People believe anything they see, in reputable publications and even on Wikipedia. They accept every number, name and fact as truth. This places a great deal of responsibility on the media…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 09:47PMJimmy Fallon's "Tonight Show" will air an episode from Puerto Rico including an exclusive performance with Lin-Manuel Miranda his "Hamilton" role.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 09:41PMMark Ravenhill's latest play centres on an historical clash of values for a school teacher nearing retirement
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 09:33PMEXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND to Friday and Saturday, December 21st and 22nd! This holiday season, gift yourself while gifting others! Baltimore’s award-winning and favorite tradition, Th…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:24PMIt was revealed tonight that in conjunction with Tony, Grammy, Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winner Lin-Manuel Miranda's 24 performances of Hamilton in Puerto Rico, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24PMThe musical adaptation of the 1982 film will begin performances at the Marquis Theatre March 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:04PM
Spotlighters Theatre is going slightly off-book this year by offering a non-traditional holiday offering. Leave it to one of the most venerable artistic institutions in the city to do som…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:48PMThere has been a fair bit of evidence that people are not generally aware whether the place they are having their entertainment experience is a non-profit or for-profit business. An experien…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 08:48PMIt's time to go down the rabbit hole to follow the cast and creative team of MCC Theater's Alice by Heart as they prepare to bring it off-Broadway. With direction by Jessie Nels…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:24PMJune Squibb stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Waitress and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:24PMIn the latest video from the Professional Conservatory of Musical Theatre at NYFAformer Elphabaand New York Film Academy Musical Theatre Creative DirectorKristy Cateslashesout at every New Y…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:20PMThe producers of Billy Elliot the Musical today announced the adult cast for the upcoming 10th anniversary tour, which opens at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in October 2019. Starring as ballet …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:09PM
After an exhaustive search, State Theatre Company South Australia has announced Mitchell Butel as its new Artistic Director. The award-winning actor and director, who is currently starring i…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:39PMCAA has inked Laura Donnelly for representation. Donnelly, who was most recently represented by ICM Partners, won the prestigious Laurence Olivier Award for best actress this year for her pe…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:35PMNew plays by both national talents and enterprising local community members will all be part of the celebration when the sixth edition of the Old Globe’s Powers New Voices Festival gets un…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 07:20PM“The minute I heard I was going to do a little number, that sold me,” Van Dyke tells PEOPLE in the latest issue out Friday. “And I thought I could contribute by just being a little bit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PM
While Broadway's box office boomed, most if its new content fell far short of expectations, leaving this enterprising fan to explore venues far from the glitz of the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Forbes at 06:59PMEmerging playwright Jeremy O. Harris marks his New York debut with a bold
look at the legacy of racism and its relationship with sexuality.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 06:05PMOutrage — the hallmark of 21st-century discourse — still exists, but the radio flip-flop on banning indicates the paradigm may be shifting toward a reasonable middle ground, with space f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04PMThese observers captured the moment when civilization turned from typographic culture—itself a massive break from the largely oral culture that preceded it—to electronic media. They’re…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04PMIt’s no secret that the Oscars are having a tough time finding a host for their 2019 ceremony. First Kevin Hart stepped down following a backlash against his homophobic Twitter remarks…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:00PM
As the West becomes increasingly fractious and polarised, the New Silk Road countries are working more closely together. At the centre of this is China with its giant economy and its Belt …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMThere’s nothing straightforward about the debate, and nothing particularly new about the “after” convention. Poetry is a medium in which sampling, allusion, and conversation have alway…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PMIn the title role in Nottingham Playhouse‘s revival of Alan Bennett‘s The Madness of George III, Mark Gatiss delivers a breathtaking, stunning, dazzling star turn. Well, delivered, it’…
SOURCE: oneapostrophe.wordpress.com at 04:50PMThe theatre community took to social media to share their memories of the composer of Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMReally Want To Hurt Me is a coming- of- age story about a gay teenage boy in mid 80s Exeter, or, I should say, tries to be a coming-of- age story about a gay teenage boy in mid 80s Exeter. W…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:42PMThe Boss took his final bow at the Walter Kerr Theatre December 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMSpringsteen On Broadway has left the building, departing Broadway’s Walter Kerr Theatre just as it arrived – sold out and going for top dollar. The final four performances of the…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:23PMThe new play by Amy Staats is set to begin performances January 10 with the Atlantic Theater Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PMThe new musical adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic will begin performances Off-Broadway in January 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMDressed in cream-colored pants, a crisp white shirt, sneakers, and big owlish spectacles with red plastic frames, Twyla Tharp played the professor in the first part of the 90-minute show.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:18PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Paulette Randall’s production of Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at The Globe in London
This post REVIEW: Doctor Fa…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:17PMThe latest about Patti LuPone, Rent: Live, and Daveed Diggs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:13PMOne of the biggest surprises of the past year on the Great White Way was the sensational debut of Springsteen on Broadway, the sold-out mega-hit concert engagement featuring iconic singer-so…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMNew casting announcements have been made for theCBSmulti-camera comedy pilotBobHeartsAbishola, according to Deadline.Folake Olowofoyekyhas been cast in the title role opposite Billy Gardell.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMBroadwayWorld is excited to announce an exclusive collaboration withPets of BroadwayFrom the cats of choreographers, to the dogs of dancers, to the birds of belters and the many pets in betw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 12162018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMAs previously announced,Sara Bareilles, will return toWaitressin the role of Jenna, joined by Tony Award-winner,Gavin Creelas Dr. Pomatter for a limited engagement January 7 to February 3, 2…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMAward-winning actress Danielle Brooks, star of Netflix's blockbuster seriesOrange Is the New Black, has been named host of the eleventh season of the public television seriesAfroPoP The Ulti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMWelcome 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 04:04PMMCC Theater will soon present the New York premiere of the musical Alice By Heart with book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater, and directed by …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMLaMirada and McCoy Rigby Entertainment will presentthe award-winning and revolutionary 1776 THE MUSICAL, with musical direction by Jeff Rizzo and directed amp staged by Glenn Casale. 1776 TH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMDeck the halls, trim the tree, and spin the dreidel. BroadwayWorld is continuing our tradition of celebrating the holiday season with a 12 Days of Christmas countdown. This year we've invite…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:01PM
Bookwriter Maria Ciampi shares behind-the-scenes stories of the Kris Kringle The Musical score just in time for the holidays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMBy Latinx Theatre Commons . Are you excited about organizing and growing the Latinx Theatre Commons, and interested in implementing the LTC mission, vision, and values through our unique pro…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:49PMTwo New York destinations are at the top of the list — the Empire State Building and the One World Trade Center (listed on Uber by its former name, the Freedom Tower). – CNN
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMThe tally comes from adding up exhibitions, both major and minor, that opened since January at the J. Paul Getty Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art; UCLA Hammer and Fowler museums; Institute…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PM“There is a school of thought in contemporary classical music that music should be above everything else, that it should have a purity about it. To me, that doesn’t make sense. Everythin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMWilliam "Willbilly" Hathaway, who had been on "Wicked Tuna" was known for helping others, has died in a crash.
SOURCE: USA Today at 03:43PMThe Christmas season officially opened this weekend wrapped in pink. Elle Woods, leading a perky singing and dancing ensemble in Slow Burn Theatre Company’s ebullient Legally Blonde, lit u…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 03:42PMI’ve been sitting for a little while now, trying to express exactly what I think about The Convert, and it’s proving difficult because everything I have to say feels cheap in the shadow …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:42PMGoing from 'Hamilton' to a London lamplighter in 'Mary Poppins Returns' stretched Lin-Manuel Miranda, especially when it came to conquering Big Ben.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 03:39PMWelcome 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 03:18PMWhat qualifies someone to be a woman of soul? It’s debatable, of course, given that soul music intertwines with jazz, gospel, disco and rhythm and blues. It’s a genre with subgenres like…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:15PMThe holiday production, directed by Bonnie Lythgoe and choreographed by Napoleon and Tabitha D’umo (NappyTabs), is scheduled to run through December 30 in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMThis time of year, it can be challenging to keep your spirits merry and bright through the commercialized din of holiday exhortations. Well, I may have found an antidote to the seasonal fog.…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:09PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares stories from Sutton Foster, Galt MacDermot, and how Grey Gardens' "Another Winter in a Summer Town" started life without mu…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMAudiences are cheering for Cody Simpson, the talented Aussie star who is currently making his Broadway debut as Dmitry in the celebrated musical Anastasia at the Broadhurst Theatre. In a sne…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:04PMBroadway.com #LiveatFive is a daily news show on Facebook Live, in which Broadway.com editors discuss what's going on in the theater community and chat with stage stars about their …
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After opening night, Stephen Sondheim and George Furth'sMerrily We Roll Alongclosed after just 16 performances, ending an epic era of Harold PrinceSondheim collaborations that changed Broadw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMBroadwayWorld is celebrating the holiday season by giving you a chance to win tickets to The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway The winner will receive two tickets to a performance of their ch…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMLin-Manuel Mirandahas just released another demo recorded during the early days of Hamilton
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMPerformances will begin in January 2019 under the direction of Glenn Casale.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMBroadening the focus to include more qualitative and mixed method techniques could make it easier to improve practice and integrate arts interventions more deeply into the healthcare and jus…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:42PMSo is God more like a Jewish mother or an abusive husband? Both comparisons are thrown around like zingers in Mosaic Theater Company’s Oh, God. In Anat Gov’s comedy, God (Mitchell Héber…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:32PMGalt MacDermot.It doesn't actually embarrass me to love Galt MacDermot, the composer of Hair and Two Gentlemen of Verona, whose death was just announced--I'm just using this opportunity to e…
SOURCE: The Wicked Stage at 02:12PMConcord Music has acquired 188-year-old theater publisher and licensing mainstay Samuel French, combining it with other assets in its burgeoning Concord Theatricals unit.
The deal, whose ter…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:08PM
Romeo and Juliet muddled into middle age, Akram Khan suffered shell-shock, Rambert2 lost control – and William Forsythe gave ballet a stratospheric street shakeupMore best culture 2018 Ove…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54PMThe new national tour is as big, beautiful and difficult as ever.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:54PMTheater and theology have been boon companions for eons. Ever since religion was invented, humans have wanted divinities with drama. Way back in polytheistic antiquity, playgoers imagined go…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:53PMJack DiFalco brings Instagram along for a two-show day at Broadway's Torch Song.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:48PMThe playwright receives the fifth annual award for his play 'The Bandaged Place.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:44PMAs college admissions become ever more competitive, with the most elite schools admitting only 4 percent or 5 percent of applicants, the pressure to exaggerate, embellish, lie and cheat on c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMSearches for “justice” throughout the year, when compared to 2017, were up 74 percent on the site that has more than 100 million page views a month and nearly half a million entr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMFamilies could do a lot worse this holiday season than to take out a home equity loan for a bucket of multiplex popcorn and take in “Mary Poppins Returns,” director Rob Marshall’s hect…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:40PMThe Vietnam War ended 45 years ago, and Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s Miss Saigon debuted almost 30 years ago, but the musical, in a riveting touring production at the Kenned…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PMLynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, starring Martha Plimpton, is set to open at the Donmar Warehouse December 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:23PMThe Dallas-Ft. Worth critics echoed the sentiment of their St. Louis counterparts by naming “A Star is Born” as the Best Picture of the year. But that was the only prize that the…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:20PMWe laughed, we cried, we gasped — here are the moments we can’t forget from Infinity War, Jane the Virgin, Widows, and more. Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead.
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SOURCE: www.buzzfeednews.com at 01:18PMThe new addition follows earlier acquisitions of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals and Tams-Witmark libraries and creation of The Musical Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:14PMMillennial Notes Nick Ishimaru Switches Up Our Dickens’ Lens by Carly Van Liere We’ve seen A Christmas Carol a million times. On big stages like ACT’s, in movies and theaters, on TV Ch…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:08PMMusic publisher and licensor Samuel French has been acquired by Concord Music, which will form a new theatrical licensing company comprised of its recent acquisitions. The new licensing comp…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 01:03PMThe acoustic arrangement of the Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty tune also features Simpson on guitar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PMThere is real delight for pre-school kids to be had at the Studio of the Festival Theatre this Christmas, as the clever and playful Poggle is revived by Barrowland Ballet.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMEnglish National Opera is to give free tickets to under-18s for all Saturday night performances of its spring season in 2019. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PM
Today is Wright Brothers Day, the national day celebrating the anniversary of the brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. I thought it would be a perfect time to publish a long germinat…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:54PMThe music industry conglomerate also owns the Rodgers & Hammerstein organization and has a joint publishing-licensing venture with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:54PMThe Place, LondonIt’s bright and bouyant and the music, influenced by Afrobeat, is excellent but Vicki Igbokwe’s fairytale has problems in toneChoreographer Vicki Igbokwe is best known f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:48PMJoe Iconis, the celebrated Smash songwriter who will make his Broadway debut in 2019 with Be More Chill, is at work on a unique new jukebox musical titled Punk Rock Girl, according to D…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMTony-winning Hamilton alum Daveed Diggs will return home to the Public Theater in 2019, appearing in White Noise, a new play by Pulitzer winner Suzan-Lori Parks. Directed by Public Theater A…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PMEarlier this month, Australian recording artist Cody Simpson made his Broadway debut in Anastasia as leading man 'Dmitry.' Below, watch as Simpson duets with Christy Altomare on anever-befor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMFox goes bohemian onJanuary 27, 2019 when they premiere RENT LIVE, and they have justreleased rehearsal photos for production, see them below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe Public Theater announced initial casting today for the world premiere ofWHITE NOISE, written byPublic Theater Master Writer Chair and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightSuzan-Lori Parks.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMMichael Urie as recently honored with the Howard Ashman Award from GHMC and Harvey Fierstein was one of the stars in attendance. In his own words, Urie 'asked if I would sing this song of Ho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMNorm Lewis opens his 4th consecutive year tonight at Feinstein's 54 Below with NUTCRACKER COOL. What has now become an annual Holiday Residency, debuted in 2015. It was an instant success an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMConcord Music is pleased to announce the acquisition of legendary theatre publisher and licensor Samuel French and the formation of Concord Theatricals. Concord Theatricals is comprised of t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMA new stage musical, Punk Rock Girl, is in development featuring a score of popular songs written and made famous by female artists and female-fronted bands including Pat Benatar, Bikini Kil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:39PMCity Center's Timeless Ailey program is comprised of highlights from ballets choreographed by Ailey.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMBroadwayWorld is saddened to report that composer Galt MacDermot, perhaps best known for his work on the landmark musical Hair, passed away today, December 17. He was 89 years old
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:36PM“I have worked in the performing arts for so long—presented or produced thousands of shows here, worked with thousands of artists—that I’m so preconditioned to change it’s part…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM“Throughout my childhood, my family had missed out on the joys of sharing music with one another. With three kids, two parents, two loud TVs, one bathroom and rarely anything approachi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PMSmash actor Jaime Cepero stars as Ben in the musical comedy, previously seen in a sold-out run at Don't Tell Mama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:34PMFinal casting is announced today for the return of Six, the hit musical by recent Cambridge grads Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss. The show returns to the West End’s Arts Theatre, where it ran f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:21PMTHE OTHER CHER SHOW: CLUELESS, THE MUSICAL
By: Samuel L. Leiter
December 17, 2018: If you can’t afford—or get seats to—that Broadway show about a California clothes h…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:15PMby Mary Gabriel In the late 1930s, amid a global economic collapse, the rise of fascism in Germany, Italy and Japan, and an ugly U.S. nationalism that targeted asylum-seeking immigrants, abs…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 12:14PMWhile it may not have the slick glossiness of Northern Stage’s festive centrepiece, Newcastle’s other production of A Christmas Carol certainly wins
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:09PMThe Grammy winner also wrote the score for the Tony-winning best musical Two Gentlemen of Verona.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMWhat’s better than opening a Christmas present and finding a friend or loved one has thoughtfully gifted you with the music of Broadway? This past year has been packed with the releases of…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:07PMIconis is writing the book and will also pen the musical arrangements.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMFifty-four years is quite the wait for a sequel but the sweetness and charm with which Mary Poppins Returns lands on our screens makes it pretty much worth it.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMIn this exclusive clip, famed comedy duo Laurel and Hardy return to their stage roots during a tour of post-war Britain.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Ruben & Clay perform "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" from their Broadway show on Fox & Friends
SOURCE: app.criticalmention.com at 11:59AMSheria Irving and Zoë Winters are also tapped for the Off-Broadway world premiere from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMDesigners are fighting to win improved pay and working conditions, as part of a new deal being sought by unions Equity and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AM'Tis the season for friends, family, sweet treats and the Broadway Cares holiday CD "Carols for a Cure"! In the spirit of the season and in support of BC/EFA, each year, s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMCheck out photos from rehearsals with the cast of Fox's upcoming live adaptation of the Jonathan Larson musical, airing January 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMShe's back On December 19 Mary Poppins returns in... MARY POPPINS RETURNS- a sequel to Disneys beloved 1964 film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMIt would be hard pressed to find someone who, in the past thirty years, has influenced the development of the American Theatre more than Andre Bishop. For ten years, he was Artistic Director…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:36AMWho runs this house? Danai Gurira's play is a brilliant exploration of the clashes between cultural traditions and colonial influences.
The post Review: The Convert at Young Vic appeared fir…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:35AMSam Wolf talks how Jersey Boys is a team sport, his soft spot for Tony Manero, and the lawless icon he's dying to play.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:35AMGood adult pantomimes can be great fun, as has been proved by Above the Stag, Leicester Square and the Royal Vauxhall Tavern
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:34AM“When I asked Olafur Eliasson about the impact of the work, he said he thinks that fear-based narratives tend to be unpersuasive, and he prefers to create a meaningful encounter with t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AMNatalia Kalaida, one of the members of Belarus Free Theatre, which was exiled for its political stances, explains that “art has long been used to express political and moral opposition…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AMTrue, there are six mentions of the word “Christmas” in the original novel. “Lest you get carried away by that number six, though, you should know that Austen’s Mansfiel…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AMEXCLUSIVE: Composer Joe Iconis, whose Off Broadway viral sensation Be More Chill is headed to Broadway in February, is developing a new stage musical called Punk Rock Girl featuring songs wr…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:32AMWest End transfer marketing for Stig of the Dump sorted - the poster strapline will be "I dig Stig!" We definitely dig it. Meanwhile, the return of Clive King's much-loved children's literar…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:30AMReviews of Network and American Son.
SOURCE: Popdose at 11:30AMThe end of every year comes with a handful of Broadway plays, musicals, and special events departing the Great White Way, making room for the new. There are many terrific shows that will be …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:26AMLin-Manuel Miranda dishes on Emily Blunt as Mary Poppins and writing music for "Star Wars."
SOURCE: USA Today at 11:18AMHamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has said movie musicals such as Mary Poppins Returns could inspire audiences to see more live theatre and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMCheck out highlights from the show's world-premiere production, now playing at 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMI wasn’t planning to catch this – the Morgan Freeman/Jessica Tandy movie was enough, so I passed on all the other enticing offerings. Yes, the play is beautifully written and quaint, and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:12AMIt’s hard enough to make it as a Producer on one coast, but both? That kind of success is reserved for a very select group of moguls, and this week I got to sit down with one of them. …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWith White Christmas, Curve has yet again produced a classy production filled with yuletide magic and enough fluffy escapism to warm hearts on these cold winter nights.
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This is not the first time that Shane Richie has played Robin Hood for Qdos Entertainment and I doubt whether it will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:59AMThe Canadian stage director has seen some of his productions derailed by accusations of cultural insensitivity. In a new show in Paris, he can’t resist pointing to his own suffering.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMSeptuagenarian, Edwin Ayoung, better known as Crazy, easily carried the rest of the night with his exuberant performance.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:48AMTickets are now on sale for Hadestown, a new musical by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell arriving on Broadway in 2019. Followed a celebrated production in London, Broadway previews…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMEverything is Rent! Are you counting down the days to Fox's broadcast of Rent Live! on January 27, 2019? We totally are! Lucky for us, we have an exclusive sneak peek into the Rent Live!…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AMGitha Sowerby’s drama will begin performances at the U.K. venue in February 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AMThe concert-style musical featuring the six wives of Henry VIII will return to the Arts Theatre in January 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of December 17, 2018
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AMFairey’s mural, at the same school, is of Robert F. Kennedy – at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools complex, on the footprint of the hotel where Kennedy was shot. It is R…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMYael Stone, who plays Lorna on Orange Is the New Black, says the actor danced naked around her dressing room, watched her while she showered, and sent inappropriate text messages. (Rush say…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMLyn Gardner says that although UK government inspector Amanda Spelman has faced a massive backlash – for good reason – some of her statements were probably fair. “Watching …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMAfter a Saturday Night Live cold open recreated It’s a Wonderful Life without Donald Trump as president, the man who should most clearly understand the First Amendment tweeted, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:24AMMarianne Elliott’s gender-swapped production of the Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical opened in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:22AMThe two return to the Bartlett Sher production after taking the stage in New York and London, respectively.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMNetflix isn’t killing movie theaters. At least, that’s the take-away from a new study conducted by EY’s Quantitative Economics and Statistics group, which finds that people who…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:10AMThe singer was joined by special guests in a three-hour celebration of his storied career at the O2 Arena, London
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:10AMThe musical inspired by the popular dolls launched its national tour December 15 in Findlay, Ohio.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:09AMThe Phantom of the Opera alum brought his 10th annual holiday concert to Birdland December 14 and 15.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMLin Manuel-Miranda’s megahit about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton is at the Benedum Center Jan. 1-27.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 10:06AMIf Orpheus was simply a re-telling of this myth, it would be over very quickly. Instead, music features heavily in the show – some of which are original compositions and some are well-know…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
So you know all about the new musicals coming to London next year. What about those plays and comedies? From plays starring A-list celebs to improvised comedies, TV shows come to life to cri…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:53AMThere’s good news for both literary and comedy fans today, as Austentatious: The Improvised Jane Austen Novel has announced a regular residency at the Fortune Theatre from 18 February 2019…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:48AM By Marcina Zaccaria The Apple Boys: A Barbershop Quartet Musical celebrates every aspect of turn of the century artistry. The race to win a singing competition begins hu…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:47AMA few words about the interesting career of comic actor Dave Madden (1931-2014). Today best known for one, perhaps two, particular roles, Madden’s career, like most, proves to be much …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:42AMMadcap musical whodunit Murder For Two has returned for a second run at The Other Palace this Christmas - and critics continue to be won over by the silliness of the two-hander parody and it…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:30AMThe 2018/19 Broadway season has a record number of female music directors. However, jobs still tend to go to white men. Recently, there have been efforts made to change that. We speak to mus…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:27AMThe 2018/19 Broadway season has a record number of female music directors. However, jobs still tend to go to white men. Recently, there have been efforts made to change that. We speak to mus…
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:27AMBroadwayWorld 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 09:24AMIn a city where hundreds of theatre productions are produced every year before audiences who encourage artists to experiment beyond the norm, it takes a lot for a play in New York to be rega…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMThe Greatest Showman has taken the world by storm in 2018, as one of the year's most talked-about films. Now, as the year comes to a close, Yahoo is chatting with the film's director Michael…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMThe actor, playwright and pianist channels the prolific songwriter of “God Bless America” in a one-man show for Pittsburgh Public Theater.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 09:21AMMentalist Derren Brown has recently released a special on Netflix, called Sacrifice. Now, in a new interview with Forbes, he has revealed that he has his sights set on Broadway next.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMElice is no stranger to biographical musicals. His "Jersey Boys" is still running off-Broadway. Here he was inspired to divide the eponymous character into three personalities: the Sta…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:18AMSince the economic crash, the arts in Spain have suffered massive hits – and then there’s the internet. “Between 2007 and 2017, one out of every three musical performances …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThe mural, by Brooklyn artist Beau Stanton, features Ava Gardner with a radiating starburst behind her head. And in a 16-page letter sent to the LA Unified School District last month, a neig…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThat’s not ominous or dictator-like at all. And of course, as the article says, “The Russian government has long had a complicated relationship with music.” – BBC
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThough he was already a star in the TV show Atlanta, not to mention a turn in the movie Widows, Henry is finding acclaim in Moonlight director Barry Jenkins’ new movie, If Beale S…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThe teen rom-com, that is, revived by Netflix and Love, Simon to incorporate old tropes and new characters – including a Korean American nerd, a gay boy on the cusp of coming out, an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMMy final post-show Q&A of the year, to the stage premiere of Chasing Bono, was an absolute Irish corker! After a revealing discussion about the fine line between success and failure a…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 09:16AMSomehow there is a cosmic joke running through Shakespeare Theatre Company’s “The Panties, The Partner and The Profit: Scenes from the Heroic Life of the Middle Class” and it�…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:15AMFirst-time writer-director Hu Bo crafted this extraordinary social drama-thriller before taking his own life at 29
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 09:08AMby Carol Rocamora “When does a place become a home?” It’s a profound question asked by one of the survivors of the refugee camp in Calais, founded in 2015. They fled from oppr…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:08AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Joanna Murray-Smith’s play Switzerland now playing at the Ambassadors Theatre London.
This post REVIEW: Switzerland, Ambassadors Theatre ✭✭ first…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:03AMWhat happens when you take the best jazz musicians in the world, challenge them to create fresh arrangements of familiar songs, and then perform the pieces in a full state-of-the-art music h…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:00AMThe Merry Wives of Windsor is often looked-down-upon as a casual piece of throwaway entertainment lacking substance or serious intent, with little for scholars to get their teeth into. Howev…
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There are several big names making their debut in Qdos Entertainment pantomimes this year, but none has quite the acting chops of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:59AMKings at Studio Theatre is both entertaining and thought-provoking in every sense. Beautifully acted and directed, it reminds us that politicians, even though it may be hard to believe at ti…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50AMMichael Korte presents 'Queens Sing King' a soulful medley of songs from Lion King featuring 9 ferocious female vocalists. Subscribe for more magic: https://bit.ly/2BVu8YR | Watch another gi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:45AMI often worry that Travalanche is becoming too much like other blogs by adding Hollywood films stars to my previous and ongoing content streams of vaudevillians, sideshow freaks, and the lik…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:36AMNot Too Tame’s touring, immersive adaptation of Cinderella is a godsend for the less pantomime-inclined theatregoer. Written by Luke Barnes, and put
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:32AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMCurve, LeicesterStorytelling is secondary to spectacle in this chaotic retelling that features cakes, wigs and a fraught balancing actBefore Dr Seuss’s infamous Cat has made his entrance, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMA gender-switch Company got Sondheim’s blessing, Sam Mendes probed the doomed Lehman dynasty and Austen had a sparkling rewrite. But the year belonged to Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonster Chetwynd wanted to undermine saccharine holiday art – and work with bioluminescence. “If you let people believe they can do something, it’s more likely to happen. Depre…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMThe director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy was given about 100 hours of film from the time period – some of it sped up, some of it in terrible disrepair, all of it black and white. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMIt’s like Lifetime! Or Hallmark! But wait, it’s got prestige movies! And hey, there are documentaries! And animated movie! And … whoa, Netflix, what are you even doing? A l…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMAt last year’s The Guardian holiday party, one of The Guardian‘s journalists realized that he was years behind in reading books by African women. So he dove in – and fou…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMWith two weeks left in 2018, it’s a time for assessments of the year in New York theater, for better and for worse. Top Ten Lists of Top 10 New York Theater 2018 “The Ferryman…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:09AMThe St. Louis Film Critics Assn. (SFCA) named Bradley Cooper‘s “A Star is Born” as the Best Picture of the year. Alfonso Cuaron‘s”Roma,” which has dominat…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:08AMIn 2018, Sonia Friedman and her partners brought the Olivier Award-winning production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” to the Lyric Theatre on Broadway. The show went on to…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:05AMAs one of dance’s most iconic productions, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake returns home to a rapturous reception.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe holidays bring more seasonally themed staged productions to San Diego theaters than you can shake a candy cane at. And along with those shows come a parade of characters both naughty and…
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“Luminous.” That is the word that five actors from A Civil War Christmas settled on to describe their Music Director Markus Williams, who swept into their lives in early November. Two da…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:54AMThe return of Six The Musical is just around the corner and today it's been confirmed that the original Arts Theatre cast will be returning to their roles.
The post Final casting for the ret…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:44AMRalph Koltai, who has died at the age of 94, was the most influential stage designer in British theatre in the second
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMIt matters not one jot that the story of White Christmas is so thin as to be almost transparent. It’s a glorious
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:37AMLive Theatre’s festive offering is a quartet of new short Christmas-themed plays by young playwrights who are part of the theatre’s Associate
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMThe Royal Northern College of Music has become the first conservatoire in the UK to appoint a dedicated lecturer in health and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMEleven British actors are owed a reported £106,000 in unpaid fees for an advertising campaign that launched at the Oscars more than
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:32AMWhat a great week the Barn Theatre had last week. After the final production in its inaugural year, Kirk Jameson's actor-musician revival of Stiles & Drewe's family musical Just So, ope…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMAs we near the end of 2018, we want to know about your year in theatre. This week we’re asking, how many
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:28AMDerby theatreThe classic tale plays out on a lusciously crafted eco-friendly set by a company gently pushing the boundaries of kids’ theatreWe’re deep in the woods and inside the three b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMPeter Pans are thin on the ground in West Country theatres this Christmas. This curate’s egg of a Theatre Royal Bath production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMA 1931 newsreel of George Gershwin playing “I Got Rhythm” at the old Manhattan Theater (now the Ed Sullivan Theater) in New York. The performance was filmed from three different angles, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“Now, if the passions had no hold on us, a week and a hundred years would amount to the same.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMSnow White, the latest pantomime at the London Palladium, stars Dawn French and Julian Clary. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMLady Gaga is predicted to win two Oscars for her first film as leading lady: Best Actress and Best Original Song. While she is locked in a tight race for the acting award, with Glenn Close l…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 07:00AMThe director and CMU alum aims to deliver light in the darkness, along with Emily Blunt as the magical nanny and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Jack.
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A modern arts space on the banks of the River Clyde which opened five years ago, Beacon Arts Centre shares much in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:58AMHanna Streeter has been appointed executive director of the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. She replaces Sarah Nicholson, who leaves the organisation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMBy Editorial Staff
Casting announced for revival of Githa Sowerby’s Rutherford and Son directed by Caroline Steinbeis at Sheffield Crucible.
This post Casting announced for Rutherford …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:49AMFrom Monday 11 to Saturday 23 February 2019 MT Fest UK at The Other Palace will showcase emerging and established writers. The programme includes a Taster Menu series of eight new musicals a…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:30AMIn a game of 2018 panto Bingo, Evolution’s crackingly good Cinderella at St Albans would be victorious in no time. Quick-fire gags?
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMMark-Anthony Turnage redefined British opera with Greek. But that was in a different world: 1988. When the piece arrived at the Brooklyn Academy of Music this month, I imagined it like some …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:04AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Celebrity Autobiography holds its final performance, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AMDear Evan Hansen alumna Laura Dreyfuss sat down for a live podcast event and performance with actress and Little Known Facts podcast host Ilana Levine on December 16th at 600 pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04AMThere is much in Cole Porter’s Kiss Me, Kate (and its Shakespearean source material for that matter) that does not sit well
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:01AMMurder For Two is an unmissable murder mystery musical, showcasing the perennial popularity of detective fiction alongside some brilliant piano duets – Ed MacArthur and Jeremy Legat are an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMI am really excited about today’s gift guide! I have been a proud member of the New York City Theatre Community for almost ten years and met some of the most inspiring, bold women. Being a…
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Light, tight and cheerful, Barbara Evans’ boisterous staging of JM Barrie’s much-loved adventure might have had its story stripped to the bare
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:51AMStrictly Come Dancing star Brendan Cole, with his trademark fancy footwork, gleaming smile and plunging neckline, is at the centre of Qdos
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:43AMAnthony Neilson's latest is a Poe-faced delightThe Tell-Tale Heart may be the title of an 1843 short story by Edgar Allen Poe, but rest assured that Anthony Neilson's adaptation of it f…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:32AMMark Ravenhill’s comeback play The Cane at the Royal Court Theatre is a brilliant, complex and mature account of the abuse of power.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMAs Daniel Stiepleman wrote “On the Basis of Sex,” which is centered on the Supreme Court Justice, he came to see the Ginsburgs’ marriage as a model for his own, Michael Schulman writes.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 05:00AMVinson Cunningham on Jeremy O. Harris’s new work and Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel, which explore the politics and the power at the heart of America’s racial regime.
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Following hot on the heels of the box office hit, The Play That Goes Wrong, Mischief Theatre brings its triumphant disaster, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, from London’s West End to Australia t…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:29AMStream the Boss’s Broadway show from the comfort of your couch. Or watch a personal investigation into the medical industry.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12AMCaroline, Or Change – Playhouse Theatre, London Sharon D Clarke reprises her acclaimed performance in Michael Longhurst’s production of Tony Kushner’s musical,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI’m going to say something unpopular, so please bear with me. I think Amanda Spielman may have a point. A couple of
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Benj Pasek & Justin Paul Make Music for Harsh Times by Rachel Norby and Barry David Horwitz The plot of “Dear Evan Hansen” could be a teenie bopper movie: boy makes up story, the lie…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:46AMJake Heggie’s Feel-Good Opera Packs a Lesson by Jeff Dunn Fine singing, a thin adaptation, tune-starved but inoffensive music, and an awkward set characterize San Francisco Opera’s third…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:38AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, December 17, 2018 - Monday, December 17, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36AMHOT on Broadway (adj): fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.BROADWAY HEAT: THE CHER SHOW EDITIONLast week's opening round was fierce. As fierce as the icon …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 01:12AMNo Sleep 'Til Christmas Couple Reveal Favorite Scenes To FilmYoung Hollywood sits down with the star couple of Freeform's holiday rom-com 'No Sleep 'Til Christmas', Odette & Dave Annable, to…
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In a dual presentation of Chinese art and culture past and present, the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series at the National Gallery of Victoria will present China’s ancient Terracotta War…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:28AMFrankly, if I were Lee Hall, I’d be ashamed to take the money. “Adapted by” is his official credit for...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 12:00AMFinalists Announced for 9th Annual Clive Barnes Awards Recognizing Excellence in Theater and Dance.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMNew Brooklyn Theatre And The Feath3r Theory Merge To Form A Combined Company.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMDance/NYC releases Immigrants. Dance. Arts.: Data on NYC Dance, prepared in collaboration with the Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force. The study is the second research deliverable of the …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMA Latinx theatregoer makes the case for loosening up audience "rules"---Growing up in Honduras, I picked up my knowledge of theatre etiquette from the movies (thank you Pretty Woman and Citi…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMFrom the first show John Lithgow: Stories by Heart to the recent To Kill A Mocking Bird, how many did you collect this year?
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFind the perfect holiday offerings with our StubHub ticket guide.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe annual holiday special on PBS also features Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMPamela Hunt directs the evening for the Project Shaw series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe actors share the backstory of their grown-up Jane and Michael Banks
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