Joel Grey, Michael York, Liza Minnelli and Marisa Berenson were at the Ziegfeld theater for a special screening of the 40th anniversary restoration of Bob Fosse's "Cabaret."
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 07:59PMFeast aims high. Very, very high. Five playwrights and one choreographer seek to make a fusion of physical theatre, dance, onstage music, straight drama, abstract poetic dialogue, projected …
Linked From The Arts Desk at 07:35PMLily Rabe, who has earned acclaim for her New York stage performances and whose Hollywood cachet has risen thanks to the popularity of the FX series "American Horror Story," will star in a n…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 07:18PMWe are unique!Young Centre’s RARE is well… rare.by Dave RossThere is not a great deal of material written on RARE. The website for the production is rather sparse, as is the information …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 07:17PMProducers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter present the New York premiere of the new play, Hit The Wall by Ike Holter, a theatrical exploration of the first night of the 1969 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:13PMA review of Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Amaluna,’ at Marymoor Park through March 24, 2013.
Linked From The Seattle Times at 07:11PMMultiple factors contribute to musical's new boom
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Nina Lee AquinoAccepting the tiles givenFactory resumes with mixed handby Jason BookerEvery Letter Counts, the opening play in the Factory Theatre season, takes its name from Scrabble. …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 06:59PMJames Van Der Beek, best known for his starring roles on Dawson's Creek and in Varsity Blues and who currently can be seen on ABC's Don't Trust the B-in Apartment 23, appears in the American…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:51PMThe Board of Directors and Executive DirectorProducerFounder of THE COLUMN Awards Organization John Garcia have announced today that Tony Award nominee, Broadway sensation Orfeh will be thei…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:37PMAndre McNee (photo credit: David Cooper)A funny as everArts Club’s take on classic comedy is polished and hilariousby Chris LaneThe Arts Club takes audiences back to the high-flying 1960s …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 06:37PMSteel Beam Theatre, 111 W. Main St. in downtown St. Charles, presents Deathtrap by Ira Levin continuing weekends through February 10 with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sunda…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 06:37PMREVIEWED BY: MELODY UDELL It truly must’ve been a “fickle finger of fate” that brought Tiffany Topol to play the lead role in the Writer’s Theatre production of Sweet Charity. Her ve…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 06:27PMCalling out to Idiot America: a new documentary about Green Day's journey to Broadway will debut this March at Austin's SXSW festival. The film, entitled Broadway Idiot, features footage of …
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:19PMBy the end of the sensational Minsk 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker currently playing at the upstairs theatre at Chicago Shakespeare, you are left with the feeling that you have just witnessed …
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 06:18PMThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is bringing Oscar to town on Feb. 13.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 06:15PMWhy would a playwright emphasize the romance of two auxiliary characters when there's a revolution known as The Beatles forming around them? The audience at Backbeat: The Birth Of The Beatl…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:08PMIn 1983 it opened and closed on the same night. Now “Moose Murders,” the most famous flop in Broadway history, has returned in a revised version.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:04PMMelanie Diener and Ben Heppner (photo credit: Michael Cooper)A Brilliant DistractionOnce again the star is the orchestraby Shannon ChristyPeter Sellars’ production of Tristan Und Isolde is…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 06:02PMOn Thursday night January 31, 2013, David Hyde Pierce and his nephew, the playwright Greg Pierce attended the performance of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and then visited the cast and crew…
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For the 40th anniversary of the eight-time Oscar-winning movie Cabaret, the film’s stars Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Michael York and more opened up about their once-in-a-lifetime e…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:56PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Friday, February 1, 2013 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Meet @MOTOWNMusical star @BrandonVDixon -Ent…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:52PMAs we prepare to say sayonara to another week on the Great White Way, we're looking back at some of the headlines that really grabbed our attention this week. From Taye Diggs’ home…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:50PMWhat once was Lea, now is Lilla! Broadway's own little orphan Annie, Lilla Crawford, will play The Little Girl in the upcoming concert performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center&rsquo…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:48PM(Photo credit: Bruce Dalzell Atherton)Shakespeare Supporting Character SpeaksFunny and Tragicby David C. JonesTim Crouch has created a series of five plays based on lesser characters in Shak…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:47PMJenny Young, Pippa Leslie and Joan Wiecha (photo credit: lucetg.com)Cause CélèbreCanada's awful justiceby Caitlin MurphyIn the tradition of The Laramie Project, Beverly Cooper’s Innocenc…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:27PMBare begins its final weekend of performances, playing its final performance on Sunday, February 3rd at 730pm after 21 previews and 65 regular performances. The original 2004 cast, including…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMLive! From Atlanta! It’s Saturday afternoon! At Junior Theater Festival ’13, Saturday morning saw 4,200 students head to 11 pods where they performed 15-minute excerpts from their musica…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 05:11PM(photo credit: Drew Farrell)A wild night out in ScotlandAn experience not to be missedby Chris LaneThe Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart isn’t exactly a play. It’s an experience. It’s …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:11PMProducers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter present the New York premiere of the new play, Hit The Wall by Ike Holter, a theatrical exploration of the first night of the 1969 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:08PMFor Langston fails on its own terms, which is to produce a moving, insightful, and in some sense accurate interpretation of the poetry of Langston Hughes.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 05:05PMNew BroadwayWorld.com Poll - Which upcoming Spring 2013 musical are you most excited to see
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMI’m thrilled to announce the release of Backspace, a passionate new play about the writing process by Lindsay Price. 30 Minutes, 2M+6W+15 Either, Simple Set “Being a writer is…
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I'LL EAT YOU LAST A CHAT WITH SUE MENGERS, the new play by Tony Award winner John Logan, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, has launched its new social media platforms. The…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:56PMStagehands at the Philadelphia Theatre Company Friday ratified their first labor contract, ending a 15-day strike that disrupted the theater’s run of The Mountaintop.
Linked From Philly.com at 04:43PM"Smash" star Katharine McPhee sings a new song "Caught in the Storm," penned by A Christmas Story and Dogfight writers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, as part of the second s…
Linked From Playbill at 04:39PMTony winner and Emmy nominee Alan Cumming (Cabaret, The Good Wife) will be bloodying up Broadway with his one-man interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, opening at the Ethel Barr…
Linked From NewYork.com at 04:18PMStagehands will soon join not-for-profit Philadelphia Theatre Company's production of "The Mountaintop."
After a two-plus-weeks strike, Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC) has finally struck …
Linked From Backstage at 04:16PMThe company of the recent Broadway musical Scandalous is in the recording studio today to lay down tracks for the show's forthcoming album. The star of Kathie Lee Gifford's now-departed musi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:15PMKerry Butler (Gore Vidal's The Best Man), Julia Murney (Lennon), Bryce Ryness (Leap of Faith), Kate Shindle (Wonderland), Etai BenShlomo (Wicked), Jason Danieley (Next to Normal), Kevin Earl…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:15PMThere's less excuse for coughing during the slow movements now: the SLSO has a new Official Throat Drop. It's from Luden's, makers of the beloved Wild Cherry for 130 years, and now of othe…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 04:10PMAmerican Academy of Dramatic Arts 120 Madison Ave.800-463-8990www.aada.org
AADA offers training options each summer through its special two-week intensives and five-week conservatory program…
Linked From Backstage at 04:08PMThesis: People with whom you have some relationship are far more likely to attend your work than are total strangers. I am aware of two major movements within marketing over the last century…
Linked From 2AMT at 04:04PMJohn Hill, Natalie Joy Johnson, Adam Fleming and Jenna Leigh Green — who appeared in the 2004 New York premiere of the Off-Broadway musical Bare — visited the current revised pro…
Linked From Playbill at 04:02PMBroadway's Annie, young actress Lilla Crawford, will portray the Little Girl alongside Newsies actor Lewis Grosso in the starry concert presentation of Ragtime at Avery Fisher Hall. Cast…
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A president who vanishes for weeks in a mysterious battle with cancer. Supporters who chant their allegiance in the streets. And in the midst of it all, an announ…
Linked From Boston Globe at 03:54PMThe cast and creative team of Hit the Wall, Ike Holter's new play about New York's Stonewall Riots in 1969, met the press on Friday, February 1 at the Barrow Street Theatre, where the show w…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:50PMThe hit Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company production of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" is coming back in the late spring.
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:48PMBack from a successful run in Boston, Eileen Anjelica Huston, Julia Debra Messing and Tom Christian Borle are blindsided by both personal and professional obstacles as they seek to take 'Bom…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMLately we have had a rash of people ending up on the wrong side of a subway train. And this is a brave and unsuccessful attempt to tell the tale of someone inclined that way. Actually it i…
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 03:40PMNow, we've got an update that also joining the cast are Lilla Crawfordd as The Little Girl and Lewis Grosso as The Little Boy.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:37PMMore research on money-saving ideas from the members of “Strategies for Becoming an Independent Artist.” — sw Adam Wise http://www.squawkfox.com/2009/09/05/natural-disaster…
Linked From creativeinsubordination.org at 03:35PMWhen the Playbill Vault launched in December 2011, it included information on over 10,000 shows and 120,000 actors, creative teams and crew members who have worked or are currently working o…
Linked From Playbill at 03:30PMThe American premiere of Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles, the Broadway-aimed rock-'n'-roll drama with music, opened at LA's Ahmanson Theatre Jan. 30.
Linked From Playbill at 03:29PMWhat’s a nice Jewish Boy playing Jesus Christ in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar at Anne Arundel Community College? Benjamin Lurye gives us the divine details. Ben:…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:28PMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Probably not a coincidence that Black History Month launches every year on Langston Hughes’ birthday (1902-1967). The great p…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 03:26PMDirect from acclaimed, sold-out engagements at the National Theatre of Scotland and the Lincoln Center Festival, Tony and Olivier Award winner ("Cabaret") and two-time Emmy nominee (…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:26PMAmid conspiracy theories, dancers at the top theatre are racking their brains as to why such a brutal assault could happen
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 03:17PMAmid conspiracy theories, dancers at the famous Moscow theatre are racking their brains as to why such a brutal assault should happen
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 03:17PMNEW YORK (AP) — What goes around comes around. It's a key principle in politics, and apparently in musical theater, too.
Linked From Boston Globe at 03:05PM Nationally recognized actor and vocalist Gia Mora (a four-time Helen Hayes Award nominee), in association with Jonathan White, has announced the world premiere of her new solo show, E…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 03:03PMMUSE/IQUE, an innovative cross-genre music organization that embraces the unexpected, curated by noted artistic director/conductor Rachael Worby, continues its popular Uncorked series with …
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 03:01PMThe Drama Department at San Mateo High School will present its run of LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL starting tonight, Feb. 1, thru February 10 at the Bayside Performing Arts Center. Check out t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMBroadwayWorld is excited to premiere a special interview with the cast and creative team on the influence of Roald Dahl's classic book
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMHIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK PHANTOM takes an epic bow, Manilow finally arrives, Lea Salonga belts it out and so much more
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Manhattan Concert Productions announced the full list of stars who will join the cast of the concert performance of Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning m…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:57PMManhattan Concert Productions announced the full list of stars who will join the cast of the concert performance of Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Terrence McNally's Tony Award-winning m…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:57PMNoel Coward's 1925 Fallen Angels was initially scheduled to open at the Pasadena Playhouse three years ago, but it became the first show to fall victim to the playhouse's temporary bankrup…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 02:56PMWhy is Kristin Chenoweth calling a recent flight from Dallas to Los Angeles the “trip from hell” on Twitter? As we all know, Chenoweth is a huge dog lover, who even started the c…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:52PMMake Them Hear You. Ragtime the Musical, one of the greatest American musicals of the late 20th century, has endured both it’s Broadway premiere in 1998 and a recent revival in 2009. I…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 02:51PMToday is the birthday of the great Irish-German-Austrian-American stage composer Victor Herbert (1859-1924). (He was born in Ireland, raised in Germany and Austria and moved to the U.S. as a…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 02:49PMFisher Stevens was on the Leonard Lopate Show recently to talk about directing Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Alan Arkin in "Stand Up Guys." He also told us what his favorite comfort foo…
Linked From WNYC at 02:47PMHow the Portuguese Artists Colony Got Its Name Aisha Sabatini Sloan interviewed Caitlin Myer, the founder of the Portuguese Artists Colony. I’m a member of the group, and I’m oft…
Linked From direct address at 02:43PMWe watch the career of Polly Carl (at left) over at Emerson's Center for Theater Commons with increasing interest. Recently, it was announced that Ms. Carl and her Center would be part…
Linked From The Hub Review at 02:43PMIf writers of the 20th century could be categorized by the war they lived through, today’s scribes might be grouped by the blockbuster movie that came out when they were about 7. The s…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 02:43PMLIVING 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…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMBetting Big on Broadway takes viewers backstage with the mega-producers behind the biggest bet ever made in Broadway history, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. Maria Bartiromo speaks candidly ab…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMIn celebration of the 10th National Wear Red Day, Macy's and the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women hosted a special ceremony Jan. 31 that lit the Broadway side of the ico…
Linked From Playbill at 02:30PMLiza Minnelli, Joel Grey, and other members of the Academy Award-winning cast of the 1972 film CABARET, were reunited at last night's 40th Anniversary screening of the movie musical. The eve…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:15PMAn agreement has been reached with IATSE Local 8, the union representing the stagehand employees, and the not-for-profit Philadelphia Theatre Company, the troupe announced on Feb. 1.
Linked From Playbill at 02:15PMAny show that opens with a man wearing a fanny pack, un-ironically, needs to re-think its approach. And Moose Murders, the revival of the infamous 1983 flop, boats both an un-ironic fanny pa…
Linked From Carey Purcell at 02:09PMToday is the birthday of the great American film director John Ford (1894-1973). God willing, my third book is going to be about westerns, so you’ll be hearing lots more from me on the…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 02:07PMIn this week's edition, we caught up with theatre critic and columnist exaordinaire Michael Musto, who will soon bring 70'S DISCO EXTRAVAGANZA to 54 Below on February 17.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMThe movie musical is back! Though the golden age of the movie musical is said to have been sometime between 1930 and 1960, musicals have always been a relevant genre and, today, it thrives. …
Linked From Theater Advisor at 02:00PMAmelia Bullmore's three-hander may not be "experimental" but it achieves what it sets out to do – show how the lives of a trio of women are shaped by their friendship over 27 years – wit…
Linked From The Independent at 02:00PMWhat can the theatre learn from Facebook? That was the question at the second TEDx Broadway conference this week.
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The seriously adept dance troupe do what they do with most eager abandon and dizzying, slashing legs and feet, writes Clement Crisp
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:57PMThe seriously adept dance troupe do what they do with most eager abandon and dizzying, slashing legs and feet, writes Clement Crisp
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:57PMHow do actors tackle politicians, from Thatcher to Brown? Playing real people is very much in vogue, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:56PMHow do actors tackle politicians, from Thatcher to Brown? Playing real people is very much in vogue, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:56PMA documentary about American Idiot's road to Broadway, entitled "Broadway Idiot," will debut at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Texas.
Linked From Playbill at 01:55PMRobert Battle programmed Paul Taylor's 1981 masterpiece Arden Court as the opening note on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's three-night run at the Merriam Theater, which began Wednesday.…
Linked From Philly.com at 01:54PMTruman Capote’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s is in the clear. The production reports that its money issues have been sorted and the show will open as planned. As previously reported, one of th…
Linked From Theater Advisor at 01:45PMWatch out, Nikki Finke! The Litchfield County Times surprisingly broke the news that three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep will star as the Witch in the movie adaptation of Into the Wood…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:44PMThe Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey's fall world-premiere production of Cathy Tempelsman's A Most Dangerous Woman, about the Victorian-era writer George Eliot, will be directed by …
Linked From Playbill at 01:42PMRichard Broadhurst's Benched was inspired by a Sacramento woman and received its first production there, with Eddie Jones playing one of the roles. After a decade, Jones has instigated a sec…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 01:33PMAmerica Ferrera was on the Leonard Lopate Show to talk about starring in the off-Broadway play, "Bethany." We also asked her what she's been reading and listening to recently. What have you …
Linked From WNYC at 01:16PMSadler's Wells, LondonThere's a shipwreck on an unknown island. Struggling ashore, the crew fall under the spell of a mysterious, godlike ruler who has power of life or death over everything…
Linked From The Guardian at 01:07PMEvery play provides ideas to chew over in your mind. “Foodacts” has been made to do just that.
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It’s been 40 years since Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey first took the Kit Kat Klub stage in the 1972 film Cabaret, and neither Hollywood nor Broadway has forgotten about their now-iconic…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:59PMAbsolutely Filthy, Brendan Hunt's riff on the Peanuts cartoon series, is this week's Pick of the Week. For all the latest New Reviews, and complete theater listings, see below.
Two head-tr…
Linked From LA Weekly at 12:54PMTonight, the extremely talented Rebecca Naomi Jones is performing a cabaret show at the Apollo Music Café. Rebecca burst onto the scene in Passing Strange, then stole our hearts in American…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:51PMTweetWith Broadway Reviewed getting it’s 1,000th like on Facebook, I decided we should do another giveaway. It seemed like a lot of you liked when I did a Free Book of Mormon CD giveaw…
Linked From Broadway Reviewed at 12:50PMFor the first time in the show’s history, actors are now able to audition online for the Broadway and national touring companies of “The Lion King,” producers announced Jan…
Linked From Backstage at 12:50PMThe absorbing production of “Ganesh Versus the Third Reich” closes Walker Art Center’s 25th anniversary Out There series.
Linked From StarTribune at 12:47PMChris Schlichting leaves us wanting more in a sharp, smart program.
Linked From StarTribune at 12:45PMAnnie does have a number of assets, including Anthony Warlow; Laurie Metcalf in The Other People; Sly's back and is shooting A Bullet to the Head.
Linked From City Guide Magazine at 12:43PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Peter Pan" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★
THEATER REVIEW: "Peter Pan" at the Cadillac Palace Theatre ★★★ ... Having played Peter Pan…
Linked From Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:42PMGreen Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and the cast of Broadway’s American Idiot are heading to Austin! Broadway Idiot, a new documentary featuring Armstrong and the cast on the road …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:39PMTony and Olivier Award nominee Patina Miller (Sister Act) will star as Sarah in the Feb. 18 concert staging of the Tony-winning Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty-Terrence McNally musical Ragtime …
Linked From Playbill at 12:38PMTony nominees Patina Miller, Kerry Butler and more will join headliners Lea Salonga, Tyne Daly and Norm Lewis in the upcoming concert performance of Ragtime at Lincoln Center’s Av…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:37PMJim Taylor takes A Closer Look at the production at the Elektra Theatre. (Friday, February 1, 2013)
Linked From CBS 2 TV at 12:36PMAnd the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical goes to…Jenna Maroney? Well, no. Apparently not. Even though the (fictional) 30 Rock musical The Rural Juror, based on the acclaimed …
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:35PMI'm not a betting man. And I'm not a rich man. But I would have bet you $100 a month ago that there was no way the Rebecca melodrama could get any weirder.
Linked From Playbill at 12:34PMWhen it comes to eternal youth, Peter Pan can’t hold a candle to Cathy Rigby. At the age of 60, the Olympic gymnast-turned-Broadway star is still in sensational shape, flying high in green…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 12:28PMSMASH star Megan Hilty stopped by NBC's 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' last night to talk about the exciting upcoming second season of the hit musical drama. Check out her appearance in full…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:27PMDenver Center Theatre Company DCTC will present the world premiere of SENSE amp SENSIBILITY THE MUSICAL, running April 5 - May 26 in The Stage Theatre.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMDrury Lane Theatre, presents Andrew Lloyd Webber's triumphant Broadway musical SUNSET BOULEVARD, opening tonight, February 1 at 830 p.m., and running through March 24. BroadwayWorld has a f…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMA New York director surveys the landscape of theater practices across the Americas through participation in Panorama Sur
Linked From Culturebot at 12:20PMA New York director surveys the landscape of theater practices across the America
Linked From Culture Bot at 12:20PMCraig "muMs" Grant, known to TV audiences for his memorable performance as "Poet" on HBO's "Oz," is currently appearing in The Amoralists' world-premier…
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PMAcademy Award-winner Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady," "The Devil Wears Prada") may star as the Witch in the upcoming film adaptation of of the Tony Award-winning musical In…
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PMOver the past quarter of a century, 37 different actresses have played the female lead in “The Phantom of the Opera” on Broadway. All 37 have been dressed by one woman: Erna Dias.
Linked From New York Daily News at 12:18PMManhattan Concert Productions has just revealed the full and phenomenal cast who will take part in their concert performance of Ragtime at Avery Fisher Hall on Monday, February 18, 2013
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMReviewed by: Russell Goeltenbodt I have a place where dreams are born, and time is never planned. It’s not on any chart; You must find it with your heart. Never Never Land”. (Never…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 12:13PMThe Tony-winning Scotsman takes on all the principal roles of Shakespeare's Scottish play in this avant-garde production set in a psychiatric ward.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 12:11PMHere are the top-grossing Broadway productions for the week of Jan. 21-27, 2013, as reported by The Broadway League.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11PMITV’s outgoing drama director Laura Mackie has revealed that her new independent production company will be called Mainstreet Pictures. The company, which Mackie will run with Sally Haynes…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 12:07PMThis really is about this riveting play. (I'll get there) But this is also about NOT writing. And my father. Dr. Freud would see the connections.
Linked From Huffington Post at 12:05PMJoshua Harmon's sold out dark comedy BAD JEWS, will make the move upstairs from Roundabout Underground's 62-seat Black Box Theatre to the 420-seat Laura Pels Theater beginning September 20, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMBroadway.com vlogger Rachelle Rak teaches the Dance Moms crew a sassy dance routine with Abby Lee Miller and unwinds in the jacuzzi with Flashdance co-star DeQuina Moore. Cha-Cha-Puus t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:02PMIt is the saviour of singing starlets whose vocal prowess might not otherwise cut the mustard, and the scourge of pop purists. But as a regular live performer who received rave reviews for h…
Linked From The Independent at 12:01PMThe cast and creative team of The Phantom of the Opera just celebrated the 25th Anniversary of the show last weekendat the Majestic Theatre. The special evening featured an extended curtain …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMRobert Frost famously professed the benefits, when approaching a point of divergence in a journey, of taking the road “less traveled by.” Yet: I’ve found the travels that made all the …
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Nick Verina, Jeremiah James, Ruth Gottschall, Stephanie Rothenberg, Mary Michael Patterson, Robert Petkoff and Ed Dixon are among the players in the Denver world premiere of Sense & Sens…
Linked From Playbill at 11:58AMBroadway darling Megan Hilty stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on January 31 to talk about what we all want to hear: more scoop on Smash! Hilty delivered plenty of dish on the upc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:55AMDavid Lindsay-Abaire, author of the most-produced play in America this season, is sitting in a Brooklyn coffee shop, marveling at his excellent fortune. It isn’t a mere five or six profess…
Linked From Washington Post at 11:47AMNBC's '30 Rock' bid farewell yesterday, and among those making surprise appearances for the series finale was Tony Award winner Alice Ripley - view her cameo below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:46AMChester Gregory, best known for his stage appearances in Sister Act, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Tarzan and Cry-Baby, brings an intimate, new concert The Eve of Jackie to 54 Below on February 4. …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:46AMTony nominee Lily Rabe has signed on for the secretive and sure-to-be chilling third season of FX's anthology series American Horror Story, joining previously announced stars Sarah Pauls…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:40AMToday is the birthday of The Incomparable Hildegard (1906-2005). I’m not saying she was incomparable, she may well have been, but that was how she billed herself. The adjective she too…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:39AMNo guest blog this week, so I thought instead, I would have a few videos guest blog. Here are some great talks. Enjoy. Excelsior! In case the videos below don't appear: Video 1 Video 2 Video…
Linked From One Producer in the City at 11:38AMGlee stars showed a new side of themselves in the lovable and redeeming “Naked” episode on January 31. Highlights included: Rachel considering a topless scene in a student f…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:37AMBroadway is about to get bitchy! When news broke out this week that departing 30 Rock comedy goddess Tina Fey is in the early stages of developing a musical version of her hit 2004 film…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:34AMAcclaimed illustrator Ken Fallin's drawings of the greatest stars and scenes of the theatrical world are a recurring part of Playbill.com.
Linked From Playbill at 11:30AMJonathan Miller revives the feminist classic Rutherford & Son, A Chorus Line previews at the London Palladium and The Animals and Children Took to the Streets heads out on tourScotland and N…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:28AMInto The Woods With Meryl Streep: There was a reading after it was decided a Into the Woods adaptation be made into a movie.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 11:27AMLooks like our list of Broadway stars on 30 Rock can add one more! On Thursday night’s series finale of the hit NBC sitcom, attention-starved actress Jenna Maroney finally achieved her…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:27AMDeadline reports that Tony Award winning director Michael Mayer has signed on to helm the upcoming pilot HATFIELDS amp MCCOYS for the NBC network. The project, created by John Glenn, is prod…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMTo Do ListNot in any particular order, but I'd like to do the vast majority of these things this weekend.Finish my 2013 Playwriting Work PlanLaundrySee best friend perform (she's belly danci…
Linked From Variations On A Theme at 11:23AMMartin Moran was starring in the hit Broadway musical Monty Python's Spamalot when he had a life-changing experience. In the midst of the joyful number "Always Look on the Bright Side of Lif…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:21AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has announced an expansion project to be constructed south of the existing facility.
Linked From Playbill at 11:15AMIt was the month that I made Page Six in the New York Post for my altercation with a "Fanilow" at Manilow on Broadway.
Linked From Kritzerland at 11:13AMNEW YORK (AP) — Alan Cumming is taking his Macbeth to Broadway — and his Macduff and Duncan and the three witches.
Linked From Boston Globe at 11:12AMThis is part four of the series on the show biz ancestry of Cynthia Fujikawa, which we launched here three weeks ago. It’s in her own words. GATES AND FINLAY Gates and Finlay were…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:02AMRemember when I tweeted this? If you saw last night’s late NY Times or Playbill announcement, then you’ve prob put two and two together and realized that the “#NewShowThisS…
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Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre Books and DVDs for February 2013.
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The fall 2012 Hartford Stage company of the new musical comedy A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder will reunite this spring at The Old Globe in San Diego. Tony Award winner Jefferson …
Linked From Playbill at 10:58AMWhen he is in the studio creating a dance, choreographer Mark Morris faces no end of decisions, questions, problems. How does he solve them? Honey, you have no idea. Neither does he. Let…
Linked From Washington Post at 10:57AM“Venus in Fur” reveals itself as part mystery, part mythology and all crisp theater at the Jungle.
Linked From StarTribune at 10:57AMQuicksilver in action at an earlier concert.Sometimes you can feel it in the air, that sense of a collective "Wow." It was certainly all but palpable at the Quicksilver conce…
Linked From The Hub Review at 10:57AMIf you've sat within five feet of a liberal-skewing Facebook news feed this week, you've probably heard about playwright David Mamet's humdinger of a Newsweek cover story, delectably headli…
Linked From Washington City Paper at 10:50AMOTHER REVIEWS UPDATED FEBRUARY 1, 2013 3 BY SAMUEL BECKETT (ARCTURUS THEATER COMPANY) DCMetroTheaterArts DCTheatreScene AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (EVERYMAN THEATRE) DCMetroTheaterArts Baltimore S…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:50AMLiza Minnelli and Joel Grey, the Academy Award-winning stars of the 1972 film Cabaret, reunited at a screening of the movie musical on Thursday, January 31 at the Ziegfeld Theatre. The event…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:49AMIn this YouTube clip, appropriately titled "Carol Channing Is Better Than You," Tony and Golden Globe winner Channing (Hello, Dolly!) gives the made-for-TV performance of her lifetime. The m…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:49AMFear not, the Fanilows will get what they came for. And trust me, I know what I'm talking about. It's not only that I have (finally, after two cancellations) experienced Manilow on Broadway…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:47AMThe group is shown as a hard-driving cover band working to hit it big in the promising but ultimately disappointing musical at the Ahmanson.To all those graying rockers turned middle-class p…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:47AMI've been moving around so much in recent weeks that I only just got around to updating the "Top Five"...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 10:46AMMultiple authorship in the theatre can work brilliantly, illustrating different facets of a single theme, as it did for Rupert Goold's exploration of the 9/11 attack, Decade. But the risk of…
Linked From John Morrison at 10:46AMBarbican Theatre, London: Although Deborah Colker's latest work is based on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin it could hardly be more different from John Cranko's ballet from the same s…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:45AMMill at Sonning, Reading: Today an Alan Ayckbourn play is guaranteed to fill a theatre, but on this occasion the laughs are few and far between and one can only surmise that Ayckbourn had a …
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:45AMTime for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer’s Perspective The most read post of the month: 5 Tips to Getting a Job on Broadway The most com…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMRichard Schiff is having a Toby Ziegler moment. “There are so many stories,” murmurs Schiff, who played angst-riddled White House communications director Ziegler on the game-changing TV …
Linked From Washington Post at 10:44AMSeminar, Dead Accounts, American Idiot and Scandalous producer Jeffrey Finn has been named the 2013 recipient of the Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award, which will be …
Linked From Playbill at 10:42AMBare will begin its final weekend of performances, playing its final performance on Sunday, February 3rd at 730pm after 21 previews and 65 regular performances. Bare began previews Off-Broad…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMKate Baldwin, Erin Dilly, Danny Rutigliano and the stars of Fiorello! share why audiences will fall in love with Encores! season opener and how this musical is an essential part of New York …
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:39AMWestgate Common club, Wakefield: The genesis of this event came from discussions between club officials and performers after the emergence of multi-agents showcases. The Stage was invited to…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 10:37AMTurner Classic Movies (TCM) continued its latest Road to Hollywood tour around the country with a stop in New York City, where TCM, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Verizon FiOS presented…
Linked From Playbill at 10:30AMJessica Chastain is currently on Broadway in "The Heiress," playing Catherine Sloper, a rich girl with boyfriend and daddy problems.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 10:27AMThough I applaud the attempt to dramatise the true story of Amina Arraf, a fake Syrian blogger created by American Tom MacMaster who hit headlines round the world in 2011 when she was suppos…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:26AMInside the horror musical “The House of Von Macramé” Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond – You might think that a musi…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 10:23AMYesterday, January 31, the eve of the 10th National Wear Red Day, Go Red For Womenis hosting a lighting ceremony at Macy's Herald Square in New York City - the first iconic building to turn …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMBrazilian dancer and choreographer Deborah Colker is a storyteller in the grandiose sense of the word. Her proptastic extravaganzas - most notably physical theatre pieces Knot (2005) and Cru…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:17AMThe Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the world premiere of A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, a new musical comedy with book by Robert L. Freedman, musi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMToday is Don Everly’s birthday. Since I did a post on the Everly Brothers just a few days ago here I’ll be short and sweet. The brothers (mostly Don) also wrote plenty of songs t…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 10:16AMThe DUKES OF HAZZARD star has a new CD and a concert date at 54 BELOW.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMJanuary 30, 2013: 59E59 Theaters welcomes Athena Theatre with the world premiere of THE MAN UNDER, written by Paul Bomba and directed by Benjamin Kamine.Veronique Ory, Paul Bomba, Briana P…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 10:06AMAlex Helfrecht is the adaptor and director of Fiesta - The Sun Also Rises which opens at Trafalgar Studio 2 next week (7 February 2013).Helfrecht's theatre and film work includes 1800 A…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:03AMElton John is planning his return to Broadway with a children’s musical. Few details of the musical are known at this point, but John’s partner David Furnish revealed the information, ac…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 10:00AMAcademy Award winner and four-time Tony Award nominees Estelle Parsons, two-time Tony Award winner Judy Kaye and two-time Emmy Award winning comedian Bruce Vilanch will be featured at the ei…
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The actor, producer and entertainment consultant Ian Sandy was widely known in the theatre for his work at the Birmingham Hippodrome as company manager for Qdos Productions, and made friends…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:58AMAt BroadwayWorld we pride ourselves in showcasing theater content submitted by our regional contributors from all corners of the globe. Get all your theater news at a glance each Friday with…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMWith Academy Awards season upon us, Gerard Alessandrini has just added a brand new Les Miserables film spoof, featuring parodies of Hugh Jackman, Ann Hathaway and Russell Crowe, to the hit m…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMI am very blue this morning to hear that Ed Koch has passed on. The photo above says it all: the New York I moved to in 1987 is increasingly gone (the guy in the foreground, the buildings in…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:53AMThis week, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to feature the Department of Theatre amp Film Studies at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMJulian Bird, chief executive of the Society of London Theatre and Theatrical Management association, has been appointed as chair of Drama UK – the body responsible for championing and…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:49AMThis week's topics MACBETH coming to Broadway, Brigadoon to be revised, The Witch in INTO THE WOODS, Spring Shows, Which would have killed at the Tony's, How to improve Broadway, Broadway To…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMAlan Titchmarsh will host the annual The Night of 1000 Stars, the star-studded event celebrating musical theatre, which will be presented May 5 at the Royal Albert Hall to benefit Gloria Hun…
Linked From Playbill at 09:48AMGuests enjoying The Stage New Year Party, January 25 2013 at the New London Theatre. If you would like to purchase copies of any of these please contact Cyrila Pereira on 020 7939 8483 or...
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:47AMThe Crazy Coqs, London: Being the daughter of Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft means that a career in cabaret comes with certain expectations. By no means as big a star as her mother and p…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 09:47AMBarbican, LondonTatyana is by far the most absorbing work Deborah Colker has made – with one qualification: you have to know the plot of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, or at least pay for a prog…
Linked From The Guardian at 09:42AMJulie Halston will host the third annual Broadway Belts for PFF!, which benefits the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, Feb. 25 at 7 PM at Birdland Jazz Club.
Linked From Playbill at 09:37AMAmerican Theater Company presents the world premiere of the revised columbinus, including material devised from recent interviews with survivors of the Columbine High School shootings, famil…
Linked From Playbill at 09:26AMContext is everything. Have some patience and drink it all in, and don't judge by casual first listen. The brand new revival cast album of The Mystery of Edwin Drood is fully understood and …
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:18AM“OH, you weak beautiful people, who give up with such grace …” Those are Maggie the Cat’s final lines in Tennessee Williams’ classic stage tale of frustrated love, tortured lus…
Linked From wowOwow at 09:12AMRyan Murphy has revealed that Lily Rabe has signed on again for the upcoming third season of the FX anthology series, AMERICAN HORROR STORY.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMEmily Bowker, Jake Davies & Cara Theobold
In 1931, when John Van Druten’s London Wall was first performed, women in the workplace were still a relatively new phenomenon, and an unsettl…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:02AMDisney Theatrical Productions will host open auditions to seek replacements for both the Broadway and touring versions of “The Lion King.” The auditions are open to anyone, regardless of…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 09:00AMThis is the final article of our behind-the-scenes look at McLean Community Players’ production of Next to Norrmal. Today, meet cast members Alex Stone, Catherine Callahan, Nick Dup…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMBalagan Theatre and Contemporary Classics will co-present the Seattle premiere of the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical Next to Normal, starring Beth DeVries as bipolar matriarch Diana Goo…
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Lucy Bailey's new Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Winter's Tale, starring Tara Fitzgerald (in her RSC debut) and Jo Stone-Fewings, opened in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this we…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 08:59AMToday, Michael Riedel reveals that potential investor, who has now been drawn into the controversy is Larry Runsdorf, who the drug manufacturing firm Breckenridge Inc. in 1983 and now lives …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:51AMToday starting at noon Eastern on TCM: a swell double feature of the two greatest musicals of the early talkie era: A classic. Magical, glamorous, glittering, but all the while smart. It h…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:43AMFox News reports that former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, known for his trademark question, 'How'm I doing, died early this morning, Friday, February 1st. His 1984 memoir, 'Mayor,' was a bes…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMThe Pirate Laureate of Port Town is a mouthful…like most good things! Movie popcorn, a drink at 5:00 Friday, and air after being submerged under water for a particularly unpleasant amount…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31AMThe work of a composer is to create Time. There is nothing more difficult than creating time, because it isn’t natural for man. But if you want to compose, you have to reposition yourself …
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 08:28AMNEW YORK (AP) — Over the past quarter of a century, 37 different actresses have played the female lead in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway. All 37 have been dressed by one woman: Ern…
Linked From Boston Globe at 08:23AMNEW YORK—Over the past quarter of a century, 37 different actresses have played the female lead in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway.
Linked From Denver Post at 08:21AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Over the past quarter of a century, 37 different actresses have played the female lead in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway. All 37 have been dressed by one woman: …
Linked From Associated Press at 08:20AMClockwise from top left: Phantom of the Opera, Scarlett Johansson in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln, Barry Manilow, scene from Picnic, Rebecca producer Ben Sprecher
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Linked From newyorktheater.me at 08:12AMMaster Juba, Father of the Quintessential American Dance Form: Tap February is Black History Month — every day this month look at Travalanche for short biographical articles on African…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:12AMCamille A. Brown, choreographer of Broadway's "Streetcar Named Desire" performs excerpt from her new ballet "Mr. Tol E. RAncE at The Joyce this weekend
Linked From Dance Enthusiast at 08:05AMNotwithstanding all that David Shields writes about the books and authors he loves, both classic and contemporary, he announces that today he can’t bear to write or read novels or even sho…
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 08:02AMAlan Cumming will bring his one-man adaptation of “Macbeth” to Broadway this spring. The production will being previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, and the opening is set for April 2…
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Actor Hamish Linklater makes his playwriting debut with an at first funny but ultimately haunting modern fairy tale
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Hamish Linklater is one of our most promising A-list young actors. He is clever, concise and quirky. He did a brilliant job in David Ives’s “The School for Lies” at …
Linked From Oscar E. Moore at 07:50AMTony Award winner Alan Cumming (Cabaret) will bring his acclaimed, one-man adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth to Broadway this spring, The New York Times reports. Co-directed by Ton…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:47AMWest End performers and theatre makers including Alistair McGowan, Arlene Phillips and director Philip Hedley have joined a campaign to fight Westminster City Council’s proposal to cut its…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:26AMKennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein announced a new addition to The Kennedy Center which will expand the facility southward, and over the Potomac River. Architects Steven Holl and Ch…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 07:22AMAcclaimed National Theatre of Scotland production set for 73-performance run at Ethel Barrymore theatre Continue reading...
Linked From The Guardian at 07:17AMAcclaimed National Theatre of Scotland production set for 73-performance run at Ethel Barrymore theatreThe National Theatre of Scotland has announced that its solo version of Macbeth, starri…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:17AMAn amphitheatre is being planned in north London on the site where a 16th century theatre that hosted the premiere of Henry V used to exist. The remains of the Curtain Theatre – which was.…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 07:04AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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In Deborah Colker’s danced version of the Eugene Onegin story, multiple Tatyanas yearn for half a dozen Onegins, while scrambling over the branches of a giant tree. The acrobatics often bl…
Linked From The Independent at 06:57AMMusical theatre actress Julie Atherton is currently appearing in new musical Lift , which premieres tonight (1 February 2013, previews from 30 January) at Soho Theatre.Craig Adams' show is s…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:45AMIn a classic opera depicting the battle between intellectual enlightenment and romanticism with allusions to ancient Masonic rituals, you don’t expect a character to exclaim, “Mrs. Robin…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 06:32AMLyric Theatre, Belfast: More than a century ago, socialist activist and Labour organiser James Larkin led a large-scale strike on the Belfast docks. This landmark event provides the framewor…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:30AMA revival of Harold Pinter's Old Times starring Kristin Scott Thomas, Lia Williams and Rufus Sewell opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre last night (31 January 2013, previews from 12 Jan…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:27AMThe Udderbelly Festival will return to the South Bank this summer, with the event’s fifth outing including performances from The Boy With Tape on His Face and circus show Flown. Runnin…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:11AMGrand Theatre, Leeds: John Fulljames' new production of Mozart's late opera The Clemency of Titus makes a strong case for a work still relatively sidelined among his mature output.…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 06:08AMAn episode titled ‘Naked.’ I was titillated! The episode starts with Hunter being interviewed by the media amidst a steroid scandal. Our crafty Glee writers poke fun at most shows with t…
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Waterside Arts Centre, Sale: Adapting Jane Eyre is difficult. Too melodramatic and it becomes ridiculous, too tricksy and the heart of the narrative is lost.
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Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:58AMTristan Bates Theatre, London: Anorexia is notoriously tricky to treat. But in Isley Lynn's new high tension drama, Tessa (Laura Hanna) thinks she has found a speedy solution. She won&#…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:56AMFinborough, London: Tricia Thorns' charming and wholly satisfying production of John van Druten's infrequently performed play explores what it was like to be a woman in the workpla…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:52AMHarold Pinter Theatre, London: The former Comedy Theatre in Panton Street has been home to seven plays by Harold Pinter in the last 21 years, plus four more productions directed by him. It i…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:47AMWith a lifetime spent working for the BBC and an impeccable track record in current affairs, Alasdair Milne was the first producer to be appointed as the Corporation’s director general in …
Linked From The Stage Registration at 05:39AMBy Jaye Hunt (opinionated theatregoer) At the end of every month, I like to take a look back at the theatre I saw and recommend a play and a musical that I loved so much that they're essenti…
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The New York Times 01/31/13
Linked From ArtsJournal at 03:57AMVoting for the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards - the original, biggest and best audience-voted theatre awards - closed at midnight on Thursday (31 January). Over 60,000 people took part in this…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 03:44AMThe New York Times 01/30/13
Linked From ArtsJournal at 03:43AMThere is never a dull moment in this three-hour historical epic, even if it is not always clear what is going on. Directed by Gregory Doran, of the RSC, Anjin follows the 17th-cent…
Linked From The Arts Desk at 03:24AMThis time next week, one of the most anticipated off-Broadway shows of the season, the revival Stephen Sondheim's Passion, begins previews. The new production, presented by Classi…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 03:14AMPublic funding for the arts should not be justified solely because of its economic benefit, according to National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner. Hytner said that the “economic …
Linked From The Stage Registration at 03:00AMThink back to high school lit class and you'll remember it. "The Great Gatsby" was the ultimate essence-of-an-era tale.
Sacramento Ballet dancers Alexandra Cunningham and Stefan Calka r…
Linked From The Sacramento Bee at 03:00AMIf you're wondering what today's kids are up to, take a trip out to Three Stages at Folsom Lake College this weekend. You'll see some terrific theater by young people, and more than that, yo…
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The Flea, Off Broadway
By Adrienne Urbanski
BOTTOM LINE: Strong comedic and dramatic performances combined with skilled direction help to make this story engaging and appealing.
Act…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 01:51AMAiley Company at Merriam brings home Rennie Harris's Home
Linked From Philly.com at 01:14AMThe folks over at the New Theatre tell me that "On Golden Pond" is one of their most requested titles and it's easy to see why: It's serious enough to deal with real issues but never serious…
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 01:09AMThe National Theatre of Scotland’s production of Macbeth is to transfer to Broadway. The production, in which Alan Cumming plays all the roles, is being presented by independent New Yo…
Linked From The Stage Registration at 01:00AMJason Priestley on His Dirty First Job
The Brandon Walsh fangirl in all of us comes out when the one and only Jason Priestley stops by our pop-up Studio at NATPE in Miami to chat about his h…
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AMTampa Bay's Lavonte David Tackles NATPE
Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Lavonte David travels from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic Coast to join us in our pop-up studio at NATPE in Miami! Hea…
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AMThe show: “Stones in His Pocket” at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven.
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:00AMWith a fine ear for language Hamish Linklater manipulates with great skill.
Linked From Talk Entertainment at 01:00AM"SportsNation" Hosts Take Show to the Super Bowl
We head to New Orleans for Super Bowl XLVII and catch up with "SportsNation" hosts Marcellus Wiley and Clarissa Thompson moments after a w…
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Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink in Stratford-upon-Avon this week -- except in the Dirty Duck, of course-- as the river broke its banks and Bill Dudley’s set for The Wi…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:51AMScare TacticsThe Woman in Black makes the journey from novel (to stage) to screenby Gaëtan L. CharleboisWhile preparing to write this review I went on a Google spree - where one link-item i…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:03AMIt Should Taste Goodby Jim Murchison @JimMurchisonIt is said that the filthiest phrase ever uttered on fifties TV was, "Ward, weren't you a little rough on the Beaver last night?" …
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMIn today's Wall Street Journal I review an important revival in Orlando, Florida, Mad Cow Theatre's production of Laughter on...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:00AMToday's Wall Street Journal "Sightings" column is occasioned by the coming centennial celebrations of the birth of one of my...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:00AM"Despair is the conclusion of fools." Benjamin Disraeli, The Wondrous Tale of Alroy...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:00AMDrury Lane Theatre's new Chicago-area production of Sunset Boulevard opens Feb. 1 following previews from Jan. 24. Christine Sherrill is faded silent-film star Norma Desmond and Wil…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMAfterWork Theater Project, a New York City-based theatre company providing working professionals with a creative outlet, presents its inaugural production, the sixties rock musical Hair, Feb…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AM"It Could Be Worse," a new web comedy series featuring a host of theatre actors, makes its debut Feb. 1 at www.itcouldbeworse.tv.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMFollowing a 21-week run at the New York City nightclub 54 Below, The John Miller Quartet Plus 2, featuring a host of Broadway musicians, debuts at The Cutting Room Feb. 1.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMKaren Akers, who appeared on Broadway in the original productions of Nine and Grand Hotel, is offering an eclectic evening of tunes by American composers Feb. 1 at 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM at the…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMPittsburgh Public Theater's production of the Tony Award-winning musical 1776, the biggest production in the company's history, opens Feb. 1, following previews that began Jan. 24, a…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AM"Noël and Cole," the new PS Classics studio cast album marrying the wit, sorrow and melody of songwriters Noël Coward and Cole Porter, will feature 22 tracks, including &…
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMWith nearly half of Broadway shows currently on the boards populated with children under the age of 18, we sit down with a few of them to talk about what it's like growing up on stage.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AMNews, views and reviews about the women of the musical theatre and the concert/cabaret stage.
Linked From Playbill at 12:00AM1859 Birthday of Victor Herbert (1859-1924), Broadway's operetta king, composer of Babes in Toyland, The Red Mill, Mlle. Modiste, Naughty Marietta, Sweethearts and numerous editions of t…
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