What makes a play queer? Is it simply a queer cast? A queer aesthetic? Or something more? Billed as a queer and gender-blind, abridged and I quote “hilarious version of this beloved classi…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 05:46PMIt’s a small story whose roots and branches radiate in all directions.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMBullet Train’s biggest feat is its own understanding of merging its chaotically Looney Tunes-level of violence with some genuinely interesting storytelling turns, and its use of Brad Pitt�…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMI’m sure Bodies Bodies Bodies will have many enthusiastic fans. I’m just at the stage in life where I don’t take much pleasure in watching the kids hurt themselves.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMA few scenes evince a unique aesthetic for this type of film, and the lead actresses give stand-out performances.
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:45PMBarrington Stage Company offers a take on the Sondheim-Wheeler classic highlighted by performances in shades of regret.
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Misrahi is a boyish, lovable character who is bawdy, irreverent, clever, and entertaining with repartee and humor as delightful as his singing. His selection of songs seems to spring from bi…
SOURCE: thefrontrowcenter.com at 04:58PMThe Texas State University student will work alongside the leadership of the Austin theatre to learn the ropes of nonprofit theatremaking.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:41PMIsaac Mizrahi at 54 Below
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Misrahi is a boyish, lovable character who is bawdy, irreverent, clever, and entertaining with repartee and humor as delightful as his singing. …
SOURCE: openingnight.online at 04:38PMStage and screen star Anne Heche has died due to a severe brain injury she sustained from a fiery car crash on August 5. She was 53.
“We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes an…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:07PM(Catherine Shoard’s article appear appeared in the Guardian, 8/9, via Pam Green.) The BBC kids’ channel is known for its wit, invention and credo of inclusivity – but can its take on A…
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#SummerForTheCity is winding down and we just wanted to thank everyone who helped us make it an amazing summer!
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:57PMRoss Video’s comprehensive production switcher lineup grows more robust and more versatile with the introduction of significant feature upgrades to the Carbonite product line, while its fl…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:56PMWith a score by the innovative electronic musician Jlin, Abraham’s dance has beautiful skeins of motion but lacks cohesive structure.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:14PMIf you don’t know this beautiful memoir musical, it's based on a graphic novel by the cartoonist Alison Bechdel, growing up in the 1970s in a small Pennsylvania town.
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:13PMA play may not convince anyone but it can share information, hold a space for grief and complexity, de-stigmatize abortion, and rally troops demoralized by the fall of Roe.
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The group recently arrived in New York to perform “Mom on Skype,” first staged in April in Lviv, at the Irondale Center this weekend.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:33PMAmerica watched as country music’s biggest stars graced the stage of CMA Fest 2022, which aired on August 3 on ABC. The festival’s live event was filmed in June at Nashville’s Nissan S…
SOURCE: PLSN at 02:29PMBill and Nancy are fifty years into their marriage. They can anticipate each other’s every sigh, snore, and sneeze. But just as they settle comfortably into a new senior living community, …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:21PMBill and Nancy are fifty years into their marriage. They can anticipate each other’s every sigh, snore, and sneeze. But just as they settle comfortably into a new senior living community, …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:21PMThe administrative shift will give way to a new leadership model within the company.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMBest friends and roommates, Sam and Leo are an unbreakable team. But when a new friend enters the scene, doubt creeps in and a shattering secret is about to be dragged kicking and screaming …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:16PMBest friends and roommates, Sam and Leo are an unbreakable team. But when a new friend enters the scene, doubt creeps in and a shattering secret is about to be dragged kicking and screaming …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:16PMIn an epic game of cat and mouse, two diabolically charming step-siblings place a bet, and vow to destroy anyone who gets in their way.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:13PMWelcome to the opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:10PMWelcome to the opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:10PMA young Israeli woman is on holiday with her grandmother in the United States when the unexpected happens. Now, she finds herself stranded in a motel room on Christmas Eve with an oddball de…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:06PMA young Israeli woman is on holiday with her grandmother in the United States when the unexpected happens. Now, she finds herself stranded in a motel room on Christmas Eve with an oddball de…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:06PMIndia, 1648. Two hapless and lowly Imperial Guards watch from their posts as the sun rises for the first time over the newly-completed Taj Mahal. But the morning light brings with it an unth…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:04PMIndia, 1648. Two hapless and lowly Imperial Guards watch from their posts as the sun rises for the first time over the newly-completed Taj Mahal. But the morning light brings with it an unth…
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Having grown up in the ’70s, I have often had occasion on this blog to refer to the mysteries of that decade’s then-new phenomenon of what might be called “celebrity unmoored“. I am …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:54PMBy Melissa Griegel . . . Karen Mason graced the stage of the main dining room of the Birdland Jazz Club on August 8th, with a room packed full of friends, fans, and fellow industry artists i…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:52PMThe Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome production will launch in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:42PMAussie Theatre has 2 x double passes to giveaway to see COME FROM AWAY – Sydney at Theatre Royal Sydney
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:24PMNext month, the Chicago Latino Theater Alliance will present the fifth annual Destinos Chicago International Theater Festival. But it will be bittersweet; the woman most responsible for maki…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:23PMThe countdown is on until the opening night of one of Australia’s most exciting new concert events, Night At The
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:10PMThe new coming-of-age comedy-drama is based on Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn's Broadway musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMRemembering the beloved artist who memorably played Sandy in the 1978 blockbuster film version of Grease.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:07PMTrying to make sense of the times can feel like an exercise in futility, but it can also be a powerful tool of self-expression. That’s the modus operandi of Clamm, […]
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The show follows three scientists who are visited by Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, and Max Planck.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMThe European tour will celebrate 100 performances August 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMRauf, who was held in a basement for 105 days in 2021, is a cofounder of Human First Coalition.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMThe new recording will feature “People” from Funny Girl, “All I’ve Ever Known” from Hadestown, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:54AMWhen Hackmatack Playhouse closes, that will leave, by my count, just one non-equity, professional summer resident theater in Maine: Acadia Rep (founded in 1973) located in Somesville, near B…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:54AMProducers Kenny Wax, Wendy & Andy Barnes, George Stiles, and Kevin McCollum are proud to announce tour casting for an additional North American tour of the Tony Award®-winning hit mu…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 11:51AMGuitar legend, enigmatic master of imagination and indie impresario Jack White – who shot to international prominence as one half of The White Stripes – is back on the road with the topi…
SOURCE: PLSN at 11:48AMAmong this year's awards are 6 for playwrights/theatre artists and 6 for dance artists, as well as scholarships for high school-age theatremakers and performers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:36AMThe Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical continues at the Lyceum Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:18AMIn transphobic discourse, trans people are feared and consequently monstered. In these bigots’ brains, they are positioned outside the gender binary and labelled ‘not normal’. Canadian…
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Pitlochry Festival theatreDavid Greig’s two-hander adapted from Charlotte Higgins’s nonfiction book about our ancient past is a sweet meander
There can’t be many plays in which the emo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AMFinborough theatre, LondonA ghostly tale and a potent monologue form a double bill that uses the 2014 conflict to remark movingly on current events
Because theatres schedule so far ahead, th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMBreak-dancing illusionist Magical Bones and comedian Eme Essien are at the festival with new shows. He teaches her one of his tricks – and gets an acting masterclass in return
One is a ris…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMRoyal Lyceum, EdinburghUsing a VR headset and an empty stage, Tim Crouch puts his audience at one remove from the Shakespeare play to comment on the world and theatre itself
On the back wall…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMGhislaine/Gabler looks at choices made by power-hungry women in a world built for men
“Trash”, “disposable” and “pretty little fools” are the phrases a poised Ghislaine Maxwell u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMNick Cartell as Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” Casting for Cameron Mackintosh’s acclaimed production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning musical phe…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 10:49AMby Michael Colby . . . It Can Only Happen In the Theatre It has happened to many shows. CHICAGO was overshadowed by A CHORUS LINE. THE MOST HAPPY FELLA was the other hit in the season of MY …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:45AMThe benefit reading of the classic play will be held in Northport, Long Island.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe play revisits Cindy Lou Who, from Dr. Seuss' The Grinch, as an adult.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMWatch video excerpts of performances from the casts of four Broadway shows, and one Off-Broadway, presented at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert this week. “Chicago.” Lana Go…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39AMMore Broadway favorites are heading Into the Woods. The revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods extended its Broadway run at the St. James Theatre and additional…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:37AMPulse Theatre presents Strings Attached, an exciting new American play by multi-award winning Poet and playwright Carole Buggé, which merges the world of physics into a love triangle on …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:30AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Bloody Elle now playing at the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:29AMThe actor, a champion of the late author's work, will join Wilson's widow, Constanza Romero, for remarks at the opening of his childhood home in the Hill District.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:18AMPhantom of the Opera cast member sings "Music of the Night" at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert August 11, 2022.
SOURCE: YouTube at 10:07AMSee what Main Stem personalities make appearances in the new Neil Patrick Harris-led streaming comedy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:07AMPremiers NYC (Paulette Haupt, Artistic Director/Producer) presented the cast and creatives of LOS OTROS including Luba Mason, Caesar Samayoa, author Michael John LaChiusa, director Noah Himm…
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Paul T Davies reviews We Were Promised Honey at Roundabout Summerhall at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:05AMCalling all musically talented artists! Looking for singers, musicians, producers, and re-mixers who are game to makeover a classic Motown Hit! Here’s your shot at a $25,000 grand prize an…
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Theatre for the New City Street Theater Tour this weekend – Teacher! Teacher! Or P.S. I Love You (book/lyrics Crystal Field, music composed/arranged by Peter Dizozza) Sat. Aug. 13 @ 2 pm…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:58AMFrom the imagination of Tony Award-winning Hamilton choreographer ANDY BLANKENBUEHLER, featuring music by British pop sensation KATE NASH and a book co-written by TED MALAWER, comes an…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:45AMCurrent Broadway cast members of "Dear Evan Hansen" perform three numbers at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert August 11, 2022. Mateo Lizcano: Waving Through A Window. Lizcano a…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:41AMThe Tony-nominated musical will play Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre in 2023.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:37AMProducer Jordan Roth has announced replacement casting for the revival of “Into the Woods,” which was recently extended through October 16 at the St. James Theatre. Real-life wife and hu…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:36AMThe recently extended Broadway production of Into The Woods has announced its new cast for the additional weeks, with Stephanie J. Block taking over from Sara Bareilles as the Baker’s Wife…
SOURCE: Deadline at 09:34AMCumming collaborated with choreographer Steven Hoggett on the new dance piece about Scottish poet Robert Burns.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AMMontego Glover, Andy Karl, and Gavin Creel are among the stars joining the cast in September.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AMBin Chicken ventures through irreverent post-modern choreography and absurdist monologues to conjure an absurdist wonder palace that poetically flirts with the idea of glorious subconscious …
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The current Broadway cast of "Chicago" perform three musical numbers at the Broadway in Bryant Park lunchtime concert August 11, 2022. Lana Gordon as Velma Kelly and ensemble: “All That Ja…
SOURCE: YouTube at 07:55AMWeezer Cancel’s Broadway Residency, “SIX” Announces Second Tour Cast, Pippa Sings “Into the Woods” “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the to…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe limited engagement production has extended through October 16.
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SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:05AMPeter Morgan’s new play Patriots at the Almeida Theatre is a history lesson, filling in the gaps in our understanding of how we ended up where we are now. Specifically, it connects events …
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SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:43AMJude Law in the Broadway play Indiscretions in 1995. (Photo: playbill.com) · More like this.
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SOURCE: Google at 04:18AMTwo performer-less shows on the theme of work set the audience to - well, work
Temping, Assembly George Square Studios ★★★★
Sarah Jane is away in Hawaii. But don’t worry – she�…
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Paul T Davies reviews For Queen and Country at the Drill Hall as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:34AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Saul Boyer in Man of 100 Faces at the Gilded Ballroom at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:18AMPleasance Courtyard, EdinburghAdam Meggido’s play finds the teenage Johnson starring in Shakespeare’s tragedy and gives a taste of his future leadership
Out of his depth as a tragedy unf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMThe young performer talks about booking her “dream role” in the Netflix movie musical.
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Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed.
Broadway Alums Pack American Horror Story Season 11
Season 11 of Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story series will premiere this fall,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48AMThe Entertainment Community Fund, formerly The Actors Fund, held its first yearly meeting since changing its name back in May. Brian Stokes Mitchell was reelected as chair of the fund. This …
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:09AMThe family-friendly Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical plays the St. Louis venue through August 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AMRandy Skinner again directs and choreographs.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AMThe coming-of-age comedy-drama is based on the 2008 Broadway musical by Jason Robert Brown, Dan Elish, and Robert Horn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AMThe 12-week limited engagement combines hypnosis and improv.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AMThe play about rising anti-Semitism in the United States makes its world premiere at The Tank.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AMMason's play, reimagining Abe Lincoln through a queer person of color’s storytelling lens, can be seen at Los Angeles' Skylight through September 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AMMacPherson's acclaimed cabaret show is currently running at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07AM10 shows to see at lauded out-of-town venues in Hudson Valley, the Berkshires and beyond
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Don't believe the hype—summer is not over yet. There are still four weekends until Labor Day, w…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMColin Mochrie and Asad Mecci on their humorous mash-up of hypnosis and improv
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Master mesmerist Asad Mecci didn't need to use his abilities to convince Whose Line Is It Anyway? star Colin…
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