THEY DO IT ALL FOR US 14 years ago, terror became a date in the calendar. "9/11" casts an ever darker shadow onto the future. It also remains the latest official loss of American innocence. …
Sad Digger Mad Mary is a hilarious piece that treads the fine line between comedy and tragedy. Performed by superstar Tom Halls, it has you laughing one minute and seriously re-thinking your…
The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park opens its 2015-16 season with the heartwarming, soaring musical The Secret Garden, based on the enduring family classic penned more than a century ag…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02pm on September 25, 2015☆⚑
Imagine creating theatre for an audience that has never seen a play before; that responds freely and fully to the unfolding story, sounds, and images; that hops, spins, and jumps on stage wh…
In Part 10 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard's production of Friendship Betrayed"a classic comedy by Spanish playwright MarÃa de Zayas y Sotomayor"meet Mary Myers.…
Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Hathaway on Poppins Rumors
Spit-spot! As soon as it was confirmed that a new Mary Poppins movie was in the works, speculati…
With book, music, and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, and directed by Kirsten Sanderson, performances begin Tuesday, October 6 with an official press opening on Wednesday, October 21. Check…
BoyleSports, an Ireland-based online betting firm, announced this week that Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway leads the race as favorite actress to take on the role of the iconic nanny, with 64 odd…
REELING, the second-oldest LGBTQ film festival in the world and a beloved Chicago cultural institution for more than 30 years, features a host of events of interest to the theater community.…
Tony Award winner Adriane Lenox Doubt, Tony Award will headline a starry industry reading of a re-conceptualization of The Testament of Mary onOctober 1st. Conceived and directed by Michael …
An industry reading of a re-conceptualization of Colm Tóibín's The Testament of Mary, the one-woman play that ran 27 previews and 16 regular performances on…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:14am on September 16, 2015☆⚑
By Doug Mayo
Whilst not strictly on the subject of British Theatre, we thought this news item might be of interest with the new national tour of Mary Poppins kicking off in a few short weeks…
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Chicago and Into the Woods director Rob Marshall will helm a new live-action musical film of Mary Poppins. According to EW, the Disney movie will be set i…
It's Mary that we love, and Mary's coming back According to Variety, Rob Marshall Into the Woods, Chicago will direct a Disney reboot of their classic 1964 film, Mary Poppins. The project wi…
The team behind the full-scale feature film adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into the Woods will reunite to develop an original, live-action "Mary Poppins&q…
SOURCE: Playbill at 3:51pm on September 14, 2015☆⚑
Guardians runs a bit long, but is an unflinching, gripping look at our violence- and media-obsessed culture, and two individuals on different, but equally explosive, sides of it. Recommended…
Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced casting for two of its upcoming Chicago premieres: Domesticated, by ensemble member and Pulitzer Prize winner Bruce Norris; and The Flick, by fellow…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:21am on September 11, 2015☆⚑
AMERICAN IDOL's Eric Anthony Lopez currently in THE JACKIE MASON MUSICALOff-Broadway andMary Michael Patterson most recently in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA on Broadway have teamed up to record …
Stay Awake, Mary Hall Surface’s new play for very young audiences debuts October 2, 2-15 at Atlas Performing Arts Center. She is a four-time nominee for the Charles MacArthur Award for…
