Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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Ten Thousand Hours review – this superhuman squad have put in the time to stun you by Lyndsey Winship

Assembly Hall, EdinburghAustralian circus act Gravity and Other Myths allow the audience an up-close insight into how they mastered their extraordinary craft This may be the ideal festival s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Ava: The Secret Conversations *** by Barry Gordin

By Paulanne Simmons August 16, 2025: Late in her life, Ava Gardner decided to write an autobiography. She didn’t so much want to tell her story as raise money. She was low on funds and a…

SOURCE: theaterlife at 01:10PM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Meet John DeMarsico, the artistic director behind NY Mets' baseball cinematic visuals by Jeff Lunden

John DeMarsico is the broadcast director for Mets baseball -- and he shoots games like they're movies.

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 12:24PM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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Lili/Darwin Review by Jonathan Mandell

Although Eddie Redmayne was nominated for an Academy Award for “The Danish Girl,” he regretted taking on the role of Lili Elbe,  as he  told an interviewer several years later, becau…

SOURCE: New York Theater at 11:54AM

The Unstoppable Rise of Ben Manager review – tales of the unexpected at the office by Rachael Healy

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghA man picks up a dead stranger’s lanyard and gets sucked into a sinister corporate world in Bunkum Ensemble’s unsettling play On the way to an interview for…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM

Your Travalanche Daily Digest for August 16, 2025 by Trav S.D.

In addition to today’s new Travalanche post on The Unholy Three, previous August 16 articles include ones on: Fess Parker, who played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone Early screen star Mae C…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:42AM

The Goo

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 11:17AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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How scary can theatre really be? My horror marathon in search of stage frights by Kate Wyver

This year’s Edinburgh festival is full of creepy shows, from a jaw-clenching haunting to sci-fi terror. Our writer braves the darkness in Auld Reekie’s fringe venues for a day of fear I …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM

‘Platonic’ bosses keep the friend zone unhinged with Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, plus streaming recs by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — That sound you hear is the lingering sigh of relief — or is it sadness? Confusion? The frustration over what could have been?— as “And Just Like That” completed its l…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 08:00AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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Float review – pregnancy is an intergalactic voyage in this poetic solo by Mark Fisher

Gilded Balloon, EdinburghIndra Wilson’s imaginative monologue is a touching exploration of grief and hope through space travel If you ever need an extended metaphor, just ask Indra Wilson.…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM

100 Years Ago Today: The Unholy Three (1925) by Trav S.D.

August 16, 1925 was the release date of the Tod Browning’s The Unholy Three. Browning had been directing in Hollywood for over a decade when he got a greenlight to direct his second pictur…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:18AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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What to Stream: Offset, John Cena, John Grisham and legal fights by Jussie Smollett and Amanda Knox by The Associated Press

By The Associated Press Migos rapper Offset releasing his third solo album and Samara Weaving playing a reformed getaway driver in the heist thriller “Eenie Meanie” are some of the new t…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:40AM

Taylor Sheridan and Paramount are teaming up to launch a massive new film studio in Texas by Tribune News Service

LOS ANGELES — “Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan and Paramount are going big in Texas, joining forces to open a 450,000-square-foot production campus in Fort Worth, in a boost to th…

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:30AM

Sam Nicoresti: Baby Doomer review – an ebullient hour with a sky-high joke count by Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghDelivered with self-deprecating joyfulness, this is a big-hitting set exploring life as a trans woman ‘Sir, are you aware those are women’s clothes?” Even…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM

The Words of Ned Washington by Trav S.D.

August 14 was the birthday of Tin Pan Alley lyricist Ned Washington (Edward Michael Washington, 1901-1976). A Scranton native, Washington broke into vaudeville around 1922 both as an emcee a…

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:18AM

The strings are the thing this week in CT arts featuring legendary guitarists and indie rockers by Christopher Arnott

The Courant's arts picks for Aug. 17-23 also include a Hartford Blooms tour, comedians including Howie Mandel and Brad Garrett, an outdoor dance festival and a wide array of music acts.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 4am (Broadway Time)
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Waltzing the Wilarra

The post Waltzing the Wilarra appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 04:48AM

WWDTM: Moe Wagner, Lewis Black, Rose Matafeo, and Atlas Obscura by NPR

This week, we desperately cling to the end of summer with some of our favorite guests, including Lewis Black, Mo Wagner, Rose Matafeo, and some never-before-heard segements with Atlas Obscu…

SOURCE: National Public Radio at 04:00AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 2am (Broadway Time)
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Furniture Boys review – grab a seat for clever comedy that turns exes into beds and chairs by Chris Wiegand

Underbelly, George Square, EdinburghA locked drawer that never opens, a rug that everyone walks all over … Emily Weitzman’s metaphors for boyfriends are ridiculous and revelatory It’s …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AM
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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5 Reasons to See Mamma Mia! on Broadway by Margaret Hall

The international hit, which features the songs of ABBA, is back at the Winter Garden Theatre.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:24AM

The Machine Stops 

The post The Machine Stops  appeared first on Australian Arts Review.

SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:13AM

OtM’s “Rainbow on Mars” Never Blinks as it Dances Forth a Compelling Construction Around Blindness by Ross

A Toronto Theatre Review: Outside the March’s Rainbow on Mars By Ross There is magic to behold in the multidisciplinary unwrapping at the heart of Devon Healy’s Rainbow on Mars. As what …

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 12:05AM

Hungary L!ve Festival Announces 2025 Line Up by Magda Katz

Bringing Hungary’s contemporary arts scene to NYC from September 3-7, 2025 (July 25 , 2025) – The Hungary L!ve Festival returns to New York City from September 3 – 7, 2025, bringing co…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:00AM

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