Call Answered: Facetime Interview with Michael Cerveris: Fun Home, Sheen Center, Piety by Call Me Adam

Call Answered: "Call Me Adam" chats with two-time Tony Award winner Michael Cerveris about his Tony Award winning turn in Broadway's Tony Award winning musical "Fun Home," his latest recordi…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 2/4/2017

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 242017.

Watch: Actors on Activism by Jonathan Mandell

  It’s best to start your activism young, advises Celia Keenan-Bolger, an actress nominated three times for Tony Awards, who grew up in a family of activists. That way, “it’s like…

The Book of Mormon will blow your freaking mind by Anne-Marie Peard

Oh, I believe! The expectations for the Australian production of The Book of Mormon were higher than a stoner watching South Park – the Broadway run hasn’t had an empty seat since it ope…

Go behind the scenes at the Super Bowl with Lady Gaga by Usa Today, Usa Today

Peek behind the curtain as she gets glammed up, rehearses and Facetimes with her grandma.        

“Motown: The Musical” Streamlined and Slick Brings Back Great Memories, Dance Moves by Leah Sydney

“Motown: The Musical” returned last night to the famed Pantages Theater in Hollywood, after two long runs on Broadway and a national Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

Lady Gaga takes you behind the scenes at the Super Bowl by ,

On Saturday, Lady Gaga invited fans behind the scenes at the Super Bowl via Instagram.        

'Something Rotten!' is a comedy of too many errors to count by Judith Newmark St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Shakespeare and musicals get spoofed in 'Something Rotten!'

Sacramento’s ArtStreet taps into creative scene – with less waiting

Even with a gray sky looming, Roseville resident Joanna Mendoza stood patiently as she waited her turn before entering the ArtStreet warehouse. Accompanied by her son and his girlfriend, Men…

ArtStreet wows visitors on opening weekend

ArtStreet wows visitors on Saturday Feb. 4, 2017. The temporary exhibit, featuring the work of more than 100 artists and performers, is on display until Feb. 25th. It is located at The Mill …

Dodie Smith’s classic bohemian romance hopes to capture hearts in musical revival by Vanessa Thorpe Arts and Media Correspondent

Coming-of-age novel I Capture the Castle is adapted for the stageOne of Britain’s most popular romantic novels, Dodie Smith’s coming-of-age classic I Capture the Castle, beloved of write…

The Bikinis at WBT by Sandi Durell

By Michall Jeffers     If Mama Mia and Jersey Boys had a baby, she would probably be a whole lot like The Bikinis. This is a show that rocks on, featuring one catchy golden oldie a…

Today’s LGBT Solidarity Rally (w/ Guest Photographer John Leavitt!) by Trav S.D.

I wish I could claim I hurt my foot strictly by going to anti-Trump protest marches, but, nah, I walk several miles every day and ignored the mounting discomfort, and now am strictly resting…

East End Theatre Company presents Sarah Treem’s ‘A Feminine Ending’ by Mark Cofta

East End Theatre Company premieres with Sarah Treem's 'A Feminine Ending,' a romantic comedy that needs more music. Mark Cofta reviews.

Photo Flash: The Ladies of SUNSET BOULEVARD Get Ready for Their Glenn Close-Up, WICKED's Flying Monkeys Go Fosse, and More Saturday Intermission Pics! by BroadwayWorld

It's Saturday, and that means it's time for what has become one of the theatre community's most beloved traditions- BroadwayWorld's 'Saturday Intermission Pics' roundup This week the beautif…

Lee Cortopassi’s ‘The Big’ by Mark Cofta

'The Big,' a new play by Lee Cortopassi at the Sedgewick Theater, comes up small. Mark Cofta reviews.

SBIFF Presents Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling with Outstanding Performers Awards for LA LA LAND by BroadwayWorld

The32ndSanta Barbara International Film Festivalcontinued its star-studded festival by fetingLa La Land'sRyan GoslingandEmma Stonewith the OutstandingPerformersAward presented by Belvederela…

‘La La Land’ Director Damien Chazelle Explains His Approach to Casting the Original Musical by Dave McNary

“La La Land” director Damien Chazelle admitted Saturday that he had obsessed over the minute details of castings of the musical comedy-drama. “The most difficult parts to c…

The Perfect Way To Spend (Not My) President’s Day! by Trav S.D.

Filed under: Indie Theatre, PLUGS Tagged: Austin Pendleton, Penny Arcade, Tammy Fay Starlite, The Anarchist, theatre, WOW Cafe

Review: Missed the Mark by Michael Block

By Michael BlockWhat if the story we know is not the story that happened? In Flux Theatre Ensemble’s Marian, or the True Tale of Robin Hood, Adam Szymkowicz takes the playfully colorful st…

Concert Review: After 700 Hundred Years, “The Play Of Daniel” Still Sings Truth To Power by Arts Fuse Editor

The Boston Camerata’s lucid production placed emphasis on music and movement and a chiaroscuro-inspired use of light and shadow.

DCPA Rattled by Resignations and Reign of New Non-Industry CEO by Julie Musbach

According to Westword, artistic director of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts Kent Thompson will be leaving the company after 12 years of revolutionary work. Discerning and socially …

Review: ‘The Miracle Worker’ at Rockville Little Theatre by Susan Brall

The Rockville Little Theatre’s production of The Miracle Worker written by William Gibson, produced by Dean Fiala and Emily Mullin and directed by Laura W. Andruski opened Friday, February…

New York Polyphony: Palestrina’s “Marcellus Mass” by Jean Ballard Terepka

The second work of the evening was the world premiere of Ivan Moody’s Vespers Sequence. In careful, clear program notes, Moody described his goals in his compositions in general and in thi…

SBIFF Presents Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds with Outstanding Performers Awards for LA LA LAND by BroadwayWorld

The32ndSanta Barbara International Film Festivalcontinued its star-studded festival by fetingLa La Land'sRyan GoslingandEmma Stonewith the OutstandingPerformersAward presented by Belvederela…

Finding solidarity onstage and on the page by Anndee Hochman

When Anndee Hochman found herself looking for inspiration, she turned to poetry and plays to get her going. It worked.

A Timely Tale of Race and Religion: A Review of Faceless at Northlight Theatre by Noel Schecter

Toast Valentine's Day with the Cast of SIGNIFICANT OTHER at Bourbon Street Bar and Grill by BroadwayWorld

No plans yet for Valentine's Day Come spendSingles Awareness DaywithSignificant Other Producers of the Broadway bound production are pleased to announce that they have partnered withBourbon …

STAGE TUBE: COME FROM AWAY Preps for Journey to Broadway with New Commercial by Stage Tube

In a heartbeat, 38 planes and 6,579 passengers were forced to land in Gander, Newfoundland, doubling the population of one small town onThe Edgeof the world. On September 11, 2001 the world …

'Freaky Friday' is frothy fun at Playhouse by James Hebert

The body-swapping mom and daughter of “Freaky Friday” may get into each other’s heads more deeply than they ever dreamed. (Or dreaded.) But the heart of this La Jolla Playhouse musical…

Once Upon a Time Is Doing a Musical Episode — Where Ever Will It Find the Inspiration? by Karen Brill

Gather ye the most harmonic birds you can find, because Once Upon a Time is doing a musical episode. Executive producer Adam Horowitz confirmed news of the melodic endeavor, which will air s…

‘Beauty and the Beast’: Hear Ariana Grande and John Legend Sing Theme Song by Seth Kelley

Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson, meet Ariana Grande and John Legend. After teasing the duet in a final trailer for “Beauty and the Beast” on Monday, Disney released Grande and Legen…

Another N.J. theater is now offering 'sensory-friendly' shows for special needs audiences by Natalie Pompilio | For Nj Advance Media

The children's show "The Rainbow Fish" has been tweaked so light and sound will not jar those with autism.

Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl show will feature hundreds of drones by Nicole Bitette

Lady Gaga — and drones — ooh la la!

On My Way to a B.F.A.: Episode 1 featuring Annoying Actor Friend Andrew Briedis by Matt Tamanini

In the first episode of “On My Way to a B.F.A.” Natalie talks about her college audition process, she discusses picking a program to spend the next four years at with “Ann…

'Rings' takes top spot at Friday box office, with 'Split' a close second

Movie theaters might be expecting a slow Super Bowl weekend, but Paramount was seeing ring bling at the box Saturday morning. The studio’s horror reboot “Rings” took the top spot at t…

Rogue Machine Announces 2017 Season by Tracey Paleo

Rogue Machine Theatre announces its 2017 season with 5 plays new to Los Angeles: March 4, 2017 – April 23, 2017 West Coast Premiere Still Life Directed by Michael Peretzian Broadway pl…

92Y’s Lyrics & Lyricists Series: “Get Happy: Harold Arlen’s Early Years” by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The show began with Arlen’s first hit, “Get Happy,” 1930, and ended with his 1939 score for the MGM film, "The Wizard of Oz." The first half of the evening was devoted to Arlen’s sta…

6 Podcasts For New Broadway Fans by Gianluca Russo

6 Podcasts For New Broadway Fans By Gianluca Russo Plug in your headphones for tomorrow's morning commute and check out these podcasts involving everything from drunken interviews with some …

Photo Flash: Ain't It a Fine Life Filming NEWSIES? Go Behind the Scenes Before It Hits Theatres! by BroadwayWorld

Audiences have a final chance to 'Seize the Day' - tickets are now available for 'Disney's Newsies The Broadway Musical,' playing in U.S. movie theaters for three days only on Thursday, Febr…

A Well-Timed Drama: A Review of By Association at MPAACT by Loy Webb

The Acting Is Why You'll Need to See "Yen" by Broadway & Me

The Brits have such a fondness for plays about unhappy people who live in squalid settings and do unpleasant—and often violent—things to one another that they've even given the genre a n…

When Family Inspires Political Protest Art by HowlRound

By Bryn Boice. Bryn Boice writes about how a rift with her father led her to begin work on a devised piece called I, Snowflake.

My Favourite Lesser-Known Musicals by Emma Clarendon

We are all familiar with the likes of Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables and Miss Saigon, for example – but what about those equally good and deserve to be seen more often? Here’s some…

REVIEW: The White Devil, Sam Wanamaker Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies A thoroughly entertaining evening, blood-thirsty and hilarious, this production will appeal to the devil in you. This post REVIEW: The White Devil, Sam Wanamaker Theatre ✭…

HIP – Vaults by Shanine Salmon

The Vaults on Leake Street is the right venue for a show about squatting in a dead woman’s house and life. Beneath Waterloo Station, in a subterranean space - theatre’s squatting in it.

Ticket Resale Con Man Used HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD to Steal $7.9 Million by Julie Musbach

According to Law360, Joseph Meli and Advance Entertainment LLC are again headed to court on fraud charges. Previously accused of swindling investors out of 81 million with the promise of HAM…

Driving Miss Daisy Is Competent Road Trip But Not Exciting by Bill Hirschman

Chicken Coop Theatre’s production at the Levis JCC of Driving Miss Daisy is hardly among the most incisive nuanced editions you’ve seen of this oft-mounted warhorse, but the play itself …

Josh Gad Calls Out Kellyanne Conway with BOOK OF MORMON Tune by BroadwayWorld

Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway's latest scandal hit the news recently when she attempted to use her trademark 'alternative facts' to defendTrump's Muslim ban. In a Hardballinterview, Conway …

UPCOMING: Bare Essentials, Seven Dials Club by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves Bare Essentials Seven Dials Club Saturday 28th January New Writing shows always tell you a lot more about the producers than the writers, and this one is no exception. The st…

NEWS: New play about Alzheimer’s, In Other Words, opens at Hope Theatre by Press Releases

Off the Middle present Matthew Seager's debut play IN OTHER WORDS, directed by Paul Brotherston and starring the author, at The Hope Theatre from 28 February to 18 March 2017.

Photo Coverage: Staten Island Chuck Helps Andy Karl & GROUNDHOG DAY Company Open the Box Office! by Walter McBride

There 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 of Groundhog Da…

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 4 by Doug Briscoe

An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

Classical CD Reviews: Boston Modern Orchestra Project plays Steven Stucky and Johannes Moser plays Elgar by Jonathan Blumhofer

BMOP releases a fitting, moving tribute to a giant of contemporary music; Johannes Moser turns in a sweeping performance of Elgar's Cello Concerto.

Theatre Review: ‘Caroline, Or Change’ at Round House Theatre by Kristin Franco

The old saying goes, “the only thing constant is change.” This concept takes many forms in Round House Theater’s suburb production of Tony Kushner’s groundbreaking mu…

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES – Cardiff by Emily Garside

"Something about always": that's the line I always think of when I think of La Cage Aux Folles. For some people the height of romance is the heroics of Les Mis, or the doomed love affairs of…

Review #2: ‘Caroline, Or Change’ at Round House Theatre by David Friscic

Caroline, or Change, now playing at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre, is a musical clarion call for change at all levels. Whether it is personal change and transformation at the most persona…

REVIEW: Still, Mercury Theatre Colchester ✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies The major problem the production has is the work itself. Each photograph of Maier’s that is projected onto the screens tells a thousand stories, and here is where the play…

NECESSITY – Bread & Roses Theatre by Daniel Perks

Necessity may be a play about inventors and mothers, but there is nothing deep and meaningful in its story, acting or overall realisation – the related English proverb is most definitely a…

Film Review: ‘Oklahoma City’ at AFI in Silver Spring by Erin Teachman

The central insight of Barak Goodman’s new documentary, OKLAHOMA CITY, presented by American Experience and airing on February 7th, is that the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Buil…

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Jonathan Reid Gealt

The composer and lyricist tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

“Native Son” Makes Black Lives Matter, at Marin Theatre Co., Mill Valley by Bdhorwitz

Richard Wright Rules in Damning Depression History by Barry David Horwitz You will remember Jerod Haynes playing Bigger in “Native Son” at Marin Theatre Company. He does a yeoman’s nig…

DIRTY GREAT LOVE STORY – Arts Theatre by Johnny Fox

Best I can say about Dirty Great Love Story is it could make a great date night for Valentine’s Day because your own relationship will seem so much better than dopey Richard and neurotic K…

BWW's On This Day - February 4, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Run the Beast Down review at Finborough Theatre, London – ‘breathless, trippy, riveting’ by Fergus Morgan

Run the Beast Down, the debut play from writer, director and musician Titas Halder, is a bewildering, kaleidoscopic tale of an impressionable young man gradually losing his

NEWS: Belinda Lang joins Paul McCann in Gabriel, Full tour cast by Press Releases

Paul McGann and Belinda Lang star in the 20th anniversary production of Moira Buffini's Gabriel, which launches a UK tour from Richmond Theatre in March.

INTERVIEW: Spotlight On…Simon Pollard by Helen McWilliams

Following huge success at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe, Throwback returns to Jackson's Lane as part of the London International Mime Festival. With awe-inspiring aerial and acrobatic work, one …

Meet All the Fine Boys at The New Group by Sandi Durell

  The New Group met with the press to introduce the cast of All the Fine Boys, a new play from writer and director Erica Schmidt, featuring Abigail Breslin, Isabelle Fuhrman, Joe Tippe…

What Makes the Best Assistants? by Kerry Hishon

Theatre is such a collaborative art form. As the saying goes, “many hands make light work.” Theatrical production assistants come in many forms. Pretty much any crew member or artistic…

Interviews: Sailing Down Big River With the Original Producer and the Critic Who Panned It

Rocco Landesman and Jack Viertel reminisce about a career-changing experience as the musical's Encores! revival takes shape.

Drunkle Vanya by Darryl Reilly

Periodically the cast calls for a “Family Meeting.” The theme from Jeopardy is played on a kazoo and three audience members are picked to come up. The one who is wearing the funniest n…

Broadway Vets Jessie Mueller and Michelle Williams Sign on for Lyric Opera's CHICAGO VOICES Gala by Bww News Desk

Lyric Opera announced today that Tony Award-winning Broadway star Jessie Mueller and gospel and RampB sensation Michelle Williams will join the line-up of performers slated for the Chicago V…

Broadway-Bound COME FROM AWAY Concert Performance to Headline La Jolla Playhouse's 2017 Gala by Bww News Desk

La Jolla Playhouse announces its annual Gala will take place today, February 4, 2017 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina. Highlighting the event will be a one-night-only concert present…

Philippe Bowgen, Donald Faison, Hal Linden, Justin Long, Luna Velez and More Tapped for PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE at The Old Globe; Cast, Creatives S by Bww News Desk

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for its revival of Steve Martin's clever and crowd-pleasing comedy hit Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

Wheel of Musical Impressions with Alessia Cara by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

“Waiting for Godot” in Church, by Ubuntu Theater Project, Oakland by Susan Dunn

Samuel Beckett’s Most Animated Void by Susan Dunn Samuel Beckett accomplished the impossible when he wrote “Waiting for Godot” in 1949, the classic absurdist play about the vacuity of …

Jessie Mueller and Michelle Williams Perform at Chicago Voices Gala by Michael Gioia

The evening features artists with deep ties to Chicago.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 4 by Playbill Staff

What’s Hot in London: Jan. 28–Feb. 3 by Mark Shenton

Performance dates announced for Audra McDonald, highlights from the Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards, and news on this year’s Oliviers.

When Casting The Phantom of the Opera, It’s All About the Voice by Michael Gioia

Casting director Tara Rubin shares insight on what makes the perfect match for Broadway’s longest-running show.

When Stephen Karam Couldn’t Get Cast, He Found Speech & Debate by Matt Smith

The Tony-winning playwright and the cast of his upcoming film adaptation give us behind-the-scene access into the motivations behind the April film.