Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 7pm (Broadway Time)
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For International Romani Day: On the Romance of “Gypsies” and “Bohemians” by Trav S.D.

I couldn’t let International Romani Day pass this year without adding a piece to our recent spate of posts about the roots of theatre and the variety arts. I’m pretty sure most folks don…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:54PM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 6pm (Broadway Time)
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Young African and Asian women reclaim their sexuality in ‘Vierge’ and ‘Love You Wrong Time’ by Karen Fricker - Theatre Critic

One looks at the cost of not talking to girls about sex. The other pokes fun at the sexualization and fetishization of Asian women.

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 06:37PM

Bad Cinderella - Well, Yes It Is; But Only Mostly by Judd Hollander

Reviewed by Judd Hollander  Bad Cinderella, the new musical at Broadway’s Imperial Theatre, is the latest effort from composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. While the show boasts a very appealing…

SOURCE: Stage Buzz at 06:24PM

Les Misérables is still the world's most popular musical by The 5th Avenue Theatre

Watch the all-new interview with Cameron Mackintosh, Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and other creative team members behind the massive international hit: Les Misérables. . . . Pl…

SOURCE: YouTube at 06:13PM

David Merrick's Big Announcement: The Infamous Opening Night of 42ND STREET by AJ Hunsucker

Lee Roy Reams opens up about one of Broadway's most historic nights.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:04PM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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Moment Bodyguard theatregoer sings ‘I Will Always Love You’ before woman thrown out by Liam James

Actor playing Kevin Costner’s part apologised for ‘disgusting’ behaviour in crowd

SOURCE: The Independent at 04:42PM

The Shot by Victoria Dammer

Famed Washington publisher Katharine Graham, played by accomplished actor Sharon Lawrence in a solo performance, transforms from an abused homemaker into one of the most powerful women in th…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 04:29PM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Dance Review: ‘Anna Karenina’ by The Joffrey Ballet at Kennedy Center Opera House by Carolyn Kelemen

  The Joffrey Ballet visits the Kennedy Center this week and dancing for all its worth. As it turned out, it was worth a lot on opening night—as dance, as terrific theater, as a living le…

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:52PM

Bringer of Doom by Darryl Reilly

An embittered woman contrives to have a disaffected standup comedian roast her imperious mother and her boyfriend in this intriguing black comedy. The post Bringer of Doom appeared first o…

SOURCE: theaterscene.org at 03:49PM

Listen: Amy Irving Talks New Album and More on LITTLE KNOWN FACTS with Ilana Levine

Little Known Facts is a weekly podcast hosted by stage and film actress Ilana Levine. This week's episode features Amy Irving! Listen to the full episode here!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:48PM

OnStage Colorado podcast – Early April 2023 by Alex Miller

Featuring guests Rachel Graham, Mark Ragan and Jessica Robblee

SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 03:07PM

Theatre Review: ‘As You Like It’ by The British Players at Kensington Town Hall by Kristin Franco

“All the world’s a stage/and all the men and women merely players.” The players this time are literal as The British Players take on one of the Bard’s most endearing comedies, “As …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 03:04PM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Tao of Glass Review. Boring Philip Glass, Living Theater. by Jonathan Mandell

Philip Glass fell asleep in the middle of the pitch that actor and director Phelim McDermott was making for a theater piece the two could create together. “I’ve bored Philip Glass McDer…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 02:52PM

The Yanomami Struggle (Art Exhibit) by Holli Harms

This is an art exhibit beyond art.

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 02:49PM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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‘Bodyguard’ Musical Halted by ‘Mini-Riot,’ as Rowdy Theatergoers Loudly Singing Along With ‘I Will Always Love You’ Are Dragged Out by Chris Willman

A touring production of the stage version of “The Bodyguard” was brought to a halt and canceled in Manchester, England on Friday night after patrons would not stop singing along with the…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PM

Video: Watch Liz Callaway Sing 'So Big / So Small' From DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Watch Liz Callaway sing 'So Big / So Small' from Dear Evan Hansen at MAIRI DORMAN-PHANEUF: MUSIC OF BROADWAY FOR CELLO & PIANO at 54 Below.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:48PM

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MICHAEL BENNETT

April 8, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler

SOURCE: ronfassler.stck.me at 01:38PM

Inspired By Lifelong Bra Pain, She Founded A Company That Makes Ergonomically Efficient Wire-Free Bras by Jeryl Brunner

Bree McKeen, CEO of Evelyn & Bobbie, is devoted to re-architecting the bra.

SOURCE: Forbes at 01:17PM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Martin McDonagh Says Theatres Have Refused to Perform His Plays Because He Wouldn't Make Language More 'Palatable'

According to an interview with BBC 4, Martin McDonagh says that theatres have refused to perform his plays because he would not allow them to change the language.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:48PM

PBS series ‘Next at the Kennedy Center’ to feature screen premiere of ‘Doña Perón’ by NYC’s Ballet Hispánico by Deb Miller

If you missed it live and in-person during the winter of 2022, the next installment of the new PBS primetime performing arts series Next at the Kennedy Center, a multi-year collaboration bet…

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 12:20PM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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WWDTM: The First Quarter Century by NPR

We celebrate our 25th anniversary with Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Ed Helms, Bonnie Raitt, and more!

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 11:55AM

"Life of Pi" Ponders the Mysteries of Faith by Jan Simpson

It somehow feels appropriate during this Easter-Passover weekend to note that a lot of shows both on and off Broadway have been wrestling with faith this season (click here to read more abou…

SOURCE: Broadway & Me at 11:32AM

‘All will be reminded of the beauty of the natural world’: THE LOST SPELLS – Touring ★★★★ by Fairy Powered Productions

Children will be spellbound by the magic of the set and the catchy tunes in The Lost Spells, and adults will be reminded of the innocence of their childhoods. All will be reminded of the bea…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘English’ is a master class in subtext by Lily Janiak

In leaving room for subtext, Sanaz Toossi’s West Coast premiere trusts actors and directors to coauthor a play’s meaning, showing understanding of how real people talk.

SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle at 10:48AM

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MICHAEL BENNETT by Ron Fassler

Michael Bennett (1943–1987).April 8, 2023: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler Had he lived, today would mark Michael Bennett’s 80th birthday. He died in Tucson, Arizona in 1987…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 10:35AM

‘Squid Game’ Star Hoyeon Says Fame Includes ‘Many Unbelievable Experiences,’ But Also ‘Moments of Self-Doubt’ by Marc Malkin

Hoyeon and Donald Glover were among the honorees at the inaugural GQ Global Creativity Awards on Thursday at the WSA, a new cultural center in downtown Manhattan. Hosted by musical artist Ia…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:30AM

‘WE GET INSIDE THEIR SHAME, THEIR EGO, THEIR DESTRUCTION’: JACK THORNE BRINGS BURTON AND GIELGUD BACK TO THE STAGE by Robert Shuman

(Jack Thorne’s article appeared in the Guardian, 4/7; via Pam Green; To thine own self be true … John Gielgud directs Richard Burton in rehearsals for Hamlet. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettm…

SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 10:16AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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'Champion' is not your grandmother's Metropolitan Opera by Tom Vitale

Terence Blanchard made history last season when his opera Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first work by a Black composer staged by the Metropolitan Opera. And the Met has asked for more.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 09:03AM

Disney's Descendants The Musical at Center Grove Middle School Central - PLAYBILLder

Center Grove Middle School Central. Greenwood, IN. 1665849. Copyright © 2023 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission.

SOURCE: Google at 09:02AM

Disney's Beauty and the Beast JR. at Ralph Parr Elementary Drama Club - PLAYBILLder

The Ralph Parr Elementary Drama Club proudly presents... 1699061. Copyright © 2023 Playbill Online Inc. All marks used by permission.

SOURCE: Google at 09:02AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Joanna Greer, Teacher and Associate Artistic Director of TADA! Youth Theater, Has Passed Away

Joanna Greer, a beloved member of the NYC theater community, and a devoted teacher who was dedicated to handing down the art forms of dance and storytelling, passed away on March 31 peaceful…

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:32AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: IT’S ONLY A PLAY (Theatre 40) by Tony Frankel

IT’S ONLY A FLOP There’s a glaring contradiction in It’s Only a Play: Written by the usually crafty Terrence McNally, a 20-time Broadway playwright, this two-act love letter to Broadw…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 07:52AM

APPLE 🍎 TV Shmigadoon. by Corine Cohen

I saw the first two episodes of Schmigadoon this time a darker musical setting which has a narrator from Pippin. They start with Pippin go to Cabaret, Chicago and Hair. TITUS BURGESS plays t…

SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 07:19AM

Aging is a magical trip in ‘The Grown-Up’ from UMBC Theatre by Andy Arnold

A young boy's fantasy has a lesson: Enjoy your youth, death is coming.

SOURCE: dctheaterarts.org at 07:04AM

‘An incredible debut’: SAP – Touring by Liz Dyer

It doesn’t take long to understand why Rafaella Marcus’ debut play Sap garnered so many rave reviews at last year’s Edinburgh Fringe. The quality of the writing and its exceptional del…

SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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The Bodyguard: Police ‘called to Manchester Palace Theatre’ after audience ‘riot’ ends show early by Isobel Lewis

‘I thank everyone who was respectful of the performers and [feel] very, very sorry for those who weren’t,’ said show’s star Melody Thornton

SOURCE: The Independent at 06:42AM

Bring your own tots as ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Live comes to CT this week in things to do and see by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks for April 9-15 include Girl Named Tom at UConn, the latest Hartford Symphony Masterworks concert, an all-female Iron Maiden tribute band in Norwalk and the national …

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Tony Winner Laura Benanti Reveals She Performed On Stage While Experiencing Miscarriage; Thanks Audience For Support by Caroline Frost

Broadway and TV actress Laura Benanti has revealed she performed on stage earlier this week, despite her knowledge that she was experiencing a miscarriage. The Tony Award winner wrote on Ins…

SOURCE: Deadline at 05:45AM

The Dry House, Marylebone Theatre review - fine performances in Irish three-hander by Helen Hawkins

Eugene O'Hare treads familiar ground with his confessional about alcoholism Eugene O’Hare’s The Dry House is the kind of spare but oddly lyrical three-hander that would have made a good …

SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:06AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 3am (Broadway Time)
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‘Did I watch my ex on I’m a Celebrity? No – I was busy doing a five-star play’: Rebecca Humphries on love, heartbreak and Blackout Songs by Ellie Harrison

Almost a year after publishing her self-worth memoir, ‘Why Did You Stay?’, the actor talks to Ellie Harrison about moving on, and her subversive stage romcom

SOURCE: The Independent at 03:32AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Theater Review: MENSTRUATION: A PERIOD PIECE (Big Little Theatre Company at the L.A. LGBT Center) by Tony Frankel

I CAN’T GET THAT TASTE OUT OF MY MOUTH Get ready for a show that is all vagina and no vulva. This bloody awful musical by Big Little Theater Company is of the women, by the women and for t…

SOURCE: stageandcinema.com at 02:35AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Theatre in the Real World: Create Your Own Company by Kerry Hishon

Here is a group project that is a great complement to our last blog post, Theatre in the Real World: Theatre Company Profile. Your students have been introduced to various theatre companies,…

SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 01:00AM
Saturday, April 8, 2023 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Wagner’s Ring, Melbourne Opera, March 24-April 2, 2023 by Deborah

It should come as a surprise to no one that Melburnians saw the first complete Der Ring des Nibelungen in Australia. The city has always had something of a yen for Wagner. The year was 191…

SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 12:37AM

Ariana DeBose Does the Thing for Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series April 8 by Logan Culwell-Block

The West Side Story star will pay tribute to her musical influences, including Dionne Warwick, Stephen Sondheim, Judy Garland, and more.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM

World Premiere of Hansol Jung's Modern Verse Romeo and Juliet Begins April 8 by Leah Putnam

Starring Broadway's Major Curda, Dorcas Leung, and Brian Lee Huynh, the show plays New Jersey's Two River Theater before transferring Off-Broadway.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM

Allegiance Musical, Starring George Takei and Telly Leung, Closes in London April 8 by Andrew Gans

The U.K. premiere of the 2015 Broadway musical plays the Charing Cross Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM

Six Star Andrea Macasaet Is Mimi in Stratford Festival Rent Beginning April 8 by Andrew Gans

Thom Allison directs Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical at the Canadian venue.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:32AM

Why Williamstown Theatre Fest has no full shows this summer by Steve Barnes

How do you re-create what once took 300 people if half of them who were unpaid now have to be compensated?

SOURCE: Times Union at 12:27AM

All the Drama: 1922 Pulitzer Prize Winner “Anna Christie” by Eugene O’Neill by Jan Simpson

All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama: “Anna Christie”1922 Pulitzer…

SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:01AM

IMPRESSIONS: Amber Sloan at Arts on Site by The Dance Enthusiast

At Arts on Site, Amber Sloan brings us back to the bittersweet, vulnerable moments as a child growing up in dance classes, auditions, and the moment when a dancer falls in love with the art …

SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AM

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