Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 4pm (Broadway Time)
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CHRISTINE EBERSOLE & BILLY STRITCH ONCE AGAIN MAKE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER AT 54 BELOW by Ron Fassler

Review by Ron Fassler . . . Friends who have been performing together in tandem for almost twenty-two years, Christine Ebersole, a two-time Tony Award winning actress and Billy Stritch, a …

SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 04:29PM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
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Woody Allen on Stage and Screen, Pt. One: 1965-1975 by Trav S.D.

Woody Allen turns 90 today, and his great collaborators Diane Keaton and Marshall Brickman have recently passed way. The moment seems worth observing. Allen may or may not have directed his …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:24PM

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for November 30, 2025 by Trav S.D.

Today’s new Travalanche posts for November 30, 2025 are about the new Stiller and Meara documentary, the early films of Woody Allen, and a wonderful anti-fascist film penned by Donald Ogde…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:24PM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Movies Written by Tom Stoppard to Stream by Elisabeth Vincentelli

Spinning off Shakespeare, waltzing through Imperial Russia, bantering about literature or diving deeply into history, Stoppard shared his gifts on the screen.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Stiller and Meara: Nothing is Lost by Trav S.D.

Ben Stiller and I are exactly the same age (3 weeks different) so I happen to know that today he reaches a fraught birthday threshold. Sans doute, it’s no coincidence that he just released…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 01:12PM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at noon (Broadway Time)
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The Little Mermaid review – fairytale musical has splashes of magic and mysticism by Anya Ryan

Watermill theatre, NewburyRelocating the Hans Christian Andersen tale to Cornwall, with its folk musicians and fishermen, Elgiva Field and Lara Barbier’s show is cheery and sweet Christmas…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Tom Stoppard, 1937 – 2025 by Jonathan Mandell

Tom Stoppard, 88, an acclaimed author of some three dozen plays, had an extraordinary body of work, and lived an unusual life: Although he was viewed as one of the greatest English-language …

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:22AM

Cariad Lloyd and Rachel Parris look back: ‘We’ve been through a lot – trying for children, losing parents … but our friendship is constant’ by Harriet Gibsone

The comedians on their first meeting, pissing each other off, and a shared obsession with Pride and Prejudice Born in London in 1982, Cariad Lloyd is a comedian, actor and podcaster. She met…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM

Aladdie review – rags to riches panto is a merry, magical ride by Mark Fisher

Gaiety theatre, AyrA rosy-cheeks-and-spotty-socks kind of show full of generous laughs, Fraser Boyle’s take on Aladdin also has several original innovations and a subversive streak Who ne…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:02AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Celebrate Dick Van Dyke’s 100th Birthday With Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week, West End leading man Charlie Stemp celebrates …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:48AM

On Donald Ogden Stewart and “Keeper of the Flame” (1942) by Trav S.D.

November 30 was the birthday of Donald Ogden Stewart (1894-1980). As we share a given name (I’m Donald Travis Stewart, according to my birth certificate), I have long been aware of this Al…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:02AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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Mama Goose review – boisterous satirical panto is a carnival of colour and style by Brian Logan

Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonAfrobeat-tinged music, an AI love interest, Elon Musk as a panto villain, and a cast who are clearly having a ball mean there is something for everyone in…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM

Glenn Close, Ethan Hawke and Others Mourn Tom Stoppard by Jesse Green, Michael Paulson and Laura Collins-Hughes

Nobody advanced or cherished the English language more than Stoppard, Tim Curry noted. Colleagues and fans agreed.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:42AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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“The History of Sound” Lives in the Echo and Vibrations That Remain by Ross

A Frontmezzjunkies Film Review: The History of Sound By Ross “My father said it was a gift from God. How I could see music. I thought everyone could see sound.” These are the first lines…

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:11AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Where to start with Tom Stoppard: from Brazil to Leopoldstadt by Mark Lawson

The great playwright had a 60-year career in the theatre and also wrote scripts for radio and the screen – here are some of his very best With his restless imagination, Tom Stoppard showe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM

Tom Stoppard – a life in pictures by Guardian Staff

Award-winning playwright Tom Stoppard has died aged 88 Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM

Comedian Judi Love: ‘I’m a big girl, the boss, and you love it’ by Michael Segalov

Before she was a TV mainstay, Judi Love was a single mum juggling standup with care work. Now she’s back on stage for a show that finds humour in past trauma: ‘It’s laughter that helpe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM

Sir Tom Stoppard obituary by Michael Coveney

One of Britain’s most outstanding playwrights famed for the ‘hypnotised brilliance’ of his prose and dialogue After the first night of his play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM

Christopher Arnott: Is it ‘theater’ or ‘theatre’? Really, it doesn’t matter. Get over it. by Christopher Arnott

The dramatic truth is that there is no difference between "theater" and "theatre," Connecticut has just added to both the clarification and the confusion.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 07:00AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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‘The Nutcracker’ is back in CT with variety of versions featuring live orchestras and ballet dancers by Christopher Arnott

Productions of holiday classic are happening throughout the state, including a ballet backed by a live orchestra for the first time in over 15 years.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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When Tom Stoppard Confronted His Background in His Final Play by Marc Tracy

The playwright, who learned about his Jewish heritage late in life, addressed it in the Tony Award-winning drama “Leopoldstadt.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:36AM
Sunday, November 30, 2025 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Romy & Michele Musical, Starring Laura Bell Bundy and Kara Lindsay, Closes Off-Broadway November 30 by Andrew Gans, Logan Culwell-Block

Kristin Hanggi directed, and Karla Puno Garcia choreographed the new musical at Stage 42.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:06AM

Ken Fallin’s Broadway: Off Broadway’s The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Ken Fallin

Caricature king Ken Fallin works his artistic magic once again — this time turning his sharp pen toward the hilariously heartfelt cast of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, now pl…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:05AM

In Memoriam: Sir Tom Stoppard (1937‑2025) by Suzanna Bowling

Sir Tom Stoppard — the dazzling, erudite playwright and screenwriter whose wit, intellect, and love of language shaped modern theatre and film — died peacefully on November 29, 2025, a…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:04AM

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