Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre by Jordan G. Teicher

A revamped, frenetic Charlie & the Chocolate Factory on Broadway is both too big and too small in all the wrong ways. The post Review: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Lunt-Fontann…

Watch Tony Awards nominations press conference live right here by Tom O'Neil

Tune in here to see the Tony Award nominations announced live on Tuesday, May 2, at 8:30 a.m. ET at a press conference held at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln …

Britney Spears In Talks To Make Broadway Musical by Marc Hershberg

Britney Spears' manager met with director Jerry Mitchell to discuss turning her music catalog into a Broadway jukebox musical.

Social: Broadway Represents at Fashion's Biggest Night- See All the Looks from the 2017 Met Gala by Alexa Criscitiello

Broadway's brightest have infiltrated fashion's biggest night. From stage veterans to Hollywood's frequent visitors to the stage, the talent of the Great White Way is turning it out on the s…

King Charles III: a West End treat for royalists and tourists alike by Mark Lawson

Mike Bartlett's mock-Shakespearean take on constitutional crisis over Prince Charles proves an attraction• 'Royally entertaining' ... Michael Billington's review of the Almeida productionA…

Countdown To Tonys. Michael Moore on Broadway. The Week in NY Theater by New York Theater

The nominations for the Tony Awards will be announced at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, making it the major event of the year that turns night people into morning people. Other things are happening R…

About Doing by Sharon Hoyer

What’s with all the blue trees? Public art project takes over Denver Theatre District by John Wenzel

Denver represents the biggest Blue Trees project so far.

Tonys: 'The Encounter' Sound Designers Tapped for Special Honor

At the last ceremony before the return of the two sound design awards next year, Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin will receive special recognition for their work on the play.read more

Missing in action: the ABC and Australia’s screen culture by Arts Review

Achievements by the ABC to significantly increase levels of local drama, comedy, documentary, Indigenous and children’s content, as well as expand partnerships with independent production …

William M. Hoffman, Who Wrote the Pioneering AIDS Play ‘As Is,’ Dies at 78 by Sam Roberts

Mr. Hoffman began his career as a book editor and also wrote the groundbreaking libretto for John Corigliano’s opera “The Ghosts of Versailles.”

O’Neill Revisited in Mourning Becomes Electra by Sandi Durell

    By Marcina Zaccaria   Abrons Art Center, part of the Henry Street Settlement and originally designed as the Neighborhood Playhouse in 1915, is a fitting place to see a Eug…

'Indecent': A Play About A Yiddish Play That Was Ahead Of Its Time by Jeff Lunden

A new Broadway production takes audiences through the history of Sholem Asch's 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance, about a Jewish brothel owner whose daughter falls in love with a woman.

Want to hear the real La La Land? Lend an ear to the L.A. composers of the Hear Now festival by Mark Swed

The music of “La La Land” is not really the music of La La Land. It may be only in the obvious but narrow sense that this was music written for a film made here and celebrating freeway c…

Whose Theater Is It Anyway? by Joe Patti

I have written about stakeholder revolts where people in the community force non-profit boards to reconstitute themselves, usually in reaction to a planned closing of the organization.   I…

Sound Designers Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin Win Special Tony Awards for The Encounter by Andy Lefkowitz

The Tony Awards administration committee has announced that Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin will be presented a Special Tony Award for their outstanding sound design in the recent Broadway play&n…

The Realistic Joneses by Arts Review

A lovely thing about The Realistic Joneses is the apparent simplicity of its design, sophistication not so much hidden as not having attention drawn to it. Gregory Clarke’s stage is a smal…

NEA & Public Broadcasting Included in House Budget for Fiscal 2017 by BroadwayWorld

It has been reported that the House Appropriations Committee's fiscal year 2017 omnibus appropriations bill is set to include increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, follo…

‘Lady Macbeth’ at Hackney Picturehouse, London by Blouin Artinfo

‘Lady Macbeth’, a film based on Lady Macbeth Of The Mtsensk District, the 1865 novel by Nikolai Leskov, is currently screening at Hackney Picturehouse, London, and will be shown through …

The Colony Theatre Unveils New Kids Summer Camp by Tracey Paleo

The Colony Theatre in Burbank has unveiled its new groundbreaking summer camp, C.R.E.A.T.E. The highly innovative camp is part of a new Colony Kids Programming Initiative. Colony Kids C.R.E.…

Review: ‘Baghdaddy’ at St. Luke’s Theater by Deb Miller

“Alternative facts” and “fake news” are nothing new with the current presidency; they led to the Bush administration’s justification for the war in Iraq and its still-ongoing dire …

Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin to Be Honored with 2017 Special Tony Awards for THE ENCOUNTER by BroadwayWorld

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced thatGareth FryandPete Malkin will be presented a Special Tony Award for their outstanding Sound Design onThe Encounter.

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Nick Choksi of The Great Comet by Broadway.com

Nick Choksi stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Great Comet and more with Ryan Lee Gilbert.

West End Star Craige Els on His Long Run in Matilda and the Idea of a Trunchbull Fitness Video by Matt Wolf

Craige Els has appeared at the National and Chichester Festival Theatres as well as in the West End in the musicals Spamalot and Never Forget and is currently enjoying an…

'The Zookeeper's Wife' at Clapham Picturehouse, London by Blouin Artinfo

'The Zookeeper's Wife' is currently screening at Clapham Picturehouse, London, amd will be shown through until May 4, 2017.Director Niki Caro has brought forth through the 127-minute film, t…

NEA budget poised to get a $2 million boost, leaving arts organizations hopeful by Jessica Gelt

After a month worrying about the fate of funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the hundreds of community organizations that the agency supports nationwide, the arts world found…

THE ROUNDABOUT - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Not all resurrected and dusted-off plays from yesteryear reveal themselves to be glittering lost diamonds.

‘Heal The Living’ at Institut français du Royaume-Uni, London by Blouin Artinfo

'Heal the Living', a film directed by Katell Quillévéré, is being screened at Institut français du Royaume-Uni , London. The film stars  actors Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Sei…

Tony Hopefuls Duke It Out As Broadway Box Office Slides by Lee Seymour

With Tony Awards on the horizon, the biz box office gets anxious as the weather warms.

‘The Handmaiden’ at Curzon Mayfair, London by Blouin Artinfo

‘The Handmaiden’, a film directed by Park Chan-wook, is currently showing at Curzon Mayfair, London, through until May 5, 2017.  The 145-minute long film features Kim Min-hee, Kim T…

‘Everyman Collection: I Am Not Your Negro’ at Everyman Cinema, London by Blouin Artinfo

‘Everyman Collection: I Am Not Your Negro’ is currently showing at Everyman Cinema, London, till May 2, 2017.The film is master filmmaker Raoul Peck's transcendent documentary, a kaleido…

‘A Dog's Purpose’ at Genesis Cinema, London by Blouin Artinfo

‘A Dog's Purpose’ is currently screening at Genesis Cinema, London, and will be shown through May 7, 2017.  The 100-minute long film is directed by Lasse Hallström and features Bri…

The Fans Have Spoken! Here Are the 10 Closed Shows That Deserve Tony Love by Lindsey Sullivan

It's the most wonderful time of the year on the Great White Way! On May 2, Jane Krakowski and Christopher Jackson will reveal the 2017 Tony nominations. While there is so much talent cur…

Spring Has Sprung! Here's What the Broadway.com Staff Is Binge-Watching, Listening to & Applauding This May by Lindsey Sullivan

Awards season is in full swing, which means that all of the shows of the 2016-2017 Broadway season are officially open on the Great White Way. As we cheer on our favorite noms and start maki…

Billy Porter to Perform, Chat Career & New Album at GRAMMY Museum by BroadwayWorld

The GRAMMY Museum will welcome Billy Porter to the Clive Davis Theater on Monday, May 15, 2017 at 800pm for an intimate discussion on his distinguished career and latest album, followed by a…

Tony Awards: Dallas Theater Center Wins 2017 Regional Tony by Gordon Cox

Dallas Theater Center will take home the 2017 Regional Theater Tony Award, with its leadership due to receive the trophy during the 71st Annual Tony Awards. The Tonys hand out its annual reg…

Triumphant Brahms, terrifying Lentz from Robertson and SLSO by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Violinist Augustin Hadelich played brilliantly

St. Louis Art Museum tabs former Vogue honcho for June exhibition by Joe Holleman St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Andre Leon Talley will kick off display of men's fashion history

SLSO will collaborate with American Ballet Theatre for 'Firebird' by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The collaboration will take them to Nebraska

Review: Wink by Victoria Santos

For creatures boasting complexity with regards to reasoning, emotional intelligence, and empathy, we sure live by an oversimplified set of binaries and social constructs. While the notion of…

Tony Awards: Baayork Lee to receive Isabelle Stevenson Award on June 11 by Paul Sheehan

This year’s recipients of the Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award is  director, actress and choreographer Baayork Lee. This honor, named for the late president of the American Theatre Wing,…

Opening This Week: May 1-7, 2017 by Kevin Greene

Theater News: Indecent and Kinky Boots Stars to Perform in Tribute to Daryl Roth and Paula Vogel

The New Dramatists Spring Luncheon will feature Broadway performances.

'Dancing With the Stars Live: Hot Summer Nights' coming to Akron Civic Theatre July 26 by Nathan Paige, Cleveland.com

The "Dancing With the Stars: Live" tour returns to the Greater Cleveland area this summer, heading to the Akron Civic Theatre on July 26, 2017.

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong by Erin Kahn

Every director and stage manager knows only too well how many things can go wrong with any given performance. Hopefully, though, no stage manager has ever experienced a production as utterly…

Long Wharf Theatre Announces 2017–2018 Season by Olivia Clement

Small Mouth Sounds, Regina Taylor’s gospel musical Crowns, and Ken Ludwig’s comedy Baskerville are included in the lineup.

Isadora Duncan and Her Collaborators by Arlene Yu

Guest post by New York Public Library Short-Term Fellow Chantal Frankenbach, California State University, SacramentoThe American modern dancer Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) was one of the mos…

The National Endowment for the Arts Receives Increased Funding Through 2017 Fiscal Year by Ryan McPhee

The NEA and NEH were both granted $150 million through September in a bill that prevents a government shutdown.

Broadway Box Office: ‘Charlie,’ ‘Groundhog Day’ Heat Up by Gordon Cox

The overall Broadway box office slowed last week, but some of the Street’s newer shows picked up — among them “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Groundhog…

Broadway Box Office Cools As Tony Awards Races Heat Up; ‘Hello, Hamilton!’ by Jeremy Gerard

With all shows off and running (or, in some cases, just off) by last week’s cutoff for Tony Awards nominations, to be announced tomorrow morning at 8:30 ET, Broadway attendance cooled …

Schenkkan’s ‘Wall’ imagines Trump consequences. Disaster! by Nelson Pressley

Dark two-character drama gets onstage under the wire for the first 100 days.

Review: Our Trojan War by Erin Kahn

“What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wis…

This Week's New Classifieds on BWW - 5/1/2017

This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld.com for 512017.

New Dramatists to Honor INDECENT's Daryl Roth & Paula Vogel at Spring Luncheon by BroadwayWorld

New Dramatists, TonyHonor recipient and the nation's premier playwright development laboratory, will honor 10-time Tony Award-winning producer Daryl Roth and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrigh…

WATCH: From The Vault May 1 -5

Take a walk down memory lane in this week's edition of Playbill's From The Vault.

York Theatre presents Michael Biello and Dan Martin’s ‘Marry Harry’ by Elysa Gardner

Biello and Martin's new off-Broadway musical, 'Marry Harry,' goes looking for love in the big city. Elysa Gardner reviews.

2017 Tony Awards nominations: 'Hello, Dolly!' 'Natasha, Pierre' and Laurie Metcalf by Chris Jones

The new musicals "Dear Evan Hansen," "Come From Away," "Groundhog Day the Musical," and "Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812" all scored their expected Tony Award nominations in New Yo…

Native Voices at the Autry Announces 2017 Festival of New Plays by American Theatre Editors

The festival will include three staged readings of new work by Native American playwrights.

Review: The Antipodes by Mark Dundas Wood

In her new play, The Antipodes, at Signature Theatre, Annie Baker once again uses the trappings of naturalism to tell a contemporary story that veers at times into the realm of magical reali…

Theater News: Vanity Fair Announces a Final Extension at the Pearl Theatre

Kate Hamill's adaptation of the William Thackeray novel adds performances to its off-Broadway run.

Theater News: Long Wharf Theatre Announces Its 2017-18 Season

New plays by Bess Wohl, Julia Cho, and more make the lineup.

'Silent Sky' gives a starry-eyed scientist her due by James Hebert

Peering at glass plates to divine the secrets of the cosmos, Henrietta Leavitt managed to crack the glass ceiling of astronomy. Lauren Gunderson’s play “Silent Sky” honors the starry a…

New Dramatists Will Honor Paula Vogel and Daryl Roth with Outstanding Career Achievement Awards by Andrew Gans

Vogel and Roth will be celebrated at the 68th annual Spring Luncheon.

Dallas Theater Center to Receive 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award

The annual honor will be bestowed on the Texas company on June 11.

Long Wharf Theatre Announces 2017-18 Season by American Theatre Editors

The season will include a world premiere, a gospel musical, a mystery, and more.

Mark Cofta’s theater picks: Philly playwrights are blossoming by Mark Cofta

May is a big month for new plays by Philadelphia playwrights, and includes a selection of shows you’ve never seen here in town.

Hollywood Fringe Festival 2017 by Pauline Adamek

It’s almost that time of the year, #LAThtr peeps! Summertime in L.A. includes the Hollywood Fringe Festival event, happening over several weeks in June, and

Dallas Theater Center to Receive 2017 Regional Tony by American Theatre Editors

The Texas theatre will be recognized for its 60 years of programming.

Review: Hamlet. A Version by Erin Kahn

It takes some guts to rewrite what is possibly the most revered play of all time: Hamlet. Even when Tom Stoppard played around with Shakespeare’s masterpiece in Rosencrantz and Guildenster…

John Kander, David Thompson and Susan Stroman to Bring Henry James Novella to the Vineyard Stage in 2018 by BroadwayWorld

Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce that Vineyard Theatre's 2017-2018 season will include the world premiere of THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE, a new work - fusing drama, danc…

Katie Ladner Gives Instagram an All Access Pass Behind the Scenes at Sunset Boulevard

Katie Ladner offers a look behind the scenes during a two-show day at the hit revival of Sunset Boulevard.

Review: The Conspiracists by Tami Shaloum

A support group for young conspiracy theory addicts gather in a Queens church basement a week before the 2016 election in Max Baker’s fascinating new play The Conspiracists, now playing at…

What's the (stage) story?

The Theater Loop wants to hear from you, dear reader. Specifically, your questions, your queries, your curiosities about all things Chicago-area theater, maybe a story you wish you’d see o…

Dallas Theater Center Honored with 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award by BroadwayWorld

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, that the Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, TX, will be the…

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/1 by BroadwayWorld

Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 430201…

Broadway Grosses: Week Ending 4/30/17 by BroadwayWorld

Grosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 4302017.

Arthur Miller's THE PRICE Enters Final Weeks on Broadway by BroadwayWorld

Roundabout Theatre Company will conclude its new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's The Price, directed by Steppenwolf Theatre Company co-founder, Terry Kinney, on Sunday, May 14.

Tony Awards Gives Regional Theater Nod To Dallas Theater Center by Jeremy Gerard

The Tony Awards Administration Committee said today that, based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, the Dallas Theater Center will receive the 2017 Regional …

Sara Bareilles Will Accept the Beacon of Hope Award at A Night of Broadway Stars by Robert Viagas

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jessie Mueller will serve up an all-star salute to the Waitress composer

Beast in the Jungle Musical, from Scottsboro Boys Team, Set for Vineyard Theatre in 2018 by Broadway.com

The new musical Beast in the Jungle, from Scottsboro Boys collaborators David Thompson (book), Susan Stroman (director) and John Kander (composer), will open at off-Broadway's Vineyard T…

Corbin Bleu, Megan Sikora & More Nominated for Chita Rivera Awards by Broadway.com

Nominations have been announced for the Chita Rivera Awards, honored the best in dance. Formerly known as the Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, the Chita Rivera Awards will take place on Septem…

2017 Regional Theater Tony Award to Go to Dallas Theater Center by Broadway.com

The Tony Awards administration committee has announced that the Dallas Theater Center in Dallas, TX, will be the recipient of the 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award. For close to 60 years, Da…

Broadway Grosses: New Musical Groundhog Day Leaps Ahead as Tony Nominations Day Approaches by Broadway.com

The team behind the new Broadway musical Groundhog Day has reason to cheer. The show had a hearty week at the box office, reporting its best gross yet, $754,872.70, up $106,799.55 from last …

Odds & Ends: Cynthia Erivo One Win Away from an EGOT, Jenn Colella to Lead Master Class & More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and this weekend. Cynthia Erivo One Win Away from an EGOT Cynthia Erivo has added another accolade to her growing list of ach…

Atlantic Theater’s 2017-18 Season to Feature 3 World Premieres by American Theatre Editors

The lineup includes world premieres from Rajiv Joseph and Ngozi Anyanwu and a new musical from Stephen Trask, Peter Yanowitz, and Rick Elice.

Theater News: Dallas Theater Center Earns 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award

The Tony Awards will be held on June 11 at Radio City Music Hall.

Theater News: John Kander and Susan Stroman to Team Up for New Musical The Beast in the Jungle

The piece features a book by David Thompson.

Theater News: Exclusive: Dan Daw's On One Condition to Play SoHo Playhouse

The work makes its American premiere.

John Kander and Susan Stroman’s The Beast in the Jungle to Debut at the Vineyard by Olivia Clement

The new musical, with a book by David Thompson, will bring Henry James’ short story to the stage.

Brantley in Britain: Stoppard Classics, Reborn for an Age of Uncertainty by Ben Brantley

Bright revivals in London find the prescience in a young playwright’s tomfoolery. All that, and Daniel Radcliffe.

Dallas Theatre Center Wins Regional Tony by Lauren Yarger

Nominations for other awards will be announced tomorrow. The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced that based on the recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Associ…

GetSocial: #StageFaves shout out for Bank Holiday Monday and the start of May in 10 top tweets!

Whether enjoying a leisurely day or hard at work, our #StageFaves were ready to celebrate #MayDay and #BankHolidayMonday! We rounded up our 10 favourite tweets...

The Ziegfeld Society presents The Unsinkable Tammy Grimes by Sandi Durell

  by Alix Cohen     “Theater is living truthfully in an imaginary situation. “ Tammy Grimes The theatrical range of Tammy Lee Grimes (1934-2016), she with the utterly dist…

A Secret Battle: ‘Other Than Honorable’ Explores Military Sexual Assault by American Theatre Editors

Geva Theatre Center brings the private war of victims to the stage.

Villanova Theatre presents Owen McCafferty’s adaptation of ‘The Gambler’ by Mark Cofta

Villanova Theatre's workshop production of Owen McCafferty's 'The Gambler' reveals the relevance of Dostoevsky's little-known novella. Mark Cofta reviews.

PHOTOS: The Cardinal opens at Southwark Playhouse, Last chance for Q&A by Press Releases

Ahead of tomorrow night's Q&A chaired by My Theatre Mates' co-founder Terri Paddock, production and opening night photos have been released for the Troupe's production of rarely seen 1…

8 Moments in Theatre History May 1–May 6 by Playbill Staff

From Kate Baldwin’s birthday to the Broadway debut of Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George.

Review: Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe by Emily May

A black cloth, torn and irregular, is suspended over the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe – reminiscent of a foreboding spider’s web. From the very beginning, this ominous material hangs o…

Review: The Cardinal, Southwark Playhouse by Dan Rubins

Resurrection scenes abound in the theatre of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, the era we usually think of as Shakespearean. Think of Hermione’s statue coming to life in Th…

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Weekly Grosses Analysis - 5/1

Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 4/30…

‘NT Live: Obsession’ at Lexi Cinema, London by Blouin Artinfo

A broadcast of “NT Live: Obsession” will be screened on May 11, 2017 at Lexi Cinema, London.Jude Law stars in the stage production of “Obsession,” broadcast live …

Dallas Theater Center Receives the 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award by Ryan McPhee

“It’s a validation of our city’s shared belief that a great city requires great art to bring us together.”

Audibility problems on stage and screen | Letters by Letters

The main problem is TV presenters’ poor articulation, argues Alan HuntingtonIn her letter (29 April), Mary McKeown refers to “hearing” and “audibility”. Certainly, audibility is an…

Ten Years Later, a One-Woman Show is Still One Man’s Work by Carey

Originally published in the New York Times View this story online   Alerts sound about 10 times an hour on Kris Andersson’s phone, but the multitasking performer may be keeping the pa…

Hamilton's Anthony Ramos Lands Role in A Star Is Born Remake by Andrew Gans

The actor will also be seen in Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

SHOWBIZ NATION LIVE! Interview with RENT’s MICHAEL McCLURE by Michael J. Roberts

Michael McClure (Dance Captain & Swing/Understudy for Mark) discusses the importance and continuing relevance of [...]

Michael Moore Endorses Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson for President in 2020 by Gordon Cox

With his new show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” Michael Moore is taking his fight against Donald Trump to the Broadway stage. After he announced the production, he spoke with Va…

Review: The Little Foxes by Emily Gawlak

Now through its new, extended close of July 2, the Manhattan Theatre Club mounts the fifth Broadway production of Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. …

Watch Tyler Mount Relive the Very First Episode of the Vlog by Playbill Staff

See what Playbill’s The Tyler Mount Vlog looked like on day one.

Bandstand, Sweet Charity, and More Earn Chita Rivera Award Nominations by Ryan McPhee

The first annual ceremony, celebrating choreographers and dancers of stage and screen, will take place September 11.

HAMILTON's Anthony Ramos Joins Cast of A STAR IS BORN Reboot, GODZILLA Sequel by TV News Desk

HEDWIG Creator's New Show THIS AIN'T NO DISCO to Bring Drifters & Dreamers to Atlantic Theater Company's 2017-18 Season; Lineup Announced! by BroadwayWorld

Atlantic Theater Company hasannounced its 2017-18 season productions and one Atlantic for Kids production.

Tony Awards: Four performers that could pull off shocking upsets … if they get nominated! by Sam Eckmann

The Tony Awards nominating committee has a difficult job every year, and shows that have already closed are always in danger of being forgotten. So it’s important to highlight some ast…

Three’s A Crowd: A Review of Threesome at The Other Theatre Company by Noel Schecter

2017 Chita Rivera Award Nominations in Dance: Cats, Bandstand, Sweet Charity by New York Theater

The Broadway musicals “Cats” and  “Bandstand” and the Off-Broadway revival of “Sweet Charity”  lead in the number of nominations for the Chita Rivera Aw…

Theater News: NY Premiere of Martin McDonagh's Hangmen Set for Atlantic Theater Season

The season will also include the world premiere of a new musical from Hedwig and the Angry Inch creator Stephen Trask.

Theater News: Ellen Burstyn, Ron Rifkin, Joe Morton, and More Set for All the President's Men?

The work is composed of verbatim transcripts from recent Senate appointment hearings.

Theater News: Corbin Bleu, Megan Sikora, and More Lead 2017 Chita Rivera Award Nominees

The list of nominations for the dance honors have been announced.

Interviews: Laura and Linda Benanti Open New Life Chapters With a Mother-Daughter Cabaret

Laura Benanti discusses her altered view of motherhood as she raises a newborn and ushers her own mother back into the world of professional performing.

THE CARDINAL – Southwark Playhouse by Ian Foster

The Cardinal emerges as a revenge tragedy and Audibert's clear-sighted direction ensures that the intricacies of the plotting is lucid and consistently compelling.

Live.me Live-Streaming Startup Raises $60 Million to Take on YouTube, Facebook, Musical.ly by Todd Spangler

Live.me, a one-year-old startup that makes a live-streaming video app, has banked $60 million from investors including its majority owner, Chinese app developer Cheetah Mobile. Live.me is in…

John Kander’s ‘Beast In The Jungle’ Musical Sets 2018 Vineyard Theatre Opening by Jeremy Gerard

EXCLUSIVE: One of the coming season’s most hotly anticipated projects – a collaboration among composer John Kander, director-choreographer Susan Stroman and writer David Thompson…

Ellen Burstyn Will Be Elizabeth Warren in All the President's Men? Town Hall Reading by Andrew Gans

Initial casting has been announced for the one-night-only reading of the new work edited and directed by Nicolas Kent.

New Musical This Ain't No Disco by Hedwig Collaborators Set for Atlantic Theater Company by Andy Lefkowitz

The 2017-2018 season of off-Broadway's Atlantic Theater Company will include New York and world premieres of plays and musicals. A highlight of the season will be the world premiere musi…

Who Will Be Nominated? Top Picks for Actors and Actresses in Broadway Musicals by Broadway.com

With the Tony Award nominations less than 24 hours away, we're frothing with excitement about which shows, actors and more will get a nod. We've already handicapped the top show and …

Ellen Burstyn, Joe Morton & More Set for the Public's All the President's Men? by Lindsey Sullivan

Casting has been announced for the Public Theater's staged reading of All the President's Men? Ellen Burstyn will take on the role of Senator Elizabeth Warren, Joe Morton i…

Review: Review: Turandot (Leeds Town Hall and tour)

Semi-staged brilliance from Opera North in Puccini's final masterpiece

Review: Indecent by Emily Gawlak

In advance of the April 18 premiere of Indecent at Broadway’s Cort Theater, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel spoke to the New York Times about her long-overdue debut on the Gr…

Semyon Bychkov and Gautier Capucon at Berlin Philharmonic by Blouin Artinfo

The Berlin Philharmonic presents Semyon Bychkov and Gautier Capucon, in concert from May 12 through May 14, 2017. The world-famous orchestra, along with Bychkov as conductor and Capucon…

Atlantic Theater Company Announces 2017–2018 Season by Olivia Clement

The slate includes a new musical, plus new plays by Rajiv Joseph, Simon Stephens, Martin McDonagh, Ngozi Anyanwu, and Lauren Yee.

5 Must-See Shows if You’re in New York This Month by Jesse Green

Offerings include a revival of Suzan-Lori Parks’s “Venus,” at the Signature Theater, and Robert Schenkkan’s “Building the Wall,” at New World Stages.

Ellen Burstyn, Aasif Mandvi, Denis O'Hare and More to Tackle Trump Hearings in ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN? by BroadwayWorld

New York's Public Theater and London's National Theatre announced initial casting today for the special one-night-only public staged reading of ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN Scenes from the Senate…

BANDSTAND, CATS, HOLIDAY INN, SWEET CHARITY Among 2017 Chita Rivera Award Nominees by BroadwayWorld

Nominations for the 2017 Chita Rivera Awards were announced today. In keeping with the mission of the Chita Rivera Awards, nominators considered shows and films that opened during the 2016-2…

Highlights From Atlantic Theater Company’s 2017-18 Season by Joshua Barone

Martin McDonagh’s Olivier Award-winning play “Hangmen,” and Stephen Trask and Peter Yanowitz’s musical “This Ain’t No Disco” are among the premieres.

Review: The Braille Legacy, Charing Cross Theatre by Daniel Perks

For the blind, there is no need to have colour in the world. Thom Southerland’s production of The Braille Legacy is devoid of such frivolities – a black and white revolving set by Tim Sh…

Review: The Treatment, Almeida Theatre by Lydia Lakemoore

Martin Crimp’s The Treatment is so current that I struggle to believe it was written over twenty years ago. Set in New York, we follow the lives of individuals in a small group, who come t…

Onstage This Week: May 1-7 by American Theatre Editors

From the Taj Mahal to a virtual reality, from Greenwich Village to an opera house, it is a varied week for theatre.

Theater News: NYMF Announces Final Production List

Tony nominee Jenn Colella will lead a master class as part of this year's festival.

Cabaret News: Glenn Close and Cast Members From Sunset Boulevard to Perform "Vintage Hollywood"

The evening, featuring musical combinations celebrating the Golden Age of Hollywood, will take place at Birdland Jazz Club.

All that caged-up energy is set free as 'Chicago' comes home by Chris Jones

William Osetek, the director of the highly entertaining new production of "Chicago" at the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace, has been trying to get the rights to this most deliciously …

Review: Public Theater’s ‘Twelfth Night’ by Tami Shaloum

The experience of director Saheem Ali’s fantastic and high energy production of Shakespeare’s comedy Twelfth Night with the Public Theater’s Mobile Unit has a lot to do with the peripa…

Introduce Yourself(ie): 10 Questions with Come From Away Star Geno Carr

Geno Carr talks creating theatre in California, making his debut with Come From Away, and an unfortunately memorable audition.

Watch Natascia Diaz Belt Out Unplugged Anthem from Jesus Christ Superstar by Andrew Gans

The Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical begins performances May 9 at Virginia' Signature Theatre.

FREEZE FRAME: Michael Moore Announces Broadway Debut with THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER by Walter McBride

Producers IMG Original Content and Carole Shorenstein Hays Fences, Caroline or Change,Doubt, Take Me Out, Fun Home, A Doll's House, Part 2 announced today that Academy Award-winning filmmake…

Mfoniso Udofia’s Unfolding Immigrant Family Epic by American Theatre Editors

The Nigerian-American playwrights puts 'Sojourners' and 'Her Portmanteau' into rep and talks about the other 7 in the cycle.

Review: Six Degrees of Separation by Tami Shaloum

Most of us have played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, the game where you challenge someone to connect any actor to Kevin Bacon using only four other actors. The larger theory presented in the w…

2017 Tony Awards nominations: Last minute-panic over predictions [WATCH] by Sam Eckmann

Just hours before Tony Awards nomination are announced on May 2, Gold Derby’s in-house trio of theater pundits — David Buchanan, Paul Sheehan and myself – got together online …

Freud's Last Session could be darker, more vibrant: review by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Mark St. Germain play imagines meeting between C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud, only weeks before latter’s death.

Vacant Storefront & Redtwist Guest Company Project by Bt

VACANT STOREFRONT AVAILABLE• Vacant space next to Redtwist is available for small theatre (approx 1600 square feet)• After build-out, it would be a double-storefront configuration simila…

How Shirley MacLaine Saved Chita Rivera’s Performance in the Sweet Charity Film by Seth Rudetsky

This week in the life of Seth Rudestky, Seth takes us inside his concert with Chita Rivera, and reveals behind-the-scenes stories from her time on Bob Fosse’s set of Sweet Charity.

Review: Bandstand by Ariana Starr

Bandstand, now playing at the Bernard Jacobs Theatre, has all the ingredients necessary to make a Broadway hit: catchy songs that stay in your head long after the cast takes their bow, extra…

VIDEO: Natascia Diaz Sings Unplugged 'I Don't Know How to Love Him' from Signature Theatre's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR by BroadwayWorld

Below, inthe second of three Unplugged Sessions from Signature Theatre, watch Natascia Diaz sing Mary Magdalene's moving torch song 'I Don't Know How to Love Him,' filmed at the Washington N…

PEACE, LOVE AND CUPCAKES and More Round Out NYMF's Lineup; 2017 Events & More Announced! by BroadwayWorld

The New York Musical Festival NYMF announced today its final selections for 2017 NYMF. A series of developmental readings, invited productions, concerts and Beta Events will join the previou…

DANCE CAPTAIN DANCE ATTACK: Ben Dances Through Life Again with WICKED's Sterling Masters & Nicky Venditti by Ben Cameron

In the episode below, Ben a member of the original Broadway cast of Wicked dances through life again with dance captains Sterling Masters and Nicky Venditti. Can you keep up

TV kids’ shows of yesteryear by Cogency

What were the television heroes of your childhood like in real life? And what ever became of them? Those are the questions that were explored in the play, Music From a Sparkling Planet, in 2…

Review: Uncle Abram: A Reconstructed Uncle Vanya by Saima Huq

Uncle Abram: A Reconstructed Uncle Vanya could just as easily have been named “Uncle Vanya Gets Woke”. Set on a plantation in south-central Missouri, this adaptation by Ryan Vict…

Photo Flash: Michael Moore Previews His New Broadway Show, The Terms of My Surrender

The new play is directed by Michael Mayer.

Filmmaker Michael Moore brings his political satire to Broadway

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Provocative documentary maker Michael Moore is bringing politics to Broadway with a one-man show billed as "guaranteed to take audiences on a ride through the United Sta…

Michael Moore to star in Broadway show aimed at bringing down Trump by Guardian Staff

Oscar-winning film-maker will headline The Terms of My Surrender, a new play that will be performed just blocks away from Trump TowerMichael Moore is set to star in a Broadway show aimed at …

Review: ‘Building the Wall’ at Forum Theatre by John Stoltenberg

The dystopia delineated in Building the Wall is predicted by the playwright, Robert Schenkkan, to happen in America very soon.  By the time the play is set, in the year 2019, the two charac…

Review: City of Glass, Lyric Hammersmith by Josephine Balfour-Oatts

Adapted for stage by Duncan Macmillan (1984, People, Places and Things), Paul Auster’s 1985 novel, City of Glass takes to the stage at Lyric Hammersmith. The book is the first part of The …

Review: Obsession, Barbican Centre by Dan Rubins

Omnipresent in London this season, Ivo van Hove has emerged as one of contemporary western theatre’s most divisive figures. I found his recent Hedda Gabler at the National Theatre lazy and…

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by David Kaufman

But the Broadway version of Charlie doesn’t really come alive until we’re introduced to Augustus Gloop (F. Michael Hayne), the fat little German boy who finds the first of the five gold …

Review: The Gallery Players’ ‘Ragtime’ by Erin Kahn

This year marks the 50th anniversary of The Gallery Players, Brooklyn’s “Premier Off-Off Broadway” Theater. And I have to say, if all The Gallery Players’ productions are as dynamic …

Michael Moore to Debut Solo Show The Terms of My Surrender on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Michael Moore is Broadway bound. The documentary filmmaker will bring the new solo play The Terms of My Surrender to the Belasco Theatre, in a production directed by Tony winner Michael Maye…

Glenn Close and the Cast of SUNSET BOULEVARD to Bring VINTAGE HOLLYWOOD to Birdland by BroadwayWorld

The Broadway at Birdland concert series has announcedGlenn Close in 'Vintage Hollywood,' a fundraising concert on Monday, May 22 at 930pm.

Michael Moore Plans to ‘Take Down’ Trump With a Broadway Show by Jackson McHenry

It turns out Mike Pence’s run-in with Hamilton won’t be this year’s most political moment on Broadway. Michael Moore, known for his documentaries and grim predictions about the Trump p…

LPO/Mauceri, Royal Festival Hall — from overblown to delicate

Guest conductor John Mauceri lacked momentum but soprano Angel Blue brought gentle radiance to Strauss

LPO/Mauceri, Royal Festival Hall, London — from overblown to delicate

Guest conductor John Mauceri lacked momentum but soprano Angel Blue brought gentle radiance to Strauss

Michael Moore to Take Aim at Donald Trump in Broadway Debut This July by BroadwayWorld

Academy Award-winning filmmaker and best-selling author Michael Moore made an exciting theatrical announcement today.

Exclusive Podcast: Half Hour Call w/ Chris King Welcomes Broadway Dresser Teale Dvornik by Half Hour Call With Chris King

Today's guest is Teale Dvornik. Teale has been a Broadway dresser for a little over two years. During that time she found a home at the hit Disney show ALADDIN, dressed the world famous Rock…

Bryan Batt to Host The Actors Fund's Tonys Viewing Party in L.A. by BroadwayWorld

The Actors Fund announced today that Bryan Batt will host the 21st Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party honoring Tony Award winning actress and recording artist Betty Buckley on Sunday, June 11,…

Michael Moore Will Hoof It To Broadway With ‘The Terms of My Surrender’ Solo Political Show by Jeremy Gerard

Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, book author and all-around agent provocateur Michael Moore will make his Broadway debut this summer with The Terms Of My Surrender, a solo show to be sta…

All The World’s Offstage: A Review of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead at Saint Sebastian Players by Irene Hsiao

THE TREATMENT – Almeida Theatre by Aleks Sierz

The Treatment has often been ignored, perhaps on account of its large cast, or because of its large scale. Now that the Almeida Theatre has decided to stage this story of how art cannibalise…

Video Flash: From Piazza to Bridges: 5 Videos Celebrating Kelli O'Hara

O'Hara and her longtime collaborator Bartlett Sher will be honored by the New York Pops tonight.

Theater News: Michael Moore to Open on Broadway in The Terms of My Surrender

Michael Mayer will direct the limited engagement at the Belasco Theatre.

Theater News: Citizen: An American Lyric Opens at Kirk Douglas Theatre

The Fountain Theatre's production is directed by Shirley Jo Finney.

My First Episode (Live Reaction) | TYLER MOUNT

Don't miss me relive my very first, very terrible episode of the vlog live on air.SUBSCRIBE TO THE TYLER MOUNT VLOGCONTACT TYLER:ONLINE:►Instagram: @TylerGMount►SnapChat: @T…

Alan Alda Ready To Chat About Acting, Writing At CT Forum by Christopher Arnott

"The whole point of communication," Alan Alda muses, "is not about what you have to say. It's about how you say it." The celebrated actor, writer, director, science advocate and activist sha…

Marisa Tomei and Sarah Ruhl on “How to Transcend a Happy Marriage” by Victoria Myers

We sat down with Sarah Ruhl and Marisa Tomei as they discussed the many levels and meanings of Ruhl's new play, "How to Transcend a Happy Marriage."

Michael Moore Aims to ‘Bring Down’ President Trump With Broadway Show by Gordon Cox

Michael Moore is taking aim at Donald Trump from a Broadway stage, bringing his solo show, “Michael Moore on Broadway: The Terms of My Surrender” to the Belasco Theater. Michael …

The Treatment, Almeida Theatre — lives as mere material

Martin Crimp’s 1993 satire about an abuse victim trying to tell her story looks different in the light of reality TV

May 2017 New York Theater Openings by New York Theater

May is a month when Broadway is on the brain, but not on the stage. Theatergoers focus on the Tonys and many other theater awards, but there are more than a dozen Off-Broadway and Off-Off Br…

Stay Tuned: Michael Moore Announcing His Broadway Debut This Morning by Roger Friedman

Oscar winner documentary filmmaker and political agitator (in the best way) Michael Moore is making a big announcement this morning. He’s coming Categories: Featured Theater(Read mo…

Michael Moore to Take Aim at Trump, on Broadway by Michael Paulson

A (mostly) one-man show, “The Terms of My Surrender,” will run eight times a week for 12 weeks, starting in July, at the Belasco Theater.

Bryan Batt Will Host Tony Awards Viewing Party Honoring Betty Buckley by Andrew Gans

Tony-winning actor Buckley will receive the Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement.

‘Miss Sloane’ at Lexi Cinema, London by Blouin Artinfo

The Lexi Cinema, London will be screening “Miss Sloane,” starring Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong and John Lithgow, from May 12 through May 16.  p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.…

Michael Moore Unveils Trump-Skewering Broadway Play

'The Terms of My Surrender,' opening this summer and running for 12 weeks, will be directed by Tony winner Michael Mayer. read more

Review: ‘The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary’ at Curio Theatre Company by Tim Dunleavy

How do you turn one of literature’s greatest tragedies into a raucous comedy? Very carefully. I read Madame Bovary in high school, and while it’s been (ahem) a few decades since I’ve t…

Theater Review: “Faithful Cheaters” — Delightfully Frenzied Farce by Arts Fuse Editor

This thoroughly cockamamy world offers the kind of guilty pleasure that you hope never ends.

Ghost Stories & Fluffy Slippers: Get to Know Wedding Crasher and Sunset Boulevard Star Michael Xavier in Never Have I Ever by Broadway.com

Sunset Boulevard star Michael Xavier plays Never Have I Ever and reveals the truth about twerking and his wedding crashing antics.

Michael Moore Teams Up with Michael Mayer for Broadway Debut by Olivia Clement

The Oscar-winning filmmaker and author will bring his solo show, The Terms of My Surrender, to the Belasco Theatre this summer.

Les Miserables' Kyle Scatliffe Will Head Cast of Reading of Reginald: From Baltimore to Billionaire by Andrew Gans

Kevin Ray Johnson will direct the reading of his play.

CT Stores Participating In Free Comic Book Day by Susan Dunne

On Free Comic Book Day, which is Saturday, May 6, about 50 different comic books will be available at stores around the country. Each store has ordered different books; some have ordered the…

Hartford Attorney Auctioning Enormous Comic-Book Collection by Susan Dunne

Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, May 6, when people all over the country will start or add to their collections by going to comic-book stores and picking out their free prizes. But this mont…

Review: [title of show] at Fells Point Corner Theatre by David Gerson

When it comes to musical theatre, there are two types of people: those who hate it and those who are obsessed with it. There is no in-between. And those obsessives, those for whom musicals a…

Stephen Karam's Nerds Revenge "Speech and Debate" Comes to Screens by David Finkle

The nerds have been having their revenge for a few decades, and Stephen Karam introduces three more in Speech and Debate

I Interview Playwrights Part 932: Edward Einhorn by Adam Szymkowicz

Edward Einhorn Hometown:  Westfield, NJ Current Town:  New York City Q;  Tell me about The Marriage of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein. A:  It's a marriage farce s…

OBSESSION – Barbican by Ian Foster

It has been impossible to ignore the reception of Ivo van Hove's Obsession, the slight sense of glee (from some) at being able to dole out a critical drubbing to the feted director. And so I…

Theater News: Michael Mayer to Direct Warhol Capote

Director Rob Roth has unearthed tapes that feature wide-ranging conversations between the two artists.

Review: City of Glass at curtainup.com-London by Lizzie Loveridge

The Lyric Hammersmith receives Duncan Macmillan's adaptation of Paul Auster's New york Trilogy with groundbreaking technological staging.

Review: Anastasia at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

The famous Russian princess fairy tale boasts a top team

Review: The Roundabout at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

This little known J.B. Priestly 1932 comedy belongs within the once revered "drawing room" genre wherein trifling but also unsettling issues, both romantic and familial, got their due with l…

Review: A Doll's House, Part 2 at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

Lucas Hnuth's highly original sequel to Ibsen's classic adds yet another terrific new play to the Broadway season.

Call Answered: Bruce Sabath: "Cagney, The Musical" by Call Me Adam

Call Answered: When I saw "Cagney, The Musical" a few months ago, I was so taken by the show. A great old-fashioned musical about one of Hollywood's biggest actors as well as a whole lot of …

The How and the Why of Arts Advocacy by [email protected] (ramona)

By Sara Brookner. Sara Brookner writes about her experiences and take-aways from participating in National Arts Advocacy Day in Washington, DC, and Arts Matter Advocacy Day in Boston, MA.

Tony-Nominated Playwright William M. Hoffman Dies at 78 by Ryan McPhee

Hoffman's 1985 work As Is was one of the first plays to explore the early stages of the AIDS crisis.

Flawless grooves and constant invention at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Big names included Chick Corea and Lionel Loueke — but Chris Potter delivered the highlight

The Great Comet Star Lucas Steele Reveals How Bowie, Rudolf Nureyev, Shakespeare & Brad Pitt Helped Inspire His Anatole

Lucas Steele takes readers through his process in creating the scene-stealing Anatole in Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812.

The Theater People Podcast Welcomes MISS SAIGON's Breakout Star, Eva Noblezada by Theater People Podcast

On Monday, May 1st Theater People podcast welcomes MISS SAIGON star Eva Noblezada. For the episode, Noblezada shares her story of being discovered by casting director Tara Rubin at the 2013 …

Rulings Roundup: Recap the Decisions of the Tony Awards Administration Committee from the 2016-17 Season! by BroadwayWorld

The Tony Awards Administration Committee has been meeting all year to discuss the eligibility of the 2016-17 Broadway productions all leading up to Tuesdays big announcement... the Tony nomi…

Photo Coverage: Behind the Scenes with BroadwayHD: A Digital Capture of IF I FORGET by Walter McBride

As Broadway World previously reported, Roundabout Theatre Company'sworld-premiere production of If I Forget by Roundabout Underground alumni playwright Steven Levenson, has beencaptured on v…

See Andrew Garfield and Nathan Lane in Angels in America by Hannah Vine

The epic Tony Kushner work plays London’s National Theatre.

Barbra Streisand Dishes on 'The Way We Were' & 'A Star is Born' by Justin Moran

Michael Mustobarbra streisandMichael MustoAfter seeing Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly! and then spending this past weekend in the rapture of Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross, I was hoarse from …

Barbra Streisand Dishes on 'The Way We Were' & 'A Star is Born' by Michael Musto

After seeing Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly! and then spending this past weekend in the rapture of Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross, I was hoarse from cheering, but stopped to think, "Where's L…

American Repertory Theater Announces First Production of the Season WARHOL CAPOTE 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, is pleased to present Warhol Capote, w…

Book Review: “The Dogs of Inishere” — The Ambiguities of Desire by Arts Fuse Editor

Alannah Hopkin demonstrates a near impeccable sense of craft, including a talent for coming up with surprises.

Tony Awards predictions: ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ ‘Sweat,’ Bette Midler, Kevin Kline will win by Paul Sheehan

Two new musicals — “Dear Evan Hansen” and “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812” — will reap a good number of Tony Awards nominations on Tuesday bu…

Art, politics, and the National Endowment for the Arts by Kathryn Taylor, Illustration By Hannah Kaplan

Kathryn Taylor, board president of The Crossing, a chamber choir, says worries about losing NEA funding keep her -- and other arts board members -- awake at night.

While We're Here review – love and loneliness in a small play with a big heart by Lyn Gardner

Bush, LondonTessa Peake-Jones and Andrew French star in Barney Norris’s quietly affecting two-hander about ordinary lives“I’ve been alive for so long and I haven’t got anything to sh…

Maybe I’m a grumpy old luvvie – but I think young actors have a lot to learn | Michael Simkins by Michael Simkins

As Dame Judi Dench has noted, many actors under the age of 30 haven’t even heard of the titans who preceded them. And as for their diction …I remember the occasion as if it were yesterda…

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Bring Its “Pure Imagination” on the Road by Andy Lefkowitz

The new Broadway musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will launch a national tour beginning in September 2018. Jack O’Brien will repeat his duties as director for the tour. Charli…

Michael Mayer Will Direct World Premiere of Warhol Capote at A.R.T. by Andrew Gans

Rob Roth's play is based on a series of conversations between Andy Warhol and Truman Capote.

Stars of Vaudeville #1041: Harry Mountford by Trav S.D.

It being May Day, today we honor an important figure on the labor side of the vaudeville story, Harry Mountford (James Henry Walsh, 1871-1950). Originally from Dublin, Mountford was initiall…

REVIEW ROUND-UP: Late Company at Finborough Theatre by Emma Clarendon

This European premiere production of Jordan Tannahill’s play is now playing at the Finborough Theatre. Here is what critics have been saying about it...

Finding Places Where Things Aren’t Perfect by Sharon Hoyer

Ruben Santiago-Hudson Will Direct Reading of Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting by Andrew Gans

Casting is complete for the May presentation, which will be held in Manhattan.

Photo Coverage: Students Get to Check Out HAMILTON at Latest #EduHam Matinee by Walter McBride

EduHam is a series of HAMILTON Wednesday matinees made available to New York City schools with a high concentration of students from low-income families for the ticket price of only 10. This…

GRACE NOTES: Monday, May 1, 2017 by Susan Grace

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Bob Dylan at the London Palladium — irony and seriousness

The elusive singer mixed standards with classics from his own catalogue in a playful performance

Cornelia Parker named official artist of 2017 UK election

Turner Prize-nominated sculptor is the first woman to take on the role

HELLO, DOLLY! Breaks Record of Highest Gross Yet During First Week of Performances by BroadwayWorld

The new Broadway production of Hello, Dolly starring Bette Midler has just, in its first full week of regular non-preview performances, posted its highest weekly gross yet, shattering the ho…

Exclusive Podcast: LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine- featuring Christopher Hanke by Little Known Facts W/ Ilana Levine

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …

Even More Pure Imagination! CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Will Launch National Tour in 2018 by BroadwayWorld

Producers Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Langley Park Productions and Neal Street Productions announced today that the new Broadway musical Roald Dahl's Charlie and the ChocolateFactory will…

Spotlight on Principal Dancer Harrison James of The National Ballet of Canada by Admin

In 2016, Harrison James was named a principal dancer at The National Ballet of Canada after only three years with the company, which boasts 60 dancers and 10 apprentices. Hailing from the sm…

Breakin' Convention, Sadler's Wells, London, review: The dancing is spectacular: one-handed hops, explosive, dizzying upside-down spins by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Jonzi D's annual international festival of hip hop dance included acrobatics from South Korea's Just Dance and B-Girl skill from the all-female Canadian crew Tentacle Tribe

Danny Kornfeld is touring across the country in ‘Rent’ by Admin

Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning rock musical written by Jonathan Larson, returned for a special 20th Anniversary Tour last year. The tour, produced by Work Light Productions…

How different are theatre and education, really? by Susan Elkin

The overlaps between theatre and education are many and various. Whenever I sit in on someone’s rehearsal and watch a director at work with a group of actors, I notice the similarity to cl…

Careers Clinic: Why has a new show dropped me? by John Byrne

One way I have been getting myself out there as an actor for the past year has been taking part in scratch

NYFA Hall of Fame 2017 by Admin

  I saw Sweat at the Public Theater the day after the presidential election, and I have never had a more politically timely experience of theater in my many years in New York theater. Month…

Theater News: Broadway's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Announces National Tour

The production is directed by Jack O'Brien.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson to Direct Reading of MR RICKEY CALLS A MEETING by BroadwayWorld

An invitation-only reading of Ed Schmidt's Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting will take place on May 4 and 5, 2017 in NYC. The reading will be directed by Tony Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

Choreographer Josh Bergasse on his latest, Broadway’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ by Admin

It’s tricky to bring a well-known and well-loved story to the Broadway stage. Whether adapting a book, film or folktale to a live musical, it’s a challenge to stay true to the original w…

Lower Merion's Gideon Glick is poised for the Broadway big-time by Molly Eichel

In the spotlight for a breakout role in "Significant Other," the Lower Merion High School alum tries to maintain what he calls his "Gideon-ness."

Willy Wonka Will Hit the Road When Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Embarks on National Tour by Ryan McPhee

The new musical opened on Broadway April 23.

Mayerling, Royal Opera House, review: Natalia Osipova and Edward Watson look hypnotised by each other by Zoë Anderson, Zoë Anderson

Watson and Osipova star in Kenneth MacMillan's 1978 ballet about obsession, sex and death

BWW's On This Day - May 1, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

VIDEO: Check Out a First Look at ONCE UPON A TIME's Musical Episode! by TV News Desk

ABC has shared a first look at the highly-anticipated musical episode of ONCE UPON A TIME titled 'The Song in Your Heart'. In the episode, one wish upon a star makesthe entire enchanted fore…

Gary Pate’s Starpower Talent Competition celebrates 30 years by Admin

There are probably many reasons why Starpower Talent Competition has been around (and going strong) for 30 years. It hosts tens of thousands of participants, making it one of the largest ta…

ROMEO AND JULIET – Shakespeare’s Globe by Ian Foster

The opening production in the 'Summer of Love' is Daniel Kramer's Romeo and Juliet and following Rice's lead, it is bold and brash, full of light and sound, and the kind of ferocious energy …

Tonys: Previewing the Noms, Possible Snubs and Surprises by ,

Chief theater critic David Rooney and awards columnist Scott Feinberg offer predictions and analysis ahead of Tuesday's big announcement. read more

Tony Awards Math: Predicting the Nominees

Crunching the numbers, the musical 'Come From Away' and the drama 'Sweat' are the likeliest nominees in their respective categories.read more

Tony Awards Administration Committee meets for final time of the 2016-2017 season by Broadway Briefing

The Tony Awards Administration Committee met Friday, April 28 for the fourth and final time this season and confirmed the eligibility of 16 Broadway productions for the 2017 Tony Awards. Th…

Celebrating Ella: The First Lady of Jazz by Sandi Durell

    by Marilyn Lester   Is there a better way to celebrate the 100th birthday of the immortal Ella Fitzgerald than by opening with “Portrait of Ella Fitzgerald” by jazz gi…

Mayerling review – sex, drugs and revolution in the Royal Ballet's superb staging by Judith Mackrell

Royal Opera House, LondonEdward Watson finds sympathy for the doomed prince while Sarah Lamb gives one of the performances of her career in MacMillan’s unsparingly brutal balletMayerling i…

From Tata to the NHS: how Kully Thiarai is making theatre for Wales by Lyn Gardner

They both create work that is bold and deeply relevant for local communities, so National Theatre Wales and its new artistic director Kully Thiarai are a perfect fitKully Thiarai, the new ar…

Building the Wall and A Raisin in the Sun – theatre that matters in the dangerous times we live in by Lorraine Treanor

“The Authoritarian playbook is well known. Create a constant state of crisis that only a “strong” leader can solve. Encourage fear, divide the populace and scapegoat racial or reli…

Broadway Entertainers from Around the World Come Together For Broadway in the HOOD by BroadwayWorld

From Broadway with Love Honoring The Shoulders We Stand On,is a celebration unlike any other

Review: Home Truths at The Bunker by Gillian Greer

Demands to be heard: Gillian Greer, sustained only by artisanal fudge, sees nine plays in one day as part of Cardboard Citizens' incomplete history of housing. The post Review: Home Truths a…

The Treatment, Almeida Theatre, London, review: The performances have a mordant precision by Paul Taylor, Paul Taylor

Martin Crimp's revival of his 1993 satire about the movie business is directed by Lyndsey Turner who returns to the Almeida following her award-winning production of 'Chimerica&apo…

A non-review of Oh Yes Oh No by Daniel Perks

But I cannot sit here and write objectively about something so inherently subjective and aligned to my own personal experience. As a theatre writer, this is new to me; I have always been abl…

Three Useful CSS Learning Resources To Help You Become A More Valuable Arts Manager by Drew McManus

One of the most common tech education questions I get from clients and designer colleagues is recommendations for learning how to code. Gone are the days where coding skills are limited to t…

Poll: Is it ever justifiable to accept arts sponsorship from oil companies? by The Stage

Last week, activists from BP or Not BP? invaded the stage at a Royal Shakespeare Company performance in protest of its renewed

Tony Awards Honors of Excellence: Nina Lannan and Alan Wasser to be honored on June 11 by Paul Sheehan

This year’s recipients of the Tony Awards Honors for Excellence in the Theatre are two of the most successful General Managers in the industry: Nina Lannan and Alan Wasser. These honor…

The Cardinal review – darkly comic revenge drama is a forgotten gem by Michael Billington

Southwark Playhouse, London A defiant duchess takes on a corrupt clergyman in this vigorous revival of James Shirley’s cracking 17th-century playJames Shirley (1596-1666) is one of British…

Features: My Top 5 Showtunes: Duncan Sheik

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

Review: While We’re Here at the Bush Theatre by Gillian Greer

The past is a strange country: Gillian Greer admires the gentle craftsmanship of Barney Norris' new two-hander, the inaugural production in the Bush's new studio space. The post Review: Whil…

Hamilton’s in good company at The Kennedy Center next season by Tim Treanor

So what’s going on at the Kennedy Center for the next Theatre* season? Everything. The freshest Broadway plays. One-day musical tributes. Theater in Dutch. And Norwegian. Hot director…

‘Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica Tour' at Radio City Music Hall, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica Tour” will be held at the Radio City Music Hall in New York on May 20, 2017.Regarded as the “Godfather of Electronic Music,” Jean-Michel Jarre has …

Five shows to watch on International Dance Day by Emma Clarendon

If you love dance in either a musical or more traditional dance based show, here’s a few shows you need to either book for or visit today

Today on Broadway: Monday, May 1, 2017 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: Experts Predict Tomorrow’s Tony Nominations, Middle Eastern & Muslim Artists Voice Representation Concerns, Cynthia Erivo an O Away from an EGOT! “Today on Broadway&#…

‘All the President’s Men’ at The Town Hall, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“All The President’s Men” will be performed at The Town Hall in New York on May 11, 2017.This staged reading of “All The President’s Men” presents scenes from the Senate Confirma…

‘Wild in the Country’ at 92Y, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Wild in the Country” will be playing at 92Y in New York on May 8, 2017.As part of the “Hound Dog: Remembering Elvis Presley” hosted by Philip Harwood to mark the 40th anniversary of…

‘Manifesto’ at the Film Forum, New York by Blouin Artinfo

“Manifesto” will be screened at the Film Forum in New York from May 10 through May 23, 2017.Directed by German artist Julian Rosefeldt, Manifesto is a playful and visually breathtaking f…

Mamas Going Strong: A Conversation With Linda and Laura Benanti by Dave Itzkoff

Laura Benanti, the Tony-winning actress and a new mother, talks with her own mom, Linda, a former stage actress and co-star of her new cabaret show.

Theatre News: National Theatre Wales to return to Port Talbot with play about steelworks

The company will stage two new plays the NHS and steelworkers in Wales

REVIEW: The Cardinal, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭ by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves Maybe James Shirley isn't one of the greatest playwrights ever to animate the stages of this country, but he's far from the worst, and this is probably his best effort. It's …

Les Miserables So White by Alice Saville

From 19th century revolutionary Paris to the Black Lives Matter movements: Nemo Martin explores how Victor Hugo's story of protest is being reimagined by online fans. The post Les Miserables…

The Green Room: What makes an ideal colleague… or a nightmare one? by Jon Dryden Taylor

Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Albert

Backstage: Keeping Circus of Horrors on the road by Douglas McPherson

Captain Dan, the Demon Dwarf, is no stranger to painful onstage antics, such as attaching a vacuum cleaner nozzle to his willy

HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT – Manchester by Kristy Stott

How My Light is Spent is a charming and beautiful play about love, loneliness and belonging. Written by Alan Harris, it follows the intertwining lives of Newport Nuts employee Jimmy and phon…

Theatre Review: ‘Shrek the Musical’ at Dundalk Community Theatre by Pamela Steinik

This is NOT your usual fairy tale. Sure, there’s a princess that needs to be rescued and a fire-breathing dragon guarding the tower. But since when does the ogre rescue the princess? So go…

Twelfth Night – Mobile Unit Magic by Jk Clarke

    by JK Clarke   Let me come right out and say it: The Public Theater’s Mobile Unit production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is not only one of the best versions of tha…

Review: The Cardinal at Southwark Playhouse by Sally Hales

Certainly not a dazzling discovery: a revival of a rarely staged tragedy by James Shirley. The post Review: The Cardinal at Southwark Playhouse appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

And Scene #5 - Getting to Know You by Andscenepod, Michael Salerno

Welcome to this week’s episode of the And Scene Theater Podcast!  In Act 1, we’ll update you on the Drama Desk nominations (http://dramadeskawards.com/nominees), why the English Opera i…

Shakespeare’s Globe, London presents Kneehigh’s ‘Tristan & Yseult’ by Blouin Artinfo

Shakespeare’s Globe, London will be presenting Kneehigh Theatre Company’s “Tristan & Yseult” at the Globe Theatre from June 13 through June 24, 2017.In “Tristan & Yseult,�…

National Theatre, London presents Yaël Farber’s ‘Salomé’ at Olivier Theatre by Blouin Artinfo

National Theatre, London will present “Salomé,” Yaël Farber’s new play, which will be staged at its Olivier Theatre from May 2 through July 15, and will also be broadcast live to cin…

PYGMALION – Southampton by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

This radical production of Pygmalion is a collaboration between Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Headlong and West Yorkshire Playhouse. It was certainly bold and brave and bought it right up t…

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ returns to Open Air Theatre, London by Blouin Artinfo

Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London will stage the very popular “Jesus Christ Superstar” from August 11 through September 16, 2017.Voted the “Best Musical” in the Evening Stand…

BWW Review: Can Andy Karl Draw Sweet Water From GROUNDHOG DAY's Foul Well? by Michael Dale

In 1957, Meredith Willson wagered he could get Broadway audiences to cheer for THE MUSIC MAN's serial swindler who cheats nice people out of their hard-earned money and harasses the leading …

The Euro ballroom scene: when voguing came to town by Alex Rayner

The stylised dance routines of New York’s gay subculture have made their way to the continent, from Sweden to Estonia, captured in all their theatricality by British grime photographer Ewe…

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — May 1 by Doug Briscoe

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

Actor and aerialist Hannah O’Leary: ‘Playing Henry IV on a rope was my dream job’ by Tim Bano

Hannah O’Leary trained as an actor and aerial performer. Now appearing in Omidaze’s circus production of Romeo and Juliet, she talks to

Hurlyburly by Arts Review

Set against a back-drop of an LA apartment, 80’s cocaine culture, cruelty and deceit, four Hollywood players try desperately to find meaning and connection. Hurlyburly is the darkly comedi…

BWW Morning Brief May 1st, 2017 - New York Pops, August Wilson Monologues and More! by Jessica Khan

Good morning, BroadwayWorld Today's big news Kenny Leon hosts the 2017 National August Wilson Monologue Competition, while a slew of Broadway vets take part in the New York Pops' 34th birthd…

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and THE LITTLE FOXES: The Evil that Men and Women Do by Peter Filichia

  I’ve seen the 1971 film and the 2005 one as well — and was appalled each time. Whether the...Continue Reading The post CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and THE LITTLE FOXES: …

Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 4/30-5/1/2017

Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, May 1, 2017 - Monday, May 1, 2017.

Conversations Between Warhol and Capote to Be Adapted Into a Play by Andrew R. Chow

“Warhol Capote,” based on exchanges between the two artists in the 1970s, will come to the American Repertory Theater in September.

Three “Get to Know You” Games by Kerry Hishon

One of the most common activities that occurs during a first drama class or rehearsal is some form of a “Get to Know You” game. Starting with games is not just a nice break for students …

Sabrina Carpenter Pays Tribute to Britney Spears & Teases Tour by Young Hollywood

Sabrina Carpenter Pays Tribute to Britney Spears & Teases Tour YH is hanging out with Sabrina Carpenter at the Radio Disney Music Awards where she's paying tribute to the iconic Britney Spea…

James Arthur’s Emotional Acoustic Performance by Young Hollywood

James Arthur’s Emotional Acoustic Performance The YH Studio is thrilled to welcome uber-talented British singer/songwriter James Arthur for an amazing acoustic performance of his hit song …

How Noah Cyrus’s Coachella Dream Came True by Young Hollywood

How Noah Cyrus’s Coachella Dream Came True YH catches up with Ms Noah Cyrus at the Radio Disney Music Awards where she teases her performance for the show by describing it in one word, plu…

Firefighter turned Musician to heat up Aussie music scene by Arts Review

This month, STA Travel introduces West Australian local and emerging Australian artist Luke Fox as their latest artist to watch. A firefighter by trade, Luke pursues his greatest passions an…

Review: Aladdin (Broadway in Chicago) by Catey Sullivan

There's not a child in the land who wouldn’t love Disney's Aladdin. The music is terrific, from the adventuresome romance of “Whole New World,” to the splendor-on-steroids treasure cav…

Babes in Toyland (MasterVoices) by Darryl Reilly

Victor Herbert’s 1903 operetta "Babes in Toyland" was presented by MasterVoices (formerly The Collegiate Chorale), in a splendid concert production, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Mus…

‘Marie - Francine’ at Majestic Passy, Paris by Blouin Artinfo

Majestic Passy, Paris presents the preview screening of the movie “Marie - Francine” directed by Valérie Lemercier on May 5, 2017 at 8 pm.The film follows Marie - Francine, 50, alone an…

Review | The Roundabout | By J. B. Priestley | Directed by Hugh Ross | 59E59 Theaters by Yvonne Korshak

Young British idealists come up against the British capitalist nobility in a bad moment for the nobility -- but in a play of laughter and wit.

Judy Kuhn, Rebecca Luker, and Marin Mazzie Honor Kelli O’Hara at New York Pops Concert by Robert Viagas

Click here to see the full lineup for the May 1 event at Carnegie Hall.

The Violin That Changed Min Kym's Life by WNYC

Min Kym joins us to discuss her memoir, Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung. Kym was a violin prodigy who won her first international prize at age 11. After she purchased a 1696 Stradiv…

Inside Chita Rivera’s Audition for West Side Story by Michael Gioia

As her Café Carlyle engagement approaches, the Tony Award winner shares her favorite songs to sing—including what one landed her the role of Anita.

Chita Rivera Reacts To Being Called a “Legend”

The two-time Tony nominee talks her enduring career, working with Leonard Bernstein, and how she feels about being called a legend.

A look at how Hollywood depicts female journalists (hint: It's not always positive) by Whitney Friedlander / The Washington Post

Classic female reporters such as Lois Lane, Hildy Johnson in “His Girl Friday” and comics character Brenda Starr were wisecracking gals full of chutzpah who could handle breaking news ju…

Finding the Personal in the Political - How one social justice theatre company uses real-life stories for inspiration

How one social justice theatre company uses real-life stories to inspire its art---Last summer, Houses on the Moon, a socially focused, community-committed theatre company, began developing …

Inside the First-Ever Symposium on Theatre Accessibility - TDF hosted this conversation on the future of access

TDF hosted a day-long conversation about the future of access---Note: This article describes a recent symposium that TDF hosted on accessibility in the theatre. If you'd like to read a thoro…

IMPRESSIONS: Okwui Okpokwasili’s "Poor People’s TV Room" at New York Live Arts by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: Okwui Okpokwasili’s Poor People’s TV Room at New York Live Arts,  "Though I encountered the work knowing its inspiration lies in the Nigerian Women’s War of 1929 and…

Dance News: Bryant Park Presents Dance Party Beginning May 3 through June 9 by The Dance Enthusiast

Every Wednesday from May 3 to June 7, learn basic steps with expert instructors from 6 to 7pm by the fountain at Bryant Park and then test out your new moves with live music performed by som…

The 7th Annual Dance Against Cancer: An Evening to Benefit the American Cancer Society by The Dance Enthusiast

In The 7th Annual Dance Against Cancer: An Evening to Benefit the American Cancer Society, "The act of making art is cathartic, and the program helps dancers and audience members alike to c…