Patti LuPone Caps Symphony Space's Project B-Way/95 With DON'T MONKEY WITH BROADWAY
Between classic showtunes, the Broadway legend shares memories of how her life-long love affair with Broadway began....
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Review Roundup: Stephen Karam's THE HUMANS Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
The Broadway production of Stephen Karam's much-raved-about new play, THE HUMANS, opens tonight, February 18, 2016. Directed by Tony Award winner Joe Mantello and featuring its entire acclaimed off-Broadway cast, THE HUMANS plays performances at Broadway's Helen Hayes Theatre (240 West 44th Street)....
2016 Open Books Series to Feature David Scott Kastan, Yael Prizant & Ninotchka Bennahum
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FST to Present LAUGHING MATTERS (VOL. 5)
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Review Roundup: A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Opens on Broadway - All the Reviews!
The Young Vic's critically-acclaimed production of Arthur Miller's A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, directed by Ivo van Hove, opens tonight, November 12, at the Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street). Let's see what the critics had to say......
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Gary Naylor sees a show that has its flaws but has the audience laughing out loud with silly gags, appalling stereotypes and witty songs....
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BWW Interview: Many Voices, Many Steps, One Dream- The Intern Program at Maine State Music Theatre
Each year some two dozen young theatre professionals make their way to Brunswick, Maine, to take part in a dynamic summer program that is both educational and experiential. They come to fill performance, production, and administrative internships at one of New England's leading regional theatres. Ma...
E! Sets Emmys Red Carpet Live Coverage
E! is the ultimate destination for Red Carpet coverage, bringing pop culture fans around the world the most comprehensive look at this year's 2015 Emmy Awards. Join 'Live From the Red Carpet' hosts Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic, along with E!'s entire awards team of style and entertainment exper...
TOP CHEF and THE CHEW's Carla Hall to Serve Up Tasty Stagecraft in THE THEATRICAL CULINARY PROJECT
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Return of BRING IT! Among Lifetime's Upcoming Summer Premieres
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Is there anything more magical or more transformative than live theater? Honestly, I can't think of anything which can take you from the depths of despair to the fanciful heights of imagination so quickly - and there certainly is no art form in which things can change so capriciously or quicker, eit...
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Ensemble Studio/Youngblood Extend FIVE TIMES IN ONE NIGHT Through 3/21
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Take the murderous rampage of "Heathers", the violent cultish attitudes of "Caged Heat" and the hair and clothes of "Working Girl" and you'd have the dark twisted romp of "The Secretaries", currently playing at Theater Schmeater. This macabre cautionary tale goes all out and over the top to give yo...
Ensemble Studio Theatre to Present Chiara Atik's FIVE TIMES IN ONE NIGHT
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Photo Flash: POP NATION Sings 'Boy Bands and Pop Princesses' at 54 Below
On November 14th at 9:30PM the cast of POP NATION gathered at 54 Below to sing the greatest hits of their favorite late '90s boy bands and pop princesses. Audiences heard their favorite tunes by the Backstreet Boys, *N'Sync, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Kelly Clarkson, Jessica S...
