Satire Skewers Pursuit Of Celebrity In The Little Dog Laughed At Island City by Bill Hirschman

Can a meaningful relationship blossom in a world where cynicism and self-interest seem to trump integrity and burgeoning affection? Island City Stage’s production of Douglas Carter Beane�…

Salvage by Wendy Caster

When all is lost, what is left? What can be salvaged? In the Flux Theatre Ensemble production of August Schulenburg's new play, Salvage, these questions are faced by survivors of a…

“The Unexpected Guest” by Sandi Durell

            Review by Beatrice Williams-Rude   A night shrouded in pea-soup fog in a remote Cornwall location near the sea. What a perfect setting for... T…

David and Katie Get Re-Married by Theasy.com

David and Katie Get Re-Married Off Off Broadway, The People's Improv Theatre Reviewed by Shani R. Friedman BOTTOM LINE: What’s a little co-dependence between two crazy sorta-in-love kids …

Actors’ Equity Pushes for Minimum Wage, but Not All Members Want It by Michael Paulson

The willingness of Los Angeles actors to perform for a pittance is at the heart of a rift in the Actors’ Equity union, which represents theater actors.

‘Carousel’ at Olney Theatre Center by Gina Jun

Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel (to the day:  April 19, 2015), Olney Theatre Center exquisitely reimagines and reinvigorates the classic epic m…

‘Wolf Hall’ Recap: Thomas More Follows His Principles Straight to the Torture Chamber by Louis Bayard

Burned at the stake: The portrait of Thomas More as a martyr.

Review: Fun Home

Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's award-winning musical comes to Broadway.

Melbourne Green Room Awards Announced Tonight by Anne-Marie Peard

The 32nd Annual Green Room Association announces the 2014 award winners at a ceremony at the Comedy Theatre tonight. Recognising outstanding achievements in Melbourne theatre, 60 awards deci…

‘From Moscow to Hollywood: Songs from the Movies” at Russian Chamber Art Society by Leslie Weisman

Even today, a trip from Moscow to Hollywood is not one to be taken on the spur of the moment. What must it have meant for those in the early years of the last century, artists and musicians …

Hitting All the Right Notes on Broadway

International opera star Renée Fleming on comedic timing and inside opera jokes in her Broadway debut, ‘Living on Love.’

Hamlet @ CSC *1/2 by Barry

                                          By: David ShewardEver been to a wedding where you only knew one or two people, the reception never seemed to end, and you c…

Playing the Bad Bard on Broadway

Tony-winning actor Christian Borle plays a power-drunk William Shakespeare in ‘Something Rotten!,’ opening Wednesday at the St. James Theatre.

'Fun Home' finds wings on Broadway

The musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic novel arrives on Broadway.        

‘Fun Home’ isn’t perfect, but immensely likable by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Don’t let its perky title and the cute children in its cast fool you: “Fun Home” isn’t a show for tourists. Based on Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical graphic novel, Lisa Kron.…

Broadway Review: ‘Fun Home’

New! Fresh! Original! We toss those kudos around a lot in this business. (It’s like calling everyone “darling.”) But “Fun Home” really earns the praise. Lisa Kr…

Theater Review: Fun Home in Its New Round House by Jesse Green

I already thought that Fun Home was the best new musical of the year in 2013, when it opened at the Public Theater. It’s hard to imagine that its Broadway transfer, and transformation, wil…

Review: ‘Fun Home’ at the Circle in the Square Theater by Ben Brantley

This portrait of a girl and her father, adapted from Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel of a memoir, occupies the place where we all grew up, and will never be able to leave.

Upcoming Equity Auditions Sunday, Apr. 19

Upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, April 19, 2015.

Review: Fun Home by Brian Scott Lipton

Fun Home deserves to be the clear favorite for this year’s Tony Award for Best Musical.

Brian Stokes Mitchell Joins 10th Anniversary Benefit of Young At Arts, 4/20 by Oliver Oliveros

Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell joins more than 100 children at Young At Arts YAA, a community-based performing arts program that gives out scholarships to deserving young students, to cel…

Highlights From Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s Fun Home, Opening on Broadway!

Based on the 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home will open on Broadway April 19 after a critically acclaimed Public Theater production in 2013. Michael Cerveris and Judy Kuhn hea…

Highlights From Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron’s Fun Home on Broadway

Based on the 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, Fun Home will open on Broadway April 19 after a critically acclaimed Public Theater production in 2013. Michael Cerveris and Judy Kuhn hea…

Review: ‘The Tailor of Inverness,’ a Father-Son Tale at Brits Off Broadway by Alexis Soloski

In this solo show at 59E59 Theaters, Matthew Zajac returns to Poland to spool back the lost threads of his father’s life.

CATS returns to Australia with new Jellicle life by Erin James

Jellicle Cats, come one come all! Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical CATS is heading down under from 30 October this year in a new, reworked production. It’s been 5 ye…

Adam's Call: Natalie Douglas: Hello Dolly...The Music of Dolly Parton at Birdland: Stairway to Heaven by Call Me Adam

Adam's Call: Natalie Douglas' "Hello Dolly...The Music of Dolly Parton" at Birdland: Stairway to Heaven! If you haven't purchased tickets yet for Natalie Douglas' show "Hello Dolly...The Mus…

Theatre Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company by Lynne Menefee

Founding Artistic Director Ian Gallanar has brought an appropriately fresh and young eye to Shakespeare’s timeless romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, even injecting a few contemporary ref…

The week in arts: Climarte festival, Ocean film festival, Mojo Juju by Anna Madeleine

Comedian Daniel Kitson trusts Adelaide audiences to press play on his show Polyphony and Ayers Rock celebrates the Tjungu festival Continue reading...

Broadway Vets Star in Original Western Audio Drama by BroadwayWorld

Broadway vets John Wesley Shipp now starring on The Flash, Lance Roberts Act One, Ghost and Jason Babinsky also of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Good Wife will star in POWDER BURNS AN ORIGI…

"Fun Home" Finds a Place on Broadway by Robert Kahn

A woman learns to see her parents through grown-up eyes in the achingly painful musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's 2006 graphic novel.

A Day in the Life of "SHORE" w/ Emily Johnson/Catalyst Dance Group by The Dance Enthusiast

"SHORE extends beyond the theater and the usual temporal confines of performance and is comprised of four elements: performance, story, volunteerism, and feast." Garnet Henderson, New York.

The Dance Enthusiast Hits the Streets: Gibney Dance at 280 Broadway by The Dance Enthusiast

"Gibney Dance, always looking for solutions and new avenues through which to practice 'good' dance, are proud to offer weekly ongoing partnering classes."

The Ensemblist’s Nikka Graff Lanzarone and Mo Brady visit...

The Ensemblist’s Nikka Graff Lanzarone and Mo Brady visit International Ensemblists episode guest Denis Lambert, Double Duty episode guest Matthew Steffens, Ericka Hunter, Josh Canfield an…

Review Roundup: FUN HOME Opens on Broadway- Updating LIVE! by Review Roundups

Fun Home, the highly-anticipated, Award-winning American musical opens tonight, April 19. With music by four-time Tony Award nominee Jeanine Tesori, a book and lyrics by Tony Award nominee L…

BWW TV: First Look- Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, and More in DOCTOR ZHIVAGO by BroadwayWorld TV

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, based on Boris Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning 20th-century epic Russian masterpiece, is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Des McAnuff Jersey Boys, with a book by Academ…

Aisle View: Come to the Fun Home by Steven Suskin

Seekers of provocative, invigorating and entertaining theatre--musical or dramatic--will find it at Circle in the Square. To those who think that Fun Home doesn't sound like their sort of en…

Review: Broadway's 'Fun Home' is a deeply moving triumph by Mark Kennedy

NEW YORK (AP) -- The best commercial for a Broadway show this season isn't on TV. It's on Broadway itself, in the stunning, deeply moving "Fun Home."...

‘Fun Home,’ Intimate And Powerful, Defies Broadway’s Demand For Spectacle – Review by Jeremy Gerard

A fathers’s suicide and a daughter’s sexual awakening may not be typical themes for a Broadway musical (OK, there’s no such thing as a typical theme for a Broadway musical)…

'The Great War's' portrayal of WWI battlefield horror proves ingenious by Charles McNulty

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I — a hellish anniversary, to be sure, but one that couldn't go unmarked. Observe how the geopolitical consequences of that…

Fun Home on Broadway by New York Theater

“My Dad and I both grew up in the same small Pennsylvania town. And he was gay and I was gay,” Alison explains in the remarkable musical Fun Home.  “And he killed himself, and I �…

FUN HOME - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

Not everything that’s beautiful from a distance retains its captivating allure when seen close up.

Death of a Comedian, Soho Theatre by Veronica Lee

Owen McCafferty’s new play could have had as its starting point John Updike’s line "Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face”, for it deals with stand-up comedian Steve Johnston, wh…

Fun Home: The Memory Play by Nicole Serratore

As furniture disappeared into dark chasms and gaping holes remained on stage, I felt a deep sense of anguish.  This re-staging of Fun Home on Broadway had cracked the story open for me …

I’ve learned to act: Now how do I become an actor? by Briony Rawle

In our latest honorary Mate guest contribution, theatre blogger and co-operative agency actor Briony Rawle provides a step-by-step guide on how to break into the acting profession – li…

‘We Wait in the Darkness by Rosy Simas Danse and Dance Place by Lisa Traiger

As a long-time dance observer, I like to say the language of dance is universal and that in performance specificity on stage can imbue a work with universality. Saturday evening at Dance Pla…

'Fun Home': Theater Review by David Rooney

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel's "family tragicomic" gets inventive stage treatment in this bold new musical, transferring uptown after collecting a slew of awards at the Public Theater.read more

Broadway review: 'Fun Home' is an emotional powerhouse by Chris Jones

— "Fun Home," the gorgeously wrought and emotionally overwhelming new musical now playing on a newly open-hearted Broadway, is based on a graphic novel drawn in panels. And thus it can acc…

'Fun Home' is an emotional powerhouse by Chris Jones

NEW YORK — "Fun Home," the gorgeously wrought and emotionally overwhelming new musical now playing on a newly open-hearted Broadway, is based on a graphic novel drawn in panels. And thus i…

Fire in the Theatre: Deconflating the Conflagration: Keeping Our Eye On The Ball by Jay McAdams

Fire in the Theatre: Deconflating the Conflagration: Keeping Our Eye On The Ball And then that happened! Our landslide NO vote to save 99-seat theatre! After months of great stupidity and pa…

Second Stage Buys Helen Hayes Theater and Settles Suit by Michael Paulson

The nonprofit group said it planned to stage more works by living American playwrights, with an emphasis on shows by women and minorities.

Review: The Twits, Royal Court Theatre by Samuel Sims

It’s fair to say that Roald Dahl’s 1980 children’s book The Twits offers a strong aversion to ‘bad’ people, and a general consensus that they’ll inevitably get their comeuppance…

Dance review: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre closes season with 'La Bayadere' by Jane Vranish / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With “Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty” topping the list of classical ballets, some people may forget about Marius Petipa’s “La Bayadere,” an exotic foray into ancient India.

Review: Gypsy, Savoy Theatre by Grace Watts

Gypsy at the Savoy Theatre is astonishing. It is so impressive it even received a standing ovation before the end of the show! Director Jonathan Kent keeps the production simple but lets …

The Verdict: Read Reviews of Broadway’s Fun Home by Playbill Staff

The critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir Fun Home, which parallels her own coming of age as a lesbian and the suicide of her closeted gay father, of…

Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Cabaret Picks for April 20-26 Featuring Lesli Margherita, Donna Vivino, and More! by Louisa Brady

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, …

La Jolla Playhouse names 'Away' team by James Hebert

Broadway stars, top locals join world-premiere musical's cast.

Meet the cast video series: Gregory Treco by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

‘Doctor Faustus’ at Gallaudet University Theatre and Dance Program by John Stoltenberg

A steampunk staging of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus without any spoken or signed language? Just movement and mime and lighting and scenic effects? Sounds crazy, right? Well, depend…

BWW Reviews: Sher's THE KING AND I is South Pacific's Siamese Twin by Michael Dale

Kelli O'Hara stars in a Bartlett Sher Rodgers and Hammerstein revival that mimics his previous Rodgers and Hammerstein revival.

BWW Feature: April Showers Show Tunes Bring Young Love by Matt Tamanini

April showers may come your way, they bring flowers that bloom in May So go the words of the old Tin Pan Alley song. When the days begin to get longer, and the daffodils work to pop up throu…

Inside Opening Night Of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU On Broadway & New Video Promo by Pat Cerasaro

Go inside the starry opening night of It Shoulda Been You

BWW Interview: Broadway Siblings Adam and Arielle Jacobs Share Family Photos, Talk Fulfilled Childhood Dreams, Solo Albums, and More! by Sally Henry

There's something about performing on Broadway that seems to attract families. Dating back to the early days with the Barrymores, Astaires, and Redgraves, siblings especially have starred on…

'Crucible' at the Guthrie has power of epic fable

REVIEW: Director Joe Dowling finds the urgent message and relevance resting within a play that seems so familiar.

THE TAILOR OF INVERNESS - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

As World War II ripped its way across Europe from 1939-1945, it left countless victims in its wake. And when the dust settled at war’s end, many of those who survived its ugly claws left t…

Photo Flash: Saturday Intermission Pics, 4/18 Pt 2- THE KING AND I, ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, FINDING NEVERLAND, and More! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our April 18 SIP round-up Check out Part 1 HERE.

‘Eat The Runt’ at Arts Collective at Howard Community College by Susan Brall

College theaters have always been forerunners in experimental theater, and Arts Collective at Howard Community College’s zany production of Avery Crozier’s Eat the Runt is no …

Second City e.t.c.'s 'Soul' finds its groove by Chris Jones

These days at Second City, items of technology have replaced spouses and lovers as the chief antagonist, just as those items of technology have replaced spouses and lovers in real life. Or b…

‘Lettice and Lovage’ at the Quotidian Theatre Company by Sophia Howes

Tea and Entropy: Lettice and Lovage at the Quotidian Theatre Company Lettice and Lovage is crafted with love, a fitting tribute to a playwright, Peter Shaffer, whose passion for words makes …

Review: Opera San Jose captivates with Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' by Georgia Rowe

The production directed by Brad Dalton favors the lighter elements of the classic opera, which plays through May 3 at the California Theatre in San Jose.

BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter by Sandra Kuker

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: SANDRA KUKER PR Sandra J. Kuker – [email protected] A Drama by Harold Pinter “BETRAYAL” Opening April 24th and running through May 17th, 2015 …

Review: Joy abounds at opera's 50th concert by Pam Kragen

Tenor René Barbera's debut at gala concert highlights San Diego Opera's all-star celebration

Hastings toes the ‘Line’ by Peter D. Kramer

Hastings High School follows up one ground-breaking musical with another. Last year, it was Jonathan Larson’s “Rent.” This year, it’s “A Chorus Line,” the…

Review: Barry Manilow thrills on One Last Time! Tour by Jim [email protected]

Barry Manilow delivers hit after hit, along with his trademark self-deprecating charm, at the SAP Center in San Jose.

An American in Paris by Joel Benjamin

This post is by Joel Benjamin The director/choreographer Christopher Wheeldon has re-envisioned this icon with a panache that borders on the genius, fulfilling the promise he showed with his…

‘Choking Out the Kudzu’ at The Greenbelt Arts Center by Jenna Jones

In the program notes for Choking Out the Kudzu: The Musical, Director Billie Colombaro says that this show began its journey into being back in 1992. Interestingly, this was just one year af…

Dobbs Ferry turns into Skid Row by Peter D. Kramer

The tech crew at Dobbs Ferry High School is called “The Rat Pack,” and its three seniors—Vincent Laino, Ryan Mitchell and Philip Monteiro—are its leaders, its Frank, …

Meryl Streep Funds Screenwriting Lab for Women by Greg Cwik

During a Sunday panel at the Tribeca Film Festival, it was announced that Meryl Streep has funded a screenwriting lab for women over 40, which will be run by New York Women in Film and Telev…

Guest Blog: How to approach modern verse drama (and why almost no one does) by Richard Obrien

Setting yourself up as a verse dramatist in 2015 is a risky business. As dangerous, old-fashioned professions go, writing a play in iambic pentameter isn’t quite up there with chimney-…

‘Kinky Boots’ is Big Fab Fun! (VIDEO) by Broadway's Best Shows

Experience the uplifting power of Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein‘s Kinky Boots, now in its third smash year on Broadway! About Kinky Boots is a feel-good celebration packed with non…

Family Portrait! Meet the Full Cast of FUN HOME, Opening Tonight on Broadway by Meet The Cast

Fun Home, the highly-anticipated, Award-winning American musical, with music by four-time Tony Award nominee Jeanine Tesori, a book and lyrics by Tony Award nominee Lisa Kron and direction b…

Features: Test your theatre knowledge: Musical theatre ABC

How well can you recognise show logos?

Séquence 8 Audience Reactions by New York City Center

Breaking News: Jenn Colella, Chad Kimball, Rodney Hicks & More Set for New Musical COME FROM AWAY at La Jolla by BroadwayWorld

This just in La Jolla Playhouse has announced the cast and creative team for its season opener, the world-premiere musical Come from Away, featuring book, music and lyrics by the Canadian hu…

Photo Flash: Lucy Liu and Jesse Tyler Ferguson Pay a Visit to HAMILTON by BroadwayWorld

The world premiere production of Hamilton, inspired by the book 'Alexander Hamilton' by Ron Chernow, with book, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and directed by Thomas Kail opened Feb…

Peekskill ready to ease on down the road by Peter D. Kramer

Peekskill High School’s production of “The Wiz” has all things great and small. The small are 4th- and 5th-graders from Hillcrest Elementary School. At a recent rehearsal, …

This Week on Broadway for April 19, 2015: Wolf Hall, An American in Paris, Gigi, and It Shoulda Been You by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino and Michael Portantiere review Wolf Hall: Parts 1 & 2, An American in Paris, Gigi, and It Shoulda Been You.   —————&#…

Review: Martyr/Steep Theatre Company by Zach Freeman

A high school student in Germany, alienated by the hypocrisy and materialism of his surroundings, turns to religious literalism. Soon, he becomes a gleaming-eyed fanatic at war with society …

Review: The Three Musketeers by Wendy Rosenfield

The Three Musketeers, written by Alexandre Dumas, with a new adaptation by Quintessence Theatre Group, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield

A few laugh riots goin’ on in ‘Soul Brother’ show at Second City e.t.c. by Darel Jevens

Despite its Afrocentric title, “Soul Brother, Where Art Thou?” is more MSNBC than BET, flitting ... The post A few laugh riots goin’ on in ‘Soul Brother’ show a…

Rosanne Cash: The River & The Thread at Strathmore by Vanessa Terzaghi

The smoky, soulful  knows how to make an entrance and how to keep an audience mesmerized. Rosanne Cash played at The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, April 17, 2015. Her two-hour set f…

Seeing double at Croton-Harmon’s ‘Sound of Music’ by Peter D. Kramer

Attending a musical rehearsal at Croton-Harmon High School has always been about seeing double. In an effort to give as many kids as possible the opportunity to try their hand at a role, the…

Five Broadway tickets to snag before Tony nominations make it impossible | EW.com by Marc Snetiker

This article may only serve you well for the next few days, but it may just be the difference between access to the season’s hottest tickets and standing in line with your visiting relativ…

Feldberg: Actress Julie White on her new Brodway role

Julie White has had a rich and varied career. Theater fans know her as a very funny comic actress, winner of a Tony Award in 2007 for playing a memorably assertive Hollywood agent in "T…

Mahopac is ready for ‘Blonde’ highlights by Peter D. Kramer

Here’s a sign that Mahopac has just the right girl to play Elle Woods in this week’s “Legally Blonde”: Mention her character’s name and Mahopac senior Olivia De…

Chicago Theater Review: RED HANDED OTTER (A Red Orchid Theatre in Old Town) by Lawrence Bommer

THE CONTINUUM OF LOVE Ethan Lipton is a magic maker who’s mastered the art of intertwining characters. The five lost and found souls in his 2012 offering Red Handed Otter are security-gu…

Green Room Roundup: April 19, 2015 by The Team

What songs should you avoid if you want to stand out at your next audition? How can you stay involved in the contemporary musical theater scene if you live far from one of its hubs? What que…

Butoh festival mixes humor, horror by Laura Molzahn

You can't beat butoh for variety, creativity and utter investment. Despite, or because of, performers' intense self-focus, it seems butoh can be more open than conventional dance to craft an…

Michelle Obama attends hip-hop historical show 'Hamilton' by Joe Dziemianowicz

It helps to be the First Lady of the United States to score a ticket to the hottest musical in town.

Second Stage Buys The Helen Hayes Theater, Ending Months Of Discussion And Worry by Suzi Steffen

“Carole Rothman, the artistic director of Second Stage, said the theater would be used for plays by contemporary American writers, with a particular emphasis on works by women and mino…

Andrew Lloyd Webber Describes Some West End Theaters as “Not Fit For the Purpose” by Mark Shenton

Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, a global superstar composer, London impresario and leading theatre owner, as well as a notable art collector, has spoken out publicly once again about the substanda…

Measure for Measure review – punchy reminder that power corrupts by Lyn Gardner

Barbican, LondonDeclan Donnellan’s Russian-language production has pleasing fluidity and some powerful moments Continue reading...

Review: Lampedusa, Soho Theatre by Lisa Carroll

It can be surprisingly tough to write a review when a show is as brilliant as Anders Lustgarten’s latest play, Lampedusa. Running at the Soho Theatre’s intimate Upstairs space, Lampedusa…

Q&A: Blake Hammond

Name: Blake HammondWhere are you from? Glen Rose, TexasBroadway credits:  Living on Love, First Date, Sister Act, Elf, Billy Elliot, Hairspray, The Lion King, Kiss Me Kate, The Music Man, O…

Review: Alice’s Adventures Underground, The Vaults by Rebecca Latham

‘Drink Me’ or ‘Eat Me’? The answer to that question will determine the route you take through Wonderland; purposefully split off from your party, you could find yo…

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 4/19/15- THE PRODUCERS by Stage Tube

Today in 2001, The Producers opened at the St. James Theatre, where it ran for 2502 performances. The Producers is a musical adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from Brooks' 1968 film of…

ArtsBeat: Kenneth Branagh Starting London Theater Company by Roslyn Sulcas

The troupe will include Judi Dench and put on a season of plays.

Yassmin and Karmine Alers, cast members of the new musical On...

Yassmin and Karmine Alers, cast members of the new musical On Your Feet!, will be sharing the stage at the Marquis Theatre when the show begins performances in October. 

Diary of a Theatre Addict: A mad scramble to open on Broadway (and for me to see it all!) by Mark Shenton

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Review: Black Cat Cabaret: Salon des Artistes, Café de Royale by Ana Malinovic

The opulent setting of the Café de Royal is home to the Black Cat Cabaret’s Salon des Artistes. When you first enter, the historic, almost intimidatingly grandiose surrounds of the Oscar …

It Shouda Been You ***1/2 by Barry

                                    By: Paulanne SimmonsIt Shoulda Been You coulda been great, if Brian Hargrove had just been able to figure out what kind…

Review: Plastic Figurines, New Diorama Theatre by Tamsin Paternoster

Ella Carmen Greenhill’s short play brilliantly hinges on a type of awkward miscommunication. Both intricate, frustrated and realistic, the perspectives of both Rose and her autistic brothe…

Woodlands is all in this together by Peter D. Kramer

At Woodlands High School this week, the kid playing the jock who loves musicals (despite the fact that his friends give him grief about it) is a jock who loves musicals despite the fact that…

BWW TV Exclusive: Backstage with Richard Ridge- SAG Foundation Conversations Series with Jonathan Groff by Richard Ridge

Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Broadway World have partnered for filmed Conversations QampA series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union…

Opening Tonight on Broadway: ‘Fun Home’ by NewYork.com

Fun Home, the musical based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir, officially opens tonight on Broadway. The emotional and creative production follows Alison from her childhood growing up…

Review: Nightingales, New Wimbledon Studio by Hannah Tookey

Discussions around rape culture have been building steadily over the last few years, with attitudes slowly changing. Rape culture is talked about actively and openly by groups such as Cuntry…

Review: Fight Night, Unicorn Theatre by Rachael Smith

The General Election is taking place in less than three weeks and in London you can barely move for politically-themed theatre seasons and performances – with this many candidates it’s g…

Light Shining in Buckinghamshire by John Morrison

While many theatres are staging election-related plays in the next three weeks, the National Theatre has shown a flash of genius by reviving a work that confronts all the big questions which…

Fuse in New York: “An American in Paris” and “Wolf Hall,” Parts One and Two by Iris Fanger

Today's Broadway is at its best presenting blockbuster spectacles like Wolf Hall and An American in Paris.

Ghosts – Fire and Ice by Sandi Durell

    Review by Carol Rocamora   Beware the wrath of Henrik Ibsen: it’s striking the Brooklyn Academy of Music like a thunderbolt from Odin, destroying every living thing in..…

New and Noteworthy: Theater

New This Week Hello Dolly! (Media Theatre) Andrea McArdle has grown from the moppet Annie to the mature meddler Dolly Levi, in this hugely popular '60s musical. Previews Wednesday, Thursday,…

The School for Scandal, theatre review: Richard Sheridan's satire still presses buttons

In an age where reputations are won and lost at the click of an iPhone, Richard Sheridan’s The School for Scandal is a canny choice for a revival at the Tobacco Factory.

REVIEW: The Glass Protégé, Park 90 ✭✭ by Doug Mayo

By Doug Mayo Alexander Hulme is intriguing and charismatic as Jackson and you see a glimpse of what a tortured beauty trapped in another man's world can suffer. David R Butler is at his best…

Newark native Richard Wesley plumbs politics in 'Autumn' at Crossroads Theatre Company by Ronni Reich

Over the course of his career as a playwright, screenwriter and professor at New York University, Wesley's writing has dealt with stories that take place in his hometown of Brick City - or t…

Joe Stilgoe: musician by David Hutchison

When musician Joe Stilgoe performed at a concert with Maria Friedman, she was so impressed with his audience interaction that she decided

Century of Slapstick #79: Wished on Mabel by Trav S.D.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the release date of the Keystone comedy Wished on Mabel.  Mabel Normand starred in and directed the short, which was improvised and shot in Golden Gate…

John G Smith Trio – Review by Jonathan Baz

***John G SmithThe John G Smith Trio are a relatively new addition (albeit comprised of some fabulously experienced talent) to London’s jazz and cabaret circuit and it was a full Crazy…

Carmen Disruption review – compelling deconstruction of Bizet opera by Michael Billington

Simon Stephens’s extraordinary and haunting new play peoples the Carmen story with vivid, isolated characters from our modern urban world Continue reading...

Century of Slapstick #78: Harold Lloyd’s Oldest Surviving Comedy by Trav S.D.

A red letter day! Today marks the 100th anniversary of the oldest surviving Harold Lloyd comedy Just Nuts.  The Museum of Modern Art has one of the few surviving copies; I had it screened …

Review: Look, we are breathing/Rivendell Theatre Ensemble by Alex Huntsberger

RECOMMENDED Just because someone’s died doesn’t make their death a martyrdom. It doesn’t mean they were a saint. Complicated or downright negative feelings that a person had for someon…

Kenneth Branagh Sets Up New Theatre Company With Judi Dench, Lily James, Rob Brydon by Suzi Steffen

Also, the guy who plays Robb Stark on Game of Thrones. “The Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company will take up residency at London’s Garrick Theatre for a year in October. The Cinderel…

BWW's On This Day - April 19, 2015

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Sacred Heart and the GWB by Peter D. Kramer

Before this week, the biggest role Alex Guzman had ever held in a play at Sacred Heart High School in Yonkers was as the ship captain in “Anything Goes.” Or maybe a businessman i…

Dead exciting: the zombie show bringing new blood to theatre by Matthew Hemley

In 2009, on the other side of the world, the idea for a show was born that sought to attract a whole

On the air at Rockland Country Day by Peter D. Kramer

Will Youmans (inset) is from a show-business family. His mom is playwright Elizabeth Egloff. His dad builds sets for Broadway, including the Sinatra musical, “Come Fly Away” and …

Florida Studio Theatre goes for laughs and music this summer by Jay Handelman

Touring cabaret shows fill a summer season with some lighthearted plays and musicals.... Read more » The post Florida Studio Theatre goes for laughs and music this summer appeared first…

VIDEO: Mike Dixon on Musical Direction and Creative Team Parity by Mike Dixon

Continuing our feature series educating audiences on the importance of musical directors, My Theatre Mates co-founder Mark Shenton interviews musical director and Also Recognised Awards part…

Come From Away to get La Jolla premiere with three Canadians in cast by Richard Ouzounian

Play by authors of My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding is about Sept. 11 aftermath in Gander, Newfoundland

Ballet star Wendy Whelan coming to Cleveland with 'Restless Creature' tale of transformation by Zachary Lewis

In one hour Saturday, April 25, with four choreographers, former New York City Ballet star Wendy Whelan will relive her metamorphosis and prove to the world that she, like many older balleri…

What happens when an Oscar winner does a musical? by Allison Hilbig

  Catherine Martin - better known as CM State:  NSW …

Jean-Christophe Maillot: 'What about people who don't know about dance?' by Mark Monahan

Mark Monahan heads to Monaco to meet the director of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

Sean Holmes: ‘No one talks about the deep conservatism in British acting’ by Matt Trueman

When Sean Holmes took over the Lyric Hammersmith six years ago, he laid out his ambition to turn it into a kind

To each her own by Deborah Jones

Sydney Opera House, April 2, 4 and 7 TWO and bit years ago, when Paris Opera Ballet came to Sydney with its production of Giselle, I was able to see three excitingly different readings of th…

Andrew Lloyd Webber: 'London's West End theatres are uncomfortable and outdated' by Patrick Sawer

Andrew Lloyd Webber describes many of London's venues as 'not fit for purpose', with cramped seating offering poor views of the stage

Alice’s Adventures Underground review – never a dull moment by Kate Kellaway

The Vaults, London An aptly subterranean reworking of Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece is the perfect remedy for grown-ups who have forgotten what it is to play Continue reading...

The School for Scandal review – tittle-tattle a la mode by Susannah Clapp

Tobacco Factory, BristolSheridan’s classic is given a modern twist in Andrew Hilton’s pitch-perfect production Continue reading...

Against Captain’s Orders review – the historical thrill is extraordinary by Susannah Clapp

National Maritime Museum, LondonPunchdrunk’s seafaring show for children is earnest but brings the past brilliantly to lifeThe astounding feature of a Punchdrunk show is the amount of stuf…

Uisge-Beatha Gu Leòr (Whisky Galore) review – a suitable whiff of whimsy by Clare Brennan

Òran Mór, Glasgow Iain Finlay Macleod’s Gaelic updating of Compton Mackenzie’s classic is funny but loses something on the way Continue reading...

Tony Awards mystery: Will 'Finding Neverland' reap Best Musical bid? by Gold Derby

"Finding Neverland," movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s maiden Broadway show as lead producer, is a certified hit at the box office. However, it may have a tough time securing a crucial Be…

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Gebirge; Theo Clinkard – review by Luke Jennings

Sadler’s Wells; the Place, London A nightmare vision from Pina Bausch insinuates and alienates, while Theo Clinkard takes his twisting, looping time to delightful effect Continue reading...

The Twits review – Enda Walsh clobbers Dahl’s comic caper by Susannah Clapp

Royal Court, LondonWalsh’s ‘mischievous’ dialogue and plot additions largely obscure Dahl’s nimble, knockabout nastinessThis is not what the Roald Dahl estate wants to hear. Billy, s…

A Backstage Look As HAMILTON Pays Tribute To A CHORUS LINE For 40th Anniversary With Original Cast by Pat Cerasaro

A closer look as HAMILTON tributes A CHORUS LINE in an unforgettable way

BWW Exclusive: Adam Pascal Talks LES MISERABLES Jean Valjean Casting Petition; 'I Want To Do It' by Pat Cerasaro

Adam Pascal talks fan campaign to cast him in LES MIZ

Opening Night: After An Acclaimed Public Theater Run, Fun Home Officially Opens on Broadway Tonight

Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron collaborated on musicalizing Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic memoir.

Your Sunday Afternoon Zen: Tyran Parke sings “Why” from Tick, Tick… Boom by Cassie Tongue

Tyran Parke is a performer and director. He has a unique vulnerability to his performance that translates in some really appealing ways, like in wry regret or tentative hope, his buttery voc…

‘The Romantics Wagner & Liszt’ at The In Series by Jessica Vaughan

The In Series self-described salon-style concert tribute is a celebration of musical mastery – from the two composers featured to the pianists and singers – The Romantics Wagner & Li…

Constantine Maroulis, Amy Spanger, Felicia Finley Are Part of Tonight’s Wedding Singer Reunion Conce by Andrew Gans

The Wedding Singer Reunion Concert, featuring songs from the Tony-nominated 2006 musical, plays 54 Below April 19.

Playbill Vault’s Today In Theatre History: April 19 by David Gewirtzman and Anne Bradley, Ernio Hernandez and Robert Viagas

1946 Actor Tim Curry is born in Cheshire, England. He will create memorable Broadway roles including Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Mozart in Amadeus, Dada artist Tristan Tzara in…

Groundbreaking Graphic Memoir Is New Broadway Musical Fun Home Opens Tonight by Adam Hetrick

The critically acclaimed musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir Fun Home, which parallels her own coming of age as a lesbian and the suicide of her closeted gay father, of…

Playbill Poll: What’s Your Favorite Cover of a Broadway Song Performed by a Pop Singer? by Olivia Clement

Pop and musical theatre fans recenlty united in their common love of Josh Groban and Kelly Clarkson's cover of the romantic Phantom duet "All I Ask of You." P…

Surviving Brain Surgery On the Way to Broadway: Sisters Take the Stage Together in On Your Feet! by Whitney Spaner

Yassmin and Karmine Alers, cast members of the new Broadway musical On Your Feet!, will be sharing the stage at the Marquis Theatre when the show l begins performances in October. But the ro…

Schools of the Stars: Where Fun Home Cast and Creators Went to College by Sarah Jane Arnegger

Where the principals of the Broadway musical Fun Home pursued their college studies.

The Hills Are Alive Again! “The Sound of Music” Returning to Cinemas Today by Robert Viagas

"The Sound of Music," the classic movie musical based on Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic Broadway musical, will return to selected cinemas nationally on April 19 and 22.

Reefer Madness Cast Reunites for “4/20 Concert Event” April 19-20! by Michael Gioia

The cult classic musical Reefer Madness will be presented in concert, starring a slew of original cast members from the stage production and the film, April 19 at 11:30 PM and April 20 at 7 …

Application Pending, Starring YouTube Sensation Christina Bianco, Ends Off-Broadway by Adam Hetrick

Application Pending, the new Off-Broadway comedy starring Christina Bianco, ends its run April 19 at the Westside Theatre.

Kathryn Grody Brings New Solo Show Off-Broadway Tonight by Olivia Clement

Following her acclaimed 1998 Broadway monlogue play, A Mom's Life, Obie winner Kathryn Grody performs another self-penned, one-woman show, Falling Apart...Together, at the Classi…

At Home With An American in Paris’ Max von Essen, a Handyman in Hell’s Kitchen by Micki Siegel

Playbill.com's new column offers readers an exclusive inside look at the homes of Broadway's stars and behind-the-scenes movers and shakers.

Fun Home Leaps from Page to Stage; Opens Officially on Broadway by Ryan McPhee

Ready to come to the Fun Home? The Broadway premiere of Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori’s musical opens officially on April 19 at the Circle in the Square Theatre. The show, based on the …

This Week’s Picks! All Hail Queen Lesli, Go Home with Chita Rivera & Time Travel with Something Rotten! by Pete Croatto

Hey, you, lounging on a blanket in Central Park—you have five more months to drink wine and eat crackers outside. Besides, there’s way too much fun stuff to do on Broadway and be…