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Critic’s Pick: Review: ‘Tootsie,’ a Musical Comedy That Fills Some Mighty Big Heels by Jesse Green

The Broadway adaptation of the 1982 movie is the rare reimagining that actually keeps you laughing.

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WHAT A DRAG by Joe Dziemianowicz

The film’s sweeter charms and magic have gone missing in this transfer to the stage.

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Tootsie review – Broadway adaptation is a giddy night out by Alexis Soloski

The Marquis Theatre, New York Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Santino Fontana gives a charming performance as a man dressing up as a woman to get ahead What if all that stood between you and success was a full-body wa…

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Broadway Review: ‘Tootsie’ by Gordon Cox

The new Broadway adaptation of “Tootsie” is old-fashioned and proud of it — and it’s a surefire crowd-pleaser, in this musical spin on the 1982 film comedy with Santino Fontana in the Dustin Hoffmann ro…

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‘Tootsie’ review: New musical is no drag; it’s funnier than the film by Johnny Oleksinski

Meet Dorothy Michaels: Renowned stage actress and chanteuse. A brutally honest feminist who’s built like a Hummer, she lives in New York, and — oh, right — she’s really a he. Dorothy is the memorable ma…

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Tootsie Review: Santino Fontana as Difficult Actor Turned Beloved Actress, Updated by Jonathan Mandell

  Tootsie, the musical adaptation of the 1982 movie comedy about a difficult actor who becomes a beloved actress, begins bravely with an opening number in which bubbly ensemble members sing their enthusiasm fo…

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Review: ‘Tootsie’ gives Broadway its funniest musical since ‘Book of Mormon’ by Charles McNulty

The hit 1980s film has been revamped as a hilarious stage production for the #MeToo era, smartly navigating new gender politics and starring Santino Fontana in a Tony-worthy turn playing the role made famous by…

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PUBLIC FORUM: Kwame Anthony Appiah on democracy as a collection of strangers by The Public Theater

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PUBLIC FORUM: Oskar Eustis on the power of theater by The Public Theater

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Review Roundup: TOOTSIE Opens On Broadway - See What The Critics Had To Say! by Review Roundups

Tootsie, which opens tonight at the Marquis Theatre, tells the story of a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperation lands him the role of a lifetime - as…

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VIDEO: New ALADDIN Promo Features Clip Of "A Whole New World" by Stage Tube

Today a new trailer for the film remake of Aladdin dropped featuring a sneak peek of the film's signature ballad, 'A Whole New World'. See the new promo below

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Tootsie: A Man Playing a Man Playing a Woman Playing a… by Steven Suskin

★★★★ Santino Fontana shines in this new David Yazbek musical, well adapted from the 1982 film The post Tootsie: A Man Playing a Man Playing a Woman Playing a… appeared first on New York Stage Review.

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Tootsie: They’ve Got Big Heels to Fill by Melissa Rose Bernardo

★★★★ The Sydney Pollack–directed ’80s movie gets a Broadway makeover courtesy of screen-to-stage musical specialist David Yazbek The post Tootsie: They’ve Got Big Heels to Fill appeared first on N…

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‘Tootsie’ Broadway Review: Dorothy Michaels Is Back And Standing On Her Own Two Pumps by Greg Evans

We’ve all had that moment of genius, usually while getting stuck on TCM, when the brilliant idea reveals itself to us: This film really deserves a remake, an update stripped of archaic notions or bad hair and…

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Exclusive! Watch Orfeh Take on 'Freedom' from Pretty Woman by Broadway.com

Pretty Woman star Orfeh belts out "Freedom" for Club Broadway.com.

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Broadway.com #LiveatFive with LaTanya Richardson Jackson of To Kill a Mockingbird by Broadway.com

LaTanya Richardson Jackson stops by Broadway.com HQ to chat about playing Calpurnia in To Kill a Mockingbird and more with Beth Stevens.

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If you loved the movie ‘Tootsie,’ then you’ll be delighted with the new Broadway show by Peter Marks

Santino Fontana inherits the mantle from Dustin Hoffman in this truly funny, old-style musical.

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Ovalhouse And All About You Present REJOICING AT HER WONDROUS VULVA THE YOUNG WOMAN APPLAUDED HERSELF by BroadwayWorld

We need more radical honesty and artistry of the kind Heesom offers - Edinburgh Spotlight on My World Has Exploded A Little Bit

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Cher Recreates Her Moonstruck Slap Before Jimmy Fallon's Monologue by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Cher Has Never Seen Anyone Do an Accurate Impression of Her by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Lip Sync Karaoke with Cher by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Cher: If I Could Turn Back Time by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Cher and The Cher Show Cast: I Got You Babe by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Disney's Aladdin - "Connection" TV Spot by Walt Disney Studios

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Supersized spectacle ‘Les Mis’ still rousing by Jed Gottlieb

“Les Miserables” perfected the Broadway blockbuster. Yes, massive productions preceded it, but nothing matched the epic sweep of the French-via-London operetta when it debuted on the Great White Way in 1987…

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Musical 'Slam' — with skate choreography by Tony Hawk — about to get some air at La Jolla Playhouse by James Hebert

New show, which is getting a workshop production as part of the theater's DNA series, features music by Devo leader Mark Mothersbaugh

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Jerrie Cobb, pioneering aviator and subject of now-running Old Globe play, has died at 88 by James Hebert

Champion pilot was key part of 'Mercury 13' program for female would-be astronauts, and the subject of Balboa Park theater's 'They Promised Her the Moon'

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A bar becomes a battle zone of class, race and competition as San Diego Rep stages Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Sweat' by James Hebert

Play focuses on economic upheaval that threatens to tear apart factory workers' families and friendships in struggling industrial town

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Musical 'Nine' picks up where Fellini film left off by James Hebert

La Mesa's Lamplighters Community Theatre is reviving movie-inspired show that won five Tony Awards in 1983

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'Hedwig' rocks on at Diversionary by James Hebert

Groundbreaking musical and its gender-fluid star a good fit for LGBTQ-centered theater

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About the Opera by Heather Toner

Watch Sir Richard Eyre’s production of Bizet’s masterpiece starring Clémentine Margaine reprising her role as opera’s ultimate seductress alongside Roberto Alagna as her impassioned lover Don José. Loui…

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100 Dances For 100 Years Of Merce Cunningham by Jeff Lunden

To celebrate the centennial of the modern-dance pioneer's birth, dancers at theaters in London, New York and Los Angeles performed a total of 100 solos that the master choreographed.

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10 Questions for actress and playwright Nicôle Lecky by Thomas H. Green

The rising star of stage and screen talks grime, feminism, sex work, Nicki Minaj and SENSE8 Nicôle Lecky’s one woman show Superhoe has added fire to the reputation of an already fast-rising actress and write…

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Billy Elliot’s Justin Smith discusses the upcoming 10th Anniversary National Tour by Gabi Bergman

Billy Elliot is a story like no other. One of the first musicals to actively subvert traditional masculine gender performativity, it focuses on a young boy and his passion for ballet, despite being surrounded b…

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Lucas Hnath Lets Actors Fight It Out Onstage by D. T. Max

The playwright, a master at capturing duelling perspectives, takes on a notoriously complicated marriage with his new Broadway play, “Hillary and Clinton,” D. T. Max writes. 

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Jason Sherwood (‘Rent: Live’ production designer) on a ‘surreal, strange dream come true’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW] by Sam Eckmann

“I am a ‘heart creature’ myself,” reveals production designer Jason Sherwood. “I like to have a personal connection to something” he says of the projects he chooses, “to find an empathetic bridge …

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Shakespearean double play: Tragedy of ‘King Lear’ could triumph at both Tonys and Emmys by Daniel Montgomery

William Shakespeare is quite prolific for a playwright who has been dead for four centuries. His plays have been adapted many, many, many times. But 2019 is unique in that one of his most famous plays, the trag…

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Naomi Scott's role is a whole new world away from her Essex roots

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Scott greeted me at the Ham Yard Hotel in Soho. She’d been resting on a sofa, having arrived from Los Angeles, where she’d been working on Disney’s live action Aladdin.

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: New Michael Jackson musical won't hide that he was an 'immensely flawed human' 

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Playwright Lynn Nottage (pictured), winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, told me Jackson was a genius, 'but an immensely flawed human being'.

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: How the King and Annalene Beechey found their sparkle 

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Bartlett Sher leapt from his ringside seat to suggest how Annalene Beechey might speak a line in The King And I (rehearsals for the London show, pictured) .

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People’s Light presents Sarah Ruhl’s ‘For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday’ by Cameron Kelsall

Sarah Ruhl’s moving family dramedy ‘For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday’ receives an uneven staging at People’s Light. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

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Glenda Jackson On Playing King Lear: Gender Barriers 'Crack' With Age by Terry Gross

The 82-year-old British actor is currently playing Shakespeare's famed tragic figure on Broadway. "Doors have opened for women that were firmly locked many decades ago," she says.

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More Than 7000 TV Writers Have Fired Their Agents, Says Union by Artsjournal

The writers’ union’s memo also claimed, “Most of the writers who haven’t yet signed termination letters are retirees or no longer actively working.” – New York Magazine

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Suzanne Farrell Back At City Ballet – What It Means by Artsjournal

Alastair Macaulay: “What makes Ms. Farrell so important? Her place in Balanchine history is central: She inspired him to make some of his most radically modernist works; opened up fresh torrents of Romanticis…

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Learning and Leadership Director for OPERA America – APPLY NOW by Artsjournal

Apply to join the dynamic staff at OPERA America, the national service organization for opera. You could be the thought leader curating the way into the future of contemporary opera across the field.

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Review: Annie Jump and the Library of Heaven. Show runners take note. by John Bavoso

There’s a notion these days in theatrical circles that the hallmark of a great play is that it can only be a play; that the story being told wouldn’t work in any other medium. As I was watching Rorschach Th…

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Is Creative Placemaking The Poor Man’s Gentrification? by Joe Patti

Part of last week I was attending the Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit for the South and Appalachian region. I am sorry to say that one of the biggest impressions I came away with is that poverty is the r…

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CLUB BROADWAY.COM - Orfehs Sings "Freedom" from PRETTY WOMAN by Broadway.com

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All My Sons review – Sally Field and Bill Pullman deliver a Miller for our times by Michael Billington

Old Vic, LondonIn an era of fake news and moral uncertainty, this fine production of Arthur Miller’s play rings as true as ever Why the spate of Arthur Miller revivals? And why now? Watching Jeremy Herrin’s…

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All My Sons, Old Vic review - starry but disappointingly uneven by Aleks.sierz

Arthur Miller's classic family drama has one outstanding performance - and one dud Superstar Sally Field has come to town. With two academy awards and countless other accolades, the actor who played Forrest Gum…

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INK: "Who needs friends when you have figures?" by Manhattan Theatre Club

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INK: "Because it was Knickers Week!" by Manhattan Theatre Club

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Wait for it: Leslie Odom Jr.'s performance with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is postponed to July 5 by Phil Davis

Singer Leslie Odom Jr., known for his Tony Award-winning portrayal of Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical “Hamilton,” has postponed his performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra until July. The orche…

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Theatrical Outfit’s 2019–20 season marks Tom Key’s final year as artistic director by Kelundra Smith

Theatrical Outfit announced its 2019–20 season on opening night of its latest... The post Theatrical Outfit’s 2019–20 season marks Tom Key’s final year as artistic director appeared first on ARTS ATL.

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Listen: The ‘Dumb Joke’ Hidden in ‘White Noise’ by Gordon Cox

Suzan-Lori Parks’ new play “White Noise” tackles a host of urgent, hot-button topics, including racism and slavery — but, according to the playwright, there’s also a “dumb joke” buried in it. List…

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Variety Hires Mackenzie Nichols as Staff Writer by Ramin Setoodeh

Mackenzie Nichols is joining Variety as a staff writer based out of New York. Nichols will be covering movies, TV, and theater. She previously worked as a freelance writer whose work has been published in the B…

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‘Field of Dreams’ Turns 30: Why the Baseball Classic Still Holds a Special Place in America’s Hearts (and Heartland) by Pat Saperstein

Humphrey Bogart never said, “Play it again, Sam” in the 1942 Oscar-winning classic “Casablanca.” In fact, no one says it in the movie. And the mysterious voice in the adored 1989 fantasy film “Field o…

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'Mary Tyler Moore Show' Actress Georgia Engel Dies At 70 by USA Today

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Georgia Engel appreciation: ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ actress dead at age 70 by Robert Pius

Back in the 1970s, it was perfectly OK to stay at home on a Saturday night because we had our friends from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to keep us company. They formed a bond with their audience to the exten…

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Georgia Engel, ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show’ Star, Dies at 70 by Erin Nyren

Georgia Engel, who played the soft-spoken Georgette Baxter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” died Friday in Princeton, N.J. She was 70. John Quilty, Engel’s friend and executor, told the The New York Times�…

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Arts Beat by Westfield Newsroom

by Mark G. Auerbach Hartford Stage Announces Casting for “The Flamingo Kid” Hartford Stage has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere musical The Flamingo Kid, helmed by Artistic Direct…

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'Mary Tyler Moore Show' star dies at 70 by Usa Today, Usa Today

Best known for her performances in the "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Everybody Loves Raymond", Georgia Engel's comedic career spanned decades.        

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Appreciation: Georgia Engel's 'Mary Tyler Moore' character the friend we'd all like to have by Usa Today, Bill Keveney, Usa Today

Georgia Engel, who died Friday at 70, is familiar from many roles, but best known as sweet Georgette from 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' in the 1970s.        

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Catastrophic Theatre Announces 2019-20 Season by American Theatre Editors

The lineup includes work by Suzan-Lori Parks, Maria-Irene Fornes, Clare Barron, and Will Eno, as well as a new musical from Tamarie Cooper.

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Broadway.com #LiveatFive with LaTanya Richardson Jackson of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Broadway.com

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Woolly Mammoth Announces ‘Fully Woolly’ Season by American Theatre Editors

María Manuela Goyanes's season will feature 'What To Send Up When It Goes Down,' 'Fairview,' and more.

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Odds & Ends: Broadway's The Prom Will Sing Out at World Pride & More by Broadway.com

Here's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today. Broadway's The Prom Will Sing Out at World PrideThe Prom will keep making rainbow dreams come true this spring with a newly announced special perf…

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Vassar and NYSAF Announce 35th Powerhouse Season by American Theatre Editors

On the slate are new works from Harrison David Rivers and Beth Henley.

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SDCF Names Rebecca Hewett as Executive Director by American Theatre Editors

Hewett will start the position at the New York City organization in May.

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INK: "A secret negotiation over dinner." by Manhattan Theatre Club

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‘A Quick 5’ with Kelley Curran Appearing as Clytemnestra in “The Oresteia” at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Susan Brall

Shakespeare Theatre Company will be presenting playwright Ellen McLaughlin’s adaptation of Aeschylus’ “The Oresteia,” directed by Michael Kahn, at Sidney Harman Hall at the Harman Center for the Arts, 6…

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2019 Easter Bonnet Competition Reveals Grand Tally for BC/EFA and Top Fundraising Shows by Ryan McPhee

The annual event took place April 22 and 23.

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Study: People Don’t Empathize Because It’s Too Much Work by Artsjournal

“There is a common assumption that people stifle feelings of empathy because they could be depressing or costly. But we found that people primarily just don’t want to make the mental effort to feel empathy …

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Report: By Next Year More Canadians Will Be Streaming Than Paying For Cable TV by Artsjournal

It’s an amazingly fast shift in how people are watching. The amount they watch hasn’t gone done, just how they access it. And, perhaps a shift in what they watch too. – CBC

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Center Theatre Group's 2019 Gala: A Grand Night (Highlights) by Center Theatre Group

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Annual Easter Bonnet Raises $6,594,778 For Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by BroadwayWorld

Watch the final ceremony of the Broadway Cares Easter Bonnet Competition below The overall top fundraiser of the season was Hamilton's 'And Peggy' tour raising 513,734

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CBS All Access Renews THE GOOD FIGHT Starring Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald For Season Four by TV News Desk

CBS All Accesstoday announced the fourth season renewal of its hit original drama series THE GOOD FIGHT.

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BWW TV: Watch Highlights of Tracy Letts, Annette Bening & More in ALL MY SONS on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld TV

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production ofArthur Miller'sAll My Sons, directed by Tony Award winnerJack O'Brien, officially opened last night

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BWW TV: Watch Highlights of Bertie Carvel, Jonny Lee Miller & More in INK on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld TV

Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of INK, written by Olivier Award winner James Graham Labour of Love, Privacy, Finding Neverland and directed by two-time Olivier Award winner, Tony and BAFTA Award nom…

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VIDEO: Todrick Hall Will Lead Regional Premiere of KINKY BOOTS at LA's 3-D Theatricals by Stage Tube

3-D Theatricals will present the West Coast regional premiere of Kinky Boots, starring Broadway, YouTube and RuPaul's Drag Race sensation, Todrick Hall as Lola, a part he first played in the long-running Broadw…

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Watch Highlights From Broadway's All My Sons by Olivia Clement

See Annette Bening, Tracy Letts, and Benjamin Walker give it their all in scenes from the Roundabout revival.

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At Europe’s Good Chance Theatre, Refugees Have a Dome and a Home by American Theatre Editors

How 'The Jungle' grew around a refugee camp in Calais, inspiring a theatre company with global ambitions.

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Beyoncé's Father Matthew Knowles Prepping Broadway-Aimed Destiny's Child Bio-Musical by Andy Lefkowitz

Music World Entertainment has announced a new stage production following the evolution of the hit music group Destiny's Child told through the eyes of Mathew Knowles, father of Beyoncé and the group's co-creat…

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You Better Work! Sony Pictures Acquires the Screen Rights to Britney Spears Musical Once Upon a One More Time by Lindsey Sullivan

That was fast! According to Deadline, Sony Pictures has acquired the screen rights to the Broadway-aimed Britney Spears musical Once Upon a One More Time ahead of its Chicago run in the fall. Spears and her ma…

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The Big Reveal! Here's a First Look at Santino Fontana & More in Broadway's Tootsie by Broadway.com

Tootsie, the new musical adaptation of the popular 1982 film, has arrived on Broadway. The production, which stars Santino Fontana in the role immortalized by Dustin Hoffman on the big screen, is playing at the…

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Backstage at Tootsie with Sarah Stiles, Episode 2: The Joy of Julie Halston by Broadway.com

Tootsie's Sarah Stiles sits down with co-star Julie Halston. Listen in and fall in love.

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Annette Bening , Tracy Letts and More Talk About Arthur Miller's Impact While Celebrating All My Sons on Opening Night by Broadway.com

All My Sons stars Tracy Letts, Annette Bening, Benjamin Walker and more talk about Arthur Miller's everlasting impact and more on opening night.

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Livin' It Up on Top! Hadestown to Release Original Cast Recording by Lindsey Sullivan

Hadestown fans are in for some great news! The Broadway production of the new musical by celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and developed with director Rachel Chavkin will receive a cast recording. Th…

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Exclusive Portraits of Tracy Letts, Annette Bening & More on Opening Night of All My Sons by Broadway.com

Arthur Miller's All My Sons is back on Broadway, starring Tracy Letts and Annette Bening. The production, directed by Jack O'Brien, opened at Broadway's American Airlines Theatre on April 22. After the cast t…

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Celebrate Shakespeare Day With a Look at Broadway's Current Shakespeare-Themed Shows by Nathan Skethway

From new productions to adaptations and sequels, the 2018–19 season has shown a lot of love to the Bard.

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Bernadette Peters Will Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Donna Murphy at Urban Stages Gala by Andrew Gans

The evening will be held May 15 at the Central Park Boathouse.

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Tony Nominee and Shazam! Star Zachary Levi to Host MTV Movie & TV Awards by Adam Hetrick

Levi will host the June 17 ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.

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Serious Shade: The Stupid Classics Book Club by Artsjournal

It’s easy to dive into a classic book and after awhile get the feeling you’re reading something dull. Something… well, dumb. That may, of course be more about you and where you’re coming from than it is…

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Just How Enlightened Was The Age Of Enlightenment? by Artsjournal

“It has been said, indeed, that the eighteenth century was less the Age of Reason than the Age of Feelings—because so many Enlightenment thinkers took pride in recognizing the importance of the sentiments, …

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Todrick Hall Will Return to the Land of Lola in West Coast Regional Premiere of Kinky Boots by Andrew Gans

Performances begin in California in February 2020.

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Watch New Clips From Ink at Manhattan Theatre Club by Olivia Clement

The new James Graham play, which charts the rise of Rupert Murdoch, also announced that it has extended its Broadway premiere one week.

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Then They Forgot About the Rest by Darryl Reilly

Playwright Georgina Escobar presents an exuberant hodgepodge of sci-fi elements and satirical corporate bits with a feminist slant. Ms. Escobar’s punchy pseudo-scientific dialogue carries her choppy scenario…

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The Good Fight, Starring Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, and More, Renewed for Fourth Season by Ryan McPhee

The CBS All Access series follows Baranski's Diane Lockhart, a Chicago lawyer navigating her way through the Resistance.

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The Niceties by Steven Morris

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Block Talk- Episode 106: Make Mike Watch Dirty Dancing by Michael Block

I'm so excited to release the first of hopefully many in the new series on Block Talk, Make Mike Watch! This will be a series of episodes were my guests will suggest a movie for me to watch for the very first t…

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Alex Brightman Set to Host STARS IN THE ALLEY by BroadwayWorld

The Broadway League announceS that Alex Brightman, currently starring inBeetlejuice, will host this year's STARS IN THE ALLEY free outdoor concert. Stars in the Alley will take place on Friday, May 10 at 1PM in…

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Lynn Nottage Speaks Up About Michael Jackson Musical- 'I'm Very Committed to This Collaboration' by BroadwayWorld

Now Nottage and directorchoreographer Christopher Wheeldon are speaking up about their feelings in the New York Times.'You can't watch the documentary without being profoundly disturbed by it, but again, we're …

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Photo Flash: First Look at Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper & More in TOOTSIE on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

The world premiere comedy musical Tootsie, which opens tonight at the Marquis Theatre, tells the story of a talented but difficult actor who struggles to find work until one show-stopping act of desperation lan…

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HADESTOWN Original Broadway Cast Recording Sets Release Date of June 7 by BroadwayWorld

Hadestown, the new musical by Anais Mitchell, developed with Rachel Chavkin, will digitally release the show's Original Broadway Cast Recording on Friday, June 7. Additionally, the recording will be available a…

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FX Announces New Season Two Premiere Date for POSE by TV News Desk

FX has set the premiere date for the second season of the award-winning and groundbreaking drama series Pose from Fox 21 Television Studios and FX Productions, it was announced today by Chuck Saftler, President…

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Sony Pictures Acquires Film Rights To Britney Spears Musical by TV News Desk

Sony Pictures has acquired the film rightsto Once Upon a One More Time, a fairy tale fueled by the hit songs ofBritney Spears according to Deadline. Sony won an auction forstage version, which makes its world p…

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Actress Fay McKenzie Has Passed Away at 101 by TV News Desk

Actress Fay McKenzie Waldman passed away peacefully in her sleep on the morning of April 16th at the age of 101. She was born February 19, 1918 into a show business family where she was the youngest of two sist…

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BWW Exclusive: A Brand New Look at THE BOOK OF MORMON on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld

Just last month, the Broadway production of The Book of Mormon celebratedits 8th Anniversary at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre 230 West 49th Street, where it is the longest running show in the theatre's history, an…

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THE PROM to Perform at WorldPride Closing Ceremony by BroadwayWorld

BroadwayWorld has just learned that The Prom will perform at the WorldPride Closing Ceremony on June 30th in Times Square. Melissa Etheridge will headline the Closing Ceremony, which will also include performan…

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Ben Platt Announces One Night Only Concert in London by BroadwayWorld

Ben Platt is launching a tour to celebrate his new album and London has made the list of stops Platt will perform one night only at the Eventim Apollo featuring special guest James TW.

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Episode 2: What's Gonna Happen: Backstage at TOOTSIE with Sarah Stiles by Broadway.com

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Annette Bening and More Talk Arthur Miller's Impact While Celebrating ALL MY SONS on Opening Night by Broadway.com

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Speaking in Tongues: A Review of Language Rooms at Broken Nose Theatre by Jay Van Ort

Independent components come together to enlighten a darkened corner of our universe in this Midwest premiere from Yussef El Guindi.

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Alex Brightman and Michael James Scott Are Stars in the Alley Hosts by Andrew Gans

The free outdoor concert, featuring performances from over 20 Broadway shows, will be held May 10 in Shubert Alley.

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Out of the Closet and On to the Cabaret—An Off-Broadway Preview by Bart Greenberg

On April 29 at 7 PM, at the historic and exquisite Church of the Transfiguration, an impressive roster of cabaret celebrities will gather together to celebrate and support the upcoming production of a powerful …

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D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Taps Pulitzer Prize Winner Fairview, Anne Washburn's Shipwreck, and More by Olivia Clement

The lineup also features Aleshea Harris' What to Send Up, Paola Lázaro's There's Always the Hudson, and Mike Lew's Teenage Dick.

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Survivor: The Destiny’s Child Musical in Development by Andrew Gans

Mathew Knowles and Je'Caryous Johnson are collaborating on the bio musical about the famed girl group.

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Katy Waldman Was Reviewing A Novel. Then She Found Herself In It. And On It Goes From There. by Artsjournal1

Well, she’s pretty sure she found herself — more specifically, an essay she wrote about herself and her twin sister — but the novel’s author differs. And the author of another book claims she found more…

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Essential Reading: Forty Years Ago George Trow Wrote That TV Had Killed Intellectual Life. Now To Social Media… by Artsjournal

Trow argued that the rise of television decimated the elite American intellectual community to which he had belonged as the far descendant of printing magnates, a Harvard graduate, and a magazine writer. It cut…

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Cast of Broadway’s The Prom to Perform at New York City’s WorldPride Celebration by Ryan McPhee

The musical, about a teenage lesbian couple’s Broadway diva-fueled fight for equality, is also heading to the page and screen.

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Sony Secures Film Rights for Britney Spears Musical Once Upon a One More Time by Adam Hetrick

The stage production will make its world premiere in Chicago this fall.

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The Patient and the Patriarchy: ‘The Pain of My Belligerence’ by Matthew Wexler

Halley Feiffer’s "The Pain of My Belligerence" sheds light on how we perpetuate our roles within a patriarchal culture and the promise of a new paradigm. The post The Patient and the Patriarchy: ‘The Pain o…

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Do shots, then do 'Macbeth,' what could go wrong? 'Drunk Shakespeare' is coming to Chicago's Loop by Chris Jones

A new 120-seat theater is coming to the Loop. On Wabash Avenue, right by the Halal Guys and a Taco Bell Cantina, just across the street from the Elephant & Castle pub, will sit The Lion Theatre, the dedicat…

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Charity Tillemann-Dick, R.I.P. by Terry Teachout

Charity Tillemann-Dick, a coloratura soprano who suffered from pulmonary hypertension (the same rare disease that afflicts Mrs. T) and who resumed her singing career after undergoing a double lung transplant—…

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Director Phyllida Lloyd on 20 Years of Mamma Mia! in London and Broadway's Upcoming Tina: The Tina Turner Musical by Matt Wolf

Mamma Mia! has transformed the lives of a lot of people, not least its gifted and versatile director, Phyllida Lloyd, who came to the ABBA musical from a career in the British not-for-profit sector and has gone…

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Judi Dench: Why she doesn't watch her movies, and moving on from Bond with 'Red Joan' by Usa Today, Bryan Alexander, Usa Today

Bond who? Judi Dench is now playing a reluctant Russian spy in "Red Joan" - and admits she never watches herself on screen.        

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Megan Mullally is ready to talk about that years-old skit with Trump by Usa Today, Anika Reed, Usa Today

Megan Mullally is thinking back to when she and Donald Trump performed the "Green Acres" theme song at the 2005 Emmy Awards.        

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Aretha Franklin wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for contributions to music, culture by Detroit Free Press, Maryann Struman, Detroit Free Press

The Queen of Soul was awarded a 2019 Pulitzer Prize for her 'indelible contributions' to American music and culture        

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Michael Jackson Biographers Face History, and the Mirror by Reggie Ugwu

After child molestation accusations of “Leaving Neverland,” books about the pop icon are already being rewritten. Who will have the last word?

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Review: At USC Pacific Asia Museum, portraits of actors done the Tsuruya Kokei way by Christopher Knight

Manga, anime and other sensations of 1990s pop culture made cosplay a fashionable pastime, but before that happened there was Tsuruya Kokei. An artist working at Tokyo’s renowned Kabukiza Theater, home to the…

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10 Performances of “Me and the Sky” from Come From Away That Your Day Needs

Suddenly shocked at how good these "Me and the Sky" performances are.

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Clip: Aaron Sorkin On Adapting To Kill a Mockingbird and Falling in Love With Theatre by Playbill

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Broadway’s Original Jasmine, Courtney Reed, Joins London Aladdin by Andrew Gans

The Disney musical plays the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End.

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Get an Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look of Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Starring Nathan Lane on Opening Night by Broadway.com

Exclusive! Get an inside look at the Nathan Lane and the cast of Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus getting ready, taking their bows and celebrating on opening night.

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Los Angeles Falls in Love with "Falsettos" at the Ahmanson Theatre by Center Theatre Group

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Seattle Rep Sets 9-Show 2019-20 Season by American Theatre Editors

The lineup will include a remount of Manhattan Theatre Club's 'Jitney' and world premieres by Anna Ziegler and Justin Huertas.

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Hadestown Will Release Original Broadway Cast Album With Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney by Adam Hetrick

The latest incarnation of Anaïs Mitchell's pop-driven folk opera opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre April 17.

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New Works, New Takes Headline 2020 Slate at Oregon Shakes by American Theatre Editors

Nataki Garret's first season includes Qui Nguyen's sequel to 'Vietgone' and plays by Dominique Morisseau, Karen Zacarías, Theresa Rebeck, Marcus Gardley, and Sarah B. Mantell.

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Haven Theatre Announces New Leadership by American Theatre Editors

Ian Damont Martin and Angela Salinas are the company's new artistic director and managing director, respectively.

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Robert Caro On The Revealing Powers Of Biography by Artsjournal

“When people say that power corrupts… I don’t happen to believe that. Power reveals. When you’re on your way up, you have to conceal what you intend to do. Once you get power, then you see it, what he …

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Everybody’s Talking About Influencers. They’ve Been Around A Long Time by Artsjournal

Influence was worrisome long before it was digital. The word “influence” appears in a quarter of William Shakespeare’s plays, in which the condition of being influenced is rarely happy or dignified. Almos…

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A Very Bad Idea: Broadcasting ‘Saturday Night Live’ Direct From New Orleans Mardi Gras by Artsjournal1

Yes, they tried it once, back in 1977. And not on Saturday night at 11:30, but on Sunday evening at 8:30. “Vulture recently spoke to many of those involved, including Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman, Anne Beatts…

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‘Fancy Free’ Doesn’t Seem So Delightful After #MeToo — Should It Be Retired? by Artsjournal1

In 2019, the Bernstein-Robbins ballet about three sailors on shore leave looks rather like “a case study in rape culture,” writes Lea Marshall, who took a group of undergraduate dance student to see it. Mos…

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Pose Sets New Date for Season 2 Premiere by Ryan McPhee

The Ryan Murphy series returns in June, with Tony winner Patti LuPone joining the cast.

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Photo Coverage: On the Opening Night Red Carpet for ALL MY SONS by Walter McBride

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, officially opened last night BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos…

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Photo Flashback: On the Set of the TOOTSIE in 1982 by Walter McBride

As the world premiere comedy musicalTootsieprepares to opentonight at the Marquis Theatre, we're flashing back through the photo archives of BroadwayWorld's very own Walter McBride to bring you some shots from …

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VIDEO: THE CHER SHOW's Youngest Cher, Micaela Diamond, Discusses Being on Broadway at Age 19, Trading College for The Stage by Paul Smith

The beat goes on forMicaela Diamond, making her Broadway debut as Babe, the youngest Cher in The Cher Show. At just 19 years old, she has already taken the theatre scene by storm, opening a show on Broadway and…

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Up on the Marquee: FRANKIE & JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE by Walter McBride

The new Broadway production of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, starring Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Audra McDonald and two-time Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, directed…

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BWW TV: Go Inside Opening Night of ALL MY SONS, with Annette Bening, Tracy Letts & More! by Tv - Opening Night Special

The American Airlines Theatre was the place to be last night, as an Arthur Miller classic came back to BroadwayRoundabout Theatre Companyjust celebrated opening night ofAll My Sons, directed by Tony Award winne…

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Get an Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look of GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS on Opening Night by Broadway.com

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Michael Jackson Musical Creators: ‘We’re Not Judge and Jury’ by Michael Paulson

The playwright Lynn Nottage and the director-choreographer Christopher Wheeldon remain committed to the show, even after a damning documentary.

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Outer Critics Nominations Announced by Laurenyarger

Outer Critics Circle 2018-2019 Award Nominations OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY The Ferryman Ink Network To Kill a Mockingbird What the Constitution Means to Me OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY MUSICAL Be More Chill H…

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‘Queer California’ LGBTQ exhibit in Oakland is not what you’ll expect by Robert Taylor, Correspondent

Oakland Museum explores the LGBTQ movement in the new show "Queen California," but skips the obvious for something that is more meaningful.

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How Be More Chill’s Will Roland Refuses to Play Just Another Misfit Teen by Ruthie Fierberg

The former Dear Evan Hansen star brings nuance to his new role: leading man.

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WaterTower Theatre Announces 2019-20 Season by American Theatre Editors

The lineup marks the first full season programmed by producing artistic director Shane Peterman.

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Tootsie Broadway Trailer by TheaterMania

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All My Sons’ Annette Bening Says There Are Clues to Her Character Hidden in the Broadway Set by Ruthie Fierberg

Bening, Tracy Letts, Benjamin Walker, and the full cast of the current Broadway revival share secrets about the production from the opening night red carpet.

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Watch David Rockwell Share His Set Designs for Broadway's Tootsie by Mark Peikert

The prolific designer, represented this season by both Tootsie and Kiss Me, Kate, takes viewers behind the scenes of his scenic work.

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Review: The Pain of My Beligerence at currtainup.com/ by Deirdre Donovan

Halley Feiffer's look at the terrible toll toxic masculinity can take on both genders.a

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Daryl Sherman: A Breath of Spring Warming a Chilly April Night by Marilyn Lester

Singer-pianist Daryl Sherman has been a long-time fixture in the international and New York City jazz world. Her endurance as a favorite is well-founded in her talent and charm. She’s full of life, happy-go-l…

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Can Fosse/Verdon's Evan Handler Name Hal Prince Shows From Playbill Covers? by Playbill

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GEORGIA ENGEL, GENTLE-VOICED ‘MARYTYLER MOORE’ ACTRESS, IS DEAD AT 70 by Robert Shuman

(Neil Genzlinger’s article appeared in The New York Times, 4/15; via Pam Green.) Georgia Engel, whose distinctive voice and pinpoint comic timing made her a memorable part of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” …

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First Look: Tootsie by Iris Chan

A new comedy musical is now on Broadway: Tootsie. It’s the story of a talented, but difficult-to-work-with actor who will do anything to land the role of a lifetime—including adopting a new persona as Doro…

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Exclusive Rehearsal Photos From Original Sound Off-Broadway by Nathan Skethway

Rent star Wilson Jermaine Heredia will be seen in Adam Seidel’s new drama, directed by Elena Araoz, at the Cherry Lane beginning April 30.

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Don’t Miss: Broadway’s Best at Kindness for Karen Benefit by Matthew Wexler

Nathan Lee Graham, Vivian Reed and Kyle Post headline the Kindness for Karen benefit for women with lung cancer at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre. The post Don’t Miss: Broadway’s Best at Kindness for Karen Bene…

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Behind-the-Scenes with the Cast of SPUNK by Signature Theatre

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BLKS TEASER by McC Theater

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Concert Music Review: Violinist Itzhak Perlman and Pianist Evgeny Kissin — An Odd Dream Team by Susan Miron

A bit surprising -- that two megastars choose such meat and potatoes repertoire. The post Concert Music Review: Violinist Itzhak Perlman and Pianist Evgeny Kissin — An Odd Dream Team appeared first on The Ar…

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‘I just felt like there was a story in me I could tell’: Michael Black brings his play Starved to the London Fringe by Stephanie Ressort

Recently I was lucky enough to catch up with Michael Black whose latest play Starved will be coming to the Bread and Roses Theatre at the end of the month (30 April to 11 May 2019).

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Jazz trumpeter Jeremy Pelt channels Rodin’s sculptures

Moody narratives and layered textures characterise Pelt’s five-part Rodin Suite at Pizza Express, London

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Tracy Letts and Annette Bening’s ‘All My Sons’ Is the Best Show of the Broadway Season by Rex Reed

This is as good as it gets.

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Nathan Gunn, Ying Fang, More to Bring Opera to the Boroughs by Ryan McPhee

Six classical artists will sing in the Metropolitan Opera's 2019 summer recital series.

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Handel’s Brockes Passion, Barbican — a gruesomely graphic work to break Bach’s monopoly

Academy of Ancient Music stages rare performance in which biblical figures become flesh-and-blood characters

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Paris Opera Ballet presents a cool, compact programme of Dutch choreography

Works by Sol León, Paul Lightfoot and Hans Van Manen make up the new triple bill at the Palais Garnier

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Show Clips - TOOTSIE by Broadway.com

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See Lin-Manuel Miranda, Aaron Tveit, More at the O’Neill Center’s 2019 Monte Cristo Award Gala by Marc J. Franklin

Tony Award-winning writer John Logan was honored at the theatre’s spring gala April 22.

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Photo Coverage: Inside the ALL MY SONS Opening Night Celebration by Walter McBride

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, officially opened last night BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos…

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Photo Coverage: The Cast of ALL MY SONS, Starring Annette Bening, Takes Opening Night Bows by Walter McBride

Roundabout Theatre Company's new Broadway production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, directed by Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, officially opened last night BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out photos…

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Memorial For Andrew Zerman Will Be Held April 29 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre by BroadwayWorld

A memorial for Andrew Zerman, the Broadway casting director who passed away on January 6, 2019, will be held on April 29 at 4 PM at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre.

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Wake Up With BWW 4/23: TOOTSIE Opens, Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations, and More! by Stephanie Wild

Good morning, BroadwayWorld First, we'd like to wish a happy opening to Tootsie, which officially opens tonight on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre

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Photo Coverage: Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Honors John Logan with Monte Cristo Award by Jennifer Broski

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center just held itsMonte Cristo Award Gala last night at the Edison Ballroom- an event thatfeaturedopening remarks fromcomposer, actor and Tony Award-winner, Lin-Manuel Miranda.Acade…

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VIDEO: Watch The Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations Exclusively On BroadwayWorld by BroadwayWorld

The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, welcomes 'Tootsie' star Julie Halston along wit…

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Blair Brown Departs THE FERRYMAN Due To Injury, Fionnula Flanagan Extends Engagement by BroadwayWorld

Tony Award winner Blair Brown, who was announced to take over the role of Aunt Maggie Far Away in The Ferryman, has withdrawn from the production due to an injury unrelated to the show.

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BWW Review: Tracy Letts and Annette Bening in Arthur Miller's Drama of Evolving American Dreams, ALL MY SONS by Michael Dale

While many scoff at Broadway's habit of bringing back so many American classics from decades ago, a well-timed revival of an early work by one of our great masters might reveal a bit about how the young, emergi…

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WAITRESS's Tyrone Davis Jr. Takes Over Instagram Tomorrow! by Linnae Medeiros

It's time to head to the diner because Waitress's Tyrone Davis Jr. is taking over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story tomorrow, April 24th, for the show's third anniversary on Broadway Be sure to tune it to get a t…

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Shoshana Bean And Jeremy Jordan Extend In WAITRESS Through June 2 by BroadwayWorld

Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan are staying at the diner longer than planned It was announced today that the pair will extend their runs as Jenna and Dr. Pomatter respectively through June 2.

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Breaking: HADESTOWN, TOOTSIE & More Earn 2019 Outer Critics Circle Nominations! by BroadwayWorld

The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, welcomes 'Tootsie' starJulie Halstonalong with …

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VIDEO: Nathan Lane Describes GARY as GAME OF THRONES Meets TIDYING UP WITH MARIE CONDO by Stage Tube

Nathan Lane stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to talk about his new Broadway play, Gary A Sequel to Titus Andronicus. Lane describes the play to Fallon, telling him, 'What Taylor Mac has done is…

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VIDEO: On This Day, April 23- Happy Birthday, William Shakespeare! by Alexa Criscitiello

Author of 38 plays and 154 sonnets, Shakespeare is widely considered the greatest known writer in the English language. The popularity of his works has spanned centuries, up to and including the current Broadwa…

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What the Outer Critics Circle Awards Nominations Mean for the 2019 Tony Awards! by Bww Staff

Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers covering New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications and other media beyond Broadway, today announced the nominees for the 2018-19season.

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BWW TV: Watch Highlights of TOOTSIE on Broadway! by BroadwayWorld TV

TOOTSIE began previews on Broadway on Friday, March 29th and will officially open tonight, April 23rd. Check out highlights of the cast on action below

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INK Extends Broadway Run Through June 23 by BroadwayWorld

Due to popular demand, Manhattan Theatre Club's American premiere of INK, written by Olivier Award winner James Graham Labour of Love, Privacy, Finding Neverland and directed by two-time Olivier Award winner, T…

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BWW TV: Broadway Struts the Red Carpet on Opening Night of TOOTSIE- Live at 5:45pm! by Tv - Red Carpets

The new comedy musical, Tootsie officially opens tonight, Tuesday, April 23, 2019.

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George C. Wolfe Named Recipient of SDC Director Award at the Chita Rivera Awards by BroadwayWorld

Legendary Broadway director and four time Tony Award WinnerGeorge C. WolfeAngels In America, The Normal Heart, Bring in 'Da Noise..., Jelly's Last Jam will receive theSDC Director Awardfor exemplary collaborati…

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Review: Black Pearl Sings! by Jayne Blanchard

Like my mama used to say, just because somebody asks for something doesn’t mean you have to give it. In the case of the Alliance for New Music-Theatre’s exemplary Black Pearl Sings!, it’s a song–a song …

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Broadway Actor Quentin Maré Passes Away Age 49 by BroadwayWorld

Quentin Mare, a versatile and daring stage actor cast in such wide-ranging productions off and on Broadway as King Lear, Coram Boy, Tom Stoppard's Rock n Roll, Happy Now, and most recently, Lost Lake, passed aw…

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DYING CITY: Begins May 14 by Second Stage Theater

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Citizens of Mockingbird: Gideon Glick on Unlocking the 'Ebullient Joy' in Dill by Paul Wontorek

In adapting Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird for the stage, award-winning scribe Aaron Sorkin looked at the iconic characters of the recently named "best-loved" American novel with fresh eyes. In this exc…

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Blair Brown Withdraws from The Ferryman; Fionnula Flanagan to Remain with Production by Andy Lefkowitz

Tony winner Blair Brown, who had been announced to take over as Aunt Maggie Far Away in Jez Butterworth's The Ferryman, has canceled her engagement in the play after sustaining an injury unrelated to the show.…

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James Graham's Ink Extends Again on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Ink, James Graham's new play about the making of the tabloid newspaper The Sun, has received a second extension at Manhattan Theatre Club's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Originally announced to run through June 9…

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Brad Oscar, Christina Sajous, Anne L. Nathan & More Join Joe Iconis' Broadway Bounty Hunter by Andy Lefkowitz

Casting is complete for the off-Broadway premiere of Broadway Bounty Hunter, a new musical comedy featuring an original score by Joe Iconis (Be More Chill), slated to arrive at off-Broadway's Greenwich House Th…

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The Prom's Christopher Sieber on Casting the Netflix Movie, Cursing in Hip-Hop Class & More by Lindsey Sullivan

Two-time Tony nominee Christopher Sieber is landing laughs as Trent Oliver, the delightfully stuffy Juilliard alum (did he mention he attended Juilliard?), in the Casey Nicholaw-helmed side-splitter The Prom. T…

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Hadestown, Tootsie & Oklahoma! Lead 2019 Outer Critics Circle Award Nominations by Andy Lefkowitz

Nominations are here for the 69th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best theater on, off- and off-off-Broadway in the 2018-2019 season. Leading the slate of nominees is Hadestown with 12 nomina…

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Go Inside the Broadway Opening Night of All My Sons, Starring Annette Bening and Tracy Letts by Caitlin Moynihan

Arthur Miller's All My Sons is back on Broadway starring Annette Bening and Tracy Letts. Directed by Jack O'Brien, the revival also features Benjamin Walker, Francesca Carpanini and Hampton Fluker. The Roundabo…

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Watch Santino Fontana & More in These Fabulously Fun Clips from Tootsie by Broadway.com

Santino Fontana stars in the big Broadway musical based off of 1982 film.

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Chita Rivera Awards Will Honor George C. Wolfe by Andrew Gans

The 2019 awards ceremony will be held May 19, hosted by Tony winners Ann Reinking and Ben Vereen.

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Broadway Premiere of Ink Extends Again by Olivia Clement

The new James Graham play, which charts the rise of Rupert Murdoch, will play an additional week.

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Tiny Beautiful Things by Steven Morris

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Nina Robinson's exhibit at New York City Center by New York City Center

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Check Out Tootsie on Broadway by Nathan Skethway

New photos and video have been released of the musical adaptation starring Santino Fontana and Lilli Cooper.

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Broadway Showstopper Spotlight Series: Bonnie Milligan Talks Playing a "Body-Positive, Queer Icon" in Head Over Heels & Her Path to Broadway

Head Over Heels standout Bonnie Milligan kicks off our Broadway Showstopper Spotlight Series.

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Truth Versus Lies: Suppressing The Lies From Being Heard Doesn’t Work by Artsjournal

In On Liberty (1859), John Stuart Mill offers the most compelling defence of freedom of speech, conscience and autonomy ever written. Mill argues that the only reason to restrict speech is to prevent harm to …

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Bringing The Music Back To Ancient Greek Drama by Artsjournal1

“Greek tragedy survives today as words on a page, but ancient performances were distinguished as much for music and dance as for speeches and dialogue. … The musical dimension of ancient tragedy was long gi…

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Transporting The Instruments For A Touring Orchestra Is An Even Bigger Production Than You Think by Artsjournal1

A reporter talks with a logistics expert at DHL who’s worked with touring orchestras for 15 years about everything it takes to pull a successful tour off. – WQXR (New York City)

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Photo Flash: First Look at Sally Field, Jenna Coleman, and the Cast of ALL MY SONS by BroadwayWorld

America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. They have built a home, raised two sons and established a thriving business.

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‘Truly special’: WHAT GIRLS ARE MADE OF – Touring ★★★★★ by Thom Dibdin

Bursting with emotion and tuneful energy, the return to the Traverse of What Girls Are Made Of is a thing of wonder.

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Hugh Jackman Divulges Key Details About His World Arena Tour Hugh Jackman The Show by Ruthie Fierberg

The extended interview of what songs he hopes to bring to the stage—there’s one you won’t expect—the dances he’ll recreate, and the never-before-heard stories.

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Meet the DCPA Theatre Company by Denver Center For The Performing Arts

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Arts Fuse Podcast #14: Dialectics of Politicized Art, or the Intellectual History of White Men in Cars by Lucas Spiro

The Arts Fuse welcomes a new character to its extended universe. Deanna Marie Costa, an editor and critic at the magazine. The post Arts Fuse Podcast #14: Dialectics of Politicized Art, or the Intellectual Hi…

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Music Interview/Review: Nervous Eaters – Back for Another Helping by Matt Hanson

Luckily for us, after playing the occasional electrifying concert date over the years, Nervous Eaters is reuniting once again. The post Music Interview/Review: Nervous Eaters – Back for Another Helping appear…

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MTC American Premiere of Ink Extends by Mark A. Robinson

Though it does not officially open until Wednesday, April 24th, the Manhattan Theatre Club’s American premiere of James Graham’s Ink is already a hot ticket. Due to popular demand, the production has extend…

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New York City Ballet and the School of American Ballet Look to the Future With New Leadership by Charles Isherwood

Former NYCB dancers Jonathan Stafford and Wendy Whelan discuss their plans for the future as the new season kicks off April 23.

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Tony Award-winner Ben Platt to perform concert at Eventim Apollo London on 15 June 2019. by Douglas Mayo

By Douglas Mayo Tony Award-winning star of Broadway's Dear Evan Hansen Ben Platt is to perform a concert on 15 June 2019 at the Eventim Apollo London. This post Tony Award-winner Ben Platt to perform concert at…

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Cyndi Lauper Joins New York Pops’ Hall Full of Stars Gala by Adam Hetrick

Annaleigh Ashford, Boy George, Lena Hall, and Carly Rae Jepsen are among the stars who will also perform during the April 29 gala event.

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Scene: The Pain of My Belligerence by Playwrights Horizons

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Tony Award winner Ben Platt will perform a solo concert at London’s Eventim Apollo in June 2019

We are just a little bit excited to hear that Pitch Perfect star and Dear Evan Hansen Tony Award winner Ben Platt will be bringing his Sing To Me Instead tour to London’s Eventim Apollo on 15 June 2019. Today…

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Review: 38 years later, 'Cats' proves it still has many lives

Broadway/San Diego is presenting a national touring production of "Cats" at the Civic Theatre downtown through Sunday

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Review: 'All in the Timing' at North Coast Rep a showcase for cast and director at the top of their game

"All in the Timing" is comprised of a half dozen David Ives sketches or mini-plays produced between 1987 and 1993. The one-act comedies premiered together Off Broadway in 1993, and the compilation has been a po…

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Review: Antic, frantic 'Servant of Two Masters' is mad for laughs at New Village Arts by James Hebert

New adaptation of Italian comedy classic goes for contemporary gags at Carlsbad theater

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Mostly Mozart Festival 2019: Under Siege by Lincoln Center

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Mostly Mozart Festival 2019: Mark Morris Dance Group by Lincoln Center

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Mostly Mozart Festival 2019: Blak Whyte Gray by Lincoln Center

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Mostly Mozart Festival 2019: The Magic Flute by Lincoln Center

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Mostly Mozart Festival 2019: Black Clown by Lincoln Center

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‘Hadestown’ leads Outer Critics Circle nominations by Caitlin Huston

“Hadestown” led the Outer Critics Circle nominations Tuesday, with 12 nominations. The Broadway musical was followed by “Tootsie” with 10 nominations and the Broadway revival of “Oklahoma!” with six…

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Citizens of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: Gideon Glick as Dill by Broadway.com

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Broadway Grosses w/e 4/21/2019: Broadway Shows are Bloomin’

The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 15, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:

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Judi Dench turns 'Cats' catastrophe into triumph playing Old Deuteronomy in movie version by Usa Today, Bryan Alexander, Usa Today

Judi Dench will star in the upcoming "Cats" movie 38 years after she had to pull out of the original London production of the famed musical.        

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Fionnula Flanagan Extends Her Run in Broadway’s The Ferryman by Adam Hetrick

Actor Blair Brown, who was previously announced to take over the role of Aunt Maggie, has withdrawn from the production.

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‘Boys in the Band’ is filming for Netflix, Ryan Murphy reveals by Robert Rorke

The band is getting back together Ryan Murphy announced Wednesday on Instagram that he is bringing his recent Broadway revival of the incendiary Mart Crowley play “The Boys in the Band” to Netflix next year…

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Inside WNET's 2019 Gala Honoring Nathan Lane, Renée Fleming, and More by Nathan Skethway

The gala, held by America's original PBS station, was held April 22 at The Plaza in New York City.

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THEATER: All the Moving Parts - Costume Designer Clint Ramos by Cunytv75

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Chicago Theater Review: A CHORUS LINE (Porchlight) by Lawrence Bommer

GOTTA DANCE! Now 44 years old, which means that a third generation of hoofers is now recreating it, A Chorus Line remains the late Michael Bennett’s breakthrough backstage musical, winner of nine Tony Awards…

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Theater Review: FALSETTOS (National Tour) by Tony Frankel

NOT ONE FALSE NOTE The musical masterpiece Falsettos follows Marvin, an appealing, brainy, anxious, obsessive, wealthy Jewish gay man who struggles to create a tight-knit family out of his eclectic array of co…

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Los Angeles Theater Review: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS (Pasadena Playhouse) by Tony Frankel

CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE THEATER Well, there certainly is nothing wrong with good advice. And there’s plenty of that in the structurally unconventional Tiny Beautiful Things, Nia Vardalos’s stage adaptation of …

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London Theater Review: Maggie Smith in ‘A German Life’ by Gordon Cox

How helpful are warnings from history? Two years ago, in February 2017, Amazon briefly sold out its entire stock of Hannah Arendt’s 500-page treatise, “The Origins of Totalitarianism.” In it, the German-b…

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Theater Best Bets, April 18–21 by Jim Farmer

Every week, our editors and guest writers give you their top six... The post Theater Best Bets, April 18–21 appeared first on ARTS ATL.

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Jennifer Lawrence Picks Next Movie: A Drama With Acclaimed Theater Director by Justin Kroll

Jennifer Lawrence will star in an untitled film for IAC FILMS and A24 to be directed by acclaimed theater director Lila Neugebauer, who will make her feature film debut. The script was written by first-time scr…

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TuYo Theatre is putting up its first independent production with 'UN-' by James Hebert

Latinx-focused troupe staging stories at Lyceum by collection of authors on the topic of what it means to be American

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Ion Theatre taking a final bow after a 15-year run by James Hebert

Hillcrest-based company was still winning honors for its productions as recently as last year

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Theater Review: EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED (Ensemble Theatre Company in Santa Barbara) by Tony Frankel

SOME, NOT ALL, IS ILLUMINATED Sadly, not everything is illuminated in British playwright Simon Block’s fascinating but problematic adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s best-selling novel about a young Ameri…

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Chicago Theater Review: HANNAH AND MARTIN (Shattered Globe Theatre at Theater Wit) by Lawrence Bommer

CAN LOVE ENABLE EVIL? There is no last supper or cross on Golgotha but, yes, Hannah and Martin is a true passion play. What makes this even stranger is that it’s as much about clashing ideologies as charact…

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A statement from Philadelphia Theatre Company and the authors of an open letter by Alaina Johns

First, there was a letter. Then, the Philly theater community caught fire on social media, with unintended effects for everyone. Now, the original authors have met with Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Paige Pr…

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Arden Theatre Company presents Toby Hulse’s ‘Treasure Island’ by Alix Rosenfeld

The Arden Theatre Company brings a feminist wink to a delightful children’s theater adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.

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Can Netflix Have It Both Ways With Its Planned Purchase of the Egyptian Theatre? by Alex Stedman

Netflix is a digital disruptor that’s done more than almost any company to upend the media business, and yet so much recent chatter about the streamer revolves around movie theaters. Last week’s news that t…

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Michael Shannon Unwinds with Alvin and the Chipmunks Before Broadway Shows by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Cher on Her Extreme Shyness and Sharing Details from Her Life in a Broadway Musical by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Cher and The Cher Show Broadway Cast Share a Preview of the Broadway Musical by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Off-Broadway Theater Review: SOCRATES (The Public) by Dmitry Zvonkov

SOC ON THIS Perhaps one of the reasons Socrates has become a god-like figure in the world of philosophy is that we know very little about the actual man who existed during the dawn of writing. He kept no diarie…

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Two Broadway Shows Dismantle the American Myth by Michael Schulman

Michael Schulman writes on “Oklahoma!” and “What the Constitution Means to Me,” two current theatre productions that have unsettling stories to tell about statehood.

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Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge’s ‘Sea Wall/A Life’ Heads to Broadway this Summer by Jordan Moreau

Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge head to Broadway this summer in a limited run of “Sea Wall/A Life.” The show, comprised of two solo monologues, will begin its performances at the Hudson Theatre on July 26…

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Broadway Philadelphia presents the national tour of ‘Anastasia’ by Cameron Kelsall

The national tour of ‘Anastasia,’ at the Academy of Music, delivered on spectacle but not coherent storytelling. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

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Alan Wasser, Tony-Winning Broadway General Manager, Dies at 70 by Jordan Moreau

Alan Wasser, a veteran Broadway general manager who received an honorary Tony Award, died from complications from Parkinson’s disease in New York on Sunday. He was 70. Wasser founded Alan Wasser Associates an…

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Broadway Review: ‘Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus’ With Nathan Lane by Gordon Cox

Nathan Lane and Kristine Nielsen, two of the funniest people on the face of the earth, play street cleaners tasked with carting away the dead after the civil wars that brought down the Roman Empire. Well, a job…

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Broadway Review: Adam Driver, Keri Russell in ‘Burn This’ by Gordon Cox

The ache for an absent artist permeates Lanford Wilson’s “Burn This,” now receiving a finely-tuned Broadway revival that features incendiary performances by Adam Driver and Keri Russell, playing two lost …

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Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Casts Broadway and ‘Dance Mom’ Stars by Dnissen01

Steven Spielberg’s upcoming “West Side Story” remake has announced a cast of Broadway alums — and a few TV dance stars — to fill out the ranks of the new Sharks and Jets.  Mike Faist will play Riff, …

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Only one woman directing musical on Broadway by Ap, Ap, Ap

As another Broadway season draws to a close, the opening of “Hadestown” marks its only musical directed by a woman, Tony nominee Rachel Chavkin. (April 16)        

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Brad Oscar, Alan H. Green, and More to Join Annie Golden in Broadway Bounty Hunter Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The New York premiere of the Joe Iconis musical, directed and choreographed by Jennifer Werner, finds its cast.

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Interlakes Summer Theatre, The Public Theater, Harvard University, Norwegian Cruise Line, and More Are Hiring by Playbill Staff

Playbill's Job Listings offer an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry.

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2019 Outer Critics Circle Nominations: Hadestown, Tootsie, Oklahoma Lead by New York Theater

Hadestown, Tootsie, and Oklahoma received the most nominations in the 69th annual Outer Critics Circle Awards, announced this morning. The winners will be announced on Monday, May 13th, with a private luncheon …

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Writers Guild of America sues four major Hollywood talent agencies

"The Wire" creator David Simon and seven other writers, along with the Writers Guild of America, sued the four major Hollywood talent agencies on Wednesday for getting paid in such a way that the agencies' fina…

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Phylicia Rashad sets Broadway directing debut with ‘Blue’ by Ashley Lee

When Phylicia Rashad returns to Broadway, she will do so as a director. The Tony-winning actress is set to direct the Broadway premiere of “Blue,” producers announced Monday. The new staging of the Charles …

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Adam Driver talks ‘Burn This,’ uncomfortable theater and why ‘self-doubt is where I live’ by Stuart Miller

Before Adam Driver opened “Burn This” on Broadway on Tuesday night, he had earned his first Oscar nomination for Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman.” He also had devotees from his Emmy-nominated role in the …

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Review: For Merce Cunningham’s 100th birthday, an exceptional ‘Night of 100 Solos’ by Mark Swed

Merce Cunningham died 10 years ago at 90. He was easily the greatest choreographer of the second half of the 20th century and a teeny bit into the 21st. He left behind an enormous body of work. He passed on new…

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Merce Cunningham ‘Night of 100 Solos’: How L.A. organizers pulled off a dance coup by Makeda Easter

“Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event” was a celebration of Merce Cunningham on what would have been the 100th birthday of one the most pioneering and influential choreographers in contemporary dance. Bil…

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Broad Stage names a new director: Rob Bailis of Cal Performances by Makeda Easter

The Broad Stage in Santa Monica will announce on Monday that it has hired a new artistic and executive director, Rob Bailis, who comes from Cal Performances at UC Berkeley. Bailis, who succeeds Jane Deknatel, w…

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Review: In ‘Everything Is Illuminated,’ family skeletons in the stage spotlight by Philip Brandes

What begins as a comic road trip of ancestral rediscovery takes a hairpin turn into tragic history as “Everything Is Illuminated” makes its Southern Californian stage debut courtesy of Santa Barbara’s Ens…

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Review: In ‘Tiny Beautiful Things’ in Pasadena, an advice columnist mines her own mistakes by Charles McNulty

Character, the way we conduct ourselves in the world, is in decline in America. Consider the evidence: A president who lies so prolifically that media outlets have assigned teams of reporters the Sisyphean task…

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Review: ‘Falsettos’ sings life’s frantic melodies at the Ahmanson by Daryl H. Miller

The first half of the musical “Falsettos” is set in 1979, the second in 1981 — years when Marvin, who leaves his wife and son for a man, was on the wrong side of sodomy laws in a number of states and didn…

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Suzan-Lori Parks and Oskar Eustis on the 30-year relationship that led to ‘White Noise’ by Richard Stayton

“We need someone young to fix this,” Oskar Eustis decides. My new, top-of-the-line recording device, purchased for this interview, is not working, and I don’t know why. I make a joke about age and technol…

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New in L.A. theater: ‘Sister Act’ at Casa 0101, ‘Diana of Dobson’s’ at Antaeus and more by Philip Brandes

Questions of gender and identity drive headlines daily, so it’s only natural to find the topic taking center stage in our theaters. With emotional tones ranging from light to dark, this week’s 99-Seat Beat …

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Review: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ gets splash-happy in La Mirada by Daryl H. Miller

Squeaks of anticipation greet the opening strains of familiar songs at a local revival of the stage musical “Singin’ in the Rain,” adapted from the 1952 MGM movie that keeps Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds an…

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Want the West Coast’s best in opera? You have to go to Europe by Mark Swed

How would have Yuval Sharon’s bewildering new production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” gone over in Los Angeles? That was the first thing that crossed my mind as I walked out of the opera house and into…

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'Steel Magnolias' at Actors Co-op: A Southern recipe, served up with love by Margaret Gray

In the first scene of the play “Steel Magnolias,” Robert Harling’s 1987 love letter to small-town Southern women, two Louisiana friends share favorites from their recipe boxes. Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake is s…

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Review: ‘Niceties’ at the Geffen turns a college history paper into revolutionary war by Charles McNulty

College campuses have become the crucible of the new and expanded culture wars embroiling America, and no contemporary play does a better job of capturing the tenor of this fierce battle than Eleanor Burgess’…

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Pulitzer for music goes to Ellen Reid for her first opera, ‘prism’ by Deborah Vankin

Ellen Reid, the Los Angeles composer whose debut opera centered on a young woman’s agonizing struggle with the psychological effects of sexual assault, has won the Pulitzer Prize for music. “It feels unreal…

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Hadestown Leads 2019 Outer Critics Circle Nominations by Olivia Clement

The Broadway productions of Tootsie and Oklahoma! also received several nominations.

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‘Ink’ announces second extension by Caitlin Huston

Manhattan Theatre Club’s “Ink” has announced a second extension ahead of opening on Wednesday. “Ink,” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, will now play an extra week to run through June 23. The play, w…

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Inside David Garrison, a Well-Defended Mr. Mister by Leonard Jacobs

How to play an avaricious, amoral capitalist in an age of avaricious, amoral capitalists. The post Inside David Garrison, a Well-Defended Mr. Mister appeared first on Clyde Fitch Report.

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The Garden review at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London – ‘endearingly whimsical’ by George Hall

Opera, of course, this isn’t – though Richard Ayres has already composed two of them: The Cricket Recovers, a success at its

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SURVIVOR: THE DESTINY'S CHILD MUSICAL Will Premiere in Houston, and Eyes Broadway and West End Runs by BroadwayWorld

Since its inception in 1990, Destiny's Child has sold more than 150 million records worldwide, won multiple Grammy Awards, served as an inspiration to many musical acts and garnered generations of fans. Now, fo…

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Album Review: Girlfriends – London Musical Theatre Orchestra ★★★★ by Emma Clarendon

Musically, Girlfriends is a richly diverse score that is beautifully delivered by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra and the cast performances on this album.

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Hadestown’s Amber Gray Will Join Annie Golden, Gizel Jiménez, More for Reading of The Tattooed Lady Musical by Andrew Gans

Ellie Heyman will direct the new musical by Erin Courtney and Max Vernon.

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Can We Just Lose The Whole Non-Profits-Should-Run-Like-Businesses Nonsense For Good? by Artsjournal1

The donors, usually businesspeople, who keep saying that are “thinking of giving as analogous to investing when it isn’t, which leads to related mistakes like utilizing the wrong metrics [to grade success].…

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Why Even Great Social-Media Marketing By Dance Companies Doesn’t Lead Straight To Ticket Sales by Artsjournal1

“There is no clear correlation between a company’s social media campaigns and how many seats they fill in the theater. That doesn’t mean social media isn’t, of course, vital. … ‘Campaigns without so…

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Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan Extend in Waitress by Mark A. Robinson

Producers of the hit Broadway musical Waitress have announced that two of its current stars have extended their stay at the diner. Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan will continue their runs as Jenna and Dr. Po…

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Ma-Yi Theater’s Fruiting Bodies Begins Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

Emma Kikue and Kimiye Corwin star in the new play by Sam Chanse at Theatre Row.

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Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen Will Celebrate Milestone Performance by Andrew Gans

The hit musical continues at the Music Box Theatre.

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Shoshana Bean & Jeremy Jordan Extend Run in Waitress on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Shoshana Bean and Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan, the mega-talented new stars of Waitress, have added three weeks to their run in the hit musical at the Brooks-Atkinson Theatre. Originally announced to play a limit…

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If we're all hedgehogs or foxes, what was Shakespeare? by Stephen Jeffreys

Specialist hedgehog or wide-ranging fox? In an extract from his new book, the late playwright Stephen Jeffreys identifies two kinds of thinkers – and one writer who defies definition Just as people outside t…

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Why Nathan Lane Describes His New Play as Game of Thrones Meets Marie Kondo by Ruthie Fierberg

The Tony Award winner returns to Broadway in Taylor Mac's Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus.

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Read Reviews for Halley Feiffer’s The Pain of My Belligerence by Playbill Staff

See what critics think of Feiffer's new drama, directed by Trip Cullman, at Playwrights Horizons.

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Lee Majors and “The Six Million Dollar Man” by Trav S.d.

Props today for TV star Lee Majors (Harvey Lee Yeary, b. 1939). Orphaned as a baby in Detroit, raised by relatives in Kentucky, college football star Majors suffered injuries that forced him to look into anothe…

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Poll: Has anxiety ever prevented you from going on stage? by The Stage

This week actor Jake Quickenden told fans on social media that he was forced to miss a recent performance of the musical Hair

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FIRST-LOOK PHOTOS: Michael Brandon & Rob Locke star in 30th-anniversary revival of Other People’s Money by Featured Content

Tonight's the night! The 30th-anniversary revival of Other People's Money, Jerry Sterner's award-winning Off-Broadway comedy about a very hostile takeover, officially opens tonight with cast including Michael B…

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The Prom Visits Talent Unlimited High School in PENCIL's Principal For a Day Program by Nathan Skethway

The program saw over 150 business and civic leaders visit New York City public schools to experience a day in the life of a school principal.

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WATCH: Aaron Sorkin On Adapting To Kill a Mockingbird, Falling in Love With Theatre, and The West Wing References Built Into His New Broadway Play by Ruthie Fierberg

The writer famous for The Social Network reveals Mockingbird connections to The West Wing, the origin of Sorkin “dialect,” and how his play is a companion to Harper Lee’s original novel.

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New Tolkien Biopic Disowned By Tolkien Estate by Artsjournal1

“On Tuesday morning, the estate and family of Tolkien issued a terse statement in which they announced their ‘wish to make clear that they did not approve of, authorise or participate in the making of this …

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Albright-Knox Art Gallery Releases Plans For Its $160 Million Expansion by Artsjournal1

The good news: “When an expanded Buffalo Albright-Knox-Gundlach Museum opens in 2021, visitors will see their own reflections in a kaleidoscopic network of mirrored glass suspended over the center of the camp…

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Conductor Daniele Gatti And Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Settle Lawsuit Over His Firing by Artsjournal1

“After the dismissal of Daniele Gatti as Music Director of the Amsterdam based Concertgebouw Orchestra, following allegations of sexual harassment, both parties had ‘constructive consultations’ and have a…

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How Artists Should Plan For What Will Happen To Their Work After They Die by Artsjournal1

“For every multi-millionaire dollar Robert Rauschenberg estate, there are thousands of lesser-known talents whose families have to confront the tough decisions about what to do with hundreds of artworks and a…

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Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan Extend Runs in Broadway’s Waitress by Ryan McPhee

The two star as Jenna and Dr. Pomatter in the Sara Bareilles musical.

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Go Inside Opening Night of All My Sons on Broadway by Marc J. Franklin

The Jack O’Brien helmed revival, starring Annette Bening, Tracy Letts, and Benjamin Walker, opened at the American Airlines Theatre April 22.

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‘Among the Everyman’s finest’: SWEENEY TODD – Liverpool by Vicky Anderson

Associate director Nick Bagnall’s vision for Sweeney Todd at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre is unique, intense and exciting, bringing out the very best of the venue and its performers.

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How can I pursue a career in hair and make-up? by Paul Vale

Artists working on some of the UK’s biggest shows tell Paul Vale how they got into the business and offer advice for people

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Theatremaker Jamal Gerald: ‘Experiment as much as possible and really learn about yourself’ by Giverny Masso

In his latest show Idol, Jamal Gerald combines African diasporic ritual, music and storytelling to explore religion and black representation. He tells

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Kelly Critic Review II: ‘Tuck Everlasting,’ North Hills High School by Bilquisu Abdullah /woodland Hills High School

“Tuck Everlasting” ran March 21-30.

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Stephanie Hsu on Be More Chill and More by Victoria Myers

Stephanie Hsu trained as an experimental theatre artist and never expected to be on Broadway. But after making her Broadway debut last year as Karen the Computer in SpongeBob SquarePants, she is now starring as…

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Get Ready for Your Close-Up by David Vegh

Tips for transitioning from stage to screen acting The post Get Ready for Your Close-Up appeared first on Dramatics Magazine Online.

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Great Theatre Challenging Capitalism — At $1,000 Or More Per Ticket by Artsjournal1

“We are lingering in a moment in which there is a fashion, or even a giddiness, for spending large sums of money on theatrical experiences that explore the foundations and promises of American capitalism.” …

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Phil Dunham: From Cambridge to Comedies by Trav S.d.

English-born Phil Dunham (1885-1972), received some education at Cambridge, and performed in vaudeville and with stock companies prior to breaking into films in 1913. While Dunham’s first films were melodrama…

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Burn This - starring Adam Driver & Keri Russell by Oscar E. Moore

With wit and a huge heart. All the elements come together to make a most satisfying journey through the land of love

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‘Could not be a more apt time to revisit this classic’: THE CRUCIBLE – Yard Theatre ★★★★★ by Debbie Gilpin

An inspired version of The Crucible as a warning from history and a modern day parable – Caoilfhionn Dunne is outstanding as John Proctor.

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Q&A: John Cameron Mitchell on Why His New Podcast Musical Was ‘Too Weird’ for TV by Michael Martin, Michael Martin

In John Cameron Mitchell's podcast musical 'Anthem: Homunculus,' Glenn Close sings punk, Patti LuPone sings jazz and Laurie Anderson plays a tumor.

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Queer Theatre is Visionary Theatre by Rhiannon Collett

By Rhiannon Collett. Playwright and performer Rhiannon Collett examines the queer theatre landscape in Toronto.

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BURN THIS – a compelling, whirlwind, romantic revival by Oscar E Moore

Love may pierce your heart at the most unexpected times with a most unexpected partner.  Some may have love taken away and some may never experience it at all.  Such is the case in Lanford Wilson’s beautifu…

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Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Extraordinary Female Iranian Artist, Dead At 96 by Artsjournal1

The first woman artist in Iran to get her own museum (and, at one time, part of Andy Warhol’s cohort), she’s known for using the traditional Iranian technique of mirror mosaic work to create geometry-based …

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Are These Two Guys In India Building The World’s Largest Public Library? by Artsjournal1

That’s how they’re describing it, but not really — it’s more like the world’s largest poetry-in-the-subways-and-streets project, and it’s called StickLit. – The Guardian

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UK Museums To Compare Detailed Visitor Figures With Those From Other Leisure Outlets by Artsjournal1

“A consortium of 18 organisations, including the Tate group of galleries, the British Museum and Imperial War Museums, has contracted market researchers DJS Research for a major project that will assess visit…

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Soprano Heather Harper, 88 by Artsjournal1

“She graced the concert and opera stages of the world in roles that ranged from Ellen Orford in Britten’s Peter Grimes – where her sympathy for the character drew a near-definitive portrayal – to the Ma…

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BWW Review: SS MENDI: DANCING THE DEATH DRILL, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House by Gary Naylor

Isango Ensemble's SS Mendi Dancing the Death Drill is a sad lament for needlessly lost lives and a celebration of the cultures from which the men had sprung. And it's ever so emotional.

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Obituary: Donald Campbell – Playwright, poet and historian who influenced the Scottish cultural community by Michael Quinn

A playwright and poet who employed the rich, muscular vernacular of his native Scotland to often vivid effect, Donald Campbell, who has

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Oklahoma! ****, Hadestown ****, A’int Too Proud ***1/2 by Barry Gordin

By: David Sheward April 23, 2019: Like our current political climate, Daniel Fish’s sex-drenched nightmare version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! has polarized the theatergoing public. You eithe…

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Learning How to Take a Hit With The Play That Goes Wrong by Playbill

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Cow Cow Davenport and the “Cow Cow Blues” by Trav S.d.

April is the birthday of the Cow Cow Davenport (Charles Edward Davenport, 1894-1955). The Anniston, Alabama native was sent to a theological seminary in his youth but preferred to play low-down blues, ragtime a…

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Terrific revival of Miller's emotions-extracting play by Simon Saltzman

A review of Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" at the Roundabout Theater

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‘Lively & entertaining show’: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD LIVE! – Pleasance Theatre ★★★ by Emma Clarendon

Night of the Living Dead Live, the stage production based on George A Romero’s classic horror film, is a lively and surprisingly funny show to watch – even if the plot is a bit thin.

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Karlie Kloss Answers Questions f/ Reddit's 'Too Afraid To Ask' by The Late Late Show With James Corden

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Visitors review at Oldham Coliseum Theatre – ‘lovingly crafted’ by Chris Bartlett

First seen at London’s Arcola Theatre in 2014, Barney Norris’ play about a couple facing up to the fact that they can no

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“All My Sons” Roundabout Theater Co. at the American Airlines Theater. Opened April 22, 2019. Ends June 23, 2019 by Simon Saltzman

Tracy Letts and Annette Bening   (photo credit: Joan Marcus) What irony there is having productions of Arthur Miller’s excellent emotions-extracting drama “All My Sons” emerge with apparent frequency an…

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Jake Quickenden forced to miss performance of Hair after panic attack by Matthew Hemley

Actor Jake Quickenden was forced to miss a recent performance of the musical Hair after suffering a panic attack. The performer revealed

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RAGTIME is a Mystical Work of Art from TUTS by David Dow Bentley III

By DAVID DOW BENTLEY III     “The People’s Critic” [All Photos by Melissa Taylor. Click any photo to enlarge] I recall back when I first became curious about the musical, RAGTIME, I was astonished upo…

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Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve Fucked review at King’s Head Theatre, London – ‘a nuanced performance’ by Paul Vale

Though the title of Rob Hayes’ 2014 play is unashamedly provocative and unquestionably memorable, the piece itself is a fraught, often funny

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Broadway's a Real Drag by JK

With Santino Fontana opening tonight in Tootsie, once again, Broadway has one of its favorite things - an actor in drag. This season's Torch Song is also a potential nominee this season, including Michael Uri…

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New post-show Q&A: Join Terri for the UK premiere of Michel Legrand musical Amour by Terri Paddock

As part of her ongoing post-show Q&A series, on Monday 13 May 2019, Mates co-founder Terri Paddock talks to the director and cast of the late Michel Legrand's five-time Tony Award-nominated Amour. Got any q…

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Edinburgh’s Lyceum hires Mike Griffiths as co-chief executive director by Thom Dibdin

Mike Griffiths has been appointed co-chief executive director at the the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. The post had been vacant since

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Lookback: on being the dedicatee of a book by Terry Teachout

From 2009: One of my closest friends, a writer whom I admire greatly, has dedicated his latest book to me. I was one of the first people to suggest that he write it, and he claims to have profited from my couns…

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Almanac: Bertrand Russell on science and modernity by Terry Teachout

“To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities. But this is an entirely modern conception, which hardly existed b…

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‘A compelling creation’: MOUTHPIECE – Soho Theatre by Laura Kressly

Written with deft humour, Mouthpiece is a sharp scalpel used to dissect the highly sensitive and nuanced issues of representation, consent, agency and the ongoing ignorance between the opposing ends of the clas…

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Amber Davies, Bonnie Langford, Wayne Sleep & Tim Vincent Will Judge WEST END EUROVISION by BroadwayWorld

The celebrity judges for West End Eurovision 2019 are today revealed as Amber Davies 2017 winner of ITV's 'Love Island' and currently playing Judy Bernly in '9 to 5' at the Savoy Theatre Bonnie Langford star of…

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Broadway Review: Laurie Metcalf and John Lithgow in ‘Hillary and Clinton’ by Gordon Cox

If anyone could play Hillary Clinton, it’s Laurie Metcalf – and here she is, in Lucas Hnath’s “Hillary and Clinton,” giving a performance that feels painfully honest and true. And if anyone could capt…

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Why John Lithgow Worried About Starring in Broadway’s ‘Hillary and Clinton’ by Marcmalkin

When Lucas Hnath first conceived of “Hillary and Clinton” in 2008, he was writing for and about a very different America. Now, a total reimagining of the show has made its way to Broadway with Laurie Metcal…

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No more all-white seasons: Continuing the conversation on inclusion at Philly theaters by Becca Khalil

It’s been an intense week for the Philadelphia theater community, as a necessary conversation about inclusion on and offstage drew voices that have been fighting racism for years. What’s next? Becca Khalil …

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Broadway Review: ‘All My Sons’ With Annette Bening by Gordon Cox

Don’t be fooled by the placid backyard setting, neighborly small talk and father-son joviality at the start of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s blistering revival of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” star…

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Review: Annette Bening, Tracy Letts and a question of American morality in 'All My Sons' by Charles McNulty

The carpentry of an Arthur Miller play, all that sawing, hammering and sanding of wood, can sometimes distract from the impressiveness of the house that has been theatrically constructed. “All My Sons,” the…

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‘Hadestown’: ‘Lush’ and ‘sumptuous’ musical on a heavenly path to the Tonys by David Buchanan

Some musicals take a hellish road to the Great White Way. For “Hadestown,” whose plot entwines stories from Greek mythology focused on Hades, Persephone, Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes, and the Fates, hell featu…

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Broadway Review: ‘Hadestown’ by Gordon Cox

“Hadestown” triggered a lot of buzz when this wholly American show (which came to the stage by way of a concept album) premiered at Off Broadway’s New York Theatre Workshop in 2016. Arriving on Broadway w…

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‘Hadestown’ Took 12 Years to Get to Broadway, But It’s More Relevant Than Ever by Dnissen01

When “Hadestown” was first staged as a tiny, DIY theater project in Vermont, those involved could never have predicted that it was the start of a twelve-year journey to Broadway – or how painfully relevan…

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West Side Story by Arts Review

When it premiered on Broadway in 1957, West Side Story was heralded as a groundbreaking piece of musical theatre staged by the visionary director and choreographer Jerome Robbins. With a book by Arthur Laurent…

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Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels to star in Henry V at Cirencester’s Barn Theatre by Giverny Masso

Aaron Sidwell and Lauren Samuels are to star in Henry V at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester. Sidwell, whose credits include EastEnders,

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Christopher Chen’s Fantasia on Colonialism, Passage, Kicks Off at Soho Rep. by Olivia Clement

Directed by Saheem Ali, identity is stripped down to X and Y in the new play.

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Waitress Stars Shoshana Bean & Jeremy Jordan on Returning to a Broadway Musical by Leigh Scheps

Shoshana Bean and Jeremy Jordan return to the Broadway musical  together in Waitress. Jordan, who plays love interest Dr. Pomatter, was last seen on Broadway this past fall in the new drama American Son — bu…

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'They wanted to see if I could take a punch without crying': female boxers' battle stories by Lyndsey Winship

The idea still makes people uneasy but two new plays – Fighter and The Sweet Science of Bruising – explore the courage, pain and history of women boxers ‘I always try to say this without sounding like a n…

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Movement and circus artist Natalie James: ‘I was scared of heights, but now I am an aerialist’ by Giverny Masso

Natalie James will be performing a solo piece as part of hip-hop cabaret evening WorX at this year’s Breakin’ Convention, which is

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Raggin’ the Classics by Artsjournal1

Electronica artist Max Cooper and I launch a new project this spring, a collaboration called Glassforms. We overlay electronic sounds — onto piano music by Glass. There have been Glass remixes before; Glassfo…

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Kelli O'Hara Brings #MeToo to 'Kiss Me, Kate' by Variety

The Broadway favorite talks vocal honesty and what her Tony win means to her.

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Fourth Stream - Millennium Stage (July 18, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Jovino Santos Neto - Millennium Stage (July 17, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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NSO Project—Apollo 11 @ 50 - Millennium Stage (July 20, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Black Masala - Millennium Stage (July 19, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Casuarina - Millennium Stage (July 22, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Lakou Mizik - Millennium Stage (July 21, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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John Scott Dance "Actions" - Millennium Stage (July 24, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Cimarrón - Millennium Stage (July 23, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra - Millennium Stage (July 28, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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The Cedric Watson Trio - Millennium Stage (July 25, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Old Salt Union - Millennium Stage (July 30, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Dave Meder - Millennium Stage (July 29, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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VSA International Young Soloists Competition - Millennium Stage (July 26, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Suzie Brown - Millennium Stage (July 31, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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The Theatre Lab - Millennium Stage (July 27, 2019) by The Kennedy Center

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Les Dennis at the RSC: ‘Coming to Stratford feels like I’ve got a blue tick on Twitter’ by Tim Bano

Comedian, gameshow host, actor – Les Dennis has done it all. As he prepares to make his RSC debut in two Restoration

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Press Kits: What Arts Orgs Actually Want by Drew McManus

Press kits are easy, all it takes is making some photos and a pdf bio available then call it a day, right? Guess again. While that might be the bare minimum from days past, an effective artist press kit require…

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The Bard stuff: actors reveal their favourite Shakespeare character by Andrew Dickson

To mark the Stratford playwright’s birthday, Ophelia Lovibond, Paapa Essiedu, Jade Anouka, Roger Allam and John Kani discuss the roles they love best The great thing about Shakespeare is that he gives you so …

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Theo Bosanquet: Watching the story of my great-grandfather – and his 600 children – was an uncomfortable night at the theatre by Theo Bosanquet

My great-grandfather, Bertold Wiesner, is thought to have fathered more than 600 children, putting him close to Genghis Khan in the record

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Costume designer Catherine Kodicek: Work conditions must improve for the sake of our mental well-being by Catherine Kodicek

Many UK theatre workers will by now be aware of the Theatre Helpline, launched by the Society of London Theatre last year

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King Lear by Wendy Caster

As you probably already know, in the old days theatre critics wrote their reviews right after seeing the performances. In fact, as the shows ended, the critics ran up the aisles to maximize their writing time b…

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The Pain of My Belligerence by Wendy Caster

My sister once said that, while the worst men are incredibly sleazy, the worst women are incredibly stupid. In the world premiere of The Pain of My Belligerence at Playwrights Horizons, writer Halley Feiffer s…

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Liz Jones AO to receive prestigious award by Arts Review

Live Performance Australia has announced that Artistic Director of La Mama Theatre Liz Jones AO is the recipient of this year’s Sue Nattrass Award. This prestigious award, to be presented at the 19th annual H…

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Tootsie Musical, Starring Santino Fontana, Opens on Broadway by Andy Lefkowitz

Tootsie, the new Broadway musical based on the beloved 1982 comedy flick, officially opens at the Marquis Theatre on April 23. Tony nominee Santino Fontana stars in the production, which began previews on March…

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It’s Good to Be King! Mel Brooks is Coming to Broadway for Two Nights in June, And I’m Kvelling by Roger Friedman

Mel Brooks is coming to Broadway. Two nights– June 17th and 18th at the Lunt Fontanne Theater. Mel is 92 years young.

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Broadway Triumph: Annette Bening, Tracey Letts, Benjamin Walker On Fire in Sensational New Production of Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” by Roger Friedman

What a relief to see a real play. Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons” is back, directed with new insights by Jack O’Brien,

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Welcome to the Theater! The Broadway Debuts of Tootsie by JK

Today we celebrate the 2 cast members of Tootsie who are making their official Broadway debut tonight.Congratulations to everyone making their dreams come true! Here's to great reviews, a terrific run, and ma…

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MICF: Esther Hicks is Vibrationally Speaking by Arts Review

In real life, Esther and Jerry Hicks, American inspirational speakers and authors have presented numerous workshops on the ‘Law of Attraction’ and have been featured through a series of publications. Austra…

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Interview With ROCK OF AGES Star KATIE LAMARK by Michael J. Roberts

KATIE LAMARK discusses the 10th Anniversary Tour of ROCK OF AGES and how she decided to [...] The post Interview With <em>ROCK OF AGES</em> Star <em>KATIE LAMARK</em> appeared first on …

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The Pain of My Belligerence by Darryl Reilly

Jaw-dropping plot twists, painfully forced au courant dialogue, awkward sex scenes and a jagged central performance all make the world premiere of Halley Feiffer's "The Pain of My Belligerence" a fascinating do…

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The Dance Enthusiast Asks Anya Clarke and Mitsuko Verdery of MICHIYAYA Dance about the Premiere of “/wē/” at the 14th Street Y by The Dance Enthusiast

In The Dance Enthusiast Asks Anya Clarke and Mitsuko Verdery of MICHIYAYA Dance about the Premiere of “/wē/” at the 14th Street Y, "Because we’re together, I do think it creates a sense of openness in …

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IMPRESSIONS: “Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event” at BAM by the Merce Cunningham Trust by The Dance Enthusiast

In IMPRESSIONS: “Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event” at BAM by the Merce Cunningham Trust, "The 100 solos, then, were not literally “solos,” but movement monologues that dancers performed in the c…

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Tootsie, Starring Santino Fontana, Opens on Broadway by Mark Peikert

The adaptation of the classic movie features a book by Robert Horn and score by Tony winner David Yazbek.

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Signature's Revival of Curse of the Starving Class Begins April 23 by Olivia Clement

Tony nominee Terry Kinney directs the Sam Shepard play Off-Broadway.

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Aziza Barnes’ BLKS Begins Off-Broadway by Olivia Clement

The new play, which follows a trio of friends over the course of a New York City day, premieres at MCC April 23.

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Speaking Truth to Power in 'All My Sons' - Hampton Fluker makes an auspicious Broadway debut in a starry revival of Arthur Miller's drama

Hampton Fluker makes an auspicious Broadway debut in a starry revival of Arthur Miller's drama---Although Hampton Fluker graduated from Boston University's prestigious School of Theatre six years ago, he feels …

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