Broadway-Bound ‘Almost Famous’ Musical Releases New Single by Billy McEntee

“The Night-Time Sky’s Got Nothing on You” is the second track to be made available from the forthcoming Original Cast Recording of Almost Famous, following the recent release of “Ev…

Pasta one-liner wins best joke award at Edinburgh festival fringe by Harriet Sherwood Arts and Culture Correspondent

West Midlands comedian Masai Graham, who works as a part-time care worker, wins title for second time A standup comedian who works part-time as a care worker on minimum wage has topped a po…

macbitches by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

It is not until the last 15 minutes of Sophie McIntosh’s new play, "macbitches," that a dramatic event takes place. Up until then the play is mostly the chit chat of acting majors talking …

Work from home, work on your home, and more by Micco Caporale and Salem Collo-Julin

Does your work from home soundtrack need a refresh? Patrixia, our latest Chicagoan of Note, is a DJ who dominates the digital club space. She’s so good at getting the […] The post Work f…

From Massachusetts: Celebrate Everything Passing By, With Sondheim by Bob Verini

★★★★★ Broadway veterans demonstrate stardom's power to make a Sondheim gem glitter ever more brightly The post From Massachusetts: Celebrate Everything Passing By, With Sondheim ap…

Illuminate Adelaide shines brightly attracting more than 1.2 million attendances to its first full program

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Blockbuster Year for Victoria’s Major Events

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Born 150 Years Ago Today: Epes W. Sargent a.k.a. “Chicot by Trav S.D.

Born this day 150 years ago, the great vaudeville critic and chronicler Epes W. Sargent a.k.a. “Chicot” (1872-1938). Now, some may be curious about the pen name, but I find myself much m…

Review: Blurring Boundaries by Erin Kahn

“There’s no reality in which I don’t fall in love with you.” So says a nervous but excited bride on her wedding day, as she and her husband-to-be wait for their civil ceremony. A 10-…

macbitches by Darryl Reilly

A vivacious quintet portray college theater students who’ve competed for the role of Lady Macbeth in this hilarious and knowing dark campus comedy. The post macbitches appeared first on Th…

The Rest of Our Lives review – a blueprint for happiness by Lyndsey Winship

Summerhall, EdinburghDancer Jo Fong larks about with clown and circus director George Orange in a manic affront to middle age that swings from absurd to tender to life-affirming Bounding in…

Martyna Majok On The Joys And Challenges Of Bringing Her Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play To Broadway by Jeryl Brunner

In 2018, Cost of Living won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Next month the play makes its debut on Broadway at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

Love Quirks, A New Musical, returns to the New AMT Theater by Victoria L. Dammer

Love Quirks, A New Musical, returns to the New AMT Theater OpeningNight.Online The narrative is poignant for every audience member, touching emotions with divorce, infidelity, and fear of re…

This Week on Broadway for August 21, 2022: Marilyn Maye by James Marino

Peter Filichia, Michael Portantiere, and James Marino talk with Marilyn Maye. Reviews include Patience @ 2ST Uptown, Ann Morrison: Merrily From Center Stage @ 54 Below, 54 Sings Broadway’s…

Hell’s Kitchen Has a New Theater and It’s Hot by Victoria L. Dammer

Hell’s Kitchen Has a New Theater and It’s Hot OpeningNight.Online AMT is a stage to encourage writers and directors to show their work, and a place where children experience all aspects …

Live Performance Is Back. But Audiences Have Been Slow to Return. by Michael Paulson and Javier C. Hernández

Attendance lagged in the comeback season, as the challenges posed by the coronavirus persisted. Presenters hope it was just a blip.

Box office: ‘Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero’ wins weekend with $20 million — what about Idris Elba’s ‘Beast’? by Edward Douglas

Things didn’t look great last weekend for the end of the summer box office, but the month of August may have been saved by the release of the animated sequel “Dragon Ball Super: Super He…

Review: ‘Macbitches’ by Erin Kahn

From time to time, a play can take you by surprise. That was the case with Chain Theater’s macbitches, written by Sophie McIntosh and directed by Ella Jane New. While intrigued by the prem…

Listen to “Play the Princess” featuring Destinee Rea and L Morgan Lee on ALBUM out everywhere now. by Mr. Joe Iconis

Diva: Live from Hell! review – killer humour and murderous teen rivalry by Arifa Akbar

Turbine theatre, LondonLuke Bayer single-handedly plays a classroom of feuding high school drama students in this unmissable take on All About Eve A musical with a classroom full of feuding …

Under Another Sky review – an amiable road-trip two-hander around Roman Britain by Clare Brennan

Pitlochry Festival theatreThis playful adaptation of Charlotte Higgins’s book is charming, if a little lacking in narrative drive How to dramatise a text that is part travelogue, part expl…

Sami Abu Wardeh review – a clown in character-comic’s clothing by Brian Logan

Underbelly, EdinburghOutlandish physical antics and a spontaneous stage presence keep Wardeh’s audience laughing as he clowns through a cast of oddball characters Clown is in vogue again, …

An Untitled Love review – a delicious slice of African American life by Lyndsey Winship

King’s theatre, EdinburghThe music of D’Angelo sets the mood for inimitable choreographer Kyle Abraham’s intimate house party production The music of 90s neo-soul star D’Angelo is sp…

Colin Hoult review – a beloved character bids farewell by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghHoult hangs up the dress and luvvie cadences of his fringe-staple alter ego Anna Mann in a camp, silly yet surprisingly emotional show When a character comic bi…

We Are Monchichi review – culture-clash dance duet by David Jays

The Studio, EdinburghShihya Peng and Marco di Nardo bicker ceaselessly through movement in a child-friendly exploration of cultural misunderstanding Will these two dancers find any common gr…

Off-Broadway Review: DOWN TO EARTHA (Gene Frankel) by Kevin Vavasseur

EARTHA HAS MOMENTS, BUT COULD USE A REPAIR KITT From almost any angle, singer/actress Eartha Kitt was a fascinating person. Born in 1927 into poverty and abuse in the American Deep South, sh…

‘A Quick 5’ with Reggie Rice, Comedy Illusionist of ‘Fool of Illusions’ by Lindsey Pommerenck

Comedy illusionist Reggie Rice has had the passion to perform ever since he can first remember, but it wasn’t until the age of 19 at a food show convention in Ocean City, MD that the magic…

David Goldbloom and Friends: Bob Rae (The Meighen Forum) by Stratford Festival

Join us for David Goldbloom and Friends: Bob Rae! For many decades, Bob Rae has been a prominent figure in Canadian and global politics, both in and out of power as Premier of Ontario while…

Theatre Review: ‘Kiss Me, Mr. Musk’ by Single Carrot at Theatre Project by Max Garner

Long ago, in the “before times” (pre-COVID), there was a growing trend among our more cutting-edge companies: “devised” theater. Starting without roles or even a script, performing e…

‘Fantastically good fun’: Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder – Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Laura Kressly

Musical comedy Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder by Jon Brittain and Matthew Floyd Jones at Roundabout @ Summerhall is a hilarious caper that embraces the genre’s fans, life’s unexpected…

Eileen Percy: From Movie Star to Mrs. Ruby by Trav S.D.

A brief look this morning at silent screen actress Eileen Percy (1900-1973), whose other claim to fame was being Mrs. Harry Ruby. As such you will see her portrayed by Arlene Dahl in the Kal…

Broadway musical director David Loud to discuss his autobiography ‘Facing the Music’ at NYC’s Barnes & Noble by Deb Miller

On Wednesday, August 24, Broadway musical director, arranger, and conductor David Loud (The Visit, The Scottsboro Boys, Sondheim on Sondheim, Curtains, Ragtime, A Class Act, Steel Pier, and …

REVIEW: 13 the musical, Netflix ✭✭✭✭ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Douglas Mayo reviews the film adaptation 13 the musical of 13 the musical now showing on Netflix. This post REVIEW: 13 the musical, Netflix ✭✭✭✭ first appeared on Bri…

On Her 101st Birthday, My Mother Visits the Whitney Biennial by Jonathan Mandell

For her 101st birthday, Muriel Mandell visited the Whitney Museum of American Art to catch the Whitney Biennial before it closes September 5th. “The Whitney Biennial,” we read, “is the…

‘Remains an impressive achievement’: CRUISE – Apollo Theatre ★★★★ by Alun Hood

I wasn’t perhaps as bowled over by Cruise on a second viewing, but it unquestionably delivers on its triple promise of fusing theatre with club culture, a history lesson, and a rambunctiou…

The Trials review – a teenage jury call their climate-ruining elders to account by Susannah Clapp

Donmar Warehouse, LondonThe ‘dinosaur’ generation is put on trial in Dawn King’s near-future new play, graced by some nicely nuanced performances from its youthful cast The Trials is f…

Phaedra and Minotaur review – Kim Brandstrup’s ravishing new work puts Ariadne centre stage by Sarah Crompton

Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal BathBrandstrup’s superbly danced reimagining of the Minotaur myth is paired with mezzo Christine Rice’s impassioned Phaedra in Britten’s cantata As a youn…

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Pokemon: The Musical by The Online Musical

The Online Musical Presents: 'Pokemon: The Musical' — the unauthorized, true story of the life and times of Ash Ketchum and friends. Plus singing. Plus puberty confusion. Music by Matt Sa…

"Friday" A Short Play in One Act Based on Rebecca Black by The Online Musical

Written and Directed by Jeff L-E Inspired by Rebecca Black and Ark Music Factory Underscore Arranged by Matt Savarese The Charlottesville Community Players present the first staged reading …

SohoPlace to open with transfer of Young Vic’s Marvellous in October by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo New Theatre @ SohoPlace is to open its doors with the transfer of the Young Vic's production of Marvellous by Neil Baldwin and Malcolm Clarke this October. This post SohoPlac…

Peter Morgan’s Patriots transfers to Noel Coward Theatre for limited season by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Following a record-breaking sell-out run at the Almeida Theatre, Peter Morgan's new play Patriots will transfer to the Noel Coward Theatre for a limited season from 26 May 20…

Set design is vivid for 'In the Heights' by Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Anna Louizos created its distinctive look.

INDance, independent dance at Sydney Dance Company by Deborah

Neilson Studio, Sydney Dance Company, August 19, 2022 INDance is a new Sydney Dance Company initiative, one in which it shares space and resources with independent dance artists. It’s good…

Liz Lea: Red review – the pain and power of living with endometriosis by Lyndsey Winship

Dance Base, EdinburghDancers push their bodies to the fine line between good pain and bad – which makes things complicated when the body stops behaving, as Lea’s smart show explores Ther…

The Devil Wears Prada Completes Chicago World Premiere August 21 by Logan Culwell-Block

Beth Leavel and Taylor Iman Jones lead the new musical based on the film, with a score by Elton John and Shaina Taub and a book by Kate Wetherhead.

Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich's Here There Are Blueberries Completes World Premiere Run at La Jolla Playhouse August 21 by Logan Culwell-Block

The co-production with Tectonic Theater Project is inspired by an album of photos from the Holocaust.

Special Episode: John Riddle on Getting Through ‘Titanique’ Without Breaking by Matt Tamanini

On today’s episode, Matt Tamanini is in conversation with fellow Ohioan and one of the stars of “Titanique” Off-Broadway John Riddle. The pair talk about how difficult it is to get thr…