Yury Lyubimov, artistic director and founder of Russia's renowned Taganka theatre, has quit his creation. In a row which might have come from the pages of "Merchant of Venice", his actors h…
"I had no idea there was a category for us," confesses Allen Hubby, who, with Rozanne Seelen, runs the Drama Book Shop at 250 West 40th Street. Truth to tell, there isn't"but the Ton…
The members of the Drama Desk Nominating Committee for the 2011-2012 New York theater season have been announced. The committee will once again be chaired by TheaterMania contributor Barbar…
Rupert Goold's 'immersive' retelling of the events of September 11 will mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. But are there some places theatre should not tread?Strange as it may sound, …
Broadway stars Chad Kimball and Sandy Bainum sing songs from West Side Story and Misha Berson, author of Something's Coming, Something Good, discusses this extraordinary musical.
The forgotten, Vernon Duke-Ogden Nash score to the musical Sweet Bye and Bye (1946) is held up to the light in a new recording starring Marin Mazzie. Record producer Tommy Krasker explains a…
The Drama Book Shop in Manhattan celebrates the 50th anniversary of the film of the classic Broadway musical West Side Story June 28.
Matthew Morrison: Hot Desk June 27 2011 From: matthewmorrisonnet Views: 578 11 ratings Time: 08:22 More in People & Blogs
Mr Wen was treated in the garden to a scene from Hamlet. Two actresses from Shakespeare Aloud performed the scene just before Ophelia dies
Victoria Looseleaf reporting from Zürich on excerpts from the Zürich Festspiele
Scott Bakula, Josh Charles, Michael Shannon, Michael Cudlitz and Donnie Wahlberg make ensemble acting its own art form.
After appearing in the pilot episode of the new CBS medical drama A Gifted Man, Tony nominee Pablo Schreiber has been upgraded to a regular contract role, according to Deadline.com. Schreibe…
2011 Drama Desk Winners Backstage Drama Desk Award winners Norbert Leo Butz, Bobby Cannavale, Sutton Foster, John Larroquette, and Joe Mantello share their reactions. From: theatermania Vie…
2011 Drama Desk Red Carpet: Advice to Nominees Laura Benanti, Norbert Leo Butz, Jonathan Groff, Lily Rabe and more give advice to Drama Desk Award nominees for the big night. From: theaterm…
A quick visit to the Shaw Festival at picturesque Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario yielded an unexpected delight in the form of Drama at Inish. This 1933 little-known work by Irish playwright Le…
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Off-Broadway's TACT/The Actors Company Theatre continues its NewTACTics New Play Festival June 15-16 with a reading of Matthew MacKenzie's Sia, a drama about unrest in the African na…
A fund-raiser for Juilliard Drama raised $1.2 million Monday, thanks, in part, to a presentation of selections from "The Tempest" featuring actors Sir Derek Jacobi and Monica Raymund.
The former director of the show was dismissed in March.
Two actors. Minimal set. No intermission. Easily transportable. A description of “Any Night” which is now trying to scare up its audience at the LABA Theatre @ th…
Even an ostrich with its head imbedded deep in the sand would figure out what's going to happen
Whatsonstage.com Award winner Meera Syal returns to the stage this autumn to take the title role in a revival of Frank Marcus’ 1966 c4medy The Killing of Sister George, which will run …
NEW YORK - Ellen Barkin won the first acting Tony Award on a night that promised to be a big one for the profane musical "The Book of Mormon."
"Behind these transatlantic transfers lies a complex drama of economic realities, international investment, entrepreneurial risk-taking and a radical new commercial approach from British the…
Before the Tony Awards tonight, Ovation TV will have two showings of The Drama Desk Award ceremonies. The first at 12:30PM and again at 2:00PM. If you miss those, you can tune in Monday at 3…