Review: Chalk Zone Live by Michael Block

Storytelling can be simple. All you need is a place to share it. And maybe a little chalk. In Alex Curtis’ Chalk, Curtis creates a world of his own on the walls of the Kraine Theater where…

Interview with Molly Tynes from Ordway’s A Chorus Line by Erin Nagel

When you’re trying to make it on Broadway, your dream becomes an obsession. Dance, voice and acting classes, auditions and workshops consume your days. In the Ordway’s production…

Buried Child by Wendy Caster

Sam Shepard's Buried Child presents the American nightmare. Family is poisonous; religion is useless; ambition is pointless; nothing has been planted in over 30 years. A bizarre, rotted Norm…

Peens, Peens & Nothing But Peens: Sutton Foster Goes Into the Woods & Miriam Shor Snaps an Eggplant in this Week's Younger by Ryan McPhee

Once upon a time in a far-off kingdom, there lived a 40-year-old passing off as 26, her tattoo artist boyfriend and a domineering boss with a bevy of equally bold necklaces. This week’…

Brisbane Powerhouse welcomes the World by Arts Review

Brisbane Powerhouse is getting ready to welcome artists from Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, UK and USA to present a program of contemporary performance…

'Buried Child' review: Not the deepest Shepard revival

This may say something scary about us. But Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" doesn't feel as upsetting or as comically monstrous as it once did. Long before the words "dysfunctional family" had b…

Review: In Shepard’s ‘Buried Child,’ a Father and Family Dissolve Into Darkness by Ben Brantley

This revival of the award-winning American gothic play stars Amy Madigan and Ed Harris as parents in a dysfunctional Illinois farmhouse.

This Painting Best Viewed From Downward Facing Dog by Joe Patti

With the news that people are increasingly valuing a degree of interactivity in their cultural experiences sitting in the back of my mind, I have been keeping my eyes open for interesting pr…

Review Roundup: BURIED CHILD, Starring Ed Harris, Opens Off-Broadway by Review Roundups

The New Group presents Sam Shepard's BURIED CHILD, opening tonight, February 17, and playing through April 3, 2016 at The Pershing Square Signature Center The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre…

Race Bait: Smart People by Jk Clarke

        by Samuel L. Leiter   In 2008, Barack Obama ran for the presidency on a promise of hope and change, a promise whose results continue to be hotly debated. One…

BWW Recap: Liza Goes Into the Woods, Accidentally Cross-Texts on YOUNGER by Matt Smith

Into the woods, you have to grope, but that's the way you learn to cope. Into the woods to find there's hope of getting through the journey.Yep, Liza certainly put those lyrics to the test t…

Cititour Review: Buried Child by Brian Scott Lipton

Ed Harris Shines In Buried Child

Arts Garage Gets Temporary Reprieve, But Required To Make Major Changes To Continue by Bill Hirschman

Arts Garage received a temporary reprieve from eviction and extinction late Tuesday night from the Delray Beach City Commission, but its long-term existence depends on significant changes to…

Do the Robot: The Good Girl by Jk Clarke

      The Good Girl: A Futuristic Time Warp Into The Present   by Carole Di Tosti   The Good Girl, written by Emilie Collyer, directed by Adam Fitzgerald and present…

Review: Buried Child

Sam Shepard doesn't do false advertising.

Martino Gamper: 100 Chairs in 100 Days by Arts Review

Showing in Australia for the first time, Martino Gamper’s 100 Chairs in 100 Days is an experiment in transforming limitations into possibilities at the RMIT Design Hub from 26 Februar…

THE GOOD GIRL - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Howard Miller

Safe sex has taken on a whole new meaning in the dystopian world inhabited by the characters in Emilie Collyer’s darkly comic science fiction play, The Good Girl, opening tonight at 59E59 …

Exile: Songs & Tales of Irish Australia by Arts Review

A vibrant tapestry of stories, imagery and music celebrating the rich Irish influence in this country, Exile: Songs & Tales of Irish Australia brings together some of Australia and Ire…

BURIED CHILD - Talkin' Broadway's Review by Matthew Murray

Is the weirdness real, or merely the outward manifestation of a diseased soul?

New Group Revives Buried Child by Jk Clarke

            Streamlined Buried Child Still Taps Shepard’s Inner Storm     by Michael Stever   Digging into the dark recesses of our own past is…

'Buried Child': Theater Review by Frank Scheck

Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, Nat Wolff and Taissa Farmiga star in this off-Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. read more

Top Picks at the 2016 Mardi Gras Film Festival by Arts Review

Celebrating its 23rd year, the 2016 Mardi Gras Film Festival kicks off tonight featuring a jam-packed program offering LGBTIQ stories across the whole spectrum from fantastical feature fil…

Oscar Williams to Depart Broadway's FUN HOME This March by BroadwayWorld

Oscar Williams dropped the news tonight that his final performance in Broadway's Tony-winning musical FUN HOME will be March 27, 2016.

First edition pieces from the KISS + UKIYO-E Project – Morrison Hotel Gallery by Pauline Adamek

It’s not every day that you trade sarcastic witticisms with a couple of legends of rock ’n’ roll… Amirite?! Last Saturday night saw a hilarious photographer

Tam Ngo and Justine B. Quijada, eds., "Atheist Secularism and its Discontents: A Study of Religion and Communism in Eurasia" (Palgrave, 2015) by Todd Weir

Secularism has emerged as a central category of twenty-first century political thought and critical theory. Following the lead of anthropologist Talal Asad, there is a growing literature tha…

Paul R. Josephson, "Fish Sticks, Sports Bras, and Aluminum Cans: The Politics of Everyday Technologies" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2015) by Carla Nappi

Paul R. Josephson‘s new book explores everyday technologies – fish sticks, sports bras, sugar, bananas, aluminum cans, potatoes, fructose, and more – as technological syst…

Timothy Snyder, "Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning" (Tim Duggan Books, 2015) by Kelly McFall

It’s rare when an academic historian breaks through and becomes a central part of the contemporary cultural conversation. Timothy Snyder does just this with his book Black Earth: The H…

Erica Fox Brindley, "Ancient China and the Yue: Perceptions and Identities on the Southern Frontier, c.400 BCE-50 CE" (Cambridge UP, 2015) by Carla Nappi

Erica Fox Brindley‘s new book is a powerful study of the history of conceptions of ethnicity in early China that focuses on the Hua-xia and the peoples associated with its southern fro…

Jessica Martucci, "Back to the Breast: Natural Motherhood and Breastfeeding in America" (U of Chicago Press, 2015) by Carla Nappi

Jessica Martucci‘s fascinating new book traces the emergence, rise, and continued practice of breastfeeding in America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Back to the Breast: …

Michelle Chase, "Revolution Within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, 1952-1962″ (UNC Press, 2015) by Christy Thornton

This episode features Michelle Chase, who joins us to discuss her fascinating new book, Revolution Within the Revolution: Women and Gender Politics in Cuba, 1952-1962 (University of North Ca…

Renata Keller, "Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, the United States, and the Legacy of the Mexican Revolution" (Cambridge UP, 2015) by Christy Thornton

When former Mexican president Lázaro Cárdenas traveled to Havana in 1959 to celebrate the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, he stood shoulder to shoulder with Fidel Castro in front of a cro…

Julie Des Jardins, "Walter Camp: Football and the Modern Man" (Oxford University Press, 2015) by Bruce Berglund

In anticipation of Super Bowl 50, Sports Illustrated and WIRED magazines teamed up to speculate about the state of football fifty years from now, at the time of Super Bowl 100. Of course…

Samuel Moyn, "Christian Human Rights" (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2015) by Lilian Calles Barger

Samuel Moyn is Professor of Law and History at Harvard University. In Christian Human Rights (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015), Moyn provides a historical intervention in our underst…

Cindy R. Lobel, "Urban Appetites: Food and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York" (U of Chicago Press, 2014) by Keith Duhamel

New York City’s growth, from colonial outpost to the center of the gastronomic world is artfully crafted by Cindy R. Lobel, Assistant Professor of History at Lehman College and the CUN…

Anne Reid and James Bolam to play anti-fracking campaigners by Mark Brown Arts Correspondent

Fracked! Or: Please Don’t Use the F-Word, by Alistair Beaton, to debut as part of final season at Chichester Festival theatreAnne Reid and James Bolam are to star as unlikely anti-fracking…

Don’t Miss: American Showstoppers by Matthew Wexler

Do you “get a kick out of champagne”? You might want to consider an evening of Cole Porter’s witty lyrics and melodies: American Showstoppers featuring Fred Barton & His Orchestra.…

‘Troilus and Cressida’ at the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies by Emily Schweich

Most of Shakespeare’s plays can be classified as comedies or tragedies, where everyone gets married or everybody dies, but Troilus and Cressida toes the line.  It has its moments of levit…

Michael Crawford to Reprise Comedy Hit SOME MOTHERS DO 'AVE 'EM for Special by BroadwayWorld

Tonight, the BBC has announced that the star will also reprise his television role of 'Frank Spencer', opposite Michele Dotrice for a one-off TV special on March 18th. Dotrice was also recen…

Programming at Aurora Fox results in boost in season subscriptions by Megan Mitchell

The inside of the Studio Box Theater of the Aurora Fox Arts Center looks like the inside of the tent of an ancient Persian king.

David Bowie: Superb 'Elephant Man' Walks Heavily on Morality by Barbara Mackaydenver Post Drama Editor

If theater ads had to carry synopses of their plays, Bernard Pomerance's "The Elephant Man," would be box-office poison: Young Man, Horribly Deformed, Adopted by Well-Meaning Doctor Adored …

Colorado Theater Openings, Jan. 14-20, 2016

Theater Openings Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company's "Vera Rubin: Bringing the Dark to Light" Jan.

"Norm of the North" checks the boxes: Animated, furry and crass by Jen Chaneythe Washington Post

Think of every trope associated with animated family movies and you'll find them all in "Norm of the North," a thoroughly uninspired story of a polar bear attempting to save his habitat from…

Alan Rickman, star of stage and 'Harry Potter,' dies at 69 by Jill Lawless Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — British actor Alan Rickman, a classically trained stage star and sensual screen villain in the "Harry Potter" saga and other films, has died.

"Vera Rubin" performance a collaboration of BETC and Fiske Planetarium by Joanne Ostrow

Actors will roam the galaxy and dark matter will find its place in the spotlight when art and science converge in Boulder this month.

International Association of Blacks in Dance festival comes to Denver by William Porterthe Denver Post

Big news for Colorado dance fans: Denver's own Cleo Parker Robinson Dance is hosting the 28th annual International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference and Festival.

Five seasons in, Lone Tree Arts Center still growing, innovating by Joe Rubinoyourhub Reporter

For the Lone Tree Arts Center, filling seats in the 500-seat theater is only a starting point. In the midst of its fifth season, the best measure of the center's value in the eyes of its le…

"House of Cards" writer Laura Eason's play opens in Denver soon by Joanne Ostrow

Laura Eason is one of the most prolific and successful dramatists in the country — and one of the few women who can claim as much.

Colorado Theater Openings, Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2016 by Mark Collinsspecial To The Denver Post

"Heathers" director on comedy's dark legacy by John Wenzelthe Denver Post

Possibly the most shocking thing about "Heathers," the 1988 dark comedy that gave us such eternal lines as "Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast?

Play based on Denver haunt My Brother's Bar is clever, provocative by Joanne Ostrow

Playwright Theresa Rebeck has a gift for dialogue. She showed the same deft use of language in "Smash" on NBC.

Colorado Theater Openings, Feb. 5-11, 2016 by Mark Collinsspecial To The Denver Post

Master improvisers gather made-up song suggestions and create an evening of spontaneity with music and laughter.

A Latina in Hollywood explores class and culture in Denver's "Fade" by Joanne Ostrow

The lack of women and minorities in Hollywood is a hot topic in the media lately. At a time when television is hailed for putting a more diverse assortent of faces onscreen, the unbalanc…

Colorado Theater Openings, Feb. 12-18, 2016 by Mark Collinsspecial To The Denver Post

"4,000 Miles" review: Family and relationships weave complicated web by Claire Martinspecial To The Denver Post

In "4,000 Miles," 70 years separate irascible Vera (Deborah Persoff) and her 21-year-old grandson, Leo (Curtiss Johns), who arrives on Vera's West Village doorstep with the bicycle he rode f…

In The Stage newspaper this week: February 18 by The Stage

The Stage newspaper comes out once a week and is brimming with industry news, advice, analysis and reviews from all over the

Review: A Bronx Tale

Chazz Palminteri's childhood stories of Belmont Avenue are put to music at Paper Mill Playhouse.

Impressions of The Kathryn Posin Dance Company by The Dance Enthusiast

"Posin works within the framework of academic ballet, but her ballet beats with a jazzy heart." Erin Bomboy, New York.

Impressions of Raja Feather Kelly's "Lyrical Dances for a Lost Generation" by The Dance Enthusiast

"Lyrical dances for competitions are almost exclusively vapid pastiche...Lyrical Dances for a Lost Generation, however, was almost entirely the opposite..." Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, Brookl…

WAR OF THE WORLDS Dominion , W1 by Libby Purves

THEY CAME, THEY CONQUERED   Call me a patsy and a soft touch, but you won’t find me sneezing at anything which – within twenty minutes of a deafening, blinding opening – o…

Help!: Backstage at Disaster! with Jennifer Simard, Episode 1: Cupid Pays a Visit by Broadway.com

Jennifer Simard decorates someone's dressing room with some serious chocolate.

The Broadway.com Show: Frozen on B'way! Sorkin Tackles Mockingbird! Hamilton Conquers Grammys! by Broadway.com

On this week's episode we're all about Frozen's premiere, Come From Away's Broadway bow and Eclipsed's Lupita Nyong'o shining a light on Liberia.

Broadway.com #LiveatFive with Something Rotten!'s Kate Reinders by Broadway.com

Kate Reinders stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat with Imogen Lloyd Webber about her dream co-stars and why her dressing room is like Vegas.

Tony Yazbeck, Lesli Margherita, Tituss Burgess & More Tapped for Broadway Backwards by Broadway.com

Tony Yazbeck (Finding Neverland), Lesli Margherita (Dames at Sea), Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and many more will appear in this year’s Broadway Backwards. As previously…

VIDEO: Documentary ONE TICKET PLEASE Follows Life of Daily Theatregoer Nicki Cochrane by Michael Dale

If you attend New York theatre regularly you've most likely seen Nicki Cochrane standing outside the house with a sign asking if anyone has an extra ticket.

Cast announced for The House of Blue Leaves, opening April 26 by Michael J. Roberts

JoAnn Montemurro, co-Artistic Director of Raven Theatre, has announced casting for the company’s upcoming production of The House of Blue Leaves by John Guare. The play will run on the com…

Shakespeare 400 Chicago continues with Filter Theatre’s “Twelfth Night” Inbox x by Michael J. Roberts

Chicago Shakespeare Theater (CST) welcomes Filter Theatre’s raucous Twelfth Night, produced in association with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as part of the yearlong Shakespeare 400 Chica…

Interrobang Theatre’s THE NORTH POOL – May 27 – June 26, 2016 at The Athenaeum Theatre by Michael J. Roberts

Interrobang Theatre Project is pleased to conclude its 2015-16 Season, exploring “Unnatural Disasters,” with the Midwest premiere of the psychological drama THE NORTH POOL by Pulitze…

Casting Announced for Sideshow Theatre’s CAUGHT – May 29 – July 3, 2016 at Victory Gardens by Michael J. Roberts

Sideshow Theatre Company will conclude its 2015/16 Season with CAUGHT, a new, head-spinning collaboration with playwright Christopher Chen, director Seth Bockley and Chicago’s Xio…

'SUNDAY IN THE PARK' Co-Star Brynn O'Malley to Join Claybourne Elder at Feinstein's/54 Below by BroadwayWorld

Feinstein's54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Claybourne Elder on February 19, 2016.

A Former Tween Idol, Reborn Off Broadway by Jeff Oloizia

Nat Wolff is all grown up in a revival of Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child.”

Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ by Filter Theater, Set at the Frat by Alexis Soloski

Shakespeare’s comedy gets a party setting by an English troupe that specializes in wild versions of classic texts.

Channing Tatum Gives ‘Hail, Caesar!’ a Tap-Dancing Kick by Gia Kourlas

The choreographer Christopher Gattelli’s “No Dames!” number in the film offered Mr. Tatum a showcase and took him out of his comfort zone.

A play and a ballet: Double exposure for Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ by Hedy Weiss

This month, in a fine confluence of events connected to Shakespeare 400 Chicago — the celebration ... The post A play and a ballet: Double exposure for Shakespeare’s ‘Othello&…

Theater News: The Public Theater's Mobile Unit to Bring Romeo & Juliet to New York's Five Boroughs

Lear deBessonet directs the free three-week tour.

Theater News: George Street Playhouse Announces Casting for Sex With Strangers

Laura Eason's drama will star Broadway's Kyle Coffman and TV's JoAnna Rhinehart.

Screening of 'My America Too' this weekend with Lydia R. Diamond, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Derrick Sanders by Morgan Greene

A panel discussion hosted by Derrick Sanders with special guests will follow this weekend's screening of the documentary "My America Too (Taking Theater to the Streets)," presented by the Le…

Review: 'High Fidelity' finds its Chicago groove by Kerry Reid

I've never seen earlier incarnations of the 2006 musical version of "High Fidelity," based on the 2000 film starring John Cusack, itself based on Nick Hornby's novel. It had a brief Broadway…

Lucy Simon Shares Her 5 Most Treasured The Secret Garden Memories

In anticipation of The Secret Garden concert, we hear from the musical's Tony nominated composer, Lucy Simon.

Review: 2666/Goodman Theatre by Kevin Greene

RECOMMENDED “2666” is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. That much I can promise. Beyond its gargantuan run time—which will be plenty of reason to put some out but also just en…

Photo Flash: First Look at Mae Whitman, York Walker and More in THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX at the Taper by BroadwayWorld

Award-winning playwright Bathsheba Doran's heartfelt new work, THE MYSTERY OF LOVE amp SEX, is currently in previews and opens this Sunday, February 21, 2016, at 7 p.m. at the Center Theatre…

SPRING AWAKENING's Ali Stroker to Offer TEDx Talk with Stories & Song This Spring by BroadwayWorld

Inspirational actress andsinger Ali Stroker is set to offer a special TEDx Talk on March 8. Stroker recently finished making her Broadway debut in the critically acclaimed revival of SPRING …

Kevin Kline and Nina Arianda to Lead Reading of Noel Coward's PRESENT LAUGHTER by BroadwayWorld

Just announced, The Acting Company will continue its 2016 John McDonald Salon Series with a reading of Noel Coward's charming comedy PRESENT LAUGHTER on Monday, February 22nd at 7 PM at the …

THE SHAKESPEAREAN JAZZ SHOW to Meld the Bard with New Orleans at Feinstein's/54 Below by BroadwayWorld

After significant demand, a young, diverse ensemble of multidisciplinary artists are bringing the underground-iconic show,THE SHAKESPEAREAN JAZZ SHOWback to NYC to play at Feinstein's54 Belo…

Kevin Kline and Nina Arianda Team Up for Present Laughter by Adam Hetrick

Oscar winner Kevin Kline will co-direct and star opposite Tony winner Nina Arianda in a one-night-only staging of Noel Coward's Present Laughter.

Fiddler Stars Danny Burstein & Jessica Hecht on Spacey Dream Roles, Yiddish Faves & More by Broadway.com

The mama and the papa of Fiddler on the Roof sit down to take on Broadway.com fan questions.

THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – West End by Johnny Fox

Wayne’s ‘World’ has been kicking about since the late 1970’s when he wrote this famous prog rock album around the same time Pink Floyd produced Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall and…

Arkansas’s TheatreSquared: The Middle of Somewhere by American Theatre Editors

Martin Miller and Robert Ford have made their small company a theatrical force in Northwest Arkansas, but it hasn’t happened in a vacuum.

Review: The Flick

Steppenwolf presents Annie Baker's tragicomic slice of life.

Theater News: Joel Grey and More Set for Groundbreakers With Kevin Sessums

Collaborators Courtney Love and Todd Almond are also scheduled to participate in the Curran: Under Construction series.

Review: The Testament of Mary

Paula Langton stars in an enthralling revival of Colm Tóibín's controversial work.

Theater News: Tituss Burgess, Lesli Margherita, Beth Malone, and More Join Broadway Backwards

Len Cariou, Krysta Rodriguez, Tony Yazbeck, and Telly Leung will also participate in the annual concert fundraiser.

The New Colony announces final show in 2016 season by Morgan Greene

A world-premiere production of Spenser Davis' "Merge" will be the final production of The New Colony's 2016 season, the company announced Wednesday. Co-artistic director Andrew Hobgood will…

Naian González Norvind Reaches for High Notes in ‘Her Requiem’ by Kathryn Shattuck

The actress will play a 17-year-old violinist in the play by Greg Pierce.

Zainab Jah, ‘Eclipsed’ Star, Is Ready for Battle by Alexis Soloski

Ms. Jah is slim and not quite 5-foot-2, but on stage she looms larger. Especially when she’s holding a machine gun.

Sarah Charles Lewis Bids for Posterity in ‘Tuck Everlasting’ by Michael Paulson

The 11-year-old actress has moved from Georgia to New York to star in the new musical.

For Director Lileana Blain-Cruz Things are Going Swimmingly by Steven McElroy

In addition to Lucas Hnath’s play “Red Speedo,” Ms. Blain-Cruz’s spring also includes directing works by Alice Birch and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

Review: The Encounter, Barbican by Camilla Gurtler

It’s not too bold to say that The Encounter is out of this world. Simon McBurney’s one-man show is simply like nothing you’ve ever experienced. And it is a total experience – it does…

The Paradox of Watching Live by Damian Bazadona

The Super Bowl, the World Series, the Final Four--sports captivate millions of rabid fans, consistently rule the ratings, and...

Tituss Burgess, Andre De Shields, Beth Malone, Krysta Rodriguez, Tony Yazbeck and More Join BC/EFA's BROADWAY BACKWARDS by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld is happy to report that some of the brightest talents of Broadway are joining the cast of this year's BROADWAY BACKWARDS, BCEFA's annual celebration where gays and lesbians exp…

BWW TV Exclusive: Adam Pascal Kicks Off The Road to DISASTER! by BroadwayWorld TV

Coming to Broadway, come hell or high water is the new musical comedy Disaster, currently in previews at the Nederlander Theatre. Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and rampant wildlife can'…

11th Annual Gender-Reversing Broadway Backwards Concert Lines Up Tituss Burgess, Len Cariou and More by Robert Viagas

The annual Broadway Backwards fundraising concert in New York has announced a lineup of Broadway stars for its March concert date, including Tituss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,&…

McCallum Celebrates Sinatra’s Centennial with Michael Feinstein March 12 & 13 by Michael J. Roberts

The McCallum Theatre celebrates Frank Sinatra’s Centennial with two performances by Michael Feinstein on Saturday, March 12, at 8:00pm and Sunday, March 13, at 7:00pm. Ambassador of the G…

Amazing Grace Will Play Nairobi by Andrew Gans and Robert Viagas

The first international high school production of the new musical Amazing Grace, which played its final performance on Broadway Oct. 25, 2015, will be presented in Nairobi.

Nicole Scherzinger Enjoys Something Rotten! on Broadway by Matthew Blank

Nicole Scherzinger was in the audience at the Feb. 16 performance of Something Rotten! After the show, she took to the stage to meet and clown around with the cast.

Fran Drescher Surrounds Herself in Pirates As She Visits Finding Neverland by Matthew Blank

Fran Drescher and husband Shiva Ayyadurai spent Valentine's Day taking in a performance of Finding Neverland. The actress took time to meet up with some of the show's pirates after…

Julia Mattison Rocks Out as Multiple Musicians in Hilarious New Docuseries “Brooklyn Sound” by Michael Gioia

Julia Mattison, who appeared in the Broadway revival of Godspell, is the creator, writer and star of the new musical docuseries "Brooklyn Sound," now available to stream on Vimeo.&…

Odds & Ends: Santino Fontana & Laura Osnes Reunite in New Musical, Kate Winslet Eyes Broadway & More by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today. Santino Fontana & Laura Osnes Reunite in New Musical Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes are joining forces once again on s…

Andre Watts at the McCallum March 14 by Michael J. Roberts

Through the generosity of individual board members of the Virginia Waring International Piano Competition, theDesert Entertainer and the McCallum Theatre present famed pianist Andre Watts on…

STAGE TUBE: Jasmine Cephas-Jones Sings Intimate, Jazzy 'My Man' from FUNNY GIRL for #Ham4Ham by Stage Tube

Good news - Hamilton's digital lottery is officially back for the winter, meaning that fans can enter online daily for a chance to see one of Broadway's biggest hits. Better news - this mean…

Screening of 'My America Too' this weekend with Lydia R. Diamond, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Derrick Sanders by Morgan Greene

A panel discussion hosted by Derrick Sanders with special guests will follow this weekend's screening of the documentary "My America Too (Taking Theater to the Streets)," presented by the Le…

Chicago’s Northlight Theatre Announces 42nd Season by Olivia Clement

Chicago's Northlight Theatre has announced that its 42nd season will feature three world premieres and two midwest premieres. Included in the slate is Primus Prize winner By The Water by…

Photo Flash: Adam Chanler-Berat and More in Kyle Jarrow and Nick Blaemire's Fallout in Concert

The event was presented as part of New Musicals at 54.

Review: Barcelona

A cross-cultural two-hander takes the stage at Geffen Playhouse.

World Premiere of BeBe Winans Story Set for Arena Stage Season by Robert Viagas

Arena Stage in Washington, DC, announced a 2016-17 season that will launch this summer with the world premiere of a new musical biography of six-time Grammy Award-winning R&a…

Bill Simmons’ New Prospectus: Ousted ‘Grantland’ Founder Will Launch ‘The Ringer’ Sports & Pop Culture Site by Jeremy Gerard

Bill Simmons, the longform-loving sports authority, announced this morning the imminent launch of The Ringer, his new sports-and-culture site. The move comes less than a year after ESPN dis…

A Loving, Lush Revival of “Fiddler” on Broadway by Philip

I was fortunate to attend a recent performance of “Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway with someone who had never before seen the play or movie. Experiencing it with her, re-discovering afr…

Review: Treya’s Last Dance, Bridewell Theatre by Ettie Bailey-King

Packing thought-provoking theatre into parcels of just forty-five minutes, the Bridewell Theatre serves up lunchbox-sized slices of the arts. Cradled between office blocks and museums, with …

Review: Kodo One Earth Tour 2016: Mystery, Barbican Centre by Guy Withers

A sold-out Barbican Hall welcomed Kodo for an anniversary performance and premiere in one. The Taiko Performing Arts Ensemble celebrates 35 years of worldwide touring since bursting onto the…

The New Colony announces final show in 2016 season by Morgan Greene

A world-premiere production of Spenser Davis' "Merge" will be the final production of The New Colony's 2016 season, the company announced Wednesday. Co-artistic director Andrew Hobgood will …

The State of Nannies by Sam Hurwitt

One-woman show delves deep into childcare culture.

Many Bridges to Cross by Sam Hurwitt

Berkeley Playhouse's new musical sets two civil rights struggles side by side.

Broadway at a Discount- What's Available at TKTS for February 17, 2016! by Bww Discount Alert

TKTS has been a New York City institution for decades, bringing theatre-goers a last-minute way to get tickets for some of Broadway's hottest shows at a discount. TDF operates three TKTS Dis…

Take Five! Spend Your Afternoon Coffee Break with THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM's Steven Pasquale by BroadwayWorld

In honor of the start of previews, BroadwayWorld is inviting you to fill your afternoon coffee break with some of Pasquale's greatest past performances. Take fivebelow

BWW Classifieds: Apply for Your Dream Job at The Public Theater, Paper Mill, and More! by Kaitlin Milligan

Whether in New York, L.A., or anywhere around the globe, BroadwayWorld is your connection to theatre's best jobs and best of all, it is completelyFREEfor job posters and job seekers

Al Hirschfeld Townhouse Mural, Thought To Be Original, Revealed As Wallpaper by Michael Dale

The artist's longtime dealer, Margo Feiden, sets the record straight.

VIDEO: First Look at Meryl Streep as Opera Singer FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS! by Movies News Desk

UK's The Telegraph has shared an exclusive first look at Meryl Streep as American-born opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins in the upcoming film biopic of the same name.

Well-Strung Wins OUT Music Award for Best Classical Recording by BroadwayWorld

On the heels of their Billboard Top 10 Classical Crossover album, Well-Strung, the Singing String Quartet, were recently named winners at the 9th Annual OUTmusic Awards for Best Classical Re…

Stephen Karams The Humans Releases Artistic New Photos For Broadway by Monica Simoes

Take a first look at Stephen Karam’s The Humans on Broadway. Performances began Jan. 23 at the Helen Hayes Theatre. The ensemble cast featured in the acclaimed Of…

Andre De Shields, Lillias White, Chita Rivera and Regis Philbin Visit Maurice Hines Tappin' Thr by Matthew Blank

Andre De Shields, Lillias White, Chita Rivera and Regis and Joy Philbin have all paid a visit to Maurice Hines Tappin' Thru Life in recent weeks. Check 'em out!

Adam Chanler-Berat, Grace McLean, Sara Kapner, Theo Stockman Perform New Musical Fallout by Matthew Blank

Nick Blaemire and Kyle Jarrow's new musical Fallout, centering on the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, took shape at Feinstein's/54 Below Feb. 9. Check out pics from the evening!

Marin Mazzie to Join ‘The King and I’ on Broadway by Dei Lewison

Three-time Tony nominee Marin Mazzie will be replacing Kelli O’Hara as Anna Leonowens, the British governess who tutors the royal children in the hit Broadway production of The King an…

New Musical ‘Come From Away’ to Open on Broadway in 2017 by Dei Lewison

Come From Away, a new musical which had successful runs at San Diego’s La Jolla Playhouse and the Seattle Repertory Theatre, will open on Broadway in spring 2017. The plot follows the …

10 Things You May Not Know About Me: Josh Segarra of ‘On Your Feet’ by Dei Lewison

Josh Segarra is having the time of his life with a new hit show on Broadway, On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan — a jukebox musical chronicling the journey of the p…

Ilan Goodman on Bad Jews Getting Banned on the Tube, Landing The Imitation Game & Giving Notes to his Famous Dad by Matt Wolf

Ilan Goodman may be the son of Olivier Award-winning actor Henry Goodman (Assassins, Chicago) but the RADA-educated performer has been carving a name for himself as a fine talent in his own …

Pics! Zachary Quinto Returns to the Stage in New York Premiere of Smokefall by Monica Simoes

Take a first look at Zachary Quinto and Robin Tunney in the New York premiere of Smokefall by Noah Haidle. The MCC production, helmed by Anne Kauffman began performances Feb. 4

Off-Broadway Theater Review: Daddy Long Legs by Lauren Yarger

Adam Halpin and Megann McGinnis. Photo: Jeremy DanielDaddy Long LegsMusic and Lyrics by Paul GordonBook  by  John Caird based on the novel by Jean WebsterDirected by John…

Memories of the man who looked over ‘The President’s Shoulder’ a keen slice of history by Hedy Weiss

A man of easy elegance and self-possession, as well as impeccable discretion and discipline, Alonzo Fields served four United States presidents - Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, H…

Art of Time plans variety for 2016/17 season by Trish Crawford

Program includes jazz, poetry, comedy and classical music.

Five Burning Questions with Disaster! Star Adam Pascal

Adam Pascal talks Disaster, returning to the Nederlander, and the painful existence of a professional actor.

Gallows humour – Simon Armitage on his comedy about the last man hanged for blasphemy by Peter Ross

How does the fate of a student executed in 1697 fuel the freedom of speech debate today? Simon Armitage and Told By An Idiot talk about their new drama exploring the life and death of Thomas…

The Golden Bride to Return This Summer by Olivia Clement

The first revival of Di Goldene Kale (The Golden Bride), a 1923 Yiddish operetta that was lost in the aftermath of World War II, is set to return to the New York City stage this summer. The …

Sacramento City Council approves two art installations at Golden 1 Center

Work by Sacramento’s Gale Hart, San Francisco’s William Fontana approved … Click to Continue »

Review: Lyric Theater’s “Full Monty” is a crowd pleaser that teases, but doesn’t go all the way by Jim Farmer

In the never-ending parade of hit movies that have become Broadway musicals, The Full Monty is an example of one that has firmly clicked, keeping

Metropolitan Opera Announces 50th Anniversary Season - Bartlett Sher in ROMEO ET JULIETTE, RUSALKA, Gala Concert and More! by BroadwayWorld

The Metropolitan Opera's 2016-17 season, the 50thanniversary of its home at Lincoln Center, will feature 225 opera performances of 26 operas in a varied repertory that ranges from 18thcentur…

Watch First Clip of Meryl Streep As Off-Key Diva! (Video) by Robert Viagas and Andrew Gans

Meryl Streep, as previously reported, will star in "Florence," a film about the late, vocally challenged opera singer Florence Foster Jenkins. A trailer of the Oscar-winning ac…

NEWS: Memphis writers’ The Toxic Avenger gets UK premiere at Southwark, 26 Apr by Press Releases

The Toxic Avenger, the sci-fi rock ‘n’ roll musical comedy from the writers of Memphis the Musical, receives its European premiere at London’s Southwark Playhosue, where it…

North Carolina Theatre Invites Fans to Guess 2016-17 Season by BroadwayWorld

AsNorth Carolina Theatregets closer to their201617 Season Announcement,they're inviting fans to guess the line-up for a chance to win a pair of season tickets.For the next week, they'll be r…

The Metropolitan Opera's New Season Includes Bartlett Sher-Helmed Romeo et Juliette & Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de Loin by Ryan McPhee

The Metropolitan Opera’s 2016-17 season will feature a new production of Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, directed by Tony winner Bartlett Sher and starring Met favorites Diana…

Jeff Richmond Will Pen Score for Fully Committed Before Bringing Mean Girls to Broadway by Ryan McPhee

Looks like the restaurant in Fully Committed serves Pinot Noir and whole-grain, low-fat muffin tops. Jeff Richmond, whose previous scores include 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (both …

Buried Child, Starring Ed Harris & Amy Madigan, Extends Again Off-Broadway by Broadway.com

Buried Child has extended again! Led by Oscar nominees and real-life husband and wife Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, the production will now play off-Broadway through April 3; it has previously …

‘Colored Museum’ a sharp, spot-on satire by Jean Schiffman

The abundant acting and directing talent on display in African-American Shakespeare Company’s production of George C. Wolfe’s “The Colored Museum” — not to mention Wolfe’s br…

One Year Ago! Hamilton Opens at the Public; Celebrity Arrivals, Curtain Call and Cast Party by Matthew Blank

Hamilton, the new musical by Tony Award-winning In the Heights star and creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, which explores the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, officially…

James Dean Part 3 by Barry

James Dean: Remembering the Screen Legend on What Would Be His 85th Birthday  Part Three   By: Ellis Nassour “Dream as if you'll live forever,” James Dean has been quoted as…

Saoirse Ronan to Star in Ian McEwan Film Adaptation by Olivia Clement

Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Saoirse Ronan, who will soon be making her Broadway debut in The Crucible, has been tapped to star in "On Chesil Beach," according to Deadline. The f…

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Taye Diggs Twerks for His Martini on Tonight's KOCKTAILS WITH KHLOE by TV News Desk

On tonight's episode of KOCKTAILS WITH KHLOE on FYI, host Khloe challenges her guests Taye Diggs and Kat DeLuna to twerk their own shaken martinis. The episode airs tonight, Wednesday at 109…

Wesley Taylor, Jessica Phillips & More Set for BROADWAY SINGS FOR PKD at Laurie Beechman by BroadwayWorld

The fifth annual Broadway Sings for PKD, a concert benefiting the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, will be offered Thursday, February 25 at 700 pm at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Kate Winslet's Son Wants Her to Make Broadway Debut & Become an EGOT Winner by TV News Desk

The talented actress revealed that her 12-year-old son Joe is urging her to take on the Great White Way so that she can earn a Tony Award and become a member of the esteemed club of EGOT win…

Is Bull Durham Musical Headed to Broadway? by Andrew Gans and Adam Hetrick

Bull Durham, the baseball musical that ended its world-premiere run in October 2014 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, is aiming for Broadway, according to a report in wralsportsfan.com.

See Ed Harris, Rich Sommer, Taissa Farmiga and Paul Sparks in New NYC Buried Child by Matthew Blank

See the first pics from the New Group's revival of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child , which officially opens Feb. 17 following previews that began…

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Fully Committed Changes First Preview; Additional Creative Team Set by Andrew Gans

Emmy Award winner Jeff Richmond ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "30 Rock," "SNL") will make his Broadway debut writing original music for the Broadway bow of Beck…

"Smart People" Strains too Hard to Be Clever by Broadway & Me

Lydia Diamond's Stick Fly, which had a brief Broadway run back in 2011, was such a refreshing look at African-American life in contemporary America that I had to talk myself out of jumping o…

Reviews: ‘All the Way’ and ‘Ah, Wilderness!’ at the Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida by Richard Seff

As a way of plugging in to the national conversation addressing issues of change in the United  States, this highly regarded regional not-for-profit theatre has put several plays in to its …

Edward Gero not only got to be Antonin Scalia, he got to know Antonin Scalia by Peter Marks

Edward Gero will forever savor the first words Antonin Scalia ever spoke to him. “I’m not coming to see the play,”  the justice declared that afternoon in the late fall of 2014, as G…

Review Round-Ups: Reviews round-up: Were critics full of praise for Hand to God?

Moritz von Stuelpnagel's Broadway hit gets a lukewarm reception this side of the pond

Motown’s Krystal Joy Brown Will Star in Reading of NC-17, New Play by Scottsboro Boys Actor by Michael Gioia

An industry reading of NC-17, a contemporary new play written and conceived by performer and writer Rodney Dennis Hicks, will be presented March 7 at 5 PM in New York City. 

You, or Whatever I Can Get from Flying V (review) by Kelly McCorkendale

The Flying V—always balls-to-the-wall and full of fun (pun intended, you’ll read why in a few minutes)—has brought back its 2014 Capital Fringe award winning musical, You, or Whatever …

Jesse Tyler Ferguson Fully Committed Changes First Preview; Additional Creative Team Members Announc by Andrew Gans

Emmy Award winner Jeff Richmond ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "30 Rock," "SNL") will make his Broadway debut writing original music for the Broadway bow of Beck…

Review: In A Word/Strawdog Theatre Company by Kevin Greene

RECOMMENDED Lauren Yee’s “In A Word” will leave you in a poetic state of mind. You’ll find yourself grasping for ways to describe this manic work that will ultimately fall short of t…

Jeff Richmond Will Write Music for FULLY COMMITTED on Broadway; More of the Creative Team Announced! by BroadwayWorld

Producers Barbara Whitman and Patrick Catullo announced today additions to the creative team for the delicious hit comedy, FULLY COMMITTED, starring five-time Emmy Award nominee Jesse Tyler …

Theater News: Ed Harris-Led Buried Child Revival Announces Second Extension

Sam Shepard's play returns to New York courtesy of the New Group.

Theater News: 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt's Jeff Richmond to Write Music for Fully Committed

The Broadway premiere of Becky Mode's solo comedy will star Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Amas Musical Theatre to Honor Tony Winner Priscilla Lopez at Gala by BroadwayWorld

Amas Musical Theatre, New York City's award-winning pioneer in diversity and multi-ethnic casting in the performing arts since 1968, will celebrate its 47th Anniversary at a gala benefit onM…

Temple University Chapter of Artists Striving To End Poverty Helps Underserved Philadelphia Youth by Michael Dale

The non-profit created by Broadway's Mary-Mitchell Campbell has a new chapter in Philadelphia.

MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS – West End by Jonathan Baz

Fresh out of the ‘Bath’ as it were and straight into London’s West End comes the eagerly anticipated transfer of last year’s adaptation of the film Mrs Henderson Presents. Perhaps mo…

Marin Mazzie to Return to Broadway in ‘The King and I’ by Laura Collins-Hughes

Ms. Mazzie, who had to pause her career for cancer treatment last year, is to make her debut in the show on May 3.

Snapshot: Q. and A.: Martyna Majok, Putting Immigrant Lives on Center Stage by Laura Collins- Hughes

Ms. Majok grew up in a gritty stretch of North Jersey, the daughter of a house cleaner. She now writes plays infused with economic insecurity.

ArtsBeat: Diane Lane to Honor Elizabeth Swados With a Grant for Arts Educators by Andrew R. Chow

The actress Diane Lane pays tribute to Elizabeth Swados, the composer, writer and director.

Lou Diamond Phillips Play 'Burning Desire' At Seven Angels by Christopher Arnott

The bar area in the lobby of the Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury has always been called "The Devil's Corner." Lou Diamond Phillips feels right at home. He's playing Lucifer, the devil inca…

‘A Quick 5’ with JaBen Early by Elliot Lanes

JaBen Early is currently playing the role of Hero in Round House Theatre’s epic production of Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3). His performance is as epic as the …

Nic Rouleau Will Return as Elder Price in THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld has the scoop on the latest egotistical Mormon missionary on Broadway.

VIDEO: Watch Ryan Reynolds Crash Hugh Jackman's 'Eddie the Eagle' Interview by Movies News Desk

DEADPOOL star Ryan Reynolds crashed an interview with Eddie the Eagle's Hugh Jackman during the film's press junket. Check out what happpens below

BWW Interview: Drew Seigla- Don't Mute This Tenor by Joseph F. Panarello

Drew Seigla, who is THE FANTASTICKS' current Mute, branches out as an opera director and concert performer

'Wonderful Town', 'Tootsie' Actor George Gaynes Dies at 98 by TV News Desk

Stage and screen star George Gaynes, perhaps best known for his roles on the 1980's sitcom 'Punky Brewster,' and the film franchise 'Police Academy' passed away on Monda

Broadway-Bound Saoirse Ronan to Star in ON CHESIL BEACH by Movies News Desk

'Brooklyn' starSaoirse Ronan has joined the cast of ON CHESIL BEACHNumber 9 Films' Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley. T

Writers Theatre Opens New Jeanne Gang-Designed Center by American Theatre Editors

The Chicago area theatre has a new two-venue home, the product of a $34 million fundraising campaign.

Luz Nicolás: The Faces of Elizabeth Arden by Jamila Reddy

Nominated for a 2016 Helen Hayes Award for her portrayal of the title character in Yerma, Luz Nicolás returns to GALA Hispanic Theatre to play Elizabeth Arden in Señorita …

Review: The Dark, Dark Truth by Michael Block

America is a scary place and Dandy Darkly is here to spook you silly. The acclaimed story yeller, yes that's right a story yeller, brings tales of horror to Under St. Marks in Dandy Darkly's…

Review: A Series of Silent Conversations by Michael Block

Who says you need words to tell a story? In Mike Spara's Conversations with Body Language, Spara offers an evening of solo wordless sketch comedy that pays homage to classic physical comedy …

Video: Check Out Hilarious New Web Series THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER by Stage Tube

Below, check out an episode of the all-new web series THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER, titled 'No Attraction'. The comedic series follow a man with sometimes strange and bizarre opinions, trying hi…

Review Round-Ups: Did the critics enjoy Mrs Henderson Presents?

The West End transfer opened at the Noel Coward theatre last night

Southwark Playhouse introduces allocated seating by David Hutchison

Southwark Playhouse has announced it will now allocate seats to ticket-buyers after audiences thronged the venue to see sold-out musical Grey Gardens.

Emma Williams: ‘New theatre pieces need try-outs’ by Matthew Hemley

Mrs Henderson Presents star Emma Williams has claimed out-of-town try outs are essential for new shows, because productions need “nourishing and breaking

Theatre Review: ‘Collaborators’ at Spooky Action Theater by Natasha Joyce

As Collaborators opens, a comical Joseph Stalin chases frightened playwright Mikhail Bulgakov around Bulgakov’s apartment. High jinx for Stalin, but a terrifying recurring nightmare fo…

Hitting the Road: Shifting a Playwright’s Perspective by [email protected] (ramona)

By Patrick Gabridge. Playwright Pat Gabridge describes the experience of seeing the same production of his play in Massachusetts and Maryland.

Brian Feldman, Fringe artist, survives brutal attack, needs your help by Lorraine Treanor

Fringe performance artist Brian Feldman, whose pieces were often designed for an audience of one (BFF and Dishwasher) was brutally attacked this past weekend after exiting a bus near his ho…

'One-Man Star Wars Trilogy' is coming back to Chicago by Morgan Greene

Like "Star Wars" do you? The "One-Man Star Wars Trilogy" is coming back to Chicago for a limited engagement, Broadway in Chicago announced Wednesday. In 60 minutes, Charles Ross plays all t…

Obituaries: Punky Brewster Star George Gaynes, 98, Has Died

Gaynes' last Broadway appearance was in the original 1973 production of Gigi.

Cabaret News: Claybourne Elder to Reunite With Sunday in the Park Costar Brynn O'Malley in New Cabaret

The pair appeared in the Sondheim favorite in 2015 at Arlington, Virginia's Signature Theatre.

PlayMakers Rep Announces 2016–17 Season, Vivienne Benesch’s First by American Theatre Editors

The North Carolina theatre's first season under its new artistic director will include a mix of classics and new plays.

Hot Clip of the Day: Pour One Out for the Fabulous Broadway Treasures Featured in the 1986 Tony Medley

It's the YouTube clip we are absolutely living for today.

Virginia Stage Slates Classics and New Plays for 2016–17 Season by American Theatre Editors

The theatre company will also reopen the Wells Theatre after a $4 million renovation.

Actor George Gaynes of Wonderful Town and Out of This World, Dies at 98 by Robert Simonson

George Gaynes, and opera and stage performer whose career bloomed late as a character actor, leading to success on the big and small screens, died Feb. 15 in North Bend, WA. He was 98.

Lynn Nottage: 'Nostalgia is a disease many white Americans have' by David Smith In Washington

Taken from interviews with residents of America’s poorest city, the Pulitzer-winning playwright’s Sweat has new resonance in the era of Trump and SandersWhen playwright Lynn Nottage bega…

Lucy Simon: 'Women Are Still Perceived As Soft And Not Really Commercial' by Michael Dale

THE SECRET GARDEN's composer talks of the special challenges to women composers in commercial theatre.

STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 2/17/16- Billie Joe Armstrong by Stage Tube

Happy Birthday, Billie Joe Armstrong Best known as the lead vocalist, main songwriter and lead guitarist for the American punk rock band Green Day, Armstrong recently brought one of his most…

First Listen: Tony Winner Cyndi Lauper Goes Country on New Single 'Funnel of Love' by TV News Desk

Tony Award winner Cyndi Lauper goes country on her upcoming album 'Detour', dropping May 6th. Pre-order on iTunes HERE.

Back to Believe: Nic Rouleau Will Return to The Book of Mormon on Broadway by Ryan McPhee

A Mormon alum is about to say “Hello” again! Nic Rouleau will return to the Tony-winning The Book of Mormon on Broadway. He assumes the role of Elder Price beginning February 23,…

Piazza Star Will Sing New Kathie Lee Gifford-David Friedman Tune on TV by Andrew Gans

Tony winner Victoria Clark, most recently on Broadway in a Tony-nominated turn in Gigi, will perform on the Feb. 18 broadcast of NBC's "Today."

Preview: Lillian/CabinFever at the Florsheim Mansion by Sharon Hoyer

RECOMMENDED All architecture is created by human beings to contain their lives, but houses particularly so. Homes are the space—usually safe, sometimes otherwise—where we play out our m…

Livestreaming Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Panel on Managing Your Career: A Discussion of Theatre Arts Administration—Mon, Feb 22 #creativecareers by [email protected] (jamie)

By HowlRound TV. Tune in to the Creative Careers panel Managing Your Career: A Discussion of Theatre Arts Administration livestreaming on the global, commons-based HowlRound TV network at ho…

News: Atlanta Word Works and Natalie Cook join the ranks of VOX by Laura Relyea

VOX and Atlanta Word Works have announced that the two organizations will be merging, with VOX bringing on Atlanta Word Works founder, executive director and

Theater News: Sandy Duncan Takes Temporary Leave From Broadway's Finding Neverland

The actress recently joined the musical at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.

Julia Cho Returns to Playwriting With Two New Plays by American Theatre Editors

With 'Aubergine' at Berkeley Rep and 'Office Hour' at South Coast Rep, Cho returns to playwriting after six years.

NEA and Playbill Launch Songwriting Challenge for High Schoolers by American Theatre Editors

The songwriting competition will give young songwriters in select cities a chance to share their music.

REVIEW: The Last Tango, New Wimbledon Theatre (UK Tour) ✭✭✭✭ by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo It’s a shame this will be their last theatre production, but with The Last Tango, Vincent and Flavia have delivered a finale that will be remembered for a long time to come…

Reference of Terms by Ken

Different Ways to Sort Your EPK Teams While the worlds very first social media centre for discussing and uploading your video EPK can be an extremely strong device that can help you achieve …

Theatre News: Mark Watson among guests for Old Vic Variety Night

The comedian will host the second variety evening at the theatre

Review: Hamlet (Tobacco Factory Theatres)

Andrew Hilton's production runs until 30 April

What we saw this week by Maxamoo

Download fileWe report on five recent theater productions beyond Broadway in New York City: The Grand Paradise, Sojourners, Utility, Washer/Dryer, and Tarzana. Subscribe to Maxamoo’s Thea…

Review: Uncle Vanya at curtainup.com-London by Lizzie Loveridge

Director and adaptor Robert Icke brings a different perspective to Chekhov's classic play. .

Broadway’s Book of Mormon Will Welcome Return of Former Elder Price by Andrew Gans

Nic Rouleau — who has been seen as Elder Price, the role created by Andrew Rannells, on Broadway, in the national tour and London — will return to the New York company be…

Encores! Production of Cabin in the Sky Pits Good vs. Evil in a Quest for True Love

LaChanze, Michael Potts, Carly Hughes, Chuck Cooper and Norm Lewis head the cast of the Encores! production of Cabin in the Sky. The 1940 musical pits henchman of God and the devil against e…

Review: A Bronx Tale The Musical at curtainup.com by Simon Saltzman

This song-filled, exuberantly acted and smartly staged trip down one man's unapologetically sentimentalized memory lane has the makings of a hit

The Herbal Bed review – sex, lies and Shakespeare's daughter by Lyn Gardner

Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonPeter Whelan’s compassionate, filigree drama tells the story of the Bard’s scion Susanna, seeking life’s poetry in puritan England, only to be accused of…

Official: Sandy Duncan Takes Temporary Leave from FINDING NEVERLAND for 'Family Obligations' by BroadwayWorld

The producers of Broadway'sFinding Neverland have regretfully announced that the beloved stage and screen actress Sandy Duncan, who recently joined the magical production in the role of Mada…

VIDEO: Sutton Foster to Tap Dance in Concert with YOUNGER Co-Star; Watch Rehearsal Footage! by TV News Desk

Turns out hoofer Sutton Foster is not the only tap dancer in town when it comes to the set of her hit TV series YOUNGER.

War of the Worlds Opens Tonight at West End's Dominion Theatre, with Jimmy Nail, Daniel Bedingfield, David Essex by Mark Shenton

The War of the Worlds, a much-traveled stage version of Jeff Wayne's album of the same name that has played regular arena tours around the U.K. and the world for eight years, is finally…

War of the Worlds Opens Tonight at West End’s Dominion Theatre, with Jimmy Nail, Daniel Bedingfield, by Mark Shenton

The War of the Worlds, a much-traveled stage version of Jeff Wayne's album of the same name that has played regular arena tours around the U.K. and the world for eight years, is fina…

'One-Man Star Wars Trilogy' is coming back to Chicago by Morgan Greene

Like "Star Wars" do you? The "One-Man Star Wars Trilogy" is coming back to Chicago for a limited engagement, Broadway in Chicago announced Wednesday. In 60 minutes, Charles Ross plays all th…

HSO Selects Adam Boyles For Assistant Conductor Position by Michael Hamad

A month after its Battle of the Batons concerts, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra announced its new Assistant Conductor: Adam Kerry Boyles, the current Director of Orchestras at M.I.T. in Ca…

Auditions for Miss Saigon Will Be Held in Philippines by Andrew Gans

Auditions for various global productions of Miss Saigon, including the 2017 Broadway revival of the international hit musical, will be held in the Philippines.

Fuse Poetry Review: “ask anyone” — Giving a Slant to Meaning by Arts Fuse Editor

Ruth Lepson's method in these poems is to encourage us listen as carefully as she does.

Overheard… “Where’s my free water?” by Vinnie

Mr. Brown: “Do we get free bottled water.” Bartender: “There’s a water fountain to your right, it’s free.” Mr. Brown: “I want a bottled water.”…

The Week Ahead: Noah Haidle’s ‘Smokefall’ Comes to New York by Charles Isherwood

The play tells the story of four generations of a conflict-ridden family in Michigan.

Review: Marc Salem’s Mind Over Chicago/Apollo Theater by Kevin Greene

I am of two minds over this mentalist act now ensconced at the Apollo. On the one hand, it’s technically amazing, a blast of psychic gee-whiz wonderment as Salem appears to effortlessly re…

ArtsBeat: ‘Hamilton’ Tops Box Office Again With Nearly $1.8 Million by Lorne Manly

For the fifth week in a row the musical “Hamilton” leads at the Broadway box office.

Search for Next Generation of Theatre Songwriters Launches in Three Cities Today by Playbill Staff

As we continue to witness a watershed moment for music and musical theatre in the United States — think Hamilton, "High School Musical," "Glee" and "Pitch …

Search Is On for Next Generation of Theatre Songwriters How High School Students Can Apply by Playbill Staff

As we continue to witness a watershed moment for music and musical theatre in the United States — think Hamilton, "High School Musical," "Glee" and "Pitch …

GRACE NOTES: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 by Susan Grace

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Flyman: My advice on how to treat stage management? Just be respectful by Flyman

What’s going on? Only a couple of weeks after our resident careers adviser had been asked “How do I win over the

Toxic Avenger Musical to Receive U.K. Premiere by Mark Shenton

Joe DiPietro and David Bryan's The Toxic Avenger, a stage musical version of the 1984 film of the same name that was first seen at George Street Playhouse in New Jersey in 2008 prior to…

Toxic Avenger Musical to Receive U.K. Premiere by Mark Shenton

Joe DiPietro and David Bryan's The Toxic Avenger, a stage musical version of the 1984 film of the same name that was first seen at George Street Playhouse in New Jersey in 2008 prior to …

Sandy Duncan Exits Broadway’s Finding Neverland Abruptly by Robert Viagas and Adam Hetrick

Sandy Duncan has left the cast of Broadway's Finding Neverland just days after coming aboard the musical.

Finding Neverland Presents a Re-invented Love Duet For Stars Matthew Morrison and Laura Michelle Kelly

To celebrate both Valentine's Day and the one year anniversary of the show, Finding Neverland teamed up with pianist Lang Lang for a special music video. Stars Matthew Morrison and Laur…

The personal and national impact of Lynn Nottage’s Sweat by Jeffrey Walker

“It’s really raw and really real.” That is the quick summation offered by Johanna Day, one of the actresses helping tell the story of what happened in Reading, Pennsylvania when the ec…

Showbiz Nation LIVE! Interview with ANTHONY RAPP by Michael J. Roberts

Broadway superstar ANTHONY RAPP discusses reprising is role as Lucas in the national tour of IF/THEN; the success of NEXT TO NORMAL; playing the iconic Andy Warhol in POP! and his sensationa…

Showbiz Nation LIVE! Interview with ANTHONY RAPP by Michael J. Roberts

Broadway superstar ANTHONY RAPP discusses reprising is role as Lucas in the national tour of IF/THEN; the success of NEXT TO NORMAL; playing the iconic Andy Warhol in POP! and his sensationa…

Theatre News: The Toxic Avenger to receive European premiere at Southwark Playhouse

The production is based on the 1984 film of the same name

Photos: Cast of Mrs Henderson Presents celebrate opening night

Based on the 2005 film, the stage adaptation stars Tracie Bennett and Emma Williams

Features: Regional Theatre Focus: Theatre beyond the Royal Exchange

From Contact to The Lowry, Andrew Haydon explains how there's more to theatre in Manchester than simply the Royal Exchange

A Final Curtain Call for Edward Parone, Mentor to Bards by Parker Richards, Parker Richards

Parone discovered Edward Albee, directed LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka's most noted play, and mentored dozens of major playwrights.

Hamlet: February 18 by Harry Venning

Letters of the week by The Stage

Respect for stage managers In your Green Room article (February 11) on the need for actors to ingratiate themselves with stage management,

Diary: Let’s not get physical by Tabard

Tabard remembers well the backlash that critic Philip Hensher faced after he referenced Rosie Cavaliero’s appearance when she was appearing in Prey

Diary: A right royal pain in the backside by Tabard

Does Arts Council England know something we don’t? In the wake of the latest guidelines it has been circulating to theatres, which

Stars of Vaudeville #953: Donald Brian by Trav S.D.

Today is the birthday of Canadian-American song and dance man Donald Brian (1877-1948). Originally from Newfoundland, he started out in medicine shows and then became a tenor in the Boston C…

Voces, Suite Flamenca review – Baras's virtuosity is trapped in the past by Judith Mackrell

Some thrilling footwork and extraordinary singing in Sara Baras’s flamenco homage isn’t enough to lift this bland production from its classic formatSo much of Sara Baras’s dancing is a…

WAKE UP with BWW 2/17/2016 - BURIED CHILD, RED SPEEDO and More! by Jessica Khan

Good 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 Sam Shepard'sBURIED CHILD returns to t…

Obituary: Becs Andrews by Michael Quinn

In one of her last theatre designs – a revival of The Tempest co-produced by Improbable, Northern Stage and Oxford Playhouse in

VIDEO: Sia & James Corden Sing Carpool Karaoke! by TV News Desk

On last night's LATE LATE SHOW, James spots Sia in Los Angeles and asks her to carpool to work as they sing some of the biggest songs she's performed and written, including 'Chandelier' and …

First Look at Lisa Maxwell in End Of the Rainbow by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo We are pleased to bring you these first look production photos of Lisa Maxwell playing Judy Garland in End Of The Rainbow. It’s 1968 and Judy Garland, a once-glittering…

“I clapped so hard I dented my ring” + Press pass: All the reviews and news on Mrs Henderson Presents by Terri Paddock

I gave Mrs Henderson Presents a very enthusiastic response at the curtain call of last night’s West End premiere – so enthusiastic that, as I tweeted at the time, I dented my rin…

Plans unveiled for Studio Wayne McGregor in Olympic Park by David Hutchison

Choreographer Wayne McGregor has revealed designs for his new dance venue in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which will be free for

BalletBoyz launches dance scheme for people with disabilities by Georgia Snow

Dance company BalletBoyz is launching a new initiative offering dance lessons to people with a disability. Kingston-based BalletBoyz is partnering with YMCA

Unions plan crisis talks ‘for the survival of ENO’ by Matthew Hemley

Trade bodies BECTU, Equity and the Musicians’ Union are planning a joint crisis meeting to save English National Opera from becoming a

Samantha Spiro and Oliver Tompsett join Guys and Dolls by Matthew Hemley

Samantha Spiro and Oliver Tompsett are to join the cast of musical Guys and Dolls. They join alongside US actor Richard Kind

Tara Fitzgerald and Ray Fearon cast in the Globe’s Macbeth by Georgia Snow

Tara Fitzgerald and Ray Fearon have been cast in Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe as part of Emma Rice’s inaugural season as artistic

Arts council unveils funding overhaul by David Hutchison

Arts Council England has proposed a major overhaul of its funding strategy that could lead to major theatres getting four-year funding deals,

Street dance Jungle Book to tour from April by Georgia Snow

A reimagining of The Jungle Book featuring street dance and circus is to tour the UK later this year. Jungle Book has

Maggie Kinloch to leave Royal Conservatoire of Scotland after 10 years by Matthew Hemley

Royal Conservatoire of Scotland deputy principal Maggie Kinloch is leaving the organisation after 10 years. The conservatoire’s principal, Jeffrey Sharkey, praised Kinloch’s

Arts Council England chair Peter Bazalgette joins ITV by David Hutchison

Arts Council England’s Peter Bazalgette is to replace Archie Norman as chairman of ITV. Bazalgette’s new role, effective from May 12, will

Complicite and Shakespeare’s Globe in 2016 Brighton Festival line-up by Georgia Snow

Work by Complicite and Shakespeare’s Globe is among the line-up of newly announced shows for the 2016 Brighton Festival. The festival’s full

Stage Entertainment axes UK production department by Matthew Hemley

Global theatre group Stage Entertainment has axed its UK producing arm after 14 years, following several high-profile flops in London’s West End.

The FUN HOME Test: A Personal Resume Self-Check by David Brush

With all of the well-publicized work and study towards a wider representation of women writers and writers of color in the theater (which I fully support), and in light of the recent record-…

Sandy Duncan Has Made Premature Exit From Finding Neverland on Broadway by Imogen Lloyd Webber

Unfortunately Sandy Duncan's foray back to Neverland was brief. The actress, who starred as Peter Pan on Broadway in 1979, and took on the role of Madame du Maurier in Finding Neverland …

Hosts of BroadwayWorld's 'Some Like it Pop' Podcast Chat Top-10 Favorite Plays by Matt Tamanini

On this new mini-show, from BroadwayWorld's Pop Culture Podcast 'Some Like it Pop,' hosts Jennifer McHugh and I will be counting down our Top-10 lists of various themes from Favorite Movie t…

BWW's On This Day - February 17, 2016

Here are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 17 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events

Royal Opera chorus joins campaign against ENO cuts by Georgia Snow

Performers at the Royal Opera have condemned planned cuts to English National Opera’s chorus, warning the move would be “irreversible” and threaten

Crazy Coqs cabaret to be relaunched as Live at Zedel by Matthew Hemley

Cabaret venue the Crazy Coqs is to be relaunched in September, with the space opened up to theatre companies as part of

The Encounter review – Simon McBurney's head trip up the Amazon by Michael Billington

Barbican, LondonInspired by US photographer Loren McIntyre’s experiences with Brazilian rainforest tribes, this transporting Complicite show is a triumph of sound designSimon McBurney is a…

Interviews: Kathryn Hunter: 'We all have a nose'

The legendary actress Kathryn Hunter talks about her latest gender-swapping role in Cyrano de Bergerac

SEE IT: Lin-Manuel Miranda raps Grammys acceptance speech by Meera Jagannathan

The hip-hop infused musical got a hip-hop infused acceptance speech at Monday’s Grammys.

Robert De Niro co-directs 'A Bronx Tale the Musical' by Joe Dziemianowicz

Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks direct Chazz Palminteri's “A Bronx Tale the Musical."

Molly Shannon shares B'way secret with ‘School of Rock’ cast by Confidential

Molly Shannon shared tales of first-night nerves with the cast of 'School of Rock' after she caught the show with her kids.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson boning up at Gramercy Tavern for play by Confidential

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is fully committed to "Fully Committed."

Snapshot: Antony Tudor’s Dark Elegies by Terry Teachout

American Ballet Theatre performs Dark Elegies, a 1937 ballet by Antony Tudor set to Gustav Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder. This performance was originally telecast by PBS in 1990: (This is the…

Get Your Damn Ads Out Of My Social Media! (They Don’t Work Anyway) by Douglas McLennan

Anyone you know like ads? No. They’re the cackling crows getting between you and what you’re after. They’re uninvited, unwelcome, and we do whatever we can to swat them awa…

Fifteen minutes with …Philip Olivier by Emily Hardy

By Emily Hardy Liverpool lad Philip Olivier – best known for his role as Tim O’Leary in Channel 4’s Brookside, not to mention a killer set of abs – spills the beans on his di…

The five stages of British gags: silliness, repression, anger, innuendo, fear by James Graham

Are you Fawlty, Edina, Partridge or Brent? In his new play Monster Raving Loony, James Graham examines what 70 years of comedy reveal about ourselves – through the story of Screaming Lord …

Almanac: Walter Benjamin on collectors by Terry Teachout

“For inside him there are spirits, or at least little genii, which have seen to it that for a collector—and I mean a real collector, a collector as he ought to be—ownership is the most…

Review: Jeramee, Hartleby and Oooglemore (Unicorn Theatre)

Tim Crouch directs Gary Owen's surreal three word show

Review: The Encounter (Barbican Centre)

Complicite theatre company's new play is an astonishing aural adventure into the rainforest

MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS – West End by Edward Seckerson

The old gags are the best, they say – or just the oldest – and in this hugely enjoyable adaptation of the movie Mrs Henderson Presents they come thick and fast from the mouth of the show…

Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks by Arts Review

Two of Australia’s much-loved performers, Nancye Hayes and Todd McKenney reunite in Ensemble Theatre’s best-selling show, Richard Alfieri’s Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks…

Review: Mrs Henderson Presents (Noel Coward Theatre)

Terry Johnson directs the West End transfer celebrating the iconic Windmill Theatre and its girls

Artists Make Great Tour Guides by Joe Patti

A couple days ago, CityLab had an article about a fledgling sharing economy start up called Lokafy that pairs tourists with local residents willing to act as tour guides to the “real&#…

Competition: Win tickets to Miss Atomic Bomb at St James Theatre by The Stage

Welcome to Las Vegas in 1952, where every mushroom cloud has a silver lining and fallout is your friend. As the US

Another Other by Arts Review

Based on a radical re-reading of Ingmar Bergman’s film Persona, Chamber Made Opera presents the Melbourne premiere season of Another Other at the Meat Market from 18 February 2016. Fusing…

CENTER VIEW: Josh Young Makes Solo Cabaret Debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below by Steve

On Feb 27 and March 7, Broadway’s Josh Young (Amazing Grace, Jesus Christ Superstar), will make his solo cabaret debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below. CENTER VIEW correspondents Jamie …

An Interview with Singer Jen Creed-Performing ‘A Night at the Oscars’ This Friday, 1/19@7:30 PM at L’Etage in Philadelphia by Henrik Eger

Jen Creed, once a mathematician and former recruiter in the investment management industry, is now the Executive Director of The Voice Foundation and, above all, a popular Philadelphia singe…

Adelaide Fringe: Adelaide’s Blues Brothers and Sister of Soul Show by Arts Review

A sunny Sunday afternoon in Adelaide, Valentines Day. It’s Adelaide Fringe time. I had a date with Jake and Elwood, and just when it couldn’t get any better, Soul Sister Jane Bro…

Natasha Tripney’s theatre picks: February 18 by Natasha Tripney

After last week’s great wave of openings, things slow down slightly during the next seven days, though only comparatively speaking. The return

Lucy Simon: ‘Women are not perceived as being commercial’ by Mark Shenton

I’ve already written about the lack of female representation in musical theatre, at least at the composing end. Right now there are

Rob Halliday: Time to ditch the paperwork and let consoles remember the cues by Rob Halliday

Shows, particularly shows with a long life across multiple productions, generate a lot of lighting paperwork: plans, sections (though sadly not always), focus

Theater News: Romeo and Juliet Set to Play at Synetic Theater

Synetic's revival of one of their original Wordless Shakespeare productions starts tonight.

Life’s a beach with PEEL Talent by The Stage

One of the UK’s largest independent entertainment production companies just got even bigger and the benefits for performers and technical staff are

Theater News: Actors' Shakespeare Project Continues 12th Season With Richard II

The play starts performances tonight at YMCA Central Square Theatre.

Special Reports: 8 Musicals We Would Have Killed to Do in High School…Besides Hamilton

Guy and Dolls was fun, but it was no Fun Home.

Testing "How To Get Away With Murder" Star's Legal Skills by Young Hollywood

Testing "How To Get Away With Murder" Star's Legal Skills "How To Get Away With Murder" star Jack Falahee drops by the YH Studio to fill us in on his experiences wo…

Stephan James on Playing Icon Jesse Owens in 'Race' by Young Hollywood

Stephan James on Playing Icon Jesse Owens in 'Race' Actor Stephan James visits the YH Studio to tell us all about his experience playing iconic American athlete Jesse Owens, who broke down r…

Redfoo & Melissa Etheridge Talk Kanye & Drake at Pre-Grammys Bash by Young Hollywood

Redfoo & Melissa Etheridge Talk Kanye & Drake at Pre-Grammys Bash YH is at Primary Wave's 10th annual Pre-Grammys party in L.A. where we catch up with the one and only Redfoo to get a taste …

On the Couch with Mark Pritchard by Arts Review

Who is Mark Pritchard? I’m a dramaturg and a director, and my big love is new local writing and theatre-making. Making something genuinely new, adventurous and innovative is one of the big…

Dance performance Betroffenheit inspired by real tragedy by Michael Crabb

Actor/playwright Jonathon Young wrote the script after his teenage daughter was killed in a 2009 fire.

Their Favorite Things: Disaster! Star Kevin Chamberlin Shares His Theatregoing Experiences by Andrew Gans

Kevin Chamberlin, a Tony nominee for his performances in Dirty Blonde, Seussical and The Addams Family, is back on Broadway in the new musical comedy Disaster! at the Nederlander Theatre. He…

Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Buried Child Opens Tonight by Olivia Clement

The New Group's revival of Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child officially opens Feb. 17 following previews that began Feb. 2. The Off-Broadway pr…

The Ties That Bond: How The Women Of The Humans Became Family by Linda Buchwald

In the latest drama from director Joe Mantello, actors Sarah Steele, Cassie Beck and Jayne Houdyshell created tight mother-daughter relationships and sisterly bonds in order to fight lik…

Lucas Hnath’s Red Speedo Begins Previews at NYTW by Olivia Clement

Performances begin Feb. 17 for the New York Theatre Workshop production of Red Speedo by Lucas Hnath. The young playwright, whose play The Christians recently had an acclaimed run at Playwri…

Actor Patrick Wilson directs 'Full Monty' for his alma mater by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Patrick Wilson has his eyes on his cell phone, standing alone in Carnegie Mellon University’s Purnell Center for the Arts and standing out in a bright red and white Winston Cup ski jacket.…

Quick Q&A with Patrick Wilson by Sharon Eberson / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Where he eats in Pittsburgh:  I’m still a sucker for Pamela’s pancakes every time I’m here, and I stay in Shadyside. I have not done Primanti Bros. or The O this trip. Because of …