Friday, August 29, 2025

Video/Photos: THE WIZARD OF OZ AT SPHERE Opens in Las Vegas

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere is now officially open, and with it, new photos and video footage are available of the immersive experience. Presented in collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM

Rehearsed Laughter: A Review of “The Chaos Theory of Everything” at The Second City by Charles Kenney

The Second City’s forty-ninth e.t.c. revue is difficult to predict, circuitous, self-referential and, at times, disorienting. It nevertheless provides reliable laughter even on nights when…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

EVERY BRILLIANT THING is a life-affirming triumph | ★★★★★ review of the West End play at @sohoplace by MickeyJoTheatre

Join my channel to gain access to exclusive content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDQi6IkbVa2SJok8fUZOpKw/join 📸 production images credit: Danny Kaan • OHMYGOD HEY! The interna…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:01PM

Straight outta Stirling: the musical giving William Wallace the Hamilton treatment by Mark Fisher

Beats, rhymes and Bannockburn? The creators of Wallace explain why they used hip-hop to tell the story of Scotland’s national hero If you were to come up with a list of the Scottish playwr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM

Glenn Moore: Please Sir, Glenn I Have Some Moore? review – a tale of two jokebooks by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghWith one book of classic gags and another that brings him shame, Moore delivers a show that’s heavy on the laughs if light on the charm Glenn Moore has a devi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06PM
Monday, August 25, 2025

JERRY ADLER: A MAN OF THE THEATRE by Ron Fassler

Jerry Adler (1929–2025).August 25, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler. A dozen years ago, I had the pleasure of sitting across the table from the recently departed Jerry Ad…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 12:36PM

Tim Fawkes Lights The Prodigy at Glastonbury with CHAUVET Strike V by Griffin Rodgers

When lighting The Prodigy at Glastonbury 2025, LD Tim Fawkes balanced the lighting for both the audience at The Other Stage, the 21 million who watched the show on BBC, as well as the many m…

SOURCE: PLSN at 11:45AM

“Thanks for Being Here” by Ontroerend Goed, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025 by Duška Radosavljević

The Belgian Company Ontroerend Goed have been coming to the Edinburgh Fringe for so long that I can no longer imagine how their work would seem to someone on first encounter anymore. Not tha…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:39AM
Sunday, August 24, 2025

July-August 2025: Summer Blur by Nicole Serratore

First Night With the Duke briefly embracing the silly novel aesthetic I was so fidgety and unhappy with dramas this summer that I hardly have notes on any of them. So bear with me this mont…

SOURCE: Mildly Bitter's Musings at 02:19PM
Saturday, August 23, 2025

Duncan Macmillan’s Every Brilliant Thing at @Sohoplace: Moving Mixture Of Joyous Theatricality And Serious Mental Health Themes by Aleks Sierz

Slowly, very slowly, the audience begins to arrive. Taking their seats, shedding jackets, arranging bags and glancing at programmes. But already, there’s a stir: the imposing figure of act…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:37AM
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Dan Tiernan: All In review – crude comedy with a big payoff is standup’s best yet by Brian Logan

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghThe Mancunian manchild shows wild commitment in a show about dyspraxia, drug use and internalised homophobia We say we want men to talk about their mental health, Dan…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:12PM

As You Like It: A Radical Retelling review – an unbridled howl of rage and resistance by Brian Logan

Church Hill theatre, EdinburghA furious and unsettling Shakespeare reboot exposes colonial violence and demands accountability for crimes against Indigenous people ‘Aren’t you sorry you …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM

Broadway: Big Stars Like Tom Hanks, Laurie Metcalf, Keanu Reeves Are Coming to Town, But So Far Ticket Sales Are at a Crawl by Roger Friedman

They say if you bring big stars to Broadway, the audience will show up. But so far the fall season is looking tenuous at best even with three big names about to hit the stage. Shows starring…

SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 06:06AM

Who Is the Audience For Fox’s New Streamer? They’re Not Exactly Sure Yet by Caitlin Huston

Fox is launching a new streaming service Thursday that it hopes does not cannibalize its cable numbers, but reaches other sports and news fans.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 12:00AM
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Video: Luke Newton Is Taking Up Residence at the HOUSE OF MCQUEEN

For Luke Newtown, making his New York stage debut has been a dream since the age of 10. This week is a dream come true for the Bridgerton star, who last night began off-Broadway performances…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06PM
Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Alice Ripley Robert Spencer, & Adam Pascal Will Lead Immersive NEXT TO NORMAL in Buenos Aires

The immersive version of Next to Normal, which previously played Spain, will premiere in Buenos Aires on September 19th, 2025. The production transforms the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning m…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:48PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Mothman Cometh at Just the Tonic at The Caves – Legends (The Subway) by Jacqueline Wheble

Edinburgh Fringe Review: The Mothman Cometh at Just the Tonic at The Caves – Legends (The Subway) “The audience seemed delighted by all the tongue in cheek references" The post Edinburgh…

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:37PM

Nancy McKeon 2025 Interview - Pen Pals, The Facts Of Life - The Audience's Energy by Call Me Adam

I had THE BEST time catching up with My Entertainment Idol, Nancy McKeon, who has returned to Michael Griffo's hit Off Broadway play Pen Pals, currently running in NYC! You know Nancy from …

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:15PM

House Party review – home truths about gentrification in east London by Chris Wiegand

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghChakira Alin’s buoyant show is shot through with bitterness as she gives a lucid account of Hackney’s transformation In her solo show about the aftermath of…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM

The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave review – mesmerising trio tear up the dancefloor by Chris Wiegand

Summerhall, EdinburghOli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer bring absolute focus to a shatteringly powerful show of street dance choreo and techno beats This could be the definition …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Monday, August 18, 2025

Jeff Ross: Take A Banana For The Ride by Darryl Reilly

The veteran comedian’s hilarious and moving show deals with death, grief, and personal illness; his dog makes an appearance and the audience gets bananas. The post Jeff Ross: Take A Banana…

SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 05:48PM

Babyfleareindeerbag review – build your own Edinburgh fringe smash hit by Mark Fisher

Summerhall, EdinburghHannah Maxwell’s delightfully meta hour, namechecking Richard Gadd and Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s breakthroughs, is a blueprint for three potential shows – with the au…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AM
Sunday, August 17, 2025

Bury the Hatchet review – choppy musical account of Lizzie Borden’s shocking story by Chris Wiegand

Pleasance Dome, EdinburghCombining folk song, true crime, macabre comedy and more makes it hard to keep up with the already complicated 1892 case How do you stage the life and trial of Lizzi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025

Mr Chonkers review – you never know what’s going to happen next by Brian Logan

Summerhall, EdinburghFrom existential angst to dotty monk routines, US clown John Norris marches to the beat of his own drum With his show and persona Mr Chonkers, American clown John Norris…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24PM

Ten Thousand Hours review – this superhuman squad have put in the time to stun you by Lyndsey Winship

Assembly Hall, EdinburghAustralian circus act Gravity and Other Myths allow the audience an up-close insight into how they mastered their extraordinary craft This may be the ideal festival s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM
Friday, August 15, 2025

Stereophonic in San Francisco by Broadwaysf

STEREOPHONIC is coming to the Curran Theatre in San Francisco from October 28–November 23, 2025. The most Tony Award-winning Show of the year. The most Tony Award-nominated Play of all ti…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:05PM

Edinburgh Fringe Review: POE at theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall by Freddie Summers

Edinburgh Fringe Review: POE at theSpace @ Surgeon's Hall “Poe has moments of brilliance, but occasionally feels confused in what it’s trying to tell the audience.” The post Edinburgh …

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 03:14PM

Video: Bob Odenkirk Shares Whether He Would Return to Broadway

While promoting his new movie Nobody 2, Bob Odenkirk reflected on his experience starring in the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, which closed earlier this summer. For his performanc…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AM

Thanks for Being Here review – Ontroerend Goed’s joyful show puts the audience in the spotlight by Mark Fisher

Zoo Southside, EdinburghEverything depends on the audience, so no performance is ever the same in a celebration of shared experience that’s perfect for the fringe Fringe favourite Ontroere…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM
Thursday, August 14, 2025

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Motorhome Marilyn at Gilded Balloon Patter House (Doonstairs) by Greg Stewart

Edinburgh Fringe Review: Motorhome Marilyn at Gilded Balloon Patter House (Doonstairs) “Collins is magnetic throughout, holding the audience in the palm of her hand” The post Edinburgh F…

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:42PM

David Elms Describes a Room review – a captivating exercise in collective imagining by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe sometime Mr Swallow sidekick’s hour of interiors improv is a skilful, unshowy treat ‘Shall we give ourselves a night off from being funny?” There are …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM

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