David GaitánHometown: Mexico City
Current Town: Mexico City
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I'm writing a play for a specific group of actors; the peculiar thing (for me,…
Linked From ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:41PMLegit Reviews||Abroad:
With its blithe spirit and a plot no more preposterous than any dreamed up by P.G. Wodehouse and Guy Bolton for Jerome Kern's celebrated pre-1920s tuners,…
Linked From Variety at 08:40PMCan theater teach us anything about love? Three very different shows I reviewed this week all believe so – the Flux Theatre Ensemble’s production of “Hearts Like Fist,” “Th…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 08:34PMIt's Academy Award season within the showbiz-centric world of The Bodyguard, but even the greatest of Oscar obsessives - count me among them - would be hard-pressed to toss many a trophy in …
Linked From The Arts Desk at 08:30PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Wednesday, December 5, 2012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:22PMNominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:22PMThe Bodyguard, the new West End musical based on the film, opens tonight. In the now-iconic role created by the late, great Whitney Houston, Tony winner Heather Headly makes her big (and bra…
Linked From Chicago Theatre Addict at 08:20PMTwo Disney franchises collide at ArtsEmerson.Rarely has a single YouTube served quite so well as a theatrical review as the one posted above, of La Belle et la Bête, by Lemieux Pilon 4D Art…
Linked From The Hub Review at 08:06PMWe really, really love the Brooklyn International Performance Art Festival, no matter how it turns out. 2013 - the year of crowd-sourced, collaboratively-created, socially-engaged, non-disci…
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The Oscar and Tony Award-winning actress said in a recent interview that a botched operation to remove non-cancerous throat nodules in 1997 hasn't gotten better. It has permanently limited h…
Linked From New York Daily News at 06:57PMAdelphi theatre, LondonLawrence Kasdan has recorded his surprise at the idea of his screenplay for the 1992 movie, starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, being used as the basis for a m…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:57PMA lecture about overpopulation and climate change turned out to be the unlikely highlight of a year that also featured an intriguing Russian invasionThe most momentous theatrical performance…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:57PMMonty Python member dismisses idea during trial in which Mark Forstater claims he is entitled to royalties from spin-off SpamalotMichael Palin has dismissed a suggestion that a film producer…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:57PMWith winter approaching, you know it takes more than cough drops and herbal tea to keep your voice healthy in the bitter cold. But what are some secrets to make sure you’ll still sound…
Linked From Backstage at 06:57PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Strahan has added another notch to his growing off-the-field resume - Broadway....
Linked From Associated Press at 06:57PMPicking up where the sold-out 2012 TedxBroadway event left off, 2013’s daylong symposium in January brings together influential people in academics, entertainment, marketing, and media…
Linked From Backstage at 06:57PMNow you see 'em, now you don't! This week, three Broadway shows—"Chaplin," "Scandalous," and "The Anarchist"—announced their closing dates. Let's take a look back at some of the …
Linked From Backstage at 06:57PMLeaders at Los Angeles Opera are breathing a little easier now that a huge financial burden has been lifted from their shoulders.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:57PMThe opera, seeking to shed decades' worth of old sets, costumes and props, has decided to auction off most of the material next month.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:57PMTreatment Action Group TAG, one of the worlds leading AIDS research advocacy organizations, will host its 16th annual Research in Action Awards RIAA, honoring individuals who have made a sig…
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Holy crap! Congratulations are in order to this year's batch of nytheatre.com's People of the Year! It's a great list, too! Inductees include buds & co-conspirators The Amoralists Theatre C…
Linked From Jamespeak at 03:49PMThink Arthur Miller’s “The Price” or Wendy Wasserstein’s “The Sisters Rosensweig.” Playwright Jennifer Maisel must have done so, at least subconsciously, …
Linked From Backstage at 03:45PMThe drunk scene is a staple of comedy, from the Vitameatavegamin episode of “I Love Lucy” to the bar-pickup scene in “Promises, Promises.” Adam Bock’s contribut…
Linked From Backstage at 03:45PMBARRYMORE, a captured-live stage production, stars Academy Award winner Christopher Plummer as American acting legend John Barrymore. In a career defining performance, Plummer (as Barrymor…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce the casting and creative teams for Garage Rep 2013, featuring Bailiwick Chicago’s See What I Wanna See, Buzz22 Chicago’s She Kills…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMThe Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. with the 8th annual “Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah,” January 19 and January 20. Chicago f…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMChicago Sinfonietta continues its milestone 25th Anniversary Season with its Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., celebrating the universal lessons of Dr. King with music from t…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMLocated at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, the Montrose Room is pleased to announce the return of Lisa McClowry on Friday, December 14. The following day, Saturday, D…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMThe Chicago Commercial Collective and The Fine Print Theatre Company are proud to announce the return of Christmas in Chicago, December 13 – December 23, at Chicago Dramatists, 1105 W. Ch…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMIn the iconic 1972 action-disaster epic The Poseidon Adventure, a luxury ocean liner overturns at midnight on New Year’s Eve. This December 31, 2012, on the 40th anniversary of The Pose…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMThe Montrose Room located at the InterContinental Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont introduces Coco Montoya on Friday, December 7, and Sam Llanas formerly from the BoDeans, will perform on S…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PM Commedia Beauregard, a Chicago-based non-profit theater company, has announced that Dr. Marc Okrand, creator of the Klingon Language, will be attending the December 15 (4pm) showing of A…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 03:39PMINTERVIEW: TOM LYALL The Shunt Associate Artist tells Matt Trueman about his debut solo show DEFRAG_, part of Camden People’s Theatre's Futureshock Festival, and the possibility that super…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 03:28PMINTERVIEW: SHÔN DALE-JONES The artistic director of Hoipolloi Theatre tells Matt Trueman about his alter-ego Hugh Hughes, an emerging artist from Wales, as his latest show Stories From an I…
Linked From Theatre Voice at 03:28PMBroadway's Peter and the Starcatcher offered a special matinee Dec. 5, welcoming over 1000 local high school students. Some students and members of the Department of Education met with the …
Linked From Playbill at 03:26PMRobert Foxworth plays a Reaganesque character in Jon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities at the Mark Taper Forum, but in fact he opposed Reagan to the extent that he produced a radio series th…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 03:25PMThe holiday season is in full swing, and there's no better way to celebrate good cheer than with a week of great theater! This week’s Countrywide Guide spotlights Broadway fav…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:25PMLes Misérables is well on its way to becoming this year’s crowd-pleasing, award-winning musical extravaganza when it arrives in theaters on Christmas day. Film stars Hugh Jackma…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:25PMThirteen-time Grammy winning producer Steven Epstein has remastered the original recording of Barbra Streisand's 1973 record CLASSICAL BARBRA, for this reissue, the first since its original …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMIn the most recent episode of the web show EPIPHANY, THNKR sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and writer behind the film LINCOLN Tony Kushner to discuss the ongoing importance …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMTony and Olivier Award-winner JOHN CAIRD Les Misrables and Nicholas Nickleby, West End rising star SAM CAIRD, and Tony nominee PAUL GORDON Jane Eyre, arrived in Ventura today to begin rehear…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMCheck out CAP21's holiday installment of Ask A Broadway Star. In the video below, catch up with alums Andrew Cristi and Thay Floyd, who are both currently in the new Broadway Musical, A Chri…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:19PMWe’ve broken down and analyzed this season on Broadway for you. Check out what is trending compared to last year!
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:12PMThe Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of the musical cult classic The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which officially opened at Studio 54 on November 13, has announced a four-week exten…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 03:12PMLegit News:
Some audiences may not yet be back in full force
Linked From Variety at 03:09PMStaged Play At Hartford Stage During TenureMichael Wilson , former artistic director of Hartford Stage, will direct Cicely Tyson in Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful&rdq…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 03:08PMAlso Eric Bryant, Laura Esposito in Hartford ProductionLucas Hall, Jessica Watkins, Eric Bryant and Laura Esposito make up the ensemble cast of John Cariani's "Almost, Maine," the next …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 03:08PMFirst conceived and performed as a sung-through "pop opera," an updated Bare comes to Off-Broadway’s New World Stages. Now with book scenes, the production features several new songs that …
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The show, especially in its jokes, caters to the grown-ups. The kids — with a couple of tearful exceptions — didn’t seem to mind
Linked From National Post (Canada) at 02:56PMThink Annie is just for kids, do you? Then you might be surprised to know that the 1977 Tony-winning musical has a dark side, which is never more apparent than in this sterling-silver reviva…
Linked From cititour.com at 02:52PMDeafening cheers, copious laughter, roaring ovations, and a smattering of tears all filled the New
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:50PMDueling divas, unrequited love, and a conflicted and ailing composer are the stuff of great operas – and possibly, an invigorating night in the theater. But in Terrence McNally's Golden A…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:50PMProject Runway season four finalist Chris March, best known for his over-the-top constructions and use of unique accents, like human hair, brings his own brand of camp humor to the The Nutcr…
Linked From TheaterMania at 02:50PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, December 5, 2012 Today’s Tweets: click on hyperlinked items for more information Congrats @THEHEIRESSBway star Jessica Chastain who won Be…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:38PMGoodman Theatre's 2013 world-premiere production of Teddy Ferrara by Pulitzer Prize finalist Christopher Shinn, will feature Ryan Heindl in the title role and Liam Benzvi as college-kid …
Linked From Playbill at 02:22PMTony Award nominee Jennifer Damiano, Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena perform the music of A Christmas Story, The Musical songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Dec. 5 at 54 Below.
Linked From Playbill at 02:22PMFor someone who was so nervous to chop off her long locks, Anne Hathaway is really owning her shorter ‘do. The Oscar nominee, who cut her hair to play the tragic Fantine in Tom Ho…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:22PMAs schoolteacher Miss Shields in Broadway’s A Christmas Story, Caroline O’Connor knows all the right answers—including how to decorate a dressing room for the holidays. Tak…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:22PMBackstage at the high-flying and dare-deviling fantasy spectacle Peter and the Starcatcher, stars Matthew Saldivar, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Adam Chanler-Berat and the entire wickedly talented c…
Linked From Broadway.com at 02:22PMName: Kerry IpemaHometown: Western Springs, IL (a suburb of Chicago)Education: BFA in Musical Theatre from Indiana UniversityWhat is a kiki?: A Kiki is an all out love fest that's guaranteed…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 02:22PMStage and screen star Alfred Molina recently took part in for Disney Junior's acclaimed short-form series A Poem Is by reciting Clement Moore's A Visit From St. Nicholas. The episode premier…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMBRING IT ON recently hosted over 2,000 cheerleaders from across the country to come see the Broadway show. Go behind the scenes of the festivities below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMBucks County Playhouse will present much anticipated 2012 holiday production, It's a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play by Joe Landry. Performances run from Thursday, December 13th through Sun…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMEden Espinosa's debut album, Look Around, will be available December 18 on iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and EdenEspinosa.com. Check out art for her album cover below
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMRoundabout Theatre Companys Todd Haimes, Artistic Director national tour of the 2011 Tony Award-winning Anything Goes opened on Wednesday, November 28 in Los Angeles at the Ahmanson Theatre …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:19PMSILENCE! The Musical will end its 18-month run Sunday evening, December 30th at the Elektra Theatre. The production will have played a total of 447 performances and eight previews. Originall…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:16PMTwo tour de force performances in this 80-minute, one-act production are simply not enough to persuade us that Zelda Fitzgerald was the power behind her author husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald, …
Linked From Backstage at 02:13PMBroadway’s A Christmas Story, The Musical officially opens at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 7th. Based on the the classic 1983 film, the musical will play a limited holiday eng…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 02:09PMVan Cougar, a troupe that bases its shows on found texts, re-enacts viral videos in “Tube,” at St. Mark’s Church.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:08PMIn “Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas” a family considers permanently getting rid of an especially difficult grandmother.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 02:08PMNew York’s LAByrinth Theater Company announces a new Stephen Adly Guirgis play. My pulse goes jumpy. It’s a curious thrill in the oh-so-appropriate American theater, this combo of playwr…
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Leslie Bricusse, the Academy Award-winning songwriter behind such monster hits as "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Candy Man" (penned with the late Anthony Newley) and "Talk to the Animals," slip…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 01:50PMOur non-review - The producers have paroled David Mamet's terrorist (Patti LuPone) and her jailer (Debra Winger) as of Dec. 16th . and I've decided to give myself …
Linked From Curtainup Blog Annex at 01:50PMKathie Lee Gifford’s Broadway debut, “Scandalous,” will close this Sunday, December 9 after 31 preview performances and 29 regular performances. Officially titled “Scandalous: Th…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 01:49PMReporting back from the second day of NT Connections Directors' Weekend, Veronica Aloess speaks to Lenny Henry and Jim Cartwright.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 01:31PMDavid Mamet’s two-person play “The Anarchist” is set to close December 16 after only 17 regular performances and 23 preview performances. The New York Times points out that the clo…
Linked From broadwaytour.net at 01:31PM1921 Novelist Theodore Dreiser's play, The Hand of the Potter, opens at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York. Scenes range from the poverty-stricken Lower East Side to the lavish-livin…
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMI Do! I Do!, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's musical adaptation of Jan de Hartog's The Fourposter, opened Dec. 5, 1966. It starred Mary Martin and Robert Preston, who won a Tony for h…
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMLibrettist-director John Caird and composer-lyricist-librettist Paul Gordon, who created the musicals Daddy Long Legs and Jane Eyre, are together again for Little Miss Scrooge, a new yule-fl…
Linked From Playbill at 01:21PMWhen the Spice Girls closed the Olympic Games, tumbling out of their glittery taxis in short skirts and too-high heels like the kind of hen party you might cross the road to avoid, they inst…
Linked From The Independent at 01:21PMLocal breweries tap into the art world to convey their unique identities.
Linked From StarTribune at 01:21PMMore than 1,000 theater students from 15 New York City schools got a special treat on December 5, when they filled Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre for a special matinee performance …
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:21PMThe Heiress leading lady Jessica Chastain earned the National Board of Review award for Best Actress for her thrilling performance in Zero Dark Thirty, according to Varie…
Linked From Broadway.com at 01:21PMThe Acting Companys 40th Anniversary Ruby Ball was held on December 3, 2012 at Capitale, and James Houghton, Founding Artistic Director of the Signature Theatre and the Richard Rodgers Direc…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMNew York Theatre Workshop NYTW Artistic Director James C. Nicola and Managing Director William Russo presents A Civil War Christmas, written by Paula Vogel and directed by Tina Landau. Perfo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMWhen they havent been on stage, some Spider-Man cast members and the PigPen Theatre Co. of The Old Man and the Old Moon have recently taken field trips to see each others shows. Check out ph…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:16PMLegit News:
Musical reschedules opening to avoid Oscars
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Manhattan Theatre Club and playwright Terrence McNally celebrated the off-Broadway opening of McNally's new play Golden Age on Tuesday, December 4. Following the perform
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:47PMThe chief theater critic of The Times answers questions about new scores, populist theater, projection design and Broadway's bathrooms.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 12:43PMThe thermostat is set at “cozy” for Centerstage’s new production of “Bus Stop,” the 1955 William Inge drama about a slightly worldly young woman trying to escape the clutches of a …
Linked From Washington Post at 12:42PMRoundabout Theatre Company’s (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) national tour of the 2011 Tony® Award-winning Anything Goes opened on Wednesday, November 28 in Los Angeles to rave reviews. …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 12:31PMNonprofit theaters appear to be in recovery mode, according to a new report from Theatre Communications Group. READ MORE
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 12:24PMPrincess Jasmine and Jafar join forces to give Playbill.com readers a look at rehearsals for the Asian premiere of Disney's Aladdin in Manila. K-la Rivera offers comments on their rehear…
Linked From Playbill at 12:21PMGerard Alessandrini and the cast of Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking, which was recently extended through April 28, 2013, at the 47th Street Theatre, will celebrate the show's new D…
Linked From Playbill at 12:21PMWhen Chita Rivera takes the stage as Princess Puffer in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, audiences at Studio 54 erupt in cheers and applause. This great lady of the theater is nearing her 60th an…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:20PMClass is officially in session for the cast of off-Broadway’s Bare, and we’ve got a steamy first look at the stars in action. Directed by Stafford Arima, the revamped musical tel…
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:20PMDuring their brief lifetime, student band Talulah Gosh was dismissed as the epitome of twee, "shambling" indie pop. But 25 years on the group has spawned a Turner Prize winner, Britain's lea…
Linked From The Independent at 12:20PMEric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin were at London’s High Court today but, beyond the courtroom being plunged accidentally into darkness for a few moments, there was little comedy abo…
Linked From The Independent at 12:20PMI’m thrilled that Bring It On will soon be made available for licensing to theaters around the country. Though I was never a cheerleader myself (sports? what?), this show has a lot to chee…
Linked From Music Theatre International at 12:15PMThis is a spectacular production of a well-intentioned play. I cannot remember when I saw such a fine collection of actors roaming the stage under the guidance of an equally fine director. …
Linked From Usher Nonsense at 12:15PMAccording to TMZ, Broadway veteran Susan Luckey passed awaythis morning, December 5, from old age. She was 74 years old.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:15PM"F*ck." —David Mamet.-- Delivered by Feed43 service
Linked From New York Magazine at 12:15PMEarlier today, Peter and the Starcatcher stars Adam Chanler-Berat Peter, Celia Keenan-Bolger Molly, Matthew Saldvar Black Stache, and co-director Roger Rees, were joined by New York City Dep…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMManhattan Theatre Clubs Broadway premiere of The Other Place, the new play by Sharr White, directed by Joe Mantello and starring Laurie Metcalf, Daniel Stern, Zoe Perry, and John Schiappa, w…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:15PMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but the big world premiere is happening right now, December 5, in London. Check out photos of all the stars on the red ca…
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You now have another month to cast your votes. And yes, we know the Presidential election is over.The Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Tony Award winner Rupert Holmes' musical The Mys…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:46AMThe outrageously attractive Cheyenne Jackson (The Performers) has released a preview video and making-of photos for his upcoming single "Don't Wanna Know," which will be available for purcha…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:46AMEven Pulitzer Prize winners lose, sometimes. In the quickest exit of a new work by a big-name playwright in several seasons, The Broadway production of David Mamet's prison-drama The Anarchi…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:46AMFrom my upcoming piece on Mandy Patinkin:
Linked From Hartford Courant at 11:44AMEvery year I wait for Brad Hathaway to post his Holiday Gifts for Theatre Lovers guide on DC Theatre Scene because I always have a hard time finding holiday gifts for my friends who are the…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:25AMAlex Egan was an intern as Circle Rep first produced Lanford Wilson's Angels Fall Off-Broadway. Now, three decades later, he has staged his own rendition of the play for Hollywood's Producti…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 11:24AMStage and screen star Tom Wopat will release his eighth recording, "I've Got Your Number," Feb. 12, 2013.
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMTony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Sheldon Harnick and his wife, actress-photographer Margery Gray Harnick, presented and signed their new book, "The Outdoor Museum: Not Your Usual Im…
Linked From Playbill at 11:19AMThe Mystery of Edwin Drood’s leading lady Stephanie J. Block stopped by our studio to answer fan questions about her favorite Broadway roles, her mischievous dog and making memories wi…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:19AMSinging and dancing on Broadway isn't just hard work—on December 3 and 4, the Great White Way's best and brightest had a blast performing for a cause at the 24th annual Gypsy o…
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:19AMDanny and Sandy are back, just in time for Christmas! John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John have teamed up to release the new holiday album, This Christmas, and thankfully, their first music …
Linked From Broadway.com at 11:19AMCould it be? One of the biggest names in the music industry will star in the Barbra Streisand reincarnation of "Gypsy"? Lady Gaga is said to be one of the names that tops Bab's list to play …
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 11:19AMThe hard-knock life's back on Broadway with Annie revival, just as Annie, the movie, returns in a sing-a-long edition; long forgotten musical Seventeen and West End Cabaret starring Judy Den…
Linked From City Guide Magazine at 11:16AMPanto season sees JM Barrie's Peter Pan flying into theatres this week, with new versions at Bristol Old Vic and Cardiff's Sherman Cymru. What better reason to dig out the Pans of yore?"Oh, …
Linked From The Guardian at 11:16AMWest Yorkshire PlayhouseThere was general agreement that Danny Boyle succeeded in capturing the quintessence of Britishness for this year's Olympic opening ceremony. Even so, you wonder if i…
Linked From The Guardian at 11:16AMNEW YORK (AP) -- It may take a big spoonful of sugar to make this go down: Julie Andrews says that her four-octave voice is not coming back....
Linked From Associated Press at 11:16AMSamantha Barks is so lovely, so natural as Eponine in the movie version of Les Miserables that you might be forgiven for thinking she’s made a lot of films, writes BAZ BAMIGBOYE.
Linked From Daily Mail at 11:16AMKathie Lee Gifford made a lot of money in the '80s as the spokeswoman for Carnival Cruise Lines, singing the lyrics "In the morning, in the evening, ain't we got fun?" on TV commercials.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 11:16AM"Lincoln" has been a big hit in movie theaters, and on Jan. 22 Tony Kushner's screenplay for Steven Spielberg's film will arrive in book form, to be followed in late February by another new …
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 11:16AMLES MISERABLES might not open in movie theatres until Christmas day, but the big world premiere is happening right now, December 5, in London. Tune in to watch the stars on the red carpet HE…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMYork Theatre Company James Morgan, Producing Artistic Director presents Broadways Marc Kudisch 9 to 5 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Jeffry Denman Irving Berlins White Christmas Yank at the Yor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMAccording to the Taking Your Fiscal Pulse 2012 snapshot survey, 90 of surveyed theatres believe their situation is holding steady or on the upswing. Released by Theatre Communications Group …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMCorey Cott and the cast of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, will appear on the 2012 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, with a performance of Carrying the Banner. The par…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMLes Misrables is the motion-picture adaptation of the beloved global stage sensation seen by more than 60 million people in 42 countries and in 21 languages around the globe and still breaki…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:15AMLess than a month after its Broadway debut, Kathie Lee Gifford's show "Scandalous" will play its final performance this weekend.
Linked From NY1 at 11:03AMThe West End production of Uncle Vanya, starring Ken Stott, Anna Friel and Samuel West, is due to close three weeks earlier than planned. It will now run until January 26, 2013, instead of F…
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Snapshots of families you barely know tumble out of the red and green envelopes in your mail. Hackneyed carols cloy the air in supermarkets. The average Starbucks smells like a nutmeg empori…
Linked From Washington Post at 10:48AMMastering the language in “My Name is Asher Lev” They rise from the script like elegant mountains—the monologues that drive My Name is Asher Lev. An actor has to climb them…
Linked From Theatre Development Fund at 10:44AMA little while back I had an idea for a conference and now that conference is a reality. It's pretty exciting. As you can see from the list of panelists, workshops, and speakers below, this …
Linked From One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTonight at 7 PM at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School – Anthony Rapp (RENT), Heidi Blickenstaff (Title of Show) and Eleasha Gamble (Oklahoma!) will be the special guests at ArtSpeak &#…
Linked From DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:22AMThe theatrical licensing agency Tams-Witmark has announced the release of a new version of The Wizard of Oz, based on the iconic 1939 MGM film, for young performers.
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMThe new musical Table, penned by New Yorker contributor Adam Gopnik and Academy Award winner David Shire, will receive a January reading under the wings of the Long Wharf Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMBare, the coming-of-age rock musical set in a co-ed Catholic boarding school, began Off-Broadway previews Nov. 19 at New World Stages, where the work — billed as a Pop Opera in 2004 &m…
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMThe York Theatre Company will present the Off-Broadway premiere of The Holiday Guys in Happy Merry Hanu-Mas, a holiday variety show from Tony Award nominee Marc Kudisch and Drama Desk nomine…
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMChristopher Durang's frothy Chekhov-inspired comedy, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, starring Sigourney Weaver, Kristine Nielsen and David Hyde Pierce, has extended its Off-Bro…
Linked From Playbill at 10:19AMLincoln Center Theater’s off-Broadway production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is getting a one-week extension at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre. Christopher Durang’s new…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:18AMSally Ann Triplett knows her way around musicals, having appeared over the last 25 years in shows ranging from Follies, Grease and Chess to the original UK and Broadway productions of Carrie…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:18AMName: Anthony Michael MartinezHometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FLEducation: Florida State University, Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and Mass Media StudiesWhat is a kiki?: A kiki is a party that…
Linked From TheaterInTheNow at 10:18AMMichael Raitzyk picked up the guitar when he was 6. His mom was a Dylan fan, and he remembers one of his first songs was "Bob Dylan's 115th Dream." Baltimore-born and bred, Raitzyk didn't gr…
Linked From Washington Jewish Week at 10:14AMOn last night's 'Showbiz Tonight' on CNN, Anne Hathaway talks about her incredible transformation for her role in LES MISERABLES. Hathaway is playing the troubled Fantine in the film, which …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMROCKY - The Musical, featuring Drew Sarich and Wietske van Tongeren, made its world premiere in Hamburg on November 18. Featuring direction by Tony nominee Alex Timbers, the show is eying a …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMAn ambivalent Cinderella A blood-thirsty Little Red Ridinghood A Prince Charming with a roving eye A Witch...who raps They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen So…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMCraig Wright's Grace, starring Paul Rudd and Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, with Kate Arrington and seven-time Emmy Award-winner Ed Asner, opened on October 4, 2012 at Broadway's Cor…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMTIME Magazine each year releases a top ten list of everything from gadgets, to music albums, to business blunders and beyond - plus, of course, the year's top ten plays and musicals accordin…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMBilly Connolly plays New York’s Beacon Theatre tomorrow and Friday; hear him on Sirius Channel 206 and XM Channel 105 today at 1:30 PM when he’s a guest on “Unmasked,” hosted by Ron …
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:03AMBilly Connolly plays New York’s Beacon Theatre tomorrow and Friday; Time Out New York spoke to him about the meaning of a lifetime achievement award, speaking Dwarvish in The Hobbit, why f…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 10:03AMLegit News:
'Scandalous,' 'Anarchist' will shutter this month
Linked From Variety at 10:03AMThe BBC has become the latest broadcaster to announce changes to the way it displays a programme’s end credits following pressure from Equity. Last week Sky announced it has completely ove…
Linked From The Stage at 10:01AMSadler’s Wells and Shakespeare’s Globe are among a range of arts organisations taking part in a programme of cultural events in Qatar and the UK next year. Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture …
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Dave Brubeck, a wonderful artist and an uncommonly kind and decent man, died today on the eve of his ninety-second...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 09:59AMThesis: People are more likely to spend time and attention on performance activities they have participated in. I’m not a sports watcher, but I fenced saber for a year in college. I’ll t…
Linked From 2AMT at 09:55AMThe rock venue proves an appropriate space for this staged version of Green Day’s 2004 album, writes Ian Shuttleworth
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 09:45AMA highly charged, uncomfortably edgy production, set in an all-female prison, is led by some superb performances, writes Sarah Hemming
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 09:45AMIt might be hard to believe, but Yvonne Strahovski has never seen a Broadway show.The Australian actress, currently making her New York stage debut as Lorna Moon in Lincoln Center Theater's …
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:45AMGideon Glick (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark) will play a character that was raised as a girl, but dies a man, when he assumes the title role in Amandine, a new musical inspired by the memoir…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:45AMEvery first Wednesday of the month, get caught up with what’s on stage with our review round-up. And that vaguely hollow, clinking sound you hear at the end of each segment? That’s me to…
Linked From thebroadwayblog.com at 09:45AMIn a unique series of six films debuting on PBS Friday, January 25 at 9 p.m. (check local listings), Shakespeare Uncovered will combine history, biography, iconic performances, new analys…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:38AMWendy Kaplan, President of MadKap Productions, will present the Chicago Premiere of SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE…, written by former Seinfeld writer Marc Jaffe and Emmy nominated playwright…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:38AMMarc Kudisch and Jeffry Denman are not only two talented musical theater actors, they are also The Holiday Guys. I saw them in 2009 and am so glad they're back this year in The Holiday …
Linked From Pataphysical Science at 09:31AMThere are now four more weeks of voting for the murderer of Edwin Drood! Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is thrilled to announce a four week extension of the crit…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 09:28AMI wanted to call your attention to some important resources now posted on our website. If you missed the Fall Forum on Governance—or attended and would like to refresh your memory—we now…
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 09:27AMA stage musical based on the 1976 movie “Rocky” has proved a hit in Hamburg, Germany. Now its producers hope to bring it to Broadway.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:27AMPaula Vogel's A Civil War Christmas, set on Christmas Eve 1864 as America faced an uncertain future, officially opened Dec. 4 at the New York Theatre Workshop. Tony Award winner Alice Ri…
Linked From Playbill at 09:19AMManhattan Theatre Club's New York City premiere of Golden Age, four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally's play about the world of composer Vincenzo Bellini, opens Dec. 4 followin…
Linked From Playbill at 09:19AMThe Broadway production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Cinderella has rescheduled its performance dates for a second time, producers announced Dec. 5. Laura Osnes and Santino Fontana…
Linked From Playbill at 09:19AMBroadway producer and theatre owner Jordan Roth and TV producer Richie Jackson, who were married earlier this year, announced a $100,000 matching grant supporting Freedom to Marry's 2013…
Linked From Playbill at 09:19AMThe Broadway premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella has pushed back its first preview date to January 25, 2013, instead of the previously scheduled January 24 start date. Ope…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:17AMWhen comedian Chelsea Handler needed a guest host to fill in on her hit chat show Chelsea Lately, the funnylady knew another hilarious blonde who'd be perfect for the job! Tony and Emmy …
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:17AMBarbra Streisand’s long-gestating new film adaptation of Gypsy is still heating up, with news now breaking that the divine Miss Streisand is considering adding a mega music star to her…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:17AMGet your first glimpse of Seth Numrich, Tony Shalhoub, Yvonne Strahovski, Danny Burstein and more in Bartlett Sher’s gorgeous revival of Clifford Odets’ boxing tragedy …
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:17AMTake a first look at show clips from the highly anticipated off-Broadway production of Bare, starring Jason Hite, Taylor Trensch and a talented young cast, opening on December 9 at New …
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:17AMUPDATE: The first obit to appear is this, from the London Times; Alex Ross writes that “Some celebrated composers fade after death, their fame dependent on personality and on networks …
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 09:17AMCorey Cott and the cast of Newsies, the Tony Award winning new American musical, will appear on the 2012 Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade, with a performance of Carrying the Banner. The par…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMAs has been long speculated, Barbra Streisand is still hard at work on making another GYPSY film, in which she would play 'Momma Rose,' and according to Time, she has her sites set on Lady G…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMJason Alexander revealed on his Twitter account today that he will be guest starring in an upcoming episode of the NBC comedy COMMUNITY later this season. Tweeted the actor, Filming a crazy …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMRehearsals for RODGERS HAMMERSTEIN'S Cinderella will begin Thursday, December 6 with preview performances starting January 25 prior to Opening Night on Sunday, March 3. The previously annou…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMWhat do you have to do to make Katie Holmes seem plain with low self-esteem? Does it take more than sweatpants and baggy cardigans? How about no makeup and a ponytail? Would it help if her c…
Linked From Newsday Subscription at 09:14AMBroadwayWorld.com, the largest theatre site on the Internet, is excited to announce a new feature to its comprehensive regional coverage - the Featured Regional Theater of the Week Each week…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:14AMToday is the birthday of Walt Disney (1901-1966). The highlight of my short NYU career was the course I took on Disney taught by the world’s pre-eminent Disney scholar John Canemaker. …
Linked From Trav S.D. at 09:12AMLike a team of theatrical rescue workers, three seasoned pros do everything in their power to aid Arena Stage’s “Pullman Porter Blues.” But though they provide welcome verve, their con…
Linked From Washington Post at 09:02AMTweetI usually don’t get political, but I have some conservative friends who were talking about moving to Canada because of Obama. Others were talking about hoping to sucede from the U…
Linked From Broadway Reviewed at 09:01AMThe Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s budget will be cut by £34 million over the next two years, under plans announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today. DCMS w…
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There may be some people who get off on watching actors
simulate sex onstage but watching people pretend to get it on under the glare
of a spotlight usually makes me squirmy. And yet, I was …
Linked From Broadway & Me at 08:58AMTheatre Royal, Bristol: Sally Cookson cut her teeth as a Bristol Old Vic director with Christmas shows for the under-sevens in the Studio. It was a good grounding. For here she is in charge …
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMDonmar Warehouse: Rome under Caesar is Holloway Prison, and the inmates are putting on a protest show. It's a case of 22 jail birds, one guvnor, and the cages are rattling with the soun…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMMarlowe Theatre, Canterbury: This rather wet show meant that my notebook was soaked during the water pistol chase. And water spouts out of every corner and orifice in a hilarious slapstick s…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMDecember 4-January 19: Ian Brown's second production of The Wind in the Willows at the West Yorkshire Playhouse is a triumph in all aspects. Tickets are going to be hard to come by.
Rea…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMRoyal Theatre, Northampton: I am sure most of us have a favourite production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, whether it be stage, screen or radio, to which we compare any new pro…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMCrescent Theatre, Birmingham: With a multi-million pound rebuild of Birmingham's Repertory Theatre underway, the in-house company has been rendered temporarily homeless.
Read the full …
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMCivic Hall, Bedworth: This cheerful but thinly-scripted, limply directed show disappoints. Here is old-style, Edwardian-style (or even Plautian) panto, mainly aimed at young children, but wi…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMV22, the Biscuit Factory, London: The Biscuit Factory is a massive space to hold a production in, and Shunt makes full use of its surroundings by leading the audience through a maze of darkl…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMPeacock Theatre, London: My first encounter with Raymond Briggs' enchanting story was the animated film in 1982. Three decades later, I am still captivated by its spell. Somewhere benea…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMNew Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich: There's a moment in Sleeping Beauty, as we await the grand entrance of evil witch Morgana (Karen Mann), where the actor/musicians take a break from belting …
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMThe Arches, Glasgow: The Ugly Duckling doesn't underplay the subtext of this children's story about acceptance - Andy Manley's script makes vigorous use of disco music to lend…
Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMThe Tron, Glasgow: Having developed his take on the format at Macrobert in Stirling, Johnny McKnight's arrival at the Tron suggests new possibilities for pantomime.
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Linked From The Stage at 08:53AMProducers have announced that The Anarchist, the new play written and directed by David Mamet,which began previews at the newly refurbished Golden Theatre on Tuesday, November 13, 2012, …
Linked From Theater Advisor at 08:45AMScandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson, a musical by writer and television host Kathie Lee Gifford, will close on Broadway December 9, 2012, producers announced on Dec. …
Linked From Theater Advisor at 08:45AMStephen SpotswoodHometown: North East, MD (it's not a compass point; it's the name of an actual town) Current Town: Washington, D.C. Q: What are you working on now? A: I have a…
Linked From ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 08:39AMIf it’s not compulsory to have Bristol stalwart Tristan Sturrock in every Bristol Old Vic show yet, then it should be. Last seen doing his one-man show Mayday! Mayday! and as Long John…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:26AMDownstairs at the Soho Theatre plays host to David Hoyle and Richard Thomas: Merrie Hell, an alternative Christmas cabaret starring David Hoyle. Hoyle, a well known drag act on the cabaret…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:26AMI could easily go on a road trip with my Jewish New Jersey mom, like Seth Rogen’s character does with Barbra Streisand in the movie The Guilt Trip. I’d just crank the AC, blast some Siri…
Linked From entertainment.time.com at 08:17AMDavid Mamet's latest play – and Broadway debut for Debra Winger – announces closure just a day after opening to bad reviews"Always be closing" is the great motto for the salesmen in Davi…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:16AMGeorge Osborne, the chancellor, has announced in his autumn statement that Whitehall departments are to cut budgets by 1% this year and 2% next yearThe key point in George Osborne's autumn s…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:16AMThe Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood has extended its limited engagement at Studio 54 through March 10, 2013. The production had originally been sc…
Linked From Broadway.com at 08:16AM By Joel Benjamin It’s difficult for anyone under the age of sixty to understand what it was like to go to a show where the actors were not miked to death. Back then an enti…
Linked From Times Square Chronicles at 08:16AMThe Newsies are making headlines all over the country! Corey Cott and the rest of the toe-tapping Broadway cast of Disney’s hit musical took a trip to sunny Florida to participate in t…
Linked From Broadway.com at 08:16AMWhat do David Mamet and Kathie Lee Gifford have in common? Both have flops on Broadway this season.
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 08:16AMJenn Colella, Tyne Daly, Montego Glover, Ann Harada, Elizabeth Stanley and Sally Wilfert will perform during the Transport Group's Gimme a Break! Dec. 10 gala at the Asia Society an…
Linked From Playbill at 08:15AMThe Dec. 3-4 24th Annual Gypsy of the Year competition collected a grand total of $3,902,608 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the fourth highest total ever.
Linked From Playbill at 08:15AM"Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade," which will feature a performance from the cast of Broadway's Newsies, will air on ABC Dec. 25 beginning at 10 AM ET; check local listings.
Linked From Playbill at 08:15AMInstead of taking typical famous person transit, Jay-Z opted to ride the subway to one of his recent cocnerts at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. What happens when such men walk among mortals? …
Linked From Washington Post at 08:14AMBroadwayWorld is excited to expand its popular feature series outside the U.S. borders setting our sights on showcasing performance companies around the world Each month we will introduce yo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMEminent artists, friends and peers of this year's seven honorees converged in Washington, D.C., last night Dec. 2 to present entertaining and heartfelt tributes at THE 35TH ANNUAL KENNEDY CE…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMKristin Chenoweth filled in as guest host on last night's CHELSEA LATELY on cables E channel. On the show, the Broadway and TV star had fun announcing the engagement of 86-year-old Hugh Hefn…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMManhattan Theatre Clubs New York premiere of Golden Age the new play by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally, directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie opened last night at MTC at …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMBroadway's Carly Rose Sonenclar's Pepsi Challenge song on tonight's THE X FACTOR will be Beyonce's If I Were a Boy The fans are deciding everything from the costume to the hair to the makeup…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMThe stirring new rock musical BARE began previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street on Monday, November 19, 2012. Opening Night is set for Sunday, December 9, 2012. Broad…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMThe stirring new rock musical Barebegan previews Off-Broadway at New World Stages 340 West 50th Street on Monday, November 19, 2012. Opening Night is set for Sunday, December 9, 2012. Broadw…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMThe 24th Annual GYPSY OF THE YEAR Competition, the culminating celebration of six weeks of fundraising by 51 participating Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies, raised 3,902…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMToday the organizers of TEDxBroadway unveiled its updated list of speakers, adding six more names to the lineup.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMToday in 2002, the fourth Broadway revival of Man of La Mancha opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, where it ran for 304 performances. Man of La Mancha is a music…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 08:11AMToday is the birthday of “Little Richard” Penniman (b, 1932). Richard’s life and career are an example of the perils and pitfalls of Manicheanism, his life perpetually pe…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 08:10AMAlso Eric Bryant, Laura Esposito in Hartford ProductionLucas Hall, Jessica Watkins, Eric Bryant and Laura Esposito make up the ensemble cast of John Cariani's "Almost, Maine," the next …
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A Norwich theatre has terminated the contract of its 24 year-old artistic director after only eight months in the job, leading to a dispute over the reasons for her departure. Genevieve Ragh…
Linked From The Stage at 07:59AMWhen I first heard about “The Anarchist,” David Mamet’s play pitting Patti LuPone as an incarcerated violent radical against Debra Winger as her jailer, I immediately pictured the town…
Linked From newyorktheater.me at 07:52AMStaged Play At Hartford Stage During TenureMichael Wilson , former artistic director of Hartford Stage, will direct Cicely Tyson in Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful&rdq…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 07:49AMDavid Mamet has found himself confronting something unfamiliar: a Broadway flop.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 07:43AMThe Bodyguard, a new musical based on the 1992 Warner Bros. film of the same name that was scripted by Lawrence Kasdan and starred the late Whitney Houston, officially opens at the West End&…
Linked From Playbill at 07:15AMThree new musicals — including one by 13 writer Dan Elish — will be presented in readings in January 2013 in the Eighth Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Artists, produced by Good…
Linked From Playbill at 07:15AMTony Award-winning composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim will discuss his legendary career and contributions to the American musical theatre in February 2013 at Connecticut's Ridgefield Pla…
Linked From Playbill at 07:15AMNew York Rocks for The Rock, a benefit for the Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, will be presented Dec. 17 at 7 PM in Manhattan at the Times Square Arts Center.
Linked From Playbill at 07:15AMJoan Sittenfield, the former vice president of Talent & Casting at Universal Studios, has published an e-book for actors.
Linked From Playbill at 07:15AMThe last time I visited V22 it was for a swing dance lesson and I felt that the massive disused biscuit factory in Bermondsey had great things ahead of it (besides of course, my interpretati…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:15AMHey y'all. Greetings from sunny San Diego. And thanks to BroadwayWorld for letting me ramble for a few weeks. I'm here at The Old Globe, which by the way is a FANTASTIC place to work For all…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:11AMCelebrate the 35th Season of the Big Apple Circus with our latest Big Top Spectacular LEGENDARIUM An all-new lineup of incredible acts launches you on a thrill-a-minute journey full of aston…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:11AMWe’re now bringing you Wardrobe Wednesdays! Want to know how to dress like your favorite Broadway character (without looking like you just stepped off stage–no mic tape, please!)? That…
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All individuals working in theatre management will be eligible for membership of the Theatrical Management Association from 2014 as part of an internal review of the organisation, which is a…
Linked From The Stage at 06:59AMNovember was busiest month of the entire fall season, with a whopping seven Broadway productions officially opening their doors between the 1st and the 30th. There were also countless off-Br…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:41AMVanessa Redgrave, 75, and James Earl Jones, 81, are to play the sharp-tongued lovers in an Old Vic production of Shakespeare's comedy. Does age matter on stageVanessa Redgrave is 75 and Jame…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:37AMBiscuit Factory, LondonWe are on the cruise of a lifetime. In the bar, the band are playing, just as the band played on when the Titanic went down. There is something bovine in our midst. W…
Linked From The Guardian at 06:37AMBreaking String Theater of Austin, Texas proudly presents Vodka, Fucking and Television by Russian playwright Maksym Kurochkin, Directed by Liz Fisher, Translated by John J. Hanlon Watch …
Linked From HowlRound at 06:26AMWe all dream of happy endings. We grow up with great fairy tales promising a “happily ever after” and even as grown-ups living in a world of financial crisis, one-night stands an…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:23AMIt takes some special theatre magic to conjure a lot from a little. And just our luck: dog&pony have been playing with some worthy new potions. The company’s name may imply a rickety r…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 06:23AMIt’s taken seven years to bring John LaChiusa and Sibylle Pearson’s musical, based on Edna Ferber’s novel, to fruition. The Dallas Theatre Center has presented it, so h…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 06:23AMWhat can a one-man performance bring to a story that’s so familiar to so many that we can almost mouth the dialog? Plenty, especially when that performer is one of the most gifted actors…
Linked From DC Theatre Scene at 06:23AMGiven the climatic events of the past few months, theatregoers may wish to avail themselves of the reading of Karen Malpede’s Extreme Whether, a new play with music (by Arthur Rosen), …
Linked From Superfluities Redux at 06:14AMThe critically acclaimed new production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood will get an extra four weeks on Broadway, Roundabout Theatre Company announced on Dec. 5.
Linked From Playbill at 06:14AMPhyllida Lloyd's all-female staging of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar opened at the Donmar Warehouse last night (4 December 2012), featuring a cast led by Frances Barber as Caesar, Harriet Walt…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 06:14AMRoundabout Theatre Company has just announced a four week extension of the critically acclaimed new Broadway production of Rupert Holmes Tony Award winning musical comedy The Mystery of Edwi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:10AMAMERICAN IDIOT, Green DAy's explosive, award-winning Broadway rock musical, opened their UK Tour at the legendary HMV Hammersmith Apollo from December 4 - 16.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:10AMFind out if the butler did it when Goodspeed Musicals brings intrigue and amusement to the Opera House stage with its production of the musical whodunit Somethings Afoot. This hilarious musi…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:10AMThe 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables will be playing at The National Theatre from December 13-30th. I am a Les Miz fanatic and have the seen the show over 20 times and one o…
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Female playwrights and directors in the UK will be as fairly represented as their male counterparts 20 years from now, according to National Theatre artistic director Nicholas Hytner. Hytner…
Linked From The Stage at 05:59AMPortsmouth’s New Theatre Royal will begin its £4 million redevelopment project early next year after being awarded the final £750,000 funding it required from Arts Council England. The v…
Linked From The Stage at 05:59AMWith Straight currently playing at the Bush Theatre, playwright DC Moore chats about friendship, working at Homebase and writing through the night.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 05:22AMIt seems far too much of a coincidence that I’ve woken up, after seeing Hero the night before, to my twitter feed totally clogged with people twitting their disbelief at the UKIP parliamen…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 05:22AMWe had a great Thanksgiving Day. In the morning, we watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. How could we be in NYC and not go to the parade Then we had Thanksgiving dinner with Erin D…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:08AMThe American Repertory Theater A.R.T. presents its production of Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by Roger O. Hirson, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:08AMFor theater goers looking for holiday fare that's intellectually nourishing, Paula Vogel's unique Christmas story with music offers a satisfyingly tasty and enlightening entertainment
Linked From CurtainUp at 05:04AM- A night at the opera but Terrence McNally keeps you backstage . . . Read More
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Proposals to close and demolish Weymouth Pavilion Theatre will be put out to public consultation if a voluntary or private group cannot be found to run the building. At a meeting this week, …
Linked From The Stage at 02:56AMAt the Jan. 24, 1835 premiere of Vincenzo Bellini’s final opera, “I Puritani,” the air was thick with cutthroat competition, a mangled marriage proposal and a killer cough. Such drama!…
Linked From New York Daily News at 02:52AMI THINK I HEARD BELLINI TURNING IN HIS GRAVE Imagine yourself sitting tied to a chair in a stuffy, dark room with a very dull senile old man who talks on and on and on and on and on and on a…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 02:52AMPieces of New York City Opera's past will go up for auction as the company tries to climb out from under its financial burdens and remake itself as a smaller, leaner organization.
Linked From The Wall Street Journal Subscription at 02:52AMReview: Eve Ensler's "Emotional Creature": Empowering. From the author of "The Vagina Monologues" comes "Emotional Creature," a show for the next generation that is raw, honest, intense, hum…
Linked From Call Me Adam at 02:52AMNEW YORK (AP) -- David Mamet's new play "The Anarchist" and Katie Lee Gifford's "Scandalous" will both end their Broadway runs much earlier than their creators wanted....
Linked From Associated Press at 02:52AMAfter the all-black Caesar from the RSC, it's the turn of the women as Phyllida Lloyd's keenly awaited production hits the Donmar.
The central point in Lloyd's production is that it's set in…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 02:07AMPhoto: Todd Rosenberg RECOMMENDED The name Mats Ek might ring a bell with many dance aficionados in our fair city, but the likelihood they have seen his work is relatively slim; dances by th…
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Would critics like to silence "The Anarchist"?
Linked From StageGrade at 10:43PMThe LA STAGE Alliance Ovation Awards, celebrating theatrical excellence and achievement during the September 2011-August 2012 season, were presented Monday 13th November at the historic Lo…
Linked From Footlights at 10:43PMDirected by David Grapes Musical Director Vince Di Mura Created by David Grapes and Todd Olson From the team that created My Way, the hottest musical revue in America right now, it’s b…
Linked From Footlights at 10:43PMISC’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol With Charles Dickens, opens THIS FRIDAY! In his lifetime, Charles Dickens was recognized not only as a great writer, but as a tremendous acto…
Linked From Footlights at 10:43PMSeldom has A Christmas Carol ever been as well handled as it is by adapter/director Michael Shamata, whose hand remains sure throughout, writes Toronto Star Theatre Critic Richard Ouzounian.
Linked From Toronto Star at 10:40PMWith a cast led by a two-time Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz, and an actress currently best-known for her off-screen life, Katie Holmes, the new play Dead Accounts, gives fans of both ac…
Linked From WQXR at 10:31PMPhoto/Carol RoseggIt's Christmas Eve, 1864, and Paula Vogel is shining a spotlight on three wise American men as they momentarily step back from the brink of their war and enjoy a moment of …
Linked From That Sounds Cool at 10:13PMThe Boston Globe recently had an article on theatre etiquette listing strategies for audience members to use when attending performances to avoid causing any problems and to deal with those …
Linked From Butts In The Seats at 10:08PMDavid Mamet's new Broadway drama The Anarchist will play its final performance on December 16 at the Golden Theatre. Starring Patti LuPone and Debra Winger, the production will have play…
Linked From Broadway.com at 10:07PMStephen Schwartz and Roger O. Hirson's dark, coming-of-age musical Pippin takes on new life in a fresh production staged by Tony Award nominee Diane Paulus that begins previews Dec. 5 at…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMPlaybill.com's new feature series, Their Favorite Things, asks members of the theatre community to share the Broadway performances that most affected them as part of the audience.
Th…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMKaren Mason, the Broadway favorite who had been scheduled to star in the much-in-the-news new musical Rebecca, celebrates the holidays with Christmas concerts in San Francisco, Chicago and N…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMJanet Dacal and Christopher A. Kent co-star in the Actors' Playhouse production of Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown's poignant, two-person musical The Last Five Years, which begi…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMDanny Burstein, lauded for his work as a musical theatre character actor, works up a sweat as Golden Boy's boxing trainer in a new Broadway revival of Clifford Odets' American classi…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMIrish Repertory Theatre's It's a Wonderful Life, The 1946 Live Radio Play begins Off-Broadway Dec. 5 prior to its Dec. 10 opening on Irish Rep's intimate second stage, the W…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMThe Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute presents Love Lab by playwright Lila Feinberg, the first recipient of The Clifford Odets Ensemble Play Commission, Dec. 5-8 at the Marilyn M…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMTony Kushner's critically acclaimed screenplay for "Lincoln," the major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg and inspired by Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin&#…
Linked From Playbill at 10:03PMOn todays LIVE with Kelly and Michael, the show kicked off LIVEs Holidays in New York Week, which features a full slate of segments showcasing the best that the Big Apple has to offer during…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:02PMThe New 42nd Street Gala, in celebration of the New Victory Education Programs, will honor the Australia Council for the Arts with the New Victory Arts Award tonight, December 5, 2012. The a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:02PMToday, December 5th, ABC's 'Good Morning America' will air a special performance from the cast of A CHRISTMAS STORY, the Broadway musical. The holiday musical began performances at the Lunt-…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:02PMTony nominee Anne Meara guest-stars on NBCs LAW amp ORDER SVU tonight, December 5. The episode, titled Dreams Deferred, also guest-stars Patricia Arquette.
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It's hard to beat a cast so clearly connecting with their material.You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, at ATP.
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 09:44PMDON'T FORGET! Vote in this week's HOT or NOT: A Christmas Story Edition! Click the show logo in the upper left corner of this blog, and be sure to complete BO…
Linked From JK's TheatreScene at 09:43PMIt’s a jolly holiday all over the city — except on Broadway, where many of the theaters are stuffed with coal.What a dreadful fall theater season!The flops are piling up faster than wrap…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 09:41PMOpera has been very good to Terrence McNally. He scored one of his biggest hits with “Master Class,” inspired by Maria Callas’ infamous voice lessons. “Golden Age,” which opened la…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 09:41PMSome Christmas tales are so straightforward and intimate, you can tell them around a fireplace with a cup of cocoa.“A Civil War Christmas” isn’t one of those stories. Set in December 1…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 09:41PMIn “Golden Age,” Terrence McNally’s latest play, he sets the action on the opening night of Bellini’s opera “I Puritani,” in Paris in 1835.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 09:40PMProfiles Theatre announces the extension of its hit 20th Anniversary production of Hellcab by Will Kern, directed by Profiles Co-Artistic Director Darrell W. Cox. All cast members ar…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:35PMThe Laury Shelley Trio HOLIDAY TIME WITH LAURY SHELLEY Spend an evening with singer/songwriter Laury Shelley as she sings some of her favorites, with a touch of holiday flair. Featuring: Vij…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:35PMPine Box Theater Company continues its 2012/13 season with the world premiere drama 25 SAINTS by Ensemble Member Joshua Rollins, author of Pine Box’s smash hit A Girl With Sun In Her Eye…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:35PMIn the inaugural Storefront Playwright Project, the League of Chicago Theatres will provide window space at Expo 72 for emerging and established playwrights to work on a current writing p…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:35PMPodcast with Tim Kazurinsky from Michael Roberts on Vimeo. Tim Kazurinsky discusses his role in the film Scrooge & Marley as well as his recent roles in Hairspray, The Odd Couple and his…
Linked From showbizchicago.com at 09:35PMI wanted to like A Civil War Christmas almost as much as it wanted to be liked. Playwright Paula Vogel's sincerity is quite apparent, as is director Tina Landau's creativity. But this tale o…
Linked From Show Showdown at 09:25PMSt. Luke's Theater, Off Broadway
By Weston Clay
BOTTOM LINE: A story about a single night in the life of Zelda Fitzgerald (wife of F. Scott) that features an absolutely dazzling perfo…
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 09:15PMThe 24th annual Gypsy of the Year competition, held at the New Amsterdam Theatre, raised $3,902,608 to support the good works of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. This year's event culminat…
Linked From BroadwayStars at 09:09PMEighth Annual Festival Set For Jan. 18 to 20The Eighth Annual Goodspeed Festival of New Artists begins its three-day festival of three new works on Friday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the G…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 09:06PMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from Tuesday, December 4, 2012.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:02PMAs the Holidays come into full swing, three Broadway shows have announced closings. Scandalous, the musical by Kathie Lee Gifford starring Carolee Carmello, will close on December 9th after …
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