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STAGE TUBE: Meet the Cast of Old Globe's 2013 Shakespeare Festival

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team for the 2013 Shakespeare Festival. Festival Artistic Director Adrian Noble returns to San Diego for his fourth and final year of Festival programming. The internationally acclaimed director will helm productions of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Tom Stoppard's classic farce, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Laurence Olivier Award-nominated director Ian Talbot will make his Old Globe debut with the enduring Shakespeare favorite A Midsummer Night's Dream. The 2013 Shakespeare Festival, performed in repertory in the outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre, runs June 2 - Sept. 29. Subscription tickets from $66 to $270. Single tickets start at $29. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. (more...)

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Jesse L. Martin on Tonight's SMASH

Jesse L. Martin guests on tonight's episode of the NBC musical dramedy SMASH titled 'Musical Chairs.' Get a sneak peek below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Preview the Upcoming Stratford Festival Season!

With only 35 days until the launch of the 2013 Stratford Festival Season, we bring you a preview of their 61st season with 12 productions taking the stage. Watch the video below! (more...)

Stage Tube: Check out The Tanya Stage at the Stratford Festival

Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino celebrates the Festival Theatre's thrust stage, designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch for Stratford's first season in 1953, and restored to its original configuration for 2013. The heart of any theatre is its stage, and nowhere is this truer than here in Stratford. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at Berkeley Rep's FALLACI World Premiere

Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It is a fictional play about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci. Don't miss this sizzling new script, which is directed by Oskar Eustis, stars Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat, and features an incredible team of designers. The 65th world premiere presented by Berkeley Rep, Fallaci is currently in previews in the Roda Theatre and opens March 13, running through April 21. Below, check out a sneak peek at FALLACI, Berkeley Rep's new world premiere about one of the first rock stars of modern journalism! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Director Miles Potter Introduces THE THREE MUSKETEERS at Stratford 2013

Stratford Shakespeare Festival's 2013 season, the first season with Antoni Cimolino as Artistic Director, will feature The Three Musketeers by Peter Raby, adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas and directed by Miles Potter. The production will run at the Festival Theatre, may 18 through October 19, with the opening slated for June 1, 2013. Potter introduces the show in the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Opening Night at First Folio Theatre's JEEVES TAKES A BOW

First Folio Theatre (Mayslake Peabody Estate, 31st St. & Rt. 83) presents the witty comedy JEEVES TAKES A BOW, running now through March 3. Directed by Jeff Award nominee Alison C. Vesely (First Folio's A Moon for the Misbegotten), the cast of First Folio's 2009 production Jeeves in Bloom reprise their roles in JEEVES TAKES A BOW, starring Jim McCance as 'Jeeves' and Christian Gray (The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe and Romeo & Juliet at First Folio Theatre, The Glass Menagerie at Oak Park Festival Theatre) as 'Bertie.' Click below to watch opening night interviews with the cast and creative team! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Artistic Director Tony Taccone Introduces FALLACI at Berkeley Rep

Even as his latest book attracts international attention, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright premieres his new play at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. A reporter renowned for his work with The New Yorker - and the bestselling author behind The Looming Tower and Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief - Wright is also the playwright who penned My Trip to al Qaeda and The Human Scale. Now he debuts a fictional play about the last days of legendary journalist Oriana Fallaci. Don't miss this sizzling new script, which is directed by Oskar Eustis, stars Concetta Tomei and Marjan Neshat, and features an incredible team of designers. The 65th world premiere presented by Berkeley Rep, Fallaci begins previews in the Roda Theatre on March 8, opens March 13, and runs through April 21. Below, watch a video of Artistic Director Tony Taccone introducing the play! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: The Making of Stratford Festival 2013 Visitor's Guide

Stratford Festival 2013, the first under Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino, features 12 productions and a new initiative to enhance the play-going experience, The Forum. The festival has just released a behind-the-scenes video showing the making of its 2013 visitor's guide. Click below to watch a montage from the photo shoots! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Stratford's 2012 Shakespeare School Performs 37 Quotes in 2 Minutes

In the video below, watch students from the Stratford Festival's 2012 Shakespeare School perform a remarkable 37 famous Shakespeare quotes in under two minutes! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Jesse Tyler Ferguson Gets Birthday Surprise!

Stage and screen star Jesse Tyler Ferguson got a birthday serenade from the Boston Gay Men's Chorus courtesy of his ABC 'Modern Family' co-star Eric Stonestreet. Stonestreet asked the Boston Gay Men's Choir to surprise Jesse and sing 'Happy Birthday' at the end of their show on October 22nd at the Wilbur Theatre. Check out the birthday surprise below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: MODERN FAMILY's Jesse Tyler Ferguson Talks Broadway Beginnings

In the video below, comedian Paul F. Tompkins sits down with Jesse Tyler Ferguson to talk about his Broadway beginnings, So You Think You Can Dance, flirting with Bryan Cranston, bow-ties, and his on-set relationship with Eric Stonestreet on the hit TV comedy 'Modern Family'! (more...)

BWW TV: Sneak Peek of AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE- Performance Highlights!

Manhattan Theatre Club's new Broadway production of Henrik Ibsen's AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, directed by Tony Award winner Doug Hughes began previews earlier this month in preparation for a Thursday, September 27 opening night at MTC's Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47th Street). BroadwayWorld brings you just-released show highlights below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes with First Folio's THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

First Folio Theatre, known for bringing high quality performances of Shakespeare and other classics to the Chicagoland suburbs, closes its landmark 15th season with William Shakespeare's most controversial play, The Merchant of Venice. A complex tale of hatred, love, revenge, and betrayal, The Merchant of Venice opened on Saturday, July 14, and runs through August 19, 2012. Click below to watch video interviews with the cast about their inspirations, favorite scenes and more! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: 2013 Stratford Shakespeare Festival Lineup Announced!

Antoni Cimolino today announced the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's playbill for 2013, his first season as Artistic Director, and began to outline his vision for the Festival's future during his tenure. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Philip Seymour Hoffman Talks DEATH OF A SALESMAN

Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of the nation's top acting talents known for playing extremely varied roles in film and on stage, including Truman Capote, which earned him an Oscar, and Father Brendan Flynn in Doubt, which earned him an Oscar nomination, speaks with Mo Rocca about his Tony Award-nominated performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman on Broadway. (more...)

BWW TV: Chatting with JUDITH OF BETHULIA's Charles Busch & Carl Andress!

Theater for the New City will present Charles Busch's new comedy JUDITH OF BETHULIA. The play, starring Busch, and directed by Carl Andress (The Divine Sister; Die, Mommie, Die!) will play a limited engagement of 24 performances from Friday, March 30 through Saturday, April 28 at Theater for the New City's Cino Theater (155 First Avenue). (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Jeff Goldblum Talks SEMINAR on 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon'

Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, Independence Day, 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'), appeared on last night's 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' to discuss his starring role in Broadway's SEMINAR. Goldblum assumes the role of Leonard in the play tonight, April 3 for an 8-week run. (more...)

BWW TV: SEMINAR's Jeff Goldblum, Justin Long, Zoe Lister-Jones Meet the Press!

Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum (The Pillowman, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent'), Justin Long (He's Just Not That Into You, The Break Up, Live Free or Die Hard, Dodgeball, 'Ed'), and Zoe Lister-Jones (The Little Dog Laughed, The Marriage of Bette and Boo) will join the cast of the Broadway comedy SEMINAR, by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Peabody Award winner Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, Omnium Gatherum, 'NYBD Blue,' NBC's new hit series 'Smash') beginning Tuesday, April 3. The new cast just met the press, and BroadwayWorld was there for the big event! Check out video with full coverage below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Jeff Goldblum on His Upcoming SEMINAR Role!

Broadway and film star Jeff Goldblum will assume the role of Leonard in SEMINAR on April 3. In the video below, he encourages fans to come and see him in this 'spectacular show.' (more...)