The MIFF Premiere Fund delivers seven world and Australian premieres to the 68th Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), including Paul Ireland’s gritty reimagining of Shakespeare�…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:58PMThe improvised hip-hop show will play the Booth Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:55PMBy Gerald Peary When was the last time that the promo short advertising a film festival turns out to be a mini-masterpiece? That’s what happened at the 21st Provincetown Film Festival, Jun…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 11:42PMOn display from 21 June 2019, a new exhibition at the RMIT Gallery traces the lasting impact of European influence on generations of RMIT teachers and students to the present day in Melbourn…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:28PMThe Wedding Singer musical is a lively winning goofball vibe poking good-natured fun at that geological era known as “The ‘80s” in the inaugural offering of Jolt Productions, a profess…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 11:24PM1. ‘Disaster!’ at Cockpit-In-Court. “Go, see, hear, laugh and enjoy every rollicking mishap!” – Timoth David Copney. READ review. Synopsis: Earthquakes, tidal waves, infernos and…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:20PMToday is the centennial of that irascible and preeminent American film critic and I offer my thoughts and reminiscences upon this significant occasion.
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With two versions playing on alternating nights, the gender-reversed version is not just entertaining but surprisingly fitting and enlightening.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 10:54PMAs “The Capital Fringe” is ramping up for their opening, one of the entries in this year’s collection of talent is “The Knights of Salisbury” by the Knighthood Players. This is a…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:24PMThe weather held up, and “LakeFest” began the much-heralded Columbia Festival of the Arts on Friday, June 14, 2019. “LakeFest” offers visitors to the Lakeside area of Downtown Colu…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 10:21PM By Samuel L. Leiter Gordon Dahlquist’s [Veil Widow Conspiracy] is a dramatically veiled construct embedding three stories, one within the other, like a play-within-a-play-wi…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 10:04PM by Marcina Zaccaria Life upon the wicked stage rivals an ego-driven world of film and video production that combines top name talent with nervous newbies, believing in the worth of the…
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The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge is sweeping across the state, with more than 250,000 children taking up the challenge to read more books and open their eyes and imaginations to t…
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SOURCE: stageraw.com at 09:54PMBy: Isa Goldberg
June 20, 2019: A wild romp at the Irondale Theater in Brooklyn, Convention takes us back to the 1944 Democratic convention. FDR is running for his fourth term, and th…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:41PMHere she is world! It's my exclusive interview with the fabulous Jacklynn Hyde!To listen to the podcast, subscribe and download on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, and Stitcher!
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 09:24PMShakespeare in Central Park opens with a fresh, witty production with an African American cast.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 09:18PMThe International Film Festival & Awards Macao has signed agreements with Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) and Shanghai Film Art Academy (SFAA) with the aim of enhancing the f…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:14PMGlenda Jackson, who won two Oscars for her performances in “Women in Loveand” and “A Touch of Class” will star in BBC One’s adaptation of Emma Healey’s novel “Elizabeth Is Miss…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 09:12PMGabriel Rodriguez is an actor, writer, storyteller, theatermaker, teacher, and witch. They are a creature. Jack of Cups is the fifth solo play they have written and performed. Their previou…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:12PMWhat is jazz dance? As dancers, we’ve likely either taken a jazz class or been in the audience of a jazz performance. But the roots of this art form are deeper and more complex than, perha…
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An adaptation of the "Penelope" episode from James Joyce's Ulysses in which Aedin Moloney brings the unforgettable Molly to life.
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SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:53PMTHE WINNER BY AN INCH It’s a perverse Pride Month offering that cocks a snoot at authority and respectability: “I’m the new Berlin Wall — try to tear me down!” That defiant dare ma…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:51PMIn anticipation of her Broadway debut taking over as Carole King in Beautiful, singer Vanessa Carlton performed “It’s Too Late” for Broadway.com.
The “A Thousand Miles” singer will…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 07:48PMReview:Julie Madly Deeply at Curtainup
Sarah-Louise Young admits that she is not Julie Andrews but rather a "full-time Julie Andrews fan." But her modesty and good-humor that makes Yo…
SOURCE: at 07:42PMChekhov would probably be delighted with Aaron Posner's updated version of Uncle Vanya.
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 07:42PMAn adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's best-seller brings together a creative team of heavy hitters.
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Newcomer Emma Grimsley will assume the role of Christine Daaé in the North American touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Grimsley will take over the role,…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMMulti-talented star Nicholas Christopher, formerly seen as George Washington in the Broadway production of Hamilton, returns to the Tony-winning production at the Richard Rodgers Theatre o…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMA talented lineup of special guests have been announced to take part in the highly anticipated special benefit performance featuring Tony-winning songwriters Jason Robert Brown and Stephen…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMGrammy-nominated singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton performs the Carole King hit 'It's Too Late' before she makes her Broadway debut in Beautiful.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMPatti LuPone and Christine Ebersole, the two-time Tony-winning stars who shared the Broadway stage in 2017 in War Paint, are among a starry voice cast set to take part in the Cartoon Netwo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.Pose Renewed for Third Season on FX
Here's a reason to party. The fierce Golden Globe-nominated series Pose from TV hitmaker (a…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMThe Tony Awards administration committee has announced the nominating committee for the 2019-2020 Broadway season. New members include Tony-winning songwriter Benj Pasek (Dear Evan Hansen), …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMShoshana Bean stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about starring as Jenna in Waitress and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMWe would walk a thousand miles to see this performance! Singer-songwriter Vanessa Carlton is gearing up to make her Broadway debut as Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. The G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:54PMAndrea McArdle debuts a brand new show celebrating The Great American Songbook, Broadway and contemporary music. Andrea rocketed to stardom as Broadway’s original Annie, for which she was …
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 05:42PMPart of the reason that Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s 1779 play still resonates is that it resists the impulse to make its characters unrealistic moral symbols, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 05:42PMThe 29th annual edition of the beloved event raised a record-breaking $2,006,192—see why in the gallery!
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:36PMShakespeare's comedy will begin performances in London June 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:06PMOriginally published on Electric Literature View this story online The road to hell is a lengthy passage in Hadestown, but the journey of Anais’ Mitchell’s re-envisioning of ancient Gr…
SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 05:04PMAli visited Uganda to understand the atrocities that happened after names of alleged homosexuals were printed in newspapers.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:00PMOut of the closets and onto the stage
Lanford Wilson's 1964 one-act The Madness of Lady Bright, a dynamic character study of an aging drag queen, is frequently c…
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The works commissioned in the new program will premiere in the Graduate Acting program's season of productions.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:58PMIsaac Gomez’s monologue play, starring Kate Del Castillo, will begin performances at the Minetta Lane Theatre July 8.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:49PMBrian Stokes Mitchell, Melissa Errico, and others were part of the evening celebrating the former president for his efforts in securing peace in Northern Ireland.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:45PMThe Brooklyn theatre will also welcome the return of the critically acclaimed The Jungle.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:42PMThree theatre veterans will join the team at the 42nd Street venue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:37PM“To me, theater will always be the best medium for presenting stories to audiences.”
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 04:35PMA generation that grew up queer on the Internet finds a home on Chicago’s drag stages.
Derry Queen takes the stage in a laced leather corset and a black skirt.…
SOURCE: www.chicagoreader.com at 04:30PMThree productions centering around well-known children’s book characters and historical figures are on for the theatre’s 2019-20 season.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:26PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Riot Act, written and performed by Alexis Gregory, at Arcola Theatre and on tour
This post REVIEW: Riot Act, Arcola Theatre London ✭✭✭✭ first appea…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 04:17PM“The after-school program at the Thomas Armour Youth Ballet in South Miami … provides ballet, reading, math and etiquette classes along with access to mental health professionals. The pr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMThere are Welsh-language songs and TV series racking up remarkable streaming numbers, the number of speakers has increased by 20% over the last decade, and people who’ve never been to Wale…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMThe past two years have been busy in the theatre, with non-operatic roles, some time in Carousel, and currently in The Light in the Piazza. – The Guardian
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMOnce ivory towers of culture, far removed from politics and controversy, museums have increasingly come into the spotlight as sites of protest and places where equity, diversity, and inclusi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMHe was all about the lavish set. At their best, his productions induced gasps. But ultimately, these stagings were not just singer- and conductor-proof. They were drama-proof, almost like a …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:12PMBy Mark Ludmon
Mark Ludmon reviews Caryl Phillips's Strange Fruit now playing at the Bush Theatre in a production directed by Nancy Medina.
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"RuPaul's Drag Race" winner Jinkx Monsoon brought her latest show to Joe's Pub to celebrate the release of her recent album, "The Ginger Snapped."
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:54PMNew Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThis nimble company has scaled Shakespeare back to suit its 12 dancers, and in Danila Marzilli they have a knockout Juliet
Ballet Cymru’s energetic Romeo a Jul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMThe alum of the Tony- and Pulitzer-winning show steps back into the role of George Washington.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:47PMWhat it’s like to go from jobless dancer to starring with American Ballet Theatre.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 03:36PMThe '80s jukebox musical will bring the noise to Off-Broadway's New World Stages beginning June 19.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:36PMPlaywrights Charly Evon Simpson, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, and Stacey Rose are each featured on the list twice.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:35PMWe're talking about the 18 musical numbers featured in the film Moulin Rouge.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:28PMThe Tony Awards Administration Committee is already gearing up for next round. The Tony Awards announced its nominating committee for the 2019-2020 Broadway season. The committee includes …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 03:22PMScott Siegel closed this 19th season of Broadway by the Year at The Town Hall with a tribute to the shows and songs of 1987 and 2015, bringing his appreciative audiences up to the current de…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:17PMThe 2019–2020 Nominating Committee consists of 54 industry members.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMVICTORIA LAUTMAN ON THE VANISHING STEPWELLS OF INDIA
Talk / Lecture 2:00 to 3:00PM
Sunday, June 23, 2019
This lecture is free to attend at the Fowler Museum at UCLA.
India’s palaces, fort…
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:06PMThe women-focused collective has released a new list of under-produced plays by female, trans, and non-binary writers.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:02PMThe musical Mamma Mia! is playing in Frederick, Maryland for the first time at Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. If opening night is any indication, WOB has a hit on its hands. Director Jorda…
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Judges for the June 24 ceremony have also been announced.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:48PMThe three playwrights discuss the importance of building and maintaining relationships in this industry.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 02:46PM‘Holding One’s Own,’ a SoLow Fest devised theater piece based on stories from women living with breast cancer, brings us into their heartbreaking and uplifting world. Erin Dohony revie…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:43PMWritten By Julio Martinez
Hollywood Fringe fest 2019 opened last week. Throughout the rest of the month, Fringe will host several more community events:
Fringe Cabaret hosted at El Flori…
SOURCE: thisstage.la at 02:42PMThe critically acclaimed new musical will continue for an additional three weeks at Playwrights Horizons.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:25PMAfter five years of pressing for parity, the collective known as the Kilroys says it is seeing progress. Meanwhile, more suggestions for plays to present.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:24PMDid he really just say that? And sing that? Scott Rudin, Tyler Perry, Disney, critics, and the composer-lyricist-librettist Michael R. Jackson himself are among those skewered and scrutin…
SOURCE: Broadway Journal at 02:08PM Favorites of stage and screen took to the Irene Diamond Stage at the Pershing Square Signature Center last night to help The 24 Hour Plays mark its 24th anniversary with an intimate pr…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:04PMThe one-night-only benefit, also featuring Tony winner Katrina Lenk, has released a new batch of tickets.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:00PMWelcome to the Land of Lola (on the big screen)!
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The pianist’s week-long residency was split into sections that reflected his heritage in jazz and Jamaican music
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 01:47PMIn honor of the decade since Ashanti, LaChanze, Joshua Henry, James Monroe Iglehart, and more starred in the show, they look back on their favorite moments.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:43PM“An erotic revue conceived by the English theater critic Kenneth Tynan, Oh! Calcutta! took it all off at the Eden Theater, a former pornographic cinema that had been renovated by the show�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PM“The traditional historical photo of [Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis] shows a man whose skin is nearly as light as his crisp white dress shirt. … Machado was known to be the descendant o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PM“Reich was a popular Yale University professor whose students included both Bill and Hillary Clinton and a respected legal scholar when a 39,000-word excerpt from The Greening of America r…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMGinsburg got a standing ovation when her famous line about women on the Supreme Court was said by a cast member: “When will there be enough women on the court? My answer is, when there…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PM“Theatre collective” may seem a surprising way to describe the Comédie-Française (est. 1680), but it’s accurate: the company is owned and controlled by its actors and other members. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PMBy . Livestreaming the 2019 Annual Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas Conference: Crossing Borders, Pt.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 01:39PMThe Fountain Theatre is pleased to announce that HBO is making a generous contribution of $10,000 to support Walking the Beat, the Fountain’s educational arts program that brings together …
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 01:35PMAn autobiographical musical about an autobiographical musical about -- well, you know.
The post How a Michael R. Jackson Musical Throws Us for a ‘Loop’ appeared first on Clyde Fitch Repo…
SOURCE: Clyde Fitch Report at 01:31PMReview of play Christopher Shinn
SOURCE: CurtainUp at 01:23PMI have to marvel at all the ways the national culture temple named for our 35th president reaches out to an audience that looks like America. There’s no such uniform audience, of course—…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:18PMThe Cartoon Network adventure series will debut its first full-length film this fall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:16PMACT INC presents comedy-drama about vacationing family.
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 01:06PMDirector Jessica Wilson chatted to Emma Clarendon about Passenger, playing as part of the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival from 21 June 2019.
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The EGOT-winning comedian returned to Broadway as part of Lunt-Fontanne’s In Residence July 17-18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMDirected by James Macdonald, the revival begins previews July 6.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:52PMCharlie Pollock is back on Broadway in Pretty Woman as misogynistic lawyer Phillip Stuckey, a role he took over from original cast member Jason Danieley. It's been five years since Polloc…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:42PMAfter a successful Off-Broadway run last year, "The Girl From the North Country," featuring the music of Bob Dylan, will come to Broadway next year.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:33PMGirl From The North Country, the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical that enjoyed a celebrated run at the Public Theater earlier this season, is coming to Broadway. The musical with a …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:26PM“Girl from the North Country” will come to Broadway this season. The musical, featuring the songs of Bob Dylan and written and directed by Conor McPherson, will begin performances at the…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 12:25PMDogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, and Havel: The Passion of Thought will run in repertory at Atlantic Stage 2.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:23PMRichard Eyre directs the production for Theatre Royal Bath.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:18PMGarcia Lorca’s folk tragedy invokes earth, fire, and water, but gets mostly infused with air
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SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 12:00PMA Right Royale Tea from BoRo Live Experiences is a fun and frothy show aimed mostly at the grey pound and those looking to expand on their afternoon team experiences.
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Birmingham Stage Company have announced their cast for the West End return of Horrible Histories' most successful instalment, Barmy Britain – Part Four! The Nimax Theatres production open…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:50AMThis new play from Steven Levenson sees the past and present as a continuum of conflict.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 11:45AMThe new show is a parody of the movie musical romps of the 1930s.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:43AMThe acclaimed musical Girl From the North Country is headed uptown. The new show written and directed by Tony-nominated playwright Conor McPherson and featuring the music of Bob Dylan, which…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMA fresh film version of Noël Coward's iconic farce Blithe Spirit has been newly announced by Variety. Filming is underway for the flick, which will feature Tony- and Oscar-winning actress …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:42AMGirl From the North Country is making its way to Broadway.
The musical, which uses songs from the Bob Dylan catalog to tell the stories of residents in a Depression-era Midwestern boarding h…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 11:40AMFox Theatre kicks off summer film series The Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival...
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SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:33AMThe 2019-20 lineup will include works by Vanessa Claire Stewart, Dave Hanson, Bob DeRosa, and Madhuri Shekar.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:28AM“We are able to empathise with nonhuman characters or intelligent machines in human-made fiction because they have been conceived by other human beings from the only subjective perspective…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMHe told Italy’s Corriere della sera, “Men must get up and rediscover the force to assume responsibility, whether they are gay or straight, and not become lazy. If women start to think th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“ITV will no longer commission comedy shows with all-male writers’ rooms, the broadcaster’s head of comedy has said. Saskia Schuster said she realised last year that ‘an awful lot of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“Pressure had been mounting against the director, Peter Schäfer, over what critics said was an inappropriately political stance for the head of a cultural institution tasked with explaini…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMThe purchase, by Mr. Drahi’s BidFair USA, returns the only publicly traded major auction house to private ownership after 31 years on the New York Stock Exchange. – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“Sunday’s decision by the orchestra’s board of trustees locking out the players was not unexpected. Despite the picketers carrying signs reading ‘I Make Less Than I Did a Decade Ago,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“Following a months-long courting process that included multiple suitors, WarnerMedia is in final negotiations for a new partnership with [Abrams’s company,] Bad Robot, sources say. … …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMWhile the financial deals carved out by Christie’s with buyers, sellers and third-party guarantors (one of whom is often thought to be the firm’s owner itself, François Pinault) remain …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMAnne Midgette: “Preparing young musicians for a career in music looks different now than it did in 1988, when NOI began. A big part of instrumentalists’ training has always been learning…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“Ms. Hunnewell joined the magazine as an editorial intern in the late-1980s, when it was run out of an 8-by-14-foot office in the Upper East Side brownstone of its co-founder and editor Ge…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMA letter from eight of the 13 departing board members noted that two leading candidates for CEO of the theater withdrew after meeting with the president of Roosevelt University (which owns t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AM“Most of the time, the remains of the monument are so poorly guarded that anyone can buy a ticket ($4 for foreigners, 60 cents for Afghans), walk in and do pretty much whatever he wants. A…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:24AMGirl from the North Country will open on Broadway next year, it has been announced. The musical, which has music and lyrics
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:22AMThe show, written and directed by Conor McPherson, explores the struggles of boardinghouse residents in Depression-era Minnesota.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:12AMThe following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending June 16, 2019. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League.
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:10AMAt StoryCourse PrideTable, queer chefs unite to tell their stories of Pride through a five-course gourmet meal.
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Inspired by her mother’s experiences growing up in a large Italian-American family, Meghan Kennedy’s play Napoli, Brooklyn (set in 1960 and performed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:58AMThe NYC-based theatre company will also present a world premiere by Kayla Martine, plus Suzan-Lori Parks' The Book of Grace.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:45AMFurther casting has been announced for the upcoming West End transfer of the hit stage play, The Girl On The Train, which was adapted from Paula Hawkins' bestseller of the same name that s…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:45AMDiscos, homework and endless rehearsals … the four stars in the lead role in the West End musical share their diaries
Dear Diary,
Not only have I got to learn my lines but I also have to d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMGranet most recently served as Acting President of Lincoln Center.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:36AMThe first publicity shot from Steven Spielberg’s movie remake of “West Side Story,” planned for December 2020, came on the same week as the death of Franco Zeffirelli, whose 1968 film …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:35AMThe benefit evening showcased four new musicals, created in just 24 hours.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:18AMThe musical premiered in London before playing Off-Broadway’s Public Theater in 2018.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:10AMAnn Harada, Dean Nolen, and David Wohl star in the new Rob Ackerman play that opens June 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:01AMWith just one week to go, I thought it would be the perfect time to put together my Top Ten Tips for attending West End Live and I hope it helps.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMTatty Hennessy’s credits as a writer include A Hundred Words for Snow, which premiered at London’s Vault Festival before transferring to Trafalgar
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The short film, directed by Zack Morrison, follows a millennial college graduate undergoing a quarter life crisis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMThe short film, directed by Zack Morrison, follows a millennial college graduate undergoing a quarter life crisis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:45AMFrancis “Dink” Trout (1898-1950) was a fascinating jack of all trades: musician, radio personality, screen actor, voice-over artist. He started out as a trombonist and marimba player in …
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:42AMLouisville-born blues singer Sara Martin (Sara Dunn, 1884-1955) started out on the black vaudeville circuits sometime prior to 1915. Advertised as “The Colored Sophie Tucker” or “The F…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:42AMThe actor and recording artist will play The Green Room in July.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMDennis Grimaldi directs the romantic comedy.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:25AMBy Jeffrey Mosser, Heather Cohn, Corinna Schulenburg. In this episode of the From the Ground Up Podcast, Jeffrey Mosser talks with Heather Cohn and Corinna Schulenburg of Flux Theatre Ensemb…
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:23AMEmma Grimsley will join principal cast members Derrick Davis and Jordan Craig in the new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running hit.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:21AMThe second season of the hit drama, starring Billy Porter and Mj Rodriguez, is currently airing.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:15AMDetermining your play’s key plot points
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:09AMI guess I just don’t get Falsettos. The Tony Award® winning musical may have been fresh at its 1992 Broadway debut—it’s mainstream depiction of gay couples was certainly trailblazing�…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:03AMIt all started with two overlapping events in childhood. To amuse the five-year-old me, my father drew a face on the inside bottom of a large water thermos that he used for tennis. When you …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:03AMKill Climate Deniers is a crazy show that’s surprisingly considered, as well as cathartic, raising big points and big laughs – a vital part of the climate conversation.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMHear what Noah Putterman (Theatre Raleigh's WHERE WORDS ONCE WERE) has to say about theater for young audiences in the United States and abroad.
About the Guest
As the Director of Theatre fo…
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The West End cast of Falsettos have been announced for the big UK premiere at The Other Palace Theatre. The show-stopping London debut of Falsettos comes after nearly three decades since t…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 08:45AMThere's a storm coming to the Noël Coward Theatre next month, as Clive Owen and Anna Gunn take to the stage in The Night Of The Iguana.
The post In rehearsal: Clive Owen & Anna Gunn in…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 08:40AMThe world premiere musical opened Off-Broadway June 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMAngeles joins Whitney White, Miranda Haymon and Kathleen Capdesuner as the fourth director in the program.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:30AMBush theatre, LondonNancy Medina directs a slow-burning story of a family caught between two cultures in 80s Britain
As part of its policy of reviving neglected plays by writers of colour, t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMThe Federation of Drama Schools’ membership includes 20 of the UK’s foremost training institutions. But what makes the offering at one school
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMCitysong contemplates the timeless cycle of life by following three generations of a family on one important day.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMPart of the Hadestown and What the Constitution Means to Me teams, respectively, Sally Cade Holmes and Rachel Sussman want to open more doors.
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Errol Marshall wants to know himself. This overwhelming desire fuels a burning rage and consumes every fibre of his being. It’s literally
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMIf you didn’t happen to see it rolling around social media or on Artsjournal.com last week, Carolina Performing Arts’ festival, The Commons, experimented with a new model of criticism. …
SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 07:42AMReview of ‘BROADWAY BY THE YEAR 1987 and 2015 last evening at THE TOWN HALL. Listen to Corine’s podcast and creative team of Hamilton Don’t take away his shot! One thing to note is The…
SOURCE: broadwayshowbiz.com at 07:33AMSo, why "Standing at Zero"? You know the numbers across the front of the stage? Zero is center, and we are putting one performer front and center.This month, we are celebrating a relative ne…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:33AMAs he clocks up a quarter of a century as a producer, Colin Ingram is sending a new production of Grease on
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMListen: Debra Messing is Coming Back to Broadway, “Hillary & Clinton” Will Close Early, & “Pretty Woman” Fave on “Big Brother”! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:20AMAmidst editor Lisa Martland’s seven Top Picks from the last week of theatre are Libby Purves’ description of her blissful time at Nicholas Hytner’s immersive production of A Midsummer …
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Ninth and Penn garage to be replaced with state-of-the-art 700-space structure.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 06:53AMWriters working for the Royal Court, the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company will see their minimum rates of pay increase
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMWho is Bradley McCaw? Bradley McCaw is an award winning Australian who loves writing in the third person. He LOVES musicals so much, he has dedicated a good 10 years to his life to making th…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:35AMJean-Paul Sartre wrote 1943's The Flies while living in Nazi-occupied Paris. Exchange Theatre, dedicated to bringing French theatre to British audiences, has given it a modern, multimedia po…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMIn Operaland, Hansel and Gretel is not just for Christmas – hence this midsummer co-production by English National Opera at Regent’s Park,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:20AMFilm 4, the production studio behind the upcoming big screen adaptation of Everybody's Talking About Jamie, have just announced the cast for the big screen, including Game of Thrones star R…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 06:20AMZooCo's Sirens are ready to raise their voices at Greenwich Theatre this week, challenging long-held myths and rewriting history. Leave your gender expectations at the door and check out our…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:09AMA new exhibition turning the spotlight on a posse of Australian contemporary artists who engage in theft as a creative strategy, the National Art School presents Caught Stealing: The Art of …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 06:03AMSamuel Adamson’s take on A Doll’s House is an ambitious play, sometimes overly so, which delivers fascinating moments but has a tendency to fall short.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMIn the summer of 2002, I remember improvising with my Columbia College classmates at Links Hall. We were dressed in black jazz pants and white T-shirts — in hindsight, white T-shirts in Ju…
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You already know that there is no shortage of musicals set in the Big Apple, but did you know that a lot of them actually have been filmed on the streets of New York City as well? In the fir…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 05:47AMTime, and its passing, loom large in Dylan Coburn Gray’s Verity Bargate award-winning ‘play for voices.’ It zooms in on one Dublin
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:44AMInspired by a series that The New York Times describes as “Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words,” I thought I’d try to sum up the wild…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:42AMBrooke Shields, Robert Powell, Jeremy Irons and Fanny Ardant share their memories of working with the virtuoso director
He was very tough but in a loving way. Franco was always wanting and e…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMActors battle with accents and a wooden script in 1960s drama set in a New York Italian immigrant neighbourhood
According to their mother, Luda (played by Madeleine Worrall, pictured below),…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 05:33AMLucy Kirkwood’s 2016 play The Children is set in the aftermath of an accident at a British nuclear power station. Married couple
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:19AMA contemporary, hybrid-experimental theatre piece which sets out to explore our perceived realities and the effects of trauma, Bearfoot Theatre presents I Hope it’s Not Raining in London a…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 05:05AMMischief Theatre’s widely acclaimed The Comedy About A Bank Robbery is set to continue at the Criterion Theatre with a new cast! Since the hilarious comedy opened back in 2016, following…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 05:02AMMeet our panel: We have given our panellists pen-names and used stock images but their biographies reflect their real career details… Dicky
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMPart of the way through my computer science degree I knew it wasn’t a career I wanted to follow after graduation. I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:00AMLynn Nottage’s Pulitzer-Prize-winning drama Sweat vigorously massages the wounded heart of rustbelt America.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMHow did you start off in theatre? My first memories of theatre are of being taken to musicals as a child and
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Having been a part of the seventies ballroom dancing world, the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) production of Strictly Ballroom is sheer entertainment delight that had …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:28AMWho is Rhonda Burchmore? Rhonda also known affectionately as Ruda is a compassionate, intelligent, gutsy chanteuse who loves people, animals, fishing and things of beauty whether they be lan…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:16AMAround 1600 Shakespeare wrote about brevity being the soul of wit in Hamlet. Roughly 400 years later, phone text messaging and Twitter limited us to the number of characters one could post…
SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AMThe Tony nominee celebrates her birthday June 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:00AMThe Star Trek actor – originally from Hackney – is returning to the UK stage in a play about a former TV
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Oper Koln presents Mozart’s “Die Zauberflote Fur Kinder (The Magic Flute for Children)” through June 28, 2019. In a version by Brigitta Gillessen, Rainer Muhlbach, and Philipp Matthias…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:45AMJoseph Campbell wrote “the privilege of a lifetime is being who you are” and Bobby Fox, we are truly thankful that you shared who you are with us on Saturday night. From the moment he wa…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 01:43AM“Lyrical Road: Knights of the Round Table” is currently on stage at Opera de Lausanne, Switzerland through July 12, 2019.It is one of the big operettas by Herve, who was nicknamed “the…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:36AMIf you need a holiday show that’s great for beginners, can accommodate almost any sized cast and has lots of room for audience participation, then you need The Merrie Christmas Show by Lin…
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Hollywood Bowl is all set to host a grand tribute concert, “ABBA: The Concert” by one of the best ABBA tribute bands in the world on June 30, 2019. In announcing the concert and the ba…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:49AMDirected by Arnaud Bernard, Giacomo Puccini’s “La fanciulla del West” is all set to be staged at the Mariinsky Theatre II beginning June 14 through July 23, 2019.The Mariinsky Theatre …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:36AMThe physical theatre “Espaece” will be on stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music beginning June 20 through June 22, 2019.A piece by Aurelien Bory, the conception, scenography, and the di…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:26AMWhether staff cut swearwords or swastikas, or asked for script rewrites, we want to hear your stories---Last fall, when I read that the principal of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Musi…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMPrincipal dancer is set to take the lead in The Merry Widow, her last ballet with the esteemed company after joining more than 20 years ago.
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