Broadway producers traditionally gauge audience reaction by warm applause at the end of Act 1 or a standing ovation during curtain call. But “Paranormal Activity” producer Simon Friend l…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:51PM[SHARE]Summerhall, EdinburghSet in purgatory, Emma Howlett’s two-hander rethinks the national intrigue with 5 NovemberNever play with matches is good advice – especially when gunpowder is invol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:50PM[SHARE]The Tony winner, currently starring in the Muny's Meet Me in St. Louis, was joined by husband Adam Heller and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PM[SHARE]Mushnik's has two new employees! Betsy Wolfe and Ethan Slater have officially stepped into the roles of Audrey and Seymour in the long-running Off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:45PM[SHARE]Linda Buchwald| The play originally premiered in Rotterdam in 1922 as Wat niet mag! ||Florida|Alex Martinez,Chad Raven,Forbidden!,Jo M. van IJssel de Schepper-Becker,Laurence Senelick,Nicole…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:42PM[SHARE]Linda Buchwald| The album is currently available in digital and streaming formats. ||Broadway|Aaron Tveit,Bradley Dean,Broadway,Bryce Pinkham,Chess,Danny Strong,Ghostlight Records,Hannah Cru…
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Martin Crimp (Cyrano de Bergerac)'s contemporary-verse adaptation played the National's Lyttelton.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:58PM[SHARE]As Casey/Georgia, Mike Wartella (almost) steals the show. From twangy Elvis to drag queen extraordinaire with a few strokes of make-up & magic. This jukebox musical, now playing at the Colon…
SOURCE: www.iberkshires.com at 01:47PM[SHARE]The Old Vic, London The suburban romp of envy and infidelity in two different homes comes bouncing back to life with a fizzing cast led by Roger AllamEarly in a career that reaches 92 plays …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:45PM[SHARE]An archive of 24 typed letters from Irving Berlin to his best friend, journalist and publicist Irving Hoffman, and Hoffman's father, Sam, is being offered at auction by RR Auction.
Writte…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:37PM[SHARE]You can now get a first look at the North American Tour of Dirty Dancing: The Musical — a new stage production based on the beloved film Dirty Dancing.
The tour launches at the Ordway C…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PM[SHARE]Linda Buchwald| The North American tour is underway. ||Minneapolis/St. Paul|Annalese Starzec,Blake Zelesnikar,Darrell Grand Moultrie,Dirty Dancing,Eleanor Bergstein,Lonny Price [...]
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:28PM[SHARE]Lots of funny moments to enjoy peppered with layers bits of psychology stars MIKE WARTELLA and KYLE TAYLOR PARKER a team made in heaven!
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Barbican, LondonThe multi-platform phenomenon makes its way to the stage, with all the supernatural hijinks, J-horror tropes and emotional intensity intactWe know that people like to dress u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PM[SHARE]Linda Buchwald| It’s the first manga to be developed into an English-language American musical. ||Off-Broadway|Duncan Sheik,Leah Nanako Winkler,Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen,Or Matias,Rob …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:48PM[SHARE]The Drama League has revealed the performers and special guests for “DRAMA AT THE DISCO VOL. 3: A DRAMA LEAGUE BENEFIT” honoring 2026 Arts Ally Award honoree, Tony and Olivier Award-winn…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PM[SHARE]Chuck Redd canceled his annual Christmas Eve performance to protest Trump's name being added to the complex. In June, a superior court judge dismissed the Kennedy Center's lawsuit against Re…
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Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghThe painter and his lover are played with real intensity by Alistair Hall and Peter Clements, in a visceral psychodrama of contained violence and sadnessThe fam…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AM[SHARE]Summerhall, Edinburgh Actor Keron Day draws on his experiences of getting along, or not, with live-in carers to give a pithy account of a complex relationshipThe stories told by Patch of Blu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:30AM[SHARE]The 2025 Broadway Cast Recording of CHESS will be released on CD and vinyl on Friday, September 4. The CD and vinyl packaging features complete lyrics, color production photography, synopsis…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:21AM[SHARE]Reports of an unpublished manuscript spread fear and loathing. The truth turns out to be far less terrifying — and, perhaps, far less publishable.
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 11:15AM[SHARE]Hunter Foster directs the Larry Gelbart, Cy Coleman, and David Zippel musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM[SHARE]The professional development program for theatre producers and managers is a joint project of The Broadway League and TDF.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM[SHARE]Eugene O'Neill's expressionist masterpiece is returning to the Irish Repertory Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:10AM[SHARE]Genovia will be carrying on without its queen. Julie Andrews has confirmed that she will not appear in The Princess Diaries 3, the long-awaited third installment of the Disney franchise that…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AM[SHARE]See Kayla Ferrucci sing a soaring cover of "Back to Before" from Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty's Ragtime, accompanied by Music Director Sean Allen Andrews on piano. The clip is from the…
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Colin Ryan, Xander Pang, Telly Leung, and Paolo Montalban are leading the musical's West End bow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:50AM[SHARE]Rock icon Slash, known as the lead guitarist for the band Guns N' Roses, will take the stage for one night only during a performance of The Lost Boys on Broadway. On August 13, Slash (born S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:47AM[SHARE]Kennedy Center budget planners have drawn up three scenarios for what happens to the National Symphony Orchestra during the institution's proposed two-year renovation - and one of them would…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:41AM[SHARE]The National Theatre has released first-look rehearsal images for Electra/Persona, a new play written and directed by Benedict Andrews
The post First look at Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss in …
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:37AM[SHARE]Cameron Bernard Jones and Guillermo Nazara will return to The Crazy Coqs with their brand-new concert, Into the Light
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:36AM[SHARE]Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club have announced a major new cast line-up, led by Skylar Astin and Sarah Hyland in their West End debuts.
The post Skylar Astin and Sarah Hyland to make West End de…
SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:36AM[SHARE]Editorial Staff| Levi Holloway’s live thriller begins performances this Friday. ||Broadway|Levi Holloway,Paranormal Activity [...]
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SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:31AM[SHARE]What makes this production special:?: It has some solid actors in the cast, including Robert Sean Leonard, Montego Glover, Dakin Matthews and Mary Beth Peil.Also: The production is a revise…
SOURCE: ShowRiz at 10:31AM[SHARE]...the play then sings for the next almost three and a half hours across the stage. For both Shakespeare aficionados and inductees alike, the audience oohs and aahs along with the script, …
SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 10:30AM[SHARE]Hamilton has been playing at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in the greatest city in the world for 11 years. Currently under the reign of Jarrod Spector as King George III, the monarch takes us …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:30AM[SHARE]A District of Columbia judge has ordered The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to pay jazz musician Chuck Redd $252,000 in legal fees and costs, capping the institution's failed…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:27AM[SHARE]The West End production of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB has announced new casting. From 21 September 2026, stage and screen stars Skylar Astin (So Help Me Todd; Pitch Perfect) and Sarah Hylan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AM[SHARE]How one Broadway show weathered the pandemic to can-can across the world, and what's next for Aussie producer Global Creatures
SOURCE: gordoncox.substack.com at 10:13AM[SHARE]Sophia Anne Caruso will star in Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, a new musical with music & lyrics by Tony and Grammy Award-winner Duncan Sheik and book by Leah Nanako Winkler, premiering o…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:11AM[SHARE]Montego Glover, Robert Sean Leonard, and Jean Lichty lead the production for La Femme Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AM[SHARE]Early-bird registration is now open for frame:work:london, the annual conference created by the community of visual creators working to transcend the barriers between artistry and technology…
SOURCE: PLSN at 10:07AM[SHARE]The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park continues this summer with the second production of THE WINTER’S TALE at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Veteran director Daniel Su…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AM[SHARE]Broadway held virtually flat at $33.72M — down just 0.51%...
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SOURCE: kendavenport.com at 10:00AM[SHARE]Paranormal Activity, the Olivier Award nominated new play written by Levi Holloway and directed by Felix Barrett, will begin performances on Broadway this Friday, August 14, 2026 at the Au…
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When it came to playing Tulsa in Gypsy, there was no stopping Tony Yazbeck from getting an audition.
The actor has a long history with the Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim-Arthur Laurents mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:59AM[SHARE]Performances will begin at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:51AM[SHARE]The merger of eps and NUSSLI creates a Europe-based, globally active provider of temporary event infrastructure. Customers receive the full range of services from a single source: from turf …
SOURCE: PLSN at 09:50AM[SHARE]Rob Ashford is directing and choreographing the work, adapted from Moyoco Anno's graphic novel, Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:49AM[SHARE] Today’s Highlights: Beauty and the Beast national tour, directed & choreographed by Matt West, featuring Kyra Belle Johnson (Belle, Fergie L. Philippe (Beast), Stephen Mark Lu…
SOURCE: Grace Notes Subscription at 09:43AM[SHARE]Still, Bill: Gay Adventures From Cowboyland to Broadway is a new memoir from two-time Tony Award-nominee, Bill Russell (Side Show, elegies for angels, punks and raging queens, and Pageant). …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:30AM[SHARE]The hit West End revival continues at the Kit Kat Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:28AM[SHARE]The recording will feature songs from the new Edinburgh Fringe-bound musical about the historic poetess and queer icon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:26AM[SHARE]Raúl Esparza, Lily Rabe, Chuck Cooper, and more star in the Central Park production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AM[SHARE]Performer and figure skater Elizabeth Gibson recently took part in the National Showcase, where she performed a figure skating routine to the song "What You Want" from Legally Blonde the Mus…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:16AM[SHARE]Transferring from sold-out runs from London to Los Angeles, the play brings the 2007 screen horror favorite to the stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:13AM[SHARE]Held at Allegiant Stadium, WrestleMania 42 once again delivered WWE’s signature combination of sport, entertainment, and spectacle. Behind the action, a Hippotizer Media Server system fr…
SOURCE: PLSN at 09:06AM[SHARE]Lonny Price is directing the new revival of the musical adaptation of the 1987 film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:01AM[SHARE]EXCLUSIVE: Broadway’s Beetlejuice actor Sophia Anne Caruso will star in Duncan Sheik’s upcoming stage musical adaptation of the classic Manga graphic novel Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, …
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An Off-Broadway review: “The Saviors” By Bubba Weiler at Atlantic Theater Company By Antonio As I entered the Atlantic Theater Company, I was first struck by the fact that this old churc…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:58AM[SHARE]I’ve long been an admirer of playwright Wendy Wasserstein but had never seen her 1997 play An American Daughter. So I looked forward to the recent revival by LaFemme Theatre Productions. A…
SOURCE: stagebuddy.com at 08:43AM[SHARE]Death Note The Musical, Barbican review - book kills people, and scuppers the show
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SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:43AM[SHARE]The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park is continuing with THE WINTER’S TALE at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Veteran director Daniel Sullivan has returned to The Delaco…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:27AM[SHARE]Summer Bracket 2026:Musical SourcesThe Winners!First of all, thank you all for participating! Lots of votes in each round, and several close pairings. It was close the whole time, so that me…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 08:20AM[SHARE]By A;ix Cohen... Wendy Wasserstein’s excellent play skewers politics, media frenzy, and the double standards women face in public life. It asks why accomplished women are so often held to …
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 08:13AM[SHARE]It was 1996 the first time that Wendy Wasserstein’s play An American Daughter was performed.
At that time Proclamation 7017—Women's Equality Day was proclaimed. It was a time when wom…
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Pitlochry Festival Theatre has released the first production images for A History of Paper, starring Alan Cumming and Shirley Henderson.
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:31AM[SHARE]The full cast has been revealed for the West End premiere of Sting’s newly adapted musical The Last Ship, which runs at Theatre Royal Drury Lane
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SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:31AM[SHARE]Shakespeare in the Park stages this melancholic comedy, which gives us a good excuse to spend time with Raúl Esparza and Lily Rabe as king and queen.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:20AM[SHARE]The International Puppet Fringe Festival, by its nature accessible and diverse, brings dozens of shows, films, exhibits and workshops to the Lower East Side.
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The post The Nightline brings Melbourne’s anonymous late-night callers to Malthouse Theatre appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:54AM[SHARE]Rear Warehouse, Brown’s of Leith, EdinburghTwo men look back on their hedonistic past from a sobering present in Grid Iron’s adaptation of Andrew O’Hagan’s novelThe site-specific spe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:50AM[SHARE]Revivals today tend to come in several similar varieties: rewritten updates by famous contemporary playwrights, director projects that have high concepts, and entirely new plays inspired by …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:38AM[SHARE]The post Zoe’s Killer Instinct to premiere at the Old Fitz Theatre this August appeared first on Australian Arts Review.
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 12:21AM[SHARE]Frontmezzjunkies reports: The TIFF51schedule is finally here, and Andrew Scott and Hudson Williams may finally get me into an In Conversation With… I have my press pass firmly in hand, a T…
SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:15AM[SHARE]Live From The Hotel Edison Times Square Chronicles Presents, is normally filmed from the Hotel Edison, but today we went Zoom Style. Live From The Edison Times Square Chronicles is a podcast…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM[SHARE]Dakin Mattews and Mary Beth Peil. Joan Marcus There is something fascinating about reviving a play whose central premise should feel more relevant now than when it was written and discoverin…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM[SHARE]There are few playwrights better equipped than George Bernard Shaw to remind us that politics can be deadly serious and extremely funny at exactly the same time. On Monday evening, August 10…
SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM[SHARE]Hayley Levitt| Kraft’s collaborators Ben Folds and Machel Ross join her for a conversation about her new solo musical We’ve Been Here Before. ||Off-Broadway|Ben Folds,Lindsey Kraft,Mache…
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