What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks? 'Tis Orlando Bloom as Romeo
With the beautiful Juliet, Condola Rashad.
Surely Memorable Stage Play Features Mayonnaise Enemas
Is your butthole dry and in need of a creamy kick? Well, good news for people building sandwiches in their asses — or for those just in need of some emergency lube — but two Canadian performance artists took to the stage to deliver a performance that featured not one..., not two..., but three (ha ha ha!) mayonnaise…
Watching These Little Girls Get Cast in Annie Will Make Your Week
Over the weekend, PBS aired ANNIE: It's a Hard Knock Life, From Script to Stage, a documentary about the classic musical's current Broadway revival. Perhaps you missed it because you (wrongly) thought you had better things to do on a Friday night than stay home and watch an Annie documentary on PBS. If that's the…
Jonathan Franzen Solved Sexism
Jonathan Franzen, "the author [who] is the writer," would like you to know that sexism has been more or less eradicated in every single field except NYC theater. Despite evidence to the contrary. Related: that time he wrote about how ugly Edith Wharton was.
Sunday Sign-Off: Tom Hanks or Tony Hanks?
Tom Hanks isn't nominated for a role in a musical (I think this clip pretty much proves that), but if he wins a Tony tonight for his role in Lucky Guy, he'll probably do a mostly lyric-less rendition of his favorite song from 2009: "Single Ladies." Enjoy the charm.
That Tucker Max Play Is Actually an Awesome High-Art Parody
The Yale School of Drama-educated director behind I Hope They Serve Beer on Broadway, the stage adaptation of Tucker Max's fratty exploits, emailed us to explain that Max "has absolutely nothing" to do with the play and probably won't like it because it's actually a "High Art" anthropological study of bro culture.…
Interracial Romeo and Juliet Coming to Broadway
A new staging of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by director David Leveaux will have a twist: Romeo will be white and Juliet will be black.
Matilda the Musical Is Being De-Britished So That Insensible Americans Can Understand It
The Broadway version of Matilda the Musical is trying to exorcise its thornier British-isms before opening for thick-skulled, waxy-eared American audiences, among which there is hardly a single theatergoer with a real appreciation for the British idiom.
The Magic Mike Musical Will Include Audience Lap Dances So You Better Bring a Lot of Ones
Magic Mike is making the journey from the daiquiri-stained floors of a Tampa-area strip club to the hallowed boards of Broadway, but what does that mean for you? Well, apparently the show will involve audience participation, so you probably shouldn't take your mom.
Many Major Theaters Believe in Color Blind Casting (Except When It Comes to People of Color)
Chuck Mee is all about fairness. The legendary American playwright believes there's no such thing as an original play, and invites visitors to his website to "remix" his work. He also has some pretty visionary ideas about casting his shows. He writes:
Theater Offering 'Tweet Seats' to Folks Who Can't Turn Off Their G-D Phones
Actually, that headline might make it sound like I believe this to be whack, when in fact, I believe it to be very fresh. But that's probably because I love Instagram so much. How the hell else am I going to show off my adorable niece and the double-dipped salted caramel and coconut donuts I just ate? Am I supposed to…
Volunteer Ninjas in London Movie Theater Sound Utterly Terrifying
Let's say you're watching a movie (let's just say it, all hypothetical-like), and this movie that you're watching — in a theater, a dark theater — is about ninjas, and you're confused because the whole thing is in subtitles plus you don't even like ninja movies, so you turn to your friend or your cat that you've snuck…
Christina Ricci Wants to Come to Sleepaway Camp with You
In this theater image released by The Publicity Office, Christina Ricci performs in "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in New York. (AP Photo/The Publicity Office, Joan Marcus)
Sarah Jessica Parker Treats Her Adorable Son James to a Night at the Theater
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 24: Sarah Jessica Parker and son, James, attend the 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' Broadway opening night at the Imperial Theatre on April 24, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Simon Russell/Getty Images)
Widely Panned Spider-Man Musical Is The Best Fucking Thing Glenn Beck Has Ever Seen
Listen to ten minutes of Glenn Beck fellating Spider-Man, dropping the following references in extolling its virtues: global warming's wrongness, Michael Buble, big government, Cirque du Soleil, Disney World, "the spirit of entrepreneurship," and the 8th Wonder of the World.
Red Emma Tells An Important American Story
Emma Goldman was an anarchist feminist boat rocking force to be reckoned with, and this afternoon, you can catch a one woman play about her life live from your computer.
"Peaches Christ Superstar" Almost Didn't Happen
Uninhibited electro-sex rocker Peaches was initially denied a license to perform her personal interpretation of "Jesus Christ Superstar," because Andrew Lloyd Webber's production company was worried about her phallic crucifixes and other sex-stuff. But everything worked out in the end.
Playwrights Get Second Shot At Wendy Wasserstein Prize
After many protested the Theatre Development Fund's refusal to award any female playwright this years' $25,000 Wendy Wasserstein Prize, the group has announced it's changing the selection process. The 19 nominees will probably be asked to submit more plays.
No Wasserstein Prizes for You This Year, Lady Playwrights
The Theatre Development Fund, which awards the annual Wasserstein Prize (named after late playwright Wendy Wasserstein) to a female playwright, has turned down all 19 nominees this year. The selection panel says the entries weren't "truly outstanding." People are pissed!
See Russell Crowe's Thighs Highs In Vintage Rocky Horror Performance
Two things from this 1987 clip of Russell Crowe performing in a Melbourne production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show: great stage energy, and great gams.
