Friday, July 26, 2024

Video: Patti LuPone Performs 'The Ladies Who Lunch' From COMPANY At Carnegie Hall

In April 2024, Carnegie Hall welcomed Broadway legend and three-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone back for “A Life in Notes”! See video of her performance of “The Ladies Who Lunch”…

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Rob McClure & Company Arrive on Broadway in CHAPLIN! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today we rewind to 2012, when Chaplin was getting ready to premiere on Broadway. The musical, which played for 135 performances at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre,…

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Unentitled To Play at 59E59 Theaters by Sandi Durell

Negro Ensemble Company presents Unentitled By Charles White, Directed by Terrence I Mosley Set in the heady days of late 2008, with the Obama campaign as a backdrop, an upper-middle class Af…

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People You Should Know . . . Lauren O'Brien by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Becky Yee) Lauren O’Brien has performed regionally in To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella), Angels in America (Harper), A Wrinkle in Time (Mrs. Whatsit), and The Odyssey (Athena), am…

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In ‘Swan Song,’ a Ballet Company Faces Racism and Sexism by Alissa Wilkinson

The film follows a National Ballet of Canada production of “Swan Lake” as dancers and others deal with long-simmering issues of racism and sexism.

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Theatre News: ‘Will On The Hill’ presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company by Teniola Ayoola

When the co-chairs of Shakespeare Theatre Company’s (STC) “Will On The Hill” (WOTH), Gail McKinnon and Karishma Shah Page, ask the audience to stand if arts education has made a signif…

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Girl From The North Country in 3 Words by Broadwaysf

GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY is coming to the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco from July 30–August 18, 2024. The 2023–2024 Season includes six spectacular Broadway musicals at the Or…

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Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Lupita Nyong’o, Sandra Oh to Reopen the Delacorte Theater with Twelfth Night in 2025 by Hayley Levitt

The Public Theater has announced initial casting for its Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, set to reopen the Delacorte Theater in August 2025. The show will be dire…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:24PM

MARY POPPINS is Practically Perfect in 2006! by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: This episode of Broadway Rewind is a look at Disney's Mary Poppins and a behind the scenes look at director John Doyle's production of the Stephen Sondheim and …

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Lea Salonga Take Over Fantine in 2007 by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: Today we rewind to 2007, when Lea Salonga joined the company of the first revival of Les Miserables. Salonga, who famously portrayed Eponine in the original pro…

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TWTC’s first-time ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ is a very satisfying ride by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”) It has taken nine years for the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans (TWTC) to tackle one of the biggest and most i…

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Director Sam White talks Romeo and Juliet with Weyni Mengesha | Stratford Festival 2024 by Stratford Festival

Join director Sam White and guest host, Soulpepper Theatre’s Artistic Director Weyni Mengesha, as they talk about White’s love of Shakespeare, her decision to direct the Stratford Festiv…

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Vineyard Theatre Adds Additional Productions by Sandi Durell

Vineyard Theatre Artistic Directors Sarah Stern and Douglas Aibel are pleased to announce two additional productions for the company’s upcoming 42nd season. Vineyard’s 2024-2025 sea…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:57AM

Podcasting Company Lemonada Launches Imprint With Simon & Schuster by Caitlin Huston

Podcasting company Lemonada Media is launching a publishing imprint with Simon & Schuster. Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, is partnering with the podcasting network to…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:00AM

Hasbro Swings to Profit After eOne Divestiture by Caitlin Huston

Hasbro swung to a profit in the second quarter as revenue fell 18 percent due to the divestiture of eOne.  The gaming company reported a profit of $138.5 million, after posting a loss of $2…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 08:51AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

The same kind of sadness by Emily McClanathan

As Steppenwolf Theatre’s world premiere production of Samuel D. Hunter’s Little Bear Ridge Road nears the end of its run, Steep Theatre presents the Chicago premiere of Hunter’s 2022 d…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:05PM

‘Company’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre review: Sondheim for our times by Gemma Wilson

How does this update of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's classic 1970 musical, about a New Yorker facing age 35, feel in 2024?

SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 04:00PM

Ben Levi Ross, Joy Woods, Shaina Taub, and More Join RAGTIME At New York City Center

Today, it was announced more Broadway favorites will be joining the all star company of Ragtime at New York City Center this fall, directed by Encores! Artistic Director Lear deBessonet. Jo…

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Matt Doyle And Max Clayton Featured In New York Pops Underground Cabaret At 54 Below by Andrew Poretz

Tony Award winner Matt Doyle (Company) and Max Clayton (Chicago, The Music Man, Moulin Rouge) will headline the annual New York Pops Underground cabaret performance on Monday, October 7, 202…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:12AM

“Our Class” And “The Merchant Of Venice” To Play At Classic Stage Company by Andrew Poretz

After its sold-out run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in winter 2024, the off-Broadway production Our Class, by Polish playwright Tadeusz Slobodzianek, will transfer to Classic Stage Company�…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:03AM

Justine Clarke returns to STC for encore season of smash-hit, Julia by Aussie Theatre

Sydney Theatre Company and Canberra Theatre Centre’s production of Joanna Murray-Smith’s runaway hit, Julia, will return to Sydney for an

SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 01:21AM
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

In Rehearsal: Carolee Carmello and the cast of The Kennedy Center's Nine Perform "Folies Bergère" by Playbill

Watch Tony nominee Carolee Carmello in rehearsal along side the company of The Kennedy Center's production of Nine.

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Stephen Sondheim’s Gender-Swapped ‘Company’ Arrives at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theatre by Degen Pener

The winner of five Tony Awards (including best revival of a musical), the latest production of Company arrives at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre on July 30, with Britney Coleman starring a…

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 04:43PM

A fresh take on ‘The Vagina Monologues’ by Eric Fitzgerald

Theater Company of Lafayette does justice to Eve Ensler’s ever-popular play The post A fresh take on ‘The Vagina Monologues’ appeared first on OnStage Colorado.

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The Sticking Place by American Theatre Editors

Why and how Shakespeare Theatre Company took a starry, bloody, transatlantic ‘Macbeth’ to the warehouse.

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Monday, July 22, 2024

Club Origami. Sydney Dance Company, Neilson Studio, July 19, 2024 by Deborah

How on earth do you keep a bunch of toddlers and babies quiet for more than half an hour? (Well, as quiet as toddlers and babies can be.) Club Origami seems to have the answer. This origam…

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The Great Facts of THE GREAT SOCIETY- Richard Thomas on Hubert Humphrey by BroadwayWorld

From BroadwayWorld's Archive: It takes a cast of 19 to bring the epic story of LBJ to life eight times a week at the Vivian Beaumont theatre. Led by the great stage and screen actor Brian …

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Theatre Review: ‘Legally Blonde: The Musical’ at City of Fairfax Theatre Company by Alyssa Mutterperl

Elle Woods takes center stage in the City of Fairfax Theatre Company’s summer production. Based on the 2001 novel and movie of the same name, “Legally Blonde: The Musical” follows our …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 05:14PM

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