In the end, David Hare’s play feels like a carefully scripted rhetoric competition. The performances may be well wrought, but Skylight has a very small window of actual drama. (read more.…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:54PMThe tiny, third-floor red box space aptly named Red Room (part of the Horse Trade Theater Group that also includes The Kraine and UNDER St. Marks) will be closing in March. We always find i…
SOURCE: Off-Off Blogway at 09:36PMOver the past few months we have found ourselves involved in a number of conversations about the current trend in theatre companies of producing adaptations of popular children’s books…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:24PMA range of entirely unsympathetic characters pay little mind to him anyway in a production that, like its central character, has a lofty idea but ditches the hope and goes right for audacity…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:16PMAuditioning is hard. That’s no secret. It is terrifying putting yourself on display with the risk of failing – and even the best actors are rejected from time to time. Sometimes you are …
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Picnic is a huge delicious ice cream of a fantasy you don’t even have to feel guilty about giving in to it because it comes in the guise of hard bitten realism. I loved it. The action take…
SOURCE: Let's Talk Off-Broadway at 08:43PMNEW YORK (AP) — In the opening of Martin Moran's new solo play, "All the Rage," an introspective but lively memoir, the performer tells the story of a bitter family argument and how he att…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 08:21PMAccording to Variety, Jessica Chastain has been confirmed as the lead in Liv Ullmann's film adaptation of Miss Julie, alongside Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16PMBarry Manilow unquestionably had many reasons to begin his new concert at the St. James, appropriately titled Manilow on Broadway, with his 1975 hit "It's a Miracle."
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:01PMIn his one-man show, All the Rage (directed by Seth Barrish), playwright-performer Martin Moran shares his intimate exploration of the sometimes-thin lines between hatred and love, victimhoo…
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SOURCE: www.wfsb.com at 07:56PMThe acclaimed writer cited TV and film commitments for leaving the Hugh Jackman-toplined project. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:46PMMatthew Whittet’s School Dance is an Adelaide import, but you’re going to feel as though it was mined right out of the absorbed memory of the walls of whichever specific auditorium, gy…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:40PMSinger-songwriter Barry Manilow became a pop superstar in the 1970s just as I reached adulthood, but I have only purchased one Manilow album in my life: 1984’s “2:00 AM Paradise …
SOURCE: Backstage at 07:30PMIf it accomplishes nothing else, Martin Moran's new one-man show All the Rage addresses an issue that's been burning in the hearts and minds of intrepid confessional theatregoers for nearly …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:02PM‘We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces!” Movie buffs will immediately identify those words with legendary actress Gloria Swanson, whose character, Norma Desmond, spoke the line 51 year…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:02PMSpending 80 minutes with Martin Moran is like passing time in the classroom of life. Scenic designer Mark Wendland has even set up the stage at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater to look like the f…
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piece by piece productions, Rising Phoenix Repertory, and The Barrow Group have announced that All The Rage, written and performed by Martin Moran, and directed by Seth Barrish, will begin p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:50PMThe Special Edition of 'Scott Alan Live,' which was recorded April 30th at Birdland, is now available both physically and digitially via iTunes, Amazon and CDbaby.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMFreestyle Digital Media FDM has announced February 5, 2013 as the release date for YOU MAY NOT KISS THE BRIDE, which had a theatrical run with producers Hawaiian Film Partners and enjoyed gr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMIn the current production at the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC, director Robert Richmond and a hard-working cast of 13 actors create a visceral and hypnotic experience for the audience�ev…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:41PMHolland Taylor, currently rehearsing a Broadway show in New York, remembers what led her to take a role in one of Broadway's most famous flops.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:31PMAccording to the Chicago Tribune, Patty Andrews, last surviving member of the acclaimed pop group the Andrews Sisters, died today, January 30, 2013. She was 94. Her sister Maxene died in 199…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22PMThe Pink Collar Comedy Tour, which features female funny people Kaytlin Bailey, Abbi Crutchfield, Carrie Gravenson, and Erin Judge, will finally reach New York, after months driving around t…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:22PMBarney Frank will make his off-Broadway debut this Saturday, playing an arrogant conservative senator in the New York City Center Encores! revival of Fiorello!, Jerome Weidman, George Abbot…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:16PMIt is more than a little eerie to know that long before the recent school shooting horror in Newtown, Conn., the American Theater Company’s artistic director, PJ Paparelli, had decided to …
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I walked into the Keegan Theatre expecting the usual production of Kander and Ebb’s Cabaret. I got to my seat, quickly took in my surroundings and noticed the basic set with banners tellin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:56PMThe New York Philharmonic performed orchestral arrangements of suites from Sondheim musicals on Tuesday at Avery Fisher Hall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:52PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information @BCEFA & @LGBTCenterNYC announce celebrity performers…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:50PMLet’s stipulate right off the bat that Danny Gavigan makes for a dashing caped crusader. No, not the one with the souped-up car and the sidekick and the high Hollywood profile. This other …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:49PMThe British troupe Theater Cut is presenting a program of short works written in response to the worldwide economic slowdown.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:42PMThis week, the Pasadena Playhouse announced that the anonymous donors whose one million dollar gift, in May 2010, was vital to keeping the theater from closing are the Playhouse's own curren…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:41PM“What should I see in London?” We are asked that question daily by friends headed to the theater capital for a visit—and even by locals. The good news is that there is neve…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMBroadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center announced today that the eighth annual edition of BROADWAY BACKWARDS will feature Academy …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:23PMIn the video below, funny lady and Broadway veteran Nicole Parker parodies the big screen adaptation of LES MIS with director Tom Hooper's 'next movie musical' LES SOUND- a new adaptation of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMLike many Living Theater productions, “Here We Are” is part examination of historical anarchist movements, part indictment of the current sociopolitical order and part team-building love…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:19PMIn celebration of the 10th National Wear Red Day, Macy's and the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women will host a special ceremony Jan. 31 that will light the Broadway side …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PMStephanie J. Block, Daniel Breaker, Judy Kaye, Estelle Parsons and Tony Sheldon are among the roster of stars who will be featured at the eighth annual Broadway Backwards benefit, which will…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:07PMBroadway CaresEquity Fights AIDS and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual amp Transgender Community Center announced today that the eighth annual edition of BROADWAY BACKWARDS will feature Academy Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMTony winner and all-around delightful human Lea Salonga launches off the 15th season of the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center on January 30, and the former Miss Saigon and Les Miser…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMSebastian Arcelus has some dirt on the president. Worry not, Mr. Obama: the Elf and Jersey Boys alum plays Lucas Goodwin, deputy editor at the fictional Washington Herald, in Netflix’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMEpisode Twenty-Six: Youtube Fireside Chat. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Craig and Lindsay are off to New York this week! And one of the plays that has just opened on Broadway is Cat On A Hot Tin Ro…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 05:01PMAccording to a press release issued Wednesday afternoon, a transformer in the electrical vault in the basement of the Hanna "malfunctioned and began smoking," said Tom Einhouse, Pl…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 05:01PMTime is running out to register something somewhere for The Anywhere Theatre Festival. The 2013 Anywhere Theatre festival is happening in a lot of non-traditional theatre spaces, somewhere a…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:00PMMarshall Pailet was among three collaborators who imagined what the events depicted in Jurassic Park might be like from the dinosaurs' point of view. Now Pailet is directing the West Coast p…
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 05:00PMWe don’t look back in order to go back, but rather to better choose what going forward looks like…In this post-election bliss for many of us, it makes sense for us to consider why we val…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:00PMAn initial list of performers has been announced for the eighth annual Broadway Backwards concert — featuring male singers performing songs traditionally sung by women, and women singi…
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"What is the best that Broadway can be?" was the question of the day at New World Stages on January 28, where an audience of 450 listened to 17 speakers attempt to present an answer. The si…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:56PMTerry Kinney and his friend Heidi Neurauter visited the cast and crew of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF after the performance on Saturday evening, January 26, 2013. Check out a photo of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMOn Saturday, March 9 7 pm, as part of Symphony Space's The Music of Now Series, pianist Anthony de Mare returns to the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre for the second installment of Liaisons Reimagin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:41PMDouglas Moore's big, appealing opera is tuneful - and true.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:39PMBroadway.com is traveling across the country to find the most exciting regional theater offerings from coast-to-coast. From a star-studded Tennessee Williams classic in Cambridge to a newly …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:38PMWhile disillusionment by realized dreams, or marriages straining to survive with stress are not novel themes, what’s refreshing about Lucinda Coxon’s script is that she doesn’t wrap it…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:35PMWest End star Julie Atherton tells Joe Raynor about hating the Insanity workout, fearing audience interaction and appearing in the Lyric Hammersmith's pantomime Cinderella.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:34PMGLAAD is currently leading a campaign to advocate for the Boy Scouts of America to change their policy of banning gay scouts and scout leaders. On Monday, the BSA said their Board of Directo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:32PMGood news to those fans of the Argentinian spectacle Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, the show will continue off-Broadway indefinitely. The unique show has scrapped its previously announced closing da…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PMTravel back to corrupt 1920s New York City with Encores! season opener Fiorello! The Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical follows the early political career of NYC’s legendary …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:25PMGingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW presented Bernard Shaw's comedic romp, MISALLIANCE, on Monday, January 28 at The Players Club 16 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan. Check out photos fr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMLast night, Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees made his Broadway debut in the smash hit musical Rock of Ages as “Mark, The Bourbon Room Bartender”, which was a cameo-style rol…
SOURCE: The Hartman Group at 04:15PMMeet the first-nighters at opening of Manilow On Broadway, Barry Manilow's new concert at the St. James Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMLucia Frangione and Tom McBeath (photo credit: Ron Reed)Great cast and heartfelt writingLesbians and the Bibleby David C. JonesThis show is so heartfelt and presented with such integrity the…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:05PMThe world premiere of Forever Dusty, a new musical about the life and times of legendary icon Dusty Springfield is currently playing at off-Broadway's New World Stages. Kirsten Holly Smith, …
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Marc Thibodeau is being accused of using pseudonyms to warn an investor about the production, but his lawyer claims he was an "innocent whistle-blower."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:59PMWhat if Les Miserables director Tom Hooper took on another classic musical The Sound of Music? Would everyone be singing in tight close-ups? Would actresses have to drop serious weight? How …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:59PMWhen Susan Lewis first walked into the Norwood Theatre with her 13-year-old son, Stephen, in the summer of 1997, the Westwood resident had no idea she would be running the place 15 years lat…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 03:58PMSTOMP, the international sensation and long running New York stage hit, will join with The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women® this week to ask America to go RED in celebra…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 03:57PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, two-time Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar telecast on February …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMCity Center's Encores production of Fiorello! opens today, more than 50 years after the musical's premiere. The Playbill Vault revisits a vintage Playbill from the show's Broadwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:57PMWith movie star Scarlett Johansson in one of the leading -- and very sexual -- roles, the temperatures have been running high amongst the audience members, even if the bed onstage remains ic…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 03:54PMBroadway’s smash hit The Book of Mormon is on its mission across the country in its first national tour, and we have a first look at new stars Mark Evans and Christopher John O’N…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:47PMJohn Coffey (sometimes known as James) was the man who stood of the shoulders of the original Living Skeleton, Isaac W. Sprague, and thenceforth brought a little flair and panache to the rol…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:45PMMr. Sorkin's considerable talents are an asset to any project and we regret that he's unable to remain with HOUDINI, said producers Scott Sanders and David Rockwell, However, what Hugh and t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMLadies Swing the Blues at MetroStage packages the old tales about early jazz and blues greats into a new lyrical presentation. The script is deeply rooted in the oral tradition of telling …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:44PMProducer Eric S. Goldman has announced that Emma Hunton Spring Awakening Broadway Rent Off Broadway Next to Normal First National Tour will be joining Max Von Essen in the two industry re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMWill Gluck, producer of the films "Easy A" and "Friends With Benefits," will direct "Annie," the upcoming film remake of the 1982 movie musical that will b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMI attended the annual TEDxBroadway conference this week in New York City. It’s a gathering of industry insiders and theater fans who come together for one day to dream big about “The Bes…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:40PMA number of people have asked me to post the text of the speech that I gave on Monday at...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:40PMIn conjunction with and curated by Al Fingers and Shimmy Shimmy, SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is proud to present Art in the Dancehall, an exhibition celebrating dancehall illustration and design …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:29PMThe Broadway League and Latin Trends hosted the first official VIVA Broadway community event, VIVA Broadway Fiesta, a pre-theatre party yesterday, January 29th at the legendary Copacabana on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:26PMRomeo and Juliet with a twist! Set in 1960′s Brighton, this new adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet at Upstairs at the Gatehouse certainly sounds like something to ch…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PMAll the Rage is written and performed by Martin Moran. He has re-teamed with director Seth Barrish, whom he worked with in 2005's The Tricky Part. Read the full article here.
SOURCE: Ticket News at 03:21PMThe Vineyard Theatre presents the New York premiere production of THE NORTH POOL, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Vineyard's Paula Vogel Award-winning playwright Rajiv Joseph BENGA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMAlthough there’s nothing majorly wrong with this production, with so little merit to the script, I can’t help but wonder why Metropolis didn’t turn its talents to a more worthy project…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 03:17PMThe ready-made edginess of hit men, hookers and gangsters is a foundation that a story can either build on or coast on. Writer-director Brian Peterson’s "The Misadventures of Rick the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:16PMThe New York Times released an update today that Truman Capote‘s Breakfast At Tiffany’s, coming to Broadway March 4th, has had an investor responsible for $1 million of the produ…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:10PMAccording to BroadwayGirlNYC, SUPER FLY, the musical based on the 1972 film directed by Gordon Parks, is coming to Broadway in late 2013. The Mottola Group and The Dodgers Developmental Lab …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMDeadline.com reports that Aaron Sorkin has dropped out of the Boradway production of Houdini. Sorkin was to write the libretto for the musical, which is to star Hugh Jackman as the famous ma…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 03:06PMRehearsals have begun for the tense new play The North Pool, and we've got a sneak peek at the cast of this story about a Middle Eastern student and his high school principal. Written by…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:02PM
Matt Bogart can play lovers, fighters and everything in between. From Chris in Miss Saigon to his long run as Nick Massi, the most enigmatic of the four Jersey Boys, Bogart’s strong vo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:59PMEasy A and Friends With Benefits director Will Gluck will direct the upcoming big-screen remake of Annie, according to Deadline.com, which reports that the movie will not star Willow Sm…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:58PMOn paper, the idea of a world-famous opera singer taking to the stage at the intimate 54 Below to perform musical theater and jazz standards might seem like the thoughts of a woman flirting …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:58PMIn its record-breaking fourth year on Broadway, Rock of Ages has celebrated its one-one-millionth customer, its 1500th performance and seven Box Office Records. This coming March, the smash …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:51PMThe Tony-nominated hit musical Rock of Ages welcomed Kate Rockwell (Bring It On: The Musical, Legally Blonde) to the role of Sherrie beginning Jan. 21 at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PMDeadline reports that Sony Pictues has hired Will Gluck to take on directing duties for its upcoming reboot of the Broadway musical ANNIE. While Will and Jada Smith's daughter Willow was in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMThe New York Times reports that producers of Truman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s are struggling to raise $1 million after a major investor withdrew from the $4 million production. Br…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 02:45PMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeAlan Bennett's TV monologues may have lodged in the memory as entertaining exercises on favourite themes (star turns for Thora Hird, repressed bachelor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:45PMThe New York Festival of Song will continue its 25th anniversary season by honoring two of the 20th century's greatest balladeers in Jacques Brel & Charles Trénet: Fire and Fa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMMark Evans and Christopher John O'Neill just joined the cast of the national tour of The Book of Mormon as Elder Price and Elder Cunningham respectively. They replaced Gavin Creel and Jared …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PM Geja’s Café, 340 W. Armitage, has been named one of the top 100 most romantic restaurants by the 2013 OpenTable Diners’ Choice Awards. The list of winners is derived from more than…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:35PMThanks to the energetic and visionary direction of Ryan Nicotra, BOOM Theatre Company is quickly becoming Harford County’s premier spot for quality theater that is cerebral yet accessible…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:35PMThe Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, presents the Third AnnualWinning Works: Choreographers of Color Award, featuring three World Premieres by rising-star cho…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:31PMMark Evans and Christopher John O'Neill have taken over the roles of Elder Price and Elder Cunningham, respectively, in the first national tour of the Tony-winning musical The Book of Mo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:31PMIt spans 300 years, takes in five countries – and needed 10 writers. Maddy Costa on an ambitious attempt to dramatise the culture and belief system of YorubaThere's a party going on. Damon…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:30PMLast week, the Off-Broadway production of the musical Bare announced that it would be closing this coming weekend after 21 previews and 65 regular performances. I wish I could say I was eith…
SOURCE: Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals at 02:29PMWhen Christy Altomare isn’t starring as blushing bride Sophie in the Broadway hit Mamma Mia!, she’s backstage at the Winter Garden Theatre sharing Twix bars, candy canes and Kit …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:25PMFiorello!, the award-winning Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical that launched the City Center Encores! series in 1994, returns Jan. 30-Feb. 3 as the opening musical of the Encores! 20th-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMTony Award-winning actress Betty Buckley (Cats) will lead the British premiere of Jerry Herman's musical Dear World, which begins its run at the Charing Cross Theatre in London on February 4…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:14PMThe Deep Throat Sex Scandal, a drama about the making of the landmark porn film, arrives in LA, near the epicenter of the adult film industry. Directed by Jerry Douglas, the actors who play …
SOURCE: LA STAGE Times at 02:09PMTweetWhen Bette Midler took on Broadway and launched Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical around the same time that Harvey Fierstein’s show La Cage Aux Follies was in revival, we …
SOURCE: Broadway Reviewed at 02:08PMAcademy Award-winning screenwriter and playwright Aaron Sorkin has departed the creative team of the new Broadway-bound Hugh Jackman vehicle Houdini, according to Deadline.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMToday we are highlighting a riveting documentary tracing the creation of a handful of original musicals, from collaborators meeting for the first time through to conception, creation, execut…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PM"An Otherwise Hopeless Evening of Very Gay and Extremely Grim Short Plays by William Inge," a unique production that includes visual art and the performances of four obscure one-act plays b…
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 02:00PMKaren Akers, who appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Nine and Grand Hotel, will offer an eclectic evening of tunes by American composers Feb. 1 at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM at the …
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Rowan Atkinson stands out as a schoolteacher hiding loneliness behind bonhomie in Richard Eyre’s poignant production, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:54PMRowan Atkinson stands out as a schoolteacher hiding loneliness behind bonhomie in Richard Eyre's poignant production, Sarah Hemming writes
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:54PMWhat has happened to social media and the way we communicate The parody 'Chats' is here to answer that very question.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMBrigadoon, the musical fantasy of two Americans stumbling onto a Scottish village lost in time, will get a major revival by Goodman Theatre in Chicago in summer 2014. With permission from th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThe name says it all: Manilow on Broadway! Music legend Barry Manilow (a.k.a. "The Man Who Makes The World Sing") made his long-awaited return to the Great White Way on January 29,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMThe Gallery Players, now in its 46th season, will start off the New Year with Alfred Uhry and Jason Robert Brown's PARADE, running January 26 to February 17, 2013. Tony Award winner for Best…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMRachel Rockwell will be making her Goodman Theatre debut in the summer of 2014 helming a major revival of “Brigadoon,” the classic 1947 musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics) and F…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:38PMThe Encores! 20th anniversary season kicks off tonight with the musical Fiorello! The musical tells the story of Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia who worked his way from immigrant son to a well kn…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:35PMIf you thought Yankees First Baseman Mark Teixeira was skilled on the field, you should see him rock out onstage! Teixeira made his Broadway debut on January 29 in the ‘80s jukebox hit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:33PMAudiences simply cannot wait to take in the first Broadway staging of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella. The musical, which began performances last week, is already a destina…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:29PMThe York Theatre Company will present a free developmental lab of two short operas, Mardi Gras and The Last Word — both composed by Mildred Kayden and exploring her view of relationshi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMIf I had to guess, I would say previews are so exciting because they are the landmark that tells you, 'The fun is about to begin' They are the first palm trees you see on your drive to Dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMLast week Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts held a rather swanky breakfast in an upstairs room at the Groucho Club. It was a chance for agents and casting directors to meet the team at Mount…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:22PMIt's almost like being in love Goodman Theatre proudly announces a Summer 2014 production of the 1947 musical Brigadoon, with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMRachel Rockwell will be making her Goodman Theatre debut in the summer of 2014. The hugely gifted Chicago director and choreographer, who has forged an acclaimed career with revelatory, gran…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 01:18PMRachel Rockwell, the Chicago director whose career has flourished at such musical theaters as the Drury Lane in Oakbrook Terrace and the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, is to make her Goodman T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:08PMWhy Warren Carlyle makes the dancing in “Drood” accessible In the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, currently at Studio 54 in a revival from the Roundabout, it’s c…
SOURCE: TDF at 01:03PMThe Off Broadway Alliance, the organization of Off Broadway producers, theaters, general managers, press agents, and marketing firms, will hold another in its series of seminars focused on t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMAfter resting from a bout with bronchitis Jan. 22-28, singer-songwriter Barry Manilow took the stage of the St. James Theatre Jan. 29, resuming his engagement of Manilow On Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMThree players from Broadway's Picnic — Ben Rappaport, Madeleine Martin and Mare Winningham — talk about the dreams and disappointments of their Midwestern-bred, William Inge-…
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All hail the Queen! Patti LuPone is returning to the West End for a one-week concert engagement. LuPone will be accompanied by Sirius/XM personality Seth Rudetsky for a self-titled show runn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:57PMThis past weekend Anne Hathaway won Best Supporting Actress at the SAG Awards. She is now reminding the people in charge of the Academy Awards why she should win their prize for Best Support…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMThere he was: Barry Manilow, sixty-nine years old, spiffy in a black dinner jacket, black pants, and white shirt; hair moussed and mussed; face lifted. His expression was one of joy. He wave…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:55PMAaron Sorkin Vanishes From Broadway production of Houdini: Aaron Sorkin is oysta la vista from the Broadway production of Houdini due to other projects.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:54PMThree-time Emmy Award© winner Charles “Roc” Dutton brings his critically acclaimed, autobiographical, one-man stage play From Jail to Yale: Serving Time on Stage to Chicago for the…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:52PMBock and Harnick's Fiorello, the opening musical of the Encores 20th Anniversary season stars Kate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Jenn Gambatese, Shuler Hensley and Emily Skinner, with Danny Rutiglian…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PM'I'll Eat You Last' opens on B'way in April
SOURCE: Variety at 12:51PMPatti LuPone, two-time Tony Award-winning star for the original Broadway production of Evita and the 2008 revival of Gypsy, is to return to London to appear for seven performances only at Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMThe 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 over the weekend on Janu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:47PMYou know what you really want to be doing on February 4? You clearly want to be seeing composer David Yazbek at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca with his special guest, Patti LuPone. Because that&#…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 12:39PMHappy Birthday Norbert Leo Butz Butz made his Broadway debut as Adam Pascal's replacement as Roger Davis in Rent in 1996. Additional Broadway credits include Thou Shalt Not Camille Raquin, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMDanny Rutigliano, Shuler Hensley, Erin Dilly, Kate Baldwin, Jenn Gambatese and Emily Skinner head the cast of the New York City Center Encores! concert production of Fiorello!, the same sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMBarry Manilow, the Grammy-winning pop icon, chats about what fans can expect at Manilow on Broadway, why he loves New Yorkers and his eclectic music influences.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMThis weekend is one of those when a theater lover could be driving from Miami to West Palm Beach to catch the four (yes, four) new productions that are opening -- and that's not counting the…
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 12:26PMScreenwriter Regina Moriarty and composer Pippa Cleary have each won £10,000 prizes at the Arts Foundation Awards 2013. At a ceremony held last week, Moriarty won in the screenwriting categ…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMForty years ago Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Marisa Berenson, and Michael York were just four young people in Germany, defying conventions and creating a ground-breaking film with one of the gr…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:26PMNorthern Ballet has appointed David Wootton as its new chairman. He has replaced acting chair lan Harrison, who took over from David Forbes last year. Wootton will be the ballet company’s …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PMTwo-time Tony and Olivier Award-winning Broadway legend, Patti LuPone is back in the West End for just seven performances at Leicester Square Theatre from Sunday June 16 - Sunday June 23.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMNicholas Hytner wants to know what should be included in the NT's anniversary celebrations. From No Man's Land to Stuff Happens, here are my top picksAt his spring press conference on Wednes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:23PMFebruary is a rich month for film-lovers, filled with screenings of alternative movies and film festivals. There are classics, documentaries, genre films, science fiction, appearances by fil…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:23PMDirect from London to the Ahmanson Before Sgt. Pepper. Before Abbey Road. Even before Ringo, there were five Beatles. Five rowdy working class lads from the docks of Liverpool rocking out ei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMWelcome back, gawgeous! Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner (and all-around diva-legend) Barbra Streisand will sing at the 85th Annual Academy Awards, set to take place on February 2…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:13PMFollowing a stellar 2012, which saw no less than five major productions of his work in the UK, playwright Simon Stephens has returned to one of his early plays, 2002's Port, with a revival a…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:12PMNCM Fathom Events, Overnight Musicals and The Broadway League present “One Night Stand: Creating a Play in a Day,” a one-night event broadcast to movie theatres nationwide Jan. 3…
SOURCE: Theater Advisor at 12:10PMOh, the puppets! Last last weekend took me to Erin Courtney’s The Service Road directed by Meghan Finn in an Adhesive Theater Project production at the New York City College of Techn…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 12:09PMDefinitely worth heading out to Aurora for! Director Rachel Rockwell’s choreography excels throughout, but “Seventy Six Trombones” especially delights. Music Director Michael Mahler an…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:07PMWow, can it really be nearly 20 years since musical-theater lovers gathered at New York City Center to thrill to a starry concert performance of "Fiorello!" the 1960 Pulitzer winner about le…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:05PMIt looks like Les Misérables star Anne Hathaway is favored to nab an Oscar for her tear-jerking performance as Fantine, but a little extra begging can't hurt! In a silly paro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:05PMMint Theater Jonathan Bank, Artistic Director is presenting the first-ever American Production of Katie Roche by Teresa Deevy. The Mint production will run through March 24th only at their h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PM
It looks like “dsrific LCDAppr” but computer says “no”. Ticketmaster is to dump the jumble of hard-to-read nonsense words it requires customers to enter in order to prove that they a…
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:57AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:55AMThe Beautiful Soup Theater Collective's production of the first ever revival of Arthur Bicknell's Moose Murders, the most notorious flop in the history of modern theater, celebrates its open…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMMusical theater returns to the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford -- at least for one night -- when a touring production of "Rock of Ages' plays April 14 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:53AMNew York Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira lived out one of his Broadway dreams Jan. 29 when he made a surprise onstage appearance in Rock of Ages. "Tex" is a two-time All-Star a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMAn investor has pulled out of the in-rehearsal Broadway production of Breakfast at Tiffany's, but the capitalization shortfall of $1 million is expected to be filled and the show will go…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMJulie Andrews , and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton , will make a special appearance at the Fairfield University Bookstore , 1499 Post Road in downtown Fairfield on Thursday, Feb. 7 at …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:50AMMarriage is difficult, and Barefoot in the Park doesn’t try to make it seem like anything but. Penned by Neil Simon of Biloxi Blues fame, the three-act play follows a newlywed couple t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:47AMTwo-time Tony and Olivier Award-winning Broadway star Patti LuPone is heading back to the West End for seven performances at the Leicester Square Theatre from 16 - 23 Ju…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:45AMThe world premiere of Old Hats, starring and created by Tony winner Bill Irwin and David Shiner, has announced a one-week extension. The new work, originally scheduled to play from February …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMThe National Theatre’s 2013 season will include The Light Princess, a new musical by Tori Amos; King Lear, starring Simon Russell Beale and helmed by Sam Mendes; The Amen Cor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMLet's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMHighlights include a BBC2 gala night, a musical by Tori Amos, and an ambitious revival of a four-hour Eugene O'Neill epicAnne-Marie Duff taking on one of the biggest roles in American playwr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:33AMTHEATER REVIEW: "Luther" at Steep Theatre in Chicago ★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Luther" at Steep Theatre in Chicago ★★ ... An intensely conceptual play like "Luther" relies…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:33AMWhen will Aaron Sorkin finally come back to Broadway? That's the question we're now pondering after news that the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and the Emmy-winni…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:32AMAs a major West End revival opens, flaunt how much you've gleaned about the late, great playwright
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:31AMClick the image to see the full gallery on the new National Wrecking Ball Website with information on Wrecking Ball Events across Canada. Do you have it bookmarked yet?
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 11:30AMOscar-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin has withdrawn from penning the book of the previously reported Broadway musical Houdini, which is set to star Tony winner Hugh Jackman. According to Deadlin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:27AMWhile its coterie of anthropomorphic characters -- from the lions of Pride Rock to the soaring birds and sprightly antelopes -- live, grow, and embrace “The Circle of Life,” The Lion Kin…
SOURCE: City Guide Magazine at 11:23AMGet your DVR ready because Barbra Streisand is singing at the Oscars! Streisand will perform at the Academy Awards ceremony on February 24.
Streisand has not performed at the Academ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:23AMTalk about a great morning to wake up to! Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Marisa Berenson and Michael York—the stars of Cabaret, which host Savannah Guthrie appropriately dubbed “one o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMAs its smallest stage closes for refurbishment the National Theatre is gearing up to host a "more experimental repertoire" in a temporary wooden shed.
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:12AMAnd in This Corner: Sprecher vs Thibodeau: Listen up Smash, the saga of the battling ill-fated Rebecca has entered the boxing ring, page 6 and is just ripe for a back biting script complete …
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:11AMToday is the birthday of Dick Martin (1922-2008). We already wrote about his most famous show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In a few days ago. But do you know about his syndicated game-sh…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:09AMOn March 9 at 7 PM pianist Anthony de Mare will return to Symphony Space's Peter Jay Sharp Theatre for the second installment of Liaisons: Reimagining Sondheim from the Piano.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMThe veteran pop star and "Justin Bieber of the ‘70s" returns to Broadway in a hits-laden show. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:03AMAcclaimed theater directors Sam Buntrock (Sunday in the Park with George) and Jay Scheib (World of Wires) have been tapped to kick off the Brooklyn Academy of Music's (BAM) spring season wit…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:01AMI’ve produced four Off-Broadway shows. Three recouped. One did not. Three did less than eight performances a week. One did not. Guess which three recouped? The Off Broadway market has …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWhat happens when you do a Broadway Show for three years Mitchell Jarvis and Tony LePage have created a parody of the great prison film 'The Shawshank Redemption'. From the tight confines of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMOn Monday, January 28th at 9pm, Jay Kuo played to a sold out audience at The Lambs Club in An Evening with Jay Kuo, the premiere event in EMERGING, a new Broadway composer cabaret series pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMEdie Falco will star in the world premiere of Liz Flahive’s “The Madrid” starting next month. The new play will begin performances February 5 at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s Off-Broa…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 11:00AM
To the shouts of "We love you, Barry!" music superstar Barry Manilow returned to the stage of the St. James Theatre on Tuesday, January 29 to finally celebrate his Broadway opening night –…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:59AMThe Tony Award-nominated musical Sister Act is currently traveling the country in its first national tour. Blair Goldberg (Carrie) takes readers on the road as the troupe spread the joy…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMTalking Talent | Benjamin Walker By LAUREN TABACH-BANK January 29, 2013 The Juilliard-trained theater actor Benjamin Walker, who played the 16th president on the silver screen in “Abr…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:54AMIt's a miracle. But it looks like he made it — back to health. On Tuesday, Barry Manilow officially opened his greatest-hits concert with hardly a cough or sniffle or any sign of the flu t…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:54AMThe Off-Broadway spectacle Fuerza Bruta, which had announced a February closing date, will now continue its run indefinitely at the Daryl Roth Theatre, producers announced Jan. 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMIt's a miracle. But it looks like he made it — back to health. On Tuesday, Barry Manilow officially opened his greatest-hits concert with hardly a cough or sniffle or any sign of the flu t…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:43AMEddie Kaye Thomas, Nadia Bowers, Sarah Steele and Kyle Beltran are part of the cast of The Netflix Plays, a collection of work from Ars Nova's Play Group, which begins performances Jan. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMLONDON (AP) — The return of director Sam Mendes and a long-awaited musical by Tori Amos are among highlights announced Wednesday for the 50th anniversary season at Britain's National Theat…
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:40AMThe Vandal, a new play by Hamish Linklater, opens January 31 at off-Broadway’s Flea Theater. Directed by Jim Simpson, the production stars Deirdre O’Connell.
Set in Kingston, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz celebrates his birthday Jan. 30. Playbill.com looks back at his stage career thus far, dating back to his Broadway debut in Rent.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMLIVING FOR TODAY. LIVING FOR TODAY Back to the Drawing Board just played a one-night-only engagement at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street. BroadwayWorld was there for the concert, and you can c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:36AMAfter months of walking from Ethiopia into Sudan, starved and swollen from a scorpion sting, the young Ethiopian girl got her first glimpse of the people who were supposed to save her.
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:34AMRichard Eyre's revival of Simon Gray's staff room-set Quartermaine’s Terms, starring Rowan Atkinson in his first 'straight' acting West End role for 25 years, opened to press last nigh…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:33AMThis week's retro wednesday post comes from 5 years ago! I was a lot wordier back then. This is a post all about dealing with money as a producer. If you are about to venture into a project,…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTickets will go on sale Saturday, February 2 at 10 AM exclusively for American Express® cardholders for Bette Midler’s return to Broadway in John Logan’s new play I’LL EAT YOU LAST: A…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:29AMLos Angeles Times 01/29/13
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:28AMStepping into Arena Stage's Cradle, its experimental theater space, viewers will be struck next week by the accumulation of stuff filling the intimate playing space: a wooden wheelbarrow, a …
SOURCE: Washington Jewish Week at 10:28AMAn oral history interview is a lot more than just any old conversation or sound recording. Although the definition of oral history is dynamic, it usually refers to the collecting of individu…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 10:27AMJill Rogati, Christopher Nourse and Kiki Samko listen up.If you haven't heard, the Beasts are back - the Imaginary Beasts, that is, and "back" with their annual winter panto, this time (loos…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 10:26AMTimesTalks just welcomed Nora Jones. TimesTalks events take place at TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York City. For additional information or to purchase advance tickets, which are…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMBette Midler's Broadway vehicle I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers has found a home. The new play by Tony winner John Logan (Red) and directed by Tony winner Joe …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:22AMJust last night, NY Yankee Mark Teixeira made his Broadway debut in a walk-on role at ROCK OF AGES. BroadwayWorld was there for his big night, and you can check out photo coverage from the a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:17AMTony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz celebrates his birthday Jan. 30, and Playbill.com has put together a handful of the Tony Award winner's stand-out performances from his career and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Barbra Streisand will perform at the Oscars next month, the first time she's performed during an Academy Awards broadcast in 36 years....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:10AMAfter a brief delay due to illness, Manilow on Broadway, Barry Manilow's new concert show at the St. James Theatre, opened last night, January 29. BroadwayWorld was there for the special eve…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMTickets will go on sale Saturday, February 2 at 10 AM exclusively for American Express cardholders for Bette Midler's return to Broadway in John Logan's new play I'LL EAT YOU LAST A CHAT WIT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMAward-winning singer-actress Bette Midler will return to Broadway in John Logan’s new play, I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat With Sue Mengers, which will begin previews April 5 prior to…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMI’m sure many people can relate to that scary moment when you look into your past yearbooks and see what you looked like 5, 10 or maybe 15 years ago! Well, we decided it would be entertain…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMMatt Loehr just finished up a stint in the Broadway revival of “Evita” that closed January 26, and now he has taken over the role of Elder McKinley in the Broadway production of “The B…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMA part of Broadway Records' Live at 54 Below series, the new Patti LuPone concert Far Away Places has been preserved on CD and is a triumph for all concerned. Written by Jeffrey Richma…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 10:00AMEquity has agreed to reduce the number of its committees by almost a third, under radical proposals designed to streamline and modernise the union. The new committee structure is intended to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AM
After a brief delay due to illness, MANILOW ON BROADWAY, Barry Manilow's new concert show at the St. James Theatre, opened last night, January 29. BroadwayWorld was there for the special eve…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:58AMSimon Godwin will direct Anne-Marie Duff and Charles Edwards in Eugene O’Neill’s Strange Interlude as part of the National Theatre’s programme for its 50th anniversary year. The show w…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:58AMOscar-nominated actor says he would love to appear at the Lyric theatre in Belfast, where he began his professional careerLiam Neeson has hinted at a return to the stage, potentially at the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:57AMEric S. Goldman will present two industry readings of Billy Butler's Gay Bride of Frankenstein Feb. 4 at 6 PM and Feb. 5 at 11 AM at the 45th Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMNBC's 'TODAY' welcomed the legendary Liza Minnelli and the cast of the landmark film Cabaret on this morning's show. 'They sent us to Germany to make this extraordinary film,' explained the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMAccording to reports, Tori Amos' musical, THE LIGHT PRINCESS, which was previously postponed and set to play the Lyttelton Theatre this year, will now play the National Theatre at the end of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AM Written by Sandi Durell The Rose, by any other name, would still be Amanda McBroom. Debuting at the sumptuous Café Carlyle, this woman has enough love, warmth and inner…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 09:49AMSimon Stephens' 2002 play Port has been revived at the NT Lyttleton by its original director Marianne Elliott, and opened to press this week (28 January 2013).
The play stars Kate O’F…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:40AMTwo-time Oscar winner Barbra Streisand will perform on the upcoming Academy Awards telecast on Feb. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AMCurio finds a fresh perspective on Peter Shaffer's 40-year old psychiatric thriller.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:32AMThe American Heart Association's Go Red For Women is asking America to go RED in celebration of the 10th National Wear Red Day on February 1, 2013. For 10 years, women have been fighting hea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMJust announced Two-time Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand, who has sung on the Oscars only once before, will perform on the upcoming Oscar telecast on February 24. Streisand last sang t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23AMNicholas Hytner has announced further plans for 2013: In addition to Othello, Children of the Sun and a season of new work in the new temporary venue The Shed, the season will inc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AM"Call Me Adam" chats with playwright Arthur Bicknell about his play "Moose Murders", notorious for being Broadway's biggest flop. We also discuss The Beautiful Soup Theater Collective curren…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:19AMGlass Slippers Are So Back. Rodgers Hammerstein's CINDERELLA is now in previews at the Broadway Theatre and you're invited to save up to 35 on the musical fairy tale that's impossible to re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMLONDON—The return of director Sam Mendes and a long-awaited musical by Tori Amos are among productions slated for the 50th anniversary season at Britain's National Theatre.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:14AMIn our typical kamikaze fashion, on Sunday and Monday CR and I watched the entire Up series: (7 Up, 14 Up, 21 Up, 28 Up, 35 Up, 42 Up and 49 Up) then went to the IFC Center on Tuesday to see…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:10AMBock and Harnick's Fiorello, the opening musical of the Encores 20th Anniversary season stars Kate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Jenn Gambatese, Shuler Hensley and Emily Skinner, with Danny Rutiglian…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMLorne Campbell has been appointed as artistic director of Northern Stage in Newcastle, taking over from Erica Whyman who has recently left to become deputy artistic director of the Royal Sha…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:05AMThe Jammer, the roller derby comedy that opened at the Atlantic
Stage 2 last week, is a goofball of a show.
And I mean that as a total compliment.
Unless the action is s…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:05AMIn the latest Downstage Center, "Annie" stars Katie Finneran (Miss Hannigan) and Anthony Warlow (Daddy Warbucks) discuss the current revival, James Lapine, past roles, the audition process, …
SOURCE: American Theatre Wing at 09:01AMFormer Cardinal GM brought Jackie Robinson to majors
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:00AM
Productions include 'King Lear' helmed by Sam Mendes
SOURCE: Variety at 08:55AMWhile I certainly love my show-stopping dance numbers and 11 o’clock bring-down-the-house ballads, a great Broadway play is nothing to scoff at either. Two productions are heading to Broad…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:53AMThis episode of American Dad is probably one of the most insightful critiques of the state of mainstream American theater that I’ve ever seen. It hilariously skewers the torpid writing…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 08:47AMBloomsbury Theatre, London: Now in its 26th year, this award for new comedy and variety talent has an unrivalled reputation for not giving its top prize to stars of the future. Russell Brand…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:45AMI’m delighted to announce that a few days ago I joined the editorial board of “Backpages,” the back-of-the-book section of Routledge’s Contemporary Theatre Review dev…
SOURCE: Superfluities Redux at 08:43AMAmerican Horror Story: Asylum didn’t skimp on the scary; there’s enough disturbing images per episode to satisfy the most discriminating taste in horror.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:41AMThe season begins May 29 with 'The Playboy of the Western World'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:37AMThe new season at the National Theatre will see the opening of new productions of Othello, starring Adrian Lester in the title role with Rory Kinnear as Iago, Gorky's Children of the Sun…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:34AM'Eventually it absolutely will, I can assure you of that,' affirmed actor Josh Gad of a rumored big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical, BOOK OF MORMON. Below, check out what other tho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AMNBC has released a sneak peek of the opening montage for SMASH Season 2, premiering Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 98c. In the number, Katharine McPhee's 'Karen' performs the song Cut, Print, Moving O…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMThe Lowry, Salford Quays: Les Ballets Trockadero De Monte Carlo - New York's famous all-male pastiche ballet company - has gone from being an acquired taste to much-loved in nearly 40 y…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:21AMIn one of the many emotional highlights of the "From Broadway With Love: A Concert for Sandy Hook" Monday night at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury was the singing of "Sunday" (from Steph…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:21AMDespite a recession and the Summer Olympics, West End visitor numbers also rose slightly as a big gain for plays outweighed lower musical attendance. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:06AMIn my decade plus career, I don't remember a better slate of contenders than we have this year. There are so many people who any other year would be nominated, but this year will fall short.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 08:06AMArtistic director Nicholas Hytner has today (30 January 2013) announced plans for the National Theatre's 2013 season and beyond. Hytner confirmed that long-awaited Tori Amos musica…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:05AMAYT Features are back with a boom as Ellen Carr speaks to playwright Simon Stephens about his play Port, playing at the National Theatre. Set in Stockport and unfolding over 13 years, the pl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:02AM
In a work not for the faint of heart, Simpatico Theatre Project and the Renegade Company are presenting an affecting co-production of The Amish Project, playwright Jessica Dickey’s powerfu…
SOURCE: Philadelphia Weekly at 06:27AMArts leaders in Newcastle have had “constructive and productive discussions” with the leader of the local council about its proposed 100% funding cut to arts bodies across the city by 20…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMToday is the birthday of British music hall and radio comedian Sandy Powell (1900-1982). His early music hall years often featured his parody of a Scottish vaudeville comedian, in which he w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:21AMArtistic director Nicholas Hytner has today (30 January 2013) announced the National Theatre's 2013 season. Hytner confirmed the Tori Amos musical The Light Princess, which wi…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:07AMArts and cultural organisations within the City of London, the capital’s financial and business centre, generated £225 million of net value to the Square Mile in 2011/12 and supported mor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:05AMGuests arriving for The Stage New Year Party, January 25 2013 at the New London Theatre. Photos by Stephanie Methven. If you would like to purchase copies of any of these please contact Cyr…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AM
Wyndham's Theatre, London: For more than 50 years Michael Codron has been the eminence grise of new plays and playwrights in the West End. He has been responsible for premiering many works b…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMToday is the birthday of Rose Melville (Rosa Smock, 1867-1946). A native of Terre Haute, she toured vaudeville for several years with her sister Ida as “Two Jays from Indiana.”. …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:42AMHenry James' The Turn of the Screw is known as a ghost story; it isn't. It uses the classic framing device of a Victorian ghost tale -- the rapt after-dinner audience, the manuscript confess…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 05:27AMWe have a double pass to giveaway to Packemin Productions’ latest show The Wizard Of Oz at The Riverside Theatre, Parramatta on Saturday 9 February. The Wizard of Oz stars Jimmy Rees (J…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:02AM
Alexander Montarg was one of P.T. Barnum’s Living Skeletons, whose period of greatest activity appears to have been from the late 1850s through the 1860s. The man’s vital statist…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:59AMArtistic director Nicholas Hytner's annual press conference to unveil plans for the National Theatre's 2013 season takes place this morning (30 January 2013). And, as ever, Whatsonstage.com …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:57AMIt is often hard to recognise when someone is speaking from the heart, particularly when bringing to the surface social issues they personally have come to question. Local Western Australian…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:46AMThis was one of those weeks for me where everything seemed to centre around one theme. Like when you learn a new word and then suddenly you see it everywhere and realise you’ve been skimmi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:14AMThe Montreux Jazz Festival, one of the most famous in the world, attended each July by about 200,000 people, was founded by Claude Nobs. When he launched it in 1967, it was devoted purely to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:09AM
Writing about the concept of music discovery, Tyler Hayes suggests that after a certain age, most people are pretty set in their music tastes and in terms of paying for recordings of music, …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:57AMThe producers of the new musical Bare have announced the final speakers for the TalkOUT series. Audiences at performances tonight, January 30th and Thursday, January 31st will be invited to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMIN THE SHADOW OF STARS David Wiener’s ten-year-old, never-before-produced play Cassiopeia needs work. As usual at Boston Court, this experimental piece has received a production so g…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:21AMBarry Manilow sang many of his greatest hits in a one-hour-and-50-minute concert on Tuesday that marked his return to Broadway for the first time in decades.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:13AMConnectionAs a culture, we’re becoming increasingly tech savvyAfter graduating from Western University with a BA in English Language and Literature, Christi Rutledge continued her studies …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMSo many exciting things are coming together in the Segal Centre's production of Waiting For the Barbarians - a company from South Africa, a magnificent Canadian director (Alexandre Marine), …
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMBroadwayWorld's own Richard Ridge was invited to the SMASH set where he got to chat with choreographer Josh Bergasse about the upcoming season. Check out what he had to say about winning his…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01AMI've been spending the past couple of weeks reading, thinking, and writing about John Gielgud, who may well have been...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMA rare 1956 color film clip of Tanaquil LeClercq and Jacques d'Amboise dancing with New York City Ballet in an...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Who knows what true loneliness is--not the conventional word, but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00AMAugust: Osage County
Directed by Vincent Lancisi
Written by Tracy Letts
Through Feb. 17
There are several reasons why Vince Lancisi, artistic director of the Everyman Theatre, mi…
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMJoshua Wade Smith is a Baltimore-based artist currently in his second year of a fellowship at D.C.’s Hamiltonian Gallery. Smith got his BFA at Texas State University in 2006 and graduated …
SOURCE: citypaper.com at 12:00AMTony Award-winning Miss Saigon star Lea Salonga kicks off the 2013 American Songbook Series Jan. 30 at the Allen Room.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMartin Moran, whose 2004 solo play The Tricky Part played an acclaimed Obie Award-winning 2004 run, returns with his latest work, All the Rage, which officially opens Off-Broadway Jan. 30 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNCM Fathom Events, Overnight Musicals and The Broadway League present "One Night Stand: Creating a Play in a Day," a one-night event broadcast to movie theatres nationwide Jan. 30 …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFiorello!, the award-winning Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick musical that launched the City Center Encores! series in 1994, returns Jan. 30-Feb. 3 as the opening musical of the Encores! 20th-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSometimes it’s hard to know whether a statement should be taken literally or not. For instance, the Nature Theater of Oklahoma is not from the Sooner State, it’s based here in New York.�…
SOURCE: WQXR at 12:00AM 
