Monday, August 26, 2013
Everything old is new again on Broadway this season. In addition to the literary classics (Shakespeare, Williams, Pinter), this Broadway season features the stories of some of your favorite …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01AMMonday, August 5, 2013
Here's something no one ever saw coming: a musical version of the AMC drama series Breaking Bad — as performed by middle school students. Created by the comedy duo Rhett & Link, Breaking B…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01PMFriday, August 2, 2013
At this point it looks quite likely that Broadway's newest dreamboat, Billy Magnussen, has been cast in the upcoming film version of the Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Though Magnussen has…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:47AMWednesday, July 31, 2013
Harry Potter, the hero of the wizarding world turns 33 today. Assuming he makes it through the next year, he'll be outliving the likes of John Belushi, Eva Perón, and Jesus without ever hav…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMFriday, July 26, 2013
July marks TheaterMania's birthday month, and this year, we're turning the big 1-4. What better way to celebrate a birthday than with the tasty deliciousness of a giant sheet cake? We're not…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:02AMWednesday, July 24, 2013
Dulé Hill, a veteran of Broadway's Stick Fly and Bring In 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, will join American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple) in the upcoming Broadway productio…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:26PMMonday, July 22, 2013
We here at TheaterMania were feeling a little outdone by WhatsonStage.com's lovely Shakespearean offering for the nearly existent royal baby. So, feeling a little awkward about not having of…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PMAshton Springer, one of Broadway's first major African-American producers, has died at the age of 82, according to The New York Times. The paper reports that the cause was pneumonia. Active…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:28AMSaturday, July 20, 2013
Will Broadway's Big Fish be Katie Thompson-less? That's what we're wondering after spying an audition notice in trade papers for The Witch, the character she played in Chicago. Thompson was…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:27AMThursday, July 4, 2013
If the Supreme Court's recent rulings on DOMA and Prop. 8 have taught us anything, it's that sometimes our country can be kind of awesome. Of course, the theater community has known that all…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMWednesday, June 19, 2013
The third annual Off Broadway Alliance Awards were presented on Tuesday, June 18 at a ceremony at theater district eatery Sardi's. Honoring outstanding achievement throughout the 2012-2013 s…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:00AMFriday, June 14, 2013
Before Billy Porter graduated from the school of hard knocks and became a Tony Award winner for his role as the fabulous drag queen Lola in Kinky Boots, he played the newly imagined, gospel-…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMThursday, June 13, 2013
Is Billy Magnussen (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) Broadway's Kanye West? He has the same joie de vivre and way with words. They're both incredibly attractive and dating people who are…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:54PMSunday, June 9, 2013
Check back here starting at 8pm tonight and all throughout the ceremony for commentary, news from the press room, and all the oh-my-god-it's-really-happening excitement that only the Tony Aw…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:30AMFriday, June 7, 2013
UPDATED, June 7: Otis Sallid, best known as the conceiver, director, and choreographer of the beloved musical revue Smokey Joe's Café, will premiere his new musical in Waterwell's Summer Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:10PMUPDATED, June 7: Otis Sallid, best known as the conceiver, director, and choreographer of the beloved musical revue Smokey Joe's Café, will premiere his new musical in Waterwell's Summer Th…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:10PMLooking for something to do during commercial breaks or while winners give their heartfelt-but-long-winded acceptance speeches? TheaterMania has you covered. Check out our series of Tony ac…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:07PMThursday, June 6, 2013
TheaterMania is pleased to announce that Michael Feingold — until recently chief theater critic of The Village Voice — will become a contributor to TheaterMania with a monthly column beg…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:01AMWednesday, June 5, 2013
Tony Danza
Maybe the Tonyest Tony of all is Tony Danza, who is well known for playing not one, not two, but three on-screen characters named Tony. Here you see Tony Danza in one of his rare …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMMonday, June 3, 2013
A good Tony Award acceptance speech can be funny, touching, or downright weird. Here are a few of our favorites to tide you over to June 9: Rita Moreno, The Ritz — Best Featured Actress i…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMThursday, May 30, 2013
Music superstars Bono and The Edge surprised the May 29 audience at the Foxwoods Theatre when they took the stage following the performance of their musical, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark to …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:49PMSunday, May 26, 2013
Smash, the NBC drama about the inner workings of a Broadway musical, was laid to rest on Sunday, May 26, 2013 after 32 episodes. Smash starred Debra Messing and Christian Borle as a beleag…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00PMMost of the cast of Arrested Development has yet to make their Broadway debut. The Bluths have proven that family stays together no matter the medium (network TV, Netflix streaming, the Broa…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00AMWednesday, May 22, 2013
George Bluth Sr. – Richard Kind
Richard Kind can be really scary, as when he's bellowing at Bobby Cannavale in The Big Knife. Simultaneously, however, he always comes off as a bit of a lov…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:05PMFriday, May 10, 2013
The first trailer for the highly anticipated film adaptation of Tracy Letts' August: Osage County, starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, has been released. Just in time for Thanksgiving, …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:43AMTuesday, April 30, 2013
The results are in! Broadway (and television) stars Sutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson held court this morning at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts where they announced…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AMThe results are in! Broadway (and television) stars Sutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson held court this morning at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts where they announced…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:33AMSutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson are announcing the 2012-2013 Tony Award nominations right now at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. See below for the nominees as the…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:36AMSutton Foster and Jesse Tyler Ferguson announced the 2012-2013 Tony Award nominations today at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The nominees are listed below. Best Play…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 08:36AMWednesday, April 24, 2013
Horton Foote's classic 1953 play, The Trip to Bountiful, found its new home last night, April 23, on the stage of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AMHorton Foote's classic 1953 play, The Trip to Bountiful, found its new home last night, April 23, on the stage of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50AM 
