Sunday, April 20, 2025

David Oyelowo: ‘My wife and I made the decision early on never to be apart for longer than two weeks’’ by Hayley Myers

The actor, 49, talks about his royal heritage, earliest memory, hard times in a hostel, four gifted kids and what happened when he met Sidney Poitier David, you are going to walk among kings…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32PM
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

10 Things You Need to Know About Bobby Darin Ahead of Broadway’s Just in Time by Mara Reinstein

“Splish Splash.” “Mack the Knife.” “Dream Lover.” No doubt Bobby Darin’s songs have been part of our cultural fabric for almost 70 years. But beyond the hits, Darin was a chari…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:48PM
Monday, April 14, 2025

Good Night, And Good Luck by Elyse Trevers

If producers ever had any doubt of a celebrity’s effect on the box office, they need only look at this current theater season to see ticket prices. Popular movie star George Clooney is pac…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 06:49PM
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Two-Time Tony Winner Bryan Cranston to Star in All My Sons in London, Directed by Ivo van Hove by Darryn King

Two-time Tony winner, six-time Emmy winner and Olivier winner Bryan Cranston will reunite with director Ivo van Hove in a production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons in London’s West End i…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM
Thursday, April 3, 2025

Justina Machado and Tatianna Córdoba on Their Vibrant Mother-Daughter Bond in the New Broadway Musical Real Women Have Curves by Kathy Henderson

Tatianna Córdoba and Justina Machado (Photo by Emilio Madrid for Broadway.com) There’s plenty of drama in the new musical Real Women Have Curves, which centers on Latina seamstresses in…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:36PM
Thursday, March 27, 2025

PIRATES! THE PENZANCE MUSICAL Theatre Talk by Roundabout Theatre Company

Ramin Karimloo, Jinkx Monsoon, and David Hyde Pierce lead the crew in Pirates! The Penzance Musical, this must-see Roundabout reimagining of The Pirates of Penzance. Scott Ellis (Doubt; Kiss…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:12PM
Friday, March 21, 2025

Jersey ‘hitmen’: Allegra, Buisson helm first local production of ‘Jersey Boys’ by Alan Smason

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out”) Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carré has removed any doubt about whether it could creatively pull off  the first local production o…

SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 09:46AM
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Broadway Grosses Bounce With Big Names, Big Ticket Prices: Clooney, Kieran, Denzel, Gyllenhaal And Others Bring Box Office Flowers For Spring by Greg Evans

No doubt about: The big guns of Broadway’s spring season are arriving fast and furious, and boosting box office figures from receipts to ticket prices. Another newcomer – Good Night, And…

SOURCE: Deadline at 02:53PM
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Fans shocked by 1990s pop-punk diva’s MAGA ‘makeover’ by Tribune News Service

She’s just a girl who liked something she saw on arch-conservative Tucker Carlson’s streaming show. Gwen Stefani, onetime frontwoman of the pop-punk band No Doubt, is taking fire from fa…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:48PM
Monday, March 10, 2025

As Ashland’s theater season kicks in, an actor does double duty without a doubt by Jim Flint

As Ashland’s theater season kicks in, an actor does double duty without a doubt Jim FlintDaniel Molina, who will be in "Shane" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this summer, gets an early…

SOURCE: Oregon ArtsWatch at 09:00AM
Sunday, March 9, 2025

Best of the Week: Renthead Heaven, BOOP! Bursts Through, George Clooney Goes Live by Paul Wontorek

There’s no doubt we’re at the starting line of an exciting spring season, with 18 plays and musicals set to open before the April 27 Tony Awards eligibility cutoff. With five of those sh…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

A View from the Bridge review – thrilling update pulls no punches by Mark Fisher

Tron theatre, GlasgowJemima Levick’s superb production sets Arthur Miller’s tale of family, immigration, poverty and passion in the modern-day Brooklyn docks Is it an innocent domestic m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Signature in the Schools Presents FAILURELAND by Signature Theatre

FAILURELAND by Dani Stoller March 3 & 10 For tickets visit https://www.sigtheatre.org Right as she is about to submit her college applications, Tori falters and questions her ability and wo…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:42PM
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Audience questions with Jessie Shelton by Hadestown

There's no doubt about what moment in Hadestown is Jessie Shelton's favorite! Listen as she answers this and other fan submitted questions.

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:00PM

The Engagement Party review – a disappointing love letter to Oldham by Matt Barton

Oldham Coliseum at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Oldhamafshan d’souza-lodhi’s play, commissioned to celebrate the saved-from-closure Coliseum, fails to rise to the occasion Seven months afte…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

ON HAL HOLBROOK’S 100TH BIRTHDAY by Ron Fassler

Hal Holbrook on the left and his alter ego, Mark Twain, on the right.February 18, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Yesterday marked 100 years since the birth of Harold Row…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:18PM

Hadestown Welcomes Grammy Award Nominee Merle Dandridge and Tony Award Nominee Daniel Breaker Tonight by Broadway.com

Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker and Grammy Award nominee Merle Dandridge join the cast of Hadestown at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre on February 18. Known for originating roles on …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32AM
Monday, February 17, 2025

Review: Gypsy by JK

Review of the Saturday, February 8, 2025 matinee at the Majestic Theatre in New York City. Starring Audra McDonald, Danny Burstein, Joy Woods, Jordan Tyson, Kevin Csolak, Lesli Margherita, L…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AM
Friday, February 14, 2025

Doubt review – Maxine Peake leads a crusade against a priest by David Jays

Ustinov, BathIn an emphatic production that prowls around the mess of human motive, Peake’s Sister Aloysius doggedly pursues a suspicion of abuse John Patrick Shanley’s play first appear…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AM
Thursday, February 6, 2025

Rainn Wilson on the Silly Truth-Telling Going on in Urinetown at City Center Encores! by Hayley Levitt

Rainn Wilson is an amateur sociologist of geek culture, and he has a working theory: “The theater geek is the king of the geek food chain.” He would know, as someone who’s identified …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PM
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Theater Review: “Ain’t No Mo’” — Racism as a Surreal Farce by David Greenham

Few could doubt this satire's relevance, given the alarming results of November’s election: a convicted felon, whose minions lean into racist and sexist tropes, is back in the White House.

SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:06AM
Friday, January 24, 2025

Friday 5: 5 Favorite Classic Musicals of the 1960s by JK

  5 Favorite Classic Musicals of the 1960s  Last month, one of our Friday 5 lists was our Favorite Classic Musicals of the 1950s, and now we move into the decade of love and the end of B…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:03AM
Thursday, January 23, 2025

GEORGE S! by Ron Fassler

George S. Kaufman, as photographed by Edward Steichen (1930).January 23, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler It’s a pity that today, for the most part, George S. Kaufman is…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:04AM
Saturday, January 18, 2025

THE ART OF CARY GRANT by Ron Fassler

Cary Grant, actor ((1904–1986).Born 121 years ago today, Cary Grant is far from a forgotten figure. His excellent work as an actor could easily have faded from popular culture like many fi…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:14AM
Friday, January 10, 2025

Friday 5: 5 Broadway Returns by JK

As Norma Desmond says, "It's a return." So far in 2025, here are five Broadway folk who are not making a comeback that we can't wait to see again! Friday 5: 5 2025 Broadway Returns Nich…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 03:36PM
Tuesday, January 7, 2025

SIGNATURE AUDITOR RAISES ‘SUBSTANTIAL DOUBT’ ABOUT NONPROFIT’S SURVIVAL by Philip Boroff

EXCLUSIVE: Signature Theatre Co. — which raised the bar off-Broadway by devoting entire seasons to the work of major dramatists while offering $25 tickets across the board — is strugglin…

SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 04:36PM
Saturday, January 4, 2025

“OOH, OOH, WILDCAT!” by Ron Fassler

Keith Andes and Lucille Ball in a playful moment in “Wildcat” (1960). Photo by Friedman-Abeles.January 4, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler When an actor is involved in …

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 01:39PM
Thursday, January 2, 2025

‘The ungraspable phantom of life’: why puppetry is perfect for plumbing the deep mysteries of Moby-Dick by Sanjoy Roy

Yngvild Aspeli, whose staging of the Melville novel forms the centrepiece of this year’s MimeLondon festival, explains the eerie magic of her craft It is unnerving to be taken backstage af…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

The Broadway Shows of 2024 by BroadwayWorld

Measure a year in Broadway shows. Take a look back on the Broadway shows of 2024, including: Prayer for the French Republic, Days of Wine and Roses, Doubt, The Notebook, An Enemy of the Peop…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:42PM
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Full casting announced for DOUBT a parable as Maxine Peake is joined by Ben Daniels at Theatre Royal Bath by Staff Writer

Theatre Royal Bath Productions confirms full casting for John Patrick Shanley’s award-winning drama DOUBT a parable at Theatre Royal Bath’s Ustinov Studio

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:26AM
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Once is Not Enough In ‘Once’ At The Maltz Jupiter Theatre by Bill Hirschman

People come into our lives for a reason, a season, or a lifetime. Just ask the characters in Once – A Musical who would no doubt agree. At the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Once tells the story o…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:12PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Nov 17, 2024: Elf - Marquis Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre