First, behold the title: If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka, sparkling with energy. Next, the structure: playwright Tori Sampson's dynamic, emotional play riffs on folklore, Afric…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:58PMJamie Lloyd locates the radical soul of a classic work
The grand finale to Jamie Lloyd’s remarkable Pinter at the Pinter season is this starry production of one of the writer’s greatest …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:30PMHarold Pinter Theatre, LondonTom Hiddleston is the big draw and is superb in conveying unhealed emotional wounds
After a brilliant season of Pinter’s short plays we now get his full-length…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:26PMIn a literal case of one person’s trash is another’s treasure, New York Times had a piece about museums grading the works in their collection to decide what to liquidate. It has long b…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:24PMIt often occurs to me, especially lately, just how much the trajectory of any life comes down to dumb luck. Sure, people can work hard to change their lot in life, or screw up enough to piss…
SOURCE: Show Showdown at 08:17PMThere is something thrilling when a play has been deemed of significant interest to the population at large that critics all write
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PMThe Glasgow-based artistic director talks theatre with a difference
“When we graduated we were seeing lot of theatre as a literary form,” explains Candice Edmunds of the theatre company …
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:00PMOne of the darkest periods in modern American politics was the McCarthy Era of the mid-20th century. Fueled by the anti-Communist sentiment of the Cold War, the government issued a list of s…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00PM
by Samuel L. Leiter There are a lot of Jewish jokes in A Jewish Joke, Marni Freedman and Phil Johnson’s not-up-to-expectations solo play, in which Johnson portrays a come…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:54PMReviewed by Judd Hollander
People of a certain age may recall the joy of going through dusty bins of vinyl recordings at a record store or flea market and seeing one that unexpectedly caug…
SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 07:46PMHarold Pinter’s Betrayal is a play that’s easier to admire than to love. Structurally, it’s masterful, charting the emotional fallout from a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45PMFollowing the success of 'Broadway Against Bullying' nationally renowned non-profit No Bully hosted a one-night-only cabaret 'Broadway Against Bullying to celebrate their 10th Anniversary.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:38PMThe Rocky Horror Picture Show is not, by most conventional measures, family-friendly. It features a monster designed by an alien transvestite scientist for sex, casual dinner-time cannibalis…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 07:32PMSymphony Space proudly celebrates the women of Broadway-from incredible performers like Judy Kuhn and Kate Baldwin, to hyper-talented lyricists and composers such as Lynn Ahrens and Jeanine …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMThe TSO is calling this and future concerts of this type “Relaxed Performances,” the term already in use for similar events in the UK. With specially designed changes to the concert form…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06PMFrom comedy and drama to musicals and dance, Chicago's stages are alive with vibrant productions.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 07:00PM★★★ Chisa Hutchinson's play includes the 23rd psalm and is just as hopeful
The post Surely, Goodness and Mercy: A 12-Year Old Good But Maybe Too Good appeared first on New York Stage R…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 07:00PMMaking its New York premiere in the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row, Keen Company’s resonant production of Surely Goodness and Mercy by playwright Chisa Hutchinson is an uplifting present-d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00PM
Westfield News Group ArtsBeat 3/13/19. "Jeeves and Wooster in "Perfect Nonsense" N.American Premiere at Hartford Stage; "Girlfriend" at TheaterWorks, Nutmeg Summer Series at CT. Rep, "Beauti…
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 06:47PMThe Tony- and Emmy Award-winning performer will preside over the 73rd annual award ceremony.
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 06:42PMInstagram is about to be too darn hot because Kiss Me, Kate's Sarah Meahl is taking over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story tomorrow, March 14th, for the show's opening night at Studio 54 Make …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:39PMBringing its viral musical numbers to life, Olay has announcedto 'Olay Live The Road to Glow'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMThe new production of the Harold Pinter play, also starring Charlie Cox and Zawe Ashton, opens March 13 at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:23PMRehearsals are currently underway forTootsie, whichbegins preview performances on Friday, March 29th and officially opens on Tuesday, April 23rd at the Marquis Theatre 210 West 46th Street. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18PMChrysanthe Tan, the autistic violinist who wrote last week’s open letter to other musicians: “Today, I present you with … an organized, actionable reference guide to help you enact a p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:09PMThe mayor says he's told aldermen that "you cannot, in the face of what’s happened over the last two months in the city, stall out on ethics reform."
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 06:06PMOn every campus, I meet scholars eager to share what they know outside the walls of their institutions. They find themselves stalled by three factors: lack of knowledge on how media works as…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM
Put up your dukes today as we take step into the ring to celebrate the musical theatre take on the 1976 Best Picture, Rocky, which opened on Broadway on this day in 2014.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:49PMBosTen is your weekly guide to events and cool happenings in and around Boston.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 05:49PMWill Swenson stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Nantucket Sleigh Ride and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMSpotify CEO Daniel Ek says that if Spotify pays this cut it has to “artificially inflate” its prices “well above the price of Apple Music.” But if it doesn’t pay, Apple applies “…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:31PMMuseum wants 600 'students' to break modern-jazz dance mark
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 05:30PMHampden’s early modern theatre company, Baltimore Shakespeare Factory (BSF), is proud to present Hamlet, opening April 12, 2019. This famous tragedy, regarded by many as the greatest pla…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:29PMVictoria’s reputation for fostering a healthy music industry has been boosted with the Victorian Government announcing funding to support our artists, roadies and music workers in crisis. …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:25PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Watch Jenn Colella Sing Louder Than Words from Tick, Tick...BOOM!
A bevy of Broadway's brightest stars joined a sold-out audien…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:23PMKate Baldwin in Superhero
(Photo: Joan Marcus)Composer Tom Kitt and scribe John Logan have many accolades between them, including a Pulitzer Prize, Tony Awards, an Emmy, three Oscar nominati…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:21PMMultiple Tony Award-nominated Broadway producerTom Kirdahywill be presented The Commercial Theater Institute's Robert Whitehead Award for Outstanding Achievement In Commercial Theater Produc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:17PMDr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism…The Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy will be performed at Laurie Beechman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PMBig news regarding Hugh Jackman. Listen to the podcast to learn more!
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 05:02PMThe history of the United States is a history of bias and brutality and hubris, but it is also a history of idealism and hard work and soaring optimism. What emerges is an invitation to rega…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:02PMThe Atlantic Theatre Company production of Florian Zeller’s play opened March 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:01PMTom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox and Zawe Ashton are ferocious in Jamie Lloyd's revival of Betrayal, which opened at the Harold Pinter Theatre tonight.
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The concerts will celebrate songs made famous on screen by Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, and Lady Gaga.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMSasson Gabay talks reprising the role he created in the original film.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 04:54PMTarell Alvin McCraney, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Moonlight and acclaimed playwright of Choir Boy, has been announced to star in the world premiere production of Ms. Blakk for Preside…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:54PMIt was announced this week that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be heading to Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne at the completion of their current Sydney Season. As productions such…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 04:40PMThe global prize for English-language writers carries a purse of $165,000.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:35PMThe solo comedy, co-written by Phil Johnson and Marni Freedman, is now playing at Theatre Row.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMFor instance, on the simplest task, if someone was generally not prone to boredom, they tended to perform better when listening to the most complex form of music than with either simple musi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:33PMThe lab rounds out the children's museum's new STEAM Center, supported by a $1 million donation from Emerson
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:30PMComposer/lyricist Tom Kitt and scribe John Logan collaborated for the first time on the new musical Superhero, and it was their shared love of comic books that bonded them.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:29PMA new monthly series, "Theatre: All the Moving Parts," will feature interviews with stage artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:28PMPatrons entering the O’Reilly Theater will be welcomed by the new security measures that began being rolled out Downtown in October.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 04:22PMDenzel Washington is in talks to star in the thriller “Little Things” for Warner Bros., sources tell Variety. “The Blindside” and “Highway Men” director John Lee Hancock is board…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:18PMThe Festival de MicroTeatro: El Sueño Americano will feature five mini plays about the Latinx experience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:13PMHow can a 60-seat black box studio above a pub stand out amongst nearly 100 Off-West End and fringe theatres in London? THIS is how. There was palpable excitement in the room on last night …
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 04:12PM“We want this public asset used for the maximum public benefit. Not only is there a housing crisis, there’s also a crisis in terms of us being able to preserve culture.” – KQED
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01PMPlaybill's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMThe Porchlight Music Theatre of Chicago has announced its 25th anniversary season, kicking off with Hollis Resnik in "Sunset Boulevard" and concluding with the local premiere of "Freaky Frid…
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Sir Elton John rarely writes with lyricists other than Bernie Taupin. The exceptions have been Broadway musicals like “Aida” and “The Lion
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 03:56PMInternational Women’s Day, World Theatre Day, 400 Years of Inequality, and others offer opportunities for the field to mark our history this month and beyond.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:54PMElton John has announced his first-ever autobiography, set to hit bookshelves this fall. “My life has been one helluva roller coaster ride and I’m now ready to tell you my story, in my o…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:35PMCornelius was among eight international writers to win the Windham-Campbell prize – which they didn’t know they were in the running for
As has almost become cliché among Australian winn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:30PMIn written English right now, there’s little consensus on this question. National publications have not settled on a regular style. The Atlantic, for instance, used both (emoji, emojis)…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:29PMThe Commercial Theater Institute will honor the Hadestown and Anastasia producer with the award.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMWith the news that the Tony Award winner will return to Broadway in The Music Man, we look back at his previous stints on stages around the world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMGot a bachelorette party in your near future? Planning a girls’ (or boys’) night out? Looking for a full-throated, multi-generational, warm-spirited night on the town? “The Choir of Me…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:10PM'The Chers' Stephanie J. Block, Teal Wicks and Micaela Diamond from THE CHER SHOW Caissie Levy, Elsa in FROZEN James T. Lane, Paul in KISS ME, KATE and Ali Stroker, Ado Annie in OKLAHOMA per…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMThe title of this show, if you have never heard of it, doesn’t mean what you might think. It’s not about fitness. It’s not about sex. It’s a country-western musical about ten hard-up…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:08PMThe return engagement, which was extended through April 28, will now wrap up April 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:05PMThe Nobel laureate talks about politics, law, race/ethnic relations, and corruption in both his erstwhile adopted country (the U.S.) and his native land (Nigeria); about what went wrong in S…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PMBob Fosse’s signature style as a director and choreographer was stripped-down and then askew, removing familiar excesses of movement or film language so that he might replace them with ent…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM
The Rinzai Zen master Ikkyū Sojun (1394-1481) was a poet, musician, artist, and rebel. He led a life of whoring and drinking. His poems — “often erotic, argumentative, contradictory, ju…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:57PMChucho Valdés, Jazz Batá 2 (Mack Avenue)Valdés’s Jazz Batá was considered a departure into the avant-garde when he made it in 1972. Nearly half a century later, the follow-up finds him…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:55PMNeither “Queen of Basel” at Studio nor “Masterpieces . . .” at Signature achieves liftoff.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:49PM“The plan recognizes the shifts in art-making in the 40-odd years since we were founded,” said Hirshhorn Director Melissa Chiu. “Many artists create work on a larger scale, and we want…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PMTDC is a leading management consulting and research firm that works across the nonprofit sector. For 50 years, TDC has worked exclusively with nonprofit, governmental, educational, and phila…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:31PMThe world premiere, slated to round out the 2019 season, will run at a later date.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PM“The Choir of Man” may be set in a pub, but its sound hails more from the coffee shop.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 02:11PMBy Douglas Mayo
International superstar Barbra Streisand is to perform as part of Barclaycard's British Summer Time on Sunday 7 July 2019.
This post Barbra Streisand to perform in Hyde Park …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:11PMIN PRAISE OF THE PUB There’s no need for a plot, three-dimensional characters, or conflicts pending resolution — no, not when the setting and its songs sell themselves from the start. Th…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:10PMOne of the industry's most bankable stars is coming full circle with the 2020 production.
SOURCE: Forbes at 02:08PMTony nominee Brooks Ashmanskas is a musical comedy stalwart. With 14 Broadway credits to his name, he has landed huge laughs in productions like Something Rotten!, Bullets Over Broadway, Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:07PMGet those “Seventy-Six Trombones” ready, because Hugh Jackman is starring in a Broadway revival of “The Music Man,” producer Scott Rudin announced on Wednesday. Though the two-time T…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:05PM“Despite praise in his lifetime from Langston Hughes, Susan Sontag, Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, as well as – in later years – John Waters and Jonathan Franzen, Purdy … cast out by the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:04PMThe March 25 concert will take place at Feinstein’s at the Nikko.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMRodriguez will now appear in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMThe star of The Last Five Years and The Americans will play dates in July and August.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMFor whatever reason — a worry about looming dystopia, perhaps — Germany is having its Babylonian moment. Major new opera productions here in Hamburg and in Berlin last weekend proved med…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM
Each boy or girl, trekking home from a distant school across days or weeks, takes a movie camera to record the journey and reunion
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:57PMThe Actors Fund benefit starring the show's original Broadway cast took place at the Broadhurst Theatre March 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PM The new play Smart Blonde starring Andrea Burns held a press meet and greet and Theater Pizzazz was on the scene with Maryann Lopinto on camera. 59E59 Theaters (Val Day, Artistic Director…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 01:37PMRural counties that are home to performing arts organizations experienced population growth three times faster and higher household incomes (up to $6,000 higher) than rural counties lacking …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PMCasting, the rest of the creative team and a production timeline for the stage musical will be announced at a later date.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 01:32PMToni Collette (“Hereditary”) is set to star as Jan, a woman who starts a racing syndicate in her small Welsh village and attempts to raise a champion racehorse, in “Dream Horse.” Dam…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:24PMThe Keegan Theatre show needs more horsepower to drive the Trey Anastasio score.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:20PMIt’s 1952 in Manhattan, and it’s raining men with money — unless you’re Louis (Sean Doherty), Max (Marcello Audino) and Sonny (Kenny Tran). These three pals are barely holding on to …
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 01:18PMTony nominee and comedic genius Brooks Ashmanskas discusses starring in The Prom as actor-turned-do-gooder Barry Glickman and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:13PMThe newly formed Studio Acting Conservatory has secured temporary space for its next season of classes. 2019-2020 Classes will take place in Washington, DC, at the Garnet Patterson School, d…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:10PMGolden Globe and SAG Award winner Sandra Oh will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on March 30. Oh stars in BBC America's Killing Eve, which returns for its second season on April 7.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:07PMAretha Franklin is going on tour — or, rather, the concert movie she stars in is, as “Amazing Grace” is being booked for a solid week’s worth of premieres across the country at the e…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:07PMHere's who and what's heading to professional theatre companies across the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:02PM“For dancers with a strictly concert background, making the transition into TV and film can feel like stepping into the unknown. The heightened speed of the rehearsals, ever-changing struc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PMMillennial mores take center stage against the backdrop of intragalactic travel in this local premiere by MJ Kaufman.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMQueen C*nt: Sacred or Profane? It’s a great, intriguing title, and the strapline promises even more: to let us watch Deborah Ward and China Blue Fish leave their husbands, practice witchcr…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM
A bevy of Broadway's brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019, to celebrate and motivate the LGBTQ community and its allies through gender-reversed renditions of beloved …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:59PMA bevy of Broadway's brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019, to celebrate and motivate the LGBTQ community and its allies through gender-reversed renditions of beloved …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMThe annual evening of gender-reversed twists on beloved showtunes raised a record $704,491.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMCheck out these very relatable moments from Kiss Me, Kate.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:36PMAs 'Mary Poppins Returns' moves from theaters to home release, where does the musical stack up against the 1964 original in movie history?
SOURCE: USA Today at 12:33PMGinger Krebs' new hourlong performance shows us a game in which the current winner is the moneyed, narrative-owning powers that be, but the underdog team, though skittish and sustaining dama…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:33PM“They’re moving us to a swamp, with no opportunity to grow our vision,” said Sami Scott, who helped organize a petition drive against the orchestra’s proposal. That petition has accu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:32PMSara Bareilles has landed the sweetest of small-screen gigs. The Tony-nominated Waitress songwriter has been selected as the musical guest for the April 6 edition of NBC's Saturday Night L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:29PMRoundabout Theatre Company presents the new Broadway production of the musical comedy Kiss Me, Kate, starring Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara. Check out highlights of the cast in action below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMTrafalgar Studios, London When positive discrimination appears to rob a boy of his college place, the racial pieties of America’s left are exposed in Joshua Harmon’s drama
Joshua Harmon …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22PMThe festival will feature readings of plays by MJ Halberstadt, Melinda Lopez and Maurice E. Parent, and Brenda Withers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:21PMIn a special ceremony March 5, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History received a donation of costume items from the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical Kinky Boots. Kinky Bo…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:15PMWhom can we thank at the Boston Symphony Orchestra for choosing James Carter to be the featured saxophone soloist in March 23’s concert at Symphony Hall?
The post Jazz Appreciation and Pre…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:13PMA bevy of Broadway’s brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019, to celebrate and motivate the LGBTQ community and its allies through gender-reversed renditions of belove…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:12PMIf every copy of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie spontaneously combusted, and from each pile of ashes emerged phoenix-like a copy of Hilary Bettis’s Queen of Basel in its place, I could b…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:06PMBen Edelman and Alex Kingston star in the West End engagement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMMy sister asked me what play I was going to see as we wrapped up our phone call. “Oh, it’s a musical about one of those contests where people stand around a truck and the last person who…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:03PMLast year, Lukas Dhont’s debut feature won four prizes at Cannes and a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign film; Netflix bought the US rights. Then came the backlash — not only were…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PMTony Award-winner Anna D. Shapiro will direct the upcoming musical The Devil Wears Prada, with music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by Shaina Taub, and book by Paul Rudnick.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMVirgin Trains has come under fire for a competition in which voice-over services will be provided for free, with Equity branding the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMBarber Shop Chronicles is a hugely impressive production. Life-affirming and vivid. Putting lives on stage which have not been seen there before.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMTaylor Mac has gone from downtown darling to MacArthur “Genius" Grant recipient and Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist for his 24-hour long A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, which has t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
Three stories shedding light on various aspects of the British-Chinese experience are cleverly interwoven in this production that combines dining with verbatim
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:59AMIn a small shack in Port Elizabeth, deep in the grip of Apartheid, two brothers – one white-passing, one darker skinned –
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMBroadway.com is honored to exclusively announce that Mean Girls Tony nominee and cancer survivor Ashley Park has been selected as the first recipient of Cancer Support Community's Marin Mazz…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:51AMIt’s 30 years since Mid Wales Opera first set out to bring fully staged chamber productions to small, rural communities – and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMActors are appealing for more stage and screen make-up to be suitable for vegan and vegetarian performers, after concerns were raised about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:47AMPrimary schoolchildren in the London borough of Southwark will receive a free visit to the theatre every year as part of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMThe New York premiere from the Keen Company opens March 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:42AMThe Olivier Awards with Mastercard are Britain’s most prestigious theatre awards, and with this year’s nominations announcement finally revealed, it’s time to reflect on what some of l…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:42AMDramaturg and radio personality Roger Pines discusses the upcoming RENÉE FLEMING 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT & [...]
The post Lyric Opera Dramaturg Roger Pines On The Upcoming RENÉE FLEMI…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:39AMThe Institute of Financial Wellness for the Arts plans to be a one-stop shop for anyone making a living in the field.
SOURCE: Forbes at 11:35AMThe Tony-winning actor will play Harold Hill in a revival that includes members of the creative team behind the recent production of “Hello, Dolly!”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:33AMSusan Miller (1920-2018) figures in a couple of important classic comedies, and she passed away just recently, so she rates a shout out here today. A native of Clark’s Summit, Pennsylvania…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:33AMCatch a glimpse of the dances, the songs, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMParks and squares are littered with markers that failed at their only job: to keep their topics from falling into oblivion. You may have paused a thousand times at the feet of that mounted …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:31AMBy Matthew Lunn
Matthew Lunn reviews The Lady Vanishes at Richmond Theatre where it is playing as pasrt of its UK Tour
This post REVIEW: The Lady Vanishes, Richmond Theatre ✭✭✭ first a…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:30AMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth shares writing advice from Arthur Laurents, scoop from his concert with Jeremy Jordan, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMFXhas shared first look images from the premiere episode of FOSSEVERDON See Michelle Williams, Sam Rockwell, and Kelli Barrett in the first episode of the series, titled 'Life's a Cabaret.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:29AMTony Award-winning director Anna D. Shapiro has been tapped to direct the forthcoming musical production of The Devil Wears Prada. The new piece, with a book by Paul Rudnick, music by Sir El…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:28AMCostume designer Jeff Mahshie has tucked an Easter egg into the clothes for eagle-eyed fans (and Mazzie fan Kelli O'Hara).
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:23AMAs the Olivier record-setting show prepares to enter its fourth year in the West End, rehearsals have begun for its next cast, including Michelle Gayle.
The post Michelle Gayle joins London …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:20AMThe Audible and NYTW co-production will open Off-Broadway in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMThe talented company of the new Broadway sensation Be More Chill is having quite the week. Just a few days after a star-packed opening-night celebration, the company of Joe Iconis and Joe …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:17AMNorm Lewis is among those recently announced to join the cast ofSpike Lee's anticipatedNetflixfilmDa 5 Bloods.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMGet a first look at Kelli O'Hara, Will Chase, Corbin Bleu and the cast of Kiss Me, Kate with these show clips.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:16AMKilgore will play the biological daughter of Tony winner Odom’s character.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:15AMCast members Wonu Ogunfowora and Lauren Zakrin stop by the Playbill Studio to sing "Wallflower."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:14AMThe Tony Award winner will perform her solo cabaret show for two performances May 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMThe program, presented by arts education nonprofit Inside Broadway, offers students a glimpse at how Broadway shows run and operate.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:09AMWhat the Constitution Means to Me has announced a general rush policy
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMShe had had quite a life even before she became the first superstar virtuoso of an electronic instrument: she was a child prodigy on the violin who toured with her pianist sister until injur…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMKiss Me, Kate choreographer Warren Carlyle talks about reimagining "It's Too Darn Hot", his dream revival, and what he looks for in a dancer.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:01AMMiranda Priestly can’t call all the shots. The upcoming musical adaptation of “The Devil Wears Prada” has tapped Anna D. Shapiro to direct the show, which is eyeing an eventual Broadwa…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:01AMThe Broadway-bound The Devil Wears Prada, with music by Elton John, has found its director: Anna D. Shapiro, Tony Award-winner in 2008 for August: Osage County, was announced today by produc…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:00AMThings are kicking off in Liverpool – in fact, you could say they’ve reached rock bottom. Tabard hears things got a bit
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMTony winner Anna D. Shapiro has been named director of the Broadway-aimed new musical The Devil Wears Prada. The previously announced tuner, featuring a book by Paul Rudnick, music by Elton …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMChisa Hutchinson's one-woman play Proof of Love, starring Suzzanne Douglas, will be the next Audible Theater production at off-Broadway's Minetta Lane Theatre. Jade King Carroll directs the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:00AMFairy-tale nuts will get a huge kick out of “The Old Man and the Old Moon,” a Pigpen Theatre Co. production now in a limited run at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AMAnna D. Shapiro, the artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, has been tapped to direct ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ musical. The musical features music by Sir Elton John, lyrics by…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:00AMIt’s a cult classic, it’s summery fun, it’s the music of ABBA and altogether it’s a great night out. It’s never going to be the most theatrically enthralling or deeply emotive piec…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
The Ahrens and Flaherty musical, based on the hit 1976 film and featuring a book co-written by Sylvester Stallone, played Broadway in 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMThe new musical is based on the 2003 novel and the subsequent hit film starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMCementing his position as Broadway’s most prolific and arguably most powerful producer, Scott Rudin said today that he’s reviving The Music Man, starring Hugh Jackman, in October 2020…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 10:58AMThe celebrated off-Broadway sensation Stomp is currently celebrating 25 years at off-Broadway's Orpheum Theatre. In honor of the show's milestone, a slew of high-profile names including Javi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:57AMTransport Group just presented its annual A Toast to the Artist gala, honoring Tony Award-winning orchestrator Michael Starboin and composer Carmel Dean with the Transporting American Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMThe new play by Matt Williams, directed by John Pasquin, will play an additional two weeks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMHugh Jackman will star as Harold Hill in “The Music Man.” Directed by Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Warren Carlyle, the fourth Broadway production of Meredith Wilson’s musical about…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:48AMStephen Karam's Tony-winning play The Humans is set for a film adaptation. According to Deadline, the movie will feature Jayne Houdyshell reprising her Tony-winning role as Deirdre and also …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:46AMStephen Karam will direct and adapt the film version of his Tony-winning drama.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMGood Morning America goes backstage for a tour of the set, a choreography lesson, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMGood Morning America goes backstage for a tour of the set, a choreography lesson, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMWonderful happenstance that Dorothy Davenport’s birthday falls during Women’s History Month, for Davenport (1895-1977), was not just a pioneering director/producer/screenwriter/actress, …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:42AM“On December 4, 1950, two years after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, T.S. Eliot stood behind a lectern in the Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y and read some of his best w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:35AMBreak out the marching band uniforms, the brass instruments, the banners
and batons! The Music Man is headed back to Broadway and it is time for a
parade. Producer Scott Rudin has announce…
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 10:33AMDuring an interview with The New York Times, Amy Schumer revealed that she is working on a film adaptation of the Tony-winning play'The Humans.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMThe revival, slated to start previews on Sept. 9, 2020, before opening on Oct. 22, is being produced by Scott Rudin and will play at a Shubert Theatre to be announced. Additional casting, in…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:21AMMusic Director Martin Pearlman had the excellent idea to cut out 6 of the 18 arias to make Jephtha move along, and it paid off.
The post Concert Review: Boston Baroque’s “Jephtha” — …
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:14AMA24, IAC and Scott Rudin and Eli Bush are producing a film adaptation of the four-time Tony-winning play The Humans by Stephen Karam. Beanie Feldstein, Jayne Houdyshell (reprising her Tony-w…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:09AMHugh Jackman is coming back to Broadway as a classic roguish traveling salesman in a revival of ‘The Music Man’
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:07AM“Writing in the journal Royal Society Open Science, [Canadian researchers] report how 15 method actors, mainly theatre students, were trained to take on a Shakespeare role – either Romeo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:04AMThere has been a huge outpouring of emotion following the death of actor Luke Perry. In 2004, he starred in a stage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMMike Leigh’s classic Abigail’s Party is back in the theatre with its irrepressible hostess, Beverly Moss, handing out gin and tonics and cheesy-pineapple nibbles to the sounds of Demis R…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMA quarter of a century ago, we reported on a strange set of affairs: Bolton councillors debating on whether to lift a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMThose psychedelic costumes on “The Masked Singer” will be imprinted on our brains forever. For Joey Fatone, one of them will be imprinted on his leg forever. The ‘N Sync-er got a tatto…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 10:00AMThe Temptations’ dancing was essential to their allure. Sergio Trujillo makes it more intricate, stylistically varied and narratively sophisticated.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMA low-key spotter of high-wattage talent, Jason Eagan has made Ars Nova the launchpad for creative types merging uptown and downtown sensibilities.
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:59AMCasting is complete for the touring production, opening at the Lyric Hammersmith in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe limited series about Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon—with performances from a slew of Broadway stars—premieres April 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AMBe More Chill is taking Broadway by storm, and today they took the country by storm too, with a performance on Good Morning America
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:56AMNew productions of A Lesson from Aloes and Blood Knot forcefully portray a world of claustrophobia, surveillance and the subtleties of racial exclusion
The multiracial plays of Athol Fugard …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:56AMHe’s still gearing up for his “The Man. The Music. The Show” tour — but Hugh Jackman is already set to be Broadway’s next “Music Man.” The “Wolverine” star teased the possi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:52AMOff-Broadway’s National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene began a century ago by bringing international theatre to the Yiddish-speaking population. Today it brings Yiddish theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:50AMThe New York premiere, starring Andréa Burns, will begin performances at 59E59 Theaters March 16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMStar of film and stage Hugh Jackman returns to Broadway next year in a revival of "The Music Man," directed by Jerry Zaks.
The post Breaking: Hugh Jackman to Star in ‘The Music Man’ on …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:46AMThe Tony winner will discuss his career at Sixth and I Sanctuary April 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMThe new Ahrens and Flaherty musical will begin performances March 22 at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMHugh Jackman will return to Broadway in a 2020 revival of Meredith Willson's 1957 classic musical The Music Man, producer Scott Rudin confirmed today.
Directed by Jerry Zaks, with choreograp…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:36AM By Ron Fassler For one-night only, it was actor and singer Jeremy Jordan’s turn to sit in a well-upholstered chair (as if in a living room) beside the masterful host and musical acco…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:35AMThe Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, built in 1829, gets hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. “Talking about the site’s history didn’t seem like enough for Sean Kell…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AMHugh Jackman will play Harold Hill in a revival of “The Music Man” next year. Produced by Scott Rudin, the revival will reassemble the creative team from the last “Hello, Dolly!” rev…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:32AMLive from Feinstein's/54 Below, "Call Me Adam" speaks with Tony Nominee Rebecca Luker & Producer Deborah Grace Winer about Deborah's series The Classic American Songbook.
Rebecca will be…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:21AMHugh Jackman will return to Broadway in an upcoming revival of Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” It marks Jackman’s first musical role in more than a decade, which should make it a…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:21AMTony winner Hugh Jackman will head back to the Great White Way next year, taking on the role of Harold Hill in a new production of Meredith Willson's Tony-winning musical comedy The Music …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:20AMThe Evita and Sunday in the Park With George star will offer Diaries this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AM“We are being forced out because of lack of funding,” said Linda Andrews, the company’s artistic director, citing the withdrawal of crucial grants by the Jerome Foundation and the phil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:17AMModern technology and an old-school friendship are at the heart of the youthful Broadway musical ‘Be More Chill’
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:06AMThe revival will open in October 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:02AMWhile music directors usually stay silent about orchestras’ labor-management disputes, Muti said to the assembled media, “I am here with my musicians. … We try to get a better situatio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:02AMThe Broadway stars sing "We Kiss in a Shadow" as part of The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization's R&H Goes Pop! series.
The post Jelani Alladin and Matt Doyle Sing ‘We Kiss in a Sha…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:00AMI can’t begrudge anyone their enjoyment of Six, a fast-paced display of talented women – I enjoyed it, too. However – rather like the history it’s trying to tell – such awesome per…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMEfforts to diversify the popular and influential form are no laughing matter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMBy Marine Leduc. Marine Leduc discusses the nomadic theatre traditions of the Hognon family, who travel southwestern France staging plays that explore their Tsigane identity.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM
By: Iris Wiener
Broadway stars headed Into the Woods in Patchogue on March 8th and 9th as a part of the Patchogue Theatre’s ongoing Broadway Series, a popular concert program that was c…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:55AMWestfield News Group review: Rent at The Bushnell. Like the Broadway show, this ensemble, all first rate, are unknowns, but there are some superb performances, especially Javon King as Angel…
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 08:54AMRehana Lew Mirza is a playwright, bookwriter, and filmmaker whose work often focuses on highlighting the South Asian experience. Her latest play Hatef**k, which was featured on the 2017 Kilr…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:51AM“About six months ahead of expiration of the current labor contract between the Philadelphia Orchestra Association and its players, the two sides have reached an agreement on a pact that k…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:46AMActor and singer Billy Porter, who wowed at the Oscars in a bold Christian Siriano tuxedo gown, on his first big-ticket fashion investment. (March 12)
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:40AMIt’s Wednesday, March 7, and Billy Corben’s world premiere play Confessions of a Cocaine Cowboy has been in rehearsal for some time with Miami New Drama. It opens the next day for a week…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:36AMHow three shows all opened on Tuesday March 12 -- but I managed to review all three of them.
SOURCE: shentonstage.com at 08:33AM“Seeking to raise its visibility and welcome more visitors, the Hirshhorn Museum plans to redesign its sunken sculpture garden to create an expanded entrance on the Mall and directly conne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:31AMI started doing stand-up gigs between acting jobs and, as of last year, was able to get enough paid work that doing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:28AMTwo one-act operas based on works by George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde will receive their UK premieres when Pegasus Opera Company brings Shaw Goes Wilde to the Royal Academy of Music later…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:24AMEach of them — in London, Liverpool, Birmingham, and Brighton — really is called The Choir With No Name, and they’re all for people who have struggled with homelessness, addiction, and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AMEdinburgh residents are being urged to offer their spare rooms to artists at this year’s Fringe Festival in a bid to make
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:13AMActor Maxine Peake has argued that women need to be allowed to tell their own stories in theatre, as she announced an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:05AMA review into race equality practices at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama has found that only half of students,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:05AMWith a wide range of part-time courses on offer for all ages, Arts Educational Schools London is once again teaming up with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMI was a big fan of Tom Ratcliffe’s VELVET at the VAULT Festival and so was intrigued to catch this production of his debut play Circa at the Old Red Lion Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM“Scattered throughout the four levels of Terminal 2 of Mumbai’s international airport are more than 5,500 pieces of Indian art and handicrafts, including tribal totem poles and a 3-D map…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM
MT question of the day- what songs do you love but desperately want people to stop singing at auditions? 😂 Mine are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AM“BECTU and Equity and professional associations for stage managers and lighting and sound practitioners have argued that ‘excessively long working hours’ are leading to ‘burnout and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:44AMScottish Opera’s fine production of Katya Kabanova – directed by Stephen Lawless, vividly conducted by Stuart Stratford, and performed in the original
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMThe embargo was instated by Pakistan’s Association of Film Exhibitors following last month’s flare-up of armed conflict in and around Kashmir. It may seem a patriotic gesture, but there�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:29AMAs well as writing hit shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in the West End, David Greig has been artistic director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:17AMYang Sing restaurant, ManchesterThis rich, dreamlike play feeds body and soul as it chronicles the complex lives of migrants from China
Cheung Wing is looking back over his life. He’s been…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:04AMHarry Reasoner interviews Harold Lloyd on Calendar, the morning news program that he co-hosted with Mary Fickett. This episode was originally telecast by CBS on April 16, 1962: (This is the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMNow officially open in the West End, Love London Love Culture rounds up the reviews for the London production of Sara Bareilles’ musical Waitress.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Zealotry is when the letter of religion is mistaken for its spirit.” Immanuel Kant, Lectures on Ethics (trans. Peter Heath)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMOscar-winning actress Natalie Portman, star of films including “Black Swan” and “Jackie,” is launching her first-ever online class. In the class, priced at $90 for unlimited access, …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00AMWith the success of last year's Around the World in 80 Musicals (and thank you for your support on that!), we are happy to bring you a new series: Around the U.S.A. in 80 Musicals! Over the…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:00AMAn unexpected hit when it originally opened on Broadway, COME FROM AWAY has flown the coop, finally landing in London's West End. Needless to say, this heartwarming new musical about the tri…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:00AMThis Abbey Theatre import is unexpectedly wonderful.
So, two Irish actors walk into a bar. As does the entire audience.…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMStill, Mercury Theater's production hits all the right notes.
In Little Shop of Horrors, most of New York's skid row residents are just trying to survive. They d…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMMonthlong exhibition will feature designs for a future memorial organizers are committed to building despite a lack of city funding.
Four years ago, the City Co…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AM
Bringing sun, songs and 90s nostalgia, Summer Street – The Hilarious Aussie Soap Opera Musical! is heading to the Brighton Fringe before transferring to Waterloo East Theatre this May. As …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:45AMAlex Kingston stars in darkly comic Off Broadway transfer
Joshua Harmon knows how to stir and excite an audience and does that and more with Admissions, newly arrived in the West End as par…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:32AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Happy hump day Won't you spend it with us, catching up on the latest Broadway news
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21AMWho are The Huxleys? The Huxleys are a colourful cataclysm of camp theatrics. A visual assault of sparkle, surrealism and silliness. Working across performance art, costume, moving and still…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:05AMA Hundred Words for Snow is a perfectly crafted one-woman show that touches, entertains and teaches, as it explores grief and polar exploration – a charming performance from Gemma Barnett.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AM 
