Playwright Rajiv Joseph defies categorization. His most famous work, “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo,” is an absurd anthropomorphic romp that blurs the line between animals and humans, …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:59PM“Hamilton” cast will be performing at the 2016 Tony Awards, Netflix releases trailer for Season 2 of “Marco Polo” and more in Wednesday’s TV news Roundup. AW…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:59PMThe League of American Orchestras, representing a mostly white industry, opens a three-day national conference Thursday in a majority African-American city at a time of increased racial tens…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 10:59PMFor more than 20 years, actors and crew members stayed silent about mistreatment they suffered at the acclaimed storefront theater. Now they’re speaking up, hoping to protect workers in no…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 10:57PMLa Jolla Festival of the Arts is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a new name and a new location.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 10:33PMMatthew Broderick and Billy Carter talk about “Shining City,” along with director Ciaraìn O’Reilly, now at the Irish Repertory Theatre. Set in Dublin, the play explores themes of …
SOURCE: WNYC at 10:33PMThe nun-based musical “Sister Act” just seems to have a way (note we resisted saying “habit”) of following Steve Glaudini around. Glaudini, now the producing artistic director of Moo…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 10:33PMDemarre McGill, who left five years ago to join the Seattle Symphony and is now the principal flutist with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, is coming back for a special performance with the gr…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 10:33PMA BRILLIANT TRIFLE Watching members of the Stephen Joseph Theatre perform Alan Ayckbourn’s Confusions under the playwright’s helmsmanship, I found myself mentally comparing the troupe to…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:33PMAs any professional stage manager will tell you, there’s no single, right way to navigate the road to success. But the USC School of Dramatic Arts just made it a little easier for aspi…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:33PMCraig Bettendorf may not have an entertainment industry background, but that didn’t stop him from creating and producing his own web series, “Treading Yesterday,” premierin…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:33PMIn late April, Marymount Manhattan sophomore Maddie Baillio answered an open casting call to play Tracy Turnblad in NBC’s early December production of “Hairspray Live!” The theater per…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:33PMNothing is free in this world. And nothing is free when it comes to the Tony Awards, either. Just ask the team behind the recent revival of "Spring Awakening." The annual award show — Bro…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:33PMSummit High School was the big winner this year, earning awards from New Jersey's prestigious theater
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:33PMOh, look, it's that TV pilot you willed into existence: FX has ordered a comedy pilot written by and starring Cristin Milioti (Fargo, How I Met Your Mother) and Nina Pedrad (a writer and sup…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:33PMNow that we’ve reached the performance categories — musicals today, plays tomorrow — the time has come to discuss snubs and splits, none of which exist. Snubs are nominations that didn…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:33PMOpen your slice-of-summertime comedy with a near-doddering old man soliloquizing on a deserted Rhode Island beach, or a hopelessly out-of-place and abandoned sixteen-year-old boy sitting in …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:31PMBarring Aaron Burr rising from the grave and tackling Lin-Manuel Miranda to the ground, Hamilton is going to sweep the Tony Awards this weekend. But that doesn't mean the cast is resting on …
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:29PMA theatrical brother and sister get a chance to shine as themselves. by Joel Benjamin The Jacobs home must have been an extraordinary place to grow up if brother and sist…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:28PM By Martha Wade Steketee On Monday June 6, 2016, Judy Garland wrapped her arms around an entire city block on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for a fundraiser to …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:15PMPaul Tazewell, costume designer for Hamilton, on the breaks that led him to the top
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:14PMMichael Grandage’s directorial debut focuses on the personal and professional relationship
between legendary editor Maxwell Perkins and Thomas Wolfe.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:14PMWith the face of Hamilton removing himself from the narrative, the spell that’s taken hold of the internet and all of pop culture over the last year and a half might begin to break, or at …
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:14PM by Michael Bracken Prolific purveyor of comedies with crisp English accents, Alan Ayckbourn joins the Brits Off Broadway festivities at 59E59 Theaters with two works he�…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:10PMAlthough the producers of the hit show are raising prices for most seats, they are also more than doubling the number of $10 lottery seats.
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Young love needn't always be confined to adolescents....
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:56PMIn anticipation of its New York presentation with the New York Musical Festival NYMF this July, producers Jorge de la Garza and German Cavazos hosted a special concert version of the new mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMA detailed breakdown of how much money is being made through ticket sales and merchandise and how the profits are distributed.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMMaking It On Broadway is headed around the world this summer to offer exceptional intensive training to students of all ages with big dreams Making It On Broadway is a world-renownedmusical …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMSTARS 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 07:38PMOn Monday night over 400 guests including current and past New York City high school students,and the performing arts professional mentors who have participated in TDF'sOpen Doors, the theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMBy Michael BlockSometimes we make plays that are personal and for ourselves. And other times we create art for a specific generation. In The Living Room's #liberated, a group of high energy …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 07:31PMShow’s costume designer had to come up with sturdy — but sexy! — stilettos.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:16PMThe 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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The cast performs “Wait for It” as a promotion for the June 12 Tony Awards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:46PMGroup tickets are now available for Cameron Mackintosh's acclaimed new production of Boublil and Schonberg's legendary musical MISS SAIGON coming to Broadway in the spring of 2017 at a Shube…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMTHE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDSair this Sunday, June 12 800-1100 PM, live ET delayed PT, on CBS. In anticipation of Broadway's biggest night, the network has unveiled a 360 degree video previewi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40PMShuffle Along Tony nominee Adrienne Warren takes us inside her dressing room at the Music Box Theatre—or is it her greenhouse? Watch as she shows off her plants, half-hour glass and mo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMThe Tony Awards are just days away, but until then, we’ll all have to wait for it (wait for it). Fortunately, you can wait for it (wait for it) while watching this 360-degree video fro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMFun Home's Emily Skeggs stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:33PMFrom being the Aunt Sally of contemporary British theatre, attacked by the angry young men in the 1950s and the new wave of social and political realists for three decades after that, playwr…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:33PMPlaywright Aaron Posner’s revision broadens the comedy and raises the modern ethical stakes.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:09PMThe Tony Award-winning musical will be revived in spring 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:09PMTake a glimpse at The Public Theater's free Shakespeare production of The Taming of the Shrew.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:04PMProduction photos from Phyllida Lloyd's all-female production have also been released.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMThe Tony nominee is the latest performer to be immortalized by the restaurant.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMYazbeck first played the role of J.M. Barrie from January 26 through March 27.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMYasen Peyankov directs Stephen Adly Guirgis' Pulitzer Prize-winning play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Arguments among intellectuals take precedence in Mac Rogers’s play, set in Czechoslovakia in the years after World War I and overstuffed with ideas.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:50PMThis Jonathan Brielle musical retells the story of James Joyce and Nora Barnacle as a couple and as early-20th-century iconoclasts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:49PMWhitney Bashor sings “Stand Fast” from the new musical about the relationship between James Joyce and Nora Barnacle, at the Minetta Lane Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:49PMThe television star will join the company Off-Broadway this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMBroadway Bares, the hottest burlesque show around, opened the summer season with another seductive edition of Broadway Bares Fire Island. The sexy men and women of Broadway Bares returned to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMBroadway Bares, the hottest burlesque show around, opened the summer season with another seductive edition ofBroadway Bares Fire Island. The sexy men and women ofBroadway Baresreturned to Fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMDirected byPhyllida Lloyd, The Public's Free Shakespeare in the Park all-female production ofTHE TAMING OF THE SHREWbeganperformances on May 24 and is part of the global 400th anniversary ce…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMCristin Milioti might soon be headed back to television.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMSundance Institute has selected 25 projects to participate in its Screenwriters Lab, Documentary Edit and Story Labs and new Theatre-Makers Residency, which will take place concurrently this…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:37PMIn this week's episode, we look at Hamilton mastermind Lin-Manuel Miranda's upcoming plans, starry classic dramas and a divine Star of the Week.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:31PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Schuyler Sisters Talk Empowerment
2016 Tony nominees Renée Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo, along with Jasmine Cep…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:31PMAmong this year’s subjects: an Afghan rapper whose mother tried to sell her and Chinese women seeking justice in the reported rape of six children.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:29PMThe Tony nominee will again step into the role of J.M. Barrie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMAt the Public Theater’s gala, the actress’s skin had a certain orange hue, and her hair was sprayed blond and went about a half-foot high.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03PMJC Clementz has been hired as the new casting director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the company announced Wednesday. Clementz worked at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre for five years as…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:01PMThe play begins its run this evening.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMMilioti and Pedrad will costar in the half-hour sitcom.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM10-member company usually labors behind the scenesInterns stage Diane Son’s LGBTQ drama … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:00PM
The Wednesday and Thursday night performances have been canceled due to actor illness.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMBy Jim Markus. Following claims of sexual harrassment in Chicago’s improv comedy community, the organization Not In Our House was formed address sexual harrassment in theatre.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:45PMWhile the problems of security onstage can be frustrating, they inspired one of the finest tracks on Paul Simon’s new album, “Stranger to Stranger,” his first in five years. “Wristba…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:44PMIf it’s not broke, don’t fix it! But, somehow directors Michael Arden, John Doyle and Scott Ellis re-imagined (and, in some cases, improved upon) musicals Broadway has already seen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMBrandon Victor Dixon has three major Broadway productions under his belt as a performer — The Color Purple, Motown the Musical and this season’s star-studded Shuffle Along. Acr…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:38PMSTARS 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 04:34PMBucks County Playhouse is proud to present its second production of the summer season, the high-energy Rock amp Roll musical Buddy The Buddy Holly Story directed by Tony nominee Hunter Foste…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMWhen Larry Kramer's great political protest play premiered Off-Broadway, there were people who thought of AIDS as God's revenge.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMNow I am not going to bore you with recounting the story of the Titanic as you all know that, but in case you don’t - “spoiler alert” - they do not rewrite history of the ill-fated shi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:33PMby JULIO MARTINEZ
1986, I interviewed character actor King Donovan, who was in the midst of a bus-and-truck tour of On the Twentieth Century co-starring his wife, Imogene Coca. My perus…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 04:32PMDear Muggles, we are pleased to inform you that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child began previews in the West End on June 7! It's happening: J.K. Rowling's literary gamechanger has co…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:18PMThe three-time Tony nominee will return to the stage in Mat Schaffer’s Simon Says.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:06PMCaption this image to potentially win a copy of 'John' by Annie Baker.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:04PMThe broken reviewing embargo is highly unusual.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:03PMWinners for the Awaresie Awards, created by Annoying Actor Friend to celebrate creative artists in all fields, have been announced by a slew of Broadway stars.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMSignature associate artistic director Matthew Gardiner helms the production, which stars Brent Barrett and Bobby Smith.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMThe biomusical will open this summer in New Hope.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMJérôme Bel brings a kind of movement karaoke to Festival TransAmériques
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:00PM
Northlight Theatre has announced casting for "The City of Conversation," "Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley" and "Faceless," the first three shows in the company's 42nd season. The cast of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:58PMBy HowlRound TV. The VORTEX in Austin, Texas presents a performance of Privacy Settings: A Promethean Tale conceived and directed by Heather Barfield livestreaming on the global, commons-bas…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:57PMAmex is telling cardholders that only the $849 premium seats are available.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:54PM"Beauty and the Beast," that tale as old as time effectively marketed by Disney as an animated film and Broadway show, tours Denver this week to the delight of adoring audiences. The number…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:51PMWhen Orange Is the New Black's Danielle Brooks takes the stage at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, where she currently stars as the fearless feminist inspiration Sofia in Broadway's The Color …
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:44PMHamilton has been nominated for an astounding 16 Tony Award nominations this year, and in the spirit of awards season, is bestowing a special treat upon theater enthusiasts. The musical…
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:44PMTHE LONE EAGLE VERSUS THE LONE WOLF 81 years ago, everything conspired to make the “trial of the century” engrossing entertainment. (Actually, it was the second trial of the century̵…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:42PMIf you haven’t seen “Hamilton” yet, it’s easy to believe that the blockbuster musical is all about the men. Actors easily outnumber actresses among its leads and featured players, an…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:42PMThe "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" owl that went off-script is safe and sound.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 03:42PMLONDON — The curtain has risen on Harry Potter's latest adventure — and J.K. Rowling is urging fans not to ruin the magic by letting its secrets out."Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 03:42PMHow big a night will it be for 'Hamilton'?
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:42PM'Cursed Child' has begun previews in London.
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:42PM"Making a Murderer" defense attorneys Dean Strang and Jerry Buting will visit Playhouse Square to talk about the Avery case, the documentary and the legal system.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 03:42PMSignature TheatrepresentsLa Cage aux Folles,directed and choreographed bySignature Associate Artistic DirectorMatthew GardinerSignature'sWest Side Story,Sunday in the Park with George.With a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMThe Broadway at Birdland concert seriespresented NY1 theater journalist Frank DiLella, who returned to the Birdland stage with the fifth episode of his new talk show, 'Show Biz After Hours W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMBroadway vetGarth Kravits has assembled an all star lineup to create the fictional Doo Wop group The Showtones, to commemorate and tribute the Best Musical Nominees for the 2016 Tony Awards.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMSTARS 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 03:31PMSignature Theatrepresents La Cage aux Folles, directed and choreographed by Signature Associate Artistic DirectorMatthew GardinerSignature's West Side Story, Sunday in the Park with George. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:31PMTheatre-maker and activist, Shakina Nayfack, takes her solo show on tour in one of the most dangerous places to be trans. Her goal: education and acceptance through art.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMThe cast of Deaf West’s Spring Awakening will officially perform on Broadway’s biggest night—a decision made before the Tony-nominated revival's Kickstarter campaign re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:26PMOff-Broadway alum Ana Nogueira will lead the New York premiere of Engagements. The dark comedy by Lucy Teitler (a writer for USA’s Mr. Robot) will begin performances at Second Stage Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:26PMPlaybill\u2019s style expert George Brescia is excited for the Tony Awards. He swung by the Eliza J showroom in New York City\u2019s fashion district to take a look at some of this season\u2…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMThe 70th annual Tony Awards will be broadcast on CBS on June 12 from the Beacon Theatre. So now it’s time for our annual tradition, dear reader, of bestowing our can’t-lose predictions a…
SOURCE: Time Out at 03:24PMIt seems to me a strange thing—mystifying.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:23PMThe festival announced the 3,269 productions in its 2016 program on Wednesday. Almost 300 venues across the Scottish capital are taking part.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:20PMEncore Stage & Studio is currently showing their world premiere production of Cul de Sac. The play, written by Amy Thompson, is an adaptation of the popular comic strip of the same name …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:14PMThe new play by Lucy Teitler is directed by Kimberly Senior.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Over the years many musicals have gotten the short end of the stick in terms of having widespread notoriety. What makes a musical click with audiences and producers is anybody’s guess so t…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:58PM“Hamilton” fans outside the Richard Rodgers Theater on a recent night talked about the astronomical ticket prices and the epic process of standing in line — sometimes for 36 hours.
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The USC School of Dramatic Arts announced on June 8 the creation of an endowed professorship in stage management, established with a $1.5 million gift from Teresa and Byro…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:51PMTwo Moorish castles are built into the ceiling of Atlanta’s iconic Fox Theatre. Connecting them is an ancient-looking stone bridge, which serves to form the proscenium arch for the theatre…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 02:45PMMunster's Theatre at the Center has announced its 2017 season, the first under artistic director Linda Fortunato after William Pullinsi's departure. The season opens with "My Way: A Musical …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:45PMThe actor will join Rebel Wilson in the musical at the Phoenix Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 02:41PMTony nominee, Laura Linney, and Tony winner, Cynthia Nixon, will star in Lillian Hellman’s classic drama The Little Foxes, alternating in the lead roles. Manhattan Theatre Club will pr…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:36PMLea Michele, Robert Buckley and Ryan Lee have signed on for Hulu upcoming six-part sci-fi fantasy anthology series DIMENSION 404.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PM'SO YA WANNA BE A BROADWAY STAR' is an awesomely awkward comedic satire that follows Micki Manuel Minnelli Jamison Daniels, an overnight YouTube Celebrity searching for Broadway stardom whe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMLogo today announced that legend of stage and screen Harvey Fierstein and seminal LBGT news outlet The Advocate will be honored during the third annual 'Trailblazer Honors,' a television spe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMHimself and Nora, directed by Michael Bush, produced by Cherie King and executive produced by R. Erin Craig, is currently performing at the Minetta Lane Theatre 18 Minetta Lane, between Sixt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMDwayne 'The Rock' Johnson took to Instagram today to share a first look at poster art for the highly anticipated Disney animated feature film MOANA.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMOn today's CBS THIS MORNING, Tony-nominated actresses Renee Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo along with Jasmine Cephas Jones shared their thoughts about working on the groundbreaking show. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMOn Sunday night, Drama Desk Award winner Michael Urie Buyer and Cellar, 'Ugly Betty' hosted the 61st Annual Drama Desk Awards at The Town Hall 123 W. 43rd Street. BroadwayWorld was backstage…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMDear Evan Hansen, the hit Off-Broadway musical which ended its limited run at Second Stage on May 29, has set dates, a theater and the cast for its Broadway transfer. The show which premiere…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:15PMWar, the newest work by award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, officially opened June 6 at Lincoln Center Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMHamilton cast member Daniel J. Watts raps out a tribute to the boxer and onetime Broadway musical star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMTake a glimpse at the 2015-2016 Tony nominated Featured Actresses in a Musical and Play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe iconic musical is now running at North Shore Music Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMAnaïs Mitchell's musical is directed by Rachel Chavkin.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
London Road is based on the 2011 National Theatre production about a real-life serial killer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMThe Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois
Off Broadway, Stage 2, Atlantic Theater Company
Reviewed by Ken Kaissar
BOTTOM LINE: Incredibly detailed writing and acting make this new play a must-se…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:52PMOn Friday June 3, the crowds arrived in droves to catch a glimpse of one of thirty Broadway musicals showcased onstage at the 2016 installment of Stars in the Alley. At this packed event, ex…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:44PMSara and Mariaisabel wonder why American Psycho didn’t receive more acclaim, and discuss all the ways race, religion, and sexuality intersect in Stew’s new musical ‘The Tot…
SOURCE: lettersfromthemezz.com at 01:28PMBBC Worldwide North America has acquired U.S. rights to the musical thriller “London Road,” starring Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman and Anita Dobson. The film, directed by Rufus Norris…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:26PMRoger Haines' production opened at the Apollo Theatre to mixed reviews
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:25PM"I hate those guys that walked out of here. I hate them. I'm the only one that's coming back, and I'm getting all the blame."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:24PMThe members of The Who are angry enough to smash guitars over a sequel to the 1979 film musical, "Quadrophenia."
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 01:24PMIf I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if I have ever considered a fund for Broadway shows, well, I wouldn’t need a fund for Broadway shows. Since Godspell, I’ve got…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 01:24PMThe curtain has risen on Harry Potter's latest adventure — and J.K. Rowling is urging fans not to ruin the magic by letting its secrets out. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" has had its…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:24PMJessica Lange was discovered in 1976 in the oversized mitt of King Kong, pretty damn distressed but pretty, and—surprise! surprise!—has spent the next 40 years harvesting film-acting har…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:24PMNEW YORK (AP) -- When pioneering director and writer George C. Wolfe needed a young actress who could sing and tap to help him give birth to his next show, he turned to Adrienne Warre…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:24PMNEW YORK (AP) -- The Tony Award telecast will offer performances from all 9 new and revival musicals that were nominated, including one that has already closed....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:24PMAlan Alda, quite simply, is one of the best actors I’ve ever had the pleasure to work with. Known primarily for his role as Hawkeye on MASH and a name used every week in the New York Tim…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 01:24PMBBC Radio 2 will once again bring the Tonys to British fans in June.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 01:20PMAMERICAN PSYCHO, the American premiere of the musical based on the iconic novel byBret Easton Ellis, played its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, June 5 at theGerald SchoenfeldTheatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMLast night's episode of NBC's MAYA amp MARTY featured special guests Drake, Tina Fey, Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, and Steve Martin. Check out photos from the show below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMBill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre NSMT presents a new production of FUNNY GIRL, starring Broadway'sShoshana Beanin the lead role ofFanny Brice. FUNNY GIRL opened last nig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMShe has taken on the Golden Globes, the Emmys and the SAG Awards. Now Jessica Lange is coming for her Tony As the troubled matriarch of the Tyrone family, her performance in LONG DAY'S JOURN…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMFollowing this weekend's news that boxing great Muhammed Ali, HAMILTON cast member Daniel Watts has penned a heart-felt, energizing poem in his honor. Watts and Lin-Manuel Miranda performed …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMMayor Bill de Blasio, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment MOME Commissioner Julie Menin today launched new initiatives to celebrate the 50 th Anniversary o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMDisney fans and audience members of THE LITTLE MERMAID Live in Concert at the Hollywood Bowl on Monday, June 6th, were treated with a wonderful surprise.Susan Egan, the original Belle from t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMBY CARY GINELL This is the time of year when high school seniors are getting ready to head off to college, and for those who are looking toward a career in the theater, it’s an excitin…
SOURCE: vconstage.com at 01:18PMCan't find or afford tickets to "Hamilton"? Too rebellious for the hype? Dreaming not of the Founding Fathers but of a hot summer, beach blankets, an open throttle and flat sand? If so, here…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:17PMA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center of New York City opened off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre on June 7, 201…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:15PMA DREAM AND A DISASTER: TRIBUTE WORTH PAYING Full disclosure: I really care about the Titanic story, love maritime history, have met one of the last living survivors of the 1…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 01:11PMThe under-the-sea coming-of-age adventure surfaces at La Mirada.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMVH1 and Logo will salute the Tony-winning actor, playwright and librettist.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM
By Douglas Mayo
To my mind Titanic is currently the best show in the West End at the present time. Any lover of musical theatre would be crazy not to get a ticket to experience Titanic.
This…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:52PMThe big map of North America on the wall of the vice principal's office isn't all that it appears to be in Rajiv Joseph's "The North Pool." Dr. Danielson, the vice principal, believes that K…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:37PMThe new musical will play the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMThe season will include the New York premiere of Marcus Gardley's 'Ceasar/X.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:33PM The Tony Awards have announced ten show-stopping performances for the 2016 Tony Awards, which will broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, on CBS, on Sunday, J…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:28PMThe Go-Between opened at the Apollo Theatre last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:27PMThe play made the final rounds of Soho Theatre's Verity Bargate Award for emerging playwrights
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:27PMCBS has announced that Laura Linney will stop by tonight's LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMThe 'nationally regarded' Maine State Music Theatre and Fulton Theatre present the exclusive premiere of the new chamber version of GHOST THE MUSICAL, beginning tonight, June 8 through June …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:19PMBill Hanney's award-winning North Shore Music Theatre NSMT will soon stage a sparkling new production of FUNNY GIRL, starring Broadway's Shoshana Bean in the lead role of Fanny Brice. FUNNY …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMThe six-time nominee on playing Tevye and enjoying the awards season ride.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 12:10PMHe's ready for his close-up, Mr. Kidnapper. Tony winner Nathan Lane is one of our favorite Main Stem hams, and apparently, he's one of Martin Short's too. Lane's It's Onl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMSatisfied? There will be ten show-stopping performances at the 2016 Tony Awards! Hosted by Tony winner James Corden, the ceremony is set to broadcast live from the Beacon Theatre in New York…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:09PMOn a bet that Hamilton will remain red hot after composer Lin-Manuel Miranda leaves the cast and a second company opens in Chicago, Broadway producers raised the top ticket price by $3…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 12:02PMThe new dark comedy is directed by Trip Cullman.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMSara Bareilles and Gloria Estefan will also take part in the telecast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Unlike the democratic experience of the Potter movies, it seems only the smug rich can afford tickets for the stage playTickets are now on sale for the new London West End stage show Harry P…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:58AMYou’ve heard of feel-good theater. How about smell-good theater? A delectable aroma wafts through the Anacostia Playhouse during Going to a Place where you Already Are, the handiwork of Sc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:58AMWhen pioneering director and writer George C. Wolfe needed a young actress who could sing and tap to help him give birth to his next show, he turned to Adrienne Warren.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:51AMChicago Theatre Workshop, which will begin performances this fall as a resident company at the newly opened Edge Theatre, has announced its inaugural season. The season will open with "Wi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:50AMThe women nominated for Best Featured Actress in a Play are each part of an expert ensemble of actors playing a struggling middle-class family, a group of captive women caught in a brutal ci…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:49AMThe performances have been set for the 70th annual Tony Awards on Sunday at the Beacon Theater, with all 10 musicals nominated in the Best Musical and Best Revival of a Musical scheduled to …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:46AMStaged Reading of The Second Sun written by James Patrick Nelson Directed by Jennifer Gelfer Starring James Patrick Nelson and Eden Epstein I had the pleasure of talking with playwrig…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 11:45AMThe Tony Award telecast will offer performances from all 9 new and revival musicals that were nominated, including one that has already closed.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 11:44AMUS producer Scott Rudin has pulled out of the forthcoming Groundhog Day musical, which opens in London next month ahead of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMOne musical is getting all the attention this year, but many other Broadway shows also deserve an audience
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:42AMThe slate includes two world premieres and six U.S. premieres.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMA new play at Parkway Playhouse finds modern relevance in a mysterious local tale of murder.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:40AMWhen Danny Burgos steps on the Broward Center stage on June 15 in the national tour of Beauty and the Beast, the moment will resonate for him as few have before. It was on those same floorbo…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:37AMSouthampton’s Nuffield Theatre is launching a new scheme to support local producers, after it received a £145,000 boost to its artist development
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:35AMWest Yorkshire Playhouse has been named as the next venue to host the Cameron Mackintosh Resident Composer scheme. Organised by Mercury Musical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMThis play is often considered Terence Rattigan's best, and it provides a fantastic opportunity for any actress in the central role of Hester Collyer, the judge's wife who has embarked on a d…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 11:27AMThe two singing actors will be guests on the late-night CBS talk show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMThe Edinburgh Festival Fringe programme has launched with a 20% drop in the number of free shows in its programme, marking the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMSalisbury Playhouse has received almost £9,500 to continue its development of young directors. The venue has been given the money – totalling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMI understand that they are mirroring the movie, but with that many "sisters" in control, why wouldn't they fix this glaring stroke of misogyny?
SOURCE: showbuzznyc.com at 11:15AMThe hit Broadway comedyAN ACT OF GOD starring Tony nominee and Emmy winnerSean Hayeshas announced that a limited number of 42 general rush tickets will be available at theBooth Theatre222 We…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMThe Drama Leagueannounced today thatJennifer Sunshinehas been appointed the company's new Development Director, beginningJuly 11th, 2016. Ms. Sunshine is the final new addition to The Drama …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMIn this edition, meet Zoe- the precious feline of Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMHalley Feiffer's romantic comedy has a comedian and a millionaire guarding their wounds as their mothers are treated for cancer.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMTony Yazbeck stopped by this morning's 'Today' to announce the news that he will be returning to the role of author 'J.M. Barrie' in Broadway's FINDING NEVERLAND, beginning this Friday, June…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMAshley Tisdale reveals that her HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL character Sharpay Evans will not appear in the 4th installment of the popular Disney Channel series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMThe upcoming musical stage adaptation of GROUNDHOG DAY is set to premiere at London's Old Vic Theater this July before making the transfer to Broadway next January.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMOn 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 continue bringing you coverag…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMTen showstopping performances have been announced for THE 70TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS, live from the Beacon Theatre, Sunday, June 12 800-1100 PM, live ET delayed PT, on the CBS Television Networ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMThe cast of the recent revival of Spring Awakening will perform.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMAudience members at the Theatre Royal Windsor were forced to evacuate the venue on the opening night of its six-week repertory season
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMThe world premiere of Halley Feiffer’s new play at MCC stars 2 Broke Girls' Beth Behrs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMCaryl Churchill, Lucy Kirkwood and EV Crowe are to pen new plays that will conclude the Royal Court’s 60th anniversary season. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:09AMHimself and Nora officially opened June 6 Off-Broadway. See the celebration here.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMSome familiar faces are flying back toward the second star to the right. Finding Neverland alums Paul Slade Smith and Dana Costello have assumed the roles of Charles Frohman and Marie Barrie…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:07AMBen West, founder and director of UnsungMusicalsCo., is on a mission to give new life to the lesser-known authors and works of American musical theater. With the help of the unparalleled col…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 11:07AMChristina QuintanaHometown: New Orleans Current Town: New York City Q: What are you working on now?A: I’m currently finishing the first full draft of a brand new baby bird o…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:04AMTalk about age-appropriate casting: Love Letters, a play about the 50-year relationship between a man and a woman, is now at the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore starring a man and a woman a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AMGiving back to the community is an important goal for the Providence Players of Fairfax. The Providence Players (PPF) is known for its work to serve its diverse community, especially with it…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:00AMSummit High School took home the top prize for its production of Mary Poppins.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMDavid Javerbaum's comedy is back on Broadway with Joe Mantello directing.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMRapp also directs his new drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
The Empire State Building is lit in a variety of colors and styles to celebrate various holidays and occasions. On June 7, the world-famous New York City landmark was lit in red and silver t…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMTony-nominated artist also commented changes in the forthcoming revival of Cats.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMSpoilers, spoilers, spoilers!
SOURCE: time.com at 10:50AMKnown for its heightened physical Commedia dell’Arte and mirth, the award winning Faction of Fools Theatre Company takes on Molière’s The Miser for a delightful romp of wit and foolery.…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:49AMRead how to purchase discounted tickets to the limited engagement starring Sean Hayes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMSee all of this years Tony Nominees gearing up for the awards this Sunday.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AMSadler’s Wells, LondonNitin Sawhney, Michael Hulls and Lucy Carter have created virtuosic sensory experiences that capture the spirit of dance without using dancersModern dance productions…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:38AMHamilton 101 for the Mathematically Challenged
All those who suspected Hamilton, with it’s scarcity of tickets and huge prices for those who are lucky enough to get a ticket, is not exact…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:36AMPrices for “Hamilton” creator-composer-star Lin-Manuel Miranda’s final show are going through the Richard Rodgers Theatre’s roof. The average secondary market ticket price for th…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:21AMThe actress will not return as Sharpay Evans in the fourth film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe theatre had to cancel a performance as the stalls filled up with water
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:15AMBefore taking the stage at Monday's gala reunion, we look back to Melissa Errico singing some Finian's Rainbow.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:10AMAs the Tonys Celebrate Their 70th Anniversary: Memories of Award Namesake Antoinette Perry
By: Ellis Nassour
The Tony Award is Broadway’s most coveted prize. But who’s this Tony? T…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:08AM Meeting Leah Nanako Winkler in a coffee shop is something everyone should do. Her imaginative character and insurgent passion for art, story, and equity leave her listeners not only m…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 10:00AM Meeting Leah Nanako Winkler in a coffee shop is something everyone should do. Her imaginative character and insurgent passion for art, story, and equity leave her listeners not only more …
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 10:00AMEver realize how many years Frank Langella has been giving “the performance of a lifetime”? Critics keep trotting out that old chestnut, and he keeps calling them on it.
They said it a…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00AMWith his wife and two children, James Ehnes rediscovered his Canadian roots in national tour bringing him to TSO June 9.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AMTuck Everlasting\u2019s Michael Wartella is working on his first solo album. As a tease of things to come, he performed a cover of \u201CMidnight Radio\u201D from Hedwig and the Angry Inch i…
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Beth Behrs, the star of CBS's 2 BROKE GIRLS, leads the cast of the world premiere of Halley Feiffer's comedy A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Sl…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMHappy Birthday, Robert Preston best remembered for his performance as 'Professor' Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's musical The Music Man 1962. He had already won a Tony Award for his perfor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMAtlantic Theater Company presents the New York premiere of The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois, written and directed by Obie Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp. The Purple Li…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMSTARS 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 09:55AMActor Tituss Burgess stopped by THE TALK to chat about his hit comedy series, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. The Broadway vet also reveals what's in store for his character in Season 2, and what…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMA breakdown of how much this Broadway blockbuster earns and stands to earn, and a tally of who will benefit most.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:44AMBarbican, LondonCumberbatch has a gift for suggesting Hamlet’s essential decency, but visual conceits take the place of textual investigation in this frustrating stagingAfter all the hype …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AMThe West End’s preview practice dates back nearly 50 years. As it stands, the outdated system works against the public interestWhen does Harry Potter and the Cursed Child actually open? Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AMFrom revenge porn to online dating to the EU referendum, this year’s productions will focus on the challenges of modern lifePerformers at this year’s Edinburgh festival fringe are to foc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:34AMIllinois' attorney general is warning theater-goers to be wary of websites offering tickets to the mega-hit musicals "Hamilton" and "Aladdin" before they go on sale to the general public. Bo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:33AMThe skit has the Tony winner trying to get his ransom video exactly right.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMPoor old Mark Lockyer. Press night of The Alchemist at the Royal Shakespeare Company doesn’t seem to have been an utterly pleasant experience for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:14AMTheatre has taken us to some fairly wild places in 2016: a research base on Pluto, a university of torture, an Indonesian
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:09AMThe programme for this year's Edinburgh festival features over 50,000 performances
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMDante or Die's show about materialism takes place in a storage unit
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMWe chat to the Funny Girl actor to find out how she's coped with being thrust into the spotlight
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:09AMHere is the second of two interviews with Aaron Cromie, one of Philadelphia’s most beloved directors, mask makers, writers, and interdisciplinary theater artists. Henrik: Carlo Goldoni (17…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:08AMIt is not surprising that Wendy Warren strains to find words to “comprehend the rank tragedy that resulted from enslavement."
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:03AMEquity and SDUK must be united I am worried by recent talk of a war of words between Equity and Stage Directors
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe latest first night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the first nights of Jesse
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
It happens to all of us: we see a show, a particular performance speaks to us, we're certain that actor will be lauded with praise and award nominations, and then.....nothing. Somebody else …
SOURCE: www.theaterppl.com at 07:56AMHalley Feiffer's funny-sad new play
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:53AMTODAY'S BIG NEWS Alex Brightman is getting a caricature at Sardi's and INDIAN SUMMER opens tonight at Playwrights Horizons
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on June 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:52AMFrom the moment that Hamilton's revolutionary troupe stepped onto the stage at the Richard Rodgers Theatre last summer, it was clear that Lin-Manuel Miranda's hip-hop infused celebration of …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 07:34AMLONDON (Reuters) - Dressed in Hogwarts robes and waving wands, eager fans got a first glimpse of the next installment in the Harry Potter saga, giving a new London stage production glowing r…
SOURCE: Reuters at 07:32AMHear Swedish soprano Nina Stemme sing the demanding title role of Puccini’s Chinese ice princess, with Anita Hartig as the angelic slave girl Liù and Marco Berti as Calàf. Paolo Carignan…
SOURCE: PBS at 07:32AMGreat cast of singers overcomes weaknesses of Broadway By The Bay production; go see it
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:32AM'The Conjuring 2' is even better than the original. While the first film teased us with the tale of a doll named Annabelle before diving into the haunting of the Perron family, the new film …
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:32AMDenver's Empire Lyric Players perform more Gilbert and Sullivan
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:32AMA precious First Folio of Shakespeare plays, one of several on tour from the Folger Shakespeare Library, has arrived at the San Diego Central Library, where it will remain for the next month…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:32AMSwedish choreographer Mats Ek shocked the dance world when he announced in January that he would be retiring his repertoire of works from the world stage. The news means Southern California …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:32AMBefore their performance in Raleigh, North Carolina, the cast of Kinky Boots took the opposite approach of many artists who pulled out of performing in the state: They sang in response to th…
SOURCE: New York Magazine at 07:32AMTwitter, like the world itself, is populated partly by thoughtful, open-minded people and partly by knee-jerking robots of flesh and blood who are incapable of reacting other than automatica…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMWe have five senses but only rarely do we experience the gift of having them heightened to a point of ecstasy. A Broadway musical, with its controlled delirium of sight and sound, can do tha…
SOURCE: Deadline at 07:30AMCharing Cross theatre, LondonThom Southerland opens his Charing Cross tenure with his brilliantly staged revival set aboard the doomed linerThe disaster-musical seems an unlikely genre, but …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:26AMDrama cannot happen without a controlled release of information that keeps the characters in the room and the audience wanting more. It helps to have vivid dialogue, an unpredictable plot an…
SOURCE: Time Out at 07:17AMAn extremely rare film clip of Carol Channing performing the title number from Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly! in 1965 with members of the original Broadway cast. This is a (mostly) silent fi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMA new production of Mascagni's Verismo shocker of 1898
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:07AMThe first preview of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has now taken place, but fans are still keeping schtum on all the secrets
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:07AM“You know, more often than not, a so-called ambitious fellow is simply showing off for someone he loved a darn sight more than the job he’s doing. A woman, usually. A woman who thinks he…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
West London venue the Bush Theatre is launching a new associate artists scheme that has been supported in part by the Andrew
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMJeremy Herrin has called for arts organisations to have their funding cut if they fail to improve diversity. The Headlong artistic director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMEvery week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and underappreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:42AMMichael Crawford returns to the West End, after a five year break, in a piece that's appreciably different from the kind of shows (Barnum, Phantom of the Opera) that rocketed him to sta…
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:30AMThe Mirror and The Telegraph have run reviews of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, despite the show not opening officially until
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMApollo, LondonThis evocative chamber piece, based on LP Hartley’s 1953 coming-of-age novel, is done with taste and style but never quite soars Is LP Hartley’s 1953 novel a good subject f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:21AMSong of Bernadette: Broadway legend Bernadette Peters graced the Edinburgh Playhouse stage on the final night of her three-date tour, after London and Manchester. And the crowd goes wild.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:06AM
Listen: @DearEvanHansen confirms cast, #Hairspray finds its Tracy! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. A…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMTanika Gupta returns to Stratford East with her revised 2013 comedy
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:55AMThom Southerland's chamber revival of Maury Yeston and Peter Stone's Broadway musical opens at the Charing Cross Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:55AMWe spoke to excited fans in the queue for the first preview of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:55AMThe award winning British playwright most famous for Equus and Amadeus, has died aged 90. Peter Shaffer, was born in Liverpool in 1926 and died in Ireland on 6 June after a short illness. Ru…
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SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 05:53AMIt has taken six years - and Michael Crawford - to bring Richard Taylor and David Wood’s poetic musicalisation of LP Hartley’s The Go-Between to the West End stage. And before the tired …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:40AMPatrick Marber’s play is set in 1945 in an English Country House, the set of which rivalled downstairs at Downton Abbey! The play is inspired by Strindberg’s Miss Julie. Helen George pla…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:35AMOne reviewer noted: 'The child may be cursed but this show most definitely isn't'
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:24AM'I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show'
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:24AMFans react positively to the theatrical adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at the Palace Theatre in London on Tuesday. JK Rowling’s two-part play is set 19 years after the end…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:22AM
Blue Guitar Theatre utilise and build on extracts of Lord Byron’s Cain: A Mystery to explore ideas of death and religion in this dystopic drama. We follow Cain’s story as a disgruntled, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:46AMJust off Camden High Street, the tiny Etcetera Theatre played host this weekend to Blackout Creative Arts’ New Writing Weekend by showcasing a double bill of new plays. Fridge, by Rose Br…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:46AMIt has taken six years – and Michael Crawford – to bring Richard Taylor and David Wood’s poetic musicalisation of L P Hartley’s The Go-Between to the West End stage; and before the t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:42AMMichael Crawford stars in this adaptation of LP Hartley's classic novel
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:38AMArts leaders have called for the rest of the UK to follow Scotland’s lead and give every primary schoolchild the chance to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:15AMYoung dancers aged 16 to 21 are encouraged to apply for the second year of a BBC competition that aims to discover
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMFrom Techcrunch on May 31, 2016 Instagram this morning officially announced the launch of its tools for business users, including new business profiles, analytics and the ability to turn Ins…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMDon’t miss your chance to see Arthur Miller’s undiscovered debut, No Villain, coming to the Trafalgar Studios this summer. Over six days
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMIf you have been inspired by all the great community projects you see different arts groups doing and dream of doing something similar, but don’t know where to start, Minnesota based S…
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We are greeted by a magical room that has been transformed to tell a special tale upon arrival to see My Friend Peter. The room above the Arts Theatre is an enchanting setting for this pla…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:36AMThe Spinning Wheel is a beast of a piece. Incorporating spoken word, hip hop, rap, song and chanting, the basis of the performance is the father-son relationship between the late musician, c…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:36AMAt once energetic and breathtakingly self obsessed, Jesse Eisenberg’s protagonist, Ben never initially exudes malicious intent, however by the end of Act One, you are left wondering ho…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:36AMBeyoncé looks to be human despite her perfection and utter professionalism. On Tuesday she began her first of two shows at Citi Field over an hour late, and robots are on time, right? She a…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:28AMThe best director of a play Tony nominee reflects on his long and varied career as a Broadway actor ('Angels in America,' 'The Normal Heart') and director (he's won Tonys for directing a pla…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:26AMThe fringe programme is out today – so here’s a venue-by-venue look at some of this year’s highlights across the Edinburgh festival. Let us know what’s caught your eye Continue readi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:08AMThere are quite a few British nominees for this year’s Tony Awards, being presented on June 12 at New York’s Beacon Theatre.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe London International Festival of Theatre continues to fill the city with theatre, dance, live art, and things that don’t fit into
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMy mother died a few weeks ago. I say this not to provoke any wave of sympathy (though the support from the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Sideshow Theatre's *Caught* has ambition to spare, but where the production falters is in its execution. Christopher Chen’s script winks at the audience to the point of annoyance, so conce…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:31AM1. Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere at Cohesion Theatre. “Neverwhere is a fully immersive experience that doesn’t let up until the last shadow leaves the stage.” – April For…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:26AMA rising political figure. A cunning campaign manager. A complicated cop. A shrewd lawyer. A battered woman. All of them figure into Jeff Keilholtz’s new play, Bad Fiction, kicking off the…
SOURCE: By Kenneth Jones at 12:17AMThe main reason I adore live theatre, in comparison to other art forms like cinema, is that the fiber and ligaments that make up this thing we call life – truth, in other words –…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:02AMWhich performance made the singing actor scream in delight?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Playwrights Horizons production stars Jonathan Hadary and Elise Kibler.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThere is no shortage of fun Tony viewing parties and events in honor of Broadway’s biggest night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill Pride 2016, we set our sights on the next generation of LGBTQ artists. Meet performer, novelist and musical book writer Tim Federle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe eight nominees share original drawings and models and explain the vision behind their creativity.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMMark Strong’s return to the stage in A View From The Bridge exceeded his expectations. The stage and screen actor discusses how theatre is fulfilling in a way that film simply can’t be.
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