Bway Critics High-Five Hand to God by David Lefkowitz

A Broadway show about foul-mouthed hand puppets . . . could such a thing ever work? Ask the producers of "Avenue Q" (which is still running in its off-Broadway transfer). Okay, but can anoth…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 1:31am on April 8, 2015☆⚑

Photo Flash: FUN HOME Gets a New Home- First Look at Previews at the Circle in the Square! by BroadwayWorld

Fun Home, the highly-anticipated, Award-winning American musical, is currently in previews at the Circle in the Square Theatre 235 West 50th Street. With music by four-time Tony Award nomine…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 1:06pm on April 6, 2015☆⚑

A diary of addiction: five star nights at The Sound of Music and Sweeney Todd, and Talking About Critics by Mark Shenton

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SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 5:00am on April 5, 2015☆⚑

Are Theatre Critics … Critical? A critic re-examines his position by Jonathan Mandell

It wasn’t exactly an ambush, but the first question actor Bernardo Cubria posed to me as a guest on his theatre podcast was about a complaint that actors have about critics. I was his …

SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:05am on April 3, 2015☆⚑

Critics Pour Sunlight on Hare's Bway Skylight by David Lefkowitz

When David Hare's romantic drama, "Skylight", first reached Broadway in 1996, critics lauded the show's balance of emotional, inter-personal drama with the playwright's realization that clas…

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 1:14am on April 3, 2015☆⚑

Do We Still Need Theatre Critics? by Douglas McLennan

“The American Theatre Critics Association, ATCA, the only national organization of American theatre critics, has been struggling with their criteria for membership. Right now they admi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 1:19pm on April 2, 2015☆⚑

Why Are Critics Villains? by Jonathan Mandell

A theater critic is a "malicious, cowardly" person who cannot see the beauty in a flower because she cannot put a label on it. That is what the ex movie star turned first-time Broadway direc…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 3:54pm on April 1, 2015☆⚑

Review: The Caucasian Chalk Circle at curtainup.com - Connecticu by David A. Rosenberg

Those who've never particularly liked the plays of Bertolt Brecht, nor understood his appeal, will not have their minds changed by director Liz Diamond's Yale Rep production . . .

SOURCE: CurtainUp at 7:01am on April 1, 2015☆⚑

Circle X Theatre Artistic Director/Producer/AEA Member, Tim Wright, On Why He's Voting No: "I think actors can and should be paid more but this ju by Colin Mitchell

Dude knows of which he speaks. Read. From the Desk of Tim Wright I’ve held off on adding my thoughts because I have an obvious bias, but I do think it’s important for anyone on t…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 5:52pm on March 31, 2015☆⚑

Fun Home Finds Its Broadway Home at Circle in the Square by TheaterMania

Alison Bechdel's graphic novel finds new life in the round at the Circle in the Square Theatre where the Jeanine Tesori/Lisa Kron musical, originally produced at the Public Theater, is makin…

SOURCE: YouTube at 3:36pm on March 31, 2015☆⚑

The Verdict: Critics Review Sutton Foster's New TV Series "Younger" by Playbill Staff

TV Land's "Younger," starring two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar and Miriam Shor, premieres March 31. Read the reviews. 

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02pm on March 31, 2015☆⚑

6th Street Playhouse Wins Big at Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards by American Theatre Editors

Critics shower awards on Northern California theatre, with 64 recipients across 22 categories.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 2:02pm on March 30, 2015☆⚑

Binge Watching on Broadway! Theater Critics DO Like Theater. The Week in New York Theater by Jonathan Mandell

The annual April Broadway marathon begins this coming week — 14 openings in 21 days, with two of these shows opening on the Tony eligibility cut-off date of April 23, 2015. The show…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 9:12am on March 29, 2015☆⚑

Yale's Rep's 'Caucasian Chalk Circle' Refreshing, Frantically Funny by Christopher Arnott

Young playwrights who think they're edgy and modern because they use sharp language, expressionistic techniques, brash political posturing, harsh urban settings and outrageous humor in the m…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 3:00am on March 28, 2015☆⚑

Yale's Rep's 'Caucasian Chalk Circle' Refreshing, Frantically Funny by Christopher Arnott

Young playwrights who think they're edgy and modern because they use sharp language, expressionistic techniques, brash political posturing, harsh urban settings and outrageous humor in the m…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 1:00am on March 28, 2015☆⚑

The Verdict: Critics Review New York Spring Spectacular, Starring Laura Benanti, Derek Hough and the by Playbill Staff

New York Spring Spectacular, the new multi-media Rockettes stage production that features Tony Award winner Laura Benanti and a host of celebrities who lend their voices and likeness to …

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58am on March 27, 2015☆⚑

Could a "High School Musical" Star Score Big With Critics? Broadway Creatives Say, "Vanessa Is Gigi! by Michael Gioia

"High School Musical" sensation Vanessa Hudgens is at the core of the freshly adapted production of Gigi, which just hit Broadway last week. Could she score big with the critics wh…

SOURCE: Playbill at 4:00pm on March 25, 2015☆⚑

Third Annual St. Louis Theater Circle Awards by Andrea

Another celebration of St. Louis theatre has come and gone, and with a nearly sold out house at COCA, a great time was had by all. And honestly, it's always nice for me to have the opportuni…

SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 9:52am on March 25, 2015☆⚑

Theater Circle hands out third annual awards

Insight Theatre Company won five awards for its production of  'Death of a Salesman' and the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis won five for its production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 12:00am on March 24, 2015☆⚑

Winners of the 2015 St. Louis Theater Circle Awards

The awards ceremony was Monday night at COCA.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 11:55pm on March 23, 2015☆⚑

Fun Home Reveals New In-the-Round Staging at Circle in the Square

Director Sam Gold took to microphone at the Circle in the Square Theatre to reveal the brand new in-the"round staging for the Broadway production of Fun Home. This concept differs from T…

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:23pm on March 23, 2015☆⚑

In Case You Missed It: The Heidi Chronicles Is a Hit and a Miss and Kristin is the Critics' Darling by Robert Simonson

Kristin Chenoweth has had an odd career. She is rightly considered a top-tier, 21st-century Broadway musical theatre star. Yet her Broadway career contains a single hit (Wicked) amon…

SOURCE: Playbill at 3:30pm on March 20, 2015☆⚑

Raul Esparza & Katie Finneran to Announce Outer Critics Circle Nominations Next Month by BroadwayWorld

The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, has announced that multi-aw…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:27pm on March 20, 2015☆⚑

Ral Esparza and Katie Finneran Will Announce Outer Critics Circle Nominees by Andrew Gans

Multiple Tony nominee Raúl Esparza and two-time Tony winner Katie Finneran will announce the nominees for the 2014-15 Outer Critics Circle Awards, which celebrate shows, both on B…

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27am on March 20, 2015☆⚑

Bway Critics on Chronicles: Is Heidi Too Tidy or Still Mighty? by David Lefkowitz

Before "Girls" and "Sex and the City" but after "That Girl" and "The Mary Tyler Moore" show came "The Heidi Chronicles", a comic look at a modern-day woman who wants and deserves to have it …

SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 12:26am on March 20, 2015☆⚑