Friday, October 20, 2017 at 11pm (Broadway Time)
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Glassheart by Sandi Durell

    By Monica Charline Brown   Beauty and the Beast really is a “tale as old as time.” This cherished Disney classic includes the always promised happy ending. What would …

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 11:24PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 9pm (Broadway Time)
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Casting Announced for Black Button Eyes’ NEVERMORE ­ The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe – January 5 – 28, 2017 at The E by Michael J. Roberts

Black Button Eyes Productions is pleased to announce casting for its Chicago premiere musical NEVERMORE – The Imaginary [...]

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:12PM

Showbiz Nation LIVE! Episode Guest: Director/Conductor Andreas Mitisek 2007 by Michael J. Roberts

Director Andreas Mitisek discusses Chicago Opera Theatre’s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s “The Consul”. Andreas [...]

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:12PM

The Gift Theatre Presents the World Premiere of A SWELL IN THE GROUND Oct. 13- Dec. 10 by Michael J. Roberts

The Gift Theatre concludes its 2017 season with the world premiere of Janine Nabers’ time-hopping love story A [...]

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:12PM

Pivot Arts Presents the World Premiere of DON’T LOOK BACK/MUST LOOK BACK by Michael J. Roberts

Pivot Arts is pleased to present the world premiere of DON’T LOOK BACK/MUST LOOK BACK, a site-specific [...]

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:12PM

CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY LATE NIGHT WRITERS ROOM Returns To Greenhouse Theater Center by Michael J. Roberts

The sell-out hit CARDS AGAINST HUMANITY LATE NIGHT WRITERS ROOM has added two new performance dates: Friday, October [...]

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:12PM

Orlando Philharmonic Symphony Storytime Series Brings Favorite Children’s Classics To Life by Michael J. Roberts

The Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra announces the Symphony Storytime Series presented by Orlando Health and Arnold [...]

SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:12PM

Full Episode by Melissa Major

Stream the critically-acclaimed Roundabout Theatre Company production of She Loves Me on GREAT PERFORMANCES – the opening presentation of PBS’s fall Broadway’s Best lineup. The pos…

SOURCE: PBS at 09:00PM

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Recap: Holy Ghosted by Allie Pape

Considering season one’s theme song was absurdly catchy and season two’s turned out to be a surprise major plot point, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend had a high bar for this year’s opening theme …

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 8pm (Broadway Time)
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“Mr. Burns” and Sacred Fools Reinvent Their Art in the Bleakest Times by Lara J. Altunian

by Lara J. Altunian Sacred Fools Theater Company’s latest project is a dark comedy about a post-apocalyptic society, their preservation of The Simpsons, and the evolution of storytelling.…

SOURCE: thisstage.la at 08:48PM

Torchy’s Tacos on Broadway in Denver has liquor license suspended by Kieran Nicholson

Folks chowing down at the Torchy's Tacos eatery on Broadway near downtown Denver won't be able to wash down the spicy fare with beer, wine or cocktails.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 08:37PM

Appreciation: Max Stafford-Clark on William Gaskill by Max Stafford-Clark

In Russia, whether in formal post-show discussions or in dinner-table conversations, the first question one is often asked is: “What masters did you study under?” It has been my good for…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:04PM

TV EXCLUSIVE: Get A First Look At WAITRESS on Tour! by BroadwayWorld TV

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at WAITRESS on Tour Check out the cast in action in the video below

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PM

EXCLUSIVE: Get A First Look At WAITRESS on Tour - Opening Up in Cleveland Tonight! by Alan Henry

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive first look at WAITRESS on Tour Check out photos of the cast in action below

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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Movie review: “Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton” looks at the life and work ethic of a surfing star by The Washington Post

"Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton," the latest documentary from Rory Kennedy ("Last Days in Vietnam"), is partly the life story of Hamilton, widely considered the world's best big…

SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:49PM

British Director Left Theatre Company After Complaints of 'Inappropriate Behvior' by BroadwayWorld

It seems Max Stafford-Clark, who stepped down from Out of Joint earlier this autumn, did not do so just 'to focus on his international freelance career,' as previously reported. According to…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:33PM

Of Kith and Kin, Bush Theatre, review - comic but confused gay surrogacy drama by Aleks.sierz

New play about gay parenthood suffers from an identity crisisA new baby is like an alien invasion: it blows your mind and it colonises your world. For any couple, parenthood can be both exal…

SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:12PM

Fire by Sandi Durell

  by Carole Di Tosti         The Triangle Waist Company fire which occurred 25 March, 1911 will go down in New York City history as one of the most egregious examples of neg…

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:06PM

Theater Review: A Rousing “Enemy of the People” at Yale Rep by Bill Marx

An invigorating staging of Henrik Ibsen's still pertinent play about spinelessness up and down the political spectrum.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:04PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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October 24 Talkback with ALTA Chicago and Teatro Línea de Sombra by Bt

Tuesday, October 24, immediately following the 8:00 p.m. performanceThe company of Amarillo joins the Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists (ALTA Chicago) for a conversation around ethnographic…

SOURCE: Collective Leverage at 06:54PM

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Charles Busch by Broadway.com

Charles Busch stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about his upcoming show at Feinstein's/54 Below and more with Paul Wontorek.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PM

The Broadway.com Show: Behind the Scenes at a Wicked Photo Shoot by Broadway.com

Go behind the scenes with Wicked stars Jackie Burns and Amanda Jane Cooper as they get glam for the camera. 

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PM

The Broadway.com Show: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty on Creating Once On This Island by Broadway.com

Once on This Island songwriters Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty share their memories of creating the show & what to expect from the Broadway revival.

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PM

Marsha Stephanie Blake on STUFFED by Mary-Anne Wright

STUFFED at the Westside Theater is a new show dealing with serious issues in a fun way. I met with...Continue Reading The post Marsha Stephanie Blake on STUFFED appeared first on BroadwaySel…

SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 06:42PM

Charles Busch: My Kinda 60’s by Sandi Durell

    by Steve Nardoni   Feinstein’s/ 54 Below, whether by design or not, seems to attract wonderful artists who are so comfortable in this supper club/cabaret that they blossom. …

SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 06:42PM

It’s a newspaper parking garage. It’s also an art gallery

More than 150 muralists and street artists descended Saturday on The Sacramento Bee’s parking garage for Wide Open Walls’ Street Art Mural Jam. Artists, food trucks and loud pop music &#…

SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:23PM

Mandy Gonzalez by Billboard

The star of In the Heights and Hamilton talks about her career and her new album, Fearless.

SOURCE: play.acast.com at 06:00PM

'Hamilton' tickets set to go on sale this week by James Hebert

“Hamilton” fans, here comes your shot.The smash-hit Broadway musical’s touring presenter has just announced that tickets to the show’s much-anticipated Jan. 6-28 engagement at the Sa…

SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:00PM

Theater News: Roundabout Theatre Company Extends Too Heavy for Your Pocket

Jiréh Breon Holder's drama is directed by Margot Bordelon.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM

Video Flash: The Prince of Egypt Unleashes Musical Miracles in New Footage

The production runs at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 5pm (Broadway Time)
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Mirga meets an old master at Disney Hall by Mark Swed

When Gidon Kremer has a farsighted cause, it is wise to pay close attention. Over an uncompromising half-century career, the Latvian violinist and one of the last of the legendary artists to…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 05:55PM

After Weinstein, our trauma has turned to rage. Let's use it | Steph Harmon by Steph Harmon

#MeToo has women sharing their stories of sexual violence. Is this a social media blip or can it really be a watershed moment? As I walked home through Melbourne last Friday night, two men h…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PM

Wicked Stars Jackie Burns and Amanda Jane Cooper on Glitter, Getting Green & Their Every Night Halloween Party by Paul Wontorek

For close to 14 years, the blockbuster Wicked has been bringing together big-belting divas and funny ingenues in its leading roles, creating magic with the power of two. Current stars Jackie…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PM

Too Heavy for Your Pocket Extends Roundabout Underground Run by Andy Lefkowitz

Jiréh Breon Holder's new play Too Heavy for Your Pocket, currently debuting with the Roundabout Underground program, has been extended by one week. Originally slated for an engagement …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PM

The Broadway.com Show: Cher, Wicked, Uma Thurman, Ben Platt & More by Broadway.com

The latest buzz on Angels in America, Carousel, Wicked's leading ladies, Love Never Dies' tour star and more!

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:42PM

A Fucking Limping Paradox: Thomas Ostermeier’s Richard III at BAM by Nick Anderson

A white light emits from the mouth of a vintage Shure Unidyne microphone dangling from the ceiling on what looks like an electric vine with various twists and hooks adorned. When Richard com…

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:36PM

British Theatre Director Faces Allegations of Inappropriate Behavior by Olivia Clement

Max Stafford-Clark, former artistic director of London’s Royal Court, is at the center of an emerging controversy.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PM

Watch Clips from World Premiere of The Prince of Egypt Musical by Ryan McPhee

The stage adaptation continues through November 5 in Mountain View, California.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PM

Lisa Lampanelli praises understudy after Nikki Blonsky exits play by Christine Burroni

"She saved our f--kin' ass" Lampanelli said to audience.

SOURCE: pagesix.com at 05:18PM

RTC's TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET Extends, Will Offer Special Shows for NYC Students by BroadwayWorld

Roundabout Theatre Company has announced a one-week extension to the Roundabout Underground production of Too Heavy For Your Pocket by Jireh Breon Holder now through November 26, 2017. The e…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:18PM

Don’t Miss the Monteverdi Choir’s Last White Light Festival Performance by Eileen Willis

The renowned ensemble presents Monteverdi’s surviving opera October 21 as part of the Lincoln Center fest.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PM

Too Heavy for Your Pocket Extends Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The world premiere from Jiréh Breon Holder shines new light on the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights era.

SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PM

Theater News: The Lorax and More on Tap for San Diego's Old Globe Next Summer

The Dr. Seuss story comes to the stage in a new adaptation from London.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Concert Review: Haim Light Up L.A.’s Greek Theatre With Homecoming Show by Jem Aswad

“We’re three sisters from the Valley playing the Greek,” marveled Este Haim, one-third of the sisterly trio bearing their last name. “I’m ‘Stone Cold’ Steven Austin when it com…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:57PM

See Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kamala Harris, and More at the Opening Night of Time Alone, Starring Tonya Pinkins by Marc J. Franklin

The world premiere by Alessandro Camon, directed by Bart DeLorenzo, is the inaugural production of Los Angeles’ Belle Rêve Theatre Company.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:51PM

Minima Dramatica: The Tyranny of Space by Julian Mesri

The question, in the end, is how much we value space in this city. For people able to afford exorbitant rents, exorbitant theater prices are logical.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:36PM

How One Chicago Actor Is Doing Her Part as an Activist by Adam Hetrick

The artists’ podcast is launching a new initiative that will focus on artists who are also activists.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PM

“The Meyerowitz Stories,” “Only the Brave”: What to See in Theatres This Weekend by Anthony Lane

Anthony Lane and Richard Brody review movies currently in theatres, including “The Meyerowitz Stories,” “Only the Brave,” “Wonderstruck,” and “Marshall.”

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 04:32PM

Kathleen Marshall Will Direct Much Ado About Nothing at the Old Globe by Andrew Gans

Two other productions have also been announced for the 2018 summer season, which also includes Dr. Seuss' The Lorax.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PM

Review: ‘Little Women’ at American Univeristy by Amy Kotkin

Louisa May Alcott’s evergreen tale of female fortitude and family virtues beams its inspiring message once again at American University’s lovely new production of Little Women, the music…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:11PM

The future of history theatre: avoiding conflict by including everyone’s voice by J. Kelly Nestruck

Ten playwrights of different backgrounds and languages come together to produce a play about Gabriel Dumont that pleases, puzzles and provokes through wildly shifting forms

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:09PM

Stagecraft: Anna Ziegler, author of “The Last Match” by Jan Simpson

The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. Guest: Anna Ziegler …

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 04:07PM

Ghosts, Gatorade and More! Anastasia's John Bolton & Caroline O'Connor Tell All in Never Have I Ever by Broadway.com

Never Have I Ever is back and kicks off this season with Anastasia's John Bolton & Caroline O'Connor.  Never Have I Ever  is available online! Use Promo…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM

Odds & Ends: Dates Set for 2017 Broadway Cares Gypsy of the Year Competition & More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Dates Set for 29th Annual Gypsy of the Year Competition Broadway's brightest will celebrate six weeks of dedicated fund…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PM

Video Flash: Jason Alexander Returns to the Stage in The Portuguese Kid

Sherie Rene Scott and Mary Testa also star in John Patrick Shanley's new play.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Screening Will Feature Talkback With Chita Rivera by Andrew Gans

The evening will benefit The United Palace of Culture Arts in Washington Heights.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PM

Norm Lewis, Jennifer Nettles and More to Join Lea DeLaria in Concert at Birdland by BroadwayWorld

Lea DeLaria is coming to Birdland Jazz Club this month - October 24-28 Tuesday-Saturday at 830PM and 1100PM - featuring several special guests.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM

VIDEO: HAMILTON's James Monroe Iglehart, Lexi Lawson and More Chat with Google by BroadwayWorld

Members of Broadway's HAMILTON cast, including James Monroe Iglehart Marquis de LafayetteThomas Jefferson, Lexi Lawson Eliza Hamilton, Anthony Lee Medina John LaurensPhilip Hamilton and Joan…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PM

Governor Cuomo Outlaws Use of Elephants for Entertainment by Reggie Ugwu

The New York governor signed a bill that is the latest salvo in a growing movement to preserve the animals.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24PM

Review: Ken Urban’s ‘A Guide for the Homesick’ Digs Deep and Packs An Emotional Wallop by Doug Hall

By Doug Hall, Contributing Writer, October 20, 2017 A “rising star” in theater, and HP Fellow, Ken Urban continues his successful momentum in Boston with the current premiere of his lat…

SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 03:23PM

USITT Announces Winners of 2017 Distinguished Achievement Awards by American Theatre Editors

7 individuals, including Santo Loquasto and Liz Covey, have been recognized by the USITT for their work in theatre technology and design.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:18PM

Off-Broadway's Immersive KPOP Campaigning for Cast Album by BroadwayWorld

Ars Nova, along with Ma-Yi Theater and Woodshed Collective, is presenting the world premiere of KPOP until tomorrow, October 21. The high-octane immersive event that gives audiences a backst…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PM

Jessica Stone's BAREFOOT IN THE PARK, Kathleen Marshall-Helmed TEMPEST and More Set for The Old Globe's 2018 Summer Season by BroadwayWorld

The Old Globe today announced the additional productions in its 2018 Summer Season, including the classic Neil Simon comedy Barefoot in the Park directed by Jessica Stone Ken Ludwig's Robin …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PM

VIDEO: See Margo Seibert and More in New Teaser for TAMAR OF THE RIVER Reunion at Feinstein's/54 Below by BroadwayWorld

Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Tamar of the River Reunion Concert on November 1, 2017 at 930pm. Watch a brand-new teaser for the show below

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PM

VIDEO: Andrew Lloyd Webber Shares Why LOVE NEVER DIES Launched in Detroit by BroadwayWorld

The national tour of Love Never Dies is currently in performances at the Fisher Theatre in Detroit, MI, where it will play through October 29, 2017. The official tour opening is next week, O…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:06PM

The Disappeared: A Review of Amarillo at Teatro Línea de Sombra by Irene Hsiao

This co-presentation with Chicago Shakespeare Theater marks the highest profile debut of the inaugural Chicago International Latino Theater Festival.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PM

Livestreaming Belarus Free Theatre's performance of Burning Doors at La MaMa, New York—Sun, Oct 22, 2017 by HowlRound

By HowlRound TV. La MaMa in New York City presents Belarus Free Theatre 's performance of Burning Doors livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network at howlr…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:00PM

Theater News: BroadwayCon Announces Three New Panels Exploring Diversity in Theater

The Broadway-themed conference will take place January 26-28 at the Jacob Javits Center.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM

Theater News: Plans Announced for BC/EFA's 2017 Gypsy of the Year

Broadway favorite Seth Rudetsky returns to host the annual fundraiser.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM

TV News: Behind-the-Scenes Look at Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Almost Like Praying" Set to Air on NBC

The single benefits the relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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THE HONEYMOONERS at Paper Mill Playhouse by Laura

If you want to celebrate 'The Honeymooners," I would suggest YouTube.

SOURCE: showbuzznyc.com at 02:48PM

Nine Neighborhood Murals Chosen For Hartford Paint The City by Susan Dunne

Nine artists have been chosen to paint murals in nine locations throughout Hartford as part of the municipal Hartford Paint the City project. The selections, the result of a public vote, are…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:48PM

Off-Broadway Review: "Lonely Planet" at the Keen Company at the Clurman at Theatre Row by David Roberts

Despite the outstanding performances of Arnie Burton and Matt McGrath, the revival of Steven Dietz’s “Lonely Planet,” currently running at the Keen Company at the Clurman at Theatre Ro…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:41PM

Dangereuse: ‘Emilie’ by Lauren Gunderson at WSC Avant Bard by Sophia Howes

Emilie Our Contemporary Emilie du Châtelet, scientist, mathematician, lover of Voltaire, genius, is a perfect example of the power of women in the 18th century and today. Many of the chall…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:38PM

Lost And Adrift In The ‘Hood: The Mighty Gents At AHCAC by Bill Hirschman

The Mighty Gents is a poignant moving tale worthy of a Greek tragedy except that the protagonists are members of a street gang from the mid-1960s, emotionally, economically and sociologicall…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 02:36PM

Friday Playlist: This One’s For the Girls Star Traci Bair Shares Her Favorite Female Showtunes

This One’s For the Girls star Traci Bair shares some of her favorite female showtunes.

SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:29PM

Orange Is the New Black Star Lea DeLaria Welcomes Guest Performers for Her Birdland Series in NYC by Robert Viagas

Rachel Bay Jones, Jennifer Nettles, Sandra Bernhard, and more will fly into Birdland with DeLaria.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PM

Max Stafford-Clark: ‘We’ve played to the worst houses we’ve ever had’ by Matt Trueman

With cuts in funding, safer programming, shrinking audiences, new writing is the first casualty in this vicious circle. The Out of Joint founder says something has to changeMax Stafford-Clar…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PM

Theatre director Max Stafford-Clark was ousted over inappropriate behaviour by Alexandra Topping

Exclusive: Out of Joint founder was forced out in September after formal complaint that he made lewd comments to a female member of staffOne of the most influential directors in British thea…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24PM

Facebook Needs To Explain Its Problem With A Sondheim Ad by Howard Sherman

As investigations into political tampering with the 2016 US election on Facebook have made headlines and perhaps spurred corporate introspection, one would hope that the company is in the pr…

SOURCE: www.artsintegrity.org at 02:22PM

Photo Flash: Nadine Sierra, Laurel Harris, Mary-Louise Parker, Renee Fleming and More Attend Sing for Hope's 11th Annual Gala by BroadwayWorld

On Monday, October 16, Sing for Hope held its 11th annual Sing for Hope Gala, uniting New York's philanthropic and cultural leaders for a magical evening in support of the organization's pro…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PM

BWW Exclusive: Ken Fallin Draws the Stage - Michael Urie in TORCH SONG by Ken Fallin

BroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:18PM

Review: The ASO deftly stretches its musical palette under conductor Ludovic Morlot by Mark Gresham

On Thursday evening at Symphony Hall, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performed music by Bernstein, Prokofiev, Dutilleux and Ravel, led by guest conductor Ludovic Morlot and with violinist Ra…

SOURCE: artsatl.com at 02:17PM

The Band From Bandstand Strikes Out on Its Own, With Laura Osnes by Robert Viagas

The Donny Nova Band Featuring “Julia Trojan” plans November 27 concert at Birdland.

SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PM

Globe announces 'Barefoot,' 'Tempest' and more for summer season by James Hebert

Dr. Seuss, Mr. Shakespeare and some budding playwright named Neil Simon make for the dynamic (if unlikely) trio behind the Old Globe Theatre’s just-announced 2018 summer season. The four-p…

SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 02:00PM

Theater News: Duncan Macmillan's People, Places & Things, Starring Denise Gough, Extends at St. Ann's

Jeremy Herrin directs the drama, which comes to America following a West End engagement.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Carrie Coon, at the top of her game, returns to the stage where it all began by Charles McNulty

After acclaim for HBO's "The Leftovers" and an Emmy nomination for FX's "Fargo," Carrie Coon talks about returning to the stage to star in Amy Herzog's "Mary Jane" off-Broadway at New York T…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:55PM

Diana Oh Is a Fierce Feminist Who Rocks Out in Her Underwear by Sara Holdren

There are a few things Diana Oh doesn’t have time for these days. Notably: assholes and subtlety. A few days ago, I saw Oh — a multitalented dynamo of a performer — in full command of …

SOURCE: Vulture at 01:44PM

BC/EFA's GYPSY OF THE YEAR to Return This December by BroadwayWorld

Broadway's brightest will celebrate six weeks of dedicated fundraising in a spectacular showcase of songs and skits when the 29th Annual Gypsy of the Year competition returns at 430 pm Monda…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:33PM

Theatre News: Cast announced for Theatre Royal Stratford East's Rapunzel

The pantomime will be directed by the venue's associate director Pooja Ghai

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:33PM

Equity Announces Major Change to Membership Candidacy Program

On Tuesday, the nation’s union for stage actors and stage managers, Actors’ Equity Association, announced a change to their Equity Membership Candidacy program (EMC). The stateme…

SOURCE: Backstage at 01:30PM

A Definitive Ranking of YouTube's 22 Best Versions of Stephen Sondheim's Follies Showstopper "I'm Still Here"

Get ready to laugh and cry to 22 performances of Follies' anthem "I'm Still Here".

SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:27PM

2017 Gypsy of the Year Competition Sets December Dates by Robert Viagas

The annual fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will be held at the New Amsterdam Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM

Previously Announced Broadway Revival of Singin’ in the Rain Shelved by Adam Hetrick

Harvey Weinstein had optioned the Théâtre du Châtelet production, which was to star Derek Hough.

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:06PM

Crazy For You

Tue, November 7 thru Sun, December 31 @ Signature Theatre, presented by Signature Theatre -- Beloved songs meet sensational dance in the ultimate feel-good Tony Award®-winning musical co…

SOURCE: Culture Capital at 01:04PM

Ladies Night: Some Excellent Fortune

Fri, November 3 @ Folger Shakespeare Library, presented by Folger Theatre

SOURCE: Culture Capital at 01:04PM

The Last Night of Ballyhoo

Wed, November 29 thru Sun, December 31 @ Theater J, presented by Theater J

SOURCE: Culture Capital at 01:04PM

Veterans Day at the Library: An American Soldier’s Journey Home: The Diary of Irving Greenwald

Sat, November 11 @ Library of Congress, presented by Library of Congress -- This powerful one-man show follows the journey of soldier Irving Greenwald in World War I from training to the tre…

SOURCE: Culture Capital at 01:04PM

Veterans Day at the Library; The American Soldier

Sat, November 11 @ Library of Congress, presented by Library of Congress -- A one-man dramatic production that reveals the struggles American soldiers face at war and explores the bravery an…

SOURCE: Culture Capital at 01:04PM

BWW's Richard Ridge to Chat with Chita Rivera at CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Gala Screening by BroadwayWorld

On Sunday, November 19th, the United Palace of Cultural Arts will host their annual fundraising movie gala, celebrating the theater's abundant history and recent reawakening with a special s…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM

Lillias White to Lead TEXAS IN PARIS at the Eisemann Center by BroadwayWorld

Eisemann Center Presents continues the Theatre Series with the production Texas in Paris, a musical by Dallas' own Alan Govenar, based on true events, starring Tony Award winner Lillias Whit…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM

Broadway-Bound CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD, Aaron Tveit, Lora Lee Gayer & More Among 2017 Berkshire Theatre Award Nominees by BroadwayWorld

The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association has announced the nominees for the Second Annual Berkshire Theatre Awards, known colloquially as The Berkies.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM

Musical Comedy ‘The Prom’ Sets Broadway Run for November 2018 by Gordon Cox

Broadway musicals are already beginning to line up for next season, with comedy “The Prom” now signed up to hit New York in a production that opens in November 2018 following a 2016 debu…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:04PM

BWW Looks Back at SHE LOVES ME Revival in Honor of Tonight's PBS Debut! by Emily Bruno

We cannot wait to watch the 2016 Revival of SHE LOVES ME tonight on PBS at 9pm We have anxiously been awaiting to see our favorite performances, from Ilona's iconic split done perfectly by …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM

Gina Rodriguez to Produce Female-Driven Drama From ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Team at CW (EXCLUSIVE) by Joseph Otterson

Gina Rodriguez has signed on to executive produce a female-driven drama in development at The CW, Variety has learned exclusively. The potential series, titled “Femme,” follows …

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM

SON OF A PREACHER MAN – Touring ★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Dusty Springfield fans will love Son of a Preacher Man as the 60s return with Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood on both direction and choreographic duties. Just don’t hold your breath for…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at noon (Broadway Time)
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People, Places & Things Extends Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The acclaimed production from London, now in previews at St. Ann’s Warehouse, adds two more weeks.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PM

Celebrate National Chocolate Day with the Cast of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY! by BroadwayWorld

What could be more scrumpdiddlyumptious than making chocolate with the cast of the smash hit Broadway musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in an exclusive private class at NYC's Institu…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:53PM

Kander & Ebb's The Rink Will Skate Back to London in 2018 by Andy Lefkowitz

The short-lived (but much loved) 1984 musical The Rink will make a London return in 2018. The show, which features a book by Terrence McNally and a Tony-nominated score by John Kander a…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. & Mark Ruffalo to Lead Our Town Benefit Reading at Atlanta's Fox Theatre by Broadway.com

The John Gore Organization is proud to announce a special benefit reading of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at Atlanta’s iconic Fox Theatre on November 6. The reading will feature To…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

Culturalist Challenge! Rank the Top 10 Best Broadway Halloween Costumes of 2017 by Lindsey Sullivan

The Broadway.com staff is crazy for Culturalist, the website that lets you choose and create your own top 10 lists. Every week, we’re challenging you with a new Broadway-themed topic t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM

Strength in Numbers? by American Theatre Editors

When 5 Atlanta theatres joined to fundraise, they faced familiar roadblocks and found new avenues.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:42PM

Evan Parker, Mat Maneri and Lucian Ban in London — scrapes, scampers and ululations

The trio performed an evening of through-improvised music at the Vortex Jazz Club

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Theatre History Pioneer Betty Corwin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award by Olivia Clement

The League of Professional Theatre Women will honor the founder and former director of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PM

Diversity in criticism conference – in quotes by The Stage

Earlier this week, campaign group Act for Change and The Stage hosted a conference exploring diversity in criticism, discussing the landscape today,

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:33PM

National Ballet’s Siphesihle November makes choreographic debut with Majid Jordan show by Martha Schabas

The 19-year-old ballet dancer was recruited to choreograph a performance for the R&B duo at the 3 Days in Toronto festival

SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:32PM

In the Moment: ‘Jazz4Justice’ at Center for the Arts by David Siegel

Hardy, inspiring community engagement is vital for the continuing health of the performing arts. That is a given. With challenging times for arts funding; the changes in the acceptance of th…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:31PM

Louis C.K. Stars In His Woody Allen-Inspired ‘I Love You, Daddy’

Louis C.K. transitions from the small to big screen with his upcoming feature, “I Love You, Daddy,” which just released a first trailer. Shot entirely in black and white (winking…

SOURCE: Backstage at 12:30PM

Kenneth MacMillan: A National Celebration review at Royal Opera House, London by Rachel Elderkin

Kenneth MacMillan is known as a master storyteller. But even a plotless one-act ballet like Concerto shows how skilled a choreographer the

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Tony Nominee Michael Cumpsty Will Direct The Importance of Being Earnest by Andrew Gans

Casting has been announced for the Two River Theater production of the Oscar Wilde classic.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:13PM

Photo Coverage: Lisa Lampanelli and Friends Celebrate STUFFED! by Jennifer Broski

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli's new play, Stuffed, officially opens Off-Broadway this fall in a new production at the Westside Theatre Downstairs, 407 West 43rd Street, following a limited NYC ru…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PM

Tony Winner Sophie Okonedo Signs On for Third Installment of HELLBOY Franchise by BroadwayWorld

Broadway's Sophie Okonedo has signed on for the third installment of the HELLBOY movie franchise. Brian Gleeson and Alistair Petrie have also been cast in the project

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PM

Podcast Roundup: Check out the Best of BroadwayWorld's Podcast Coverage for the Week! 'OHenry Report,' 'Broadwaysted,' 'Little Known Facts,' and More! by Matt Tamanini

Here at BroadwayWorld, we love podcasts So, starting today, we are going to be rounding up the best episodes of our favorite theatrical podcasts every week, so you can find them all in one p…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PM

Sherman Brothers' New Musical LEVI! to Make World Premiere in Los Angeles by BroadwayWorld

The Los Angeles City College LACC Theatre Academy and Kritzerland Entertainment present the world premiere of LEVI, a classic fit new musical based on the life of Levi Strauss, with a book b…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PM

Don't Miss Your Last Chance to Buy One Ticket & Get Another for $10 to WAITRESS! Just Until 11/2! by Contests - Broadway

BUY ONE AND GET ONE FOR 10 OFFER FOR WAITRESS ON BROADWAY Waitress tells the story of Jenna, an expert, small-town pie maker at Joe's Pie Diner, who dreams of a way out of her loveless marri…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PM

Memory Palace: A Review of Tangles and Plaques at The Neo-Futurists by Danielle Levsky

The latest mainstage production from The Neo-Futurists seeks to demystify and deepen our collective understanding of dementia.

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PM

Theater News: Scarlett Johansson and Her Avengers Costars to Lead Our Town Benefit Reading

The one-night-only event will take place in Atlanta.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM

Theater News: Chicago's Second City to Perform at Berkeley Rep

The Second City's Dysfunctional Holiday Revue will run throughout December.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM

Photo Flash: Revival of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Opens Off-Broadway

The Second Stage Theater production starring Michael Urie is directed by Moisés Kaufman.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PM

VENUS IN FUR – West End by Ian Foster

In Natalie Dormer and David Oakes' hands, directed by Patrick Marber, the continual fluctuations in the relationship between actor and director, man and woman, sub and dom, are gripping thro…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Seth Rudetsky Deconstructs Patti LuPone’s ‘Buenos Aires’ From Evita by Ruthie Fierberg

Watch Rudetsky break down Andrew Lloyd Webber’s genius melodies, Tim Rice’s intricate rhymes schemes, and LuPone’s crazy range.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AM

Review: ‘Lonely Planet’ Spins But Never Soars by Jil Picariello

By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, October 20, 2017 There’s something off about Lonely Planet. This play should sear and burn, should leave you choking for air. And maybe it did, when Stev…

SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 11:48AM

Lesli Margherita, Margo Seibert & More Will Rock the Vote at Feinstein's/54 Below by BroadwayWorld

On November 6, Broadway Celebrates Awareness of Women's Suffrage BCAWS and an all-star cast will commemorate the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in New York State at Fei…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AM

BD Wong to Helm Ogunquit Playhouse's NYC Reading of MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS Musical by BroadwayWorld

The Ogunquit Playhouse has announced Mr. Holland's Opus - A New Musical as the latest feature in its New Works Program.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AM

AUDIO: Barbra Streisand Talks Women's Rights & More with Alec Baldwin by BroadwayWorld

In the newest episode of Here's the Thing, a podcast hosted by Alec Baldwin, the actor visits the Malibu home of one of our most beloved stars- Barbra Streisand. Listen below as the duo has …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AM

Scarlett Johansson Assembles the Avengers for OUR TOWN Benefit Reading with Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo! by BroadwayWorld

The John Gore Organization has announced a special benefit reading of Thornton Wilder's classic play Our Town at Atlanta's iconic Fox Theatre on Monday, November 6, featuring Tony Award winn…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AM

HAMILTON's Mandy Gonzalez Releases Debut Album FEARLESS Today by BroadwayWorld

Broadway and TV star Mandy Gonzalez has released Fearless - her remarkable debut solo recording bridging pop and RampB - today, Friday, October 20 from East West Records.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AM

Michael Cumpsty to Direct THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Two River Theater by BroadwayWorld

Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, continues its 201718 Season with Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, di…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AM

BWW TV: Watch Highlights of Jason Alexander, Sherie Rene Scott & More in THE PORTUGUESE KID by BroadwayWorld TV

The Portuguese Kid is now in previews ahead of an October 24, 2017 opening night at MTC at New York City Center Stage I 131 West 55th Street. Performances began on September 19. The show r…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AM

Cast Complete for Bay Street Theater's Death of a Salesman by Andrew Gans

Joe Minutillo directs the limited engagement, which begins in November.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AM

Review: The Lady from the Sea at the Donmar Warehouse by Sally Hales

A full-on feminist call to action: Sally Hales reviews Elinor Cook's new adaptation of Ibsen. The post Review: The Lady from the Sea at the Donmar Warehouse appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.

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Douglas Carter Beane & Lewis Flinn to Workshop To Wong Foo Musical Adaptation by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn are at work on a musical adaptation of the 1995 film To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. The stage show, featuring a book…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM

Torch Song Returns! See Michael Urie, Harvey Fierstein & More Celebrate Opening Night by Lindsey Sullivan

Torch Song, a reboot of Harvey Fierstein's award-winning 1982 play Torch Song Trilogy, opened on October 19 at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theatre. Directed by Moises Kaufman, the prod…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM

Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr. & Mark Ruffalo to Lead Our Town Benefit Reading by Broadway.com

The John Gore Organization is proud to announce a special benefit reading of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at Atlanta’s iconic Fox Theatre on November 6. The reading will feature To…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AM

Great Gatsby explodes on to the Paris stage in a kitsch dance makeover

Dwight Rhoden’s production at the Folies Bergère has confetti and cabaret overtones

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Review: ‘Norma’ at The Metropolitan Opera and Live in HD by Steve Cohen

The new Metropolitan Opera production of Norma, which opened the company’s season, is the most intimate presentation of Vincenzo Bellini’s classic that I’ve ever seen. Norma is an impr…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:30AM

The Public Celebrates 50 Years of ‘Hair’ + More NYC Events 10/20–26

New York is the city that never sleeps, and with so many events and activities each week across all five boroughs, it can be hard to know what’s actually worthwhile. Here are the event…

SOURCE: Backstage at 11:30AM

La Traviata review at Theatre Royal, Glasgow – ‘a lavish revival’ by Thom Dibdin

Staged on Tanya McCallin’s lavish funereal set, David McVicar’s production of La Traviata, revived by Marie Lambert, gets straight to the tragedy of the courtesan

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AM

Baying for stage blood: meet theatre’s gore merchants by Gavin James Bower

From Shakespearean tragedies to slasher horrors, realistic stage blood is a must for shows that aim to shock, disgust and thrill. Industry

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:26AM

Scarlett Johansson and Avengers Co-Stars Will Star in Our Town Benefit Reading for Puerto Rico Relief by Ryan McPhee

The Atlanta reading, directed by Kenny Leon, will also feature Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, and Mark Ruffalo.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AM

Scarlett Johansson & ‘Avengers’ Mates Slate Puerto Rico Benefit by Jeremy Gerard

Scarlett Johansson and cast mates from the Avengers franchise will perform a benefit reading of Thornton Wilder's Our Town on November 6 at Atlanta's Fox Theatre. So far, Robert Downey Jr., …

SOURCE: Deadline at 11:20AM

Theatre company criticised over ‘insulting’ Cockney-themed immersive experience by Giverny Masso

A London theatre company has come under fire for mocking working-class culture with a £55-a-head Cockney-themed immersive Christmas supper club. Zebedee Theatre’s

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AM

Sophie Okonedo Joins Upcoming Hellboy Movie by Olivia Clement

The Tony winner and Oscar nominee is tapped to star in the third installment of the film franchise.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AM

Kristin Chenoweth Will Sing With Andrea Bocelli on Selected Tour Dates by Robert Viagas

The two will appear at NYC’s Madison Square Garden in December.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AM

Broadway Review: "Time and the Conways" at the American Airlines Theatre by David Roberts

“Time and the Conways” is a sensitive and courageous exploration of how time (the fourth dimension) teases the fifth dimension and the possibility of alternate universes where, as Alan (…

SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:10AM

Text of the Day: Labour of Love by Aleks Sierz

Text of the day: “Well, what’s happening is if you’re Northern, you’re getting butchered, it’s like Game of fucking Thrones.” The post Labour of Love app…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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NBC Goes Behind-the-Scenes of Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Almost Like Praying', 10/24 by BroadwayWorld

In support of continued Puerto Rico relief and recovery operations, NBC New York WNBC will air a special, behind-the-scenes look at the making of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit single Almost Lik…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AM

Photo Coverage: Lisa Lampanelli's STUFFED Celebrates Opening Night! by Jennifer Broski

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli's new play, Stuffed, officially opens Off-Broadway this fall in a new production at the Westside Theatre Downstairs, 407 West 43rd Street, following a limited NYC ru…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AM

Meera Syal Will Be Annie’s New Miss Hannigan in London Production by Ruthie Fierberg

The actor joins the company in November.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:40AM

Download: Norman — ‘stellar cast’

Richard Gere conjures an artfully sympathetic portrayal of an otherwise unlikeable stereotype

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Download: Fast & Furious 8 — ‘gear-grinding action’

Dreadlocked Charlize Theron flashes real steel as a cyberterrorist turning Vin Diesel against his own crew

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Download: Land of Mine — ‘sparse plot’

Martin Zandvliet’s film dramatises how German PoWs were forced to clear landmines to earn repatriation

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Living with the Gods, Radio 4 — filled with striking word-pictures and curious facts

The programmes span the globe in pursuit of works that deliver a sense of the numinous

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Review: This ‘Torch Song’ Still Blazes by Jil Picariello

By Jil Picariello, Theater Editor, October 20, 2017 A confession: I never saw the original Torch Song Trilogy, or the three separate plays that came before it. So I have nothing to compare i…

SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 10:33AM

Angèle David-Guillou: En Mouvement — ‘rewardingly dynamic’

From displacement to exhilaration, each track represents a movement in the musical sense of a coherent unit

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Jessie Ware: Glasshouse — ‘vocal theatrics’

A bossa nova-themed number and a soulful tribute to a lover are among the songs in the Londoner’s third record

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:28AM

Destroyer: Ken — ‘entertaining dream logic’

The collection features surreal lyrics, eccentric singing and wilfully unpredictable structures

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Various Artists: Even A Tree Can Shed Tears — ‘stranger and more idiosyncratic’

A compilation of Japanese folk-rock songs that range from Shiyabuya to Kansai

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:28AM

Mozart: Il sogno di Scipione — ‘youthful ebullience’

The virtuoso arias demand singers of agility, which Classical Opera’s cast supplies in abundance

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Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band: Adiós Señor Pussycat — ‘lugubrious but romantic’

The artist’s first album in over a decade includes a Velvet Underground-style trip into childhood recollections

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Riley: Shenanigans — ‘precisely conceived’

Four chamber pieces for varying instruments are a whirlwind of variety, jazzy, lyrical, skittish

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Schubert: Late piano sonatas — ‘peerless playing’

Performances by Krystian Zimerman are propulsive, alive to every detail, and full of subtle, gentle expression

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Antonio Sanchez: Bad Hombre — ‘tense and compelling’

The drummer develops his grasp of the cinematic with an atmospheric and imaginative solo recording

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Snapshot: ‘Instant Stories’ by Wim Wenders

A collection of Polaroids that acts as a behind-the-scenes visual diary

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:26AM

Paris has designs on buyers

Fiac focus in Paris; Pompidou takes saucy sculpture; Armory makes fairs more fair; Schumacher’s Ferrari at Sotheby’s

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:26AM

NBC 4 New York Will Air Special on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ’Almost Like Praying’ by Adam Hetrick

Jennifer Lopez, Gloria Estefan, Rita Moreno, Anthony Ramos, and more are featured on the single that is raising funds for Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Puerto Rico.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AM

Broadway Women Will Sing for Your Vote Election Eve by Robert Viagas

The benefit concert marks the centenary of women’s suffrage in New York State.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AM

Mark Shenton’s top 6 long-running West End shows by Mark Shenton

The news this week that Stomp is finally to stop banging its drum (and other random objects) after a 15-year West End

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:16AM

Read Reviews for Off-Broadway Revival of Torch Song by Olivia Clement

Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award-winning play returns to the New York stage starring Michael Urie.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AM

She Loves Me Airs on PBS October 20 by Ruthie Fierberg

The performance, originally filmed for the streaming service BroadwayHD, airs as part of the Great Performances series.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM

London Revival of The Rink Sets Dates at Southwark Playhouse by Andrew Gans

Adam Lenson will direct the John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally musical.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AM

Interview: Matt Doyle on Singing with The New York Pops and Why He Loves Taking Risks by Jose Solis

On October 27th, Matt Doyle will join guest star Ali Ewoldt to open the new season of The New York Pops. In 2017, Doyle has already delivered outstanding work as a swoon-worthy Anthony in Sw…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:00AM

HEISENBERG: The Uncertainty Principle – West End by Emily Garside

The idea of music existing "between the notes" seems to be the best description of Heisenberg. A bit like the principle from which it takes its name, that you cannot view a thing and observe…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
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Inside Opening Night For Torch Song Starring Michael Urie by Hannah Vine

Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award-winning play returns to the New York stage after 35 years.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AM

GRACE NOTES: Friday, October 20, 2017 by Susan Grace

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Theatre Time Review: "Lonely Planet" by Joseph Cervelli

Left this reviewer feeling cold and ambivalent. Review should appear in North Jersey Media newspapers next week and on northjersey.com

SOURCE: Theater Time at 09:48AM

The stage version of 'Shakespeare in Love' is a must-see delight by Patrick Maley | For Nj Advance Media

This clever and charming adaptation of the Oscar-winning movie is now playing at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey in Madison.

SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:40AM

New adaptation can feel uncertain, but this is still 'Dracula' for Halloween by Chris Jones

No “Dracula,” no “True Blood.” But Bram Stoker’s uber-vampire yarn still is centered on a creepy, fanged stalker who likes nothing more than to recruit an exposed female neck. How …

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:40AM

How Jason Robert Brown Keeps His SubCulture Residency Fresh 30 Concerts In and Counting by Ruthie Fierberg

Why audiences return month after month to each residency concert just to hear the Tony-winning composer in his artistic home.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AM

The Prom Will Suit Up & Sing Out on Broadway in 2018 by Andy Lefkowitz

Who's going to be your date? That's what theatergoers will be asking when the highly anticipated musical comedy The Prom debuts on Broadway! The new show from the creators …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:36AM

VIDEO: Elphabas Unite at the GREEN ELIXIR MIXER- Watch Highlights! by Stage Tube

On Monday October 16, 16 Wicked women gathered in song in The Green Room 42. The Green Elixir Mixer was a one night only concert featuring some of the most iconic actresses to have ever play…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AM

BWW Interview: CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND Star Vincent Rodriguez III Talks Hit Comedy & More by Caryn Robbins

Actor, singer and dancer Vincent Rodriguez III is best known for his role of Josh Chan in The CW comedy-drama series CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND. Today, the actor chats with BWW about tonight's epis…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AM

Bodies on the Edge: Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya’s Becoming Pentalogy by [email protected] (jdstokely)

By Ivan Talijancic, Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya. Multidisciplinary artist and cultural producer Ivan Talijancic interviews New York based duo Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya about LEIMAY…

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Classical CD Review: Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia plays Saint-Saëns by Jonathan Blumhofer

This is one of the year’s standout orchestral albums and it’s a special treat to catch the ensemble live on these shores so soon after its release.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:33AM

Theater: New and Noteworthy

New This Week Blood Wedding (Wilma Theater). A fiery 20th-century masterpiece by Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. Wednesday through Nov. 19.

SOURCE: Philly.com at 09:32AM

Rhod Gilbert: ‘The funniest heckle I’ve ever had? “Will you be long”’ by Harriet Gibsone

The Apprentice: You’re Fired host and comic on the things that make him laugh the mostMy answer changes every five minutes. Eddie Izzard on his Definite Article tour. Richard Pryor. Paul F…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM

Trois Grandes Fugues review at Sadler’s Wells, London – ‘illuminating’ by Neil Norman

Take three female choreographers and set them the challenge of interpreting the same piece of music in their own fashion. Beethoven’s Die

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:12AM

Review: ‘A Night with Janis Joplin’ at McCarter Theatre Center by Tim Dunleavy

Janis Joplin was a true original. But as the musical/tribute concert A Night with Janis Joplin proves, she didn’t just come out of nowhere. Joplin became a top star during the psychedelic…

SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:09AM

Jon Jon Johnson reveals his secrets to performing Tarot III by Jon Jon Johnson

Jon Jon Johnson is getting ready for the closing performance of Tarot Reading III on October 22, created by The Tarot Reading and based on the ancient Tarot cards. It’s a unique exper…

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:06AM

Photos: The week in pictures: 14 - 20 October

Stephen Fry, Kristin Chenoweth and a cheeky look at the Hamilton rehearsal room all make our top pics of the week

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Theatre News: Dusty UK tour dates announced

Venues and dates revealed for new musical about Dusty Springfield, starring Katherine Kingsley

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 09:06AM

The Improvised Shakespeare Company at Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles by Blouin Artinfo

One of the most critically acclaimed theatrical Improv troupe, the Improvised Shakespeare Company will be performing at Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles.The Improvised Shakespeare Company…

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Cristiana Pegoraro at Carnegie Hall, New York by Blouin Artinfo

Italian-born pianist Cristiana Pegoraro, a gold medal winner at the 2016 Global Music Awards, will be performing at the Carnegie Hall in New York.A piano prodigy, Cristiana has been acclaime…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:06AM

Marian Nixon: Star of the 20s and 30s by Trav S.D.

Screen actress Marian Nixon (Marian Nissinen, 1904-1983) was born on this day. Nixon began as a teenage vaudeville dancer, before landing her first walk-on in The Shriek of Araby (1923) with…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:04AM

‘The Prom’ Gets a Date for Broadway by Michael Paulson

The musical, about publicity-seeking performers who challenge small-town small-mindedness, will arrive in the 2018-19 season.

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The Threepenny Opera review at Octagon Theatre, Bolton – ‘standout performances’ by Chris Bartlett

Although its themes of corruption in high places and moral turpitude are perennially relevant, Brecht and Weill’s densely packed hybrid of opera

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:03AM

Livestreaming the 2017 Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City—Mon, Oct 23 2017 by [email protected] (thea)

By HowlRound TV. The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center in New York City presents 2017 Gilder/Coigney International Theatre Award: Adelheid Roosen, co-presented with the League of Professional T…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM

Livestreaming the Berkshire Leadership Summit at WAM Theatre in Lenox—Sat, Oct 28 - Sun, Oct 29 2017 by [email protected] (thea)

By HowlRound TV. WAM Theatre presents the Berkshire Leadership Summit livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Saturday, October 28 an…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM

‘Lonely Planet’ Revival Sparks Stars’ Recollections of Life During AIDS Crisis by Harry Haun

Actors Arnie Burton and Matt McGrath recall New York of the 1980s during the AIDS crisis, which they return to nightly in the Broadway revival of 'Lonely Planet'.

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00AM

Theater News: Casey Nicholaw to Direct and Choreograph The Prom on Broadway

The new musical is created by Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin, and Matthew Sklar.

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:00AM

Get your skates on: @AdamLenson directs Kander & Ebb's @TheRinkMusical at @swkplay

We can't wait to see how Southwark Playhouse is transformed for the first major London revival of Kander & Ebb's THE RINK. Adam Lenson will direct the new production next May, twenty years a…

SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:00AM

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN – West End ★★★★ by Jonathan Baz

Like The Producers before it, Young Frankenstein hails from a Brooks movie of some 40 years earlier with the veteran writer/director reframing the comedy-horror flick around his own composit…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM

Nightmare on 'Kaidan' street: Immersive theater project mines Japanese folk tales for weird spooks by Margaret Gray

It’s part haunted house, part art installation, part performance-art piece: The Rogue Artist Ensemble and East West Players’ immersive “Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin” unfolds in an…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM

The 99-Seat Beat: Ibsen's 'Enemy of the People' from a Chicana point of view by F. Kathleen Foley

Our weekly look at L.A.'s small-theater scene opens with a modern "eco-feminist" adaptation of "An Enemy of the People," Ibsen's classic about government corruption retold as the story of a …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM

Must she die? In Victory Theatre's funny 'Resolving Hedda,' an Ibsen character tries to defy fate by Daryl H. Miller

Henrik Ibsen: Ahead of his time. Father of modern drama. Often considered an early male feminist for confronting the constraints on women in the 19th century. The title character of one of h…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Morrissey at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York by Blouin Artinfo

As part of his tour to support his new studio album titled “Low in High School,” Morrissey will be performing at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York.Steven Patrick Morrissey…

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‘Office Hour’ at The Public Theater, New York by Blouin Artinfo

A tense, enlightening new drama by playwright Julia Cho “Office Hour” is being performing at The Public Theater in New York.In Cho’s new play, we follow the story of a teacher, Gina, a…

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"LCD Soundsystem" at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles by Blouin Artinfo

Celebrating their reunion as well as the first studio album in seven years, LCD Soundsystem will be performing at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.The American rock band LCD Soundsystem wa…

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Netflix's "One of Us" takes up the Jewish question by Blouin Artinfo

“One of Us” directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady that was released on Netflix addresses the problems of the orthodox Jewish community living in New York.The story concentrates on the…

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VIDEO: Counting down to When Midnight Strikes opening at Drayton Arms Theatre by Press Releases

British musical When Midnight Strikes, first seen at the Finborough Theatre in 2007, returns to the London fringe this month in a brand-new production running for a limited season at Drayton…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:51AM

Review: Squeamish at curtainup.com/ by Simon Saltzman

Alison Fraser in solo show that delves into dark behavior

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:48AM

Off Broadway Review: Harvey Fierstein’s ‘Torch Song’ With Michael Urie by Gordon Cox

In “Torch Song,” an affectionate if ill-considered revival of Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song Trilogy,” Michael Urie makes a brave but bizarre effort to channel the playwright’s o…

SOURCE: Variety at 08:43AM

Review: Torch Song at curtainup.com/ by Elyse Sommer

After almost half a century Harvey Fierstein's story about drag queen Arnold Beckoff's quest for a satisfying love and family life is dated, an artifact of gay history on stag…

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 08:42AM

VIDEO: Andrew Rannells Challenges Will to a 'Kiss Off' on WILL & GRACE by BroadwayWorld

Last night's episode of NBC's WILL amp GRACE titled 'Grandpa Jack' featured Broadway's Jane Lynch ANNIE, and Tony nominee Andrew Rannells FALSETTOS, HAMILTON, BOOK OF MORMON. Watch a clip be…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AM

Breaking: Get Your Date Now! THE PROM Will Dance to Broadway in 2018 by BroadwayWorld

Producers and co-Presidents of the Prom Committee Dori Berinstein and Bill Damaschke announced today that the hilarious new Broadway musical comedy THE PROM will officially open on Broadway …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AM

Season 8 Premiere of ‘The Walking Dead’ marks series’ 100th Episode by Blouin Artinfo

AMC’s “The Walking Dead” returns with a brand new season that will mark the series’ 100th episode.“The Walking Dead” is based on the long-running comic book by Robert Kirkman, wh…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:39AM

‘The Snowman’ at Electric Cinema, London by Blouin Artinfo

‘The Snowman’ will be screened at Electric Cinema (both Portobello and Shoreditch), London. The film is predominantly a crime thriller directed by Tomas Alfredson. It is a Universal Pict…

SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 08:36AM

BWW's On This Day - October 20, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

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Today on Broadway: Friday, October 20, 2017 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: BroadwayHD Announces Big Changes, Another Star Joins “Angels in America,” and this Week’s “Off the Stage” Schedule! “Today on Broadway” is a…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:30AM

Musical Comedy The Prom Will Open on Broadway in 2018 by Ryan McPhee

The New York bow of the Casey Nicholaw-helmed musical will follow a 2016 world premiere in Atlanta.

SOURCE: Playbill at 08:28AM

Book News: A New Novel From the Late Sam Shepard to Be Published in December by Alexandra Alter

Knopf will publish “Spy of the First Person,” which the actor and playwright wrote in the final months of his life.

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Your Week in Culture: Kendrick Lamar, Leonard Bernstein and Crime Scene Dioramas

Also the week of Oct. 22: Wooster Group channels voices from prison, Benjamin Millepied dances about architecture, and the Bernstein centennial celebration starts early.

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Lyon Opera Ballet: Trois Grandes Fugues review – breathtaking battles with Beethoven by Judith Mackrell

Sadler’s Wells, LondonIn a magisterial triple bill, Lucinda Childs, Maguy Marin and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker let us hear, see and feel the composer’s classic in exhilarating ways‘A c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM

Photo Coverage: Inside TORCH SONG Opening Night After Party by Walter McBride

Directed by Mois s Kaufman, Torch Song officially opened last night, October 19, at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater 305 West 43rd Street. BroadwayWorld was there on opening night and bring…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:19AM

Review: Bayadere – The Ninth Life at Sadler’s Wells by Anna Winter

Plenty to unpick: Anna Winter reviews Shobana Jeyasingh’s take on Marius Petipa’s La Bayadere. The post Review: Bayadere – The Ninth Life at Sadler’s Wells appeared first on Exe…

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Decline and Fall: ‘The Treasurer by Matthew Wexler

Playwright Max Posner chronicles the strained ties between a son and his aging mother, and the hell of a guilty conscience.

SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:12AM

Video: 'We should drop acid, not bombs': Elaine Paige and the original cast of Hair celebrate the show's 50th anniversary

The show opened in New York in 1967 before coming to the West End in 1968

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 08:12AM

Medea review at Wexford Opera House – ‘beset by problems’ by George Hall

The Wexford Festival made no secret of the fact that owing to the severe effects of hurricane Ophelia, the company lost the

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:10AM

Feature: Widening the Lens of Whose Looking Glass? by Charlotte Maxwell

It is no secret that theatre has a diversity problem and, that is a stew that only thickens when we look at the state of theatre criticism. At the end of 2016, it was reported that there wer…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:04AM

REVIEW ROUND-UP: The Seagull at the Lyric Hammersmith by Emma Clarendon

Anton Chekhov’s classic play The Seagull is brought to modern life in a new version, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Sean Holmes. It's running at London's Lyric Hammersmith until…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM

Playoff tickets at 'face value'? The Cubs have learned from 'Hamilton' by Chris Jones

“The thrill is gone?” read the headline on a Tribune story about playoff tickets at Wrigley Field going for “under face value.” True. Thanks to the Chicago Cubs’ poor performance i…

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Friday, October 20, 2017 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Chaim Soutine’s portraits make an exceptional show

An exhibition of works by the Russian-French painter reveals a triumph of imagination and empathy

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:55AM

‘I’m as mad as hell’: Lee Hall on bringing Network to the National Theatre

The playwright talks about working with Ivo van Hove and Bryan Cranston and explains why the 1976 movie resonates more than ever

SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:51AM

Mel Giedroyc to star in Much Ado About Nothing by Roda Musa

Rose Theatre Kingston in London has announced that Mel Giedroyc is to star in its production of Much Ado About Nothing, which

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:38AM

Sunday Routine: How Patrick Willingham, of the Public Theater, Spends His Sundays by Tammy La Gorce

The executive director of the theater, which is celebrating its 50th season on Lafayette Street, lives nearby. He irons, goes to church and has one — just one — Bloody Mary.

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‘I’ve got to get back to what I love doing’: Matt Johnson on his long-awaited comeback

The The’s vocalist talks about fame, family and the impetus for his return after 17 years

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BWW Morning Brief October 20th, 2017: SHE LOVES ME on PBS, A COMEDY OF TENORS, and More! by Danielle Ashley

Good morning, BroadwayWorld Today's big news SHE LOVES ME on PBS, A COMEDY OF TENORS, and more

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18AM

NEWS: Mel Giedroyc stars in Much Ado About Nothing for Rose Kingston’s ten-year anniversary by Press Releases

Rose Theatre Kingston announces the centrepiece of their ten-year anniversary: Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, starring Mel Giedroyc as Beatrice and directed by Simon Dormandy in a …

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:14AM

Photo Coverage: On the Opening Night Red Carpet for TORCH SONG at Second Stage by Walter McBride

Directed by Mois s Kaufman, Torch Song officially opened last night, October 19, at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater 305 West 43rd Street. BroadwayWorld was there on the red carpet and brin…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12AM

Antony Gormley looks back at a life in sculpture

The sculptor talks about a new book that spans his career

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The Songwriter/Performer/Band Leader You Need to Know All About Right This Minute: Shaina Taub by David Finkle

Shaina Taub. Shaina Taub. Shaina Taub. Mark the name. When radaring in on any new excitement gathering, there’s such a thing

SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:08AM

Torch Song Opened October 19 2017 by Simon Saltzman

Mercedes Ruehl and Micharel UriePhoto: Joan Marcus Torch Song by Harvey Fierstein is making a sentimental if not quite a sensational  return to its Off-Broadway roots. This time uptown. Ori…

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Fishskin Trousers review at Park Theatre, London – ‘rhapsodic’ by Ka Bradley

Three figures face the audience from a circle of pebbles, shells, dried seaweed and other sea debris. Mab (Jessica Carroll), clad in

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AM

Review: Lucy Light, Theatre N16 by A Younger Theatre

In a bedroom straight out of every noughties girl’s fantasy, best friends Jess (Georgia May Hughes) and Lucy (Bebe Sanders) dance to Atomic Kitten’s ‘The Tide is High’ to a backdrop …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AM

NEWS: 20 years after its West End, Kander & Ebb musical The Rink gets major revival at Southwark Playhouse by Press Releases

Twenty years after it was first seen in the West End, Kander and Ebb's Tony and Olivier Award-winning Broadway musical THE RINK will get its first major London revival in the new year at Sou…

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Great Comet’s Grace McLean Joins Jason Robert Brown at SubCulture October 22 by Robert Viagas

The actor joins the Tony-winning composer-lyricist for his ongoing artistic residency at the Greenwich Village cabaret.

SOURCE: Playbill at 07:01AM

TRYST – Tabard Theatre ★★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

Through both characters’ alternating monologues, the audience is given an insight into the harsh reality of George’s calculating, pathological agenda, juxtaposed against Adelaide’s inn…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Meera Syal to star in Annie by Roda Musa

Meera Syal is to join the cast of Annie for the duration of its run at London’s Piccadilly Theatre. She will take

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AM

Theatre News: Mel Giedroyc to star in Much Ado About Nothing at the Rose Theatre

The Bake Off presenter returns to the stage in Shakespeare's great comedy

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:54AM

TORCH SONG - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Zingy jokes, bits of shtick, and sight gags fly fast and furious during Torch Song, a trimmed-down revival of Harvey Fierstein's 1983 Tony Award-winning Torch Song Trilogy, which opened toni…

SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 06:42AM

NEWS: Meera Syal follows Craig Revel Horwood as Miss Hannigan to finish Annie’s West End run by Press Releases

Meera Syal will join the West End company of Annie to play the role of Miss Hannigan from 27 November 2017 for the duration of the run which concludes at London's Piccadilly Theatre, as prev…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:29AM

WATCH: Meera Syal takes over from Craig Revel Horwood in ANNIE - meet her Miss Hannigan

Just in time for Christmas: Meera Syal returns to the West End musical stage (who saw her in Bombay Dreams in 2004?) to follow in the footsteps of Craig Revel Horwood and Miranda Hart in ANN…

SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:29AM

Review: Happiness Ltd at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter by Emily Holyoake

A small-scale, contemporary rags-to-riches story: Emily Holyoake reviews Tom Nicholas's new play based around video games and depression. The post Review: Happiness Ltd at The Bike Shed Thea…

SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:25AM

Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 10/20 - THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, KINKT BOOTS, THE LITTLE MERMAID, and more! by Bww Special

BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…

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Eric Coble's world-premiere farce 'The Family Claxon' at Cleveland Public Theatre is a fun-house mirror for America (review) by Andrea Simakis

in 'The Family Claxon,' Eric Coble explores the current state of the America soul.

SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 06:00AM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Interviews: Kelle Bryan: ' It's amazing that Wings is my first job since I suffered a stroke'

The Eternal singer and actress Kelle Bryan is part of the cast of Wings, all of whom have experience of stroke

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:48AM

Theatre News: Meera Syal to play Miss Hannigan in Annie

The actor and comedian will take over the role from Craig Revel Horwood

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:48AM

Theatre News: Kander and Ebb's The Rink to open at Southwark Playhouse

Adam Lenson directs the first revival in 20 years of the Tony Award-winning musical

SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 05:48AM

Q&A with singer, songwriter and model Carla Bruni

‘Politics? It’s selfish but I couldn’t care less now my husband’s not involved’

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WATCH: Beverley Knight, Cassidy Janson & Amber Riley launch "Leading Ladies" supergroup

They're the leading ladies of the West End and now they're a supergroup! Beverley Knight, Amber Riley and Cassidy Janson have teamed up and will be releasing their first album this November.…

SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:00AM

Keegan-Michael Key’s Broadway Début by Michael Schulman

The comedian stars in “Meteor Shower,” a play by Steve Martin that combines marital friction and astronomical calamity.

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Friday, October 20, 2017 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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On the Couch with Ian Cleworth by Arts Review

Who is Ian Cleworth? Married, father of two boys… young men, actually, as I’m a grandfather-to-be sometime in the next 2 or 3 weeks! Plus, musician, composer, teacher, and Artistic Direc…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:50AM

I Am My Own Wife by Arts Review

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play, Black Swan State Theatre Company presents the WA premiere of Doug Wright’s I Am My Own Wife, currently playing at t…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:31AM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Venus in Fur at the Theatre Royal Haymarket by Rosemary Waugh

I mean, at least you’d have a woman’s voice... Adelaide Waldrop and Brendan Macdonald record their post-show discussion about David Ives' play. The post Review: Venus in Fur at the Theat…

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Bruce Springsteen Broadway Show Born to Run Through June and Tony Awards at $2 Mil Per Week by Roger Friedman

Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show is born to run– til June, if it must. That’s the best way for Bruce to ensure active Categories: Featured Theater(Read more...)

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:24AM

Put yourself inside “The Wild Party” with immersive Roaring Twenties musical at Stanley Marketplace by Joanne Ostrow, The Know

The event is a sensory explosion, complete with vintage Victrolas, stunning costumes and a seven-piece orchestra tucked away in a corner.

SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:24AM

LABOUR OF LOVE Noel Coward Theatre WC1 by Libby Purves and Friends

A LESSON IN POLITICS, HUMANITY AND LOVE     The joyful thing about James Graham is that for all the playwright’s youth, diamond wit and forensic insight, there is a deep humankin…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 03:17AM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Gateway Arch museum, visitors center to open in time for Fair St. Louis by Valerie Schremp Hahn St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Construction preview shows new entrance, several levels of interactive exhibits

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:42AM

Best Bets: Art Up Late, 'WWE Live,' 'Marvel Universe Live,' Needtobreathe by Go! Magazine Staff

Our staff picks the best things to do this week — with a look ahead.

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Additional Cast announced for The Rocky Horror Show by Arts Review

Give yourself over to absolute pleasure, and do the Time Warp again, as the producers of the world’s favourite rock and roll musical, Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show announc…

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:26AM

Alex Brightman Stars in THE UNPREDICTABLE TIMES Reading Tonight by BroadwayWorld

Tony Award Nominee Alex Brightman Dewey in School of Rock and Hillary Porter A Bronx Tale will star in an upcoming reading of Kevin Ray Johnson's The Unpredictable Times.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AM

Kathleen Turner Brings FINDING MY VOICE to Feinstein's at the Nikko This Weekend by BroadwayWorld

Stage and screen icon Kathleen Turner will bring her one-woman show, Finding My Voice, to Feinstein's at the Nikko for two performances only - tonight, October 20 8 p.m. and tomorrow, Octobe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AM

A COMEDY OF TENORS, Featuring Jennifer Cody, Opens Tonight at Pioneer Theatre Company by BroadwayWorld

Pioneer Theatre Company presents A Comedy of Tenors by Ken Ludwig, opening tonight October 20, 2017. The hilarious sequel to the Tony Award-winning 1989 comedy Lend Me a Tenor is directed by…

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SHE LOVES ME Kicks Off 'Broadway's Best' Lineup Tonight on PBS by BroadwayWorld

The critically-acclaimed Roundabout Theatre Company production of She Loves Me comes to THIRTEEN's Great Performances, tonight, October 20 at 9 p.m. check local listings as the opening prese…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AM

Angelina Fiordellisi Leads Reading of New Musical About Maria Montessori Today by BroadwayWorld

La Dottoressa, a new musical about the feminist, scientist, educator, mother and advocate for world peace, Maria Montessori, presents a reading at Lincoln Center today, October 20 at 3pm.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AM

BWW Review: Michael Urie and Mercedes Ruehl Sing Out Triumphantly in Harvey Fierstein's TORCH SONG by Michael Dale

'We opened for an eight-week limited engagement and could not give a ticket away for three weeks.' That's how Harvey Fierstein described the giant leap of faith that, in 1981, brought a t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AM

Starry New New Staging of RAGTIME Opens Tonight at The 5th Avenue Theatre by BroadwayWorld

The 5th Avenue Theatre is creating a rich and evocative new production of Ragtime, a tale of family, heart and perseverance at the turn of the 20th century that is a timely story about the i…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AM

Graphic Novel Rock Album MONSTERSONGS Out Today by BroadwayWorld

The Cutting Room has announced a live concert performance of Monstersongs on Monday, October 30 to celebrate Broadway Records' release of the original graphic novel rock album.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06AM

Howard Sherman: The case of The Prince of Egypt shows how raised voices can change the arts by Howard Sherman

Mentioned in passing at the end of this column last week was the opening of The Prince of Egypt, a new stage

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Friday, October 20, 2017 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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DON'T BE A DRAG, JUST BE A QUEEN by Brian Scott Lipton

Michael Urie carves his name into the theatrical firmament with this performance.

SOURCE: Theater News Online at 01:06AM

Stranger Things Cast Guess Who Could Save Barb by Young Hollywood

Stranger Things Cast Guess Who Could Save BarbThe Upside Down comes to San Diego as "Stranger Things" stars Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, David Harbour, and Season 2 newcomer Dacre Montgomery des…

SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM

Boo 2! Cast Plays Truth or Dare: Trick or Treat Edition by Young Hollywood

Boo 2! Cast Plays Truth or Dare: Trick or Treat EditionHappy Hallerween! We're in the YH Studio with the stars of 'Tyler Perry's Boo 2! A Madea Halloween', Brock O'Hurn, Lexy Panterra, Diamo…

SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AM
Friday, October 20, 2017 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Arthur Streeton: Blue and Gold by Arts Review

Celebrating Arthur Streeton’s contribution to the formation of an Australian identity, a new exhibition at the heritage South Australian property, Carrick Hill, Arthur Streeton: Blue and…

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The Arts on Stamps of the World —October 20 by Doug Briscoe

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

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:42AM

Go Inside the Opening Night of Lisa Lampanelli’s Stuffed by Marc J. Franklin

The production opened Off-Broadway October 19 at the Westside Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40AM

Off the Meter, On the Record  by Darryl Reilly

Set designer Charlie Corcoran ingeniously has the small stage’s walls adorned with sections of a yellow cab.  Off to the side is a piece containing the steering wheel from where McDonagh …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:24AM

Review: Punk (The New Colony) by Catey Sullivan

Between the distracting set design, the plot holes and the ultimately ineffective performances by the rest of the cast, The New Colony's world-premiere Punk is a weak endeavor. (review by Ca…

SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 12:12AM

Art and China After 1989 at the Guggenheim — disturbing and disorienting

A controversial New York show shot through with violence and studied ugliness

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Dance News: Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) To Release “And Still They Rose: The Legacy of Black Philadelphians in Ballet” This SUNDAY, by The Dance Enthusiast

Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) will release “And Still They Rose: The Legacy of Black Philadelphians in Ballet” this SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22nd 2017. The series highlights Joan Myers …

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

Dance News: Congratulations To Mikhail Baryshnikov Recipient Japan Art Association’s 2017 Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award by The Dance Enthusiast

Congratulations to Baryshnikov for being honored by Japan’s Prince Hitachi! At a ceremony in Tokyo on Wednesday, October 18th 2017, His Imperial Highness, honorary patron of the Japan Art …

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

Stage Checklist: 'Million Dollar Quartet' At Seven Angels; 'The Game' At Ivoryton by Christopher Arnott

After numerous tours through the state, not to mention club and concert appearances by members of the original New York cast, "Million Dollar Quartet" is now rocking the state's smaller thea…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM

Murder Mystery 'That Poor Girl And How He Killed Her' At CT Rep by Christopher Arnott

Connecticut theatergoers remember Jen Silverman from her Gothic pastiche "The Moors" at Yale Repertory Theatre in 2016. Her "Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties" premiered at Washington,…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:00AM

Dance News: Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) To Release “And Still They Rose: The Legacy of Black Philadelphians in Ballet” This SUNDAY, by The Dance Enthusiast

Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) will release “And Still They Rose: The Legacy of Black Philadelphians in Ballet” this SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22nd 2017. The series highlights Joan Myers …

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5 Playwrights Who Have Conquered Off-Broadway and London—But Not Broadway (Yet) by Logan Culwell-Block

Though they have not yet hit Broadway, these internationally-recognized theatre artists are people you need to know.

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