Jesse Luttrell With the Fred Barton Broadway Band Raise the Roof at Feinstein’s/54 Below by: Lisa Reitman-Dobi Feinstein’s/54 Below is a theater aficionado’s dream. N…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:52PMBroadway's relationship with social media is deep and complicated. Tweets and ticket sales are just the surface.
SOURCE: Forbes at 09:30PMWinner of an Oscar, a Grammy, four Emmys, nine Tonys, three BAFTAs and many other awards, director, actor, writer, producer and comedian Mike Nichols (November 6, 1931 – November 19, 2014)…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:14PMA new stage adaptation of the classic tale 'Wizard of Oz' has great special effects and new songs by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, but doesn't always measure up to the original.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:14PMThe Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge” endured a frightening interruption Friday evening.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:14PMAfter two intermissionless hours, I didn't want to leave; I wanted to see it again, that very night, to decipher more clues and drink in just what Hall was talking about - that potent sense …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:14PMTony Abatemarco’s “Forever House,” now in its world premiere at the Skylight Theatre in L.A., offers plenty of charm, vividly comic characters and gut-busting one-liners. That said, a …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:11PMThe Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Baldwin Hills is hot. Hot with sweat, hot with frenetic movement and hot with excitement. On a brisk January morning, the unassuming, cheerful space around …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:11PMThe party may already have been over when “New Faithful Disco” started, or perhaps it just had begun. The new dance piece by Los Angeles choreographer Meg Wolfe made its world premiere a…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:11PMIt takes a pretty strong marriage to portray one that’s sinking like a sabotaged battleship in a sea of gin and recriminations.But Robert Smyth and Deborah Gilmour Smyth, the married pair …
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:10PM“Outside Mullingar” is a play laced with misgivings and disappointments and the specter of death. And if San Diego Rep’s production of the John Patrick Shanleypiece doesn’t make you …
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:10PMOnce, the composer's most controversial opera, "Cosi fan tutte" has become a standard of the canon and an audience favorite...... Read more »
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 09:09PMCan a show like "Hamilton" live up to the cost of a $750 seat?... Read more »
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 09:09PMMoving Ethos Dance Companies new model calls for rehearsals once a week, one production a year and financing through crowdsourcing...... Read more »
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 09:09PMHometown fans at last get to see Ricardo Graziano's "In a State of Weightlessness"...... Read more »
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 09:09PMTelevision's celebration of popular musicals in live broadcasts continues with "Grease: Live" on Fox, airing Sunday, locally less than live: tape-delayed to run -9 p.m. on KDVR-Channel 31.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:08PMGrease: Live! Sunday, 7 p.m., Fox Vanessa Hudgens grew up doing acting in musical theater before becoming a household name in Disney Channel’s “High School Musical.” After moving on to…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:08PMLOS ANGELES (AP) -- Vanessa Hudgens will take the stage in Fox's "Grease: Live" on Sunday night in honor of her father, who passed away on Saturday....
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At the Eagle Theatre, 208 Vine St., Hammonton, N.J. Through Feb. 21.
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SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:06PMSunday's performance of Grease: Live will have everything: A live studio audience, Boyz II Men, High School Musical's Vanessa Hudgens, pop sensation Carly Rae Jepsen, and now,…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:05PMWhat's worth watching, and what might not be, in prime time.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:04PMFormer running back is redefining himself as an actor, but also in business and classroom.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:04PM'In a positive way, something life-changing happens for me here,' former NFL star says
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:04PMActress tweets news of father Greg's death, says she will perform 'in his honor' Sunday.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:04PMActress dedicates Sunday performance in Fox's 'Grease' to her father, who died Saturday.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:04PMVanessa Hudgens will perform in 'Grease: Live!' a day after losing her father to cancer.
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:04PMOn Saturday afternoon, “Grease Live” star Vanessa Hudgens was belting out “There Are Worse Things I Could Do” as Pink Lady Rizzo in the final dress rehearsal of Fox&#…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:03PM“Let’s just hope it doesn’t rain.” No, that’s not a quote from one of “Grease Live’s” executive producers — though it might well have been, …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:03PMFox takes its first bow into the live television musical arena with “Grease Live” tonight, and though the musical is a one-night-only event, the TV special has been a hefty pro…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:03PMTonight is the night, FOX's first live musical telecast The buzz aboutGREASE LIVE couldn't be bigger, with a star-studded cast lead by Aaron Tveit and Julianne Hough and direction from HAMIL…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:03PMUpdated this week Check out upcoming Equity Auditions from Sunday, January 31, 2016 for both productions in your area and around the country including whatwhenwhere and how to audition
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We’ve got chills, and they’re multiplyin’ ... probably because the TV musical Grease: Live is on and we’re live-blogging it. Please join us on the couch for some hand-jiving, bomber …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PMStar of The Three Musketeers, Othello and Bouquet of Barbed Wire died from heart failure at his home, surrounded by familyThe family of Frank Finlay has remembered him as a “damn fine acto…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55PMA reader sent me this picture today, and it made my day. It seems to symbolize where I am at the moment. It’s a New Year, I’m starting my second half-century, getting married soo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:45PMSam Hague (1828-1901), was one of the first impresarios to present African American performers onstage in the United States. A native of Sheffield, England, Hague started out as a clog dance…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:45PMAssociated Press Vanessa Hudgens will take the stage in Fox’s “Grease: Live” tonight in honor ...
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SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 07:34PMThe old Jade Apartments in downtown Sacramento has been transformed into an art gallery. It will open to the public on Feb. 5 … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 07:31PMThe troupe behind "Then She Fell" is back with a bigger, more erotic new show. "The Grand Paradise" is like being on a Tinder date, with Rupert Holmes providing the background music—don't …
SOURCE: NBC New York at 07:18PM"The Gathering focused on artistic nourishment and community." Melanie Greene, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PMMary John Frank, a choreographer and filmmaker, will lead the "Choreography for the Digital Dancemaker" workshop on Saturday, February 6 from 1-3pm at Gibney Dance.
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Theater-goers escaping New York winter can find some solace in Miami theater in The Golem of Havana. by Myra Chanin I have never been enamored with spendin…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:52PMTonight, FOX's GREASE LIVE is not only LIVE on your TV but will be going LIVE backstage Streaming exclusively on Facebook Live
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMIn "Les Diaboliques" readers must expect quite a lot of crime and some misogyny as well.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:27PMThe Broadway community celebrates the career of the larger than life star, Carol Channing today on the occasion of her 95th birthday. In honor of this, we asked our readers to chime in and g…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:16PMAuditions have been announced for two eagerly awaited Broadway productions: the revivals of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats and Jerry Herman's Hello, Dolly!
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:09PMWe're bringing you and and all things GREASE LIVE today Be sure to tune in at 76c on FOX
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:05PMWith just less than two hours before the big show, get a behind-the-scenes look at the final rehearsal moments with Aaron Tveit, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, Keke Palmer, Carly Rae Jepse…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMBroadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMThere's no doubt Grease will be the word of the nation tonight, as millions of people worldwide tune into FOX for the legendary GREASE LIVE musical broadcast.As previous broadcasts have show…
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There’s a certain irony in watching Sweat, a play about the annihilation of the American working class, in corporate-sponsored palatial theater charging $80+ a pop for full-price seats, no…
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SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 05:56PMThe four comics who star in the “Impractical Jokers” television show on TruTV performed live at Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:46PMPlaywright Terrence McNally was already in middle age by the 1980s, when the AIDS crisis ...
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SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 05:25PMThis year, the Avenue of the Arts lives up to its name as never before. The Pennsylvania Ballet soars at the Merriam and Academy of Music with Ángel Corella’s first full season of program…
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Dancers, like other living creatures, get old. So what? As the aMID Festival begins its final week at Links Hall, it's clear that talented people remain talented, though they might approach …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PM"Don't they know it's the end of the world?" Karen Carpenter once asked in a deeply poignant song marveling how time marches on, the perplexingly cheery populace seemingly oblivious to the b…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMBefore the one-percentery raised its collective, meritocratic, self-justifying head, the posh ruled.
Actually, the posh still rule across the pond, where class, as distinct from mere wealth…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMPalestinian-Israeli actor Gassan Abbas carries I Shall Note Hate, here for a limited engagement at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, alone on his shoulders. The one-man play, told in Hebr…
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Stage and screen actor admired for his many classical theatrical roles who played the obsessed father in the 1970s TV drama Bouquet of Barbed WireAs an actor, there was something sinister an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PMFirst Direct Arena, LeedsA greatest hits show made more poignant after Mortimer’s recent heart bypass meandered even more than usualEvery performance of Reeves and Mortimer’s new stage t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:40PMEver the trouper, she also said she will perform tonight's show in his honor.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMTheater critics can sometimes be vicious and bloodthirsty…… and that’s before one of them gets employed by a bloodsucking vampire in the Washington Stage Guild production o…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12PMOne of the hardest things to do as a reviewer is going into a show when it has so much praise already. You only have to google Iphigenia In Splott to be in a sea of five star reviews. But do…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:03PMThe day before I saw Red Velvet at The Garrick the audience evacuated the auditorium. The various authors of social media reported loud cracking sounds halfway though the first half. Some fe…
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In Yasmina Reza’s comedy, what seems like social banter takes a combative turn as two sets of Brooklyn parents discuss a violent episode involving their sons.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:44PMAt TheaterWorks in Hartford, Jonathan Tolins’s comedy imagines a job with the singer at her personal shopping mall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:44PMVanessa Hudgens, who will star as Rizzo in tonight's broadcast of Grease: Live on Fox, announced on Twitter that her father passed away from Stage 4 cancer Jan. 30. She said she will per…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:40PMLos Angeles Cast, 1995 (DRG) Here, Gerard Alessandrini has as much fun with Hollywood excess as with Broadway idiocy. But this recording differs from the Forbidden Broadway albums in one cru…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:28PMOriginal Cast, 1982 (DRG) Gerard Alessandrini’s revues lampooning Broadway hits and personalities have been a reliable source of merriment in cabaret rooms, Off-Broadway theaters, and othe…
SOURCE: castalbumreviews.com at 12:27PMJust last weekend, New York City experienced its first big storm of 2016. By Sunday morning, almost 27 inches of snow accumulated in the five boroughs a tenth of an inch shy of the all-time …
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There's a new Dolly coming to town and today we've got the scoop on auditions to star alongside the legend via an Equity Casting Notice, available here.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMThis week the London theatre bloggers discuss Cymbeline at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, The Rolling Stone at the Orange Tree, The Picture of Dorian Gray at Trafalgar Studios and The Long Roa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:48AMI’ve not been here with my usual weekly diary of a theatre addict for a month now.
So today I’m catching up, not on a week, but on an entire month — during which time I’ve been…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:37AMChekov is a challenge for even the most experienced and skilled artists of our profession. It is not merely that his characters are the most psychologically dense in drama (which they are), …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:34AMKiss & Cry, Going Home Star and Mustard are the three shows not to miss this week.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:30AM by: Paulanne Simmons In 1844, Alexandre Dumas completed one of the greatest adventure novels of all time, The Count of Monte Cristo. The story of how Edmond Dantes, falsely acc…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:23AMBelow is the tracklist for Grease live broadcast on Fox today January 31, 2016, 7 to 10 p.m. The song titles are linked to lyrics as performed either in the original 1972 Broadway production…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:01AMHappy Birthday Carol Channing She is the recipient of three Tony Awards including one for lifetime achievement, a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination. Channing is best remembered for origin…
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Comedienne and Broadway veteran Carol Burnett was given a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the 2016 SAG awards, bestowed Jan. 30 by the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Televi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMCurrent SOMETHING ROTTEN star Brian d'Arcy James took home a blue statue at last night's SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in SPOTLIGHT, al…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThere are six performers. Dressed loosely in grey, each stands alone on stage. Slowly, we watch them contort. Their bodies strangulate as their eyes fix upon us. Five people alone in their p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMI didn’t know that the Vault theatre existed, but I’m glad I do now. Situated in the depths of murky Waterloo, Vault is hosting a six-week festival, consisting of music, theatre, worksho…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMClomping into the Silver Spring Black Box Theatre, shivering from Snowzilla’s persistent chill and shaking caked snow and ice from our boots, we are greeted by the pleasant, ear-warming so…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:37AMWithout question, my best new writing discovery of 2015 was young writer Isley Lynn’s play Tether at Edinburgh Fringe. This surprising, diverse two-hander also made it into the top five of…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:33AMThe actor starred on stage and screen in a career that spanned 50 years
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:21AMA Brooklyn warehouse becomes a 1970s tropical resort in a sensuous Third Rail stage production that aims for immersion – but ultimately feels forcedHow quickly an orgy can pall.That’s on…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16AMNT Temporary Space, LondonEffie, our Greek heroine via south Cardiff, finds a voice by raging against the sacrificial UK government in this blistering, big-hearted performance“I can’t sp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:16AMSouth African choreographer Dada Masilo goes even further into the Swan Lake fantasy: here, the characters, men and women, are all swans.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:16AMWhat do you think of when someone says 'Grease' The movie The most recent revival The original Chicago production Whichever one, chances are hand-jives, summer lovin' and Sandy's iconic bad …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Happy 95th birthday to legendary star of the stage and screen, Carol Channing With three Tony Awards, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a Golden Globe Award, plus an Oscar nomination, Ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMTo celebrate ZF36's eightieth anniversary, New York City Center has just released five songs from the out-of-print Encores cast recording. Take a listen to all of them below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMThe saga continues for the Shakespeare Theatre Company as it tries to consolidate its scattered operations into a new administrative facility two blocks from Arena Stage.On Wednesday, STC wi…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:34AMAre you looking for work in the arts industry? Each week we at A Younger Theatre are featuring the best job applications from across the arts spectrum. Whether you’re looking for permanent…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:34AMDuring the ceremony, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler presented Carol Burnett with the 52nd Life Achievement Award, following a filmed salute to the comedic trailblazer, actor, singer, dancer, produ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMUnveiled at A Celebration of Harry Potter 2016, take an exciting sneak peek behind the scenes at 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,' starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Coli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMGREASE is the word, because later tonight 8pm EST FOX will transport us back to Rydell High with its highly anticipated GREASE LIVE. There's just hours left to break out your poodle skirt an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMBroadwayWorld previously reported that some of Broadway's biggest stars are coming out to celebrate international stage and screen superstar Carol Channing, who turns 95 today, in a one-nigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMWinter Electronic Waste Drive February 3rd, 2016 As of January 1, 2015 it has become illegal to throw out any electronic items in New York State. Any further questions? Email green@broadwa…
SOURCE: www.broadwaygreen.com at 09:20AMPlatform, GlasgowJenna Watt’s striking and poignant interaction between colourful smoke and life-changing decisions is at once gorgeous and full of jeopardyTowards the start of this entert…
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Lyric Hammersmith, London Young Max Gill is terrific in a new production of Simon Stephens’s meditation on bullyingSean Holmes has pulled off a terrific smash and grab on Herons. His produ…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:39AMPeacock theatre, LondonJakop Ahlbom’s loving homage to horror films is a masterclass in time-and-motion stagecraftJakop Ahlbom’s brilliantly strange Lebensraum was one of the cult succes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:39AMRoyal Court, LondonThe hit team behind Pomona turn Anna Jordan’s gritty play into something specialTwo years ago Ned Bennett (director), Georgia Lowe (designer) and Polly Bennett (movement…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:39AMRoyal Court, LondonChurchill’s magnificent new play unleashes an intricate, elliptical, acutely female view of the apocalypseSo which is the best moment in Caryl Churchill’s sizzling new…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:39AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterMargaret Edson’s award-winning play about a professor with aggressive cancer is thought-provoking – and very funny“Whilst my physicians by their love are grow…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:39AMAussieTheatre.com Exclusive AussieTheatre.com can confirm that a special production of Sondheim’s musical Follies will be staged at the Melbourne Recital Centre in May, starring a ho…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:32AMOMG. Did you hear?! Did you see it on TV??
Yup, that's Broadway's Brian d'Arcy James, who won a Screen Actors Guild Award on January 30 at the Shine Auditorium in Hollywood…
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Grease: Live just raised the bar on live television musical events. Led by director Thomas Kail, here are the moments the broadcast nailed, plus the one-liners that had us crack…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThose summer nights come alive Jan. 31 when Grease: Live takes to television screens across the country on Fox. Aaron Tveit and Julianne Hough star as Danny and Sandy, respectively, in the u…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIconic musical theatre legend Carol Channing turns 95 on Jan. 31! We offer a brief photo retrospective. Happiest of birthdays, Ms. Channing!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning costume designer puts a modern spin on the 70s film of the 50s-set musical. Here, Long reveals the secrets behind his creative process and the "onstage" tr…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA successful career on Broadway isn't necessarily glittered with fame and fortune. In fact, working continuously on the stage is a feat. There are many actors in the choruses of shows &a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMKing Charles III, the Olivier Award-winning Best Play that imagines a future in which Britain's current Queen Elizabeth II has passed away and her son, the current Prince Charles, ha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDavid Mamet's latest play, China Doll, which opened on Broadway last fall starring Al Pacino, ends its run Jan. 31. Despite earning some of the more negative reviews of the season, the p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFor 50 years, the Master of Ceremonies has been inviting us into the Kit Kat Club with a “Willkommen” and a conspiratorial wink.
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