The blood will keep on spilling for another season! Showtime has ordered a second season of the new drama Ray Donovan, starring Tony winner Liev Schreiber. The second season will premie…
Bill W. and Dr. Bob, Samuel Shem and Janet Surrey's play about the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, opens off-Broadway on July 16 at the SoHo Playhouse. Directed by Seth Gordon, the pie…
Follow this with me, will you? "The plays bothered a lot of us," says a school superintendent, referring to works presented by a high school drama group. "The plays had references to sex and…
Theresa Rebeck is developing "Fortune," a new drama series for Bravo, according to Deadline.
Deadline.com reports that Bravo is developing a drama called FORTUNE, based on Charles Dickens' 19th century novel Bleak House.
Lenny Henry is to star in a BBC radio drama that he has also written called Miss You Still. Described as an "enthralling ghost story", the BBC Radio 4 production sees Henry cast as a...
London’s Royal Court Theatre has assembled quite an inaugural season for its new artistic director Vicky Featherstone. Tony winner Dennis Kelly, Abi Morgan and Jack Thorne will all mak…
Last week's The Stage (July 4 2013) published the result of a piece of research by casting director Jane Deitch for Drama UK. The thrust of it was that vocational drama schools could do more…
For more than 20 years at UC Irvine, Dudley Knight devised innovative and sometimes controversial ways of teaching acting students to speak clearly while lending their characters authentic, …
"Choir Boy" star Jeremy Pope sounds off on the new off-Broadway drama about a high school student who longs to lead his school's gospel choir. Tarell Alvin McCraney's play tackles "bullying,…
Drama schools must better prepare their students for the wide range of career paths that are available to them upon graduating, industry professionals have said. Their comments came at a for…
Of all Coward's plays, Private Lives remains the most pristine, elegant example of his art. It is deceptively simple. "Minimal as an art deco curve," wrote John Lahr of The New Yorker, "Priv…
Choir Boy, a play with gospel music by Tarell Alvin McCraney, opens July 2. Directed by Trip Cullman, Choir Boy stars Tony winner Chuck Cooper, Austin Pendleton and Jeremy Pope. The Manhatta…
Choir Boy star Jeremy Pope sounds off on the new off-Broadway drama about a high school student who longs to lead his school’s gospel choir. Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play tackles …
Oscar winner Chris Cooper headed off-Broadway to see his former City of Hope co-star Dale Carman in the family drama The Silver Cord. Carman gives a drag star turn as the clingy matriarch Mr…
The world premiere of David Grimm's Tales From Red Vienna, about a widow's life and financial security during World War I, will begin performances Feb. 26, 2014, at New York City Cen…
David Grimm’s world premiere play Tales From Red Vienna will be a part of Manhattan Theatre Club’s 2013-14 season. Directed by Kate Whoriskey, the drama will begin previews on Fe…
Today's blog has nothing to do with theatre, but it has a lot to do with drama - unnecessary drama in my mind.I grew up a part of the Sesame Street generation, and I think I'm a better perso…
Last Wednesday night we were sitting in our living room watching tv and suddenly heard a terrifying rumbling sound coming from our front room. We ran in and found that this had happened: Und…
The TV series "Smash" has been picked up by Ovation, according to Deadline.
The final show of Roundabout Theatre Company’s 2012-13 season is the captivating new white-collar crime drama The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin. The world premiere production…
Sacramento Shakespeare Festival director Luther Hanson has found a silver lining in last year's theft of $30,000 worth of lighting and sound equipment. Community attention to the vandalism a…
Missing Hit List? Pining for Bombshell? Thinking about Linda? Smash fans will get another shot to relive the experience of the two-season musical drama this summer, as Ovation (an arts telev…
Steven Levenson’s world premiere drama The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin opens off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre on June 27. The final show of Roundabout Theat…
Choir Boy, Tarell Alvin McCraney's moving play with gospel music, has arrived at off-Broadway’s New York City Center Stage II. We've got a first look at stars Tony winner Chuck…