Friday, July 27, 2012
Reports on Living With Henry, Zapata! The Musical, A Letter to Harvey Milk, and The Groove Factory.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Reports on Prison Dancer: The Musical, Swing State, Foreverman, and Le Cabaret Grimm.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 20, 2012
1961 Stop The World - I Want To Get Off opens tonight at the Queen's Theatre on London's West End. The musical, which follows the life of one man from birth to death, will run 485 p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 17, 2012
1953 Actress Maude Adams dies today. Born in 1873, Adams, at the age of 32, played the title role in James M. Barrie's Peter Pan when it had its American premiere at the Empire Theatre i…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AM[SHARE]Friday, July 13, 2012
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
1878 The original Yankee Doodle Dandy, George M. Cohan (1878-1942) is born on the 3rd of July, (not the 4th as ws family legend) says. A member of the vaudeville team The Four Cohans with hi…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 15, 2012
1894 Birthday of Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), orchestrator of Broadway classics including the original Sunny; Show Boat; Anything Goes; Oklahoma!; Annie Get Your Gun; Kiss Me, Kate; T…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 11, 2012
Laura Bell Bundy, Corbin Bleu, Stockard Channing, Sheryl Crow, Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters and more stars join TheaterMania on the 2012 Tony Award red carpet.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 03:01PM[SHARE]The 2012 Tony Awards were presented at New York City's Beacon Theater on Sunday, June 10, and broadcast live on CBS.
Once won big taking home eight awards including Best Musical.
Act…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 10, 2012
The 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
This is the fourth in a series of photo flashes of the Tony Awards red …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:32PM[SHARE]The 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
This is the third in a series of photo flashes of the Tony Awards red c…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:53PM[SHARE]The 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
This is the second in a series of photo flashes of the Tony Awards red …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:22PM[SHARE]The 2012 Tony Awards are currently being presented at New York City's Beacon Theater, and broadcast live on CBS.
Neil Patrick Harris hosts the ceremony and walked the red carpet with p…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:14PM[SHARE]Thursday, June 7, 2012
1909 Birthday of Broadway star Jessica Tandy (1909-1994), who created many landmark roles including Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Agnes in A Delicate Balance and Fonsia in The …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 6, 2012
1954 Playwright and actor Harvey Fierstein is born today. Fierstein will win Tony Awards for writing and performing in his play Torch Song Trilogy, as well as for his book for the musical La…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 4, 2012
1968 Stage and screen actress Dorothy Gish dies today in Rapallo, Italy. Her first New York stage appearance was in 1903 in East Lynne. She began her film career in 1912, but resumed her sta…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, June 3, 2012
The 57th annual Drama Desk Awards were presented Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall.
Once won for Outstanding Musical, while Tribes won for Outstanding Play. Acting winners included Tracie Be…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:50PM[SHARE]The 57th annual Drama Desk Awards were presented Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall.
This is the third in a series of photo flashes of Drama Desk arrivals. Featured are Christopher Ashley, Ch…
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:10PM[SHARE]The 57th annual Drama Desk Awards are being presented tonight, Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall, and streamed live on the Internet. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE AWARDS CEREMONY LIVE!
This is the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:54PM[SHARE]The 57th annual Drama Desk Awards are being presented tonight, Sunday, June 3 at The Town Hall, and streamed live on the Internet. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE AWARDS CEREMONY LIVE!
This is the …
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 09:30PM[SHARE]Saturday, May 26, 2012
Ah, the week in American theater… Actually, because we’re so close to the Tonys, let’s call it theatre with an -RE… At some point, the creators of the new Annie reviv…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:34AM[SHARE]Friday, May 25, 2012
As his version of The Suit based on a township short story by the South African dissident Can Themba reaches the Young Vic in London, legendary director Peter Brook meets Andrew Dickson to…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:11AM[SHARE]Friday, May 18, 2012
1923 Sweet Nell of Old Drury runs beyond the season at the 48th Street Theatre in New York. Alfred Lunt stars as Charles II and Laurette Taylor is his mistress Nell Gwynne. Lynn Fontanne and…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 11, 2012
Jeremy Jordan, Judith Light, Kelli O'Hara, Joely Richardson, and more luminaries share their joy at being nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Playbill.com reached out to the 2012 Tony Award nominees on May 1, shortly after they learned that they were nominated for Broadway's biggest award. Here's what they had to say.
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:32PM[SHARE]Playbill.com reached out to the 2012 Tony Award nominees on May 1, shortly after they learned that they were nominated for Broadway's biggest award. Here's what they had to say. We&#…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:20PM[SHARE]1922 Comedy team Potash and Perlmutter are Partners Again. The show plays 31 weeks at the Selwyn Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 28, 2012
It’s over, you guys. Finito. With a final flurry of starry openings, the Broadway season came to a close on April 26. Here’s how our post-mortem/pre-awards-show conversation is s…
SOURCE: The Craptacular at 11:56AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 24, 2012
What lessons to draw from last night's Helen Hayes Awards at the Warner Theatre? There were only two ties—compare that to five in 2011. And no company dominated outright—although…
SOURCE: Washington City Paper at 04:11PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 19, 2012
1946 Actor Tim Curry is born in Cheshire, England. He will create memorable Broadway roles including Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Mozart in Amadeus, Dada artist Tristan Tzara in…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 14, 2012
1865 Our American Cousin starring Laura Keene is in performance tonight when John Wilkes Booth shoots President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. Booth's broth…
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