Review: Ahamefule J. Oluo’s ‘Now I’m Fine’ at The Clarice by Emily Schweich

It takes bravery to decide that your story is worth telling. It’s even more admirable to have the courage to tell your story onstage with a 16-piece orchestra. That’s what Ahamefule J. O…

Florida Theatrical Assoc Creates Charlie Cinnamon Scholarship by Bill Hirschman

Florida Theatrical Association has announced the Charlie Cinnamon Theater Scholarship in honor of longtime FTA board member and dean of South Florida publicity agents Charlie Cinnamon, who d…

Review: ‘No Solemn Silence: A Gilbert & Sullivan Review’ at George Mason University’s Center For the Arts by David Siegel

George Mason University (GMU) launched its Year of Gilbert and Sullivan Celebration with a clever, bright, joyfully sung musical homage to the masterful Gilbert and Sullivan team and its in…

Coming Up This Week in Theatre - 2/18/2017

BroadwayWorld.com's Upcoming Events calendar for the week - updated on 2182017.

Repairing and Healing the World Through Theater: An Interview With the Actors of IRC, Philadelphia’s Surreal Theater Company by Henrik Eger

Near the end of each year, Philadelphia’s only surreal theater, The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium (IRC) —with their deeply philosophical mission statement, “We Bring Good Nothing…

Los Angeles Theater Review: 33 VARIATIONS (Actors Co-op in Hollywood) by Tony Frankel

MORE THAN JUST VARIATIONS ON A THEME “Why did the great German composer Ludwig van Beethoven write 33 variations on a trivial little waltz by a mediocre amateur composer?” On the surface…

Why Tennessee Williams rests for eternity in the city he openly despised by Steve Giegerich St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The playwright's brother wrote the final act.

“Playtest” Electrifies BLAST Festival, at Shotgun Players, Berkeley by Buzz Goldberg

S.F. Neo-Futurists BLAST 30 Plays in One Hour! by Buzz Goldberg I’m still buzzing about the San Francisco Neo-Futurists’ show at Shotgun Players, part of Shotgun’s three-week long Blas…

Review: No Need to Wait for the Light to Shine by Michael Block

By Michael BlockBig River, the musical based on Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, has a storied history. It had a muddied first reception in New York in 1985 but took aw…

Get Ready for 54 Below's All-Female 1776 with an Instagram Preview from Carolee Carmello by BroadwayWorld

This Monday, February 20th, President's Day, an all-female cast will present the musical 1776 in concert at Feinstein's54 Below. Star Carolee Carmello recently posted an Instagram video prev…

Photo Flash: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Tries) to Enjoy the Beautiful Weather, COMEDY OF TENORS Preps and Primps, 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 Broadway's …

Music with a Mission: Interview with Last Chance, a Great American Musical Duo by Tim Dunleavy

Last Chance, Philadelphia’s much-talked-about musical duo of singer-songwriter Jack Scott (vocals, banjo, and guitar) and Ingrid Rosenback (vocals, fiddle, and harmonica), has been perform…

Class Notes: Jill Eikenberry by James Marino

  Lauren Class Schneider talks to cast member Jill Eikenberry from “Evening at the Talk House,” presented by The New Group. Don’t miss Jill’s solo show, “S…

The Many Roles of Melvin Allan, I Mean, Allan Melvin by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of tv character actor and voice-over artist Allan Melvin (1923-2008). Don’t shout out just yet where you know him from — the odds are quite good that you kn…

Review: ‘H20’ at Rep Stage by John Harding

Not everyone who attends Jane Martin’s H20 at Rep Stage will necessarily agree, but the case could be made for its taking place in one of Dante’s outer circles of Hell. As the play opens…

This Week in L.A. Theatre by Julio Martinez

IN THE NEWS Artists at Play (founded in 2011) will present Chay Yew’s drama Question 27, Question 28, in association with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center …

Broadway's Come From Away Begins Performances by Lindsey Sullivan

The cast of Come From Away starts performances on February 18. As previously announced, the musical has already received 14 Helen Hayes Award nominations for its out-of-town run at Ford'…

Irish Tragedy: A Review of By the Bog of Cats at The Artistic Home by Irene Hsiao

Diversionary's '2.5 Minute Ride' a gripping (and witty) journey by James Hebert

If “2.5 Minute Ride” is Shana Wride’s first time performing a solo show, maybe she should try some other daunting debut pursuits as well: alligator wrestling, the running of the bulls,…

Review: ‘The Very Last Days of the First Colored Circus’ at Restoration Stage by John Stoltenberg

A long-ago love story inspired this richly textured play with 1920s music. When Playwright Stephen A. Butler Jr. was growing up, he heard family stories about how his great-great grandparent…

Review: La Ronde, The Bunker Theatre by Camilla Gurtler

Just moments after stepping out of Bunker Theatre, it was obvious this venue will keep drawing me back. Underground, raw and quirky, tailoring its space to each show coming in, making theatr…

Review: ‘Leper + Chip’ at Inis Nua Theatre Company by Deb Miller

The goal of Inis Nua Theatre Company is to “tell the story.” In its American premiere of Irish playwright Lee Coffey’s Leper + Chip we get not only the story, but the big picture. As w…

Broadway Singer Jennifer Holliday Dropped Out of Inauguration by Rino16

Jennifer Holliday is a well known broadway singer. She is most notable for her role in the Dreamgirls musical, where she sang ‘And I am Telling You I’m Not Going’. Holliday…

‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at Laurel Mill Playhouse by Susan Brall

Politics, laughter, and lunacy come together in this lesser known Neil Simon comedy, Laughter on the 23rd Floor which opened last night at Laurel Mill Playhouse. Directed by John D’Amato …

Chicago Theater Review: A WONDER IN MY SOUL (Victory Gardens Biograph Theater) by Lawrence Bommer

A SOUTH SIDE WEAVE The setting is a beloved beauty parlor on Chicago’s South Side. It’s seen better times and may soon see none. Hanging over the storefront is a gallery of famous female…

Review: Balé Folclórico da Bahia at the Merriam Theater by Celeste Mann

They say “music is the universal language.” Balé Folclórico da Bahia definitely proved that in their one-night-only performance in Philadelphia at the Merriam Theater. The show, Bahia …

Review: The Texas Tax Man, VAULT Festival by Hattie Pierce

Luke Courtier’s latest show, The Texas Tax Man, is a meta-theatrical comedy about freelancers and the shame of missing the self-assessment tax deadline. Two shy, thoughtful cowboys set out…

Review: What Shall We Do With The Cello?, VAULT Festival by James Bell

On a bare stage, filled only with four chairs and an incongruous looking cello, a man hesitantly appears, looks cautiously around him, picks up the cello, and begins to play. He produces a c…

Photos: Day 1 on the Star-Studded Broadway on the High Seas 8 by Hannah Vine

Bryan Batt, Andrea Martin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico, and Alice Ripley are among the many stars sailing on the Caribbean adventure.

Exclusive: Watch how they created 'La La Land's' big opening number by Usa Today, Usa Today

Director Damien Chazelle mapped out 'Another Day of Sun' on his iPhone.        

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Director Damien Chazelle mapped out 'Another Day of Sun' on his iPhone.        

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In Their Own Words: Arts Organizations on the Importance of the National Endowment for the Arts by Alexa Criscitiello

The overall assumption regarding an interest in the arts seems to be one of partisan politics. Its value is an often debated topic in a divided nation whose idealistic chasm grows wider by t…

BEAU BRUMMEL – Jermyn Street Theatre by Laura Kressly

Locked away in a convent in Calais, a mad Beau Brummel and his valet bide their time until the visiting Prince of Wales passes. Disgraced by debts acquired from living well beyond his means,…

See Oscar Nominee Kenneth Lonergan Sardi’s Caricature Unveiled by Hannah Vine

The Manchester by the Sea screenwriter joined the famed walls February 17.

Review: Regina Carter: ‘Simply Ella’ at The Kennedy Center by Robert Michael Oliver

Regina Carter and her violin: a human voice has never sounded so true. If you get a chance to experience Regina Carter: Simply Ella, the jazz quintet composed of Regina Carter (violin), Marv…

‘La La Land’ Oscar nominee interviews: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Damien Chazelle, and more by Zach Laws

“La La Land” more than cemented its status as the Oscar Best Picture frontrunner after scoring 14 nominations, tying the record with “All About Eve” (1950) and ̶…

SUNSET BOULEVARD – Revival starring Glenn Close – a magic in the making moment by Oscar E Moore

I can’t ever remember witnessing a world famous star or anyone for that matter eliciting such a thunderous and prolonged ovation as Glenn Close did on Thursday (2/16/2017) evening after si…

James Earl Jones, Donald Glover cast in 'Lion King' remake by Associated Press

Jones is back as fallen lion patriarch Mufasa while Glover is taking over as adult Simba.        

The last ever Jeffrey Bernard anecdote by Mike Molloy

A of us have our Proust-like moments, when our own version of the Madeleine cake brings us remembrance of things past. For me it was the announcement that this year's Royal Ascot meeting was…

Why You MUST See “Paradise Alley” by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of stage and screen Renaissance man Hugo Haas (1901-1968). Haas is an intriguing cinematic figure whom I am only just now discovering for myself, and the process is g…

Exhibition Celebrates Merce Cunningham And His Choreography Of Chance by Euan Kerr

Cunningham was always looking for new ways to move — that's why he used "chance operations" (rolling dice or tossing coins) to put a piece together.

BUCKET LIST – Battersea Arts Centre by Daniel Perks

Uma Thurman’s starring role in Kill Bill clearly provides inspiration for the latter part of Nir Paldi’s Bucket List – a hit-list for daughter Milagros to use when hunting down those i…

NEA Still At Risk as Trump Budget Deadline Grows Closer by Julie Musbach

The New York Times reports that Trump has not backed down on intentions to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts as a way to curb government spending and balance the budget. Budget p…

STAGE TUBE: Sierra Boggess Performs FANTOM Pense A Moi/Think of Me by Stage Tube

Sierra Boggessis best known world-wide for re-inventing the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera. ComposerAndrew Lloyd Webbercalls her 'the best Christine certainly.' She played the…

STAGE TUBE: HBO Releases Trailer of THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS Starring Winfrey, Goldsberry, and Byrne by Stage Tube

Oprah Winfrey, Renee Elise Goldsberry, and Rose Byrne star in this adaptation of Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name. The film tells the story…

James Earl Jones, Donald Glover cast in 'Lion King' remake

NEW YORK (AP) -- James Earl Jones and Donald Glover are lending their voices to Disney's upcoming remake of "The Lion King."...

"Man From Nebraska" Doesn't Go Anywhere by Broadway & Me

Tickets for Man from Nebraska sold out almost as soon as Second Stage Theatre put them on sale. That's because the show was written by Tracy Letts (a Pulitzer Prize-winner for August: Osage …

Lin-Manuel Miranda talks about EGOT potential with Oscar win for ‘Moana’ by Paul Sheehan

If Lin-Manuel Miranda wins Best Song at the Oscars next Sunday for “How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana,” he will become the youngest EGOT winner in history at age 37.…

Watch Trailer for HBO's Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, with Renée Elise Goldsberry by Andrew Gans

The film co-stars Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne.

The Allegories Buried in Calderon’s Dreams by Sandi Durell

  by Sophia Romma     La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in association with Magis Theatre presented a surreal Sunday Matinee performance on February 12 of Calderon’s Two Dre…

BWW Interview: From the Underworld to Imperial Russia- Damon Daunno Makes His Move Off-Broadway by Nicole Rosky

In the title role is Damon Daunno, who was last seen playing 'Orpheus' in Anas Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin's Hadestown at New York Theatre Workshop. Daunno just chatted with BroadwayWorld ab…

Dame Julie Andrews Stops By Colbert for a Delightful Chat About Career and More by BroadwayWorld

The incomparable Dame Julie Andrews stepped out on stage at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where she charmed the late night host with talkof her audition for My Fair Lady, becoming a dam…

What You See May Not Be What You Get: ‘Girl X’ by Matthew Wexler

by Samuel L. Leiter The advent of texting and e-mails as ways of instant communication has not only changed the nature of human interaction; it’s also become a significant factor in plays …

Ring Twice for Miranda by Sandi Durell

  by Susan Hasho   Ring Twice for Miranda is a combination of “Upstairs Downstairs” and “War of the Worlds.” The play opens with a large dinner table in the servant quarter…

James Earl Jones and Donald Glover Join Live-Action Lion King Remake by Tristan Halstead

In today’s latest “we didn’t know we needed this until now” news, Variety has reported that recent Golden Globe-winner Donald Glover will lead the upcoming live-actio…

Sunset Boulevard is Glenn Close by Sandi Durell

    by Michael Bracken   There are two reasons to see the current Broadway revival of Sunset Boulevard: Glenn Close and Glenn Close’s costumes. Close, who starred in the And…

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE – Park Theatre by Aleks Sierz

Stage version of dystopian classic returns — it’s lively and fun, but also cartoon-like and unmoving.

Review: ‘Two Rooms’ at Kensington Arts Theatre by Nicole Hertvik

International diplomacy is like a game of chess, full of strategy, maneuvering and calculation. You take risks you hope won’t prove fatal and you never want to be the pawn. Two Rooms, by p…

The Stage Scholarships 2017: Barbara Speake Stage School by Lisa Martland

Jeremiah Waysome, from Canning Town in London, already boasts stage credits as Young Simba in The Lion King tour and as Young

Mandy Moore (‘La La Land’) kicks off Emmys celebration of new choreography peer group by Paul Sheehan

With “La La Land” set to sweep the Oscars, even the TV academy has caught dance fever. Choreographers, who had previously been a subset of the directors peer group, got their o…

Terror takes: BU21 made me remember where I was on 9/11 & 7/7 by Terri Paddock

What were you doing on 9/11? And, if you were in London, on 7/7? I thought about this recently when watching Stuart Slade’s excellent new play BU21.

Film Review: “Toni Erdmann” — Humor is Tedium’s Balm by Arts Fuse Editor

Toni Erdmann gently but somewhat darkly reminds us that living life in the fast lane means missing out on its slower, humbler pleasures.

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — February 18 by Doug Briscoe

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

Sunset Boulevard - Glenn Close makes a triumphant return to Broadway by Oscar E. Moore

Glenn Close won a Tony for her performance twenty three years ago. She has now returned older and wiser and more than spectacular.

Pink Floyd’s Blockbuster Show to Feature Unseen Video, School Cane by Mark Beech

Pink Floyd has confirmed details of a blockbuster show to mark the band’s 50th anniversary. “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains,” the group’s first major international r…

Not Just a Chair: Considering Design Choices by [email protected] (adewunmi)

By James Ogden. Professor James Ogden explores what it means to put a chair on stage, considering how design informs character choices.

MY LAND’S SHORE – Ye Olde Rose & Crown by Jonathan Baz

In My Land's Shore, Christopher Orton and Robert Gould’s new musical, one learns so much more about the history surrounding Dic Penderyn (aka Richard Lewis), a martyr to the cause of Welsh…

Blurred Lines

Blurred Lines Off Off Broadway, Girl Be Heard at HERE Reviewed by Adrienne Urbanski BOTTOM LINE: In their newest show, Girl Be Heard gives a timely discussion of rape culture and sexual as…

BWW's On This Day - February 18, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 18 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Shappi Khorsandi: ‘My worst job? Life modelling for a woman who made me recite Shakespeare as I posed’ by Rosanna Greenstreet

The comedian and author on memories of Iran, doing things her way and buying her mum a walk-on partBorn in Iran, Shappi Khorsandi, 43, was granted asylum in the UK after her family was force…

Theatre Review: ‘H2O’ at Rep Stage by Mark Beachy

It’s sink or swim in Rep Stage’s production of Jane Martin’s “H2O,” now playing through March 5 at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD. They say opposites …

Good Dog review at Watford Palace Theatre – ‘compellingly vital’ by Fergus Morgan

Inspired by a desire to understand the rage that fuelled riots across England in 2011, Arinze Kene’s Good Dog is an ambitious, sprawling

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Matt Corner

The actor tells us the musical numbers he couldn't live without

BLOOD & BONE – Vaults by Laura Kressly

A political satire, blended with sexualised humour, with a sprinkle of fertiliser-addicted plants that just want to have fun with their mates – what more could you ask for on a Wednesday n…

BWW Review: It's Norman Mailer Vs. Feminism in Wooster Group's THE TOWN HALL AFFAIR by Michael Dale

It would be nice to be able take in The Wooster Group's intriguing docu-theatre piece, THE TOWN HALL AFFAIR, as a look at the grotesquely blatant brand sexism of nearly 50 years ago that we …

Opinion: Do understudies have the easiest job in theatre?

We all wish for that magical night we get called onto stage to spontaneously perform the lead role. Musical Theatre Appreciation Society's Dawn Bush wonders if being an understudy is just th…

Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Falstaff’ at San Diego Civic Theatre by Blouin Artinfo

'Falstaff'  an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, will be performed at the San Diego Civic Theatre from February 18 through February 26, 2017.Fla…

LA Opera Presents ‘Salome’ by Blouin Artinfo

'Salome' by Richard Strauss is being performed at LA Opera in Los Angeles, on select dates from February 18 through March 19, 2017.Adapted from Oscar Wilde’s play of the same name, this pr…

Review: ‘Little Women’ at The Catholic University’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music by William Powell

Catholic University’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music’s production of Little Women is nearly three hours of spectacular musical merriment. Directed by faculty member Jay D. Brock an…

‘An Inspector Calls’ at Playhouse Theatre, London by Blouin Artinfo

Stephen Daldry’s multi-award winning production of John Boynton Priestley’s classic thriller ‘An Inspector Calls’ will run through March 25, 2017 at Playhouse Theatre, London.Hailed …

Tony Winner Jane Krakowski and More Set for 'NOTHING TO HIDE' Tonight at 54 Below by BroadwayWorld

Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski, Late Show with David Letterman's Paul Shaffer, and Emmy Award winner Jeff Richmond have joined Don Scardino Nothing To Hide with John Miller, which will hav…

THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, Starring James Earl Jones, Begins Tonight at A.R.T. by BroadwayWorld

The American Repertory Theater A.R.T. at Harvard University under the leadership of Artistic Director Diane Paulus and Executive Director Diane Quinn, willpresent The Night of the Iguana, wr…

Company with Stephen Colbert – review by Hadley Freeman

Lincoln Centre, New YorkThe worn-out rag that is reality TV has tarnished the novelty of seeing celebrities reveal, if not talents exactly, then capabilities in unexpected fields. It is now …

Staging Your Show: “Same Show, Different Stages” Exercise by Kerry Hishon

Different venues can have a huge effect on a production. They can create beautiful and intriguing staging options for directors and designers, and really surprise and enchant audiences. They…

Interviews: Dear Evan Hansen Cocreator Steven Levenson Asks More Tough Questions in If I Forget

The powerful new play examines issues of Jewish identity in a story that's accidentally relevant.

Review: ‘Sunset Boulevard’ at The Palace Theatre by Richard Seff

The Palace Theatre is back in business with a big time headliner on the bill. It’s Glenn Close, returning to the role of Norma Desmond, direct from her recent great success in it at Lo…

Spend a Two Show Day at Dear Evan Hansen by Hannah Vine

Will Roland shows us what it’s like to do a double-duty day at the Music Box Theatre.

U.K. Funny Girl Tour, Starring Sheridan Smith, Launches Feb. 18 by Andrew Gans

Performances of the classic musical comedy begin in Manchester.

Playbill Vault's Today in Theatre History: February 18 by Playbill Staff

New Musical Come From Away Begins Broadway Previews Feb. 18 by Adam Hetrick

Chad Kimball and Jenn Colella star in the show that tells the story of travelers stranded on September 11, 2001.

What’s Hot in London: Feb. 18–24 by Mark Shenton

New management at Chichester, farewell to a landmark London theatre bookshop, and the latest casting news.

Broadway’s Come From Away Aims to Heal Hearts and Minds by Joe Gambino

The new musical ensures that the stories of 9/11 heroes will go unsung no more.

Before They Were Famous, These Artists Made This by Larry Rothe

Cal Performances celebrates John Adams and his collaborators with a revival of Available Light.