Thursday, December 4, 2025

Playing Shylock **** by Barry Gordin

By Samuel L. Leiter December 4, 2025: In 1905, Jacob Adler, a giant of Manhattan’s Yiddish theater, spoke these (or similar) words from the stage of Teller’s Broadway Theatre in Brooklyn…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:37PM
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Watch Ariana DeBose in 'The Baker's Wife' Preview at Classic Stage Company by BroadwayWorld

Now in its final three weeks at Classic Stage Company is The Baker’s Wife, featuring a book by Tony Award winner Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof), music & lyrics by Oscar, Grammy, and To…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:48PM
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de los Reyes Magos, 1998 by Tony Marinelli

Iraisa Ann Reilly in her one-woman show “A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de los Reyes Magos, 1998” at Ensemble Studio Theatre (Photo credit: Valerie Terranova) If you venture into …

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:09PM

Tom Stoppard Made Us All Smarter by American Theatre Editors

A frequent collaborator and friend reflects on the entwined life and work of an era-defining English dramatist, whose brilliance masked a secret sorrow.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:37AM

Autobiographical Performance for Teaching English as a Second Language by Ash Marinaccio, Baha Sadr, Chris Ackley, Ana Bess Moyer Bell, Eve Kerrigan, Noga Paulino

By Ash Marinaccio, Baha Sadr, Chris Ackley, Ana Bess Moyer Bell, Eve Kerrigan, Noga Paulino. Ash Marinaccio speaks with the Creative Pathways team at the Genesis Center in Providence, RI, ab…

SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:26AM
Monday, December 1, 2025

‘There was rage and pain and iron in him’: Patrick Marber on the great hits – and fond smokes – he had with Tom Stoppard by Patrick Marber

The director worked with theatre colossus Tom Stoppard on two smash hits. Here, he remembers their heated rehearsals, the night they stayed up watching Jaws – and the last four cigarettes …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM

Video: Tom Felton Stars in Exclusive Clip From Period Comedy FACKHALL HALL

Tom Felton is turning heads as the groom-to-be in a new exclusive clip from Fackham Hall. The Harry Potter alum, currently reprising his role as Draco Malfoy in Broadway's Harry Potter and t…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:00AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025

Tom Stoppard, 1937 – 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

Tom Stoppard, 88, an acclaimed author of some three dozen plays, had an extraordinary body of work, and lived an unusual life: Although he was viewed as one of the greatest English-language …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM

Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke and Others Mourn Tom Stoppard by Jesse Green, Michael Paulson and Laura Collins-Hughes

Nobody advanced or cherished the English language more than Stoppard, Tim Curry noted. Colleagues and fans agreed.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42AM

Sir Tom Stoppard obituary by Michael Coveney

One of Britain’s most outstanding playwrights famed for the ‘hypnotised brilliance’ of his prose and dialogue After the first night of his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Saturday, November 29, 2025

Tom Stoppard, Tony-Wining Playwright, Dies at 88

BroadwayWorld is saddened to report the passing of prolific playwright Tom Stoppard, who dies at his home in Dorset, England. He was 88 years old. The news was shared earlier today by United…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:01PM

Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 by Claire Armitstead

A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter Tom Stoppard: a life in pictures A b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM

Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88 by Bruce Weber

Drawing comparisons A Czech-born English dramatist, he entwined erudition with imagination in stage works that won accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PM
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

"Sixteen Going on Seventeen" in Three Languages 🎵 by Rodgers & Hammerstein

Innocent as a rose in English, French and Spanish! 🌹 #SoundofMusic

SOURCE: YouTube at 10:51AM
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Chess Broadway Review by Jonathan Mandell

“Chess” is not a serious musical.  That’s the key to appreciating this show, which is supposed to be about an American and a Russian grandmaster battling over both the game of chess …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 09:13PM
Friday, November 21, 2025

Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas review – Lloyd Webber and Rice reunite for festive felonies by Mark Lawson

Birmingham RepHumphrey Ker and David Reed’s witty thriller blends Victorian sleuthing, meta gags and new songs by the great musical-theatre duo A serial killer working through the alphabet…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AM
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Real Audience Reactions: The Marriage of Figaro (Nov 14-22) by The Kennedy Center

🎟️ Get tickets now: https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2025-2026/marriage-of-figaro/ Step into the Opera House lobby to hear real reactions from audience members fresh out of The …

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:02PM

What Did the Audience Think? | The Marriage of Figaro (Nov. 14-22) by The Kennedy Center

🎟️ Get tickets now: https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2025-2026/marriage-of-figaro/ Step into the Opera House lobby to hear real reactions from audience members fresh out of The …

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:02PM

Your First Look at Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors at the DCPA! by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

DRACULA, A COMEDY OF TERRORS is a Bram-new comedy you can really sink your teeth into. Filled with clever wordplay and anything-goes pop culture references, it’s a 90-minute, gender-bendin…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:26PM
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Shakespeare By The Numbers: 64 violent deaths, 1,700 new words, 1,800 movie credits by Jonathan Mandell

William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays (10 tragedies, 10 histories, 17 comedies) and 154 Sonnets — 884,647 words in all.He is said to have invented 1,700 words in the English language, includi…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:57PM
Friday, November 14, 2025

Photos: THE BAKER'S WIFE Celebrates Opening Night at Classic Stage Company

Classic Stage Company celebrated the opening night of The Baker’s Wife, featuring a book by Tony Award winner Joseph Stein, music & lyrics by Oscar, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Steph…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PM

The Marriage of Figaro | Nov. 14 - 22, 2025 | Opera House by The Kennedy Center

🎟️ Buy tickets: https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2025-2026/marriage-of-figaro/ If love’s a game, anyone can play in Mozart’s sparkling The Marriage of Figaro. In this sneak…

SOURCE: YouTube at 03:42PM
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Get your tix for COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE at MCC Theater by MCC Theater

Get your tix today for COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE! The Artistic Directors of MCC Theater, Clubbed Thumb, and Page 73 invite you to experience the critically acclaimed play with music by RO REDD…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:42PM

COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE is Now on Sale! by MCC Theater

Tix now on sale for COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE! Performances begin Feb 21 Tix: https://mcctheater.org/tix/cold-war-choir-practice/ RO REDDICK’S (THROWBACK ISLAND) COLD WAR CHOIR PRACTICE was…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:00AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

‘I really enjoyed it’: new RSC curriculum brings Shakespeare’s works to life in UK classrooms by Sally Weale Education Correspondent

Starting with Macbeth, online platform using rehearsal-based teaching methods aims to transform study of the Bard Act 1. Scene 1. A classroom in a secondary school in Peterborough. It is a d…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Review Roundup: Ariana DeBose and More Star in THE BAKER'S WIFE at Classic Stage Company

See what the critics are saying about Classic Stage Company’s production of The Baker’s Wife, featuring a book by Tony Award winner Joseph Stein, music and lyrics by Oscar, Grammy, and T…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:33PM
Monday, November 10, 2025

7 Spellbinding Facts About Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Star Tom Felton by Jamie Kravitz

In a move so ingenious one might think Hermione Granger was behind it, Broadway's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast actor Tom Felton in none other than the role of Draco Malfoy. Felton …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PM
Friday, November 7, 2025

‘Why don’t you believe Palestinians?’: the Israeli comedian putting the conflict on stage by Adrian Horton

In documentary Coexistence, My Ass!, Noam Shuster Eliassi uses humor and honesty to turn a one-woman show into something politically radical In the late 2010s, Noam Shuster Eliassi was worki…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM
Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Art by Victor Gluck, Editor-In-Chief

James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale in a scene from Yasmina Reza’s “Art” at the Music Box Theatre (Photo credit: Matthew Murphy) Yasmina Reza’s Art which is turning…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:07PM

Truth Is a Mother: Here's What You Actually Need to Know About Oedipus on Broadway by Mara Reinstein

There’s a solid chance that the last time you had to think deeply about Oedipus Rex, you were sitting in 11th grade English class and trying to understand the symbolism behind the titular …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PM
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Crooked Cross by Wendy Caster

In the early 1930s, Sally Carson, an English writer and dancing teacher, spent time in Germany. She then wrote Crooked Cross, which focuses on the insidious growth of Nazism, first as a nove…

SOURCE: Show Showdown at 07:12PM

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