In 1883’s Thus Spake Zarathustra, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared, “God is dead,” but even he would be grinding it out to Ariana Grande’s “God Is a Woman” perfo…
SOURCE: Vulture at 11:30PMSure, the VMAs may be all about landing the coveted Moon Man trophy, but it was the women who stole the show Monday night at Radio City Music Hall. The flashy MTV awards ceremony ushered in …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:22PMThis week marks the 50 years since the opening of the National Gallery of Victoria’s new St Kilda Road building designed by Sir Roy Grounds. Now known as NGV International, Grounds’ blue…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:21PMDark is not a German version of Stranger Things; its historical vision is distinctive.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:12PMLove is in the air at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards! Celebrity couples are heating up the red carpet at the Radio City Music Hall Monday, and we can't get enough. Ariana Grande and Pe…
SOURCE: USA Today at 11:10PM
RED SCARE IN BROOKLYN I was at a dinner party in New York once and met a 97-year-old woman who embodied a kind of Upper West Side left-wing glamour I find intoxicating. She had grown up in a…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:51PMFrom intense solo recitals to big band rumbles, Satoko Fujii can not only be counted on for exploratory zeal -- she also has the chops to pull off whatever she attempts.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:48PMThe anarchists profiled in Underscore Theatre's smash hit Haymarket were hardworking immigrants, who just wanted a fair wage and time to call their own. As a folk-musical concept album or co…
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 06:42PMBroadway.com Photo Director Caitlin McNaney chats with Paul Wontorek to celebrate her 5th anniversary at Broadway.com.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMWho run the world? Women. The cast and friends of Pretty Woman try their best to describe these indescribable women on opening night in this Red Carpet Challenge.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMWaitress understudy Stephanie Torns will return to the role of Jenna full-time beginning on August 21 for a limited run through September 2. Torns will play Jenna in the interim between…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:36PMSpirited, tuneful and fabulously performed but lacking a strong plot, the silly "R.R.R.E.D." might have made for a lively hour-long cabaret show. However, as a full-length musical, it’s a …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:32PMAND NOW, WITH FURTHER ADO… Not only is it one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, but Much Ado About Nothing contains a favorite character: Dogberry. This bumbling constable arrives much …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:17PMComfort Women: A Musical is poised to take its place in musical theatre history besides iconic shows like Miss Saigon and Les Miserables. All these shows tell the story of people who have fa…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:12PMIf the show plays like it was written by a committee, in fact, it has been. The book is by producer/ writer Ken Davenport and The Grundleshotz who turn out to be a group of performers and wr…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 06:03PM
The company's new FreePlay program aims to offer just what it says.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:56PMHead Over Heels: https://headoverheelsthemusical.com Bonnie Milligan: Twitter: @BeltingBonnie Instagram: @beltingbons Spencer Liff: Twitter: @spencerliff Instagram: @spencerliff Timestamps…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55PMTHE BOTTOM LINE: Qurrat Ann Kadwani’s one-woman play Intrusion, is a glimpse into a future where rape has been eradicated…or so we believed. Those who want their theater to invit…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:51PMKatharine McPhee's time at the diner has come to an end. The star of Broadway's hit Waitress just concluded her run at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, and to mark the occasion, she's reading no…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48PMTHE BOTTOM LINE: West of 10th’s production of Lia Romeo’s American Dreamers, a fast-paced play about after college. It’s a good choice if you want to see an honest portrait of what li…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:41PMCher, Hollywood dancing queen, told a haunting tale to an Atlantic City audience over the weekend. According to The Hollywood Reporter, during her concert, the 72-year-old singer reminisced …
SOURCE: Vulture at 05:27PMThe Richard Eyre-helmed adaptation will be available to stream on Amazon Prime beginning September 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:27PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend.
Chris McCarrell to Reprise His Turn as Percy Jackson on The Lightning Thief Tour
Chris McCarrell, the ta…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMLincoln Center Theater's acclaimed Broadway revival of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady is delighting crowds at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. The Tony-nominated production, starring …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PMALMOST PARADISE There are many pleasures on display in the newest incarnation of the bluegrass musical Paradise, which has been in development for over five years. Now at Ruskin Group Theatr…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:23PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Audra McDonald shares audience horror stories, Sutton Foster talks Younger and her new pet project, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PMSaturday “Silent No More”: Featuring performances by 10 cast members, the one-night show explores the experiences of growing up with hearing loss and concludes with a Q&A with cast and a…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:15PMAnthony HopkinsandEmma Thompsonreunite in their third collaboration and lead an all-star cast for their upcoming production of Shakespeare's KING LEAR. Check out the first trailer below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:04PM
It was Monday morning in a Manhattan recording studio, and the cast of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical knew they’d made magic. The performers and musicians had all gathered on their first…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:59PMAudible will produce live work by Patti Smith, Aasif Mandvi, Isaac Gomez, and Chisa Hutchinson, then make them available as audio recordings.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:50PMSebastian StanandDenise Goughare set to star in MONDAY, according to Deadline.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMOn this day in 2015, the world premiere run of the Tony-nominated musical Waitress began its world premiere run at American Repertory Theater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMTony winner Janet McTeer takes on the role of international stage celebrity Sarah Bernhardt in this must-see world premiere.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:24PMBroadway box office wilted a tad in the summer NYC heat, slipping to $35,465,012 for Week 12 of the season. That’s a 5% drop from the previous week.
Some of the slip during the week en…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:16PMDance Base, EdinburghRamesh Meyyappan’s solo theatre show explores our daily struggle to hold it all togetherYou know the feeling. The alarm clock goes off and for a few seconds it’s all…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PMFour singer-songwriters will offer concerts in the heart of the Theatre District in August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMYou don’t have to be a Broadway baby to scratch your onstage acting itch. In fact, all around the country—and outside of it—there are bustling theater communities producing…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:00PM
Playbill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMSo You Think You Can Dance Emmy nominee Al Blackstone shares his favorite Broadway dance breaks.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:48PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:42PMUnder the rubric “Lapses, let me start with two flagrantly poor specimens of usage, which I find particularly painful. Both are exemplars of redundancy, excess verbiage that can and should…
SOURCE: John Simon at 03:42PMThe two actors will play Americans living in Greece.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMThe production continues its streak of surpassing capacity at the August Wilson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:41PMOne of 5 Betties in Jen Silverman's 'Collective Rage' at MCC Theater, she's also credited as the show's 'Butch Consultant' and its 'Truck Consultant.' Of course.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:37PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8192018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMAs BroadwayWorld reported last week, the tour cast has been announced for the 10th anniversary tour of ROCK OF AGES.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMNatascia Diaz,Claybourne Elder,andSteffanie Leighstar inStephen SondheimandJames Lapine's musical Passion. This new production is directed bySignature Theatre's Associate Artistic DirectorMa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMGrammy-winning flutist Tim Munro is the SLSO's new creative partner
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:36PMBy Leslie C. Lewis. Leslie C. Lewis looks at how playwrights are working together and building community with Rough Draught Playwrights in Denver, Colorado.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:21PMOn Monday, the Factory Theater announced the lineup of its 2018-19 season. The Roger Parks-ensemble will mark its 26th anniversary, with recently appointed co-artistic Directors Manny Tamayo…
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By Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Class now playing at the Traverse Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe
This post REVIEW: Class, The Traverse, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭✭ first appeared on Br…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:54PMGo behind the scenes ofTHE NEWSBOYS 5TH ANNIVERSARY REUNION CONCERT at 54 Below tonight on BroadwayWorld's Instagram as former Newsies reunite to sing from the Alan Menken catalogue
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMAround a decade after she originated the role ofReginaCandi in ROCK OF AGES, Lauren Molina returns to NEW WORLD STAGES for another fun and funny musical romp. Having been with DESPERATE MEAS…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMDanielle Brooks talks about performing in 'The Color Purple' on Broadway while filming 'Orange is the New Black' at the same time.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMThe Stage Managers’ Association will honor Harris and other stage managers September 17 in Manhattan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMAfter watching her videos for weeks, "Call Me Adam" goes backstage at R.R.R.E.D. A Secret Musical to interview "Stephanie Hicks and Her Selfie Stick." (a.k.a. Marissa Rosen). We had a f…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 02:46PMThe Theatre East production will begin performances September 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMBat Out Of Hell, a new musical inspired by the critically acclaimed best-selling albums of the same name, will a launch a North American tour at Detroit’s Fox Theatre following the show’…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:34PM“Sakina’s Restaurant,” which originally ran in 1998, will play at the Minetta Lane Theater in October. A Patti Smith show is also in the new lineup.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMSpring Awakening alum, singer-songwriter, and actress, Emily Kinney, The Walking Dead, Masters of Sex has been hard at work on her new album, 'Oh, Jonathan out this August. This soulful and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMBroadway is a tough industry, and if you're going to pursue a career in theatre you've got to be prepared to face rejection fairly regularly. Though performers will often take to social medi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMA WAY TO GHOUL OFF THIS SUMMER It’s not easy for a frightfest to work (or play) just as well as a laff-fest, let alone to be both: A delightful exercise in creepy-crawly quirkiness, Night…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:29PMBreak a leg! But not really. Please be careful. Scott Cote, Angela Grovey and Evan Alexander Smith will star in the national tour of Broadway's hit comedy The Play That Goes Wrong as Den…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMThe Broadway fan favorite and Younger star chats about her evolving career and her new album Take Me To The World.
SOURCE: play.acast.com at 02:10PMUnderbelly Cowgate, EdinburghThe Aussie standup ditches blithe character-comedy for a brave show that is often more sad than funnyNo one who’s seen the Aussie act Steen Raskopoulos would a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:04PM'Absolutely pitch perfect writing' - Lilith Wozniak on Malaprop Theatre's compelling take on the modern world.
The post Edinburgh Review: Jericho at Underbelly Cowgate appeared first on Exeu…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 02:04PMFun, sexy and inventive: Lilith Wozniak reviews Gandini Juggling's playful tribute to all things pop music.
The post Edinburgh Review: 8 Songs at Assembly Roxy appeared first on Exeunt Magaz…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 02:03PMFor 20 years, August was the month when New Yorkers who hated the beach and couldn’t afford to travel could have a “staycation” sampling some 200 shows at the New York International Fr…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:00PMInk Asher Hemp (they/them) is trans nonbinary. They are taking up space and they are not apologising in this one-person show with a bit of spoken word that overviews trans and queer issues.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 02:00PMThe main batch of awards is coming in this week at the world’s largest arts festival in Edinburgh. It is time for the final part of the BLOUIN ARTINFO pick of the best of 5,000 events scat…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:00PM
The show officially opens August 21 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMTHE GREATEST SHOWMAN - ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK, has been certified 2x platinum by the RIAA for sales and streams now in excess of 2 million.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:42PMYou won’t be laughing when this play at Stratford — by star Italian playwright Eduardo De Filippo — ends, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:30PMHaggis roles and millennials saving the world: Tom Moyser reviews Traverse's programme of early-morning script readings.
The post Edinburgh Review: Breakfast Plays: Youthquake at Traverse Th…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 01:19PMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews What Girls Are Made Of now playing at Traverse Theatre as part of Edinburgh Fringe.
This post REVIEW: What Girls Are Made Of, Traverse Theatre. Edinbrg…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:10PMWe asked the Pretty Woman actor to name her favorite film, what's in her dressing room, and the three things that make a perfect day.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMPretty Woman: The Musical officially opened at the Nederlander Theatre last week. The screen-to-stage adaptation of the 1990 film stars Andy Karl and Samantha Barks in the roles made famous&…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PMOur children haven’t just grown up in these places; they have grown into themselves there.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:06PMGrab a sneak peek of the Australian company performing the Andrew Lloyd Webber hit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThere is no doubting Killymuck’s powerful message, it is moving and tough but there is also love and laughter along the way.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMTwenty years ago, Jennifer Garner thought her career couldn’t get better. She’d survived nine months of sleeping in a kitchen in Manhattan and eating spaghetti with butter while understu…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThere is not enough dramatic scaffolding to support the bulk of thematic materials in this world premiere from Promethean Theatre Ensemble.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PM
The community-engaged theatre troupe and institute, long based in California, recently touched down in NYC's most diverse borough for a new adventure in art-making.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:59PM“George Bush doesn’t care about black people,” Kanye West told approximately 8.5 million viewers tuned into a Red Cross fundraiser just days after Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Or…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:59PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Don McCamphill’s new play Vivarium starring John Travers at Bedlam Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe
This post REVIEW: Vivarium, Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:58PMThe show, an ode to the runner-up in all of us, will begin performances Off-Broadway August 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMThe U.K.-born comedy is the longest-running play currently on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:53PMAs Lil points out at the beginning of this startling reinterpretation of Jonathan Swift’s satire, the only bit of Gulliver’s Travels people
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMSexual harassment in the industry has been the hot topic of 2018, and it’s no different at Edinburgh. Emily Jupp hears from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMThe show: The Elm Shakespeare Company presents a free outdoor show of “Love's Labour’s Lost” — a rarely produced early Shakespeare play — through Sept. 2 in Edgerton Park. First im…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 12:50PMFresh off of the opening of his own show, Pretty Woman composer and lyricist Bryan Adams hopped over to the St. James to catch the royal family of Arendelle in action. Check out the photo be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMWhile Robert Sher's career has been most significant for producing the Grammy nominated cast recordings of such Broadway musicals as Nice Work If You Can Get It, Sugar Babies, and the most r…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMThe Cornley University Drama Society is excited to announce they have found enough students willing to live out of a suitcase for a year to fully cast the first national tour of the Olivier …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMProductions that are the most fun ask their audiences to buckle up, embrace the madness, and hang on for a wild ride. Pointless Theatre has such a carnival of entertainment in their latest o…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMEarlier this year the BBC announced it was shutting down its Maida Vale studio. It’s a shame considering its incredible history, no
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:39PMThe Fiddler on the Roof alum returns to the Manhattan nightspot August 21 and 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMThe puppet play leaves a critic exasperated.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:36PMSince the debut of the musical, travel to Gander, Newfoundland, has increased—but the kindness to visitors remains the same.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMThe producers of The Lightning Thief The Percy Jackson Musical announced this morning Chris McCarrell will reprise the role of Percy Jackson in the upcoming national tour of the musical adap…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMWhile the cast album of Carousel is as disappointing as the revival, My Fair Lady is one of the albums of the last 60 years.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 12:24PMYou know what you’re getting with a Henry Naylor play by now. An authoritative voice, a well-researched story, an unapologetically political message,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMWe’ve all had a wild year, but Ariana Grande might’ve had the wildest. Since last spring, the Floridian singer with the outsize voice had her world rocked by a terror attack at her arena…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:20PMSure to add to the swathes of smash-hit Young Vic to West End transfers, The Inheritance has today confirmed full ensemble casting.
The post The Inheritance confirms full West End transfer c…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:19PMBy Noah Schaffer Nearly 40 years ago Toots Hibbert, already a reggae veteran, recorded a song called “Never Get Weary” with his group the Maytals. The song was about resilience in the fa…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:12PMBurnt Lemon Theatre – freshly minted as a New Diorama Graduate Emerging Company for 2018-19 – is well worth watching, judging by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMIn JG Ballard’s novel, Concrete Island, an architect is left stranded after a car accident in an area of overgrown wasteland in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:05PMThe sirens are screaming and the fires are howling! Andrew Polec, who has thrilled London and Toronto audiences with his powerhouse performance as Strat in Bat Out of Hell—The Musical,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMBy Lucas Rowley (Inupiaq). Playwright Lucas Rowley reflects on navigating expectations of Western theatre while also balancing his Inupiaq traditions and community responsibilities.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 12:04PMThe audiobook company reveals its upcoming lineup at the downtown theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMArthur Miller’s 1968 play The Price at Theatre Royal Bath gives its star, David Suchet, another landmark stage role in an already exemplary career
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
The musical based on the real-life Beale family is a perfect vehicle for Front Porch Theatricals and Daina Michelle Griffith.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:57AMEdinburgh Fringe venue operator Assembly has been accused of racial profiling after an actor was refused entry to a show because staff
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:49AMMulti-disciplinary Belgian theatre-maker Marieke Dermul wants to enter Eurovision 2019 with her European Citizen Popsong – an anthem combining musical influences from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:37AMBroadwayWorld has a first look at CYRANO at Goodspeed Check out all new photos below Led by Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Peter Dinklage as Cyrano alongside film actress Haley Be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMLynn Rosen's new play examines the lives of a group of proofreaders and a missing colleague who may have washed up on the river shore.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:32AMOrganisations including the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as leading casting directors have committed to giving every actor
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:31AMStage and screen star Douglas Booth will lead the cast of powerful new play, A Guide For The Homesick, at Trafalgar Studios this autumn.
The post Douglas Booth to star in new Trafalgar Studi…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:29AMBrandon Williams talks about his scene-stealing performance in Gettin' the Band Back Together, his award-winning work directing TV commercials, and a LOL audition fail.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:27AMInspired by the story of William Freeman, the first defendant to plead insanity in a US court, Camilla Whitehill and Strictly Arts’
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:24AMPerformances of the two-part play will begin September 21 at the Noël Coward Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMSinger-raconteur, Ira Lee Collings, premieres his latest show, NAKED—From The Neck Up on Sunday, September 23rd at 5:30 PM, at Don’t Tell Mama in New York City. The Gay Geezer will dispe…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:12AMThe top growing current Broadway musicals were Pretty Woman 16.35, Gettin' The Band Back Together 9.17, Head Over Heels 3.03, My Fair Lady 1.39 and The Band's Visit1.33. The top growing curr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMLibby McArthur draws on a true story from her own past, when she was arrested and sentenced to prison for non-payment of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMI have no idea what goes on in The Extinction Event. Not a clue. Simon Evans and David Aula – theatre directors
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:11AMThe Canadian theatre unveils next year's lineup.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AMUnder Nadia Tass' direction, the play's illustrious cast does fine work to flesh out Michael Tucker's characters to whatever degree the script allows for development throughout the ensemble.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 11:04AM“It gets better” is the premise and promise of a multimedia campaign that since 2010 has tried to offer hope and encouragement to LGBTQ+ youth. The message can be life-saving. Ne…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:04AMLadykiller is a compelling one-woman show that explores the imbalance between the sexes for a deadly purpose – Hannah McClean is breathtaking.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Well, we like to think Mae West is smilin’, wherever she is. All three days of West Fest opening weekend were a big success, and many thanks to all who helped it happen! Here’s a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:54AMCasting is complete for the upcoming West End transfer of Matthew Lopez's new play The Inheritance. On the heels of an acclaimed world premiere staging at the Young Vic, the play will ap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMPlay flies by with an irreverent, extremely funny and stingingly contemporary script by Erin Shields and masterful direction by Jackie Maxwell.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:49AMEven before the lights go down, you are drawn into the vibrant world of Once on This Island. The immersive experience begins the moment you step inside the Circle in the Square Theatre on Br…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:43AMJim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell - The Musical is hitting the road The critically acclaimed new musical based on one of the best-selling albums of all time, will launch a nineteen city North A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMNow celebrating 30 years on Broadway, The Phantom of the Opera is the musical all others are measured against. PHANTOM is one of the most lavish productions in theatrical history. Its Tony A…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMAre we all now addicted to the internet? How has this shaped our body images? And the boundaries between fantasy and reality? What's any of that got to do with the Irish poet WB Yeats? In th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AMWhen you envision the highest possible pinnacle of your acting career, what do you imagine? Is it accepting the biggest honors of stage and screen, the indicators that your critics and fello…
SOURCE: Backstage at 10:30AMGray again steps into the role of Papa Ge in the Tony-winning revival at Circle in the Square.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:29AMThe 19-city tour of the Jim Steinman musical will kick off in Detroit in November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMThe production, directed by Andy Sandberg, officially opened August 17 Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:16AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Karen Cogan’s new play Drip Feed at Assembly George Square Theatre at Edinburgh Fringe and Soho Theatre in London
This post REVIEW: Drip Feed, George…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:15AMLaura Wades’s return to the stage is a bright satire about marriage and nostalgic fantasy
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SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
Look through the latest Playbill covers featuring new shows of the season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe traveling production will kick off at Chicago’s Ford Center for the Performing Arts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMGrease is still electrifyin' audiences 40 years later and the film's original stars, John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John reunited for at special anniversary screening at the Samuel Goldwyn …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AMHarriet Harris shines as Chris Durang’s nutty nun, while Robert E. Sherwood’s vintage melodrama just shines, period.
The post Petrified Forest, Sister Mary Ignatius: Revivals Under the B…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:01AMIt is a pleasure to watch this skilful duo deconstruct their performance in front of us and the combination of mesmerising manipulation and dry comedy left me wanting more.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTHE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG does pretty much everything right. It started in England and continues on Broadway. For all the heavy “important” plays that have come and gone over the past…
SOURCE: Ken Levine at 09:00AM
A modernist odyssey: Hannah Greenstreet writes on La JohnJoseph's lyrical solo show.
The post Edinburgh Review: A Generous Lover at Summerhall appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 08:52AMA new play by the award-winning American writer Ken Urban, A Guide for the Homesick will make its European debut at Trafalgar Studios Two from 16 October to 24 November 2018, with press nigh…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:45AMThe team behind the well-received, sold-out UK premiere of Stephen Sondheim’s The Frogs, adapted by Nathan Lane at Jermyn Street Theatre, is to present a new production of the modern-day f…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:30AMA genre-defying delight: Tom Moyser writes on a solo show that explores the lure of old cassettes.
The post Edinburgh Review: The Basement Tapes at Summerhall appeared first on Exeunt Magazi…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 08:26AMYou won’t come across many shows like The Hit, a solo hour of storytelling performed entirely by a puppet. Strangeface’s play takes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:22AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 20 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Forget Me Nots now playing as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018.
This post REVIEW: Forget Me Nots, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭✭ first appeared on British…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:10AMAnna May Wong was one of a kind. Widely considered Hollywood’s first Chinese-American movie star, she had a prolific career and starred
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:09AMMy hope of ever witnessing a true revolution for women in theatre began to disappear over the last year – until Emilia at Shakespeare’s Globe.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMAn artist spent several Halloweens prepping the monsters and maniacs at Kennywood’s Phantom Fright Nights.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
When Benny Hill died in 1992, his body lay undiscovered for two days. His career as a comedian had been over for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMThe poetic, comical and sometimes unsettling Tokyo Fugue makes its Camden Fringe debut 23 to 26 August 2018 at the Cockpit Theatre. Take a look at these mesmerising production photos and bra…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:56AMThe Flabbergast Theatre members are the regular fringe creatives behind the puppet creations Boris and Sergey. This year, the creative team has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:46AMPteronarcophobia. That’s the fear of flies. And it’s what drives this intelligently staged co-production between master storytellers Les Enfants Terribles and family-focused
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:39AMAugust 20 is the natal day of pioneering female actor/manager “Jolly” Della Pringle (Cora Della Van Winkle, 1870-1952). Born in Trenton, Missouri, Pringle began her career as a c…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:36AMDear Members and Friends,
These are exciting times for LA STAGE Alliance. Call it a season of silver linings.
As you may have heard, in June our landlord raised our rent 50% on short n…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 07:33AMRoundabout at Summerhall, EdinburghDating apps and cute cat gifs are stifling a couple’s ability to communicate in Eve Nicol’s play for Middle ChildWhat’s a monogamist to do in the age…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMLast week, the National Theatre committed to giving every actor it auditions at least a yes or no response. The move comes
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:21AMCrushed feels: this story of the late 1970s Brisbane punk scene is emotive and brutal.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 07:14AMThis Don Giovanni, presented in a neo-classical stone amphitheatre, inaugurates the Waterperry Opera Festival in rural Oxfordshire. It shares the programme with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMTightly wound and shot through with an utterly surprising melancholy, Keir McAllister’s tale of two men feuding over their right to relax
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:08AMTokyo-based physical theatre company tarinainanika are preparing for their Camden Fringe debut of Tokyo Fugue, a mesmerising piece of physical theatre about feeling lost, set in the maze-lik…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:03AMSimon Evans and David Aula have written and are performing in not one but two shows back to back at the Fringe: The Vanishing Man and The Extinction Event.
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Two works from the early years of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership are presented together and in contrasting manner. Festival founder Ian
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMMore and more people are coming from away to kiss the cod in Gander ever since Come From Away hit the Great White Way. NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt did a feature on the hit musical and …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AMSparks is one of those shows that makes you want to call the people in your life that you love and hear
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMKatie Mitchell and Alice Birch’s adaptation of The Malady of Death, the 1982 novella by Marguerite Duras, is technically audacious. Using a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMIt’s evidence of the ongoing popularity of Gilbert and Sullivan that this year alone the UK has seen three professional productions of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMAlex Wood’s ambitious debut science-fiction play envisions a world in which women suddenly start to grow. Overnight their bodies expand and their
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMIn her new show, the choreographer Jasmin Vardimon uses the Greek myth of Medusa to explore womanhood and our ecological future. Tristram Kenton photographed the rehearsals in Sitges Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMHe found fame at 18 in Caroline Aherne’s sitcom, but is celebrated today for taking on Jeremy Hunt and Nigel Farage. He talks about existential angst, the death of his sister – and his �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMIt’s a winner, this combination of Hijinx and Spymonkey. Hijinx works brilliantly with actors who have learning disabilities, while masters of daftness
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMLloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil Ely’s new musical Closets opens up an important discussion with great charm and sensitivity. It’s 1988 and 16
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:10AMTracy-Ann Oberman and Alasdair Harvey are joining the cast of Pack of Lies at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London. They join
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMLondon’s Cadogan Hall will have BBC Singers performing the choicest of English choral music in a programme called “The Sense Of Ending” on August 20. The theme of the programme is ‘E…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:09AMAustralian icon, singer, songwriter and musical theatre star Tina Arena will play the role of Eva Peron in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA in Sydney. EVITA, one of the most celebrat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:06AMLove London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon spoke to Kyla Morris about her play O.L.D Online Dating playing as part of the Camden Fringe on 25 and 26 August 2018.
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Limbik Theatre’s adaptation of George Saunders’ short story, The Semplica Girl Diaries, has a nightmarish premise. Set in a near future, the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMListen: Michael Jackson Musical Prepares for Lab Next Month, Sally Field & Bill Pullman to Lead Old Vic “All My Sons,” Chris McCarrell to Return for “Percy Jackson̶…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories we took you inside opening night of Pretty Woman, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:48AMBased on Karel Capek’s 1936 sci-fi novel of the same name, Knaive Theatre’s War with the Newts immerses you in an apocalyptic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMPurportedly a comedy, purportedly a dark one, there’s no evidence of that in Christopher Reid’s verse piece about a middle-aged man meeting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:32AMMark O’Rowe’s quietly powerful three-hander takes the form of series of conversations. Three women – Cora, Anna, and Denise – discuss the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMTo celebrate and rediscover Melbourne’s contribution to fashion in the 1970s, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) presents an immersive Super 70s exhibition at the historic Rippon L…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:27AMThis is vital verbatim theatre. Adapted from more than 200 hours of interviews and reams upon reams of public documents, Lung Theatre’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:22AMFull casting has been announced for the Menier Chocolate Factory’s major revival of Hugh Whitemore’s Pack of Lies. Hannah Chissick directs Jasper Britton as (Stewart), Sia Dauda (Sally),…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:20AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith its chummy chat and Strictly gossip, this fringe show is like being force-fed pages of OK! magazineHis show is called Confessions and promises “candid ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMMichael Schulman on the intrepid British writer touring the city’s public and private pools on a hot summer day.
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Weaving history: Rosemary Waugh reviews a piece of dance-theatre based on the Greek mythological characters.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:52AMNetflix recently released the trailer of “City of Joy,” a documentary that investigates issues related to gender-based violence such as rape and abuse that has plagued women of the Democ…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:48AMAs part of the ongoing BBC Proms 2018, Thomas Dausgaard and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra bring to stage Prom 51: Strauss, Wagner & Per Norgard at London’s Royal Albert Hall on A…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:29AMNow celebrating its 40th year, Circus Oz is looking slicker and more polished than ever. Its trademark combination of high energy entertainment combined with political commentary remains in…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:16AMNews, reviews, controversies and interviews of the week from London to Broadway, by way of Edinburgh, including the ‘banning’ of Mazz Murray from singing a song from Dreamgirls, Edinburg…
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LOVE ON A LINER, OR COLE PORTER’S SHIP OF FOOLS It’s still “de-lovely,” but, steeped in bon-vivant euphoria and Roaring 20s’ hedonism, this 1934 musical is so silly it’s hard to …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:55AMKnown as one of the Australia’s greatest painters, artist, Charles Blackman OBE has passed away. The Charles Blackman Foundation has released the following statement: It is with deep sadne…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:08AMOne of my favourite journalists recently observed: “I thought I saw Vince Cable at the theatre and then I remembered that everyone
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe End of Eddy – the Studio, Edinburgh Stewart Laing directs a new stage adaptation of Edouard Louis’ brutal autobiographical novel about
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Summerhall, EdinburghShould Jon stay or should he go? That is the question in a drama of short sentences, questions and heavy sighsBig Aftermath of a Small Disclosure is a play. The play is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMIf you’re the type of theatergoer who checks out the list of Musical Numbers in the program before the show...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:40AMWith an innocuous book more focused on moving to plot points than creating interesting leading characters and a platitude-heavy score that tends to linger on moments instead of expanding on …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, August 20, 2018 - Monday, August 20, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24AMMillennial Notes Anne Galjour Examines First World ‘Feminism’ by Evelyn Arevalo Anne Galjour does not shy away from revealing the dark secrets of Mahatma Gandhi in her new, intense co…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:18AMAmerican Idol alum Tamyra Gray returns to the Tony-winning and Broadway.com Audience Choice Award-winning revival of Once On This Island in the role of Papa Ge beginning on August 20. Gray b…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:04AMSideswiped Star Carly Craig's Crazy Experience with Online Dating AppsThe Young Hollywood Studio welcomes Carly Craig, who drops by to tell us all about her hilarious and oh-so relatable You…
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Expressions Dance Company’s (EDC) Artistic Director, Natalie Weir, has decided to step down from the role after a successful decade leading the Brisbane-based contemporary dance company. �…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:37AMHOT: (adj) on Broadway: fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.THIS IS IT! THE BATTLE OF THE BAND MATES IS HERE!At last! We started out with 20 cast members, and now we…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:36AMWashington Stage Guild, well known as the premier DC producer of the works of George Bernard Shaw, won’t be producing any of the master’s plays this year. Instead, it will serve …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:36AMThe International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) has awarded each of its five (5) founding member companies -- Cleo Parker Robinson Dance; Dallas Black Dance Theatre; Dayton Conte…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn defense of musical theatre lyrics with imperfect rhymesI'm a hard-core musical theatre nerd and I don't understand why so many people gripe about lyrics featuring imperfect rhymes. They d…
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