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The Muppets Might Be Coming to Broadway. In Real Life, Not In a Movie.

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:45 pm, June 12th, 2013

Never have I been happier to live in New York City.

Pictures From the London Theater Production of Princess Mononoke

by Susana Polo | 10:19 am, May 6th, 2013

The Whole Hog Theatre company’s Studio Ghibli-acknowledged production of Princess Mononoke is on break for a bit, but will be returning to the New Diorama Theatre in London to play another dozen sold out shows in June. Hayao Miyazaki’s epic has been adapted for live theater with some impressive puppets in place of the many animal and non-human characters, and, in keeping with the movie’s environmentalist themes, they’ve been constructed entirely from recycled items.

Things We Saw Today: Doctor Who‘s Ten and Eleven, Together at Last

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, April 1st, 2013

Courtesy of Doctor Who‘s official Twitter account. Bask in the glory.

As Long as They’re Seated Behind Me: Theater Introduces “Tweet Seats” for Social Media Addicts

by Susana Polo | 12:55 pm, December 30th, 2012

As a life-long amateur musician who gets snooty when people clap between the movements of a sonata, I’m probably not the best person to be receptive to any kind of electronic introductions to a performance or screening. Usually when we hear about theater owners making concessions to people who leave their phones on, it’s in regards to a movie theater, with all their wooing of the modern audience and needing to wring profit out of every possible moment. But this case is of a repertory theater’s production of Carlo Goldoni‘s 1743 Servant of Two Masters, and while the restrictions placed on these Tweet Seats will probably keep them from annoying other audience members there’s just something about the principle of the thing that makes me hope it never happens at any theater I go to.

We Want To Go To There: Batcave Movie Theater

by Jill Pantozzi | 10:16 am, August 7th, 2012

You’d have to be Bruce Wayne to afford this Batcave movie theater but hey, a geek can dream. In our last “We Want To Go To There” we brought you the magical storybook stage from the Tomorrowland Festival. Today, we’ve got a custom built home theater from EliteHTS. It cost $2 million dollars and if you don’t like the first one, don’t worry, there’s a second model.

Aliens: The Puppet Musical – A Theatrical Sci-Fi Parody Of Epic Proportions!

by Jill Pantozzi | 2:45 pm, May 22nd, 2012

Science-fiction is fun, but poking fun at science-fiction can also be fun. Just look at Spaceballs! Well one Salt Lake City performance group has taken it up a notch. Meat & Potato Theater have created Aliens (The Puppet Musical). It’s completely out of this world.

Theater Executives Seriously Discuss Allowing Cell Phone Use During Movies

by Jill Pantozzi | 11:49 am, April 26th, 2012

We’ve brought you stories before about texting in movie theaters and musical venues but now, some major theater executives have put their hat into the ring. The boxing analogy fits here, you see, because these executives are considering allowing cell phone use in theaters and a lot of moviegoers are not happy about it.

The 11.5-Hour Live Theater Show Designed to Put the Audience to Sleep

by Jamie Frevele | 3:27 pm, July 1st, 2011

Some of us are restless sleepers. Some of us might even have vivid half-dreams about untitled gossip blogs devoted entirely to Doctor Who‘s Matt Smith at 1:00 and 5:00 in the morning. (Guilty.) And some of us might be interested in knowing that there is a live show in London right now called Lullaby – The Sleepover Show that puts its audience members to bed. Literally. No, really — they lay in beds instead of chairs and the performance is meant to make them go to sleep. It lasts from 10:00 pm to 9:30 am the following morning, and breakfast is served upon the clearing of the house. Brilliant.

Samurai Jack IRL

by Susana Polo | 12:50 pm, February 18th, 2011

Well, maybe not exactly “Samurai Jack IRL.” But if they ever made a theatrical production of the hit Cartoon Network show, it could do worse than to look like this.

The performer, Taichi Saotome, is an actor of classical Japanese theater, and has made a name for himself playing the roles of women and bishonen (young, graceful, attractive men). You don’t need to know that to enjoy the video, but I thought it was super interesting, so I subjected you to it.

(via Neatorama.)