In this weekend's L.A. Affairs, we learn that one can find love in places other than the Westside or Malibu.After college, I had firmly established myself in a good career, but I felt…
Linked From Frank's Wild Lunch at 08:52PMRECOMMENDED Borrowed from its own script, “it’s a blessing to be satisfied with so little” is an excellent way of describing “The Letters” at Writer’s The…
Linked From Newcity Stage at 08:21PMLegit Reviews||Broadway:
David Mamet being David Mamet, he can direct his own play however he damn well pleases. But he does no favors for the thesps in this two-hander by enabl…
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"Pullman Porter Blues," a play with music co-produced by D.C.'s Arena Stage and the Seattle Repertory Theater, is an earnest effort to showcase the pivo…
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Production will end 11 month run in January
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You certainly could not accuse Kyle DeSantis, the producer of the Drury Lane Oakbrook's huge new production of "Singin' in the Rain" of failing to deliver the wet stuff — as required f…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 07:45PMPerhaps the most shocking thing about playwright/director David Mamet's new 70-minute play, The Anarchist, now at Broadway's John Golden Theatre, is that not one unprintable curse word is ut…
Linked From TheaterMania at 07:44PMWhen Ernest Hemingway wrote about “a clean, well-lighted place,” he didn’t exactly have a window in Chicago’s Loop in mind. But beginning Tuesday and continuing through Dec. 22, a gr…
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:39PMHEDY WEISS: Appealing actors handcuffed by lame humor and cheap production values in spoof of the “mommy porn” best-seller.
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 07:39PMHere's what President Obama had to say today at the Kennedy Center Honors Reception in the East Room. This years honorees are Dustin Hoffman, David Letterman, guitarist Buddy Guy, ballerina …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:12PM"She knew with suddenness and ease that this moment would be with her always, within hand's reach of memory. "She...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:07PMI've lived in New York for more than a quarter of a century, long enough to feel nostalgic whenever I...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:07PMThe original TV version of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men, directed by Franklin Schaffner and starring Robert Cummings, telecast on...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:07PMSatchmo at the Waldorf wrapped up its third successive (and successful) run on Sunday afternoon at Philadelphia's Wilma Theater. I...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 07:07PMPatti LuPone and Debra Winger star in David Mamet’s “Anarchist,” a heavily embroidered slip of a play.
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David Mamet’s world premiere production of The Anarchist opens at Broadway’s Golden Theatre on December 2. The two-hander stars Tony winner Patti LuPone and Oscar nominee Debra W…
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:25PMBroadwayWorld collected as many of yesterday's evening Saturday Intermission Pics as we could to bring you Part 2 of our December 1st SIP round-up Yesterday evening's photos featured a surpr…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMTHE ANARCHIST, a new play written and directed by David Mamet opened tonight on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street. Let's see what the critics had to say
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMOne of the most dazzling and beloved singers on the worldwide cabaret and concert scene today, Sarah brings her acclaimed, award winning show SCREEN GEMS, The Songs of Old Hollywood, to the …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMOn December 16th, A Time To Shine KidzTeen Cabaret will be celebrating the Youth of Broadway on the Main Stage at The Broadway Comedy Club 318 West 53rd Street at 530PM.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:10PMThe idea of making the princely hero of Cinderella a preening, vacuous lead character from some BBC Three-style reality show is a good one. These days the notion of a smart, self-respecting …
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Contrition and forgiveness are usually seen as positive qualities that elevate their bearers. But in David Mamet’s new play at the John Golden, The Anarchist, they’re instead weapons tha…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 03:41PMHere’s some news that will be music to the ears of Parenthood viewers: Glen Hansard is guest-starring as himself on an upcoming episode of the NBC drama. The Oscar-winning singer/songwrite…
Linked From insidetv.ew.com at 03:40PMOne of the axioms of the theater is that comedy is more difficult to do than drama. If so, then the cast of "Inspecting Carol" at the Unicorn Theatre has achieved the comic equivalent of hig…
Linked From The Kansas City Star at 03:30PMWorld class instrument makes KenCen Concert Hall renovation complete.
Linked From The Washington Times at 03:25PMBroadway alum, film and TV actress Sara Niemietz released last month her new Christmas album titled Christmas Favorites. Get a first listen below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMThe musical Les Miserables has been a worldwide phenomenon for the past quarter of a century, and this Christmas it gets the big screen treatment as Tom Hooper's film adaptation hits cinemas…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:09PMLegit Reviews:
What begins as a study of gay (self-)acceptance broadens into a more troubling analysis of power and people's capacity for change.
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There’s the deadly whiff of self-congratulatory pretension hovering in the air at the Golden Theatre, where David Mamet’s latest play, “The Anarchist,” is occupying t…
Linked From Backstage at 02:43PMWhen composer Stephen Sondheim and book writer John Weidman's fiercely provocative Assassins hit Broadway in 2004 it landed with a "bang," sweeping in five Tony Awards (including Best Reviva…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:38PMJohn Tartaglia with RodJamie deRoyNovember 28, 2012: Jamie de Roy & friends are continuing with their festive soirees at the Metropolitan Room where Jamie's eclectic mix of fiends turned…
Linked From theaterlife.com at 02:34PMCoffeetable books delight the eye without crushing the pocketbook.
Linked From StarTribune at 02:24PMDark and witty, Myron Johnson's "Cinderella" takes visual cues from cartoonist Charles Addams. Then there's "SINderella...."
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This piece marks the first in a partnership between HowlRound and the League of Professional Theatre Women (LPTW). For many years, LPTW has been publishing an annual magazine, Women in The…
Linked From HowlRound at 01:42PMPALE-Y BY COMPARISON On paper, it must have seemed like such a great idea: create a new holiday show as an alternative to the onslaught of Christmas Carols and Nutcrackers, have Pulitzer-win…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 01:26PMOver 1,500 arts organizations applied for the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Art Grants in 2012. Only 832 received funding, for a total of $22.3 million in monetary gifts. One of the l…
Linked From Backstage at 01:26PMThe St. Louis Classical Guitar Society, one of the jewels in St. Louis’ cultural diadem, is noted for bringing in gifted guitarists from around the world. On Saturday night, the SLCGS pres…
Linked From St. Louis Today at 01:23PMElevator Repair Service has chosen not to adapt the novel for the stage, but to instead perform every wordthe script must look like the book with a lot of stage directions.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 01:15PMDame Helen Mirren has admitted to having misgivings about playing the Queen for a second time. The actress's 2006 Oscar-winning role as The Queen will be reprised in a West End play The Audi…
Linked From The Independent at 01:07PMMichael Portantiere, Aileen McKenna and James Marino talk with Marc Kudisch about The Holiday Guys Hanu-Mas Concert. We also discuss The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Vanya and Sonia and Ma…
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Surely and deservedly, it will be right up there with "warm woolen mittens" as one of the favorite things of New Jersey theatergoers and their families from now through to the New Year.
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:43PMKatie Holmes is among an excellent cast in this compelling story of family reckoning, writes Brendan Lemon
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 12:37PMTo fully appreciate “Reid Farrington’s A Christmas Carol,” playing this holiday season at the Abrons Arts Center, you must acquaint yourself with a unique prerequisite, one…
Linked From Backstage at 12:07PMName: Naomi BlandHometown: Little Rock, AREducation: Yale University and The Studio/New York Acting Conservatory What is a kiki?: A place to publicly celebrate all those things you do alone …
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 12:06PMBroadway legend Chita Rivera is currently starring alongside Stephanie J. Block, Will Chase, Jim Norton, and more in the Roundabout Theatre Companys Broadway production of The Mystery of Edw…
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Finborough, LondonThe Papatango New Writing festival last year came up with Dawn King's mesmerising Foxfinder. Even if this year's winner is more conventional, Louise Monaghan's play st…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:56AMThe Pit, LondonThe title provides a clue in this latest show from Hugh Hughes, a Welsh artist who has emerged over the last seven years with shows such as Floating, and the tale of…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:56AMFrom a Blairite Emperor's New Clothes to a Moors murders-inspired Pied Piper, poet Carol Ann Duffy and director Melly Still's fairytale stagings have pushed the boundaries. What's in store t…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:56AMSeptime Webre’s The Nutcracker gets the jump on holiday cheer! Lavish or plain, with live music or canned, The Nutcracker is a ballet for and about kids. These were my thoughts as I sat in…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:17AMAustralian author Andrew Bovell’s “Speaking In Tongues” is a play of patterns: patterns in human behavior but also patterns in playwriting. While the content, a study of in…
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David Mamet’s new play, The Anarchist, officially opened at the Golden Theatre on December 2nd. The Anarchist is an intriguing showdown between Patti LuPone and Debra Winger.
The Anarc…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 10:59AMLuPone and Debra Winger costar in a new play by David Mamet
Linked From NJ.com at 10:31AM Whether you sing, do comedy, write songs or have any other artistic bent, it’s all part of the performance compilation known as Jamie deRoy & Friends – and she has a LOT of fr…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 10:31AMNew York is great at Christmas, but you can get some great deals in Chicago, too.
Linked From Toronto Star at 10:30AMSome of the world’s best restaurants are to be found in Chicago.
Linked From Toronto Star at 10:30AMNearly twenty-five years to the day of passage of H.CON. RES 57 (12/4/87) officially designating jazz as a rare and valuable national American treasure and art form, the George Mason Univers…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:30AMWhat is Argentina’s most successful export? Aside from the excellent Malbec wines produced in the high-altitude conditions of Mendoza province, and perhaps football deities like Messi and …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 10:21AMNew Theatre’s production of Robert Caisley's sardonically titled Happy is not an evening you “like” watching an “emotional terrorist” spend 80 minutes mercilessly carving away a ne…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 10:04AMFutureleap Media and KHRONA Present BROADWAY FOR SANDY, a holiday concert benefiting those severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, on Monday, December 10th, 2012 at 8 p.m. at the Elbo Room.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMStoryville the Musical, an historic musical stage production involving race relations in the red-light district of early 20th century New Orleans featuring orchestrations by Tony Award Winne…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMName: Matthew Cox Hometown: Rowlett, TXEducation: I received my B.F.A. from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX (The Cowboy Capital of the World!...Really.) I also att…
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Linked From ArtsJournal at 09:44AMMinneapolis Star-Tribune 12/01/12
Linked From ArtsJournal at 09:44AM“Chris March’s The Butt-Cracker Suite!” is a campy reinvention of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker,” which Mr. March calls a “trailer park ballet.”
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:27AMAt this time of year it is normal for theatres to be awash with pantos. At the Roundhouse, though, YaD Arts and Tall Stories have created Lemony Snicket’s Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Scream…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 09:21AMFaction of Fools Theatre Company combines Charles Dickens and Commedia Dell’Arte this Christmas for an inspired production of A Commedia Christmas Carol. The larger than life fable with it…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:17AMThe second volume of essays adapted from Stella Adler’s legendary theater classes analyzes the works of Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill and others.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:16AMNEW WRITING SPECIAL: THE ANTELOPES Playwrights David Eldridge and Duncan Macmillan tell Aleks Sierz about the origins and aims of the Antelopes, an informal network of playwrights who starte…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 09:16AMTHE ANARCHIST, a new play written and directed by David Mamet is presented on Broadway at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre 252 West 45th Street. The production stars two-time Tony Award …
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By which I mean the Adam West feature film. After having read some pretty gritty late-Batman material (The Killing Joke, Knightfall, and Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns), it's wo…
Linked From CultureFuture at 08:30AMDavid Mamet’s theatrical brand is so strong these days, with not one, but two of his titles appearing on Broadway in the last 4 of 9 seasons, sometimes I feel like he doesn’t even have t…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 08:11AMWhen I was first introduced to David Sedaris in college, I was hooked from the first word by his sardonic humor. The Santaland Diaries, chronicles his adventures (or should I say mis-adventu…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:07AMCheck out the latest in upcoming releases of Broadway and theatre related DVDs for December 2012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:03AMHappy Birthday, Ron Raines His Broadway credits include Follies Tony Award nomination, Chicago, Show Boat, Teddy and Alice. he has performed with over fifty symphonies including Chicago, Cle…
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The short-lived Peter Allen musical Legs Diamond is seen for the first time since its 1988 Broadway run in a Dec. 2 staged reading at Musical Theatre West in Long Beach, CA.
Linked From Playbill at 09:53PMFollowing the recent five-month run of Closer Than Ever, The York Theatre Company continues its celebration of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire with a one-night only performance of their …
Linked From Playbill at 09:53PMTwo-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone and three-time Academy Award nominee Debra Winger debate faith, politics, persecution and redemption in the world premiere of David Mamet's new tw…
Linked From Playbill at 09:53PMIt's A Brad, Brad World: the Music and Lyrics of Bradford Proctor is presented Dec. 2 at 7:30 PM and 10 PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 09:52PMTelly Leung, the Broadway actor recently seen in the world premiere of the new musical Allegiance, will release his debut solo recording, "I'll Cover You," Dec. 4 on the Yellow…
Linked From Playbill at 09:52PMTony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally charts the egos and passions of a 19th-century opera troupe and their composer, Vincenzo Bellini, in the New York City premiere of Golden Age.
Linked From Playbill at 09:52PMThis month's column looks at two wonderfully rich memoirs, "World on a String" by jazz guitarist John Pizzarelli and "The Gershwins and Me" by Michael Feinstein.
Linked From Playbill at 09:52PMAmong the 500 New York Foundling friends and supporters expected at today's December 2nd 300 PM performance of Annie the Musical, will be Staten Island based Foundling families, many of whom…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMToday, Dec. 2, 2012, The Trevor Project will present its annual benefit event, Trevor Live presented by Audi of America and Wells Fargo and directed by celebrated director, producer and chor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMActor-writer-director Alan Cumming has few memories of his childhood the result of a troubled household, he tells Serena Altschul in a wide-ranging interview to be broadcast on CBS SUNDAY M…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMThe Group Theatre Too GTT, in association with Paul Michaels The Network, NYC, presents a star-studded benefit performance, Broadway at the Met Room, at New Yorks premier cabaret venue, The …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMTonight, December 2, Rubicon Theatre Company will present a benefit performance of Love, Loss, and What I Wore with a star-studded cast of women including Emmy and Tony-winner Tyne Daly, Amy…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMITHT has announced the triumphant return of the incredibly gifted actress and singer, Carole Demas in a concert created to benefit Irvington Town Hall Theater. Star of Broadway, television, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMTonight, December 2, 2012, more than 10 of Broadway Sings for Pride's Broadway and theater luminaries will take part in a very special 102nd birthday celebration benefiting victims of Hurric…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMThe York Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director, following the recent successful five month run of Closer Than Ever, continues the celebration with a one-night only perfor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMIt's A Brad, Brad World the Music and Lyrics of Bradford Proctor will be presented tonight, December 2nd at 700pm at the Laurie Beechman theatre.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:52PMMatthew Gorman in Rum and VodkaRemember...EverythingActor, Audience, Story is the tag line we’ve chosen to define our mandate.by Matthew Gorman(all photos by Scott Gorman)We’re a very ol…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 09:33PMHolly Gauthier-FrankelHow to Enter Vaudevilleby Keith Waterfield“Let’s fuck and make art.” Those words solidified the relationship between Alain Mercieca and me a year ago. We first me…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 09:33PMCommedia Beauregard, a Chicago-based non-profit theater company, has announced the return of their seasonal hit, A Klingon Christmas Carol, appearing at Raven Theatre from December 1 R…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:23PMFormer JERSEY BOYS cast member, John Michael Coppola, is proud to announce his digital release of the Billy Joel hit single, “New York State Of Mind”. 100% of proceeds f…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:23PMDue to popular demand, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.’s hit production of SUPERIOR DONUTS will add three final weeks of performances – extending through December 31, 2012 at The Royal Ge…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:23PMStrawdog Theatre Company’s Hugen Hall, named “Best Theater Bar” by the Chicago Reader, is proud to present The J & M Comedy Hour; Christpocalypse!, starring Justine Turner and…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:23PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) http://www.mtishows.com, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, and Beacon Communications today announced that Bring It On: The Musica…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:23PMFirst Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents the acclaimed play UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL, directed by Jeff Award nominee Alison C. Vesely, previewing March …
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:23PM World-renowned pastry guru, Chef Alain Roby, will put the finishing touches on the “World’s Longest Candy Cane” in an attempt to obtain his third Guinness World Record in beautiful …
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:23PMWHAT: Think Tank, a sketch comedy group from Chicago who has performed together for more than 5 years, will perform their 3rd Annual Holiday Fundraiser Show. Members include Paul Robinson, B…
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