CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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November 30, 2022: If you go to Show-Score.com, an online site for theatre reviews, you’ll find that, within the past few year…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:42PMIn this electric, Tony Award®-nominated Best New Play from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat), the West Coast premiere of Clyde’s is a new comedy that serves up the story…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:32PM“Art must take reality by surprise.” So wrote the late, great French novelist and play write Françoise Sagan. Steve Lieberman would have no argument with that. The owner of SJ Lighting,…
SOURCE: PLSN at 09:18PMFisherman's Friends: The Musical is based on the true story of the real ”buoy band” Port Isaac's Fisherman’s Friends.
Members of the group attended the show's first performance in Tor…
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:12PMOur roundup of drama to watch at home includes Ivo van Hove’s epic, boisterous family fun and a dance fable for Christmas
“I never think about the audience until the last days before we …
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Holiday joy is on the way in the company's 'Christmas Revels: Celtic Crossroads.'
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:41PMActor-singer-storyteller Tim Connell returns to Pangea for a third time this year with ...and so it goes… on Thursday, December 8 and Saturday, December 17, both at 7 PM. He is joined by h…
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SOURCE: letstalkoffbroadway.com at 07:07PMA GLORIOUS DOWNSTREAM WILLOWS FOR OUR AGE You won’t see a prettier, more refreshing or sustainable stage this Christmas: natural colours, riverbank rushes, a bare tree (which will have…
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You’ve probably found yourself in a position at some point or another where you needed to create a bunch or rows with dates that increased/decreased by a fixed amount for each row. You cou…
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You will meet a young man holding onto a secret and the stranger he pays to listen. You will l…
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 05:38PMBeginning this week, two original musical productions from multi-talented Latin American artists will open in NYC. Playing December 1-3, at Lincoln Center’s Clark Studio Theater, is Englis…
SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 05:37PMAlso: Matthew Broderick will star in the world premiere of Joe DiPietro's Babbitt, plus the rest of the California theatre's 2023 season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMThis season, for the first time on Broadway, Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” is led by a Black family. In the latest episode of “The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal,” Wendell…
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SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:32PMThe new Jennifer Lawrence film stars Tony nominee Brian Tyree Henry and is overseen by theatre director Lila Neugebauer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:03PMJosh Rhodes directs Douglas Lyons and Ethan D. Pakchar's film, which makes its world premiere in New York December 1.
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La Jolla Playhouse has announced the first five productions of its 2023/2024 season, including the world-premiere musical The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical, music and ly…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:45PMBroadway’s “A Strange Loop” packed the Lyceum Theatre for a celebratory Black Theater Night on Nov. 29, followed by a talkback moderated by notable host and comedian Trevor Noah. Black…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 04:44PMIn my post about Billy Connolly t’other day I mentioned that, inconceivable as it may seem, there were some even more accomplished Scotsmen down the years. St. Andrew’s Day is the day to…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:24PMCritics, including Texas Senator Ted Cruz, claim Marks' review praises pedophilia.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:24PMNov 27: At our #AutismFriendlyPerformance, families got to waltz with sugarplum fairies and march with wooden soldiers as they took in the magic of George Balanchine’s #Nutcracker at Linco…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:18PMGo inside our 5-show-day #OffBroadway adventure! TDF Digital Content staffers Tyler Riley and Elyse Orecchio shared lots of laughs—and coffee—plus got in plenty of steps in while walking…
SOURCE: YouTube at 04:18PMUniversal Music Group Theatrical, Tina Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Enterprises have announced the development of Sinatra The Musical, a new musical based on the life and career of the legend…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:06PMThe veteran choreographer Sally Silvers celebrates her 40th anniversary season with “Pandora’s New Cake Stain,” a version of her first evening-length work.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:04PMThe Slave Play playwright and Emmy-winning screenwriter are the latest high-profile names to enter the world of producing on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:01PMWassan Al-Khudhairi has decided to leave the full-time position she's held since 2017.
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Spotify Wrapped season is here! We asked our readers which showtunes were in their most played of 2022.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:52PMThis past summer, Waldstadion in Frankfurt was the scene of two sold-out shows by one of Germany’s favorite rock bands over the years, Böhse Onkelz. Renowned lighting designer and longtim…
SOURCE: PLSN at 03:43PMDaniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Groff star in the latest production of Stephen Sondheim's classic musical "Merrily We Roll Along" off Broadway at the New York Theatre Workshop.
SOURCE: The New York Post at 03:39PMTheatre by the Lake, KeswickMary Norton’s 1952 novel about tiny pillagers gets a sober stage remake that blends minor-key music with contemporary fears
When Suella Braverman talked about a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMFrankie Grande will play his final performance as Victor Garber in Titanique at the Daryl Roth Theatre on December 22.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:30PMJoe DiPietro is penning the book for Sinatra the Musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMThe Slave Play playwright and Emmy-winning screenwriter are the latest high-profile names to enter the world of producing on Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMBefore The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal airs nationwide this weekend, we're offering a first look at the episode. Hosted by Emmy winner Fadal, this episode will air in New York City o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:03PMAnthony McCarten's The Collaboration has arrived on Broadway. The production, which had its world premiere at London’s Young Vic Theatre earlier this year, begins performances at Manha…
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December kicks off with plenty of holiday cheer—perfect if you celebrate. And there’s plenty for those who don’t. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:43PMA new musical about the iconic American singer is currently in development.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:42PMTonight's performance of Between Riverside and Crazy has been cancelled due to company illness. It would have been the show's first preview.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMThis feature documentary presents a thoughtful and vivid portrait of a community facing imposed relocation. At the centre of the story is a remarkably astute and luminous 12-year-old black g…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:36PMOdd Man Out from Martin Bondone, Carlos Armesto, and Facundo Bogarin is an immersive experience in complete darkness, following the story of a blind jazz musician. David Block previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:36PMDecking the halls with holiday concerts throughout December in the Philadelphia area. Gail Obenreder previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:32PMMarc Maron, from the popular comedy podcast WTF, is filming his special at New York City's Town Hall on Dec. 8.
SOURCE: The New York Post at 02:31PMThe contemporary ballet company, whose chief choreographer is Dwight Rhoden, presented dances at the Joyce Theater that felt like more of the same.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:28PMHoliday cheer at the cinemas, and screenings outside of the Christmas fare coming this month in the greater Philadelphia area. Stephen Silver rounds up.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:25PMThe first Broadway preview of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ play “Between Riverside and Crazy” has been canceled. Previews were scheduled to begin at the Hayes Theatre on Nov. 30, but will now…
SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 02:22PMUniversal Music Group Theatrical in association with Tina Sinatra and Frank Sinatra Enterprises announced SINATRA THE MUSICAL, a new musical based on the life and career of the legendary art…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:20PMJoe White is great at staging fraught emotions. His Mayfly in 2018 vividly showed a family whose members were at the end of their tethers; it also had an intriguingly intelligent form. In hi…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 02:14PMThe cast of A LITTLE SHAKESPEARE: ROMEO AND JULIET send their characters on blind dates... will they find a match or misery?
A LITTLE SHAKESPEARE: ROMEO AND JULIET is onstage Dec 2 – 11 /…
SOURCE: YouTube at 02:08PMClose to becoming federal law, the legislation could especially affect theatre artists working on out-of-state productions and national tours.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:06PMLea Michele will perform 'I'm the Greatest Star' from Funny Girl on Late Night With Seth Meyers. Michele recently opened the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with a performance of 'Don't Rain …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:05PMBy . This roundtable conversation will explore pathways for sustaining and furthering global exchange and international touring in the United States.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:02PMArthur Callahan, Company Manager for Ain't Too Proud on Broadway, the National Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, and the National Tour of Motown The Musical, has passed away.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMAt a preshow reception introducing the Goodman’s new artistic director, Susan V. Booth, executive director Roche Schulfer talked about how the theater’s production of A Christmas Carol, …
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 02:00PMEXCLUSIVE: A new stage musical based on the life and career of Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, the legendary Frank Sinatra, is in the works, with a book by Memphis and Diana writer Joe DiPietro and…
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(Matt Wolf’s article appeared in The New York Times, 11/24; via Pam Green; Photo: Rebecca Humphries and Alex Austin in “Blackout Songs,” directed by Guy Jones at the Hampstead Downst…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 01:58PMIn August Wilson's play, it makes sense to put all your faith in the lotto, even when you know the game is rigged.
SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 01:42PMFrank Capra’s 1946 Christmas classic film is packed frame-by-frame with small moments of storytelling perfection, and as I get older, there’s one that just guts me like a fish. Exhausted…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:34PMJeremy Pope and Paul Bettany, who starred in the London production, are joined on Broadway by Krysta Rodriguez and Erik Jensen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:32PMPROLIGHTS released its latest product in the soft light range, the EclSoft Tube100, a multipurpose, IP65 wireless linear pixel tube designed for indoor and outdoor environments. The EclSoft …
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:24PMAfter earning rave reviews during its Chicago premiere last year, Matthew Lombardo’s provocative take on a holiday classic makes a triumphant return to Theater Wit. Who’s Holiday follows…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:23PMHaving spent 54 of his 83 years directing stunning theater, Jack O’Brien talks about working with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tom Stoppard and Neil Simon, as well as his next Broadway show, 'Shuc…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 01:19PMInt. messy Chicago apartment, unseasonably hot end of November. Being a theater critic can be so isolating when you don’t fit the story being told. Most of the time, I […]
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SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 01:13PMEXCLUSIVE: Slave Play author Jeremy O. Harris and New York Jets tight end CJ Uzomah are the latest high-profile names to sign on as co-producers of a currently running Broadway production: T…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:12PMThe new play marks a historic moment with playwright Jordan E. Cooper, the youngest American playwright on Broadway
SOURCE: Theatrely at 01:10PMSystems Innovation and Media Powerhouse have joined forces for the ultimate international strategic growth initiative. By growing in each respective portfolio and acquiring significant amoun…
SOURCE: PLSN at 01:06PMAfter competing ideas and a cease-and-desist order, “Invincible — The Musical” arrives onstage. Just don’t call it a jukebox musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMAmanda Seyfried has revealed that she would 'kill' to do Mean Girls on Broadway with Lindsay Lohan and the original film's cast. While they both agreed that a sequel film does not seem likel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:00PMThe artistic director has served 17 seasons and produced 88 shows at the Northern California theatre.
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ChoiceLIVE (formerly Upstage Video), a premier provider of AV and production services for live events, is pleased to announce the confirmation of Jason Cataldi as CEO. Cataldi will guide the…
SOURCE: PLSN at 12:56PMThe 15th anniversary gala will honor founding members Adam Sansiveri and Ryan Stana.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMFeaturing Keith Habersberger of The Try Guys, the band has performed on America's Got Talent and Bring the Funny.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMBelow is a day-by-day calendar of theater opening* in December, a month that features six new Broadway shows, including two by Black playwrights making their Broadway debuts — one at age 2…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:41PMMaury Yeston's song cycle and two sets of Sondheim songs: The calendar inching us to December is an apt cue to turn to December Songs, with Victoria Clark taking on Maury Yeston's one-charac…
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 12:35PM'The Phantom of the Opera' has delayed its Broadway closing by eight weeks, and will now end its historic Broadway run on April 16, 2023.
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Critic's Pick! Kimberly Akimbo is “profoundly funny and heartbreaking. The season's most moving new musical" (The New York Times).
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SOURCE: YouTube at 11:57AMStephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside and Crazy has arrived on Broadway. The production, directed by Austin Pendleton, begins previews on November 30 at the Hayes …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:48AMArielle Jacobs led the cast of Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer's storybook musical.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMThe young actor joins Sierra Boggess in the cast of Warren Carlyle's revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:48AMPerformances begin tonight for the Manhattan Theatre Club's production of The Collaboration. Warhol. Basquiat. Electric, eccentric, polar opposites... together, for the first time in the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:40AMRead the Broadway League's letter to its members expanding upon their strong opposition to a casino being opened in Times Square.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:32AMTheater fans will have a chance to see Donna Lynne Champlin sink her teeth into a real role onstage once again for one-night-only: On December 12 she will take to the stage at The Sheen Cent…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:31AMAndy Blankenbuehler is the best choreographer working in theater, and his brilliance is on full display in the new musical Only Gold. This production, playing off-Broadway at MCC Theater, is…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 11:21AMThe parody musical plays Off-Broadway's Daryl Roth Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:12AMNetflix has released the trailer for season three of Emily In Paris, featuring Tony nominee Ashley Park. The series also stars Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Ashley P…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:03AMThe Rocky Horror Show started as a tiny fringe production upstairs at the Royal Court, nearly 50 years ago. Over time it has grown and developed, but still retains the connection with fans w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMHis co-stars, Paul Bettany, Krysta Rodriguez, and Erik Jensen, also try to paint a picture of Anthony McCarten’s new play coming to Broadway.
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Watch an exclusive video clip from My So-Called High School Rank, which showcases the musical's success as high schoolers around the country connected with the show’s themes as they themse…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:46AMFor decades he wrote about theater in The Village Voice, but he also was a dramaturge and a Tony-nominated translator.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 09:29AMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has announced that Alice by Heart has joined the MTI catalogue and will be available for licensing in the early part of 2023 for a limi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:05AMBroadwayWorld's 20th Anniversary Concert will take place on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at the iconic Sony Hall (235 W 46th St., NY, NY), in the heart of Broadway’s theatre district. The evening …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:00AMLa Maupin is a folk punk musical celebrating this queer icon, written by Olivia Thompson and performed by a small cast of actor-musicians from female-led theatre company Fantastic Garlands. …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThese sea shanty-singing Cornish men started a ‘buoy band,’ inked a million-dollar-plus record deal and now have a musical celebrating their unlikely story, playing at the Royal Alexandr…
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The great Anglo-Irish satirist Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born this day. My previous post on this literary hero of mine was a bit perfunctory, so today we lay down something slightly mor…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:48AMThe Music Man, with Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman, was recently extended through January 15, 2023. The Broadway show continues to break box office records.
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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Make Merry for the Holidaze.
November 30, 2022: The world’s foremost, all-male comic ballet company delighting the savvy and novi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:27AMDance reaches new audiences, and sometimes new heights, during the holidays.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AMIf you've had enough holiday theater already, here are five shows that are not about Christmas.
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‘Phantom’ Pushes Back Closing, ‘A Doll’s House’ Sets Broadway Details, ‘Chess’ Concert Reveals Full Cast “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitt…
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SOURCE: YouTube at 07:46AMStepping away from the spotlight and working backstage could be one of the most valuable experiences in your professional/community acting career. Here's why!
SOURCE: blog.stageagent.com at 07:40AMBlippi The Musical brings the curious and fun character Blippi off the screen and onto the stage, read Blippi's interview here.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:12AMOthello at the National Theatre is a production that has thought very carefully about the things it wants to say and, particularly, what Othello has meant at different points in its performa…
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Leeds Playhouse The rags-to-riches roots of the Roald Dahl story are emphasised in this family show, but video effects blunt the rough magic
There’s something of the fairytale about Charli…
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The Lion King UK and Ireland Tour has announced new casting with Kyle Richardson taking on the role of Simba. Book The Lion King UK Tour tickets now.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:47AMYou may have seen news about Ulster County, NY’s demon-spider I Voted sticker. It made national news because the design by 14 year old Hudson Rowan was so strikingly cool/strange and garne…
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:18AMNewcastle is set to dress up in ballet shoes and tutus from October next year, with the West End and
SOURCE: AussieTheatre.com at 06:09AMIn 2021, we embarked upon creating a record of what happened to us during the 18 month Broadway shutdown. What we discovered is that we led our industry, and ourselves, out of the great, dar…
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The Pulitzer-winning Stephen Adly Guirgis play made its world premiere Off-Broadway in 2014.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AMHamilton's Michael Luwoye stars as the anti-apartheid activist.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AMJeremy Pope and Paul Bettany lead the cast of the West End transfer.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AMClint Dyer is the first Black man to direct the Shakespeare tragedy at a major British theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:36AMJul 11, 2021 - 25 Years of Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award Winners | Playbill.
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SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMEverything is beautiful at the accessible ballet! On Sunday, November 27, TDF presented our inaugural Autism Friendly Performance of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® at Lincoln Center. N…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMIn-person shows have been back for over a year now, but sometimes we want to get our theatre fix at home. Thankfully, there are still wonderful stage performances to watch online. Our carefu…
SOURCE: TDF at 12:00AMEverything is beautiful at the accessible ballet! On Sunday, November 27, TDF presented our inaugural Autism Friendly Performance of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® at Lincoln Center. N…
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