Updated : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 3:23:46 PM EST
By Frank C. Siraguso - Nathan Louis Jackson's Broke-ology is the beautifully poignant, powerful story about an African-American family living in Kansas City, Kansas, rooted in the 1980s and told in the present. (source: Kansas City infoZine) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:14:23 -0500
With the long lines at the TKTS booth in Times Square, it's pretty easy to spot that discount opportunity. (By the way, no matter how long that line looks, your wait time is 30 to 40 minutes. A small price to save 45 percent or so on a couple of Broadway t... (source: About) - RSS widgets and RSS fe... Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:43 GMT
"But how could I have missed this feline phenomenon? Me, an honest-to goodness cat-person, always bunking with a few lovable rescues and unable to resist preparing a wet-and-dry banquet for any stray sneaking into my backyard. More to point, how could I ha... (source: Arts Journal) - RSS news feeds... Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:39:15 -0800
Disney Theatricals' The Little Mermaid will close August 30 after playing 735 performances since opening in January 2008 at the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre on Broadway, according to published reports. Mermaid brought the hit animated movie and Hans Christian And... (source: About) - RSS widgets and RSS fe... Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:50:07 +0000
"At first, 16 workers represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 461 were affected. They provide maintenance, ground crew and housekeeping services. But other union members representing production and sales, which... (source: Arts Journal) - RSS and News w... Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:07:57 -0800
Stephen Schwartz called it "the best American Musical of the last 25 years." In 1998, it won Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Score and Best Orchestrations, though it lost Best Musical to Disney's The Lion King. "It," of course, is Ragtime, a musical adapta... (source: About) - News widgets and R... Publ.Date : Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:22:17 +0000
The new musical from the fabled songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb wears its halo like a barbed-wire hat. (source: New York Times) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:17:02 GMT
Andrew Lloyd Webber's belated sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera" feels as eager to be walloped as a clown in a carnival dunking booth. (source: New York Times) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:43 GMT
"Exercises devised by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Globe theatre in London will see children aged 11 to 14 mirror the methods of professional actors at rehearsal" instead of reading the plays at their desks. "Written and oral assessments developed... (source: Arts Journal) - RSS feeds an... Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:04:17 -0800
UMKC Theatre, in conjunction with World Theatre Lab, the Market Theatre of Johannesburg and the Tony Award-winning Crossroads Theatre Company of New Brunswick, New Jersey, announced the next production of its 2009-2010 season, "Train to 2010." (source: Kansas City infoZine) - RSS widgets and RSS f... Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:05:26 -0500
Broadway tickets for less than half price. OK, have I got your attention? I thought so. Most people know of the TKTS booths that operate in Times Square and two other New York locations. They're great for "day-of" discount tickets for Broadway and off-Broa... (source: About) - RSS widgets and RSS ... Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:23:34 +0000
New York's Public Theater is kicking off its 2009-2010 season with something it does pretty well: Shakespeare. More specifically, Hollywood stars performing in Shakespeare. Coming off of the excellent Shakespeare in the Park production of Twelfth Night, s... (source: About) - RSS and News widget on... Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:43 GMT
"The eldest sister has been left slaving over a hot stove, while her younger sister flirts shamelessly and taunts her for being overweight. An argument breaks out: boiling oil is spilled.
This is not really a fractious family get-together (though it... (source: Arts Journal) - News widgets a... Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:44:30 -0800
In "Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps," playing through Oct. 24 at Seattle Repertory Theatre, there's enough hilarity in 100 minutes of cloak-and-daggery to keep the real world off our minds for, well, at least a hundred minutes. (source: Seattle Post Intelligencer) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Fe... Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:50:07 +0000
As part of Kansas City Rep's plan to present at least one play each season that reflects Kansas City and its stories, artistic director Eric Rosen is staging a new production of William Inge's 1955 classic comedy Bus Stop, which is set in a rural diner abo... (source: Kansas City infoZine) - RSS fee... Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:34:55 -0500
Unicorn Theatre will present the world premiere of Lia Romeo's new comedy, Green Whales, set to run on The Jerome Stage now thur March 28th. (source: Kansas City infoZine) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com Publ.Date : Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:36:06 -0500
Karl Malden, an Academy Award-winning actor best known for movie and TV roles, but who also acted in 20 Broadway productions, died today at age 97 He interpreted characters created by some of America's best-known writers, including Tennessee Williams and A... (source: About) - RSS and News widget on... Publ.Date : Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:17:46 +0000
While Jonathan Reynolds's assault on assumptions about the right to choose abortion is likely too crude to make theatergoers re-evaluate their positions, it did make me reconsider my view of political theater. (source: New York Times) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:34:24 GMT
Broadway continues to stump the recession, with people heading to shows in droves last week, according to Broadway.com. Not surprisingly, perennial favorites Wicked and The Lion King continue to rake in the most bucks. More interesting: the play God of Ca... (source: About) - RSS and News widget on... Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:43 GMT
Even though overall sales were down on Broadway for the week ended July 5, there were still 15 of 24 shows with more than 90 percent of seats sold, according to the The Broadway League's weekly recap. Obviously, the July 4 holiday weekend - with world-clas... (source: About) - RSS widgets and RSS fe... Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:37:43 GMT
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