We can reduce the Indigenous suicide rate through connection to culture | IndigenousX by Joe Williams For Indigenousx

Reconnecting to 60,000 years of Indigenous tradition through dance and culture clears my head, allows my spirit to be free – and saved me from ending my life, writes @IndigenousX host, Joe…

Turning the tables at the 2017 Adelaide Cabaret Festival by Arts Review

The tables are turning in 2017 and Adelaide Festival Centre’s Adelaide Cabaret Festival invites you to join the revolution and discover the sumptuous offerings in this year’s program…

Theatre Review: ‘Pike St.’ at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company by Kristin Franco

Erik Erikson once said, “In the social jungle of human existence, there is no feeling of being alive without a sense of identity.” The concept of identity and much more is examin…

Sweet dreams: 60 years of The Pajama Game – in pictures by Guardian Staff

A factory dispute in the American Midwest shouldn't be the stuff of musical magic. But The Pajama Game earned its stripes with Broadway pedigree and Hollywood pizzazz. As Richard Eyre's hit …

Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ Upends a Whodunit by Ben Brantley

This knockabout farce from London trades on the perverse comfort of watching things go smash in a safe, contained environment.

'The Play That Goes Wrong' review: The comedy goes right

How many times must characters get smashed in the head with doors and other wooden planks before, I admit it, even the most farce-averse among us gets worn down enough to love it? Is there a…

2017 National Photographic Portrait Prize announced by Arts Review

After months of anticipation, the winner for the National Photographic Portrait Prize 2017 has been announced with renowned Sydney photographer, Gary Grealy taking out the award for his port…

The Play That Goes Wrong Review: Murder most silly by Jonathan Mandell

Before the play-within-the-play begins, its director apologizes for “the box office mix-up,” expressing hope that “the 617 of you affected will enjoy our little murder mystery just as …

Theater Review: What Goes Right With ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ by Jesse Green

Farce is not an acquired taste; even babies laugh at pratfalls. Rather, farce is the taste you fail to grow out of — and thank God, because sometimes only the stupidest fun will do. If thi…

MICF: Ciaran Lyons adultHOOD by Arts Review

The Carpet Room at the Forum Theatre is an intimate space that seemed a good fit for Ciaran Lyon’s type of observational comedy – a light-hearted look through some of the experiences…

News: The Matt Kuhn Group to Perform at Mardi Gras Celebration Presented by Kiwanis Club of Severna Park by Md Theatre Guide News Desk

The Matt Kuhn Group will be performing at the Mardi Gras Celebration presented by the Kiwanis Club of Severna Park on Friday, April 7th at 7 PM at the The Severna Park Elk’s Club. Matt Ku…

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong

Britain's Mischief Theatre brings its disaster of a show to Broadway.

‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ produced by J.J. Abrams — review by Joe Dziemianowicz

Making a comedy that's funny can be a mission impossible.

A Theatre in New Zealand Promotes Equality with a Smile with New Bathroom Sign by BroadwayWorld

As Gay Star News reports, the New Zealand town of Dunedin is taking non-binary issues very seriously...and not so seriously. The town recently recently made school uniforms gender neutral, a…

Review Roundup: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Attempts to Open on Broadway - Updating Live! by Review Roundups

The Mischief Theatre production of The Play That Goes Wrong, the Olivier Award winning West End comedy, which officially began performances Thursday, March 9, opens on Broadway today, April …

What Did Broadway Critics Think of The Play That Goes Wrong? by Playbill Staff

The Broadway transfer of the Olivier Award-winning comedy about an amateur murder mystery that goes hopelessly awry opened April 2.

There's more to Karen Blixen than Meryl Streep by Paul Tickell

A new play celebrates the Danish storyteller. Its adapter explores her unique appealKaren Blixen (1885-1962), the prolific Danish storyteller, is perhaps most immediately recognised for the …

MICF: The Wart on my Breast (Brustwarz) by Arts Review

It’s a compelling story to begin with, make no mistake. Franzi (April Albert) tells her story of being a teenager in Berlin in 1989, present in the days before the Berlin Wall was about to…

Edinburgh festival 2014: 10 questions for Ivo Graham by Harriet Gibsone

Eton alumnus and comedy upstart with a keen interest in quiz show Pointless discusses impressively long texts and irresponsibly messy bedrooms• Read our Edinburgh festival 2014 coverage he…

The Play That Goes Wrong: Review, Pics by Jonathan Mandell

Before the play-within-the-play begins, its director apologizes for “the box office mix-up,” expressing hope that “the 617 of you affected will enjoy our little murder mystery just as …

Broadway Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ Produced by J.J. Abrams by Gordon Cox

The show must go on — but in the Broadway transfer of West End hit “The Play That Goes Wrong,” forgotten lines, lost props, technical gaffes and rebellious scenery all seem…

J.J. Abrams-Backed Comedy ‘The Play That Went Wrong’ Salutes Crude Mechanicals – Broadway Review by Jeremy Gerard

Like certain sanctified Hollywood creation myths — pretty girl, soda fountain, famous director — the one about going out a chorus girl and coming back a star retains a surefire a…

Review: 'Play That Goes Wrong' gets it right by going really remarkably wrong by Chris Jones

When your British farce is so old-school that you'd swear the whole pox of a post-colonial schoolhouse crumbled at least two generations ago, you need a title that helps justify why the pick…

'The Play That Goes Wrong': Theater Review

J.J. Abrams is among the Broadway transfer producers of 'The Play That Goes Wrong,' the hit British comedy about an amateur theater troupe's disastrous attempt at staging a murder mystery. r…

Wanting Everything at Vanity Fair by Sandi Durell

  by Myra Chanin   The world premiere of Vanity Fair, Kate Hamill’s adaption of Thackeray’s satirical novel, as directed by Eric Tucker, is a great and glorious, equal parts c…

John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons by Sandi Durell

      By Sandi Durell     The Public Theater’s Anspacher Theater is getting a shake up currently with John Leguizamo lecturing, classroom style, to us – morons t…

Emma Pask by Arts Review

Her talent was first spotted by multi- instrumentalist James Morrison during one of his regular high schools visits when she was just 16 years old, Emma Pask sang with the Morrison band that…

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

The Play That Goes Wrong, which just opened at the Lyceum, is funny.

Joffrey Ballet, Lincoln Center, New York — technically strong

Some excellent ideas in this Romeo and Juliet are undermined by constrained choreography

Eugene Onegin, Metropolitan Opera, New York — passionate

Mariusz Kwiecień is an honourable substitute for Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Tchaikovsky’s opera

The Life, Southwark Playhouse, London — uneasy viewing

It’s a strong staging, but the years have not been kind to Cy Coleman’s 1990 musical

The mesmerising partnership of Leif Ove Andsnes and Marc-André Hamelin at Wigmore Hall, London

A recital by the two pianists that went from infectious Mozart to intricate Stravinsky

Review: 'Beyond Caring' is about the work, done right in your face by Chris Jones

A man — older, African-American, sad — walks into this industrial space. He goes straight to the washroom. A woman — a bit younger, African-American, Sox cap — walks into this sausag…

Chicago Theater Review: BEYOND CARING (Lookingglass Theatre Company) by Lawrence Bommer

TOIL AND TROUBLE There are no miniaturized marvels, no surprises sprung from trap doors, no white rabbits from a hat. Beyond Caring bears none of Lookingglass Theatre Company’s vintage mak…

Tony Winning Actress Sheila Bond Passes Away, Age 90 by BroadwayWorld

According to The Hollywood Reporter, actress Sheila Bond passed away on March 25. She was 90 years old. Bond was best known for her Tony Winning performance in WISH YOU WERE HERE in 1953. Sh…

REVIEW: Honk, Union Theatre ✭✭✭✭ by Mark Ludmon

By Mark Ludmon With planks and bales of hay as well as more inventive props, the farmyard world has been cleverly conceived by designer Emily Bestow. It all comes together flawlessly under d…

Music Feature: Peter Kuhn’s Long Journey to “The Other Shore” by Noah Schaffer

Peter Kuhn, a master jazz improviser, returns after decades away from the music.

Visual Arts Commentary: Urban Branding — An Expression of Civic Character by Arts Fuse Editor

Nobody wants to be boring -- including cities and their neighborhoods.

Review: ‘You for Me for You’ at InterAct Theatre Company by Tim Dunleavy

Is there any place on Earth more mysterious than North Korea? Aside from the grand ambitions of the brutal dictator (known to his subjects as “Our Dear Leader”) who runs the country with…

Paramount Names Former Disney EVP Dan Cohen President of Worldwide Television Licensing by Joseph Otterson

Paramount Pictures has named longtime Disney executive Dan Cohen the new president of worldwide television licensing, Variety has learned. In his new role, Cohen will oversee the global l…

The real headliner of the concert: alphorns, blowing a whirlwind of dark emotion through Disney Hall by Richard S. Ginell

The headline on the concert tickets and on the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s website read “Mirga Conducts Mozart and Haydn.” The usual safe practices of marketing are responsible for that…

Review: A Hell-uva Show by Michael Block

By Michael BlockThe evolution of a script is not something we all are privy to. Rarely do you get the treat of tracing a script through development. Diva is one that I've watched grow from l…

Review: People Watching by Michael Block

By Michael Block High school is hard but in the era of evolving technology and the power of social media, it seems to get even harder. But what hasn't changed is the presence of the bul…

The Hairy Ape by Sandi Durell

  by Carol Rocamora     Rarely does a production explode upon the theatre scene like Eugene O’Neill’s The Hairy Ape, now receiving an extraordinary revival at the Park Ave…

'The Price' at Roundabout Theatre: Fierce Arthur Miller, turned to prose by a disappointing production by Toby Zinman

'Spamalot' at new West Chester theater: Solid, overlong crowd-pleaser by John Timpane

Review: ‘Adapt!’ At The Wilma Theater by Celeste Mann

Adapt! is a new play that tells the story of Lenka, an immigrant from Communist-era Czechoslovakia who dreams of living in New York City. It’s a world premiere production, written and dir…

There will be blood in Signature’s ‘Midwestern Gothic’ by Peter Marks

The murk blunts the gore in the world-premiere musical in Shirlington.

Kenneth MacMillan’s ‘Mayerling’ at Royal Opera House, London by Blouin Artinfo

The Royal Ballet presents Kenneth MacMillan’s exquisite ballet “Mayerling” at the Royal Opera House, London. The show runs from April 28 through May 13, 2017.The show depicts the story…

‘Jane Eyre’ at National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing by Blouin Artinfo

“Jane Eyre” will be staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing, from April 13 through April 19, 2017.Commemorating the 200th anniversary of English writer Charlotte B…

Bra-waving, toe-tapping and female solidarity: The Girls and Stepping Out by Terri Paddock

If you’re seeking life affirmation, celebrations of female solidarity (of a quintessentially British variety) and general uplift, my two current West End recommendations that tick all …

Julie Andrews, Quincy Jones, John Williams Fete Henry Mancini at the Wallis Theater by Mannie Holmes

Nearly $1 million was raised for the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts during a star-studded tribute to the music composer Henry Mancini Saturday night at the Wallis theater in…

Bull in a China Shop by Cogency

Bull in a China Shop, by Bryna Turner; directed by Lee Sunday Evans at the Claire Tow Theater of Lincoln Center, New York.   The name of Mary Woolley has become obscured by the passage …

These Are The Baseball Comedies! by Trav S.D.

It’s MLB opening day; time finally for our survey post on baseball centered movie comedies. It is meant to a part of a series on sports comedies; we did one on football, and one on go…

Photo Coverage: History Class Goes to HAMILTON at the Latest #EduHam Matinee! by Walter McBride

EduHam is a series of HAMILTON Wednesday matinees made available to New York City schools with a high concentration of students from low-income families for the ticket price of only 10. This…

THE LIFE – Southwark Playhouse by Johnny Fox

In The Life, drug-dealing Guys and rent-by-the-hour Dolls walk a side of 42nd Street far shadier than the tapdancing one at Drury Lane. The daily grit and the nightly grind are underpinned w…

Review: ‘Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them’ at Iron Crow Theatre by Patricia Mitchell

The Kids Are Alright Mom’s dead. Dad is never there. What happens when kids are left – virtually abandoned by the adults in their lives – to fend for themselves? In Edith Can Shoot Thi…

This Week on Broadway for April 2, 2017: Bobby Conte Thornton by James Marino

Jena Tesse Fox and James Marino talk with Bobby Conte Thornton. Peter Filichia joins in for reviews and trivia. We review Miss Saigon, Sweat, Sweeney Todd, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire, and…

HAMILTON Fan Proposal Features Re-Written Performance of 'My Shot' by BroadwayWorld

HAMILTON fan Elijah Essa has joined the ranks of those who use the smash hit show to propose to long time girlfriends. This time, however, Essa put together a fully choreographed and re-writ…

The League of Professional Theatre Women’s 2017 Awards Celebration and Big Mingle by Deb Miller

Founded in 1981, the mission of the League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit advocacy organization headquartered in New York City, is to promote increased opportunities, greater vi…

Hand To God with different interpretations by Cogency

Hand to God, comedy by Robert Askins, Philadelphia Theatre Company, April 2017.   A former minister from Texas, Robert Askins, wrote a vicious denunciation of religious hypocrisy in his…

“How was Romania?”: Reflections on the Temps D’Image Festival in Cluj by [email protected] (jamie)

By Taysha Canales, Sydonia Lucchesi, Sam Silbiger. A report on the Temps D’Image Festival in Cluj, Romania, from the perspectives of “Surfing” fellows Sydonia Lucchesi, Sam Silbiger, a…

Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them from Iron Crow (review) by Jill Kyle-Keith

At its heart, family is less about bloodlines than choice: who do you love, and most importantly, who loves you back? That’s the crux of Iron Crow Theatre’s production of  A. Re…

Drag Legend Sweetie’s Life to Be Celebrated Today! by Nitelifeexchange

Sweetie, one of the true greats of New York City’s drag scene passed away Tuesday March 28th after a brave three year battle with cancer. Originally given a grim diagnosis of three months …

VIDEO: GRANNIE is the Rags to Riches Story That Everyone Knows...Almost by Stage Tube

It's a hard-knock life for...geriatric orphans Comedy queen Kathy Griffin is back at it with her own spin on the classic musical ANNIE, and she is determined to take the leading role. Enter …

DON JUAN IN SOHO – West End by Aleks Sierz

Updating the classics is not without its pitfalls. How can a modern audience, which has a completely different set of religious beliefs, relate to a 17th-century morality tale in which the l…

The Best of the Worst- Look Back on Our Favorite Moments of MCC's Miscast by BroadwayWorld

In anticipation of the big night, we've rounded up our ten favorite, most miscast, past performances below

How the Study of Kabbalah Helps People Lead More Fulfilling Lives by Rino16

The ancient wisdom of Kabbalah has been studied since the inception of religion itself. Although it has become closely associated with Judaism, it has evolved into a belief system set apart …

The Arts on the Stamps of the World — April 2 by Doug Briscoe

An Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.

New Broadway Comedy The Play That Goes Wrong Aims to Go Right on Opening Night by Andy Lefkowitz

The Olivier-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong officially opens on Broadway tonight. Written by Mischief Theatre members Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shielf, who also star in t…

Lifted By Beauty review – uplifting slogans for a faded seaside town by Lyn Gardner

Various locations, RhylThis ambitious but opaque roving community theatre piece by National Theatre Wales and Mark Storor goes to some unlikely places in search of the heart of RhylI love Na…

How one of Broadway's rising stars found his footing in N.J. by Vicki Hyman | Nj Advance Media For Nj.com

Jersey City actor Matt Doyle on growing into a leading man and groping the audience in the new 'Sweeney Todd' at the Barrow Street Theatre

INCIDENT AT VICHY – Finborough Theatre by Carole Woddis

That it resonates with our own current hysterias about `fake news’, what is true and untrue, and the threat immigrants appear to pose here, in Europe and in the USA, goes without saying. T…

Review: ‘Diane Rehm in Conversation’ at The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History by Marlene Hall

NPR host Tom Gjetlten interviewed former NPR radio host Diane Rehm about her new book, On My Own, her time at NPR and what she is doing now. The talk had a political angle to it with her str…

DON JUAN IN SOHO – West End by Shanine Salmon

A byword for licentiousness and excess, re-imagining this iconic figure for the 21st century is ambitious task. In his first non-Shakespeare stage role since 2004’s the Pillowman, David Te…

Theatre legend Robert Lepage gets personal with 887 by Carly Maga - Theatre Critic

Also on the Top Ticket, Aparna Nancherla at Comedy Bar and World Stage Redux at Harbourfront Centre.

No doubt who’s the heavyweight in performing arts: Mondavi Center unveils 2017-18 season

The Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at UC Davis announced its 2017-18 season Sunday, April 2, leaving no doubt it is the big dog in regional professional performing arts. … Clic…

BWW's On This Day - April 2, 2017

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on April 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

PERVERSION - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

“Is death a bad thing?” asks one of the characters in Judson Blake’s ambitious if rambling dystopian satire Perversion, now at the 13th Street Repertory Theater. Answer: It depends on …

Review: ‘Sweat’ at Studio 54 by Richard Seff

It took a while, but the Oregon Shakespeare Festival helped by staging this remarkable play in the summer if 2014. It caused enough of a stir for the Public Theatre in New York to pick it up…

Interview: Meet the Cast of ‘Pygmalion’ at The British Players: Part One: Jenn Robinson by Joel Markowitz

In Part One of a series of interviews with the cast of Pygmalion at The British Players, meet Jenn Robinson. Joel: Please introduce yourself and tell our readers where they may have seen you…

OFFSIDE – Touring by Thom Dibdin

Offside, Futures Theatre’s touring production at the Traverse, is a heartfelt, energetic and ultimately uplifting play about women’s football that explores wider issues with humour and i…

Introducing our Monthly Giveaways! by Serena

As Broadway Wiz continues to grow, we couldn't be more thankful to all of our loyal fans. As a show of appreciation, we will be launching monthly giveaways!

What do All or Nothing & Sunny Afternoon share? Mark Newnham

Having sadly departed the West End, SUNNY AFTERNOON tours the UK until 13 May 2017. The north London band had their fair share of troubles as they competed against The Beatles and Rolling St…

The Siegel Column Talks Jack Cummings III by Sandi Durell

    By Barbara & Scott Siegel   The Most Talented and Consistently Innovative, and Entertaining Director Working Off-Broadway: Jack Cummings, III   Play after play, a…

Review: ’10x10x10′ at Fells Point Corner Theatre by William Powell

There is a profound depth of directing and acting talent in the Baltimore-Washington area. Much of that talent was on display at 10x10x10, a collection of plays by area playwrights, which is…

Theatre Review: ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ at Sudbrook Middle by Pamela Steinik

It’s the 1920’s, and Millie is a modern girl on a mission… to get a job with one of New York City’s most eligible bachelors and get him to marry her.   Sudbrook Middle takes fl…

Broadway Project Celebrates Great White Way by Sandi Durell

  The Broadway Project at Symphony Space, in its second annual celebration of the Great White Way, explores the dynamic collaborative spirit that makes Broadway so exciting From chorogr…

ADAM & EVE AND STEVE – King’s Head by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

We’re in a familiar setting. At the dawn of time, God is tinkering about with his new toys and creating some humans. But there’s a twist.

Quizzes: Test your theatre knowledge: Quiz of the month

It's that time of the month again, test yourself to see how much you've been paying attention to WhatsOnStage

Dance Review: ‘Kylián, Peck, Forsythe’ by The Washington Ballet at Sidney Harman Hall by Morgan Halvorsen

It’s difficult to know what to expect with modern ballet, especially when it’s not a standard, story-driven piece like “Sleeping Beauty” or “The Nutcracker.R…

King Lear at The Secret Theatre by Jk Clarke

        by JK Clarke   Anyone who’s ever walked the halls of a nursing home has seen numerous rooms in which sat a forlorn looking elderly person, lost in a haze o…

THE TOLL – Touring by Laura Kressly

Luke Wright’s jovial demeanour and impressive word hoard sit at odds with his smudged eyeliner and black leather jacket. The unassuming performance poet skulks to the mic, breathes, then u…

Theatre Review: ‘Stories from the Fringe: Women Rabbis, Revealed!’ by Gordon Center for Performing Arts by Liz Ruth-Brinegar

“Poignant, powerful, and at times perturbing was the deeply moving staged reading of “Stories from the Fringe: Women Rabbis, Revealed!” presented by the Gordon Center for Performin…

Features: Confessions of a Box Office Manager: A couple of unwelcome visitors

Little furry friends pay a visit to our harassed box office manager this month, with disastrous consequences

THE NETHER – Edinburgh by Thom Dibdin

Problematic, simply because of its subject matter, The Nether is given a solid and suitably powerful production by student company Paradok Theatre at Checkpoint to Saturday. Set in the near …

‘Six Degrees of Separation’ star talks about feeling small by Joe Dziemianowicz

New York actor John Benjamin Hickey always stands straighter when he works alongside 6-foot-tall Allison Janney.

REVIEW: The Life, Southwark Playhouse ✭✭✭✭✭ by Julian Eaves

By Julian Eaves The Life Southwark Playhouse 29th March 2017 5 Stars Book Now Every now and then, a musical comes along that talks to us as grown-ups. It doesn't happen very often, but when …

Exclusive: Jessica Vosk Performs 'Oh Industry' from BEACHES! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld has an exclusive clip from Jessica Vosk's show YOU ASKED FOR IT at Joe's Pub Th show was written by Jessica Vosk and Robbie Rozelle, with musical direction by Mary-Mitchell Cam…

INTERVIEW: Scott Reid by Caroline Hanks-Farmer

Scott Reid is currently touring with The Curious Incident of the Dog In the Night-Time playing Christopher Boone. I caught up with Scott and we had a chat about “Curious” and his journey…

The Life review – down but not out in 80s New York by Kate Kellaway

Southwark Playhouse, LondonEven the magnificent Sharon D Clarke can’t make this long and cluttered musical shine as it shouldCy Coleman’s The Life, with lyrics by Ira Gasman and book co-…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review – when Bottom met Christian Lacroix by Luke Jennings

Opéra Bastille, ParisParis Opera Ballet deliver a beautifully chic but variable production of Balanchine’s classic 1962 workGeorge Balanchine didn’t make many traditional story ballets.…

Antony and Cleopatra review – Josette Simon is a Cleopatra to die for by Kate Kellaway

Royal Shakespeare theatre, Stratford-upon-AvonSimon exudes feline grace and infinite variety in Iqbal Khan’s excellent if unadventurous productionIt is impossible to predict how Josette Si…

An American in Paris review – a lightfooted antidote to Euro gloom by Kate Kellaway

Dominion theatre, LondonFabulous choreography – and an extra helping of Gershwin – light up Christopher Wheeldon’s airy musicalAn American in Paris is a lightfooted antidote to gloom, …

Don Juan in Soho review – David Tennant seduces all by Kate Kellaway

Wyndham’s, LondonTennant is dissolution personified in Patrick Marber’s brilliant update of his 2006 take on MolièreIf Don Juan doesn’t know when to stop, I don’t know where to begi…

Photo Feature: Black Swan’s Once in Royal David’s City by Craig Dalglish

Check out our photo feature from Black Swan State Theatre Company’s Once in Royal David’s City.  Images captured by Philip Gostelow A co-production with the Queensland Theatre C…

Review: The Source (Route 66 Theatre) by Lauren Whalen

Over the course of 85 minutes, I was totally immersed in the action - when the characters jumped, I jumped. I gasped when a knock on the door signaled a turning point in their collective fat…

Drinking too many coffees with the great Russian poet Joseph Brodsky by Mikhail Baryshnikov

It was 1974 and tension was high between the Soviets and Americans. The dissident poet Joseph Brodsky and the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov met in New York and had a lot to talk aboutI first me…

Calamity Jane by Arts Review

Calamity Jane originated as a film vehicle for Doris Day in 1953. In 1961 it was adapted for the stage, and although it has never received a Broadway production it’s been popular a popular…

Doug Varone and Dancers: Spring 2017 Season by Joel Benjamin

Varone employs movements loosely flung out from the body’s core; sudden, inexplicable pauses; (painful looking) drops to the floor (usually onto a knee!); contrasting chaotic activities wi…

MipTV: Cottonwood, ZDF’s ‘Find Me In Paris’ Closes with Disney, FT, ABC Australia (EXCLUSIVE) by John Hopewell

CANNES — Sealing anchor TV partnerships as it gears up for production, “Find Me in Paris,” one of the first attempts to make a premium international series for teens, has closed a …

Opening Night: The Play That Goes Wrong Set for Its Opening Night on Broadway

The British import celebrates its opening at the Lyceum Theatre tonight.

Iconic New Delhi movie theater shuts down after 85 years by Ashok Sharma

NEW DELHI (AP) -- From Bollywood superstars to political heavyweights, the Regal theater hosted some of India's biggest names over more than eight decades....

MICF: Mae Martin – Dope by Arts Review

A series of gags can be fine, but sometimes you want a story you can get your teeth into. Canadian comic Mae Martin has a go at this through an autobiographical account of obsessions and add…

MICF: Loyiso Gola – Dude, Where’s My Lion? by Arts Review

I suppose Dude, Where’s My Lion? by South African stand-up and tv star Loyiso Gola is a play on that Ashton Kutcher film Dude, Where’s My Car? They do have a certain slacker vibe in comm…

Will Opening Night Go Right? Meet the Cast of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG! by BroadwayWorld

The Play That Goes Wrong opens tonight, April 2, at the Lyceum Theatre.Get to know the cast before they take their opening bows

Jack Charles’ personal tale speaks to Australia’s systemic wrongs: review by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

Canadian Stage is presenting this well-travelled autobiographical show from Australia.

The Play That Goes Wrong Opens on Broadway April 2 by Playbill Staff

The original West End cast reprises their performances in New York.

World Premiere of Vanity Fair Opens Off-Broadway April 2 by Olivia Clement

Kate Hamill’s newest work is adapted from William Thackeray’s 1848 satire.

Look Back at Elizabeth Taylor’s Broadway Debut in The Little Foxes by Hannah Vine

The Oscar-winning film icon made her long-awaited Broadway debut in the 1981 revival that co-starred Maureen Stapleton.

Stage preview: Getting to know 'King and I' tour star Laura Michelle Kelly by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Every musical revival worth redoing again and again meets the requirement of a message that never goes out of date, a well-told story, beautiful music and, if it’s going to stand the test …

2Do this week, April 2-8: Cultural events around Pittsburgh by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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What Song Booked Come From Away’s Chad Kimball His Broadway Debut? by Michael Gioia

The Tony-nominated star reveals the songs that booked him Broadway.

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Read Playbill’s First-Ever Article on Broadway’s The Phantom of the Opera by Sheridan Morley

A flashback to thoughts from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Harold Prince, and Michael Crawford before their Phantom became the longest-running musical on Broadway,