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SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMBatter up! Casting has been confirmed for the upcoming Broadway revival of Richard Greenberg's 2003 Tony-winning play Take Me Out. Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMHamilton star Miguel Cervantes, who closed out the Chicago production and played the title role on Broadway prior to the shutdown will return to the Richard Rodgers Theatre this September.…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMEveryone out of the water! The new musical Bruce, which is based on Carl Gottlieb’s novel The Jaws Log, will have its world premiere at Seattle Rep’s Bagley Wright Theater in May 2022. B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:48PMThe Columbia County Performing Arts Center (Evans, GA) and Nederlander National Markets have announced the venue’s inaugural Broadway season. The new performing arts center, which is an 85…
SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 04:42PMSeattle Rep today announced its return to the stage with a full season of must-see live theater in both its remodeled Bagley Wright Theater and intimate Leo K. Theater. The season features p…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMActors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League have announced an agreement on safety protocols for Production Contract shows on Broadway and in sit-down productions across the country…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:42PMThe various safety protocols were released as both new and returning shows enter rehearsals.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMDonna Feore will direct and choreograph the new musical from Bandstand creators Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMLittle Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical
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August 4 - 29
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Little Girl Blue: The Nina Simone Musical is an e…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:36PMTheater director Sammi Cannold, Emmy Award®-winning filmmaker Dori Berinstein, WYSIWYG Studios, CEO Kwan-Woo Park and Elizabeth Armstrong have announced the premiere of their new doc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:29PMFramily Travel presents Riviera Resort 2 Bedroom Standard View Room Tour filmed March 2021. #Disney'sRivieraResort #DisneyVacationClub #DVC
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:26PMThe competition, the final of four U.S qualifiers, will feature local favorites as well as riders from across the country.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:24PMFrances Levine, an archeologist and historian, was hired in 2014 and will retire in 2022.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 04:24PMActors’ Equity Association and the Broadway League have announced an agreement on safety protocols that includes mandated vaccines and weekly testing for the Broadway workforce. “This is…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:14PMMitchell Taylor Button was accused of abuse, and his wife, Dusty Button, a dancer with a large Instagram following, was accused of participating in some of it but not named as a defendant.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:14PMAdditional guests include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Reynolds, and Sean Kingston.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMOur cast for Wild Fire is hard at work learning the music for upcoming theatrical concert. Here's a behind the scenes look at rehearsal for the final song in the show. You can catch this one…
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The Broadway League and Actors’ Equity released safety protocols for Broadway productions Thursday that require all cast and crew members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The lon…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 03:57PMBruce, a previously announced new musical based on Jaws screenwriter Carl Gottlieb’s 1975 memoir The Jaws Log, is resurfacing: Seattle Rep will stage the world premiere next May, the regio…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:45PMSecond Stage Theater has confirmed that Patrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Jesse Williams will return for the upcoming production of Richard Greenberg’s Tony-winning play, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:41PM(via Jim Byk/Kelly Guiod, The Press Room) The Wooster Group’s production of Bertolt Brecht’s The Mother to make US debut The Performing Garage October 2021 Photo: The Wooster Gro…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:37PMOmar F. Okai Interview for Performers Stuff Pro Series: Part 1- From being a Performer to running a successful Theater Company
Written by: Mark Pawsey
July 29, 2021
Performer Stuff Pro…
SOURCE: performerstuff.com at 03:20PMPatrick J. Adams, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams have confirmed their return to the Broadway production of Take Me Out when the Richard Greenberg play begins performances next March…
SOURCE: Deadline at 03:11PMThe Broadway revival, on hold due to the pandemic, will now begin previews March 9, 2022.
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Miguel Cervantes will return to star in “Hamilton” on Broadway this fall. Cervantes will star opposite Jin Ha as Aaron Burr, Krystal Joy Brown as Eliza Hamilton, Mandy Gonzalez as Ange…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:42PM“Pass Over,” the first play coming back, is one of many productions examining a variety of mitigation efforts — including a vaccination mandate.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:36PMAugustin Hadelich brings the heat to Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2, led by conductor Bramwell Tovey at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:32PMTo mark the 50th anniversary of the 1970 concept double album, Jesus Christ Superstar, it has today been announced that a variety of special anniversary edition albums will be released on Se…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:29PMOn hiatus since 2008, the workshop helps artists develop and stage work with a focus on uplifting disabled artists.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:29PMThe film from Dori Berinstein and Sammi Cannold chronicles the fight to save live theatre amid a historic shutdown.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:17PMProducer Jeffrey Seller today announced Broadway casting for Hamilton when performances resume September 14, 2021 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre. In addition, the Richard Rodgers box of…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:13PMCasting has been announced for Second Stage's Broadway production of the Richard Greenberg play.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:06PMAt the beginning of his career in 1982, playwright and director James Lapine met legendary Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Shortly thereafter, they decided to write a musica…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:04PMThe troupe’s schedule includes two engagements in New York, at the Joyce Theater in October and New York City Center next spring.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:03PMGo, Go, Go Joseph! Timeless favourite Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was #BackOnStage for the first time last night at the London Palladium.
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The Broadway Bradshaws are checking out Disney Springs over Memorial Day weekend with some Framily- the Frady Family (say that 5x fast!). See Stegasaurus, Triceratops, a Wooly Mammoth and …
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:55PMThe Muny is currently presenting Smokey Joe's Cafe! Smokey Joe's Cafe's complete cast includes Charl Brown, Michael Campayno, Mykal Kilgore, Tiffany Mann, Hayley Podschun, Dee Roscioli…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:55PMThe Broadway cast of Hamilton will star Miguel Cervantes in the title role when the hit musical resumes performances at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on September 14. Cervantes had only recent…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:37PMA full trailer for the upcoming animated movie musical Vivo has arrived. Starring Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda as a singing kinkajou (that's a tropical rainforest mammal, but you knew that…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMJez Butterworth’s Jerusalem is returning to London’s West End. Olivier and Tony winner Mark Rylance and Olivier nominee Mackenzie Crook will reprise their turns as Johnny “Rooster” B…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:32PMThe play opened on Broadway in 2016 after an off-Broadway engagement at Roundabout Theatre Company. It won the Tony Award for Best Play; Reed Birney and Jayne Houdyshell took home acting awa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMLin-Manuel Miranda's Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical resumes performances September 14 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:15PMAfter more than a year without indoor, in-person theater, actors performing right in front of you packs a surprise wallop.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:09PMNew books from Chicago authors and publishers
A list of new and recently released books from Chicago authors or publishers, plus some books you might have missed…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 01:08PMThe pair will take on the roles of A. Ham and A. Burr.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:03PMThe event celebrates James Lapine’s new book Putting It Together, out August 3.
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Legendary playwright/poet Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf will be produced for Broadway by Nelle Nugent, Ron Simons and Kenne…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30PMThe wind has changed. Someone magical has returned to London! ☂️
Flying back into the Prince Edward Theatre from 7 August.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 12:30PMThe production had initially resumed performances July 1 at the Dominion Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMThe local landmark for Latino performing arts announces three main stage productions, a flamenco festival, theater for young audiences, and more.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:26PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee announced that Tony-nominated director and choreographer Graciela Daniele will receive the 2020 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMNancy Zamit from Mischief Comedy is taking over our Instagram story today, July 29, to share with our followers a behind-the-scenes look at Mischief Movie Night In! After the roaring interna…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMBy: Paulanne Simmons
July 29, 2021: In the late 15th century, the morality play, The Summoning of Everyman, examined salvation and determined that the only way we get to heaven is by doi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:22PMExpect an eclectic mix of contemporary masters, new works and an outdoor spectacle aimed to challenge audiences’ assumptions about dance.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:15PMThe Tony nominee and upcoming West Side Story star leads an ensemble of school children in "You Must Always Try Your Best" in an upcoming episode.
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The evening will celebrate the release of Lapine's new book Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I created 'Sunday In The Park With George' (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux). Putting …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:39AMGraciela Daniele has directed on Broadway, at Lincoln Center and the Public Theater, and at regional theaters and has earned ten Tony Award nominations and six Drama Desk nominations. Her Br…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:34AMNelle Nugent, Ron Simons and Kenneth Teaton will produce.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:27AMA new production of the Tony-winning 'Hairspray' is about to hit the road with Andrew Levitt aka Nina West as Edna Turnblad.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:18AMBy Jonathan Mandell. Jonathan Mandell reflects on a number of live, in-person productions that have taken place in New York City over the course of summer 2021.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 11:14AMTens across the board for this casting! Andrew Levitt, (a.k.a. drag queen Nina West, who rose to fame on RuPaul’s Drag Race), is leading the cast of the upcoming Hairspray national tour as…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:12AMLast week, in recognition of his work in spearheading Theatre Artists Fund, Sam Mendes received the South Bank Sky Arts Award for Innovation in the Arts During the Pandemic for an Individual…
SOURCE: YouTube at 11:07AMFeinstein’s/54 Below is pleased to announce that it will begin streaming its programming on an ongoing basis. “Live from Feinstein’s/54 Below” will feature LIVE performances of curr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMThis is Masks And Faces (full title: Masks And Faces or Before And Behind The Curtain) his 1852 play set in the world of the theatrical profession which the Finborough rediscovered and produ…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThings have changed since May of 2020. Shoot, things have changed since yesterday! But since May of 2020, when I first posted my “What The Broadway Recovery Will Look Like” series? Well,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMHairspray, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon, will launch a new North American tour in Fall 2021. Initial principal casting was announced today; the cast will be led …
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Jagged Little Pill’s Antonio Cipriano and musical theatre writer Bree Lowdermilk will also perform.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:59AMMany of your favourite West End shows are now offering offer Sunday performances. Check out our roundup of Sunday shows in London and book yourself a treat!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:58AMDirector and Choreographer Graciela Daniele will receive the 2020 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. Daniele began her Broadway career in 1964 as a performer and l…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 10:52AMThe production, directed and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, is set to officially open at the Barbican Theatre August 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:51AMLast week, Sam Mendes received a South Bank Sky Arts Award in recognition of his work in spearheading Theatre Artists Fund,
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:50AM"I am anticipating the butterflies that come with live audiences and the thrill of live reactions!"
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:49AMAvailable onlineThe former Guardian critic, along with Evening Standard scribe Fiona Mountford, take to the limelight in this fruity vintage marital drama
Victor Kiam liked his shavers so mu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMOld Vic, LondonEmma Rice’s version of the 1987 movie is an outrageously sentimental ode to friendship and oddballs meeting amid Californian tumbleweed
Just as Wim Wenders’ road movie p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AMThe cast will be led by Andrew Levitt aka Nina West (from “RuPaul's Drag Race”) as Edna Turnblad, Niki Metcalf as Tracy Turnblad and Toneisha Harris (from NBC's “The Voice”) as Motor…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:46AMGraciela Daniele, the Broadway director and choreographer whose many credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Once on This Island, Ragtime and The Goodbye Girl, will be the 2020 recipient of the …
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:40AMThe Tony Awards, presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, will host a multi-platform celebration September 24.
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Ramin Karimloo, Bradley Jaden and Lucy St Louis will star for one-night-only in Lerner and Loewe's Camelot in Concert at the Palladium.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 10:33AMThe Shakespeare and Company production will be available online in August.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMMandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters will join James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim for a conversation about Lapine's new memoir.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMThe MSG Entertainment production will return to New York and Chicago, following its 2019 debut.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMDaniele is a 10-time Tony-nominated director and choreographer.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMNiki Metcalf and Toneisha Harris will also head the company.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32AMBrooks received the 2021 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, while Williams received the 2021 M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:29AMVivo, a musically gifted kinkajou (aka a rainforest 'honey bear') embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to deliver a song to his cherished owner's long-lost love, with the help of Gabi - an…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:26AMThe acrobatic theatrical production is part of the company's post-shutdown return.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMThe Broadway star-studded cast also includes Kimiko Glenn (Horse), Megan Hilty (Wammawink), Parvesh Cheena (Zulius), Josh Radnor (Durpleton), series creator Megan Nicole Dong (Glenda…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:13AMThis Week's New Classified Listings on BroadwayWorld for 7/29/2021 include new jobs for those looking to work in the theatre industry.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:10AMDirector and choreographer Graciela Daniele will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tonys when Broadway’s biggest night of the year returns in September after COVID dela…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM
The cast will be lead by Andrew Levitt (aka Nina West) as Edna Turnblad.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:59AMI am a huge fan of midwestern authors and poets from a century and more ago, guys like Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris, Sherwood Anderson, Edgar Lee Masters, Vachel Lindsay, George Ade, and o…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:54AMWhat will the union's new Open Access mean for the theatre industry? Here's our stab at an explainer.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 08:50AMThe Prince of Egypt has once again been forced to cancel upcoming performances due to Government-enforced COVID-19 legislation. Performances through 7 August have been cancelled at this time.
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Back To Indoors Masks Even With Vax, “Pass Over” Block Party, New “West Side Story” Trailer “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting the top theatre…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMThe concert marked the first live performance in the New Amsterdam Theatre since all of Broadway shut down in March of last year. The concert benefits The Actors Fund, who have provided sup…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:46AMFull of mystery, passion, heartache, and hope, the monthslong mailbox story comes to life outdoors.
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:45AMMore creative opportunities in the arts today. Do you want to help make the National Theatre more accessible? Join an amazing new mentoring programme for deaf, disabled or neurodivergent wri…
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Percy Adlon's 1987 film reopens the Old Vic, directed by Emma Rice and starring Sandra Marvin.
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 06:56AMThe theater offering at the Alpine festival features reworked classics by Shakespeare and one of the event’s founders.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:42AMPreviewing at the Apollo Theatre from 16 April 2022 with the opening night on 28 April 2022, Jerusalem will run until 6 August 2022. There will be over 800 seats at £15 or under each week…
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SOURCE: shentonstage.com at 06:18AMToday's top stories: Broadway-bound The Notebook musical sets its world premiere dates, Sutton Foster returns to Anything Goes, Six confirms casting, and more!
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:09AMBeing a big proponent of libraries a radio story by Marketplace on the value of libraries caught my attention. Being an economics focused show, their analysis initially focused on return on …
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SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:45AMIn today’s Tell Us In 10, we’re talking to Zizi Strallen and Charlie Stemp who star in the lead roles in Mary Poppins playing at the Prince Edward Theatre from 7 August.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:44AMSonia Friedman Productions and the Royal Court Theatre have confirmed the return of Ian Rickson’s production of Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem to London’s West End for a strictly limited …
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SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:09AMThe music of Leonard Cohen, and a visit to Broadstairs Folk Festival, inspired journalist Emma Burnell to write - and then direct her debut play. No Cure for Love premieres at London’s Lio…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMThe company’s response to pandemic cancellations? An eight-city tour with sleeper buses and a foldout stage to perform outdoors.
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