Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 2pm (Broadway Time)
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An Ark: Ian McKellan In A ’Photonic‘ Tonic For Our Time by Roma Torre

★★★★☆ Playwright Simon Stephens and tech wizards concoct the world’s first mixed reality play The post An Ark: Ian McKellan In A ’Photonic‘ Tonic For Our Time appeared first …

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:01PM

An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Results by Frank Scheck

★★★☆☆ Ian McKellen is among the performers appearing virtually in this one-act play by Simon Stephens The post An Ark: Mixed Reality Theater Provides Mixed Results appeared first o…

SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 02:00PM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 1pm (Broadway Time)
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Tina Packer, Powerhouse of Shakespeare Performance, Dies at 87 by Richard Sandomir

She was a founder and the longtime artistic director of Shakespeare & Company, a repertory theater in western Massachusetts, and directed all his plays.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:54PM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at noon (Broadway Time)
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Theater Time Review: Best Shows of the First Half of the 2025-2026 Season by Joseph Cervelli

I always prefer listing not the best of the year but those that have opened the first half of the new theater season. Here they are. The listing of those from the second half will be up in M…

SOURCE: Theater Time at 12:42PM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 11am (Broadway Time)
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The Devil and Daniel Webster by Trav S.D.

Daniel Webster (1782-1852) was born on January 18; the statue dedicated to him in Central Park turns 150 years old this year. (A terrific article on the 1876 monument is here). When I was a …

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

Theatre Review: ‘Shakespeare in Harlem’ presented by Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in collaboration with UMBC by Ben Pierce

“Shakespeare in Harlem,” originally a collection of poems by Langston Hughes, first opened in New York City in 1960. Though it was widely loved, its run was cut short due to politics of …

SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:34AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 10am (Broadway Time)
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Steppin' to the Bad Side on Elaine Paige on Sunday by Broadway.com

Olivier-winning actress Elaine Paige is giving Broadway.com listeners a chance to hear her BBC Radio 2 show Elaine Paige on Sunday. This week's episode marks the third and final installment…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 10:42AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 9am (Broadway Time)
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The Elusive Andy Rice by Trav S.D.

The ephemeral reference above is the only image I came across that provides any sort of visual on vaudeville writer and performer Andy Rice (1881-1963). The path that led me to awareness of …

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:36AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 8am (Broadway Time)
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Being Alive: When Toronto’s Talk Is Free Theatre Trusts Sondheim, “Company” Soars by Ross

The Toronto Theatre Review: TIFT’s Company By Ross Two men enter quietly. One takes his place at the piano, the other at center stage. As a radio dial searches for a familiar frequency, sn…

SOURCE: front mezz junkies at 08:45AM

What’s Wrong With Benny Hill? review – a vivid reminder of what millions once found hilarious by Brian Logan

White Bear theatre, LondonMark Carey’s play asks why the former best-loved man on TV has been so thoroughly expunged from our comedy pantheon – but doesn’t have a great deal to add TV …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:31AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 7am (Broadway Time)
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‘I can’t waste this’: Michael Sheen on his riskiest role yet – saving Wales’s national theatre by Kate Wyver

When funding cuts closed National Theatre Wales, the actor saw it as an emergency, and set about building a replacement. As its first show comes to the stage, he explains his plan to bring b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 6am (Broadway Time)
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Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s MLK tribute concert offers message of ‘The Fierce Urgency of Now’ by Christopher Arnott

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra's tribute to the late civil rights leader, Jan. 22 at Asylum Hill Church in Hartford, offers a concert of classical, gospel and modern music.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 06:00AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 5am (Broadway Time)
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Yale Center for British Art probes the artistic influence of a ruthless global conglomerate by Christopher Arnott

“Painters, Ports, and Profit: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850," on view through June 21, highlights artists from India, Britain, and China that worked during that era.

SOURCE: Hartford Courant at 05:30AM
Sunday, January 18, 2026 at 1am (Broadway Time)
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Sunday, January 18, 2026 at midnight (Broadway Time)
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Lost to the Rock: Ambition, Mystery, and the Overcrowded Limits of Picnic at Hanging Rock by Ross

As a gentle piano ushers us in, the dreamer and the dream disappear into the night. There’s a quiet but decisive shift in the final moments of that first song, opening our eyes to a crowde…

SOURCE: Times Square Chronicles at 12:03AM

How the original company of ‘Ragtime’ was cast by Ruthie Fierberg

Jan. 18 marks the 28th anniversary of the musical’s opening — here’s how the star-studded cast first got together.

SOURCE: Broadway News Subscription at 12:01AM

Review: What to Wear at BAM Harvey by Loren Noveck

Paul Lazar and Annie-B Parson restage a Richard Foreman opera with panache for Prototype. Loren Noveck reviews. The post Review: What to Wear at BAM Harvey appeared first on Exeunt Magazine …

SOURCE: exeuntnyc.com at 12:01AM

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