Sunday, October 19, 2025

André De Shields Is Tartuffe **** by Barry Gordin

By David Sheward October 19, 2025: For an intimate and raucous evening with a slightly modern twist, you can’t do much better than the current revival of Tartuffe, Moliere’s classic com…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 07:59PM
Thursday, October 16, 2025

"Starry Starry Show" - PARODY - The high price of (the show) "Art" on Broadway by Fred Landau

With the affordability crisis being such a part of life (and the mayor race) in New York City, and meanwhile a three-actor Broadway play like "Art" having grossed $1.7-million last week, it …

SOURCE: Music and Comedy at 02:40PM

Complete Cast Set for A CHRISTMAS CAROL at PAC NYC

Perelman Performing Arts Center has revealed the complete cast for the New York return of Matthew Warchus’ production of Charles Dickens’ immortal classic, adapted for the stage by Jac…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:02PM
Monday, October 13, 2025

“PUNCH” PACKS A WALLOP by Ron Fassler

Sam Robards, Victoria Clarke, Camila Canó-Flaviá, and Will Harrison in “Punch” (photo by Matthew Murphy).October 13, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler If you’ve nev…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:44AM
Thursday, October 9, 2025

I had a cameo in the Inside No 9 stage show. It was a living nightmare | Adrian Chiles by Adrian Chiles

Immersing myself in the programme’s seriously dark comedy loosened my grip on reality – and then a ventriloquist asked me for a selfie I was on stage, alone, at a packed Alexandra theatr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AM
Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Broadway Performers Pledge Support For Actors’ Equity As Possibility Of Strike Looms by Greg Evans

More than 1,000 actors have signed a letter expressing solidarity with Actors’ Equity in its ongoing negotiations with the Broadway League as the union demands significant increases in hea…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:04PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Call Patricia Lockwood’s latest a memoir, a novel or anything you want by Tribune News Service

Patricia Lockwood’s life and art are so closely linked that it’s appropriate for a cat meowing in the background during a phone interview from her Savannah, Georgia, home to make it into…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM
Thursday, September 11, 2025

LONDON REPORT: “THE PRODUCERS” IS BACK — JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT! by Ron Fassler

LONDON REPORT: “THE PRODUCERS” IS BACK — JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT! Andy Nyman and Marc Antolin as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom in “The Producers” (2025).September 11, 2025: Thea…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 03:14PM
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Stage Direction: The Legendary Hal Prince

Charles Kirsch is the 17-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, where he has conducted over 250 in-depth interviews with some of Broadway’s best. In “Stage Direction,” …

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AM
Friday, August 22, 2025

“Twelfth Night or, What You Will” Highlights Our Humanity—at The Public by Andrea Libresco

Shakespeare in the Park Returns, Joyfully & Inclusively, to New York by Andrea Libresco As the performance begins, multiple helicopters fly over the Delacorte Theater. While not a part o…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:08AM
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

I went to immersive GREASE! | full vlog / review of Secret Cinema Grease in London by MickeyJoTheatre

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join • OHMYGOD HEY! Last weekend I headed to Battersea Park in London to ex…

SOURCE: YouTube at 04:09PM
Monday, August 11, 2025

Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminar: The Comedy of Errors by The Old Globe

Director James Vásquez join The Old Globe's Becks Redman to discuss The Comedy of Errors. Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunity to closely conne…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:51PM
Friday, August 8, 2025

Champagne Problems with The Great Gatsby's Samantha Pauly, Episode 4: Getting Ready by Broadway.com

The Great Gatsby's Jordan Baker dwells among the new money of West Egg, a world of blinding parties and dark secrets. But it's all "Champagne Problems" for Samantha Pauly, who's popping som…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PM

Champagne Problems: Backstage at THE GREAT GATSBY with Samantha Pauly, Episode 4 by Broadway.com

In episode four, of Champagne Problems, Samantha Pauly sits down at her dressing-room mirror to take you through her entire process of getting show ready ("Cat eye is not really appropriate …

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:42PM
Thursday, August 7, 2025

Double the fun in this 1990s-themed "Comedy of Errors!" by The Old Globe

Merriment and mayhem come to life in the Bard’s hilarious and fun-filled play, The Comedy of Errors, running July 27 through Aug. 24, 2025. Find tickets at https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:34PM
Tuesday, August 5, 2025

She’s Behind You review – Christmas comes early to Edinburgh with panto songs, sweets and subversive spirit by Mark Fisher

Traverse theatre, EdinburghPanto dame Dorothy Blawna-Gale is sharp-tongued and lovable but the hilarity is underpinned by creator Johnny McKnight’s personal story She stands before us in a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:02AM
Thursday, July 31, 2025

‘Carousel’ is final jewel set in Summer Lyric Theatre’s sparkling season by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) It is perhaps most appropriate that for the third jewel in Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane’s studded crown is Carousel, the Rod…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 02:06PM
Wednesday, July 30, 2025

How About Holmes Herbert? by Trav S.D.

July 30 was the birthday of stage and screen actor Holmes Herbert (Horace Edward Jenner, 1882-1956), sometimes billed as Holmes E. Herbert, H.E. Herbert, H.J. Herbert, anything one hopes, ex…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:32AM
Friday, July 11, 2025

Arts Advocates Head to Capitol Hill to Push for Increased NEA and NEH Funding

In partnership with Americans for the Arts and its advocacy affiliate Arts Action Fund, arts industry leaders from across the nation are gathering on Capitol Hill this month to bring a messa…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PM
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Seriously, Jester Hairston by Trav S.D.

Jester Hairston (1901-2000) had two strong careers in two entirely different but overlapping cultural disciplines. Arguably his contributions to music were of greater significance, but we’…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:24AM
Friday, July 4, 2025

FOR LOVE OF LIBERTY (AND “1776”) by Ron Fassler

The 1969 marquee for “1776” in its original production at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers).July 4, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. This is a re-worki…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 02:33PM
Sunday, June 29, 2025

THE MOST HAPPY LOESSER by Ron Fassler

Frank Loesser (1910–1969).June 29, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler One hundred fifteen years ago today, composer-lyricist Frank Loesser was born on the Upper West Side o…

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Thursday, June 12, 2025

My Variety Review: Jean Smart in Broadway's 'Call Me Izzy' by Frank Rizzo

Sometimes the only refuge from the brutalities of a life pre-destined for loneliness, poverty and violence is a poetic voice. In playwright Jamie Wax’s one-hander “Call Me Izzy,” Jean …

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 11:14PM

Ella Beatty Is Taking In Every Moment In SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES

Ella Beatty has had an incredible year in New York theatre. After joining the Tony-winning Appropriate as River when the show transferred theaters, she next joined Jack O’Brien’s much bu…

SOURCE: Theatrely at 02:28PM

The Diary of Anne Frank by Trav S.D.

June 12 was the birthday of Anne Frank (1929-1945). Confronted with the bewildering descent of America into a place where schoolgirls need to hide out in attics and where Jews are being viol…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:36PM
Monday, June 9, 2025

Cole Escola, Nicole Scherzinger, Darren Criss and More Win Big at the 78th Tony Awards! Read Full List of Winners by Broadway.com

The 78th Tony Awards, hosted by Cynthia Erivo at Radio City Music Hall, are a wrap, and Broadway.com is here to give you the full rundown of Broadway's biggest night. Maybe Happy Ending w…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32AM
Sunday, June 8, 2025

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose Wins 2025 Tony Award for Best Play by Alexandra Pierson

Purpose has taken home the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play. The Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and directed by Phylicia Rashad marks Jacobs-Jenkins’ second Tony wi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:32PM

Purpose Wins Best Play at the 2025 Tony Awards by Diep Tran

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins won a Tony back-to-back with his 2024 win for Appropriate.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25PM
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Tonys: Sarah Paulson on the Truth-Teller Behind the Pulitzer-Winning Play ‘Purpose’ by Scott Feinberg

Paulson, who won a Tony Award in 2024 for her performance in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' earlier play, 'Appropriate,' writes: "There are few things of which I am certain in this life. We don’t…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:27AM
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Pulitzer-Winning Purpose Extends Eight Weeks on Broadway by Hayley Levitt

Purpose, the epic family drama by Tony Award-winning Appropriate playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, adds eight weeks to its limited Broadway engagement at the Hayes Theater. Performances …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:24PM
Monday, May 26, 2025

Review: New Adam Guettel Musical "Millions" Premieres in Atlanta by Frank Rizzo

Carla R. Stewart and Keenan Barrett. All production photos are by Greg Mooney The show: “Millions,” a new musical receiv…

SOURCE: ShowRiz at 04:36PM

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