Tonight, at a celebration honoring theater excellence on stages across the Washington area, theater artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered in the National Theatre’s …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:53PMTony-nominated musical Waitress, like its title character’s signature pies, has been a sweet and surprisingly complex treat for audiences nationwide, and now, it’s Atlanta’s turn to ex…
SOURCE: ArtsATL at 11:48PMDirected by Juana Macias, this situational comedy “Bajo el mismo techo” (“Under the Same Roof”), will play at Madrid’s Renoir Cinema from February 1, 2019.Last year the Hollywood R…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 11:45PMA tragic-comic gay comedy of manners, Kevin Elyot’s award–winning play, My Night With Reg, makes a welcome return to Sydney’s New Theatre this February as part of the 2019 Sydney…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:29PMNBC has passed on the Age of Aquarius. The eagerly anticipated live TV presentation of the groundbreaking rock musical Hair has been removed from the network's schedule. The li…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:24PMSeth Godin offers a very relatable example of why more data isn’t always better by emphasizing the need for vigilance when setting an alarm clock in a hotel room. If you set the alarm …
SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 11:12PMby Sam Hurwitt
A perennial problem for theatre companies in the Bay Area, and for Theatre Bay Area as their service organization, is that the region is bursting with an incredibly rich and …
SOURCE: Theatre Bay Area at 11:09PMListen: “Hair: Live” Pulled from NBC Lineup, “The Band’s Visit” to Close this Spring, Recapping “Skittles Commercial: The Musical” “Today on B…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 11:04PMAn eclectic mix of humor and charming music “La Fille du Regiment,” will be on stage at New York’s Met Opera from February 7- March 2, 2019.The website of Met Opera cites that Tenor Ja…
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NBC has pulled its upcoming live musical production of “Hair Live!” “Live musicals are a part of this network’s DNA and we are committed to continuing that tradition with the…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 09:47PMRita Morenostopped by theSiriusXMstudios to talk about the upcoming season of Netflix'sOne Day At A Time.While at the SiriusXM studios Moreno sat down withSiriusXM host Jessica Shawwhere the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42PMThe rock musical was slated to head to the network in May.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:41PMIt’s not just an orchestra setting anymore. The Music Center at Strathmore is nationally known, yet seems underappreciated in the DMV area. The present home of the National Philharmoni…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:36PMDay O! The life of the legendary Harry Belafonte is coming to Broadway. Ken Davenport, who produced “Once on this Island” and Categories:
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SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 09:24PMThree UK companies are staging Janacek’s tragedy of Russian provincial life almost simultaneously. Opera North’s revival of Tim Albery’s 2007 production opened
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:16PM“Philosophus” by Colin Speer Crowley and directed by Stan Levin is presently being performed by the Best Medicine Rep Theater Company at the Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg. …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:11PM“Arsenic and Old Lace” is like an old friend—comfortable, cozy, known. It’s not going to offer any surprises, but you hope the ride will be fun. ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ is…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 09:04PMAn artist is suing Ariana Grande, alleging copyright infringement over an image of a woman in a candle flame
SOURCE: USA Today at 09:04PMThe legendary songwriter Alan Menken comes to Chicago for a one-night-only performance at the historic [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 09:04PMWoolly Mammoth dominates the play category, with three shows in a top slot.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:04PMOn Monday, the Milwaukee Repertory Theater announced its 2019-20 season, marking Mark Clements’ 10th anniversary as artistic director. Kicking things off in the Stackner Cabaret will be �…
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Arthur Laurents, Stephen Sondheim, and Jule Styne’s “Gypsy” has long captivated audiences not only because of its beloved score but also because of its main character, Rose, wh…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 08:54PMMany stage to screen announcements were made in January, and we're here to catch you up on all the news. It was announced that 'Be Prepared' will be included in the live action version of TH…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:42PMMelbourne’s queen of cabaret has done it again! Lending her husky voice to her favourite Dolly Parton songs, she’s created another fabulous show. It covered a good balance Parton’s ext…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 08:36PMIt's been a little more than two weeks since the legendary Carol Channing died, but her presence and spirit can unquestionably be felt at Hello, Dolly! on the revival's national tour, which…
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Florida Grand Opera does daring works (we're looking forward to the upcoming final two of the season, Frida and Werther), but, to satisfy audiences who prefer to see the familiar, there is c…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 06:48PMSo “Mrs. Maisel” is a hit, according to Nielsen, averaging 1.9 million views in its second season. But the difficulties in coming up with an estimate of audience points to the ch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:32PMThis year, the candy company Mars expanded their reach considerably with a (still pretty limited) one-night-only show in New York starring Michael C. Hall called Skittles Commercial: The Br…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:32PMRob and Kevinare having a wild, wild party with the brilliant composerlyricist Michael John LaChiusa whose works include Hello, Again, The Wild Party, First Ladies Suite, First Daughters Sui…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMBroadwayWorld has just learned that UK star Lucie Jones will soon join the cast of Waitress on Broadway as Jenna.Sara Bareilles and Tony Award winner Gavin Creel just played their final show…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMHoly cabooses This past weekend,Garett Hawe, who plays Ambrose Kemper on the national tour of Hello, Dolly, took us behind the scenes at Hollywood's Pantages Theatre as he took overthe Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24PMJustin MaxwellHometown: Niagara FallsCurrent Town: New Orleans Q: What are you working on now?A: Right now I’m working on two scripts and a bunch of small non-fiction projects.…
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 06:24PMBright new monologue about coming of age in the Instagram era really rocksTitles matter: they send out messages. So, in the current #MeToo climate, isn't it a bit provocative that there's a …
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Belafonte's myriad hits include "The Banana Boat Song" (known to many as "Day-O"), "Matilda," and "Jump in the Line."
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:59PMBelafonte's myriad hits include "The Banana Boat Song" (known to many as "Day-O"), "Matilda," and "Jump in the Line."
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:59PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
Jelani Remy & Taylor Iman Jones to Sing High School Musical in Concert
A talented slate of New York stage alums will …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:48PMTHE love story of mercurial Broadway choreographer and Oscar winning director Bob Fosse and his wife, four-time Tony winner Gwen Verdon, will dance onto TV screens April 9. Their romance, to…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 05:36PM‘Cana of Galilee,’ the latest DIY offering from Kensington’s Hella Fresh Theater, considers growth and grief with surprising power. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:34PMThe Waitress alum will perform songs from Hello, Dolly!, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:30PMProducer Ken Davenport Once on This Island, Spring Awakening has obtained the Broadway stage rights to the life story of the great American singer, songwriter, actor and activist, Harry Bela…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PMOn this day in 1999, the Broadway revival of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown opened at the Ambassador Theater on Broadway.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 05:24PM“A nation whose citizens have no knowledge of history is asking to be led by quacks, charlatans, and jingos.” – The New Yorker
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PMPolice say the duo’s song is incitement to violence. They’ve been cracking down. Police interference has undoubtedly had an impact on the scene’s lyrics. “A lot of rappers ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:24PMEver since the historical musical "Hamilton" began its march to near-universal infatuation, one group has noticeably withheld its applause — historians. Many academics argue the portrait o…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 05:24PMSteppenwolf Theatre Company, First Folio, the Goodman, and many more venues will offer discounted tickets from February 7-17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:20PMThe documentary explores the history of the legendary disco nightclub, now a Broadway theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:10PMThe Watermill staged this piece of pulpy pleasure in 2017 for its 50th anniversary season, and it’s great that they’ve brought it
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Broadway producer Ken Davenport, whose revival of the Caribbean-themed Once on This Island took the top Tony Award in its category last year, has obtained the Broadway stage rights to the l…
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:48PMProducer Ken Davenport has acquired the stage rights to the life story of actor and singer Harry Belafonte. “Harry Belafonte is one of the most influential and respected Americans of the p…
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 04:46PMThe Broadway stage rights for the life story of the 91-year-old great American singer, songwriter, actor and activist, Harry Belafonte, have been obtained by Broadway producer Ken Davenport…
SOURCE: BroadwayBlack at 04:44PMEgoPo Classic Theater powerfully explores the doomed Prozorov sisters, and the future of South Africa, in Reza de Wet’s ‘Three Sisters Two.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:44PMA celebrated new Broadway revival of Sam Shepard's True West opened at the American Airlines Theatre on January 24. Buoyed by strong reception and electrifying lead performances from Eth…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMHarry Belafonte's life story could soon be told on the New York stage. Producer Ken Davenport has obtained Broadway stage rights to a musical framed around the life and times of the Gram…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 04:42PMThis year, rather than airing a Super Bowl ad, the candy corporation hired Will Eno and Michael C. Hall to do live, one-time-only musical. WTF?
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:35PMSherman Theatre’s artist development programme bears fruit in this gripping new play by its most recent graduates, writer Elgan Rhys and director
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:30PMBy Jennifer Kokai. Playwright Jenny Kokai talks about co-writing a piece of theatre for young audiences with her now twelve-year-old son.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 04:28PMGrosses for all the Broadway shows for the week ending 232019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMHer two adult sons are home alone and the combination is a toxic brew in this Sam Shepard classic.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMRita Morenostopped by theSiriusXMstudios to talk about the upcoming season of Netflix'sOne Day At A Time.While at the SiriusXM studios Moreno sat down withSiriusXM host Jessica Shawwhere the…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:18PMThis is an excellent time for someone to tell us how to think about these things. Social media has spawned a generation of un-Strunk-and-White-ified people who appear to believe that punctua…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMThat’s the contention of the CBC’s Catherine Tait. Netflix is such a force in Canada it’s difficult for homegrown productions to compete. As countries struggle to protect t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:18PMB Street Theatre is celebrating one year at the midtown performing arts complex known as The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for Performing Arts. The center opened in February 2018 and features …
SOURCE: The Sacramento Bee at 04:06PMTemple Theaters revives ‘Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine,’ an early Lynn Nottage play that nods to 19th-century sentimental fiction. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:03PMWith New York City temperatures hitting single digits, virtually every Broadway show saw at least some decline at the box office last week, and with two fewer productions on the boards than …
SOURCE: Deadline at 04:02PMThe Tony-winning Dear Evan Hansen also welcomed a new title player during the week ending February 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PMMemory and history entwine in this world premiere at the Goodman.
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The world premiere musical from Tony-winning director Jerry Mitchell is set to continue performances through March 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:48PMThe Tony nominee can currently be seen on screen in If Beale Street Could Talk.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:46PMBy . La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York City presents a performance of 55 Shades of Gay: Balkan Spring of Sexual Revolution by Qendra M
SOURCE: HowlRound at 03:43PMComprised of 27 short scenes in two parts that are each designated as being two acts and ranging from 1945 to 1954, "The Glen" is a stewpot of a play inspired by a real person’s life. Glen…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:33PMThe candy brand staged a Broadway-style musical on Super Bowl Sunday, and we've got the program from the one-night-only event.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMThe latest about The Band's Visit; Kiss Me, Kate; and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:24PMWelcome to this week's edition of BroadwayWorld's exclusive WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS - read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:24PMTheater for a New Audience will present Jackie Sibblies Drury’s shape-shifting play, which had its premiere at Soho Rep.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:18PMThe cast of The Prom kick ball changed their way to Broadway Sessions recently and brought all the Zazz Cast members Becca Lee, Mary Antonini, Teddy Toye, Joomin Hwang, Jack Sippel, Brittany…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PMOn Monday, March 4 at 630pm the medieval court of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table will come to life on the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater when Lin-Manuel Miranda stars a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 03:12PM“The basic truth of all Salvator Mundi stories is less exciting; it is an important painting with a solid connection to Leonardo da Vinci, and many rich people want to own it. Its dela…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMThe crew “just thought it was some painting, they had no idea it was worth many millions,” Mather-Lees told the Observer at a superyacht conference in London last week. “They are exp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:12PMEmma Rice will be stepping into the role of Nora Chance in the critically-acclaimed production of Wise Children, taking over the role from Etta Murfitt, from 26 March to 6 April, covering pe…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 03:10PMBy: David Sheward
February 4, 2019: Sam Shepard’s True West is on the long list of American classics stars salivate to be cast in. Like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Long Day’s J…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 03:01PMCody Simpson talks making his Broadway debut, Anastasia fans, dressing room must-haves, and his dream musical revival.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 03:00PMSoho Rep.’s acclaimed production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s fourth-wall-shattering new play will return this summer.
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In a new revival, Henry VIII lacks grandeur and Cromwell cunning. Without worthy adversaries, Sir Thomas More’s dilemma never delivers the drama.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:54PM by Matt Smith It’s been said that a team is only as good as its leaders, and all those who know that to be true in the music world packed Midtown hotspot Feinstein’s/54 Bel…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 02:46PMEdward Albee Transforms Primitive Ooze into Comedy by Barry David Horwitz When giant, human-size lizards in glorious green and gold lizard suits show up on the beach and start speaking Engli…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:45PMJenny Sealey, Artistic Director of Graeae, a theatre company that boldly places D/deaf and disabled actors centre stage, writes about directing a new production of Sarah Kane’s Blasted at …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:32PMDirected with touching simplicity by Henry and choreographed with a lyrical flow by Lorna Ventura, this Anne tells the well-known story utilizing a combination of voiceover readings, project…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 02:06PMManhattan School of Music, one of the world's foremost independent music conservatories and one of just two such institutions in the U.S. offering a Musical Theatre degree, this month presen…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:06PMAsghar Farhadi on the impact of censorship in Iran: “Each director finds his own way of dealing with it. It’s claimed restriction can lead to even greater creativity. I believe that’s …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PM“We were working too hard, making these elaborate things, and all of her stuff was really stripped down. She’d do five quizzes in a day, and I’d maybe do that many in a wee…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMIt’s rare to see an hour-long show so affecting that encompasses hundreds of years, many miles and several generations but feels intimate, immediate and personal, writes Carly Maga.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:05PMWhen you go to see The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 at Rockville Little Theatre — and you should — prepare to be confused. This is not a bug, it’s a feature. The comedy…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:04PMDonaldson, a long-time collaborator with the feminist company, takes over from Kelly Thornton in May.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 02:00PM
Manhattan School of Music's production reflects John Kander's favorite moments from all the various editions of the classic musical, including Bob Fosse's 1972 film adaptation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:56PMOffering timely explorations of important topics, 1st Stage continuously produces memorable plays. They are always solid, but The Brothers Size will knock you out. In it, a young man newly r…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:55PMThe world premiere musical, directed by Jerry Mitchell, is set to continue performances through March 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:49PMJustin Franzen doesn't want to see Denver's most devoted improvisers leave Denver for Los Angeles, New York, Chicago or Toronto.
SOURCE: Denver Post at 01:48PMRichard Skipper Celebrates…Love Aquarian Style at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, Sunday, February 10th, at 1:00pm, The USO Radio Show, A Tribute To The Music Of The World War II Years, Starr…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:41PMThe title of Topher Payne’s play is, of course, ironic. Set during the early 1950s “Lavender Scare,” a purge of gay and lesbian Federal employees coinciding with the Red Scare of that …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PMGreco's accomplishments in theatre were honored at a ceremony last week.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:32PMArtistic Director, Irina Kaplan Lande, worked for three years to bring Nikolai Lugansky to Columbia to perform for the Candlelight Society. It was well worth her efforts. Lugansk…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 01:32PMHistorians argue that Lin-Manuel Miranda got Alexander Hamilton all wrong — the Founding Father was a slave owner and an anti-immigration elitist who made war on Native Americans. Now, a n…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 01:18PMHe lit up An Octoroon, had a cult smash with Pomona and let loose deadly bunnies in Buggy Baby. Now the director is set to stun audiences with Peter Shaffer’s psychodrama Equus‘You have …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMPlays by Leah Nanako Winkler, Kate Hamill, and Herbert Siguenza will receive a staged reading at Cygnet Theatre.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:17PMLaurel Mill Playhouse delivers a madcap, hilarious examination of judicial frailty in Ian McWethy’s 12 Incompetent Jurors. The twelve jurors are a rollicking physical ensemble that makes y…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:12PMThe top growing current Broadway musicals wereThe Prom1.63,The Cher Show1.10,My Fair Lady0.97,Book of Mormon0.92 andPretty Woman0.88.The top growing current Broadway plays wereNetwork3.32,To…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMToday, Aurora's Paramount Theatre announced four musicals on tap for the company's ninth Broadway Series.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMGet an inside look at rehearsalsfor Roundabout Theatre Company's production of KISS ME, KATE, featuring a book by Sam and Bella Spewack, music and lyrics by Cole Porter, directed by Scott El…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMThe 9th AnnualGuild of Music SupervisorsAwards will honor composer and lyricistMarc Shaimanwith the Icon Award, according to Variety. The awardstakeplace on February13at the Theatre at Ace H…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMBroadwayWorld has a first look atPaper Mill Playhouse's world premiere of My Very Own British Invasion with book by Tony award-winnerRick Elice. My Very Own British Invasion will continue th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMBroadwayWorld has a first look at Paper Mill Playhouse's world premiere of My Very Own British Invasion with book by Tony award-winner Rick Elice Peter and the Starcatcher. My Very Own Briti…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:04PMA survey by streaming service Deezer found that the average person reaches “musical paralysis” — when she or he primarily listens to familiar tracks and does not seek out n…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:04PMOfficials told reporters on Saturday at the site that the chambers, which were cut out of rock, belonged to a middle-class family who probably lived during the Ptolemaic, early Roman or Byza…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:04PMEverything The Yard does is underpinned by three values, Jay Miller said. The first is that “the stories we tell have to feel like they aren’t being told by mainstream culture. The secon…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:04PMDance and performance beat the February blues with festivals and performance that range from multidisciplinary to classical.
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 01:00PMWhen “RuPaul’s Drag Race” launched on Logo a decade ago, it was watched by so few people that the inaugural run was later lovingly dubbed “The Lost Season.” But as the years and se…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMI am bemused. Last night I was at a show which has been an immense hit in its lifetime and has been described as masterful by the press.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 01:00PM
Paris’ 30 minuscule theatres sprang from the city’s ‘cafe theatre’ tradition, but now their owners say they are being hit by a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:53PMGypsy is a grand, brilliant affair. Then and now and forever. And Toby’s Dinner Theatre is giving it a first class production. This is the story of Rose (Cathy Mundy). The precursor to th…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMFew words strike fear into the hearts of wide swaths of the theatre-going population than ‘Audience Participation.’ But when said participation involves sipping champagne, swanning aroun…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:48PMMatthew Hydzik brings Instagram along for a two-show day at Broadway's The Cher Show.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 12:47PMThe Off West End Theatre Awards 2019, which celebrate independent theatres in London, were announced at a ceremony at Battersea Arts Centre
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:41PMIsn’t it annoying when you realise that a show you’ve been meaning to see for ages ups and leaves Theatreland before you get a chance?We feel your pain, and we also hate the thought of y…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 12:40PMMidway through Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical, which performed on the Great White Way Sunday afternoon, Michael C. Hall dies. To be clear, that’s not the Michael C. Hall you kno…
SOURCE: Vulture at 12:39PMThe Mary Poppins Returns composer-lyricist is being honored for his achievements in film, television, and soundtracks.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:38PMThe Roundabout revival starring Kelli O’Hara and Will Chase will begin performances February 14 at Studio 54.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:37PMThere was one disappointing thing that I kept thinking during the recording of my podcast with Maury Yeston. During the recording of my podcast with the two time Tony winner, I kept think…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:35PMInstead of paying $5 million to run a Super Bowl ad, Skittles produced a live musical at Manhattan’s Town Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:31PMhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/943797-episode-176-maury-yeston.mp3 There was one disappointing thing that I kept thinking during the recording of my podcast with Maury Yeston. During the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:30PMIt’s the best day of the year: Galentine’s Day! It’s time to head out on the town with your best girlfriends for a night of celebrating each other. Check out these musicals that would …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:25PMHe's got the right stuff! Joey McIntyre, the talented star who rose to fame as part of the '80s boy band New Kids on the Block, returns to Broadway on February 4 as Dr. Pomatter in W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMGeorge Salazar, the acclaimed actor set to appear as Michael in the Broadway premiere of Be More Chill, has signed on to lead Broadway.com's new vlog—"Pac-Man Tattoo"…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:24PMThis post is one of a series honoring Black History Month. It’s the birthday of Charles Correll (1890-1972), not exactly a hero to people of color, but it is the second day of Black Hi…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:24PMA chance encounter in a public place is the inciting incident that launches Simon Stephens’ play Heisenberg.
Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, an
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 12:24PMFriday “Bonnie and Clyde: The Musical”: At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America's most renowned f…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:20PMJoe Wright’s solo show about the Irish homelessness crisis, one of a number of pieces coming to the Vault Festival from the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:16PMThe Tony Award nominee will return April 17.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:16PMThe acclaimed actor, who has starred in The IT Crowd and Humans, is currently on stage in Home, I’m Darling. She joins us for a webchat on Thursday 7 February at 1pm 4.31pm GMT “I’m go…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12PMJames Saunders' play about love, marriage and sex, Bodies, will be staged for the first time since 1979, when it is revived by Two's Company later this month. The production, directed by Tri…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:09PMThis isn’t up for debate, so please stop saying or writing, “singers and musicians.” Why does it matter? “This subtle but false dichotomy reinforces many of the assum…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMStudents are actively integrated into a system that collects data about their behavior, quantifies it, and packages it for parents and the school itself. In an era of data rooms and standard…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:04PMWhile German theatre design has no single defining aesthetic, its exponents are known for being less reserved than their British counterparts. They
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMWith confidence and polish that cover all aspects of production, Melbourne Opera takes on another Wagner opera The Flying Dutchman with further success.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:00PMStories from the original Ariel about the recording studio, how she felt about hearing the song for the first time, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMPhotographer Billy Bustamante showcases Broadway swings from Mean Girls, Waitress, Once On This Island, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMThe cast's Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp, B.D. Wong, and more are still ever-present on stage and screen.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMPhiladelphia illusionist wows audiences with special effects both great and intimate.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:00PMNina Simone seemed happy in the 1980s, singing in Ronnie Scott’s swinging London jazz club, a resident European star in front an adoring audience, wowing with the incomparable diversity of…
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 12:00PM
The new company will begin performances February 26 at the Duchess Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMFollowing her sold out performance on January 30th, Hailey Kilgore will return to Feinstein's54 Below for a special encore show Featuring a wide range of songs that have inspired and shaped …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:54AMForget a box of chocolates: Broadway is your sure bet for Valentine’s Day. Spend the evening on a memorable date night, or make it a dream come true with tickets to a favorite show. Pretty…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 11:48AMComposer and lyricist Marc Shaiman will be honored with the Icon Award at the 9th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, taking place Feb. 13 at the Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:30AMCharlotte Bevan, head of the National Theatre’s Creative Diversity Project, is to receive a special award for outstanding contribution to casting. She
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:17AMRice's adaptation of the Angela Carter novel was the first production from her new theatre company with London's Old Vic, also named Wise Children.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:05AMSo what do you do with theatre programmes aka playbills (in the USA)? They make nice souvenirs of an evening out but what if you’re in the theatre working three or four times a week? You�…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
On Monday, Paramount Theatre in Aurora announced the four musicals lined up for its 2019-20 Broadway season. Things take off with “Newsies,” the Disney musical pulled from the headlines …
SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 10:55AMThe 23rd annual Excellence in Production Design Awards ceremony took place February 2 in Los Angeles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:54AMIn If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins and cinematographer James Baxton worked with location designers who knew the details both of the New York of today and of James Baldwin’…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMDirector Marianne Elliott, whose Company just won a best musical award, says that older women in every area of the theatre world are sidelined “because they are perceived as ‘not…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMWesley Morris, on Ralph Northam’s press conference: “The governor wasn’t arguing that his young self came to see that blackface was wrong because he had learned how minstrelsy …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMCamille Brown burst into Broadway with her choreography for the award-winning revival of Once on This Island, and now she’s everywhere, even using a dramaturg to help tell stories o…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:54AMThe song, written for the pregnant protagonist of “Waitress,” has been claimed, unexpectedly, by men, children and singers of all sorts.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:54AMThe Trial of the Chicago 7 will also feature Sacha Baron Cohen, Seth Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Jonathan Majors.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:20AMThe Play That Goes Wrong will have a new cast starting at the end of the month - who'll probably celebrate by taking out new accident insurance policies.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:19AMDuring Sunday's Super Bowl, John Legend and Adam Levine collaborated on a song that resonates with parents of newborns everywhere: "Stinky Booty Duty."
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SOURCE: USA Today at 10:19AMGabriel Barre will direct the Manhattan Concert Productions presentation.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMPianist Kirill Gerstein's take on Busoni is exhilarating; the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra serves the forceful music of composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann, and violinist Elina Välhälä do…
SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:06AMIn a promo for their Carpool Karaoke segment, the leading quartet sing a re-written version of the signature Rent tune.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:04AM No other company went as full-Broadway as Skittles, which, in lieu of a commercial during the Super Bowl, staged on Super Bowl Sunday a one-day, 40-minute live “Skittles Commerc…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:02AMThe hits keep coming: August Wilson's blues-tinged vision of Chicago in the twenties, a locally-set sequel-of-sorts from the playwright of "The Madres," and a rock musical from the company t…
SOURCE: www.newcitystage.com at 10:00AMI have often been asked if I listen to music differently when reviewing or not reviewing. It’s an interesting question. There is, you could say, a heightened level of awareness when ‘in …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMRoberta Zuric regularly works with Incognito Theatre Company, which focuses on creating physical theatre. Zuric tells Giverny Masso about Incognito’s latest show,
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The board is investigating a series of allegations against its music director and conductor, Matthew Savery, while he remains in his job. A letter accusing him of serious bullying “was…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMThe 2010 movie Social Network isn’t perfect – though the fact that it looks like a horror movie now feels eerily accurate. But “the movie mocks one of the ideas that, from…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMWilliam Jackson Harper wants dark-skinned actors to have a lot more choices – and for himself, personally, aside from playing a nerdy, dead ethics professor on The Good Place, he wan…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:48AMInstead of paying $5 million to run a Super Bowl ad, Skittles produced a live musical at Manhattan’s Town Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:47AMBroadwayWorld has teamed up with Broadway alum Ilana Levine, who makes her entrance onto the podcast stage with her new show Little Known Facts. Ilana's unique brand of celebrity interview, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMFrom stage to screen, Broadway will be represented on TV for the week of February 4, 2019
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 09:42AMPlaybill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:40AMThe Tony-nominated performer found herself discovering the musical anew just prior to its acclaimed concert presentation at Feinstein's/54 Below.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:39AMAt the time of its closing, the show will have played 589 regular and 36 preview performances. The Broadway run will be followed by a national tour.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:24AMTurns out, "The Wizard of Oz" truly is great and powerful -- and benevolent to the Colorado Ballet. The company's new production of the classic tale took on historic proportions before it ev…
SOURCE: Denver Post at 09:24AMBy Ezra Brain. Ezra Brain looks at how queer theatremakers can reclaim familiar genres and forms—like musicals and kitchen sink dramas—to create a mainstream queer theatrical culture.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:17AMThe artist’s signature style is on display at the Hepworth Wakefield with the ancient pieces that have inspired her
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 09:11AMIt continues to be Black History Month; it’s not just February 1! So we find it excellent that Film Forum is choosing to screen these two Godfrey Cambridge comedies for their Far Out i…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMCasting is complete for Manhattan Concert Productions' upcoming staging of the celebrated musical The Scarlet Pimpernel. The previously announced production, directed by Tony nominee Gab…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:06AMLess than a year after winning 10 Tony Awards including Best Musical, The Band's Visit will conclude its run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 7, 2019, exactly 18 months after…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 09:06AMWhile Album of the Year is the most prestigious Grammy award and also the most confusing (witness Herbie Hancock’s “The Joni Letters” defeating Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black” in…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:05AM“The Band’s Visit,” a musical adaptation of a 2007 Israeli film that became an unlikely stage hit, will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Whe…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:04AMNiall Sheehy, Rebekah Lowings & Jacqui DuBois – the stars of the Ghost The Musical – based on the Oscar-winning film, chat about bringing the iconic story to the stage.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMThis week we are featuring Jack Abrams. Jack is the creator of Broadway Bricks, a one-a-kind idea where Broadway and plastic meet. Building bricks (Legos) are made to look like characters fr…
SOURCE: broadwaywiz.com at 09:00AMLast year Erin Treadway broke bones and stopped the show, but now she's back in Leegrid Stevens's solo piece about a weightless trip to Mars.
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Arinze Kene’s play Good Dog is a tale that will be familiar to working class inner-city dwellers across the UK. Kwaku Mills’
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:55AMThe standup, writer and actor on the things that make her laugh the mostI equally loved Lee Cornes and Nick Hancock. Lee Cornes once did the same set in the first half and the second half of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMFormer artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe steps into limelight in her production of Angela Carter adaptationThe theatre director Emma Rice is to take over one of the lead roles in Wi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMAriana Grande has weathered criticism over her new tattoo of Japanese characters, which she publicly fixed after an initial misspelling.
SOURCE: USA Today at 08:53AMYes, it’s old news (a week old) that BuzzFeed was laying off huge numbers of journalists. And HuffPost. And TechCrunch. But it’s more recent – if still last week’s &#…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMHe had 45 seconds in this particular iteration of his fame. – AdAge
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMRodriguez, together with her husband Augie, brought the mambo to life on TV, including on The Ed Sullivan Show and Broadway Tonight. “At the height of their fame, they danced in Lo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMNPR’s TV critic, Eric Deggans, explains the great, the not-so-great, the surprising (spoiler alert: There were a lot of ads with surprise celebrity sightings), the useless (Pepsi, plea…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMHere are the Broadway, Off-Broadway and West End shows which opened on February 4 along with all of the upcoming show openings, closings and special events
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMComplete casting and creative team has been announced for Manhattan Concert Productions' concert performance of Tony Award-nominated musical The Scarlet Pimpernel, on February 18, 2019 at 80…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMThe 10-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical The Band's Visit will play its final performance on Broadway on Sunday, April 7, 2019. Upon closing, the production will have played 589 regular a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMThe box office for BURN THIS will open today, February 4 at 10am EST at Hudson Theatre 141 West 44th Street.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 08:36AMBon Anniversaire to comic character Gus “Pop” Leonard (Amédée Théodore Gaston Lerond, 1859-1939). Born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, he immigrated to San Francisco…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:06AMDave is not having a good year. He’s unemployed, his drinking is out of control and his wife Cath has abandoned him.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:02AMBy Douglas Mayo
First production images have been released from Ivo Van Hove’s new adaptation of All About Eve starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James at London’s Noel Coward Th…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:01AMAnthropocene, from Scottish Opera at the King’s, is a work that is constantly shifting its ground both dramatically and musically; while it is absorbing it never entirely solidifies.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMBroadway’s The Band’s Visit, winner of 10 Tony Awards, a commercial success and widely praised by critics, will play its final performance on Sunday, April 7, producers announced…
SOURCE: Deadline at 08:00AM“The Band’s Visit,” last year’s Tony Award winner for Best Musical, has announced a closing date of April 7. After opening on Broadway on Nov. 9, 2017, the musical received positive …
SOURCE: Broadway.News Subscription at 08:00AMHow do you turn a timeless American novel into a bold new ballet? PBT’s “Great Gatsby” has been a work in progress since late 2017.
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The ten-time Tony-winning musical will play its final performance in April.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:59AMOr actually, that’s what was chosen by the Directors’ Guild of America – and the film’s director, Alfonso Cuarón, also won best director, probably cementing his stat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMShe’s almost always writing about such horror that it’s incomprehensible. But “Morrison has constructed a language adapted to the needs of a people who of necessity live at…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMBut they rule our lives. Can Amazon’s ToS, which would take more than nine hours to read aloud, be changed? Can any company’s? – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:36AMAccording to a report published in News International, the Paris-African-American writers have been ignored for too long by Hollywood but “things are going to change radically,” declared…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 07:26AMAs another artistic director falls prey to the Twitter mob, I review my own relationship with the medium.
SOURCE: shentonstage.com at 07:25AMFirst seen in 2007, Tim Albery’s production of Janacek’s small-Russian-town tragedy returns for a revival. Hildegard Bechtler’s costumes indicate the staging’s repositioning
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:24AMHOT on Broadway (adj): fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.BROADWAY HEAT: BE MORE CHILL EDITIONJust like the show, which just moved into the Lyceum Theatre…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:12AMThe original trailer for Corn’s-a-Poppin’, Robert Altman’s first film, released in 1956: To learn more about the history of this film, go here. (This is the latest in a serie…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMJean Anouilh’s The Orchestra is an interesting snapshot of a period of social history that is often overlooked.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“It is very natural that clever young men should be rather odious. They are conscious of gifts that they do not know how to use. They are exasperated with the world that will not recognize…
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Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹 is a story that's very personal to director/creator Jennifer Tang. Find out why in their interview below, and discover why the show's cast is so excited to be …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:58AMThe question of whether to tamper with Shakespeare’s words in productions for young audiences is a big one. On the one hand
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:57AMLast week, The Stage reported how Netflix is moving into screening theatre productions. It will produce a specially created version of the Broadway
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:46AMWhen you think of festivals, you instantly start thinking about standing in the rain, getting cold and being stuck in large crowds. Well MT Fest UK is going to be the exact opposite if that.…
SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 06:46AMA new initiative that seeks to bridge the gap between relaxed performances in the West End has launched, offering young people with
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMA new 1,000-seat, multi-purpose cultural venue has launched in Wigan. The Edge consists of a 1,000-seat arena-style space and a 300-capacity studio
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:34AMAll in Row is set on the eve of a couple's non-verbal autistic son being taken into care. The child is portrayed by a puppet. What was the thinking behind this and other choices in the play?…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:30AMEve Myles and David Threlfall took home the main acting prizes at this year’s BBC Audio Drama Awards. BBC Radio 4’s four-year
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:29AMGood morning, BroadwayWorld, and Happy Monday Begin your week the only way Broadway fans know how - by catching up on the latest news
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 06:24AMTelling the story of two survivors of the Armenian genocide forging new lives in America, Richard Kalinoski’s 1992 play Beast on the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:15AMBy Douglas Mayo
Casting has been announced for MT Fest UK – a two week festival of new musical theatre presented by Paul Taylor-Mills at The Other Palace Theatre, London in February 20…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:06AMLambert Jackson Productions brought together three powerful female voices for this stunning concert, West End Women.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:00AMBradley Cooper‘s remake of “A Star is Born” has reaped bids with 12 of the 13 guilds that hand out awards but has yet to win with any of the six heard from so far. Cooper w…
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West End Live will take place in Trafalgar Square, London on 22 and 23 June 2019. This completely free event celebrates the best of the West End theatre and is now in its fif…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:34AMThe grass is actually greener on the other side.
SOURCE: Forbes at 05:31AMThis year’s Schwabacher Recital Series will have an assortment of artists converging to perform at San Francisco’s Taube Atrium Theater on select dates from February 13-April 24, 2019.SF…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:31AMMissed the boat: Crystal Bennes reviews Scottish Opera's new commission about scientists on a research expedition to Greenland.
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SOURCE: exeuntmagazine.com at 05:24AM“Die lustige Witwe”(“The Merry Widow”) by Franz Lehar will be on stage at Kungliga Operan, Stockholm from April 19, 2019 –June 8, 2019.This is the story of Hanna Glawari, a hugely …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:14AMThere’s a reason Showstopper! won an Oliver Award; there’s a reason why this show (which on the tin has the potential to be messy) has been running for near enough 12 years without fail,…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AMMichael Schulman on the star of the one-woman show, who learned, after a curtain-call tumble, that having two broken arms is not unlike being an astronaut.
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A MORE INTIMATE TITANIC MADE EPIC It’s telling that the 1997 musical Titanic won Tony Awards for each nomination — Best Musical, Peter Stone’s book, Maury Yeston’s sc…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:45AMShe wrote, directed and starred in prickly comedies that put power in women’s hands. But she did not see her greatest success. As Waitress hits the stage, stars remember an explosive talen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMHottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Monday, February 4, 2019 - Monday, February 4, 2019.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 02:04AMBlue/Orange – Birmingham Repertory Theatre Daniel Bailey, associate director at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, directs a revival of Joe Penhall’s intelligent examination of institutional
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI had the fortune to spend this week in the company of many theatre directors, some established, some at the start of
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI recall a conversation with a Jewish friend in the late 1970s, when the mini-series Holocaust was shown on British television. She
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Having mesmerised listeners around the globe with his majestic and talented style of balalaika playing, Russian born musician Alexey Arkhipovskiy is set to perform across Australia in 2019.…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:53AMAmazon Prime Video has announced an eight-episode documentary series on the life of the Real Madrid and Spain captain Sergio Ramos, reports Daily Mail.Produced by the US arm of “Bake Off�…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:23AMWriters Merja Aakko and Mika Ronkainen win the 2019 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for “All the Sins” at Goteborg Film Festival.Funded by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, this year's award …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:21AMHoned during an eighteen month stint in Las Vegas, then the Edinburgh Festival, and last year at the Sydney Opera Show, The Miss Behave Gameshow delivers exactly what it promises – a r…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 12:14AMSara Jean Ford and Becca Kotte star in the title roles.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMThe Tony-winning actress helms Strindberg's The Dance of Death for Classic Stage Company---Victoria Clark has been job hunting lately, but not in a desperate way. A celebrated Broadway perfo…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMIn The Dance Enthusiast Asks Edisa Weeks about Her Three-Part Work Three Rites: Life, Liberty, Happiness: "Weeks, who sees dance and performance as spiritual and communal practices, aims to …
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