Imagine Tony-winning Broadway composer Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County, Honeymoon in Vegas) writing a commercial.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30PMAn all-newSCREAMQUEENS teaser featuring a teen text message 'dance' with the Devil has just been unveiled for the new thriller, coming toFOXthis fall. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28PMAs You Like It is Bell Shakespeare’s first offering this year and has already been through Sydney and Canberra on its way to us here in Melbourne. It’s also John Bell’s first Bell Shak…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:26PMReplacement Place
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BOTTOM LINE: Patricia Noworol has selected an awe inspiring group of five multi-faceted collaborators who can ac…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 11:23PMAt last, the crypto-gay, cannibal mafia comedy we haven’t been waiting for! “Dinner With the Boys” is all that and less: Ineptly written, directed and acted, this is one hell...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:00PMDan Lauria cooks up a crooked comedy at Theatre Row.
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COMMERCIAL WITHOUT COMMERCIALS Imagine if the ‘70s sitcom Good Times did not hit TV until 2007. Now imagine a 3-episode arc about the coming out of a black man who brings his white boyfrie…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:44PMThe Last Ship was one of my favorite shows of the season just past. As I mentioned in my review (HERE), I did not go into it thinking I'd like it, let alone love it after seeing the to…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 09:35PMBroadway musical “Doctor Zhivago” will close at the end of the week, following the show’s shutout from the 2015 Tony nominations. “Zhivago,” which earned mix…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:28PMThe new musicalDOCTOR ZHIVAGOwill play its final performance at theBroadway Theatre1681 Broadway,Sunday May 10, 2015.DOCTOR ZHIVAGOwill have played 26 preview and 23 regular performances.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05PMAfter receiving no love from the Tony Awards nominating committee, the large-scale musical based on the Boris Pasternak novel and the beloved David Lean screen epic will close Sunday.read mo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:04PMThe new musical began performances March 27 at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PMDael Orlandersmith offers a startlingly personal performance in this new solo play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PMThe annual dance awards for Broadway theater make way for their latest honorees.
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Variety writes that Timothy Hutton has boarded James Franco's upcoming film THE LONG HOME, starring Josh Hutcherson and based on William Gay's novel.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:52PMThe musical 'Doctor Zhivago' to close on Broadway this Sunday.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:41PM'Hamilton' and 'Between Riverside and Crazy' recognized by New York Drama Critics' Circle.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:36PMThe Broadway premiere of the new musical Doctor Zhivago, starring Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt and Paul Nolan, will play its final performance May 10 at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20PMThe Broadway premiere of the new musical Doctor Zhivago, starring Tam Mutu, Kelli Barrett, Tom Hewitt and Paul Nolan, will play its final performance May 10 at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20PMThe Off-Broadway hit, CHURCHILL, will celebrate its 100th performance tonight, May 4th at New World Stages. CHURCHILL, a new play adapted and performed by Ronald Keaton, opened on February 1…
SOURCE: www.timessquaregossip.com at 08:12PMOn Monday, April 27th, Chef Marco Moreira transformed his top Zagat-rated restaurant, Tocqueville, on Union Square into an extraordinary showcase for star-studded, dinner theater that will r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07PMDoctor Zhivago did not win the hearts of the Tony nominators this year, and after struggling at the box office will shutter on May 10. Directed by Des McAnuff, the epic romance stars Tam Mu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:04PMBroadway legendJoel GreyCABARET, WICKED and Hollywood producerHarvey WeinsteinFINDING NEVERLAND will be the honorees at this year's Fred andAdele AstaireAwards. The gala evening celebrates t…
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The musical adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s novel began in San Diego and had played overseas before its short-lived Broadway run.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:52PM"Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop show about the founding fathers won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award Monday for best musical of the 2014-15. The show, which ended its celebra…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 07:51PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle named "Hamilton," Lin-Manuel Miranda's rap- and history-infused show, the best musical of the season.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:37PMThe New York Drama Critics' Circle today named Between Riverside and Crazy, by Stephen Adly Guirgis, best play of the 2014-15 season. Hamilton was named best musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:21PMTony nominees Leanne Cope, Robert Fairchild, Christian Borle, Annaleigh Ashford, Tony Yazbeck, Alex Sharp and more are among the 2015 Astaire Award nominees. Additionally, Tony and Oscar win…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:20PMTony nominees Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope, Christian Borle, Annaleigh Ashford, Tony Yazbeck, Alex Sharp and more are among the 2015 Astaire Award nominees. Additionally, Tony and Oscar win…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:20PMA new drama maps a young video game player's inability to find happiness outside the game console. It plays in Berkeley through June 7.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:18PMAt times, “Forever” — Dael Orlandersmith’s new solo piece about growing up with a violent drunk of a mother — is like the film “Precious,” only with songs by Patti...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:05PMThe group opted to give no foreign play prize but awarded special citations to designer Bob Crowley and to off-Broadway developmental hub Ars Nova.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:02PMA couple stand on the stage, squaring up to each other. They are in the middle of an argument. The Man has just, out of the blue, suggested they have a baby. The Woman, understandably, needs…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:01PMAn American in Paris co-stars Leanne Cope and Robert Fairchild, On the Town's trio of sailors and the four tap-dancing porters from On the Twentieth Century are among the 2015 Fr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:00PMThe group of New York-based critics met this afternoon.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PMDan Lauria of 'The Wonder Years' fame stars in his playwriting debut, a black comedy about a pair of hitmen facing retribution from their mob bosses.read more
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On Monday, May 4, Theater People podcast welcomes 'The First Lady of British Musical Theater,'Olivier Award-winner Elaine Paige. For the episode, Paige discusses her farewell tour,and what e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:58PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, FISH IN THE DARK star Rita Wilson took a medical leave from the play last month, afterrevealingthe news that she was recently diagnosed with breast canc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMNew plays by Craig Lucas, Will Eno, Lynn Nottage, Jose Rivera, Thomas Bradshaw, Zayd Dohrn, and Emily Schwend will have their world premiere on May 18th inside a mobile 4-by-8-foot theatre w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:45PMIn a repeat of last year, two Off Broadway titles have stolen the spotlight from Broadway fare at the New York Drama Critics Circle, with Lin-Manuel Miranda’s buzzmagnet musical ̶…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:43PM<![CDATA[Even before Dael Orlandersmith begins her monologue <em>Forever</em> at the New York Theatre workshop -- as a follow-up to, among other writings, her acclaimed <em…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:42PMIt turns out Jim Parsons, whose name wasinitially thrown around as a potential host of this year's Tony Awards, was approached for the position, after all.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:35PM“Hamilton” won for best musical and “Between Riverside and Crazy” won for best play in the New York Drama Circle Critics Awards. The award was created in response t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:34PMDon Nguyen’s play at Anderson Hall was inspired by a newspaper article about H.I.V.-positive women in Vietnam, but is most successful when it strays away from the source material.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:33PM“Between Riverside and Crazy,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a retired policeman facing eviction, was named the best play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:28PM'Immediate Family,' a biting new comedy written by Paul Oakley Stovall and directed by Phylicia Rashad, openedat the Center Theatre GroupMark Taper Forum on Sunday, May 3. Performances conti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMPint-sized theatre critic Iain Armitage was back in New York City to see another round of Broadway (and soon-to-be-on-Broadway) shows and he met up with Playbill to talk …
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:12PMPint-sized theatre critic Iain Armitage, known on Twitter as @IainLoveTheatre, was back in New York City to see another round of Broadway (and soon-to-be-on-Broadway) sho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:12PMThe New York Drama Critics’ Circle named Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton Best Musical and Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside And Crazy as Best Pl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:11PMStephen Adly Guirgis' Between Riverside and Crazy and the new Lin-Manuel Miranda musical Hamilton have been named the winners of the 2015 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:08PMThe New York Drama Critics’ Circle this afternoon named Lin-Manuel Miranda’s exuberant, rap-inflected show Hamilton as the best musical of the season. The show recently ended it…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:01PMRecent plays with the verb “to care” in their titles — another is Michael Wynne’s Who Cares — suggests that the inequalities of life in Britain today can no longer be treated with …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:01PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 542015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00PMThe D.C. theater welcomes back the Harry Potter parody show.
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On Friday night, Theatre Development Fund presented the annual TDFIrene Sharaff Awards through the TDF Costume Collection forachievement in theatrical costume design. Scroll down for photos
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:53PMBroadway alum Zach Braff made a new friend on May 1: Hand to God’s evil sock puppet Tyrone! After catching the new Tony-nominated comedy by Robert Askins, Braff went backstage to sing …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:51PMJonathan Groff will reprise his acclaimed performance as King George in an excerpt from Lin-Manuel Miranda's celebrated show Hamilton at the Lapham's Quartely Gala dinne…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Monday, May 4, 2015 Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook are at war over the future of news – and one of them tried to buy a media company Business Insider …
SOURCE: BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:44PMClick for photos from the Finding Neverland official cast album recording at Avatar Studios on May 4, 2015.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:43PMTickets are now available for legendary magical duo Penn and Teller's aptly named show Penn & Teller on Broadway! The production will play the Marquis Theatre for a limited engagemen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:38PMMs. Packer, the founding artistic director of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass., examines Shakespeare’s heroines in this book, which grew out of her play.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:37PMThe new Broadway musical Finding Neverland, starringMatthew Morrison,Kelsey GrammerandLaura Michelle Kelly, is currently playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46th Street, and a cast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMRock god Sting, Tony-nominated for his The Last Ship score, reveals how to get a nom, his winner face and what he wishes he could do.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:37PMSAN FRANCISCO — Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Francisco.…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 05:36PMLapham's Quarterly Editor and Publisher Lewis Lapham announced today their annual gala, the DECADES BALL The 1780s, will take place on Monday, June 1 at Gotham Hall 1356 Broadway. The gala w…
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SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 05:35PMRodgers and Hammerstein's classic musical Oklahoma! will receive a new staging from Bard SummerScape in the round.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMA week in the life of actor, radio and TV host, music director and writer Seth Rudetsky.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMThe Sarah Siddons Society's Artistic Director, Dominic Missimi, bestowed on Jessie Mueller the organization's prestigious Actress of the Year Award in a tribute entitled SO BEAUTIFUL last Mo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:29PMThe actors may get all the love (not that they don’t deserve it), but it takes more than just the thespians on stage to keep you at the edge of your seat. But just how many people does…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:27PMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have pieced together a collection of letters written by Mark Twain when the author was a young newsman in San Fr…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:20PMTo say that “Die, Mommie, Die!” is a play about Angela Arden and her problems is something of an understatement. Ms. Arden doesn’t just face
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 05:18PMNew takes on 'The Princess and the Pea', 'Cinderella' and 'The Tortoise and the Hare' alternate with adaptations and favorites.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:10PMRaven Theatre has a new executive director. Brian Pastor, who’s served as managing director at City Lit Theatre the past nine years, will take over the job at Raven beginning July 1.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:05PM"Louis and Keely 'Live' at the Sahara," the show about the singer-musician Louis Prima and his partner Keely Smith, has posted its closing notice at the Royal George Theatre for May 17.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:01PMTony winner Chuck Cooper, Felicia Finley, and more reprise their Broadway performances.
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SOURCE: PBS at 04:57PMNew prize program with Center Theatre Group will also set aside funds for local world-premiere production.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:48PMPlaywrights Jeffrey Chastang, Nathaniel Lachenmeyer, Alex & Hana Mironoff and John Walch are in residence at Alabama Shakespeare Festival‘s home the week of May 4 to prep readings of their…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 04:47PMWhat a difference a dozen makes. The modestly scaled Broadway musical “Fun Home” saw weekly sales climb by almost $100,000, or more than 20%, after nabbing twelve Tony nomination…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:47PMIf, like me, you frequently find yourself afflicted by melancholy — which we'll define here as a mild but persistent form of sadness of vague or indeterminate cause — then I think you wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:43PMPlaywright Craig Lucas, who was recently nominated for a Tony Award for his libretto to the Broadway musical An American in Paris, will have his new short play showcased in the tiniest of th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PM[Paul Gordon's] Sense and Sensibility (he wrote book, music and lyrics, so it is indeed "his") boasts a strong score and an absolutely first-rate production.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:39PMThe Tony nominators snubbed “Finding Neverland” with no nominations, not even for the curtain. But Harvey Weinstein’s getting the last laugh. “FN” Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 04:39PMMac Fyfe and Richard Alan Campbell portray the combatants in VideoCabaret's latest, onstage until June 14.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:36PMFormer 'REAL HOUSEWIFE' Camille Grammer recently attended a performance of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU on Broadway - check out a look back at her visit below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:36PMPlaybill's new weekly feature examines the box-office trends of the past week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMThe female-empowerment organization announces the winner of its inaugural playwriting competition, to be staged at an event in June.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMThis post is by Joel Benjamin
"Something Rotten!" isn’t just for insiders, though. Its pleasures are multiple: a divinely hyper cast led by Mr. d’Arcy James, John Cariani (sweet and lo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:26PMCallaghan, who writes with a spark, is unafraid to risk with her dialogue and she has a great ear for the colloquial.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 04:21PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Idina Menzel on Frozen 2
Idina Menzel recently stopped by the ladies of The Talk, below, to chat abou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:19PMNightlife powerhouse Tori Scott returns to Joe's Pub May 4 with her latest show Thirsty!, an evening of poor life choices and stories of her late night misadventures, featuring songs fro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Last week's Tony Award nominations made only some box offices on Broadway sing....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 04:09PMThe Chicago theatre's roster includes a U.S. premiere and two Midwest premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:09PMWelcome 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 04:04PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 532015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMI sat in the intimate Old Red Lion Theatre waiting excitedly to be transported to the Irish Midlands. There is artificial grass under my feet, the scenography already a spectacle, and all I …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:00PMMargo Seibert is just coming off of living life 'princess by day, rocker by night.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMThe world-premiere musical will open at Arena Stage this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMTony nominee Kristine Nielsen stars in the second show of Gurney's Signature Residency.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMStars of the new musical went into the recording studio to preserve the show's songs.
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There is always a high sense of inquisitiveness when going to watch yet another adaptation of Miss Julie: will this be a typical rendition of Strindberg’s classic or a contemporary and in…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:56PMMichael Jackson, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and the R&B classics from the Motor City can't be beat as Broadway's rousing jukebox musical about the birth of Motown hits the road.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:50PMTaylor Frey Gossip Girl, G.B.F. has joined the cast of SUMMERTIME as one of the four leads in the ensemble coming-of-ageroad film set in Rome, San Francisco, New Orleans and Cuba telling the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMKatori Hall's 'The Mountaintop', as well as a George Brant world premiere and two regional premieres, are on the theatre's six-show slate.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:49PMBroadway luminaries Patti LuPone, Lena Hall, and Jesse Tyler Ferguson added their voices to the growing chorus of people advocating for women’s reproductive rights on May 3 at 54 Below…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:47PMAfter receiving 12 Tony nominations last week, Fun Home can continue celebrating. As buzz over the Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron musical continues to grow, so does the show'…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:43PMSpring was finally in the air this week. That, combined with two closings (The Heidi Chronicles and Living On Love), a curtailed run (just six performances for Hedwig And The Angry Inch, ret…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:42PMZorba! may be the greatest Kander and Ebb musical you've never seen. A story of life and death in the Greek isles, originally produced and directed by Harold Prince, the show was well regard…
SOURCE: BroadwayStars at 03:29PMRagtime, the Tony-award winning musical that is the cornerstone of St. David’s Episcopal Church’s 2015 Celebration of the Arts, is a community-wide production with a diverse grou…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 03:28PMThe Bard SummerScape festival presents an entirely new way to experience Oklahoma, Rodgers and Hammerstein's quintessential celebration of the American frontier
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMJim Parsons, who will return to Broadway to star as the title character in An Act of God, confirmed that he was approached about hosting this year's Tony Awards, but declined.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMDUCK COMMANDER MUSICAL, which had its World Premiere at the Crown Theater inside Rio All-Suite Hotel amp Casino in Las Vegas on April 15th, will be closing its doors earlier than planned.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:21PMIt might sound like a weird pop-culture gimmick, but this isn’t “Springfield: The Musical”
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 03:20PMThe Book of Mormon and "Girls" star Andrew Rannells, who also was featured in the title role in Hedwig on Broadway last year, will join the cabaret troupe The Citizens Ban…
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SOURCE: Playbill at 03:14PMThe westward migration, the video game, the stage play: The Oregon Trail
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:14PMThe company mixes old favorites and new works in its latest program, which comes to San Francisco, Mountain View, Walnut Creek and Carmel.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:14PMDarren Criss stopped by today's LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL to talk about jumping into the starring role of Broadway's Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PM Review by Marilyn Lester In U.S. legal parlance, proffer or “queen for a day” letters are written federal agreements granting certain immunitie…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:10PMThe long-running production of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' international hit musical Mamma Mia! is slated to play its final performance Sept. 12, following …
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The company celebrates its 30th season with a mix of new plays, classic tales and a musical.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:56PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie, announces the full cast and creative team for D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:47PMBaltimore’s recent unrest is more than subtext in “Sunset Baby,” Dominique Morisseau’s unexpectedly timely drama about hardcore hustlers trying to get out of a dead-end neighborhood.…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:42PMNew York's funniest showCelebrity Autobiographyis celebrating Broadway and the upcoming Tony Awards with two performances on Monday,June 1at7pmand Saturday,June 6at930pmatThe TriadStage 72--…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:36PMGet tickets to SOMETHING ROTTEN!: http://www.broadway.com/shows/something-rotten/
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Get tickets to THE KING A…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:33PMEW can exclusively announce the record’s artwork and lineup, including Nick Jonas, Ellie Goulding, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, John Legend, and Jon Bon Jovi. We’re also premierin…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 02:32PM... Arizona debut in a fine production from Phoenix Theatre with a crackerjack performance by Jeannie Shubitz as Judy Garland.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 02:29PMMann is the Tony-winning artistic director of the McCarter Theatre at Princeton University.... Read more »
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SOURCE: Sarasota Herald-Tribune at 02:27PM Ringgold reads from her new book, Harlem Renaissance Party
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ACA Galleries hosted a reading by renowned Harlem artist Faith Ringgold. Ringgold read from her ne…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:25PMAutism-related theatre for youth has its own spectrum, from work created for autistic kids to pieces devised with their input.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:23PM"Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life" (University Press of Mississippi), by William V. Madison...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:22PMHome is where the heart is. But sometimes that heart can ache from a life burdened with secrets and lies. That same heart can also beat strong when love, compassion, and empathy flows throug…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:20PMOFFICE POLITICS, an explosive new play by Marcy Lovitch, is set to begin performances June 5th at the June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street (just west of Eighth Ave.) The official Opening…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMIn Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of Once on This Island, meet Malcolm Lee. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perform before on our…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:17PMThe gang at Broadway.com reveals the best shows to see in May!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:13PMJennifer Laura Thompson, Rachel Bay Jones and more will appear alongside Ben Platt in the previously announced world premiere of Dear Evan Hansen. The Arena Stage production will begin perfo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMArena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for Dear Evan Hansen, the new musical from Tony Award-nominated songwriters Benj Pasek a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMJim Parsons ends “The Big Bang Theory” season when he begins previews of the Broadway comedy “An Act of God.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:01PMRoundabout Theatre Companyhasannounced casting for the fourth annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a five-night event that includes nightly readings of new plays written and directe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMThe 17-piece jazz band reimagines Broadway showtunes.
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Finding Neverland, the new Broadway musical that tells the tale of how Peter became Pan — starring Matthew Morrison as famed author J.M. Barrie — will release an album of…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMWe know where we want to be this summer! New works from Spring Awakening’s Duncan Sheik, Hedwig’s Stephen Trask, 2015 Tony nominee Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced) and more are slated for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMAfter a run of about 15 minutes, Duck Commander Musical has announced a quick closing at the Rio Hotel. Based on Willie and Korie Robertson’s 2012 book about the Louisiana family an…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:45PMVassar and New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater has announced a slate of new works to receive developmental stagings this summer in Poughkeepsie, NY. New musicals from the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMPBS announced today that the second season of ITV's acclaimed British sitcom VICIOUS is returning to PBS on Sunday, August 23, 2015, at 1030 p.m. ET. The six-part series will round out PBS' …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMBest known for her Oscar-nominated roles in the smash hits Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn 1942-99 was one of the most popular comedians of her time - and one of the least unde…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:28PMSean Foley gives us a sexually in yer face version of a 1605 play set in Shoreditch
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:21PMDavid Mamet's early play brings three heavyweight actors to the West End to surprise and shock those unused to Mamet's idiosyncratic style .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:20PMNYC Police Commissioner William J. Bratton and comedienne Caroline Rhea recently attended a performance of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU on Broadway - BWW brings you an exclusive look below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMTheaters are important. They’re actually one of the most important factors when it comes to a theatre-going experience. While many may not realize the importance of this factor, for on…
SOURCE: Luner on Theatre at 01:20PMSheila Callaghan's play, having its world premiere at Yale Rep, is, as of now, a muddle of themes and characterizations in search of a tone.. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:19PMHounded from their home country but staying together via Skype, Minsk's toughest troupe is back in New York with another harrowing but mesmerizing piece.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:18PMDarren Criss stopped by today's LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL to talk about jumping into the starring role of Broadway's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMSmiley Kylie Myers, a 12-year-old aspiring actress form Georgia, was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, on April 9, 2014. Since then, Broadway stars, companies, and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMHaunting. Atmospheric. Thrilling. This tale of espionage and intrigue is one you don't want to miss.
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SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:09PMVassar and New York Stage and Film's Powerhouse Theater announces its 31st year of championing new works, with a full season of stories that take audiences from a South Sea island to center …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMKristina Newman-Scott, Hartford's marketing, events and cultural affairs director, is now Connecticut's new director of culture.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:03PMThe Visit, starring Chita Rivera, has people talking about the fine line between love and vengeance. The shocking and thought-provoking show challenges both cynics and romantics alike. P…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMDirector Janis Stevens masterfully directs the Harold Pinter drama. Strong performances from the ensemble hit the mark. The Tony-winning play showcases Pinter’s main themes. … Click…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:00PMNew plays will be performed from May 4-8 in Roundabout's Black Box Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe lineup has been announced for Vassar College and New York Stage and Film's annual collaboration.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
A new musical based on the characters from the hit A
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:57PMAcademy Award winner Cher was the latest in a string of celebrities to visit Off-Broadway's The Public Theater to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's acclaimed musical Hamilton and said…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMAlison Bechdel, author of the critically acclaimed graphic novel "Fun Home" that inspired the musical of the same name, will serve as one of the table hosts at the PEN American Cen…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMPreviews begin tomorrow (Tuesday, May 5) for Annie Baker’s 2014 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Flick. The production returns Off-Broadway, again with director Sam Gold and featuring Ale…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:46PMShe has faced demanding New York audiences and theater critics; been at the heart of a groundbreaking seventies television series; and been chased by a
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 12:42PMRoundabout Theatre has announced casting for the fourth annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a five-night event that will feature readings of new plays written and directed by e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMReview: Young Dance illustrated the universal vocabulary of dance in a diverse program.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:40PMReview: History Theatre brings to life rock ’n’ roll pioneer Augie Garcia, who grew up on St. Paul’s West Side.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 12:39PMSAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Scholars at the University of California, Berkeley have uncovered and authenticated a cache of stories written by Mark Twain when he was a 29-year-old newspaperman …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 12:38PMThe resourceful, venue-less Big Easy company plans a range of offerings, including three immersive pieces.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:34PMFrom Amy Friedman, Director of Marketing & Communications, Theater J: Theater J today announces its 2015-2016 season, a lineup of seven diverse plays ranging from personal, intimate exp…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:33PMOn Twitter, Aladdin fan Josh Lloyd recreatred Gregg Barnes' design of the Genie's ensemble andhad this to say Josh_Lloyd_Had an awesome time replicating jamesmiglehart 's Genie costume. Not …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMHere's Hugh Jackman lip-syncing "Bacon Pancakes," originally sung by Jake the magic dog from Adventure Time, because why not? Hugh is ahead of the curve with this ditty, because this…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:25PMToday is anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s debut as solo director of a film, Caught in the Rain (1914). The film is a fairly routine little Sennett style Francophile farce. It starts …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:25PMThe beloved actress and authorKate Mulgrewjustdiscussed her life and her new memoir BORN WITH TEETH in a QampA with Rosie O'Donnell at theVineyard Theatre108 E. 15 St. in a one-time only eve…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMBarbra Streisand received a standing ovation at a recent performance of Broadway's AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMEntertainment Weekly has revealed the full track list, artwork, and lineup of artists featured on the upcoming concept album of the new Broadway musical FINDING NEVERLAND - and an audio snea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PMStage and screen actors Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen, who play a duelling gay couple in the BBC comedy "Vicious," have been named the grand marshals of the 2015 New York City Prid…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMLatest Hedwig and the Angry Inch headliner Darren Criss stopped by Live! With Kelly & Michael on May 4 to discuss donning the iconic internationally ignored song stylist's heels. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:07PMThe Off-Broadway hit, CHURCHILL, will celebrate its 100th performance tonight, May 4th at New World Stages. CHURCHILL, a new play adapted and performed by Ronald Keaton, opened on February 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMOne of the most influential figures of sculpting Chicago theatre as we know as passed. Russ Tutterrow, Artistic Director of Chicago Dramatists, passed yesterday at the age of 68. An exce…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:00PMFollowing a stint in rehab for substance abuse, Tony and Academy Award-winning actress Liza Minnelli, has booked concert appearances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe brother-sister duo will be feted with a starry tribute from the likes of Alan Cumming, Sutton Foster, and Queen Latifah.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
The Tony Awards and Dress Circle Publishing announce a special fan experience at the Tony Awards Pop-Up Shop. Author and musical theater historian Jennifer Ashley Tepper will be joined by Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMRevolutions leave deep scars, the deepest from when they don't achieve all their expectations. Same for relationships.
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 11:43AMGet tickets to THE WAY WE GET BY: http://www.broadway.com/shows/way-we-get/
Stars Amanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski, along with director Leigh Silverman and playwright Neil LaBute, discuss…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:42AMEisenberg talks to Jimmy about The Spoils, an off-Broadway play he wrote and stars in with The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42AMAmanda Seyfried and Thomas Sadoski chat with Broadway.com about headlining the world premiere of Neil La Bute's The Way We Get By off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMRoundabout theatre, BrightonSimple but cracking storytelling with lots of audience interactivity in the intimate Roundabout pop-up theatreHolly and Sean are the terrible twins who are so nau…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AMMay the Fourth be with you. That's right, it's a special day in the Star Wars fandom.Below, we celebrate May 4thwith a Broadway-style flashback to Bea Arthur's big number in the 1978 Star Wa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMWhen Sean Graney staged his 12-hour epic "All Our Tragic" for the company known as The Hypocrites last fall, he knew that the audience would need a few warm and funny guides through the dark…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:29AMWhen Sean Graney staged his 12-hour epic "All Our Tragic" for the company known as The Hypocrites last fall, he knew that the audience would need a few warm and funny guides through the dark…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:29AMRuss Tutterow was not a man to seek the spotlight, but under the right circumstances his quietly bemused and avuncular gaze was known to give way to a display of rapier sharp wit. Tutterow, …
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:25AMBy Mark G. Auerbach Goodspeed Musicals presents “Guys and Dolls”. Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Book by Jo Sweling and Abe Burrows based on the stories and characters of Dam…
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 11:14AMThe Anglo-American actress gabs about the Encores! "Zorba!" and much more.
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:14AMThis May, BroadwayBox editorial is tipping our hat to Nick's Block Party Summer with a month of Tony nominee editorial.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:11AMBroadway.com has confirmed that the Finding Neverland concept album will be released on June 9. Joining the previously reported Rita Ora, Jon Bon Jovi and Paloma Faith are Nick Jonas, Jennif…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMMelissa Rivers sat down in an exclusive TODAY interview today, her first on television since the August 2014 death of her mother, legendary comedian Joan Rivers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMDan Lauria's new play Dinner with the Boys officially opens Off-Broadway May 4 at the Acorn Theatre on Theatre Row. Lauria, who also stars in the production, is mos…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMI met the award winning actor and author Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, etc.) just a couple of weeks ago, and immediately asked him to do m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe honors will be presented on May 21.
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Playwright Karen Tarjan talks about her new play about the explorers who found themselves trapped in ice near Antarctica circa 1915.
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 10:57AMMad Men may be in the ‘70s now, but Salvatore’s heading back to the ‘60s! Bryan Batt, who played Salvatore Romano in the first three seasons of the AMC series, will star as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMWhen it was all said and done, three student-written short plays, part of an evening of playlets, monologues and songs, went on as scheduled at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colorado…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 10:56AM The story of a marriage is at the center of I Do! I Do! I Do! I Do! – a brand new 8 person adaptation of the intimate and nostalgic work by Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (The Fantast…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:54AMMichael Ricigliano Jr.’s Queen For a Day officially opened May 3 at Theatre St. Clement's Off-Broadway, following previews that began April 14. The world premiere reunites …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMBarbra Streisand, a Tony nominee for her performances in Funny Girl and I Can Get It For You Wholesale, attended Broadway's An America in Paris this weekend and received a standing ovati…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMCity Center Encores! Closes Season with Kander & Ebb's Zorba --Turturro, Fontana, Davis, Mazzie, and Wanamaker Headline By: Ellis Nassour �…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:48AMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending May 3rd, 2015.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMSee Broadway's Biggest New Hit FINDING NEVERLAND for 59.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMOff-Broadway's Atlantic Theater has announced casting for the Spring revival of David Mamet's Ghost Stories: The Shawl and Prairie du Chien, two haunting short plays helmed by Sc…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMUsually, news is about something that happened. Sunday night, the news was about something that didn’t happen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMHe grew up on a northern council estate then ran off to live in a London squat, before hitting the big time with Little Voice. As his new play opens, Jim Cartwright takes Alfred Hickling on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:34AMRECOMMENDED If one had to select the work of a single twentieth-century playwright for translation from spoken language to dance, Tennessee Williams would likely top the list. Brooding, swa…
SOURCE: Newcity Stage at 10:18AM"She's still pretty lost and desperate, so I'm happy about that," says Amanda Peet about playing lovelorn Tina in HBO's freshman comedy "Togetherness." She's currently in production on seaso…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:12AMThe New York Post reports that Grace Lee Whitney, best known for her role as Captain Kirk's assistant, Janice Rand, on the original STAR TREK series, has passed away at the age of 85.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AMMaster Brown: “Two bottled waters, please.” Bartender: “Okay, that’ll be ten dollars.” Master Brown: “How much is one?” Bartender: “Well, if t…
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe Ensemblist #48: Broadway in the 1970s: iTunes | PodBean | Stitcher Radio | TuneInWe’ve got a great guest host this week as the one and only Ilene Graff (Nikka’s mom!) steps in, filli…
SOURCE: theensemblist.com at 10:01AMToday in 2005, the second Broadway revival of Sweet Charity opened at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 279 performances. Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyric…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMIf you were a part of the ensemble for one of this year's new productions, which ensemble would you be in
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It's nonstop laughs aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury train traveling from Chicago to New York City. Luck, love and mischief collide when the bankrupt theater producer Oscar Jaffee Gold…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:53AMTime to look at the maverick mavericks, composers with feet firmly planted on either side of the dividing line between jazz and classical.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:45AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news Two off-Broadway openings, a benefit c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:30AMThe justified excitement surrounding the re-opening of the Whitney should not obscure the importance and vitality of numerous smaller arts institutions that are not located in the largest of…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 09:27AMThe hospice inside Weiss Memorial Hospital on Chicago's North Side is a quiet and peaceful place. But for the last several days, one room therein has been bustling with people.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:26AMNEW YORK (AP) -- A classroom door opens at New York University and a 20-something student at the piano tries to not seem flustered by the two men who have joined him....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 09:24AMWithin the next few days, the winners of four New York theater awards will be announced, and more than half a dozen new plays will open. Here is the schedule of May theater openings and a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:18AMThree cheers to the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which dusted itself off after Hurricane Sandy (or rather wrung itself out) and has emerged more glorious than ever by an order of magnitude. I hadn…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:17AMThe hands-down greatest experience of my writing life was not in New York City. It was in the tiny town of Waterford, Connecticut. Waterford may not be a bustling metropolis, but it is somet…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 09:15AMA flying duck in West Monroe, Louisiana might have a longer life than the “Duck Commander Musical.”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:11AMWith the UK general election just around the corner, Matthew Hemley, Georgia Snow, Thom Dibdin and David Hutchison questioned each of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
In the latest two-minute CGI campaign to sell bras,Swiss underwear and lingerie manufacturer Triumph created a parody of belovedDisney musicals, with a little help from Tony Award winning co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMThe 'Duck Dynasty' musical was set to run through June.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:39AMToday I kick off a new weekly feature, that will provide a constant update on what's hot (and sometimes what's not) and what's to watch in London, onstage and off. Stay tuned &am…
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AM“There’s no doubt that Rice will have respect for Shakespeare, but she is unlikely to be over-awed or cowed by the performance history of the plays. That can only be a good thing, pa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AMPICT Classic Theatre’s “Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” — or to the point, “living in Pittsburgh,” as director Alan Stanford said in his opening-night remarks…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:27AMMOMIX proffers something for everyone: acrobatics, dance, theatre, and delightful visual deception.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:26AMToday at 4pm (EST) Turner Classic Movies will be showing the terrific 1954 western Vera Cruz. Directed by Robert Aldrich, Vera Cruz was co-produced by Burt Lancaster, who co-stars with …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:18AMBrighton Dome Corn ExchangeRichard Nelson’s extraordinary quartet of plays precisely charts the shifting moods within one family – and the national psyche Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:08AMDespite what my last column implied back in February, I moved to Los Angeles from New York in large part because I believe the next century of American theater will be defined by what is ha…
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 08:07AM54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Robin De Jesus in TheStruggleIsReal tonight, May 4th at 930pm. Hilarity and silliness ensues as Robin De Jesus tries to figure out why learning, gr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMCall Answered: "Call Me Adam" went to the offices of Stedfast Productions for a video interview with film producer Carlo Velayo and writer/director Jessica M. Thompson about their debut film…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMAlso: Jesse Eisenberg pens and stars in a new off-Broadway play
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Fresh from his Tony Award winning, nightly show-stopping performance in as the beloved Genie in Disney's Aladdin, as well as Broadway performances in Memphis and Spelling Bee, James Monroe I…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:59AMBroadway favorites, including three-time Tony nominee Marc Kudisch as JJ Hunsecker Hand to God and Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan as Sidney Falcone Newsies, will perform staged concert selection…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:55AMDINNER WITH THE BOYS is a new comedy by the beloved actor and writer Dan LauriaLOMBARDI, 'The Wonder Years' and 'Sullivan amp Son' and opens tonight,May 4, off-Broadway at the Acorn Theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52AMAcclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons will hold its annual Spring Gala thisevening, May 4 at the event space 583 Park Avenue.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48AMTonight, May 4, 2015, The New York Pops marks its 32nd birthday with a grand gala evening celebrating the work of Music Honorees Kathleen Marshall and Rob Marshall and Corporate Honoree Carr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46AMOn Friday afternoon I taped an episode of Theater Talk with Ben Brantley of the New York Times, Peter Marks of the Washington Post, and John Simon, who is about to turn ninety. It was fun, b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AMThe NYU Tisch School of the Arts annual gala honoring Michael C. Hall, Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman, with a special tribute to Mel Silverman, will be held tonight, May 4, at the Jazz…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43AMThe event will take place on June 1, 2015 at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, with this year's nominations announced today, May 4, at Central Park.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:41AMThe winners of the 2015 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards will be announced tonight, May 4, 2015 at 6pm. The selections were made at the organization's 80th annual voting meeting, at the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38AMIn commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ANZACs’ landing at Gallipoli, the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) collaborated with the State Library of NSW to create a play ba…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:35AM“My mom kept sayin, ‘You know, you could do community theatre if you’re a dentist in the day, because then you could make your own schedule.'”
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMLuke Alleva certainly has stamina. On Saturday night, May 2, he finished his lead role in the high-energy Hot Shoe Shuffle at the Bryan Brown Theatre. There was apparently an after-party int…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:29AMNobody practices everything they preach, and in the cases of certain people, the practice-preach ratio is quite spectacularly out of whack. While I think my ratio is reasonably healthy, one …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMRobertson Davies talks about critics on the CBC in 1973: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday and Wednesday.)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM“What we’re doing here is world-building,” says Oliver Lansley. Together, with co-director James Seager, his company Les Enfants Terribles is in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM“One of the very few realistic advances that can be achieved in life is to realize that one has been an ass regarding a given subject.” Anthony Powell, A Writer’s Notebook
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMJohn Zorn is a defiant, protean musician, inescapable on the American scene everywhere it would seem except Los Angeles. But after a 25-year absence, he was back this weekend to proteate.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:00AM
From Connecticut to Colorado, from Restoration Comedy to kitchen-sink naturalism, it's a wide-ranging week in U.S. theatres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:36AMOne of the joys of Breakin’ Convention is its sheer range. The international festival of hip hop dance goes from sharp political theatre to child-friendly workshops and the rock star glamo…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:34AMSt James Theatre, London*****There was a deliciously different diversity that Scott Alan brought to his one-off gig at the St James Theatre. Entertaining a packed house for an eye-watering (…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMThree casual workers arrive for the night shift at a meat factory. There’s hard-faced Becky (Victoria Moseley), timid, dowdy Susan (Kristin Hutchinson) and Grace (Janet Etuk), forced into …
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:07AMAhead of her new standup show about mindfulness, the comedian will answer your questions in a live webchat at 12 noon BST on Wednesday 6 May – post yours in the comments below Continue rea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMFive young New Yorkers are featured in Ping Chong + Company’s new work of interview-based theater at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in Long Island City, Queens.
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Could Thespianism be affecting somebody close to you?
Thespianism (I've said many times that this should be a word) can affect us all. You might think that it only happens to people in s…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:49AMDusty, a unique new multi-media show celebrating the musical icon Dusty Springfield, will receive its world premiere at the Charing Cross Theatre next month with previews beginning 25 May 20…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:48AMDerek Jacobi will play Mercutio opposite Lily James as Juliet and Richard Madden as Romeo in the Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company production of Romeo and Juliet at the Garrick Theatre. The pr…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:48AMIt has been announced that the Academy award-winning Nicole Kidman is returning to the London stage in the UK premiere of Photograph 51 by Anna Ziegler. The play will be directed by Michael …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 04:48AMWebsite – Audition Oracle This resource aims primarily to link singers with audition opportunities. You can sign up and create a profile
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMFrom hair metal stars to Sid James and Batman, the stand-up reveals the men who made the man-child Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AM
In Alan Ayckbourn’s 1987 National Theatre revival, Gambon demonstrated his massive physical presence, and Brando-like gift for suggesting the sensitivity withinMichael Gambon has talked op…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:59AMArts consultant and founder of Audience Development Specialists, Shoshana Fanizza, maintains a podcast focused on audience building and her most recent podcast was all about ArtsHacker. It w…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMMother Courage is reimagined for the Valleys, democracy and the ballot box are centre stage at the Unity in Liverpool and the Donmar in London, and the Brighton festival is in full swingTher…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts rolled out the red carpet on Sunday evening with a star-studded salute to the swing era of the 1930s and ‘40s. Under the direction of Gra…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21AMAfter 18 months of successful broadcasting, the popular Theater People Podcast has launched a KickStarter campaign to help fund their new season. Having interviewed Broadway greats from Lin-…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:17AMSydney Opera House, April 29. THE Australian Ballet’s first staging of Frederick Ashton’s Symphonic Variations alongside revivals of his coolly mysterious Monotones II and lucid, delight…
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 01:15AMA world premiere recording by Adam Pascal
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:01AMBreath Control and Projection are critical skills for an actor, but they’re just as critical for drama teachers. The trick is to speak loudly and project without yelling. We often tell our…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMFreestyling with "Empire" Star Bryshere Y. GrayActor, musician, and all-around renaissance man Bryshere Y. Gray pays a visit to the YH Studio to give us the lowdown on his role as Hakeem Lyo…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 3, 2015 - Sunday, May 3, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:45AMThe seasoned bicoastal theatremaker agrees in principle with Equity's goals, but not its expectations or its tactics.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:20AMForever, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Dael Orlandersmith that explores family and heritage, officially opens at at the New York Theatre Workshop May 4 following previews that began …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMOriginal Cabaret star Joel Grey and Finding Neverland producer Harvey Weinstein will be honored at the 2015 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which will take place June 1 at the Skirball Center…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM1859 Birthday of A.L. Erlanger (1859-1930), who, as half of the team of Klaw and Erlanger, produced dozens of Broadway shows during the first three decades of the 20th century, including…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWondering what new Broadway show might suit your tastes? Overwhelmed with the options and not sure what all those new titles even mean? We've got you covered. Check out our guide to the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBroadway favorites Jeremy Jordan (Newsies), Marc Kudisch (Hand to God) and Lindsay Mendez (Wicked) perform tunes from the short-lived Marvin Hamlisch musical Sweet Smel…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony winner James Monroe Iglehart, Aladdin's beloved and Tony Award-winning Genie on Broadway, makes his solo concert debut at 54 Below on May 4 and May 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Theater Hall of Fame's ceremony honoring the 2014 inductees for Lifetime Achievement in the American Theater, which had been scheduled for Jan. 26 but was postponed due to a blizzard…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe winners of the 2015 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards are scheduled to be announced May 4 at 6 PM.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony Award nominee Robin De Jesus explores why learning, growing up, turning 30 and "becoming a better person sucks" in #TheStruggleIsReal May 4 at 54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New York Pops honors Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Kathleen Marshall and Academy Award-nominated director-choreographer Rob Marshall May 4 at Carnegie Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJohn Kander, composer of the newly opened musical The Visit, shares the story of adapting "Zorba the Greek" into the musical Zorba!, which is being staged at City Center beginning …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn the prologue to “Pagliacci,” Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s nimble shocker of 1892, the singer who is about to play the hunchbacked clown Tonio delivers a sly apologia for the mayhem to com…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 12:00AM