Thursday, April 25, 2024

Jacqueline Woodson Throws Another Block Party at the Kennedy Center! by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2023-2024/jacqueline-woodson/ Music! Food! Fun! On April 13, 2024, the Kennedy Center threw a free Block Party on th…

SOURCE: YouTube at 05:06PM
Monday, April 22, 2024

2023 -2024 Broadway Musical Logos: Suffs and Hell's Kitchen by JK

Two of the last shows of the season are the subject of today's show art analysis. Though both started life off-Broadway at the Public Theater, on paper, they couldn't be any more different. …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:42AM
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Boys on the Verge of Tears review – a whistle-stop tour of bewildered masculinity by Ryan Gilbey

Soho theatre, LondonSet entirely within the stained walls of a men’s public toilet, Sam Grabiner’s award-winning play is an ambitious, hallucinatory series of vignettes dramatising the g…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM
Thursday, April 18, 2024

Len Cariou On a Six Decade Career That’s Included Shakespeare, Sondheim, and Selleck by Harry Haun

The 84-year-old actor—currently off-Broadway in 'Tuesdays With Morrie'—looks for shows without a Wednesday matinee so as not interfere with the shooting schedule for 'Blue Bloods,' now i…

SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:57PM
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Blue Man Group founder turns his head into wild canvas for wearable art — he’s ‘making baldness cool’ by Alexandra Klausner

Similar to how people express their personalities through hair and nails, performer Chris Wink realized he could do that with his head.

SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:03AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Stranger Things wins Blue-i Theatre Technology Award for Best Set Design | Olivier Awards 2024 by Official London Theatre

The Blue-i Theatre Technology Award Best Set Design goes to Miriam Buether for Set Design and Tom Wexler for Video Design for Stranger Things: The First Shadow at the Phoenix Theatre. The B…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:53AM
Monday, April 15, 2024

Brian Culbertson Takes Bandit Lites on Trilogy Tour by Michael Eddy

As the architect of 25 albums and nearly 40 Billboard No. 1 Single, Brian Culbertson is no stranger to delivering gorgeous, well thought out spectacles. The American smooth jazz/R&B/funk…

SOURCE: PLSN at 12:51PM
Friday, April 12, 2024

John Riddle Will Bring Solo Show BLUE LADY to the Sultan Room

Brooklyn’s The Sultan Room will soon feature John Riddle in his newest solo show “Blue Lady' on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:48PM

Caissie Levy Will Be John Riddle's Special Guest for Blue Lady Concert by Andrew Gans

Nick Laughlin will direct the evening at The Sultan Room.

SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PM
Thursday, April 11, 2024

William Shatner and the NSO: "So Fragile, So Blue" | Digital Album Coming Soon by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/nso-media-label/william-shatner/ Boldly go! https://lnk.to/SoFragileSoBlue ‘So Fragile, So Blue’ was recorded live with William Shatner and the …

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:02PM
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Whiting Awards, Blue Ink Award, and More by American Theatre Editors

A roundup of prizes, fellowships, and other recognitions.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:00PM

COLE PORTER’S “RED, HOT AND BLUE” CLOSES ON BROADWAY (A DAY IN THEATRE) by Robert Shuman

On October 29, 1936, the Broadway musical “Red, Hot and Blue” made its highly anticipated debut at the Alvin Theatre (now the Neil Simon Theatre) in New York City. The production was the…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:22AM
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Friday, April 5, 2024

Cast Album for Here We Are, the Last Stephen Sondheim Musical, Has a Release Date by Darryn King

The last original cast recording of a new Stephen Sondheim musical has a release date. The cast album for Here We Are, scored by Sondheim with a book by David Ives, will be released on C…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM
Thursday, April 4, 2024

Stereophonic and Hell’s Kitchen Among the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Award Nominees by Darryn King

The nominations for the 39th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Achievement Off-Broadway have been announced. The ceremony will take place on May 5 at NYU Skirball. Leading the no…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:12PM
Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Actors for a Julie Andrews-Directed Musical, the Blue Man Group Box Office, and 8 Other Jobs Posted on Playbill Right Now by Talaura Harms

Playbill.com receives hundreds of job postings each month, here are the highlights.

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:32PM
Friday, March 29, 2024

‘You have to add the flavour, the butter, the jam’: Boy Blue on bringing hip hop energy to the dance world by Lyndsey Winship

Choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante’s acclaimed troupe are back with a pulsating new piece, inspired by grime, jungle and carnival Sunday afternoon in Tow…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PM

PROLIGHTS Smart BatPlus at Buckingham Palace by Michael Eddy

PROLIGHTS Smart BatPlus, provided by Luminosity Lighting Services Ltd, illuminated the Blue Room and Music Room of Buckingham Palace for an exclusive TV broadcast shooting.

SOURCE: PLSN at 09:34AM
Thursday, March 28, 2024

"It Couldn't Please Me More" from Broadway Backwards 2024 featuring Len Cariou and Chip Zien by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

At this year's #BroadwayBackwards, two of Broadway’s most iconic leading men, Tony winner Len Cariou (Broadway’s original Sweeney Todd and TV’s Blue Bloods) and Chip Zien (Harmony, Int…

SOURCE: YouTube at 02:48PM

Playwright John Patrick Shanley Mines a Season of Memories with Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Doubt and Brooklyn Laundry by Hayley Levitt

Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner John Patrick Shanley is the quintessential writer—exhibiting all the arcane quirks you might attribute to an artist as prolific and wonderfully peculi…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:30AM
Wednesday, March 27, 2024

REMY restaurant-fine dining on Disney Cruise Line on the Disney Dream Ep. 206 by Framily Travel

Join Lindsay and Jared as they drop off Georgia at the kids club and spend an eleven at evening on the finest meal at sea they have ever had. On a break from their amazing jobs at Walt D…

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:44PM

SIMI FARKEL HOLMES PRIVATE EYE – a cautionary tale by Oscar E Moore

In the land of anything can happen, which could be just about anywhere these days, we begin. Sunlight had started to disappear.  A dullness at first.  Then grayness.  Then little or no li…

SOURCE: Oscar E. Moore at 06:35AM

2023 - 2024 Broadway Musical Logos: The Outsiders by JK

I have a long history with The Outsiders. It was one of the first young adult novels I read, though I was only in 3rd grade. The librarian actually called my mother to make sure it was okay …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:02AM
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

The Denim Diaries with A Beautiful Noise’s Amber Ardolino, Episode 8: Good Times Never Seemed So Good by Darryn King

In January, Amber Ardolino donned the blue jeans (and blonde wig) to play Marcia Murphey in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical opposite Nick Fradiani’s Neil Diamond. Now, for the …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:36PM
Monday, March 25, 2024

REVIEW: Leslie Uggams, 54 Below ✭✭✭✭✭ by Ray Rackham

By Ray Rackham Ray Rackham reviews Leslie Uggams in Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue at 54 Below, New York. This post REVIEW: Leslie Uggams, 54 Below ✭✭�…

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:53AM
Friday, March 22, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Rachel McAdams, Ariana Madix and More on The Broadway Show; Plus, an Aladdin Anniversary with Alan Menken and a Rumble with The Outsiders by Broadway.com

From the making of a rumble to the making of a legend, The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal is going behind the scenes of some of the most exciting productions on New York City stages. New ar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PM

Smashed Guitars, Hollywood Stars and a Bicycle Accident: The Amazing Journey of The Who’s Tommy by Darryn King

Since 1969, there’s been no shortage of ways to see, hear and feel The Who’s epic rock opera Tommy. Born as a groundbreaking double-LP, it served as a stunning vehicle for The Who’s py…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:12PM

Tony Winner Leslie Uggams Returns to 54 Below March 20 by Andrew Gans

Uggams is offering encore performances of her celebrated show, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AM
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

ETC Adds PAR jr to the ColorSource Fixture Family by Michael Eddy

ColorSource PAR jr is the newest addition to the affordable line of ETC fixtures that has become a staple in venues around the world. A perfect complement to Spot jr, PAR jr boasts a similar…

SOURCE: PLSN at 05:50PM

The Denim Diaries with A Beautiful Noise’s Amber Ardolino, Episode 7: ‘You Can’t Run a Jumping Horse’ by Darryn King

In January, Amber Ardolino donned the blue jeans (and blonde wig) to play Marcia Murphey in A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical opposite Nick Fradiani’s Neil Diamond. Now she’s t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:32PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards