It took about an hour for “Hairspray Live!” to find its sweet spot. The energy was a little low, a line got dropped, and the production — the most complex, it appeared, that NBC has at…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:53PMYou can't stop the beat, but you can surely weigh it down with a bunch of technical issues. Cribbing nearly every move from the Grease: Live playbook down to the golf carts, NBC's Hairspray …
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:49PM1960s-set musical brims with great songs and a strong cast.
SOURCE: USA Today at 11:27PMCelebrating their 50th year, distinguished Sydney theatre group, The Glugs have announced their nominations for the 2016 The Glugs Theatre Awards. In 1966 a group of theatre-lovers (critics…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:25PMThe much-anticipated December 7 live television event on NBC hit the spot.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24PMThe much-anticipated December 7 live television event on NBC hit the spot.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24PM By Eric J. Grimm Thuli Dumakude, with her powerful voice of both resistance to oppressive forces and celebration of joy and the human spirit is the perfect antido…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 11:21PMBelow, check out more imagesfrom NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE The live broadcast aired tonightfrom Los Angeles, CA.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12PMJennifer Hudson and Ariana Grande generated major heat on social media for their performances in “Hairspray Live,” NBC’s latest holiday musical production. The three-hour t…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:11PMThe Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06PMThe couple reenacts 'The Nutcracker' for a Target commercial.
SOURCE: USA Today at 11:05PM“Hairspray Live!” aired on Wednesday Night, December 7, on NBC. Will this live TV event bring awards glory for its creators and all-star cast, who include Ariana Grande, Jennife…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00PMAn advice column comes to life at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PM
This play at the Public Theater, based on Cheryl Strayed’s book, is a handkerchief-soaking meditation on pain, loss, hope and forgiveness.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:36PMWhat a whirlwind this week's installment is Yes, the much-hyped two part season finale is just a week away, and the YOUNGER writers waste no time in preparing us for the events to come. With…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:30PMTwo days ago I wrote about how “experience” is increasingly valued by consumers over things like brand, product and opportunity. Hopefully you noticed that I attributed my enjo…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 10:18PMThis weekend,Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steve Baruch and the partners at Feinstein's54 Below generouslythrew Broadway favorite, Laura Benanti,ababy shower
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12PMBelow, check out just-released photos from NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE The live broadcast is airing right now from Los Angeles, CA.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12PMNBC released a first promo for its next live musical BYE BYE BIRDIE during tonight's broadcast of HAIRSPRAY LIVE Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06PMOrfeh and Andy Karl (Groundhog Day) will appear at Feinstein's/54 Below on December 8, 12, 13 and 14 at 7PM with their show Legally Bound.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:02PMIn 2010, two years before she became famous as the author of Wild, Cheryl Strayed took over writing the “Dear Sugar” advice column from a friend. She had none of the skills that traditio…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PM
John Cariani, currently starring in The Band's Visit, stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMA museum researcher has unearthed a performance of “The Glass Menagerie” starring Shirley Booth, that will be broadcast on Turner Classic Movies.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48PMHere are the New York City spots Will & Anthony Nunziata this holiday season.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 06:43PMAn interview with the designer of a Golda Meir action figure that’s being given away as part of benefit performances of the play “Golda’s Balcony” in New York.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:24PMPop sensation Paulini and musical theatre/pop artist Prinnie Stevens have been cast as sisters Rachel and Nicki Marron in the 2017 Australian tour of The Bodyguard Musical. The pair made a …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:20PMA musician, singer, and songwriter who toured for eight years with the titular folk star and lived near him in Aspen, Colorado, before his tragic death in a plane crash at the age of 53, Dan…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:10PMWhat happens when the father of a long-running theatrical phenomenon, one dependent upon the personal writing and performances of a large extended theater family, just can't let his baby go?…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:06PMDuring our recent webcam chat (watch above), Jovan Adepo admits to being a bit nervous acting opposite Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the upcoming film “Fences.” …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PMThe event took place December 5 and 6.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Hamilton to Land in Germany & the Netherlands
The world is wide enough for Hamilton! Stage Entertainment is working on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMThe great Irving Berlin is a pillar upon which the Great American Songbook stands. Based on the beloved 1942 film starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, Broadway’s Holiday Inn is a fes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMA 30-film series dedicated to Busby Berkeley, Hollywood’s architect of mind-blowing musical production numbers.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:54PMCall Answered: Family means the world to me. I am very close with mine and would move mountains for them if I had to. When I heard Samuel Shem, author of "The House of God," was releasing a …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 05:49PMBy Julian Eaves
Wonderfully melodic, strongly rhythmic and engagingly structured, the musical numbers in this score are its greatest glory.
This post UPCOMING: Summer Street, Old Red Lion Th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:33PMWe’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest. For a full list upcoming live Fields Fest e…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:31PM by Carol Rocamora “Hey hey LBJ How many kids did you kill today?!” We haven’t heard that ominous chant since the 60s, and yet here it is again, resou…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 05:30PMWilliam Finn, Alison Fraser, Mary Testa, and Chip Zien will discuss the first musical in the “Marvin” trilogy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:29PMThis play by Hillary Bettis, about a fictitious Florida tourist attraction, sits uneasily somewhere between gritty naturalism and magical realism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PMIn Declan Donnellan’s production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the homicidal protagonist’s motives are all too clear.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24PMThu, January 12, 2017 thru Sunday, January 15, 2017 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- In 1936, a boy goes looki…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 05:06PMNewcomer Maddie Baillio steps into the dancing shoes of Baltimore teen rebel Tracy Turnblad in NBC's latest musical event, 'Hairspray Live!,' also featuring Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:06PMThe movie-musical is heading back to the big screen.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
The Pulitzer Prize winner is the only female playwright of color represented on Broadway during the 2016-17 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:56PMRobert Cushman: Three narrative streams flow through the play, feeding into one another
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 04:54PMReady to go back to Skid Row According to Deadline, Warner Brothers is moving forward with a musical remake of the 1986 cult classic, Little Shop of Horrors. The project will be directed byG…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMLook out, look out, look out, look out! A new Little Shop of Horrors is aiming to take over the big screen. According to Deadline, Warner Brothers is moving forward with a remake of the 1986…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMEpcot has been transformed into the Death Star, finally settling the debate on whether that thing is a golf ball or not (at least for now). Instead, it’s one big advertisement for the new …
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:44PM"Medicine is not a transaction," Dr. Ricardo Rosenkranz observes during his truly unusual and immensely likable magic show at the Royal George Cabaret. "It is," he insists, "the unraveling o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:32PMShorter after Ride the Cyclone started in off-Broadway previews, Richmond’s mother, Janet Wright of Corner Gas fame, died
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:29PMLast week was not the first time I’ve been puzzled by Hilton Als’s writing on theatre. I didn’t understand the rather cruel rationale by which he described the late playwright Wendy Wa…
SOURCE: Howard Sherman at 04:29PMThis new series of posts came out of the stunning realization that I have family in all 50 U.S. states. My ancestors lived in 14 of them, all on the eastern seaboard or adjacent, and I have …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:24PMThe politically-relevant Peer Gynt & the Norwegian Hapa Band will receive its world premiere in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:23PMGreg Berlanti will direct.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:17PMBy Velina Brown
Contributing author Velina Brown breaks down how to use technology to set yourself up for success for getting exposure and landing auditions.
Q: I’m a circus …
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 04:16PMAllegiance, the 2015 Broadway musical based on the forced relocation of 120,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II, will be shown in movie theaters around the count…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:15PM
The Long Island Rail Road doesn't have a station in Levittown, so the central character of Richard Greenberg's clever, sentimental and occasionally steamy drama travels the play's namesake, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:57PMBroadway's best spread messages of unity, hope and resilience through satire, song and dance December 5 and 6, 2016, at the 28th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, produced by and benefit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMBased on the award-winning film, the world-premiere production officially opens December 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PMThe Great American Songbook Foundation has launched the nationwide application process for its 2017 Songbook Academy, a summer music and performance intensive for high school students led by…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:47PMby Mark G. Auerbach 2016: The Year in Review, Part I It’s been a great year for the arts, and over the next three weeks, we’ll recap the news, and best of the plays, musicals, and …
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 03:45PMHer story also illustrates how the condition can affect civilians, according to a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:42PMDid you know that since the Avengers movie, shared cinematic universes are now the “in thing” in Hollywood? It has become the norm that has set out an emerging trend that will soon be ad…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:39PMThe status quo, where male experience dominates British theatre, will continue as long as the unelected quango, the Arts Council, refuses to challenge this sexual apartheid (Editorial, 15 De…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMA fire at the theatre derailed a planned fall Paris premiere of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical The Phantom of the Opera.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PMMatthew White's production is as pretty as a picture, as a music box in fact, Paul Farnsworth's luxe design emerging as an exceptional piece of work, using four mini revolves to great effect…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:31PM by Marilyn Lester For anyone despairing that classical music is on the wane, the all-male string quartet Well-Strung is here to say different. In A Well-Strung Christmas…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:28PMLife is imitating art on the Disney Channel. “Bizaardvark,” which premiered on the kids’ cabler earlier this year, is a tween sitcom about two young girls who make videos f…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:23PM“Prince of Broadway,” the long-aborning Harold Prince retrospective, will arrive in New York later this year with a Broadway run that opens in August. Manhattan Theater Club will…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM
A cappella group Eclipse 6 has just throwntheir hat into the ring of Hamilton spin-offs and parodies with a timely Rudolph-themed spoof, 'Hamildolph An American Christmas Story,' featuring n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMIn a new interview withPrideSourcetoday,Megan Mullally all but confirmed that the show will indeed return to the airwaves.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:49PMStage Entertainment’s Joop van den Ende revealed the news in a recent interview.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMMusical lovers, take a bow. Your favorite art form is having quite the cultural moment....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:42PMI've fallen into another hole and so can't post today but I'm hoping to have climbed out by the weekend and to see you then.
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 02:36PMCRUMPET COMES CLEAN For 8 boffo holiday seasons at Theater Wit, Mitchell Fain has been better known—and locally famous—as Crumpet, the irascible, impish and subversive Macy’s elf in D…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:36PMThe holiday Hamilton spoof explains the humble roots of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMAfter six dedicated weeks of fundraising, the brightest stars from Broadway and Off-Broadway's biggest hits shared one-of-a-kind performances at the 28th annual Gypsy of the Year and the gra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMThe Providence Players of Fairfax will soon premiere the second production of their 19th season, Best Christmas Pageant Ever, written by Barbara Robinson and directed by award-winning direct…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:26PMThis list includes feats of acting and core strength, performances that made the author happy even when they raised his blood pressure or made him cry.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMThe Tony-winning actor tweeted that she will not star in the tour of The Color Purple.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMToday is the 75th anniversary of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. I’ve done some blogging about minor ripples of that event: me, for example (because of the war my grandfather came…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:12PMBy Mya Kagan. Mya Kagan announces a new project: the Future Is Female Festival.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:07PMRivendell Theatre Company has announced its 2017 season, including three plays new to Chicago audiences. The season opens in January with Julie Jensen’s "Winter," about a woman with a fa…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:03PMAs he takes on a run of Chekhov shorts – performed by opera singers-turned-actors – Artistic Director of Euphonia Studio, Alisdair Kitchen, muses on why acting in opera has such…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:02PMPlays by Saheem Ali, Emily Feldman, and more have been selected.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Broadway musical version of Louisa May Alcott's classic heralds the coming of the holiday season.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe 2015 musical "Hamilton" continued to suck up a lot of the Broadway oxygen in 2016 — first during the spring award season and then during the political fallout of the late fall. But the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PM
The musical will be presented in concert by Prospect Theater Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMTony Award-nominated actressEmily Skinnerheads up an all-star cast for a newly conceptualized production of INTO THE WOODS at Theatre Under The Stars, which opened last night, December 6th, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMBy Matthew Clinton Sekellick. Matthew Clinton Sekellick unpacks the crediting dispute over the Broadway production of Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 , and the implications for …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:49PMWith long-running residencies at the Watford Palace and London’s Greenwich Theatre, writer Andrew Pollard has plenty of panto experience. Packed with audience
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:44PMAre you a high school senior in awe of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s brilliance? Now’s the time to show the Pulitzer, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner what you’ve got. Wesleyan Univers…
SOURCE: Backstage at 01:41PMThis is it This is life, the one you get, so go and have a ball -- and enjoy your first look at Netflix's much-anticipated original series ONE DAY AT A TIMEwiththe season onetrailer and offi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PM“The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart,” at the McKittrick Hotel, is a rambunctious yarn imported from Scotland.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMThe conference will be in June 2017 and will be titled 'Full Circle.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:28PMOnly the most astute viewers of “La La Land” will notice a slight change to the final cut of a movie that many expect will be a formidable Oscar contender. That’s because J…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:27PMSchool of Rock has been teaching audiences to stick it to the man for a year on Broadway. The tuner opened on the Great White Way on December 6, 2015 and garnered four Tony Award nominations…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMOn last night's THE VOICE on NBC, the remaining artists receivedunforgettable advice from Oscar-winning and HAIRSPRAY LIVE star Jennifer Hudson while touring the set of the upcomingmusical e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMTonight, America shall be introduced to the fourth incarnation of Hairspray. The first was the 1988 original film, the second was the 2002 Broadway musical, the third was its 2007 film adapt…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMJennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande and Martin Short are just a few of the stars of HAIRSPRAY LIVEwhich will air on NBC tonight. Below,Derek Hough sends viewers a video message from the cast's fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMCelebrating 10 seasons of Roundabout Underground, Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the sixth annual Roundabout Underground Reading Series, a five-night event that includes nightly re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMCynthia Erivo took to Twitter today to confirm that after THE COLOR PURPLE closes on Broadway on January 8th she will not be reprising her role of Celie either on Tour or in the West End.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMHumorist Jean Shepherd left us in 1999 but his folksy memories of being a child in Indiana at Christmas time live delightfully on in A Christmas Story: The Musical. Now making its Baltimore …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21PMSeventy-five awards were handed out at Theatre Bay Area's annual awards ceremony.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:15PM“Strictly Ballroom” started out on stage: Baz Luhrmann’s cult movie about competitive dancing was originally a student play. His own musical adaptation, revised since its Austr…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:12PMAlice Childress’s seldom-produced interracial love story, though set a century ago, gave off fresh sparks at the Intiman.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:11PMConveniently located at Belmont and Ashland, Stage Left Theatre's rehearsal space is 400 square feet and come equipped with tables, chairs and rehearsal cubes. Located on the ground floor, …
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:06PMAfter years of fits and starts, this project about the director and producer Harold Prince is to open next summer at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMOriginal Broadway cast member Judine Somerville offers an advanced look at her Hairspray Live! costumes.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:05PMDirector Rachel Chavkin and writer Dave Malloy on why The Great Comet works on Broadway, maintaining the show, and more epic projects to come.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThe musical revue will have its long-awaited premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Here's a selection of upcoming auditions in the New York area and around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMChristian Dante White teamed with Brent Dundore for Broadway Legacy, a photographic and editorial exhibition that celebrates African American achievement in the Broadway industry.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMFrom the playwright behind the smash Broadway hit King Charles III, Love, Love, Love, follows two baby boomers, Kenneth and Sandra, as they come to grips with the world through three very di…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 12:56PMThe show which inspired the recent TV series returns to London with Phoebe Waller-Bridge reprising her role
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:48PMDick Whittington, a pantomime not often performed in Scotland, is given an Aberdonian twist by writer Alan McHugh. The production opens with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:43PMThe New York theatre partnered with Tim Rice to bring his musical to Honolulu.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:42PMWhen MetroStage’s artistic director Carolyn Griffin pursued staging Becky Mode’s comedy Fully Committed, a huge hit on Broadway this year with Jesse Tyler Ferguson playing a myria…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMWe now have dates for the previously reported Main Stem premiere of Prince of Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club. The long-in-the-works musical, which celebrates the career of the 21-time T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMGideon welcomed audiences into a world that is built upon believing in the innate goodness of people.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:36PMThe revival continues through the end of the month at the Broadway Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PM Tickets are now on sale for the strictly limited 4 show run of Brodsky/Baryshnikov in London's Apollo Theatre, West End. Running from 3-6 May 2017, this one man …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 12:33PMThe story of Babe, the Sheep-Pig is undoubtedly appealable to people of all ages, genders and walks of life. Whether you spent your childhood reading the books, or watching the film, Babe is…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:31PMLynne MeadowArtistic Director andBarry GroveExecutive Producer have justannounced that Manhattan Theatre Club, by special arrangement withGorgeous Entertainment, will produce the Broadway pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:31PMCBS All Access, the CBS Television Network's digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, today announced its first original drama series, THE GOOD FIGHT, will premiere o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMWe’ll be blogging about comedian W.C. Fields all through November and December as part of our tribute to the comedian called Fields Fest. For a full list upcoming live Fields Fest e…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMIt’s splashy, it’s beautiful, and its characters are aburst with song. “La La Land” looks like a great musical. But putting on a white T-shirt and yelling “Stella!” doesn’t…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:19PMRick Thomas talks crossing Broadway off his bucket list, how the internet changed magic, and his favorite hidden spots in Vegas.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:19PMRichard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” will be staged at the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto from February 2 through February 25, 2017. This is a Canadian Opera Company production.“Göt…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:07PMCreative Cauldron’s A Christmas Carol Memory is a world premiere adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic story A Christmas Carol. Conceived and directed by Creative Cauldron’s arti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMSee what’s in previews, what’s been announced, and what’s in development.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PMHarold Prince’s long-gestating career retrospective Prince Of Broadway will open in August at the Manhattan Theatre Club’s flagship Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The show, featurin…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:02PMTheatres are reluctant to diversify their workforces because staff fear they may lose their jobs to minority talent, Theatre Royal Stratford East’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMTheatre and opera director Walter Sutcliffe has been announced as the new artistic director of Northern Ireland Opera. Sutcliffe, a former staff
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMAn Inspector Calls producer Peter Wilson has claimed musicals are hogging West End playhouses and will “squeeze out” straight drama if left
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:02PMMemorial University Medical Center(MUMC) voted unanimously in 2011 to choose Margaret (Maggie) Gill as its president and chief executive officer. The choice was effortless for the MUMC Board…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 12:01PMI loved the Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn musical when I saw it premiere at the Landor last year and whilst we wait patiently for a cast recording (I asked Santa again and I have been a go…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMCo-directed by Prince and Susan Stroman, the musical revue combines biographical elements with iconic numbers staged by the veteran showman throughout his celebrated six-decade career. read …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00PMPipeline Theatre Company will present the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
The musical, a celebration of Hal Prince’s legendary career, will open at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre in August 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMThe cast of Broadway's Chicago created a holiday music video sure to bring a smile.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:50AMThe new CBS series picks up one year after the events of the final episode of The Good Wife.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMSat, January 21, 2017 thru Sunday, February 19, 2017 @ Ford's Theatre, presented by Ford's Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMWed, February 1, 2017 thru Sunday, February 26, 2017 @ Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, presented by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMTue, January 24, 2017 thru Sunday, March 5, 2017 @ Folger Theatre, presented by Folger Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMFri, January 6, 2017 thru Saturday, January 28, 2017 @ Source Theatre, presented by In Series
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMThu, January 12, 2017 thru Sunday, January 29, 2017 @ Anacostia Arts Center, presented by Anacostia Arts Center
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMSat, January 28, 2017 thru Saturday, February 11, 2017 @ Keegan Theatre, presented by Keegan Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMSat, January 21, 2017 @ The Alden, presented by The Alden
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMSat, January 21, 2017 @ The Alden, presented by The Alden
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMSun, January 22, 2017 @ George Mason University's Center for the Arts, presented by George Mason University's Center for the Arts
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMThu, January 5, 2017 thru Saturday, January 7, 2017 @ Atlas Performing Arts Center, presented by Atlas Performing Arts Center
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMFri, January 13, 2017 thru Sunday, January 15, 2017 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by Washington National Opera
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMThu, January 19, 2017 @ AMP by Strathmore, presented by AMP by Strathmore
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMFri, January 27, 2017 @ Strathmore, presented by Strathmore -- Living comedy legend John Cleese hosts a live and truly unforgettable evening of conversation and audience Q&A (absurd and/or r…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMThu, January 5, 2017 thru Sunday, January 29, 2017 @ Theater J, presented by Theater J -- Michael Frayn’s Tony Award-winning play about this historic meeting is a classic of modern dra…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMWed, January 11, 2017 thru Sunday, February 19, 2017 @ Studio Theatre, presented by Studio Theatre -- Master dramatist Tom Stoppard’s newest play follows Hilary, a young psychology res…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:42AMThe brainchild of an Israeli-American writer Itamar Moses and Jewish-Lebanese-American composer David Yazbek tears down a cultural divide.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMBeardo by Great Comet creator Dave Malloy and Jason Craig will debut in a fully operational church in Greenpoint this February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMThe new work by Jason Craig and the Great Comet creator will debut in a fully operational church in Greenpoint this February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:34AMOn this week's LIVE WITH KELLY, Riz Ahmed star of Rogue One A Star Wars Story and HBO's The Night Of tellsKellyRipa and guest co-host Ilana Glazer the story of how he ended up becoming part …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMEric Carle's heart-warming kids book is turned into a stage show which runs in the West End over Christmas
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:31AMBy Julian Eaves
This work combines an App-based animated graphic novel with audio and music and is launched direct to individual phones/tablets (the PC-friendly platform will appear later).
…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:29AMThe American Repertory Theater announced today the details for its annual gala to be held on Monday, February 27, 2017 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont Street, Boston.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:27AMThis week THEATER TALK features creators and cast members of two new productions - Falsettos, a musical revival currently at the Walter Kerr Theatre through January 8 and This Day Forward, a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMPipeline Theatre Company hasannounced Beardo, with book and lyrics by Jason Craig Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage, music by Dave Malloy Natasha, Pierre amp The Great Comet of 1812, and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMIn this week's episode, we talk about Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's Broadway plans, Ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen, creative heavyweights at A Bronx Tale, a massive casting upda…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMEnjoy the concert by Jim Messina and the Band at Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz on January 28, 2017, 8 pm onwards. Jim Messina has a legacy of musical prowess spanning five decades. He has bee…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:08AMThe prize was established in honor of graduates Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail and their musical Hamilton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMThe Illusionists - Turn Of The Century returns to Broadway for the third consecutive holiday season with a new show designed to transport audiences back to the golden age of magic.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:02AMDan LeFranc‘s portrait of a sinking marriage features Mare Winningham and Mark Blum.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMThe Google map indicates the scale of the growing trend in relaxed performances – which seek to create non-judgmental environments for people with autism, dementia, Tourette’s and learni…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMBy Mark Ludmon
It cleverly blurs the line between reality and what we are seeing on stage in a way that is unsettling and leaves you questioning the theatrical experience itself.
This post R…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:00AMI like a puzzle. I was one of those Rubik’s Cube kids, who spent all of recess in elementary school competing with my fellow geeks to see how fast we could solve that six-sided colored…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMDanny Burstein, Alexandra Silber, Samantha Massell, Jenny Rose Baker, and Nerghiz Sarki will discuss their classic show.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe new drama runs at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Amidst the sugary sweet procession of Nutcrackers, Christmas Carols and other holiday fare parading around the city this time of year, Theatrical Outfit is at least offering up something nov…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:59AMThe 2017 production will look at the whole community.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:54AM'Scheherazade.2' is one of five nominees for best classical instrumental solo
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:54AMThe era of silent cinema will seem to many as remote as the last days of the Roman Empire. It is difficult, therefore, to imagine the revolution the “talkies” would have sparked in the H…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMIt’s not often that a show will tell you, within its script, that you’ll be giving it a good review – but then Thebes Land is no ordinary play. Daniel Goldman’s adaptation of Ser…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMEmma Stone has been doing her part to hype up the soon-to-be released Oscar-bait.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:52AMYoung, highly skilled vocal talent is needed for voiceover roles in Christian children’s musical, “Don’t Stop Believin’.”
The production seeks acto…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:48AMCriss stopped by the Neil Simon Theatre to visit with Mamie Paris, Tyler Hanes, and the rest of the Broadway cats.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMPerformer Natasha Granger’s first foray into writing and directing comes in the form of comedy pop musical 2 Become 1, featuring classic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:41AMIt takes a while to get going, thanks to a laborious rhyming prologue delivered front of stage by evergreen dame May McFettridge, this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:40AMThe Dear Evan Hansen composers also penned songs for the new movie musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMThe cast of School of Rock celebrated their milestone at the Winter Garden Theatre December 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMJames Doherty, Lyric Hammersmith's Widow Twankey, puts our deputy editor through dame school
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMTicket holders are advised to contact their point of sale for a full refund
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMWhen NBC first announced plans to stage a production of Hairspray as the network’s next live musical, network chief Bob Greenblatt acknowledged that the show’s focus on race and diversit…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:12AMSoho theatre, London The Australian comic’s stories and mickey-takes spin along well, but there’s a stale cynicism to the material“Modish crap” was Michael Gove’s verdict on Turner…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMBelow is the tracklist for Hairspray Live broadcast on NBC today December 7, 2016, 8 to 11 p.m. ET. The song titles (accompanied in parentheses by the character or characters singing) …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:05AMToday BWW caught up with Tony nominee Megan Hilty to chat about her past roles, her current projects and what's ahead for the future
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMHarvey Fierstein discusses his musical Hairspray's journey from stage to small screen.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 10:00AMThe celebrated trio of Allan Stewart, Grant Stott and Andy Gray are front and centre in this year’s King’s Theatre pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk – a production that is low on storyl…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMToday, THE ILLUSIONISTS' Dana Daniels speaks exclusively with BWW and explains why his ultimate goal for the show is to create astonishment
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AMSometimes, creating theater is like making a fresh miracle happen every day (twice a day if you’re talking weekends). So sure, why not add a few degrees of difficulty by dreaming up a b…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 10:00AM
Lurking sheets of ashes cover the stage, drifting by its disturbers. The warn down branches of isolated trees have been stripped and burnt. We are here to bear witness to director David Bös…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AMIllness hits West End company ahead of official opening December 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:38AMIf you’re a lover of impossible opposites, or have ever wondered what it would be like to wander into a mirthful merge—or, in the company’s assuredly less elegant, but admittedly (and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:37AMDave Malloy, creator of the “intoxicatingly good, rapturous” (Isherwood, NY Times) new musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, will make his Broadway performing debut in t…
SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 09:34AMAn unusual quantity and quality of vintage dance graced Chicago this year. To name just a few items: the Joffrey's reprises of Sir Frederick Ashton's "Cinderella" and Jiri Kylian's "Forgotte…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:34AMNathan Lucrezio’s music video also features Alex Ortega.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMJust yesterday, the company of School of Rock took a break to celebrate the musical's one year anniversary at the Winter Garden Theatre. BroadwayWorld was on hand for the special day, and yo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AMSmartphones having better cameras are being introduced to the market. To this end, everyone is able to take good pictures that rival those taken with powerful digital cameras. However, not a…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 09:25AMDuring WWII, over 23,000 Jews landed in Shanghai seeking refuge from Nazi persecution. This rarely told, true and inspirational story now comes to life as an epic new musical, Shimmer. On Tu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:21AMThe Tony nominee joins the Tony-winning songwriter at the downtown venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMIn this episode Todd Anderson began is career with Twyla Tharp, made his Broadway debut with Hugh Jackman, and then went on to cover 36 tracks in 4 different companies as Wicked'suniversal s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:15AM“Not another Tony Shalhoub musical, surely!”
The line cracks up Shalhoub, who tomorrow night tentatively sticks his big toe in the strange, shifting, uncertain sand of musical comedy …
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:12AMBoth the matinee and evening performances of Dreamgirls have been cancelled today due to multiple cast illnesses. The musical is currently in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:10AMUnderbellyPhoebe Waller-Bridge's up-for-anything antiheroine provides a distinctive take on the effects of porn on 21st-century womenForty years ago, Erica Jong coined the phrase "zipless fu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMStephen Joseph theatre, ScarboroughIn two Christmas stocking-fillers, Knowing Her and Knowing Him, a couple celebrating 40 years of marriage discover the deep freeze in their relationshipIt�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMYoung Vic, LondonPlaying a studio mogul at the dawn of the talkies, Enfield makes an assured theatre debut but this production puts visual bravura before verbal precisionHarry Enfield, as we…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:02AMDiversity report raises questions I suspect many drama school principals sympathise with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s frustration about the dearth of black, Asian
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMLadies (and indeed, gentlemen), how would you like your boyfriend to pop the question? Many theatrical types, I imagine, would like it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the first nights of Adventure to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe Play That Goes Wrong, the West End’s Olivier Award winning box office hit, as announced the full cast for its 2017 tour of the UK and Ireland, which launches from Theatre Royal Bath in…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMLet it be known, Tabard has nothing against Elaine Paige. Indeed, Tabard likes to tune into her radio show. The break-a-leg segment
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AM
Disney has set a Jan. 6, 2017 release date in China for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” according to a Disney representative in the country. The movie, which stars Felicity Jones…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:58AMOur gift guide will help you decide what to get for the theatre lovers in your life
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:18AMIt's Maxamoo's annual year-end extravaganza when all of their most frequent contributors gather on a single episode to discuss the year in review of the theater in New York City. This is the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMJane Klain, the indefatigable research manager at the Paley Center for Media, which houses a vast collection of old television and radio programs, goes on archival treasure hunts that someti…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 08:04AMThe sartorially elegant magic double act of Morgan and West deploy their amiably bumbling, Victorian schtick on Dickens. A (sort of) Christmas
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:04AMI saw two two-hander musical gems this past weekend: Her Aching Heart at the Hope Theatre in Islington and, on the opposite side of town, Another Night Before Christmas at the Bridge House …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:02AMA Bronx Tale, which recently opened on Broadway at the Longacre Theatre, represents the latest in a continuation of big budget musical adaptations that producers hope will resonate with audi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:02AMWith framing music by Tchaikovsky, a witty, original score and enchanting visual and narrative references to Carlo Collodi’s 19th-century invention of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:02AMSpanish-speaking moviegoers will have more options for listening to films en Español in cinemas, under multiyear pacts that app startup MyLingo has reached with Disney, Paramount Pictures …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMWhat a titan was James Bridie aka Osborne Henry Mavor, doctor and writer, co-founder of Glasgow Citz and prime mover in the launch of the Edinburgh Festival as well as a driving force in the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM
Good Morning Baltimore The cast and crew of NBC's HAIRSPRAY LIVE will wake up to a beautiful day in Los Angeles, the perfect weather to entertain millions of TV viewers across the country.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:59AMAt age 75, there are more miles behind David Crosby than ahead of him, but he is resolved to carry on with freak flag flying.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:48AMThe comedian Enfield makes his stage debut in this classic Broadway comedy, directed by Richard Jones, which is set during the momentous advent of the talkies
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:42AMAn all-female theatre company pledging to dedicate its productions to “contemporary stories about contemporary women” has been set up to tackle gender
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:31AMThis 350-seat Regency playhouse (the last surviving one in the UK), provides a unique setting for panto. The venue has a warmth
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMSon House introduces and sings “Death Letter Blues” in 1968: (This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AMEnfield stars in his stage debut at the Young Vic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:12AMAnton Cross has been cast in Arinzé Kene’s good dog, which will open at Watford Palace Theatre on 14 February 2017 before touring.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMToday's big news TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS, starringNia Vardalos,opens this evening at the Public, and HAIRSPRAY LIVE brings the beat to NBC tonight
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AMEvery 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 07:00AM“Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 7 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
Magic, mayhem and plenty of belief run right to the core of the Theatre Royal’s spectacular Cinderella. At first glance this show
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMSoho theatre, LondonPhoebe Waller-Bridge expertly controls the audience as she performs the original monologue that led to her TV smash It’s unusual for the text of a theatrical monologue …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMYesterday afternoon, friends and colleagues of the late Edward Albee paid tribute to the playwright at the August WilsonTheatre 245 W. 52 St.. Mr. Albee died at age 88 on September 16, 2016 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40AMThe Eifman cometh. Celebrating 40 years as founder of Russia’s leading contemporary dance company, Boris Eifman enters the mouth of madness once
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMMoving pictures and crisp talk as Richard Jones tackles a Broadway comedyAn amplified crunch in the dark, sound without vision, kicks off this take on Moss Hart and George S Kaufman's light …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:18AMThis is a simply stunning show that oozes quality through its every pore. It sparkles brilliantly from the opening line and never
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMWhen Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island, Hull’s fishing fleets were making perilous trips to the Arctic. The thought of those icy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMThe stage adaptation of the 1987 film arrives in the West End for a limited run
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:02AMAlan Menken's 2012 musical, starring Jeremy Jordan, will be streamed to cinemas in February
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:02AMThis musical version of Baz Luhrman's film is directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:02AMThis week, the London theatre bloggers discuss the West End transfer of flash-bang-wallop musical Half a Sixpence, the revival of Ronald Harwood's The Dresser starring Ken Stott and Reece Sh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM
In December 1867, Charles Dickens arrives in New York City for a month of sold-out performances ofhis beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol.Join Mr. Dickens, portrayed by actor John Kev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMIt’s our annual year-end extravaganza when all of our most frequent contributors gather on a single episode to discuss the year in review at the theater in New York City. This is the f…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 12:00AMConnecticut novelist Wally Lamb will give several talks this month about his new novel, "I'll Take You There" (Harper, $25.99). The story follows Felix Funicello, who was a 10-year-old in La…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AMNia Vardalos embodies Cheryl Strayed in the world-premiere production at the Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn honor of the December 7 NBC broadcast of Hairspray Live!, Playbill tests your knowledge of the 1988 movie, the 2002 Broadway smash musical, and the 2007 musical film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe big, blonde, and beautiful broadcast begins at 8 PM ET on NBC.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTony-nominated director Michael Arden refreshes the infamous Sondheim musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFor fans who know Tamara Tunie for 15 years as medical examiner Melinda Warner on NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” her singing career might come as a surprise. She even t…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM 
