Written by Scott Z. Burns and directed by Steven Soderbergh, this world premiere of THE LIBRARY began previews at The Public on March 25 and runs through April 27 in The Public's Newman Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54PMDespite an extensive and impressive career, Billy Porter recently became a household name when he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. The incandescent star released a solo album …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31PMIt's close to a year since Steven Soderbergh announced he'd be quitting movies. Now he surfaces at the Public Theater...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:21PMBroadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler discovers the mystical world of Amaluna. By now, most of us are familiar with the Cirque du Soleil brand, one which combines circus acts with death-def…
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:12PMAlso in Tattle: Ellen is most powerful, DiCaprio linked to new role, Colbert to guest on Letterman.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 11:11PMFilmmakers Scott Z. Burns and Steven Soderbergh offer an intimate look at a national media firestorm from the perspective of its victim.
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Hold me, Bat Boy! Touch me, Bat Boy! Bring me to the light of Colonial Players’ edgy production of the cult classic Bat Boy: The Musical. In a behind the scenes look, I’ve captured a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:58PM by: Marcina Zaccaria “The Library,” written by the award-winning writer Scott Z. Burns and directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderb…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:57PMA skilled director can work magic, which is what Steven Soderbergh has done with “The Library,” a thin play penned by Soderbergh collaborator Scott Z. Burns (“Side Effects…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, welcomed two-time Tony Award winner Lillias White, Ben Platt, Naturi Naughton, Katie Thompson, two-time Tony Award nominee Robin de Jesus and more for 'Who …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15PM“The Library” isn’t a great play, but as staged by Steven Soderbergh, it’s a very good show. The prolific movie director may have little theater experience, but he sure knows...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:08PMTHE CUTTING ROOM will once again host RYAN SHAW, the two time Grammy nominee and star of MOTOWN The Musical Stevie Wonder on Broadway, on Monday evening, April 21 at 830pm doors are at 8. Mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08PMWell, well, well — everything’s up for grabs! The mixed reviews last week for Woody Allen’s “Bullets Over Broadway” — once touted by pundits as the show to beat this...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:06PM“The Library,” the director Steven Soderbergh’s maiden outing on the New York stage, opened on Tuesday at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMSarah Bloomer sees that The Gruffalo remains as enchanting as ever.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00PMOn paper, “The Library” had everything going for it. But on stage, the drama about the aftershocks of a fatal school shooting lacks insight.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:00PM
Glee star and Broadway vet Lea Michele released her debut solo studio album 'Louder' on February 28, 2014, from Columbia Records. The album was preceeded by the release of the album's lead s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59PMScreen writerScott Z. Burns makes his stage debut with a behind the headlines drama .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:57PMEVERYTHING NEEDS A RETOUCH 30-year-old Jess is a mess. A New York-based dotcom genius, Jess is fraught with low self-esteem, making her an overweight, smelly, anti-social, stressed-out, aggr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:52PMSquabbalogic’s acclaimed production of The Drowsy Chaperone closed at the Hayes Theatre Co recently, after enjoying a sold out season. Presented at the newly refurbished (and renamed)…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:50PMIt’s hard to create a musical out of an iconic movie, let alone one that has spawned several sequels and doesn’t fit the norm of a movie musical. Prior to seeing the show I was o…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 09:45PMThe new original Broadway cast recording of ROCKY will be released on May 27th, 2014, and the show just revealed a preview of five tracks from the album. Click below to get a first listen
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33PMA documentary having its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, 'Ballet 422' follows the young choreographer Justin Peck as he creates the 422nd new ballet, later titled 'Paz de la Jol…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 09:29PM“Bring me to the light”—of the Historic Gem Theatre in Garden Grove California, that is, where after a tragic fire in May 2011, their resident theater company, “One More Productions�…
SOURCE: Buck-ing Trends at 09:22PMThe New York Times reports that PBS's long-running American Masters series will be extending its subject range to important figures in Science and industry, as well as welcoming Michael Kant…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21PMDonors are lined up, reorganization plan in the works to rescue company from closure on April 29
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:10PMSony Pictures Entertainment has closed a deal with Chloe Grace Moretz to star in the film adaptation of the bestselling novel The 5th Wave, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad, president …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:09PMThe original cast recording of the new Broadway musical Rocky, featuring a score by Tony Award winners Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, will be released May 27 by UMe. Several songs from th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01PMSteven Soderbergh directs Chloe Moretz as a school-shooting survivor in Scott Z. Burns' drama about distortions of truth in the stunned aftermath of tragedy.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
SWEET Three years ago, also with the help of Estienne and Krawczyk, Brook reduced Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” down to its ritualistic essences, removing the magic and retain…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:48PMThe Maryland Ensemble Theatre’s production of The Lieutenant of Inishmore is a very edgy and lively rendition of the comedy noir by playwright Martin McDonagh. First premiering at th…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:37PMMusical Theatre West in Long Beach is presenting Ray Roderick's new Gershwin musical with five talented performers and a great on stage band.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 08:27PMThe widow of the legendary dancing star recounts his life on a Pasadena stage.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:21PMBITTER Judging by the pervasive silence during the performance, the rest of the audience apparently didn’t get what was being said, either. Whether it was the accents or the acoustics or t…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 08:13PM
I wanted to call attention to John Luther Adams today. It may have escaped your notice that he won a Pulitzer Prize for Music yesterday for his composition, “Become Ocean.” (samp…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:41PMFacts, John Adams wrote, are stubborn things — if not always as trustworthy as we may like.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:31PMIn an interview with Vanity Fair, director John Turturro talked about a shocking and hilarious idea he had for Broadway and film star Elaine Stritch in his movie FADING GIGOLO.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMBy Sam Marks. But maybe the reason I obsess over sports is because of how very different they are from what I have chosen to do. In sports, there’s the illusion of fairness and opportunity…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:16PMAudra McDonald is just one statue shy of a Tony Award six-pack; perhaps this tribute to jazz legend Billie Holiday will bring more gold. Lonny Price directs the cabaret-style monodrama, scri…
SOURCE: Time Out at 07:12PMIt's time for the newest episode of BWW's exclusive TV series - CHEWING THE SCENERY WITH Randy Rainbow In this edition, Randy returns to the CTS Newsdesk to chat about all of the latest news…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMGingold Theatrical Group's PROJECT SHAW, under the leadership of Founding Artistic Director David Staller, presents Oscar Wilde's short mystery, The Portrait of Mr. W. H., on Monday, April 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:02PMPuppetUp! and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival finish on Sunday. PuppetUp! is part tribute to the genius of Jim Henson (Sesame Street, The Muppets), part look at how his puppetry …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:00PMLisa Dillon has returned to the RSC to star in a rare revival of Dekker and Middleton's 'rebellious comedy' The Roaring Girl
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMCatch-22 has long since left its story behind. The syllogism that lent its name to Joseph Heller's dazzling debut novel about an US air-force squadron in the Second World War now nestles in …
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
Paper Mill Playhouse continues its 75th Anniversary Season with the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. With music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:57PMLynne Meadow and Barry Grove have once again produced a small-theatre ensemble gem at the Stage I at City Center of the Manhattan Theatre Club.Assembled for this fine work are the "it" girl,…
SOURCE: Act Three - The Reviews at 06:56PMPlaywrights Horizons presents the New York premiere of Fly By Night A New Musical, conceived byKim Rosenstock Tigers Be Still, written by Will Connolly performer, Once, Michael Mitnick Sex L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:52PMIn a show structured around the famous essay by psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim, Stephen Sondheim gives us his interpretation of various fairy tales Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:46PMA slew of Broadway stars are on their way to 54 Below this month, including Tony nominee Melissa Errico April 22, 24-26 vocalist and recording star Roslyn Kind April 20 'The Wild Party Swing…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMRADICAL FEMINISM – IT’S NOTHING NEW… Now here’s politics! The mistress of the runaway Tory MP is a revolutionary preacher, previously known as Mad Agnes. She berates her love…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 06:29PMIt’s told from the point of view of a 10-year-old girl, Darling, in a shantytown in Zimbabwe.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:20PMThe 66-year-old attended the TCM Classic Film Festival and spoke with THR about his work in the 1970s, why he turned down sequels to "American Graffiti" and "Jaws" and why movies are no long…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:18PMBy Patricia Davis. “One of the most important things the occupation has succeeded in doing,” Nabil Al-Ra’ee says, “is to kill hope, to shut down the mind, and to kill the imagination…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:17PMAtlanta's nationally acclaimed Alliance Theatre will host its 6th annual A Tony Evening at the W Hotel - Midtown on May 10, 2014. The star-studded party of the year benefits the Alliance Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMTHE SHOW Set in 1955, That Old Black Magic is a story of two heroines who develop a deep bond over their similar and seemingly impossible dreams. Burlesquer Sweet Bojanski Brown performs for…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:10PMHyper-alert Andrew Scott is ideal casting for Paul, the central role of “Birdland,” the latest play by Simon Stephens (“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time&#…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:09PMThe Wild Root Company, a New York City-based production endeavor committed to the development of new work from emerging playwrights and screenwriters, will present two industry readings of r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMStarring the Emmy Award nominee and beloved 'Saturday Night Live' veteran, NBC has scheduled 'The Maya Rudolph Show' for Monday, May 19 10 p.m. ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PM
LONDON (AP) - Musicians who performed in the London production of "War Horse" have lost a legal bid to stop the National Theatre from replacing them with a recorded soundtrack.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 05:52PMTony Award Nominated Producer Matthew Weaver (Rock of Ages) of MediaWeaver Entertainment – a movie, TV and stage production company – has acquired the theatrical stage rights to the …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:47PM"Fargo" creates its own world of crime and moral conundrums while delivering a fair share of blood. Whether the TV series delivers on its promise to be in the same aesthetic world as the ori…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:46PMMustard Seed revives 'Falling' and the Black Rep stages a Nigerian comedy.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:45PMWriter/director John Turturro’s movie Fading Gigolo, which will receive a limited release on April 18, is about a New York florist (played by Turturro), who makes extra cash servicing …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMWhen we announced the Diversity/Inclusion/Gender Parity conversations that StageSource was going to hold in the fall of 2012, a few people asked me why we included gender parity. Pointing to…
SOURCE: StageSource at 05:42PMFive-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald returned to the Broadway stage on Sunday night in the new play with music "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill."
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:41PMCast members from the Disney musical Aladdin, which currently plays Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, performed "Prince Ali" on "The View" April 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:39PMElle McLemore, Jessica Keenan Wynn and Alice Lee of Heathers The Musical on bringing this '80s cult classic to life on stage.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:38PMThe German Cast Recording of next to normal' captures the exiting atmosphere and the incredible live energy of the german premiere production performed by a stellar cast directed by Titus Ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36PMActor and singer Justin Daniel will return to the New York City cabaret scene with officially alive, his show that chronicles the road to gay fatherhood through show tunes, pop music and mor…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:32PMBOOZE AND BARD In ShakesBEER, NYC’s Original Shakespearean Pub Crawl, New York Shakespeare Exchange members perform ten-minute scenes from four Shakespeare plays in as many bars over the c…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:31PMA first look at Act One, the James Lapine play chronicling the life of Moss Hart and starring Santino Fontana, Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMBy HowlRound TV. Join SMU from Dallas, Texas as they present the conversation Transforming Arts and Culture Nationwide livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV n…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:23PMThe Wild Root Company, a New York City-based production endeavor committed to the development of new work from emerging playwrights and screenwriters, will present two industry readings of p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PM'NCIS Los Angeles' star and Broadway veteran Barrett Foa Mamma Mia, Avenue Q, ...Spelling Bee will begin performances as Alex More in the smash hit comedy Buyer amp Cellar on Tuesday, May 27…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMHere he comes! Ring bells! Bang the drums! Hot off the heels of performing live on the New Amsterdam stage for Good Morning America, the cast of Aladdin delivered a special live performance …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMStephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods had its French premiere at Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet April 1-12. Here are highlights from the product…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:11PMBroadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:10PMIt’s been five years since a flash photo made Patti LuPone famously stop a performance of Gypsy ("Stop taking pictures RIGHT NOW!"), but sadly, the photo-taking, th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMInterborough Repertory Theater (IRT), established in 1986, describes its mission as supporting independent theater artists and building community through facilities, programs, and education…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 05:08PMDisney's Aladdin, the new musical comedy based on the Academy Award-winning animated film, opened to critical acclaim on March 20th, 2014 at Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre. Today, the prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMName: Eliza SimpsonHometown: Nyack, New YorkEducation: BFA Rutgers UniversityWho do you play in The Mysteries?: Mary of Bethany and The Princess of EgyptTell us about The Mysteries: The Myst…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:04PMBroadway's After Midnight features 17 world-class musicians and an ensemble of 25 vocalists and dancers performing the music of jazz composers including Duke Ellington, Jimmy McHugh and Doro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMThe show will take place tonight at Rockwell Table & Stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
A message to the fans of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder from Jefferson Mays and Bryce Pinkham!
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:57PMSee the star-studded cast of Of Mice and Men in action at the Longacre Theater. The classic American play starring James Franco and Chris O’Dowd opens April 16.
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:52PMSo Hamlet, Martin Luther and Doctor Faustus walk into a college, and that thing's the play.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:47PMA WILD(E) ADAPTATION A spectacle that swirls and thrills, The House Theatre of Chicago’s Dorian has updated Oscar Wilde’s classic cautionary tale from Victorian music halls to today’s …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:40PMNextStop Theatre Company’s new production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, running May 1-June 1, 2014, makes a major announcement for the season-closing production. Directed…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:40PMIn a recent interview with Andy Cohen on "Watch What Happens Live," Tony Award-winner Kristin Chenoweth spoke about a return to Broadway, her favorite roles and the upcoming NBC br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMAfter a performance from Bryan Cranston and cast in the limited engagement production of All the Way, the ever-accommodating award-winning actor signed autographs and took pictures with fans…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:39PMScreen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for an inaugural filmed Conversations QampA series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:35PMTHEATER REVIEW: "Cicada" by the Route 66 Theatre Company ★★½
THEATER REVIEW: "Cicada" by the Route 66 Theatre Company ★★½ ... We know cicadas in Chicagoland, where…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:35PMThere’s some employee shifting happening at Babs’ underground mall! Broadway vet Barrett Foa will begin performances in the off-Broadway hit Buyer & Cellar on May 27, taking …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:33PMTHE DUKE ELLINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS CELEBRATES DUKE ELLINGTON’S 115TH BIRTHDAY BASH! Join Host MERCEDES ELLINGTON in a toast to The Maestro! Tuesday, April 29 from 7...
The po…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:32PMThe year is 1890. By the light of the full moon and candlesticks, six good fairies slip into the sleeping baby Aurora's room. The baby awakes unfrightened and the fairies dance for her.
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SOURCE: PBS at 04:32PMIt’s pistols at dawn with this AYT competition to win a pair of tickets to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the first ever staging of one of the greatest tales from the American West. Ski…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:32PMCast members Dustin Sullivan, Rachel Flynn, Molly Hager and Cait Fairbanks from Heathers: The Musical took some time April 10 to model a selection of show merchandise for PlaybillStore.com. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMThe American Theatre Wing just awarded the 2014 Jonathan Larson Grants to writing team Sara Cooper lyricistbookwriter amp Zach Redler composer, receiving 12,500 and the Running Deer Residenc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMLove dance? Then you’re in for a treat with this competition. We’ve teamed up with MurleyDance to bring you the chance to win a pair of tickets to the opening performance of their Spring…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:28PMDirected by Tony Award-winner Anna D. Shapiro, the new Broadway production of Of Mice and Men will officially open tomorrow, Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at the Longacre Theatre (220 West 48th …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:23PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:19PM The Cherry Orchard Festival Foundation will hold its 2nd annual International Arts Festival in New York City in May. The Festival’s mission is to introduce and promote global …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:18PMLa Jolla Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for its Page To Stage workshop production of Chasing the Song, a jubilant new musical by the team behind the Tony Award-winning musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:17PMA fast-paced, fact-laden book by two "Boston Globe" reporters about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings that doesn't answer the tough questions.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:17PMTODAY show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford will be the voice of the Giant’s Wife in NextStop Theatre’s upcoming production of Into the Woods, the company announced today. In so doing,…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:15PMBarrett Foa, the stage and screen actor who currently appears on the CBS crime drama "NCIS: Los Angeles," will succeed Christopher J. Hanke in the hit Off-Broadway solo comedy Buyer & Ce…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMTwo-time Emmy and Golden Globe nominee and now Cinderella's stepmother Madame, Fran Drescher has announced a once-in-a-lifetime fundraiser experience to benefit her nonprofit foundation, the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMBonnie amp Clyde returns to Seoul this month, as the Frank Wildhorn musical will open at the BBC Arts Center tonight. The production is set to run through June 29. Check out a trailer for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMThe soundtrack for upcoming animated movie musical LEGENDS OF OZ DOROTHY'S RETURN starring Broadway headliners and recognizable breakout stars Lea Michele and Megan Hilty is now available fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMDisney's hit film FROZEN may have had a very different conclusion than the always reliable - 'and they all lived happily ever after.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMThe revue stars Avenue Q's Stephanie D'Abruzzo.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMTrevor Nunn's Theatre Royal Bath revival of Noel Coward's class comedy comes to the West End
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMTrevor Nunn's revival of Noel Coward's Relative Values transferred to the West End's Harold Pinter Theatre last night, starring Patricia Hodge, Rory Bremner, Caroline Quentin and…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMIvo van Hove's production starring Mark Strong, Nicola Walker and Phoebe Fox gets four and five stars across the board
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PM
At the Hilberry Theatre of Wayne State University in Detroit, Lavinia Hart — head of the MFA acting program, and better known as Lavinia Moyer, founder of the long-gone Attic Theatre — …
SOURCE: www.detroitnews.com at 03:55PM"The Library" takes place in "the near future," according to a program note. But the drama about the aftermath of a school massacre feels very much like the too-near past or the very-almost …
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:54PMWarning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'insertThumbnailRSS' was given in /home/content/52/9380252/html/wp-includ…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:53PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Kathie Lee Gifford is Heading Into The Woods
We’ll drink to this! Today Show co-host and wine connoisseur (!) Kathi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:49PMPlaywrights Horizons presents the New York premiere of FLY BY NIGHT A NEW MUSICAL, conceived by Kim Rosenstock Tigers Be Still, written by Will Connolly performer, Once, Michael Mitnick Sex …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMLoretta Ables Sayre, who leads Paper Mill Playhouse's production of South Pacific, shares the three muses that inspired her Tony-nominated performance as Bloody Mary.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:45PMAcademy Award-winning superstar Jennifer Hudson stars in the stage-to-screen adaptation of the classic Langston Hughes drama BLACK NATIVITY, which has now been released on DVD and Blu-ray.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMTony Award-nominated producer Matthew Weaver (Rock of Ages) of movie, TV and stage production company MediaWeaver Entertainment has acquired the theatrical stage rights to the musical variet…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMThe House Theatre of Chicago’s 2014-15 season will feature "The Iron Stag King," "The Crownless King" and the new "The Excelsior King," the company's three-part fantasy saga, performed…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:33PMThe big screen adaptation of The Adderal Diaries is set to feature some true A-List Hollywood stars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMPeter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Alison Fraser. We review Most Happy Fella @ Encores, If/Then, The Realistic Joneses, Heathers, and South Pacific @ Paper …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 03:30PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMWarning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'insertThumbnailRSS' was given in /home/content/52/9380252/html/wp-includ…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 03:27PMThe elaborate new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's celebrated fairy tale-themed musical INTO THE WOODS playing at renown Paris playhouse and opera venue Theatre du Chatelet …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMLa Jolla Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team of its Page To Stage workshop production of the new rock 'n' roll-inspired musical Chasing the Song, by Tony Award-wi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:27PM- this classic musical has an invigorating freshness and vitality thanks to the enlivening direction by Rob Ruggiero.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 03:25PMWhat happens when you combine Philadelphia choreographers with dance makers from across the country, give them less than 10 hours to remix and recreate each other’s works, and ask them to …
SOURCE: blog.fringearts.com at 03:24PM“Rock of Ages” producer Matthew Weaver has acquired the stage rights to “Soul Train” with an eye toward turning the property into a Broadway musical. The producer has…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:24PMBrazilian Broadway star Paolo Szot pays a visit to Mamma Mia‘s Judy McLane. After a brief chat in her dressing room they order tickets at the box office and head to Sardi’s for a…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:23PMThe romantic and moving score for the new Broadway musical THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY by Jason Robert Brown and Marsha Norman is now available to hear in full on the new cast recording, f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:22PMThe Musical of Musicals, written by Eric Rockwell and Joanne Bogart, featuring Michael Doherty, Chelsea Grace Claiser, Joseph Michael O'Brien, and Erica Scanlon Harr, directed by Stephen Cas…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:19PMBuyer & Cellar star Christopher J. Hanke on paying tribute to Barbra Streisand in the solo show.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:19PMSCRIPTOPIA - a new software application that will usher play development and theater collaboration into the 21st century - is being launched May 1st, according to its founder, stage director…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PM2013 Tony Award-winning Best Actor Billy Porter has a new solo album BACK ON BROADWAY, which is now available to download.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMRock of Ages producer Matthew Weaver has acquired rights to the series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMBilly's Back on Broadway was released today.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The cast and creators of the Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch will be featured on "Good Morning America" April 16-17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMWhat would happen if Elsa’s parents had dealt with her icy powers a bit more rationally? Take a look at this cute video to see how some people think the Disney mega-hit Frozen should h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PMTheater Shelf, a recurring feature, reviews recently-released books, CDs and DVDs of interest to theater lovers. Some are popular titles like a new Original Cast Recording, others are works …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:47PMOne of the realizations from the brash, surreal play Moth, by Melbourne’s Declan Greene, is that teenagers are pretty much the same in Australia as they are in America – for better…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 02:45PMTony Award Nominated Producer Matthew Weaver Rock of Ages of MediaWeaver Entertainment - a movie, TV and stage production company - has acquired the theatrical stage rights to the trailblazi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMWould Kristin Chenoweth consider playing Peter Pan in the upcoming NBC musical Bravo's Andy Cohen aimed to find out when the actress appeared on last night's show
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMStephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods, which had its French premiere at Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet April 1-12, is broadcast on Radio France April…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMThe new Michael Roberts musical Greed, which officially opened Off-Broadway April 3 at New World Stages, will end its run April 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMChicago playwright Marisa Wegrzyn’s “Mud Blue Sky,” and a terrific cast at A Red Orchid Theatre, combine for a story that is at once very funny, heartbreaking and full of unexpectedly …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:38PMThe double bill at Brits Off Broadway of Clean and A Respectable Widow Takes to Vulgarity comes from the celebrated Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. Orla O’Loughlin, the artist…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 02:33PMThe other day I received a strange e-mail from a young man named Brian O'Donnell who lives in Independence, MO. He thought I might be interested in some stuff he recently acquired, and thoug…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:31PMHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, currently in previews at the Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street), will be featured tomorrow and Thursday, April 17 on “Good Morning America.” Tomorrow, Apri…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:29PMI’ve been working in the Washington theatre community for two decades now, which means I’m just a few years shy of actually seeing Helen Hayes at the Helen Hayes Awards. I wish I’d bee…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 02:29PMLesli Margherita of Matilda makes up a few new songs, scolds a few viewers and answers fan questions on the latest episode of Looks Not Books.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PMThe New York Neo-Futurists find the power in O’Neill’s stage directions — What do actors have to do to make us feel something? Do they need to cry? Do they need to speak? D…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:18PMGreed: A Musical for Our Times is to close off-Broadway. The production will end its open-ended premiere engagement after the evening performance on April 19 at New World Stages. Writte…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:15PMProducer Matthew Weaver ("Rock of Ages") has acquired stage rights to develop a musical based on the iconic TV dance show launched in 1970 by Don Cornelius.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:12PMTony Award winner Laura Benanti, two-time Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesus, Telly Leung, Todd Buonopane and Mykal Kilgore were part of Broadway Battles Bullying, a benefit to raise funds fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMTony Award winner Laura Benanti, two-time Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesus, Telly Leung, Todd Buonopane and Mykal Kilgore were part of Broadway Battles Bullying, a benefit to raise funds fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMTony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Kathleen Chalfant Angels in America, Wit, 'House of Cards', Teal Wicks Jekyll and Hyde, Wicked, Stephen DeRosa HBO's 'Boardwalk Empire', Josh G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:11PMTo celebrate the publication of Eric Bogosian’s 100 Monologues, a slew of actors are performing excerpts on camera. The ever-growing roster includes Sam Rockwell, Jennifer Tilly, Tate …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:09PMThe “hippest trip in America” could become the hippest trip on the Great White Way! Broadway producer Matthew Weaver (Rock of Ages) has acquired the stage rights to Soul Train, t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMBroadway continues to revisit pop music of the recent past. “Motown” is a big hit, and “Rock of Ages” keeps chugging along. Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 02:05PMHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, currently in previews at the Belasco Theatre 111 West 44th Street, will be featured tomorrow and Thursday, April 17 on 'Good Morning America.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PMThere's nothing like plunging in at the deep end, as Simon Jessop's solo directorial début with Peter Joucla's dramatisation of "The Great Gatsby" demonstrates.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PMNorris joins an illustrious roster of veteran actors, playwrights, and directors.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMQueen Elizabeth II bestowed the honor on the Murder, She Wrote star.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe midtown theater has announced its June and July lineup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMPlaybill's newest weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMTHEATER REVIEW: 'Dorian' by House Theatre of Chicago ★★
THEATER REVIEW: 'Dorian' by House Theatre of Chicago ★★ ... Tommy Rapley's "Dorian," a striking, laudably amb…
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Five band members provided live accompaniment to hit West End show for four years before being replaced by soundtrackFive musicians who performed as a live band for four years in the West En…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:59PMJim Taylor discusses the show with the star. (Tuesday, April 15, 2014)
SOURCE: www.podtrac.com at 01:57PMKelli O'Hara sings a song by Jason Robert Brown from the just-released original cast recording of The Bridges of Madison County. Get the album now!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:51PMRosie's Theater Kids will present Passing It On: An Evening of Mentorship April 28 at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. This year's event will honor legendary director-choreographer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM SCRIPTOPIA – a new software application that will usher play development and theater collaboration into the 21st century – is being launched May 1st, according to its founder, st…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:44PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The groundbreaking song-and-dance show "Soul Train" is chugging toward Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:39PM By Joel Benjamin New York’s premier nightclub/cabaret 54 Below’s innovative new series revisits some of the best musical theater works of the last few decades, stagi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:33PMTony Award nominee and Drama Desk winner Kathleen Chalfant (Angels in America, Wit, "House of Cards"), Teal Wicks (Jekyll and Hyde, Wicked), Stephen DeRosa (HBO's "Boardwa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:22PMThe Lincoln Center Theater under the direction of Producing Artistic Director Andre Bishop production of Act One, a play written and directed by James Lapine from the autobiography by Moss H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMThis morning, ABC's GOOD MORNING AMERICA gave viewers an inside look at Disney's 'Aladdin' on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMWillkommen, bienvenue, welcome…to a celebration of all the great women who've played Sally Bowles since “Cabaret” first debuted on Broadway 1966. The latest revival opens …
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:00PMArmitage will join in the principal cast by Anna Madeley and Samantha Colley
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMArmitage will be joined in the principal cast by Anna Madeley and Samantha Colley
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe new musical will begin performances at Playwrights Horizons on May 16.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMAward-winning actress Sarah Jessica Parker adds radio host to her resumé when she is at the helm of the radio show "The Leonard Lopate Show" April 15-16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMWillkommen, bienvenue, welcome…to a celebration of all the great women who've played Sally Bowles since “Cabaret” first debuted on Broadway 1966. The latest revival opens …
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Whenever Tovah Feldshuh takes a pensive puff on a cigarette, pounds a frustrated fist on a table or confides a profound anxiety, out of all that smoke, noise and intimation of private terror…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:51PMSecret Cinema events are, as my friend commented “quite the strangest evening” you can imagine. This is the second Secret Cinema event I have been to, and I have to say they do k…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:49PMMusicians who were made redundant from the National Theatre’s West End production of War Horse have failed to secure an interim injunction which they had hoped would allow them to return t…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMEarlier today, stage and screen legend Angela Lansbury was just honored by the Queen, as she officially became a dame earlier today at Windsor Castle.Lansbury said 'It is a very proud day fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMAcademy Award nominee Topol will join Tony Award winners Jerry Zaks, Andrea Martin and lyricist Sheldon Harnick for a June 9 celebration of the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof at the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMWe are pleased to announce the 2014 Round 2 Cycle B recipients of the Leadership U[niversity]—Continuing Ed program. Through the support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, grants of up to…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:45PMSongs in the Key of Equality, the benefit concert for the gay-straight alliance Swish and Swish Ally Fund of The Stonewall Community Foundation, will be held May 19 at 8 PM at Le Poisson Rou…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of Fiddler on the Roof, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick will be honored and will perform with the largest-ever reunion …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMRay Shepardson, widely credited as the citizen activist who spearheaded the preservation of the Playhouse Square theaters in Cleveland in the 1970s, died Monday in Wheaton, Ill., at age 70.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:40PMOn April 15, 2014, Porter releases his debut on Concord Records, Billy's Back on Broadway. Take a look below to see pictures from Porter's release party last night at Bar Nana.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMName: Alex HaynesHometown: New York, NYEducation: B.A. Theater at University of Kansas, Improvisation at Upright Citizens BrigadeWho do you play in The Mysteries?: Justin one of the shepherd…
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:22PMFollowing its workshop presentation at Theater J in Washington, D.C., Motti Lerner's play The Admission will be presented in a three-week commercial engagement at the Studio Theatre, the…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMSee, they are friends! Kristin Chenoweth stopped by Watch What Happens Live on April 14 and shared with Andy Cohen her side of the whole John Travolta flub surrounding Wicked gal-pal Idina M…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMTEDx is a global movement devoted to bringing ideas worth spreading to communities around the globe. (A lot of flashing lights used here, so those sensitive to that, be careful while watchin…
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SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:06PMCaissie Levy, currently starring as Fantine in the 2014 revival of Les Misérables, celebrates her birthday April 15. In celebration, Playbill.com has compiled favorite moments from Le…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMToday, we're featuring F. Murray Abraham circa 1982. Abraham has focused on stage work throughout his career, giving notable performances as Pozzo in Mike Nichols's production of Waiting for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMI first heard the music of Benjamin Britten in 1975, a year before he died. I was a sophomore music...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:05PMEnjoy this replay of our live Drama Teacher Hangout. We talked with Michael Wehrli about the challenges drama teachers face when guiding their students to choose and perform monologues. Topi…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 12:00PMThe Tony Award winner from Broadway's Kinky Boots releases a new album of Broadway favorites spun in his own unique style.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe ad, like the Eric Coble play, stars Oscar winner Estelle Parsons.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 482014 - 4152014.
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:57AMThe Telly Awards announced the 2014 Award winners yesterday, naming the television spot for the new dark comedy THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN produced by AKA NYC the recipient of the 2014 Telly Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMAcademy and Tony Award-nominated actress Annette Bening is in talks to co-star in the Shakespeare in the Park production of King Lear, starring John Lithgow, according to Showbiz411.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMWarning: call_user_func_array() [function.call-user-func-array]: First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'insertThumbnailRSS' was given in /home/content/52/9380252/html/wp-includ…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:49AMCast members from the Disney musical Aladdin, which currently plays Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, performed "Arabian Nights" on "Good Morning America," broadcast …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:44AMAnnette Bening could soon be appearing on stage as a "thankless child." According to uncomfirmed reports from Showbiz 411, the Tony and Oscar nominee has agreed to appear in the Pu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMAnnette Bening could soon be appearing on stage as a "thankless child." According to uncomfirmed reports from Showbiz 411, the Tony and Oscar nominee has agreed to appear in the Pu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:43AMEstelle Parsons has always found something interesting to do.
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SOURCE: Slant Magazine at 11:37AMPointless Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty: A Puppet Ballet is an elusive, glistening, and highly original treasure that theater lovers must not miss before it vanishes after its final performanc…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:33AM“You are going to love this show” 2UE Angela Catterns “Prepare to be dazzled!” GOLD FM Clint Drieber Produced by Global Creatures and Bazmark, STRICTLY BALLROOM THE MUSICAL o…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 11:33AMFor the next couple of weeks, we in DC have the chance to experience something special: Tovah Feldshuh’s truly remarkable performance as Golda Meir in Golda’s Balcony, William Gibson�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:24AMBeth Pearson takes a ride on love's carousel. Photos: Roger Metcalfe.Molière, like Shaw and so many other great comic writers, is now a rarity on our local stage. But fans of the Fren…
SOURCE: The Hub Review at 11:22AMAll photos by Pamela Raith Click here for pictures of the winners and presenters
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:21AM“The theatre is not so much a profession as a disease, and my first look at Broadway was the beginning of a lifelong infection,” playwright and director Moss Hart wrote in Act One, his l…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:16AMUniversal Music Enterprises, Stage Entertainment USA, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Sylvester Stallone announced today the forthcoming release of the new original Broadway cast recording of ROCKY,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMFrom Ben Kingsley's Ford to Bill Alexander's 50s-era staging, Shakespeare's only purely English comedy perfectly captures middle-class mores. Let us know the best versions you've seenI've al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:13AM A review of “Trouble in Mind,” on stage at Two River Theater, could begin by praising artistic director John Dias for resurrecting the play by African-American playw…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 11:10AMJennifer Lin, Edie Kelch, and Veanne Cox. Photo: Carol RoseggThe Most DeservingBy Catherine TrieschmannDirected by Shelley ButlerThe Women's Project TheatreWhat's It All About?The Arts Counc…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 11:10AMWoody Allen, Max Von Essen, Barbara Walters and many more took to the red carpet for the opening night of Bullets Over Broadway, the new musical based on Allen's 1994 film featuring a book b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMEataly just hosted a special event between The Bridges of Madison County's Kelli O'Hara who plays Italian- born Francesca Johnson in the show, and world famous chef Lidia Bastianich, who is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMLately, I’ve been feeling like Versions needs to get on a happy kick – a lot of the songs I’ve been analyzing of late have leaned on the sadder side of the scale, so this time …
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMBroadwayBox reacts to the superb cast recording of Jason Robert Brown’s The Bridges of Madison County.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:00AMI would never have produced The Flick. I will never produce The Flick. I can’t. You see, I’m a Broadway producer. Not a theater producer. I produce for a 10 block radius in t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMCorinne Jaber's one-woman play explores the crisis in Syria through the stories of its two million refugees
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe popular television host will lend her "giant" personality to the acclaimed Sondheim musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMFrom 2004: I finished my breakfast and strolled over to the neighborhood Barnes & Noble to see whether A Terry...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AMJennifer Lim, Daniel Oreskes and Neal Huff have been cast in new plays to be staged by the Public Theater as part of the inaugural Public Studio series in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
Composer-lyricist Jonathan Reid Gealt will make his solo 54 Below concert debut May 5. Whitney Bashor (The Bridges of Madison County), Jason Gotay (Spider-Man, Bring It On) and Marla Mindell…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMGermany’s renowned Schaubuhne Berlin theatre company is to make its first visit to Northern Ireland as part of this year’s Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. The company will bri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:52AMStep into the recording studio at Masterworks Broadway with Zach Braff, Marin Mazzie and the gangsters of Bullets Over Broadway as they record their official cast album! Get the album digita…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:51AMThe complete cast of the one-night only benefit concert of the cult classic Reefer Madness, held at New World Stages April 19 at 11:59 PM, has been announced.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMThe Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Bruce Norris is to join the ensemble of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:44AMIt’s a cast of characters that are, more often than not, hotter than hot! The new Disney musical Aladdin rode its magic carpet across the TV airwaves April 15, appearing on Good Mornin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:41AMConceived, produced and directed by Miral Kotb, a former software engineer, the show employs about a dozen talented, indefatigable young actor-dancers, encased in black suits wired with digi…
SOURCE: www.broadwaybaby.com at 10:40AM"100 (Monologues)," a collection of all of monologues written by award-winning writer-actor Eric Bogosian, will be published in May by TCG Publications. The collection will also be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMAasif Mandvi, who starred in Off-Broadway's Disgraced and was seen on Broadway in Oklahoma!, will serve as writer, co-producer and co-star of the new HBO dark comedy series "The Bri…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMPotion: A Play in Three Cocktails
Off Off Broadway, People Lounge, Stolen Chair
Reviewed by Brett Epstein
BOTTOM LINE: A verse play presented in an ultra specific spoken voice style. Plus…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:32AMOn this morning's 'Good Morning America' the talented cast performed 'Arabian Nights,' broadcast live from the stage of the New Amsterdam Theatre. Check out the energetic performance below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMLondon's Union Theatre is to offer a rare outing for Noël Coward's 1950 musical Ace of Clubs, beginning performances May 7 prior to an official opening May 9, for a season throu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMStephanie Blythe and the JACK Quartet visit Princeton; 'Marisol' opens in West Orange
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:15AM"Today" show co-host Kathie Lee Gifford, who wrote the book and lyrics of Broadway's Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, will voice the Giant in the Next…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMThe words “puppet show” and “groundbreaking” don’t often share the same sentence, but DC’s Pointless Theatre Group is out to change that, one performance at a time. Point…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:06AMBill Pullman has been tapped to join the cast of the new action comedy "American Ultra," Deadline.com reports.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMRichard Armitage, best known for playing Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Dwarves, in "The Hobbit" film trilogy and the villain Heinz Kruger in "Captain America: The First Av…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMThe audience wear masks and stitch together a narrative from scenes unfolding in a former sorting office. The plot relocates Georg Büchner's Woyzeck to Los Angeles. The cast grant individua…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMEPISODE 8: Anika Larsen – April 14, 2014 Welcome back to another installment of Theater People, the new podcast featuring interviews with the creative forces onstage and behind the scenes…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMIn it's first ever revival, Primavera brings back a 'largely forgotten piece of theatre' from 1895
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AM"The true work of art does not need to wrap any veil of mystery about its external features. Indeed the...
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AM
Today’s Highlights: * David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, directed by Jonathan Kent, featuring Imelda Staunton, Lloyd Owen, Lorraine Ashbourne, Matthew Barker, Susan Brow…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMA new play marking 30 years since the miners’ strike is to premiere at Hampstead Theatre. Wonderland by Beth Steel, which was a finalist for the 2014 Susan Smith Blackburn prize, will be p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:49AMChenoweth talks about whether she'll be in the Wicked movie, plus what she thought about John Travolta's Adele Dazeem flub at the Oscars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AMKristin Chenoweth stopped by the Bravo Clubhouse last night and told host Andy Cohen that she's coming back to Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AMChristie Perfetti Williams Hometown: Born and raised in Oswego, NY. Moved to NYC after college graduation and lived there for 11 years. Current Town: Brick, NJ Q: Tell me about An Ap…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:28AMRichard Armitage is to star in the Old Vic’s new production of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Armitage, who will play John Proctor, has recently found fame as Thorin Oakenshield in The Ho…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AMWho among us doesn’t tire of our daily (or in my case mostly nightly) routines just occasionally? Going to the theatre as critics are required to do can become a bit of a chore, especi…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:24AMIt is so extraordinary to see the name of one man above the title of a show, listed as Producer. Unless that man is Cameron Mackintosh, the Florenz Ziegfeld, Harold Prince, David Merrick of …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:16AMIf we awarded stars, Mike Bartlett's new play would get 5 stars .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04AMThe City University of New York announced on Tuesday a new residency program that will provide choreographers with rehearsal and performance space at the university’s campuses across the f…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news Billy Porter's new solo album is out t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMStephen Wadsworth adapts and directs Beaumarchais' comedy
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AMThe Rodgers and Hammerstein classic receives a straightforward but memorable production
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AM
A round-up of classical music CD releases: Jon Nakamatsu's uneven interpretation of Robert Schumann piano pieces, Freiburger Barockorchester's ingratiating performance of the Brandenburg Con…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:57AMSomewhere is, on a certain level, a wistful drama about those who dream on while reality forcibly threatens them.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:56AMIt’s the rare story—Child Star Becomes Bigger Star—but Neil Patrick Harris made Doogie Howser, M.D. a springboard to his great love, musical theater, and then How I Met Your Mother. As…
SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 08:53AMRipe Time turns a Stein story into a fable for grown-ups and kids — Welcome to Borough Play, our exclusive series on theatre in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond. Gertrude Stein may be know…
SOURCE: TDF at 08:52AMVaudeville, LondonMoira Buffini's high-spirited and shrewd piece cleverly explores the nature of history and what might have gone on behind closed doors Read Moira Buffini: Margaret Thatche…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMNextStop Theatre Company's new production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods, running May 1-June 1, 2014, makes a major announcement for the season-closing production. Directed by NextStop…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMLoose Salute uses its genuine love for the too-little-heard Michael Nesmith and too-little-respected Monkees songbooks as a springboard for inventive arrangements that are true to the unique…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:26AM Today is the anniversary of the release date of the Keystone comedy Teddy at the Throttle (1917). In addition to being highly funny in places, this film has multiple points of interest.…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:07AMThe actor performs a scene from Lolita Chakrabarti’s drama about the 19th-century African-American actor Ira Aldridge.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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by Francisco-Fernando Granados If the difference between performance and any other medium is the folding together of the time of the making of the work with that of its showing, the differen…
SOURCE: praxistheatre.com at 07:54AMIf you follow my blog at all, you know that I am a huge fan of the Keenan-Bolger siblings. Maggie is an accomplished writer, and her sister, Celia, is an accomplished actress (if there…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:53AMFollowing the Oliviers debut on ITV last year, which pulled in 1.3 million viewers on average, organisers of the awards would no doubt have been hoping to see a boost to the number of people…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMRose theatre, then touringMy eight-year-old daughter and I couldn't wait to see this adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's much-loved story and it didn't disappoint My Hetty Feather: Jacqueline…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMYoung Vic, LondonAncestral memory and a labyrinthine quest intertwine in this extraordinary piece set in Paris and the Middle EastHow do you present the situation in Syria on stage? The answ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:30AMEddie Redmayne still rings up his old drama teacher for advice. He's not alone among those in the performing artsIt is perfectly possible that there are plenty of people whose maths or chemi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:26AMRead any good plays lately? I have a confession to make. I can’t read a play and come away with anything approaching the emotional satisfaction I get from the experience in the theater…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:23AMWhen Novel Theatre wanted to stage my book, I felt as proprietorial as any mother. Who was going to play my Hetty? Hetty Feather reviewed by Emily Drabble and her eight-year-old daughter 'i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMCall Answered: Facetime video interview with the cast and writer, Michael Roberts, of "Greed: A Musical for Our Times." "Call Me Adam" went behind-the-scenes to New World Stages in NYC to in…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 07:00AMThe newly refurbished Liverpool Everyman announces the cast for its second production, following Twelfth Night.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00AM
Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch: Simon Jessop marks his directorial debut in what proves a refreshing adaptation of this classic 1920s tale - after Baz Luhrmann's flamboyant recent film por…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:50AMHarold Pinter Theatre, London: Fresh from its success in Bath, Trevor Nunn's lavish and tourist-friendly production of Coward's crowd-pleaser ought to find a successful second leas…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMThe Maria, Young Vic, London: Inspired by a trip that writer and director Amir Nizar Zuabi and German-Syrian actor Corinne Jaber took together to the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, Oh My Sw…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMYou probably won’t know the name of the director Adam Penford. But it’s pretty likely you or someone you know will see something of his work this year. Because Penford’s productions ha…
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Fancy winning tickets to see Andrei Konchalovsky’s production of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya? Well, it couldn’t be easier with this AYT competition. Win a pair of tickets to the performance …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:47AMThere’s more than a flickering of interesting technique and stimulating acting in the production (U.S.Premiere) of the play Moth by playwright Declan Greene currently playing at Studio The…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:16AMI know I’m not the only one who has seen a spectacular high school remake of a Broadway show or musical. Believe it or not, that high school drama club can’t just produce a Broad…
SOURCE: broadwaytour.net at 03:15AMHundreds of thousands of women were raped during Bangladesh's war of independence. Now they are speaking out in a powerful new playWhen writer and actor Leesa Gazi was 17, her father to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMHundreds of thousands of women were raped during Bangladesh's war of independence. Now they are speaking out in a powerful new playWhen writer and actor Leesa Gazi was 17, her father to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
Imagination Stage presents Cinderella: The Remix, an exciting retelling of the classic written and directed by Psalmayene 24, with hip-hop beats by Nick Hernandez. The final production in Ps…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:52AMLANCE HORNE - the Emmy Award winning composer, musician, vocalist and producer - will headline a special concert evening at Rockwood Table amp Stage in Los Angeles tonight, April 15 at 800 P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIt's been almost a decade since the Pittsburgh-born Billy Porter released a solo album, and since then much has changed for the award-winning artist, who grew up singing in the Pentecostal c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMFuerza Bruta Wayra is an electrifying and innovative spectacle that has been performed around the world. The New York City performance will premiere at the Daryl Roth theatre tonight, April …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM Biographer and film historian Patricia Ward Kelly has been sharing an intimate story about her late husband Gene Kelly, known for some of the most unforgettable scenes in musica…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 01:25AMOne night, one venue, one room. So much easier than trying to Tetris in shows all over town. And every show being shriekingly brilliant didn’t hurt; I don’t apologise for my over…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:22AMTony Award-winning actor, composer and all-around Broadway super-supporter Lin-Manuel Miranda writes a passionate ode to similarly multi-talented and recognizable theatrical proponent and ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09AMThe creators and cast of the new Broadway production of HEDWIG amp THE ANGRY INCH participate in a new behind the scenes featurette showcasing the gender-bending rock musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMRecognizable vocalist and stage performer Susan Egan celebrates the 20th anniversary of BEAUTY amp THE BEAST onstage with a special 54 Below show titled THE BELLE OF BROADWAY tonight.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMPopular concert performers, Broadway headliners and recording artists Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway reteam for a reprise of their celebrated sister act SIBLING REVELRY at 54 Below to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMNASCAR Stars Reveal Race Day Secrets at Auto Club 400
YH makes a pit stop at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana for the Auto Club 400, where NASCAR's finest are revving their engines for the …
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Sarah Giles directs German playwright Marius von Mayenburg’s Perplex, a rollicking absurdist comedy about the capriciousness of reality and the unreliability of reason. Andrea Demetriades…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:30AMBy Peter Filichia
"Rumson Creek" from Paint Your Wagon is a nifty little ditty, but it lasts a mere fifty seconds. Thus, at ninety-nine cents a download, you're paying two cents a second.
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SOURCE: Masterworks Broadway at 12:25AMOne aspect of commercial Broadway theater not really covered by previews, reviews, puff pieces and essays is the numbers game – that is, where a show might be in terms of box-office grosse…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:25AMCara Francis is a writer, performer and maker of things. An ensemble member of The New York Neo-Futurists, she has appeared regularly in Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind sinc…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:06AMTwo-time Oscar champ Denzel Washington ("Glory," "Training Day") and four-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston ("Breaking Bad") lead a crowded field of pot…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:02AMGratitudeEnough bitching, let me say thanks.by Gaëtan L. CharleboisAs I observe this effing election in Quebec, and, as I write this, watch an enraging leaders' debate, I need to go to my h…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe world premiere of Scott Z. Burns’ The Library opens officially on April 15 at The Public’s Newman Theater. The production, starring Chloë Graze Moretz and directed by Os…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMTony Award-winning Kinky Boots star Billy Porter releases his third solo album, "Billy's Back on Broadway," a collection of inspirational songs from the stage, April 15 on the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLiana Hunt, who plays the role of Katherine in the Broadway production of Newsies, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Library, Scott Z. Burns' new drama about violence in America and the narratives shaped in the aftermath of tragedy that is directed by Academy Award winner Steven Soderbergh, of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe original Broadway cast album of the new Jason Robert Brown-Marsha Norman musical The Bridges of Madison County, starring Kelli O'Hara and Steven Pasquale, is released digitally April…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Disney musical Aladdin, which currently plays Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, makes three national television appearances on the ABC network April 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLiz and Ann Hampton Callaway, whose duets show Boom! is available on the PS Classics label, again revisit their first concert collaboration, Sibling Revelry, beginning April 15 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe York Theatre Company, which is under the leadership of producing artistic director James Morgan and executive director Andrew Levine, presents the world premiere of the new musical Inven…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony nominee Susan Egan brings her critically acclaimed one-woman show, Susan Egan: The Belle of Broadway, to 54 Below April 15 at 9:30 PM. An encore performance is scheduled for April 18 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe 5th Avenue Theatre presents the new romantic musical A Room with a View beginning April 15 prior to an official opening April 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Monday, April 14, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMPlaywright Terrence McNally talks about his play “Mothers and Sons,” along with stars Tyne Daly and Frederick Weller. The play is about a woman who pays an unexpected visit to the New Yo…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMJessie Mueller, who plays Carole King in “Beautiful: The Carol King Musical,” talks about her role, along with Doug McGrath, who wrote the book for the show. It tells the story of how Ca…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM"CBC was founded in 2007 by a group of former professional dancers-turned-Columbia students who wanted to create a student-run dance company that gave talented student dancers an opportunity…
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