Thursday, August 21, 2025

Complete Cast Set for Broadway-Bound Prince Musical Purple Rain by Broadway.com

Casting is complete for the world premiere of Purple Rain, the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of Prince’s 1984 musical film. With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Branden Ja…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

Broadway-Aimed Prince Purple Rain Musical Finds Its Full Company by Logan Culwell-Block

See who's joining previously announced stars Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb in the stage version of the 1984 film.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06PM

A History of The Muppets on Stage: From The Hollywood Bowl to Broadway

On Wednesday, BroadwayWorld reported that the beloved Muppets would be joining magician Rob Lake for a new magic show opening at the Broadhurst Theatre this fall. The production will mark th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:54AM
Wednesday, August 13, 2025

MURDER IS HARD: THE THRILLER ON BROADWAY by Ron Fassler

John Wood, Marian Seldes and Victor Garber in “Deathtrap” (1978).August 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. On this date forty-four years ago, Ira Levin’s Deathtrap…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:57AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Purple Rain Musical Casts The Kid and Apollonia for Pre-Broadway Premiere by Broadway.com

The world premiere of Purple Rain, the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of Prince’s 1984 musical film, has found its stars. Kris Kollins will star as The Kid, and Rachel Webb will play Ap…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:48PM

Pre-Broadway ‘Purple Rain’ Finds Its Prince by Greg Evans

This fall’s world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter named Kris Kollins in the main role of The Kid, made famous in the…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:00PM
Monday, August 4, 2025

Video: John Riddle Sings 'Finishing the Hat' from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE at Glimmerglass

Now playing at the Glimmerglass Festival is Sunday In The Park With George, led by Broadway veteran John Riddle. The cast also includes Marina Pires as Dot/Marie, John Riddle as George, Lure…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:54AM
Friday, August 1, 2025

CSC Adds Second Benefit Performance of THE RINK Starring Beth Leavel and Jessie Mueller

Classic Stage Company has added a second benefit concert performance of The Rink, featuring a book by Terrence McNally, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb. In addition to the previ…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12PM
Thursday, July 31, 2025

Odds & Ends: Kelli O'Hara Joins Tom Hanks Off-Broadway, Beth Leavel and Jessie Mueller Pair Up for Benefit Concert of The Rink and More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed. Kelli O'Hara and More Join Tom Hanks in This World of Tomorrow Casting is complete for the off-Broadway world premiere of This Worl…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Beth Leavel And Jessie Mueller To Lead THE RINK Benefit Concert for Classic Stage Company

Tony Award winners Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone, The Prom) and Jessie Mueller (Beautiful, Waitress) will star in Classic Stage Company's one-night-only benefit concert performance of TH…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:06AM
Saturday, July 26, 2025

“Vampire Lesbians of Sodom”- 40th Anniversary – Hysterical by Alix Cohen

The 2000 year-old rivalry of two fatally seductive, bloodsucking actresses in a cult classic by the inimitable Charles Busch By Alix Cohen Onto the 54 Below stage file very old friends, but …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:33AM
Thursday, July 3, 2025

1984

The post 1984 appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:10AM
Friday, June 27, 2025

Hot Show Alert: Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit & Nicholas Christopher to Star in Epic Chess Revival—Tickets On Sale! by Paul Wontorek

This fall, Broadway audiences will get to see theater history made when Chess returns to the Imperial Theatre, 37 years after its original debut there in 1988. Set during the Cold War, the s…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM
Wednesday, June 25, 2025

1984 returns to Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre this July

The post 1984 returns to Melbourne’s Comedy Theatre this July appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:26AM
Monday, June 23, 2025

Marilyn Monroe Would Now Be 99 by Joshua Ellis

June 1, 2025 would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 99th birthday. I find that remarkable. I never met Marilyn Monroe, but I publicized the 1984 New York City revival of Arthur Miller’s After…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

The Life of Avon Long by Trav S.D.

A tip of the hat today to singer, dancer, actor, and all-around performer Avon Long (1910-1984). A Baltimore native, Long got his start in Harlem in the late 1920s, at such venues as the Laf…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:48PM
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Edinburgh Fringe Preview: 1984 at Pleasance Courtyard (Above) by Staff Writer

Box Tale Soup returns to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe with the world premiere of 1984, a bold new adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian classic. Running from 30 July to 25 August (exclu…

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 12:06PM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Purpose’s Kara Young Makes Tony Awards History with Back-to-Back Wins by Beth Stevens

Kara Young has made Broadway history with her second consecutive Tony Award win. She earned Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Purpose, becoming the first Black performer…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:54PM
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Aaron Tveit, Lea Michele and Nicholas Christopher to Lead a Broadway Revival of Chess by Hayley Levitt

Chess, the ABBA-scored musical set set around a Cold War-era chess tournament, will return to Broadway in a revival directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer and choreographed by Lorin Lat…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:48AM

Edith Massey: Back to the Egg by Trav S.D.

May 28 was the birthday of Edith Massey (1918-1984) the dentally challenged oddball at the heart of most of John Waters’ early movies, best known for her egg-sucking scene in Pink Flamingo…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:48AM
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful’ at Everyman Theatre by Lynne Menefee

The term “penny dreadful” describes cheap publications, popular in Victorian England, that were often sold for a penny and featured lurid stories about crime, adventure, or the supernatu…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:39PM
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Theatre Review: ‘Footloose’ at NextStop Theatre Company by Danielle Comer

Everybody’s cutting “Footloose” at NextStop Theatre Company’s production of the 1998 musical based on the beloved 1984 film of the same name. With music by Tom Snow, lyrics by Dean P…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:12PM
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Inside the Swept Away Reunion Concert at the Bowery by Playbill

A pair of sold-out reunion concerts of Broadway's Avett Brothers musical, Swept Away, was held April 28 at Bowery Ballroom. The concerts featured the full original Broadway cast, led by Tony…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:06PM

Video: Kevin Bacon Revives Iconic 'Footloose' Performance at Stagecoach

On Sunday, the Footloose star took the Stagecoach Festival stage to perform Kenny Loggins' title number from the 1984 musical classic, alongside his brother Michael Bacon. Watch a clip of th…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AM
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Shake & Stir Theatre Co announces cast for epic nationwide tour for Orwell’s 1984

The post Shake & Stir Theatre Co announces cast for epic nationwide tour for Orwell’s 1984 appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:39AM

Renee Goddard obituary by Julia Pascal

Actor and script editor who oversaw programmes at ATV and introduced foreign drama to Channel 4 Renee Goddard, who has died aged 102, came to Britain from Germany in 1934, with little educat…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:06AM
Friday, April 18, 2025

Friday 5: Two Ladies: Shows With 2 Female Leads by JK

"Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee, I like it, Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee, We like it, Bee-dle-dee dee dee dee, This two for one!" So sings the giddy Emcee in Cabaret. We all know what that song su…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:42PM
Monday, April 14, 2025

Torvill & Dean: Our Last Dance review – Olympic champs’ classy glide down memory lane by David Jays

OVO Arena, Wembley, LondonThis highlight reel of totemic routines interspersed with some dazzling cast numbers showcases the couple’s former greatness and timeless elegance A painfully mir…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

John Pizzarelli Trio - "Tea for Two" | Live at The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

Guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli has been hailed by the Boston Globe for “reinvigorating the Great American Songbook and re-popularizing jazz.” He’s expanded his repertoire by incl…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:24PM
Sunday, April 6, 2025

Glengarry Glen Ross by Carey Purcell

Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk I lost track of the number of times I thought, “It was a different time,” while watching G…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 02:24PM
Saturday, April 5, 2025

Glengarry Glen Ross ***, Deep Blue Sound **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward April 5, 2025. Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet’s savagely funny takedown of cutthroat Chicago real-estate salesmen, has been a magnet for male actors to prove their thea…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:41PM

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