Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s Pride and Prejudice is an impeccable dance, an elegant minuet from start to finish. Every element works gracefully with every other, producing a pleasing, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:41PMBarbra Streisand told the Times of London she believes Michael Jackson's 'Neverland' accusers, but feels bad for the pop star, too.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:41PMThere are a few seats at the edges of the room, but otherwise it’s standing room only, the audience gathered around three
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12PMCapsule reviews are by Charles McNulty (C.M.), Philip Brandes (P.B.), F. Kathleen Foley (F.K.F.), Margaret Gray (M.G.) and Daryl H. Miller (D.H.M.). Openings Carney Magic Magic and comedy wi…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:00PMThe Sleeping Beauty Festival Ballet Theatre offers a full-length, family-friendly staging of the Tchaikovsky classic. Irvine Barclay Theatre, 4242 Campus Drive, Irvine. Sun., 2 p.m. $42-$55.…
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Called “the Susan Sontag of Soviet aesthetic thought,” she wrote about film and theater and helped make a film that drew parallels between Nazism and Stalin.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:36PMIf you’ve ever had the dizzying feeling you’re watching the world through the twisted reflection of a fun-house mirror, you’re already familiar with the central metaphor of “Fuddy Me…
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 06:20PMGet ready, here they come! Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations opened at the Imperial Theatre on March 21, and after the cast took their bows, they brought the party to Go…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 06:14PM“This high-profile intercontinental spread has made Heatherwick all but ubiquitous. It has also earned him a heavy dose of suspicion mixed with contempt, both from critics and the public. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:02PMThe Arthur Miller classic will begin performances April 13 at the Old Vic Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:02PMIt looks like there’s a new handy shortcut to EGOT. First Cynthia Erivo won a Tony, Grammy and Emmy for Broadway’s “The Color Purple.” Then Ben Platt and Rachel Bay Jones achieved th…
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Elton John movie “Rocketman” dares to portray the singer’s personality early in his career to have been, at times, “ugly,” Taron Egerton – who plays the pop star – told an audi…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:50PMAin’t Too Proud stars James Harkness, Derrick Baskin, Jeremy Pope, Ephraim Sykes and Jawan M. Jackson celebrate opening night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMKatrina Lenk stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about the final weeks of The Band's Visit and more with Caitlin Moynihan.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:35PMBecause AI might ‘think’ differently to how humans think, and because of the general tendency to get swept up in its allure, its use could well change how we approach tasks and make deci…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:32PMOn this day in 2018, Disney's Frozen brought a cold front to Broadway on opening night at the St. James Theatre
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:27PMAfter 12 years at Adventure Stage in Maryland, Bobbitt is heading north to New England to begin a new chapter.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 05:22PMWe are seated on folding chairs in the living room of an actual house where two women and a man in their mid-twenties have agreed to meet up for a three-way. There’s a modest playing area …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:13PMAli Stroker performs “I Cain’t Say No” from Oklahoma!, now in previews at Circle in the Square.
In 1943, Oklahoma! reinvented the musical and captured the spirit of America. Over 75 ye…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:05PMThe most exciting moment in this fourth Broadway production of Cole Porter’s backstage musical riffing on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew comes at the top of Act II, when the cast …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 05:02PMThere’s a digital renaissance underway in the Eternal City and it is helping to shed a light on the past – quite literally. From video projections cast upon ancient walls and multimedia …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:02PMMusical Theatre Concert producers Club 11 Londonannounce that after the 2016 and 2018 sell out concerts, Broadway and TV star Jeremy Jordan will returnon Friday 25th, Saturday 26th amp Sunda…
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A strong production of ‘Curious Incident’ at Walnut Street Theatre marks a step in the right direction for inclusive theater, but how does it compare to other efforts on the scene? Alix …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:46PMWriter Dominique Morisseau and stars James Harkness, Ephraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, Derrick Baskin, Jawan M. Jackson, and more spill insider knowledge about the new Temptations bio-musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PMAs drama educators, we have the opportunity to instill a love and appreciation of theatre for all students. Teen Plays for Inclusive Classrooms by Dara Murphy is a fantastic resource for cla…
SOURCE: Theatrefolk at 04:36PM“Hype Man,” the third in Idris Goodwin’s series of hip-hop “break beat” plays, is an audacious choice for the Fountain Theatre. Let’s face it, most stage audiences do not appear …
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 04:35PM“We are living in a time when production has mostly superseded content in every area you can think of. It’s very archaic to be holding on to what is the actual content and how to keep it…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:29PM The most exciting moment in this fourth Broadway production of Cole Porter’s backstage musical riffing on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew comes at the top of Act II, when the ca…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 04:29PMThe musical adaptation of the 1993 film will begin performances at the New Jersey venue April 4.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:26PMSee the show's stars, playwright Dominique Morisseau, and a host of Broadway alums come out and celebrate the opening on March 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:09PMAre you Broadway's biggest fan? Prove it! If you can convince us of your undying love for all things Broadway, we'll send you to the craziest and, let's face it, best awards show of the seas…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:04PMPlaywright Chisa Hutchinson got involved with theatre because of a “badass” theatre teacher who let her write her own monologues for acting class, because outside of A Raisin in the Sun …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:02PMFour Women and Frankenstein are among the mindblowing highlights of Homegrown festival’s four-week creative carnival
There’s always a festival vibe at BAC; a sense that young talent is n…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00PMWho is James Mangohig? I am a Bass Player / Producer / Story teller / Occasional DJ and Radio Host from Darwin, Northern Territory. My father is from the Philippines and my mother is from Ho…
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What behavior is right and what behavior is wrong when seeing a live piece of theater? For many, theater is a longstanding tradition where certain rules are followed and certain courtesies a…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 03:57PMThe Tony nominee has released a cover of 'Maybe It's Time,' sung by Bradley Cooper in the Oscar-nominated film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:49PMPhotographer Orin "Orie" Rutchick sets up a mobile studio to document his South Berkeley neighbors.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 03:47PMBroadway favorite Ramin Karimloo has again dipped his toe into the world of silver screen hits with his newly releasedcover of 'Maybe It's Time' fromA Star Is Born
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:44PMWritten by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Chris Noth, Justice Smith, Odessa Young Isabelle Huppert was excellent. Chris Noth played himself.
SOURCE: theaterwithatwist.com at 03:36PMThe immersive outdoor staging unfolds in the midst of a Civil War re-enactment.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:32PMAs the population surges into young old age and old old age, the number of books wrestling with that question has grown from a trickle to a tsunami. Apart from the science journals and scien…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:32PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. John Doyle Announces Creative Team for August Rush Musical
Tony-winning director John Doyle has compiled a talented team of cre…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:31PMA golden oldie musical with a great cast, stunning choreography, and just enough tweaking to be in tune with our MeToo zeitgeist
SOURCE: at 03:30PMThe Imperial Theatre was hoppin' last night as Ain't Too Proud officially celebrated opening night on Broadway. We're taking you inside the big night below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:28PM'Fishskin Trousers,' the latest in Inis Nua’s Pop-Up Play in a Pub series, offers too many dangling threads that never fully coalesce. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:23PMFrom promposals to full-ensemble dance numbers, premiering today is the official music video for YOU HAPPENED, a joyous group number from the hit Broadway musicalTHE PROM. The video made its…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:20PMAdventure Theatre MTC (ATMTC) today announced that Michael J. Bobbitt, who has served as the organization’s artistic director since 2007, will be stepping down on July 1, 2019. Bobbitt, an…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:19PMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with renowned caricature artist Ken Fallin, a life-long theater enthusiast, who has drawn many Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Below, check out his latest …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:16PMThe Mean Girls star stops by the Playbill studio for a sneak peek at her April concert Back To My Roots.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:15PM'Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations' opened last night, March 21, at Broadway's legendary Imperial Theatre 249 West 45th Street. However, many fans of the Temptations mu…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:13PMThe social justice play, seen last year at Harlem Stage, will play a free, ten-week run at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:10PM'Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations' opened last night, March 21, at Broadway's legendary Imperial Theatre 249 West 45th Street. Checkout photos from the red carpet below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:10PM“The daughter of a diplomat, born in Copenhagen in 1949 and raised in Buenos Aires, de Guébriant was introduced in 1975 to the artist’s daughter and archivist, Marguerite Duthuit, and b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PMby Justin Wirick
The Wicked 2nd National Tour celebrated 10 years on Tuesday, March 12 while in Boise, Idaho. I've been lucky enough to be a part of this company for more than nine of those …
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 03:01PMDanielle Brooks earned a Tony nomination when she made her Broadway debut as Sofia in the 2015 revival of “The Color Purple,” but now the “Orange Is the New Black” star is working be…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:00PM
By . On the Move and Arts and Theatre Institute (CZ) present Cultural Mobility in the Era of Climate Change—a public for
SOURCE: HowlRound at 02:35PMThe national tour of ‘Miss Saigon’ arrives in Philadelphia awash in dated, Orientalist tropes. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:33PMCounty parks department plans tribute to its former MLB players
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 02:30PMIn honor of World Puppetry Day celebrated on March 21st, it was time to learn more about the puppetry used in the Shakespeare Theatre Company production of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Vani…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:28PMIn the 1950s and ’60s, especially, session musicians could make or break a hit. And session musicians were in high demand, as producers like Phil Spector became obsessed with production te…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:28PMThe Sheen Center launches its new series Backstage Broadway with the April 1 talkback, hosted by Alexander Gemignani.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:26PMAmelle Berrabah joined the Sugababes in 2005 following the departure of founder member Mutya Buena. As well as chart success with the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:22PM“Last September, after nearly 30 years as the company’s artistic director, [Naharin] handed the reins to Gili Navot, a former dancer with the company, while he assumed the position of ho…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:04PMLin-Manuel Miranda took to Twitter to share a photo of him and Quiara A Hudesrevealing that they are working on new lyrics for the In the Heights film In the tweet, Miranda shared 'When you …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:02PMEveryone’s talking about Warren Carlyle’s latest project — the revival Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate at Roundabout Theatre Company. Carlyle is no stranger to the Great White Way…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:02PMThe lead singer from the chart-topping British pop group will take over the role of Miss Dozer in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:02PMTake a classic thriller written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder, the film version having been directed by Alfred Hitchcock, add a stellar cast and one of the most atmospheric sets I’ve…
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She and her husband fled Cuba under Castro, giving up their prominence in theater there. In the North, she had a steady diet of ethnic roles.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:59PMTwo of musical theatre's most talented people, Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber share a birthday - March 22, 2011. Here they are performing together in a rare, join appearance to cel…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:58PMThis week’s production news includes a London run for Disney musical Frozen in the West End and the announcement that Faye Tozer is to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:51PMIn more pedantic hands, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen could easily have been a tedious and frustrating read. Instead, despite the dense and ultimately inconclusive source material, the book is…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:41PMTonight's the night! Katy Stephens and Emma Fielding star in the world premiere of Maud Dromgoole's new two-hander Mary's Babies, inspired by the true story of fertility pioneer Mary Barton.…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:37PMSeriously – are we surprised? A first-of-its-kind study analyzes the race and gender of the artists represented in the permanent collections of 18 major American art museums, and finds tha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:32PMEducation takes center stage in BroadwayWorld's new Education Spotlight education series. Next up isTeal Wicks,currently gettin' groovy playing one iteration of the incomparable diva Cherin …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:31PMRinging hollow: Louise Jones writes on the subtleties lost in adaptation in Out of Joint and Royal and Derngate's co-production of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 01:13PMRichard Burbage was the go-to leading actor for the greatest playwrights of the 17th century. RSC artistic director Gregory Doran assesses the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:10PMAthol Fugard's seminal 1961 play hasn't lost its potency
London's impromptu mini-season devoted to the work of Athol Fugard picks up real steam with Blood Knot, Matthew Xia's transfixing ta…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 01:10PMYou never know when you're drifting into... The Twilight Zone. So the stage show, playing at the Ambassadors Theatre, invites you to take on its challenge.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:09PMThe show, inspired by the Oscar Wilde fairytale, will play London's Place Theatre in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:03PMPeter Brook posited that any empty space in which one actor walks as someone else watched could be a theatre. The next year, Samuel Beckett wrote a play with no actors. And onward the idea h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PMBarry Manilow’s place as one of America’s best-loved entertainers was secured decades ago, but the 75-year-old shows no signs of resting on his laurels, which include nearly 50 top 40 hi…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM
April 8, 2019, New York, NY – Beginning performances Tuesday, May 14, HANNAH CORNEAU will assume the role of Elphaba in the Broadway production of WICKED. HANNAH CORNEAU is making her …
SOURCE: StageLight Magazine at 12:52PMProceeds from the March 31 event will go to the Actors Fund’s Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:40PMApple’s main focus — at least for now — will be helping other people sell streaming video subscriptions and taking a cut of the transaction. Apple may also sell its own shows, at least…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:33PMThe act joins Audible's spring slate at the downtown theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMThe Temptations jukebox musical is already drawing a crowd.
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 12:30PMThe new production opened at the Royal Opera House March 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:26PMAt the 28th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition, the show concluded with Once on This Island's Hailey Kilgore singing a show-stopping and awe-inspiring rendition of the Easter Bonnet Competitio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:17PMRarely does a book leave me questioning the ways in which I understood, or thought I understood, the construction of some of the most formative solos in jazz history.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 12:16PMCast members get individual chances to shine in show dwelling on life in Toronto now, notably the TTC and the real-estate madness.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 12:14PMNetflix has announced that its original series from Ryan Murphy, The Politician, will launchon September 27.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:14PM'Alan Bennett with funkier hair': Tracey Sinclair reviews a one-man show about political factionalism and punk music at Live Theatre's Elevator Festival.
The post Review: It’ll Be Alt-Righ…
SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 12:12PMFrom Broadway-themed Bar Mitzvah to starring as a Broadway press agent in ‘The Prom.’
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 12:09PMThough it was a cloudy day, there was certainly a lot of sunshine at the Broadway opening of Ain't Too Proud. The Temptations musical starring Derrick Baskin, James Harkness, Jawan M. Jackso…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:06PM“Chaucer was able to transform English poetry the way he did precisely because of his internationalism, not his nationalism. Like all educated men of his day, he was multilingual. He devou…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PMWell, the next step in my declutteringdigitizing journey is throwing out my Chess CDs, not that they take up much space. I only have the Original Concept Recording and the Broadway cast. I'm…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:01PMRubbish Shakespeare Company squeezes the Bard’s tragic romance Romeo & Juliet into a family-friendly hour of farce in this knowingly silly production.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMStarring as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady on Broadway, the award-winning actor talks to Howard Sherman about playing her childhood dream
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMIn The Art of Self-Defense, Riley Stearns’ new dark comedy, Jesse Eisenberg is cast in what can best be described as a quintessentially Eisenbergian role as
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:00PM
Highlights include Harlequin and Pantalone choreographed by Bill Irwin March 28–30.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:57AMThe New Works Lab workshop production will feature a cast made up of Professional Performing Arts School students.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55AMTown Hall Presents Scott Siegel’s Broadway by the Year 1943/1951 on March 25
By: Ellis Nassour
March 22, 2019: Town Hall presents Scott Siegel’s Broadway by the Year, now in it…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 11:53AMIn 2019, if you want some idea what the original production of Crazy For You was like, or what those Depression Era musicals were like, live and in the flesh, settle in for The Wick Theatre�…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:49AM"Vilna," written by Ira Fuchs, is one of the more successful stage dramas to deal with the Holocaust, a notoriously difficult subject to portray on stage. That this play succeeds as well a…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:47AMThis week in the life of Seth Rudetsky, why Anika Larsen nearly quit showbiz before Beautiful, why Andrea McArdle left Les Miz mid-show (and came back), and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:47AMMarch 22 was the birthday of Julius Stern (1886-1977), who along with his brother Abe (1888-1951) formed a producing partnership called the Stern Brothers. The Sterns’ sister Recha was mar…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AMBroadwayWorld has a first look atSerenbe Playhouse'sSHENANDOAH, starring American Idol Winner Taylor Hicks and Broadway and The X Factor finalist Rachel Potter. Check out the video below
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:41AMOn Monday, April 1 The Sheen Center for Thought amp Culture will launchits new series, Backstage Broadway with a special event featuring company members from the Roundabout Theatre Company's…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:35AMThe first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, Lynn Nottage's latest play arrives direct from Broadway but its spirit can be found in countless barstools and beer steins ar…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:34AMBroadway In Chicago is delighted to announce there will be a digital lottery for ANASTASIA, which [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 11:33AMFox employees knew that when Disney wrapped up its $71.3 billion acquisition of much of 21st Century Fox’s film and television assets, thousands of jobs would be eliminated. But, as they f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:32AMI told you about the Broadway show “Ain’t Too Proud” a month ago after its first performance. The story of the Motown
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 11:31AM"Falsettos," the 1992 musical comedy about a husband and father coming out as gay was revived in 2016 and is now playing at SF's Golden Gate Theatre.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:30AMThe comedy also stars Gwyneth Paltrow, fellow Tony winner Jessica Lange, and Dear Evan Hansen co-star Laura Dreyfuss.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:30AMMark your calendar! Netflix has announced a September 27 debut date for the highly anticipated new series The Politician. Ryan Murphy's previously announced series is headlined by Tony winn…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:28AMSteps star and Strictly Come Dancing finalist Faye Tozer will take on the role of Miss Hedge in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at London’s Apollo Theatre from 6 May to 3 August 2019.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:23AMMichael Bobbitt, a director, choreographer and playwright who has served as Adventure Theatre MTC’s Artistic Director for nearly twelve years, will leave the company in July to become Arti…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:22AMClaybourne Elder, Hannah Elless, and Bryce Pinkham star in the musical adaptation of the 1993 film.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:19AMThe Last King of Scotland is being brought to the stage by Steve Waters as part of a new season of work
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:06AMOn March 27, the Los Angeles-based dance company BODYTRAFFIC will bring works by acclaimed Israeli choreographers Barak Marshall and Hofesh Shechter to Kennesaw State University’s Dance Th…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:06AM“If you want to do improv, there’s no excuse not to do it in Atlanta,” says Anthony Goolsby, an actor, improvisor and stand-up comedian here in the city. Given the sheer amount of thea…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:06AMJustin Peters: “Listening to the show is sort of like crashing an intense, intimate dinner party in which the only courses are whiskey and weed. … The Joe Rogan Experience has become one…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMToday Stephen Sondheim turns 89 and Andrew Lloyd Webber turns 71. Sondheim made his Broadway debut at the age of 26 in 1956 , Lloyd Webber at 23 in 1971, and, along with John Kander (who t…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:02AMHadestownbegins preview performances tonight,March 22, at theWalter KerrTheatre, ahead of a Wednesday, April 17 official opening night. Get to know the cast below as they begin Broadway perf…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:01AMRobert Lonsdale spoke to Love London Love Culture’s Emma Clarendon about his latest role in Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMSami Ibrahim has been announced as the inaugural winner of the UK’s first major political playwriting prize. The Theatre Uncut Political Playwriting
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:00AMTony, Oscar, Grammy, and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Sondheim was born March 22, 1930.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AM
TCG will team up with the NEA and TYA/USA to present a one-day convening about Theatre for Young Audiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:57AMThe Tony-nominated actor didn't die, but for a brief moment, he thought he did.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMPressley, who currently stars in Chisa Hutchinson's Surely Goodness and Mercy, will star in the playwright's upcoming solo play at the Minetta Lane.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMBroadway Direct’s TGIF Tunes is back! TGIF Tunes is a weekly feature that will highlight some of Broadway’s best music, from both currently running productions and past fan favorites. Jo…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:44AMAlex Gibney’s latest documentary charts the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes’s infamous blood-testing start-up Theranos
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 10:43AM'Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations' opened last night, March 21, at Broadway's legendary Imperial Theatre 249 West 45th Street. Check out photos of the opening night pa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:42AMNOT AT ALL FLAT, SUFFOLK… Exuberantly funny, elegant as a Deauville hotel balcony and sharp as the crack of a 78rpm record over a lover’s head, Joanna Carrick’s wit…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 10:39AM'Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations' opened last night, March 21, at Broadway's legendary Imperial Theatre 249 West 45th Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:39AMThe music of Motown comes alive in "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations" directed by Tony winner Des McAnuff.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 10:37AMThe little Bach-bot “promises to take any two-bar melody you type in and turn it into a Bach, or Bachlike, chorale in four parts, played by charming little music-box figures of bewigged 18…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:35AMDerrick Baskin, Jeremy Pope, Jawan Jackson, James Harkness, and Ephraim Sykes sang from the new musical on their opening night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMNew York stage alum Brenda Pressley will now star in the upcoming off-Broadway staging of Chisa Hutchinson's new solo play Proof of Love. Jade King Carroll directs the production—which wil…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:32AMAin't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations opened just lastnight, March 21, at Broadway's legendary Imperial Theatre 249 West 45th Street. BroadwayWorld was there for the epic c…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:31AMWe continue our Featured Content series around Eleanor of Aquitaine: Mother of the Pride, now released on audio care of Tara Theatre and B7 Media. Watch these video snippets of 92-year-old E…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:30AMTheater J, its old stage at the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center completely refurbished, will offer a slate of six new(or new-ish) stories about older (or ancient) events for its 2019-20…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:30AMThe new musical comedy launches at Theatre Row, where it will officially May 4 (known by fans as Star Wars Day).
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:25AMFrom the Broadway Company and current 1st National tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,Madeline Doherty. Maddieadmits that fear and intimidation have been some of the best partners in …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:21AMBroadwayWorld JR is looking for new contributors
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:18AMThe new musical Ain't Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations celebrated a momentous opening night at Broadway's Imperial Theatre on March 21. In addition to a star-packed performa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:08AMIt’s not unusual to hear the young audience watching the “Oskar” plays to yell out words of encouragement or admonition to the titular character. “Kids are shouting out ‘You should…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:05AM“The Cultural Infrastructure Plan sets out … why it’s important to support the capital’s venues and studios; how they are at risk; what can be done to protect them; and what resource…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:04AMThe initiative awards American teachers with a $10,000 grant in recognition of their extraordinary impact.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AMRandom Selfies by award-winning writer Mike Kenny (The Railway Children) is the story of child loneliness in a busy world.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMThe professional poker player and standup comic on the things that make him laugh the most
The Two Ronnies’ Mastermind “answering the question before” sketch. A perfect execution of th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:00AMShe talks about “The Good Fight,” her new baby, the craziness of art replicating life (and vice versa) — and why she still has hope.
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Daveed Diggs, Sheria Irving, Thomas Sadoski, and Zoë Winters star in the world premiere.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:57AM by Sandi Durell Without a doubt, in my book, Kiss Me, Kate is genius Cole Porter’s best of the best – you know, love and can sing just about every song in this gorgeously staged…
SOURCE: theaterpizzazz.com at 09:50AMBorn this day, music hall star and pantomime dame Harry Randall (1857-1932). London-born Randall as encouraged in the stone engraver’s trade by his bootblack father, but balked, beginning …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:34AM“I’m not creative all the time, I’m just not. Each role depletes me in some way, and I know that I do my best work when I’ve had time to remain fallow.” – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AMA special medley performance of "Get Ready" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" sung by the cast of the Broadway musical Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations for the Tonight Show …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:32AMAndrew Rannells was a guest on last night's episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. During the interview, Rannellsshares his memories about his Broadway debut, and he talks about his memoir,…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:31AMIt will be the end of an 11-year run.
SOURCE: pagesix.com at 09:30AM“In the early 1920s, a secret file scandalized white women reformers in the United States. It was known as the Secret Dance File, its contents too shocking (and titillating) to print or ev…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:17AMLast night,the cast of the Broadway musical 'Ain't Too Proud The Life and Times of The Temptations' sang a special medley performance of 'Get Ready' and 'Ain't Too Proud to Beg' for the Toni…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:10AMWhen Clare Perkins delivered her rousing final monologue on the stage of Shakespeare’s Globe in the 2018 production of Emilia, her words
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:06AM“The first tribunal devoted exclusively to art disputes, the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA), will open for business 1 April in the Hague. … Instead of judges unfamiliar with evaluat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:02AMBroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:02AM“Marie, Dancing Still," a much-anticipated, Broadway-bound new show with some big names behind it, debuts this month at the 5th Ave, which has a new artistic director eager to make his mar…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMWhy have there been so few ballet-themed musicals? The biggest challenge is finding performers with a strong background in classical ballet who can also sing — while on pointe! — and act…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 09:00AMPenelope Wilton almost, almost, makes it worth seeing a David Hare play with The Bay at Nice at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMPrint Room at the Coronet, London Saburo Teshigawara’s take on the Russian classic isolates its hero, creating striking scenes that leave you pining for a connection
Japanese choreographe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:00AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on March 22 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
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Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Royal Shakespeare Theatre4.0starsThe Royal Shakespeare Company has been at the heart of bringing classical theatre to a wider audience for many years. Its ac…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:47AMOluwaseyi Omooba, who had been cast as Celie, a queer character, in the revival by the Curve Theatre in Leicester and the Birmingham Hippodrome in England, wrote on the social media site fiv…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:46AMListen: Critics Differ on “Ain’t Too Proud” and “White Noise,” Actor Dropped from “The Color Purple” for Homophobic Posts, “Gary” Pushes Opening [display_podcast] “Today …
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 08:34AMWilkins, the BSO’s conductor for young people’s and family concerts, makes his subscription-season debut this weekend with a program of music by Florence Price, Adolphus Hailstork, Rober…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:31AMArt imitates life and life imitates art in Alexis Michalik’s fictionalisation account of how Edmond Rostand wrote Cyrano de Bergerac. The hapless
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:28AMOriginally unveiled in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Mark Morris’ Pepperland is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMLiza Williams’ BBC Four documentary highlights how preconceptions about the victims influenced the investigation
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SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:19AMThe trio from Washington DC are experts of fuzzed guitars and power chords — their straightforward approach is refreshing and classic
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SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:18AMJust a couple of days after the National Portrait Gallery in London announced that it was turning down £1 million from the family whose company makes OxyContin, the Tate announced that, whi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AMI found my love for fashion by getting to play dress-up on Broadway. Join me backstage where I chat with Broadway's biggest stars about the gorgeous costumes they get to wear eight times a w…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:15AMI am ridiculously excited to share a new series that I have been working on for months, Stage to Street! This video series launches today on my YouTube Channel (have you subscribed?) and i…
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 08:14AMThe French artist has been fascinated by space’s ‘capacity to generate stories . . . at the frontiers of the real and the imaginary’
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:12AMShakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Court and National Theatre Wales are among companies demanding industry action to highlight the “climate emergency” as part
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:09AMFantastic collaboration between Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe results in the really amazing show The Shape of Pain at Wilton’s Music Hall.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AM“Matthew Feargrieve, 42, was accused at Westminster Magistrates Court of repeatedly punching Ulrich Engler on the shoulder in the performance of Wagner’s Siegfried at the world-famous [R…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AMPerseverance in the face of adversity is a common theme this week on “The 99-Seat Beat,” our selections from L.A.’s theater scene. The human spirit endures, whether in the mythic quest…
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Stand-up Sebastian Maniscalco is playing a quartet of concerts in Denver this weekend, and they’re all close to selling out.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 07:54AMThere’s the tuk-tuk bookmobile toodling around Jakarta schools. “There is the Perahu Pustaka, a library boat that sails around West Sulawesi. There are libraries on the back of vegetable…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:44AMAn audience member has been convicted of assaulting an actor during a fringe production of Othello last year. Mike Fox, a comedy
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:41AMAs Art Basel returns to Asia, we look at the fair highlights and market trends, and speak to some of the artists involved
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 07:39AM“Make Online has been created by [Talawa] Theatre Company for artists across the UK, and is described as an online community that will give black British artists ‘ownership and agency of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:29AMFaye Tozer is to star as Miss Hedge in the West End production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. She will take up
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal drama column, I review two premieres, John Guare’s Nantucket Sleigh Ride and Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. Here’s an excerpt.…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:02AMLaurence Olivier is interviewed by Michael Parkinson about his film career on Cinema. This program was originally telecast by Granada Television on November 19, 1970: (This is the latest in…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AM“Here, as else- and every-where in criticism, not only the hardest thing but also the hardest thing to get recognized when attained, is the appreciation of difference without insisting on …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMI know I spend a great deal of time writing about Sondheim and Kander and Ebb on this blog. That's not to say I don't enjoy others. Having recently enjoyed a re-visit to The Phantom of the O…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:00AM"If you want something," they sing, "keep your hands on it."
Based on S.R. Bindler's 1997 documentary of the same name, this 2012 Broadway musical focuses on an …
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMTake an illustrated journey through the Reader's online comments.
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SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 07:00AMKarim Nagi takes his audience on a tour of the Arab world beyond Aladdin.
At the beginning of this discursive one-man show, a Silk Road Rising/Stage Left coprodu…
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Those iconic, boxy beauties known as Chicago bungalows were the starter homes for a …
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Birmingham RepThis slapstick look at the classic play about Cyrano the long-nosed poet has been given a witty, kaleidoscopic staging
It is not hard to see why Alexis Michalik’s play has cl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:59AMFor their joint appearance Verdi's 'La forza del destino' at Covent Garden, black-market tickets were going at £7,000 a pair, even a month before curtain-up
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SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:58AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Ain't Misbehavin' - The Fats Waller musical now playing at the Mercury Theatre Colchester prior to a run at Southwark Playhouse.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:56AMIntroducing the new Miss Hedge…singer and Strictly Come Dancing finalist, Faye Tozer. Faye will be stepping into Miss Hedge’s shoes and trying to control Jamie’s rowdy class from 6 May…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:48AMNew York City Center's I Married an Angel officially opened last night, March 21. The show is the second Encores production of the City Center 75th Anniversary Season. Let's see what the cri…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:40AMThe magnificent Pinter At The Pinter line-up reaches a crushing crescendo with Betrayal, a masterpiece of a season finale. And, due to massive public demand for tickets, the show has extende…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:39AMRumour on the operatic street has it that tickets for Christof Loy’s new production of La Forza del Destino are reselling for as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:22AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld Happy Friday Finish off your week by catching up on the latest Broadway news
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:18AMIn creating “Sojourn,” now playing through April 7 at Pear Theatre in Mountain View, budding playwright Evan Kokkila-Schumacher may have been influenced by Star Trek, Sheldon of “Big B…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:01AMThere couldn’t be a better time to revisit James Phillips’ 2006 debut play The Rubenstein Kiss and its story of idealism, especially in the current climate of global and national uncerta…
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Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney lead the cast of the folk opera, based on the legend of Orpheus.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMDespite the dire warnings about the impact of screen devices on society, one of Australia’s most prolific playwrights, Alana Valentine, is more than positive about the future. “The futur…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:00AMPlaywright Dominique Morisseau on the challenges of writing the book for the bio-musical Ain't Too Proud---Near the beginning of Ain't Too Proud -- The Life and Times of The Temptations, a t…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMWith the TV miniseries Fosse/Verdon on is way to the small screen this
April, I thought I would take some time to look back on one of Broadway’s
most captivating triple-threats and honor…
SOURCE: www.markrobinsonwrites.com at 12:00AMOn the heels of a celebrated London premiere, Anaïs Mitchell's new musical Hadestown debuts at Broadway's Walter Kerr Theatre on March 22. Co-conceiver Rachel Chavkin (The Great Comet) di…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:00AMTony nominee Opel, who is currently playing Madame Morrible in Wicked, recalls performances in Evita, Honeymoon in Vegas, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMHow Tony nominee Kristin Hanggi helped a friend turn personal trauma into a no-holds-barred solo show---On the New York theatre scene, Kristin Hanggi is best known for helming playful jukebo…
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