweeney' each night. Click below to watch ho…

Review: (Quebec City) Frankenstein by The Charlebois Post

Christian Michaud (photo credit Vincent Champoux)The CreatureShouldn’t beauty be blind?by Isabelle-Ann CharleboisThe play opens with an almost naked creature (Christian Michaud) trying to …

Theater Review: ‘The Truth Quotient’ at the Beckett Theater by Catherine Rampell

In “The Truth Quotient” a billionaire hires a company to create pleasant doppelgänger robots of dead relatives with whom he had not always had good relations.

San Francisco Theater Review: 4000 MILES (A.C.T.) by Stacy Trevenon

GROWING UP AND GROWING OLD Engaging, comfortable, realistic, gripping, and heart-tugging – all these tags apply equally to story, language, script and performances in American Conservatory…

Theater Review: ‘Airswimming’ at the Irish Repertory Theater by Anita Gates

Based on a true story, “Airswimming” chronicles the lives to two women institutionalized for giving birth out of wedlock in 1920s England.

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Day Proclamation - Sarah Brightman, Hal Prince and Cameron Mackintosh! by Walter McBride

Cameron Mackintosh, Sarah Brightman, Hal Prince accepted a Proclamation naming January 26 'The Phantom Of The Opera Day' while attending The Phantom of the Opera - 25 Years on Broadway Gala …

VIDEO: Sarah Hyland and Melissa Benoist Perform 'Freedom' from UNAUTHORIZED AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SAMANTHA BROWN by BroadwayWorld

Sarah Hyland Modern Family and Melissa Benoist GLEE sang 'Freedom' from the Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown by Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk at the Kerrigan-Lowdermilk West…

Gruesome Playground Injuries, Gate Theatre, London

Writer Rajiv Joseph focuses on two misfits who find refuge in one another but seems unsure how to develop his theme, Ian Shuttleworth writes

The Turn of the Screw, Almeida, London

This post-Freudian reading of the Henry James classic is full of fine performances but low on genuinely chilling moments, Sarah Hemming writes

At Last: The Etta James Story premieres in Melbourne on 19 February by Jan Chandler

Tickets are now on sale and if like me you are a fan of Etta James and Vika Bull this is a show not to be missed. Vika Bull is one of Australia’s most respected and powerful soul singers, …

Duo Virtuosi charms at Classical Guitar Society

Violin-guitar duo provides an enjoyable change at Guitar Society event.

Master and slaves, no longer bonded ★★★½ by Chris Jones

THEATER REVIEW: "The Whipping Man" (3.5 stars) through Feb. 24 at North Shore Center for the Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie; running time: 2 hours, 10 minutes; tickets: $25-$72 at 847-673-6…

City Center Encores! Marks 20 Seasons Of Classic Musicals For New Audiences

The City Center Encores! series has been a staple in the New York musical theater community since 1994, and now the Tony Award-winning organization is about to kick off its 20th anniversary …

New opera's success is beyond 'Doubt'

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — "Only the children's voices soothe me," an anguished Sister Aloysius sings at the conclusion of "Doubt," the new opera based on John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Prize…

New opera's success is beyond `Doubt' by Mike Silverman

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- "Only the children's voices soothe me," an anguished Sister Aloysius sings at the conclusion of "Doubt," the new opera based on John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer Pr…

Chicago Theater Review: THE WHIPPING MAN (Northlight Theatre) by Lawrence Bommer

BONDAGE IN EGYPT AND VIRGINIA Of the 150,000 Jews who lived in the U.S during the Civil War, twice as many (6,000) fought for the Union as for the Confederacy. Less well-known is the fact th…

Review: Now and Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Marriott Theatre) by Scotty Zacher

Directed by Marc Robin and conceived by Robin and Aaron Thielen, Now and Forever: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber is a stunner of a show packed with bravura vocals, thrilling choreography a…

The Shifting Landscape of Theater for Young Audiences: Searching for (and Creating) New Maps by HowlRound

In the world of theater for young audiences, the ground is shifting under our feet: unstable and unfamiliar, far less funding, and the zeitgeist is way different than just a few years ago. A…

Exclusive: Michael Crawford's Special Message from PHANTOM's 25th Anniversary! by BroadwayWorld

Original 'Phantom' star Michael Crawford couldn't make it to last night's mega-celebration for The Phantom of the Opera's 25th Anniversary in New York last night, BUT the Tony-winner was ce…

Review: Gruesome Playground Injuries by Devawn Wilkinson

“Does it hurt?” – a question at once hopeful, sadistic, tender, and a strange inquiry to make after a lightning strike – it echoes like a sad refrain throughout Rajiv Joseph’s Grue…

New production of Rossini's Cinderella a delight

VIENNA (AP) — There is no pumpkin-turned-coach on the stage, no glass slipper, no fairy godmother, and the action takes place in an imaginary Italian duchy in the 1950s. But Gioachino Ross…

How Rock Climbing Is Just Like Working In The Theatre

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San Francisco Theater Review: CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (African-American Shakespeare Company) by Stacy Trevenon

A SOBERING AND SUBSTANTIAL CAT Why do we tend to stick with the intolerable? When slashing at those closest to us becomes our way of filling inner emptiness or expressing a family bond, even…

Dreaming up Broadway’s Next Big Idea: TedxBroadway Returns by James Sims

In a room full of Broadway marketers and producers, how do you sell an idea of change without a clearly defined return on investment? When it comes to TedxBroadway, it's the big idea that tu…

Fuse Poetry Review: A Provocative Step Out of the Shadows — Poet Anna de Noailles by Arts Fuse Editor

Literary history credits Rainer Maria Rilke with establishing European poetry's seminal concern with the duality between inner and outer worlds. Could it be that Comtesse Anna de Noailles wa…

George Takei: TEDxBroadway, Star Trek, Allegiance Interview by Call Me Adam

"Call Me Adam" chats with "Mr. Sulu" himself, George Takei, about Star Trek, TEDxBroadway conference, his new social media book "Oh Myyy: There Goes The Internet", starring in the new Broadw…

Gruesome Playground Injuries – review by Lyn Gardner

Gate theatre, London"Does it hurt?" asks eight-year-old Kayleen when she meets classmate, Doug, in the school sick bay. He rode his bike off the school roof and she is suffering from st…

This Week on Broadway for January 27, 2013: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Richard Ouzonian by James Marino

Peter Filichia, Richard Ouzonian, Michael Portantiere and James Marino talk about Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Atlanta Junior Theatre Festival, Pleasures & Palaces and the recordings of Chapl…

Review: Di and Viv and Rose by Lauren Mooney

Despite the fact that women make up roughly half of this planet’s population, it is an undeniable fact that the fairer sex are still largely neglected by the media. They may not always…

‘Tomfoolery’ at Elden Street Players by Andrew Baughman by Andrew L. Baughman

Let’s get one thing out of the way. Tomfoolery, Cameron Mackintosh and Robin Ray’s 1980 revue of “words and music of Tom Lehrer,” is nerdy. Some might even consider it dated, but Leh…

Arturo Vidich’s “The Daedalus Effect and other dilemmas” Presented by NYLA at the Invisible Dog by Lydiamokdessi

Arturo Vidich’s performance piece The Daedalus Effect and other dilemmas is memorable, if unpleasant. It begins with Arturo seated in the center of The Invisible Dog, on a crude one-legged…

Fuse Visual Arts: Ambergris and Alchemy — A Pilgrimage to John Singer Sargent’s “Fumée d’Ambre Gris” by Grace Dane Mazur

At times I leave off my avid samplings of one entrancement after another in a great museum. Instead, I make a pilgrimage dedicated to a single work, such as John Singer Sargent’s intoxicat…

Edward Albee Talks WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? and More on CBS SUNDAY MORNING by BroadwayWorld

Legendary 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 …

Face of the Future: Rock of Ages' Justin M. Sargent by JK

Rock of Ages is not one of my favorite shows, but they do hire some really terrific talent, both easy on the ears and eyes.  Since I haven't seen him perform as Drew at the Helen Hayes …

The Jammer by StageGrade

Are critics rolling with "The Jammer"?

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 25th Anniversary Curtain Call! by Walter McBride

The cast and creative team of The Phantom of the Opera- 25 Years on Broadway Gala Performance at the Majestic Theatre in New York City took a triumphant curtain call last night, January 26, …

‘Timing’ right for revival: Two decades after its premiere, David Ives’ work returns to New York by Ronni Reich

'All in the Timing' opens next month at 59E59 Theaters

STAGE TUBE: On This Day 1/27- JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT by Stage Tube

Today in 1982, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opened at the Royale Theatre now the Bernard B, Jacobs Theatre, where it ran for 747 performances. Written by Andrew Lloyd Webber…

"Phantom" Celebrates Its Silver Anniversary On Broadway

Broadway's longest-running musical, "The Phantom Of The Opera," celebrated its silver anniversary in style in the Theater District on Saturday.

Lewis Carroll, and the First Film Version of “Alice”! by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Charles Dodgson (1932-1898) bettern known as Lewis Carroll. The extent to which his nonsensical writing was important to me as a child will come as no surprise to a…

Lizbeth Webb obituary by Michael Coveney

Musical theatre star known as 'the champagne soprano'Lizbeth Webb, one of the great forgotten stars of British musical theatre in the 1940s and 1950s, has died aged 86. Known as "the champag…

Photo Blast from the Past: Bud Cort by Walter McBride

Today, we're featuring Bud Cort circa 1981. Film and stage actor, writer and director, Cort appeared on Broadway as 'Jerry' in 1972's Wise Child. Cort is known for playing 'Harold' in the 19…

I admit it, I was wrong about Diane Paulus by Thomas Garvey

Ta-da!  I have nothing new to say, and that's fabulous! Photo: Michael J. Lutch.For those of you have written in to ask, I did indeed go see Diane Paulus's production of Pippin at the A…

Matthew Lopez' "Somewhere" Premiere by Richard Connema

The two hour forty minute dance-drama brings back to stage the superb Priscilla Lopez with an outstanding cast of young supporting players mostly from New York.

Theater News: Broadway's The Phantom of the Opera to Welcome Peter Jöback to the Title Role by Bethany Rickwald

Sweden Peter Jöback (The West End's Miss Saigon), who was in New York on Saturday celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, will play the role of the Phantom…

FREEZE FRAME: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 25th Anniversary Curtain Call! by Walter McBride

The cast and creative team of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - 25 Years on Broadway Gala Performance at the Majestic Theatre in New York City took a triumphant curtain call last night, January 26,…

FREEZE FRAME: Mayor Proclaims January 26th THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Day! by Walter McBride

Cameron Mackintosh, Sarah Brightman, Hal Prince accepted a Proclamation naming January 26 'The Phantom Of The Opera Day' while attending The Phantom of the Opera - 25 Years on Broadway Gala …

Elmore James, “Dust My Broom” by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of the great blues artist Elmore James (1918-1963). A highly influential figure, he is one of the generation that bridged the gap between the country blues of Robert Jo…

BROADWAY BARES: WINTER BURLESQUE Strips Away the Cold with Two Performances Tonight, Jan 27 by BroadwayWorld

Broadway Bares Winter Burlesque, the kick-off to a season of sexy striptease events that benefit Broadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS, includes two sizzling performances today, January 27, at XL…

Skitch Henderson, “On the Sunny Side of the Street” by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Lyle “Skitch” Henderson (1918-2005). He is perhaps best remembered today as Steve Allen’s pianist/bandleader for both The Tonight Show and The St…

Tarantella: Spider Dance by Sandi Durell

    Written By Joel Benjamin   Alessandra Belloni’s ensemble, I Giullari de Piazza, performed her one-of-a-kind, show Tarantella: Spider Dance at the Theatre for the New Cit…

Providence theater experiments with 'tweet seats'

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Sarah Bertness slipped into her seat at a recent staging of the musical "Million Dollar Quartet" and, when the lights dimmed, started doing something that's long be…

Buddy DeSylva, the Varsity Drag by Trav S.D.

A great day for songwriters! Not Just Jerome Kern, but also George “Buddy” DeSylva (1895-1950) has a birthday today. DeSylva was one third of the great Tin Pan Alley songwriting…

Artist uses blood to show link between body and spirit

Exhibit at Museum of Contemporary Religious Art shows Jordan Eagles' arresting work.

STAGE TUBE: Andew Lloyd Webber and Sarah Brightman's Joint Interview About Phantom's 25th Anniversary by Stage Tube

On the occasion of the amazing 25th Anniversary of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on Broadway last night, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber who sadly was unable to travel to New York because of a back …

‘Til the Clouds Roll By by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of the great Broadway composer Jerome Kern (1885-1945). Kern contributed songs to over 100 musicals between 1904 and his death. His most well known shows include Show …

Scott Siegel Presents Carole J. Bufford Body and Soul by Sandi Durell

  Reviewed by Joe Regan Jr. January 23, 2012 It may have been icy freezing outside January 23rd in New York City but that didn’t keep a near capacity crowd from getting a special kind…

The 2013 Broadway University Mid-Term Exam by Peter Filichia

Musicals often want to show their audiences a good, escapist time - which may be one reason why so many refer to alcoholic drinks or matters involving spirits.

Places, please: High-school musical season, 2013 by Peter D. Kramer

From ‘A Funny Thing…’ to ‘Zombie Prom,’ a slate awaits The cast of “Urinetown” at White Plains High School strikes a pose in a break from rehearsals…

Top 10 NY stage picks for week of Jan. 27, 2013 by Joe Dziemianowicz

1. “Fiorello!” (City Center) The 20th season of Encores! launches with a New York story.

Will the 15th Metro Awards be a moveable feast? by Peter D. Kramer

Paramount’s closure could send theater awards to Stepinac — or Jersey Albert Stanaj and Nicole Heney lead the cast of Stepinac’s “The Phantom of the Opera” at t…

Ladysmith Black Mambazo at The Music Center at Strathmore by Derek Mong by Derek Mong

The  Grammy Award- winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo returned to The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday night. The South African a cappella ensemble transported audiences back to their home…

25 Years Strong, 'Phantom Of The Opera' Kills And Kills Again

Invited guests packed the Majestic Theater on Saturday night to celebrate the longest-running Broadway musical ever. Times have changed, but the Phantom, that tortured genius who haunts the …

25 Years Strong, 'Phantom Of The Opera' Kills And Kills Again

Invited guests packed the Majestic Theater on Saturday night to celebrate the longest-running Broadway musical ever. Times have changed, but the Phantom, that tortured genius who haunts the …

Los Angeles Theater Review: TRACK 3 (Bootleg Theater) by Jesse David Corti

RUSHIN’ RUSSIAN Track 3 at the Bootleg Theater is a peculiar sort. Richard Alger’s adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s classic Three Sisters is better described as a transmogrification of th…

‘Third’ at Rockville Little Theatre by Jessica Vaughan by Jessica Vaughan

Rockville Little Theatre‘s production of Pulitzer Prize winner Wendy Wasserstein‘s last play Third is layered, powerful, and very funny. It’s set the year we went to war in…

Features: Nothing to apologise for by Matthew Hemley

The Stage’s Matthew Hemley finally got his chance to play a part in a top West End show. Okay, it was a minor part, but he did have to speak...

'Blacktop Sky' is experimental, poetic and remote

At times in "Blacktop Sky," which had its world premiere at the Unicorn Theatre, Christina Anderson's writing is vivid and compelling. Sometimes the fragmentary narrative makes sense, someti…

‘Terri White at Barbara Cook’s Spotlight’ at The Kennedy Center by David Friscic by David Friscic

Terri White, Broadway musical favorite and recent star of The Kennedy Center’s production of Follies and the recent Broadway production of Finian’s Rainbow, held the audience in …

20 years of reruns by Barbara Hoffman

It's been called summer stock for the A team: Find a fine but forgotten musical, recruit ace actors and musicians, and put on some shows! City Center’s Encores! has been doing just that si…

Nathan Lane Returns to CBS's THE GOOD WIFE Tonight by TV News Desk

Broadway's Nathan Lane returns to guest star in the CBS drama series THE GOOD WIFE tonight, January 27th.

Jane Pfitsch Joins Blake Pfeil in EXPOSED at Time Out Lounge Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Exposed Blake Pfeil In Concert will be presented tonight, Jan. 27, 2013, at the Time Out Lounge at New World Stages.

Dan Lauria Leads A QUEEN FOR A DAY Reading at Cherry Lane Theatre Today by BroadwayWorld

Actor Dan Lauria will head up the cast in an invitation-only reading of the new play A Queen For A Day, written by Michael Ricigliano, Jr and directed by John Gould Rubin. The Private Theatr…

Legendary Playwright Edward Albee Appears on CBS SUNDAY MORNING Today by TV News Desk

Legendary 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 …

THE OTHER PLACE Hosts Sloan Panel Discussion Today by BroadwayWorld

Manhattan 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…

The Sunday Feature: Mansel Robinson on II/Two Rooms by The Charlebois Post

Elkahna Talbi and Jean Marc Dalpé (photo credit: Mathieu Girard)Reflections from Mulligan's BayThe journey from Two Rooms to IIby Mansel RobinsonYou write a play to give it away.Two Rooms h…

Hot January! Broadway Bares: Winter Burlesque Melts NYC With Two Shows Jan. 27 by Kenneth Jones

Broadway Bares: Winter Burlesque, the steamy theatrical striptease show that benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, gets two performances, at 9 and 11 PM, Jan. 27 in midtown Manhattan.

THE LEADING MEN: Santino Fontana, Fit for a Prince in Broadway's Cinderella by Brandon Voss

Sons of the Prophet and The Importance of Being Earnest star Santino Fontana slips into something more charming for the Broadway premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella.

THE BOOK SHELF: Scripts of Once, The Lyons and The Anarchist by Steven Suskin

This month's column looks at the scripts of three recent Broadway attractions, Enda Walsh's Once, Nicky Silver's The Lyons and David Mamet's The Anarchist.

THE SCREENING ROOM: Derek Klena, Ben Fankhauser, Jason Gotay and More Sing Alexander Sage Oyen Tunes (Video) by Michael Gioia

Composer-lyricist Alexander Sage Oyen, who recently released his second album "Drafts (Volume One)," offered a concert of his work Jan. 19 at the new Manhattan nightspot 54 Below. …

SAG Awards Presented Jan. 27; "Les Misérables" Stars Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway Among Nominees by Adam Hetrick

Hugh Jackman, Denzel Washington, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, "Downton Abbey" and "Glee" are among the nominees for the 19th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which …