The London import settles into the Lyceum Theatre through New Year’s.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:06PMBy omitting parts of the text, this production finds a way to bring new gravitas to the 1897 drama.
SOURCE: Theater News Online at 06:06PMMaybe it’s true that if Lord Elgin had not taken the sculptures they would have been destroyed, by the Turks or the Venetians or the pollution in Athens. And it is true that, as stated in …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM“Yuval Sharon will serve as Long Beach Opera’s interim artistic director and dream up the 2021 season.” He would seem to be a good fit for a small company known for unusual work. “An…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM“The Labour Party election manifesto … pledges to establish a £1bn Cultural Capital Fund ‘to transform libraries, museums and galleries across the country’. … The manifesto [also]…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMPatrisse Cullors, a performance artist who recently completed a master’s degree at USC with a concentration on performance and activism, designed the new two-year online program, called So…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMIn the years after the man who invented the essay died in 1592, his remains were moved between several sites. One of those places was a convent in Bordeaux whose building now houses the Mus�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM“It makes perfect sense to DA Larry Krasner, who sees the arts as central to the criminal justice reform movement … ‘the connection between the reforms we’re trying to make in Philad…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM“The Paper Monuments project, a participatory imagining of the monuments New Orleanians would like, stepped into that pause [after old statues were removed] to involve New Orleanians in th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMAs you might have noticed, the use of trigger warnings has since spread beyond US universities to educational institutions around the world, and further: into theatres, festivals and even ne…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMAmerican companies have been looking hard at this problem in the past few years, especially in the annual cash cow that is Nutcracker. With ballet becoming ever more internationalized — �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMWith a history going back almost 150 years, College Street in Kolkata “has every imaginable type of text, available in Bengali, English, Mandarin, Sanskrit, Dutch, and every dialect in bet…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMChilean playwright and director Guillermo Calderón: “After the curfew was over, a few theatres came back to do shows and a lot of people went to see them. … People were yearning for a s…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMAcademia is an honor-culture, in which recognition—in the form of citations—serves as a kind of ersatz currency. In ancient Greek, there is a word “pleonexia,” which means “graspin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMUntil now, the honor had been thought to belong to Florence Lawrence (“the Biograph Girl”), who became famous under her own name following an outrageous publicity stunt by her new studio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMWhat is real? How should one live? What government is best? Why do the good suffer and the evil prosper? Any answers can only be propositional or tentative, inviting further amplification or…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM“New Zealand is hoping that by 2040, one million Kiwis will be able to speak basic te reo Māori, the Maori language. This ambitious goal is part of an official language strategy that sees…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMThe big knowledge and tech hubs which once had such a stranglehold on attracting talent seem to be losing their allure. Many places around the country now have bundles of amenities—renovat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMTyler Cowen: “The effects of pushing wealth out of the for-profit sector would be far-ranging. Wealthy donors might be more likely to pressure nonprofits for luxury consumption experiences…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMThe workers come from nearly every department at MOCA, including visitor engagement, education, exhibitions, communications, retail and audio-visual, but not curatorial. Among their motivati…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PMOur analysis is revealing. It shows that typically, where PWYC tickets and performances are publicly available, they are taken up disproportionately by existing customers. One producing thea…
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We asked, and you answered! To celebrate the importance of arts in education, we asked BroadwayWorld readers to let us know which shows their high schools and colleges are performing this fa…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:58PMAccording to Deadline, Tony-winning playwright John Logan has signed on to write the screenplay for a new film about the life of Michael Jackson. Logan, who is currently represented on Broad…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:57PMNew York City Center presents a lukewarm reimagining of 'Evita,' Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's pop opera about the legendary Eva Perón.
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SOURCE: The Broadway Blog at 04:54PMThe Rodgers and Hammerstein musical officially opens at the New Jersey venue November 24.
SOURCE: Playbill at 04:39PMMonica Bill Barnes & Company performance is part dance performance, part vaudeville act.
SOURCE: Washington Post at 04:33PMPaper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents , presents Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, new …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:30PMPaper Mill Playhouse, recipient of the Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents , presents Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 04:22PMJoanne Sydney Lessner and Joshua Rosenblum's adaptation of Alan Lightman's bestselling novel comes to 59E59 Theaters.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:18PMDirector Igor Golyak takes major chances in presenting a version of The Seagull that’s self-consciously about The Seagull. And they pay off.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMFrolic and Detour contains a few poems that I judge to be instant classics of English-language poetry.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 04:03PMStockholm syndrome usually brings to mind hostage situations, such as the Swedish bank heist in the 70s or the horrific tale of Australian woman Natascha Kampusch. But what if Stockholm synd…
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A new Broadway production of Disney's Aida just might be written in the stars. A revival staging of the early-2000s musical will get a developmental lab presentation from March 9-20, 2020, …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThis year's Arthur Miller Foundation Honors was hosted by Bradley Cooper and stage stars like Sutton Foster, Raúl Esparza and more stepped out to talk about supporting the organization that…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMThe Search for Roxie is on and after a nationwide casting call, the three finalists voted on by fans got one step closer to playing the role on Broadway. The three Roxie hopefuls, Kate G…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMNick Robinson, who's best known for his roles in hit movies like 2018's Love, Simon and 2015's Jurassic World, is currently making his Broadway debut as Jem Finch in Aaron Sorkin's adaptatio…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMHere's a quick roundup of stories you might have missed today.
New Musical Soft Power Will Receive Original Cast Album
The cheered new musical Soft Power, which recently concluded a twice…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 03:54PMAlan Lightman’s 1992 internationally best-selling novel "Einstein’s Dreams" would seem like an unlikely choice for stage adaptation as the original book is made up of 30 variations on th…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 03:53PMKey Largo, adapted from the 1948 Floridian film noir of the same name, is currently making a splashy world premiere at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse.
It’s a straightforward tale of veter…
SOURCE: Entertainment Weekly at 03:34PMCharles Dickens’ beloved holiday classic of 1843 comes alive like never before in London’s acclaimed Old Vic production of A Christmas Carol, now on Broadway for a strictly limited eight…
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Mobile Unit's production of MEASURE FOR MEASURE opens today, Friday, November 22. Directed by LA Williams, the free sit-down run of MEASURE FOR MEASURE follows a three-week tour to correctio…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:53PMArts Fuse contributor Glenn Rifkin chats about his time with the magazine and his latest book, "Future Forward."
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 01:48PMIdina Menzel was a guest on Friday's episode of Ellen, with her Frozen 2 Josh Gad filling in as guest host for the day. Menzel got an unexpected scare from Gad's 'Frozen' character, Olaf. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:32PMThe project was announced as a musical inspired by the pop star's life readies for Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:31PMOn Friday's episode of ELLEN, Josh Gad filled in as guest host of the show! The Frozen 2 star even brought Broadway to the show, performing a musical number! Gad also previews his Thanksgivi…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:25PMBroadway Records announced today that Wanda's World (Studio Cast Recording) will be released digitally and in stores on Friday, December 6, 2019. The album is currently available for pre-ord…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:10PMIn today's theatre news we have Imelda Staunton headlining the award-winning Hello, Dolly! and a first look at Henry VI and Richard III opening tomorrow.
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 01:09PMKicking off the holiday season, Jill Senter & Company return to The Laurie Beechman Theatre for a special presentation of Celebrate the Moment on Monday, November 25 at 7:00 pm.
The holid…
SOURCE: NiteLifeExchange at 01:08PMThe season will feature 6 site-specific works, including the company's annual 'Sleepy Hollow Experience.'
SOURCE: American Theatre at 01:06PMThey're back for another holiday run at Radio City Music Hall.
SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:06PMCelebrating Opera Lafayette’s twenty-fifth season, Ryan Brown has brought a rare and truly exquisite small gem of an opera to Washington audiences. To do so, Brown has left his more famili…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:03PMIn MY LIFE ON A DIET, Renée Taylor looks back on a life full of memorable roles in Hollywood and on Broadway, and just as many fad diets. A self-described "diet junkie" who used to think th…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 01:02PMWhat Is It? Fiji is inspired by true events that occurred in Germany in 2001. It is a modern, unique, and taboo love story of two people with a very peculiar type of... lust.
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Go inside the upcoming production of Fiddler on the Roof at NYU.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:57PMBedlam’s production of the Arthur Miller play opened at the Connelly Theatre November 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMThe exhibition, celebrating the late playwright and composer’s impact on fashion and culture, will launch in July 2020.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:54PMA new episode of the Disney+ Original Series, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL: THE SERIES just dropped today, and with it the music video for the song 'A Billion Sorrys.'
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:50PMAtlantic Records has released a?oeALL I REALLY WANTa?? today from the a?oeJAGGED LITTLE PILL (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING),a?? the official companion to the new musical. The track, …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:46PMThere are worst places to be snowed in on Christmas Eve than a cosy pub in the country. But it’s an entirely
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:44PMThe Tony nominee hosted the talk show for a day, welcoming co-star and fellow Broadway favorite Idina Menzel to the couch.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:29PMThe Royal Ballet screens a wonderful kickoff to the holiday season.
SOURCE: phindie.com at 12:25PMIn his latest musical parody, Randy Rainbow takes on the impeachment hearings with a spin on a classic from Oklahoma! Check out the video below.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:23PMUpon entering the Booth Theater for a performance of Freestyle Love Supreme I overheard a passerby ask an employee what the show was about. The answer, or lack thereof, is one of the main dr…
SOURCE: theculturalcritic.com at 12:21PMTheatre leaders and practitioners gathered in New York earlier this month to take a reexamine the field's business model and reimagine its future.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:19PMThis week’s production news round-up includes Timothée Chalamet starring in 4000 Miles, and Imelda Staunton leading the cast of Hello, Dolly! in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:14PMAs BroadwayWorld previously reported, rumors have been circulating around a revival of Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida, which might result in a national tour or even a stop on Broadway. Now a…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:13PMThe world-renowned Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center is now accepting new students age 10 a?" 18 for the 2020 summer season.
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 12:08PMThe Friends welcome the writer of 'Slave Play,' 'Daddy,' and 'Black Exhibition' to talk about sex and social media.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:03PMWe got the word from pal Sheila O’Malley just now that Michael J. Pollard is dead at the age of 80. I first knew Pollard from the classic Star Trek episode “Miri”, where he and Kim Dar…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:03PMClowdus, who founded the company in 2009, is onto a new venture: Brian Clowdus Experiences.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 12:01PMPlaybill journeyed backstage at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre for a special look at how the production comes to life eight shows a week.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00PMFrom schedule changes for Broadway shows to holiday cabarets and themed Thanksgiving dinners, fill your proverbial plate with NYC theatre and fun November 24–December 1.
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The candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, one of London’s most enchanting spaces, is made to feel menacing in this exhilarating conclusion to Shakespeare’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMCatch Kristin Chenoweth on Hallmark, Idina Menzel on CBS, Lea Michele on ABC, and so many this season.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:58AMPrince Andrew has left his role as patron of English National Ballet with immediate effect, the company has confirmed. The ballet company
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:58AMTheatrecraft 2019 was the biggest yet - read our round-up of the day and check out some videos of some of the day's events and panels!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 11:57AMMean Girls tour star Mariah Rose Faith brings us along for dressing room fun, photos with influencers, a knockout Rocky impression and more.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMArturo Luís Soria and Darryl Gene Daughtry Jr. stop by Broadway.com HQ to chat about The Inheritance and more with Paul Wontorek.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMAward-winning stars Helen Mirren and Mark Strong have signed on to headline a unique new take on Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus, according to The Daily Mail. Robert Icke's new perspective on t…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMMichael Greif has shepherded Dear Evan Hansen successfully into port many times at this point, but only now is the 2017 Best Musical Tony Award winner being seen outside North America. Its W…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMStars Campbell Scott, LaChanze and more talk about the joy of bringing a new staging of the Dickens classic A Christmas Carol to Broadway this holiday season.
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 11:54AMLiverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Mercury Theatre Colchester, Sherman Theatre and Birmingham Repertory Theatre have been selected as the host venues for Stage
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMLabour and the Liberal Democrats have released their election manifestos, which include a commitment to ensure all school children have access to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:54AMThe former Royal Ballet performer and arts philanthropist passed away November 18.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:52AMTwo writers explore Chicago theatre, from the city's ensemble ethos to the effects of racism on the contemporary theatre scene.
SOURCE: American Theatre at 11:49AMHow are we to recover from what divides us? How do we maintain hope in the face of catastrophe from climate crisis? Such questions are not new; in fact the clamor of them pounding for our at…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMSam Wanamaker Playhouse, LondonThe winter of our discontent gets an ungrounded production that even scene-stealing performances by the Globe ensemble can’t make glorious
Fickle, brittle he…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMby Aidan Sears. @aidanjsears. ROCHESTER, NY - North Valley High School’s production of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman opened to glowing reviews last night, with many audience members …
SOURCE: www.thebroadwaybeat.com at 11:36AMGHOSTLIGHT RECORDS and WARNER RECORDS will celebrate the vinyl release of Beetlejuice - Original Broadway Cast Recording with an exclusive in-store signing and performance at Barnes & No…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:28AMLooks like Christmas has come early this year with the latest release of production shots for Nikolai Foster's festive hit. White Christmas is now showing at London's Dominion Theatre (and…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 11:25AM"The Nanny" star, who is 86, is sharing her story of life, food and what she learned in the hilarious MY LIFE ON A DIET, now through Dec.15 at George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.
SOURCE: The Asbury Park Press at 11:24AMIt’s time for Broadway to embrace what’s most joyous about songbook shows. Not biography, not coherence, but excess. Even “Moulin Rouge!” doesn’t quite get it right.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 11:24AMRoberts, currently starring in the national tour of Miss Saigon, recently released his debut single of the same name.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:16AMAtlantic Records has released '& Juliet (Original London Cast Recording),' the official companion to the new West End musical featuring the music of legendary pop songwriter Max Martin. …
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:13AMIn the mixed bill Evolution, Cuban-based company Acosta Danza showcases brio, sensuality and technical mastery. Though only three years old, the dance
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:13AMGREATER CLEMENTS is a portrait of life in a small mining town and the
secrets hidden below its surface. Two-time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey leads the cast in this illuminating and distinc…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 11:05AMThe formidable musician kicks off his New York concerts with a performance of Scriabin's Piano Concerto November 27–December 3.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:01AMLand Without Dreams may be difficult, irritating, sometimes alarmingly ‘obvious’ but they also manage to dig further into what it is to be human, coming at us as it were from left-field.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AM
Susan Lambert Hatem’s play stars April Armstrong as U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:52AMThe new work, adapted by Charles Leipart, is based on short stories by Edith Wharton and Tennessee Williams.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:46AMThe recording will feature the cast of The Public Theater's Off-Broadway premiere, led by Conrad Ricamora, Francis Jue, and Alyse Alan Louis.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:44AMBy AARON KRAUSE NEW YORK, N.Y. — Dorothy Michaels is unstoppable. We learned that much in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical adaptation of Tootsie. It is based on the popular Acad…
SOURCE: Theatre Criticsm at 10:41AMAmong his many other skills, Tristan McIntyre can proudly add “planktonic copepod” to his list of theater roles. McIntyre joins SpongeBob and the proud residents of Bikini Bottom in the.…
SOURCE: phindie.com at 10:38AMThis is a brilliant book that comes at a propitious time in our country’s history.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMBiographer James Kaplan was aided by the assistance of Irving Berlin’s two elder daughters, and that makes this biography particularly valuable.
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SOURCE: The Arts Fuse at 10:33AMBefore the Tony Award-winning pair play NYC's SubCulture this weekend, dive into a playlist of their musical hits.
SOURCE: BroadwayBox at 10:30AMThe world premiere, directed by Tony Award winner Kenny Leon, opened at Second Stage's Tony Kiser Theater November 21.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:28AMThe 30th-anniversary production of Fame the Musical that recently had a run at the West End’s Peacock Theatre is moving to the all-new off-West End venue Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre…
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 10:25AMAlso: Find out how Paul McCartney ended up accompanying the Legal Immigrant star and Emma Stone on a song from The Little Mermaid.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:24AMSee what critics think of the world premiere from Second Stage Off-Broadway.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:17AMGhostlist Records has announced it will record the new musical Soft Power, the New York premiere production from The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patr…
SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 10:14AMThe 2020 events are part of the Broadway @ The Herbst concert series.
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:12AMFour-time Olivier Award-winning actress Imelda Staunton is set to star in the lead role of the iconic musical, Hello, Dolly! The West End revival will run at London's Adelphi Theatre next ye…
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Luba Mason – 5’ 10” celebrates the best of Broadway and the star’s career on stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMLuba Mason – 5’ 10” celebrates the best of Broadway and the star’s career on stage.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:48AMLyndsey Turner will direct the London staging.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:36AMOscar Wilde’s gothic satire The Canterville Ghost gets a breezy, family-friendly adaptation from author Anthony Weigh, with the macabre meditations on mortality
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:29AM by Sandi Durell Theater Pizzazz is always interested in getting to know about young theater companies and artistic directors on the rise not only in New York City, where so many blosso…
SOURCE: Theater Pizzazz at 09:27AMThe Broadway veterans Phyllis Newman and Adolph Green raised their family there and dazzled a long list of showbiz friends.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:12AMFor nearly 20 years, the 5th Ave has served as a testing ground for new work, developing shows and giving them the out-of-town tryout that’s a rite of passage on the path to the Great Whit…
SOURCE: The Seattle Times at 09:00AM
The Broadway Michael Jackson musical has a star. Ephraim Sykes, who played David Ruffin in “Ain’t Too Proud” this past season, and
SOURCE: ShowBiz 411 at 08:33AMJane Horrocks and Karl Johnson will join, as previously announced, Alan Cumming and Daniel Radcliffe in the Old Vic's forthcoming revival of Samuel Beckett's 1957 classic Endgame.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 08:30AMWeb-slinging Marvel hero returns with innocent thrills and director Ron Howard documents the life of the world’s greatest tenor
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:27AMFascinating wartime stories surround The Crown star’s ancestors, as well as those of Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas and Carey Mulligan
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:27AMThe creatively unassailable comedian might’ve hit the buffers with his new series about a man who tries to transport a piano to Perth
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:27AMThe songs are polished but low-key, with several tracks aiming for the strung-out introspection of a Frank Ocean tune
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:25AMArcadi Volodos chooses a selection of rarely played minuets which he performs in multiple levels of quietness
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:25AMThe trio digs a little deeper with closely worked voicings, clatter and whumpf drumming and ear-friendly melodies
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:25AMThe musician cousins combine a courtly kora flourish with a rolling rhythm and a spiky high lead line from the ngoni
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:25AMThe photographer uses leftover materials from the production process, juxtaposing brightness and shadow to capture energetic compositions
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 08:23AMSo nice to see Imelda Staunton back where she belongs, on the London stage, and this time she’s playing one of the most iconic musical theatre roles ever written, Dolly Levi, in a new West…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:15AMLeading producing theatres in London have reduced their average carbon footprint by 43% in the last five years, a report has revealed.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMEscape to Margaritaville, the Jimmy Buffett musical at the Broward Center would work so much better as a concert version of the singer-songwriter’s infectious songs imploring you, no, dema…
SOURCE: Florida Theater On Stage at 08:12AMJessica Hynes is to star in Caryl Churchill’s Far Away at the Donmar Warehouse. Hynes will play the role of Harper alongside
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:12AMClose-knit company keeps the York and Lancaster clashes as clear and lively as it can
No Joan of Arc means no Henry VI Part One. France, where we left the victorious Henry V - the superb Sar…
SOURCE: theartsdesk.com at 08:06AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column, I write about a new book by Rob Kapilow whose subject is American popular song. Here’s an excerpt. * * * The “listicle,” …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:02AMMillennial Notes Geetha Reddy’s Solo Show Illuminates Classic Tales by Tanvi Agrawal Playwright Geetha Reddy takes the vast, ancient Indian epic poem, the “Mahabharata” and transform…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:00AM
Ephraim psyched to be MJ, CHRISTMAS CAROL review, West End WAITRESS makes way for (different) DOLLY, OUT 100 is out, More (different) CHRISTMAS CAROLS “Today on Broadway” is a daily, Mon…
SOURCE: BroadwayRadio at 07:55AMTony nominee Jenna Russell will co-star in the Dominic Cooke–helmed production at the Adelphi Theatre.
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:47AMLet's get the weekend started with a fun little quiz for The Friday 5! This time around, I'm going to name 3 actors, and you name the role and show they have in common. Look for the answer…
SOURCE: www.jkstheatrescene.com at 07:36AMImelda Staunton will star as Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly!, alongside Jenna Russell as Irene Molloy, in a brand new London production of the musical at the Adelphi Theatre in 2020.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:35AMRebecca Lock stars with Jason Manford and Carley Stenson in Kander & Ebb's whodunnit musical comedy CURTAINS, which receives its overdue West End premiere next month. She shares anecdote…
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 07:30AMThe strip of sea that evokes Venice Lido is emblematic of David McVicar’s new staging of Benjamin Britten’s final opera, Death in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMYork Theatre Royal Fugard’s profound examination of a South African family ripped apart by a workplace accident is devastatingly brilliant
Hello. Goodbye. These two small, unassuming words…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMFrom Frozen II to Anselm Kiefer, here’s our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days
(Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck, 2019, US) 103 mins Continue…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMIn today’s Wall Street Journal I review the New York transfer of Bedlam’s off-Broadway revival of The Crucible. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Bedlam’s small-scale revival of Arthur …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03AMArturo Benedetti Michelangeli plays Chopin’s B Minor Mazurka, Op. 33/4, on Italian TV in 1965: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:01AMThe current production of Uncle Vanya which is touring with Theatrical Niche stays true to the spirit of its origins, while also fleshing out aspects that resonate today.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AM“He was no good in discussion, not because any amount of argument could shake his faith, but because the mere fact of hearing another voice disconcerted him painfully, confusing his though…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AMWhy it took 20 years for the Tony Award-nominated director to helm another musical.
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Caryl Churchill Questions British Gender Imperialism by Patricia L. Morin In “Cloud 9,” first played in 1979, famed British playwright Caryl Churchill slaps us in the face with gender id…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:39AMTwo sisters have to deal with the effects of their toxic childhood in new drama Poisoned Polluted. Find out more about the hit production with this behind the scenes trailer, then act fast t…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:37AMFor 25 years, the Bridge Theatre Training Company has been training actors to the highest standard while combating elitism in the industry.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:30AMShakespeare’s Globe continues its cycle of history plays – which kicked off with an all-female version of Richard II in the Sam
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:09AMHow are your nerves? Can they take the tension-piling, knuckle-whitening short new trailer for thriller You Game? Give it a watch, then book your tickets.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:03AMOoh, lala. The first production shots for the new Cinderella pantomime have been unveiled. The show opens at the Lyric Hammersmith in London's West End tonight (22 November).
SOURCE: London Theatre Direct at 06:00AM
Imelda Staunton will star in a new West End production of the musical Hello, Dolly! which will open next year. She will
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:47AMFrom Charlie Chaplin to Mr Bean, the ‘clown’ has been entertaining audiences since theatre began. Though clowning may have evolved over time to satisfy the expectations of the audience,…
SOURCE: AussieTheatre at 05:33AMBy Douglas Mayo
A Bunch Of Amateurs Tour - Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's comedy comes to theatre near you in 2020. From the authors of The Wipers Times and Trial By Laughter.
This post A Bunc…
SOURCE: britishtheatre.com at 05:31AMQ&A with the Skins and This is England actor on his first role, his turbulent twenties and tackling climate change
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 05:15AMWell, Put On Your Sunday Clothes and get ready to have the night of your life – Hello, Dolly! is coming to the Adelphi Theatre in 2020, starring British icon Imelda Staunton!
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SOURCE: officiallondontheatre.com at 05:03AMIf you want an explicitly queer, feminist musical that's funny, entertaining and scored by songs that you grew up listening to then go see & Juliet.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 05:00AM
TAHI Fess’s: New Zealand Festival of Solo Performance, Artistic Director: Sally Richards. Produced by Sally Richards and Beth Taylor, BATS Theatre, Wellington, 20-24 August 2019 Actor Nic…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:55AMWill Eno’s new play about the many people each person contains is glib at first, but grows, like life, from trick to tragicomedy.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42AMFor me, the most jaw-dropping instance of curatorial (and directorial) trend-chasing was the Met’s announcement that the Canadian Cree artist Kent Monkman had been commissioned by the muse…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18AMAt Bloomberg, Tyler Cowen has a short post on some unintended consequences of a wealth tax, and his is (let’s say) an unusual take. – Michael Rushton
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:18AMSouth America’s trauma in the second half of the twentieth century can be summed up by one phrase: The Disappeared. Whether in Argentina or Chile or anywhere else, the victims of military …
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 12:14AMIdina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, and Josh Gad all return to voice their Arendelle characters.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:01AMThis Dublin retrospective of the late gay film-maker neatly underscores the influence of Thatcherism on his oeuvre
SOURCE: The Financial Times Subscription at 12:00AMWelcome to Geek Out/Freak Out, where theatre fans get enthusiastic about things---This week, TDF Stages Editor Raven Snook geeks out (via Facebook Messenger) with Juan Michael Porter II, a d…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMThree participants in the TDF Veterans Theatregoing Program talk about the impact it's had on their lives---James Faulkner recalls his wife and daughter going to the theatre, but the Korean …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:00AMRe-Imagined in 1979 New Orleans, the LA Williams-helmed staging features a cast made up entirely of women of color.
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