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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 10:55PMThe most shocking thing about bombastic drama, After the Wedding, is the fact that the film had managed to bamboozle two of this generation’s greatest actresses (Michelle Williams and Juli…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 10:37PMTeaċ Daṁsa Company photos.
UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance (CAP UCLA) presents Michael Keegan-Dolan/Teaċ Daṁsa’s Loch na hEala (Swan Lake) on Sat, Nov 9, at 8 p.m…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 10:06PMRegistrations for Adelaide Fringe’s Honey Pot program are now open and Adelaide Fringe excitedly invite industry to register to be part of Honey Pot – Adelaide Fringe’s International …
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The Tony Awards administration committee met on October 24 for the first time this season to confirm the eligibility status of six Broadway productions for the American Theatre Wing's 2020 T…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:24PMSays Stuart Kells, “Shakespeare certainly did have books, and he certainly read them. Why, then, have we found none of his manuscripts, and why are there no books with an authentic Shakesp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PMFrom the kindergarten kid who threw a snowball with a rock in it at her, to her father (the school principal), to Hal Prince humiliating her in front of the entire company of Evita, to John …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PMBillionaire philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen said she was chosen from a group of 500 who had been nominated for the prize, narrowed down to a list of five finalists. In an interview, Berggru…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PM“Finding performances online is a very impoverished view of the inspirational value of making live art. Art should be live. I know this myself because I’ve grown up throughout the whole …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PMMaybe that’s been happening on a global level. Maybe still we need more of it. There are always arguments for and against processing reality through genre escapism and there are always “…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PM“In recent months, Senator Warren has become an even more effective storyteller. During a rally last month she conjured the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire in rich detail: “It was March…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PM“The central question that the museum presents is the degree to which a national memorial to the history and culture of a marginalized people, set in that nation’s capital and funded and…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PM“As a composer and researcher in cognition and music, I have been thinking about my mother’s hallucinations and what they might tell us about the nature and role of music today. Neurolog…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PMIt would be easy to say that all money under capitalism is corrupt so what can we possibly do? Well, I do know one thing we could do. We could nationalize the art museums. – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18PMTawni O’Dell set herself a bracing challenge: Writing and reliving her family’s trauma onstage. But it’s more than the novelist can pull off.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:03PMFor over 200 years, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville has kept audiences laughing uproariously. With its farcical plot and instantly recognisable music, it remains one of the best-loved and …
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At Studio A, on the fourth floor of the Crows Nest community centre, a group of artists is working quietly. An occasional burst of laughter erupts from a corner of the studio. It makes its w…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:50PMSherman theatre, CardiffComplex women are imprisoned in a world of male buffoons in this rich and remarkably modern staging of the seminal drama – but only Hedda can escape
Having recently…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12PMLearn all about this new interpretation of Charles Dickens' classic story.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06PMCreated and staged by acclaimed Russian clown Slava Polunin, the production features a cast of 10 in a series of breathtaking stage images culminating in a swirling snowstorm that sweeps acr…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06PMCasting is here for the upcoming return holiday engagement of Slava's Snowshow. The previously announced production will begin performances on November 11 and open on November 13 at Broadway…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06PMLisa O'Hare in The Height of the Storm (Photo: Joan Marcus)
Lisa O'Hare is back on Broadway in the Manhattan Theatre Club production of Florian Zeller's The Height of the Storm. Original…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:06PMThe Tony Awards administration committee met on October 24 for the first time this season to confirm the eligibility status of six Broadway productions for the American Theatre Wing's 2020 T…
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RENAISSANCE RUTTING, VENUS AND VANITIES Sandro Botticelli, he makes clear to us at the start, plans to tell his version. He’s Dickie Beau: skinny and swaggeringly queeny in blac…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:54PMAny arts administrator worth their salt should be able to sell a ticket, plan an invasion, make brunch, conn a ship, design a brochure, write a sonnet, balance the books, build a wall, carry…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 07:34PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time during the 2019-2020 Broadway season to discuss eligibility of six productions for the 2020 American Theatre Wing’s 74th Ann…
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Gerard Alessandrini s latest parody of Broadway shows deserves to run longer than some of the shows it spoofs.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:54PMThe fifth season of the Netflix drama Lucifer is set to feature a full musical episode shot in black and white.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMAcademy Award-nominated actress, Jessica Chastain, is set to make her West End acting debut in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMGHOSTLIGHT RECORDS will release Legrand Affair (Deluxe Edition) from Tony Award-nominated singer, actress and writer Melissa Errico on Friday, November 8. The track a?oeThe Way He Make…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:36PMKaren Zacarias's culture-clash comedy 'Native Gardens' is timely but mostly gentle; it's getting a winning production by Center Rep in Walnut Creek.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:24PMIt's all very irreverent, casual, and American-- but is there enough Shakespeare to go along with its ambience? After all, the language has almost entirely gone missing here, so that …
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 05:38PMBroadway will soon have to change its name to “Revival City” for the number of new works (except for juke box musicals and seven hour “events”) has narrowed down to two or three play…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 05:37PMThe Joe's Pub event supported the ACLU, The Matthew Shepard Foundation, The National Women’s Law Center, and HIAS.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:35PMDespite some glimmers of hope, By the Grace of God will not be an easy film for anyone -- for loyal believers, for those disillusioned by the church, for anyone who has suffered from abuse.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 05:18PMFounder Elizabeth LeCompte will direct the new production, featuring original music by Amir ElSaffar, in 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:13PMOn this day, we're wishing a Happy Birthday to Raul Esparza, who can currently be seen cooking up some kitchen comedy in the new play, Seared, at MCC Theater!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 10/24/2019 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:12PMThe music video accompanies the October 25 physical CD release of the show's Original Cast Recording.
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The event was hosted by Tony-winning producer Jamie deRoy at the Friar's Club.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:59PMWith the announcement of an upcoming Broadway revival, revisit the original 1993 Broadway production starring Michael Cerveris.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:55PMThree very different Halloween adventures test a horror-film enthusiast with little experience visiting haunted houses.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:54PMThe British mentalist met up with the cast of Freestyle Love Supreme.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:53PMThe buzziest show in London right now is “Lungs,” starring Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Or, as they’re known in real life, Claire Foy and Matt Smith, the royal couple of Netfl…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 04:51PMMauricio Martínez, Hadestown’s Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, and more will perform during the concert.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:30PMSee who's joining Rob McClure, Jenn Gambatese, and others in the new musical adaptation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:15PMFor nearly six years, Carole King has watched her life — the early years, anyway — flash before her eyes at “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical,” which ends its Broadway run Sunday. …
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The Tony Awards Administration Committee met for the first time this season to decide on eligibility for six productions. The committee discussed “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:47PMThe 74th annual ceremony will be held June 7.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:47PMRockette rehearsal is intense (six hours a day, six days a week)! Take a glimpse inside the rehearsal room as the ladies prepare for this year's Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:36PMThere’s a pall of delicious irony lingering over Constellation’s Little Shop of Horrors, the now-classic musical tale of a weirdo named Seymour from Skid Row who finds an extra-terrestri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 03:36PMReview: [BLANK], Donmar Warehouse5.0stars[BLANK], new play by powerhouse playwright Alice Birch – and co-production with Clean Break to mark their 40th year – is a gut-punching piece of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:36PMWestfield News Group ArtsBeat for 10/24/19. The Berkshire Theatre Critics Association announce nominees for "The Berkies". "Forever Plaid" plays The Majestic, and other arts news for WMass. …
SOURCE: thewestfieldnews.com at 03:26PMThe recital will feature songs by Adam Guettel, Michael John LaChiusa, Georgia Stitt, Jason Robert Brown, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:26PMThe Olivier Award-winning show begins at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre November 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:21PM“Slava’s Snowshow” has announced the cast for its Broadway run. The show will star the eponymous Slava Polunion, creator of the show, alongside a series of rotating clowns including Ar…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:01PMAs DC-area demographics have evolved over the recent decades, so have the missions of some of the area’s nimble performing arts venues so that they are welcoming to those they serve and re…
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Lisa O'Hare stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Height of the Storm and more with Beth Stevens.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMDisney on Broadway continued its 25th anniversary celebration on October 24 with a special performance on The View. For the first time on national television, six women who originated some o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMFull casting has been announced for the upcoming world premiere of Mrs. Doubtfire, a new musical based on the popular film, appearing at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theatre this winter. The previou…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:42PMGinastera’s innovative style often draws comparisons to Bartók and Stravinsky for the artful ways in which he integrated folk music and dance forms from his native country into a striking…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 02:36PMReview: Out of Order, Southbank Centre4.0starsTerror, amusement, nostalgia or awe, clowns have forever been subject to a spectrum of emotional responses – it’s their job. But, introduced…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PMThe European premiere of the Jordan Tannahill play began performances October 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:19PMBy DAVID DOW BENTLEY III “The People’s Critic” Conroe’s wonderful Crighton Theatre has, for many years, continued to send me personal invitations to the shows mounted by the mu…
SOURCE: thepeoplescritic.com at 02:18PMThe immersive theatrical experience from Brian Clowdus continues on original author Washington Irving’s Hudson Valley estate through November 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:18PMIN Series’ Stormy Weather, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, features the music of Billie Holiday and a stunning cabaret performance by Nigel Rowe as Ariel. In the new Sybil William…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:17PMThe Feinstein’s/54 Below performance will also include the NYC premiere of a virtual reality game based on the album.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:04PMThe return of the immersive Broadway holiday experience brings “an explosion of happiness” to the Main Stem starting November 11.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMHear Aisha Jackson slay the catchy song "Crush" from the new cast recording of Douglas Lyons and Ethan Pakchar's musical Beau.
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Hadestown Tony nominee Noblezada plays a Filipino-American teen with country music aspirations.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:59PMThe stars visited The View to celebrating Disney’s 25 years on the Great White Way.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMThe 1993 and 1994 were two of my favorite years, on- and off-Broadway. Easily the best of the off-Broadway things I saw then was Hello Again the now well-known musical version of La Ronde, …
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 01:48PMThe Australian film box office numbers show a simple fact: Aussie films are less popular in Australia today than they were 30 to 40 years ago. – Spectator
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMIt started with Beauty and the Beast on Broadway in 1994, followed up three years later by The Lion King. Yet Disney Theatrical Group didn’t become a corporate behemoth churning out pale c…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMSadie is the unlikely new Emily Post of the theatre community. In June, just before leaving for sleepaway camp, she put Magic Marker to paper and laid out what she calls her Broadway Rules, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMAs of this year, the World Health Organization thinks so, and the American Psychiatric Association has included “internet gaming disorder” in the DSM. More than a few people are skeptica…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMComplete casting has been announced for Mrs. Doubtfire, the new musical that will have its world premiere this holiday season at The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, playing November 26 a?…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:40PMDracula: A Comedy of Terrors begins performances October 27 in Jupiter, Florida.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:37PMActors including Adrian Lester, David Suchet and Caroline Sheen have revealed their in-between jobs on Twitter in support of Katie Jarvis, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PMThe University of South Wales has axed its dance degree, in a move described as “short-sighted” and devastating for students. It is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PMOlivier-winning actor Michael Jibson is setting up a fund to enable young people from Hull and East Yorkshire to access drama-school training.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PMA nightly lottery determines who plays what part in the morality play ‘Eveybody.’
SOURCE: Washington Post at 01:36PMAn immersive Monopoly experience is the first show to be announced under a major new partnership between Selladoor Worldwide and games company
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:36PMBroadway Records today announced that Randy Rainbow: Hey Gurl, It's Christmas! will be released digitally and in stores on Friday, November 8, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:26PMEvery so often an actor emerges who is what I call a “five-tool-player,” a term borrowed from baseball, describing someone who can run, hit, field, throw, and hit for power. In the theat…
SOURCE: vconstage.com at 01:06PMJudith Roddy is good at making an impression. The actor, who is starring in Translations, which returned to the National Theatre’s Olivier
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:00PMNo wonder Richard Shelton received an Offie Award nomination for Best Male Performance – his portrayal of the legend that is Frank Sinatra in Sinatra: Raw is real, natural, emotional and w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PMThe latest and greatest in #LAtheatre. Written by Julio Martinez.
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Maxine Peake’s play Beryl was originally written for radio before being adapted for the stage in 2014, to coincide with the opening
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:57PMThe Tony nominee has been tapped for a supporting role in the upcoming limited series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:47PMThe new behind-the-scenes video highlights the use of high-wire movement to mimic swimming in an underwater world.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:44PMAs is Mr. Friel’s The Faith Healer, Molly Sweeney is a monologue play. Here, instead of being separated in individual acts, the three characters appear on stage together without interactin…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 12:36PMLooking back at the original Thespian Playworks scripts
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 12:36PMNow retired and dividing his time between his homes in Maui and Santa Fe with his wife of 56 years Arlena, Brooklyn-born Martin Markinson played a key behind-the-scenes role in the theater i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:29PMBristol Old VicA strong poetic lead and fine support can’t make this meandering new adaptation anything more than a slog
‘That was mercifully short,” one actor jokingly sneers, after t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:24PMWe've rounded up the comings and goings of Theatreland today, so that you can find out all you need to know about London theatre all in one place!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:13PMWriters, directors and other creators share recommendations for how to spend the scariest night of the year.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:06PMThe drive-thru is open and so is Scotland, PA! The musical opened on October 23 at the Laura Pels Theatre and is based on the 2001 cult film of the same name, which is a retelling of Shakes…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMWhoopi Goldberg is getting back in the habit. The beloved star who introduced filmgoers to the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the 1992 film Sister Act will return to the role for the upcomin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:03PMAt a festival that celebrates the rare, Baroque opera is itself a rarity. The works of Antonio Vivaldi – best known for
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The forthcoming revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo, already promising a starry cast with Academy Award-winner Sam Rockwell and Tony-winner Laurence Fishburne on the roster, just got…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:53AMThe play, which earned star Mary-Louise Parker a Tony Award, premiered on Broadway October 24, 2000.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMThe musical, starring Inga Swenson and Robert Horton, opened at the Broadhurst Theatre October 24, 1963.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:48AMBloody, gory, horror films certainly have been around for quite a while and have been successful in creating a cult audience that supports the genre. Transforming one of these for the stage …
SOURCE: Theatre Reviews Limited at 11:46AMCheck out these short teasers for our coming Broadway Celebrates Oz photo series.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 11:42AMDarren Criss is returning to Broadway in next year’s revival of “American Buffalo,” starring Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell. Criss, 32, will play Bobby, a young man enlisted to he…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 11:36AM“The once-beloved institution that has been closed for four years has delayed the [planned Nov. 3] reopening of its new Pennsylvania Avenue space. … Some of the delay was caused by unfor…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMAs it begins a $7 million capital campaign to fund a new Learning Center for Arts and Intersectionality that will host workshops and after-school programs, upgrades its archives and library …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMThe performance-competitions that were made famous by the documentary Paris Is Burning, introduced the world to voguing, and arguably inspired RuPaul’s Drag Race have generally judged thei…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AM“The problem is that Facebook doesn’t offer free speech; it offers free amplification. No one would much care about anything you posted to Facebook, no matter how false or hateful, if pe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AM“Santos started out playing Latin big band music at resorts in upstate New York’s Catskills, and performed with Machito’s orchestra at New York’s city’s Palladium in the 1950s. Ove…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:36AMI had the great pleasure of speaking at the NAMT conference this week on the subject of enhancement deals and how they work, and more importantly how they can work better. (By the way, if …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:30AM“The Life and Death of Harry Houdini” mixes history with magic at the magic club in Downtown Pittsburgh.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 11:19AMThe ABT MENtor program provides a supportive environment for young male ballet students who sometimes face bullying and harassment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:13AMThe actor shares the connections between the role that won her a Tony, Grammy, and Emmy, and the role in Harriet that has put her in Oscar contention.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AMWhat is it? Written by Danusia Samal, Out of Sorts follows a young woman as she attempts to live a double life in this moving story of culture, womanhood, privilege and family.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMEXCLUSIVE: Amber Gray, Broadway’s Tony Award-nominated Hadestown star, has been cast in a supporting role in Amazon’s upcoming limited series The Underground Railroad, now in production.…
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The Jeremy O. Harris play, directed by Danya Taymor, will have its U.K. premiere in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe Height of the Storm star Lisa O'Hare talks about grief and love, the impact of Gentleman's Guide, and keeping the secrets of New Amsterdam.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:51AMThe actor returns to comic form in Craig Brewer’s biopic of failed singer turned blaxploitation star Rudy Ray Moore
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:46AMChicago's Pride Film & Plays presents a beautiful revival of "A Man of No Importance" about a community coming to terms with diversity in 1960s Dublin.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:42AMFor Sergio Mendes, the captivating anniversary show was a chance to look back on the early years of bossa nova and its birthplace.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:42AMThe film is told through the eyes of its director, who has a complicated past with the island nation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMStephanie J. Block, the beloved Broadway star who took home her first Tony Award this spring, is among the slate of performers scheduled to play cabaret engagements at New York City's Café …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMWhoopi Goldberg is getting back in the habit. The beloved star who introduced filmgoers to the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the 1992 film Sister Act will return to the role for the upcomin…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMDarren Criss is headed back to the Great White Way. The Emmy-winning stage-and-screen star will play Bobby in the upcoming revival of David Mamet's three-hander American Buffalo. Neil Pepe w…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:36AMWhoopi Goldberg is getting back in the habit. The beloved star who introduced filmgoers to the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the 1992 film Sister Act will return to the role for the upcomin…
SOURCE: Theatre.com at 10:26AMArtistic director Rupert Goold has announced the Ameida Theatre's Spring 2020 season, including Albion, Daddy and The House Of Shades.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:26AMWhoopi Goldberg is getting back in the habit. The beloved star who introduced filmgoers to the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the 1992 film Sister Act will return to the role for the upcomin…
SOURCE: Theatre.com at 10:26AMDaniel Monks and Susan Wokoma will star in the Mike Lew play.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMStarring as Willy Loman in “Death of a Salesman” in London has whetted Wendell Pierce’s appetite to take on all the big roles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:24AMA bear lies, dead and half dissected, on a kitchen table. Circling it, like predator and prey, are a mother and daughter.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:22AMHoly Mother Superior! The original Deloris Van Cartier has returned.
Whoopi Goldberg, who starred as the character in the two Sister Act movies, is coming back to the role in a new productio…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 10:17AMActing onstage was how I discovered my creativity, away from class and racial division
At the age of 12 I discovered Stage Centre, a former church in Plumstead, south-east London where a co-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMIn a rare interview, Baker explains why she hates commercial theatre (except Hello, Dolly!) and how she anticipated Trump and #MeToo in her new work at the National, The Antipodes
It is not …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMYesterday I made a post wondering how soon it might be before the digital divide kept people from participating in cultural activities. At the time, I was trying to think of examples of inst…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:12AMVaults, LondonShepard picks apart the frailties of two men tormented by unspoken emotions, from marital meltdown and armchair priapism to the existential crisis of mortality
The men in Sam S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMDarren Criss will join the cast of “American Buffalo” on Broadway this spring. The actor, an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner for his role in FX’s “The Assassination of Giann…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:08AMHunter Foster will direct the Yasmina Reza comedy at the Syracuse venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMIn his first Broadway appearance since his widely acclaimed, Emmy-winning TV performance as serial killer Andrew Cunanan, Darren Criss will join the previously announced Laurence Fishburne a…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:00AMFrom teenage dream to pursuing a cut of the American Dream…
Darren Criss is poised to return to Broadway next spring in a revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo, a tale of three sma…
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The recent star of The Cher Show is among a new lineup that also includes Betty Buckley and Fran Drescher.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMLaurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell will star in the David Mamet play, heading to the Circle in the Square Theatre upon Oklahoma!'s closing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:59AMHere are seven ways to play this weekend around the San Francisco Bay Area, from haunted houses to horror movies and a Candytopia-style Steph Curry-esque pop-up. Plus Lizzo, Sarah Bareilles …
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:50AMThere’s really only one thing that all of us – that everybody – has in common. Death, whether we’re ready or not, will come for us. All our failures and triumphs, our relationships a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:45AMThe Tina Satter-helmed play stars Emily Davis as a whistleblower named Reality Winner.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:43AMThe world premiere of Adam Gwon and Michael Mitnick’s new musical opened at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre October 23.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Cadets, a one-woman solo show written and performed by Dani Kolanis at the Lakeside Theatre at the University Of Essex.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:27AMA scrappy little play called “Sweat” – which just happened to win the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for drama for its playwright, Lynn Nottage, is getting a pretty decent, rough-and-tumble produ…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:23AMThe Royal New Zealand Ballet’s artistic director, Patricia Barker, “says she realized that a season devoted to women’s works shouldn’t be seen as a huge undertaking, but something th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMAfter interviewing and attending Dana Friedman’s previous comedy show at The Duplex, LOL Nidrei, an evening of Jewish comedy, I’m thrilled to be promoting Dana’s next comedy extravagan…
SOURCE: Call Me Adam at 09:18AMThe musicians’ walkout in March and April of this year was the key factor in the increase in the CSO’s deficit from $900,000 in 2017-18 to $1.1 million in 2018-19. On the other hand, ope…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMThe project, called “Cannes on Air,” includes adding another floor to the Palais des Festivals, building a new museum of cinema history and a state-of-the-art 12-screen multiplex, and es…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:18AMFind out what Broadway character is meant to be your Halloween alter ego—plus how to get in full costume and make-up for a professional look.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:14AMHow far would you go to save the one you love? Created in association with internationally renowned contemporary circus company Circa and set to some of the most stirring music ever written,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 09:09AMCome from Away national touring production, at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music through November 3, 2019. This unpretentious musical delighted me when it opened on Broadway early in 2017…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 09:04AMAndrew Kindig can’t decide which hat he likes the best. An actor, director, carpenter, painter, teacher, and comedian (in addition to father of two great kids and husband to his amazingly …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:03AMWriter Sarah Rutherford cleverly weaves together disparate elements of a sensitive story with subtlety and humour in The Girl Who Fell.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMAs we count down to 42nd STREET hitting 650+ cinema screens via More2Screen in November, have a look at the official cinema trailer - and five other unmissable videos that trace the journey …
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A psychological drama and the less you know the better you will enjoy this production. I will tell you it will upset you as it is a disturbing topic that turns around at the conclusion. For …
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 08:48AMA new playwrighting scheme run by the Almeida Theatre in London is to give emerging and mid-career writers the chance to develop
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:36AMAfter several years’ development, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s highly anticipated new musical – an adaptation of best-selling children’s author David Walliams‘ 2008 debut novel�…
SOURCE: Terri Paddock at 08:30AMArinzé Kene play from 2011 packs a renewed punch
Time has been not just kind but even crucial to Little Baby Jesus, the 2011 play from the multi-hyphenate talent Arinzé Kene, who since…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:24AMTina Satter’s remarkable docudrama recreates the bizarrely banal interrogation that led to the arrest of the intelligence contractor Reality Winner.
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Goldberg will return to the role of Deloris Van Cartier for the 2020 London production, set to tour next spring starring Brenda Edwards.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:57AM“Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre headlines of the day. Any and all feedback is appreciated:Ashley Steves [email protected] | …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMWhoopi Goldberg will reprise her starring role in Sister Act for a London run of the musical version next year, which will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMAn online toolkit that aims to make the UK’s rehearsal rooms and stages more diverse has been launched, which its founders hope
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMIain Munro has been made chief executive of Creative Scotland on a permanent basis. He has been acting chief executive since Janet
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMFormer Royal Ballet principal dancer and peer Deborah Bull has criticised the omission of culture from last week’s Queen’s Speech, calling for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMHQ Theatres and Hospitality has won a bid to become the operator of Cardiff’s New Theatre from 2020. Current operator Cardiff Council
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:33AMFollowing a successful summer run at Camden People's Theatre earlier this years, Struts and Frets Theatre bring their acclaimed production of Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia (and oth…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:21AMAfter a run at the Southwark Playhouse, Afterglow, S. Asher Gelman’s story of polyamory in modern American, returns with a new cast.
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A blockchain startup is coming to Broadway in the hopes of developing deeper relationships with ticket buyers. True Tickets, a Boston-based startup that launched in 2017, is partnering wit…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 06:25AMWith a tiled dance floor, festoons, crates and palettes strewn about and pillars wrapped with chains of leaves, Jean Chan’s design sets
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:23AMEdith Halpert’s career as a pioneering gallery owner who specialized in modern American art is memorialized in a new exhibition at New York’s Jewish Museum. – Terry Teachout
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18AMI can’t imagine how a record of concerted works by Berg and Bartók made its way into the classical bin at the musical instrument store in Smalltown, U.S.A. Granted, Isaac Stern and Leonar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:18AMVarious forms of the records-that-changed-my-life meme have been making the rounds lately, so I came up with my own version, which I call “The Twenty-Five Record Albums That Changed My Lif…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:02AM“For Socialism did indeed die with the guns of August of 1914 when the Socialist masses rejected proletarian solidarity and enthusiastically embraced nationalism and fratricidal war instea…
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IT TAKES TWO… Here’s a sharp eyed little gem about coupledom and the wary, fretful road towards parenthood in an age of easy contraception and illimitable expectation…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 04:47AMMartin & Brickell Celebrate Blue Grass & Women’s Rights by Lynne Stevens The musical “Bright Star,” a bittersweet Romeo and Juliet story, shows “grown-ups” thwarting young …
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Whoopi Goldberg is to reprise her role as Deloris Van Cartier for the first time on stage opposite Jennifer Saunders as Mother Superior in a new production of the musical Sis…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:18AMAfter forthcoming 2019 productions of I Do! I Do! and 42nd Street, Upstairs at the Gatehouse continues its string of Broadway revivals in 2020 with a brand-new production of Mary Rodgers' ra…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 04:00AMPraise! International superstar Whoopi Goldberg is set to reprise her role as Deloris Van Cartier for the London musical production of Sister Act The Musical, and that's the gospel truth!…
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Matthew Kelly and Julian Clary are to star in The Dresser tour which will tour in September 2020. Further venues to be announced.
This post The Dresser Tour starring Matthew …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:42AMBy Douglas Mayo
The Jamie Lloyd Company has announced that award-winning actress Jessica Chastain is to make her UK theatre debut in Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Playhouse Theatre.
This pos…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 03:30AMIn Paris, the mythological Greek character Electra can once again be found in a theater, while the heroine of a quirky new play is inspired by “Rocky III.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:24AMDavid is joined by Rachel Godfrey of Ludus NYC to discuss our first Official Maxamoo Book Club Selection: Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-Up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts – For A…
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 03:22AM‘Movement psychology’ – that’s the term given to the acclaimed acting technique originated by Rudolf Laban, then refined by Yat Malmgren and
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The parody cabaret returns with a new set of musical targets, including Oklahoma!, Hadestown, and Fosse/Verdon.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMAn exhibition at Tate Modern brings together more than 200 works by an artist whose chosen medium was the audience
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMThis season, a striking number of new (and returning) plays are exploring the plight of the displaced---Arian Moayed, who was only five years old when he and his family left post-revolutiona…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMA tribute to its late founder, the lineup includes dances that haven't been seen in decades, and farewell performances by four longtime company members---Paul Taylor American Modern Dance le…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThe Tony nominee stars as Emily Dickinson's posthumous editor, Mabel Loomis Todd, in Rebecca Gilman's new play at 59E59.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMGeorge Stiles and Anthony Drewe’s gay Cinderella update plays the Charing Cross Theatre October.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe musical opens the newly restored Boulevard Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe world premiere, directed by Tea Alagić, opens October 24 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM“Jurassic World Live,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” and more are all on tap for this fall weekend.
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