VIRGO STAR heroically encapsulates the convergence of queer and cowboy in a homoerotic, fictionalized “Wild West”. The Pioneers Go East Collective interrogates the notion of “masculini…
SOURCE: stagebiz.com at 10:55PMGuests toasted the season and rediscovered the gardens at this special time of the year.
November 30, 2019: LONGHOUSE, 133 Hands Creek Road in East Hampton, hosted a festive gathering wit…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:03PMA three-month-old infant named Chris looks up from his stroller at his thirty-something mother (Hannah Cabell) as she makes an appointment with his pediatrician for the next day at 11:15. Ch…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 10:00PM By Brian Scott Lipton The fluidity of identity – the reality that both how we define ourselves and how others define us can change multiple times in our journey from cradle to tomb �…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:00PM
One of Melbourne’s most iconic landmarks, the Regent Theatre, will re-open its doors to the public in January 2020, revealing a major refurbishment of the much-loved auditorium, foyers and…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 08:43PMHailing from London, England, Scott Butler is an actor who, in his 10 short years in the industry, has built a prolific body of work in Film and TV including Lodge 49, Wiener Dog Internation…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 08:30PMReading books aloud might seem like an easy way to make money – you just sit there and read – “but I can assure you it isn’t. I narrated my own audiobook in 2014, an experience that …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24PMThe Chicago Reader is hitching onto the train of news outlets pivoting to nonprofit life, under the umbrella of the newly-founded Reader Institute for Community Journalism, set to launch in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24PMThe Department of Arts Administration and Policy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) invites applications for a two-year visiting faculty position, beginning August 2020.
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24PMIt’s a study of human behavior. And it’s a study of the ways in which the architecture of public spaces is designed to control the ways humans move, perhaps by funneling people towards a…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 08:10PM★★★★ Bedlam removes the frame from Arthur Miller's drama about another witch hunt
The post The Crucible: Boils Over Again In a Hot and Timely Staging appeared first on New York Stage…
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“The Inheritance,” a long, ambitious play about three generations of gay men in New York, pays homage to two masterpieces, without being one itself. Yet the play by Matthew Lopez, making…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:54PM“The Inheritance,” a long, ambitious play about three generations of gay men in New York, pays homage to two masterpieces, without being one itself. Yet the play by Matthew Lopez, making…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 06:37PM‘Visionary Voices,’ a portrait exhibition featuring four self-taught artists, invites viewers to find themselves and draw their own conclusions. Daralyse Lyons reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:19PMIn Prospect Theater Company's 'Einstein's Dreams,' a young and uncertain Einstein dares to envision new worlds beyond the limits of classical physics.
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Known as the hilariously short-statured antagonist of the critically acclaimed children’s’ film Shrek, Lord Farquaad is a bite-sized bundle of fun for any performer to play. Shrek was ad…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:50PMAt a time when Kenneth Branagh busies himself clogging up multiplexes with bombastic Agatha Christie all-star remakes, director/writer Rian Johnson revels in subversion of the genre.
The pos…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:48PMManhattan mainstay, Daryl Sherman, returns with Satchmo the Singer, focusing on jazz trumpet icon Louis Armstrong as a singer, as well as his importance to the American Songbook.
Birdland…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:44PMCampbell Scott, Andrea Martin, and LaChanze star in Jack Thorne's adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic on Broadway.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PMOn the eve of the release Frozen II, guess what movie musical James Corden and gang perform live on a crosswalk in Los Angeles?
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:42PMRenée Taylor lays bare some of the more private moments of her life in her latest show and somehow she finds that cathartic. "My Life on a Diet," which opens at the New Brunswick Performing…
SOURCE: www.tapinto.net at 05:13PMOn this episode of Happy Hour on the Fringe, we sat down with some of the people who help give life to the arts in Philadelphia and FringeArts as an organization. Jane Pepper and Christie Ha…
SOURCE: fringearts.com at 05:12PMRaymond “R.J.” Harding was the 2 millionth inducted Thespian in 2009
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 05:09PMKathryn Gallagher and the cast of Jagged Little Pill answer your questions and more!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMMaia Reficco is known for starring in Nickelodeon Latin America's Kally's Mashup, a TV series that features a mashup of classical and pop music. Now, the 19-year-old Argentinian star is ap…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PMTickets are now on sale for Noah Haidle's Broadway-debut play Birthday Candles, set to arrive at Roundabout Theatre Company's American Airlines Theatre next spring. Emmy winner Debra Messin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:03PM
Tony Award-winning designer Clint Ramos reveals how sex inspired Slave Play's mirror design and why it was necessary to link the audience to the plantation.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:38PMHere’s how Chorus Master Donald Palumbo prepares the ensemble to sound its best.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:34PMA new study, commissioned by the mayor’s office and released on Wednesday, finds that the city is home to 748 Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway theater organizations responsible for 3,000 …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:29PMMaría Irene Fornés’ play has gone unproduced professionally in NYC for four decades, but scenic designer Adam Rigg figured out a way to make it work for the TFANA production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMMaría Irene Fornés’ play has gone unproduced professionally in NYC for four decades, but scenic designer Adam Riggs figured out a way to make it work for the TFANA production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:28PMThe two will star in the film from fellow Broadway alum and first-time feature director Fran Kranz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:22PM By Sandi Durell What happens when you put two belters on a stage together . . . one a little older, the other a little younger? It’s the battle of the broads! The claws and feathe…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:22PMThe Queen jukebox musical took over the Garden for four fun performances.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 04:18PMFor the third time in as many years, the White House has proposed a federal budget that would shutter the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMWhile the disruption has hampered the ability of newsrooms to fully cover communities, it also has damaged political and civic life in the United States, the report says, leaving many people…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMThe World Performing Arts Capitals, a joint project of the International Theatre Institute and UNESCO, “twin a major metropolis like London or New York with a smaller city or town, similar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMA decade long study at The Australian Ballet has delivered some surprising results as to what works in stretching and what is actually damaging to the body and increasing the risk of injury.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMKwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the Young Vic in London (and former artistic director of Center Stage in Baltimore): “People are listening in a way they didn’t 10 years ago, 20 ye…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PM“To put it bluntly, the Marciano Art Foundation was never a real museum. Yes, it had access to a collection—some 1,500 pieces acquired primarily by Maurice Marciano, including L.A.’s t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PM“As soon as James Griffin gets off the school bus he tells his mom, ‘Go dance, go dance.’ James is 14 and has autism, and his speech is limited. He’s a participant in a program for c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PM“We hear people saying that the boom is back but that doesn’t seem to be translating into a richer arts and cultural centre. Ireland has a really strange relationship with arts and cultu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMby Mo Brady and Angela Tricarico
Mentorship is a crucial part of developing your craft as a supporter. Part-teacher, part-cheerleader, your mentor uses their skillset and insight to help you…
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 04:08PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 11/21/2019 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
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Betsy Dollinger, a veteran Broadway marketer, has signed an exclusive consulting contract with producing company Alchemation. Founded by Kevin McCollum, Alchemation’s projects include the …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:40PMThe Primary Stages benefit will be held at the Cherry Lane December 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMThe stage is set
with a pile of sand, some rocks, a wooden box with hinges, all flooded by a
deep cobalt blue pool of light. What follows is an intimate monologue that
conveys the grief of A…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:33PMEarlier this week, ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS celebrated their 16th anniversary by honoring Elizabeth Matthews, CEO of ASCAP and actor, director, writer, producer, and philanthropist Ben Stiller a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:32PMJanet Dacal - most known for her performances in The Prince of Broadway, Wonderland, In the Heights, and Good Vibrations- will be joining the cast of the national tour of The Band's Visit. S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:27PMWe're getting welcomed to the Land of Lola as we look back at the second season of the hit web series Turning the Tables! Check out this episode to see as Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winner…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMPRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today additional programming for the month-long festival of solo perfo…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:08PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier this year, Music Theatre International announced the launch of Broadway Senior, a new series of adaptations of popular Broadway musicals specifically design…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:01PMIt's an honor to be spoofed by Gerard Allesandrini in his “Forbidden Broadway: The Next Generation” and Mary Testa joined in the fun last night at the Triad Theater catching the show wit…
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We're taking a in-depth look at some of the country's most prestigious college theatre programs to help students learn all about the variety of options they have at their disposal to further…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:52PMThere is no denying that a retrospect on of the life of Albert Einstein and the development of his renowned Theory of Relativity would be compelling and extremely interesting. To present thi…
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 02:47PMThe tone of Anand Rajaram’s laughs as a child of the circus evolve from innocence to striking angry and unhinged notes.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:45PMJames Corden's Late Late Show has offered up a number of musical tributes throughout its run on CBS, but this one hits close to home for Broadway fans. Corden teamed up with Idina Menzel, Jo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMEphraim Sykes, Tony-nominated standout player of Ain't Too Proud, will portray music icon Michael Jackson in the upcoming Broadway bio-musical MJ. The previously announced production will be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMThe Search For Roxie contestants Kate Gulotta, Khalifa White and Emma Pittman stop by to chat about Roxie bootcamp, auditioning for Chicago and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMThe London transfer of Waitress has set a final performance date of July 4, 2020 at the Adelphi Theatre. The production will embark on a tour of the United Kingdom prior to returning to the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMAfter four cheered engagements on the Great White Way, stage-and-screen star Patrick Stewart will reprise his unique solo take on A Christmas Carol for two nights off-Broadway this holiday…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMJanet Dacal will join the national touring production of The Band's Visit on January 3, 2020, in Schenectady, NY. Get a glimpse at her amazing performance of "Omar Sharif"!
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMRadio City Rockettes Brooke Averi and Jessie Crouch stop by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Christmas Spectacular and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMLittle Shop of Horrors star Jonathan Groff discusses Frozen 2, Mindhunter and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMBroadway.com can exclusively reveal that Drama Desk Award winner Janet Dacal, most recently seen on the Great White Way in Prince of Broadway, will join the national touring production of Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMBroadway's brightest stepped out for the 2019 Arthur Miller Foundation Honors at Second in New York City on November 18. The celebration raised funds for the foundation's public school theat…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMJonathan Groff and Lea Michele
in Spring Awakening
(Photo by Monique Carboni)
Jonathan Groff first made audiences swoon as the dreamy intellectual Melchior Gabor in Spring Awakening in 200…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMOff-Broadway's Public Theater has announced a fourth and final extension to its new staging of the late Ntozake Shange's groundbreaking work For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/Wh…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMIt's the most wonderful time of the year, especially on Broadway. A Christmas Carol, starring Campbell Scott, opened at the Lyceum Theatre on November 20 for a limited holiday run through …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMBroadwayCon has unveiled a first look at its programming schedule for BroadwayCon 2020. The BroadwayCon 2020 schedule features three days packed with events curated with Broadway's biggest f…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:41PMProducer Scott Rudin announced today that 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' Aaron Sorkin's new play, directed by Bartlett Sher and based on Harper Lee's classic novel, will be a part of Center Theatr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:33PMWe talk with Cirque Dreams founder Neil Goldberg in advance of the Holidaze shows at the San Jose Civic on Dec. 11-12. Here's how to get tickets.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:28PMNtozake Shange’s groundbreaking choreopoem, directed by Leah C. Gardiner and choreographed by Camille A. Brown, continues at The Public.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:21PMThe Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced a fourth and final extension of the revival of for colored girls who have considered su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMA new space in upstate New York puts it focus on English-language premieres of plays from around the world, as well as commissions of locally themed work.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:05PMDrawing its inspiration from E.M. Forster’s 1910 masterpiece Howards End, playwright Matthew Lopez re-envisions the story of social conventions and heritage in turn-of-the-century England …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:03PMSee who has recently joined the team at major U.S. theatre and arts institutions.
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The soundtrack for season one of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series reveals that one of the original stars of High School Musical will guest star on the new Disney+ series!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMNearly halfway into the set, Twigs finally turned to Magdalene, which casts an empowering light on Jesus Christ’s female companion -- and stands among 2019’s best albums.
The post Rock C…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:54PMRichard Thomas will star as Atticus in the upcoming production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:51PMThe Broadway alum will begin performances in January 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:44PMUnicorn theatre, LondonThis take on Oscar Wilde’s story of a family moving into their spooky new home is a child-friendly blend of gothic horror and quirky comedy
There’s a little bit fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMRoyal & Derngate, NorthamptonElectrifying performances light up a glittering New York Christmas story in this warm-hearted, tuneful two-hander
On Christmas Eve, puppyish twentysomething…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42PMFrom Waitress' newly announced UK tour to a Christmas Cabaret with The Barricade Boys, today's roundup of news is not to be missed!
The post London Theatre News Today: Thursday 21 November a…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:33PMWanted to make sure you saw the Frito-Lay campaign that dropped today with THE SOUND OF MUSIC super-fan Anna Kendrick stars in the new Frito-Lay commerical, which repurposes a beloved …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMAs BroadwayWorld reported this morning, Tony Award nominee Ephraim Sykes will star as Michael Jackson in the upcoming Broadway World Premiere of MJ the Musical. MJ will begin preview perform…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:20PMAmy Herzog's acclaimed play will open in the West End in spring 2020.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMMJ will begin preview performances on July 6 at the Neil Simon Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMThe two-night engagement will benefit City Harvest and Ars Nova.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMCircus 1903 gives a unique perspective of how it would have felt to watch an American circus over 100 years ago. This is done with the help of an amazing amalgamation of set, costumes, light…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMMusic Theatre International has acquired the worldwide licensing rights to the musical adaptation of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The musical features a score by Marc Shaiman, wi…
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With songs from the 1971 film and an original score by Hairspray's Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, the musical played a Broadway run in 2017.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMThis news is fresh out of the oven and whilst we’re excited to announce that Waitress at London’s Adelphi Theatre has been extended, we’re sad to say this will be the last extension. …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 12:55PMBroadway found its Gloved One — and he’s coming fresh from the Temptations. Ephraim Sykes, currently kicking up his heels in Broadway’s “Ain’t Too Proud — the Life and Times of T…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 12:46PMActor Fanta Barrie tells Giverny Masso about playing Lindsay Salmon in The Lovely Bones, self-help book recommendations and how to cope with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PMThe George Eastman play began performances at New York City Center November 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMA Christmas Story: The Musical at Toby’s celebrates the classic charm, innocence and nostalgia of a child’s Christmas in the 1940s with plenty of high energy production numbers from the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:36PMThis is a Patreon only release! Thank you for being Patreons. Thursday, 11/21 @ 7:30 AM, Matt and James chat about the last six shows Matt has seen on his trip to NYC. 11/18, 7pm: Georgia …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:30PMThe Tony-nominated performer will lead the cast of “MJ the Musical,” which is scheduled to open next summer.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:24PMChoi took the fiction prize for her novel Trust Exercise, while the nonfiction award went to Sarah M. Broom’s memoir The Yellow House. Winning the young people’s literature category was …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM“An 11-count federal indictment accuses Catherine Pugh of arranging fraudulent sales of her Healthy Holly books to schools, libraries and a medical system to enrich herself, promote her po…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM“Defined as ‘a situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it’, Oxford said the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM“The Metropolitan Opera has run small deficits for the past two years and faces rising capital expenses — including for the repair of its white travertine exterior — prompting S & …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM“The police are still looking for the missing john — an artwork called America by Maurizio Cattelan — but, so far, they remain empty-handed. … Six people had been arrested in connect…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM“Arte Generali saw a solid gold opportunity to penetrate the Italian art market, … [with an ad campaign that] features artist Maurizio Cattelan clowning around in the buff with only over…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM“Although he has never written an opera, his appointment grew out of Cycles of My Being, a set of emotionally complex songs he composed for [tenor Lawrence Brownlee and] Opera Philadelphia…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM“Launched by Directors UK, the professional association for screen directors, the guidelines were, according to the organization, ‘born of the need to set clear and shared professional e…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PMThe academy, founded in 1634 by Cardinal Richelieu, is the official gatekeeper of the French language whose members are known as ‘the immortals’. Its mission is to keep the French langu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PMAs president of G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Minton published such classics as Lord of the Flies, The Godfather, and The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, and he was “among the first to recognize th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PMReview: Red Palace, The Vaults2.0starsBeing but an ‘umble despot trying to scratch out a living in my modest smallholding in the hinterlands (aka anywhere beyond Zone 1) at the outskirts o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:12PMReview: Touching The Void, Duke of York's Theatre 4.0stars Touching The Void, based on the best selling book, is a real life epic that whisks us to the dizzying summit of the Siula Grande mo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:12PMThe Amanda Peet-penned play opened Off-Broadway November 21, 2013.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01PMThis terrific two-hander is both a jukebox musical and a tribute to female friendship.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:00PMYou might not have heard the name Max Martin, but you’ll have heard his work. The Swedish songwriter has penned more number
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM
Saxophonist Benny Golson elevated a celebration of classics while drummer Makaya McCraven’s showcased new-generation beats
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:59AMThe two performances will benefit City Harvest and Ars Nova.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMJack Thorne’s version of the Charles Dickens holiday tale plays the Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMJack Thorne’s version of the Charles Dickens holiday tale plays the Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMAn exhibition on the life and influence of Noel Coward will open in London next year. It will include previously unseen artefacts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMA new awards scheme to celebrate the arts in Wales has been launched by Creative and Cultural Skills. Categories will include awards
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMMichael Oglesby, creator of the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, has died aged 80. Oglesby, founder of Manchester-based property company Bruntwood, launched the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMAndrea Luka Zimmerman’s film stars members of Cardboard Citzens, a theatre troupe of past and present homeless Londoners
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 11:35AMThe donated performance from the Tony-winning musical will take place in January 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22AMGeorge Street Playhouse continues their 2019/2020 season with MY LIFE ON A DIET, a one-woman show co-written by Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna, starring Renée Taylor and directed by Josep…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:22AMThe new musical by The Great Comet's Dave Malloy makes its world premiere next month at the American Repertory Theater.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:21AMby Mars Rucker
In our conversation with actor Mars Rucker about working on Broadway as a non-binary artist, they shared with The Ensemblist five pieces of advice on how other theatre product…
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 11:21AMPlaybill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMMiriam-Teak Lee stars in the London production at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:17AMMJ The Musical, the Michael Jackson Broadway show, has found its King of Pop.
Ephraim Sykes, who was nominated for a Tony for playing Motown recording artist David Ruffin in Ain’t Too Prou…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:16AMGet ready to be wowed as Waitress star NaTasha Yvette Williams sings Porgy and Bess, Smokey Joe's Cafe and Caroline, or Change for her Broadway Bucket List.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:06AMAs we find ourselves neck deep in televised impeachment hearings, it feels particularly apropos to celebrate the memory of impressionist David Frye (David Shapiro, 1933-2011). As Vaughn Mead…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:03AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMIn case you haven’t heard, we had a giant TheaterMaker conference this past weekend. (And in case you didn’t get that joke – you probably aren’t on our email list – because we sent…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM
The November 20 episode celebrated the 25th anniversary of Disney on Broadway with an entire category of five clues.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMThe producers of Waitress have announced the show's final West End extension at the Adelphi Theatre, where it will finish on 4 July 2020 ahead of a UK tour and planned London return.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:58AMTony Award nominee Ephraim Sykes (Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations) has secured his next leading role in a Broadway musical. Sykes will take on the titular charact…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:58AMHow many pies can you fit in before next summer? Following a final extension, WAITRESS has posted closing notices at the West End's Adelphi Theatre for 4 July 2020. Sweeter news? An extensiv…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 10:58AMA U.K. tour of the Sara Bareilles musical will follow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMCole Porter's seafaring musical has seen productions on Broadway in 1935, 1987, and 2011.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AMWaitress the Musical’s West End run will come to an end in July next year, producers have confirmed. The show had been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:42AMBroadway has found its Michael Jackson: Tony-nominated Ain’t Too Proud star Ephraim Sykes will take the title role in the upcoming MJ The Musical, producers announced today. The musical, l…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:24AMOther World features a book by Hunter Bell and music and lyrics by Jeff Bowen and Ann McNamee.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:23AMEphraim Sykes will play Michael Jackson in the upcoming “MJ” musical on Broadway. Sykes is currently playing David Ruffin in “Ain’t Too Proud” on Broadway, for which he received a …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:12AMThe bio-musical will open on Broadway in summer 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Dear Evan Hansen, now playing at the Noel Coward Theatre, London.
This post REVIEW: Dear Evan Hansen, Noel Coward Theatre London ✭✭✭✭✭ first appe…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:10AMBut really, what is a Bob Dylan concert these days if not a case study in transformation?
The post Rock Concert Review: Bob Dylan at the Tsongas Center — Nothing if Not Chameleonic appeare…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:03AM
Matthew Warchus directs the new version of the holiday classic from Harry Potter playwright Jack Thorne.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:44AMJonathan Groff, Kristen Bell, and Josh Gad spoke up after the late night host tried to steal the lead.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMGot your weekend plans? We've got some nifty ideas, from a beloved holiday ballet to a Beaujolais blast to some amazing pooches and their tricks.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:30AMMillennial Notes Yorkey & Kitt’s Bewitching Musical Surpasses “Normalcy” by Sophia Ashworth Providing the Bay Area with a beautiful and profoundly moving musical, BareStage’s i…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:24AMThorne's interpretation, under Matthew Warchus's direction, is darker, more analytical and psychologically probing than we have become accustomed to. As a result, it is also less emotionally…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:12AMQueens of Sheba is a play of contrasts it is angry and joyous, fun and sad, quietly contemplative and in your face loud.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMBy Una Chaudhuri, Robert Duffley, Georgina Escobar, Eli Nixon, Adilson Siqueira, brontë velez. Robert Duffley, Una Chaudhuri, Georgina Escobar, Eli Nixon, Adilson Siqueira, and Brontë Vele…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:00AM
By Ray Rackham
Ray Rackham reviews & Juliet, a jukebox musical featuring the music of Max Martin now playing at the Shaftesbury Theatre.
This post REVIEW: & Juliet, Shaftesbury Theat…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:57AMFollowing hit runs a the Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals earlier this year, Amanda Broomell's solo show based on her online dating experiment, Mandy Picks a Husband, receives a Lond…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:30AMShakespeare Blooms in William J. Brown’s Delightful “Dream” by Robert M. Gardner When we go to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” we always look forward to seeing an old friend. We a…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:24AMA huge, ugly fissure runs across the back of the set. It’s an early indication that the family who live at 57A
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:06AMHe's directing his longtime friends Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick in Neil Simon’s 1968 comedic marital triptych 'Plaza Suite.'
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 08:00AMIn some productions of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” the role of Tiny Tim goes to a child with a disability.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AMNew tech allows you to hold on to — but not access — your smartphone during live performances.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 08:00AM
Grammy Noms, CONSTITUTION, BHANGIN’ IT, and MOTHER RUSSIA joins La Jolla season, John Mulaney’s New Musical Netflix Special, + recommendations! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMReview: Out of Order, Home Manchester4.0starsForced Entertainment’s Out of Order marks a return of the Sheffield-based theatre company to HOME, following on from their last performance of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMWhen I really love a show, I tend to go all in. I see it many times, with as many casts as possible. On Broadway, off-Broadway, on tour, regional and local. Kiss of the Spider Woman is one o…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:33AMBAFTA and Olivier Award nominee actress, singer and radio presenter Preeya Kalidas has this week joined the West End cast of Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the West End's Apollo Theatre,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:30AMGate theatre, LondonDespite Temi Wilkey’s best efforts, including rolling in slime, Tue Biering’s play can’t decide whether it is a critique of utopianism or a message of reassurance
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review the Broadway opening of The Inheritance. Here’s an excerpt. * * * When the AIDS epidemic laid waste to a generation of gay men, it simultane…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03AMIn the age of physical theatre, it is becoming increasingly difficult to choreograph original and exciting movement, but Kissing Rebellion is fresh, fierce, and a feast for the eyes. It is r…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“To be a writer is to be an autodidact, with all the limitations, gaps, and gaucheries typical of the autodidact, who belabors clichés as though they were sacral revelation.” Cynthia Oz…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMWhether you’re attending or watching from your couch, here are the tips, tricks, and must-knows for Thanksgiving 2019.
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It’s here. After what seems like an eternity of anticipation, Dear Evan Hansen has opened in the West End. Benj Pasek and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMUnapologetically adhering to a well-established festive romcom template, The Season is a warm-hearted new musical from promising writing partnership Jim Barne and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:45AMDirectors working on television scenes involving nudity or simulated sex are being urged to adopt best practice guidelines, described as the first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:39AMWe also celebrate the returns of Evita and Slava to New York City.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 06:36AMReview: Much Ado About Nothing, Wilton's Music Hall 4.0stars “The wonderful thing about the music hall”, Wilton‘s Music Hall board member Dr. John Gayner told me as we took neighbourin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36AMReview: I Will Still Be Whole (When You Rip Me In Half), The Bunker3.0stars22 years on since Joy walked out on her baby EJ, this mother and daughter reunite in Ava Wong Davies’ play I Will…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36AMAndrew Lloyd Webber’s LW Theatres has partnered with ethical secondary ticketing site Twickets, in a move that promises a “safer and more
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMThe self-proclaimed 'show that taste and time forgot', Up the Bunty! returns to the Lion & Unicorn Theatre next month, bringing an evening of silliness and cheer just before Christmas. B…
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Lyceum Theatre, New York
Jack Thorne’s Broadway transfer of the Christmas classic is sentimental but moving and boasts a host of surprises
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has always …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMBEN DOWELL REVIEWS: A bright, socially withdrawn teenager called Evan is desperately lonely, taking comfort in the internet and not much else. He has a crush on a girl from his school, but c…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:39AMSean Mathias has been appointed as the first artistic director of Theatre Royal Windsor where, starting in 2020, he will programme and annual summer season of new stage productions.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMThe first thing we thought when we saw this casting was: when can we see this in London?! Currently playing Jean Valjean in Les Miserables on an international tour, Killian Donnelly takes to…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:20AMThere’s much to like about Dear Evan Hansen at the Noël Coward Theatre, not least a brilliant lead performance from Sam Tutty.
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Who is Saimir Pirgu? An Albanian tenor with an incredible passion for music in general and Opera. What would you do differently to what you do now? Absolutely nothing. I would do it all in t…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:59AMOne of the rising stars of the Australian stage, Annie Aitken, has been announced to play the female lead of the country girl/anti-war protestor Sarah in the acclaimed rock music drama Rolli…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 03:19AMIn a visceral and dynamic live-action reinterpretation of the famous 17th century puppet show, writer / director Mirrah Foulkes turns the traditional story of Punch and Judy on its head and …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:17AMLiz, David, and Jack talk about what they’re excited to see in December and January! We talk about: Virgo Star by Pioneers Go East Collective at La Mama (1:13) Fefu and Her Friends by Mar�…
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David Mamet’s play Oleanna is about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students who accuses him of sexual harassment. It came out around the time of An…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:52AMOleanna, David Mamet’s then-startling play about sexual harassment and power dynamics, debuted in 1992. So much has happened since then — including, here in Ottawa, allegations of harass…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:48AMConstruction to rebuild Melbourne’s iconic La Mama theatre has begun, 18 months on from the fire that destroyed the home of independent theatre in Australia. Minister for Creative Industri…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:42AMOne of the rising stars of the Australian stage, Annie Aitken, has been announced to play the female lead of the country girl/anti-war protester Sarah in the acclaimed rock music drama Rolli…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:08AMIn this wide-ranging 2004 interview, the star looks back at her career and forward to what would become her second Tony-winning role in Doubt.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:05AMEver felt as if theatre shows are like London buses? You wait around for ages and then three come along at once.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWith an abundance of men playing female characters, festive shows are in danger of squeezing out roles for women. Simon Sladen argues
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMFrom the culturally elevated to the overtly commercial, the event promises a varied view of the nation’s contemporary cinema
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