BWW Review: Terrific New Theatre has a key to the Comedy Townhouse in THE TRIBUTE ARTIST

The Tribute Artist by Charles Busch has the structure of a classic 40's comedy. Silly situations, gender bending, zingy one-liners and fluctuating sexual tensions are afoot. (more...)

Bad Quarto Productions to Stage New York Premiere of ANNA KARENINA LIVES!

Bad Quarto Productions, a theatre company specializing in performing modern theatre using Shakespearean staging techniques, will stage the New York premiere of Anna Karenina Lives!, a new vaudeville-style musical comedy by Germaine Shames, from October 14th - 22nd at 353 W. 48th St. in New York City. (more...)

Award Winning Equity Theatre Coyote Stageworks Announces DIRTY BLONDE and THE COCKTAIL HOUR For Their 2017-18 Season

Coyote StageWorks, the Coachella Valley-based award-winning Actors' Equity professional theater company, announced that its ninth season will include productions of two highly entertaining stage plays, presented at the Palm Springs Art Museum's Annenberg Theater, as well as the return of much-anticipated free Play Dates staged reading series. The Coyote StageWorks season will open with a performance of Dirty Blonde for nine performances, running February 2 11, 2018. This will be followed by the production The Cocktail Hour, running March 23 - April 1 for nine performances. The Play Dates series will run on selected Sundays from November through June at the Camelot Theater, part of the Palm Springs Cultural Center. (more...)

Experience Theatre Project Presents A Live Staged Reading of Orson Welles' WAR OF THE WORLDS

Experience Theatre Project Presents A Live Staged Reading of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds. An Immersive 1930s Hollywood-Style Gala. Mingle With Famous Dead Actors of the 1930s! Pre-Show Magic by historical conjurer Danny Schreiber! (more...)

THE SIN-SATIONAL RITA & MAE to Play Melbourne Fringe

Censorship, sex, scandals, love affairs. Rita Hayworth and Mae West were known as the Love-Goddess and the Queen of double-entendre, made infamous for their portrayal of bad girls on the screen, and their scandalous lives off screen. But what was the real story? (more...)

Marilyn Maye and More at Dino's Backstage and The Celebrity Room this September

Marilyn Maye always packs the Celebrity Room at Dino's Backstage in Glenside, PA, and now fans can get another chance to see this legendary performer as she returns there on September 14, 15 and 16. The month starts off with two performances by Paula Johns and Michael Richard Kelly on September 8 and 9. The duo will be accompanied by The Tom Adams Trio, with Tom Adams on piano, Steve Varner on bass and Grant MacAvoy on drums. On September 22 and 23, the multi-media tribute performer Randy Roberts will showcase his impersonations of famous women. Michael Richard Kelly and Paula Johns and The Tom Adams Trio wrap up the month with two performances on September 29 and 30. (more...)

LUNA GALE Comes to Aurora Theatre Next Month

Aurora Theatre Company opens its 26th season with Rebecca Gilman's (Blue Surge, Spinning Into Butter, The Sweetest Swing in Baseball) LUNA GALE. Aurora Artistic Director Tom Ross directs this powerful and arresting Bay Area Premiere, featuring Jamie Jones (Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, Mud Blue Sky, Gideon's Knot), Laura Jane Bailey (Mud Blue Sky), Devin S. O'­Brien (Mud Blue Sky), Joshua Marx (TheatreWorks), Alix Cuadra (Theatre of Yugen), Kevin Kemp (Shotgun Players), and Jennifer Vega.  LUNA GALE plays September 1 through October 1 at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley. For tickets and information the public can call (510) 843-4822 or visit auroratheatre.org. (more...)

THE JUDY SHOW At Michael Holmes Purple Room Kicks Off Dezart Performs Season With A Special One Night Only Benefit!

A special benefit performance of the hugely popular "The Judy Show" at Michael Holmes' Purple Room will kick off an exciting 10th Anniversary season of Dezart Performs. A busy season of Dezart Performs events and provocative cutting-edge productions will begin with a one-night-only dinner show performance of "The Judy Show" at Michael Holmes' Purple Room on Sunday, September 17 at 5 p.m. for dinner, show at 7 p.m.  This show benefits Dezart Performs, a nonprofit theater company which brings many new and never-before-seen productions to the Coachella Valley. Michael Holmes' Purple Room is donating 100% of ticket sales to Dezart Performs and has arranged 100% matching funds for food and beverage for the evening.  (more...)

Star of Stage and Screen, Joe Bologna Dies at Age 82

Stage and screen actor, director and screenwriter Joe Bologna passed away yesterday, August 13th in CA at the age of 82. (more...)

Short North Stage Presents the Hilarious CLEOPATRA by Charles Busch

Ohio's very own Short North Stage will be hosting yet another Charles Busch play 'Cleopatra' July 27th - August 6th at the Garden Theater. Having produced other tear-jerking comedies by the 'campy playwright' in previous years, Short North Stage Fan favorites 'Psycho Beach Party', 'Die Mommy Die', and 'The Divine Sister' Artistic Director Edward Carignan is excited (more...)

Janice Messitte & Greg Kritikos Begin Open Run of BAGELS AND BAKLAVA this Friday

BAGELS & BAKLAVA & friends, the show that has been dubbed "The funniest Friday night comedy show in NYC!" will begin performances on July 14th at 8pm & every Friday Night through September. (more...)

ESPN2 to Exclusively Present New Standalone Hour of THE PAUL FINEBAUM SHOW

College football fans will gain another hour of college football talk this season when SEC Network host and provocateur, Paul Finebaum, expands his popular discussion program THE PAUL FINEBAUM SHOW by one hour exclusively for ESPN2 beginning Wednesday, Aug. 16 and running through the end of December. (more...)

BWW Interview: A Vanguard Theater in a Conservative Utah County?

Kacey Spadafora firmly believes in contemporary, innovative theater. And he's selected perhaps the most conservative county in the deeply red state of Utah to begin a bold theater county. (more...)

George Mackay, Simon Russell Beale & More Announced For BENT At National Theatre

The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6 - 10 July 2017.  (more...)

Casting Announced for Peter Gill's CERTAIN YOUNG MEN Reading at the National Theatre

The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6 - 10 July 2017.  (more...)

SONGBOOK SUMMIT, Featuring Tunes of Cole Porter, George Gershwin and More, Coming to 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters will welcome 59E59 favorites Peter & Will Anderson with SONGBOOK SUMMIT, featuring the music of Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers. (more...)

Casting Announced for THE DRAG at the National Theatre

The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6 - 10 July 2017.  (more...)

Casting Announced for Tarell Alvin McCraney's WIG OUT! at the National Theatre

The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6 - 10 July 2017.  (more...)

Casting Announced for Sarah Frankcom Directed NEAPTIDE at the National Theatre

The National Theatre will mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales by staging its first Queer Theatre event series from 6 - 10 July 2017.  (more...)

Red Lab Productions to Premiere Lasha Bugadze's NAVIGATOR IN LOVE

Red Lab Productions (Boris Akunin's Hamlet. A Version) will present the World Premiere of Lasha Bugadze's Navigator in Love, directed by Adam Knight (In the Room with Slant Theatre Project) as part of the Georgian-American Theatrical Feast, a festival of new works written by playwrights from the Republic of Georgia translated into English, July 13-August 6 at Teatro Circulo (64 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue and Bowery) with performances on Thu 7/13, Fri 7/14, Sat 7/15, Sat 7/22, Wed 7/26, Thu 7/27, Fri 7/28, Fri 8/4 & Sat 8/5 @ 8pm, Sun 7/16, Sun 7/23 & Sun 8/6 @ 3pm. Tickets ($18) are available in advance at http://navigator.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 1-800-838-3006. The show will run approximately 80 minutes, with no intermission.  (more...)