This past Monday marked my first trip to Morningside Heights. Admittedly, I rarely leave the Midtown/Upper West Side area when in town, though I do occasionally shoot downtown for a Fringe…
Linked From Theatre Aficionado at Large at 10:55PMTony Award nominee Ray Aghayan, one of the world's most accomplished costume designers, has died at age 83, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Aghayan received a Tony Award nominatio…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:44PMIn “We Live Here,” by Zoe Kazan, a past tragedy haunts a wedding and a family when the bride’s sister brings a date.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 10:37PMBITTER The trouble comes first in John Walch’s script, which tries too hard to pack itself full of symbols and themes. So much of the play’s actual dialogue seems mechanical in its c…
Linked From Bitter Lemons at 10:28PMNEW YORK - Nuance - the shadows and creases that provide depth and richness - is what makes the Off-Broadway production of Any Given Monday so different from its world-premiere version last …
Linked From Philly.com at 10:24PMIn December of 1961, I was able to get—through the kindoffices of my friend Nancy Donahue, who introduced me to her agent Deborah Coleman—an audition for Arthur Kopit's play "O…
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PMHere are the discoveries I've made in 25 years as a casting director:
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PMThere are a couple of actors I saw who impressed the living life out of me. I saw Al Pacino in "American Buffalo," and I saw John Malkovich in "True West."
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PMMany years ago, before I ran the Williamstown Theatre Festival or Center Theatre Group, I was a stage manager. I had never been trained for that job, in either an academic or a professiona…
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PMIt must have been the fall of 1985. I was living in San Francisco, running the Eureka Theatre, and visiting New York. As always, I was trying to cram in as much theater as I could.
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PMDiscovering an exciting new artist is obviously thrilling—that moment when you know you've met someone with a talent that doesn't come along very often.
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PMEarlier this month, I became the new chairman and CEO of Back Stage, and I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself and share with you how excited I am to be involved with the i…
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PMThe two met in 2000 when cast in a production of "The Berlin Circle," by Charles Mee, at the Evidence Room theater in Los Angeles.
Linked From Backstage at 10:23PM"Secrets aren't everything in Zoe Kazan's new play We Live Here, which just opened at Manhattan Theatre Club: They're the only thing."
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 10:18PMAnna Gunn will star in the title role of Alan Alda's new play, Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie, to receive its world premiere production at the Geffen Playhouse, November 1-Decembe…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:09PMZoe Kazan's first play proves to be an acutely observed family drama.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:02PMBill Bowers' uneven one-man show could benefit from more silence and sharper storytelling.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:02PMBruce Graham's troubling play examines the pragmatics of morality.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:02PMThe popular actress discusses her role in Arena Stage's production of The Book Club Play.
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Jonathan Moscone Bio Page Deborah: We’re in my office in San Francisco, California. Jon Moscone, I am really glad to interview you and we’re going to talk about the G…
Linked From HowlRound at 08:51PMBackstage Tour of Broadway's "Mamma Mia!" Hosted by Jordan Dean
The hit musical Mamma Mia! is heading toward its 10th Broadway birthday, and Broadway.com asked the show's …
Linked From YouTube at 08:45PMHaving an ex-boyfriend crash your wedding may not the best thing in the world, but it could be worse: He could also have dated your dead sister.
Linked From Boston Globe at 08:34PMLegit Reviews: There are people who would walk over hot coals to see Linda Lavin tear into a meaty role.
Linked From Variety at 08:29PM"Like all things human, the sight was far more bearable than he had imagined." Scott Turow, The Burden of Proof...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 08:29PMOpening Night: "Man and Boy" Starring Frank Langella
To call the October 9 opening night of Roundabout Theatre Company's Man and Boy a celebration of evil may sound melodramat…
Linked From YouTube at 08:23PMUsing pantomime, storytelling and music, Bill Bowers examines what it means to be a man in America—and uncovers very little that is new for 21st-century audiences.
Linked From Backstage at 08:15PMKen Ferrigni's clever "Mangella" starts out as a twisted romantic comedy between a man and his computer, and gradually becomes a twisted philosophical comedy about privacy and identity.
Linked From Backstage at 08:15PMPlaywright-actor Zoe Kazan continues to show promise in her second play, a funny and sad portrait of a family in crisis, but she needs to smooth out some rough edges.
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Arts for Life show will raise funds for Joplin and St. Louis
Linked From St. Louis Today at 06:49PMSPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark Michael Cohl and Jeremiah J. Harris, Producers features direction by Philip William McKinley The Boy From Oz, original direction by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymo…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 06:43PMIt was another Broadway morning for Barbra Walters, Whoopi Goldberg and their co-hosts on The View when they welcomed to their couch “the ultimate Broadway star” Bernadette Peter…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:37PMOn today’s show: Stanford biologist Nathan Wolfe explains the co-evolution of human beings and viruses. Linda Lavin discusses her role in the family drama “The Lyons.” We’ll take a l…
Linked From WNYC at 06:28PMOn the whole, Broadway box offices were strong through the week ending October 9, grossing $19,589,603 total thanks to 205,123 attendees. But for individual productions, the week leading up …
Linked From Ticket News at 06:28PMTicketmaster announced today, October 12, that it has signed ticketing deals with more than 35 Canadian venues, promoters and events in recent weeks. This includes a multi-year renewal with …
Linked From Ticket News at 06:28PMThe playwright confesses that while her career is going great, her personal life is a bit of a mess. In the space of just three days, she's lost her transit card, her debit card and, just …
Linked From Backstage at 06:28PMCIRQUE DU CINEMA When Quebec-based artistic troupe Cirque du Soleil creates a new resident production, they typically design the building to fit the show. Not so with Cirque du Soleil’…
Linked From Stage and Cinema at 06:28PMA WILD WEST PARTY IN CULVER CITY The Rude Mechs’ I’ve Never Been So Happy works overtime to please. This Western extravaganza spills into the Kirk Douglas Theater’s lobby for an intera…
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Hide your kids. Hide your wife. John Waters has escaped from Baltimore.
On Friday, Waters will appear at the University of Southern California for a discussion and screening of his…
Linked From LA Weekly at 06:28PMOne of the founding members of L.A.'s Cornerstone Theater is being honored by the Fox Foundation and Theatre Communications Group as part of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships. Pe…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:28PMPeter Howard, who helped found Cornerstone and has performed in many of its productions, is receiving the "distinguished achievement" award from the foundation.Peter Howard, who helped found…
Linked From Los Angeles Times at 06:28PMRehearsals for Broadway musicals usually unfold in dance studios, but this time actors from “Lysistrata Jones” huddled with the retired N.B.A. star Chris Mullin for a five-day basketball…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:23PMAdditional dates have been added for Team StarKid's The Space Tour (StarKid Precarious Auditory Concert Experience), which will launch with a performance at The Michigan Theater in Ann …
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:23PMThe Tony-winning Broadway smash War Horse is gearing up for a very special Veteran’s Day performance on November 11, and The Today Show and Nightly News anchor Lester Holt is inviting …
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:23PMThe rich milieu of South Central Los Angeles in the 1940s is well served by the music and overall look of the production, but the acting is uneven, the plot somewhat predictable—or t…
Linked From Backstage at 06:15PMA lovely, evocative title, a memorable central performance, strong design credits, plus impassioned advocacy of a worthy cause advance dramatic interest to a point, but don't completely sa…
Linked From Backstage at 06:15PMJerry Herman's first Broadway musical, with a surprisingly varied score and a dated story about Americans finding love in Israel, is given a competent barebones revival by Musicals T…
Linked From Backstage at 06:15PMThe hit musical Mamma Mia! is heading toward its 10th Broadway birthday, and Broadway.com asked the show's handsome young leading man Jordan Dean (Sky) to give us the backstage scoop. De…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:15PMJim Simpson will direct a reading of popular actor Hamish Linklater's play, The Vandal, to be presented by New York Stage and Film with Barnard College, in the latter's Glicker-Mil…
Linked From TheaterMania at 06:09PMIt's only the first week of Rosie O'Donnell's new OWN gabfest, The Rosie Show, and already the comedian has showed Broadway plenty of love, kicking off the first episode with a m…
Linked From Broadway.com at 06:09PMEngine29, another pop-up arts journalism web site, is preparing for a November burst of activity. But don't confuse it with last June's Engine28 website, which also arose out of USC's Annenb…
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A respectful adaptation of the 2001 documentary of the same name, “Southern Comfort” chronicles the final year in the life of Robert Eads, a female-to-male transsexual who has ovarian ca…
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 05:58PMLast night, October 11, Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO and Givenik.com presented a special performance and post-show reception to benefit the four favorite charities of cu…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 05:58PMOlympic track star John Carlos made headlines in 1968 after raising his fist to symbolize "black power" while claiming his gold medal at the Mexico City summer games. More than 40 …
Linked From Broadway.com at 05:58PMStrawdog has created a well-executed Harold Pinter production, taking us deeply into the interior lives of three characters played by Abigail Boucher, Michaela Petro, and John Henry Roberts.…
Linked From Chicago Theater Beat at 05:50PMBrought to you by Boneau/Bryan-Brown Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Today’s Tweets from BBB Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/BBBway Click on any hyperlinked item for more i…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 05:50PMNew Artistic Director Darko Tresnjak Stages Two New PlaysDarko Tresnjak, the new artistic director of Hartford Stage, will direct two of the five plays which make up the theater’s …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 05:44PMPlaywright Rebecca Gilman grew up in Trussville, Ala., and, although she has lived in the North for many years, the spirit of the South has never really deserted her. So she was the perfect …
Linked From Chicago Sun-Times at 05:44PMLegit News: Actor-director was key figure in L.A. theater -- Film, television and stage actor-director Paul Kent, a leading figure in the Los Angeles and regional theatrical community for mo…
Linked From Variety at 05:44PMOff-Off-Broadway's Target Margin Theater will stage Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and a new company-created work called Listen!, exploring the history of Yiddish and avant-garde t…
Linked From Playbill at 05:37PMScott Richard Foster and Antoinette LaVecchia will star in the national tour of Annabelle Gurwitch and Jeff Kahn's You Say Tomato, I Say Shut Up. The tour will kick-off with an engageme…
Linked From TheaterMania at 05:36PMUp until last week the famed Berliner Ensemble — the theater company founded by Bertolt Brecht and his wife, the actress Helene Weigel, in 1949 — had never appeared in the United States.…
Linked From WQXR at 05:23PMBack in the mid-1990s, a lover of the Chicago theatrical fringe could toddle over to the latest production by the European Repertory Company and watch artists such as Yasen Peyankov, Carolyn…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 05:23PMArtistic director noted for programming NAC’s first season of Canadian plays
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 05:16PMLegit News: Actor to play Lector in musical spoof -- David Garrison has signed on to play Hannibal Lecter in the latest run of "Silence! The Musical," the "Silence of the Lambs" spoof launch…
Linked From Variety at 05:15PMClaire Ann Rice is writing a new play and I want to share it with you as I write it. Over the next few months, I'm going to post a new scene to this blog about every week. I will post the sc…
Linked From Arena Stage at 05:14PMCHICAGO Charity Night Party
On Tuesday, October 11th, the hit Broadway musical CHICAGO celebrated Kara DioGuardi's favorite charities: Phoenix House, Malaria No More, Sister Domingas an…
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Signature Theatre will open Signature Center, its new, permanent home designed by Frank Gehry, in February 2012. Spanning an entire city block at 42nd Street between Dyer and 10th Avenue, Si…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:58PM“No one will ever love you as much as I do. Why isn’t love enough?”
Tonight is opening night of Closer by Patrick Marber at Espace 4001 in Montreal.
Linked From praxistheatre.com at 04:56PMNINA METZ reviews "F--- You, I Love You, Bye: The Rahm Emanuel Story" at the Annoyance Theater; and "Brand" at Red Tape Theatre.
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:52PMTHEATER REVIEW: "The Glass Menagerie" at Oak Park Festival Theatre ★★★
KERRY REID reviews "The Glass Menagerie" at Oak Park Festival Theatre ★★★
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 04:52PMPhilip Dawkins, Nambi E. Kelley, Elaine Romero, and Martín Zimmerman have been named as the participants in The Goodman Theatre's second annual Playwrights' Unit.
This…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:52PMTor Hyams' and Adam LeBow's musical about a reunion at a musical theater camp plays by the rules and does everything competently, but without excitement or individuality.
Linked From Backstage at 04:52PMMia Yoo, the new artistic director of La MaMa, inherited the post from its colorful founder and longtime leader, Ellen Stewart, who died in January.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 04:43PMManhattan Theatre Club's Broadway premiere of VENUS IN FUR, the new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie begins previews tomorrow, October 13 at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre 261…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:43PMThe AZ Centennial Plays kicks off Oct. 21, 2011 We asked playwrights across the country to reflect on their views of Arizona in its 100th year of statehood — and to write their impressions…
Linked From Arena Stage at 04:42PMAdditional awardees have been announced for he 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event will be held at th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:37PMSome of Broadway's greatest talents will pay tribute to award-winning director and teacher, Gerald Freedman at Sonnet Repertory Theatre's 10th annual benefit & cabaret at Joe&a…
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:37PMAs previously reported, MARY POPPINS star Laura Michelle Kelly, who wrapped up her Broadway run playing the beloved nanny on October 9, stars in the upcoming film GODDESS.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:37PMFREUD'S LAST SESSION, the sellout sensation by Mark St. Germain, will host special post-performance discussions October 13th, 14th, 22nd, 23rd (matinee) and 27th, led by the playwright and t…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:34PMLetters between two artists form the text of the performance
Linked From The Globe and Mail at 04:33PMA guide to the shows coming to Broadway this season and hoping for Tony Award nominations.
Linked From Tony Awards at 04:30PMNew York Live Arts will present John Kelly in the revival of his Bessie Award-winning work, Find My Way Home, at the Bessie Schönberg Theater, October 22-29.
This theatrical dance …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:15PMThe New 42nd Street Gala on Monday, October 17, 2011, will honor Cheryl Henson, President of The Jim Henson Foundation with the second annual New Victory Arts Award. The annual event, which …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 04:15PMBroadway veterans and pop culture stars Clay Aiken and Debbie Gibson will be among the competitors on the new season of Celebrity Apprentice, according to People.com. Teresa Giudice of Real …
Linked From TheaterMania at 04:08PMJulian Richings (photo credit: John Lauener)I am ThankfulSimple is beautiful but never stagnantby Beat RiceI cannot say that I have ever spent a Thanksgiving evening in the theatre. This yea…
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North Shore Music Theatre has announced casting for its production of Legally Blonde The Musical, to run November 1-13. Nick Kenkel will direct and choreograph.
Based on the hit movie, the…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:59PMStar of the current Broadway revival of FOLLIES, Bernadette Peters stopped by 'The View' today where she chatted about the show and her upcoming appearance on NBC's SMASH. Click below watch …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMSirius XM Radio announced that the legendary club Studio 54 will reopen at its original location, for the first time in more than 25 years, for one night only on Tuesday, October 18.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:59PMWhat's behind Door Number 7? Bluebeard and his bride prepare to find out.When Béla Bartók and librettist Béla Balázs took on the themes of Charles Perrault's "Bluebeard's Castle," they w…
Linked From The Hub Review at 03:57PMChinglish on Broadway (Video 4)
http://broadwaysbestshows.com/show/Chinglish
From the producers of August: Osage County comes CHINGLISH, a new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunic…
Linked From YouTube at 03:56PMAccording to published reports, Barbra Steisand will be honored with the L'Oral Paris Legend Award at Elle's Women in Hollywood celebration. Additional honorees include Viola Davis, Michelle…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:50PMAcademy Award nominee Paul Giamatti will host a benefit for Target Margin Theater at 56 E. 1st Street, on Monday, October 17 beginning at 6pm. The entertainment portion of the evening will b…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:43PMChinglish playwright David Henry Hwang once again takes Broadway’s Best Shows backstage for an exclusive look into the rehearsal process.
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 03:42PMAn updated list of participants have been announced for the fourth annual Broadway in South Africa gala, to be held at the Manhattan Center's Grand Ballroom on Monday, October 17, at 7:…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:37PMBonnie & Clyde, the upcoming Broadway production with music by Tony Award nominee Frank Wildhorn (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Jekyll & Hyde) and lyrics by Tony winner Don Black (Sunset Bo…
Linked From Playbill at 03:37PME-Jay Gonzales answers What's the Artist of the Future? If you want to share your video on this blog: 1. You can go to youtube.com/my_webcam 2. Record Your Response with your webcam 3. Ad…
Linked From Arena Stage at 03:35PM#Newplay and #Backintheday battle in the ring! Who will be crowned champion??? LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!
Linked From Arena Stage at 03:35PMJeff Fulton answers What's the Artist of the Future? If you want to share your video on this blog: 1. You can go to youtube.com/my_webcam 2. Record Your Response with your webcam 3. Add #…
Linked From Arena Stage at 03:35PMChinglish on Broadway (Video 3)
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From the producers of August: Osage County comes CHINGLISH, a new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunic…
Linked From YouTube at 03:33PMChinglish on Broadway (Video 2)
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From the producers of August: Osage County comes CHINGLISH, a new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunic…
Linked From YouTube at 03:32PMBehind the scenes at "Stop the Virgens," which opens tonight at St. Ann's Warehouse.
Linked From The New York Times at 03:29PMOn Tuesday, October 11, Nicky Silver's The Lyons opened at the Vineyard Theatre. The cast includes Michael Esper, Kate Jennings Grant, Dick Latessa, Linda Lavin, Brenda Pressley, and Gr…
Linked From TheaterMania at 03:29PMDirect from the North American tour of MARY POPPINS, Steffanie Leigh made her Broadway debut in the title role last night, October 11 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Olivier Award winner Laura…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 03:29PMChinglish on Broadway (Video 1)
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From the producers of August: Osage County comes CHINGLISH, a new comedy about the misadventures of miscommunic…
Linked From YouTube at 03:28PMStage773 has space! Fully renovated Northside theatre space available for November/December at Stage773. Blackbox space seats 80 and theatre in great location near public transportation come…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 03:28PMA look back on the creation and journey of MAMMA MIA from concept to now celebrating its 10th year on Broadway.
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 03:28PMMary Poppins veteran Laura Michelle Kelly will star in the upcoming Australian movie musical, Goddess, according the The Hollywood Reporter. Kelly will play an isolated housewife who becomes…
Linked From Broadway.com at 03:22PMAlhambra High School Theatre is producing a wicked haunted house, and they need your help! If you have any of the following items, please contact Emily Coalson: emilycoalson@gmail.com syring…
Linked From Bitter Lemons at 03:14PMFilm and television star Jerry O'Connell, now in rehearsals to make his Broadway debut in the world premiere of Seminar by Theresa Rebeck, will co-host "Live! With Regis and Kelly&q…
Linked From Playbill at 03:09PMThe Award-winning and critically acclaimed Towne Street Theatre, now in its 18th year, is looking to expand their core family of artists… Their mission is creating and affecting soci…
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Studio 54, the famed nightclub that was transformed into a Broadway house for Roundabout Theatre Company, will recreate the iconic '70s nightlife scene when the club reopens for a One Ni…
Linked From Playbill at 02:58PMNY1 Theater Review: "Man And Boy"
Linked From NY1 at 02:55PMBradbury Studios, LondonMad has always been the word for performance artist Bobby Baker, and she would be the first to say it – and she has, in a string of shows as well as the extraordina…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:52PMPalace, WatfordAs a playwright, Julian Mitchell is part of a vanishing breed: the fastidious craftsman who knows how to explore ideas while generating suspense. And I certainly enjoyed Mitch…
Linked From The Guardian at 02:52PMBroadway Green Alliance E-Waste Collection
On Wednesday October 12th, the Broadway Green Alliance teamed up with WeRecycle! to host an electronic waste drive in Times Square. E-waste, or el…
Linked From YouTube at 02:51PMChoreographer Wang Yuanyuan, whose "Haze" comes to BAM this month, talks about making contemporary dance in China
Linked From Culture Bot at 02:50PMMeet "Bring It On: The Musical"'s Newest Squad
http://www.playbill.com/video "Bring It On", a new pop-rock musical from Tony winners Jeff Whitty ("Avenue Q"…
Linked From YouTube at 02:45PMSydney James Harcourt, who takes on the role of Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show at the Old Globe, takes Playbill.com on a backstage tour of the San Diego theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 02:39PMSteffanie Leigh stepped into the title role of Broadway’s Mary Poppins Oct. 11, marking her Broadway debut. After traveling around the world as the practically perfect nanny in the Nor…
Linked From Playbill at 02:38PMIt's one of the most well-known stories of all time, and according to USA Today, Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is getting yet another make-over. Comic book legend Stan Lee is busy recreat…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:38PMVirginia Grise started writing in between the classes she taught at a Texas middle school. Then she decided to concentrate on the writing in a move to LA. In her blu, at Company of Angels, c…
Linked From LA STAGE Times at 02:37PMTony Award winner Bill Irwin, Tony nominee John Tartaglia and Joey Arias will celebrate Cheryl Henson during the New 42nd Street's second annual New Victory Arts Award gala Oct. 17 at th…
Linked From Playbill at 02:24PMJeremy Jordan and Laura Osnes are "Bonnie & Clyde", outlaws and leaders of the Barrow Gang, in the new Frank Wildhorn, Don Black and Ivan Menchell musical coming to Broadway this November. A…
Linked From YouTube at 02:23PMWe are very excited to unveil the new BroadwayWorld DB Pro - BETA, our new service that will let theatre professionals add themselves to the BWW International Theatre Database, addupdate cre…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 02:23PMManhattan Theatre Club’s Broadway premiere of VENUS IN FUR, the new play by David Ives, directed by Walter Bobbie begins previews tomorrow, October 13 at MTC’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre…
Linked From BONEAU/BRYAN-BROWN at 02:22PMJeesh!The Grand Old Party cannot get a break!First, the absolute destruction of the dying idea of Trickle Down Economics (turns out if you give the Wealthy tax breaks, they keep the money in…
Linked From Don Hall at 02:21PMTony Award nominee Maria Dizzia and John Douglas Thompson are among the recipients of the Fox Foundation's 2011 Resident Actor Fellowships.
Linked From Playbill at 02:17PMoriginally posted at the DCA Theater's blog on 10/11/11
When Coya Paz and Halcyon Theatre started working together to create The Americans a year and a half ago, I joined as A…
Linked From Halcyon Theatre at 02:17PMoriginally posted at the DCA Theater's blog on 10/11/11
When Coya Paz and Halcyon Theatre started working together to create The Americans a year and a half ago, I joined as Assistant Dir…
Linked From Halcyon Theatre at 02:17PM"Government planning proposals would put theatres at risk of being redeveloped into commercial properties if the scheme is implemented, Arts Council England has warned."...
Linked From ArtsJournal at 02:16PMTony and Emmy Award winner Tyne Daly will open the McCarter Theatre's 2011-12 cabaret series Oct. 22 at 7:30 PM.
Linked From Playbill at 02:09PMThe Rocky Horror Show Preview 2
RICHARD O'BRIEN'S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Book, Music and Lyrics by Richard O'Brien
Live on Stage from Sept. 15 -- Nov. 6, 2011 at The Old Globe i…
Linked From YouTube at 02:09PMThe Tony Award® winning smash hit PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT, produced by “The Divine Miss M” Bette Midler, will be the first Broadway musical to perform during the premiere week o…
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If you'd have told me this morning that my biggest laugh today would be a tumblr that combines Charles Isherwood and yogurt, I would have just been confused.
(h/t Matthew Freeman)
Linked From CultureFuture at 01:58PMVineyard Theatre, Off Broadway
By Molly Marinik
BOTTOM LINE: A biting dark comedy about a cruel family coming to blows.
Filter-less is one way to describe Rita Lyons (Linda Lavin), …
Linked From Theatre is Easy at 01:56PM"Ordinary Witnesses," the first of two at NYLA, uses interviews with torture survivors to explore the human capacity to survive
Linked From Culture Bot at 01:38PMJohn Tartaglia will host The New 42nd Street Gala at the at the New Victory on Monday, October 17, at 7pm. As previously reported, Jim Henson Foundation President Cheryl Henson will receive …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:36PMTony Award winner John Lithgow will host the ceremony for the National Book Awards, to be held in Manhattan on Wednesday, November 16.
Awards will be presented in the categories of fiction,…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:36PMTony Award winner Idina Menzel has a diverse career on stage and in film, television, and music. In 2009 Ms. Menzel co- starred with Josh Groban in the concert version of Chess The Musical, …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMJerry O'Connell, who is making his Broadway debut this season in Seminar, will co-host the October 13 episode of Live! with Regis and Kelly.
The actor, who will be filling in for host …
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:22PMStage and screen veteran Ben Stiller will star in the film RentaGhost, according to Variety.
The script, to be written by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant, will be based on the 1970s BBC…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:22PMCritically acclaimed MEMPHIS won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score David Bryan and Joe DiPietro, Best Book Joe DiPietro, and Best Orchestrations David Bryan a…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMMcCarter Theatre is thrilled to welcome back Emmy and Tony Award winner Tyne Daly to open its 2011-2012 Cabaret Series on Saturday, October 22 at 730 p.m.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 01:22PMGoodspeed Opera House Revives Musical ComedyDavid Zippel famously remarked that as the lyricist of “City of Angels,” he was “the only person in the room whom I’ve …
Linked From Hartford Courant at 01:16PMAnton Chekhov is the man of the hour in Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre's 2012 season, which features lower-price ticket options and a handful of first-time Pittsburgh productions, incl…
Linked From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 01:15PM(submitted by Ottawa editor Natasha Gauthier)NAC press release:Peter Hinton to step down as the NAC’s Artistic Director of English Theatre after…
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 01:15PMHappy 10th Anniversary, MAMMA MIA! Broadway
The London company of MAMMA MIA! joined in on the celebration and congratulated the Broadway production on 10 fABBAlous years on Broadway.
For m…
Linked From YouTube at 01:14PMBroadway got a new nanny beginning on Oct. 11 when Steffanie Leigh flew into the New Amsterdam Theatre to play Mary Poppins. Coming in from the North American tour, she is making her Broadwa…
Linked From Playbill at 01:09PMPatrizia Ciofi's veiled soprano tone may be a matter of taste but her splendid tuning, secure high notes and sheer doggedness once again bring the house down.
Linked From The Financial Times Subscription at 01:08PMPlaywright/actor Charles Busch will be among the presenters at the M. Edgar Rosenblum Awards, to be held at Irondale Center on Tuesday, November 15 at 6:30pm. The PigPen Theater Company will…
Linked From TheaterMania at 01:08PMThe Civilians will present Let Me Ascertain You: Occupy Wall Street at Joe's Pub on Friday, October 28 at 7:30pm.
The cabaret evening, which features monologues and songs by Michael Fr…
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Acclaimed physical theatre company DV8 will return to the National Theatre next year, bringing director Lloyd Newson's new work about freedom of speech, Islam and multiculturalism, Can We Ta…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:58PMMia Barron and André Sogliuzzo will join the previously reported Jason Ritter and Mandy Siegfried in L.A. Theatre Works production of Itamar Moses' Completeness, to run Octob…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:58PMSee the highlights of Malicious Damage, a collection of library dust jackets defaced by playwright Joe Orton and his boyfriend Kenneth Halliwell, on display in Islington
Linked From The Guardian at 12:51PMErich Bergen, Wendy Fox, Jeremiah James, and Amanda McBroom will be the initial guests for the new twice monthly series "I Saw Broadway" at Trattoria Dopo Teatro: Jonathan Brielle …
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:51PMBernadette Peters, who can currently be seen in the Broadway revival of Follies, and Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, who star opposite each other in The Mountaintop, visited the ladies…
Linked From Playbill at 12:50PMActor-writer Chris Lemmon, son of Hollywood star Jack Lemmon, will perform a new one-man-show, Twist of Lemmon: A Musical Memoir, at 7 PM Oct. 14 at the Metropolitan Room in Manhattan.
Linked From Playbill at 12:45PMBill McCabe uses Richard as his professional first name, since there was already a Bill McCabe in Equity, the actors’ union. But there is only one Scottish-born actor, now 51, who has …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:43PMFour Things Productions will present a one-night-only staged reading of Matthew Lombardo's one-woman show, Tea at Five, starring playwright-actor Charles Busch (The Divine Sister, The Ta…
Linked From Playbill at 12:37PMAs she got ready to headline her first concert at famed London venue Royal Albert Hall on October 6, Idina Menzel treated British TV audiences to a preview on morning show This Week. Before …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:36PMOn Oct. 10, the Broadway musical Chicago and Givenik.com presented a special performance and reception to benefit Kara DioGuardi's four favorite charities.
Linked From Playbill at 12:31PMThe family reunion on stage in Nicky Silver's new play, The Lyons, might not be the happiest of gatherings, but the show's cast was in high spirits on October 11, as they celebrated …
Linked From Broadway.com at 12:29PMThe cast for the New York City return of Freckleface Strawberry: The Musical on Nov. 8 will include newcomer Francesca McGrory as Strawberry along with Sarah Haines, Bridget Riley, Welsey Tu…
Linked From Playbill at 12:25PMManhattan Theatre Club's world premiere of WE LIVE HERE, the new play by Zoe Kazan, directed by Sam Gold opens Wednesday, October 12 at MTC at New York City Center - Stage I 131 West 55th St…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:24PMThe latest Trevor Nunn production in his residency as artistic director of the Theatre Royal Haymarket sees Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley star in James Goldman’s The Lion in Winter.…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 12:16PMNCM Fathom and Turner Classic Movies will re-release the Oscar-winning film adaptation of West Side Story in over 400 movie theaters on Wednesday, November 9.
A modern retelling of Shakespe…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:15PMDaytime drama actor Forbes March will be featured in the New York premiere of Randall Colburn's Verse Chorus Verse, to be presented at the Cherry Lane Studio Theatre, October 28-Novembe…
Linked From TheaterMania at 12:08PMFour Things Productions announced today a special one-night-only staged reading of Matthew Lombardo's High, Looped one-woman show, Tea at Five, starring the one and only Charles Busch The Di…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMThey like their flags in New Orleans. That's one of the things I observed walking down Bourbon Street. It's like most things in life. It's a street filled with choices. I lost count of the n…
Linked From Mission Paradox at 12:03PMSubliminal Projects presents Less is More, an important group exhibition of minimalist works by artists Clytie Alexander, Edith Baumann, Jow, Larry Bell, Scot Heywood, Sol LeWitt, Bertil Pet…
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Linked From YouTube at 12:01PMSmall in scale but big on ambition, the city unites local theatre groups and helps them become part of its fabric. It's time this happened elsewhereI moved to Leeds eight months ago after wo…
Linked From The Guardian at 12:01PMJustin Been and Gary F. Bell's big new musical is a marvel of precision, charm, beauty and tendernessterms you don't usually associate with the topic of "rock opera." But forty-two years af…
Linked From TalkinBroadway at 12:00PMThe Rewrites Are Done, Man!I'm sorry. I'm a child of the 80's and I can't help it when lines from cheesy 80's movies pop into my head. Usually it's because they epitomize the feeling I'm hav…
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Linked From corinescorner.com at 11:59AMCharles Busch will play Kate Hepburn in Matthew Lombardo 's solo show, "Tea at Five" for a special one-night-only staged reading Monday, Nov. 28 at off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel T…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 11:59AMChris Lemmon will perform his new one-man-show, Twist of Lemmon: A Musical Memoir at New York's Metropolitan Room on Friday, October 14 at 7pm.
In the piece, Lemmon will share memories…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:58AMIn addition to hosting this year's Oscars and being set to appear in the upcoming Batman The Dark Night sequel, Anne Hathaway's film credits include 'The Princess Diaries,' 'Brokeback Mounta…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:58AMRobert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley star in Trevor Nunn's new West End production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, due to begin performances Nov. 5 at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket…
Linked From Playbill at 11:52AMThe fourth annual Living For Today concert, entitled First Name Basis and hosted by Chris Blisset, will be held Oct. 17 at 7 PM at Joe's Pub.
Linked From Playbill at 11:52AMAward winning actor and playwright Charles Busch will play Katharine Hepburn in a special one-night-only staged reading of Matthew Lombardo's one-woman show, Tea at Five, on Monday, Nov…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:50AMThe Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson DR. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Bassett, directed by the Tony-nominated Kenny Leon Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, will open officially tomorr…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:44AMNicky Silver conjures a fractured family — The Lyons — in his new play that opened Oct. 11 following previews from Sept. 22 at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 11:38AMFour Things Productions will present a one-night-only staged reading of Matthew Lombardo's one-woman show, Tea at Five, starring playwright-actor Charles Busch (The Divine Sister, The Ta…
Linked From Playbill at 11:38AMAs the world-premiere engagement of the stage version of Disney's Newsies plays its final week at Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, to Oct. 16, cast member Ryan Breslin plays Playbill corr…
Linked From Playbill at 11:36AMAdditional awardees have been announced for he 15th annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event will be held at th…
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:29AMThe Argument – Interrobang Theatre Project at the Viaduct Theater, 3111 N. Western Ave., is offering $10 industry tickets Thursday – Saturday 7 p.m. and Sunday 5 p.m. through November 6.…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 11:29AMThe Amas Musical Theatre Lab will present A Good Man, based on the novel of the same name by Jefferson Young, for three performances only, beginning Nov. 3 at the Snapple Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 11:25AMT.R. Knight guest stars in this Saturday night's Law and Order SVU in an episode called Double Strands. The episode airs on NBC Saturday, October 15 at 1000 pm ET.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:23AMI have always believed that language is actually a character in this play. One of my challenges as a director on top of directing a play that doesn’t take place in my native language &…
Linked From Broadway’s Best Shows at 11:22AMExclusive look behind the scenes at the LYSISTRATA JONES commercial shoot.
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMGODSPELL will be the first show in Broadway history to also offer a post-show stage door lottery for an exclusive chance to go behind the scenes!
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMExclusive footage behind-the-scenes at the Royal Albert Hall, as Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cameron Mackintosh, Gillian Lynne and cast members including Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo prepare f…
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMThe Lark Play Development Center will host a special event on October 11th celebrating playwright Katori Hall on her Broadway debut with The Mountaintop.
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMThe cast and creative team behind Chinglish tell us the story of Chinglish and how their guanxi developed Chinglish into a Broadway show.
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMChinglish playwright David Henry Hwang once again takes Broadway’s Best Shows backstage for an exclusive look into the rehearsal process.
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMThe Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess features internationally renowned stars Audra McDonald as Bess, Norm Lewis as Porgy, and David Alan Grier as Sporting Life. A.R.T. Artistic Director and T…
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMChinglish playwright David Henry Hwang once again takes Broadway’s Best Shows backstage for an exclusive look into the rehearsal process.
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 11:22AMTony Award winner Karen Ziemba will portray Gretchen, the German fiancée, in Riverside Theatre's upcoming production of Boeing Boeing, which will play the Stark Stage in Vero Beac…
Linked From Playbill at 11:17AMWonderland's Karen Mason has joined the cast of the national tour of A Christmas Story, The Musical!, which will begin performances Nov. 8 in Hershey, PA.
Linked From Playbill at 11:17AMComplete casting has been announced for the 2011 holiday tour of A Christmas Story, The Musical!.As previously announced, John Rando will direct the production, which will have choreography …
Linked From TheaterMania at 11:16AMBONNIE amp CLYDE will play at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, beginning previews on Friday, November 4th and opening on Thursday, December 1st. In the video below, go inside the recent commer…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:16AMChicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) will host to a panel of distinguished speakers that includes Tony Award-winning director Anna Shapiro and platinum-selling recording artist Matt Nathanson f…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 11:15AMGorilla Tango Theatre in Chicago (Bucktown) - easily accessible by “L” or bus, ample street parking available – has space available in December and going forward into 2012! Basic marke…
Linked From Collective Leverage at 11:11AMKaren Mason, the Broadway actress with much history in Chicago, is to headline the upcoming Chicago-based tour of "A Christmas Story: The Musical!," it was announced Wednesday. Mason will pl…
Linked From Chicago Tribune at 11:09AMTrevor Nunn's production of James Goldman's The Lion in Winter, produced by the Theatre Royal Haymarket Company, runs from 5 November 2011 - 28 January 2012, with press night on 15 November …
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 11:08AMAllow me to present three articles, from three of our major online trade sites: The announcement of the opening of the Lysistrata Jones box office on Playbill. The Porgy and Bess limited run…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:08AMWhen Samuel L. Jackson stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on October 11 to promote his Broadway play The Mountaintop, the Oscar nominee decided to get with the times and activate his Tw…
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The Tony Award-honored Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA, announced casting for its concert presentation of the early Stephen Sondheim musical, Saturday Night, to play four performances Oct…
Linked From Playbill at 10:58AMMia Barron and André Sogliuzzo have joined the L.A. Theatre Works production of Itamar Moses' Completeness, which will begin performances Oct. 20 at UCLA's James Bridges Theat…
Linked From Playbill at 10:58AMThe producers of A Christmas Story, The Musical have announced complete casting for the 2011 holiday season tour. Broadway favorite Karen Mason Wonderland, Mamma Mia, Sunset Boulevard will p…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:57AMThe new Oprah Winfrey Network series "The Rosie Show," with talk-show host and Broadway veteran Rosie O'Donnell, debuted Oct. 10 to 497,000 viewers on the fledgling network, ac…
Linked From Playbill at 10:52AMThe Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Angela Bassett, comes straight off its highly-acclaimed London run for a limited Broadway engagement. In this vi…
Linked From Broadway's Best Shows at 10:50AMSignature Theatre has announced casting for Saturday Night, which will be offered in two concert performances on Saturday, October 30 at 2pm and 8pm. Matthew Gardiner will direct.
With mus…
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:44AMVineyard Theatre opened the world-premiere production of Nicky Silver's play THE LYONS, starring Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa, last night, October 11. The production, which was originally s…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMVineyard Theatre opened the world-premiere production of Nicky Silver's play THE LYONS, starring Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa, last night, October 11. The production, which was originally s…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:44AMIn celebration of the 50th anniversary of the film adaptation of West Side Story, NCM Fathom and Turner Classic Movies will re-release the film in movie theatres nationwide Nov. 9 for one ni…
Linked From Playbill at 10:37AMAre critics roaring about Nicky Silver's "The Lyons"?
Linked From StageGrade at 10:35AMCasting has been announced for the North Shore Music Theatre's upcoming production of Legally Blonde The Musical, which begins performances Nov. 1 at the Massachusetts venue.
Linked From Playbill at 10:30AM(Video of the Centre x Centre Festival 2011) By Erik Ehn, Playwright, Head of Playwriting, Brown University TAPS Department and recipient of a Global Connections In the Lab grant Following …
Linked From Theatre Communications Group at 10:30AMFor its 22nd season, Signature Theatre is celebrating their signature composer Stephen Sondheim by presenting his very first musical, Saturday Night 1953 as a concert event for four performa…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 10:29AMCasting has been announced for Beasts and Beauties, to run December 1-January 7 at the Hampstead Theatre. Melly Still will direct.
The show is Still and Tim Supple's dramatization of …
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:22AMThandie Newton, Tom Goodman Hill and Anthony Calf star in Ariel Dorfman's Olivier award winning play DEATH AND THE MAIDEN. Come on our hosted Whatsonstage.com Outing on 2 November and get …
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 10:17AMThe popular singer's new show at the Cafe Carlyle proves to be a fitting and extremely entertaining tribute to the late, great performer.
Linked From TheaterMania at 10:16AMAn updated list of talent has been announced for Living for Today's First Name Basis concert, a benefit for The Gilana Shira Alpert Fund to be offered at Joe's Pub on October 17. C…
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converted St Matthew's Church in the heart of Brixton town centre.
Any ravers among you will recognise the venue as…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:58AMTony Award-winner Ben Vereen will participate in an “Actors’ Studio”-style event Feb. 19 at 3 p.m. at the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts at Sacred Heart Unive…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 09:58AMThe complete cast has been announced for the fourth annual concert series of LIVING FOR TODAY, with musical direction by Nate Patten, and direction by David Alpert.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:57AMNBC's Parks and Recreation goes into the wilderness for its October 13th episode entitled Pawnee Rangers. The show airs at 830 pm ET.
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMThe Broadway company of Chicago, gave a special benefit performance at the Ambassador Theatre on Tuesday, October 11 at 8pm, which was followed by a reception at E&E Grill House.
Prese…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:46AMLast night, October 11, Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO and Givenik.com presented a special performance and post-show reception to benefit the four favorite charities of cu…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMThe wait is over: Jon Robin Baitz’s acclaimed play Other Desert Cities will play its first Broadway preview on October 12 at the Booth Theatre. Original off-Broadway stars Stockard Cha…
Linked From Broadway.com at 09:46AM"Theater Talk," the PBS talk show that spotlights the theatre scene, will offer its Fall Season Preview Oct. 14 at 1:30 AM on WNET/13.
Linked From Playbill at 09:38AMSteffanie Leigh assumed the title role in Broadway's Mary Poppins, playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre, on October 11.
The company also features Tony Award nominee Gavin Lee as Bert,…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:36AMAn updated list of talent has been announced for Living for Today's First Name Basis concert, a benefit for The Gilana Shira Alpert Fund to be offered at Joe's Pub on October 17. C…
Linked From TheaterMania at 09:36AMSometimes, wishes do come true. Only days ago, I discovered the new Jaume Plensa sculpture on the MIT grounds (above and at left, with frequent Hub Review contributor Ian Thal getting lost …
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Linked From corinescorner.com at 09:30AMWe got a sneak peek at a rehearsal of the new musical "Bonnie and Clyde", which comes to Broadway this fall at the Gerald Schoenfeld theatre. Special behind-the-scenes fo…
Linked From YouTube at 09:29AMDirect from the North American tour of MARY POPPINS, Steffanie Leigh made her Broadway debut in the title role last night, October 11 at the New Amsterdam Theatre. Olivier Award winner Laura…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 09:29AMThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the death of the great Ned Harrigan, one of the unjustly neglected giants of the American Theatre. To celebrate his life and work (and that of his pe…
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week saw the launch of the Brixton Empire, a new theatre space in the
converted St Matthew's Church in the heart of Brixton town centre.
Any ravers among you will recognise the venue as…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 09:16AMNicky Silver's The Lyons is the newest entry into a genre that can only be described as "wealthy white people being mean to one another." While superbly acted by the six-member company, slic…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 09:09AMMiriam Felton-Dansky is a DFA candidate in the dramaturgy and dramatic criticism department at the Yale School of Drama, and an associate editor of Theater magazine. She is a founding member…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 09:09AMTwo sisters, the ugly sisters, the ones who didn't get the prince--what happens to them after Cinderella disappears into the sunset with her prize? In the drug-and-sex-imagery-addled world o…
Linked From The New York Theatre Experience at 09:09AMStarring Oksana Maslova, ABT's Charles AskegardConnecticut Ballet opens its 30th anniversary season with “The Sleeping Beauty” at two venues around the state starting later th…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 09:08AMHarold Pinter (1930-2008) might be said to have domesticated Samuel Beckett‘s more metaphysical concerns by moving them from an abstract setting into the sitting- and living-rooms of h…
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Every week, Ryan Seacrest counts down the Top 40, in a tradition handed to him by the shaggy-voiced Casey Casem. It's a weekly "hit-list" that I listened to as a kid, and millions more list…
Linked From the Situation at 08:36AMIn our fast, impatient, bite-size world of iPads and Twitter, surely this should be the era of the short playThe short story is a virtuoso form – think of it as the brilliant friend at a d…
Linked From The Guardian at 08:32AMPlenty of Broadway stars were on hand at the 25th annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Flea Market and Grand Auction, including Broadway.com's own Susan Blackwell, who made the scene wit…
Linked From YouTube at 08:29AMMichael Linden and Rhiannon Hansen in ReVision Theatreâs revival of âLittle Shop of Horrors.â Michael Linden and Rhiannon Hansen in ReVision Theatre’s revival of “Little S…
Linked From NJ.com at 08:26AMThe eighth and (sigh!) final episode of Sister Lives: Backstage at 'Sister Act' with Sarah Bolt has arrived, and while we're bummed to see the last of our wonderful video blogger, she sends …
Linked From YouTube at 08:24AMThere is nothing funnier than other people’s suffering, so they say, and this bittersweet comedy from Steven Berkoff certainly capitalises on that. Following the mundane ups and downs …
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 08:03AMFeaturing Dee Roscioli, Who Played Elphaba at the BushnellDee Roscioli, who recently played Elphaba in the touring production of “Wicked” (which played the Bushnell) will be i…
Linked From Hartford Courant at 08:02AMWilliam ShakespearePlayed by Rafe SpallCharacter BioDespite being credited with writing 37 plays, 154 sonnets and several epic poems and being the most performed playwright of all time, no d…
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People see plays for all kinds of reasons. I was excited about The Lyons because I wanted to see what made Linda Lavin turn down chances to reprise her terrific performances in two hig…
Linked From Broadway & Me at 07:59AMArtistic director Sean Holmes stages Edward Bond's Saved at the Lyric in Hammersmith. Extra members can get two tickets and a programme for £50 (normally £63.50)Saved, now running at the L…
Linked From The Guardian at 07:50AMMichael Feingold, on Robert Wilson's Threepenny:Although the installation-like works of his creative years, long since past, employ live performers and move through time, Wilson has never re…
Linked From The Wicked Stage at 07:35AMJack Blumenau shines a spotlight on Pegasus Theatre in Oxford to discover more about their arts provision for young people and thriving theatre programme.
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 07:33AMJon Robin Baitz's OTHER DESERT CITIES will be playing at The Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th Street beginning Wednesday, October 12 at 8 pm. Opening night is Thursday, November 3, at 645 pm.Th…
Linked From BroadwayWorld at 07:32AMThe play presents the anguish and isolation of areas of historical conflict: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Bosnia, Rwanda and Northern Ireland. For me, the performance began as I was finding my w…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 07:24AMAnyone who reads the newspapers knows that it’s money and not love that makes the world go round. If you hadn’t already heard, we are experiencing a credit crunch and the media cannot ge…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 07:17AMWhen we think of prominent African-American human rights and civil rights movement leaders, we are drawn to the powerful and moving speeches of Martin Luther King. We are less drawn to, whil…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 07:03AMThe West End transfer of The Pitmen Painters opened at the Duchess Theatre last night (11 October, previews from 5 October 2011), following the show's recent nationwide tour.
Written by Bil…
Linked From WhatsOnStage at 07:03AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on October 12 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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The Six Brown Brothers were a sextet of Canadian saxophonists (or should I say a saxtet of Canadian sexophonists? Perhaps not) The group is largely credited with helping to popularize the sa…
Linked From Trav S.D. at 06:57AMRead our top-rated entries to the Guardian's annual competition to find the best young talent in arts writingOVERALL WINNERVisual art, under 14Freddie Holker, 12 – Homage to Lucian Freud, …
Linked From The Guardian at 06:50AMBy Bill Hirschman Even with a month of work remaining before the gala opening on 11/11/11, Palm Beach Dramaworks’ new home in the transmogrified Cuillo Center is breathtaking. It’s a vis…
Linked From Florida Theater On Stage at 06:35AMBarrel Fever (1994)
Naked (1997)
Holidays on Ice (1997)
Me Talk Pretty One Day (2000)
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim (2004)
Linked From Philly.com at 06:35AMFormer music industry executive Barney Wragg has been appointed managing director of the Really Useful Group.
Linked From The Stage at 06:35AMOn the one hand, you have to hand it to a critic who admits openly to his prejudices - and therefore vows not to go near a playwright’s work again, at least professionally speaking. New Yo…
Linked From The Stage at 06:35AMDAVID SEDARIS is the writing equivalent of Bruce Springsteen. While other guys are playing smaller rooms, Sedaris consistently plays the equivalent of arenas. This week he's at the 1,800-sea…
Linked From Philly.com at 06:35AMOne would imagine that a man who wrote a book entitled How To Be Happy would be a guru of finding joy amongst life’s anxious moments. But Paul is in the same miserable state as the rest o…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:30AMIt’s 7:30pm on a Sunday evening and the Queen’s Theatre, which usually hosts Les Miserables is absolutely packed. The composing team that brought us Betty Blue Eyes are, for one night o…
Linked From A Younger Theatre at 06:24AMIf Shakespeare had an iPad, the poignant, prickly history of its magical inventor would have made the perfect family drama for the Bard.
Linked From The New York Times Subscription at 06:19AM(Disclosure: I've been doing "I Believes..." for about four years now - how much shit can I believe!!?? - so I'm going to, inspired entirely by the work of Coya Paz, start doing this for awh…
Linked From Don Hall at 06:14AMCatherine Zeta-Jones took her kids to see Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark,” but it was a trip backstage that scared her family more than any high-flying action in the show.
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 06:13AMMr. Jefferys also had a show on ABC radio that was broadcast nationwide as an alternative to Top 40 rock ’n’ roll stations in the early 1960s.
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"This attitude ... seems to rest on the assumption that the customer is always right. But audience members aren't customers in the ordinary sense. ... More broadly, there's an assumption tha…
Linked From ArtsJournal at 12:58AMIt's been made into three ballets, 13 Broadway plays, 20 movies in different countries (including "Pretty Woman" with Julia Roberts and "Camille" with Greta Garbo), and even a critically acc…
Linked From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:43AMWriter Dave Eggers' truly heartbreaking book, the 2007 novel "What Is the What," is the fictional story of one of more than 20,000 Lost Boys, children who fled the violent upheaval in their …
Linked From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:43AMFor those who were fans of last winter's ballroom stage show "Burn the Floor," another dose of "Dancing With the Stars"-style entertainment is coming to Heinz Hall Thursday when the Pittsbur…
Linked From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:43AMKuntu Rep opens its 37th season Thursday in a new home, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Homewood Auditorium at 7101 Hamilton Ave.
Linked From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:43AMAnton Chekhov is the man of the hour in Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre's 2012 season, which features lower-price ticket options and a handful of first-time Pittsburgh productions, …
Linked From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:43AMIn his new play, “The Lyons,” Nicky Silver pulls off a neat trick: He’s written a comedy fueled almost exclusively by letdowns. An old married couple endures despite decades of encrust…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:15AMIf you care about American popular music, you must make a pilgrimage to Beekman Place: 17 Beekman Place, to be exact. There stands a five-story, neo-Georgian brick town house from the 1930s.…
Linked From The New York Post Subscription at 12:15AMHarry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel, which opened at Off-Broadway's St. Luke's Theatre Sept. 8 and played its final performance there Oct. 5, reopens at the Actors Temple Theatre …
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMJesse Eisenberg and Zoe Kazan join the recent roster of high-profile actors-turned-playwrights turning their attention to the stage.
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMJon Robin Baitz, David Henry Hwang and David Ives are anything but newbies. But their latest projects have them experiencing Broadway in a new way.
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMJon Robin Baitz's Other Desert Cities, the acclaimed drama about a wealthy Republican family dogged by its past that played a sold-out run Off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater last win…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMAcademy Award-nominated "Social Network" actor Jesse Eisenberg co-stars in the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater production of his world-premiere comedy Asuncion, which begins previe…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMBalls… The Musical?, billed as an "unruly quintet of testosterone-laden performers," is presented by the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival beginning Oct. 12 at the 47th…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMThe Los Angeles world premiere of Ellen Melaver's Moses Supposes, starring Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Karen Black, begins previews Oct. 12 at the Zephyr Theatre.
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMTony Award winner Elizabeth Ashley, Hallie Foote and Penny Fuller, who starred in the world premiere of Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate, reunite for the Alley Theatre production of th…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMYou might think of it as "the other" Follies this season. If the Kennedy Center's revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman's musical about a showbiz reunion hadn't…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMEquivocation playwright Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible get its world premiere, opening Oct. 12, for a run to Nov. 20 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in California. …
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMManhattan Theatre Club's world-premiere production of Zoe Kazan's We Live Here, a play about a family's buried secrets, desires and grief, directed by Sam Gold, opens O…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMGary Griffin has directed the work of Stephen Sondheim before, but never Follies. Here's his perspective on the classic, which he directed as the current season-opener at Chicago Shakesp…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMThe University of North Carolina School of the Arts' all-school production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, staged in early 2011 and using the original 1943 designs, dance a…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMStop the Virgens, the world-premiere "psycho opera" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs' vocalist Karen O and designer-rocker KK Barrett, opens the 2011-2012 season at St. Ann's Warehouse O…
Linked From Playbill at 12:09AMPatrick Marber's troubling and difficult drama, Closer, presentedby Montreal's Chesterfield Productions
Linked From The Charlebois Post at 12:01AMThe 12th annual Canadian Comedy Awards are now a five-day event that features performances by nominees at five venues, from Thursday to Monday.
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