Broadway star Norm Lewis will appear at the New York Pops' annual cabaret fundraiser at Feinstein's/54 Below on September 23.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 07:12PMArts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:03PMPlaywright Rachel Bonds has written an often-hilarious script which nonetheless deals with such serious and widespread issues as spousal and child abandonment, drug addiction, the right to d…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:03PMAfter the Wedding never finds its emotional rhythm; melodramatic confrontations about betrayals and past choices lurch clunkily along.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 07:03PMThe new documentary about the landmark Broadway musical FIDDLER ON THE ROOF comes to movie theaters next Friday, August 23. BWW has an exclusive first look at clips from the film!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:03PMA new musical about the life of Princess Diana will open on Broadway next spring. Called simply “Diana,” the show follows Lady Diana Spencer to royal superstardom, family struggle and he…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:03PMDesigned as a program of song, dance and story to celebrate the spirit of the new theater season, BROADWAY BLESSING was founded by Retta Blaney and started in 1997.
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Everyone was going to prom this past week, as the Tony-nominated smash-hit musical played to packed houses in its final set of performances at the Longacre Theatre. The celebrated musical re…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMIn The Company of Harold Prince opens September 18, 2019 in the Library's Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:47PMIn today’s excessively divisionary, violent, corrupt political environment, perhaps seeing a weapons-filled show set during an internal war wouldn’t be your immediate go-to of choice. Ra…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:35PMAt Williamstown, an O.K. revival and a superior modern premiere explore humanity at lowest ebb.
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Ross Howard's six short plays are set in worlds that are burlesques on absurdism. Relationships don't so much fail to work as unnervingly malfunction.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:43PMWith 'Beetlejuice' and 'Moulin Rouge!' on Broadway, the prolific director has become something of a movie-to-musical expert.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:17PMThe lineup will feature seven productions, including the return of 'The Wickhams.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:16PMThe exhibition will feature artifacts and special events at the Lincoln Center-based performing arts library.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMHe was chiefly renowned for his intimate personal and professional association with George Gershwin; after Gershwin’s early death in 1937, Levant virtually owned Rhapsody in Blue and the C…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PMIn designing such new homes, these heavy hitters — Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner and Pace, which is consolidating its spaces on the Upper East Side and West 25th Street — a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PMThe adversarial scene of debunking breaks down into a strange collaboration between debunker, charlatan and dupe. This collaboration leaves us with a different way of thinking about ‘moder…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM“New research suggests that the divergent moral values underlying our polarized politics can influence our judgments even in a presumably non-partisan arena such as diet. The study finds t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PMThe company’s decision to give creators less room to prove their show can be a hit has a lot to do with how Netflix earns money. – The Verge
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PMThe tally marks is up dramatically from the 420,000 losses in the second quarter of 2018. LRG based the figures on its findings for companies representing 93% of the total marketplace. – D…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM“A group of designers, architects, and city planners are rejecting that vision (of the old citadel of democracy) and replacing it with something more human and playful. To their mind, city…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PMCasual conversation—whether at the start of a company-wide meeting, with fellow parents at a school event, or when you’re waiting in line at the airport—serves a real social purpose. T…
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"Diana," a musical about the life of Princess Diana, comes to Broadway in March.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 03:48PMThe two new musicals ended their runs August 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:47PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8/11/2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMThe Tony and Emmy winner teamed up with the Smash and Waitress star to sing "For Good."
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMBroadway.com's #LiveAtFive is a daily news show on Facebook Live, in which our editors discuss the newest buzz on Broadway, chat with stage stars about their current projects, and take quest…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMTom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton and Charlie Cox talk about bringing Harold Pinter's Betrayal to Broadway, making their debuts and finding "emotional honesty."
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMKeen Company, a celebrated off-Broadway nonprofit theater, has announced a pair of new productions set to appear as part of its 20th anniversary season. The lineup includes a revival of t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMBroadway's Jason Danieley has announced the upcoming benefit concert Marin Mazzie's Sunflower Power Hour, an evening of uplifting performances honoring the achievements and advocacy of his …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMOff-Broadway's Classic Stage has announced theater veterans Corey Stoll and Nadia Bowers as headliners of the company's upcoming staging of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Stoll and Bowers, who are m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:33PMFrom comedy about carveries to clean-eating rants, food is a huge theme at this year’s festival fringe. The Guardian’s restaurant critic gets stuck in
At Valvona & Crolla, a venerabl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMIs the fringe ready for the brash standup who used to get paid in nachos and chicken wings? We meet one half of 2 Dope Queens as she fills her shoes with sweat
What does Phoebe Robinson want…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMPlan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
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There are many things to enjoy about Beetlejuice, and the show's logo is one of them. This is especially true when it is used in conjunction with other aspects of its advertising.
It's prima…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 02:54PMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, Seth recalls some of his favorite backstage Broadway stories from Lainie Kazan, Michele Lee, Megan Mullally, and the late Mazzie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:43PMDiana: A New Musical, a theatrical piece that tells the true story of Lady Diana Spencer who would go on to marry Britain’s Prince Charles and become everyone’s favorite princess, is hea…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:28PMThe real-life couple will play Macbeth and Lady Macbeth in the John Doyle-helmed production Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PM(Laura Collins-Hughes’s article appeared in The New York Time, 8/8; via Pam Green.) With plays and musicals folding left and right, Broadway stars impart wisdom they gained when it happene…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 02:08PMSummerhall, EdinburghBritish sign language interpretation adds energy to a dreary show in which doppelganger radio hosts mock an echo chamber of debate
Grey suits, grey hair, grey static. In…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMBay Area performers Brian Copeland and Charlie Varon are bringing their Trump-themed "Great American S*** Show" to several Bay Area venues.
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The Meat Loaf musical plays New York City Center through September 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:46PMA new musical about Princess Diana’s royal romance is heading to Broadway in 2020.
The show, which ran earlier this year at La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego, will begin performances on Marc…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 01:44PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Burnt Lemon Theatre's production Tokyo Rose now playing at Underbelly Cowgate at the Edinburgh Fringe.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:37PMAndrew Scott, John Malkovich and Clive Owen are among the West End actors portraying men hopelessly in thrall to erotic impulses.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:36PMCross-gender and cross-racial casting bring it into 2019, but these interventions can’t resolve the fundamentally cynical relationships in Shakespeare’s problem play, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 01:31PMReview: Hitler's Tasters, Greenside, Infirmary Street, Edinburgh Fringe5.0starsBy the time we have packed into the Olive Studio, a week into the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Hitler’s Tasters…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:12PMWe are coming up on the 80th anniversary of my favorite movie The Wizard of Oz (1939). To celebrate, on August 24, I will visit the birthplace of American amusement, Coney Island, to speak a…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:06PMIn an effort to keep his father’s books in front of a new generation of readers, the younger Mr. Salinger is beginning to ease up, gradually lifting a cloud of secrecy that has obscured th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PM“Although I never considered it at the time, it is impossible for me now not to frame the intensity of this devotion to music as a counterpart—a harmony—to my OCD. Every moment I was p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PMAnyone who’s tried to stream classical on Spotify or iTunes knows that it’s not easy. Now two new streaming services, created specifically for classical hope they’ve solved the problem…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PM“We no longer accept that writing must be lifeless, that it can only convey our tone of voice roughly and imprecisely, or that nuanced writing is the exclusive domain of professionals. We�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:03PMBen Crawford, standout title star of The Phantom of the Opera, took to Instagram this weekend to announce the birth of a son, Jack Benjamin, with wife Kate Crawford. The couple also have a d…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMThe Lightning Thief, the rollicking stage adaptation of Rick Riordan's young adult fantasy novel, will make its way to Broadway for a limited engagement this holiday season. The celebrated …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMFresh off an acclaimed run at San Diego's La Jolla Playhouse, the new Princess Diana bio-musical Diana will move to Broadway's Longacre Theatre next year. Previews will begin on March 2, 202…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMFull casting has been announced for The Great Society, the sequel to Robert Schenkkan's Tony-winning play All the Way, set to arrive on Broadway this fall. The previously announced producti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMThe Jellicle cats will definitely be celebrating tonight! The North American tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats broke the show's worldwide box office record during the production's engageme…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:03PMRare Philip King play tries to turn a farcical situation into a serious drama - and it doesn't quite work.
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Diana, the musical about the Lady who became a Princess, will arrive at Broadway’s Longacre Theater in March following the just-announced The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. Di…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:57PMAlongside Emma, Tilda and John is a different guest performer each day for this thrilling new show from YesYesNoNo. The guest’s job
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PM"The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical" based on Rick Riordan's bestselling book, opens Oct. 16 on Broadway.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:54PMGo inside the wild and decadent musical Moulin Rouge with this fast, sexy, and colorful new teaser.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:53PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews horrifying new thriller Sleeping Giant at Assembly Rooms at Edinburgh Fringe
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:52PMThe Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, based on the first book (2005) in the popular book series by Rick Riordan, enjoyed a well-received, six-week, sold-out run at Off-Broadway’s…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:49PM“Diana,” a musical about the life of the late Lady Diana Spencer, is coming to Broadway this spring. The musical will play the Longacre Theatre beginning March 2, 2020, with an opening n…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:48PMProducers announced today final casting and the opening night for Tony Award & Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan's THE GREAT SOCIETY, his new play celebrating Lyndon B. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMNow the show is on the hunt for its Tommy Djilas. Telsey + Company will hold an open call for the role next Tuesday, August 20.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMNetflix has released the first trailer for DOLEMITE IS MY NAME starring Eddie Murphy, Keegan-Michael Key, Wesley Snipes, Tituss Burgess, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson and Da'Vine Joy Randolph.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMAccording to the New York Times, Diana, a new musical chronicling the life of Lady Diana Spencer, will open on Broadway next spring. Jeanna de Waal and Roe Hartrampf, who led the premiere…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PMDear Evan Hansen is a heart-wrenching, ultimately transformative, gut-punch of a musical. The Kennedy Center’s production, directed by Michael Greif and featuring the national touring ca…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMScoBar Entertainment is proud to announce that Broadway star and multi-MAC Award-winning vocalist Karen Mason will be the first guest star at PIANO BAR LIVE! on August 18th. PIANO BAR LIVE! …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:47PMCast members from the hit Disney musical joined the noted chef August 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:43PMThe contest awarded five emerging musical theatre writers with an opportunity to have their song produced as a music video.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMCome From Away star Petrina Bromley discusses the pressures of representing Newfoundland, the incredible family the company has become, and how the show changed her as a person and a perform…
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:28PMTony winner Michele Pawk, Zoë Winters, Jeb Kreager, and more are tapped for the world premiere at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:25PMGraphic novel meets stage play to warn about charismatic leaders in Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:19PMThe Joe DiPietro-David Bryan musical ended its extended world-premiere run at La Jolla Playhouse in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMOn the eve of their late mother’s birthday the Pelican sisters – Joy, Storm, Sage and Maya – return to the family
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:15PMPreviews of “Gem of the Ocean” have been curtailed by challenges at the Hill District site, but the play is expected to open as scheduled.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:09PMA handful of stage veterans took home trophies at the ceremony, honoring Latinx representation in media.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:08PMReview: A Brief History of the Fragile Male Ego, Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Fringe4.0starsAndrea from the Society of Men’s Universal Truth, SMUT for short, is giving a lecture. Things aren�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:06PMRobert Schenkkan’s Broadway-bound The Great Society, his second LBJ play following the celebrated All The Way, has completed casting and set an opening night for Tuesday, October 1 at the …
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:00PMWith its latest offering a raunchy, late-night blend of cabaret and circus, Spiegelworld’s founder tells Tim Bano why Edinburgh Festival Fringe is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM“The Great Society” has announced complete casting for its Broadway run. Newly announced cast members for the Robert Schenkkan play include Marchánt Davis as Stokely Carmichael, Brian…
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The biopic, co-starring Tony winners Judi Dench and Ian McKellan, will be released August 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMThe Off-Broadway company’s 20th anniversary season will feature plays by Brian Friel and Pearl Cleage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMGetting a brief glimpse of the shattered, abused child within the aggressive adult woman standing before us is a remarkable achievement of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:51AMSarah Ruhl's comedy "The Clean House" follows an improbable yet charming turn of events; it plays through Sept. 8 in Alameda.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:45AMPlaybill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:41AMHow many questions will Jones be able to answer in her (long) elevator ride from the green room to the stage at Feinstein’s/54 Below?
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMThe sequel to All the Way, chronicling more of LBJ’s history, begins September 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMThe Barnes & Noble event will feature performances and a CD signing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:28AMBoth shows will play limited runs in September and will later be available on the audio platform.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:26AMAt this year’s Edinburgh Fringe, a group of companies and theatremakers have launched the #PayIfYouCan initiative, urging established producers, promoters and companies
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMAn NHS trust in Bristol has become the latest organisation to commit to using an arts programme to benefit the health and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:18AMBroadway Bounty Hunter standout Badia Farha takes us through all her crazy characters and their amazing Sarafina Bush costumes.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:17AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Finn Anderson's new musical Islander presented as part of Paines Plough’s Roundabout season at Edinburgh Fringe
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:17AMThe Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, with a book and direction by the Be More Chill team of Joe Tracz and Stephen Brackett, and music by Broadway newcomer Rob Rokicki, will begin …
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:15AMThis jukebox musical's title may imply speed and drama, but that's exactly what's lacking in 'Bat Out of Hell.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 11:15AMThe Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is ready to light up the Broadway stage.
TheaterWorksUSA and Martian Entertainment announced Monday that the musical adaption of Rick Riordan�…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:15AM“The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical” will come to Broadway this fall. The musical, which features a book by “Be More Chill” book writer Joe Tracz and a score by Rob Rok…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 11:15AMTim Crouch is a fierce experimenter with the form and very concept of theatre, but this piece stretches even his ever-changing style to the margins
SOURCE: The Independent at 11:12AMThe new musical, which was seen Off-Broadway and on tour, will play the Longacre Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMThe solo show from the Nanette star continues its run at the Daryl Roth Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMOne test of biography jukebox musicals is how much an uninitiated audience member ends up learning about the artist through the course of the show.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMWarning: Sports metaphor ahead. Proceed at your own risk. If you’ve ever watched basketball, you know that at times, college ball can be a heck of a lot more fun to watch than the pros…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
East Hampton’s Library 15th Annual Authors Night Benefit
August 11, 2019: On Saturday East Hampton’s Library hosted their 15th annual Authors Night to benefit the Library’s essenti…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:55AMDavid: Lenore, your new off-Broadway show “The Exes” officially opens on Thursday August 15th at Theatre Row. That’s getting close! What are your thoughts and feelings as the opening a…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:54AMReview: Tokyo Rose, Underbelly Cowgate, Edinburgh Fringe 4.0stars Tokyo Rose is a powerhouse of a production. Created by Burnt Lemon Theatre, this new female-led musical explores the wrongfu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMReview: River in the Sky, Hope Theatre 3.0stars Through a series of wild children’s adventure stories, a couple tries to come to terms with their grief in an unusual and striking play abou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMReview: Manual Cinema's Frankenstein, Underbelly Bristo Square, Edinburgh Fringe4.0starsThe vast stage of the McEwan Hall is brimming with possibility. Home to Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMBecause winning an Olivier award, being cast in the Game of Thrones prequel series, composing incidental music for theatre, dabbling in a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AM"Spectacular! Euphoric! In 'Moulin Rouge,' life is beautiful!" (The New York Times). Experience the spectacular, now on Broadway.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:44AMBy: David Sheward
August 12, 2019: One-person pieces are often the hardest type of theater to bring off. Live stage work depends on conflict and no matter how talented a performer is, c…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:40AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeer presented by Roundabout at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe.
This post REVIEW: Baby Reindeer, Roundabout at Sum…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:37AMPerformances of the Tony-winning musical will begin at the Connecticut venue September 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AM“To help facilitate that orderly transition, and to protect both music creators and licensees alike, ASCAP and BMI are recommending four key provisions that would encompass newly formed de…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:33AMRoss Douthat: “Her passing raises the question: Is she the last of the species? The last American novelist who made novels seem essential to an educated person’s understanding of her cou…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AMIn New York City and Los Angeles, the country’s two capitals for audiobook work, narrators annually earn around $40,000 on average, according to Voices.com. A large publisher might pay as …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AMCBS Sunday Morning honored the dance company by exploring their work achieved over the past six decades.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMAnnie Garrett-Larsen, nominated for Outstanding Lighting Design
And Then There Were None
By Agatha Christie
Directed by Christopher Noffke
Produced by The Secret Theatre
NOMINATED FOR:
Out…
SOURCE: The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation at 10:31AMPeter William Sutcliffe. The Yorkshire Ripper. The man who murdered 13 women in Yorkshire and Greater Manchester in the late 1970s. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMThey installed metal detectors in the Al Hirschfeld Theater, the new home of “Moulin Rouge,” during the same week that panicking pedestrians a block away mistook a motorcycle backfiring …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:28AMAmy Bell is at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe with a show that explores the lack of visibility for queer women in dance.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMPeter Nichol's black comedy Joe Egg is set to re-hatch at London's Trafalgar Studios this September for a limited season. Starring Oslo actor Toby Stephens and award-winning The Glass Me…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:00AM
The Friends talk to the 'On Your Feet!' star about why he advocates for Latinx composers and for racial justice; plus discussions of Hannah Gadsby's 'Douglas' and 'Six.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 09:56AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Parakeet presented by Boundless Theatre and Boom Shakalaka Productions at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2019.
This post REVIEW: Parakeet, …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:52AMIf you like splash, “Moulin Rouge!” is the show for you. Even more than the Baz Luhrmann movie, on which the musical is loosely based, it can hold your wonderment without abate from star…
SOURCE: John Simon at 09:48AMIt was clever of Encores! to revive Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s musical “Road Show,” a musical with some gorgeous music both for individuals and choral. The orchestra under Jam…
SOURCE: John Simon at 09:48AMThe Old Vic’s production of A Christmas Carol has become a staple of the West End Christmas season. The production has seen numerous big-name stars portray Ebeneezer Scrooge and this year…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 09:45AMThe animus being whipped up against “invaders” at our southern border lends Naomi Wallace’s 1993 The War Boys an unsettling resonance. Written when she was but 26, the play is about th…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:23AMOlympe Bradna (Antionette Olympe Bradna, 1920-2012) was from a famous family of Bohemian circus equestrians. She was the niece of Fred and Ella Bradna, stars of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:18AMAre we ready to argue that translation is not merely an interpretative task, but also an artistic one, and that translators are artists? As tempting as this upgrade in status seems, I would …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AM“Bubbles inflate as the distance between fiction and reality increases. Contexts – such as investor liquidity, regulatory frameworks and cultural and macro-economic factors – establish…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMTo my mind, perhaps the most striking and significant innovation is higher education’s heightened emphasis on community engagement, community service, and local and regional economic devel…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMLiliana Padilla takes on sexual violence and healing
The post Boxing Gloves, Birthday Candles appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.
SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:16AMTo the credit of Kwame Kwei-Armah and Idris Elba – and maybe Tori Allen-Martin and Sarah Henley – you can feel the urge to find a healing of all sides in a conflict between black and whi…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy May Antaki. May Antaki reflects on the Digital + Performance Convening, produced by HowlRound Theatre Commons and SpiderWebShow Performance, which focused on the intersection of digital t…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM
August 12 is the birthdate of the great Mexican stage and screen comedian Cantinflas (Mario Moreno, 1911-1993). Cantinflas is considered (and positioned himself as) the Charlie Chaplin of Me…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54AMReview: Willis & Vere: The Starship Osiris, Soho Theatre4.0starsThe comedy of catastrophe is a very British pleasure (Brexit anyone?). The same is true in theatre and Willis & Vere: …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMReview: The Claim, Roundabout Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe 4.0stars Echoes of Kafka’s The Trial resonate clearly in Tim Cowbury’s The Claim at Roundabout, Summerhall. Serge appears befor…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMSpotlight has apologised for allowing a “totally unacceptable” child casting call to appear on its platform, which was seeking a child actor
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:48AMShowtune, also the title of Jerry Herman’s autobiography, is a revue that provides exactly what it says on the tin in terms
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:45AM"Much more than a history lesson, The Good Scout exemplifies what the Edinburgh Fringe is all about." What else have critics been saying about Glenn Chandler's latest festival premiere? (Wit…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:44AMIt may be seemingly free of enchanted food, grinning felines and time-concerned rabbits, but you can already see larger than life characters emerging in these rehearsal pictures of Alice in …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:28AMEvery generation has its Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann on film, Rudolf Nureyev and Kenneth MacMillan in ballet. Now
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:04AMNed Bennett’s thrillingly engaging production of Peter Shaffer’s play grabs the audience’s attention and imagination brilliantly.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
In purely musical terms, the most striking component of this trilogy of contemporary works is the finale: Bel canto by Cassandra Miller.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:48AMThis slick, smart production by New Light Theater Project is rooted in truth. In 1942, a group of 15 young women were
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMNot long now until the UK premiere of Tony Award-nominated Dave Malloy’s musical Preludes – running at London’s Southwark Playhouse from 6 September to 12 October – but in the meanti…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:35AMBased on the indie 2007 film of the same name, who would have thought this pie-warming story would be such a hit both on Broadway and in the West End. The beloved musical adapted by Jessie …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 06:25AMBlack Women are the focus of the second of two double bills in Bunker Theatre’s inaugural This Is Black Festival: black women
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AM1927’s new show takes the form of a tapestry of folk tales, or “folk jokes” as the company terms them. The style
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:21AM
Traverse, EdinburghMale psychotherapists feel the heat in pantomimic telling of a true story about the voyeuristic exploitation of a female patient’s private disclosures
If you search onli…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMCan we ever really know what happened between two people behind closed doors? That’s the question at the heart of Anna Zeigler’s provocative new two-hander Actually, and one the company,…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 05:44AMWho is Stephen Anderson? Tall, pale and almost offensively handsome. I’m also currently playing Mr. Salt in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. What would you do differently to what you d…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:36AMTotalitarian rule, immersive terror and lightsabers factor into the latest shows at the Fringe
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:12AMOn display from 17 August, Campbelltown Arts Centre presents Marama Dina – an exhibition led by Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand female artists with iTaukei (Indigenous Fijian) heritage…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:09AMJust as much as the emotional impact, though, it’s the unique and original approach to the subject matter that makes this debut production from Turn Point Theatre particularly memorable.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
Based on John Steinbeck’s personal journey through the migrant camps of 1930s California, New Theatre presents Frank Galati’s adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath for a limited season until…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:57AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghPolitics and family tensions fuel a precision-engineered debut show that fuses the mundane with the terrifying to smart effect
Janine Harouni’s dilemma is tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghSociety’s ‘follow your dreams’ mantra is pulled apart in a poignant show that tackles race, class and brotherly love
Is standup the perfect meritocracy? T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18AMFor performers, the fringe is a delirium-inducing month of nonstop work. They get just one day off throughout August – so they have to use it wisely…
I love my show and when you have a d…
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Whether it was in the performance, particularly in the final moments – Thelma’s (Caroline Lee) grief, visceral, her body twisting from guilt and the loss of her daughter, Jessie (Esther …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:10AMWhen the musician/producer took the reins of the esteemed jazz label he had Grammys but no corporate credentials
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMThe work of Ntozake Shange fuels six new plays at the annual 48 Hours in… Harlem---In a lovely play called More Love, Less Suicides, a man and a woman engage in a back-and-forth about…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMMovies have long been the inspiration for Broadway musicals. It is easy to
say that this is a recent trend, but that simply is not so. Just as there
have been many musicals that have taken…
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