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Want to get a taste of the Big Apple that’s delicious in a new and exciting way? Your best bet is to take The Tour. Conceived and produced by the same people who brou…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:44PMACA Galleries prominent at Market Art + Design
One of the area’s finest art fairs, Market Art + Design returned with a colorful array of outstanding works for discriminating collectors on …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:40PMJ.T. Rogers long-winded but smart play dramatizes the negotiations between Israel and Palestine that led to the Oslo Accord.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:24PMCLEVELAND (The Borowitz Report)—The 2016 Republican National Convention became embroiled in another controversy on Tuesday, as Biblical experts accused Republicans of plagiarizing the enti…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:14PMThe world premiere of Rajiv Joseph’s “Archduke” will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Center Theatre Group’s Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 2017-18. Joseph&…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:13PMControversial performer and monologuist Mike Daisey takes on another controversial performer and monologuist: Donald Trump.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:13PMTo mark its 50th season at the Mark Taper Forum, Center Theatre Group and its artistic director Michael Ritchie announced on Tuesday a 2017-18 season that includes one Pulitzer-winning drama…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:13PMSAN DIEGO — Feeling overwhelmed by this summer of tumult, when the news seems to go only from bad to worse? I have just the remedy: an English novelist who wrote delectable comedies of ma…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:13PMYou voted for them, and now the Backstage Readers’ Choice Award nominees are finally here! We tabulated over 6,000 responses from Backstage readers to determine your favorite headshot …
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:13PMThe premise of Michael West's play is intriguing, but it is the acting that drives home its themes
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Regional Victoria will benefit from a major investment in the state’s extensive network of regional art galleries and performing arts centres. Minister for Creative Industries Martin Fole…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:45PMBefore composer Alan Menken went off to Disneyland to write “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast,” he was working on a Broadway musical called “Kicks.” It never got off…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:35PMAdam Jacobs, Don Darryl Rivera, and Joshua Dela Cruz, current cast members of the Broadway smash musical Disney's ALADDIN, are joining the cast of Broadway Barkada's tribute concert to Tony …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:26PMPart rock concert, part musical, We Will Rock You opened last week in QPAC’s Lyric Theatre and although the plot is not a literary masterpiece, a standing ovation was proof that the audien…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:24PMIf you thought sing-a-long Sound of Music was camper than a row of tents, wait will you see Priscilla Queen of The Desert strut her stuff in the sing-along arena! The Actors Benevolent Fund …
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Paul Capsis, national treasure and performer extraordinaire, is currently treading the boards of Sydney’s Seymour Centre as Quentin Crisp, a writer and queer personality of the 20th ce…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:46PMNeil LaBute’s exercise in self-flagellation, first seen in 2005 and adapted for film in 2013, offers his familiar misanthropic take on the battle of the sexes. This one concerns Guy (Charl…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:42PMThe slate features multidisciplinary premieres and puppetry from around the world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:26PMThe Broadway show will close on Dec. 31, a little over a year after the production opened on Broadway, the producers said Tuesday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:26PMCenter Theatre Group celebrates 50 years in the iconic Mark Taper Forum with the 2017-2018 season announced today by Artistic Director Michael Ritchie. The new season features five plays tha…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12PMBroadway In Chicago, Ambassador Theatre Group and NETworks Presentations LLC are pleased to announce that [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:01PMThe new Cirque du Soleil touring show inspired by James Cameron’s record-breaking movie AVATAR, TORUK – [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:01PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company announced today the complete cast for Erika Sheffer’s The Fundamentals, a smart [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:01PMFIDDLER ON THE ROOFhas just announced that it will play its final performance on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 200 p.m. At the time of closing, Fiddler on the Roof will have played a total …
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The revival of the Tony Award-winning classic will end its run after a year of performances at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:57PMTevye's Broadway dream is over. After receiving three 2016 Tony nods but no wins, the fifth Great White Way revival of Fiddler on the Roof, starring Danny Burstein, is set to shutter on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:52PMThe Humans' Sarah Steele drops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Imogen Lloyd Webber.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:52PMOnce Upon a time, in the city of Manassas, there was a theatre group that was in their 15th year of producing Broadway quality musicals. Every summer a group of talented performers gather t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:43PMMiranda Cornell (Director) is a rising sophomore at Vassar College where she is a Drama and Education double major. Past directing and assistant directing credits include We Go Together and …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:40PMThe acclaimed musical revival starring Danny Burstein and Jessica Hecht, which was nominated this year for three Tony Awards, will play its final performance Dec. 31. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 06:37PMThe 2015 show was nominated in the categories of Outstanding Special Class Program and Outstanding Technical Direction.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 06:25PMBy Douglas Mayo
The producers of the upcoming revival of the musical Children Of Eden at the Union Theatre, have today released information on the casting of the show. Inspired by the Book o…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:21PMMiles apart, “Redder Blood” and “8 Stops” glow with feeling.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:16PMFind out which new productions will have longer runs.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMErika Sheffer's new drama will be directed by Yasen Peyankov.
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On Monday, July 18th, Aaron Paul, his wife Lauren, actorsinger Troye Sivan, and model Jacob Bixenman turned the popular immersive theater experience SLEEP NO MOREnow in its fifth hit year at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMTakarazuka, Japan's famous all-female musical theater troupe, makes its first appearance in New York in over 25 years withTakarazuka CHICAGOat Lincoln Center Festival July 20-24 only at the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMAfter watching the Deaf West Theatre Company's SPRING AWAKENING performance indie pop artistIngrid Michaelson was inspired to create a new video version of her breakup single, 'Hell No.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMRichard Rodgers Theatre bar manager reveals the secret behind one of the show's specialty cocktails.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMName: Whitney St. OursHometown: Greater Baltimore, MDEducation: I hold a degree in English Literature from Drew University.Favorite Credits: As a director: "That's My Time" (web series…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:58PMThe letter was penned by the writer following the 1979 debut of God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMRaised by theatrical gypsies, Lady Rizo is one of New York City’s powerhouse vocalists. And while those in the know may recognize her from frequent stints at Joe’s Pub and The Darby, Riz…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:32PMby DARLENE DONLOE
Dolphin is sitting inside the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, watching intently as workmen put the finishing touches on the lights and set for the musical, Recorde…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:32PMHamlet and All’s Well That Ends Well alternate through September 4
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 05:22PMThe play, much of which is silent, is just as intimate and lucid as its performances at Ars Nova last year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:22PMTakarazuka Theatre of Japan, who presents an all-female version of the Kander and Ebb musical at Lincoln Center, met the current Broadway cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:16PMby Martha Wade Steketee Nature provided the steam outside on a Manhattan evening in July, while Broadway veterans generated the theatrical steam heat of 1954’s The Pajama Game in cl…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:09PMThe New York Musical Festival NYMF, previously known as The New York Musical Theater Festival, has announcedextensions for nine productions - A SCYTHE OF TIME, LISA AND LEONARDO, CHILDREN OF…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:09PMThe solo drama takes the stage in Sag Harbor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Berkshire getaway will get a new headquarters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMRound House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center pair up to mount Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama.
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Singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson is expanding her skill-set, ready to join the ranks of Sara Bareilles Waitress, Cyndi Lauper Kinky Boots, and other pop stars who have recently crossed th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMTony Award winner for THE COLOR PURPLECynthia Erivo spoke with students of the musical theater intensive at Broadway Method Academy today, July 19, in Fairfield, CT. Theactressshared stories…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMThe musical about the first female candidate for President is revived at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMThe six-part miniseries Broadway Balances America, starts airing August 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMThe annual summer program will host Judith Ivey, Zach Grenier, Thomas Sadoski and others.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:52PMI grew up in Washington, D.C., but I have lived in New York for 17 years. When I moved here, I did my UC San Diego graduate school showcase and was pounding the pavement to be an actress. T…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:46PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed from today.
Ingrid Michaelson to Pen a Musical
Waitress creator Sara Bareilles may have started a trend! Singer-songwriter Ingrid …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:46PMThe company's season will feature works by Sarah Ruhl, Shakespeare, Clifford Odets, and more.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:41PMIn 1992, I came to New York to audition and be in theater. I worked at the fragrance counter at Macy’s and loved it. Then I started getting cast in shows. I was cast in the Southeast…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:38PMShould all the hate, brutality and alienation coursing through the planet not be enough for you, I give you "Wastwater," a dystopian triptych by gifted British playwright Simon Stephens and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:34PMGuess who wants to start "haaling" in some Tonys (it's not Maggie, at least not right now). Jake Gyllenhaal, who previously appeared in Constellations on Broadway, has signed …
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:31PMCan’t get a ticket to “Hamilton”? Try “Spamilton,” the new spoof of the Broadway megasmash from the mind behind 30 years of “Forbidden Broadway,” Ge…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:30PMThese guys got me thinking. In their podcast, they talk about how the Independent Broadway Producer is becoming a bit of an endangered species. With the influx of corporations and movie st…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 04:30PM50 Years of Jeff Beck + Buddy Guy
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SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:19PMBefore she marks her historic return to the Met later this year, renowned mezzo-soprano Kathleen Battle tested her 68-year-old vocal chords last Saturday at Festival Napa
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 04:19PMZoe Kamil (Playwright) is a playwright and theatre artist hailing from San Francisco, currently located in New York City. Her plays have been workshopped and produced at Young Playwrights In…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 04:19PMNatalie Margolin’s play centers on three female college roommates whose bonds are tested by the strict rules they use for dating in the digital age.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:14PMToday Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts announced the appointment of Robert Cundall as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Cundall will be responsible for overseeing t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMBay Street Theater just celebrated the opening ofJames Lecesne's The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey. The production will run now through July 24. BroadwayWorld has photos from the ope…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMBrown will present a new solo show at the Barrymore Theatre.
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Jenna Ushkowitz, one of the former stars of the hit television show, Glee, steps into the serving shoes of Kimiko Glenn on July 29 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. In Sara Bareille…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 03:58PMThe hit musical comedy welcomes four new cast members who took their first bows Monday night.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMThere’s something exciting about seeing history through the eyes of the losers and villains, it’s something about the dramatic tension between history being written by the victors and id…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:39PMActor, currently playing Shakespeare’s villainous king, says Brexit has brought the Bard’s historical play a newfound pertinenceIt is a story of vaulting ambition and ruthless scheming w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:38PMThe Glee and Spring Awakening actress will step in for Kimiko Glenn beginning July 29 in the Tony-nominated Sara Bareilles musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMAs even the most casual Harry Potter fan knows, the new play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is about to take the London theater scene by storm. The show is currently running…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:20PMUshkowitz will costar in the new musical from Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Kennedy Center honoree has a new memoir titled Then & Now about her storied career and tumultuous personal life.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMFurther casting has been announced for productions of New York Stage and Film and Vassar College.
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Amber Riley met director-choreographer Casey Nicholaw in the rehearsal studio to preview the West End Production of Dreamgirls. The two chatted about RIley\u2019s passion for playing the cha…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMAmerican Theater Hall of Fame inductee and Simon Says star, Brian Murray, shares five lessons he's learned from his 60-year-long career on stage.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:57PMIn this week's episode, Tyler Hanes gives us an intimate look at the sitzprobe, dress rehearsal and beginning of performances of Cats.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:56PMGlee’s Jenna Ushkowitz will take over the role of Dawn from July 29 while Kimiko Glenn takes a leave of absence from Waitress. Headlined by Tony winner Jessie Mueller, the Diane Paulus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:56PMAlice Gerstenberg would have been pleased at the sight of the Old Academy Players' One Act Bonanza in East Falls last weekend. Her He Said and She Said, a short play she wrote nearly a centu…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:50PMAzesty revival of The Producers (2001), the Mel Brooks musical, is now running at the Broadway Theatre in Pitman, N.J. Once again we get to laugh at the desperate maneuvering of Max Bialysto…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:50PMThe stand-up comedian drew from his improv background for his second directorial effort.
SOURCE: USA Today at 02:50PMJake Gyllenhaal will star in a revival of the 1987 play “Burn This,” leading a production that will re-open midtown’s Hudson Theater as a Broadway venue. Michael Mayer, the…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:50PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Jake Gyllenhaal, who made his Broadway debut last year, will be returning to star in Lanford Wilson's acclaimed play "Burn This."...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:49PMShe has upped the stakes with Beethoven Opus 130, the centerpiece of her current two-week season at the Joyce.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:49PMMike Birbiglia’s second feature, Don’t Think Twice, is a bleak ensemble drama that charts the dissolution of a warm improv-comedy ensemble. It’s funny and inspiring and harsh and depre…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:49PMSubmitting to ticket lotteries is not the only way to catch some of the hottest theater around. For the third consecutive week, Broadway’s best are taking over Bryant Park in New York …
SOURCE: Backstage at 02:49PMOn an afternoon in late May, Mike Birbiglia sits in his dressing room at Manhattan’s Lynn Redgrave Theater, where he’s about to perform his one-man show Thank God for Jokes for the 109th…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:49PMSaturday "Direct From Death Row The Scottsboro Boys": Raven remounts the vaudevillian retelling of a group of black teenagers falsely accused of rape in 1931 Alabama. Through Aug. 27 at Rave…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:47PMTake a first look at Dimitri Kleioris as Jerry Mulligan in An American in Paris.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMVassar amp New York Stage and Film just announced casting for the final weeks of the 32ndPowerhouse Season, running through July 31st at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMGearing up for the upcoming season, we decided the Broadwaysted Crew needed some team bonding--so we grabbed our beverages of choice and saddled up to the mics for an episode flying solo
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMFeinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Holloway In Concert on Sunday, August 14th at 930PM.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMEverything is changing at the St. James Theatre As BroadwayWorld previously announced, the smash hit musical comedy Something Rotten has recently welcomed a slew of new principal cast member…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMNBC, Universal Television Alternative Studios and Jennifer Lopez's Nuyorican Productions are stepping on to the dance floor with a 10-episode order for WORLD OF DANCE, an unparalleled dance …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMThe new full-time Hamilton sings and signs 'What The World Needs Now Is Love' to support the GLBT Center of Central Florida.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:45PMThe Off-Broadway smash, RUTHLESS! The Musical, marked its one-year anniversary on July 13th and the cast celebrated into the wee hours at Becco. RUTHLESS! opened July 13, 2015 to unanimous r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMIn the storytelling cacophony that is the Capital Fringe Festival, it is easy to forget the pure beauty of bodies in space moving with discipline and grace. Seven Windows provides that eye-i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:41PMOn Friday, July 15, Jessica Keenan Wynn of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical joined NewYork.com at Sardi’s underneath the famous rows of caricatures to discuss her Broadway debut alo…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:40PMCasting is complete for Erika Sheffer’s new play "The Fundamentals," Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced Tuesday. The cast features ensemble members Alana Arenas as Millie, Caroline Nef…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:35PMShe will take over the role of the shy and skeptical server Dawn while Kimiko Glenn (who is currently filming Netflix's 'Orange Is the New Black') takes a leave of absence.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 02:31PMIn conjunction with the Wallis Annaberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will present the east coast premiere of Debbie All…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:29PMTheatrical version of movie Madame Sousatzka currently in Toronto workshop production.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:19PMTransitioning is hard, as anyone who has stood by a loved one in the process of living as their true gender (rather than the one on their birth certificate) can attest. But what if the perso…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:13PMHarold Perrineau, veteran TV and film actor (HBO’s “Oz,” FX’s “Sons of Anarchy”), returns to the New York stage on September 15, starring as Yermolai Alexeievitch Lopakhin, for a…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:11PMOscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain) will return to Broadway in a revival of Lanford Wilson’s Burn This at the re-opened, historic Hudson Theatre. The play, directed by T…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:10PMThe season will feature three productions and a reading series.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:08PMIsaiah Johnson is set to lead a reading of Reginald: From Baltimore to Billionaire, which is based on the life of Reginald F. Lewis. In case you missed this day in history class, Reginald F.…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 02:02PMMarilyn! will be presented in celebration of Monroe's 90th birthday.
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The hit jukebox musical has returned to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMTony Award-winning Brian Stokes Mitchell returns to the beloved musical, Ragtime, a show in which he originated the role of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. nearly 20 years ago. This new incarnation o…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:51PMThe Glencoe, Ill., company moves from tenant to owner with its new Jeanne Gang-designed space.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:51PMBy Neal Reynolds. Neal Reynolds discusses how a play's subject matter may increase the potential for an abusive production process.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:51PMAs Daniel Radcliffe opens in Privacy on Broadway, composer Michael Bruce explains the challenges behind writing the score for James Graham's play about the internet
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:45PMNew Wolsey theatre, IpswichShakespeare veteran Trevor Nunn finally tackles the Bard’s much-loved comedy – and in some styleA Midsummer Night’s Dream was the first Shakespeare play the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PMMotown the Musicalhas just announced its digital lottery and student rush policies for its Broadway return.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMName: Sam SimahkHometown: Ashburnham, MAEducation: BFA Musical Theatre, Emerson CollegeSelect Credits: Lyric Opera Chicago (The King and I), Huntington Theatre Company (A Little Night Music)…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:32PMName: Sean O’SheaHometown: Ithaca, NYEducation: Meisner Trained Actor & BFAs in Theater and in MusicFavorite Credits: Co-Writing & Directing The Devil Tree, and Acting as Jesus in …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:32PMAn exclusive new video has been released in advance of the long-awaited UK premiere of Dreamgirls which will have preview performances at the Savoy Theatre from 19 November and Opening Night…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMSchreiber, Janet McTeer and director Josie Rourke discuss Christopher Hampton's sardonic drama of sex and revenge.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:17PMLive performances will be recorded for the company's Radio Theatre Series.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:09PMAn actor forced to draw personal boundaries from an early age is cast as an anonymous writer wondering how much of his life belongs online. An entertaining and ultimately disquieting comic-t…
SOURCE: NBC New York at 01:07PMGoodman Theatre presents WAR PAINT, a new musical starring two-time Tony Award winners Patti LuPone [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:01PMOur friends at Chicago Theatre Workshop have an exciting benefit featuring Tony award winner LaChanze. [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:01PMThe annual event runs through August 7.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe NYCLU's annual Broadway Stands Up for Freedom benefit drew a host of Broadway stars.
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The 20th anniversary season will be the company's last in their current space.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PMCecil the lion became a worldwide celebrity a year ago this month, for a horrible reason. The lion, who lived in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, was killed by a Minnesota dentist and big-g…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:58PMThe musical is getting a high-profile NY concert revival with James Earl Jones, Rebecca Naomi Jones and Santino Fontana.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMSee all the Broadways stars that came out for the annual Broadway Stands Up for Freedom benefit concert July 18 at the NYU Skirball Center for Performing Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMThe musical returns to London 25 years after it premiered in the West End
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:46PMThe musical has its West End premiere in December
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:46PMEd Vaizey announced the end of his tenure as the UK’s longest-serving arts minister in typically conversational fashion, via a message on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMYou wouldn’t know that the woman dancing (meditatively, joyfully) in the corner had spent much of the last two years struggling just to walk. You wouldn’t know that she’d undergone a p…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:38PMJake Gyllenhaal, who made his Broadway debut last year, will be returning to star in Lanford Wilson’s acclaimed play “Burn This.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:38PMPrivacy, starring Daniel Radcliffe, opened at the Public Theater on July 18. Take a look at our gallery to see the stars who stepped out (and kept their cell phones on!).
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMWhoopee! The cast of the Tony-winning revival Chicago recently welcomed some international visitors to the New York theater scene. Takarazuka Chicago will play the Lincoln Center Festival fr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28PMThe legendary composer believes in UK theatre that reflects the diversity of the country's population.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:22PMEvery year for the past six years, Suzanne Kachmar has held a summer exhibit, "SAMESEX," to showcase LGBT artists and work with LGBT themes, at her City Lights Gallery. This year, around the…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:12PMNew drama about a desperate single mother is powerfully written and raises some disturbing issues.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:10PMI sure laughed a lot at the show I saw the other night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre. Gut-busting funny, it was. And I’d highly recommend you catch it…except it was made up on the spot, neve…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:07PMAfter threatening closure, the organization has raised the necessary $2 million it needed to produce its 50th anniversary season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMNew Yorkers will have the chance to experience the art of Southern storytelling this summer, as Voices of the South makes their debut with Mississippi Stories – adapted from the works of t…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:00PMJames Graham and Josie Rourke cocreated the new play, which is presented by the Public and the Donmar Warehouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe Brady Bunch and Partridge Family clans head to the Midwest.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMTakarazuka's Chicago comes to the Lincoln Center Festival.
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The actress tells THR of picking empowering roles and constantly snacking backstage: "I basically eat throughout the whole show — I'm putting in a ton of energy that I get so hungry."read …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:58AMJake Gyllenhall will return to the Broadway stage to star in the revival of Landford Wilson’s play Burn This, a production set to begin performances in February 2017 that will mark the…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:58AMThe Marriott Theatre announced the cast of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" on Tuesday. The production stars Ari Butler as J. Pierrepont Finch, Jessica Naimy as Rosemary…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:57AMThere is a whole new Hamilton cast to get to know, and BroadwayWorld is here to help. Get to know the new Chicago company below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMThe premiere of ELENA OF AVALOR the highly anticipated animated series that introduces a princess inspired by diverse Latin cultures, will be presented simultaneously with limited interrupti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMThe Broadway cast members welcome the visitors from Japan's century-old troupe.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:49AMWhen Ryan Shinji Murray was 10, he made the short trek from his home in Ashton, Maryland to Washington, D.C. with his family to see a performance of Cirque du Soleil. A decade later, he did …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:40AMFight in the Dog provide an entertaining if occasionally flat take on Shakespeare’s comedy. This tale of mistaken identities is given new life by being performed by comedians, who show a …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:40AMBy Anđela Vidović. Anđela Vidović on the reception of Bella Figura by French Playwright Yasmina Reza in Zagreb, Croatia.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:36AMThe Audience, starring Helen Mirren, will be broadcast at your local movie theatre on July 19.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:28AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 7122016 - 7192016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMTo celebrate the life of Victoria Woodhull and promote ONWARD VICTORIA, the team created a hashtag 34DaysOfVictoriaWoodhull. The first female Presidential candidate was only 34 when she ran …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMThe best of Broadway will be performing FREE on six consecutive Thursdays this summer with '106.7 LITE FM's Broadway in Bryant Park 2016, continuing this Thursday, July 21 1230pm on the Brya…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:26AMHenry E. Josten wrote about life in the lower Connecticut River Valley for more than 65 years as a reporter, an editor, a columnist — and, for 25 years ending in 1973, the media representa…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 11:24AMWhy write a play using characters from an earlier written play? Ken Ludwig tells all, and shares how, in fact, it proved to be a complete joy.
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SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 11:21AMTruth is stranger than fiction: think a much more scandalous Smash! Theater journalist Michael Riedel’s surprisingly scintillating tome, Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway, is bein…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMChicago stars Bianca Marroquin and Jaime Camil answer your questions about everything from go-to karaoke songs to fave roles to fan reactions.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMOlder people are to be encouraged to take part in more theatre and arts activities thanks to a new £3 million fund.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMProducers John Freedson, Christine Pedi, and David Zippel, and author Gerard Alessandrini have today announced an unprecedented 10-cent ticket lottery to Spamilton, a sneak peek into…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:13AMTwo years ago, Leslie Odom Jr. had few impressive credits on his résumé. He was largely known for a couple of short-lived TV shows (“Vanished,” “Smash” ) and a Broadway musical flo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:13AMBroadway actors will appear in The Pokémusical at Feinstein's/54Below
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMLuke Rittner is to step down as chairman of LAMDA after 23 years. He will be replaced by former cabinet minister Shaun
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMThe national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s "The King and I" is coming to Chicago next summer, Broadway in Chicago announced Tuesday. "The King …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:05AMThe family-friendly show is planning to resume performances in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMThe production has found its latest Jerry Mulligan.
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By Douglas Mayo
One of the more original musicals seen in recent times is coming to the Waterloo East Theatre. [Title Of Show], with music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and Book by Hunter Bell wi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:54AMRazzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway reveals the politics behind Broadway’s boom times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMThe film adaptation of the popular British TV series stars Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley along with Glee’s Chris Colfer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AM I don’t know that I have the capacity to boil all of humanity down to a simple equation. Math was never my subject. And even if it were, I have to think the equation would look very…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:21AMThe Public Theater and Donmar Warehouse production offers audiences the chance to leave their phones on.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMHeard of the Mystery Jets? If so, congratulations on being in on something of a well-kept secret — outside the UK anyway.Early birds who caught the Mystery Jets in an afternoon slot a…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 10:20AMThe upcoming film adaptation of August Wilson’s Fences will hit theaters on December 16 in an exclusive engagement in New York and Los Angeles. The movie stars Tony winners Denzel Wa…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:18AMOne of my Broadway Adjacent spies sent this one in, I have no idea why I waited so long to post it. It pretty much sums up why my least […]
SOURCE: broadwayadjacent.com at 10:10AMThe hit Broadway musical An American in Paris welcomes DIMITRI KLEIORIS to the role of Jerry Mulligan beginning today, Tuesday July 19. Kleioris has been performing the role at various perfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMThe Public TheaterandDonmar Warehouse's production ofPrivacy, co-created byJames GrahamandJosie Rourke, written byJames Grahamand directed byJosie Rourkebegan performances on Saturday, July …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMLet's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMThe hit Broadway musical AN AMERICAN IN PARIS welcomesDIMITRI KLEIORISto the role of Jerry Mulligan beginning today, Tuesday July 19. Kleioris has been performing the role at various perform…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:07AMMelodrama often gets a bad rap, for a variety of reasons. It is associated with shameless over-acting, one-dimensional characters, and nostalgic or even reactionary social values. I shared s…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 10:06AMHampstead Theatre today announces that its acclaimed production of Wild, Mike Bartlett's new play inspired by Edward Snowden, will be streamed worldwide, free, and live on its final night, t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:01AMBy Douglas Mayo
Producers have informed us this morning that the production of Radio Times at Charing Cross Theatre is being postponed. The Producers said: “Sadly, due to artist non-availa…
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Alton Brown Live: Eat Your Science has booked the Barrymore for 8 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMThe New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York State affiliate of the ACLU, just presented its annual benefit concert. 'Broadway Stands Up for Freedom', which featuredperformances by some …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AMJust last night, the New York Musical Festival, whichnurtures the creation, production, and public presentation of stylistically, thematically, and culturally diverse new musicals to ensure …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AMStephen Colbert kickedoff a week of live episodes of THE LATE SHOW in true Broadway fashion, complete witha full-out production number titled'Christmas in July'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AMVeteran stage and screen actor who played Auntie Flo in the popular 1970s sitcom And Mother Makes ThreeThe actor Valerie Lush, who has died aged 97, was a familiar face in the 1970s as the c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:26AMTime has only made the members of this trio more adventurous as well as accomplished.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:26AMWhen Mark Zuckerberg was recently photographed with his laptop camera and microphone jack covered in tape, complacent technophiles began to sweat. If the head of Facebook worries about perso…
SOURCE: Time Out at 09:02AMWeaver will receive a Donostia Award at the gala screening of the film on September 21st in the Kursaal Auditorium. The Festival's most important honorary award acknowledges the career of th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AMIn this musical, Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole riff on the beauty market rivalry between Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:02AM Look up any positive adjective in the dictionary and Aya Aziz should be cited as an example: bright, magnetic, gregarious, compassionate, insightful – the list goes on. In short, we…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AM1. It’s not just for action heroes Dramatic action comes in all shapes and sizes in theatre, TV and film, and isn’t limited
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMMy first audition was for the Vienna English Theatre, as part of one of its theatre in education tours. I had always
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How did the production fare with the critics Let's find out.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:57AMEven as we speak we are in the midst of Day #5 of Turner Classic Movies month long salute to the Hollywood western (see yesterday’s post here). Every Tuesday and Wednesday in July …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:57AMToday is the birthday of the late Arthur Rankin, Jr (1924-2014), one half of the famous animation production duo Rankin-Bass. I would have blogged about him anyway, being such a huge fan of …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:57AMBy Douglas Mayo
The UK tour cast for the multi award-winning musical Sunny Afternoon was announced today. Producers have also announced extra dates to the extensive tour. The tour which open…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:47AM The word has been buzzing about that Jake Gyllenhaal will lead the cast in Lanford Wilson’s acclaimed Burn This as the Ambassador Theatre Group reopens the historic Hudson Theat…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:41AMToday's big news Shakespeare in the Park'sTROILUS AND CRESSIDA begins tonight
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMAdditional dates next year have also been announced for The Kinks' musical
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:18AMFrom 2006: Perhaps as a result of my early musical training, I tend not to worry overmuch about what any work of art “means,” except when it insists on its “meaning” …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMMajor changes to the way Arts Council England funds organisations have been welcomed by the theatre industry. Several organisations will now be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMFirebrand Theatre is pleased to present JUKE JOINT, an evening of gritty blues songs performed [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 07:03AMThe charity that runs Fairfield Halls has gone into administration three days after the venue closed for a major two-year redevelopment. It
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:01AM“I say ‘the great literature’ not because of its aura of cultural strenuousness, but simply because, in the past, there is only great literature. Only the great stands the racket of ti…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM
After teasing us with various limited engagements, the rumors were true and Jake Gyllenhaal will return to the Main Stem in the first-ever Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson’s Burn Thi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:55AMHampstead Theatre’s production of Mike Bartlett’s Wild is to be live-streamed on July 23. In association with The Guardian, the production will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMOne of the most beloved family-friendly sagas in musical theater takes to the stage — and the air — this week as Moonlight rolls out “Peter Pan,” the company’s second summer produc…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:10AMWait! Do you really want to click on that Baby Pandas / Neo-Nazi / S&M website? British scribe James Graham and Donmar Warehouse artistic director Josie Rourke, who co-created the mind-…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:10AMMoxie Theatre is mixing it up this summer, closing its 11th season with a high-spirited staging of the high camp showbiz spoof “Ruthless!”
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:10AMTri-Valley Repertory's production of the musical 'Mary Poppins' is saved by winning performance by Rachel Powers in title role.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:10AMThe actor returns to the New York stage.
SOURCE: USA Today at 06:10AMThe "Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe tries his hardest, but this new play feels like a gussied-up TED Talk.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 06:10AMAbstract-noun titles are usually deceptive, or at least under-determined; Doubt, Democracy, and Plenty, good plays though they are, might each just as easily have been named s…
SOURCE: Vulture at 06:10AM
Listen: #Privacy Opens at @PublicTheaterNY, @bstokesmitchell Joins @RagtimeOnEllis, and More! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMRADIO TIMES - which was due to follow the critically acclaimed Titanic as the second offering in director Thom Southerland and producer Danielle Tarento’s season of musicals at Charing Cro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:54AMRADIO TIMES - which was due to follow the critically acclaimed Titanic as the second offering in director Thom Southerland and producer Danielle Tarento’s season of musicals at Charing Cro…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:54AMMurder! Lies! Cows! The Beast is an organic, free range, jet-black comedy written by and starring Eddie Perfect, that holds a hand-crafted chef’s blade to the throat of modern Australia.…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:41AMIn case you haven’t heard, BBC is reporting that Gemma Arterton will play Joan of Arc in a production of a famous 1923 play by G.B. Shaw. This is exciting news. There’s a lot of …
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 05:18AMJoin us at 7.30pm BST on Saturday 23 July to watch the final night of Mike Bartlett’s acclaimed play Wild, live from Hampstead theatre. Or watch the play on demand afterwardsMichael Billin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:16AM
Following their award-winning Melbourne Fringe hit, The Unspoken Word is Joe, Melbourne theatre makers Zoey Dawson and Declan Greene transport the despairing times of Colonial Australia to …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:45AMI Am Not My Motherland, the latest play from the Orbiter 3 playwriting collective, is about a medical operation that has complications, and about a relationship between two surgeons that als…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:42AMRachel Cole’s Stage Door Shrink returns to AussieTheatre this month with some excellent advice from Australian theatre veteran, Todd McKenney. A note from Rachi You’ve heard that Co…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 02:11AMThe Tasmanian Government through Events Tasmania has announced a new five-year funding agreement for Dark Mofo, as 2017 dates are announced for the winter festival. Since its inception in 20…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:11AMWhat is a target audience? Last week I wrote a column about my recent experience watching a West End performance of Doctor Faustus and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Edinburgh regular is returning with the Deaf and Hearing Ensemble to present People of the Eye, a new piece about family and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
“War Paint,” likely bound for Broadway, puts on a pleasing face with two stellar leading ladies.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:56AMKeep your cell phones on for this exploration of our virtual profiles.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:56AMThe Lanford Wilson drama is aiming for a March 2017 opening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24AMThe first-ever revival of the 1980s-set play will also re-open the Hudson Theatre on Broadway.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:15AMNathan Lane, Donna Murphy, Frances Conroy and Gabriel Byrne are among the stars in No Pay, Nudity, a film about the struggles in showbiz. It was Little Shop’s original Seymour who got the …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09AMHow he found his way to writing (and producing) his own play in this year’s Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09AMAs previously announced, a one-night-only concert of the short-lived musical ONWARD VICTORIA will be presented at Feinstein's54 Below tonight, July 19th at 700pm. The show's original star, J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:03AMEric André Takes the Cheeseball Challenge
All bets are off when the hilarious and unpredictable Eric André returns to the YH Studio and proceeds to go there! From revealing why he really g…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMNick Stars Reveal Fave Sports at Kids' Choice Sports Awards
Join YH on the famous orange carpet for Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Sports Awards, where we catch up with some of your favorite Nic…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMAthletes Give Advice at Kids' Choice Sports Awards
YH is hanging out at the Kids' Choice Sports Awards to catch up with all your favorite athletes to find out what makes them a kid at heart!…
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This winter, thirty years after it first premiered at Circle Repertory Company, producers Stacey Mindich and Jessica R. Jenen will present the first-ever Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28AMWell, we know that Dimitri Kleioris has got rhythm! Garen Scribner's alternate in the Broadway production of An American in Paris will officially step center stage as Jerry Mulligan on J…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:28AMWith comedy success and a new album, “Putting It Out There,” Ms. Nancherla no longer starts every show with a mention of being a woman and Indian.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:21AMMr. Gyllenhaal will star in the Lanford Wilson play “Burn This” at a refurbished Hudson Theater next year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:21AMSecrets are revealed — perhaps your own — in this production, starring Daniel Radcliffe, at the Public Theater. It’s a magic show for the online age.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:21AMThe new satirical musical from the creator of Forbidden Broadway features guest star Christine Pedi.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AMThe Public Theater’s free outdoor revival begins performances at the Delacorte Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM Two sets of twins create twice the confusion and double the laughs in The Comedy of Errors, Delaware Shakespeare Festival’s 2016 selection for its annual outdoor offering at Wilming…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:03AM 
