If you’re going to paint yourself into a corner, you might as well use the broadest brush available, and splatter the viewer while you’re at it. This was the operative philosophy of Craz…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:37PMNeil LaBute may be out at Off-Broadway's MCC Theater, but William Roth of the St. Louis Actors' Studio says that, as of now, things are fine between the Central West End company and the play…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:32PMGrace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami is a fascinating documentary about a consummate performer with an idiosyncratic personality.
Statuesque, with a naturally superb physique and dramatic bone …
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 09:09PM“What a queen!” exclaimed Aline Brosh McKenna, the co-creator of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and director of the show’s season-three finale, as she gazed at Donna Lynne Champlin, dressed in si…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00PMIn November, Rachel Bloom, the co-creator and star of the CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, had trouble breathing during the table read for the final episode of the show’s third season. By the t…
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: three people walk into a bar where they are known by the drinks they order. Only in Kate Benson’s new play "[Porto]," the unnamed bar is in a gen…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:29PMSome references in Jez Butterworth's play about the state of England didn't register, but its magical realism fits well on the otherworldly set created inside Toronto’s Streetcar Crowsnest.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:24PMWho knew a game of chess could be so rock ’n roll? Or so sexy? Or set off rumblings of nuclear war? The semi-staged concert version of Chess, the 1984 rock opera playing a short run at the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:24PMLoosely based on Ibsen's tragic heroine in A Doll's House, this is a sad, thought-provoking take on the lives of refugees forced to adjust their lives and expectations.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:21PMThe post A Walk in the Woods appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.
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Martha Plimpton isn’t letting Presidents Day go by quietly. Monday at 7 p.m., the star of film, TV and theater (“Goonies,” “The Good Wife,” “A Delicate Balance”) will salute ou…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:49PMSix monologues about extreme emotions offer trips to outer space and dystopiaMonologues are very much the flavour of the start of this theatrical year. At the Royal Court, we have Carey Mull…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:30PMDynamic showcases the best of Broadway and movie musical numbers choreographed by our own talented directors and special guest artists including Broadway and film actress and New York choreo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:27PMJosh Groban announced on Twitter tonight that he and Tony Award-winner, Idina Menzel, will be hitting the road 'soon'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMKim Coates, the Saskatoon-born actor, takes on the challenging lead role after a 25-year absence from the stage – and quickly shows he hasn’t lost his live-performing chops.
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 06:12PMA painting by Kehinde Wiley, the artist behind President Barack Obama's portrait, is now hanging in Sacramento's Crocker Art Museum. … Click to Continue »
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 06:06PMThis week, we hit the red carpet with Sutton Foster, Gavin Creel and more at the Thoroughly Modern Millie concert, catch up with the stars of Frozen ahead of their B'way bow, chat with A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:01PMThe latest casting for the Classic Spring season has been announced
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:00PMKhaled Hosseini's best-selling novel continues its West Coast tour in San Francisco.
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Bertolt Brecht’s series of vignettes following different characters as Germany approaches World War II is uncomfortable, sad and downright scary. It’s also important and essential viewin…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 05:58PMCrocker Art Museum has purchased a painting by Kehinde Wiley, a coveted creator whose presidential portrait of Barack Obama was unveiled Monday to an overwhelmingly positive reaction. Wiley�…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 05:56PMOscar winner Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero is set to bow on the Great White Way on March 1. As previously announced, this production will be the inaugural one in Second Stage's refur…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:49PMThe Fountain Theatre is pleased to welcome veteran theater producer and public relations consultant Diana Buckhantz to its Board of Directors. Diana Buckhantz recently produced the criticall…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 05:49PMDidi Cumswell // photo by Michael BlockDay: Sunday, February 11th Show: Stonewall Invasion: Didi Cumswell Location: Stonewall InnQueens Seen: Didi Cumswe…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 05:45PMThe theatrical musical duo are bringing their act back downtown for a March 5 concert that will also feature Nick Adams and Paige Davis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:42PMHarry Connick Junior’s daytime talk show is drawing to a close. “‘Harry’ is ending it’s run after two seasons,” a spokesperson for NBCUniversal Domestic Telev…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:42PMGet ready to aww as we hear from newly engaged Broadway couple Mark Evans (The Play That Goes Wrong) and Justin Mortelliti (
Escape To Margaritaville).
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:39PMAlexis Michelle stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Drag Race, her show at Feinstein's/54 Below and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMThe gala concert celebrates the man who created Tony Award-winning designs for The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Cinderella, and the 2004 revival of La Cage aux Folles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:11PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 2152018 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:01PMAbby Rosebrock will star in the world premiere of her own play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe Marquis Theatre will dim its lights in her memory on February 21.
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Documentary is a charming and shrewd take on the world of male ballerinas of the Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 04:58PMOn this day we celebrate the birthday of Tony Award-nominee, John Tartaglia
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:49PMThe Oregon Shakes leader will cross the country to take on a new challenge: to lead a performing arts center at New York's World Trade Center.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:49PMCeleste M. Cooper and Cliff Chamberlain have joined the Chicago theatre company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:46PMThe Mozart opera opens in Chicago February 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMREVIEW: Andrew Lloyd Webber's “Love Never Dies,” now at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, picks up 10 years after “Phantom of the Opera” left off. But why?
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:42PMThere’s a lovely scene just before intermission that is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. It is 1833 in agricultural County Donegal Ireland, and two star-crossed lovers—Maire (Sam…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:33PMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of five-time Tony Award-nominated actor, singer and performer Jan Maxwell, who passed away on February 11 at age 61. The Marquis Theatre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:27PMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of five-time Tony Award-nominated actor, singer and performer Jan Maxwell, who passed away on February 11 at age 61. The Marquis Theatre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:27PMThe Broadway community mourns the loss of five-time Tony Award nominated actor, singer and performer Jan Maxwell, who passed away on Sunday, February 11th at age 61. The Marquis Theatre 210 …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:21PMPlaywright and actor Abby Rosebrock will also perform in the world premiere of her play at Ensemble Studio Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:21PMThe five-time Tony nominee and Broadway favorite died February 11 at the age of 61.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Annaleigh Ashford to Lead New Comedy Pilot
Annaleigh Ashford has booked a new TV gig! The Tony winner will take on the lea…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:15PMGet to know Escape to Margaritaville’s Paul Alexander Nolan and Alison Luff behind the lens
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:08PMGeorge Clinton, legendary songwriter, bandleader, and record producer, at 76 years young, put on a rapturous, stunning, extraterrestrial funk fest at the Howard Theatre on a warm February ni…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:03PMRoundabout Theatre Companywill soon presentBobbie Clearly, byAlex Lubischer, directed byWill Davis. This is the second play in Roundabout Underground's expanded two-play season, following To…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMThe Organizers of TEDxBroadway announced today that two new speakers will join the lineup for this year's event at New World Stages, Tuesday, February 27, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMWhoopee! Watch Chicago's super sexy dancers strut their stuff.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:01PMThe new immersive version of the show opens in Mold at the end of the month
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 04:00PMNicholas Woodeson has exited the Roundabout revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:00PMRehearsals are now underway for Lobby Hero at Second Stage's Hayes Theater 240 West 44th street. Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero, directed by Trip Cullman and starring Michael Cera, Chris Evan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:00PMThe Bengsons' theatrical concert will play in San Diego.
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The season will feature a world premiere from Ike Holter and plays by Paula Vogel, Dominique Morisseau, Lauren Yee, and Madhuri Shekar.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:59PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at Penn State Centre Stagepremiere production of the musical Love in Hate Nation, February 13-24, in the Playhouse Theatre, University Park. With Music, lyrics…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PMThe folk-rock musical from husband-and-wife musical duo The Bengsons has been tapped as the final production in the theatre's 2018–2019 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMThe Board of Directors for The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center The Perelman Center today announced the appointment of Bill Rauch - an acknowledged leader in American theater, as th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39PMThe American playwright Antoinette Nwandu made such extraordinary progress between "Breach," which is the kind of predictably self-questioning play most writers get out of their systems in s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:35PMThe show was first presented at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. Now it was Toronto’s turn to see a show worthy of any royal palace in the world.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:34PMThis mock-Shakespearean production by Studio 180 Theatre in Toronto feels like a novelty that has already passed its ‘best before’ date.
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:31PMAt a lean ninety minutes long, the play tackles too many big issues to do them justice.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:25PMThere are fans of curling, the Winter Olympics most calming and misunderstood sport, everywhere, and one of them happens to be Brian Tyree Henry. At a press event for Lobby Hero, the Broadwa…
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:01PMRoundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic DirectorCEO - in association with Chocolate Factory Productions David Babani, Artistic Director and Sonia Friedman Productions - has justanno…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:00PMOriginal London cast members from Working will perform the song
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 03:00PMThe new stage musical will highlight the life, career, and music of one of Broadway's best-known composers.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:00PMThe actor replaces Nicholas Woodeson in the Roundabout revival of Tom Stoppard’s Tony-winning play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00PMBroadway veteran Dan Butler will take on the role of Lenin in the upcoming Broadway revival of Tom Stoppard's Tony Award-winning play Travesties. Butler completes the company of the prod…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:00PMLove was in the air all across the West End
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The Baltimore Museum of Art wouldn’t be the same without The Cone Collection. Collected by Baltimore sisters Claribel and Etta Cone from the early-mid 20th century, this world-renown…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 02:50PMCelebrate Black History Month with this playlist honoring the African American ladies who have stopped their musicals with a single number.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:47PMLittle Rock, written and directed by Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj, will play the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PM“Unmasked,” a new musical featuring the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber, will have its world premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse in September. The musical, co-created by Richard Cu…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 02:41PMWhen my grandfather Norman T. Finlayson was born, his hometown of Dundas, Ontario, did not yet have electric lighting. In fact, the notion of electrifying a city, let alone homes, was brand …
SOURCE: footlights.click at 02:33PMNew Jersey's Paper Mill Playhouse has announced the world premiere of Unmasked, a revue featuring stories behind the creation of some of the best works of Andrew Lloyd Webber, as the ope…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:30PMRichard Curtis and Tony winner John Doyle are the co-creators of the upcoming production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:28PMMost shows save their full-throated power ballads for late in the night. But at “Love Never Dies,” the sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s mega-smash “The Phantom of Opera,” the lush s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:25PMPaper Mill Playhouse announced today the world premiere of UNMASKED, which will feature some of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most iconic work and the stories behind its creation, along with new mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMTHE PHANTOM NEVER DIED, BUT SHOULD HAVE Gaston Leroux knew: The original author of The Phantom of the Opera concluded his horror romance with his disfigured serial-killer as dead as Lon Ch…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:20PMPlay now on at CAA Theatre doesn’t look as lavish as one would hope, but fine performances and a well-paced production do justice to Mike Bartlett’s script.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:16PMThe 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 02:09PMThe production, created by Richard Curtis and John Doyle, will feature new songs by the composer and some of his most well-known.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:08PMThe studio cast recording follows the recent Town Hall staging.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMThe spring theater season has officially begun, and a slew of highly anticipated musicals and plays, both brand new and revisited, are set to bow. Broadway.com's Spring Preview series ca…
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The Tony-nominated star of the Broadway smash leads her company in “Me and the Sky.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PMThe Grammy-winning album has sold 1.46 million copies since its September 2015 release.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMWho will human ray of Gaelic sunshine Saoirse Ronan strut down the Oscars red carpet with this year? Maybe a cute boy, but eh, probably not. Because she’s crunched the numbers when it come…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:44PMFour-time Emmy Award nominated actor Van Hansis and celebrated Broadway star Tyler Hanes first met as college students at Carnegie Mellon, but it took a chance meeting years later at a Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:43PMEdward Fox and his son Freddie are to star as a fictional father and son in An Ideal Husband in the West
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:39PMIf it’s February, then theater companies are taking advantage of the visiting snowbirds presence to announce what they hope will be an enticing slate of titles for the 2018-19 season.
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:35PMHelen Mirren receives the Career Achievement Honor at AARP’s 17th Annual Movies For Grownups Awards. Mirren, an Academy ®, Golden Globe®, Emmy®, Tony®, BAFTA® & Olivier® Aw…
SOURCE: PBS at 01:34PMThis flawed and devastating play argues that in remaining ignorant of our history, we risk remaining mired in its violence.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:34PMThe Tony-winning revival of Chicago has been playing on Broadway for 21 years now. Its scandalous story, thrilling leading lady roles and that jazzy Kander and Ebb score keep its razzle…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:30PMA wave of new buildings is testament to the city’s admiration for architects such as Shigeru Ban and Kengo Kum
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:03PMReal-life father and son Edward and Freddie Fox will play fictional father and son in Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, part of Classic Spring's Wilde season at the Vaudeville Theatre.
The p…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:00PMMy verdict on The Moor at the Old Red Lion Theatre, London? A tale as mysterious as the moorland, twisting and turning like a babbling brook – a captivating watch.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMAndrew Keenan-Bolger, Nikki Renée Daniels, and more are featured on the album.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PMNigel Barrett, Louise Mari and Abigail Conway's immersive show takes over Shoreditch Town Hall
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 01:00PM
The production directed by William Brown, presents a set of fine performances and flashes of genuine dramatic beauty.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:36PMThe invigorating portrait of love, loss and newfound life is currently playing at the Beckett Theatre. John McKinney’s dark, romantic comedy THE CHEKHOV DREAMS will fulfill all those theat…
SOURCE: motherhoodlater.com at 12:35PMChinese New Year - or the Spring Festival in modern China - is being celebrated across the world today. It's Year of the Dog, so we're recapping some of the recent doggy stars of the West En…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:30PMHow did some of your favorite songs come to be BroadwayWorld is getting the story behind the song in exclusive interviews from your favorite Broadway composers. Below, watch as Jason Robert …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:29PMReal-life father and son, Edward and Freddie Fox, will play fictional father and son, the Earl of Caversham and Lord Goring, in An Ideal Husband, as part of the year-long Oscar Wilde season …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:22PMBy Ashley Steed
Cultural Navigation: What Diversity Means
When Tim Dang stepped down as the Artistic Director of East West Players in 2016, he told the LA Times that he didn’t know wha…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 12:22PMIn his small pub in a north English town, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what’s the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they’ve abolished hanging?
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:16PMThe season will include the world premiere productions of 'I Come From Arizona' and 'The Hobbit.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PMThis week’s production news includes new stage adaptations of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion and Alice Sebold’s The Lovely Bones. Elsewhere, casting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PMThen They Came for Me is an invaluable exhibition that packs a considerable (and necessary) wallop.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:00PMAn interesting corrective to those soft-focus romantic images of rural equanimity, in the end, Gundog doesn’t quite come off. But, like grandad’s homily to his family, Longman too has br…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThis limited concert run is the last show of the company's winter 2018 "Musicals in Mufti" series celebrating composer Jule Styne.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMWe chat to the Chronicles of Narnia star about making her professional stage debut at Southwark Playhouse
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMPhil Daniels stars as both roles in this new adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00PMThe National Theatre Wales's epic, three-year theatre narrative kicks off with the first part of their Storm Cycle
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A new organisation aiming to support women and parents working in opera is being launched. SWAP’ra has been set up by five
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMThe season will include a world premiere musical by Keith Hovis.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:59AMFor his adaptation of Bizet’s opera Carmen, Phil Willmott has been, in part, inspired by Goya’s painting Los Fusilamientos del Tres de
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMJenn Colella has been stirring audiences with her moving portrayal of America's first female airline captain Beverley Bass since the celebrated musical Come From Away began Broadway perf…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:56AMA little birthday love for musical star Vera-Ellen (Vera-Ellen Westmeier Rohe, 1921-1981). I’m not sure I would have flagged her for attention in this space if not for the fact that sh…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:54AMThe cast of Broadway's COME FROM AWAY performed on the TODAY SHOW today, February 16th on NBC. Captain Beverly Bass, played by Jenn Collela in the musical, also sat down with Megyn Kelly to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:52AMHenry V Reviewed by Vanessa Cate A Noise Within Through April 6 RECOMMENDED Henry V's life's ambition was to be the king — not just of England (which he achieved when he was 26 in the…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 11:48AMANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A restored edition of a pioneering, enduring American opera emerges at a time its racial and social themes are as relevant as the era in which it premiered....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 11:44AMGreat news for all the Delhi people who thought they had missed out on “Mughal-e-Azam: The Musical.” The show is not yet over! Following the tremedous success of the play’s farewell ru…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:42AMCarey Mulligan started her career on the main stage of London’s Royal Court — playing a narcoleptic schoolgirl in Kevin Elyot’s family drama “Forty Winks.” Fourteen years o…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:40AMDaniel Barenboim and Maurizio Pollini between them cover the whole set of Préludes in a highly contrasted pair of discs
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:39AMThe musical is the final production of the York Theatre Company's tribute to Jule Styne.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMIn honor of the Tony-winning musical Come From Away celebrating a year on Broadway, star Caesar Samayoa looks back on some incredible, Insta-worthy moments.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:39AMIn the heyday of movies being adapted for the stage, one can't be shocked to see the ABBA infused MURIEL'S WEDDING next up to bat for the musical treatment. Based on the 1994 Australian bloc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:37AMTwo-time Olivier Award winner Michael Ball will appear as Anatoly alongside Alexandra Burke as Svetlana and Cassidy Janson as Florence in the upcoming five-week West End return of Chess. Ori…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:34AMRehearsals are now underway forLobby HeroatSecond Stage's Hayes Theater 240 West 44th street.Kenneth Lonergan'sLobby Hero, directed byTrip Cullmanand starringMichael Cera,Chris Evans,Brian T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33AMPlanning permission has been granted for a £1.45 million theatre at a school in Shropshire, which will host professional performances as well
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:32AMThe Kenneth Lonergan play will be the first production of Second Stage’s inaugural Broadway season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMThe recipients are Jay Adana, Andrew R. Butler and Andrew Farmer, Emily Kaczmarek and Zoe Sarnak, and Mark Sonnenblick.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:25AMThe longtime artistic director will leave to lead the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Performing Arts at the World Trade Center in New York City.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:20AMIan Tabbron has been appointed interim chief executive at the Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Merseyside. Tabbron becomes the organisation’s first chief
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMThe Company and Law & Order: SVU star returns to the musical stage for the first time in six years for the new adaptation of the cult favorite, running through February 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMThe soprano is the latest to headline the Armory's Recital Series following a recent engagement in the Metropolitan Opera's Le Nozze di Figaro.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMPaula Hunt, artistic director of the Royal Academy of Dance, is stepping down due to ill health. Hunt took over the position
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AMBorn today: The First Lady of the American Theatre, Katharine Cornell (1893-1974). Helen Hayes is also sometimes called by that honorary title, but Cornell I think can lay the greater claim,…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:07AMThe late actor originated the part of Jimmy Porter in John Osborne's play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:02AMA24’s “The Disaster Artist” is all about defying expectations. The 2003 Tommy Wiseau film “The Room” was a fiasco, but became an enduring hit. And in his 2017 movie about the makin…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWelcome to Rumorville! Here you can learn about casting news that’s about to break in Hollywood. These speculations might be only rumors, but that doesn’t mean you can’t fo…
SOURCE: Backstage at 11:00AMCarey Mulligan stars in Dennis Kelly's new play at the Royal Court
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMThe show opens at the Coliseum this summer
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:00AMFurther cast joining Cuba Gooding Jr in the upcoming revival of Chicago has been announced
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A rowdy Irish revue from the Dubin-based troupe Thisispopbaby asks the world to make love, not war, and dance, dance, dance.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:56AMSarah Soetaert, Josefina Gabrielle and Ruthie Henshall will be leading the cast of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre. They will join the previously announced Cuba Gooding Jr who is s…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:49AMMark Wilson’s two-hander, You, originally premiered at the Brighton Fringe in 2015, and it’s lost little of its power since then. It’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMSteven Berkoff's play is part of the Politics of the Absurd reading series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMA trio of talented stars have signed on for the return of the award-winning musical revival Chicago at the Phoenix Theatre. Former Broadway Chicago star Ruthie Henshall will take on the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:35AMAshford, who can currently be seen in The Assassination of Gianni Versace, will star in Three Rivers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:33AMA two-month investigation has found no verifiable sexual harassment or physical abuse by former New York City Ballet leader Peter Martins.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:33AMThe Kander and Ebb musical returns to the West End beginning March 26.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AM By Sandi Durell The always astounding Marilyn Maye, the warm and friendly atmosphere of Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola at Lincoln Center, added to by the impressive cityscape …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 10:04AMDancer Tierney Heap’s repertoire as a soloist with the Royal Ballet includes the lead in Carlos Acosta’s Carmen, the Lilac Fairy in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMEs Devlin’s design for Girls and Boys, aided by Luke Halls’ video work, is simply stunning – the simplest of ideas realised with perfect execution.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMMs. Jacobs, of “Community” fame, talks about the adrenaline rush of “Kings” at the Public, the gift of empathy and her own #MeToo moments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMWords on the page are only a start when improvisers and actors collaborate at a monthly show at Upright Citizens Brigade called “Gravid Water.” And that’s just fine with a theater crit…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMVictory Gardens Theater will stage the Chicago premiere of Paula Vogel’s Tony Award-nominated drama “Indecent” as part of its 44th season, along with two more Chicago premieres and two…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:00AMIn the first episode of our new podcast, we chat to one of the UK's leading theatre directors
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 10:00AMThe performance will take place at Cadogan Hall this summer
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Voting is open for the 2018 BWW AlbumsCDs Awards, recognizing the best releases from the 2017 calendar year.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMIn this episodeBroadway's Shannon Lewis grew up in a rural Canadian suburb and at age 19 was hand picked by Susan Stroman to make her Broadway debut, after a Crazy for You casting director s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:37AMBroadwayWorld has previously reported that a stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman could be coming to Broadway sometime in the future, and it appears that Keala Settle is on board
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:27AM"MCC Theater, a prestigious Off Broadway company, announced Thursday that it was canceling an upcoming production of Mr. LaBute's latest play and terminating his tenure as its playwright-in-…
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:18AMIn making Me & My Bee, we wanted to take on the challenge of creating a show for families that delivers a big idea to small people. Our focus is on how to tell the story, get the message…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:17AMManhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production ofSaint Joan, written by Nobel Prize in Literature and Academy Award winnerBernard Shawand directed by Tony Award winnerDaniel SullivanLillia…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AMHead, who scored a hit with “One Night in Bangkok” from the show’s 1984 concept album, went on to star in the original West End run.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:12AMSteppenwolf Theatre Company announced today that actors Celeste M. Cooper and Cliff Chamberlain will join the nearly 50-member ensemble. Cooper made her Steppenwolf debut in BLKS and Chamber…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 09:12AMBy HowlRound TV. Hear from current fellows interns from Bay Area theatre companies including Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley, CA), Magic Theatre (San Francisco, CA) Marin Theatre Compan…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AMThe writer and comedian lifts the lid on the things that make her laugh the mostBedazzled is a great comedy film. Dudley Moore really kills me. And the 2000 remake is funny as hell, too. Co…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMSusan Elkin chats to Justin Cooke, CEO of Digital Theatre. Digital Theatre offers access to films of live theatre, ballet, opera and classical concerts to individual subscribers and educatio…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThe new artistic director of the Perelman Center will be Bill Rauch, the theater director who currently leads the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:00AM“Do you know how thrilled I am to make a middle-aged woman a goddess?” Aline Brosh McKenna says in between takes on the set of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Donna Lynne Champlin, who plays Paula,…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:00AMIn this week's small-theater guide: Open Fist's "One Year Later," Sacred Fools' "The Art Couple," Actors Co-op's "A Walk in the Woods" and Celebration's "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - The…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMIt seems appropriate that a musical about miracles is itself a bit of a wonder. Introduced off-Broadway in 1997 and produced on Broadway in 2014, “Violet” has secured a cadre of fans but…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMNew York artist Louise Nevelson is best remembered for sculptures constructed of cast-aside wood, the pieces aligned vertically as if reaching for the sky. “Occupant,” a play about her l…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMA Noise Within has taken some liberties with the text, and if you can get past that, you'll find a breathless theatrical experience full of thrills and chills.
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By Douglas Mayo
Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke, Murray Head, Tim Howar and Cassidy Janson are to star in Chess at the London Coliseum.
This post Principal casting announced for Chess the musi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:55AMGallerist Almine Rech raises questions over the medium; row over museum sell-off; centenary show for Peter Lanyon; British art fair gets £1m
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:39AMThe new musical which tells the story of the new Small Faces, All Or Nothing is this week’s Show Of The Week at our TKTS booth in Leicester Square. To celebrate we are giving one lucky…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:32AMIt feels so, so wrong to pass comment on I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream, because if there’s one thing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:31AMIt's Friday, and it's time for the 5 things I'm thinking about going into the weekend!I'm seeing 11 shows between now and the first week of May (Chess on Sunday)! Over the last couple o…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:30AMWith its almost unbearable ending, Dennis Kelly’s play is a wonderful mix of hilarity and horror. Carey Mulligan is simply brilliant, totally at home on stage in Lyndsey Turner’s well-pa…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:15AMRobert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr Jeykyll and Mr Hyde caused a minor sensation in its day. Plenty of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:05AMLike many others, I have my hopes, even expectations, on the change that women may bring. But this is not for me to burden women creatives with. They already have enough of a challenge as it…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM"Hair" is no mere time-capsule relic. It still has a lot to say.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 08:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 16 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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by Alix Cohen On the one year Valentine’s Day Anniversary of The Green Room 42, Lillias White, who opened the club, comes back to roost-or, rather perch, with a selection of …
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:55AMBy Douglas Mayo
Sarah Soetaert, Josefina Gabrielle and Ruthie Henshall are to join Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr when Chicago opens at London's Phoenix Theatre on Monday 26 March 2018.
This p…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:41AMNST City, SouthamptonThe Luftwaffe’s destruction of a Spitfire factory sparks vivid tensions between local people and the state in this Southampton-set playAn expansive new arts complex in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:35AMAfter two decades of planning and multiple redesigns, the building of Shakespeare North Playhouse is about to get underway. Key figures in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMRuthie Henshall will become the only British actress to have played all three leading female roles in Chicago, when the musical returns to the West End.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:13AM by Steve Nardoni This past Wednesday at Feinstein’s/54 Below saw a Valentine-themed celebration of Broadway, romance, and relationships, delightfully represented by co…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:01AMNewly adapted by David Edgar, this new production of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde has plenty of chilling moments but doesn’t quite make a strong enough impact overall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMIt was more than a dozen years ago that actor Heather Raffo, whose family is from Iraq, recognized a void of female Iraqi protagonists in American theater. That propelled her to write and…
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Dennis Kelly’s remarkable new monologue is a terrific experienceThis is Carey Mulligan week. She appears, improbably enough, as a hard-nosed cop in David Hare’s BBC thriller Collateral, …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 06:59AM★★★★★ GIRLS & BOYS, ROYAL COURT Carey Mulligan is stunningly brilliantDennis Kelly’s remarkable new monologue is a terrific experienceThis is Carey Mulligan week. She ap…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:59AMPafiliwn Bont, Pontrhydfendigaid, CeredigionNational Theatre Wales’s multimedia adaptation turns Ovid’s Metamorphoses into an environmental parable of cosmic scale and elemental powerThe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AMRosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser are to perform in a concert version of The Light Princess at London’s Cadogan Hall later this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:40AMMichael Ball and Alexandra Burke are to star of Chess in the West End. The revival of the musical, by Benny Andersson,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMAccording to Billboard, Hamilton has surpassed Jersey Boys to become the fifth biggest selling cast album since the tracking of sales began in 1991. Hamilton has sold 1.46 million, versus Je…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:29AMSadiq Khan has committed an extra £1 million of funding to the new London Borough of Culture initiative, aimed specifically at encouraging
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:28AMCurrent Equity president Malcolm Sinclair has ruled out running again in the forthcoming elections, bringing an end to his eight-year run in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:19AMRuthie Henshall, Sarah Soetaert and Josefina Gabrielle are to join the cast of Chicago when it returns to the West End next
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:18AMOscar-nominee Saoirse Ronan took home the best actress prize at the Irish Film and Television Academy’s Film and Drama Awards, which took place in Dublin on Thursday night. Ronan’s win f…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:14AMRosalie Craig and Hadley Fraser will appear in the first ever concert performance of The Light Princess at London’s Cadogan Hall in July.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:01AMAhead of Company in the West End, Rosalie Craig will reprise her award-winning musical performance in Tori Amos musical The Light Princess, for one night only in concert alongside her real-l…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:01AMBroadwayWorld 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…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:00AMOur #StageFavesSongOfTheWeek this week was from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA so we thought we'd continue the trend! This weeks #PalladiumPicks is also from the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, this …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMHer first name was Euphemia. But she hated it and so went by Effie and signed her bold and vigorous oil paintings with her first initial, leading to the misconception … Click to Contin…
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Listen: Sorkin’s adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” stars Jeff Daniels, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Will Pullen, and Gideon Glick, Suddenly Separation with Neil LaBute, Elton John and B…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMMichael Ball, Alexandra Burke and Cassidy Janson will star in the upcoming West End revival of epic musical Chess, as initial casting is confirmed today.
The post Chess revival masterminds s…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:54AMThe first West End production of Chess since 1986 is to star Michael Ball, Alexandra Burke, Murray Head, Tim Howar and Cassidy Janson.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:40AMOFFICIAL! Michael Ball returns to the West End stage in the first revival in over 30 years of CHESS, and he's leading a top-notch cast at the London Coliseum that also includes Alexandra Bur…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:40AMSarah Soetaert, Josefina Gabrielle and Ruthie Henshall, all previous stars of CHICAGO, will join Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr as the multi award-winning Kander and Ebb musical returns to the…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:35AMIf looks could kill... These three veterans - Ruthie Henshall, Sarah Soetaert and Josefina Gabrielle, all now confirmed to headline the West End return of CHICAGO alongside Hollywood's Cuba …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:35AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Escape to Margaritaville begins previews on Broadway today, and also releases its original cast recording
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:23AMNuffield Southampton Theatres opens NST City, its second, state-of-the-art venue in the heart of the city’s regenerated cultural quarter, with The Shadow
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:23AMTrue to form, Ron Elisha’s play The Soul of Wittgenstein is set during the Second World War, but while one of the protagonists is steeped in profound thoughts, the play is so much more tha…
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Glowing, funky, cool and iconic, Modern Currents features works from the TarraWarra Museum of Art’s collection of abstract painting and sculpture, providing a context for the explorati…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:34AMFeaturing two exciting works by Israeli choreographer Omer Backley-Astrachan, FORM Dance Projects presents Wildebeest and Valley at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres until 17 February …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:05AMPreviews start the same day the Original Broadway Cast Album is released.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMNew and old fans alike will be flocking to Théâtre XIV in Brooklyn for the beloved company's new show, Cinderella!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMCarey Mulligan stars in Dennis Kelly's unsettling monologue about a woman who meets her husband in a queue for a plane
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 12:00AMLindsay was last seen on Broadway in Beautiful–The Carole King Musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPlaywright María Irene Fornés—an influence on Paula Vogel, Edward Albee, and more—gets the documentary treatment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe new musical Escape to Margaritaville, featuring the island tunes of hitmaker Jimmy Buffett, lands on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre beginning on February 16. Featuring a book by Greg Ga…
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