Adapted from Tim Burton’s 1988 film, this hyperkinetic musical, starring Alex Brightman as a madcap ghoul, tries too hard to haunt.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45PMThe Winter Garden, New York
A stage transfer for the spirited 80s comedy struggles to produce any memorable songs but provides an enjoyably silly night out nonetheless
A specter is haunting …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30PMIt's showtime, folks The ghost-with-the-most makes his Broadway debut in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy based onTim Burton's dearly beloved film opening tonight
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18PMThe Beetlejuice is rancid. And be sure not to bring the kids for a drink. "Beetlejuice" — officially "Beetlejuice the Musical, the Musical, the Musical" — is one of those what-were-they-…
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:10PMIf we say his name three times, will he go away? I’m not talking about the title character of “Beetlejuice,” which opened Thursday night, but Eddie Perfect. Fresh off his heinous music…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:01PMThis new screen-to-stage musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s ghoulish 1988 film feels like two different musicals have been fused together. On one
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00PMThere was a slight air of Rocky Horror Picture Show on Broadway last week, only the show was Beetlejuice, a new musical based on the Tim Burton cult classic. Patrons, some with orange hair, …
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:00PMMaybe if they’d said it a fourth time. Three times – “Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!” – summons to life the stripe-coated, fright-wigged demon that made a superstar of Mich…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:00PM“Such a bold departure from the original source material!” wisecracks the odd-looking fellow sitting on a coffin at the start of the Broadway musical “Beetlejuice.” The weird, nasty …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:00PMFor a musical jubilantly proclaiming that its overriding theme is death, “Beetlejuice” has a surprisingly lively spring in its step. As is well known by now, popular movies never die; th…
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The new musical, based on the Tim Burton favorite, opened April 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56PM★★★★ The song-and-dance adaption of the Tim Burton film is built to please, and it does
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:46PM★★★ Alex Brightman is the major bright spot in Alex Timber's stage transfer
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 08:45PM Beetlejuicethe Broadway musical differs in crucial ways from Tim Burton’s 1988 comic horror movie, as the character Beetlejuice himself (portrayed by Alex Brightman) makes clear from …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:06PMTonight Beetlejuice the musical begins its Broadway haunt at the Winter Garden Theatre. To mark the occasion, one of the show's stars, Rob McClure headed up to the theatre's mezzanine to sha…
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This Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 4252019 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:50PMAmid the continual flood of new jazz releases, this anniversary bash is one to be savored.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:49PMToday in Times Square, famed Q104 classic rock radio host Jim Kerr climbed out onto the marquee of Hard Rock Cafe to announce that the five-time Tony Award-nominated musical ROCK OF AGES wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:41PMCasey Cott's a pinball wizard! The Riverdale fave is starring alongside Christian Borle and Mandy Gonzalez in the Kennedy Center production of The Who's Tommy, which is playing through April…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 06:15PMAs Broadway week launches across New York, Broadway shows are lining up performances on the ever-popular Today Show. Next up are Kiss Me, Kate and Beetlejuice.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:12PMThe Cher Show star Micaela Diamond is next up in our Broadway Showstopper Spotlight Series.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 06:12PMInk's Bertie Carvel, Jonny Lee Miller and more talk bringing the story of Rupert Murdoch and The Sun to Broadway on opening night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:05PMLooking at Amherst College’s new Common Language Guide: What the glossary contains is not “common” language by any normal reckoning. Its very first entry defines “accomplice” as �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMThe senior member of Actors' Equity has a resume long enough to make three thespians proud.
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IT’S A JUNGLE IN HERE From 2015 to 2016, The Jungle was a makeshift camp in a landfill site in Calais, France, the port city where the Channel Tunnel to the UK begins. Inhabited by refugee…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:54PMPulitzer Prize-winning drama by Lynn Nottage gets a sharp, volatile staging in local premiere
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 05:49PM“Tootsie” and “Ink” scurried in this week to make the Tony deadline and have upset everyone’s brackets. The nominations come out Tuesday, and you can bet both shows will be uncorki…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:45PMRyann Redmond stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Frozen and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:34PMThe new-works incubator will support and present musicals, plays, puppetry, and other works in development.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:34PM“Unlike many previous studies, we are able to investigate differences between bullshitters and non-bullshitters conditional upon a range of potential confounding characteristics (including…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThe final play of the 2018-19 Broadway season took its opening night bow last night at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Ink, written by Olivier Award winner James Graham and directed by two-t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:31PMPrevious Lucille Lortel Award winner and multiple nominee, Mike Birbiglia, has been announced as host of the 2019 Lucille Lortel Awards, set to take place Sunday, May 5, at the NYU Skirball …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:21PMBy Douglas Mayo
Casting has been announced for Joy Wilinson's The Sweet Science Of Bruising which transfers to Wilton's Music Hall in June 2019.
This post Casting announced for The Sweet Sci…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:19PMWatch in the clip below as Chris McCarrell performs fromTHE LIGHTNING THIEF Musical
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:15PMThe literature-inspired season is the first under new artistic director Cassie Greer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:13PMAnaïs Mitchell's new musical, "Hadestown," intertwines to Greek myths into a timeless and breathtaking cautionary tale about the power of love.
The post Go to Hell: An Electrifying ‘Hades…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 05:06PMMichael Schulman reviews Joe Mantello’s Broadway production of Lucas Hnath’s play “Hillary and Clinton,” about the life of the former Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the 2…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 05:06PMThe photographers used Cinema Treasures, a database of American movie theaters past and present, to track down some of the country’s most spectacular movie palaces. At first they focused …
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SHE’S BA-A-A-CK AND SHE’S FA-A-A-ABULOUS Charles Busch’s play Die, Mommie, Die! is equal parts Greek comic-tragedy and Hollywood kitsch — a melodramatic campy cult classic in the vei…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:53PMZoe Lister-Jones wrote, directed and starred in the 2017 movie "Band Aid." Now, she’s adapting the indie film for the stage. The new musical dramedy will debut as a reading May 20 in New Y…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:45PMThe new solo show from Thaddeus Phillips is scheduled to run at New York Theatre Workshop through May 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PMIn 2018, about 4 in 10 people said they experienced a lot of worry the day before the interview, while a third said they were stressed and nearly 3 in 10 said they felt a lot of physical pai…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:31PMThe Trevor Project will honor Cara Delevingne with the Hero Award at its upcoming TrevorLIVE New York gala. Delevingne has supported The Trevor Project‘s efforts to end LGBTQ youth suicide…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:31PMChristopher Sieber is taking the stage in the musical that's touching hearts and funny bones alike, The Prom. Sieber took a moment to speak with us about what it's like being part of such a …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:31PMJackson Maine and his lady love Ally will not be getting back together on the big-screen any time soon as those who have seen ‘A Star Is Born’ know all too well. But the actors who playe…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 04:30PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Mike Birbiglia to Host 2019 Lortel Awards
Mike Birbiglia, the acclaimed comedic monologuist who earned acclaim this season for …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:29PMGrammy, Tony, and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt stopped by the YouTube Space in NYC toperform songs from his debut album Sing To Me Instead and chat with Billboard journalist, Rebecca Milzoff.…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:28PMSally Ann Tripplett discusses working with director John Doyle, some Broadway and West End milestones, and why she wasn’t a fan of TV fame.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:26PMIt's showtime, folks The ghost-with-the-most makes his Broadway debut in the edgy and irreverent musical comedy based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film.BEETLEJUICE, the new Broadway musica…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20PMBreaking News: The Miami City Commission agreed Thursday to delay a meeting on what many believe is the last crucial decision regarding the future of the Miami-Dade County proposal to resurr…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 04:08PMSizzling striptease will heat up Fire Island when Broadway Bares returns with NYC's hottest dancers on Saturday, June 1, 2019. Two high energy performances of Broadway Bares Fire Island will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:06PMThe all-Canadian cast brought the Tony-winning musical to morning television.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMIt may seem silly to lament over music selections in an exercise class, but it’s an issue that fitness companies may increasingly face as they transform from traditional health companies i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:01PMA delightful pairing of Stephen Vincent Benet’s “The Devil and Daniel Webster” and the Gilbert & Sullivan one-act operetta “Trial By Jury.”
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Idris Goodwin's hit break-beat play will be seen in Battery Park this spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:58PMThese portraits are hot off the presses after James Graham's Ink's opening night on April 24 at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Led by Jonny Lee Miller as Larry Lamb and Bertie Carvel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:55PMThe 83-year-old playwright made his Broadway debut earlier this season with a 50-year-old play—and might earn a Tony nomination, too.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMThe annual fundraiser returns to the Pines this summer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:44PMPerformances dazzle in satire-rich play that takes on good vs. evil, on until May 12 at the Coal Mine Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:41PMThe new Bobby Cronin musical will be presented May 23 for an invitation-only concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMJohn Cameron Mitchell is a Tony winner who has made his name known for being in Broadway's The Secret Garden, Six Degrees of Separation, Big River and of course, his acclaimed Hedwig and the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:35PMInspiring women share their thoughts about the subject of Broadway's The Cher Show, who continues to inspire them
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PMIn a first for Canadian mainstage theatre, the 15-member acting ensemble of Josette Bushell-Mingo’s innovative bilingual production, an offshoot of the Citadel/Banff Professional Program, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:31PMAt the opening night of Ink, the cast and friends fill in the blanks of headlines from The Sun in this Red Carpet Challenge.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:29PMThe Toronto company of Dear Evan Hansen celebrated their official opening night on March 28th Check out the video below as the cast performs You Will Be Found on Breakfast Television
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:15PMIn the video below watch as directorDarko Tresnjak and the creative team of THE FLAMINGO KID talk about the musical, coming to Hartford Stage
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMNominations for the 64th annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this afternoon for the 2018-19 season, honoring the outstanding achievements of professional theater artists on Broadway, Of…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:08PMTony winner Jayne Houdyshell discusses taking the stage alongside Glenda Jackson in King Lear, her stage career and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMWesley Morris: “Romantic comedy is the only genre committed to letting relatively ordinary people figure out how to deal meaningfully with another human being. … This is moviemaking that…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:04PMAtticus Finch might be the voice we remember from To Kill a Mockingbird- the classic story that Aaron Sorkin brought to Broadway this season- but Adam Guettel is the man who made Mockingbird…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMToday in Times Square, famed Q104 classic rock radio host Jim Kerr climbed out onto the marquee of Hard Rock Cafe to announce that the five-time Tony Award-nominated musical ROCK OF AGES wil…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMWait, isn’t the third season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” missing this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards cycle with its June 5 premiere date? Yes, it is, since the eligibility period ends o…
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The immersive, salon-style play, written by Claire Kiechel and directed by Steve Cosson, stars Tony Torn as Paul Swan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:57PMWatch Lilli Cooper take on 20 questions about Tootsie The Musical, Spring Awakening, Wicked, SpongeBob,, mishaps, dream roles & more!
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:54PMGuitarist Frisell and bassist Morgan are captivating in their exploration of pieces whose variety extends from the harmonic challenges of Thelonious Monk to the deceptive simplicity of “Re…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PMThe Official Hotel Partner for the 73nd annual Tony Awards, Sofitel New York has raised the curtain on its annual tribute to Broadway. Back for an encore, with several new embellishments, ar…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMTo Kill a Mockingbird's Gideon Glick chats with LaTanya Richardson Jackson and playwright Aaron Sorkin in his final vlog episode.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:31PMThey found that people whose parents “had the most privileged occupations”, such as doctors, lawyers and senior management posts, “were over four times more times more likely to be wor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:31PMBy Douglas Mayo
The Drama Desk Awards Nominations 2019 have been announced today with a revival of Oklahoma! leading the way with 12 nominations.
This post Drama Desk Awards 2019 Nominees An…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:27PMWhat does today's news mean for the rest of awards season Does love from the Drama Desk usually mean that a Tony nomination will follow
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMJames Graham's Ink, which chronicles the story of Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb's collaboration to crush the competition with The Sun, opened at Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on Apr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:22PMWith infectious personalities, great talent, and kind hearts to the depths of the earth, it’s no wonder I have been fans of S.P. Monahan and Charles Baran for quite a few years now. S.P. &…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 02:18PMThe long-running Broadway jukebox musical returns to its original New York home in June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:07PM“Very often, they are simple statements of fact, with minimal humorous adornment. James Corden mentions that Google will soon allow you to store your driver’s license on your phone. ‘Y…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:01PMRock of Ages, the smash-hit Tony-nominated musical that played a six-year run on Broadway, will head back to off-Broadway this summer at New World Stages, where it first debuted in New Yor…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:00PMWatch the Rock of Ages OBC perform "Here I Go Again".
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In the past few weeks, we've watched the nominations roll in. Today the final crop of nominees have been revealed, all leading to next week's ultimate announcement- the 2019 Tony nominations.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMThe acclaimed solo show transfers to the mainstage, where it officially opens April 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:40PMIn an interview, Taylor Swift - who will play Bombalurina in the upcoming cinematic adaptation of the hit Broadway musicals CATS, shared a new detail about what went on during the shooting o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:38PMCelebrate mom by bringing her to see a show she'll love
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 01:34PMToday, the ghost-with-the-most makes his Broadway debut in this edgy and irreverent musical comedy,BEETLEJUICE, based onTim Burton's dearly beloved film.Beetlejuicetells the story of Lydia D…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PM2019 DRAMA DESK NOMINATIONS:
Outstanding Play
Fairview, by Jackie Sibblies Drury, Soho Rep
The Ferryman, by Jez Butterworth
Lewiston/Clarkston, by Samuel D. Hunter, Rattlestick Playwr…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 01:29PMThe decision came after the Louvre’s visitor numbers surpassed “the symbolic threshold” of 10 million last year, which equates to 25,000 to 50,000 a day. At the Louvre’s most-popu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:28PMDaniel Fish’s wildly re-imagined revival of Oklahoma! leads New York’s Drama Desk Awards nominations with 12, including Revival of a Musical. No big surprise there — but the head-scrat…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:28PMApril 25, 2019: The nominees for the 2018-2019 Drama Desk Awards were announced today during the broadcast of Live at Noon on NY1. Anchor Roma Torre and Frank DiLella, host of On Stage, rol…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:26PMThe Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center will present Broadway legend Patti LuPone on Saturday, July 20 at 800pm, and The Fab Faux performing a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Abbey Road on…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:24PMNominations have been announced for the 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards, honoring the best in Broadway, off- and off-off-Broadway theater in the 2018-2019 season. Winners will be announced at …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:20PMIntimacy choreographer Chelsea Pace carefully designed every detail of a passionate embrace on stage between two young actors, down to the way they tilted their heads. "First, there's a shor…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 01:20PMBritton Smith takes us through each of his Be More Chill characters and costumes.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:18PMWriter Amanda Petrusich recounts the story of trumpeter Eric Vogel and the Ghetto Swingers, a band that played for officers and the Red Cross at Theresienstadt and, for a time, Auschwitz. Vo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:02PMWritten By Julio Martinez
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Geffen Playhouse will honor singer, songwriter, actor and activist Harry Belafonte and performer, comedienne and activist Lily Tomlin during its 17th annua…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:00PMLeonard Bernstein and André Previn very different animals. But their completeness as musicians, their ability to embrace and cherish music of spectacularly diverse genres, their connection …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM
Check out steamy new production photos from playwright S. Asher Gelman's newest work, an exploration of power dynamics through BDSM and food.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMOklahoma and Tootsie lead in number of nominations for the 64th annual Drama Desk Awards, which honors achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broad…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:57PMThe 64th annual ceremony will take place June 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMThe revival of “Oklahoma!” led the Drama Desk list with 12 nominations Thursday. “Tootsie” and “Rags Parkland Sings the Songs of the Future” followed, with 11 and nine nomination…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:51PMBroadwayWorld has learned the casting for TUTS'Jerome Robbins' Broadway - the final show in the company's 201819 Season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:41PMActress Rosemary Harris, playwright Terrence McNally and composer Harold Wheeler – Tony Award winners all – each will received a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatr…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:40PMBRITAIN’S BALLET FINDS CHICAGO Springing into the season, the Joffrey Ballet’s current visit to the Auditorium Theatre delivers very welcome art — two world premieres and a Chicago fir…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:34PMGreer, who has served as associate artistic director since 2017, succeeds Scott Palmer in the role.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:34PMThe biographical musical, which will transfer to Broadway this fall, opened April 17, 2018, at the Aldwych Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32PMThe concert will take place June 2 at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMThese new streamers will be desperate for content, and will yank their own shows off Netflix. So “when do we reach peak streaming? How many services can the average viewer reasonably adopt…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:29PMAudiences are jumping to their feet every night at the Nederlander Theatre, where a Broadway star was born just last summer. Samantha Barks made her Broadway debut starring as Pretty Woman's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:25PMBroadway YouTuber Michael Korte returns with a spin on two of Broadway's biggest hits
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMThe femmetasia with elements of noir, directed by David Mendizabal, continues its world-premiere run at INTAR.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:19PMTony winner Ralph Fiennes directs the movie about the Soviet ballet dancer who famously defected.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMProducer Christopher Clegg knew he had a hit on his hands with a drag tribute to Girls Aloud, but trying to secure
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMBroadway vet Shuler Hensley stars in the hit play The Ferryman.
SOURCE: Forbes at 12:14PMApril 25, 2019: The Tony Awards Administration Committee announced today that Tony Award winning actress Rosemary Harris,Tony Award winning playwright Terrence McNally and Tony nominated co…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:13PMAccording to the New York Times, actress Rosemary Harris, musician Harold Wheeler and playwright Terrence McNally will all be honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards at the 2019 Tonys.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:12PMThis morning,Laurie Metcalfwas a guest on TODAY to talk about starring in 'Hillary and Clinton' on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:11PMBC/EFA’s annual fundraising event took place at the Minskoff Theatre April 22 and 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMThe Eugene O’Neill Theater Center announced today the 2019 summer season of plays, musicals, and other works in development at theNational Music Theater Conference, National Playwrights…
SOURCE: reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 12:06PM“No place on earth rivals Berlin for the volume and variety of opera on offer, from Georg Frideric Handel to Hans Werner Henze. The city has three world-class companies, which this season …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at The Who's Tommy at the Kennedy Center Check out the photos below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PMOn this day in 2013,Diane Paulus' high-flying revival ofStephen SchwartzPIPPIN opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMThe acrobat chatted to Emma Clarendon about starring in Cirque du Soleil’s TORUK – The First Flight, playing at the o2 Arena from the 26 to 30 June 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMA look inside the production conceived by The Skivvies’ Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMIf you’ve ever watched the sun rise from the seat of a red-eye flight, then you have an idea of what Andrew McNicol’s “Yonder Blue” looks and feels like. “Yonder Blue” opens the …
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This week, the hit musical Waitress is celebrating three sweet years since opening up at Broadway's Brooks Atkinson Theatre To celebrate, we're throwing it back to the show's opening night w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMThe new exercise video series will get your blood pumping—just watch as Marino and Pretty Woman star Samantha Barks tease some of the upcoming routines, all set to songs from the show!
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:40AMPlaywright Terrence McNally, actor Rosemary Harris and orchestrator and composer Harold Wheeler will be the recipients of this year’s lifetime achievement awards from the Tony Awards. The…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:38AMPete Buttigieg continues to line up celebrity figures for fundraising events, one of the latest being a group of New York media and entertainment personalities for a May 13 reception. Accord…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:36AMA trio of Broadway legends will be honored with special Tony Awards for Lifetime Achievement, the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing have announced. Winners include playwright Ter…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:35AM“None of us want to see that jewel tarnished. After speaking with both parties, it appears that we should be able to achieve an end to this seven-week strike. Therefore, I am offering the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AMTaking her acclaimed play, Superhoe to Brighton Fringe next month, as well as working on a ‘top secret’ TV series, Nicôle Lecky is busy. We caught up with her to talk social media break…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:30AMCameron Mackintosh is planning alterations to the West End’s Noel Coward theatre to improve audience experience, including the creation of a new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:28AMThe National’s stage has an air heavy with anticipation. Trash hangs across a large set that is part tin shack, part jungle gym. It’s as if Marie Kondo has Kondo-ed a junkyard. Everythin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:20AMDoreen Taylor's musical tribute to lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II will play its final performance May 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMFemale writers are considered “inherently more risky” by commissioners and are pigeonholed into focusing on women’s stories, the Writers’ Guild has claimed.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:10AMHere are 9 exceptional shows that are returning to the London stage during 2019! From star-studded revivals to award-winning masterpieces.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:07AMThe trio will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre distinction.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMThe new comedy from Taylor Mac, starring Tony winner Nathan Lane, is currently running at the Booth Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:04AM“The brilliant hard-boiled lyricism of Sandy Grady, in 1964, as he watches a crowd of Phillies fans after a home loss: ‘They hit the sidewalk with tight mouths, like people who had seen …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:04AMI consider myself a pretty early adopter. I was one of the first folks on an iPhone, which snagged me this commercial (!), I bought stock in 3D printers and Salesforce before they were a …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMStars Jonny Lee Miller and Bertie Carvel and the company of Manhattan Theatre Club’s Ink reveal the logic behind the play on Playbill’s red carpet live.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
The 2019 summer season will showcase three new musicals and eight plays.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMTell me somethin,’ world. Are you happy in this post-“A Star Is Born” world? Or do you need more? Is there somethin’ else you’re searchin’ for? If you’re yearning to hear Jack …
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:54AMBradley Cooper shot down the idea of going on tour with Lady Gaga on "Ellen," but he does have something in mind to reunite the "Star Is Born" leads.
SOURCE: USA Today at 10:54AMThe 2019 Broadway Cares Easter Bonnet Competition was held earlier this week. The Easter Bonnet Competition broadwaybonnets is the culmination celebration of six weeks of fundraising by Broa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AMShakespeare's Twelfth Night is given a jazz-age twist in a new musical version of the classic comedy currently entertaining audiences at The Rose Playhouse. And instead of taking place in th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:53AMLong before the term clickbait entered into pop culture infamy, Chief Editor Larry Lamb of the Fleet Street tabloid The Sun was offering his staff a bonus every time the eye-catching words '…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:49AMRalph Fiennes directs this biographical look at the ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev’s early life, including his 1961 defection to the West.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:47AMThe Manhattan Theatre Club production opened April 24 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMThe critics are divided over 2 of the most buzzed-about musicals of the season, 'Hadestown' and 'Oklahoma!' What does it mean to hate something that everyone else loves? Also: What's the dif…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:43AMThe recent Olivier Award winner will head to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMTelevision and radio personality Rylan Clark-Neal has been confirmed for the role of 'The Critic' in Nativity! The Musical this Christmas. After an overwhelmingly successful run last year,…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:40AMI’ve been so horrifically busy throughout the past couple of weeks that I forgot to mention that the twenty-ninth episode of Three on the Aisle, the twice-monthly podcast in which Peter M…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:38AM“They are the talk of the theater world: a generation of black playwrights whose fiercely political and formally inventive works are challenging audiences, critics and the culture at large…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:37AM“I can’t remember a more electrifying run of new, innovative plays during my 25-year tenure as a New York theater critic than the heady spate of works by African-American playwrights tha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AMBy Douglas Mayo
Showman will see multi award-winning master of mind control and illusion Derren Brown tour the UK with the first new live show for five years.
This post Derren Brown Tour Ann…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:35AMKrassimira Stoyanova’s performance in the title role is the main reason to see this production of Strauss’s opera
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:33AMA year's worth of mischief has been managed! The hit two-part epic Harry Potter and the Cursed Child marked its first year on Broadway on April 22. Stars James Snyder, Jenny Jules, Matt Muel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AMBe More Wicked! Before Elphaba was Dancing Through Life... she was in The Bathroom at the Ozdust Ballroom.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 10:25AMSincerely, Oscar, a new musical celebrating Tony-winning lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, has scheduled a closing date of May 12 at Theatre Row's Acorn Theatre. The new work began previews on …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:17AMWesley Morris: “Occasionally, a play ends and nobody really knows what to do, because it just took an audience to outer space, to the center of the earth, to this new electric zone that kn…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM“Oftentimes, the most outrageous of plot twists are what make that happen,” say Ben Brantley and Jesse Green. – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:05AMWe were at Explorateur to talk with Diane Paulus about innovation, the arts, and more. This conversation is part of a curated lunch series presented by HUBweek and Boston.com.
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 10:01AMWhat makes some people obsess over fitness? That’s the question at the heart of Brawn, a new play written and performed by Christopher Wollaton under the direction of Matt Staite.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe only surviving Greek trilogy is coming to Sidney Harman Hall as Michael Kahn’s final production as STC artistic director.
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Starring Mandy Patinkin, Alison Fraser, Daisy Eagan, John Cameron Mitchell, and more, the musical opened April 25, 1991.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:52AMHere's what to do in San Francisco and beyond this weekend, from "Avengers" screenings to tapas tastings and flying machines.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:45AM“Under Iowa’s law, inmates no longer have access to mainstream publications such as National Geographic, says the lawyer Nathan Mundy, who represents Michael Lindgren, a tattoo artist ch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:34AMBirmingham RepEvan Placey transforms the lead characters into women in a provocative version embraced by a brilliant young cast
Calling Birmingham Rep’s production of Jekyll & Hyde “…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:30AMAfter a disastrous tea last year, critic and actress meet again, this time to spar about "Lear." Jackson delves into disagreements with director Sam Gold, a powerful female cast including Ru…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AM“Gulp!” That was my initial reaction when a publicist asked if I’d like to interview Glenda Jackson to discuss her performance in the new Broadway production of “King Lear.” Our pr…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:30AMOrganizations such as Artists of Color Alliance, Kansas City Artists Coalition, Charlotte Street Foundation, KC StartUp Village and Foundation, and the Mid-America Arts Alliance are helping …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThe English National Opera collaborates with producers Michael Linnit and Michael Grade to bring the revival of Tony Award-winning musical Man of La Mancha to the London Coliseum. The produc…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:15AM“In deciding to advocate for these two dancers, AGMA has not only sided with alleged offenders in multiple serious cases of degradation and sexual harassment, but has also sent a clear mes…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AMTim Burton is being represented on Broadway in what is perhaps the most Burton-esque show to grace the stage, Beetlejuice. But did you know that adaptations of Burton's films have been on Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:01AMA sensational adaptation of the film, Amélie the Musical completely captures my heart – see it now at the Watermill Theatre and then touring across the UK.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Jesse LaVercombe.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AMIt’s an artful weekend with Art All Night and the spring Gallery Crawl, plus Elle King, Eels and more.
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 08:59AM“The long-running row between the Cannes film festival and Netflix has taken an unexpected turn as the Directors’ Fortnight, one of the key strands of the festival that runs in parallel …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:47AMHere are some suggestions to help you navigate the area’s vibrant entertainment landscape in the week ahead.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 08:45AMBach’s cello suites are rarely performed together. However, this collaboration, between choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, unites
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:42AMBy Douglas Mayo
First performed to sold-out audiences at the Bush Theatre in 2018, prior to a short tour, Urielle Klein-Mekongo’s Yvette returns to the Bush Theatre, London on 14 May.
Thi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:35AM“[She] was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 2004, forcing her to undergo two emergency lung transplants needed to save her life. Despite her illness Tillemann-Dick pursued a renown…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AMFrom comedy and drama to musicals and dance, Chicago area stages are alive with vibrant productions.
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 08:30AMThe costume design field can vary widely in process from designing costumes that will be built from scratch to scavenging through vintage stores to find the perfect item, all while having to…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:30AMThe costume design field can vary widely in process from designing costumes that will be built from scratch to scavenging through vintage stores to find the perfect item, all while having to…
SOURCE: The Interval at 08:30AMThe Office of Arts + Cultural Programming (ACP) through its PEAK Performances series provides a place for important artists to create and perform innovative works. ACP is seeking a full time…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:25AMThe Executive Director will guide the realization of Pioneer Works’ long-term vision to build a cultural campus with satellite operations by overseeing the organization’s development, fi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18AM“Megastar Fan Bingbing has appeared in public for the first time in almost a year, after a mysterious disappearance from the public eye believed to be linked to charges of tax evasion. [Sh…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:16AMRob Carter’s delusional novelist is a lovable throwback to the comics of 20 years ago. The alter ego could be on the cusp of a comeback
Fashions in comedy ebb and flow. Standup is hip now …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:05AMAccording to director Richard Armstrong, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, part of the emirate’s Saadiyat Island complex of museums, is expected to open in 2022. “The Frank Gehry-designed museum…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:01AMBruce Springsteen’s long-promised solo album, “Western Stars,” will finally be released on Columbia Records on June 14. The first single and video from it, “Hello Sunshine,” will b…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMSan Diego Ballet is known for its Latin and jazz-themed productions, choreographed by artistic director Javier Velasco.
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 08:00AMThere have been a number of plays that have dealt with the importance of ‘art’ and what the viewer brings to its ‘meaning’. Sitting – which is written by Katherine Parkinson and di…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMTyrone Huntley makes his directorial debut with this vivacious production of Ain’t Misbehavin’ that hasn’t been seen in London for almost 25 years. With Oti Mabuse’s choreography, th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe playwright will be feted with the annual August Wilson House Block Party and a gala at his namesake African American Cultural Center.
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Listen: Critics Weigh in on “Ink,” Disney Prepping “Beauty and the Beast” Revival, “Moby-Dick” and “Six” Heading to ART! [display_podcast] “Today on Broadway” is a daily,…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:47AM“Lebanese author Hoda Barakat has won the $50,000 (£39,000) International prize for Arabic fiction (IPAF) for her novel, The Night Mail, which tells the stories of people in exile through…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AMSadler’s Wells, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s choreography for the composer’s music, played by cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras, is austere and enigmatic
If you were going to choose a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:40AMMore a knowing ‘homage’ to the 1952 cinematic mega-hit than an outright ‘reproduction’ of it, Director-Choreographer Spencer Liff references just enough of the film, while re-envisio…
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 07:30AMWhile he tended to keep his performing career fairly close to home (especially in his later years), Demus became widely known through his more than 100 recordings. He’s especially remember…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AMTina - The Tina Turner Musical is celebrating one year on the London stage and last night, the stars were out in force to support it.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:11AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review the Broadway premiere of Tootsie. Here’s an excerpt. * * * It was inevitable that “Tootsie,” Sydney Pollack’s much-loved 1982 romcom a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMRazor sharp, engaging and intelligent, there is certainly plenty to enjoy in Christopher Adams’ thriller Tumulus that effectively explores issues such as addiction and loneliness as the st…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“Among the calamities of war, may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.” Samuel Johnson, The Idler…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMMaia Wechsler’s documentary goes backstage with dancers in a revival of Merce Cunningham’s “RainForest” as they learn to move from those who knew the groundbreaking choreographer.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00AMWith today's opening of Beetlejuice, the Broadway 2018 - 2019 is in the record books. Actually, the season doesn't officially end until May 26th, but unofficially, the Tony Awards cut off is…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:00AMThree days of performances and workshops encourages participants to become leaders in their communities.
This weekend the Goodman Theatre will present the I Am .…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMUntil then, it relies too heavily on stale old jokes.
Second City e.t.c.'s 43rd revue begins with the cast paddling through the audience in a faux water ballet. …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMJust in case you had any doubts that Shakespeare was still relevant.
In one of the strongest, visceral productions of Shakespeare running in this city now, the B…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMIt provides all the answers to the central dilemma that you'd expect.
Red Theater has achieved its admirable goal to "ask dangerous questions theatrically" in th…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMThe drumming is fun, but the corporate-speak is not.
Everything about Djembe! The Show starts to make more sense when you imagine it out of its current context�…
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More than 170 babies were brought to the West End’s first parent and baby performance at the Vaudeville Theatre, with producer Nica
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMEdinburgh’s proposed new 1,000 seat concert hall and 200 seat studio theatre space has won planning approval from the city’s council. Previously
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMMacArthur Genius Award-winner Okwui Okpokwasili is bringing her incredible show Bronx Gothic to The Young Vic this summer.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:37AMRoyal and Derngate, Northampton Mike Poulton’s new version lends fresh wit to the tragedy without diminishing its emotional intensity
A great Manchester Guardian critic, CE Montague, once …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:30AMRailing against the hypocrisy of religious and social propriety, Ibsen’s Ghosts was met with disgust on its 1882 release. Modern audiences won’t
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMSinging, dancing, angst and euphoria - that's what we're getting from these candid images from the rehearsal room of Bowie-inspired play Heroes. Have a peek then book your tickets!
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:27AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld First, we'd like to wish a happy opening to Beetlejuice, which officially opens on Broadway tonight, April 25
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:22AM Here’s a head-scratcher: I found this ad for an Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) variety special from a TV Guide from the early ’70s, but can find no reference to the show online, includin…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:07AMOpening tonight at Torn Page: Paul Swan is Dead and Gone, a new play by the Civilians, starring Tony Torn and written by Claire Kiechel, the great-great grandniece of the eponymous Paul Swan…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:06AMSome words in remembrance of forgotten man of the theatre Paul Armstrong (1869-1915). Missouri born Armstrong started out as a boat captain on the Great Lakes (his father’s trade), then be…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:04AMINK officially opened last night, April 24 at theSamuel J. FriedmanTheatre 261 West 47th Street. BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos from the opening night…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01AMFRIDAY “Sentimental Journey”: Chicago stage veteran Ross Lehman premieres his own solo show with music about his parents. Citadel Theatre, 300 S. Waukegan Road, Lake Forest; 847-735-8554…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMIncredibly, the dangerously titled Michael Jackson musical, “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” is moving forward in New York. Its creators are using what I’ll call the complexity de…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:00AMWe couldn't be more excited that Michael Legrand's AMOUR is finally coming to the UK for a professional production, but we're saddened that Michael himself, who died in January, couldn't see…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:00AMWe couldn't be more excited that Michel Legrand's AMOUR is finally coming to the UK for a professional production, but we're saddened that Michel himself, who died in January, couldn't see i…
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Tootsie officially opened last night, April 23 BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos of all the red carpet action below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50AMTootsie officially opened last night, April 23 BroadwayWorld was there for the big night and you can check out photos of all the red carpet action below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46AMToday we celebrate the 5 cast members of Beetlejuice who are making their official Broadway debut tonight.Congratulations to everyone making their dreams come true! Here's to great reviews…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 12:01AMThe actor who shot to fame in the ‘Twilight’ saga now stars in French director Claire Denis’s movie ‘High Life’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMPowerful, mighty and full of drama — goddesses, Greek myths and the muses were all the rage at this year’s Salone del Mobile
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMChillida Leku, the artist’s project in the Basque hills, was thrown a lifeline by mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMBeetlejuice, the new musical based on the hit 1988 film, officially opens at Broadway's Winter Garden Theatre on April 25. Alex Timbers directs the production, which began previews on March …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMThe theatre awards season kicks into high gear with the announcement of the 64th annual Drama Desk nominations. Unlike the Tony Awards, which only recognize Broadway productions, the Drama D…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMInk playwright James Graham gets his hands dirty covering London's tabloid revolution---"A few years ago, it became apparent to me that something was changing in the way we spoke to each oth…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMAlex Timbers directs the stage adaptation of the Tim Burton film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe MasterVoices production is directed and conducted by Tony winner Ted Sperling.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMInk playwright James Graham gets his hands dirty covering London's tabloid revolution---"A few years ago, it became apparent to me that something was changing in the way we spoke to each oth…
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