A biting comedy fuelled by urgency, honesty, anger, sex and alienation, Theatre Works presents the world premiere of Ross Mueller’s new play, Lifetime Guarantee for a limited season from…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 08:34PMA Sacramento artist is fuming after his art, a large Swastika painted like an American flag, was removed from the ArtStreet installation, a temporary art extravaganza that opened Friday. “…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 08:08PMShe was born on Jan. 10, and has a baby brother Ziggy, who was born on the same day last year.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:06PMStray Dog presents Henrik Ibsen's once-shocking masterpiece
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:06PMFrom the classics to new works, programs hold variety
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Art, theater, music and performance that resonate with this tumultuous moment in world history. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, and your friendly neighbor…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 07:45PMA pioneering performer, director, playwright and educator, she also co-founded the city’s Performing Arts Lodge
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 07:42PMThe second BroadwayCon took place last weekend for three days at Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center. Last years BroadwayCon took place during New York’s blizzard and most transportat…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:39PMNiagara-on-the-Lake festival says ticket sales were up but ticket prices were reduced.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:36PM“My general philosophy in predicting the screenplay categories is to lead with the strongest Best Picture player eligible in the category,” says Gold Derby reader Joseph Schiltz …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:30PMA new casting notice from Actors Equity has revealed that a springstaged reading is of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge is currently in the works.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PM
Round House Theatre continues to shine a spotlight on the works of Tony Kushner (Angels in America) as it explores life’s complexity through its seeming simplicity in Kushner’s autobiogr…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:46PMThe Tony nominee will play a defense attorney in the eight-episode series about the Menendez Brothers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMThe five-time Tony nominee is set to direct Sweetee, about a bi-racial woman in America during the 1930s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:44PMFind out about In Transit, a new a cappella musical that follows New Yorkers as they navigate the city!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PMDealing with winter in the Sierra Nevada isn’t easy, but a new exhibit at the California State Railroad Museum shows visitors how the railroads have kept trains moving year-round. “Clear…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:36PM“Manchester By the Sea,” the longtime Oscar frontrunner for Best Original Screenplay, is losing ground rapidly to “La La Land.” Of our 23 Oscar experts derived from …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:15PMIn 1944, Disney rereleased Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs into theaters nationwide. The film had been a sensation during its original 1937 release — in addition to being a virtuoso techni…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:05PMMartín Zimmerman’s On the Exhale draws audiences into the center of America’s most divisive—and urgent—debate. Every day, 90 people die from gun violence, and from 1966 to 2012, nea…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 05:00PMOn Ferbuary 9, Master Voices will take on Bach’s masterful St. John Passion, which is considered by many to be his greatest work. Featuring a cast of new stars, a period instrument orc…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:00PMBy Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell digs into three recent productions in New York City— Made in China , Confucius , and Caught —that explore US-China relations.
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The production is seeking to fill the role originated on film by Nicole Kidman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PMThe iTheatrics Method, which outlines how to build musical theatre programs for youth, is now available.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:48PMLearn all about A Bronx Tale, the streetwise new musical based on the real life story of Chazz Palminteri.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Andrew Rannells Throws Shade
Stage and screen fave Andrew Rannells will appear in the final season of HBO’s Girls begi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:36PMAs soon as you enter the Lortel for director Trip Cullman's tight and tense production of Anna Jordan's unsettling, hard-edged drama, YEN, the intention to catch audience members a little of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMThe struggles to control people and the situations surrounding them, and the dynamics between masters and those they enslave, are integral to Shakespeare’s canon—as they are to American …
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 04:22PMCity Theatre launches a new community partnership initiative this weekend called "City Connects" that highlights four values — equality, unity, love and opportunity that resonate…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:11PMThe luncheon explored the current Broadway landscape with some of Broadway’s leading players.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:11PMCrazy Ex-Girlfriend has pulled off some mighty tricks this season, from delicately off-boarding one main character and bringing on another to completely fragmenting, and then rebuilding, its…
SOURCE: Vulture at 04:11PMBy Henrik Eger. Henrik Eger interviews Tina Brock about how her company is responding to the current political climate in the US, and what she feels that absurdist theatre has to offer.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:00PMMatthew Gardiner directs the Tony Award-nominated musical from Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMLeigh Silverman directs the world premiere musical at the Public.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMBilly Crystal is surely not the only comedy legend who earned his first big laugh as an elementary school student, but he may be the only one who credits his initial success to being clu…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 04:00PM
The Lure, a Polish horror musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, wherein twin mermaids come ashore, join a New Wave band, fall in love, and occasionally tear o…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 03:59PMBy Paul T Davies
The joy of this book is that it will make you return to Finney, possibly one of the most under-rated, (and certainly under-awarded), actors of his generation.
This post REVI…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:58PMThe Lyceum Theatre box office 149 West 45th Street is now open for the Mischief Theatre production of The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award winning West End hit comedy that arrives on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:56PMIn today's episode of Block Talk, we sit down with Zach Stephens, writer and actor of Sienna's Mantrum, part of the 2017 Frigid Festival!Performances of Sienna's Mantrum are Saturday, Februa…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 03:54PMFive artists will receive year-long mentorship in addition to a cash prize.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:52PMA modern musical hit goes for an old-school format.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMAmerican Repertory Theater A.R.T. at Harvard University under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Diane Quinn opened Trans Scripts, Part I The Women on Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMThe one-night-only performance of MONEY, LOVE, AND SHAME! will feature Drama Desk and Obie Award winner Everett Quinton (THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP, CAMILLE, NATURAL BORN KILLERS, RODGERS + HAM…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:49PMAt first, The Autopsy of Jane Doe comes off as a sort of small town crime thriller, but it slowly evolves into what feels like a bonafide horror film.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:48PMAs previously announced, Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, will present 'True Colors Broadway Fights Ovarian Cancer'on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 700pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMANASTASIA will begin previews on March 23, 2017 and open on Broadway on April 24, 2017 at the Broadhurst Theatre 235 West 44th Street. StarringChristy Altomare,Derek Klena,John Bolton,Ramin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMThe national tour of Finding Neverland will welcome Billy Harrigan Tighe to the role of J.M. Barrie startingTuesday, February 7, 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMThe Pasadena Playhouse has announced a new partnership with TodayTix, the theater ticket app, to launch a mobile Rush program for Dotson Rader's GOD LOOKED AWAY, directed by Robert Allan Ack…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMA petition was created on January 21st seeking to preserve the National Endowment for the Arts, but since then, here have been many reports from signees that the petition is not counting sig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMEthan Lipton’s newest work is directed by Leigh Silverman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMMoonlight writer-director Barry Jenkins just got back from an European tour promoting the movie, and he was shocked at what this year’s Oscars race has done for his profile. “When I was …
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:41PMThe national tour of the Broadway musical is currently playing the SHN Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:39PMRaise your voice in cheer! Broadway favorite Billy Harrigan Tighe will star as J.M. Barrie in the national tour of Finding Neverland. Tighe, who's taking over for Kevin Kern, will begin …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMSomething Rotten!'s Rob McClure takes us around Pittsburgh, where he enjoys Primanti Bros., a Sherlock-themed Escape The Room and high tea. Plus, he answers some of your questions!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMJay Armstrong Johnson sings from West Side Story, Wicked, and Into the Woods.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:28PMCOC’s dramatically sharp production of Wagner epic includes some goose-bump-inducing vocal splendour.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:19PMGood news for all you Barden Bella fans out there. Hot off of his SAG Award win for playing Winston Churchill in The Crown, John Lithgow is doing what any EGOT-track thespian would do: He’…
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:18PMThey're together again: George and Gracie! And Bruce and Semina! Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury has fashioned a stage production "George and Gracie: The Early Years" out of classic routin…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 03:18PMBefore his Seth Sikes Sings Bernadette Peters concert, Seth Sikes shares of his favorite 20 tracks from the Tony winner.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:06PMAlthough attendance last year was up about 5,000 from 2015, the Niagara-on-the-Lake repertory theatre still posted a loss
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:00PM
Meet TACT (The Actors Company Theatre), where a longtime company of artists encourages each other to take risks (when they're not cracking jokes). This film features company members James Mu…
SOURCE: TDF at 02:57PMAn abandoned factory just south of Broadway has transformed into a must-go destination for Sacramento arts. Well, at least that’s the case until Feb. 27. ArtStreet opens to the public R…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 02:55PMName: Dan FingermanHometown: Huntington, NYEducation: University at Albany (SUNY)Favorite Credits: Boys of a Certain Age my play that’s about to open. I’m in love with this show, t…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:54PMA couple of years ago we waxed enthusiastic about the samples we heard of The Hat, an opera-in-progress by Karen Siegel and Zsuzsanna Ardo at Opera on Tap’s New Brew series (same fol…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:54PMSince the December 14 termination by Actors' Equity Association of the 99-Seat Plan, Los Angeles intimate theatres have been tackling the issue of how to continue to produce under these new …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:53PMRehearsals are underwayfor the Tooting Arts Club production ofSweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, music and lyrics byStephen Sondheim, book byHugh Wheelerfrom an adaptation byChri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMRapunzel is back for an all new Disney Channel Original Movie, TANGLED BEFORE EVER AFTER, featuring the voice talents of Zachary Levi and Mandy Moore. The movie premieres on Disney Channel F…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMAmerican Conservatory TheaterA.C.T., currently celebrating its 50th anniversary subscription season, presents the world-premiere theatrical adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's international best…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMJohn Lithgow, who recently picked up a SAG Award for his performance as Winston Churchill in Netflix's 'The Crown,' has signed on to the cast of PITCH PERFECT 3
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMWhether in New York, L.A., or anywhere around the globe, BroadwayWorld is your connection to the theatre's best jobs, and best of all, is is completely FREE for job posters and job seekers
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMThe people's Maria is under incredible pressure to perform. I reckon people should give her a break.Relax, it's only a Lloyd Webber musical. Photograph: Tristram KentonLoss of innocence has …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMThe box office forPresent Laughterwas unwrapped, literally, for first customers and Broadway fans at the official box office opening for the show on Friday, February 3. Customers and Broadwa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:34PMTerry Kinney directs the show, which officially opens March 16 at the American Airlines Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:33PMHE FOUND HIS HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO (AND MORE) I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett totally earns its title. Created in 2005 by David Grapes and Todd Olson, this warmly wr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:25PMThe American premiere of Anna Jordan’s Yen has extended its off-Broadway run. The MCC production, starring Manchester By the Sea Oscar nominee Lucas Hedges, will now play through …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMTwo-time Olivier Award winner Joanna Riding has staked her formidable reputation on such musical theater classics as Carousel and My Fair Lady, now she is in previews at the P…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMWhat will the beloved film be like as a musical?
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:20PMThe live-action remake stars Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Audra McDonald.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMThey all stopped by Broadway’s Imperial Theatre to visit with Josh Groban and the cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:16PMAs per the predictions of our Oscar experts, Mary Zophres is the frontrunner to win Best Costume Design for her contemporary creations on display in “La La Land.” This one-t…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:15PMAfter its new found popularity, George Orwell's novel '1984' is set to make its American stage debut. Veuer's Nick Cardona has the story.
SOURCE: USA Today at 02:07PMLet's dive in to the hot, new Dear Evan Hansen cast album.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:04PMJohn Lithgow, hot off his SAG Awards win for his performance as Winston Churchill in Netflix’s “The Crown,” will be rounding out the cast of Universal’s “Pitch …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMLucas Hedges, Ari Graynor, and more star in the American premiere.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Signature Spotlight Series will present talkbacks and behind-the-scenes programs in connection with this season's world premieres.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe Broadway transfer of the New York City Center production stands "outside of any awards competition," according to producers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMOn Wednesday, the acclaimed Tony- and Grammy-nominated composer and lyricist Andrew Lippa hosts this delightful evening of song. BroadwayWorld was there and has a look at Andrew Lippa and hi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMArthur Miller's The Price will begin preview performances on Thursday, February 16, and open officially on Thursday, March 16, 2017. This is a limited engagement through May 7, 2017 on Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMThe post THE ARROW CLEANS HOUSE — “THESE 30 PLAYS” — THE SUPER BOWL appeared first on The Neo-Futurists.
SOURCE: The Neo-Futurists at 01:31PMResidents of Sacramento and the surrounding area have the opportunity stuff their brains and burnish their souls on Saturday when many of the region’s museums and gathering places fling op…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 01:31PMEmma Stone has been on an awards roll as of late for her singing and dancing performance as struggling actress Mia in the Oscar Best Picture frontrunner “La La Land.” So far Stone has pi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:30PMBillie Piper and Harry Potter win awards, Half a Sixpence raises a glass and Gary Barlow shares a Take That throwback
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:24PMThe off-Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street begins performances at the Barrow Street Theatre on February 14. Broadway.c…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMTickets are now available for Emmy nominee Jason Odell Williams' Church & State off-Broadway. Directed by Markus Potter, the production begins performances on March 3 at New World St…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18PMThe staging will mark the first time in his 20-year career that the writer and director will revive an older work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:08PMCelebrated UK playwright Robert Holman is making his New York debut with JONAH AND OTTO, which officially opens next Wednesday, February 8th at The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row, 410 West 42 S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMThe new revue at the Mercury Theater, "I Left My Heart: A Salute to the Music of Tony Bennett" delivers exactly what it promises — a simple, irony-free, enjoyable, predictable exploration …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:00PMDaly is slated to perform, along with Joel Grey, Alison Fraser, and Aaron Weinstein, at annual Golden Shamrock Gala.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMThe luncheon was held February 3.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Few solo shows are as well suited to the murk and lung-fug of the Vaults as Greywing House. With its dripping brickwork
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMToday is the birthday of the once ubiquitous character actor John Fielder (1925-2005). Few know the name but most everyone of a certain age knows the face and the voice! A diminutive man w…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:42PMIn Part Three of a series of interviews with the cast of Rockville Little Theatre’s The Miracle Worker, meet Brian Lyons-Burke. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:38PMBy Julian Eaves
Although this is carefully scripted and directed with minute attention to detail, it all feels totally spontaneous and improvised. And dangerous. We might go anywhere with th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:37PMProducersMartin PlattandDavid Elliott withMary Cossette,Jamie deRoy,Riki Kane Larimer,Richard Winkler, and Mike Blank, present the New York premiere of Georgie My Adventures withGeorge Rose,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that producers have withdrawn the upcoming revival of Sunday in the Park with George from awards season consideration.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMThe box office at Broadway's Lunt Fontanne Theatre 205 West 46th Street, opens Monday, February 6, at 10am EST. The first 50 ticket buyers at the Lunt Fontanne box office will receive a copy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMThe contestants can belt out a tune but can they cut it in musical theatre? The stage show cast from the BBC1 series will fall flat if it doesn’t find acting talentReality TV and talent sh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMTo reach a wide audience with her ideas, the author of 'The Little Foxes' and 'Watch on the Rhine' often resorted to lurid gimmicks. It worked for a time.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:23PMErica Schmidt’s play, about sexual awakening and the discovery of adulthood, will play a limited engagement Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:22PMAs reported, Ariana Grande, John Legend, Audra McDonald, Celine Dion and Josh Groban are just a few of the stars lending their voices to the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack. Disney's liv…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMIt's official: Glenn Close is back on Broadway as Sunset Boulevard's greatest star of all! The revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical began performances at the Palace Thea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMAlison Wright is joining the cast of Sweat on Broadway. Wright, who is known for her role on FX’s The Americans, will play Jessie, a part played in the Public Theater off-Broadway run …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMAs she returns to Escaped Alone at the Royal Court ahead of a New York transfer and UK tour, the actress explains why Caryl Churchill's play is like a piece of music
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:18PMSignature Theatre will present the world premiere of the new play by the Pulitzer Prize winner Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMMusic Theater Works, formerly Light Opera Works, announced its 2017 season Friday. Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" (June 3-11) will open the season. MTW will present the Royal National Theater…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:02PMMusical stars Rebecca Trehearn and Saskia Strallen along with Rona Morrison, Mark Carroll and Jamie Wilkes have been cast in the UK premiere of Marielle Heller's page-to-stage play The Diary…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIn 1989, Christopher Ashley teamed with a couple of other young New York theater artists to stage “Buzzsaw Berkeley,” a late-night musical spoof about a deranged choreographer with chain…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 12:00PMWright takes on the role played off-Broadway by Miriam Shor in Lynn Nottage's play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMErica Schmidt's play is presented by the New Group.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMPerformances continue at La Jolla Playhouse through March 12 before moving to Cleveland Playhouse and Houston's Alley Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
In part four of a series of interviews with the cast of Rockville Little Theatre’s The Miracle Worker, meet Jordan Clifford. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:52AMA Sacramento artists group opens a temporary 'Art Street' exhibit on Friday, Feb. 3. Exhibits include a wide variety of art forms from local and international artists. The group M5 Arts was …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 11:37AMBilly and Me, a world premiere by theater critic Terry Teachout about the difficult friendship of legendary playwrights William Inge and Tennessee Williams, will be one of the highlights in …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:36AMOn last night's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE, Little Shady Frannie was in the Clubhouse to ask guestAndrew Rannells some shady theatre questions about HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, HAMILTON and his …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMBroadway Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 232017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMIf you grew up as a lover of musical theater, especially in those dark years before BroadwayCon, it's likely that your high-school years were not among your best. Of course, high school can …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMCBS has announced that on Thursday, February 9th, Taran Killam, HAMILTON's newest King George III, will visit LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMProducers Stuart Thompson and Louise Gund haveannounced the full cast for the Broadway production of the searing new play Sweat. Alison Wright 'The Americans' joins the previously announced …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMOn this week's WATCH WHAT HAPPENS LIVE, actress and singer KeKe Palmer answeredAndy Cohen's questions about working with 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star NeNe Leakes onBroadway's CINDERELLA
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThere may be six more weeks of winter on the way, but there's still something to celebrate, a new Broadway show BroadwayWorld was there at press day for the Broadway premiere ofGroundhog Day…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMProfoundly conservative and radically fresh, Mass Appeal justifies its title in the Peterborough Players fine production.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:32AMIt’s no accident that ancient and renaissance playwrights were drawn to write plays about heroes and nobles. Not only were they aspirational figures whose lives would be ripe for curiosity…
SOURCE: 2AMT at 11:32AMThe production will mark the Broadway debut of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AMGrants to arts organisations in Bath are to be phased out completely by the local council, with campaigners claiming it will lead
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMNicole Hollander's "Sylvia" comic introduced us to "The Woman Who Does Everything More Beautifully Than You." That captures Julie Bascov, the hostess at two very different Christmas dinners …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:28AMTheatre company Out of Joint has vowed to increase the amount of work it commissions from women to 50% of its output,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMStarring Emma Watson as Belle, the Disney film is scheduled to open in cinemas nationwide March 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMWoolly Mammoth’s dark comedy Baby Screams Miracle by Clare Barron blurs the lines between the bizarre and the normal, exploring family, religion, and how we cope with hard times. Sarah Sc…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:18AMAnthony Biggs is to step down as artistic director of London fringe venue Jermyn Street Theatre, to be replaced by Tom Littler.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMOne in 10 teachers responding to a Guardian survey claim art, music or drama has been dropped from their schools due to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMProducers say the limited run stands “appropriately outside of any awards competition.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMThe 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 11:12AMStrike up the band! Broadway favorites Laura Osnes and Corey Cott are poised to star in Bandstand, the musical about a young war widow and a singer/songwriter who leads a band of mismat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMThe downtown theatre will host a memorial service for the late actor and director.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMThe ambition, variety and quantity of works make this a season of historic reach and significance.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:06AMWinner of five Tonys, delightful and sad musical memoir ‘Fun Home’ comes to the National.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 11:06AMDescribed as a love letter to Raymond Chandler, Strange the Road is a moody, misanthropic piece of pulp fiction from writer and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMOut of Joint, the new writing and touring theatre company, is committing to equal representation of female performers and writers.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThe new play from playwright NSangou Njikam, directed by Niegel Smith, combines hip-hop, theater, and poetry.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMOpening night for the sequel to Ken Ludwig's hit comedy Lend Me a Tenor is set for February 5.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AM
Australia’s Erth Visual & Physical Company comes to New York February 4th and 5th to perform four performances of Dinosaur Zoo Live!, an interactive theatrical event for kids. We s…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:49AMBroadway’s first African-American Cinderella reveals backstage secrets about her Real Housewives co-star.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:47AMThe production, directed by Bill Buckhurst, is set to have its New York premiere February 14 at the Barrow Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMThese are the six videos that gave us major life this week.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:36AMI finally caught up with a second cinema showing of the RSC's flagship production for 2016 of The Tempest, with our greatest Shakespearean actor Simon Russell Beale as Prospero. It's a trium…
SOURCE: John Morrison at 10:36AMYesterday 1,000 Yemeni bogeda owners in NYC shuttered their shops (for the day) to protest Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban, which affects them and their families directly. Their day culmin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:32AMToday is the birthday of the great American illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). It couldn’t be better timed, for his late work says forcefully what I firmly believe: American patr…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:32AMThe director describes the gruesome appeal of staging Stefan Zweig’s novel about the faultlines running through a society on the brink of destruction“Why Zweig? Eeeuwww …”No. That do…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMIn a new interview with The Huffington Post, HAMILTON creator Lin-Manuel Miranda speaks out against President Trump's recent executive order which bars immigrants from seven Muslim-majority …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMIN TRANSIT'sNicholas Ward made his Broadway debut in his mid-30s in ON THE TOWN and now has a featured role in the a cappella musical, where he is the foundation of the chord. Growing up in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMGuests for the late-night talk show have been announced through February 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMAriana Grande and John Legend are here to take the cherished, Oscar-winning Beauty and the Beast theme song, cover it for the live-action adaptation, and strip it of all discernible consonan…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:22AMAmy Poehler is one of the executive producers of Household Name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMWith the world premiere of On the Exhale, we proudly welcome Martín Zimmerman to the Roundabout family and add him to the extraordinary list of playwrights to be produced through this progr…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 10:18AMTom Littler will take over from Biggs this autumn
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:06AMThe stars and producers of this season’s musicals can breathe a sigh of relief: there’s one less horse in the 2017 Tony Awards race. Producers of the revival of Sunday in the Par…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMAge: "I'm 22. Can I do another one? 32. No, one more. I'm 100 and dead. Ha!"
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Current Role: Jacqueline McKenzie is making her Broadwa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:06AMGingold Theatrical Group will present the evening next month in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMby Samuel L. Leiter Miles Malleson (1888-1969), the British author of Yours Unfaithfully, the Mint Theater’s latest discovery of lost or forgotten plays deserving another look, was somethi…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:03AMKevin Kennedy is currently on tour with the stage show The Commitments. I had the opportunity to catch up with Kevin before the tour arrives in Southampton.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
When in 2014 ENO brought in Christopher Alden’s single-set Rigoletto, it was assumed that Jonathan Miller’s vintage Mafiosi production had had its day.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:48AMThe nominated team from “La La Land” is about to tie an impressive Oscar record at the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26. The combined odds of our 23 Experts, journalists wh…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:45AMThe actress, whose performance in “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill” was postponed when she was pregnant, will play Billie Holiday in London beginning in June.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:32AMToday is the birthday of Brooklyn’s own Jack Waldron (Jack Kestenbaum, 1893-1969). In vaudeville days, he was a comic, singer and dancer with a team called Lockett and Waldron; he lat…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:24AMHampstead theatre, LondonEmilia Fox and Theo James star in Laura Eason’s two-hander about an implausible relationship between writers in a Michigan B&BThe title is certainly titillatin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMAfter the EU referendum result, Bridget Christie ripped up her Edinburgh show and created a new one in just a few weeks. This is an anatomy of a standup set that has changed with the headlin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMShoreditch Town Hall, LondonJamie Lloyd’s revival of Philip Ridley’s 1991 dark fable, starring George Blagden and Bafta-nominated Hayley Squires, is vivid and monstrousThe gaudy excesses…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMThe two-hander, starring Emilia Fox and Theo James, which is written by Laura Eason, a scriptwriter on 'House of Cards', is a comedy about love and literary ambition in the digital…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:06AMIn the right hands, even working in the lowliest of jobs can yield favourable results. The legendary Scottish playwright and artist John
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AMHats off to harpsichordist Justin Taylor for the resonant, gripping performances he turns in on his debut album.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:03AMAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:03AMNew This Week Lagan (Villanova Theatre). American premiere of Irish-born Stacey Gregg's mosaic of Northern Ireland, post-"Troubles." Tuesday through Feb. 19.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:02AMThe ways in which the titles of shows are worked into the script are a source of endless amusement and new musical Death Takes A Holiday is no exception, pointing up as it does the ridiculou…
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In its day, Oscar Wilde’s one-act play Salome was banned, ostensibly because religious characters were not allowed to be portrayed on stage.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMComedic icon Carol Burnett is set to return to television in a new pilot picked up byABC from executive producer Amy Poehler.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AM Juan Pablo Di Pace, breakout star of Netflix’s #1 show Fuller House, makes his sizzling solo debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below February 21 and 22 at 9:30 pm While he is known b…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:16AMOpera North’s fairytale season continues with the most popular of all operatic examples, Hansel and Gretel. Edward Dick’s production sets the action
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:07AMRenewed interest in seminal novel comes as Donald Trump lashes out at 'fake news' and adviser Kellyanne Conway coins distinctly Orwellian phrase 'alternative facts'
SOURCE: The Independent at 08:06AMWe have to break up with 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.' At least, until Season 3 returns to The CW.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:05AMHaving begun as a 10 minute poetry duet in 2010, Katie Bonna and Richard Marsh’s has been developed into a play about the modern difficulties of dating. But does it charm the critics?
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Mel B has graced Times Square in a brand new billboardfor CHICAGO She will continue to spice up Broadway through February 19at the Ambassador Theatre 219 W. 49th St., NYC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:58AMYou'll have to wait a little longer to see Carley Stenson and her real-life fiance and Strictly Come Dancing star Danny Mac following in love onstage. Their planned pairing in the screen-to-…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:55AMJonathan Miller's indestructible production of Verdi's revenge opera returns to ENO
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:54AMThe West End's Aladdin and Genie will perform at the ceremony this month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:54AMThe Miranda actress is currently appearing in What's In a Name? at Birmingham Rep
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:54AMThere may be six more weeks of winter on the way, but there's still something to celebrate, a new Broadway show BroadwayWorld was there at press dayfor the Broadway premiere of Groundhog Day…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMOn last night's LATE LATE SHOW, when Adam Lambert caught James claiming he would be a better front man for Queen, the two settle the dispute with some help from Brian May and Roger Taylor of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:30AMLin-Manuel Miranda strongly believes President Trumps' Muslim ban does not represent the U.S.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 07:30AMIn addition to consulting The Stage online training directory, if you are considering training in stage management or technical theatre in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:29AMAnthony Biggs is stepping down as artistic director of London's Jermyn Street Theatre and is succeeded by current associate director Tom Littler.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:16AMA charming, simple revival of Jerry Herman’s first Broadway Musical By Joel Benjamin Despite dating myself, I freely admit that as a kid I saw the original Broadway pr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:15AMTo: Donald J. Trump, 45th president of the United States From: Chris Jones, Tribune critic Re: The National Endowment for the Arts A modest proposal, Mr. President: Don't kill the National E…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Last year’s planned bow was postponed when McDonald became pregnant.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:47AMThe musical Lady Day... was postponed after McDonald announced she was pregnant
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:41AMDominique Moore and Theo Barklem-Biggs will join the Broadchurch actor
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:41AMMichael will leave the theatre at the end of 2017
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:41AMThe real life couple are soon to star in The Boys in the Band at the Vaudeville Theatre
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:41AMJamie Lloyd directs an immersive version of Philip Ridley's play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:41AMMoira Buffini's play is set in Nazi-occupied Guernsey in 1943
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:41AMThe Thunderbird American Indian Dancers In Concert
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BOTTOM LINE: The passionate Thunderbird American Indian Dancers i…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 06:41AMJulian Fellowes has backtracked on his claims that the West End production of Half a Sixpence should be all-white to reflect historical
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMFrom Stephen Daldry’s ground-breaking production to a visceral take on the welfare crisis. Plus: Worst Wedding Ever, Material Men Redux and more1 An Inspector CallsThat inspector keeps on …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:39AMTheatre Royal Stratford East artistic director Kerry Michael is to leave the venue at the end of 2017 after 12 years in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMA production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill starring Broadway performer Audra McDonald will open in the West End this
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Listen: “Sunset Boulevard” Begins Performances, “1984” Announces Broadway Run, “Lady Day” Heads to London, “On My Way to a BFA” Preview! ̶…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMThe full cast has been announced for Patrick Marber's revival of his own play Don Juan in Soho which, as previously announced, stars David Tennant in the title role, Adrian Scarborough as St…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:48AMLondon's Theatre Royal Stratford Easttoday announces that Kerry Michael will step down as Artistic Director after twelve years in post. He will leave at the end of 2017 and will announce hi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:39AMThe Trump presidency has been a boon for dystopian novels, and a pair of producers are hoping it will have the same effect on Broadway starting in June.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AMAfter the news of her unexpected pregnancy last year forced a postponement, six-time Tony Award-winning Broadway star Audra McDonald will finally make her West End debut playing Billie Holli…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:36AMMaybe all good things do come to those who wait. After last year's postponement, Broadway legend Audra McDonald's West End debut is back on, with the transfer of her Tony Award-winning LADY …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:36AMHaving attended the first BroadwayCon a year ago during a major blizzard, I was charmed and encouraged by the enthusiasm of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:35AMCast and creatives celebrated opening night at the Duke of York's last night
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:18AMEmilia Fox and Theo James don't have the chemistry for Laura Eason's play
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:18AM@westendproducer @TheStage I’m a young northern actor making the move to London; So how to make friends and influence people? So how?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMichael Volpe is the director of Opera Holland Park but his background is unusual. He spoke to Susan Elkin.
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From the super-sharp standup latest set to the hip-hop megastar’s mammoth tour: your at-a-glance guide to the best in cultureBridget ChristieThe queen of feminist comedy continues her two-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMIt’s a wonder that Jamie Lloyd hasn’t directed Philip Ridley’s work before. Recognised for his signature in-your-face directorial style, here he’s tackling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:28AMOlivia is a writer. Ethan is a writer. They meet at a conveniently snowed-in-and-internet-free cabin for a writers’ retreat. She’s still smarting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:21AM"Olivier, Hall, and Nunn had it easy. Norris has it all to do." As Rufus Norris comes under attack, Fergus Morgan explores the troublesome business of theatre and nation building.
The post T…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:04AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld This weekend's big news Craig amp Malloy's BEARDO starts tonight Off-Broadway, and the Taye Diggs amp Jenny Parsinen-choreographed 'THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN' ben…
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George Orwell’s seminal novel 1984 is suddenly more relevant than ever and, in a stroke of synchronicity, the casting for the Australian tour of the West End smash hit production has been …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 02:53AMThe comedian, writer and blogger on what makes him laugh the mostWatching Billy Connolly at the Hammersmith Apollo in the late 90s was a masterclass of long-form comedy. I also shared a hote…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMDescribed as ‘horribly relevant’ by its directors, the global tour of the acclaimed production follows a surge in sales for Orwell’s seminal novelAs George Orwell’s seminal book 1984…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36AMCenter Stage Announces Name Change, New Logo and Website Center Stage is pleased to announce several changes in advance of its grand re-opening—an updated name, new logo and new website. F…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10AMThis year, of all years, would be a good year for somebody to come up with that most elusive of theatrical beasts,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMGoing to the theatre should always be primarily about the show you are going to see, but there are a lot of
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Last call for VOTING! We look forward to having you help us honor the best of 2016! VOTING ENDS 11:30 PM, FEBRUARY 7, 2017! The awards are designed to honor local performing arts organiza…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:54AMA brutal murder is committed in a small town in France. The dismembered corpse is dropped from a railway viaduct onto passing trains below… All except the head. Following successful co…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 01:25AMWho is Greta Bradman? A dreamer, and a doer. I dream of a full-time life in rural Australia with a big veggie garden, some chooks and a house cow, and lots of music and backyard sport. I gre…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 01:18AMThe late triple threat made us into sports fans.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM'Rings' Star's Spine-Tingling Experience
The YH Studio welcomes the lovely Matilda Lutz, who fills us in on her American film debut in 'Rings', the second sequel to the iconic 2002 horror mo…
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Arena StagepresentsLillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine, winner of the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMIn a notable episode from 2013, Broadway diva Elaine Stritch stopped by THEATER TALK to celebrate her 88th birthday. She was born February 2, 1925. This was the late performer's final of six…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPipeline 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 12:30AMTheatre Forward and UBS will host the 14th Annual Broadway Roundtable today, February 3 at UBS 1285 Avenue of the Americas from 1200pm - 200pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMThe film also features Billy Crudup.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new musical comedy stars Heidi Blickenstaff and Emma Hunton as a mother and daughter who swap bodies for a day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMStage and screen star Lane, who was last seen on Broadway in The Front Page, celebrates his birthday February 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMByrne makes her solo debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below with special guest Leavel.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe immersive rock musical from the Great Comet creator and Jason Craig takes place in a fully operational church in Greenpoint.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe cast recording for Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson’s new musical is available for digital download.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFresh from the Netflix original, the Argentine actor brings an international flair and his theatre roots to Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe three-week February festival celebrates La Serenissima—the cultural heart of Venice—through a stunning presentation of orchestral brilliance.
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