Three women. Three generations. One courageous journey. fortyfivedownstairs presents the world premiere of Taxithi – An Australian Odyssey from 2 March 2016. Inspired by the untold tru…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:34PMAre you a night owl? Have you ever wanted to explore the backstage areas of a large theater? Now you can, with Sleepless: The Music
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 08:26PMThe tenth annual FRIGID Festival continues apace in New York City's East Village, and in our second of two dispatches from it, we discuss comedies by three solo performers, whose exploit…
SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 08:18PMThe taxi horns in “An American in Paris” are as famous as any sounds in classical music. But they may have been out of tune for decades.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:12PMWith some modern touches, the redolence of Chekov’s classic play wafts through the air.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 08:03PM
Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF) Welcomes Jonas David Grey as its New Education Director Baltimore, MD – February 29, 2016. Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF) is delighted to announ…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:46PMThe 10th annual Frigid Festival is now in progress. Playwright Ed Malin has seen two productions by ITN playwrights: Mark Cornell’s Sprucehaven B and Una Osato‘s solo show, With…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 07:42PMWho is Philip Dodd? I am primarily a theatre actor, who also does some work in TV, film, etc. I’ve been working in the industry for 34 years since graduating from NIDA. After many years li…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:39PMThe engaging cast and the heartfelt songs of Broadway in Chicago's "If/Then" will give you your money’s worth for a good evening out, and reassure you that the musical theater form can add…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:34PMWith three Olivier Nominations just announced, Florian Zeller's modern French masterpiece The Father and its remarkable insight into the effects of Alzheimer's Disease makes a four-week retu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:23PMBusta Rhymes, Common, Queen Latifah and Ben Folds are among the stars who will remix Lin-Manuel Miranda\u2019s hit Broadway musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:20PMKerrie Anne Greenland, the Helpmann Award winning actress behind Australia’s most recent and much loved portrayal of Eponine in Les Misérables, is set to release her debut album on Frida…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:15PMPhoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the Regional Premiere of HAND TO GOD opening June 16, 2016 on the Livia and Steve Russell Stage. This production runs through July 17, with Mark Rou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:11PMHylton Performing Arts Center’s Hylton Family Series presented a one-day showing of Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy, the Musical. The musical, produced by Bay Area Children’s Theatre, was…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:09PMDarko Tresnjak is directing the world premiere at Hartford Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:08PM"Dancers eschew heat and flash for cool, contained performances that neither editorialize nor pander. Their bodies exist to articulate rather than to opine." Erin Bomboy, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM
With its sprawling, epic storyline, it takes serious ambition to put on this play.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:49PM By Sandi Durell David Meulemans is not an unknown to theater or cabaret. A Florida popular leading man, he’s had a varied musical theater background having played a va…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:36PMA powerful fusion of contemporary dance and storytelling, Bangarra Dance Theatre’s Terrain will take audiences at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatre on a journey exploring the relat…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:32PMThe Seattle theatre will produce works by Lydia R. Diamond, Alice Childress, and Adrienne Kennedy.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:30PMName: Eric GildeHometown: Cherokee, IAEducation: B.A., English & M.F.A., Acting – Yale UniversityFavorite Credits: As an actor, George in Our Town, Matt in Red Light Winter, Tom in The…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 06:25PMBikini Bottom is in turmoil. Mount Humongous could explode at any second. And The Mayor has just declared Code Aqua, trapping SpongeBob and Patrick inside without access to the outside under…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:25PMThe Australian Government has announced more than $750,000 for 18 projects from the Festivals Australia program that assists community members living in regional and remote Australia to pa…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:24PMFor poets, Spring means romance. For Chicago it means the opening of even more theater productions than usual - as difficult as that might be to fathom. Here is a list of some of the most in…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 06:23PM The Three Tomatoes are excited to announce their 2016 Tomatoes Got Talent finalists, a talent show for women over 40. By day they’re legal secretaries, artists, boutique owners, ret…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:19PMA starry revival of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible begins performances on March 1. Directed by Ivo van Hove, whose work was last seen on Broadway in Miller's A View From the Bri…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMRoslyn Packer Theatre, SydneyA lively satire of the pomposity of the dance world is well paired with a new work that buys into all the cliches of modern dance – to mesmerising effectIn Cac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Krysta Rodriguez, Steve Kazee & More Board Pilots
Some Broadway favorites have booked (more) gigs for the small screen.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMSix-time Tony winner Audra McDonald, who will soon be back on Broadway in Shuffle Along, was honored on February 29 at a starry gala for the Roundabout Theatre Company. The event, which feat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMBobby Steggert stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Paul Wontorek about the new off-Broadway play Boy.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:18PMThis Thursday, March 3rd, BROADWAY SESSIONS welcomes Tony award winner Lena Hall and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:17PMThis is a very old interview I did with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Filmed by Bob Johnson. Hoping I will get to see Hamilton, his giant hit on Broadway. I spoke with him when he was just starting ou…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 06:11PMThe TV movie sequel is headed back to East High with the original writer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:09PM Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie (Buyer and Cellar, “Ugly Betty”) will serve as host of the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 8:00 PM at …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:05PMWe'll be all in this together...again.
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Heart, don't fail us now The new ANASTASIA musical is one step closer to its stage debut in Hartford this summer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:59PMFevered sex does not make a regular appearance on the stage of the Lifeline Theatre, the venerable Rogers Park theater better known for its literary adaptations of works by Jane Austen or Do…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:54PMLongtime Fundamental Theater Project supporter Alec Baldwin has purchased a significant number of tickets to FTP's annual fundraising event, which this year features Aidan Quinn, Patrick Bre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52PMBarbra Streisandis back in the recording studio for a new album, and this time she is teaming with one of the hottest stars of the year. Streisand was joined in the recording studio by break…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:50PMGet out the calendar and the debit card 'cause you need to see these 10 shows.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:50PM Broadway Insiders On Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway By Marcina Zaccaria Michael Riedel, NY Post Columnist, appeared at The Players for the signing of his recent…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:47PMMore than 10 years after 'High School Musical' became a global phenomenon, Disney Channel is getting ready to return to East High one more time.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMYou take a risk, almost kill yourself, you find a solution and go from there. Your solution is what you are starting with.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:45PMThe story begins soon after a black teenager has fallen to his death while being pursued by a white officer, raising questions over whether he was pushed.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:45PMKristiana Rae Colón’s play at the Flea Theater portrays an unthinkable crime and its origins and aftermath.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:45PMIn 1985, a group of musicians fed up with industry-imposed limitations that pigeonholed Black artists into either R&B singers or rappers, formed the Black Rock Coalition (BRC). Founders …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:45PMLONG ISLAND, THE WIGS AND THE WARDROBE… The Jean Anouilh plays I devoured as a neurotic sixth-former always had Antigone, Joan of Arc or Thomas a Becket heroically refusing comp…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:43PMThe high point of director Ron Daniels’s enrichingly nuanced “Othello” is one of the tragic hero’s lowest. Jonno Roberts’s coldly efficient Iago — a Shakespearean psychopath if t…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:39PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins, Hannah Moscovitch, and Abbie Spallen will each receive $150,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PMThe final cast has been confirmed to appear alongside the previously announced James Norton (War and Peace, Happy Valley) and Kate Fleetwood (London Road, Medea) in the 20th anniversary prod…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:28PMCourt Theatre has announced casting for the Chicago premiere of Richard Bean's "One Man, Two Guvnors."
Starring as Francis Henshall, the role James Corden won a Tony Award for in 2012, is T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:21PMEXCLUSIVE: After a decade at Luber Roklin, Stephanie Moy has joined Elevate Entertainment. At Luber she worked with Damson Idris (Snowfall), Katie Leclerc (Switched At Birth), Jes Macallan (…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:13PMHamilton headliner and maestro Lin-Manuel Miranda has tapped some of his super starry Hamilfans for his latest project: The Hamilton Mixtape. The Atlantic Records album, which is currently l…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:05PMBusta Rhymes, Queen Latifah, and more are expected to be heard on the album, which is inspired by the Broadway musical Hamilton.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Last night, the American Playwriting Foundation, established to make annual grants to new American plays, awarded its two female winners The Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMOnline submissions now being accepted for FULL LENGTH LATINO STAGE PLAYS (In Spanish or English or both!) Guidelines: http://repertorio.nyc/#/opportunitiesTime stamped Deadline: Wednesday…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:55PMUnder the umbrella title "Tennessee Williams 1982" (the year of both play’s composition the year as well as that of playwright’s death), The Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company is presen…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:53PMThe season is suddenly in bloom. Six shows are opening on Broadway in March, including a musical by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell; the next installment of Arthur Miller as interpreted by av…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:39PMAMERICAN PSYCHO, the American premiere of a new musical based on the iconic novel by Bret Easton Ellis, has announced that 19.89 tickets for six select preview performances will go on sale o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMInterested in some other fun facts about theatre in our schools Below, celebrate the next 31 days of Theatre in Our Schools month with 31 factoids that you never knew
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMFelix Mendelssohn remains one of the West’s most underrated composers.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:34PMFrom performing in tents along the river to the company's new home in a renovated department store, the company brings culture to its loyal patrons.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:33PMAs a critic, I’m sometimes in the business of prediction: who is going to win what award, what production is going to sell well, what company is going to have the best season coming up. An…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:24PMLaugh at Sketchfest, enjoy the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater or see Anusree Roy's Pyaasa.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 04:18PMArriving at the Arts Theatre as part of Women in the West End, a three week celebration of female creativity, is a new play by Tom Crawshaw based on Jane Austen’s work. Non…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:14PM
Musical theatre performer Louise Plowright, known for her roles in Mamma Mia! and Wicked, has died aged 59. Plowright, who also appeared
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:58PMDanish star Johan Kobborg stages National Ballet of Canada’s latest revival of Bournonville work.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:53PMA slow burn, Banquet of Secrets’ ultimate success is due, in no small part, to the dazzling talents of its charismatic quartet of performers.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:49PMTina Fey is as busy as ever, working on the third season of Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, CBS' The Kicker pilot, and various acting jobs,a CBS pilot, and according to a recent intervi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:40PMI saw the whole of Baltimore From May until December Of all the things that happened there That’s all that I remember. — Countee Cullen, “The Incident” It’s interesting how one…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:35PMThe official title of the comedy with music will be Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMThe national tour of “An American in Paris,” the winner of four Tony Awards in 2015, will dance into the Benedum Center May 30-June 11, 2017, as part of the Pittsburgh CLO summer season …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:31PMThe Austin Film Society said today that SNL alumna and Bridesmaids star Maya Rudolph will wax funny and smart about comedy goddess Carol Burnett at the Texas Film Awards in Austin on March 1…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:30PMThe Fiddler star will now lead the cast of the Off-Broadway engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMB-Side Productions is proud to announce the second annual B-Side Productions' New American Musical Award for composers, lyricists, book writers and musical theatre artists. This developmenta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMIn the West End’s Criterion Theatre, Nina Conti’s ventriloquist act In Your Face is a hilarious mix of deadpan ventriloquism and side splitting audience participation. In Your Face …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:10PMI just love these stories from actors who went to public school denying that it helped them in any way to get a job (Working-class actors don’t land the best roles because ‘it’s fashio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01PMThe Windham-Campbell prizes, whose recipients are unaware they are in contention until they have won, were announced on Tuesday morningThe British novelist Tessa Hadley and the Irish playwri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:01PMThe West End revival can now play in your own living room.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMTrevor Nunn directs Christian Camargo in this rarely seen romance by William Shakespeare.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Tickets priced under $20 are available for six preview performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMCourt Theatre has announced casting for the Chicago premiere of Richard Bean's "One Man, Two Guvnors." Starring as Francis Henshall, the role James Corden won a Tony Award for in 2012, is Ti…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:47PMThe CW's CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND presented their take on a classic LES MISERABLES number in the episode titled 'Flooded with Justice'.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:46PMAnything Goes. Oklahoma. Follies. La Cage Aux Folles. Those four musicals, plus many others, all got their start at Boston's important Colonial Theatre. Now, as the Colonial is in danger of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:43PMThe Wildness: Sky-Pony's Rock Fairy Tale
Off Broadway, Ars Nova and The Play Company
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: The Wildness is a damn good time about some of our worst ti…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:40PMThe New York premiere of Colman Domingo’s Dot has extended its run at the Vineyard Theatre. The off-Broadway production, directed by Susan Stroman and starring Marjorie Johnson, will n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMSchool of Rock star and former Broadway.com vlogger Alex Brightman is set to host the second annual Shubert Foundation High School Theatre Festival on March 7. The event, which showcases the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMFollowing its recent Olivier Award nomination, Peter Pan Goes Wrong will return to the West End for the holiday season. The show, a spinoff of Mischief Theatre’s The Play That Goes Wro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PMby Ryan Leeds Fans of televison’s Glee (also known as “Gleeks”) will probably recognize Ali Stroker from her 2013 appearance on the popular show. That project was the beginning of her …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:27PMShakespeare’s The Tempest is a love story, a swan song and a spectacle of supernatural life. It lends itself well to adaptation what with its complex, intertwining themes. In Mirando: The …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:24PMThe slate of new musical theatre works will debut in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMIt's the latest Broadway salute from CW's musical comedy series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMThis is the third marriage for the stage and screen star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMCurrent star of FINDING NEVERLAND, Tony Yazbeck, took time out of his busy schedule, between releasing his new album and starring as J.M. Barrie, to lend his singing voice to Pix11 Morning N…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMEach of the nine recipients is awarded $150,000 for excellence in the worlds of literature and theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMThe company just met the press and you can check out interviews with the full gang and a performance preview from the big day below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PMCheck out the lineup for the annual production of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe musical adaptation begins performances at the Schoenfeld Theatre later this month.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMGet ready to see a slew of new tuners before they hit the big time.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMColman Domingo's new play adds performances to its off-Broadway run.
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Broadway's Bright Star made a wonderful TV debut with "Sun's Gonna Shine".
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:58PMBy Bethany Hanna. Actress Bethany Hanna reflects on past casting experiences and shares her positive outlook on body image.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:51PMIf there is a spiritual content to music – music by itself, no lyrics, just abstract sound – then many listeners down through history have claimed to hear it in the final works of great …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:50PMBy Bethany Hanna. Actress Bethany Hanna reflects on past casting experiences and shares her current outlook on body image.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:45PMName: Ella DershowitzHometown: Cambridge, MAEducation: Yale BA and one random fun semester at LAMDASelect Credits: Intimacy (The New Group), Card and Gift (Clubbed Thumb), 4,000 Miles (Hudso…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:40PMNew York's Lilly Award winning actress producer director and social activist, Shakina Nayfack joins the second season cast of Julie Klausner's Difficult People in Hulu's hit comedy series co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMHamilton creator has worked toward this since sixth grade
The post Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.
SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 01:37PMTo honor Tony Award winning actress, and Michigan native, Sutton Foster's contribution to American musical theatre, the annual Ovation Awards will now be known as The Sutton Foster Ovation A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMSee the cast celebration with Lauren Worsham, Lilli Cooper and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMTicket sales from the final West End performance of Billy Elliot will be donated to a charity that helps former mining communities
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMA former Pussycat Doll wants you to shake your maracas! Olivier nominee Nicole Scherzinger will head to the small screen for ABC’s remake of Dirty Dancing, according to The Hollywood R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMTony-winning set and costume designer Christopher Oram reveals the world of Broadway's Hughie—a rundown Times Square hotel lobby with a "stairway to heaven."
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMThe world premiere of Sarah Burgess’ Dry Powder has extended its run at the Public Theater for the second time. The off-Broadway production, starring The Office’s John Krasinski …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMJust yesterday, the crew loaded the set into the Broadhurst Theatre and scenic designer Walt Spangler was there to watch it all happen. Check out photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PMIn the past year 16 Broadway shows have implemented digital ticket lotteries to supplement or replace in-person rush sales.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:16PMIt’s not quite spring, but it’s easy to feel like it is, judging by all the sunshine and flowers we’ve seen lately—not to mention that lifting of the spirit that comes with longer, b…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 01:13PMWhen a student-devised piece of theatre begins as The Politics of Dancing, an examination of relationships springing from Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, and is ultimately produced as This Title…
SOURCE: www.artsintegrity.org at 01:07PMMen sing women's songs and vice versa at the March 21 event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:04PMMichael Flatley returns Wednesday to the city where his empire began, for a "Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games" show at the Chicago Theatre that Flatley says will be his last in Chicago as …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:03PMThe season will feature world premieres by Arlitia Jones and Jen Silverman, and adaptations of novels by John Irving and Charlotte Brontë.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:02PMHank Azaria leads the cast of Sarah Burgess' world premiere at the Public.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe concert benefits the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe legendary stage and screen actress will reunite with fellow Yale alum for an evening of songs and stories.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe classic movie takes the stage on a national tour.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
A new Dr. Seuss adaptation and a new play by Naomi Iizuka are part of the theatre's musical-heavy season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:53PMWhen Anna Deavere Smith’s one-woman show “Let Me Down Easy” opened at Second Stage Theater in 2009, there was no more timely play — and now that, as she announced tod…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:51PMBY CARY GINELL The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was originally a short story penned in 1953 by Dorothy M. Johnson (1905 – 1984), who wrote numerous articles and stories with Western th…
SOURCE: vconstage.com at 12:46PMThe Tony-nominated Best Musical byFrank WildhornandNan Knighton, The Scarlet Pimpernel, returnedto the New York stage at Feinstein's54 Below for a one-night-only celebration of its tempestuo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMBroadway legend and two-time Tony Award winner Chita Rivera, Tony nominees Stephanie J. Block and Tony Sheldon, Danielle Brooks The Color Purple, 'Orange is the New Black', and Laura Michell…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMMichael Urie will host this year’s Drama Desk Awards. Urie is a very talented actor who won a Drama Desk for his incredible performance in ” Buyer and Cellar” and is also k…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 12:28PMThe sixth annualBroadway Belts for PFFwas held on February 29, 2016 at theEdison Ballroomin New York City. This special evening united Broadway's stars and key members of the pulmonary fibro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMHer complete Olivier-nominated performance can be viewed on BroadwayHD.com
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMThe 6th annual BROADWAY BELTS FOR PFF - a concert that raises much-needed funds for Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation - was held last night at the Edison Ballroom 240 W. 47 St.. Hosted by Julie …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMThe Public Theater announced a final one-week extension today for the world premiere play DRY POWDER by Sarah Burgess and directed by Thomas Kail. Part of Oskar Eustis' 10th Anniversary seas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMWe are continuing the series with Tai 9, Isabella 11, and Charles 8, who just stopped by the Palace Theatre to check out AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Curious of what they thought about the show Fin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMLeonardo DiCaprio made headlines this week for calling climate change 'the most urgent threat facing our entire species' in his Oscar acceptance speech. The longtime Hollywood heartthrob isn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:16PMTony, Grammy, and Emmy nominated singeractress Vanessa Williams has signed on to play the lead role in VH1's upcoming scripted series inspired by Star Jones 2011 book 'Satan's Sisters A Nove…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMTexas native Carmen Cusack’s revisiting her southern roots in Bright Star. The seasoned theater vet makes her long-awaited Broadway debut in the Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMHamilton standout Daveed Diggs stopped by The Nightly Show to chat with host Larry Wilmore, Robin Thede and Holly Walker about diversity on stage and screen. “The way we make history e…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMOscar-winning production designer Dante Ferretti is behind the ambitious new project.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:05PMThe new drama is written by Scott Elmegreen and Drew Fornarola.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMListen to the comedian deliver his "I Don't Want to Do This Show" song.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe comedy opened on Saturday, February 27.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Actors Fund Gala annual event will pay tribute to performing arts icons.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Mischief Theatre's takeover of the West End continues as it is announced that Peter Pan Goes Wrong will be making another appearance in London. Peter Pan Goes Wrong will run at the Apollo Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:48AMThe June 5 awards honor Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway achievement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMNicholas Barasch talks growing up on Broadway, She Loves Me and the best sushi in NYC.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:43AMMichael Flatley returns Wednesday to the city where his empire began, for a "Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games" show at the Chicago Theatre that Flatley says will be his last in Chicago as …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:43AMBroadwayHDjust announced that theater lovers can stream eight-time Olivier nominated Gypsy starring Imelda Staunton on BroadwayHD.com. This Best Musical Revival nominee opened at the Savoy T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMTheatre, at its best, has the ability to be a powerful tool for political and social change. That means, right now in particular, #blacktheatrematters. Word Becomes Flesh is a shining exampl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:30AM'Only after LES MISERABLES did people realize that you could make more money in musicals than in movies,' says famed stage producer Cameron Mackintosh, in a new article published in Forbes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30AMThe production opens at the Garrick Theatre later this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:28AMThe playwright tells us about growing up in South Africa and his debut play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:28AMMischief Theatre's calamitous caper will play a three month run later this year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:28AMDrama Desk Award winnerMichael UrieBuyer and Cellar,'Ugly Betty' will serve as host of the61stAnnual Drama Desk AwardsonSunday, June 5, 2016at800 PMatThe Town Hall123 W. 43rdStreet, it was a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMThe theatre company's 50th anniversary spring gala celebrates the six-time Tony winner. See it all here!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMForbes says London producer is the first to make such a killing from the legitimate theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMRachel Hoffman is a casting director at Telsey Co, and has cast many Broadway shows and national tours, including An American In Paris, Bring It On, Memphis, The Sound of Music, and upcomin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMChristopher Tierney and Rachel Boone will star as Johnny Castle and Frances Baby Houseman in thepremiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for March, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 2232016 - 312016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMHappy birthday Sweeney Todd.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:09AMThe Jamie Lloyd Company’s first production of 2016, is a disturbing tale of two maids who fantasise about killing their mistress – but is it chilling enough for critics? Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:09AMThe York Theatre Company’s Musicals in Mufti Series (Mufti means in street clothes; without the usual trappings) has officially launched, and leading the season is a limited engagemen…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:08AMBy Marcina Zaccaria. Marcina Zaccaria on Jody Christopherson’s Greencard Wedding at Dixon Place in New York City.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:02AM“Love and Baseball” hits the sweet spot of comedy and poignancyOririnal work is written, directed by Jerry Montoya with able cast … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 11:02AMThe Drama Desk Award winner best known for Buyer & Cellar, How to Succeed..., and Ugly Betty appeared off-Broadway this season in Shows for Days.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe event was hosted by Nathan Lane and featured appearances by Broadway vets including Harry Connick Jr.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMMichael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson adapt Somerset Maugham's short story for the stage at the Old Globe.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The cast of the new Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical performed on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMLet me start with a postscript to a previous blog entry about obesity. There is a plea on ABC television for locating missing children, which provides a picture and description of them, and,…
SOURCE: John Simon at 10:42AMKneehigh’s pop-up theatre, the Asylum, is to return for a sixth year, staging three shows throughout the summer. The purpose-built tent will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:38AMThe Hamilton star gives his view on the Oscars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMIf you could live forever, would you When Winnie Foster discovers the magical secret of the Tuck family, she embarks on an extraordinary adventure that will change her life forever. Take a j…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMIn a recent interview with Vanity Fair, he revealed more about the project, including that Busta Rhymes, Ben Folds, Regina Spektor, Latifah, Common, and Chance the Rapper will all record son…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMA hilarious video that imagines FIDDLER ON THE ROOF's gentile characters starring in their own sitcom.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMActress Louise Plowright, perhaps best known for her role as Madame Morrible in WICKED, lost her battle with pancreatic cancer this week at the age of 59.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMJust last night, Roundabout Theatre Company hosted the 50th Anniversary Gala 'Spring Gala 2016 Celebrating 50 Years of Extraordinary Theatre' in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria 301…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMA play that imagines Marilyn Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe DiMaggio and Sen. Joe McCarthy meeting in a luxury hotel room in 1953. This Olivier Award winning play is intimately staged in a roo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AMa very well-written, acted, directed quintessentially New York show. It's also very, very good. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:25AMThe first musical which owes its origins to acomputer and university scientists
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:25AMOn last night's JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE, guest Andy Samberg revealed the title and poster for the new film he made with the other members of The Lonely Island and Judd Apatow.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:23AMThe great American composers are alive and well in the Source blackbox, as In Series continues its season: Made in America (all three Americas that is…) with ABCs of American Art Song. The…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:19AM Ntozake Shange’s iconic for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf was groundbreaking when it was first produced in 1975 and, for better or for worse, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:19AMJust last night, Roundabout Theatre Company hosted the 50th Anniversary Gala 'Spring Gala 2016 Celebrating 50 Years of Extraordinary Theatre' in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria 301…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMOscar nominee and frequent "Empire" mainstay Gabourey Sidibe was spotted enjoying some sun sitting on the front bench at Public Chicago, chatting with a friend.
The post Star sightings: Gabo…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 10:12AMEffort. Webster’s defines effort as “work done by the mind or body: energy used to do something.” I spend more time than you can imagine thinking about, analyzing, and trying to minimi…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 10:12AMThe stars joined the theatre's celebrations in Waterloo
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:12AMThe actress had been battling with pancreatic cancer
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"I just hope he doesn't ask me about current events or that early affair with a man!"read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:51AMUstinov theatre, BathAlice and Ben’s neighbours want to be friends – or do they? Played to the hilt by a skilled cast, Catherine-Anne Toupin’s play generates unease amid the comedyA th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AMThe Vaults, LondonThis cheeky but unexpectedly moving show takes its cue from the astonishing story of a magician who vanished into thin airThe publicity for this performance claims that Hug…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:51AMBrian Seibert's history of tap dancing has unleashed something I can only describe as a tap world pissing contest.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:31AMIntroducing the latest show-stopping middle-grade adventure about life in and out of the spotlight from Broadway veterans and internet sensations,Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Kate WetherheadJACK…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:25AMThe Broadway revival of Claude-Michel Schonberg amp Alain Boublil's beloved musical LES MISERABLES welcomes a new 'Jean Valjean'-John Owen-Jones- tonight, March 1.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMBeginning tonight, March 1, Broadway's Finding Neverland welcomes Sally Ann TriplettTHE LAST SHIP, CARRIE as 'Madame du Maurier' for a run through May 1, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMThe Public Theater welcomesHOMELAND's Claire Danes, Hank Azaria, and Sanjit De Silva, joiningJohn Krasinksi in the world premiere of Sarah Burgess' DRY POWDER, a 'new drama about the people …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMThe world premiere of STRAIGHT, a new play written byScott ElmegreenandDrew Fornarolaand directed byAndy SandbergApplication Pending, officially openedoff-Broadway lastnight, February 29, an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMGood 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 THE CRUCIBLE begins on Broadway, DRY P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:11AMToday in 2009, Guys and Dolls opened at the Nederlander Theatre, where it ran for 121 performances. Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling…
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New play from Jack Thorne about one couple’s tragic loss is both excruciating and oddly uplifting
The post The Solid Life of Sugar Water, National Theatre appeared first on Aleks Sier…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:59AMDark energy: There is considerable entertainment in Peter James’ The Perfect Murder, an unremarkable, grimly humorous murder mystery elevated by the efforts of Shane Richie and Jessie …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:53AMChicago has a yearlong festival, but there are lots of other celebrations across the US, including a tour of the First Folio of the Bard’s plays that will visit every stateWhile the UK is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AMCriterion, LondonThe comedian chucks out the art form’s creepiness for a thrilling interactive set in which her most essential prop barely features“Most ventriloquists …” says Nina C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AMThe nominations for the Olivier Awards 2016 with MasterCard, the most prestigious event in the UK's theatrical calendar, were announced on Monday 29 February by past winners Michael Ball and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23AMA scheme to help support independent arts critics at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is now open for applications. The Network of Independent Critics (NIC) aims to help writers at the huge art…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:07AMThe presenter will be joined by special guests who will perform a one-off reading and sing through of Tony Hawks' musical
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:07AMThe concert tour will celebrate the music of knights including Elton John and Cameron Mackintosh
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:07AMUK talent looms large as the IOA surveys the world
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:07AMOn last night's TONIGHT SHOW, the cast of the new Broadway musical BRIGHT STAR performed 'Sun's Gonna Shine,' led by Carmen Cusack, who makes her Broadway debut in the show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07AMIf you’ve ever walked through a museum like LACMA or the Norton Simon, it’s likely you’ve run into art objects from antiquity. These objects are not signed. There’…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 08:07AMDaveed Diggs who portrays Thomas Jeffersonand Marquis de Lafayette in the Broadway smash musical hit HAMILTON made his first ever late-night appearance on last night's 'The Nightly Show with…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:07AM By Sandi Durell A History of the Jews (via musical theater) was presented at The Town Hall on February 27th. And you didn’t have to be Jewish to kvell li…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:05AM
Arts Council England’s Pete Staves is to join Frantic Assembly as executive director and joint chief executive. Staves leaves his post at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMPerformers Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton have praised the theatre sector for its diversity, claiming it is better than in the film
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMManchester’s Royal Exchange has appointed Mark Dobson as its new executive director. Dobson, who has been chief executive of Tyneside Cinema for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:40AMWow — you could have knocked me over with a feather when I learned about this one. I’d long known that back in the day there was some kind of outfit on network radio called ̶…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:19AMJohn Owen-Jones, the Jean Valjean who will bring the Les Miserables revival home when it closes on September 4, begins performances in the production on March 1. He replaces Alfie Boe in the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:19AMFrom 2006: Alas, I’ve found over the years that many people (especially midwesterners, who are trained to say “sir” and “ma’am” and be polite to strangers) become uncomfortable w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMDominic Dromgoole directs his final production as artistic director of the Globe
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:01AM“Nothing has instilled more melancholy in me than the discovery that the number of intelligent men is extremely small.” José Ortega y Gasset, On Love: Aspects of a Single Theme (transla…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Perth International Arts Festival, February 25. “In the beginning was the Word,” begins the Gospel according to St John, “and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” But whose …
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 06:54AMBy Matthew Lunn
Hello Norma Jeane The Park Theatre 24th February 2016 2 stars Marilyn Monroe remains one of Hollywood’s most intriguingly enigmatic figures – adored by so many, yet under…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:51AMThe first time a character in "The Humans" made a reference to the fall of the World Trade Center, I reflexively flinched. Even after more than 14 years, plays that fictionalize 9/11 have in…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 06:43AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMTown Hall takes on part two of Tony Kushner's epic.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:01AM
There is nothing “real” about “The Real O’Neals.” Or anything funny. A witless collection of offensive anti-Catholic cliches, the new ABC series takes a talented cast and saddles i…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:57AMSt. Louis' most-Shazamed tracks, brought to you exclusively by Go! Magazine and STLtoday.com
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:48AMFind our critics' and editors' picks in our free entertainment app
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:48AMWayne Salomon, Bobby Miller and Lee Anne Mathews will direct
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:48AMHaunted house owner contends payments were misapplied
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:48AMWomen Without Men
Off Broadway, The Mint Theater Company at New York City Center
Reviewed by Sarah Moore
BOTTOM LINE: The Mint Theater Company introduces Hazel Ellis to New York in the Ame…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:14AMTrafalgar Studios, LondonAduba, Zawe Ashton and Laura Carmichael star in Jamie Lloyd’s highly impressive, deeply political productionWe largely ignore the work of Jean Genet, the celebrate…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:14AMDavid Peace’s modern classic The Damned United is being staged in Leeds, a city with no great love for its subject: charismatic, alcoholic football manager Brian Clough. Mark Lawson on the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:14AMOn Broadway, musicals are king — but here’s an extraordinary observation: so are plays. Or at least they are when compared with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe lights go up on the new Broadway production of Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock’s iconic musical Fiddler on the Roof with
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On Saturday, February 27, 2016, a fortunate group of people were treated to Baritone Aaron Reeder’s one-man show Beyond the Lights: Discovering Sammy Davis, Jr., a mixture of show and lec…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:48AMAdam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, tells us what makes an original, how parents can nurture originality in their children, and its potential downside.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 01:36AMProducers of The Sound of Music have announced the 18 children who have been cast in the world’s favourite musical, featuring three different casts alternating in the roles of the six yo…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:00AMFeaturing you – the theatre educators that work so hard for your students. We’re proud to present the Drama Teacher Spotlight! Want to join? Just click here and tell us about you…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMEpisode 151: Reflecting Back on Theatre School Jesse Wilson was born in LA, started acting at an early age and was accepted into Juilliard. He was on track to becoming a traditional profes…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMMarshawn Lynch Opens First Beast Mode Store
YH heads to Oakland, CA, for the grand opening of NFL star Marshawn Lynch's first Beast Mode store on the same day the city's mayor Libby Schaaf d…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM"Faking It" Cast's Beauty & Fashion Tips
YH catches up with the talented stars of MTV's "Faking It", including Rita Volk, Katie Stevens, Gregg Sulkin, Michael J. Willett, and new cast member…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMVine Star Lele Pons Gives High School Survival Tips
The one and only Lele Pons visits the YH Studio to chat with us about her phenomenal success as the most-watched female personality on V…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMAnnie Baker's play begins performances this evening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe production begins its run tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM"Awkward" Cast on Birthdays & Cocktails
YH is at MTV's cocktail soiree to catch up with the stars of the network's hit show "Awkward"! Ashley Rickards, Jillian Rose Reed, Beau Mirchoff, Bret…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
The one night concert event told the story of the Jewish people through musical theatre songs.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:55AMDynamic Broadway and Disney star Anneliese van der Pol That's So Raven, Beauty and the Beast, Vanities teams up with frequent Feinstein's54 Below headliner and vocalist extraordinaire Tyce G…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMOriginal rocker Mitchell Jarvis is returning to ROCK OF AGES in Las Vegas this spring. The actor recently announced the news on Facebook -- he will join the cast as 'Lonny' for three months …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe 9th season of New York Theatre Barn's New Works Series launches tonight, March 1, 2016 at The Cell. The evening features pre-premieres of two new musicals Luna and the Gold River Docks a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Cruciblebegins tonight, March 1, after moving its original start date toallow star Saoirse Ronan a Best Actress Oscar nominee for her performance …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMShowtime starts with some weak jokes and good ball-in-the-mouth tricks from the MC, but weak jokes are ok in this case. He endears himself to us fast, with his kooky nature and country homeb…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:25AMJust as Madonna is to tour Australia for the first time in 23 years, a new exhibition at Colour Factory from 4 March highlights the work of photographer Martin H.M. Schreiber – before …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:03AMHannah Moscovitch awarded a Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize and $150,000 (U.S.) for work that focuses on ways the ‘past ruptures the present’
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:00AMJohn Owen-Jones joins the cast at Broadway's Imperial.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe revival of Arthur Miller\u2019s Tony-winning 1953 dramatization of the Salem witch trials stars Sophie Okonedo, Saoirse Ronan and Ben Whishaw.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHe\u2019s a Rabbi. She's a lawyer. The sweet anniversary story behind this theatre-loving couple's return to the spot where it all began.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJohn Owen-Jones reflects on his evolved take on the part, why Valjean and The Phantom are often played by the same actors and how he was probably too young for the role that first time aroun…
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