Will working with audiences encourage stage companies and theater artists to go beyond the status quo? Or just cement them into the sweet spot?
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48PMThis is a winning book, conveying a strangely believable fantasy about three strong young women in a world not that far removed from our own.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:48PMAustralia’s leading annual architecture commission and cultural laboratory, MPavilion, has been extended a further two seasons to 2020/21 and 2021/22. The extension, announced in partnersh…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:34PMYour Back to Dance Guide is out now. With back to school, comes back to dance! Are you ready for your best dance year yet? We are excited for you. Dance Informa’s Back to School Guide …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:25PM“Happy Ending” at Anacostia Playhouse is a really good time. This show is fun. It is really, really fun. It is laugh-out-loud, guffaw and snort fun. And that is a wonderful way t…
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In his recent book, A Coveted Possession: The Rise and Fall of the Piano in Australia, Michael Atherton traces the history of the piano in Australia. The book’s cover seems almost intent o…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:46PMA new “original” musical is usually something to welcome, but when it’s a Frankenstein monster created from spare parts, maybe stay out of its way.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:18PMProducer Ken Davenport has racked up an impressive collection of Tony Award nominations (and a couple of wins) for shows like “Once on This Island,” “Kinky Boots,” and “Spring Awak…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:06PMYou can smell the flop sweat before Gettin’ the Band Back Together even begins, as Ken Davenport—the show’s lead producer and also, not coincidentally, its principal author—takes the…
SOURCE: Time Out at 10:00PMBefore the curtain rises on the new musical “Gettin’ the Band Back Together” at the Belasco Theatre, Ken Davenport, the show’s lead producer, who also co-wrote the book, takes the st…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 10:00PMClassic rock tracks are played as you enter the theatre. But the show that follows could only dream of containing a single
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00PMMiddle-age urges to re-live old garage band pipe dreams are typically best kept to dank basements and sound-proofed garages, and Broadway’s Gettin’ The Band Back Together doesn&#…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00PMBefore Gettin’ the Band Back Together kicked off, the show’s producer bounded down the aisle and up the steps to the stage to do a little hyping. He wanted to know how we were all doing …
SOURCE: Vulture at 10:00PM
You know what might be fun? How about a Broadway Battle of the Bands pitting the kids from School of Rock against the hapless middle-aged suburban Jersey guys in Gettin' the Band Back Togeth…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 09:55PMThis musical is so full of cheesiness and clichés that anyone who buys a ticket will come to regret it.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:42PMMay be unoriginal but exuberantly entertaining
SOURCE: Theater Time at 09:42PM★★★ The stupid, feel-good Parkway-exit musical is Jersey in a nutshell: a messy good time
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:35PM★★ The groans drown out the laughs at this totally unoriginal original musical
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 09:30PMThe Sydney Opera House has announced that four of Denmark’s most renowned and innovative architects will come together in October to discuss Jørn Utzon’s global legacy as part of the 10…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 09:11PMHaving sat through the sweaty, janky garbage fire Gettin’ the Band Back Together, I strongly suspect that producer and book writer Ken Davenport has a chest tattoo that reads (in Gothic sc…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:06PMGettin' the Band Back Together on Broadway,directed by Tony Award winner John Rando and choreographed by Chris Bailey, celebrates its official opening night tonight
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Production on Disney's Mulan, a live-action adaptation of the studio's 1998 animated feature, has begun. The film will shoot on locations in New Zealand and China and will open in U.S. theat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:54PMJessica Vosk stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about Wicked, her new album and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:54PMNatalie Palamides' Nate is a bonkers clown show about an all-American macho man who is more than he appears.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:26PMToronto opera company’s creative team was invited to produce Rossini’s Ricciardo e Zoraide in Pesaro, Italy.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:24PMOne thing leaps out right away at this production of “Bridges of Madison County”—this is one of the most gorgeously sung shows of the season. Led by the impeccable Susan Derry …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 06:21PMOne-man show Garry Starr Performs Everything features a talented actor and a bit of showing off.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 06:13PM'Million Dollar Quartet' at the Bucks County Playhouse imagines four rock-and-roll legends’ real jam session, but opts for familiarity rather than fidelity. Mark Cofta reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:13PMIf you’re looking for a delectable patisserie of music, color, and whimsy, look no further than “Amour,” a Broadway musical based on a classic French fable, now playing at NextStop The…
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Print ain’t dead — and, at Jackalope Theatre Company, it’s coming to life. This month, the ensemble will stage its ninth annual “Living Newspaper” festival, inspired by the 1930's …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:45PMThe submission window is now open for a chance to work on the 223 year-old working organic farm.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PMThe London concert was part of the worldwide celebration of the Leonard Bernstein centennial.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:31PMThe youth theatre has expanded its programming to position itself as a professional nonprofit theatre, with more opportunities for adults.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:28PMThe Monday night concert series debuts September 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:23PMTwo very different shows made excellent impressions on their target audiences.
SOURCE: Forbes at 05:18PMPretty Woman: The Musical and The Boys in the Band broke house records last week as Broadway’s box office held steady into the summer’s dog days. Total b.o. for the 31 shows c…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:16PMAndré De Shields and Ken Page are among the original Broadway performers set for the September 9 concert at Feinstein’s/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PMOn this day, we're celebrating the birthday of Broadway favorite, Wesley Taylor
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PM“The obvious choice is Ryan Murphy for ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’ because it’s the Limited Series front-runner and those often go hand in hand with a directing win…
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On Monday, Harold Washington College announced that it has partnered with the Joffrey Ballet to offer an Associate in Arts in Dance from City Colleges of Chicago’s Loop campus. Launching t…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:50PMThe lineup also includes playwrights Paola Lázaro-Muñoz, Korde Arrington Tuttle, and Sandra Delgado.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:47PMOn Monday, Theatre at the Center announced casting for its fall production of “Ghost the Musical.” Based on the romance-thriller that earned Whoopi Goldberg an Oscar, Garrett Lutz will p…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:45PMThe Pences managed to take in the action flick “Mission: Impossible — Fallout” without causing a scene at a Cleveland Park theater.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:42PMThe star-packed Broadway-premiere production of The Boys in the Band concluded its hit run this weekend on a new high. The celebrated 50th-anniversary mounting of Mart Crowley's landmark…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend.
Michael Wartella, Christy Altomare & Joey McIntyre to Workshop Dion Musical The Wanderer
Charlie and…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMPretty Woman: The Musical, poised to open on Broadway on August 16, 2018, has shattered box office records at the Nederlander Theatre. Based on an eight-performance week, the new musical wit…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 04:39PMThe musical set a new high at the Nederlander Theatre in the week ending August 12.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMThe most popular new class at the St. Louis County Library stars unlikely internet phenomenon Bob Ross.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:18PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMIn a 2019 episode, IFC'sDocumentary Nowwill parodyD.A. Pennebaker's classic making-ofCompany documentary, in an episode called Original Cast Album Co-Op,according to Deadline.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 8122018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMIt is an instantly recognizable story. Skilled writer and romantic Cyrano de Bergerac crafts beautiful prose but can't let himself be loved due to insecurities about his looks. This classic …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:04PMWatch these LOL videos from Gettin’ The Band Back Together stars about why you should see their new Broadway musical.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:01PMYou don’t have to be a Broadway baby to scratch your onstage acting itch. In fact, all around the country—and outside of it—there are bustling theater communities producing…
SOURCE: Backstage at 04:00PM
Grammy-nominated JC Hopkins performs at The Iridium for one night only—Tuesday, August 14th at 8:00 PM. JC is joined on stage with vocalist and Starduster Jennifer Barry, and special guest…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 03:58PMThe acclaimed director will take the helm of the summer musical-theatre revival series, which she co-led this past year.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:53PMThe new musical featuring a score by the Grammy-winning rock band The National also stars Peter Dinklage and Damon J. Gillespie.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:53PMApplications are now open for the new training program for Deaf and disabled performers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:51PMA former Weather Girl is to headline the cast of “WaistWatchers the Musical," which is coming to Chicago's Royal George Theatre this September for an open run. Martha Wash — one half of …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 03:40PMNew York City Center President & CEO Arlene Shuler has announced Anne Kauffman as artistic director of Encores! Off-Center for the 2019 season. Founding Artistic Director Jeanine Tesori …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMGet to know Young Jean Lee, the female playwright behind Straight White Men
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:36PMIn today’s Chicago casting roundup, “Chicago Fire” is seeking background talent for a picnic scene, Chicago teens can star in an upcoming production of Mary Poppins, and ba…
SOURCE: Backstage at 03:30PMJukebox Hero is a musical that uses Foreigner hits to tell the story of the hard-hit town of Blaydon, Pa., that is saved with the help of a famous local rock star who comes home to stage a b…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 03:23PMThe Stand, EdinburghThe comic’s tangled personal life is the subject of bracingly raw scrutiny in this dazzling display of soul-searching comedyThere’s intimate standup comedy, and then …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18PMWarmly chaotic: Ava Davies reviews Ell Potter and Mary Higgins' show about bodies.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 03:14PMShannon Lewis talks about her all-time favorite Stephen Schwartz musical numbers.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:11PMWhere to see Audra McDonald, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and more of the original cast now.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PMSleeping is a kind of time travel... Crystal Bennes reviews a spoken word performance by Rosy Carrick.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 03:04PM★★★ Songwriter Joe Iconis, bookwriter Joe Tracz transfer Ned Vizzini's popular YA novel to the stage
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 03:01PMOn Monday, Goodman Theatre announced the roster of shows for its “New Stages” fest, an annual staging of new shows from both established and emerging playwrights. Seven shows comprise th…
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The Sondheim-inspired episode is part of the mockumentary series’ upcoming season, premiering in 2019.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:59PMKauffman and Founding Artistic Director Jeanine Tesori guided the series through its 2018 season following the death of former Artistic Director Michael Friedman.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:54PMThere has been a change in the performance schedule for Goodspeed Musicals' current production CYRANO. Due to the pending departure of one of the cast members, we must close after the 630pm …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMNew York City Center President amp CEO Arlene Shuler today announced Anne Kauffman as Artistic Director of Encores Off-Center for the 2019 season. Founding Artistic Director Jeanine Tesori w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:54PMEverything you need to know about Broadway.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 02:48PMArtist Collective, the arts-education hub in the North End of Hartford, will close by mid-2019 if $1 million is not raised to pay its debts, Board Chairman Benjamin Foster told The Courant. …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 02:25PMMaking its European debut at the Finborough Theatre, Jordan Seavey’s 2016 play is an examination of the ideological conflicts that
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PM★★★★ “It’s easier to speak to a stranger than define the parameters of your relationship with a partner.” Middle Child theatre
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PMPeter Saide talks starring as the deadpan Sheriff in off-Broadway's Desperate Measures, living around the world, and touring with Lea Salonga.
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Director Ron OJ Parson’s staging of Athol Fugard’s “Blood Knot” caused a stir earlier this summer at Wisconsin’s American Players Theatre due to the casting of a white actor in the…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 01:55PMThe unexpected exit of a lead actor in Goodspeed Musicals’ “Cyrano,” starring “Game of Thrones” actor Peter Dinklage has cause the production to cancel some performances and premat…
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 01:50PMJohn Scherer, Ruth Gottschall, Stephanie Rothenberg, and Jennifer Allen will star in the Tony-winning musical that begins September 21 in East Haddam, Connecticut.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:48PMThe 15 playwrights, directors, and producers will be in residence at the Off-Broadway theatre for two years.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMLive at Five is a daily live news show on Facebook, in which Broadway.com editors discuss what is going on in the theater community and talk with the biggest stars on Broadway about their cu…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMAward-winning singer, flautist, and percussionist Yaite Ramos Rodriguez will soon be on stage at Harbourfront Centre, Canada from August 17 to 19, as part of Small World Music Festival.“Fl…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:10PMRohan Browne deservedly gets his name in lights as he takes centre stage in this spectacular new production of much-loved Australian musical The Boy from Oz.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM“In the Envelope: An Awards Podcast” features intimate interviews with award-winning actors and other creatives. Join host and Awards Editor Jack Smart for a front row seat to th…
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Waves of anger: Nicole Serratore writes on Penelope Skinner's play, and the grim realities of toxic masculinity online.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 12:54PMI am in the process of moving so I am shifting in to “throwback” mode for a week or so. I thought I would look back at a post I made about one of Ian David Moss’ contributi…
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 12:54PMThere are many ways to describe the smash-hit revival of Little Shop Of Horrors at Regent's Park - but the show's own, "Strange" and "Interesting", work.
The post Strange & Interesting …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:54PMAkoni Steinmann is a recent graduate of the BFA Acting program at Marymount Manhattan college where he performed in plays such as The Skin of Our Teeth, Tartuffe, A Midsummer Night’s …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:54PMColin Wulff is a New York-based actor from Tallahassee, FL, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity. He received his BA from Oberlin College with Highest Honors in Theater, and has empha…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:54PMProud Haddock commemorates the centenary of the end of the First World War with two major rediscoveries of wartime dramas this autumn: Square Rounds and Billy Bishop Goes to War, both helmed…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:53PMJoe Iconis and Salazar go inside the album Two-Player Game on the special recording of the tune.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:48PMThe Shake & Bake theater company brings “Love’s Labour’s Lost” to the meatpacking district, and dinner is included with the ticket.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:48PM“The Guilty” is a 2018 Danish thriller co-written and directed by Gustav Moller. Made on a low-budget, it is a nail-biting thriller that takes place in an emergency control room, a kicka…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:48PMToday BroadwayWorld is taking you inside Broadway in Chicago's annual Free Summer Concert at the Millennium Park on our Instagram
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:42PMThe musical comedy officially opens at the Belasco Theatre August 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMThe long-running London production will welcome new cast members this September.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36PMHow do you recreate the blood-stirring heat of Baz Luhrmann’s Verona Beach in a remote corner of London? Secret Cinema succeeds despite
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:34PMEva Noblezada and Andre De Shields will star in Hadestown at the National Theatre in London. They are joining a London cast
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:32PMHeather Lenz’s “Kusama - Infinity” explores Yayoi Kusama’s fierce determination to become a world-renowned artist. In less than 80 minutes, the film takes a look at the life and work…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:31PMMidgett will join the Alaska company's leadership team this fall.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:30PMOn Saturday, the dance community will gather for “Dance for Life,” a must-see annual staple on Chicago’s summer dance calendar. If you’re interested in dance, “Dance for Life” is…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:30PMA tribute today to Marion Lorne (Marion Lorne MacDougal, 1883-1968), best known to American audiences as the adorable, doddering character “Aunt Clara” on the sitcom Bewitched fo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMWelcome to Hollywood! Pretty Woman, the new musical based on the 1990 Garry Marshall film of the same name, opens at the Nederlander Theatre on August 16. Get a first look of the n…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMOnly hours after The Band’s Visit won 10 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the production announced a new leading man in the role of Tewfiq. Of course, he wasn’…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMIt's a new week, Broadway fans, and with the opening night of Pretty Woman: The Musical set for August 16, it's going to be an exciting one! Samantha Barks and Andy Karl lead th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMNo Emmy category demonstrates the wealth of material on TV these days better than lead actress in a drama. The nominees run the gamut and voters have a near-impossible choice of parsing stan…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PMIs it melodrama, spoof, romp, homage, experiment in onstage cinematic storytelling, exploration of male friendship, or celebration of Holmes as a fact-based hero for our fake news era? write…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:15PMBy Douglas Mayo
For the first time ever in the UK, StageCon, a convention for theatre fans throughout the UK and Europe, will be held over the weekend of 3 & 4 November at Shoreditch Tow…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 12:13PMJudith Kilvington is to step down as executive director of the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, after five years. The theatre said Kilvington
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:13PMHugh Dennis, Lesley Garrett and John Marquez have been cast in a new comedy by the writer of The 39 Steps, Patrick
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMA vacant theatre in north London that was originally touted as permanent home for the set from Oscar-winning film Shakespeare in Love
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMThe collapsed operator of Peterborough’s Broadway Theatre has been hit with fresh claims that it owes tens of thousands of pounds to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMTicketmaster has announced it is closing down its two secondary ticketing sites, Get Me In! and Seatwave, in a move it claims
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:12PMWhen a person goes missing, what happens to those left behind? In Spiral, writer Abigail Hood sets out to explore the
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:12PMBy Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, August 13, 2018 Before the 1980s, Boston was a major out-of-town stop for plays and musicals before they went to Broadway. The economics of such…
SOURCE: www.zealnyc.com at 12:11PMC’mon and hear! C’mon and hear the music of Irving Berlin. And Jerome Kern! And Hoagie Carmichael! And Jimmy Van Heusen! Peter and Will Anderson’s fantastic Songbook Summit series…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 12:05PMNo one can put music and lyrics together the way Stephen Sondheim has done – astonishingly – for decades, since the mid-1950’s. In my interview with Matthew Gardiner, who is directin…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:04PMGeoff Sobelle riffs on cramped city living in his festival production Home by building a two-up, two-down from scratch and inviting the audience insideWhen Geoff Sobelle went to lay a new ki…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:04PMAny preconceptions about a play depicting five-a-side football should instantly be put aside for Tom Wells’s Jumpers For Goalposts.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMNote: there was an upload error this morning that caused some to get Friday’s show. This is fixed now. Listen: “Be More Chill” Extends for One Week, Broadway Comes Together…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:00PMGary McCann is one of UK’s most in-demand designers, working on shows from touring musicals to international operas. He tells Nick Smurthwaite
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PM
From a sham buffalo hunt organized by P.T. Barnum to a stage production featuring Edison's electric lights, August was a month of theatre to remember.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:52AMThe new show is based on the life of Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dion DiMucci.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:38AMWatch him sing with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMThe world’s largest arts festival is now midway through its run in Edinburgh, with more information coming in to help choose from 5,000 events scattered over 300 venues. Some productions h…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:26AMWith two Broadway shows opening this week — “Gettin The Band Back Together” and “Pretty Woman” — it’s hard to say we’re in the Dog Days of Aug…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:25AMReboots to the right of me, reboots to the left of me, into the Valley of the Reboots we go!
With the success of such reboots as “Hawaii Five-O,” “Lost in Space,” MacGyver” and …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 11:20AMCasting is set for the West End premiere of Hadestown, the celebrated new musical by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell. The previously announced production, developed and directed by Gre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMThe hype surrounding “Be More Chill,” including its extensive marketing campaign, and the musical itself cannot and should not be a substitute for the real work required to discover who …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:12AMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Simon Longman’s Island Town at Roundabout at Summerhall at Edinburgh Fringe
This post REVIEW: Island Town, Roundabout Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe ✭✭…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:09AMThe top growing current Broadway musicals wereGettin' The Band Back Together10.47,Pretty Woman8.18,Head Over Heels4.07,My Fair Lady1.39 andSummer1.39.The top growing current Broadway plays w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:06AMThe 29-year-old Bostonian followed a string of racist tweets all the way to a white nationalist meeting – and turned the experience into his new Edinburgh showThe 29-year-old Bostonian com…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMIt’s no wonder that Greek, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s first opera, made the 28-year-old composer’s name in 1988. Turnage’s brilliant, percussive score took an
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:01AMUsing the word ‘strong’ to describe women and girls is redundant. Putting up with all the trash that women have to deal with as a result of their gender, on top of everything else life t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMFor more than 400 years, theater people have been trying to get a bead on the volatile bond between Beatrice and Benedick, the epic frenemies from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.�…
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 11:00AM
On Monday, Marriott Theatre announced casting for its revival of “Sweet Charity,” playing this fall. Directed by Ryan T. Nelson and choreographed by Alex Sanchez, the show will feature A…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:55AMThe Disney Channel Original Movie features a score by Tony winners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMThe Public Theater's free event features Renée Elise Goldsberry, Diana Oh, Shakina Nayfack, Shaina Taub, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMThe Wanderer, the new musical based on the life of Rock amp Roll Hall of Famer Dion DiMucci, has found the cast for its workshop. Mike Wartella will play Dion himself, while Christy Altomare…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMIt's kind of like I'm playing my grandparents,' said Hoffman, one of the cast members who learned Yiddish for this singular production.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:33AMIt would be a real shame if his on-stage claim to be retiring from stand-up is true, because his point of view is fresh and his set was honest and enjoyable
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:33AMUsually, Audrey II is brought to life by a feat of stagecraft. So why cast a living, breathing drag queen in the role? It's all in the service of director Maria Aberg's determinedly anti-rea…
SOURCE: The Independent at 10:33AMWhite Guy on the Bus at GableStage is a merciless dissection of race relations in the 21st Century, but stunning plot twists prevent us from explaining much further than a wealthy white bus…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:32AMWe’re Going On A Bear Hunt Live On Stage is a bonkers adaptation of Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury’s book which sees Dad, Boy, Girl, Baby and Buddy the dog go out on an adventure to fi…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:32AMThe album, which features the cast of the NYTW production, will be released September 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:30AMTough lawyer Nina returns to her rooms to await the verdict on a particularly brutal case of child abuse – the chilling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:24AMThe National Theatre has announced that Amber Gray and Patrick Page will reprise their original New York Theatre Workshop roles of Persephone and Hades in Hadestown, running in rep at the Ol…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:10AMCelebrate Chicago’s vibrant music culture with performances by Renée Fleming, Broadway’s Jessie Mueller, rap artist Lupe Fiasco, folk legend John Prine, pop and gospel singer Michelle W…
SOURCE: PBS at 10:10AMThe production is scheduled to run August 9–19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMAfter nearly a decade on the job, he is preparing to step down as artistic director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre. It’s a time to reflect on his accomplishments.
SOURCE: The Kansas City Star at 10:05AMMy Life On A Diet, Renee Taylor's critically acclaimed autobiographical solo comedy, announce that the Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning writer and actress will holdthree schedu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMBelow, BroadwayWorld brings you this weekly listing of Broadway shows and their show times for August 13-19, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMSwedish acrobat Esmeralda Nikolajeff told her parents she wanted to be an aerial acrobat as soon as she was able to speak.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMOntroerend Goed may be based in Belgium, but their varied and inventive work is an invaluable part of the British theatre scene. Their show £¥€$ (Lies), a hit at last year’s Edinburgh …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
Hayden Tee will head(mistress) up the new cast of Matilda The Musical from 11 September, playing tyrannical teacher Miss Trunchbull.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:58AMJohn Partridge has a lot to be grateful for. A career of note that spans both stage and the small screen and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:56AMFrom patriarchy and perineums to why Donald Trump is like a bikini wax ... the funniest gags so far from this year’s standupsAthena Kugblenu: Patriarchy is putting Jane Austen on £10 note…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMSex sells, which explains why performers have been getting their kit off at the fringe for years. But my fleshy odyssey was also mindbending – and profoundly movingFifteen naked people in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:54AMThe National Theatre has announced the full cast of 'Hadestown,' featuring returning stars Amber Gray and Patrick Page.
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 09:33AMStuck at the top of a stepladder, her little finger trapped in the hinge, Clare is about as disempowered as it is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMFollowing on from the launch of her latest album Indigo in 2017, Lady Rizo lands at the fringe with her show Red,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:25AMAlan Mencken and Howard Ashman's tongue-in-cheek 1982 musical tells the Faustian story of a hapless Skid Row florist who wins love, fame and fortune when he cultivates a rampantly bloodthirs…
SOURCE: The Independent at 09:24AMNouveau Riche’s Queens of Sheba – one of the winners of New Diorama and Underbelly’s Untapped Award – is strikingly unadorned. Four
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16AMWest Fest, our multivarious celebratory festival for Mae West opens this week! And it was our good fortune to have Jim Moore of Vaudevisuals point his trusty camera at festival co-organizer …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMWritten by Brenda Callis, and directed by Eden Peppercorn and Oli Grant, Elise looks at the life of Elise Cowen from the perspective of those that knew her.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMLucy May Barker and Phillip Ryan, who play Sophie and Sky in the ABBA musical now playing in Toronto, talk about their on- and off-stage relationship.
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Gbolahan Obisesan’s adaptation of Chigozie Obioma’s novel makes for a supreme piece of theatre. It’s pared to essentials – two actors and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:54AMFans can now feel like they in the audience at the Denver stop of the On Your Feet national tour, thanks to an all new video released by the Denver Center. You can now get a 360-degree look …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:54AMA tale spanning the sheer destructive power of a bad break up, Getting over Everest is a nippy production that is
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:48AMLaughing Horse @ the Counting House, EdinburghThe comic discusses race, mental health and mortality in a set that’s packed with difficult materialAhir Shah made his name – and secured a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMCleverly entertaining but carrying a strong social bite, Nichola McAuliffe’s Revenants has a hint of the drawing room drama about it. In
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:24AMPerformances will begin at the National Theatre November 2; a Broadway transfer will follow.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:22AMGettin' the Band Back TogetherOpening Night: Monday, August 13, 2018Belasco TheatreCongratulations to the following cast members making their Broadway debut tonight!BECCA KOTTE(TAWNEY TRUEBO…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 08:18AMThe stage is quite empty, save for a makeshift throne in a corner and a couple of rows of ordinary looking chairs in the back, where actors not involved with scenes sit. The costumes are con…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on August 13 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18AMThis one-man show is filled with angst and urgency but could be expanded further for a more in-depth look at the situation the character finds himself in.
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Work can be incredibly stressful. And if you’d somehow forgotten that during August in Edinburgh, Alastair Curtis’ three-handed comedy Dining Al Desko
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:51AM★★★★ Roger is angry. That’s how he finds Alan. Rather than go on a run, he finds himself trawling through
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:42AMThe Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical has announced new casting with Hayden Tee playing Miss Trunchbull alongside Rob Compton and Holly Dale Spencer as Mr and Mrs Wormwood.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:37AMThe fifth and final opening of Theatre by the Lake’s summer rep season gives us the entire company in Jane Austen’s comedy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:31AMBy Douglas Mayo
Hayden Tee will join the cast of Matilda the musical London as Miss Trunchbull from September along with other new cast members.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:18AMWhat happens when a couple is in love and want to spend the rest of their lives together, but the question of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMTapping into the Victorian fascination with speed, time and travel, Jules Verne’s much-adapted novel Around the World in 80 Days tells the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMAdapted from Eugene Ionesco’s French absurdist comedy by Patrick Marber (who also directs), Exit the King, in a nutshell, tells the story of the death of the titular King, who’s told he …
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Sexual violence in the US military is all too frequent, under-reported, and rarely prosecuted. Writer-performer Mary Jane Wells’ one-woman show Heroine recounts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:59AMListen: “Be More Chill” Extends for One Week, Broadway Comes Together to Sleep Out for Homeless Youth, and this Week’s Theatrical Schedule! “Today on Broadway” …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 05:55AMAlthough she now lives in the UK, writer and performer Katherina Radeva grew up in Bulgaria. In Fallen Fruit, a piece she
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:45AMGood morning BroadwayWorld Today's top stories Gettin' the Band Back Together officially opens tonight, and more
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AMYesterday was big...HUGE...for the cast of Pretty Woman on Broadway Iconic fashion accessories brand Henri Bendel hosted an event to celebrate its partnership with Pretty Woman The Musical a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:36AMRegents Park Open Air theatre, LondonPerformers crank up the craziness in ever more outlandish costumes in Maria Aberg’s even darker take on the cult musicalIf you dig beneath the blood-so…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMHis shocking shows – featuring births, enemas and vomiting – thrilled and appalled. Two decades after his death, why is the influence of this 80s nightclub legend still so pervasive?He w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMWho is Philip Murray Warson? Musician and performer from London. What would you do differently to what you do now? When I was at university, I wanted to be a journalist, so maybe something i…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:30AMOn a bare stage there is a solitary chair, with a raincoat suspended in mid-air to one side. That’s all the setting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMShows don’t come much sweeter than this. The Backpack Ensemble – an emerging company hailing from the University of Lincoln – heaves
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:25AMFreddie Machin reviews a narrative of grief by Finnish playwright Kaisa Lundan.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:19AMIt’s hard to believe that Stephen Schwartz’s Broadway musical Wicked has been staged worldwide for over 15 years now. This enchanting, alternative telling of the 1939 film seems to have …
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 05:07AMNabilah Said reviews Homos, Or Everyone in America, which is as inspiring and exhausting as watching lovers fight.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:04AMTo many visitors the Edinburgh Fringe is all about comedy, whether it be stand-up, improv, new wave or establishment. Eastlake Productions’ Very
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:03AMMaria Aberg directs this lively and over-the-top production that fully embraces the madness and quirkiness of the musical.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMStories of Australian identity and history will be narrated through a rich display of design objects as part of Design Storytellers: The Work of Broached Commissions at the National Gallery …
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Oil and babies. There’s talk of both, in abundance, in this rich and fascinating play. Three friends contemplate the history of the dinosaurs and ephemeral nature of human existence. They …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:45AMThat it ever happened is amazing. That it’s continued for 28 years is flabbergasting. After all, the Dayton Playhouse is...Continue Reading
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SOURCE: broadwayselect.com at 01:35AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, August 13, 2018 - Monday, August 13, 2018.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:12AMK-Pop's Monsta X Teaches Aegyo & Shares Hidden Facts of Each MemberYoung Hollywood is hanging out back stage with Shownu, Hyungwon, Wonho, Kihyun, I.M, Jooheon, and Minhyuk of the K-Pop band…
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The lively new musical comedy Gettin' the Band Back Together celebrates its Broadway opening night at the Belasco Theatre on August 13. The fresh tuner, directed by John Rando, choreogra…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12AMAs you watch this production of The Turk in Italy, you have to wonder why this opera, written when the composer was only 23, is so rarely performed. Though the music may not be as memorable …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:01AMIn A Postcard from BalaSole Dance Company's Executive & Artistic Director Roberto Villanueva, "With every BalaSole concert season, I always showcase in an evening of solos several artists r…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn Sarasota Ballet Returns to The Joyce with Mixed Bills Featuring the Works of Frederick Ashton, "Under Iain Webb’s leadership, the once-regional company has made a name for itself on th…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMA black theatre fan argues that certain white roles shouldn't be played by actors of color---I've loved musical theatre as long as I can remember. When I was young, I would listen to my orig…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMBurke steps into the role of Roxie Hart.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe musical comedy celebrates its official opening at the Belasco Theatre.
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