With the world premiere of DC playwright David Kessler’s fictional memory play, Gwen & Ida: The Object is of No Importance, Nu Sass & Uncle Funsy present an enlightening window int…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:51PMYID! promised to take “centuries-old Yiddish songs” and present them in a variety of musical styles, from 1930s Big Band to modern-day Electronica. The ensemble of 20+ musicians certainl…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:48PMAustralian producers John Frost and Suzanne Jones have announced that Australian superstar Jason Donovan will be joining the cast of the multi-award winning, record breaking musical Chicago …
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 11:28PM Cockpit in Court Summer Theatre, in residence at CCBC Essex, will perform Sylvia by American playwright and novelist A. R. Gurney June 15 through June 30. All performances will be held at …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 11:20PMMillennial Notes Leguizamo & Taccone Transform Latin Colonial History by Tyler Jeffreys Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. �…
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Congratulations to Broadway alums Nick Cordero and Amanda Kloots, who have announced the birth of a son, Elvis Eduardo, born on June 10. Married couple Cordero and Kloots first met while per…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMThe celebrated new musical Hadestown led the winners of the 73rd annual Tony Awards on June 9 in a charming ceremony led by Tony winner James Corden. CBS' telecast of the Tonys, however, s…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMThe 73rd annual Tony Awards on June 9 saw major prizes go to a number of productions and stars. The week leading up to the annual celebration of the Great White Way showed strong numbers for…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMWhile the 73rd Tony Awards, hosted by James Corden, was full of exciting and thrilling performances by the Best Musical nominees and more (shoutout to Best Play nominee Choir Boy). After th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today and this weekend. Dave Malloy's Sold-Out Octet Adds Special Benefit Performance
Signature Theatre's acclaimed, sold-out world p…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMAfter an thrilling day of rehearsals, matinees and then the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, the only thing left to do is celebrate! Tony winners, nominees, and everyone in between took to the town…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMThe 2019 Tony Awards are officially over! June 9 was a night of powerful speeches, unforgettable performances and yet another iconic Billy Porter fashion statement. Here are some illustratio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMWe chatted with the 2019 Tony winners just minutes after the took the stage at Radio City Music Hall on Broadway's biggest night.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMThe 73rd Annual Tony Awards ceremony was filled to the brim with charm. Emceed by Tony-winning stage alum and small-screen star James Corden, this year's Tonys, held on June 9 at Radio City…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 08:54PMHadestown honored with 8 Awards, including Best Musical, on Broadway’s Biggest Night, while The Ferryman won 4 Awards, including Best Play.
By: Patrick ChristianoJune 10, 2019: The …
SOURCE: theaterlife at 08:31PMThis entertaining opera is a real soap opera, given that it chronicles the fallout of the passionate protagonist's unrequited love.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:06PMJohn DeLorean remains an unwieldy figure whose story is difficult to frame -- the new film leaves much unreported and unexplored.
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Toss a file and you’ll hear the sound of crumpled paper hitting a wastebasket rim. Lock your iPhone and you’ll hear a padlock snap. As Apple sound designer Hugo Verweij explained at a re…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMBarnes & Noble will probably never be the cultural and commercial force it once was, even if it doesn’t end up quite those dire straits. It has missed too many opportunities by now. Bu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMRoberta Smith: “MoMA’s imminent closing and reopening casts everything now on view in an unusual light. You can see the future bearing down on the museum’s fabulous if blinkered past, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThere’s a disconnect between the insistence on the theater world’s wokeness and the blandness and inoffensiveness of the show. Or perhaps there isn’t. – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMFor 15 years, MAKE: guided adults and children through step-by-step do-it-yourself crafting and science projects, and it was central to the maker movement. Since 2006, Maker Faire’s 20…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThe research shows that when we decide to use our phones to check work email, to check up on the kids or any other activities that have nothing to do with the festival, our satisfaction with…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMTeaching autonomous cars to spot which objects are important and which aren’t, and then know what to do about it, is a difficult thing. – Aeon
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMMusic played an outsize role in the evolution of the internet. As Larry Lessig put in Free Culture: “Filesharing music was the crack cocaine of the internet’s growth. It drove demand f…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMBelonging to the London cluster made writers substantially more productive. The study found that “the average writer in London saw their productivity go up by 12 percent. By comparison, wr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMIt’s hard not to see the increased popularity of all these events, alongside the rise in physical book sales and the modest resurgence of vinyl, as part of a new preference for the tangibl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMLast month The Atlantic published an essay by an Elizabethan scholar that suggested that “an Elizabethan writer named Emilia Bassano might have had a hand, or more, in the creation of Will…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMThe Tonys ceremony, a local party opened to the nation by the patronage of CBS, is a more welcoming showcase for idealism than the billion-dollar business of Broadway. But in paying tribute …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:33PMRajiv Joseph's "Archduke," playing TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, is a dark comedy that shows how the violent start to World War I could happen today.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:21PMThe annual post-Tony shake-out of Broadway closings has yet to get underway, but the pre-scheduled departure of Network last week saw the Bryan Cranston starrer set a couple of records on it…
SOURCE: Deadline at 05:18PMThe stage adaptation will hit the U.K. stage in 2020.
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The Back to the Future musical is moving full steam ahead. The show released its first original track on Monday, titled “Put Your Mind To It” and sung by the production’s Marty McFly,…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 04:47PMThe definitive list of the oldest performers to win in each acting category.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:36PMWhat's it like to actually go to the Tonys? And what did this year's show get right and wrong? Rebecca is joined by The Ensemblist's Mo Brady for a special post-Tony episode.
SOURCE: play.acast.com at 04:30PMThe performer/director/leadership coach, who founded San Francisco's Ferocious Lotus, will take the reins of the Twin Cities company this fall.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 04:24PMForest Treás is a fictionalized cozy Mayberry-type Maryland town described by its residents as the “safest place” to live. This original story loosely inspired by conditions surroundi…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:18PMAsk any hoofer to name their favorite dance movies, and you’re bound to hear Singin’ in the Rain among their list. The classic 1952 Hollywood musical about the waning days of silent film…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:18PMA quarter-century ago, C. Brian Williams, who’d honed his step-dancing skills as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha at Howard University, was visiting South Africa at the dawn of the Nelson Mande…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:18PMPlenty of pop culture real estate—from The Omen to We Need to Talk About Kevin, to name a few—has been devoted to parents coming to terms with the possibility that their child may be pur…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 04:18PMAudiences clamored to catch the Carneys before Broadway’s biggest night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:16PMPeter Filichia, the author of the wonderful and witty off Broadway play God Shows Up, explains how his play came into being. “GOD SHOWS UP actually happened because of Eric Krebs - the lo…
SOURCE: Talk Entertainment at 04:06PMWith most of the awards landing in predictable hands and a host who failed to add the requisite pizzazz, the annual Broadway love-in felt rather flat
The 2019 Tony awards began with James Co…
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by Mo Brady
All in all, the 73rd Annual Tony Awards were a great night for the New York Theatre community. Hosted by Broadway vet James Corden at Radio City Music Hall, the concept that thea…
SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 03:48PMThe musical 'Hadestown' took top honors in a hopeful ceremony that pointed the way forward for the theatre field.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 03:39PM(CBS News, 6/10.) “Hadestown,” the brooding musical about the underworld, had a heavenly night at the Tony Awards, winning eight trophies Sunday night including best new musical and gett…
SOURCE: stagevoices.com at 03:30PMThe productions celebrated the 2019 Tony Awards with their cast and creative teams following the 73rd annual ceremony June 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:17PMDon’t wait to book these award-winning shows
SOURCE: ShowTickets.com at 03:11PMLike many of us, Emma Bentley was not happy to see Emilia close early. Here, she ponders why: bad ticket sales? bad marketing? The white men at the ‘top’? When something ends early it’…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PMOut of all the winners (and losers) in the 26 competitive categories at the 2019 Tony Awards, 24 stand out as particularly noteworthy when considered in the context of history. So what were …
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Check out our exclusive party photos and quotes from Hadestown, The Prom, Oklahoma!, What the Constitution Means to Me, and O&M after-after party.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 02:56PMIt’s June, a time for anniversaries, celebrations and commemorations. Where can you simultaneously look back with fond nostalgia at British pluck and cheek, and party for Pride month? How …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:53PMAs a schoolboy, John Wyver was blown away by Brook’s famous RSC production. Then he discovered some filmed fragments. How would they compare with his memories?
We were told by our English …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:48PMVeteran designers Ann Roth, Jennifer Tipton, and Christine Jones can claim more than 130 years of Broadway success combined, not to mention a vast array of other theater credits and work in …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 02:42PMJust a few jottings about minor movie musical star June Haver (1926-2005), whom we’ve had occasion to mention here a few times. Haver’s mother was an actress, her father a musician. When…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:36PMThe crash occurred Monday afternoon at the corner of 51st Street and 7th Avenue.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:36PMJune 9, 2019: Photos of Winners at the 2019 Tony Awards, where Hadestown dominated the evening winning 8 awards, including Best Musical; The Ferryman was named Best Play.
Photography/Vi…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 02:35PMFrom the cast of Ain't Too Proud to Kelli O'Hara, Michael Urie, and more, here were the Broadway stars who dazzled us at the ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:30PMLOOT CONDUCT At a time when drawing room comedies ruled West End theatre, and even the shock of the raw emotions depicted in Osborne’s Look Back in Anger had faded, a complacent London aud…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:25PMUPDATE with George Salazar, Joe Iconis responses James Corden is giving some Be More Chill credit where it’s due. After drawing some online criticism for not tipping off the national Tony …
SOURCE: Deadline at 02:15PMCatch up on everything from the the red carpet, Radio City Music Hall, the parties, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:01PM2019 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Honoree talks about serving as an ally to the community that inspires her.
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Playbill offers an extensive selection of available jobs within the theatre industry, serving as the online source for careers in theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMFrom a reflection on Pride to calls for inclusivity, there were some running themes throughout the 73rd annual ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:57PMNominations for the 2019 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards® Presented by The Broadway League and [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:54PMFew modern day musicals are as complex in their storytelling as Tom Kitt and Brian [...]
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SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 01:54PMJAY Records will release the new album in November.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:52PMTake a look at all of the performances from the 2019 Tony Awards telecast, featuring Ain’t Too Proud, Tootsie, Oklahoma!, Beetlejuice, The Prom, Choir Boy, Hadestown, Kiss Me, Kate, and Th…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 01:36PMCopland, Rachmaninoff, and some "Very Young Composers" are on the program for the concerts, performed in all five boroughs June 11–16.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:26PMCohen is clearly an intelligent, well-read man, familiar with the twists and turns of different periods and styles. "Midnight Street" is chock full of ideas, poetic meanderings and some wo…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 01:22PMSwinging lights. Broadway beefs. Words of wisdom. And a restroom serenade. If only some of the highlights were on TV.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PMFrom the Academy Awards to the Met Gala to the Tonys, Billy Porter shakes up the ho-hum pre-show and wins the night — before the awards even begin.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:12PMGo inside Radio City Music Hall with host James Corden and the star-studded audience at the June 9 show.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:11PMThe Australian Ballet heads straight back down the rabbit hole, returning award-winning 2017 hit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to the Melbourne stage for a very welcome encore season.
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American people give birth—and what happens next, in a nation with little support for parents? The Philadelphia premiere of ‘Cry It Out’ at Simpatico brings these families’ struggles…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:58PMJune 9, 2019: Winners of the 2019 Tony Awards, where Hadestown dominated the evening winning 8 awards, including Best Musical; The Ferryman was named Best Play.
SOURCE: theaterlife at 12:55PMKate AttwellHometown: London, UKCurrent Town: Brooklyn, NYQ: Tell me about your play in the EST Marathon.
A: Jesus in Manhattan - I guess what feels most important to me to say, is …
SOURCE: ADAM SZYMKOWICZ at 12:52PMAs an actor, director and prolific playwright, Philip Osment, who has died at the age of 66, played a leading role in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:37PMPittsburgh Public Theater ends its season with a haunting, provocative production; CLO opens with nostalgia and a sparkling Clay AIken.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 12:34PMThe 73rd Annual Tony Awards aired live on CBS on Sunday, June 9. The ceremony celebrated the best of Broadway this season. Check out some of our favorite moments from the red carpet. View a …
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 12:22PMCBS saw a dip in the ratings with its June 9 broadcast of the 73rd annual ceremony.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:11PMThe Playbill Pride piano is located in Christopher Park, just outside the historic Stonewall Inn.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:09PMThe Tony Awards celebrated the best of Broadway on Sunday night, in a ceremony that kicked off with a star-filled musical number from host James Corden and ended with big wins for Hadestown …
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 12:09PMIt’s a tale as old as time: far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells, a prince in disguise. But at Creative Cauldron, “Beauty and the Beast” is given a fresh twist. Reimagined …
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 12:07PMThe 2019 Tony Awards took place on June 9 in New York, where winning shows included Hadestown, Tootsie, The Ferryman and Oklahoma!.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:03PMBruno Poet tells Nick Smurthwaite about the importance of tungsten lighting following the proposed EU ban, going on tour with Sigur Ros
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:00PMLet’s stop smilingly pretending that tatty, cramped dives with dreadful lavatories are more artistically expressive than venues which conform to modern standards.
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Theatre by the Lake has staged both Abigail’s Party and Educating Rita in recent years. Jim Cartwright’s 1992 play The Rise and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMBy Douglas Mayo
Two of the actors currently performing in Jon Brittain's acclaimed play Rotterdam were victims of a homophobic attack whilst the show played at the Nuffield Southampton Theat…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 11:49AMPaul Darrow will be best remembered as the dour, dangerous, increasingly unhinged Avon, a glowering Machiavellian presence in Terry Nation’s critically panned
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:45AMIn his first operatic venture, Christopher Luscombe delivers a sharply observed, precision-engineered production. Set in 2019, it even features a walk-on by
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:41AM2019 Tony winner Stephanie J. Block, Cher, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Audra McDonald, and more shared their enthusiasm for Broadway's biggest night on social media.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:39AMThe new opera, inspired by Omar Ibn Said’s own words, will premiere next spring in Charleston.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:37AMHouse Manager Richard Horton loves his job at the Fountain Theatre. You’ll love Richard after watching him work behind the scenes, greeting patrons, and serving as the Fountain goodwill am…
SOURCE: intimateexcellent.wpcomstaging.com at 11:36AMAntonin Dvorak’s magical fairy tale 'Rusalka' will be performed by SF Opera for the first time in 25 -- with an exciting (and gorgeous) cast.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:15AMThe museum lost about 15,000 items – but its collection is huge, luminous, and important. “Art historians and archaeologists know how exceptional the collection is. But despite Baghdad�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMThe two actors were embracing in the street when “‘assailants verbally abused them and thew stones at them from their car window,’ with one of the actors being hit in the face by a sto…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMAh, of course. Of course. “Instead of being a unifying project, the vexed question of the restoration of the Notre Dame has become a metaphor for the battle between Macron’s modernising …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:06AMToday on our blog, we welcome My Fair Ladys newest ensemblist, Lauren Sprague, to Broadway and learn about her journey to the Main Stem.
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SOURCE: www.theensemblist.com at 11:05AMI just realized something. Last night was my 30th anniversary of watching the Tony Awards. And over the last three decades, I’ve seen some pretty amazing things, from Jonathan Larson’…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:05AMFrom Coldplay to Claude Debussy, crossover soprano Justine Balmer’s debut album Simple Thing is a collection of songs that work well together.
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Below are the winners for the 2019 Tony Awards: Best Play Choir Boy ***The Ferryman Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus Ink What the Constitution Means to Me Best Musical Ain’t Too Proud �…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:59AMFrom Ali Stroker tearfully dedicating her Tony to “every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability” to Elaine May’s wry explanation for her win to Andre De Shields’ three rule…
SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:58AMThe acceptance speeches you didn’t hear, collaborations on the horizon, and more.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AMThe hit play examining the complex dynamics between a gay married couple in an open relationship plays the Southwark Playhouse.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:55AM“This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena,” Ali Str…
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 10:41AMHadestown and The Ferryman were the big winners on Broadway’s big night on CBS Sunday, but when it comes to the ratings, the Boston Bruins and NBC were the real victors. Hosted by a more m…
SOURCE: Deadline at 10:38AMApril Matthis talks bringing the barrier-breaking baseball player Toni Stone to the stage in Toni Stone, her bonkers time with Fairview, and why The Boys in the Band was so formative for her.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:37AMThe Dead Don't Die is a satiric trifle, but a cleverly amusing one.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMJames Corden celebrated the magic of live shows, with a brief interruption from Bryan Cranston, to open the 2019 Tony Awards. James was joined on stage by the casts of Ain't Too Proud, Toots…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 10:32AMGoldsberry will appear with the Kansas City Symphony September 28.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:32AMA look at the number of awards each show took home last night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:31AMThese videos are on repeat all day long.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:30AMAs the explosively powerful dancer makes the leap into film, she talks about feeling bloodied and bruised by her latest work – and how loving her dogs helps her perform
Natalia Osipova was…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMPleasance, LondonDavid Finnigan’s bold play about protesters who take an environment minister hostage is stalled by metatheatrics
In London’s Parliament Square last October, teenage acti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMDavid Bintley, the choreographer and director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, is standing down after 25 years. We look back at some of his most compelling work with the companyBirmingham Royal B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMWhere this year's Tony winners for all categories pursued their college studies.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:19AMTomlin received the Julie Harris Award for Artistic Achievement during the June 9 party.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:11AMIt’s refreshing to encounter a Marriage of Figaro set in period and – even more precisely – in Seville. Designer Tim Reed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:08AMThere are lots of fantastic new shows opening in the West End in June. Here are our monthly picks. Buy your theatre tickets on Official London Theatre.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 10:06AMAli Stroker made history Sunday at the Tony Awards. “This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge who has been waiting to s…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 10:05AMThe June 9 emcee gave audiences a sneak peek into his insecurities about headlining Broadway's biggest night.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:03AMBristol Old Vic Theatre School student Moronke Akinola recently won the Alan Bates Award for the most promising actor in the final
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:00AMActor Robert Cavanah spoke to Emma Clarendon about starring in Napoli, Brooklyn which plays at the Park Theatre from 13 June until 13 July 2019.
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One of the writers of Jane the Virgin says, “What is Game of Thrones if not the story of Jon Snow, who saves a bunch of refugees, gets killed by his people for doing so, gets brought back …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMWell then, you become obsessed with theoretical physics, of course. Just ask Nell Freudenberger. Freudenberger “was, like so many other young women, encouraged to believe she didn’t ‘h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMTo put it bluntly, Russia is terrible for activists and artists. Both? Wow. So, for the ones who haven’t fled the country, it’s necessary to find new, creative ways to protest the repres…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMIt has nothing to do with who is ready to direct, Rachel Chavkin said. “There are so many women who are ready to go. There are so many artists of color who are ready to go. … This is not…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMKathleen Breene Combs has been with the Boston Ballet for decades. now, she’s packing up her pointe shoes, putting on the business shoes, and moving to Rhode Island’s Festival Ballet Pro…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMOh, you thought it was cool, or even OK, that [SPOILER ALERT HIDDEN] is ruling Westeros? Let’s think of alllllll of the reasons why that person is a mass murderer who may rule for hundreds…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMWe didn’t used to worry or predict it, aside from religious prophets. Then came the idea of progress. “The Enlightenment gave humanity the idea that we might make things better, that pe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMThe Telling Project works with veterans and their families to create devised work all over the country. How does that work, really? “We are using our decades of training as artists to tran…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMReturning to the book itself is something of a tonic against despair, but: “We are living with a new kind of regime that didn’t exist in Orwell’s time. It combines hard nationalism—t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AM“Over the history of our big and small screens, audiences have been treated to thousands of variations of whiteness. White people have stood in as the face of humanity’s fullness and com…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMIt doesn’t seem entirely likely, but artists, activists, and even a judge have asked the museum to try. “They accuse the central London gallery of helping to launder the oil industry’s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54AMBy Complex Movements. Members of the Detroit-based artist collective Complex Movements discuss the connection between technology, performance, and social justice community organizing.
SOURCE: HowlRound at 09:52AMHadestown won 8 Tony Awards at the 73rd annual Tony ceremony, including Best Musical. Anaïs Mitchell was honored for her score, along with Rachel Chavkin who won for her direction. Oklahoma…
SOURCE: Broadway Direct at 09:50AMThe 2019 Tony Awards on Sunday featured, as ever, a delightful group of musical performances. There were revivals of both Oklahoma!, one of the first musicals to fully integrate its songs in…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 09:44AMIf you’re in NYC in June, there is a full calendar of events to commemorate Gay Pride Month. This year is especially significant in marking the 50th anniversary of the seminal Stonewall Up…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:43AMTo launch a new Ring cycle is an ambitious undertaking for any opera company. It’s even more audacious when the company in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:33AMHialeah-born actor Nick Duckart is coming home again from New York City. But he is a long way from the days struggling to sell televisions at Circuit City or vending souvenirs for shows at L…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 09:33AMNigel Shawn Williams aims to unravel patriarchy, misogyny, and our ‘enforced states of being.’
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:30AMThe production of Shakespeare’s tragedy is also an exploration of racism and corrosive masculinity.
SOURCE: Toronto Star at 09:30AMAlthough Christopher Shinn’s characters are well developed and their conflicts believable enough, the plot developed by those “problems” is not as believable and suffers from a lack of…
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 09:25AMBryan Cranston’s “mad as hell” acceptance speech could have gone very wrong Sunday night at the 73rd annual Tony Awards ceremony. As the actor took to the podium to accept his best act…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:21AMPerformances begin at the St. Louis venue June 10.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:19AMEd Baker-Duly, Georgia Brown, and Dale Rapley join the cast of the Menier Chocolate Factory production of the Jason Robert Brown–Marsha Norman musical.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:17AMOne for All
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SOURCE: Dramatics Magazine at 09:08AMThe name Hagenbeck was attached to the trade in exotic critters even before Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) came into the picture. His father Claus Gottfried Carl Hagenbeck (1810–1887), a seafo…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:06AMA Tony Awards that had the potential to deliver some jaw-dropping upsets delivered nothing but a lackluster telecast hosted by James Corden, who, though he did a brilliant job three years ag…
SOURCE: The New York Post at 09:03AMAt Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre last night Calendar Girls The Musical was moved to tears, laughing out loud and sobbing. The touring production has lost none of the magic created in the Wes…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AM
Dwelling more on the early history of rave music than on the impending ecological catastrophe facing our planet, Kill Climate Deniers is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:57AMThe Color Purple Tony Award winner performed the anthem from The Lion King during the ceremony June 9.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:56AMThe performing arts have featured strongly in the latest Queen’s birthday honours, with Simon Russell Beale, Olivia Colman, Cush Jumbo, Sheila Atim, Alfie Boe and David Pountney all featur…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:48AMWhen Jake Heggie’s opera Dead Man Walking premiered in the US in 2000, it intensified the national debate about capital punishment. Based
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMThe ceremony, which saw eight awards go to Hadestown, was hosted by James Corden.
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:32AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews Kieran Hodgson '75 presented as part of the Pulse Festival 2019 at the New Wolsey Theatre.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:17AMPacific Overtures offers a history lesson -- but it is an entertaining, moving, thought-provoking, and timely one.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 08:12AMNEW YORK (AP) — "Hadestown," the brooding musical about the underworld, had a heavenly night at the Tony Awards, winning eight trophies Sunday, including best new musical and handing a rar…
SOURCE: St. Louis Today at 08:03AMOkwui Okpokwasili’s solo performance piece is an astounding piece of theatre
It’s hard, and finally fruitless to attempt to describe Okwui Okpokwasili’s Bronx Gothic in conventional te…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:03AMBy Paul T Davies
Paul T Davies reviews 1927's production The Animals and the Children Took to the Streets at the Pulse Festival 2109 at the New Wolsey Theatre.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 08:02AMRiotous in tone, occasionally chaotic but with an inventive playfulness Education, Education, Education successfully captures the optimism of the time but it isn't just nostalgia.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:00AMWhat a night for the Broadway production of Hadestown at the Tony Awards which celebrated eight wins including a welcome one for female director Rachel Chavkin and acting honours for the sho…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:00AMIn “Origami,” a dancer scales a huge shipping container as it changes shape. The Point State Park performance is part of the arts festival.
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.CHICO — Pieces of Paradise that became art at the hands of Shane Grammer, and the photos that captured them, filled the Museum of Northern California Art Friday evening. The museum hosted…
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:56AMHOT on Broadway (adj): fierce, talented, big potential; has "buzz"; has "it" factor.
BROADWAY HEAT X 2: Beetlejuice / Tootsie Edition
Last week's elimination was a real nail biter, wit…
SOURCE: JK's TheatreScene at 07:54AMLast week, Selladoor cancelled a show starring Ann Widdecombe after the politician claimed science might one day “produce an answer” to being
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AMMassenet’s fairytale opera entered Glyndebourne via the company’s 2018 tour. Fiona Shaw’s production didn’t quite work on that occasion, and is now
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:50AMIt’s award season in Theatreland, and so it's time to find out the Tony Award Winners 2019. Amongst the nominees were 23 Olivier Award previous nominees.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 07:41AMTwo actors in a touring production of Jon Brittain’s Rotterdam were attacked on their way to a performance at the weekend, in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:18AMAlyssa Bruno has lost count of how many times she’s flexed her bicep as Rosie the Riveter. But her strength goes far beyond this character.
SOURCE: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at 07:15AMReview: Kill Climate Deniers, Pleasance Theatre4.0starsKill Climate Deniers is an extraordinarily daring play that is a political rally for saving our environment. This fringey, intimate sho…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AMAlthough ostensibly about a colliery band aiming to reach the national brass band championships, Brassed Off is a deeply political piece about
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:11AMWaitress is a delicate show with powerful moments, laughs and tears that I have no doubt everyone will love.
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The 73rd Annual Tony Awards were presented last night celebrating the best of Broadway with The Ferryman and Anais Mitchell's Hadestown the major winners.
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SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 06:53AMJames Corden was a cheerleader on Broadway’s biggest night, but the show was uninspiring.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 06:48AMLAMDA student Stuart Thompson has won the 2019 Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year award. The prize recognises the best
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:41AMOn Sunday night at the Tony Awards, James Corden hosted for the second time and “Hadestown” dominated a hard-working but unsurprising ceremony. Laura Linney and Audra McDonald fake-fough…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 06:32AMSonia Friedman Productions is celebrating after the Broadway transfers of The Ferryman and Ink garnered six wins at the 2019 Tony Awards, while the National Theatre had plenty to be happy ab…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:21AMReview: Bronx Gothic, Young Vic4.0starsWritten and performed by Okwui Okpokwasili, Bronx Gothic delves into her memories of growing up in the Bronx. Set in the confusing age between childhoo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMThe image we’re left with is not one of violence in J’Ouvert at Theatre503, but of pride, friendship and resilience, and a community that’s prepared to keep fighting for as long as it …
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When he accepted the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, Bryan Cranston (“Network”) said that the media isn’t the enemy of the people, but that demagoguery is. He talked more abo…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 03:50AMChristopher Wheeldon brings back the magical-classic “Cinderella” on the stage of the Royal Albert Hall in London beginning June 6-16, 2019.About the ballet, the website of the Royal Alb…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:30AMThe 73rd Annual Tony Awards will be held on June 9, 2019, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The function will be broadcast live by CBS with Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss of White C…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:19AM"Hadestown" led the Tony Awards pack with eight wins including Best Musical, while "The Ferryman" won "Best Play." Here's the complete list.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 03:12AMThe mythic musical was the night’s big winner but Sam Mendes and The Ferryman also made an impression in a diverse ceremony
A box office record-breaking season on Broadway led to a varied …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12AMSydney Opera House will be hosting an evening of contemporary and traditional Irish songs combined with dance, storytelling, and songs on June 5, 2019.The website of the Sydney Opera House s…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 03:10AMAnaïs Mitchell's long-developing musical won eight awards, including best musical, while The Ferryman won best play.
SOURCE: National Public Radio at 03:06AMWell, two of us did okay: Liz and Sandra each had 17 correct predictions. I had decided to be iconoclastic, which was a bad idea: 11 correct predictions.
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Stephanie J. Block won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for playing Cher in “The Cher Show,” and she actually heard from the artist herself before the event. “She was wishing love,…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:58AMFor only the third time this decade, none of the acting winners at this year’s Tony Awards did so for their Broadway debut. This is the 21st time that this has happened over the 73-year hi…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 02:16AMAs part of the Holland Festival, Claude Debussy’s “Pelleas et Melisande” is on stage at De Nederlandse Opera (Dutch National Opera) through June 27, 2019.It is the only opera Claude De…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 02:06AMWhat’s the secret of success in theatre criticism? In my experience: Microsoft Excel. Forget carving out that neat turn of phrase. Don’t
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMTheatre critic Kenneth Tynan once described Guys and Dolls as the greatest work of American drama after Arthur Miller’s Death of a
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOne Night in Miami – Nottingham Playhouse Kemp Powers’ play about a pivotal night in the life of Muhammad Ali, spent in
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The 73rd Annual Tony Awards has wrapped up as one of the best editions of the annual Broadway celebration in recent memory. Take a look below at the many things that worked and the few thing…
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 01:59AMWhile viewers in past years might have retired early from the 3 hour Tony Awards show, 2019’s host James Corden gave them plenty of reasons to stay tuned through to the final awards in ton…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:48AMBalletBoyz is on stage at West End’s Vaudeville Theatre, London, through June 15, 2019. Their dance show “Them/Us,” “proves to be an exciting culmination of the experience the compan…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 01:48AMThere were no big surprises or major upsets tonight at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards, as Hadestown, The Ferryman, Bryan Cranston and Elaine May took the trophies they were meant to take, overt…
SOURCE: Deadline at 01:34AM“This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation, who has a challenge, who has been waiting to see themselves represented in this arena. You …
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:19AMNEW YORK — Billy Porter has been shutting down red carpets all year, cutting through seas of traditional gowns and tuxes in gender-bending, head-turning garments. In January, he owned the …
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 01:03AMSee the full list of winners from the 2019 Tony Awards!
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Hats off to Celia Keenan-Bolger, who has won her first Tony Award! She triumphed in the Best Featured Actress in a Play category for her incredible performance as Scout Finch in To Kill a Mo…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMBertie Carvel has won the 2019 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Play for his portrayal of media mogul Rupert Murdoch in James Graham's new play Ink. The multi-talented Carvel was hon…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMThe 2019 Tony Awards has officially begun, which means dozens of Tony hopefuls are showing off their fiercest smize and poses on the red carpet before heading in to the ceremony at Radio Cit…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMAndré De Shields was just named a Tony Award winner for his show-stopping turn as Hermes in the new musical Hadestown. The win was announced at the 2019 Tony Awards ceremony on June 9 at R…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMElaine May, the 87-year-old stage-and-screen legend, just received her first Tony Award for her moving performance as Gladys in the Broadway premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's The Waverly Galler…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMThe Broadway-premiere mounting of Mart Crowley's iconic work The Boys in the Band has won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. The Joe Mantello-helmed staging was honored at th…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMWe cain't say no! Ali Stroker has won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ado Annie in Oklahoma! The stage-and-screen fave was honored at the…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMThe 73rd Annual Tony Awards is under-way and the we're slowly finding out who is taking home a trophy for their hard work. After first-time winners and repeaters alike take to the stage to m…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMDirector Daniel Fish's reimagined take on Oklahoma! was named winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical at the 73rd annual Tonys ceremony on June 9 at Radio City Musical …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMBryan Cranston has won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play for his portrayal of Howard Beale in Network. The stage-and-screen star was honored at the 73rd Annual Tony Awa…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMWinners of the 2019 Tony Awards were announced at Radio City Music Hall on June 9. Top prizes went to Hadestown with eight wins including Best Musical and The Ferryman with four including Be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMHats off to Santino Fontana, who has won his first Tony Award! The Broadway favorite triumphed in the Leading Actor in a Musical category for his incredible performance as Michael Dorsey in …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMRaise a glass to the Carney family! The Ferryman, penned by Jez Butterworth, was named Best Play at the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 9. The production beat out fe…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMHadestown has been named winner of the 2019 Tony Award for Best Musical. The new tuner triumphed at the 73rd Annual Tonys ceremony on June 9 at Radio City Music Hall. Hadestown beat out fel…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMBeloved stage veteran Stephanie J. Block has won the 2019 Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Star," one-third of the title character in the new bio-musi…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMEvery year, Broadway fans across the globe are given a glimpse into what happens on the Great White Way stages eight times a week, all thanks to the Tony Awards. On June 9, all of the Best …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 12:54AMAnaïs Mitchell’s bluesy show based on a Greek myth collects an evening-high eight awards.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 12:48AMBasically, Hadestown. Sure, it didn’t win all 14 awards it was nominated for, but eight’s not bad. – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48AMNEW YORK (AP) — When she sings, Ali Stroker says, she has “no limitations.” That was clear on Sunday as Stroker performed and made history as the first actor in a wheelchair to capture…
SOURCE: www.seattletimes.com at 12:45AMMs. Chavkin, the only woman directing a musical on Broadway this season, won for best direction of a musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42AMCBS’s broadcast of the 73rd annual ceremony was a safe, unsurprising show that even James Corden couldn’t liven up.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42AM“This award is for every kid who is watching tonight who has a disability, who has a limitation or a challenge,” said Ms. Stroker, who won for her role as Ado Annie in “Oklahoma!.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42AMWarner Bros. Television’s New York casting Vice President Meg Simon has retired after nearly two decades with the studio. The press release says that after a highly accomplished career of …
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 12:39AMListen: Tonys, Tonys, Tonys Has Done it Again! Talking Winners & Performances from the 73rd Annual Tony Awards! “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Monday through Friday, podcast hitting…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 12:25AMThe Tony Awards sort out a Broadway year divided between the impulse to innovate and the desire to maintain the status quo.
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:15AMRachel Chavkin was named best director of a musical and Andre De Shields best featured actor.
SOURCE: Newsday Subscription at 12:03AMA look at some of the highlights from the 73rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:03AMCongratulations to Peter Travers (Rolling Stone) and Gordon Cox (Variety) for topping all Experts with an outstanding score of 88.46% when predicting the 2019 Tony Awards winners on Sunday. …
SOURCE: Gold Derby at 12:00AMHow the show curtain from Kinky Boots became a political and fashion statement.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival with Mia Habib, Colleen Thomas, and Gruppo Nanou, "The opening week of La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival featured works from Oslo-based Mia Habib, …
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Purchase Dance Company’s New York City Season at New York Live Arts, "For the fourth year in a row, the COD capped off its academic year with a show at New York Live Arts…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 12:00AMIn IMPRESSIONS: Konverjdans: III at The Actors Fund Arts Center, "The theme of joining and leaving persists as the dancers orbit, coming closer and closer to meaning with each spiraling tor…
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