It’s the beginning of Act I. The lights just start to go down, and everyone begins to settle into their seats for the next two hours. Nothing seems out of the ordinary, and all look forwar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:49PMThere’s no question that Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice is a problem play, fraught with old hates that were once considered justified and old beliefs that have long lost their …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:31PMBroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 6112016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:30PMBSG and Macy's teamed up for a cocktail event celebrating style and the 2015-2016 theater season. Check out the action!
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 11:23PMCongratulations are in order for Marilyn McCormick, drama teacher at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan who takes home the 2016 Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 11:23PMBroadway.com Senior Editor Imogen Lloyd Webber breaks down all the biggest races in the 2016 Tony Awards.
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Hamilton, that show you can't afford to see, is losing its progenitor Lin-Manuel Miranda this summer as he embarks on other projects. Now Phillipa Soo, who plays Hamilton's wife, Eliza, and …
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:42PMWhat do Grease Live! and the 1974 abduction of Patty Hearst have in common? Jonathan Tolins. The Grease scribe is working on a drama concerning Hearst (granddaughter of publishing magistrate…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:42PMLate intelligence suggests that many of my Tony predictions, as analyzed over the past week in a series of deep dives—see installments one, two, three, four, and f…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:42PMThis Judas has two faces — and atop one is a gigantic wig that appears five minutes before he does.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:30PMA burgeoning theater troupe is helping people who won't be on Broadway have fun with theater.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 10:30PMAt the New York Cabaret Convention Betty Buckley sings "Tell Me On a Sunday"
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Broadway's biggest night takes place on June 12, when Tony winner James Corden hosts the 70th Annual Tony Awards. Print out the scorecard below so that you can keep track of how your fav…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:45PMIt’s official. Suicide Squad, the long anticipated comic revival, is hitting the big screens on August 5, 2016 and is rated PG-13. You know what that means. A million antsy adolescent …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 06:38PMIt's a matter of hours untilthe Tony Awards and one question remains... do any of the nominees really stand a chance against Hamilton In case you missed it the first time, inthe latest episo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMSophocles' ancient Greek trilogy consisting of OEDIPUS THE KING, OEDIPUS AT COLONUS and ANTIGONE.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMIt's that time of year, and I can't help but wonder if your CD collection and iPod are Tonys ready. It's just a handful of hours until the 70th annual Tony Awards, and New York City and thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:14PMAspects of Mitchell’s article have also now gone national, with theater advocacy pundit Howard Sherman posting a piquant editorial late afternoon Friday on the Arts Integrity website. �…
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The Tony Awards are this Sunday, and it would be hard to deny that this year has seen an explosion of new interest in theater. For our Bonus Weekend Podcast, we bring you three interviews wi…
SOURCE: WNYC at 03:56PMThe design categories at the Tony Awards may not be the most exciting races to casual viewers but guessing the correct winners could be the key to prevailing in Gold Derby’s prediction con…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:56PMI often find that the design categories for plays at the Tony Awards are the easiest to predict. Oftentimes there is one show with the grandest or most obvious achievement in design, as with…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:56PMWelcome to the Week in Business, a look at some of the biggest stories in business and economics.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 03:56PM“Hamilton” made Tony Awards history with a record-breaking 16 nominations, surpassing the previous total of 15 set by “The Producers” in 2001 and tied by “Billy Elliot” in 2009. …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:55PMAt the beginning of every Improvised Shakespeare Company show at Largo, founder and director Blaine Swen steps up to briefly explain what is about to take place: a play, in the style of Shak…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:55PMThe 2016 Tony Awards will be handed out Sunday, and you won’t want to miss Broadway’s big night. Here’s everything you need to know about tuning in to the 70th Tony Awards and the r…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:55PMOne of the few directives that Lin-Manuel Miranda gave to designer Paul Tazewell about his costume for Alexander Hamilton was that he be represented in green - because "green is the color of…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:55PMSavion Glover, the Tony-nominated choreographer of 'Shuffle Along,' says he will join the production in July
SOURCE: NJ.com at 03:55PMThe second of a six-part, decade-by-decade video series sampling the legendary artist's performances of musical theatre classics.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:50PMEarlier this year it was the talk of the musical theatre world when Thom Southerland was appointed the first Artistic Director of Charing Cross Theatre, with the theatre previously being lef…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:21PMIt's that time of year again, as Broadway fans across the country gear up for the 70th annual Tony Awards.
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 03:10PMThe concert will also star Solea Pfeiffer and Matthew James Thomas.
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Andrew Rannells grills pal Christopher J. Hanke about hosting the Tony Awards red carpet for Broadway Style Guide!
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 12:50PMYou've gotta start somewhere The 2016 Tony nominees have made an massive achievment this season, but it wasn't long ago that they were just starting out in the business. So what advice would…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMIn receiving her record-breaking 6th Tony Award, the star pays tribute to the strong, brave, courageous women before her.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMBy Regina Buccola. Regina Buccola discusses Ed Proudfoot’s Chewing on Beckett, a contemporary reimagining of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot with an all-female cast.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:15PMMichael Crawford returns to the London stage in this new British musical by Richard Taylor and David Wood, directed by Roger Haines. The Go-Between is booking at the West End's Apollo Theatr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:06PMBy Judith Jerome. Judith Jerome discusses the recent Broadway production of Blackbird by David Harrower.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:05PMFirst performed in 1979, this is a relatively early work by the supreme British dramatist Alan Ayckbourn (b. 1939) who is as of this writing up to his 79th play, "Hero’s Welcome.' The new …
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Harrison David RiversHometown: Manhattan, Kansas Current Town: St. Paul, Minnesota Q: What are you working on now? A: This Bitter Earth, a commissi…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:58AMOver 17 years, The Rude Mechanicals, a local theater company specializing in classic works, has made its way through nearly all of Shakespeare’s enduring canon. After the current product…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52AMWhere Taylor’s recent Sheffield outing flooded the stage with talent, albeit with no big star on board, the casting feature of The Go-Between is of course England’s grand-daddy of musica…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:46AMTomorrow, tomorrow The 2016 Tony Awards will air on CBS tomorrow night, June 12 at 8pm and as usual, BroadwayWorld.com will be your one-stop shop for all things Tonys on Tonys Day, Night and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMOn 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 11:28AMRum Tum Tugger is a curious cat who can’t seem to make up his mind, but he’s at least agreed to vlog for us! Cats' Tyler Hanes is our newest vlogger. Keep an eye on Broa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMMy most popular Hamilton post has been Quiz: Which character in Hamilton are you? Also popular, my more general Hamilton Quiz — 20 questions that span the history of the show. My most …
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At Sunday’s Tony Awards there is opportunity in losing. With Broadway set to crown “Hamilton” the greatest show in the history of mankind, the also-rans are scrambling to make the most…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:58AMThe 69th Aldeburgh Festival opens with an imaginative fusion of circus and music
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:37AMMaggie and Pierre is due to open on Sunday 19 June 2016 at London's Finborough Theatre, where it runs Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays until 5 July. I chatted to the show’s Director, Eduard L…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AMWhat does a 'producer' actually do How does one travel from that great idea for a show to a smash hit opening night on Broadway John Breglio cannot guarantee you a hit, but he does take the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThe editors hit every award show in town and talk about critics, competition and making room on the mantel.
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The 2016 Tony Awards will air on CBS tomorrow, June 12 at 8pm and as usual, BroadwayWorld.com will be your one-stop shop for all things Tonys on Tonys Day, Night and Beyond starting early Su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMThe television series “Nashville” is getting a second life. The country-oriented CMT network said Friday it will make a fifth season of the music-oriented drama, which had been canceled …
SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:21AMAs soon as I finished Wednesday's post on the highs and lows of some of the musicals up for Tonys, I realized that I should give some equal hi-lo time to a few of the nominated plays as well…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 08:20AMShe took home a Tony Award in 2014 and she's back for more Jessie Mueller is currently starring as Jenna, a smalltown you guessed it waitress looking for a new start, and she earned a Tony n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20AMAlso honored are Brian Blessed, Tom Morris and Felix Barrett
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On the Tony Awards this year.
SOURCE: Popdose at 06:56AM by Carol Rocamora There’s a lot going on in The Total Bent, Stew’s smashing new show that’s raising the roof at the Public Theater with its sensational scor…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:50AMThe Night Watch is a gripping adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel – beautifully realised and faultlessly performed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:16AMIsabelle Huppert stars in this piece from Odéon-Théâtre de L'Europe
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:12AMSo you’ve mastered the warrior and the downward dog, tried hot yoga and Jivamukti yoga, and are looking for your next challenge. Here’s one: achieving perfect balance and inner peace on …
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Thu, July 14 thru Sun, August 21 @ Olney Theatre Center, presented by Olney Theatre Center
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:46AMFri, July 15 thru Sat, July 16 @ GALA Hispanic Theatre, presented by GALA Hispanic Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:46AMTue, July 12 thru Sun, July 31 @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:46AMThu, July 7 thru Sun, August 7 @ Studio Theatre, presented by Studio Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:46AMTue, June 28 thru Sun, July 17 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- Based on the best-selling novel by Robert Jame…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:46AMWed, July 13 thru Sat, August 20 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- Bigger and better than ever before! This fre…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:46AMFri, July 15 thru Sat, July 16 @ GALA Hispanic Theatre, presented by GALA Hispanic Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 12:46AMThe Meltdown Festival kicks off today, for the 23rd time with its unique approach of having a celebrated musician curate proceedings. This year the reigns have been handed over to Guy Garvey…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:37AMLast year, ABC announced that it would be trying its hand at the TV movie musical. Following the resurgence of musicals hitting channels like NBC (think live productions like The Sound of Mu…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:21AMAfter the Chicago Reader story on the long-time actor abuse at Profiles Theatre appeared, Colin Mitchell, Editor-in-Chief and Founder of Bitter Lemons published an editorial which, while not…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 12:20AMThe Drama Desk and Obie-winning playwright debuts a new work Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe production is nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Smoke playwright debuts her newest work Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTake a look back at a week of video fun.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHarry Potter debuts in London with a live owl, who has already withdrawn, The Deep Blue Sea is revived at the National and Michael Crawford and Titanic each return to the West End.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDoes opening a show on Broadway almost one year before the Tony Awards hurt a musical’s chances at taking home the coveted honor of Best Musical or Play? We revisit our look back at summer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAdrienne Shelly wrote, directed and co-starred in the 2007 film Waitress, but was murdered before its release. Jessie Mueller reflects on the important art she left behind.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA look back at when Ethel Merman went up against Mary Martin, The Phantom of the Opera went up against Into the Woods and many more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDirector-choreographer Mia Michaels shares details on how she’s developing the New York Spectacular Starring The Radio City Rockettes and why she wants to get back to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAs part of Playbill Pride 2016, we set our sights on the next generation of LGBTQ artists. Meet playwright MJ Kaufman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMDrag queens and ordinary folks won’t be the only ones dancing in the streets Sunday at PrideFest.
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