With the annual holiday ritual of this Die Hard musical parody, writing team Michael Shepherd Joran, Alex Garday and Stephanie McCullough make the show a grab bag of 80’s references, some …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 08:54PMA Broadway revival of the Arthur Miller play has become entangled in a disagreement over the races of actors in key roles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54PMAs a founder of the Compass Players in Chicago, he helped create the world of improvisational comedy that is best known in the work of Second City
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:54PMPhilosophers go to conferences to find critics who can help them improve their theories. All of us need to recognise the value of listening carefully and charitably to opponents. Then we nee…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32PMIt wasn’t that the conversations in the café were necessarily intellectually productive; it was that the practice of free exchange itself—the ability to interact on equal terms with som…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32PM“Fabulation, or The Re-education of Undine,” Lynn Nottage’s play about a fashionable public relations executive’s Job-like descent into poverty and ascent into moral clarity, is the …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:31PMColin Quinn: Red State Blue State is set to open at Brooklyn’s Minette Lane Theatre on January 5 with an official opening night on January 22. The new comedy written by and starring …
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:21PMMichael Rapaport has unleashed the wrath of the Arianators after bashing Ariana Grande's look in what social media users are deeming sexist.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 08:14PMThe Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia. December 9, 2018. The story of The Nutcracker is an old tale, told by many dance companies around the world every year. However, the world premiere from A…
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by Nic Novicki On December 12, The Fountain Theatre graciously hosted a special screening of films from the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, an annual weekend film competition where p…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 05:58PMSet in a secret bunker, the immersive Oscar at the Crown launches January 18, 2019, at 3 Dollar Bill.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMBradley Cooper had lofty sonic ambitions for his directorial debut, “A Star is Born.” In fact, sound editor Alan Robert Murray reveals that the first-time filmmaker had envision…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:30PMThe new play with music will begin previews February 5 at the Geffen Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMThe world premiere, directed by Jerry Mitchell, will begin performances at Paper Mill Playhouse January 31, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:21PM“Removing cost as a barrier to entry for under-18s is a seismic leap forward for ENO and for opera as a whole, and we hope to entice as many under-18s as possible, from the musically o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:13PMMore than 250,000 people in 2018 clicked on the poem, which features such lines as “It is only kindness that makes sense anymore, only kindness that ties your shoes.” – Washington …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:13PMCherry Jones discusses starring in The Lifespan of a Fact alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Bobby Cannavale, her illustrious career, becoming a sex symbol and much more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMTony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda discusses Mary Poppins Returns, Fosse/Verdon, The Little Mermaid, Hamilton in Puerto Rico and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMLin-Manuel Miranda is having a moment. To be fair, the likable Broadway multi-hyphenate has been having a lot of moments since first bursting on the entertainment scene as the star and write…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:12PMA pretty fierce woman recently stopped by Good Morning New York to sing a special song from Pretty Woman Watch below as Orfeh, who plays Kit in the new musical, belts out 'Rodeo Drive'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMAs previously announced, Hamilton recently welcomednew cast members includingGreat Comet alum Denee Benton. Get a first look at Benton in the role in the stunning photograph byJosh Lehrer be…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06PMOn this day in 1996, film and television star, Sarah Jessica Parkermade her big Broadway return as Princess Winnifed in a revival of the fractured fairytale Once Upon A Mattress
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Westfield News Group ArtsBeat for 12/19/18. ArtsBeat 2018 Year in Review, Part II. The outstanding plays, musicals, directors, and designers in WMass and No,CT area theatres this year.
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 04:57PMThe Oh My Sweet Land playwright and director will debut his newest play about a young Palestinian boy's dream to go to the moon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMThe latest about All My Sons, My Fair Lady, City Center, and more in today's news.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMThe comedian spares no side of the political divide in his newest show, beginning January 22, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMIf fantasy has the power to instantiate, and maintain such debilitating power structures, could it also be the very force required to undo them?
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 04:24PMI was delighted to speak this week with Marion Glatz, co-producer with her husband Attila of “Salute to Vienna,” a New Year’s Concert that emulates Vienna’s long-stan…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:21PMThe half-goat-half-devil has been St. Nicholas’s sidekick and enforcer for hundreds of years, warning little Austrian children that they’d better not be naughty. Traditionally he…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMEven taking the alleged fakery into account, how did T. M. Landry school seem to fool so many of America’s most prestigious universities for years? The work of admissions officers is noto…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMA new ruling said that although festival organisers did not enforce the “man-free” rule, since “no differentiation based on sex was made between visitors at entry”, the statements th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMAaron Sorkin's celebrated new stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird recently opened on Broadway in a moving production from director Bartlett Sher. Led by Jeff Daniels as Atticu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMThere's no doubt that one of the highlights of 2018 was the Broadway return of powerhouse actress Orfeh. The Tony nominee of Legally Blonde fame offers spice and heart to the role o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMCherry Jones is playing a no-nonsense editor alongside stage and screen favorites Daniel Radcliffe and Bobby Cannavale in The Lifespan of a Fact. On stage, the trio lands laughs an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMGrace Byers,Debbi Morgan,Ben Vereen,Elisabeth Rohm,modelChasity Saundersand multi-platinum recording artistRick Ross have been casted in My Life episode of Irv Gotti's TALES Season 2.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMMost of the Odd Fellows lodges are gone. But two of the old buildings in Minneapolis survive and thrive today, anchoring busy commercial corners while providing a hub for community-building.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:04PMIn its spring concert, James Sewell Ballet leans on the music of one of Minnesota's hottest music talents.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:04PMReview: History Theatre brings to life rock 'n' roll pioneer Augie Garcia, who grew up on St. Paul's West Side.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:04PMMichelle Barber and Cat Brindisi headline Peter Rothstein's beautiful production.
SOURCE: StarTribune at 04:04PMPulitzer winner Paula Vogel finally gets a work on the Guthrie stage: "This is huge for me."
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The actress joins Laurie Klatscher in “The Roommate,” a two-hander coming to the South Side theater in March.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:42PMBruce Springsteen called in to E Street Radio on Sirius XM Wednesday morning to talk about the release of the “Springsteen on Broadway” Netflix special, and what’s next on his agenda,…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:36PMCheck out Holiday Gifts for Theater Lovers 2018 Also, deals from Amazon, Audible and TodayTix From Amazon Last Minute Deals Check out everything from bedding to books to quirky t-shirts for …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 03:19PMBroadway's Michael Longoria gets us seriously excited for the holidays with his five ultimate diva Christmas carols.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:11PMGet ready to hear silver-voiced Broadway alum Christian Dante White sing the iconic Lerner & Loewe tune "On the Street Where You Live" when he joins the luminous revival of My …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMBroadway alum Colin Quinn will return to the stage in 2019, premiering his latest solo comedy Red State Blue State at off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre. Bobby Morseco will direct the s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMRoundabout Theatre Companywill soon present a new Broadway production ofSam Shepard's True West, directed byJames Macdonald. The cast is hard at work in rehearsal, check out photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:04PMPhoebe Smith writes what are basically bedtime stories for grownups, 20-to-40-minute narratives that are recorded by actors such as Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley and listened to on an app ca…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:04PMSince their respective debuts at the fall festival season, A Star Is Born and Vox Lux have seemed like dark mirrors of each other. A Star Is Born hit theaters first, and as the discussion ab…
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:01PMPolitical plotting has become a national pastime in Britain. Hardly a week goes by without an attempted parliamentary coup. “The Tragedy of King Richard the Second,” Joe Hill-Gib…
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Colin Quinn returns to off-Broadway next month with a brand-new one-man show. Titled Red State Blue State, the show will debut at the Minetta Lane Theatre on January 5 then begin its limited…
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:54PMHis plays, produced frequently in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, often threw polar opposites together to explore themes both comic and serious.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PMRoundabout’s revival, starring Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano, is set to begin performances December 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:52PMThe Barefoot Woman is lyrical but also informative and ethnographic, as much a memoir of a mother as it is of her way of life.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:36PM“In mid-August, I did the audition and, the very next day, I got the call from my agent that I had booked it; and then, six days after that, I started rehearsal; and then, six days after t…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:12PMThe January 28 concert will also feature Janet Dacal, Raymond J. Lee, Autumn Hurlbert, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMBelow, check out an exclusive clip of 'She's So High,' featuring Cameron and Brown
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:07PMIn conjunction with Lin-Manuel Miranda's 24 performances of Hamilton in Puerto Rico, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has announced the airing of a special episode, filmed on the i…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMBroadway for All is getting into the holiday spirit with Cabaret at the Circus. The event, which was hosted by Tony winner and current The Waverly Gallery cast member David Cromer, took…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMThis episode features a chat with Lin-Manuel Miranda about Mary Poppins Returns, a look at Bob Mackie's Cher Show costumes and the lasting power of Paddy Chayefsky's Network.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:06PMChristian Dante White will assume the role of Freddy Eynsford-Hill in Lerner amp Loewe's MY FAIR LADY, directed by Bartlett Sher, beginning Tuesday, January 8 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04PMAssist in creating, all types of multimedia content, including photos, GIFs, static graphics, and slideshows. Film footage and edit it into videos of appropriate length and style for web pla…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:04PMThe Holiday Stars shown bright this last week as Broadway Sessions presented it's annual All Star Holiday Show Broadway vets and newcomers alike shared their favorite holiday tunes and nearl…
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BroadwayWorld has just learned that LEMPICKA, which ran at the Williamstown Theatre Festival this summer, is in the midst of a developmental lab. The Broadway-bound musical, directed by Tony…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMFor years, residents of Park Slope could not stop talking about the Pavilion Cinema, but their chatter was for all the wrong reasons. Topics of conversation often centered around the joint&#…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:52PMThat it involves the relatively new phenomenon of gay parenthood gives it an added impact. That it is written with a thorough understanding of the complexities of gay parenthood vs. conser…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:46PMThe New Colony announced casting for its world premiere of “Small World,” co-written by Jillian Leff and Joe Lino and directed by Andrew Hobgood. The Disney-driven dark comedy will featu…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:43PMEXCLUSIVE: Ben Sprecher raised and spent millions on a Broadway musical version of Rebecca that never opened. For his next act, he wants to recreate an Old World family restaurant, update…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 01:42PMTony Finstrom, who died Tuesday at the age of 71, was a prolific playwright, an arts journalist and a generous patron, but above all Tony Finstrom was a man who loved theater down through th…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 01:42PMLast week’s parties also included Susanne Bartsch’s toy drive and the premiere of “Mary Poppins Returns.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:18PM‘Hamilton’ creator Lin-Manuel Miranda calls working on ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ was ‘a dream’
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:18PMWhite will take over as Freddy Eynsford-Hill in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:12PMThey get less rehearsal than the principal cast, they have to keep the lines and (crucially) the blocking straight in their minds while rarely getting the chance to use them, and they’…
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Last week, we spoke to Hugh Dennis, Lesley Garrett and John Marquez - a trio otherwise known as "the cast of The Messiah", the hilarious nativity comedy playing at The Other Palace.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:56PMIn response to reader queries, Pamela Paul explains why Alice Walker was chosen for the “By the Book” Q&A feature, how the interview was conducted, and why the published feat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMWhat I am asking here is simply whether it would be a tragedy if the planet no longer contained human beings. And the answer I am going to give might seem puzzling at first. I want to sugges…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMNetflix is set to adapt the 1950 film 'Harvey' with writersJ. David StemandDavid N. Weiss, according to Deadline.who are set to adapt a remake of the 1950 film. Fbrica de Cine id on board to…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMThere is only one way to solve the intractable mess known as Brexit and her name is Mary Poppins. And Lin-Manuel Miranda, the un-Trumpian personification of sunny American benevolence, is th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:45PMThe Irish actor and singer will perform his solo show Seisún.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:21PMCharlie Stemp and Jon Partridge are to star in a new tour of Tom Stoppard’s Rough Crossing. They lead a cast that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:20PMBlack Box Acting has announced a change in ownership. Andrew Cutler, Amanda Fink and Eric Gerard will succeed co-founders Audrey Francis and Laura Hooper. Founded in 2009, Black Box Acting h…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:15PMMary Poppins Returns is officially released into cinemas today, and we can't think of a better way of toasting the long-awaited film than with a sing-along featuring its multi-talented s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:04PMBelow, watch as Mary herself, Emily Blunt, tells us all about what it was like taking on the iconic character, how she felt about working with Dick Van Dyke, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:03PMI often see top “A team” critics looking miserably impassive as if they’d rather be anywhere but in the theatre. Is there some code of practice that I’m not party to which requires y…
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Protein uses an eclectic combination of storytelling, song and movement to stage The Little Prince, Antonie de Saint-Exupéry’s moving novella of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AM“A key challenge for selling stereo was consumers’ satisfaction with the mono music systems they already owned. … Something was needed to show people that this new technology w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMThis week the construction of Cloud Arch, a Junya Ishigami-designed steel archway planned for George Street, was deferred until after the tramline is finished. Originally dubbed “the mo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AMEmily Blunt was a guest on last night's episode of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' and during the interview, she spoke to Colbert about her month-long promotion of 'Mary Poppins Return…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:51AMTatiana Maslany was a guest on last night's episode of 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.' During her interview, Maslanytalks about the joy of playing an intense role in Destroyer and describ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMAnderson amp Petty have just released their new holiday song, Our December Day. The full music video featuring Graham Scott Fleming and Natalie Gallo went live today, and the single is avail…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMThe generous commitment will help serve more artists and provide support for those in dire situations.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMThe Mary Poppins Returns star discusses her new movie and SAG nominations.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMTeens versed in hip-hop moves come together with jaded theatre
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 11:23AMDanai Gurira isn’t a particularly well-known name in British theatre, but it soon will be. The Zimbabwean-American writer and actor rose to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMThis year’s American installment of the Night of Ideas will feature appearances by philosophers, musicians, artists and a puppet of Noam Chomsky.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMThe Oscar and Tony winner joins the Metropolitan Opera and Philadelphia Orchestra music director for a January evening of tales and tunes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:11AMMore than 4,300 people have signed a petition protesting proposed cuts to local authority arts funding in Birmingham. Birmingham MAC and Birmingham
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMOne Dance UK has been given a funding boost of £200,000 to support its education work. The dance industry body will use
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:03AMAlfonso Cuaron is the frontrunner to win the Best Director Golden Globe for “Roma,” but don’t be surprised if it’s Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”) who e…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMOur pantomime season has kicked off late this year. However, the first of the festive treats that we’ve been able to attend has surely set the bar high, as a five-star extravaganza and per…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWhen producing a show, your to-do list can often feel endless. (You’re nodding your head right now, aren’t you?) You’ve got capital to raise. A production team to assemble. Venue scout…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSo you’ve roasted all the chestnuts, decked all the halls and whipped up enough figgy pudding to feed a legion of carolers. But if you haven’t seen any holiday theater yet, there’s sti…
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New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeAn immersive show for the under-fives strikes gold and acts as a primer for Peter Leslie Wild’s inventive and boisterous main stage productionAs is often the c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMRoyal Opera House, London A fine take on Chekhov’s melancholy Three Sisters brings bite to this seasonal triple bill, before ice skaters and lovers restore the yuletide glowWho needs festi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMGregory Mosher has departed the upcoming Roundabout Theatre Company production of All My Sons over a disagreement with Rebecca Miller, daughter of the late scribe Arthur Miller, on casting. …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMGalt MacDermot, the Canadian-American composer who broke ground on Broadway with his score to the iconic musical Hair, died on December 17, just in advance of his 90th birthday, according to…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54AMThe dancing is one of the strongest elements of this handsomely designed production of Jack and the Beanstalk. No surprise given that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:48AM“Today, as I travel around the country giving master classes, … I can’t help but notice my students’ eyes widening as they look to each other wondering who exactly [one o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMAn accomplished professional and exemplary leader, the CEO of Imagine MKE will build the organization, advance the strategic agenda, recruit a talented staff, and facilitate the engagement o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMA new report from Oxford’s Journalism Innovation Project refers to it as ‘bright, shiny things’ syndrome: a tendency to focus on, and fund, new and perhaps untested ideas s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMOwen Bennett-Jones writes that the network is now so top-heavy with senior managers who are terrified of negative public attention that it takes months to get a project approved — and that…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AMBy Lucas Garcia. Lucas Garcia talks about creating the first-ever Alliance of Latinx Theater Artists of Chicago awards ceremony.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:44AMThe star of Network talks to The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah about her Broadway debut alongside Bryan Cranston.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews The Tragedy of King Richard the Second at the Almeida Theatre starring Simon Russell Beale
This post REVIEW: The Tragedy Of King Richard The Second, Almeid…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:43AMAhead of Mary Poppins Returns coming out in UK cinema's on December 21st reporter Jamie Body attended the European premiere at the Royal Albert Hall to chat to some of the cast and creatives…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMTorch Song star Michael Urie talks about the best advice from Harvey Fierstein, a hilarious Ugly Betty fan moment abroad, and the torch song that makes him cry.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:40AMMCC 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 10:37AMby Kat Sullivan, Communications Intern Fall 2018 Blue Heaven, a FringeArts comedy festival, will showcase some of the most provocative voices in American comedy for one weekend of gut-ach…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 10:36AMSee what critics think of the Almeida Theatre production, now in performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMLeah Walsh hosts the podcast where industry professionals share their unique artistic journeys.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMThe original movie musical boasts a new score by Hairspray composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMFrom catchy tunes and magical turns to a solid moral lesson for kiddies to learn, Suba Das has created a joyous show in The Cat in the Hat, I urge, families, friends and theatre-lovers to go.
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Before he was famous, the Tony and Pulitzer winner made his screen debut on The Sopranos.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMThe stars of Mary Poppins Returns and the late night host take on the ultimate movie musical “Role Call” challenge.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMHer sitcom, a spinoff from Happy Days, was one of the two or three most popular series on American television in the late 1970s; with Big and A League of Their Own, she became the first woma…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AMThe mural of Ava Gardner on the wall of a public school campus in Koreatown recently drew objections from a Korean group that argued the sunburst in the background looks too much like the Wo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM“Director Gregory Mosher said in an interview that his association with the Roundabout Theatre Company revival — which will star Annette Bening and Tracy Letts and begin performances…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM“The Holocaust cannot stand alone. We decided to send our videographers into Rwanda to get testimony. From there we went to Cambodia, Armenia — we’re doing a critical study in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AMYouTuberMichaelKorte is back with 'Queens Sing King', an empowering medley of songs from Broadway's Lion King sung by 9 inspiring female voices.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMThe Roots are one of the most versatile bands on the planet, and when Ariana Grande brought her new single “Imagine” to “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Tuesday night, they b…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:40AM"This is Shakespeare as petty playground squabble, rather than stately struggle for the throne" - Fergus Morgan writes on Joe Hill-Gibbins' punchy, political Richard II.
The post Review: The…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 09:37AMDarryl Reilly, Critic There were so many exceptional original plays among the 144 productions that I reviewed for Theaterscene.net in 2018. In addition, several solo shows were outstanding, …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:37AMAccording to NBC, the creators of The Prom are reaching out to Vice President Mike Pence to invite him to see the show.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AMThe gorgeous Edwardian Kings Theatre is ideal for traditional panto, and this is essentially what we get in this Cinderella. The richly-coloured
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMVisitors to Forest Park now can interact with a sculpture by artist Richard Serra without even getting out of the car.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:12AMLin-Manuel Miranda has already seen “Mary Poppins Returns” three times.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 09:12AMThe latest press night parties, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include the press nights of Snow White
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMTabard enjoys a happy ending. Get your mind out of the gutter – a story with a happy ending. Especially at Christmas
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWhat a battle – and a nasty one (‘Only Fools: feud over dinner rivals escalates’, News, December 13, p1). Interactive Theatre International
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMWith Berlin’s classic numbers and in the gifted creative hands of director Nikolai Foster and his choreographer Stephen Mear, White Christmas becomes a fabulous feel-good delight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMOrphan Black stars aims to ‘honour and respect’ Faye Dunaway’s turn as Diana Christensen in the 1976 film version, but also tries ‘to own it for myself,’ she tells the Star’s Kar…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:00AM
This Royal Ballet triple bill is a classic example of ‘Chequers Deal’ programming. The attempt to please everyone results in a deeply
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AMPlaywright and Alexandria-native Sarah Burgess is known for her sharp-tongued, rapid-fire dialogue and expositions into the underbelly of American institutions. Burgess’ first play, Dry …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:42AM“[The Russian state museum] is harnessing blockchain technology to power a new app that digitises its entire collection of more than 190,000 objects … In what is being described as a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AM“The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (BBC SSO) under chief conductor Thomas Dausgaard will perform during the six-day festival, from 30 October to 4 November, in Tokyo and Osaka. … T…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMGoogle Arts & Culture has just opened a virtual recreation of the pre-fire museum, which was completely destroyed in a fire in September. In addition, the Smithsonian has launched a prog…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:36AMEntertainment Weekly took to Twitter to share the cover of their latest issue, featuring the stars of 'Aladdin.' They tell fans to 'Get a shining, shimmering, splendid first look at the reim…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:34AMUS cinema audiences will be treated to The Royal Ballet's holiday favorite The Nutcracker with screenings on various dates around the country through December 30. To find a cinema near you, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMLin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt are gearing up for the premiere of their new film Mary Poppins Returns, which hits cinemas today, December 19 The pair stopped by The Late Late Show with J…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMPerhaps you've seen a movie about teens going away for the summer to put on shows in the idyllic setting of theater camp. If so, you are most likely familiar with a plot about doing whatever…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 19 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AMThis year’s Opera House pantomime is every bit as sumptuous looking as you’d expect a Qdos production to be. But, as with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:15AMWeird is a one woman play that explores issues of mental health, specifically OCD, in an immensely accessible and intriguing way. The show starts when we discover Yasmin (Amy Doyle) has left…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AMTHE 2018 JKTS AWARDSMedia Categories(10 Awards)After taking a couple of seasons off, we are super excited to re-start our annual tradition! Up first, our awards for the media and technical a…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:04AMListen: Casting Controversy Causes “All My Sons” Director to Depart, Off-Center Season Announced, Highlights from London “Company” “Today on Broadway” is …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:00AMThe promise “Everything you could wish for in a panto” I would say underplays what we actually got. Aladdin at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford was so much more.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMIssues of identity and immigration, borders and belonging, took on harsh and frightening dimensions in the headlines this year. So in looking over the shows that made the biggest impression …
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Nativity! The Musical will return to London for a third time next Christmas, it has been announced. The musical, which will also
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMBy Douglas Mayo
Birmingham Stage Company presented Liz Pichon’s Tom Gates UK Tour. Tom Gates Live On Stage tickets are now on sale. Full schedule here.
This post Tom Gates UK Tour firs…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:50AMThey’re certainly not at the point of having public performances by women in tights and tutus yet, but ballet classes are becoming ever more popular, for adult women as well as for gir…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMOf the three jukebox bio-musicals about female pop stars now on Broadway, it’s the latest that best understands its audience.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:18AMOtto Klemperer leads Agnes Giebel, Marga Hoffgen, Ernst Haefliger, Gustav Neidlinger, and the New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra in a live performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Thi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMThe Tell-Tale Heart by Anthony Neilson is based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews of the production currently playing at the National Thea…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Underlying this succession of moments which constitutes the superficial existence of beings and things, and which is continually modifying and transforming them, one can search for a true…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMAt 70, the composer shows no signs of flagging, with multiple shows running on Broadway, in the West End and internationally. In
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMEighty aspiring performers, from ages 11 to 26, have been granted awards to attend training courses across the country as part of
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A pantomime in Maidstone has cancelled all its remaining dates, with organisers claiming they have been “up against it from the beginning”.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMSeason's greetings: Tracey Sinclair reviews a warm-hearted quartet of short plays from emerging writers.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:48AMCreative Scotland has announced the first grants of a new touring fund for theatre and dance, with 17 projects receiving a total
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:44AMThe dance troupe Diversity took part in its first ever pantomime last year at the Palladium, where it added some exceptional dance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMArtistic Directors of the Future has appointed 11 participants for its first board shadowing initiative, aimed at diversifying theatre’s boardrooms. The organisation
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:43AMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonA king’s daughter sells her unborn baby to a wicked fashion designer in a patronising show with abrasive songsMoney can’t buy love but it can buy theatre tick…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AMAfter an acclaimed try-out in September, the world premiere of Simon Perrott's debut play In Conversation with Graham Norton returns for a full new year season at London's Hope Theatre. Time…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMAccountants are looking toward the new year to see if their lobbying efforts could give Broadway investors and producers another tax break. Under a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, wh…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AMThe obvious way to stage a play like Richard II, about power grabs, backstabbing and loss of authority in the highest political
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMGet ready for the triumphant royal return of Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’ hit musical Six at the Arts Theatre in January 2019. Fifty thousand seats are on sale for a 16-week season and many …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:15AMIn recent years, The Royal Ballet has regularly presented a festive mixed programme, an alternative to the Christmassy charms of The Nutcracker
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:12AMSimon Russell Beale proves himself our foremost Shakespearean actor
SOURCE: The Independent at 06:12AMJournalist and playwright Jonathan Maitland will be kept on his toes rewriting his latest play, The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson, nightly to ensure it keeps up with the politician’s ev…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM“Raymond Dabb Yelland: California Landscape Painter” at the Crocker Art Museum reminds us once again how easy it is for talented painters, well-regarded in their times, can slip into the…
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London’s streets might be paved in gold, but this lavish Dick Whittington is worth its glittering weight in it. The Mayflower, celebrating
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:58AMInfluential stage designer who created groundbreaking sets for the Royal Shakespeare Company and English National OperaBy instinct and inclination the designer Ralph Koltai, who has died age…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMAlmeida, London Joe Hill-Gibbins’ stripped-back production delivers a forceful royal downfall, but leaves little space to explore the power plays behind itSimon Russell Beale was born to p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Thursday 17 January 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to award-winning company Atticist about their first revival of David Greig…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMRichard II gives up power – though it’s not his choice. Shakespeare stages this concretely – a crown passed from one to another. The supposed divinity of majesty proves portable as a p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Broadway walks the red carpet at the premiere of Mary Poppins Returns, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21AMHere, thoughts are freed from linearity or reasonable binds. There, processing systems allow the universe to expand and retract as an infinite sponge. Where bodies transmute from human famil…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 05:18AMFollowing not one, but two recent acclaimed runs (first at Chichester’s Minerva Theatre in 2017, followed by a limited engagement at Hampstead Theatre earlier this year), Michael Longhurst…
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Raising the roof: John Murphy reviews Sheffield Crucible's slick and spectacular production of the Cole Porter classic.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:51AMShakespeare's study of flawed leadership becomes a paralable for our ageJoe Hill-Gibbins’ uncompromising production of The Tragedy of Richard II for the Almeida hurtles through Shakes…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 04:48AMGo behind the scenes of a blockbuster motion picture and explore set pieces, costumes and elaborate props direct from the studio set as Warner Bros. Movie World presents, for a limited time…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 04:25AMAfter #hotgate, Dr Kirsty Sedgman writes on the complex territory of gender and objectification in theatre, and why it's time for "a more radical, ethical kind of thirst".
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 04:04AMIt was a year of rebirth and re-imagining, cultural transformation, hits such as The Lost O’Casey and Nine Night and misses: step
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David Dimbleby, BBC’s longest time presenter of Question Time has bid goodnight to the audience, guests and his colleagues on Thursday, 13th December.For the last twenty five years he has …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:57AMColombian singer shakira is prosecuted by Spanish authorities for evasion of €14.5m (£13m) in taxes alleging her of declaring false claim to be a Bahamas resident, while she was still res…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:51AMExploring Yayoi Kusama’s radical artistic vision and fierce determination to become a world-renowned artist, Kusama: Infinity is a new and appropriately colourful documentary film by Hea…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 03:13AMClean your list! If I had a nickel for every client who emailed me in a panic because MailChimp (or Constant Contact or Emma or whoever) froze their account because an exceptionally high bou…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM“Seriously William, you’re eighteen and you’re gay, for Christ’s sake. You’re meant to swim against the tide. A proper gap year is all
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The Director of Finance and Administration is responsible for the day to day administrative and financial management of the organization. The successful candidate will be a hands-on and coll…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54AMOpera Australia welcomes back to the Joan Sutherland Theatre – Sydney Opera House, one of its most popular productions and one of the world’s all-time favourite operas, Puccini’s L…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:37AMThe seven-day event at the International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM) ends with an award ceremony screening of “Shadow” by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, reports Hollywood Repor…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:37AMJimmy Fallon, king of late night nostalgia parties, gatherer of celebs, first of his name, pulled off an excellent Christmas move on Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show. The host gathere…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:26AMIt’s been a while. Did you miss us? We missed you, and we couldn’t let the year end without one of our all hands on deck mega-episodes. Aurin, Ben, David, Diep, Jack, Liz, Nicole, PennyM…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 12:20AMThe singular structure of Nassim Soleimanpour's new play ---At every performance of Barrow Street Theatricals' Nassim by Nassim Soleimanpour, a new guest star performs the script unrehe…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMBroadway loves to make musicals out of movies, but does Mean Girls or Hairspray or another hit most speak to your soul? Take the quiz!
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBetty Buckley, Patti LuPone, Tonya Pinkins, are among the actor’s top picks—but which is his queen?
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