A changing climate—that’s not a bad way to characterize life in America right now. Sure, we (almost) all agree that our planet’s actual physical climate is changing, at best causing in…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:40PMThe show, at the Lyric Theater, features a story, set in old Hollywood, that adds the company’s usual circus acts to a traditional musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02PMJohn Doyle has done his imaginative best to tame, through shrinkage, one of the great, shape-shifting monsters of world theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02PMTheater for a New Audience has paired these two suspenseful dramas in repertory through June 12 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02PMA preacher spars with his gay son in this fresh and funny if sometimes wayward musical filled with soulful music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:02PMThe famed international circus troupe makes its Broadway debut with a new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMTheatre for a New Audience presents a clever pairing of Scandinavian domestic dramas.
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In an already thrilling awards season, Black performers made up a third of the honorees at the 2016 Theatre World Awards presented on May 23rd at the Circle in the Square. In its 72nd year, …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 10:47PMThe first signal you get that “Paramour” is no ordinary Broadway show is the size of the playbill. It’s a monster, easily dwarfing the regular booklets you get handed at every other th…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:45PMThe production represents the latest attempt by the French Canadian entertainment behemoth Cirque du Soleil to make a big splash in New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:31PMHenrik Ibsen is often considered the father of realism, but the citation is, more likely than not, a result of plays written later in a career that began in1850. It was<em> Ghosts</…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:26PMHenrik Ibsen is often considered the father of realism, but the citation is, more likely than not, a result of plays written later in a career that began in1850. It was Ghosts (1879) and A D…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:26PM By Marcina Zaccaria Sven Ratzke picked up the mic at Joe’s Pub, performing David Bowie’s classics in Starman. David Bowie began his career with The Spiders in…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:10PMA new musical from the creators of Passing Strange has its premiere at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:00PMMontreal company’s tale set in Golden Age of Hollywood is a lifeless, eye-rolling mess
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Singer/songwriter/performer Karen King will be performing her all new live-concert show at The Cutting Room at 44 East 32nd Street in Manhattan on Thursday, June 22nd at 9pm. …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:57PM"Paramour," Cirque du Soleil's attempt to merge its gravity-defying spectacle with a traditional song-and-story musical, definitely has the best trampoline-powered rooftop chase scene ever t…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:50PMSomebody should have warned Cirque du Soleil Theatrical that it would be an iffy business trying to bring Broadway to Broadway. “Paramour” is an ambitious departure from the comp…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:46PM “Urban Stages 35th Gala” celebrated “The Story is My Song” on May 23 honoring Broadway, concert and cabaret star Karen Akers. And what a beautiful night it was at the …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:39PMA few minutes ago, I came across a recent and interesting online article that concerns the rock band Aerosmith. The article basically states that the band has released a statement denying th…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 09:37PM“I also feel so badly for Trayvon Martin’s family, because every single time this shit stain comes back up and he tries to gain notoriety from this horrible thing that he did the…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 09:29PMThe Canadian cirque troupe renowned for its exotic and artful shows officially enters the Broadway game with its first musical, Paramour. Here’s what critics are saying.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:07PMTonia E. Anderson currently plays the roles of Kalim and Dezna in the Flux Theatre Ensemble production of Rizing. A sampling of her credits as a proud member of the New York …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:04PMCirque du Soleil's first-ever show created especially for Broadway has been grossing north of $1 million a week in previews. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMStew and Heidi Rodewald, creators of the Tony Award-winning 'Passing Strange,' collaborate on their latest musical project at the Public Theater. read more
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Kenneth Branagh's penultimate show in his West End season has Richard Madden and Lily James as the star crossed lovers
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:31PMTrouble remembering in which country Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers cross paths? Branagh’s panting paean to Fellini will sort you out. Stylish as a monochromatic Vogue spread, and as …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:25PMThe striking and youthful fashion of 1960s Melbourne is the starring subject of more than eighty photographs by fashion photographer Henry Talbot, many of which have never been exhibited bef…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:11PMIt was ambitious enough of Everyman Theatre to tackle two classics of the American stage, "Death of a Salesman" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," rotating in repertory. But the company upped t…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 08:02PMWe are predicting that Jessica Lange will win the Tony Award for Best Actress (Play) for her heartbreaking performance as the drug-addicted Mary Tyrone in Eugene O’Neill‘s R…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:02PMAnne Hathaway prevailed in her rap battle with James Corden in the “Drop the Mic” sketch from his late night talker Tuesday (watch above). She had stopped by to promote her upco…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:02PMPlaywright Raymond J. Barry straddles the naturalistic and the mannered in “Foreclosure or Yelling at Women Walking Their Dogs,” a new play closing this week at the Greenway Court Theatr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:02PMLin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway phenomenon “Hamilton,” the hip-hop retelling of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton’s life, became the most nominated production in Tony …
SOURCE: Backstage at 08:02PMIn the past week I happened to see two musicals built in similar ways -- HADESTOWN at NYTW and THE TOTAL BENT at The Public. One really grabbed me, whipped me around, shook me up and...
SOURCE: Extra Criticum at 08:02PMThe Tony-nominated playwright addresses the emerging female artists who will follow her.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:02PMSome two-thirds of the way through “The Total Bent,” Marty Roy, the musical prodigy son of the charismatic gospel-singing, faith-healing, white-hating Papa Joe Roy, struts up on a stage …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:00PMThe lovestruck heart doesn’t merely leap in Paramour. It flips, flies, frolics, flits, flounces, trips to the moon on gossamer wings, beats like a boogie and jumps like a bean —…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:00PMTony-winning director John Doyle helms Henrik Ibsen's infamous picaresque.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00PM"Though all three artists use humor and an irreverent disregard of dancer and audience conventions as a starting point, they also reach deeper than superficial laughs." Nicole Loeffler-Glads…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"Battery Dance impresses tremendously with its legacy. It presents a company model that fosters global harmony, bringing together disparate cultures with dance as their universal language." …
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This children’s book Broadway adaptation is not everlasting.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:59PMLONDON (AP) -- Copies of the first four editions of William Shakespeare's plays - dubbed the "Holy Grail of publishing" by Christie's auction house…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:58PMNEW YORK (AP) -- When you see the Broadway smash "Hamilton" - if you're lucky enough to see it, that is - you should know that something important quietly h…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:58PMORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Disney World's Magic Kingdom continues to be the top amusement park draw in the world with 20.5 million visitors in 2015, according to a report released…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:58PMBust out the lighters! Center Repertory Company scores with the 1980s jukebox musical 'Rock of Ages,' which plays at Walnut Creek's Lesher Center through June 25.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:54PMHow would the world have reacted to a Christina Aguilera and holographic Whitney Houston duet on The Voice finale? Well, we'll never know because Whitney's estate scrapped the whole stunt, f…
SOURCE: Vulture at 07:54PMChicago Shakespeare's *Tug of War* boasts a stunning ensemble and top-notch design and live music. Despite all of its strengths, however, Tug of War doesn’t quite work - it has a very spec…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 07:52PMHamilton's Rory O'Malley drops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:36PM“Crowdfunding is the way we fund art now. For someone who has a dream, that wants to be a storyteller, or wants to invent something, or bring something new to the world, it’s is the most…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 07:36PMPallas Theatre Collective, a 2016 nominee for the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theater Company, has been cultivating new musicals since 2010. The company subscribes to a two-y…
SOURCE: theatrewashington.org at 07:36PMIn Passing Strange, the 2007 Off-Broadway musical (that moved to Broadway the following year), Stew, who coauthored the show with Heidi Rodewald, told the story of a young black man several …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:33PMOn paper, Paramour sounds like a billion-dollar idea.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:33PMMaggie Lacey and John Douglas Thompson in a scene from the revival of Strindberg’s play, from Theater for a New Audience.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:33PM Nicholas Afoa, who stole hearts as Simba in the recent Australian tour of The Lion King, has just taken over the role of lion who just can’t wait to be King on London’s…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:22PMThe setting of 1950s Verona is mucho, mucho Italiano, but it also proves an effective backdrop for the star-crossed lovers
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:18PMOn The Harold Green Theatre's The Model Apartment and the Young Centre's The Testament of Mary
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 07:18PMThe Sol Project is a New York-based theater initiative, founded by Artistic Director Jacob G. Padron with a collective of actors, directors and producers, to help raise the visibility of Lat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMTonight, Cirque du Soleil Theatrical celebrates the opening of Cirque du Soleil - PARAMOUR, the organization's first show created specifically for Broadway at Lyric Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMStar of Broadway's WICKED and HBO's GIRLS, Peter Scolari, will soon take part in the June performances of Celebrity Biography. In anticipation, the actor stopped by NEW YORK LIVE - check out…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMRoman Holiday: The Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare Theatre Company According to scholar Jonathan Bate, “‘Shakespeare’ may be thought of as a vast collection of games…[some] games …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:11PMMore discussion on the issue of limiting critics to one comp ticket instead of two.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:02PMNicole Kidman and her shingle, Blossom Films, has optioned the film rights to the Off-Broadway vampire drama “Cuddles.” Penned by playwright Joseph Wilde, the thriller examines …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMIn Cirque du Soleil’s first Broadway show, “Paramour,” it’s not just the acrobats who take flight. It’s the lampshades. In a romantic moment when two characters…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:01PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
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“Dear Evan Hansen,” a musical about growing up in the age of social media, will make the jump to Broadway this November.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:18PMD.C.’s leading classical company stages an all-too-busy version of a controversial play.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:18PMPadraic Lillis
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SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:18PMMeet God’s new little helpers! Broadway alum David Josefsberg and James Gleason will join Sean Hayes for the return of An Act of God. The two will play Archangels Michael and Gabriel, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMThe performer, playwright, composer and director Mike Iveson has preoccupied himself with what makes us human in his new sci-fi song cycle, at the Kitchen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PMBy Don RebarAssociate Director of MarketingBefore his arrival in Westport, Buyer & Cellar star Michael Urie (TV's "Ugly Betty" & "The Good Wife") will host this year's Drama Desk Awa…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 06:06PMBy Marilyn HardingFriend of the PlayhouseAs I was growing up the Westport Country Playhouse was an otherworldly place. And how lucky was I?The one time cow barn, re-purposed in the 1930’s …
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 06:06PMBy Pat Blaufuss, Public Relations Manager &Bruce Miller, Company ManagerRecently, nominees for the 70th annual Tony Awards for excellence on Broadway were announced and several familiar …
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 06:06PMBy Charlie NorkIndividual Giving ManagerA special thanks to our Art/Red in repcorporate production sponsors, Bank of America.If you’ve been to the Playhouse to see Art or Red (or both!) th…
SOURCE: Westport Country Playhouse at 06:06PMIs there any point to political satire? The great thing about the glory years of this genre in, say, the early 1960s was that the jokes punctured people’s deepest held beliefs in a deferen…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:06PMSpecial events will be part of 'Oztravaganza' at the theater in Forest Park
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 06:01PMFrom a purely economic perspective, Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s “Tug of War: Foreign Fire” is a pretty good deal. With a running time equivalent to three full-length plays (sans roug…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 06:00PMThe one-night-only concert will feature music from the Drama Desk-nominated musical.
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Paper Mill Playhouse will present Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernsteinand Stephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story, directed by Paper Mill Playhouse's Producing Artistic Director Mar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:57PMThe Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to announce that NY1 theater journalist Frank DiLella will return to the Birdland stage with the fifth episode of his new talk show, 'Show Bi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMThe annual Educating for Justice gala sponsored by the John Jay College Foundation Board of Trustees raised over 800,000 gross - a record amount - and drew 325 friends and supporters of the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMThis lovable raccoon has been making guest appearances at the Delacorte Theater for many summers.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMStars from Hamilton, Wicked, Aladdin, Shuffle Along, Leap of Faith, Newsies, Cinderella, Spring Awakening and more to perform for - and with - Covenant House kids at Jazz at Lincoln Center's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:45PMAward-winning new musical Dear Evan Hansen, which world premiered at Arena Stage in Washington, DC this past summer and will wrap its New York premiere at Second Stage this Sunday, is headed…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:37PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Hamilton Goes Platinum
As we all know by now, history has its eyes on Hamilton. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s enormous hit tun…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMJune is (almost) bustin’ out all over, and Feinstein’s 54 Below is the place to be to catch bustin’ buds, rombin’ rivers and ev’ry little wheel that wheels besi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMMJ Rodriguez will return to the New York stage to appear in the previously announced Encores! Off-Center production of Runaways. Joining her are a handful of young actors—some Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMBritish playwright Nick Payne made a splash on Broadway in 2015 with Constellations, an entertaining piece about quantum physics that starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson. The scribe, who…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMDear Evan Hansen has sent a letter to Broadway! Broadway.com has confirmed that the musical, with a book by Steven Levenson, lyrics by Benj Pasek and music by Justin Paul, will hit the Great…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMThe Jets and Sharks are rolling into New Jersey! Matt Doyle, Belinda Allyn and the rest of the West Side Story cast performed for the press on May 25. The Paper Mill Playhouse revival of Art…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMIn this week's episode, we have news about Sutton Foster in Sweet Charity, David Hyde Pierce in Hello, Dolly!, new casting in Wicked and Chicago and a luminous shot of Eclipsed star Lupi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMWatch the cast of West Side Story, starting June 1 at Paper Mill Playhouse, in action!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:08PMMichael Arden concluded a week of research and development for the new production of Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along at The Wallis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:02PMWhen we are dancing are we working?
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:00PMAlready garnering awards, the musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson is headed to the big time.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 05:00PMThe musical, about a teenager with social anxiety, will be produced on Broadway by Stacey Mindich, and is scheduled to begin performances in November.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00PMThe acclaimed new musical will head to the Great White Way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMElizabeth Swados' musical will be presented by Encores! Off-Center.
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The musical will bow in November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMPlaywright William Francis Hoffman offers a quirky, weirdly compelling if not totally satisfying take on contemporary American life. Mr. Hoffman’s dialogue is richly expressive bordering …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:48PMNick Cearleyrecently brought'...And Then I Wrote A Song About It' in Concert, presented at FEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club,on May 13. Check out videos from the evening below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMNew York City Center today announced the cast of the Encores Off-Center production of Runaways, Elizabeth Swados' landmark musical about the stories, fears, and fantasies of runaway children…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMSecond Stage Theatre will begin the 2016 Uptown Series with the world premiere of Sofia Alvarez's FRIEND ART, directed by Portia Krieger. FRIEND ART will feature ZOE CHAO, AARON COSTA GANIS,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMSecond Stage Theatre's Dear Evan Hansen might wrap its sold-out run Off-Broadway this weekend, but audiences haven't seen the last of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's hit musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMShakespeare Theatre CompanySTC presentsEd Sylvanus Iskandar's bold new interpretation of Shakespeare'sThe Taming of the Shrew,featuring the music ofDuncan Sheik,which opened last nightinSTC'…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:38PMIrish Repertory Theatre is teaming up with The Public Theater to present the U.S. premiere of the award-winning production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMLazarus star Sophia Anne Caruso is among the diverse cast of Runaways, Elizabeth Swados' musical about child runaways.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMMike Schleifer has been promoted to the old of Managing Director at the Alliance Theatre after acting as the organization’s General Manager since March 2014. “I’m flattered and humbled…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:27PMAlex Sanchez will reproduce the original Jerome Robbins choreography for Paper Mill Playhouse\u2019s production of West Side Story. Belinda Allyn and Matt Doyle will play the iconic star-cro…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:27PMAs one of the first major YouTubers to “make it big” on the platform, Buckley has curated a steady audience of over one million subscribers since his first uploaded video on channel Buck…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:18PMTake a first look at Matt Doyle, Belinda Allyn and the cast in rehearsal for Paper Mill’s West Side Story.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PMColdplay’s “Up & Up” – arguably more inventive than the music – is just the latest in a run of jaw-dropping videos this year.The surreal video, shot through with the band’s e…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:15PMLet's dream up Jake Gyllenhaal a leading lady.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:12PMBy Corey Ruzicano. Cory Ruzicano interviews performance artist Diana Oh, the first in a series of interviews with artists and the battles they chose to fight.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:12PMYesterday, Deaf West Theatre began a Kickstarter campaign to raise $200,000 to perform at this year’s Tony Awards. Their Broadway production of Spring Awakening garnered a Best Revival…
SOURCE: lettersfromthemezz.com at 04:10PMThe standup community's displeasure at Cheggers recycling gags online shows how comedy's rulebook has changedOh, Cheggers. His career has taken some pretty unlikely turns (if not hairpin ben…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:09PMCome springtime next year, Drury Lane Theatre will be the first local company to produce "Chicago" in decades, the Oak Brook Terrace-based theater announced Wednesday. Rights for the city's …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:09PMThe first piece of theatre I ever saw was The Snowman and it was the magic of seeing someone flying on stage that drew me in to theatre. I still love the magic of theatre, but it isn’t the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:08PMWhoever commissioned Blue/Orange’s revival at The Young Vic is an evil genius. Has there ever been a more appropriate piece of theatre to represent today’s political scene? Two waring pa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:08PMby STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS
fuel to the long-simmering fire over whether actors working under the 99-Seat Theater Plan are “volunteers,” “independent contractors” or “employees,” …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:03PMOwen McCafferty's historical play will make its U.S. premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMMark S. Hoebee directs the classic musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
The Globe and Mail's theatre critic, J. Kelly Nestruck, shares his top four picks for this year's Stratford festival
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:47PMAn all-new edition of THEATER TALK shines the spotlight on Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed, nominated for 10 Tony Awards including Best Mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMThe Stella Adler Studio of Acting announced today that the 11th Annual Stella by Starlight Benefit Gala will be held on June 13 at The Prince George Ballroom in New York City. This year's ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMTony Award-nominee Michael Arden has just concluded a weeklong research and development session led by Broadway and television star Tituss Burgess, Tony Award-winners Steve Kazeeand Marissa …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMOn this morning's TODAY, Sean Hayes stopped by to talk about the Broadway comedy AN ACT OF GOD, where he plays himself inhabited by God.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMAfter watching O.J. Simpson getting found not guilty, the public seemed more willing to accept the musical's cynical look at life.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMSeven outstanding Oklahomans have been selected for induction into the 89th class of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, including Tony winner Kelli O'Hara. These accomplished Oklahomans will join th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:43PMThe initiative will partner with Off-Broadway and resident theatres to produce new work from 12 Latina/o playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:22PMMichael Arden directed the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMThe three-month-long festival and competition will kick off July 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMKnown for plays that call out social injustice, the ecofeminist writer returns to an earlier, more hopeful work---but she hasn't lost her sting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:05PM
Although Quiara Alegría Hudes’ "Daphne’s Dive" follows the lives of seven fascinating people for whom Daphne’s North Philly bar is their true home, it is no "Cheers" and definitely no…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:56PMBy HowlRound TV. The Great Plains Theatre Conference livestreams from Omaha, Nebraska on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Sunday, May 29 to Thu…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:52PMSome of the oldest stories still extant of the adventures of legendary outlaw Robin Hood are songs about his untimely demise, a metaphor-rich ballad about honor and being laid back in Englis…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:36PMFor the weeklong event at the New Jersey theatre, master, emerging, and mid-career writers learned from each other.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:35PMGroupon has some materials that are part of a themed lunch/meeting/sitting area that they'd like to donate. They call the area the Enchanted Forest, and its basically a bunch large format l…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:30PMNicole Kidman has optioned the film rights to playwright Joseph Wilde's off-Broadway vampire-themed drama CUDDLES via her shingle Blossom Films.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMHAMILTON star Daveed Diggs has come a long way from his days as a struggling artist, when he first arrived in New York almost 12 years ago.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMEarlier this week, The Theatre World Awards celebrated this year'sOutstanding Broadway or Off-Broadway Debut Performance honorees. Hosted annually by well-known theater journalist,Peter Fili…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:30PMOn 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 02:30PMPlaying Monday nights, the rotating cast performs a play sealed inside an envelope.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29PMGhostlight Records will release the cast album of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of She Loves Me from Roundabout Theatre Companyin digital formats on Friday, June 10, with physica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMLast fall, Princess Cruises raised the curtain on a new musical revue titled Magic to Do, from the Oscar, Grammy and Tony award-winning composer of Wicked, Pippin and Godspell Stephen Schwar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:27PMEven with a cameo by Albert Einstein's pickled hippocampus, the writer's latest American premiere, a drama about memory and identity, is missing a sense of wonder.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 02:23PMBefore playing the ultimate nervous bride in COMPANY, Howland was an ensemble member of several Broadway musicals.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:21PMTuck Everlasting will not live up to its name. The musical about a family of immortals will close at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre after a relatively short run of 28 previews and 29 regular per…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:18PMIt’s Fleet Week in New York as of this morning — and this reminded me that there’s many a classic comedy involving ships, sailors and sailing. And so here’s a selecti…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:15PMParamour, Cirque du Soleil’s first show created specifically for the Broadway stage, opens today at the Lyric Theater. Set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, Paramour will combine a tradition…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:10PM“Alligator,” a play by Hilary Bettis, a staff writer for the TV series “The Americans,” will kick off the initiative in November.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:10PMFans of 1970s and 80s sitcoms will remember Beth Howland as Linda Lavin’s ditzy co-worker, Vera, on the hit series Alice. Howland died on December 31, 2015, but the actress’s h…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:10PMThe most unreliable of unreliable narrators is one who can’t actually distinguish truth from fiction. So it is with Poprishchin, who famously loses his grip on reality in the great Russian…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:01PMThis year's Grand Jury included Michael Cerveris, Donna Lynne Champlin, Santino Fontana, and more.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Broadway show stars Laura Benanti, Zachary Levi, and Jane Krakowski.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMDesigners get an evening of celebration at the Lambs Club.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Korins' work in opera, film, concerts, theater and TV ranges from sleek, hyper-minimalist to homey and crafty. People tend to call him when the job is going to be hard, as in lots of locatio…
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 01:59PMFishamble: The New Play Company opened its “Tiny Plays for Ireland and America” last night as part of Ireland 100. Act I consisted of 20 short, Irish plays in 90 minutes, and eac…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:58PMMichelle Monteith and Soulpepper ensemble excel in this production of Wendy Wasserstein's feminist play.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:56PMSchleifer will transition from his role as general manager, which he has held since 2014.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:55PMClick through our gallery to see the attendees of the 2016 Tony Creative Arts toast!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMThe Color Purple director John Doyle was honored with a Sardi's portrait on May 24. Click through our gallery to see the stars who stepped out to celebrate!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMLet the mind games begin! Charlie Cox, Heather Lind, Geneva Carr and Morgan Spector play a whopping 21 characters between the four of them in Incognito, which opened at Manhattan Theatre Clu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMThe 2016-17 Great White Way season is shaping up! Terry Kinney, the co‐founder of Steppenwolf, will helm a new Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s The Price. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMA seamless production in many ways, James Phillips’ latest is nothing short of ambitious, and Rosabella Gregory’s music is the perfect companion. Thoughtful and engaging, the enchanting …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:36PMAs if Star Trek didn’t already have enough characters to keep up with, “Star Trek Beyond” will have about 50 different kinds of aliens walking around on the ship. There is …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 01:35PMThe theater season is now awash in awards, some silly and some significant. Among the latter are the Obies, created in 1955 by the Village Voice, to honor Off-Broadway. They were announced o…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:33PMHattie Naylor's adaptation of Sarah Waters' novel runs until June 18
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:25PMA man sorts through his past as he goes through his childhood furniture in this work, which will be directed by Terry Kinney.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:25PMJessica Angleskhan, a longtime Friend of Flux, is thrilled to be performing in her second full-length production with this incredible group of artists. Past Flux work includes Tamar in…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 01:21PMJust yesterday,THE COLOR PURPLE's Tony Award-winning directorJohn Doyle was joined by somespecial guests, as Sardi's unveiledhis caricature, whichjoins the historic collection on the restaur…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMThe Muny announced today the complete cast for its production of Young Frankenstein directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, choreographed by Josh Rhodes and music directed by Charlie Alterman.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMOn 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 01:21PMBelow, check out some backstage photos taken by BroadwayWorld's acclaimed photographer, Walter McBride
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMOn June 13th at The Cutting Room in New York City, over a dozen native North Carolina Broadway performers will join renowned composersStephen Schwartz and Jeanine Tesori for Broadway Voices …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, the producers of Hamilton recently struck a profit-sharing deal with members of the original cast, ensuring that those who've been with the production s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMTickets for the event went on sale at noon today, May 25th, and according to the event's official web site, they have now sold out
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director has just announceda new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by Steppenwolf cofounder Terry Kinney.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:21PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder Terry Kinney will direct Arthur Miller's "The Price" on Broadway next spring, Roundabout Theatre Company announced Wednesday. In Miller's 1968 drama, t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:14PMTuck Everlasting leading lady Sarah Charles Lewis shares the building blocks she used to create her character.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:13PMAnthony Giardina’s The City of Conversation is a period piece not only for its era (the play starts in the late Seventies), but for its fond recollection of a time when Republicans and Dem…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:01PMBroadway’s Arthur Miller revivalfest continues next season with the Roundabout Theatre Company production of Arthur Miller's 1968 drama The Price, directed by Steppenwolf co-founder T…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:00PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company staging will begin in February 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMRoundabout Theatre Company will mount a revival of the 1968 family drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Tickets are now available to catch five-time Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner Daniel Radcliffe's return to the New York stage! The Harry Potter star is set to lead Privacy, a ne…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMLeave your troubles outside! Get an exclusive backstage sneak peek at Roundabout Theatre Company's award-winning touring production of Kander & Ebb's Cabaret.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMThe 72nd annual ceremony was held May 23 at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMA play discovered through a development scheme at the Park Theatre in north London is to receive its world premiere at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMThe stage and screen star will portray the artist Georges Seurat in a concert version of the Sondheim musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMThe fabulous Rita McKenzie, star of the award-winning musical smash RUTHLESS!, recently attended a pre-Tony bash thrown by the HAMILTON company. Here she is celebrating their whopping 16 nom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMLook back at some recent videos from the new musicals nominated for Best Original Score.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMOnMonday, June 6th, 2016, many popular and talented Broadway performers will shine a light on Pulmonary Hypertension PH at the 2nd annual breathless on Broadwaybenefit at Sardi's Restaurant,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMPeople all over the world are going live this spring. That's thanks to Facebook Live- which allows users to interact with viewers in real time. That means celebrities can answer our burning …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMAccording to the HollywoodReporter.com, Ian McKellen used his first visit to India to bring attention to gay rights in a country where homosexuality is a criminal offense.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMJust yesterday, the Tony Awards toasted this year's creative arts nominees- the many designers, directors, and choreographerswho made this theatre season sparkle. Below, BroadwayWorld brings…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMThe Los Angeles-based company needs 200K to cover the costs of performing from their nominated revival on the telecast.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMSo — all right, you missed All the Way at Arena Stage and you are forced to your TV as a consolation prize. I’m here to tell you that as consolation prizes go, this is a pretty g…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:30PMPrice, Bottoms, Richardson and Courville are all strong, clear singers; they were well matched in this performance, alert to each other's pacing and responsive to each other's sensibilities.…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:27PM
AtticRep‘s Producing Artistic Director talks about the company’s ambitious new production, set to make its world premiere in June.
San Antonio’s AtticRep
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:26PMHull’s 2017 UK City of Culture programme has announced a £3 million partnership with the Heritage Lottery Fund. HLF has become a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMArts Council England is to change the structure of its governing board, splitting its deputy chief executive position into two separate roles.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:26PMSome Broadway in Chicago subscribers are up in arms — as once was Alexander Hamilton. This contemporary duel is over season subscribers' inability to purchase additional tickets to the Chi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:18PMWhoopi Goldberg took a trip to see The Woodsman and greeted the cast onstage after the performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMParamour transports you into a magical world in which musical theater and Cirque du Soleil make a love child. And you’re witnessing the most miraculous child. It’s so wonderful. Also,…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 12:14PMThe Broadway favorites join a star-studded line-up featuring Patti LuPone, Kristin Chenoweth, Vanessa Williams, Megan Hilty and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMThe Critics’ Awards Program, or Cappies, recognizing outstanding achievement in high school theater at the 14th Annual Cappies Awards Gala were held Tuesday at the Broward Center for the P…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:07PMThe event took place at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMWritten by Brit newcomer Joseph Wilde, the play is described as a subversive take on the undead.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PM
It's divine intervention! Will & Grace Emmy winner and stage and screen fave Sean Hayes will play the Big Man Upstairs in An Act of God, which begins previews on May 28 at the Booth …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:49AMTwo-time Olivier winner Griff Rhys Jones, Olivier winner Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith have been tapped for two new productions in the West End. Sean Foley is set to direct the revivals of …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:49AMDave Chappelle is still funny. OK, not just funny but gut-busting funny. The kind of funny that has you laughing at and with him, and yourself, all at the same time.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:47AMThe creator and star of the new musical appeared on TV's CBS This Morning.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMLarge opera houses are having trouble filling their seats all over the world. Has opera become outdated – certainly not. The themes of love, sacrifice, and tragedy that permeate operas…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 11:34AMI am happy to announce the second show in the American Airlines Theatre next season. We will be producing Arthur Miller’s The Price, directed by Terry Kinney. Roundabout has a long history…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:28AMThe actress on life after Bend It Like Beckham and her new play Human Animals
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:27AMIf Kristen Anderson-Lopez had her way, the Great White Way would look a lot more family-friendly. She co-wrote Frozen's songs with her EGOT-winning husband, Robert Lopez (they’re the power…
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 11:22AMFour-time Tony Award nominee Judy Kuhnrecently took leave from Broadway's FUN HOME to have hip surgery, and was replaced by Rebecca Luker while she was away. Tonight, May 25,she returns to t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMThis is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren't ordinarily addressed on our stages.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:22AMWest End venue the Palace Theatre is seeking planning permission to give its facade a Harry Potter-themed overhaul. A planning application has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMLONDON (AP) -- London's small but powerful Donmar Warehouse is branching out - across town and across the Atlantic....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:12AMActors like Daniel Dae Kim, Constance Wu, BD Wong and Aziz Ansari have become frank critics of their industry, calling out Hollywood for “whitewashing.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMProducers Michael Rabinowitz and Ira Deutchman have optioned the stage rights to the 1975 indie-film success “Hester Street,” planning to produce a New York theatrical adaptation…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:12AMTheatre tickets are being sold unlawfully by some secondary ticketing sites, new research has found. Seatwave, Viagogo, StubHub and GetMeIn! were among
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMPerformances begin in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:08AMOn May 24, Hamilton and In the Heights creator Lin-Manuel Miranda was honored at Sardi\u2019s Restaurant with his very own caricature portrait. Miranda\u2019s success makes it a no-brainer f…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMMonday brought the launch of the teaser trailer for Disney's upcoming live action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, available here. It quickly set the Internet on fire, surpassing even the new Star …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMHappy National (and apparently International) Tap Dance Day! One of the things I enjoy doing is reading criticism from outside the accustomed vineyards in which I generally toil. Which is …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:05AMThe new organization plans to offer programs and services to support the performing arts community.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:00AMThe Ronald Harwood drama will make its premiere May 30 on Starz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMThe new drama also stars Heather Lind and Morgan Spector.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe stars came out to salute the veteran actor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe actress was known for her role as Vera Louise Gorman on the TV series Alice.
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The animated film musical was adapted to the Broadway stage in 2008.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMIn this exclusive Q&A, First Lady Michelle Obama speaks about the arts legacy she wants to leave behind, the importance of art in schools and the cultural impact of Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMApril de Angelis and Barney Norris are among six writers commissioned to write new plays for the Bush Theatre’s off-site production This
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:55AMRoyal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe singer’s life and death are recast as a Greek tragedy in a play that curiously neglects his influential musicOn 1 April, 1984, one day before his 45th bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:44AMWest End shows including The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls and Matilda are included in this year’s Kids Week initiative.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMHer play 'Independence Day at Happy Meadows' will be published as part of the prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:41AMIt's a sturdy, entertaining, mystery set in the heyday of silent filmmaking and in the early days of the Hays Code, which limited how commercial filmmakers would tell their stories
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:37AMAlisan Porter was seen in the revival of A Chorus Line.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMThe two return to the roles for which they were Tony-nominated.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMDo you have an imagination like Willy Wonka? Prove it with Charlie's Challenge
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:12AMHappy Birthday Leslie Uggams Uggams starred in Hallelujah, Baby, which premiered on Broadway in 1967, and won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a musical. She appeared on Broadway in the re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMeth Howland, perhaps best known as sweet but clumsy waitress Vera Louise Gorman in the 1970's sitcom ALICE, passed away from lung cancer on Dec. 31, 2015, in Santa Monica, CA. She was 74
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMSean Hayes stopped by last night's LATE SHOW to talk about starring in the new comedy AN ACT OF GOD and explained why it's currently the best show to see on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMDeadline reports exclusively that Disney executives are in the early stages of planning a live-action feature film based on the Hans Christian Anderson classic THE LITTLE MERMAID.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMIncognito, the American premiere of the new play written by Nick Payne Constellations and directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes The Father, Doubt, Outside Mullingar,opened just last nigh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMTime to get pumped for the all-kids production of You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:07AMIn an online video, the award-winning artist also discusses some of the cities she will be visiting.
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Both will be directed by Sean Foley.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMRonald Harwood’s play about an ageing Shakespearian actor and his devoted dresser to be revived at Duke of York’sIt has been performed all over the world, was adapted into an Oscar-winin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMThe Donmar productions will play at a temporary theatre in London.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMOoops. I've slipped into a hole again. Not to worry; it's all good stuff. I'm working on a freelance piece for one of my favorite publications (more about that in the future) and gearing up …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 09:45AMMany folks look forward to the awards that their favorite theatre productions might receive each season. There is one awards organization that is older than the Tony Awards (est. 1947), the …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 09:40AMStef Smith’s debut Royal Court Theatre play, directed by Hamish Pirie opened at the Royal Court last night. Have a read of what some of the critics have been saying about it. Human Animals…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:31AMA musical which promises to experiment with the boundaries of modern theatre is gearing up to open at Chelsea Theatre for a limited run. It’s directed by Cathy Rosario, who had this to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:26AMZIEGFELD GIRLS, a multi-media presentation hosted by historian Martin Schneit, known for his popular walking tours of New York City landmarks, pays homage to such iconic Broadway stars as No…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:21AMFor the uninitiated (and, in fact, the initiated) Equity’s Annual Representative Conference can feel really quite silly. Performers, stage managers and retirees
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:17AMNever mind his new role as mayor of London, Sadiq Khan could easily consider a career in stand-up. At least, judging by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMWe spent five minutes with the Bend It Like Beckham actor to chat about moving on from a large musical, working with Indhu at the Tricycle and Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer-Prize winning play, …
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:13AMSignature Theatre presents a program of one-acts by Edward Albee, Maria Irene Fornes and Adrienne Kennedy.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:08AMWe've seen her sing in LES MISERABLES, but did you know Anne Hathaway has some serious rapping skills
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMHarsh cuts? We can work it out Thank you for highlighting the grotesque, humiliating and immediate funding cut that we and Rose
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AM
by Jordan Cohen The 72nd annual Theatre World Awards, presented to twelve outstanding performers making their Broadway and off-Broadway debuts this season,…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:51AMShe introduced the classic Sondheim patter song 'Getting Married Today.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:51AMRoyal Court, LondonStef Smith’s powerfully alarmist play imagines the impact of a city’s animal infestation on its citizensDystopia is a popular territory for young dramatists. Its lates…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:41AM‘You can’t start with a pause’ says Birdboot to Moon at the top of Tom Stoppard’s The Real Inspector Hound, but Mike Poulton and director Lucy Bailey disprove this most successfully …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:36AMLast night, Broadway alum Alisan Porter was crowned champion of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series THE VOICE, earning the grand prize of a recording contract and being named…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMLondon’s small but powerful Donmar Warehouse is branching out — across town and across the Atlantic.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:35AMThe Grammy-winning OBC has sold more than a million copies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:20AMOriginally published on PEOPLE.com View this story online Freestyling is nothing new for Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the smash Broadway hit Hamilton, a musical about the birth of Amer…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 08:12AMOne takeaway from the concert: music can be forward-looking and even provocative without being off-putting and ugly.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:09AMThe cast also includes David Bedella and Amy Lennox
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:09AMA temporary venue in Kings Cross will host Phyllida Lloyd's all-female Shakespeare productions
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:09AMThe talents of La Fura dels Baus bring a vibrant originality to Enescu's opera
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:09AMCast for the concert performance will feature Warwick Davis, two-time Olivier winner David Bedella, Amy Lennox and Summer Strallen
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:04AMThe musical took to Twitter to announce that the recording has now been officially platinum certified, meaning it has sold one million units
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMIt appears that perhaps the events of the last few days may have been just a bit too much, even for a fireball such as Erivo. The
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMSheryl Lee Ralph andLoretta Devine talk about the 35th Anniversary ofDREAMGIRLS at the Ford Theatre, July 10th at 8pm. Watch the video posted on their Facebook page below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMLast night, Broadway alum Alisan Porter was crowned champion of NBC's Emmy Award-winning musical competition series THE VOICE, earning the grand prize of a recording contract and being named…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMOn the subject of success, George C. Wolfe has always been ambivalent. Wary.
”When I was little, I remember rehearsing starving, so that when I got to New York I would know how to do i…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:00AMCirque Du Soleil's PARAMOUR opens tonighton Broadway, and the company of Paper Mill Playhouse's WEST SIDE STORY meets the press, so stay tuned for coverage
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 25 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:00AM
The Donmar Warehouse is to build a new temporary theatre in King’s Cross, where it will stage the final production of Phyllida
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:53AMWhat a #StageFaves company! Legend Summer Strallen returns along with current stage stars David Bedella, Amy Lennox and Samuel Holmes, as well as Michael Jibson co-directing along with produ…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:52AMMarxfest, and the Fringe production of I’ll Say She Is (both 2014) were such a flurry of activity that I didn’t get to finish all that I set out to do during those months. There…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:45AMSuperb direction and electric performances - including West End favourite Philip Quast - makes this presentation of Follies in Concert far more than a rose-tinted trip down memory lane.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:35AMSeason comprising Julius Caesar, Henry IV and The Tempest to be staged at 420-seat venue next to King’s Cross stationThe Donmar Warehouse is building a temporary theatre for an all-female …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMThe Royal Court in London is celebrating its 60th birthday with 60 short films in which actors, directors and playwrights celebrate the theatre. In this video, filmed in 2015, Alan Rickman r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMRoyal Exchange, ManchesterTime runs backwards in Hattie Naylor’s exceptional adaptation of the best-selling novel about women condemned to their own personal circles of hell in 1940s Londo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMArts theatre, LondonGeorge Osborne becomes a sex slave in a lethal piece by David Hare alongside short political plays by Caryl Churchill, Mark Ravenhill, Alistair Beaton and Stella FeehilyA…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMThe Donmar will break out beyond its Covent Garden home, opening a new, in-the-round, 420-seat temporary theatre at King’s Cross in association with Theatre Tracks, immediately adjacent to…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMI just finished One-Man Band, the third volume of Simon Callow’s Orson Welles biography. It’s the first new book I’ve read from cover to cover since I got back from directing Satchmo a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMCandid Camera pays a visit to Moscow at the height of the Cold War. This episode was originally telecast on CBS in October of 1961. To read about how it was made, go here. The hosts are Alle…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM Tuesday, May 24, the 2016 Tony Awards Creative Arts Nominees were celebrated in a cocktail party at the elegant Lambs Club in Times Square. Broadway League Chairman, Robert E. Wankel,…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:14AMRoyal Opera House composer Philip Venables adapts Sarah Kane's bruising play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:06AMWe caught up with the writer and performer to chat about the part gig, part theatre piece, With a Little Bit of Luck
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:06AMNick Payne, seen by many as an heir to Tom Stoppard, is back with another science themed intellectual puzzle. It's about the workings of that most mysterious human organ, the brain. Nick Pa…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:05AM“Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely are ‘vowed’ to the service of mankind, yet can function only by pitting neighbor against neighbor. The all-seeing eye of a totalitaria…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMPetra Davies, who has died at the age of 85, was a familiar face on television for more than four decades. She
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
Once again last year, hundreds of thousands of theatregoers and fans weighed in, breaking site traffic records and further solidifying the BroadwayWorld.com Awards place as the largest and m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:56AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:54AMShadow culture minister Thangam Debbonaire has claimed the government’s recent arts funding settlement is a cover for axeing local authority funding. In
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMAmerican actor Jesse Eisenberg has praised public funding for theatre in Britain, claiming it allows the industry to stage more “obscure” plays
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghScandalous affairs and royal tiffs abound in this excellently acted, Scots-tinted take on the brilliant but self-destructive French playwrightThe watery greys of Neil …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMIt’s no secret that two of the top graduate theater programs in the country are situated here in San Diego. But a new survey from The Hollywood Reporter reaffirms not just the national but…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:27AMControversial production of 'Carmen' from Spanish director Calixto Bieito will be transmitted live for free at AT&T Park
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:27AMGretchen Givens and Linda Gregg, from Martinez and England, respectively, worked on high seas adventure over 11 years. It's being performed at Campbell Theatre in Martinez through June 5
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:27AMOften when a new work makes its first trip from page to stage, some things work well and others need some tweaking.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:27AMWhen Hamid Rahmanian says, “I’m kind of like a bulldozer,” the artist means the tenacious way he enters any new project — long work hours, “begging” for funding, camping in rehea…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:27AMBackwards storytelling strangely intensifies its subject
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:27AM The 7th Annual Lilly Awards Ceremony, which celebrates women of distinction in the American Theater, this year honored playwright Danai Gurira, actors Martha Plimpton, Jesse Mu…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:15AM
Director Sean Foley who has recently enjoyed sell-out success adapting and directing The Painkiller, with Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon in the Branagh Theatre Company season of Plays at the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:58AMSean Foley is to direct Ronald Harwood’s The Dresser starring Ken Stott and Reece Shearsmith, in a co-production that marks the first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:57AMJames Dacre directs Roy Williams' drama which explores what really happened during Marvin Gaye's final days
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:57AMWe chat to the Olivier Award-winning choreographer about Jekyll and Hyde at the Old Vic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:57AMSean Foley will direct new revivals of The Dresser and The Miser
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:57AMBy Douglas Mayo
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical School Of Rock will open at the New London Theatre on 24 October 2016. The musical is based on the film of the same name starring Jack…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:55AMListen: @LenaHallRocker to tour #Hedwig, #JakeGyllenhaal Sings #Sondheim, and More! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headli…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMIn this heated rap battle, Corden brings up Catwoman, bad accents, the 2011 Oscars, and The Intern. Hathaway counters with disses about poor ratings, ill-fitting suits, One Direction, and &q…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:53AMOn a special live edition of the Vulture TV Podcast, Gazelle and Matt are joined by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creators Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna at the third annual Vulture Festival …
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:53AMIn the myth, Eurydice didn’t have much of a choice. She died, woke up in the underworld and waited around for Orpheus to save her. Not so in Hadestown, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’…
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:32AMBritish playwright Nick Payne excels at a subgenre let’s call the Science Weepie. He deploys facts to frame or metaphorize the problems of his protagonists, and the collision of data and h…
SOURCE: Time Out at 05:31AMRunning Wild is a theatrical safari with no expenses spared. This latest stage adaptation of a novel by Michael Morpurgo (of War Horse fame) boasts a jungle-full of puppets - a majestic elep…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:25AMThe ticket to the musical, “Waitress,” starts with the lives of waiters and waitresses at a small town diner, but they find themselves in an unlikely romance. Sound like a cute m…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 05:19AMOver the last few years my work has been pretty evenly divided between making work for children and young people (The Scarecrows’ Wedding, Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas) as well as si…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Ross & Rachel
Off Broadway, 59E59 Theatres, Brits On Broadway
Reviewed by Linda Buchwald
BOTTOM LINE: A well-written and beautifully performed duologue for fans of Friends, haters of Frien…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:46AMDrama schools across the UK are facing a crackdown on audition fees as part of a fresh bid to improve accessibility to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:30AMOur sound and lighting designers, technicians and suppliers are the best in the world, serving all sectors of the industry with efficiency
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMJust when you think you’ve seen A Midsummer Night’s Dream in every possible way it can be done, Go People are here
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMWith 4k video now a common feature in most current generation smartphones, traditional impediments to making quality videos (like expensive digital cameras) are rapidly disappearing. But jus…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM
A.C.T. favorite and Academy Award nominee, David Strathairn Underneath the Lintel at A.C.T. film 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' 'Lincoln,' 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel', returns to A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25AMIn the wake of her solo shows called 'Best of Cabaret in NYC' by TimeOut, popular songstress Tori Scott joins a stellar cast including Tony Award winner Daisy Eagan, Gotham's Michelle Veinti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25AMCultural commentator and journalist Lisa Birnbachhosts a conversation with three of Broadway's most dynamic and influential directors... who happen to be women today, Wednesday, May 25, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25AMLincoln Center Theater has tapped Evan Cabnet to head LCT3, the theater’s producing initiative for new works. A prolific director, Cabnet officially assumes the mantle on July 1, replacing…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 01:14AMAlisan Porter, who starred in the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, won season ten of NBC's talent competition The Voice. The stage and screen vet's win was a big triumph for p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09AMCirque du Soleil-Paramour will officially land on the Main Stem on May 25, when the show opens at the Lyric Theatre. Directed by Philippe Decouflé, the production features a 38-member…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:09AMOne of the big visual arts attractions in Beijing is the 798 Arts District. If nothing else, the story of the district proves that artists face the same issues in every country: The abandone…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 01:09AMKelli Berglund Answers Twitter Questions from Fans
The lovely Kelli Berglund makes a trip to the YH Studio to represent for the 805 (AKA her hometown of Thousand Oaks, CA)! She also chats ab…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMCofounder and producing director Ciarán O'Reilly reflects on the off-Broadway company's journey to a new theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe high-flying new musical runs at the Lyric Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMAfter its world-premiere run in 2015 at the Edinburgh Fringe, this new solo work comes to 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
Today, Wednesday, May 25, An Act of God's Sean Hayes stops by NBC's TODAY SHOW to talk about the Broadway comedy, beginning a limited 14-week engagement at the Booth Theatre this Saturday, M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:34AMNew music, much of it never heard before, is presented at the Royal Conservatory's festival 21C May 25 to 29.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:01AMStew and Heidi Rodewald, the duo behind the Tony-winning Passing Strange, reunite for the world premiere.
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 12:00AMWhat performer does Bashor say offered a “master class in stillness, grace and elegance?”
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe productions, performed in rotating repertory at Theatre for a New Audience, feature Maggie Lacey and John Douglas Thompson.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM 
