The 2,600 theatergoers unlucky enough to have bought tickets for the canceled Saturday matinee and evening performances of "Hamilton" will have to go to the back of the long line to reschedu…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 07:16PMLast week I briefly noted that people and businesses often value being in a community in which arts organizations are present, even if they don’t participate in their activities. I men…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 07:09PMTony Yazbeck and Paul Wontorek chat about bidets and so much more at Broadway.com HQ.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:02PMBroadway faves Nick Cordero, Jason Gotay and more discuss premiering the musical version of Chazz Palminteri and Robert De Niro's A Bronx Tale at Paper Mill Playhouse.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:02PMAaron Tveit, who will star as Danny Zuko on Grease: Live, answers probing questions from Broadway.com fans!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:02PMAmerican Blues Theater has announced its 2016-17 season, including the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner David Auburn's "The Columnist."
Slated to open the season is an evening of o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:02PMFor which generation of gays and lesbians was the coming of same-sex marriage the most complicated?
What's complicated about the joy of freedom and equality, you might well ask. Still, amon…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:02PM"The dancers' simple spinning sends out multilayers of fabric to catch and cast shadows on every possible surface and it all comes alive." Ann Moradian, Paris.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM"Trying to describe Donna Uchizono's Sticky Majesty is like trying to describe a reflection in a pool of rippling water: It morphs beyond easy recognition." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, Ne…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM"The company looks like they've been dancing together forever, though they've only been rehearsing since September." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, New York
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM"Parsons Dance does what many other eponymous companies have started to do: invite other choreographers into the fold. Robert Battle and Katarzyna Skarpetowska must crow their good fortune; …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM"Mainly, my message is of joy and gratitude. Even though I’m 72, I feel the same as I did when I was 28. Excited, scared, entertained, and pissed." Kathryn Posin, New York.
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Red Tape Theatre has 8 4x8 plywood platforms for sale as well as a few additional platforms of misc. sizes. Asking $25 per platform OBO-cash and carry. For more information, contact Josh Joh…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 06:41PMAmerican Blues Theater, the company whose recent memorable productions have included "Side Man," "Hank Williams: Lonesome Highway" and "The Rainmaker," has announced its 2016-2017 season.
Th…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 06:40PMThe Connecticut school's drama directed work with MTI to create a HS version of the script, but there still were complaints.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMIt wasn’t Jonas, but Hollywood had its own snowstorm this weekend, in a mini-blizzard of releases from Ryan Kavanaugh‘s mouthpieces hoping to defang New York magazine’s …
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:31PM"Fun Home," winner of the 2015 Tony Award as best musical, and the new stage version of "An American in Paris," which won four 2015 Tonys including best choreography, will make their Houston…
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 06:09PMASHLEY MARINACCIO (director) is the co-founder and artistic director of GIRL BE HEARD and an award-winning writer, performer, and photographer dedicated to documenting the soc…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:07PMSeamus Heaney’s adaptation of Sophocles’ “Antigone,” at the Irish Repertory Theater, was written in response to the American invasion of Iraq.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:07PMTwenty years ago, the theatre world lost one of its greatest writers, Jonathan Larson, whose career was just about to take off — as his groundbreaking musical Rent had just finishe…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMBroadway's Gershwin musical offers new discounts.
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Grease is totally definitely 100% the word! If you're like us (and we know you are), you're counting down the days until Aaron Tveit, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens and more knock o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:50PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Daveed Diggs: Part One
Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs will join forces with the previously reported Tony winner Annaleigh As…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:50PMFor which generation of gays and lesbians was the coming of same-sex marriage the most complicated? What's complicated about the joy of freedom and equality, you might well ask. Still, among…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:47PMFeral kids are a media stereotype, but they make good strong subjects for drama. In Anna Jordan’s new play, which was first seen at the Manchester Royal Exchange last year after winning th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:46PMMy latest Art Times essay is up: Every now and then, a controversy breaks out about leaving shows during intermission. Is it fair, acceptable, reasonable, and/or kosher? (rea…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:46PMEveryone knows the superstars. They shoot onto New York stages with a glow that lights up the box office, if not always the plays, and make people feel left out if they don't have an opinion…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 05:46PMAmerican Blues Theater has announced its 2016-17 season, including the Chicago premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winner David Auburn's "The Columnist." Slated to open the season is an evening of on…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:39PMThe 2015 Broadway musical An American in Paris is joining the growing rank of shows offering online discount lotteries instead of front-of-theatre lotteries.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:38PMBy Mya Kagan. Mya Kagan continues her Submitting Like a Man series with this discussion of the logistics and emotional implications of creating a differently-gendered alter-ego.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:34PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, the cast of Disaster! went live with Obsessed! at BroadwayCon, and we learned how Ellen Greene almost wasn't the original Audrey!
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMEach night the Drunk Shakespeare Society gathers with audience members on a library-like set, whereupon one actor downs alcohol, and the play commences.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:28PMBy Damon Krometis. In this installment, Damon Krometis discusses Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 and the relationship between watching and being watched for theatregoers.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 05:25PMTony winner Ben Vereen returns to Feinstein's/54 Below Jan. 25-30 with his acclaimed solo show Steppin' Out With Ben Vereen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 1252016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMTyler Mount presents a Leg Wax Challenge with Dan DeLuca!
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:07PMBroadwayCon — New York City’s first and largest Broadway fan conference — was a huge hit this weekend! Despite Winter Storm Jonas, fans still made it out to Hilton Midtown…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:05PMFilmmaker and Broadway playwright Woody Allen will begin shooting a new TV series for Amazon in March, which will star comedienne and playwright Elaine May and pop star Miley Cyrus, accordin…
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Three internationally acclaimed organizations-Artists for World Peace, Lions Clubs International, and Vision Health International-are collaborating for the first time. This summer they will …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:52PMThere's a wistful irony threaded throughout Signal Ensemble's final production. In Heidi Schreck's "The Consultant," a struggling graphic designer at an equally struggling pharmaceutical mar…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:40PMBelow, catch the Disney heartthrob discussing the day he got his dream job, advice to aspiring performers, and of course, a hilarious game of 'The Leg Wax Challenge'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:40PMName: Danny AshkenasiHometown: Living in Brooklyn, NY; born and raised in Berlin, GermanyEducation: BFA in Drama from NYU (Acting and Directing track at Playwrights Horizons Theater School)F…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:33PMThe longest-running show in Broadway history, the Cameron MackintoshThe Really Useful Group production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, directed by Harold Prince, reaches a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMThe unknown artist's work scans to a video claiming to be an attack on Calais' The Jungle.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMAfter the snow fell and New York mostly shut down, fans and musical theatre stars gathered in a warm festival of mutual appreciationA blizzard brought New York to a near standstill this week…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:26PMThe hit new Broadway musical AN AMERICAN IN PARIS will launch a digital lottery beginning Tuesday, January 26. A limited number of tickets will be available through the lottery which will op…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMTKTS has been a New York City institution for decades, bringing theatre-goers a last-minute way to get tickets for some of Broadway's hottest shows at a discount. TDF operates three TKTS Dis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMLC Dialogues, a series of conversations on creativity and craft, will continue Jan. 26 at 7:30 PM at the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMIt's catchy, it's awesome, it encapsulates all the feels from this weekend. Get off book on the official BroadwayCon song: "BroadwayCon's The Place For You." Check out …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMIt's catchy, it's awesome, it encapsulates all the feels from this weekend. Get off book on the official BroadwayCon song: "BroadwayCon's The Place For You." Check out …
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMTony- and Oscar-winning playwright John Patrick Shanley also directs.
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BroadwayCon officially began the festivities with a rousing number that got right to the point — the inaugural convention is THE place for theatre fans to be. Special guests Tommy …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PM"60 Minutes" has released footage of David Bowie from an episode on the star that was never completed. The prolific singer and composer passed away Jan. 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:43PMby Michael BlockImmersive theater is all the rage. And rightly so! Immersive theater offers a unique opportunity for theatermakers to create art that allows the audience to be fully engulfed…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:39PMWayne Brady has set an exit date from the land of Lola. The Emmy winner will depart Broadway's Kinky Boots on March 27 after beginning performances at at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on Nov…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:39PMCarlos E. Gonzalez talks about growing up in Cuba, joyous On Your Feet! moments and his appreciation of Pedro Almodovar.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:32PMHere's a look at a press rehearsal and photo call for Paper Mill Playhouse's A Bronx Tale: The Musical. This world premiere will begin previews at the New Jersey venue on Feb. 4, pr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMTake a inside look at rehearsal with Paper Mill Playhouse's world premiere of A Bronx Tale: The Musical which will begin previews at the New Jersey venue Feb. 4, 2016, prior to an offici…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMRichard Greenberg’s new play is of the school from which the story “The Lady or the Tiger?” sprang. It has enigmatic hints of Harold Pinter in it as well, though Mr. Greenb…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:27PMThe voices of Stefan Vinke and Christine Goerke make for a breathtaking duo in Act III.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:24PMHe’s a nimble-footed stage legend whose transcendent talent and versatility have propelled him to excel in roles ranging from “Judas” in Jesus Christ Superstar to a mesmerizing Tony Aw…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:19PMGielgud Theatre, LondonForget all the prurient press speculation about Harry Potter's private parts. The revelation of this revival is that Daniel Radcliffe really can act, proving that his …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMNoises Off director Jeremy Herrin spoke about with education dramaturg Ted Sod as part of Roundabout Theatre Company’s lecture series. Prepare for pandemonium spoilers! Ted Sod: Thank you…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 03:15PM"Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. Where everything isn't meant to be okay." The details are very sketchy. The drama director hasn’t yet responded to a call or …
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 03:12PMHamilton tickets are hard to come by, and they probably will be for a while, but producer Jeffrey Seller announced today that a new block of tickets is now available He writes
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PMProdigal Son, the new play written and directed by Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winnerJohn Patrick Shanley, is now in previews and will open on Tuesday, February 9 atMTC atNew York City Cen…
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The theatre world fell into a collective swoon Jan. 19 when it was announced that stage and screen star Bette Midler would return to the Broadway in a revival of the 1964 musical, Hello, Dol…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMEclipse by Simon Armitage is the third show that I have worked on as a director. Back at college I was the shadow director for the pantomime Dick Whittington, and more recently, William Shak…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:55PM10,512,000 minutes. It might not sound as catchy, but it's a number that certainly makes an impression. 10,512,000 minutes ago, the world was changed forever when a new musical called RENT r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMBroadway's Megan Hilty WICKED, SMASH will guest star as 'Charlene Frumpkis' on Bravo's GIRLFRIENDS' GUIDE TO DIVORCE. The actress appears on the episode titled 'Rule 25 Beware of the Second …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:26PMMadonna may have launched her Rebel Heart Tour months ago, but it has taken until now for her to perform one of our favorite songs. The music legend just visited in Miami, and while she was …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:17PMDue to the blizzard over the weekend, Smart People was forced to halt rehearsals and the first preview of Lydia R. Diamond’s play will be delayed by a day. Directed by Tony winner Kenn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:16PMAt the beginning of Wall Street Journal theater critic Terry Teachout’s “Satchmo at the Waldorf,” a 2010 one-actor play now at American Conservatory Theater, the great jazz musician Lo…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:15PMEnsemble member Carleigh Bettiol is the latest subject of Josh Lehrer's series of vintage HAMILTON photos.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMThe producer of the Broadway phenomenon Hamilton put a new block of legitimate tickets on sale today, and accompanied it with a caveat emptor to those tempted to buy from scalpers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PMIn our interview with the cast of Britches and Hose Shakespeare Company’s gender-blind production of Henry IV, Part 1, meet Dave Joria (Prince Hal), Sarah Pfanz (Hotspur), Stephanie Ramsey…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:07PMDaveed Diggs - one of the breakout stars of the Broadway musical HAMILTON - has joined the line-up for BROADWAY BELTS FOR PFF - the sixth annual concert, featuring Broadway stars in an eveni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMOn episode 10 of 'The Set List' podcast, Broadway's Jessica Vosk Currently Fruma Sarah in Fiddler On The Roof sits down with Victor Legra to talk about her upcoming concert You Asked for It …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMThere's a wistful irony threaded throughout Signal Ensemble's final production. In Heidi Schreck's "The Consultant," a struggling graphic designer at an equally struggling pharmaceutical mar…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMUp-and-coming playwrights will take up residency at the downtown theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMProducing artistic director Richard T. Dolce helms the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMWinter Storm Jonas forces changes to the production's schedule.
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TIX JUST 59 FOR A NEW PLAY FROM THE WRITER OF DOUBT AND MOONSTRUCK. Written and Directed by JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY. GO BEHIND THE SCENES Inspired by a pivotal time in Tony, Oscar and Pulitzer …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMThe shows that top Broadway's Twitter talk aren't necessarily the highest grossers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMSecond Stage Theatre has announced that due to the weekend's blizzard, the New York premiere of Lydia R. Diamond's Smart People will begin previews one day later than previo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMThe Bistro Awards, cabaret's oldest award, will celebrate its 31st year with a gala March 8. The ceremony will take place at the Gotham Comedy Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMThe cast of She Loves Me, starring ny Award winner Laura Benanti (Amalia) and Zachary Levi (Georg), along with René Auberjonois (Maraczek), Gavin Creel (Kodaly), Michael McGrath (…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMThe Kilburn venue will be spending £5.5 million on transforming the auditorium
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:37PMThe designer is known for his work which includes Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Constellations and The Weir
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:37PMRecently, I had the pleasure of talking about the new play I and You by Lauren Gunderson, having its New York premiere Off Broadway at 59E59, and the process of developing new work with thea…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 01:26PMIvan Backer is 86 years old and has spent his life working to benefit the poor, the disenfranchised, people whose voices were not heard. His entire adulthood, every time Backer needed to act…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:24PMIn Norwalk, Conn., a historic property is at the center of a dispute between a developer and preservationists led by the grandnephew of Lucille Lortel, the actress who founded the theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:14PMDue to the blizzard over the weekend and the state of emergency declared in New York,SMART PEOPLE was forced to halt rehearsals. As such, Second Stage Theatre has delayed its first preview o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:08PMOk, let’s play a bit of Broadway trivia. How many Broadway credits do you think my guest for today’s podcast, lighting designer Ken Billington (Chicago, The Scottsboro Boys, The …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 01:07PMTuesday, February 2, 5:30 - 9:30 PMSteep Theatre, 1115 W. BerwynWHAT: Continuing on the NET National Listening Tour, Executive Director Alisha Tonsic, will meet in Chicago with ensemble prac…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:00PMIrish playwright Seamus Heaney suggests a kindred spirit between George W. Bush and an ancient Greek tyrant.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe stars will take the stage for new concerts.
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Ahead of BBC Concert Orchestra’s Olivier celebration directed by and starring Maria Friedman, the singer picks her favourite shows to have featured in the prestigious awards This year is t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:57PMMy snoring neighbor left during intermission (he was roused a bit when the musical vigor picked up in the finale of the Mozart).
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:57PMFeinstein's54 Below is where it's at, and Broadway knows it. In a brand-new, exclusive series, we're taking you underground for all of the Feinstein's54 Below scoop, directly from the Direct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMNow you too can share that romantic sentiment with your loved one thanks to a new line of digitally printed watercolor postcards by artist and food writer Casey Barber.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:52PMHH Productions, LLC, in association with The York Theatre Company will present a special staged reading of the new musical HOWARD, written by Frank Evans Book and Lyrics and James Scully Mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMTina Fey and Amy Poehler will present the Life Achievement Award to comedic trailblazer, actor, singer, dancer, producer and author Carol Burnett live at the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMThere's a new Dolly coming to town. As BroadwayWorld reported last week, Bette Midler will indeed return to Broadway in one of the most cherished shows in musical theater history when she ta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMThe new play incubator and creative home opens its doors for emerging artists to develop work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:50PMNew York City Center, in partnership with The Jerome L. Green Performance Space at WNYC, presented the first of its Encores! Unscripted live-streamed talkback series with Tony Award winners …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:48PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of January 25-31, 2015.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMThe Fells Point Corner Theatre (FPCT) and the new collective of local theater artists, The Collaborative Theatre (TCT), have joined forces to present The 39 Steps based on Alfred Hitchcock�…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:36PMPerformance installations, dance performances, an “algorithmic concert”---January festivals presented works that defied categorization.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:35PMMegan Hilty, former star of TV's "Smash" and current co-star of Broadway's Noises Off, will make a special guest appearance on TV's "Girlfriends' Guide to …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMGrease belongs to the ages. Well, it obviously doesn't belong to Jim Jacobs and the late Warren Casey, who wrote and composed the show that debuted at Chicago's old Kingston Mines in 1971.�…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 12:34PMThe artistic director of disability-led theatre company Graeae on her life in theatre, directing the 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony and the company's latest hit The Solid Life of Sugar…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:31PMTaylor Richardson, from the recent Broadway staging of Annie, has replaced Julia Garner in the New York premiere of Smokefall by Noah Haidle. The MCC production, helmed by Anne Kauffman, sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMTOWSON — Center Stage aimed to open “As You Like It” Friday, but the company responded to the blizzard forecast and let critics in Thursday night. Nimbleness is the watchword for the t…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:28PM“A big amalgamation of thoughts and ideas and dreams,” says writer and director George Mann when I ask him the origin of Light, Theatre Ad Infinitum’s dystopian piece returning to Lond…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:28PMThe box office at the Cort Theatre (138 W. 48th St.) opens Jan. 25 for the Broadway premiere of the new musical Bright Star, which will begin previews Feb. 25 prior to an official opening Ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:27PMThese Grease: Live pics have us living our entire lives.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:22PMA few options for you and your beloved, some romantic, some not so much, going on in Connecticut for that Hallmark holiday we call Valentine's Day. Read as a list here.
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:21PMBroadway in Chicago has announced casting for the Chicago production of "The SpongeBob Musical," the Broadway-bound event featuring original music by the late David Bowie, Aerosmith, The F…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:20PMHaving made it through the snowstorm, highlights from day three included a Broadway fan fashion show, Sara Bareilles, a discussion with a group of young Broadway stars and mainstage panels f…
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Evie Dolan, Alex Brightman, and Brandon Niederauer . Photo by Matthew Murphy,School of Rock Teaches Lessons About How to Make a Great MusicalBy Lauren YargerIt has music by Andrew Lloyd Webb…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 11:56AM11 Tony Nominations. 3 Wins. A Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Next to Normal is the rock musical that shook 2009, and the score isn’t the only thing that is electrifying. It’s hard-hittin…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:54AMYorkshire-born actor admired for his many leading Shakespearean roles and his fine interpretations of classical comedy on Broadway and at Stratford, OntarioBrian Bedford, who has died aged 8…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMLaura Stanczyk has been named director of new works at the Drury Lane Theater, the Oakbrook Terrace company announced Monday. Based in New York, Stanczyk will serve as a consultant to the th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:54AMIn a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, director Thomas Kail, the helmer behind Broadway's newest smash hit musical HAMILTON, speaks about the challenges of taking on directing dutie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AM Theater Pizzazz’ Miriam Spritzer was at the recent press event doing interviews at Feinstein’s/54 Below. Although Emily Skinner couldn’t be at the meet…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:48AMNEW YORK (AP) -- The national tour of the thrilling musical "Cabaret" is about to launch and it's led by a young woman who knows it intimately. After all, s…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:45AMAfter staging the same production of "The Marriage of Figaro" for a quarter-century, it was time for Houston Grand Opera to try a fresh take on Mozart's masterpiece.
SOURCE: Houston Chronicle Subscription at 11:36AMEthan Slater is heading to a pineapple under the sea Chicago! The newcomer will take on the role of SpongeBob Squarepants in the previously reported Broadway-aimed The SpongeBob Musical; Lil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMAndrea Martin, Megan Hilty and a slew of sardines will be remaining on Broadway just a little bit longer. Noises Off is now scheduled to run through March 13; the limited engagement had prev…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMNow it's Zendaya's turn to fly to the "second star to the right and straight on 'til morning!" The actress and songstress has recently released the video to her take on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMThe box office officially opened today for the Broadway premiere of the new musical Bright Star from Grammyand Emmywinner Steve Martin and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Edie Brickell, dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMRepublic Records, FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX) and Paramount Television have announced some exciting news! The GREASE: LIVE Official Soundtrack Album will be available for download on Sund…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:29AMSometimes, the Metropolitan Opera seems like an endless Puccini festival. It's particularly apparent this season, when top dogs LA BOHEME, TOSCA and MADAMA BUTTERFLY are joined by TURANDOT a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMFrom identical twins to origami artists, from Oregon to Rochester, it is a week of must-sees from coast-to-coast.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:28AMFour books make fresh cases not only for the German playwright's relevance but for his virtuosity as well.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:28AMRoundabout Theatre Company has announced a one-week extension to its Broadway revival of Michael Frayn’s comic classic Noises Off . The production, which is directed by Jeremy Herrin…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:20AMGet ready to rock. Tonight, January 25, the Highline Ballroom will host DON’T BREAK UP THE BAND: A ROCK OF AGES BROADWAY CAST REUNION CONCERT. Presented by Showmance Productions, the e…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 11:16AM... here are the ones (submitted for review) that radiate with initial impact and staying power.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:10AMWho will live in that pineapple under the sea? Okay, actually on the stage of ...
The post Casting announced for ‘SpongeBob’ musical appeared first on Chicago Entertainment - Chi…
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times at 11:02AMComing off the successful, sold out, workshop production at the 2014 Capital Fringe Festival, Flying V brings back its award winning original musical (Best Musical, 2014 CapFringe), YOU, OR …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AMWGN America's new original scripted drama 'Outsiders,' premiering Tuesday, January 26 at 900 p.m. ETPT,explores the epic battle of the Farrell Clan, a tight-knit family of renegades who have…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThe Jones and Schmidt musical brings romance to Feinstein's/54 Below.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe revival stars Andrea Martin, Megan Hilty, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMWatch as this Tony winner works the audience.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe hit Nickelodeon series comes to the stage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe Broadway pro who shepherded the season's biggest hit to the stage prepares for his next challenge, directing Fox's upcoming live television musical.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:00AM
The SpongeBob Musicaljust announced casting for the Chicago engagement.Ethan Slaterwill make his Chicago debut in the role of the iconic SpongeBob Squarepants andLilli Cooperwill play Sponge…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:58AMDaveed Diggs, who plays Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette in the Broadway hit Hamilton, has joined the starry lineup for the sixth annual Broadway Belts for PFF!, an evening of music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AM“Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. Where everything isn’t meant to be okay.” The details are very sketchy. The drama director hasn’t yet responded to a ca…
SOURCE: www.artsintegrity.org at 10:57AMBroadway in Chicago has announced casting for the Chicago production of "The SpongeBob Musical," the Broadway-bound event featuring original music by the late David Bowie, Aerosmith, The F…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:54AMComedienne Lily Tomlin will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd Annual International Cinematographers Guild Publicists Awards Luncheon, to be held at the Beverly HIlton Hotel …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMLarry David, who made his Broadway debut as a playwright and actor in Fish in the Dark, will host the Feb. 6 broadcast of NBC's "Saturday Night Live," according to Deadline.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMAudra and Shanice in the same room? For free!? Where is this going on and how can I be there? Well, if you’re in New York January 26, you’re in luck. Lincoln Center will be host…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:45AMKay’s 5 Soldiers and Pite’s Polaris are among the shows recognised in a strong year for women at the NDAs, but the distinctly white winners’ list doesn’t accurately represent the Bri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:45AMThe Broadway-aimed The SpongeBob Musical has cast a virtual unknown, Ethan Slater, in the title role of the "absorbent and yellow and porous" character.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMIt’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since composer Jonathan Larson went home from the final dress rehearsal of his new show Rent—and died of a ruptured…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMWho lives? Who dies? Who tells your story? Founding father Alexander Hamilton has been honored with his own Broadway bio-musical smash thanks to Lin-Manuel Miranda and now another Hamilton h…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:38AMRoundabout Theatre Companyannounced this morning a one-week extension to the hit Broadway comedy, Michael Frayn's Noises Off, directed by Jeremy Herrin, as part of the 50th Anniversary Seaso…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMQuestion What is the Appropriate Length of Time to Workout
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMCouple Eddie Korbich and Andy Leech have joined Feinstein’s/54 Below's Valentine's Day staging of I Do! I Do!, a concert presentation of Tom Jones and Ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMStage and screen star Bette Midler, the New York Post reports, will earn $150,000 a week when she plays Dolly Gallagher Levi in the forthcoming Broadway revival of the blockbuster 1964 music…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMForbes business magazine published an analysis of Broadway twitter trends, including several surprises.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:26AMOklahoma City University’s New York City Alumni Chapter presents An Evening With the Stars at the Metropolitan Room Jan. 25. The benefit cabaret features OCU alum whose Broadway cr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMUndeterred by the second biggest blizzard that New York has experienced since 1869 – which shut down the city and Broadway too — they came from Canada and Florida, Las Vegas and dow…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:14AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company's Broadway revival of the award-winning Michael Frayn comedy Noises Off, which officially opened Jan. 14 at the American Airlines Theatre starring And…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMMatt Trueman on the unpredictable joys of Sherlock star Andrew Scott
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:02AMRECOMMENDED “Nabucco” established Verdi’s preeminence as an operatic composer not only with its winding melodies and passionate declamations but because it struck a nerve with a popula…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM
Three-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters, who can be seen in the second season of the Golden Globe Award-winning series "Mozart in the Jungle," will play her first&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMRepublic Records, Fox Broadcasting Company FOX and Paramount Television have announcedexciting news about therelease of the GREASE LIVE Official Soundtrack Album.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:38AMI urge anyone interested in the voice and or just terrific music to try to attend one of Mirror Visions' concerts.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:37AMTony and Emmy winner and recent Oscar nominee Bryan Cranston is featured in the new music video for Zendaya's 'Neverland', her track from Broadway's Finding Neverland The Album compilation.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMToday in 1938, Pygmalion opened at the Maxine Elliott's Theatre. Written by Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, the play centers on Professor of phonetics Henry Higgins. He makes a bet tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMDON'T BREAK UP THE BAND A ROCK OF AGES BROADWAY CAST REUNION CONCERT is set for tonight,January 25th, 2016, at Highline Ballroom in NYC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMTaking place tonight, January 25th, 2016, The Arthur Miller Foundation's ONE NIGHT 100 YEARS event honoring legendary playwright Arthur Miller will feature actors reading from Miller's autob…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMDeaf West Theatre's acclaimed Broadway production of SPRING AWAKENING closed justyesterday, after 129 performances. The production will have life after Broadway, however, with a national tou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMFeinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, has cast the first same sex couple to participate in Tom Jones amp Harvey Schmidt's classic musicalI DO I DOon February 14th, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMGood 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 A slew of stars gather for ONE NIGHT 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMThe craziest thing about “The X-Files” is actually easy to believe: Gillian Anderson was offered half as much money as David Duchovny for the new six-episode revival. Never mind that she…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:23AMNew play about internet porn is both an entertaining fable and a disturbing vision of corruption.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:18AMGableStage has produced a version Terrrence McNally's satire about theater, It's Only A Play, that is funnier and has far more heart than the Broadway edition.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:04AMIn Part 4 of a series of interviews with the Director and cast of Kensington Arts Theatre’s The Laramie Project, meet Clancey Yovanovich. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell ou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:01AM
Actors Lesley Fera, Susan Pellegrino and Robert Scott Smith will be in a Pioneer Theatre Company rehearsal studio with playwright Kenneth Jones and director Karen Azenberg starting Feb. 1 fo…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 08:58AMTony Award winner Steve Kazee portrayed Fiona's scorned husband Gus on last night's episode of Showtime's SHAMELESS. During the episode, he performed the bitter tune 'The F Word' in front of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:33AMMichael MustoMichael MustoGoing from Broadway star to getting an Emmy nomination for playing a Broadway wannabe, Tituss Burgess has struck gold as the unemployed actor/roommate Titus Androme…
SOURCE: Out at 08:30AMLarry David Broadway's A FISH IN THE DARK will serve as host of NBC's SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on February 6th with musical guests The 1975.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:16AMAt Saturday night's 27th ANNUAL PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA Awards, Lady Gaga took to the stage to perform 'Til It Happens to You.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMOne of the only programmes of this type in the country, the StoneCrabs Young Directors’ Training Programme aims to help train and develop the potential of a group of theatre makers in th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:04AMHAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda will deliver the address at the2016 University of Pennsylvania Commencementon Monday, May 16. Miranda will receive an honorary doctor of arts degree
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02AMIn Part 7 of a series of interviews with the cast of Avant Bard’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, meet Toni Rae Salmi. Joel: Where have local audiences seen you perform recently…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AM
An all-new promo for WAITRESS, featuring composer Sara Bareilles and star Jessie Mueller has been shared on the show's official Facebook page.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40AMThe triple Tony, triple Drama Desk and Golden Globe Award winning Broadway starBernadette Peterswill play her first ever Scottish date at theEdinburgh PlayhouseonTuesday 7thJune 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:39AMWHEN IT RAINS, IT SOARS Let’s start with the unavoidable down-side so we can end with the up-side. While Cygnet Theatre’s When the Rain Stops Falling is spectacular, it is terri…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:35AMAfter a bankruptcy beyond Wagnerian lengths, the New York City Opera is having a rocky resurrection, but not without hope.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:33AMValentine's Day is nearly two weeks away, and George Takei took to Instagram to say he understands single folks' stress. Takei posted a picture of a milk carton with a February 14 expiration…
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:32AMThe north London theatre has today announced its main stage production and full festival line up
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:31AMThe programme involves a 110 country international tour and onstage interviews with the cast of The Hollow Crown
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:31AMSatchmo at the Waldorf opened in San Francisco last Wednesday. I flew back to Florida’s Sanibel Island and my beloved Mrs. T early the next morning, having spent the preceding eleven days …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMTower of LondonA solo headphones show draws subtle parallels between the dirty tricks of the Elizabethan secret service and our own paranoid surveillance stateIf you’ve ever wanted to get …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMDuke of York’s theatre, LondonA puppet Peppa and her family have fun around the house in a touring stage version that stays close to the TV series and gets the kids singing and giggling“…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25AMRecently, one of the biggest topics in the media has been the lack of racial representation in this year’s Academy Awards. This is the second year in the row in which the nominees in the a…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 07:16AMBaby Laurence does a tap-dance solo on an episode of The Hollywood Palace, originally telecast on ABC on September 26, 1967. This is one of the few surviving telecasts of Laurence’s dancin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM“Mark this well, you proud men of action: You are nothing but the unwitting agents of the men of thought who often, in quiet self-effacement, mark out most exactly all your doings in advan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 25 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
With Funny Girl running at its home base in Southwark and preparing for a West End transfer (to the Savoy Theatre), Close To You – Bacharach Reimagined in the West End (at the Criterion Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:57AMArtistic Director of the Tricycle Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham, has announced plans for an ambitious £5.5 million capital development project that will see the theatre’s auditorium and fron…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:51AMHampstead Theatre presents the UK premiere of Neil LaBute’s romantic comedy Reasons to be Happy, directed by Michael Attenborough. Reasons to be Happy follows the lives and loves of four f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:44AM“We hadn’t intended to line it up and cash in on the anniversary, but like many instances with Oscar and myself, it just happened.” 125 years after the book was published The Picture o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:32AMCreative company Anagram bring their immersive night-time show to the Tower of London
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:16AMHolly Race Roughan directs this new play by Milly Thomas
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:16AMLondon's Hampstead Theatre is to present the U.K premiere of Neil LaBute's 2013 play Reasons to Be Happy, a companion piece to LaBute's Reasons to Be Pretty that was seen on Broa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:07AM
For director Paula Garfield, translating Love’s Labour’s Lost into British Sign Language was a tall order, right down to the title. But her Globe production made magic from the metaphors…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36AMPromising to be another powerful, engaging, and highly entertaining work by one of Melbourne’s critically acclaimed artists, Gavin Roach returns to Midsumma with the second instalment of h…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:22AMFor five shows from February 3-5, the musical Side Show’s original Daisy and Violet, Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner will take the stage at Feinstein’s/54 Below with “Unat…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 03:07AMWhile music theatre fans across the globe wait to have the chance to see Hamilton, we still have the zesty, heartfelt pleasure of In The Heights to enjoy. First a word about the fabulous new…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:01AMWe’re halfway through most performance seasons (the light! It’s there!) and maybe starting to do some end of season planning. If you’re like many organizations, you might…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM
The Tappin’ Life By Paulanne Simmons
A good part of what makes Maurice Hines Tappin’ Thru Life so memorable is the great generosity Hines shows toward tho…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:56AMAnna Jordan launched her own theatre company while holding down a day job licensing fruit machines. Now she’s scored a huge hit with Yen, a tender play about two abandoned boys and their a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AMRalph Fiennes arrives at the Old Vic, Bristol sees A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing, new plays will emerge from Waterloo’s Vaults, and Manipulate festival brings physical theatre to AberdeenR…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AM by Carole Di Tosti The first time I had the pleasure of seeing Loudon Wainwright III was at Caffé Lena, in Saratoga, New York in the 1970s. Lena’s back then (i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:37AM
Who is Gavin Roach? If you ever find that out, could you let me know… that’d be super great thanks. What would you do differently to what you do now? Maybe try to eat better… maybe! Wh…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:15AMWhen you’re rehearsing a musical close to performance week, the last thing you want to hear is that one of your students can’t sing. Promoting vocal health in young singers is crucial. H…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMThe Tony Award winner leads the cast opposite Zachary Levi.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMWhy the award-winning company came to be and how it's been "making growing up easier" for three decades of young New Yorkers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMDonna McGough will step down as Amanda from Hans Fleischmann's remount of "The Glass Menagerie" due to health reasons, the Hypocrites announced Monday. Replacing McGough in Tennessee William…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00AM"The 100" Star Lindsey Morgan Talks Playing Raven & Gets a Back Massage
Actress Lindsey Morgan drops by the YH Studio to scoop us on her fierce and badass role as Raven Reyes on The CW's hit…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Seven, a travelling documentary play recounting the real-life ordeals of women who have encountered violence, rape and trafficking, has become a fulcrum for debate and action among students …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:34AMIn the spirit of The Book of Mormon, Little Shop of Horrors and Rock of Ages comes a new musical comedy that promises to deliver the happy ending Midsumma audiences deserve! Cast from a poo…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:09AMIf you thought things couldn't get more epic than the events of opening day, you were wrong. From Sara Bareilles to the Something Rotten! panel — and Christian Borle's arms…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWant to know what's inside the head of one of Broadway's top casting directors? We gathered the top ten pointers from his standing-room-only session.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhen the leading men of Something Rotten! sat down with Caroline Rhea, audiences were treated to a Broadway version of the dating game. Hear the untold stories of the show's dreamiest me…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKeke Palmer, playing the Pink Ladies' Marty in the Jan. 31 broadcast of Grease: Live, confides her best and worst high school memories, how she likes to start her day a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTo celebrate the legacy of Arthur Miller and support the Arthur Miller Foundation for Theater and Film Education in New York City public schools, One Night, 100 Years is presented Jan. 25 at…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDon't Break up the Band: A Rock of Ages Broadway Cast Reunion Concert — featuring Broadway Rock of Ages cast members from opening to closing night, as well as band members from…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDeath of the Liberal Class, a stage adaptation of the best-selling 2010 book by Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, opens its world premiere at Off-Broadway's New Ohio Theatre Ja…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"The Projector Series 1.4" is a multidisciplinary light, sound, movement, art video, music, performance spectacle that also features, you guessed it, projections. Fittingly, one of the theme…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM 
