1. The 39 Steps at Fells Point Corner Theatre. “You don’t have to be a lover of the legendary Hitchcock to be enchanted by this evening of non-stop laughter and ingenious theater.&…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:57PMWho is Ella Caldwell? I grew up on the south-east coast of NSW in a little country town called Candelo, near Merimbula. That place has a lot to do with who I am. And I’m an actor, a foundi…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 11:33PMDownload fileA preview of what we’re looking forward to at the theater in New York City this month: Straight, Washer/Dryer from Ma-Yi Theater Company, The Grand Paradise from Third …
SOURCE: Maxamoo at 11:30PM by Eric J. Grimm Company XIV’s erotic dance fairy tales have quickly become a phenomenon at the West Village’s Minetta Lane Theatre, with Nutcracker Rouge bec…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:29PMBigger is better and they don’t come much bigger than the fearlessly flamboyant and fabulously furry Frock Hudson, the queerer alter ego of cabaret comedian Dean Arcuri, debuting this Mids…
SOURCE: Australian Arts Review at 11:07PM by Samuel L. Leiter Are you a sitcom fan? Do you enjoy watching comic stereotypes (especially Asian and gay) run through smartly formulated, if admi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:00PM
yeah, i met this girl
Off Off Broadway, UNDER St. Marks, Elsinore County
Reviewed by Shani Friedman
BOTTOM LINE: A funny and thought-provoking dissection of the man/woman mating dance that…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 09:52PMAlan Cumming stops by the stoop and chats about his recent trip with 1st Look to Scotland.
SOURCE: YouTube at 09:10PMAlmost 20 years ago, Jay Donnell saw the musical “Ragtime” and, to hear him tell it, suddenly knew his place was on the stage instead of in the audience. Now Donnell is about to star as …
SOURCE: The San Diego Union-Tribune at 09:10PMIowa is one of the great political states in our union, thanks to the first big Presidential primary race (which is underway on the day this blog goes live!). What most people don’t k…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 09:10PMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending January 31st, 2016.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 09:10PMDon’t worry. We didn’t Marty McFly-back in time. It is February 2nd. But I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year. Again. Here’s why. There’s something amazing…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 09:10PMHE AND SHE AND ME The performers’ abundant charm can’t overcome the script’s shortcoming in I and You, Lauren Gunderson’s tedious comedic drama about two high schoolers attempting a …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:10PMŽeljko Lučić, known for his performances of Verdi operas, plays Otello’s sinister rival Iago in GP at the Met: Otello. This excerpt is from Iago’s “Credo” from Act II.…
SOURCE: PBS at 09:10PMHow did the latest live TV musical stack up against its predecessors?
Fox's Grease: Live was easily the most ambitious live TV musical we've seen. The effort…
SOURCE: BuzzFeed at 09:10PMWell, I’m looking for a dream on a mean machine, with hell in his eyes.
Fox hasn't announced any plans to follow up Grease: Live with a live TV production …
SOURCE: BuzzFeed at 09:10PMMegan Hilty as Brooke, with co-stars David Furr and Jeremy Shamos, in Noises Off.
Joan Marcus
The superficial similarities between the character of Brooke in the current Broadway revi…
SOURCE: BuzzFeed at 09:10PMPaul Meecham, who became president and CEO of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra a decade ago after a period of high deficits and rocky morale, and quickly corrected its course, is stepping do…
SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun Subscription at 09:10PMAs a new block of ‘Hamilton’ tickets goes on sale to the public Tuesday, would-be audience members may find themselves shut out.
SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal at 09:10PMWondering what to do with that old computer keyboard? Or your out-of-date smartphone? Considering it is illegal in the state of New York to dispose of any items classified as electronic wast…
SOURCE: Backstage at 09:10PMNEW YORK — A-list stars like Helen Mirren, Audra McDonald, Neil Patrick Harris and Jake Gyllenhaal will help honor the Roundabout Theatre Company in a short film to air on NBC in New York …
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 09:10PMJames Corden is a Tony winner himself, for 2012's 'One Man, Two Guvnors'
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:10PMThe orchestra performed a shortened version of the play with the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey and Montclair State University's Prima Voce
SOURCE: NJ.com at 09:10PMThe good in the play outweighs the bad, and the current Toronto production, which comes to us from England
SOURCE: news.nationalpost.com at 09:07PMAn Israeli artist blacklist. Boston gets a Frida. And Microsoft founder Paul Allen’s possibly short-lived Seattle art space. Also: the passing of an iconic American Indian dancer, a galler…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05PMHistory is given a warm theatrical salute in "Fly," a tap-dance-infused drama that tells the story of a group of Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American Army Air Corps fighters who helpe…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05PMCBS has tapped one of its own comedic talents to host one of its most prestigious awards-show telecasts — but will it be enough to bring back viewers? James Corden will follow in the hi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05PM“I am not your rabbi, I am not your father, I am not your shrink, I am not your friend, I am not your teacher,” the Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko warns his new assistant in …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 09:05PMEnsemble Theatre launches two plays dealing with race in America on Friday.
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:04PMThanks to Cleveland and Oberlin Opera Theaters, what might have been a rough-edged run-through of a new work, Nkeiru Okoye's "Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line to Freedom," …
SOURCE: Cleveland.com at 09:04PMSarasota Opera’s 29th season finally includes the Verdi opera most often requested: “Aida,” composed for performance at the Cairo Opera House in 1871. Since its... Read more »
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 09:02PMA varied look at life and performing styles in one-person show festival... Read more »
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 09:02PMJohn Patrick Shanley's romantic drama is set in a small Irish village... Read more »
SOURCE: ticket.heraldtribune.com at 09:02PMTwo stars of Broadway’s hit “Hamilton” hip-hopped their way from the American Revolution to a TV institution.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PMProducers of the hit Broadway show will re-open its online digital lottery Feb. 2.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PMCarpool karaoke comes to the Great White Way for Broadway's biggest night.
SOURCE: New York Daily News at 09:00PMThe Hamilton composer's best running joke was that Grease, with its emotional songs and suggestive dances, was getting him pregnant.
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PMWhile trying to DVR Grease Live! last night before its premiere, I was struck by one peculiarity of the musical (and no, I'm not talking about the odd stunt casting choice of Bunk from The W…
SOURCE: The New York Observer at 09:00PM
The 70th annual edition of the Tony Awards will be hosted by James Corden, who ticks two boxes: he has a late-night talker on long-time awardscaster CBS and is a past Tony champ. This Britis…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 08:58PMNEW YORK (AP) -- A-list stars like Helen Mirren, Audra McDonald, Neil Patrick Harris and Jake Gyllenhaal will help honor the Roundabout Theatre Company in a short film to air on NBC i…
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PMNEW YORK (AP) -- James Corden will be staying up late for real to host the Tony Awards....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PMNEW YORK (AP) -- Even in a show with plenty of magic, a special sort of it happens right after intermission at "Aladdin" on Broadway....
SOURCE: Associated Press at 08:58PMSunday night saw the première of “Grease: Live,” a television adaptation of the original musical that no one really needed but was wholly entertaining nonetheless. The revival came aft…
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 08:57PM'Grease: Live' and Vanessa Hudgens' remarkable performance made for must-see TV.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 08:55PMThe It Girl
Through Sunday. The Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake, 1512 Spruce St. (Entrance on Hicks St.). Tickets: $10-$25. Information: 267-437-7529 or [email protected].
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:54PMIt's not an obvious career path: Eduardo Vilaro has gone from starring in a middle school production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown to becoming an award-winning choreographer and direct…
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:54PMFox pulls off the most ambitious live TV musical yet.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:54PMMusical theater loves Philly and vice versa. Here's a partial list of some of the big-name musicals rolling through town.
SOURCE: Philly.com at 08:54PMCarly Rae Jepsen made one of 2015's standout pop albums, Emotion, on her own terms, and she's back with more bold choices for 2016. On Sunday night, Jepsen starred in Fox's megasuccessful…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PMYou're right. Why don't they give out Tonys for YouTube videos? We're close to that inevitability, right? God, you are prescient. As a reward, here is six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald sin…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PMIf theater is a hot medium, musical theater burns, making it a particularly bad match for the coolness of television. The three recent live musicals on NBC (The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, Th…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PMIn less than 18 months, James Corden has gone from "who?" to America's favorite karaoke singer, and now he's capped his ascent with a gig hosting this year's Tony Awards, which, like…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PMThe ratings for Grease: Live are in, and Fox execs could be forgiven for busting out the hand jive this morning. Sunday’s spectacular small-screen reinvention of the 1978 movie (which itse…
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PMThis a banner year for Donizetti at the Metropolitan Opera, propelled by soprano Sondra Radvanovsky’s ambition to perform all three of his Tudor queens (Anne Boleyn; Mary, Queen of Scots; …
SOURCE: Vulture at 08:53PMThe show concluded with a special message to the star's late father.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:51PM'Grease Live!' on Fox experienced highs and lows from equipment malfunctions and unexpected weather events, to great costumes and some epic performances. For the most part though, the latest…
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:51PMThe thirst was real.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:51PMAn average of 12.2 million viewers tuned in to Sunday's three-hour telecast
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:51PMThe highly praised show was dedicated to Vanessa Hudgens' father, who passed away the day before the show.
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SOURCE: USA Today at 08:51PMThe news behind the numbers.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:51PMFox took its big bow into the live TV musical space on Jan. 31 with “Grease Live,” and it hit a home run. The three-hour production drew the best ratings for a musical since NBC’s “…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMMary-Louise Parker will star in a Broadway transfer of the well-received Off Broadway play “Heisenberg,” which will open at Manhattan Theater Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Thea…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMThe allure of live event programming was on display again Sunday night, as Fox’s live three-hour production of “Grease Live!” drew the best ratings for a musical since NBC&…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PM“Hamilton” was the heavy at the Broadway box office last week — by a lot, as the Street recovered from the knockout blow it got dealt by the blizzard the previous frame. Ea…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMDirector and writer Edward Parone, who was a mentor to many of the promising young playwrights in 1960s New York, including Edward Albee and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), died at his home in N…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMJames Corden, who won a Tony Award for his Broadway turn in “One Man, Two Guvnors” before CBS tapped him for “The Late Late Show,” will host the 70th annual Tony Awar…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMSunday night’s live musical performance “Grease Live” on Fox was a resounding success, winning raves from fans and critics alike. The three-hour production, from Paramount…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMLolita Chakrabarti’s impassioned debut has only gained topicality since its 2012 Tricycle incarnation. Trevor Nunn’s all-white Wars of the Roses and #OscarsSoWhite, among others, have fa…
SOURCE: The Arts Desk at 08:17PMIt’s the music, first and foremost, that carries the bio-play Rock And Roll Refugee, based on the hard times and rebellious life of Genya Ravan.
SOURCE: TalkinBroadway at 08:13PM
Baba Brinkman is a Canadian rap artist and award-winning playwright. To date, Brinkman has written six hip-hop plays, which have toured the world and enjoyed successful runs at the Edinburgh…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:51PMSeveral special guests showed up for GUTENBERG THE MUSICALIN CONCERT at Feinstein's54 Below last night, February 1st, including Darren Criss and Joss Whedon. Scroll down for photos
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:40PMby Marilyn Lester On October 17, 1915 one of America’s greatest playwrights was born in New York City. Arthur Miller was followed seven years later by baby sister, Joan, who went on…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 07:32PMThe LC Dialogues series will continue today, February 2 730 pm with PaulGemignani,Stephen Sondheim's musical director for the last 40 years, as he sits for an intimate conversation with Just…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:31PMWhile the Broadway scene this season is hotter than ever, Off-Broadway will also welcome a slew of new productions as well as one highly anticipated show that made it’s world premiere …
SOURCE: lunerontheatre.com at 07:21PMTheatre too often reflects real life. That goes to say, in both good and bad times, the art form has provided a first hand look into what it is like to deal with some of life’s best an…
SOURCE: lunerontheatre.com at 07:21PM"Are we a community? I think we are. I think we are. I think we are." Christine Jowers, New York.
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 07:00PM
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles—we have a new video blogger! Fiddler on the Roof’s Adam Kantor is the latest to grab a camera as a Broadway.com vlogger. Rev up your sewing…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:46PMJeremy Kushnier drops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Beth Stevens about Shear Madness, the Footloose reunion concert and his dream roles.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:46PMEugene O'Neill and Ralph Ellison generally don't hang out together, in my experience. But as I watched Monty Cole's taut and imaginative staging of O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" at Oracle Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 06:32PMJust announced, Virginia's Tony Award-winning Signature Theatre will honor Broadway librettist John Weidman ASSASSINS, PACIFIC OVERTURES, ROAD SHOW with the company's seventh Stephen Sondhei…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:31PMMichael Crawford, the legendary star of stage and screen will be honored on April 8, 2016 by the Slapstick Festival for his comedy work, at an event with tickets now on sale.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMLADY GAGA will sing the National Anthem as part of Super Bowl 50 pregame festivities at Levi's Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area on Sunday, February 7, the NFL and CBS announced today. T…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMThe Vilcek Foundation justannounced the winners of its annual Vilcek Prizes, recognizing immigrant contributions to the American arts and sciences. The 2016 Vilcek Prize in Theatre, presente…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMMissouri State's College of Arts and Letters announced today that Robert Westenberg, Tony nominee for Broadway's INTO THE WOODS,will join its faculty in the fall 2016 semester as musical the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:21PMDan McVey is an actor based in New York City. He has performed in numerous plays, films, and voice-overs. His most recent theater credits include Elsinore County (Theatre Ro…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:15PMA small private foundation focusing on the contributions of artists and scientists who have moved to the U.S. from abroad announced today prizes totaling $250,000 to theater artists who also…
SOURCE: Deadline at 06:11PMRecent graduates and students in their final semester of graduate programs are lauded for their work behind the scenes.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 06:10PMThe 2016 Helen Hayes Awards nominees, honoring theatrical productions in Washington D.C., were announced Feb. 1 by TheatreWashington. Productions by the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Signatur…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:00PMBy Jack Reuler. February 2 marks forty years since then twenty-two-year-old Mixed Blood Artistic Director Jack Reuler sat down to write the original mission and primary objectives for Mixed …
SOURCE: HowlRound at 06:00PM
Now, in DC theatre, video games are hot. From Rorschach’s She Kills Monsters to Flying V’s The Oregon Trail and Molotov’s Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom, audiences (and Artistic D…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:34PMThe actor and late night talkshow host will present the Broadway ceremony in June – meanwhile, he offers a preview of Carpool Karaoke with Chris Martin James Corden will be hosting the Ton…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:28PM1. This Chihuahua Who Found Out That There Was No Live Stream of the Nomination Announcements, But Then Remembered That Twitter is a Thing. Notice that she is still real disappointed. I’…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:28PMAndré Ward will be welcomed to the Renaissance on February 2, when he begins performances in Something Rotten! The Broadway alum is set to assume the roles of Minstrel / Snug, taking …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMAlice Ripley and Emily Skinner answer your questions about sticking together, favorite freaks and what they love to sing together.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today.
Aaron Tveit's Miscast
Grease: Live’s (and your Broadway boyf) Aaron Tveit, along with The Color Purple's Cynt…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:28PMFRIDAY | "King Lear": The Belarus Free Theatre stages Shakespeare's generational fight for the throne. Through Feb. 14 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier; 312-595-5600 and chicago…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:26PMThe L.A.-based company is the first theatre outside of San Diego to be in residence at La Jolla.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:24PMJoe's Pubat The Public will present the New York premiere of the new immersive theater event MYSTERY OF THE SILVER CHALICE, written and directed by Taylor Doherty.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:22PMWhile on the latest of her many supposed deathbeds, a "tart-tongued" mother, played by Tony-winner Linda Lavin, reveals to her children the details of a tryst from decades past that may res…
SOURCE: WQXR at 05:21PMHealth tips from some of Broadway's most exciting stars.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:19PMRED VELVET: DEEP AND RICH AS EVER This (I sneaked in to an early preview , because I am on holiday) was my third visit to Lolita Chakrabarti’s play, starring her husband the matchless …
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 05:17PMJonathan Groff, currently back on Broadway dazzling audiences inHAMILTON,recently appeared at Curran for its Groundbreakers series toto discuss the intricacies of his boundary-crossing caree…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:14PMStarting tonight, February 2, Andre Ward Rock of Ages, Xanadu will assume the roles of 'Minstrel Snug' in the ten-time Tony Award-nominated musical comedy SOMETHING ROTTEN at The St. James …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMWaitress opens on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at theBrooks AtkinsonTheatre 256 West 47th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, with previews starting on Friday, March 25, 2016.Waitressplaye…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMTheater critic Jesse Green New York Magazine and theater journalists Michael Musto Out.com and Patrick Pacheco NY1 News join co-hosts Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins for the annual Spring S…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMPrimary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts ESPA just announced a week-long celebration of exciting collaborations and networking opportunities with artists includingTony Award winner K…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:07PMby NANCY KEYSTONE
never ceases to amaze me how the spark of an idea will fuel a journey beyond my imaginings. I was in Poland in 2009, which was the 20th anniversary of the Solidarity e…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 05:06PMWard steps in for original cast member Michael James Scott.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PMThe event will honor TheaterMania.com and Michael John LaChiusa.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 05:00PM
By Rhiannon D'Averc. Rhiannon D’Averc on Anna Ziegler’s Photograph 51 now playing in London, starring Nicole Kidman.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:46PM“My favorite Broadway song is “Magic to Do” from Pippin. When I played the part of the Leading Player on Broadway it was wonderful to sing. Every night was so special. Each…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 04:32PM A friend of mine judges Asian restaurants solely on their sweet and sour soup: mess that up and not much else that follows will matter. But deliver a soup that evenly balances the swe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:21PMFor his 35th Shakespeare, 'Pericles,' director Trevor Nunn decided to make it in America, at Theatre for a New Audience.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:18PMBefore the Simply Streisand concert, Molly Pope takes on seven Babs-centric questions.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 04:17PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, the national tour of the Broadway musical HAMILTON will launch from California in spring 2017. HAMILTON will anchor the 2016-2017 seasons at both the SH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:14PMThe hit Broadway musical Hamilton resumed its digital discount lottery Feb. 2, nearly a month after massive traffic overwhelmed its discount website on its first day, Jan. 5. The revamped we…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMAndré Ward, whose Broadway credits include Rock of Ages and Xanadu, assumes the roles of Minstrel/Snug in the ten-time Tony Award-nominated musical comedy Something Rotten! beginnin…
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:07PMFighting God is logically argued, lucid, and makes a powerful case for a more secular nation.
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:06PMThe 2016 season of New York City Center's Tony-honored Encores will open with Cabin in the Sky on February 10-14, 2016, with an all-star cast, including Harvy Blanks, Chuck Cooper,Marva Hick…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:03PMWaking up and turning on the news, we see the outrage over police killings and state terrorism of the black population. We do not see the mass media addressing the more insidious ways system…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 04:00PM
“He seldom laughed, but he often smiled,” is just one of the ways that the chorus describes the murderously obsessive lead character in Stephen Sondheim’s
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 03:58PMJoey Taranto, seen on Broadway in Kinky Boots and Rock of Ages, is playing Orin in Cleveland Play House's new production of Little Shop of Horrors. He shared a recent two-show day!
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:52PM The Tony Awards announced today that James Corden of CBS’s “The Late Late Show” will host the 70th Annual Tony® Awards live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Sunda…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:46PMSupport the New York StatePsychiatric Institute's Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene at Columbia University with a winning bid.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:39PMFeinstein's54 Below is where it's at, and Broadway knows it. In a brand-new, exclusive series, we're taking you underground for all of the Feinstein's54 Below scoop, directly from the Direct…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:36PMOn February 8, some of Broadway's top talent including Will Swenson, Jessica Phillips, Jenni Barber, and Andrew Mueller perform songs fromSome Lovers, the new musical from legendary songwrit…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:34PMAshlie Corcoran has been staying busy, working on shows at three different theatres all while running her own playhouse
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 03:34PMMolly Pope, Kelli Barrett and Tony nominee Jarrod Spector will be among those honored at this year's Bistro Awards. Cabaret's oldest award will be celebrated at a gala at th…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:33PMNever say never.I thought I was completely over and done with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”Having seen it dozens of times, indoors and outdoors, in productions influenced by the Renaiss…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:32PMGraham Phillips (ABC’s "The Good Wife") and Eamon Foley (Everyday Rapture, Assassins) — member of the original cast of the Broadway musical 13 &mda…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:22PMFOX TV has announced that Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford will be joining the cast of their remake of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which will be filmed this March in Tor…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 03:13PMOwner of the haunted house slams city policies, but says he wants to stay
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 03:13PMIt only seems like yesterday that I reviewed The University of York Platform Theatre Society’s production of Moira Buffini’s dark comedy Dying For It last term. How time flies! Now, in w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:04PMIt has to be said that I am a huge fan of suspense horror/thriller theatrical productions. Sure, if you want to get a buzz you can always watch a film of a man sawing off his leg, but there …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:04PMFor "Bold Moves," the Joffrey Ballet's winter program of three works, artistic director Ashley Wheater has tapped British choreographer Ashley Page to create a world premiere piece. Page's "…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 03:00PM
Everyone needs a little romance in their lives. But let's face it, sometimes our love life isn't as exciting as we'd like. So get a thrill from the next best thing: the written word.
The po…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 02:54PMLate showbiz icon Elaine Stritch, the Tony-winning leading lady with a singular voice and demeanor who become synonymous with Stephen Sondheim's "The Ladies Who Lunch," was…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMTalk about greased lightning! Carrie Havel, associate director of the Jan. 31 Grease: Live special on Fox, posted a film clip of herself and her team literally calling the shot during the br…
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:40PMHAMILTON stars Daveed Diggs and Anthony Ramos will guest star on the next episode of NBC's LAW amp ORDER SVU, airing Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 9 p.m. on NBC.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:37PMTony winner James Corden of CBS‘s The Late, Late Show will be the host of the 70th annual Tony Awards to be broadcast on June 12 from the Beacon Theatre on CBS. The British-born Cord…
SOURCE: NewYork.com at 02:29PMMichael Crawford, the legendary star of stage and screen will be honored on April 8, 2016 in London by the Slapstick Festival for his comedy work, at an event with tickets now on sale.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:28PMAfter an acclaimed run off-Broadway at Manhattan Theater Club last summer, Heisenberg will transfer to the Great White Way. Directed by Mark Brokaw, the two-hander is set to once again star …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:21PMJames Corden is this year’s man with a plan on Broadway’s biggest night. The Late Late Show host has been tapped to emcee the 70th annual Tony Awards on June 12, and it’s s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:21PMA jaded theater critic falls in with vampires in “St. Nicholas,” the popular monologue that helped make Irish playwright Conor McPherson’s name roughly 20 years ago. It has a couple th…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 02:21PMEugene O'Neill and Ralph Ellison generally don't hang out together, in my experience. But as I watched Monty Cole's taut and imaginative staging of O'Neill's "The Hairy Ape" at Oracle Theatr…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 02:12PMTony Award nominee Will Swenson, Jenni Barber, Jessica Phillips and Andrew Mueller will take part in a concert presentation of songs from Some Lovers, the new musical from Tony Award winner …
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:10PMMary-Louise Parker and Denis Arndt will reprise their roles in this Simon Stephens’s drama when Manhattan Theater Club transfers its production of the show to Broadway this fall.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:02PMThe Broadway Stage Management Symposium is back After last year's successful inaugural program, Broadway's best stage managers gather together again for this immersive program. The Symposium…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:00PMBill Dawes and William Connell star in David Rush's play starting tonight.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe drama will move to the Great White Way following a sold-out off-Broadway engagement in 2015.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PMThe annual MCC Theater gala will take place at the Hammerstein Ballroom.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
It wasn't mere coincidence that Rudy Vallee was singing a college fight song in HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:52PMThe surrealism takes your breath away. Two years ago London raved about Adrian Lester, a British actor of Jamaican descent, playing Othello at the National. Now we can rave about the same Ad…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:45PMWe interview Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner separately about the other, and the result is wonderful.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 01:37PMArthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE will return to Broadway at theWalter KerrTheatre 219 West 48th Street this spring.Leading the production areBen WhishawasJohn Proctor,Sophie Okonedoas Elizabeth …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMStringis a modern-day twist on the story of the Three Fates, who spin, measure, and snip the string of our lives and find themselves stranded on Earth. Stuck in an office building, they're n…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMAs the world teeters on the edge of nuclear war in during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, two neighboring families in suburban Westchester struggle with the fact that life as they know it has…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMThe new lead in the Tony-winning play has found his role presents some unique physical challenges.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMNew Musicals at 54 is a series produced by Feinstein's 54 Below Programming Director Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Some of the 10 new and diverse musicals by a selection of today's most talented w…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMThe STARZ Original series Blunt Talk began production in Los Angeles on the 10-episode second season of the half-hour scripted comedy series from Media Rights Capital MRC and executive produ…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:36PMName: Eva DolanHometown: Saratoga Springs, NYEducation: American Academy of Dramatic Arts; Emerson College; Ruth St. Denis Foundation, LA; Paul Sanasardo at Skidmore College &nb…
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 01:32PMLynne MeadowArtistic Director andBarry GroveExecutive Producer just announced thatManhattan Theatre Club's acclaimed world premiere production ofHeisenberg, the new play by Tony Award and tw…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:30PMFollowing a sold-out, world-premiere run at Manhattan Theatre Club last year, Simon Stephens' Heisenberg is transferring to Broadway's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre this fall. D…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:29PMLaChanze, Michael Potts, Carly Hughes and ensemble members of the Encores! production of Cabin in the Sky previewed two songs from the 1940 musical by Lynn Root (book), Vernon Duke (music) a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:25PMPlaywrights Kellie Smith and Curtis Jay Cole are among the first winners of a new writing scheme that will see their scripts
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:25PMRussell Tovey, who plays Rodolpho in A View From the Bridge, posed for The Creative Faces Project, an evolving portrait series photographed and curated by Jason Zeren, and we have an exclusi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:17PMThe Drama Desk and Obie Award-winning Keen Company (Jonathan Silverstein – Artistic Director, Mark Armstrong – Keen Teens Producer) will present the Tenth Season of Keen Teens. …
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 01:08PMA month after Hamilton first attempted to take its infamous lottery digital, the production will finally move all operations online for the winter! The production found itself in a bind ann…
SOURCE: lunerontheatre.com at 01:06PMWith Broadway’s biggest night quickly approaching, many have wondered who would hold the honor of hosting this year’s ceremony! With previous hosts such as Hugh Jackman and Neil…
SOURCE: lunerontheatre.com at 01:06PMLondon has become the Land Of Lola as audiences can’t get enough of the Tony Award winning musical Kinky Boots! Now bowing in London’s West End, the musical has received critical…
SOURCE: lunerontheatre.com at 01:06PMIt is hard for most of us to believe that it has been almost two years since the death of our beloved Elaine Stritch. Born in 1925 in Detroit, Stritch eventually made her Broadway debut in L…
SOURCE: unsungbroadway.com at 01:02PMRECOMMENDED Memory is dampened by medical advances, giving succor to those who want to believe AIDS is now a manageable disease. With a generation erased, who is left to remember and tell th…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMGeffen Playhouse presents the new play starting tonight.
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As she tells Georgia Snow, a lifelong love of mask theatre led Rachael Savage to found her own company, Vamos, in 2006.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMThe Stage Awards 2016 were held at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on January 29. Although we announced the winners that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMWhat is the Jean Ann Ryan Production experience? The opportunity to work with an exciting company,without boundaries, that combines a passion for
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMStreetwise Opera was founded in 2000 by Matthew Peacock, a former support worker at a London homeless centre, to give a voice
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:55PMA man attending Saturday night’s performance of A View From The Bridge at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre passed out when actor Russell Tovey took off his shirt during the play.
SOURCE: www.towleroad.com at 12:54PMRuthless! The Musical
RUTHLESS! The Musical: However badly you’ve ever wanted something in life, it’s not as much as Tina Denmark wants the lead role in her school play. Fans of the now…
SOURCE: www.metro.us at 12:53PMOur favorite car karaoke singer, James Corden, is taking on a new gig: host of the 70th Annual Tony Awards this June. Corden is no stranger to the Tonys, having won the 2012 Tony for Bes…
SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:42PM Late Late Show host and Tony winner James Corden will be the host of the 70th Tony Awards June 12th. He won his Tony for One Man, Two Guvnors. Grease Live, the fourth live television …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 12:40PMStage and screen stars Darren Criss ("Glee," Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Andrew Keenan-Bolger (Newsies, Tuck Everlasting), Ben Platt (“Pitch Perfect”, Dear …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:39PMLinda Marlowe has been cast in a London revival of Tennessee Williams’ play In the Bar of a Tokyo Hotel. Directed by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMTimberlake Wertenbaker, David Greig and Roy Williams will be among the judges of this year’s Theatre503 playwriting award. The panel will be
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMEnglish Touring Theatre has teamed up with charity Stage One to create a new apprenticeship programme for theatre producers. The scheme will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMA new show by Australian circus troupe Circa and stand-up by Reginald D Hunter lead the line-up for this year’s Udderbelly Festival
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMJames Corden will host this year’s Tony Awards. The British actor, who now hosts The Late Late Show in the US, will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:38PMThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will have its Canadian premiere at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton and the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg next season
SOURCE: The Globe and Mail at 12:36PMThe American Theatre Critics Association has released a statement in response to the restriction on all press reviews for The Wooster Group's Los Angeles production of Harold Pinter'…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:35PMJames Corden, the 37-year-old, British-born host of "The Late Late Show with James Corden" on CBS, will host the 2016 Tony Awards, it was announced Tuesday.
Corden has theater credits on bo…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:33PMLast night, theatreWashington released the nominations for the 2016 Helen and Hayes Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement for all professional productions in 2015. We’ve turned …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:28PMThe 2016 season of New York City Center's Tony-honored Encoreswill open with Cabin in the Sky on February 10-14, 2016, with an all-star cast, includingHarvy Blanks, Chuck Cooper, Marva Hicks…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMBelow, check out character portraits for FX's THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON AMERICAN CRIME STORY,a limited series that takes you inside the O.J. Simpson trial with a riveting look at the legal …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:28PMLinda Lavin, currently starring in OUR MOTHER'S BRIEF AFFAIR on Broadway, just brought a new solo show to Birdland- 'My First Farewell Concert'. BroadwayWorld was on hand fo rthe special nig…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMThe highly anticipated Studio Cast Recording of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the only stage collaboration from two masters of the American musical, Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz, debuted …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:26PMFresh off his performance in Fox-TV's Grease: Live, Broadway star Aaron Tveit will join Lea Salonga, Megan Hilty, Cynthia Erivo, Tituss Burgess and other stars at MCC Theater's a…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:17PMThe Broadway premiere of the new musicalBright Starfrom Grammy and Emmy winnerSteve Martinand Grammy-winning singer-songwriterEdie Brickellanddirected by Tony Award winnerWalter Bobbie, will…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMThe artist-run performance laboratory will develop and produce cross-disciplinary performances once again.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:16PMThe tradition continues! The Great White Way revival of Fiddler on the Roof will release a cast album on Broadway Records. Headlined by Danny Burstein, the record will drop on March 18; the …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:15PMMCC THEATERannounced todaythe all-star lineup of performers set for their annual Miscast gala, including Emmy Award nominee Tituss Burgess Tony Award winners Lea Salonga and Linda Lavin Tony…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PMIn lieu of resolutions, I like to kick the year off by playing "forecaster." And no, not in a meteorological way....
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 12:10PMThe new Broadway show will be staged by French director Philippe Decouflé.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe "tradition" continues with a cast recording for the musical's latest revival.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:00PMThe new musical will run off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre this spring.
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Actress Viola Davis, who has been nominated for a Tony Award each time she has appeared on Broadway, said the promotion of diversity in casting "is not [just] a trending topic."
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMThis performance contains the hottest chair dance I’ve ever seen.
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:58AMWhat I remember about Everyman, the 15th (I think?) century morality play taught in many theater history surveys: next to nothing. It’s allegorical, performers act in the role of virtues, …
SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:58AMThe Tony winner and host of "The Late Late Show" is set to host "The 70th Annual Tony Awards"
SOURCE: CBS 2 TV at 11:54AM by: Susan Hasho Dark Vanilla Jungle, by Philip Ridley, is an extraordinary monologue/play that dramatizes the complete breakdown of a human p…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 11:35AM"American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson," a new 10-episode miniseries, debuts Feb. 2 on FX. The series features a host of Broadway talent including Cuba Gooding Jr. i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMNew York City Mayor Bill de Blasio today appointed Julie Menin as Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. Menin, a highly regarded lawyer, activist and consumer advoca…
SOURCE: Deadline at 11:29AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com 1262016 - 222016.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMHappy Birthday Marissa Jaret Winokur She is best known for her performance as Tracy Turnblad in the highly successful Broadway musical adaptation of John Waters' film Hairspray, and won the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMSecond Stage Theatre Carole Rothman, Artistic Director, Casey Reitz, Executive Director, in association with Stacey Mindich Productions, has announced complete casting and creative team for …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:24AMWith Ira Aldridge back onstage in Red Velvet, we put together a list of a few star actors from yesteryear
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:21AMThe actor and chat show host will take on the Tony Awards this year
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 11:21AMGreat news. James Corden is hosting the Tony Awards this year. Well, of course he is. Corden, himself a Tony winner, already Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:21AMDanny Ashkenasi
Hometown: Berlin, Germany
Current Town: Brooklyn, New York
Q: Tell me about Speakeasy.
A: “Speakeasy – John and Jane’s Adventures in the Won…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 11:11AMWe told you that James Corden was the obvious choice to host this season's Tony Awards! It's been confirmed that the Tony winner, who is currently killing it on CBS’ The Late L…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMColby Minifie will round out the starry cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night. She joins a lineup that includes Jessica La…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMBroadway alum and Pitch Perfect fave Ben Platt will headline the off-Broadway premiere of Dear Evan Hansen. The new musical from Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Levenson played Washington…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:10AMParticipants have been announced for "From Broadway to Hollywood — A Chat with Her Friends," a panel discussion on the life and work of the late Tony-winning actress …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMThe 2016 Tony Awards Will Be Broadcast Live on CBS, Sunday, June 12th
SOURCE: Tony Awards at 11:04AMThe Tony Awards announced today that James Corden of CBS’s “The Late Late Show” will host the 70th Annual Tony Awards live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City, Sunday, June …
SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 11:04AMWith its series of extravagant and sophisticated shows, the Châtelet in France is casting English actors in American musical classics. The latest aims to match the Hollywood glamour of the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMKiss Me Kate at the Châtelet theatre in Paris, directed by Yorkshireman Lee Blakeley, has an orchestra of 40 musicians, gorgeous costumes from two different eras, complex choreography and u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:04AMBy Doug Mayo
We are pleased to bring you this first look inside the rehearsal studio for the UK and Ireland tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Chity Bang Bang has music and lyrics by Ri…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:02AMSecond Stage Theatre has announced complete casting for the New York premiere of Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Reprising his leading role from the acclaimed D.C. production…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMFind out who will emcee the annual celebration of the Great White Way.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMThe new Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's classic drama will also star Gabriel Byrne.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:00AMBrandon Victor Dixon, Barbara Walsh, and more will perform songs from the musical partnership.
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Lisa Kron, Judy Kuhn, Michael Cerveris and Emily Skeggs took the stage at BroadwayCon to talk about the challenges of working on a musical adapted from a memoir in the form of a graphic nove…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:58AMThe 'Late Late Show' host will take on the Tonys this June
SOURCE: time.com at 10:56AMThe 50th Broadway staging of the classic American musical Fiddler on the Roof, starring Danny Burstein as Tevye, will be recorded by Broadway Records.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:56AMShowbiz icon Elaine Stritch, the Tony-winning leading lady with a singular voice and demeanor who died July 17, 2014, would have celebrated her 91st birthday today. Playbill.com looks ba…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:53AMIf you're only watching one YouTube clip today, this is it.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:53AMBroadway Records, the label that in just four years has become one of the premiere record labels in the industry, will release the New Broadway Cast Album ofFiddler on the Roof.It will have …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:52AMRoundabout Theatre Company, in association with Ryan Murphy, has announcedfinal casting for Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night, starring Academy and Emmy Award winner Jessica Lan…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:51AMAffable Late Late Show host and Tony winner James Corden will lead the 70th annual Tony Awards, which CBS will telecast live from New York’s Beacon Theatre on June 12 from 8-11 PM. Thi…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:48AMJames Corden, the 37-year-old, British-born host of "The Late Late Show with James Corden" on CBS, will host the 2016 Tony Awards, it was announced Tuesday. Corden has theater credits on bot…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:46AMTo celebrate today's big news, we're bringing you just a few of our favorite videos of Corden in action, both onstage and in front of the camera...
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:45AMCasting is now complete for the Broadway revival of Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning Long Day's Journey Into Night, which will be produced by the Roundabout Theatre Co…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AM Now’s your chance pint-size rockers! It’s a once in a lifetime open casting call to be “in the band!” A massive open casting call will take place in New York…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:34AMTony winner James Corden, who emcees "The Late Late Show" on CBS, will host the 70th Annual Tony Awards this June.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:27AMColin Quinn's web series "Cop Show," which was recently picked up by Lexus-owned digital content channel LStudio.com for a second and third season, premieres its e…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMJanet Schlapkohn's play is an intelligent and compelling examination of a sibling relationship which is tested not only by one sister's physical limitations, but by untenable socio-political…
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 10:19AMThe 'Late Late Show' emcee will host the Broadway-lauding awards show.read more
SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 10:17AMThis just in CBS has announced that the Tony Award-winning actor and current host of The Late Late Show, James Corden will emcee the 70th Annual Tony Awards.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:16AMFOX's GREASE LIVE was an undeniable hit Sunday night, earning rave reviews, 12.2 million viewers and a 4.3 rating in the all-important A18-49 demographic. Much of the success had to do not j…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMThe Recording Academy will honor GRAMMY winner and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient David Bowie with an experiential tribute performed by one of his biggest fans, six-time GRAMMY winner …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMTony winner Hugh Jackman, most recently on Broadway in The River, made a recent appearance on TV's "Ellen."
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMThe Broadway company of the international hit Stephen Schwartz-Winnie Holzman musical Wicked welcomes a host of new cast members beginning Feb. 2 at the Gershwin Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:08AMRosie O'Donnell Broadway's SEUSSICAL, GREASE, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF will guest star on this week's MOM on CBS in an episode titled 'Quaaludes and Crackerjack.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:04AMThe Jan. 31 Fox broadcast of Grease: Live, which was seen by 12.2 million TV watchers, is now available for online viewing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMRECOMMENDED As this sprightly new musical opens, Arthur Conan Doyle has just committed what his myriad readers see as the ultimate crime: killing off iconic super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes. “…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AM
Disney has just released a new teaser on Twitter for ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, featuring the voice of the late actor Alan Rickman in the role of the Blue Caterpillar.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:51AMEducation dramaturg Ted Sod spoke with Alex Timbers, director of The Robber Bridegroom about his research and process of working on it so far. Ted Sod: Where were you born and educated? Did…
SOURCE: blog.roundabouttheatre.org at 09:44AMDuring Sunday night's broadcast of GREASE LIVE, star of stage and screen Anna Kendrick teased one idea that makes us over the moon with excitement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMThe Casting Society of America CSA, in partnership with the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, will hold a series of free workshops in February and March for Actors With Disabilities. The e…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39AMRon died early last Friday morning, losing a long battle with throat/tongue cancer. The plays he authored or co-authored though will continue to be performed around the world. The last one �…
SOURCE: News From ME at 09:24AMBy Doug Mayo
From Tuesday 15 March, there will be four new Seasons joining the cast of Jersey Boys at the Piccadilly Theatre ahead of its 8th Anniversary on 18 March. This is the first time …
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 09:24AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Because we know all our readers eat, sleep and breathe Broadway, what could be better than waking up to it Today's big news Two shows begin off-Broadway, THE PERF…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:24AMOn Tuesday, February 2nd, the Theater People podcast announced the 'Theater People Summer Series' which will star Lesli Margherita, Lindsay Mendez, and Laura Osnes.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:23AMThis season’s three-week commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – the first such thematic series of Andris Nelsons’ BSO directorship – go off to a compelling…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 09:20AMFans are getting another shot at entering online for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits.HAMILTON's digital lottery returns tomorrow
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PASADENA, Calif. — A year after his own stressed-out season, which he eventually won, Guilford's Nick Fradiani is back on "American Idol," advising others in the final season. He's one of …
SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:59AMRandom and topical thoughts and quotes gathered by My Theatre Mates contributor Aleks Sierz, first published on www.sierz.co.uk.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:56AMDuring Sunday night's broadcast of GREASE LIVE, star of stage and screen Anna Kendrick teased one idea that makes us over the moon with excitement.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:50AMShake Loose: A Musical Night of Blues Moods & Icons Hang on to your seats, guys and gals! Over three dozen songs – twelve never sung before at MetroStage – and a libretto comprise a …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43AMGarrick, LondonLester’s magnificent acting makes you nostalgic for a vanished gestural style in this welcome revival of Lolita Chakrabarti’s play about racial prejudicePlays about theatr…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AMSheffield Crucible StudioDawn Walton’s touring revival matches the loving detail of Lorraine Hansberry’s depiction of black family life in 1950s Chicago Almost 60 years since its origina…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39AMYesterday, the actress took to Instagram to thank her fans for all the support they have shown over the last few days.
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Iconic actor Ian McKellen stopped by LARRY KING LIVE recently to shares details on his experience working on the highly anticipated, live-action BEAUTY AND THE BEAST film.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:51AMThe winners will be announced on February 28
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 07:31AMIf Arthur Miller were also a doctor on the side, he might have written a play like Unlikely Heroes. A family drama full of long-harbored resentments and new ones stemming from intimate secre…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 07:22AMFrom 2006: I do solemnly swear that I will never again review a new recording of the complete Brandenburg Concertos. If you want to get my attention, you’ll have to think of another way, p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM“Just because we’re born as SOBs doesn’t mean we have to live that way.” Roger Ebert, review of Groundhog Day (Chicago Sun-Times, February 12, 1993)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 2 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 07:00AM
By Doug Mayo
Book a £42.50 seat and get a free upgrade to a seat worth £69.50. Long before she was Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, she was an ordinary girl with an extraordina…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:53AMAh, the “miscast” cabaret. Over the last few years, performers have been challenging the ideas of gender in musical theatre and singing songs that were originally written for another gen…
SOURCE: newmusicaltheatre.com at 06:47AMPeter Filichia, James Marino, Michael Portantiere and Matt Tamanini talk about TV and Film projects related to Broadway. Gillian Pensavalle joins us to talk about Grease Live! Shows reviewe…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 06:35AMThe writer of a new play about the women who were duped into relationships by undercover policemen explains how Any Means Necessary came about
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:25AMChabrier's comic opera makes its first appearance at Covent Garden
SOURCE: WhatsOnStage at 06:25AMLorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking play runs in Sheffield before a tour
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It’s a kind of French Mikado. In a distant and exotic kingdom a victim must be found to celebrate the King’s name-day. No little list, no W H Gilbert wit, either, but a handful o…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:53AMToday is the birthday of Berta Beeson (Herbert “Slats” Beeson, 1899-1969). Billed as the Julian Eltinge of the Wire, Beeson was a cross-dressing tightrope walker. It is not known…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 04:32AMNew York’s only all-volunteer theater group, the Blue Hill Troupe, will present a production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Iolanthe” this spring, to benefit the Children…
SOURCE: NorthJersey.com at 04:26AMCharles Mee's latest abstract piece was inspired by Trappist monk author, Thomas Merton.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:20AM
O, Earth
Off Broadway, Foundry Theatre at HERE Arts Center
Reviewed by Keith Paul Medelis
BOTTOM LINE: A genuine, skillful, and joyful adaptation of Thorton Wilder’s Our Town as seen thr…
SOURCE: Theatre is Easy at 03:28AMIn the last of our dancers’ diaries, the flamenco legend says the genre is not about technique but emotion – above all, it must come from the heartFor almost 20 years, I have maintained …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:13AMSlow down Mr Baz!We all know that moment in The Railway Children….there’s been a landslide, the track is strewn with rocks and rubble that can only spell disaster for the train w…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:13AMMix a 17th-century Italian folk tale with 21st-century matchmaking technology, shake with a lot of earnest energy and you get “Tinderella,” the new musical at the PianoFight-resident Fau…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMGrammy-winning British soul stylist Seal can’t help that he’s sensitive, and that sadness others might shrug off often hits him hard. His latest effort, “7,” is among his most seriou…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AM
In honor of Fox’s Grease: Live!, we look back at the tradition of casting full-grown adults, and passing them off as high school students, in this American classic. Perhaps West Side S…
SOURCE: unsungbroadway.com at 02:47AMLee Hall: ‘I’d fax Elton my lyrics – then he’d call me up and sing them down the phone’The moment we finished the film, we took it to the Cannes film festival. It was only a small …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10AMHave you heard of the Baader-Meinhof effect? No, not the group of leftwing German militants founded in the 1970s by Andrea Baader
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOh, theatre tax relief. I have attended briefings, met with my accountant (twice) and had so many patient mentors. God it’s so
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMLast week I was directly involved, as I’ve mentioned, in a number of theatre awards events, from this year’s Critics’ Circle Theatre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AM
Rejoicify! Carrie St. Louis will step into Glinda's bubble in Broadway's Wicked on February 2, replacing Kara Lindsay. Peter Scolari is also set to begin performances in the producti…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42AMStaytion Market & Bar at the revamped Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 W. Wacker Drive, announces an array of unique social happenings throughout February. Offering a twist on typic…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:37AMChicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) welcomes Belarus Free Theatre for the third time as they return to Chicago for the American premiere of their internationally acclaimed production of Willi…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:37AMCompany members old and new will reunite as Barrel of Monkeys celebrates 15 years of its hit revue THAT’S WEIRD, GRANDMA with two special anniversary performances on Sunday April 17 a…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:37AMShattered Globe Theatre concludes its 25th anniversary season with the gripping, racially charged mystery IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, based on the novel by John Ball, adapted by Matt Pel…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:37AMMary-Arrchie Theatre Co. closes its 30th and final season with David Mamet’s gripping and often hilarious drama AMERICAN BUFFALO, directed by Carlo Lorenzo Garcia, playing January…
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 12:37AMCBSpresents twoSUPER BOWL specials that will air prior to SUPER BOWL 50. First, SUPER BOWL'S GREATEST COMMERCIALS 2016 will celebrate 50 years of great SUPER BOWL COMMERCIALS with a top 50 c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMBucks County Playhousepremieresthe new musical, A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME. Bucks County Playhouse Artistic Associate Lauren Lotarro, alsochoreographer for Sarah Bareilles' upcoming Broadway …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:30AMBY PHILIP MARCELO | ASSOCIATED PRESS CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Actors Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal ...
The post ‘Love Story’ actors Ryan O’Neal, Ali MacGraw, return to…
SOURCE: chicago.suntimes.com at 12:08AMPerformances begin Feb. 2 at Off-Broadway Signature Theatre for the revival of Martha Clarke and Alfred Uhry's acclaimed Angel Reapers. The show, which debuted in 2011, incorporates …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe New Group's revival of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work Buried Child begins performances Feb. 2. The Off-Broadway production features&…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Casting Society of America (CSA), in partnership with the Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts, kicks off its series of free workshops for actors with disabilities with The Busine…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMEight times a week, Danny Burstein sings Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick's unconventional love song "Do You Love Me?" in the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. At home, ho…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMAbout a third of the way into her narration of recent tumultuous events in her life, the title (and only) character in the play “Ciara” recalls the incantation her recently deceased mob-…
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