The Joyce Theater, New York, New York. February 22, and March 1, 2019. It’s hard to believe Complexions Contemporary Ballet is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Master choreographer Dwigh…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:57PMPremiere of a New Drama by Andrew Bovell
March 15, 2019: Andrew Bovell’s new drama,Holy Day, set in Australia, 1850 opened at the New Ohio Theater in the West Village directed by B…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:49PMSTAGE ENTERTAINMENT and GHOSTLIGHT RECORDS announce the release of the second single 'The Hunter' featuring Kobna Holdbrook-Smith who plays Ike Turner on the upcoming TINA - THE TINA TURNER …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:07PMCapsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings ABBA Mania Tribute show celebrat…
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In Transit, Christian Petzold explores why the ghosts of Europe’s troubled past are stirring once more.
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:39PMAnother op'nin', another show! The Broadway revival of Kiss Me, Kate opened at Studio 54 on March 14. Stars Kelli O'Hara and Will Chase and the entire company celebrated the big night in sty…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:27PMPhoto: Soldier Songs Ada Nieuwendijk Chicago Opera Theater’s Orli and Bill Staley Music Director Lidiya [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:21PM(Marissa Nicosia’s article appeared on Folger.edu; via Pam Green.) Citrus and sugar: Making marmalade with Hannah Woolley As our First Chefs recipe series continues, Marissa Nicosia w…
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:13PMBroadway In Chicago is delighted to announce that the eighth annual Illinois High School Musical Theatre Awards (IHSMTA) [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 06:05PMKelli O'Hara, Will Chase and the cast of Kiss Me, Kate celebrate opening night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:04PMThe theatre, under the new leadership of Stephanie Ybarra, unveils its 2019–2020 season.
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Christine Okon is a voting member of San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle and a member of the American Theater Critics Association. She writes for TheaterandSuch.com and lives in San Franci…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:54PMAs the story of a night of Chicago theater, this one’s got everything: Heroics, villains, wrestling, cheap drinks and an audience that won't give up on the players. Last weekend on Lincoln…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMShuler Hensley stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about playing Tom Kettle in The Ferryman and more with Eric King.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:41PMIt's not St. Patrick's Day in NYC without at least a few listens to the Irish anthem “The Streets of Dublin”.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 05:35PMThe April 20 concert will feature some of the band’s biggest hits, including “Dancing Queen” and “Mamma Mia.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:34PMFamous people who spend a lot of time online become especially defensive; experts point to the explosion of social media for the increase in conflating bullies with critics. After all, bully…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMOn this day in 1956, Broadway audiences fell in love withJulie AndrewsandRex Harrisonas they opened in My Fair Lady at theMark HellingerTheater.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:30PMThe world premiere by Inda Craig-Galván opened in Los Angeles March 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:28PMJordan E. Cooper's new play, directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, began performances March 12 at The Public Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMWhat did critics think of the updated revival of the Cole Porter classic?
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 05:18PMThe event featured theater “changemakers” on Broadway and beyond.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 05:15PMThree-time Tony Award nominee Joshua Henry and Ricky Ubeda have come to the Jellicle Ball and teamed up for a new take on the classic song 'Memory' from the musical Cats, combining acoustic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:03PMThe studio judges that its “Bandersnatch” project was a success and it’s exploring extending its experiments in letting viewers have more control of the stories they’re watching. But…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:02PMJessica Almasy and Reuben Joseph talk devising, identity, and how the TEAM’s latest production at Joe's Pub exposes the humanity on the other side of the aisle.
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On this episode of Happy Hour on the Fringe, hosts Zach Blackwood and Tenara Calem chat with FringeArts ambassador and Le Super Grand Continental (2018) dancer Cecily Chapman. The trio dis…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 04:44PMThe upcoming reading series will showcase new works from SPACE's recent Working Farm residencies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Laura Benanti & Bartlett Sher to Be Honored at Encompass Annual Gala
Tony winners Laura Benanti and Bartlett Sher, star and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:39PMOn the Ides of March, exactly 2,063 years ago, Julius Caesar was smug, at least according to Shakespeare. “The ides of March are come,” he tells a soothsayer in Act III. “Ay, Caesar,�…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:36PM“It feels like a moment where we are angry and ready enough to address how white Australian review culture maligns Indigenous work by only superficially engaging with it. It feels like a m…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:32PMWell, that was a surprise! “(M)iyamoto Is Black Enough” — the first in what will be an ongoing collaboration between the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hill…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:30PM2019 marks the 100th anniversary of White Sox players conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 04:29PMBenania returns Fans of Laura Benanti's take on Melania Trump should tune into tonight's LATE SHOW with Stephen Colbert Laura posted a photo from the taping of tonight's show and teased that…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMThe annual spring concerts will take place March 22–24 at NYU’s Skirball Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMHave you been feeling STUCK? Then get your headphones out, because you’ll want to listen to this. We’re excited to […]
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SOURCE: www.situationinteractive.com at 04:13PMCleveland’s Cuyahoga Arts and Culture is one of the country’s largest local arts funders. As such it has an enormous impact on its arts community. Of course having money to spend support…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01PMOne of Cole Porter’s most popular shows, “Kiss Me, Kate,” hasn’t been seen on the boards of the Great White Way in nearly two decades. This season mark the return of the classic musi…
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Three-time Emmy Award nominee Adam Driver Pale and Golden Globe Award Winner and Emmy Award Nominee Keri Russell Anna will lead the first revival of Pulitzer Prize Winner Lanford Wilson's Bu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:53PMIs a review dashed out in an hour really going to be as good as one written under a more generous deadline? Sometimes, maybe: I know some critics who think British deadlines are the enemy of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:31PMGold Derby’s 2019 Tony Awards prediction center is now open! Broadway productions must open by an April 25th cutoff date in order to be eligible for Tony consideration. So it’s time to m…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:30PMFind your next job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:28PMWhen two highly engaging performers are saddled with less than dynamic material, you can at least revel in their onstage chemistry and delightful voices. Even the design work attempts to ele…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:25PMThe world-premiere production opened March 10 in Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMWagner’s four-part, 18-hour saga returns to the Met, with the 45-ton set known as the “machine.”
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMStephanie J. Block from The Cher Show stopped bythis morning's episode ofLivewithKellyandRyan' toperform If I Could Turn Back Time' from the Broadway musical
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:11PMThis is the most extensive public display of original J.R.R. Tolkien material for several generations.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 03:05PMStephanie J. Block from The Cher Show on LIVE with Kelly and Ryan.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:04PMOh yes, there is such a thing: it’s run by Science magazine and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. And this year’s winner, Superconductivity: The Musical! by (and s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PMThe circus I fell in love with as a kid is gone. It was touted at the time as the greatest show on earth: a three-ring tented extravaganza that smelled of roasted peanuts, sawdust, and manur…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:03PM
Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson recalls Nanny, the woman who guided him through boyhood, in a music-infused performance that proves theater, not TV, is the best way to experience this vivi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:47PMTwo-time Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block is bringing sass and vocal power to the title role of the new Broadway musical The Cher Show every night at the Neil Simon Theatre. In celebration o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:47PMThe site-specific Oasis will be free and open to the public beginning April 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:42PMThe star of the new bio-musical sings “If I Could Turn Back Time” and turns back time herself to recall the first time she met Cher.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:38PMBroadway legend Joel Grey is directing a new kind of Fiddler on the Roof -- and it's become an off-Broadway hit. He joins stars Steven Skybell, Rachel Zatcoff and Ben Liebert to explain just…
SOURCE: play.acast.com at 02:30PMThe gallery’s fifth director, Kaywin Feldman thinks that her appointment as the institution’s first woman director broadcasts a commitment to diversity. When she started working in the f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:28PMThe Public Theater has announced its annual gala, Women of the Public, set to take place on June 3 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman, the hig…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:27PMLast night's opening night of Kiss Me, Kate at Studio 54 was too darn hot, and we got a sneak peek at all of the behind-the-scenes shenanigans thanks to cast member Sarah Meahl's Instagram S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMYou've heard of rock ’n’ roll theatre, but this company is living the dream: It started in a garage and is now a full-time "meta-media" producing organization.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:19PMThere is some real good acting on display these days at New Jersey Repertory Company. Not only do the three cast members of “The Source,” Jack Canfora’s trippy excursion into the world…
SOURCE: sceneonstage.com at 02:19PMThe stripped-down musical duo returned to Joe’s Pub March 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:11PMHonest Accomplice Theatre produces the ensemble piece based on the experiences of women and trans individuals in the STEM workforce.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMIt is surprising that Bury Court Opera has waited until its final season to stage The Turn of the Screw: the company’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:10PM“For the past 15 years, [Jason Eagan] has been the remarkably well-connected, stealthily low-profile, principal creative force shaping the innovative Off-Broadway incubator Ars Nova. … H…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:04PMKiss Me, Kate officially opened last night, March 14, at Roundabout's Studio 54. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, June 2, 2019. Check out photos from the star-studded red carpet …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMStripped raw and utterly lean, the new Melbourne Theatre Company production of A View from the Bridge thrives on the strength of its compelling characters and elegantly spare language, hurtl…
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Stringing together one research example after another and interspersing them with vignettes about how hard it is to make art do not make a particularly meaningful contribution to the convers…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:52PMImagine that you’re at the Times Square TKTS booth looking for a Broadway show to see. You glance up at the board and notice four conspicuous titles: “The Office: The Musical,” “Cubi…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:51PMBroadwayWorld reported earlier this week that the star of stage and screen, Hugh Jackman, will be returning to Broadway late next year in The Music Man. We know he'll soon be singing 'Sevent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMA bevy of Broadway's brightest stars joined a sold-out audience on March 11, 2019 for Broadway Backwards. Watch superstarsGavin Creel and Andrew Rannells perform 'Where You Are' below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:39PMThe skincare brand will premiere Olay Live: The Road to Glow at New World Stages in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:35PMThe scheme is slated to cost nearly £300 million and is London’s volley in an intercontinental game of high culture one-upmanship, which in recent years has produced Herzog & de Meur…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PM“Lackawanna Blues,” Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s theatrical memoir about being raised by a big-hearted proprietor of a boardinghouse for castaways and strays in an industrial upstate New Yo…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 01:25PMThe HTC's Romeo and Juliet may be dressed in modern trappings, but the play’s elemental heart and soul are left fully intact.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:18PMAin't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations will make its national late-night television debut on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, on Thursday, March 21st. This tele…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMAn aspiring playwright and son loves an aspiring actress and ingenue. A famous actress and mother loves a famous writer and inconstant. Life doesn’t often provide neat parallels between ge…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:07PMOut-of-work actor Beth Buckingham believes she was born to play the role of Elizabeth II in the Netflix series The Crown. When
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:01PMAnd then out of the hat, it's that big first night! Broadway opening season is underway, and Roundabout's revival of Kiss Me, Kate officially bowed at Studio 54 on March 14. See photos of Ke…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:01PMSays Alexander Neef, general director of Canadian Opera Company, about Christine Goerke, “People can’t get over the sheer power of the voice — and I don’t mean only the volume. … I…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PMLove London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon spoke to actor Oliver Beamish about the transfer of Billy Bishop Goes to War to the Southwark Playhouse.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe play “Nassim,” which never features the same actor twice, reminded the acclaimed writer and performer of the power of listening.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:00PM“Saturday Night Live” aired last October a sketch about a pumpkin patch where the employees, much to the consternation of the proprietor, engage in sexual intercourse with the product. �…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMChatting with a friend in another row Wednesday night, I inadvertently blocked the aisle of the James M. Nederlander Theatre, briefly impeding a heavyset man heading to his seat for “A Bro…
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Christine Baranski was a guest on last night's episode ofThe Late Show With Stephen Colbert to talk about the CBS All Access show she stars in,The Good Fight.During the interview, Baranski t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMTo Sleep with Anger is a masterpiece, a powerful reminder that, however seductive the devil might be, he can be overcome.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:54PMAin’t Too Proud – The Life and Time of the Temptations, the forthcoming musical biography about the titular band that enjoyed a parade of hits in the 60s and 70s, is headed for network t…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:53PMChristian Borle is lending his talents back to the small screen. The two-time Tony winner and former Smash star has been cast in ABC's new romantic drama pilot Until the Wedding, Deadline re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:52PMIn Patrick Barlow’s Olivier-winning 2005 reworking of the classic John Buchan spy caper, pretty much everything – even death – is a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMThe decades-long relationship between Adams and the orchestra continues as the composer returns as a curator of new works.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMWatch Will Chase, Stephanie Styles, choreographer Warren Carlyle, and more share backstage secrets from the 2019 Broadway revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:45PMIn celebration of International Women's Day, Disney on Broadway hosted the2nd annual 'Women's Day on Broadway.' Following its launch in 2018, the event continues to aimto engage attendees of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:43PM“Heathers the Musical” by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy and directed by Brad Watkins is playing at Howard Community College, Smith Theatre at the Horowitz Center for Visual and Per…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:32PMA survey by Americans for the Arts gives an idea of salaries and demographics of arts workers across America’s local arts agencies. – Americans for the Arts
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:31PMThe Circuit Playhouse, in partnership with Amy Hertz, Robert Shankman, and super sponsor Dr. Thomas Ratliff, welcome the jungle to Memphis' professional theatre stage.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMRachel Whiteread’s “House” only stood for about three months, but even London cabbies knew where to go when riders asked.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:30PMWith their coke-fuelled visions and weaponised guitars, these productions put a new spin on Shakespeare’s tragedy
Two new versions of Macbeth march to a very different beat but music pulse…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:29PMSerenbe Playhouse has become known in Metro Atlanta for its immersive outdoor productions, and for their latest endeavor, director Brian Clowdus has recruited musical star power.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMBroadwayWorld hasjust learned that hit Broadway musical sensation Be More Chillwill record a new cast album
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMCasting is complete for the highly anticipated new U.K. staging of Man of La Mancha. The previously announced production, directed by Lonny Price, will begin previews on April 26 ahead of an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:10PMThe Disney on Broadway event returned to the St. James Theatre March 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04PMThe romantic drama pilot also stars Olivia Thirlby and E.J. Bonilla.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03PM“In this extended interview, [Laura] Lippman discusses her transition from reporter to writer of such novels as What the Dead Know and Sunburn, how women over 60 make the best spies, and w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PMIn 10, playwright Lizzie Milton wants to redress the balance. The potted stories of 10 women who have been largely forgotten in the passage of time unfold in choral celebration, serving to b…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe camp musical hits the road after sold-out runs in Los Angeles and New York.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMIt’s shaping into quite a cast and we still have several months to wait before the opening! Joining Zizi Strallen’s Mary and Charlie Stemp’s Bert will be Joseph Millson, as Mr George …
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 12:00PMTony-winning writer Steven Levenson created a TV show that will get fans of the duo and their work—like Chicago, Cabaret, and more—clamoring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMIn the alternate reality set up by Hillary and Clinton, a former first lady is attempting to save her campaign for U.S. president on the eve of the 2008 New Hampshire primary. It’s a world…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00PM
The giant housing estate has seen highs and endured lows, as captured in the new show Standing at the Sky’s Edge, which has impressed those who know the place best
Residents of Sheffield�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMArtsBeat Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB for 3/15/19. An hour with Kate Maguire, CEO of Berkshire Theatre Group, who previews the organization' 91st season.
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:50AMCatch a snippet of Espinosa singing an original Alan Menken and Glenn Slater song in the upcoming episode.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMCompany star Rosalie Craig has urged the theatre industry to be more “human” when it comes to the needs of performers with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:43AMThe cast of Kiss Me, Kate brush up their Shakespeare with Matt Rodin in this Red Carpet Challenge from opening night!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:39AMScotland’s annual £90 million state funding for the arts is to be scrutinised by the Scottish Parliament’s culture committee. The committee has
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMRenowned stage, film and TV performer Peter Polycarpou will play Don Quixote’s squire, Sancho Panza in Man of the Mancha at the London Coliseum; the first West End production of this multi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:32AMMichael Kimmelman: “It gives physical form to a crisis of city leadership, asleep at the wheel through two administrations, and to a pernicious theory of civic welfare that presumes privat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMStep into Jesse J. Perez’s office at the University of San Diego and the first thing you spy might be the bobblehead dolls of Darth Vader and company lined up on a shelf.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 11:30AMKelli O'Hara and Will Chase star in the latest revival of "Kiss Me, Kate!" but the musical's romance and revelry only come alive from its leading lady.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:25AMThe musical, featuring a score by Joe Iconis, opened at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre March 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMAvenue Q - the Tony Award winning Best Musical set to end its 15 year run in NYC this spring - will celebrate WORLD PUPPETRY DAY on Thursday, March 21, 2019 with a one-night-only roster of s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AMWest End veteran and Strictly Come Dancing star Danny Mac has been cast as Nino Quincampoix in the upcoming U.K.-premiere staging of the musical Amélie. He joins the previously announced st…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:20AMThe Olivier Awards 2019 with Mastercard nominees celebrated their achievements with these glistening portrait shots, all taken by photographer David Levene.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:19AMIn honor of the first preview of the Broadway revival of Burn This, the show has announced that exclusive 39 lottery tickets will be available through TodayTix beginning today. Tickets are s…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:17AMBe More Chill, the celebrated musical featuring an original score by Joe Iconis, has announced the release of an original Broadway cast recording from Ghostlight Records. The album will be r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMBe More Chill, the celebrated musical featuring an original score by Joe Iconis, has announced the release of an original Broadway cast recording from Ghostlight Records. The album will be r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMBerkshire Opera Festival seeks applications for the position of Executive Director from individuals with broad practical experience in opera company administration and fund-raising.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:08AMSecond Stage Theater has announced casting for Peter Duchan, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul's DOGFIGHT as a part of the special concert series, Musical Mondays, in celebration of the acclaimed …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AM“Improv may still skew white, but things are changing. … The following folks are currently working to alter perceptions and expectations about improv. Some are longtime warriors, others …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMIn 10th Grade, I was in the chorus of a production of Oklahoma in the auditorium of my synagogue and it was the best theatrical experience I've ever had. I remember getting home from the clo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AM“I’ve got two dads.” Playwright, actor and spoken word artist David Judge’s latest play SparkPlug is inspired by autobiographical events: his mother is white, his biological father i…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThe real story of the trials that led to Oscar Wilde’s imprisonment returns for a UK tour this month. Merlin Holland tells
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The Tony and Emmy winner—and Mamma Mia! star—reflects on her induction in the Theater Hall of Fame.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMJarrod Spector and Micaela Diamond, who play Sonny and Cher in the Broadway hit 'The Cher Show,' tookthe stage on TODAY to perform the 1965 track 'I Got You Babe.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMThe stage adaptation of the 2001 film will play the Watermill Theatre beginning April 11; a tour will follow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:43AM“[They] faced discrimination and harassment from their fellow staff members. They remained in the same lowly jobs as their counterparts were promoted. They watched their pitches get ignore…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:35AMKlena originated the role of Eddie Birdlace in the 2012 Off-Broadway premiere of the Pasek and Paul musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMCole Porter's musical comedy gets a revamped revival from Roundabout at Studio 54.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMOur incurable addiction to ‘Hamilton’ is still alive and well (*cue “Stay Alive” track*) and one chronic symptom is browsing tens of thousands of ‘Hamilton’ memes on the reg. If …
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 10:30AMJarrod Spector and Micaela Diamond, who respectively play Sonny and Cher in the Broadway hit The Cher Show, take the stage on TODAY to perform the 1965 track “I Got You Babe.”
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:30AMAfter 10 years of creating outdoor plays involving D/deaf and physically disabled actors (performing in spaces as unlikely as woodland and castles),
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:26AMIt was all wunderbar last night at Studio 54, as Kelli O'Hara, Will Chase, and the company of Roundabout's latest musical, Kiss Me, Kate, celebrated opening night. BroadwayWorld was on hand …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:24AMBuried amongst the over twenty names receiving the smallest-sized billing for their contributions to Roundabout Theatre Company's hot new revival of Cole Porter and Sam amp Bella Spewack's m…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:22AMAdditional casting is set for the upcoming West End return of Mary Poppins. Music icon Petula Clark and theater veteran Joseph Millson have joined the company as the Bird Woman and George Ba…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:20AMThe Emmy-nominated actor and comedian riffs on her character, Yente, by hilariously matchmaking iconic Broadway characters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:15AMMicaela Diamond, standout star of The Cher Show, has been cast in the central role of Rose Fenny in Second Stage's upcoming one-night concert staging of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's 2012 mus…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:13AMHaving already did a thinky tribute to the great Andy Kaufman, we hang today’s Taxi post on the show’s actual star Judd Hirsch, whose birthday it is. It’s rare to meet someone who does…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:11AMThe musical features Sara Mearns, Nikki M. James, Mark Evans, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:06AMThe ensemble Zohra, named for the ancient Persian goddess of music, was created five years ago for the female students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music, itself founded only in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:04AMThe Vicar of Dibley writer and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue producer on the things that make him laugh the most
I produced Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell’s Million Pound Radio Show. It in…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AM9 To 5 is a feel-good show, helmed by powerful performers who allow you to ignore the shortcomings and enjoy it for what it is: a load of female led fun.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
A new romantic comedy musical set in New York is being brought to the stage this year by the Royal and Derngate
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:57AMLonny Price will direct the spring production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:53AMThe new couple joined Patti Murin and the company of the hit Disney musical March 14.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AMBy Douglas Mayo
Petula Clarke and Joseph Millson are to join Zizi Strallen and Charlie Stemp in the West End revival of Mary Poppins the musical at the Prince Edward Theatre.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:41AM“Pack was host of KUER’s classical-music programming from 1960, when the station went on the air, to March 2001, when the station’s midday format was changed from classical music to al…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AMThe Disney-Cameron Mackintosh musical will follow Aladdin into the Prince Edward Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:27AMSmartly reframing Barry Harman’s whimsical 1987 musical Romance Romance for a contemporary audience, this tight and tender version is full of wit
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:26AMReview: Blood Knot, Orange Tree Theatre4.0starsWe are in apartheid Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1961. The world outside is divided by race. We sit with the light-skinned Nathan McMullen’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:20AMViolent pornography? Gone. Non-offensive insults? Stay. “God is gay”? That one’s up for debate. Debate is what the characters in Phil Porter’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:20AM“The new streamer, [called PBS Living and] costing $2.99 per month after a seven-day free trial, will offer classic PBS series like The French Chef, This Old House and Antiques Roadshow, a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:17AMPeter Polycarpou is joining the cast of Man of La Mancha, alongside the previously announced Kelsey Grammer and Danielle de Niese. He
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AMMaking gory onstage effects with everyday ingredients
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:15AMEverybody in It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is somebody, even if it takes a little digging to find out who they are. I keep thinking I’ve written about everyone in that film, but then k…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:13AM“The 83-person staff of Gimlet Media, a podcasting startup acquired by music streaming service Spotify for $230 million in February, is unionizing with the Writers Guild of America, East (…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:02AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMAngry Alan might appear at first glance to be a comedy (albeit a pretty dark one), and there are plenty of laughs to be had at the expense of both Roger and his new friends in the men’s ri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMIntersections, now in its second year and running March 21-24 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, is a comedy festival focused on equity, inclusion and representation. The performer lineup i…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 15 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMWhen it comes to communication, humans can have dangerously selective hearing, as demonstrated this week in the 99-Seat Beat, our look at L.A.’s small-theater scene. Sarah DeLappe’s Puli…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:00AMAhead of Season 4, the showrunners talked about what it’s like to portray excess in a world that keeps stretching the definition.
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On the premier episode of “THEATER: All The Moving Parts””, Host Patrick Pacheco welcomes the renowned and prolific playwright Theresa Rebeck.
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:57AMBy Helena Payne
Helena Payne reviews Alex Kingston in Admissions by Joshua Harmon now playing at Trafalgar Studios, London.
This post REVIEW: Admissions, Trafalgar Studios London ✭✭✭�…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:55AM“The Smithsonian Institution has canceled this summer’s 10-day Folklife Festival celebrating the music and culture of Benin and Brazil and will replace it with a smaller event.” Instea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:46AMPetula Clark and Joseph Millson play the Bird Woman and George Banks in the new production of Mary Poppins which returns to its original West End home at the Prince Edward Theatre from 23 Oc…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:45AMThe museum recently launched a campaign to restore the mansion's windows.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:45AM“[Her] curiosity about people’s lives, inspired by the artistry of photographers like Dorothea Lange, Helen Levitt and Paul Strand, brought her to the city’s streets to take finely obs…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:31AMIt would be facile and unfair to say the one and only reason to see the Broward Stage Door production of the musical My One and Only is the exuberant joyful tap dancing. The leading lady has…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:30AMBy Douglas Mayo
Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 the musical UK Tour is to commence in September 2019. This second production of the hit musical follows the success of 9 to 5 at London's Savoy Theatre.…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:27AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Harold Pinter's Betrayal starring Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Cox and Zawe Ashton now playing at the Harold Pinter Theatre.
This post REVIEW: Betrayal, Har…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:19AM“The company, led by Tamara Rojo, has hired Andy Reynolds in the new role, which will see him lead a team comprising a company doctor, physiotherapist, and a masseur and acupuncturist. Rey…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AMRebus: Long Shadows is a bit of a mixed bag, lacking in intensity and with a plot which is overly complicated, but the production is suitably atmospheric and engaging to watch unfold.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMJoanna Payne, founder and director of the London club called Marguerite: “In an ideal world, we wouldn’t need all-female spaces of any kind … But [for] all the time that the ‘ideal w…
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Theatr Brycheiniog, BreconKaite O’Reilly’s play challenges societal expectations of deaf and disabled women and tick-box exercises in inclusivity
Alfa, Beaty and Coral are three deaf and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:53AMToday is the National Day of Hungary, commemorating the 1848 Revolution when Hungary sought independence from the Austrian Empire. I thought I would take the opportunity to celebrate Hungari…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:48AMIf Jamie Lloyd’s Pinter at the Pinter season was the main course – dish after dish of one-act Harold Pinter plays in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AM“The culture ministers of Germany’s 16 states agreed to create conditions for the repatriation of artifacts in public collections that were taken ‘in ways that are legally or morally u…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:44AMPetula Clark and Joseph Millson are to join the forthcoming West End revival of Mary Poppins. Clark will return to the West
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:38AMDrew McOnie is to lead National Youth Ballet as part of an interim artistic team, following the announcement that Mikah Smillie will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:36AMActor Juliet Stevenson has labelled Brexit an “insane, retrograde step” and claimed it will make international collaborations “much harder”. She is one
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:35AMWith well over half a million books in Arabic and more than one million antique maps, documents, and other materials (including a 9th-century Quran), the library was one of the most importan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:29AMA perfectly pitched adaptation of Elena Ferrante’s novel and an embarrassing addition to the Harry Potter franchise
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:28AMBehind the major social media platforms are teams of people doing the difficult work of removing their worst material
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:28AMA row between Equity and Virgin Trains concerning voice-over artists has intensified after the head of the actors’ union accused the rail
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:27AMIn a new album, the band’s eclectic style takes its inspiration from deserts and the world of artistic figures related to them, from Percy Bysshe Shelley to Jim Morrison
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:27AMThe LA musician’s new album features Kamasi Washington and takes on classics from The Beatles to Leonard Bernstein
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:27AMYeah Yeah Yeahs singer and Grammy award-winning producer complement each other with rich arrangements and moody vocals
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:27AMFeaturing artists including Lily Allen and Cara Delevingne, the DJ and producer’s new album switches textures to fabulous effect
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:27AMThe Welsh composer studied with Vaughan Williams, and went on to develop a musical style that is her own synthesis of 1930s trends
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:27AMThe week-long 14th META Festival concluded with Red Carpet Awards Night at Kamani Auditorium on March 12, 2019, in New Delhi. Past years best plays were awarded at this Award Night. As state…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:25AMThe American choreographer talks about the complicated business of bringing Sgt Pepper to the stage — and making works for when he’s gone
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:24AMDolly Parton musical 9 to 5 has announced a UK tour that will open later this year. The musical, which has music
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMThere’s more exciting casting news for Man Of La Mancha, with renowned stage, film and TV actor Peter Polycarpou joining the production.A previous Olivier Award nominee, Peter has performe…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:16AM By Alix Cohen Zero Mostel put an indelible stamp on Tevye (Fiddler on The Roof), Yul Brynner on the King of Siam (The King and I); Jason Robards was perhaps our best interpreter of Eug…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 07:13AMKiss Me, Kate officially opened last night, March 14, at Roundabout's Studio 54. This is a limited engagement through Sunday, June 2, 2019. Check out photos of the cast taking their opening …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:12AMMusical legend Petula Clark and stage star Joseph Millson are soaring into the cast of the hit musical Mary Poppins, presumably by means of flying umbrella.
The post Petula Clark & Josep…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:05AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review two Broadway musicals, the transfer of Be More Chill and a new revival of Kiss Me, Kate. The first is terrific, the second lousy. Here’s an excerp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:05AMWe’re back! The twenty-seventh episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter Marks, Elisabeth Vincentelli, and I talk about theater in America, is now available …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:04AMReview: Model Behaviour, The Pleasance Theatre5.0Overall ScoreHello everybody, I am fuming. I am so angry about the treatment of women in the modelling industry, and it’s all Model Behavio…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:03AMThe Hallmark Hall of Fame TV version of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, adapted by Wilson from his 1987 play and directed by Lloyd Richards, originally telecast by CBS on February 5, 19…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AM“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMThe Project highlights the emotional cost that war places on people and the malleability of relationships under such circumstances.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMThis week's Friday 5 is a fun Jeopardy! style quiz - 1 category, 5 answers. Don't forget - you must answer in the form of a question! Good luck!
The category is:
3 ROLES1 ACTRESS
The an…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:00AMTaye Diggs’ megawatt smile will be seen in Baltimore this fall. But the Broadway star and former cast member of TV’s “Empire” will be behind the curtain for a change. Diggs will make…
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SOURCE: Theater Time at 06:56AMEnglish National Opera’s clear and inventive production of The Magic Flute, first seen in 2013 and now on its third revival, is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:54AMThe Peaky Blinders star is appearing in Enda Walsh’s staging of Grief Is the Thing With Feathers at the Barbican, London. Here’s a look back at his theatre roles Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:51AMA 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 06:46AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Happy Friday End your week right with the latest Broadway news
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:28AMPeople in a Quebec town and across the province were shocked after learning in January that footage from a derailment and explosion that killed 47 people was used in the drama starring Sandr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:01AMJamie Lloyd’s terrific Pinter season, at London’s Harold Pinter Theatre, climaxes with a revival of Betrayal, arguably one of the writer’s more personal pieces and one of his most inno…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMI am so excited to be collaborating with the fierce females at My Life Out of Office to put together the perfect Broadway Date Night at MEAN GIRLS. I know how daunting it can be just to choo…
SOURCE: www.charleboischic.com at 06:00AMThe screwball comedy spirit of the 1934 musical “Anything Goes” definitely comes across in a Silhouette Stages production that makes the most of the silly plot. Set on the sort of ocean …
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Premiering in Sydney for the very first time, as well as making a grand return to Melbourne, The Children’s International Film Festival (CHIFF) is set to light up the silver screen beginni…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:49AMThe critically acclaimed musical Come From Away has announced its final three cast members ahead of the Australian premiere at the newly refurbished Comedy Theatre, Melbourne in July, just a…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:23AMThe “Sharp Objects” star Amy Adams and her newly-launched production company, Bond Group Entertainment, have signed a first-look deal with HBO, reveals Variety.The first project under th…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:15AMHBO has inked a two year overall deal with “Silicon Valley” co-creator Mike Judge, which includes series production commitments for two new comedy series, reports The Wrap. The agreemen…
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Strange things, eclectic things, random things – all wonderful things! As Sovereign Hill’s Gold Museum celebrates its 40th Anniversary – a new exhibition, Wonderful Things: Celebrating…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:48AMLa Boite Theatre Company has expressed its appreciation and gratitude to outgoing Executive Director Katherine Hoepper, who will leave the trailblazing company in April to take up the role o…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:16AMEarlier this week, 'The Bachelor,' Colton Underwood, and his girlfriend Cassie Randolph announced they had chosenFrozenon Broadway as their first official date, and that they would attend th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08AMWith the proliferation of smart speakers, turning spreadsheets into sound could be the next big thing in data presentation
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMA while back, I wrote a piece about flop musicals that deserved a second
chance on Broadway. Many of you wrote to me and wondered why I hadn’t
mentioned any recent shows. When I write ab…
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 12:00AMHow a cancelled production led to Stephanie Styles' Broadway debut---"This may be my first time on Broadway, but a lot has led me to here," says Stephanie Styles, the 27-year-old triple thre…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe first Broadway revival of Lanford Wilson's Burn This begins preview performances on March 15 at the Hudson Theatre. Michael Mayer directs the new production, set to officially open on Ap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMMichael Mayer directs the first-ever Broadway revival of the Lanford Wilson play at the Hudson Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe epic outdoor staging unfolds in the midst of a Civil War re-enactment incorporating more than 100 soldiers, horses, and canon fire.
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