Below are theater-related images from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among them, a statuette of an actor from Attica, Greece 2,500 years old. Theater masks from first cent…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:57PMReviewed by: Stacey Crawley Highly Recommended Blue Man Group is a visual ride of neon [...]
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I left the theatre, remembering just how much I loved The Glass Menagerie and thinking how lucky I was to have seen such an outstanding production of it. I’m sitting wr…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:45PMMaura Tierney, Kate Valk, Scott Shepherd and the Wooster Group recreate a firestorm of a panel discussion in the timely and time-bending piece.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:32PMThe New York transfer of London's Play That Goes Wrong is set to begin previews next month at the venue.
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Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Alexandra Silber Will Preview Her Fiddler Novel
Alexandra Silber will tease her upcoming novel After Anatevka at Sympho…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMSomething Rotten!'s Rob McClure takes us to The Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis! Plus, there's some stagedooring, an Avenue Q flashback and Josh Grisetti breaking into Rob's dr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMMatt Rodin takes a cue from Norma Desmond and asks Sunset Boulevard stars and first-nighters to express themselves without words ("We didn't need words...we had FACES!")
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMChris Ryan stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Present and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMNazis, adultery, betrayal. The story behind Solomon Guggenheim’s first museum touches on all three — and the paintings are pretty good, too. You’ll find the art at Chelsea’s Leila He…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:47PMAn electrical fire damaged a wall in the mezzanine of the Broadway house.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:41PMNY 1 On Stagewill celebrate legendary composerAndrew Lloyd Webberwith a half-hour special this weekend.Lloyd Webberjoins Rodgers and Hammerstein as the only composers in history to have four…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMOn February 10 Oscar telecast producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd announced the artists who will perform the five nominees for Best Original Song when awards are handed out live on A…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:30PMChristian Borle, the original William Shakespeare in Broadway’s Something Rotten!, and three-time Tony Award-winning director Jack O’Brien have spent 45 minutes on the second day of rehe…
SOURCE: www.etonline.com at 06:02PMThe two most prominent characters in “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” don’t have back stories so much as fore stories. Which must make this Steve Martin comedy, if you will, a fore play. (…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:00PM
Yer not a wizard, Bruce. In further proof that Bruce Springsteen’s Hogwarts letter got permanently lost in the mail, his rejected Harry Potter song, “I’ll Stand by You Always,” has a…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:59PMAccording to several reports on Twitter, there was a fire on the second floor of Broadway'sLyceum Theatre today.BroadwayWorld will keep you updated with the latest information as we have it.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMThere are so many reasons to celebrate in our latest hot shot roundup! Anastasia rehearsals have started, War Paint's set is going up at the Nederlander Theatre and Link Larkin is pretty…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMWant to catch a glimpse of Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole backstage at their latest Broadway show, or just want to achieve the perfect winged eyeliner? War Paint’s Steffanie Leigh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMWhat’s more confounding? That Mr. Lecesne has won multiple awards or that his new play doesn’t support his reputation?
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 05:48PMCourtesy of Boneau Bryan BrownIt Took A While for This August Wilson Play to Make Its Broadway Debut, but it Was Worth the WaitBy Lauren YargerAll of Pulitzer-Prize winner August Wilson's Pi…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 05:43PMThe season will include the return of holiday favorites and new plays.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:34PMThe Tony winner plays the Grand Opening of The Green Room 42 this Valentine’s Day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:08PMMoments before the curtain went up on the Broadway revival ofSunset Boulevard, starringGlenn Close, the stars ofAndrew Lloyd Webber's productions came together to celebrate the legendary com…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMMinami Yusui and Dan Urness return to a Broadway house that houses special memories.
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BroadwayBox looks at over a dozen incredible versions of Stephen Sondheim's "Finishing the Hat".
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:57PMIf not for her skills as a dancer and choreographer, Broadway legendAnn Reinking is most known for her relationship withdirector and choreographerBob Fosse. Once he saw her in PIPPIN in 1972…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMAcclaimed actressGlenn Closehas headed back to Broadway to play the iconic role of faded Hollywood star Norma Desmond inAndrew Lloyd Webber's musicalSunset Boulevard, which won her a Tony in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PMThe Big Apple Circus could be back for the holidays in New York City, following a successful auction.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PMA colorful clearing outside a provincial French village is visited by the spirit of a murderer who enthralls Isabel, an innocent young schoolteacher obsessed with the enigma of death. Aided …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:38PMNew York is having a little Stephen Sondheim festival -- emphasis on the little. Although all three spring productions are revivals of glorious groundbreaking works, none is opening as a gra…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 04:36PMFrom Playwright Dan Fingerman: When we offered R. Scott Williams the role of Uncle Ira, he said that it would be a change “doing a play where the author isn’t dead.” I was a little uns…
SOURCE: blog.indietheaternow.com at 04:32PM“It felt like such a pipe dream,” admits composer Justin Hurwitz as we chat via webcam (watch above) about his musical film “La La Land.” For years, it seemed as i…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:30PMThis week: A feel-good musical about a 1950s vocal quartet, a new play about an Indian family tripped up by the Internet age, and the return of a classic drama about Chicano life in 1940s L.…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:30PMThe season will include works by Alexander Dinelaris, Lorraine Hansberry, Halley Feiffer, Oliver Cotton, and Ruth Fowler.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:29PMThe Tony Award-winning Norma Desmond confides in Playbill on the red carpet.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMMartín Zimmerman’s new play about gun violence stars Marin Ireland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMHeidi Schreck’s fascinating play Grand Concourse is set in a church soup kitchen, among people who need a hand and those who help them. The play deals with poverty, but its biggest concern…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:16PMWhat’s it all about Alfie? A question we should be asking James Lecesne the award winning author of this 95 minute no intermission rambling drama/comedy loosely directed by Tony Speciale…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 04:06PMAfter a successful 2016 PEACEBOOK, bringing together over 250 Chicago artists to Englewood, Austin, and Uptown and creating 21 works about Peace in Chicago, we are delighted to be opening su…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:03PMBlack Ensemble Theater proudly announces a special, one-night-only event to screen Legacy Leaders of Color Video Project (LLCVP), which features interviews with BE Founder and CEO Jackie Tay…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 04:03PMThe solo drama from Martín Zimmerman is now in performance at Roundabout Theatre Comany's Black Box Theatre.
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Were you one of the many fans who practically swooned at the sound ofJake Gyllenhaal's voice after watching that videoofhim singing, and thought to yourself 'I really need to see this man in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:58PMRapunzel is back for an all new Disney Channel Original Movie, TANGLED BEFORE EVER AFTER,featuring the vocal talents of Zachary Levi and MAndy Moore. The movie premieres on Disney Channel Fr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMLin-Manuel Miranda is slated to take the stage at the Academy Awards at least once on February 26. The Oscar nominee will perform his track "How Far I'll Go" from Disney's …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMWestport Country Playhouse will host 'Letters to Our Daughters,' a special community event featuring a diverse group of performers and writers including Tony Award winners Joanna Gleason and…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:33PMKnown as one of the most beloved musicals in Broadway history, Miss Saigon was a phenomenon when it first premiered in London in the late 1980s. It was in 1991 that the play came over to Man…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:28PMJason Halpern announced that his real estate development company, JMH Development, was part of the project that would top off the Aloft South Beach Hotel. The Miami Beach-based hotel with 23…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 03:22PMThe Oscars are nearing, and the Academy just announced the artists gracing the stage to perform the Best Original Song nominees. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sting, Justin Timberlake, and John Legend…
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:07PMThe “New York Spectacular” has been postponed until 2018, according to the company that manages the troupe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMRoundabout Theatre Company presents the world-premiere production of On the Exhale by Martin Zimmerman Netflix's Narcos, directed by Tony Award nominee Leigh Silverman Roundabout's Violet.Th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PMMiranda is nominated for his song "How Far I'll Go."
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He‘s hoping to add an Oscar to his Tonys, Emmy, Grammys, and Pulitzer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMOn today's 'LIVE with Kelly,' Jake Gyllenhaal sat down with Kelly Ripa and guest co-host Jeffrey Dean Morgan to talk about the Broadway musical SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMJeremy Jordan, who stars as Jack Kelly in NEWSIES THE BROADWAY MUSICAL, hitting theaters next week, will appear on LIVE WITH KELLY on Monday, February 13th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMSteve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile opened February 9 at the Old Globe Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMAli Ewoldt takes us backstage at The Phantom of the Opera to show us all her Christine Daae costumes.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:41PMLin-Manuel Miranda, Justin Timberlake, Sting and John Legend to perform at 2017 Oscars
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 02:38PMWhether 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 02:36PMINTERVIEW: Is the moderately successful commercial Broadway production in danger of extinction? “There are still many shows doing exceptionally well, but it seems there are more show…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:34PMName: Tonya PinkinsHometown: ChicagoEducation: Carnegie Mellon, Columbia College Chicago, California Western School of Law, Los Angeles Community College Film certificateFavorite Credits: To…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:32PMWritten in the two weeks before Trump's inauguration, the play seizes on theater's potential to quickly respond to current events.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:32PMThis year's Oscar telecast will have some big Grammy Award winners: Sting, Justin Timberlake, John Legend and Lin-Manuel Miranda are all slated to perform the tunes nominated for Be…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 02:31PMMiranda will rep 'Moana' while Legend will perform the two 'La La Land' numbers.
SOURCE: USA Today at 02:28PMPotts, who also appeared in 'The Book of Mormon,' decided to become an actor after seeing Wilson's Fences.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 02:26PMAmerica’s widespread opioid crisis has sadly made a crucial part of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” more relatable. Mary, the strung-out mother in the play’…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:15PMWhy Silk Road Rising is embarking on a reading series about Israel-Palestine.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:14PMThe dowtown theatre will honor the late founding artistic director of L.A.’s Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:09PMTheatre Communications Group looks back at history to legacy leaders to help shape the future of the field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:05PMMany people have special affection for "Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." This was the first (and only) musical score by the late country singer-songwriter Roger Miller, who wo…
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 02:03PMComplete casting is announced for Yale Rep production of Sondheim's historical musical.
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Well, I’m, very blue today to hear that Rich Conaty has passed. I’d heard that he was very sick, but I somehow missed the news that he’d left us. I’ll let my 2009 pro…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:54PMThe studio album for the musical comedy is available digitally.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMThe body-swapping duo in Cleveland Play House's CPH musical production of Disney's Freaky Friday will be played by Heidi Blickenstaff Broadway's Something Rotten and Emma Hunton Broadway's S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:47PMYALE REPERTORY THEATRE James Bundy, Artistic Director Victoria Nolan, Managing Director continues its 50th Anniversary Season with a new production of ASSASSINS, book by John Weidman, music …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:45PMOscar-nominees Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sting, Justin Timberlake and 2014 Oscar-winner John Legend will perform at the 89th Oscars ceremony, show producers Michael De Luca and Jennifer Todd annou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:44PMThe Tony-winning musical, based on Mark Twain’s classic American novel, is revived at New York City Center for a limited engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMEncores! delivers a revival of 'Big River,' the 1985 Tony Award-winning musical based on Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' featuring a score by the late Roger Miller. read m…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 01:37PMCheck out photos of the cast and guests at the Palace Theatre and at the afterparty.
SOURCE: Broadway Style Guide at 01:33PMAudiences 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, Februa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMWatch Lena Hall put her signature rock spin on Justin Timberlake's song Drink You Away.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMOne wrote about unacknowledged class divisions among theatre workers; the other about a new play written in response to the Ferguson moment.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:31PMTony Award nominee Brandon Uranowitz An American in Paris, national tour of Rent, Baby It's You, Falsettos revival is making his Feinstein's54 Below solo debut - scroll down for photos from …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:29PMLillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine came to DC for a command performance on January 25, 1942. The occasion: Franklin Roosevelt’s 60th birthday. America had just entered World Wa…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:27PMWith The Phantom of the Opera, School of Rock, Cats and now Sunset Boulevard on the boards, Andrew Lloyd Webber has made history, tying with Rodgers and Hammerstein's record of having fo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PM"Blue Man Group" has been running at the Briar Street Theatre in Chicago since 1997, a run of almost 20 years. In this city, in any city, that's a remarkable achievement. But here's what is …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:20PMIt may never snow on Sunset Boulevard, but it does on Broadway, where “Sunset Boulevard,” starring Glenn Close, opened Feb. 9 despite a winter storm that dumped a foot of snow on…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PMPlaywright James Lecesne has been acclaimed for his solo performance works, most recently "The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey." Here, he has written a traditional play employing thea…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:12PMThe Walterdale Theatre cancelled its production of Othello with a white performer in the title role after allegedly receiving threats
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 01:11PMTAKING OUT THE (WHITE) TRASH Ever since 1981, small-town souls, Dixie doodles and atavistic Red State rednecks have fueled the fun in the Tuna trilogy. It’s a hilarious perpetration by ada…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:04PMBackstage at the Palace Theatre, Sunset Boulevard’s Betty Schaeffer—actor Siobhan Dillon—dolls up for her very first opening night celebration on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PMWalt Disney Records has released the world-premiere recording of the new musical adaptation.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Whatever this play meant to Broadway audiences when it debuted in 1941, just prior to America’s entry into a war of resistance to fascism abroad, what matters now is what it means to audie…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:50PMPerformances of the new musical begin February 18 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMAccording to a new poll, show tunes are the least likely to be played in the bedroom. Here are some stagey options for your Valentine's Day playlist
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:48PMCheck out what the Bristol Old Vic looks like as it goes through its refurb
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:48PMHome entertainment revenue for the major movie studios has shrunk in recent years as consumers switch from DVDs and Blu-ray discs to streaming video. In theory, revenue from licensing movie …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:45PMSans Everything is a collaboration between the theater companies Lightning Rod Special (“LRS”) and Strange Attractor Theatre Co. (“SATC”). The title comes from Jaques’ famous “Se…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:45PMThe second concert in the monthly benefit series will be presented February 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMThe Tony-winning musical returns to the Chicago stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMThe festival will include three full productions and four staged readings.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:41PMFor the first 55 minutes of its one hour running time, Lucy Burke’s Glitter Punch is little more than a sweet, cringingly adolescent story
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMBrian Stokes Mitchell, Chairman of The Actors Fund and Joe Benincasa it's CEO came to Palm Beach for the the 8th Annual Heart amp Soul Gala which was started by Anka Palitz. Anka, for the pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:32PMAccording to NewsDay.com, Grey Gardens, the famed East Hampton home once belonging to the relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, has hit the market for the first time since 1979.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMAcclaimed actressGlenn Closehas headed back to Broadway to play the iconic role of faded Hollywood star Norma Desmond inAndrew Lloyd Webber's musicalSunset Boulevard, which won her a Tony in…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMCarrie Manolakos has just unveiled a new music video featuring her rendition of the Beatles classic 'Let It Be,' featured on her upcoming album THE 44TH CHORD. Check it out below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMShe's coming back, and she'll never go away again The upcoming revival ofMichael StewartandJerry Herman's masterpieceHello, Dolly, starring legendary performerBette Midler, has quickly becom…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMIt's as if we never said goodbye! Sunset Boulevard opened at the Palace Theatre on February 9, and the red carpet was chock full of Broadway royalty. Take a look at the pics from th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMCarolee Carmello stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about her many upcoming projects, including Sweeney Todd, with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMStephen Rotella believes in being a disruptive and differentiated force. That’s why his company StoneCastle Insured Cash Sweep LLC is one of the leaders in marketing of insured deposit tec…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 12:17PMLong before he began his remarkable writing career, Miguel de Cervantes spent five years as a captive of the Ottoman Empire. Don
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonThe latest production from 20 Stories High is a vivid, clever piece that fuses tough subject matter with wicked humour and moments of pungent emotionOne in three…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMSadler’s Wells, LondonIn Pina Bausch’s impressionistic travelogue of Portugal and Brazil, the dancers confess intimate memories, put their bodies on parade and enjoy larky gamesIt’s ne…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMAccomplished musicality and some excellent dancing distinguish Edinburgh University Footlights’ Urinetown at the Church Hill. However, it is at the service of a damp satire that never trul…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe lineup will include four world premiere plays and a new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMJennifer Damiano, Alex Boniello, and more are set to star in the production.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMTony winner Daisy Eagan and Jordan Kai Burnett bring their musical comedy show to the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMJake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford star in the revival.
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Ryan Vona & Ruby Lewis perform an acoustic version of Paramour's love duet "Everything".
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:58AMBrooke Shields at “Jonah and Otto.”
SOURCE: AM New York at 11:56AMJake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford will co-star in the limited run of the Sondheim-Lapine musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:51AMThe lineup includes six productions, including comedies, dramas, and musicals.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:48AMIn commemoration of the opening of the 41st Broadway theatre, Sunday in the Park with Georgehasannounced the show will offer the front row orchestra seats to preview performances February 11…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:47AMThe new musical opens in Sheffield next week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:42AMIn Part One of a series of interviews with the cast of Two Rooms at Kensington Arts Theatre, meet Sean Dynan. Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you perf…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:38AMThe Guthrie Theater's latest offering is The Royal Family, a vintage New York comedy by the playwriting team of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber. Cast to perfection, this gem of a productio…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 11:25AMCall Answered: I love the 92Y "Lyrics & Lyricists" series. They always have the best artists perform! In this next installment, I got to interview "Book of Mormon's" Lewis Cleale who is …
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:23AMOne of the greatest privileges of my career was working with Arthur Miller. Roundabout produced several revivals of Arthur’s plays over the years, and I can happily admit that this choice …
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 11:21AMThree-time Tony Award-winner Glenn Close stars in the Broadway return of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Sunset Boulevard. Close made her West End debut in bravura sol…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMBroadway Rush, Lottery amp Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 2102017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18AMThe dance troupe made headlines over in-group controversy surrounding their inauguration weekend performance for President Donald Trump.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:16AMUnless they happen to get stung by one, most people give little thought to bees. Composer, performer and bee-keeper Heloise Tunstall-Behrens, however,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:16AMThe upcoming summer season will feature four world premieres.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMThe Stage will be live-streaming a sold-out performance of Beware of Pity at the Barbican on February 12. Based on a novel
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMThe 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 11:12AMDear Evan Hansen's Laura Dreyfuss takes us into her dressing room at the Music Box Theatre to share her five fave backstage items.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMAcclaimed actress Glenn Close has headed back to Broadway to play the iconic role of faded Hollywood star Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard, which won her a Ton…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:11AMBy Ramona Ostrowski, Garry Hynes. Ramona Ostrowski speaks with director Gary Hynes about Druid Theatre Company, revisiting Beauty Queen of Leenane twenty years after its first production, an…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:08AMA new fund has been set up to help parents working in television and film to pay for childcare. It has been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMZinnie Harris, Charlene James and Penelope Skinner are among the six British playwrights shortlisted for this year’s Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Harris
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:05AMManchester’s Royal Exchange is to publish a manifesto outlining what audiences want from theatres. The manifesto will be presented on February 20
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMBeloved improv comedian, filmmaker, devoted husband and Georgia-native Jamie Hawkins-Gaar passed away last Saturday in Safety Harbor, Florida. The 32-year-old was running a half-marathon whe…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:00AMBuilt around the acclaimed film and with music by Elton John, Billy Elliott seemed destined for success but I’ll admit I was a little surprised to realise it had run for 11 years in London…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMClose reprises her Tony-winning performance as Norma Desmond in this new Andrew Lloyd Webber revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThose Mormon boys are still going squeaky-clean strong in the West End as they extend their booking period again at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Have you seen them yet? How many times? Who's…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 11:00AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Outrage over President Donald Trump's travel ban has prompted a spring fundraising concert for the American Civil Liberties Union that will feature a diverse…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 10:52AMThe Saturday Night Live alum tells Stephen Colbert the greatest challenge of the role—it’s not what you think.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMSimon McBurney's compelling co-production between his own Complicite company and Schaubühne Berlin, is based on Stefan Zweig's 1939 novel, about a man's downfall after he tri…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:48AMBen Affleck’s stand-alone Batman movie needs some love. Now that Affleck has decided against directing the beleaguered Batman, the movie is left without a visionary in the director’s cha…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:46AMHow do you try to re-capture the now-ness of the material verbatim theatre draws upon? The Listening Room adds chance to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMIt has been decades since a composer had four shows running simultaneously.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMThe Madison Square Garden Company NYSE MSG has just madethe following statement regarding the New York Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes taking a one-year hiatus.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMJust a few oddments of circus news I’ve gotten in recent days, so it made sense to loop ’em together. As we wrote here, the Big Apple Circus went under earlier this year. As repo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMAt Travalanche we are of the opinion that all who were once household words…should always be so. My friends at the Metropolitan Playhouse share a similar mission, making the works of p…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AMThe Tony-winning musical, based on Mark Twain’s classic American novel, plays New York City Center for a limited engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMBevan takes us behind the scenes to show us what a dressing room in a cathedral really looks like
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:36AMWe speak to the newest artistic director in London about new musicals, Lloyd Webber's deep pockets and dinner parties with Lin-Manuel Miranda
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:36AMThe Carole King musical celebrated its second birthday in the West End
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:36AMOver 20 years since starring in the original Broadway production, the Tony-winning actor returns to the role.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMCaroline Bowman (Wicked, Evita) shares her favorite Broadway love songs.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:27AMTo experience Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey in Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, one of the UK’s only surviving Regency playhouse, is at
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:20AMArtistic Director Mandy Greenfield has announced the Williamstown Theatre Festival 2017 Summer Season, the 63rd Season for the Tony Award-winning theatre company, which will include four wor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMWhen director Kathryn Chase Bryer saw Peter and the Starcatcher on Broadway five years ago, she was blown away by how it created stage images in such a minimalistic way. Now her version, i…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:18AMThree-time Tony winner Glenn Close returns to the role of Norma Desmond more than 20 years since starring in the original Broadway production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMOn last night's show, Jimmy Fallon surprised his guest, Alec Baldwin with unaired footage of the performance in which he and Streisand end up breaking into laughter.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AMAcclaimed actress Glenn Close has headed back to Broadway to play the iconic role of faded Hollywood star Norma Desmond in Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard, which won her a Ton…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:08AMSandi Toksvig’s play about five elderly women in a care home is witty and filled with plenty of fantastic lines, but it lacks substance and direction to make much of an impact.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
The Stephen Sondheim musical will begin performances March 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMBarbican, London With dazzling virtuosity, this Complicite/Schaubühne staging of Stefan Zweig’s novel brilliantly evokes a doomed romance and the imminent horror of warBalzac, about whom …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMMoments before the curtain went up on the Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard, starring Glenn Close, the stars of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s productions came together to celebrate the legendar…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:42AMKathryn Hunter plays the matriarch who is grieving her husband's death and bans her five daughters from leaving the house, but the performance with the disabled acting company Graeae, d…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:42AMOn the day following her stellar halftime performance at the Super Bowl, Lady Gaga, announced a new world tour, dubbed "Joanne," including an August date at Wrigley Field. Her ladyship will …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:42AMCheck out all the stars performing in the True Colors: Broadway Fights Ovarian Cancer concert on February 13.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 09:37AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMAlex MacKeith, the writer of a new play about a primary school, explains why theatre and education have much common ground
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:32AMThe scenic backdrop for the City Center Encores! concert of Big River, which is playing through this weekend, is a black-and-white photo of the Mississippi River that's about as expansive an…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:20AMJulie Andrews stopped by this morning's GOOD MORNING AMERICA to discuss her new pre-school show JULIE'S GREENROOM, premiering on Netflix on March 17th.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:19AMIn anticipation of Disney's NEWSIES hitting the big screen, BroadwayWorld wants to help our readers find out 'Which Newsies Character Are You' Take the quiz below and share the results with …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMThe outspoken Trump critic turned to Twitter once again to share an image, photoshopped by Twitter user TheJohnnySmith, of what she might look like in full Bannon makeup
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:06AMDisney is looking to buy out the remaining shares in Disneyland Paris, the theme park that has struggled with attendance since the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. Disney disclosed …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:05AMwe are committed by our sheer curiosity about what may come next.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:04AMNew This Week Lost Girls (Theatre Exile). Three generations of working-class women try to rise above their constricted horizons. Thursday to March 12.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:02AMSet in Dubai, the glowing capital city of the United Arab Emirates, it tells two parallel stories: one is the conflict between two English twentysomethings, Jamie and Clara, who travel to th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMFor a repository of northern steel, look towards Leeds city centre at a striking six-storey, grey and glass building next to West
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMAmong the vibrant murals and playful sculptures of ArtStreet, one installation at the temporary museum near Broadway confronts an especially cringe-worthy aspect of modern life. Participants…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 09:00AMLove and Friday Questions are in the air.Michael kicks it off.Do you think the cast of FRASIER would have any interest in a limited-series revival like WILL AND GRACE and GILMORE GIRLS are d…
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When this English National Opera production premiered in 2015, critical opinions were far from unanimous, with the Evening Standard’s Barry Millington, for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:56AMGeoff Sobelle’s solo performance, "The Object Lesson," at New York Theater Workshop, invites the audience to explore the sprawling set before the show begins.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:48AMRuth Ellis was the last woman to be executed in Britain. Sinners Club by Lucy Rivers is immersive gig theatre where the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:46AM“I work pretty steadily, but the quality of the parts for somebody my age is not streaming out of Hollywood," she told reporters at the musical's opening night. "I would love to be disabus…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:44AMAfter years of playing minor characters, it was this eternal bit-parter who put me in the spotlightLaurence Olivier handed me the script in his office, saying: “Marvellous part, marvellous…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMThe Glaswegian standup and Radio 4 regular on the things that make her laugh the mostBilly Connolly. I’ve never managed to see him live but when I was younger I had a tape of one of his gi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMSix out of ten finalists for the award are from the UK
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:24AMThe SNL alum stopped by last night's LATE SHOW to talk about starring in HAMILTON and displayhis arsenal of celebrity impressions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20AMProduction on MARY POPPINS RETURNS, the all new sequel to Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins, has commenced at Shepperton Studios.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:06AMOpéra National de Paris – Palais Garnier will witness the staging of a ballet by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet. The performance will be shown…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:05AMShunning chemotherapy for Rioja and her beloved Brahms for endless TV boxsets, Hester (Bridget Forsyth) is a woman ageing disgracefully.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMFilming has begun on “Mary Poppins Returns” with Emily Blunt taking on the title character that won Julie Andrews an Oscar more than half a century ago. Broadway sensation a…
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YOUNG, CONFLICTED AND GAY: VOICES FROM 1968 It feels dated now: the shrieking queenery, the preening Jules-and Sandy camp, the insider camaraderie. Oh and the angs: the misery of self…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:44AMPrincipal photography has commenced on Walt Disney Studio’s “Mary Poppins Returns” at the U.K.’s Shepperton Studios, Disney announced Friday. The much-anticipated sequel to Disne…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:37AMThe world premiere studio recording of Disney's Freaky Friday, the new musical based on the beloved novel by Mary Rodgers and two hit Disney films, is released digitally by Walt Disney Recor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:26AMMasurca Fogo (Fiery Mazurka) might be retitled Sex on the Beach. The myriad cavortings and mischievous couplings on the rocky seashore set
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMMike Leigh's reverential production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera returns
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:18AMThe musical based on the life of Carole King is now in its third year in the West End
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:18AMJeremy Jordan stars in this cinematic release of Disney's Broadway musical
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:18AMThe theatre company celebrates 25 years of creating work with and for homeless people this year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:18AMFor the 3rd year, Arts-Louisville.com and Vault 1031 presented the Arts-Louisville.comBroadway World Theatre Awards honoring excellence in local theatre. In a ceremony attended by over 100 p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04AMby guest critic Jo Trainor It’s pouring rain and three strangers are waiting. An endless wait that is made unbearable by the constant cellist in the corner of the room. Matei Visniec&#…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMTheatre company Cardboard Citizens has announced nine new plays exploring the housing crisis. The ambitious season of new work from the company,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMOscar frontrunner “La La Land” is predicted to win a jaw-dropping nine awards at the BAFTAs on Sunday including Best Picture according to experts’ picks at Gold Derby. The…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Playwright Gary McNair has been become an associate artist at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. He joins a team of associate artists
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMThe government has stepped in to reverse a decision made last year that said GCSE and A level drama students would no
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:56AMTeatro Real, Madrid presents the “La ciudad de las mentiras” or “City of Lies” from February 20 through February 26, 2017.It will be the world premiere of the opera by Spanish compos…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:54AMMusicals Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, starring Broadway performer Audra McDonald, will open in the West End this summer, having
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AMTeatro Real, Madrid is currently hosting 10 performances of “Billy Budd,” which will continue through February 28, 2017.“Billy Budd,” considered an operatic masterpiece by Benjamin B…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:45AMLesley Garrett has highlighted the lack of roles for older women in opera, claiming roles that exist “tend to be bag ladies
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMTeatro La Fenice, Venice presents “Francesco Cilea, Gina” from February 10 through February 23, 2017.“Gina” was the first opera of famous Italian composer Francesco Cilea (1866-1950)…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:34AMFrom a full-blooded reimagination of Shakespeare to the best of a celebrated choreographer. Plus: Eurohouse, Joan, BU21 and more1 Richard IIIDavid Hare may be up in arms about the European i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31AMAs Daniel Radcliffe appears in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Tom Stoppard remembers the dandy who wrote it 50 years ago, picks his favourite play – and reveals why he’s less interested i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:31AMApocalyptica will be playing at Alte Oper, Frankfurt on February 13, 2017 at the Great Hall.One of the most innovative metal bands, Apocalyptica is composed of classically trained Finnish ce…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:29AM“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” is being performed at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas, Texas through February 12, 2017.Stephan Trask and John Cameron Mitchell’s landmark musical tells a…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:26AMThis Geoff Sobelle play, in a space packed with boxes that are explored by Mr. Sobelle and the audience, has reopened at New York Theater Workshop.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18AMSimon McBurney's piece for Complicite and Schaubuhne is an illuminating, if exhausting, two hours of theatrical barrage
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:12AMCharlie Stemp and cast will perform a song from the five-star musical
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MOTOWN THE MUSICAL releases over 200,000 new tickets for sale with the show now booking at the West End's Shaftesbury Theatre to 24 February 2018 as the production celebrates its first birth…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:56AMCedric Neal and Lucy St Louis, a.k.a. 'Berry Gordy' and 'Diana Ross', continue to lead the cast (with a few changes) of MOTOWN THE MUSICAL into its second year at the West End's Shaftesbury …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:56AMListen: The Critics Weigh in on “Sunset Boulevard” and “Big River,” Public Announces 2017 Shakespeare in the Park, and “Young Frankenstein” to Head Back …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMDeutsche Oper Berlin presents 'A Little Piece of Heaven,' which will run from March 9 through 16, 2017 in Berlin.This musical theatre is for children over the age of two, an age when they ar…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:54AMDeutsche Oper Berlin presents Madame Butterfly which be staged on February 13th and 18th, 2017 in Berlin.An opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica a…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:49AMLou Stein’s frenetic and occasionally hilarious production of the late Dario Fo’s verbally dense Trumpets and Raspberries marks the first performance of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:40AMIn this book, curated by Wim Claessen, a recognisable portrait of the circus arts today is constructed through distinct interview essays and elegant black and white photographs.
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"Over three months, I trawled through London interviewing everyone from sex workers, adulterers, fetishists, lovers to the desperately bored and married, asking them about their sex lives."
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMFrom the actor’s rarely seen character comedy to an immersive version of Moulin Rouge: your at-a-glance guide to the best in cultureWhoopi GoldbergA brilliant one-off: the award-winning ac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMZweig's tale of moral equivocation becomes a tense radio-play with optional visual extrasProlific, fitfully great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's two biggest popular biographies, Marie A…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:18AMIgnace Cornelissen’s “The Hunting Lodge” will be staged at Unicorn Theatre, London through March 6, 2017.The story revolves around a cleaner who married a prince and they lived happily…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:07AMThe popular live show has just celebrated becoming the 15th longest running West End show, having had 3,358 performances at the Lyric theatre and it seems that audiences still can’t get en…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AMHamilton fever has hit London and is receiving mixed opinions. Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Willy Mukendi-Wood wonders why all the animosity...
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Good morning, BroadwayWorld This weekend's big news SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford, starts previews on Broadway this Saturday
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07AMArthur Becker, the Chairman, and CEO of Zinio LLC, one of the largest digital newsstand, is known for his aggressive investment plans. He invests in various sectors starting from real estate…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 02:01AMThe limited-run play has pretty much become the standard on Broadway: 14 weeks, 16 weeks, commercial, not-for-profit, maybe a short extension. But
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhere are all our comedy ballets? The operatic tradition – opera buffa – is festooned with amusing works from Rossini to Offenbach.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAs Valentine’s Day approaches, love is in the air (“… everywhere I look around,” as the John Paul Young song has it);
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Our staff picks the best things to do this week — with a look ahead.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:36AMIn 2016, China’s One Child Policy officially ended after a reign of nearly 40 years. To mark the close of an era, Malthouse Theatre is teaming up with award-winning Australian writer Lachl…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 01:25AMChinese films directed by Hong Kong filmmakers have been faring much better in the theatrical box office in China than films helmed by mainland talents. This is occurring despite a decade of…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00AMGregg Sulkin & Garrett Clayton Prank Call Fashion Blogger
Actors Gregg Sulkin and Garrett Clayton both return to the YH Studio, this time together to chat about their thriller 'Don't Hang Up…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMJake Gyllenhaal and Annaleigh Ashford open the musical's latest revival this weekend.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AMRon Perlman & Julian Morris Bond On Set
YH goes all in for a spiritual awakening on the set of Amazon's "Hand of God" as we catch up with the tight-knit cast, including Ron Perlman, Julian M…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
On this week's THEATER TALK, John Breglio, one of Broadway's most prominent go-to theatrical attorneys, who later added Broadway producer to his resume - talks about his new book, I Wanna Be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMDixon Place's production of Angelica Page's Turning Page, about the life and career of her legendary mother Geraldine Page, will have its New York debut tonight, February 10, 2017.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMPlaywright Michelle Law talks about her ‘dark family comedy’ and about her struggle to engage with a predominantly white theatre sceneTheatre in Australia is so white, says playwright Mi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03AMCate Blanchett joins us to discuss her Broadway debut in an adaptation of Anton Chekov’s “Platonov,” or “The Present,” along with co-star Richard Roxburgh. Author and graphic nove…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMCate Blanchett joins us to discuss her Broadway debut in an adaptation of Anton Chekov’s “Platonov,” or “The Present,” along with co-star Richard Roxburgh. Andrew Upton’s adaptat…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AMFrom Hamilton to Cats to Sweeney Todd, these theatre-themed cards are all you need when words fail.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAngelica Page pays tribute to her mother in her monologue play beginning February 10 at Dixon Place.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe award will be given at the 2017 Tony Awards ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFollowing an acclaimed Chicago run, INTAR Theatre presents the New York premiere of Cándido Tirado’s drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMLibrettist William Hauptman shares memories of his Big River collaborator.
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