By Samuel L. Leiter . . . Have you heard the one about the two old Jews sitting around kvetching about life, death, and the hereafter? The one where one of them, sitting in the desert duri…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:41PMCheck out the official sizzle reel for 4000 MILES, only at Westport Country Playhouse, now through September 4! Get your tickets » https://www.westportplayhouse.org/4000miles
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SOURCE: YouTube at 08:24PMMyles Frost and Cast in MJ (Original Broadway Cast). Photo: Matthew Murphy Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Denver, CO) has announced the new, bigger, brighter and bolder 2023/2024 sea…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 08:18PMIf Samuel Beckett had been a Jew, his "Waiting for Godot"’s Estragon and Vladimir could have emerged as the equally quirky "Two Jews, Talking," in the appealing new two-hander by Ed. Weinb…
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Just last week, the Off-Broadway engagement of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical, Kinky Boots celebrated its big NYC return with a splashy opening night at Stage 42. BroadwayWorld w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:47PMTDF is set to reopen its Lincoln Center TKTS booth on Sept. 6 at 11am. Located within Lincoln Center’s David Rubenstein Atrium, the booth has been shuttered since March 13, 2020, when Broa…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:43PM& Juliet earned 8 nominations in the Musical Theatre Division including Outstanding Production, Outstanding Performance in a Featured Role to Melanie La Barrie, Outstanding Performance i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMIn this clip, dancer/choreographer/educator Aubrey Lynch II discusses giving a presentation, and Oprah Winfrey appears.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:07PMIn this clip from our TDF Conversation with theatre artists, David Henry Hwang and Jeanine Tesori discuss projects that fell apart.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:07PMIn this clip, Frigid NYC's Erez Ziv speaks about the importance of hybrid theatre and how it reaches the masses.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:07PMIn this clip, two of the BTU co-founders (and Tony Award winners), Audra McDonald and LaChanze discuss their professional history together.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 06:07PMIn this clip, Company of Fools' then-artistic director, Cameron Cueva Clarke discusses how hybrid theatre impacts those unable to travel or make it physically to the theatre.
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Some Like It Hot, which begins performances on Broadway this Fall, has announced a partnership with ticketing and livestreaming platform Stellar to launch their 'Streaming Speakeasy' Fan Clu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:52PMThe People We Hate at the Wedding, starring Allison Janney, Kristen Bell, Ben Platt, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Karan Soni, Dustin Milligan, Tony Goldwyn, Isaach De Bankolé, Jorma Taccone, Ju…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:46PMWhen is a chair more than a chair? How does furniture reveal our tastes and history? Camille Bacon-Smith asks experts at the Barnes and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:43PMNEWSical The Musical
Sept 7 - 25, 2022
Garner Galleria Theatre
Get tickets: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/newsical/
"THE DAILY SHOW SET TO MUSIC!” – ASSOCIATED PRESS
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SOURCE: YouTube at 05:36PMDr. Art Babayants is a multilingual artist-scholar who lives and works in what is now called Canada. His training combines the Stanislavsky school of acting, Meyerhold’s Biomechanics and I…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 05:24PMTravelers to Pennsylvania Dutch Country will find an entertaining, top-notch production of the musical “Chicago” at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, PA. In this highly popula…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:21PMMany members of the Broadway community came out to support the Fund including Joel Grey, Bernadette Peters, Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, Amir Arison, Gavin Creel, Andrea Martin, Betsy Wolfe,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMThe one-act musical features music by the Giant writer and a book and lyrics by Tony nominee Ellen Fitzhugh.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PM“What’s new?” Unscientific research has shown those to be the most common words uttered by visitors when they first enter a trade show stand. Those who pose that question to the Chauve…
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Alice Walker’s pulitzer-prize-winning epistolary novel, The Color Purple, has touched millions since its 1983 publication. Furthered by Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film adaptation, which sta…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:40PMNew ArtsBeat on Pioneer Valley Radio. 42nd Street taps into Goodspeed, MOSSO Brass plays Blandford, Shakespeare & Company goes on the road and arts news for WMass and No.CT. Segment begins a…
SOURCE: CNN at 04:37PMThe Broadway revival gave a benefit performance August 28 for the national human services organization.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMThe first event in our Studio 5 series on October 2 is an evening with acclaimed performer, educator, and master of Odissi Indian dance, Bijayini Satpathy. The evening features live dance an…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:23PMCabaret takes us to 1929 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as Nazis are ascending to power. This groundbreaking musical focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves a…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PMCabaret takes us to 1929 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as Nazis are ascending to power. This groundbreaking musical focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves a…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:23PMCollaborators Ayodele Casel and Torya Beard discuss this season’s carefully curated Artists at the Center showcase of tap’s infinite expressions with moderator Aaron Mattocks in advance …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:22PMTwo pianos sit under a simple, wooden, A-frame house, lit by the yellow glow of string bulb lights, settling the audience into the life of the March household during the Civil War. Louisa Ma…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 04:20PMExperience excerpts from George Balanchine's The Nutcracker®, performed by New York City Ballet Principal dancers Unity Phelan and Indiana Woodward with special guest teacher Suki Schorer. …
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:20PMCelebrate the launch of the new book MR. B: GEORGE BALANCHINE'S 20TH CENTURY with author Jennifer Homans (Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet). Moderated by Alastair Macaulay, and featuri…
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In anticipation of the 19th annual Fall for Dance Festival, join selected artists in our historic studios as they perform excerpts from work previously com…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:10PMThe new musical by BD Wong and Wayne Barker will play through September 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMPromoter Alexi Front began his love affair with Scandinavian metal in the mid-2000s by publishing a zine and running a label. He started the Scorched Tundra festival in Gothenburg, Sweden, […
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On December 4, 1956, a twist of fate brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley at Sun Records in Memphis, TN. Million Dollar Quartet is a celebration thi…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:54PMRebecca Martínez will direct a cast that includes Katerina McCrimmon, Robi Hager, Martín Solá, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMThe official trailer for WEIRD: the Weird Al Yankovic Story has been released! The film is set to stream exclusively on Roku beginning this fall. Watch the trailer here!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMSep 21 – Oct 2, 2022
All tickets $20
Learn more: https://www.nycitycenter.org/FallforDance
Now in its 19th season, the annual Fall for Dance Festival captures the beating heart of today�…
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:41PMThe festival has provided the resources and time to do the script justice and Tawiah M’Carthy leads a world-class company in a staging as moving as it is thought-provoking.
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Della has planned to bake Jen’s wedding cake since she was a little girl, but when Jen comes back from NYC with her fiancée Macy, Della doesn’t know what to do. This deliciously funny c…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:43PMFrom the late August Wilson, comes this autobiographical tour de force. In his one-man show, Wilson takes us on a journey through a heartfelt theatrical memoir—charting one man’s journey…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:40PM54 Below will host SUGAR, BUTTER, REUNION: CELEBRATING THE JENNAS OF WAITRESS, featuring Stephanie Torns, Christine Dwyer, and more on October 9th. This one-night-only concert event will hav…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMBeatriz, a Cuban American baker in Maine, tries to figure out whether she should stay with the community she’s developed, or reunite with her estranged mother in Miami. Along the way Beatr…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:37PMBeatriz, a Cuban American baker in Maine, tries to figure out whether she should stay with the community she’s developed, or reunite with her estranged mother in Miami. Along the way Beatr…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:37PMThis beloved holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic …
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:31PMFollow Sherlock Holmes & Dr. John Watson on two of the detectives' most daring cases: A Scandal in Bohemia and The Final Adventure.
These stories introduce us to Sherlock’s greatest l…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:28PMManford is 5’5”, Chinese American, and desperate to make it onto the USF basketball team. Against his better judgment, Saul Slezac, the man who brought basketball to China, brings Manfor…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:22PMManford is 5’5”, Chinese American, and desperate to make it onto the USF basketball team. Against his better judgment, Saul Slezac, the man who brought basketball to China, brings Manfor…
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:22PMA juried selection of photographs from under-represented artists at Woodmere Art Museum champions the creativity of older, more mercurial art forms. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:10PMThe singer-songwriter missed auditions in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and New York, due to misplacing his passport.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:03PMAllison Janney, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Tony Goldwyn, Isaach De Bankolé, Julian Ovenden, and more star.
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A regular favorite of the Fringe, Kaye presented his new show, The Butch Is Back, and an old favorite, The Kaye Hole, which both sold out at this year's festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:54PMTony-nominated actor Ramin Karimloo, along with Broadway favorite and TikTok sensation Amber Ardolino, have joined the star-studded cast of The Last Match: A Pro Wrestling Rock Musical, whic…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:54PMHello and Hola! I’m Marcy Roche, an actor currently based in Miami, FL, of Cuban and Irish heritage. Living in Miami, I enjoy a multicultural experience, ranging from sipping my cafecito t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMOn this episode we talk to actor/playwright Daniel K. Isaac about his epic new play 'Once Upon a (Korean) Time' and about the untold histories that inspired it.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:39PMBy Douglas Mayo
London Theatre Week is offering great seats to all of the following West End shows that are closing soon. Don't miss this great opportunity to see some award-winning theatre.…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:27PMFind out what's playing on HBO Max, Hulu, Disney+, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMDominic Fumusa, Abigail Hawk, and Jessica Pimentel star in the world premiere by Grant MacDermott.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PM"Jagged Little Pill," "1776," "TINA: The Tina Turner Musical," "MJ" and more Broadway hits are coming to the Buell Theatre for the 2023-24 season, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts a…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:24PMThe satellite discount ticket booth returns to Lincoln Center after closing its doors during the pandemic.
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The uptown location for discount Broadway tickets has been closed since March 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMBarbie Ferreira, who broke out on HBO’s buzzy series “Euphoria,” is joining the cast of “House of Spoils,” a psychological thriller starring Ariana DeBose. The film is backed by Am…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:38PMTDF will reopen its TKTS Lincoln Center discount booth on Tuesday, September 6 at 11 a.m. TKTS Lincoln Center will offer discount tickets up to 50% off to same-day matinee and evening…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMRobert LuPone, founder and artistic director of MCC Theater and Tony-nominated A Chorus Line cast member, died on August 27 following a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 76.
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SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:33PMOn August 23, Editor Emeritus, Richard “Nook” Schoenfeld posted some very good news on Facebook. We are excited to share this welcome news with the readers of PLSN.
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:30PMAugust 29 was the birthday of Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) as well as the date of her death. There are times when I must seem to run the risk of falling prey to the cult of numerology here. Th…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:18PMThe box office for Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, TOPDOG/UNDERDOG, will open on Tuesday, August 30 at 10am at the John Golden Theatre.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMLD Jerry Appelt turns to power of Excalibur and Maximus on one of his favorite shows of the year The annual Summer Night Concert (Das Sommernachtskonzert) by the Vienna Philharmonic at the i…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:07PMVenues say they expect sales to be 25% down on 2019 as visitors and artists alike priced out of attending
Venues at the Edinburgh fringe say they are expecting a 25% decrease on ticket sales…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:07PMThe comedy-drama will follow the pop culture icon through various stages of his career, including his first-meet with "Like A Prayer" singer Madonna.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:07PMSee where today’s shows stand among the classics.
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The Society of Properties Artisan Managers (S*P*A*M) recently held their 29th Annual S*P*A*M Conference, where they elected two new officers. We at Stage Directions in PLSN join them in cong…
SOURCE: PLSN at 11:57AMTDF, the not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, will reopen its TKTS Lincoln Center discount booth on Tuesday, September 6 at 11 a.m. Located indoors in Lincoln Cent…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:50AMSubscriptions for our 2023/24 Broadway season are now on sale. Visit denvercenter.org/broadway.
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:46AMThrough five decades of prolific collaboration, lyricist Alain Boublil and composer Claude-Michel Schönberg have graced world stages with timeless classics
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 11:32AMThe honors, recognizing the best in Toronto theatre, will be handed out September 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMA country singer reinvents himself as gay pop star after being outed in the new work.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:25AMThe Tony winner will be backed a trio led by musical director Christian Jacob.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:24AMWatch Broadway stars sing "Since U Been Gone," "Roar," "Baby One More Time," and more modern anthems.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:12AMAn epic musical available on-demand from The Space, The Brontës is the latest depiction of the famed Yorkshire family of writers in the 19th century.
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The Globe theatre sparked outrage when it announced its plans to stage a non-binary Joan of Arc. The play’s writer explains why the French warrior would have approved
‘I’m always hungr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMI’ve spent my whole professional life loving and writing about the fringe. But rocketing rents, a lack of diversity and its overwhelming scale are pushing this world-class cultural crucibl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMIn my drag stage persona, I feel invincible. Now I have worked out how to channel a little of that into my off-stage self
One of the peculiar things about being a drag queen is that nobody k…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:55AMCult LA theatre show Cages uses holographic avatars that blend seamlessly with real actors
Avatars of human beings that are indistinguishable from the real thing have been created for a new …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThe new musical will take fans behind the scenes via the streaming platform Stellar.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMBy Tim Hochstrasser
Tim Hochstrasser reviews Vaughan Williams' Sir John In Love performed by British Youth Opera in a guest residency at Opera Holland Park.
This post REVIEW: Sir John In Lov…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:31AMThe news of a new Kander and Ebb musical with Lin-Manuel Miranda added to a thrilling Broadway 2022-2023 still in formation. But equally tantalizing were the full season announcements last …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:25AMA new musical written by Anna Deavere Smith and featuring music from the Ella Fitzgerald songbook is currently in development. Ella: An American Miracle will receive an Aug. 25-Sept. 2…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:20AMBy Ann James, Brooke M. Haney. Ann James interviews Brooke Haney, creator of The Actor’s Warm Down, about closure practices in intimacy practice, when to pass work to someone else, and the…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:08AMThere’s an art to letting go, and Curious Theatre's Chip Walton and Dee Covington are deep into the practice of it.
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Little Known Facts is a weekly podcast hosted by stage and film actress Ilana Levine. The latest episode was recorded live from Bryant Park! This episode features a panel discussion with t…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMTop stories include Kinky Boots' opening night celebration, plus original cast members of 42nd Street celebrate the musical's 42nd anniversary, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:01AMThe WikiLeaks source preps for her first public d.j. set in fifteen years, at a club in Brooklyn, where she chats about electronic dance music (“how I survived prison”) and being more th…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 06:00AMThe first Sound on Sound Festival in Bridgeport's Seaside Park Sept. 24 and 25 has finalized its performance schedule, which has been organized so that sets on the two separate stages don't …
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