As the actors interact with each other and work to share this story, the spirit and tenacity in which they do so is something remarkable. Their presence and focus in bringing a significant t…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:48PMThe show’s producers are hopeful that Ms. Hudson’s replacement, Heather Headley, will help the production rebound.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:10PMStylish and stylized, the stage design includes Es Devlin’s white box of a set which transforms instantaneously into apartments, offices, restaurants, discos, a health club, a locker room,…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:10PMFaulty Towers Dining Experience founder Alison Pollard-Mansergh says she tried to get permission for her show 20 years agoThe Australian creator of the Faulty Towers Dining Experience has re…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04PM
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending May 15th, 2016.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:43PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Actress Doris Roberts, who played the endlessly meddling mother on CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond," was remembered Monday as a tireless actr…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:43PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Jimmy Fallon donned a period costume Monday for a "Hamilton" takeoff at NBC's annual presentation of next season's schedule....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:43PMIt was a once-a-year day at the Alex Theatre on Sunday, when Musical Theatre Guild closed its 20th anniversary season with a triumphant staged concert edition of “The Pajama Game.” Richa…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:43PMWhat do Tony-winning “Waitress” star Jessie Mueller and Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o have in common with feminist icon Gloria Steinem? They’ll all be on hand a…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:43PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Jaime Camil will be channeling his sleazy lawyer side on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:43PMAntonio Salieri, relegated by posterity to the shadows as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s journeyman contemporary, will always have Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus” to augment his notoriety, if n…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:43PMThose resolute renegades at City Garage have been tweaking the Bard all season in a triptych project they're calling “The Winter of Our Discontent: Shakespeare in the Digital Age,” which…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:43PMThe new version of "Coppelia" presented by the new Cleveland Ballet Friday night at Ohio Theatre was promising evidence of a company eager and able to do great things.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 10:43PMA decommissioned water tower is transformed into the perfect venue for Keith Huff's play
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:43PMIconic Leonard Bernstein musical to receive a semistaged production in Davies Hall
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:40PMBarbra Streisand performs Aug. 4 at the SAP Center at San Jose. Here's how to score tickets.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:40PMHe's got breakup stories, too.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:39PMOpera Orchestra of New York--known for obscure, one-off operas--really dropped the ball this time.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:39PMWe know you've had the shivers since Fox announced that it would be doing a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the cult classic of stage and screen from the '70s. You've already seen L…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:38PMNotice his mouth never moves. Almost. Jane the Virgin's Jaime Camil has joined the cast of Chicago for a five-week run, from May 31 to July 3. He'll play fast-talking lawyer Billy Flynn, who…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:38PMBroadway musical “Shuffle Along” dominated the 2016 Astaire Awards, which honor choreography and dance performance on stage and on film. The show picked up trophies for male danc…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38PM“Jitney,” the August Wilson play about unlicensed cab drivers in the 1970s, will make its Broadway debut this season in a new production from Manhattan Theater Club, which has ad…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38PMA lot of productions posted minor gains at the Broadway box office last week — but those rises were countered by some big, unavoidable losses at a few individual titles, including R…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:38PMThe 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards gala washeld tonight, May 16, to honor outstanding dance and choreography on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in film, at the NYU Skirball Center for the Pe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22PMThree dance-heavy Broadway shows celebrated wins at the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards. There was a tie for Best Choreographer between Hamilton’s Andy Blankenbuehler, Shuffle Along…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:22PMby STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
months ago, the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board in Northern California supported an administrative law judge and struck down a sweeping decision b…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 10:07PMShuffle Along, Hamilton, Cagney, and more take home awards.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PM
The choreographers for Shuffle Along, Hamilton AND On Your Feet all won the 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Award, which also awarded Jane Krakowski for her tango in She Loves Me. Shuffle Along…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:49PMThe awards honor excellence in dance and choreography on Broadway, Off-Broadway and in film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:30PMIf you've spent time on a college campus recently, "White Guy on the Bus" may come as a refreshing dose of political incorrectness.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:28PMThe Exchange today announced the artists and companies selected to participate in the 2016 Orchard Project summer residency program in Saratoga Springs, NY. Twenty-six artists and ensembles …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth reveals Disaster! shenanigans, and co-star Jennifer Simard remembers her accidental entrance at Sister Act.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:03PM
Update of classic Greek play sheds no new light on a monster of a womanIn this telling, it’s all Medea, all the timeLori Prince pulls off with a bravura performance … Click to Contin…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 07:55PMAladdin The Musical announced yesterday that Arielle Jacobs will play the role of Jasmine in the upcoming Australian production, headed to the Capitol Theatre. The broadway actress has pr…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:51PMShe’s acted in every edgy show going, from Jam to Ashes to Ashes to State of Play – and written many of her best lines. As her own hit play Di and Viv and Rose reaches the West End, Amel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46PMDonmar Warehouse, London David Leveaux’s fine revival featuring an expertly balanced cast shows this 1997 play is much more than the product of its timeDoes it still resonate? That is the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:46PMHedda Tesman, aka., Hedda Gabler, has it all: beauty, grace, status, ambition, wit, and feminine mystique. And, per usual, it’s the mystique that does her in. Studio Theatre’s He…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:46PMTonight,May 16 730pmLC Dialogues, a series of illuminating conversations on creativity and craft, will featureArtist to Artist with Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Steele at the David Rubenstein Atr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:37PMGateway Arch renovation keeps public from seeing restored statue
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:27PMMusical closes the season at New Jewish Theatre.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:27PMBass-baritone soloist Dashon Burton provides some of the best moments.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 07:27PMThe Joffrey Ballet, led by Artistic Director Ashley Wheater and Executive Director Greg Cameron, announced today that the Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:15PMBroadway'sKristin Chenowethstopped by THE TALK today to discuss her film HARD SELL, out this week. During the interview, the Tony-winner revealed details of her private dinner with Prince, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMShivering with antici…pation? Perhaps this will hold you over. Take a look below at the first teaser of Fox’s Rocky Horror Picture Show. As previously reported, the Kenny Ortega…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:03PMHamilton's Seth Stewart drops by Broadway.com HQ!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:03PMChristian Borle is killin' it. Currently starring as the Bard in Something Rotten!, the Tony winner has two additional leading roles lined up for the 2016-2017 Broadway season. As previo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:03PMInitial casting and creative teams have been announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00PM
Here's a medically inadvisable amount of comedy: The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre is hosting its 18th Annual Del Close Marathon from Friday, June 24 to Sunday, June 26 in honor of the la…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:59PMNew operas can scare you for all the wrong reasons. You worry that the sets will malfunction, or the singers.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:56PMWe asked stars like Bernadette Peters, Ben Platt, Laura Benanti and more what the hold music sounds like in Fully Committed, starring Jesse Tyler Ferguson.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:52PMJoe Morton was technically a senior citizen when he won his first major acting award — an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his piercing role as the diabolical d…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:45PMAmerican Theater Company (ATC) has announced its 2016-17 season, the company's 32nd season and first under new artistic director Will Davis. The season begins in the fall with the world pre…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:40PMWith one week left in the 2015-2016 Broadway season, the box office is telling a different story than the one on the marquees. Outside the theaters, there’s plenty of excitement as tic…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:25PMThis production at La MaMa, presented by Spiderwoman Theater and Aanmitaagzi and written by the cast, can be rowdy and playful even as it dramatizes horror.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PMMost shows stay static at the counter after Tony nominations, and despite its single Tony nod, On Your Feet! continues to wow at the box office.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:22PMStartingtomorrow,TuesdayMay 17th, each of the three TUCK boys,Andrew Keenan-BolgerJesse, Bob LenziMiles, Michael WartellaHugo,'will have limited edition autographed trading cards of their ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMManchester ArenaFeaturing a musical mashup of Gary Glitter, Rolf Harris and Jim’ll Fix It, this show finds Peter Kay and co as off-colour as everPhoenix Nights fans have been waiting since…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:22PMThings got real big and real ORANGE on Thursday night at Broadway Sessions, as '16 Drama grads and alums for Syracuse University took the stage at Broadway Sessions. Syracuse Alums Chris Dwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMThursday, December 16 Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally Hubris Productions at the Greenhouse Theater Center 2257 N. Lincoln Ave. Chicago (map) Join Hubris…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:22PMThe season will take place in Old Louisville’s Central Park.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:10PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 5162016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMAccidental Pictures is proud to introduce an online poetry miniseries entitled THE PRIDE PROJECT. They will release seven poems every Monday for seven consecutive weeks, beginning today, May…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:02PMScott Siegel Presents Musicals’ Original Stars May 20
By:Ellis Nassour
As the announcer for the Lone Ranger might say, “Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear” for a…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:01PMRhiannon Giddens will be hitting the Broadway stage in Audra McDonald’s place in Shuffle Along starting July 24, but last week she was caught serenading an audience standing atop the …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:01PMThe Great American Trailer Park Musical is a terrific title for a show. When you hear it, you know exactly where it takes place – and you can probably guess what the story and the characte…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PM
TV networks occupied several theaters last week, cutting into grosses. But overall, the new crop of shows did healthy business as Tony buzz grew.
SOURCE: Forbes at 04:59PMAmong the many reasons to love American Psycho is the show’s inspired casting of Alice Ripley and Jennifer Damiano in featured roles. The actresses forged a deep bond during multiple a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMThe Mischief Theatre Company has now had three West End shows, starting with the ongoing and Olivier-winning The Play That Goes Wrong, then Peter Pan Goes Wrong and now The Comedy about a Ba…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMIn this week's episode, Tuck Everlasting's Andrew Keenan-Bolger answers fan questions about which Hamilton sister he is, best advice and his number one Schmackary's order.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Barbra Streisand's Broadway Encore
It’s as if Barbra Streisand never said goodbye to the Great White Way! The leg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMJust in time for the musical’s 20th anniversary on the Great White Way, Chicago has cast a new Billy Flynn — Jaime Camil. Most recently seen on American television in th…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:47PMA cocktail in a glamorous New York bar can be the perfect prelude to a Broadway show or the perfect cap to a memorable evening. At the Tony nominees press event, we asked the honorees for th…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:45PMNew spin on classic tale revels in the museum aspect of Lewis Carroll’s story
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:45PMBy Douglas Mayo
The producers of Guys and Dolls have announced that Nigel Lindsay will join the West End company of Guys And Dolls for a limited period in the role of Nathan Detroit. Lindsay…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:35PMBy Josh Inocéncio. Playwright Josh Inocéncio shares his experience self-producing and touring his autobiographical solo show Purple Eyes .
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:34PMRenée Elise Goldsberry, Jasmine Cephas Jones and Phillipa Soo performed the National Anthem at the NY Liberty home opener.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMInspired by The Vagina Monologues, 10 South Asian and Indo-Caribbean women shared intimate narratives in an absorbing and revealing eveningNadia was sitting by the pool in a bathing suit whe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:25PMDisplays of historical artifacts and family-friendly activities highlight a season-long celebration.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMHappy Hour, Spooky Action Theater’s innovative new production in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut Washington, is currently playing at their usual home inside the Universalist Na…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:14PMMark Simpson’s new opera Pleasure is as a co-commission and co-production between Aldeburgh Music, Opera North and The Royal Opera House (and presented in London in association with the Ly…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:06PMA few weeks ago, I wrote about the important thoughts Carter Gillies had about the concept of the intrinsic value of the arts. In light of that, I wanted to look back at where the idea of in…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 04:06PMBy Douglas Mayo
Lisa Spirling has been announced as the new Artistic Director of Theatre503, taking up the post in August 2016. Lisa comments, I am over the moon to be joining Theatre503 as …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:06PMThe season will feature two world premieres and a new-play development program.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:05PMAh, the grim lot of the Disney Princess: Drawn by a man, saddled with an improbably perfect figure, Americanized, commoditized, sanitized and morally burdened with assuring successive genera…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:03PMAcclaimed producer John Breglio will be discussing his new book, I Wanna Be A Producer How To Make a Killing on Broadway... or Get Killed at Drama Book Shop, 250 W. 40th St. on Monday, May 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMIt's a happy day for the Jacobs familyBrother and sisterAdam and Arielle Jacobs justsurprised their parents with the news that Arielle will be playing Princess Jasmine in the Australian prod…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMAside from the revolving set, this production set in modern day hits the right notes.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:01PMThis was a brief introductory comment to a prize-giving dinner for student essayists at Hunter College.I would imagine that all of you have heard of the Pen Club, the premier international o…
SOURCE: John Simon at 04:01PMAdam Jacobs currently leads the cast of the Disney musical on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMJeremy Kushnier, Ruby Lewis, and Ryan Vona star in the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Class and culture clash and collide to comedic heights in Stephen Sachs’ two-hander show, Bakersfield Mist, which opened this weekend at Olney Theatre Center. Dexterously directed by DC ve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:59PMAs the Tony Awards approach, several shows are observing box office boosts as they boast their nominations. Shuffle Along, which received ten nominations including Best Musical, grossed $957…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:56PMArielle Jacobs is heading far beyond the palace walls. Luckily, she's got a diamond in the rough who can show her the ropes: her fellow show-stopper and sib Adam Jacobs, who is currently…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:56PMBroadway’s poised to report its third consecutive season of record sales — by a nose. With the official 2015-16 season ending on Sunday, grosses are up 0.6 percent from a year earl…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:55PMArielle Jacobs has been cast as Jasmine in the Australian production of Aladdin, hitting Sydney this August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMIn a short time, Paul Alexander Nolan has made a big mark on Broadway. After coming to town with Stratford Shakespeare Festival's production of Jesus Christ Superstar, Nolan decided to stay …
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMIt is an extraordinary thing to commit yourself to work in theater despite the long hours and low pay. Why do people do it? This is the first in a series highlighting this year’s Helen Hay…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:38PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 5/15…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMSee the Tuck Everlasting star (and many other B'way babies) during his college days.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:22PMHot patootie! Laverne Cox debuted her look for remake of “Rocky Horror Picture Show!”
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:20PMFresh-faced Samira Wiley, a SAG winner as Poussey Washington in “Orange Is the New Black,” is a captivating young actor. (That smile is a traffic-stopper.) In “Daphne’…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:20PMThe Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musicalChicagowill welcomeLatin sensation amp 'Jane the Virgin' starJaime Camilmaking his Broadway debut in the role of Bi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMLiev Schreiber and Broadway's most recent 'HEDWIG' Taye Diggs, will lend their voices to the MY LITTLE PONY film, hitting theaters on October 6, 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMCirque du Soleil - PARAMOUR, the organization's first created specifically for Broadway. PARAMOUR is now in previews for a Wednesday, May 25 opening night at the Lyric Theatre. Below, Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 5152016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMJesse Tyler Ferguson, husband Justin Mikita, and their non-profit advocacy organization, Tie The Knot, are happy to announce their latest collection of limited edition bow ties launching on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMSharon Playhouse, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Simpkins and Managing Director Justin Ball, announces casting and creative teams for the 2016 summer season of musicals and p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 515201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMLin-Manuel Miranda, whose Broadway musical hit “Hamilton” recently won a Grammy and the Pulitzer Prize for drama, addressed graduates at the University of Pennsylvania on Monday.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 03:18PMGIRL-POWER PRINCESSES TAKE ON TROPES, BUT THIS REVUE COULD USE MORE WIT AND MAGIC If you were a mean girl, you might call Disenchanted! a feel-good pity party. More compassionate souls will …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:18PMPHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The creator of "Hamilton" says the hit Broadway musical is a needed reminder during a heated political season that "immigrants get the …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 03:18PMBarbra Streisand just announced a mini-tour this summer in support of her new album “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” which pairs her with some of Hollywood’s bigge…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:18PMIf you were hoping that Lin-Manuel Miranda would drop a few rhymes during his commencement address at UPenn, you will be sorely disappointed to learn that the only bars came from University …
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:18PM“Own a piece of New York City history with a limited edition collectable print from BroadwayPrints.” BroadwayPrints.com, the new, online destination for fine art-quality phot…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 03:14PMMore honorees and presenters have been announced for the upcoming event, celebrating women of distinction in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMHere are a few show clips from RUTHLESS!
SOURCE: youngbway.org at 03:09PMOrson Welles’ 1938 radio broadcast of War of the Worlds is infamous for having incited a mini UFO panic due to its vivid and realistic descriptions of a fictitious Martian invasion. The i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:09PMAdaptation of Lewis Carroll’s tale at Shaw Festival missing a clear metaphorical take on what Alice’s journey represents.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:08PMAugust Wilson’s Jitney is coming to Broadway. Did you hear us?! AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY IS COMING TO BROADWAY! The only play from King August’s ten play cycle to not see a …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:02PMCamil will make his Broadway debut in the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMAdditional honorees, including Waitress' Jessie Mueller, have also been announced.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
All he cares about is love! Jane the Virgin star Jaime Camil is set to make his Broadway debut in Chicago as Billy Flynn beginning May 31, stepping in for Ryan Silverman. He will play a five…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:55PMWant a peek of the room where it happens? We’ve heard your pleas, and we think you’ve waited for it long enough. Leslie Odom Jr. is Broadway.com’s next vlogger! Get ready t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:55PMRichard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II pioneered a flair that was all their own in the golden age of musical theater. From 1940 to Hammerstein’s death in 1960, this musical duo dominated…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:46PMLin-Manuel Miranda spoke Monday at the University of Pennsylvania.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:31PMJaime Camil will play a limited engagement in the Tony-winning revival beginning May 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMBy Douglas Mayo
Following its critically acclaimed run in 2015, Bugsy Malone returns to the Lyric Hammersmith for a limited 12 week run from 11 June 2016. Bugsy Malone is set in Prohibition …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:27PMHello Pop Culture Illuminati On this episode of BroadwayWorld's Some Like It Pop Podcast we discuss the recent Tony nominations from the perspective of theatre lovers that live thousands of …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMWith two new plays announced and his most famous work revived at the Donmar, Patrick Marber is staging a comeback. Tim Auld talks to the cast of Closer, the playwright’s portrait of sexual…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMTwenty-one years ago teachers and directors began telling the National Theatre that they wanted relevant and challenging new plays for young actors. We responded by launching Connections, ou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMJenn Thompson has plenty of reasons to feel good about directing "The Call" at TheaterWorks. It's about family issues that are close to her heart. It brings her back to Connecticut, where sh…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:10PMOn Friday, May 13, NewYork.com launched its newest social media event, Talent Takeover. The premiere installment featured a stellar lead from Deaf West Theatre’s Tony-nominated revi…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:05PMThe free outdoor concert will feature performances and appearances from over 30 Broadway shows.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
It's "Death of a Salesman" meets "Fifty Shades of Grey"! That would, at least, work as an accurate elevator pitch for the bizarre new for-profit attraction in the Royal George Theatre's caba…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:59PMMichael Arden has been a part of the New York theatre community for quite a while, having made his debut in the 2003 revival of BIG RIVER. This year he stepped behind the scenes, making his…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMAdd an honorary doctor of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania to the list of Lin-Manuel Miranda's accomplishments.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThe 7th Annual Lilly Awards Ceremony, which celebrates women of distinction in the American Theater, have added honorees to the special awards ceremony, including Tony Award-winner and 2016 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThe Hamilton creator and star also received an honorary doctorate from University of Pennsylvania.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMHarvey Fierstein's 2014 Broadway sensation "Casa Valentina" tells the story of a discreet 1960s Catskills getaway for "the girls," that is, the men who liked to escape the city and their
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:45PMThe season will include a world premiere from David Valdes Greenwood.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:43PMHenrik Ibsen shocked the world with the psychological portrait of a female “monster of unsexed depravity” in his Hedda Gabler and cemented his reputations as the father of modern drama, …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:34PMFounded during a fertile New York moment, Bonnie Marranca's journal continues to cover performance critically, not academically.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:34PMA ticking clock is an amazing motivator. So is competition. Blend them together with a dose of live theatre and some spectacular technology, and you have Happy Hour, created by machina Ex …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:27PMHAMILTON's Phillipa Soo speaks to PEOPLE about what the past year has been like for her.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMLINE Webtoon httpwww.webtoons.com, the popular digital comics publisher pioneering the development and distribution of comics worldwide, have announced that one of television's leading ladie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMAfter early success writing for the National Theatre and for Alan Partridge, Marber’s career stalled. As he returns with two plays, he talks about how Lewes FC, Turgenev and an escape from…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMPlaywright and television screenwriter best known for The Anniversary, which was turned into a 1968 film starring Bette DavisThe playwright and television screenwriter Bill MacIlwraith, who …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMThe duo that makes up and has created 'Still Standing You" consists of the charmingly suave Guilherme Garrido from Portugal and the dour, heavily bearded Pieter Ampe from Belgium, neither of…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:10PMAugust Wilson’s American Century Cycle is comprised of ten plays, but only nine of them have been produced on Broadway thus far. This winter, Manhattan Theater Club says it plans to ma…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:09PMAugust Wilson's American Century Cycle is comprised of ten plays, but only nine of them have been produced on Broadway thus far. This winter, Manhattan Theater Club says it plans to make it …
SOURCE: breakingcharactermagazine.com at 01:09PMBike Shed Theatre artistic director David Lockwood has called for the industry to encourage “renewal and rebirth” to protect its future. He
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMTheatre risks failing to replenish its ageing audiences with a new generation because young people are looking to other art forms, research
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMMost theatre performed in schools is “not good” and is failing to inspire children to see more, according to a leading children’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMLisa Spirling has been appointed artistic director of Theatre503 in south London. Spirling will replace Paul Robinson, who is leaving the new-writing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMComposer and singer Scott Alan has been named artistic director in residence for Live at Zedel and has programmed an opening line-up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMMiddle-class, able-bodied white men who have the majority of powerful theatre jobs feel “most comfortable” casting actors like themselves, according to a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMJulia Farrington, head of arts at Index on Censorship, has raised concerns that the cancellation of recent shows because of their content
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMBillie Piper is to star in a new play based on Federico Garcia Lorca’s Yerma, at the Young Vic. Piper will play
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:07PMThe creator of "Hamilton" says the hit Broadway musical is a needed reminder during a heated political season that "immigrants get the job done." Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote the inventive, biog…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:04PMRuben Santiago-Hudson will direct the drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMBrenda Harris, Third Street Preschool teacher of 22 years, will also be honored.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Songwriter Scott Alan will be the artistic director in residence.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMFrankly, the main difference between Bianco and its sister circuses is its ambiance and not the acts, wonderful as they are. Every circus has jugglers, tightrope walkers, silk artists and h…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:55PMImagine walking down one of the most crowded streets in Times Square, and looking up to see marquees with black and brown faces plastered over some of the most historic theaters? Well, that&…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:53PM“Next to Normal” (directed by Steven Fleming) is not your usual, feel-good musical. After all, who writes a musical about manic depression? Thankfully, Brian Yorkey did because this …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:49PMIn 2002, the American Film Institute surveyed "a blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community" and declared Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" to be the funnie…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:47PMPulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes and Hamilton director Thomas Kail's latest collaboration attracted lots of people we love. Click through the gallery to see …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:44PMRuben Santiago-Hudson will expand his August Wilson repertoire as part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2016-17 season. The Tony winner is set to direct the Broadway premiere of Jitney&mdas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:43PMLynne MeadowArtistic Director andBarry GroveExecutive Producer have just announced two additional productions as part ofManhattan Theatre Club's upcoming 2016-2017 season The Broadway premie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMSTARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, will be hosted by Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca. Sean Hayes will be starring in Broadway's An Act of God and was nominated for a Tony Award for hi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMToday, Beowulf Boritt speaks exclusively to BWW about the challenges and triumphs of designing an actual river on stage in the beautiful and haunting production of Therese Raquin.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PMThe Producers - Mercury Theater Chicago, 3745 North Southport Avenue, Chicago, IL 60613, is offering a limited number of $15 Industry tickets on Wednesday, May 18th at 8pm and Wednesday, May…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:39PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth reveals Disaster! shenanigans, and co-star Jennifer Simard remembers her accidental entrance at Sister Act.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMThe June 3 free concert in Shubert Alley includes performances from current shows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMManhattan Theatre Club has announced two additional productions for its new season, including Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMThe votes have been counted, the spinner awards ordered, hopeful nominees are drafting their acceptance speeches. And somewhere, someone knows who will take home one or more of the 47 Hel…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:26PMThe open-air summer concert at Queens’ Forest Hills Stadium will feature a 78-piece orchestra.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMBy: David Sheward
A pair of intense lead performances illuminate two new productions on and Off-Broadway. Jessica Lange’s shattered Mary Tyrone unexpectedly dominates Jonathan Kent’s sea…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:15PMThere is one odd and persistent lapse in a Broadway season just ended that is being touted as the most inclusive in memory. Many of the Broadway shows that opened this season focus on what u…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:06PMSignature Theater, New YorkQuiara Alegría Hudes’ new play, which shares a director with Hamilton, has a fierce compassion for its characters and an ardent love for New York’s diversityI…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMAlan Partridge, Closer, an Oscar nomination … then nothing. As his Strindberg update goes on tour, the writer talks about Coogan, creativity and his days as a posh standupIt’s lunchtime …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonShannon Yee’s clever and moving story of her rocky road to recovery from a rare infection places the audience right in the wardIn 2008, the playwright Shannon …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMThe 1916 Irish rebellion against British rule that in six days left 485 people dead is the cue for a festival of Irish arts and culture in WashingtonWhile on the election campaign trail for …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:02PMThe award-winning artist joined the band prior to the beginning of the second act.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMMusic director Steven Reineke will lead the orchestra at Forest Hills Stadium.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe new play by Quiara Alegría Hudes is directed by Thomas Kail.
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She spent 71 years with the orchestra, starting at age 16.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMFrom directing traffic to playing twister, from floating in space to exploring artificial intelligence, this week's roundup is varied.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:55AMLee Wilkof's film also features Boyd Gaines, Donna Murphy and Frances Conroy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMGuess who’s hitting the road (or more likely, private jet)? Barbra Streisand returns to the stage for a nine-city tour followed by the release of her next album, ENCORE: Movie Partner…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:46AMThe season of comedy fests continues with the fifth annual Chicago Women's Funny Festival, which is billed as the largest gathering of comediennes in the country with more than 95 groups li…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:46AMAdam Gerber takes over Instagram for a two-show-Saturday at Shear Madness.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:43AMOur critic spent a week at the annual Theatertreffen festival in Berlin
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:40AMScott Alan will become the venue's artistic director in residence
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:40AMWith so many great musicals around to see in the West End at the moment, it can be difficult to sort out the best from the rest. Here is what Love London Love Culture recommends you see this…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:40AMFamous Blue Raincoat will be read at the June Havoc Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMDressing up as the Rocky Horror Picture Show cast for Halloween is never a bad idea, and this year, super fans of the delightfully zany cult musical have more reason to than ever. Fox has no…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AM2016 Tony nominee Zachary Levi sits with Imogen Lloyd Webber and talks She Loves Me, dance parties at Studio 54 and dream roles.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMFEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Every Little Step star and multiple Helen Hayes Award winner Natascia Diaz in her New York City solo debut on Wednesday, June 15 at 930p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMBy Douglas Mayo
Following his appearance in Bend It Like Beckham, Jamie Muscato will star in The Finborough Theatre’s new production of John Osborne’s A Subject Of Scandal and Co…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:30AMAn entirely new cast has started rehearsals for Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of 1984. Following a sell-out international tour, the critically and publicly acclaimed produc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:28AMThings that go together: Peanut Butter & Jelly. Sonny & Cher. Hamilton & Tony Nominations. But one partnership that may top them all is Broadway & Playbill. It’s …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:27AMCorine Cohen of http://www.broadwayshowbiz.com talked to Jane Houdyshell on the Lucille Lortel red carpet.
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:26AMThe world premiere of Quiara Alegría Hudes’ new work features Daphne Rubin-Vega and Orange Is the New Black star Samira Wiley.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMEncore Stage & Studio; theatre by kids, for kids, presents a youthful revision of Twelfth Night. Adapted especially for Encore by Caroline Schreiber and Elizabeth Pringle, this beachy tw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:12AMThe cast reunites tonight for a encore performance to salute late pop star Prince.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMThe first-ever Junior Theater Festival West will launch in Sacramento, CA, in February 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:03AMSeth Rudetsky's musical send-up recently ended its run at the Nederlander Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe musical was presented by New York City Center Encores!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMWarren Carlyle and Jessica Vosk have also been announced to take part in the discussion.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe new drama is directed by Rebecca Taichman.
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Best known as the rebel leader Roj Blake in Terry Nation’s cult sci-fi series Blakes 7, Gareth Thomas was a seasoned television
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AM On July 7, 2016, The New York Pops will return to its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY, for a program starring Tony nominees Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison and co…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:56AMTrial & Error will debut this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of May 16-22, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AMOn July 7, 2016, The New York Pops will return to its new summer home, Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY, for a program starring Tony nominees Megan Hilty and Matthew Morrison. After a wild…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:55AM“She’s like a pebble in the pond,” explains writer/producer Aline Brosh McKenna as we chat via webcam (watch above) about the title character in her hit CW comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfri…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:36AMA new musical revue about the storied history of Los Angeles is receiving its premiere at L.A. City College.
SOURCE: Haines His Way at 10:36AMNEW YORK (AP) -- Finding costume designer Suttirat Larlarb isn't easy these days. Finding her work is easy....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:36AMWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has revealed it has taken a stake in Apple valued at more than $1 billion. Berkshire Hathaway said in a regulatory filing Monday that it has held 9.81 m…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:36AMIf you've been hesitant to give Lyric Opera Baltimore any attention (and from the empty seats Friday night, I'd say that means a whole lot of you), the company's season-ending presentation o…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:36AMAcademy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren is finalizing a deal to play Sarah Winchester, the millionaire heiress to the Winchester gun fortune.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:36AMFinding costume designer Suttirat Larlarb isn’t easy these days. Finding her work is easy.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:31AMDisaster! may have ended its Broadway run, but it'll still hit your headphones with some hot stuff! Seth Rudetsky and Jack Plotnick's blazin' musical will release …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:31AMAn entirely new cast has been tapped for the previously reported return of Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan’s adaptation of 1984 to the West End. George Orwell’s dystopian master…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:31AMToday, the History Channel announced that they will present the all-new special ALEXANDER HAMILTON wt on Sunday, June 26 at 9pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMAriana Grande has shared a new music video for her single 'Let Me Love You,' featuring Lil Wayne. The track is off her new album 'Dangerous Woman,' dropping this Friday, May 20th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThe company of the critically acclaimed musical comedyDisasterwill reunite to record the original Broadway cast album onMonday, May 16. The cast recording will be released byBroadway Records…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThe stretch of Broadway connecting Times Square and Herald Square will have trees and a raised road bed.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMOn May 4, the 2016 Tony 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMOn Monday, May 16 the Theater People podcast welcomes BRIGHT STAR's Tony nominated leading lady, Carmen Cusack.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMRobert Icke and Duncan Macmillan's adaptation returns to the Playhouse in June
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:22AMEthel Merman opened Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway 70 years ago today.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:20AMEthel Merman opened Annie Get Your Gun on Broadway 70 years ago today.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:20AMThe Broadway cast album will be released in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMThe producer of the first Afrobeat musical to be staged in the West End has warned that the industry needs to stay
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMEnglish National Opera’s chorus has beaten singers from across the globe to win the chorus award at this year’s International Opera Awards.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMJessica Brown Findlay and Freddie Fox have been nominated for the 2015 Ian Charleson Awards. Set up to commemorate the life and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMGuildford School of Acting student Courtney Bowman has been named the 2016 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year. The inaugural
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMPlaywrights and screenwriters “just don’t get” the need for better diversity of talent in theatre and TV, according to claims made by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AM During intermission at Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, everyone was having a conversation. Not the usual, “Do you have to go to the bathro…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 10:00AM During intermission at Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, everyone was having a conversation. Not the usual, “Do you have to go to the bathroom?” or �…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 10:00AM
Bars are outstanding factories for human suffering—and deliverance. Everywhere from Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh to Louis C.K.’s hauntingly great web series Horace and Pete, wa…
SOURCE: Time Out at 09:58AMThe Signature Theatre production features Daphne Rubin-Vega and Orange Is the New Black star Samira Wiley.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMToday in 1946, Annie Get Your Gun opened at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 1147 performances. Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a boo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMSignature Theatrepresents the world premiere of DAPHNE'S DIVE, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes Water by the Spoonful, In the Heights and directed byThomas KailHamilton,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMShe may have been pipped to the Mercury prize, but her latest collection is a winnerAt the heart of Kate Tempest’s latest work is a captivating dichotomy. On the one hand, she is the soul …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMThe Encores production ofDo I Hear a Waltz, the romantic, rarely-seen 1965 musical that marked the only collaboration ofRichard RodgersandStephen Sondheim, just conluded its seven performanc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMTheatre503 is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Spirling as their new Artistic Director. Lisa is currently the Artistic Coordinator of the JMK Trust’s Regional Directors Program …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:49AMKenny Ortega will direct the musical event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMBy Adam Cohen How lucky we are to have Encores! at New York City Center, with its mission that celebrates America’s greatest art form and helps keep it vibrant for today’s audiences. The…
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 09:45AMBy Douglas Mayo
Howard Barker’s Gertrude – The Cry is to be presented at Theatre N16 in a co-production with LWL Entertainment Ltd from 12-30 June 2016. Combining feminism, sex a…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:34AMBarbara Cook will perform at the tribute to the late actress.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:34AMThe forthcoming recording marks Streisand's latest Broadway-themed CD.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AMIf you think you know a fair bit about David Hockney’s career already, as I did, be prepared, you’ll learn a lot more.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:30AMLisa Spirling will take over the post from August 2016
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:28AMToday I'm addressing another excellent question from JudyMolnar'What are some favorite items Bright Star cast members have in their dressing rooms Show amp tell.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:20AMThe new album pairs Streisand "with some of Hollywood's biggest stars to sing Broadway classics," according to the press release.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:19AMIf British theatre design is in rude health – striking visual gestures, reconfigured spaces, images begging for interpretation – Jeremy Herbert isn’t
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWill Adamsdale describes himself, with very British modesty, as “an enthusiastic amateur”. The writer, performer and theatremaker has certainly been eager to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMRock and roll came of age 50 years ago with the Beach Boys Pet Sounds and the genius of Brian Wilson.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM
Michael MustoTheater & DanceLea DelariabroadwayAudra McDonaldMichael MustoPuerto Rican born Holly Woodlawn livened up Andy Warhol films like Trash and Women in Revolt with sultry charm a…
SOURCE: Out at 08:52AMTuck Everlasting was an incredible theatrical performance! The shear magnitude and detail of this breathtaking set, transported the audience from their seats in the theater, into the magical…
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 08:41AMLast week, fringe producer Danielle Tarento claimed many theatre bloggers were not “proper writers”, and that they lacked the “intellectual background” to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMThe Tony nominee tells THR of being onstage for nine "exposed" minutes and what dressing-room item he values most: "A shirtless picture of Daveed Diggs."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:30AMHighlights include three world premieres alongside new stagings of classic plays
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:19AMThe Horizons season will feature a series of productions, films and community projects
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:19AMAlong with five sophomore series returning to the schedule, the network will also introduce several new series to the lineup, starring some of Broadway's favorite stars
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMRobin Milling moderates a Drama Desk discussion on Reviving Revivals with Gavin Creel, Warren Carlyle, Steven Pasquale and Jessica Vosk at Spring Lunch Panel at Sardi's.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMPast Tony Award-winner and 'The Late Late Show' host James Corden will host THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, airing live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Sunday, June 12 800-1100 PM, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMBefore taking on the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's international smash, Crawford was best known for his physical comedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMBarbra Streisand, who last year became the only recording artist or group to achieve 1 albums in each of six decades, will bring her legendary live performances to 9 cities in August, it was…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMThe Madison Square Garden Company and Mills Entertainment announced today that Mel Brooks will take the Radio City Music Hall stage on Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 730PM for an exclusive i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:14AMWe may not have needed another revival of Singin’ in the Rain, but slick, glossy, intelligent productions of this scale are always a welcome sight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:03AM"Hamilton" just received 16 Tony nominations, but it's a big deal for more reasons than that. Here is a quick look at why this new musical is important to know.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 08:00AM
a commendable attempt to balance fluff with substance
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:56AMthough still in need of a pointg of view this musical luckily has the superb Bobby Steggert as Toulouse-Lautrec.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:55AMPulitzer prize winner GuiaraAlegra Hudes' bar play at the Signature Theatre, directed by Hamilton's Thomas Kail . . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:55AMLeicester’s victorious tour bus will be greeted by jubilant football fans as it passes the Curve theatre, which has also earned the pride and passion of locals“Why can’t theatre be mor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMJapanese theatre director who harmonised the traditions of east and west in his productions of Shakespeare, Ibsen and EuripidesYukio Ninagawa, who has died aged 80, was a great Japanese thea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMLWL Entertainment Ltd, in association with Theatre N16, are thrilled to announce the cast of Howard Barker’s Gertrude – The Cry, opening at Theatre N16 next month. The production, direct…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:24AMNicholas Afoa used to be a professional rugby player, now he's about to make his West End debut
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMThe writer, director and performer discusses his new show The Complete Deaths with clowning company Spymonkey, which puts every single one of the deaths in Shakespeare's plays onstage in one…
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMThe actor will temporarily join the cast later this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:24AMThe Pulitzer-winner's new play takes on the familiar scenario of bar regulars forming a family.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08AMToday's big news The 2016Astaire Awards ceremony is tonight, and Broadway's best gather for Manhattan Theatre Club's spring gala
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:08AMWe Wait in Joyful Hope is the story of Sister Bernie, a maverick nun who’s been working for forty years in an inner-city community. Bernie doesn’t fit your image of a typical nun – she…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:06AM
GAVIN CREEL, WARREN CARLYLE, STEVEN PASQUALE and JESSICA VOSK are among the panelists for REVIVING THE REVIVAL, a lively discussion about staging revivals moderated …
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 06:40AMBy Douglas Mayo
Salisbury Playhouse and The Original Theatre Company in association with Eastbourne Theatres will present a national tour of the Psychological thriller Night Must Fall by Eml…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:36AMI am now officially a professional stage director. My new production of Satchmo at the Waldorf, my first play, opened on Friday at Palm Beach Dramaworks, where it will run through June 12. M…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:30AMTHE FOGGIEST In a 2007 issue of Washington Post Magazine, Gene Weingarten recounts Joshua Bell’s 45 minutes busking in a D.C. Metro station. One of the world’s most famous violin…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:24AMDid it ever occur to film and theater director Herbert Ross that his 1993 production of Puccini’s “La Bohème” for Los Angeles Opera — his first of an opera for anyone — would end…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:24AMNetwork adds 'Chicago Justice,' drops 'Mysteries of Laura,' 'Heartbeat' and 'Undateable.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:24AMSir Thomas Beecham and the Chicago Symphony perform a suite from Love in Bath, a ballet score assembled and arranged by Beecham from music drawn from the operas of Handel. This performance w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:15AMMajestically depicted, this epic story of grandeur captures the essence of lives lost and memories everlasting. Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Score and Best Book, …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:10AMThe production opens in Eastbourne later this summer
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMSteven Dietz' production receives its European premiere at Southwark Playhouse
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMJulian Ovenden hosted this year's West End gala
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:09AMGuys and Dolls today announces Nigel Lindsay will be joining the West End cast for a limited time at the Phoenix Theatre to play the part of Nathan Detroit from Thursday 26 May until Sunday…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:06AM“All wishes, whatever their apparent content, have the same and unvarying meaning: ‘I refuse to be what I am.’” W.H. Auden, “Interlude: West’s Disease” (from The Dyer’s H…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:00AMListen: @NicoleScherzy & #ALW in a #Cats Fight, @DearEvanHansen coming to Bway “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headline…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:00AM
I’m writing this from a Starbucks in San Francisco. Outside the window, I can see cable cars running up and down Powell
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMHis 1970 RSC production of Shakespeare's play featured circus trapezes, stilts and plate-spinning – and changed theatre history for good. In an extract from his new book, Peter Brook expla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMThe Stephen Sondheim Society and Mercury Musical Developments have announced the winners of the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and Stiles + Drewe Prize. The winners w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:20AMThe Oscar-winning actor will appear in Neil Koenigsberg’s debut play as an Los Angeles psychiatrist through an e-appearance at London's Jermyn Street Theatre from 1 to 25 June 2016. Off th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:15AMBy Richard Earl
People, Places and Things Wyndham’s Theatre 5 Stars More Info | Book Now Whenever I review I always hope I act with discretion while making the occasional note to …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:12AMAs the Old Vic celebrates its 250th anniversary, Matt Trueman visits Bristol's annual festival of contemporary theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:06AMAn Englishman, Irishman and Scotsman got trapped in a joke… ‘How do we get out?’ said the Englishan ‘Just stop telling it’
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMAny conversation with Ian Stickland is going to be challenging for someone who struggles to work the remote control on his TV.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMStrong showing in noms for annual theatre awards: Edinburgh companies and festivals make a strong showing in the shortlist for the 2016 Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland, announced toda…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMChicago, 1998. Harrison and Katherine are both struggling. Harrison’s wife recently left him and he gave up a challenging career choice for a safer one as a Math teacher. Fourteen-year-old…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Director William Galinksy pays respect to the building’s normal life by recruiting Lost in Translation Circus to evoke Ariel’s magical powers: the stately Jane Leaney at ground level get…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:22AMBy Douglas Mayo
The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performers Of The Year Award and the Stiles And Drewe Prize for Best New Song were held yesterday at London’s Novello Theatre. Clus…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:15AMAs Jason Robert Brown's Parade opens at Manchester's Hope Mill Theatre this week, I was invited to write the Foreword for the production's programme.With the producers' permission, my articl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:05AMPolitical conflict, local gossip and an unstable economy threaten the foundations of family life in Better Together, the winner of the Brockley Jack’s annual new writing competition and fe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMWho is Harry Greenwood? I’m a Sydney based actor currently on tour with Belvoir St. Theatre’s production of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. What would you do differently to w…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:00AM
Imagine if you will, planet earth in 2306, now taken over by the corporation GlobalSoft and ruled by Killer Queen (Casey Donovan) and her henchman, Khashoggie (Simon Russell). Everyone wears…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:53AMLast week there was only one story … Berlin has a population of about 3.5 million. Its three opera companies – Deutsche Oper Belin, Deutsche Staatsoper and Komische Oper – are …
SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 02:51AMFormer dancer Kevin O'Hare plans to bring together the 'most talented artists of the 21st century'After a worldwide search to fill one of the most coveted jobs in dance – replacing the Roy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AMA show featuring three and a half tonnes of coal opens in Cardiff, Katie Mitchell frees Ophelia from Hamlet at the Royal Court, and Daniel Evans makes his directorial swansong in SheffieldWi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:40AM
Melbourne’s Midsumma Festival has announced that after an extensive search the Board has appointed Karen Bryant as the first Chief Executive Officer to lead the festival through its…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:59AMLos Angeles may be named after those who pride themselves in virtue and goodness, but NextStop Theatre Company’s production of City of Angels is a reminder that the citizens of Hollywood a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:23AMCelebrating its 65th edition in 2016, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) has announced it will open on Thursday 28 July with the world premiere screening of The Death and Lif…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:05AMTheatre History is a necessary unit in any drama curriculum. To understand where we are, we have to explore where we’ve been. For example, to understand the role of the actor, it’s impor…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMThe annual awards gala will honor a season of dance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMSo You Want To Be An "American Ninja Warrior"?
YH goes behind the scenes of one of the most hardcore competition shows on TV, "American Ninja Warrior", where we catch up with the hosts and s…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
by Samuel L. Leiter If you ever need to answer the question “What has more holes than Swiss cheese?” you can say either “Two slices of Swiss cheese” or Australian playwright Wendy Be…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:46AMThe awards honor outstanding theatre and film dance and choreography.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43AMArtistic directors of major theatre companies pen open letter saying government funding cuts represent an ‘unprecedented assault’ on the artsThe artistic directors of Australia’s major…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:26AMMartin Luther on Trial, the new play by Chris Cragin-Day and that had its world premier in DC at the Lansburgh Theatre, joins the canon of great theatrical works about major figures in reli…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:20AMThe 2016 Fred and Adele Astaire Awards gala will be held tonight, May 16, to honor outstanding dance and choreography on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in film,at the NYU Skirball Center for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, May 15, 2016 - Sunday, May 15, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08AMManhattan Theatre Club hosts its annual Spring Gala tonight, May 16 at Cipriani 42nd Street 110 East 42nd Street honoring Marie T. Gallagher, Senior Vice President, PepsiCo, Inc.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08AMPlus, watch clip of Prince shredding Gershwin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM2016 Tony nominees Carmen Cusack, Danielle Brooks, Adrienne Warren and Danny Burstein are among the guests.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs McDonald champions young playwrights, the New Dramatists celebrates her unique talents.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Texas Hold ‘em poker tournament is being held at Sardi's.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHint: It’s not his dog, Leaf. The Fully Committed star spills.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe actor talks complexity, ambiguity and irresolvable questions in the latest revival of the Arthur Miller classic.
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