Thursday, January 23, 2025

Review Roundup: Pulitzer Prize-Winning ENGLISH Opens On Broadway

Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Sanaz Toossi's English, directed by Knud Adams, open tonight at the Todd Haimes Theatre. Read the reviews!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:39PM

Peter Chernin’s North Road Acquires Mexican Production Company Perro Azul by Caitlin Huston

Perro Azul produced Netflix’s most-watched show produced in Mexico and Latin America, ‘Who Killed Sara? (¿Quién mató a Sara?)’

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter at 05:31PM

DISCOVER SUMO | Episode 1: Physicality by The Public Theater

Step into the sacred ring with our new series "DISCOVER SUMO" exploring the physicality, tradition, and humanity behind sumo wrestling. Join playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring, director Ralph B. P…

SOURCE: YouTube at 01:18PM

Real Women Have Curves Musical Announces More Broadway Casting by Hayley Levitt

Real Women Have Curves: The Musical has named additional cast members joining previously announced stars Tatianna Córdoba and Justina Machado, set to play Ana Garcia and her mother Ca…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:06PM

GEORGE S! by Ron Fassler

George S. Kaufman, as photographed by Edward Steichen (1930).January 23, 2025: Theatre Yesterday and Today, by Ron Fassler It’s a pity that today, for the most part, George S. Kaufman is…

SOURCE: ronfassler.medium.com at 11:04AM

Chauvet Acquires LiteGear, Launches Chauvet Cinema Group by Pr Agency

In a move that continues to expand its capabilities to offer complete lighting solutions, Chauvet has announced that it has acquired LiteGear, a leading manufacturer of film and broadcast LE…

SOURCE: PLSN at 10:59AM

London City Ballet announces initial plans for 2025 by Staff Writer

London City Ballet’s Artistic Director Christopher Marney has today announced the company’s initial plans for the 2025 season

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 06:53AM

RSC and iNK Stories announce new video game – Lili by Staff Writer

The Royal Shakespeare Company has today announced a new collaboration with iNK Stories, a New York based independent game studio and publisher, to create a new game, Lili

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 05:49AM
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Drama League to Honor Lea Salonga, Whitney White, Neil Meron and More with Special Recognition Awards by Darryn King

The Drama League has announced the 2025 Special Recognition Honorees of the 91st Annual Drama League Awards. The honorees will be celebrated for their outstanding lifetime contributions to t…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 02:32PM

‘Wicked’ Casts Lencia Kebede As Broadway’s First Black Elphaba; Allie Trimm To Join As Glinda by Greg Evans

Wicked is getting a new Elphaba, and she’s about to make history: Lencia Kebede will be the first Black actress to assume the role full time in the Broadway company. Kebede, who recently s…

SOURCE: Deadline at 12:39PM

Wicked Welcomes Lencia Kebede and Allie Trimm as New Elphaba and Glinda on Broadway by Darryn King

Broadway’s Wicked is set to welcome a new Elphaba and Glinda this spring. Lencia Kebede will play Elphaba, while Allie Trimm takes on the role of Glinda. They take over the roles from Mar…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:12PM

Ashley Bouder, New York City Ballet Veteran, to Retire by Rachel Sherman

The ballerina is leaving the company in February after 25 years. She will dance the lead in “Firebird” in her final program.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:00PM

First Look: The Girl on the Train starring Giovanna Fletcher by Staff Writer

Production images of Giovanna Fletcher as The Girl on the Train, Rachel Watson and company, are released today as a new UK and Ireland tour of the smash-hit Wiltshire Creative Producti…

SOURCE: theatreweekly.com at 10:34AM

Cygnet Theatre to Open New Performing Arts Center, The Joan by American Theatre Editors

This fall the San Diego company will kick off a new season in a renovated historic navy building in the town's Liberty Station arts district.

SOURCE: American Theatre at 10:03AM

Not a Word review – superbly strange tale makes the mundane mesmerising by Lyndsey Winship

Barbican, LondonLittle happens in this wordless show about an Irish navvy who lives a lonely existence and yearns for home but it is oddly affecting One egg cup on the shelf, one tin mug, on…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM

Reaching for Revelation: A Review of “A Glimpse Through the Walls Where We Might Find God” at Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble by Sharon Hoyer

In the program notes for RE|Dance Group’s new evening-length performance, Michael Estanich says that spiritual themes are “long-lasting” through his work for the company, citing severa…

SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 08:00AM

Broadway in Atlanta Announces the 2025-2026 Season by Matthew Herzog

The National Touring Company of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Photo: Matthew Murphy. Regions Bank Broadway in Atlanta is proud to announce that the Atlanta premiere of the six-time Tony…

SOURCE: tourstoyou.org at 06:54AM
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Claire van Kampen, Tony-Nominated Playwright of Farinelli and the King, Dies at 71 by Darryn King

Claire van Kampen, a musical director and Tony-nominated playwright who frequently worked with her husband Mark Rylance, died on January 18 in Kassel, Germany. Her daughter, Juliet Rylance, …

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 07:06PM

Photo: URINETOWN Begins Rehearsals at NEW YORK CITY CENTER Encores!

Rehearsals began today for NEW YORK CITY CENTER Encores! Urinetown. Learn more about the upcoming show and see a photo of the company in rehearsals here!

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:46PM

Smash Unveils Glitzy Red-Carpet Artwork with Local Broadway Flavor by Broadway.com

The upcoming Broadway adaptation of TV’s Smash has revealed its artwork. Positioning itself as the ultimate backstage musical, the lively image from photographer Jason Bell and the team at…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24AM

Betty Gilpin Takes Over the Title Role in Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! Tonight by Darryn King

Betty Gilpin will don the bratty curls in the title role of Mary Todd Lincoln in Cole Escola's hysterical, unhistorical comedy Oh, Mary! on January 21, taking over the role from Escola.…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 01:42AM

Not Creating Enough Of A Negative Impact To Be Worthwhile by Joe Patti

About a year ago, we were contacted by a company proposing we enter a contract to use their reusable cup service. They would deliver the cups, retrieve them from the special collection bins,…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:18AM
Monday, January 20, 2025

we'd NEVER stay out or get out of @City Springs Theatre Company Conser... | theater | TikTok

775 Likes, TikTok video from playbill (@playbill): “we'd NEVER stay out or get out of @City Springs Theatre Company Conservatory's preview of 9 to ...

SOURCE: Google at 10:03PM

Ayrton Rivale Profile Debuts in Singapore by Pr Agency

Stage 4, a thriving rental company based in Singapore, joins the growing list of Singaporean rental companies to use Ayrton products and the first in Singapore to invest in Rivale Profiles. …

SOURCE: PLSN at 08:55PM

Eleri Ward, "Bring Him Home" — MCC MISCAST23 by MCC Theater

Eleri Ward sings "Bring Him Home" from the musical LES MISERABLES at MCC Theater's MISCAST23. ---------- MCC Theater’s annual MISCAST gala is a one-night-only musical spectacular featuring…

SOURCE: YouTube at 12:00PM

Siegfried & Roy: The Unauthorised Opera. Sydney Festival. Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company. January 10. by Deborah

Obviously we’re not precisely at the opera. If so, the doors would have been shut against all-comers at the scheduled start time and there wouldn’t be all these people standing around in…

SOURCE: deborahjones.me at 12:52AM
Sunday, January 19, 2025

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence: A Dance Company – 2025 Winter Season by Joel Benjamin

The best constructed work was the finale, “Grace” (1999), in which Brown created a Goddess figure come down from Heaven “to spread grace among humans.”  In addition to a score by Du…

SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:23PM

The week in dance: Mary Skeaping’s Giselle; Resolution festival review – old and new thrills by Sarah Crompton

Coliseum; the Place, LondonIn her final lead principal role for English National Ballet, Erina Takahashi breaks hearts as a despairing Giselle. Elsewhere, dreams and misdemeanours in the dep…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM

La Pendue: La Manékine review: puppets and dreams create an utterly strange fairytale by Clare Brennan

The Pit, Barbican, LondonFrench company La Pendue’s MimeLondon curtain-raiser reimagines a Brothers Grimm tale with puppets and a one-man band The poet Pierre Quillard, defending the symbo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:06AM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime