Friday, April 19, 2024 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Playwright Jocelyn Bioh to Be Recognized by the Dramatists Guild for Jaja's African Hair Braiding by Darryn King

The playwright Jocelyn Bioh, whose Jaja’s African Hair Braiding opened on Broadway in 2023, is to be honored by the Dramatists Guild at their annual ceremony on May 6 at Sony Hall. Bioh is…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:36AM

The Notebook Original Broadway Cast Recording Releases April 19; See Joy Woods Sing 'My Days' by Meg Masseron

The Nicholas Sparks novel comes to New York with a score by Ingrid Michaelson and a book by Bekah Brunstetter.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:36AM

OKLAHOMA! Star Damon Daunno Releases Debut Single 'Time Machine'

Tony-nominated actor Damon Daunno has just dropped his first single. While Daunno may be a “new artist” when it comes to releasing his own music, he is hardly a novice. With a compellin…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AM

Amphibian friendship by Kerry Reid

Chicago Children’s Theatre’s (CCT) first production, back in 2006, was the Tony Award-nominated A Year With Frog and Toad, created by brothers Robert (music) and Willie Reale (book and l…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:09AM

Suburban circus extravaganza by Kimzyn Campbell

One of Chicagoland’s best-kept circus secrets is the Triton Troupers Circus, a motley cast of 80-plus circus performers who put on a traditional show every spring in Triton College‘s gym…

SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 11:03AM

Drama League Awards Nominations Announcement '24 by BroadwayWorld

Tune in on Monday, April 22 at 10a ET as BroadwayWorld exclusively brings you the nominations for the 2024 Drama League Awards!

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:02AM

Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations Announcement '24 by BroadwayWorld

Tune in on Tuesday, April 23 at 3:30p ET as BroadwayWorld exclusively brings you the nominations for the 2024 Outer Critics Circle Awards!

SOURCE: YouTube at 11:02AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Jonathan Norton Named Dallas Theater Center Interim Artistic Director by American Theatre Editors

The resident playwright will succeed artistic producer Sarahbeth Grossman and work alongside executive director Kevin Moriarty.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:58AM

Broadway's Stereophonic to Release Cast Album; 'Masquerade' Music Video Now Available by Darryn King

Broadway’s Stereophonic, the David Adjmi play about a band toiling away to record an album in the 1970s, will release a cast album. The album will feature original songs—including the st…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AM

From Glockenspiels to Butterfly Wings: How Sufjan Stevens Crafted the Album Behind Broadway’s Illinoise by Darryn King

On April 24, the fleet-footed, heart-filled theatrical event Illinoise opens at the St. James Theatre. With direction and choreography by Justin Peck and a story by Peck and Jackie Sibblies…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AM

Applications Now Open for Roundabout Theatre Company's Theatrical Workforce Development Program by Molly Higgins

The program, which is open to applicants until June 2, trains and places young adults in professional technical theatre positions.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, Glenn Slater, More Set for ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Fest by Molly Higgins

The festival will also feature an evening of performances and interviews celebrating the life and impact of legendary lyricist Howard Ashman.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM

Broadway's Stereophonic Will Release a Cast Album by Margaret Hall

Featuring original songs by Arcade Fire's Will Butler, the David Adjmi play enjoyed a sold-out world premiere Off-Broadway via Playwrights Horizons.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM

Video: Watch Corey Cott and Olly Sholotan Sing 'Girls in Summer Dresses' From Rebel Genius by Molly Higgins

The new musical tells the story of the early life of Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Marić.

SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AM

A Guide to the CABARET AT THE KIT KIT CLUB Prologue

The current revival of Cabaret just opened on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre- a space that has been transformed into the Kit Kat Club, with an in-the-round auditorium and sinfully dr…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AM

SLAVE PLAY: NOT A MOVIE: A PLAY to Make Its World Premiere at Tribeca Festival

A new documentary about a workshop of Jeremy O. Harris' provocative play will be premiering this summer at the Tribeca Festival in New York. The film, titled Slave Play. Not A Movie. A Pla…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AM

The Museum of Broadway Will Host Reunions For the Casts of THE WHO'S TOMMY and JELLY'S LAST JAM

The Museum of Broadway will host two upcoming events reunited the original Broadway casts of The Who's Tommy and Jelly's Last Jam next week. Learn more about both events here!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AM

THE NOTEBOOK Original Broadway Cast Recording is Available Now

The Original Broadway Cast Recording of new musical The Notebook, based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks that inspired the film of the same name, is available now! The musical f…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AM

Just Stop Oil Protesters Who Halted West End LES MISERABLES Found Guilty of Aggravated Trespass

Just last autumn, five Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested after storming the stage at a performance of Les Miserables on London's West End. Now, all five have been found guilty in We…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:32AM

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL Raises $750,000 For Parkinson's Foundation

​​​​​​​ The producing team behind A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, has raised $750,000 in honor of singer, songwriter, and performer Neil Diamond and the one millio…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:12AM

Love’s Labour’s Lost review – tech bros get swiped left in pitch perfect japes by Arifa Akbar

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonEmily Burns’ modern-day romcom, set on a Pacific island retreat, ramps up the silliness and makes accessible the text’s cloud-parting power …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AM

Shechter II: From England With Love review – a crash course in how to be British by Lyndsey Winship

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonHofesh Shechter’s young company are an international bunch but their slo-mo curves and sudden shocks deliver some startling home truths about the UK There’s a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:02AM

What Next Season Is Starting To Look Like . . . by Ken Davenport

As this season winds down, I’m already hearing whispers in... The post What Next Season Is Starting To Look Like . . . first appeared on Ken Davenport.

SOURCE: kendavenport.com at 10:00AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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See Who's Starring in Twelve Angry Men the Musical at Asolo Rep by Margaret Hall

Utilizing a jazz-infused score, 12 men debate the fate of a young defendant charged with murdering his father.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM

Stage Adaptation of Ballet Shoes to Make World Premiere at London's National by Andrew Gans

Katy Rudd will direct Kendall Feaver's adaptation of Noel Streatfeild's bestseller.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:54AM

STEREOPHONIC Will Release Cast Recording Next Month; 'Masquerade' Video Out Now!

The new Broadway play Stereophonic, by David Adjmi, will release an original cast recording, featuring original songs by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire. Learn more about how to preorde…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:48AM

Krysta Rodriguez Says Smash Musical Will Create a 'Whole New World' for Fans by Andrew Gans

She's going to next appear in Bye Bye Birdie at Kennedy Center and is also readying a concert to benefit Out of the Box Theatrics.

SOURCE: Playbill at 09:42AM

Photos: The Cast of SUFFS Walks the Purple Carpet on Opening Night

All of Broadway came out to celebrate the magnificent women of Suffs last night, as the new musical officially opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. BroadwayWorld was there for the bi…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:36AM

What do ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ ‘The Notebook’ and ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ have in common? Director Michael Greif by Ruthie Fierberg

With a 28-year Broadway directing career, Greif has crafted three entirely different but equally cogent musicals for one helluva season.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:31AM

‘Stereophonic’ to receive original cast album by Ruthie Fierberg

The album will feature original songs by Will Butler from the play by David Adjmi.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 09:30AM

LAUREN O’BRIEN AT THE NEW YORK CITY FRINGE (14Y THEATER, FOR FINAL NYC DATE: SUN., 4/21) by Robert Shuman

A solo show about dating in New York . . . She’s back. Lolo lands a dream-come-true European tour with her punk cabaret show. But when it gets canceled, after just a few weeks, she’s fo…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 09:13AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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People You Should Know . . . Lisa Monde by Zack Calhoon

Lisa Monde (Playwright, Director, Composer) began her artistic career in Europe. She is a proud graduate of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the New York Film Academy. …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48AM

People You Should Know . . . Thomas R. Gordon by Zack Calhoon

Thomas R. Gordon (Director) is the leader of the motley crew that is The Onomatopoeia Theatre Company and a fighter for love and art in New York City. He is a graduate of Radford Universit…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48AM

Suffs ****, Teeth *** by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 19, 2024: When it opened Off-Broadway at the Public Theater for a relatively short run in 2022, Suffs, Shaina Taub’s sweeping musical history of the women’s su…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:38AM

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 4/19/24: Arts Extension Service and Bushnell's Broadway Series by Mark G. Auerbach

ArtsBeat TV/Radio 4/19/24 from Westfield Community Programming, 89.5fm/WSKB, Southwick Community Television, and Agawam Media. Dee Boyle Clapp on the 50th anniversary of the UMass Arts Exten…

SOURCE: YouTube at 08:10AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Today on Broadway: Friday, April 19, 2024 by Matt Tamanini

Reviews for ‘Suffs’ on Broadway, Jason Alexander to Play Tevye, Cate Blanchett Acquires ‘Dorian Gray’ Film Rights “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast h…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AM

The Ballad of Hattie and James review – a musical friendship comes back into tune by Emma John

Kiln theatre, LondonSophie Thompson and Charles Edwards are delightful as the unlikely pair thrown together by a school production as teenagers and reunited late in life Music, says Hattie, …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM

How Theater Can Help You Avoid Academic Stress by Jack Quinn

Use every opportunity to explore and enjoy the world of theater. As you can see, you can benefit from doing so in many ways by making your life journey less stressful. The post How Theater C…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 07:27AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Liberation Squares review – polemic comedy about state surveillance by Mark Fisher

Nottingham PlayhouseThree unsuspecting teenagers find themselves under close observation in this satirical swipe at the government’s Prevent strategy The three GCSE students in Sonali Bha…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM

The Cord review – daggers of judgment as a birth rocks a family by Ryan Gilbey

Bush theatre, LondonTherapists will love this drama about neonatal strains with all its flashbacks to childhood battles. Shame the focus is all on the father, leaving the women looking like …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM

Broadway Games: Where Haven't We Seen You Before II by JK

 Broadway Games: Where Haven't We Seen You Before: This week's game asks you to pick the one show each Broadway luminary below didn't work on. 1. Jason Robert Brown A. Broadway: The La…

SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 06:36AM

Machinal, The Old Vic review - note-perfect pity and terror by David Nice

Sophie Treadwell's 1928 hard hitter gets full musical and choreographic treatment Virtuosity and a wildly beating heart are compatible in Richard Jones’s finely calibrated production of Re…

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:24AM

Long Wharf Theatre announces lineup for 2024-25 season by Christopher Arnott

The Long Wharf Theatre has announced its lineup for the 2024-25 season, which includes three shows, each performed at a different location in New Haven or Hamden.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Buddy Holly’s Longtime Fans Rock Like Teens at the Wick Theatre by Jk Clarke

Theater Review by Myra Chanin . . . . In case you mistakenly thought The Buddy Holly Story was a seasonal legend about a friendly sprig of mistletoe, the life of Buddy Holly currently resurr…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 05:24AM

Wake Up With BroadwayWorld April 19, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 19, 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

Loving Him Meant Facing My Greatest Fear by Chloé Cooper Jones

Living with a disability, I shielded myself from dance. Then I met him.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:03AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Lempicka Paints Itself Into a Corner by Jk Clarke

Theater Review By Ron Fassler . . . . Once the new Broadway musical Lempicka begins, two things become instantly apparent: 1) a musical history lesson is in store, and 2) it is going to pres…

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:57AM

“That Perfect Dark”: Samuel Beckett’s “Company” in Dunedin by David O'Donnell

The southern city of Ōtepoti/Dunedin has played an important role in the history of Samuel Beckett production in Aotearoa. In 1959, one of the earliest New Zealand productions of Waiting fo…

SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 04:02AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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The Broadway Review: ‘Suffs’ is a sleek account of feminist history that’s liberating — but not just — for all by Brittani Samuel

Shaina Taub makes a strong Broadway debut as the writer, composer and lyricist of this new American musical.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:49AM

LOVE’S LABOURS LOST Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Stratford u-Avon by Libby Purves and Friends

MEN BEHAVING RIDICULOUSLY The lord of Navarre and three nobles have resolved to retreat and study for three years, eschewing  female company: so even the princess  suing for land has to be…

SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 02:47AM

Peacemongers

The post Peacemongers appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 02:20AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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On the Couch with Osmo Vänskä

The post On the Couch with Osmo Vänskä appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:35AM
Friday, April 19, 2024 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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The Wiz opening night curtain call & speech by bwaySHO

Join the company of The Wiz as they celebrate opening night on Broadway. Filmed & edited by @bwaySHO #thewiz #broadway #openingnight

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:27AM

Stereophonic Opens on Broadway April 19 by Margaret Hall

Featuring original songs by Arcade Fire's Will Butler, the David Adjmi play enjoyed a sold-out world premiere Off-Broadway via Playwrights Horizons.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM

Twenty-Sided Tavern Begins Performances Off-Broadway April 19 by Margaret Hall

The production blends the worlds of tabletop roleplay games and theatre to create an interactive experience.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18AM

Chicago Tap Allstars Announces 2024 National Tap Dance Weekend This May

Chicago Tap Allstars, a collective of Tap dance artists and organizations brought together by M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Chicago Tap Theatre, commemorates National Tap Dance Day with a weekend…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AM

Suzan-Lori Parks SALLY & TOM Announces Third Extension At The Public Theater

SALLY & TOM, the New York premiere play written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winner winner Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III, has extended for a third time.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:06AM

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