Director Ivo Van Hove’s stage version of the Paddy Chayefsky cult film "Network" gives Bryan Cranston the role of a lifetime as Howard Beale, the UBS news commentator who has a nervous bre…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:55PMHarry is a dad now, with a son who is best friends with the son of Potter’s nemesis, Draco Malfoy
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:46PMBelow is a guide for theatergoing during Christmas Week. Not every show worth seeing during the holidays is a “holiday show,” nor are they all “family friendly.” (See…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:27PMWhat began as a simple Roald Dahl book is now, in the hands of adaptor David Wood and director Jacqueline Stone, a 75-minute, two-act Fantastic Mr. Fox that’s too bright, too screechy and …
SOURCE: Chicago Theater Beat at 09:24PM
By: Isa Goldberg
December 21, 2018: Watching a movie is a bit voyeuristic, as we know. Peering behind the scenes, watching people who can’t see you staring at them, like animals in a zoo…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:44PMIt has been reported that veteran actor of stage and screen. Ethel Ayler, passed away last month at her home in California. She was 88 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:36PMEven before the curtain officially goes up on The Play That Goes Wrong, you can tell you are in for a laugh riot. The show’s “Director” Chris Bean (played by Evan Alexander Smith), “…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:31PM
The decline in subscribers is upending the already fragile economics of opera, changing how companies operate and what they program. Lyric now gives a quarter fewer main stage opera performa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:36PMWhen Bach’s heavy reliance on parody technique came to light in the nineteenth century, scholars found it embarrassing. It ran counter to the Beethovenian principle that composers must wri…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:36PMThe Cher Show costume designer Bob Mackie on revisiting the his "most notorious" client's iconic looks in the new musical.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMThe New One star Mike Birbiglia shares stories about the first laugh he ever got, the craziest thing he's seen in his comedy travels, and which Broadway brain he'd like to eat.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMBroadway.com #LiveatFive is a daily Facebook Live show in which Broadway.com editors discuss what's going on in the theater community and chat with stage stars. Here's the most …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMClay Aiken and Ruben Studdard stop by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Ruben & Clay's Christmas Show and more with Caitlin Moynihan.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMEthel Ayler, whose career spanned prominent Broadway, film and TV roles for five decades, died at age 88 on Nov. 18 in Loma Linda, Calif., according to her family. The cause of death was not…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:12PM“The day I got Ivy, I had no intention of getting a dog. My friend’s friend introduced me to a local litter of puppies, but in my mind I had a thousand reasons why I wasn’t getting one…
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Carriage rides, fireworks, library parties, and literally ringing in the new year make the list.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:36PMThe building at 3301 Washington Avenue will be rehabbed.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:36PMA writer I admire once told me, “few people have an imagination when it comes to their lives.” I loved this. It flipped the notion that everyone was doing life right except for me —�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:32PMThe tradition has its roots in religion, of course, but also in immigration patterns. At the beginning of the 20th century, Jewish people were one of the largest non-Christian immigrant grou…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:32PMThe most common method for evaluating a candidate’s potential is the unstructured job interview, which is a weak predictor of future job performance. The interview is especially used to a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:32PMOn this day, we're wishing a happy birthday to North Shore High's resident Queen Bee, Taylor Louderman
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMMelissa Errico My Fair Lady, Amour, Sondheim Sublime will star in the concert presentation of the new David Shire and Adam Gopnik musical OUR TABLE at Feinstein's54 Below on Monday, January …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMBelow, watch as producer Marc Platt explains why the original film meant so much to him, why it so important that they get the sequel right, and so much more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMCome Christmastime, it seems that nothing short of Santa can top a real, live camel. Rugged yet regal, the dromedary dominates every living Nativity it steps into. That’s true at Radio Cit…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:18PM by Sheila Watko “Wake You Up” is a musical from the all-female writing team of Taylor Pearlstein and Shannon Molly Flynn. A talented cast of vocalists performed a co…
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'The Lifespan of a Fact' is the year's 8th production to turn a profit in Broadway's notoriously risky waters.
SOURCE: Forbes at 04:50PMDesigned specifically for industry professionals and presented by Situation Interactive, see a sampling of programming (and get a ticket discount).
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:41PMMr. Masterson helped turn a magazine article about a bordello into a hit Broadway musical. He later directed the movie “The Trip to Bountiful.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:32PMThe authority shared the call for submissions on Twitter earlier this month, asking: “Do you have a passion for design and creative branding development? Can you create a simple but visual…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PMWith moxie, sequins, and indefatigable whimsy, Sony Masterworks Broadway's THE PROM Original Broadway Cast Recording perfectly captures the mirth of the heartwarming Broadway production. Mas…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMBelow, watch as the cast opens up about the themes of the show, the impact of its message, and the legacy of Jonathan Larson.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMGalt MacDermot helped welcome rock musicians to Broadway. Then hip-hop artists like Run-DMC welcomed him.
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Find your next job with this selection of upcoming auditions for Broadway and shows and around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PMRichard Maltby, Jr. will direct the new David Shire-Adam Gopnik musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMFox brings the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical to television audiences in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:45PMI don’t care if The Play That Goes Wrong has won prestigious theatre awards named Olivier and Tony. I don’t care how much the ticket costs, and that there is an intermission, and that it…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:42PMA pair of architectural history buffs bought this 377-square-foot apartment in a 1932 Constructivist building in Moscow, restored it, and furnished it with copies of avant-garde Soviet furni…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMCan computers actually think? Well, they are designed to perform functions that humans perform through thinking. They expertly process information, present it at appropriate points in a conv…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM“Heart of Darkness is, to use today’s parlance, problematic. … Whether [the novel] is ‘offensive and totally deplorable’, as [Chinua] Achebe insisted, or a searing crit…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMIt's a Christmas miracle and a brand new episode this week as we sit down with Costume Designer Alejo Vietti AND a very special guest, Tony Awardwinner Jessie Mueller Jessie is probably most…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMDeck 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 03:18PMWhen I was a kid, magic tricks and puppet shows were forerunners to my love of theater. They were like my gateway drug. I got hooked on the wonder and live storytelling. And to this day I as…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:05PM
The world premiere from Parity Productions will begin performances in March 2019 at Theaterlab.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMMike Birbiglia in The New One
(Photo by Joan Marcus)
Comedian Mike Birbiglia is making his Broadway debut in The New One, his latest solo show playing at the Cort Theatre through January 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:54PMThe 19th Annual Barn Series will feature readings of new plays, including three new pieces by Stephen Adly Guirgis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMGet a first listen at a number from the romantic, new musical podcast Loveville High.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:29PMThe cast of the Off-Broadway production of Fiddler of the Roof came out to raise funds for the Pittsburgh congregation—and how you can still help.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29PMBarack Obama, or Barap Obama? The former U.S. president appears on a reworked song by Lin-Manuel Miranda originally from the Broadway hit "Hamilton." Released Friday, "One Last Time (44 Remi…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:19PMIf the body-shaming tactics allegedly employed by many NBA dance teams are troubling, the dancers’ stories suggest that the compensation is worse. Three women remembered getting paid $50 a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMGo behind the scenes of The Phantom Of The Opera with one of Broadway's favorite leading men, Jay Armstrong Johnson He will be taking over the BroadwayWorld Instagram tomorrow, December 22nd…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMThe new play by Abby Rosebrock, starring Marin Ireland, will open at Atlantic Theater Company January 7, 2019.
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American holiday activities are worse than coal in a stocking. Each year, we schlep to super malls and force crying children to pose with creeper Santas. We trudge to local productions of �…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:54PMThe new play by Nassim Soleimanpour invites a new actor to perform the play each night (without seeing the script).
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:53PMBarrow Street Theatricals has announced the newest round of rotating guest actors through the beginning of the year for the American premiere of Nassim by celebrated Iranian playwright Nassi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Watch Sierra Boggess Sing from Her Latest Stage Turn in Ever After
On the heels of the recent news that silver-voice…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:48PMThis Steppenwolf Theatre Company world premiere from local playwright Isaac Gomez serves as a promise to keep alive the true stories upon which this play is based.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:45PMBarack Obama, or Barap Obama? The former U.S. president appears on a reworked song by Lin-Manuel Miranda originally from the Broadway hit "Hamilton."
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SOURCE: USA Today at 01:41PMThe funding will allow the Armory to replace its 138-year-old floors in a $4 million restoration project for its 55,000-square-foot drill hall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:24PMThe cast of ‘La Ruta’ at Steppenwolf Theater Company. (Photo: Michael Brosilow) By Becky Sarwate The venerable Steppenwolf Theatre, a Chicago institution and launch pad…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:12PM“Latinx theatre and theatremakers in Chicago are consistently ignored, erased, or misunderstood by both critics at mainstream publications and the city’s one major awards body, t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMElmar Hashimov writes about how he and his peers, the last generation of kids to grow up in the USSR, watched still-illegal American films (and learned English) on VHS tapes, dubbed on the d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM“There’s no definitive case law determining this.” When the Copyright Act of 1976 was passed, it finally established rules around choreography, with some limited fair use cases around …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMThis month, the popular theatre podcast Broadwaysted released It's A Broadwaysted Life--a theatre-filled parody of Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life written by co-host Kevin Jaeger and fea…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PM
This year’s pantomime at the Swan Theatre breaks with tradition by placing Maid Marian rather than Robin Hood centre stage, and pairing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:51PMThe musical begins previews January 15 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMThe musical begins previews January 15 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Caroline, or Change at The Playhouse Theatre in London starring Sharon D Clarke
This post REVIEW: Caroline Or Change, Playhouse Theatre ✭✭✭✭✭ fir…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:42PMLin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton remix series, Hamildrop, has come to an end, but it’s going out with a bang. For a gospel reworking of “One Last Time,” the extremely booked and busy Mi…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:38PMThis week, further casting has been announced for Sara Bareilles’ musical Waitress and it was revealed that Charlie Stemp and Jon Partridge are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PMChristopher Sieber in The Prom
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Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber is playing cater waiter turned Broadway activist Trent Oliver (did he mention he went to Ju…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PMBob Mackie’s name is synonymous with glamour. The nine-time Emmy winner and three-time Oscar-nominated costume designer is known for his impeccable construction and outrageous looks&md…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM“Network” addresses important themes and raises equally significant enduring questions. “Network” parses the word ‘network’ in a variety of ways, adding richness and layered dept…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 12:29PMThe production, starring Sierra Boggess, is set to begin performances in Atlanta January 15, 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMTerry Deary’s Horrible Histories series of entertaining educational books are rightly beloved of schoolchildren everywhere, but although they’ve proved a commercial and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:22PMIt’s Christmastime on Downtown stages, while Pittsburgh honors a New Orleans company for completing the American Century Cycle.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:21PMArtBeat Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB 12/21/18. WMass/NoCT Theatre Critics roundtable--the best of the year. J. Peter Bergman from Berkshire Theatre Critics Association, Chris Rohmann from The Valle…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:21PMThis holiday season is a time of celebration. It celebrates the possibility of hope, it celebrates redemption, it celebrates generosity of spirit, it celebrates the triumph of light over dar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PMIn the waning days of 2018, I’m remembering the lesson learned by George Bailey when he saw what Bedford Falls would have been like if he had never been born. The Internet, we’re to…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:18PM20 songs from Broadway musicals that will put you in the holiday mood.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:10PMCampaigners have set up a trust that will fight to save a historic theatre space in Norfolk from closure. St George’s Guildhall,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:04PM“‘You’d think so,’ says the poet and aphorist Don Paterson. ‘But there’s absolutely no evidence of it.’ As he sees it, the aphorism is a different t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMBeloved Seattle bookstores were closing their doors throughout the aughts, and those who remained open seemed to face an impossibly uphill task — who would pay full price for a book when y…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMGrowing global discontent has been the hallmark of 2018, and 2019 is looking even worse. The last few years have marked a rise of the far-right, but theatremakers in opposition are letting a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PM
December #Hamildrop featuring "One Last Time (44 Remix)" by Christopher Jackson, Barack Obama, and Bebe Winans. Listen to the music now.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:59AMThe stage and screen star performed her new show The F Words: Fiery, Fabulous, and Fierce December 20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMThe musical by Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis centers on the final year in the life of a transgender man living in Georgia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMThe showcase of up-and-coming transgender and non-binary performers will return for its seventh installment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMVoting is open for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards worldwide, brought to you by BroadwayHD Nominations were reader-submitted and now our readers get to vote for their favorites. There…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMIn this episode, Katie is joined in the kitchen by not one, but two Cindy Lou Whos from How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Mackenzie Mercer and Avery Sell Check out the recipe for Katie's Fuzzy…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMIn a video from a special 'Behind the Musical' event, watch below as Sierra Boggess sings the song 'Who Needs Love' from Ever After.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:48AMThe Tania El Khoury performance piece will be performed by Basel Zaraa every 15 minutes beginning January 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMIn the latest piece of perfect casting for the London premiere of Waitress, Emmy-nominated star Jack McBrayer has been announced to take on the role of Ogie. The previously announced We…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMErika Henningsen gets in a holly jolly mood backstage at Mean Girls!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMAcclaimed magic makers The Illusionists have announced a return to London's West End in the summer of 2019. The new show, titled The Illusionists—Direct From Broadway, is scheduled…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMTwo-time Tony winner Jonathan Pryce (Miss Saigon) and three-time Olivier winner Eileen Atkins (The Retreat from Moscow) could be headed back to Broadway in a transfer of Tony-nomin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMDonald Moffat, a multi-talented actor who thrived in theater works ranging from Shakespeare to O'Neill, passed away on December 20 in Sleepy Hollow, New York, according to The New York T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AMAfter selling out at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2016 and touring the UK and to Australia, Ross Ericson's First World War drama The Unknown Soldier will premiere in London in early 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:27AMFrom magnificent entrances to “Seasons of Love” at the Tony Awards, the performances and scenes that had us cheering for more.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:18AMBased on the popular film series, this show starring Danny and Dani Dyer and Jo Brand is cheerily over the top
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:17AMPerformances continue at New York City Center through December, culminating in a special season finale on December 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMAfter a long stretch without a family panto, in the last few years Brighton has sprouted two. Staged in a seafront hotel
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:14AMAnne Carson’s performance piece will make its debut at the new performing arts center in spring 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMHosted by Rhiannon Giddens, the 10-episode podcast examines one famous aria per episode.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMAs a character in The Prom sings, “That’s why I love the theater: It’s how I escape.”
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SOURCE: www.buzzfeednews.com at 11:12AMThe national theatre initiative, whose mission is to develop and produce the work of Latinx artists, also welcomes new members.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMHappy last working Friday of 2018! (I know we’ve got another Friday to go, but it seems like the entire world is taking off next week, so if you’ve got business to do before th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Meryl Streep apparently caused panic on the set of "Mary Poppins Returns" while showing off her acting chops, according to Lin-Manuel Miranda
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:58AMThe production, which serves audiences an eight-course tasting menu during the performance, will end its run in January.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMWith a heart as cold as the blustery winds blowing people in and out the door, An Irish Carol by Matthew J. Keenan finds David, a pub’s miserly owner, confronted by guests of his past and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:58AM“From his early short essay ‘A Christmas Dinner’ in Sketches by Boz (1836) to his incomplete final novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), in which an uncle appears to ha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMIn 1955, Shepherd co-founded Compass Players with Paul Sills, and, as one comedy historian put it, “Without David, no Compass. Without Compass, no Second City.” Which means no No…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMFirst Lady Melania Trump Laura Benanti turns the White House's routine annual holiday message into a full-fledged Christmas Special, even singing her own Christmas songs Make America Xmas Ag…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMIf it ever feels as though you’re constantly losing things around the house, then you too might have Borrowers, says narrator Eddie, whose childhood memory provides the framework for Bea R…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AMEntrepreneurial spirit meets classical burlesque debauch in Austin McCormick's Company XIV.
SOURCE: Forbes at 10:40AMOne of the first African-American dancers with a major ballet company, Ms. Wilkinson inspired a generation of dancers as a member of Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:38AMOur critic's twelve favorite classical music performances that he reviewed this past year.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:36AMThe sixth round of grants will support new and existing international collaborations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:32AMMagic spectacular The Illusionists – Direct From Broadway will return to London in summer 2019 with a brand new show from 6 July to 1 September at the Shaftesbury Theatre. The cast will be…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:28AMThe arc of American history and the legacy of white supremacy is seen through the eyes of the Miller family in Boo Killebrew's drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMThe album is rooted in the 1950s and 1960s — a vision of Christmas in a more innocent era of consumerist uplift
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:21AMOn Friday, the Chicago Fringe Festival announced its end after 10 years of avant-garde performances. According to its organizers, the fest has presented 367 shows and returned $231,654 to th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:08AMUh-oh. What’s he done this time? In recent years, Joe Hill-Gibbins has earned himself a reputation as a director unafraid to stage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:02AMThe My Fair Lady star reprises her turn as Melania Trump for a special holiday message on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMThe chaise longue has been dug out of storage for this re-imagining of William Congreve’s 1693 marriage farce The Double Dealer at the Orange Tree Theatre.
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“American critics called Mr. Moffat a consummate pro who could play any supporting role from Shakespeare, O’Neill, Ibsen, Beckett, Pinter or Shaw, as well as the lawyers, doctors…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMA decade ago, the Shenzen suburb of Dafen produced three-quarters of the world’s supply of oil reproductions of famous paintings such as Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. “[But] what …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMThe Rijksmuseum Schiphol was the world’s first museum satellite at an airport, with a rotating selection of ten Golden Age paintings displayed (at no charge) for a few hundred thousand…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMPerformances will begin at the Shaftesbury Theatre in July 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMUntil now, the only tools for telling how long users actually listened to the podcasts they downloaded were the proprietary ones of Apple and Spotify. So NPR developed an open-source tool to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMDavid J. Skorton, who became secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in July of 2015, is leaving in June to become president of the Association of American Medical Colleges. A cardiologist …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMA company called ReDigi had developed a platform for people to offer their “pre-owned” MP3s and FLACs while making sure that the sellers didn’t keep a bootleg copy for them…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMThe former president delivers part of George Washington’s farewell address on “One Last Time (44 Remix).”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:48AMMiranda tells Late Night’s Seth Meyers about filming with the legend, his son’s reaction to the film, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMPreviews begin in February 2019 at the Adelphi Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMA HOLLOW CROWN IN MUD AND BLOOD The clue is in the paper hat, worn by a dour-faced Simon Russell Beale on the programme cover. This is not stately, sacred, shockingly regicidal S…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 09:32AMBest known as Kenneth in 30 Rock, US film and television actor Jack McBrayer is crossing the pond to take on the role of Ogie in Waitress at London’s Adelphi Theatre. He will join an alre…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:30AMAs if we couldn't ask for a better holiday gift, Lin-Manuel Miranda has released the last song in his epic #Hamildrop series. This final number, "One Last Time (44 Remix),"…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:24AMNew Old Friends has a growing reputation for producing comedy murder mysteries to die for and Crimes of the Christmas Pudding can
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMA consummate character actor, Moffat was acclaimed for his roles in everything from Shakespeare and Pirandello to Clear and Present Danger.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:16AMAmy Schumer is five months pregnant and wants to make sure everyone in the audience knows it. At the top of her show at the Chicago Theatre Thursday night — the second of two sold out nigh…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:05AMThe new play One Jewish Boy about anti-semitism is viscerally powerful and raises some troubling issues about insidious racism.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMOf the 63 people who have gone home with at least two Oscars on the same evening, only four of them have been women. Lady Gaga could well become the fifth woman to make history at the Academ…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 09:00AMIt’s increasingly hard to write a review about the Troubadour Theater Company without sounding like a gushing fangirl. The group’s Christmas offering, “The Year Without a Santana Claus…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
The Brooklyn quintet plays the Mercury Lounge; Nicole Kidman goes undercover; and the theater district has plenty of afternoon offerings.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:48AMSomeone, somewhere declared December 21 “Short Girl Appreciation Day”. We’ve profiled many a funny lady of stage and screen who answered the description; and here are some …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:48AMJAMAICA BREEZES UP WEST, WITH GRIEF AND GUSTO Jamaican mourning tradition, longer than the Irish wake and noisier than the Jewish shiva, involves – we learn ̵…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 08:43AMThe former US President joins Broadway's original George Washington Chris Jackson and Bebe Winans for the new single.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:42AMThe Conservative provincial government, under Premier Doug Ford, “has slashed base funding to the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) by $5 million, as well as [$2.25 million] to the Indigenous…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMAntony Hamilton, a longtime dancer and sometime choreographer with the company, replaces Anouk van Dijk as artistic director. Joining him as executive director is Kristy Ayre, also a former …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on December 21 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMGame of Thrones is gearing up to launch its final season. Rather than showcasing new footage, which they're keeping under wraps, the new promo involved gathering superfans of the show to Bin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMFounder of national touring company, New Old Friends, Feargus Woods Dunlop writes about the power of social media and how it really can change your life. It did his. If you scroll through th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:32AMAmahl and the Night Visitors has all the ingredients of a Christmas show – lyrical music, a winsome boy hero and a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:20AMWe asked all DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that made an indelible impression on them in 2018. In this category, Outstanding Overall Production, we recognize: Productions that stoo…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMThink you know the story of Rumpelstiltskin? Think again. This Christmas, the classic fairy tale gets a distinctly bizarre new look courtesy of Windmill Theatre Company’s Rosemary Myers an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM
After four decades of festive fun in York, the actor and writer is hanging up his frock and hobnailed boots. He looks back at the Theatre Royal’s panto family‘I must say I never expected…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMIskander, a theatre-maker and former NHS executive, succeeds David Jubb, who called it a ‘fantastic appointment’Battersea Arts Centre in south London has appointed Tarek Iskander as its …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMThe standup, writer and actor on the things that make him laugh the mostI saw Joan Rivers host the gala at the Montreal comedy festival in 2008. I hadn’t seen her on television for a while…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMBattersea Arts Centre has announced that Tarek Iskander will take up the position of artistic director and CEO in May 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:50AMDecember 21 was the birthday of comic monologist, actor, and singer Monroe Silver (1875-1947). Silver made his fame primarily as a Jewish dialect comedian on record albums, adapting Joe Haym…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:42AMBattersea Arts Centre has announced Tarek Iskander as its new artistic director and chief executive. Iskander takes over from David Jubb, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMSteve Marmion has announced he is leaving his role as artistic director of Soho Theatre to pursue a freelance writing and directing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMMark Cantrell “might be the most versatile hire in the organization’s history.” Currently chief of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and a longtime freelance trombonist, he h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMThe smash-hit magic spectacular, The Illusionists - Direct From Broadway, will return to the West End next summer to boggle all our minds.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:26AMEvery year, the Broadway season is full of stars, fan favorites and hard-working "regulars." It's always great to see what our favorite performers, writers, directors, choreographers and des…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:24AMWith only a few days before Christmas, Theatreland is all swept up in the festive spirit…seriously there are Christmas lights and tinsel EVERYWHERE.Along with the joyfulness of Christmas, …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:18AMWatch the Tony winner (and massive fan of the HBO series) react to sitting on the Throne.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:05AMTony Perkins appears as the guest on a 1958 episode of The Mike Wallace Interview: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“It sounds like a fecking dog biscuit,” a young Neil McCormick responds to the news that his friend Paul Hewson is changing his name to Bono in this hilarious but touching new play by Di…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.” Henry James, Hawthorne
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"A beautifully told story of nightmarish proportions" is a tremendous description of AILIA's harrowing child-marriage drama AISHA, which has impressed reviewers during its mini-tour of Londo…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:54AMEventim Apollo, LondonThe father-and-daughter duo add self-deprecating cheer, alongside Jo Brand, to this feelgood fairytaleThe Dyers – Danny and Dani – and Jo Brand are the marquee name…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories The Play The Goes Wrong will transfer off-Broadway, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMIt is announced today that US film and television star Jack McBrayer will make his West End debut in the role of Ogie in Waitress, which will begin preview performances on 8 February ahead o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMThe final Hamildrop has arrived and it's a big one Former President Barack Obama is featured on the track, which is titled 'One Last Time 44 Remix.' The song also features the vocals of Chri…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMJack McBrayer, best known for appearing in the US TV series 30 Rock, has been cast in the West End transfer of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMA groundbreaking exhibition explored this question in 1994. Now curator Tim Clark is revisiting it with work from 14 new photographers
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:13AMAn early Christmas present for you all! Emmy nominee and 30 Rock star Jack McBrayer will make his West End debut as Ogie in Waitress.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:10AMUS film and television star Jack McBrayer, best known as Kenneth in 30 Rock, will make his West End debut in the role of Ogie in Waitress, which will begin preview performances on 8 February…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:10AMOn the day after the Chicago Plan Commission approved renovation plans for the Uptown Theatre, the non-profit TimeLine Theatre Company was to announce Friday it has purchased for itself a ne…
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Rudolf Nureyev had re-imagined “Cinderella” under the spotlights of Hollywood; that is for all to see in this eclectic new production which runs through January 2, 2019.The official webs…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:28AMThe jazz pianist, not the Star Wars/Boston Pops guy.— Doug Ramsey
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12AMThis year welcomed a new 400-seat opera house at Nevill Holt, where the resident company staged successful productions of Figaro and Antony
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMIt was a year of peaks and troughs in 2018, of rising stars and returning veterans, old dogs and new tricks. Classical
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This slice of life poignant film from India, “Monsieur” is being screened at Paris’ MK2 Cinemas through December 26, 2018.According to Variety the film is gently suggestive and mostly …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:46AMConducted by Ben Palmer, the Cinematic Sinfonia and Crouch End Festival Chorus play the music of “Home Alone,” live to screen at London’s Royal Albert Hall on December 22, 2018.The sou…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:20AMBumblebee Cast Talk Cars, Music, & Funny Behind the Scenes MomentsYoung Hollywood catches up with the 'Bumblebee' cast at San Diego Comic-Con, including Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, and Jorg…
SOURCE: younghollywood.com at 01:00AMJorge Lendeborg Jr.'s Favorite Thing About Working On Bumblebee Star of many hit films over the past year like 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' and 'Love, Simon', actor Jorge Lendeborg Jr. stops by …
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The Daily Mail has reported that Ben Whishaw Mary Poppins Returns is preparing to to portray Marilyn Monroe in a new play opening in New York City this spring.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:54AMAccording to a recent article by Theatre writer Tom Milward for London Theatre, people are getting to see a new dimension of Radcliffe's talent. Milward observes that though the charact…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:33AMThe standard record chart for the music industry "The Billboard Hot 100" is published weekly by Billboard magazine. Rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the US.Si…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:07AMThe UK’s leading film critics announced the nominations for the 39th annual London Critics’ Circle Film Awards with Yorgos Lanthimos’ black historical comedy “The Favourite” nabbin…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:01AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre at New York City Center featuring Ronald K. Brown, Jessica Lang, and Wayne McGregor: "Compared with McGregor’s startling, thrilling Chro…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMA theatregoer of faith recounts her epiphany at Hamilton---I first saw my faith reflected on the secular stage when I watched Hamilton on Broadway. As someone who grew up attending a Baptist…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMWhether you enjoy your divas on a Broadway stage, up close in an intimate cabaret, or at a theatre near you, performances by Tony winners Kelli O’Hara, Betty Buckley, Lillias White, an…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEthan Hawke, Paul F. Dano, and director James MacDonald on the significance of this Shepard's play.
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