Following its critically-acclaimed premiere in Melbourne in 2013, award winning playwright Wayne Tunks presents the Sydney premiere season of his gritty Australian drama, Flame Trees at Th…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:54PMThe Fairy Princess was feeling ok about her last blog – which was published this morning, and she thought she had, like a hot second of respite from the abject foolishness that is show…
SOURCE: fairyprincessdiaries.com at 11:21PMRevel in the remarkable talent of Sean Hayes, in An Act of God, while you have the chance.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:17PMThe winners of the 2016 NSW Creative Achievement Awards have been announced at a gala awards ceremony at the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) in Sydney’s Circular Quay on Monday…
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:10PMGiven all the attention recently being paid to the release of Americans for the Arts’ Statement on Cultural Equity, I thought it would be a good time to call attention to the draft of …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:10PMGod reprises his stage role as a gay white male sitcom star in “an hour and a half of comedy heaven” at the Booth Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:01PMThis play at Lincoln Center’s Claire Tow Theater conjures a fractious family in a hospital setting, a limbo populated by apes, and a wartime romance.
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By Michael BlockWhether we realize it or not, fairy tales have a special place in our lives. These stories have been passed down from generations to generations. And through time, the storie…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:21PMI first interviewed Peter Shaffer in 1990 when he was about to open his play “Lettice and Lovage,” starring a delightfully daffy Maggie Smith, on Broadway. I’d been a fan of Shaffer’…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:21PMby Samuel L. Leiter What kind of historical figures make the best subjects for biographical musicals? Political leaders and royalty? Musical, theatrical, or cinematic personalities? Religiou…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:21PMAs subversions go, you could hardly trump David Javerbaum’s An Act of God, which plays like a lay-’em-in-the-aisles one-man comedy despite being (as I wrote in my review of its limited r…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:18PMA new Glass Menagerie is making its way to Broadway — wait, wasn't there just a Glass Menagerie on Broadway? Or was that in the past, back when we were just Southern belles, gent…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:18PMTwenty plays and 16 musicals opened during the 2015–2016 Broadway season. Most of the plays were pretty good or better; most of the musicals were not. Despite this, the musicals, as always…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:18PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins' new play <em>War</em>, from Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3, begins in a hospital room, with two women sitting vigil over what seems to be a mannequin/patie…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:13PMSibling rivalry is more than just monkey business in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' new play.
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Celebrity stylist George Brescia shares his top fashion picks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33PMThe traditional hand-puppet comedy Punch and Judy gets the live-action treatment for a raucously funny Fringe show. Ultra-violent, racist, sexist, profane and pitch black in tone,
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:21PM ‘El Paso Blue’ in long-awaited East Coast Premiere at GALA It took roughly 20 years for Octavio Solis’ El Paso Blue to make it to Washington, DC. But now that it has arrived, th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:20PMTwo mothers are lying, apparently asleep, in hospital beds in a shared room in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center o…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:12PMMother is comatose in a hospital bed after a stroke. Her two grown children and assorted family members gather around her. But since the play is called "War" and the playwright is the unstop…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 09:12PMChichester Festival TheatrePeter Shaffer's spectacle of Mozart's mediocre rival distorts historical reality but remains compelling and stylishly presentedFew living dramatists write big star…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMAs the Abba extravaganza celebrates its 15th anniversary, revisit the musical's unstoppable success – as measured in dollars, bras and rhinestonesTwo bn Total box-office gross, in dollars.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMDavid Javerbaum's nightclubby comedy returns to Broadway for another summer engagement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10PMCharitybuzz's new auction offers a chance to meet the music icons while helping young women get the education they need to achieve their dreams.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07PMDavid Javerbaum's imaginary chat with the Lord returns to Broadway with Sean Hayes.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00PMFamily tensions escalate after a matriarch suffers a stroke in the latest provocative drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, author of 'An Octoroon' and 'Gloria.' read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PM
"An Act of God" begs the question "Why is Donald Trump allowed to roam the earth?"
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 08:42PMHis works resonated on both sides of the Atlantic, on-screen as well as onstage.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:15PMThe lord our creator is back for a second summer, this time with the "Will & Grace" co-star overseeing the universe. Hayes, alternatingly wicked and charming, is a God with some gravitas.
SOURCE: NBC New York at 08:12PMFormer Sex and the City actor describes debilitating condition that forced her to quit starring role on London stage last yearThe former Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has spoken of her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10PMMillburn, New Jersey's Playhouse since 1938 receives this year's Regional Theatre Tony Award.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PMSTARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just last week in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out for the an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PMIn anticipation of his upcoming gig as host of the 2016 Tony Awards, 'LATE LATE SHOW' frontman James Corden has enlisted Broadway's top talent for his next installment of the popular Carpool…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PMOn the secondary market, Orchestra Row B Seats 2-4 are currently going for $9,998.96 apiece on Ticketmaster for the 8 o’clock performance on Saturday, July 9. Wanna save $854.98 per ticket…
SOURCE: The Wrap at 08:01PMWAR(Off-Broadway at LCT3)Review by David Levy
So much of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s latest is summed up in its name, War. The title simultaneously refers to a family at odds with each other,…
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 08:01PMWAR(Off-Broadway at LCT3)Review by David LevySo much of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s latest is summed up in its name, War. The title simultaneously refers to a family at odds with each other, …
SOURCE: reviews250.tumblr.com at 08:01PM"For thirty years the Performance Mix Festival has provided a unique platform for experimentation and creative risk-taking by both emerging and established artists."
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 08:00PM"The high-art severance of physicality and emotion, of sensuousness or sensuality and conscious recognition, is still sexy-cool, even today." Mindy Aloff, New York.
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Award-winning lighting designer to head growing undergraduate program
SOURCE: arts.princeton.edu at 07:39PMThe best part of your Monday? Clicking through Broadway.com's latest hot shot roundup! Take a peek as Sara Bareilles, Norm Lewis, Darren Criss and more take us under the sea at the Holly…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:31PMLovers of literature rightly treasure the works of James Joyce ....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:28PMSix thousand years is a pretty long run, so who can blame the Powers That Be for calling in a replacement? Wait, sorry, He is the Powers That Be, so... Oh, forget it....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:28PMHer delivery of 'Poor Unfortunate Souls' at the Hollywood Bowl was fierce.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:28PMHis (superb) Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist from last year, Gloria, notwithstanding, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's works are among the most compelling that new playwrights are producing about …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:28PM'Mary Poppins Returns' and 'In the Heights' lead a sudden onscreen boom.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:28PMThe British playwright's works also include 'Amadeus.'
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:28PMRowling repeated her enthusiasm of black actor Noma Dumezweni's casting.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:28PM"It’s wonderful that you’re allowed to have a butt nowadays.”
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:28PMA Tennessee Williams classic is headed back to Broadway, with Sally Field as its leading lady.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:28PMBomb Scare: Red Herring at the Providence Players Red Herring at the Providence Players is a delightful mix of murder mystery, romance, and broad farce. A noir of the 1950s, it reminds us …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:27PMThe weeks leading up to the Tony Awards are a bit of a wasteland as shows brace for the industry's biggest night.
SOURCE: Forbes at 07:25PMVeteran film icons Academy Award® nominee Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings franchise, The [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:13PMThey paved paradise and put up a Hard Rock Hotel.
A block of West 48th Street in Manhattan once known as Mecca for musicians of every stripe but especially rockers, will soon be home to New …
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:13PMSTARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just last week in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out for the an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:09PMRudin, who started in theater age 15, owes a lot to the producers who taught him his craft. "They were giants," he says. All five of Rudin's current shows have been nominated for Tony Awards.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:09PMPlaywright Peter Shaffer has died. He was best known for Equus and Amadeus, both of which became movies.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 07:09PMBroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at The Stratford Festival's new production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. In this clip, Sara Farb performs 'The Miller's Son.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06PMThe playwright was a classicist who distanced himself from the angry young men of his generation in elegantly structured dramas such as 'Amadeus' and 'Equus.'read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 07:05PM
Choreographer Brian Brooks, the director of his own New York City-based dance company that tours nationally and internationally, was named the inaugural Choreographer in Residence at Chicago…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:55PMWere we lied to? Was it legal? Was it wrong? Was it avoidable? What were the consequences? Chilcot answers none of these questions. Chilcot cleverly presents you with seemingly neutral and u…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48PMWin tickets to National Theatre Connections 2016 NT Connections 2016 | Olivier Theatre Connections is the National Theatre’s annual festival of new plays for youth theatres and school…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48PM“I promised the 323 people who died [in the Falklands War] that every time I told their story, I would do it to honour their deaths” – Ruben Otero, cast member and survivor of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48PMJesse Eisenberg brings his searing play and three-fifths of the American cast to London . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:42PMThrough June 26 she'll be appearing as Hortensio in Shakespeare in the Park's all-female production of The Taming of the Shrew.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:42PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending June 6th, 2016.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 06:42PMI think of Lincoln Center Theater like its own Kingdom. In fact, if Broadway were Game of Thrones, then Lincoln Center would be Highgarden, a beautiful land off in the distance that produce…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 06:42PMLOVERLY The most insidiously satirical moment in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore comes when a lowly sailor and his captain must instantly switch places when we learn that the latter…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:42PMPeter Shaffer, the Academy Award-winning British playwright whose stage dramas "Amadeus" and "Equus" were turned into acclaimed movies, has died. He was 90. Shaffer died early Monday at the …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:42PMThe legendary pop group ABBA gave an impromptu performance at a hotel in Stockholm. According to the Expressen, Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:42PMLONDON — Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90.Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, says Shaffer died Monday while…
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 06:42PMAmerican Express Platinum and Centurion card holders get first crack at the 'Hamilton' tickets, which start at $179
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:42PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The award-winning British playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, best known for penning "Amadeus" and "Equus," died Monday in County Cork, Ireland, of pneumonia and age-relate…
SOURCE: Reuters at 06:36PMIn a celebration of Broadway and Off-Broadway hosted by Michael Urie at The Town Hall June 5, the 61st annual Drama Desk Awards recognized some of the most talented artists of the 2015&ndash…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:36PMThe Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, better known among Broadway aficionados as the Tonys, have been around since 1947. How is it, then, that these 14 terrifically talented…
SOURCE: Backstage at 06:35PMTwo-time Academy Award winner Sally Field and two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello will return to the Broadway stage next season to star in Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menager…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35PMDreamWorks has hired Krysty Wilson-Cairns to write the screenplay for its adaptation of Gay Talese’s “The Voyeur’s Motel” with Sam Mendes directing and producing. Steven Spie…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35PM“American Psycho,” one of the musicals mostly left out of this year’s Tony Awards race, got a nice boost at the Broadway box office in its final week on the boards —…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:35PM“The thing I love about ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ is that we constantly set up clichés, to smash them right in front of you” declares actress Donna Lynne Champlin during our lively web…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:34PMMegan Fairchild stops by #LiveatFive to chat about Irish Rep's gala concert of Finian's Rainbow and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:32PMAmerican Psycho, its box office comatose for weeks since opening this spring, went out with a bang last week, posting a sales boost of $180K at the Shubert Organization’s Schoenfeld Th…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:22PMHere’s what we know about the three live-performance versions of “Frozen” underway — including one by sea.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:22PMby ED RAMPELL
first play I saw in Los Angeles upon my return from Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, was Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape, playing at the Odyssey Theatre through July 17. …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 06:15PMWoolly Mammoth production handles hot-button subjects with humor and smarts.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:06PMShuffle Along and The Humans won top honors at the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards, nabbing the Outstanding Musical and Play citations, respectively. She Loves Me was also a big winner, tying …
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 06:02PMThere’s practically nothing more thrilling than watching the house curtain slowly rise to reveal the feet of a company of over thirty dancers, all tapping in
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 06:01PM
Just you wait Come Tonys night, anew block of tickets for Hamilton will go on sale, covering January 2017 to May 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMSTARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just last week in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out for the an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMGlistening with hand polished sparkle, Lyric Opera of Melbourne’s colourful new staging of Rossini’s one-act comedy Il Signor Bruschino is a frothy delight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:58PMThe 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards was hosted by Michael Urie Buyer and Cellar, Ugly Betty on June 5, 2016 at The Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street in NYC.
Jessica Lange (Outs…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 05:46PMThe Election Day playwright returns Off-Broadway with Lone Star Spirits.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMAn Act of God, the return engagement of David Javerbaum’s comedy in which the Almighty sets some new ground rules for us mortals, opens tonight at the Booth Theater for a limited run t…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 05:44PMSally Field (Hello, My Name Is Doris) will play Amanda Wingfield, one of the American theater’s most resonant leading roles, in a Broadway revival next season of Tennessee WilliamsR…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:26PMTony, Oscar and Golden Globe award-winning lyricist Tim Rice is coming to Auburn, New York, this summer for the North American premiere of his new musical based on the novel by James Jones, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 662016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Grandage, the noted theater director, has made his first movie. And it's about another world of the arts entirely - books....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:19PMLONDON (AP) -- Playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died at the age of 90....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:19PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway this spring in a revival of "The Glass Menagerie," playing a part she has tackled before …
SOURCE: Associated Press at 05:19PMAn elderly woman, her son and a dozens of Molotov cocktails set the stage for 'Velocity of Autumn,' Eric Coble's drama about the indignities of aging.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:18PMJ.K. Rowling doesn’t upset critics’ reasoning why Hermione should be white in new London stage play
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:18PMTown Hall Theatre presents 'Play It Again, Sam,' an early romantic comedy by Woody Allen, through June 25 in Lafayette.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:18PMMost shows demonstrated a drop at the box office last week, in part due to the impact of the Memorial Day weekend.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:18PMThe musical adaptation of American Psycho fell victim to the post-Tony nomination killing spree, but it at least played a final week closer than ever to selling out. The musical, which took …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMWith stunning revivals and historic new hits, this wonderful Broadway season has had theater fans yelling "Yasss!" All will be revealed on June 12 at the 70th annual Tony Awards, a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:14PMProducer Scott Rudin announced today that two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field and two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello will return to the Broadway stage next season to star in…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:14PMWith today’s news on the passing of playwright Peter Shaffer, The Acting Companywill be dedicating their one night only staged reading of Lettice and Lovage on Monday, June 13 at 7 p.m…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:14PMRead the feature article about The Trans Theatre Festival from Time Out New York!Trans characters have become a growing presence in the arts over the past few years, from award-winning …
SOURCE: bricktheater.blogspot.com at 05:10PMCritics of a black Hermione Granger in the London play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" just don't get it.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:10PMYes, the Greatest starred on Broadway. A fan recalls the Muhammad Ali in "Buck White."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 05:10PMScott Rudin’s very full Broadway plate has gotten a little bit lighter, with the producer deciding to step away from the brewing musical version of “Groundhog Day,” which …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:09PM
The American playwright's masterpiece, an explosive story of sexual repression, has suffered at the hands of directors and censorsGiven that it is Tennessee Williams's best play, it is surpr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:55PMScott Rudin, producer ofhit shows, such as BOOK OF MORMON, and lead producer of 5 Tony nominated shows this year, including Drama Desk Award Winners THE HUMANS and SHUFFLE ALONG, recently sa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of June 6-12, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMMaya amp Marty welcomes a star-studded guest lineup for Tuesday's episode 10-11p.m. ETPT when Drake, Tina Fey, Sean Hayes and Steve Martin come to play with Maya Rudolph and Martin Short.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMThe Muny announced today the complete cast for its production of Elton John and Tim Rice'sAidadirected by Matt Lenz, choreographed by Jon Rua and music directed by Andrew Graham.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:55PMI would say based on the thousands of stories we sift through every day at ArtsJournal, diversity and cultural equity (along with funding) are right now probably the biggest issues being tal…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:48PMRowling said she fully supported the casting because Noma Dumezweni was the best actress for the job
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 04:45PMThe primary reason I wrote this book was for people to appreciate exactly what it is to be a producer. He or she has to be the captain of the ship in every respect – they start with the id…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:44PMBy Christopher Diercksen. In the kick-off to this new series, Christopher Diercksen, Artistic Director of Team Awesome Robot, share’s the company’s process for producing their second sho…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:40PMRose dancer, 1914. Image ID: 5208659
It is almost time for the Library’s fabulous Anti-Prom. On Friday, June 17, New York teens will assemble on the steps of the Schwarzman Building and…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 04:31PMProducer Scott Rudin announced today that two-time Academy Award winner Sally Field and two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello will return to the Broadway stage next season to star in Tenne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMArtistic Director Oskar Eustis was recently featured in the latest episode of The New Yorker Radio Hour, co-produced by WNYC Studios, where he was interviewed by New Yorker editor David Remn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMJoe Mantello and Finn Wittrock will also star in Tennessee Williams’s 1944 drama, which will be directed by Sam Gold and start showing on Feb. 14.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:31PMMovie versions of Mr. Shaffer’s ambitious plays helped elevate his status at home in Britain and in the United States.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:31PMTony-winning 'Fun Home' director Sam Gold will stage the Tennessee Williams drama, with Finn Wittrock and Madison Ferris rounding out the cast and Scott Rudin producing. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:27PMEXCLUSIVE: Accepting the best musical Tony Award for The Book of Mormon in 2011, co-director and co-writer Trey Parker broke up the Beacon Theater audience by thanking “a co-writer who p…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:24PMThe Jersey Boys perform lip syncs to each of the 2016 Best Musical Tony Awards nominees.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:22PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Aaron Tveit Heading to Boston
Attention Tveiter Tots! There's another chance to get up close and p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PMTony-winning director Joe Mantello will return to center stage in a new Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie. He’ll take on the role of Tom Wingfield, joining the previously specula…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:13PMLandree Fleming, the wholly delightful star of the new production of "Xanadu" at American Theater Company, is perhaps the biggest musical-comedy talent to emerge from Chicago since Jackie Ho…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:05PMPerformances will begin in February 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMThe classic Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical is directed by Mark S. Hoebee at Paper Mill Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe production will be directed by Sam Gold.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Emmy- and Oscar-winner Sally Field will return to Broadway in a revival of “The Glass Menagerie.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:57PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 652016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMA Hamilton reunion is on the way as Phillipa Soo, who portrays Eliza Hamilton in the hit hip hop musical, will once again sing the music of her fictional stage hubby Lin-Manuel Miranda
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMTony Award-winner Ben Vereen attended a performance of Disney'sNewsiesin San Diego at The Civic Theatre on Sunday, June 5. Check out a photo below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMWhen it comes to acting, Brian Stokes Mitchell has done it all from television, to film and Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMWelcome 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 652016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMCast members from the Tony-nominated revival of The Color Purple made their way to The Laurie Beechman Theatre on Thursday evening for Broadway Sessions. It became clearpretty darn quickthat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMThe playwright was a commercial success, but his works could only have been created in subsidised venuesPeter Shaffer obituaryFew writers achieve the lucrative double of writing an internati…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:49PMAuthor pleads with critics and those attending previews ‘to keep the secrets’ of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child JK Rowling has pleaded with theatregoers fortunate enough to have tick…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:49PMSchool of Rock has garnered four nominations at the Tony Awards, including one for Lord Webber's score - his first for a decade
SOURCE: The Independent at 03:44PMWelcome 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 6/5/…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMPerformances will begin in August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMIt's the latest project from Matilda composer Tim Minchin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMOnce again the Old Red Lion hits the nail of everything pub theatre should be on the head, housing Richard D Sheridan’s Odd Shaped Balls. Another punchy, socially relevant and boundary-bas…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:25PM"The more it evolved, the more it felt that there was no way for me to do what I like to do," he said. "It's a great show, and I'm sure it will be a big hit."read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:20PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth has trouble with his calendar, Tony nominee Alex Brightman stops by SethSpeaks, and Disaster!'s Jennifer Simard performs at Stars in the Alley (W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMWhen “Buck White,” a musical by Oscar Brown, Jr. and produced by Zev Buffman, opened on Broadway in December of 1969, there were picketers protesting outside the theater while the mood i…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:17PMThe Drama Desk Awards highlight the best of Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway. She Loves Me and Shuffle Along were among 2016’s big winners. Take a look at the complete …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PMWhen Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phillipa Soo go their separate ways following their runs in Hamilton, take solace in knowing they’re not parting for good. (Cue: ensemble singing “the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PMHamilton choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler shares his process for creating the explosive moves and storytelling of the revolutionary musical.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:10PMThe Tony Awards has announced the star-studded team that will bring Broadway fans across the world exclusive content live from the red carpet and behind-the-scenes at this year’s Tony Awar…
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 03:10PMMegan Fairchild, a principal dancer at New York City Ballet, took a break from dancing Balanchine when she took on the role of Ivy Smith in the 2014 Broadway revival of On the Town. She&…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 03:03PMTony nominee Phillipa Soo will play a South Seas villager.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:01PMInside Broadway's Exec. Director Michael Presser has announced that on Monday, June 20 at The JW Marriott Essex House 160 Central Park South, the organization will honor TV amp Broadway star…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMScott Rudin has withdrawn as a producer for the upcoming musical stage adaptation of GROUNDHOG DAY. The production is set to premiere at London's Old Vic Theater this July before making the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMThe red carpet correspondents will have Broadway street cred.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMShaffer's plays also include Lettice and Lovage.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
The world premiere of the new musical ANASTASIA, starringChristy AltomareandDerek Klena, openedMay 27 at Hartford Stage. The show plays through June 19. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a loo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMThe Tony Awards has announced the star-studded team that will bring Broadway fans across the world exclusive content live from the red carpet and behind-the-scenes at this year's Tony Awards…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:56PMThe Seagull - The Artistic Home , 1376 W. Grand Ave is offering $15 industry tickets this Thursday 6/9 7:30 pm and Friday 6/10, 8pm. You can buy online with the code INDUSTRY or reserve by e…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:48PMSeveral Broadway favorites will offer behind-the-scenes coverage on Tony night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMHosted by The View’s Michelle Collins, the evening will feature Lisa Howard, Christine Dwyer, Jarrod Spector and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMShow is a master class in staging, and leads Luke Humphrey and Shannon Taylor excel as play’s young lovers.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:40PMLast night, the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced at New York’s Town Hall, resulting in a star-studded line-up of winners from the best of Broadway and NYC’s theater scene at …
SOURCE: centerontheaisle.com at 02:14PMThis coming Sunday the Tony Awards will again overlook the contributions of sound designers---an absence that screams louder each year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:13PMBritish playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died. He was 90. Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, said the playwright died Monday while o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:09PMCarmen Cusack talks about how Bright Star changed her, secret London hotspots, and the Tony-nominated musical she almost made her debut in.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:01PMThe young dancer will begin performances off-Broadway this summer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Scott Rudin has withdrawn from participation in the stage adaptation of the movie; the show will go on at the Old Vic.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:58PMWhen you hear dark comic thriller, a children’s story isn’t the first thing that comes to mind — unless the source is Roald Dahl, creator of Willy Wonka, “The Witches” and the…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:56PMAccidental Pictures presents the online poetry miniseries entitled THE PRIDE PROJECT. They release seven poems every Monday for seven consecutive weeks through June 27th, 2016 on Facebook an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMI get to choose a different phrase on stage as Sally Brown in The York Theatre's production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. Sally, like me, is a carefree, spirited girl who doesn't care…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:51PMTony Award host James Corden will be getting some starry help when he hands out the trophies next weekend — fellow Tony-winners Angela Lansbury, James Earl Jones and Neil Patrick Harris ha…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:44PMAn appealing drama and a daunting musical grapple with mortality.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:44PMMinerva theatre, Chichester Strindberg's Miss Julie is well directed, but it's Shaffer's dark comedy that illuminates in this contrasting double billAugust Strindberg's tragedy Miss Julie an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMPlaywright best known for The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Equus and AmadeusAlthough the playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, who has died aged 90, wrote one of the best farces of postwar British theatre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMMy friend Simone Welds, who has died aged 46 of breast cancer, was an extraordinarily vital woman, passionate traveller and gifted dancer.Born in west London, she was the daughter of Mary (n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32PMThe star of Sunday's 70th annual Tony Awards will inevitably be "Hamilton," the hip-hop juggernaut that has worn out all snappy descriptions of mega-success. To merely call Lin-Manuel Mirand…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 01:32PMThe season will feature the company's first musical, and a remount of an audience favorite.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:31PMIn the program notes and in informal remarks to the audience, Ochsner encouraged the audience to listen to all the works as music inspired by nature; this theme proved to be a useful organiz…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:23PMIn no way does Sweetbitter succeed in doing what you are led to expect of it: to frame the post-9/11 zeitgeist.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:14PMAs his new show tours the UK, Headlong Theatre's artistic director talks West End transfers, running a building and the importance of an artistically-run touring company
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:14PMThe stage adaptation of Susan Hill's horror novel is a West End staple
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:14PMThe Trevor Project today announced that Twitter and LGBTQ youth advocate Cole Ray Davis will be honored at TrevorLIVE New York on June 13
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMSTARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just last week in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out for the an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMSexual fantasies, fictional bombs and racial hatred are just some of the themes explored in Love, Bombs & Apples. Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak and directed by Rosamunde Hutt, this play …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PMDaring to take on incendiary subjects of race and slavery is a risky move, but playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is not averse to controversy, and the awards and accolades keep coming –…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMFor much of his long career, Shaffer achieved the often-elusive goal of combining commercial and critical success.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:01PMNeil Patrick Harris and Claire Danes, among others, also join the star-studded lineup.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMWhy did Jessie Mueller enter to a Donna Summer tune? Find out here while you listen along.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Just when you thought every big celebrity in theater and film were already on board at the upcoming Tony Awards on June 12, more are in the pipeline! Tony Award winners Angela Lansbur…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:55PMOther winners include 'She Loves Me,' 'A View From the Bridge,' 'Long Day's Journey Into Night,' and 'American Psycho.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:54PMStew and Ms. Rodewald’s command of the musical genres of the 1960’s and 1970’s—gospel, Motown, soul, glam-rock, funk, R&B, blues, etc.—is astounding. The songs are organic ex…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:53PM"Hamilton" star Lin-Manuel Miranda is the man of the hour, whether you're a Broadway fan or not.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 12:51PMStars in the Alley took place on June 3 in Shubert Alley. The free outdoor concert in the heart of the Theater District celebrates the Broadway season with star appearances and performances …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMPeter Shaffer, a Tony and Oscar winner whose works included Equus and Amadeus, died on June 6 at the age of 90. His death was confirmed to the Associated Press by his agent, Rupert Lord. Sha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMDance Moms' Nia Sioux has been tapped for Trip of Love off-Broadway. The 1960's pop music spectacular is playing at Stage 42.
Sioux will begin her stint on July 12, performing speci…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PMThe Broadway-bound Angela Lansbury, Neil Patrick Harris, Jake Gyllenhaal and more have been enlisted as presenters for the 2016 Tony Awards. Broadway's biggest night will take place on J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:51PM"I was that young, hopeful person in the audience, being amazed by what people could do on the stage."
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 12:50PMJames Earl Jones, Claire Danes, Daniel Dae Kim, Diane Lane, Lucy Liu, Sean Hayes, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Marlee Matlin, Uzo Aduba, Blair Underwood and Andrew Rannells also will appear at Sund…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:48PMWatching the curtain rise while attending his first Broadway show is something Gabriel Byrne will never forget.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 12:48PMMatt Doyle and Belinda Allyn play the iconic star-crossed lovers Tony and Tina in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of West Side Story. The classic musical features a book by Arthur Lauren…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMFor the week of June 6, 2016 To be honest, there is something about Alice Ripley that has always sort of intimidated me. I think it speaks to her power as a performer and her status as one …
SOURCE: www.theaterppl.com at 12:43PMAngela Lansbury, James Earl Jones, Neil Patrick Harris and many more will be part of the starry evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMIt's Tony Time so its time to place your bets Who will win Who will lose Who wasn't nominated Who should be nominated Rob, Kevin, and Tony historian Bryan Hobgood, debate the 2015-2016 Theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMOn 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 12:36PMProducerDirectors Tom and Michael D'Angora werewelcomed American Idol and Hairspray alum Diana Degarmo toThe Marvelous Wonderettes,whose official opening was Thursday, June 2nd. For her open…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMThe Tony Awards have announced additional presenters for the 2016 Tony Awards, which will broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, on CBS, on Sunday, June 12th 800 - 1100 p.m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMPlaywright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included “Equus” and “Amadeus,” has died at the age of 90.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36PMAgent: Peter Shaffer, playwright of hits ‘Equus’ and ‘Amadeus,’ dies at 90.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36PMProlific writer who produced more than 40 plays, as well as books of essays, poetry and short stories was a key British figure in 20th century drama Related: Arnold Wesker: kitchen-sink dram…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMIn the latest part of her ‘empathy museum’, Clare Patey invites audiences to put on a stranger’s footwear and take a walk while listening to the shoe-owner’s personal story on headph…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PMThe Equus playwright has passed away
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:22PMThe first show I see is Demain, cannily themed around the itinerant life of street performers. Marie-Josée Gauthier, a regular teacher at the school as well as an actress and theatre direct…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:21PMPlaywright Peter Shaffer has died aged 90. The Equus and Amadeus writer died on a visit to Ireland after a short illness,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMWhatever your mental picture of heaven, the funny and beautifully moving production of Bekah Brunstetter’s Going to a Place Where You Already Are just opened at Theater Alliance may alte…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:13PMTodayTix, a free mobile app offering discounted tickets to theatergoers in New York, Los Angeles and other major cities since 2013, has launched in Connecticut. Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks,…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:06PMIf you'd like to be in the room where it happens when the Tony nominated HAMILTON star says goodbye to thehip hop musical, it's going to cost you
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMThe Woman in Black will launch a new UK tour in September, as the West End production marks 27 years at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMDid you miss Michael Urie's antics and Jane Krakowski's acceptance speech? No worries, it's all right here.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
He penned two Tony-winning Best Plays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMJenni Barber has graced the stage in some of the most exciting roles of all time, including Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked,…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 11:53AMNBC has also asked the composer to pen an original musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMTONY host James Corden revealed that British singer and composer Gary Barlow, who wrote the music for Broadway's FINDING NEVERLAND and co-wrote the lyrics alongside Eliot Kennedy has written…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMThe film, which opens theatrically on June 10, just premiered at the MoMA and you can check out photos from the big night below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMJust last night, Drama Desk Award winnerMichael UrieBuyer and Cellar, 'Ugly Betty' hosted the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards last night, June 5, 2016 at The Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street. Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:38AMIt would be inappropriate to describe Hollywood all-rounder Jesse Eisenberg simply as an actor-turned-playwright. Alongside his critically and commercially successful acting career,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMFrom Chicago to Dallas, from a beauty shop to the dance floor, it is another exciting week for theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:37AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:26AMThe headline in London Sunday Times was certain to make anyone who advocates for diversity in the arts sit up, take notice and get quite upset. It read, “Lack of diversity not a problem, s…
SOURCE: www.artsintegrity.org at 11:26AMBritish playwright, who also won an Oscar for film adaptation of Amadeus, has died after falling seriously ill last weekThe playwright Sir Peter Shaffer, whose critical and popular successes…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:22AMKelly DiMauro founded a festival he called 5 Arts — an evening of film, music, stage, poetry and visual arts — and presented it in 2010 and 2013 at Buttonwood Tree arts space in Middleto…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:21AMI work in a business where I network a lot, end up standing on stage making announcements, and (as I type this) preparing to lead a workshop for two hours with a group of Newcastle-based cre…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:19AMThe monologist will debut The Trump Card at FringeArts in Philadelphia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMEddie Izzard, Mike Bartlett and Northern Ballet were among the other winners
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:13AMThe Broadway stars take part in the Tony host’s signature series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMJK Rowling has attacked the “bunch of racists” who criticised the casting of a black actor as Hermione in Harry Potter and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AM City Parks Foundation is proud to announce the 2016 season of SummerStage, New York City’s largest free performing arts festival, bringing more than 115 free performances to Central…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:08AMBristol Old Vic’s literary department will set up a new playwriting prize after being bequeathed £180,000. The money will also enable the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMWhat did we learn from the Drama Desks and what does it mean for Tony next week?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
STARS IN THE ALLEY, presented by United Airlines, took place just last week in Shubert Alley. Hosted by Tony nominee Sean Hayes and Mo Rocca, Broadway's best once again turned out for the an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMThe She Loves Me star has released a song sample from the soon-to-be-released cast recording.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMJackalope Theatre Company announced its 2016-17 season, featuring three area premieres, on Monday. First up is Kristiana Rae Colon's "Octagon" (Oct. 19-Nov. 20), about young slam poets writ…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:51AMA major new musical based on the life and career of Frank Sinatra is in the works, care of the Ambassador Theatre Group, and aiming for a 2018 world premiere. But the big question on our min…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 10:49AMWe've compiled some clips from the starry concert of The Little Mermaid.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:48AMCynthia Erivo, Christopher Fitzgerald, David Furr, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jayne Houdyshell and more are scheduled to attend.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMNational Post theatre critic Robert Cushman and his son Mitchell Cushman, who is directing adaptations of Shakespeare's histories, discussed the Bard and his works
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 10:43AM The Fire Island Pines Arts project (in association with RJ Productions) will present a summer Broadway concert series filled with award-winning entertainers at Fire Island Pines Whyt…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:43AMCharlie Cox sits with Imogen Lloyd Webber and talks headlining off-Broadway in Incognito, the possibility of Daredevil 3 and working with Robert De Niro.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:40AMLive theatre shows for children are a fantastic way of introducing the young generation to live performances whilst reinforcing the fact that entertainment does not only come from the glowin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:35AMCoach, Inc., a leading New York design house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle brands, hasannounced its partnership with the 70th Annual Tony Awards as the Presenting Sponsor of the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMJayne HoudyshellandReed Birneyplay husband and wife onstage- Erik and Deirdre Blake inStephen Karam'sThe Humans. The play, which originated at the Roundabout Theatre Company last year, earne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:34AMCirque du Soleil’s Paramour: Sweeping Audiences Back to the Golden Age of Hollywood Panache
By: Ellis Nassour
Cirque du Soleil has come a long way baby. From humble beginnings in 1984 wit…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:25AMThe Broadway actress will join Alyson Hannigan in the TV Land program.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMA reseller is also asking nearly $10K for Lin-Manuel Miranda's alleged final performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMIncoming Festival has a fantastic range of workshops for emerging artists that are only £3 to attend in Central London. Hear from renowned theatre critic, Lyn Gardner; learn to wrestle on s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:12AMThe new comedy by Josh Tobiessen centers on a woman trapped in a haunted liquor store.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMArgentinian artist Lola Arias brings together British and Argentinian veterans of the Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas war to share their experiences
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:08AMThe disco retelling of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream opens on Thursday
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:08AMDavid Korins has left his mark at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. Well, really he's left his mark on many Broadway stages, but his work this season for HAMILTON has earned him his very first To…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMPaper Mill Playhouse presents Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story, directed by Paper Mill Playhouse's Producing Artistic Director Mark S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMThe Hollywood Pantages, a Nederlander Theatre, is proud to announce the addition of four new productions, all with strictly-limited engagements, during the 20162017 Winter season. The new li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMFathom Events is thrilled to bring One Night for ONE DROP Imagined by Cirque du Soleil to select cinemas nationwide in an incredible one-night event on Wednesday, June 8 at 730 p.m. local ti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:02AM"There’s part of me that wonders whether you're 'out of sight, out of mind' when it comes to voting," the Tony nominee. "I hope they’d vote for it without needing to see me at some cockt…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AM
A cherished favourite of many a music theatre fan, Jason Robert Brown’s Songs for a New World shimmers with intensity in this powerfully sung new staging by Blue Saint Productions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:52AMThe Ambassador Theatre Group is to produce a brand new stage musical based on the life of the legendary Frank Sinatra, in partnership with Stewart Till and Frank Sinatra Enterprises.
The sh…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:50AMNet proceeds will benefit The Actors Fund.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThe 1997 musical premiered at the Donmar Warehouse and was seen at the Union Theatre in 2012.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMPerformances begin mid-July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMMichael MustoNightlifelesbianMichael MustoOne good thing about being in a relationship is that you apparently get twice as many emails and messages. What I mean is that a lot of gays traditi…
SOURCE: Out at 09:29AMToday is the birthday of the great American heroic painter John Trumbull (1756-1843). I am distantly related to this artist; we both count the Pilgrims John and Priscilla Alden among our anc…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:26AMOn Monday, June 6, the Theater People podcast welcomes Tony nominee Jennifer Damiano. She made her Broadway debut at the age of 15 in the groundbreaking and Tony Award-winning musical SPRING…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMJust last night, Drama Desk Award winnerMichael UrieBuyer and Cellar, 'Ugly Betty' hostedthe 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards lastnight, June 5, 2016 at The Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street. Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMWe're taking another deep dive into contractual language today, but with a really fun twist. We talk a lot about the creation process of new musicals, but what is it that allows ensemblists …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMFor the first time in history, three actors who divided performances of a starring role were all awarded a Tony.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMHappy Birthday, Harvey Fierstein In addition to Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles and A Catered Affair, Fierstein's Broadway acting credits include playing the mother, Edna Turnblad in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMPaper Mill PlayhousepresentsArthur Laurents,Leonard BernsteinandStephen Sondheim's classic musical West Side Story, directed byPaper Mill Playhouse's Producing Artistic DirectorMark S. Hoebe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26AMThe star of ENO's Madam Butterfly on his rise, his plans and how to be a bastard
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:10AMI was at an acting fair recently and picked up various leaflets for part-time and weekend courses. Having been out of training
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
Jessica Lange and Frank Langella won Drama Desk Awards. Photo: Barry GordinWinners in BoldOutstanding PlayThe Christians, Playwrights HorizonsThe Humans, Roundabout Theatre CompanyJohn, Sign…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 08:48AMPhotos by Felix Kunze @Felixkunze Creative Direction & Produced by Dual Phocus Productions @dual.phocus Hair & Clothing Stylist: Chloe Chada’ @quintessentially_chloe MUA: Wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 08:45AMA schoolroom full of MATILDA's 'Revolting Children' may hit movie theaters as early as 2018 according to the show's composer, Tim Minchin.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMHe says playwrights must now satisfy an 'army of bureaucrats' to get their work produced.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMBroadwayWorld brings you an exclusive first look atthe newest parody video,HamilTONYS. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:45AMSometimes the best of the “best in art” sneaks up on you. So it was with Spoleto Festival USA’s 2016 season. Maybe this year it had to do with the fanfare around the Festival’s “…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:45AMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, theater, dance, music, visual arts, and author events for the coming week.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:40AMThe Humans won the Best Play award and Shuffle Along took the top musical prize at the 61st Drama Desk Awards, which were unveiled last night at The Town Hall with Michael Urie serving as ho…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:35AM (Sunday, June 5, 2016) – Winners for the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this evening at The Town Hall. The 2016 Drama Desk Awards were streamed live on www.Theater…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:28AMToday is the birthday of Helen Ford (Helen Barnett, 1894-1982). Ford started out in vaudeville as a singer in upstate New York, eventually moving up to Broadway, where she appeared in 14 pro…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:26AMSamuel Beckett theatre, DublinEimear McBride’s award-winning novel transitions perfectly to the stage in Corn Exchange’s startling and upsetting Dublin theatre festival show about the im…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AMFeeding The Bear, a serio-comedy focused on caring for a father succumbing to Alzheimer’s (featuring a drag queen with a cooking TV show), has all the necessary ingredients for a tasty con…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:09AM Photos: Maryann Lopinto On June 3 in Shubert Alley, Broadway turned out big time to celebrate with a free outdoor concert, hosted by Sean Hayes (Act of God) and M…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:04AMThe revival production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical opens in July
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:01AMProducers have cancelled the first three performances of Tim Minchin's musical
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:00AMMichael Crawford and Joseph Fiennes return to the stage in this week's major openings
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:00AMOriginally published on 250 Word Reviews. (Off-Broadway at LCT3) So much of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s latest is summed up in its name, War. The title simultaneously refers to a family at od…
SOURCE: itsdlevy.me at 08:00AMThe Tony-nominated star of theater's biggest phenomenon dishes on making his Broadway debut at 17 in 'Rent,' how he got out of a seven-year network TV deal so he could act in Lin-Manuel Mira…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00AM
On Saturday afternoon I went directly from Penn Station to New York’s Center for Italian Modern Art to see an exhibition of some forty-odd paintings and works on paper by Giorgio Morandi. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMAs rehearsals start for Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, full casting is announced. Joining Declan Bennett as Jesus are: Tyron…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:28AMIs Tyrone Huntley the most in-demand actor in West End musical theatre at the moment? From Memphis to The Book of Mormon and, come the autumn, Dreamgirls, in the commercial West End in 12 mo…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:28AMOn the Drama Desk Awards.
SOURCE: Popdose at 07:25AMTODAY'S BIG NEWSAN ACT OF GOD and HIMSELF AND NORA will both celebrate opening night tonight Plus The Public Theater will hold their Annual Gala...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 6 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:20AMLola Arias deals with agonising material in a manner that is always honest and drily self-aware
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:15AMBristol Old VicEmma Rice’s final Kneehigh show is a love letter to the company she founded as much as a celebration of Marc and Bella Chagall and their lost Russian-Jewish worldThere is a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMShakespeare’s Globe, LondonAoife Duffin is an electrifying Kate in Caroline Byrne’s splendid Irish version, which injects touches of Yeats, Wilde and Beckett Shakespeare’s comedy of Pe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:15AMMerrill Ashley, Maria Calegari, Susan Pillarre, Stephanie Saland, Marjorie Spohn, Tracy Bennett, Victor Castelli, and Robert Weiss of New York City Ballet dance the slow movement from George…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMGarsington treats Rossini's barely-comic opera to a lavish production by Will Tuckett
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:07AMThe theatre will host a rep company of 14 actors from next year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:07AM“Nevertheless, just as one of our young men had during these days in London found the air peopled with personal influences, the concussion of human atoms, so the other, though only asking …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMImmersive show You Me Bum Bum Train has come under fire for not paying interns. Its producers have claimed that the show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AM
Academic Gordon McMullan has been awarded the 2016 Sam Wanamaker Award for his work celebrating the quatercentenary of Shakespeare’s death. The award,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMComposer Tim Minchin has revealed that a film version of the musical Matilda could be completed by 2018. Minchin also admitted that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMEndangered venue the Dudley Hippodrome has been thrown a lifeline by council bosses who have agreed to hand the building over to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMWho is Mike McLeish? Mike is an actor, singer, writer, cabaret artist, voice over artist, corporate and cruise ship entertainer, are we bored yet? He is also the artistic director of the Mel…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:21AMAnyone caught illicitly recording the play will have their device confiscated
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:12AMThe author took to Twitter to ask audiences to keep the secrets for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMPolly Findlay directs Ben Jonson's satire
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMIn the week where Harry Potter and the Cursed Child opens in previews, Matt Trueman looks at how the show could turn a whole generation to theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMMichael Brandon and Cherie Lunghi star in Neil Koenigsberg's play about life after losing a loved one
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:10AMOlivier-winning actress Noma Dumezweni was cast as Granger for the 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' stage play, which begins previews on Tuesday.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:06AMHayes Theatre Co have confirmed a great lineup for act two, 2016 tonight with two neglected musicals, two touring productions, two brand new productions and one international hit (from Trevo…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:03AM
Listen: @KingandIBway to close 6/6, @ShuffleAlongBwy Wins @DramaDeskAwards “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMToday, June 6th, the New York Times released a feature on Tony Award-winning choreographer Bill T. Jones. Jones won a Tony Award in 2007 for Best Choreography of Spring Awakening, and again …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AMPresenting an eclectic mix of works that features a world premiere, two Shakespearean classics and two renowned international pieces – each featuring an all-student cast and crew, led by …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:35AMThis week the London theatre bloggers discuss Simon Stephens new version of Brecht's The Threepenny Opera at the National, Mike Poulton's take on Rattigan, Kenny Morgan, at the Arcola, and J…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:20AMThe problem of presenting evermore technically demanding shows is faced by many of our older theatre buildings and the independently owned grade
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Albert
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AM
In the German director’s Schaubühne production, there’s a drum kit on stage, the princes are puppets and the battle scene features Richard alone in his pants Related: Ibsen meets Snowde…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:57AMA man sits, alone, isolated, staring bleakly into the distance. Across his face run memories of his past, concern of the present and fear of what is to come. This is the moment we are first …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:37AMChris Lemmon’s one-man play Twist of Lemmon is a witty, insightful and behind closed doors look at one of the most famous and iconic leading actors of Hollywood, his father Jack Lemmon. T…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:37AMThe Fairy Princess has been out of sorts lately – several deaths in the Family in a short period of time, some travel, some charity work – and therefore has not weighed in as yet…
SOURCE: fairyprincessdiaries.com at 03:30AMThe mould-breaking dance company is celebrating its ninth decade. We trace the nimble steps that took it from a raggle-taggle bunch of students to global nameMarie Rambert had no idea she wa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:05AMIsabelle Huppert plays Phaedra and Mike Bartlett’s new play Wild opens, plus the rest of the week’s unmissable theatreThere are lots of great shows starting in the London international f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:05AMNo rehearsal, no practice, and no re-takes – Japanese actress Kaori Momoi took a new approach as director and lead actor for her latest work. Revealed as her second directorial effort, “…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:04AMLet’s all pause for a moment to consider the great equalizer at your organization: Microsoft Office. Whether you love to hate Outlook for messing up your calendar when you attend a confere…
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Christie in Love, about serial killer John Christie, proved an interesting watch. Performed from the vantage point of the police, Christie in Love depicts some very human reactions to the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:33AMCreative Caldron presents The Wind in the Willows, an original reimagining of Kenneth Grahame’s beloved classic. Directors Ellen Selby and Denise Perrino adapted this production for th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:28AMPerhaps it was the title of the show, which didn’t really hint at the astonishing spectacle involved, but The Imperial Bells of China attracted a disappointingly small audience to the firs…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:24AMMaryann Wright, a theatre publicist well known to us at AussieTheatre, is currently a contestant on Channel 9’s The Voice. Performing from two musical theatre favourites so far, she is rep…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:18AMWinners for the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this evening at The Town Hall. In keeping with Drama Desk's mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, O…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:14AMD. Marc Capobianco is a veteran playwright and inveterate œnophile, who has been a finalist in both The Herb Caen Write-Alike Contest and The Great San Francisco Pasta Cookoff. When not pul…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:01AMLast summer, I wanted to be in Sydney in Australia to see Cate Blanchett (possibly my favourite screen actress) in The Present,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOver the last 20 years, the former security editor for The Guardian has created verbatim theatre based on some of Britain’s most
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMKing Lear in Brooklyn, by Michael Pennington (Oberon Books, 2016) In 2014, actor and author Michael Pennington arrives in New York to
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Presented by Black Swan State Theatre Company, Tony Kushner’s award-winning play, Angels in America is magnificent in scope and detail, currently playing at the Heath Ledger Theatre i…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:59AMThe Second Coming! An Act of God officially returns to Broadway on June 6. This time the show stars Sean Hayes as the Almighty; the comedy was written by God (stay with us) and has been tra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01AMSo, you’ve decided to do some playwriting with your students. Fantastic! But now comes the hard part – actually sitting down and writing. Whether in a notebook or on a computer screen, t…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMYou can see theater all summer and never spend a cent!
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMThe Emmy Award winner returns to the role he played in California earlier this year.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM'Independence Day' Star Gets LeBron James-Approved
The talented Jessie T. Usher drops by the YH Studio to scoop us on his role in the much-anticipated 'Independence Day' sequel, 'Resurgence'…
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The actress/playwright explains why she calls herself a "Zimerican," how her part on 'The Walking Dead' relates to her plays about African women and what led Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o to h…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:21AMThe Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater makes dancing look like magic. When you watch them it’s like a physical manifestation of grace. But, did you ever wonder what inspired them to dance…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:21AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, June 5, 2016 - Sunday, June 5, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08AMSaycon Sengbloh, Danny Burstein, and more were also on hand to pose with their newly won trophies.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMThe story of the well-known composer makes its New York debut for one night only.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe trio come from areas of Broadway not eligible for the regular awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe LCT3 production features Chris Myers and Rachel Nicks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWhitney Bashor and Matt Bogart star in the new musical about James Joyce and his muse, Nora Barnacle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe June 6 concert salute to Judy Garland benefits The Ali Forney Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater’s star-studded annual gala takes place at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe June 6 Sardi's event is raising money to fight Pulmonary Hypertension.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHe plays the role of the Deity originated last season by Jim Parsons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe family-friendly show, Liberty: A Monumental New Musical, begins performances at 42West.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMany think Hamilton is poised to make Tony Awards history this weekend, but what shows are the biggest winners in Tony history?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Second Stage star talks the show that changed his life, a perfect date and what’s on his bucket list.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill Pride 2016, we set our sights on the next generation of LGBTQ artists. Meet artistic director Michael Gardner.
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