From the masterminds behind Blanc de Blanc (2016), Cantina (2010) and the Helpmann Award-nominated Limbo Unhinged (2017), Strut & Fret premieres the brand-new, high-end cabaret specta…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 10:26PM By Myra Chanin One drawback I’ve found about spending New York’s unpleasant winter months in mild and balmy Palm Beach County was that the entertainment has been a cut belo…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:15PM“Choir Boy” is rarely short of heavenly.
SOURCE: cititour.com at 10:13PMHonestly, I was afraid that “Choir Boy” — the sweetly exuberant account of a gifted prep school boy’s coming of age, written by “Moonlight” Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:12PMListen: Reviews are in for “Choir Boy,” “Hamilton” Team Saves Drama Book Shop, ROBBIE ROZELLE WINS A BWW CABARET AWARD! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, M…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 10:07PMSomething groundbreaking on Broadway: The story of “an effeminate young man of color” who finds his strength through singing.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:04PM“Try to blend,” the vivacious Pharus Jonathan Young instructs his fellow choirboys as they kneel to pray together near the start of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s spicy, mellifluous play. The…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PMWhen Choir Boy, the coming of age story from Tarell Alvin McCraney that predates his Oscar-winning, co-written screenplay for Moonlight, finds its sweet spots – and they are many ̵…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00PMThe new play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, winner of the best adapted screenplay Oscar for Moonlight, is set in the Charles R
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMSpiraling in the light, fog stealthily transforms schoolboys in their locker room into living sculptures, accompanied only by the insistent atonal plinking of dripping taps in the offstage s…
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Samuel J Friedman TheatreThe Oscar-winning Moonlight writer transfers his musical to a bigger venue and, while there are missteps, the songs bring the house down “Tighten up.” That’s w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48PM★★★★★ McCraney’s prep school play is rousing and intensely spiritual entertainment
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:31PM★★★★ Oscar-winner Tarell Alvin McCraney makes his long-awaited Broadway debut with this 2013 coming-of-age drama
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PMMake a joyful noise Today, January 8, Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Choir Boy, written by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Drama Desk Award nominee …
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Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play opens January 8 in a new production from Manhattan Theatre Club, directed by Trip Cullman and choreographed by Camille A. Brown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:46PMLa Jolla Playhouse has announced the complete cast and creative teamfor its upcoming world-premieremusical Diana, from the Tony Award-winningMemphiscreative team ofJoe DiPietrolibrettistlyri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:04PMFresh off a celebrated run as the Dowager Empress in Anastasia on Broadway, two-time Tony winner Judy Kaye has been cast as Queen Elizabeth in Diana, the highly anticipated new musical based…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:03PMA stageful of characters you don't often encounter in Broadway houses populates Choir Boy, Tarell Alvin McCraney's two-thirds-drama, one-third-concert, a Manhattan Theatre Club production at…
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Atlantic Theater Companystages the world premiere production ofBlue Ridge, written byAbby Rosebrockand directed byTaibi Magar. Let's see what the critics had to say...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMClarke Thorell stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about My Fair Lady and more with Ryan Lee Gilbert.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMFor its first season, beginning in April, the Shed has commissioned more than a dozen exhibitions, performances and lectures across disciplines.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:48PM“There are objective criticisms you can make, you can point stuff out, but how you decide to rate or value the things done well, how much you penalise the things done less well—it’…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMDance Place, a nationally recognized cultural arts center in Washington, DC, seeks a Development Director. This is a 40 hour per week, salaried, year-round position with benefits. The Develo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMMatthew McKnight examines Jazz At Lincoln Center: “While the obituary writers may have been right—something’s dying—they have been preoccupied with the wrong thing. By looking fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMOkay, so maybe you haven’t spent a lot of time pondering this. But Sam Dresser’s discussion here illuminates something in how we construct systems for communicating. Are the diff…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMDani Shapiro is a writer who spent years exploring her life and identity. Then she took a home DNA test and discovered what she thought she knew about her heritage was wrong… – W…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PMLamb’s Players Theatre has a knack for looking back: Five years ago, the company set a Guinness world record for nonstop live performance by staging a 100-hour reading of plays it had prod…
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Offerings at the festival include a riff on “Uncle Vanya”; a “Frankenstein” adaptation highlighting a mother’s grief; and an intimate tale of displacement.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMWhat do Franz Kafka, Truman Capote, Elizabeth Taylor, Billie Holiday and a sheepdog have in common? Ghost Fruit, a new absurdist comedy written and directed by Max Wilkinson, gets its world …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:44PMJulie Halston will host the ninth annual fundraiser benefiting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMFrozen's Patti Murin will join Jimmy Awards alums—including stars from Dear Evan Hansen and Wicked—for the special event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PMThe stage and screen star will make her debut on the acclaimed drama during the second half of the third season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:33PMJohn Clay III has a key role in the play with music, penned by Oscar-winning “Moonlight” writer Tarell Alvin McCraney.
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The Marketing Associate helps Artists Repertory Theatre achieve its strategic goals through the project management of the theatre’s playbills, marketing collateral, email communications, p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMEight writers, including Dahlia Lithwick, Kate Julian, and Tyler Cowen, offer their predictions on sex, computers, neo-antebellum politics, China, the Internet, and the Supreme Court. — Ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMMieke Chew recalls a conversation she had with a Croatian publisher about the decrease in book criticism in the four years she has been doing publicity. “He was like, ‘Yeah, that happene…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PMA talented group of theater alums have signed on for HBO's highly anticipated prequel to the Emmy-winning series Game of Thrones. Olivier winner and Tony nominee Denise Gough (Angel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMThe Cher Show's Jarrod Spector interviews the fearless swings, understudies and dance captains who make it all happen when performers are out, plus has a chat with co-star Teal Wicks.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMBut could directors like Ryan Coogler still find favor with Oscar? The academy doesn’t always go with the Directors Guild Awards.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:38PMBroadwayCon is excited to announce that it will host a 20-year reunion with original cast and creative team members of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. Moderated by Dave Quinn People Magazi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMJimmy Awardsalumni from the previous 10 years are reuniting for the first ever Jimmy Awards Reunion eventwhich will be streamed on Facebook Liveon Monday, January 14that 730PM ET.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMHamilton creator has bought New York’s century-old Drama Book Shop with two collaborators from his hit musical, after soaring rents looked set to close itYears after writing his breakout m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMArts education is in crisis but theatre company Slung Low has set up a pay-what-you-can community college, offering lessons in art activism, wood-whittling and much moreOn board a double-dec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMThe creative and business minds behind HAMILTON have joined forces to buy one of Broadway's most storied institutions: The Drama Book Shop.
SOURCE: Forbes at 03:12PMThe New Group’s production of Clueless, the Musical will close its two-month, sold-out Off Broadway run this Saturday. But according to Amy Heckerling, the writer and director of the 1995 …
SOURCE: Vulture at 03:10PMBy . Cleveland Public Theatre presents two panel discussions as part of Entry Point 2019, A New Play Development Festival, livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:07PMAs of this writing “Jesus Christ Superstar” is predicted to win this year’s Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album with 82/25 odds. It’s a live recording of NBC’s Emmy…
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The January 16 event is open to all shows, theatres, industry professionals, and fans.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:50PM“It’s a whole generation: you could go from A to Z through the list, from Charles Alston to Charles White. I am seeing fakes attributed to all of them,” Rosenfeld says. Propelling the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM“[Today,] conspiracy theories are customized to achieve desired political outcomes and then injected into the news stream via social media. … No, with swiftboating, birtherism, voter…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PMJoan Myers Brown: “We started talking about how children are no longer interested in training. They see So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars and want to do ‘trick, t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PMBlue Ridge
Off Broadway, Atlantic theater Company
Reviewed by Ken Kaissar
BOTTOM LINE: A brilliant new drama by Abby Rosebrock, performed flawlessly by a virtuoso ensemble.
Life is scary …
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 02:42PMAinsley Melham and Michael James Scott, standout stars of the Australian and London productions of Disney's Aladdin, will head into the hit Broadway production at the New Amsterdam Theat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMNaomi Ackie, Denise Gough, Jamie Campbell Bower,Sheila Atim, Ivanno Jeremiah, Georgie Henley, Alex Sharp, and Toby Regbo have all joined the pilot for HBO's 'Game of Thrones' prequelin serie…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMAs it approaches its 5th anniversary, Aladdin welcomes three new principal cast members to the company.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMBroadway Records today announcedthatBulldozer The Ballad of Robert Moses Original Off-Broadway Cast Recordingwill be released digitally and in stores onFriday, January 25, 2019.The album is …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:32PMKalpavriksha Fine Arts,Singapore presents “Yajnaseni - The Eternal Flame,” a thought provoking dance-theatre piece at Singapore’s Esplanade on February 1 and 2, 2019.It all begins with…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:25PMA Star Is Born, yes, but a director with double DGA nominations has been born, too! The Directors Guild of America has announced nominations for the 2019 awards, and Bradley Cooper (with no …
SOURCE: Vulture at 02:18PMBradley Cooper ('A Star Is Born') and Spike Lee are nominees for Directors Guild of America honors. But Ryan Coogler ('Black Panther') was shut out.
&#…
SOURCE: USA Today at 02:16PMThere are seven Best Actress nominees at the Critics’ Choice Awards, but it’s a three-way race for the win on Sunday’s ceremony. Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”)…
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The pair reprise their performances as Aladdin and the Genie after taking the stage in Australia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PM“Go to festivals like Sundance or True/False and it feels like we’re living through a golden era of nonfiction film; turn up at your local art-house theater and you’d think…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PMThe paper has struggled as a business for decades and has a terrible history of cutting its cultural coverage, repeatedly signalling its lack of investment in the life of the city. –DM…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PM“While terms like herd, swarm, and pack seem more or less reasonable, others are downright ridiculous — and that’s probably because they were never meant to be taken seriously.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PMKelli O'Hara chats about her upcoming appearance with Seth Rudetsky at The Town Hall.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 01:32PMCarmen Cusack has been cast in the central role of Mrs. Sally Adams in the upcoming City Center Encores! presentation of Call Me Madam. Directed by Casey Hushion, choreographed by Tony nomin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMDuring an interview with Deadline, 'Mary Poppins Returns' director Rob Marshall spoke about his working relationship with the films co-starLin-Manuel Miranda.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMNew York City Center today announced casting for the Encores production ofCall Me Madamas part of the 75th Anniversary Season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMWhen in comes to portraying one of pop culture's biggest superstars of all time, it takes not one...not two...but three Broadway powerhouses to bring her to life onstage. Cher is on Broadway…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMThe famous Drama Book Shop has has always been a staple of the theatre community, and with the incredible news that Lin-Manuel Miranda has purchased the beloved shop alongside his Hamilton c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMThe Directors Guild of America has nominated Alfonso Cuaron for “Roma,” Bradley Cooper for “A Star Is Born,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” Adam McKay fo…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:10PMThe stage alums join a cast that includes Naomi Watts and Josh Whitehouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMThere’s one spot in DC where the glories of U Street’s “Black Broadway” are alive and well as The In Series performs From U Street to the Cotton Club at Source Thea…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:04PMAn Oscar nominee who leaped into the Wes Anderson ensemble with Isle of Dogs, Bryan Cranston knows how to paint a picture. Before signing on for the director's second stop-motion outing, Cra…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:03PMThe recent revival of The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess at English National Opera and the prospect of comparing all its available recordings in BBC Radio 3’s Record Review has prompted me…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMScandinavia gave us hygge, the Danish term for chilled-out spiritual contentment. But if you’re a fan of great TV shows like “The Bridge” or “The Killing,” you’ll know that drama…
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Sholem Aleichem's Tevye stories formed the basis of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. TEVYE SERVED RAW presents this material 'raw,' i.e., as it was created in Europe, before being Americanized for Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMLeegrid Stevens’ high-tech solo drama will re-launch at The Wild Project Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMWhy? Increasingly, viewers are resistant to ads cluttering programming. TV is competing for its life with streaming services and other entertainment options. And NBC is experimenting with so…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:32PMSuzy Conn's new musical comedy will celebrate sisterhood, laughter, and life lessons from the movies we know and love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMAs the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them in 2018. In this category, outstanding professional design, we recog…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26PMThe February engagement will also feature Ben Davis, Carol Kane, Brad Oscar, and Adam Heller.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMIt's a bad great idea, these two! Songwriter Sara Bareilles returned to the stage in Waitress on January 7 alongside her offstage buddy and Tony winner Gavin Creel, who is stepping into …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMFollowing the evening performance on Thursday, January 17, ANASTASIA stars Christy Altomare and Cody Simpson will return onstage for a special acoustic performance of the beloved song Once U…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMMake a joyful noise Today, January 8,Manhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of Choir Boy, written by Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraneyMoonlight, The BrotherSister Plays and dire…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMSecond Stage Theater has released a sneak peek music video of I'll Save the Girl, from the upcoming World Premiere musical, SUPERHERO. The song is performed by cast member KYLE McARTHUR, acc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18PMThe following is guest article by Neal Weaver that touches on the theatrical history of New York City.
“It must have been in 1964 when I was working as
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:12PMDr. Drama will be presenting at the following BroadwayCon panels this year (see below or click on the link for the Con schedule: http://www.broadwaycon.com/schedule/.) Hope to see you there!…
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 12:07PMThe concert event will take place March 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMPlaybill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMOn Tuesday, Jackalope announced casting for the Midwest premiere of “Dutch Masters,” written by Greg Keller and directed by Wardell Julius Clark. The cast features Patrick Agada and Sam …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PMProduction designer John Myhre takes us behind the scenes of Mary Poppins Returns’ epic set.
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by Velina Brown
Q: Last year I made a New Year resolution that I would dedicate myself to my career, taking every gig that came up, putting aside everything to getting myself out there, and…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 11:54AMMore than 300 actors, directors and designers accuse Abbey of wreaking ‘devastation’The Abbey theatre in Dublin has staged some of Ireland’s greatest plays but it is now at the centre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMFeinstein’s/54 Below will celebrate the music and rich history of the venue February 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMFeinstein’s/54 Below will celebrate the music and rich history of the Richard Rodgers Theatre February 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMBroadway Grosses across the board land back on earth this week following after last week’s record-shattering numbers. Overall, grosses last week were $37.5M down with several shows playing…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:40AMLin-Manuel Miranda, his Hamilton director Thomas Kail and producer Jeffrey Seller are coming to the rescue of a beloved New York bookstore. Along with theater owner James L. Nederlander, the…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:37AMThe Little Rock native will begin the new post in August, taking the helm of the Rep after of it briefly suspended operations.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:25AMWatch Kyle McArthur perform “I’ll Save the Girl” from the upcoming world-premiere production at Second Stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMTo the end of the 19th century, no matter how virtuosic a ballet dancer could be, the leg was not to be lifted above the hip. Emma Sandall recounts how that changed, from Diaghilev through B…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMTodd VanDerWerff: “We need cultural criticism not just to tell us which movies to go see and which ones to avoid, but to tell us things we already knew but didn’t know how to exp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“What makes this partnership special is not just its longevity, but the nature of support that has allowed Ailey to grow into a stable, globally recognized organization. Unlike many gr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMThe two actors will perform the Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty song following the January 17 performance of the Broadway musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMJez Butterworth's The Ferryman - the critically-acclaimed new play recently named to an industry-leading 25 Best-Of-The-Year lists - will welcome many new cast members beginning Tuesday, Feb…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMHosted by the actresscomedienne Julie Halston, BROADWAY BELTS FOR PFF will hold its ninth annual fundraiser, featuring an evening of music and comedy benefitting the Pulmonary Fibrosis Found…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMJetBlue is offering a chance to win tickets to see Hamilton in Puerto Rico, starring Lin-Manuel Miranda in the title role
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMThe results are in for the seventh annual BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards BroadwayWorld would like to extend congratulations to all of this year's winners and nominees in the 17 catego…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced today that Broadway, film, and television star Rosie O'Donnell will play Mrs. Paroo in the Broadway Center Stage production of Me…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMLincoln Center Theater under the direction of Andre Bishop has announced that Harry Hadden-Paton, who was nominated for the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and Drama League awards fo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:12AMA slew of Broadway alums will be gathering around the Carney family table! Jez Butterworth's acclaimed play The Ferryman will welcome a number of new cast members to the company on Febru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMStage-and-screen favorite Rosie O'Donnell is among the newly announced lineup of stars set to lead the Kennedy Center's upcoming staging of The Music Man. O'Donnell will tak…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMLin-Manuel Miranda to the rescue! The Tony-winning creator of Hamilton has announced that he has purchased New York City's iconic Drama Book Shop with Tony-winning director Thomas Kail, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMLincoln Center Theater has announced that current My Fair Lady cast member Michael Halling will play the role of Henry Higgins on Wednesday evenings beginning on February 6. The nonprofit ha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMEve Myles, David Threlfall and Jasper Britton are among the actors named finalists of the 2019 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Myles is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:12AMIconic modern dance favourite Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake makes a welcome return in a freshly re-polished staging. Seeing at least one production by New Adventures each year has made it cle…
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The album will preserve Lisa Gutkin and Aaron Halva's original score as performed by the 2017 Broadway cast, led by Tony-winner Katrina Lenk.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AMWhile London’s Queen’s Theatre is being restored, the West End production of Les Misérables will continue in performance on Shaftesbury Avenue with plans being announced shortly for a f…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:54AMThe Broadway Center Stage production will also feature John Cariani, Veanne Cox, David Pittu, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMBroadway composer Jason Robert Brown never expected to find himself performing onstage at Madison Square Garden. But he did — thanks to his pal Ariana Grande. Brown met Grande before s…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:51AMVault, Push Festival, and more mime than you can shake an (invisible) stick at: here's Exeunt's UK-wide picks for January in theatre.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 10:47AM“A Star is Born” maintained its perfect track record with the guild awards by reaping a bid from the Cinema Audio Society for Best Sound Mixing on Tuesday. The CAS was the eighth…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:46AMTony-winning producer Daryl Roth presents the limited, world-premiere engagement at the DR2 Theatre this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMBroadway’s critically acclaimed new play The Ferryman is about to have an influx of new cast members. The play by Jez Butterworth that came to the Great White Way under the direction of Sa…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:41AMThe Cinema Audio Society Awards nominees for Best Sound Mixing are: “Black Panther,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “First Man,” “A Quiet Place” and …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:32AMNot only are there new shows galore on the way in 2019, but there’re new casts, too – including new faces in some very familiar roles.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:29AMThe Off-Broadway theatre celebrated the world-premiere opening of Abby Rosebrock's new play January 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMAbby Rosebrook's play is blessed by having Marin Ireland and a stellar ensemble to portray the damaged people in her play set in a religious halfway house in Appalachia
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:18AMThat’s the project of Toronto theatre company Volcano, which hopes to tour its adaptation — with “an entirely new story” — of Joplin’s 1911 opera to California, D…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AMThe 102-year-old actress objected to the FX series’ portrayal of her as a gossipy hypocrite who (this was very important to de Havilland) used dirty words. A California appeals court r…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM“The [Voice] film poll was a fun and useful snapshot of the year in cinema from a healthy roster of film critics, and it’s one feature that a grieving fan desperately trying to d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AMThe "Theatre of Terror" features four short films directed by local filmmaker Tom Ryan.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 10:15AMEthan Hawke didn’t just stride onto the Late Show’s set Monday night to talk the Broadway revival of True West with Stephen Colbert — he moonwalked! “Wow! You are a well of hidden ta…
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:10AMNow in previews for Shepard’s True West, the Tony-nominated actor tells Colbert about the first time they met.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMNBC has announced the lineup of performers for itsElvis All-Star Tribute, which will air on February 17 from 9-11 p.m. ETPT.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMBroadwayWorld is celebrating the new year by giving you a chance to win tickets to ALADDIN on Broadway The winner will receive two tickets to a performance of their choosing. The contest wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMThe original cast of Broadway's Indecent reunited to record the music for the Tony Award-winning production. The recording, which will be released on January 25 by Yellow Sound Label, preser…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMAtlantic Theater Company stages the world premiere production of Blue Ridge, written by Abby Rosebrock Dido of Idaho, Atlantic Launch commissionee and directed by Taibi Magar Is God Is, The …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:06AMFor 4 decades this Lowell, Mass., native has stayed involved with the theatre she helped create there.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:00AMBroadway’s Brian d'Arcy James will join the cast of Jez Butterworth’s The Ferryman next month, leading a largely new company of replacement players in the primary adult roles beg…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMThe international hit musical will play its final performance at the Queen’s Theatre in July to allow refurbishments of the venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:00AMAs she joins the latest intake for professional development scheme the Old Vic 12 in London, Natasha Harrison tells Giverny Masso about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMThe Cinema Audio Society has announced nominees for excellence in sound mixing for 2018 films and television series. In the film categories, music-driven hits “Bohemian Rhapsody”…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM“The Ferryman” is welcoming a new cast in February, led by Brian d’Arcy James, Holley Fain and Emily Bergl. D’Arcy James, last seen on Broadway in “Hamilton,” will play Quinn Car…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:00AMAs one of the most financially successful productions in the history of the West End, it's not surprising that LES MISERABLES doesn't want to take a break, so while its current home at the Q…
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The new cast members will begin performances February 19 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMFounded in 2016, Cosson’s School of Performing Arts has already made a name for itself, combining top-quality training with easy access to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AMThe world premiere, directed by Taibi Magar, opened at the Atlantic Theater Company January 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMThe actors start as Alfred P. Doolittle and Freddy Eynsford-Hill, respectively, January 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AMBy Ramón Esquivel. Ramón Esquivel looks at the recent history of Latinx theatre for young audiences, who is creating the work, and how the sector can grow.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:46AMHow well do you know these Broadway shows set in high school?
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:42AMSam Elliott gets a group hug from Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga after putting handprints in cement at Hollywood Chinese Theatre. (Jan. 8)
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:38AMIn the new musical The Prom, Tony winner Beth Leavel plays the character of a Tony winning Broadway actress. This is not the first time that Beth has portrayed a satirical theatre diva; her …
SOURCE: The Interval at 09:36AMAbby Rosebrock introduces an interesting mélange of broken characters in her new play “Blue Ridge” currently running at Atlantic Theater Company’s Linda Gross Theater. She drops these…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 09:33AMLin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, theater owner James L. Nederlander, and producer Jeffrey Seller are saving the Drama Book Shop — by buying it, according to an announcement th…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:25AMAfter several dry winters in Israel, the earth in the old Roman cemetery in Beit She’an, near the Sea of Galilee, was dusty and loose. So this year’s rains washed some of that ea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AMFor almost 42 years, the café’s basement performance space had offered a stage and support for jazz, theatre, and other offbeat and experimental artists, from the Afro-Latin Jazz Orch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AMAfter being passed over for a promotion, Molly Diers resigned from the theater last January, alleging gender discrimination and a hostile work environment. Now both a union-management arbitr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:12AMBorn this day in 1925 Ramon and Royce Perez Blackburn: the Blackburn Twins. I see many partial biographies of this interesting team of tap dancing twin brothers on the internet; you are read…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMLes Miserables is to transfer to the Gielgud Theatre for a four-month season while the Queen’s Theatre, its current West End home,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:04AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 8 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:04AMSusan Boyle made a splash in 2009 when she appeared on Britain's Got Talent, wowing audiences with her rendition of I Dreamed A Dream from Les Miserables. Now, Boyle has returned to the 'Got…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:04AMActress Gemma Barnett spoke to LLLC’s Emma Clarendon about starring in Papercut Theatre’s production of Hannah Nixon’s play Lola at The Vaults Festival.
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SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 08:52AM“Indecent” is releasing a cast recording later this month featuring its original Broadway cast. The 22-track recording, which will be released on Jan. 25 by Yellow Sound Label, includes …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:37AMIt is a stage sensation in France – not to mention Kazakhstan and Korea – but Notre Dame de Paris was panned by critics when it first hit London. Now it’s back, in the original FrenchE…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMRegarded as one of the best harpsichordists of her generation, with a repertoire covering four centuries, from William Byrd through Francis Poulenc, Verlet was especially known for her perfo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMAfter years of displaying this 4,400-year-old object face-down, thinking it was a vessel for flowers, curators realized that was actually a vessel of grievous bodily harm: the head of a mace…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AM“A study of 2,000 18-to-30-year-olds found that 24% of respondents said they never attend theatre performances, with this figure higher among men than women.” (On the other hand,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMThe theatrical institution, long-beloved by Miranda, has been saved from permanent closure.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:07AMThe theatrical institution, long-beloved by Miranda, has been saved from permanent closure.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:07AMOffer of a film role out of the blue? Skype ‘audition’ making uncomfortable requests? Actors are too often targeted by online scammers
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Plans and dates for the West End theatre switch of Les Misérables - the world's longest-running musical - have been confirmed.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:55AMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, the historic Drama Book Shop, located just steps from the heart of Times Square, will leave its 40th Street home because of recent rent escalations.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:54AMThe Pinter season gallops into the home stretch, with Rupert Graves and Jane Horrocks leading the chargeThe scintillating, commercially bold season of Pinter one-acts at the theatre bearing …
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 07:54AMAfter the bookstore announced it was being forced from its home by rising rents, Mr. Miranda teamed up with “Hamilton” associates and the city on a rescue plan.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:54AMThis month, we congratulate Taylor Trensch on a job well done as he nears the end of his acclaimed run as the title character in Dear Evan Hansen. We are betting he's pretty tuckered out aft…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:48AMIn “Ink: A Piece for Museums,’ which ran for two days at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival, the musician-storyteller duo of James …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 07:43AMHampstead Downstairs, LondonDusty Hughes’s play about two mischief-making seniors living in a retirement home is stoic about ageingGiven that nearly a fifth of the UK population is aged 65…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMMr. Miranda and three of his “Hamilton” collaborators have purchased the Drama Book Shop, a century-old theater district purveyor of scripts, sheet music and other stage-related reading …
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:23AMTheatre director Fay Lomas has won the inaugural Peter Hall Emerging Artist Fellowship at the Rose Theatre in Kingston. She will work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:05AM“History is irony on the move, the Mind’s jeer down through men and events. Today this belief triumphs; tomorrow, vanquished, it will be dismissed and replaced: those who accepted i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMThere are no balloons or party poppers but a good time is guaranteed with Party Time and Celebration, a standout Pinter Six from the consistently strong Pinter at the Pinter season in London…
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London’s Royal Court Theatre has reduced its core in-house programming by around a quarter, as its latest trustees report highlights “challenging” cash
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Choir Boy officially opens, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AMTony Award -winning icon of stage and screen, Idina Menzel, will headline Theatre Under The Stars TUTS 50th Anniversary Season Gala at The Post Oak Hotel on Saturday, March 23 at 630pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48AMJermyn Street Theatre's 2019 PORTRAIT season opens this month with the stage premiere of Rose Heiney's one-woman play for our internet age, Original Death Rabbit. Less than a week until tele…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:47AMSeats from the auditorium of London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane have been donated to three regional theatres. The West End venue has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMOpen Air Theatre Regent’s Park’s awesome staging of Jesus Christ Superstar was a sell-out in 2016 and 2017. Now the iconic musical (Pope Francis is a fan) is on its way back, transferrin…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:30AMElite Homes is the current residence of Roddy Meakin (Geoffrey Freshwater) and Amanda Goose (Sara Kestelman), two retirees who enjoy a cheeky
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:12AMTony Award Winner, “The Ride Down Mt. Morgan” has been adapted to a Chinese play that runs at Beijing’s NCPA from January 23-27, 2019.As his car break downs on the slopes of Mt. Morgan…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:09AMWe sample 2 plays from the festival . .
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Time Is Love – Finborough Theatre, London The Finborough kicks off its year with Che Walker’s Time Is Love, starring and featuring music
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMFor more than four decades, the London International Mime Festival has welcomed performers from all over the globe, but this year it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:30AMHow did you start off in theatre? When I was eight years old, I loved making people laugh. I turned that ‘classroom
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMBy the last ten minutes, the energy of the language and the characters’ burning need for meaningful relationships in Time is Love has set the place alight.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMy first adult, professional job was when I was 19. I was assistant stage manager and understudy for all three women in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Velma
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Most Paul Gauguin exhibitions show him off as a sensualist who abandoned his family in France to canoodle with young Tahitian girls. So it was refreshing to see Gauguin: A Spiritual Journey…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54AMDirector Hirokazu Kore-eda spoke to Gavin J. Blair of the Hollywood Reporter and spoke about the controversy that’s been ongoing about his shortlisted blockbuster.In the interview, Kore-ed…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:44AMNatasha Gordon’s powerful family drama “Nine Nights at Trafalgar Studios” will run at London’s National Theatre through February 23, 2019.According to London Box Office, with Gloria,…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:26AMWith Glenda Jackson, Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow, and Annette Bening among the names adorning marquees, the lights of Broadway will certainly be shining bright this spring. The…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:14AMIn his three years as Sydney Festival director, Wesley Enoch has opened the flagship Australian arts festival to a range of diverse
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:00AMThe Broadway composer on writing for Ariana Grande -- and for himself.
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Acclaimed pianist Leif Ove Andsnes will be in concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on January 24, 2019.The program will comprise Schumann’s “Three Romances, Op. 28,” Janaček’s “O…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:34AMTransforming the city with a bold cultural celebration based on critical ideas and cutting-edge art and performance, the 2019 Sydney Festival returns to many favourite destinations across …
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 02:13AMThey’ll send a car. Four words guaranteed to give an actor a feeling of warmth, success and importance. That joy is often
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAs a deputy stage manager, my primary responsibility during the running of a show is calling all the technical elements. So, in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMEpisode 600: The Six Presenters. It’s very rarely we get so many presenters in one place - but in the summer of 2018 - we managed it! In this episode there two different conversations s…
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Today, we celebrate 7 new Broadway debuts from the first new show of 2019, Choir Boy.Congratulations to everyone making their dreams come true! Here's to great reviews, a terrific run, and m…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 01:24AMTalented Broadway alums Danny Burstein and Christian Dante step into the acclaimed Broadway revival of Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady on January 8. They take over the roles of Alfred …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18AMThe 2013 drama Choir Boy by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) opens at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on January 8, 2019. Trip Cullman (Lobby Hero) directs the p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:18AMGreat characters, lots of humour, strong ensemble work and a lively adaptation of a classic collection. Lindsay Price’s The Canterbury Tales is all that – and so much more. Chauc…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AMStar vs The Forces of Evil Stars Reveal What's Magical To ThemClimb aboard the Young Hollywood Bus with is in San Diego as we sit down for a chat with the stars of Disney Channel animated se…
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JK Rowling, author of “Harry Potter,” has posted 16-post “festive thread” on her Twitter account mocking labor leader Jeremy Corbyn for his stand on Brexit calling him “Saint Jerem…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:48AMChow Yun-fat, star of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” said he will give away £570m fortune to charity. The Hong Kong actor, famous for his modesty, has pledged to donate his fortune of…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:46AMSantino Fontana, star of the eagerly anticipated new Broadway musicalTootsieand creator and cast member of the upcoming Lyrics amp Lyricists eventWe'll Have Manhattan Rodgers amp Hart in New…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:18AMFootball stars go to Disneyland after winning the Super Bowl. Lady Gaga had Fruity Pebbles in bed after winning a Golden Globe.
SOURCE: USA Today at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: The Bang Group's "Nut/Cracked" at The Flea Theater: "A mixed bag by design, the production hits the mark when the dance and comedic elements are in harmony." Nadia Khayralla…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center with Choreographers Wayne McGregor, Jessica Lang, and Ronald K. Brown, "Powerful, sensual, commanding and free, the dancers of …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe Guggenheim's Works & Process series gives audiences insight into the creative process---The Guggenheim Museum is world-renowned for its visual art installations, but did you know it …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe play with music, from the acclaimed Oscar-winning Moonlight writer, opens at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre January 8.
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