EVITA breaks records becoming highest selling show ever at Arts Centre Melbourne by Arts Review

After a spectacular sold out season at the Sydney Opera House and currently playing an extended season at Arts Centre Melbourne, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s critically acclaimed mu…

Ah, Wilderness! by Darryl Reilly

In three acts, we get idealized Norman Rockwell-style Americana. As in his dramas, O’Neill’s sense of structure is totally idiosyncratic. Ah, Wilderness! is shorter than his dramas but s…

R.I.P. Ron Hutchinson by Trav S.D.

I am devastated. Word has reached me that mentor and friend Ron Hutchinson, director of the Vitaphone Project has passed away. No one was more generous or helpful to me in the creation of my…

Today on Broadway: Monday, February 4, 2019 by Matt Tamanini

Listen: A Big Week for “Waitress” Around the World, Alan Menken Reunites with Disney Princess, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” Finale Concert “Today on Broadway” is a dai…

IMPRESSIONS: "A, MY NAME IS. . ." featured as part of Stefanie Nelson DanceGroup's, The Loving Memory Project at Aaron Davis Hall by The Dance Enthusiast

/"We could be living in the dream world of Rene Magritte, where apples, indeed every object, (and in this case, movement) take on a multitude of meanings, at once familiar and absurd. Nelson…

Is it time to resurrect the artistic leader discretionary fund? by Diane Ragsdale

At one point in my tenure as a philanthropoid at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation I went back to the board dockets of decades past to try to piece together the evolution in the Foundation’s…

‘GRINDR: The Opera’ by New York’s Erik Ransom Wins London’s Offie Award for Best New Musical by Deb Miller

It was just announced at London’s ninth annual Off-West End Awards (or Offies – the English equivalent of New York’s Obies), presented this evening in the Grand Hall at Battersea A…

Become The One by Arts Review

The set for Become the One – a smallish area of some would-be furniture placed on a rug in the middle of the large Gasworks space – resembles an island rather than a living room…

TRUE WEST: Tried and True and False by Peter Filichia

Some productions wait until the end of the show to dispense Playbills. TRUE WEST should be one of them. For...Continue Reading The post TRUE WEST: Tried and True and False appeared first on …

‘Hamlet’ in virtual reality casts the viewer in the play by Elizabeth A. Harris

The creators of this virtual reality version of Shakespeare — the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company and Google — hope that beyond the fresh experience it provides, it will also serve as a…

Beast on the Moon review – portrait of a marriage and a massacre by Michael Billington

Finborough, LondonRichard Kalinoski’s deeply touching play is about the fraught relationship between two escapees of the Armenian genocide living in 1920s MilwaukeeDrama can tackle big sub…

Dramaworks’ Spitfire Grill Is One Of The Season’s Finest Musicals by Bill Hirschman

When was the last time a musical slipped into your veins and rode your bloodstream for two hours? When did a musical speak so accurately of your own pain and longing that you knew you were n…

Australian Sculptor Alex Seton scoops coveted Rome residency by Arts Review

Multi-disciplinary artist Alex Seton has been announced as the third recipient of the Mordant Family/Australia Council Affiliated Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome. The fellowship i…

Can ‘A Star Is Born’ make Oscars history as first film to win Best Picture without directing OR editing nominations? by Marcus James Dixon

When the 2019 Oscar nominations were announced, one-time Best Picture front-runner “A Star Is Born” was hit with two major snubs: Best Director for Bradley Cooper and Best Film E…

Hello Dolly! at Pantages by Pauline Adamek

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BWW Review: Debuts Galore at Met's First DON GIOVANNI of the Season, But Willis-Sorensen's Anna Steals the Show by Richard Sasanow

According to a quote attributed to Andy Warhol, if you want to tell a good painting from a bad one, first look at a thousand paintings; then you'll realize that there are no hard and fast ru…

Avant Bard Announces Casting for ‘Topdog/Underdog’ by News Desk

Avant Bard theatre announces that veteran screen actor Khalil Kain will star with award-winning stage actor Louis E. Davis in Suzan-Lori Parks’s acclaimed Topdog/Underdog, led by award…

VIDEO: Anthony Rapp and the Cast of Star Trek Parody RENT by Stage Tube

The cast of Star Trek Discovery recently filmed a parody of Seasons of Love from Rent. The video is led by original Rent cast member Anthony Rapp, who can also be seen in the Star Trek serie…

Theatre Review: ‘Everything is Wonderful’ at Everyman Theatre by Jv Torres

As Brené Brown puts it, “Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing we are flawed and therefore unworthy of acceptance and belonging.” Shame and forgiveness are c…

This may be the funniest Super Bowl commercial. But it won’t make it to the game. by Peter Marks

Live from a New York stage — it was “Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical.”

Andre Braugher On Brooklyn Nine-Nine And His New Play by Jeryl Brunner

Andre Braugher who plays Captain Ray Holt on Brookyn Nine-Nine is doing double duty in the new play Tell Them I’m Still Young.

San Diego Musical Theatre opens 12th season with a rollicking 'Crazy for You' by David L. Coddon

With a flimsy storyline amounting to little more than an evocation of the old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland “Let’s put on a show!” films of the ’30s wrapped around a love story, “Craz…

‘Skittles’ Musical Review: Michael C. Hall Gives His All For Broadway And Candy by Greg Evans

As far as we know, Michael C. Hall has no designs on the upcoming Cats movie, but he’d have made a fine Rum Tum Tugger, at least judging by today’s one-time-only, nice-way-to-pas…

NEWS: Winners of the Offies 2019 Awards are announced by Press Releases

Winners of the Offies 2019 Awards, held in the refurbished Grand Hall at Battersea Arts Centre, have been announced. It was the ninth year of thee awards presented by Off West End. In 2018,…

Martha Graham Dance Company’s The EVE Project at The Soraya by Pauline Adamek

Martha Graham Dance Company presents a two-year initiative, The EVE Project, set to launch on Saturday, March 2 at 8:00pm at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for

Visual Arts Review: Hood Museum of Art Reopens by Kathleen Stone

The renovated Hood Museum of Art feels open and free. The post Visual Arts Review: Hood Museum of Art Reopens appeared first on The Arts Fuse.

A Museum Celebrating Black Culture Is Long Overdue In Britain, Says David Adjaye by Artsjournal2

“The museum that Sir David is proposing would aim to make generations of black children feel like they have a place in the nation’s future. He said: ‘It is really amazingly…

Stage Review: 'The Old Man and the Sea' is a feast for the senses by Christopher Rawson

With Amazon arrival, D.C.’s booming real estate market will get only tighter. Will small theaters be pushed out? by Nelson Pressley

Facing the loss of its Crystal City venue to the retail giant, Synetic Theater searches for an affordable space.

“Peg+Cat Live!” Delivers Musical Blast, at Bay Area Children’s Theatre by Nicholas Leither

Hannah Dworkin Tours U.S. with Famous Feline by Nicholas Leither It isn’t until I sit down in my seat and strike up a conversation with a six-year-old named Maddy that I learn that “Peg …

A Choreographer Pushing Community Against A World That ‘Is So Screwed Up’ by Artsjournal2

Vicky Shick creates and edits at the same time, her dancers say, so they have to pay careful attention during rehearsals. “Shick’s works have become more exacting as they reveal the …

The Pleasures And Perils Of Reviving A Contemporary Opera by Artsjournal2

One of the main issues for performers is that they can’t escape the recordings – both audio and video – of the original performers. “The most satisfying thing is when…

Hollywood Goes Full Out On Pop Star Glamor by Artsjournal2

Well, as long as moviemakers can secure the rights to music, of course. And usually they can: “Artists have realised that backing biopics and celebratory movies is a way of reaffirming…

Gender Parity is the Theme and “Fuck” is the Word at 29th Annual Ovation Awards Ceremony by Ed Rampell

By Ed Rampell Hosted by The Kilroys, an L.A.-based, pro-gender balance collective of playwrights and producers, many presenters and winners stressed equality between the sexes on the stage …

Theater Time Review: "True West" by Joseph Cervelli

Where is the buildup of tension?

It’s A Little Late, But The Recording Industry Finally Steps Up by Artsjournal2

Last year’s awful pullquote about women in the recording industry needing to “step up” has turned into this year’s inclusion initiative. But it took a while, and the …

The Book Whose Author Dramatically Reinvented Artist Journeys by Artsjournal2

The book is – as any artist, or perhaps businessperson at a retreat, could tell you – The Artist’s Way. The first printing was a 9000 copies, and the publisher worried it…

Top New York Stage This Week: Philip Glass’s Cool School, Chill Pills by Mark Beech

This week in New York performing arts, the composer Philip Glass brings Laurie Anderson and Bernard Sumner of the band New Order to Carnegie Hall, while Sharon Van Etten plays the Beacon The…

Magazines Are Dying, So Now, Says The NYT, ‘Events Are The New Magazines’ by Artsjournal2

What? Well, why not? Former editors need to make money somehow. “Special Projects’ offices (one in New York, where Ms. Vecchiarelli lives; one in Los Angeles, where Ms. Oliveri does)…

Will Spotify Become A One-Stop Music And Podcast Service? by Artsjournal2

The music streaming giant wants to change its image and expand into other markets – including the (currently) hot podcast market. “Spotify’s 200 million users are already used …

Robert Earl Jones: From Cotton Fields to Colonus by Trav S.D.

This is a post in celebration of Black History Month.  Fortuitous, is it not, that Robert Earl Jones (1910-2006) was born this month? For not only was Jones an important early African Ameri…

Nicholas Lyndhurst & Cassidy Janson join the cast of Man of La Mancha at the London Coliseum

It’s the first West End production of much-loved musical Man of La Mancha in over 50 years and it’s turning into quite a cast line-up. Nicholas Lyndhurst and Cassidy Janson have joined K…

REVIEW: The Orchestra, Omnibus Theatre ✭✭✭ by Jennifer Christie

By Jennifer Christie Jennifer Christie reviews Jean Anouilh’s The Orchestra now playing at the Omnibus Theatre. The Orchestra Omnibus Theatre 31 January 2019 3 Stars Book Tickets The O…

At the Paris Opera, a Biblical Tale Told With Rothko and Children by Joshua Barone

The director Romeo Castellucci explains some of the striking imagery in his staging of Scarlatti’s “Il Primo Omicidio.”

‘I think this is going to be something really special’: Matthew Gordon can’t wait to show audiences Tom Gates: Live On Stage by Emma Clarendon

Actor Matthew Gordon chatted to Emma Clarendon about being part of the UK tour of Tom Gates.

Move over, Michael Flatley: Trinity Irish Dance packs the house at the Auditorium in Chicago by Lauren Warnecke

For the company’s first full evening at home in a decade, the Trinity Irish Dance Company commanded the Auditorium Theatre’s big, beautiful stage on Saturday. The engagement is the secon…

Boredom Is One Of The Great Roots Of Creativity by Artsjournal2

And we’re sure blocking that off in any way we can, not just for adults, but for children, too. They need boredom (and so do we). – The New York Times

In L.A., Visions Of A 1.3-Mile Long Open Air Museum by Artsjournal2

Picture the High Line, only a museum, in Los Angeles, and designed to “offset the effects of gentrification and revitalize the vibrant heart of black Los Angele.” – Los An…

For Newly Nominated Actors, Awards Season Is An Extra Full-Time Job by Artsjournal2

We all know people win Oscars based on campaigns, right? Well, that takes a toll on those who have to do the campaigning. Just ask Regina King, nominated for her wondrous performance in the …

BWW TV Exclusive: Song and Dance Man Tony Yazbeck Kicks Off American Songbook Series- Watch Highlights! by BroadwayWorld TV

Lincoln Center's American Songbook series just kickedoff on Wednesday, January 30 with a thrilling performance of classic Broadway song and dance numbers by Tony Yazbeck.

This Week on Broadway for February 3, 2019: Rent Live on Fox Review by James Marino

Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss Rent Live on Fox, Three shows at 92Y Lyrics & Lyricists: We’ll Have Manhattan: Rodgers & Hart in New York, Fashion I…

Joni Mitchell 75th birthday concert screens Thursday at 6 San Diego theaters by George Varga

The stars were out in force to salute Joni Mitchell in music and words at the two sold-out 75th birthday concerts in her honor last November at the Los Angeles Music Music Center. The second…

Watch how the Hiplet Ballerinas combine ballet and hip hop

In celebration of Black History Month, the Hiplet Ballerinas share their cutting edge style of dance with young dancers at Hawkins School of Performing Arts in Folsom, California on February…

Putting Together the Puzzle Pieces of Peggy Ann Garner by Trav S.D.

The peak of Peggy Ann Garner’s career was in 1945 when at age 12 she gave memorable performances in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (one of the saddest movies ever) and Junior Miss (a light-h…

True West revival starring Ethan Hawke, Paul Dano and a slew of toasters by Oscar E. Moore

Unfortunately Paul Dano is totally miscast and so half of the equation goes missing in this very uneven production. While Ethan Hawke makes up for that in spades. Perhaps a bit too much in…

Getting Into Character with The Cher Show’s Micaela Diamond by Marc J. Franklin

Follow Broadway’s “Babe,” the youngest Cher in the hit bio-musical, through her pre-show routine as she prepares to step out onto the Neil Simon Theatre stage.

Camille A. Brown Is an Unstoppable New Voice in Broadway Dance—Here’s Why by Ruthie Fierberg

How the choreographic chameleon brings authenticity and excitement to Once On This Island, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, Choir Boy, and more.

'Be Prepared' Will Be Featured in THE LION KING Live Action Film by Stephanie Wild

Details are emerging about the upcoming Lion King live-action film remake. Now, Skyler Shuler of The DisInsider is reporting that Scar's big number, Be Prepared, will be featured in the film.

Broadway at the Cabaret: A Star Is Born: The Concert, Bright Lights, Big City 20th Anniversary Concert & More! by Marika O'Hara

What good is sitting alone in your room this week If you don't already have plans to see a Broadway show, come out to see your favorite Broadway stars in a cabaret act instead. Highlights th…

Will Instagram Kill A Musician’s Famous Mystery? by Artsjournal2

Maybe the pressure of being mysterious was getting to superstar Frank Ocean, or maybe … well, who knows, with Ocean? But “with Ocean’s mask slipping, it is worth wondering how …

In Memoriam — Sanford Sylvan (1953-2019) by Jonathan Blumhofer

Hearing Sanford Sylvan sing made one rich: spiritually, emotionally, musically. The post In Memoriam — Sanford Sylvan (1953-2019) appeared first on The Arts Fuse.

The Artivist: The Bayard Rustin Story. Gay, black, and singularly effective. by Jonathan Mandell

“My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black,” says Keyonn Sheppard as Bayard Rustin, close adviser to Martin Luther King, Jr.,  main organi…

Nassim ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg February 3, 2019: In Nassim, the actor faces the challenge of performing a play they have not read, and which is written primarily, in Farsi. There are no reh…

Joey Bishop: Joker in the Rat Pack by Trav S.D.

Joey Bishop (Joseph Abraham Gottlieb, 1918-2007) was born on this day. Bishop was primarily a nightclub and television comic, although he also dabbled in acting in his own sitcom and a handf…

To Kill A Mockingbird **** by Barry Gordin

By: Isa Goldberg February 3, 2019: Black Lives Matter carries its torch in this year’s Oscar nominations with nods to Black Klansman, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Gr…

Top London Stage This Week: Pinter and Miller to The Streets by Mark Beech

In London performing arts this week, “Leave to Remain” and “Cost of Living” have both opened to some strong reviews. The revival of the acclaimed “Home, I’m Darling” and the fi…

‘A hugely enjoyable show’: YOURS SINCERELY – Vault Festival by Ian Foster

Any show that references Céline Dion’s epic key change in ‘All By Myself’ is onto a winner, never mind featuring a lip-sync there of. So I was always going to be well-inclined towards…

Nathan Lane movies: 10 greatest films, ranked worst to best, include ‘The Birdcage,’ ‘The Lion King,’ ‘The Producers’ by Chris Beachum

Nathan Lane will celebrate his 63rd birthday on February 3, 2019. The actor has spent the majority of his career on Broadway and the New York theater, but he has also had a good run on telev…

TRUE WEST unbalanced revival – a toast to the toasters by Oscar E Moore

Sam Shepard’s 1980 period piece TRUE WEST comes across as an amalgamation of character study, Albee’s The American Dream (1961) and Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple (1965) with a chorus of …

Susan Hiller, Artist Of Neglected Memories, Has Died At 78 by Artsjournal2

The British artist’s “video, audio and photographic installations ingeniously explored extinct languages, alien abductions, girls with psychic powers and the Holocaust.” &#…

Why Are ‘Green Book’ And ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Even In Oscars Discussions? by Artsjournal2

Ridiculous and, quite frankly, disgusting. (And whatever happened to Roma?) – BuzzFeed

A Trailblazing Director Continues Her Quest To Lead (And Pull Others Up With Her) by Artsjournal2

Leigh Silverman, one of few women (still!) directing on Broadway, assembled an all-woman creative team this year. At a panel, this happened: “Making history ‘was an accident,R…

Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel Play Final Performance in WAITRESS Today by Stephanie Wild

On January 8, Tony Award nominee Sara Bareilles, returned to her Broadway baby, Waitress in the role of Jenna, joined by Tony Award-winner, Gavin Creel as Dr. Pomatter. Their limited engagem…

Arthur Hotaling: Lord of Lubin South by Trav S.D.

Arthur Douglas Hotaling (1873-1938) was a prolific comedy director during the silent era. He used more variations on his given name professionally than a check kiter (although some may have …

Is The Guy In That Supposed 1450 Portrait Actually Sporting A Beatles Bowl Cut by Artsjournal2

That’s a new one: Art historian Christopher Wright says a painting attributed to the mid-15th century artist Rogier van der Weyden’s workshop “is a 20th-century fake, of an…

If You’ve Got Writers’ Block, Try Designing Your Characters’ Living Spaces by Artsjournal2

One novelist, who calls herself a Planner (as opposed to a Pantser), says, “What characters do when I let them loose on the page is often unexpected, but I never regret having nailed d…

The Academy Decides To Include All Five Nominated Songs In The Oscars After All by Artsjournal2

Yeah, that backlash was pretty fierce. – Los Angeles Times

‘Enjoyably relatable’: THE ORCHESTRA – Omnibus Theatre by Liz Dyer

The show must go on… but at what cost? In Jean Anouilh’s The Orchestra, set just after World War II, petty in-fighting and lingering suspicions between the members of an orchestra in a s…

A Violinist Has Questions About The Supposed East-West Divide by Artsjournal2

Lebanese violinist Layale Chaker isn’t too pleased about some of the choices forced upon her and her classmates as they grew up. “‘From the beginning you chose your path, W…

BWW's On This Day - February 3, 2019

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 3 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Ep. 4: A Life in the Theater with Theatre in the Park’s Ira David Wood III and Ira David Wood IV by Lauren Van Hemert

Hear what Theatre in the Park's father-son duo Ira David Wood III and Ira David Wood IV have to say about working together, acting, and the things that can go wrong when you are putting on a…

In the Moment: One Song Lifts ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ from Jukebox Musical Status by David Siegel

By all means, go, have a great time at Signature Theatre’s grandly jaunty Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical Show. A musical revue centered upon the prolific composer Fats Wall…

One Of The Sundance Winners Had These Bon Mots For Hollywood by Artsjournal2

Alma Har’el said women directors, who directed 44 percent of the movies at Sundance this year, said, “We’re here; we’re ready; stop sending us to shadow the fucking w…

‘Bio that turns into something far more intriguing’: TARO – Brockley Jack Studio Theatre by Ian Foster

If Taro is to be Arrows & Traps’ final production, then it’s a hell of a high note to go out on. Bringing together so much of what has made them an enjoyable and enlightening compan…

Concert review: A trio of evocative works from Matthias Pintscher and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra by Sarah Bryan Miller St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Pianist Kirill Gerstein is a master of all styles.

Violet review at the Vaults, London – ‘affecting and beautifully crafted’ by Natasha Tripney

The premise for Bebe Sanders’ Violet – a recently dumped millennial gains a new appreciation for life through a friendship with a

Playbill Calendar: Your Guide to Broadway, Off-Broadway and More February 4-10 by Roberto Araujo

A look at the week ahead.

The week in theatre: Vault festival; No Show review – bright sparks for dark days by Susannah Clapp

Vault festival; Soho theatre, London Waterloo’s tunnels buzz with sharp new writing. And the joy and pain of a night at the circusIn Dublin, Edinburgh and Manchester, festivals light up su…

Review: WOMANS, VAULT Festival by Hilary Webb

Review: WOMANS, VAULT Festival4.0starsTravel back in time to discover the truth, or at least a potential truth, about women in Rome with Scratchworks Theatre Company’s musical comedy WOMAN…

‘Fun & unforgettable experience’: SEANCE – Vault Festival by Shanine Salmon

Seance is a sensory rather than a theatrical performance. In a small audience, you find yourselves being asked to contact the dead, in 20 minutes and in the blackest darkness with headphones…

It’s a Theater, With Craft Beer and D.J.s Until 6 a.m. by Holly Williams

The Yard in East London is bringing young people to theater with programming that mixes avant-garde stage productions and club nights.

The Wedding; Father (Vader) – review by Sara Veale

Gecko rustle up wedding chaos while Belgium’s Peeping Tom delight with quickfire care home capersThe Wedding, the latest production from Ipswich-based theatre troupe Gecko, grapples with t…

The Worst Witch review – a magical baddie makes the production fly by Clare Brennan

Lyceum theatre, SheffieldDastardly Agatha Cackle’s attempts to make witching great again have the young audience almost levitating in their seatsAn onstage banner proclaims that “Miss Ca…

Theater Review: THE B-SIDE: “NEGRO FOLKLORE FROM TEXAS STATE PRISONS” A RECORD ALBUM INTERPRETATION (Wooster Group at REDCAT) by Harvey Perr

B-SIDE MYSELF Breathes there a soul who hasn’t sung along with a favorite album? And, ah, if the songs we sing were rare and challenging and related to one’s life, we might have …

Bradley Cooper on Singing With Lady Gaga in Vegas, Prepping for Oscar Performance by Maane Khatchatourian

He might not be getting his own Las Vegas residency anytime soon, but Bradley Cooper sure looked like a pro on stage during “A Star Is Born” co-star Lady Gaga’s “Enig…

Sara Bareilles and Gavin Creel End Waitress Shift February 3 by Ryan McPhee

The composer and Tony winner shared the stage in the Broadway musical for a limited engagement.

Podcasts and sex are an ideal match

New shows artfully explore what we get up to in bed

Michael C. Hall Stars in Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical February 3 by Andrew Gans

Rather than take out a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl, Skittles presents a 30-minute musical at Town Hall to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

The Dance Enthusiast Hits The Streets : 100 Years of Merce Cunningham: A Symposium of Ideas for the Next Century by The Dance Enthusiast

The Dance Enthusiast Hits The Streets: 100 Years of Merce Cunningham: A Symposium of Ideas for the Next Century, "Think you know everything about Merce Cunningham? Think again!" Deirdre Towe…