July 15, 2018: The 20th Annual Broadway Barks, star-studded dog and cat adoption event benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption agencies, featured celebrities from the hottest…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:59PMPhiladelphia Asian Performing Artists presents its Mini-Residency Showcase featuring works in progress from three emerging artists. Cara Blouin reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:18PMReviewed by Judd HollanderEach of us during the course of our lives will meet, work and interact with numerous people on an almost daily basis. Yet in the end, we'll never really know many o…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 09:04PMThe 2018 Contemporary American Theater Festival lineup offers a diverse and multifaceted perspective on life in America. Each of the six plays stands solidly on its own, but together, they r…
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Jo Williamson is the creator and performer behind metamorphose, a solo production stitched together out of some musical storytelling and the patterns of Martha Graham-like modern dance. As i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:59PM‘On the Exhale,’ a gun drama from Theater with a View, shoots blanks. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:54PM This is a quirky little show that packs a lot into its 90 minutes. Given the title, it’s no surprise that becoming a widow is the theme, but the larger themes encompass forgiveness,…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:42PMFour new albums: the standouts include the finest Andris Nelsons/BSO Shostakovich collaboration to date and the Neave Trio’s wonderful new French Moments.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:36PMAudiences fell head over feet for American Repertory Theater's world premiere production of Jagged Little Pill, which closed on Sunday, July 15 after 79 sold-out performances at the Loeb Dra…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18PMVariety has reported that the best-selling young adult book series, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, is getting the musical treatment.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Reviewed by Angie Hoover The Los Angeles LGBT Center Through July 29 RECOMMENDED A two-person show adapted from a renowned work of Gothic literature might easi…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:48PMThose traveling pants sure do get around. Alcon Entertainment and Alloy Entertainment announced plans today to develop The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants film franchise as a stage musica…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:41PMThe project is produced by Scott Delman of Blue Spruce Productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMAfter a $74-million capital campaign, the playhouse will open in Downtown Pittsburgh, and provide performance spaces for both professional and student productions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:30PMArrival & Departure Reviewed by Julia Stier The Fountain Theatre Through September 30 What if you meet your soulmate a little too late? A chance encounter turns into a crisis of love f…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:29PMCry It Out Reviewed by Terry Morgan Echo Theater Company Through August 19 RECOMMENDED Caring for an infant is an important part of life, yet its difficulties are rarely depicted in…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:15PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Sting to Star in Toronto Premiere of The Last Ship
Legendary music maker Sting, who earned a 2015 Tony nomination for his…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMJohn O'Hurley is bringing his razzle-dazzle factor back to Broadway! The stage-and-screen star will return to the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Kander & Ebb's Chicago as …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PMAndrew Lloyd Webber's latest musical will close January 20, 2019.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:06PMOn this day, we celebrate the original Broadway production of title of show, which opened at the Lyceum Theater today in 2009.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMWAITRESS, the irresistible hit featuring the music of 6-time Grammynominee Sara Bareilles Love Song, Brave, is the perfect show to see on Broadway.Romantic, funny, and sweet, this little sli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMIn this episode ofWestofBroadwayWill and Lara are at the Pantages theater celebrating the opening night of the ON YOUR FEET National Tour.Will and Lara meet in the lobby of the Pantages Thea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMChicago announced today that actor, comedian amp TV personality John O'Hurley will return to the Broadway company in the role of Billy Flynn beginning Monday, July 23
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PMLast year, Warner Bros. did well at the Oscars with Christopher Nolan‘s WWII epic “Dunkirk,” which won three of its eight bids. And the studio’s co-production “…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PMFinding a talented local with a resumé full of inclusion and collaboration does much to help theatre company move forward and address past criticism, writes Carly Maga.
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The festival of new work includes an immersive opera and a work about George Junius Stinney, Jr., the youngest person to be executed in America.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PMChicago, the longest-running revival to play Broadway, will welcome back star John O’Hurley who will return to the production in the role of Billy Flynn. The actor, comedian, and TV perso…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:42PMWritten by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, the film struggles to balance its ambition as an entertainment with its social concerns.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:42PMThe Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMIt may have taken 30 years and some star power, but Woolf’s famed novel hits the stage as a musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMThe sun's on its way out at the Muny with the approaching opening of Annie, get a sneak peek below
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Encores Off-Center will close out its 2018 season at New YorkCity CenterwithDon't Bother Me, I Can't Cope, starringRheaume Crenshaw, Dayna Dantzler,Aisha de Haas,James T. Lane, andWayne Pret…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMThis week's performers will include PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson DESPERATE MEASURES Lauren Molina, Conor Ryan ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER Steph…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:54PMAndrew Rannells and Kristin Chenoweth are Broadway royalty in their own right. Rannells, a two-time Tony nominee for The Book of Mormon and Falsettos, is currently back on Broadway in T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PM“Heartbreak Hotel,” the biographical Elvis musical from the creator of the Broadway shows “Million Dollar Quartet” and “Baby It’s You,” begins with a spirited gospel performanc…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:45PMAlex Finke talks about Come From Away, meeting Sondheim, Les Miz secrets, and more in the latest 20 Questions in 2 Minutes.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:37PM"Sex Tips" is an interactive (this is good to know before heading in) comedy show with simple stage production that's carried by the three characters.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 03:36PMWhen David Hare's The Blue Room with Nicole Kidman was on Broadway in 1998, it seemed a thin and cliched story about sexual encounters. The Bridge Production Group at The WhiteBox Art Galler…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 03:32PMPRESIDENT & FOUNDER, SITUATION From the Super Bowl to Broadway’s biggest brands, Damian has worked on NYC’s most epic events. […]
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SOURCE: www.situationinteractive.com at 03:18PMIn Monumental Theatre Co.’s production of Pippin, young dreamers are still out to find their own corner of the sky — they’re just also likely to share that corner with their social me…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:18PMRebecca Aparicio’s book is a skillful fictionalization of the true story of Operation Pedro Pan, which facilitated the immigration of over 14,000 children from Cuba to the United States be…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:15PM"It was nice while it lasted": Max Webster's uncomplicated production is rudely interrupted by a certain Mr Donald Trump.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 03:14PMBroadway in Bryant Park continues this week with an array of offerings from some of Broadway’s and Off-Broadway’s hit shows. This week’s concert, scheduled for July 19, 2018, will be h…
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Magda Romanska received the Elliot Hayes Award and Kate Langsdorf the Dramaturgy Driven Grant.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:54PMThe free concert series will continue July 19 with performances from The Phantom of the Opera, On a Clear Day, Desperate Measures, and Beautiful.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMOne of Broadway's busiest and most respected set designers, Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, swings by Shetler Studios to sit down with Rob and Kevin and review his portfolio which include…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:48PMThe company’s 62nd season will feature two world premieres and two Midwest premieres.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:46PMAncient tales ‘go to the dark core of human experience’, writes Harry EyresClaire Armitstead (Ancient tales are back in fashion – for telling it like it is, 16 July) is only partly rig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:36PMScott Schwartz directs Steven Fales’ solo shows, now playing a limited run in Sag Harbor.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMA powerful new revival of the 1964 musical offers a kind of authenticity no other American “Fiddler” ever has: It’s in Yiddish.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:18PMIn these times of change, it’s comforting to be reminded that nothing ever stays the same. Almost exactly two thousand years ago, Publius Ovidius Naso, known to scholars as Ovid, wrote…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMThe fine actor Vincent Clark, known mostly for his work at Washington Stage Guild, plays a sick man in this one-actor show. A very sick man. Imagine yourself at a holiday party with an elder…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMDue to overwhelming demand, Off-Broadway's musical smash THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS today put a new block of seats on sale through January 5, 2019.
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SIN AS CRAZINESS You don’t see morality plays like Everyman anymore — and not just because it’s not the 15th century. We shy away from such absolutes as Death and even Good Deed…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:58PMThe star of the upcoming Broadway musical Moulin Rouge! will play Marines’ Memorial Theatre in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMJoan Jaffe’s Something Cool, on Saturday, July 21st at Pangea, explores the classic songs and standards of some of the finest ladies in jazz, including selections from June Christy, Carmen…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:55PMWhen I read about Ari Gold's new film, (co-written by Elizabeth Bull), The Song of Sway Lake, was not only premiering at the Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema, but opening the fe…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 01:48PMMarieann Meringolo brings Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: The Songs of Alan & Marilyn Bergman to New York’s upper east side cabaret, Beach Café, on Saturday, July 28th at 8:15 PM. The sho…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:48PMKristen Plati performs at The Duplex on Tuesday, July 24th at 7:00 PM. Plati is an up-and-coming pop/soul singer/songwriter, model and actress. Her songs have been described as a personal jo…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:46PMSinger and songwriter Spencer Day continues his debut residency on Friday, July 20 at 7:00 PM at the Green Room 42. His monthly show is extended through September 2018 (plus August 17 and Se…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:43PMIn partnership with the Vineyard Theatre and Developing Artists, the Hamilton and Rent stars will perform during the August festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMMarilyn The New Musical, an original musical based on the life ofMarilyn Monroerecently made its world premiere in Las Vegas. The show will opened atParis Las Vegason June 1, just in time fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMSchool of Rock, the Andrew Lloyd Webber (music), Glenn Slater (lyrics), and Julian Fellowes (book) musical based on the 2003 film of the same name, will end its run on at the Winter Garden T…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:32PMSkintight star Eli Gelb talks the incredible and specific physicality he brings to his character, the genius of Josh Harmon's writing, and the joy of backstage life with Idina Menzel.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:26PMProductions include the filmmaker Todd Solondz’s first play, “Emma and Max,” and Thomas Bradshaw’s incendiary “Southern Promises.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMOn September 15, 2008, the Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy – the devastating end to a story 158 years
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:19PMThe Alan Menken-Glenn Slater-Chazz Palminteri musical is scheduled to play its final performance August 5.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:18PMYes, there is magic done at Monumental Theatre’s nifty production of Pippin. I am not overstating my utter enjoyment of this production. It is spunky, buoyant, and engaging from the moment…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:16PMTrainspotting Live
Off Broadway, Roy Arias Stages
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BOTTOM LINE: A wild ride through the heroin scene of late 1980's Scotland, Trainspotting Live is an immersive th…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 01:12PMBroadway’s School of Rock – The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black film comedy, will end its run at the Winter Garden Theatre January 20, 2019…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:09PMImaginative, kinetic, engaging, and bold – those are just a few words to describe The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Synetic Theater. For the young and young at heart, this fanciful and fa…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMFind out which Broadway leading ladies inspired Chenoweth's Trial & Error character.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMDirected by Jess Williams and Sareen, Other People’s Teeth addresses the notion of being paid to hurt and kill people, yet still holding down a meaningful relationship.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMPlaywright David Ireland has pushed the plot driven by this character’s maniacal temperament to the limit of moral turpitude and beyond.
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The Capital Fringe Festival features a Tinder rant, along with opera and dance.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48PMThe Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will have played more than 1,300 performances when it wraps up in January.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PMRinne Groff's Fire in Dreamland, which explores Coney Island in the aftermath of 2012’s Superstorm Sandy, opened at the Public Theater on July 17. The new play stars Rebecca Naomi …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMFiddler on the Roof alum Alexandra Silber will gather a group of talented stage friends for an upcoming literary and musical evening featuring her acclaimed Fiddler sequel novel After A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMHere comes Betty! The cast of Jen Silverman's upcoming off-Broadway play Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties met the press on July 16 ahead of its New York premiere run at the Lucille L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMSchool of Rock, the hit musical based on the film of the same name, will play its final Broadway performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 20, 2019. The show began previews on…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PM“School of Rock” will play its final performance on Broadway on Jan. 20, 2019. At that point, the musical will have played 1,307 performances and 31 previews at the Winter Garde…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:39PMTheir Finest Hour: Churchill and Murrow Reviewed by Lara J. Altunian Write Act Repertory Through July 22 Perhaps one of the best known historical figures of the 20th century, Winston Chu…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 12:39PMGet ready to sing and dance, laugh and love all over again Ten years after Mamma Mia The Movie grossed more than 600 million around the world, you are invited to return to the magical Greek …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMMORMON BOY TRILOGY, three solo plays written and performed by Outer Critics Circle Award Nominee Steven Fales and directed by Bay Street Theater's Artistic Director, Scott Schwartz, will pla…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMAndrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit School of Rock - The Musical, announced today that the show will play its final Broadway performance at the Winter Garden Theatre on January 20, 2019. By that…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMVineyard Theatre and Developing Artists will partner again to present Developing Artists' REBEL VERSES Youth Arts Festival, Thursday through Saturday August 9-18 at Vineyard Theatre 108 E. 1…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PMA Melbourne production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical will launch in the fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMBetsy Morgan and Joseph Taylor return to the revival, which will end its record-breaking run August 26 at the Barrow Street Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMLove in Three Scenes, which opened during the second week of this year’s Capital Fringe, is not so much about love per se as it is about the lack thereof, particularly on the part of our…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:28PMCasting has been announced for the first production at the Young Vic under new artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah. Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:23PMBronson Norris Murphy joins the cast as the Phantom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMSolo performances are among the most difficult in show business. Without other actors to parry dialog or set up jokes, the entertainer can easily end up putting an audience to sleep. Luckily…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:21PMThis is Peter Pan set in a dystopian futureland, the music acting as a remnant of a memory of a time when feeling was more possible, when childhood was more innocent; before we found ourselv…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:18PMRachel Zatcoff brought the BroadwayBox Instagram along for the opening night of off-Broadway's Yiddish production of Fiddler on the Roof.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:12PMAfter establishing himself as one of our finest playwrights with such works as "Killer Joe" and "August: Osage County," Tracy Letts seems to have somewhat lost his way with his more recent "…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:07PMThe production plays St. Luke's Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMThe August 19 concert will celebrate the music of the singer-songwriter behind “What About Us,” “Raise Your Glass,” and “Get the Party Started.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMDon’t let the unsettling title scare you away. Yes, it’s direct and upfront but the characterizations build and the interactions usher us into precious reflections on life. On th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMI am generally not a forced gaiety and audience-participation kind of guy. And yet Saturday night, there I was some 20 minutes before show time for H.M.S. Pinafore, in Olney Theatre’s Muli…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMCommonwealth Classic Theatre Company romps through area parks with the zany comedy 'The Complete History of America (Abridged).' Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:04PMLooking back, it was probably inevitable. Latitude – the self-styled “queen of arts festivals”, the family-friendly, gluten-free, Moroccan-topped hummus pot of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMAlthough Lorelei Lynn never achieved the celebrity of some of her choreographer peers, her long and varied career was notable for a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:01PM By Myra Chanin Like Barbra, Ellen and Oprah, Tovah enjoys first name recognition on Broadway and Bloomingdale’s and on Network and Cable TV. Nobody with decent cultur…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 12:00PMSWAP’ra is a charitable organisation founded by a group of artists working in the opera industry. The group has come together as a team of volunteers to build a supportive community to eff…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMSitting in the theater watching Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, it is tempting to believe that the first hour alone is the apex of cinema, an experience that cannot possibly be topped. Mamma Mi…
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Matthew Gardiner will direct the production in Arlington, Virginia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMThe Hard Problem, a new play by Arcadia playwright Tom Stoppard to be staged by his The Coast of Utophia director Jack O’Brien, will premiere next fall as a Lincoln Center Theater prod…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:45AMConceived, directed, and choreographed by Daryl Gray, the dance show will open in 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMBy Douglas Mayo
n 1983, Adam Walsh went missing from a Hollywood shopping mall and quickly became the most famous missing child in American history. In 2017, a man called Adam Welsh googled …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:37AMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported,Bette Midler, who received unanimous raves and every Broadway acting honor, including the 2017 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her 'perfect,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMWe love, we live, we give what we give! Broadway alum Bronson Norris Murphy (The Phantom of the Opera) has joined the North American tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies, The Ph…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMSummer star Ariana DeBose offers up more backstage shenanigans, takes us with her to Broadway Barks and has a surprise guest!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMTom Stoppard's new play The Hard Problem will receive its New York premiere at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater this fall. Jack O'Brien, who helmed Stoppar…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMThe hit immersive off-Broadway staging of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s Sweeney Todd has announced the return of past cast members Betsy Morgan as Pirelli & Beggar Woman, Jos…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMEmma Frankland is headlining an event celebrating trans and non-binary artists as part of the Trans Pride season at the Marlborough Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMLincoln Center Theater under the direction of Andre Bishop has announced two new productions for this fall THE HARD PROBLEM, a new play by Tom Stoppard, to be directed by Jack O'Brien, begin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMAs BroadwayWorld previousuly reported,David Cook 'American Idol' Winner, 7th Season will return to the role of 'Charlie Price' in the Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMAll new photos have been released from the North American production of Love Never Dies, starring Bronson Norris Murphy as the Phantom and Meghan Picerno as Christine Daae.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMNatascia Diaz Signature's Crazy for You, City Center Encores Grand Hotel, Claybourne Elder Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Broadway's Sunday in the Park with George and Steffanie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMThe Tooting Arts Club production of Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street begins its final six weeks at the Barrow Street Theatre starting tonight. Beginning July 31st, returning cas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMGold Derby can exclusively reveal that Tatiana Maslany is entering the “Orphan Black” episode “To Right the Wrongs of Many” as her Emmy submission for Best Drama Actr…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:30AMKate Buddeke, Adam Langdon, and Deandre Sevon are among the actors who will appear in the one-act play festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:29AMThe evening will precede the Anastasia star’s return to Birdland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMClark also directed the award-winning New York Musical Theatre Festival production in 2016.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMOn Tuesday, Broadway In Chicago announced the Chicago premiere of 10-time Tony Award-winner “The Band’s Visit.” The show will run for a limited two-week engagement at Cadillac Palace T…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 11:15AMLakesha Arie-Angelo is resident director at Soho Theatre in London, where she has recently worked on Mary Laws’ Blueberry Toast and Vicky
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMby Bobby Steggert About two years ago, I completely turned my back on an acting career that I had spent twenty years building. I found myself increasingly discontented by the lack of contro…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 11:10AMBrian James Polak interviews the author of 'Teenage Dick' about disabled representation onstage, and also about writing 'structure-less joke-fests.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:07AMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 8, 2018.
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMIn these ultra-sensitive, snowflake times, writing, and performing, comedy is fraught with danger. One wrong word or gag and a once glittering career can lay in tatters. TV and radio writer,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMCrime, Russia, sexual depravity — before 2016, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was the cultural figure most associated with this triptych, especially because of his novel “Crime and Punishment.” On…
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Adelaide Clemens, Jax Jackson, and more will take the stage this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMSilber’s book, which continues the journey of the beloved characters from Fiddler on the Roof, will receive a live reading with Sheldon Harnick, Santino Fontana, Samantha Massell, and …
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMThe playwright, director, and cast dish on the upcoming Off-Broadway premiere from MCC Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMCold Rain opens with a familiar scene: three women, joining hands as they light candles and recite a simple love spell. A Macbethean trope, this spell acts as the inciting incident catapulti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMHeading for Capital Fringe today? Taking Metro (Green Line) is your best choice to avoid road closures due to the All-Star Game at Nationals Park. Exit at Waterfront. Plan your Metro trip…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMQuantifying the impact of suicide is a business of estimation. According to the Centers for Disease Control there were nearly 45,000 suicides in the U.S. in 2016. For each suicide there are …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:54AMOpera North’s revival of Kiss Me Kate played at The London Coliseum. The musical is set both on and off stage during a production of The Taming of The Shrew, in which we follow the temp…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:51AMBalancing warmth, wit, and a large dose of the ridiculous, Guildford Shakespeare Company’s Love’s Labour’s Lost manages to be both moving and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:51AMActor Denzel Washington, who stars in thriller "Equalizer 2" as a former Black Ops soldier turned vigilante, says he doesn't seek revenge in real life. (July 17)
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SOURCE: USA Today at 10:51AMFind out what happens to the beloved characters in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF after the musical ends. TEVYE SERVED RAW is an evening of Sholem Aleichem material, with adaptations of his 'Tevye' sto…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AMOriginal Jekyll & Hyde star Robert Cuccioli will direct.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMThe action is set in an incongruous and ahistorical no-man’s land, adrift between realistic drama and farce.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:42AMThe union has retained outside counsel to conduct its own investigation into the alleged mistreatment of the performer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe movie musical sequel lands in theatres July 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMAs A Bronx Tale enters its final weeks of Broadway performances, the show welcomesKimber Sprawl, who will join in the role of Jane beginning tonight, July 17.Christiani Pitts played her fina…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMThe man is non-stop Lin-Manuel Miranda announced his latest project today on Twitter. He is going to be releasing a book of his famous good morning and goodnight tweets
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMSting will star in the Canadian premiere of his critically acclaimed musical The Last Ship. Presented by David Mirvish and produced by Karl Sydow and Kathryn Schenker, the limited six-week …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMLast week, it was reported that Jeff Loeffelholz, an original cast member of the 1996 revival of Chicago, had taken his own life. Since then, the producers of the show have hired attorney Ju…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMWe're getting some fresh faces in the dinerAs BroadwayWorld previously reported,Katie Lowes 'Scandal' and actordirector Adam Shapiro Steve Jobs will join the company of Waitresstonight, July…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMBy Miles Harter, Contributing Writer, July 17, 2018 New York City has a rich and fascinating history. Plays that examine this history frequently can be compelling, and Fire in Dreamland per…
SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 10:32AMEmmy Award-winning comedian, actor and author Louie Anderson returns to his stand-up roots Saturday for a one-night-only appearance at Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:24AMGather ‘round Hammer Heads, Armie Wives, and those among us still rocking Adidas tracksuits: After performances of Hammer’s Broadway play Straight White Men, fans meet him at the stage d…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:20AMI’ve wanted to do a post here on Hubert’s Museum, the old Times Square freak show, for the longest time, having written about many people who performed there and given it a menti…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:12AMThe Jen Silverman comedy will kick off MCC Theater’s 2018–2019 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMThe book of “little pep talks” from the Hamilton and In The Heights creator will be published by Random House.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMThe Tiger Who Came To Tea is a lovely outing for families and is a great way to gently introduce little ones to the theatre.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:08AMMillennial Notes Matthew McCoy Elevates Disney Favorite by Evelyn Arevalo Director and Choreographer Matthew McCoy brings thrills to Victor Hugo’s gothic tale The Hunchback of Notre of Dam…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:07AMThe illustrator Rebecca Cobb spoke to LLLC’s Emma Clarendon about collaborating with Julia Donaldson and bringing The Everywhere Bear to the Polka Theatre.
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See what critics think of Rinne Groff’s new play at The Public Theater, starring Rebecca Naomi Jones and Enver Gjokaj.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe Call Me By Your Name star makes his Broadway debut in Straight White Men.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMZEALnyc, July 17, 2018 The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park continues its mission by presenting quality theatrical productions to the general public for free (see information …
SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 09:54AMLorne Campbell, who penned the new book for the musical, also directs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMRebecca Naomi Jones, Kyle Beltran, and Enver Gjokaj star in the new play Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMThe Jette Parker Young Artists (JPYA) Summer Performance was up against the football World Cup Final and the Wimbledon Final, so it’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AMI see many shows as a writer. Ordinarily, I scribble down notes on the play and mentally compose paragraphs whilst my eyes zoom in on actors catching my attention, ready to piece it all toge…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:33AMThe Public is currently tackling the dynamic and poignantly funny new play Fire in Dreamland, featuringKyle Beltran Lance, Enver Gjokaj Jaap Hooft, and Rebecca Naomi Jones Kate.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMIt's a classically-styled cinematic pose. The kind that tends to define a certain era of film noir. A woman stands alone on the Coney Island boardwalk on a chilly day. Covered in a tan trenc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMNew York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spoke it fluently as did James Cagney. Barbara Streisand can converse, and Judy Garland sang in it. Last night the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene pr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMThe House That Will Not Stand provides a glimpse into a brief moment in 19th century American history, when wealthy women of color had land and power of their own. We speak with director Lil…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:31AMThe Barn Theatre's production of THE RISE AND FALL OF LITTLE VOICE is going from strength to strength. With a host of great reviews and awesome responses from audiences, the Cirencester show…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:30AMLucie Arnaz Headlines Birdland Theater July 17 – 21
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Emmy Award-winner Lucie Arnaz, in her much anticipated return to New York, will headline Birdland Theater, the cozy …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:25AMKristin Chenoweth and Andrew Rannells visit Late Night with SethMeyers to chat all things Broadway, THE BOYS IN THE BAND, RuPaul's Drag Race, and more Check out the hilarious clips below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMPark theatre, LondonThe politics of comedy is examined through the prism of faltering father and son comedians played by Les Dennis and Blake Harrison‘I realised why I never liked jokes,�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMActors’ Equity has hired a lawyer to conduct its own investigation into claims of harassment at “Chicago” after the death of one of its longtime cast members. The union hir…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:01AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMCasting has been announced for Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub’s musical reworking of Twelfth Night. The production, heading to the Young Vic Theatre this October, is set in London’s No…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:00AMBy Courtney Bailey Parker. Actor and literature/theatre professor Courtney Bailey Parker talks about national anthem protests, performance as activism, and theatre artists as mediators.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM
We're all celebrating our favourite characters this World Emoji Day - and what better way to do so than with our humdinger of a quiz below?
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:44AMFringe is usually filled with scrappy fledging companies of artists banding together in the hopes of making some theatre magic on zero budget, a wing and a prayer. But, every once in while t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:42AM“That’s my hope, that this is just an ignition for something much larger. ”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 08:32AMBy HowlRound TV. Once Upon a Time Wolf, a text + movement solo event by Celeste Miller designed for domestic spaces, livestreams from the Home for Wayward Girls and their Dogs on the global,…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:30AMIt's time for some fresh blood in EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE! Rebecca McKinnis and Lee Ross have joined the West End cast as Margaret New and Hugo/Loco Chanel. we're sure they're having…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:30AMDancers, are you officially packing your bags for DancerPalooza? In just a few weeks, this epic, one-of-kind dance festival returns to California, but this time in a new venue – the San Di…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:22AMIn honor of the Divine Miss M's return to her Tony-winning role tonight, I offer my views on the cast recording she headlines. I had the great fortune of seeing the original revival ca…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:18AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on July 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMThe Public is currently tackling the dynamic and poignantly funny new play Fire in Dreamland. The show opened yesterday, July 16, at the Anspacher Theater. Let's see what the critics are say…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AM"Linger" examines how the shockwave of one event can emanate and wreak havoc on life after life.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 08:15AMNew writing presents exciting opportunities for actors, but it can also leave you with a flat character. Samantha Marsden shares her tips
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMFlesh and Bone is an affectionate, entertaining and unapologetically irreverent tribute to a community that’s much more than a caricature, and has plenty to say for itself if only anybody …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM
There’s intimacy, verbal violence, and social agony in Alkaline. There’s also what one might define a sapient triumph of awkwardness
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AMSupport from Hull City of Culture and becoming an NPO meant 2017 was a breakout year for the theatre company. Artistic director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMPresented as part of MEL&NYC – a new program of multi-disciplinary events celebrating all things New York and Melbourne, Arts Centre Melbourne presents New York large ensemble coll…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:29AMBut It Still Goes On This play by famous poet and novelist Robert Graves was never performed and the fabulous Finborough stages its first production
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:25AMRebecca Naomi Jones delivers dauntingly long monologues with plenty of fire and verve though Rinne Groff's play fails to fully live up to its potential
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SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:25AMOur thoughts are with Katharine McPhee, who's father passed away Sunday morning. McPhee shared a heartfelt note on Twitter about her father's passing.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12AMGilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance is being reimagined as a danced-through musical. Pirates! will be directed and choreographed by Daryl
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMArts Educational Schools has launched a new £5,000 award to provide support to a musical theatre graduate. The inaugural winner of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMGreenwich Dance has announced it is to move into a new home in south-east London. The organisation, which provides services for dancers,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:06AMJanet Archer is stepping down as chief executive of Creative Scotland after five years. She joined the funding organisation in July 2013
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Global theatrical licensor Music Theatre International MTI has filed a complaint against Theaterpalooza Community Theater Productions, Inc. in the Federal District Court for the Eastern Dist…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:38AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories watch the cast of Hello, Dolly perform at Broadway Barks, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AMAcclaimed director and choreographer, Spencer Liff, has made a name for himself in the worlds of theater, television, and film and is flexing his creative muscles once again for the new Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AMBy Douglas Mayo
Pirates! the musical dance spectacular of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates Of Penzance will open in the UK in 2019.
This post Pirates! – New Musical Dance Spectacul…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:02AMIt Happened In Key West takes risks which more often than not, pay off. As beguiling as it is macabre, this morbid musical comedy needs to be seen to be believed.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMA new version of the musical about a town devastated by the decline of northeastern England’s shipbuilding industry and the looming closure of the Swan Hunter shipyard is coming in early 2…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:00AMQuentin's back! And he's been immortalised in musical form so future generations can hear his story. The rad peeps behind THE QUENTIN DENTIN SHOW have announced that an original cast recordi…
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Listen: Lisa Brescia and Loren Lott to Join “DEH” and “OOTI” Respectively, Grosses Climb, and Laura Dreyfuss is Leaving “Evan Hansen” to Co-Star with Ben …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMSo many of the musicals that originate on Broadway eventually make their way to London’s West End. It is, however, somewhat taken for granted that a great many musicals come to us from Gre…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:44AMTheatre company HighTide has announced plans for further expansion, with a festival of work to be staged in Lowestoft from 2021. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMThe producers of the award-winning Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre have announced that this week Rebecca McKinnis (Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You) is stepping into the …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMAs a further 350,000 tickets are released for the West End production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Olivier Award-winning production of School of Rock – The Musical, term begins on 22 August …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:30AMAt the height of his fame, as part of a 1970s double act called Chalk and Cheese, Bobby (Les Dennis) used to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Gary
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMy first paid acting job was Venus vs Mars, a series for Sky Living in 2015. As well as being a first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMHow did you start off in theatre? As a working-class artist from the suburbs of Liverpool, I had no idea how to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMShakespeare’s slight and silly comedy As You Like at the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre is just the thing for midsummer.
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The planned redevelopment of the Bega Valley Regional Gallery (BVRG) has reached another significant milestone with the architectural concept plans having now been prepared by Sibling Archit…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:50AMWarner Bros. has recently announced a plan to construct an aerial tramway to the famed Hollywood sign. The project has been dubbed the Hollywood Skyway. The skyway will transport visit…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:48AMThe summer would see the shoot of “Downton Abbey” movie but the motion picture will be devoid of a major character. Crawleys are safe, though a close family member, Lady Rose MacCla…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:47AMJohnny Depp has been sued after allegedly punching a crew member while the filming of “City of Lies” was going on.Actor Johnny Depp has been sued by a crew member on the sets of the “C…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:43AMActor George Clooney was in a motorbike accident in Sardinia but escaped with minor injuries.According to local news reports, the 57-year-old actor met with an accident on his way to a film …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:41AMPUFFS or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic has announced a final extension to its season at the Alex Theatre St Kilda. It will now play an addition…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:32AMLooking for a melodrama with all the traditional fixings? Young heroine, dashing hero, moustache-twirling villain…. With it’s broad appeal and easy staging, Little Nell and the M…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMWhy Wilmer Valderrama Thinks Cardi B is a GeniusWe welcome back to the Young Hollywood Studio the one and only Wilmer Valderrama to get the scoop on Season 2 of his hilarious Fuse series "Th…
SOURCE: Young Hollywood at 01:00AMMaia & Alex Shibutani Battle In the Double Dare Challenge"Double Dare" is back, and we couldn't think of a better pair to try out the famous obstacle course during VidCon than the Shib Sibs!…
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The 2018 Helpmann Awards have been presented over two big nights at the Sydney Town Hall and the Capitol Theatre on the set of Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical. Last night, a star…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:50AMDuring the 1911 fire that burned Coney Island’s Dreamland amusement park to the ground, one of the animal attractions, a black lion, with his hind quarters ablaze, scrambled up the stair…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:44AMTony winners Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce return to the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly! beginning on July 17. The leading pair will continue with the production until it…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32AMThe hit Broadway musical Waitress welcomes real-life married couple Katie Lowes (Scandal) and Adam Shapiro (Steve Jobs) in the roles of Dawn and Ogie, respectively, on July 17. The pair make…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32AMStage alum Kimber Sprawl joins the company of Broadway's A Bronx Tale on July 17. The young star takes on the role of Jane, replacing Christiani Pitts, who played her final performance o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32AMDavid Cook is strapping on his boots yet again! The American Idol winner—who made his Broadway debut in April as Charlie Price in Kinky Boots—returns to the Tony-winning musical …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32AMThe pair step into the roles of Dawn and Ogie in the Sara Bareilles musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMMidler reprises her Tony-winning performance, closing out the revival with a six-week limited engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMKwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub's musical adaptation begins performances July 17 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning musical continues at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning director re-invents Luchino Visconti’s 1969 Oscar-nominated film, performed for the stage by Comédie-Française.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHow Superstorm Sandy changed the trajectory of Fire in Dreamland---Playwright Rinne Groff is obsessed with the obsessed, whether it's an inventor's struggle to perfect an early version of te…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: The 17th Annual River To River Festival with Cori Olinghouse, Catherine Galasso and It’s Showtime NYC!, "This collective viewing experience provides a unique look into the…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: American Tap Dance Foundation’s Tap City Festival at Symphony Space with Michelle Dorrance, Caleb Teicher and More, "For reasons best known to himself, Nicholas Van Young�…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM92Y Harkness Dance Center presents MOBILE DANCE FILM FESTIVAL on July 28, 2018, with two programs of screenings.
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