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Following the success of their production of Henry V, Antic Disposition will present William Shakespeare's Richard III at six cathedrals around the UK and at London's histori…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:47PMAs a young woman and into her middle years, Carroll had a career of firsts. The first black actress to win a Tony, for the 1962 musical "No Strings," in which her fashion-model character was…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 11:42PMBy Douglas Mayo
Casting has been announced for Michael Fentiman's 50th Anniversary production of Joe Orton's classic dark comedy Loot playing at the Park Theatre from 17 August – 24 …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:19PMBy Douglas Mayo
Prom Kween is the comedy musical based on the true story of Matthew Crisson, the first ever non binary kid to win the US high school title of Prom Queen and the bitches who t…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:04PMBroadway musicalANASTASIAcelebrated its 100thperformance on Broadway today. The cast gathered for a quick post-show snapshot in front of a packed house to celebrate. See the photo below. Hap…
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This afternoon, Broadway and film superstar, Idina Menzel, announced that her sister, Cara Mentzel, will be releasing a memoir this fall titled, Voice Lessons A Sisters Story.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:48PMHeart don't fail us now! Anastasia celebrated 100 Broadway performances on July 19. That means Christy Altomare has belted "Journey to the Past" 100 times on the Broadhurst The…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:48PMBetween 1978 and 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer committed the shocking murders of seventeen men, involving necrophilia, dismemberment, cannibalism, and the preservation of the victims’ body parts. A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:17PMAttention all Tom Stoppard fans! Rising out of the theatrical mist comes an engaging, new staging of Arcadia, Stoppard's time-traveling meditation on art, science and love courtesy of PTP/NY…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 07:15PMSet against the restless backdrop of the 20th century and the lush serenity of the Ella Fitzgerald songbook, Broadway veteran Andrea Frierson’s 'Me & Ella' is a valentine to the 'Firs…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:12PMThe Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the
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Playwright Taylor Mac has created a kitchen sink family drama whose disarray is actually anxiety-inducing. There’s chaos and trouble and pain layered into the heaps of old laundry and bowl…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:54PMThe show directed by Kent Gash puts you up close to the high drama of the drag balls.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:42PMWhat does Dear Evan Hansen look like through the eyes of an art student Meet a group of talented young students fromArtsConnectionwho channeled their introduction to Broadway into inspiring …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMDelaware Theatre Company captures lightning in a bottle with the World Premiere musical adaptation of Something Wicked This Way Comes, based on the classic best-selling novel by Ray Bradbury…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMThe candy man can—and did! The company of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory celebrated 100 Broadway performances on July 19, and boy was it sweet. Triple threat Charlies Jake Ryan Flyn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMStephen Kunken stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about A Parallelogram and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMAnnapolis Shakespeare Company’s production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest is a colorful, spirited spectacle. Directed by Donald Hicken and performed outdoors, in the gardens of the histori…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:30PMLONDON — For an American theatergoer in London this summer, there can be little doubt that the best new play of the year so far is Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America” at the National …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:30PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce WAITRESS will play the Cadillac Palace Theatre (151 W. Randolph) [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:24PMBroadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce that direct from Broadway, THE COLOR PURPLE, the Tony Award-winning [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:24PMThe return of Freddie Martinez, Kevin's strange obsession Rob's shower playlist, Kevin abuses the word 'kiki,' the correct way to listen to a cast recording is debated, Kevin is attacked by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:23PMThe musical, featuring a score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and a book by Terrence McNally, opened April 24 at the Broadhurst Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:07PMEvan Linder‘s Byhalia, Mississippi pulls theatre-goers into familiar territory: the “white trash” world of Laurel and Jim. Once there, however, the unfamiliar takes shape: amid…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:06PMNew York City Mayor de Blasio and Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl released Wednesday what they dubbed the city’s first-ever comprehensive culture plan. Enfolded in a glos…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:05PMEmily Walter and Bryan Fenkart will lead the cast of the new musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMWorks set for the festival include The Golem of Havana and Blancaflor.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PMParticipants of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene event agreed to create a network of artists and organizations producing ethnic art for New York audiences.
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In Pity in History, Howard Barker posits that history is a continual work-in-progress. A political satire with the feel of a parable, the play documents the travails of Gaukroger, an English…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:59PMThe Connecticut theatre announces casting for the production helmed by the director of Broadway’s Rock of Ages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:58PMJordan G. Teicher reviews Matt Cox’s tribute to the under-celebrated Hogwarts house.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:47PMThree new works will be developed this summer at the Minnesota theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:44PMI was recently interviewed by the Dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College. Here's the resultant clip. Also, here is a nice picture, which I'd combine with the clip…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 05:42PMComplete with youthful sensitivity, fading southern belles, and reminiscing on days past, “Hello to Rose: One Act Plays by Tennessee Williams” gives the perfect overview of Williams’ t…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:40PMThe theatre completes its 2017-18 season with two musicals and two adaptations of classic tales.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:37PMIdina Menzel's Sister Is Writing a Book About Their Relationship
Cara Mentzel, little sister of Wicked Tony winner Idina Menzel, is at work on a new book about their sibling bond! V…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMWe asked, you answered: Playbill followers share their dream cast for the possible stage adaptation of the 1997 animated film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:26PMThis week's event will feature performances by the casts ofWaitress Betsy Wolfe, Caitlin Houlahan, Charity Angel Dawson, Drew Gehling, Dayna Jarae Dantzler, Kayla Davion, Tyrone Davis Jr, Ma…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMTheatre at the Center, Northwest Indiana's Equity theater company, announced its 2018 mainstage season Wednesday. Artistic director Linda Fortunato will direct the season opener "Steel Mag…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:17PMWhile organizing his personal archives, former Walt Disney imagineer Tom K. Morris stumbled upon a note scrawled on Mickey Mouse letterhead. The list, which reads like a bar’s ’80s-night…
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:16PMSpotlighters Theatre in downtown Baltimore is the perfect intimate setting for this musical- with its round stage and cozy atmosphere. Set in Germany in the 1980’s it’s a deep and at…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:13PMTheater Mitu brings an amplified version of the Arthur Miller classic to BAM.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMDiggs will star in and cowrite Blindspotting, which will also feature Hamilton costar Jasmine Cephas Jones.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe three-day convention is now taking proposals for next year's edition.
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The Los Angeles company's upcoming lineup includes multiple shows performed in Spanish with English supertitles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMThe award-winning theatre actor earned nominations for the critically acclaimed The Leftovers and The Handmaid’s Tale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMWho said summer was the slow season for theatre?
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMThe funding will support the Wing’s youth development initiatives and its documentary series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMOh the years of awkward adolescence. Who doesn’t look back on that time and cringe? No one! Which is why The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is the perfect combination of hilarity a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:44PMCarole Demas is among stars who will salute the home of the original Cabaret, Fiorello!, and Fosse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:43PMName: Lauren J ThomasHometown: Wallingford, PA (outside Philly)Education: Acting BFA from Boston UniversityWho do you play in The Goree All-Girl String Band?: GeorgiaDescribe your character …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:36PMName: Julie Soto (book, lyrics and story); Will Finan (composer); Ryan Warren (director and story)Hometown: Sacramento, CA - all 3Favorite Credits: First time writers!JS: As an actor, Gertru…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 04:36PMKate Baldwin and Kate Shindle, Broadway stars and alumni of Northwestern University, are both 2017 winners of the The Sarah Siddons Society of Chicago's Actor of the Year Award. Baldwin re…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:25PMThe Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Angels in America playwright is at work on several projects, including a play about President Donald Trump and a musical with Jeanine Tesori.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMBroadwayCon hasannounced the annual Call for Programming is now open Broadway fans are invited to submit programming proposals for BroadwayCon 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMKristin Chenoweth just stopped byComedy Central'sMIDNIGHTWITH CHRIS HARDWICK to joke about all things pop culture, including bad community theatre costumes. Watch below as she , joined by Ji…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMThe world of a charming songwriter is on the rocks in Daniel Zaitchik's contemporary new musical Darling Grenadine.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMIn a recent interview with Daily Beast, playwright Tony Kushner chats about one of his current projects-WEST SIDE STORY. Kushner is rewriting the book for the classic movie for director Stev…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMWatch the video below for highlights of the concert that concluded the Immigrant Arts in America Summit. The summit was a two-day event that included panel discussions, a speech by John Legu…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:12PMLast night, stars of the stage and screen dazzled a full house at the Theatre at ACE Hotel during the first ever The 24 Hour Musicals Los Angeles. The event raised money for the Dramatists L…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:10PMThe free lunchtime concert series continues July 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:05PMThe company will perform three plays at Pershing Square Signature Center.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMGerard Alessandrini's off-Broadway Hamilton parody plays the 47th Street Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMBelarus Free Theatre, Split Britches, and more add new works to the company's 2017-18 lineup.
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Grab an extra cup of coffee because your mornings are about to get a Great White Way-sized makeover! Lifetime Channel's award-winning morning show The Balancing Act will present the four…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThe company moves into Manhattan’s Pershing Square Signature Center for its 16th season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMThe Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major institutions escape city budget cuts, while smaller arts groups outside Manhattan may receive new resources.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:32PMIn honor of the parody’s one-year anniversary, the cast of the hit Off-Broadway show share their craziest stories and star-studded memories.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMFollow production stage manager Tripp Phillips during a performance of War Paint for a behind-the-scenes look at the new musical starring Patti LuPone and Christine Ebersole.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:18PMThe Neo-Futurists are adding five new members to the ensemble, the first to join since the company launched its new late-night show "The Infinite Wrench," it was announced Wednesday. The n…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:07PMDavid Meyers’ We Will Not Be Silent places American audiences within an interrogation room in Nazi Germany in 1943. Leaders of the White Rose, one of several resistance groups to Hitler an…
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Arts organizations who show an increase in the diversity among their staff and board members will see more city funding, if NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's new cultural plan for the five boroughs…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMA new prequel to the story of Robin Hood could be Broadway-bound. Hood: The Robin Hood Musical Adventure, with a book by Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane and a score by Lewis Flinn, which i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PMThe leading developmental program celebrates its 20th anniversary season with a new roster of playwrights.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:51PMThe performer’s one-woman show, Girl Crush, is playing at the High Park Amphitheatre on Monday
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 02:46PMBy nature of being a Fringe festival, DC’s Capital Fringe often sees provocative or pioneering work that pushes the envelope. This year, one unsuspecting play in particular has struck a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:42PMThis is Part Six of a six-part series of reminiscences by Neal Weaver entitled The Mad Russian and the Great Dane, Tales of Rudolf Nureyev and Erik
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 02:42PMMr. Kushner said in an interview with The Daily Beast that he was working on a play set two years before the 2016 election.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:36PMThe singer-actor returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below for a summer of love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMThe local clown troupe in La Belle Epoque.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:18PMNext up at Encores Off-Center is Kirsten Childs' delightful, provocative, and poignant 2000 musical, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, running July 26-27. Following a young Afr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMThe Royal George Theatre, 1641 N. Halsted, has space available for performances, rehearsals, classes and more. The 50 seat Gallery Theatre space is available for prime time 3 – 6 week ren…
SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 02:12PMTwo new books from the Harry Potter universe are set to be released as part of a British exhibition that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of the series.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 02:08PMAll-party inquiry demonstrates benefits to health and wellbeing of the arts, leading to fall in hospital admissionsGPs prescribing arts activities to some patients could lead to a dramatic f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMComedian’s use of the P-word was designed to show how attitudes have changed – but standups pushing boundaries don’t have the right to be offensiveDaniel Kitson called me a Paki last w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMBy Ed MalinMartin Denton Martin Denton is an oral history of an amazing man and his mother, who brought exposure and recognition to so many indie theater artists in New York. The indefatigab…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 02:06PMA lot of people want Herman Camm dead, and no one can really blame them. This devil in a three-piece suit slides into Mae Lou’s bedroom just after her beloved husband dies. But, he also ha…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:01PMThe Wing has received two new grants as part of the N.E.A.'s initiative to fund local arts projects across the country.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMBroadway's Roxie Hart will perform songs from her latest album.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMAtlanta actors, listen up! Stay in the loop about what’s currently filming in your fair city (and projects that may just need an extra or two) with our weekly roundup.
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SOURCE: Backstage at 02:00PMHow diverse is the appeal of “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” the wonderfully skewed cult TV series whose first national tour — “Watch Out for Snakes!” — is coming to San Diego fo…
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Dominique Morisseau's reputation as both a lyrical and thoughtful playwright has been growing for a few years now. Detroit '67, the first in a three-play cycle she wrote about her hometown, …
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 01:54PMThe downtown company's upcoming season includes a work from Pussy Riot's Maria Alyokhina and Belarus Free Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMUntil Saturday, August Wilson was attached in name only to the Downtown building that dominates Liberty Avenue between Smithfield Street and William Penn Place.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:38PMHoward Barker’s BBC teleplay is being professionally staged for the first time, thanks to Potomac Theater Project, which has regularly mounted his work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:19PMThis Park Slope venue was shut down after a fire in March, but it has a strong slate of stand-up the week it reopens.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:19PMFoster the People, "Sacred Hearts Club" (Columbia)...
SOURCE: Associated Press at 01:15PMNational Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than 82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PMAs Angels in America plays London's National Theatre and eyes a Broadway bow, scribe Tony Kushner is starting to pen his next work. The focus? President Donald Trump. Kushner reveal…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMLooking after her ailing husband, and the perils of climate change, are inspirations for her new play, “Singing Beach.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMSignature Theatrehasannounced the full cast and creative team for A Little Night Music directed by Signature Theatre Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer Broadway's Follies, Gigi. Stephen Sondhe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMAngels in America playwright Tony Kushner has revealed that he is writing a new play about Donald Trump. The play, which he
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMRose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in London has launched a selection of new postgraduate courses, including two programmes taught in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMEmilia Fox, Peter Capaldi, David Jason and Jemma Redgrave are among the BBC’s highest paid actors, all earning more than £150,000 per
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMArts education campaigners have vowed to step up their fight against the English Baccalaureate, after the government confirmed it has no plans
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMThe director of a fringe theatre that provoked controversy with a job advertisement attacking millennials has accused its critics of “getting their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:04PMLizzy Watts will play the title role in the National Theatre production, set to tour the U.K. beginning this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PMNot terribly far back, summer used to be a dormant time of the year for local theater as everyone prepped for the upcoming fall season or simply took a much-needed rest. Somehow, the summer …
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 01:01PMThe show will give viewers a backstage pass to some of Broadway's biggest properties, including Sara Bareilles's hit 'Waitress'.
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The opera unfolds in a single act of about 90 minutes "as quick and streamlined as the technology Jobs created."
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:59PMNick Bailey, Alysha Umphress, Ashley Park, and more star in the world premiere musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMFifty years since Cabaret debuted on Broadway and almost as long since the 1972 film adaptation emblazoned its haunting imagery and seductive score across our collective consciousness, the j…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMChichester's new boss Daniel Evans chose Fiddler on the Roof for his first season as AD
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:54PMSee who joined the cast at the opening night party at the Park
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:54PMShe learned ballet in a car park and beat Beyoncé to a VMA. Now, the queen of music videos is putting on her first show. The choreographer talks about dance snobs, anorexia and reclaiming b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMMr. Ashman collaborated with Alan Menken on Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMOver the years Opera Holland Park has made a speciality of the operas of Puccini and his contemporaries – a group often
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:47PMTony-nominated co-author David Hein will join cast members Tamika Lawrence, Tony LePage, and Julie Reiber for the concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMTchaikovsky & Liszt
Thursday July 27, 2017
8:00pm
Hollywood Bowl
With his stage-commanding flair and virtuosic technique,Jean-Yves Thibaudet is a born Lisztian, so you
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:36PMDeborah Eisenberg, whose short stories have been popping up in the New Yorker and in acclaimed collections since the 1980s, began writing when she stopped smoking. She stopped because her lo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PM"My only longing is to serve and to keep the world spinning forward for the LGBTQ community in whatever way I'm meant to," the actor, currently starring in 'Angels in America,' added.read mo…
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:25PMEric Schaeffer will direct a cast that also includes Holly Twyford, Bobby Smith, and Will Gartshore.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMThe nation’s premiere short play competition has announced the panel that will choose six winners from 30 finalists.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMThe Emmy-nominated star of FX's Fargo (and HBO's The Leftovers) has earned roles in some of the most talked-about films and series since starring in Who's Afraid of Virginia W…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:10PMThe Donmar’s world-premiere musical about the scandal surrounding the collapse of the U.K. charity Kids Company is written by Josie Rourke, Hadley Fraser, and Tom Deering.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMEarlier this week, a new group of artists headed to Feinstein's54 Below to preview their upcoming engagements. Michael Feinstein Showstoppers- August 8-September 3, Liz Callaway The Beat Goe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMTony Award nominee Melissa Errico has penned her second column in Cristina Cuomo's new magazine The Purist in the current July issue. For this glossy wellness publication, Melissa wrote a pi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PMThe dining scene of New York’s Theater District is quickly becoming one of the best of the city, and few people know it better than the actors who call the neighborhood their second home. …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:03PMBarry’s relationship with his mother is at best difficult, but as we delve into their family history it soon becomes clear the depth of resentment that Isabella has had for events that hav…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMManhattan Theatre Club's new musical revue will honor the producer and director's legendary six-decade career.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe new musical features a book by Itamar Moses and an original score by David Yazbek.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe hit film's stage adaptation makes its regional premiere in Atlanta.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMHolly Twyford will star in Eric Schaeffer's new production of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler's Tony-winning musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM
The Book of Mormon Tony winner stars in the Kirsten Childs musical at New York City Center later this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMBy Samantha Mueller. Samantha Mueller, a theatre practitioner who works with the special needs community, talks about Seesaw Theatre which creates multi-sensory work for children with autism.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:52AMThe four-time Tony nominee will offer cabaret, comedy, and life lessons in her solo show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:49AMThe new musical, directed by Peter Flynn, is set to begin performances July 20 at the Westside Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMWe know what you've all been thinking. You've been sitting at home, listening to your favorite Broadwaysted episodes and wondering, 'Gee, what are some of our FriendsoftheShow up to right no…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMChichester Festival theatreDirector Daniel Evans draws out the warmth, comedy and emotional honesty of a musical that is often underserved by sentimental productions‘No smash, no blockbust…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThe Pulitzer prize-winning writer of Angels in America will focus next on the years before the 2016 election and ‘how a country commits political suicide’ Pulitzer prize-winning playwrig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMThe work of Los Angeles-based playwrights, actors, directors, and designers will be showcased at the Kirk Douglas Theatre next spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:33AMLa MaMa has announced its 56th season, which includes a visit from Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot, and a Tennessee Williams production.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMBON VOYAGE! A Happenstance Escapade is a soupçon, a patisserie, a confection, and, in its smellier moments, a big fromage! But most of all it is Mark Jaster’s love letter to Paris. And th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:33AMTony nominee Sheryl Lee Ralph talks Dreamgirls at the Tony Awards, the fan following of Sister Act 2, and much more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:28AM"[The election] showed a majority of white evangelicals did not care about the behavior of a president that doesn’t seem that Christian. Donald Trump is the antithesis of everything Jesus …
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:12AMFaith Bacon (Frances Yvonne Bacon, 1910-1956) was born on July 19. Bacon started at the top as one of the most famous dancers in Broadway revues, then gradually worked her way down the show …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:12AMSteel from the old east span of the Bay Bridge is on its way to communities around the state to be used as art projects. … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 11:10AMSteel from the hulking old east span of the Bay Bridge is on its way to communities around the state to be used as art projects. Artists have been awarded … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 11:08AMNew York’s Columbia University is atoning for past mistakes with a series of new exhibitions, writes Ariella Budick
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:06AMIntensity ensues every night at the Hudson Theatre, wherethe new stage adaptation ofGeorge Orwell's dystopian novel,1984, is currently running. The play, which contains various graphic and d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMAnnie Potts has joined the cast of CBS's BIG BANG THEORY spin-off series YOUNG SHELDON. The seriesmarks a return to television for Potts who is best known for her starring role in DESIGNING …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:04AMIn an often funny, moving and profanity-laced keynote address this week, actor, playwright and memoirist John Leguizamo denounced the entertainment industry’s ghetto attitude toward La…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:02AMCompile a list of some of the most famous directors of Broadway musicals — Jerome Robbins, Gower Champion, Bob Fosse, Michael Bennett, Susan Stroman, Tommy Tune, Graciela Daniele, Kathleen…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 11:00AMAlice in Wonderland has been incarnated on more occasions than I care to remember, but one thing’s for sure, the story never gets old (in my humble opinion) and the magic, craziness and wo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMIn the movies, Batman is a loner with a dark demeanor, Iron Man is a wealthy industrialist and Captain America is a superhero stalwart, using his mighty shield to defend justice. In the comi…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMBefore there was a Starbucks on every corner…there was a Barnes & Noble on every corner. The ubiquitous bookstore was not only a bookstore. You could get coffee, get a gift for a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Tony Kushner’s Angels in America—divided in parts “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika—is arguably the great American
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:57AMTony Kushner’s Angels in America—divided in parts “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika—is arguably the great American
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:57AMTony Kushner’s Angels in America—divided in parts “Millennium Approaches” and “Perestroika—is arguably the great American
SOURCE: www.huffpost.com at 10:57AMIt was a David-and-Goliath story a newsman should have loved: A gutty army of street urchins brings New York to a standstill and a tyrant to his knees.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:45AMThe legendary Method company is still home, she says, for those who want to dig deep and surprise themselves.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AMMichael Menendian and JoAnn Montemurro will step down from the Chicago theatre after 35 years.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:35AMBy Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, July 19, 2017 For years, I’ve been threatening to write a book entitled Everything I Know I Learned from Musical Theater. I have Andrew Lloyd Webber to t…
SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 10:34AMIvo van Hove's production begins its tour of the UK in Plymouth in October
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMThe first ever musical staging by Highbury Opera Theatre marks 25 years since Nick Hornby's book was first published
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:24AMThe acclaimed Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus with Broadway stars Laura Osnes currently Bandstand on Broadway and Santino Fontana the voice of Hans in Disney's Frozen, along with conductor T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMIn a recent interview with the Daily Beast, playwright Tony Kushner opens up about his new play about the Trump presidency. 'The nightmare is in high gear,' says Kushner. 'It certainly feels…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AM“I’m not a why guy, I’m a why not guy.” Greg Secker followed an unorthodox path to his position as founder of Learn to Trade. Prior to his time with Thomas Cook Finan…
SOURCE: culturebytes.org at 10:19AMThe Pippin star will take on the role of Sheldon’s foul-mouthed, hard-drinking Texas grandmother.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14AMThe 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist begins performances July 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMFor the third time in nine years, a blizzard is raging inside the Arsht Center in the middle of a blazing summer as Slava’s Snowshow returns and you once again will be picking white stuff …
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:12AMCurvy Widow, a new musical comedy with a book by Bobby Goldman, music and lyrics byDrew BrodyBroadway Oh Hello Cutman, and directed byPeter FlynnRhapsody in Seth Two Rooms, will play at theW…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMTLC announced today that Paige Davis, beloved host of original home design series TRADING SPACES will return for the brand-new season slated to air in 2018. Additionally, casting of homeowne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMThe premiere of Kevin Elyot’s final play, Twilight Song, in the 50th anniversary year of the decriminalisation of homosexuality, is a fitting tribute to a creator who writes honest and ope…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
Diggs will co-write, co-produce, and co-star with Rafael Casal; fellow Hamilton alum Jasmine Cephas Jones is also on board.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:55AMReviews from the 15th annual Fresh Fruit Festival including two works, "Village Orpheus' and 'Damn Fool.'a
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:48AMMore than 100 industry figures have signed a letter condemning the lack of female playwrights in the forthcoming season at London’s Hampstead
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:31AMDon’t feed the plants! That’s the famous final warning from Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s monster hit of a campy monster-musical Little Shop of Horrors, which has had countless produ…
SOURCE: artsatl.com at 09:01AMThis letter is in reply to a letter published by The Stage by multiple signatories, questioning the lack of women in the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMIn Something Rotten, Eric got a taste of the rock star life in his role as “Leather Boy” and Shakespeare. Now he is tackling another superstar – the King himself, Elvis Presley.
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 09:00AMHampstead Theatre artistic director Edward Hall has sent a response to this letter to The Stage. Read his letter on our website now
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTouch may come from the same stable as the amazing Fleabag but drops the posh and goes Welsh: imagine Stacey left Gavin for a squalid London studio, a diet of Echo Falls, microwave dinners a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAs August approaches, the air comes alive with the sound of playwrights desperately re-drafting ‘urgent’ and ‘timely’ Edinburgh Fringe shows about Brexit
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWhere are the women writers at the Hampstead Theatre? In the Hampstead Theatre’s 2017 autumn season there are no plays written by women in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMThe latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include press nights
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMJohnny Issaluk, Ujarneq Fleischer and Lisa Cromarty co-star in The Breathing Hole, which draws on Inuit knowledge.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AMTabard is sure it will not have escaped your notice, eagle-eyed reader, that last week we enjoyed World Fringe Day, where on
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Peter Austin was one of theatre’s unsung backroom stars as manager of West End venue the Prince Edward Theatre and administrator of Littlestar,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:51AMDavid Dean created costume designs for some of the greatest choreographers and directors of the last half-century, held important positions with the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMAt just 5ft 2in tall and weighing 20 stone, for a time in the 1970s Carol Lee Scott advertised herself in The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:44AMThe Playhouse Theatre in Derry/Londonderry has announced plans to stage a play in the video game Minecraft. Playcraft Live will be a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMIn leading teaching posts with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:39AMMan-Cub is an episodic play taking the themes of the Jungle Book and exploring them; the sense of exclusion and belonging, freedom and possibility. Man-Cub gives Alistair Wilkinson his direc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AMCan you measure ‘Britishness’? In the dystopian future in which Octopus is set, the government has decided it’s time to do just that. Set in an immigration waiting room, the play centr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AMVicky Jones’ Touch is as punchy, hilarious and perceptive as one might expect, following the huge success of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and DryWrite’s Fleabag. The story explores the life of 3…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AMEnda Walsh’s Disco Pigs, his 1997 portrait of co-dependent teenagers Runt and Pig, is a tricky machine-gun mix of dialect and secret
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:34AMAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AMThe Testament of Dr. Cordelier is not a horror movie --it is more of a dark comedy.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:32AMFor adults of a certain age, Brian Cant was the personification of children’s television in an era long before the thin gruel
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:26AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMDance, art and theatre shows will take over the city for one week in October
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:18AMThe festival of new musical showcases and readings runs at The Other Palace from 14 August
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:18AMWe chat to Rob Houchen, James Dreyfus and Freddie Tapner ahead of the one-off concert staging at Cadogan Hall
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:18AMJohn Haidar's production stars Evanna Lynch and Colin Campbell
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:18AMLeoncavallo's lush, darkly romantic opera in a rare showing by London's Italian specialists
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:18AMI review a lot of professional theatre. I also cover amateur shows, including student ones. Regularly doing both throws up some thorny problems.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMRahm Emanuel needed a desk. His predecessor, Richard M. Daley, took his desk with him when he left office after his 22-year tenure, and the new mayor's fifth-floor office at City Hall was de…
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"A blast of bitter wilderness": Chris McCormack reviews Conall Morrison's chilly musical adaptation of Georg Büchner’s unfinished classic.
The post Review: Woyzeck in Winter at Galway Int…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:56AMLorraine to John’s idea of writing a piece about getting to Fringe: “Yes! Public transportation! Very funny!” 4:15 p.m. It’s pouring rain and I need to be at Atlas by 6:30 for a …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:48AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Today's big news Tam Mutu, Stephanie Umoh and Juliette Goglia lead a reading of the recent musical adaptation of JANE EYRE today
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMThe life of Oscar-winning lyricist Howard Ashman, thecreative force behind the hit musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and such Disney classics as THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and ALA…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:42AMMitu's production is for the most adventurous theater-goers and for serious students of contemporary drama. . .
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:37AMJodie Whittaker’s casting as the 13th Doctor in Doctor Who will “change our cultural DNA”, according to director Polly Findlay. Findlay directed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMTheatre company Cardboard Citizens has announced a partnership with homelessness charity Shelter Scotland. Shelter Scotland, an organisation which helps homeless people, will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMUnderbelly has announced its main programme and creative team for its first year in charge of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay festival. The live entertainment company took
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMOliver Cotton’s play wants to have its cake and eat it too. It wants to be a rollicking hostage adventure and a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:23AMBack to Where is the debut production from theatre company New Tricks and is a truly touching comedy drama which explores the reality of modern romance. The play centres around a couple with…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AMAmong the hills and leafy streets of north London, lies the aptly named Jacksons Lane Theatre, a charitable arts and cultural venue which showcases contemporary performances. This intimate …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AMLONDON (AP) -- Two new books from the Harry Potter universe are set to be released as part of a British exhibition that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the launch of the series....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 07:02AMThis summer, the Bridewell Theatre in the heart of the City of London will become the home of new and innovative operas, musical dramas and multi-art productions. Here are full details - inc…
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We speak to the stars of Benedict Andrews' production, opening in the West End next week
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:48AMSouthwark Playhouse, LondonOliver Cotton’s explosive new play explores wealth and morality as a luxurious dinner party is interrupted by an intruderOliver Cotton is not afraid to tackle bi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMIt will be Chapel Street – but not as you know it. For ten days and nights from Thursday 20 July, Melbourne’s iconic Chapel Street will transform into Provocaré – a festival of the …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:23AMAria Entertainment’s From Page To Stage will have one of the largest companies in the West End this summer: a cast of 56, working alongside 18 creatives, plus musicians and over 50 compose…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:22AMWho's got one of the largest companies in London theatre this summer? That'll be Aria Entertainment's From Page to Stage festival of new musicals with 56 #StageFaves - and they haven't even …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:22AM“Some stories didn’t make it in to the history books” is the tagline for Charing Cross Theatre’s newest production and it couldn’t be truer. Yank!, directed by James Baker, foll…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AMHelen Edmundson’s Queen Anne makes a convincing case that this neglected monarch deserves more attention and that the powerful Duchess of Marlborough, Sarah Churchill, who shared a tumultu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AMIn Tom Glover’s Wet Bread, Morag Sims gives an incredible performance as the ‘every liberal’ Adele – a fiercely political individual who is anti-fracking, anti-austerity, anti-capita…
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Listen: Uma Thurman Finds Her “Parisian Woman” Co-Star, Gwyneth Paltrow’s Go-Go’s Musicals Inches Towards Broadway, “Hamilton” Announces LA Tour Cast. …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMWho is Karen Therese? Mother. Artistic Director. Artist. Activist. Outlaw. What would you do differently to what you do now? I am doing what I love. But if I had to choose an alternate caree…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:46AMEnda Walsh's two-hander about an unhealthy friendship receives its 20th anniversary production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMOmid Djalili and Tracy-Ann Oberman star in Daniel Evans' production
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMRikki Beadle-Blair's latest show stars an all-trans cast
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMTrevor Nunn directs Oliver Cotton's latest show, dissecting the five per cent
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:42AMOliver Cotton's new play, directed by Trevor Nunn, begins well before succumbing to absurdity and hysteria "What is this, Saving Private Ryan?" a character randomly queries well into th…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 05:36AMWe all love Musical Theatre here at #StageFaves, but let's be honest - it's a tough career! The life of a performer is often full of uncertainty, fear, huge highs and dragging lows. Every as…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:30AMBy Paul T Davies
Disco Pigs Trafalgar Studios 18 July 2017 4 Stars Book Now The twentieth anniversary of Enda Walsh’s unique, hugely enjoyable and energetic play is given a high oct…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:20AMTheatre Royal Stratford East has long been a champion of musical theatre and they are now embarking on their Musical Theatre Workshop 2017 which has just begun its 2-week development period …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:19AMTheatre Royal Stratford East has long been a champion of musical theatre and the team there are now embarking on their Musical Theatre Workshop 2017 which has just begun its two-week develop…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:19AMIn her first production with Bell Shakespeare, acclaimed theatre director Anne-Louise Sarks will present a new, contemporary production of the Shakespeare classic, The Merchant Of Venice at …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:17AMI only booked for Dessert at the Southwark Playhouse because of the extraordinary Alexandra Gilbreath, one of our finest - and somewhat unheralded - actors.
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There's going to be a lot of talent hitting the London stage this September and Hershey Felder is going to be bringing a high percentage of it! The award-winning actor and musician will brin…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 04:56AMBefore the emergence of the late legendary composer and playwright Jonathan Larson’s iconic Rent on Broadway, there was his semi-autobiographical rock monologue Tick, Tick… Boom! that h…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:53AMTom Hartwell's new play FLOOD premieres this summer at London's Tristan Bates Theatre. The premiere production, directed by Georgie Staight for Paper Creatures Theatre during Camden Fringe, …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMCanvassing for support, getting heckled, hanging out in bars – it’s all great practice for politicians. And Alex Salmond is leading the way• Joanna Griffin and Lola Stephenson are a co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMRachel Tucker is to play a solo show in Scotland for the first time, with two dates at the Pleasance during the Edinburgh
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By Douglas Mayo
Delorean, a new play by Jon Ivay tells the incredible true story of the man behind the iconic car from the Back To The Future films will play at the Assembly Ballroom as part…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:50AMShe's funny, she's had a boob job and she's just written a book that could see her thrown out of her church. But, as Elna Baker tells Louise France, it's too late nowIf I told you that Elna…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMI had the pleasure of interviewing the late, great Martin Landau back in 2005 for the shortlived magazine Moving Pictures. Here's my story in its entirety.Martin Landau has been places,…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 03:06AMOne of the world’s leading contemporary circuses, Quebec’s Cirque Eloize have blazed a trail with their jaw-dropping combination of circus arts, dance,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AM
Sunny and cheerful is how I felt after an hour or so with Happenstance Theatre’s Bon Voyage! A Happenstance Escapade. The original production, currently at Round House Theatre in Bethesda,…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:46AMA deeply truthful portrait of the fears, hopes and bonds of teenage girls, Outhouse Theatre Co and Mad March Hare join forces to present the Australian premiere of Ruby Rae Spiegel riveting …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:26AMRunning a festival venue is about more than booking acts and selling tickets. From converting lecture rooms to spending £25,000 on Astroturf, we reveal the costs of putting on a showTen yea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMA certain fear is struck in the heart of every stage manager when presented with the perilous challenge of eating and drinking
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe Doctor is, at last, going to be played by a woman. More than 50 years after the BBC launched the franchise
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
A new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney, The Moderns: European Designers in Sydney celebrates our modernist émigré design community; their backgrounds, their Australian careers and their …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:16AMGreen Room 42 hosts the Wednesday night murder mystery series with a rotating cast.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe London actor makes his U.S. cabaret debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe Hamilton Tony Award winner will sing jazz in100 Years, 1,000 Memories concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThe stars and writers offer an exclusive look into the recording sessions for the new Broadway musical about Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe actor-pianist’s latest solo work brings to life the Russian composer famous for his scores to The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMCan you really have too much of a good thing — even of a very, very good thing?
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMBusiness as usual for a theater company in summer might mean time off or prepping for the fall season.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMBricolage Productions’ “Enter the Imaginarium,” two theatrical escape rooms in Harmar, recently reached two milestones.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMLucky be a lady tonight, because we're testing your knowledge of this 1950 Broadway classic today!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM"Jackson’s Dancers’ Workshop, thanks to artistic director Babs Case, has added a new hue to the area’s fly-fishing, cattle-ranching image," Trina Mannino, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMA musical lover remembers the understudy who first captured his heart---On a recent Sunday afternoon, I settled in to my seat in the upper balcony of the Shubert Theatre to watch Bette Midle…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMAward-winning science writer Sam Kean dives deep into the origins of our atmosphere for his latest book, Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us. Kean looks at wh…
SOURCE: WNYC at 12:00AM 
