One Night With Janis Joplin, The Scottsboro Boys and The Normal Heart Among L.A. Drama Critics Circle Winners by Ryan McPhee

Some Broadway favorites are among the winners of the 2013 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, honoring excellence in theater in L.A. and Orange County. The ceremony, hosted by Nicole Pa…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:35pm on March 18, 2014☆⚑

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle hands out 2013 awards by David Ng

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle handed out its annual awards at a ceremony Monday evening held at the Colony Theatre in Burbank. As is customary with the group, each category featured m…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:29am on March 18, 2014☆⚑

Once Again It's a Tie for All Your Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Winners! Hurray! by Colin Mitchell

I know I’m just repeating myself, I realize that, but I just don’t understand how the supposed “Los Angeles Critical Body of Note”, the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circ…

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 4:46am on March 18, 2014☆⚑

The Scottsboro Boys, The Normal Heart and Mary Bridget Davies Win L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards by Adam Hetrick

Kander and Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, Janis Joplin star Mary Bridget Davies, the Fountain Theatre staging of The Normal Heart and the DOMA Theatre Co. production of Dreamgirls are among …

SOURCE: Playbill at 2:00am on March 18, 2014☆⚑

Theater Circle awards go to many troupes

"All Is Calm" and "Waiting for Godot" receive lots of awards from theater critics' group. 

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 1:00am on March 18, 2014☆⚑

2014 St. Louis Theater Circle Award winners

Awards are spread among 13 theater companies.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 10:00pm on March 17, 2014☆⚑

Almost time for the Circle Awards

Critics honor outstanding work in St. Louis professional theater.

SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 4:28am on March 17, 2014☆⚑

Ticket Pricing Puts 'Lion King' Atop Broadway's Circle of Life by Patrick Healy

"The Lion King" passed "Wicked" as 2013's top Broadway earner with help from a sophisticated algorithm that calibrates prices based on demand and purchasing patterns.    

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:13am on March 17, 2014☆⚑

L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards Presented March 17; Scottsboro Boys, Mary Bridget Davies, Stephen Adly Guirgis Among Nominees by Adam Hetrick

Kander and Ebb's The Scottsboro Boys, Janis Joplin star Mary Bridget Davies, Lorenzo Pisoni and the DOMA Theatre Co. production of Dreamgirls are among the nominees for the 2013 Los Ange…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00am on March 17, 2014☆⚑

'Rocky' surprises critics to become Broadway's latest hit by Barbara Hoffman

Sylvester Stallone had what seemed a pretty bad idea, at least to Tom Meehan: How 'bout we make a musical out of 'Rocky'? "My first thought was, 'Oh no,' "...

SOURCE: The New York Post at 7:18pm on March 15, 2014☆⚑

The Original Circle in the Square Photographers: An Interview with Justin and Barbara Kerr: Posts from New York Public Library for the Performing Arts by [email protected], Library For The Performing Arts

They figured the two of you weren't perverts.Barbara: Right, exactly. Because photographers had a really bad reputation, and these kids, they don't know. They'd walk around the city and go s…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 1:54pm on March 14, 2014☆⚑

The Original Circle in the Square Photographers: An Interview with Justin and Barbara Kerr by [email protected], Library For The Performing Arts

They figured the two of you weren't perverts.Barbara: Right, exactly. Because photographers had a really bad reputation, and these kids, they don't know. They'd walk around the city and go s…

SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 1:54pm on March 14, 2014☆⚑

'Porgy and Bess' reboot perseveres despite its critics by Rob Weinert-kendt

Although even Stephen Sondheim harshly dismissed the need for a musical-theater version of the Gershwin opera, the production arrives at the Ahmanson in April.Controversy of one kind or anot…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 10:45am on March 14, 2014☆⚑

Shenton's View: Is anyone listening to the critics anymore? by Mark Shenton

It should be the most obvious thing in the world, but all too often it’s ignored: theatre is, above all, for the audience. Critics are, of course, part of that audience, but are we are…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 5:42am on March 14, 2014☆⚑

The Verdict: Critics Review New Broadway Musical Rocky by Playbill Staff

Rocky, the new Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty musical based on the Academy Award-winning 1976 Sylvester Stallone film of the same name, officially opened on Broadway March 13 at the Winter Gar…

SOURCE: Playbill at 8:22pm on March 13, 2014☆⚑

Do We Want our Theater Critics to be Elite? by Colin Mitchell

This is pretty interesting. Was guided to this through George Hunka’s online journal Superfluities Redux. I couldn’t really locate the original post on Critical Stages, but this …

SOURCE: Bitter Lemons at 12:54pm on March 13, 2014☆⚑

Shenton's View: We Will Rock You and 12 years of contradicting the critics by Mark Shenton

“Only hard-core Queen fans can save it from an early bath," wrote Robert Gore-Langton in the Daily Express when it first opened at the Dominion Theatre in May 2002, while I myself call…

SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:47am on March 12, 2014☆⚑

Phil Willmott: In musical theatre, it's Twitter that creates the hits " not critics by Phil Willmott

While big musicals with big money behind them are closing in the West End, Phil Willmott has managed to keep his show Lost Boy flyingThere was a certain amount of unseemly glee from the medi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:17am on March 11, 2014☆⚑

Opening the Circle by Evan Hoffmann

(Ben Lauer, Carolyn Kashner and Ethan Sinnott rehearse RICHARD III at NextStop Theatre. This post is a part of the Diversity & Inclusion blog salon led by Online Curator Jacq…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 2:46pm on March 7, 2014☆⚑

The Verdict: Critics Review All The Way by Carey Purcell

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan's new political drama All The Way, which stars Emmy Award-winning "Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston as U.S. President Lyndo…

SOURCE: Playbill at 9:47am on March 7, 2014☆⚑

PHOTO CALL: The 86th Academy Awards- Inside the Winners' Circle by Matthew Blank

The 86th Academy Awards were presented March 2 in Los Angeles. The Disney animated musical "Frozen" won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, while songwriters Robert and Krist…

SOURCE: Playbill at 1:34pm on March 4, 2014☆⚑

Review: Circle Mirror Transformation by Wendy Rosenfield

Circle Mirror Transformation, reviewed by Wendy Rosenfield, produced by Theatre Horizon, directed by Matthew Decker, written by Annie Baker, featuring Emilie Krause, Nancy Boykin, David Bard…

SOURCE: Philly.com at 8:55am on March 4, 2014☆⚑

Nicole Parker Will Now Host LA Drama Critics Circle's 45th Annual Awards Ceremony by BroadwayWorld

The Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle has announced that Nicole Parker, nominee for Lead Performance in Funny Girl, will host its 45th Annual Awards ceremony replacing the previously announce…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 3:02pm on March 3, 2014☆⚑

Lauren Gunderson, Aaron Posner and More Nominated for Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award by Carey Purcell

The six finalists for the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award have been announced.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:22am on March 3, 2014☆⚑

Christopher Demos-Brown Is Finalist For Steinberg/Theatre Critics' Playwriting Award by Bill Hirschman

Christopher Demos-Brown is among six finalists for one of the most esteemed playwriting honors in the country, the Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Awa…

SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:23pm on February 27, 2014☆⚑