As we’re now about halfway through the Broadway season, there are currently seven productions of musicals (five new, two revivals) set to open this spring. Could we be seeing any of them c…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 06:42PMSoon to open back on Broadway at Studio 54 – where Andy Warhol, who coined the phrase “famous for 15 minutes,” spent more than a minute in the late 1970s, when it was the hottest …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:41PMToronto’s Canadian Stage has been a success in the theatre, less so in its financial fortunes. So with new leadership, maybe it’s time for a business upgrade rather than an artis…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PM“We can’t have it both ways. We can’t keep saying we’re a wonderfully endowed cultural nation and boast about our artists and our poets and our writers and everything on the one hand…
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The Chicago theatre's season lineup will include a world premiere by Mat Smart.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:40PMThe Off-Broadway theatre will present readings of new works by MJ Kaufman, Nia Witherspoon, Michael Yates Crowley, and Asiimwe Deborah Kawe.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:39PMHere's the best of the best in Colorado comedy in February.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:36PMTen-year-old Sam and her parents are the fractured family at the heart of Donnetta Lavinia Grays' loving, richly performed drama, receiving its world premiere at the Denver Center's Ricketso…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 05:36PMOn this day, we're celebrating the birthday of stage and television star, Michael C. Hall
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMDoug Shipman — the founding CEO of the Center for Civil and Human Rights before taking over running Atlanta’s Woodruff Center — seems the right person to carry the momentum forward…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:04PM“Our breakthrough moment was when we took ownership of the fact that we didn’t need to write a “social impact statement” (which might be seen as competing with our mission statem…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:04PMBeyond its handful of higher-profile productions, including a feature film coming this spring, Wattpad estimates that nearly 1,000 of its stories have been turned intotraditional books, TV s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:04PMThe Directors Guild Awards honor the best achievements behind the camera in both television and film, so who will be this year’s top picks when the industry’s directors have thei…
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Fine recordings of symphonies by neglected American composers Florence Price and George Antheil; and a curious album from Cornelius Meister and the ORF Radio-Sinfonieorchester Wien.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:48PMThe two-character drama from Loy A. Webb marks MCC’s first production in its new 52nd Street home.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMThe musical will be presented in February in Thousand Oaks, California.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:40PMHoly cabooses Garett Hawe, who plays Ambrose Kemper onthe national tour of Hello, Dolly, is taking over the BroadwayWorld Instagram Story tomorrowGet a peek behind the scenes on a two-show d…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:24PMWhittington will step down from the North Carolina theatre at the end of the 2018-19 season, following a 20-year-long run.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PM by Carol Rocamora Rarely does a historical play come along with the power both to enlighten you and move you to the core. Such is the case of Behind the Sheet, the mesmerizing …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:21PMBy Todd London, Mark Valdez. Join us, Mark Valdez and Todd London, for a two-person, livestreamed theatre conference—on Valentine’s Day!—to talk about the love of theatre, the art of …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:18PMThe Kyrgyz National Opera and Ballet Theatre is funded from the always-strapped budget of Kyrgyzstan, a small and mountainous ex-Soviet republic wedged between China, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekis…
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As the Oscars continue to lose its freaking mind right before our very eyes, a benevolent goddess has apparently arrived to right at least one of its wrongs: Deadline is reporting that the A…
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 03:50PMCorporate sponsorship needs to steer clear of impinging on artistic freedomsNews that investment managers the Man Group is withdrawing its sponsorship from the Booker prize after 18 years ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMComedian and panellist on the radio shows I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and The News QuizMany people have the ability to express their political beliefs coherently and many people have the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMChad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar
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“I think we’ve fought maybe twice,” librettist/lyricist Chad Beguelin says, looking at his writing partner of 2…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMFiasco Theater reinvents Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's iconic musical, starring Ben Steinfeld, Jessie Austrian and Manu Narayan.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:42PMImaginary Beasts’ Winter Panto 2019 proffers plenty of enthusiasm, wit, and panache.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:42PMOn Friday, Raven Theatre announced the lineup of its 2019-20 season, including two Chicago premieres. The season will kick off this fall with the Chicago premiere of Rachel Bonds’ drama �…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PMThe latest about Rita Moreno, Ben Platt, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMThe Stephen Aldy Guirgis play will begin performances February 14 at London’s Young Vic Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMBy Jennifer Christie
Jennifer Christie reviews new musical Leave To Remain now playing at the Lyric Hammersmith.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:30PMWhen she married Travis Griffin, Meghan Kotlanger fulfilled her dream of a Hogwarts-inspired celebration.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:24PMWhat happens when one of Broadway's funniest actors decides to interview one of Broadway's funniest actors You're about to find out, because The Prom star Josh Lamon is getting the 411 from …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMBroadwayWorld is sharing a first look insideRoundabout Theatre Companyand Fiasco Theater's production of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG featuring a book byGeorge Furthand music and lyrics byStephen S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:18PMThe literary theatre magazine, edited by Steve McMahon and Daniel Talbott, features new plays by Jessica Dickey, Philip Dawkins, Lucy Thurber, and more.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 03:17PMFans of HBO’s Succession might be surprised that Stewy, the conniving cocaine-snorting private equity operator, is played by an emigré from Iran who co-founded a civic-minded theate…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 03:12PMThe duo will perform the music of Rosemary Clooney, Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:09PMAdrian Lester compels in new American drama about care and connectionThe Off Broadway production of Cost of Living two years ago brought Martyna Majok the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the …
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“[Many theater professors] shake their heads about the aspiring actors who have refused to work on material they find harmful or otherwise objectionable. My colleagues sadly wonder how…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PMIf every age has its version of apocalypse, the soft tragedy of our own is that it can no longer be safely situated in the future. Our end-times, instead, lurk among us, furtive and fierce a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PMThe national tour of director Jerry Zaks’ exuberantly received revival of “Hello, Dolly!” has finally reached the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. And though it brings us neither Bette Midl…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:50PMFind your next job with this selection of upcoming auditions for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:37PMStage veterans Tom Burke and Hayley Atwell have signed on to lead a new staging of Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm at the Duke of York's Theatre in London. Ian Rickson (Jerusalem) wi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:36PMIt wasn't quite the season of our discontent, but this year's January festivals felt a bit less binge-able than usual, despite the high points.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:31PMThe Signature Theatre production, directed by Kamilah Forbes, began performances January 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:29PMFiasco Theatre brings the Stephen Sondheim and George Furth musical to Roundabout Theatre Company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMActress/singer Laiona Michelle plays the title role in the musical she wrote about the 'timeless' singer, who died in 2003. The show premieres at New Brunswick's George Street Playhouse Jan.…
SOURCE: NJ.com at 02:14PMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PMWhen a musical is titled 'Bulldozer,' listeners might expect its score to contain a blaze of sound, a rush of electric guitars, and a furious pounding of drums. The original cast recording o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:12PM"My Very Own British Invasion," based on the memories of Herman's Hermits' frontman Noone, will make its world premiere at the Paper Mill Playhouse Jan. 31. With a slew of Tony Awa…
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Glorious Old Masters – we talk to Nigel Havers, Stephen Tompkinson and Denis Lawson on the first day of rehearsals for the ART UK Tour. ART UK TOUR SCHEDULE Waiting …
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This month there are no Broadway openings, but ample glamour Off-Broadway. Freestyle Love Supreme, the improvisational hip-hop group that Lin-Manuel Miranda and Thomas Kail conceived in c…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:57PMThe concert will air April 5 following the final scripted episode.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMWhile Aristotle suggests that gossiping was frequently a trivial, enjoyable pastime, he also makes clear that gossiping could have malicious intent when spoken by someone who has been wronge…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PMCornish officials believe theirs is the first arts school to reset its tuition rates alongside a growing list of small, private, liberal arts schools like the Cleveland Institute of Music, M…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PMAsghar Farhadi has won two Best Foreign Language Feature Oscars in five years: in 2017 for The Salesman and in 2012 for A Separation, which became the most profitable Iranian film in history…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PMGreat news, people who are parents of children, and children who are children of parents, and people who are no longer children, but do or do not have parents (and who happen to live in or n…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PMThe full group of stars has been announced for the upcoming London mounting of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman featuring an all-black cast. The production will play the Young Vic beg…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMVeronica Dunne is putting her jazz shoes back on. The stage-and-screen star will step back into the Broadway revival of Chicago as Roxie Hart for a six-week limited run from February 12 thro…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMVeronica J. Kuehn, veteran star of Avenue Q, will reprise her turn as Kate Monster/Lucy in the musical at New World Stages beginning on February 18. Kuehn will succeed Gizel Jiménez, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMCasting directors were recognized for their work at the 34th annual Artios Awards on January 31. The dual-coast ceremony was hosted by June Diane Raphael and Paul Scheer at L.A.'s Beverl…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMFebruary is here, and we are positively smitten with the theatrical offerings this month. With Fiasco Theater’s reimagining of Merrily We Roll Along as well as new musicals Superh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMEver since Merrily We Roll Along premiered and then quickly closed on Broadway in 1981, people have been trying to find a way to resurrect Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s showbiz music…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:29PMOn Friday, Theater Wit announced the Midwest premiere of Joshua Harmon’s “Admissions,” to be directed by Jeremy Wechsler. In the bleak satire, Bill and Sherri Mason, the very liberal l…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:15PMBroadwayWorld 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 01:06PMThe CW will air a special concert event titled, 'Yes, It's Really Us Singing The 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Concert Special' immediately after the series finale on Friday, April 5 at 900pm ETPT. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:06PMChicago announced today that actress Veronica Dunne will return to the Broadway production in the role of Roxie Hart beginning Tuesday, February 12. She will play a 6-week limited engagement…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 01:05PMThe writer and performer Emma Pritchard chatted to LLLC’s Emma Clarendon about bringing Armour to the Vault Festival.
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Divas’ Choice will feature an evening of musical surprises from trailblazing women.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:56PMIf you’ve got a case of the polar-vortex blues, Signature Theatre has the prescription for you: a two-hour extended-release burst of high-wattage, endorphin-pumping rhythm, courtesy of one…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMGet ready to rock out with some Bright Lights, Big City.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:52PMThis week’s production news round-up includes Anne-Marie Duff making her musical theatre debut in the final production directed by Josie Rourke before she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:52PMSo are things getting better or worse? Both, evidently—different things for different people in different places. And which way of answering the question is best: compiling statistics, or …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PMFirst, an idea, while unpleasant, may well be correct or true, in which case we gain insight by being exposed to it. And even if it is only partially true, it can help us reach a more comple…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PMStill Life with Fruit and Chestnuts, in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco since 1960, has been de- and re-authenticated more than once; it had been labeled as possibly…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PMIn McCoy Rigby Entertainment’s production of 1776, director Glenn Casale cast a mix of veteran stage performers with younger newcomers. The result blends beautifully in the musical comedy…
SOURCE: vconstage.com at 12:40PMFey and husband Jeff Richmond were honored during the ceremony, which celebrated casting directors for film, TV, and theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMPassions erupt as art, commerce and international politics collide and conflict in the world premiere of Carmen Pelaez’s intriguing Fake at Miami New Drama. This play centering on a possib…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 12:32PMSantino Fontana and friends kicked off 92Y's Lyrics & Lyricists series with a tribute to the works of Rodgers & Hart.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 12:32PMHow do you recover from a 'totally unexpected success'? 1927 Productions' writer and director Suzanne Andrade recalls how the company learned not to throw the baby out with the bathwater, an…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:30PMWho says theatre and sports don't mix?
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 12:29PM“JQA,” Aaron Posner’s “work of historical fiction,” will debut in March at Arena Stage.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:24PMOff-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre has announced Justin Long as the latest cast member to appear in the New York premiere Do You Feel Anger? by Mara Nelson-Greenberg. Margot Bordelon will d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMAll we see is Ben Platt for forever. The Dear Evan Hansen Tony winner has surprised everyone by releasing a music video for "Bad Habit," one of the first singles off his previously…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMLondon's Donmar Warehouse has announced a new staging of the classic musical Sweet Charity headlined by West End star Anne-Marie Duff. Artistic Director Josie Rourke will helm the produc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMThere is valuable information in this theatre production about Japanese Canadian experiences, although the delivery can be confusing, writes Karen Fricker.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:23PMThe international hit musical continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PM"Black Woman," now available digitally, was co-written by Brooks, Ramos, and Will Wells.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMThe recording of the January 27 television musical event is available digitally February 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related CDs for February, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:04PMDavid Bintley, artistic director since 1995, who is sadly retiring from the Birmingham Royal Ballet this summer choreographed this production of Beauty & the Beast, first staged in 2003.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMDirector Kamilah Forbes brings out comedy in Nottage’s singular play about the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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To celebrate The Phantom of the Opera's upcoming Middle Eastern debut, the world’s tallest building was illuminated for 120 seconds with an audio-visual show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMWriter and director Jonathan Brown’s Of Our Own Making unfolds with thriller-like swiftness. It follows a group of refugees from Egypt to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMThe hit Clubbed Thumb production, seen last summer, will play the Connelly Theatre in the spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThe Tony-nominated playwright and SAG-winning actor talks about casting her Black Panther co-stars in her plays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:45AMThree young actors. Different personal backgrounds. A trio of distinct professional credits in stage, TV and film. Somehow, under guidance from director Deena Selenow, they must instantly cr…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wordpress.com at 11:45AMReview: Cuzco, Theatre5034.0starsWe have all had our own holidays from hell, the pressure to enjoy oneself, the sights, the sounds, the partner you never realised you disliked until it’s j…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:42AMThe Crown Prosecution Service announced, “We do not propose to bring charges [under the Obscene Publications Act of 1959] based on material that depicts consensual and legal activity b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMThe Swiss conductor lost his various positions during the winter of 2017-18, after several women came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment and assault. Now the Orchestre national de Fr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMThe Metropolitan Opera production is the latest offering in the ongoign series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMSpotlighting dance, film, music, theatre, and visual art, the streaming platform includes a mix of new programs and some from WNET's 50-year history.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMThese two mild points aside, Jaffee’s script is nevertheless hugely successful in conveying this man-vs-nature clash; his use of clever dialogue and idiosyncratic characters keep the topic…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:32AMThe new digital release preserves the gender-swapped version of the Sondheim and Furth classic.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:31AM'Sharp and witty': Verity Healey reviews Kristine Landon-Smith's production of Anouilh's farce about a struggling orchestra in post-war France.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 11:25AMThe celebrated company turns "Negro Folklore From Texas State Prisons" into a stereophonic seance linking generations of African American experience.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:22AMStage-and-screen star Clive Owen has signed on to play Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon in a new West End production of Tennessee Williams' The Night of the Iguana. Directed by James Macdonald (…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:18AMJessica Frances Dukes stars as Vera in the Signature Theatre revival, now in previews.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMNo Show is no usual circus act – the strength and skill are there, in spades, but not so much the glitz and glamour.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMTaking a female perspective on racial tensions in modern day Britain, Sara Aniqah Malk’s Salaam takes place during the Muslim fasting season of Ramadan. Mariam (Yasmin Wilde) is a devout M…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWe were all there to make believe. And so, when the first act’s showstopper ended with a charming dose of awkwardness, no one at the Saturday matinee of Disney on Ice blinked. “Coco” h…
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The Oscar and Tony winner talks about working with Norman Lear on Netflix’s One Day at a Time.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMAnd, yet, we are here, re-fashioning community and remaining soft in a building of stone. The monuments are crumbling. We can take an ax to their base or let them dissolve to the dust of the…
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:48AMIt's a typical morning at Scranton's third largest paper company until, for no logical reason, a documentary crew begins filming the lives of the employees of Dunder Mifflin...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMWell, next up in decluttering my apartment is clearing out the big, tall stack of different Guys and Dolls CDs I've spent a few decades collecting. I think I could hack this particular task …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMBen Platt has released the music video for the song 'Bad Habit,' from his upcoming album, Sing To Me Instead. Watch it below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:48AMMarianne Elliott and Miranda Cromwell will direct the Young Vic production of Arthur Miller’s classic drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe Wooster Group has developed such a signature multimedia aesthetic over the decades that it’s refreshing to see this veteran avant-garde troupe willing to take a break from its playfull…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45AMIbsen's play is adapted by 1984 playwright Duncan Macmillan in a new production from director Ian Rickson and producer Sonia Friedman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:39AM“Vice’s copious failings … are exactly the sorts of things that the Academy reveres. Oscar voters love films that pretend to tackle Serious Issues but in fact exploit them as stage…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM“The RomArchive data bank has a collection of 5,000 objects, including photos, texts, videos and sound recordings … Works of art collected for the project include dance, theater, fil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMAs portrayed by Ethan Hawkes and Paul Dano, Sam Shepard's battling siblings once again make for a highly entertaining, provocative theater experience.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:32AMWendell Pierce will make his UK stage debut with Sharon D Clarke & Arinzé Kene in Death Of A Salesman at the Young Vic, with Marianne Elliott co-directing.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:28AMThe King and I and Kiss Me, Kate star will play two concerts at Cadogan Hall next fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMPinch, punch first of the month! (no return!). We’re already into the second month of 2019, and still writing 2018 on everything, which is nice and awkward.So while we’re all getting use…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:24AMFebruary 1 is the birthday of Clark Gable (1901-1960). Gable’s career was broad-ranging and diverse, but, as I’ve done with several other male stars in the past, today I though…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:24AMCharming, delectable, delicious. And those are just the custard creams… It’s not often I get offered biscuits at the post-show Q&As I chair, but at a show called The Ministr…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 10:24AMThe Tony winner will head from the newsroom to the courtroom.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMThe standup inspired Mark Thomas with his activism, opened Jack Dee’s eyes and appalled Mark Steel – in the best possible way. Friends and colleagues pay tribute to Hardy, who has died a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMSadler’s Wells, LondonGandini Juggling and Alexander Whitley’s collaboration is full of simple pleasures and intricate skillA hybrid of juggling and contemporary dance? Now that’s nich…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AMThe post Hair reaches new heights in <em>Ever After</em> at the Alliance Theatre appeared first on ARTS ATL.
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 10:18AM"It’s a very exciting prospect that your peers think your worthy to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:12AM Brendon Urie is best known as the lead singer and only remaining original member of rock group Panic! at the Disco. In an industry where artists are chosen more for their looks and ma…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 10:08AMCornerstone Films has boarded sales on Josephine Decker’s “Shirley,” the psychological drama starring Elisabeth Moss as famed horror author Shirley Jackson, whose “The Haunting o…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:08AMThe trailblazing director takes tension and turns it into art.
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This is a shiny show. The music, the actors, costumes, set, lighting—they just shine. This musical revue, with the book by Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr., and music by various comp…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:58AMJoe Orton’s The Ruffian on the Stair was initially conceived as a radio play, and later rewritten for the stage in 1966,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:51AMThe first two tracks on the Dear Evan Hansen star’s first solo album, Sing to Me Instead, are now available.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AMThe agency is focused on brokering partnerships between brands and Broadway influencers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:50AMHer six-concert Perspectives series will showcase artistic collaborations with friends and mentors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMStage and screen stars Tom Burke and Hayley Atwell will lead the cast of a new adaptation of Ibsen's political drama Rosmersholm in the West End.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:45AMThe highly anticipated Ivo van Hove adaptation of Academy Award-winning classic film begins previews February 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM“When Ariana Lallone left Pacific Northwest Ballet after nearly 25 years, … [she] knew that she wanted to keep performing. Eight years later, look up, and there she is — an aerial …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AMAmélie Wen Zhao asked her publisher to withhold her book Blood Heir after voices from the Young Adult Lit Twitterverse (which is notorious for drama) attacked it for “anti-blackness&#…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AM“For the position, a three-year residency to begin in February, Ms. Tanowitz will create three commissioned dances, including a collaboration with the New York City Ballet principal Sa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AMAdmired as much for his unusual communicative gifts (especially in American English) as for his warm and gentle voice, Sylvan began his career in Boston’s chamber and early music scene…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AM'Meticulous in depicting the reality of being a body dependent on another body to care for it': Rosemary Waugh writes on Martyna Majok's 'painstakingly realistic' play.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 09:26AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. Another fortuitous Black History Month birthday, that of Garret Morris, born 1937. Being of a certain age, I have an unfortunate te…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AMProvocative and political, the stand-up – who has died aged 57 – shook up Radio 4 at a time when it was in danger of resembling a Rotary Club quiz night Although generally excluded from …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMA radically revisionist “Antigone” made in the Black Lives Matter era seems the ideal vehicle to launch us into Black History Month and lead our weekly look at L.A.’s theater scene. Ot…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AM
Hayley Atwell and Tom Burke will star in a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Rosmersholm in the West End. They will lead
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AMFather (Vader), which premiered in Europe in 2014, is the first instalment of Peeping Tom’s surreal family-based trilogy. It’s every bit as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:46AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 1 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42AMWhen filmawards were announced with no female nominees, this group of directors took action. Regina King and other female directors are doing all they can to spark change so more women direc…
SOURCE: Forbes at 08:41AMAs with every February, there are fewer days than you think, but a spectacular number of new London shows opening. So let us help with your planning!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:37AMReview: A Hundred Different Words for Love, Tobacco Factory Theatres4.0stars“As people we want to make real connections with audiences”, may seem like an empty statement used to fill up …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AM“His films, known for scenes of nudity and explicit sex, often centered on the sexual liberation of a female character. … Makavejev’s work — part of a ‘Black Wave’…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AMLast Christmas Day, two men unbolted and carried away a 330-pound bronze gnome from outside an Auckland art gallery. When the extensive media coverage made things a little too hot, they drop…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AMWith his company, Livent, Drabinsky was one of Broadway’s powerhouse producers in the 1990s (Ragtime, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Show Boat, Fosse, Parade). Then he got busted for financ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AMKurdish-Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani composed his first book, No Friend But the Mountains, one text message at a time from inside the Manus Island detention center in Papua New Guinea, on…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AMListen: Lin-Manuel Miranda to Lead One-Night “Camelot,” Justin Long and Thomas Sadoski Go Off-Broadway, Clive Owen to Return to London Stage! “Today on Broadway” is a…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:23AMDirected by Josie Rourke, the classic musical will co-star Arthur Darvill and begin previews April 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:09AMFamiliar to many from his appearances in classic Disney films, David Tomlinson’s extensive screen career was matched by an equally colourful family
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMNaoise Murphy may be a fictional boxer in Kicking All the Boxes but actor-writer Liz FitzGibbon was a teenage European kickboxing champion in her own right. When she left school she left the…
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First seen at Greenwich Theatre in 1985, Nigel Williams’ incisive, funny and affecting play about broken sibling relationships, My Brother's Keeper, receives its first major revival at Lon…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:59AMLondon’s Royal Court Theatre has announced the first three writers to be awarded fellowships as part of a new scheme with Kudos,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMWith last week's announcement that the Michael Jackson bio-musical Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough is Broadway-bound, (not to mention the forthcoming Tina Turner show Tina) I've bee…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:42AMCo-starring Anna Gunn and directed by James Macdonald, the revival begins previews July 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:40AMJordan Tannahill Depicts Gripping Showdown after Suicide by Barry David Horwitz Canadian playwright Jordan Tanahill shows us that Canadians face the same problems we do. As two families batt…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:39AMEdward Hall and Greg Ripley-Duggan's hundredth production at the theatre is worthy of congratulation
SOURCE: The Independent at 07:36AMHere she comes, world The first national tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival of Hello, Dolly, starring Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, launched earlier this year from the St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:32AMRyan Gosling as Neil Armstrong on his mission to the moon, and Glenn Close in a portrait of unspoken suffering
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:20AMAlan Yentob’s Imagine programme follows the artist’s 12-year quest to create works evoking the Virgin Mary and the Martyrs
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:20AMA dramatic German-language reboot that picks up the story nine months after the original’s cataclysmic ending
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:20AMReview: Father (Vader), The Barbican5.0starsFather (Vader) is a delightful twist of comedy, melancholic drama and unnerving horror. It is set in an old folks’ home where nothing is quite a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. It is our good luck that the birthday of Sherman Hemsley (1938-2012) falls on February 1, the first day of Black History Month. A P…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:06AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal drama column, I review a small-scale off-off-Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! Here’s an excerpt. * * * Eugene…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:04AMIn my latest Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column, I talk about They Shall Not Grow Old, Peter Jackson’s new World War II documentary, and the way in which it uses digital …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03AMTitus Techera, who hosts a podcast for the American Cinema Foundation on which he and his guests discuss important films of the past and present, invited me back to talk about Jacques Tourne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMHenri Matisse, filmed while working on “Young Woman in White, Red Background”: To view the finished painting, go here. (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMTaro focuses on an incredible life honoured by a gorgeous, goosebump-inducing production – you really don’t want to miss this one.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Work, play—at sixty our powers and tastes are what they were at seventeen. Old men in the bad old days used to renounce, retire, take to religion, spend their time reading, thinking—t…
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West End shows will come together to sell props, photos and posters as part of a new event to raise money for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMTheatre company Stellar Quines has launched a series of training courses aimed at addressing the lack of women working in creative design.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMDirector Marianne Elliott has argued that older women are sidelined in theatre because they are perceived as “not valuable and something to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMAnne-Marie Duff will lead the cast in Donmar Warehouse’s artistic director Josie Rourke’s farewell production, Sweet Charity, opposite Arthur Darvill making his Donmar Warehouse debut as…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:47AMDescribed by audiences as "unapologetically honest" and "Shane Meadows-esque" Lee Lomas' new play, Sunrise for the Blind returns to London at the Tristan Bates Theatre this month. The workin…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:45AMNew productions of Death of a Salesman and The American Clock go beyond ‘colour-blind’ casting to show the classic works in a fresh light
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:43AM'demonstrating how hard true understanding - of both oneself and of another - is to achieve': Kate Wyver writes on the NOW Festival Week 3 double bill.
The post Review: NOW19 – Greg W…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:39AMThe 2019 Artios Awards for Television, Theatre, Short Films and Short Form Series held ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York on January 31, 2019. Nominees and winners are voted on by member…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Happy Friday Help get yourself through this final day of the week before your weekend, by catching up on the latest Broadway news
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32AMBen Platt has released the first single off his upcoming album, Sing To Me Instead. The song, titled Ease My Mind, can be heard in the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:32AMOver at the Noël Coward Theatre, it's All About Eve. And Gillian Anderson, Lily James, director Ivo van Hove, and the rest of the star-studded cast too.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:29AM"Free Solo," a climbing documentary that broke box-office records last year, has returned to IMAX theaters for a week.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 06:26AMReview: Counting Sheep, VAULT Festival5.0Overall ScoreHow is it possible to actually invoke another country? Despite a swift canvassing of the audience’s various nationalities revealing a …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AM...sorry, where were we? John Murphy reviews Third Angel's detective story about distraction and misdirection.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:11AMThere are some incredibly tender moments in Martyna Majok’s 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the intricate interpersonal relationship between two disabled people
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:02AMTrained by Bauhaus masters and the creative and entrepreneurial force behind Knoll Associates, the modernist designer remembered
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 06:00AMVelvet proves a powerful piece, investigating #MeToo from a gay perspective at the VAULT Festival.
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Set in the aftermath of the Second World War, as a new normality grew awkwardly from Europe’s ashes, The Orchestra is an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMHampstead theatre, LondonAn impeccable cast play out dual narratives about life on the US breadline in a tough drama that earns its poignancyFor the 100th premiere in his decade-long tenure …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMHardy was a regular on BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and wrote for the GuardianThe comedian Jeremy Hardy has died of cancer aged 57, his publicist Amanda Emery said.Hardy, w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMClive Owen, Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn and stage star Lia Williams, will all star in a new production of Tennessee Williams' The Night Of The Iguana.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:53AMWe’ve got some sweet news to share with you. Sweet Charity is coming back to the West End, and it’s returning with an equally sweet cast.Anne-Marie Duff (Shameless, Nowhere Boy) will sta…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:44AMLiz FitzGibbon’s Kicking All the Boxes is a short, sharp punch of a show. Written and performed by the Irish actor, it
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:38AMClive Owen will return to the West End for the first time in 18 years to play the Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon in The Night Of The Iguana in a new production directed by James Macdonald. The pro…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:37AMJosie Rourke will direct Anne-Marie Duff in a new production of Sweet Charity as her final show as artistic director of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMClive Owen and Lia Williams are to star in Tennessee Williams’ The Night of the Iguana in the West End. The play,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:36AMThe director’s new film, “High Flying Bird,” stars André Holland as a fast-talking basketball agent who proposes a bold business move to his rookie client.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:24AMAfter a much delayed $50-million renovation and expansion, Dartmouth College’s 65,000-object Hood Museum of Art at last reopened on Jan. 26 with six new art galleries, three new study gall…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06AMThe artist Norman Ogue Mustill was an extreme dissenter. Nothing pleased him more than reaming out the human race. His collages stopped you dead with their vicious satire.. But Mustill is li…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06AMThe new Julia Wolfe multi-media oratorio Fire in my mouth commemorates the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in a spirit that can make critics cringe preemptively. How many socially resp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06AMWhen it comes to paintings by Monet, there are many to love. But I especially appreciate his series (poplars and Rouen cathedral are probably my favorites). — Judith H. Dobrzynski
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06AMBefore I came upon the caption, I imagined the girls in this photo were lining up for an audition or a dance class (most of them seem to be turning out one foot in a classic dance position),…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 05:04AMWhen I first flirted with a career in the arts in 2009, the artistic leadership of London theatre was a bastion of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMCost of Living is a refreshingly bold play, it presents disability in a matter of fact way focusing on relationships while challenging inhibitions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMI’ve been following the insanely talented improv geniuses of The Showstoppers for most of their eleven years. How do they do it? I still can’t really fathom it, but I was pleased…
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Channel 4’s up-coming comedy, “Year of the Rabbit,” has gone into production with an outstanding guest cast, reports the channel.The new six-part comedy follows Detective Inspector Rab…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:59AMNetflix announces a multi-year overall deal with “Blue Planet II” creator James Honeyborne to produce new nature and science series for the streaming giant.Honeyborne along with partner …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:49AMAMC Networks has acquired Red Arrow Studios International’s neo-noir crime drama “Stella Blomkvist” for its streamer Sundance Now, reports Deadline.“Stella Blomkvist” is based on t…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:38AMWhen Ariana Grande released her latest single off her as-yet-unreleased new album, listeners began hearing echoes of other songs. Soulja Boy’s “Pretty Boy Swag,” Princess Nokia’s “…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:35AMWho is Aaron Choulai? I’m a pianist and composer. I also make a living making beats for rappers in Tokyo, Japan. What would you do differently to what you do now? I don’t know if it�…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:30AMOpera Australia today announced the full cast for the Handa Opera production of West Side Story. Joining opera/musical crossover stars Julie Lea Goodwin and Alexander Lewis, the role of the …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 12:17AMName: Trevor AshleyHometown: Sydney, AustraliaEducation: High School at Sydney Technical HighSelect Credits: Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Thenardier in Les Mis, Miss Understanding in Priscill…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 12:04AMWhy Mercury Rev have given the singer’s neglected album ‘The Delta Sweete’ a new lease of life 50 years after its release
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:01AMPlus: consolidation in the art loan market; UK council sells Modern British collection; virtual reality at Tefaf; Nicole Farhi’s new sculptures
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMRebel is a glorious live circus rock tribute to David Bowie. Sparks flew – literally and figuratively – over an incredible hour of music, aerial displays, and acrobatics. Stewart…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:00AMThe double bill of solo plays begins February 1 at the Off-Broadway theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMA guide to 16 upcoming productions
The Broadway season is about to kick into high gear with 14 new shows opening between now and the end of April, plus two big summer entries. Highlights inc…
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