Altman Lighting Inc. announces that Bill Groener has joined the company as its new Chief Operating Officer.
SOURCE: PLSN at 08:46PMMusic Theatre International announces that the Tony Award-winning Musical, Tootsie, is now available for licensing.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36PMWith Christmas less than a month away, there’s a good chance you’ve already heard the late crooner Bing Crosby belting out Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” on an all-holiday music…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:23PMThe Depot, LiverpoolStaged in a hangar-like venue strewn with the charred remnants of battle, Simon Godwin’s intelligent production puts violent conflict to the fore
At first, it looks lik…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PMAt the invitation of First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, FROZEN company members Caroline Bowman (Elsa), Lauren Nicole Chapman (Anna), Jeremy Davis (Olaf), Dominic Dorset (Kristoff), Preston Perez (Ha…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:02PMNEW ArtsBeat on Pioneer Valley Radio 11/29/23. A review of Moulin Rouge at The Bushnell (photo by Matthew Murphy of MurphyMade) segment begins at 1:11, plus arts news for WMass and No.CT. se…
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The season’s quirkiest holiday tradition has returned to Stanley Marketplace! Immerse yourself in a 15,000 square-foot, 360-degree kaleidoscope of yuletide cheer where you can discover you…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:55PMCast members Fantasia Barrino, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, Taraji P. Henson, and more came together to celebrate the film in the lead up to its public premiere.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMThere are plenty of great teenage roles out there, but when are they appropriate for teenagers to play them and when do questions need to be raised? Let's explore!
SOURCE: blog.stageagent.com at 04:39PMChicago Shakespeare Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for William Shakespeare’s Richard III. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:02PMAfter years of COVID-era remote work, improv is emerging as a popular way for Seattleites to break our infamous freeze. Local theaters are feeling the impact.
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Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and th…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:49PMBroadway’s Taylor Trensch will join the company of Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors, now playing off-Broadway at New World Stages. The new play, a sendup of Bram Stoker’s horror classic, is …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:48PMHarpsichordist Kenneth Weiss previews his Baroque program for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:42PMThank you for supporting Center Theatre Group!
SOURCE: YouTube at 03:36PMBuilding her company from scratch Liz Curtis created a kind of rent-the-runway for your table. She’s now partnering with chocolate giant Ferrero Rocher
SOURCE: Forbes at 03:24PMLuigi Caiola, who co-founded the Broadway production and investment company Caiola Productions with his sister Rose and participated in the development of more than 50 shows, died Nov. 26 at…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:23PMBeginning in the 1980s, when she played the controlling working-class mother of the oddball postal carrier Cliff Clavin on “Cheers,” she sailed through a period of playing maternal figur…
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 03:14PMMr. Caiola was one half of the brother-sister company Caiola Productions, which has developed more than 50 Broadway shows.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:06PMThe production features 27 Sting songs with choreography by Kate Prince.
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Waiting for Lucky and Quê Onde [1] were presented on the evening of Friday May 19, 2023 in Teatr BOTO (Boto Theatre), Sopot, as part of the Between.Pomiędzy Dispersed Festival 2023. This…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:52PMThe solo cabaret musical at Marin Theatre Company makes a family’s origin story in a Manila nightclub feel as mighty as myth.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 02:42PMChristy Oberndorf was born and raised in Aurora, Colorado, sang The Star-Spangled Banner at the Nov. 26 Denver Broncos game. She is making her national tour debut in HAIRSPRAY which plays Th…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:35PMTony-winning actor was known for screen roles in Misery, ER and Cheers, and for stage roles in On Golden Pond and The Heiress
Frances Sternhagen, the Tony award-winning actor known for playi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:33PMSee photos of the Broadway company as they met the press ahead of the show's first performance on Broadway
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:24PMBarrington Stage has announced its 30th Anniversary Season, which includes La Cage Aux Folles and Next to Normal.
SOURCE: Theatrely at 02:15PMFrances Sternhagen, a Tony-winning actress with many decades on the stage and screen, died Monday of natural causes in New Rochelle, N.Y. Her son Tony Carlin confirmed her death to the New Y…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:04PMHer Tony-winning Broadway career included “Driving Miss Daisy,” “On Golden Pond” and “The Heiress.” On TV she had maternal roles in “Cheers” and “Sex and the City.”
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I've been doing a deep dive into songs by Stephen Sondheim lately, gorging on the new recording of Merrily We Roll Along, and then, wanting more, I went merrily scavenging through my "waitin…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 01:48PMPlaywright-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury invites us to India for a look at the clashes of values in “Public Obscenities.”
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:48PMMs. Sternhagen appeared on Broadway in an impressive 26 plays and musicals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PM"Hell’s Kitchen" is both ambitious and noble in its intentions. However, as of now the show on the stage of The Newman at The Public Theater is not there yet. With very few characters deve…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:43PMFrances Sternhagen, a multi-talented actress who won acclaim for work in comedies and dramas on Broadway and television, passed away on November 27. She was 93.
"I just want to give thanks …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42PM “American Idol” winner Nick Fradiani is currently starring Broadway as Neil Diamond – Then in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical at the Broadhurst Theatre. Get a first …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMThis past Monday at the DGA Theater, the cast and creative team of Warner Bros.’ THE COLOR PURPLE film participated in a Q&A panel after special screening. Check out photos with chorog…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMFor MENA-identifying theatres in the U.S., the current Israel-Hamas war makes the work of lifting Palestinian and Arab voices all the more urgent.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:07PM54 Celebrates Hanukkah – Mamie Parris, Paige Turner /The Green Room 42 – Doris Dear Christmas Special/Triad Theater By Sandi Durell . . . 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, will again p…
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Broadway producer Luigi Caiola passed away on Sunday, November 26, 2023. He was 64 years old.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:56PMCOMPANY is coming to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco from June 5–29, 2024.
The 2023–2024 Season includes six spectacular Broadway musicals at the Orpheum and Golden Gate Theatres: …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:46PMThe multi-composer musical is based on real letters written to U.S. presidents throughout history.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMHarriet Walter, Isis Hainsworth, Rosalind Eleazar, and Thusitha Jayasundera star in Alice Birch's "radical" adaptation of the Federico García Lorca play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:42PMHear from music icon Sting on this extraordinary new dance-theater show, Message in a Bottle, set to 27 of his most beloved songs.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:37PMBroadway alum Taylor Trensch will join the cast of Dracula, a Comedy of Terrors Off-Broadway for its final week. Trensch will step into the role of Harker (and others), originated by Andrew …
SOURCE: Theatrely at 12:37PMAs his Velvet Revolution drama returns, the great writer talks about his mounting Israel-Gaza uncertainties, the epiphanies he has in every hot shower – and our one-star ‘corker’ revie…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMBefore The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, you can watch the episode's YouTube premiere at 5PM ET on Wednesday, November 29. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMA Sign of the Times, a new musical set in the 1960s and featuring several of that decade’s catchiest pop hits, will have its off-Broadway premiere at New World Stages. Previews begin Febru…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:32PMThanks once again (and thanks daily) to Eve Golden, Cup Bearer to Thanatos, for the sad yet timely knowledge that Spanish burlesque legend Sticky Vicky, a.k.a. Vicky Leyton, a.k.a. Victoria …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMA dazzling star turn by Wade McCollum.
SOURCE: Theater Time at 12:20PMOkwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s hybrid show, “Adaku, Part 1,” about a precolonial African village, mixes dance theater, song and drama.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PMThe musical transports audiences to 1979 West Virginia, where a mayor is attempting to tear down the region's only Jewish temple to build a RadioShack.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PMMCC is inviting our community—yes, that means YOU—to share a favorite memory at MCC; whether it was a particular production, a MISCAST performance, or a community event, let us know how …
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Hear from music icon Sting on this extraordinary new dance show, set to 27 of his most beloved songs.
Choreographed by Kate Prince, Message In A Bottle tells an uplifting tale of humanity…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:55AMHow a cohort of artistic directors of color, recently hired at major U.S. theatres, have confronted unforeseen upheavals.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:34AM(from RadioFree Europe, 11/29; photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (left) poses with Jamala in Kyiv on November 29, 2022. ) The Moscow prosecutor’s office said on November 29 th…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 11:33AMMolly Clifford will direct the new play about the relationship between two sisters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMEddie Izzard is set to play Hamlet in New York. Also Ophelia. And Claudius. And Gertrude and Laertes and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and…
The British comedian-actor-writer-activist will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32AMNick Adams, Lauren Elder, and more will perform in the Crystal Skillman-Bobby Cronin musical, previously seen at Austria’s Theatre Linz.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:32AMBroadwayWorld is saddened to report that stage and screen actress Frances Sternhagen has died at age 93. Learn more about her life and career here.
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Some demonic Xmas trees for you this season
I'm deep in Korea travel planning but here are some interesting shows from November.
Destined with You
In Destined With You, Rowoon play…
SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 11:29AMBroadwayWorld's Next On Stage, Broadway's biggest national competition for high school and college students, will air its first live shows on December 1st.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMWalk a twinkling historic property, go hiking, and step into a Norman Rockwell painting.
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SOURCE: Boston Globe at 11:22AMBy . This event is Theatre of the Oppressed NYC's response to ASHTAR Theatre's urgent request to publicly read or perform The Gaza Monologues—testimonies written by ASHTAR youth in 2010, h…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:12AMBy Jordan Ealey, Leticia Ridley. Hosts Jordan Ealey and Leticia Ridley discuss the contributions made by Alice Childress and the historical and contemporary significance of her play, Trouble…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:12AMBased on Audrey Niffenegger’s internationally best-selling novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, this new British musical is thrillingly brought to life with original songs from Grammy Award wi…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:11AMhttps://playbill.com/article/eddie-izzard-to-return-to-new-york-in-solo-hamlet.
SOURCE: Google at 11:02AMIn honor of Presidents' Day, Playbill.com revisits conversations with seven actors who have played the President of the United States in ...
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The iconic musical delights audiences young and old
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SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 10:59AMThe “Mean Girls Experience” will bring North Shore High School to life with their selection of delicacies created by “MasterChef” semi-finalist chef Becky Brown. Described as a 'fast…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:53AMThe musical at Atlantic Theater Company tells the atory of the artists involved in the Grammy-winning 1997 album.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMArtistic Director Alan Paul will direct the Pulitzer-winning Next to Normal in a season marking the Massachusetts company's 30th anniversary.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:48AMThe Longacre Theatre, soon-to-be home of the new musical, Lempicka, is showcasing a curated selection of renowned artist Tamara de Lempicka’s most famous works.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:38AMRobe launches four new products on Booth 911A at the LDI 2023 expo in Las Vegas next week – the iT12 Profile™, the T32 Cyc™, and two new variants of the cool and successful PATT series…
SOURCE: PLSN at 10:33AMLyttelton theatre, LondonAdapted by Alice Birch and directed by Rebecca Frecknall, this is a stylised study in control and daughterly disobedience
‘To be born a woman is the worst punishme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMThe evenings will celebrate the zaniness of the holiday movie genre with a host of Christmas favorites.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe York Theatre Company currently presents the new musical by Laurence Holzman, Felicia Needleman, and Kyle Rosen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMCheck out the American Idol winner in performance clips of "Sweet Caroline" and "Holly Holy."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMExciting news for fans of Coney Island USA founder Dick Zigun. His new rock opera Killin’ Republicans opens tomorrow night (Thursday, November 30) at Theater for the New City. Though best …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:18AMThe manga was previously adapted into a 22-part anime television series and a live-action film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMFifth Estate Entertainment and Round Room Live are thrilled to announce that an all-new version of Shrek the Musical will depart Duloc to embark on a cross-country national tour in Februar…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 10:15AMNew Yorkers have six more weeks to sink their teeth into Dracula, A Comedy of Terrors. From December 27 – January 2, the production will welcome Broadway’s Taylor Trensch to the compa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:15AMTwo arts organizations have been selected to receive financial grants from the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation in the most recent grant cycle. The two grantees were selected from se…
SOURCE: PLSN at 10:14AMAlexis Soloski, a theater critic for the New York Times, has written a novel about a theater critic, but if that’s the lure, beware: “Here in the Dark” (Flatiron Books, 256 pages) is…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:12AMAV Stumpfl announces that PIXERA, its real-time media server platform, is expanding its physical presence in North America. The company recently opened a new office in Los Angeles, dedicated…
SOURCE: PLSN at 10:05AMAn all-new version of SHREK THE MUSICAL will depart Duloc to embark on a cross-country national tour in February 2024. Find out where to catch the show in a city near you!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:05AMIt’s a dramatic way to sell a new Broadway show. The Longacre Theatre is getting a high art overhaul as the home of “Lempicka,” a new musical about Polish painter Tamara de Lempicka. T…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:01AMThe top 10 grossing shows from the week ending in...
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The Mazzoni Center shared a video from its Mazzoni Center Honors event, held earlier this month, of Alex Newell performing 'Meadowlark'. Check out the video here!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMFreya Catrin Smith and Jack Williams were honored at the November 27 ceremony at the American Airlines Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMThe inaugural Mazzoni Center Honors event was held at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMBy Sandi Durell . . . The American Popular Song Society (formerly NY Sheet Music Society) has been around for over 35 years. In fact, it’s now in its 40th Season! Holding monthly meeting…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:34AMWe made our Giving Tuesday goal!!! Thanks to everyone who donated to ABT's Giving Tuesday Fund, we reached over 100 donations! Now, Elisabeth Beyer is ready to double the infamous SWAN LAKE …
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:31AMCheck out photos of new posters with Reneé Rapp as Regina George, Angourie Rice as Cady Heron, Auli'i Cravalho as Janis 'Imi'ike, Jaquel Spivey as Damian Hubbard, Avantika as Karen Shett…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMAn exhaustive account of ambition, insecurity, and one astonishing career
It is hard to know where to start with My Name Is Barbra, the much reported on 1,000‑page memoir that took Barbra …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMDerby theatreOur heroine is a straight-talker who is not bothered about the ball but still finds romance in Annie Siddons’ lively version
In her fresh version of the bridal fairytale, Anni…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMRichmond theatre, LondonPausing her political campaigning to revisit routines that made her name, Izzard seems to be enjoying herself as much as we are
Everyone wants rock stars to play thei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMIn 2006, before Broadway beckoned, Alex Timbers was the fresh-out-of-college director of the viscerally confronting haunted attraction Hell House. At that time, he took pride in the number o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:18AMThe experience coincides with the release of the film adaption of the 2018 Broadway musical.
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Holiday classics abound, a milestone anniversary for Spielberg, and wrapping up the Sight and Sound top 100 films of all-time. Stephen Silver previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:52AMThe Monty Python-style send-up of the Bram Stoker classic is currently haunting Off-Broadway's New World Stages.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:36AMBorn 90 years ago today, British Blues revivalist John Mayall (b. 1933). This year also marks the 60th anniversary of the formation of his influential band, the Bluesbreakers. Most people va…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AMRoundabout Theatre Company, Second Stage and Lincoln Center Theater will experience significant leadership changes by 2025.
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:00AMMike Toomey grew up loving television, and his favorite shows each year were the special Christmas episodes of sitcoms and the wide array of Christmas specials starring celebrities. But the …
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Izzard to Perform One-Person ‘Hamlet’ Off-Broadway, ‘Spirited Away’ Stage Adaptation to Stream in December, Broadway Stars on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 “Today on Broadway” is a daily…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMBig Apple Circus Returns Full of Surprises As It Presents Germany’s’ Beloved Roncalli Circus.
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November 27, 2023: For its 46th Anniversary season at Lincoln Center …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:50AM🎄Broadway Games: 'Tis the Season🎄
Thanksgiving is behind us, and that means the "Is 'Turkey Lurkey Time' a Thanksgiving song or a Christmas song?" debate has reared its ugly head o…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:18AMHull TruckEliza Blair plays the puppet-child on an adventure of self-discovery in this slightly muddled yet well-performed version
When Ivor MacAskill and Rosana Cade staged The Making of Pi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMThe new expanded edition of the soundtrack to the film HOOK, will feature songs from when a musical version of the film was in the works. In a 2021 interview, Steven Spielberg revealed that …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:01AMLocal rapper Joey Batts will host nine concerts and a web event in December to raise funds for emergency shelters at clubs in Hartford, New Haven, New London, Manchester and elsewhere.
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SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:37AMI was blown away by American figure skater Ryan Bradley’s BACKFLIP in front of me at the Bryant Park tree lighting.
Sorry for the poor quality - I was going live here on YouTube & I’m …
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:34AMAnthony C. Daniel is directing and choreographing the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical at the Maine theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMSarah Paulson stars in the writer's Broadway playwriting debut.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMMembers of Tony-winning Handspring Puppet Company deliver an emotional story of a man born with a cleft lip and the trials he faces.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AMThe Bryant Park tree lighting was wild! We saw performances from Jenn Colella & Mauricio Martínez, as well as stunning ice skaters. THERE WAS A BACKFLIP. More to come.
Thanks @Zach Aaronso…
SOURCE: YouTube at 12:25AMPOSTCARDS: On forging a career in New York -- Profiling Demetris Charalambous: "I was struck by Demetris’ ability to world-build with their movement alone amidst a sea of street-clothed …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIMPRESSIONS: SOKOLOW THEATER/DANCE ENSEMBLE's In the Eye of a Drea :"The late choreographer Anna Sokolow (1910-2000) was a sculptor of movement chipping away patiently until her dances revea…
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