In 1985, the Queensland Performing Arts Centre opened with a blockbuster production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, which starred Jon English, Marina Prior and Simon Gallahe…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:30PMVariety writes that PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES, starring CINDERELLA's Lily James and Sam Riley, will hit theaters on February 19, 2016, via Screen Gems.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:10PMBest New Work (Play or Musical) (4 nominees) ** Clark Gable Slept Here, Michael McKeever, Zoetic Stage Cuban Spring, Vanessa Garcia, New Theatre Have I Got a Girl for You, Josh Mesnick, Isla…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:05PMYou might know Helen Mirren from the RED movies or When Harry Met Sally 2 or anything to do with the Queen, but what she really wants to do is co-star in a Fast and Furious movie. "…
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That it should come to this!
But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two:
So excellent a king; that was, to this,
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:47PMWhether it’s preparing for an audition, a performance or just life in general we all feel a moment when we need a little extra motivation. Sophie Wright delves into some quick and…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:42PMStage director Charlotte Brathwaite, composer/pianist Courtney Bryan and installation artist Abigail DeVille have assembled an Afro-futuristic spectacle with actor/singer Jadele McPherson …
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:40PM“On the 20th Century” isn’t exactly an old dog, but fitted out with some new tricks, one in particular, the current Broadway revival is a snazzy affair. That one indispensable element …
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 10:28PMBroadwayWorld has confirmed that Nerds is headed back to to New York City
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The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission plans to issue a request for qualifications to artists by the end of April. … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 08:59PMThomas Cott recently drew attention to a post on Capacity Interactive encouraging people to eliminate a print ad in favor of creating a video. Erik Gensler makes many points worth considerin…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:51PMIn Sunday’s paper I put on my travel-writer hat and finished a three-part series on my early January trip to Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria. If there’s one overall tip I…
SOURCE: fresnobeehive.com at 08:38PMComposer Scott Alan and performer Garth Kravits The Drowsy Chaperone join the slate of performers scheduled for Broadway Sings Tori, a one-night concert benefitting RAINN. Featuring the musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36PMThe National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene is embarking on a partnership with the Museum of Jewish Heritage that could give the group a permanent home for the first time in more than four decad…
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 08:23PMThere are so many way to demand justice. In 1973 South Africans Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona found their voices to take on South Africa’s apartheid through the words of an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:22PM"What an inspiration to witness a rehearsal with nothing at stake, no looming stage premiere, no patrons to impress, no expense, simply the pleasure of creating among friends in the quiet su…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"Chef Bobo has a passion for sustainable, locally sourced, wholesome food...He will be providing his delectable cuisine for The Dance Enthusiast’s upcoming Enthusiastic Event! celebrating …
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By: Sandi Durell Currently in repertory at Urban Stages, this two part one-hander, written and performed by Robert Dubac, sets the ton…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:58PMPictures like this have begun making the rounds as the vote begins to roll out. Here’s my wrinkle on it below. And yes, that’s Jesus above the computer screen and yes he’s …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:57PMComposer Scott Alan and performer Garth Kravits The Drowsy Chaperone join the slate of performers scheduled for Broadway Sings Tori, a one-night concert benefitting RAINN. Featuring the musi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:50PMI actually have met Doug on a number of occasions and all of those occasions have been at 99 Seat theater productions. While his main gig is hosting a radio show at KABC, he also writes for …
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 07:45PM Review by Beatrice Williams-Rude No, you didn’t misread that: It’s not “The Book of Mormon,” but i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:45PMThe One Day of the Year is actually about much more than ANZAC Day, the “one day of the year”. It uses the annual commemoration of the nation’s “defining moment” as an occasion to …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:23PMMy goodness, you’d certainly have to be a comatose curmudgeon not to be charmed by this latest British Players creation. This zesty, quite zany company excels at merry theatrics, the lat…
SOURCE: Maryland Theatre Guide at 07:16PMSutton Foster plays a 40-year-old woman pretending to be 26 in the new TV Land drama-comedy series 'Younger.' It premieres March 31 at 10 p.m. EDT with two back-to-back episodes. (March 30)
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SOURCE: USA Today at 07:05PM
JACK THE RIPPER first premiered at London's Players' Theatre. Yet, this musical's unique original cast album would take 40 years to see the light of day. On March 30, 2015 Stage Door Records…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMAnother stage vet is heading to the DC Universe on The CW.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:44PMAfter last week's East Village explosion, building collapse and fire, Theater for the New City is offering neighbors displaced by the disaster free clothing from its costume collection.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29PMNeil Patrick Harris looks back at his Tony Award-winning hit
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMRussia’s culture minister has fired the director of a Siberian theatre, after his modern staging of Wagner’s opera Tannhauser offended members of the country’s powerful Orthodox Church.
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:13PMEnjoy it while you can, LemonHeads, because according to their track record LASA will more than likely run out of money again in about 5 years and close it all down like they’ve done b…
SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 06:09PMOn Saturday, April 18th, TDF will host a special reception and performance of The Heidi Chronicles to celebrate the show's Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein, and t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09PMBROADWAY LEGACY is a photographic and editorial exhibition that boldly celebrates African American achievement in the Broadway industry. The beautiful showcase of talented black men was dire…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:07PMWith its live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST adaptation shaping up and the success of Kenneth Branagh's CINDERELLA, Disney is moving on to another property.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 3302015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMThe nine-time Tony-winning composer will accept the award this fall at the University of Illinois.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe company's upcoming season is self-styled as "big, bold, and ambitious."
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
She's back where she belongs 'Hello Dolly' starring Andrea McArdle is at The Media Theatre April 22 to May 24. Andrea McArdle returns to the award-winning professional music theatre venue af…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMThe Eugene O'Neill Theater Center has announced that it will present two-time Tony winner Nathan Lane with the 15th Monte Cristo Award on April 13. Given annually, the award recogniz…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:50PMToday, for RISK AGAIN, the NTI and NMTI spring 2015 ensemble share words of wisdom they have recently received from teachers at the National Theater Institute.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, March 30, 2015 Fast-Growing Social Apps Are Trying to Clean Out Their Darkest Corners Yik Yak, Meerkat and more look to purge bullies, trolls and…
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:48PMBill Bordy gifts LA Stage Alliance with five years of funding to support a return of its online performing-arts magazine.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:45PMSutton Foster stars as a 40-year-old unemployed mother who poses as 26 to win an entry-level position in the publishing industry.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:39PMI’ve wanted to direct a thriller for years, so I jumped at the chance to direct Molotov Theatre Group’s upcoming production of The Margins by David Skeele (opening April 2 at DCAC in Ada…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:37PMAn interview with Julia Jonas of Nellie Tinder about process, instinct, and the agony and ecstasy of making plays.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:36PMCounting down the 20 best versions of "Home" in celebration of the Broadway revival and NBC's live presentation of The Wiz.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:35PMDame Hilary Mantel, the double Man Booker Prize winner for her acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, as well as the author of the Broadway production Wolf Hall Parts 1 amp 2, i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:34PMDisney is developing a live-action version of its 1998 animated movie “Mulan.” The project is based on a script by Elizabeth Martin and Lauren Hynek focused on the Chinese warrio…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:33PMHot off the heels of Cinderella, Disney has its eyes on another animated film to retell in a live-action blockbuster. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has added Mulan to its l…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:33PMA neo-folk musician, Mr. Irving sets up in New York apartments and between songs tells stories of his travels so far.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:30PMThis past Saturday, March 28th, 2015, Fuerza Bruta marked its 2,500th performance in New York City. The cast celebrated on the steps of the Daryl Roth Theatre with impromptu food fight. Scro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMFRINGE BENEFITS The British monologuist Daniel Kitson returns to St. Ann’s Warehouse with “It’s Always Right Now, Until It’s Later.” (Previews begin Jan. 3.) ♦ MCC revives the m…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 05:29PMWelcome to BroadwayWorld's The Broadway Ticket Buying Guide. Below, you will find weekly updates on full priced tickets, discounts, availability for the hottest productions, and locations fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:28PMNew musicals brought new business to Broadway last week, with two of the week’s four new shows playing to full houses. The Broadway transfer of Off Broadway success “Fun HomeR…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:27PMThe New York Police Department has announced it is currently investigating Harvey Weinstein for allegedly groping a 22-year-old woman. According to a complaint filed by the alleged victim, t…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:27PMFinding Neverland is enchanting in a magical new sneak peek
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:20PMTheatremakers joined students at the University of the Arts for theatricalized concert versions of sounded the limits of the musical theatre form.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:20PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NBC will be going down the yellow brick road for its next live musical event "The Wiz," collaborating with theatrical performance troupe Cirque du Soleil, the network…
SOURCE: Reuters at 05:19PMOnce again, we're getting a live musical from NBC. After the ratings success of The Sound of Music and the more moderate success of Peter Pan, NBC has announced that it's going with The…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:10PMDisney's Aladdin recently celebrated its first year on Broadway. In honor of the anniversary, we challenged the cast to see how well they know their co-stars. It's a contest betw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:08PMDisney's Aladdin recently celebrated its first year on Broadway. In honor of the anniversary, we challenged the cast to see how well they know their co-stars. It's a contest betw…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:08PMAcording to the Chicago Tribune, theatre legend Stephen Sondheim will receive Chicago Public Library Foundation's 16th Carl Sandburg Award. As a part of the ceremony on October 21, 2015, Son…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:05PMIf you have any interest in the subject of diversity in entertainment, no doubt you’re aware of the firestorm kicked off last week by TV editor and co-editor-in-chief of the entertainment …
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 05:03PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- "The Wiz" is coming to TV and back to Broadway with productions from NBC and Cirque du Soleil....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:01PMThe Ensemblist’s Nikka Graff Lanzarone and Mo Brady cheer on the cast of Broadway’s It Shoulda Been You.
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 05:01PMThe author of the acclaimed novels will autograph her books in conjunction with their new stage versions.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMCharlie Smalls and William F. Brown's musical beats out The Music Man.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe musical, which premiered in 2010, will open in Manchester in September
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:00PM
Play part of a full schedule for Moscovitch, who's also writing for CBC's X Company and developing Fall on Your Knees for Shaw Festival
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:59PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Tituss Burgess, Cristin Milioti & More Board 24 Hour Musicals
Stage and screen faves Tituss Bu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:58PMWhat Idle Motion does so cleverly is it delicately interweaves different perspectives of the same story. Those perspectives come in a myriad of forms from the narrative to how they manipulat…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57PMThe “Woman in Gold” and “Pulp Fiction” producer has been questioned by New York police over allegations that he groped a female attendee at the TriBeCa Film Festival …
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:53PMNext season at the Boston theatre will include new works by Winnie Holzman, Jeffrey Hatcher, Gina Gionfriddo and Craig Lucas. Oh, and Nick Offerman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:53PMHelen Mirren, currently starring in Peter Morgan's THE AUDIENCE on Broadway, will visit LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL tomorrow, Tuesday, March 31, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:50PMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
In Doug Wright’s "Posterity" at the Atlantic Theater Company two monumental cultural figures of 19th century Norway lock horns in a battle of wits and sensibi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:49PMFirst came “The Sound of Music.” Second came “Peter Pan.” Next up for NBC: a ...
The post NBC to present ‘The Wiz’ live with Cirque du Soleil, Harvey Fier…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 04:49PMNBC will debut a new live television production of the hit Broadway musical 'The Wiz' on Thursday, Dec. 3, it was announced today by Robert Greenblatt, Chairman, NBC Entertainment.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMThe new musical Finding Neverland, which began previews last week, had another good outing this week. The week before last it took in more that $1 million at the box office. This past week, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMForty years ago this past January, The Wiz opened on Broadway as the sleeper hit of the season, and went on to win the Tony Award as Best Musical and run for four years. The show ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMOpening Night by Les SlovaKs was a glorious, emotional, funny, beautifully messy hour of dance in the Purcell Room at Southbank Centre. Five male dancers and a violinist waited on a bare st…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:36PMThe cast and creative team behind the Broadway event of the season Wolf Hall the Play share the journey from day one at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, featuring Nathaniel Parker, Joey Batey, …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:33PMTwelve shows were in previews last week and one departed on a high note: Roundabout Theatre Company’s revived revival (so glad I won’t have to type that anymore, but still……
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:33PMSomehow a Russian doctor who died in 1904 was able to pre-diagnose our 21st-century ways of not connecting, of spending our lives alone together.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PMAnother look at the new Sondheim song for INTO THE WOODS
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:26PMThis week Finding Neverland's Laura Michelle Kelly answers your questions, including: "What does snuggle time with Matthew Morrison look like?"
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:26PMTodayTix, the Broadway ticket app, announced today that their exclusive mobile lottery with Broadway’s Fun Home, the acclaimed, Award-winning American musical that began previews on Friday…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:24PMMr. Weinstein has not been charged with any wrongdoing and, after being located by detectives, voluntarily accompanied the police to be questioned about the matter.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:22PMReason to rejoice: Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein is involved.
SOURCE: USA Today at 04:21PMBroadway bid "auf Wiedersehen" to the revival of Cabaret on March 29. And as Alan Cumming strapped on his suspenders for the final time, theatergoers continued to flock t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:17PMThe deadline to submit teachers for the inaugural Tony Awards and Carnegie Mellon University Excellence in Theatre Education Award is tomorrow, March 31. Just in time for final submissions, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:16PMBroadway's most recent CABARET revival is going out on tour
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMForget classic reruns; each month the Mt. Lebanon Library Readers Theater group gives voice to classic literature, plays and even radio shows at senior citizens centers throughout the South …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:14PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS, part of our new Industry Insights section that will feature insider industry information, commentary and insights Read on f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 3292015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:13PMDame Hilary Mantel, the double Man Booker Prize winner for her acclaimed novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies, as well as the author of the Broadway production Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & …
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:11PMOn April 13th, The 24 Hour Company is teaming with the Exchange, an off-Broadway theater company, to create the seventh 24 Hour Musicals. A team of more than 100 - including stars from Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMThe mogul finds himself at the center of a sexual assault case.
SOURCE: USA Today at 04:06PMNBC is donning their ruby red slippers, and ready to ease on down the road. The network announced today that The Wiz will be its next live musical performance, with Cirque du Soleil boardi…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:05PMRECOMMENDED The most famous quote from famous Chicago muckracker Upton Sinclair about his groundbreaking novel “The Jungle” is the following: “I aimed at the public’s heart, and …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 04:00PMMcCarter Theater Artistic Director Emily Mann will helm the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMRehana Lew Mirza is the author of this new drama at HERE.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
There is still some casting that is yet to be announced, but much of the cast has now signed on to take part in the much-anticipated film. Below, get to know the company and the roles that t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMThe theater’s first all-ages play, staged in a formerly vacant storefront, is a lightly absurdist take on a coin laundry.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:56PMDC based musician Jack Gregori is a self-described “singer-songwriter, guitar picker, and the creator of Human Country Jukebox” whose music focuses on “rabble-rousing outlaw country b…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:50PMReady to feel a brand new day? NBC will present a live broadcast of Charlie Smalls and William F. Brown’s The Wiz this year. The ‘70s take on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz will hit …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMFollowing the successful live broadcasts of "The Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan," NBC will debut a new live television production of the hit Broadway musical The Wiz Dec.…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMThe Denver Center for the Performing Arts presents the world premiere of THE 12, a brand new rock musical with book and lyrics by Tony Award winner Robert Schenkkan and music and lyrics by N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMNBC will ease on down the road for its next live musical television event. “The Wiz” will take center stage on Thursday, Dec. 3, the net announced Monday. Following the success …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:45PMIn a partnership with Cirque du Soleil to air Dec. 3 before heading to Broadway.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:45PMOn the Twentieth Century, the 1978 riotous musical comedy, is currently being revived by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the American Airlines Theatre. The musical takes place on the Twent…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:40PMWelcome to Fun Home, the groundbreaking new musical that comes to Broadway after its sold-out, critically acclaimed run at the Public Theater. Based on Alison Bechdel's best-selling graphic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:35PMWhen most people think of Broadway, they imagine glamorous musicals and lighthearted comedies where they can forget all their troubles. If you are looking for something a little deeper, New …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:31PMTom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, whose musical If/Then recently concluded its Broadway run, are at work on two stage adaptations: Freaky Friday and Magic Mike. Here's what we know.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMAll data provided by The Broadway League
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:25PMTuesday March 31 is the deadline to nominate an outstanding K-12 teacher for a special award that will be inaugurated at this year's Tony Awards ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMDenver Center for the Performing Arts is presenting Kemp Powers' One Night in Miami…, a new play that imagines what occurred the night of Cassius Clay's hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PMDr. James Williams, Executive Director of the National Churchill Museum located on the Westminster College campus in Fulton MO, brought a group of Westminster alumni to NYC on March 23rd to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMIt took 25 years and a Bruce Springsteen concert for screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein to adapt “Dirty Dancing” into a live musical. Now, 10 years old and a success from Australia to Europe…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:11PMThe Public Theater has announced that its Mobile Shakespeare Unit will bring a free touring production of Macbeth to audiences who have limited or no access to the arts by visiting prisons, …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMProduction images have been released for the production at the London Coliseum
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PM
Last Thursday (3/26/15) I had the privilege of participating in a conference presentation at TCG’s Audience (R)Evolution Convening addressing the Ethics of Engagement (archived video of th…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:51PMLin-Manuel Miranda, of the Broadway bound musical Hamilton, helped Jimmy Fallon record a new outgoing voicemail. Check out the hilarious videos below! Hamilton beginnings previews July 13, 2…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:50PMIn Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast and director of To Kill a Mockingbird at Rockville Little Theatre, meet Nancy Lark. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:50PMThe city's notorious child murders of 1979 are the backdrop of Janine Nabers's 'Serial Black Face,' and Steve Yockey will get two world premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:49PMMiami native Andy Señor added "director" to his Rent resume (he played Angel on Broadway and on tour and assistant-directed the recent Off-Broadway revival) when…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:46PMFor those with a literal turn of mind, a play called "Title and Deed" might suggest issues of ownership and the transfer of real estate. But while groundedin the more primal realities of man…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 02:44PMThe Bible, it is rigorously and rightly observed in "The Good Book," flows through American culture like blood. No question. If you wanted to simplify the nation's most persistent schism, yo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:42PMProducers of Off-Broadway’s The Fantasticks have announced that the long running musical will close on Sunday, May 3rd—the 55th anniversary of the opening of the show in 1960. At the t…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:39PMNew York's Flea Theater has announced that Niegel Smith, a director and performance artist who has worked extensively on and Off-Broadway, will assume the role of artistic director …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMOn Twitter, Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda had this to say Lin_Manuel
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMSkiing, snorkeling, snarking and sautéing fill out the Bravo menu, the NBCU arm announced at today’s upfront presentation in Manhattan. Here’s the official announcement:
NEW YOR…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:30PMEsquire Network and Oxygen Media announced their new lineups at today’s NBCU upfronts in Manhattan. The rollout includes Comedians Of L.A. (working title) and Living With Funny, a join…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:30PMIt happens every time the NYC school kids see some romantic activity on stage. The squeals, oohs amp aahs from the youngsters are a delight to hear. It's a first time Broadway experience for…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMWhat are we going to do when Mad Men breaks up with all of us at the end of May? They say if you love something, you should let it go, and that seems to be what Elisabeth Moss has …
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:26PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of March 30- April 5, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:24PMStephen Sondheim will receive the Carl Sandburg Literary Award this year, a spokesman for the Chicago Public Library said on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:20PMThe 75-year-old Oscar-nominated screenwriter and actor sat down with THR's Scott Feinberg for a wide-ranging, hour-long conversation.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:18PMThe 75-year-old, who played 007 in the 1969 film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service,' dishes candidly to THR about his expectations-defying life and career.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:11PMThe 80-year-old Oscar and Emmy winner, who was being celebrated at the fest, sat down with THR's Scott Feinberg to discuss her life, career and unique worldview. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:10PMPS Classics' cast recording of the Roundabout Theatre Company's critically acclaimed revival of On the Twentieth Century, starring Kristin Chenoweth, will be a two-CD set.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMThe Radio Arts Foundation has the interview.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:05PMCritics shower awards on Northern California theatre, with 64 recipients across 22 categories.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:02PMFathom Events, in partnership with National Theatre Live and BY Experience, are pleased to present 'NT Live Hamlet' on October 15, 2015 at 700 p.m. local time. Academy Award nominee Benedict…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMThe family theater company Emerald City Theatre will bring “Fancy Nancy The Musical” to the Broadway Playhouse this summer, a spokesperson for Broadway in Chicago said on Monday.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:01PMWNET will also receive recognition for vital work in bringing New York theater to viewers across America.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Tony-nominated playwright is part of the team bringing a new adaptation of the classic MGM film to the stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMHarry Melling is among the cast at the Bush Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:00PM
The Broadway production of Cabaret played its final performance at Studio 54 on March 29, 2015. Sam Mendes and Rob Marshall’s Tony Award-winning production of Cabaret, starred Tony-win…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:59PMThe Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) will recognize three outstanding stage luminaries at this year’s 81st Annual Drama League Awards, set for Friday afternoon, May 15, 20…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 01:54PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, PS Classics recorded the cast album of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century on Monday, March 23, 2015. This new Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMRECOMMENDED Since the whole God thing is a joke anyway, it makes all the sense in the world to throw some gnarly guitar riffs at the New Testament and call it a musical. Director Fred Anzevi…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 01:45PMNicholas Hytner has highlighted subsidised tickets and live cinema screenings as two of his biggest achievements during his 12-year tenure at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:41PMThe Drama League will recognize three outstanding stage luminaries at this year's 81st Annual Drama League Awards, set for Friday afternoon, May 15, 2015 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMPolice questioned Harvey Weinstein after the indie studio chief allegedly groped a 22-year old woman in Tribeca on Friday, a NYPD spokesman confirmed to Variety. The woman accused the Weinst…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:35PMBroadway In Chicago and Emerald City Theatre are thrilled to announce FANCY NANCY THE MUSICAL, based on the bestselling book series by Jane O’Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasse…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:32PMThe International smash-hit musical BILLY ELLIOTmakes its regional premiere at Drury Lane Theatre on April 10 – June 7, 2015. Opening night is scheduled for April 16, 2015 at 8 p.m. Hera…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:29PMA mix of new work and local premieres, including plays by Lucy Kirkwood and Stephen Adley Guirgis, are on tap, along with a new second-stage series.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:28PMTony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped a voice-mail message for "Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon following the March 28 evening performance of Hamilton at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMThe Abbey announces the final four acts of the season for their popular Monday Night Cabaret Series. The all-new cabarets will join the previously announced Alice Rix, whose cabaret To Life …
SOURCE: SHOWBIZ NoFLO at 01:24PMIn Episode 310, award-winning musical theatre writer Joel B. New sat down with James Ortiz Strangemen amp Co., Co-Artistic Director and Claire Karpen, currently appearing in the Fiasco Roun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMContinuing its 125th Anniversary celebration, the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University adds two, one-night-only performances to its momentous season. On Friday, April 10, 2015, “An E…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:19PMThe Drama League will recognize three stage luminaries at this year’s 81st Annual Drama League Awards, scheduled for May 15 at the Marriott Marquis Times Square (1535 Broadway).
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:19PM“With backstage space in the 123-year-old building being severely limited, and no spare cash available to rent an office, Ms Squire instead parked the car outside the theatre, and work…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:15PMBroadwayWorld's own Natalie Weiss, who regularly brings us her hit webseries BREAKING DOWN THE RIFFS, recently launched a contest for fans of the show, challenging viewers to submit a video …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMKaty Perry paid a visit to Broadway's THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME over the weekend and joined the cast and show's star Alex Sharrp on stage following the performance.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMTickets are now available for the off-Broadway return of Annie Baker’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Flick. Directed once again by Sam Gold, the production will play a limited…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMThe Minneapolis arts center plans a new entrance pavilion facing the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden and landscaping.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 01:02PMThe Drama League will give special recognition to Tony and Oscar winner Joel Grey, Tony and Olivier-winning director Stephen Daldry and WNET’s Neal Shapiro and David Horn. As previousl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:00PMBroadway favorite Lea Salonga, who will soon return to Broadway opposite George Takei in Allegiance, just visited Seth Rudetsky's Sirius XM show, Seth Speaks, where she sang from a show in w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThe production will tour community venues and prisons across the New York City boroughs before playing a run on Lafayette Street.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe great and good of theatreland gathered at the NT on Friday to bid farewell to Nicholas Hytner
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PMGilbert and Sullivan's show is revived at the Finborough Theatre
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Review: Company kicks off 20th year with “Plastic Language,” which looks at the struggle of dance.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:55PMJoe's Pub in New York City will host Paying the RENT with Uncompromising Artistry Productions, a new theatre company based in NYC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) What I am about to say isn&…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:48PMJames Graham is one of the busiest writers in showbiz whose name you (probably) don’t know. At the moment he’s in rehearsal for both the new musical Finding Neverland, for which …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMSienna Miller, who wrapped up her run in the Broadway revival of Cabaret when the production closed on Sunday, was honored with a portrait to adorn the famed walls of Sardi's on March 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMGene Saks, a prolific actor-director who teamed with playwright Neil Simon on hit Broadway and movie productions of such Simon comedies as “The Odd Couple” and “Brighton Beach Memoirs,…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38PMMusical Britain’s Got Bhangra will be revived for a UK tour this autumn. It will open at Manchester Palace Theatre on September
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:36PMHow well were you paying attention to the New York theater news in March? Answer these 12 questions and find out.
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:35PM(This reflection was written for the 2015 TCG Circle Audience Revolution blog salon) This is not for you. You never came into my mind when I was making this. To be honest, I was thinking of …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:32PMTitle and Deed – Lookingglass Theatre, 821 N Michigan Ave, is offering exclusive $15 industry tickets for performances Wednesday, April 1 – Sunday, April 5. Use code INDUSTRY online here…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:30PMCynthia Erivo, Kerry Ellis, Janie Dee and Caroline Sheen are among the performers lined up to take part in this year’s London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:27PMTony winner Hugh Jackman, recently seen on Broadway in The River, may be ready to hang up his claws as as the "X-Men" movie character Wolverine.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) Novelist Amitav Ghosh’s e…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:22PMYou don't have to know how to block an opponent at the snap to enjoy "Playing the Assassin"; the play shows you how, in elegant slow motion and up-close body-slamming action.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:22PMJoe Armstrong and Louise Brealey are set to star in the UK tour of Nick Payne’s Constellations, which begins in May. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:21PMSerge Seiden will leave Studio Theatre to work on other projects in the D.C. area.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PMProducer Jeffrey Finn announced today the complete creative team for the new Broadway comedy An Act of God starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMProducer Jeffrey Finn announced today the complete creative team for the new Broadway comedy An Act of God starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons. Written by God, transcribe…
SOURCE: Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:12PMVariety reports that Bill Berloni, the recipient of a 2011 Tony Award Honor for Excellence in Theatre, will head to Discovery Family Channel this August to star in a new reality TV series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMThe National Theatre of Scotland has confirmed details of its first permanent home in its nine-year history. Planning permission for the £5.8
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:10PMAmas Musical Theatre, New York City's award-winning pioneer in diversity and multi-ethnic casting in the performing arts since 1968, will celebrate its 46th Anniversary at a gala benefit on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:09PMMCC Theater hosts its annual Miscast gala March 30 featuring an all-star cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMNerds, the new musical about tech giants Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, will have a developmental lab April 16-17 in New York City, producer Carl Levin confirmed to Playbill.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMForty-five years ago today Applause, the musical adaptation of the backstage film classic All About Eve, opened on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMRichard LaGravenese, who adapted and directed the film version of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years, is currently working on the latest screen version of the classic American musi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMBroadway By the Year celebrates musicals spanning 1941-1965, including the classics Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof March 30 at the Town Hall. As…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMThe complete creative team for the new Broadway comedy An Act of God, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Jim Parsons, has been announced by producer Jeffrey Finn. Performances will …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMIn celebration of MCC Theater's annual Miscast gala March 30, members of Playbill.com's editorial staff picked their dream miscasts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMIn celebration of MCC Theater's annual Miscast gala March 30, members of Playbill.com's editorial staff picked their dream miscasts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM SETH SIKES TO BE JOINED BY NELLIE MCKAY in SETH SIKES IS STILL SINGING JUDY GARLAND @ 54 BELOW
Seth Sikes, who is returning for a third time to 54 Below…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:02PMThe Ensemblist cheers on Josh Lamon and the ensemblists of Broadway’s Finding Neverland.
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 12:02PM"Extremities" at Blank Canvas Theatre and Theater Ninjas' "The Grand Celebration of the Celestial Mystery" open in Cleveland this weekend.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:00PMCLAIRE KARPEN is an actor, writer, and director. Her performing credits include David Ives's The Heir Apparent, directed by John Rando @ CSC; Into the Woods at the Old Globe, McCarter, and F…
SOURCE: Buzzsprout at 12:00PMThe new David Javerbaum comedy will play at Studio 54.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMAnnie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick joins the lineup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMDavid Greenspan explores the life of a little-known actress in his new drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Industry figures have called for the sector to be more accountable when it comes diversity and equality in arts organisations. A panel
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) PearlDamour has built our b…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:58AMPop star Katy Perry continues gets her Broadway fix with a visit to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Broadway's Barrymore Theatre.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:53AMChaim Topol, best known for his theatrical portrayal of Tevye the milkman in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, is the recipient of Israel's highest honor, The Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMArtistic Director Eric Schaeffer and Managing Director Maggie Boland announce the full lineup for Signature Theatre's 201516 season. Signature's 26th season continues our commitment to prese…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMThe D.C.-area theatre's new season includes new musicals from Adam Gwon and Brian Feinstein, plus area premieres from Annie Baker and Bathsheba Doran.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AMTony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is the 2015 recipient of the Carl ...
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SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:45AMMichael Oberholtzer, who makes his Broadway debut as bad boy Timothy in Hand to God, talks gettin' busy, inappropriate crushes and being the love child of Tim Robbins & Anna Nicole Smith.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:43AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW, fashion icon and soccer legend David Beckham shared an exclusive sneak peek of the advertisement launching his new underwear line with James Corden.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:43AMFriday April 3, 8pm, $10 suggested Donation Barbes, 376 9th Street, Park Slope Opera on Tap’s New Brew Series Presents: SEX! COMEDY! ECONOMICS!: AN EVENING WITH TRAV S.D. (AND FRIE…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:39AMArs Nova has announced a two-week extension for its acclaimed world-premiere production of Small Mouth Sounds by Bess Wohl (American Hero), helmed by OBIE Award-winning …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThe new Reimagined Immersive production at the La Mirada Theatre is very high on tech but low on characterization.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 11:38AMTony nominee Andrea McArdle, who created the title role in the original Broadway production of Annie, will star in The Media Theatre's production of the classic Jerry Herman musical Hell…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMArtistic director Eric Schaeffer has announced the full lineup for Signature Theatre's 2015-16 season, which will include its 26th Stephen Sondheim production, the musical Road Show,…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMHer renegade first season at the earthquake-ravaged A.C.T. sparked outrage—and a surprise denouement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:35AMCorus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises, one of the world's leading international producers and distributors of children's animated content, is partnering with internationally renowned act…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) Years ago I produced a wond…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:32AMWant to do something cheap and fun with the kids this summer? How about a movie?
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:30AMMCC Theater has announced further stars for its March 30 annual Miscast gala. The Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells and Ben Platt, Hamilton's Lesli…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMCarly Mensch has assembled a bright, entertaining sitcom using four attractive characters and one conflict in “Oblivion.” It’s now playing at City Theatre’s cozy Hamburg space.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:27AM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) For her 1996 book It Takes …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:22AMGlee star Matthew Morrison is back on Broadway in the new musical Finding Neverland, based on the 2004 movie. Morrison stars as Peter Pan scribe J.M. Barrie, while Kelsey Grammer co-stars a…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:17AM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) Major Tom is a performance …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:16AMArt manifests when dark matter is shaken, stirred, and flipped into a brilliant light, which is what playwright Doc Andersen-Bloomfield and Director Deborah Randall have achieved with God Do…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:15AMSignature Theatre Announces 2015/16 Season Season features two world premiere musicals: Cake Off and Girlstar plus The DC Premiere of Annie Baker’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize winner The Fl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:15AMThe complete creative team for the creationism of An Act of God has been announced. Or something. The new Broadway comedy starring Jim Parsons will have scenic design by Tony winner Scott P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:14AMValerie Harper, the actress best known as Rhoda Morgenstern on the 1970s sitcoms Rhoda and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming award ceremony honoring onco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AM(This post is part of the Audience (R)Evolution online salon curated by Caridad Svich for the TCG Audience (R)Evolution Convening in Kansas City, MO in 2015.) It’s ironic to talk about…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:06AMStephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Road Show, along with the Washington D.C. premiere of Annie Baker’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Flick, are just two of the produ…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:05AMThe South African’s appointment is welcome – but as an outsider, can he cover the 2016 presidential campaign as convincingly as Jon Stewart would have done? Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMWhat I love about Broadway is that there is no one path to becoming a Producer. Everyone who gets their name above the title comes at it from their own unique angle. We’ve got Pres…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMLouise Brealey and Joe Armstrong will star in Nick Payne's two-hander
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMSee the 2014 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with its original cast in a new engagement.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe annual event features Broadway performers singing songs from roles they'd be totally wrong for.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMNiegel is a director and performance artist.
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Any theatre fan andor 9th grade literature student will tell you that William Shakespeare had a true gift for coining beautiful phrases such as 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day,' or '…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:59AMWhich TV comedian will be hosting this year’s Emmys? What Seinfeld vet is returning to the Broadway stage? And which Broadway mega musical is finally coming to a close? Find out all this a…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 10:57AMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending March 29nd, 2015.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMTony Award honoree Bill Berloni is bringing puppy love to the small screen. The Broadway animal trainer will headline a new reality TV series on Discovery Family Channel beginning in August,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMTEL AVIV – Israeli actor Chaim Topol, best known for his performance as Tevye the milkman in “Fiddler On the Roof,” has been awarded Israel’s highest honor: The Israel Prize for Life…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38AMYou knew one day we’d get another look at Stephen Sondheim’s long-evolving musical “Bounce,” as it was called when it appeared in 2003 at the Kennedy Center, which originally commiss…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:36AMLonny Price directs Bryn Terfel and Emma Thompson in Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller, the first production in a major ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:35AMKatie Gaydos responds to works by Jillian Pena & Troy Schumacher, Emily Coates, and Yve Laris Cohen at Danspace Project's Claudia La Rocco-curated Platform 2015.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:31AMTickets go on sale today Monday, March 30 for playwright Annie Baker's 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Flick. The production returns to Off-Broadway in May, directed once again by Sa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMJim Parsons stopped by CBS's THE TALK to discuss how he prepared for his recent induction into the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMMuch like the titular subject of his densely chewy, enormously satisfying new musical, Lin-Manuel Miranda is clearly so driven by, fascinated with, and passionate about something that he has…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 10:31AMRoundabout Theatre Company's Tony-winning musical production of Cabaret starring Alan Cumming and Sienna Miller, concluded its acclaimed run yesterday, having played 35 preview performances …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMIn the first wave of predictions from our dozen Tony Awards Experts, eight of them think that the fourth remounting of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The King and I" will win Best Musical Reviva…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:24AMToday in 2000, Contact opened at the Vivien Beaumont Theatre, where it ran for 1010 performances.Contact The Musical is a musical 'dance play' some deemed it a ballet that was developed by S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMToday, she announced that THE HONEYMOON TOUR, her North American headlining tour, has been extended into the summer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMDistinguished dance critic of the Guardian and editor of Dancing Times for 45 years, she also wrote several influential books about the art form she loved Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11AMGene Saks, the Tony Award-winning director of Neil Simon’s play onstage and onscreen, passed away on Saturday. He was 93. For his full obituary, please visit the New York Times website…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 10:09AMTara Arts's production of Shakespeare's tragedy fails to excite
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AMGothic atmospherics dominate “The Whipping Man,” a drama set just after the Civil War. In Sacramento Theatre Company’s production, intense, affecting moments abound. Buddy …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 10:00AM
Review by Marilyn Lester The ancient tradition of the folk tale has long-provided fertile ground for adaptation. Stephen Sondheim’s notable…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:58AMToday’s Highlights: * Sweeney Todd semi-staged production, directed by Lonny Price, featuring Bryn Terfel (Sweeney Todd), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Lovett), Philip Quast (Judge Turpin), Joh…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:55AMEverything about Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play is ambitious. Clocking in at just under four hours (yes, you read that right), the three-play cycle chronicles the staging of Passion plays acros…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:50AMFinal GRACE NOTES Subscription Reminder – Please read carefully: As you know, GRACE NOTES will convert to a paid email-only subscription format on Wed. April 1, 2015. Subscription Benefits…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:41AMEmmy and Tony Award winning actor Neil Patrick Harris, seen most recently on TV as the host of the Academy Awards, appears in two all-new ads for Heineken Light.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMFox’s specialty arm acquired worldwide rights minus France and other French-speaking territories, according to a statement from Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Ste…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:34AMLast Thursday's explosion and fire that destroyed two apartment buildings in the East Village section of Manhattan caused a weekend-long cancellation of performances at the Orpheum …
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:31AMI have spent the last 30 years helping arts organizations build their fundraising operations. I believe strongly that...
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:29AMGood 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 It's an evening of galas and benefits …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AM“It is just when we delve deeper into the sorrows of our lives, the sorrows we have all endured, that our humor saves us."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:11AMThe Green Room is thrilled to introduce you to our newest bloggers who are joining us this spring. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through the latest installments of our M…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:07AMThe Green Room is thrilled to introduce you to our newest bloggers who are joining us this spring. For the rest of the week, you can get to know them through the latest installments of our M…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:06AMBill Berloni, Broadway’s go-to dog trainer for stage canines, will get a TV showcase this summer with a new reality TV series set to begin airing in August on Discovery Family Channel. Bot…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00AMWhen Derby Playhouse was shut down in 2007, it was ultimately the University of Derby which stepped in to save it with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMUPDATES with more information:
Comedy Central made it official this morning, leaking to the New York Times its planned Monday announcement that the young South African comic will take over t…
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Join Celia Keenan-Bolger The Glass Menagerie, Peter and the Starcatcher, Liz Callaway The Look of Love, Baby, Caissie Levy LES MISERABLES, Ghost, and more as they welcome Gavin Creel back to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:49AMI always joke that I was raised by divas. Not the sassy, in your face, rumble-and-tumble kind that the current connotation now implies. I was raised by the ones who could belt to the rafters…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 08:49AMEden Espinosa, star of Wicked, Rent, Brooklyn, and more, recently joined 'Seasons of Broadway', set for BB King's tonight, March 30th. She will appear alongside previously announced special …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMLonny Price's production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Musical Thriller begins tonight, 30 March 2015 the London Coliseum.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:38AMJimmy Porter takes on class, religion, politics and the press in Osborne’s classic 1956 play – but its real revolution lay in its thrilling linguistic exuberanceIn the summer of 1955 an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:38AMSo dere’s dis play goin’ on in town called Da Norvegians, and it’s set in Minneapolis and it’s got Norvegian characters in it, so I tought I should go check it out, on accounta I vas…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:38AMThe York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, will present an unforgettable one-night only benefit, The 100 Musicals in Mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMRECOMMENDED The man in front of you is not from here. He’s a traveler from a foreign land. In fact “Traveler” is the only name by which he is identified. And as a person not from here …
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 08:30AMThe critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year series fifteenth season will bring 100 years of Broadway history in four incredible evenings.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:28AMActor and 'Daily Show' regular Aasif Mandvi will serve as emcee for MCC Theater's Miscast 2015 Gala, held tonight, March 30, 2015 at The Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center 311 West…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23AMVineyard Theatre welcomes Betty Buckley, Kathleen Chalfant, Holly Hunter, Tony Kushner, Matthew Morrison, Tonya Pinkins, Kate Mulgrew and Aaron Tveit joining host John Waters Hairspray, Cry …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20AMIn the opulent grandeur of a European city, a renowned singer abandons the opera house for the truth of the streets. A gorgeous
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:14AMThere was more than one reference to Alvin Ailey himself in Odetta, recalling Ailey's frequent use of a female protagonist and his choices of other noted black artists as inspiration.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:14AMRoyal Lyceum, Edinburgh Amanda Gaughan’s period production does fair justice to this after-party drama for a Macbeth-like couple Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AMAfter only three appearances on the Comedy Central show, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa will step up as its new host.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AMAfter Michael Poandl and John Stoltenberg, both DCMTA writers, saw a recent performance of Passion Play at Forum Theatre, they found themselves chattering back and forth trying to figure out…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMCall Redialed: "Call Me Adam" catches up with actor Eddie Capuano as we talk about his guest starring return to the hit Off-Broadway show "My Big Gay Italian Funeral," written by Anthony Wil…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 30 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMThis week's theater and classical picks
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Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian from South Africa, will replace Jon Stewart as the host of “The Daily Show.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:55AMMoira Buffini’s Handbagged is set to tour the UK this autumn. The production, which originated at the Tricycle Theatre in 2013 before
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMHey Broadway WorldIt's good to be back chatting with you from Les Miserables at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Florida
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:39AMThe Royal Opera House has been granted planning permission for a £27 million refurbishment scheme that will see its foyer and the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:25AMThe BBC has announced a £2.2 million annual deal with Northern Ireland Screen to boost programming in the region. The partnership will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:14AMThe 1944 Pulitzer Prize winning comedy has a whimsical, if dated, charm
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:13AMBedlam Theater's Shakespearean switcheroo takes the double title and morphs each into a full production that runs in entertaining repertory with itself
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:12AMTaking over from Paul Kerryson as the new artistic director at the Curve in January, Nikolai Foster is causing waves not only in Leicester but up and down the country thanks to two simultane…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 07:09AMNicholas Hytner has highlighted subsidised tickets and live cinema screenings as two of his biggest achievements during his 12-year tenure at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMRachel Brosnahan has spent a lot of time lately dwelling in the past. The actress ...
The post Her youth in Highland Park readied Rachel Brosnahan for ‘The Dovekeepers’ appeared …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 07:00AMBy the nature of the job, actors have to learn to bond with each other at a much faster rate than in
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Comedian Hannah Gadsby explores modern art in Melbourne, Pasaje bring Cuban grooves to Freo and Offspring’s Debra Oswald discusses her new novel Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:53AMAnnapolis Shakespeare Company’s Sense & Sensibility is the ultimate tale of First World problems. While the story predates both hashtags and the concept of the First World, it is tale …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:16AMOn Friday, March 27 Nick Hytner officially left the building that he’s presided over as artistic director for the last 12 years,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTamasha tour with a new play of desire and conflict, Cyrano de Bergerac is revived in Northampton and there’s a magic carpet ride at the Polka Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AMJobs in arts and entertainment are highly competitive, so you need to work hard, be determined and network to get ahead• Lights, camera, action! How to succeed in a film audition• Six ti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:00AM
Gene Saks teamed with playwright and fellow New Yorker Neil Simon on Broadway and movie productions of such Simon comedies as The Odd Couple and Brighton Beach Memoirs. He died Saturday in N…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:43AMEverybody's playing the game - again
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30AMAnnie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Flick will return Off-Broadway to the Barrow Street Theatre May 5, with opening night set for May 28. The cast and creativ…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AM1858 Birthday of DeWolf Hopper (1858-1935), vaudeville comedian and musical comedy star, who was featured in Wang, Hoity-Toity and many early Gilbert & Sullivan productions. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMBryn Terfel and Emma Thompson reprise the roles they performed in a semi-staged production of Sweeney Todd, produced by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center last year, at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMMCC Theater hosts its annual Miscast gala March 30 featuring an all-star cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMOver the past decade, women like Susan Stroman, Diane Paulus and Kathleen Marshall have moved to the front ranks of go-to directors for big Broadway musicals. But female composers have b…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMAnother Opening, Another Robe, an evening celebrating Broadway's Gypsy Robe recipients, is held March 30 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Café.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMMake Some Noise, a concert welcoming Gavin Creel back to the U.S. and Broadway — originally scheduled for late January but postponed due to Winter Storm Juno — hits Joe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMThe Broadway’s Future Songbook Series--presented by Arts and Artists at St. Paul--continues March 30 in the Bruno Walter Auditorium at the New York Public Library branch at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMSeasons of Broadway — an evening of hit songs and personal backstage anecdotes — is presented March 30 at BB King’s Blues Club and Grill in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMThe York Theatre Company offers a starry evening celebrating its acclaimed Musicals in Mufti series, which has presented 100 musicals to date, March 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMThe 2015 Gala for Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre on March 30 is hosted by John Waters (Hairspray, Cry Baby) and will see a constellation of Broadway talent including Tony winners Be…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14AMThe National Theatre paid tribute to the phenomenally successful artistic director. Libby Purves was there
SOURCE: The Telegraph at 01:00AMSee what the audiences are saying about Something Rotten
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00AMNastia Liukin & Derek Hough Prepare for Their DWTS Samba RoutineYH is in the Big Apple to catch up with Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin as she prepares for her "Dancing with the Stars" Samba r…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM