As she promised, Lady Gaga’s collaboration with R. Kelly has been removed from streaming services. The song, “Do What U Want (With My Body), was removed approximately 18 hours after Gaga…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:58PMBy: David Sheward
Jan 11, 2019: You can count on the fingers of two hands the number of African-American playwrights who have had more than one financially successful play on Broadway in …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:46PMShen Yun embarks on a fantasy filled journey through her dance performance at New York’s Lincoln Center from January 10-March 17, 2019.Lincoln Center mentions on its website about Yun’s …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:42PMGet ready to bring it and sing it, as the sing-along version of Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody" comes to theaters nationwide Friday.
SOURCE: USA Today at 11:39PMWorks amp Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim,presents a behind the scenes look atBe More Chillby Joe Iconis and Joe Traczon Monday, January 21 at 730pm.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:18PMBy Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
The Fountain Theatre has revealed a 2019-20 season of new works by a diverse group of playwrights, offering up a series of Los Angeles, California, …
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 11:13PMChristine Lahti portrays Gloria Steinem in the new play, Gloria:A Life. She offers insight into Steinem and why it was a role of a lifetime.
SOURCE: Forbes at 11:12PM
An intimate Andrew Lloyd Webber revival lays bare both strengths and weaknesses“Love Changes Everything”, as immortalised by Michael Ball, is the most enduring feature of Andrew Lloyd We…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 09:36PMThe four choreographers whose three works were represented at the Japan Society’s Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Asia flung themselves headlong into the modern world of dance wi…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:34PMVerna Bloom, whose memorable turn as Marion Wormer in the 1979 comedy classic Animal House saw her immortalize cucumber innuendo, has died. She passed Wednesday in Bar Harbor, Maine from dem…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:29PMAriana Grande has been teasing “7 Rings” since the track name was a license plate in the “Thank u, next” video. Now the song has album art, a release date, and a charmingly #richpeop…
SOURCE: Vulture at 09:26PMBAZ BAMIGBOYE: 'Justin Hurwitz, who wrote the score for the picture La La Land told me Lionsgate studio and Marc Platt, one of its key producers ‘want to do' a stage version of the film'.
SOURCE: Daily Mail at 09:24PMThe Rodgers amp Hammerstein Organization willpresenttwo different special events as part of BroadwayCon which is taking place January 11-13, 2019 at New York Hilton Midtown 1335 6th Avenue. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06PM
After their widowed father died in 1995, jazz pianist Ted Rosenthal and his sister packed up the family home in Great Neck, LI. They didn’t know what that box of letters, all written in Ge…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:47PM“A cop in the country has a thousand problems,” quips small town dick Inspector Levine (Stan Rosen). But the problem at the center of genre-defying mystery “Catch Me if You…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:44PMPharus Jonathan Young is black, gay and gifted, like the playwright who created him, Tarrell Alvin McCraney, best known for the Oscar winning film Moonlight. McCraney is making his Broadway …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:06PMAVENUE Q - winner of three 2004 Tony Awards including Best Musical - will celebrate its 15 year run on the BroadwayCon MainStage this weekend, Saturday, January 12, when Original Broadway Ca…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMBased on the animated Disney film and the classic fairy tale byHans Christian Andersen, performances ofTHE LITTLE MERMAIDofficially opened on Broadway on this day in 2008.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMBroadway's exhilarating weekend is about to start with BroadwayCon this FridayWith the countless excitingannouncements from the Avenue Q and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown cast reunions to …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:04PMIt's all hanging out in 2019 with three burlesque/circus troupes strutting their stuff across New York City stages.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:04PM
Amid the Equity strike against developmental work, industry presentations are still occurring, though under altered contract terms. One such presentation, “Chasing Rainbows: the Road to Oz…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:49PMKaley Ann Voorhees stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Phantom of the Opera and more with Ryan Lee Gilbert.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMCome along with King Kong star Christiani Pitts as she welcomes us backstage at the monster of a musical, shows off her gorg dressing room and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMDavid Cromer stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Waverly Gallery, The Band's Visit and more with Caitlin Moynihan.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMA THEATRICAL EVENING DEDICATED TO DAVID BOWIE
By: Jared Klein
January 13, 2019: A Night of Stardust, the annual Philadelphia-based concert dedicated to the memory of legendary David B…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 06:42PMBroadway producers might be breaking the law and not even know it.
SOURCE: Forbes at 06:41PMSome of the 340 heirs of John Andrus, who’s estate created Minnesota’s Surdna Foundation, back in the 1930s, are protesting the foundation’s funding of progressive causes a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:34PMBohemian Rhapsody, picked apart by cultural commentators for its divergences from the real story of Queen’s rise, is great for its realness? A band that campily reimagined rock and roll as…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:34PM“Actors feel they’re being shoved to the bottom of the food chain again. The Abbey’s success is at our expense. They have managed with this model to reduce our already poor remuneratio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:34PM“I mean if you are a Cranbrook student or AIR, you are not a Detroit artist. If your studio practice is based in Pontiac, you are not a Detroit artist. If you just moved to Detroit, yo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:34PMCycle of stories brings unusual choices and structures to Tarragon stage, to solid effect.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:17PMThe play’s the thing this spring on Broadway. To the competitive roster of non-musicals I spoke about last week — all-star revivals of “King Lear” and “All My Sons” among them �…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 06:16PMAspects of Love is responsible for the success of Michael Ball. Its big tune, Love Changes Everything, made him a star. But,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:11PMWhen Melissa Fumero saw Lin-Manuel Miranda after 'Hamilton,' he surprised her by doing the 'power poses' of her 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' character.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 06:06PM
By Mark Ludmon
Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox have been announced as the co-stars in Jamie Lloyd’s new production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal alongside Tom Hiddleston.
This post Co-stars an…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:13PMKnown for her role as Quinn on the Fox musical series, Agron will celebrate the music of female-fronted acts from the '60s and '70s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMPharus Jonathan Young is black, gay and gifted, like the playwright who created him, Tarrell Alvin McCraney, best known for the Oscar winning film Moonlight. McCraney is making his Broadway …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 05:05PMCome along with King Kong star Christiani Pitts as she welcomes us backstage at the monster of a musical, shows off her gorg dressing room and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Liesl Tommy to Direct Jennifer Hudson in Aretha Franklin Biopic
Tony-nominated director Liesl Tommy (Eclipsed) has signed…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:04PMI saw a star being born and it wasn’t Lady Gaga. It happened on a dance floor early on in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” when Ron Stalling, an undercover cop who — with the help …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 05:00PM
This week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth needs to figure out a new way to surprise Kelli O’Hara, his plea to make Broadway more inclusive, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:50PMGet to know the cast of off-Broadway's musical parody of The Office.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:41PMThe lineup will include three mainstage productions, free performances with the Chicago Avenue Project, and a new-works festival.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:34PMThe long-gesticulating Aretha Franklin biopic “Respect” is going ahead with stage director Liesel Tommy set to direct
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:32PM“Imagine a soprano who has just changed her voice type from mezzo-soprano to soprano. She’s immediately at a disadvantage if she lists every role that she’s performed on her resu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PMIn 1996, when a multimillion-dollar renovation of South Broad Street was completed, sound artist Robert Coburn attached 39 small bronze bells to lampposts along the newly-christened “A…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PMAnne Midgette: “Most of them could be called opera, but most of them have little to do with what you might see in an opera house. Opera houses are looking for ways to connect with new …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:24PMWilly Wonka has thrown open the gates of his magical chocolate factory but unlike the book, everyone is invited. The classic Roald Dahl book, turned movie, turned musical is now running in S…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:12PMThe celebrated return mounting of David Rossmer and Steve Rosen's musical comedy The Other Josh Cohen has been extended at the Westside Theatre. Originally announced to play a limited en…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PM
See the recent additions to various theatre and entertainment institutions across the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:56PMThe Joe Iconis and Joe Tracz musical is set to begin performances at the Lyceum Theatre February 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMAt Bushwick Starr, Diana Oh and her team of “super queero heart questers” welcome guests to a night of dance-filled revelry. (Yes, there’s a sleepover option.)
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMChippenham community centre issues apology saying show was not as promisedTheatre-goers who went to see a pantomime that was described as “spectacularly bad” have been offered a full ref…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54PMLuker, a three-time Tony nominee, will perform a song written for her by Jamail.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMThe lineup include swashbuckling adventures, Shakespearean tragedies, and a holiday favorite.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:44PMTed Rosenthal’s piece is presented in a co-production between New York City Opera and National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:38PMThe latest about Brian Stokes Mitchell, Josh Groban, Choir Boy and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:37PMThe Hague-based contemporary dance troupe kicks off its U.S. tour in New York January 16–19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PMTania Raymonde also stars in the movie from director Van Ling.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMThe Magpie Salute, a band featuring musicians of Black Crowes fame, is scheduled to perform a set of original music, Crowes tunes, covers and more Saturday evening at the Harris … Clic…
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 03:31PMThe Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, handpicked Jennifer Hudson to play her in a biopic and now according to Deadline Tony-nominated director Liesl Tommy (Eclipsed, Insecure, Queen Sugar) h…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 03:24PMComing from Broadway to D.C.’s National Theatre, the production recruited from actual School of Rock branches, other music schools and music camps.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PMToosi's play English will be seen at Roundabout Underground this month.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PMNever underestimate the importance of coincidence in life. If Michael Gove hadn't made a comment about the First World War, acclaimed drama The Unknown Soldier may never have been written.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:19PM'This rare piece of visual and audio creativity was written, composed, designed, and choreographed by the Indiggo Twins-Mihaela and Gabriela Mordorcea. Based on their 500-page bestseller Wic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMIn honor of the show's eleventh anniversary of becoming part of Broadway's world, we're flashing back to its 2008 opening night at the Lunt Fontanne Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMBe More Chillwill begin performances at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre 149 West 45th Street on Wednesday, February 13 at 8PM. The official opening night is Sunday evening, March 10. Check out pho…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMThis new wave “is a consideration of the aesthetic possibilities of disability. It’s not about adaptation or accommodation. It’s about how unique bodies, minds, senses and phenomenolog…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PMThe Director of Development occupies a leadership position at Antaeus. The successful candidate will enthusiastically embrace the theater’s work, and convey its value to the community.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:18PM by Steve Nardoni The L train drops us off at the Wilson Avenue stop in the southern end of Bushwick, Brooklyn, in a residential neighborhood boasting of delis, mini markets, dry cl…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 03:11PMThe one-night-only event at Joe's Pub will debut new works inspired by the women who have shared their stories of sexual harassment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PMThe one-night-only event at Joe's Pub will debut new works inspired by the women who have shared their stories of sexual harassment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:07PM
The lineup will include four new plays, from political thrillers to murder mysteries.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:49PMSunday “Fuente Ovejuna”: A 1619 Spanish drama by Lope de Vega, the show follows a young woman who leads a rebellion against the military governor's sexual exploitation of women. Through …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:48PMEmerging playwrights Mariah L. Richardson, Shualee Cook, and Kristin Idaszak have been selected to participate.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:47PMTheatre at the Center has announced casting for its production of “Million Dollar Quartet,” under the direction of Daryl Brooks. The show will star Zack Sorrow as Elvis Presley, Michael …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:37PMThe musical comedy opened in October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMThe New York premiere, directed by Michael Greif, will kick off in early August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:12PMMetro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures MGM announced today acclaimed stage director Liesl Tommy, the first black woman to earn a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play, is set to direct Re…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMSecond Stage Theater has announced that playwright Bess Wohl and director Michael Greif will return to Second Stage Theater next summer with the New York premiere of MAKE BELIEVE.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMScientist Garth Paine: “I have spent decades making field recordings in which I create a setup before dawn or dusk, then lie on the ground listening for several uninterrupted hours. Th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PM“In this edited conversation, Ben Brantley, co-chief theater critic for The Times, and the critics Elisabeth Vincentelli and Jason Zinoman aim to make sense of Mr. van Hove’s asc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMThe likely answer not only opens up a new avenue for archaeology, it indicates that a highly-skilled medieval art associated with men (chiefly monks) had female practitioners as well. — Th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:12PMThe Tony and Emmy Award winner will appear at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre January 27.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05PMOn Thursday, Victory Gardens’ artistic director Chay Yew and managing director Erica Daniels announced an addition to the 2018-2019 season — the Chicago premiere of “If I Forget,” wr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PMWith one foot in “Harry Potter” and another in “Dear Evan Hansen,” the new tween-oriented musical faithfully based on the 2005 fantasy-adventure book by Rick Riordan has plenty to pl…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:00PM
Make Believe, a new work by playwright Bess Wohl (Small Mouth Sounds), will make its New York premiere at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater this summer. Michael Greif (Dear Evan Hansen) …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMPlaywright, director and acting teacher whose students at Rada included Sophie Okonedo, Adrian Lester and Ben WhishawiThe acting teacher and coach Jennie Buckman, who has died of cancer aged…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PMThe world premiere, at NJ Repertory Company Jan. 12 - Feb. 10, is a thoughful -- and thought-provoking -- look at one family's secrets.
SOURCE: NJ.com at 01:30PMTheater J, the nation’s pre-eminent professional Jewish theater, is delighted to announce that Jojo Ruf will become its new Managing Director on January 28, 2019. Ruf joins Artisti…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:28PMLIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE, OR AN EMPOWER SHORTAGE? Holy Hades! It’s an all-purpose victim’s ur-dream of getting even: Every misunderstood teenager secretly imagines he was born better than l…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:23PMRespect, from MGM Pictures, heads closer to production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:20PM"Tevye Served Raw," based on the stories of the incomparable Sholem Aleichem, is, at times, rollickingly hilarious, at times almost heartbreakingly sad. Although the stories date from the tu…
SOURCE: www.nytheatre-wire.com at 01:08PMOlder users skewed the findings: 11 percent of users older than 65 shared a hoax, while just 3 percent of users 18 to 29 did. Facebook users ages 65 and older shared more than twice as many …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMFollowing a particularly nasty campaign from certain book critics, Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness was blocked from publication and circulation in the UK as “o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, beginning on February 19, The Ferryman will welcome a new cast
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMThe Guild of Music Supervisorsunveiled the list of nominees for its 9thannual award show taking place on Wednesday, February 13that The Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. The even…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMIn partnership with online fundraising platform Omaze, one winner and a guest will have the chance to join Hillary for a Broadway show. To celebrate the contest, watch below as Hillary Clint…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMThe early years of the enduring career of Ruth Bader Ginsberg have been given the full Hollywood treatment, presenting Ginsburg as both a role model
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 01:04PMLin-Manuel Miranda just earned his second Golden Globe nomination for playing Jack the lamplighter in “Mary Poppins Returns.” Already an Oscar nominee for writing the song “…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:00PMAn extraordinary cast and an intelligent staging combine for a wonderful season of Adriana Lecouvreur at the Met.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM
The new cast members will begin performances February 19 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMGet a sneak peek of the two Broadway faves and series stars Nina Dobrev and Tone Bell before the new sitcom premieres January 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMSuilebhan, who currently serves as director of brand and marketing for Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, will start next week.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PMTony winner Paul Tazewell was recognized for his work on NBC’s Emmy-winning live concert version of Jesus Christ Superstar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMTina Satter’s direction and Half Straddle’s pitch-perfect company establish and then maintain an unblinking focus that cuts through the dissipating fog and rewards the audience’s taut …
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:24PMIt gets a bit overextended at the end but the Toronro production of The Play That Goes Wrong delivers on its promise: a laugh-filled night where nothing goes right.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:21PMBroadway performers are joining forces for a concert in support of the grassroots organization that helps reunite parents separated from their children at the U.S./Mexico border.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMIt was a theatre committed to helping theatre artists work. The theater would allow people to come in with their scripts and put them up with no upfront costs, which is an unusual approach i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PMAs print designer Jordan Wannemacher says, “You have to have a really strong grid, you have to consider the practical physical nature of the package (is there enough room for your hand…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:06PM"Blue Man Group" ✭✭✭ 1/2 "Blue Man Group" has been playing at Briar Street since 1997, a remarkable run of 20-plus years. The Blue Men still chomp marshmallows, bang drums and paint up…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:05PMFollowing the announcement this week thatEquity's National Council has authorizedastrike against the Broadway Leaguefor all Development work, Actors' Equity Association is advising all non-u…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMIn the early stages of creating a role, one of the questions actors might ask is 'how does my character speak hishertheir lines' Or 'does my character have an accent or dialect that's differ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMWaterwell today announced the complete cast for the World Premiere site-specific production of The Courtroom, a re-enactment of deportation proceedings, with text arranged from real court tr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMHamilton in Puerto Rico has been huge news on its own, but now Jimmy Fallon is intimating that audiences might expect an exciting guest appearance. Check out tweets fromFallon and Lin-Manuel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PM'It Takes a Woman'—political slogan or the line from a Broadway musical? See how Clinton fares in the quiz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMJason Moore reveals how he chooses what stories to tell, secrets behind Superhero, and why his The Cher Show is his favorite type of musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PM
Twenty more plays to read before college
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 11:59AMThe cast of the satirical thriller also features Billy Magnussen, Rene Russo, Tom Sturridge, and John Malkovich.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMStarting a conversation: Eve Allin reviews a new collaboration between Andy Smith (UK) and Amund Sjølie Sveen (Sweden)
The post Review: Commonism at Birmingham REP appeared first on Exeunt …
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:49AMAmerican Son star Jeremy Jordan reveals the amazing stories behind six of his most popular YouTube videos.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:46AMThe re-enactment of deportation proceedings will play Fordham University School of Law and the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMDon’t throw away your shot.
SOURCE: USA Today at 11:33AMArena Stage is making a limited number of tickets to its productions of Kleptocracy and The Heiress available for free to furloughed Federal employees, Arena Stage informed DCTS today. In ad…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:32AMBy Douglas Mayo
English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East will present Peter Shaffer’s award-winning play Equus on tour. The Equus UK Tour plays from the 15 February …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:24AMLast year’s profits for Cameron Mackintosh’s theatre operations company were hit by the “astronomical” cost of redeveloping the Victoria Palace Theatre, financial
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:20AMTheater J, the nation’s pre-eminent professional Jewish theater, announced yesterday that Jojo Ruf will become its new Managing Director on January 28, 2019. Ruf joins Artistic Director Ad…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:17AMThe Tony winner will join jazz pianist Tedd Firth in New York prior to reuniting with Ragtime co-star Audra McDonald for Let Freedom Ring! at The Kennedy Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMBill Kenwright’s U.K. tour resumes January 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMActors’ Equity has expanded its strike against developmental work to include actors working to gain membership in Equity. The strike, which began Monday, originally barred any Equity m…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:09AMI can’t tell you the last time I stepped inside a movie theater. And since just a year ago it was reported that movie theater attendance was at a 25 year low (!), I would bet you a b…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTheir shared leadership, and segregated duties, keep Palm Beach Dramaworks afloat.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:00AMI’ve worked on my New Year’s Resolutions and I know what I need from the universe, and where I have the capacity to welcome some unexpected enquiries or surprises
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Roundabout Theatre continues the initiative it launched during Amy and the Orphans, designed to welcome individuals with special needs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:57AM“Yesterday, in a unanimous vote, the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), a PBS affiliate, elected to cut ties with its thirty-year independent charitable fundraising part…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMMatt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall, who were the TV critics at Tony’s hometown paper (The Star-Ledger) when the series ran on HBO and who have just released a major book about the sh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMThe Narativ article about the $450 million Leonardo painting and its possible connections with Special Council Robert Mueller’s investigation has gotten a lot of attention this week. I…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMIt all started years before, when Eric Idle told Mel Brooks he wanted to do a musical version of The Producers. Brooks rejected the idea — then. When he changed his mind later and made gob…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AM“A 2018 study … revealed that for the top 100 fictional films at the box office every year from 2007 to 2017, only 16 female composers were hired, compared with more than 1,200 men.&…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMWe are pleased to announce the winners for the 2018 BroadwayWorld New Jersey Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD Nominations were reader-submitted and voted on by you - the local theatergoe…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMChasing Rainbows The Road to Oz, a new Broadway-bound musical about the early life of Judy Garland, from her vaudeville sister act through her rise at MGM to win the role of Dorothy in The W…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMTheCostume Designers Guild have announced the nominees for the 21st annualCDGA. The awards will be presented onFebruary 19during the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMMulti-platinum award-winning singer, songwriter and global superstarJosh Grobanannounced today that his critically acclaimed, sold out performance from New York's famed Madison Square Garden…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMTheMake-Up Artists and Hair Stylists GuildMUAHS, IATSE Local 706 has announced nominations for the 6thAnnual MUAHS Guild Awards honoring outstanding achievements in make-up and hair styling …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMNetflix has released the trailer for its new film, Velvet Buzzsaw, launching on Netflix and in select theaters February 1, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMBroadwayHD is about to rock 'n'roll Tocoincide with the anniversary of the rock icon's untimely death 48 years ago,and debuting this month to usher in the 50th anniversary celebration for Wo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThe original Broadway production opened on January 10,1947.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMCurrently studying at college, Emily Schofield talks frankly about the fears she has as a young person going into the theatre industry and her plans for drama school. Before joining London C…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AMLynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-winning drama opened at the U.K. venue in December.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMBroadway guru Rudetsky shares the special ingredient that will make his January 14 concert one of a kind for New York Live.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:34AMStage-and-screen stars Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox are rounding out the cast of Jamie Lloyd's new West End production of Harold Pinter's Betrayal. The pair will play Emma and Jerry, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AMIs there anything better than immersing yourself in some fantastic theatre, then having a stroll towards the train station, with hardly any crowds around you, feeling fully confident that yo…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:29AMFavorite celeb couple, best rehearsal moments, and so much more you didn't know about Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel. Catch them in Waitress together now through February 3.
The post 4 Quest…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:27AMFour of our five predicted nominees for Best Costume Design at the Oscars — “Black Panther,” “The Favourite,” “Mary Poppins Returns” and “…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:27AMIn Jen Kirkman’s own estimation, she’s the stand-up comic version of middle class. She’s well-known but not so famous that it’s burdensome, well-off but not rich. You know her from s…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:25AMThe world premiere from the playwright-in-residence plays Atlantic’s Stage 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21AMZawe Ashton and Charlie Cox will join Tom Hiddleston in the cast of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal in the West End, it has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:18AMNewly released papers show the committee chairman’s doubts in 1968 whether a prize for the Irish author would be in the spirit of the awardSamuel Beckett won the Nobel prize for literature…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMA tribute to stage and screen actress Claudia Dell (Claudia Dell Smith, 1910-77). Originally from San Antonio, Dell played violin as a child, and moved to New York as a teenager to join her …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AMA tribute to stage and screen star Peggy Shannon (Winona Sammon, 1907-1941), a prolific artist with a sad end. Born in Pine Bluff Arkansas, she was only 16 when she went into the Ziegfeld Fo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AMThe stage and screen veteran steps in for Christine Lahti.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMTwo of the country’s most exciting young stars, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox, will Tom Hiddleston in The Jamie Lloyd Company production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal at the Harold Pinter Th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:01AMBefore she won at the Globes on Sunday, Glenn Close was stuck in third place on our Best Actress Oscar chart. She was way behind the frontrunner Lady Gaga (“A Star is Born”) and …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AM
The Australian Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union that represents actors, journalists, dancers, orchestral performers and more, says it “stands in solidarity” with…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:57AMThe musical charts the early life of entertainment icon Judy Garland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMBy Douglas Mayo
The Almeida Theatre has announced full casting for the West End transfer of its acclaimed production of The Twilight Zone at the Ambassador’s Theatre.
This post West En…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:42AMThe concert, which was filmed at Madison Square Garden, also features Jennifer Nettles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41AMIs there a future for challenging non-corporate theater (i.e. the fringe), and what does that future look like?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:36AMRoundabout Theatre Company has announcedrelaxed performances for 2019 Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, beginning with True West starring Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano, on March 2, 2019 at …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:32AMThe nonprofit Roundabout Theatre Company has announced the expansion of its relaxed-performance initiative for 2019 Broadway and off-Broadway productions, beginning with a performance of&nbs…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:18AM“Raised in Mexico City, widely traveled, and based in the Boston area since the 1980s, Bensussen is just the sixth artistic director in Hartford Stage’s 55-year history. She is t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMMary Kay and Johnny, starring Stearns and her husband (who wrote the scripts) as a couple not unlike themselves (prefiguring such series as I Love Lucy), told comic tales of a banker and his…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AM“[GCO’s] founder, Neal Goren, is back in business — thanks to an unusual collaboration between his new company, Catapult Opera, and Peak Performances at Montclair State Univers…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMPauline Starke (1901-77), a major silent film star during the 1920s, found herself in films almost accidentally. As a teenager, she did extra work in The Claws of Greed (1914) and D.W. Griff…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonThe storyteller sets out to list all 20,000 of his possessions in a show that misfires despite some delightful apercus‘I have a house with lots of things in it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMThe basement of CoLab Factory is the perfect setting for Mechanical Thought’s immersive production set in 1941. Four main rooms – a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMSomehow, despite the fact it’s been around for about a billion years, it’s taken me until 2019 to finally see War Horse on stage. Weird right? It’s done the National Theatre, it’s do…
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Fresh Meat's Zawe Ashton and Daredevil actor Charlie Cox will both join Tom Hiddleston in Jamie Lloyd's revival of Betrayal this spring.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:25AMBorn in Oklahoma (then still Indian Territory), Harry Harvey, Sr. (1901-85) broke into show business as a member of Gus Hill’s Honey Boy Minstrels** in 1918. For the next fifteen years…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 10 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AMRoundabout Theatre Company is committed to reducing the barriers that inhibit theatergoing through a full complement of accessibility programs to welcome theatregoers with disabilities.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:24AM“The casing stone is from the Great Pyramid of Giza and will be exhibited at the [National Museum of Scotland] for the first time since it came to Edinburgh in 1872. … However, Egypt…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMAs of New Year’s Day, the United States, along with Israel, officially left the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The trigger for this withdrawal, whic…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AM“Just days into his tenure …, [new president Jair Bolsonaro] has folded it into the newly created ministry of citizenship, a portfolio that now includes social policy, sports, and cu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12AMWrapping up their first tour of the UK, and after a second sell-out Edinburgh Fringe, sonic specialists Darkfield bring their two hit container shows Séance and Flight to London for a two-m…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:06AMBroadway announced some stunning financial results over the holidays: “Wicked” pulled in $3.4 million in a single week; $2.6 million thawed the ice at “Frozen”; $3.7 million circled …
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"I'm sorry, both for my poor judgment when I was young, and for not speaking out sooner," Lady Gaga said in a statement shared to Twitter.
SOURCE: USA Today at 07:59AMWe're counting down to the premiere of Max Wilkinson's absurdist, time-romping comedy Ghost Fruit, opening next week at Camden People's Theatre. The four-strong cast play 18 roles between th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMAs I mourn the loss of Head Over Heels this week, I am reminded of a very similar (and short-lived) show. Music Theatre International describes that show this way: "an anachronisti…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:24AMLaura Benanti, Emily Bergl and more will perform in Broadway Sings, An Evening of Musical Theatre Support Immigrant Families Together on February 11th. This grassroots organization is workin…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:24AMThe Royal Shakespeare company has partnered with Punchdrunk and video game company Epic Games on a £16 million project, which will deliver
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:13AMA theatre company that was at the centre of a sexual harassment case last year has become the first in the industry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:12AMTheatre For a New Audience presents the new play by Calvin Trillin, inspired by his memoir of the same name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:11AMGetting its first UK production in nearly 30 years, Arthur Miller’s adaptation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People certainly feels prescient
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMAvant Bard theatre is proud to announce the 2019 edition of Scripts in Play Festival, its signature play-reading series, February 8 to 24, 2019. This year’s selection features seven pl…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:11AMThe Broadway favorites lead the new CBS sitcom, which also stars Nina Dobrev and Tone Bell.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:09AMPaulette Tajah is best known as one of the Queen's of Lover's Rock. She has been a reggae recording star since the late 1980s. But this month she ventures onto a different type of stage to s…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:05AMRichard Shelton’s insightful and entertaining show Sinatra Raw successfully captures the many different elements of Frank Sinatra’s life.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.” Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Notebook L
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Twenty years after its Parisian debut, the worldwide hit will be playing its 5000th performance this month - at the culmination of a London Coliseum run.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:54AMBy Douglas Mayo
Producers have announced the cast to join Katharine McPhee and Jack McBrayer for Waitress the musical London at the Adelphi Theatre.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:52AMThe cast for critically-acclaimed classic, psychological thriller Equus has been announced.A collaboration between English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East, the Equus product…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:52AMIn the midst of the usual year-end rash of “Best Of” lists and seasonal jolliness came news that a spring revival of Arthur Miller’s first Broadway success, “All My Sons,” had hit …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 06:30AMRehearsals are now underway for the West End production of Waitress ahead of performances beginning at the Adelphi Theatre on 8 February. Joining new addition Shaun Prendergast and US stars …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:15AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories We took you on the red carpet at Choir Boy, an update on the Equity strike, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12AMThe critically acclaimed show Sweat will continue its run until 2 February due to exceptional demand.Running at the Donmar Warehouse, the production is part of a series of shows and was mean…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:10AMBy Mark Ludmon
A play by award-winning Spanish playwright Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez is to have its English-language premiere at London’s Theatre503 this month.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:03AMThe Banks family at No. 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London is about to be visited by a very special nanny and theatergoers can catch the magic live. Mary Poppins … Click to Continue »
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The Stage’s photographer Tristram Kenton picks his favourite production and rehearsal pictures of 2018… Read The Stage review of The Brothers Size
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:54AMThe Donmar Warehouse today announces the extension, due to exceptional demand, for Lynette Linton’s acclaimed production of Sweat by Lynn Nottage. The production will now be booking for pe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:49AMHer Majesty The Queen has passed on the Royal Patronage of the National Theatre to The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, after 45 years in the role.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:48AMIt’s a new year, and that means a time to try new things, wear new dancewear, learn something to improve your technique and maybe go outside your comfort zone for a try. And you can do all…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:34AMFull casting has been announced for the highly-anticipated West End transfer of the Almeida’s production of The Twilight Zone which transfers to the Ambassadors Theatre from 4 March 2019 (…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMThe Duchess of Sussex has been announced as the new royal patron of the National Theatre. She takes on the title from
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:18AMA recital or end-of-year performance is not just about the dancing. It’s about the whole package – costumes, lights, themes and eye-catching backdrops. For some great quality and beautif…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:15AMDave McKenna In Madison (Arbors)McKenna (1930-2008) breathes life into this album, recorded in the early 1990s at Farley’s House of Pianos in Madison, Wisconsin and only recently relea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:04AMIn an impressive Duncan double-act, The Dame transfers from the Edinburgh Fringe to London’s Park Theatre and makes for compelling theatre. In her first play, Katie Duncan writes, for fath…
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Last night, January 8th, Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney made his Broadway debut and his play Choir Boy officially opened on Broadway at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. You know …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 01:51AMIn the wake of the Surviving R. Kelly documentary series on Lifetime, Lady Gaga has issued a statement of support for her former collaborator’s victims. “I stand behind these women 1000%…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:49AMLady Gaga has addressed her 2013 collaboration with R. Kelly in a tweet on Wednesday night, revealing that she is pulling the song “Do What U Want” from iTunes and streaming serv…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:37AMHow Singer Alex Aiono Spreads Love & No DramaPop singer Alex Aiono hustles to the Young Hollywood Studio to tell us all about his crazy transition from singing on the street to working with …
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The Golden Globe this year has some unexpected wins and some disappointment for much hyped films like “A Star Is Born.” While “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Green Book” won major film …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:27AMKevin Spacey, the 59-year-old Oscar winning actor appeared in a court at Nantucket, the serene island in Massachusetts, which lasted for a few minutes. The actor will face an imprisonment of…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:25AM“Brexit: The Uncivil War,” the Channel 4 drama, written by James Graham was controversial from the start as expected. It has explored the inside story of the referendum campaign to a nat…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:24AMThis year’s Golden Globe awards have somewhat surprised the audience because of the lesser quality of the awardees. The three categories reserved for comedy: best actor, best actress, and …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:22AMUCB East, the East Village outpost of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, will close on February 9th, according to an attendee of an all-theater meeting on Wednesday night. The East Villag…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:05AMCaleb Eberhardt makes a tuneful Broadway debut in Choir Boy---Six years after its acclaimed Off-Broadway run at Manhattan Theatre Club, Tarrell Alvin McCraney's music-infused Choir Boy bring…
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