And it's amazing.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:54PMA first look at the promotional art for NBC's hotly anticipated live TV event PETER PAN LIVE is now available to view via the official website.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42PMThe Capital Fringe Festival is a movable feast, a shot of urban adrenaline and carnival flair downtown each July. Shows erupt all over the place, this year with 140 acts delivering an averag…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:41PMThe posters all over the Underground scream Richard Armitage. As far as they are concerned The Crucible is the finest one-man-show since Clarence Darrow. But what we get in performance is so…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:40PMSeason 9, Episode 16 “Gabby”. Written by Erica Messer and Jim Clemente. Directed by Thomas Gibson. I had the pleasure of working on CRIMINAL MINDS in January and the episode aire…
SOURCE: www.dennisbaker.net at 07:23PMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival’s “Meeting Our Heroes: The Composers Who Inspire Us” launch event has added Bryce Ryness, Janet Krupin, Jeremiah Ginn and Charlotte Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:10PMThis new staging of Arthur Miller's great play, starring Richard Armitage, is electrifying, says Charles Spencer
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:01PMCape Town Opera premiere Show Boat in Birmingham ahead of a short UK tour.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMTheater festivals rev up across the region.
Sacramento Shakespeare Festival’s “Much Ado About Nothing” stars, from left, Tim Brown, Brittany King and James Roberts.…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 07:00PM
Oscar-winning actress said she is involved in ‘complex negotiations’ that may see her appearing in two plays ‘one after the other', writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 06:40PMKrysta Rodriguez, Wesley Taylor, pop singer Sophie B. Hawkins and more joined The Skivvies at their July 2 concert at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:37PMIn Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of Breast in Show, meet Jenny Lutz. Joel: How did you get involved in the show? Jenny: I was asked to join the show by the director, Kate…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:34PMMore Life For Tikvaby Beat RiceTikva's Orchestra is a unique physical theatre piece that explores the trauma and ruthlessness of WWII through the eyes of a woman who tries to hide but cannot…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 06:32PMThe theater world gathers in a well-used passage tucked away between 44th and 45th Streets west of Broadway.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:09PMOff Broadway's MCC Theatre is offering up the American premiere of Penelope Skinner's "The Village Bike," a work that earned Skinner the Evening Standard Award for most promising p…
SOURCE: NY1 at 06:02PMIn an interview with our sister site Theatermania, the Wicked actress discusses her Royal Albert Hall gig, a Pushing Daisies musical, and the Japanese version of "Popular"
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMDominic Dromgoole's production embraces the Globe's capacity to work a crowd
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PM
The Broadway Dreams Foundation has been training musical theater stars of tomorrow for years, and its latest project is a revival of a short-lived Broadway musical about kids coming of age.
SOURCE: NY1 at 05:57PMDespite mixed reviews of his play "Gruesome Playground Injuries," the American playwright says he's enjoying the show's success and tends "not to really think about the reviews that much."re…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:47PMBack to HSby Beat RiceAs many people know Fringe shows are selected at random, giving opportunity to a range of artists from professional to amateur. The company of Mute: The Musical wo…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:14PMRush tickets: Basically a struggling college student’s way into Broadway shows nowadays. Anyone willing to get up at the crack of dawn and sit on that famous NYC side walk outside of the t…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 05:10PMRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- For Placido Domingo, opera and soccer go hand in hand....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:07PMAn Attack of Mediocrity by Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownTachycardia, written and directed by Rebecca Gismondi, is about connections: between lovers, and between mind and body. Two lov…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:07PMThe actor/comedian gets a do-over as he takes on Chicago's Amos Hart for the second time while bouncing back from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMPolitical comedy on its way up. by Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownLwam is Eritrea's Greatest Hockey Player is a play about race, justice, and relationships. Written and performed by Lwam Gheb…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 05:00PMThe 1925 play will receive its long-awaited UK premiere
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PMWe launch our new feature by chatting to one of the stars of this year's Open Air Theatre season
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PM
A Great View from Climbing Mount Rumsfeld by Lisa McKeown@lisammckeown“As we know, there are known knowns; there are things that we know that we know. We also know there are known unk…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:55PMMichael Ball, Britain's leading musical theatre star, a double Olivier Award winner, multi-platinum recording artist and a hugely popular radio and TV presenter, is announced today as the ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMFollow the yellow drip road, they say.Or don’t.by Dave Ross@dmjrossWithin the first ten minutes of this hour-long play, I was ready to walk out. The Urinal Dialogues bills itself as inspir…
SOURCE: The Charlebois Post at 04:49PMCarroll Simmons, a performance collective, created a parody about Lena Dunham in “Too Many Lenas 3: Let Them Eat Cake.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:47PMDirected by Eric Burgher, Profiles Theatre’s production hits all the right hilarious and heartbreaking notes, thanks in large part to the tiny but dynamic cast. The result is a 90-minute p…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:38PMSamuel Beckett’s “Echo’s Bones,” a short story, is being published eight decades after his editor rejected it.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PMMulti-award-winning master lyricist Tim Rice has officially confirmed that the cast of his current West End musical FROM HERE TO ETERNITY will enter the studio sometime soon to record a cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMFriends prompt a Jewish husband and a Roman Catholic wife to debate in “The Religion Thing,” at the Cell Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:34PMPut a viral dubstepping star in a room with a top-tier ballerina and music by a hiphop emcee and what do you get? Here’s a teaser: A daring and appealing short film called “Enemy Withi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:33PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, Georgina Haig, best known for her role as Peter and Olivia's daughter, Etta on Fox's cult sci-fi series 'Fringe', has been cast in the role of Elsa, Que…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMPrince William Little Theatre’s production of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) opens on July 18th at the Gregory Family Theater in the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:14PM2013 Best Musical Tony Award winner KINKY BOOTS is going out on the road in a new national tour and tickets are now available for all the stops along the way, kicking off in Las Vegas in Sep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMAfter failing to meet eBay’s earning expectations, StubHub has gone through a serious round of layoffs, letting go of approximately 100 of their 700 employees, according to TechCrunch. Due…
SOURCE: Ticket News at 04:00PMNew plays by Robert O'Hara and Heidi Schreck will kick off the season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThese two actors are set to entertain Manchester audiences later this month when they play Phileas Fogg and Passepartout (Jean). We caught up with them.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMThe EdFringe is still a month away but London transfers are already being announced
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMAs cycling fever hits Yorkshire, the Playhouse presents Maxine Peake's account of the life of one the region's great cycling heroes
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PM
Audra McDonald is, without dispute, one of Broadway's most cherished stars, constantly dazzling audiences with her genius performances in musicals and plays alike. Currently starring as the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMHubert Joly resigns as MIA board chair in favor of “a new person in my life.”
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:52PMA roundup of new shows opening in Seattle-area theaters the week of July 7, 2014.
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 03:44PMOff-Broadway’s Avenue Q is a show with puppets that rocks the socks off adults. While you’re totally engaged in the puppet-on-puppet action, it’s easy to forget the act…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:38PMHaving an arts festival in New York has always struck me as a daunting, if not foolhardy, notion. A festival? Really? In Manhattan? Then what do you call the rest of the nonstop culture in t…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:37PMBy Miriam Spritzer Theater Pizzazz’ Miriam Spritzer was on the scene at the press conference for NYMF (New York Musical F…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:33PMBirdland Jazz Club is proud to present the launch of a new summer series, Jane Monheit's Jazz Party, on Sunday July 6 at 6PM. The series will provide Jane the opportunity to develop new mate…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMRocker plays secret show in the basement of an abandoned office block to fans clad in blue medical gowns.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:19PMTragic events in her grandmother’s life spark Rosy Simas in new dance.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:18PMA new exhibition pieces together an immigrant’s perplexed view of American culture.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 03:17PMEach week, theatreWashington will provide you with a list of suggestions for things to do for the upcoming weekend. This week, we feature eight productions that all bring the spirit of fanta…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 03:10PMThe Berkshire Theatre Group offers up its take on Charles Ludlum's comedic tale.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
1. First show you saw:
The first show I saw was The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. From what remember, I was around 4 or 5 and was completely enchanted by the fantasy elements of the…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 02:52PMMulan the Musical
Off Off Broadway, La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre, Redpoppy Ladies' Percussion Ensemble
Reviewed by Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: The hero of China is a peasant girl. In th…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:49PMThe Commandant's Own aka the U.S. Marines Drum amp Bugle Corps gave a preview of their upcoming appearances with the NY Philharmonic this morning byway of a spirited HAIRSPRAY homage in Linc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMCynthia Erivo I Can't Sing, The Color Purple returns to the West End alongside Cassidy Janson Avenue Q, Wicked, Candide in the European premiere of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's Dessa R…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:44PMThis item from Milken Community Schools Milken Community Schools is excited to announce the creation of a major international playwriting prize for plays written to be performed by teenagers…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 02:42PMA tweet freaked out 'Gleeks.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 02:40PMThe prankster who planted a piano under the Brooklyn Bridge is doing the right thing — by staying completely silent.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:39PMThe cast of hit Off-Broadway screen-to-stage musical adaptation HEATHERS THE MUSICAL rang the bell to signify the start of trading today at NASDAQ.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMName: Pascale SeigneurieHometown: Beirut, LebanonEducation: BFA English, Fordham University as well as extensive dance and theater training in Beirut and NYC. Favorite Credits: I very much e…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:33PMAustralian actress Georgina Haig will portray Disney princess Elsa in the ABC fairytale series "Once Upon a Time," which is set to incorporate characters from the hit Disney film &…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMOn his third appearance on Show People with Paul Wontorek, Broadway favorite Aaron Tveit talks about his TV and film work, his passionate fans and the importance of flossing.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:28PMJason Gotay, Robin Skye and more will star in 210 Amlent Avenue, scheduled for a developmental reading at the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMLooks like she's back in the game.
SOURCE: USA Today at 02:26PMFor years, Capital Fringe has been able to plant its flag on New York Avenue thanks to a favorable rental agreement on a block where redevelopment has long been expected. The arrangement was…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:13PMCaleb Damschroder
and
Dylan Paul
— who play Kit Kat Boys and also play musical instruments in Cabaret — took Playbill on a tour of Studio 54 where the revival of the John Kander and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:13PMThis week James Snyder celebrates If/Then's 100th show, demonstrates an awesome quick change and plays guitar while getting his hair cut.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:10PMPlaywrights Horizons has announced initial casting for two productions in its upcoming 2014-15 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMThe Oscar winner will play 10 performances at The Actors Studio.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Monica Bill Barnes amp Company and Ira Glass, host of This American Life, have been working together to combine two art forms that - as Ira puts it - have no business being together - dance …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:59PMWith the first half of 2014 behind us, the soundtrack to Disney's FROZEN and Pharrell Williams' hit single, 'Happy' lead as the year's biggest-selling album and digital song in the U.S
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:57PMStudio 2ndStage's final production of the 2013-2014 season is the edgy and strangely charming Carrie The Musical, co-directed by Studio 2ndStage Artistic Director Keith Alan Baker and Jacob …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMNick McDow and Katie Adler star in Charlie Mount's romantic comedy about a pair of misfits exorcising personal demons through the ritual of standup.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:45PMI have always been an arts advocate, but in the past year I have come to realize how important this work is, and the change it can create. Last fall’s mayoral race was thrilling here i…
SOURCE: StageSource at 01:45PMComposer Adam Guettel works in a variety of genres from gospel and hymns through folk-styled melodies and traditional musical theater. The cast are all stunningly good dramatic singers. The …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 01:41PMJoan Rivers was seen dancing along with cast of the David ByrneFatboy Slim hit musical HERE LIES LOVE, directed by Alex Timbers at the Public Theatre. Joan opted not for the seated balcony b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMThe Gershwins' Porgy and Bess will run at Regents Park Open Air Theatre from 17 July to 23 August with Opening Night for press on 28 July. Celebrated as a landmark piece of American theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMThe Broadway run of Lanie Robertson's play with music Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, starring Audra McDonald, celebrated its 100th performance at Circle in the Square July 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:36PMDirector Norman Jewison's 1971 film adaptation of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will air this Saturday, July 5th as part of Reel 13's July line up on THIRTEEN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:34PMNo, sorry, it's not Idina Menzel.
SOURCE: USA Today at 01:32PM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) In May of 2012, I was awarded the Internationalist Glob…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:29PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, "Glee" star Chris Colfer did not send the Tweet stating that he had been let go from the hit Fox musical series. His manager told the news outl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:27PMPS Classics will release the Original Cast Album for Lady Day at Emerson's Bar amp Grill, featuring six-time Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald, on July 15. Click here to listen to a preview o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMOn Monday, June 30, the Broadway at Birdland concert series presented multi-Grammy and Tony nominated composer Frank Wildhorn in his regular series called Frank amp Friends. This particular…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMBroadwayWorld had the privilege of chatting with Tony Award nominee Carrie Coon this week in anticipation of the second episode of her new series THE LEFTOVERS. The new drama series was crea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:15PMTake 3 minutes to let Broadway’s Rocky blow your mind.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:15PM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) There is an invisible partition that theater has raised…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:13PMHere are 10 one-liners on the subject of kids. Do you know which standup is responsible for each of them? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:08PMBroadway diva and SMASH star Krysta Rodriguez is the fly-girl of Ian's dreams in Episode 3 of the Stage17.tv hit comedy web series IAN.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThere are plenty of communities, many with long-standing traditions of their own, ready to welcome riverfront ex-pats with open arms.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:00PMCallow's latest one man show explores the story of Jesus through the people who knew him
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe 25th anniversary production of the 'rock spectacular' will open at the Queen's Theatre Hornchurch in November
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe new musical explores the life of songwriter Bert Berns.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe series of four short plays will be presented as a part of The Tank's LGBTQ Pride Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Audra McDonald, the six-time Tony Award-winning actress who can currently be seen in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, celebrates her birthday July 3. Playbill.com takes a look at our…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:51PMNEW YORK (AP) -- This season's winner of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" will be crowned "America's Favorite Dancer," get a cash prize and something else - a possible Broadway role....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:50PMIn anticipation of the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival — which has provided a platform for over 1,000 artists a year to create new musical theatre and will run this year July 7-…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:50PMTHEATER TALK celebrates Independence Day with highlights of the many appearances on Theater Talk by the late Peter Stone, one of the wittiest men on Broadway and the librettist for hit music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMFiled under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, MEMORIALS & PARADES, PLUGS Tagged: 4th of July, Bell House, City Winery, Doc Wasabassco's Burlesque
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:44PMAfter nabbing the title of America’s Favorite Dancer on “So You Think You Can Dance,” the next winner of the FOX reality competish might go out “On the Town.” …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:43PMBirdland Jazz Club has announced their amazing line-up of talent for July 14-July 20, including Ben Allison Group, Jane Monheit, Linda Lavin, featuring Billy Stritch, Rolando Morales-Matos, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMRichard Wilson is the latest star of Samuel Beckett's one-man, one-act tragicomedy at the Crucible theatre. From Harold Pinter to John Hurt, we take a look at five other notable KrappsKrapp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:39PMFiled under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, HOLIDAYS, FESTIVALS, MEMORIALS & PARADES, PLUGS Tagged: burlesque, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Liberty Belle Extravaganza
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:37PM'I Think About You' is the cabaret version of Anthony de Mare's latest initiative, 'Liaisons Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano.' July 18-19, 2014, during Bear Week 2014, will mark the pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:35PMThis week I attended the launch of Act for Change, a campaign aimed at increasing diversity on television and in the arts. It came about after an advert for ITV’s drama output failed to i…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:25PMTony Award nominee Barbara Walsh will star as Margaret White in the Washington, D.C. premiere of the cult musical Carrie, based on the Stephen King novel, which begins performances July 9 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Art | People} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) As my play SO THE ARROW FLIES is publishing this summer…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:22PMI am thrilled to have my first full length play About A Girl receive its premier performance as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. It’s been over three years since I started writing it, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:21PMNo doubt about it: “Assassins,” the Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical about that diverse band of outcasts, malcontents and psychotics is the strangest, creepiest, most disturbing sho…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 12:19PMThe Oscar, Tony and Emmy winning actress will head the cast in director John Gould Rubin's free staging for The Actors Studio of the Chekhov classic.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:19PMThe Actors Studio has announced that Academy Award, Emmy and Tony Award winner Ellen Burstyn will lead the cast in a new staging of Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard translated by Jean-Clau…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMPiece of My Heart The Bert Berns Story, a new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns, is currently in previews at The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Squa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMOne challenge of my job trying to cover theater with a national perspective, both at American Theatre and, to a certain degree, at the NY Times, is how to keep tabs on work I can't actually …
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 12:16PMTony winner LaChanze continues Broadway.com's special series with the stars of If/Then by sharing what she loves and loathes about the Big Apple.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:14PMWhen you talk about art, sometimes you have to talk about sea turtle nesting habits. That was a lesson you might have drawn from a conversation with a group of Kenyan artists, organizers and…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:12PMBroadway diva and SMASH star Krysta Rodriguez is the fly-girl of Ian's dreams in Episode 3 of the Stage17.tv hit comedy web series IAN. It's weird science in this Cronenberg-esque fantasy th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMSinger-songwriter Lauren Pritchard ( Spring Awakening) and writer Michel Kimmel (The Last Goodbye) have joined forces on the whiskey-soaked new play Bluebird, which will make its debut July …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMBy Jonathan Mandell. Eight months after his release from prison, Joseph Assadourian is portraying some eighteen different characters in "The Bullpen", a play he wrote that has just opened. T…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:06PMThe upcoming Broadway revival of On The Town and Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” have teamed up to offer the winner of this season’s televised dance competition a …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:04PMThe writer and director of “Sex With Strangers,” opening at the Second Stage Theater, have sought to excavate the inner strength in the wounded female character.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03PMHappy Birthday, Betty Buckley Buckley made her Broadway debut in 1969, in the musical 1776. She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, for her role as Grizabella in the 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00PMAn ancient Chinese legend is revisted in "The Orphan of Zhao" at La Jolla Playhouse, Four Clowns reimagines two Old Testament tales at Santa Monica's Annenberg Community Beach House, and t…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PMThe show will play a limited run prior to a UK tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMDanny Pegg's latest production falls down on its narrative
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMMarking its fifth anniversary, BE FESTIVAL returns to Birmingham in a brand new home this July at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMThe daughter of Richard Rodgers, who died last week, was a noted composer in her own right
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMThe Wild West musical Annie Get Your Gun, starring Emma Williams, Jason Donovan and Norman Pace arrives in Birmingham.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMOur staff picks the best things to do this week, with a look at what's ahead in the weeks to come.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:00PMMeet Eva Noblezada, the 18-year-old actress who was plucked from the National High School Musical Theatre Awards and now stars as the tragic heroine Kim in the London revival of Miss Saigon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe hard-working Wicked star reveals her feelings about The Royal Albert Hall, a Pushing Daisies musical, and the Japanese version of "Popular."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Click for production photos of Piece of My Heart, a new off-Broadway musical that explores the untold story of Bert Berns, one of the most successful songwriters of the 1960s. The production…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:59AMName: Kevin PurcellHometown: Melbourne, AustraliaEducation: Lots – too much?Favorite Credits: Cats (West End, South Korea), Wicked (First UK /Eire Tour), Festival of Broadway: Broadway Com…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 11:58AMSimon Callow is to tour the U.K. in Matthew Hurt's The Man Jesus, a play that looks back 2,000 years to witness key moments in the life of Jesus through the eyes of the people who knew h…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMThe New York Musical Theatre Festival 2014 will launch July 7. Casts of several shows offered a special preview the afternoon of July 2 in an event hosted by Tony winner Lena Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMEveryone’s waiting on you, kid! By popular demand (and by the power of the Twitterverse,) If/Then star James Snyder’s Broadway.com vlog, Hey Kid: Backstage at If/Then with J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:52AMCraving a show after the show 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is expanding its popular late-night series with fresh faces and hot new performances to keep the party buzzing into the wee h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMBackstabbing, greed and the pursuit of fame are just a few of the issues in John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs and a Bone. The four dogs are two actresses (Brenda and Collette), a prod…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:48AMNicholas de Jongh, formerly the long-serving chief theatre critic of London's Evening Standard newspaper, is to have his latest play premiered at the Drayton Arms pub theatre in South Ke…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMThe City Club of Cleveland will hold a free public forum on July 24 on the suspension of individual Creative Workforce Fellowship grants in Cuyahoga County.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 11:45AMAge: 32
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Current Role: After making her Broadway debut as a standby, Fisher officially took over the role of piano-playing Czech immigrant Girl in Once full-time b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:44AMDuring the show, host Sway challenged the singer to a round of Hip-Hop Mix-up, a hip-hop roulette game in which Grande randomly spun two wheels
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMJohn Steinbeck’s classic American play, Of Mice and Men, is on Broadway until July 27 only. Starring James Franco, Tony Award Best Actor Nominee Chris O’Dowd, Leighton Meester an…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:23AMCheck out a brand new video offering a sneak peek into the first week of rehearsals for the world premiere of REVOLUTION IN THE ELBOW OF RAGNAR AGNARSSON FURNITURE PAINTER! Tony Award winner…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AM(This post is part of the 2014 TCG National Conference: Crossing Borders {Survive| Thrive} blog salon curated by Caridad Svich.) Kutayun Uyasunaquock. Our Heart, She Leads Us There.…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:15AMThe Actors Studio will present Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner Ellen Burstyn in a new staging of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, translated by Jean-Claude van Itallie, at The Actors St…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AM The Post-Gazette's annual Critic's Choice theater tour to the Shaw Festival heads north, Sept. 10-13.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:12AMiLUMINATE, the long-running Off-Broadway smash spectacle, will be featured on NY1's Parenting Report, hosted by Shelley Goldberg, throughout the upcoming weekend. The segment is set to air c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMI was an absolute cliche last week, and celebrated my bachelor party in Sin City itself, Las Vegas, Nevada. And before you ask, this was not a Hangover-like experience at all. Some golf, s…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AMHappy Birthday Audra McDonald The actress earned three Tony Awards by the age of 28 - for her performances in Carousel, Master Class, and Ragtime. She was nominated for another Tony Award fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThe European premiere production opens later this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMHighlights of the season include an adaptation of Coen Brothers' film The Hudsucker Proxy
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMJoe Assadourian brings his trenchant satire of the American justice system to The Playroom Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMCheck out photos from this classic musical before they disappear.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe show's next winner will get to bust a move on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Despite the considerable distractions of the World Cup, Wimbledon and my own much-talked about (!) triathlon debut in Wales – I’m a sucker for a sporting spectacle – I have been lucky …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:58AMThe Fourth of July is upon us- bringing with it picnics, fireworks and modified Broadway schedules. We celebrate the birth of the United States with these 10 America-themed Playbill covers!
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMA £10 million redevelopment project by Newcastle’s Live Theatre – which will include a new outdoor performance space – has been given the go-ahead by its local council. Called LiveWor…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:45AMTen new musicals opened on Broadway in the 2013–14 season. Four of them—Aladdin, Big Fish, Bullets Over Broadway, and Rocky—were directly adapted from familiar American movies and shar…
SOURCE: Commentary Magazine at 10:43AMLady Day at Emerson's Bar amp Grill, the musical play which stars record breaking Tony Award-winner Audra McDonald as jazz legend Billie Holiday, just played it's 100th performance yesterday…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AMPS Classics has made available sound clips from its forthcoming, two-disc, live original Broadway cast album of Lanie Robertson's play with music Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMPantomime producer Paul Holman Associates has expanded its operations by joining with children’s theatre company Premier Stage Productions, in a move that will see the two organisations wo…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:37AMLast year, Best TV Movie/Miniseries Actress resulted in a major upset: Emmy-darling Laura Linney ("The Big C: Hereafter") defeated frontrunners Elisabeth Moss ("Top of the Lake") and Jessica…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMPeacock Theatre, London: Following its successful debut in 2012, New English Ballet Theatre returns for a second season at the Peacock Theatre with a mixed bill of new work.
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SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:28AMAriana Grande has shared the single single 'Break Free,' off her upcoming album, 'My Everything.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMThe incoming Broadway revival of On the Town will offer a role to the Season 11 winner of FOX’s reality competition So You Think You Can Dance. The revival is set to begin previews on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:25AMIt was a sparkling finale of the National Symphony Orchestra’s Pops season with the debut of The Midtown Men, a successful vocal group comprised of four original cast members of Broadway�…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 10:20AMSouth Williamsport Junior Senior High School's director of drama alleges the principal instructed her to pick a new play after saying homosexuality 'does not exist' in their conservative com…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:20AMBelow, check out Grande singing a jazzy, breathy version acoustical performance on 'Problem'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMThis superb tribute to the NHS takes place in the back of a moving ambulance with surprising and moving resultsA tribute to the NHS was at the centre of Danny Boyle's brilliant and brilliant…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:13AMIn a riposte to Lucy Beaumont's divisive opinions about comedy, the former Xtra Factor host asks how we can possibly measure what makes one joke, routine or comedian funnier than another Luc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:10AMDuring the special presentation, Grande was the first singer to be announced to be performing at 2014 MTV Video Music Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMCarrie St. Louis, the new star of Broadway's Rock of Ages, shares her ultimate '80s picks with BroadwayBox.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:06AMThe musical theatre pastiche made our chief critic laugh himself silly
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(This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacqueline E. Lawton. Check out further Diversity & Inclusion interviews on Jacqueline’s blog…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 09:59AMHave a spectacular holiday! GRACE NOTES will return Mon. July 7. THIS WEEKEND’S HIGHLIGHTS: Thursday, July 3 * The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, directed by Yaël Farber, featuring Ri…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMThe Project(s), a documentary play about Chicago's public housing, will be featured as the final production of American Theater Company's 30th anniversary season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMCabaret for a Cause will present a one-night-only concert Aug. 11 at Brooklyn's Galapagos Arts Space to benefit kef productions and their education program, Story Shifters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMFollowing reports that "30 Rock" and "Mean Girls" writer Tina Fey was in talks to develop a sequel to the spooky 1993 film comedy "Hocus Pocus," Deadline.com no…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMOne of the reasons I became enamored of acting as a child was the opportunity to put on period costumes and to imagine I was going back in time. It's one of the giddy pleasures of being an …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:40AMJoseph Prowen, a graduating BA (Hons) Professional Acting student at LAMDA, tells us about his time working with Stella Feehily and Max Stafford-Clark on a new version of George Farquhar’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:37AMSouthampton's Nuffield Theatre's creative and exeuctive director Sam Hodges is marking the theatre's 50th anniversary season by appointing a team of new associate actors: Samanth…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMSimon Callow will revive his role in The Man Jesus for a UK tour this autumn. Following the premiere of the one-man show last year at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast, it will now visit…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AMIn its native Auckland, Royale Productions has been making quite a name for itself, with its freshly innovative takes on the theatrical form, one of which was Apocalypse Z, an immersive …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:27AMHarriet Walter and Siobhan Redmond are among 50 actors and poets that will recite poetry as part of the Southbank Centre’s Festival of Love, which launched this week. Walter will read Marg…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe 55-year-old dancer pushes herself through a marathon of self-flagellating moves, yet for all her physical charisma, this dance lacks real logic and shapeIn th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:23AMBay Street Theater will the launch The Bay Street Shakespeare Initiative — offering performances and educational opportunities focusing on the work of William Shakespeare — with …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMIt’s not unusual in the history of opera for a singer to gaze longingly at the wider world of performance, especially movies.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:14AMGood 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 FROM HERE TO ETERNITY goes from stage …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05AMMartin Freeman, about to play Richard III, thinks so
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 09:00AMMeet the cast of Unexpected Stage Company’s Dani Girl. _______ Caroline Wolfson (Dani) Joel: Where did you get your training and where have local theatregoers seen you perform? Caroli…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMKaren Bussell on Thriller Live - schmaltzy but crowd pleasing stuff.
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The forthcoming Broadway production of On the Town and Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" have teamed up to offer the winner of Season 11 a role in the Broadway revival, which …
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:59AMNorm Lewis makes an outstanding new Phantom in a show that is still in tip top shape. Review also appears in other North Jersey Media Newspapers.
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 08:56AMA thinly veiled satire of the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspaper empire, "Great Britain" is a play with a surfeit of topical relevance. The new stage dram…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:45AMMaxine Peake's playwriting debut celebrates a cycling heroine
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 08:35AMFor those who believe spin is if not a modern invention, then at least a modern fascination, Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar offers a sharp rejoinder. Interpretation, manipulation and persuasi…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:34AMGrab your hat and join the fun as pirates, circus entertainers, a few cops and robbers, and the world’s most popular whippersnapper come to life this summer in the City of Fairfax Theatre …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:28AM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, celebrates the July 4th weekend with '54 Below Sings 1776,' a celebration of the music from Broadway's Tony Award-winning Independence Day musical by Sherma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:26AMTonight on Turner Classic Movies, a bill of films by that seminal writer, performer and vaudevillian, the idol of millions the great Mae West (for my full article on West and her career go h…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:26AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company's world-premiere production of The Qualms by ensemble member Bruce Norris is a provocative comedy marks Steppenwolf's eighth production and seventh world premiere…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22AMDaniel Waters' quirky and deliciously dark 1989 film Heathers is a beloved cult classic known for catchy one-liners and its wonderfully subversive humor. Naturally, HEATHERS THE MUSICAL garn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22AMCraving a show after the show 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is expanding its popular late-night series with fresh faces and hot new performances to keep the party buzzing into the wee h…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AMDominic Dromgoole's lively production, with Elizabethan costume and Roman accessories, delivers Shakespeare with great clarity, but the main roles are unevenly castBefore you enter the theat…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:14AMHey all! Last time you heard from me, we took a look at why you need to get the rights to copyrighted source material when writing a musical. But what if you’re dying to adapt something bu…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:06AMThe cast and crew of the highly anticipated stage adaptation of the hit PETER PAN-centric film FINDING NEVERLAND currently in rehearsals can be spotted getting into the pirate life in a seri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMPhysical theatre offerings include Sisters of Salome's Arabian Nights, Keystone Theatre's Gold Fever, Ginette Mohr's Tikva's Orchestra, Alexandra Elliott’s When All Is Said.
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How I Met Neil Patrick Harris: Neil Patrick Harris accepted the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical wearing daisy dukes and stiletto heels.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 07:39AMLouise Lecavalier has always been an extreme performer. Dancing with Édouard Lock’s La La La Human Steps in the 1980s and 90s, collaborating with Frank Zappa or David Bowie, she would hur…
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:38AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Commissioned to coincide with the Tour de France, this compassionate homage exposes the motivations of Beryl Burton, the greatest woman on two wheelsIt has be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMAs his Olivier-nominated The Tiger Who Came to Tea roars back into the West End, the playwright and director on the 'other' Matilda and why failure is not an option in children's playsDavid …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMBirmingham Hippodrome: To call Show Boat a transporting musical is not just to refer to the fact it is set aboard a river vessel that houses a travelling theatre show. It's also a show …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds: As Yorkshire gears up to host the opening stages of the Tour de France 2014 (this weekend), it is the perfect moment for West Yorkshire Playhouse to stage a …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMBy Aaron Hunt “I’d really fallen in love with Cole Porter, and his music, and just became obsessed with hearing all these obscure recordings. I saw a musical revue which was called ‘T…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 07:00AMJuno and the Paycock and Bright Phoenix feature in new season.
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‘Where are all the big plays?’ asked the Monsterists back in 2005. In Beth Steel’s Wonderland they have a massive one. In 2005, a group of playwrights led by David Eldridge…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48AMShakespeare's Globe, London: The volatility of the Roman mob and the intensity of public debate define this swift and impassioned revival by Dominic Dromgoole: it's a perfect match of p…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMDavid Mamet's all male, manic and testosterone fuelled Glengarry Glen Ross enters the MTC stage later this month and it will be on fire.
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SOURCE: Theatre People Australia at 06:42AMAs the fall-out from the allocation of Arts Council funding continues to ripple across the land, as I wrote here yesterday, it’s true there has been some wailing and gnashing of teeth …
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMMenier Chocolate Factory, London: Forbidden Broadway has been cutting an irresistible and merciless satirical swathe through Broadway's hits and misses for more than 30 years now, as we…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:26AMThe title of Martyn Hesford’s new play, The Glass Supper, might lead you to expect a play about religion. Peppered throughout the action are references to God, Jesus, and the practise of C…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:24AMTheatre Royal Stratford East is bringing back its production of Oh What a Lovely War as part of its forthcoming season, which will also include a new version of Antigone by Roy Williams and…
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Were Betty Friedan and H.P. Lovecraft to have a baby, Pallas Theatre Collective’s new musical, might be their demented offspring. The show (with music by Sarah Taylor Ellis, book and lyric…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:57AMForgetting your lines, as John Cleese knows, can make centre stage a lonely place , says Michael Simkins
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:30AMThe movie theater presentation of recent West End screen-to-stage musical FROM HERE TO ETERNITY kicks off in the UK today.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMIn honor of this week's major national holiday of Independence Day, today we celebrate the most patriotic musical of them all, 1776.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMFrom Burgess Meredith to William Shatner, these theater stars traveled from the Great White Way into the wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMZombies! Clintons! Oprah! Musicals!!! These are the titles that caught our attention at the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMDebby Ryan, Cassie Scerbo, & More at 4th Annual Thirst Gala
YH heads to the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the 4th annual Thirst Gala to benefit the fantastic Thirst Project, founded by Seth Maxwe…
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Call Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with rising actress Crystal Kellogg about starring in the 2014 NYMF production of Jacey Powers, Dan Wolpow and Adam Spiegler's "Cloned!" from July 7-15 at…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 12:59AMThrough every person’s journey is a space of uncertainty. And a lot of people stay in a space of certainty and consider anything off the beaten path a journey. My path is never blazed.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:52AMWilliam Shakespeare can now stop twirling in his grave. The charmed collaboration between the Bard of Avon and Ian Doescher of Portland, Ore., has come to an entertaining end with the latest…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:32AMIt was a rushed audition and callback process, but finally, we are getting into the meat and potatoes of the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE season the live shows. This week's installment is the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, July 2, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMTony Award winner Betty Buckley, who is participating in the Cabaret and Performance Conference Aug 1 and 2 at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in CT, celebrates her birthday July 3. Pl…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSix-time Tony Award-winning actress Audra McDonald, who is currently starring on Broadway in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, celebrates her birthday July 3. Playbill.com takes a loo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThat Tony-winning Texan talent Betty Buckley, most recently on the New York stage in a Drama Desk Award-nominated performance in Signature Theatre's world premiere of Horton Foote’…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBitching and Belting: An Evening with Michael Gioia and Friends, a concert event where no complaint is too small and no note is too high, is held July 3 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Bruce Norris' The Qualms begins previews July 3 prior to an official opening July 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM54 Below celebrates the July 4th weekend with 54 Below Sings 1776, two evenings featuring music from the Tony Award-winning musical by Sherman Edwards, beginning July 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAudra McDonald, who recently became the first person to win all four Tony Award acting categories with her record-breaking sixth win, celebrates her birthday July 3. To mark the occasion, th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn a monthly roundup of cabaret and nightlife, some of Broadway's biggest names opt for more intimate affairs.
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