Producers John Frost and Opera Australia’s Lyndon Terracini have announced a stellar line-up of Australian stars and theatre royalty for the highly anticipated opening of Lerner & Loe…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:51PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier this evening, Australia's MY FAIR LADY has found itsleading players, featuringAlex Jenningsas Professor Higgins, Anna O'Byrne as Eliza Doolittle,Reg Livermo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13PMSome cover their feet in glue, others slice at them with razor blades ... Emma John discovers what performing night after night does to a dancer's feetIt should have been the best day of Jen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11PMBeck theatre, HayesThe standup’s PC’s World seldom strays from xenophobia in a show full of poor jokes and weak puns• Never mind the broadcasts: TV doesn’t make or break a standupPau…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:11PMThe recent Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Broadcasting, Online Content and Live Production to Rural and Regional Australia has been described by NORPA’s (Northern Rivers Performing Art…
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Machinal by Sophie Treadwell, considered one of the most important Expressionist plays in the United States, premiered on Broadway in 1928. Inspired by the life of Ruth Snyder, who was convi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59PMAfter many months of anticipation, Opera Australia and John Frost have announced the cast for their upcoming recreation of My Fair Lady. Dame Julie Andrews will be directing Australian musi…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:58PMThree new exhibitions at the Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute on Kaurna Country, explores various aspects of Indigenous culture through a variety of artistic mediums. Saltwa…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:42PMWas John Sutter a trailblazing pioneer or a pedophile, slave owner and murderer?Native American rock opera features nearly all Indian cast, songs, oral historiesSutter, a Swiss-German immigr…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 08:41PMYears ago, I wrote about a FastCompany article, Ten Habits of Incompetent Managers. Even though it was written in the context of a for-profit company, I wrote most of the rules are universal…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:34PMArtistic Director Darko Tresnjak and Managing Director Michael Stotts announced today that Hartford Stage's 2016-17 season will include George Bernard Shaw's SAINT JOAN, the dazzling play ab…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:23PMA couple, played by Tim Daly and Rachael Holmes, are unsettled after one of them invites a guest to their home in this work, at City Center Stage II.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:11PMToday was a very special day for the Broadway community and one that Sheldon Harnick will never forget. The RIDE OF FAME teamed up with the City of New York and the casts of Tony-nominated s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:11PMMachinal by Sophie Treadwell, considered one of the most important Expressionist plays in the United States, premiered on Broadway in 1928. Inspired by the life of Ruth Snyder, who was convi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:04PM
For the first-time ever, as an official sponsor of the 70th Annual Tony Awards and presenting sponsor of the Behind the Scenes Livestream, BroadwayHD will join forces with the Tony Awards to…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:56PMCheck out this video I did for Barbara Cook’s Birthday: Photo shot by Jenny Lyn Bader who attending the naming of Harnick and Bock Way on 53rd and Broadway. I will go and take a look a…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 07:46PMBryan Cranston detailed the intensive process he went through in order to reprise his role as president Lyndon B. Johnson at the premiere of HBO’s telepic “All the Way” …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:36PMDisney’s second quarter earnings call this week had a different kind of vibe, and not just because the company’s long streak of beating Wall Street expectations came to an abrupt end. Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:36PMAnna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake, while at Cannes to hype Trolls, an inherently troll-able film, sang a lovely, exceedingly earnest rendition of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors.&quo…
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:33PMShe escaped from an abusive husband and raised four kids on her own, even as she spent long hours building her career as one of the first female lyricists on Broadway.
SOURCE: The Daily Beast at 07:32PMNews and opportunities from the Bay Area and beyond the Bay:
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Actor Ron Campbell. Photo: Momoko…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 07:22PMBowie’s dance teacher recalls their first meeting, their early collaborations, and their marriage of theatre and rock’n’roll in the Ziggy Stardust stage showWe first met in 1966, proba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16PMLyttelton, LondonSuhayla El-Bushra brings Nikolai Erdman’s 1928 social comedy into the modern day, but leaves its eccentricity and subversion behindThe National Theatre these days seems su…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:16PMDaveed Diggs talks about the backstage dance parties that go down in the wings during "The Schuyler Sisters" and castmate Okieriete Onaodowan's killer dance moves.
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:07PMThe Broadway musical 'Hamilton' has become the most coveted ticket of the decade. Here's how you can get tickets (eventually) to the show.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 07:07PMThe 2016-17 season at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts will boast a prestigious international lineup, with recent productions by Simon McBurney and Peter Brook making stop…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:07PMSeven composers from around the world will be featured in the theater's signature Composer Portraits series.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:07PM'It's Lucas Hnath month in Philadelphia," jokes Sara Garonzik, executive producing director of the Philadelphia Theatre Company, whose production of Hnath's new political drama Hillary …
SOURCE: Philly.com at 07:04PMThe newly minted Drama Desk nominees met the press today and BroadwayWorld.com was there to meet all of them
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00PMNBC is bringing back the original cast of last year’s holiday ratings winner “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors” for a sequel slated to air later this year. “D…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMBrenda Chapman, who directed the Academy Award-winning animated film “Brave,” will make her live-action directing debut in “Come Away,” a prequel to “Alice in W…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PM
Tuck Everlasting's Michael Park stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:49PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Michael Arden Will Roll Along to L.A.
Tony nominee Michael Arden will return to Los Angeles’ Wallis Annenberg Center …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:49PMThe play, by Sevan K. Greene and directed by Kareem Fahmy, is inspired by a memoir written by Mr. Fahmy’s grandmother.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:34PMEXCLUSIVE: Here’s are some figures you haven’t seen bandied about much in the Tony nominations numbers game: Competing in the all-important best show categories are four new pla…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:27PMThere have been possibilities in the past, but the mega-star is still searching for the words she'll want to say onstage every night,
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMAccidental Pictures is proud to introduce an online poetry miniseries entitledTHE PRIDE PROJECT.They will release sevenpoems every Monday for sevenconsecutive weeks from May 16th- June 27th,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMThree-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie and Daniel Dae Kim recently joined the Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers amp Hammerstein's The King and I at the Vivian Beaumont Theater, an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:19PMRory Scovel is an improvisational experimentalist with a jazzy rhythm, veering off on tangents and looking to transform, even sabotage, his own sets.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:08PMMs. Winfrey said she has been thinking about performing in a play for the last three years, but first she has to find the “perfect material.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:08PMWe give you the best of concerts, cabarets and after-hour shows!
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:06PMThe new play will make its regional debut.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
The foundation of the production – Matt Pelfrey’s script – is rock-solid. But Louis Contey’s cast never fully captures either the heat or the darkness so crucial to the story. They d…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:55PMAS FLIES TO WANTON CLOWNS… You don’t often see Queen Gertrude in Hamlet played by a short bearded Spaniard in a rainbow unitard with flamenco frills. But this is the Br…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:54PMDenise Rich, co-founder of Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, and singer Chloe Jane co-hosted a fundraising event last night with SCHOOL OF ROCK THE MUSICAL on Broadway. Cance…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMPeople Places & Things | 15 Mar – 18 Jun 2016 Following a critically-acclaimed, sold-out season at the National Theatre, People, Places & Things has transferred to the Wyndh…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:49PMThe Sondheim musical is part of the Wallis Annenberg Center's new season, along with Deaf West’s staging of an Edward Albee work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:37PMAwards season is in full swing, and that means flashing cameras and smiles, Broadway faves reuniting at events and an endless supply of photo ops! On June 5, the 61st annual Drama Desk …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMIn this week's episode, we talk about Neverland flying from Broadway, Darren Criss pulling the Hedwig wig down from the shelf, Christian Borle's double duty, Kristin and Idina gettin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMThe season will feature three works showcasing women in starring roles.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:35PMTake a first look at TFNA’s The Father and A Doll’s House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:33PMNot all great musicals take place on the Broadway stage. There are many stand-out performances that happen Off-Broadway, and one of the most notable is Stomp. The clattering percussive show…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:16PMTrey Gerrald Orange is the New Black, 4th Man Out has just unveiled a new sketch about the awkwardness of stage-dooring a friend's show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMOver 300 performances of more than 50 different programs of theater, dance and music featuring local and world-renowned talent are on tap for theWallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Ar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMBrad Fryman - Artistic Director, Oberon Theatre Ensemble www.oberontheatre.org - announces that Oscar and Golden Globe Winners Alexander Dinelaris and Nicolas Giacobone Birdman will join Obe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:13PMThe principal difference between a stage play and a radio play is that a certain amount of the exposition is – or should be – shown on the stage while it is all told on the radio. Even t…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 05:11PMThe 2016 Nominees gathered at the New York Marriott Marquis Astor Ballroom May 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:04PMThe cast and creators of Waitress share what they would spend Jenna's $20,000 pie prize money on.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:01PMThe Goodman Theatre produces Lorraine Hansberry's rarely performed play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe tour will launch its third year of its tour at the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMBroadway legend Barbara Cook will perform in memory of the stage and screen star.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The first time Carmen Cusack knew she had the performing bug was when she was 5 years old and singing at church. In fact, what first really motivated her was chocolate. When asked to sing …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:57PMThe 2016 Drama Desk Nominees Reception, celebrated this year’s Drama Desk Award Nominees at the New York Marriott Marquis Astor Ballroom in NYC. Drama Desk was founded in 1949 to explore k…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 04:57PMI have loved living in New York City since I was 21 years old. I got a role in my first Broadway musical two weeks before my official college graduation, and I rented a guest room in Peter …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:55PM“Learn the story not found in the history books,” said composer, producer, actor and co-writer Jack Kohler, a Hoopa tribal member who co-wrote it with Alan Wallace, a Washoe Indian from …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:55PMNew hip hop rock opera portrays Sacramento pioneer as a human trafficker who enslaved Indians and abused women and children. … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:55PMSandra Bernhard, host of the Sirius XM Radio show "Sandyland," is known for her abrasive stand-up comedy and appearances in TV shows such as "Roseanne" and "2 Broke Girls," as well as in mov…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:53PMValidation – the affirmation that what you valued a – is one of the most powerfully effective facets of entertainment and art.
That may be the overwhelming virtue of Beautiful – The C…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:51PM By Sandi Durell In a very personal evening of song and conversation, the much loved and revered Marilyn Maye, known as the ageless dynamo, once again, reminded her adoring audi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:51PMThe frequent Elphaba performer gave a knockout performance of WICKED's inspirational theme for the annual fair's opening ceremony.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMAcademy Award winner Jeff Bridges will be making an 'e-appearance' in OFF THE KING'S ROAD as a Los Angeles psychiatrist.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:44PMThe Tony nominations were announced last week and all of New York is celebrating the top Broadway plays and musicals. But what are the single shining moments for the individual nominees in t…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:41PMThe Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards celebrate the voice of the fans and their faves! From the Hamilton cast to Spring Awakening alum, check out our gallery of all those who attended our …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PM“It’s such big news. It’s all anyone in DC is talking about.” So said Trey Graham on Channel WUSA 9 last night in response to the announcement yesterday that Hamilton…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:25PMCaption this image to potentially win a copy of the Pulitzer-nominated 'The Humans' by Stephen Karam.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:22PMBorn in Ohio, grew up in California, then found his way to NYC where he danced for the legendary Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon in Fosse’s last production of SWEET CHARITY. On to tour in a num…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 04:14PMIndie Theater Now has partnered with United Solo Theatre Festival since its very beginning. Get a feel for what this festival is like by checking out ITN’s United Solo collections. T…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 04:14PMTrue to its inspiration, the Broadway musical Waitress now features a traveling food truck, found throughout the streets of Manhattan. Today, the truck nestled itself at 45th and 6th, fro…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:11PMToday, we got a first look at Audra McDonald’s adorable little baby bump in the Shuffle Along cast welcome video to The Color Purple’s new Shug Avery, Heather Headley! In the vid…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:09PMBelow, Deutsch shares a piece of the title song performed by Zachary Levi as it's being mixed for the album
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMThe Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles unveiled its 2016-17 season today, included in which is a production of the legendary composer's musical MERRILY WE ROLL AL…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMToday, a host of students within the New York City public school district found themselves singing and dancing in their seats at the Richard Rodgers Theatre with tickets to the most in-deman…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:04PMMoore will bring his performing arts administration experience, including at TCG, to Louisville.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:00PM
Performances begin tomorrow for the new musical by Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMA public memorial tribute hosted by Ray Romano will be held for Doris Roberts, the beloved Emmy-Award-winning actress, on Monday, May 16 at 1200 PM at the Ambassador Theatre 219 W 49th Stree…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMThe American Idol alum is set to play Suzy Simpson, previously played by Kathy Brier.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PMA Broadway farewell to Doris Roberts will be held Monday, May 16. The tribute to the Emmy-winning actress and stage veteran, to be held at the Ambassador Theatre on West 49th Street, will…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:50PMThe Michigan-based couple discusses the joys and challenges that come with pursuing their relationship and a career in the arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:43PMMy double-feature for Mother’s Day weekend was a strange brew of Edgar Allan Poe creepiness and Broadway musical giddiness. First, the music …
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:37PMSchool of Rock Tony nominee Alex Brightman talks about being upstaged by kids, his beer and nachos diet and his dream for Tony night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:25PMWe can thank the fickle fates who determine the fluky destinies of local theater programming for Keegan Theatre’s inspired late addition of Wendy Wasserstein’s An American Daughter to it…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PMBarbara Cook will perform at the tribute to the late actress.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMThe new work by Buyer & Cellar playwright Jonathan Tolins begins at the end of the month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMOn May 4, the nominees flocked to the Paramount Hotel, where they met with the press for the first time since getting the big news. BroadwayWorld will be bringing you coverage from the epic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMThe newest edition of THEATER TALK features the director and two cast members of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, the critically-acclaimed and Tony-nominated Best Revival Of A Play now at the W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMThe American Idol alum will perform a score of 1950s pop hits.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMScenic designer Christopher Oram and costume designer William Ivey Long have also been announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMJessica Lange, Megan Hilty, Sara Bareilles, Zachary Levi, and many others were on hand for the festivities.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The photographers' work will also be available on a new website.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMKing Lear is a timeless Shakespearian tragedy. Presented by Royal & Derngate Northampton at the Richmond Theatre, we watch the King split his kingdom to his three daughters. Much ensues …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:45PMSaucy Jack and The Space Vixens (SJATSV) is a title bold and strange enough to intrigue almost anyone into asking what on earth you might be seeing. This show takes you beyond Earth and int…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:45PMDevilish!’s writer and lyricist Chris Burgess claims that his most recent work takes inspiration from a John Ruskin quotation, HG Wells’ The Wonderful Visit, and Bruegel’s famous depic…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:45PMJames Cairns’ solo performance in Nick Warren’s Dirt is a Brighton Fringe must see, with Cairns asserting his talent for physical comedy, characterisation, accents and dynamic facial exp…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:45PMYou might never guess that the Beauty and the Beast company now at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre has been on the road for well over a year. It is a musical of enchanted transformations, a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:31PMBelow, check out their rendition of JERSEY BOYS''Sherry,' plus CLICK HERE for some of their past spins on Broadway classics.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:31PMThe Eugene O’Neill Theater Center celebrated the 16th annual Monte Cristo Award ceremony with a presentation of the honor to award-winning stage and film director, playwright, and acto…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:31PMAndrew Rincón
Hometown: Fort Myers, FL. Current Town: New York City. Q: What are you working on now?A: I’m juggling between three main projects right now. I’m in…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 02:26PMCongratulations to Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford! Broadway.com has confirmed that the Tony winner is expecting her first child with her hubby, actor Joe Tapper. The baby, a boy, is due in Se…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:26PMAn effort to transform more community spaces in Hull into venues that can host theatre has been given a funding boost by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:26PMEli's coming -- Eli Gold, that is, of "The Good Wife." Alan Cumming, whose stage credits include the Tony Award-winning role as the Emcee of "Cabaret," is bringing hi…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:25PMPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Trayvon Martin has often been in the thoughts of playwright and activist Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj in the four years since the 17-year-old unarmed black boy was sho…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:21PMIf Kanye West does end up being our generation’s gift to eternity, you’re going to be really glad you bought that shirt at his concert. In their new interview with Complex, Lin-Manuel Mi…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:21PMIn a 1995 review of Amy Heckerling’s Clueless, Roger Ebert called it “a smart and funny movie,” adding, “the characters are in on the joke.” That kind of self-awareness is what mak…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:21PMPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A play debuting at Philadelphia's New Freedom Theatre will explore Trayvon Martin's life and the moments before his death....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:21PMI spoke to Ben Whishaw about co-starring in The Lobster, an absurdist dark comedy about a dystopian future in which those who are unable to fall in love are forcibly transformed into an anim…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:17PMSylvia star is scheduled to play Columbia in TV Rocky Horror.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PM“It just all sort of fell in place. The perfect storm.” Fletcher McTaggart was telling me how he landed the title role in Martin Luther on Trial. Fellowship for Performing Arts (FPA), th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:15PMThe TV movie is a sequel to Coat of Many Colors, a hit for NBC last December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMTake a sneak peek at the program notes for the world-premiere musical by Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty and Terrence McNally.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMThis sung-through show at Axis Theater, from Randy Sharp and Paul Carbonara, looks and sounds good, but the story is a murk of confusion.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:09PMName: Jorge D. DieppaHometown: Caguas, Puerto RicoEducation: MFA Set Design from Brooklyn College and a BS In Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico College of Engineering…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:09PMBroadwayWorld.com is thrilled to add to our roster of exclusive talent and programing, Backstage Bite with Katie Lynch. Don't forget to tune in next Tuesday, May 17, to check out the premier…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMLong Wharf Theatre travels back in time to the romance and fun of Montmartre in the late 1800s in its production of the musical My Paris, an imaginative retelling of the life of the artist H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMAnnaleigh Ashford and her husband, actor Joe Tapperwill welcome their first child, a son, in early September.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMWomen's Project Theater WP Theater, under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Lisa McNulty and Managing Director Maureen Moynihan, has announced the 31st ANNUAL WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMEN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PMAn hour-long press conference livestreamed from Vienna introduces the new musical about 'a turbulent love affair.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:03PM
WOMEN’S PROJECT THEATER PRESENTS THE 31st ANNUAL WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS GALA TO HONOR Emmy Award-winning Stage, Screen, and TV Actress & Founder of A Is For.. MARTHA PLIMPTON Cele…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 01:51PMVail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC is to run from Nov. 3-Nov. 6; the season includes Fall for Dance and performances by the ballerina Natalia Osipova.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:45PMLewis plays Antony and Ashton performs ‘All the world’s a stage’ for our video series, which features Riz Ahmed, Laura Carmichael and Paterson JosephThe final set of films in the Guard…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMTo mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, we asked leading actors to perform key speeches from his plays. Here, Zawe Ashton speaks Jaques’s lines on the seven ages of man fro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM“An American Daughter” and the “woman card” problem
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PMOne of the most interesting musicals to appear on Broadway this season brings a new look to an almost century-old story. Ninety-five years ago, Shuffle Along was an unprecedented sight on …
SOURCE: WQXR at 01:35PMYou can feel the excitement in a room when witnessing the performance of an icon. With over 100 years of combined experience bringing classical music’s greatest pieces to life, Itzhak Perl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:25PMMichelle Williams is back on Broadway, and this time she is taking on a character whose story would make Sally Bowles' life seem like a picnic. She currently stars opposite Jeff Daniels as '…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMFor the first-time ever, as an Official Sponsor of the 70th Annual Tony Awards and Presenting Sponsor of the Behind the Scenes Livestream, BroadwayHD will join forces with the Tony Awards to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:19PMFor the first-time ever, Broadway fans will be able to go backstage at the Tony Awards with BroadwayHD’s Behind the Scenes Livestream during the CBS telecast of the Tony Awards, live from …
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 01:13PMCagney stars Robert Creighton (he plays the title role of the Vaudeville tap dancer turned Hollywood tough guy) and Jermey Benton (he plays funnyman Bob Hope and others) took the stage at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMHello, world. It's your girl, Angela! I'm the marketing intern here at Samuel French and my semester is coming to a close. I thought it would be fun to take you through my typical day as an …
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:11PMWhat happens when a Samuel French intern takes over our social media for the day? Find out!
The post Samuel French Intern Takeover! appeared first on Breaking Character.
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:11PMAs theatre critics for the New York Times, Ben Brantley and Charles Isherwood are perhaps the most influential voices when it comes to Broadway. Every awards season the pair comes up with a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMMEND, a New Play by Steven Hillyer and Tim Marback, will have a private reading on Wednesday, May 18th2016. Dan Lauria LOMBARDI, A CHRISTMAS STORY will be joined by April Ortiz IN THE HEIGHT…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMSven Ratzkethe transgressive European Entertainer Extraordinairewill celebrate the New York debut of his international hit showSTARMAN atJoe's Pub at the Publicfor three shows only fromMay 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMThis new musical with music by BB Cooper and book and lyrics by Chris Burgess has plenty of potential but needs stronger characterisations to make it even better.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:05PMThe setting of Marie Jones’ 1996 comedic play Stones in His Pockets (through May 22) may be Ireland, but its subject has never felt closer. Its sense of humor, as well as its touches of s…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PM
The company put Deaf and disabled artists at the centre of their work
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:55PMFour Clowns’ newest theatrical staging is Lunatics & Actors, written by David Bridel. Bridel’s one-act drama is posited as an anthropological and scientific experiment in progress, …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:43PMHeather Headley's Main Stem return has got theater fans making a joyful noise! We felt her roar as the original Nala in The Lion King, and audiences fell in love with her performance in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMWe are totally butt crazy about this idea! Taylor Louderman (Bring It On) and Dave Thomas Brown (Heathers) led a recent reading of the Clueless jukebox musical. Creator Amy Heckerling also r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMCraving a little sugar, butter and flour? Broadway.com is teaming up with the Tony-nominated Waitress to host their very own truck. What’s inside? Tickets to Waitress…and pies! …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMDiana Degarmo will join the cast of The Marvelous Wonderettes off-Broadway. The musical theater alum and American Idol runner up will take over for Kathy Brier in the role of Suzy Simpson fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMWe've obviously dream cast this one already. Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel's new original stage play, Sherlock Holmes, is eyeing Broadway and the West End. The production is set to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMThe season of flip flops, ice cream cones and Shakespeare in the Park is so close, but before wearing out cast albums by the pool and reading Hamiltome on the beach, theater fans in school w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:40PMThe Emmy-winning 'X-Files' star returns to the New York stage in an acclaimed Young Vic production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34PMCORRUPTION: MORE FUN WHEN CHOREOGRAPHED Now in its twentieth year, this slimmed-down, near-concert version of Kander and Ebb’s cynical and enthralling musical features, as the smoothly lyi…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:31PMWe had one of those terrific stories about an understudy blowing the roof off the joint a few weeks ago, when relative unknown but West End vet, Ria Jones, subbed in for a sickly Glenn Clos…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:31PMThe producer of a new Sherlock Holmes play is investigating a path to the West End and Broadway, enlisting a creative team led by director Daniel Evans to stage an original tale of the mas…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:31PMSix-time Tony winner Audra McDonald announced her pregnancy and that she will be taking a maternity leave from her starring role as Lottie Gee in Shuffle Along or The Making of the Musical S…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:28PMTall Stories, the theatre company behind the successful stage adaptation of The Gruffalo, is launching a new interactive show that will tour
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMA campaign for actresses to get more stage and screen roles has received official backing from Equity. The actor’s union confirmed it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMBy Billy Flood. Billy Flood, theatre artist based in Louisville, Kentucky talks to local black theatre artists about the state of black theatre in Lousiville.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:25PMThe composer and stars sampled the score for Schikaneder in Vienna.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMAMERICAN PSYCHO is a really funny dark satire of the '80s "ME" generation with a charming, insecure psychopath as our guide.
SOURCE: showbuzznyc.com at 12:22PMThe Tony-winning musical will make its Australian premiere in September 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMAlthough Anger and Forgiveness is a work of systematic philosophy it is also provocatively personal.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:16PMSometimes it’s hard not to wonder about the relevance of musical theater. Sometimes it’s hard not to love the form but wonder if the content might be stuck in a limbo of irrelevance. A…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:16PMTony nominee Daniel Evans will direct the Broadway premiere of the play that promises to bring a new edge to the classic tale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:14PMRay is a man living in two worlds. A white, middle-aged financial analyst with a spacious house in an upscale Philadelphia suburb, he spends his free time attending parties, discussing socia…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:09PMThe Toxic Avenger - The Musical has received rave reviews on its European premiere at Southwark Playhouse. I had a coffee with "Toxie's" creator and the founder of Troma Pictures, Lloyd Kauf…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:08PMThe musical adaptation of Aldous Huxley's classic begins performances tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMGhostlight Records will preserve the music of the Roundabout Theatre Company revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Salt Lake Acting Company teamed with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory and the Red Fred Project partnered to stage a young boy's book.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:56AMBy HowlRound TV. La MaMa in New York City presents the Holly Woodlawn Memorial livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv Saturday, May 14 …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:53AMThe 2015 revival starred Keith Carradine and Alexandra Socha.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMThe stage and screen star was recently Tony-nominated for her work in the Broadway revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMProducer Antonio R. Marion announced today that Tony nominee and Olivier Award-winner Daniel Evans will direct the Broadway-Bound epic new original stage play, Sherlock Holmes, by British wr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMMasterworks Broadwaywill release the New York City CenterEncorescast recording of Lerner amp Loewe'sPaint Your Wagonstarring Keith Carradine, Justin Guarini and Alexandra Socha, on May 27, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMJustin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick, who lend their voices to DreamWorks' TROLLS, performed a duet of Cyndi Lauper's 'True Colors' that's featured in the upcoming animated musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMLin-Manuel Miranda warns via Twitter that he will have an usher “make them erase” their cell pics.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMThe Aida star returns to Broadway in the musical revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMThe new Josephine Baker musical stars Deborah Cox as the legendary singer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMSadler’s Wells, LondonLucy Guerin returns to Shakespeare’s tragedy, Shobana Jeyasingh’s Terra Incognita looks even better than before and Itzik Galili’s A Linha Curva is a carnivales…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director has just announced that Ghostlight Records Kurt Deutsch, CoFounder amp Album Producer Lawrence Manchester, Album Co-Producer will re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMBeginning last night, Tony and Grammy Award winner HEATHER HEADLEY stepped into the role of 'Shug Avery' inJohn Doyle's critically acclaimed production of the Broadway musical,The Color Purp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMBroadway's current Elphaba will offer fans a more intimate evening of music at Broadway's Supper Club.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMProducerDirectors Tom and Michael D'Angora will welcome American Idol and Hairspray alum Diana Degarmo to The Marvelous Wonderettes From May 25th through July 31st, Diana will play the role …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMThe cast, including Steven Pasquale and Leslie Kritzer, will head into the studio June 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMGhostlight Records is set to record the cast album of off-Broadway's The Robber Bridegroom, headlined by Steven Pasquale, on June 1. Directed by Alex Timbers, Alfred Uhry and Robert Wald…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:03AMThe Carole King Musical will head Down Under.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The season includes an RSC transfer and Town Hall commissions
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:51AMThe Pramface actor on his Bristolian roots, why he didn't go to drama school and why Philip Ridley is the best
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:51AMWe ran a well-worth-reading excerpt yesterday from The Critics Say...: 57 Theater Reviewers in New York and Beyond Discuss Their Craft and Its Future, in which Matt Windm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:50AMRECOMMENDED Much of the current offering from Esoteric Dance Project (EDP) centers on notions of the one and the many, the individual and masses, and of the permutations at the intersections…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:37AMFiled under: Contemporary Variety, PLUGS, Singers, Singing Comediennes, Women Tagged: Amy Engelhardt, cabaret, Don't Tell Mama, singer
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:37AMRoad trips, nations at war, Greek mythology and even aliens fill the pages of our latest Top Ten List. Heroes comes in many different forms and the obstacles and they encounter can vary from…
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:26AMMoth
Through May 22, presented by Azuka Theatre Company at the Drake, 302 S. Hicks St.
Tickets: $15-$30.
Information: 215-563-1100 or www.azukatheatre.org.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 10:23AMWhen the news came in late yesterday that, just a fortnight after opening, Show Boat had posted West End closing notices, I was both shocked and not the least bit surprised.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:15AMBeginning last night, Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley stepped intothe role of 'Shug Avery' in John Doyle's critically acclaimed production of the Broadway musical,The Color Purp…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMOn this week's BLOOMBERG POLITICS, guest Jeff Daniels reprised his role as ACN's 'Will McAvoy' from HBO's 'The Newsroom' to answer questions on Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the 2016 Pre…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMIn an all-new interview with MTV, director Amy Heckerling gives an update on the progress of CLUELESS THE MUSICAL, the new musical production eyeing a Broadway run in the near future.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMRoger Bean's salute to girl-group pop of the 50s and 60s returns to Off-Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:09AMThe musical casts Grammy nominee Deborah Cox as the legendary singer Josephine Baker.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMThe new chief executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society has pledged to put performers and open access at the centre of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AMA revival of Tim Crouch’s play Adler and Gibb leads the Edinburgh Festival Fringe season at cross-arts centre Summerhall. Nearly 1,700 performances
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AMThe historic Södra Teatern, with its magnificent open-air terrace, keeps the locals entertained on balmy summer evenings, says Sarah Dawn Finer, a presenter at the 2016 Eurovision in Stockh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMA drag queen who can flawlessly mimic almost any woman’s mannerisms and — with a little help from the right wig and a lot of make-up — her looks, as well, is hanging out in the…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:02AMSee how Anastasia is being re-envisioned for the stage!
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMThis cover of Aladdin is too good not to share.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:00AMThe Livestream will feature real-time reactions and interviews.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AMMark O'Rowe's new adaptation begins performances tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00AM
A Great Wilderness dramatizes the plight of a believer who is forced to face a powerful truth about himself -- that he has probably wasted his life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:58AMThe Skivvies star will perform the one-man musical ...And Then I Wrote A Song About It May 13 in New York City.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMToday in 1959, Once Upon a Mattress opened at the Phoenix Theatre, where it ran for 244 performances. Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMProducers The Shubert Organization and The Nederlander Organization have announced the cast for the first-ever Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic musical, CATS. One of the bigg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:44AMThe fourth annual IOAs are upon us
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:44AMWith Show Boat cutting short its voyage, our deputy editor considers the downfalls of not bringing a younger crowd into certain shows
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:44AMBy Douglas Mayo
Hit musical Wicked, has announced its international touring cast today. Jacqueline Hughes (Elphaba), Carly Anderson (Glinda), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Steven Pinder (The Wizar…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:17AMThe production was originally booking through January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMReaders, it’s confession time: Tabard just bought a copy of The Sun. And is planning to do so again. Forgive me The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AMEmma Rice kicks off her Wonder season as the new artistic director of London’s Globe theatre with a gender-swapping take on Shakespeare’s much-loved comedy about the course of true love.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:01AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW, James asked guest Rob Reiner about the prospect of 'The Princess Bride' as a new musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMPixie Lott is starring in a new production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and last week, a London launch event for journalists was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMStop damaging arts education In the recent Culture White Paper, the education secretary Nicky Morgan affirms “access to cultural education is a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMBy Jack Wernick. Jack Wernick describes his personal journey from theatre artist to educator and back again.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM
By Douglas Mayo
Audra McDonald and her husband, actor Will Swenson have announced that they are expecting a baby. As a result the London Summer season of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar And …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:56AMThe Royal Court Theatre has announced the British and Argentinian Falkland war veterans who will perform in Minefield by Lola Arias, which runs at Royal Court Theatre as part of the LIFT Fes…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:45AMSidewalks will come alive with art in the next few weeks as artists present original works and performances outdoors every Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. until June 16 at …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:44AMBy Douglas Mayo
Despite superb notices from the critics Daniel Evan’s production of Show Boat will now close on 27 August 2016. Show Boat transferred from the Sheffield Crucible where …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:39AMHAMILTON's Lin-Manuel Miranda turned to Twitter last night to make it clear that while he and his fellow cast members are pouring their hearts out onstage everynight, they are also well awar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:37AMThe hit musical has announced the cast for its UK and international tour
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMTim Crouch's show will run at the Edinburgh Festival at Summerhall this year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMThe new work festival will run at newly opened The Other Place
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:32AMThere's been so much going on in the theater (and in my life) over the past few weeks that I haven't had a chance to talk about one of my favorite shows of the spring season: The Effect, whi…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:32AMBy Steve Schonberg, editor-in-chief (@CntrOnTheAisle) “The blues ain’t nothin’ but a black crepe veil, ready to wear,” Duke Ellington wrote back in 1942. But rocker, Storm Large says…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 08:16AMBy Douglas Mayo
Jon Brittain’s play Rotterdam will transfer from Theatre503 to Trafalgar Studios for a limited season from 26 July to 27 August 2016.
This post Rotterdam Transfers To T…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:09AMShakespeare Theatre Company is offering: 3 FREE PAIRS of tickets for The Taming of the Shrew. ENTER BY THIS FRIDAY, MAY 13TH AT NOON THE 3 WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON: SATURDAY, MAY 14TH AT…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMThe actress and Grammy-winning recording artist makes her return to Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AM
Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonSet in a post-Brexit dystopia, Melly Still’s production is odd, excessive and over-stuffed with ideas but it’s unafraid of emotion and boast…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMFirst staged a year after she killed herself, 4.48 Psychosis was called Kane’s suicide note. As a new opera version opens, the team behind the play’s Royal Court premiere look back – a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMAn investigation into the cause of a fire at Battersea Arts Centre last year has failed to determine the cause. The news
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMLeading producers including Sonia Friedman and Michael Harrison have defended the industry from claims made by Jamie Lloyd that the industry is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMBroadway Composer Lets Loose with His Friends By Joel Benjamin David Yazbek’s set at Feinstein’s/54 Below was like a jam session—totally entertaining, yet edgy. It…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:38AMJo Brittain's comedy will open at the theatre in July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:28AMThe Union Theatre's last show in its current home will open in June
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:28AMThe Summerhall offerings include RashDash, Hannah Nicklin and Unfolding Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:28AMToday's big news DO I HEAR A WALTZ begins at Encores,NC Stage's BRAVE NEW WORLD musical with Justin Matthew Sargent starts tonight, and HAMILTON gets honored with the 2016 Brendan Gill Prize
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 11 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMLauren McKenna’s theatre story begins as many of them do – at a young age she auditioned for an amateur musical, was cast in a leading role, and only had eyes for the stage from then on.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:25AMLouis Armstrong and His All Stars perform “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” in concert in 1962: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, W…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMOur discussion of the sophisticated works that focused on race, history and cultural reclamation — and defined this theatergoing season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:12AMRare anniversary revival of Heathcote Williams’s 1966 short is very powerful, if a bit too shouty in parts.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:11AM“The unpredictable and the predetermined unfold together to make everything the way it is.” Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
Here are 10 striking stage directions – can you identify the plays they're taken from?“Thunder and lightning. Enter Devils with covered dishes.”The CrucibleWickedDoctor Faustus“Miria…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMSometimes the description of a character in the stage directions says as much as lines of dialogue. Do you recognise these eight figures as described by the playwrights who created them?• …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMMany of Shakespeare's lines are used in daily life – but do you know which plays feature these popular expressions?"Brevity is the soul of wit"Measure for MeasureHamletCymbeline"The be-all…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMDeft, poised supporting actor on stage and in popular television seriesThe actor Tom Beard, who has died aged 50 from cancer, was a handsome, robust supporting player generallyadmired for hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMAre you a titan of the theatre or have the fates abandoned you? As the Almeida puts on a festival inspired by Dionysus, test your knowledge of Greek dramaIn Aeschylus’s Agamemnon, Clytemne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMGillian Anderson resumes her role as Blanche DuBois in a prequel to Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, inspired by the Young Vic theatre's acclaimed production in 2014. The film …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMAs Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet gets an NT Live broadcast, test your knowledge of Shakespeare’s princely tragedyAs Benedict Cumberbatch’s Hamlet gets an NT Live broadcast, test your k…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMBroadway sensation, TV detective and three-time Oscar nominee Angela Lansbury turns 90 in October. Fiona-Jane Weston is an expert on her extraordinary career, thanks to researching her one-w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMNo Such Thing As a Fish, hosted by QI’s Elves, is to become the first UK podcast released on vinyl. It’s out in November to coincide with the Elves’ live show at the Lyric theatre in t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM“Alas Caesar must bleed for it” … In a dystopian near-future, Brutus (Mark Stanley, Game of Thrones) and his conspirators plot Caesar’s demise. Filmed in London at the Treasury and t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMShakespeare’s Henry V, Henry VI and Richard III are recast as modern political leaders in Kings of War by the celebrated theatre company Toneelgroep Amsterdam. This bold and innovative fou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMBranagh channels Olivier, Isabelle Huppert lusts after her stepson and Ralph Fiennes gets the royal hump. Meanwhile there’s magic in the air as Harry Potter grows up – and Groundhog Day …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMWhen it comes to Britishness, comedy doesn’t tend to get further than Michael McIntyre’s benign observations. As the EU referendum approaches, comedians should be digging deeperIn 2000, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonRice’s opening production as artistic director is a modern mash-up, but while the gags are fast and furious, it never fully taps into a sense of the enchanted�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMBaker’s heartbreaking Pulitzer-winner, is set in a doomed picturehouse but it’s really about how nothing beats the live theatrical experienceSome months ago, a friend and I walked into t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMRoyal Opera House, LondonThe dancing is superb, the sets magnificent, but Liam Scarlett’s new full-length ballet squanders Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpieceThere’s a riveting scene in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMThe troupe has accused China’s government of forcing cancellation of shows in Seoul because of its links to a spiritual movement Beijing calls an ‘evil cult’A New York-based dance trou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThis revival of Cicely Hamilton’s 1908 play about a downtrodden shopworker has an admirable lightness of touch An actor, activist and contemporary of George Be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMStar says she is ‘not strong enough’ after string of tweets responding to suggestions she had been a sore loser at BaftasSheridan Smith pulled out of her second consecutive performance o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AMEdward Watson calls constant mentions of his red hair and pale skin in negative reviews ‘ridiculous’ A principal dancer at the Royal Ballet has turned on a critic for repeatedly mentioni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM‘Unpaid bloggers often lack ‘intellectual background’ to write theatre reviews‘ Thanks to some eye-catching headlining here at The Stage, fringe producer Danielle
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMThe actress has said that working in rep in regional theatre allows you to be braver as an actor
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:16AMWe caught up with Gillian Bevan to discuss Alan Ayckbourn, Billy Elliot and the Royal Exchange and why Cymbeline is like Game of Thrones
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:16AM
Here are the results of the survey in which I asked you to pick your personal preferences (not predictions) in 15 of the 22 categories in the 70th annual Tony Awards. Best Play Nominated: Ec…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:58AMThe Landor Theatre has made an occasional departure from its repertoire of well-focused chamber-sized revivals to host an original creation called Devilish. Possibly with an exclamation mar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:38AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:36AMThe DCPA's new production of "Sweeney Todd" is easily the theater event of the year in Denver.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:33AMMelly Still's production grabs the attention and rarely lets go
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:12AMListen: @AudraEqualityMc & @thewillswenson having most important baby in Bway history! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:00AM
Today, May 11, The Municipal Art Society will present the 2016 Brendan Gill Prize to Broadway's HAMILTON AN AMERICAN MUSICAL and the documentary film IN JACKSON HEIGHTS.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMAsheville, N.C. - North Carolina Stage Company NC Stage welcomes Broadway's Justin Matthew Sargent as the lead for its world premiere of BRAVE NEW WORLD THE MUSICAL.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMThe newest edition of the weekly BLACK AMERICA television series with Emmy-winning host Carol Jenkins features an on- location interview with Misty Copeland, American Ballet Theatre's first …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10AMTortorella heads the cast of Jordan Jaffe's new play, which is presented by Black Lab Theatre at Ars Nova.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMSurgery Secrets with Grey's Anatomy's Camilla Luddington
The YH Studio welcomes back the lovely Camilla Luddington, who stops by to tell us what she's learned during her stint on ABC's long-…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
The Encores production of DO I HEAR A WALTZ, the romantic, rarely-seen 1965 musical that marked the only collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim, opens tonight.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMA fight over free speech involving breakdance crews and bucket drummers is brewing on the steps of a historic meeting house where American colonists began the earliest calls for revolt again…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 12:29AMIt was an extremely innovative and conceptually brilliant idea to celebrate 35 wonderful years of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) in a sophisticated, elegant and somewhat ser…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:23AMHot off the back of their 2016 sell out European and South Americans tours, Sydney Dance Company returns with an exhilarating double bill, titled CounterMove at the Canberra Theatre Centre…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:08AMBenjamin Scheuer knows if you aren’t paying attention. He listened and learned while playing gigs in New York’s Greenwich Village.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMFiddler on the Roof and She Loves Me cast members will be in attendance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMReal-life married couple Dylan and Becky Ann Baker star in the John Doyle-helmed production Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMJustin Matthew Sargent stars in the North Carolina production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhich performer made Reed want to jump out of her seat mid-performance?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMelissa Errico and Claybourne Elder topline a rare revival of this Rodgers and Sondheim musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMRupert Everett stars as Oscar Wilde in the production at BAM, directed by Neil Armfield.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLong Wharf Theatre presents the new musical with direction by Kathleen Marshall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDirector Joe Mantello has four Broadway shows running at one time. Is he terrified? Let’s hope so.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM