Ouch! Pete Davidson covers up matching Ariana Grande tattoo with the word 'CURSED' by Usa Today, Cydney Henderson, Usa Today

Pete Davidson appears to have said "thank u, next" to matching ink he shared with former fiancee Ariana Grande.        

The Day Before Spring by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

The York production has been directed and adapted by Marc Acito who has condensed the original two act script into a long one-acter. Realizing that the original setting of 1948 for a tenth y…

Monumental Theatre Company Announces Cast for ‘Daddy Long Legs’ by News Desk

Monumental Theatre Company’s Daddy Long Legs tells the story of Jerusha Abbott, her mysterious young benefactor and the affection that grows between them by way of handwritten letters. Joh…

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Co. do it again. But this time, the hip-hop show is all for laughs. by Peter Marks

“Freestyle Love Supreme” rap improv is an up-to-the-minute, old-fashioned hoot.

Spike Lee: ‘It’s not my job to be the culture police’

The director on being in the running for big awards 30 years after ‘Do the Right Thing’ was snubbed

Critic’s Pick: Review: At ‘Freestyle Love Supreme,’ Attention Must Be Paid. Really. by Jesse Green

Since you provide the content for this group’s delightful hip-hop musical improvisation, you really have to lend them your ears (and phones).

Critic’s Pick: Review: ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ Is a Comedy That Goes Bang by Alexis Soloski

Sean O’Casey’s tragicomic 1923 play has returned to the Irish Repertory Theater, the first production in a season devoted to his work.

Up in the Air with Bonnie’s Last Flight by Jess Barbagallo

Eliza Bent's audacious work embraces puns and play. With her new show taking flight this month, Jess Barbagallo observes and reports. The post Up in the Air with Bonnie’s Last Flight appe…

Curio Theatre Company presents ‘Three Sisters, by RashDash, After Chekhov’ by Cameron Kelsall

Curio Theatre Company’s ‘Three Sisters, by RashDash, After Chekhov’ interrogates theatrical traditions and gendered expectations. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Top 5 Shows of the Week by April Forrer

‘She Loves Me’ at Newtowne Players’ Theatre. “If you are looking for a great way to celebrate the love of your life or just enjoy a story about falling in love, go see this show.…

Delaware Theatre Company presents George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan’ by Gail Obenreder

Contemporary playwright Chelsea Marcantel assays the great George Bernard Shaw for ‘Saint Joan,’ now onstage at Delaware Theatre Company. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Canberra to host West Side Story this October by Arts Review

Opera Australia, GWB Entertainment and BB Group have announced that Canberra will feature in the upcoming Australian tour of West Side Story at the Canberra Theatre Centre this October. “S…

Freestyle Love Supreme review – Lin Manuel Miranda's hip-hop improv by Alexis Soloski

Greenwich House Theater, New YorkThe Hamilton creator’s goofily entertaining show has been around since 2004 and in its new Manhattan home, it’s more fun than everLin-Manuel Miranda, the…

Shakespeare Theatre’s new head announces his first season, from ‘Much Ado’ to a James Baldwin play by Peter Marks

Plus “Timon of Athens,” a new “Peter Pan,” a Branden Jacobs-Jenkins play and more.

Freestyle Love Supreme: Where Hip Hop, Improv, and Comedy Meet by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The hip hop improv troupe cofounded by Lin-Manuel Miranda reunites for an off-Broadway run (with a few special guests) The post Freestyle Love Supreme: Where Hip Hop, Improv, an…

Freestyle Love Supreme review at Greenwich House Theatre, New York – ‘an improvised rap show’ by Mark Shenton

Long before In the Heights and Hamilton brought him to international prominence, Lin-Manuel Miranda was a member of the improvisational comedy hip-hop

Freestyle Love Supreme: Going with the Flow by Elysa Gardner

★★★★ A hip-hop improv group co-founded by Lin-Manuel Miranda makes an exuberant return The post Freestyle Love Supreme: Going with the Flow appeared first on New York Stage Review.

The Shadow of a Gunman: Sean O’Casey’s Seriocomic Saga of Dublin at War by Michael Sommers

★★★★ The Irish Rep kicks off its three-show cycle of the playwright's works with a winning revival The post The Shadow of a Gunman: Sean O’Casey’s Seriocomic Saga of Dubl…

The Shadow of a Gunman: Dangerous Games in Dublin by Elysa Gardner

★★★★ Irish Repertory Theatre's Sean O'Casey season kicks off with this piercing look at Ireland's troubles before The Troubles. The post The Shadow of a Gunman: Dangerous Games in Du…

South Camden Theatre Company presents ‘The Duck Variations’ and ‘The Dumb Waiter’ by Cameron Kelsall

South Camden Theatre Company ably pairs ‘The Duck Variations’ and ‘The Dumb Waiter,’ early-career successes for David Mamet and Harold Pinter. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Nicole Vanessa Ortiz Makes Feinstein's/54 Below Solo Debut In BECOMING HER: A DIVA'S TRIBUTE by BroadwayWorld

Nicole Vanessa Ortiz, fresh on the heels of starring in Spamilton and Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber and Stoller, makes her Feinstein's/54 Below solo concert debut in Becoming Her: A…

All About Eve review – classic Hollywood updated with technical wizardry by Michael Billington

Gillian Anderson and Lily James give fine performances but this version of the 1950 film might be a little too clever for its own goodThis is a show that reeks of chic. It stars Gillian Ande…

From Amsterdam to the Kennedy Center: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Performs February 13 by Guest Author

In a 2008 poll of the world’s leading music critics by Gramophone Magazine, the Amsterdam-based Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) was selected as the greatest in the world. Luckily, the …

Lin-Manuel Miranda Shows Off His Early Work, Bringing Back ‘Freestyle Love Supreme’ by David Cote

Seeing Freestyle Love Supreme, the rap-improv troupe that Miranda founded in college, will give you a new understanding of the phenomenon known as 'Hamilton.'

Nicolette Robinson, Leslie Odom Jr., & Cynthia Erivo Sign On to Produce Witness Uganda by Drew Shade

It’s official! Tony Award winners Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple) and Leslie Odom, Jr. (Hamilton), along with his wife Nicolette Robinson (Waitress) have joined on as producers for …

“She Persisted, the Musical”—Trailblazing Women Inspire Kids, at BACT, Berkeley by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes  Tobin & La Puma Illuminate Great Feminist Lives by Jordan Freed “She Persisted, the Musical” takes its name and inspiration from Chelsea Clinton’s 2017 children�…

Theatre Review: ‘Once’ at Olney Theater by Johanna Alonso

“Once,” based on a 2007 John Carney film of the same name, is not a typical musical. But it’s atypicality cannot be attributed to the fact that the orchestra, which consists of around …

All About Eve review at Noel Coward Theatre, London – ‘a stylish but functional production’ by Natasha Tripney

As a film, All About Eve is pretty close to perfect. Written and directed by Joseph L Mankiewicz in 1950, it’s also one

Rutherford and Son review at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield – ‘an engaging revival of a resonant play’ by Natasha Tripney

Though a big hit when first staged, Githa Sowerby’s 1912 play went unperformed for decades until a relatively recent resurgence of interest

Theatre Review: ‘Huckleberry Finn’s Big River’ at Adventure Theatre & ATMTC Academy by Susan Brall

“Huckleberry Finn’s Big River” presented by Adventure Theatre with book by William Hauptman and Music and Lyrics by Roger Miller had its world premiere as a musical for social …

My Very Own British Invasion – Paper Mill Playhouse by Sandi Durell

by Adam Cohen   My Very Own British Invasion, a new rock and roll jukebox musical, has taken over the Paper Mill Playhouse.  This is a slick, well-designed production that is visually…

‘Something quite different’: ALL ABOUT EVE – West End by Maryam Philpott

This All About Eve is something quite different, same story deliberately new frame with staging that pushes at the boundaries of theatre and film.

How The Red Carpet Became Such A Thing by Artsjournal

Although the red carpet has been a part of Hollywood premières since the silent era and a part of the Academy Awards since the early sixties, it became a beast unto itself in large part bec…

How Neuroscience Is Going to Change The Business Of Finding An Audience by Artsjournal

Neuroscience, it turns out, can help change how companies think about new opportunities, and specifically, within the emerging field of applied neuroscience. Applied neuroscience is best d…

Programming Manager, Joyce Theatre by Artsjournal

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. among the world's best presentation for venues for dance, seeks Programming Manager.

Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Pygmalion” — An Enjoyable Excursion into Shavian Feminism by Bill Marx

The generally enjoyable Bedlam production of Pygmalion doesn't quite settle for the glucose bait. The post Theater Review: Bedlam’s “Pygmalion” — An Enjoyable Excursi…

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Penny Fuller of Anastasia by Broadway.com

Penny Fuller stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Anastasia and more with Beth Stevens.

VIDEO: Lily James, Ed Sheeran And More Rock Out To The Beatles In First Trailer For YESTERDAY by Stage Tube

See Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon and newcomer Hamish Patel get fab in the first trailer for Yesterday, a new film from Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle.

Anthony Warlow and Gina Riley to star in Sweeney Todd by AussieTheatre

40 years have passed since Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s ground breaking, epic musical Sweeney Todd first made its way into the musical theatre consciousness, but the epic tale …

Shows at Old Globe, Lamb's Players Theatre earn top honors in annual Craig Noel Awards by James Hebert

A pair of shows staged in 2018 by the Old Globe and Lamb’s Players Theatre shared top honors at the 17th annual Craig Noel Awards on Monday night. The Globe production of the play “A Tho…

We Are All Treaty People treats the serious subject of Indigenous-settler relations with a light touch by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

As Trickster, Marshall Vielle is a trustworthy guide through history and his sense of humour stops We Are All Treaty People from feeling too much like a lecture, writes Carly Maga.

Rutherford and Son review – passion and power in Githa Sowerby's classic by Michael Billington

Crucible, SheffieldOwen Teale and Laura Elphinstone are superb, as a patriarch and his daughter, in Caroline Steinbeis’s potent production The astonishing thing about Githa Sowerby’s pla…

Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium presents Elmer Rice’s ‘Dream Girl’ by Cameron Kelsall

The boundaries between fantasy and reality blur too frequently in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s ‘Dream Girl.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.

The Cities That Fall Into A Branding Trap by Artsjournal

“Look at any piece of city marketing material, from promo videos to airline magazine ad inserts. It’s amazing how so many of them rely on the same basic ingredients: hipster coffee s…

Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Nicolette Robinson, and Abigail Spencer Sign On as Producers of Witness Uganda by Adam Hetrick

The biographical pop musical by Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews is making its West Coast debut at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Backstage at Be More Chill with George Salazar, Episode 2: Debuts! by Broadway.com

Be More Chill's George Salazar introduces us to the people making their Broadway debuts with the show.

Theater Review: The Importance of Being Seriously Insignificant by Paul Dervis

What makes Portland Stage's production of Earnest such a delight is its physicality. The post Theater Review: The Importance of Being Seriously Insignificant appeared first on The Arts Fus…

Melissa Errico, Constantine Maroulis and More Will Star in INTO THE WOODS Concert at Patchogue Theatre by BroadwayWorld

Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts has just announced the cast list for its production of 'INTO THE WOODS IN CONCERT'. There will be three performances, March 8 at 8 p.m. and March 9 …

VIDEO: On This Day, February 12- John Leguizamo Makes His Broadway Debut With FREAK by Alexa Criscitiello

On this day in 1998, Tony Award-winner John Leguizamo made his Broadway debut in the solo show Freak.

Veronica Dunne Returns to Broadway Cast of Chicago February 12 by Andrew Gans

The international hit musical continues at the Ambassador Theatre.

Watch: Trivia With Pretty Woman's Tommy Bracco by Nathan Skethway

The Newsies alum tests his knowledge of 1990s pop culture, from Dawson's Creek to Scream.

'Project Runway All Stars' sweet surprise: A visit to Broadway's Willy Wonka, Christian Borle by Maria Sciullo / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Carnegie Mellon University grad has been busy on stage as well as directing theater.

Listen Now: All I Really Want from Jagged Little Pill by Iris Chan

“All I Really Want” performed by our World Premiere cast. "Ms. Morissette’s trailblazing 1995 album is taking on new life: as theater." - The New York Times Find out everything you nee…

Kristin Chenoweth Will Chat With Bryan Fuller at Los Angeles' Paley Center by Andrew Gans

The evening with the Pushing Daisies artists is set for February 27.

Miracle in Rwanda Will Arrive Off-Broadway This Spring by Adam Hetrick

Rwandan actor Malaika Uwamahoro will star in the acclaimed one-actor play that returns to New York following a global tour.

Theatre News: GALA Hispanic Theatre presents ‘The Old Man, The Youth, and The Sea’ by Md Theatre Guide News Desk

Absorbing.  Powerful.  Timely. GALA Hispanic Theatre continues its 43rd season with the world premiere of El viejo, el joven y el mar by Irma Correa, which was commissioned by GALA. Direct…

Witness Uganda by Lara Altunian

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What Makes Us Human: Laughter? by Artsjournal

Something that sets us apart from these ancestors and primate relatives, and should be of special interest to anthropology, is our unique propensity to laugh. Laughter is a paradox. We all k…

How This Year’s Oscar Nominees Got To Be Oscar Nominees by Artsjournal

Only so many movies are chosen, and the road isn’t straight. Here is a movie-by-movie account of how each got to be a best picture nominee. – Deadline

Disability As Strength – Except When Portrayed As Cliche In The Theatre by Artsjournal

“Modern thinking around disability looks to a social model: people are disabled by society’s structures, the stairs they can’t climb and the doors a wheelchair can’t fit though a…

Where Do Your Favorite Broadway Couples Land On This Theatrical Love Scale? by Ruthie Fierberg

How do these famous, fictional Broadway couples stack up?

The Book of Merman to End Off-Broadway Run at St. Luke's Theatre by Andy Lefkowitz

The new musical comedy The Book of Merman has set a closing date of February 17 at off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre. Previews began on October 5, 2018 in advance of an October 21 op…

Ilana Levine Will Speak With Isabelle Huppert, Ben Stiller, Lynn Nottage, and More in Little Known Facts at Atlantic by Ryan McPhee

Atlantic Theater Company will present live podcasts as part of its newly expanded series.

Williamstown Theatre Festival Announces 2019 Season by American Theatre Editors

The summer slate, including 5 world premieres, will feature performances by Uma Thurman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Kaczmarek, S. Epatha Merkerson, and more.

Jane Levy To Star in NBC's Upcoming Musical Comedy Pilot, ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST by TV News Desk

Jane Levyis set to star in NBC'sZoey's Extraordinary Playlistmusical dramedy pilot, according to Deadline. The pilot hails fromJake in Progresscreator Austin Winsberg, Eric and Kim Tannenbau…

See Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge in Sea Wall/A Life by Mark Peikert

The two actors star in the night of monologue plays at the Public, opening February 14.

Theatre Review: ‘Newsies’ at Third Wall Productions by Timoth David Copney

When the indomitable and fearless Mike Zellhoffer, Executive Director of Third Wall Productions (TWP), first told me he wanted to mount a production of “Newsies,” (music by Alan …

Listen: Why Adam Shankman Directs Every Movie Like It’s a Musical by Gordon Cox

Director Adam Shankman’s latest movie, the Taraji P. Henson comedy “What Men Want,” isn’t a musical. But as one of Hollywood’s top director-choreographers of mu…

Melissa Errico, Constantine Maroulis, Ali Ewoldt, More Cast in Long Island Into the Woods: In Concert by Andrew Gans

The Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical will play the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts.

The Price, Wyndham's Theatre review - David Suchet stands supreme by Tom Birchenough

Powerful production of Arthur Miller's play of fraternal discord, past painThere’s a sublime equilibrium to Arthur Miller’s 1968 play between the overwhelmingly heavy weight of hist…

Provocative, entertaining 'Farragut North' takes aim at politics by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Actors' Studio presents play by Beau Willimon.

'The Producers' at the Paramount: 'Springtime for Hitler'? Do they dare? Oh, they do by Chris Jones

Mel Brooks was ecstatic. Anne Bancroft danced on a nearby table. Matthew Broderick chuckled. Even Nathan Lane cracked a smile. “The Producers” was a hit. In fact, the spin-off musical fr…

What Happened When Three Philosophers Put An ‘Ask A Philosopher’ Booth On A Manhattan Street Corner by Artsjournal1

Oh yes, people showed up, and they asked real questions. Lee McIntyre, author of Post-Truth and one of the three, offers a report. (The hardest part: the six-year-old girl who looked him in …

A Sense Of Doom In The Air (What, Me Worry?) by Artsjournal

“Since the financial crash of 2008, across Europe and in the United States, there has been (to borrow a phrase from Frank Kermode) a “sense of an ending”. Liberal orthodoxies have …

Lee Wilkof & More to Join Michael Stuhlbarg in Socrates at the Public by Andy Lefkowitz

Casting is complete for Tim Blake Nelson's world premiere play Socrates at off-Broadway's Public Theater. The previously announced production, directed by Tony winner Doug …

A blazing performance as Nina Simone in “Little Girl Blue” by Philip

My memories of seeing Nina Simone perform in Philadelphia and Atlantic City jazz clubs in the late 1950s/early 60s are soft-focus, because, well, do the math. What does remain sharp, though,…

Hamilton team wins at inaugural casting directors awards by Giverny Masso

The casting directors behind Hamilton have won an inaugural award in celebration of their work. Paul Wooller, Felicity French and Trevor Jackson

The musical ‘Once’ sounds fit as a fiddle at Olney Theatre by Nelson Pressley

The sleeper indie film enjoys a different life onstage.

This documentary play about Israeli artists is a raw, uneasy 80 minutes by Nelson Pressley

Mosaic’s “Shame 2.0” chronicles battles with the government, and the public.

Top Theatre Stories: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 by Roberto Araujo

The latest about Jagged Little Pill, Mean Girls, and more.

Michael Hsu Rosen, Allie Trimm, Kathy Voytko, More Will Sing Work of Alex Ratner in Free NYC Concert by Andrew Gans

Jenny Leon will direct the evening for the Broadway's Future Songbook Series.

Edgar “Blue” Washington: From Baseball to Bit Player by Trav S.D.

Another post for Black History Month; it also happens to be Blue’s birthday.  Edgar “Blue” Washington (1898-1970) had an unusual path into the movie business. Prior to ste…

Man of God by Lara Altunian

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Uma Thurman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson among stars to appear at Williamstown Theatre Festival by The Boston Globe

This summer’s shows will include Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts’’ and Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.’’

Lee Wilkof & More Join Cast of Public Theater's SOCRATES by BroadwayWorld

The Public Theater Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis Executive Director, Patrick Willingham announced complete casting today for the world premiere ofSOCRATES, written by acclaimed actor, dire…

Listen: ‘River Deep – Mountain High’ From ‘The Tina Turner Musical’ by Cleo Aukland

"River Deep – Mountain High" is the first track to be released from the London cast recording of "Tina: The Tina Turner Musical." The post Listen: ‘River Deep – Mountain High’…

“Call Me Madam” at Encores! at City Center

There was a time, during what were called “the golden years” of musical theater, when the word “vehicle” was attached to a form of theatrical work that was designed to serve the tale…

'How I Learned to Drive' at Raven Theatre: A young woman's memories of sexual abuse, coerced behind the wheel by Kerry Reid

Midway through Paula Vogel’s “How I Learned to Drive,” a man gives fishing lessons to an unseen child. He describes the pompano as “a very shy, mercurial fish,” and advises that ca…

Opening this weekend: An uplifting play with music in Braddock, an avant-garde 'Octoroon'' at the New Hazlett by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

And starting Friday, Pittsburgh Public Theater hosts the annual Shakespeare Monologue & Scene Contest.

Review: ‘Huckleberry Finn’s Big River’ at Adventure Theatre MTC by Betsy Lizotte

The excellence of this world premiere of Huckleberry Finn’s Big River ensures that it will become a family theater classic. Not only are the script, songs and choreography expertly crafted…

Anna Karenina by Lara Altunian

The post Anna Karenina appeared first on STAGE RAW - ARTS IN L.A. - SERVED FRESH.

The Wedding Singer at Atlanta Lyric Theatre by Kelundra Smith

The post <em>The Wedding Singer</em> at Atlanta Lyric Theatre appeared first on ARTS ATL.

'So in Love': A Conversation with Kelli O’Hara of ‘Kiss Me, Kate!’ by Matthew Wexler

The Broadway legend shares what drew her to Cole Porter’s classic.

The Top 10 New Broadway Shows for Teens in 2019 by Mikey Miller

From rocking revivals to jukebox musicals to movie adaptations, here are the new Broadway shows that will appeal to adolescents.

Stage and Screen Icon Kathleen Turner Makes Her Met Opera Debut in a Speaking Role by Matt Dobkin

The Tony-nominated actor appears in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment running at the Met through March 2.

Max Chernin, Diana DeGarmo, Kate Shindle, and More to Workshop New Musical Passing Through for Goodspeed by Adam Hetrick

The Brett Ryback-Eric Ulloa musical is based on the podcast Walking to Listen, a 4,000 Mile Odyssey.

Cirque Éloize’s Hotel has beautiful images and inventive acts but could use some dramatic development by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

The production fuses a Downton Abbey-like look at both the menial workers and famous guests at a nameless hotel with the jazzy sights and sounds of the 1920s, writes Carly Maga.

Lin-Manuel Miranda's Freestyle Love Supreme Opens February 12 by Mark Peikert

The improvised hip-hop and theatre show is scheduled to run Off-Broadway through March 3.

EXCLUSIVE: Listen to 3 Tracks From The Evolution of Mann, Starring Max Crumm, Allie Trimm, and Leslie Hiatt by Ruthie Fierberg

Be the first to hear songs from the album before its February 15 release.

Complete Cast Set for Off-Broadway's Socrates, Starring Michael Stuhlbarg by Ryan McPhee

The world premiere of Tim Blake Nelson's play will begin April 2 at the Public Theater.

See Audra McDonald, Uma Thurman, and More Attend 2019 Williamstown Theatre Festival Gala by Nathan Skethway

The February 11 event, held in New York, honored Williamstown Theatre Festival Board Chairman Matt Harris.

Adam Shankman by Variety

A top director of Hollywood musicals spills his secrets.

Celebrate Valentine's Day With Our BroadwayWorld Love Songs Playlist! by Linnae Medeiros

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, BroadwayWorld asked some of your favorite Broadway stars to tell us their all-time favorite Broadway love songs.Now we've compiled some of their …

Lost Soviet Art (Good Art, No Less) Keeps Turning Up In Kazakhstan’s Largest City by Artsjournal1

Mosaics, reliefs and sgraffiti from the days of the USSR are being found behind boards in Almaty and restored. Why did they escape being destroyed, as Soviet artworks were in so many other p…

A Prescient Warning From 1994 About Dangers Of A Distraction Culture by Artsjournal

Writing in 1994, Sven Birkerts worried that distractedness and surficiality would win out. The “duration state” we enter through a turned page would be lost in a world of increasing spee…

Len Spencer: Gave ’em the Business by Trav S.D.

A peculiar phenomenon of the latter days of the 19th century and early days of the 20th, was the existence of performers who ONLY worked in the recording industry. I’ve come across num…

Stuck in First Gear: A Review of How I Learned To Drive at Raven Theatre by Ben Kaye

With artistic director Cody Estle behind the wheel, this production alternates between slamming the gas and mashing the breaks.

“Minnie’s Boys” Staged Reading Tracks Early Antics Of The Marx Brothers by Cary Ginell

Musical Theatre Guild’s latest staged reading, Minnie’s Boys, was performed at Glendale’s Alex Theatre on Sunday, February 10, and although it was great to finally get to see this rar…

Get an Inside Look at The Enigmatist at the High Line Hotel by Roberto Araujo

David Kwong gives Playbill an inside look into his immersive show and creates a code for our viewers. Can you solve it?

10 Videos of Mean Girls' New Gretchen Wieners, Krystina Alabado, Singing Her Face Off

Forget a hair full of secrets, this Gretchen Wieners got pipes!

Theater Review: HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE (Raven Theatre in Chicago) by Lawrence Bommer

HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THEATER Some plays take time to come into their own, But they’re well worth a wait. Over two decades after its Off-Broadway debut, Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to D…

New Concert Hall Designed By Frank Gehry Proposed For Wimbledon by Artsjournal

Former Hollywood film director Anthony Wilkinson – now director of Wimbledon International Music Festival – is looking to raise around £100 million for the concert hall. Wilkinson told …

Why Bodice-Rippers Have Become Big Business by Artsjournal1

It’s not simply that romance novels are “bubble gum for the mind” — there’s plenty of that available in just about every medium and style around. In fact, romance n…

That Old Saw ‘Eskimos Have 50 Words For Snow’? Every Word Of It Is Wrong by Artsjournal1

Aaron Bady goes through they saying itself and its history to explain why. (For one thing, in Inuit languages, “they can have as many words as they want for almost anything.”) In…

Buster Collier (William Collier, Jr.) by Trav S.D.

William Collier, Jr. aka Buster Collier (1902-1878) was a major star of the silent and Pre-Code eras. The most interesting fact about him coming out of the gate is that he was actually Charl…

BWW Exclusive: What's the Greatest Broadway Love Song Ever? 1200+ Stars Decide! by BroadwayWorld

From the melodies of Rodgers and Hammerstein to the lyrics of Jason Robert Brown, nothing says romance like a Broadway ballad, and it's that special time of year to celebrate the best of the…

Krystina Alabado Joins the Cast of MEAN GIRLS as Gretchen Wieners March 12th by BroadwayWorld

Mean Girls announces that Krystina Alabado will join the cast in the role of 'Gretchen Wieners' beginning Tuesday, March 12. Tony Award nominee Ashley Park will play her final performance in…

VIDEO: You Oughta Listen! JAGGED LITTLE PILL Releases First Song by Paul Smith

Get your headphones on Jagged Little Pill has just released the first song ' All I Really Want' from their upcoming album. The song comes from Alanis Morrissette and her album Jagged Little …

Krystina Alabado to Join Mean Girls on Broadway; Ashley Park Sets Exit Date by Andy Lefkowitz

The Tony-nominated hit Mean Girls will welcome Krystina Alabado in the role of Gretchen Wieners beginning on March 12. Alabado will replace Tony-nominated original cast member Ashley Park, w…

The High-Energy Francesca Loeber Fills a Room With a Mighty Sound by Michael Barbieri

In her recent show at the Triad Theater, Francesca Loeber proved, as the old saying goes, that big things often do come in small packages! Born and raised in New Jersey, Loeber, also known a…

Submissions Open for the 2nd Annual Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge by Logan Culwell-Block

Produced by the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with the American Theatre Wing, the program pairs aspiring student writers with professional musical theatre artists.

Go Inside the One-Night-Only Concert of They're Playing Our Song, Presented by the Actors Fund by Nathan Skethway

Original stars Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein reunited to reprise their roles for the February 11 concert.

FROM DOWN UNDER: Melbourne Theatre Company’s The Lady in the Van review by Simon Parris

Melbourne Theatre Company begins the new year with a showcase for revered actress Miriam Margolyes who takes on the cantankerous title character in Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van.

A Fetch New Gretchen Wieners for Mean Girls by Mark A. Robinson

The Broadway production of the musical Mean Girls is getting ready to welcome a new “Gretchen Wieners.” Krystina Alabado will join the show as one of the school-ruling trio of “Plastic…

Listen to First Track From the Broadway-Bound Jagged Little Pill's Cast Recording by Ryan McPhee

The world-premiere cast sings Alanis Morissette's “All I Really Want.”

Mies Julie by David Kaufman

Yaël Farber’s adaptation of Strindberg’s classic "Miss Julie," "Mies Julie" shifts the scene and setting from 1880’s Sweden to the Karoo in South Africa on Freedom Day in 2012--or the…

Tony Award-Winning Set Designer Christine Jones on Verdi in Vegas by Jay Goodwin

Rigoletto—the Met Opera's neon-bedecked production—returns this season from February 12.

‘I started hearing voices, character voices, on an EasyJet flight to Bulgaria’: Tom Powell on writing Little Echoes by Featured Content

A drunken cycling accident inspired Tom Powell to become a playwright; an Easyjet flight to Bulgaria inspired his latest play Little Echoes, premiering this month at London's Hope Theatre. H…

Free Reading of Jason Odell Williams’ Church & State Will Be Presented at UCLA by Andrew Gans

The February 14 reading is one of several to commemorate the anniversary of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Westminster Dog Show by Barry Gordin

Wire Hair Fox Terrier, King, takes Best in Show February 12, 2019: King, a Wire Hair Fox Terrier, triumphed over last year’s Best in Show winner and crowd favorite Bean, a Sussex Span…

'The Gun Show' inspires a coming together that transcends the complicated subject by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Quantum Theatre opens in Homewood to an audience receptive to telling their own stories of gun encounters.

Goodspeed Musicals, The Public Theater, New York Stage and Film, and More Are Hiring by Playbill Staff

Playbill's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry.

Cultural Studies: Why Do We Love Scammers So Much? by Abby Ellin

These days, the con artist is as much a cultural figure as the antagonist of our personal horror stories.

Harris Theater's next season includes a Beethoven marathon, Bangarra Dance of Australia, Tanztheater Wuppertal by Chris Jones

With major new funding from the property developer Sterling Bay, the Harris Theater plans a diverse and ambitious 2019-20 season, including visits from Bangarra Dance Theatre of Australia an…

Watch the Official Trailer for Female-Centric Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Remake The Hustle by Ruthie Fierberg

The film stars Anne Hathaway, Rebel Wilson, and Tony winner Alex Sharp.

Photo Flash: Together Again! The Cast of THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG Reunites for Actors Fund Benefit by BroadwayWorld

A 40th Anniversary reunion benefit concert of the 1979 hit Broadway production of They're Playing Our Song was held on Monday, February 11th at 730 pm at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th …

S. Epatha Merkerson to Lead 60th-Anniversary Staging of A Raisin in the Sun & More in Williamstown Theatre Festival's 2019 Season by Andy Lefkowitz

A powerful lineup of world premieres and high-profile revivals have been announced for the 2019 summer season of the Williamstown Theatre Festival. The 65th season of the Tony-winning Berksh…

Wallace Ford was an Illegal Alien by Trav S.D.

A celebration today of Wallace Ford (Samuel Grundy, 1898-1966). I think of Ford as a quintessentially American movie type, so it is eye-opening to hear he is TWICE removed form being an Amer…

So Your Books Are Balanced. What Does That Have To Do With Your Mission? by Artsjournal

“Fiscal responsibility is good business. But it is immaterial with respect to, and when contrasted with, a nonprofit’s impact. Fiscal responsibility, then, has no place anywhere near…

Krystina Alabado to Join Cast of Mean Girls by Ryan McPhee

The American Psycho alum will take on the role of Gretchen Wieners, replacing Tony nominee Ashley Park.

‘All the delight of the original’: THE SINGING MERMAID – Touring ★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

All the delight of the original picture book story of The Singing Mermaid who gets swept away in the circus is brought to the stage in this puppet adaptation from the Little Angel Theatre. A…

Reworking Broadway’s Kiss Me, Kate for 2019 Audiences by Olivia Clement

Star Kelli O’Hara and writer Amanda Green talk about the feminist update to the current revival of the Cole Porter musical.

School for the Deaf student is living her dream onstage with Pittsburgh Playwrights by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Aaliyah Sanders decided in the fourth grade that she wanted to be an actress, when she was told she was so expressive.

The Color Purple’s Carla R. Stewart Will Star in Off-Broadway’s If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka by Andrew Gans

Tori Sampson’s play will be directed by Obie winner Leah C. Gardiner at Playwrights Horizons.

Southwark Playhouse defends use of puppet to portray autistic child on stage in face of criticism by Giverny Masso

Southwark Playhouse’s artistic director has defended the decision to use a puppet to represent an autistic child in a forthcoming production at

American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks and Rachel Potter to Star in Immersive Shenandoah at Serenbe by Adam Hetrick

The outdoor staging will erupt out of an actual Civil War reenactment incorporating more than 100 soldiers, horses, and canon fire.

Must The Show Go On: A Review of The Producers at Paramount Theatre by Noel Schecter

Paramount Theatre makes a strong case to take a drive to Aurora with their production of this Tony Award-winning musical comedy.

“Tevye Served Raw” Is Delicious and Powerful by Susan Rosenbluth

Take one black-box theater, three superb actors, and material that is, in turn, funny, poignant, nostalgic, and powerful, and the result is magic, which is just what is being dished up in �…

Anthony Warlow and Gina Riley Will Star in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd in June by Andrew Gans

The Tony-winning musical will play limited runs in Sydney and Melbourne.

Rent Take Two! Watch Schooled (The Goldbergs Spin-Off) Perform "What You Own"

Rent is coming back to TV, this time on ABC's Schooled.

The Six-Foot-Seven Prisoner Who Staged The First All-Black Shakespeare by Artsjournal1

Richard Crafus, aka “King Dick”, was shipped off to a prison in southwestern England as an enemy combatant during the War of 1812. The biggest and strongest man in a segregated w…

Beth Leavel Sings a Brassy, Belty Showstopper from The Prom on Late Night with Seth Meyers by Broadway.com

The Prom has been delighting audiences since arriving at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway this past fall. The original musical comedy features a crackerjack company of performers led by Tony…

How Music Gives You The Chills by Artsjournal1

“Neuroscientists have some ideas of about where these [physical responses] come from — essentially neurological reactions to being pleasantly surprised … Music’s ability to trigg…

The Video Game That Lets You Fight Back Against Jim Crow And The KKK by Artsjournal1

“[Video game company] Rockstar’s version of American history is not for the fainthearted. The developer took pains to make Red Dead Redemption 2 as historically accurate as possi…

Taylor Hicks and Rachel Potter Will Star in SHENANDOAH at Serenbe Playhouse by BroadwayWorld

Serenbe Playhouse will present the musical SHENANDOAH, starring American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks and Broadway and The X Factor finalist Rachel Potter. The story of one family's struggle liv…

VIDEO: THE PROM Performs 'It's Not About Me' on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS by Stage Tube

Last night,The cast of Broadway's The Prom performed'It's Not About Me' for Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Photo Coverage: Audra McDonald & More Celebrate Williamstown Theatre Festival at 2019 Gala by Jennifer Broski

Just last night, Williamstown Theatre Festival celebrated its annual GalaAn Evening with Audra McDonald honoring WTF Board Chairman Matt Harris with special appearances by Eden Espinosa, Jes…

Heathers Star Carrie Hope Fletcher to Lead But I’m A Cheerleader London Showcase by Adam Hetrick

The musical based on the 2000 Lionsgate cult film will be presented as part of MTFestUK at the Other Palace Theatre.

Broadway Grosses w/e 2/10/2019: A Slight Uptick in Grosses Sets the Stage for the Spring Season

Grosses this week were up by about 4% and attendance was just slightly higher improving by 5%. Overall, most shows posted increases. The biggest jumps came from Phantom of the Opera, Kink…

‘Lots of trial, not so much laughter’: TRIAL BY LAUGHTER – Touring by Rachel Williams

There's a line in Trial By Laughter, the new touring production of Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s play about freedom of the press, where one of the main characters says to the other: “But …

Theater Time Review: "My Very Own British Invasion" by Joseph Cervelli

Among the most inept jukebox musicals.

Young Artists of America Launches ‘Hear the People Sing’ Civic Engagement Project with ‘Les Miserables’ by News Desk

Young Artists of America (YAA) is proud to announce that the Greater Washington Foundation’s (GWF) Donors InVesting in the Arts (DIVAS) Fund has awarded them a grant for a civic engagement…

David Suchet is brilliant in Arthur Miller’s The Price at Wyndham’s Theatre

This 1968 story of family secrets and debts feels mightily resonant now

Pomme Koch Is The Band's Visit’s New Itzik, Starting February 12 by Andrew Gans

Koch succeeds Brandon Uranowitz in the role created by John Cariani.

Watch Beth Leavel and the Cast of Broadway’s The Prom Perform ‘It’s Not About Me’ by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony Award winner sings from her latest starring role on Late Night With Seth Meyers.

Uma Thurman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, S. Epatha Merkerson, More Set for 2019 Williamstown Theatre Festival by Ryan McPhee

The season opens with a 60th anniversary revival of A Raisin in the Sun.

Philip Glass’s Akhnaten returns to the London Coliseum

Phelim McDermott’s production of the opera is striking, though the music has overlong stretches of repetition

Ariana Grande had another version of 'thank u, next' in case she made up with Pete Davidson by Usa Today, Anika Reed, Usa Today

Ariana Grande says that another version of her hit song "thank u, next" exists.        

Inside the 9th Annual Clive Barnes Awards With Beth Leavel, Michael Riedel, and More by Marc J. Franklin

The annual awards recognize the extraordinary work of young professionals in the fields of acting and dance.

Blue review at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff – ‘a top-class cast’ by Nicholas Davies

Blue is the first fully-fledged new production for young theatre company, Chippy Lane Productions. It’s a classic premise: a very domestic drama

Movement director Shelley Maxwell: ‘Being open is good – there’s a wide rainbow of things we can do’ by Giverny Masso

Former dancer and choreographer Shelley Maxwell fell in love with movement direction after working on the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Hamlet. She tells

Text of the Day: My Dad’s Gap Year by Aleks Sierz

Random and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.

Elisabeth Moss, Brandi Carlile, John Boehner Added as SXSW Speakers by Dave McNary

The Beastie Boys, Brandi Carlile, Elisabeth Moss, T Bone Burnett and former House Speaker John Boehner have been added as speakers at the SXSW Conference during March 8–17 in Austin, Texas…

How A Teenager’s Lecture On The US Constitution Made It To Broadway by Artsjournal1

“Much as Hamilton gave America’s founding a progressive cool factor and became the quintessential Obama-era musical, [Heidi Schreck’s] What the Constitution Means to Me capture…

Dance Meets Urbanism — Could Choreographers Help Create Better Cities? by Artsjournal1

“Ellie Cosgrave, a lecturer in urban innovation at University College London, is collaborating with Theatrum Mundi to look at how choreographic methods could improve urban engineering.…

Play Under Attack For Using Puppet To Play Autistic Child by Artsjournal1

In All In A Row by Alex Oates, “a puppet portrays the character of Laurence, who is described as ‘autistic, non-verbal and occasionally violent’. … The play has faced a b…

‘Melancholia: The Diamond’ – Lars Von Trier Wants To Recreate All His Films As Gemstones (With Virtual Reality Attached) by Artsjournal1

Yes, seriously: the Danish director “intend[s] to turn all 13 of the films he’s made so far into diamonds and to present them at art institutions across the globe. … A museum v…

VIDEO: Leslie Odom Jr. Discusses What Alvin Ailey Has Meant to the Dance and Theater World by Stage Tube

Broadway and television star Leslie Odom Jr. celebrates the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's upcoming 60th anniversary and its legendary late founder, Alvin Ailey. Odom Jr. shares the si…

This Isn’t Child’s Play: ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ by Matthew Wexler

Sandra Marquez and Yasen Peyankov star in the Chicago premiere of Lucas Hnath's play about what happens when one of Ibsen's most famous characters returns to the life she left behind. The po…

‘Clothing is emotion’: Maria Cornejo wants her designs to be enduring — not gimmicks. by Robin Givhan

She skipped a fall 2019 runway show in order to focus on the clothes instead of the theater.

GRACE NOTES: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 by Susan Grace

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Sneak Peek at the First National Tour of Falsettos by Nathan Skethway

The Lincoln Center Theater production of the William Finn musical, which played a limited engagement on Broadway in 2016, launched its national tour in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Music Interview: Michael Daves on How Anyone can be a Bluegrass Singer by Noah Schaffer

"You don’t really know how to perform bluegrass until you interact with others." The post Music Interview: Michael Daves on How Anyone can be a Bluegrass Singer appeared first on The Arts…

Can You Name All 62 Grammy-Winning Musical Theatre Albums? by Nathan Skethway

The Band's Visit took home the 2019 award February 11.

I Interview Playwrights Part 1025: Asher Wyndham by Adam Szymkowicz

Asher Wyndham Hometown: “Hometown”? “The town where you grew up?”? I was born in a village called Grafton in Ontario, Canada. Or: “The town where I spend most of your time?”? I…

Poll: Which ‘Hamilton’ Song Is The Best Jamilton? by Kailey Hansen

The post Poll: Which ‘Hamilton’ Song Is The Best Jamilton? appeared first on Theatre Nerds.

Review: Bouncers, Hull Truck Theatre by Hannah Hobson

Review: Bouncers, Hull Truck Theatre3.0starsBouncers is one of the most performed plays in the UK and there can be no doubt that it can still pack out a house. This city shows up for John Go…

Review:The Light at curtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

a provocotative new play launches MCC's handsome new second stage

Larissa FastHorse’s ‘The Thanksgiving Play’: It’s Okay to Laugh by American Theatre Editors

With her satire of performative wokeness, the Native American writer strives to subtly rewire audiences' default responses.

‘A reminder of just how wonderful theatre can be’: ROCKY HORROR SHOW –Touring ★★★★ by Olivia Mitchell

A Transylvanian delight, Rocky Horror will have you laughing in delight and dancing in your seat from the moment it begins in all its sparkly, transsexual glory.

My Fair Laura by Ken Levine

When I was in New York I saw the recent revival of MY FAIR LADY. It’s my all-time favorite musical. I just think the music is spectacular beyond belief. If a musical has one song that …

Blackface and Minstrelsy on Travalanche by Trav S.D.

Prompted by a journalist’s phone call last night I’ve added a new category on Travalanche. There are many reasons why I haven’t yet created a special section on Travalanche…

BWW's On This Day - February 12, 2019

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Stage Manager Sues Royal Opera House For £200,000 Over Falling Curtain by Artsjournal1

“Gary Crofts, 68, claims that he has been plagued by depression and anxiety since a half-tonne section of stage curtain fell down near him without warning. The incident happened during…

Norton Museum Of Art In Palm Beach Reopens After $100 Million Renovation/Expansion by Artsjournal1

The project, designed by Norman Foster and his firm, has “add[ed] 12,000 square feet of gallery space, along with new classrooms, a restaurant, a sculpture garden and a 210-seat audito…

Tomi Ungerer, 87, Artist And Author Who Specialized In Children’s Lit And Weird Erotica by Artsjournal1

“[He] leaped between genres and mediums, crafting works that included anti-Vietnam War posters, darkly comic children’s books, a mischievous reworking of The Joy of Sex and a cat-sha…

Robert Ryman, Abstract Painter Who Had A Way With White, Dead At 88 by Artsjournal1

“Over the course of the more than half-century of relentless experimentation that followed, Ryman radically expanded the possibilities of abstract painting, continuously rethinking how…

Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Groups’s — Fab Four Plus by Marcia B. Siegel

Mark Morris and Ethan Iverson chose songs from the famous album for reflection and extrapolation. What they made is an entertainment, a romp for the company's terrific dancers. The post Dan…

NEWS: Tom Hartwell brings hit play Before 30 back to London at Waterloo East Theatre by Featured Content

Tom Hartwell's hit play about the targets we aim for by certain ages of our life, Before 30, returns to London this spring. The one-man show runs at Waterloo East Theatre from 26 February to…

Anastasia Ending. Hercules Coming to Central Park. Laura Benanti Continuing. Diversity vs. Blackface on Stage. #Stageworthy News of the Week by Jonathan Mandell

Playwright Young Jean Lee wrote an Op-Ed this week about the advantages of affirmative action in education and diversity in the theater. Looking at some of the faces below of the people who …

How to become a stage manager by Susan Elkin

Should you take a full degree or just top up an existing qualification? Susan Elkin finds out why the quality of the

Why a Nuns' Retreat Was the Perfect Setting for Jessica Dickey’s 'Wacky, Jagged-Edged' New Play by Olivia Clement

Dickey’s play The Convent, directed by Daniel Talbott, continues its world-premiere run Off-Broadway.

‘Could have been an interesting take on the subject of consent’: GREYSCALE – Vault Festival ★★★ by Jonathan Baz

In the #MeToo era Madeleine Gould and Joel Samuels have written what could have been an interesting take on the subject of consent. A too short two-hander immerses the small audience into mo…

Lear deBessonet, of Great Faith by Victoria Myers

When Lear deBessonet was ten years old, she made the decision to live for God. Now deBessonet is responsible for some of the largest and most inclusive theatre productions in NYC. On the hor…

Lear deBessonet, of Great Faith by Victoria Myers

When Lear deBessonet was ten years old, she made the decision to live for God. Now deBessonet is responsible for some of the largest and most inclusive theatre productions in NYC. On the hor…

English Arts Orgs Are Becoming A Bit More Diverse, But Too Slowly: Report by Artsjournal1

“An annual statistical report, published on Tuesday by Arts Council England (ACE), showed slow progress in representation of people from a black and minority ethnic (BME) background, a…

Uma Thurman, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and More Among Performers Set For 2019 Williamstown Theatre Festival by BroadwayWorld

Williamstown Theatre Festival has announced its lineup for its 65th season.Among those set to perform are Uma Thurman in Ghosts, Jesse Tyler Ferguson in Grand Horizons, and more.

REVIEW: Puffs by JK

Review of the Friday, February 1, 2019 performance at New World Stages Stage 5 in New York City. Featuring Madeleine Bundy, Jessie Cannizzaro, Anna Dart, Kullan Edberg, Alex Haynes, Reginald…

Critic's Notebook: A Pittsburgh take on a pair of Los Angeles Philharmonic premieres by Jeremy Reynolds / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Composer Tan Dun spent two years researching lost musical manuscripts from the Dunhuang Library Cave before creating his “Buddha Passion.”

‘Family dynamics don’t change from one era to the next’: Andy de la Tour on starring in My Brother’s Keeper? at Playground Theatre by Featured Content

As Nigel Williams' tale of a troubled sibling relationship, My Brother's Keeper?, receives its first major London revival since its 1985 premiere, Andy de la Tour tells us about how the play…

Lookback: my secret identity by Terry Teachout

From 2009: Many years ago I worked as a teller in a downtown Kansas City bank, a job that allowed me to pay the rent while simultaneously playing jazz and writing concert reviews for the Ka…

Almanac: Søren Kierkegaard on courage and faith by Terry Teachout

“It requires moral courage to grieve; it requires religious courage to rejoice.” Søren Kierkegaard, journal entry, July 19, 1840

REVIEW ROUND-UP: Home, I’m Darling at Duke of York’s Theatre by Emma Clarendon

Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for Laura Wade’s play Home, I’m Darling which has transferred to the West End.

The Cast of The Prom Performs "It's Not About Me" by Late Night With Seth Meyers

Jeff Goldblum jazzed to be coming home by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The movie star and chart-topping jazz musician returns to his West Homestead roots with two Valentine’s Day concerts.

Squelchy melons and squeaky drills: How to bring the disturbing world of Berberian Sound Studio to the stage by Holly Williams, Holly Williams

Brothers Ben and Max Ringham are the sound designers helping to turn Peter Strickland's cult movie into a play. They tell Holly Williams why it's a dream project

Photo Coverage: Inside Second Stage Theater's 32nd Annual All-Star Bowling Classic by Walter McBride

Just last night, Second Stage Theater celebrated its 32nd annual All-Star Bowling Classic. For over 30 years, stars of stage and screen have come out to bowl in support of Second Stage's awa…

Wake Up With BWW 2/12: First Look at FALSETTOS Tour, Ben Platt Tour Dates, and More! by Stephanie Wild

Good morning, BroadwayWorld Time to catch up on the latest Broadway news

Miriam Margolyes & Griff Rhys Jones voice Where Is Peter Rabbit? in West End by Robin Johnson

Miriam Margolyes and Griff Rhys Jones will be lending their voices to the magical family musical Where Is Peter Rabbit?, transferring to the West End. The post Miriam Margolyes & Griff …

Casting a puppet as an autistic child is a grotesque step backwards | Frances Ryan by Frances Ryan

A new play about autism has sparked a row by using an inanimate figure pulled by strings in the central role, while the other characters are played by humansThere are some ideas that should …

REVIEW: The Price, Wyndham’s Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Paul T Davies

By Paul T Davies Paul T Davies reviews David Suchet in Arthur Miller’s The Price now playing at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre. This post REVIEW: The Price, Wyndham’s The…

‘Shows us nothing has changed’: TOKENS OF AFFECTION – Waterloo East Theatre ★★★★ by Michael Davis

Written by Maureen Lawrence and directed by Charlie Barker, Tokens of Affection takes place in a special teaching unit in Rotherham for ‘troublesome’ girls, during the early eighties.

Diana Ross reveals 2019 Red Rocks Amphitheatre show hot off her Grammy performance by John Wenzel, The Know

Legendary soul singer Diana Ross will return to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in July.

Photo Coverage: Inside the THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG 40th Anniversary Concert, Starring Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein by Walter McBride

A 40th Anniversary reunion benefit concert of the 1979 hit Broadway production of They're Playing Our Song was held on Monday, February 11th at 730 pm at the Music Box Theatre 239 West 45th …

Adam Driver and Keri Russell Share the Stage in Burn This by Elysa Gardner

When Pulitzer Prize-winner Lanford Wilson’s Burn This first opened on Broadway in 1987, its four-member cast included a luminous young actress named Joan Allen — already an accomplished …

‘A production with a lot to offer’: FIGHT NIGHT – Vault Festival by Shanine Salmon

Fight Night is an immersive, underground boxing match as the audience’s actions and reactions determines the winner.

Dance teacher Clare Limb: ‘Make the most of any opportunity – you can learn from everything’ by John Byrne

How did you start in theatre? While reading English and theatre studies at the University of Lancaster, I was introduced to physical

Director Debbie Hannan: ‘You are entitled to be here and theatre needs you to be yourself’ by John Byrne

I didn’t speak for two weeks on my first job, and I ended it having a voice. It was career and life-changing

The Green Room: When did you know you wanted to work in the arts for a living? by Jon Dryden Taylor

Meet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details…​​​​​​​​​​ Albert

The Evolution of Red-Carpet Politics by Michael Schulman

The New Yorker writers Michael Schulman and Naomi Fry discuss the history of the red carpet, from Aeschylus to Joan Rivers, in anticipation of the Academy Awards.

Akhnaten review at London Coliseum – ‘a visually extraordinary staging’ by George Hall

English National Opera’s collaboration with Improbable and its director Phelim McDermott on Philip Glass’ 1984 opera returns for its first revival. It

New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the premiere of Tom Wright’s Undetectable, directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair by Terri Paddock

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Wednesday 20 March 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock will be at the King's Head Theatre for world premiere production of post-chemsex …

A Two-Piano Encounter by Artsjournal1

A welcome surprise: I had no idea that veteran pianist Fred Hersch and the relatively new piano star Sullivan Fortner had worked together. — Doug Ramsey

Dancing Community by Artsjournal1

It wasn’t the usual impersonal voice reminding those of us sitting in the Joyce Theater to please turn off our cellphones, Instead, we who were waiting to see Camille A. Brown and Dancers …

Accessibility and its discontents by Artsjournal1

When I started blogging a decade and a half ago, I took for granted that it would be essential to draw a bright line between the things I talked about on line and the things I kept to myself…

Kahlo: It’s Fridalandia in Brooklyn by Artsjournal1

I enjoyed seeing the Brooklyn Museum’s Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving, but the exhibit was about her, not about her art. (That was its goal, and it succeeded at its goal.) The b…

'The man controls the woman’s voice': why Berberian Sound Studio is horribly apt by Ryan Gilbey

The story of a sound engineer recording effects for an Italian horror film is coming to the Donmar Warehouse. It’s not a gorefest, say its director and writerThe first thing you see when y…

Q&A video and photos: What would Bram Stoker think of Dracula staged at The London Library? by Terri Paddock

The bookworm in me adores everything about libraries and they don’t get much more atmospheric, or historic, than The London Library, the world’s oldest independent lending librar…

Playwright Anne Washburn: ‘I pray God my Trump play won’t be relevant in three years’ by Hugh Montgomery

Mr Burns author Anne Washburn’s new play tackles the divisive US president. She tells Hugh Montgomery why she unfazed by negative criticism

Review: ‘The Old Man, the Youth, and the Sea’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre by Andrew Walker White

As the clouds have gathered over the past two years, we have witnessed the coarsening of our politics as one party promotes an increasingly strident brand of nationalism, corruption, and inc…

Phil Willmott: Theatre must stamp out ageism – and #MeToo shows us how by Phil Willmott

Having seen the results of brilliant people bringing about social change with swift, direct action for the #MeToo campaign, there are surely

Lighting designer Rob Halliday: Will we be able to work in the EU on March 30? Nobody knows… by Rob Halliday

Can we just think for a minute about a friend of mine, who has a gig on March 30 – in Europe.

Episode 605: Propping Up the Barnum by MusicalTalk

Episode 605: Propping Up the Barnum. What a year it’s been for PT Barnum!  With a blockbuster musical film about his life, The Greatest Showman, and a London revival of the original 1980 …

Queensland Theatre joins worldwide 70th celebration of Death of a Salesman by Arts Review

From Brisbane to India and London to Washington, Arthur Miller’s classic to be performed globally in 2019 Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, is widely lauded as one of the greatest pla…

Taming the Tricky Tightrope: School Daze by Lindsay Price

Middle school can be tricky. School Daze by Lindsay Price explores the tricky tightrope between being a kid and a teenager on the first day of middle school. You remember middle school. That…

On the Couch with Ben Walter by Arts Review

Who is Ben Walter? An actor. A theatre producer. A director. A musician. Deaf in one ear. What would you do differently to what you do now? Wreak a little more havoc. Or become a professiona…

Bruce Springsteen's Absence Haunts Broadway Box Office by Lee Seymour

More people are buying Broadway tickets than ever - but they're spending less per seat than just a year ago...

In Conversation: Love is Love by Arts Review

For almost half of NIDA’s 60 years, homosexual activity was illegal, persecuted and discriminated against at all levels of law and society in Australia. This had a major impact on how LGBT…

“They Shall Not Grow Old” releases across 500 theaters by Blouin Artinfo

Warner Bros. Pictures widened the front for Peter Jackson’s widely acclaimed World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old.” The studio expanded the release of the film to 500 thea…

My Very Own British Invasion *** by Barry Gordin

Paper Mill Playhouse Presents World Premiere of Rick Elice’s My Very Own British Invasion, Based on the Life of Herman Hermit’s Peter Noone By Ellis Nassour February 11, 2019: Pap…

2019 Head On Photo Festival Headliners Announced by Arts Review

Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s leading annual photography event, today announced 12 international award-winning photographers that will headline the 2019 Festival, presented across mu…

Veronica Dunne Makes a Jazzy Return to Chicago on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Veronica Dunne reprises her celebrated turn as Roxie Hart in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago beginning on February 12. Dunne replaces Charlotte d'Amboise, who exited the product…

Pomme Koch Takes Over as Itzik in Tony-Winning The Band's Visit by Andy Lefkowitz

Pomme Koch, an original standby of The Band's Visit, graduates to the role of Itzik in the Tony-winning hit beginning on February 12. Koch replaces Brandon Uranowitz, who exited the prod…

Is Porn Empowering or Degrading for Women? - Inspired by a true story, 'Exposed' explores female sexuality in the modern age

Inspired by a true story, Exposed explores female sexuality in the modern age---At a time when students take out an average of $37,172 in loans to pay for college, it's no wonder young peopl…

The Dance Enthusiast Asks Jenny Rocha/Rocha Dance Theater’s about “Half-Heard” as part of CUNY Dance Initiative by The Dance Enthusiast

The Dance Enthusiast Asks Jenny Rocha/Rocha Dance Theater’s about “Half-Heard” as part of CUNY Dance Initiative, "My entire life I have experienced mansplaining and misogynistic cowork…

Sea Wall/A Life, With Tom Sturridge and Jake Gyllenhaal, Opens at The Public Theater by Olivia Clement

The double bill of solo plays by Simon Stephens and Nick Payne officially opens at the Off-Broadway theatre February 12.

Bekah Brunstetter's The Cake Begins Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The MTC production, directed by Lynne Meadow and starring Debra Jo Rupp, begins performances February 12.

Hats Off, Here They Come: Follies Returns to London’s National February 12 by Andrew Gans

The Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical will officially open February 22.

Josh Groban Concert, Featuring Idina Menzel, Arrives in Movie Theatres February 12 by Andrew Gans

The concert, which was filmed at Madison Square Garden, also features Jennifer Nettles.