Dance preview: fireWALL Dance Theater celebrates female empowerment in new show 'Eff.Ul.Gents' by Jane Vranish / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Choreographer Elisa-Marie Alaio had a secret. She recently revealed an eight-year struggle with an eating disorder at a benefit for The Emily Project, a national organization that has opened…

Hunter Foster Is the Muny's Music Man, Starting Tonight by Andrew Gans

The classic American musical continues through July 11.

New Principals Roar in Broadway's The Lion King Today by Robert Viagas

Tony nominee Derek Smith joins the cast as Scar.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: July 5 by David Gewirtzman

Did Heather Headley Choose The Color Purple, or Did It Choose Her? by Robert Simonson

Broadway comebacks occasionally take time, but Headley proves they are worth the wait.

What Did This Mom Do When Her Daughters Begged to Audition for Broadway? by Olivia Clement

The mother of two of Matilda's stars, MiMi and Talia Ryder, explains how their passion for performance led to a Broadway bow.

Alice Cheng by Alice Cheng

Alice Cheng is a biomedical engineer turned management consultant, from the rural fields of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD from Georgia Tech and has published numerous articles in the scienti…

Jordan Dean: My Style by John Vermeer

BSG talks personal style with American Psycho star, Jordan Dean.

On the Couch with Cath Jamison by Arts Review

Who is Cath Jamison? Australia's Leading Female magician and Australia's only Female mentalist. What would you do differently to what you do now?   I would go on an adventure performing a…

The Biennale of Sydney announces new Artistic Director by Arts Review

The Biennale of Sydney has announced Mami Kataoka as the Artistic Director of the 21st Biennale of Sydney to be held in 2018. The acclaimed Chief Curator at the Mori Art Museum (MAM…

Here I Sit, Brokenhearted

Here I Sit, Brokenhearted Off Off Broadway, Theatre Row's Beckett Theater Reviewed by Shoshana Roberts BOTTOM LINE: Breasts, poop, penises, and other topics normally found written about on…

Daniel Joseph Lilly by Daniel Lilly

Daniel Joseph Lilly is a recent transplant from the East Coast. He has been an actor in many plays including "The Clean House" by Sarah Ruhl, "Unloaded for Bear" by Jack Frederick and "The P…

Sysamone Phaphon by Sysamone Phaphon

Sysamone is a mother, event organizer, ghostwriter and founder of an early stage tech/startup. Sysamone has a B.A. in Human Development with a minor in Psychology.  She also earned a Mast…

Clare Hedin by Clare Hedin

Clare Hedin. Clare is a writer, sound-healer, international speaker, protector of the sacred, and educator for the creative potential of humanity. She is also a singer/songwriter, recordi…

Harry Duke by Harry Duke

Harry Duke is an actor, director, teacher, and theatre critic whose reviews can be seen in print in the the Sonoma County Gazette. He holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from Sonoma State Universit…

Jacob G. Dickerman by Jacob Dickerman

Jacob G. Dickerman has written for local publications The Daily Californian and Bulbes. A fifth year student at UC Berkeley, Jacob puts the super in super senior and the ic in criti…

Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné by Arts Review

Published globally by The Estate of Francis Bacon on 30 June 2016, Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné is a landmark publishing event that presents the entire oeuvre of Bacon's paintings for …

Clownland by Judith Lanigan by Arts Review

The term Clownland conjures up images and a landscape at an almost mythological level, and indeed clowns are legendary creatures in their own right. Many are undeniably afraid of the concept…

Hard Cider, Chamber Pots And Leeches: Living Like A Founding Father

River Donaghey, associate editor at VICE, spent four days living as people did in the 18th century. Donaghey tells NPR's Ari Shapiro that New Yorkers happily mistook him as an extra from Ham…

Tony Waag, Executive Director of the American Tap Foundation, on 16 Years of Tap City by The Dance Enthusiast

"Each year we strive to make Tap City fresh with new ideas and approaches to preserve tap as a vital component of American dance." Tony Waag, Executive Director of the American Tap Dance Fou…

The Little Mermaid by Michael Portantiere

Film Soundtrack, 1989 (Disney) After a decades-long dry spell, Disney film animation finally sprang to life again with The Little Mermaid, a musical adaptation of the children's story by Han…

Billy Elliot by Michael Portantiere

Original London Cast, 2006 (Decca Broadway) Based on the film written by Lee Hall, who did double duty for the stage musical as librettist and lyricist, Billy Elliot tells of a Northern Engl…

Fuse Film Review: "Genius"? Oh, Really? by Arts Fuse Editor

Unfortunately for Genius, film is a visual medium, not a talking heads snore fest.

Whisper Into My Good Ear . A Fringe Peek by Lorraine Treanor

Some thirty-five years ago I and my buddy Pat O'Brien (Underneath the Lintel) performed the two-hander, Whisper Into My Good Ear for a one-act theater competition in the Twin Cities.  …

Next to Normal by Michael Portantiere

Original Broadway Cast, 2009 (Sh-K-Boom) If Spring Awakening marked the successful comeback of the original pop/rock musical theater score, then Next to Normal helped insure its future. Part…

A Report on Last Night's 'A Capitol Fourth' Rehearsal by Marlene Hall

What do you get when you combine Smokey Robinson, Gavin DeGraw, Kenny Loggins, Team USA Olympians, the National Symphony Orchestra, and more? The incredible production of A Capitol Fourth pr…

JLo, Lin-Manuel Miranda create song to benefit Orlando victims by Jacqueline Cutler

Lin-Manuel Miranda raps and Jennifer Lopez sings on "Love Make the World Go Round" a new track to benefit the Orlando victims.

LIBERTY: A MONUMENTAL NEW MUSICAL - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

One glance at the Statue of Liberty and you instantly understand everything that she, and ostensibly the United States, stands for.

'Aladdin' Costumes Among the Most Intricate On Broadway by Rino16

Aladdin The Musical will debut in Sydney soon, and the costume team is working tirelessly to make the costumes as colorful and beautiful as possible. It’s even being said that the cost…

This Week's New Classifieds on BWW - 7/4/2016

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 742016.

Theatre Review: 'Hairspray' at Toby's Dinner Theatre by Mark Beachy

Hey, Hon, leave those dirty dishes in the “zinc,” “worsh” your face with some “wooter,” and drive on over to Toby’s Dinner Theatre to see t…

Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda Team Up With a New Song For a Good Cause by Tolly Wright

Never one to let a holiday go without giving a gift, Lin-Manuel Miranda released a small taste of his song with Jennifer Lopez on July 4 on Twitter. The tune will benefit the Somos Orlando c…

Anna Kendrick Wants to Play Marvel's Squirrel Girl and Finally Give Us the Superhero Movie We Deserve by Tolly Wright

Anna Kendrick may be in six movies this year, but she's ready to add a Marvel franchise as well: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Always willing to display her acting range, Kendrick said in an…

Lin-Manuel Miranda teases new music with Jennifer Lopez

The 'Hamilton' creator raps on an upcoming benefit single for Orlando.        

Comedienne Rebel Wilson makes London stage debut in 'Guys and Dolls'

LONDON (Reuters) - Having made audiences laugh in movies such as "Bridesmaids" and "Pitch Perfect", Australian comedienne Rebel Wilson now sets her sights on the London stage, making her Wes…

Yearning to Breathe Free: 'Liberty, a Monumental New Musical' by Matthew Wexler

by Samuel L. Leiter The story of how the Statue of Liberty, the greatest symbol of America's historical openness to immigrants, came to be built is a great one; however, only fragments are t…

Who Sang It Best? Watch Broadway Get Patriotic with the National Anthem! by BroadwayWorld

Oh, say can you see... all the Broadway stars who have sung this song Well now you canIt's America's birthday, and what better way to celebrate than with some of Broadway's best renditions o…

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #38: 'Poe, Times Two' by Richard Byrne by Guest Author

The life of Edgar Allan Poe is a subject of endless and fascinated discussion and debate. But at the core of our fascination with Poe is the work itself " his poems, and literary criticism, …

Sacramento artist's work given to Dalai Lama features immigration, agriculture

Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León presented the giftSacramento-based artist Emilio Soltero printed, remarqued image … Click to Continue »

Offer: Two Edinburgh Previews for £10 at Shoreditch Town Hall by A Younger Theatre

See two Edinburgh Fringe Previews for £10 Tell Me Anything and Party Trap | 25-30 July | Shoreditch Town Hall A season of theatre Edinburgh previews commence at Shoreditch Town …

A Tribute To The Late American Composer Eubie Blake

Blake's music is featured in the Broadway revival, Shuffle Along. Our tribute features live performances of his songs and interviews with pianist Dick Hyman, among others. Originally broadca…

La Scala ordered to rehire ballerina sacked in anorexia row by Agence France-Presse In Rome

Court rules Mariafrancesca Garritano was fired unfairly for claiming dance school was responsible for dancers' eating disordersItaly's top court has ordered the rehiring of a La Scala baller…

Liberty " A Monumental New Musical by Sandi Durell

      By Beatrice Williams-Rude   A perfectly timed, unfortunately relevant and utterly thrilling musical, titled Liberty, opened July 4. This is an audience show and the…

How exactly to Add an Interview into a Research Paper by Michael J. Roberts

Do You Realize?Disposable mobile phones are easily available non-prescription, without the deal, along with cards [...]

Theatre News: Making a Murderer laywers to appear at the London Palladium

Dean Strang and Jerry Buting, the two lawyers who fought for Steven Avery in Netflix docuseries Making a Murderer, will be in conversation in October

The Making of America's Musical- 1776: The Story Behind the Story by Jeffrey Kare

As America celebrates its 240th Birthday today, let's talk about what is probably one of the greatest musicals ever written, and it only came about 46 years before Hamilton. 1776 dramatizes …

Amanda Holden Cast As Fairy Godmother in Palladium Cinderella by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Producers have announced that Amanda Holden will play The Fairy Godmother in the highly anticipated London Palladium production of Cinderella. Cinderella will run at the Lond…

Lin-Manuel Miranda Previews Song w/ Jennifer Lopez for Orlando Victims by BroadwayWorld

Happy 4th The always prolificLin-Manuel Miranda has just released a preview of a free Independence Day track, written with Jennifer Lopez that will be released to support victims of the Orla…

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jennifer Lopez Collaborate on Song to Benefit Orlando Victims by Ashley Lee

"Love Make the World Go Round" will benefit the Hispanic Federation's Proyecto Somos Orlando initiative.read more

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #36: 'Kick Before You Drown' by Guest Author

Steal A Step World Premieres Kick Before You Drown at the Capital Fringe Festival on July 7-14, 2016 Genre-bending company debuts a provocative show melding contemporary circus and perfor…

Charles Busch @ Guild Hall by Barry

Charles Busch: The Lady at The Mic Accompanied on the piano by Tom Judson Charles Busch: The Lady at the Mic is an intimate evening of song and stories by two-time MAC Award winner, and…

Features: Top 5 theatre openings this week: 4 - 10 July

From ping pong to people smuggling, we take a look at what you should be seeing this week

Tomorrow on TCM: Dawn to Dusk Westerns #1 by Trav S.D.

Tomorrow Turner Classic Movies will be launching what amounts to a survey course in the Hollywood western. Every Tuesday and Wednesday in July they will  be showing westerns the entire da…

Which Yoga is Right for You?

Have you considered taking up yoga but don't know where to start? It's an ancient science of wellness, born and largely developed in India. In the past few decades, however, yoga has caught …

4th of July Poll: Your Favorite American History Musical by Jonathan Mandell

Broadway musicals that take American history as their subject have been called a "vastly underexplored genre"…until recently. Which is your favorite?

Lydia Johnson Dance: A fusion of emotion and form

In some circles of contemporary choreographers, the word "formal" has a negative connotation. It implies an adherence to Westernized, balletic ideals like line, shape and symmetry. For those…

Magic Time! 5 Reasons Capital Fringe Is a DC Treasure by John Stoltenberg

The future of the Capital Fringe Festival has been uncertain since its brilliant and brave inception in 2006, but back in July 2013 its fate was especially iffy. The festival's fabulously fu…

You put the Independent in Independence Day.

The Fourth of July means a lot of things . . . BBQs, fireworks, and of course, the birth of this great (although in an awkward phase) nation. We call it Independence Day . . . the day we …

Asghar Farhadi's "The Salesman" Named Best International Film at Munich Festival by Lisa Contag

"The Salesman" ("Forushande") by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi received the Arri/ Osram Award for Best International Film at the 34th International Munich Film Festival last weekend. The F…

Lloyd Webber gives £1.4m to secondary schools music programme by Matthew Hemley

A scheme backed by Andrew Lloyd Webber to give free music lessons to school children has had its future secured for the

H.T. Chen and Dancers: Culture and community in movement

From man’s beginnings, we danced in community. As cultures evolved and diversified, so did their dancing. Thus, unique cultural dances emerged worldwide. Contemporary dance works somet…

Creditors owed thousands as Lincoln Theatre Royal takes on new management by Matthew Hemley

Bosses who operated Lincoln Theatre Royal under three companies during four years have relinquished control of the venue, raising doubts over hundreds of thousands

Number of BAME performing arts professionals up by 60% since 2011 by David Hutchison

The number of black, Asian and ethnic minority arts workers has surged by 59% over the past five years, according to new

What's in Store for Chehon Wespi-Tschopp's 'I Am Force'?

Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, Season 9 winner of So You Think You Can Dance, has taken his company and brand, I Am Force (IAF), to new heights. Although IAF is still in its early years, the growt…

'Freddie Falls in Love': Blackstone's Back, Alright!

As Tony Award season has just concluded, it reminds us that while one of four brilliant choreographers walks home with the honor, only a handful of choreographers have remained household nam…

Final Casting Announced For Limited Six Month Return Of Hit Musical The Bodyguard Starring Beverley Knight

As previously announced, Beverley Knight returns to the international hit musical The Bodyguard for a strictly limited six month run West End run to play Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Mar…

BroadwayRadio Special: Interview with Sammi Cannold by James Marino

James Marino interviews Sammi Cannold, the director of A Site-Specific Developmental Concert of Songs from Ragtime on Ellis Island, coming up on Monday, August 8th, 2016. Visit Ragtime…

Features: Top 10 kids shows this summer

Check out how to keep the little ones entertained over the summer holidays

Charlie And The Chocolate Factory: Shortlisted Entries For The Imagination Awards

The shortlists have been announced for The Imagination Awards, a new competition launched by the award-winning West End production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, to…

In Which I am Related to Half the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by Trav S.D.

Happy Fourth of July! Once again we share the famous Trumbull painting to commemorate the signing of the document that made America’s political separation from Great Britain official. …

Happy Fourth from Jolly Ema by Trav S.D.

I could learn nothing about Jolly Ema beyond what it tells on this postcard, and the weight they give (if it does indeed say 620 lbs) is probably a matter of creative interpretation. But thi…

MEET THE REAL MAGGIE THATCHER " Touring by Kristy Stott

During the last few months we have been bombarded with referendum discourse and despite it being three years since the Iron Lady's death, her name still manages to find itself firmly woven i…

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Season 1 and Jane the Virgin Season 2 Hit Netflix by Karen Brill

Set aside some special fireworks in the CW's honor: The network unexpectedly unleashed some of its best stuff on Netflix just in time to take over your holiday weekend. Jane the Virgin's sec…

Happy Independence Day: 12 shows & performers for Ameriphiles

On the 4th of July, we're exploring #StageFaves' American connections: six musicals and six performers born in the US and onstage soon in London. How many more can you name?

Fuse Theater Review: "The Rose Tattoo" " A Spectacular Production from the Williamstown Theatre Festival by Helen Epstein

This superb production offers audiences a chance to discover or rediscover an American classic.

Theatre News: Disney's musical hits to be celebrated at the Royal Albert Hall

Alan Menken will appear in Disney's Broadway Hits at a special event in October

Hamilton Posters: All the Versions that Didn't Make the Cut by James Tarmy

Even though the show hardly needs to market itself at this point, the promotional logo for the theatrical sensation Hamilton has become a coveted pop culture symbol by itself. A simple trunc…

THE LITTLE GARDENER " Touring by Helen McWilliams

The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes is a popular children's story and Eva Sampson has directed an innovative piece of theatre via a clever adaptation. Produced by How It Ended, the show has …

Shane Marshall Brown, Tunnel Hill native shining a light on Broadway by Charles Oliver

From the stage of the Dalton Little Theater to the lights of Broadway, theater has been Shane Marshall Brown's passion since childhood.

Beautiful Cast Join Carole King In Hyde Park by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Last night Carole King performed her sell out Tapestry concert in London’s Hyde Park. For the finale she was joined on stage by the cast of the West End hit musical Bea…

Review: The Rose Tattoo at curtainup.com- Berkshires by Gloria Miller

Tennessee Williams' fabled folk tale ignites the stage driven by the lusty eroticism of Marisa Tomei's Serafina .

America Plays: 8 Titles to Celebrate the 4th by American Theatre Editors

What does the name America mean to these plays? Grandeur, grift, grief, gore, and more.

Careers Clinic: Should I tour with a TiE company? by John Byrne

I've been acting for just over a year. Or perhaps it would be truer to say that I have finished my training

Peter Schlemiel Transfers to Theatre N16 by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Peter Schlemiel is the arresting and haunting story of an ordinary man who foolishly exchanges his shadow for endless fortune and fame, and must face the bitter consequences.…

Blogs: Danny Sapani: Government cuts mean we need to hold onto organisations like Wac Arts

Ahead of a new production from Wac Arts, the actor describes how the company helped him into the industry and how important places like Wac are for young people

Top playwrights join fight to save drama in schools by Vanessa Thorpe

Patrick Marber and James Graham tell Vanessa Thorpe why it's vital performing arts stay on syllabusPatrick Marber and James Graham, two of Britain's most highly regarded playw…

Cathy Come Home: watch the live stream of Cardboard Citizens' show by Guardian Staff

Watch a theatrical restaging of Ken Loach's drama, followed by a panel discussion about homelessness, live from the Barbican in London at 7.30pm BST on Tuesday 5 JulyFifty years ago, Ken Loa…

John Hurt Withdraws from West End Revival of The Entertainer by Mark Shenton

The veteran actor was to have starred opposite Kenneth Branagh

FIRST LOOK: Tim Minchin's new musical Groundhog Day by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo We are pleased to bring you these great rehearsal room images of Groundhog Day, Tim Minchin’s much anticipated new musical. Artistic Director of The Old Vic Matthew War…

2016 Capital Fringe Preview #35: 'Aliens, Nazis & Angels': A solo play by Leah Harris by Guest Author

  Mental illness, addiction, and inherited family trauma: these are the ingredients from which Leah Harris spins her solo performance. Working with Director Regie Cabico, she mined her …

Happy birthday, America! by Terry Teachout

Van Cliburn and the Fort Worth Symphony perform "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on opening day of the 1994 baseball season: (This is the latest in a series of…

"I dreamed of blue fireballs" by Terry Teachout

Memory is the great blessing of a happy life. I have nothing but pleasant memories of my mother's family's Fourth of July cookouts, which rank among the highlights of my small-town youth. Th…

FIRST LOOK: Beverley Knight In The Bodyguard by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo On 15 July 2016, the acclaimed musical The Bodyguard will return to London’s West End for a limited six month season at the Dominion Theatre. Based on the blockbuster 1…

Just because: Ry Cooder sings "Tamp 'Em Up Solid" by Terry Teachout

Ry Cooder sings and plays "Tamp 'Em Up Solid" at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 1979: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday,…

Funny Girl UK Tour by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Following its critically acclaimed run at London’s Savoy Theatre, Funny Girl the musical will undertake a major UK tour in 2017. Funny Girl brought global fame to Barbr…

BWW's On This Day - July 4, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Almanac: Calvin Coolidge on the Constitution by Terry Teachout

"To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race." Calvin Coolidge (quoted in the New York Times, September 17, 1923)

Poll: Which major London opening are you most looking forward to? by The Stage

The forthcoming months promise some of this year’s biggest theatrical offerings in London, with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Groundhog Day

RSC Tempest to project character on to stage for the first time by David Hutchison

The Royal Shakespeare Company has revealed its radical new staging of The Tempest will see the character Ariel projected live on to

NEWS: Full cast & new images released for The Bodyguard's West End return by Press Releases

Beverley Knight returns to the international hit musical The Bodyguard for a strictly limited six month run West End run to play Oscar-nominated superstar Rachel Marron with Ben Richards as …

Theatre News: Mark Quartley to join Simon Russell Beale in The Tempest

The actor will take on the role of Ariel in Greg Doran's upcoming production

£17m rescue plan for Harrow Arts Centre includes 600-seat theatre by Matthew Hemley

Plans for a £17 million "centre of excellence for culture in north London" have been unveiled, with a 600-seat theatre part of

Ride our log flume! James Acaster's tips for Lindsay Lohan's Kettering trip by James Acaster

The Hollywood star says she'll turn on Kettering's Christmas lights. When she's in town, she should check out our mummified cat and smell the WeetabixDear Lindsay Lohan, Glad to hear that yo…

Hamilton Continues to Be One of Broadway's Most Groundbreaking Plays by Rino16

“Hamilton” has done wonders to break down stereotypes and open the minds of theatergoers. The cast is almost completely composed of people of color, who are portraying historical…

Janelle Monae says film about black women at NASA key part of U.S. history by Chevel Johnson - Associated Press

Grammy-nominated singer Janelle Monae will make her big-screen debut next year in Hidden Figures, which chronicles the work three black women did in the United States space program.

6 shows to look out for in July: Groundhog Day, American Idiot, Exposure & more by Emma Clarendon

Happy Independence Day to our American friends. As we charge headlong into July, here are a few hot show openings this month that you need to keep an eye out for: American Idiot, Blanc de Bl…

Theatre News: New season announced at Finborough Theatre

The autumn season will include a play by Noel Coward that hasn't been seen in the UK for almost 90 years

Blogs: Matt Trueman: The roar of current affairs creeps into the plays we watch

Matt Trueman on how recent political events affect our interpretation of theatre

Win a double pass to Bad Jews at QPAC, Brisbane by AussieTheatre

AussieTheatre has two double passes to giveaway to Bad Jews at QPAC on 12 July, 2016. The play has been widely embraced by the Jewish community and, indeed, by audiences in ge…

Backstage: Fitting up and fitting in on tour by Jo Caird

If the secret of comedy is timing, the same can certainly be said of the technical side of touring. All-night fit-ups, a

The Green Room: Are there theatres you love working in " or any you don't? by Thomas Hescott

Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Albert

Off-Broadway Adding Machine gets UK premiere at Finborough Theatre

Ever feel like killing your boss? Worried about being replaced by a machine? The hilariously dark anti-musical ADDING MACHINE, a 2008 Off-Broadway hit, may have the answers. It receives its …

NEWS: Off-Broadway musical Adding Machine & rare Noel Coward feature in Finborough autumn by Press Releases

In addition to the previously announced National Youth Theatre season of new writing, the Finborough Theatre in west London has announced further productions for autumn 2016, including the U…

Lucy Beaumont: are northerners funnier than southerners? by Lucy Beaumont

The north and south breed different senses of humour. Johnny Vegas looks at faults in himself while Jimmy Carr deflects outwards. My new gag gets laughs in Hull and nowt in WindsorPicture th…

Timothy West on Ian McKellen's Richard II: 'You couldn't take your eyes off him' by Interview By Andrew Dickson

When he played Bolingbroke in a 1960s Prospect production, West discovered a play divided between his character and the king " and learned that McKellen is a white-wine actor while he's defi…

SAVAGE " Arts Theatre by Laura Kressly

Denmark in the mid-1930s was a great place to be if you were gay. Homosexuality was legalized in 1933 and a thriving club scene allowed gay men to meet and socialize publicly. But as the dar…

Stars of Vaudeville #994: Bernard "Bunny" Granville by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Bernard “Bunny” Granville (1886-1936). Granville was a comedian in vaudeville; he played the Palace in the very first year of its existence, and again, a…

Stars of Vaudeville #993: Anna Chandler by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Anna Chandler (1884-1957). Pennsylvania native Chandler was only 16 years old when she married Keith-Albee booker Jack Curtis Sr. For the next 30+ years she was to b…

Plan your week's theatre: top tickets by Lyn Gardner

Jonathan Pryce brings Liverpool his Merchant of Venice, Geraldine Pilgrim takes flight in the Lake District and Syrian refugees stage Euripides in London Continue reading...

Katy Brand: 'I was praying demons out of people at 15' by Brian Logan

The comedian relives her teenage years as a fervent evangelical Christian in her new show. As she prepares for the Edinburgh festival, she talks about preaching in shopping centres and comic…

Mysterious eyes: Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945 by Arts Review

Currently on display at Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery Mysterious eyes: Arthur Boyd portraits from 1945 is a focus exhibition of captivating portraits by renowned Australia…

Yirrkala Yarrapay festival: Arnhem Land spectacular lives up to Yothu Yindi's legacy by Michael Dwyer

Acts as musically diverse as the Justice Crew and Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu pay homage to Mandawuy Yunupingu The ruckus begins up the road, towards the beach. Stabbing shouts, the piercing…

Michael Ross: 'It's wonderful to see actors breathe life into my work' by Georgia Snow

Happy to Help, Ross' professional debut, started off life as part of Park Theatre's script accelerator programme. The writer tells Georgia Snow

Mark Shenton's week: Would it be so wrong for men to play female leads in musicals? by Mark Shenton

We’re in a welcome era of gender-blind Shakespeare, with the recent triumphant opening of Michelle Terry’s Henry V at Regent’s Park Open

Review: Screwed, Theatre 503 by Bethany Dickinson

Luce (played by Eloise Joseph) and Charlene (Samantha Robinson) are a killer duo. It's the morning after the night before, and they're working together in a metal factory. They push through …

Review: Every Building Tells a Story. Every Story Collapses Eventually, Rosemary Branch Theatre by Ethan Taylor

Three performers, one microphone and a whole load of cardboard boxes greet the unsuspecting audience as they make their way into the theatre space. It is clear from the very start that Every…

Applications for the 2016 Rob Guest Endowment Awards now open by Arts Review

One of Australia's most exciting scholarship programs providing financial assistance and industry support to the next generation of musical theatre stars, creators and musicians, organisers …

The "Show Circle" and Why It's Awesome by Guest Blogger

The "show circle" is one of my go-to theatre techniques, no matter whether I'm teaching a drama class or directing a production. Whenever it's time for class or rehearsal to start, the first…

Melissa Reeves wins 2016 Griffin Award by Cassie Tongue

Melissa Reeves has been awarded the 2016 Griffin Award for new Australian writing for her play The Zen of Table Tennis.   The Griffin Award, a national competition, recognises an …

"Archives of Sound" at the Library for the Performing Arts by Danielle Cordovez, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives Of Recorded Sound

On March 21, 2016, the Library for the Performing Arts (LPA) debuted Archives of Sound, an interactive audio installation inspired by collections in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of R…

British Soldiers' Theatre During the Revolutionary War by Barbara Cohen-Stratyner, Curator Of Exhibitions, New York Public Library For The Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

John Street Theatre, NYC, c. 1791. Image ID: 1650651 A guest post on the research that informed the earliest material in Shakespeare's Star Turn in America, by volunteer (and former intern)…

The Same Joy: A Tale of Two Ballet Masters, Balanchine and Bournonville by Silas M. Farley, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Fellow

A Second Home Upon moving to New York City at age fourteen to complete my dance training at the School of American Ballet (SAB), I made a very important discovery. My new address, 70 Lincol…

George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian: An Introduction by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

George Avakian and Anahid Ajemian at Basin Street, watching the Benny Goodman Orchestra Photograph by Bernard Seeman, 1951 Music For Moderns: The Partnership of George Avakian and Anahid…

Anahid Ajemian: In Memoriam by Matthew Snyder, Archivist, Special Collections

A flyer advertising Anahid Ajemian's debut recital at Town Hall on November 19th, 1946. The violinist Anahid Ajemian, who dedicated her artistic life to performing and fostering new music, …

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 7/2-7/3/2016

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, July 3, 2016 - Sunday, July 3, 2016.

Sara Bareilles Performs 'Broadway for Orlando' Song on NBC's 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS Tonight by TV News Desk

NBC previouslyconfirmed to BWW that Tony nominee Sara Bareilles will perform the Broadway for Orlando song 'What the World Needs Now Is Love' on the network's annual MACY'S 4TH OF JULY FIREW…

Sutton Foster, Amber Riley & ON YOUR FEET! Cast Perform Tonight on PBS's A CAPITOL FOURTH by TV News Desk

This July 4th, America's national Independence Day celebration kicks off our country's 240th birthday, as A CAPITOL FOURTH on PBS welcomes back Emmy Award-winning television personality Tom …

To Post or Not to Post? by Colleen Hughes

What does it mean to live and die in the age of Social Media? This is the question at the heart of Five on a Match's Seen/By Everyone at HERE Arts Center. Set in a limbo-like bar, aptly name…

Comedian Michael Ian Black Writes Satirical 'A Child's First Book Of Trump' by Susan Dunne

If you're wondering about the man with the wayward flop of yellow hair who is always in the news, comedian Michael Ian Black offers an explanation in a new off-beat book: "The beasty is call…

The Hamilton Effect: 8 Ripple Effects of the Smash Musical by Robert Simonson

Hamilton has altered the fate of a lot of other things beside Broadway.

What Does a Perfect Date with Matthew Morrison Look Like? by Olivia Clement

The Broadway star names the show that changed his life and shares invaluable advice he got from Mike Nichols.

Seth and Sara's Candid Chat: "Broadway for Orlando" and More Broadway for Bareilles by Seth Rudetsky

As Sara Bareilles rehearsed for the Macy's Fourth of July Special, she tells Seth Rudetsky why she dropped everything to be a part of "Broadway for Orlando" and chats future Broadway potenti…

Sutton Foster, Amber Riley, Christopher Jackson Part of Tonight's Capitol Fourth Broadcast by Andrew Gans

The annual Fourth of July celebration features musical performances and a fireworks display.

Sara Bareilles Recreates "Broadway for Orlando" Song at Macy's Fireworks Show by Robert Viagas

The first skyrocket goes up at dusk July 4.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: July 4 by David Gewirtzman

Lady Liberty Musical Opens Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The family-friendly show, Liberty: A Monumental New Musical, opens at 42West.

The Golden Bride Returns Tonight by Olivia Clement

The National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene production stars Phantom's Rachel Zatcoff.

Broadway Stars Sing 1776 at Feinstein's/54 Below Tonight by Olivia Clement

For the third year, the cabaret venue celebrates Independence Day with a concert staging of the historical musical.