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Beyond Broadway: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
by Broadway.comAs a monologist, Mike Daisey pursues his obsessions for a living. Chief among them is technology, and Apple products in particular. After a long love affair with these items, Daisey's curiosity was piqued when images taken in…
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Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 3pm (Broadway Time)
An engaging story of human migration — Deep Ancestry at the Broad
On February 16, 2012, for one night only, The Broad Stage and National Geographic present Deep Ancestry, its most ambitious project in their 120-year history. Explorer-in-Residence Spencer Wells offers the vivi…
Hot and jazzy — Chantz Powell in performance
Currently tearing up the tap-dance floor, late night on Saturdays in Vitello’s downstairs back bar in Studio City, is a triple-threat phenomenon named Chantz Powell. Immaculately bedecked in a three-piece sui…
The Complete World of Sports (abridged)
Mon, March 5 @ Reston Community Center, presented by Reston Community Center -- The Complete World of Sports (abridged) is a show that shrinks the world's great sporting events down to theatrical size.
NSO Family Concert: The Mozart Experience with Magic Circle Mime Company
Sun, March 4 @ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, presented by National Symphony Orchestra -- The NSO and Magic Circle Mime Co. introduce kids to the most famous child star of all time--Mozart! Whe…
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
Meg Stuart “Blessed”, belatedly
Andy's belated write-up of Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods and EIRA's presentation of BLESSED at NYLA.
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Sarah Hemming relishes a painfully good revival of Ayckbourn’s bleak comedy
Of war and truth
It is essentially a love story. This Donald Margulies has insisted, and this Bud Martin echoes as he contemplates the ethical questions rippling through “Time Stands Still,” a play that could revolve around…
"Phantom" Celebrates 10,000th Performance
"The Phantom of the Opera" will celebrate its 10,000th performance Saturday.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
Opera Colorado's "Marriage of Figaro" will make you think about love
Scored by an Austrian, set in Spain, sung in Italian, and based on a French play, no opera could be more European than Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," and yet there's a reason it is the most popular work amo…
Groundlings Zombie Apocalypse to Begin Run on February 17
Groundlings Zombie Apocalypse, the latest outing from the famed sketch comedy troupe, will run February 17-April 21 at The Groundlings Theatre in Los Angeles. The production will be directed by Karen Mayurama. …
Clint Campbell, Jennifer Cote, Charles Siebert Set for 6th Street Playhouse's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Stage and television star Charles Siebert will play Big Daddy in Santa Rosa's 6th Street Playhouse's production of Tennessee Williams' 1955 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Ma…
Mark Consuelos, Carrie Ann Inaba, Matthew Morrison to Co-Host Live! With Kelly
Tony Award nominee and Glee star Matthew Morrison will be among Kelly Ripa's co-hosts on Live! With Kelly when the syndicated show broadcasts from Hawaii during the week of February 20-24, according to rep…
Boston Lyric Opera lights up The Lighthouse
Alone in The Lighthouse - photos: Erik JacobsOpera is meant to be a synthesis of every art form, but most opera lovers care about one thing and one thing only: the star voices at the center of the whole shebang…
Photo Coverage: Elaine Paige Performs for Lincoln Center's AMERICAN SONGBOOK Series!
Paige took on some of her greatest hits from CATS, EVITA and more in her first show for the American Songbook series - check out photos from last night's concert below
Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Celebrates 10,000 Performances!
The longest-running show in Broadway history, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, offered its 10,000th performance yesterday at 2 PM as a special benefit for The Actors Fund.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at noon (Broadway Time)
The Furies – review
Old Vic Tunnels, LondonOut of the darkness comes a voice: high-pitched, eerie, almost like a keen. That's the starting point for Kindle Theatre's 60-minute exploration of rage and revenge, which is set up like …
This week's cultural highlights: The Recruiting Officer and Picasso
Our critics' picks of this week's openings, plus your last chance to see and what to book nowOpening this weekTheatre• Reasons to be CheerfulRaucous, rude and really rather joyful, the Graeae theatre company'…
The Secrets To Lighting Up The Stage
Irish Times 02/10/12
Review: Le nozze di Figaro ****
The reputation of Le nozze di Figaro as ‘the perfect opera’ has always struck me as open to question. Musically it is a miracle, to be sure, but dramatically its slender plot suffers from a pr…
Whitney Houston Sings “Home” from THE WIZ
This was her first television appearance ever. She was 21 years old when she performed this number.
BWW TV Exclusive: Seth's Broadway Chatterbox With PORGY & BESS' Joshua Henry, NaTasha Yvette Williams and Nikki Renee Daniels!
After a year and a half hiatus, Seth Rudetsky's famed Seth's Broadway Chatterbox has returned to Don't Tell Mama. Seth's Broadway Chatterbox includes interviews and performances by noted Broadway celebrities an…
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11am (Broadway Time)
Review: Frustration (Frustra-Azioni)
Dario D’Ambrosi, an Italian performance artist, has had little exposure to UK audiences before now. His work slips between the cracks of theatre, art and performance, and is perhaps an unusual thing for W…
Sondheim's 'Merrily' Is Rolling Back Toward Broadway - Maybe
Los Angeles Times 02/12/12
The Old Settler at University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies
It’s not a romance, but it’s not a comedy either, despite elements of both. The Old Settler by John Henry Redwood tells the story of a few months in the lives of two sisters living in Harlem in the 1940s. C…
The Three Prince Charmings at The Elden Street Players
The most charming children’s show of the season will waltz into your heart as The Elden Street Players presents The Three Prince Charmings. A laughable, loveable, fairytale adventure written by Edith Weiss an…
"Next Fall" at Bethesda's Round House Theatre
"Next Fall" is a beautifully written, delicate play about big things love, family, and life itself and director Mark Ramont Round House Theatre in Bethesda, Maryland, brings it to life with six actors who p…
"Museum" and "Heeere's Tony!" in Philadelphia
Tina Howe's Museum is a play that doesn't really have a plot - there's no action, no big conflict, no resolution, and no logical conclusion - but what it does have more than makes up for what's missing ... As t…
"Good Goods" Premieres at Yale Rep
Directed by Tina Landau, the production is sometimes striking and sometimes convoluted. One leaves the theater thinking about Anderson's atypical characters and possible future ramifications (were there any) in…
Review: Private Romeo
A new all-male Romeo and Juliet movie .
Review: Tokio Confidential at curtainup.com
Eric Schorr has found a provocative subject within the age-old art of tattooing the human body upon which to create a hair-raising (no pun intended) dramatic theme
"American Idiot" Tour
I'm thinking the greater gift of "American Idiot" is to introduce musical theater audiences to the songs of Green Day, rather than bringing rock lovers to Broadway.
Message in a Cabaret Show: Rosemary Loar’s Ode to Sting
Reviewed By: Stephen Hanks I’ve been stung by Rosemary Loar. It’s not the kind that causes any discomfort, but it has left a mark. Loar has made me view the music of Gordon Sumner—otherwise …
PHOTO CALL: Gloria Estefan Visits Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Grammy Award winner Gloria Estefan visited Broadway's Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Feb 10.
The Sunday Giveaway: 2 Tickets to Venus In Fur
She's baaaaaaack. And when I say She, I mean, the actress that is the reason this show even opened on Broadway in the first place. Not too long after the critics drooled all over Nina Arianda's performance in l…
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 10am (Broadway Time)
Actor Philip Bruns Dies at 80
According to published reports, actor Philip Bruns has died at the age of 80. It has been reported that he died of natural causes on Wednesday, February 8th.
Three Bears at 1st Stage
Three Bears is a creative and entertaining twist on a classic fairy tale. Three bears, a janitor, and an animal control officer create a wild time on stage. The show could best be described as a funny musical g…
Stars pay tribute to Whitney Houston while her body lies in hotel above
Whitney Houston body lay in a room of the Beverly Hilton where she died Saturday while the greats of the music industry gathered in the ballroom. “Whitney’s voice was unlike any other,” David Foster said.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 9am (Broadway Time)
2012 Grammy Awards Air Tonight on CBS; Tune In for Pre-Telecast for Best Theatre Album at 1PM!
The 2012 Grammy Awards will be broadcast this Sunday night, February 12 at 8pm on CBS, and nominees for Best Musical Theater Album this year are THE BOOK OF MORMON, ANYTHING GOES, and HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS…
Jane Lynch Signs on to 'A.C.O.D' Film
According to Deadline.com, GLEE's Jane Lynch has been cast in the indie film 'A.C.O.D'. She will co-star with previously cast Richard Jenkins and Adam Scott. The film is written by Stuart Zicherman and Ben Karl…
Genesis Reboot at Synetic Theater
What if? What if the creation of man led to a different outcome? Is a do-over possible? These are the provocative questions explored in Synetic Theater’s world premiere production of Genesis Reboot, penned by…
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It would be wrong, though, to overlook Mr. Bergasse, perhaps the busiest man on “Smash,” whom Ms. Rebeck calls the show’s “secret weapon.”
VIDEO FLASH: Hugh Panaro Performs From Phantom on CBS Saturday Morning
On the February 11 edition of CBS Saturday Morning, actor Hugh Panaro, who plays the title role in Broadway's Phantom of the Opera at the Majestic Theatre, performed the showstopping number "Music of …
Tony Bennett, Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys, Reba McEntire to Appear at Grammy Awards
An updated list of performers and presenters has been announced for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 12 and aired live on CBS. LL Cool J will host the e…
Stars of Vaudeville #440: Joseph E. Howard
Joe Howard (born this day in 1867) started out as a kid performing in Bowery concert saloons, writing and singing his own songs. Later he brought these skills with him into vaudeville, where he worked with a lo…
Stars of Vaudeville #441: Anna Pavlova
The extent of vaudeville’s power and cultural reach can be attested to by the fact that the greatest names in every performing arts field were booked for its stages: Sarah Bernh