Friday, May 17, 2024 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Wayne Brady to Depart THE WIZ, Alan Mingo Jr. Will Return to the Title Role

Alan Mingo Jr. will return to the title role of ‘The Wiz’ on Broadway beginning Thursday, June 13, 2024. Five-time Emmy winner and Grammy Award nominee Wayne Brady will play his final pe…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM

Mary Jane Gets Final Broadway Extension by Logan Culwell-Block

The Amy Herzog play, a 2024 Tony Award nominee for Best Play, officially opened April 23.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

Home Begins Performances on Broadway May 17 by Molly Higgins, Margaret Hall

Tony winner Kenny Leon Leon directs the Roundabout Theatre Company revival.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

BD Wong and Rosalind Chao Star in Off-Broadway's What Became of Us Beginning May 17 by Andrew Gans

Shayan Lofti's play features two different casts; Tony Shalhoub and Shohreh Aghdashloo join the Atlantic Theater Company production in June.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

Bernadette Peters Will Offer Concert at Barrington Stage Company by Andrew Gans

The evening with the three-time Tony honoree is part of the Massachusetts company's 30th anniversary season.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

Jeremy O. Harris Named Inaugural Creative Director of Williamstown Theatre Festival Creative Collective by Molly Higgins

Harris will oversee creative direction of the festival, and facilitate collaborations with multidisciplinary artists.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM

Final Sondheim Musical Here We Are Releases Cast Album May 17; Watch David Hyde Pierce Perform 'Bishop's Song' by Logan Culwell-Block

Bobby Cannavale, Micaela Diamond, Amber Gray, and more starred in the Off-Broadway world premiere at The Shed.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:02AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Broadway Green Alliance Will Host Spring 2024 E-Waste Recycling Drive Next Week

The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is teaming up with 4THBIN for a Spring 2024 E-Waste Recycling Drive in the center of Times Square next week.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AM

MARY JANE Starring Rachel McAdams Extends For a Final Time

Manhattan Theatre Club has announced a final extension for the Broadway premiere of Mary Jane, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog, starring Academy Award® nominee and Tony Awar…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AM

Tony-Winning Sound Designer Kai Harada on Why He Dropped Out of College by Andrew Gans

The designer is currently nominated for another Tony for his work in Merrily We Roll Along.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM

Sutton Foster-Led Encores! Once Upon a Mattress Will Transfer to Broadway by Logan Culwell-Block

Michael Urie will also reprise his performance as Prince Dauntless, with performances beginning in July.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:32AM

Sutton Foster to Star in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ on Broadway by Michael Paulson

The revival, which had an earlier run at New York City Center, is scheduled to open in August and close in November, followed by a run in Los Angeles.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:24AM

‘Once Upon A Mattress’ Starring Sutton Foster Sets Broadway Run, L.A. Engagement To Follow by Greg Evans

Sutton Foster, just off a run in Sweeney Todd, will star in a musical revival of Once Upon a Mattress on Broadway this summer. The production, a new adaptation by Amy Sherman-Palladino that …

SOURCE: Deadline at 09:21AM

Sutton Foster Will Lead ONCE UPON A MATTRESS on Broadway Beginning This Summer

 ONCE UPON A MATTRESS will open on Broadway this summer at The Hudson Theatre, starring Tony Award winner Sutton Foster! Foster will lead the Broadway cast, reprising her acclaimed perfo…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AM

Listen: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS Original Broadway Cast Recording is Available Now

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of WATER FOR ELEPHANTS is now available in streaming and digital formats. A physical CD will be available later this summer.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:18AM

Now, I See review – Black brotherly joy amid gut-wrenching grief by Arifa Akbar

Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonThe second, strikingly physical part of Lanre Malaolu’s trilogy that began with Samskara explores bereavement with lightness as well as anguish It is ha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM

‘Mary Jane,’ starring Rachel McAdams, receives final extension on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Amy Herzog’s play is currently nominated for four Tony Awards.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:00AM

Sutton Foster Will Star in ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ on Broadway by Caitlin Huston

Sutton Foster will star in Once Upon a Mattress on Broadway this summer.  The production, a new adaptation by The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Amy Sherman-Palladino, moves to Broadway after a …

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 09:00AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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5 minutes with a Tony nominee: ‘Water for Elephants’’ Jessica Stone by Ruthie Fierberg

The director uncovers the process of creating an intimate story in a sweeping spectacle and the challenges of putting a circus on a Broadway stage.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:24AM

What it means for dots to be a design collective working on Broadway by Naveen Kumar

Tony Award-nominated dots reveals their process and how working as a team resulted in the designs for “Appropriate” and “An Enemy of the People.”

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 08:22AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Today on Broadway: Friday, May 17, 2024 by Matt Tamanini

Spilling Tea on the Rest of 2024 on Broadway, ‘Teeth’ Gets Commercial Run, Grace on Very First ‘Cursed Child’ School Edition Performance “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday th…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AM

REVIEW: The Who's Tommy by JK

Review of the Saturday, May 12, 2024 evening performance at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City. Starring Ali Louis Bourzgui, Allison Luff, Adam Jacobs, John Ambrosino, Bobby Conte and …

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:32AM

Yale Rep announces 2024-25 season featuring new plays and updated classics by Christopher Arnott

The Yale Repertory Theatre has announced its 2024-25 schedule featuring one world premiere, a cutting-edge off-Broadway success and modern variations on classic plays.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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'Between Riverside and Crazy' review – Danny Sapani is a roaring, contradictory patriarch in this Pulitzer-winning play by Matt Wolf

Danny Sapani moves on from King Lear at the Almeida to the UK premiere of Stephen Adly Guirgis´s trophy-bearing play, co-starring Ayesha Antoine and Martins Inghambe.

SOURCE: LondonTheatre.co.uk at 06:59AM

On The RISE: May Events by Rise Theatre Directory

RISE (Representation, Inclusion, & Support for Employment) seeks to build a more equitable and inclusive theatre industry by centralizing DEIA tools and resources through a network of pa…

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:58AM

ArtsBeat TV/Rado 5/17/24: Shakespeare & Company and The Mahaiwe by Mark G. Auerbach

NEW ArtsBeat TV/Rado 5/17/24 from Westfield Community Programming, 89.5fm/WSKB, Southwick Community TV and Agawam Media. Mahaiwe season preview with Janis Martinson and Gabe Napoleon. Shake…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:50AM

On the Arresting Horace McMahon by Trav S.D.

May 17, was the day character Horace McMahon (1906-1971) came into the world. Not to be confused with Horace Mann, where you’ll get an entirely different sort of schooling! The tough looki…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:24AM

Video: Mandy Gonzalez Sings 'Prince Ali' at the ALADDIN on Broadway Concert Celebration

An all new clip has been released from the upcoming Aladdin on Broadway Concert Celebration, featuring Mandy Gonzalez performing 'Prince Ali'.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:02AM

Broadway diva Patti LuPone adds a little rock to her repertoire in concert memoir ‘My Life in Notes’ by Christopher Arnott

Broadway legend Patti LuPone has loosened up for her latest concert show, "A Life in Notes," coming to The Bushnell in Hartford on Sunday.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

On the Couch with Hayden Hayes

The post On the Couch with Hayden Hayes appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:00AM

Ben Gibbard on that glow-up of a haircut and his love-hate relationship with LA by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — Twenty-one years ago, Ben Gibbard's life changed twice in the span of eight months. In February 2003, the frontman of Seattle's Death Cab for Cutie released "Give Up," the fi…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

David Copperfield denies 16 women’s ‘entirely implausible’ sexual misconduct allegations by Tribune News Service

Attorneys for famed illusionist David Copperfield have denied accusations made by 16 women in a new report alleging decades-spanning sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior. More than h…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM

This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly by Tribune News Service

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 11, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Gaslight

The post Gaslight appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:22AM

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld May 17, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is May 17, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:06AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Grief, guilt and white working-class ‘fury’: Death of England heads to London’s West End by Lanre Bakare Arts and Culture Correspondent

Trio of plays co-created by Roy Williams explores British identity in the era of Brexit, Covid and Black Lives Matter The co-creator of the Death of England series of plays has said the deca…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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Does a Smash Hit Like ‘Lion King’ Deserve a $3 Million Tax Break? by Jay Root and Michael Paulson

Broadway is still recovering from the pandemic. A state tax-credit program has helped, but watchdogs say it aids some shows that don’t need a boost.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Pride and Prejudice an adaptation in words and music to play Sydney Opera House in August

The post Pride and Prejudice an adaptation in words and music to play Sydney Opera House in August appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:44AM

Amanda Abbington stars in When It Happens To You at Park Theatre by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Amanda Abbington is to star in When It Happens To You at Park Theatre this July. This post Amanda Abbington stars in When It Happens To You at Park Theatre first appeared on …

SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 02:20AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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'Beetlejuice!' Lauren Boebert Heckled By Protesters Outside Trump's NY Trial - Mediaite

One protester could be seen mocking Boebert by holding a playbill of the Beetlejuice musical in front of her as she made her Thursday afternoon speech ...

SOURCE: Google at 01:02AM
Friday, May 17, 2024 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Perpetual announces longlist for 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award

The post Perpetual announces longlist for 2024 Miles Franklin Literary Award appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:11AM

All that Chat

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