AussieTheatre has 2 double passes to giveaway to Jersey Boys at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne on Thursday 28 February. This internationally acclaimed hit musical tells the true-life story…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 11:50PMStephen DeAngeliscontinues his ongoing salute to Broadway and Off-Broadway Standbys, Understudies and Alternates with its next edition ofAT THIS PERFORMANCEto be held onMonday, February 4th …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42PMTony Award winnerKelli O'Haragave an intimate cabaret performance at Feinstein's54 Belowin honor of Music DirectorSteven Reineke's tenth anniversary leadingThe New York Pops. Kelli and Steve…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:42PMIn the first Broadway revival of Sam Shepard’s 1980 play, Ethan Hawke portrays Lee, a drifter, a drinker, and a thief who disrupts the life of his younger brother, Paul Dano’s Austin, an…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:36PMHaving known Omar Musa since he was a very small boy, lived in the same town, and swum in the same river that inspires much of his writing, it was a compelling, occasionally confronting, oft…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:30PMThough not in the same class with Alan Jay Lerner’s masterpiece, "My Fair Lady," "Carmelina" has a similar theme: how a young woman reinvents herself. While the three soldiers are under th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:25PM In the first Broadway revival of Sam Shepard’s 1980 play, Ethan Hawke portrays Lee, a drifter, a drinker, and a thief who disrupts the life of his younger brother, Paul Dano’s Au…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:23PMThe Victorian Opera have just announced their final cast members for the upcoming production of Stephen Sondheim’s chamber musical A Little Night Music. The new cast members include�…
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Coral Cohen is a theatre director and producer based in Brooklyn. She is focused on work that explores sociopolitical structures and how they affect the people that live inside them. Mo…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:24PMHannah Goldman is an actor, writer, comedian, and voiceover artist based in Brooklyn. A proud alumnus of Duke Ellington School of the Arts and NYU Tisch, she has performed everything fr…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:24PMLea Kalisch, originally from Switzerland, is a multi-lingual actor, singer, and dancer based in NY. Her recent theater credits include Daphna in Bad Jews, Hennie in the New Yiddish Rep's pro…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:24PMWe spoke with Christy Altomare about why she loves the musical Bright Lights, Big City and what it’s like to be playing Anastasia on Broadway.
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 09:00PMWe spoke with Matt about his history with the musical Bright Lights, Big City and advice he would give to aspiring performers.
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Outside, the Polar Vortex reigned. Inside, the jazz was hot and smoky and funny and sexy. Ain’t Misbehavin’, celebrating the work of Fats Waller, brought his music and the feel of his l…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:50PMBUCKLEY BUCKLES A BIT, BUT DOLLY DEFINITELY DELIVERS To start with, let’s agree to never say “Goodbye, Dolly.” Thornton Wilder’s genius for the common touch isn’t just a golden leg…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:37PMBy now, if you're the type of person who cares about theater and/or television (and if you're reading this, I assume you are), you're aware of what happened with what was supposed to be Rent…
SOURCE: Pataphysical Science at 08:24PMBroadway, television and music star Jordan Fisher has been part of some of the most iconic projects of the past decade, making his Broadway debut in Hamilton, lending his voice to a pop vers…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:18PMPresented by Blackfriars Repertory Theatre and The Storm Theatre at The Sheen Center, Ah, Wilderness!, Eugene O’Neill’s coming-of-age three-act comedy, offers an opportunity for diehard…
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In “What Men Want,” in theaters Feb. 8, Taraji P. Henson plays a successful sports agent who feels cheated by the opposite sex professionally and has trouble relating to them personally.…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 07:52PMMarius Petipa must have been smiling from his grave last night when the American Ballet Theatre presented another brilliant Russian choreographer’s staging of Petipa’s Harlequinade. This…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:44PMAfter backlash arose over the proposal to only feature two out of the five nominees for Best Original Song on the Oscar telecast, producers of the show have announced that all of the nominee…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMThe digital download and streaming release of COMPANY - 2018 London Cast Recording for, are available Friday, 1st February 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:18PMVictorian Creative Industries Minister Martin Foley has announced Behrouz Boochani as the major prize winner at the 2019 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards for his first book, No Friend B…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 07:17PMAt a time when half of all book purchases in the U.S. are made on Amazon — and many of those on mobile — the first job of a book cover, after gesturing at the content inside, is to look …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12PMDancing costs money. Well, to get up and move is free, but to take classes, buy required clothing and shoes, order recital costumes, and more certainly isn’t. To have a dream to formally t…
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David Foster, a 16-time Grammy-winning musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, producer and recording artist, has signed with ICM Partners, which will make touring its top priority. The ag…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:53PMMagos Herrera teamed up with the Brooklyn Rider string quartet to create a collection of music that makes its case for life, love, and liberation through its sheer beauty.
The post Jazz Albu…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 06:48PMCourtenay Collins from The Prom swings by to chat with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:48PMOmnibus theatre, LondonA team of musicians create discord as the neglected playwright’s short, sharp drama is given a stylish revival In 1962 there were six plays by Jean Anouilh running i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 1312019 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
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Singer-songwriter and Grammy Hall-of-Famer Judy Collins will be honored, along with a diverse group of 14 other outstanding artists, at the 34th Annual Bistro Awards on Monday, March 11 at G…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:48PM“I haven’t seen a dumbing down of anything – at least not yet. Looking at new projects, you have to think about who is writing it and who is going to be involved. But I see the rising …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PMThe history of ideas, in fact, suggests the opposite… The assumption that the last 50 years or so have marked some unprecedented break with a previous age of truth reflects both an ina…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PMLionel Shriver: “For reasons that escape me, artists’ misbehavior now contaminates the fruits of their labors, like the sins of the father being visited upon the sons. So it’s not …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:48PMSam Shepard was born in 1943 in Fort Sheridan, Illinois; and by 1964 he was ready to start becoming a highly original and prolific playwright. From his first work (“Cowboys”) to his last…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 05:44PMThe American Pops Orchestra recently presented their original adaptation of the children’s story, An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. Writer, Claybourne Elder, has taken the madcap rhyme and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:38PMKing Kong star Christiani Pitts takes questions from high school students and chats with the show's swings.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Lerner & Loewe's The Day Before Spring Sets Casting for Musicals in Mufti Run
York Theatre Company has announced …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMActress-playwright Natasha Gordon made history when she became the first-ever black British female dramatist to have a play commercially produced in the West End. First produced by the Natio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:36PMExit Productions’ Revolution was a mainstay at Vault Festival 2018 – a engaging but underdeveloped strategy game set in post-apocalyptic London. The
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00PMPhone rings, door chimes, in come the 2018 West End cast recording of Company. The digital download and streaming release of Marianne Elliott’s groundbreaking production of Stephen Sondhei…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 05:00PMPhone rings, door chimes, in come the 2018 West End cast recording of Company. In the same week as Marianne Elliott’s groundbreaking production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s leg…
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The award was presented at the Broadway League’s Biennial Conference in Orlando, Florida.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PMSee the recent additions to major theatre and entertainment institutions around the U.S.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:54PMHere she comes, world The first national tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival of Hello, Dolly, starring Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, launched earlier this year from the St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMHere she comes, world The first national tour of the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival of Hello, Dolly, starring Tony Award winner Betty Buckley, launched earlier this year from the St…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMOn this day, we're sending a happy birthday to acclaimed star of stage and screen, Kerry Washington
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:54PMThere are many dimensions to Ray Yamanouchi’s "The American Tradition," directed by Axel Avin, Jr. for the New Light Theater Project. On one level, it’s an adventure story about a daring…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 04:50PMEthan Hawke and Paul Dano star in the Broadway revival of 'True West,' Sam Shepard's blustery 1980 play about sibling rivalry.
The post Brotherly Hate: ‘True West’ appeared first…
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:36PMIn 2019, Sundance is arguably more mainstream than ever. Many options at the festival this year are the kinds of projects major studios used to make all of the time—crowd-pleasing comedies…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:32PM“A modern five-day forecast is as accurate as a one-day forecast was in 1980,” says a new paper, published last week in the journal Science. “Useful forecasts now reach nine to 10 d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:32PMCross-racial casting can be totally wrongheaded—as when white actors impersonate characters of color. It can also be speciously universalizing—as when actors of color play all the parts …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:31PMOn Thursday, Hell in a Handbag Productions announced its 2019 Season, launching this winter with a revival of “POSEIDON! An Upside Down Musical,” an unauthorized musical parody of 1972�…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 04:30PMAs an artist, Perry Julien is drawn to the spontaneity and immediacy of the photographic image. He’s photographed live music for four decades and for the last 15 years in Atlanta ̵…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:04PMEvery Thursday, our editors and guest writers give you their top six picks for the weekend’s best shows. This weekend, the Super Bowl takes over the city, but for those who like to hav…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 04:04PMThe film, written and directed by playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo, premiered at Sundance Film Festival.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:02PMIf they gave out awards for acting with your eyeballs, Matt Crowle would have no competition whatsoever. He can throw ’em back into his head, cross ’em nine ways to Sunday and, in a part…
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The latest about Lin-Manuel Miranda, Superhero, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:55PMAs BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week, Spongebob SquarePants is officially going on tour, as Las Vegas's The Smith Center for the Performing Arts announced the production as part of it…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PMThe Brooklyn-born Quinn has been performing stand-up since the 1980’s and his seasoned wise guy New Yorker persona was once showcased on Saturday Night Live and in recent years in several …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:42PMThe very title of this post betrays my age and my perspective in considering the career of broadcast personality Garry Moore (Thomas Garrison Morfit, 1915-1993). As a kid I knew him exclusiv…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:42PMTony nominee Thomas Sadoski is the final cast member announced to debut White Noise, a new play by Pulitzer winner Suzan-Lori Parks, making its world premiere at the Public Theater. Dir…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMA talent-packed group of stars have been selected to lead a one-night concert production of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical Camelot. Bartlett Sher will direct the even…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:32PMWhat was new here was that formerly fringe filmmakers were now getting big crossover deals and gushy reviews, redefining indie cinema in the public consciousness. This began a snowball effec…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PMThe young lady née Helen Gould Beck found herself stranded in Chicago when the ballet company she was touring with collapsed, and the only job she could get was as a stripper at a nightclub…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 03:22PMBy Joanie Schultz, Sarah Rasmussen. In Part I of this conversation, Sarah Rasmussen, artistic director at Minneapolis’s Jungle Theater, and Joanie Schultz, former artistic director at Addi…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:07PMBryan Cranston is coming back to TV. The “Breaking Bad” star will headline Showtime’s new limited series “Your Honor,” the network announced Thursday at the Tel…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:00PMDouble standards and double helix collide in this timely history play.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 03:00PMGreetings from Hoth or #Chiberia or whatever you want to call this fresh winter mess. With the onslaught of theater closings this week — Broadway in Chicago actually shut down Wednesday’…
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In a loose-knit scene packing audiences into intimate New York spaces, comedians are getting big laughs with original songs.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PM By Tania Fisher As flickering candlelight spreads across the anticipating faces of couples and friends alike seated at their tables encompassed in the famed hallows of t…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:48PMWhile Jessica Dickey’s "The Convent" may not have any new answers and may cover familiar material, it does so with such vitality and theatricality, that it becomes a memorable experience.…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:45PMThe Tony Award-winning Hedwig and the Angry Inch star will perform The Art of the Audition: From Falling Apart to Nailing the Part.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:44PMAtlantic Theater Companypresentsthe US premiere production of The Mother byFlorian Zeller, translated byChristopher Hampton, and directed byTrip Cullman.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMSecond Stage Theater has announced it will present a special concert series, MUSICAL MONDAYS, in celebration of the acclaimed company's 40th anniversary.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMOn Monday, March 4 at 630pm the medieval court of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table will come to life on the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater when Lin-Manuel Miranda stars a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMThe Public Theater has announced complete casting for the world premiere ofWHITE NOISE, written byPublic Theater Master Writer Chair and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrightSuzan-Lori Parks.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMThe Australian Discovery Orchestra, the world's first solely digital streaming orchestra, is proud to announce16 STORIES -a worldwide online vocal competition. Renowned musical theatre creat…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:42PMOskar Eustis directs a cast that also includes Sheria Irving and Zoë Winters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:27PMGraham Daseler: “The good news is that cultural appropriation is here to stay, no matter how many angry Twitter mobs come to kill it. Critics of the practice can’t even state their g…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM“Believe it or not, this used to be a fairly common dining experience, offered by more than 100 such establishments in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s.” There are still …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PMMr. Miranda will play King Arthur on March 4, with the proceeds to benefit the nonprofit Lincoln Center Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMThe first off-Broadway revival of Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage's By the Way, Meet Vera Stark has received a one-week extension through March 10. Obie winner Kamilah Forbes directs t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:24PMTwo frank solo shows, East Belfast Boy and Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful, depict male crises with heart, humour and hip-hopSaggy and shuffling, his dressing gown flapping over a middle-aged sp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18PMIt’s been eight years since my last interview with Tony nominee Barbara Walsh. I’m beyond thrilled she answered my call again! A lot has changed for Barbara over the past eight years and…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 02:16PMThe cast for the Lincoln Center Theater benefit also includes Jenn Colella, Ethan Slater, and Jordan Donica.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:14PMThis revival of the Fats Waller show is disjointed.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:06PMMara Nelson-Greenberg’s dark comedy will begin performances at the Vineyard Theatre March 13.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PMMara Nelson-Greenberg’s dark comedy will begin performances at the Vineyard Theatre March 13.
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Most wouldn’t see a link between stone-cold killer Chris Partlow from HBO’s The Wire, flashy pimp-turned-porn-star Larry Brown on HBO’s The Deuce and Tom Robinson, a black …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:57PM If you don’t know Ellen Auwarter in “Make Just a Ripple – Songs About Life’s Brave Moments,” you should. After three sold-out shows in June and November, the final encor…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 01:38PMBradley Cooper’s physical transformation for A Star Is Born rivaled — nay, eclipsed! — Christian Bale’s for Vice. To play the jaded, addicted country rockstar Jackson Maine, Cooper a…
SOURCE: Vulture at 01:33PMShowtime made several programming announcements at the Television Critics Association, including a new legal thriller to star Bryan Cranston and officially bringing back cult fave "The L Wor…
SOURCE: USA Today at 01:31PMDianna Agron recently completed a solo show at the Café Carlyle, in which she paid tribute to some of the finest female-fronted acts of the 1960s and 1970s.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 01:28PMThe sheet with the thumbprint is entitled The Cardiovascular System and Principal Organs of a Woman (around 1509-10). Although fingerprints have been found on other Leonardo drawings, the on…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PM“Some forewords are transitive: acts of seduction that are at the same time documents of earlier seductions. … Other forewords are parasitical; like cuckoos’ eggs laid in crows…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMSecond Stage Theater has announced a series of one-night concerts of past musicals produced by the nonprofit to honor its 40th anniversary. The series, titled Musical Mondays, will take plac…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:24PMBy Douglas Mayo
Olivier Award-winning actress Rebeca Trehearn is to star in a new version of the Stephen Schwartz musical Rags at Hope Mill Theatre, Manchester.
This post Rebecca Trehearn to…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 01:04PMWhat happened when a beloved Michigan theatre for young audiences rebranded itself as a theatre for all.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:02PMLLLC’s Emma Clarendon chatted to Simon Mole about Mole & Gecko: The Show which is touring London venues next month.
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There’s “A new world louder every moment,” and it’s the new Songs for a New World cast recording! On, January 25, 2019, Ghostlight Records released the new album featuring the cast f…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:53PMThe artistic and musical director of Ensemble OrQuesta, Marcio da Silva, has developed a distinctive style for his productions of Baroque opera.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PMThe New York premiere of the Madhuri Shekar play begins performances January 31.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMSecond Stage will highlight its past musical productions with upcoming concerts of Dogfight, Next to Normal, and Saturday Night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:33PMThis post will be less any kind of deep history lesson than a brief exercise in advocacy. You must know this show! I’ve long realized I should do a post about The Colgate Comedy Hour, …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMFresh off an amazing run as Effie in the West End production of Dreamgirls, Marisha Wallace is already booked and in rehearsal for her next project! Look at what baking can do! Marisha will …
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 12:21PMAndrew Barth Feldman makes his Broadway debut in Dear Evan Hansen
(Photos: Emilio Madrid-Kuser for Broadway.com)
Andrew Barth Feldman is officially waving through a window as the title cha…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMFurther casting has been announced for the new U.K. mounting of the Tony-winning musical Man of La Mancha. The previously announced production, directed by Lonny Price, will play the London …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:18PMMr. DeRogatis veers from expletive-laden indignation to choked-back tears when describing the effects of Mr. Kelly’s alleged behavior with what he estimates to be at least 48 women. But he…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PM“I was having lunch in a restaurant above the theatre at the Museum of Jewish Heritage and I saw the Statue of Liberty in the harbor, and I thought, O.K., there’s a Yiddish word …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18PMBlackRock will be kicking off its jam-packed February with Broadway Gold, a musical cabaret spun together by Signature Theatre’s own Tracy Lynn Olivera. On Friday, February 1 at 8 PM, Oliv…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:18PMPorchlight Music Theatre's production of this 2014 Tony Award winner executes efficiently and leaves its audience in stitches.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 12:15PMReview: Sacha Guitry, Ma Fille et Moi, Playground Theatre4.0starsOpening with immediate intrigue, Sacha Guitry, Ma Fille et Moi captivates audiences with an enthralling opening sequence. A w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:04PMThe York Theatre Company production will begin February 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:02PMAn adaptation of Angela Carter’s 1991 novel about a theatrical dynasty, spanning a century and loaded with Shakespeare, sex and song, Wise Children can exhaust in its constant frenzy of in…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMThe Tony-winning actor sings her re-worked version of “Somewhere That’s Green”—for composer Alan Menken.
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The acclaimed solo show ran in Boston in 2016 and will be released on Audible in February.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:53AMThe actor, currently on Broadway in The Ferryman, sings alongside Ramin Karimloo, Christine Allado, Hannah Waddingham, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:46AMHow does a series of intimate talks with theatre experts giving advice, insider information and generally sharing their knowledge sound? Pretty good right?That’s exactly the premise of Tea…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:46AMSignups for Equity principal auditions are being rescheduled after a website outage prevented actors from signing up Wednesday. The public-facing Equity website and its member portal crashed…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 11:44AMThe more you see it, the more it becomes one of your favorite things Since making its Broadway debut in 1959, Rodgers and Hammerstein's perennial classic has been embraced by audiences aroun…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMLooking to buy last minute tickets to a Broadway show Don't know what to see Trying to find a theater
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMOn last night's episodeof 'Late Night with Seth Meyers' stops by to Megan Mullally talkabout showing off her vocal chops on Will amp Grace, her weird interaction with Harrison Ford at the Go…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMBuffy The Vampire Slayer star and Instagram sensation Tom Lenk will be one of the biggest stars at this year's VAULT Festival when he stars in the hit comedy Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on C…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:22AMNew Haven born Cliff Nazarro (1904-1961) started out in vaudeville, burlesque, and with stock companies. In live performance he was often a master of ceremonies, but he became especially kno…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:18AMIn Praise of Women: A Sondheim Celebration will celebrate the composer’s 89th birthday.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AM“The painter meticulously crafted her own image on a par with Cleopatra. If she were alive today, she’d probably be teaching a branding class at Harvard. Now it’s America&#…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMShe was friends with Frida Kahlo and Isamu Noguchi, posed for Man Ray, and married Mexican surrealist Wolfgang Paalen, yet she made her own work for decades without promoting it. But she was…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM“[Consider] the debt owed him by the graphic-novel author Neil Gaiman, the cartoonist Alison Bechdel, the filmmaker Tim Burton, and any other fantasist who loiters in the dark gardens …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AMBy Julio Martinez
IN THE NEWS
The Road Theatre Company in NoHo, now in its 28th season, announces its 10th annual Summer Playwright’s Festival. Beginning on Jul 28 and continu…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 11:07AMEven an imperfect work-for-hire like Damaged Lives can show the touch of an artist.
The post Film Review: “Damaged Lives” — Improbably Poetic appeared first on The Arts Fus…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:04AMComedian Bo Burnham earned raves from critics for his debut feature film, the coming-of-age comedy “Eighth Grade,” which has earned him recognition from groups including the Goth…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 11:00AMOver the last few years, Hollywood has taken a lot of slings and arrows for its lack of diversity and inclusion, in front of the camera as well as behind. And while I’m proud to say …
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Producer Peter Wilson has pulled out of a planned takeover of the Arts Theatre in London, blaming “inadequate” proposals for the venue’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMDerby’s Guildhall Theatre is to remain closed for a further eight months as it undergoes “essential maintenance works”. Local theatre groups have
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:54AMLondon’s dedicated dance injury clinic is expanding to become the first centre in UK to offer specialist care for an energy-related condition
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:53AMThe Prom Tony winner Beth Leavel deliver jaw-dropping numbers from Sweeney Todd, Show Boat & La Cage.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:48AMThis semi-staged version features cast members that might be holding scripts but loses none of the Broadway talent.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 10:48AMThe Off-Broadway theatre will now present Martyna Majok's Sanctuary City, previously scheduled for the spring, next season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMLonny Price will direct the spring production.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:42AMBroadway HD
January 31, 2019: The more you see it, the more it becomes one of your favorite things! Since making its Broadway debut in 1959, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s perennial classi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 10:41AMFrom woeful Shakespearean sonnets to the wartime laments of ‘Les Mis’, theatre brings a plethora of dramatic monologues to the table. Kickstart your next audition by browsing this divers…
SOURCE: theatrenerds.com at 10:39AMThe Broadway alum showcases her vocal chops on the upcoming season of the NBC comedy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:35AMIf you’re a fan of musical theatre, you’re going to want to save these dates in your diary, as this year’s West End LIVE will take place on the 22 and 23 June 2019. GET THE FULL EXPERI…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:22AMMCC Theater's production of the New York premiere of Alice By Heart, the new musical from Spring Awakening creators Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, begins previews on January 30th. The show i…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMA new Evan is waving through a window at the Music Box Theatre As BroadwayWorld previously reported, Andrew Barth Feldman, the 16-year-old winner of the Best Actor Award at the 2018 National…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMThe Casting Society of America will present the 34th Annual Artios Awards at Stage 48 in New York 605 West 48th Street, tonight, January 31, 2019. The ceremony is honoring Tina Fey and Jeff …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMBy Carlos Morton. Carlos Morton discusses Luis Valdez’s latest play, Valley of the Heart, what the Mexican philosopher José Vasconcelos calls la raza cosmica, and being part of a mixed-ra…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 10:18AMMy thoughts on Sam Shepard’s ‘TRUE WEST’ at The American Airlines theatre. Click the arrow to hear my podcast review.
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 10:14AMIt’s time to get your diaries out and start making plans for Spring (yes already), as the Royal Court Theatre has announced a spectacular season of events. Featuring unmissable shows, uniq…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:13AM“The Landmarks Preservation Commission exists to safeguard ‘the buildings and places that represent New York City’s cultural, social, economic, political and architectural …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM“In 1890, just months before the murder of some hundred and fifty Lakota Indians at Wounded Knee, a mustachioed anthropologist named Jesse Walter Fewkes dragged a state-of-the-art Edis…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AM“Roma, Alfonso Cuarón’s intimate masterpiece, has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, … [and its] achievements belong to a generation of filmmakers unlike any other in the h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:06AMShy, or just smug? Lauren Vevers reviews a coming-of-age solo show starring Harry Potter and the Cursed Child's Theo Ancient.
The post Review: The Shy Manifesto at Live Theatre, Newcastle ap…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 10:06AMThe 16 year old Jimmy Award winner stepped into the title role of the Tony-winning musical January 30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:05AMDare your adult to take your inner child to see Dance Nation at Thinking Cap Theatre in which adults play teenagers prepping for a competition. Were a prize given out today for Best Ensemble…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 10:04AMVaults, LondonA mother and daughter have profound discussions about identity but this drama is still searching for its centreA Muslim mother and daughter are preparing for Ramadan when their…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:04AMYoung will perform songs from Evita, The Phantom of the Opera, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMBlood Brothers is a musical that has had a special place in my heart for a long time – it will always be a five star production in my eyes and has yet to deviate from that honour. Each tim…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AM
We hope Mate Aleks Sierz adds some of these top quotes to his Text of the Day series! Sixteenth-century thinker Michel de Montaigne certainly had a way with words. How many of these pithy ap…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:59AMThe young British actor Mark Farrelly brilliantly channels the 20th century cultural icon’s witty presence in his highly theatrical self-written solo show.
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SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 09:58AMProductions in the region often take liberties with the text. But in stagings of Arthur Miller, Eugene O’Neill and Tennessee Williams, the directors (mostly) stick to the script.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:54AMReview: Leave to Remain, Lyric Hammersmith4.0starsImagine a joyful, precarious, tender love story between two young gay men in London; one a black British second-generation immigrant, the ot…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AM"Blue Man Group" ✭✭✭ 1/2 "Blue Man Group" has been playing at Briar Street since 1997, a remarkable run of 20-plus years. The Blue Men still chomp marshmallows, bang drums and paint up…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 09:35AM"This is a social justice issue": Maddy Costa talks to Naomi Alexander about community and participation as she relaunches Brighton People's Theatre.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 09:14AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on January 31 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:12AMThe popular instrumentalist will end her three-decade concert career in the summer of 2020, at which point she’ll be 55. In her announcement, she ran through her considerable list of a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AM“The museum hopes to represent all black civilizations, but the fact that it is based in Dakar is not mere coincidence. Art lives and breathes in Dakar. With its founding father and th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMThe fall festival on the Irish coast, known for presenting rarities, has removed Weber’s Der Freischütz from its schedule, replacing it with Vivaldi’s Dorilla in Tempe. The Webe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMThey’re only going to air two of the five Best Song nominees. They’re going to present some of the technical awards (even Best Cinematography) during commercial breaks (although …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:04AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
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He’s best known to the public as the mogul widely considered to have bought a Golden Globe award for his actress-singer wife (whom he met when she was 19 and he was 49). But before tha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMIt’s Hyderabad, India’s fourth-largest city, sixth-largest metro, and the home of the world’s largest film studio, Ramoji Film City, the heart of the movie industry in Telu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:54AMBarbican, LondonPeeping Tom tackle old age with originality, warmth and humour in the second part of their eerie family-themed trilogyLast year they tackled mums, now attention turns to dad.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AM by Alix Cohen For five decades Robert Gordon Mackie has dressed some of the most glamorous and a few of the most outrageous entertainers in show business. Designing for movemen…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:43AMCasting director David Grindrod, choreographer Arlene Phillips and producer Danielle Tarento are among the names lined up to appear as part of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMHailed as an opera that is deeply expressive “Madame White Snake,” will play at Lyric Theatre, HKAPA on March 8-9, 2019.According to the opera’s website, “Madame White Snake,” the …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:36AMAs part of Royal Albert Hall’s “Unstoppable Voices” comes a performance by Queertet, at the Elgar Room on February 15, 2019.The website of Royal Albert Hall states that Queertet’s sh…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:27AMBy Douglas Mayo
Casting has been announced for the European premiere of Little Miss Sunshine the musical at the Arcola Theatre in April 2019.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 07:23AMBeautiful - The Carole King Musical recently celebrated its 5th anniversary, and as it turns out, we saw the show 5 years ago this past week. Since then, it's been great to see the original …
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:18AMMohammad Rasoulof’s “Jazireh Ahani”(“Iron Island”) will be screened at Paris’ Cinema Le Nouvel Odeon on March 16, 2019.The film’s IMDb page describes the film as the story of a…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:15AM“If I wasn’t an actor, I think I’d have gone mad. You have to have extra voltage, some extra temperament to reach certain heights. Art is a little bit larger than life—i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMMachu Picchu isn’t the only thing in ruins by the end of Cuzco, an intense two-hander about the fiery death of a relationship by Spanish playwright Víctor Sánchez Rodríguez.
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Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex has made her first official visit to the National Theatre. Earlier this month The Duchess was announced as Patron of the National Theatre, one of two Patrona…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:56AMIf any producer could claim to have had the Midas touch, it was Duncan C Weldon. Responsible for more than 700 classic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:53AMFour theatrical productions will take centerstage at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium beginning next fall.According to Broadway World’s report, Broadway Across Canada is proud to be…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:45AMWith classics like Call of the Wild and Little Women and recent teen romances like The Sun Is Also a Star and Five Feet Apart headed to theaters, this year’s batch of books-turned-movies h…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:42AMIn our January episode, critics Tim Bano and Lyn Gardner reveal their top picks of of 2019 ranging from major West End musicals
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMNicholas Lyndhurst and Cassidy Janson have been announced as joining the cast of Man of La Mancha in the West End. They
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:38AMNorth London fringe venue the Lion and Unicorn Theatre will change management in March, and reopen with a pledge to support new
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:37AMA theatre at the centre of a £70,000 row over unpaid revenues has responded publicly for the first time. Simon Rigby, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMActor Kyle Soller has argued that not enough LGBT+ works are represented in mainstream theatre, urging the industry to “push and shove
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:33AMBy Douglas Mayo
BAFTA award-winning actor Nicholas Lynhurstand West End star Cassidy Janson are to join Kelsey Grammer and Danielle de Niese in the new production of Man Of La Mancha at the …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:29AMKisomose suggests in an article for Daily Monitor, that music and politics are inseparable.According to the report, in Africa today, music no longer means to refer to local or instrumental s…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 06:24AMThis is a lot of fun. Exeter-based Scratchworks Theatre Company’s Womans (Like Romans But With a ‘W’) offers a rollicking revision of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMWhat do we share with each other? Even those who are as radically different from us as we can imagine? In this
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:04AMAs Only Fools and Horses comes into the West End, it seems rather fitting that one of the show’s original cast members has been announced for the upcoming production of Man Of La Mancha at…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:00AMReturning once more to London, Tango Fire is simply sublime to witness – not only is the dancing exciting but the the overall way in which it is all presented is highly mesmerising.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMHow many types of improv laughs are there? How do the pros ‘listen, accept and commit’ in an improvised musical? In our last of our three-part SHOWSTOPPER! The Improvised Musical intervi…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:54AMBy Douglas Mayo
Stephen Tompkinson is to star in a major new stage production of Willy Russell’s Educating Rita. The Educating Rita UK Tour starts in April 2019.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:44AMTheatres across London will be dimming their lights in memory of the British theatre producer Duncan C. Weldon, who died on Wednesday aged 77.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:37AMFrom David Tennant to Jon Ronson, Fiona Sturges selects the best new audio content to listen from around the world
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:34AMCasting has been announced for director Mark Giesser’s production of George and Ira Gershwin's madcap musical hidden gem Strike Up The Band which runs at London’s Upstairs at the Gatehou…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:30AMWest End theatres will dim the lights tonight at 7pm as a mark of respect for producer Duncan C Weldon. Weldon’s death
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:29AMMeghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has made her first official visit to the National Theatre, since becoming its Royal Patron in January this year.The Duchess certainly had a busy day at …
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:28AMIs shyness an affliction? Or, in a world where we compulsively expose our inner selves to strangers on a daily basis, can
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:24AMChinese writer Laoshe’s five-act satire comedy “Look West to Chang’an” will be on stage, at Beijing’s NCPA from February 28-March 10, 2019.According to the website of NCPA, the pla…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:24AMAfter years of work and practice, it seems that screenwriter, actor, and director Brian T. Arnold has finally stepped into the big league. According to a report by Emily Rice for BDT, Arnold…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:12AMI’ve been watching the Showstopper crew for as long as I’ve been blogging (the King’s Head was a great venue for them), so it’s a real treat to see them constantly move onwards and u…
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An SD Opera presentation, “Three Decembers,” will be on stage from March 8-10, 2019, at San Diego’s Patrick Henry Performing Arts Center.SD Opera’s website states that the opera is b…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:56AMTchaikovsky’s “Schwanensee”(“Swan Lake”) will be on stage at Wiener Staatsoper from February 11-March 8, 2019.According to Wiener Staatsoper, on October 15, 1964, the ballet world …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 04:33AMRevolution is about youth, music, anger, and - frankly - sexIs there a connection between revolution and theatre? The answer has to be yes – a visceral one. The supremacy of symbols, the c…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 04:32AMHow has a piece for four actors expanded into a universe of new writing and performing opportunities? We catch up with Proforça Theatre Company artistic director David Brady as he prepares …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:30AMBy Douglas Mayo
Real-life couple Scott Kettner and Amy Elliot bring their romantic comedy Americat to the Tristan Bates Theatre in February 2019, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:28AMBy Douglas Mayo
Orange Tree Theatre have announced casting for a major revival of Athol Fugard’s play Blood Knot directed by Matthew Xia.
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Netflix has acquired the rights to Richie Mehta’s “Delhi Crime,” a seven-part India-set series based on the investigation into the December 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, reports the Hindu…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:16AMDutch broadcaster NTR has acquired the format rights to observational documentaries “Secret Life of the Zoo” and “Muslims Like Us” from UK distributor Sky Vision.The BAFTA-nominated …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:14AMFor his 200th birthday, this exhibition provides an insight into one of the most tumultuous of 19th-century minds
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMWhy TV star Gbenga Akinnagbe's Broadway debut feels so personal and important---Most wouldn't see a link between stone-cold killer Chris Partlow from HBO's The Wire, flashy pimp-turned-porn-…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Nederlands Dans Theater 2 with Choreography by Edward Clug, Marco Goecke, Sol León, and Paul Lightfoot at New York City Center, "Spastic exactitude coupled with balletic li…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMKyle McArthur, Kate Baldwin, and Bryce Pinkham lead the cast of the John Logan and Tom Kitt musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Point Breeze writer dedicates his latest play to his parents and fills it with memories of his childhood.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00AM“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” begins a run at the Benedum along with lots of other activities to spice up a cold winter weekend.
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