Welcome to a 2019 fantasy history play about a 1979 White House experience that might have been.
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SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 11:57PMAs might be expected, there are explosions galore in Lauren Gunderson’s “The Half-Life of Marie Curie,” a brilliantly acted two-hander now having its world premiere at the Audible Thea…
SOURCE: cititour.com at 11:45PM"Truffles: Music! Mushrooms! Murder!!!" is a dinner theater musical mystery set in the very restaurant (The Secret Room) where the audience is having dinner. This return engagement of the lo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:37PMA new play focuses on the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and her friendship with Hertha Ayrton, a fellow scientist played by Kate Mulgrew.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24PMStephen Schwartz debuts new music for the London stage version of his animated classic.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMLansbury played Lady Bracknell in this one-night-only benefit reading of Oscar Wilde's comedy.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMThe film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's feline musical will be in theaters December 20.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMThe wintry clown show is back on Broadway for the first time since 2009.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMSpongeBob veteran Tom Kenny joins the cast for the TV broadcast.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMStrange creatures with familiar faces await audiences at the New Victory Theater.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMJack Thorne's new adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic opens at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on November 20.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMAudible produces Lauren Gunderson's two-person play about the friendship between Curie and Hertha Ayrton.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12PMConcept albums are having a moment. Hamilton was originally intended to be a concept album and Hadestown was recorded as a concept album nine years before the Broadway album. In a similar pa…
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Who is Stefo Nantsou? I’m going to be the first head of state of the Republic of Australia? What would you do differently to what you do now? Play more guitar, preferably with the TO BE HO…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:56PMMacbeth is a play that can easily get out of hand. Witches, murders, and a semi-psychotic title character can quickly devolve into a blood bath starring a raging tyrant, with a side show of …
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:55PMA new musical by Anton Dudley and Michael Cooper, Marguerite tells the inspiring true story of Marguerite Bourgeoys, Canada’s first female saint. On a mission to “uncloister” women i…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 10:52PMCheck it out the brand new trailer for the 2019 movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, which is released this December. Cats is an upcoming musical film based on the stage musical…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 10:50PMDramaturged and directed by native Kingston and award-winning playwright Judith Thompson, the collective creation Welcome to My Underworld consists of nine character pieces based on the perf…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:46PMHoos birfdays are it? It’s yours and we’re about to give you the gift you’ve been begging for. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage, Trixie and Katya, the world’s most P…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 10:23PMThe National Gallery of Australia has announced its 2020 exhibition program spanning more than 450 years of art. From Van Gogh’s Sunflowers 1888, to a new hyperreal sculpture Skywhalepapa …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:20PMLast winter, at the Studio Theatre at Ryerson University in downtown Toronto, Canadian actor Antoine Yared played Caliban in The Tempest. He stood, centre stage, looking out over the audienc…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 10:19PMNoël Coward theatre, LondonSam Tutty shines as the lonely student who fabricates a friendship with a dead boy, but this award-winning musical has plot holes
This musical arrives from the US…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12PMTheatre Row gets reinvented with new residencies, a staff change, and a facelift. Joey Sims investigates these changes.
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This June, Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced the appointment of Evren Odcikin as interim associate artistic director. For years, Odcikin?s work as a director, theatr…
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There’s a lovely shape to Oil, both in the writing and the staging of this fantastic production by Red Stitch. Removed from the crucible-like smaller venue that is home base on Chapel Stre…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:55PM★★★★ America's most popular living playwright, Lauren Gunderson, shines a spotlight on two history-making female scientists
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:46PM★★ Lauren Gunderson, "America's favorite playwright," comes to New York with a historical-feminist melodrama
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:45PMTo kick off Hayes Theatre Co’s 2020 season, 100 Coffees Productions and Neil Gooding Productions are thrilled to announce the World Premiere of the new musical, The Life of Us. Directed by…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:32PMSince 1991, Melbourne’s much lauded Women’s Circus has created over 30 original works combining contemporary circus, theatre and music, every three years staging a highly anticipated lar…
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It’s surely pointless, four decades and two billion dollars after its debut, to rant about Evita, and silly to blame Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical canonization of the amoral historica…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 08:48PMSurely, you’ve been to Melbourne’s iconic Butterfly Club? Your eyes feasting on the walls of kitsch, the revolving cocktail list (including the much loved ‘cocktail of the week’), th…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:46PMWood’s earlier essays are more sure of themselves, more eager to please, packed with the kind of aphoristic insights that might have undergraduates reaching for their highlighter pens… I…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42PMThe Times Square area was never the exclusive preserve of theatergoers, but Broadway culture elevated the neighborhood’s rough and raffish character. Today, not even all Broadway theaters …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42PMThe story is already legend: In D.C.’s Shaw neighborhood, Donald Campbell had been cranking go-go music from the speakers of his store at the corner of 7th and Florida Street since 1995, a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42PMBroadway legend Bernadette Peters was honored with the Craig Zadan Theatre for Life Award by the Educational Theatre Foundation (ETF) at the annual star-studded Thespians Go Hollywood…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27PMVia a social post ArtsMidwest made, there is a museum management game coming out next year called Mondo Museum. Thinking back to all the posts Nina Simon had made on Museum 2.0 over the year…
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We know she's Queen of Oz, Queen of Broadway and Queen of Arendelle—now she's Queen of Hollywood! Wicked Tony winner and Frozen favorite Idina Menzel joined the ranks of stage and screen g…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:36PMEclipse Theatre's all-Durang seasons finishes strong with a brutal black comedy about post-9/11 paranoia.
Christopher Durang's Why Torture Is Wrong, and the Peop…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:23PMAussieTheatre has a double passes to giveaway to the Gold Coast’s fantastic new entertainment destination Suave at The Pink Flamingo Spiegelclub on Friday 6th December @ 7:30pm. The Pink F…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 07:18PMGitha Sowerby's long-neglected drama has a strong cast at TimeLine, but drags at times.
For a mostly forgotten 1912 play, written by Githa Sowerby (but presented…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:15PMAs Walt Disney Animation Studios' “Frozen 2” approaches its opening this Friday, Nov. 22, Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel—the actresses who help bring Anna and Elsa to life in the movie�…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:14PMSugarplums, sparkle, and a stellar cast can't quite overcome a treacly script.
In commercializing Jane Austen's enduring appeal, playwrights Margot Melcon and La…
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The Dickensian melodrama-turned-musical features an outstanding ensemble.
Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens's 1839 novel Oliver Twist first pre…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:55PMBeetlejuice The Musical has made absolute waves on the Broadway scene. With music and lyrics by Australia’s own Eddie Perfect, the show is a musical adaptation of Tim Burton’s 1988 cult …
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:50PMRed Tape Theatre's production traces a woman's empowerment through role-playing.
With ambitious productions that push the boundaries of subject matter, Red Tape …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:48PMSophocles's tragedy could use some emotional veils in Court Theatre's staging.
Montaigne, quoting from ancient sources, describes a painting of the sacrifice of …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:34PMThe House Theatre's annual tradition remains one of Chicago’s best seasonal offerings.
It took me nine years to get out to the House Theatre's annual nonballet…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:29PMFor the first time The Common, West Village will be collaborating with Opera Queensland to host a spectacular night under the stars filled with Christmas cheer. Carols in The Common will fea…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 06:25PMSteppenwolf's latest collaboration with Ladysmith Black Mambazo has too much story, not enough song.
Steppenwolf's long association with Ladysmith Black Mambazo,…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:20PMWhen Karah Adams auditioned for the Alliance Theatre’s 30th staging of A...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 06:19PMHis often satirical plays spoke for an alienated West Indian population in postwar Britain and for the people he left behind in Trinidad and Tobago.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:18PMDennis Začek's solid staging lets Samuel Beckett's existential comedy be.
Written in the wake of World War II, with its carnage and cruelty committed by all sid…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:13PMThe new Broadway adaptation of A Christmas Carol will tug at your heartstrings and get you into the holiday spirit. Watch clips from the show!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMCharles Dickens' holiday masterpiece A Christmas Carol has been adapted for a new stage play by Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's Tony-winning scribe Jack Thorne and directed by Tony-winni…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Anna Wintour to Co-Host Benefit Performance of Tina
Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, has signed on to emcee a cocktail…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMThe Wrong Man stars Joshua Henry and Ciara Renée perform a duet from Ross Golan's evocative musical, which is running through November 24 at MCC Theater.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMExciting news for a celebrated Broadway couple! Kara Lindsay and Kevin Massey welcomed their first child, son Emerson Charles, on November 12, 2019. The couple was married on June 2, 2013; …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:12PMGenerational and racial divides light the fuse at Writers Theatre.
In 2015, Yale University was rocked by student activists demanding change within an organizati…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 06:04PMWar Horse‘s Australian tour is galloping closer and closer. Since its premiere at the National Theatre in 2007, the play has been seen by over eight million people worldwide. Subsequent pr…
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Based in Australia, the company fuses contemporary dance with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander traditions.
Bangarra Dance Theatre of Australia makes its Chi…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 05:53PMSam Tutty gives a star-making performance in a story of grief, deception, and the conscienceless juggernaut of the internet
SOURCE: The Independent at 05:48PMA stirring new musical tackles missed connections in the internet age
Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen is an instituti…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:48PMPugliese, who first joined the company in 2013, will depart at the end of the month.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:25PMThese changes are symptomatic of several wider cultural shifts that, in combination with rising costs and declining public funding, are ‘squeezing’ the low-to-mid end of the market: the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PMThe textile is long-considered a major cultural icon both in France and England. In light of Christopher Norton’s findings, one news source trumpets that the tapestry is definitely French …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:06PMIn the past 18 months the actor has become a student, a mother and a more mindful public voice: ‘I’m actively trying to be more like me’
Sitting at a picnic table in the sun, Yael Ston…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMSusanne Oberbeck sings sexually charged songs in a German accent while standing topless and sporting a moustache – and at last she’s found an audience that understands her
In 2003, Susan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMThe movie adaptation of the Lloyd Webber musical appalled viewers when its first trailer launched four months ago. Now a new one is here, has it improved things?
Four months. It’s been fou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PMThe best and the worst thing about being a teenager is the fact that it doesn’t last forever. Broadway phenomenon Dear Evan Hansen
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Called by critics “incisive,” “timely,” and “brave,” Priyanka Shetty’s one-woman show The Elephant in the Room performs Saturday, November 23, 2019, at 6 pm on the Millennium …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:45PMOriginal stars Linda Lavin, Michele Lee, Tony Roberts, and Anil Kumar joined playwright Charles Busch for the November 18 reading.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:44PMWhat can we learn from those who came before us? Things we will one day pass on.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:35PMThe Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation grant will go toward the restoration and renewal of La MaMa’s original home on 4th Street.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:35PMThe Festival will present staged readings of plays created by local playwrights.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMThe Broadway veteran, still kicking in ‘Hadestown,’ has blazed a path so that others may follow.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:30PMThe best way to follow her path-breaking lead, she says, is not to follow in her exact footsteps.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PMThis 89-year-old Portlander tells how and why he became the world’s oldest living drag queen performer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24PMThe prolific artist has created around 400 designs in a career spanning five decades—and counting.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:22PMHer students keep her young, she says, as she balances new jobs, Broadway productions, and regional work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:20PMThe 70-year-old performer believes art should save lives, just as theatre saved hers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PMArtistic director Enrique Cruz DeJesus presented a performance of Alpha Omega in preparation for the troupe’s fiftieth anniversary season next year. This concert featured two works by th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:18PMWith the new Harmony Helper app, the Tony-nominated performer and Mrs. Doubtfire star turns an audition prep and rehearsal room dilemma into a solution for singers of all levels.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:18PMMartin Scorsese’s most anticipated feature yet, which brings Philly mob boss Frank Sheeran to the big screen, will also be streaming in homes around the world by the end of the month. Raj …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:18PMHow the Oklahoma CityRep co-founder dreamt a theatre into being, and keeps it going.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:16PMDespite enduring a few sleepless nights in his time, his approach has always been to focus on solving the problem that’s right in front of him.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:14PMMayeda brings her experience in development and arts administration to the 2050 Fellowship at the New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:10PMSimplicity, specificity, and struggle have been the three watchwords of her approach to stage movement.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:08PMFollowing the appointment of Russell Granet as president and CEO, a number of women have been hired or promoted to leadership positions.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:07PMIn IMPRESSIONS: Dimitris Papaioannou’s “The Great Tamer” at BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, "Although the pacing feels painfully, painstakingly slow, the visual gags, many quoting or c…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 04:06PMOnce feeling stranded in TV land, he cast out on his own and hasn't looked back.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:04PMAt the Public Theater she's in charge of making sure all the designers are on same page.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:02PMCheck out all new photos of Jordan Roth as The Wizard.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:01PMHer contributions to the field of properties directing are paving the way for designers, especially women.
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The event, which honored ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews and actor Ben Stiller, took place November 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:59PMBryna Turner's "Bull in a China Shop" focuses on feminist Mary Woolley and her longtime love affair -- it plays in Berkeley through Dec. 8.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:51PMThe production presented this week at Suffolk University in Boston, is, according to Wilder’s estate, the first time all seven one-acts will be performed together in a single program.” �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PM2017 was the first time women held a greater share of management jobs than men, and in 2018 they once again had a majority of jobs in that area, though their share fell to 52% (from 59% in 2…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMNational Museum Cardiff has put on display a painting of a Madonna and child that had for decades been dismissed as a crude copy of Botticelli’s style. Ironically, it had been thought a Bo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:36PMMatthew Warchus directs the new version of the holiday classic from Harry Potter playwright Jack Thorne.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:16PMNeil Feather’s wildly unique instruments surprise, delight, and make mischief in pieces including composer Rosie Langabeer’s latest work-in-progress, ‘IDIOSYNCROPHILIA.’ Aaron Pond r…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 02:49PMAnchuli Felicia King’s White Pearl is a hilarious, fast-paced satire set in the Singapore office of a cosmetics startup called Clearday that sells skin-whitening cream to Asian women. As t…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:43PMThe mark of any great musical is when a cast performs its material with such [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 02:36PMChelsea Marcantel’s underdog tale about air-guitar aficionados gets an exuberant run at the Keegan Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PMImagine Regina George's mom on The Real Housewives.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:21PMThe Broadway star also set dates for a string of New York City holiday concerts.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMGeneral Jean-Louis Georgelin, a brusque army man appointed by President Macron to oversee the reconstruction of the fire-damaged cathedral, was speaking to the cultural affairs committee of …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PMWhether the Chicago brass would be recognizable in a blind test is open to debate — many of the regional styles that once differentiated orchestras have been sanded over in this age of jet…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PMTwo Broadway productions offer limited-run alternatives for family audiences headed to New York City this holiday season, but are they work the big-ticket prices?
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 02:18PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company's one-night benefit staging of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest was certainly talent-packed! Five-time Tony winner Angela Lansbury starred as Lady…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:12PMWe all want to feel loved, right? And there are times we feel forgotten. Unseen. Disposable. The classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit is a sentimental reminder that a child’s lo…
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Called "fascinating, lighthearted and spicy" by The New York Times, MY LIFE ON A DIET, an autobiographical comedy written by Ms. Taylor and her late husband Joseph Bologna, had an enormously…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:55PMFind your next Equity job with this selection of upcoming calls for Broadway and shows around the country.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:55PMGender-conscious casting practices that revive the classics for a queer and trans community of artists. And though these casting practices directly represent LGBTQ+ artists and audiences, th…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 01:48PMChicago Opera Theater’s Everest is stunning contemporary opera.
It was a great weekend for contemporary opera in Chicago. Lyric’s not-to-be-missed Dead Man W…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 01:38PMAlthough the show is 80 minutes without an intermission, it just breezes right by and one is never bored. The music, played by Peter Dizozza (on piano), Ralph Hamperian (on bass) and Art Lil…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:30PMThe Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed Los Angeles Premiere of the Pulitzer Prize winning play Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis will extend its sold-out run to January 26, 202…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.com at 01:25PM“The whole impetus of air guitar is world peace,” earnestly intones a grown man who goes by the name Golden Thunder right before he goes out on stage in a dingy bar to play a pretend ins…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:24PM“Provocative subject matter isn’t foreign to [the director of Queen & Slim], who was raised in the Bronx by a Cuban mother and a Jewish Greek father, whom she describes as ‘freedom…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMAfter all, argues Courtney Escoyne (reacting to news of a second Polunin documentary), it only encourages him. “I’m not sure that it matters what stance this documentary takes. It’s ye…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMAdam Frankel, a former member of Obama’s speechwriting team: “‘Something about this draft just doesn’t feel right.’ That, or something like it, is probably the most frequent feedba…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“Reading on my phone is not a perfect cure for my drowsiness, which seems to be a condition of aging, and stress, or both. I’ll never again be 14 years old with an insatiable appetite fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM“Keeping a large collection of books in a canal city prone to flooding was always a dangerous idea, which is why Venice’s Libreria Acqua Alta (High Water Bookshop) had decided to store i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMIt’s not enough that the speaker is living to say that the language he or she speaks is alive. A living language is one that endures and produces other languages, which is precisely the ca…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PMBy Douglas Mayo
ABBAmania is going crazy in London! Audiences can enjoy Mamma Mia at the Novello Theatre, Mamma Mia the Party at the O2 and ABBA Super Troupers exhibition
This post ABBA in L…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:13PMTony and Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper hosted the 2019 Arthur Miller Foundation Honors at Second in New York City on November 18. The evening celebrated AMF's mission to provide access and eq…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMMark your calendar! Nickelodeon has announced a December 7 airdate for the upcoming program The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage. The previously announced presentation, which will feature t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMThe Broadway company of The Inheritance celebrated its opening night at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on November 17. The two-part play includes an ensemble of talented actors, including John…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMA slew of stage stars will come together on November 21 for an industry reading of Broadway Vacation, a new musical drawn from characters in the popular Vacation film franchise. The previous…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PMThe Frozen 2 star sing from the upcoming Disney sequel and her new album Christmas: A Season of Love.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:09PMActress Alex Young chats to Emma Clarendon about starring as Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.
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The murder mystery musical continues at The Secret Room NYC through December 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:58PMA celebration of the two-time Tony nominee on her birthday, November 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMOlivia Olsen’s play is based on the life of Russian poet Anna Akhmatova, who was admired in equal measures by the intelligentsia
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:40PMAfter the resignation of artistic director Burgess Clark due to sexual misconduct allegations, executive director Toby Schine has also stepped down.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:28PMNickelodeon will simulcast The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! across Nickelodeon, TeenNick and Nicktoons next month, Nickelodeon said today, also noting that veteran SpongeBob SquarePants…
SOURCE: Deadline at 12:25PMMichael Tilson Thomas delivers a towering Ives Fourth; pianist Conrad Tao's American Rage is hard-edged and defiant, but also poignant and stirring; Gianandrea Noseda's Shostakovich Fourth i…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:24PMSchreck is the recipient of the award from the Smithsonian Institution’s flagship publication.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24PMThe Tony Award nominees joined a host of Broadway alums for a one-night-only performance at the National Dance Institute.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:20PMThe filmed performance of the ‘SpongeBob SquarePants” musical will air on Nickelodeon on Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. The broadcast, which brought together original cast members from the Broadway mu…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:19PMWaitress have an exciting new cast announcement, and Theatre Royal Stratford East announce their 2020/21 Pantomime in today's round-up!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:17PMWatch a sneak peek of the TV production, which features much of the original Broadway cast, including Tony nominees Ethan Slater and Gavin Lee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PMOver a dozen Broadway favorites are bringing their festive concerts to theatres across America this winter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:12PMThink of it as the impotence of being too earnest.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:12PMMaybe it's possible -- even better -- to understand things in their organic, dynamic state.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 12:12PMCalling all musical fans! A brand new radio station – Magic at the Musicals – is launching on Thursday 21 November and you don't want to miss it.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:04PMCelebrating 90 years of Thespians
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 12:04PMSuzanne Bell has won the biennial Kenneth Tynan Award for excellence in dramaturgy. Bell, who is the new writing associate and dramaturg
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMHats off to Tony-nominated actor Gideon Glick and his longtime love, Perry Dubin, who were married on November 18 at The Back Room on the Lower East Side in New York City. Glick's Significa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMTony-nominated actress Danielle Brooks is now a mom! The stage-and-screen star gave birth to a daughter on November 16.
Brooks wrote on Instagram, "11.16.19 ❤️♾❤️ She's perfect."…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMAt the opening night of The Inheritance, Matt Rodin challenges the cast and guests to a colorful and gay Red Carpet Challenge.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMWe're just months away from the highly anticipated U.K. premiere staging of The Prince of Egypt, which will arrive in London's West End next year. In advance of the new stage musical, the pr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMHey, Dear Evan Hansen star Andrew Barth Feldman... You look different!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMThere's just a month to go until the release of the highly anticipated movie musical adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash-hit Broadway musical Cats, and today we were treated to a secon…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMProduction dates have been announced for Dana H., a new play by Tony nominee Lucas Hnath, arriving at off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre this winter. The previously announced drama, directed …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMWatch the new trailer for CATS now.
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SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:02PMClowns ‘are born with a lens that is different from how other human beings view the world,’ says Irani, whose play ‘Buffoon’ stars Anand Rajaram at Tarragon Theatre.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:00PM
The Paley Center for Media today announced a star-studded lineup of presenters and guests who will participate in this year's The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Leg…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:45AMRoundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director/CEO) presented a one-night only Benefit Reading of Oscar Wilde's beloved comedy The Importance of Being Earnest starring the legend…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMby Alec Brown. @brownta3. NEW YORK, NY - Producers of the long-running Broadway musical Chicago announced today that they’re updating the show’s famous slogan, “Broadway’s Sure Thing…
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:35AM We take the opportunity of Jodie Foster’s birthday (b. 1962) to recall an interesting blip in her early career that has no doubt been forgotten by most. Foster was ubiquitous as a child…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:33AMTo celebrate the end of the 2010s, Entertainment Weekly’s Must List is looking back at the best pop culture that changed pop culture in movies, TV, music, and more (catch up on our list so…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:30AMPigPen Theatre Co. presents "The Tale of Despereaux," a new stage musical based on Kate DiCamillo's story about a shunned mouse who becomes a hero.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:30AMDeirdre O’Connell stars in the new Lucas Hnath play, which recounts the true story of the playwright’s mother’s harrowing kidnapping.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMEmmy Award-winning actress and writer Renée Taylor—known to millions as Fran Fine’s food-obsessed mother, Sylvia, on “The Nanny”—will bring her comedy MY LIFE ON A DIET to George …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:27AMWith performances beginning tonight on Theatre Row, IndieWorks Theatre Company, Inc., and Visceral Entertainment are pleased to announce that $18.69 rush tickets are available for each perfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:20AMAn immersive production of the popular board game Monopoly is set to open in London in 2020, marking a new partnership between Sellador and Hasbro Inc. The game has been making headlines in …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:20AMScoBar Entertainment continues PIANO BAR LIVE! every Monday night at 7pm at Brandy’s Piano Bar on the Upper East Side. Joining Piano Bar Maestro, MICHAEL McASSEY at the keys, will be a ver…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:19AMThe musical is inspired by characters featured in the Warner Bros. Vacation film series made famous by Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AMUniversal Pictures has released a new trailer for the highly-anticipated Cats film adaptation. The film stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian M…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMVineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern announce dates for Dana H. by Lucas Hnath, adapted from interviews with Dana Higginbotham conducted by Steve Cosson, and dir…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:07AMJennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, and more star in the upcoming film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMBy Douglas Mayo
The Prince of Egypt releases a video of Luke Brady singing Footprints In the Sand, a new song from the upcoming musical by Stephen Schwartz which opens at the Dominion Theatr…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:02AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMOverall grosses were down 7% last week with most shows showing a drop in total box office coming off last week’s Veteran’s Day holiday. Enjoying a post-opening glow was Tina – The Tin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
Just last night, ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS celebrated their 16th anniversary by honoring Elizabeth Matthews, CEO of ASCAP and actor, director, writer, producer, and philanthropist Ben Stiller at…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMJoe Iconis’s new musical celebrates women’s prison flicks and girl group harmonies. But his teen rebels could use a cause.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AM Lin-Manuel Miranda stopped by TODAY on Tuesday to talk about the new HBO series he co-stars in, His Dark Materials.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:43AMWe're making our [wish] list and checking it twice. There's no better time than Christmas to hope for these fabulous musicals to transfer to the West End. Mrs Doubtfire is already on its me…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:40AMThis fearless, extraordinarily talented firecracker named Adrienne Warren ignites this long-winded jukebox journey of the still very much alive Tina Turner (executive producer) who graced th…
SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 10:33AMWatch the full interview with the Tony winner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMFrom humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to her transformation into the global Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Tina Turner didn’t just break the rules, she rewrote them. This new stage mu…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:30AMThe 19th annual event featured performances by Ana Villafañe, Pascale Armand, Sarah Snook, Justin Long, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMJust last night, The 24 Hour Plays took place at the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, honoring Academy Award-winning actor Kathy Bates.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMThe end of your life starts slowly, and after some incomprehensible incident. Everything seems dreamlike. They are talking to you – the policeman, the lawyer, the judge, the doctor – and…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:18AMLorna Fulton, head of Middlesbrough Town Hall, declined to book comedian Roy Chubby Brown because she thought local audiences might find his act offensive and his 2015 performance sold poorl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM“The Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage, a branch of the Italian carabinieri responsible for combatting art and antiquities crimes, believe the suspects are members of an crim…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM“E. Loren Meeker was announced Friday as the company’s general and artistic director, and Francesco Milioto will become music director. Meeker replaces both Adam Diegel, who departed as …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM“Last November, French President Emmanuel Macron commissioned a report recommending the repatriation of looted African cultural objects from France’s public collections, spurring a natio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AM“The [London] museum exists thanks to a public fundraising drive, with more than 1,000 people collectively donating almost £50,000. The director, Florence Schechter, says her motivation b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18AMPeter Flynn will direct the evening.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMMaking her pantomime debut in the title role of Cinderella at the Lyric Hammersmith, Timmika Ramsay tells Ruth Comerford about feeling blessed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMNEW YORK (AP) — Most viral videos have a finite shelf life, but the “doo doo doo” of “Baby Shark” shows no sign of abating. The little ditty and dance about a family of sharks that…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 10:00AMSee why Dame Eileen Atkins is among the UK's most cherished and acclaimed actresses.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:00AM
The Color Purple and Orange Is the New Black star and Broadway producer welcomes a little one.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:58AMThe world premiere, directed by Davis McCallum, will open at Lincoln Center Theater December 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AMA slight story with climate crisis overtones is sweetened with big songs and comic relief as Elsa and Anna enter adulthood
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 09:47AM10 of the Best Holiday-Inspired Audition Monologues
Written by Meghan Mitchell
November 12, 2017
It’s that time of year again! Auditioning for holiday work has a unique advantage an…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 09:39AMBy Douglas Mayo
The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson UK Tour will see Jonathan Maitland's new political comedy start at the Festival Theatre Malvern in January 2020 starring Will Barton.
Thi…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:37AMThe Stephen Schwartz song is performed by West End star Luke Brady.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:33AMThe Sara Bareilles musical continues at the Adelphi Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:22AMThe event will benefit anti-domestic and sexual violence organization RAINN.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AMMy first exposure to The Rink was, as I look back on it, indicative of my naivete and ignorance of Broadway theater back in early 1985. We were driving home after an evening show, and traff…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 09:03AMWhat is it? I Will Still Be Whole (When You Rip Me In Half) by Ava Wong Davies, and is part of a double bill at the Bunker Theatre.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Guillermo Calderón, David Dower. ArtsEmerson Artistic Director David Dower speaks with Chilean playwright Guillermo Calderón about the ongoing protests in Chile.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM
Thanks to the 2016 book Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era: 50 Overlooked Films and Their Stars 1929-1939 by Edwin M. Bradley, and the intrepid gang at Nitrateville, I have managed …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:54AMAnna Wintour will co-host a cocktail reception ahead of a performance of “Tina — The Tina Turner Musical” to benefit RAINN, an anti-sexual violence organization . The event, which incl…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:30AMThe Tony-winning musical began previews October 29.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:14AMWhat’s love got to do with it? As it turns out. An awful lot.
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 08:12AMCircus and cabaret outfit La Clique returns to London for the first time in 10 years to present a polished new line-up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:04AM
HANGMEN is set to Hangout on Broadway, This Week’s Grosses, The Red Ribbon Revue, EMOJILAND gets Steele, SUPERHERO makes a Super Album, Hal Prince to be Celebrated December 16. “Today on…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe Broadway alum makes his Metropolitan Opera debut in Philip Glass' Akhnaten.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:49AMCelebrating its 107th year, the Royal Variety Performance takes place once again at the London Palladium, this time in the presence of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMThe Orange Tree Theatre has announced its 2020 season, including plays by Lucy Prebble, Bryony Lavery and Martin Crimp. The Richmond venue’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMTara Arts founder Jatinder Verma is stepping down as artistic director after 40 years. Verma said it was an “exciting time for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMFrom 2006: I set my iBook on shuffle play the other night and sat down at the kitchen table to fill up my seven-day pillbox. (Don’t let anybody tell you that the life of a Manhattan drama …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“One of the main horrors of journalism is having to produce appropriate emotions for every public event.” Auberon Waugh, diary entry, October 26, 1973
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMThere’s something universally adored about the feel-good story of the Banks family in Mary Poppins, so it’s no surprise that the musical is once again gracing the West End.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Jasmine Lee-Jones, the writer behind this year's seven methods of killing kylie jenner at the Royal Court took, home the prestigious Alfred Fagon Award.
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 06:45AMWaitress in the West End has kept us on our toes with cast change announcements for this month. We’re aware that numerous cast members are leaving the pie show in the next couple of weeks,…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 06:30AMWhat can we expect from new play Dora Versus Picasso when it premieres at London's Drayton Arms Theatre next week? Take a look at these new rehearsal images for a hint, then book your ticket…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:18AMDozens of records, stacked and ready for selection. Before the walkman, spotify and sodcasting, they let you decide your own mood music. Public yet personal, sweetly selfish – the jukebox …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12AMDavid Friesen Circle 3 Trio: Interaction (Origin)“From the Portland, Oregon, sinecure in which he thrives when he’s not touring the world, bassist Friesen has been performing at home and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12AMBest known for his performances in Falsettos, School of Rock and Funny Girl, actor Joel Montague will take over the role of Ogie from Joe Sugg in the London production of Waitress, beginning…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 06:10AM
Stratford transfer makes much of contemporary resonance but fails to deliver
Because he dramatised power, Shakespeare never really goes out of fashion. Treatments of his plays do though, and…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:48AMFollowing its highly-anticipated premiere next year at the Swan Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Hannah Khalil's new play A Museum in Baghdad will transfer to the Kiln Theatre in London in …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 05:40AMAs part of her ongoing post-show Q&A programme, and the fourth in a monthly Mischief Theatre series, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to the cast and creatives for brand-new show Mag…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMI’ve always written as a way to cope. As a kid, I kept diaries. I read a lot. I got into poetry
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:20AMFurther allegations of discrimination at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland have surfaced, amid claims that the college routinely failed to address students’
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:03AMIn our continuing series, our editor Lisa Martland picks out some of her Top Picks from the last week of theatre (to 17 November 2019) including Ian Foster’s delight at the arrival of Mary…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
by Rotimi Agbabiaka
As 2020 approaches you may be thinking, ?New year, new me, new headshots?? Often an actor?s first introduction to potential employers, that 8 by 10 image can bear the…
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 01:57AMThe works of modern Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, largely absurdist and tragicomic in scope, are certainly not intended to be simple crowd pleasers. Rather, they display a depressingly mo…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:08AMVariable gender-casting. Flexible cast size. Excellent small scene and monologue opportunities. What more do you need? Box by Lindsay Price is a relatable middle school vignette play that yo…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM
Who is Geoff Todd? I am a visual artist who worked mainstream in Melbourne before accepting the position as Artist in Residence at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1980. Following this I…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:19AMComposer Paul Rudolph accompanies the cast through a score that is perfectly in sync with the story line. Delightfully, it is a musical score that reminds it’s listener that this is how Mu…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:16AMDeLaria spoke to Playbill about her show-stopping turn—opposite Jesse Tyler Ferguson—in the 1998 revival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:04AMThe new Lauren Gunderson play, presented by Audible, stars Kate Mulgrew and Francesca Faridany.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Public Theater revival is helmed by Oskar Eustis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMInspired by Love’s 10th anniversary of being HIV positive, his newest work offers an unflinching portrait of being Black and queer today.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWicked humor punctuates the meanness of judging a girl by her color in the play inspired by “Mean Girls.”
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AMKate Mulgrew and Francesca Faridany on playing two remarkable women in science---If Marie Curie is just a name to you, you're not alone. Francesca Faridany admits she didn't know much about …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: “Odeon” by Ephrat Asherie Dance at the Joyce Theater, "Odeon unfolds as a series of vignettes, moving from group sequences with tight footwork and byzantine patterns to …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM