The recently announced Australian production of Tony award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet have cancelled their scheduled tour, with tickets being removed from Ticketmaster in the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:49PMWindy City Playhouse, offering Chicago’s most sophisticated theatergoing experience, is proud to announce its third [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:24PMPride Films and Plays is excited to start its fall season with the world premiere [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:24PMThe easiest way to grasp a sense of the Festival, its styles and ethos is to recount and review the individual productions we saw during a trip last month. Hidden within may be insights that…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:04PMBy Bill Hirschman The dictionary translates the Latin phrase “sui generis” as “constituting a class of its own,” but more commonly it’s used to mean “not like anything else,” o…
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By Beatrice Williams-Rude Touch, written by Toni-Press Coffman, is a play about transcendent love, soul-searing loss, and the many modes of mourning. The work …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:55PMA water main break near the Neil Simon Theatre forced the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical to cancel its Wednesday night Broadway performance.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41PMThere's a closer relationship between the erosion of the land and the erosion of human souls than you may initially assume. . . .
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:15PMMichael Feinstein & Marilyn Maye Make Magic
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The forever boyish and humorous Michael Feinstein was on fire August 23 at his namesake Feinstein’s/54 Below in Summertim…
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Michael Feinstein and Marilyn Maye’s “Summertime Swing” is an old-fashioned variety show, blending standards, Catskills humor and vaudeville shenanigans.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:33PMRose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy, the diminutive but extraordinary wife of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and the mother of Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy Jr., John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy, Rose Ma…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 08:30PMLight Opera Works' glitzy production of *Mame* looks great. And musically *Mame*, with its 32-member cast and 26-member full orchestra, sounds great. The score – arguably Jerry Herman’s …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:27PMHere’s Part 1 of the staff of DCMetroTheaterArts’ favorite Spring/Summer 2016 performances. To our honorees: TAKE A BOW! ____ Stephanie Atha and Sofia Bordner as Winifred and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:26PMILBIJERRI Theatre Company and Darebin Arts Speakeasy present Which Way Home – a heartwarming dramedy of an aboriginal girl, her much loved ageing dad and their road trip to his birthp…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:21PMinterview by MICHAEL VAN DUZER
This season, Theatricum Botanicum presents a new production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Ellen Geer, the company’s Artistic Director and director of…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 08:16PM“Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak / Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.”
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:11PMAdelaide’s Feast Festival has secured Raj House in the City’s East End to create an arts hub to showcase South Australian LGBTI Queer Arts and Culture. In 2015 Feast Festival generated …
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Starring on Broadway as the determined survivor Celie in the hit revival of THE COLOR PURPLE eight times a week just isn't enough of a workout for Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:43PMThe new star of Hamilton will be honored with the Dare to Go Beyond Award during the 2016 HOLA Awards, which honor excellence among Hispanic theatre artists.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:38PMThe year 2016 has been a productive one for impressive movies, from Steven Spielberg’s “The BFG” to Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight” - not to mention critically-acclaimed …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:31PMDon't even try getting orchestra seats to the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival production of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang's THE LOSER.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMThe immersive musical, set at a house party with raging twentysomethings, will hit a house in Bushwick.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:12PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
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Ali Stroker stops by Broadway.com HQ to let us in on what she's been up to since Spring Awakening.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:52PMThe Great White Way revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats has cancelled the August 24 evening performance owing to a water main break in the area. Performances are expected to resume at …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:52PMAltarena Playhouse produces the Sedaris sibs' popular Book of Liz.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:44PM Good news/bad news. Danny Rubin and Tim Minchin‘s new musical adaptation of Rubin and Harold Ramis‘s Groundhog Day deserves every single one of the five-star reviews it received last …
SOURCE: oneapostrophe.wordpress.com at 06:08PMTony and Grammy Award Winner JENNIFER HOLLIDAY Jennifer Holliday resized Photo credit: Kareem Quow for KQ Photography Joins Tony Award Winner Cynthia Erivo, Danielle Brooks and the company o…
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 06:08PMToday's big news WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT's producers and playwright chat it up at The Drama Book Shop, and THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, starring Andrew Lippa, opens in San Francisco
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that CATS has canceled this evening's performance, August 24, due to a water main break in the area. A show representative has confirmed that the show is on tr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMBefore he started hitting the airwaves weekly as a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live, Fred Armisen was a young musician from Long Island who moved to Chicago to play percussion for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PMWhen I sat down early this week with Derek McLane, nominated for his sets for both the 2016 Academy Awards and NBC's presentation of The Wiz Live!, I took out my camera to shoot some candids…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:02PMThe musical will hit the road to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
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Originally published on Out.com Read this story online When Michael Cerveris, who pla…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:46PMThe center of discussion at the town hall meeting this past Monday was an alternative vision from that of Actors’ Equity for what intimate theater can look like in Los Angeles. Prese…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:37PMRent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning rock musical written by the late Jonathan Larson, will return to the road in a 20th anniversary production during the 2016-17 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMGreenhouse Theater Center (2257 N. Lincoln Ave ) and Sideshow Theatre Company present the world premiere [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:26PMGrand Opening event for the new Amazing Lash Studio Orland Park that took place Tuesday, [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 05:26PMEvery week director Robert W Schneider and actor Kevin David Thomas pull back the curtain on neglected, forgotten, and under appreciated musicals, as well as bizarre performances, endearing …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:26PM91 Central Productions presents character-driven contemporary theater relevant to international audiences. The limited Off Broadway engagement of Safe by Penny Jackson will be at the Theatre…
SOURCE: NYTE Small Press at 05:21PMWith its attention-grabbing title, Swedish singersongwriter Ledinsky's single 'Donald Trump Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack' has been mounting up controversy and YouTube hits.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMThe new feature-length comedy HURRICANEBIANCA follows a New York teacher who moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised as a mean 'lady' to get revenge o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMBroadwayWorld continues our exclusive content series, in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which delves into the library's unparalleled archives, and re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMThe Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival is proud to produce the regional premiere of TREASURE ISLAND, A New Musical for a New Generation. The show opens today, August 24 and runs throughSe…
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Thom Southerland's insightful production of this musical rarity from Rodgers and Hammerstein gets its first London showing ever. .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 04:48PMAtlantic Theater’s new musical play about a rock-n-roll gospel singer begins previews Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMJust over two years ago, a revolution in Kiev ushered in the downfall of the Ukranian government. Protests against the government’s refusal to sign pro-EU legislation lasting months had se…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:37PMThe two songwriters collaborated on the Off-Broadway musical Carson McCullers Talks About Love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM“Human beings are difficult. We’re difficult to ourselves, we’re difficult to each other. And we are mysteries to ourselves, we are mysteries to each other. One encounters in any ordin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:30PMRabarbrateateret (“The Rhubarb Theater”) is a theater company situated in the idyllic “old town” Bakklandet in Trondheim, Norway’s third largest city. The company has mounted accla…
SOURCE: EverythingSondheim at 04:28PMSo is it a musical or an opera? One might have expected Sweeney Todd at the Glimmerglass Festival to come down firmly on the side of the latter. But, to borrow a thought from Into the Woods,…
SOURCE: EverythingSondheim at 04:27PMThe big revelation instantly splashed across the media was that Stephen Sondheim’s new musical is to have its premiere Off Broadway at the Public Theater in late 2017 — “ if I can fini…
SOURCE: EverythingSondheim at 04:26PMAnd now an update from our sponsor.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:23PMBianca Del Rio stars in the comedy directed by Matt Kugelman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMThe 2016 Music Circus season concludes with the Northern California premiere of a new musical from the mind ofVictor Hugo, inspired by one of the most epic stories ever told The Hunchback of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMThe Emmy-winning Cheers writer and sportscaster will debut Going…Going…Gone! in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMHow did Bill Russell and Peter Melnick come together to collaborate on LAST SMOKER? Learn more about their journey here.
The post THE LAST SMOKER IN AMERICA: The Journey to the Stage appeare…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 04:10PMSamuel French, Playbill and HowlRound have partnered to present the four-day panel event that will explore the issues of identity, inclusion and representation onstage and off.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:04PMGrowing up in Northern Virginia, the first song Thomas Kail ever memorized was Slick Rick's rap 'Mona Lisa.' Its narrative about a guy chatting up a woman he meets in a pizza place opened up…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMThe Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival willproduce the regional premiere of TREASURE ISLAND, A New Musical for a New Generation. The show opens tonight, August 24,and runs through Septemb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PMImagine a world without "Macbeth," "The Taming of the Shrew," "The Tempest" and "Twelfth Night." Imagine a world without "All the world's a stage," "Beware the ides of March," "We are such s…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 04:01PMThe show comes from the creators of Full House! The Musical and Bayside! The Musical
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMTony nominee Tony Yazbeck is among the special guests who will join the star in Waste of Space at Feinstein's/54 Below.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMWe're not exactly provincial in Chicago; there's a pretty hefty smorgasbord of dance here. Still, many classics of 20th century dance aren't often seen on our stages, especially danced by th…
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Whistle a happy tune! Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies, and Twentieth Century Fox will bring?Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic movie musical?THE KING AND I?(1956) back to?cinemas nationw…
SOURCE: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization at 03:52PMThe Know: What not to miss in theatre August 25-September 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMA new Shug Avery’s comin’ to town, and she is not goin’. Tony and Grammy winner Jennifer Holliday will step into the Broadway revival of The Color Purple. The Dreamgirls fa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:43PMComic bravado: The Club, the latest play from Edinburgh-born actor and writer Ruaraidh Murray, has a fiercely humorous energy and drive.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:42PMName: Adam RazaviHometown: Lexington, Kentucky (Yes, like the chicken. Yes, we wear shoes. [These are questions I’m asked on a VERY frequent basis])Education: BFA in Musical Theatre from N…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:39PMRelationships are hard. And that goes double if you’re pushing 30, but still haven’t made the psychological and emotional transition from youth to adulthood. In The New Collective’s wo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:30PMStephen Sondheim may have considered adapting Groundhog Day for musical theatre audiences, but it’s the creative team behind Matilda which has done
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:24PMFor this price, it better come with a magic wand.
SOURCE: time.com at 03:23PMBeginning performancesTuesday, October 4, Tony and Grammy Award winnerJENNIFER HOLLIDAYwill assume the role of Shug Avery in John Doyle's Tony Award-winning production of the Broadway musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMThis will mark Holliday's first Broadway show since 2001, when she played Matron Mama Morton in CHICAGO. To celebrate the big news, take your afternoon coffee break with the Broadway legend …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:17PMPaulson and producer Ryan Murphy team up again for Feud, a new drama series on FX in 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:11PMSpecialists in introducing contemporary audiences to worthy, but neglected plays, The Mint Theater Company's new production will probably be a first introduction for many of its audience mem…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMAccording to an Equity casting notice, Hunter Foster will direct an upcoming staged reading ofFAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. The project, which will be presented in November, will feature music…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMThis year's New York New Works Theatre Festival is a must-see This is an opportunity to see original and unseen productions from leading Broadway producers as well as the rising stars of sta…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:02PMHoliday Inn, The New Irving Berlin choreographer Denis Jones spoke with education dramaturg Ted Sod about his inspirations and the process of working on the version of a classic film. Ted …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 03:01PMJennifer Holliday, who claimed instant stardom as Effie White in the 1981 premiere of Dreamgirls, will take over the role of chanteuse Shug Avery in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple …
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:00PMThe Tony and Grammy winner will step into the role of Shug Avery in John Doyle's production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe Tony-winning breakout star of 'Dreamgirls' will end a 15-year absence when she steps into the role of juke-joint singer Shug Avery in the hit musical revival. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 03:00PM
The Tony-winning star of the original Dreamgirls returns to Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMWe talk to the ladies of Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility about game-changing literature, pop culture relationship goals, and unforgettable theatrical experiences.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:57PMThe playwright discusses her newest play 'The Layover' and why her characters are usually flawed, unhappy people.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:56PMThis fledgling stage troupe aspires to raise a call to arms.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:56PMReservations are being taken now for Booklover's Dream Day, a chartered bus trip to New York City for a Hachette Book Group's Book Club Brunch on Oct. 22. R.J. Julia Booksellers of Madison i…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:46PMRejoicify, theater fans! As previously announced, Kristin Chenoweth will release her new album, The Art of Elegance, on September 23. (Wicked super fans can also enjoy Idina Menzel's idi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:38PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
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#Swam4Ham? At #Ham4Ham on August 24, host Rory O'Malley and more Hamilton cast members welcome…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:38PMIf there is one new show on Broadway that brings out the raw emotion of life, it’s Waitress, much thanks to Sara Bareilles’ Tony-nominated score . One of the songs fans have quic…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:34PMVegas still maintains its status as a hotspot for Broadway musicals, theatrical plays, and live entertainment. Although Performing Arts doesn’t appeal as largely to today’s youth in rela…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:25PMKristin Chenoweth's new album, 'The Art of Elegance,' will have a will have a digital release September 23rd and a physical release on September 30th, 2016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMThe musical is based on the Thomas Hardy novel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe revamped Rodgers and Hart musical will perform at the DCR Memorial Hatch Shell.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMEmily Bergl, Byron Jennings, and more will also appear in the Public Theater's revival of the Tony-nominated drama.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMAnnie Golden plays a mirror image of herself in a musical version of a fever dream.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe two-day event will be part of Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies' TCM Big Screen Classics series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMTodd Buonopane hosts the Feinstein's/54 Below cabaret series.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
It was Swam4Ham at today's Ham4Ham lottery, as cast members from Hamilton serenaded Olympian Maya DiRado and gave her some honors of their own, as well as a rendition of our National Anthem.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMBelow, BroadwayWorld is thrilled to bring you an exclusive first look at Streisand's track with Hollywood star and Into the Woods veteran Chris Pine- a mashup of 'I'll Be Seeing YouI've Grow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMIt's time to whistle a happy tune Rodgers amp Hammerstein's classic movie musical The King and I will return to movie theaters for two days only, as part of Fathom Events and Turner Classic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:50PMSarah Crompton chooses her highlights of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:50PM The CD release performance and signing of the mega hit WAITRESS, starring Tony Award winner Jesse Mueller (Beautiful) who was also nominated for a Tony Award for her starring role …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:42PMWhen the temperatures begin to dip and the leaves transform into shades of maroon and tangerine, the marquees Off-Broadway similarly change to showcase a new lineup of shows. Unlike Broadway…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 01:40PMThe Almeida addressed the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo a few years back when it staged the European premiere of Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined. Adam Brace…
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:40PMSwimmer Maya DiRado sings the National Anthem at Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PM by Monica Charline Brown BroadwayBox’s most anticipated show of the month. Broadway Sings’ twelfth concert over the course of four years. A trip to the Highline Ballroom I …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:33PMTHE PUBLIC THEATER ANNOUNCES COMPLETE CASTING FOR DAVID HARE’S ACCLAIMED PLENTY First Major New York Revival Directed by David Leveaux Performances Begin October 4 August 24, 2016 – …
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 01:18PMThe Film Society of Lincoln Center announces the complete lineup for the Spotlight on Documentary section of the 54th New York Film Festival September 30-October 16.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMTender: Affecting and emotional, Charles Hindley's Eugene & Elvis at Silk is a rawly human musing on love, loss, family ties and the healing power of music.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:13PMIndie Band Fialta has just released anew music video directed and choreographed by Broadway's Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Charlie Williamsand featuring Broadway dancers from Matilda, She Loves …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMThe Oscar-winning songwriting team of Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez joined the fun at the Greenwich Village piano bar.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMBroadwayWorld is giving one of our lucky readers a chance to win a signed copy of the upcoming album GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS, recorded live at 54 Below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:09PMThe Final Five — Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez — saw the production and met the cast on Tuesday night.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:04PM by MR Anderson Jess’s brother died. A victim of this sudden and tragic loss, she attempts to move on. She moves to NYC to pursue her dreams, she talks to…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:04PMAssembly George Square, EdinburghPlays by Somalia Seaton and Chino Odimba are strongly performed, but would have benefited from time in developmentTheatres can endlessly develop playwrights …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:02PMThe fifth annual event relocates from Brooklyn to Queens.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:01PMThe current cast will take part in the free performance.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThis is TheaterMania's fourth and final review roundup from the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival.
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>Now accepting submission from playwrights who reside in the greater Chicago area to be considered for fall festival 2017>Six plays are chosen for staged readings from which the audien…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 12:48PMCMT today revealed the premiere dates for its 2017 scripted series including Nashville, Million Dollar Quartet working title and Still The King, marking the biggest scripted slate in the net…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMRoundabout Theatre Company and Education at Roundabout have just announced that the Repertory High School for Theatre Arts in New York City will present the New York premiere of PROSPECT HIG…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMFEINSTEIN'S54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Chris Dwan in 'Waste of Space' onTuesday, September 6th 2016. With standout performances both on and off Broadway, Chris Dwan Finding Ne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMJust yesterday, Tony-winning starJessie MuellerandGrammy-nominated composerlyricistSara Bareillesand the cast of WAITRESS stopped byManhattan's Upper East Side Barnes amp Noble 150 E. 86th S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMFeinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents BROADWAY STORIES on April 23rd, 2016 at 1130pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMThis program at Theater for the New City will include 19 new works from American and international companies. It runs through Sept. 18.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:46PMThe award-winning, post-World War II drama will be directed by five-time Tony nominee David Leveaux this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PM By Sandi Durell The forever boyish and humorous Michael Feinstein was on fire August 23 at his namesake Feinstein’s/54 Below in Summertime Swing. Ah, yes…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:42PMJersey Boys' Daniel Robert Sullivan co-wrote the play, which has been seen in high schools around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:41PMIt may be Christmas in August for the Radio City Rockettes, but the Great White Way summer is still heating up! With Broadway BFF reunions and new gigs for some of our longtime faves, dig in…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMThis week, we talk about Lin-Manuel Miranda teaming up with Alan Menken for a live-action Little Mermaid, count down the most anticipated fall Broadway shows, swoon over Wicked's Michael…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMWe now have complete casting for the first major New York revival of David Hare’s Plenty. Directed by David Leveaux and featuring the previously announced Rachel Weisz and Corey Stoll,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:34PMBy Carey Purcell. Carey Purcell talks to Diane Paulus and Liesl Tommy about all women creative teams.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:34PMThe Tony nominee will play an engagement at the cabaret venue this September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMFrom the moment she processes onto the stage, fairy-lit umbrella held aloft, in what can only be described as a ‘gown’, to the strains of Yair Evnine’s electric cello, you know you are…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:25PMImprisoned, two monologues written by Marie Hale and directed by Kasia Różycki and Hugh Allison, are nothing short of astonishing, both in terms of their conceptual basis and the power of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:23PMEmma Rice’s work is theatrical marmite. You either love it or hate it. For some, her productions for Kneehigh were endlessly innovative, relentlessly entertaining breaths of fresh air.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:23PMTalk about Community: Essentially all of Los Angeles’ small theater scene turned out Monday for the LA STAGE Alliance-hosted town hall at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, moderated by that…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:15PMFormer New York City Mayor David Dinkins used to refer to the city as a gorgeous mosaic. That phrase came to mind for a couple of reasons while I watched “Black and Blue,” an ultimately …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:11PMAnd by “my book is out,” I mean Caridad Svich‘s book is out. The ever-brilliant (srsly) Svich has released a collection of essays for TCG entitled Audience (R)Evolution: Di…
SOURCE: bittergertrude.com at 12:11PMTwo world premieres and two Chicago premieres make up the 2016-17 season at Chicago’s Pride Films and Plays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe play is completing its rolling world premiere with this production at Roundabout's Black Box Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMRachel Chavkin directs the production at the Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe world premiere musical at La Jolla Playhouse is created by Hudes and songwriter Erin McKeown.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
Tony Award-nominated singer amp actress Melissa Errico Amour, White Christmas, My Fair Lady, High Society, who is set to star in Irish Repertory Theatre's fall production of Finian's Rainbow…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:59AMLabyrinth Theater Company presents the world premiere of Homos, Or Everyone in American October 20-November 27 by Jordan Seavey. Homos, Or Everyone in American, directed by Mike Donahue and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMBroadway storytelling meets immersive spectacle in the workshop of the innovative house party musical THE BAD YEARS by Kerrigan amp Lowdermilk. THE BAD YEARS returns to Brooklyn after a sold…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AM13th Street has - once again - become synonymous with cutting-edge powerful pieces focusing on the human experience. The latest is a great work of drama about one of the unsung heroes of his…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMLast night, the U.S. gold medal-winning Women's Gymnastics team, who dubbed themselves 'The Final Five,' hit the room where it happens, Broadway's Hamilton
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:50AMLike their debut production The Beanfield, Breach Theatre’s second show Tank recreates a contentious historical event in a distinctive meta-theatrical mashup up forms and styles. In the 19…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:49AM An informative, but not particularly effervescent account of one of theater’s legendary acting couples. By Joel Benjamin Even though there are few people alive who …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:49AMGiuseppe Bausilio joined NewYork.com backstage at the Neil Simon Theatre during previews of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats to uncover his favorite songs from this long-awaited revival. G…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 11:38AMThe brownstone was home to the late author of Black Nativity and Simply Heaven.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:35AMNic Rouleau, the long-running star of The Book of Mormon, chats about his five-years in the sold-out hit musical, his previous gig on the Disney Cruise Line, his bestie Ben Platt and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:33AMThe comedian has been recognised for 'sustained excellence' at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:33AMHe recently assumed the role of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMJames Acaster, Nish Kumar and Richard Gadd have been nominated for this year’s Edinburgh Comedy Awards. All three are for best comedy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:27AMThe Tony-winning actor hasn’t played the downtown venue since 2008; he’ll return next month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMRaised, An Urban Rooftop Bar, one of Chicago’s hottest rooftop destinations at 1 W. Wacker [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:21AMThe stars learn how to live and love in New York in the world-premiere play by Jordan Seavey.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMPatricia Routledge trained not only as an actress but also as a singer and had considerable experience and success in musical theatre, both in this country and in the United States of Americ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:15AMBy Douglas Mayo
If We Got Some More Cocaine I Could Show You How I Love You, a new one-act play developed out of The Minaturist’s 10th Birthday last November, will be presented at Th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:15AMLondon mayor Sadiq Khan has begun the process of appointing a ‘night tsar’ for the capital, who will develop a vision for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMA renowned theatre supplier has been ordered to payout almost £40,000 after a lorry driver was crushed by falling canvases. Founded in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMThe Tony-winning hoofer choreographs a routine for the FOX reality show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThe Off Broadway Alliance has announced that its hugely popular semi-annual ticket promotion 20at20, will return from September 5th to September 25, 2016. 20at20 makes $20 tickets avai…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:02AMEight comedy shows are in the running for the prestigious prize at the Edinburgh festival, with James Acaster receiving a fifth consecutive nominationA confessional show about sexual assault…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AMOn Wednesday, August 31st, the cast of Broadway's Longest Running American Musical will celebrate its 20th Year on Broadway with a free concert at SummerStage in Central Park.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMTwo-time Tony Award nomineeBrandon Victor Dixonjustmade his debut as Aaron Burr in the musicalHamilton on Broadway last night, August 23. BroadwayWorld was on hand for his big night and you …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMThis is TheaterMania's second review roundup from the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMLabyrinth Theater Company to present Homos, Or Everyone in American.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMMoviesDavid Edelstein has his eye on the heavy stuff. SnowdenSept. 16Oliver Stone takes on the multi-tentacled story of the multi-tentacled surveillance state and the alleged traitor (played…
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:00AM
The event that bring fans and Broadway stars together returns January 27-29, 2017, with an expanded slate of programming at the Javits Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMLa Jolla Playhouse will stage the world premiere by Quiara Alegría Hudes and Erin McKeown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMWho doesn't want a little Wizard of Oz moment to start their day?
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:49AMTony winner Jessie Mueller, composer Sara Bareilles and the cast of Waitress gathered for a CD signing and performance on August 24 at Barnes and Noble.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMIn Part 4 of interviews with the cast of Hard Bargain Players’ Radio Golf, meet Mack Leoman. Joel: Please tell our readers where they may have seen you appear on our local stages and the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:39AMGaten Matarazzo is best known to Broadway audiences as the original Gavroche in the recent revival of LES MISERABLES. Below, Gaten shows off his love for all things Les Mis as he belts the f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMGrammy-nominated composerlyricistSara Bareilles, who made her Broadway debut last season with her Tony-nominated score for the hit musical WAITRESS, hosted a sampler of songs from the show a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMHamilton's America goes backstage at the show's creation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMAttendees can expect free performances from the casts of Something Rotten! and Kinky Boots.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe stage is set beautifully. A gathering of men, singing to the sky, tell of the distant depths they travel to for their work, and their hopes of returning to the surface to see the sun onc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:35AMA Musical Salute! will be presented in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMThis year's Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlists include Richard Gadd, Al Porter and Nish Kumar
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:26AMA remarkable one-woman show about a legendary Kurdish woman sniper at the Edinburgh Fringe
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:26AMIn Part 3 of interviews with the cast of Hard Bargain Players’ Radio Golf, meet DeJeanette Horne. Joel: Please tell our readers where they may have seen you appear on our local stages a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:07AMThere have been musicals about found paper messages (Found) and personal ads (Personals), so it be no surprise that a show inspired by Craigslist will soon open Off-Broadway. Missed Connecti…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 10:03AMThe Tony nominees will star in readings of Interlude at the Playhouse and Farewell to the Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AMComedian, activist and theatremaker Mark Thomas has won The Stage Special Award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The prize celebrates sustained
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Emotional: Convincing portrayals and realistic emotions are a feature of the Makars' production of Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady at the Royal Scots Club.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:57AMGingold Theatrical Group's Project Shaw, under the leadership of Artistic Director David Staller, continues its 11th Season when it presents its 116th concert presentation with a double bill…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMBroadway alum Brian Justin Crum delivered another showstopping performance on last night's AMERICA'S GOT TALENT to advance to the semi-final round
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:55AMAlmeida, LondonAdam Brace’s ambitious show addresses the paradox of celebrating a country’s culture while ignoring its political realitiesYou have to admire the ambition of Adam Brace. I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMLindsay, Jose and Liz sampled the 200 offerings at the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival and we enjoyed it This year's festival played host to nearly 200 shows ranging in style fro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMToday in 1980, the second Broadway revival of Oklahoma closed at the Palace Theatre, where it ran for 293 performances. Oklahoma is the first musical written by the team of composer Richard …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMLast night, the U.S. gold medal-winning women's gymnastics team, who dubbed themselves 'The Final Five,' hit the room where it happens, Broadway's HAMILTON
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMThe Underbelly’s Circus Hub on the Meadows in Edinburgh’s Fringe seems to be the perfect venue for a children’s show. Bright colours surround the two venues (one big top, one Spiegelte…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:40AMIwuji is thrilled that through this production Hamlet will be performed for people who may not be familiar with Shakespeare's works, and for those in reduced circumstances and in prison for …
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:36AM“In all, about 40 percent of Cirque’s performers come from artistic, rhythmic and acrobatic gymnastics backgrounds, as well as from trampoline, tumbling, diving and synchronized …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AMMustard Seed opens its new season with an outstanding cast.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:28AMFormer EastEnders actor Jonny Labey is to star in a concert staging of a new musical featuring the songs of Caro Emerald.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:17AM by Sandi Durell The falling leaves . . . well, not yet, but soon as we ready for a full Fall season of entertainment in the clubs and cabarets of New York City. O…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:12AMNot much you see at the Edinburgh Fringe looks totally ready for London. But this does – ideal for Park 90, Trafalgar Studios 2 or Hampstead Downstairs.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:03AM Playwright Richard Strand’s Butler is an outstanding, captivating, important play about race relations – part historical drama and part biography. In wake of the 2016 summer shoot…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMOlympic model may not suit arts I like a bold challenge (Editor’s view: Will success in Rio inspire arts funding change?, August
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMGod loves a trier. Tabard does too. And he has nothing but respect for one 71-year-old, by the name of Doreen Pechey.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMIt’s tempting to think of the West End’s long-running plays as creaky outdated relics, and indeed, that’s how they’re too often described.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe latest first night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the first nights for Jungle
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMMezzo-soprano and CBC host sees title character of Bizet opera as a soul sister.
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Traverse, EdinburghJulia Taudevin teams up with three musicians in an explosive piece of gig theatre about a woman who decides to blow the patriarchy sky-highWhy aren’t women angrier? What…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:51AMThe Deep Blue Sea is a wonderful play by Terence Rattigan, with a wonderful lead role for a woman. Helen McCrory is a wonderful actor who takes full advantage of the opportunities the part …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:44AMFelicity Kendal stars in A Room with a View, adapted from EM Forster's novel by Simon Reade and directed by Adrian Noble. Full cast is now announced for the production which opens for a two-…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:40AMSixteenth century farce that, unlike much of Shakespeare's work, barely skirts around the human condition, doesn't easily stand up to modern scrutiny. The Comedy Of Errors is an implausible …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:33AMIt's the last few days of the Fringe, so let's try to make them the best yet, says Katie Brennan
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:26AMThought-provoking shows from Clean Break and Yinka Kuitenbrouwer at the Edinburgh Fringe
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:26AMFeinstein's/54 Below books only great talent and has excellent food and cocktails - all the ingredients necessary to have an outstanding evening in midtown Manhattan.
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Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 24 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMThe 2016 Music Circus season concludes with the Northern California premiere of a new musical from the mind ofVictor Hugo, inspired by one of the most epic stories ever told The Hunchback of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:28AMThe UK premiere of American musical Murder Ballad will now play at the Arts Theatre until 3 December 2016, having previously been booking until 29 October 2016. With Kerry Ellis, Norman Bowm…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:24AMThe trail across London asks teams of four to solve various puzzles
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:22AMAlan Menken and Howard Ashman's cult classic is currently touring the UK
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:22AMArturo Toscanini leads the NBC Symphony in a performance of the first movement of Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 555. This performance was originally telecast from NBC’s Studio …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM“Every moment is a new moment, failure our eternal friend. You think you are learning things but those could also be staleness traps, formula, hitting the same lever again and again.” Wh…
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The show had a private reading last week, with the working title Buñuel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:51AMEquity has welcomed the launch of broadcast equality monitoring project Diamond, claiming it will hold the television industry to account on diversity
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMGuidelines outlining what audition expenses actors are entitled to have been issued by Equity, in a move the union hopes will reduce
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMA new theatre company will take residency in a 12th-century abbey in Northamptonshire when it reopens following a £6 million restoration in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMLongtime East Bay company TheatreFirst reinvents itself with a bold new mission.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:34AMThree local companies present three very different takes on Othello this summer.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:34AMWe Players puts the audience to work with a site-specific Old West Romeo and Juliet.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:34AMIf you have a craving for a musical revue of pop songs with new lyrics about weight loss, boy do we have the show for you!
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:34AMNew play about Africa’s deadliest conflict is more of a heroic failure than a successful drama.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:33AM by MR Anderson But, hear me out, it works. Yes, it’s an eye-catching title. I’ve heard it called “unacceptable,” “a trigger,” and “rude,” b…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 06:21AMJacqui Dubois will play Oda Mae Brown
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Listen: @WayneBrady Back to Bway? @MissSaigonUK to US Cinemas & @JessicaVosk to Defy Gravity on @WICKED_Musical Tour! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday,…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMMurder Ballad, starring Kerry Ellis, Ramin Karimloo, Victoria Hamilton – Barritt and Norman Bowman, extends booking period to December 3rd at The Arts Theatre.
Completing the cast are…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 05:46AMOne of the first young transgender performers in UK musical theatre talks about singing in the gender-bending first world war show Brass and the support of his parents who are both priestsWh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:45AMIt’s been 2 years since this story began: After a Prologue of ReImagine LA activity, followed by Equity engagement with the Los Angeles theater community via survey, focus groups, an…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 05:24AMAdam Brace's new play is a smart, messy, funny look at charity and the shocking conflict in the Congo
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:12AMI just want to be clear from the start – this issue is not about sour grapes or resentment or bitterness over
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By Michael Block Through brilliant storytelling, The Vampire’s Last Bite tells the fantastical tale of a young boy who sets out on an adventure to discover the truth about his family.…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:58AMWin tickets to Counting Stars at Theatre Royal Stratford East by award-winning playwright Atiha Sen Gupta between 26th August and the 15th
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMI’m going to extend a bit of editorial privilege here and muscle my way into publishing back-to-back posts. Job satisfaction among arts administrators is a topic near and dear to my heart …
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMThe quantity and quality of performance coaching and tuition in the UK is extraordinarily high, so the problem is not one of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMIn the not-so-distant future, honey is the only sustainable crop, which means the bees themselves require a federal law enforcement agency of "beeholders" to … well, to oversee something, …
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Name: Justin PhillipsHometown: Pittsburgh, PAEducation: William Esper Studio, St. John's UniversitySelect Credits: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Macbeth, The Christians, D…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:26AMBy Michael BlockIn Zoe Kamil's weighty #blessed, the discussion of rape is brought to light through the lens of faith. Despite being an important topic, the play doesn't offer anything we ha…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:26AMWe’re in the final stretch now: coffee for blood and eyes like tar pits. I’ll sleep for a week when I get
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI’ve already written here about the shows I’m looking forward to in London over the coming months. Now I’m casting my eyes longingly
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAsk a theatre electrician how she or he got interested in lighting and as often as not they will tell you that
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In Part 2 of interviews with the cast of Hard Bargain Players’ Radio Golf, meet Baakari Wilder. Joel: Please tell our readers where they may have seen you appear on our local stages and…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:58AMBy Kaila M. StokesLittle Stories is a breath of fresh air in regards to comedic folklore in NYC. The plot was interesting from the description so one had high hopes. The show began with a mi…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:36AMName: Meghan RoseHometown: LaCrescent, MNEducation: University of Wisconsin - Madison (Communications Arts)Favorite Credits: Music Director, Bare: A Pop Opera (I’ve never acted in a …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:36AMDIAMOND LI’L Musical Theatre West’s Reiner Reading Series wraps up its amazing season with a musical from smack dab in the middle of Broadway’s golden age. Given the terrific scor…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:33AMThe Drama Book Shop welcomes producers Tom Kirdahy and Devlin Elliott for a discussion about the new off-Broadway sensation White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour will Skype…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMGrand Central Terminal invites visitors and commuters to a three-day event -- 'Grand Central Summer Send-Off' -- featuring free, family-friendly entertainment in Vanderbilt Hall, today, Augu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMTheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 47th season will feature American Premiere of the surprise London hit, THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, running tonight, August 24, throughSeptember 18, starring Tony Awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMThe Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival presents the regional premiere of TREASURE ISLAND, A New Musical for a New Generation. The show opens tonight, August 24, and runs through September…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:14AMLindsay, Jose and Liz sampled the 200 offerings at the 2016 New York International Fringe Festival and we enjoyed it! We discuss: Iphigenia Among the Taurians adapted from Euripides (2:1…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 01:00AM'Legends of the Hidden Temple' TV Movie Scoop With The Cast
YH hangs out in the Nickelodeon lounge at Comic-Con to get the scoop on the much-anticipated TV movie reboot of the classic series…
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Freespace Happening, Hong Kong's free outdoor event, will return on September 11 to the Central Lawn of the Nursery Park. Organized by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCD…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:57AMFrom the Theater that brought you 2014's 'Les Miserables Flash Mob' and 2015's 'Monty Python's SPAMALOT Sing-along,' Orlando Shakespeare Theater Orlando Shakes presents a 'West Side Story Co…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12AM By Brian Scott Lipton Did a song from a film make a big impression on you? Did it not mean much to you originally, but later speak directly to your life? O…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 12:08AMAbbotsford Convent has announced Collette Brennan as the new CEO, succeeding the Convent’s founding CEO Maggie Maguire, who is leaving next month after almost 11 years. Abbotsford Convent…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:06AMThe actress can currently be seen in the new Meryl Streep film Florence Foster Jenkins.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFood, glorious food! How much do you know about the culinary components of these shows?
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