There was an article in Forbes last month about the glut of empty museums in China. While many museums in the United States have larger collections than they can possibly display, storing th…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PMLive from New York City, I interview "Lady Ha-Ha" herself, comedian Rita Rudner, about her new ORIGINAL Off-Broadway Musical Comedy Two's A Crowd. From taking risks to room service, Rita &am…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:33PMWith sell-out seasons across the globe and prior to their return to the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe, Out Cast Theatre – Australia’s longest running LGBTI+ theatre company returns to The Butter…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:16PMFunny, sweet, and poignant, Colleen Hindsley’s one-woman show, That’s Not How It Happened, will resonate with anyone who misses their parents, has endured the torture of older siblings, …
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(Mark Fisher’s article appeared in the Guardian, 7/9.) Crucible, Sheffield Transformative puppetry, design and direction, and a great human lead, make this adaptation of Yann Martel’s bo…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 08:55PMWelcome to the 60s! Big hair, bright colors, and dancing abound as social change starts to sweep Baltimore. Rockville Musical Theatre brings community theatre to new heights with “Hairspra…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:49PM(l to r) Jasmine Chiu and PeiJu Chien-Pott in ‘Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise.’ (Photo Stephanie Berger. Courtesy The Shed.) By Matthew Wexler “Maybe if you…
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 08:42PMWhen Cynthia Shaw sits down at the piano and casually busts out Bach’s Allegro from Italian Concerto, you know Velvet Determination isn’t your average Fringe show. Written and performed …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:35PM“Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right, and what is easy.” Dumbledore’s warning acts as a harbinger of a tonal shift to the Harry P…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:28PMBy . The Blue Room Theatre presents the Winter Nights keynote lecture ‘On Theatre’ by Shelagh Magadza livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV network o…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 08:25PMSome 35 million households now subscribe to HBO either via their cable service or the HBO Now streaming service. They’re used to paying for premium content. HBO is betting that they’ll p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18PMEgypt said on Tuesday it had asked Interpol to track the statue and other artefacts over alleged missing paperwork, and it criticised British authorities for not supporting its claim. – Th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18PM“Contrary to the popular view, I think that we sometimes have good reasons to argue against the person. In other words, ad hominem arguments can be good arguments, especially when they are…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18PMLead the $9.5 million annual campaign for the dynamic, innovative Pacific Symphony.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18PMWhat if the best way to boost reading comprehension is not to drill kids on discrete skills but to teach them, as early as possible, the very things we’ve marginalized—including history,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18PMUK digital minister Margot James described the initiative’s vision in an opening event. “Imagine being inside the world of a Shakespeare play, or in a video game as professional players …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18PM“Presumably you didn’t mean to insult these folks, who represent a core museum constituency. Every art museum serves two publics — an art public and a general public. After the affront…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:18PMJoseph P. McCarthy appeared in shows by ACT Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Public Theater, Strawberry Theatre Workshop and other companies over the years. In addition, he appe…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 08:15PMBy . The Playwright's Center in Minneapolis presents the Afro-Atlantic Playwright Festival Closing Roundtable livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer-produced HowlRound TV networ…
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A new, Yiddish language production of the musical is currently running off-Broadway. Steven Skybell, who plays Tevye, and Joel Grey, who directs the show, explain why the play still resonat…
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 06:54PMCatchy musical numbers and an intoxicated Pierre L’Enfant drawing D.C.’s confusing street layout were the highlights of E Pluribus Screw ‘Em!, a hit-and-miss sketch-comedy-musical-poli…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMLet’s get this out of the way first. Two Gentlemen of Verona is not Shakespeare’s worst play. Not by a long shot; not in a universe which has Timon of Athens and Coriolanus and Two Noble…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMMatt Dundas doesn’t let facts get in the way of telling a good story, particularly if they are making fun of politicians past and present. His one-man show, performed as a walk along Penns…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMUpbeat and whimsical, The Face Zone meanders between philosophical musings and autobiographical tales in a Sark-esque combination of drawings and poetry. Bopping from thought to thought, Mar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMWith raw emotion, dashes of humor, and a bold style, Judge Me Not comes out swinging from its first moments. Broken hearts, abused bodies, life and death – all the ups and downs of a group…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:24PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.Ethan Slater, Lena Hall, Eric William Morris to Lead Reefer Madness WorkshopReefer Madness is inching its way back to the New Yo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMJake Boyd stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about playing Fiyero in Wicked and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMLuba Mason at.The Green Room 42, Wednesday, July 10th at 7:00pm.
Freddy Cole, Birdland, Wednesday, July 10th – Saturday, July 13th, shows at 8:30 & 11:00pm nightly
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 06:09PMWestfield News Group ArtsBeat for 7/10/19. Tara Franklin headline Chester Theatre’s “On the Exhale”, Majestic Theater announces upcoming season, and other arts news for WMass and No.CT.
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SF Shakes is performing Shakespeare's beloved comedy "As You Like It" at Bay Area parks, complete with songs from SF band the The Kilbanes.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 04:55PMPrototype: Opera/Theatre/Now will include the one-act “Ellen West” among six works in its January season.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMHow did a lush throwback like “People Will Say We’re in Love” become the lean, sexy, countrified number being sung today? Follow along as we break it down.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMBooking a genuine headliner is a twist for the grab-bag of acts staged around the city every July.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:42PMThe Sam Shepard classic returns to Steppenwolf Theatre Company through August 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:31PMThe forthcoming revival of West Side Story has found its leads.
The full lineup for the beloved show, which will open at the Broadway Theater, was announced on Wednesday. The production, b…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 04:25PMThe presentation of Maria Irene Fornes’ musical runs July 10–11 as part of Encores! Off-Center series at New York City Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:19PMThe multi-award-winning soprano Dawn Derow returned to the Laurie Beechman Theatre with The House That Built Me, a program that was by turns nostalgic, sentimental and very entertaining.
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 04:18PMSix new members join the board, and Kathryn M. Lipuma returns as chair.
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The work will be presented in memory of Previn, who died earlier this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:40PMPlaybill's Job Listings offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:34PMEVEN WHEN HAIRSPRAY CAN’T HOLD UP… THE EXPERIENCE CAN There are some shows that are beyond criticism or, rather, shows that render criticism totally unnecessary, and the Bay Area Musical…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:18PM"This year, on the 10th anniversary of the Fringe, there were 414 shows, up from around 300 shows only two years ago in 2017.
Several of these received extensions of a few performances or mo…
SOURCE: stageraw.com at 03:17PMWriter Heather O’Donovan looks at the challenges of both translations for singing (fitting new words to the music) and supertitles (fitting the words onto that little screen). – WQXR (Ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMThe study found that fully 91 percent of remakes drew a less positive audience score than the original. Among critics, the remakes received a lower Metacritic score just slightly less freque…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMSebastian Smee: “I realize the claim sounds odd. After all, they weren’t really intended as high art. They’re television documentaries. They were created primarily to educate and to en…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMDarren Criss is getting ready to sing out again on the small screen. The celebrated actor, who first shared his powerful pipes with theater fans on TV's Glee, is set to star in Royalties, a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:06PMCasting is here for the highly anticipated Broadway revival of West Side Story from Tony-winning director Ivo van Hove and internationally acclaimed choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker…
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SFMOMA and Oakland Art Library are 2 ways for art lovers to find works to rent for their private use.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:50PMIt is no secret that audiences are looking forward to West Side Story in the coming year, whether its Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming big-screen version or the upcoming Broadway revival sch…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:47PMCasting for director Ivo van Hove’s upcoming Broadway revival of West Side Story was announced today by producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen, with what they’re calling an…
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:46PMThe production deploys a silent film aesthetic and runs July 17–20.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:41PMPerformances will begin at the Rhode Island venue July 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:32PMThe Broadway revival of “West Side Story” will star Shereen Pimentel as Maria and Isaac Powell as Tony. The revival, directed by Ivo van Hove and produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:31PMSo here’s the deal: the card game 52 Pickup is, technically, not a game so much as it is a mess. You grab a deck of cards, say “52 pickup!” and scatter the cards every which way. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:22PMRoslyn Ruff talks about co-starring in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fairview, why the piece resonates with her and with audiences, and much more.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:21PMIt turns out Al Snow (Todd Blakesley) is that guy – the one who admits to voting for Donald Trump in 2016. His participation in the democratic experiment turns his life upside down. Snow l…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:19PMTony winner Ivo van Hove will direct the new take on the musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:15PMBy Rebecca Kurtz There is a lot to love about historical fiction, and writer/director Robert McNamara chose a good branch of history with the beautifully open-ended story of Amelia Earhart�…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:10PMThe comic hasn’t adjusted his material for the setting: he’s still defending wealthy, famous peers and joking about transgender targets.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PM“The so-called Liget project, initiated in 2011, aims to transform Budapest’s city park (Városliget) into a cultural hub, including the new National Gallery, Museum of Ethnography and H…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMIt received funding from Arts Council England’s Change Makers initiative to become more accessible and inclusive. Alongside organisational changes like disability awareness training, BSO c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:03PMApology by Peter Filichia regarding his comments of Camp Morning Wood on last week’s This Week on Broadway.
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Sony Masterworks Broadway has announced the release of an original cast recording for Half Time, a new musical which debuted in 2018 at Paper Mill Playhouse. The album will be released on Au…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMWe can definitely feel the love during the world premiere of the upcoming The Lion King movie. Starring Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Billy Eichner, Seth Rogen, John Oliver and James Earl Jones r…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMIsabelle McCalla and Caitlin Kinnunen in The Prom (Photo: Deen van Meer)Isabelle McCalla is currently wowing audiences in the The Prom, a show she's been with since she was an ensemble me…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:54PMIf you’re not familiar with devised theater, it’s when an ensemble collaborates on the script, movement, and even score of the production, often through improvisation and storytelling. I…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:52PMJames McArdle is dazzling in this laugh-out-loud, feel-bad production of Henrik Ibsen's 1867 play
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:36PMThe new Jeffrey Katzenberg-founded platform is set to launch next spring.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:24PM Jerry Herman turns 88 today, which is the number of keys on a piano, an instrument he started playing more than eight decades ago, and led to his first musical 65 years ago, “I Feel Won…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:11PMCutting Up Space and Time
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SOURCE: culturecatch.com at 01:09PMIn the past, work was recognized for its colonizing power, expanding to fill and dominate time itself such that there might exist no clear line between work hours and nonwork hours. Our curr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PMIn the past, experiments played a vital role in developing theory and vice versa. For some time now that back-and-forth has not existed in certain fields where experiments are barely managin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PM“[Her] oral history project includes some 3,000 recordings of interviews with composers and other major musical figures, from Aaron Copland to Elliott Carter, from Duke Ellington to John A…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PMGregory Doran’s timely and riveting adaptation of Measure for Measure is filled with laugh-out-loud humour, but there is also a bleaker side to it that makes it very much a play for today.
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Bruce Springsteen fans will get to see the Boss play his new Western Stars album after all – on film. Springsteen made the off-the-cuff announcement about a performance documentary during …
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:57PMIt’s probably safe to say that We’re All Going to Fucking Die! is the only Fringe show where you stand a chance at taking home a prostate massager. Despite the cheekily morbid title, thi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMSurfacing: An Inventory of Helplessness is less a story than a meditation on a condition. And the condition is grim. A (Yvonne Paretsky) seeks refuge in Vienna. The law is that if she can es…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMThere’s nothing like a Greek tragedy to go from zero to 100 in just over an hour. In this case, we go from the broodings of a slighted god to a mother wielding her own son’s head on a pi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMIn 33 1/3 Chorus Girls, seven comedic sketches are linked by the loose thread of “show business.” A klutzy stand-up comedienne tells academic jokes about Harry Potter, surrounded by heck…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:54PMThe Michael Fentiman–directed production premiered at the Watermill Playhouse in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:46PMThe biomusical continues its run at The Colonial Theatre until July 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:28PMObie-winning playwright Rajiv Joseph is among the artists who will participate in panels to support screenwriters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMThe brothers of late "Oh, Pretty Woman" singer Roy Orbison performed the song during the July 9 curtain call at the Nederlander Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMDon’t believe your program! Dust is not, in fact, a collection of surreal daydreams to trip your imagination. It is a thought-provoking drama worthy of your attention. It’s the end of th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:13PMAaron Tveit, Karen Olivo, Danny Burstein, and more reflect on the ideals central to the show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMRip Torn (Photo: Tinseltown/Shutterstock.com) Rip Torn, one of the leading stage actors of his generation and an Emmy Award-winner for his portrayal of the deliciously devious…
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The road to redemption can be an arduous one, especially when you’ve burned so many bridges in the past. LA TI DO Productions’ Soul Redeemer, with a book by Paul Handy, music and lyrics …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:56AMEven at a time when Baroque operas are being endlessly revived, the 40 surviving examples by Antonio Caldara haven’t had much of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:56AMIt took decades for the full Rodgers and Hammerstein score to be available. But even abbreviated, the show helped build a whole new audience for Broadway music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AMThey are the smiling (and suspiciously attractive) people at product launches. Is the job fulfilling? Not really. But it pays well.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:48AMYears after Wendy’s tales of lost boys, pirates, and mermaids, Michael Darling is grounded and committed to a hospital when his brother, John, finds him on the roof. In the world premiere …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:43AM“It has been a turbulent year for the Leipzig Annual Exhibition — so much so that the show was even cancelled at one point because of an outcry over the inclusion, then exclusion, of an …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM“In the first public protest by such artists in many years, well-known actors … attended a demonstration of a few hundred people outside the government offices on Victory Square on June …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM“Critics have accused [Charles] Venable of dumbing down the museum with his crowd-pleasing, cost-conscious changes. But his program has also touched a nerve as institutions around the coun…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM“[He] was equally at home in the comedy of the Men in Black film series or TV’s The Larry Sanders Show (for which he won his Emmy) and in the drama of Sweet Bird of Youth or Anna Christi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM“Into the Woods Sr. and other musicals tailored to older casts are the brainchild of Freddie Gershon, [Music Theater International’s] co-chairman, who first developed similarly shortened…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM“It’s actually very hard to keep the audience engaged in the development of a story. The struggle is figuring out how literal I can be, and how much I can use the abstract aesthetic of d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMThe piece, a forward written for the Soviet edition of a novel by Georgia investigative journalist John L. Spivak, recounts an incident from the 1927 road trip Hughes took with Zora Neale Hu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMby Zach Raffio. @zachraffio. NEW YORK, NY - Legendary mystical genie Bazuz The Harmonious revealed today that he was the very being who granted playwright David Mamet the wish of “unlimite…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:37AMThe musical features the final performance from the late Georgia Engel, co-starring with Tony winners André De Shields, Lillias White, and Donna McKechnie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AMDance development body Dance Manchester has announced its closure after 27 years, blaming a loss of funding from Arts Council England. It
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:33AMLaurie Woolery directs the July 10–11 performances.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMOn the heels of an acclaimed U.K. premiere at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, the fantastical new musical Amélie will move to the Other Palace Theatre this fall. The new production, direc…
SOURCE: Theatre.com at 11:27AMBy Helen Ganley Labeling the DNA sample bottle and depositing it gingerly into the mail slot feels almost like a rite of passage for many Americans. The masses of inhabitants that bask under…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:25AMThe Edinburgh Theatre Festival co-production runs in London through October 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMBy Douglas Mayo
Full casting has been announced for the UK Premiere of the award-winning musical Falsettos at The Other Palace.
This post Casting announced for Falsettos at The Other Palace …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:20AMWhoopi Goldberg and Jamie Wilson are producing the musical, which will launch in 2020 at the Curve, Leicester.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMA foursome of emerging stars have been cast as Jason in the upcoming European-premiere staging of William Finn and James Lapine's Falsettos. The previously announced production, directed and…
SOURCE: Theatre.com at 11:17AMThe prolific actor was known for his roles in Sweet Bird of Youth, Men in Black, and The Larry Sanders Show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMA new associates programme has been launched to improve African and Caribbean representation in off stage theatre roles. African and Caribbean theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:08AMThe BBC edition of the reality competition is expected to premiere later this year.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:07AMAfter seeing Allie Trimm in the York Theatre’s production of Enter Laughing, I am thrilled to catch-up with her about her current role in the dark-comedy Not Even The Good Things.
Not Even…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 11:06AMRip Torn, one of the leading stage actors of his generation and an Emmy winner for his portrayal of the devious producer Artie on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show, died on July 9 at his home in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMCurrent Aladdin ensemble member Jacob Dickey will take over the title role in the Tony-nominated musical beginning on July 16. Ainsley Melham, who currently plays the role, will take his fin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:06AMA new four-month festival billed as the biggest celebration of French contemporary dance in the UK has been launched. FranceDance UK, presented
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMBe prepared to be enchanted, provoked, and emotionally drained in Othello Remixed. This passionate interpretation of Othello feels so right and so believable.
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Fans of The Lion King will be able to purchase newly designed pieces in celebration of the upcoming live-action film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMWith so much choice in the West End, musicals-wise, it’s hard to know where to start. From Les Misérables to The Lion King, the sheer number of smash-hit shows lining the streets of Londo…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:35AMToday we pay frustrated tribute to actress Sue Lyon (b. 1946). Frustrated, of course, because she has successfully maintained a veil of secrecy and anonymity for almost 40 years. She made he…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:32AMWaitress star Shoshana Bean performs dream roles from The Bridges of Madison County, Into the Woods and Funny Girl.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:28AMMy summer vacation this year took me back to China. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to meet with China arts administrators on this trip, though I did try to secure some introductions and arran…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:24AMUnder the rebranding efforts of former Washington Ballet head Septime Webre, subscriptions spike and shows sell out.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:24AMWith its clever script by playwright Iris Dauteman, Hatpin Panic weaves a terrific Mobius strip of a largely unknown scrap of history from America’s turn of the century women’s suffrage …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:24AMThe Kinky Boots collection from SCENERY launches July 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMThe Olivier-nominated play follows boxing champion Cassius Clay as he finds his new identity as Muhammad Ali.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMThe young singer earned the Golden Buzzer after nailing Sara Bareilles' Waitress ballad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMTabard has spent the past few days wondering whether Theatreland has been struck by a mischievous, havoc-wreaking poltergeist. First, the Lyric Hammersmith’s
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The program that fostered the likes of Dear Evan Hansen’s Benj Pasek and Justin Paul also welcomes two new Playwriting Chairs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMThe song will also appear on the companion album The Lion King: The Gift, out July 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:56AMJennifer Thompson interviews Audrey Brisson who stars in the titular role of Amélie The Musical. They chat about short rehearsal processes and enduring audience support. 2001’s rom-com, A…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AMJacob Dickey will step into the role of Aladdin later this month at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMAmelie the Musical is to transfer to London following its UK tour. Having premiered at Newbury’s Watermill Theatre in April, the production
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:18AMMischief Theatre's brand-new piece, Groan Ups, has finally found its cast for the highly-anticipated premiere at the Vaudeville Theatre in London this September!
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:15AMSometimes it’s hard for dreamers but it’s paid off for the team behind the successful touring production of Amélie The Musical as it journeys to London’s The Other Palace for a festiv…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 09:15AMBrenda Edwards is to star in a reworked version of the musical Sister Act, which sees the lead role of Deloris Van
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AMSolo professional goes from moon goddess to rock chick in new production
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:03AMTwo writers for The Seattle Times attend “Bon Appétit!: The Julia Child Operetta," in which family stories about Julia Child combine with opera, and the result is a (literal) chocolate ca…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMJuly 13, 1944: London was suffering aerial bombardment from German V-1 rockets, otherwise known as doodlebugs, 75 years ago this week. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMKoko Brown is back with her new show Grey, following on from last year’s hit one-woman play White. This instalment of the Colour Trilogy explores depression and black women’s mental heal…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAll month long Chicago is serving up hot-off-the-grill premieres featuring all your favorite fixins.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 09:00AMI feel for these two writers. It is a nasty position to be put in and creatively deflating. The love, passion and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:00AMBy Charlene Smith. Charlene V.
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The region has long been a national punchline. Funny, then, that it’s where you’ll find some of the country’s sharpest wits
If ever, on a weekend, I get the train out of London and up …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMHistrionic giant Rip Torn has passed at age 88 and we can’t let the event pass without setting the record straight a bit. As they are wont to do, the mainstream press is making a lot of hi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:18AMThe Young Vic has responded at length to allegations about its artistic director Kwame Kwei-Armah, which relate to the authorship row that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMTheatre company High Tide is demanding more than £16,000 from a London council as compensation for a collapsed festival it had been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:18AMUnderstanding tactical actions
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 08:15AMThis new production at “The Long Beach Playhouse” is a more intimate interpretation of this solid audience favorite, while still maintaining (and doing justice) to all the elements that …
SOURCE: buckingtrends.me at 08:00AMDavid Hare has made as much sense of Ibsen’s sprawling masterpiece Peer Gynt as seems possible.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMThe super magnifique Amélie The Musical, based on the beloved 2001 French comedy film titled simply Amélie, is set to run at The Other Palace in London this Christmas and New Year.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:00AMThe “Days of Our LIves” and “The Nanny” star plays the nemesis of Tony nominee Jenn Colella as Peter Pan.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMThe two explore the full spectrum of Pray Tell and Candy’s complex dynamic in the emotional July 9 episode.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:00AMWhich Spamalot alum became a Grey’s Anatomy star? Which wrote their own Off-Broadway musical? And which left the theatre to join the family biz?
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Flamenco maverick Rocio Molina deconstructs the norms of her form with an antic energy in Fallen From Heaven. As the title suggests,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMRags played the Mark Hellinger Theater in August 1986
Another mid to late 80's musical that I never got to was Rags. It's really not surprising - it only ran for 18 previews and 4 performanc…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:36AMBarbican, LondonTimothy Sheader brings his Regent’s Park rock concert indoors for a show that celebrates lung power over tenderness
Ah, the exuberance of youth! Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMAmélie The Musical will transfer to London’s The Other Palace from 29 November 2019 to 1 February 2020 (press night is 3 December), following its current UK tour and its season premiere a…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:17AMChristmas has come early, with the announcement of Amélie The Musical transferring to The Other Palace on 29 November.Based on the five-time Oscar-nominated film, Amélie The Musical has al…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:11AMSam Wood (1883-1949) was one of a long line of Marx Brothers’ directors that Groucho liked to dis, but the reality doesn’t support that scorn. Not only did Wood direct two of the team’…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:06AMChris Goode and Company has cancelled a planned Edinburgh Fringe show and put the rest of its public-facing work on hold, citing
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMNew play Rust at the Bush, about an extramarital affair, is short but emotionally truthful and invigorating.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMShould one turn down commercial castings with a certain casting director as everytime one goes to a certain casting office they are
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMFor the first six months after leaving drama school I was very energetic and organised, planning out my days, making applications for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:00AMThis season’s directors, Liza Balkan and Severn Thompson, tell Karen Fricker about the challenges of producing condensed Shakespeare in the great outdoors.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:00AMSteve Scott's bare-bones production is storefront Shakespeare at its best.
William Shakespeare's 1606 tragedy is often regarded as the Mount Everest of English d…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMA binary-busting love story weds a 16th-century romance and the music of the Go-Go’s.
When the Go-Go's debuted the irresistibly catchy titular song in 1984, MT…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMMarriott’s new musical hits standard narrative notes, but the songs soar
Daniel Zaitchik's new musical (he wrote the songs and the book) is a sweet little show…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMMary Zimmerman’s production sings, though the gender politics creak.
You can say this for director Mary Zimmerman's staging of Meredith Willson's multiple Tony…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMLights! Costumes! Props! They’re all here at the Design Museum of Chicago
A new exhibit at the Design Museum of Chicago pushes visitors through the theater's p…
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By Douglas Mayo
The Sister Act UK Tour returns in 2020 but this time it's an all-new Delores Van Cartier audiences will be seeing on stages around the UK.
This post Sister Act UK Tour 2020 t…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:52AMPosset was a drink that, in the 16th century, solidified, a sheer nightmare with emollient richness I can only say is a spoonful of lacks — texture, diversity, surprise. On its face, raw t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:42AM“We seem to be fighting similar battles,” wrote a CultureGrrl reader in response to my appreciation, posted Monday, of the critic/scholar, 74, whose pioneering work defined what became k…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:42AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Willy Russell's One For The Road now playing as part of the Frinton Summer Theatre Season.
This post REVIEW: One For The Road, Frinton Summer Theatre �…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:30AMWhat's going on in the rehearsal room for Nostalgia, a new revue coming to the White Bear Theatre later this month? There's only one way to find out - take a look at our gallery... then book…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMThis ill-thought-out adaptation of Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People hits all the wrong notes. It begins with the paper-thin love interest
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Throw your stetson high with excitement - Debra Stephenson and Tony Hawks will star in Hawks' new musical Midlife Cowboy when it receives its world premiere at The Pleasance Theatre in Septe…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 02:45AMWho is Toni Lamond? Toni Lamond is a veteran performer in Australian Show Business. Born into a theatrical family, she made her first professional appearance 77 years ago, aged 10. She is st…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:34AMAfter a successful season of In the Heights at the Sydney Opera House, Joshua Robson Productions (formally Blue Saint Productions) brings its 5-star original Australian work Guilty Pleasures…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:16AMShe unleashed Phoebe Waller-Bridge on the Edinburgh fringe. The former actor with the Midas touch tells us her recipe for a hit show
‘We had wine. It was late.” Producer Francesca Moody …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06AMWhile some musical theatre aficionados, myself included, know more than our fair share about queens, we know rather less about the Queen’s.
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Olivier, LondonHare updates Ibsen’s 1867 dramatic poem with wit and ingenuity, resulting in a sharp satire on contemporary mores
This play is credited as “by David Hare after Henrik Ibs…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:54AMNetflix has recently announced it will create a dedicated production hub featuring 14 sound stages, workshops, and office space, at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom.“Netflix and it…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:13AMComedian Joe Lycett will replace Richard Ayoade as the “Travel Man,” confirms Channel 4.Ayoade’s ninth and final series features Ayoade traveling to a popular city for 48 hours each ep…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:11AMMr. Torn won an Emmy for “The Larry Sanders Show” and acclaim for his theater work. But he was dogged by his reputation as a troublemaker.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:03AMHello Sydney, well Hello Sydney – It’s so nice to be back home where you belong… There was a time, back in the 1980’s, when Sydney used to be the centre of the cabaret universe in Au…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:01AMA flurry of new developments is driven by rising audiences, and the need for more flexible venues with better facilities
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMLate happens. Here are three rules to follow so I won't trip you when you come through my row---It happened to me once. I had tickets to see Jane Fonda in 33 Variations on a weeknight and a …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMAll about "Archive in Motion," an exhibition detailing 75 years of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMThe limited engagement continues through July 20 at the Massachusetts venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMNatasha Lyonne presents the new show—part feminist outcry, part coming-of-age story—at the Cherry Lane.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe summer festival returns for a third year with four world premieres, four workshop productions, and four readings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe limited run begins performances July 10 at D.C.'s Sidney Harman Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMBrett Smock directs a cast led by Michele Ragusa and Patrick Cummings.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMActor-writer Jeffrey Binder’s Moliere adaptation is a day at the beach, mob-style, imported from the shores of Naples, Fla., to Pittsburgh.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMWhile some hope the drama will spur conversation about long-term care, others believe that seeing Wettlaufer’s name “glamourized on stage” will only cause further pain.
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