Rare is it now for us to add new posts to our section on the different forms of variety arts, for there can only be a finite and not very large number. But we recently learned about another …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:33PMSoho theatre, LondonA different Mrs Perón gets the mega-musical treatment in Sh!t Theatre’s hilarious, sinister comedy about the ethics of populism and the heartbreak of loss
As in: Evita…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:33PMCharles Kellogg (1868-1949) was a star of the B.F. Keith vaudeville circuit for decades by virtue of his ability to imitate bird calls, not just by whistling (as was common in his day) but b…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:33PMOctober 2 is the birthday of Bud Abbott, our favorite member of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. As we have written here a few times, we are fans of the radio and television work of t…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:33PMWill F. Denny (ca. 1860-1908) started out performing on the vaudeville stages of his native Boston, firmly in B.F. Keith territory. He specialized in comic songs and parodies sung in a high …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:33PMOlivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, Paige is toasting to 60 years of 007 by playin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:25PMShakespeare's romantic comedy gets an enjoyable 20th-anniversary production.
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Based on interviews by Jonathan Freedland with 12 British Jews, this verbatim play directed by Vicky Featherstone disturbs and frustrates
This brave and necessary show was conceived, accordi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMBridge; Old Vic, LondonSimon Russell Beale is doubly commanding as Ibsen’s charismatic banker in a problem-raising revival, while a new anti-vax satire needs more than a shot of Helen Hunt…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMBirmingham Hippodrome, and touringRambert’s dancers bring style, but can’t provide substance, to this somewhat inert adaptation of the hit TV crime series
I watched every second of all s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMLyric Hammersmith, LondonGary Owen’s magnificent one-woman monologue brings Greek tragedy to Cardiff and reveals the terrible emotional costs of our societal shortfalls
This monologue was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMAbbey theatre, DublinO’Brien’s new play, imagining James Joyce through the eyes of the women in his life, is the hot ticket at the Dublin theatre festival
Joyce’s Women, the opening pr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMCrucible, SheffieldTom Basden’s new adaptation of the Italian classic brings in dodgy selfies, WhatsApp groups and the lord chief justice in a furious but funny broadside against police ma…
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The very limited six-day run of Burn, Alan Cumming’s solo performance piece at The Joyce Theater, ends this weekend but there is so much joy in it that I can't resist celebrating it.
Cu…
SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 12:55AMDavid Rossmer and Steve Rosen's Broadway-aimed musical plays the 5th Avenue Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMThe Tony-nominated musical completes over five years running at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMEric Ting and Dawn Monique Williams co-directed Lear at Cal Shakes.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMGreig Sargeant, Daphne Gaines, Ben Jalosa Williams, and more star in the Off-Broadway production directed by John Collins.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMSusan V. Booth and Tinashe Kajese-Bolden co-direct the Atlanta staging.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMArriving from the West End, the decades-spanning drama stars Caissie Levy, Brandon Uranowitz, David Krumholtz, Seth Numrich, Gina Ferrall, Sara Topham, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMA Little Sondheim Music plays Powell Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMBroadway veterans star in the new musical inspired by the myth of the goddess Marimba.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMThe Manhattan Theatre Club production stars Tony nominee Kara Young, David Zayas, Gregg Mozgala, and Katy Sullivan.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33AMFeaturing performances from Broadway's best shows, the event will air live on WABC and stream on Playbill from Times Square.
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