Ian Stuart News

In this issue, we uncover the varying success of Connecticut theaters, where Broadway hits thrive while mid-level shows struggle with ticket sales. We also look at multiple ideas on how to save the American theater - including a look at innovative approaches to funding in a piece by Cara Joy David.

Theater people have all spent a lot of time in recent months talking about how bad things are in the industry. And I believe there are solid reasons to keep writing about that. But in the next couple of weeks, I’m going to write about some of what is happening in the face of current obstacles.

FUNNY GIRL opened last night, Sunday, April 24 at the August Wilson Theatre and BroadwayWorld was on hand for the star-studded red carpet arrivals. Check out the photos below of the stars who came to see the show!

Thanks to Skylight Run, located in Westchester, New York, a production company and facility she runs with her husband, respected sound designer Stuart Allyn, the live concert will be streamed on Friday, October 2, at 7:30 PM EDT, the audience can see it live or anytime after.

The Music of Philip Glass celebrated by Australia's Finest Exponent. Sunday afternoon Spring concert 17 September at The Independent Theatre

The worse the world gets, the funnier Stuart Black gets. So there's good news and bad news.

The National Arts Festival, which ended in Grahamstown last Sunday, has reported its final attendance figures for the year. Opening on 29 June, the Festival ran for 11 days in the small university city of Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

The worse the world gets, the funnier Stuart Black gets. So there's good news and bad news.

Thanks for your continued support as we move into our fifth year and beyond and commemorate our 50th edition of...The Julesworks Follies #50 Blow Out Anniversary Commemoration will be on Tuesday May 9th at 8 PM at Le Jean Cocteau.

Los Angeles Podcast Festival 2016 (aka LA Podfest 2016), featuring live recording sessions of dozens of popular podcasts, panel discussions, parties, a podcast lab, and stand-up comedy, will take over Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills from Today, September 23 to Sunday, September 25, 2016.

Dixon Place presents Jamie Leo in his newest interdisciplinary performance work, 'A Long Day in a Bad Shirt (Dispose of Properly)', ten portraits of wayward individuals struggling to find peace in their lives.

Dixon Place presents Jamie Leo in his newest interdisciplinary performance work, 'A Long Day in a Bad Shirt (Dispose of Properly)', ten portraits of wayward individuals struggling to find peace in their lives.

Los Angeles Podcast Festival 2016 (aka LA Podfest 2016), featuring live recording sessions of dozens of popular podcasts, panel discussions, parties, a podcast lab, and stand-up comedy, will take over Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills from Friday, September 23 to Sunday, September 25, 2016.

We speak to comedian Stuart Goldsmith about his 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show Compared To What.

Stuart Taylor, now known to many as 'The King of Relationship Comedy' has hit the road again, this time with a unique offering in the form of THE LEARNER HUSBAND BOOK LAUNCH TOUR. The show comes to the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town for a limited season from todya, 2 to 6 July 2013, directly after its run at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

Stuart Taylor, now known to many as 'The King of Relationship Comedy' has hit the road again, this time with a unique offering in the form of THE LEARNER HUSBAND BOOK LAUNCH TOUR. The show comes to the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town for a limited season from 2 to 6 July 2013, directly after its run at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown where it will be presented from 27 to 30 June 2013.

La MaMa presents the World Premiere of The Etiquette of Death, a Chris Tanner Production co-directed by Everett Quinton and Julie Atlas Muz, and choreographed by Julie Atlas Muz, with contributions by a slew of New York's finest downtown artists. The Etiquette of Death, the final show of La MaMa's 50th Anniversary season, runs now through July 1, 2012 in a limited engagement at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City. The show opens tonight, June 16. Check out photos from the production below!