‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ Opens July 10th at The Flying Muskrat Theatre Company by Brennan Jones

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh. Otherwise, they’ll kill you”- Oscar Wilde. These words could not be personified more fully than in Rajiv Joseph’s contemporary…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 7/5/2014

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 752014.

Review: Ruthless! The Musical – Reginald 2014 Season by Cassie Tongue

Something is happening in Sydney musical theatre. 2014 is a moment, a movement, for the genre: Hayes Theatre Co dipped a toe in a pool of still water and rippling outward are its effects; wi…

PHOTO CALL: Amy Spanger, Sam Underwood, Khadia and More Celebrate Broadway Sings for Pride by Joseph Marzullo

Broadway Sings for Pride celebrated New York City LGBT Pride with its fourth annual benefit concert, representing over 15 Broadway shows, June 30 at Toshi's Living Room & Pentho…

Let go of ‘Les Miz’ expectations and enjoy the ride by Nancy Churnin

Call Answered: Kevin Spirtas: Mr. Confidential NYMF 2014 by Call Me Adam

Call Answered: Best known for playing "Dr. Craig Wesley" on NBC's "Days of Our Lives," "Call Me Adam" chats with actor and producer Kevin Spirtas about starring as Bob Harrison in NYMF's 201…

HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER Star Offers Valuable Advice for the Holiday Weekend by BroadwayWorld

Kevin James Doyle, currently starring with Margaret Copeland in HOW TO BE A NEW YORKER at Planet Hollywood, just released this photo showing the unhappy results when he neglected to use suns…

Review: Hedda Gabler – Belvoir by Cassie Tongue

Hedda Gabler is one of the great realist plays, and the role of Hedda is one of the great roles for women because she isn’t, simply, a woman or a wife. She is complicated; she is bored and…

With "Tarzan," Arvada Center contracts a severe case of stage flight by Lisa Kennedy

It's almost too easy to say that the Arvada Center's production of the Disney musical "Tarzan" won't mean a thing if it ain't got some swing.

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, July 5- BULLETS, CINDERELLA, NEWSIES and More Lounge Post-Holiday by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup Today's photos come from the casts of BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, CINDERELLA, NEWSIES, and more

Great Britain review a pleasurable sharing of scepticism and scorn by Susannah Clapp

Lyttelton, LondonBillie Piper excels in Richard Bean's hot-off-the-press satire on greedy MPs, foul-mouthed journalists and sleazy coppersThe really good thing is that it's here. Rat-a-tat s…

Nederlands Dans Theater: Sehnsucht/Schmetterling review let's get 'profound' by Luke Jennings

Sadler's Wells, LondonThe bluffer's guide to making 'meaningful' cutting-edge ballet at a moment's noticeHey guys! In today's fast-moving dance world, you could be called on to create a cutt…

Beryl; Wonderland; Adler & Gibb review by Kate Kellaway

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds; Hampstead theatre, Royal Court, LondonMaxine Peake puts Yorkshire cyclist Beryl Burton back in the saddle, but a play about the miners' strike sheds little n…

The shows must not go on: now French arts workers strike

The Scottish play is not on the programme but a Macbeth-like curse hangs over France's prestigious Avignon theatre festival this year.

Review: (Toronto) Fantastic Extravagance (Fringe) by The Charlebois Post

Stiff Charactersby Beat RiceFantastic Extravagance is a fast paced story about an eccentric author's intimate and unseen struggle with the writing process. Eden Montgomery is a young writer …

Megan Hilty Sings SMASH, WICKED & More Broadway Showstoppers At BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR! by Pat Cerasaro

SMASH star, Broadway headliner and small screen standout Megan Hilty participated in the familiar annual Independence Day celebration BOSTON POPS FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR and reminded us why sh…

Capital Fringe Preview: ‘As We Are’ by Emily Sucher by Joel Markowitz

out-Side the Box Theatre is thrilled to present it’s fourth staged production in this year’s Capital Fringe: As We Are, by Larry E. Blossom. Each Blossom play seeks to explore …

Review: (Toronto) Karenin's Anna (Fringe) by The Charlebois Post

How not to write a play.by Jason BookerStep 1: Select two characters who do not understand each other’s language. This could lead to interesting non-dialogue situations, however if you are…

Review: (Toronto) True (Fringe) by The Charlebois Post

The Truth of Lost Timeby Jason BookerTrue, the latest play from Governor General nominee Rosa Labordé, receives a staging in a café-cum-fashion boutique on Queen Street West: an intriguing…

Spotlight | Patchogue: Flying the Old-Fashioned Way by Tammy La Gorce

Gail Bennett has played Mary Poppins before, but for her reprisal of the role at the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts, she had to practice flying with the help of a sturdy rope and …

Review: (Toronto) Confessions of an Operatic Mute (Fringe) by The Charlebois Post

A Life On Stageby Jason BookerA straight-forward “this is my story” kind of show, Confessions of an Operatic Mute features Briane Nasimok telling tales of how he landed onstage today. Ra…

Review: Death and the Maiden (Victory Gardens Theater) by Scotty Zacher

What Death of the Maiden lacks in dramatic electricity or specificity, it makes up for in the depth of its pensive profundity. Maiden, especially with Sandra Oh's haunting performance, goes …

Titus Andronicus: review by Robert Crew

Shakespeare in High Park’s production of the Bard’s crudest, bloodiest play is set in medieval Japan. But the stylizing makes the violence seem even more shocking.

Off-Off-Broadway Theater Review: THE MYSTERIES (The Flea Theater) by Paul Birchall

THEATER AS A TEMPLE The Flea Theater commissioned 48 different playwrights to contribute short dramatic pieces to this tremendous production, which basically recounts all the narratives in t…

Photo Coverage: Original Jasmine Lea Salonga Takes a Magic Carpet to Broadway's ALADDIN by Jennifer Broski

Lea Salonga, the singing voice of Jasmine in the iconic ALADDIN film took a magic carpet ride to Broadway for a night to visit Aladdin himself - Adam Jacobs Salonga provided the singing voic…

Spotlight On...Noemi Guadalupe de la Puente by Michael Block

Name: Noemi Guadalupe de la Puente (yeah, that’s my full name)Hometown: Monterey Park, CA (now I live in Princeton, NJ but I grew up in Calif.)Education: MFA Univ of Iowa, Patricia Roberts…

Review: (Toronto) Mind Map(Fringe) by The Charlebois Post

Prepareby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownThis is a story about how life is an experiment, and we are brought into the personal lab of Wes Lord to see what the results will be. The result is s…

Review: (Toronto) The Dysmorphia Diet (Fringe) by The Charlebois Post

The Strugglesby Lisa McKeown@lisammckeownWritten, directed, and performed by Clay Nikiforuk, this show is a story about the quest for well-being, inspired by a ten-year struggle with food an…

Hamish Linklater, Michael Zegen and More Headline Cape Cod Theatre Project's 20th Season Starting July 3 by Philippe Bowgen

Artistic director Hal Brooks has announced that the 20th Season of the Cape Cod Theatre Project (Falmouth, MA), featuring staged readings of new work by Cory Hinkle, Hamish Linklater, Seth M…

Watch Carey Purcell’s Interview on Good Morning America by Carey

Following the publication of the article “Being a Bridesmaid is Driving Me Into Bankruptcy,” I was invited to discuss the article on Good Morning America. Watch the video below. …

Broadway Sings For Pride Benefits Hetrick-Martin by Sparkman Clark

Broadway Sings For Pride Benefits Hetrick-Martin: Broadway Sings For Pride had its 4th annual concert this past Monday to benefit the Hetrick- Martin Institute, an LGBTQ youth-empowering org…

In 'Leaves of Grass – Uncut,' Patrick Scully pays tribute to Walt Whitman

Decades after encountering Walt Whitman’s radical poetry, Patrick Scully pays tribute to him in a new dance-theater work.

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Cross the Line’ by Jenna Selby by Guest Author

A few years ago I took a semester to study abroad in Spain.  On returning, I realized that my circles of friends at school had found other friends and created new worlds that no longer incl…

Spotlight On...Donna Lynne Champlin by Michael Block

Name: Donna Lynne ChamplinHometown: Rochester, NYEducation: BFA from Carnegie Mellon University, Oxford UniversityFavorite Credits: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen, NYMF), H…

News: Charing Cross Theatre denies it plans to use unpaid ushers by Matthew Hemley

The Charing Cross Theatre has denied claims it is to replace paid front of house staff with volunteers. Reports on Twitter said the theatre in London had written to ushers at the venue to in…

Review: Midsummer Mischief, Programme A by Lisa Carroll

The Royal Shakespeare Company has truly outdone itself this summer, programming the Midsummer Mischief Festival alongside its main stage season of revivals, to create a body of work which …

Theatre review: Nöel Coward’s strong, simple Hay Fever stumbles by Robert Cushman

A tricky farce falls flat in Stratford's production

Review: Midsummer Mischief, Programme B by Lisa Carroll

Programme B, comprising new work by E.V. Crowe and Abi Zakarian, offers the final two plays which make up the Midsummer Mischief’s radical set of new work. With a very different tone and t…

Spotlight On...Rowan Casey by Michael Block

Name: Rowen CaseyHometown: Los Angeles, CAEducation: BFA from NYU TischWhy theater?: I have enough screens in my life. It’s nice being inspired by, communicating with, reacting to… you k…

The Confessions of Gordon Brown, post-show debate (excerpt) by TheatreVOICE

THE CONFESSIONS OF GORDON BROWN, roundtable. Post-show talk in which Kevin Toolis, the author and director of this acclaimed one-man show about former Labour PM Gordon Brown, hears the views…

Once Upon a Time Taps Its Queen Elsa by E. Alex Jung

ABC's Once Upon a Time promised a new set of characters by unveiling Elsa, the supernaturally gifted and psychologically wracked ice queen from Frozen in last season's finale. Georgina Haig,…

Dallas’ 16th annual Festival of Independent Theatres worth the risk by Nancy Churnin

Monty Python: Will the wrinkly revolutionaries have the last laugh? by William Langley

John Cleese, Michael Palin and the others changed the face of comedy - but could the Pythons' comeback tarnish their legacy?

Photo Flash: Inside the New York Musical Theatre Festival's 2014 Preview with Lena Hall, J. Robert Spencer, Robin De Jesus & More! by Walter McBride

Earlier this week, the New York Musical Theatre Festival running July 7 - 27 presented a special preview of the 2014 featuring musical selections from Mr. Confidential, The Gig, Valueville, …

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss?’ by Ronna J Levy by Guest Author

This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss? is a solo show that has been 20 years in the making. Twenty years ago I detoured from acting into academia. I became so frustrated trying to explain what I t…

Up on the Marquee: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by Walter McBride

THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will begin performances on Wednesday, September 10 and officially open on Sunday, October 5 at the Barrymore Theatre on Broadway 243 West 47…

Jennifer Holliday Discusses Her Recent Comeback by BroadwayWorld

On January 21, Jennifer Holliday released her first solo album in over 20 years. In a recent interview with Travis Smiley, Holliday talked about her recent comeback and past struggles.

Is it LES MISERABLES or LES MIS? by BroadwayWorld

Les Miserables has a tricky name that many people like to avoid by simply calling it Les Mis. With its recent stage and screen comeback, the Daily Telegraph decided to ask Cameron Mackintos…

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Stone Tape Party and the Art of the Soundtrack By Nu Sass Productions by Guest Author

Sex, drugs, jazz – you know, the classic ghost story. So reads the tagline for Nu Sass Productions’ 2014 Fringe show, Stone Tape Party. The play is making its world debut at DC’s summ…

The Cowardice of Conscience: Shakespeare from a Military Veteran’s Perspective by HowlRound

By Stephan Wolfert. In the modern military, weeks and weeks are spent tearing the "civilian" out of civilians-turned-recruits. Ripping out the thoughtful, compassionate, human response and r…

Powerball Jackpot Winner to Give Money to Performing Arts Organizations by BroadwayWorld

The newest Powerball Jackpot winner is Roy Cockrum from Knoxville. Officials state that this 259 million ticket is the largest jackpot ever won in Tennessee. However, according to Associat…

Burlesque-A-Pades Comes to Washington DC! by Trav S.D.

Filed under: Burlesk, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Birchmere, burlesque, Burlesque-a-Pades, Washington

Fuse Film Review: “Begin Again” — Lost Souls Making Uneven Music Together by Arts Fuse Editor

Begin Again is a film with considerable flaws and strengths. The later include stellar performances by Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keener, and Hailee Steinfeld.

Who won the tickets to see Once on Broadway? by Ken Davenport

Oh, I see how it is.  You looooooove the Broadway giveaways, don’t you? Or at least you loooooooooove you some Once, because the entries to this Sunday’s giveaway were off the…

Spotlight Artist: Fin Coe by Caity-Shea Violette

Fin Coe Company Member, first worked with Halcyon in 2011. Favorite Halcyon shows:From Every Mountainside / or does it explode?, and Freud Skating on Thin Ice Favorite show you either saw …

Three Cheers (One to Each) for Bathtub Jen and Her Henchmen by Trav S.D.

It was just kind of perfect. We had a free night, we had a meeting nearby and we had missed Bathtub Jen and her Henchmen’s previous attempt at full length show. So we popped in to Unde…

Interviews: Floriana Frassetto: visual theatre performer by Liz Arratoon

Having studied acting, mime, acrobatics and dance in Rome, Italian-American Floriana Frassetto co-founded the pioneering performance troupe Mummenschanz in 1972. The company has toured the w…

Highs and lows of Opera Theatre of St. Louis' 2014 season

Triumphs and less-fortunate moments coexisted.

What the (other) critics said about Opera Theatre's season

A sampling from the out-of-town critics whose work has been published so far:

First Nighter: 'Henry IV Part I' and 'Henry IV Part II' on Screen With Antony Sher by David Finkle

William Shakespeare historians have tried and failed to find a figure during the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V who might have been the inspiration for Sir John Falstaff, whom many of the pl…

Q&A: Daniel Watts

Daniel Watts sure made a splash at our live show with his amazing poem- be sure to listen! Name: Daniel J. Watts  Where are you from? Indian Trail, NC Broadway credits: The Color Purple, T…

In the Spotlight Series: Company of Broadway's HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME! by Walter McBride

The show opened last night, June 19 at the Palace Theatre 1564 Broadway at 47th Street, and you can check out photos of the company in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by accl…

New York Children’s Theater Festival 2015 Submissions Being Accepted by Nytheater Now

This item from Rodi Rosensweig Zimmerman Submissions for the fourth annual New York Children’s Theater Festival will be accepted July 7, 2014 to August 18, 2014, it was announced today…

The Yellow Wallpaper, closes this weekend by Debbie Jackson

The short story, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which captures a woman’s slow descent into utter powerlessness and madness, has been sending shivers down readers’ spin…

How Zach Braff Survived the Internet by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

There are several kinds of Zach Braff: There’s Scrubs Braff, whom we know well from nine years on network TV—he of the elastic face and outsize reactions. There’s Garden State Braff, w…

BWW TV: Kelli O'Hara Lights Up A CAPITOL FOURTH by BroadwayWorld

Yesterday, America's national Independence Day celebration kicked off the festivities for our country's 238th birthday with an all-star salute led by Tom Bergeron DANCING WITH THE STARS. Bro…

Fourth of July Weekend Guide: The Full Schedule of Broadway, Cabaret, TV & More- Plus FREE Idina! by BroadwayWorld

Just because the rest of the country will be spending Independence Day sipping drinks at the pool, pigging out at family barbeques, and enjoying the day off at home, doesn't mean Broadway wi…

Court House Crooks by Trav S.D.

Today is the anniversary of the Keystone ensemble comedy Court House Crooks (1915), directed by and starring by Ford Sterling. This little comedy has a number of interesting features, not …

Lea Salonga, the Original Voice of Princess Jasmine, Experiences a Whole New World of Aladdin on Broadway by Broadway.com

Tony winner Lea Salonga took a little trip down memory lane on July 3—after providing the singing voice for Princess Jasmine in the original 1992 Disney film, the star returned to Agra…

BWW's On This Day - July 5, 2014

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 5 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Review: Immortal Chi (Tour - Manchester)

David Cunningham is impressed by the physical feats he sees in Immortal Chi at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.

Theater Books for Summer Reading 2014 by Broadway & Me

The Fourth of July was yesterday so that means summer is definitely here.  Which also means it’s time for my annual list of books to keep theater lovers company through the remaining …

Stone Tape Party and the Art of the Soundtrack, a Fringe Peek by Guest Writer

Sex, drugs, jazz – you know, the classic ghost story. So reads the tagline for Nu Sass Productions’ 2014 Fringe show, Stone Tape Party. The play is making its world debut at DC’s summe…

A look at today's East End photo shoot in Melbourne by Allison Hilbig

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Playing Beckett: 'First I'm blindfolded, then I place my head in a vice' by Sarah Crompton

Lisa Dwan describes the agony and exhilaration of performing in Samuel Beckett's late plays

Union Avenue Opera reaches a milestone

The company has come a long way since 1994.

Allebach happy to be 'cheerleader' of Union Avenue Opera

Singer and board member has been involved in the group since its beginning.

Director says 'La Traviata' deals with morality

Tim Ocel says Verdi's opera still speaks to us today.

Great Britain: A great play for the red-tops by John Morrison

Richard Bean's plays are popular, funny and totally unrestrained by good taste or political correctness. If he was a newspaper, he would be a red-top. This is the key to his hilarious demoli…

Beryl, West Yorkshire Playhouse by Steve Clarkson

Wife. Mother. Yorkshirewoman. Cyclist. Legend. Beryl Burton was perhaps the greatest sportswoman this country has ever produced, and we ought to be ashamed of the fact that many of us will h…

Melbourne celebrates the newly name East End Theatre District by Allison Hilbig

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Off-Off-Broadway Theater Review: CLOWN BAR (Pipeline Theatre Company at The Box) by Paul Birchall

RAISING THE CLOWN BAR Did the TV series It give you nightmares for decades?  Does the art of John Wayne Gacy make you tremble?  Does dear old Bozo make you break out in hives?  If you suf…

David Thaxton Remarks On Playing Multiple Roles In LES MISERABLES UK by Pat Cerasaro

LES MISERABLES UK star David Thaxton discusses playing a multitude of various roles in the long-running West End production of the international mega-hit as part of a new interview.

CATS – Harvest Rain Breaks Records by Bobbi-Lea Dionysius

As a youngster with stars in my eyes, the first musical I ever saw was CATS at Brisbane’s QPAC. Based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot with music b…

RSC's HENRY IV, PART 2 Hits U.S. Movie Theaters This Today by Bww News Desk

This weekend the Royal Shakespeare Company's Henry IV Part 2 will begin cinemas screenings across the US. Henry IV Part 2 was filmed for 'Live from Stratford-upon-Avon,' the RSC program that…

Interviews: Tony Winners Christopher Gattelli and Stephen Flaherty Discuss In Your Arms

The new dance theater piece is part of New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater Season.

Special Reports: From Neil Patrick Harris to Megan Mullally, Gobble Up the Long Weekend With This Broadway Picnic Basket of Leftovers

We cleaned out our kitchen and found a dented pie tin full of Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Tony Awards, The Bridges of Madison County, and other delectable treats.

Post-mortem: a Shepard stumble at Trinity by Thomas Garvey

The fresh faces at Trinity can't save Shepard from his own bald symbology.  Photos: Mark Turek.Dark theatrical clouds sometimes come embroidered with a silver lining (at least to those …

Interviews: Tony Winners Christopher Gattelli and Stephen Flaherty Discuss ''In Your Arms'' by David Gordon

Special Reports: From Neil Patrick Harris to Megan Mullally, Gobble Up the Long Weekend With This Broadway Picnic Basket of Leftovers by Editorial Staff

"Can Your Friends Do That?" James Monroe Iglehart on Playing the Genie in Aladdin by Harry Haun

James Monroe Iglehart, who took home the 2014 Tony Award for his performance as the Genie in Disney's Aladdin, chats with Playbill.com about his early love for the Genie and taking on th…

What We’re Reading by Hannah Ehrenberg

Welcome to the Green Room’s newest series, What We’re Reading, in which we’ll share with you some of our favorite articles about theater and performance from all around the…

Hottest Articles on BWW from Friday, Jul. 4

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Friday, July 4, 2014.

CUE & A REVISITED: From Chasing Kathleen Turner Pantsless, to Being Tied to a Chair and Hangovers, Actors Share Craziest Audition Stories, Part 2 by Playbill Staff

The editors of Playbill.com have combed through the past seven years of our popular Cue & A feature to select some of our favorite answers to the question, "What's your craziest…

Tony-Winning Broadway Talent Flock to Dance Musical In Your Arms, Beginning Tonight by Adam Hetrick

In Your Arms, the new large-scale dance ensemble musical that features music by Stephen Flaherty and vignettes by Marsha Norman, Terrence McNally, Douglas Carter Beane and more, premieres Ju…

STAGE VIEWS: "Friday Night Lights" Star Joey Oglesby On All The Way, Killer Joe, Fortress of Solitude and More by Andrew Gans

Playbill.com's series features actors commenting on their recent theatregoing experiences, what productions they're looking forward to and more.

Stew-Heidi Rodewald Musical Family Album Opens at OSF Tonight by Adam Hetrick

Family Album, the new musical by Passing Strange collaborators Stew and Heidi Rodewald, officially opens July 5 after previews that began July 1 at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

THE WEEK AHEAD July 5-11: NYMF Hits New York and the Philharmonic Takes to the Parks by Blake Ross

Playbill.com's weekly planner reminds you that free summer music and theatre offerings take over Manhattan… No more keeping up with the Joneses… Shakespeare in the Park say…

From Ragtime to Once On This Island, the Top 10 Songs by Ahrens and Flaherty by Ben Rimalower

Playbill.com correspondent Ben Rimalower offers a collection of the top ten songs by the award-winning team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.

CTH's Multiracial, Harlem-Inspired Romeo n Juliet Begins Free Performances July 5 by Carey Purcell

Romeo n Juliet, a re-imagined adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy, opens July 5 at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park.

Melia Bensussen on Bringing the "Chaos and Suffering of War" to the Stage in New Musical The War Dept. by Ademola Bello

Playbill.com's embedded reporter Ademola Bello reports from the National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.