All but one of Zall’s works were solos and all were based on famous literary figures: “George Sand” (ruminating on her lost love, Chopin), “Mary Tyrone” (from "Long Day’s Journe…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:53PMIn most wartime films, the plot lines tend to not feature one thing: a romantic story. This is done to keep more emphasis on the action scenes. Director Manousos Manousakis attempts to combi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:36PMMalthouse theatre, MelbourneWith Wild Bore, three comedians at the top of their game deliver a meta exploration of criticism and performance that is truly, outrageously funnyI’m sitting in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36PMUNIONDALE, N.Y. — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has shut down the big top after 146 years of wowing audiences with its “Greatest Show on Earth” featuring&…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:35PMWriter-actor Hamish Linklater’s new play “The Whirligig,” expressionistic in form and melancholy in tone, examines the whirling emotions of the friends and family who are k…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:26PMThe secrets behind Melbourne’s success as one of the great live music cities in the world have been revealed with the release of a 10 Point Plan by Music Victoria. Melbourne’s credential…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:24PMCher turned 71 years old on Saturday, and on Sunday she finally collected the Billboard Music Awards’ Icon Award. Never the type to shy away from making a spectacle of herself, Cher showed…
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:21PMThe Gateway Playhouse opened its 68th Season with the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical, Rent. With book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, this artistic show is loosely based on Gi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:19PMEverybody loves a good drama, especially if it’s someone else’s. “Dear Friends”, the angst-ridden play by Reginald Rose, is one of those dramas that is chock-full of lofty id…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:15PMWed, July 19 thru Sun, August 20 @ Olney Theatre Center, presented by Olney Theatre Center
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMWed, June 14 thru Sun, July 9 @ Theater J, presented by Theater J
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMWed, July 19 thru Sun, July 30 @ Theater J, presented by Theater J
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMWed, July 12 thru Sun, August 6 @ Studio Theatre, presented by Studio Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMSat, June 10 thru Sun, June 18 @ GALA Hispanic Theatre, presented by In Series
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMSat, June 17 thru Sat, July 8 @ Keegan Theatre, presented by Keegan Theatre
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMSat, June 3 thru Sun, June 4 @ The Barns at Wolf Trap, presented by The Barns at Wolf Trap
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMFri, June 9 thru Sun, June 11 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMWed, June 21 thru Sun, July 23 @ Olney Theatre Center, presented by Olney Theatre Center -- Flower-seller Eliza Doolittle wages a romantic battle with uppercrust Henry Higgins, with surprisi…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMTue, July 11 thru Sun, August 6 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- As part of its 50th anniversary, the renowned…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMSat, June 17 thru Sun, August 13 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts -- The Second City returns for another summer o…
SOURCE: Culture Capital at 11:12PMJulie is young, pretty, literate and dying. At its best, “The Whirligig,” a new play by Hamish Linklater, explores with humor and bite how her terminal illness affects the seven people a…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:10PMOut of his imaginative mind comes another powerful theatre piece by Robert Shenkkan, author of 15 plays including two dealing with LBJ (All the Way and The Great Society.) This time, he prop…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:08PM
Former Queer Screen President, Lisa Rose has been appointed Festival Director of Queer Screen, overseeing the organisation’s 25th Mardi Gras Film Festival in 2018 and the 5th Queer Scree…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:51PMYou could barely move backstage at the Ahmanson Theatre on Saturday night. Turn right and you’d bang into Matthew Broderick, turn left and you’d slam into Edward James Olmos, and Louis G…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:40PMZosia Mamet, the lethally annoying Shoshanna late of Girls, has braved some challenging stage roles, none more so than Trish in the world premiere of Hamish Linklater’s The Whirligig, …
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:33PMEverything revolves around Julie, both literally and figuratively, in Hamish Linklater’s ambitious and moving new play, “The Whirligig,” now being given a top-notch production by direc…
SOURCE: at 10:19PMFriday marked the reprisal at Silver Spring Stage of a very timely Silent Sky, by Laura Gunderson. Produced by Seth Ghitelman and directed by Bill Hurlbut, it is the fascinating story of Hen…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:19PMWith the beautifully performed but overplotted “Whirligig,” Hamish Linklater considers the forms and consequences of addiction.
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By: Sandi Durell Yes, in fact, the turntable stage revolves continuously as Hamish Linklater’s The Whirligig makes its points of intertwining the happy, sad and tra…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 08:33PMIf anyone is reading this, check out my blog on The Huffington Post for the latest reviews and such. xoxxoox
SOURCE: Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:24PMThe Australian cast of Cyndi Lauper’s hilarious and heart-warming new musical Kinky Boots will perform a charity concert at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre on Sunday 18 June to raise money for …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:04PMThe friends and family members of a dying 23-year-old girl interact in 'The Whirligig," a comedy-drama written by actor Hamish Linklater. read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:00PM
Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST took box offices around the world by storm as it shot to number one and quickly became the highest grossing movie musical ever made. Now the film has the distin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMPeter and the Starcatcher creates a backstory for one of literature’s greatest heroes, Peter Pan. But much of the appeal of Rick Elice’s play – and director Ted Wioncek III’s product…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:22PMAlbert Einstein is an ideal role for Mike Nussbaum, the new show, "Relativity," at the Northlight Theatre reveals. I speak not merely of the fusion of extraordinary mental capability, althou…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:18PMUnicorn Theatre in London presents the performance of the play ‘The Man Who Knows It All’, directed by Jetse Batelaan, from May 31 through June 4, 2017. Two performers and a musicia…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:00PM
SIX KINDS OF WONDERFUL I’ve loved Obba Babatundé since I first saw him thirty-five years ago in Dreamgirls. Even amidst the legendary star turns of his female co-stars, he made a remarkab…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:52PMJust when Canada starts to sound like a good idea, comes Timon of Athens at the Folger Theatre, confirming once again that first-rate Shakespeare is a cure for almost anything. The show’s …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:50PMRapture is a worthwhile curio that grapples, entertainingly, with Modernism's artistic, structural, and revolutionary quandaries.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:42PMA host of marquee actors, singers, Hollywood execs, and Los Angeles dignitaries turned out to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Center Theatre Group on Saturday in downtown L.A. The event st…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:40PMThe "Girls" co-creator says surgery and physical therapy to treat endometriosis caused "the greatest amount of physical pain I've ever experienced."
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:33PMCenter Theatre Group’s “50th Celebration,” which gathered celebrities, devoted patrons, philanthropists and swells in their spiffiest attire for a Saturday night shindig at the Ahmanso…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 03:20PMFrom its start some 14 years ago, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre (Mark Southers, founder and artistic director) has attracted most attention for its loving attention to August Wilson. But it…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:00PM
A CLASSIC GOES GLOBAL It’s a marriage made in theater heaven: With a newly great Great Expectations, two very different Chicago theaters find common ground. The result is a cross-cultural …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:52PMThe final show on Sunday evening was a sell-out and a worldwide audience can watch the event via a live stream on the Ringling website
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:49PMThe horrors of the Holocaust have been portrayed many times in film, most notably Schindler’s List and The Pianist. One such horror, however, has never been a focus of film study: the euth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:25PMDear Ben Platt,Today is going to be a good day, and here's why. Today, you're a Tony nomineeSelf-professed theatre geek Ben Platt is living the dream as a first time Tony nominee for is perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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The adaptation of ‘The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat’ explores unusual neurological conditions.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:48PMMy friend Henry Lewis, who has died aged 70, was a happy soul who woke up humming and often sang his way through the day – often delivering renditions of his own songs, though he could als…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMThis week's episode of SNL featured a cold open and a broken Hallelujah. Team Trump, featuring Kellyanne Conway, Mike Pence, Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump Scarlett Johansson, Donald Trump Jr, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:18PM
Richard Nelson's trilogy, running as part of the Brighton Festival, is an unforgettable experience
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:42PMIn a simple bold setting, a man in a hurry is running late. He is answering his phone, head skewed at an angle to balance between shoulder and cheek. At the same time, he handles a slim file…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:32PMAlthough not frequently performed, the Symphony No. 3 is Gustav Mahler’s most encompassing work, the piece which best exemplifies his life and career. Yannick Nézet-Séguin led a ma…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:27PMClinical trials findings recently gave indication that high-dose immunosuppressive therapy followed by stem cells transplantation can stimulate sustained remission of relapsing-remitting mul…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 12:20PMJames Marino, Michael Portantiere and Jan Simpson review Pacific Overtures @ Classic Stage Company, The New Group’s production of The Whirligig, Seven Spots on the Sun @ Rattlestick P…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:16PMThis afternoon’s performance will be the last chance Broadway audiences have to see Amélie, a sweetheart of a musical that left most critics, and most tickets, unmoved following its o…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:09PMLast night's SNL monologue saw Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson inducted into the Five Timers Club by none other than Alec Baldwin. In his velvet smoking jacket, The Rock found it the most apropos …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:05PMThe family favorite features choreography by a recent Tony Award nominee and a title actor who's not afraid of a challenge.
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Denis Jones has taken his career from chorus boy to choreographer, and now Tony nomineeHejust picked up his first nomination for his work on Roundabout Theatre Company's Holiday Inn, a joyou…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMGetting past a casting director can be the key to starting a successful career on Broadway, and can make or break the success of a show. But these highly specialized and influential individu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMBWW has learned that CBS SUNDAY MORNING anchor Jane Pauley will sit down with legendary actress Bette Midler, now starring in the hit Broadway revival of HELLO DOLLY.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMThe Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie will play its final performance today, Sunday, May 21, 2017,at the Belasco Theatre 111 West 44th Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMIt's a strong combination - there's endless dark humour in the snippets of life as a medical professional, climbing the ranks from inexperienced house officer to registrar in the field of ob…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMAgainst the Grain led the way in 2011 and now 11 companies are part of Indie Opera Toronto.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AMIn Ukrainian-Canadian Natalya Gennadi, Tapestry Opera finds perfect soprano for the lead role.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:00AM
An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:54AMAlmost two years after its release, the HAMILTON Original Cast Recording is still raking in awards dick clark productions has released the names of the 2017 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARD winners fro…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMLA's Center Theatre Group celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a plethora of performance stars including Jennifer Hudson who took the stage at the gala event and performed one of her most sh…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMWelcome to BroadwayWorld's Tony Award Countdown 30 Days of TONY, a loving look at some of the most memorable moments from Tony's history featuring today's nominees
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMKelly Rohrbach has one very big advantage when it comes to conquering Hollywood: her backswing. It turns out the 5-foot-9 model and actress, who is stepping into Pamela Anderson’s red swim…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:27AMWinner of seven 2007 Tony Awards, Spring Awakening has inexplicably never had a professional Melbourne season. With a cast of a little over a dozen performers, this edgy, abstract musical is…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMAn evening that feels like a brash but cloddish welding of ill-matched parts beside the original film’s smooth, mosaic-like assembly.
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AMImprov, opera and obsessive fandom are all worthy options on stage.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:00AM
ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME is the epic musical adventure starring GrooveLily's fierce and funny electro-violinist Valerie Vigoda Striking 12, and the courageous and charismatic Wade McCollum…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AMThe new Broadway production of AMELIE, A NEW MUSICAL will play its final performance today,Sunday, May 21, 2017 after playing 27 preview and 56 regular performances at the Walter Kerr Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:33AMMeet Broadway Wiz Bright Star, Sam from Mahwah, NJ. Sam was in the recent Broadway revival of Les Misérables and he would love to duet with Lesli Margherita !
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 09:00AMIt’s a brilliant, inventive and perceptive deconstruction of the Saturday night out. Originally performed at the Fringe in 1977 as a two hander it first appeared as a four-hander in the ea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Today, as we warned a few months ago, is the final performance ever of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus The circus world will carry on. But RBBB was an institution, the only Am…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:33AMAttenborough Centre, BrightonRichard Nelson prophetically captures sense of unease as early as first play when character asks: “Do you feel like something really bad is about to happen?”…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on May 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMHats off to amateur theatre and all who take part in it. There’s so much good work out there and it rarely gets the recognition it deserves – and I can only suppose that people who sneer…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM
Britain's premier summer festival opens with a spectacular staging of Cavalli's opera
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:48AMBy Ryan Leeds, Ty Defoe. Ryan Leeds interviews Ty Defoe about winning the Jonathan Larson Grant, his show Crane: On Earth, In Sky, and how his identity influences his work.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 07:25AMHubbard Street Dance Chicago recently announced the main company’s 2017–18 Season, specifically all its performances in Chicago celebrating the troupe’s 40-year history. Three engageme…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:00AMThis could be the briefest review I’ve ever written – Quite simply if you are interested in or a fan of Judy Garland or just want to see a masterclass in performance, you need to get you…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Minerva, Chichester Sharon D Clarke is extraordinary as the defiant heroine of Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori’s dynamic musical set in 60s AmericaPolitical punch, moral intricacy – and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMRoyal Court, London Seeing a man read out an anonymous woman’s sexual fantasies on stage produces curious resultsNo one knows who wrote the words of Manwatching. No one can see a script be…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMStoryhouse, ChesterA vivid adaptation by Glyn Maxwell of Gay’s 1728 ballad play launches Chester’s exciting new venue“Storytellers build communities... remember the past and imagine th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMYoung Vic, London Brendan Cowell brings Brecht’s rebel scientist to combative life in Joe Wright’s coruscating productionHow to see what’s really going on? How to recognise interesting…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMMenier Chocolate Factory, LondonKendal and Lipman play the warring aesthetes to a tee in an enjoyable revival of Peter Shaffer’s 80s comedyThere are no unsafe structures in Lettice and Lov…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMRoyal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonScarlett’s Symphonic Dances is a fitting centrepiece to a top night at the Royal. And Aletta Collins makes a virtue of repetitionA fine and confi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMRSC Associate Artist Greg Hicks leads the cast as Richard III in Mehmet Ergen’s production for the Arcola Theatre. But what have critics been saying about the production?
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:00AM