THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS

Around the Broadway World: Regional Highlights for the Week of 5/13

If you haven't had the chance to catch up on your theater news, look no further than today's recap of all things theater - exclusive features, interviews, reviews and more! - around the Broadway World... (more...)

BWW Reviews: GOOD PEOPLE Presents a Lesson on Pride at Syracuse Stage

Margaret Walsh swears she will never beg, even if she wanted to. Her sarcastic pride would stop her before uttering a profane-introduced "please." Or, at least that's what she demands you to think. Sh... (more...)

OWN to Present New Tyler Perry Drama THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS

From prolific writer, director, producer Tyler Perry, THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS is a new television drama which follows the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hir... (more...)

BEACHES Among Five World Premieres in Signature's 2013-14 Season; Plus GYPSY, MISS SAIGON and More!

According to the Washington Post, Signature Theatre's 2013-14 season will include three world premiere musicals, one world-premiere play, a developmental run of a world-premiere musical, and revivals ... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Acclaimed Finnish Production, THE WARMBLOODED, Makes US Premiere at Kennedy Center

'The Warmblooded' is heartfelt, powerful, and engaging. (more...)

OWN Nabs Tyler Perry's FOR BETTER OR WORSE, Orders Third Season

Tyler Perry's popular sitcom 'For Better Or Worse' is coming to OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with a third season of all new episodes debuting in the fall of 2013. In addition, the network has garnered t... (more...)

John Schneider Joins Tyler Perry's THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS on OWN

According to Deadline.com, John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard, Smallville) has joined Tyler Perry's OWN drama series The Haves And The Have Nots. (more...)

Promethean Theatre Ensemble Presents CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, Now thru 2/9

Artistic Associate director Ed Rutherford (The Last Unicorn) returns to Promethean Theatre Ensemble to stage Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece of hope, humanity and justice. Featuri... (more...)

OWN Picks Up 4 New Series; Announces Programming for 2013

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today new programming for 2013 including four new original series coming later this year: 'Blackboard Wars,' 'Golden Sisters,' 'Raising Whitley' (working title) an... (more...)

GOOD PEOPLE Continues The Rep's 46th Season, Now thru 1/27

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents Good People by award-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. This biting drama will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton ... (more...)

OWN Puts Two Tyler Perry Pilots into Development

Following the October announcement that Tyler Perry had signed a multi-year exclusive partnership with OWN, the network has announced they have put two of Perry's pitches into production. Perry will w... (more...)

FSLC's 22nd Annual New York Jewish Film Festival to Run 1/9-1/24

The Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the 22nd annual New York Jewish Film Festival at the Film Society's Walter Reade Theater, Jan. 9-24, 2013. The festival's 45 featu... (more...)

GOOD PEOPLE Continues The Rep's 46th Season, 1/2-27

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (The Rep) presents Good People by award-winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire. This biting drama will be performed on the Browning Mainstage of the Loretto-Hilton ... (more...)

Promethean Theatre Ensemble Presents CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, 1/11-2/9

Artistic Associate director Ed Rutherford (The Last Unicorn) returns to Promethean Theatre Ensemble to stage Caucasian Chalk Circle, Bertolt Brecht's masterpiece of hope, humanity and justice. Featuri... (more...)

Tyler Perry's MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION, 'I DON'T WANT TO DO WRONG' and MEET THE BROWNS: SEASON 7 on DVD Today, 10/23

Today, October 23, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will release 'Tyler Perry's Madea's Witness Protection,' 'I Don't Want To Do Wrong (The Play)' and 'Meet the Browns: Season 7' on DVD. (more...)

BWW REVIEWS: It's a Hard Knock Life on Boston Stages

It's your last chance to catch scintillating Boston area premieres of two recent Broadway hits about hope in the midst of hardscrabble lives - 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat' at SpeakEasy Stage and 'G... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Geffen Playhouse Plays Host to Vera Stark

Toward the end of the second act of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage's By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, a character shouts, "It's not what's said, it's what's not said!" This could be a tagl... (more...)

History's HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES Premieres Tonight, 9/29

Every state has a shape, and every border has a surprising story to tell. But are Americans aware that our jagged geography actually helped shape us as a nation? HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES is bac... (more...)

BWW Interviews: Julia Traber Talks MISS JULIE, Studio 101, Strindberg's Legacy & Arts Impact On Politics

Houston's Theatre Community offers something for everyone-ranging from the very modern and experimental to the classics. Next week, on September 26, 2012 Classical Theatre Company will be opening MISS... (more...)

BWW REVIEW: MARIE ANTOINETTE Sheds Light on Royal Pain

A.R.T.'s world premiere of David Adjmi's dark comedy 'Marie Antoinette' explores the complex woman beneath the myth while drawing parallels between the infamously over-privileged French monarchy and A... (more...)

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati Presents GOOD PEOPLE, 9/5-23

Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati opens its 2012-2013 season with the regional premiere of Good People, by Pulitzer Prize winner David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole, Shrek the Musical), playing September 5-23... (more...)

History's HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES to Premiere 9/29

Every state has a shape, and every border has a surprising story to tell. But are Americans aware that our jagged geography actually helped shape us as a nation? HOW THE STATES GOT THEIR SHAPES is bac... (more...)

BBC America's Original Drama COPPER to Premiere 8/19

In a time when disorder and mayhem were the law of the land, Kevin Corcoran was New York City's finest. Welcome to BBC AMERICA's first original scripted series, COPPER, premiering with 10 episodes Sun... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Travis Brazil's production of OF MICE AND MEN Brings Searing Drama to the Boiler Room

Since its publication in 1937, John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men has inspired artists-there have been multiple film treatments, a Carlisle Floyd opera, ballets and stage productions based upon ... (more...)

Photo Flash: First Look at Jane Kaczmarek in Geffen Playhouse's GOOD PEOPLE

The Geffen Playhouse presents David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, starring Jane Kaczmarek (Broadway's Lost in Yonkers and television's Malcolm in the Middle), and acclaimed stage and screen actor Jon ... (more...)