MCC Theater presents the New York premiere of Jennifer Haley's The Nether directed by Anne Kaufman. The Nether opens tonight, February 24, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Let's see what the c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52PMReview of Performance of Fabulous Fanny: The Songs & Stories of Fanny Brice at 54 below this past February 12, 2015
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:30PMHamilton
Off Broadway, Public Theater
Reviewed by Andy Buck
BOTTOM LINE: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s new hip-hop musical is a vibrant romp through early American history.
The first thing to kn…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:29PM Review by Michael Bracken Sometimes riveting, sometimes ridiculous, with themes ranging from female oppression to social justice to New Ag…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:20PMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series was thrilled to present the fifth annual 'Broadway Belts for PFF' on Monday, February 23. The evening was hosted by Julie Halston, spokesperson for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18PMIn “Lives of the Saints,” David Ives has gone from Venus in Furs to Polish Church Ladies in Housedresses. Those dear old things show up in the title piece, which ends this evenin…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00PM“The Nether” gets under your skin — and not in a pleasant way. Not only does it deal with pedophilia, but there’s an actual kid in it. And while nothing...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:00PMThis drama’s heroine seeks a better life in the big city, but frustration and compromise enter the picture.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00PMJennifer Haley's disturbing new play takes Internet role-play to the next level.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMSt. Louis' most-Shazamed tracks, brought to you exclusively by Go! Magazine and STLtoday.com.
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The recent NEA report on why people don’t attend arts and cultural event mentioned not having someone to attend with was a barrier to entry. Daniel Pink recently tweeted a story that g…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:50PM By Eric J. Grimm Amiri Baraka’s unfortunately timeless two-hander, ‘The Dutchman,’ is always worthy of a revisit, and New Federal Theat…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:45PMNew works by Rajiv Joseph, Melissa Ross and Itamar Moses as well as a new Theatre Movement Bazaar piece inspired by "The Godfather" will be part of the 2015 Pacific Playwrights Festival, h…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:44PMOkay, I’m sorry, I know it’s hard for actresses of a certain age to get movie roles. So Tony winner and two Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:35PM By Brian Scott Lipton The witty, wordy, and often wonderfully wacky plays of David Ives demand actors with remarkable vo…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:27PMBITTERSWEET That said, at its heart the piece is a sincere, well-intended contrivance that gets its laughs like clockwork but isn’t exactly unfamiliar. Audiences with an appetite for light…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 09:00PMThis evening of comic one-acts arrives courtesy of 'All in the Timing' and 'Venus in Fur' playwright David Ives, directed by Tony winner John Rando.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMEmmy winner Merritt Wever stars in Jennifer Haley's drama depicting a dystopian society where people can act out their darkest fantasies online.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMEmmy-winner Merritt Wever stars in Jennifer Haley's drama depicting a dystopian society where people can act out their darkest fantasies online.read more
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ULTRAVIOLET LIVE UVL is a New York University tradition showcasing the best of NYU student talent. Preliminary rounds are hosted across the university's campuses in New York, Shanghai and Ab…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:44PMDear readers and #LAThtr aficionadi,
Here follows my latest review for the critical website Stage Raw — which contains current arts and theater coverage from our intrepid team of journalis…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:33PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - "Hamilton," the rap musical about America's founding fathers that has been sold out since it began last month, will transfer to Broadway this summer, its producers said …
SOURCE: Reuters at 08:31PMLondon--What can ordinarily be objectionable about Ivo van Hove's too often juvenile look-at-me directing is that he thinks it's innovative to play up a script's subtext. That, of course, i…
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Joining Katie Brayben playing the title role in the West End production of Beautiful - The Carole King Musical is Ian McIntosh as song-writer Barry Mann. The musical just opened at the Aldwy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50PMLONDON (Reuters) - American singer-songwriter Carole King showed up unannounced to lead a London theater audience in her hit "You've Got a Friend" on Tuesday at the West End opening of "Beau…
SOURCE: Reuters at 07:42PMDisney has announced details of the special features that will be included in the Blu-ray, DVD and digital releases of its hit film adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:39PMBroadwayWorld confirmed earlier today that Hamilton will be heading uptown next season Lin-Manuel Miranda's newest musical, which opened to rave reviews last week, will arrive on Broadway th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:29PMBITTERSWEET The staging is of such high caliber and the material has so much import that it would have been nice to see these artists put more faith in the sophistication of their audience �…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:22PMHow you behave when no one can see you is frequently cited as the ultimate definition of character.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:04PMFurther information on the speculated transatlantic transfer has come to light
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMThe show will hold a special gala night to mark its 13th year in the West End
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMThe work will enable the venue's studio to increase capacity to over 100 seats
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:00PMPreview the Lerner and Loewe revival before it makes its official Broadway return.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM
Only the Baltimore Rock Opera Society would launch a fundraising campaign with a video featuring an assortment of muppets, armor-clad warriors and the alcohol-fueled death of a golden egg-la…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 06:53PMAcademy Award winner Helen Mirren will return to Broadway this spring as Elizabeth II in Peter Morgan's The Audience, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Daldry. Previews begin Tu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:49PMThe Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter made a surprise appearance on stage at the Aldwych Theatre to mark the show's West End opening
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 06:43PM59E59 Theaters, along with terraNOVA Collective will present the New York premiere of Underland by Australian playwright Alexandra Collier, starring Annie Golden ("Orange is the New Bla…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:38PMMuch respect is due the Washington Stage Guild, which has been systematically producing the plays of George Bernard Shaw for more than 25 years. In that time and in five different locations,…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 06:38PMLexikat Artists and Chapman University will present the return of If All the Sky Were Paper starring Academy Award nominee Annette Bening, March 14-15 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culv…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:36PMBurlesque dancer Angie Sylvia plays with fire. Literally. Her Fire Burlesque act involves naked flames, and if you sit in the front row of the Spiegeltent during her performance in Absinthe,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:33PMFor the 19th year, Chicago's Old St. Patrick's Church will be hosting its "Siamsa na nGael" (Yes, that's proper Gaelic!) — a kickoff to St. Patrick's Day week, featuring a Celtic celebrati…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:31PMThis year’s Oscars weren’t just a disappointment in terms of viewership — down 16 percent, with tepid reviews for host Neil Patrick Harris — it also speaks to a much larger …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:23PMWhat price glory? That is the ultimate, yet far from the only question posed in "The Royale," Marco Ramirez 's astonishing 75 minute play — a tightly laced glove of a drama about race, suc…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:19PMWe're goin' courting Take a look backstage with Carver Duncan Caleb and Corinne Munsch Sarah of the National Tour of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' Check out Episode 4, 'Put-In Rehearsal…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:15PMLet the “Hamilton” backlash begin! Everybody on Broadway was snickering Tuesday at the self-importance of crew behind “Hamilton,” the hip-hop musical about Alexander Hamilton at the …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:13PMSEEN ON THE SCENE: After Alicia Silverstone and Ryan Kwanten finished filming "Who Gets the Dog?" here, the stars were joined by members of the Chicago Wolves at RJ Grunts for their wrap par…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:13PMMeet Michael Arden, Ciara Renee, Patrick Page and the company of the Disney musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMOn Wednesday, February 25 at 7PM, Barnes amp Noble, 150 East 86th Street hosts author and six-time Tony Award-winning producer Stewart Lane La Cage aux Folles, A Gentleman's Guide, War Horse…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:10PMFollowing the soldout Manhattan-based concert series 'The Papering Sessions', a successful digital album release, and the launch of the online docuseries 'Off the Wall,' songwriter Blake Pfe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMPlays about Muslims in British theatre tend to open a door on a segregated community, a place cut off from the mainstream. But stories that show cultural conflict — between whites, Asians,…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:01PMLast week BroadwayWorld introduced you to the first three winners of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU's incredible wedding inspired Broadway giveaway. This hilarious new musical, directed by Tony-winner …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMAldwych, LondonThis West End musical’s attempts to weave King’s songs into her life story leaves you none the wiser as to who she wasFans of the singer-songwriter Carole King may be happ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:00PMOur evolutionary roots may be the thing that keeps the theater from going extinct.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Jessie Mueller to Bring Broadway to the Kids
Tony-winning Beautiful star Jessie Mueller will give ki…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:57PMThe 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) announced the selections for the 2015 Next Link Project, including a piece written by "American Idol" finalist Jon Peter Lewis and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:55PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway #WOEH opens tonight @MTC_NYC. Here’…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:55PMThere's a little Catherine Trieschmann festival going on in the Bay Area right now.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:46PM“Why can’t white people and black people just get along?” Jaclyn asks her boss, who is secretly trying to get her fired. That this question remains so current surely explains h…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:46PMGRIMLY COMIC, NOBLY TOUGH For a young actor to play a severely disabled, facially twisted, speech-impaired young man in an electric wheelchair cannot – in this week of Eddie Redmayne�…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:43PMRonald Keaton portrays Winston Churchill in reflecting on that former British prime minister’s anecdote-rich life.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:40PMThe box office for the new Broadway production of Gigi, starring Vanessa Hudgens in the title role, is now open at the Neil Simon Theatre. Broadway performances are scheduled to begin March …
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMRhapsody Collective is fundraising for the new cycle of plays! For cycle 3, Rhapsody Collective will be exploring the theme The Common Room: Heroes vs Villains. Six plays will share the same…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:30PMLA-based Chadwick School has been selected to pilot the first-ever American school production of Zorro the Musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMIn 1910, Jack Johnson, a boxer who had long dominated the World Colored Heavyweight Championship, finally coaxed the formerly undefeated James J. Jeffries out of retirement. The former world…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:26PMthe cell will present the World Premiere of THE BISCUIT CLUB, Marianne Driscoll's canine comedy inspired by The Breakfast Club. Directed by Kira Simring, previews begin April 4 with opening …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMTACTThe Actors Company Theatre presents Abundance, the 1990 play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley Crimes of the Heart. An epic tale of friendship set against the backdrop of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PMReGroup's FOLLIES OF GOD Benefit and Book Launch for James Grissom's forthcoming book, 'Follies of God Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog' was held February 23, 2015 at TBG Mainstag…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:11PMThe announcement halts speculation that the show, written and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, would abort the sold-out engagement to transfer immediately to capitalize on the mostly rapturous r…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 05:06PMDominic Cavendish reviews Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, starring Katie Brayben
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00PMDominic Cavendish reviews Beautiful - The Carole King Musical, starring Katie Brayben
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 05:00PMSphinx Theatre's gender equality project will include new work by Timberlake Wertenbaker and special 24 hour plays by Rona Munro and April De Angelis
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PMSimon Godwin's modern-dress production of George Bernard Shaw's classic runs in the Lyttelton Theatre until 17 May
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PMGo inside the Public Theater's hush-hush event in honor of the acclaimed new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMKatie Brayben's last stage role was as the ghost of Princess Diana in King Charles III. She's now elevated to the more substantial ranks of pop royalty as Carole King in this Tony Award-winn…
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:00PM
Great news—Hamilton is heading to Broadway beginning July 13, 2015! Click for photos from the official announcement on February 24 at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:56PMAKA Studio Productions celebrated the release of it nine-episode original comedy web series “Rules of Cool” with a Feb. 23 celebration and viewing at Rockwood Music H…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMRed Bull Theater's next Revelation Reading, John Marston's The Dutch Courtesan, directed by Michael Sexton, featuring Hamish Linklater and Lily Rabe, along with Matthew Amendt, Michael Braun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMThe Angel Of Music is set to address her upcoming space mission
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMThe Alliance Theatre is pleased to present the world premiere production, EDWARD FOOTE, by award-winning Atlanta playwright and author Phillip DePoy. EDWARD FOOTE, a Gothic murder mystery se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMProducers of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s rave-magnet musical “Hamilton” have opted not to rush the show onto Broadway in time for the eligibility cutoff for the 2015 Tonys, setti…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:42PMPeter Filichia, noted theatre journalist, author and President of the Theatre World Awards, will host the 46th Anniversary Gala for Amas Musical Theatre, New York City's award-winning pionee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:39PMLexikat Artists, in association with Chapman University, is proud to present the return of IF ALL THE SKY WERE PAPER on Saturday, March 14 at 730 pm and Sunday, March 15 at 230 pm at The Kir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMGet all the information on the new INTO THE WOODS Blu-ray
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMCulturebot dance writers catch up: Jack Fervor, Raja & Tzeta, John Jasperse, My Barbarian.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:32PMNeil Patrick Harris will always be our host with the most. But while he continually charms the pants off theater folks on Broadway’s biggest night, his stint as an Oscar emcee was a bi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:30PM92Y presents the New York City premiere of Voigt Lessons, starring internationally beloved opera starDeborah Voigt, on Thursday, February 26. In this one-woman show co-created with Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PM NY Cabaret Review by Marilyn Lester Take a baker’s dozen of Broadway luminaries, combine them with three crackerjack musicians, and one insightful director, le…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:27PMLinda Balgord, who stars as Madame Giry in The Phantom of the Opera, takes on questions about her mysterious character, her many collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Oscar winner …
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:25PMThey're co-directing the play-turned-film-turned-musical.
SOURCE: USA Today at 04:20PMThis post is by Eric Grunin
Ronald Keaton gives us an amiable but charmless man. (The latter is arguably authentic.) He replicates faithfully the halting speaking style (young Churchill stam…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:15PMGhostlight Records has announced that the cast album of the world-premiere musical The Fortress of Solitude will be released online and in stores March 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMThe new SIDE SHOW cast recording is out now
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMAt a press conference this afternoon, Public Theater head Oskar Eustis, along with Miranda and the production cast and crew, surprised everyone who had been expecting news of a spring transf…
SOURCE: Time Out at 04:11PMWith the tagline It Will Never Leave You, the much anticipated Broadway revival of SIDE SHOW closed at the St. James Theatre faster than most expected it to. Spanning 26 tracks and totaling …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:07PMLin-Manuel Miranda's bold fusion of hip-hop with American history will capitalize on the ecstatic reception for its Public Theater premiere by transferring uptown early next season.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:05PMSally Cookson's Christmas production will take the venue into its 250th year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMThe musical will say farewell to the Public Theater and move uptown.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Jim Taylor presents a A Closer Look at Broadway for Tuesday, February 24, 2015
SOURCE: www.podtrac.com at 03:59PMOff-Broadway, CHURCHILL, adapted and performed by Ronald Keaton, is a one man show about Winston Churchill's life. Keaton gives a splendid performance with a fine imitation of the great Brit…
SOURCE: blacktiemagazine.com at 03:57PMPeter Gallagher will be out of three upcoming performances of the new Broadway revival of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY at the American Airlines Theatre. Gallagher, who stars opposite Kristin Che…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:56PMA taste of the hundreds of productions arriving this spring — As the snow melts on the streets of New York, we’ll have easy access to hundreds of productions aimed at every imagi…
SOURCE: TDF at 03:55PMStarring in 'King Hedley II' at Arena Stage through March 8Starring in 'King Hedley II' at Arena Stage through March 8
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 03:49PMOne of our greatest quandaries concerns illusion. Is it treacherous, undesirable, even harmful; or optimistic, consolatory, even life-sustaining? Is it near-synonymous with hope, and thus a …
SOURCE: John Simon at 03:36PMThe decade you grew up in is automatically the best. It had the best music, the best tv shows, the best clothing. It's just the best! We love our decades so much we always try to pay homage …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:36PMBITTERSWEET Garry Hynes’ production, which opened Saturday at the Mark Taper Forum, is a shade too respectful. The Tony-winning Irish director treats the text as though it were a castl…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:35PMThe Sixties icon started writing an opera after his 2008 musical, new biography suggests
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 03:34PM Beyond Broadway’s bright lights and the concrete jungle of New York City, there are plenty of theater companies who are developing new works. If you’re headed to Vermont t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:33PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Creators of "Hamilton," the hip-hop-based musical on Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of the United States, said Tuesday they will move the downtown hit …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:31PMThe Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) and producer Jeffrey Seller announced the world premiere musical Hamilton – a sold-out hit …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:30PMFort Lauderdale's Broward Center for the Performing Arts will be home to two of South Florida's professional theater companies next season, the Outré Theatre Company and Slow Burn Theatre. …
SOURCE: Miami Herald at 03:28PMTony Award winner Betty Buckley has announced a series of concerts and master classes in Boston, New York, Ft. Worth and Miami Beach for the coming months.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMNicole Scherzinger world premieres a song from AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS live
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMThe hit hip-hop musical Hamilton is moving from the Public Theatre to Broadway after the Tony Awards, the producers said today. Previews will begin July 13 and it will open August 6 at the…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:18PMThe Tristan Bates Theatre is a hugely appropriate venue for a vampire-themed tale in that there is no natural light to speak of. As the popular FIRST series continues, Dark Dates tells the …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:17PMName: Madeleine BundyHometown: Anchorage, AlaskaEducation: NYUWho do you play in Kapow-i GoGo?: Kapow-i GoGoDescribe your character(s) in three words: I think of her as : impish and stubborn…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:16PMMatthew Morrison and Rita Ora preview FINDING NEVERLAND tunes
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMThe Paper Mill Playhouse seeks to give life to new productions
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 03:13PMGo inside the Broadway-bound An American in Paris
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:07PMThe FIRST Festival of Solo Performances returns to the Tristan Bates Theatre with a flurry of monologues from up and coming playwrights. Three works-in-progress make up the evening’s proce…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:05PMBITTERSWEET The jokes and the witty numbers (“The Butler’s Song” brings down the house) don’t feel quite big or splashy enough to distract us from the low stakes. Choreog…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 03:05PMThe creator and the producers of the red-hot musical have opted not to move it to Broadway until summer. It will not compete in the 2015 Tony Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:05PMIt's official BroadwayWorld has just confirmed that Hamilton is heading uptown Lin-Manuel Miranda's newest musical, which opened to rave reviews last week, will arrive on Broadway this summe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMLin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton is officially heading uptown! Although it was at one point speculated that the acclaimed new tuner would transfer to the Great White Way this season, i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PMHamilton, the critically acclaimed new musical written by and starring Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, will transfer to Broadway, beginning previews July 16 at the Richard Rodgers …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:03PMWallace Smith, Gaelen Gilliland, and Adam Kaplan talk about their Broadway jobs in this new episode.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Any play where the whole set is a swimming pool is always going to be a winner in my books. And The Mikvah Project, currently playing at Hackney Wick’s trendy The Yard Theatre does not dis…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:55PMThe Bastard Executioner, FX's highly-anticipated new drama series pilot from Kurt Sutter, has lined up a stellar cast of veteran and emerging actors that features series regulars Lee Jones, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:55PMLast night, I was extremely flattered and honored to receive the second annual Dramatists Legal Defense Fund’s “Defender” Award, for my work on behalf of artists' rights and against ce…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 02:46PMThe Kelly-Strayhorn Theater and Cuban dance company Malpaso did not influence President Barack Obama’s recent move to normalize U.S.-Cuban relations. But the staff of the Kelly-Strayhorn n…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:45PMJennifer Lim, Telly Leung and the cast of The World of Extreme Happiness explore a woman's place in Chinese culture.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:41PMFret not for the Broadway season of new musicals, dear friends. Even if, as rumors have it, a summer (post-Tony) opening is announced for Hamilton, all is not lost for this season of Broadwa…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:26PMThis week, Jennifer Nettles takes us to the hottest Chicago after-party in New York City! And by "after-party" she means "taking off her wig."
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:21PMSasa Yung, a very young writer, reviews "Dances by Very Young Choreographers" at New York Live Arts.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 02:18PMA new musical version of "A Bronx Tale" will premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey later this year in a staging co-directed by Robert De Niro, who helmed the 1993 movie version …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:11PMOh, the rending of garments concerning Birdman’s Oscar win over American Sniper, the sole blockbuster in the Best Picture field of eight. The triumph throws into high relief the g…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:08PMESPN said it would suspend Keith Olbermann for the rest of the week in light of snarky remarks the popular broadcaster on Twitter made about a Pennsylvania State University fundraiser and so…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:05PMFiled under: Circus, Contemporary Variety, PLUGS Tagged: Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, First of May Award
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:05PMMichael Friedman pens the score of the new musical, which ran at the Public Theater in 2014.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe family event Take the Stage With Broadway Stars will be hosted by Chicago bandleader Leslie Stifelman and her wife, Chicago ensemble player Melissa Rae Mahon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMDid you figure out the right answers?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe four stars who will take on the mysterious comedy at the Union Square Theatre have been announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe evening, hosted by Julie Halston, raised funds for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMDavid McVicar's ever-popular staging of The Magic Flute returns in fine fettle
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PM
Hey, it’s up $363 from last year’s tally! For the last few years I’ve been reporting these findings from Equity’s end-of-year financial summaries, gotten a little beh…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:59PMTravolta's rep tells PEOPLE that the gesture was planned ahead of time, in order to poke fun at the way his client BOTCHED the singer's name at last year's Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMFollowing critically-acclaimed runs at London's National Theater and Philadelphia's The Wilma Theater along with recognition in Israel and throughout Europe, The Temple Emanu-El Skirball Cen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:41PMKara Lindsay, seen in the original cast of Newsies, now stars as Glinda in the Broadway production of Wicked. She fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire of random facts, backstage trivia…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMRonald Keaton as CHURCHILL, now at New World Stages, is a history lesson that is entertaining, informative and thoughtful.
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 01:40PMRecently there have been articles from Backstage, the LA Times, American Theater Magazine and now Playbill and The Hollywood Reporter on the 99 Seat Debate, and there definitely seems to be …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 01:34PMFor its 45th anniversary season, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre received an extra special gift — an anonymous donor underwriting a mixed repertory program to be staged at the Benedum Cente…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:34PMThe main emotion I felt last night at Strathmore, while I watched The President’s Own United States Marine Band, was pride. These very talented musicians gave up the chance for a professi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:33PMArnie Burton, an original cast member of 39 Steps, will reprise his role of Clown #2 in the Off-Broadway return of Patrick Barlow's Tony Award-nominated comedy, based on…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:33PMOriginal Broadway cast member Arnie Burton will reprise his role of Clown #2 in the upcoming off-Broadway revival of 39 Steps. Directed by Maria Aitken, the production will begin an open-end…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMSam Robards and Kate Burton star at the Mark Taper Forum in Arthur Miller's rarely performed chamber piece, which proves both problematic and profound.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:30PMName: Nicholas ConnollyHometown: Little Silver, NJEducation: Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts, Master of Music in Voice Performan…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:25PMRobert Billig is currently back on the road as musical director for the current US tour of Chicago: The Musical, which recently played here in DC at the National Theatre. After being totally…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 01:24PMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— Fort Lauderdale has no opera company of its own, but Miami-based Florida Grand Opera brings some of its productions to this city’s elegant Broward Center. Palm Bea…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:21PMProducer Douglas Denoff, in association with Fiery Angel, London, announced today that original Broadway cast member Arnie Burton will reprise his role of Clown 2, and will be joined by Bill…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMThe conversation
will cover diversity and inclusion within the American theatre landscape, and the realities of creating sustainability
for artists of color and culturally-specific the…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:21PMGet out the tissues.
SOURCE: usat.ly at 01:10PMFor many the story of Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas will be familiar. It has been told in many forms, and powerful and inspirational as it is, many times too. Thomas (known to all bar his m…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 01:03PMCharles Mee's romantic comedy also stars Libby Winters, Lynn Cohen, and Christopher Innvar.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMStephen Sondheim's "She'll Be Back" will finally see the light of day after being removed from the big screen adaptation.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMBeing recognized is always "Spectacular" for the Dancing With the Stars veteran.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMDavid Leveaux's production of Patrick Marber's 1997 play opened at the Donmar Warehouse last night - how did the critics react?
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMThe year's programme features 750 events at over 180 venues
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PM
The day after Lady Gaga set the Internet ablaze with her classical performance of a medley from Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music" at the 87th Annual Academy Awards…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:55PMThe Paper Mill Playhouse has announced its 2015-16 season, which will feature a noteworthy selection of beloved musicals, two new works and celebrity talents
SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:55PMIn an all new video, DANCING WITH THE STARS' Derek Hough shares how excited he is to be performing in the New York Spring Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall this spring
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54PMBrighton Fringe has announced the line-up for its 10th year, which includes premieres about the 2010 student protests and the bombing of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMRehearsals are officially underway for the Paper Mill Playhouse production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame! Michael Arden, Ciara Renee, Patrick Page and more stars are reprising their roles f…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMGhostlight Records will release the original cast album of the world premiere musical THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE on March 24.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMTwo never-produced Pinter screenplays, “Victory” and “The Dreaming Child,” will be broadcast as radio plays on the BBC.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:50PMLONDON (Reuters) - The tunes were familiar but the words were not as a troupe of deaf and blind North Koreans performed "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" and songs from "The Phantom of the O…
SOURCE: Reuters at 12:48PMFollowing critically acclaimed runs at London's National Theatre and Philadelphia's The Wilma Theater, Tadeusz Słobodzianek's award-winning play Our Class will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMScott Timberg says that the creative class is being killed. What are you going to do about it?
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 12:42PMFollowing the company's annual picture game, inspiring audiences to guess the upcoming season, Paper Mill has followed it up with a second image, this time explaining the first
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:38PMJohn Cameron Mitchell is starring on Broadway opposite Lena Hall in Hedwig and the Angry Inch through April 26, 2015 on Broadway a Belasco Theatre (111 West 44th Street). Photos by Joan Marc…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:35PMWith rehearsals for THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME's spring run at Paper Mill Playhouse underway, the cast of the production, featuring a book by Peter Parnell, music by Alan Menken and lyrics …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:33PMAlan Cumming, Sutton Foster, Donna Murphy, Bebe Neuwirth and Kelli O'Hara will serve as guest artists when the New York Pops honors Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Kath…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMThe leads of the La Jolla Playhouse production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame will reprise their roles at the Paper Mill Playhouse, where the musical will begin performances March 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMTony Award winning actor and opera star, Paulo Szot on his new 54 Below show, why he keeps his Tony hidden and the highlight of his days now.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:27PMThe cast of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, featuring a book by Peter Parnell, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, is officially in rehearsals for the upcoming spring run at Pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27PMUp there on the screen, we can all fly, but down here on earth we need to be each other's wings, says this year's Oscar winner for Best Actor Eddie Redmayne in the new Screen Actors Guild Fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMThe home to musicals on the Jersey Shore has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy
SOURCE: NJ.com at 12:25PMClick for photos from the official off-Broadway opening night of Charles Mee’s Big Love on February 23, 2015 at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMCHURCHILL, performed and adapted by Ronald Keaton and directed by Kurt Johns, now in performance at New World Stages, is a magnificent look at history through the eyes of one of the men who …
SOURCE: The AndyGram at 12:22PMJoshua Harmon’s award-winning comedy, Bad Jews, will be transferring to the West End’s Arts Theatre this year. Performances begin on March 8, with an official opening on March 25…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:22PMIn a world where colorful heroes and evil villains roam free in a pixelated landscape comes a champion like no other. And her name is Kapow-i GoGo. And the title character inspired a full-th…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:18PMOn Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 3 p.m., Tony and Grammy Award winner Jessie Mueller Beautiful The Carole King Musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood joins Broadway veterans Leslie Stifelman Musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMTomorrow morning at 6:45am, Turner Classic Movies will be screening General Spanky (1936), Hal Roach’s one attempt to move his popular “Our Gang” characters up to feature…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:12PMCircus: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Goes to the Extreme for Family Entertainment
By: Ellis Nassour When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & B…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:12PMProduced in association with La Jolla Playhouse, the Paper Mill Playhouse production of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame will feature Ciara Renée as Esmeralda, Mi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe show, with a score by Oscar winners Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, is inspired by the 1996 animated film of the same title.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe lead actor will take time off this week to recover from an infection.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe production starring Rufus Sewell and Nancy Carroll opened at the Donmar Warehouse last night
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DEFINITIVE DATES ON INDEPENDENCE DAY In this 95-minute one-act called Four, half the “dialogue” seems unspoken but not unfelt. The audience is literally just along for the ride. Christop…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 11:59AMFinding Neverland star Matthew Morrison previewed a number from his new Broadway show at producer Harvey Weinstein's Academy Awards nominees dinner. (Check out Oscar winner Jennifer Huds…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:56AMProducer Scott Rudin may be in talks for a Broadway transfer of the Goodman Theatre's production of the Eugene O'Neill classic The Iceman Cometh, currently playing a sold-out run…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMEvan Rachel Wood ("Thirteen," "The Wrestler," "Across the Universe") is joining the Chicago cast of "For the Record: Dear John Hughes."
The post Evan Rachel Wood joins the cast of ‘Dea…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:52AM"Troubled" is too mild a word for Stuart, the 16-year-old protagonist of "The Blackest Shore," Mark Schultz's play making its world premiere at Catastrophic Theatre.
Yet a friendship that d…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 11:46AMThere is nothing like a dame! Dame Helen Mirren, currently in previews as Her Majesty in The Audience, stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman on February 23 to talk about Peter Morgan…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:45AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The frantic play "39 Steps," a cheeky stage spoof of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 spy thriller with just four actors, is returning to New York with a familiar face....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:44AMThe Print Room at the Coronet, LondonChoreographers Hubert Essakow, Kirill Burlov, Tamarin Stott and Mbulelo Ndabeni celebrate the year the Coronet was built Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:43AMCrime novelist Laura Lippman keeps going back to a Stephen Sondheim song, “Anyone Can Whistle,” for inspiration.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 11:37AMProducers of West End show Stomp have claimed the production broke two box office records at the Ambassadors Theatre earlier this month.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMDuring the appearance, Dave learned there's nothing like a Dame when Mirren felt he was upstaging her. Later, the actress talked about playing Queen Elizabeth in the Broadway production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMYesterday, Columbia University and Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith announced that Suzan-Lori Parks’ critically acclaimed epic play, Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 &3) …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:36AMFantasy and mythology cross-breed with early American history in Nathan Allen's ambitious three-play series, not at last running in repertory.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AMPaper Mill Playhouse has announced its 2015-16 season, which will feature five musicals and two world premieres.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMFollowing Eddie Redmayne's Oscars triumph, we look at some of the film and television roles that defined him as an actor
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:31AMTwo Thai actors — Patiwat Saraiyaem, 23, and Pornthip Mankong, 26 — received five-year jail sentences Feb. 24 for their performance of a stage play about a fictional …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMCharles Mee's Big Love, directed by Tina Landau, opened Feb. 23 at Signature Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMWe savor our mysteries for that flashpoint moment when all the pieces of the puzzle interlock perfectly. Red herrings can show up to dinner, as long as they make sense in the final analysis.…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 11:25AMDame Helen Mirren stopped by the "Late Show with David Letterman" to talk about her upcoming Broadway show The Audience. The production is now in previews at the Gerald Schoendfeld T…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:24AMChurchill never failed to inspire -- and Keaton's excellent rendition explains why.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:19AMThe musical adaptation of A Bronx Tale is finally hitting the stage, but not on Broadway (yet, at least). The tuner, based on the one-man play and film of the same name, will premiere as par…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:15AMDominic Cavendish responds to Mark Rylance's suggestion that we should edit problematic passages
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 11:10AMCelebrity guests such as Jerry Seinfeld, Pat Cooper, Jim Norton and Amy Schumer were on hand at Caroline's Comedy Club Feb. 23 for the premiere of Colin Quinn's "Cop Show.&quo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMBroadway In Chicago has announced Evan Rachel Wood Thirteen, The Wrestler, Across the Universe will join the cast of FOR THE RECORD DEAR JOHN HUGHES, an immersive, concert event showcasing t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:09AMFollowing a 65-year run at the Jersey Shore in Beach Haven, NJ, Surflight Theatre will shut its doors. Despite efforts by management and trustees to keep operations going, the company fi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AM“Now that Broadway-minded songwriters no longer have a universal musical language on which to draw, it isn’t possible to write a show with genuine broad-gauge audience appeal. It say…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:05AMFollowing this weekend's scoop that Tony-nominee Peter Gallagher had fallen ill, causing a last-minute cancellation of Roundabout's ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY on Saturday night, BroadwayWorld …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMThey say a billion people watched the Academy Awards. And I was one of them. By contrast, our little engine that could of an awards show, the Tony Awards, gets an audience of 7 million. Ju…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMAn African-American seamstress finds love in all the wrong places.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMMitchell is starring in his own musical through April 26.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 2172015 - 2242015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThe New Jersey theater announces its 2015-16 season lineup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMPatrick Marber's searing portrayal of love and sex in a virtual age is revived by David Leveaux
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMPatrick Marber's searing portrayal of love and sex in a virtual age is revived by David Leveaux
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Jonathan Groff, who created the role of Jesse St. James in the Fox musical series "Glee," will return for the program's series finale, which is scheduled for March 20 at 8 PM …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMSwarovski partnered with Tony-winning set designer Derek McLane for the 3rd year in a row on the set of the 87th Annual Academy Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMFilm star Evan Rachel Wood will join the cast of the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert centered around the soundtracks of director Hughes' movies, Broadway in…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AMFilm star Evan Rachel Wood will join the cast of the upcoming "For The Record: Dear John Hughes," a theatrical concert centered on the soundtracks of director Hughes' movies, Broadway in Chi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:52AMMarisa Tomei will portray femist activist and Ms. Magazine founder Gloria Steinem in an upcoming HBO miniseries.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMAn all-star cast of 54 Below favorites gathered for an evening celebrating the work of American Songbook pioneer, Irving Berlin, last night at the beloved venue. Check out photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMColchester’s Mercury Theatre will carry out major improvements to its studio theatre after a £580,000 renovation plan was given the go ahead
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMFeeling nervous? You’re not alone. Scott Stossel, author of My Age of Anxiety, will share his own experience in conversation with Elizabeth Cohen, CNN senior
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:38AMTonight, Paulo Szot begins a series of shows at 54 Below celebrating the 100th birthday of iconic crooner Frank Sinatra. As a Brazilian, Szot was most affected by Sinatra's collaboration…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMEmily Padgett, Erin Davie, Kelli Rabke, Paulo Szot and Rose Hemingway will offer concerts at the intimate 54 Below in the coming weeks. They offered a preview the afternoon of Feb. 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMSignature Theatre's production of BIG LOVE by Charles Mee, directed by Tina Landau, began on February 5, 2015. The production runs through March 15, 2015, and opened last night, February 23,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMIt’s perfect weather for Iceman rumors, is it not? The Brooklyn Academy of Music production of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece The Iceman Cometh, starring Tony winners Nathan …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:28AMMartin Short has a standing invite to the ultimate theater party: It’s Only a Play, Terrence McNally’s comedy about the hijinks that unfold on the opening night of a Broadway sho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:28AMTony Award-nominated On the Twentieth Century star Peter Gallagher, who fell ill just prior to the Feb. 21 Saturday evening performance – prompting a last-minute cancellati…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMExpanding its offerings to a second week, the Denver Center's annual new-play meeting gives featured writers more time to get their plays in shape---many of them for the mainstage.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:25AMLondon’s Corinthia Hotel will support an opera residency this year as part of a scheme set up to nurture emerging talent. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:24AMThe Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
Off Off Broadway, Dixon Place
Reviewed by Seth Bogner
BOTTOM LINE: James Lecesne is working hard for the money in this solo show and the fruits of…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 10:19AMJohn Cameron Mitchell, the co-creator and original star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, who took a week-long hiatus from the show to recover from a knee injury he suffered during a rec…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMTony winner Neil Patrick Harris has responded to those who criticized his work as host of the 87th Academy Awards, which were broadcast on ABC Feb. 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMCurtains? is not entirely satisfying, but I’ll give Michael M. Kaiser points for honesty, clarity, and for not dodging uncomfortable truths.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMSome people are angry that Channel 4 is developing Hungry, a comedy set in one of Ireland’s darkest times. But don’t judge a script before it’s written Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMThe 87th Oscars took place on Sunday February 22nd, and there were many memorable moments from the night But, don't fret if you missed the show, I am counting down my top 10 moments--in gif …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:03AMIn the recording studio with Erin Davie, Emily Padgett and the cast of the recent Broadway revival of Side Show. Complete recording is now available from Broadway Records.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:01AMJohn Cameron Mitchell will returns to HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH on Broadway tonight, February 24, now that his knee injury has had time to heal. In honor of the occasion, check out new photo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM“Call Me Adam” chats with the original cast of the hit Off-Broadway musical Altar Boyz, Andy Karl, Ryan Duncan, and David Josefsberg (due to scheduling Tyler Maynard was no…
SOURCE: BroadwaySpotted at 10:00AMClick for new photos of John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Belasco Theatre. After a one-week hiatus, the co-creator returns to play the transgender East German rock go…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:00AMIt's also great birth control
SOURCE: time.com at 10:00AMFirst of all, did you see this interview Rob Weinert-Kendt did of me at American Theatre? I get interviewed sometimes too.
UPCOMING EVENT:
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 10:00AMStars of stage and screen packed into the Duke of York's theatre last night for the transfer of Jennifer Haley's award-winning play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AMJennifer Haley's play has transferred to the West End from the Royal Court
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by: Sandi Durell They said they would never leave you and so “Side Show’s” Hilton twins, Emily Padgett and Erin Davie, will reunite at 54 Below in their...
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SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:56AMToday’s Highlights: * Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, directed by Marc Bruni, featuring Katie Brayben (Carole King), Alan Morrissey (Gerry Goffin), Lorna Want (Cynthia Weil), Gly…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMThe big news was that dashing Greg Wise was returning to the London stage after an absence of 17 years. Still best remembered as the handsome cad Willoughby in the film of Sense and Sensibil…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 09:40AMA reading of Joker's Game, a new musical originally developed and produced in China, will be held Feb. 25 at noon at the Ripley Grier Studios.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AM“A permanent gem in Broadway’s crown." So said theatre critic Clive Barnes in praise of Cy Coleman and his nearly half-century of contributions to the American musical. Coleman was born …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:30AMGood morningnightafternoon fellow Bachelor fans We have officially reached the most boring episode of the season This is the uncomfortable point where there are only three normal gals left a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMThis week's New York Times In Performance video features Patrick Mulryan, singing the number Giants in the Sky from the Fiasco Theater's production of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:22AMKaren Mason, who was last on Broadway in the Frank Wildhorn musical Wonderland, will play a month-long engagement at the New York cabaret Don't Tell Mama in March.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:20AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The cocktail of choice for Elisabeth Moss these days is very post-"Mad Men."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:16AMThis week's New York Times In Performance video features Patrick Mulryan, singing the number Giants in the Sky from the Fiasco Theater's production of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMSelfie sticks are the talk of the museum world. Those extender poles used to widen the panoramic range of a selfie have become popular with the general public and museum visitors, who want t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:07AMSelfie sticks are the talk of the museum world. Those extender poles used to widen the panoramic range of a selfie have become popular with the general public and museum visitors, who want t…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 09:07AMThe rest of 2015 will have a lot to live up to: In quick succession, I've already seen/written about/considered two of the best productions I'll probably see in years, let alone this calenda…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 09:07AMAlso: Gotham Chamber Opera takes on 'The Tempest'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AMNikolai Lugansky was the soloist for Rachmaninoff's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:00AMNathan Englander's short story, "The Twenty-Seventh Man," from his debut collection, "For the Relief of Unbearable Urges," is so impeccably pulled off, so beautifully composed in the spirit …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
In the aftermath of the recently-concluded, much-awaited day of hearts, I felt the need to make my own list of musical theater songs to commemorate the event. The thing with love is that the…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:58AMEvery once in a while a piece of art brilliantly captures the glory, costs and ordeals of public life. Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” did that. And so does Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hami…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:52AMThis week, Jeremy Jordan Newsies, Bonnie and Clyde stepped into the studio to debut 'The Wheel', a song from the new musical. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:46AMStrathmore brings a wide variety of performances to its spacious Music Center each month, from the Tango Buenos Aires: Song of Eva Perón, which performs there tomorrow, to the Annapolis Sym…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:45AMGood 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 John Cameron Mitchell returns to HEDWI…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:43AMPatrick Marber’s celebrated study of life, sex, death and obituaries is back in the West End, 18 years after it opened at the National Theatre Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AMPaulo Szot lends his extraordinary voice to Tom Jobim songs chosen by Sinatra during their magical encounter 45 years ago. Celebrating Sinatra amp Jobim. It'll be some enchanted evening, for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:25AMCaf Carlyle welcomes back Alexa Ray Joel for a two-week engagement, tonight, February 24-March 7.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23AMFollowing the muscial medley, Sound of Music star Julie Andrews appeared onstage and embraced Gaga in a show of genuine admiration and affection.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:22AMLives of the Saints, a world premiere collection of delightfully funny and unforgettable short plays by David Ives All in the Timing, Venus in Fur and directed by Tony Award winner John Rand…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMNorma Desmond is waiting for her close-up in Reston Community Players’ sumptuous rendition of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, opening this Friday, February 27, 2015. Inspired…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMRECOMMENDED Describing what Paul Downs Calaizzo’s “Really Really” is really about is not easy. The play is a Molotov kegger of sex, class, politics and violence. It’s…
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When ballerina Jenifer Ringer took on a new role at the New York City Ballet, she had to train her ear for the composition and her body for the moves – then let her imagination take flight…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:50AMEntertainment unions have issued a joint statement saying they are “totally committed” to English National Opera following Arts Council England’s decision to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:47AMThe rare edition of Shakespeare’s plays recently found in a French public library will go on show at the Globe theatre next year Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:45AMThe Nether runs now through March 15, 2015 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre 121 Christopher Street, with opening night set for tonight, February 24th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:44AMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of The World of Extreme Happiness, the new play by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, directed by Eric Ting, began performances on February 3 at MTC's New York Ci…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40AMRobin Soans's play about rugby star Gareth Thomas has admirable intentions
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:37AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterAnna Jordan’s prize-winning play about two teenagers living alone in a filthy flat is difficult to watch yet easy to love Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:34AMLike her dad, Billy Joel, singer/songwriter Alexa Ray Joel feels at home singing and performing on the piano. She begins a return engagement singing cabaret at Manhattan's landmark Cafe Carl…
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:33AMA rare Shakespeare first folio discovered in a French library last year is to be displayed at Shakespeare’s Globe for two months
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMA new production of Bertolt Brecht's morality tale shines a powerful light on today's conflicts in Syria and eastern Ukraine
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 07:08AMImage: Dade Freeman England’s largest arts fringe festival has launched today. The Brighton Fringe 2015 has over 750 acts confirmed so far, making it already the biggest Fringe ever. Julia…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:05AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Abbey, DublinTheseus is a doctor and Puck’s potion is administered by drip in an inventive production that strikes a fine balance between comedy and pathos Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:56AMA very satisfying production by the invaluable Pearl Theater
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:53AMBest of all, there is the constant exchange of wonderfully down-to-earth, humorously naturalistic dialogue that is Odets' forte
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:51AMCharles Mee's update on The Danaids gets and enchanting production at the Signature Theater
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:50AM By: Sandi Durell Yes, it will get above freezing to allow Cabaret enthusiasts to enjoy the many events and shows taking place during March at...
The post March…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:47AMThe West End production of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical opens officially Feb. 24 (following previews that began Feb. 10) at the Aldwych Theatre. It is currently booking thro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:37AMWhat happens when a bunch of lawyers put on a show and hit the red carpet? THIS!
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SOURCE: Theatre People Australia at 06:15AMBelfast’s Lyric Theatre has taken the lion’s share of prizes at this year’s Irish Times Theatre Awards, winning four of the 15
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMWhen brothers Paolo and Rodrigo Pederneiras and their siblings — who'd studied ballet and contemporary dance as teenagers — decided on dance careers in the mid-'70s, their hometown of Be…
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Othello
Presented by Curio Theatre Company through March 14 at Calvary Center for Culture and Community, 4740 Baltimore Ave.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 01:34AMIn 1996, Disney Theatrical announced it was making a musical of their popular animated hit The Lion King (1994). Eyes rolled with memories of Disney on Ice productions and the fear of anth…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 01:33AMThis post is by Stefan Woych
"Fabulous!," which returns to Off-Broadway after a successful run last fall, is an unabashed gay mash-up of "Anything Goes" and "Some Like it Hot," where two bes…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:00AMVance Joy on "Riptide", Tour Must-Haves, & Goofy vs Pluto
Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy makes his way to the YH Studio where he discusses his breakout single "Riptide" and his proce…
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The City of Fairfax Theatre Company will present John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable on March 5-8 and March 12-15, 2015. Performances will take place in the Downtown City of Fairfax, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:31AMComedian Stephen Fry walks out of a lead role in West End play Cell Mates and heads for Europe after suffering stage frightStephen Fry returns to London stage 17 years after abandoning Cell …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AMCult movie musical THE NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S is set for its Blu-ray debut today, February 24.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMAfter her highly successful debut singing the songs of Florence and the Machine at Broadway's Supper Club 54 Below, Tal Yardeni returns tonight, February 24, 2015 at 9.30pm with TAL YARDENI …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMCush Jumbo in ‘Josephine and I’ at Joe’s Pub, Doug Wright’s ‘Posterity,’ about a sculptor charged with making a portrait of Henrik Ibsen and more in this week’s On Stage.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 12:10AMToday, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to announce a brand new EP from versatile and accomplished theatre and pop songwriter Michael Mott as well as share a first listen at a world premiere track …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02AMTONIGH AT 7:30 PM! LIVE ON STAGE! THE ONE AND ONLY CHITA RIVERA IN A UNIQUE SOLO CONCERT EVENT A LEGENDARY CELEBRATION TONIGHT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2015 AT 7:30 PM AT THE ALDEN 1234 INGL…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:01AMTony Award winner Paulo Szot, who made his Broadway debut as Emile de Becque in the 2008 revival of South Pacific, returns to the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below Feb. 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJohn Cameron Mitchell, the co-creator and original star of the Off-Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, had no intention of returning to the heels and wig of the charact…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world-premiere production of Lives of the Saints, a collection of short plays by David Ives (Venus in Fur, All in the Timing), officially opens Off-Broadway Feb. 24 following pre…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Nurse Jackie" Emmy winner Merritt Wever leads MCC Theater's New York premiere of playwright Jennifer Haley's award-winning drama The Nether, a futuristic work that exp…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCafé Carlyle welcomes back Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of music legend Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, for a two-week engagement Feb. 24–March 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1876 Birthday of Broadway comedian Victor Moore (1876-1962), who starred or co-starred in the original casts of many musical comedies, notably Of Thee I Sing, Anything Goes, Louisian…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFrances Ya-Chu Cowhig's The World of Extreme Happiness, a Manhattan Theatre Club world-premiere co-production with Chicago's Goodman Theatre, officially opens Fe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins' new play, "An Octoroon," is a fresh takes on the Irish author, Dion Boucicault’s nineteenth century play of the same name. Judge Peyton is dead, and his plantation…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMDavid Ives talks about the world premiere of his new comedic short plays, “Lives of the Saints,” along with two of its featured actors, Carson Elrod and Liv Rooth. Elrod and Rooth will …
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM"While the evening ostensibly functions as a living autobiography, it becomes, through de Lavallade’s luminous grace and intelligence, a master class in how to be a superb human." Erin…
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