Today is Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Take a stand against sheet music piracy! Opening: Casa Valentina Born Today in History: Charles Wood Shirley Temple Sandra Dee
Never underestimate Harvey Fierstein's gift for revealing new worlds within worlds we think we know well.
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 11:10PMOn this week's Top-6 edition of AMERICAN IDOL Season XIII, we were treated to not one, but two, songs by each competitor. The theme, A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Rock 'n' Roll gave the…
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Linked From showbizchicago.com at 11:07PMHow does one acquire personality? Surely it’s not as easy as attending an uproarious comedy at America’s Oldest Continuously Operating Little Theatre? But of course it is! Vagabond Playe…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:51PMHEDY WEISS: Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize winner likely to open more eyes with this hugely impressive production.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 10:31PM“Casa Valentina,” written by Harvey Fierstein, tells of cross-dressing men who frequent a Catskills resort that caters to them in the early 1960s.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:21PMHarvey Fierstein's new Broadway drama examines a weekend colony where men can dress as women.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:19PMIn the early 1960s, a secluded bungalow camp in the Catskills was paradise to a few men. It was where they could be themselves — that is, women. That real-life...
Linked From The New York Post at 10:10PMFreedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on April 28 in New York City.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:10PMBroadway Blog editor Matthew Wexler reviews the latest work by Harvey Fierstein. “When you make the two one… and when you make the MALE AND THE FEMALE INTO A SINGLE ONE—then sh…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 10:07PMHarvey Fierstein's new Broadway play is set in the Catskill Mountains in 1962, inspired by a real-life resort where ostensibly heterosexual men went to release their inner woman.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00PMI am sure by this late hour of 6:00 pm EDT, everyone must be aware that today is the observed 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth. This morning I caught a story on NPR abo…
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 08:57PMBetter late than never.Visit it at xroadstheatre.weebly.com.
Linked From Love's Labors Lost at 08:43PMPlaywright Joe Zarrow has provided as much compassion as criticism in this world premiere, indicting a semi-privatized CPS that’s over-regulated and underfunded. Scott Bishop’s staging …
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 08:29PMPace University's Pace Performing Arts presents An Afternoon with John Doyle, the acclaimed director, at Pace's Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 3 Spruce Street in lower Manhattan on Su…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:29PMHoller If You Hear Me may not be eligible for anything this season as it begins previews after the official Tony Awards cut off date has passed but that isn’t stopping this Broadway p…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 08:26PMNeil Patrick Harris has come to Broadway in the Broadway premiere of Hedwig And The Angry Inch. The musical, which features a book by John Cameron Mitchell with music and lyrics by Stephen T…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 08:26PMAn examination of country versus city mores is staged in Orange County.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 08:15PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of CASA VALENTINA, the play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello opens tonight, April …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:07PMThe Hollywood Reporter writes that Scarlett Johansson and Lupita Nyong'o are in talks to join the cast of Jon Favreau's upcoming live-actionVFX remake of Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:07PMThe other day I received a strange e-mail from a young man named Brian O'Donnell who lives in Independence, MO. He thought I might be interested in some stuff he recently acquired, and tho…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 08:04PMAnd then, of course, there are the theater troupes readying themselves for summer’s fringe festivals. . . .
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 07:40PMAfter a sold-out first edition, Broadway's best writers and performers team together again to help raise funds for children with special needs in New York City and around the world. Victor L…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:28PMWillkommen back to Broadway, Cabaret! The classic Kander and Ebb musical has arrived for a return engagement on the Great White Way, with Alan Cumming reprising his Tony-winning performance …
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:18PMIn this week's episode, we have openings galore! Cheers to the return of Neil Patrick Harris, Sutton Foster, Daniel Radcliffe, Tony Shalhoub and Santino Fontana. What an abundance of tal…
Linked From Broadway.com at 07:18PMName: Tyler GardellaHometown: Naples, FLEducation: Ithaca College; Interlochen Arts Academy Who do you play in The Mysteries?: BeelzebubTell us about The Mysteries: "Best of the Bible"... mo…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 07:03PMThe Silver Tassie is a disturbing play, but this is its best production yet, says Charles Spencer
Linked From The Telegraph at 07:01PMWORLD WAR I: THE PITY, THE POETRY A tin whistle, a distant seagull, a ship hooting beyond grimy tenement windows. Indoors Sylvester and Simon bicker and cringe as a tight-lipped vir…
Linked From theatrecat.com at 06:59PMHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH star Neil Patrick Harris will appear on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” tomorrow, April 24th. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH opened last night at the Belasco…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:57PM"Passing undetected is our zenith," one character tells another early in Casa Valentina, the new play by Harvey Fierstein that just opened at the Samuel J. Friedman in a Manhattan Theatre Cl…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 06:51PMBOOGIE STOMP! opens at PianoForte Studios. A new show called "Boogie Stomp!" began its pre-New York tryout run in Chicago yesterday.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMBOOGIE STOMP! "Boogie Stomp!" is a theatrical evening starring pianists Bob Baldori and Arthur Migliazza. Together, they tell the story of boogie woogie, its origins, subsequent history and …
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:43PMThe real test of a Shakespeare company may not be how it handles the best of the plays, but what it does with the least of them. So by all means, experience the delightful, illuminating she…
Linked From Washington Post at 06:42PMThe U.S. premiere of Lisa Tierney-Keogh's Four Last Things, the story of a young woman struggling with her life, begins performances April 22 Off-Broadway at The American Globe Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 06:27PMMeet the first-nighters at the Broadway opening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Neil Patrick Harris, John Cameron Mitchell, Lena Hall and Yoko Ono were there. So was Playbill.com.
Linked From Playbill at 06:27PMHEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH star Neil Patrick Harris will appear on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman tomorrow, April 24th.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMIn the video below, the writers of Murder for Two play one of the songs they so totally wrote from the new Broadway hit, Manhattan Theatre Club's Casa Valentina
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:27PMBroadway’s Best Shows is hunting down the best Broadway-related snaps you created for our newest series: Broadway Photo of the Day! Living in a world in which our daily lives are flood…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 06:22PMBroadway.com puts on some make-up, turns on the eight-track and catches up with Neil Patrick Harris at the opening night of John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's Hedwig and…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:17PMThe 30th annual Helen Hayes Awards were presented at a glitzy event on April 21.
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:15PMThis clever PG Wodehouse tribute reproduces the manners of the Edwardian English upper classes, while cunningly sending them up Bertie Wooster or Jez from Peep Show? Take our quiz Mark Heap …
Linked From The Guardian at 06:08PMAnn Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway returned to 54 Below with SIBLING RIVERLRY last weekend and set up a surprise proposal during the show on April 19. David Robeano proposed to his partne…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMAt the 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, the youngest stars of Disney's Newsies, Luca Padovan and Zachary Unger, offered a spot-on Broadway version of the legendary Abbott amp Costello …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMREEFER MADNESS, the cult classic with book and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and book and music by Dan Studney, just played a one night only benefit concert at New World Stages. Directed by Ilana R…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:06PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, April 23, 2014 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Boneau/Bryan-Brown Congratulates Our 2013-2014…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 06:00PMNoted Polish poet and writer Tadeusz Rozewicz's psychosexual dissection of patriarchal society examines the coming-of-age of two young women.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 05:54PMThe Dukes, Lancaster: In these days of selfies and social networking it's difficult to imagine just how astonishing the achievements of pioneering film makers Sagar Mitchell and James K…
Linked From The Stage at 05:54PMAt first, “Holy Land” suggests how ordinary people might make sense of life under the duress of armed conflict, but then the story becomes buried in symbolism and violence.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:49PMThe students will attend the Broadway show free of charge on April 30.
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:44PMNominations for the 80th annual Drama League Awards, celebrating excellence in Broadway and Off-Broadway theatre, were announced this morning. BULLETS OVER BROADWAY has been nominated for O…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:35PMLiz and Ann Hampton Callaway helped a dream come true for David Robeano, who proposed to his partner of seven years, Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, during the Tony Award nominees' April 19 perfo…
Linked From Playbill at 05:26PMTheatregoers at the Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch will receive an extra Playbill, along with the one for the rock musical starring Neil Patrick Harris.
Linked From Playbill at 05:26PMThe Dramatists Guild's Anti-Piracy Committee hosted its first anti-piracy awareness event April 21 from 5 PM–7 PM in New York City. Playbill.com was there.
Linked From Playbill at 05:26PMProducers of All The Way have announced that they have invited a group of over fifty student class presidents from New York City Department of Education NYCDOE public high schools to be thei…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMOn May 13, Goodman Theatre celebrates the life and creative contributions of Robert Bob Christen, its longtime Resident Lighting Designer and one of the most prolific live performance design…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMNeil Patrick Harris officially returned to Broadway last night at the Belasco Theatre, in the new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical with book by John Cameron Mitchell and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMThe first poster depicting Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts in the forthcoming HBO film adaptation of Larry Kramer's acclaimed Tony Award-winning play THE NORMAL HEART is now avai…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMThe generosity of theatre fans during six weeks of fundraising by 57 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies helped push the 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition to another re…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:26PMProducers of All The Way have announced that they have invited a group of over fifty student class presidents from New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) public high schools to be th…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 05:20PMThe Blood-LettingWhen I first told my boyfriend I did dramaturgy, he thought it sounded like surgery for theatreby Caitlin MurphyCaitlin Murphy is a writer, director, dramaturg and regular r…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:11PMFrom: Death Married by DaughterStories Robustly Toldby Zoe Erwin-LongstaffLast Thursday night marked the opening of the Theatre Centre’s Incubator space, where three distinct one-hour play…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 05:11PMHow he connects with his character in Casa Valentina — Welcome to Building Character, our ongoing look at actors and how they create their roles When Patrick Page was playing Cyrano de…
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Linked From showbizchicago.com at 05:06PMNow that the dust has settled after the announcement that Stephen Colbert will be replacing David Letterman on "The Late Show" next year, it is time for some thoughtful analysis.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 05:06PMHastings High School broke new ground five years ago, presenting a floor-shaking production of White Plains native Jonathan Larson’s breakthrough musical, “Rent.” This year…
Linked From The Journal News at 05:06PMShakespeare Festival St. Louis barrels through the canon in just five days.
Linked From St. Louis Today at 05:04PMDirector Alex Timbers will host the event.
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:00PMEveryone tries to cope with the ordinary drudgeries of their lives, some do better than others when it comes to success with their coping skills. Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls attempts to il…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:54PMYou can't help it, you are just so jazzed that it is The Beatles' 50th Anniversary of their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show that you've grown your moptop, dusted off your Hofn…
Linked From The New York Public Library at 04:48PMThe New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is thrilled to celebrate the acquisition of composer David Amram's archive. Amram was the paramount musician to the Beat Generation, h…
Linked From The New York Public Library at 04:48PMThe event will include a New Play Bake Off featuring playwrights Robert Askins, Heidi Schreck, and Caroline V. McGraw.
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:43PMThe 28th annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition raised an all-time record $4,532,129 in six weeks of nightly curtain-call appeals. That total eclipsed the $4.25 m…
Linked From Playbill at 04:25PMAll of Broadway's biggest stars flocked to the Belasco Theatre last night to celebrate the opening of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical with book by John Cameron Mitchell and music and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:25PMCheck out the post-opening commercial for Violet, starring Sutton Foster!
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:20PMThe cast and creative team of Beautiful talk (and sing) about Carol and Gerry Goffin’s first number one hit, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow." Featuring: Douglas McGrath, Steve Sidw…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 04:20PM(photo: Sam Garcia)Delicate and Strongby Jim MurchisonGiacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly is a little different from most operas. First performed in 1904, before the United States had declare…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 04:11PMIt’s no fairy tale: Disney’s “Frozen” has broken the record for the most number of weeks atop the U.S. album chart by the soundtrack for an animated picture. The album logged its 11t…
Linked From Variety at 04:11PMSpend an Evening with Shawby Lucy Wells@LWellsTOThe Never Wrestle with Pigs theatre collective is presenting its first production at the Annex Theatre through this week. I am a great f…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 04:11PMTenor Nicholas Phan: a millennial Michael Fierstein?From the moment he takes the stage, tenor Nicholas Phan (at left) seems to straddle two contrasting worlds of vocal performance.For there'…
Linked From The Hub Review at 04:05PMTony Award-winning Broadway headliner and acclaimed August Wilson interpreter Ruben Santiago-Hudson recently participated in a TEDx Talk as part of a series held at his alma mater, Binghamto…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:05PMLovers and others might want to steer clear of “Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra.” Starting with its icky title — the linking of one’s progenitor to an infamous...
Linked From The New York Post at 04:05PMA Red Orchid Theatre has extended its acclaimed production of Marisa Wegrzyn’s flight attendant comedy “Mud Blue Sky” five weeks, the theater said on Wednesday. It will now…
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Linked From NewYork.com at 03:48PMThe "Glee" alum is making comeback after a stint in AA, as he readies for his upcoming performance with Jane Lynch and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos at Disney Hall this weekend.read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 03:45PMThe hits just keep coming one after the other in the final week of the Broadway season. The latest one to speak of is John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s cult favorite “Hedwig and …
Linked From BroadwayAudience.com at 03:34PMI first met Sheridan in her 8th grade production of The Love of Three Oranges at The Park School of Baltimore (my other job is costume designer for Park School) and she was a standout even t…
Linked From Maryland Theatre Guide at 03:29PMTony Shalhoub, Andrea Martin and Santino Fontana. Photo: Joan MarcusA Love Story about the Theater, Told with Performances and Direction Worthy of the LegendBy Lauren YargerMoss Hart is one …
Linked From reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 03:27PMA benefit concert entitled Broadway Battles Bullying will be presented May 2 at 11:30 PM at Joe's Pub.
Linked From Playbill at 03:24PMLa Mirada Theatre's 2014-15 season will feature the world premiere of Pride and Prejudice, the regional premiere of Billy Elliot and the Los Angeles premiere of Carrie The Musical.
Linked From Playbill at 03:24PMThe original Broadway cast album of the new Jason Robert Brown-Marsha Norman musical The Bridges of Madison County, which was released digitally April 15 from Ghostlight Records, debuted at …
Linked From Playbill at 03:24PMThe Players Club, the historic organization devoted to artists and patrons of the arts, has been served with foreclosure action, DNAinfo.com reports.
Linked From Playbill at 03:24PMTony Award winner Tommy Tune made his Café Carlyle debut April 22. Playbill.com was there.
Linked From Playbill at 03:24PMJoshua Bell, Austin Pendleton, Jackie Hoffman and Frank London have joined the starry 50th anniversary celebration of Fiddler on the Roof at the Town Hall, which will include the previously …
Linked From Playbill at 03:24PMTony, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Award winner Mel Brooks will perform a solo show at the Geffen Playhouse April 28.
Linked From Playbill at 03:24PMThe seating at the Palace Theatre has been transformed into new stadium style seating specifically for Holler If Ya Hear Me, the new Broadway musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur -…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMFor the month of April, performers can submit their song or monologue videos on Stagelighter.com to a panel of six Broadway casting directors for free. Panelists will nominate videos into a …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMProducer Jeffrey Finn made the announcement that An Act of God will make it to Broadway in 2015. The comedic production is based upon the critically acclaimed book The Last Testament: A Me…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 03:19PMAs a pope, John Paul II was revered around the world. As a playwright, well, not so much. Before he was Christ’s vicar on Earth, John Paul II was a Polish writer named Karol Wojtyla.
Linked From New York Daily News at 03:16PMThe Drama League Announces 2014 Awards Nominees For 80th Annual Awards: The Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has announced the 2014 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distingu…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:16PMPiece of My Heart The Bert Berns Musical Comes to The Pershing A new musical based on the life and songs of legendary songwriter Bert Berns will open Off Broadway this summer
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:16PMNEW DRAMATISTS Honor Five-Time Tony Award Winning Director/Choreographer Susan Stroman:
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:16PMTony Awards® to Host First Ever Pop-Up Shop at the Paramount Hotel: The Tony Awards will unveil the first ever Tony Awards Pop-Up Shop at the Paramount Hotel on Friday, April 25th
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:16PMStephen Sorokoff My View: A Living Landmark Walks Into New York’s Living Room - Tommy Tune: It seemed that the portrait of Bobby Short in the lobby at The Carlyle was smiling more than usu…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:16PMBroadway Battles Bullying Concert May 2nd at Joe's Pub: Broadway Battles Bullying Concert is set for Friday, May 2nd at 11:30PM (11:00 doors open) at Joe’s Pub at The Public.
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 03:16PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Someone pretty critic-proof is coming to Broadway: The Almighty....
Linked From Associated Press at 03:16PMThe Drama League has announced its 2014 nominees for the 80th annual Drama League Awards. First awarded in 1922 and formalized in 1935, they’re the oldest theatrical honors in America,…
Linked From Backstage at 03:16PMWilliam Shakespeare, whose 450th birthday is being celebrated around the world Wednesday, never seems to go out of vogue for movie directors eager to put their own spin on his classic texts.…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:16PMLONDON (Reuters) - Known as the Bard and regarded as England's greatest playwright, William Shakespeare, whose 450th birthday is celebrated on Wednesday, let his imagination roam as widely a…
Linked From Reuters at 03:16PMMel Brooks will appear in a one-man autobiographical show at the Geffen Playhouse on Monday, "Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen." The show will have only one performance.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 03:16PMLONDON — Four centuries after his death, William Shakespeare is probably Britain's best-known export, his words and characters famous around the world.Shakespeare's Globe theater is setti…
Linked From bostonherald.com at 03:16PMThe outdoor ballroom near Lincoln Center will include 15 nights of live music and dancing.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 03:16PM"The power of Dance Theatre of Harlem is that it affords a different perspective on the art form," says artistic director Virginia Johnson
Linked From NJ.com at 03:16PMLeigh Zimmerman is known for her leggy allure on both sides of the Atlantic, having starred in either the West End or on Broadway (and sometimes both) in Chicago, The Producers and The Will …
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:14PMOscar-winning Dreamgirls star and American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson met the cast of Broadway’s Motown the Musical on April 22, 2014. Click for photos of her visit!
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:14PMWhat does Les Miserables headliner Ramin Karimloo have in common with the mega-addicting TV series Pretty Little Liars? No, he’s not appearing on an upcoming episode (we wish!). H…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:14PMCrackerjack comic timing was the last thing anyone expected from an alarming play about 21st-century concerns over data, secrecy and power. But it’s all over James Graham’s dazzler “Pr…
Linked From Variety at 03:13PMMel Brooks: Live at the Geffen will have a single performance Monday, April 28 at 8pm in the Gil Cates Theater, in a Spotlight Entertainment Series Production. An introspective retrospecti…
Linked From Arts Beat LA at 03:04PMOn May 13, the Goodman Theatre will celebrate the life of Robert Christen, the theater’s Resident Lighting Designer who died on March 9 at the age of 64. Christen spent over three deca…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 03:03PMBy David Dower. All of a sudden, I had the visceral sensation of a melting away, a fog lifting, a waking up. It was physical and it was emotional. It stopped my breath. …The moment I saw T…
Linked From HowlRound at 02:53PMThe cast of The Keegan Theatre’s HAIR sing the National Anthem at The Nationals’Game yesterday. The post Listen to the Cast of The Keegan Theatre’s ‘HAIR’ Sing…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:46PMMartin McDonagh is one of the most unique, brightest, and irreverent playwrights there is. I adore his work and his ability to create enchanting stories that are equally as grotesque yet hum…
Linked From BroadwayAudience.com at 02:32PMAll the kids in the audience at iLUMINATE received a special treat after the show on Easter Sunday. Immediately following the spectacular 52-minute performance, where the audience breathless…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:25PMThe seating at the Palace Theatre has been transformed into new stadium style seating specifically for HOLLER IF YA HEAR ME, the new Broadway musical inspired by the lyrics of Tupac Shakur.…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:24PMWe meant it when we said it’s awards season! Just a day after the 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award nominations were announced, the nominations for the oldest theatrical awards in Ameri…
Linked From Luner on Theatre at 02:24PMAnika Noni Rose of Bloomfield Receives Nomination For 'Raisin In The Sun'
Linked From Hartford Courant at 02:24PMLegendary comedian Mel Brooks will perform a one-man, one-night only show at Geffen Playhouse's Gil Cates Theater on Monday, April 28, 2014.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMBy Rick Dildine. Shakespeare is credited with writing 38 plays. Some say as many as 43 and some say as few as zero; no matter what, all are in the public domain. I thought: “What if we gav…
Linked From HowlRound at 02:19PMThe limited engagement of Hedwig and The Angry Inch, starring Neil Patrick Harris and featuring Lena Hall (Kinky Boots, lead singer of The Deafening), opens Tuesday, April 22 at BroadwayR…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:18PMThe Bridges of Madison County, the original Broadway cast recording of the new romantic musical from Ghostlight Records has debuted as the #1 Cast Recording on the Billboard chart and hit #5…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:18PMWe’ve seen his work on stage and on screen, but now legendary funnyman Mel Brooks himself will take to the spotlight for one-night-only! The Los Angeles Times reports that the EGOT-er …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:14PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Will Ryan Silverman Love Erin Davie & Emily Padgett For Who They Are? Ryan Silverman and Charity Dawson will replace t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:14PMLeigh Zimmerman is known for her leggy allure on both sides of the Atlantic, having starred on either the West End or on Broadway (and sometimes both) in Chicago, The Producers and The Will …
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:14PMMark Rylance, Ian McKellen and Michael Grandage are among those British actors and theatre-makers that have been nominated for this year’s Outer Critics Circle Awards, which recognise thea…
Linked From The Stage at 02:03PMThe cast and creative team of the hit Off-Broadway musical Murder for Two are teaming up with some of New York's brightest up and coming composers and BroadwayWorld.com every Monday night fo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMEarlier today, Judith Light amp Christopher Sieber announced the 80th Drama League Award Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Best Musical, Disting…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMOn Monday, April 14, the Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present Tony and Drama Desk Award nominated songwriter Amanda Green and her Broadway friends in 'Amanda Green's Spri…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMThe generosity of theatre fans during six weeks of fundraising by 57 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies helped push the 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition to another re…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMLegendary music exec Clive Davis reveals why he will bring the iconic Lerner and Loewe musical MY FAIR LADY back to Broadway.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMBROADWAY REVIEW: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" BROADWAY REVIEW: "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" ... Born of the rubble of the Berlin Wall, Hedwig Schmidt surely would never have imagined her tir…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 02:01PMChicago Children's Theatre said Wednesday that it will premiere a new musical based on Leo Lionni's book "Frederick," the story of a poetically inclined fieldmouse with a penchant for storyt…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 02:01PMProductions recognized by the nominators include two off-Broadway productions from The Public Theater, The Glass Menagerie, and The Bridges of Madison County.
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:00PMA conversation with Amber Gray about terrifying musicals, biracial identity and playing a difficult scene.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:52PMApril 23 is believed to be the birthday of William Shakespeare, who was born 450 years ago. Here are 10 facts about the Bard.
Linked From Toronto Star at 01:31PM2014 DRAMA LEAGUE AWARDS NOMINATIONS for 80th Award Season OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY All That Fall 59 East 59 Theatres By Samuel Beckett.…
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Linked From NewYork.com at 01:25PMComplete casting has been announced for the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' production of Side Show, which will be presented June 14-July 13 in the Eisenhower Theater.
Linked From Playbill at 01:23PMThe Broadway premiere of the John Cameron Mitchell-Stephen Trask rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, opened on Broadway April 22 foll…
Linked From Playbill at 01:23PMDavid Cunningham finds much to enjoy about The Rite of Spring and Petrushka.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:23PMRuth Lovett enjoys this flawless new musical celebrating the life, loves and talent of Marc Bolan.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:23PMJames Graham's latest play, looking at the collection and use of our personal data, opened at the Donmar Warehouse last night
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 01:23PMMCC THEATER will present Greta Gerwig, Max Baker, Jason Butler Harner, Lucy Owen, Cara Seymour, and Scott Shepherd in the American premiere of Penelope Skinner's celebrated play The Village …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMTony Award-winner Julie White The Little Dog Laughed is set to host the Spring Benefit for the Off-Broadway theatre company Page 73 Productions on Friday, April 25, at City Winery, 155 Varic…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMOn the new THEATER TALK, Denzel Washington, star of the hit Broadway revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, gets together with an old friend, Woo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMEarlier today, Judith Light amp Christopher Sieber announced the 80th Drama League Award Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Best Musical, Disting…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:23PM'Lady Day' Producer Jeffrey Richards and actor Will Swenson wowing audiences as 'Javert' in the Broadway revival of 'Les Miserables' were sad because the late great Al Hirschfeld was not her…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMThe Bridges of Madison County, the original Broadway cast recording of the new romantic musical from Ghostlight Records has debuted as the 1 Cast Recording on the Billboard chart and hit 53 …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:23PMBy HowlRound TV. South Coast Repertory's 17th Annual Pacific Playwrights Festival in Costa Mesa, California presents the panel "What is the role of the playwright?" livestreaming on the glob…
Linked From HowlRound at 01:19PM…so don’t miss the worm! Join plenary speakers like celebrated theatre artist Taylor Mac and trail-blazing game designer Jane McGonigal at the 2014 TCG National Conference: Cross…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 01:13PMIn this second-to-last installment of “Chimes at Midnight,” Stacy reflects on a busy week which saw the opening of the two shows in the Henry IV repertory, as well as the city and indust…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 01:13PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 01:12PMConcreteness, compactness, concision--put it any way you like--is something that good writing is based on. Or you may call it, as Jacques Barzun did in the title and content of an important …
Linked From John Simon at 01:06PMIan Bartholomew and Anna Carteret have been cast in the West End stage adaptation of Shakespeare in love. They will appear as Tilney and Queen Elizabeth, respectively and join the previously…
Linked From The Stage at 01:02PMAdapted from award-winning author Tom Drury's novel of the same title, The Driftless Area will be directed by Zachary Sluser, who co-wrote the screenplay with Drury.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMNeil Patrick Harris officially returned to Broadway last night at the Belasco Theatre, in the new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical with book by John Cameron Mitchell and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMTommy Tune, the nine-time Tony Award-winning singeractordancer, will make his Cafe Carlyle debut with More Taps, Tunes and Tall Tales, through May 3. The show features Musical Director Micha…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMJames Franco, Chris O'Dowd and Leighton Meester stopped by ABC's THE VIEW this week to talk about being on Broadway for the first time in 'Of Mice and Men.'
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:02PM54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, recently featured Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young in 'Samson amp Delilah, A Love Story'- an evening of songs from the Broadway Records album containing songs fr…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMThe John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced complete casting for its production of Side Show that runs in the Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater from June 14 to July 13…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMEarlier today, Megan Hilty, Justin Long and Raven-Symone announced the 78th Drama League Award Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Best Musical, D…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMThe show features a book and lyrics by Bill Russell and music by Henry Krieger.
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:00PMVariations Theatre Group announced a limited engagement of BOOGOE STOMP! direct to New York City from the production’s sold-out tour of Russia. Performances will begin May 8, with opening …
Linked From The Queens Gazette at 12:40PMCASA VALENTINA, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, opens tonight, April 23 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theat…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:24PMView the Full Article on NewYork.com
Linked From NewYork.com at 12:21PMSam Mendes and Rob Marshall's Tony Award-winning production (Best Revival, 1998) of Cabaretreturns to Broadway. Alan Cumming stars in his Tony-winning role as Emcee opposite three-time A…
Linked From Playbill at 12:21PMJohn Kander and Twyla Tharp will be special guests at the 2014 Live Design Broadway Master Classes, where they will join in lively discussions with two of the top designers working on Broadw…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMThe soundtrack to Disney's FROZEN continues its epic journey, earning its biggest sales week thus far and holding at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 for the non-consecutive 11th week
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMBroadwayWorld recently chatted with featured performer Capathia Jenkins about her upcoming appearance in the special celebration
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:21PMOn a farewell tour, the Idaho-based troupe performed at Northrop.
Linked From StarTribune at 12:21PMJudith Light and Christopher Sieber announced the nominees for the 2014 Drama League Awards, which celebrate productions both on and Off-Broadway, April 23 at Sardi's Restaurant.
Linked From Playbill at 12:20PMTo mark this special event, we asked you which of the great bard's words inspired you most, here are some of the results
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:20PMThis new work by Tony Ramsay is a play with a difference, as its director Naomi Jones explains.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:20PMThe Drama League (Executive Director, Gabriel Shanks) has announced the 2014 Drama League Awards Nominees for Distinguished Play, Distinguished Revival of a Play, Distinguished Musical, Dist…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 12:18PMAs Bardologists celebrate William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, one story isn’t being told. Seth Rogovoy reveals that the legendary playwright knew quite a bit about Judaism. Cli…
Linked From forward.com at 12:17PMWe always knew If/Then star Idina Menzel was a woman of power, but Variety made it official in their newest issue! The Tony winner is looking sleek and professional in a white blazer on the …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:13PMNominations for the 80th annual Drama League Awards were announced on April 23 by Judith Light and Christopher Sieber. The awards ceremony will take place on May 16 at the Marriott Marquis T…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:13PMAlan Cumming got up bright and early on April 23 to chat with Today's Matt Lauer about reprising his Tony-winning performance in Cabaret. The star revealed that being asked to dance…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:13PMThe spring season is firing along on all cylinders. Six shows are opening this week. The Outer Critics Circle announced its nominations yesterday (click here to see them), the Drama League l…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 12:09PMThe Tony Awards will unveil the first ever Tony Awards Pop-Up Shop at the Paramount Hotel on Friday, April 25th. The Tony Awards Pop-Up Shop, located at the Paramount Hotel... The post Pop U…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 12:03PMWatford PalaceThe in-demand Mike Bartlett provocatively questions our responsibilities as friends and citizens in this two-handerHe's a clever one, that Mike Bartlett. Not only does he have …
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMOn Monday, April 28, 2014, Broadway Inspirational Voices BIV, under the direction of Michael McElroy TONY Award Nominee, Big River, will be joining the The New York Pops as it marks its 31st…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMArts Council Wales is to develop a national scheme that will give disabled people and their carers concessions on ticket prices for theatres and arts centres throughout the country. The deve…
Linked From The Stage at 12:00PMManchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre has revealed its first season under the sole leadership of artistic director Sarah Frankcom, including a revival of Little Shop of Horrors and the premi…
Linked From The Stage at 12:00PMAnd now… Effie Trinket What do you think of this week’s battle? Did your favorites win? Comment below! New battle pairings… FRIDAY!
Linked From BroadwaySpotted at 12:00PMThe store will feature exclusive merchandise and experiences for Broadway fans.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe largest-ever Fiddler reunion will be cochaired by Harvey Fierstein, Harold Prince, and Frank Rich.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:00PMOpera House, Manchester: There is a feeling of foreboding in the early stages of this new production of 20th Century Boy - a biographical, jukebox musical dedicated to the life and career of…
Linked From The Stage at 11:52AMTHE DRAMA LEAGUE announced The 2014 AWARD NOMINEES for the 80th ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY Which is set for FRIDAY, MAY 16th AT THE MARRIOTT MARQUIS TIMES SQUARE HOSTED BY JESSE TYLER FERGUS…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 11:29AMHere are this year’s Drama League Award nominations: OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A BROADWAY OR OFF-BROADWAY PLAY All That Fall All The Way Casa Valentina Domesticated Mothers and Sons M…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:29AMBelow are the nominations for the 20014 Drama League Awards, which select winners in five competitive categories, and also gives special awards. Although founded way back in 1922, this is t…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 11:22AMLouis-and-Ella!, a new jazz musical by Trent Armand Kendall, will receive a developmental table reading April 24 in Manhattan.
Linked From Playbill at 11:20AMLinda Eder: Night After the Tonys, featuring original Jekyll & Hyde star Eder, will play the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre June 9 at 8 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMCast members from the national tour of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess will be Inspired By Love May 12 Upstairs at Vitello's.
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMOscar winner Rachel Weisz, who made her Broadway debut in this season's Betrayal, and Tony Award nominee Toni Collette are attached to star in the comedy-drama "Miss You Already,&qu…
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMRelativity has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for the comedy "Hector and The Search For Happiness," according to Deadline.com.
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMBilly Porter, the Tony-winning star of Broadway's KINKY BOOTS stopped by GOOD DAY NEW YORK yesterday to perform his rousing rendition of 'I Am Changing' from his new album, 'Billy's Back on …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMCo-Hosts Judith Light and Christopher Sieber announced the nominations for the 2014 Drama League Awards, including Distinguished Production of a Play, Distinguished Production of a Musical, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMROCKY's Tony Award Winning composing team Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty will join the Drama League's Up Close Series on Wednesday, April 23rd at 700PM at the Drama League Theatre Center 3…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:19AMThe first National Tour of Motown The Musical begins performances tonight at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago before continuing to cities across the country. Motown The Musical is scheduled…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:16AM54 Below has become the hottest spot in town, featuring dozens of stage stars strutting their stuff every week. Take a look below at just a taste of the venue's recently-announced sets a…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:12AMLift up your hands! In honor of their official opening night on Broadway, Neil Patrick Harris, Lena Hall and the Hedwig and the Angry Inch crew had a starry bash for their family and fr…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:12AMWe live in an era of unprecedented public and private surveillance. As Edward Snowden showed, our every move – whether physical or electronic – is being watched and recorded. An…
Linked From The Stage at 11:09AMHervé Birthday? Happy Hervday? At any rate, as if to either reaffirm or retract our last post (I can’t decide which) we write now to celebrate the late Hervé Villechaize (1943-…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 11:09AMMegan Hilty talks getting naked on Smash, dreaming of Blondes and her go-to cry movie in this week's Five Burning Questions.
Linked From BroadwayBox at 11:08AMI’m jealous of the West End. They’ve got lower costs for labor, crowdfunding, and they let you eat ice cream in your seats. And they have also gotten their hands on some very pop…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:06AMHoly balls. Holy fat, sweaty, icky, stinky, stinky, stinky balls… I was on a train for 3 days. I spent all 3 days wide awake… my total sleep count for all three days was 9 hours. I’m a…
Linked From newmusicaltheatre.com at 11:00AMAs the world celebrates Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Dominic Cavendish explains why seeing the plays in performance is not enough
Linked From The Telegraph at 11:00AMChristopher Wheeldon has staged a Winter's Tale to rival the many Romeo and Juliets. But as Shakespeare turns 450, which of the great adaptations still have legs? The Winter's Tale review a…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:00AMGate, DublinMuch has dated in Oscar Wilde's 1895 political melodrama, but his treatment of marital politics still stings todayA hall of mirrors is a well-chosen image for the stage set for O…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:00AMJoshua Bell, Frank London, Austin Pendleton and Jackie Hoffman have joined the lineup for Raising the Roof - an all-star benefit concert celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Fiddler on the Ro…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMMatt Bomer has revealed the joyful news that he and his partner, Simon Halls were secretly wed three years ago
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMJessica Chastain will take on the role of screen legend Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik's upcoming biopic, BLONDE.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMThis week has been super exciting, so far It started with a meeting with award winning composer, musical director and all around awesome guy Steven Jamail. We are happy to announce that he w…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:00AMNew York City Ballet dances Jerome Robbins' Fancy Free in 1986. The score is by Leonard Bernstein: (This is the...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 11:00AMLondon’s Menier Chocolate Factory is to once again stage comedy revue Forbidden Broadway. The spoof show will be presented as a new version, seen for the first time in the UK with addition…
Linked From The Stage at 11:00AMThe annual event benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:00AMName: Ben OttoHometown: Glastonbury, CTEducation: BA in English from Fordham University, Minor in Creative WritingSelect Credits: Pipeline Theatre's BYUIOO, Fresh Ground Pepper's Shoot the F…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 10:58AMNicky Silver is back with a new play about a celebrated actress, played by Linda Lavin, having a whole lot of trouble with the pressure of playing Medea.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:48AMActors break world record by performing the works of Shakespeare at 37,000ft, while on board a flight to Verona
Linked From The Telegraph at 10:34AMRSC broadcasts the plays this summer ‘Live from Stratford-upon-Avon’ in partnership with Picturehouse Entertainment The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry IV Part I and Henry IV Part …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:32AMThe late theater titan Moss Hart is in the spotlight in the new Broadway play "Act One," a work based on Hart's autobiography of the same name.
Linked From NY1 at 10:24AMCharlotte Cornwell is to star in the world premiere of Between Us, a new play by Sarah Daniels that will begin performances at London's Arcola Theatre (which also commissioned the play) …
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMNew cast members will join the original London production of Mamma Mia!, now running at the Novello Theatre, beginning performances June 9.
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMThe fall season at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, which marks the first full season that Sarah Frankcom has been sole artistic director for, will include Maxine Peake starring in t…
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMForbidden Broadway, previously seen at London's Menier Chocolate Factory in 2009 and before that in seasons at Jermyn Street Theatre and the West End's Fortune Theatre, is to return …
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMProducers Will DeCamp and Alex Rapson announced that Jean Anouilh's Becket, the 1961 Tony Award winner for Best Play, will begin performances June 18 at the East Village’s Gene Fr…
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMFurther casting has been announced for Shakespeare in Love, a stage version of the hit film of the same name that playwright Lee Hall (Billy Elliot, The Pitmen Painters) is adapting from Mar…
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMTeal Wicks, who has starred on Broadway in Wicked and Jekyll & Hyde, will make her solo cabaret debut May 8 at the Manhattan nightspot 54 Below.
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMTony Award winner Alan Cumming stopped by this morning's TODAY show on NBC to chat about starring alongside Hollywood actress Michelle Williams in the acclaimed musical CABARET
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMIn 2010, Tony winner Menzel co-created A Broader Way, an arts centered program for urban girls.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:19AMJames Graham's new play opened at the ████████ last night
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:19AMAs reported here yesterday, Monday morning, Woolly Mammoth Theater announced the cancellation of their upcoming festival of work from Russia. The withdrawal of Moscow municipal funds crucia…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 10:12AMNeil Patrick Harris in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (©Joan Marcus) The colorful title character of Hedwig and the Angry Inch can be described as many things, but loveable is not usually …
Linked From Scheck on the Arts at 10:11AM"In fine, caricature is rough truth." George Meredith, The Egoist...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 09:59AMAt this point, violinist Xiang Yu sounds like a mature artist ready to commence a major career.
Linked From The Arts Fuse at 09:59AMNeil Patrick Harris officially returned to Broadway last night at the Belasco Theatre, in the new production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical with book by John Cameron Mitchell and …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:59AMThis year's East Bonnet competition was filled with delights, from a hilarious opening number with Rory O'Malley as an ambitious actor and Michael Riedel as Satan, to the roof-raising finale…
Linked From BroadwayStars at 09:57AMOur meta take on D.C.'s theater prom: The Helen Hayes Awards Awards (no, that's not a typo) [Arts Desk] The latest Captain America movie features a scene in the National Air and Space Museu…
Linked From Washington City Paper at 09:55AMWilliam Shakespeare's 450th birthday falls on Wednesday, per historians' best reckoning in the absence of ironclad documentation. It’s time to remember that “in delay there lies …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 09:55AMToday’s Highlights: * Manhattan Theatre Club‘s Casa Valentina, by Harvey Fierstein, directed by Joe Mantello, featuring Patrick Page, John Cullum, Reed Birney, Gabriel …
Linked From Grace Notes at 09:55AMTracy Letts and Marisa Tomei. Photo: Joan MarcusWe Get a Dose of Reality Keeping Up with These JonesesBy Lauren YargerKeeping up with the Joneses in Will Eno's The Realistic Jonses might pro…
Linked From reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 09:40AMI am not inclined to gush, but gush away I shall over the most delightful new musical in many a season, Ernest Shackleton Loves Me, which blew onto the stage of the Seattle Repertory Theatre…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 09:30AMAustralian Cast of Rocky Horror Show perform 'Time Warp/Sweet Transvestite' State: NSW …
Linked From Theatre People Australia at 09:22AMThe generosity of theatre fans during six weeks of fundraising by 57 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies helped push the 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition to another re…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMWatch The Drama League's 2014 Awards Nomination announcement, this morning at 1100 AM, by Judith Light and Christopher Sieber. The pair will announce the for Distinguished Production of a Pl…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMThe Tony Awards will unveil the first ever Tony Awards Pop-Up Shop at the Paramount Hotel on Friday, April 25th. The Tony Awards Pop-Up Shop, located at the Paramount Hotel in the heart of…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:18AMOn April 25, the Tony Awards unveils its first-ever pop-up shop, at NYC’s Paramount Hotel.
Linked From Tony Awards at 09:07AMI and progeny had a great time over Easter weekend, with a day trip down to Philadelphia and a pilgrimage to a place I’d long wanted to visit, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:05AMThe show opened last night to rave reviews, and a screaming standing ovation from a star-studded opening night audience. Scroll down as Walter McBride brings you full coverage of the night, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMDisney and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce casting for the forthcoming stage production of Shakespeare in Love. The announcement coincides with the 450th anniversary of …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:57AMThe cast with Bryce Pinkham as Monty Navarro (standing center), Jefferson Mays as Lord Adalbert D'Ysquith (red), and Jane Carr as Miss Shingle (seated) in a scene from "A Gentleman's Guide t…
Linked From reflectionsinthelight.blogspot.com at 08:46AMA few months ago I was asked to teach first-time student writers how to write a monologue. Easy, I thought. I’ve been writing monologues for twenty years. This should be a no-brainer. …
Linked From Theatrefolk at 08:44AMWSC Avant Bard’s next production, Nero/Pseudo, is world premiere glam rock musical—with book and lyrics by Richard Byrne, and original music by two indie rock luminaries: Jon Langford (o…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:31AMShakespeare's Globe Theater aims to take the Bard's iconic play to every country in the world. They'll perform everywhere from prestigious theaters to Pacific island beaches.
Linked From National Public Radio at 08:30AMGuy Mignault mixes eras in costumes, music and sets for Théâtre français de Toronto’s Les Précieuses ridicules, opening April 25 at Berkeley Street Theatre
Linked From Toronto Star at 08:30AMKhovanskygate is a version of Mussorgsky's opera with irresistible imaginative panache, says Rupert Christiansen
Linked From The Telegraph at 08:17AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news the 2014 Drama League nominations will…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:17AMA big-screen adaption of the Stephen Sondheim/James Lapine Broadway classic Into the Woods is scheduled to be released this Christmas, but that had little to do with NextStop Theatre Company…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 08:10AMEpisode 89: Make a Mission Statement for Your Drama Classroom Discover drama teacher Amy Patel’s process for creating a mission statement with her students. Show Notes Free Live Training &…
Linked From Theatrefolk at 08:00AMOn the Bard's 450th birthday, find out how Shakespeare became Shakespeare. A new play based on the film Shakespeare in Love, adapted by Lee Hall, has its world premiere in the West End in Ju…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:56AMOn Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Dominic Cavendish reveals 10 little-known facts about two of the Bard's most famous plays
Linked From The Telegraph at 07:55AMA little late here, but Happy Easter everybody! Easter time is a very exciting time to the Broadway community. Each year around this time, the theatre community comes together for an inc…
Linked From BroadwayAudience.com at 07:40AMA game, entertaining, but clunky version of a Dickens classic, with songs, dance and a cast of thousands. By Joel Benjamin The Royal Shakespeare Company...…
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 07:18AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 23 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:16AMThe upcoming shows include the UK premiere of a Noel Coward work, new shows from the US and some rediscoveries
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:15AMFrom Cleopatra to Richard III, find out which characters they chose
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:15AMConstellation Theatre, which has built its reputation on authentic stagings of classical plays, announced that its three-play 2014-2015 season will consist of two relatively modern plays and…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 07:09AMToday is the anniversary of the release date of the Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle short The Butcher Boy (1917). This unremarkable little short is nowadays somewhat unduly enshrined i…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 07:05AMA V&A Museum competition to find the best Shakespeare cake has led to Much Ado About Muffin
Linked From The Telegraph at 07:04AMBy Aaron Hunt In her autobiography, “The Story of the Trapp Family Singers,” Maria von Trapp wrote of her confusion when the Mother Abbess of Nonnberg Abbey encouraged her to forsake her…
Linked From Newcity Stage at 07:00AMGandini Juggling's witty circus show Smashed opens at the Udderbelly in London tonight. To celebrate, here's a selection of clips showing great jugglers operating at full stretchSome years a…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:55AMThis musicalised adaptation of Oscar Wilde novel is a theatrical stinker, says Dominic Cavendish
Linked From The Telegraph at 06:55AMNeil Patrick Harris brings Broadway pizazz to downtown rock musical
Linked From CurtainUp at 06:43AMJames Graham's latest play examines the issues with online privacy
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:15AMAs the Bard reaches his 450th birthday, more names for the upcoming stage-to-screen adaptation have been unveiled
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Linked From New York Magazine at 06:15AMNeil Patrick Harris spectacularly destroys the shackles of “Dougie Howser, M.D.” and triumphs as East German transgender rock star Hedwig.
Linked From geeksout.org at 06:05AMA TOOTHLESS LION James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter is a brilliant study in castle intrigue laced with deceit and deception, alliances and allegiances, backstabbing and double dealing. The…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:05AMUNBEREAVABLE Bekah Brunstetter’s Be a Good Little Widow is awash with structural issues (ambiguous timeline, disconnected scenes), trite themes and relationships, and a refusal to penetrat…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:05AMEight days before the nominations for the Tony Awards are announced, the Outer Critics Circle have weighed in with contenders for their kudos. Winners will be revealed on May 13 and fe…
Linked From Gold Derby at 06:05AMNominees for the 63rd annual Outer Critics Circle Awards were announced on April 22. (Read full report here.) Winners will be revealed on May 13 and feted at Sardi's on May 22. …
Linked From Gold Derby at 06:05AMAs New York's museums are once again starting to present dance performances, choreographers are finding that they are not easy spaces to adapt to.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 06:04AMToday is the birthday of Lee Tung Foo (1875-1966). Born in California, Lee was a Chinese American singer in vaudeville from the mid 1890s through around 1890. Lee was formally trained, an…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 06:04AMProducer Jeffrey Finn (“Seminar,” “Scandalous,” “Dead Accounts”) will shepherd new play “An Act of God” to Broadway, where the show — ba…
Linked From Variety at 06:03AMYou could forgive John Cameron Mitchell for feeling a sense of ownership of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” the 1998 musical he and Stephen Trask wrote. He also created the title r…
Linked From Variety at 06:03AMSHAKESPEARE: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Director Michael Fentiman, actors Katy Stephens (Petruchio) and Forbes Masson (Katherina) talk to Judi Herman about the RSC's First Encounters version of…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 06:03AMActor-director, who's 'obsessed by Shakespeare,' doing one-night solo show as rehearsals for new musical 'Dog and Pony' begin.
Linked From The San Diego Union-Tribune at 06:02AMNEW YORK - By now, some young musical-theater fans have received an email from Stephen Schwartz asking them to stop illegally downloading sheet music from any of his shows.
Linked From Philly.com at 06:02AMIn “The December Project,” legendary “Kabbalah and LSD”-rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi talks about being old through the voice of Sara Davidson. Click here for the re…
Linked From forward.com at 06:00AMBirmingham Repertory Theatre will be the home of this year’s Be Festival, which celebrates European culture, after the event was forced to relocate from the factory it previously occupied.…
Linked From The Stage at 05:54AMHow do we balance the right to privacy with the demands of security, in a post-Snowden age? An age where we also, quite voluntarily, upload reams of information about ourselves every day? Pr…
Linked From The Independent at 05:54AMDonmar Warehouse, London: For once, you are requested to leave your phone on at the theatre. It will become an integral part of the first act of Privacy, James Graham's interactive new …
Linked From The Stage at 05:53AMCrazy Coqs, London: While singer/songwriter Amanda McBroom is no stranger to London audiences, this is the first time that she has performed in the capital with husband, the singer George Ba…
Linked From The Stage at 05:53AMRoyal and Derngate, Northampton: James Dacre's inaugural season as artistic director at the Royal and Derngate continues with Tamsin Oglesby's new version of George Feydeau's …
Linked From The Stage at 05:53AMPalace Theatre, Watford: A smart two-hander, An Intervention begins with a drink-fuelled confrontation between A, a young woman who has just been on an anti-war protest, and her best friend,…
Linked From The Stage at 05:53AMThe Broadway premiere of the John Cameron Mitchell-Stephen Trask rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, starring Emmy Award winner Neil Patrick Harris, opened on Broadway April 22 foll…
Linked From Playbill at 05:16AMAdapted by Linnie Reedman and with music by Joe Evans, Oscar Wilde’s only novel – the more scandalous original version serialised in 1890, which Wilde himself later expurgated – finds …
Linked From The Arts Desk at 05:11AMI hardly knew anything about Shakespeare as a schoolboy and it was only when attending my first acting classes, when we sallow and uncouth students were required to do a speech each week to …
Linked From The Arts Desk at 05:11AM...The weaver in A Midsummer Night's Dream from the constable in Measure for Measure, that is. Test your Shakespeare knowledge
Linked From The Telegraph at 05:00AMThis St George's Day marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. To mark the occasion, take a look behind the scenes at the Royal Shakespeare Company's rehearsals for He…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:53AMCould Richard III handle Hamlet in a punch-up? Is Benedick more fanciable than Beatrice? Is Falstaff craftier than Cleopatra? Celebrate Shakespeare's 450th birthday by pitting his characters…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:53AMWe asked readers to record themselves reading their most treasured lines from Shakespeare's plays. Here are our favourite responses what other quotes would you add?To mark the 450th anniver…
Linked From The Guardian at 04:53AM“Nobody told me it was going to be this noisy going deaf.”
Linked From The Idiolect at 04:23AMWhy’s Wondy suddenly an enemy of the people? Because Amazons Attack!
Linked From The Idiolect at 04:23AMThe Parricide traverses the life of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and exposes the torment of a writer forced to choose between passion and love. …
Linked From Theatre People Australia at 04:15AMOn the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth, Michael Billington has picked the best Hamlets he's seen in each decade of his theatregoing life. To help you choose your own favourite Princ…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:51AMTo mark the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth we're choosing our favourite versions of his plays. Here's a handful of the finest Hamlets 45 Hamlets for Shakespeare's 450th birthday i…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:51AMThe Tony Awards and the Broadway cognoscenti want to give Neil Patrick Harris a Tony Award so badly you actually hear it Categories: Celebrity Theater(Read more...)
Linked From ShowBiz 411 at 02:27AMOrganised Chaos present the latest play to come from their annual script call.
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:13AMInternationally renowned, Cyrille's vocal stylings are synonymous with musical genius. Her culturally rich background has supplied her with the driving force of Dominican rhythm and the incr…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMIn celebration of William Shakespeare's 450th birthday today, April 23, 2014, the Broadway League has announced a series of joint activities with World Book Night U.S, a non-profit campaign …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMThe company of the first North American tour of Wicked will welcome Emma Hunton as Elphaba today, April 23 in Richmond, VA.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMThe worldwide celebration of Shakespeare's 450th Birthday comes to New York at 54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, in a concert of the award-winning Like You Like It, the musical based on the …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMThe Broadway Green Alliance BGA is sponsoring a textile drive for the theater industry and fans today, April 23rd from 1100am - 200pm in Duffy Square at 46th Street and Broadway. The collect…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMThe new Broadway play Mothers and Sons from 4-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, now playing at the Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street, will hold a special talkback tonight, April 23r…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMLessons Learned by Bebe Neuwirth will be featured on the next THE ARTS PROJECT WITH MADDIE ORTON, airing tonight, 423 at 8pm.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMStrindberg's African Dance of Deathby Chad DembskiYaël Farber is a multiple award-winning director and playwright of international acclaim. Her productions have toured the world extensively…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 01:02AM“Paul Robeson,” which starred James Earl Jones and opened on Broadway in 1978, was considered by black intellectuals to be insufficiently complex and eventually derailed the writer’s c…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 01:01AMLindsay, Maxamoo’s founder, and Nicole, from Mildly Bitter’s Musings, chat about the latest goings on in New York City theater, what was great, what was awful, and what we reco…
Linked From Maxamoo at 01:00AMTexas BBQ Date at Iron Works with Aaron & Sanya Richards-Ross When it comes to the best barbeque in Austin, Texas, who better to tag along with than UT alums Aaron Ross and Sanya Richa…
Linked From Young Hollywood at 01:00AMPatrick Page and John Cullum star in this production from Manhattan Theatre Club.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24AMThe new comedy will take on the Great White Way.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24AMShakespeare's greatest drama, King Lear, takes some of the most prestigious stages in New York, with more than five productions scheduled for 2014.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24AMJohn Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's rock musical is directed by Michael Mayer.
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:24AMBroadway superstar and recognizable crossover entertainment personality Idina Menzel joins with director Michael Greif and bookwriterlyricist Brian Yorkey for a discussion of her new origina…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMCASA VALENTINA, the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein, directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello, began performances on April 1 at Manhattan Theatre Club's S…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMRecognizable small screen star Matt Bomer shares his enthusiasm and passion for the new stage-to-screen iteration of Larry Kramer's acclaimed drama THE NORMAL HEART as part of a new intervie…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMA first look at the talented cast of the new arena tour production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR was presented last week and a first look at Destiny's Child me…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMProducer Jeffrey Finn Seminar, The Realistic Joneses announced today An Act of God, the stage adaptation of The Last Testament A Memoir By God, is headed to Broadway. The new Broadway comedy…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:12AMThe original Broadway cast recording for new musical IFTHEN, starring Tony Award winner Idina Menzel, is now available for pre-order.
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Linked From New York Magazine at 12:12AMPlaybill.com's feature series Their Favorite Things asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience. …
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMTwo-time Tony Award winner Judith Light and Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber announce the 2014 Drama League Awards nominations April 23 at 11 AM at Sardi's.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe concert version of the award-winning musical Like You Like It, based on As You Like It and set at a mall in the 1980s, is held April 23 at 54 Below in celebration of William Shakespeare&…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMAward-winning composers Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty participate in the Drama League's Up Close series April 23 at 7 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe New York premiere of The Few, by award-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter, begins performances at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater April 23 prior to an official opening May 8.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe New York premiere of Tough Titty, by the late, award-winning playwright Oni Faida Lampley, is presented April 23-May 11 at the Paradise Factory in the East Village.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMIrish Repertory Theatre concludes its 2013-14 season with a revival of Gardner McKay's Sea Marks, with performances beginning April 23.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe company of the first North American tour of the hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked welcomes Emma Hunton as Elphaba beginning April 23 in Richmond, VA, at the Altria Theat…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMCasa Valentina, a new play by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein about an upstate colony where heterosexual men dress as women, officially opens on Broadway April 23 at M…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe Soho Rep world premiere of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon begins performances April 23 prior to an official opening May 4.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMThe gangsters in Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate implore the audience to "Brush up your Shakespeare." In honor of William Shakespeare's 450th birthday, Playbill will help reade…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMWhere the principals of the Broadway play Casa Valentina pursued their college studies.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMAn Act of God, a stage adaptation of the satirical publication "The Last Testament: A Memoir By God," will bow on Broadway in 2015, producer Jeffrey Finn announced April 23.
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMTwo-time Tony Award nominee Robin De Jesus, Teal Wicks and Natalie Weiss are among the performers set for Putting the Pieces Together: Volume 2, a benefit concert for autism awareness, April…
Linked From Playbill at 12:11AMGod is making His official Broadway debut, and it’s not in Mormon! A stage adaptation of The Last Testament: A Memoir By God by The Daily Show head writer and executive producer D…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06AMHey, fellas! Pack up your dresses and eyeshadow, because Harvey Fierstein’s Casa Valentina celebrates its Broadway opening on April 23 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The Manhattan …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:06AMWe don't often put up "process" videos for productions as our Video of the Week but this one, for Company Theatre's Belleville, is so quirky and endearing we had to share.(Read our review of…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:02AMMeryl Streep was honored with the 14th-Annual Monte Cristo Award at Edison Ballroom last night, presented by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. …
Linked From Theater Pizzazz at 12:01AMThe new play by Emmy-winning former "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" writer David Javerbaum is based on his critically acclaimed book, "The Last Testament: A Memoir by God."read more
Linked From The Hollywood Reporter at 12:01AM"Look at dancers like Fred Astaire and Bob Fosse. Anybody should be able to have that kind of stature if you’re really masterful at what you do. I want to reintroduce that – bein…
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