by Michael Bracken Ever notice what happens to some Showtime and HBO series a few seasons in, when they start to run out of gas? Original plot lines have played o…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:49PMHell in a Handbag Productionsis thrilled to kick-off 2017 with the announcement of its15thseason. Comments Artistic DirectorDavid Cerda,We really want to thank our audiences for keeping us g…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45PMAussieTheatre has a double pass to giveaway to Ursula Martinez: Free Admission at the Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre Melbourne on 31 Jan at 6.30pm. Ursula Martinez is many things: an Olivier…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:35PMAt tonight's St. Louis's annual Arts amp Education Council Awards dinner, Broadway artist Beth Malone announced that she will star in the title role of The Muny's 2017 production of The Unsi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31PMLife, in all its messy glory, overflows the stage of the Atlantic Theater Company in this dynamically staged production of “Tell Hector I Miss Him.” Paola Lazaro’s animated…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PMThe musical will play the St. Louis venue in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28PMLove puzzles, and messes up, the dozen characters in Tell Hector I Miss Him, a play wonderfully acted by a cast that includes veterans of Orange is the New Black. If the play itself sometime…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24PMPaola Lázaro’s play, at the Atlantic Theater Company, assembles a crew of vivid characters on a San Juan street corner.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMWriters Theatre's world premiere The Hunter and the Bear, created by PigPen Theatre, may be a tad long for what it has to say, but with just a little judicious trimming it can have legs for …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 10:12PMThe darker side of Puerto Rican culture is brought vividly to life in “Tell Hector I Miss Him,” an accomplished debut effort by Paola Lazaro, now at Atlantic Theater Stage II.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:06PMPaola Lázaro pens a salsa of love and regret in Old San Juan.
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by Carole Di Tosti A woman is afraid of the encroaching darkness of unfulfilled dreams and death, two political rivals reverse power positions, a father and daugh…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:35PMLove puzzles, and messes up, the dozen characters in Tell Hector I Miss Him, a play wonderfully acted by a cast that includes veterans of Orange is the New Black. If the play itself sometime…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:31PMBroadway's two hottest new musicals are neck-and-neck at the box office.
SOURCE: Forbes at 09:22PMSince the news started going around last week that the Trump administration was looking to de-fund the NEA, NEH and PBS, there have been a ton of memes circulating quoting Winston Churchill …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 09:04PMPaola Lazaro's debut playwriting effort set in Old San Juan, 'Tell Hector I Miss Him,' features Selenis Leyva and Dascha Polanco of 'Orange is the New Black.' read more
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In the program for her new play at the Atlantic Theater Company's Stage 2 space, Tell Hector I Miss Him, playwright Paola Lázaro references winning the 2011 Arts Entertainment Scholarship A…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:51PMNo one would argue that it's far better to learn about cholera from a computer game than from actually dying from it ...
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:33PMOn the one hand, it is a punch in the gut dramatizing the cold hard facts of disintegrating with this disease; on the other, the non-linear time scheme is difficult to follow, offering more …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:13PMJoe Cassidy stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Waitress and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:04PMCarolyn Dorfman Dance Company returned to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in November for a mix of educational community outreach and performance, including the European premiere of Traces, wit…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PMIn TDE Hits the Streets: Ruth Patir’s I dream of the elections at Danspace Project, " It's easy to forget it's Inauguration Day, which isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's a re…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PMIn Impressions of: Netta Yerushalmy's Paramodernities (Work-In-Progress) at New York Live Arts, "Paramodernities, her latest work-in-progress, applies this directive toward the history o…
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Honk! Jr., is a musical retelling of the fairy tale, The Ugly Duckling. Here, the Young Australian Broadway Chorus has whittled things down even further, making a thoroughly entertaining sho…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 06:45PMWhen the nominees for the 2017 Academy Awards are announced on Tuesday, January 24, there’s a strong possibility that Ryan Gosling will find his name listed as one of the nominees for Best…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:45PMThe production, co-starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, will re-open the historic Hudson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:39PMMilwaukee Repertory Theater celebrates a local legend with McGuire, the newly expanded one man show [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMReviewed by: Matthew Perta Highly Recommended A good piece of theater should wake us up [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMBroadway In Chicago is pleased to announce that individual tickets for RAIN: A Tribute to [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMThe Arc Theatre is pleased to present Robert Harling’s popular American classic STEEL MAGNOLIAS, directed by Artistic Director Mark [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMCourt Theatre, under the leadership of Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director Charles Newell and Executive [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMFor the second winter in a row, Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership presents [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMThe Gene Siskel Film Center (GSFC) of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMThe global phenomenon seen by over 60 million people all around the world and one [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:36PMThom Southerland’s opening season as artistic director of Charing Cross Theatre has consisted of a trilogy of American musicals. He concludes it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30PMWalking into Walden House off of McArthur Park in downtown Los Angeles, can be a slightly unnerving moment. It’s a discomforting environment, lots of tough looking guys milling about, ta…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:24PM PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES (January 23, 2017) — The Actors’ Gang Artistic Director Tim Robbins, Executive Director Simon Hannah, and chair of the Board, Collette Brooks proudly an…
SOURCE: footlights.click at 06:24PMJust in time for Valentine's Day, Dr. Ruth Westheimer introduces an evening of fictional love stories, performed by actors including Peter Sagal Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me, Kathleen Turner C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMBelow, check out a first look at the hilarious new web seriesTHE NEXT FOUR YEARS, written and created byBroadway's Nick BlaemireCry-Baby, Glory Days andHunterArnoldDear Evan Hanson, Spring A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01PMIrving Berlin, a Russian Jewish immigrant, is one of the greatest composers of American music in the history of our young nation. His songs have stood strong for the last one hundred years a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:01PMListen: Lauren Class Schneider talks to composer and cast member Matt Park about “Peer Gynt & The Norwegian Hapa Band,” presented by the Ma-Yi Theater Company. Class Notes active…
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The production of “Rent” that opens tomorrow in L.A. may be the 20th anniversary tour of the Broadway hit, but the rock musical, which changed the face of HIV awareness two decades ago, …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:58PMWinter is coming - we all reach the point where there is far more behind us than ahead. Rivendell Theatre's Winter, by Julie Jensen, exploring one woman's personal winter as she comes to gri…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:54PMAt a star-studded ceremony last night, the winners of the 2016 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced, with 35 Awards presented, shared between 15 productions, which played in Sydney during th…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 05:53PMIf you’re looking for a strictly traditional “King Lear,” you won’t find it in the Lumina Studio Theatre production, now having a sadly short run at Silver Spring Black Box Theatre. …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:49PMAs part of their mandate to offer Brisbane audiences an alternative to mainstream musical theatre, Alex Woodward and Understudy Productions are once more set to thrill with Boys of Sondheim.…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:48PMLook, they made a cast! The full team is now assembled for the Broadway return of Sunday in the Park with George. Among those joining the previously announced Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMThe usual mid-January slowdown gave the Broadway box office a chill last week, as a reduced slate and a drop in traffic precipitated tumbles at most shows — including big ones at shows…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:36PM“How could people be so bad that make me feel so good?” That is the rhetorical question posed by white DJ Huey Calhoun, a 9th-grade dropout with an eccentric style, a profound passion fo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:13PMThe organization salutes artists and presenters working in the performing arts.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:09PMJayhawk architect hopefuls re-create panels used on landmark
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:06PMJulia Murney, Caissie Levy, Anika Larsen, & Shayna Steele SLAY "I'm a Woman" from Smokey Joe's Cafe at Concert For America.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:06PMAn unlikely media sensation gets caught up in the Twitter-enhanced mythology that distorts his true nature as he becomes a national hero: Donald Trump? Evan Hansen? Both had big weeks in da…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:06PMGeorge Street Playhouse has announced that the new musical comedy Curvy Widow, starring Broadway's Nancy Opel GSP's The Toxic Avenger, Broadway's Honeymoon in Vegas, will be the fifth and fi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMGhostlight Records will celebrate the cast album of the critically acclaimed Broadway revival of William Finn and James Lapine’s Tony Award-winning musical Falsettos with a special in…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:04PMStephen Sondheim and James Lapine's legendary musical will inaugurate the newly renovated Hudson Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMHenrik Ibsen's epic story gets a 21st-century rock-and-roll makeover.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe work is directed by Peter Flynn at George Street Playhouse.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe award-winning Broadway musical is headed to a city near you.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 1232017.
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Just in - the complete castand creative team for Ambassador Theatre Group's Broadway revival of the New York City Centerproduction of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Pulitzer Prize-winni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:53PMThere's a little less tuna on Broadway now. Oh, Hello, starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as septuagenarian public access TV hosts, hung up its turtleneck at the Lyceum Theatre on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMOh, Hello may be closed on Broadway, but we'll always remember Nick Kroll and John Mulaney's hilarious Great White Way stint and the countless guests who joined Gil Faizon and G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the weekend.
Lin-Manuel Miranda Releases Early Hamilton Tracks
Looks like The Hamilton Mixtape: Volume 2 is taking s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMA world premiere comedy by Pulitzer Prize winner James Lapine Sunday inthe Park with George. Mrs. Miller can't sing- but don't tell her that. Based on the real lifestory of Elva Miller, whos…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:12PMAiley shines a spotlight on Apartheid, police brutality, the cradle-to-prison pipeline, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMHell in a Handbag Productions has announced its 2017 season, the 15th for the North Side company led by David Cerda and dedicated to all things parody and pop culture. This year's slate kick…
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Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 122201…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 1222017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMThe adaptation, approved by Disney Theatrical Productions, will have songs from the 1940 film, and is to open at the National Theater in December.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:48PMWelcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 1/22…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMAlastair Reynolds, a British astrophysicist who turned his hand to penning fiction, writes what is known as "hard sci-fi," or, yet more intensely, "dark, hard sci-fi." The term — which you…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:47PMThe Stonewall riots of June 1969, wherein the patrons of the Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village decided to fight back against police raids that had become routine, is justly seen …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:31PMThe Company showcases 30 years of new choreographers in the four-week spring celebration.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:30PMMany of TYA's longtime aims---dramatizing thorny subjects, modeling diversity and tolerance---are more relevant than ever.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:28PMThe Kimmel Center's Broadway Up Close series featured Vanessa Williams hosted by Seth Rudetsky. But did the interview format do her talents justice? SaraKay Smullens reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:23PMBy Tatiana Gil. Tatiana Gil reflects on her experience interning for The Theater Offensive in Boston, Massachusetss last summer, sharing her vision of organizing creative spaces for queer yo…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:21PMWe know what film Nina Dobrev thinks is Oscar-worthy.
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:17PMNick Payne's drama will be directed by Giovanna Sardelli.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Max von Essen looks back at his Tony-nominated stage career with these rare photos and unheard stories.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:56PMLast Thursday night, on the eve of the Inauguration, more than 500 theaters, ensembles and companies, high school and university theater programs gathered across the country to light a light…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMNEW YORK — Frederick August Kittel, Jr. always said “my father very rarely came around.” He grew up in the cultural environment of his mother, Daisy Wilson, which is why, when his fath…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 02:45PMWhen the Budapest Festival Orchestra performers Beethoven, it’s never business as usual
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:45PMThe 2016 election has left many with divided feelings. Each group is left wondering what they have in common and how things went the way they did. The cast of the Broadway musical Hamilton t…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 02:44PMThe John W. Engeman Theater at Northport rarely disappoints, and true to form their newest production, The Full Monty is remarkably well done. This ten-time Tony nominee has a book written b…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:43PMPraxis Stage manages to get Arthur Miller's message across, and it is a valuable one that must be repeated well beyond the inauguration.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:42PMOver the course of What’s YOUR Problem?, Clair elegantly applies the metaphor of alien invasion to her illness, illuminating the workings of an autoimmune disorder through a series of vita…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 02:36PMNew play at New Jersey Repertory Company in Long Branch has four cast members: three humans and a 1967 Jaguar.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:30PMThere are very few things that could get me to uproot and move to Texas. Actually, there is just one thing, and his name is Lyle Lovett. Luckily, this long tall Texan graced the stage of Mar…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PMHe's not worried. He is happy. Jevon McFerrin has grown up listening to the upbeat lyrics of his father's Grammy-winning song, "Don't Worry, Be Happy," but the irresistible earworm tune coul…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:18PMComedian Wayne Brady injured his leg while playing Aaron Burr during a Chicago staging of the hit musical 'Hamilton.' Matt Hoffman reports.
SOURCE: USA Today at 02:18PMThe new musical, seen on Broadway last season, was the recipient of five Tony nominations.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMConductor Daniel Barenboim on how to enjoy the maestro’s complex sound.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth explains how Carrie Manolakos got to sing the show-stopping “Hallelujah” and the story behind Sharon Gless and Lynn Redgrave’s …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMDavid Greig's play runs at the McKittrick Hotel's bar, the Heath.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe production will star Synetic coofounder Irina Tsikurishvili.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe season will feature the world premiere of X: Or, Betty Shabazz v. The Nation and William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar presented in repertory.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
The Pitchfork Disney overturned my ideas about British theatre in 1991 – and Tender Napalm shows Ridley remains an unmissable talentIn 1991, I went to the Bush theatre in west London. I'd …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMActor Gorden Kaye, best known as hapless cafe owner Rene in ’Allo ’Allo!, has died aged 75. Although he found fame on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:50PMFlorida’s sensational blues rock artists will perform at Warner Theater, Washington DC on February 23, 2017.The Tedeschi Trucks Band is blues rock group formed in 2010 in Jacksonville (Flo…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:49PMLocal Chicago theatres add a bit of hospitality with hangouts where local artists, the casts of their shows, and patrons intermingle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMThe Lifetime film co-stars Nia Long. Here's what critics had to say.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:47PMLauryn Hill, New Jersey’s sensational hip-hop artist is bringing her signature sounds to Warner Theater, Washington DC on February 16, 2017.Lauryn was born in East Orange in 1975 and began…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:45PMSwedish choreographer Paul Lidberg tackles his first-ever ballet for NYCB.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:45PMFollowing on the massive success of the first 'Broadway Against Bullying' cabaret held last year, nationally renowned non-profit No Bully will host the second annual one-night-only cabaret t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMProducer Joey Parnes announced today that Bright Star, the new musical from 2016 Tony Award nominees Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, will launch a national tour in 2017-2018 season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMThe actor Wayne Brady, who plays Aaron Burr in the Chicago production of "Hamilton," sustained a minor leg injury Saturday during a matinee performance of the show in downtown Chicago and …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:34PMIn today's Blog Hijack, Sheri Sanders takes over to talk about Rock the Audition which will launch at Broadwaycon!Hey there! It's me, Sheri Sanders!You may or may not have heard of me, but I…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:33PMPlaywright Ike Holter believes his adopted home town needs more attention.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMOpera Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci would be performed at Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House through February 4, 2017. In a small Italian town, lusting after someone who i…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:25PMPriscilla: Queen of the Desert - Pride Films and Plays, 4139 N Broadway, is offering $20 industry tickets on Wednesday, Feb 1 at 7:30. Limit 2 tickets with headshot, resume, or business car…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 01:24PMDarren Criss is heading back to the small screen in the previously announced two-part musical crossover between Supergirl and The Flash, TVLine reports. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Awar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMIndie-Rock band Warpaint will be performing live at the Sydney Opera House on February 25, 2017.A powerhouse band that ebbs and flows from hypnotic bliss-outs to gripping live harmonies, War…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:21PMOn the night of the J20 Art Strike, a protest movement asking that “business . . . not proceed as usual in any realm” of the creative arts on Inauguration Day, I felt a little guilty att…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:21PMMr. McMullan unearths some of his never-before-seen theater posters to demonstrate how he created each work, from early studies to final versions.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PMOutgoing Arts Council England chair Peter Bazalgette will conduct a review into how the UK’s creative industries can contribute to the country’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMSara Kestelman is to star in a new comedy by Ryan Craig at Hampstead Theatre. Filthy Business will be directed by Hampstead
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMAcademics at Loughborough University are conducting a major study into gender inequality within theatre. It is thought that the study is the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:18PMClub Swizzle cabaret performance will run through January 29, 2017 at Sydney Opera House.The charismatic, impeccable all-star cast of Club Swizzle serves up outrageous cabaret, gravity-defyi…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:17PMThe Trump administration is prepared to enact a drastic budget plan that would eliminate the organizations.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PMThe Big Love actor will make her Los Angeles stage debut in Nick Payne’s drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PM‘Barbu,’ contemporary circus by Canadian group Cirque Alfonse will be performing at Sydney Opera House from February 8 through March 4, 2017.Sydney Opera House and Arts Projects Australi…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:13PMThe actress, who recently understudied Glenn Close in ENO's production, will lead a UK tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:12PMThe David Rubenstein Atrium places New York’s unparalleled diversity at the heart of its free artistic programming.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMThe Riverdance creator has reportedly failed to pay over $40,000 in fees and expenses to the theatrical press agency O&M Co.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMWhen the British army arrived in Northern Ireland, beleaguered Catholics came onto the streets offering them tea, biscuits and cake. How long did it take for the story to change to the one t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMSAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young will also welcome Broadway favorites including Alex Brightman, Mariska Hargitay, and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
The new musicalCome From Awaywill begin performances on Broadway on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at theGerald SchoenfeldTheatre 236 West 45th Street and officially open Sunday, March 12, 2017…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:58PMTetsuro Shigematsu's one-man show evinces hunger for stories of immigrant lives but doesn't fully plumb emotional depths.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:31PMIn good news for anyone who somehow remained a Dalton Warblers fan after all these years, Darren Criss is going to be part of a miniature Glee reunion. Criss, a sometime Hedwig and, ine…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:30PMRaymond Bobgan to receive a 2017 Governor's Award for the Arts in Ohio.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 12:25PMThe Geffen Playhouse today announced that Ginnifer Goodwin Once Upon a Time, Big Love will make her Los Angeles stage debut as Marianne in Constellations. The play, which was a critical hit …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMBroadway faves stepped out for the Women's March this weekend. See those pics, plus the Groundhog Day marquee, a seriously adorable Al Silbs/Sam Massell reunion and more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMAny company approaching Much Ado About Nothing faces a number of difficult hurdles. It features one of the most passive, flat, one-note villains in any Shakespearean play. It threads slapsti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PMTwo theatres in north Devon have closed and cancelled all future shows after the trust operating them ran into financial problems. North
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMJohn Cleese has adapted Georges Feydeau’s farce Bang Bang for Mercury Theatre Colchester. The production will run from February 24 to March
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMThe number of grassroots music venues in London is stable for the first time since 2007, a new report claims. The London
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMThe actress on her current tour of Gaslight, getting into the industry and her new TV show The Halcyon
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:06PMAndy Robinson spends his spare time turning his favourite shows into art
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:06PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The next "Star Wars" movie will be called "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," movie studio Disney said on Monday, and will be released on Dec. 15.
SOURCE: Reuters at 12:01PMKevin Spacey’s House of Cards character Frank Underwood has clear parallels with Shakespeare’s Richard III what with the former’s ruthless climb to the US presidency.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMGyllenhaal returns to Broadway with Annaleigh Ashford in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical masterpiece.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
By Michael Lueger. Michael Lueger and Jeremy Morris discuss Bert Williams.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:59AMGet to know Annie Dow as she talks about the importance of Fade, her favorite and most embarrassing TV shows, and more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:45AMPaul Lucas’ new play is drawn from interviews with dozens of trans women.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMMichael MustoMichael MustoNo one takes on more gay roles and themes than James Franco, and in I Am Michael, he’s gone after a controversial, meaty subject based on a true story. From portr…
SOURCE: Out at 11:36AMSAY The Stuttering Association for the Young announced today that Hamilton's Brandon Victor Dixon will be the guest host at the Fifth Annual Paul Rudd All-Star Bowling Benefit to support SAY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMThe evening will spotlight the work of Michael Finke.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThe World According to Snoopy will feature a new tune by Andrew Lippa and Larry Grossman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMBrad Paisley, Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan are among the top acts that will perform at Sleep Train Amphitheatre in Chula Vista as part of the sprawling venue’s 2017 Country Megaticket conc…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 11:20AM“La La Land” will tie the record for the most Oscar nominations ever according to our predictions. We’re predicting a whopping 14 bids for the modern-day musical romance, w…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:15AMLook through the Broadway highlights of the two-time Tony Award winner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMEdinburgh Fringe hit Lucy McCormick: Triple Threat gets its London premiere at Soho Theatre, where it opens in March.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:14AMThe Tony Award winner will play an intimate concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMLA LA LAND star Emma Stone reveals that she is anxious to get back to live theater, although perhaps not in a musical production
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMKen Thomson's Restless doesn't hide from dark places or things; Oberlin Orchestra does right by Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:06AMFrom beach balls to boarding school drama, from dinner parties to sea expeditions, it is an exciting week for theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:02AMA lyricist friend of mine said to me recently, “I want Glenn Slater’s career.” Who wouldn’t? He’s a three-time Tony Nominee, he works with some of the titans of the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMHow do you stage appalling real-life events? I mean, without either being too luridly voyeuristic or too matter-of-factly journalistic? Maybe an oblique approach is the answer.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
The UK's leading critics spread the love among a range of films at the 37th Critics' Circle Film Awards on Sunday night at The May Fair Hotel in London.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:56AMThe theater community in New York and across the country countered a depressing week coming out of Washington D.C. (#potentialgrizzlies, #alternativefacts) with events signaling resistance b…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:47AMThe Festival at Hampstead Theatre is back this February. Jam-packed with panel discussions, workshops, performances and family-friendly events, there’s something for everyone. This
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for the week of January 23-29, 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMThe Vicuña playwright was the victim of a “suspected hate crime” on the eve of the Women’s March in Washington, D.C.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMThe awards were presented January 22.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:37AMCynthia Erivo, back in London after a year and a half of THE COLOR PURPLE amp more took to Facebook Live this morning to make an exciting announcement. September of 2015 was the star's last …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:37AMThe choreographer’s latest project explores the ‘intelligent body’, as her audience follow their own path through the Barbican’s Curve galleryWhen does a simple movement become a ges…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMObscure language in show descriptions and reviews prevents us from opening the conversation to everyoneI was browsing through the programme of an international festival recently. The visuals…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMThe La La Land actor is looking to get back onstage, but no singing this time around.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMDisney, that ever-expanding force to be reckoned with in Hollywood, has had a very good year with its films grossing over six billion dollars. And with films such as “Spider-Man: Homecomin…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:30AMAccording to Page Six, Lord of the Dance, Michael Flatley, who just came out of retirement to perform at Donald Trump's Liberty Ball on Friday, has just been sued by Broadway PR firm OampM C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMStars of the fairy tale-themed series warm up their voices for the spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMStars of Rent, Newsies, Sweeney Todd, and other shows will make cameos.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMStars of Rent, Newsies, Sweeney Todd, and other shows will make cameos.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMWayne Brady, who just recently took over the role of Aaron Burr in the Chicago production of HAMILTON, was forced to leave the stage during the Saturday matinee performance due to a minor le…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMCreative team will include John Tiffany as director and Bob Crowley as designer with a book by Dennis Kelly.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMNew York continues to add new signage to light up the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMIn response to Meryl Streep’s call to action, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Kristolyn Lloyd, and more sing out.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMThe upcoming season will also include a new play by James Graham and a revival of a Martin Crimp work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMPaterson is a movie about how ordinary it may be to see the world in a grain of sand.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMIn both pieces on the ODC/Dance program, serious ideas underlay a lush movement language adorned with striking scenic effects.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:04AMThe Arcola launch their Revolution Season, marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution and exploring its considerable impact, with a new production of Gorky's The Lower Depths pl…
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I’ll Tell My Ma is a popular Belfast street song, an integral element in the folk history of a tight-knit community whose days
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:54AMJason Hughes and newcomer Archie Madekwe will join Damian Lewis and Sophie Okonedo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMA new petition, created on January 21st, seeks to preserve the National Endowment for the Arts.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:50AMThe singer stood up ahead of a performance in Scunthorpe to protest about unpaid wages
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:48AMThe evening is held at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMAn evening celebrating the films of Christopher Guest is held at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:46AMBorrowed Cast: Busted! The Reunion Tour plays (le) Poisson Rouge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMThe BBC has announced today that Lucie Jones is one of the six artists chosen to perform the songs competing for the UK’s entry into the Eurovision Song Contest.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:17AMAfter making it as an X Factor finalist in 2009, RENT star Lucie Jones is once again in the running to fly the flag for the country in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. She'll compete wit…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:17AMLiz Carr, actor and prominent disability rights activist (D-list celebrity, in her own words), brought the enormous and tangled issue of euthanasia to the stage in Assisted Suicide: The Musi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:12AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMThe 92Y's Lyrics amp Lyricists 2017 opened this weekend celebrating the music of Harold Arlen and BroadwayWorld was there.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07AMAugie Praley
Hometown: Annapolis, Maryland
Current Town: New York City
Q: Tell me about Looking Back.
A: Looking Back, It May Not Have Been Ridgefield High’s Best Product…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 09:04AMJohn Cleese's brand new adaptation of Georges Feydeau’s 1892 French farce, Bang Bang, opening at Mercury Theatre Colchester in March, will be led by Oliver Cotton and Caroline Langrishe.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:02AMLike so many wistful, small-cast memory plays about dysfunctional families, Basil Kreimendahl's play co-produced by Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and Page 73, reflects the influence of The…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:01AMRoland Schimmelpfennig's play looks at sinister history intruding on modern life in a play named after the darkest day of the year. . . Read More -
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:00AMI’ve been asked to host a theatrical industry awards ceremony. I’m not quite sure why they chose me over other more seasoned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWho would Devon-Elise Johnson love to work with? "Imelda Staunton, she is absolutely incredible, I saw her in Sweeney Todd and Gypsy and oh my god she is just amazing."
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A knife thuds into a plank of wood, millimetres from a man’s hand. Despite its often leisurely pace, this two-hander by French
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AM By Monica Charline Brown “If I’m gonna die I’ll live the life that frees me.” – lyric from a song the character Solvay sings in Act One of Peer Gynt and…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:48AMEdward Hall will direct the world premiere production of Filthy Business
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:42AMLondon's Hampstead Theatre has announced its 2017 spring season, which will comprise three premiere plays.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:15AMIn 2016 Martin Blackburn’s first play Alright Bitches! proved a firm favourite with Above The Stag audiences. A brash, bawdy comedy in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AM“Can I come in?” The dramatic trope of the ‘Third Man’ is well established in theatre; from Harold Pinter’s Davies in The Caretaker to J.B Priestley’s Ins…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AMMisirlou explores death: understanding it, accepting it and cheating it. It’s a dark and meaningful topic that has me expecting a philosophical and stimulating evening; one that The Diva …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AMIf I died today….would anyone miss me? It’s a depressing thought, and yet more common than most people think. Definitely not a thought I would attribute to a person with the name of Joy.
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By Julian Eaves
It’s always a pleasure to discover talented new writers (Bounder and Cad), and these two are great fun.
This post REVIEW: Bounder and Cad, The Pheasantry – Jan 20…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:49AMFrom an Alice In Wonderland musical to Caryl Churchill, here's the best of the openings this week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:36AMThe Rent actress is one of six acts in the running to represent the UK in Kyiv in May
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:36AMAMC, the U.S. theater chain controlled by China’s Dalian Wanda group, is to pay $929 million for Nordic Cinema Group. The company is the largest cinema operator in seven countries acro…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:32AMPerformer Jonathan Ansell recently stormed the stage of a show whose producer he claims owes him unpaid wages. This week we’re asking:
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:19AMIf for nothing else, Woolf Works will be remembered for bringing back to the Covent Garden stage the fabulous Alessandra Ferri at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:15AMTalent management company Rights Ownership Artist Representation Group has acquired comedy agency Christian Knowles Productions, which represents talent such as Micky Flanagan
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:10AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 23 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06AMToday's big news TELL HECTOR I MISS HIM, featuring stars from ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, opens tonight Off-Broadway
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:06AMIt’s uncomfortable to watch a play that conflicts with your politics or world view, and Liz Carr’s Assisted Suicide: The Musical does just that. The gay actor and comedian aligns with cu…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Producer Mark Goucher has been appointed chief executive of the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham, in a move that will lead to more
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMOpera North’s spring season comprises works from three different European fairytale traditions. Two – Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel and Rossini’s Cinderella –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMPerformer Jonathan Ansell stormed the stage of a show produced by Stephen Leatherland in a protest over unpaid wages. As reported by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMPalais Garnier in Paris is staging “Così fan tutte” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The opera is current until February 19, 2017.Prompted by Don Alfonso, a cynical old philosopher, two youn…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:24AMPark theatre, LondonDavid Spicer’s humorous play about animal rights boasts deft one-liners and giant amphibians, but it ends up down a dramatic cul-de-sacMartha is dead but no longer buri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMGoing back for more “Please sir, can I have some more?”, Oliver Twist famously requests in Oliver!. I’m so greedy I often
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMThe Board of The Everyman Theatre Cheltenham have today announced that they are appointing West End producer Mark Goucher as their Chief Executive.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:09AMA poem performed as a 65 minute play and in the most innovative and inviting way imaginable, as a nifty two-hander interspersed with postmodern jukebox-style songs. Joey Akubeze and Anna Cla…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMHello Pop Culture Resolutionists On the first 2017 episode of BroadwayWorld's Some Like It Pop podcast, Matt and Jenn discuss their Top-16 favorite TV shows and movies of 2016.Matt and Jenn …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00AM
This is perhaps the winter of most discontent in many years. In such times, theatre that stimulates and relates to the modern
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMBy Julian Eaves
The young cast is energetic, lively and likeable: it would be great to see them with a more developed script, a tighter production and a script with as much wit and sparkle i…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:56AMListen: Equity and BroadwayCon in Contract Dispute, “Oh Hello” Closes on Broadway, Kellyanne Conway Goes to “Chicago” on “Saturday Night Live.” “Tod…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMCritics groups continue to weigh in with their picks for the best pic of the year as well as other achievements in film. The latest to be heard from is the London Critics Circle, which wen…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30AMDrum, PlymouthIt's not often that you hear mass sobbing in the theatre, but it's all sniffles during the latter stages of this new Frantic Assembly show. It's hardly surprising: Abi Morgan's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Albert
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMA decade after it was formed, the National Theatre of Scotland has got itself some walls, in the form of Rockvilla, a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
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Rock bands Def Leppard, Poison, and Tesla will perform live on April 10, 2017 at Centre Bell, Montreal as a part of their 2017 North America Tour.Def Leppard, originally named Deaf Leopard, …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:56AMAmerican pop rock band Maroon 5 will perform live at Centre Videotron in Québec, Canada on February 27, 2017.Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:53AMEscaped Alone returns, Gary Barlow opens his musical The Girls, Vault and Manipulate add to the festival fare and The White Devil walks againOwen Sheers’s Pink Mist, about three lads who j…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:04AMWhen it comes to online conversions, speed kills; or to be more precise, lack of speed kills. The long it takes for pages to load, the less likely site visitors will hang around waiting. In …
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This Week: Trump, the arts, the culture budget and protest… Harvard ART school gets suspended…MIT’s list of 10 things you need to know… Writers and money – the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:33AMHilarious, honest, absurd, ARIA and Helpmann award-winning star of stage and screen iOTA reconnects with his roots in The Average Joe – a candid and touching exploration of identity a…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 01:15AMIf one of your New Year’s resolutions is to get organized, then this post is for you! Teachers are busy people and have a million things to remember. Remembering every student who has …
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM“Fuller House” Boys on Steve vs. Matt
YH catches up with the handsome fellows of "Fuller House" -- Scott Weinger, John Brotherton, and Juan Pablo Di Pace -- at the People's Choice Awards…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMCelebs Talk First Dates & Breakfast at People's Choice
YH hits up the People's Choice Awards where we catch up with the celebs in attendance ahead of the show, including actors Tahj Mowry an…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMThe drama is presented by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Intel.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM
By Michael BlockWhether we like it or not, we live in a lovely bubble here in America. We take for granted the journey of the products we use. Though we may read a story or two, until you se…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:24AMPaola Lázaro’s new play, set in Puerto Rico, opens Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony and Academy Award nominee wanted, more than anything, to get back onstage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony winner puts it in writing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIf you can’t make it to BroadwayCon in person (or even if you can) you’ll want to follow us on social to capture the full spirit of Con. (And we all know that BroadwayCon has spi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe biggest ballet competition in the world came to Pittsburgh this weekend, as Youth America Grand Prix held semifinals at Upper St. Clair High School.
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