A roll of thunder, a flash of lighting and a scream. Thus begins the passionate and imaginative Intrigue, a mystery on marley…, an original play performed entirely through dance, and a who…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 11:58PMSomehow, between doing eight shows a week of “Of Mice and Men,” teaching, making movies and flirting on Instagram, James Franco’s found time to make his stage directorial debut. Judgin…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:05PMAtomic
Off Broadway, Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row
Reviewed by Eleanor J. Bader
BOTTOM LINE: An entertaining, poignant, and brilliantly-written exploration of the moral dilemmas that arose…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:04PMThis new off-Broadway rock operetta explores the creation of the atomic bomb.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM
Fully Charged Productions is advertising Size Doesn’t Matter using an alluring, albeit risqué, image on their marketing materials. Audiences may think that the seven short plays within…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:56PMWacky interactions between two people! A zany, wacky, female and a straight-man! With a quote from Groucho Marx in their show copy, Boy Meets Girl and Other Dilemmas sets the bar high for a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:41PMOn Monday, July 7th, the Theater People Podcast welcomes Tony Award-winner Tonya Pinkins. Pinkins is currently co-starring on Broadway in HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME, a mostly rapped-through musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Classified as a contemporary comedy, this production of Ben & Lucille is hands down the absolute best 45 minutes you will spend at The Capital Fringe Festiva…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:32PMNear the end of Atomic, a musical about the making of the atom bomb, there is an arresting piece of stagecraft when the bomb at Hiroshima goes off: A Japanese couple were quietly speaking at…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:28PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Welcome to Franz Kafka’s bizarre and tortured world, in which the desperate fight for survival turns men into animals and animals into men, and in which, “hu…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:28PM NY Theater Review by Brian Scott Lipton To get the puns out of the way: Is “Atomic,” the new musical...
The post Ato…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:24PMBefore the show even begins, four dancers in full-body spandex suits float and twirl across the stage of the Lang Theatre. Vast and sparse, the set (designed by Thomas Carter II) for Mary St…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:15PMAt the start of The Big “A”: Scenes from a Vanishing Landscape an older couple is slow dancing. It is a nice image, until you wonder why both are holding their canes while swayin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:12PMInternationally renowned conductor Lorin Maazel, who led the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra and among others abroad, died at his Virginia home.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 10:06PMThere has always been a lot of mysticism surrounding the creation of the capital and the National Mall. The walking tour Secrets of the National Mall promised to be an exciting thrill ride t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:03PMIn “The Long Shrift,” Robert Boswell has written James Franco the flashy leading role of a hardened ex-con named Richard Singer who, as an awkward 18-year-old high school kid, wa…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM“Atomic,” a new Off Broadway musical at Theater Row, centers on Leo Szilard, a physicist who helped create the first atomic bomb.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMA man imprisoned for raping a classmate comes to terms with life after incarceration in “The Long Shrift,” directed by James Franco.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PM“The Qualms,” at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, is a ribald and funny if lightweight new play by Bruce Norris.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMUpcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, July 13, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00PM
There is a clever idea behind The Matty Matthews Foundation. But as Mies van der Rohe said, God is in the details, and playwright John McGrath and his cast will need a couple of come-to-Jesu…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:26PMBalloon Plays is a great way to introduce kids to the wonders of Fringe. It is, to my knowledge, the only offering directed towards a younger audience. The approximately 10 kids and 40 adul…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:12PMFor all the glibness of his image-crafting, James Franco appears to be sincere in his regard for actual artistic production. And I say this not just in hopes of avoiding the title of Li…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:11PMAtomic, at the Acorn, is the show that asks the musical question: Once the A-bomb was realized, was it wise to use it? Coming...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:06PMJames Franco directs his "Child of God" star Scott Haze in Robert Boswell's drama about a young man wrongly convicted of rape, who re-encounters his accuser nine years later.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
Conductor and composer Lorin Maazel, who led the Cleveland Orchestra from 1972 to 1982, has died at his home in Virginia while preparing for the annual Castleton Festival. He was 84. A music…
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:58PMMaking Records amp Strike Up The Band announce the launch on iTunes of IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING The Songs Of Charles Miller amp Kevin Hammonds A 'must buy' for all lovers of musical theatre, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:51PMThe Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre finishes off their 37th season with Les Misérables, after a successful run of Seussical the Musical. Since the performance rights have been …
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 08:43PMPoor Bob. Interactive theatre doesn’t bode well for the shy. Improv artists Rodrigo Pool and Carrie Helton Parsons, acting brilliantly as vicious, coked up radio anchors, selected an audie…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:37PMFestival head cites “happy convergence” of good weather and new ticketing policy — and standout scripts from two female playwrights don’t hurt.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 08:13PMYou think you know the depths to which men and women will sink to get what they want from each other? Think again.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:02PMIt was, perhaps, the most important achievement in scientific history: when, for the first time, the line between humanity and deity was blurred beyond recognition.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:01PM
HEDY WEISS: No need to bother meeting the people in Bruce Norris’ smug but vacuous world premiere, now at Steppenwolf.
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:55PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Status Report: Not a Robot Theatre Company’s Girl in Space is not your typical “boy meets girl, girl meets asteroid, girl loses asteroid, boy loses girl”…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:29PMStories are a key to unlocking connections between people and hearing other’s stories can bring us deeper insights into our own lives. Elizabeth McCain’s personal stories delivered durin…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:23PMIt was just recently announced that Christopher Walken will play Captain Hook in the Dec. 4 live broadcast of "Peter Pan" on NBC – but Walken has roots on the boards of Broad…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:23PM“That’s just like us!” The man in the front row says to his wife in a not-so-quite whisper. He’s captured the gist of the fun, quirky and insightful piece that is Ben…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:14PMLa Petite Famillie is a theatre company based out of Souillac in the south of France. Their performers are all between the ages of 15 and 22. The company’s entry into this year’s Capital…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:13PMCheck out this compilation of Instagram and Twitter photos from Broadway Barks 2014 – featuring some of our favorite Broadway and Hollywood personalities all joining together for an af…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:02PMCheck out this compilation of Instagram and Twitter photos from Broadway Barks 2014 – featuring some of our favorite Broadway and Hollywood personalities all joining together for an af…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:02PMDominic Dromgoole’s production has vigour and, in the first half, the right risky mood of volatility.
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:00PM
According to Page Six, Neil Patrick Harris got exceedingly angry at a woman during the Thursday night performance of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:59PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) According to their wesbite, Brick Penguin is a “DC-based comedy ‘tough-love’ sketch group, and it features members and teachers of the Washingt…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:47PMNBC's "Peter Pan" has announced it will feature Christopher Walken as Hook – but the Dec. 4 broadcast will also feature, according to NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt, a wo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:40PMNBC's "Peter Pan" has announced it will feature Christopher Walken as Hook – but the Dec. 4 broadcast will also feature, according to NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt, a wo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:34PMNBC is going big in their upcoming production of Peter Pan Live, which is scheduled to air on Dec 4. As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, Christopher Walken has just accepted the role o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:33PMREVIEW: "The Qualms" from Steppenwolf Theatre Company ★★½
REVIEW: "The Qualms" from Steppenwolf Theatre Company ★★½ A world premiere black comedy asks: Why do marr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:07PM
Leslie Uggams brings presence, charisma and dignity to the stage as she embodies Rose in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of Gypsy.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 05:57PMMario Correa’s political comedy “Tail! Spin!” is to open just as this fall’s midterm elections are heating up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMA new incarnation of Side Show, the Tony Award-nominated Henry Krieger-Bill Russell musical about real-life conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, ends its run July 13 at the Kennedy Cente…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMTo be honest, I’m a little bit scared to review Fringe veteran John Feffer’s new play, Interrogation. For one, he makes it very clear that he has access to my name, email address, and em…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:23PM Paprika Productions Presents Limited Run of NYC Hit BURQ OFF! A British Pakistani’s Muslim Autobiographical One Woman Play What does it take to evolve past the veil? Thursday…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 05:13PMThe series is celebrating its 10th anniversary – and that of the opening of its home, the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University, in Montclair, N.J. – with a season that …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:11PMCall Answered: Video Interview with Mitch Jarvis and Wes Taylor. "Call Me Adam" went live on location to 54 Below in NYC to interview Mitch Jarvis and Wes Taylor about their upcoming concert…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 05:00PM
All in all, as social commentary, Dead Man’s Cell Phone brings no epiphanies. As a fun night out, however, it succeeds. Recommended. (read more of Joy Campbell's review...)
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 04:54PMDirected by Strother Gaines, The Dish pokes fun at the seriousness and hierarchical attitude of those in the food industry. Everyone is an expert, everyone wants to blog and if one more pers…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:51PMDear Manager of Piano Craft Guild, By now you have no doubt been bombarded with negative response to your recent decision not to renew the lease for the Factory Theatre. See my colleague Ed …
SOURCE: StageSource at 04:24PMThe creation of the atomic bomb was one of the most momentous events in world history. The most lethal weapon ever devised by man, it ended World War II when...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:19PMWhat makes the perfect team? How do individuals develop into a group? Taking its name from a theory by behavioral scientist William Schutz, ACW Dances’ The Interpersonal Underworld explore…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:12PMSage of Blackwell is a good example of the Capital Fringe Festival’s mission to provide “a showcase for…raw and authentic live performance work.” The world premiere of the drama from…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:12PMIntroducing Wake Not The Dead and the Rock Opera Orchestra.
What is Wake Not The Dead
Let start at.....well...at the start.
Ok. I know that was not very original. Rule number one in writin…
SOURCE: exilemusical.blogspot.com at 04:07PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Who, indeed, has come to play? Five women in ten choreographic (no less compelling, for being non-cinematic) captures, their bodies conveying emotional capture…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:03PMIt'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 04:00PMBroadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMHottest Articles on BWWOperaWorld.com from 762014 - 7132014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMThe follow-up to last year's The Sound of Music Live! will air on December 4.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
In this delightful comedy, six 6th graders are running for President of Mrs. Jacobson’s Sixth Grade class. You, the audience, get to participate and choose the winner. In the age of St…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:49PMIs there a live theater equivalent of the summer movie blockbuster? Yes! But instead of sequels, they are original cutting edge work – or lovely, familiar classics. Instead of blasts of ho…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:44PM(The Best of the Capital Fringe) When Lee Ordeman stalks his female prey as the title character in Dracula. A Love Story, he might just conjure more imagery of the American Psycho than Sto…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:43PMOut from the mouths of babes comes this heartwarming parody of the American political process. The Inaugural Election for President of Mrs. Jacobson’s Sixth Grade Class opens under somber …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:43PMThe successor to legendary former Cleveland Orchestra music director George Szell, Maazel left his own major impact on the ensemble, serving as its music director from 1972 to 1982.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:21PMI’ll refrain from using phrases like “monkey business” and “going bananas” in the opening of this review, but that’s not for any disdain for bad puns. It’s simply because the s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:20PMThe trailer was written and directed by artist-in-residence Ted James, and features company members Laura Stephenson and Fin Coe.
The War Zone is My Bed
By Yasmine Beverly Rana
Directed …
SOURCE: Halcyon Theatre at 03:16PMLacking the spark to start even the most readily extinguishable blaze, “A Small Fire” is monochromatically akin to a handful of ash. The direction from Joanie Shultz is sharp, the sound …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 03:00PMSet in a very particular world with a very particular social and political structure, Córiolanus is not a play that lends itself particularly well to a “concept.” As director Elena Vela…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:00PM
By Amy Rose Marsh. Our community needs to come together for a broader discussion on the rights of playwrights and theatermakers. As a play licensor, we face piracy and rights challenges on a…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:59PMLorin Maazel is shown leading the Boston Symphony Orchestra in two Beethoven Symphonies at Carnegie Hall in 2009. The celebrated conductor died on Sunday at 84 years old.
Conductor, compos…
SOURCE: PBS at 02:47PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Giant Box of Porn opened in the big Warehouse black box before a standing-room-only audience Saturday, and once the show got going I knew why: This humdinger is…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:41PMA theatrical first promotional spot for the latest season of FX's hit horror anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY, subtitled FREAK SHOW, is now available to view.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:35PMConductor and composer Lorin Maazel, who led the Cleveland Orchestra from 1972 to 1982, has died at his home in Virginia while preparing for the annual Castleton Festival. He was 84.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 02:27PMWith special guests Kerry Ellis, Peter Lockyer and Alison Jiear, musical theatre royalty Kristin Chenoweth blew the roof off the Royal Albert Hall - here are our exclusive pics
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Letters To Me and From Me is an extraordinary hour of spoken word, story telling, singing, and dancing from the Wild Women Theatre company. The piece explores s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:15PMWho's the swiniest swine in the world? Oscar winner and Tony nominee Christopher Walken will headline NBC's previously announced Peter Pan Live!. Walken will take on the role of…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:11PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Dr. Dour and Peach present a delightfully quirky and surprisingly physical performance in The Monster Songs, playing in the Gearbox on 7thSt NW during this yea…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:07PMPeter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere talk with Robin De Jesús. We also talk about International Thespian Festival in Nebraska, Holler If Ya Hear Me, Tick Tick Boom, 54 …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 02:05PMBrothers and sisters of our isolating, dehumanizing new millennium, come save your frozen souls. Cross the line to a more connected and more peaceable being at “Cross the Line,” a collec…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:03PMIn the comedian's new live show, Help Desk, he turns agony uncle. We asked him to help some desperate public figures, from the middle-aged politician with a One Direction fixation, to the co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00PM
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - NBC says Christopher Walken will play Captain Hook in the network's live version of "Peter Pan."
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:55PMHershey Felder in Maestro Bernstein
(©Michael Lamont)
On July 17, Hershey Felder will perform Maestro Bernstein: A Play with Music at New York's Town Hall. It's a show that he premier…
SOURCE: AmericanTheaterWeb at 01:53PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) DC Reynolds Bar hosts an unconventional take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Directed by Sara Bickler, and originally performed by NYC’s Three day H…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:50PMLorin Maazel, who began his career as a child prodigy and went on to conduct many of the world's great orchestras, has died at the age of 84.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:48PMBroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our July 12th SIP round-up Check out part one HERE. Yesterday's SIPs com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMDuring the summer, New York theater changes radically – thanks to the summer theater festivals. Some are outdoors (the others are air-conditioned.) Even New Yorkers who abandon the city fo…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:41PM“What Would Tina and Amy Do?” is a click-bait title. Invoking Fey and Poehler raises hopes of something frisky and sharp, or — this being a fringe festival — maybe a loopy, campy tak…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:31PMDracula moonlighting as a blood-sucking lobbyist in downtown DC? Brilliant. A young Washingtonian concerned life should be more than the humdrum of laws, policies, and phone calls. Accurate.…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:30PMHORTON HATCHES A HIT “Oh! The Thinks You Can Think!” proclaims this joyous romp as it proves what it belts. One of those powerful pensées is: “A person’s a person, no matter how sm…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:26PMNeil Patrick Harris got so angry during his performance in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” Thursday night, he spat water on a woman taking photos of him.
SOURCE: pagesix.com at 01:22PMName: James LaRosaHometown: New York, NYEducation: NYU Tisch School of the Arts and LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts at Lincoln CenterSelect Credits: Mark Cohen in RENT, Henry in Ne…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:13PMOscar-winning actor Christopher Walken, one of the most revered talents of his generation and a veteran of film, television and stage, will portray the iconic Captain Hook in NBC's Dec. 4 te…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PM“A Dream Within a Dream” is one of the Capital Fringe Festival’s site-specific projects, and this visually smart, absorbing project unfolds over two floors of an empty building called …
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:08PMBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) -- NBC says Christopher Walken will play Captain Hook in the network's live version of "Peter Pan."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:06PMJust last week, the 6th Annual National High School Musical Awards presented the coveted Jimmy Award for Best Performance by an Actress and Best Performance by an Actor at Broadway's Minskof…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PM
For a little home-brewed, laid-back conversational, and oh-so compelling storyteller’s journey as a street performer, Andrew Potter juggles the art of sharing home movies or what we used t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:57PMThe Last Temptation of Paula Deen, and it's a good one. Sarah Tuft really gets what we're on about. Here's my favorite quote--[T]his unique brand of co-authorship seems to encourage a layere…
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:45PMIt’s fitting that there’s a joke about Tumblr early on in Field Trip Theatre’s production of Giant Box of Porn, because the feeling I had when I first read about the show&#…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:38PMWhen I first arrived to the theater, I met family members and friends of the playwight. Apparently he attended UVA, like me, so I was digging the Wahoowa spirit in the house. Desire Moment…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Tony nominee and Oscar winner Christopher Walken will play Captain Hook in NBC's "Peter Pan" – the network's follow-up live music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Tony nominee and Oscar winner Christopher Walken will play Captain Hook in NBC's "Peter Pan" – the network's follow-up live music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMKevin and I spent an afternoon at the Hammer for the Made in L.A. 2014 exhibit. We spent a fair amount of time watching this guy dance to Dionne Warwick. We were both big fans of …
SOURCE: Frank's Wild Lunch at 12:24PMWith a wife devoted to quinoa and Whole Foods, a husband who loves poking jabs at the Washington Post, and two kids who hate looking up from their cell phone screens, Bethesda pays plenty of…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:16PMAlmost by accident, the Bucks County Playhouse's current production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike evolved into something resembling site-specific theater, like Aida at the Great Pyr…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 12:10PMThe Pre-Broadway World Premiere of The Last Ship, the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy Award winner Sting, and book by Tony winner John Logan and Pulitzer Prize-winner Bri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Point…Blank…Period, created by Tramaine Brathwaite and written along with Ryiesha Simms and Devynne Stevenson is a hilarious, heartwarming, look into that ev…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:06PM
NBC topper Bob Greenblatt opened the Peacock’s portion of the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour on Sunday by touting the network’s strength so far this summer and confir…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:54AMIt is difficult to pin down a race of people, but the six ladies of Wild Women Theatre attempt to do just that with their hilarious but truthful interpretation of being a black woman in Lett…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:51AMAs far as essential female experiences go, Esther Mills hasn't had many. A 35-year-old virgin living in New York City in 1905, she is destined to go down in history as an "unidentified negro…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 11:41AMThe 16th Annual Broadway Barks took place yesterday, July 12, in Shubert Alley. Founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, this star-studded dog and cat adoption event featured celeb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMThe 16th Annual Broadway Barks took place yesterday, July 12, in Shubert Alley. Founded by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, this star-studded dog and cat adoption event featured celeb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMThe Wind Will Sweep You Away at Wayra: Fuerza Bruta: Wayra, the new installment at the Daryl Roth Theater, is part “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon” and part mild Cirque du Soleil.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:30AMNYMF: Coming of Age and Finding Oneself: I am vision, I am hope, I am promise of the future. I am every girl who knows how her life will be.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 11:24AMThis review must start off as my show experience started off…with an apology… The writer/director John Sowalsky walked onto the stage tonight and announced that yesterday one of …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:16AMThe Country House began previews June 3, in the Gil Cates Theater at the Geffen Playhouse, and officially opened June 11. The play, a new comedy about a deeply dramatic family, was written b…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMThe Dana Plays, a program to raise funds for both the American Cancer Society and Dana Castellano, a member of the community battling the illness, is slated for 8 p.m. Monday at the Miami Th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:08AMNow in it’s 11th year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival returns for three weeks of ingenious works in progress, all vying for the tiara of best musical, in hopes they will get picked …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:01AMI talk to a lot of Producers. And I talk to a lot of Writers. And so many tell me that they have shows that they want to put up. But for one reason or, well, for one reason (money, mon…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM
Just when I worried this year’s fringe was veering more mainstream than ever before, I found myself at Barking Fish Theatre Project’s surrealistic W3. Suddenly, there was garbage puppet…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:36AMGround Up & Rising’s courageous production of 9 Circles is a dichotomy that is deeply felt and deeply flawed at the same time – bluntly and uninhibitedly slashing away at one dimens…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:19AMFrance has given the world many important contributions to arts and culture. Literature. Fashion. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Superior cheeses and wines. Voltaire. Cezanne. Pr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:10AMIn the Asia Pacific, Philippines, Singapore, and Japan are set to release the film JERSEY BOYS on July 16, July 17, and September 27, 2014, respectively.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMThis week's event was hosted by BUYER amp CELLAR's Barrett Foa and featured performances from the cast of WICKED, including Chrstine Dwyer, Jenni Barber and Justin Guarini. Click below to wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMBrad Fraser's provocative play, LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS, will open on July 21st at The Peter Jay Sharp Theater. LOVE AND HUMAN REMAINS is an edgy, provocative, dark-humored drama about the in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMHonest exploration but lacks conviction in the delivery, says Sarah Bloomer.
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AM
Everything is big in Texas, or so I’ve been told. Big sky, big land, big opinions, big accents. So to be a Texas teenager, in the 1980’s no less, must have been a tall and interesting or…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:41AMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonThis story of reclusive research and rock'n'roll is at its best when communicating through music and songThe 52-hertz whale has been called the loneliest whale i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMThis Godspell is well worth the ticket price and trip to the suburbs. I left with my heart warmed and my whole being energized. If Director Matt Rafterty had let the source material speak fo…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:29AMRabble Crew Productions’ Writing Miss Clark’s Résumé, helmed by the writer and director sister team of Kelly and Emily Canavan is a sprightly delight. With the shaping of the s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:18AMThe Village Theatre (Issaquah, WA) – the birthplace of Next to Normal and Million Dollar Quartet – has announced its lineup for the 14th Annual Village Originals Festival of New …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMShakespeare in High Park, formerly The Dream in High Park, took a notable step forward last year with its production of Macbeth, which was less concerned than its predecessors with playing g…
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 09:00AMTheatre Under the Stars Underground (Houston, TX) will present four musicals as part of their second season – Reefer Madness, Waiting for Johnny Depp, LMNOP and First Date – whic…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:00AM
Today is the anniversary of the release date of the silent Harold Lloyd short Just Neighbors (1919). In this domestic comedy, Harold has a trial getting home to his little wife in the…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:50AMThis eccentric, two and a half person show from Not a Robot Theatre Co will leave you smiling. Jacy Barber and Jason Patrick Wells wrote, produced, and star in this quirky, trans-media cre…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:48AMYou’re going to laugh because I’m about to make an attempt at being serious for a moment. Look, it’s my second birthday and I’M SO OLD, so I get to do whatever I want…
SOURCE: annoyingactorfriend.com at 08:46AMAt 18 years old, Alex Lawther has already starred in one West End play, shot films with Hollywood actors and won praise from Dame Maggie Smith. He is currently starring in the Glass Supper a…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMToday is the anniversary of the release date of the W.C. Fields comedy The Old Fashioned Way (1934), directed by William Beaudine. This is one of the best movies ever, not only for fans of F…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:29AMHere's the big question that should be on the minds of the producers of "Holler If Ya Hear Me": Now that we've built it, will they come? The quick answer: Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on the ma…
SOURCE: bostonherald.com at 08:28AMWhere does one take the leap between apathy and compassion for our fellow people? Are we content to pass by a grieving stranger on the street without a second thought, or can we extend a kin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
Four good comics, eight short skits and one ‘ha, ha, not so funny’synopsis made for a sporadically funny performance of this collection written by Robert Kittredge and directed by Lisa H…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:37AMKing’s Players, a young company in DC, named after Artistic Director and Founder Timothy R. King, has presented well-received original shows at the last two Capital Fringe festivals. Its 2…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:14AMIn Jamie Lloyd's action-packed adaptation, Martin Freeman is on terrifyingly top form as Richard III, says Tim Walker
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 02:00AMA new collection of sheet music pertaining to internationally recognized performer and vocalist Idina Menzel is now available to order, including hits from FROZEN, GLEE, WICKED and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00AMJames Franco’s ever-expanding resume is a dense and convoluted document — actor, writer, teacher, artist, poet, adapter, blah, blah, blah.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:00AM
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Upon reading the short blurb attached to Sasha Sinclair’s new solo performance piece Self Portrait here, I must confess I found myself a bit curious. Ar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:48AMAn all-new episode of the Emmy nominated series 'Oprah's Master Class' with multiple award-winning singer and actress Vanessa Williams airs tonight, July 13 at 1000pm ETPT on OWN Oprah Winfr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AM(Best of the Capital Fringe) Shakespeare’s Coriolanas has been played, memorably, by some of the greatest actors. Richard Burton played it; Laurence Olivier played it twice, and here in …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:24AMCompany' “less is more” approach is something to celebrate.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:15AMEllie Kemper on 'Sex Tape' and Her Own Memorable Firsts
The lovely Ellie Kemper pays a visit to the YH Studio to tell us all about her hilariously scandalous comedy 'Sex Tape', co-starring C…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMTwo Elphabas and one Glinda discuss their upcoming NYMF show, The Gig, set during the twilight of the big Catskills resorts.
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(Best of the Capital Fringe) Did you know Bethesda means House of Mercy? In Jennie Berman Eng’s new play , the city may be anything but merciful. She also directs and produces this tig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:58AMLisa Peterson’s production, which uses George Bernard Shaw’s original but long-neglected third act, brings the playwright’s genius to life at the Shaw Festival.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:54AMNot Every Card is a 50′s style caper in an occupied country which may or may not exist when the underground resistance conceives to win a card game and thus the war. It was written an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:48AMTwenty years ago the world was first introduced to Jonathan Larson’s rock opera RENT. Now a new generation of theatre fans are being introduced to RENT’s themes of love, family…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:38AMThe Rude Mechanicals of Virginia present “Master Harold”… and the Boys, a play by Athol Fugard. It’s a piece of theater that lends itself to subtle choices in order …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:36AMTwanna Hines is fun and sexy. Which is great for someone who talks about sex for a living. I wasn’t sure what to expect from this show, so I was happily surprised when I discovered it …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:12AMYou have to applaud anyone who is willing to get up onstage alone and tell his or her story. David Kleinberg’s story is one that is compelling and sometimes moving. In his current solo pie…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 12:11AMTevye may not be the only person talking to God in East Haddam.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Saturday, July 12, 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:00AMPlaybill.com's weekly recap of its coverage of Broadway performances, celebrity interviews, web series and opening nights – in case they were missed the first time around.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhat better way is there to beat the heat than to binge-watch your favorite YouTube videos? Playbill.com asked our readers to share the videos they can't stop watching: From Audra McDona…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Barbara Walsh (Company, Falsettos) stars as fanatical religious mother Margaret White in the Washington, D.C. premiere of the cult musical Carrie, based on the Stephen Kin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Showtime drama series "Masters of Sex," starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as human sexuality pioneers William Masters and Virginia Johnson, respectively, returns for its …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEther Dome, the new drama by Elizabeth Egloff about the discovery of ether's medical uses, begins performances at La Jolla Playhouse July 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBlythe Danner heads the cast of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies' Chekhov-inspired The Country House, which ends its L.A. run July 13 at the Geffen Playhouse. The play …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Off-Broadway production of The Long Shrift, directed by James Franco, officially opens at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater July 13 following previews that began July 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe pre-Broadway premiere of The Last Ship, the new musical with music and lyrics by 16-time Grammy winner Sting — inspired by the songwriter's own childhood — ends its …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBuyer & Cellar, Jonathan Tolins' one-man comedy starring Michael Urie as a struggling Los Angeles actor who finds himself working in Barbra Streisand's basement, officially opens…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJed Clampett and his family have moved to Indiana, where Theatre at the Center presents the world premiere of The Beverly Hillbillies The Musical. The production officially opens J…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAtomic, a new musical based on the creation of the atomic bomb, officially opens July 13 following previews that began June 26 at The Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Bruce Norris' The Qualms officially opens July 13 following previews that began July 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThis week's column looks at Nice Fighting You, a celebration of work by award-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe U.S. premiere of Atomic celebrates its official opening night on July 13 at the Acorn Theatre at Theatre Row. The off-Broadway musical, penned by Danny Ginges, Gregory Bonsignore and Phi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMHey, you! The one sitting by the fan, sticking to the furniture. Don’t you know there’s more stuff to do than sit and sweat? There’s the premiere of a cross-dressing beauty…
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